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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-12

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-12

Little difference does it make to the
Wall street lamb whether he is Lawson
lied or Standard Oiled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-12

u The conservative old Congressional
Record comes in again, but without red
headlines.
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Lyceum-''A Social Hlahwayman."

Grim tragedy stalks the stage at the
;Lyceum this week, not the tragedy Of pa
thos of a Romeo and Juliet" nor the
grisly spectre of ingratitude to be found in
Lear" but the tragedy OF, a faithful valet
who finds that his solicitude has brought
death and dishonor to his master. Super
ficially the Social Highwayman" occu-
pies the center Of the play, but in the
play, as we'll as in the original story, the
valet is the real hero, and it is he who
really suffers.
The action of the drama is rapid. From
the first scene it Is evident that the social
hfghwayman is standing on the brink Of
a precipice and that nothing can save him.
At times rescue seems at hand. but it is
merely the glitter of hope. In fact, altho
the h1ghwayman is dressed with all the
paraphernalia of a gentleman and the
sympathy of the audience goes out strong
ly to him, he is really a blot on society
and even if we regard his life with the
broadcast philosophy, his social disgrace
seems deserved. He made the tactical
mistake of preying directly upon his
friends, Of robbing the ladies of their
jewels and the gentlemen Of their pocket
books. He ought instead to have foated
a stock company and sold the watered
and worthless stock. It, would have been
easier and safer, and the highwayman
would probably have married Elinor
Durham. the only woman who really
| cared for him, and be still enjoying the
society Of his friends.
| If the master is condemned, why not
the man? The valet was bred from the
gutter and society was his natural prey
And yet he had the noble trait of faithful
ness to the end, and would have sacri-
| feed his own life to save his master
from disgrace. The strongest scene is
when the servant secs his master lying
dead and realizes that his own over-anx-
ious words were responsible.
The play is absorbing from first to last
but there are several scenes that stand
out strongly. In the second act WHERE
the valet dissuades his master from sui.
eide when he thinks the game is up, and &
moment later when he persuades thu
Sonora Caprices that,T if an exposure o.
his master comes about, her past may
become fit subject for scandal. The
last act u.s. of course, the climax, where
the inevitable comes about and The high.
wayman is. declared.
Lewis Stonesrwh took the part of Cour.
tice Jaffrey, the highwaynian, can b.
criticized in but one particular. There
could easily, have beefb aadash Of 'devi1tr.
added in the first act when he was still
sure Of his position and before, his. lov,
for Elinof: Bufnham -(Florence~ Stone3H tolt
him that there must be an end. Ben j on
son, as Jenkins Handy, the valet, coult
not have been better, and Leida Shaw, a.
Sonora Leila Caprices,f was all that coult
be desired. -Lucian Kirkland.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-12

A recent Washington outrage is the re-
quirement by heads Of departments that
clerks do a fair days work. The presi-
dent does.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-12
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR

Another Drama Made Into Book; a
Play to be Seen by Your Own Flresde.-
The reader who likes a play Of the cheer
full sort will find pleasure in The Prince
Chap, which the author, Edward sPeple,
says is based upon a play. Reading It,
one has little difficulty in imagining him
self watching the unfolding Of piece of
make believe life on the stage and even
hearing the orchestra in overture and in
terlude.
The story is about "Billy'' Peyton, a
young sculptor from the south who goes
to London in search of market for his
statues, and the money which will enable
him to marry Alice-"Princess Alice"
Billy is "a chap that children trust and
stray dogs follow in the street. i And
women? Heb! The idiot doesn't give
extremity Of pawning his watch to pro-
vide the necessities of life, he pledges
himself to care for the fve-year-old
child of a dying model The story, be-
ing about Billy, thereafter includes the
child Claudia, otherwise piggy"
PIGGY had been taught to say her
prayers, and in going the rounds of the
studios with her mother had picked up
many phrases that sounded strange from
a child's lips. So after she has said her
prayers, Billy hearing her, one is not
ouA ~ AoSN, tA1O uC Audy Ut d UlI SlOCh6u,
to hear her comment: Daddy =
that was bully good prayer
= wasn't it?" The child's per-
feet innocence of anything incongruous
saves the incident from coarseness and
serves to disclose the pure gold Of he,
character.
Besides Piggy and Billy, whom she
calls, purely from whim of her own
| Daddy" there are Fuckers, an imp OF
fourteen who carries Goals to renters il
the studio building, and Runion, Billy's
borrowed servant. Both are somewhat
| stacy, but not the less amusing, especial
! ly Fuckers. Fuckers sleeps in a colo
place under the stairs In the cellar 81
she appreciates warmth, even to the fol
| lowing extent, which is quite too hard
ened for fourteen-year-ol
"Heverlastin' punshments as no fear
for Phoebe! Let 'em turn on their vol
canoes an their flamin' brimstones, an
III smile sweet an say: Thank you, Mr.
Devil thank you kindly, SIR
Then there is Jack an English noble
man (no "josh' either, any way you TAX
the term), who later comes to love Piggy
ana then Alice Who wearies of waiting
for Billy.
Can't you guess the rest? If not, VIII;
there's the book.
The verses which serve as the must
or this booked drama are worthy Of men
ton In closing. Here is the First Cur
tain"
The curtain falls! The critics puff their cie
i arettes
And pace the foyer's neutrality-suspicious. in paine
i regrets.
Within the stout musicians toot and saw an
With might and main; the fat director, pa ntine
waves
His frantic baton at hayward piccolo.
The curtain lifts! The crowds-we wish them
their graves
come scrambling back. The last belated NAL
who roves -
; SINKS IN his seat-refreshed-an redolent {
cloves. s..
G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York, ~ =.
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Eoyer Chat,

