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Hare out of the same uthor'ssPenden-
MIS- 1t is. somewhat singular, how
ever, considering the enormous popu-
larfty of Dickens novels, that so few
have been made into good plays. If
you will run over the list of such sue
cesses you will find that nearly all
those that have been largely remuner-
ative have utilized his short stories.
This is true of "A Message from Mars
though that is only Indebted, if at all,
for the basic idea to Dickens, of The
Cricket on the Hearth which your
famous veteran, Joseph Jefferson, act
ed so delightfully."-; Of No Thorough
fare, i'll which Fechter and your Will
liam j. Florence were so excellent, and
of Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings which,
under the title of Uncle Dicks Dar-
ling, our j. j. Toole presented, with
Henry Irving, then young leading
man, in the cast. But if we turn to
the long novels, I know of but one
from which really good plays have
Cities, called upon the stage, as dram
atfzed by Herman Merivale. All for
Her and by Freeman Wills, The Only
Way
Possibly the success of the last
named was due in great measure to
the original story being more simple
and direct than was usual in the long
er tales. But considering the enormous
wealth of incident and character and
the inexhaustible mine of wit and
humor they contain, it seems to me
remarkable that more profitable and
enjoyable use has not been made Of
such splendid material. I am inclined
to think that one reason why modern
playwrigats have been afraid to ven
ture in this field is that they have
seen or heard of early dramatizations
ever, they would carefully examine
these plays they would find them COM
posed mainly of ill-fnatched excerpts
that smell to heaven of scissors and
paste. These concoctions were hur-
.riedly patched together as soon as pos.
sible after the appearance of the orig
inal stories, were full of frequent
changes of scenes, and as rule made
caricatures of the characters. / have.
glanced over some of these, and 1 rec
ogniZe that it is impossible that such
stuff could please modern audience.
Among others that / examined was
one on Dombey & Son. in which / am
told that Burton was SO great as Cap'n
Cutie, and one on David Copperfield,'
and both We're absolutely crude and
unworkmanlike.
but because bad plays have been
made of such books, more able dramat-
lists need not be frightened from at
tempting to do better. I believe that
there is such vast circle of Dickens
admirers that a fairly good play bear
ing one of his titles would have much
more chance of success than an orig
inal work of equal merit
THE chief difficulty before the play
wright is selection. The stories are
too diffuse, the characters too numer-
Gus, the changes of scene too frequent
and the lapses Of time too great to per-
nit the hope of setting them forth in
anything like their entirety. The mairs
thread, the crucial incidents and the
really important and active characters,
should alone be employed Is there
not a great chance for a moving
drama in Mr.. Dombey. his wife and
Carker? But they must not be made
subservient to the humors of Capt
Cutie. There is abundance of splen-
did dramatic material in Our Mutual
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In ''The Female Detectives at the Grand This Week


for effect. The conclusions are natu-
rally reached. Horace Parker does not
realize that he is being changed. From
the time that the messenger from Mars
appears on the scene his influence is
unconsciously exercised.
With supernatural power he permits
walls to become transparent and the
very furniture moves at his suggestion.
Horace Parker is made the tool of his
own selfish motives. The messenger
from Mars is sent into the world to re-
store him to his better self and until
the restoration is completed the mes
senger cannot return to the planet
The task assigned to him is one of ex-
treme trouble, and he has to resort to
the most radical measures to accom-
plish it, but he is finally successful
and having redeemed the soul of Hor-
ace Parker he returns again to the
land of Mars.
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Friend and if spectacular meIo-
drama is desired. there is copious in-
spiration in Barnaby Rudge.'
1T is needless to go through the list.
but in my opinion nearly all lend them-
selves to successful treatment, but it
must be accomplished by bold-and
original as well as a reverential hand.
Much of Dickens dialogue can/be used,
but much must be supplied, and it will
be no small achievement if the diff
ference between the old and the new
is not too obvious. Another difficulty
to be overcome is the necessity of
making the heroines more important
than Dickens usually did. AS a rule
his men were more interesting, more
vital and more carefully developed
than his women, and we all know that
in the larger majority of acceptable
plays the women should be of at least
equal Importance
Mr. Hawtrey will be seen at the
Metropolitan for four nights and We'd
nesday matinee, beginning tonight.
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"THE FEMALE DETECTIVES" AT
THE GRAND


