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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-07
FuRNAcE WORKS

GEO. E. SEYBOED, furnace work, tin
roofing, guttering. spouting, furnaces a
speciality. 931 Kansas ave. Ind. phone 513.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

Dorothy went to bed Christmas Eve
night in high hopes of the coming
day. She had hung up her stock
ing and put her letter up the Chin
ney so Santa Claus might know what
she wanted.
She lay awake for about half an hour
imagining how Mary Greene would
feel when she stepped out next day
with that beautiful doll with blue eyes
and curly hair that she had written
Santa Claus to bring her.
Dorothy knew that Mary was not
going to get a new doll because she
had a new one the year before.
Now these little girls had quarreled
the evening before over which should
light the volcano Mary had purposed
having.
Suddenly in the midst of her
the appearance of a little negro man
about two feet tall. He wore a blue
coat trimmed in white fur and silver
buttons, a. white shirt, red necktie and
a beaver hat. He had a silver
mounted walking stick of which he
seemed very proud for he was con-
tinually swinging it to and fro.
When he saw that Dorothy was
frightened he said. Never mind, miss,
Sambo amt goin to hurt you"
Dorothy had now recovered from her
fright, and began to ask questions,
which she always did.
And where did you come from?"
she asked, putting considerable en-
phasis on the word you"
oh me, why l come from Santa
Clausland; dat's where me come
from" he answered, surprised that
anyone did not know where he lived
And what do you want?" asked
Dorothy timidly, for by this time the
little man had sat down in Dorothys
little rocking chair and looked up at
Dorothy while he talked very fast
with his thick lips.
why, me, 1 jist wants you dats
ALL" but seeing that Dorothy turned
very pale at this proposal he hasten
ed to add:
"Oh, mum, you needn't git so
skeered cause faint me dat wants
you it's Marse Santa Claus"
Then pausing a moment for breath
he added:
"Cause / know, mum. If I wanted
you, you wouldn't have me, would
your"
mo, 1 don't think So" said Dorothy
struggling hard not to laugh outright
"But, San1bo, how do you know San
ia Claus wants me-"
"Oh, l knows dat cause he sent me
for you and, now, please, Miss Dorothy,
let's go and don't keep Dancer and
Prancer waitin' for u.s." he said. i'm
patiently.
So Dorothy got out of bed and fol-
lowed Sambo down into the back yard
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
By CADDIE LEE.
IL year S ago.

where two RENDERS were harnessed to
a beautiful little sleigh, with silver
bells that tinkled every time they
moved.
Dorothy got in with Sanlbo, and off
they went, merrily over the snow
In a few minutes they landed in
front of Santa Claus ice mansion. 1t
was just like n palace and sparkled
like a diamond in the moonlight. Sam
DO did not stop to ring any bell at
the front door, but walked right in.
Sambo led Dorothy into Santa Claus
workshop, where in the midst of a
great number of toys sat Santa Claus
putting the finishing touches to beau
tiful doll
When Dorothy came in Santa Slaus
fnotioned her to chair and then took
one himself.
He began by saying: What want
ed you for. was to know whether you
wanted that doll to have light curls or
dark ones; you didn't say which you
wanted"
"Oh! would rather have light ones,
if you please
Then Santa Claus, notici what a
polite little girl she was, told her to
go and see if Mrs. Santa Claus didn't
have something for her.
So she went. and Mrs. Santa Claus
gave her some pink ice cream and
chocolate cake. Dorothy declared it
was the best she had ever tasted.
Then she went back to Santa Claus,
who told Sambo to take Dorothy home,
but to drive slowly. so she could see
everything as she went.
They were home in ten minutes. Dor
othy parted from Sambo in the back
yard while that colored gentleman he'll
loed after her: Il hope to see you
again next Christmas, Miss Dorothy"
A moment later Dorothy woke up
in her own little bed. When she got
up and loo in her stocking and on
the hearth lie found everything she
wanted.
She did not believe that her visit
to Santa Claus had been a dream, but
when she told her mother and her
Aunt Nellie they all declared it was
a dream.
After breakfast Dorothy went out
to shoot fireworks. But it was very
lonesome without Mary, so at last
Dorothy called out to Mary (who was
also shooting fireworks on her side of
the street,, Cant you come over"
Il s'pose So" answered Mary. So
she came over and they played to-
gether as though nothing had hap
pened.
After a while Dorothy told Mary
about her visit to Santa Claus Mary
said she had been there, too. Doro-
thy asked her if Sambo carried her.
She said. mo; Jumbo took me-
Then Mary said to Dorothy, Wasn't
that pink ice cream good l wish l
had some now; don't your"
Dorothy Shelton and Mary Greene
were fast friends ever after that.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

