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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

and different sorts of business houses that
deal in women's wear, and l cannot be-
lieve, from the way she treated me this
compunction of conscience over her catty
meanness.
"Her dodge, of course, is merely another
version of the old money in the envelope
dodge that professional swindlers used to
employ before it became too stale
would not of course. permit my delivery
man TO accept payment in that way from
a strange woman, one who received the
goods sent to her at hotel, for instance,
That old scheme was worked time and
again years ago, as everybody knows.
But this woman presumed upon her
credit, and upon my knowing that she was
what we call good to cheat me out of
just half the amount of my bill.
II couldn't begin to name half of the
downright dishonest things that some
women will do in their efforts to get the
best of milliners. Not long ago woman
who had been q customer of mine for
some time came to me in state of great
apparent distress. had a bill of $120
against her. M
My husband is very angry over that
bill, she told me. He declares that am
borrowing money and having my trades
people put the borrowed money on their
bills for goods, and he is perfectly unrea-
sonable. Now. here is what l wish you'd
do for me. Cut your bill down to SIS
and l will pay you $50 now and the rest
later, and you give me the bill recepted
in full so that can show it to him and
tell him how good you had been to me in
chopping down the bill. Then I can get
some more hats.
81 told her that / couldn't cut the bill
down at all-that it was just bill, and
so on
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- On few lonely lslands III sile s4S1'
g. South Pacific ocean there lives a New
zealsnder of most ancient lineage. aristo-
cratic pretensions and conservative in
stincts.
He is a gentleman of high degree. and
OF such exclusive family relationship that
he can recognize only the remotest claims
. or kinship.
His pride of birth is so incomparably.
great, in TACT, that he is never associated
- in name with the common multitude on
> any occasion whatever.
He is not of the busy bustling today,
!. but of the old. Old long ago. the past
:. and forgotten yesterday and he lives
. in an atmosphere of splendid Isolation
from All other living creatures.
- :" Being one of the creeping things Of
this earth. scientists unrow him into the
:.Reptilian- class. but he has genus, a
family, and even an order that he shares
=. with: nobody.
..ffts nearest ally Is Homoeosaurus, an
!. old buffer who lived in Europe in she
.:,Jprassfc period
-. he is of the order Rhynehocephalia. but
he IS called the Tuatara Lizard for. con-
..yenience and breyity.
!, He. is not a lizard, at least not wholly
$50 as turtles. crocodfles. and birds are
wee bit. connections His affinities to
turtles. indeed. are. as strong as. his a.fini-
ties to lizards. and some Of his. ribs are
like the ribs OF a bird.
" In other words. he is neither FISH,
flesh: fowl, nor guide red <herriur.'-
- II is believed that his ancestors existed
- in the same form as he now. possesses.
4 before birds came into the scheme of
evolution. Those ancient Fuataras. WHICH
were very plentiful. passed. their long
lives in dreary and desolate scenes that
+. no: aowers or fine foliage Frightened. =
AS his ancestors were. 50. is be. What
was good enough for them is good enough
for him. Their habits are his habits, and
he clings to their views. Of life closer. than
a government clings to: office.
As he has always been content with
such things as he had, he has never
joined in the cry of forward ,.
He has stood stock still through he
ages while the world has rushed past
him, and he has been dropped behind by
country nfter country until his place of
abode is restricted to the colony Of New
Zealand.
At one time within the past half cen
tugy the whole of the colony was his do
main, but ne has been banished to is
lands on the coast. which are his strong
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
TOWN IN uPRoAR.
Ghost Haunts School House and Dis
 appears as If by Magic.

