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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-10-12
BORN

THOMPSON. In sunshine, Deer Isle. septem-
Der %, to MIR: and Mrs. T. Allen Thompson. son.
CURTIS. In Belfast, October 4. to Mr.. and
Mrs. George E. Curtis a son-Mahon George.
MYRICK. In Searsport, September u, TO Mr.
and Mrs. K. X. Myrick, daughter.
MOORE In Searsport, September 10, to Mr..
and Mrs. Elijah Moore, a:son.
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enry Little6eld and Miss Blanche Dun.

Of Henry Littlefield and Miss Blanche Dun
liver.
Mr.. E. W. Robbins and daughter. Mrs.
Eta George, and Mr.. and Mrs. Alnathie
Robbins went to Mt. Ephraim last Thurs
day to attend the funeral OF Irving George.
One of the best flocks of sheep in town is
owned by John Innis of this place. He has
flock of 40, all Hampshire Downs. Amy
farmer who would like to buy young buck
should give Mr.. Innis call.
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Bond Found.

Found in coupon room of The City National
Bank OF Belfast on September 14th by l. L. Perry
bond of the amount of $1,000. Party giving
sufficient evidence, Of ownership can have the
same. Apply to The City National Bank Or
3W39 IL. PERRY.
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HOUSE FOR RENT.

House of eight rooms and bath, also
stable at No. 8 Church street. Apply at
No. 6 Church street, or at
3w41 COLBURN'S SHOE STORE.
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NORTH SEARSPORT.

port this season.
NORTH SEARSPORT.
Percie Hartman is at work in Searsport
village.
John Mclaughlin and friend of Stock
ton were in town last Saturday on business.
Miss Lettie Nick ers on is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Eugene Blanchard, in Standpoint
Will Thompson is at work for Mrs. Ellen
Carleton building a piazza around her cot
tage.
Charles Hartman and Miss Mabel
Hodgson of South Brewer were in town
last week, visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James W.
Hartman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin Underwood, who
have been boarding with the family of
James NJ. Nickerson, have returned to their
home in Newton, Mass.
The dance at Marden's hall last Friday
night was largely attended. Stockton
Springs, Standpoint, Searsport, Swanville
and East Belfast were well represented.
Misses Winnifred Mathews, Theodate
Merithew and Mrs. W. L. Mathews, teach
ers in districts Z, and 8, attended the
teachers convention in Brooks Monday.
The Ladies' Benefit Society of North
Searsport will have an entertainment in
the church here Friday night, Oct 18th.
Admission 10 cents. Ice cream will be
served after the entertainment
OBITUARY. Irving George died Oct. 9TH
after very short illness, aged % years and
months. His sudden death cast gloom
over the entire community. The DECEASED
was son of Mrs. Wilbert Carter of Frank
fort by her first husband, and had many
friends in this town and in Stockton
Springs and Prospect, where he was we'll
known. Much sympathy is expressed for
the young wife, who was Miss Mary Harri-
man of Stockton Springs, and to whom he
had been married only a year and half :;
for his mother, Mrs. Carter his aged grand
mother, and his uncle, Will George, with
whom he had lived from birth; and for his
sister, Mrs. Fred Hartman of Stockton
Springs. The funeral services were held
of this town officiating. The floral offerings
were profuse and beautiful. The remains
were taken to Prospect for interment.
DoDGE's CORNER. Mrs. T. Durham of
Monroe visited her sister. Mrs: w. j.
E., and Mrs. E. M. Chaplin visited friends
in Camden and Rockland last week. Mrs.
c. S. Chaplin of Camden returned with
them to visit her son, Capt. Geo. E. Chaplin.
1.-THE Ladies' Benefit Society will have an
entertainment at the church Friday evening,
the disposal of nice writing desk by vote.
Each person holding ticket has the
privilege of voting twice for whom they
choose and the person receiving the greatest
number Of votes will be entitled to the desk.
After the exercises ice cream will be served
in the gallery of the church. Tickets of ad-
mission, ten cents ice cream ten cents....
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Carney, who have been
visiting his mother, Mrs. G. o. Fernald,
have returned to Virginia.
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WEST sEARsPORT.

