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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-02-25

On the day after Christmas the aver.
age man is certain that Santa Claus 10
no mind reader.
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THE STAR

Frank B. Cars Thoroughbreds will
open their engagement at the Star
theater this week commencing with to-
days matinee. This is said to be one
of the largest and best equipped COM
panies on the circuit. The company
comprises twenty-five attractive young
women and ten comedians. The cur
tain raiser is entitled Looking for a
luke. Blanch Washburn and Josie
Flynn set the pace for 1.-THE Thor
ougbreds' in their enjoyment of a good
time. They are surrounded by a num-
Der of pretty girls.
Following the opening b~urlesque is a
high class olio in which are seen vau-
deville performers including Washburn
and Flynn. four thoroughbreds, Coyne,
Ardell, Lawrence and Edwards; Mile.
La Tosca, the unique trio, Tim
Healy and Sisters Clausen; Willie
Weston. the Dancing Mitchells, Frank
lin n Hopkins and others.
The performance concludes with a
satirical burletta entitled 1.-The Thor
ougbreds on a Lark" and the action
throughout is said to be snappy and
full of ginger.
A ladies' matinee will be given Fri
daV
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SOME FETCHING FEMlNlNITY

Charley Marks, the effervescent and
fertile publicity promoter in the inter-
est of The Maid and the Mummy" the
musical comedy at present playing in
Philadelphia, perpetuates the follow
ing fanciful description of the re-
sourceful female chorus which embei-
fishes the productions:
The female chorus of 1.-The Maid and
the Mummy" the new and successful
Richard Carle-Robert Hood Bowers
merry musical melange would appear
to be quite equal TO any emergency
which might arise. This portion of the
organization numbers thirty-eight, all
fetching fancies of fair femininity. A
census of their various occupations
prior to adopting the stage as a career
reveals the fact that four of them
have been professional nurses, sixteen
of them typewriters in various mer-
camille houses and law offices. five have
been professional models for artists,
three have graduated from the depart
stores, two are artists and regu-
larly exhibit their pictures and find a
ready market for them, one has gained
a livelihood by teaching the art Of us
ing the chaflng dish successfully. five
of them are making their first effort to,
conquer stageland and have never be-
fore been away from home and the
other three come from professional
families and have spent most of their
life behind the foct]ights.
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COMING LECTURE COURSE

A lecture course OF great educational
breadth and value is announced for
st. Paul in the coming season.
While the series of entertainments
Is styled a lecture course" it con-
tains two or three art features in the
form of musical and dramatic r~ecitals
that will appeal to the most cultured
taste.
Henry Watterson, DIR. Herbert Will
lett, Herbert Witherspoon and Leland
Powers are some of the famous names
Included in the list of attractions.
The course is given under the aus
pices of n Eleanor Miller School of
Oratory, and will include six highly
interesting features.
The Central Presbyterian church has
been secured. and after much hesita-
ton Miss Miller has decided to make
the course a popular one, thus fol-
lowing the plan of the Y. M. c. A. In
former years. In almost every par
ticular, n Y. M. c. A. methods will be
followed, the public benefiting by Miss
Millers desire to provide the students
Other large school with the opportu-
nifty for hearing some Of the leading
men of the day. In fact, the school has
quite cut itself off from the hope of
making a profit by expanding upon its
course a sum approximating closely the
amount that may be realized by filling
the church to it's capacity. Six such
features as are provided for the small
sum charged is quite without precedent
in St. Paul.
The list of events, with dates, follow:
Henry Watterson, Abraham Lin
coln," Oct. IL.
Herbert Witherspoon in song recital,
Nov. Is.
DR.. Herbert L. willett, Dante, the
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"THE TWO ORPHANS" WITH STAR
CAST

One of the principal dramatic events
OF the current season in this city will
be the presentation here at the Met
ropolitan opera house, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, Dec. s, 8 and 10, of
A. M. Palmer's all-star cast revival of
the famous play, THE Two Orphans"
first produced by him at the Union
Square theater in New York thirty
years ago.. With but one exception
this play has proved the most success
full in stage history. This revival,
made at the New Amsterdam theater
In New York last spring, attracted
wide and ran for seven weeks
to he enormous receipts of $16,S0O
each week. The great play will be
here exactly as staged at the
New Amsterdam, the management util-
ling the massive scenic equipment
prepared for it's presentation at that
house. The cast is one of remarkable
merit.
Grace George and Sarah Truax will
play he title roles; Clara Morris. Sis
ter Genevieve; Mrs. w. j. LIE Moyne
the countess; James O'Neill, the chew
alier;; j. E. Dodson, Pierre; Louis
James. Jacques; Elita Proctor Otis,
Mother ~Froochard; Jameson Lee Fin
ney, Picard; Bijou Fernandez, Mari
anne, n William Beach, the count.
This company represents the greatest
and most important aggregation of
histrionic talent in this country and
its work is a splendid example of the
most exalted in dramatic art.
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LULU CHASER AS MARY TUDOR

