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Dramatic

ST. PAUL is now assured of a sum-
mer theatrical season worthy of
~ patronage, which is more than
can be said of its experience last sum-
mer.
The George Fawcett company, of
which Miss Percy Haswell is the star
stock star is now the term-has already
given us taste of its quality, and that
quality is palatable. This is fortunate,
lnasmuCh as the company will remain
at the Grand for at least two months.
The performances thus far given by
this organization have been meritori-
Gus, characterized by excellent ensem-
bic work, and revealing intelligent di-
Tection. Capable stage management is
always in evidence, and that is, after
all, the vital requisite of any pleasing
theatrical performance.
Miss HaswelPs histrionic equipment
is exceptional in many ways. She is
essentially a symmetrical actress In
every sense Of the word. Gifted with
an attractive personality, a sympa-
thetic voice and expressive features,
Miss Haswell invests each character
with the humanity that vitalizes and
lifts it out of the rut of conventional
ity.
George Fawcett, the stage director
and manager of the company is an
actor of ripe experience, a student of
the drama and it's exposition. His
characterizatiOns are Invariably inter-
esting, because distinctly drawn and
artistically shaded.
With two artists of this caliber at
the head Of an organization comprising
a number of capable players, under
able direction, the result is bound to be
satisfying.
The box-office success of the summer
season will depend largely upon the
selection of the plays. There is a la
mentable dearth of new plays that are
good, and a surplusage of both new
and old that are worthless from a
financial standpoint. The dramatic
dish that entices people into the the
ater of a summer night must necessari-
ly be appetizing. The choice Of plays
that will draw the people presents the
real difficulty. If that be happy the
company will be found adequate.
F. G. H.
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BLUE RIBBON GIRLS

"The Blue Ribbon Girls" who have
been making big hit at the Star the
ater all this week, will play two extra
performances today, and close the sea
son of the Star. The performance be-
gins with minstrel first part, in which
twenty young women black up in full
view of the audience, The olio features
include such acts a the five flying
Banvards, in their Wasting act; Orth
and Perm in a musical novelty; LIE
Roy and La Vanion, comedy horizontal
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THE NEW RUSSIAN HYMN

CAS- sung regularly at Port Arthur.)
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early
light,
What 50 proudly we hailed at the twi-
lights last beaming7
No, your highness, 1 can't; for some
time In the night,
1t ran foul Of mine and It's long past
redeeming.
Giant powders red fare,
Iron filings to spare
Then up went battleShip high In the
air;
And the mines of Port Arthur,
Oh, long may they ffo-oatl
/ regret TOGO repor-r-rt
Had destroyed-d-the wrong
boat-t-tl
Punch.
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the same spot. In time the theater-
goer gains peace by reaching the point
where he is so accustomed to the noise
that he does not consciously hear it,
but before that happy moment he suf-
fers much.
Mr.. Frohman is said to be seeking a
substitute for the orchestra. But why
have a substitute? One fancies that
the utter loss would be borne quite
calmly.
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PLAYS AT THE GRAND NEXT
WEEK

Next week the Fawcett company will
present two plays, "Dr. JekyIl and Mr..
Hyde" and Catherine" the former
during the first half of the week
George Fawcett will be seen In the dual
title role, which is one of his most
striking impersonations.
Catherine" which will be the bill
an exceptionally clever comedv drama
whose title role gives Miss HasweIi
ample opportunity for the display Of
her abilities
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bar performers; w. H. Ward and Pearl
blackburn, German comedy pair;
Emma Krause and Margaret Rosa;
Cook and Hayes and Others The per-
formance closes with the burlesque,
entitled "The Sultan of Half Moroc-
co."
The popular playhouse will reopen
in August with new line of attrac-
tionS.
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Or. Whately, the Protestant archbishop
of Dublin, and the great authority on
political economy, who planned the sys-
tenn of Irish national educatfon-planned
it so that he thought it would denational-
ize the people 1t is true it went towards
annihilating the Irish language, but it
did not succeed in denationalizing the
people quite so well as intended. Before
the establishing of the national school
system, DR. Whately became possessed
Of the idea that the salvation Of Ireland
could only be wrought by the Irish peo-
pie learning by heart his political econ
omy AS they were then almost entirely
Irish speaking, he employed an old Irish
man of some literary attainments to
translate his books into the language
of the people. AS the old man proceeded
with the work DIR. Whately observed
here and there In the manuscript some
thing that in form bore a striking re-
semblance to verse; and this appeared
SO often that at length he drew the old
mans attention to it, and inquired what
It meant Zach, DOCTOR" said the old
man, these works of yours are mighty
dhry readin for the craytures, so I'm
flingin' in Tilt of song here and there
to sort of 'liven them up a Bit
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DRAMATIC GOSSIP

