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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03

Open the bowels-DeWitts Little
Early Risers are recommended and
sold by Hoffman Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03

That boy, now grown - manhood,
IS the renowned Thomas Tasgact %
Indiana prominent politician an!
keeper Of health aud pleasure resort
and be is known ag Hls chips from.
Maine 20 TeNts.-Chicag0 Tribune.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03

r. K Gregory assistant general
passenger agent Of the Santa Fc, who
has d. Office IT, the Ferry building.
has 81, a new fashion in railroad cir
Clcs.
The winds from the bay are getting
chilly aud Gregory has put small
oil stove In his Office. at which the
officials poke fun, although they occa.
sionally sit around it and get warm.
The stove is placed over In uuc cor.
ncr, whore a stool formerly stood and
In the darkness It Is hard to tell them
apart.
Where's that stoyo I'VE been hear
ing so much about?' asked Fred
Prince. as hc walked into the office
Gregory was silent so Prince took
q seat. and arose with howl
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03

"Did you find it?' asked Gregory
with the ghost Of smIlc.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-12-03
NEWSPAPER CHAFF.

She dropped her slice OF bread one
day
SO nice and big ana wide.
And quickly noticed that II lay
Upon the buttcrcd side.
Mother, lis all your fault this bit
OF rosy girlhood cried,
because you didn't butter 1t
Upon the other side
New Orleans Picayuuc
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07
70 begin an %offensive campaign az

to begin an offensive campaign ag-
ainst the government and intended
to make rapid moves. He aid that
was simply a soldier obeying the
of the central committee and
had no authority to name the condi-
tions of peace. He said that ne was
ready to support any president elect
ed by the people.
Two bridges of the Western rail
way, between Pinar Del Rio and San
Luis, were blown up with dynamite
this morning. The force of men sent
to repair the bridge were stopped
by five hundred rebels.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07
SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM.
Pecos Valley Sunday School ConVen-
ton Saturday and Sunday at the
Christian Church in Roswell

Pecos Valley Sunday School ConVen-
ton Saturday and Sunday at the
Christian Church in Roswell.
h annual meeting of the Pecos
Valley S. S. Association will be held
at the Christian church Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 8 and g.. Mrs. Bryner,
of Illinois, an international worker,
will be present.
Program.
Saturday, 1890 a.. m.-Enrollment,
assignment of delegates.
Saturday, 2:3o p. m.
Devotional, Prof. Powell.
Report by Secretary, w. F.
Schwartz.
of Sunday School Work." Rev. J. w,
Smith. 3. 2
appointment of Committees.
Saturday, 7:ao p. m.
Devotional, w. o. Hairless.
Presidents address, Rev. E. E. Ma
this, of Artesia.
Pastors Relation to the Sunday
School," John Mullis.
Discussion.
parents Relation to the Sunday
School," Delegate from Carlsbad.
Renort of Committees.
Sunday, 2:so p. m.
Devotional, Rev. H. F. Vermillion.
Round Table, conducted by Mrs.
Bryner.
"The Importance Of Sunday School
Work" Rev. c.. c. Hill.
Discussion.
THE Ideal Sunday School Teach
err" S. W. Gilbert.
Discussion.
"value of Teachers Meeting" Mr.
Kemp, of Artesia.
Discussion.
Cradle Roll Work" Rev. William
Reace.
Discussion.
value Of Graded Sunday Schools
DR.. c. E. Lukens.
Discussion.
THE Youth-How tt Reach-Hov
to Hold in Sunday School Work" "
F. Schwartz.
Discussion.
Sunday Evening, 7:ao.
Bible Study. ]. E. Carper.
j Address, Mrs. Bryner.
Conservation meeting.
ri Special Music.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07
n CUBAN JuNTA-
Believed to Be Fitting Out Men o
War Against the Government.