WEST SEAhSFOhI.
Samuel Nichols has returned to his home
in Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Tillie Holt was at Mt Ephraim a
few days last week.
E.. W. Robbins has returned from the hos
pital at Bangor, where he was treated for
q cancer on his lip.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Innes went to Prospect
last Saturday night to attend the weddin
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painted the past week and work on the
water tank is progressing rapidly. Both
boilers have been taken from the wharf to
the power house and are being placed in
position. "A schooner arrived Sunday with
cement for the foundation for the Fair
banks r. R. scales, which arrived from
Boston the past week. The concrete abut-
ments for the coal pockets are all in posi-
ton and the work on the houses will begin
this week.. Contractor Joseph Duffy COM
pleted the grade Monday for the Sprague
Coal Co. at Mack's Point The grade is
now ready for track laying from Long
Cove to the coal pockets. The Italian la
borers have all left for work on the line
near Winterpo1t. No more Beer in Sears
port this season.
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NOTES LOST.

In Belfast. September 9th, the notes of
Isaac Mason, Adam Nichols, John Morse
Albert Mckinney, Miles Elwell. The finder
will be rewarded by leaving the same at this
office. 3W40&
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
PLAYS THAT CONTINUE.

HUDsON-"Man and Superman."
BIJOU-Warfeld, in THE Music Master"
PRINCESS-"Zira," with Miss Anglin
sAVOY-"The Walls of Jericho"
MADISON SOUARE-'"The Man on the Box
and David Garrick'; last week.
LYCEUM-'"The Lion and the Mouse"
wALLACK's-"TheS Squaw Man"
EMPIRE-AIiss Adams, in Peter Pan
HERALD sQUARE-NIiss Nethersole last
week.
BBLAsCO-'rrhe Girl Of the Golden West,
with Miss Bates.
CRITERION-Nfiss Barrymore. In Alice Set
blythe Fire
GARDEN-"As Ye Sow"
GARRICK-Miss Crosman in Mary. Mary,
Quite Contrary"
MANHATTAN-"Before and After"
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
THE PAST WEEK.

This psst week (slways the best in the year
from the box office point Of v1ew) has been filed
with varied activities at the theatre, but per
haps the most conspicuous feature has been the
unusual number OF plays appealing TO children
Besides the great show at the Hippodrome. there
have been rnatinees Of The Little Princess at
the Lyceum The Gingerbread Man" at the
Liberty and Babes end the Baron" at the
Lyric and Babes in Toyland' at the Academy
Also there have been special 1natinees OF Peter
Pan''-which is the true childs play of them all
We have always had at least one play Of inter
est 10 the Riddles" here at Christmas holiday
tine-such as THE Wizard OF OF" and the
beautiful Babes IN Toylan6" (Which was again
here this year), but seldom many as now.
New-York IS not a paradise for children at the
best and It must be confessed We don't do so
much for cur youngsters in the way OF theatrl-
eel enjoyment es they do across the Pond, nor,
es rule DO It so we'll Perhaps some Of us
are not so fond of having the sweet bothers"
20 do for. though they do say the birth rate is
decreasing IN England! The chief charm Of
Babes and the Baron" at the Lyric is Fred
Walton. the clever English pantomfmist, and
Peter Pan" OF course is English (or Barrie).
'"Toyland." to be sure is American, and su-
preneiy good Of tts class. After all, It is still
the most hopeful product this country has
turned out IN Christmas extravaganza The
Gingerbread Man." as play for children. suf-
1ers from the inevitable necessity of making an
appeal also to the grown-ups, the adult appeal
lying not in the charm OF childish atmosphere,
in Peter Pan nor in pictures and dainty
music. as in "Toylsnd," but IN the vaude
william evoutioasrof modern musical comedy"
The gingerbreaSs boy Jack Horner. King Sugar
Plum. Santa Claus all are there. but they per-
form .SlIsssT TOO much like the familiar figures
of "V~seig, The Girl from kay's' any other
musical comedy you choose TO name. However,
there is still left no little appeal TO the young
sters as there is in Babes and the Baron"
We cannot expect a Babes in Toyland' every
6av
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
A ROMAN THIEF's METHOD.

Thieves are ever ingenious and. in many case
shrewd judges of human nature. young man in
Rome has for three years successfully based his
dishonest operations the reluctance to be both
cred about trihes to which his clients prone.
His system was to watch the head Of the house
leaving for his office. when he would arrive, all
out OF breath with hurry. saying that Mr.. Y. had
him for the boots which needed mendnE.
Mrs. N. although surprised you'd go and pick
the boots shoes she thought most likely In
be the ones required and hand them over trust
ingly 10 the waiting messenger. In the evening
the discovery of the fraud would be made. but In
variaby it too small affair 10 take the
trouble TO inform the police Recently, however,
Mrs. X, more indignant than the others. de-
scribed the thief minutely TO her husband. who
fortune would have it, across and recognized
his man at once Taken to the police station, the
thief at last confessed TO hundred thefts but, Of
course, they must have into the thouSands
His system was simple; the old shoes were taken
20 q cobbler, an accomplice. of course, who made
them as good as new, and the two divided the
gains from the sale Of them to a trusting public.
Each theft was small in itself. but in the aggTe-
gate they yielded handsome income from 4 sneak
thiefs point Of view Rome correspondence Of The
Pail Nall Gazette.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
George Arliss

