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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Alabama R. F. ID,

Washington, Sept. s0.--(Special.)-- Postmasters appointed: Jefferson. Ma. rengo County, William H. Gregor Taylor. Houston County, Annie D. Taylor.
 Rural free delivery route No. or. dered established December 1 at Gwin Marion County. serving 460 people and Ills houses.
 Rural carriers appointed: Baker Hill route l, Cornelius West. carrier, An crew West substitute; Ft. Payne. route i, Byron Sloane carrier. Bob Timer sub stltute; Waterloo, route 2. Albert V. Humphrey carrier. William H. Mich. ols, substitute,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

lowed by a second funny one; if it is, one will fall fat. Some numbers tha : are unsuccessful in one part of the piece make a great hit in another, and vice versa. Why? cannot explain 1t, but l know that 1t is SO.
 After you have written the regular musical numbers there are the lyrics. The prima donna must have a solo love song, and the tenor must also have one, and you know that very likely they will get together later on and sing a love duet. Then the comedian must have something funny to sing in each act. When the lyrics are written they are turned over to the musical com poser, and he works to get an appropri- ate melody to fit the words. and he has to work out his own salvation at the piano with fear and trembling. The Message of the Violet in The Prince of Pilsen' was written four times" added Mir. Pixley. bit ruefully. Sometimes the trouble Is with the music, and the composer has to keep at work till he gets just the right thing. At other times 1t is fin the lines, and they have te be worked over. Why. have writ ten verses enough for the waste basket to reach from here to Pittsburg!
 'The music of The Prince was writ ten between meals and all the time. On the morning of the first production the overture was not yet written! Lu- ders had tried to get at 1t but could not seem to get the right touch, and said he would write the thing the night be- fore the performance. Well, that night I went over to his room and found ev- erything in confusion. Music was scat tered over the floor and in the midst sat Luders, frantically trying to write. It's no use, Pixley,' he said. I simply can't do it; I'm used up The man had been working night and day and I saw he would not be fit for anything the next day, so I took the thing in my own hands. I had studie1 medicine a little and knew what he needed: 50 I sent across to the drug store for a good, stiff dose of bromedia, gave 1t to him and sent him to bed. told the boy to get him out at 6 o'clock the next morn : ing--to keep at him till he got up and not to take no for an answer. Tn the morning he was all right ard the over ture was writtei," -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
The Sues Canal.

According to the latest German re- ports, the Suez Canal is now twice aa deep and wide as it was twenty years ago. The work of deepening the canal will continue until a depth Of thirty feet throughout is attained. From suez to Ell Ferdan, thirty-eight miles, the bottom width is 126 feet instead of 1ls feet. it's former width. The bends of the canal have also been corrected, so that the width of the water surface of the northern half is 2s5 to $50 feet, and of tn southern half 2so to 300 feet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
,Gsne risla,a Order.

The Rev. Minot J. Savage. on being introduced to speak before large Bos- ton assembly a short time since, told a story about Eugene Field and vouched for it's truth. because he heard Seth Low tell 1t.
 Field sat down at the table in a New York restaurant and presently was ap- pFoached by a voluble waiter, who be- gan to rapidly enumerate the articles upon the menu-"Coffee tea chocolate,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

don wall paper and Autographs alto gether; not a sheet of paper on the bill boards nor lithos in the windows, is MT. Stewards motto. All the money spent in the columns of the ,newspa- pers. If the local, managers must have paper to cover their bill boards 1t will | be blank paper which Manager Stew | art will furnish. Good for Mir Stew art!
 Lloyd Bingham. under the manage
 ment of Amelia Bingham, will begin his starring tour the middle of Octo- | Der, when ne will be seen in an Irish drama of historical nature entitled.
 "Ireland-179S." The production will
 be from the Amelia Bingham standard.
 which signifies that 1t will be very
 ganization will be the largest ever seen
 in an Irish play. The company will
 number fifty people. --. .:.. Suzanne Santje will begin her first starring tour tomorrow night. when 1 she will be seen in an elaborate revi- | val of that classic Sowing the Wind.'
 which Manager Al s. Roth promises | will be on the same elaborate scale | and with every attention to detail as | when played at the Empire Theatre, | New York. Miss Santje's leading man | this season IS Edward R. Mawson. and the balance of the cast is composed of
 tried actors and actresses. The com pany will be here later in the season. How Baxter Butted h." which | comes to the Bijou next week, is both
 musical comedy and a domestic mel | odrama. Throughout the entire play l strong dramatic scenes are mingled
 with up-to-date songs and dances and l with all the gaiety of modern musical farce. The show was written to ere ate laughter and tears, one following close upon the other, The play Is un- | der the direction of Vance and Sullivan Company and the cast is headed by Sidney Toler in the part of Baxter-an up- to- date commercial traveller, who butts in" at the critical moment to | save the girl he loves.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

