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coNpucroR,s REVENGE.
Woman With Pennies Given Dose OF
Her Own Medicine.
from the New York World.

From the New York World 8
Five women, every one looking as de-
termined as pretty woman can look,
boarded Broadway car at Twenty
third street the other day. Had the mot
orman been little more observing he
would have tried-to keep them from his
car
That there was trouble in the air was
apparent to everyone. The car was COM
fortably filed and from the moment they
sat down until they left the car few
blocks beyond. all eyes were turned in
their direction
Not word was uttered BIZ any of, the
women. That may be why the conductor
turned TO a man on the. platform and
predicted trouble for some one.
That's no ordinary shopping excur-
trouble for some one here and 1t looks
as though l was it, frsts'
Fares. please" called the conductor as
he started down the aisles
The first woman opened her purse and
after a moments search produced five
shining coppers. which. she dropped into
his hand.
He said nothing, for that was not an
infrequent occurrence Moving along the
line he came to the second lady who
promptly laid five pennies in his hand.
The passengers who could see smiled
broadly, but the conductor could see no
humor in the situation.
When the third and fourth woman each
added five pennies to the fast increasing
pile in the conductors palm the car was
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Viola Allen.

viva fRiANfAs
Viola Alien, who presents The Win
ter's Tale at the Jefferson theatre next
Wednesday matinee and night, has dur
ing her career on the stage never appear
ed in any play in which she did not as
sumo the leading feminine role In this re-
speet Miss Aliens career is a singularly in
teresting and surprising one. 1t was
not intended by her parents, although
both of them were on the stage from
her earliest infancy, that she should
make the profession her LIES work. With
out any previous training, Miss Allen,
when attending school in New York,
was called upo1 to assume the role of
Esmeralda in the play Of like name.
Miss Aliens father was a member of the
cast when the play was being given at
the Madison Square theatre in New York.
Miss Annie Russell who was the Esmer-
aida, was taken suddenly i'll and new
actress was required for the role at short
notice. The stage manager William Sey-
mour. now stage director for Charles
Froham, had seen Miss Allen in company
with her father and it was his notion
that the daughter of c. Leslie Allen, an
actor of wide experience, would be able
to play the part acceptably.
Miss Allen was given a few hurried
rehearsals and made her debut in the
role. She made a hit from the very
start. While enacting this first role John
Mccullough, the eminent tragedian, saw
her one evening, and engaged her at
once for his company to appear as his
leading lady, assuming such roles as
Virginia, Desdemona, Cordelia, Par
thenia, etc. Miss Aliens successes in
these roles was most surprising for one
SO young, and the early criticism seem
truly prophetic of the useful and sue
eessful career which has followed The
season following her engagement with
Mr.. Mccullough Miss Allen was the
leading lady with Lawrence Barrett,
achieving memorable success in
Brownings play, 1.-THE Blot on the
'Scutcheon.
The great italian tragedian. Tomasso
Salvini, then in this country. saw Miss
Allen with Mr.. Barrett and engaged her
at once as his leading lady. When the
younger Salvini appeared as Romeo she
was Juliet. Then followed the engage
nent with the Joseph jefferson and
William T. Florence combination. with
which Miss Allen made one of her great
est successes as Lydia Languish in
1.-THE Rivals" AS leading lady of the
OLD Boston Museum, Miss Allen created
a Variety of parts. She next accepted the
position of leading lady at the Empire
theatre, New York, meeting with especial
success In the plays, Liberty Bell"
Sowing the Wind" 1.-THE Masqueraders''
Michael and His Lost Angel" y John
O'Dreams," and Under the Red Robe''
Six years ago Miss Allen withdrew
from the Empire forces and became a
star. appearing first as Glory Quale in
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Few vocalists striving for popular ia
vor realize how much their chances for
success would be added TO by charging
their studies so as to gain the training
of the musician as well as that of the
vocalist In the case of Mime. Melba
the great artist who is soon to be heard
in this city tomorrow night at the Jefger-
son, the value of this action has been
conclusively shown, for, while her natural
gift of a voice of superb quality anc
r capable of the greatest demands of the
concert stage, undoubtedly makes the
foundation of the success of her profess
sional career, it is without doubt that
her earlier studies in piano and organ
practice have much to do with the charm
of her vocal work.
No one realizes more than Nine Media
the value of these instrumental studies
in enabling her to gain the effects de-
manded in her work upon the concert
operate stage. 1t is to this knowledge
O.. instrumental music that the accuracy
e her intonation and the fawless quail
y of her tones is largely due and
pithout doubt the hearing of good in
rumental music, while she was yet a
1llus ndu It's erect III the aIIer re-
Its of her professional career.
Those who remember Nine. Media as
r child say that she seemed to have
n intuitive perception of the possibili-
es Of the piano and organ and there
re many interesting anecdotes of the
-.,ecess with which she entertained good
judges of music by her public and pri-
vate performances as an instrumental
solosit. Whena she was only about six
years old it is told of her that her
parents were startled late one night
when she was living at one of the out
lying stations of her fathers ranch in
Australia by hearing Beethoven's Moon
light Sonata in a room adjoining the
chld's sleeping apartment and upon in
vestigation it proved that little Melba
was the performer.
It is well known to Nine. Neba's inti-
mates that she retains her fondness for
the organ today and only a few years
ago while visiting in the country she
procured the keys TO the village church
in one of the small towns of England
and entertained a party of visitors with
a number of selections In a way that COM
rnanded their approval
Nine. Melba is to recognize the tend
ency of the musical world to a revival
of the, charming old opera Of the italian
school by including in her contributions
to the programme of her concert at the
Jeeffrson theatre the Mad Scene" from
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12

