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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-15
ADJUSTMENTS
u. Of M. Dramatic Club.

I j.
. Depending upon the verdict Of the large
audience that saw the University Ora
matte club members in Nance Oldfeld'
and "Cricket on the Hearth at the
Unique theater last night, a decided hit
was made by the amateurs. From the
standpoint Of the critic, the success was
almost signal, for considering the fact
the players were amateurs, they acquitted
themselves handsomely, and never a hitch
occurred in either play.
Nance Oldfield" was the curtain-rais-
er and was excellently rendered by the
four students entrusted with it's rendi-
ton. Miss Maybel1e Schneider in the
title role, found every opportunity Of
fered by her lines and brought it out for
chilly. She was well supported by Kath-
crime De Veau as Susan Oldfeld, her
cousin, protege and companion, and the
male roles. Nathan Oldworthy and Alex
ander Oldworthy, taken by Frank S.
Lyon and Nathan Blackburn, could hard
ly have been improved upon by profess
SIGNALS of wide experience and especial
adaptation.
The presentation of Cricket on the
Hearth was scarcely less meritorious
i The cricket property around which cen.
tered a deal Of the sentiment was triae
slow with it's "crick,'' but this cannot be
lAClu d3dulOL llc players. LOU 1Ilduy
smiles appeared during tear squeezing
situations, but the cast was not profess
| sional, with one exception. This excep-
| ton was Sam Andrews. who recently
| quit the stage to become a dental stu.
dent at the university. His work as MIR
Tackleton shone out prominently, and he
made it the lead" part. Willard Addy
as Caleb Plummer, the character made
famous by Joseph Jefferson, worked at 9
slated for this and enjoyed the experience
of the first rehearsal. Mr.. Addy stepped
in later, but his Interpretation was excel
lent considering the handicap. Miss Ethe
Palmer as Bertha, the blind daughter O.
Caleb, put just the proper business" into
her part and took the lead Of the womer
| in the cast. Miss Florence HoffIin'.
presentation of Tilly. Slowboy brough
genuine laughter. Elsa LELAND as Dot
did not grasp all the possibilities in he1
iway, but missed few and stood up wei
with her associates. Ruth Haynes wa.
the affected Mrs. Fielding, and Haze
Pennington the daughter May. Botl
l,were up to par. AS Dots father art
mother and the porter. Fred Payne, Mar
tjorie Vance and Dana Easton had only
appearance parts, but appeared on 2"cue,
which was all that could be desired
John Sinclair as the husband OF Dot
4 whose heartstrings are torn, dernandi1a1
careful work was all that could be asked
and spoke his lines without hesitation
Nathan Blackburn, the "Old Gentleman,
! who turned out to be the former sweet
! heart and the man that robbed Tackle
i ton Of his prospective bride and made :
man Of the latter, put professional finisl
on his work g
All in all the work Of the Universit,
! cror
| plause it received last night, and Charlie:
/ M Holt, the director, is in line for tn.
compliments that were forthcoming.
| S. 49, E c. II I.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-15
SAYS HANGING LAW
WAS WELL OBSERVED

Judge John Day Smith, author Of the
present capital punishment law, has
written letter to Governor. J. A. John
son commencing the conduct of the re.
cent Crawford execution. He says:
ct want to express my grateful APP.
probation and gratitude for the course
you took with regard to the execution
duced the bill providing the method to
be pursued in the execution of. criminals
in this state. No governor has ever
had an inclination or the courage to
| demand compliance with that law ex-
cept yourself.
III believe the provisions Of the law.
are humanitarian. The temptation of
sheriffs to accommodate their friends
has made these public executions pub
lie entertainments. You have called a
halt, and believe the people appreci.
ate your act.
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MetropoIItan-..The RollIcklng GIrIv

