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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
Black Patti Troubadours.

The Black Patti Troubadours are com ing to the Jefferson theatre next Satur- day matinee and night with a new bud get of songs, dances and specialities. This is the troubadour's tenth season and the event is being emphasized by one of the brightest and best stage shows the Trou- Dreamland," Southland Scenes,' "A Pinafore Review and a bill of varieties, with Black Patti, John Fucker and forty others comprise the conpany's offering.
 Madame Sissieretta Jones, widely known as Black Patti" was born in Ports mouth, Va, on the 9th day of January, 1S69 Her father. J. M. Joyner. was pas tor of the Afro Methodist church of that city, and was also chief choriester in the performance of which duties she was ably assisted by his wife. at the time a soprano of exceptional ability. In 1876 MT. Joyner received a call to Providence, R. l., and the entire family moved to that place afterward to be the scene of the first musical triumph Of the remark singer who is the subject of this article. While yet mere child, Madame Jones developed a voice of such remarkable power and quality that she attracted the attention of her musical people of Provi- dence, and no concert was complete with out her. Her voice in it's early stages was a decided contralto, and even today contains the velvety richness noticeable only in the voices of such as Scalchi and others.
 While singing in concert at the San Souci Gardens she received an invitation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
East Lake Casino.

The closing week at the East Lake Casino will begin tomorrow afternoon, when the John B. Wills Musical company will present ''Muldoons Picnic at a spe- cial Labor Day matinee. It will be pleas ant news for theatregoers to learn that tho Wills company will be retained for the closing week ct the Casino. 'Muldoon' S Picnic" will be presented tomorrow af- ternoon tomorrow night, Tuesday night Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night. For Thursday, Friday and Satur- dey nights, with matinee Saturday af- ternoon, the offering will be Mary and John," another musical farce that is sure to please.
 ''Muldoons Picnic" is one of the old fevorites in musical comedy, but has been brought up to date by the Willis com pany. So many new songs and specialties will be introduced that the piece will seem altogether different from the old 'Mul- doon's Picnic"
 A very attractive list of specialties has been prepared for the first part of the week. Among them may be mentioned:
 'Riley's Cakewalks,'' songs and dances by Walter Wills; Irish Labor songs, by Kate Alden, the talented vocalist; dances by Arthur Browning, whose skill is ex- ceptional; speciality by Loretta Marshall; Sidewalk Conversation" by Leslie and Thomas: Her Daisy Girls" and other selections by Kate Alden, and the famous Three Hand Reel.'
 Mary and John" promises to prove a popular offering The chorus has been well trained for this production and the latter half of the week promises to be fully as interesting as the first half
 Among the specialties which will distin- guish Mary and John" may be men toned:
 .The Ideal American Girls;" dances by Arthur Browning; Everything Came My Way" Servants Of Our Children;" se- lcctions by Kate Alden; speciality by Lo-
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Venable's Chocolate Al nends made daily.
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Another Record for Japan.