AT THE JEFFERSON.

Monday -Melba.
Wednesday afternoon and night
Viola Allen in THE Winters
Tale
Friday night-John Drew in
1.-THE Duke of Killicranlde."
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in an uproar and smiles Of triumph IL

in an uproar and smiles OF triumph IL
lumined the faces Of the women. ~
| All was not well with the fifth woman
however. She was searching hurriedly
through her purse, which she had
emptied but apparently failed to find
what she was looking for
The conductor was growing impatient
by this time and his gruff Fares,
please" warned the wornar to hurry.
"Oh, i've only got four" she. said,
turning to her friends. Haven't you
one?'. The conductor can again made
delay dangerous, however a. with a
little gasp of dismay she handed him
quarter. tE
With a smile that was contagious he
carefully placed the four little, piles of
pennies in the outstretched palm and
went back to the platform softly hum
ming to himself.
The next block the five friends left
the car looking crestfalien and detected.
As they stepped to the street one said
to the others: el
Well. what. do .ou think OF that We
come here for a days shopping. We get
nothing. but pennies in the store and
then we get beaten at our own game on
the car.
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John Drew.

It was in 1881 that John Drew. after
many years of acting In almost the en-
tire gamut of light comedy at Augustin
raly's theatre first came under the man.
agement of Charles Frohman. In the
days of Daly's theatre. he was one of
these of whom 1t was said sheridan
and Goldsmith seemed to have written
their comedies for Drew and his sup
porting company" t Is odd that thir-
teen years should elapse before Mr. Drew
again finds himself In the very sort of
comedy which first made him famous
and instiled in him a finesse. polish and
delicate sense of wit that chara cterizes
his best stage style This is suggested
By the fact that Robert Marshall's three
act farcial romance THE Duke of KILL
cranltie, which will he seen at the Jeffer-
son theatre next Fs!dav night, In spite
of its descriptions. is distinctly a comedy
of manners. very similar in flavor to
. THE Rivals" or "She Stops to Con-
quer"
The piece is conspicuous for Its bril-
liant dialogue and its clever character
izations. 1t has not a single superfu-
ous character: all the dialogue of the
three acts is practically spoken among
four persons. It's speeches are so witty.
elean-eut and so laden with humor as
10 make the average theatre-goers. used
fu' surprise. The situations of the com
edv are equally novel, Particularly strik-
ing is the table scene of the second act
where the Duke, after decoving Lady
Addison Mrs. Mnlholland and Mr. Pitt
Welby to his castle in Scotland is host
at breakfast with guests each cordial
ly despising the other and letting slip
no opportunty to cut one another in de-
liehtfu1lv ironical speeehes
The characterization Of the comedy
are so swift and so definite that they
constitute the finest side lights on Lon
don fashionable life seen upon any stage
In years. Ferdinand Gottsehalk as the
tuft-hunting Pitt-Welbv. ingratiating
svchophantlc and hvpoeritical plentiful
In moral conra ee but absolutely lacking
in physical" is a perfect delight by his
mere presence upon the stage, aside from
the brilliant repartee provided him in
this.' the best part he has ever had.
Margaret Dale MS Ladv Henrietta Addi-
son is tvpical. beautiful dreamy London
girl of fashion. awaiting her love to come
az knight of old Fanny Broreh has n
role of splendid distinctness az Mrs. Null
holland a wealthy widow of the late
"Clue King" whose one ambition is to
obtain a new husband. If only to get
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eormandizIng the Sea.