Digby Bell will continue in vaudeville
next season, having signed contracts
which will engage his services for more
than year. He will appear in all the
leading variety houses between the two
coasts.
Messrs. Wagenhals and Kemper have
at last officially confirmed the report
that Frederick Warde and Kathryn
Kldder will be joint stars under their
management next season. The play Sc
lected for them is "Salammbo.'
Recently Virginia Harmed (Mrs. E. H
Sothern) refused to appear at bar
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Oliver Drew, Of Cork, defeated O'Her-
agility, the champion handball player, in
a Kilkenny ball court recently and won
the prize of two hundred pounds. 1t is
good thing that the beautiful and very
old Irish game Of handball is not dying
out. Handban is a national game with
the Irish and the Basques. Great is the
love Of the Irish people for it, and they
have carried it with them into other
lands. To-day some OF our best, Irish
handban players are to be found in New
York and other parts Of America, where
they have erected their alleys, and hold
their practices, and their contests. In
the country parts of Ireland the Sunday
evening contest between the two cham
pions of two town lands is an event that
assumes almost international import
ance Old men bent upon sticks, remem-
bering the days of their youth, the days
of the nimble foot, the quick eye, and
the swift sure stroke, hobble over the
moors to the gable end that answers for
alley; and their interest in the contest
Is far more ardent than that of the most
ardent Of the crowd Of youths that there
assemble. Irish handball Is a beautiful
game, a healthy game, and game for
heroes 1t would be a pity should 1t ever
be allowed to die out.
Seumas MacManus.
Donegal Ireland.
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youth, that can neither read nor write.
Of all those between five and forty five
years of age, there is not per cent
of illiterates. OF those between five and
fifteen years Of age, the percentage not
receiving education is utterly insigntfl-
cant. During this century, Ireland viii
make a worthy showing.
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The Corn resi-

Does he waltz2"
mot enough to hurt"
Then, my dear girl, he must waltz
well!'-New Orleans Times Democrat.
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Six years ago In the county of Kilken-
ny one of the gentlemen of the Royal
Irish cOnstabulary, Timothy Carmichael,
owed a debt to shop keeper named
O'Neill ONeill came to the police bar
rack one day to collect the debt, and
Constable Carmichael, having invented
for himself new way of paying old
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bald-headed father in the front row.
She will meet him after the show and
take him riding in her automobile.
Then they will have supper in a lovely
restaurant. Father will pay for the
supper, just Hike he pays for the auto.
is he not good father to the poor,
hard-working chorus girl?-Theatrical
Primer.
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Oh, see; there Is chorus girl. What
q beautiful complexion she has. And
what very white shoulders. No; of
course she cannot sing. But what
cunning wink she is making at her
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26
THE MEAD MEETING.

The republican meeting held in the
opera house last Wednesday evening
was a success in every particular. The
great building was crowded to its full
est capacity; the stage was beautifully
decorated and the arguments of the
able speakers listened to with the great.
est attention by the cultivated audi
ence that had assembled to hear the adj
u5lican party of this state Hen. A.
r. Mead The first address was made
Ivy Mr. Dovell of Seattle, after very
pat introduction by Hon. j. Q. Gull, the
president of the Young Mems Republi-
can club of the city and the chairman
of the meeting. Mr.. Dovell handled the
national issues very happily and then
touching upon state matters showed
conclusively the futility of the demo
cratic claims and the absurdity of their
position. Hon. a. +. Mead then made
the closing speech. lie convinced the
audience that he is an able, honest and
sincere man: there is no baderdash or
spread eagle about him; he goes right
at the matter in hand and by sound
logic and plain easily understood argu-
ment sustains his position. He forci-
bly, impressed every one with the be-
lief That when governor of this state
he will be the chief executive and not
the whole push; that he will carry
out the will of the people as expressed
by the acts of the legislature and that
he will make safe and reliable GOV
ernor. who will attend to his duties as
such and not be seeking opportunity to
reward mis- friends or punish his politi-
cal enemies. The audience were enthu-
siastic and appreciative; the speakers
able, dignifed and respectful even to
their political opponents. There was
marked distinction between the calm.
able presentation of the issues by Mr..
Mead and his colleague and the rant
ing, vituperative "stump speeches" de-
livered at the Turner gathering of few
nights before.
Mr.. Turner and his managers may
enjoy utilization and abuse of citizens
who do not agree with them. but abuse
is no argument; it is the last resort of
those engaged in bolstering up a lost
cause and so they will discover when the
votes are counted on November s.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26
PROPOSED GAS ORDINANCE.