Fort Worth, Kan.-This city is in an up- roar over the remarkable doings of a ghost This ghost does not wait for night fall but goes abroad by day also It's most frequent appearance has been at a window of the Barrave school house. where a strange face, peering out, has frightened many timid women. The same thing has occurred after dark and aI- though scoffing neighbors have tried to capture the ghost. or person fin the school building, 1t has eluded their efforts. and the affair Is as much mystery today as ever.
 A group of awestrcken spectators were watching the windows of the school house when the face appeared plainly visible in the moonlight. Former Police man Lyon was In the crowd. and under took to investigate at close range. but when he approached the window the un- known person or thing threw down mis- slles from an upper window. This material evidence of ghostly malignity was too much for some of the crowd and they took flight.
 The majority remained. however, backed by the policemans assurance that 1t was some crazy person. When he tele- phoned for Anderson of the regular force. it was believed that at last the ghost would be captured. The policemen again approached the entrance of the building, but this time the ghost threw down heavy iron bar and a barrel of waste papers narrowly missing MT. Lyman. The
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inality of some of the effects Although
 the piece is exciting enough to satisfy
 those who crave that sort of diversion,
 the methods employed are less of the d-time "blood and thunder than of a
 unique and decidedly up-to-date style, which adds a novelty lacking in some melodramas. Mr. Hall takes three parts
 in the course of the proceedings, appear ing sometimes as a stock broker, and again, when the situation appears to de-
 nand a change of identity, as an Eng fish lord.
 The millionaire detective does not app
 pear accept upon the programme, so 1t is inferred that the hero himself is de-
 tective in addition to his other qualifica-
 tons. He performs some unique exploits in 'ferreting out crime"
 MT. Hall is well adapted to his role and displays the requisite nonchalance in des-
 perate and perilous situations. The parts are numerous and all in ca- pable hands. The settings are exception- ally good. Among the features of the production that will create interest is
 the electrical display, which will be novel and elaborate
 The Milwaukee Free Press said re- gently:
 If there were any one in Milwaukee who doubted that real, live melodrama still has the power to hold and to thrill the theatregoer he shosld have been at
 
 evening to observe the enthusiasm that ran from parquet to the gallery all through the presentation of The Mil lonaire Detective the piece in which Howard Hall is starring this season. If is the joint work of Charles E. Blaney and MT. Hall, and touches in the true, old-fashioned melodramatic style on the machinations of the money mad as ex- emplified recently by the notorious Mrs. Chadwick and some others of the same school. A Mrs. Sedgwick does the Chad wick tricks in The Millionaire, Detec- tive and a broker, Robert Rose, led on by the spirit of his love for the daughter of this adventuress victim. proves to every ones delight her undoing. "The situations generally are worked out with the skill characteristics of the Blaney type of drama. By virile, straight forward dialogue and simple action he succeeds well in making the unreal and doubtless far-fetched complications seem not only possible. but necessary and in the unraveing we are taken along smoothly to happy denonement. MT. Hall makes thoroughly satis- factory hero as Rose, showing an intel lgent understanding of the art of mod ern melodramatic acting. He is a tall.
 broad-shouldered good-looking chap. with
 most agreeable personality, and from
 the beginning has the sympathy and sup.
 port of his audience. His inclination is tQ play with uEhtnasa and moderauon
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son is not over years old, but he spoke his lines with spirit and intellioence. His imitation of the hobbling walk of his de- formed Uncle Gloucester was worthy of MT. Griffith himself.'
 John Griffith the tragedian, will play at the Jefferson theatre next Saturday. Many critical people who appreciate the best say that MT. Griffith stands in the very front row of the tragic actors. few declare that no one. since the days of Edwin Forrest is his peer in the portrayal of roles that demand that rare combina- tion-strenuosity, animation, intelligence and discretion As an enactor of rugged character he has attained prominence. In his personal life he is the associate of the best men of the time, members of Congress, clergymen, distinguished writ CTS, merchants and leaders in all the com plex walks of life. These associations are his greatest pleasure, and the ac- quirement of money he cares no more for than did William Shakespeare, who is his idol. He acts as he feels. His sentences are short, sharp crisp. direct to the point. There is an argument in every line, and he gathers impetus as he goes.
 In Grifhth's performance of ''King Rich ard the Third, one feels the spell of man who is the master of his work, and to whom his author is familiar. His knowledge and enthusiasm induce him to expect a great deal from his associate artists. He rehearses them almost daily in order that no good point of the per- formance may be lost and he insists on costumes, scenes and equipment that are historically correct.
 MT. Griffith is appearing this season in Shakespeare's tragedy, "I<ing Richard the Third" the most actable and satis- factory of the great Bard's works. and will play here on Saturday, matinee and night January 20.
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crowd strengthened their guard aro the building, watching every window door, while the policemen entered building and pursued the spook throu the corridors and up stairs. They cot not catch sight of the ghost, but plain heard It's footballs.
 Nearing the garret tine men were dunn founded to see that ladder leading 1 Into the garret had been drawn up. Pc itiye that the ghost was cornered last. one man remained on guard wi q revolver in each hand, while the oth obtained another ladder. Officer Anders' then took his lantern in his teeth, i volver in one hand and climbed the ladsi into the garret. There lay the other laf which had been drawn up, but not { of the ghost or person could be fo The floor had no hiding places and skylight was fast on the inside. Mir. derson says he felt his hair rise I his hat when his search of the proved the building was empty. The outside was equally positive that nc son could have escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
Solved the Problem.

