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Scalp Cleared Of Dandruff end Hair
\ Restored BY One Box Of
r. -% Cuticurs and
One CAKE or CUTICURA SOAP

5st A, w Taft of independence, Va,
writing under date of Sept. IS, 1904,
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dandruff for twelve years and could
get nothing to help me. Finally /
bought one box of Cuticura Ointment
and one. cake of cuticura Soap, and
they cleared my scalp OF the dandruff
and stopped the hair falling. Now
my hair is growing as we'll as ever. |
am highly pleased with Cuticura Soap
as toilet soap. (signedl A. w. Taft,
independence, Va"
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SPRING PRACTICE TO-DAY.
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for JUNE 4. 1905

years of the travelling companies that presented
vaudeville. These companies, presenting some
nine ten acts travelled about the country
filling engagements just the regular dramatic
companies do to-day, and they were successful.
Then came the manager who looked at the
from different standpoint. He realized that
vaudeville bill that would suit New-York 10
the last degree unsuitable for Cleveland, and
not passable for Chicago or Milwaukee. What
New-Orleans liked and paid for, the good people
of Philadelphia would not have
That the practical end of the travelling
pany The manager began to book his own bill.
In other words he engaged his own acts independ
emily, and gathered them up when and where he
could, in this welding together bill that
suited to the needs of his peculiar audience
To the best acts, it became necessary to find
of holding out inducement to
them to travel long distances, and thus was formed
the circuit" Several managers banded them
selves together and agreed to play acts from to
another in this way securing mutual advantage.
The artists would accept a slightly less salary in
order to obtain the several consecutive weeks of
work
Then, in the natural of events, came the
big booking agency, the headquarters where hf-
teen or twenty managers could congregate and talk
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shoals, William H. Macdonald went at once into
vaudeville and was followed by his partner Henry
Clay Barnabee. Some years previously their best
prima donna, Miss Jessie Bartlett Davis had
tered vaudeville and still continues in it. Re-
Gently Thomas Q. Seabrooke, star in nnumerable
companies adopted vaudeville for time at least.
Eugene Mantel artist of reputation at the
Metropolitan Opera-House, has been singing in
vaudeville for three years Pauline Hall has
drawn pretty penny from the same source, and
Herbert Kelcey and Efhe Shannon likewise
reaping it's rewards Charles Hawtrey was not
averse mending his broken fortunes in vaudeville
with a little sketch called Time Is Money" and
Charles Warner who appeared last season under
the direction of Charles Frohman will be seen in
vaudeville shortly
Among others who are doing we'll in this so-ca1led
cheap entertainment" are Eddie Foy who for
many years has been of our first comedians;
Joseph Hart, who only recently turned back again
to musical comedy: Frederick Hallen, Harris former
partner George Primrose, the veteran minstrel;
the late Dan Daily; Toby Claude the diminutive
Englishwoman; May Robson, protegee of Augustin
Daily and later of Charles Frohman; Cecilia Lotus;
Fay Templeton; Virginia Earle, well-known light
opera star; Albert Chevalier, the premier character
artist of England, who was brought over here by
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the situation and select from the register the
acts most suited to their houses. 1t became pos
sble for the actor then to sign himself for fifteen
twenty weeks at once, which was a decided advan-
tage both to him, and to the manager who in this
manner could make up his bills just that time
ahead
All this of of comparatively slow
progress but to-day the system is nigh perfect
and bookings made a year ahead.
Some players have all the next season engaged
which guarantees them forty or forty-fve weeks of
work without any appreciable breaks. And thus the
manager, the public and the player all reap the
benefit of modern business methods applied to
artistic effort.
The word vaudeville" is accepted generally as
having been of Norman origin, and dates back to
the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries when Olivier
Bassein, fuller who lived in the Valley of the
River Wire, composed and sang certain sprightly
songs, which in time to achieve reputation
throughout the country and inspired others to try
their prentice-hands Gradually these came to be
classed under the generic name of "Val-de-Vire
and their fame travelled to Paris the word be
came altered slightly, until it known 81 an1-
de-01re about the time of Louis XVI. As time
went on the popular ballads or topical songs that
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They call this busy age the young mans age
The world pays tribute and salaams to YOUTH
Whose name is large upon the printed page
Whose manner is compelling if uncouth.
Tis Youth that builds our domes and makes our laws;
Youth claims our notice and wins our applause;
But vainer glories Age may well resign
For that sweet triumph which is his who saws
The swirling water with his singing line
The world has only pity for Three-Score-
Old Gray-Beard is compelled to stand aside;
His counsel is ignored, he leads no more;
For him lethean drafts they would provide;