that there is not dull moment during the entire evening. The situations and climaxes are interspersed with es@chy music. songs and dances, all cuiled from the latest successes.
 The production Is handsomely mounted. and a cast of comedians en- gagged of unusual merit, prominent among whom are Paul Quinn, Joseph Mitchell, Emil Heusel. Max Ritter, Ma rie Richmond, St. John and LeFever, Casper Barnes. Tillie Cohen and Eddie Flayell
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

ham, -eggs.bea etc. Field looked at him with fixed eye and solemn vi- sage and said with marked deliberation.
 T want none of these things. All | desire Is one orange and a few kind words"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
neWS cf Ne Stage

opera, 1t is conceded to be one of the classics of American comic opera. and is probably the most nleritorious. and yet the most popular. of the compost tions of the famous band-master, Vic- tor Herbert. Harry B. Smith supplied the book of the opera, which Is all that can be desired in the way of a bright. entertaining vehicle for the talents of a clever cast, and for the antics of the comedians.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

The girl" musical comedy still holds the center of the stage. Manager Frank Perley's two new pieces are. The Winning Girl" and "The Girl and the Bandit"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
aThe Fortune Teller.v

'"The Fortune Teller" one of the brightest and most tunefu1 comic ope- ras the American stage has seen in the past quarter of a century, comes to the Montgomery Theatre Saturday matinee and night
 The management has stopped at nothing in the matter of expense to make Che production as beautiful as 1t could be made. The scenery was painted by the best scenic artists ob- tainable. and the costumes, after hav- ing been designed by one of the most famous men in the world in his line, were completed lay the greatest firm of eostumers in New York City. Each of the three acts were mounted on the stage as handsomely as 1t was possible to put them on.
 The organization includes a selected east, headed by Grace Orr Myers. Miss Myers is one of the youngest pHima donnas on the American stage, her first big success a couple of years ago bein g ae seubrette with he Frank Daniels Company, and later prirna donna in Peggy from Paris" Miss Myers's eff forts are most satisfactorily supported by the work of clsver comedians and an excellent cast all through, surround a by a big beauty chorus, whose yplendid vocal work in ensemble num- kers is q special feature
 AS to The Fortune Teller" as an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

we gre going to have a variety of theatrical entertainments tbis week, which is the best indication that Mad anne etegomyia is preparing to vanish from the South. Nervous theatrical managers are beginning to turn this way and notwithstanding Montgomery has already lost several good attrac- tions that were booked the season promises to be regular with the book ings Of this week.
 Hirschsr Brothers announce "McFad- den's Row of Flats" and Grace Orr Mey- CTS in The Fortune Teller" for this week. Moreover they are able to say with reasonable positiveness that Al Fields Minstrels will be here Monday of next week for a matinee and night performance and that Louis James In his stupendous production of Virginius will be along soon.
 'BIcFadden's Row of Flats" with it's yellow kids Is a favorite farce comedy and we may expect Victor Herbert's line comic opera, The Fortune Teller, to be sung in good style.
 Down at the Bijou Manager Neal has just closed a successful week with the Depew- Burdette Stock Company The latter half of the week "A Thor oughbred Tramp will be the offering at Jake Wells cosy little house. It is said to be a frstciass entertainment of its kind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
PITHY PARAGRAPHS OF
 PLAYHOUSE PEOPLE

Mary. Mary, Quite Contrary" is. ac- cording to all accounts, the best play that Henrietta Crosman has ever ap- peared in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Maud Fealy resigned as leading lady with Sir Henry Irving to create the principal role in The Truth Tellers."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

William C. Crane has started re- hearsals of "The American Lord" in which he will appear this season. open ing early in October. The authors of the play are George c. Broadhurst and Charles T. Dazey.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
MoNrGoMERY rHEATRE.

rriday NiEht---.Mrrsdden's Row of Elafs."
 saturday matinee and night-"The Fortune TelIer.~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
How Con,Ic Operas are Written.