From Western Miller.
 Here are the conditions for a first puzzle problem; A man has steel at his factory 200 feet high. It painting. There is no ladder to the and no apparent means of getting except by balloon. A rude parat slightly smaller than the internal d ter of the stock. was constructed: t. 4 pail filled with light fishing lines attached. and then the parachute showed up in the stack until it p the draft opening from the boilers hot gases caught 1t and rushed the ! contrivance up and out of the tl the stack in a jiffy. the fishing lin the meantime paying out as the pail so that one end remained at the bolt, the chimney and the other fell tt ground outside with the pail. By h of this line a heavier rope with a to catch over the rim of the top was up. and with this the painter was to complete the job.
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John Griffith.

Shakespeare's tragedy, King Richard the Third" as revised and adapted by Colley Cibber is the most satisfying of all the greatest dramatist's plays. This is the version used by the tragedian, John Griffith, on his present tour, and he gives to it all possible animation and eff feet. MT. Griffith's supporting company this season, it is claimed is surprisingly good.
 MT. Griffith is booked to appear at the Jefferson theatre next Saturday matinee and night.
 Mir. Griffith recently appeared in Rich mond, Va, and a critic said of his per formance:
 "A cultured audience witnessed the production of Shakespeares Richard the Third last evening at the Academy of Music. Mr. Griffith as the hunchback Duke of Gloucester well sustained his reputation as a tragedian.
 '"The play was perfectly interpreted, MT. Griffith being supported by a strong, capable cast. The little fellow who played the character of Henry's youngest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14

| The play, which made a hit wherever
 seen the last two seasons is tho dra-
 mati2ation of Henry NJ. Blossom Jr.'s
 well-known book "Cheekers.a and 1t is
 or such d character as to make the stage
 story complete in itself and the reading
 of tle book unneeessary To those who have read the book the announcement
 will be welcomed that only such changes
 in dramatization have been made as the rigid requirements of the stage demand.
 The play is divided into four acts
 George Washington. Jr," is rapidly rounding into shape under the watchful eye of it's author George M Conan. 1t will be "cradled in Springfield, Mass, on the evening of January "A.
 Chauncey Olcott has resumed his tour in Edmund Burke" During the next three months he is to fill engagements in the most important southern cities.
 His season is so successful that Manager Pitou has extended it to June 1. On
 June MT. Olcott sails for Europe for his annual vacation.
 The story of "The Rolliclsing Girl" the musical play in which Manager Charles Frohman is starring Sam Bernard this season, and which had run of more than six months in New York City, is that of a talented young girl running away from home on the eve of her we'd ding to become actress.
 It has been known for some time that date has been arranged for a visit to this city of Creston Clarke in his success of last season, 'Beaucaire', the beautiful Booth Tardngton comedy romance. Cres- ton Clarke and "Beaucaire have found a sure footing with theatregoers every where, and the production this season is promised to be even more elaborate than the one provided for the support of MT. Clarke last season.
 This is the fourth season that Miss Adelaide Thurston has visited the south She Is looked upon as one of the pret- test and daintiest of the thea trical stars and in the cities where she has become so popular her engagements take on the importance of social events. Miss Thurs ton is coming here and will be seen for the first time in her new play, 'grhe Tr- umph of Betty"
 Charles Wagner, the apostle of the sim pie life, approves of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch." He saw the play. which has just closed it's remarkable run at the Savoy theatre in New York and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
tcontInued from rwenty-sIxth Pagel