WetropOiltaH-ts'!n ne HoliIcklng Glrl.D
II 1t were not for Sam Bernard. '"The
Rollicking Girl might rightly be de-
5scribed' as a long series of enhancing
tableaux, and if it were not for Hattie
Williams. Willard Sims and Vinie DAILY,
the piece might fairly be termed the
apostrophes Of Schmaltz, the wigmaker.
Under one classification the play is de-
light; under the other, it is scream; al
together, it is what our old friend Hog
genheimer would call "sufficiency. .
fhronged with ichly-costumed comeli-
ness that still is never gaudy; set with
taste and beauty: full OF nonsense and
laughter, there Is so little left undone
that while we may not wish for more,
we quit the feast unjaded.
"The Rollicking Girl is nonsense pure
and simple. Charles Frohman pre-
sents-there is the index to its COM
pleteness in detail, and therein lies its
chief claim to attention. OF the plot
poof! dot is nodings" Lured from her
Hungarian home by stage glamor, nona
gains for sponsor Schmaltz, the wig
maker, and Panag, the tart patron, .
who just dotes on actresses. There's a
pair for you! Schmaltz, bursting with
knowledge and advice as to the ways Of
the stage, his delivery clogged, his ac-
cents Teuton yet, glory be! minus that
done-to-death rolling, rafting, catarrhal
r-r-r; Panagl, a. silly, funny figure OF a
middle-aged, laundering. wise rounder
From stage and dress rehearsal to bou-
doir and gardens and wood the girj
sweeps on, displacing the Royal theater's
leading lady, rousing her jealousy, gain
ing her enmity, firing her yengefuIness te
sword duel, whose outcome is reconcile
alton with her Hungarian loyer-then
back in the village COURTYARD again amid
all the handsome, fronclxins peasant girls
who dance and sing thru pleasing meas.
ures. Surely. this piece was builded vel
to give full play to Sam Bernard's Teu.
tonicisms in a setting Of dance and song
The choicest bit of the play is his instrue.
ton in the art OF acting, delivered To tht
! budding actress. Aside from this, Der.
nard is like Jess Dandy and John W
Ransone Of Pilsenic memory, for he IRE
ssnts himself merely as a German come.
dian, not as a Hoggenheimer or as an,
| other creation And the play is M
ls.sGirl from Kay's.: in fact, it. is not =
play, but a salad handsomely trimmed
OF its songs, Indians on Broadway
| is leader. Friends That Are Good am
True" is acceptable; "Lovey-Doyey,s i
| funnily punny; My Cabin Door" is pleas
ing to the eye; the rest are vapid, com
monplace.
Hattie Williams is Iona, the girl. RI,
she doesn't do much rollicking. How
ever, this may be due to the fact tha
she is handicapped by a severe cold. bu
she is as charming as ever. vinie Daly
of our old friends. the DAILY family
amazes and attracts by her renarkabl
dancing, and her proficiency is matched
| her grace even surpassed by Flossi
| Hope and Gertie Meyer. who lead tn
/ throng of the chorus. To minor mem
liber Of the cast, sFrieda Weigold, is give
4 Ia song unnamed on the program, which i
/ the best musical number Of the piece, al
/ hers Is the best voice Willard Sims
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Foyer Chat.

-
Pungent and whimsical hunnor gar
nished with sparkling melody is prom
ised for the Metropolitan the first half
Of the coming week, when George AIDES
musical satire, 1.-THE Sultan of Sulu.''
and Wednesday matinee, opening Sunday
night.
George AIDE, the humorist, never fails
of satire in his plays, but his satire never
offends, while it amuses. In his musical
comedy, Peggy from Paris which
comes to the Metropolitan the latter part
of next week. he takes a fling at Ameri-
cans who pour adulations on foreigners
and shun their own countrymen and wo-
men, no matter how talented they may
prove.
"The Funny Mr.. Dooley," playing at
the Bijou this week, is a musical farce,
and has all its elements. With lively
company of principals and an attractive
chorus, it succeeds in it's mission of en-
tertaining those who are partial to this
will close with performances tonight, to-
morrow afternoon and evening.
The Unique is attracting large au-
diences this week with Margaret Sever
ance. the gifted southern girl, in her
wonderful limitations of Maud Adams,
B1anch Bates and other famous actresses.
May. Dillon and VIII Hart, the Morrells
and the famous troupe of marionettes
are meritorious features.
| Joseph Newman, the Denver song hui
| morfst, who is successfully singing his
own songs at the Orpheum this week, is
what is known, technically in vaudeville
as "dress-suit guy" which means he
| wears frock coat during his matinee
appearances and evening dress at the
night shows. In spite of what might have
| been regarded as a handicap of a few
years ago, Mr.. Newman is making good
Charles Baron's Burlesque menagerie
| one of the oldest of European ANNA
acts, will be feature of the Orpheum
bill for next week.
Porter brothers, champion roller skat-
ers; Hyde and Heath, in their new ZAP
plause" act; Mile. Caprice, the French
entertainer, and the Sappho Ladies' quar-
tet are high-class features of the Lyce-
un's closing vaudeville bill this week
| Charles S. Laird has q new turn in SOL
der Boy" sung to moving pictures.
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THE ART LOVERS TREAsURY,,'
edited by Carrie Thompson Lowell, may
be chara cterized as Famous Pictures
Described in Poems with an accom-
panying commentary by the editor, Or,
to quote from the preface, ''Reproduc-
lions of certain representative pictures,
accompanied by poems which have been
written about them or which they illug-
trate.' The. poets quoted comprise Dante,
Keats, Browning, Longfellow, Whittier
and many others, including younger and
contemporary singers. The list Of illus
trations Includes to name a few at ran
dom, Raphael's Sistine Madonna, Giotto's
st.5?F>rancis Preaching to the Birds. Da
Vinci's Last Supper, Titians Danae, T,r-
ner's The Fighting Temeraire, Millet's
the Man with the Hoe and Vedder's the
Cup of Death.
Dana, Estes & Co., Boston
81 20 net
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-15
The Philadelphia Gas Question.

