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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21
p,FF, pAFF. pouF.
Some Short Items Concerning the
Above Well Known Attraction.

Mr.. Fred Mace. of the 'Piff Pan
Pouf" Company has added another sue
cess to his song Il Am So Happy" In
fact, the part he is doing in "PiF Pan
Pouf" while written for Eddy Foy
could not have fitted him better, had
it been written for him. He will be
seen in this city shortly. 'ta ~
The musical numbers In "Piff Pafi
Pouf" this season are practically the
same as last season except the intro
duction of the new number Love,
Love, Love-" I'VE Really Ought to Be
Married" is a seSterte by Mr.. Graham,
Hiss osterman, the Misses Maynard,
Elwood and Dunmore and It is a very
clever thing. Mr.. Graham and the
chorus in "Cordelia Malone" are de-
cided hit. In fact. all Of the musical
numbers in "Piff Paff Pouf. are very
pleasing. The Company will be seen
here shortly. lU
.'Piff Pan Pouf" which Is to be seen
here at the Opera House this season,
serves its purpose. 1t is a rafting mu.
steal show, a pleasing entertainment,
and will undoubtedly find favor with
the crowds. The company is headed
by Miss Katheryn osterman.
Piff Paff PoufH with its pretty ml.
sic, witty lines, Fred Mace, the Pony
Ballet, etc. will he seen at the Opera
House some time during this coming
season. The play is an operative con-.
coction, calico a musical cocktail. The
Chorus Is large, made up Of pretty
girls; the play Is musical, well acted.
and this musical cocktail will safely be
prescribed to any as mid tonic, In
vigoratlng but Misunderstanding.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21

What becomes Of Joke when it
gets too old for the almanncg''
The theatri lsl programme gets ii =
And. from there its but step 10
the mpaical comedy, els2v Phiiadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21

Charles D. Lit has been engaged to
support Miss Viola Allen in "The Toast
of the Town Ferdinand Gottschalk
is also. to join the company.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21

West virsinian want ads. are pop
ular because they bring results.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21

William Hammond, who created the
role of Lord Verney in Sweet Kitty
Bellairs," has the same role with Der.
tina Galland this season.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21

Peter F. Daily is to appear in New
steal comedy called The Press Agent"
He Will be supported by Ka'e Condor.
Robert Barton, formerly of the
George Fawcett Stock Company, OF
this city, is with Human Hearts" this
season. playing the part Of Jimmy Lo-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21

Naggsby--when a man and his wife
think the same thoughts simultaneously
It is a sign that they are exceedingly
congeniaL
Waggsby-so? Well, then, my wife
and are congenial, all right, for the
other night, when she said she won.
dered why I'd ever been such fool
as to marry her. l had been sitting
there in silence for half an hour won.
dering over the same identical thing
London Tit-Bits
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.

Charles Frohman has planned to
take Francis Wilson to New York dur.
ing the winter in a new play.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21

markable executive ability. and is
one of the leading financiers Of the
city of Wheeling and we might safe.
~ say the State Of West Virginia. He
is young man Of wide. stately views.
and natural leader among men, AMI
nothing would please us better than
to see this wise. young man occupy
the executive chair in 1908.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-11-21

Paula Edwardes is soon to appear in
her newest vehicle, a comic opera by
pauiton and Ropyns, called Princess
Beggar," in which she impersonates a
gypsy.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-20
DIGESTION DECIDES 1T.
Good Digestion More Than Half the

Good Digestion More Than Half the
Battle.
Life is a ceaseless struggle for success.
Competition is everywhere. Everybody
wants to reach the top. Success IL sought
for because 1t is supposed to insure hap
piness.
Ambition and ability make for success,
but without health, too, failur Ia more
han probable.
If the digestion Is poor. the nerves un-
steady, the blood thin, the weight less
than 1t should be, and ambition and en-
ergy at low tide because of stomach trou-
BILE. failure is almost a certainty.
Whether you make much or little of
life, whether you fail or succeed. your
digestion largely decides 1t. So confident
are Brown Bros. that Pepsikola tablets
will renew your energy. steady your
nerves, drive ava ythat tired feeling,
give tone to the digestion, improve your
appetite. bring up YOU weight to where
it should be, put new color into your
cheeks and new life into our stomach,
that they continue to sell this grand dys-
pepsia remedy on the money back plan.
Have confidence. The guarantee abso-
lutely protects you. Brown Bros. will
gladly pay back you money II at the
end of the ten days treatment you have
not been cured or decidedly benefited.
grippe" Fer sale by Brown bros.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-20