Do actors much grease paint? Making
up the face is the universal custom OF the stage,
not only the making up which is done TO simulate
age or character, but painting to heighten
the color. to counteract the effect of the artificial
light and to increase, supposedly. the good looks
of the player. If actor should appear the
stage in his natural skin he would conster-
nation among hig fellow players and profanity by
the stage manager. But would he displease the
audience? That Is at least open question 1t
has long belief of the present writer that,
rule, actors overpaint. and he has frequently
sat by choice at the extreme rear Of theatre 10
escape the, to him. painful sight OF artificial cheeks
and blue-goggle eyes. Nowadays stage lighting is
much brilliant than it used to be. much more
like the light Of day. Doubtless IN the days OF
candles, or even gas. a face unpainted would have
looked like death. But this longer holds true.
Is not painting tradition now. that should die
out?
It is interesting to find that George Arss thinks
So Mr.. Arliss besides being excellent actor,
is of the most expert manipuators of make
mp box the stage. His makeup Lord Steyne
in Becky Sharp a masterpiece. In The
Darling OF the Gods" and again in Leah
Kleschns." he contrived give his face the subtle
suggestion OF the nature of the character he
sumed. His views the subject are entitled 10
more than the ordinary consideration.
Mr.. Arliss declares with a smile that actors
really the most temperate OF men. all respects
but There's denying he says. writing
the Actors Society Bulletin that do
give way horribly TO grease paint And 1 beleFe
this intempersnce is merely a habit. a bad habit
which might get out of with advantage. When
go TO a matinee and see dear old Jack, whom
know quite we'll off the stage. why does he look
different when he comes on? Why does he
have that queer pink glow all over his face? He
looks awful clean that hardly breathe
and. somehow, he seems strange TO AS the
play proceeds. his delightful personality as
serts itself but little disappointed that
his is not the face knew? Why does he do
IL? A pink complexion in is generally
admired. On the contrary / watched a small boy
Broadway stop suddenly within a few PAGES OF
iEoffensive man and say. o. pshawt in an as
sumed voice. accompanying this remark with &
studied pantomme which consisted of a stiffening
of the neck, slight raising the right shoulder
and spas1nodic movement OF the right hand which
suggested the casting away of a piece OF fluff The
whole intended to convey contempt And
simply because the man had pink and white
complexion. And have great faith in the instincts
Of Broadway small boys
OF course shall all individually deny that
We do come on the stage made up pink and white
But the fact remains that do come on looking
perfectly unnatural coori u be a nne. dark
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Walden will be the Mortimer. For Friday and
Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoon Mr..
Conried announces a romantic comedy, in
verse by Oscar Blumenthal. entitled Der
schwur der Treue" CThe Oath of Constancy")' J.
The action is laid in Antwerp about the end Of
the seventeenth century. and the plot deals with
the wooing of young Flemish lady by q dash
ing and rather rakish pupil OF the great painter
Rembrandt. The part Of this lover, Veit Won
Emden, will be interpreted by that favortte and
gifted actor, Rudolph Christians, who at the
first performance will begin another star en-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
MUSICAL PIECES THAT CONTINUE.

BROADWAY-"Veronique last two weeks.
CASINO-"The Earl and the Girl"
NEW -YORK-"The Mayor Of Toxic"
LYRIC-"The Babes and the Baron"
KNICKERBoCKER-F scheff in Mile.
Modiste"
LIBERTY-"The Gingerbread Man; last
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Drama and literary comedy will both be illus
trated IN the performances which are announced
for the coming week at the Irving Place Theatre.
On Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings,
however, 'Mamzelle Nitouche" will again be
Interpreted with Lima Abarbanell in the title
role. schillers Marie Stuart" will be the at
traction on Thursday evening Gertrud Arnold
will appear the unhappy Queen and Harry
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Miss olga Nethersole will have several changes
of bill in her last week at the Herald Square
Theatre, which begins with special matinee
New Years Day. "Sapho" will be continued
through Wednesday night and will be repeated
at the Saturday matinee. Thursday night Miss
Nethersole Will appear as Paula in Pinero's
drama, THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray." Friday
night Miss Nethersoe will make her first ap-
pearance in New-York in ''Magda,' which she
has presented in London. Miss Nethersole's
Magda will be novelty and will invite compari-
son with the other actresses who have appeared
as Sudermann's heroine. Miss Nethersole will
close her New-York engagement Saturday night
with single performance Of Hervieu's THE
Labyrinth" in which she began her season at
the Herald Square Theatre.
The attraction for New Years week at the
YOrkville Theatre, beginning Monday afternoon
win be Walter N. Lawrence's production of THE
Prince Chap" direct from its long run at Joe
Weber's Theatre. The same cast, the same ap-
pointInents and the same scenery will be seen
at the uptown theatre that have made this de-
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