tall, slender, with much respose of
manner. modest to a degree that is
almost painful. He possesses a mar
velous faculty of gentle wit, kindly
satire, and a keen sense of the weak
nesses of his countrymen.
Whatever success he has attained
from the days when he first had his
own column in a Chicago paper and
wrote The Stories of the Streets, and
Town." has had no effect on the ma
ture of the man. His hat is still the
same size and his manner unaffected
Before referring to THE County
Chairman" which is one of the latest
works by Mr.. AIDE to be produced by
Henry w. Savage, it might be well to
speak of some of the Chicago wits and
newspaper men who were with AIDE in
his early days First and foremost
were the members of the Whitechapel
Club: Ben King. H. S. Garfield. Char
ley Seymour, Barney" Bernard, Char
ley Perkins. Don Latshaw. Chip
Harris, Teddy McPhelan. all since
dead; Elliot Flower, Charley Almy,
Wallace Rice and Peter Finley Dunno,
author of Mr.. Dooley."
1t NAV be possible that Mr.. AIDE be-
came a satirist through the conversa-
lions that were held about the coffin
table in the smoking room of the
Whitechapel Club. of which Jack the
Ripper" was president, although he
never presided at any of the meetings.
There Ingersoll, Chauncey Depew, Ben
King, Opie Read. Marshall Wilder,
George Francis Train, Mark Twain,
Henry Watterson and other brilliant
wits and charming companions met
about the board and rung the old COW
bell
Henry w. Savage and Mr.. AIDE were
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
In New York
Theafers.

New York, Dec. 94.-When Arthur W.
Pinero's comedy, "A Wife Without a
Smile" was produced in London il
made an immediate success in spite of
some of the critics who vehemently
damned it and declared that its favor
was solely due to the introduction of
an episode that might be construed as
indecent. This episode showed that
newly married couple were living upon
the floor above the scene of the act
and that a string had been attached to
the soft upstairs and brought down
through the ceiling. where a doll had
been suspended at the end of il. Every
time there were endearments upon the
sofa the doll danced up and down at
the end of the string and the audience
was convulsed with laughter. There
was a fine hullabaloo about this in the
English papers, and to his critics Pi-
nero retorted that the only evil in the
affair was the wickedness within their
own hearts. which made them misun-
1erstand his intention. However, it Is
quite apparent that the denunciation of
"A Wife Without a Smile" as a play
in London was not merited. 1t is a
IuIl Ol nuIIlOI anu VIII
ten with all the incisive brilliancy of
Pinero, The hero of it is p millionaire
who takes life lightly and has a great
time in the enjoyment of his own jests
and the antics of toys of his own in
vention. His wife is totally without
a sense of humor and doesn't see any
fun in his jokes. In fact, she becomes
excessively bored. when it is suddenly
found that there was an irregularity
about the marriage of the couple and
both are intensely relieved At first it
appears that they are overjoyed at the
prospect of their liberation, but when
each in turn finds that the other is
about to marry some one else, both are
consumed with jealousy and they ulti-
mately make it up and start all over
again. "A Wife Without a Smile" will
doubtless have a long run at the Cri-
terion Theater.
David Belasco is in a determined
frame of mind over the opposition that
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
THE LIFE STORY
OF THE MAMMOTH
How 1t Lived and the Names of the
Plants 1t Ate.

