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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18

NSFouiquS ana MOOhSfliHS.
Two pleasing musical comedies have
aided in distracting attention from the
DAILY f1asco. They. are ''Veronfque' and
"AIoonshine.''
'fVeronique" is an Importation. In
both London and Paris it has won sue
cess. New York critics have Endorsed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18

once refused to produce one of Mr.
Shaws plays.
AS for Shakespeare. alas, we shall
never be able to see one of his plays
again No manager would dare pro-
duce one, except in some dark, unknown
cave now that Mr.. Shaw has an
nounced that the Bard of Avon was
an incompetent dramatist. Not one of
Shakespeare's plays can compare with
John Bulls Other Island Thank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18

breeders of thoroughbreds in the coun-
try. He owns NIeddler, sire of Blue Girl,
StaIwart and a score Of well known
horses, and the stallion will be taken
back to his old home at La Belle. Ba-
nastar. winner of the Brooklyn and
Metropolitan handtcaps, viii also be
among the thoroughbreds taken there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
A Talk to Ends on the Playing
Of Their Positions
The Tackles and Their Many
Important Duties

0N He ends are to a football team
what torpedo boats are to a
fleet Of warships. Light. fast,
"A shipshape and efective-they
dart here. there and everywhere in the
pursuit of their various duties.
The ends are placed at the extreme
ends Of the rush line, hence their name.
When their own team is in possession
OF the ball they must prevent opposing
players from skirting or forcing their
way through the ends to break up the
play that is being started. Also the
end must accompany the carrier Of the
bail down the field when the latter
skirts the position Of the end in ques-
ton.
The end. too. frequently carries the
ball himself He must look for the
ball on fumbles also and be sure to get
down the field rapidly when the ball is
kicked by a member of his own team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
Marie CahiIl,

"Moonshine'' at the Liberty theater is
not all moonshine by any means. Marie
Cahill is its star, and the moonshine
does not bedim her own radiance in the
slightest.
Miss CahilI is seen to splendid ad-
vantage in a bright, tuneful and pretty
play. Her songs, the choruses and the
principal members of her support merit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
HOCKEY PRAcrlcE

intercollegiate ice hockey practice will
begin within no very great time among
the colleges comprising the league.
These are at present Yale, Harvard,
Princeton, Columbia and Brown. Har-
ward last year won the championship of
the intercollegiate association for the
third time, taking possession of the cup
offered the winner Of three consecutive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18

Shaw Fails as 1.-THE Great Regulator
Mr.. Shaw's recent outbreaks concern
ing the late Sir Henry Irving and the
faults of Shakespearean dramas have
met with deserved condemnation on all
sides. To say that Shaw has acted in
bad taste is far too mild an expression.
Sir Henry's remains had not yet been
laid to rest in Westminster Abbey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18

II Mr.. Days artistic soul craved no
toriety he got It. When he is older and
more experienced he viii doubtless re-
sort to more creditable means to cause
the public and the newspapers to talk
about him.
Mrs. Warren's Profession" is nothing
less than an argument in favor of the
leading Of an immoral life by every wo-
man Of small means. 1t shows every
working woman of chaste character to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
Cast Of ..veroniaue."

Miss Ruth Vincent, as Helene de
Solanges. afterward known as Veroni-
que, is a hit Others who do good work
are Lawrence Rea as Florestan de
Valiancourt, John LIE Hay as NJ. COque-
nard, Aubrey Fitzgerald as NJ. Loustat,
Miss Kitty Gordon as Agatha and Miss
ValH Vall as Denise.
The humour is enjoyable, even though
it is English. Says Mr.. Fitzgerald on
one occasion. ST sank in the social scale
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
SCENE FRoH'VERONUoUE'

be a fool Worthy sentiments, these,
for Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. Daily to attempt
to popularizel
In passing. would observe that the
police can do cart" another valuable
service if they will have Mr.. Daily tie
up his bundle of mannerisms and lay
them gently away with the manuscript
Of Mrs. Warrens Profession
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18