The new year is to bring to the patrons of Mr..
Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theatre at
tractive entertainment. Appearing New Years
Day and the rest of the week is Cinquevalli, the
juggIer who is finishing his at this
house prior to his departure for Europe The
Girl in the Clouds is act which will. 1t is
said, create sensation, with its electrical ef-
fects. combined with music. The Nichol Sisters,
blackface condolences, will head the laugh
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
NEW BILLS.

As usual. the new year VII bring IN new
plays; little 1906 trots out OF his pack two or
three tomorrow. and more next week First IN
general interest tomorrow Is the temperance
at weber's Music Hall Of little Joe Weber, big
Marie Dressler. bald Charles Bigelow and the
rest Of the company IN Edgar Smiths new farce,
"Twiddle-Twaddle" with music by Maurice
levi The scenes are laid IN Aarienbad and at
''Vendig,'' described as the Coney Island of
Vienna Edward J. Connolly is a new recruit to
the company. The cast IS as follows:
Philip GTHbfalder. Cincinnati millionaire.
Ebenszer Dodge. tznerioan insurance nabob
Richard Jones. former and present gamble
Hon AlFernan Fi,z Hsgris twsnty-sacoad Earl Of
Tie Grand Duke josef Bonnie Aaeip
aBtssn scimiti surefannuated army relic
ne Emp TaFor Franz Josef OF Austria SSaiI Marion
Ioets'' Horne American college JACK joyce
Howell Goo5e...-. W d Stevenson
Herr nTiaSelstei,. Patients 81 n y. Robinson
izer Nsrien6ad = a5 MSIIgghR ~ a4
FsS5o Il s5S, g3lss ;sgd = A1nbT9se rose Ball
Ne1s Noatglarte IsnchInan Al. 7. Darling
Ms .Jaok" Van shslR a New-YorE society
2Iaeeie sIcGurz a saIeslady May Monitor
e, 995,s ldisaS Gf he Austrian Edythe oyer
Count Isudor Austrian Arms. l,,. r.--,
Vera ShaoeletEh, q society bud 1' iA'l
Maize Wiager butterfly Of fashion Selma Mantel
tomorrow. beginning with matinee The
Crossing win be seen at Days Theatre. The
Crossing Is the third Of the series OF historical
romantic dramas founded on Winston Church.
ills books. Like The Crisis" It has been made
into play by Louis Evan shipnan, who wrote
ID Archy Of the Guard" The four acts are all
laid in and around the city Of New-orleans
ard fba oF
period when Louisiana was ruled by the King
OF Spain. but when Americans were beginning
20 make the crossing into the new country.
John Blair VIII be seen as Nicholas Temple, the
young American Others IN the cast are J. H.
Sllmour, Arthur Lawrence, Ralph Delmore
Luenne Girardot, Stokes Sullivan. Shelley Hull
Edward Donnelly, Mabel Bert Violet Houk
Laura Clement and Jane Gordon
II was bound 70 happen. OF course. The only
question wrss Where7 They have dubbed the
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
VAUDEVILLE.
week.

special New Years week bin has been ar
ranged for Hammersteins. headed by La Dom
ino Rouge (the girl with the red domino) who
will be seen for her last week prior to her re-
turn to Europe She will present her much
talked of mystic mirror dance. with some new
electrical effects. Emmott Corrigan and COM
pany will be seen for the first time here in a
new one-act play. viii Murphy and Blanche
Nichols return with their laughable skit, From
Zaza to Uncle Tom McMann's Ten Water
melon Girls: Mile Kitty Traney; Frank Bush,
monoOgist ChesinO, pedestrian shadowgraphist;
Fields and Ward in a act: the Eight Shet-
lands in a singing and dancing speciality. and
special new vitagraph views fill out the re-
mainder of the programme.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Fay Templeton, in George N. Cohans new
music play, "F'orty-fve Minutes From Broad
way will be the New Years bill at the New
Amsterdam. opening tomorrow evening Miss
Templeton closed three months run in this
piece at the Colonial Theatre in Chicago last
evening. "Forty-five Minutes From Broadway
is made UP of comedy drama, melodrama and
music 1t is staged in three acts The scenes
represent the exterior Of the Castleton mansion
at New-Rochelle in the morning, the drawing
room in the evening and the railroad station
next morning. Miss Templeton plays the role of
Plain Mary, servant in the Castieton house
hold. The opposite character, that Of kid"
Burns. a young man who has retired from the
prize ring and who expresses most practical
Moore.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