Grayce-Edythe tells me she can throw
with great force when she wants to.
G~ladys-So she can, If it's a case Of
throwing herself at some fellows head.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-02-20
ITCH-RINGWoRM

e. T. Lucas. Wingo, KY, writes, April
rs. 1902: For 10 to IL years / had been
afflicted with a malady known as thu
Itch. The itching was most unbearab.e
l had tried for years to find relief, having
tried all reme-Ies 1 could hear of, besides
a number of doctors. / wish to state
that one single application of BILLIARDS.
Liniment cured me completely and
Since then I have used e
liniment on two separate occasions for
and 1t cured completely. Csc,
SOC and $1.00. Sold by Brown Bros.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10

Nay Margaret" s. r. Crockett tpodd Mead
4 Coz
observations dun Musicien Amtrlcsin" Loui.
Lombard Louis Theuvcny. Paris
Science and Future Life" James II Hyslop
Phi D. Ii. D. Herbert D, Turner & Co. Boston
The Ethics o. Imperialism" Albert r. CarmGn
tHerber, y. Tune~ Coz
New York state Departm crt OF Labor
Eighteenth Annual Rcpor, on Factory Inspection
1908: Twenty FIRST annual Report Of tho Bur'at
OF Labor Statistics. la3: Third General Report
1908. and Seventeenth Annual Report on Aroitra
ton" ovols. touvcr A. onayle, Albany
king Leopold II. His Rule In BelrIum and 'h'
Congo" John de Courcy MacDonc,l. tCassel
and Company
Modern Bridge" Third Edition slaum
d.ongnans. Green Coz
rive Years In a Persian Town" Napier Nal
colin n. p. Duttcn & Goa
The Pro lem Of the Immigrant" Jan!eS Daven'
por, whclpcy. IL. p. button Coz
"WIu.m Rodham Dome and his Friends"
Catherine n. johnson. (E. p. button & Coz
tn. sword Of Islam" Arthur y. Noilastou
N. p. nutton Coz
The Law OF Interstate Commerce and It's rcd
cral Regulation" Frederick X ludson. IT. Fl
Flood \ Co.. Chicagoh
".irabcap and the French Revolution" Charles
7. Warwick. u. r. Lpplncou Company
The American Judiciary" Simeon Z. Bald
win. LII. u. tThc Century Co..
Territories and Dependencies OF the United
States" william Franklin Wiloughby, The
Century Coz
Jimmy Brown Trying 10 FIND Europe" W. l.
A'" Wis Bclisris Inspiration" W. D. Howells
(HaIpcrSJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10

might tie recommended heartily as one
of those restful novels in the -good-to- 60
to-sleep.on" series. Certainly one gets
a great deal for the money in purchasing
-For a Free Conscience
The story starts when Polly is an infant
and ambles along gently like a ladies'
palfrey until Polly's wedding day, taking
in the London Plague, the Great Fire Lon
don Bridge and London Town in the old
days the persecution Of the Quakers and
their settlement in the new country. Patty
and Polly enliven this personally con-
Quoted historical pilgrimage Of a quarter
of century with surdry adventures from
which their respective admirers deliver
them in heroic and miraculous fashion.
As picture of the old historic times
the book has certain documentary value,
especially for the young student. 1t is
pleasant chronicle, clean and wholesome
in sentiment, with a satisfactory, IL tardy,
denouement, and it is published by the Fem-
ing II. Revell Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
The Ouakers and Their WAYS.