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But though he may not help to shape affairs,
And though no honor lies in whitened hairs
'Tis still his privilege to whip the stream,
To lure its daring tenants from their lairs,
And thrill his crones with lasting theme.
see him smiling as he turns away
From where perspiring, eager Youth contends,
Ara as he passes can hear him say:
"Contentment still is where ambition ends;
Let them whose blood leaps hot within their veins
Wear out their vigor and possess the gains
If |, where glints of sunlight dot the brook,
May hear the woodland songsters' sweet refrains
And feel the thrilling stroke upon my hook
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came to be sung about the streets
were known by the same title, and
when the aristocrats began to give
entertainments at their country
seats, the whole affair was known
as "Uaux-de-aTlle," the last syllable
being changed from that of the
river to that of the small town.
Gradually the X was dropped, and
the word remained as it is known
now. As the form of entertain
ment advanced, the title was ex-
banded in meaning, until it took
in collection of songs, with some
acrobatic feats or other exhibitions
that had no dramatic sequence
whatever.
The first appearance of vaude-
vile in this country was shortly
prior to the Civil War, and the
word was at once Americanized
and adopted without formality as
something applicable to the con-
ditions of that time. In England
and other English-speaking coun-
tries the term has little or no sig
nifcance in the form used here,
and it is only in the American
dictionaries that it is defined as in
the foregoing.
In 1881, boy from the farm
ing district of w-England wan
dered into Boston, and, his imagi-
nation having been fired by what
he had seen of the theatrical pro-
fession, he hunted for a means of
entering it. At that time vaude-
vile, or as it was known more
generally, variety, was at the low
est moral ebb, and its patronage
was confined exclusively to men
of a low order of morals. The
boy set himself to furnish clean
entertainment, for he realized
early that to appeal to the masses
the dramatic performance must
appeal to the largest leisure class,
the women and children.
With this idea in mind, young
B. F. Keith, at present the best
known and most powerful vaude-
vile magnate in the United States,
rented a room on Westinghouse.
which was thirty-ive feet long and
fourteen feet wide at one end,
tapering to six feet at its far
thest end In this room was
established small stage, and
on this stage was shown col
lection of curiosities, among
which was a two-headed calf
and a fat woman. He care
fully eliminated vulgarity,
when later he put on a
, comedian and a serio-comic
singer, and in year found it
ms necessary to move to more
pretentious quarters. Ten
months later he moved again
MS to still larger premises, and
Continued on page Is)
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partner; George Primrose, the v
the late Dan Daily; Toby Claude
Englishwoman; May Robson, prot
Daily and later of Charles Frohmal
Fay Templeton; Virginia Earle, a
opera star; Albert Chevalier, the T
artist of England, who was broug
Percy Williams for limited engage
ment at a salary of eighteen hun
dred dollars a week; August Van
Biene, the famous German 'cellist;
and so on down long list of prom
inent names.
The vaudeville has improved
morally as well as artistically. 1t
has become a rule that must never
be broken that suggestive or in
delicate subjects must not be
touched upon by the players.
For violations of this rule there
are heavy punishments, such as
cancellation of contracts and heavy
monetary fines. 1t is understood
that profanity may never be used,
and subjects of more or less doubt
full value are never permitted upon
a frst-class vaudeville stage. AT
each performance on Monday af-
ternoons the stage-manager sits in
the wings and watches carefully
for doubtful words or situations,
and where these have crept in
in spite of the warnings they are
at once cut out, and should the
player offend again, the fine or
cancellation is inforced.
Some of the vaudeville theaters
in point of cost are far ahead of
anything the regular stage has to
offer. | doubt if there are to-day
more than three theaters in
America devoted to the legiti-
mate" drama that can compare
even in point of cost with Keith's
Chestnut Street Theater in Phila-
delphia, or his similar establishment
in Boston. And there are many
Others that will compare favor
ably with the best houses devoted
to any class of drama 1t has
been acknowledged that for a
million dollars one can erect a
playhouse that leaves little in
comfort or beauty to the imagi-
nation, and it is considered an ex-
pensive theater in the smaller
cities that costs seventy-five thou
sand; yet there is twenty-five
million dollars invested in less
than three hundred vaudeville the
aters. and by far the largest pro-
portion of these in cities of fifty
thousand inhabitants and under.
Still, with all this we are
far behind the London music T
halls in point of popularity.
In that city there are about v
tifty-three theaters and forty
seven other establishments y
that operate under music-hall y
licenses. In Greater New
York are seventy-fve the r
alters of all classes, and of
that number only ten are de-
voted to vaudeville. T
n
The years gone by, say +
twelve or fourteen, were the
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
GEN. BLAcKMAR's FUNERAL.
Remains of Late G. A. r. Leader
Buried at Boston.