As readers of the Herald will remem-
Der a proposition was made to the city
last week by J. j. Chambers OF Seattle
TO install and operate a gas factory and
plant for distribution of the product for
Illuminating and cooking purposes. The
proposal came in the form OF an ordi-
nance submitted to the city council, in
which a franchise was asked, and which
prescribed that the plant should be in
stalled and in operation within nine
months from the date OF the granting of
the franchise. The party asking the
franchise offered to put up good and
sufficient bond in the sum Of $1,000 TO
guarantee the faithful carrying out of
all promises made in regard to the IN
stallation Of the plant
In discussing the matter with various
members Of the council this week We
learn that the proposition j. looked mp.
on with favor, and that if the bond Is
deposited Mr., Chambers will in all prob
ability be granted franchise for a
long term OF years. It should be stated.
however, that this franchise is not
asked or intended TO be exclusive; and
the city will have the right to grant TO
any other individual, company or corpo-
ration franchise for the same purpose
al any time it secs fit. Thorough in
vestigation convinces one that the prop
osition is fair and square, and the Her
aid, therefore hopes the ordinance re.
quested viii pass. 1t would seem Chat
Mr. Chambers has made about as fair
proposition as could be expected, one
good feature Of which is that he agree.
10 sell the plant to the city at the ex7i-
ration of twenty-five years ii the city
at that time desires to buy.
The benefits to be derived from the
installation and operation Of a we'll
equipped and properly managed gas
plant are many. Gas would give city
consumers a cheaper and more CONVEX.
lent summer fuel than any we nov
have and at a cost a low or lower
than wood or coal Many of the houses
built in the city within the last lew
years have been piped for gas in the
expectation that a plant for its manu-
faeture and distribution would some
time be installed. There is every raa.
son TO believe that large majority
of the citizens are in favor of granting
the franchise requested, when the evil
denees of good faith are forthcoming.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26
POLITICAL GUM il.

The Chinese have rite called gum
j." Periodically they engage in a dew
il chase, hunt out an evil spirit and
then with great formalities, amid the
lamentations of priests ana the Jeers
of the multitude. wreak retrltutiSe
vengeance by burning the condemned
evil spirit to death, that has been
sought out and discovered after 80 much
trouble and with such vigilance.
Mr.. Turner and associates are en-
gagged i'll little political gum il tour
over the state and have discovered the
evil spirit who causes taxation 10 be so
high in the state of Washington; but
when the people reflect that only one
watch" is returned to the assessor in
some counties Of the state; that only
a little over million dollars in cash
is returned by all the banks in the
state; that there are only an hundred
sewing machines returned in the county
of Yakima; that the same remarkable
poverty of personal property is evil
denced by the sworn returns made to
the county assessors in each and every
county of the state, there comes a slow
ly growing belief that there is more
than one gum ji.'
1t is very true that the corporations
do not pay taxes on assessments made
as the statute intends; but it is self
evident proposition that the people
themselves are by no means guiltless in
this particular.
Mr.. Turner and his friends should
first engage in a campaign of educa-
ton; teaching all taxpayers to be hon
est and not perjure themselves on the
first of March OF each year to the as
SCISSOR or his deputies and then after do
ing their own sworn duty, observe that
all corporations do the same.
First, we should pull the cord OF
wood out of our eyes before striving
10 compel our neighbor to abstract the
stick from his. Gum il, in the matter
of annual returns to the various cour
ty assessors, can very protitably be en-
gagged in by all citizens ana quite nos
sibly some may then be scorched, who
are now such pronounced and blatant
advocates OF its application to corpora
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

rs the Baltic feet in the hands OF
lunatics" is the question that is now
agitating the civilized worlu. 1t would
seem so since the incident Saturday
night when a lot of harmless fishermen
in the English channel were fired upon
and number of the trawlers sunken
beside the loss of life or two. The
mere fact that the admiral suspected
that Japanese vessels were in the neigh
borhood would hardly warrant such at
rociousness. Unless the spirit of the
English people undergoes a mighty
transformation mere apologies and mon
etary proffers will be received with con-
tempt.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

There are very few reasons why a re-
publican should not cast his ballot
straight" this year and a great many
reasons why he should. There is not
a solitary thing to be gained by voting
for democrat. From the head of the
ticket down to the humblest office the
party that has always stood for some
thing, whose very name has always
meant something and who has always
given to this country that something
prosperity and a good stable govern
ment-compares most favorably in per-
sonel and otherwise with the represent
atives of the democracy. Why, tnen
will the intelligent voter listen to all
the campaign tommy rot? If he votes
the republican ticket this fall he is at
least assured that his conditions will
not change for the worse.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26
CROWDED SCHOOLS.