The attraction at the Grand for the
week commencing with matinee to-
day at 2:30 will be the Russell broth
ers in ..The Female Detectives For
years this pair of laughmakers have
appeared throughout the country in
their sketch, The Irish Servant Girls y
playing the principal vaudeville thea
ters There is not an act in the con
tinuous" which can boast of more pop
ularity than these self-same Russell
brothers. This season they are ap-
pearing at the head of their own dra-
matte organization, under the direc-
ton of Samuel Blair & Co. The vehi-
Gle selected for their starring tour is
d sensational meiodrana in three acts
and seven scenes entitled, "The Fee
male Detectives written by Charles
A. Taylor. The Female Detectives
is a story of everyday life in the city
OF New York and tends to describe the
adventures OF two detectives who. dis
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Metropolitan Tonight

guised as women, run to earth des-
perate band of criminals. The play is
melodramatic and full of sensational
situations and thrilling climaxes, with
love romance running throughout it's
entire action; but although melo-
drama. there is said to be just enough
comedy inter spersed to make it all the
mere enjoyable. The latter depart
ment is handled by none other than
James Russell. The roles of the two
female detectives are portrayed by the
Russell brothers and Mr. Taylor has
succeeded in casting them to great ad-
vantage. In the first act they appear
in masculine attire, and incidentally
this is the first time in their eventful
career that they have ever appeared
before an audience in what the press
agents calls pants They are seen in
this strange costume for only few
minutes, however, as they quickly
make a change and throughout the rest
of the play appear as women.
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and the story is said to be Interestingly
told. furnishing abundant opportunity
for bright, witty dialogue and good
clean comedy as well as intense dra-
matte situations and surprising cli-
makes. The production is said to be
one of the largest on tour this season.
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CHARLES HAWTREY ON DRAMA
THING DICKENS

In the search for new dramatic
material many playwrights are turn
ing to the older novelists. Your Mrs.
Fiske is still successfully presenting
Becky Sharpe, and I read that Paul
Potter is to make play for John
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COMING ATTRACTIONS

Maxine Elliott, who has scored a suc-
cess in Her Own Way" Clyde Fitch's
comedyrwill be seen at the Metropol-
itan, Jan. 10, 20 and 81. The story Of
Her Own Way is an interesting pic
tnre of New York life of today with d
society background The atmosphere
is supplied in the best Fitch vein, and
the social satire is of the kind which
can be appreciated by every one The
love interest deals with the efforts of
Sam Coast, wealthy and unscrupu-
lous mine owner, to win Georgiana Car
ley (Miss Elliott) in spite of every
thing. Georgiana already loves Dick
Coleman, lieutenant in the army, but
through scheming Coast forces
Georgiana's family into bankruptcy
and financial ruin, believing that his
money will win her, if his love does
not. But Georgiana resists all infiu-
ences and insists upon having her own
way. There are many delicious COM
edy characters. among them lady
hairdresser and various types of social
climbers.
The cast of "a Girl From Dixie" the
pretty musical comedy. by Harry B.
Smith. author of Robin Hood, and
which will shortly be seen at the Met
ropolitan, includes several well known
lyric players whose careers have been
Identified with some of the foremost
musical organizations of the country.
The Minneapolis Roosevelt club in
cinderella and the Prince" will play
an engagement at the Metropolitan
opera. house for three nights and mat
inee, beginning Thursday, Feb. rs.
Charles Frohman's big production,
The Giri From Kay's,p which is now
playing in Chicago, will be seen at the
Metropolitan the latter part of this
month.
"The virginian, as dramatized from
Owen Wister's novel, is to be offered
at the Metropolitan the early part of
next month. The story works strange
things upon the Puritan conscience of
Molly Wood. the hero's sweetheart
This New England girl pits her preju-
dices against the yirginfan's. Western
instincts, and there is a battle royal
between her way aud his. But destiny
proves the master of them both. The
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@Superba,' Hanlon Bros big spec
tacular, will be seen at the Grand
shortly after an absence of many
years. The scenic display this season
is said to be gorgeous and the COM
pany the best the spectacle has ever
had.
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hero kills his man. in true cowboy
fashion and love makes the Puritan
girl thank heaven for it,