=. Next Thursday evening at the Metro
politan that fine pastoral play, york
State Folks will return for a brief en-
gagement,' with the original cast and
scenic production.
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state Folks, will return for a brief en-
gagement,' with the original cast; and
scenic production.
Tim Murphy, quaint comedian. opened
a brief engagement at the Metropolitan
last night in a new comedy by Frederick
Paulding, 1.-TWO Men and a Girl" The
production will be reviewed in this COL
umn tomorrow. g..
The. bill at the Unique theater, which
changes this afternoon, presents three
good cards. Princess Trixie, the most
wonderful educated horse in, the world,
by Bloodhounds," which cost thousands
Of dollars, to produce, and the "Wizards
Of the Winchester in wonderful feats of
| craftsmanship. These three headliners
make the high-priced trio and with four
| more fully up to standard, the manage
ment expects delighted audiences. Thurs
day evening at $3.50 will be amateur
pected to turn in their names and acts at
the box office, and report for rehearsal
Thursday morning.
In spite of repeated announcements fix.
ing Dec. IS as the beginning Of Miss Ger.
=. trude Sans-Souci's engagement at the
Orpheum theater, the impression prevails
| i4Ao- DIG 10 oppScAA AL3 S1lC4 tAAo WCSh
The original date for her first appearance
was Dec. d. Subsequently this wax
changed to Dec. 49, so that she might re.
main the entire week. j.
An entirely new bill iof high class vaude.
Vile was offered at the Orpheum theate>
yesterday, two large and enthusiastic au.
diences voicing their approval OF the new
features. A review of the bill will bt
given in this column tomorrow.
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19

understand 1t, in the United States.
When men arc needed they are selected
from the most promising applicants who
have attended the schools of instruction.
IN these schools motormen and conduc-
tors are thoroughly drilled in handling
ali of the standard devices in use In the
United States and Great Britain. There
is no formal placing OF a name on. the
available list and the foreman or SUI
per!ntendent uses his Judgment in choos-
ing employees. 1t seems to work fully
as well as our more elaborate civil SER
vice boards, with their expensive stafrs
and formal examinations,
Various types of cars are used Several
lines are served entirely with cars mod
eled from those used In the United
States. The double-deck tram is the more
popular, and every effort is being made
to remedy It's defects and TO avoid the
danger which attends reaching and leav-
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HOW THE OTHER HALF
LIVES I'm NEWPORT