--~-~----~-~----->-~~--~ rietta Addison in Mayfair for the fifth time and receiving dismissal because he lacks earnestness and force, decoys her to an inaccessible castle in the Scottish highlands, and with the assistance of q member of parliament. Henry Pitt Welby, who owes him money, makes a prisoner of her. Mrs. Mulholland, the widow of a glue king, whom the member of par lament is anxious to marry, is also duped into accepting a similar invitation. The two women are furious over their Imprisonment and plot deliverance through mock marriages and other ex- pedients When they show signs of re- 1enting the two men tell them they have ceased to care for them and are willing to set them free. This, of course, brings matters to a climax, the captives ex- pressing their willingness to capitulate.
 The company is headed by Miss Rose Coghlan, and other players are Miss Nina Phillips. MT. Lynn Pratt and Wallace Erskine. The entire equipment win be the same used at the premier.
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is now on tour, and remarked that it was the simple life lived humorously." He recommended the dramatizaton of Mrs. Rice's stories of Mrs. Wiggs" and Lovely Mary" as an excellent tonic for melancholia or lack of energy.
 After meeting with success in concert and vaudeville, the Countess von Hatz- feldt returned to the musical comedy stage in Anna Held's production of De- Koven and Smiths The Little Duchess," which has been rewritten for her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
"The Millionaire Detective" :"

'"The Millionaire Detective." by Charles E. Blaney and Howard Hall, which will
 be presented for the first time in Bir- mingham at the Bijou, commencing Mon day night, is a comedy drama. Although melodramatic, 1t Is intensely interesting from start to finish on account of the re- markabe ingenuity with which many of the situations are contrived and the orig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP.

Checkers" which recently finished it's fourteenth engagement in New York. will play an engagement here shortly with the entire cast just seen in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-14
SCENE IN 1.-THE MILLIONAIRE DETECTIVE"

instead of in that ponderous, mock he- roic style that marks the average player in this sort of piece"
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When it prints good. 1t is . goot Ehs GsYk EREsvin4 6
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-25

1t, fearing to let 60 My feet dragged over
the ground, and the next moment swung
off into space, but l kept my wits, and,
throwing a leg over the edge OF the bas-
ket clambered in. Though 1t was in
ten tens dark i knew that | was rising.
felt around the basket. 1t was unoccu-
pied save by myself In one corner a
small motor sparkled. going at high speed.
/ had been sufficiently associated with
aeronauts to know that this controlled the
steering fans, but that the ship would
float without its operation. And with a
shrewd suspicion that | might want the
power later | switched off the current
The humming stopped and l fioated as IN
Il subterranean lake.
Twas very tired. My head was aching
and l realized that l had not eaten for a
day and a night. Fumbling around l
found another switch, and, turning It, was
terror Of the basket from several tiny in
candescent lamps. In one corner stood a
wicker hamper, labeled "Provisio."
opened 1t eagerly and found supply of
crackers, cheese, sardines, canned meat
and sweet chocolate. A rack on the side
held three tins of water. So, in reason.
able comfort. / sat there in the basket and
ate my lunch. The rain had ceased; the
wind fell; far above me appeared a pale
mist, through which the moon. broke in
mellow light. The mysterious silence the
| absence of apparent motion as | sailed
through that moonlit sea, brought peace
to my mind. | thought quietly of Aimee;
| of Lowenberg dead and gone; OF brave
of all the happenings of that terrible fight
1t seemed far away, as though IN the deao
past thousand years ago:
| And when l had thought until l was
| weary, sent up to God little prayer for
courage, knowing that my life was in i'm
minent danger. and then lay me down to
(To be continued)
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-25

height of perhaps two hundred 1eet' s iar,.
ing away at the rear In a SUM, sun r5s si1 Hn
covered with vineyards and orcha,r aS oo IN
the edge of this cliff the French naa IL con- H.
structed sunken fortications mamneu ny
Carriages. alternating with mortars .t Tor
hurting novel projectles OF wn afferw yars
learned. In all this precipitous pan PAM
there is no break save one, where r ruau
comes down to the river, crosses a narro"
stone bridge and turns toward Rheims: ~,
On the north side Of the river the Inc y oa fnr
is low and the land stretches away ,i hor
miles to the north, east and west, forming M ns
the great Cataunian Field an i restn Pia on
the river and protected by the great guns na s
on the fortified cliffs THEA the t armes and
were working north with rifle pits ana ana
earthworks. expecting to overWhelnl 'he
The German advance had moved soS 81,
some ten miles, the right r einar 81 was was
MANNED to send strong detachments east
and west to hold the banks OF the MAine'
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-25