Jupiter and the kind fates for that
Is it possible that success has turned
Days?
Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. DAILY are just now
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when Mr.. Shaw sent out hurry call
for an audience. He then made abu-
sive statements about the public and
private life of Irving. which are well
known to be untrue. Mr.. Irving had
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
DOROTHY SHERROD\

in the usual way-sIow horses, quick
women"
The staging and costuming are well
done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18

The tackle has developed into a com
bined forward and back, owing to the
frequency with which he is called back
Of the line either to carry the ball or
take part in interference, etc.
In line play when his own team has
the ball the tackle must block attempts
of his opposing tackle to break through,
and at the same time he must endeavor
to make openings for plays directed
through his own particular territory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
sVeronique" and HMoonshine."

leading in the international press agent
competition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
Miss MarIome,s Portia.

Julia Marlowe's Portia was fascinat-
ing and vivacious, but it carried few IL
lusions in the important trial scene.
Here she made almost no effort to con-
ceal her identity in the guise of the
lawyer from Padua
In no other Shakespearean role has
Miss Marlowe approached the high
standard she has set in her Juliet. The
same may be said Of Mr.. Sothern as
regards his rendition of Romeo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18
QUARTERBACK STARR OF HAIR
WARD.

Starr. the Harvard varsity quarter
back, is playing a star game on a star
team He is fast, aggressive and 8 good
field general.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-18

When plays are directed at or around
the wing opposite to that on which the
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25

I'D. ROCKEFELLER AND HIS NEW WIG.
feature of the ominous flow of people
to the cities is the phenomenal develop
ment of manufactures. There may
come a time when manufactures will
so overbalance agriculture that there
will not be enough basic wealth pro-
duCed to afford a profitable market
for the factory-made goods. When
the industrial situation shall become
so unbalanced. q commercial crash of
stupendOus magnitude must ensue.
As Helpless Babes.
Then the city-trained men who
know not how to make bread out of
the soil will clamor for work, curse
the economic condition of the period.
denOunce the state, threaten the re-
public with all sorts of fantastic theO-
ries. and there will be acute friction
between the few rich and the multi
tude of poor. Gradually men will
drift back to the land and learn to
make their living with the pillow and
reaper and a satisfactory equilibrium
between agriculture and manufactures
will once more be reached. Before
this result is attained, there will
be intense suffering. Families that
are in comfortable circumstances will
know the meaning of misery, and
families now afiluent will fall into
beggary. All this is not a dream.
Men of clearest vision see it coming.
RockefeIler's Prophecy of Panic.
1t is what Mr.. John d. Rockefeller
sees when he predicts, as he did in a
recent interview IAN industrial crisis
of worldwide extent and unprece-
dented severity"
Mr.. Rockefeller says the crisis will
be brought on by overproduction in
all lines. The Standard Oil magnate
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25

1t makes no difference VIII Their Mr..
Rockefeller be right or wrong in his
forecast of a gathering storm, his plan
for the employment of surplus labor
is a practical and profitable one and
his enumeration OF road building, riv-
er Improvement, irrigation, forest pres
ervation and swamp draining, as the
truly great national problems is phil
oSophic. The work needs to be done,
and eventually it must be done, If the
United States is to progress. Waste
is national losS-waste by flood and
drought as we'll as waste by fire.
Every acre of land should be made to
pay. The government promotes re-
search and experimentation in agri-
culture, with a view to increasing the
effectiveness of tillage; there is no
reason why it should not give cOunte-
nance and support to reclamation of
land and the enhancement Of the fer
tility of land already under culture.
1t is the land--the farm, which is the
pedestal of the republic.
There should be no effort to mini
mize the worth of manufactures
processes that work up the raw prod
ucts of the earth into serviceable
lOllIS. uc WIS llOlll " IiNn are OD-
tanned the metals of commerce are as
much a product Of the land as corn,
wheat and cotton-not as primarily
important, but quite as necessary to
man in his present highly organized
social state. 1t is difficult to draw
the line between some of the basic
manufactures and agriculture, for the
iron furnaces and steel mills build the
railroads and bridges which give
farmers a shortcut to markets.
French Statesman Also Predicts
Panic.
But the point is, that where manu-
features develop out of proportion to
the growth of agriculture, the world
is being turned wrong side up. Mr..
Meline in declaring that the overpro-
duction of manufactures will lead to
an industrial crash, says; There is
room for everyone under the sun, but
on condition of sharing up the good
things of the earth, instead of concen-
trating upon one department of activ-
ity."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25
Thirty States Represented.

