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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
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NSrre { : e
dates, pending the completion Of her
I There appears to- be- a constan
change Of vaudeville and slegitimate,
the grand opera impresariieos, craated
something Of a sensation when The. an
snounced that Mile. Dazie, whose aBee
Domino Rouge - aaeea Siinto the top
notch: of popularity both in Hammer
stein 8 New: y ork vaudeville theater
and inssthe5 big music halls gof Europe,
would be, his premiere danseuse; She
made her appearance at. the: Manhattan
with. such success as has seldom come to
an American dancer and has .wonaa
tri1mph both in f.ss:Aide'a and Car
mem q The longheadea Oscar prob
ably knew, however, that before she
became the mysterious: Vaudeville dan
Ger with the red mask which was never
removed in public; she had been% the
premiere in the ST. Petersburg grand
Attempt inf, zo Offer: has been made Lev
Dockstader by ! vaudeville ma man ayers
who know that he is dissatisfied with
the bookings CLAW & ErlangeT, are
giving his minstrel company. Dock
stader is said to. have declared that
rather than take chances with the one
night stands The would abandon his
company and gsfeaEe to the "two.a- day.
George G.. Boniface, Jr., who played
4 his last focal engagemen with. Bertha
Wa tzinger:sats. the OFpheunl, will soon
appear in vaudeville in one-act farce,
1.-THE Singing Lesson, = =; written ,by.ssJ.
EEClarence HYDE one 2xof Charles i T Toh-
mans advance agents. - r =: ..slssl
Some ideai.of the arket: value Of
good vaudeville storiessii is found IN a
Row raised down in New York recent
Ely by Stnarts., Barnes, d Hmonologist,
because 2&he heard e Leah Russell, the
Belle of the Ghetto, tell "a story for
which had paid, , ulius Tannen~ $3.50
for exclusive rights. Miss Russell
replied that she had paid for, the ex.
elusive. rights on the same story to an
attache iEof a Broadway publishing
house. easSs SO II &,
f. The; Majestic circuit which is booked
by the Western Vaudeville association.
which is part and parcel of the Or
pheum Circuit company, is aboutsto en-.
large It's field ~ now maintains first.
class theaters at Little Rock, Birmings
ham, Dallas, Fort Eorth, San Antonio,
Houston and Shreveport, and is pre-.
paringssto build at Oklahoma City, Fort
Smith, Joplin, Atlanta, Chattanooga
and, perhaps, Wichita.
a.
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World Of Vaudeville.

/ Joe Hart sometime member Of the
famous farce camedy duo, Hallen &
Hart, whose Later On will never
be forgotten, and who has Fl lately
starred with Carrie De Mar in g Foxy
Sbaa f sna on the The big ea9dgEs
manager IS office. Some monthss lIls
became associated " It'll It'll 5ls
Brady, but lately has devote naS s ss
hiSss attention to 4ivaua devil e. laH
.furchased and enlarged several sHes
sdessful acts and is constantly planning
and launching new ones. Some Of his
most succ essful ventures are the Twelve
on Petland, comic supplement- edition;
and Clifton Crawford, the clever Eng.
lish monologist who recently scored so
heavily by. his recitation Of Kipling g
tn Gunga Din. Mrs. Hart Carrie De
! Mari will play some few vaudeville
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FaI" Od@l1 With
Baltimore beauties

a live-wire farce, tttIt,s Up to You,
William. y Eleanor Fake will be back
with her vivacious singing and dane
ing and Augusta Close viii appear in
a new, pianolog with spoken songs.
Others on the bill. will be Mareena,
Nevaro & Mareena, "a trio of wonderful
acrobats; Fred sZobe lie, hand. ,balancer;
Chris Smith and the Two Johnsens,
coiored p1lter tain eTs, and SearH AN illl-
.sionist E Los Angeles crit iss
much space to- praise of t9THe Fifth
Commandment, (which Julius Steger
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Modern Vaude ville.x