One Of the distinctive phases Of current
fiction is revival Of interest In that quaint
and sober sect the QuakeIs, and many
novels have teen put forth ming the
past season dealing with the affairs OF
these peculiar people in the old days, and
in modern times as well, in that region
which William Penn provided for his
brothers in the faith. l.. C.. Wood has
antedsted all these romanoes and ha s
gone lack to the original sources in his
new look For Free Conscience, +"
which deals with the persecution Of the
Friends in England and of the causes which
led to their immigration to the new world.
The book is evidently the work Of an
author with plenty of time for writing, and
is intended for public with plenty of time
for reading. It is long and lesurely
chronicle. partly founded on facts. taken
largely from Sewell's history. deliberately
embroidered with minute details. evolved
from the writer's fancy. Of the lives OF two
young maidens. Patty" and Polly" and
their attendant and devoted cavaliers; and.
save for the confusing and disturbing re-
semblanos In the names Of the hsroinss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
is she the only English woman who takes

Is she the only English woman who takes
upon herself the mastership Of the hunt
If Miss Lavinia Badsworth, spinster. had
oeen less aggravating In her arguments
concerning the superior capabity Of
woman, II her brother, Hugo Badsworth
Master Of the Cranston Hounds. bachelor
bristling with cid fashioned prejudices
concerning the foreordained vocation OF
women, had been blessed with more patience
and less humor, he never would have added
the grim joke to his last will and testament
providing that "for two days week for one
calendar month Iavinia Badsworth shall
hunt the Cranston hounds" In which case
readers worn out with moral problems
and stated with social sins served up as fictio n
would have been cheated out Of a very re-
freshing story, full Of ozone, in which one
feels the sting of the wind on the fels. the
dash of the rain. the coy comfort OF the
i1rcside after a hard days run.
Hugo Badsworth was a typical hunting
squire who hunted his hounds twice a week
at his own expense. did his duty as magis-
trate and councillor. personally superin-
tended his estate and had no intention Of
dying when ho wrote the codioi which
stud groom TO witness it. Miss Lavinia
Badsworth was an active member in various
societies. athletic asso Citations for servant
girls, organizations devoted to the abolition
OF needlework. the study OF Persian. the
taking over the responsibilities of parents
in the care Of young chi dren-al matters
which the Squire classified as "facts" and
said were instituted to make work instead
OF to do 1t. Miss Lavinia was quite equal
to keeping up and managing the Cranston
Hunter she thought she was-but for an
'lnsportsmanlike gentlewoman OF so to put
on the pink and the "buckskins" and to
hunt the hounds is another matter. In this
dilemma her niece and namesake, Lavinia
Bradsworth second, commonly called
Miss Lavvy,' comes to the rescue, crops
her hair, has herself turned out" by the old
Squires own tailor in a perfect replica Of
his hunting things to the last pocket and
button and takes her aunt's place as hunts
man.
Miss Lavvy is very satisfactory charac-
ter and answers all the requirements one
has been taught by English move 8 to expect
in English country girls, but which one 40
seldom encounters outside the books. Tho
story is occupied with her masculine
achievements and womanly graces-and a
very pretty story it is, too. Of pluck and
courage and good sense and ultimate sue
cess. 1t is written by Eyre Hussey and pub
lishcd by IsOnDmans Green Co
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
A Book OF Varied Emotions.

As the World Goes By" is a story Of the
emotions, bubbling over with the strained
Tennyson and water sentiment in which
young women Of ardent temperament and
inadequate personal experiences most re-
joice. The writer, Elizabeth Willard
Brooks. has evidently read some philosophy
and great deal Of poetry she has taken her
degree at Barnard, travelled in Europe
and seen tho Pope-and she wants to put
it al! in one DO *. The result is literary
connection strongly suggestive Of Ouda-
of chastened and reformed Ouida, purged
Of all naughtiness and handicapped with
a college education.
The hero il singer with wonderful
voice. who loves in metaphors, wooes
subtly and in silence and writes stuff and
philosophy in love letters. The heroine
Is the typical eighteen-year-od Ouida
saint. innocent and beautiful, the victim
Of frivolous. irritable and unworthy moth
er's selhshness. The mother forms the
obstacle to her angel child happiness, which
seems to be wise provision of Providence.
since it enables the girl to take her Phi. D..
gives the lover time to come to his senses.
and affords the author opportunity TO
write out her ideas on philosophy. music.
art, Oriental mysticism, icealistic devo-
ton and great many other things to the
extent Of some 375 pages
The story Is built up with no regard for
the principles Of construction end fails
to hold together TIE action is tediously
delayed while the chara cters talk platitudes
and the long deferred d nouement ia
too vague to lie impressive Only the I'M
worthy mother is really worth listening to .
for her philosophy ia shrewd if cynical
and she alone of them all seems TO know
what she is ia King about end TO mean what
she says. Tie book is published by Little
Brown & Co.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
In Washington Under the Old Regime.

