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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-22

A family Of A-chlson girls are noted
for being very inpudent 20 their
mother and one Of them has announc-
ed that she viii give up talking back
TO her mother for her Lenten sacri-
hce.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-22

Church White found lots OF poor
people when he was poor commits
sioner; but he will fnl more while he
Is acting as city assessor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
ADVICE TO PLAYwRIeHTs.

81 have written a play, and 1 think it
is very good. All of my friends agree
that it is much better than many of the
big successes of the day. and yet.
strange to say. I have been unable TO
get any manager to produce it," writes
a somewhat ingenious young person
to Frank Pixley, the successful author
of 1.-The Burgomaster.% king Dodo."
prince of Pilsen" and Henry w Saw
ages latest success, woodland"
The writer had a slight acquaintance
with Mr.. Pixley and concluded the
letter by asking for advice. Inasmuch
as Mr.. Pixley receives about ten such
letters every day, it is impossible for
him to answer each one in person In
order therefore to do all in his power
to assist the embryo play~rights he
has prepared the following Advice to
Playwrights:"
In the first place. never attempt to
write a play unless you have absolutely
nothing else to do.
AS a rule. playwriting is sheer
waste of time Not one play in ten
thousand ever reaches the eye of a the
atrical manager, and of the plays that
are read not one in five hundred is pro-
duced.
This is not because managers are
prejudiced in favor of successful play
wrights On the contrary, most man
ayers, and especially Mr.. Savage. are
constantly on the lookout for bright un-
developed talent The trouble is with
the writer's.
1.-The average person who sits down
to write a play does so without the
slightest idea of how it should be done.
Strange to say. however, those who do
know how it should be done frequently
produce even worse results than those
who do not.
1T is no easy matter to give advice
to one who would write a play. The
subject is full of contradictions The
playwright must be original. but not too
original. As a. matter Of fact, it is far
better for the novice to work along
stereotyped lines than to attempt wild
originality.
Il attribute my first success, The
Burgomaster.' largely to the fact that
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I made little or no attempt at Origi-
nality. King Dodo' was written long
before The Burgomaster' but no man
ager would touch it. It was too origi-
nal.
This does not mean that old material
must be used The playwright should
avoid the use of hackneyed scenes. sit
uations and, above all. characters, as he
would a bottomless pit. The plot may
be worked out along stereotyped lines.
In a comic opera there must be a love
affair and comedian who mixes up in
it, a certain number of songs for the
prima donna, at least two comic songs
for the comedian and as many love
songs for the tenor. These things are
unwritten laws. But in the matter of
themes the librettist must use origi-
nality.
THE trouble with many seems to be
that they strive too hard for such
themes. So 1 would urge that the
would be playwright should not strive
too hard for originality. Managers are
afraid of it. and the public viii not &C
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

pleasure. and the butcher was duly en-
rolled as a member of the club.
By and by after a little practice the
club arranged a scratch match" among
themselves. and on hearing of it the
butcher at once declared his intention
OF being present and taking a share in
the contest. AS he was the owner OF
the field. 1t seemed courteous to put him
in first.
He was a little uncertain what to do
with his bat. but on being told that he
was to hit the ball he said that if that
was all it was easy enough The curate
first took UP the bowling, and the
butcher had the honor of the opening
over.
The first ball sent the leg stump fly
ing. and in recovering from the momen-
tum of a tremendous swiPe the bats
man himself knocked down the other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

A young English curate, an enthusi-
asst at the game, set himself to organ
ize a cricket team in the country parish
to which he had been lately appointed
The only available field was one owned
by a butcher. a good natured but quick
tempered man who had never handled
a bat, but who was well disposed to-
ward the new minister.
When a committee headed by the
curate waited upon him he responded
in the most generous manner Lend his
held2 OF course he would More than
that, he would join the club and take a
hand in the game now and then
The curate was taken a little aback,
but could not do less than express his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
Two Wanderers Return.