Janan was the first foreign country to | translate Thomas Dixon, Jr.'s powerful
 novel, "The Clansman," and dramatiza- tion has just been completed for the Japanese stage. The marvellous up-to-
 dateness of Japan is impressively illus trated by this interesting item of infor-
 nation. Although arrangements have
 been completed for the presentation of
 this play in England and Germany in the future, "The Clansman" will be pro-
 duced on the TolSio stage almost simul- | teneously with the American premier at Norfolk, Va.
 Yuichi Masaoka, who translated 'The Clansman" into Japanese, is not only ! tho most distinguished of the Japanese
 newspaper correspondents at the peace conference at Portsmouth, but he also holds high rank in the literature of the island empire. Although but 25 years of age he is the author of about forty books, including treatises on philosophy, novels, essays and translations. Born in the province of Satsuma, the cradle of the warriors of Nippon. his ambition is to teach modern philosophy to his country , men. Educated in a Christian school, he reads English with ease, although he still speaks the language imperfectly. At the age of 19 he followed the allied armies in the advance to Pekin as a war corres- pondent for the Yamato Shintu of Tokio, the same newspaper that sent him to
 Portsmouth. Boy as he was, he found tune in the midst of his arduous duties to write an essay of 300 pages on wom- en, modelled on the lines of Shopenhauer's espay on the same pcrplexing subject. Later he transferred his philosophic al- legiance to Nietzsche. whom he intro- duced to Japan.
 His most ambitious work is an essay, or rather a combination of essay and fiction, entitled, Ambition" In a recent inter
 view in the New York Sun he said: q had two inspiration for that work. One was the life of Toku Hashi, the Japa- nese statesman who was assassinated four years ago. The other was Israel ZangwiPs Mantle of Elijah.' I used the fiction form to tell the truth. I try to, be an artist. but philosopher also. If I tell a story 1t is to reveal a truth"
 Masaoka is unusually tall for a native of Japan. He Is straight as an arrow His glance is clear and penetrating and. un- likem ost of his compatriots, he rarely smiles. A broad massive forehead seems to be an ample abode for his phlosophi- cal speculations, while mouth unusually sensitive for an Oriental indicates his ar- tistic sensibities.
 The reason for the seemingly strange interest shown in "The Clansman'' by the people of Japan can probably be found in the following lines from MT. Dfxon's novel: Under their clan-leader- ship the southern people had suddenly developed the courage of the lion, the cunning of the fox, and the deathless faith of religious enthusiasts"
 In this pregnant sentence lies the affi-
 nifty between the Clansman of the south and the Samurai of Satsuma-
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Fuller, Senator Andrews and various oth- CT notables residing In Washington. Nor ris Reno president of the Carnegie Music Hall association of New York City, next engaged her for concert tour of the United States and Europe. She made her first European appearance at Berlin, Ger many, and the Berliner Zeitung in com menting upon her debut said: No sooner had the real Adeline Patti depart ed but what most worthy substitute appeared in the person of Madame Sis- sieretta Jones, The Black Patti from America"
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Viola Aliens Leading Man.

Who will be leading man of the Viola Allen company this season is the ques- ton? At present there is no leading man. There are, so to speak. two of him! In Clyde Fitch's play, "The Toast of the Town," there are two male roles of equal importance, to be irapcrsonated by A. E. Anson, who comes from England and Harrison Hunter, who was leading man of Olga Nethersole's company during her last visit to America. Of these two ac- tors the one who comes out strongest" as Mark Tapley, would say, will acquire the title of the leading man. Ar far as this country is concerned MT. Anson 10 an unknown quantity. He is even an unknown in London: but in the English provinces. the training ground for the London stage. he is great favorite. MT. Fitch, who is supposed to know an actor when he sees him, discovered Mir.
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vii. open with week at the New Mon tauk in Brooklyn on October 2, after which there will be week in Newark and a brief New England tour of two weeks before the annual engagement in Boston for two weeks at the Fremont
 The company then will visit Montreal and Toronto, it's itinerary including a second tour of the south and western states as far as the Pacific coast
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retta Marshall; '"The Regulars" a song, and T Am on the Sea-" another pleasing vocal number.
 This week promises to be unusually in- teresting at the lake and the fact that it will mark the cloee of the season at the Casino will no doubt draw the crowds. The special Labor Day picnic promises to be well attended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
EAST LAKE CASINO.

All the week, with the usual matinees and special Labor Day : matinee Monday-The John B. Wills Musical Comedy company.
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AT THE JEFFERSON.

wednesday night-Tim Murphy in "A Corner in Coffee"
 Saturday afternoon and night Black Rattle Troubadours.
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Tenth English Grand Opera Season.

Ienth English Grand opera oeaSon.
 Henry W. Savage this year is preparing for the most important season In the history of his English Grand Opera com pany. His "Parsifal' company that gave Wsgner's masterpiece last year has been combined with the English Grand Opera company that enjoyed enormous success on a trans-continental tour, giving him the most pretentious organization for presenting serious opera in English that he has ever brought together lis corps of principals will include the best Eng fish singing artists on tho American stage while the chorus and instrumental forces will be largely augmented An orchestra of forty symphony musicians will be an added feature and these will be under the musical direction of the Chevalier N. B.. Emanuel and Elliott Schneck.
 Music lovers will be pleased to know that the chief new work in the repertoire this year will be an elaborate produc- ton of "The valkyrie'' This will be the first of the Nibelungen Ring operas to have production in English and will be followed later on with ''Das Rheingold," ]" "Siegfried'' and Getterdammerung." The remainder of the repertoire will include wagner's "Lohengrin" and "Tannhau- ser," verdPs "Rigoletto" and Aida" Puccinis La Boheme" and Gounod's Faust"
 The tenth season of the organization
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-03
The JEFFERSON Wednesday cEpTEMQEQ q Evening OLl lIHiULn U Mir. Tim Murphy
 And Dorothy sherrod, Presenting A Corner in Coffee.