Mrs Darrell" the heroine of Fo1croft
Daviss new book. is a woman OF tickle fan
ci and adjustable emotions, more adored
than adorable and better appreciated by
men than by women. Married to one man,
in love with another she re adily allows her
self to become dangerously entanged with
the third after her husband dies and before
her lover returns to rescue her. She is the
good Old stock heroine and goes through
the old tricks with the agility Of mechani-
cal toy with made in Germany trade
mark 1t goes as matter OF course that
her lover is her husbands best friend, that
her baby dies, that her beauty in1ames the
passion Of the villain, in spite OF domestic
relations OF his own. Financial distress
makes her en- easy victim to his machina
tions and the lover arrives on schedule
time with the usual "bronzed face
Mrs. Darrell wouldn't be worth read
ing about, you are SO sure what is going
to happen to her, only that the book. which
spins out the small thread OF her romance
through some four hundred pages, more or
less, presents picture Of life in Washington
under the old regime and introduces
pleasing example Of the old school gen.
tlewoman with her sharp tongue and tender
heart. We have seen her before in fiction
many times and admired her old lace, her
velvet and ermine. but she 10 a dear old
thing and always pleasant to meet in books.
because she doesn't exist anywhere else.
She has gone out like powder and patches,
wigs and ruffs. Mr.. Daviss gentlewoman
is the sduce Jiqu1nie to what otherwise
would be story with little SAVIOR. The
book is published by the Macmillan Com
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
Bcncflt for the Peabody Home.

The lady managers Of the Peabody Home
for Aged Women have arranged to give
a lawn party Wednesday afternoon, June
II, at the home of Mrs Charles D. Dickey
on Hunts Point road and Southern Boule-
vatd. The Peabody Home is non-sectarian
and self-supporting. Mrs. Dickey's home
lie an old colonial mansion surrounded by
trees and overlooking the Sound, Tickets
at 81 each may be obtained either Of Mrs,
+. J. Stone, as+ West Ninety third street, by
mail !9s son tho grounds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
Other Books.

To the avalanche Of books on Japan. DR..
James A. B. Scherer, president OF New
berry College, adds Young Japan 81. B.
Lpr iacott Company. This is an account
of the history and development OF the
country arranged according to a rather
fan ciful pedago gical smile. which divides
the book into Early Culture, which should
be infancy. Adolescence and Modern
Schoolcays.s MT too forcible term for the
lessons Togo and Oyama have taught.
The book is readable enough. though the
English is careess at times. and though
rather too muca stress is put on what
missionaries hav. accomplished in Japan.
Twenty interesting prints Of old time
New York are Reproduced in small quarto
portfolio by the 1adwaliader Publishing
Company. New YORK, under the title The
Broadway of Yesterday They are Sc
lected, as we understand, by Mr.. Charles
Hemstreet who has written several little
books on bygone New York, and who pro-
vides very brief descriptions Of the sites on
a single page Of lette- press. The word
yesterday is very ambiguous, for while
some Of the pictures areof only fifty years
ago, most go back to much earlier days
anu SotHe DtloIs W 'hc clBulcchth Scli-
fury. We are spared hendrix Hudson
in the Half Moon, howevS.
Another American hisory has been
thought necessary by Mr. George Cary
Eggleston. who publishes 1ur First Cen
tury- "a. S. Barnes & Cos. This is written
from the culture" history pont and clearly
for youth. The author is bile thus to
touch on many sidelights. H takes good
care that the South shall not b. overlooked
in the period of settlement. Hs narrative
is very readable and should stnd good
chance among it's many competitors for
favor.
Shining in blue and gold, the yat,tsman's
annual guide -Lloyd's Register Ameri-
can Yachts for 1860 Gloyd's register
Of Shipping) comes to us with tn. open
ing Of the sailing season. 1t OBTAINS
the usual full particulars OF yachts with
the names Of owners and builders. the .acht
clubs Of the United States and Canada.
with their officers and flags, and many
colored plates Of private signals. The
number Of steam and power yachts reas-
tered is ,259, that Of sailing yachts. Ala,
making total Of 1889. The number II
the former class has boon much increased
by the fashion of employing the usefu
gasoline engine az auxiliary power. The
Register is one Of those books that no.
body who has to deal with yachts ran do
without
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
Military Adventure and Hcro,sm.