Among the early bookings coming to
this city will be the famous musical
comedy, "a Chinese Honeymoon" due
at the Metropolitan the first part of
February. This musical comedy has
had remarkable success not only in
London, but at the Casino, New York,
where it ran for over $50 performances,
a record that no musical comedy has
equaled the past two years.
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Miss Eulalia Bennett has over forty
steps to climb in her rush up the bel
Try stairs in the third act scene of
The Heart of Maryland" which viii
be seen at the Grand soon.
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The Minneapolis Roosevelt club in
cinderella and the Prince" will play
an engagement at the Metropolitan
opera. house for three nights and mat
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Charles Frohman's big production,
s.The Giri From Kay's, which is now
playing in Chicago will be seen at the.
Metropolitan the latter part of this
month.
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s"The Lighthouse by the Sea- one of
the big melodramatic hits of last sea-
son at the Grand, is coming again soon
with a bigger. brighter and better
foundation than ever.
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Williams and Walker, the royal come
dians, with Lottie Williams and Ada,
Walker and large company of COL
ored artists, are making their first
American tour since their successful
European engagement and will be seen
at the Grand shortly in q fresh version
of the colored opera, In Dahomey.s
The piece this season is crowded with
melodious Southern melodies, eccen-
trio dances and plantation patter.
Many excellent musical numbers are
also interpolated.
Songs of the fatherland, songs of the
lover, songs that are heard upon the
Alpine heights and in the Swavian
lowIands, form important features in
Messrs. Broadhurst & Currie's Ger
man farce, Fritz & Snitz," in which
they are this season offering their
stars, Mason & Mason.
SOTb< ,rto{ 11oy,ca ~, H., =,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
National Campaign Funds.

During national campaigns the books
Of the treasurer and manager are kept
in a peculiar way. Instead of entering
accounts by name each account is
given u number and Is thus carried
throughout the campaign. The key to
this legendary system is known only
to two or three trusted men, and the
accountants who keep the books have
not the slightest knowledge of what
state committee or other organization
or individual stands behind the num-
Der. After the campaign is over the
books are burned, and all the records,
except possibly some private memoran-
da kept by the manager, are wiped
out of existence. Such a thing as the
auditing Of campaign expenditures was
never known and probably never will
be known so far as national campaigns
are concerned. Everything is trusted
to the honor Of the responsible men,
and l have never heard that any of
the managers Of a national campaign
were suspected of betrayal of their
trust in any way.-Walter Wellman in
Success
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
Snow PIOw Wrecked.

The Milwaukee started their snow
plow out Of Calmar at about six
O'Clock this morning and at about
eight O'Clock they had reached within
about mile Of Arlington when they
went into a one sided snow drift some
thing like twenty-five feet deep. 1t
twisted the front end of the engine
around and threw it more than it's
width off the track, the snow pillow
going into the ground some feet and
piling up the dirt to heat the band.
The entire engine went off and lays
partly tipped over. The passenger
was following it and had got as far
as Fayette but went back, At one
o'clock this afternoon no help had ar
rived. but the wrecking crew with two
engines was expected from the north
at about three o'clock and Roadmaster
Drewry is working toward Monticello
with another crew. 1t is bad derail-
ment and had it not occurred we would
have had mail this forenoon. -Arllng-
ton News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
Big Industry for Prairie Du CHEN.