Dramatized by Owen Davis from Cyrus Townsend Bradys famous story published in "The Smart Set" A splendid production. Great Cast
 Elaborate Costuming and Features. PRICES-25o, 50c, 75c, $1 .00 and $1.50 Seats on sale Monday.
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not had chance to talk to you since
you came to Boston decided to go up
with you. | can come back on the
night train, or if you prefer to ride
alone l can get off at the next station"
'oh, no; | am very glad of your
company" she replied. land it was
good of you to think of it. 1t is a long
ride, and | have had such a nice time
| should have been disconsolate. You
did not know" she added archly, that
one reason | came to Boston was to
look at fats. Bert wants us to come
here and keep house for him-Aunt
Susan and me-"
And are you going to do it? I hope
so, for that would give me chance to
take you to the theaters."
NO, the plan is off for the present"
she answered. Not but that | would
like to, but we think it is not best for
Aunt Susan"
For an hour they trundled along
through the snow clad country, chat
ting commonplaces, and then Alice
said, did you meet the island girl
fallen in love with?"
only once. Bert invited her and
the old lady on board the Gypsy and
introduced them. They remained only
long enough to look the yacht over.
left that day"
What did you think of this girl?
asked Alice hastily. Tell me what
she looks like"
she has a beautiful figure and eyes
like yours, which you know are what
l admire, only they are not so full of
mischief. They have a PARKWAY look
that makes you think her thoughts are
q thousand miles away"
How was she dressed?"
"Oh, | haven't the least idea," was
the answer. 'She might have worn
calico for all l could tell. The only
thing can remember is that her dress
was tight fitting and very plain
Alice smiled.
those faraway eyes must have en-
tranced you, your description is so
lucid" she replied sarcastically. How
long did Bert stay there after you came
away?"
"Only few days. 1 never asked
him. l told him to keep and use the
Gypsy as long as he wanted, and then
| cut stick for Blanch and-Sandgate"
He seemed to dwell upon the little
outing, and Alice, noticing this, fought
shy of the subject.
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fro BE CONTINUED
FEATHERED GLUTTONS.
Some Very Greedy Birds That Are
Tremendous Feeders.