- Gentlemen who versffy for. the multi
Stude, singers. whose songs reach, every
class Of auditor, and Naud levi lians who
invariably head the HILL Just as they
are leading the procssssionf of singing
tours are Cooper, Tall and Coop
err. who Constitute tH Empire City
quartet, the stellar fssalslfTe5t this week.
song by Cooper Brothers, 9 Cheer up,
May which has has1ls so, much of a
seheerer y that befS oys are
thru with it the Is is. ii
the chorus and BET heir engagement
is wells under way Ole tnWn is
humming the air. zsll abilI will also be
distinguished by stha Hfstt local engage
ment of the wins0n e hid auaint comedi-
enne, Patrice, eFaMtest 3eo medy sue
cess, 9 A Years sDrasasltl1a@ 'a Yhe head
liners Of all Japangse robats are e the
ance. is slo,,s even for
W WORK i IN setting whose hose
back ground sis nense piece Of
Japan csc .embr o1dgrX vaI1ule .1at $40 200.
MusicallY, the FEATURE WiH sbesSthe sing
ing of Eugsnie: arksr formerly dra,
matte I, Rosa grand
eR Tbe R sR1ps fRsm1 1ltle Nat a.
z an aaa Mszstt and ni M0m man
battles. Anna 'GhialfniA er.s q eonntralto Who
aIternat es2b,etWe and i'm person
5ations;. Pero. and siillson, comedy pan
omimistss gglefs and barrel Jumpers,
exposition of That QUAINT poem, 9 The
Villain: Still PURSUE d Her, s will com
Fplete the bill. I: .s.
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BIJOU-
e t,'The Boy Behind the Cum. .

The .Bi5er presents The Boy. Be
EEShind the Gun, = Harry Clay Blaney $
Estirring: war drama, sasEits New Years
attraction. ~ SomelS deeid +. pretty
Stage pictures are shown, notably the
ceptionro room of the San Francisco
/ Yacht club; zthe Japanese tea gardens
Eatts Toxic; The head aasaEte rssa Of General
efsoessel at Port Arthur during the
and, d1niraE Togo Is flagship,
from the decks of which he directed
Ethe world sstirrine battle Of the Sea Of
sR,Japan: The company is headed BY the
EPopular little comedian, Harry Clay
SBFllaney who has appeared here on mum
EEsrous occasions as Willie Live In
N Across the Pacifc.1 The character
Espntinues on in: THE Boy Behind the
Wun, passing thru many more thrill
sag adventures, where pluck and 1cour-
sage are needed The feminine con
Aingent is headed by Kitty Wolfe, the
sssalented coincidence, and the cast In
FeIudes a score Of royal guards of, Japan,
id a number Of 1geisha girls, who with
Son q and dance. lend Color to thesscenes
The play deals ~ tbs tthe main inc dents
Eterestings STORY ho1 audience thfu
out. - K t,&ssE:ztS ~ ~.
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edy and tragedy Of a. community, the
purity and2 sweetness of which might
run Uninterrupted forever but for the
shadows, Of. the wicked city. "Way
Down Eas asst owes it's success to the
progresgiyeness Of ! its story, II the pc
acters and the numerous and striking
episodes. Manager Brady has never
allowed the cast: or production to de-
terioratee; K Knowing that once the pub
he has seen "a play with every detail
pefsetien - and ID cast Of
ments instead Of neglect, he has kept
as nearly as possible the original cast
together, and stheatergeers will again
see all, the old ,favorites including
Phoebe Davies, who created the role
Of Anna Moore, Ulric B. Collins, Ella
Hugh Wood, Robert Fischer, Mabel
Strickland, Frank Currier, Mary Dav-
export, John. f.. Brennan Estelle
Ward, Frank. Bs1l,s... J eanne Willard,
James T.. Galloway, Burt Flansburg,
and the village choir in old.time songs.
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'Gpn jp El, o. slelsh $ Play.