Eew York, Sept. THE World to-
day says, the Cuban Junta in New
York is thought to be fitting two
men of war to intercept the Cuban
government ship Maria Herrera, now
at the Bush stores, South Brooklyn,
loading munitions of war. The U. S.
authorities have been asked t o pre-
vent any filibusterers leaving this
port.
Havana, Sept. Col. Pine Guer-
rera, the leader of the insurgent for
ces of Pinar Del Rio province, an
nounced yesterday that ne was ready
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07

The special music for Saturday af-
ternoon is under the supervision of
the NJ. E. church.
Saturday night, NJ. E. Church, S.
Sunday afternoon, Presbyterian.
Sunday night, Christian church.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07

w. T. Holloway, of Hagerman, w.
Emma Rumsey of Carlsbad, S. G.
Kapphan of Artesia, J. C. Wilson, DR..
Pinnell and J. W. Convey of Dayton,
were morning arrivals from down the
Valley.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07

Miss Alice Mccormick, who as
been visiting w. G. Triton and family
and other friends here for about a
City Oh he way to her home at Glib
son, Illinois.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07
Senator Depew Recovering.

New York, Sept. THE Tribune
today says that when congress meets
in December, Senator Depew will be
found in his seat. This assurance was
given yesterday by members of his
family, who said the Senator's
health was better now than at any
time in the past year.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07

J. D. Whelan came in last night
from the North and went to Artesia,
where he expects to go into the news
paper business. He expects to buy
the Artesia Advocate from Gayle Tai
bot.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07

E. B. Kemp, of Artesia, passed
through this morning on his way &c
Baltimore Md, and Virginia, to meet
mis- family and accompany then
home.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07

Willard Keen came up from Carls-
bad this morning.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07
TO NATIONALIZE RAILWAYS.
Labor Members of Parliament Will
Introduce a Bill.

Liverpool, Sept. 7.-Without dis
cussion the Trades Union Congress
today unanimously instructed the la
Dor members of Parliament to intro
duce a bill providing for the national
izing of all railways, canal and
mines of the United Kingdom.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-09-07
For Fruit and Vegetable Exhibits.

p. F. Mgr.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

ing the trepidation of his future rivals
/ asked Mr.. Graney what l should
inform them
You may say" he responded, that
amt ready to talk yet"
But surely" l urged, you know
what your managerial policy shall
be-"
"If you mean how I'm going to
manage them actors, you're right"
said Mr. Graney. "I'll run burlesque
show, and nobody but me will have
the say when it comes to naming the
top-liners"
If that is the only novelty contem-
plated by Mr. Graney his contem-
poraries may breathe with freedom.
Diplomacy of proven greatness in
other fields has retired beaten from
endeavor to arrange constellation of
burlesque stars in such way as to
satisfy all of them and himself. Many
a money-making aggregation of that
kind has gone into eclipse through the
inability or experienced fnesse to dis
cipline it.
Once upon a time notably shrewd
manager in this city tried to do what
Mr. Graney says he shall do, and
after long and deep thought he hit
upon the plan of averting discord in
his company by advertising them col
lectively la round robin" having
all the names appear in similar type
and making each name a prong of a
star, his own portrait occupying the
center He submitted the idea, and
after brief consideration it was reject
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Graney as In1preSario.