Tod Sloane. once the worlds leading
jockey, and Young Corbett of Denver,
the worlds leading featherweight fight
er, arrived in this country from London
recently on the same steamer. Young
Corbett returned in order to witness
the Jeffries-M unroe fight at San Fran
cisco. Sloane came back after a long
absence to seek reinstatement in the
ranks of silk wearers.
Young Corbett has nothing but words
of praise for the "Englishers." He said
that he was given the warmest kind of
a reception. He did not go over to fight
or to seek match of any sort, because
he has an agreement with Jimmy Britt
not to take on any other man before he
meets Britt again. Britt was not back
ward in promising Young Corbett the
first chance. and consequently Young
Corbett could not very well do other
wise than agree to meet no one else be-
fore again fighting Britt.
The bout, according to stipuations. is
to take place in San Francisco before
Dec. 81. They are to fight at 100
pounds.
'sThe wrestling game is more popular
than fighting in England at present, :"
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Cautious Critics.


That Duffey is a simon pure amateur
no dispassionate person doubts, but
there are always a few captious critics
that consider themselves and their
judgment superior to the multitude.
They throw up their hands and tear
their hair. saying: 'Duffey did not pay
his own expenses when he went abroad
before. Duffey has received money for
expenses largely in excess of the actual
amount of his travelling bills-Duney
this and Duffey that"
When the matter is sifted to the bot
tom it will readily be seen that Duffey
is much more of an amateur than many
men who have never been criticised at
all. He is, in fact. one of the few men
that can always be depended on to run
to win in every contest in which they
are entered and one of the few that
have given up business opportunities
for the sake of the game.
Dufeys record of 9 as seconds for
the hundred yard dash will probably
never be surpassed. Shick of Harvard
and Hahn of Michigan university are
the men who are the Georgetown uni
versity lads closest rivals at present.
but they will never equal the wonder
full mark, and the man that eclipses the
record of the champion would deserve
a nomination for the presidency.
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with the fastest sporting set and keep
his head so that he can attend to rid
ing. tried to prove that could do it,
and I failed
There is not the slightest doubt that
the majority of American turf followers
desirt to see Sloane back in the saddle
While he may have been guilty of the
charges preferred against him by the
English Jockey club. yet at the time he
was barred off the turf abroad feeling
against Americans and American
horses was so strong that Sloane's
chance for impartial treatment was
slight. At any rate, he has lost so much
money and prestige during his long pc
Rod of suspension that his punishment
should be considered adequate Unless
d jockey has hagrantly violated the
laws of honesty and honor he should
not be compelled to serve a life SEN
tence. Sloane committed neither of
these offenses. Truth to tell, not one
turfman in a hundred in England really
knows the exact reason why Sloane
was set down. And it is an absolute
certainty that if he had done something
deserving the revocation of his license
the whole United Kingdom would have
known the particulars in a short time
ARTHUR LOCKWOOD.
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Travis a Machine.

Travis did not lose the lead through
out the match. Every stroke was exc
cuted with the machinelike precision
that has so often proved fatal to his
American rivals. His steel nerves new
er shook At times overloyal Britishers
Kissed him when he made brilliant
strokes, but the champion never heed
ed. He had his eyes, his mind and his
heart centered on the battered little
white ball that was making new fame
for him. He was the Travis that proved
victor on a score of courses at home,
Travis the sphinx, Travis the immova-
BILE Travis the Unconditional, Travis the
automaton-
Yet he was more than an automaton.
Behind the accurate pendulum swing of
the arms, the steady grip of the club
and the icy indifference to surround
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A Bit of History.