Some Very Greedy Birds That Are
Tremendous Feeders.
Despite the fact that 1.-The appetite
Of a bird" has become common phrase
for light eating, investigations show
that birds are tremendous feeders. The
diet of the average kestrel "a small Eu-
ropean hawk is calculated at 1000
mice a month, to say nothing OF insects
and worms The barn owl is as vora
cious as the kestrel. An Investigator,
after caging one of these birds, gave it
seven mice one after the other. The
first six Immediately disappeared, each
with gobble and a gulp, and the OWL
did it's very best to treat the seventh
in a like manner. Limitations OF ao-
dominal capacity, however, prevented
and though the gobble came. OH the
gulp did not, so that for twenty MIN
utes or so the tail Of the seventh mouse
dangled from the corner Of the birds
beak. But in due course it. swallowed
the body, and three hours later the
pangs of hunger reasserted themselves
and the owl ate four more mice.
Four pounds would be heavy weight
for a heron. Yet one of those birds,
which was trapped in England, dis
| gorged two recently swallowed trout,
one of which weighed two pounds and
the other one and half pounds. An
other captured had contrived to put
away three trout averaging three-quar-
ters Of a pound apiece, although it was
| only four months old, and another had
dined upon seven small trout, together
with a mouse and a thrush.
Among the greediest birds are wood
! pigeons, which will continue to gulp
down food until their crops are almost
at the bursting point. From one of
these birds, shot as it was returning
from a raid in the fields, no fewer than
800 grains of wheat were taken. An
other had contrived to cram down no
| fewer than 600 peas. A third was en-
deavoring to sustain nature with $50
beech nuts and a fourth with sixty
| acorns.
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lips. she arose quickly and returned to
her seat. Two little tears stole out OF
Mrs. Nason's eyes, to be quickly brush
ed away with a priceless bit OF lace.
Sweet Alice, the motherless little coun-
try girl, had from that moment enter
ed the heart of Mrs. Mason. When the
applause had subsidized, it was Frank
that next pleaded
Wont you sing one for me now,
Miss Pager" he asked. Il bought the
song | wanted today" And, going TO
the piano, he unrolled and spread upon
the music rack-"Ben Boltr'
But | only consented TO sing once
for Blanch," Alice replied, land there
are others here who | am sure can DO
much better"
Come, please" he said coaxingly,
''just this one for me-" And once more
Alice touched the keys.
Back to a simply furnished parlor
in Sandgate, with its lamp on the
piano and open fire burning brightly
as it had one year ago, went two OF
that company in thought, and maybe
others there, whose youth had been
among country scenes, were carried
back to them by the singers voice ana
saw a byway schoolhouse land shad-
ed nook by running brook in fancy,
or perhaps a little white stone In some
grass grown corner, where, obscure
and alone" lay a boyhoods sweet
heart! All the pathos of our lost youth
trilled in the voice of Alice Page as she
sang that old, old song. Not one in
that little audience but was enthralled
by the winsome witchery Of her voice
| and for the moment was young again
! in thought and feeling. When the
| guests had departed Mrs. Mason turned
to Alice and, taking her face in her
! hands, exclaimed, II want to kiss the
lips that have brought tears to my
eyes tonight"
The last evening of her visit she de-
cided to spend with her brother, and
when she came to bid adieu to her
| hostess that much 'Paded naughty
mother had resolved herself into a
charming lady.
1T is odd, BERTHE" she said to her
brother that evening when they were
alone together, "how different people
seem when one comes to know them.
From one or two things which you have
said and an admission that Frank
made a year ago felt l should be sure
! to hate his mother, and now l think
she is perfectly lovely"
$50 she is to those she likes" an
swered Albert "You carried her heart
by storm last evening as we'll as the
rest of the company. l never heard
you sing so well.'
II am glad didn't break down, any
way" she replied, for when | touched
the piano my heart seemed in my
mouth
I For an hour they discussed. the Ma
sons, while Albert noticed his sister
avoided any mention of Frank, and
| then he said: ''Well, sis, which of the
| places we have looked at do you think
l best engage, and when will you be
Ready to move?"
Alice pursed her lips and looked at
the shipwreck scene near her as if it
contained a revelation.
Il am not so sure" she answered
finally, that we should make the
change at present. II l were certain
! VOIIr beautiful waif of the Sna would
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-14
Uncle Terry
-. By.
CHARLES CLARK MUM

Copyright, 1900. by Lee & Shepard
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-14
Doctor Brigham Says
MANY PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE
lydia Z. Pfnkf7as7sIS
Vegetable Compound