No local incident OF the week just
waned gave rise to more conjectural
debate along the new Rialto than did
Eddie Graneys published declaration
of intent to build and manage play
house. Theater managers in harness
still wiggle uneasily as they discuss
Mr.. Graney's simple announcement,
and numerous managers prospective
feel like calling halt until his plans are
more fully disclosed. For everybody
concerned realizes that Graney is syn
onym for innovation-that nothing
cumulative may be looked for in any
enterprise undertaken by the man who
has brought art to horseshoeing and
dignihed the prize-ring sartorially.
With view to allaying or confirm
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player folk of San Francisco. There
was placed in her charge $4,000 raised
by the general movement of the New
York players and $1,000 voted by the
Actors Society She took back with
her balance of each fund, and re-
ported that every case of dire want
among those for whose aid the money
was intended had been relieved.
The money contributed by the
Actors Society" said Miss Davies to
the New York Telegraph, was sent
with instructions first to assist mem
bers of that body. A long list of the
members in San francisco at the time
of the earthquake was given me, but
when | arrived | found that all but
four had managed to reach other
cities and other engagements through
their own efforts.
There was not single instance of
greed or Selhshness exhibited by an
actor. They behaved splendidly. One
popular actor l found who had been
earning his living by pitching bricks
that is, clearing up the debris He
wanted to get to Chicago, and al
though it was a journey of three days
scorned the suggestion of sleepers. A
well-known actress, and a good one,
had found employment picking fruit,
and apologized to me for asking aid,
explaining that the cherry season was
over and that temporarily she was
out of work This was the spirit
manifested on all sides.
The only time / saw tears shed
was when the people of San Francisco
spoke of the generosity of other cities.
No one is downcast and no one is
afraid of another earthquake. 1t will
be long time before the important
theaters are in operation again. for
the FIRE laws restrict temporary struc-
lures to two stories. However, new
theaters will spring up with the re-
mainder of the business section.
THE playerfolk in town, generally
speaking, lost everything, including
their personal and theatrical ward
robes. But they acted nobly, never
made requests for more than barely
enough to relieve immediate wants or
to get to some definite point. And
every one whom 1 assisted signed an
o U for the amount given, payable
to the Actors Fund I am proud of
them"
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found sympathy for all San Francis
cans which possessed the country at
that time. The Stiffness of that canard
IS proved by the fact that her New
York debut occurred and was criti-
cised before the calamity happened.
Her engagement commenced on Mon
day evening In every New York
morning paper of Tuesday, with a
single exception, She was extolled as
an excellent emotional actress, and
on the day following we received the
first news of San Francisco's mis-
fortune suppose. you have heard
that sympathetic wave story?"
had, and / had been informed also
that the newspaper bepraising of Miss
Roberts was prompted less by the
merit of her performance than by
desire to weaken another emotional
actress favoritism in New York This
other emotional actress, my inform
ants explained, had incurred the dis
pleasure Of a powerful combination of
theatrical magnates that was alleged
10 control the critics, and the combine
gave out the order, Tell the people
that this obnoxious person is beaten
at her own game and in her own town
by comparatively obscure woman
from the West" which mandate was
faithfully obeyed, to the glorihcation
of Miss Roberts and a corresponding
lessening of the other actress grip
upon a highly desirable clientele.
Miss Allen had not heard that re-
port, nor would she discuss il, so |
refrained from asking her to share my
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and frivolousl
May the ladies win out. If they do
it will be independently of general
public aid to pay the running expenses
of the ideal playhouse. If they don't,
their failure cannot be ascribed to
their inability to procure the dramatic
material they desire, for much of it
has been written and no regular man
ager seems to want it, evidently be-
cause the majority of playgoing peo-
pie do not want it.
Indeed, it would mot be unreason-
able to presume that the ladies will
experience some difficulty in convinc-
ing their own menfolk that to probe
the profundity of Maeterlinck or Ib-
sen or Hauptmann or Sudermann IS
more enjoyable than to wade through
shallow musical comedy or vacuous
vaudeville. For it does seem that the
average American man relishes most
keenly the stage offering that levies
least mental taxation.
How dreadful if the clubwomen's
theater should be instrumental in di-
viding families o eveningsl
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am frequently tempted to do some
thing in that line
why don't you?" l inquired. "The
age disqualification you have alluded
to would make such an action on your
part more than benevolent 1t would
be heroic. And your knowledge of
the art of acting"
Il wouldn't talk to them about act
ing" the lady interrupted, because
volumes of advice couldn't make an
actress of a girl who is devoid of his
trionic talent My counsel would be
rigidly confined to the subject of mat
rimony. A single don't might save
promising girl from becoming the
wife of leading man.
A leading man."
II said leading man. Experience
has qualified me to discuss that sub
ject."
Experience? Despite your
ahem-"
Thank you Our brief union was
severed about year ago, and I'm al
most convalescent. My petition al
legged drunkenness and did not appeal
for alimony. But drunkenness was a
minor cause of my discomfort He
husband-a matinee idol. Flowers
and mash notes. Automobile rides
with overdressed and highly rouged
female companions. Wifey-me-
alone in cottage home, sick of love
and 1onesomeness. Discovery of per-
hdy on his part. Revulsion of feel
ing on mine. Old story. Any girl
who marries leading man is certain
to repent in haste
But doesn't the rule apply two
ways?'
ITO leading women as we'll? Not
a bit of it. The actress who fails to
reciprocate her husbands honesty is
exceptional. Women in any walk of
life are less foolishly conceited than
men, anyway"
Then you wouldn't recommend the
young actress to marry in the theat-
rical business?"
ooh, yes, l would-in that portion
of the business that is conducted in
front of the theater l think any
sensible young actress could be happy
as the wife of treasurer or a press
agent-latter preferred, of course. To
paraphrase Solomon, Better fairly
good-lool1ing press agent and felicity
than an Apollolike leading man and
heartache.'"
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Angel of the AICazar.