An interesting bit of information rel
alive to the making of the worlds rec
ord in the hundred by Duffey has never
been published. It was at Berkeley
oval, Mott Haven, N. Y, in the inter
collegiate championships of 1902 that
the Georgetown marvel accomplished
the feat. Three timers held watches
on the running of the hundred yard
dash. The watch held by one timer, a
well known athletic authority and the
most experienced timer of the trio, re-
corded Duffey's sprint in 9 2-5 seconds
The other two men caught him in S-5
seconds with watches that were not of
SO high a class. Of course the record
caught by the two men was made the
official mark. At the same time nine
out of ten athletes of experience would
prefer to race before a single timer-if
he were the man that caught Duffey in
2-5-than before a half dozen others
that might be named. Himself an ath-
lete years ago, his reputation for accu-
racy is widespread. Therefore it is
possible that Duffey actually covered
the hundred yards in one-fifth of a
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two. He took no notice. but shaped for
the next ball.
You can't play any more" said the
umpire. ''You are out"
Whats that2f said the butcher.
You're out" yelled the helders in
explanation. ct means that you can't
play any more
"Oh, is that it % replied the butcher.
Eyes" said the heIders.
Il can't play any mOre2" said the
butcher, looking round angrily.
No replied the fielders-
Then out of my field, every blessed
one of youl" roared the butcher. And
out they had to 60.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
ABBATcHIo, THE WELL KNOWN MFIELDER.

says Young Corbett 1.-THE coming
match between George Hackenschmidt
and Tom jenkins, the American cham
pion is the ruling topic Of conversation
The Britishers believe that Hacken-
schmidt, better known as the Russian
lion" Che is a native of st. Petersburg),
will win.
Jenkins cleverness is undisputed,
but he is not so heavy as the Russian
It is a safe gamble that if the cars
soldiers are anything like Hacken-
schmidt they will wipe Japan out of
the geography books. He is grizzly
bear and a mountain lion, together with
two or three wildcats, boiled down and
run into one mold"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
NO PARIs TRusT.

The plan to form theatrical trust in
Paris has failed Charles Frohman, the
American manager. during his recent
stay there did all he possibly could to
encourage a merger of the playhouses,
but the opposition Of the Society OF
Authors was so strong that it decided
to abandon the plan Every French
playwright is a member of this society
and is governed by its rules The same
society was sufficiently powerful some
time ago to prevent one manager run
ming two theaters in Paris
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
The Worlds Drive Records.

Strangely enough. Travis and Black
well are credited with being the hold
ers of the worlds record drives. The
Englishman once sent the ball 3S7
yards over the famous St. Andrews
links in Britain, where golf has been
developed to its present state of per-.
lection Travis falls short of the for
mer's mark with a record of 362 yards.
made at Garden City, n. Y, his home
club.
Blackwell has won the appelIation of
''the Swiper." In fact, his great skill
that enabled him to reach the finals is
due to his effective slong game"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
Hutehinson,s Career.

Horace G. Hutchinson has been for
years one of England's most noted ex-
ponents of the art of stick welding
That Travis would defeat him no one,
not even the most enthusiastic Ameri-
can, believed. Hutchinson is a veteran
in every sense of the word. He con-
tracted the championship habit away
back in 1886, when he won the amateur
title. The next year he repeated. But
all champions look alike to Travis. The
longer a mans pedigree the better he
likes to defeat him.
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prominent amateurs. He studied the
game alone He spent winter nights
and summer days in working out the
secrets of the ancient pastime- He
consulted no books; he experimental
Is it any wonder that he succeeded to
the greatest honor possible for a golfer
to achieve and that he was the first to
achieve it?
Walter J. Travis. Australian by birth.
is a naturalized citizen of the United
States. He first played golf in America
in 1886 His development since that
time has been truly remarkable.
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sloane's Promise.