Philadelphia gas question was by
no means settled by the defeat Of the
eventy-fve-year lease, the proposal Of
which started the reform movement in
that city The city party, which is
pledged to redeem Philadelphia from
misrule, can effect it's purposes only by
rescuing the. city from the control Of
the gas gang, a matter which will take
time and which can never be accom-
plished without a considerable sacrifice
of the public 3 natural rights. The
public now is bound by contracts which
are very one-sided. It will be prob
lem of statecraft and patriotism to get
.Yas good settlement as possible from
existing conditions.
The era Of municipal ownership and
operation of the gas plant began in
1887 with the adoption Of the Built
charter The works were in poor con
dition when the city acquired them
and by the, Vaccinations of machine
politics their efficiency deteriorated
notwithstanding the initial disadvan,
tages the city made a fairly good show
ing, reducing the price Of gas from
{ $1.5o to 81 and also introducing such
economies that the wages paid was in
1896 only 90 cents thousand cubic
feet of distribution, whereas it haG
/ previously been as high as 76 cents.
The gas trust was continually work
ing to discourage the city venture il
the gas field by tempting the aldermen
!; not to make needed improvements and
. by other means especially well known
!; to gas trusts. When the aldermen had
I been educated the Gas Improve
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Ryan S Place in High Finance.

Inc testimony OF Thomas f.. Ryan
before the insurance investigating COM
mlttee showed weakness in the explana-
ton offered by him for his purchase Of
the stock of the Equitable Life. For
tins stock, of The par value Of 100000,
with dividend Limitations Of Z per cent,
he paid somewhere in the neighborhood
Of S., 100000. He feared panic. he
said, in the event Of the appointment Of
a receiver for the Equitable, and SO took
this decided step to ward off disruption.
Granting that Mr.. Ryan when he
made this statement, believed that he
spoke the truth, he did not say, how
ever, that this was the only reason, or
even the basic reason. The fact that
MI. p. II. Hartman was SO disturbed
over it that he threatened Ryan with
s his MS full I'll influence shows the larger
PERSONAL considerations behind it all.
The fact is that Ryan is master
hand at high finance, and has beaten
the best of the players in the finesse Of,
the game. With wealth that years ago
would already have enabled him to line
himself up with the important moneyed
men of New York, he remained ALWAYS
in the background. No one who looked.
over list Of the big corporations could
have failed to notice how the name was
sprinkled thru. But as Ryan was presi-5
dent of nothing the public knew little
of him. For instance there was the
Morton Trust company. The former
vice president of the United States, Mr..
Levi P. Morton, was it's head, but every
one knew that Mr.. Ryan really ran it.
In day he broke into the limelight Of
publicity by purchasing the stock of
the Equitable '
| This was body blow to Hartman.
Mr.. Ryan is interested in twenty.seven
great corporations. These are the Ma
tional Bank Of Commerce, Morton Trust
company, two industrials Consolidated
Gas. and American Tobacco-andz a Ion
list OF traction companies. Principally
MT. Ryan is known as street railway
magnate.
MT. Hartman, whose name was
almost household word when Ryan was
generally unknown, is in no less than
forty nine corporations. He matches
Mr.. Ryan 8 bank with. the National City
bank, his trust company with the Mer-
camille and Equitable Trust companies,
and after that his interests mainly lie
in railroads, notably in Union Pacific
and its Subsidiaries. But Mr., Hartman
and this is the meat Of the thing-was
a director Of the Equitable Life, and
Mr.. Ryan was not. Mr.. Ryan, came
along, invaded the Equitable precincts
and killed the influence of the sHarri
man interests.
| Mr.. Hartman has ambitious plans
for the upbuilding Of his great rail
roads. Mr.. Ryan can see that the street
railways Of New York, subways consid.
cred, are only in their infancy. Both
interests want to get as close to the big
life insurance companies as possible
that they may tap the vaults from time
to time as they may need money in their
emf erprises-
Ryan has clearly beaten out some Of
the shrewdest men III the financial game
anil must be classed with the best OF
them from now on. He may not be able
to profit as "a result Of his purchase Of
Equitable stock, but at least he has cu1
out the Hartman predominance.
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--JHiS1s.iSss-~