Menu of the Cunard Liner.
Before Breal.fast-Tea, coffee. choco-
late grapes. pears. melons. biscuits.
bread and butter.
Notwithstanding customary. I'm
ishing up with hot cakes and syrups.
IL a. m.-Pint cups of bouillon; bis
cults
Il noon-Sandviches of all sorts. car
ried about the decks.
p. nl.-Lunch. Items that did not ap-
pear at breakfast and some more.
8 p. m.-Trays of ices. biscuits, cakes.
4 p. m.-Tea, coffee. chocolate, biscuits.
bread and butter. toast. cakes.
5 Oh 6 p. m.-Taffy and other sweets.
carried around en- trays.
p. m-Dinner. A new creation. In
GLIDING oysters, whitehall. turtle soup.
venison hot-house fruit and similar deli
cacies
. p. m.-Supper. BroI.ed bones. sand
wiches, fruit tea or coffee. lemonade.
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"For His Brothers Crime"

Next weeks attraction at the Bijou
will be For His Brothers Crime" which
is the latest effort of Charles e. Blaney.
To say that Mr.. Blaney has excelled him
self in this. his most pretentious offer
ing is putting 1t mildly, for he has not
Only illustrated that he is progressive in
his ideas. but has also proven that there
can be something new presented in melo-
drama.
Montgomery Irving, the perfect man.
or. as he is more Familiarity known, 1.-THE
Modern Hercules Is romantic actor
of merit, and Is supported by an extern
sve company. the equal of which is sell
dom seen with this class of attraction.
Saenically. the production Is a marvel of
modern stagecraft. and is carried intact
necessitating the use of a special double
length baggage car for its transporta-
ton.
For His Brothers Crime" may be de-
scribed MS a dramatic novelty. possess
ing as II does an impressive story and
an absolutely new plot It is In short. a
reflex Of dailv life as we find IT, Briefly.
tie story tells of two brothers twins.
one of whom has followed the straight
nath. the other the crooked Tn a fit of
drunken frenzy the wavward brother kills
Iohn Barclay father Of the haro's sweet :
heart The hero finds himself mastered
by hrotherlv affection and allows himself
TO he mistaken for his brother the lat
ter leaving for foreign lands Eventually.
he confesses to the crime on his death
bed, thus generating the heroic brother
The latter webs his sweetheart, who
throughout all the darkness had remain
ed loval to him
While the play is o, a serious nature,
vet there IS an abundance of crisp COM
e6v deftlv interviewer. and n series Of su-
nerb vaudeville numbers are incidentally
introduced.
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Hall Gaines Christian Miss Aliens
success in this play is one of the most
unprecedented known to the history of
the stage. Her next stellar venture was
f. Marion Crawfords I'm the Palace of
the King" followed the next season by
Hall Gaines 1.-The External City" Last
season Miss Allen returned to her earliest
love. the plays of Shakespeare. Those
who saw her as Viola in Twelfth Night.
at once discovered that her early ex-
perience stood her in good stead and
that the training with Salvini, McCul-
Tough, Barrett and Jefferson was to an
e. eellent purpose. Miss Allen is this
year presenting "The Winters Tale"
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AT THE RlJoU.