Sloane says that the life rapid has
lost its charms for him and that If the
life beautiful has any potency with the
racing soIons over here he viii settle
down and be a very good boy for the
rest of his days. 81 want to ride again..
says Sloane, land believe can ride as
well as ever. 1 intend to see if the
Jockey club will grant me another liz
cense. am going to stay in America
and endeavor to get back into my for
mer racing shape. I have made mis-
takes in the past No man. I care not
how clever he is in the saddle, can mix
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
His Defeat of Hilton.

tbs OSfSaE OF Hilton.
The Britishers began to open their
eyes very, very wide at the conclusion
of the fifth round of the Sandwich tour
nament, when Travis put the kibosh on
H H. Hilton, amateur champion of
Great Britain in 1900 and 1901 and open
champion in 1892 and 1897. Travis
trimmed" Hilton to the tune of FIVE up
and four to play.
The John Bullites smiled grimly as
Travis worked on from one round to
another. when he meets Hilton" said
they, cit will be all off,
"A return trip ticket to old New York
for his
However. Hilton proved as weak as
the others, and on swept the American
champion to the finals. In the finals he
triumphed over Edward Blackwell, who
defeated w. E. Fairlie in the fifth
round and ]. E. Laidlay in the semi
final.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
Champions Strong Personality.

With the same logged persistency
exerted in other directions Travis
would become a leader in the stock
market or the discoyerer of some secret
sought for through centuries by al
chemists. He is the type of man that
scorns opposition. that ridicules proph-
esied disaster, that has just enough
confidence in himself to achieve his
ambitions. Self confidence of this sort
is not conceit. 1t is a gift. 1t might be
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The winner of last years champion
ship contest, R. Maxwell. was defeated
by Hutchinson on the last hole in their
competition. Thus it will be seen that
Hutchinson was in rare form even for
an Englishman, and Travis deserves all
the more credit for defeating him in
the seminal. Hutchinson, by the way,
was runner up to Maxwell at Muir
field, England, a year ago, when the
latter captured the Championship title.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18
HOW APPLAUSE is
FORCED ON THE STAGE.

The tricks by which applause f.
forced" are many. though they are
very rarely even suspected by an au-
dience.
For some reason not easily explained
shaking q curtain after it has fallen Is
a great stimulator of curtain calls An
audience is growing weary Of hand
clapping. the applause is dying away
the shrewd stage manager agitates the
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ia RRooks HuNr.

Ida Brooks Hunt. who sings the role
of Miss Nightingale in Woodland" the
latest of the Henry w Savage produc-
lions. is without previous experience
upon the stage. but takes to her nav
surroundings easily and gracefully She
is beautiful girl with a rarely fine
voice.
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responsibility that rested on him. He
clinched his teeth tightly in his deter
mination- The round. of course, was to
consist of thirty-six holes. eighteen out
and eighteen in, or back. A high wind
was blowing directly in the teeth of the
contestants as they started from the
initial tee.
A gallery of almost a thousand people
"a phenomenal number) viewed the
match.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

zAkkURTs BELL.

The big bell which Zakkuri. the war
minister. smites three times as a signal
for bringing the outlaw Prince Kara
out to death in the fourth act OF The
Darling of the Gods" is Of great an
tiquity. educated japanese who have
examined the inscriptions declaring ie
to be at least FIVE centuries in age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

RTHUR f. DUFFEY, the great
"a est little Splinter the world
"A ever saw, is going abroad this
summer on the longest tour of
his career. Duhey has invaded Eng
land and France in years past, and his
success has been phenomenal. No one
was able to take his measure. and the
contests resolved themselves into ex-
hibitions of the sturdy American ath-
lete's prowess.
Aside from the opportunities to corral
new honOrs in Europe, there are other
reasons why Duffey has chosen to com
pete in Europe. He has been criticised
by various officials in amateur circles
over here, and the coming expedition
is partially a result of Duffey's disin-
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TO MEET IN PALESTINE.