NOVEL OF THE COAL MINEs.-The
Grapple, by Grace MacGowan Cooke, is
a story of capital and labor, coal mines.
owners and miners, and strike. 1t aims
ct presenting solution of the capital
and labor problem. It has fairly well
conceived love story running thru it.
Wh!ch mas asat1sfactory ending. The
action is rapid and. feverish. It will he
read with much interest, but 1t does NOT
solve the great problem. It may. per-
maps, help some readers to see more
clearly and to keep out Of mischief. Its
pest lesson is that4the labor unions need
wiser guidance than many of them have
had thus far.
2. G. Page & Co., Boston.
Il 81 30 &
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
sympathy with the Russian People.

Will tic rtuSSIdU FCOPiSs
To the Editor Of The journal.
The communication in your Sunday pa
per by H. H. In regard to our nom
sympathy with the Russian people, who
are fighting for g. constitution, Is, in my
opinion, timely. The Minneapolis citi-
zsns ought to do something in that re-
gard Is there anything more important
for us than to help people to free them
selves from the yoke Of tyranny? II So
called International law prevents us from
moving as a nation to assist another
people to get their liberty, at least let
every lover Of freedom do all in his pow
er to assist with funds those who are
now making such a heroic effort. The
undersigned and others of my acquaint-
jance would be willing to contribute to-
wards general subscription.
AS it is obvious that the funds must be
raised at once to be of any value, /
would request that you give this pub
licity at your earliest convenience
IF. H. Rogers.
Minnea no1iS Dec 10
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-15

ONE OF PAUL LElcEsTER's sHoRT
s!oRlEs MADE INTO A DAINTY
CHRISTMAS BOOK One. Of the Short
stories by the author OF 'Janice Mere
d q; mas been issued in Christmas dress.
It IS His Version of 1t, an old war
horse|s story Of the love affair of his mas
yer, ana how he and his raconteur and
Two ~ sother horses plotted to keep the girl
iron! - M, marrying another man. The book
is Illustrated in colors nv IIen,.,, LIT
and decorated by Theodore 3. Hanpo o1's
Dodd. Mead & Co., New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-15
FAvoRITE FAlRy TAI..

FAvoRiTE FAIRY TALEs.-In The
YAK rec Fairy Book. edited by Clifton
Z Johnson, are the old favorites in YER
sion especially suited for the home Are
sac. The interest, the charm and all the
sweetness have been retained: but saw
agery distressing details and excessive
palhos have been dropped Its clean tex text.
MAKE u WV ats beautiful Illustrations
fairy tales. "
Little Brown & Co., Boston,
3SE53s3 S175
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The socialists do not approve ra