The Herald notices that the board of
directors OF this school district have
passed an order that no tuition pupils
are to be received in the grades of the
district. On investigation it is ascer-
tanned that this order became necessary
as there are not seating facilities to
more than supply the resident pupils of
the district now in attendance; that
there are quite a number of resident
children of school age vet to be provided
for and the board may be obliged to
make extra efforts to accommodate
them. Such being the case the directors
do not feel warranted in receiving out
side pupils, to the neglect or resident
children. All of the school buildings in
the city are crowded to the limit. Every
room in Summit View but one is full
and that one is expected to be filled to
its capacity in few days. The schools
OF the city are a serious problem for the
board OF directors to wrestle with. The
city appears to increase the school popu-
lation faster than the district can erect
and furnish school houses. The direc-
tors say that the portables, which were
adopted as a makeshift two wears ago
will hardly suffice for the present school
year and that before school opens in
September OF 1905, there must be an
eight room brick structure built on the
Natchez avenue lots to accommodate
that part of the city and that then bv
moving the 'portables" around to diff.
ferent localities, the children can be ac-
commodated until the time comes to
erect new and suitable high school
IN some central location.
The high school is growing as fast as
the grades, but the order passed does
not affect it, as the board by utilizing
all Of the spare space in the Lincoln
building have materially increa sed the
seating capacity OF that institution. The
whole city school system has been re-
modelled and classified and is now NOV
ing along in complete harmony working
on we'll conceived and carefully ar
ranged plan, which embraces and in
eludes every department and grade. The
board express themselves as highly
pleased with the developments of the
first school month and the prospect for
the whole year, but are unanimous in
the expression that next spring the dis
trlet must commence and erect the
school building above mentioned on the
Natchez lots, and have it ready before
school opens in September of 1905.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

The New York Herald, a rabid demo
cratic paper comes out with the state.
ment that 1T seems to be foregone
conclusion that Roosevelt will be elect
ed. not. perhaps. because the people have
confidence in him and in his conception
of the presidential functions, but be.
cause the country is prosperous and thus
the necessity for a change is not very
pressing" That's all right. but out our
way the people do have confidence in
Roosevelt and in his conception of the
presidential functions.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

Wherever good roads are problem
with farmers, and there are few locali-
ties where they are not, the experiment
being tried at Belingham in this state
will be watched with a great deal of in
terest. Here the county of Whatcom and
the city of Bellingham co-operated with
the United States government in build
ing for experimental purposes piece
of road 2050 feet long and fifteen feet
wide. 1t consists of crushed rock rang
ing from nine inches in thickness in the
center to five inches at the edges. The
cost will be about $4,000. The short
piece of road required forty one carloads
of rock, which was crushed and carefully
prepared for the roadway. The work
has been examined by experts and pro-
nounced the best ever built in the United
States.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

Those who know Hon. Walter ]. Reed,
and they are legion. have no nesitancy
in endorsing his candidacy for the SEN
ate in this state. He is known through
out central Washington as everybody's
friend. Years of residence in this com
munity has given him an opportunity
to learn of the necessities incidental to
an irrigated country and if he is permit
ted to sit in the state senate the com
ing winter Yakima county's interests
will not be overlooked. The people are
not unwilling That corporations have
their Just rights provided the people
have theirs. Here, we believe, Mr.. Reed
would serve his constituents and the
state best-by seeing that the peoples
rights are not bartered away and that
corporations receive only that to which
they are justly entitled.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

The National Congregational council
i'll session at Des Moines, Iowa. last
week unanimously adopted recommenla-
lions commencing President Roosevelt
for his declaration that he would call an
international peace conference. 1t is
indeed gratifying to the best class of
American citizens to reflect that they
are living under an administration
whose acts are endorsed by the churches.
1t has not always been so.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

If Mr.. Mead as governor discharges
the duties of his office with the direct
ness and force that he answered the
charges of his political enemies in his
speech here last Wednesday highland
there is no doubt but he will-the peo-
pie of the state will never regret the
election of a governor upon platform
that dealt with other things as well as
railroads.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

The indications now point strongly
to Mr.. Weber polling his full party
vote when the contest for the shirley
atty IS pulled off in November-and then
some. Mr.. Weber is not only clean
cut young man with the physical quail
itcations for such an office but is a man
Of integrity, business sagacity and with
al an excellent choice for so important
an office. ANY voter in this county who
casts his ballot for Mr.. WebDer will
never have occasion to feel ashamed of
il.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

Congressman Jones produces the re-
cord to show that nominee Turner enter
ed himself as 'fusionist" when he went
to the national capital And everybody
is awaiting with inserest the reply to
Mr.. Jones question, Glow do you like
that, my democratic friends"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

There is no occasion for worry about
the doubtful" states in the coming cleo
ton. The registration in New York
city showed great gains in all the re-
publican precincts and a notable falling
off in the democratic precincts. Truly
this is a republican year.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

and incidentally ample assurance that
the industry would receive encourage
ment and support from the start.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-10-26

If the Baltic fleet is given to "seein'
things" so near at home what will be
the state of their nerves when they see
the real thing" in the Pacific ocean.