Since the great mammoth which
was found in the ice in Siberia in 1901
has been erected in st. Petersburg the
scientific world has studied this won
derful relic OF prehistoric age so
carefully that we can tell now just
what kind of a beast this was.
Thanks to the preservation of hair.
skin and even blood and food rem
nants by the ice, biologists to-day
know nearly as much about the life Of
this monstrous creature as IL it still
existed in great herds and could be
studied by anybody
An important fact that has been es-
tablished is that the mammoth was
not an ancestor of the present ele-
plant. but was an elephant-like ami
NAL. belonging to a different variety
This is proven by the fact that IL had
four toes, while the modern elephant
has five.
The mammoth was covered with a
mighty pelt. The tips Of the long
hairs were dark brown. Underneath
the color was lighter. Below the long
hair lay a woolly coat very dense
which was made OF woolly hair sew
eral inches long.
From the chin 20 the hind legs IL
bore waving, heavy fringe or
beard" OF hair which was nearly two
feet long, and which actually served as
bed for the beast when II lay down
IN the ice or snow.
The hide Of the mammoth was near
~ two ana a half times as thick AZ
that 81 the elephant Of to-day.
The contents Of the stomach Of the
mammoth showed that naturalists had
been mistaken when they believed thaf
the mammoth lived on pine needles
and the young shoots " cOniferoua
trees. This belief had been caused
ny the fact fhat head ~ prehistoric
rhinocfr0ua, which Was found Ia me
See al Siberia many years ago showed
remnants - such food in fhe teeth
The mammoth. hVNfFer "a be- nf0n.
Rch showed. nte nothing erranf
fTafHfr. aud these crosses were efaTf
ID fhe same kuf ~ fhe rranuss I'D
efoH lu aiDefia ioedn.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

Is George AIDE the coming American
satirist2 Is the Western writer TO
take the place Of the late lamented
Charlie Hoyt. Of brilliant atmosphere,
charming companionship and Inflated
taking Off
Mr.. Hoyt created an entirely new line
sn amusements. His wit. keen-tipped
was the most effective arraignment of
the foibles Of the American public ever
placed on the stage.
Years have passed since the Boston
newspaper critic and dramatist went
20 his last long rest. II is singular that
IN a country teeming with $4,000. 900
brains. most OF those years should
have elapsed before "A man came 10 the
fore and IN his works gave promise OF
nlllng his place.
II was long back in 1890 that George
AIDE. from Indiana. "blew In" 10 Chi
cago with John McCutcheon and ac-
cepted a position on the old Chicago
Morning News. then edited by Mel
Vile r. Stone. now general manager
Of the Associated Press. AIDE was the
reporter and Clutch" had artistic as
pirati0ns They both worked az the
start FOR fl6 70 week.
n a. needless 20 say that conditions
are now changed for AIDES SUCCESSES
81 the musical comedy world are too
well known 10 fecaUftulafe.
A1f 81 young man yet barely 70,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

The Arnold Stocn Company is Of
fered theater-goers the entire week
with three matinee performances.
This popular priced attraction is not
unknown in the South and has been
seen in Savannah before. A special
Christmas matinee will be given to-
morrow when THE Little Mother
will be presented. "A Daughter Of
Satan" will be the bill at night.
The Arnold Stock Company, which
will be here this week is now in Its
sixth season in the principal cities of
the South, where it is acknowledged
70 be one Of the best popular priced
organizations on the road, and this
season Manager Arnold has been more
careful than ever before in selecting
both plays and players. "A Daughter
OF Satan" Midnight in Chinatown"
THE Little Mother" In the Rockies, .
1.-The Child Stealer," The Burglar
and the Waif'' and the Sleeping
city will be presented with special
and appropriate scenery. All of the
above plays have been very successful
at high prices and are all new to pop
ular prices. That is one of the prin-
cipal reasons the Arnold Stock Com
pany has been so successful, as Il
gives the public the best obtainable
at popular prices.
The opening play Monday matinee
will be The Little Mother" and at
night "A Daughter OF Satan" For the
matinee performance on Monday the
orchestra and balcony will be re-
served.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

Furthermore. the contents OF the
stomach proved that the mammoth
had died in midsummer, for there were
many blossoms in the food. So it is
pretty certain now how he came to
his end. While he was browsing. he
broke through a thin crust of earth
which covered a subterranean cave
formed by a hidden glacier. He fell
so far that many bones were broken
and he could not climb out of the hole.
But his struggles brought down tons
OF earth, and he was suffocated so sud
denly that he could not even finish
swallowing some of the food that II
had in its gullet.
Then the glacier piled it's subterra-
mean ice around him and so preserved
him through thousands and perhaps
tens of thousands of years for us TO
sec.
The study of the mammoth also
teaches us positively now that these
monsters did not become extinct IN
consequence of any sudden change IN
the climate. They were not over
whelmed by an ice age. Siberia was
not warmer then than II is now. They
were ice-living and ice-loving animals
and could exist in Siberia to-day with
exactly the same ease as they did
then.
No. The extinction of the mammoth
Is due 10 the same agent who killed
off the buffalo. the giant bird dodo, the
great man-like apeyornis bird. ana
who is killing off the elephant, the rhi-
noceros and the auks to-day. II was
man who made the mammoth disap-
pear from the face OF the eartn-a
primitive type OF man, without nre-
arms, but with the same fierce love
for hunting that characterizes man 70
day. The early man OF the stone age,
hunting the mammoth over the lCy
wastes with weapons OF wood and nm
and maetodon tusis. wiped out w
vast creature as completely as man
Of the gunpowder age has wiped out
other beasts with his guns.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