OF
Z DaHghfers af fen ~ Charles Klein,s
FgTea tsGap iabof PLAY, now on in
hi 4ts is Va MI. Klein has not only
added to shis sMeIi;dss eryed reputa tioi
Nlsos formed sa great public service
Efn ssfhat play, sand particl-
laEIya representation at theater where the
attendance Is usually made up from the theater-
going and fairly well to-do people. II were
asked to- epitonise It's salient features, would
say that tits play, clean, intensely interesting
of high moral. public purpose with its char
acters at once boldly and clearly as well ID
delicately brought out.
It has been found impossible to ex-
tend the time for the play at the Astor,
and SO it will 60 on the road FOR
awhile, beginning Jan. Z. &
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Orph e4na = Rita Banzai- eJap -Tnoupe"

and with thesother members strongly!
splendid one. To enable patrons to
meet the company, the management has:
arranged for a RECEPTION: on the stage
at the close of the Thursday matinee.
The ladies Of the company pour
tea. ~. -, =. .>.f,..'. : H.
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49,.


Billy B. Van, the eccentric comedian,
comes for the week of JAM 6-12 with
9 new musical comedy, s Patsey in
his original character role Of Patsey
Bolivar. Following him comes William
A. Brady's company in The Pit, a
most elaborate production. In The
Burglar and the Lady, !, the newest
play Writtens for > amess y. Corbett by
Langdon Nee ormick, the author; has
introduced two famous characters,
Sherlock Holmes and Raffes, mai ching
their wits in a game of cunning. Isl.
Miller KentSis underlined in the unique
play, sRaffes, the Amateur Cracks
man. sss s !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

Eliza bethan era, when the world was
young and the q dauntless adv enturers
might fare forth any morning on "a
Journey that would discover new lands;
EandF.yield unheard8f romances. The
;. times. So, Mr.: Jones thinks, should our.
drama be a picture of our times :.
~ He believes in what has fippantly
been called :" the suitcase drama the
drama wherein men and women you and
Il know are brought into action and
work out their tfates. So. far AS the
problem play serves merely as: an OPP
portuniity For the dramatist to urge his
own epinions and express his own
views, it falls short Of verify. The
5testSof a character in a play is whether
he really lives and. moves and speaks
his own thoughts, or whether he is a
mere recording photograph for the
dramatist. IT,. &c..
AS might be supposed, Mr.. Jones be-
lieves as little in the stilted efforts Of
in the feverish exploits Of the TO-
manticists. T .. $500. IT,:
1 T rs q remarkable fact that three
n Of the successes of the season in
! New York meet Mr.. Jones' ideas Of
what: a modern drama should be-" The
Great Divide,'' 'The Three Of Us0
and "The' New York Idea" It is a
further tribute to the efforts Of the
independents to free the American
theater from the shackles Of CONNER
cialism put upon it by the " syndi-
cate' system, that all three of these
successes are running in independent
theaters.. = = HI. ss
Minneapolis sustains a heavy loss in
having no Independent theater. We
never have chance to see some of the
best productions Of the day, unless we
go to Chicago or New York for the
purpose. David Warfeld has set forth
on his travels at last with "'The Music
Master which New York held onto
for 600 Performances But there ism It
chance Of its coming our way. Among
the Shubert attractions-which we
won It get-are Sothern and Marlowe,
Virginia Harmed in s"The Love Let
teri that novel and absorbing drama
of reincarnation, "The Road to Yes
GcIudy, I1ou1y y. WoOut I'LL LII oiio va
lege play, "Brown of Harvard, and
| Lena Ashwell in Sc Mrs Danes De
fense.' st...l,...
The Metropolitan this season has
had and will have better; line of
bookings than the average It's man.
agement has done and is doing the ut
most possible to give Minneapolis the
best. $obtainable. But the Metropolitan
! is tied up. to the Syndicate and must
take what it sends. The result is that
we miss many of the best things and
get in their place such vapid things
as Swell, Elegant JONES' and such
|Aoary chestnuts as *sstsWay Down East
Oh, dear, good, kind Messrs. shubert
please build fus nice littlessindepend
sssasts terl We are big enough to de
IlsssserSset it, and we III be as good as we
Feast aoe, if you'll only take pity on US
IvXysILTON LACKAYE has reached
| We New Y ork with his dramatiza
tienssstof Les Miserables, and it il
interesting to note that the verdict 81
qualified approval given in Minneap
oils. to ts,The Law and the Man" is
repeated in New York. Mr.. Laekaye
is generally admitted by the metropoli
tan critics to have given new proof
Of his versatility as an actor and tc
i.hayei earned, respect as "a 3playWright
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its tenth season, Will stay