 In The Theatre Magazine for october Frank Pixley. author of the Prince of Filsen,' and other successful musical pieces, tells of the difficulties that con- front librettist:
 The first thing is to write a scenario, an analysis of your piece--the skeleton of your play in which you outline the whole. This forms a kind of sailing chart. Then after you have formulated your story you must settle your char acters. You see, it's much like making plum pudding: first mix your pudding and then drop in the raisins. Of course you must have a prima donna who Is a good singer-and if she is good looking and a good actress, so much the bet ter, but she must be good singer Even then at rehearsals you hear her warb- ling over your songs as though she had hot potato in her mouth. You must also have a tenor. Nobody but tenor can ever make love to a prinla donna. You must have a comedian, and there must be foils for him. for he can't De funny alone. Then there is usually soubrette. and sometimes an insenue needed to develop the story. Your funny man may be tramp or kihs anything you choose--but he must be there. After you have settled your characters the next thing to do IS 10 divide the play into acts. An act marks divison of time, and you will find your play falling naturally into these divisions The difference beetween an act and a scene is that two scenes may take place simultaneously. while the act shows a lapse of time. The average musical comedy is divided into two acts. though some have three. If there are but two acts. one act has two scenes. In a musical comedy there arg rom eighteen to twenty-four musical mum l bers. divided nearly equally among the kind must ever follow each other. That l is. a humorous piece must not be fol-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
sMeFnaaen,r How of Flats.n

Merriment. song and beauty are the predominant features of the ever pop uIar "McFadden's Row of Flats" which comes to the Montgomery Theatre Fri day night.
 Few farce comedies ever written have enjoyed the same degree of public favor as has "McFadden's Row of Flats '' It not only amuses the people and dis tracts their attention from the ordinary cares of life. but 1t gives them a chance to hear the newest and best hum0r of the day and the latest as well as the most tuneful popular music.
 Written by F. W. Townsend and Glen MacDonough, "McFadden's Row of Flats is both clever from humor- ous standpoint and well balanced from a dramatic standpoint. In this years edition of this ever-popuiar farce com edy the management takes particular pride in calling attention to the very clever people who have been engaged for this organization. Among the num- Der may be mentioned Gussie Nelson, Joe Deming, Billy Barry. the Speck Brothers, Clark Candy, Marie Henry, the Yellow Kids, May Baker. Thomas Coulter. Allie Babier, Annie Muller and the Preston Sisters.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Charles Frohman produced George Ade's newest comedy "Just Out of Col lege" at New Haven. Monday night. The principal role was played by Joseph wheelock, Jr.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
nILnu THEATRE.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights ana Saturday matlnee-"A Thorough bred Tramp"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01
Al Field Coming.

I
 Al Fields minstrel show comes to the
 Montgomery Theatre next week. The Nashville Banner said of the show: | Al G. Fields burnt cork artists held | sway at the Vendome last night and a packed house witnessed one of the best
 minstrel performances seen here in years.
 l The oldest inhabitant cannot recall when Al Field did not have a good
 show, and his popularity seems to in-
 crease each year. He has always dealt
 honestly with the public, which has not been slow to suitably reward him with l their shekels.
 MT. Fields this year has In his az gregation of artists many old Nashville
 favorites. who we're given a hearty re-
 ception, and a number of new faces who promise to become as warm favorites as the old-timers. Mir. Field
 Is one of those managers who is not content to drag along in the same old | rut for years and Is constantly on the
 lookout for something new. This year he presents lot of new features and
 novelties, which, combined with the
 usual conglomeration which go to make up minstrelsy, brighten the perform
 ance and drive dull care from the minds
 of the auditors, The company carries | its own scenery and some of 1t will
 compare favorably with any seen in Nashville in recent years. Myriads of
 electric lights and guady tinsel greet | the eye upon the rise of the curtain | on the first part. which is designated
 an original melange on The Gridiron Club" Almost the entire company | take part in the fun which follows, and distinguished personages are cleverly impersonated. among others being President Roosevelt. Senator Chauncey 1 Depew and Japanese and Russian of- ficers. A flow of wit and humor Is kept | up throughout the development of the skit and 1t made decided hit.
 Probably one of the most pleasing features of the show is the singing. l There are an unusually large number
 of vocalists who are heard in classical and humorous numbers. The voices are above the average heard on the
 minstrel stage and encores followed
 each effort"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Ethel Barrymore has reached San Francisco and is now playing a two weeks engagement at the Columbia Theatre. Her portrayal of 'Sundy" has won great praise throughout the West. the season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

when William G. Stewart presents an tour the DeMiile play called The oeniuA> and the Model" he will aban-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