The new comic opera in which Miss
Lulu Chaser made her temperance at
the Knickerbocker, New York, last
Monday, is an adaptation by Harry B.
Smith of Charles Majors novel, when
Knighthood Was in Flower The mu-
sic, which is by Ludwig Highlander, is
said to be tuneful. Miss Chaser imper-
sonates Mary Tudor, sister of Henry
Will, a role in which she is by turns
frivolous, gay, romping, headstrong,
vivacious, whimsical and entreating,
and which is sur to give her ample
opportunity to display her many-sided
personality.
The opera is shown in three acts, the
first depicting a May day festival in
Wlndso forest, near the royal castle,
with the Princess Mary as the leader
of the village group. The second act
shows Mary's apartments in the castle,
where the headstrong madcap first de-
fies her royal brother by remaining in
her bed instead of rising to receive
him and his royal followers on their
visit to her. The third act shows a
seaside inn at Bristol, where the elop-
ing lovers are overtaken and where
Mary coaxes n wheedles her royal
brother into consenting to her union
with Brandon.
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THE FORBIDDEN LANDu

The mystical atmosphere of the
Orient is said to be clearly depicted in
h new Tibetan comic opera, .The
Forbidden Land" which begins q
weeks engagement al the metropolitan
opera house next Sunday night, when
the usual matinees Wednesday and
Saturday.
Shortly after its initial performance
reached the outer world that a
British expedition had invaded this
heretofore ~impregnable city OF Lhassa,
n Immediately interest became
awakened in the musical offering then
playing in Chicago.
The cast includes Gus Weinburg,
who will be remembered as the Bur-
gomaster; Alma Youlin, the prima
donna of the company here last sea-
son with THE Storks;" Ethel Johnson,
who as Patsy in The Tenderfoot, was
one of the bright spots of the performs
ance; w. II. Clark, William Cameron,
Joseph A. Phillip, Hugh Flaherty and
Abbott Adams.
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Poet of the Dawn" Nov. 81.
Walter M. Chandler. The Trial of
Jesus From a Lawyers Standpoint"
Jan.-27.
Glenna Smith Tinnin in IF / Were
King FeD. 16.
Leland Powers, Lord Chumley,'
April 20.
The series will make a wide appeal.
From the opening lecture by the much
talked-of Henry Watterson to the clos
ing feature, a dramatic recital by that
prince of expression, Leland Powers,
interest does not flag. DR.. Herbert l..
Wlllett, of Chicago, is noted for his
originality in the treatment of literary
themes. His dramatic conception of
the great religious epochs, as embodied
In his lecture on 1.-The Man of Naza-
reth" and 'Savonarola." have made him
a reputation as a speaker upon re-
liglous themes But his portrayals of
the highest literary ideals are no less
striking and intense. For the present
course, the lecture Dante, the Poet of
the Dawn has been chosen, as it is
one of the most beautiful and COM
prehensive of his lectures, as well as
answering exactly the purpose of Miss
Mlllers series-that of education
through a beautiful and eminently dra-
matte conception.
Hon. Walter Chambers lecture on
.Ihe Trial of Jesus From a Lawyers
Standpoint" is said to be one of the
most striking of the lectures delivered
last season on public platforms. In
point OF oratory, vivid pieturing of the
court of the ~Sanhedrin and legal COM
parsons, the lecture is described as a
brilliant achievement. The theme is a
tr1kfng n n commands a wide
knowledge of Hebraic law. It's treat
ment by Mr.. Chandler has a
deep interest on the part of ministers
and others especially interested in the
most memorable of all trials.
Mr. Watterson's lecture on Lincoln
will serve to introduce this man of
opinions to st. Paul. His lecture on
the great emancipation is said to ilIu-
mine, not only the character of Lin
coin, but also to throw a light on the
present feeling of the South, of which
MI. Watterson is a foremost repre-
sentative.
The other three features of the
course are artistic. Herbert Wither-
spoon is now recognized as Americas
leading ~recitalist. His remarkably
beautiful bass voice has led him into
broad fields of musical study, and since
he returned a year ago, after repeated
successes In England and Paris, audi
ences and critics have accorded him
first place among American concert
singers and especially as an interpre-
ter of the songs of varied schools.
Leland Powers needs no Introduction
to a st. Pau audience. and there will
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III METROPOLITAN