He put the glasses. to his eyes. "Ah,
Himmel," he groaned. 1T Is dynamite
They are sprinkling it from above. Our
boys are being blown to pieces. We can
not escape" Before he could see more
the sky became black with the approach
ing storm and the rain came down In
sheets, shutting out the plain and the
doomed army.
We took shelter under the little shed,
depressed and silent. 1t was very dark.
The wind blew fiercely. In spite Of the
rain, however Fleischmann insisted on
making a tour of the lines to see that the
men were on guard. Faithful Fleisch-
mann. Let me pay tribute here to your
unwavering loyalty.
/ had dropped into a doze, weary with
the days excitement, when there came a
smash and the little shed tumbled about
my ears heard high-pitched humming
in the air above me. like the drone OF a
bees wings, many times intensified. Some
enormous bulk lowered over me.
reached upward in Involuntary oSnt defense Sc
stantly to be the basket of one Of the
] dynamite ships. I was carried along With
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-25

gle regiment had been left behind as re,
serve. An orderly was sent BACK, ana
presently we heard the buge sound the
It was a magnificent sight to see them
come from the woods and climb the slope
They adopted the Indian style OF advance,
in open order. sneaking from rock a,.d 10
rock-there were no trees to give shelter;
When they reached us we rose ana iea
them kept near Flei aSanhara w 6o w Ws
went. a few yards at a time. We were
less than hundred yards from sd 5ee
The signal for a rush AS the clear note
out the men strag6tenea tr fage tbe,r
went IN on the run, shouting their stirring
war cry vSrTa th pre yara Of the as
scent the very air over our heads burst
fame Had we been ao1 1eof do R1gn ss
did the cavalry the night before. But the
French aimed too high with tns { We were
unnn them. clashing against a wall OF
bristling bayonets. Steel struck steel al
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-25
THE FENCE.

The fence it runs around the yard;
1t has a swinging gait;
All day, all night, it stands on guard
Such Is the picket's fate.
A better servant it than most
The fence it never leaves it's post.
Saturday Evening Post.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-05-11
Fran ruinstaden San
Francisco.

bet amerikanska nationallyn-
net ar i hog grad optimistiskt
och later sig Ell nedslas at nagon
olycka. Medan Diet annu brann
iSan Franchises %ruiner, Dorado
man uppgora storartade planer
for stadens ateruppbyggande, och
pa Diet vanliga optimistiska sattet
uppkonstruerades och framtrolla-
DIES en- ny stad. som ! en- fart
skulle resa sig ur askan och Of
verglansa den forstorda staden.
bet fanns inga hinder, som lago
/ vagen.
Men aratal komma nog att for,
fiyta, imam San Francisco blir
hvad Diet var fore katastrofen den
IS april, ty sparen at en- sa fruk-
tansvard odelaggelse blifva Ell So
latta att utplsna. Men ia staden
alter rest sig, blir. den nog en-
statligare stad, an den, som for
gicks. San Franchises borgare
aro akta amerikaner, som kunna
genonga EFT elddop, men de
komma luttrade ur smaltdegeln
och fardiga att upptaga arbetet
pa nytt och CORA Diet battre an
f6rnt.
Nagon bestamd plan for sta
dens ateruppbyggande har man
naturligtvis annu 81 kunnat upp-
CORA. For narvaranee arbetas
Diet endast pa att undanskaffa
ruinerna och pa uppgorandet al
planer for enskilda Store b~yggna-
der. ALA lokala arkitekter hafva
sina hufvuden fulla med beraknin.
gar for patankta storartade bygg-
nadsproiekt, och hj.lp har mast
.pakallas utifran. De fnanciella
othallandena arc aunu inyeckla-
de icke allensst for de enskilde
utan annu mera for kommunen,
som lidit den storsta f6rlusten
och Dir ansvarig for befolkninger
i dess helhet. Nya kommunala
byggnader maste uppforas, nys