The Mount Vernon Ladies' Associa-
ton is a most exclusive body. 1t is
composed of a regent, who is president
of the association, and a vice-regent
from each of the States of the Union.
Thirty States are now represented.
The women are justly proud of the
work that has been and is being accom-
plished, and so value their places in
the council that it has become a GUS
tom for the office of vice-regent to de-
scend from mother to daughter or
other near relative. When a vacancy
occurs IN the council the Governor of
the State is invited to nominate some
prominent woman; but should the
name not receive the favorable consid-
Grafton of the regent and vice-regents
no appointment is made until one ac-
ceptable to all is proposed.
Miss Cunningham, the first regent
lived at Mount Vernon from 1868 to
1873, when she resigned on account of
i'll health. She died the following
year. The present regent is Mrs JUS
tine Van Rensselaer, Townsend, of New
York.
During the Civil War, though in the
very midst of the conflict, Mount Yer
non escaped serious injury. This was
mainly due to the heroism of Miss
Tracy, the secretary of the association,
who took up her abode at Mount Yer
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25

schedules were illustrated by rep
eSentatives who called on Speaker
Cannon. 1t happened that one day
a prominent Massachusetts member
called to impress the speaker with the
easy manner in which the tariff might
be revised.
"You see" declared the Massachu-
sets member. I'VE all make too much
over the difficulties in revising the
tariff. 1t would really be very sim
pie. We would only have to put hides,
wool and coal on the free list and the
country would he practically satisfied.
We might do more. but that would
really be enough. There could be no
difficulty in coming to IN agreement
on that-merely q matter of few
weeks"
The speaker listened intently as
he always does listen to advice. But
trailing on the heels of the Massachu-
sets member came representative
from Illinois who also wanted 10 re-
wise the tariff. He started in the same
as his predecessor. He thought there
was altogether too much fuss made
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25
Day of Distress Near.

The richest man in America is posi-
tive, however, that the crash will come
about 1907-year after neXt-and so
sure is he that the trouble is on its
way, that he is already weaving a
plan to provide work for those who
will be thrown out of employment,
and thus ameliorate the panic. He is
certain that the number of men who
will need help will be about 1000, 600.
and when is added to those men the
number of dependents. the total is APP
palling. Mr.. Rockefeller thinks this
vast army of unemployed should he
set to work by the government on in
ternal improvements. the building of
new roads, improvement of old ones.
dredging of streams, irrigating land,
etc. He says;
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25

is having very little effect on them.
In fact the protectoniStS do not even
care to discuss that phase of the ques-
ton. \ revision of the tariff with the
declared purpose to simply lower the
schedules they say would have the
same effect on the country that they
claim would follow an attack on
the tariff principles by the free-trad-
erS. They claim that merchants would
not buy goods when lower tariff rates
might still further reduce the price
they would have to pay. That condi-
tions lasting six months they fear
would upset all business conditions.
They say it might mean panic.
But they are likely to have their
views very forcibly contested by the
tariff revsionistS next winter. The re-
viSionistS and the men who believe in
the principles of reciprocity are band
ing together to give battle in the halls
of Congress. The citadel is now dis
tinctly in the control of the stand pat
tcrs and ii is to be seen what power
the revisionists will develop in contest
ing their ascendancy.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25