While so many women are striving
for fame and fortune on the stage and
so few are obtaining either, Alice
Kauser has won both in the theatrical
business without necessarily entering
a playhouse. Her pecuniary income is
greater than that of any writer pro-
ducer or actor of drama, and she is
esteemed by the most prominent of
them everywhere, for she is the me-
dunn of making them acquainted with
each other in commercial way. Her
headquarters in New York is an ex-
change through which the manager or
"star" receives his plays and the au-
thor collects his royalties, and in the
assuring of justice to her patrons she
is compelled to be very alert and to
employ a large corps of intelligent
aids.
Twice a year she visits Europe to
obtain the American rights to the
best of the current stage productions
over there, and she places them to
the best possible advantage in this
country Besides she supplies the
Heading stock companies in the Unit
ed States with acting material That
was how she came to spend few
days of last week in San Francisco.
Il call her The Angel of the AL
cazar,'" said Manager Fred Belasco,
whose studies in reinforced concrete
she had interrupted TO talk about at
fractions for his new playhouse. Nor
would he spare her protesting bushes,
for he mercilessly continued
"In the Alcazar's early days, when
we didn't take in enough money to
defray running expenses, she fur
nished us with plays and trusted us to
pay royalties. She had to pay cash to
the authors and she had no security
other than our, word that we would
ever be able to meet our obligations
to her. Withdrawal of her aid would
have closed the house. But pay sal
aries and rent first was her invariable
answer to our dismal statements"
Some people. can never let bygones
be bygones," she said, reprovingly.
you must think | came all this dis
tance, after all these years, to be re-
minded that shared your confidence
in the Alcazar's ultimate success. 1t
wasn't the first struggle | engaged in,
and probably | extended helping
hand to establish your business be-
cause knew what it was to need one
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Becomes Play Broker.

Then she told us about it. A stran-
ger in New York, she obtained en-
ployment as clerk in a theatrical
agency, her wage being $40 a week,
and two years later she saw, or be-
lieved there existed, field in which
she could enrich herself without i'm
poverishing any one else. So she
started the business in which she has
since remained.
my first years earnings amounted
to $o4," she continued, and my sec
ond annual statement showed $I34
gross receipts"
That was going some," laughed
Belasco.
That year I kept my arms down
when l went abroad, because patches
showed when | raised them" she re-
sumed "The patches were there until
l sold Tess to Mrs. Fiske After
that the sailing was smooth"
OF the 458 plays produced at the
Alcazar under the Belasco manage
ment, all except about fifty were OBJ
tanned through Miss Kauser, and in
return she collected royalties that
nearly touched the half million dollar
mark. David Belasco got more than
$4,000 for his rental of "Zaza" to
Frederick Belasco for the use of
Florence Roberts, and Miss Kauser
transferred the money, minus her
commission.
This woman never essayed to act,
but she is mistress of five languages
and is in constant correspondence
with the leading foreign and native
dramatists.
81 believe the American playwright
is arriving very rapidly" she said
Successful American plays built upon
ethical themes are becoming more
numerous every season. The Ameri-
can dramatist is more prolific of
original and masterful ideas, but less
adept in stagecraft and the fine chisel-
ing of dialogue than his English con-
temporary. And the American actor
is more imaginative than the English
actor. Imagination, you know, is the
basic essential of acting"
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Theafer for Women.