Veterans of the civil war. Sons of
Veterans, members of the Woman's
Relief corps and other patriotic So
cieties Sunday paid honor to the late
Wilmon w. Blackmar. commander in
chief of the G. A. R.
During the morning the body lay in
state in Memorial hall at the state
house, surrounded by the battle flags
borne by the troops of the common
wealth during the civil war.
The casket was draped with the ma
tional colors and guarded by Grand
Army comrades. Ten thousand per-
sons passed through the hall and
gazed on the face of the dead COM
mander.
Early in the afternoon 20 Massa-
chusetts posts of the G. A. R.. fol
lowed by the funeral party and
troop of state cavalry, escorted the
body to the Second Unitarian church,
of which Mr.. Blackmar was a mem
Der.
Among the honorary pallbearers
were Lieut.. Governor Curtis Guild,
Jr, former Secretary of the Navy
John D. Long, former Governor John
L. Bates, former Governor John @. A.
Bracket and Mayor Patrick A. Col
Inns.
At the conclusion of the services at
the church the body was escorted by
the cavalry troop to Tuxedo Grove
cemetery, where interment took place
in the Blackmar lot, overlooking the
Neponset river.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
Day Of Fires.

Fire in the Lewis Lumber company
camp on Mica bay Occur d'Alene lake,
Tuesday afternoon, des 70 Yed part of
the plant and burned to ath George
Kuhn, cook in camp No. 3. 1t severely
burned number of others, all of
whom probably will recover. So fierce
was the blaze and so strong the wind
that the camp employees were compelled
to throw themselves into Mica creek,
cover their heads with wet coats and
handkerchiefs and remain in the sire am
with their bodies partly submerged, un
til the force of the flames had spent it.
self. George Kuhn, the cook who was
burned to death has wife and family
living at Medford, Wis. and brother
living at Burke. Idaho.
Two thirds of Connell, Wash, was
swept by fire Tuesday. The fire had
its origin in DR.. Glalagher's office in
the Connell Progress building by the
explosion of bottle of acid. A box of
matches ignited the wall paper and
then the roof. The blaze was discover
ed too late, although a strenuous fight
was made by the citizens. The losses
aggregate about $50, 900, with coonsid-
cradle insurance.
Fire broke out early Tuesday morn
ing in j. ii. Hodson's general store in
the west end of Grand Forks, B. c.. -,
completely destroying this building, as
we'll as hay & McCallum's real estate
office and Thatcher's building. The
total damage done to buildings and
general merchandise stock will aggre-
gate $4,000, which is partly covered by
insurance.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
SHE BURNS HERSELF ALIVE.
Horribly Dramatic Suicide of a Michi-
Dan Girl.