The socialists do not approve rate regu-
lation. Wilshire's Magazine says:
''The freer the capitalists are to de-
velop capitalism the sooner will be the
necessity Of the change to socialism,
Therefore the more the state interferes
with the plans of the great capitalists the
less the rapldity of the progress to the
cooperative commonwealth
The socialist considers the present sit
uation too good an object lesson to be
interfered with.
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ment company sprung it's proposition
FOR a thirty-Year lease, which went
thru. This lease provided for its pos
sible termination in 1907, in which case
the company was to be reimbursed for
all improvements, with 6 per cent IN
terest thereon. The lessee figures
these at nearly $1O,00O,0O0, and in
cludes IN them more than million
items Of ordinary repairs which it calls
betterments. The city will be up
to the question Of letting this lease
stand, Of abrogating and selling it to
new purchaser, or of continuing the
works itself.
If it continues the lease, the people
Of Philadelphia will continue to pay an
exorbitant price for gas and the city
will continue to draw some rental, a
rental which does not come out of the
lessee, but out Of the public, since the
lease allows. a price to be charged which
is much higher than is iustifable. The
contract is such that if the city reduces
do, it does it on condition that 1t valves
its rental. It is plain, then, that it is
the consumer and not the gas company
which is paying the rental Or the city
may terminate the lease entirely, in
which case it must pay back 100000
900, much Of which went for ordinary
repairs, which did not better the plant,
but merely saved it from breaking
down. -
Thirdly, it may abrogate the lease
and sell it to a new purchaser, who
might pay the city in bonus part OF
I the amount turned to the present lease
holder.
Any way the city turns it gets the
worst of it, and any plan the reform
party may adopt, it runs the chance
OF being accused of having surrendered
to the gas robbers. The situation sug-
gests that Philadelphia has continued
use for it's city party, and it needs to
be stalwart and faithful party.
1.-The postal deficit of 100000 could
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It may not mean much to the stranger
to Mr.. Crawford's zbooSs2to say that the
portrait is CraWfordesaue, but to ac-
Quaintances the coined adjective will con-
vey considerable meaning as to the nature
of the picture. Not only is the portrait,
Of Margaret distinctly and strongly drawn
but that of eaclr$of the other characters
as WE'LL The result is a picture one will
not quickly forget-not, at least, until he
has seen the companion picture, which
the author. says, is to follow
- The Macmillan company, New York. 81
&sEs $1.5O, e "
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e Very much to the chagrin Of T. w.
Lawson, prophet, Ama1gamated touched
par yesterday and in doing so made a
severe touch on the pocket Of T. W. Law
son. broker.
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President Ide of the Home Life In
surance company testified that his own
life was not insured Mr.. Ide has been
50 busy protecting the families of other.
that he has neglected his own.
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RADIANT MoTHERHao

.t7 !. p MoTHERHoo GOD, 2 by Mar.
gareI So s. sangster, is a book for the
amer, lAIlerlcan mother Of today by one who
las SVEN her Whole life to loving service.
Of all she has acquired thru wears ,', a.
voted to the studys@of the problems Of
5lnotnerhood and the care of children
. Y counsel Is given on the MANY tn.
ing s., questions that confront the mother,
Inc Bobbs- Merrill company, Indianapolis.
81 90
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The Cossacks, who have hitherto been
perfectly willing, nay, anxious, to kill
anybody Or everybody, are said to be
hesitating a trifle. Truly the foundations
are shaken.
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The steamer William E. Corey has
been pulled off the rocks. The steel trust
president wishes 1T might have been him.
self
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-15

or songs such as mother uses in the
rock-a-bye hours with the wee ones.
Fleming 81. Revell company. New York
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-15

1t was kind Of John Sharp Williams to
do his laundry work before the holiday
recess After that it might have inter-
fered with business
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The healing waters and mud of West
Baden, in Indiana, are shorn of some Of
their medicinal qualities by the sad fact
that the gambling houses there have
been suppressed by the authorities and
the lid put on.
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READERS QUESTION BOX

& A. G. B., Stillwater-The American Geologist
Is published by Professor N. 81. Winchell, 113
State street, Minneapolis. The Journal Of Cecil
sogy is published In Chicago and can doubtless be
reached by a letter addressed simply to Chicago
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AROUND THE WORLD WITH 10.
sIAH ALIENS WIFE" by Mariette
I 10 tells the story Of the travels Of
the famous Samantha and Josiah in MANY
lands lands There is much more in it than
tne mere tale of what Josiah. and sa-
mamma saw and what they said about
3lnlngs. There Is both romance and hu-
NOR, as well as a tale of travel. Illus-
trated. s .,75. g
g. w. pillinghaIn aompany. New Ynrk. 8
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OF chief entertainers. with the time-worn,
tho still amusing specially he did even
before he was Taffy Of Trilby fame.
Perhaps, after all is said, however, the
best is that the eye is pleased. There is
nothing In all the spectacular series Of
tableaux to bewilder or to CRATE. But
the comedy is not Bernard's best.
Harry B. Wakefield
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Maud Muller on a summers day

Maud Muller on summers day
Raked the meadow sweet with hay
.t.'You ought to marry" remarked the
judge;
To which Maud answered naught but
Fudge.
I did that once and had to NOW
"A block of sidewalk Of s1eet and snow. y