Having raised among themselves
enough money to defray the estimated
cost of. erecting and equipping first
class theater, the clubwomen of Chi
cago are advertising for bids from
builders and announcing the policy of
their venture Their aim is to pro-
duce only such plays as possess great
literary charm, regardless of what
other stage essentials they may lack,
or that helpfully treat of vexed social
problems Away with the lightsome
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29
Bills for the Week.

Leading the newcomers at the Or
pheum this afternoon and throughout
the week are the Marco Twins, in
imitable funmakers, who have not
been seen here for several years. One
of them is more than six feet in height
and the other less than four. The
Basque quartet, singing organiza-
ton; the three Hickman brothers,
vocal and dancing comedians, and Ida
.O'Day, petite comedienne and ban
joist, complete the list of fresh ar
rivals, and among the holdovers are
Kelly and Kent, Paul Spadoni, Nc
Waters and Tyson and the Camille
Comedy Trio.
Harry James Travesty Stars, bead
ed by Rice and Cady and Bobby
North, will inaugurate what promises
to be a brilliant season of burlesque
tomorrow evening at the Davis The
ater. Fiddle is announced
as the opening bill Both the bur
lesque and its principal interpreters
are we'll and favorably known to San
Francisco, and the town will doubt
less show by liberal patronage that it
appreciates the treat. In addition to
the people mentioned, Rosemary
Glosz, formerly of the Tivoli, will
appear, and in the selection of the
chorus Harry James is said to have
outdone his best previous effort of
that kind. Elaborate staging is prom
ised.
"The Lady From Laramie" said to
be one of the best comedies imported
from England in many years, will be
this weeks bill at the Central Thea
ter, commencing tomorrow evening.
Oza Waldrop has been specially en-
gagged for the leading feminine role,
and she will have the support of the
best members of the Central stock
company The play had very sue
cessful run in Los Angeles.
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Actors Poor Husbands.

ITO tender advice for the guidance
of girls entering stage life is almost
equivalent to confessing ones self
passe in the profession said Agnes
Williams Johns, who plays leads at
the Central Theater. But, despite
my-ahem-apparent youthfulness,
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

have heard several absurd reasons
ascribed for the cordiality with which
Miss Roberts was treated by the peo-
pie and press of Gotham. One OF
them was to the effect that she owed
her reception to the San Francisco
disaster-that she prohted by the pro-
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

ed by all save the artist whose name
represented the topmost prong.
If you can FIX it so that the star
would constantly revolve and give us
all an equal show at the top we guess
it might do" the complainants sug-
gested. But that could not be done
and the organization dissolved on the
spot.
Mr.. Graney may have discovered a
system to beat professional jealousy,
and then again he may not He would
better preserve his reputation for un-
broken success as a referee by elevat-
ing the burlesque stage. That would
be in the line of innovation, and jack
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

Y VARIOUS re-
Y port. tending
to depreciate
the genuine
ness of Florence
Roberts artistic
success in New
York are pro-
nounced unquali-
hedly false by
kuth Alien, lne
San Francisco girl
who won second
acting honors in
the Broadway pro-
duction OF The
Strength of the
Weak" and then
came to rest at her
home in the Mis-
sion.
Since my return,
she told me, Il
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29
By James Crawford.

wonder that the critics were not sim
ilarly instructed as to Nance O'Neii's
appearance in New York They
roasted poor Nance to frazzle.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29
Relief for the Actors.

Phoebe Davies the actress, has re-
turned to New York after several
weeks devoted to the distribution OF
relief funds among the distressed
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29
Gossip of Stage Folk.

Camille dArville, whose return to
the stage will be an event Of no little
importance, is to head comic opera
organization in new work which the
Shuberts are to produce next Septem-
ber The managers are not yet ready
to announce the authorship of the
opera, the personnel of Miss d'Ar-
ville's support or the exact date or
place of opening.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

screws are easier to manage than am
bilious actors.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

Lansing Rowan, who is to support
Annie Russell in Midsummer Nights
Dream" next season, began her stage
career as a member of the Frawley
Company about ten years ago in this
city, and first attained distinction by
engaging in friendly glove bout with
Jim Corbett, who was then in the
heyday of his pugilistic fame. Since
those good old days both the lady
and the boxer have acquired consider
able sobriety of thought :
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in the establishment of my own