~" NDER Southern Skies a.
u folf play by the author of
Way Down East will
" come to the Metropolitan
opera house tonight for, q
wee aaa stay. the 1t M=a,ron seen iass
liked by the patrons Of the
house. 1t does for Southern types
what Way Down East has done for
the people of the East. and in addition
to this it tells a story which contains
large measures of what Is called
heart interest," Mrs. Parker has a
decided gift in catching the quaint
phases. of human nature and present.
ing them to audiences in readily recog-
nizable ways.
This play has enjoyed prosperity
during the three years of its existence
and now is in its fourth season. Tho
main story is one that appeals strong
ly to every heart. The characteristic
traits of the Southern people are
Vividly drawn, and the air of Southern
Beauty, chivalry, a and gayety
permeates the entire play. The cast
is as follows:
Maj. Edward Crofton..
Mr.. Seymour Stratton
stella Crofton.. Miss EStella Sprague
Leila Crofton Miss Margaret Ellsworth
Col. Robert
- Mr.. Frederick E. Mortimer
Burieigh Mavor ..-.....Mr. Page Spencer
Ambrose Mavor ......Mr. Francis George
Miss Dora Burleigh Miss Alice Knowland
Col. Paul Daubeny.::.Mr William Wylie
steve Daubeny Mr.. William w. Blair
Fiji Hampton. Miss Hortense Clement
MISS Allsy ............M Miss Mary Mallon
Miss Peggy Miss Alma Miller
Miss Anne Miss Kate Morris
Mr.. Tom .........Mr James Mccormack
Uncle Joshaway .......Mr. j. Blain Click
Aunt Doshey .........:Miss Kate Sanford
hin Miss Dorothy Gray
Anner ,Lizer ...........Miss Lily Sinclair
Bonzo ....-.....Mr. George A. Cameron
Ephr'am ..........Mr Thomas Townsen
Lille Miss Olive Brown
See Miss Eta Long
Scene is laid in Southern Louisiana dur
ihp 1Q75
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Vicious browns, is always greeted with
applause. The second act shows the
home of Thaddeus Strong. the new
minister, with its old fashioned bay
window. from which, across the COM
mon,' is seen the general store and
postofiice, h scene of our new minis
ter's introduction to Hardscrabble. The
third act shows the home of Lem Ran
som, the reformed convict. 1t repre-
SCENTS an old New England kitchen, and
is a fine example Of fidelity in color
n detail.
Our New Minister" will be present.
ed by Ernest Hastings. Joseph Con-
yers, John Barker, M. II. Hartman,
Louis Fierce. John p. Drawn, Fred
Clarke, W. c. Tanner. J. H. Lawrence,
Frank Stoddard, A. G. Andrews, Ger
trude Perry, Alice Washburn and Phila
May. h usual matiIees will be
given.
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drama entitled "The Second Fiddle 1t is
by Harry B.. Smith. the librettist, who
claims it as his first attempt at a play.
The principal character is a German NIL
SIC teacher. who plays second fiddle in a
theater orchestra. 1t is said that although
the part is a sympathetic one, it will give
comedy. Irene Bentley viii be Mr.. Mann's
leading woman.
Henry Clay Barnabee, the grand old
man of comic OPERA has decided to stay
in vaudeville now that he has had a trial
of the continuous. He elected to do al
monoiogue, and his friends who heard it
at several trial performances agreed that
1t would do, but Barnabee has decided TO
cut out the monologue and will head a
quartette of singers. who will be heard in
various selections from the operas con-
trolled by the Bostonians. Agnes Cain
Brown, a Cincinnati girl. will continue
with Barnabee and sing the role of Maid
Donald and Meta Carson. The pieces will
be properly staged and Mr.. Barnabee will
also carry his own musical director. The
act is quite an ambitious one for vaude-
vile, but it looks good III advance.
May Irwin has decided to give up the
retiring habit and once more enter. the
field of heavyweight condolences. Miss
Irwin says there is an old coon song with
a line in one of its refrains which runs as
follows: "'Tain't No Use Fo' to Nope No
Moh," hat exactly fits her case. All of
which means that May is to cut out the
tall grass and come back to the scene Of
her old triumphs in a piece called Mrs.
Black Is Black written for her by George
". Hobart. 1t will be under the manage
ment of one or more of the seven Sires,
and will be a typical May Irwin stunt,
with plenty of comedy and musical num-
bers to enliven 1t.
Fritizi Scheff is to appear Is the prin-
cipal figure in a new light opera, entitled
The Two Roses to be given in the Hi
nOiS, Chicago, which was also the scene
of her last seasons success in "Babette."
Miss Scheff has the unique distinction OF
being the only star to play four weeks
to a uniformly good profit in Chicago DUR
ing the last half of last seasor. "The
Two Roses is a adaptation made by
Stanislaus STANCE from Dir. Goldsmith's
"She Stops to Conquer and the title
is derived from the two roles. assumed
by Miss Scheff-Rose Decourcelles, a
French girl, and Rose Marie, a bafmaid.
The story of the Goldsmith. comedy is
freely followed, though The play is coz
densed from five acts to two.
Clyde Fitch is busy these days conduct
ing rehearsals of his new play, Granny"
in which Mrs. Gilbert is tc be the star.
Fitch will TAX UP the rehearsals OF The
Coronet Of a Duchess" IN which Clara
Bloodgood is to star. Mir. Fitch not only
writes his plays, but insists Upon produc-
ing them, so that when the public sees
them they completely embody his own
IDEAS. This dual work Is rather trying.
but Fitch is such an iadefatigable worker
that 1t docs lot seem TO bother HIM 20
any extent.
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about Our New Minister which inn
presses an audience. Yankee humor
trickles through its lines and enlivens
many of the situations, but side by side
with it uns a vein of pathos.
Our New Minister" has been favor
ably received. Its merit lies in the
dis~tinctiveness of its characters. such
as Thaddeus Strong, the new minister;
Lem Ransom, the reformed convict;
Darius Startle, the country detective;
Curt Hoten. on the fence; Obadiah
Burton, with settled opinions; Sylvanus
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general" store and p~ostofice, the low
er floor with it's store. the upper one
utilized as a lodge room by the Odd
Fellows, and the two steps in front run
ming the width of the porch, which
shades the front windows. To the left
of the store is the lane leading to the
depot, with a view. in the distance, Of
the tavern and the rocky soil OF Hard
scrabble, the scene of the play. where
the stones grow faster than the Yaps
can pick EN- up" This picture with It's
bright reds, golden yellow and mar
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THE GRAND