Miss Harriet f. Thomas writes IN tho
current issue of. charaties of an old wo-
man in Newport who told her that she
5"belonged to the Newport Poor Fund.
and the Townsend Aid for The Aged
and asked II there were not some other
societies that she could join 80 as to get
something more, as she was born ana
brought up IN Newport and had right
to all there was gong
Miss Thomas writes on How the 9th
err Half Lives In Newport from the
point OF view of the Charity organiza-
ton society. OF which she Is secretary,
The picture Is q, curious reverse OF the
brilliant spectacle OF social Newport,
Miss Thomas alirms that the general
impression that charity work In Newport
Is like carrying Goals to Newcastle Is a
mistake LackNo of work In winter, senu-
mental charity, charitable requests and
the summer visitors have produced q
condition OF dependency which feels no
stigma at a strong man fed and clothed
from public funds. a geographical isor
lation has led TO intermarrlage With re-
siilting loss OF vitality and visor, and I'M
til the Chax4S, OSGSssiSatioa ,seGiSs#I sssak
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men actually took part in the war, be-
sides $4,000 militia reserve men taken
away from that body for the regular army.
The services they rendered were, there
fore. cincontestablc.
The recommendation OF the report that
milltIamen should have six months train
Ing for the battalion or other unit could
not be obtained because officers who are
business and professional men cannot pos
sibly leave their work for six months.
This must be obvious to anybody VINO
knows anything about professions or bust
ness.
The volunteers cannot do more training
than they now do, and though some bat
ftallons, or at least portion of thcm
manage to go ont into camp for fourteen
days. the majority Of largo employers Of
labor, and especially those in the North
of England, many of whom have great
number Of volunteers In their employ,
cannot possibly give the men more than
a weeks leave al time to go into camp
A vast number ri volunteers---far above
80 per cent. of the force do go into camp
every year
quite agree that no volunteer officers
or men should be put to expense on ae-
count of their service, and that the en-
ployer of labor also should not be expect
ed 10 make sacrifices which the public
does not desire him to make.
58 i consider hat the brigade Is the ilarg7
est unit In which volunteers should he
organized and that officers appointed tn
the command OF these brisades should
certainly not have command of regimen
tai districts. They shonld be taken most
IL from colonies retired at iifty-seyen
years of age, who might be given the
rank OF tbrigadiersgeneral or major-gen-
eral, togethef with a sufficient staff to
work their bri-ades all the year round.
such a syste .would procure the desired
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has had thrust on him a reputation Tor
predominant traits Of hard-headed con-
servatisn In any country where he is
OF The majority he Ia the mott radical OF
human beings Once he has figured 10
his own Satisfaction that there is ma
terlal or financial advantage In intro
ducing d. new system, he bends every en-
erEv to tho overthrow OF conflicting IN
etitulons, no matter how old or vene-
rated. !,
These conservative and hard headed
Scotch" migrated to New Zealand. they
proceeded to externinnte or convert the
natives and long since have finished that
task. ,rhey Invented and Installed an ex-
detrimental system OF, government "hlch
has astounded Che world BY It's audacity.
They nut into actual operation q cornpi-
nation OF the socialism of Karl M ARK and
opposed to 1t the individuallsm OF Hen
nv George. Others quarreled over theo-
rics; they tested them on lgigantic
scale.
while / am writing this paper, news
comes from England that tile Rouse OF
Commons has passed to q third reaqins
d bill which proposes to tax out oI e ~
istencc i.the unearncd Increment on
lnnd.n TO those who are familiarSwith
the "sInglc-taxs, theory, to which Henry
|. George devoted HIS life and talents, this
phrase has an ominous sound. It's en-
forcement would sound the death knell
Ito land speculation and In all PROBABILITIES
n,,t mn end to the andlordism on which
is based the aristocracy OF Great Britain.
The House Of Lords will probably de-
feat the bill, but 1t promises to become
& : . i d. 4. Z 4
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reject 1t by an enormous majority.
The report OF the commission evidently
does aim at some form of compulsory
service, and put this aside as an utter
impossiblity
From years of experience in Ireland as
Commissioner OF Police of dlsaffected
counties, am convinced that any at
tempt to INTRODUCES compulsion would
mean nothing short OF revolution In that
country.
My belief is that with the auxiliary
forces properly and sympathetically
department. which am glad to see is
strongly recommended by the commits
sion. and Of which ! have always been
the strongest possible advocate, every
thing that Is desired could be obtained,
At the same time ! am also convinced
that drill and military exercise should
be compulsory In all schools ZIP to the
age of eighteen. look upon this early
training as essential for the country, not
merely for the training of armies, but
for tho general physique OF the nation.
Cadet corps and boys hrigades are OF
the greatest possible Use In this respect,
but they do not altogether fulhll the pur-
pose that early training would do as
recommended SO strongly by Sir g. ranb-.
man Goldie In tho report Of the south
African War Commission