Francis Wilson opens his season in Chicago early in October. He will be seen in tn successful Clyde Fitch play, Cousin Bill" "The Little Father of the wilderness" the one-act play in which Mir Wilson made such an inn pression at its first presentation, will also be on the bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-01

success achieved by his star, Al. H Wilson. in the new comedy, The Ger man Gipsy." This Is the most preten- tious offering singer-Actor Wilson has been seen in. The company is twice s large as last season. but the way the receipts have been bounding skyward he is amply repaid for all his expendit- ures.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-24

From 203-Metre Sfill the japanese ooserVeu TVe'
every movement Of the Russian squaoroh: 80
were able to place the shells in any part Oh e ee
harbor and to sink our ships. The plunglng nre
OF the Japanese n-inch howitzers We @ .basa
trously effective In several instances, th1Ss n,
prjectiles landed on the decks or the a paInes'Pe
and went down clear through their bottoms
DESTRUCTION OF RUSSIAN SHIPS.
v1-hen the pavvs that General Stoessel had sent
a letter to General Nogi offering 10 suFfenuet
reached the navy we realized the hecSsst.y Siy VI
destroying ships beyond the posSIoiIieS pS AZ, N
their use by the Japanese. Accordingly On the
night of January l every vessel in the harbor
was ordered to be torpedoed seNeTsl times III
the engines boilers, shafts and funnels II was
a hard nights work but the Japanese VIII never
be able to utilize a single ship OF our navy at
Port Arthur. .,.-ora ta,,od
10 explode when they struck sort eartn OF
landed in the water. There are tnousahus VI
them at the bottom of the haroor. ina Mnei o We ;
covered one that had not been eXpIooeu we TIL vi
mediatelv sent IL back TO the japanese. rms
was possible, because the rihing OF the Japaeso 30
guns runs from left to right whe the IlllIi!s -,
Ours runs from right TO left, and both howitzers
are the same size. 1, a.,
We greatly admire the japanese. me IN.
fantry are wonderful soldiers, and their patience
&c amazing The manner in which they ran the
saps despite Our opposition, compeHed auiniIa @ "a
ton. Our men are bigger ana stronger, put ING oao
Japanese are quicker their feet. Ihey are
I,er,y Ingenious Some of their ingenuity was,
perhaps fair but they generally pald tne price,
although 1t took soldiers a long time 10
reaIi7a tha subtletv of their methods. We never
feared a Japanese attempt TO take the forts by
assault The Russian soldiers were always
anxious to meet the Japanese at close quarters!
and even at the last our men were connuent Oh
their superiority with the bayonet Inc Jap
anese behaved excellenty when they entered
Port Arthur. and there was no sussesuoh Vi
disorder or lawlessness.
/ came as a prisoner 10 Japan, because 1elt
II to be my duty TO share the desunles Oh our
mon I do not criticise those who gave their
parole but believe that would be dshonored
If / returned 10 Russia after doing SO.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-24
REFUGEES At CHE-FOO.
EleUen JunAs from Port arthur
Missing in Gale.