AT the Grand this week Our New
Minister a character play by Den
man Thompson and George w. Ryer, au-
thors of The Old Homestead will
have its first popular price p%resenta-
ton. New England has furnished the
locale of many plays. There is said
to be an atmosphere of rustic simplic-
ity, q%uaintness and unconventionality
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be a very general feeling of pleasure
that he has chosen SO vastly entertain
ing and fitting a vehicle for his art of
lmpersonation as David Belasco's
Lord Chumley."
Glenna Smith Tinnin is a clever dra-
matte reader n impersonator, and in
justin Huntly McCarthy's IF I Were
King she will have a medium OF ex-
preston well fitted to her essentially
dramatic type and talent.
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FOR HIS BROTHERS cRlMEp

Charles E. Blaney, responsible for
many melodramas. a written an
otherZ"For His Brothers Crime
According to all reports it has scored a
success: The plot is said to be new
and the story full of heart interest,
This is coupled with a costly scenic
production, and a capable company
should make the melodrama worth see
ing.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS

Miss Ethel Barrymore will play an
engagement of one-half week at the
metropolitan opera house, beginning
Sept. 26, presenting her big New York
success of last season, cousin Kate
Miss Barrymore is one of the coming
young actresses of this country. She
is under the nagemen of Charles
Frohman, who has booked her for an
engagement at one Of his theaters in
London at the close of her season in
American.
Fisher & Ryley, proprietors of Flor
odora" and Silver Slipper" will bring
their latest farce comedy success.
"Glittering Gloria to the Metropolitan,
this city, for an engagement the last
days of September.
Henry Miller will appear at the Met
ropolitan early in October for a brief
engagement, appearing in a new play.
Mr.. Miller, who is considered n of
the foremost artists in his profession,
has just concluded a long summer en-
gagement in San Francisco.
Miss Rose Melville, who will again be
seen this season in isis Hopkins has
played the part over 1000 times. The.
present a will extend well into
next summer, as Miss Melville has been
booked by her manager, j.. r. Stirling,
for a trip to the Pacific coast by the
Northern route, returning through the
South.
Lincoln ]. Carriers 1.-TWO Little Waits
will play a return engagement at the
Grand soon.
Harry Clay Blaney still portrays
Willie Live in Across the Pacific"
which m to the Grand shortly. The
Rough Rider band is still a feature;
likewise that gatling gun.
Queen of The Highway is
ed for an early return engagement at
the Grand The play will be presented
on a bigger scale than ever this sea-
son.. The horses and wolves are still a
feature.
Nat Wills and his company of CO.
medians in the musical comedy, "a Son
of Rest is underlined for an early APP
pearance at the Grand. The play is said
to contain catchy music and scores of
pretty girls, handsomely costumed.
Charlotte TittclI. that she
will shortly after the holidays produce
a new comedy from the pen of Louis
Brassic, the French dramatist. Miss
Tittell was last seen here in George w.
Cables play, The Cavalier"
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Bartlett, the storekeeper, and Skee-
ticks, an up-to-date New York lad.
The other characters are Hannibal
Chapman, a pretender; Calvin Abdal,
the old minister; Jack Frasier, an es-
capped convict; Nance Ransom, LENS
daughter, an emotional character; Dor
cas- Tattleby, name and nature alike,
and Esther Strong, the new ministers
sister.
The first act shows the front of the
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| TO teach OlSClpl1ne ana resisting power.