ing untitled and useless, and the house
and outbuildings were showing signs
of the passing of the years. The glory
of that splendid home was departing.
A Woman's Work.
To the great credit of John Angus
tine Washington it is related that he
refused absolutely to consider PROPOSE
lions advanced by private companies
and individuals to purchase the estate,
to be converted later into a pleasure
resort. Think of the desecration-a
vaudeville performance on that magni-
flcent stretch of lawn, walters bearing
their burdens of food and drink
through those stately halls, the daily
uproar of irreverent crowds.
And then came Miss Ann Pamela
Cunningham, of South Carolina. She
visited Mount Vernon in 1858 and was
shocked and grieved at the fate in
store for the historic spot. She con-
ceived the plan of rousing the women
of her beloved southland to the true
state of affairs and enlIsting their CO.
operation in the raising of a fund OF
100000, the price asked for the house,
outbuildings, wharfage, garden and
some two hundred acres of farmlands.
So she went to work, and it must be
remembered that fifty years ago it took
no small amount of bravery for a
woman to inaugurate and carry on an
undertaking Of such magnitude. But
after five years of effort the whole OF
the 100000 was in hand. 1t was
found impracticable to confine the
propaganda to the Southern States, SO
the North was invited to assist, which
she did in generous measure.
At the close Of 1858 the Mount Yer
non estate was purchased and the title
passed to the Mount Vernon Ladies
Association of the Union.
Freed from Taxation.
A charter was secured from the State
of Virginia, granting exemption from
taxation, the association in return
binding itself to the task of restoring
TO its original condition and preserving
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for future generations this home Of
General George Washington.
In this connection it is interesting
to know that during the ten-day annual
meet of the Board of Regents in the
month of May a banquet is given to
the Governor of Virginia. After the
feast is ended and the toasts are drunk,
the entire association conduct the Gov
ernor about the house and grounds,
that he may know, by personal observa-
ton, that the pact entered into so long
ago is being faithfully kept.
1t is the custom of the ladies of the
association to live at Mount Vernon
during the yearly session. At this
time the old home wears an air of I'M
wonted gaiety. The kitchen gives out
the most appetizing odors, and, stimu-
lated to unusual activity by tales of the
old days, the corp Of Virginia servants
are anxious to show their fitness for
the honor of 'servin' de ladies'" Even
the brick oven, relic of colonial days,
is called into use, the beautifully
Drowned bread pies and cakes attest
ing its superiority.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25
STEM INDUSTRIAL CRASH.
STANDARD OIL MAGNATE PRE-
Diets CRISIS AND SUGGESTS
PALLIATIVE ASSURES.
Would Have Nation Begin Work of
Vast Internal improvements. Ex-
Premier MeIine of France Also
Sounds Warning.
J. II. SHANNON.

That the land is the source of all
real wealth, has been said by philoso-
piers time out of mind, and now with
the urban districts draining from the
country much of the flower of its man
hood the cry is going up from the lips
of legions of wise men, Back TO the
Landw All manner of colonization
projects are being devised and tried
for the purpose of diverting foreign
immigration from the cities TO fields
and to relieve the pressure of conges-
ton in the over-grown centers. One
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feels the thrill of patriotism stirring
the hearts of the people.
But do the thousands who annually
sail down the Potomac to visit the
stately home of George Washington
know that to a woman's initiative is
due the restoration and preservation of
the beautiful Mount Vernon of today?
Away back in 1853 this home was in
a rapidly deteriorating condition. John
Augustine Washington, a son of Cen
eral Washington's nephew, was the
owner of the estate. The descendants
of Washington evidently did not inherit
the clear business sense of their illus
trious ancestor, for in General Wash
ington's time the farm yielded hand
some income. Now the fields were ly-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25
Vast Plan of Construction.

There is enough labor today needed
on the public highways to employ all
the idle or surplus labor for a century.
The Improvement of the roads, the
dredging streams. and especially of
the Mississippi, where annually mill
ions of damage is done by the over
flow, the irrigation of arid lands. the
preservation of forests and the drain
age of the swamps are the great pub
lie problems that should be occupying
the public mind. Municipal, state and
national laws should be enacted now
for the building of roads, SO that
when the industrial storm comes it
Will not be too late to breast it."
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25
HOME OF WASHINGTON.
HOW WOMEN PAVED THE WAY
FOR TON OF MT. VERNON
historic Place is Now Exactly as it
Looked During the Lifetime of
Great Statesman-Ceneral - Thous-
ands Visit il Annually.