All the week. with matinees
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
For His Brothers Crime"
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From the Boston Transcript
Hobbs-It must have been ar awful
blow to lose your wife.
Spade (undertaker)-Well guess 1t
was. 1 had to let another undertaken
have the job. for the sake Of appearance.
you know.
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ADJUSTMENTS

Donizettls Lucia di Lammermoor. This
number from Donizettfs most popular
opera, is written with obligato for flute
and demands a fawless purity of tone
and a command Of vocal technique which
has made 1t test for the greatest sing
ers Of two generations. As sung by Nine.
Melba the Mad Scene" has proved one
of the most brilliant compositions of her
concert repertoire.
The sale of seats indicates very
large attendance when the singer makes
her initial bow before a Birmingham
audience.
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away. from the name. OF GLUE" Kate
Lester Is a cultured countess. mother
Of Lady Henrietta, and equally illustra-
tive of London S versatile society in her
insistence that her daughter shall marry
the husband whom she chooses for her
and thus stifle all idea of love in emula-
ton of her mothers early surrender Of
an italian artist, who had but one act
and that with trained bear.
L. is the strongest. cleverest and most
congenial support ever yet afforded Mr..
Drew; no two characters are alike In any
respect and dissimiliar TO them ali is the
cultured, manly. witty bit eccentric Duke
or Killicranlkie. Never has Mr. Drew ex-
hibited such fine versatility of action as
in the narration of this pretty romance
of love. Delicate in its sentimental
scenes. admirably restrained In its hui
morous and comic moments and finely
robust In its powerful climax scenes. The
Duke of Kilicra 'kie is John Drew at his
best. The Duke of Killicrande' will be
given for one performance on Friday at
the Jefferson theatre.
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plAYe AND PLAYERS

Nothing succeeds ike success" is an
old saw. but ne ertheless a true one. and
1t has never been more emphaticaly
demonstrated than In the case of Miss
Eva Tanguay. 7 was not until about four
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12

Reuben Fax, the jolly postman of 1.-THE
Bonnie Brier Bush" company was re-
Gently sitting in hotel office Eliminating
after a particularly strenuous week of
one-night stands that involved railroad
Journeys at all hours of the night and
other discomforts coincident to playing six
towns in one week.
When accosted by one of the company
as to his meditations. he said:
IT have just decided. when l get home
at the end of the season, to have my SER
want call me every morning at o'clock,
for a week.
"Why?" was asked in establishment.
well" said Mr. Fax, the satisfaction
of knowing upon waking that need not
get up in answer to that call, dress and
go to a train in the gray dawn, will give
me more pleasure than anything l can
now devise"
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There is one member of Kirke La
Shelle's 1.-THE virginian" company, who
required little coaching at the hands of
Owen Wister when the play vas first
produced. He is Frank Nelson, the dimin-
utive chap who plays the part of the
good-natured cowboy Baby Nelson
served his apprenticeship on asCaliforna
ranch. While 1.-THE. yirginian' company
was in Texas recently he quickly demon
strated that he had not forgotten the
angles of the cowboy calling. The MEM
bers of the company were invited to visit
a ranch, and they met up with the cow
boys at the bunk house. A CONCEALED con-
dition of the social atmosphere was APP
parent to all present, AID Try as they
would the actor folk could not thaw the
cowboys into state Of fraternal rela-
tionship. Badly" Nelson, however, saved
the day in an extremely easy manner.
Say pavd." said he. IN native par
lance, give us the loansof the makin's"
The cowboy addressed handed over his
papers and tobacco, wherenpon, Nelson
nonchantly rolled cigarette with a
single hand. and tho strained relations be-
gan to ease up bi al once.
Now for a ride said Nelson, 'if you'll
stake me to a bronch.n
A cattle pony was brought around and
to the credit of the COW 4punchers be it
said that it was not bucker, though re-
tanning a certain amount of the spirit at
tached to such animals. Nelson mounted
and sat the broncho la mode and ex-
ecuted a few stunts of the cowboy in
play-time, and then dismountng, re-
marked with smile: mot so Id
rotten for a actor man-eh?'' N
The ice was broken completely and the
bark of good Fellowship floated down the
opening. ~
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leans as a whole are too easy going
for such radical measures. and the fact
that theradicalism Of Kansas and the
far west Il being tempered down is a
proof Of that point The PopulistiC
theories have gotten into the wrong
sort Of hands to make most Democrats
take kindly to them That statement
may not suit some Of the people in
Qua Democratic ranks but IS fat.
footed. baldheaded. heart searching
fact. and we. who wish for Democrat'c c
success. might as well face il FIRST as
last.
Put on your thinking caps. brother
Democrats. acknowledge Roosevelt's
combine insincerity and political
shrewdness in the railroad rate regu-
lstion business. and do not get too gay
over government ownership Of public
utilit es until we find out where we are
going to fetch up. and II we have a
good post to hitch to.
Meantime don't let Roosevelt's fair
pronouncements induce you to aid the
Republican schemers by supporting his
railroad legislation plans whose only
purpose is to strengthen the Republic
can machine.
chas. A. Edwards
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IN sYMMEs' DEEP HOLE
CONTINUED from page -