travelling from Chicago 90 Now York
ou the limited, ana we're talking over
Peggy From Paris" which was then
running % che EfudcDnker Thcatcr.
chicago. Said Mr Savage ~ Adc.
'"fhr prologue ~ Peggy ls me distinct
feature. Why npf write FfrHlThf
comedy along those NnfHf Ado Ff1ap-
80 fhe suggestion nn1 n fho twenty
tour hours ffHFn ffHm rhIr1f0 40
Sow YORK bio0kef Duf 900 scenario
ana filfd lu 70 portion 0f 900 fIninrlf.
THr Nrfi1fn 0f Geo. faF 81 rally
Kenfianf fnl. 3d. hlra h0ur fohn,
40 lclc IA Lna lnl1 fHH scenes of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

add their grateful presences. The
firing monotony of plain exhibitions of
muscle and acrobatic and aerial skill
will be done away with. The Hippo
drome performance will have two
parts. and in each the spectacular eff
fects will surpass the amazing reveal
tons in beauty. light and color with
which Frederic Thompson set wild mil
lior5 at Luna Park. when a Yankee
Circus Goes to Mars" will be follow
ed by "Andersonville, or The Wilson
Raiders
Lew Dockstader. who is responsible
for modern innovations, in negro min
streisy has "up his sleeve" for next
season a novelty that will prove in
teresting and attractive to persons
other than those already interested In
burnt cork shows. He is now in active
negotiation with an exceptionally emil
nent grand opera prima donna. and
there is little doubt that terms will be
agreed upon under which she will sing
for Dockstader all next year This will
have a tendency to place minstrelsy
Upon Il still higher plane than it now
occupies.
Edna May, with whom moving day
comes along on Monday for the third
time since the beginning of her en-
gaaement in THE Schoolgirl at Days
Theater, will not be permanently
through with New York when she
leaves town a fortnight hence. It is
Mr.. Frohman's intention to bring the
actress and her company back to
Broadwaw at the expiration of her
visits to a few of the other large
cities and in the spring to take all
hands to London for an engagement
there. BY this means the English pub
lie will have a chance to see just
how one of their own successful must
cal comedies was played in Yankee
land.
"Al, sold OUT is the reply that greets
applicants for tickets for the future
performances of David Warfield in
''The Music Master at the Belasco
Theater This condition applies not
alone to the regular nights. but to the
extra matinees put forward by the
management with the intention of ac-
commodating the previously unsatisfied
| public. 1t looks very much as though
Warfield, after his transference to the
Bijou Theater, might remain in town
until into next summer without any
practical diminishment of his audi
ences. L,A-t
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
POPULAR PRICE PLAYS
FOR HOLIDAY WEEK
The Arnold Stock Company for Six Nights and
Three MatineeS

Monday Matinee-'"The Little
Mother"
Monday Night-"A Daughter of
Satan"
Tuesday Night-"Midnight in
Chinatown"
Wednesday Matinee - east
Lynne"
Wednesday Night-''rhe Child
steaIer."
Thursday Night-"The Garrison
Girl"
Friday Nisht-s'The Price of ST.
1ence."
Saturday Matinee-"The Burglar
and the Wait"
Saturday Night-"The Sleeping
City"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