entirely agree with Lord Methuen, Sir
John French and Sir Henry Hildyard as
to training boys. and finally with Lord
Wolseley thai II Is advisable to spend
more money on cadet battalions, which
arc most valuable adjuncts TO the army
With regard to the militia, whose NUM-
hers have fallen off so Immensely In the
last year seyenty-bne battalions besides
artillery and engineers served in the war
in South Africa, and 1851 officers, 49,S75
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hold one family In ten was receiving
public outdoor rellef-oty aims
Manufacturing Interests have tried to
gain foothold. but have failed to find
encouragement to authorize q beginning.
or having started, have succurnbed TO
spirit OF petty jealousy and prejudice.
Independent workman therefore. are
largely confined To mechanics, teamsters,
gardeners, and flshermen, For all of
them winter is n season of dleness
Wealthy persons respond generously to
1.-The cry OF these men In winter TINT they
| have neither work nor shelter, and tho
result is IL sapping Of thrft--they make
no attempt to find work, An elderly rou7
| pie who lived alone had frugal habits,
! and the fact TINT the wife worked out
| by the day at times gave the impression
| that they We're very poor. The man rel
| III and to the greatest morifcation or ms
| son and the surprise OF the neighhor-
hood help of all Kinds WAS showered on
the famly. He owned three houses, and
when Individuals and societies drove tn
his door Ia leave money and dainties, his
tenants stared. The things We're fairly
forced upon them and although he OBJ
tected the lesson WAS not lost on his less
thrifty ne.9hbors.
With rhe advent of the summer wish
tors the whole atmosphere, even to the
narrowest alley, becomes one OF reckless
use of money, The wealthy find Il pleas
ure' nr diversion in giving Of their store,
and the poor accept IT with acrty, The
story OF one household Will serve as
type The X man, his wife and five child
rem lived comfortably on his wages and
what his wife earned at Dad times. The
children grew larger to find that II was
easy TO secure money by the mere asking
IL of well dressed men and women on the
streets. The mother followed their en-
ample Even keeping her own house
elean As4s xsaan uaEs HSaA .sSe Gould ~,
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clio by one of England's most prominent
generals is of great interest to Amcri-
cans.
The recent report OF the Royal British
Commission on the militia and volunteers
has brought the question prominently be-
fore the people: lis n large Standing army
Of corscripts necessary to England un-
der present conditions, or Is our small
permanent force strengthened by yolun-
teers sufficient to meet all emergencies7'
From thereport OF the commissioners II
Ia easily seen that these men favor a
change In our military system, hut the
great mistake OF the report seems to me
to be that 1t wants to make an army Tor
England comparable with those OF France
and Germany nations which, from the
fact that they have an immense frontier
bordering on great military powers are
bound to maintain very large armies
numbering millions OF men.
Were we to Use their system of con-
scription we should be throwing away
the great advantages OF our geographical
position and the sacrifices we have made
to maintain the enormous feet which Is
necessary to ensure the safe passage OF
food supplies OF this country OF which
thres-uuarters comes from abroad,
My opinion, based ON many years ex-
perience Is and always will be, that the
strictly voluntary system is tbs only one
that is applicable to or possible for, this
country
Moreover, ! am perfectly certain that
riibic opinion as expressed at the polls
for votes must be taken when such a
sweeping measure as CONSUMPTION even
n .its naildest form Is proposed -would
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results. At present tho position of bri-
/ gade volunteers is little better than q
farce.
4 From what | have so far read l agree
| in great measure with Sir Ralph l<noX's
| minority report
| With regard to the minority report OF
| Colonel Sattcrthwaite and Colonel Dal-
mahoy, their suggestion that auxiliary
! forces should be administered separately
| Fat the War Office Is an excellent one.
There Is no idea whatever Of making
the auxiliary forces distinct from the reg
ular army and their separate adminis-
! tratIon AT the War ONCE would in no
way tend 10 take them ont of their prop
! er relation to the regular army.
! have said on several occasions that
| + consider the great dealth of officers OF
! the auxiliary forces due to the expenses
Of the volunteer officers, which amount
from one hundred dollars to two hundred
and fifty year.
Al yearly allowance to cover all en-
penses should be given, and In addition
| ia that there should be some continuity
of system I'm the War ONCE dealing with
the auxiliary forces. as AT present they
have no confidence in that institution,
My Arm conviction Is that shooting Is
by far the most Important factor In tho
defence of the conntrY. and as stated IN
my evidence 10 the commission, = teacn
the men to shoot and let the government
support, not only the volunteers, but also
the rifle clubs throughout8the country"
If this la done and The youth of the
Country are trained at school as recom-
mended having regard 10 our geographl-
cal position we have all that is neces-
sary for home defence,
THIS is the opinion OF the experts In
Germany and France whose people, owing
to the presence of their powerful neigh
| bors close to- their frontiers, are obliged