ers may decide on. Where to secure
the funds to do the purchas ng is the
only question. They look on the rail-
roads and monopolies who are profit
ing from high tariffs as good game.
Railroads especially The situation
seems to be resolving itself into some
thing like this:
Roosevelt is to secure for them. If
poss Bile. some sort Of leg .slat.on from
the coming congress, which he may
use as a club to force the railroads to
contribute from their wealth to help
keep the party in power. What a club
it might be made few minutes
+, ;honght easily reveals. Under section
II Of the Interstate Commerce act it
is provided ia effect. that three mem
hers Of the commission which constl-
rtutes major ~. shlll be Of the domi-
nant party The act does rot retd ex-
actly that way. but il says mot more
tllan three OF the commission shall be
appointed from the same political par
ty' That insures the body being po
litical machine If they are granted
the powers that Roosevelt asks for as
part Of his political program they
will not need to exercise i. II is dol
lars to doughnuts they wont Repub-
iican leaders who talked somewhat
freely about tbs matter up New York
way, are fFee to admit tn s. Their ar.
gument is that the public will be salts
fed with the legislation and that it will
be a good party move 10 make IT, But
they have no idea Of making that legis-
latlon effective for the people
They don't want to pound the rail
roads until things look like a bunch
Of shredded wheat biscuit Not much.
What they want is to have this legis.
iation on the books and then they can
80 to the railroads and say open up
your dough bags and let US dip in ii
or there will be the devil 70 pay with
railroad rates
Meanwh le they VIII have the chance
by increas ng the clerical force of the
commission to an enormous size on the
ground that 1t is needed for additional
work, TO build up a practically irwin
chile party machine as | have previ
ously pointed out Firmly entrenched
as fiey then VIII be with one hand in
tae dough bags Of the railroads and the
,aher hand at the throttle Of this i'm
mensely increased and powerful politi
, cal machine. they can run things tC
salt themselves. and nothing short OF d
social upheavsl can destroy that power
Then the last state Of the common peo
pie VIII be worse than the first
Democrats of the good old Jsifer
sonian. stripe who have looked this
MATES In the face. believe there Is a
heap more thaa speculation Ia this out
line OF what the Republican party pro
poses. They do not believe that this
cry for government ownership. begun
by Socialists aud taken up by well
meaning but illadvised Democrats. Is
one th9t will or should win II is toe
dauger6us 10 experiment S-ith Amer
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MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN TURNER.

Greenfield, Mass, July 2e. Members
of the Society of Colonial Wars of
Massachusetts, joined with the Pocump-
tuck Valley Memorial association to-
day in dedicating monument in com
memoration of Captain William Turn
er, the famous commander of the white
forces in the fight at Turner's Falls. in
which the Indians were surprised and
a large numb slain, Captain Turner
h mself losing his life near the bridge
on Green River as he was returning
home, On the tablet were also inscrib-
ell the names OF those who fell with
Captain Turner.
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RUsslA's GREAT sEARcHLlGHT.
NV AasncintAh Presal

st. Petersburg, July 26.--It Is def
nitely decided that the great search
light recently built in Germany for The
government. and which will be ship
ped hence within a few days. will be
used In the port of Cronstadt. This Is
considered imperative in view of the
recent disturbances there The light
is the largest in the world. with 3l6,-
0OO.0oO candle power. II uses up an
eicctric cur, ,ont Of 200 amperes and
ths rehectrF measures six feet in dia-
meter. while The lamps carbons are six
inches in circumference.