The bell is tolling, the band playing
Nearer My God to Thee" and the
passengers know, even before they
raise their eyes to the fair sweep of
Virginia's shore line, that the steamer
is passing Mount Vernon. A pretty
custom-the tolling of the bell and the
playing of the fine old hymn. A hush
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25
over the revision of the tariff. He de-
clared that it would be an easy job,
AS Simple as Can Be.


"What would you do with the
tariff" he was asked.
why" he replied, its as simple as
can be. All you have to do is to lower
the tariff on wooden goods and to make
a big reduction in the shoe schedules.
Practically that would satisfy every
one, and if YOU did no more the coun-
try would be pleased
The Illinois representative was in
formed that he had been preceded by
Il member from Massachusetts who
thought that all that would be neces-
sary would be to put coisi, hiues and
WOOL on the free list.
"IIides on the free listv' exclaimed
the Illinois speaker. Not while l
have the strength to stay here to fight
it,"
"Now you see what an easy thing it
is to revise the tariff" said the
speaker.
IF | was God" again remarked the
speaker in his quaint style, 81 would
make some changes in the tariff.
would put them into effect before any
body knew what they were to be made.
Then there would be no unsettling Of
business and at least some people
would be happy"
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non, accompanied by only a few serv-
ants. Miss Cunningham, the regent,
was prohibited from crossing the mill
tary lines and could not join her. For
four long years Miss Tracy remained at
the lonely home, managing the estate
and guarding the buildings.
The plan of the rehabilitation of
Mount Vernon. by returning to its
rooms the original furnishings, or arti-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25
THE TARIFF PROBLEM.
REVISION And ANTI-REJI VISION
SENTIMENTS ~ SHINGTON.
Speaker Cannon between Two Fires
Question to be a Live One During
the Next Session of Congress.

1t is rather amusing to those who
are on the inside of the political arena
in Washington to observe the manner
in which discussions of the tariff are
conducted throughout the country. In
an academic way the theories of the
tariff are talked over. But 10 the men
on whom the real work of revising the
tariff would devOlve there are very diff
ferent considerations to influence them.
They openly declare that the tariff
ought to be revised, but they say the
danger to business interests would be
so great that they fear undertaking it,
They insist that a struggle over the
schedules would last six months. and
that during that time the business in
terests would be suffering Stagnation
that would afflict the country very
sOrely.
This view is secuted by the revision
lists as one that has no standing with
men who believe in doing things. They
claim that if such considerations are
to prevail there never could be a re-
vision of the tariff.
So Easy To Revise.
Not long ago the difficulties in
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25

impends will be precipitated by over
production of manufactured goods.
He says Consumption must have its
bounds, and SO with the consumption
of manufactured articles. When a
man has filled all his requirements in
clothes and furniture a mere lowering
of prices, which is all that mechanical
improvements generally mean nova
days, can no longer attract him.
Therefore, when the output is not re-
strained the market necessarily be-
comes choked."
Mr.. Rockefeller is specific as to the
time when the crash is to occur. 1t is
likely that he errs in this. because pre-
dictions as to periods of depression
and readjustment are seldom fulfilled
as to dates. Crises as n rule come I'M
expected and the immediate reason is
most apt to be due to over-expansion
of credit, and overproduction of secur-
tiles than to actual overproduction Of
goods; but when to the cause of over
expanded credits is added overproduc-
ton of manufactures and a lOp-sided
industrial system. recovering from the
crash is more difficult.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1905-10-25
Question an Absorbing One.

What alarms so many prominent
protectionists is what they claim is
the danger of unsettling the business
conditions of the country. The the
oretical adjustment of the tariff ac-
cOrdng to the principles of protection