Che-Foo, Jan. 23.-Thirteen junks. containing
500 men. women and children, after a passage Of
sixty hours from Port Arthur. arrived here to-
day. The passengers were Immediately sent on
board the British steamer Muenchen. which has
been chartered by the Russian government to
take them home
Eleven other junks were expected and as
gale is now rising anxiety for their safety is
being expressed. Steamers are now securing
the for them.
Among the arrivals to-day the Russian
civil administrator NJ Werschenine who was
permitted by the Japanese to leave the town, so
that he might take charge of the refugees. He
was accompanied by paroled officer, who acted
All the Russians speak highly of the consid-
GRAFTON shown by the japanese after the fortress
SapI'04ateO' aiiu liie AIeJOALeS '"oh uPOA eleit
long wait on the shores Of Pigeon Bay without
shelter unavoidable.
Steamers from Port Dalny with Russian refu-
gees from Port Arthur arrived here tonight
but owing to a high gale the passengers could
neither be landed nor transferred. There are
over 1000 Russian refugees now here They
Will be transferred directly to three Russian
transports which waiting TO take them to
Odessa One Of the passengers brought a copy
Va oc4IeAOt StOSHoel AiIeh1 PiOSlehatlOn 10 the
garrison, dated January Z. In 1t the Russian
commander reviews the glorious record of the
defenders, and refers to the slow, resistless
Tightening of the japanese Gordon, to the cease
less rain Of great shells. which, he says. nothing
could resist, and to the utter exhaustion of the
resisting power OF the fortress.
1T is apparent" the proclamation says that
further resistance would be merely daily murder
It is the duty OF every commander to avoid
useless sacrifice OF lives. 1t is not hard to die
for ones country, but must be brave enough
to surrender
General StoesseI said that the fortress had
done its work. There was no longer a fleet to
be protected. A vast Japanese army had been
crushed, it pointed out, and kept from
joining the armies in Manchuria against Cen
eral Kuropatkin. General StoesSe thanked Off
cials soldiers and civilians for their devotion,
and then announced his surrender with full
consciousness of the sacred duty 1 perform"
General StoessePs last act, before leaving Port
Arthur, TO kneel and say a short prayer
and then to kiss the ground he had so valiantly
defended,
New-York tribune., 1905-01-24
PECULATION IN ARMY.
Bad State of affairs Alleged among
Russian TrOOpS.

Victoria. B. c. Jan. 23.-The steamer Atheni-
an, which has arrived from the Orient, brought
among her passengers Dr. Klampke, an Amer
lean who went to Manchuria to offer his services
TO the Russian medical corps without success
He tells Of much peculation and sad state Of
Red Cross and hospital arrangements with the
Russians.
The Athenian brings details Of the sinking Of
the japanese cruiser Sai-Yen off Port Arthur
Commander Okuda, second IN command. gave
the following account
The Sai-Yen was struck by a mine. and in two
minutes hsted 10 her starboard side and began
gong down fast Captain Tajima remained ON
lne bridge, refusing assistance and rejecting
pleas or onicers to take to the boats Is the
Sai-Yen foundered the Russians poured n Tnarci-
less rre on her from Lao-Teai- Shan and rescues
gy the Japanese warships made dificult
Inc work continued ten hours but no trace was
seen OF the captain and thirty-one others THE
mime suuck the Sai-Yen below the second en-
CINE room, and five men working there wera In,
stantly killed. Three escaped from the baclr
engine room. M
General Nogi is to return TO TOXIC 10 recaivA
an appointment formerly held by the late Count
Kawamura, IN connection with the rearing NJ
the Prince lmperiafs children. 1t is said he
seemed almost unconscious of the need Of sIean
during the last weeks Of the siege. After the
death OF his elder son. news OF which Wa
brought him during the attack on 2O3-Metre
hill. General Nogi was found several times with
his head in his hands, weeping. Anticipating fhn
death OF his sons, he had arranged that the title
should go 10 an only or his younger brother
but this boy was also killed.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-24
WOMAN POSTMASTER AT IUKA
The President Nominates the Widow of Gov.
ernor Stone of Mississippi

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The President to-day sent
to the Senate the nomination OF Mrs Mary g.
Stone TO be postmaster at Iuka. Miss The follow
ing statement regarding the nomination was issued
at the White House:
MTs. Mary G. Stone. whose nomination as post
master at 4uKa, Miss, has been sent to the Senate
IS the widow or the late J. NJ Stone one OF the
most popular chief executives Mississppi ever had
ne served as Governor for twelve years-a LONGER
Term thn that or any other occupant of the Office
re ne PeTsohally confronted mobs wherever they ap-
majesty mas OF the law AS Governor he offered a re-
WaIu OF $I.UVO Tor the apprehension OF the mis-
creants who fired into a postal car and publicIv
slateG that While he was Governor United States
postaI cars should not be made the targets OF
ass@ssAns. he was a brave soldier and officer
carrying 10 MS grave the from wounds he
LeSSeISSu IN oatte lie was gold Democrat, and
& 70 accept seat in the United States Sem
aye because the tender had coupled with the con-
dtion that he should obey the viii of the legislature
on the money issue
MIS-. stone is a worthy woman and will MI cred
pointed ~