The County Chairman" II one
should ask why Ii is successful a doz-
en- answers might be given him, but
frst and foremost in its absolute clean
linessi secondly. its naturalness: third
~. all its characters are living, breath
ing human beings with the faults and
virtues which are heritages of the hui
man race. and fourthly. Mr.. AIDE takes
one back TO the scenes Of his youth.
with all the quaintness, innocence,
smallness. petty jealousies and great
heartedness which exist in the small
country community. THE County
Chairman" will be seen here shortly.
Prizes Lace Handkerchief.
Gertrude Rennyson. the prima
donna who had the honor OF being the
first American girl to sing in English
the role Of Desdemona in Verdis
"Othello' with Henry W. Savage's
English Grand Opera Company high
ly treasures a dainty lace handker-
chief given her by Nine. Marchesi,
the great vocal teacher Of Paris.
When "Othello' was first produced
in English in New York Miss Kenny
son permitted the keepsake to be used
for the one that "OthellO'' has given
his wife in the Shakespeare tragedy,
the same one that is afterwards en-
ployed by Iago to arouse the jealousy
Of the Moor Miss Rennyson regards
the bit of lace as the mascot which
brought her such pronounced success
on that occasion and now prizes the
handkerchief more highly than ever.
She will be seen in Savannah shortly.
"Wcather Beaten Benson"
After all. the purely American play
is the thing for American people, a
fact oft demonstrated and now en-
phasized anew in the cordial reception
with which Ezra Kendall's new play,
Weather Beaten Benson" is meeting
on its tour.
Kendalls popularity is so extensive
and firmly established that he would
probably be accepted in almost any
sort of a vehicle, but in Weather
Beaten Benson" he is doing something
for American stage literature as well
as adding to his individual reputation
as comedian. To the public that has
known Kendall's work it may be rath-
er difficult TO picture him drawing
tears as well as laughter. but it is
said there are moments in Weather
Beaton Benson" when he grips the
heart strings as effectively as he
ELECTS merriment in the lighter
scenes. Liebler & Co. have given Ken
dali an unusually fine cast and pro-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

District yiritor-'rve just bad
letter from my son Reggie saying be-
has won scholarship. . can't tei
you how delighted . am g." Rustic
pafiy-sI fan undernfand yeT feelings
mum frIf iuai thn Same when nuf
rr Hon modal af fle agricultural
show o. Punch.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
chnuneey oIcott Coming.

Chnuncey OIcott coming.
Inherent in every man and woman
is the love of children. True some child
may be distasteful to this man or to
that woman, but let them be thrown
in contact with the right child and
instantly their hearts are touched.
What wonder then that a sweet nat
ural child on the stage should appeal.
The dramatist has more than once
used a child to bring about a recon-
Citation between an estranged hus-
band and wife, a situation that never
fails to reach the hearts of an audi
ence. Chauncey Olcott uses children
in his play and their presence on the
scene is always greeted with delight
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

By the public. Mr.. Olcou VIII appear
here durlng the present season. n
VIII be- Mr.. Olcotte first professional
visit 90 the South since be became q
star.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25

duction this season. Savannah the
alter goers will be afforded an Oppor-
tunity of seeing it.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-27
An Eel's Adventure.

A big eel at large around the Wis
sahickon station of the Philadelphia
& Reading Railway company caused
quite a sensation among the waiting
passengers few days ago, and half
hundred women and a few cowardly
men feel exceedingly grateful to the
ticket agent, bootblack and newsboy
ever since.
Somehow the eel escaped from a
large box in the waiting room, and,
quietly wriggling over the floor, Great
ed CONSERVATION by showing a fon J.
ness for crawling over the shoes of
the fair sex.
When the eel broke jail the attaches
Of the station all made grabs for him.
But, wriggling like an Oriental dan
Ger, he went through their hands like
the proverbial creased eel.
Terror was added to the excitiment
by some one raising cry that it
would bite. Women grabbed their
skirts and screamed and men looked
foolish. 1t was a hot chase. The at
taches ducked in and out, losing their
hats and tempers in the scrimmage.
Sometimes their hands would close
over the eel, but not for long; few
wriggles and the elusive creature
would be gliding over the floor again.
Finally ticket agent, newsboy and boot
black, putting and blowing and per-
spring freely, made final and sue
cessful attack, corralled the eel. and
nailed him in a packing case.-Phila'
delphia Telegraph.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-05-27
A Strange Old Medal.

Attached to very ancient human
skeleton found in one of the old mines
in the Wichita mountains was q
strangely carved medal. 1t is four or
five inches in diameter. On one side
is a raised figure representing two
hands clasped; On one cuff IS the
American eagle; on the other are
three bars extending lengthwise of
the cuff. Above the hands are a pipe
and tomahawk crossed On this side
of the medal are the words: Peace
and Friendship" On the other side is
bust of President Jefferson, with the
inscription, Thomas Jefferson, Pres
ident of the United States, A. D..
1901" A silver ring is fastened to 81
post on the top of the medal.