. South Haven, Mich.-Disappoint
because she could not marry an Eng
fish nobleman or, emulating the hero
inc of Rider Haggard's novel, "She,"
who leaped into fire to renew her
youth and beauty-these are the two
theories advanced by friends for the
self destruction of Miss Lucy Monroe,
daughter Of the president of three
Michigan banks and formerly promi-
nent in Chicago society circles.
Miss Monroe chose a horribly dra-
matte way to end life of which she
had grown tired. Slipping out of the
fine country home of her father, she
went to an orchard where she had
previously concealed a can of gaso-
line. She saturated her clothing with
the fluid. set it on fire, and with Spar
tan courage waited for the flames to
envelop her. Members Of the family
at the house saw the blaze fiaring up
among the trees, but it was not until
the handsome daughter had been gone
for over an hour that they went to in
vestigate and found the charred body.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
reward of $50 for the capture of
each of them.
TWO SMALL skIRMIsHEs MADE
Russians Attack the Japs, but Are
Repused in Disorder.

Fusan, July 27.-A fight reported on
Friday was the first worthy of mention
which has occurred east of the railway.
Two Russian accommodating forces APP
preached the Japanese line, one about
20 miles, the other 20 miles east of the
railway. The first contingent consisted
Of two squadrons of cavalry, the second
of two battalions of infantry. Both
retired after brief encounters. The
Japanese sustained no losses, but those
of the Russians are supposed to have
been nearly 100.
In the first enconter the Russian cav
airy, with its front sides a thousand
meters long, advanced upon the jap
anese line until it came under fire,
when it retired in confusion and the
infantry advanced. The Japanese fred
AZ rounds with captured Russian
battery, when the Russians retired, the
Japanese infantry following them for
10 miles.
The Russians and the japanese lines
are seven miles apart. The Russians
maintain screen of cavalry outposts
some miles in front of their trenches
to guard against attacks. Reconnoit-
ering forces from both sides traverse
the neutral zone frequently feeling the
strength of the other at the front and
making a small weekly list of the kill
ed, wounded and captured.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
SENATOR MITCHELL
SENTENCED.

Portland, Ore, July 26. - United
States Senator Mitchell, convicted of
prostituting his office of United States
senator to further the law practice of
Mi chell & Tanner of this city, was
sentenced to fine of $1,000 and six
months penal servitude.
Pending review of the case by the
supreme court of the United States,
execution of the sentence will be de-
ferred. In the meantime Mitchell will
be placed under bail to the amount of
$4,000.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28

ton. In a deep gruff voice-the voice
of a typical sailor-he said:
Captain Scott, commander of Fort
Rosecrans, and his successors: com
NIT to your tender care the bodies Of
our unfortunate shipmates and patriot
dead. May their graves never be for
gotten by the hand of affection. May
there rise above this, their last resting
place, marble slabs to mark the place
as sacred to the nations care, and may
the morning sun ever kiss the green
sod above their dust, emblematic of
our love and affection"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
D. S. LAMONT is DEAD.
Former Secretary of War Expires Az
ter Brief Illness.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, July "a
Daniel Scott Lamont, secretary of war
during the second administration of
President Cleveland, died suddenly at
his home at Millbrook. Duchess coun-
ty, Sunday. Heart failure was the
cause of death. Mr. and Mrs. Lamont
were out driving during the afternoon
and Mr.. Lamont appeared to be enjoy
ing the best of health. After dinner
he complained of feeling i'll, and DR..
Stewart of New York. who is a guest
at the house, was Immediately sent to
his aid. The physician diagnosed the
case as an attack of heart failure, and
in spite of heroic treatment Mr.. La
mont passed away within half an
hour. At his death bed were Mrs. La
mont and two daughters, Frances and
Bessie.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
GRAND JURY WILL PROBE 1T.
Cotton Scandal to Be Investigated at
Washington, D. c.

Washington, July 24-The grand
jury for the District of Columbia met
Monday to take up the allegations
that there has been jugglery in the
cotton crop and statistical reports of
the department of agriculture, with a
view to possible indictment or indict-
ments.
This action is the immediate result
of the recent disclosure in the depart
ment which eliminated in the dismis-
sal OF Edward S. Holmes, the asso-
ciate statistician.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
THECZARAND KAISER
THEY HOLD TWO CONFERENCES ON.
IMPERIAL YACHT.
In Gulf Of FlnIand-Has Caused q,
Great Sensation in ST. Petersburg
Unpleasant Results Expected From.
France-They Have Furnished Their
War Money.