has accepted an offer to appear in yaude-
vile in New York and will play at one
of the Proctor theaters in october. The
final negotiations were carried on by
Kyrle Bellew, representing Mrs. Potter,
and J. Austin Fynes. who looked after
MI. Proctor's interests.
Guy Standing will be Mrs. Patrick
Campbelfs leading man when she opens
in The Sorceress' in New York next
month. Mr.. Standing has long been as
ISOLATED with John Drew and with the
best of New York stock companies. Miss
Gertrude Coghlan, daughter of Charles
Coghlan, will play leading parts in Mrs.
Campbelfs company.
Robert Drouet has been engaged as
leading man for Margaret Anglin. who is
now rehearsing her new play, The Eter-
nal Feminine in New York; Mr.. Drou-
good in 1.-The Girl With the Green Eyes"
Lillian Russell has. returned to her
home from Saratoga and is said to be
zle," the opera made to order for her
use from S~heridan's School for Scandal
Four managers are said to be bidding for
the privilege of directing her affairs, but
thus far Miss Russell has refused to con-
slider any offers and is obstinately rest
ing
Robert Blossoms part in the new and
| yet unnamed play in which he is to APP
pear in January will be that of a college
bred Indian. 1t is to be a refined example
of a graduate of Carlisle university. and
the scenes will be laid at Columbia uni
versity on the eve of a football match
that plays an important part in the de-
velopment of the story. It will be a
comedy in four acts. by William C De
Mile, son of the late H. C. De Mile.
Volrey Streamer, of Brentano's, the
American publishers of Bernard Shaw's
works, is a great admirer of the brilliant
satirist. Mr.. Streamer says that perhaps
the most characteristic remark about MI.
shaW was once made by oscar Wilde;
After several men had expressed their
opinions of Mr.. Shaw Mr.. Wilde remarked:
Dear Shaw! Nice man, Bernard is He
hasn't an enemy in fhe world, but his
An important feature of Mr.. Charles B.
Hanford's repertory the coming season will
be his production of Don Caesar de Ba-
ford has had for the past three seasons
as Petruchio in 1.-The Tanning of the
Shrew" he should score another notable
triumph in the dashing comedy role of
Don Caesar"
Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kidder
| are meeting with success in the Wagenhals
and Kemper production of "Salammbo." 1t
is said that never has Mr.. Warde APP
peared to better advantage as Matho and
| that Miss Kidder's Salammbo ranks with
| her performance of San Gene.
The executors of the Wilson Barrett
estate are trying to arrange an American
tour for that actors last play, Lucky
! Durham and they want to send over
the original company to New York this
| autumn, provided they can secure suitable
bookings. If bookings cannot be had in
| the autumn the American tour will be
delayed until next March. Lucky Dur
| ham, was one of Wilson Barrett's biggest
| hits, and they think 1t is an American
play for Americans.
When Louis Mann appears as a star
! this year it will be In q now comedy
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1t is reported from Copenhagen that
Henrik Ibsen is at work on a drama with
war as its motive. He is said to oppose
Toistoy's ideas as to war, holding that
the vocation of the soldier is necessary
to teach discipline and resisting power.
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this year as John Doe in 1.-The Billion
aire," which was once played by the
late Jerome Sykes.
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Mrs. James Brown Potter, it is said,
has accepted an offer to appear in yaude
vile in New York and will play at one
of the Proctor theaters in October. The
final negotiations were carried on by
Kyrle Bellew, representing Mrs. Potter,
Mr.. Proctor's interests.