The final weeks of '"The Walls of Jericho" are
announced, as contracts for new play, The
House of Silence" by Herman K. Viele, which
must be produced prior to February J. have
compelled Mr. Hackett temporarily to retire
THE Walls Of Jericho and The House # 81
lence' will be produced for the first time at the
Savoy Theatre on Monday, January ID. 1t is
Mr. Hackett's intention to give special matinee
performances of THE Walls Of Jericho in the
has also been decided to continue the co-star
arrangement between Mr.. and Mrs. Hackett,
and Mrs Hackett MARY Mannering) will appear
In the new play as we'll as in THE Walls OF
Jericho" when the of that play is again re-
sumed.
At the Lyceum tonight Dwight l.. Elmendorf
will give a lecture on THE Garden Of Allah
the real desert. not the novel. 1t will be Illus
trated in cOlOrs.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

lightful play one of the successes OF the season
on Broadway. Cyril Scott remains the star OF
the company.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Nat NJ Wills, in The Duke of Duluth VIII
be at the West End Theatre this week
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

At the Harlem Opera House Mrs. Letting
wells Boots" Thomass delightful farce will be
shown this week
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

The first of the Belasco attractions to begin HIS
season at the Academy of Music is the delight
ful bath Comedy Sweet Kitty Bellairs." with
Miss Bertha Galland in the stellar role. Sweet
Kitty Belairs," it may not be generally known,
was originally written for Miss Galland. and it
was only chapter of accidents that prevented
Mr.. Belasco having Miss Galand originate the
role. The play, It is needless state, is given
with the magnifcence that characterizes Belasco
productions It viii remain at the Academy two
weeks
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Tomorrow and Tuesday afternoons there Will
be two more final children's holiday matinees at
reduced prices. The play will be c. Z. Goerner's
"Schneewittchen
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Henrietta Crosman, at the Garrick Theatre
next Friday night will offer dramatic novelty.
presenting for the first time in New-York
short, serious play. Madeleine by Mrs W. K
Clifford. of London. Madeleine VIII be pre-
sented as curtain raiser. It will precede the
comedy, Mary. Mary, Quite Contrary" which
viii be the entire bill until Friday night. Mad
cline is known TO the English public as one of
the plays in the repertory Of Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell 1t is a modern play picturing one aspect
Of social Paris. The story IS of a French actress
who loves an Englishman attached to the British
embassy. Without previous ntimation he tells
her of his intention Of returning to England to
wed his cousin. The actress uses her best arts to
alter his purpose and. failing, plans to kill him.
She is about to take his life when she relents,
spares the man and kills herself
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
Manhattan. where Before and After is play
ing, THE House of AIirth.'

Manhattan. where Before and After is play
ing, THE House of ALirth.''
At F1elds's Theatre tomorrow night Clara LIP
man and Louis Mann viii once more appear
together this time in a comedy without music
written by Miss Lipman and called Julie Bon
Bon" Julie is the proprietress of millinery
shop in Paris Coming to America, she becomes
acquainted on the steamer with young man of
a fine New York family. The young man mis-
takes her for the daughter of the French Consul
and permits himself to fall in love with her.
Julie falls in love with him, too. not realizing
the mistake he has made. When the steamer
lands and this error is discovered. the traveller
is still eager to marry Julie. but his mother OBJ
JCcts strenuously. and his own affection is put
to a strong test when he meets the father of his
inamorata, a besotted and half-witted French
Eventually the tangle is Strengthened and
the t8o lovers live happily forever after. Mr..
Mann has IN this piece the rather repellant role
of the father Theatregoers have had many op-
portunTies TO see what Mr. Mann can do with
dialect comedy. and last year when he played
''The Second Fiddle he tested his powers OF
pathos.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-31

Among the extra attractions for the holidays
at the Eden NIusee is the pantomimic cinomato.
graph attraction, "Puss in Boots" and Nursery
Rhymes for the children. together with numer-
other attractions just received from Europe
The Karabanza Troupe Of Japanese :=crobats
continue their startling feats of juggling. ard
never fail to amuse the large audiences