st. Petersburg, July 25.-The meet
ing between the car and kaiser.
which took place on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern in the gulf Of Finland.
has caused even more of a sensation
here than did the news that Russia
had consented to consider President
Roosevelt's peace offers. Incidentally
there are grave feelings that this &C
ton on the part of the car will be.
followed by unpleasant results in
France, which is not likely to approve
of the head of the Russian nation
comforting with her ancient enemy.
Inasmuch as French bankers have fur
nished the sinews of war in the past,
this phase of the situation is con-
sidered, to say the least, very unfor-
tunate by leading Russian politicians.
There is an absolute dearth of off,
cial information regading the meet
ing between the two rulers. Other
than to admit that they reached the
appointed rendezvous on Sunday on
board their respective yachts, the car
on the Pole Star and the kaiser on the,
Hohenzollern, and that the meeting
was arranged on the initiative of the
emperor of Germany, official circles
maintain an attitude of extreme re-
ticence on the subject.
The .czar was accompanied by Grand
Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, and as.
soon as the vessel reached the place.
Of meeting he was escorted on board
Of the imperial German yacht. The.
kaiser entertained his guests at din
ner, and a secret conference was held.
which is reported to have lasted for
some time.
Another conference, 1t is reported,
was held on board the Pole Star on
Monday morning, after which the car
returned to st. Petersburg. What the
subject under consideration was is, of
course, unknown, nor is it likely that
it will be revealed. However. there
is no doubt but that it will have an
important bearing upon the result of
peace negotiations to be begun at
Portsmouth, in the United States, next
month. The kaiser has sounded other
1000 SRSe'A Shog anu lO 10 III - pO-
sition to inform the car what they
desire, and it is likely that the latter
will be governed in a great treasure
by what he thus learns.
Frances attitude is the thing that
promises the most trouble. While the
relations between France and Ger
many are by no means so badly strain
ed as they were some weeks ago, still
there is certain amount of resent
ment left, growing out of the Moroc-
can affair, and there is a chance that
sentiment in France will demand a
cutting loose from Russia and the dis
solution of the treaty obligations
Should this follow, there is a growing
belief that Great Britain will negotiate
an offensive and defensive treaty with
France and thus fortify herself against
any prospective Russian German
treaty or understanding. The situation
is very delicate at present, and Rus
sian diplomats don't care to discuss it
pending an official announcement of
the result Of the conference in the
gulf of Finland.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
TWELVE TANKS OF OIL ARLAzE.
Men Said to Be in Deadly Peril in
Texas Town.

Humble, Texas.-Fire started Sun
day in tank belonging to the Texas
Oil company, caused by lightning
striking the oil. The fire was held
under check all the afternoon, but be-
gan to spread at night. At o'clock
a. m. Monday the IL great tanks were
ablaze and over 100000 barrels of
oil consumed. Fifty men are sur
rounded by the flames and their fate
Is unknown. One hundred teams are
said to be cremated and a number Of
families have beer burned out Of
house and home.
Little Rivulets of burning oil are
running toward the oil field proper,
but heavy rain has began falling and
an electric storm is raging, the water
serving to keep the derricks from
burning. The workmen have all fed
from the field. The town itself is filed
with refugees.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
Were Near to vIadlvostok.

Japanese torpedo boats during the
thick mist and rain Sunday approach.
ed several bays near Vladivostok and
sent landing party ashore in the gulf
OF Gashkevitch. near Possiet bay.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
Baseball at Spokane.

Bellingham. August 2, 8, 4. 5, 6; Sep
TENDER 10. IA, is, 16, II.
Everett, August 8, 10, IL, 70, 10;
August 81; September 1. 2, 3, 4.
Vancouver, July 26. %, 2S, 2s, 80;
September 6, Z, s, Q, 10.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28

The Japanese strictly enforce the
law forbidding boys under 20 years Of
age to use tobacco.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28

Policemen in Washington have re-
ceived an order to see that their he'll
nets are on straight.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-07-28
Later Report.

The loss of life in the Humble fire as
near as can be ascertained is 10, but
no names can be ascertained. The
Texas company declines to make any
estimate of its losses or to give out in
surance figures, but oil men place the
loss at present at 2,5O0,O barrels of
OIL valued at $56s, 500; pumping plant,
damage to tanks, mules, etc., at $780,
900 or more.