A beet sugar factory involving an
investment of $500. 900 will be loca ted
at Prairie du Chen the coming year
if the necessary acreage is guaranteed
before spring. Parties concerned in a
sugar factory elsewhere propose to
build an extensive plant there on con-
diton only that the farmers will con-
tract for three years to grow 5000
acres of beets to supply the plant.
The factory will consume 800 to 1000
tons of beets per day when in opera
tion and turn out from 100, 600 to $50,
900 pounds of sugar per day. The main
building is to be TOKYO feet and three
stories high; warehouse 70x200 to
accommodate 100000 pounds sugar
cooper shop 6Ox150; boiler room con.
tanning 1900 horse power boilers and
furnaces, 60x120 feet; lime kiln 55xl1O
feet four stories high; pulp drying
building 60x70 feet, three stories high.
The plant will consume about four
car loads of coal and 5000. 900 gallons
of water aily.-Waukon Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
Prominent Farmer Suicides,

@. E Pierce, a prominent farmer of
Jacksonville township, was found
dead in his bed, at his home in that
township, yesterday morning. An in
vestigations of the case by the coroner,
Dr. Landon, developed the fact that
death resulted from carbolcJacid pot
soning. That suicide was premedi-
tated there is no doubt. Mr.. Pierce
has been worrying over his financial
affairs for some time and being of a
temperament of the sort toallow these
things to prey upon his mind. he took
the fatal step. His affairs were not
in such condition as to cause unusual
worry, his farm of $40 acres having
only an incumbrance of about $1,000.
He carried $4,000 life insurance and
had considerable personal property
about him. On retiring Sunday night
he told his sons that they would have
to attend to the chores in the morning
as he would not be up, and from other
circumstances the rash act was evi.
IDENTIFY planned. New Hampton Tri-
bune,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
Bailey on the Gasoline Engine.

The Tribune Office is going through
the moulting period with q gasoline
engine to enliven things. It is one
Of the best engines made and cannot
60 wrong il ordinary intelligence is
used, so the directions say, and this
is no doubt true. but thirteen men,
eleven boys and nine engineers were
fixing it for six hours, and at eleven
O'Clock a. m. it would run all right If
some one turned the wheel. 1t is the
simplest engine in the world. SO the
directions say. 1t is an oil cooler,
high pressure. non-stinker and anti
profanity instigator. We sent for
Verne Gliden. He thought the tropic
of capricorn had slipped into the
kinsrow. and was sure the exhaust
was bent. He unscrswed the umbili-
Gus, drew the rangefinder out, creased
the pud tongue, bent the downhanga-
dingus and then put it together again.
Everything looked right, and we set a
boy to turning an hour or two to see
il it wouldn't combust audibly, but
it wouldn't. Then we sent for Herb
Redmond. Herb has assisted every
automobile man in the county dozen
times apiece and saved several of them
from suicide. and he said he thought
oil had accumulated in the dofioppus
so that the guyascutus couldn't coal
esce with the non nompis mentis. so
he took out the dofunny, wiped the
synovial fluid from the pandemonium,
and removed the oil. This made
everything look all right. The engine
should have said "kapeet. kapeet"
right along now but .t merely said
pr-r-r-r-and that was all. There
is tea canister annex screwed on top
of the main duodenum that runs up
through the roof that usually says
"kapunk" at each explosion that was
maintaining discreet silence all this
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
Big Poultry Show.

Local poultry fanciers will be in
terested In the tenth annual exhibit
tion Of the Western Poultry Fanciers
Association, to be held Jan. 1921, at
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The exhibit this
year should bring out many new OK.
hibitors as the association is offering
very liberal premiums. In connection
with che big show of poultry will be
given q corn exhibit with a grand
special prize of $l5 for best 81 ears of
corn, any variety, besides many other
cash and merchandise specials. A
copy of the premium list may be had
by addressing N. p. Bourne. Sec'y,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
Fungus Slippers.