Cecilia Lotus. leading woman for z.
H. Sothern. has made unique appoint
ment with Israel Zangwill. who is writ
ing for her the play-in which she viii
star next year. entitled The Serio
Comic Governess. She is TO meet him
in Palestine in August and to confer
with him over the new play.
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ments, large and small He is the first
American to win in a tournament of
any sort in England.
Travis has always been an admirer
of the famous English expert, Harry
Vardon, and from him received much
encouragement in years past
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that had made a scientific study of the
great game. Every move. every tight
ening of the muscles. every shift of foot
or hand. had it's significance. He did
nothing for show. Every effort had a
direct bearing on the end. the worlds
championship.
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the last act VIII
stand and applaud rather than crops
around in the semidarkness for the ex-
its One distinguished actor who has
been known to force" calls in this way
is Sir Henry Irving
If after an emotional or strong
scene an actor or actress pants, weepa
or appears to be exhausted when an
swerinE the first curtain call the ap-
plause is sure to be redoubled- Another
stage trick is to appear to be greatly
embarrassed when called upon to make
a speech. David Belasco and Clyde
Fitch are two prominent dramatists
who have never been able to overcome
their natural stage fright when called
before the curtain
It is also easy to force" applause
when an entrance is made. Let the or
chestra play fast and noisily; let the
seekers after applause appear at the
back center of the stage at an elevation
and walk with great elaboration down
a flight of stairs. and the trick is done
The amount of applause may be cas-
lily graduated by increasing or decreas-
ing the number of steps and by in
structing the people to make longer or
shorter pauses between steps
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cept it in nine cases out of ten I doubt
very much if Mr. Luders and myself
could have interested any manager in
Woodland had we not had three big
successes before it,
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Blackwell the Better Driver.

BIacE<WeII the Better Driver.
The high wind. of course, affected the
driving. Blackwell, however, had a.
slight advantage, as he holds the Eng
fish record for drive. Travis record
drive is many yards short of the Eng
lishman's.
Travis won the first hole in five
strokes to six His initial success dis
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Rx FREDERICK 3. TooMRs.

the "dunah." Travis the man foolish
enough to believe that he had chance
to win from the English golfers, actual
~ toppled over the petted British
champions and ex-champions just as
a windstorm tears up tender saplings
by their roots. Oh. dear, ON, dear!
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Travis a seIf Made GoIfer.

Travis owes his skill to his all around
strength. AS a putter he is at the top
of the list. His knowledge of golf was
not obtained from professional in
structors, as is generally the case with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-18

Travis is now the amateur champion
of America for the third time. He was
champion also in 1900 and 1901. He
was metropolitan champion in 1900 and
1902 and has won scores of tourna-
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When Travis Won.

The final round of the Sandwich tour
nament was sensational. Travis was
confident, as he always is. Blackwell
was trifie nervous owing to the great
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est ovations ever given
golfer at home or abroad. BY winning
the amateur championship Of Great
Britain recently Travis achieved what
had formerly been considered impossi-
bic, and the pride of the loyal subjects
of Edward VII. has been given jolt
that years viii not overcome
At the opening of the British amateur
championship tournament at Sandwich
Englishmen generally raised their eye
brovs sarcastically when they read the
name of Travis in the list of entries.
Jaw, tn beastly Awmewicawn duffahs
think they can send ovah man t beat
us, Y know was the remark heard fire.
quentfy in the clubs and hotels-before
the tournament.
But. oh. what a difference in the
morningl Travis the American, Travis
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heartened many of the onlookers, who
had expected Blackwell to take the lead
at the very start and continue ahead to
the end.
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clination to be forced into a contro-
versy in regard to his standing as an
amateur.
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curtain, and IN
variably the ap-
pIause breaks
o ut fr e s h.
Probably the Sc
cret is that the
audience, seeing
the moving cur
tain, jumps to
the conclusion
that il is about
to get what it
wants
Another way
Of securing re-
peated curtain
calls is to keep
the lights turn
ed out after ire
curtain has fall
en- until the de-
sired number of
calls has been
had. An audi
49, 1900 IT.