Gen. Charles Kings now story. The
Medal Of Honor. is well calculated to sat-
isfy the craving for adventure and heroism
peculiar to youthful readers. The story IL
made up Of two parts-one military and one
civil joined ogether in rather bunGling
manner, and for soldier author there is
much fumoling Of the trigger in the at
tempt to proong suspense.
Opening at West Point. the scene Of the
story chan ges swiftly to tie frontier, where
the hero has immediate opportunity 10 win
his medal of honor in Indian warfare in
spite Of tho Vaccinations Of his superior
officer. vino att empts to fake espatches to
despoil the hero of his hard won fare and
to appro PIRATE the glory to his own account
Returnin from the conflict inca pacitated.
for active service by wounds. the hero takes
charge Of the military instruction in State
coeducaticnal institution, where he en-
counters experiences which convince him
that open wa rfare with Apaches is less to be
dreaded than en- counters with insuhordinate
students, enraged parents and an unsym-
pathetic faculty. However, he is brought
to n happy issue out of all his hazardous
adventures as heroes always are, after
train of thrilling and mysterious night
attacks. much baffiin 6 and ngled circum-
stantial evidence and some clever detective
work, in all Of which his old enemies and
friends are c,lriowsly entang led and in the
end the girl he loves pins the medal of honor
upon his breast.
The combination OF military exploits and
detective mystery with the very delicate
and deity managed intrusion Of the love
element attests the craftsm apship of
book builder Of experience who writes for
his following and not FOR tn" literary critic.
The book is published by the Hobart Com
pany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
who Killed Mr, Wing :?

George Dyre Eldridge's story of "The
Millbank Case Henry Holt Coz is a
detective story. 1t has it's setting in a
town of northern Maine, where the mag
mates" have re ched their estate by opera
lions Ia lumber. There WAS q great and
dishonest transaction in timber land in
volving. we believe, some $4,000, 900. 1t
was known as the Range 10 scandal. and the
tragical and final echoes of a re contained
in this tale.
The task set for Trafford, the hero and
detective Of the story, was to find out who
shot Mr. Wing the lawyer, and what the
motive was that led to so astonishing a
crime. Mr.. Wing was a quiet, amable
man. Nobody suspected that he had an
enemy in the world. Somebody rang his
doorbell between half Fast IL and quarter
to o'clock on the night Of the 10th of May,
1880, and shot him as he answered the sum-
mons. Three persons were asleep in the
house, and, singularly, none Of them heard
the report. The crime was not discovered
until the next morning.
The story takes us along in a manner
that holds the interest though it has its
faults Of workmanship. We doubt il Mary
Mullin. Mr. Wings hired girl, said Yep"
and Nope in answer to the questions Of
the Coroner. We ourselves have never
heard New England female answer in
this fashion on a formal and impressive
occasion. We arc glad to say that the
Coroner himself is represented as having
been exceedingly we'll spoken. He soothes
perfectly the irritation set up in us by Mary
Mullin. Tho account of the apprehension
Of Pierre Duoheusny. a logger who was
hired to knock out our detective with a
bludgeon, will be found to Re sufficiently
dramatic, and the same is to be said Of tho
scene with McManus, in which that arch
malefactor is brought to book. We were
a little surprised at the expression feeble
maudlinism' at page 221, but if it had
been powerful maudlnism" We should
have been surprised just as much
In our opinion the story ends I'M
fortunately. We cannot think why the
clever Tratford should have been 30 little
clever at the last. We believe that we could
have done better ourselves with the tin box
and its important contents. Perhaps the
ejlthor is prepared to tell us that this out
come Ia logical If he does tell us SO, OF
course there is no answer. But an interest
ing story. The reader may pick flaws in
it, but he will not lay it down.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-10
GIT to Montc,air hillary Academy.

hoNrCLAIR, n, j., ,ine o.-Mrs, Lillian
Cora Rand Of Los Angles, Cal, for several
years resident of tbs place, has given
the Montclair Military Academy swimming
pool, to be finished whenhc fail term opens.
1t will cost upward Of 1000, Mrs. Rand
gives the pool in memov of her husband,
Charles Wellington Rarl OF Burlington,
Iowa, and in the name Other two sons. who
are cadets at tho acadeny. The gift was
announced at the commencement exercises
NSs night