Before the discovery of lucifer
matches a large hoof shaped fungus
growing on the trunks of trees was
used throughout northern Europe for
making amadou or finder. The thick,
brown, woody flesh Of the same fun
gus, cut into slices and beaten until 1t
assumes the appearance Of felt, is used
at the present day in Germany for the
manufacture of chest protectors, caps,
purses, bedroom slippers and various
other articles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

time. and Herb resolved to 90 up on
the roof and investigate this. He
found that the blizzard had blown it
full of snow which melted last night
while the thing was hot, and froze up
this morning when it was cold. This
solved the mystery. When it tried to
"kapeet" inside. the ''kapunker"
outside was frozen up sitter than the
right leg of the goddess of liberty on
the state house. Herb restored the
"outside kapunker" which released
the inside kapeeter and confidence
was Immediately restored. A gasoline
engine is just as simple as pulling
turnips wien you get onto its curves.
But our experience is that no gasoline
engine can "kapeet" when it is
bunged up in the snoozle. Britt Tri-
bune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

A smart Nebraska boy who had filled
up on green apples and was doubled
up with the collie. was asked by a kind
man who came by what was the mat
ter. "Got the bellyache," groaned the
hoy. sob, 70. you havn't." said the
man. who was believer in Christian
Science. "There is nothing the mat
ter with you, my boy you just think
so. cts all right for you to talk
that way. mister" groaned the boy,
who was son of a politician, "but
the fact is, I've got inside information
about this thing and you haven't.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

The following story of man who
passed cemetery one night is not SO
bad: His hair arose and he lit out at
q greyhound gait. After running two
miles he sat down on log to rest,
when to his surprise he found the
ghost beside him. The ghost said
"We were going some, weren't we?'
The man replied: "You bet. and as
soon as catch my breath we ara going
some more. "-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
One Exception.

"Papa, Is the hand that rocks the
cradle the one that rules the world?"
"That's what I've heard"
"Well, know one that don't"
"Who is itT
'Nurse. She wanted to 60 down
town, and mamma told her she'd fire
her If she went and wouldn't give her
no recommendation" - Indianapolis
Sentinel.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
Her POatscript.

Dear Mr.. Hicks" she wrote, ~ am
sorry that what you ask l cannot
grant l cannot become your wife
Yours sincerely, Ethel Burrows" Then
she added: "P.S.-On second thought,
dear George, l will marry you. Do
come up tonight and see your own true
Ethel"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
hurled Treasure

Medium can tell you about buried
treasure. Patron-Please don't! My
husband is always footing that in my
ears. Medium-Does he know any
thing about buried treasure? Patron
Yes; his first wife.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

A card of thanks in the..last number
or the Bows Advocate is certainly
the limit. A young man over there
was recently sent to the penitentiary
for theft. the family forthwith rushed
into print with card of thanks ex-
pressing their obligations to their
neighbors for sympathetic words, -
daring the trial.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
An Anxious Query.

A certain New York restaurant has
become famous for its high prices. A,
the entrance man just leaving, hav,
ing paid his bill. was recently over
heard to ask the waiter, II say-do you
charge anything for going out?'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

The furnace was smoking and the
woman was furious. Hey" she called
to the girl who was making the beds
upstairs, "do you know anything of
my husbands wherabouts?" Indeed
I don't ma 'am." said the girl over the
banister, "but think they must be
in the wash. -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
A Chronic Habit.

mo" said the man who had recently
made his fourth pilgrimage to the mat
rimonial altar; II can't say that mar
Rage Is a failure"
"Of course not" rejoined his bache-
Tor friend. with you 1t Is merely q
habit."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

Sarah Rowley, who was severely
burned three weeks ago by the ex-
plosion of a gasoline stove, at Charles
City, died after suffering intensely.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

Banker @. @. Wolf, of Parkersburg,
gave every boy and girl in his town a
fve-pound bag of candy and nuts as a
Christmas gift.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

Within three DAYS Webster City
couple have had a hired girl, an ad-
nired girl and fred girl. Well bet
a dollar we can guess who did the
hiring aud firms. -Clarion Monitor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04
Then He Went.

Father tat head of stairs)-Ethel,
what time is It? Ethel Qn drawing
room)-It's quarter past 10, father.
Father-All right Don't forget to
start the clock again after the young
man goes out to get his breakfast.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-04

The jury in the case of Mae English
vs.. the Town of Elma returned a
verdict in her favor of $1,000. She
fell on the sidewalk on account Of a
defective plank in June. 1908, and
sustained injuries on which she based
her action.