The wonderful power of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be-
cause it is a stimulant, not because it
is palliative but simply because it is
the most wonderful tonic and recon
Structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the generative organs, positively
curing disease and restoring health and
vigor.
Marvellous cures are reported from
all parts of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures and physicians
who have recognized the virtue of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where it is due.
If physicians dared to be frank and
open, hundreds of them would acknowl-
edge that they constantly prescribe
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound in severe cases of female ills, as
they know by experience it can be re-
lied upon to effect a cure. The follow
ing letter proves it.
DR.. S. c. Brigham, of 4 Brigham
Park. Fitch burg, Mass, writes
"It gives me great pleasure to say that
have found Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound very eIlcdclOuS, ana often pre-
scribe it in my practice for female difficulties
I" My oldest daughter found it very benef-
cial for uterine trouble some time ago, and my
youngest daughter is now taking it for fe-
male weakness, and is surely gaining in health
and strength.
81 freely advocate it as most reliable spe-
cifc in all diseases to which women are sub
ject, and give it honest endorsement"
Women who are troubled with pain-
full or irregu ar menstruation, bloating
Tor fatulenceJ. leucorrhea, falling, in
fammation or liberation of the uterus,
ovarian troubles, that bearing-down
feeling, dizziness, faintness, indiges-
ton, nervous prostration or the blues,
should take immediate action to ward
off the serious consequences, and be
restored to perfect health and strength
by taking Lydia E. Pinl1ham's Vegeta-
bic Compound, and then write to Mrs.
Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, for further
free advice. No living person has had
the benefit of a wider experience in
treating female ills. She has guided
thousands to health Every suffering
woman should ask for and follow her
advice if she wants to be strong and
well.
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you divide your visit with us. Miss
Page, and allow US to return little of
your hospitality. OF course 1 under
stand that your brother comes first
and rightly, too, but we must claim a
part of your time"
Il had promised myself one or two
evenings at your home" Alice an
swered quietly, "but do not feel that
| ought to desert BERTHE more than
that"
Then, for the first time, Blanch put
in her little word: Now, do not offer
your brother as an excuse / have
been anticipating your promised visit
for a long time, and no brother is GO
ing to rob me of it. / shall come
around tomorrow forenoon, and If you
are not ready to go back with me, bag
and baggage, | will just take your
baggage, and then you will have to
come" --
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-08-14
THE DOCTOR KNOWS.
He Is Not Deceived by the story His
Patient Hands Him.


Patient Hands Him.
1t was late, the doctors patients had
either passed away or were mending,
and he was sitting with a number of
his acquaintance in a corner of the
club room.
Its a strenuous life we lead"
droned the man of medicine, with the
grim side turned uppermost as rule,
but now and then we get laugh out
of it-a laugh with the lid on, Of
course; we can't afford to show we're
amused l often wonder" he went on
genially, why some of you chaps ever
send for a physician. You don't tell
him the truth once in twenty times.
You're in bad way and you're sorry,
and to hear you talk I'd think your
mouths were cold storage boxes for
butter. You suspect that lobster or
rich sauce you ate day before yester-
day is at the bottom of the trouble.
You know what's curled you up, and
you're frightened out of years
growth for fear I'll learn. tt
Accordingly, instead of taking me
into your confidence, you tell me an
impossible story. And if 1 cross ex-
anime you closely and hedge you in
you'll reluctantly admit that you've
been somewhat indiscreet. You smoked
four cigars Thursday and took six
drinks. Doesn't it ever occur to you
that know by your futters that you
smoked from breakfast to bed and
took sixteen drinks and six more for
good measure?
eff l were to believe you and dose
you for your ailments as you describe
them you'd never get well. Now and
then have to give you strychnine and
nitroglycerin to restore the action OF
the heart, and to listen to you l might
conclude that you'd had too much pink
ice at a childrens party.
GAS l limited, we doctors get some
fun out of it, but what do you do it
for? We were not always doctors, we
haven't always taken the best care of
ourselves, and we're not fools."-
Providence Journal.
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Creating the Eashi0ns

Who sets the fashions? Sometimes
an original idea emanates from a hum
BILE workwoman, and after fusion in
the brain and improvements and sug-
gestions given by the great autocrat it
energies, Minerva-like, in full panoply,
complete and victorious. Numbers Of
diligent seekers, a horde of assistants,
voluminous notes, sketches, ideas, are
pressed into the service. Artists lend
their willing services, while the sarto-
rial adept combines, exaggerates, al
tiers old modes, culling, ike the pee,
flowers of fancy here and there until
the bright vision of beauty is realized
and the forthcoming styles are deciueo
On.-London Graphic.
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adhere to her filial resolution, it would
be different. If you secure this legacy
for her that you told me about and she
donates it to those old people, as you say
she intends to, the next thing will be
an invitation to my dear brothers we'd
ding. That is one reason why l hest
tate to make this change Another is
that l do not think it would be good
for Aunt Susan. She says she is will
ing, but when she has left all the as
sociations of her life behind she will
just sit and grieve her poor old heart
away in silence"
"My dear sister, have you consid-
cred Frank in your calculations
Alice's blue eyes assumed an ex-
preston like unto a pansy and her
face the placidity of a mill pond as
she answered, Il had quite forgotten
his existencer'