<sf tenth seasQn Viii III, stay
the whole week at the Metropolitan. OF
course, it is good, or, it. wouldn e have
lasted. And no doubt, there are many
who have not. yet seen II and will want
to. do sos Harry Clay Blame the ire
spressible, comes back to the Bijou with
another Of his. brother q war dramas,
1.-THE Boy Behind the Cum, inrwhich
he illustrates some further adventures
of Willie Live; the oys;Who fit and
bled but fdidn ~ sdiiein the Philip
pine and other wars, ands now has
got mixed up III the Russo Jap fracas.
The Orpheuna 'sthead linersis the Empire
quartet, aSfunny four with VII wide repu-
tation. The OF ering will be
;" Out Of the F I'D ,,,.ssiins1which some new
faces will be seen. The Unique prom
ises varied ent erttaa INN and the Bal
timore Beauties will disport themselves
at the Dewey {. 4 IS.
~ - w CHI, hor1o;a4
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"IILTONs LACKAYE has reached
W. New York with his sdramatiza--

tiensstof Les Miserables," and it is
interesting to note that the verdict Of
qualified approval given in Minneap-
oils to "The Law and the Man. is
repeated in New York. Mr.. Laekaye
is generally admitted by the metropoli-
tan critics to have given new proof
OF. his versatility as an actor and to
have. earned respect as a playwrig ht.;
1t is noted that he has with unerring
instinct selected the most dramatic
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!, Kitty Wol}e with
The Boy Behind the Cur

incidents Of the.: book for his brief
stage compression, and shat he has
reserved with. singular city anil
,,aarness the, character of jean Val
~ as Victor Hugo conceived, it..
- nlav is Sid. to have a eIearn ess
and a unity that would haYs3SgEe seemed
beyond the power Of any adap 50
\ OH, ;;s~.. ,l.trse a story To- haVe at
=: , EGINALD DE KOVEN, in: pursuit
-. of his theory that there is be-
Tween grand opera on one side and
musical comedy on the other, a middle
:ield of legitimate light opera which
was formerly niue more industriously
cultivated than !! s nc V; ssS;has persuaded
Henry. w. Savage to lattempt Il is. ssegs
ploitation withsaS new
is designed Sttos$$ take place
the sdisband menf,5 of # the szRpstoaian
Fer Mr. Savage he has wIset s. g 1.
Student King, . VIII Oh is salrsadX slse:
cess and viii Oh sope med n New
Christina IT., tract
to write other light operas for Me-.
Savage. All that nunler ousxkk saass who
are weary unto death of tthe inanitHal
of musical comedy ana who yet EIira
grand opera something kpo heavy ZOE
ordinary digestion vi lIShail this. 3ae,
parture with delight3;and wish it ,eVsIy:
success. In: England the Gilbert and
Sullivan operas are Being revived Witllffss
great enthusiasm - : aIl other phase Of the
same appetite sffoE gepd light opera,
Perhaps we shalt yet See az. early Sc.
turn Of the day when strauss;slpps s
IAuber, Offenbach and Planquette gave
US: music worth white and when singers
like Alice Oates, Marie Stone, Juliet
Gordon, Agnes Huntington, q liera;de
sLussan,< Marie Tempest and Geraldine
Ulmer did not dIsdaln the oppor tnnlty
such music gave them hem II. / sfS.
MISS. (. coN s. i 9. BAILEY I'll i
l. Il ishes her 2enga cement with the
F,rawleyst, tonight. Y oung,s pretty and
thoroly artistic, Miss Bailey: has con
tributed much to..the pleasure s.of all
who have been fortunate enotigh to
see her at all and has4won .unstinted
praise, from those who have seen her
in her best roles..At her first appear
ance, as I, The; wan Alice Faulkner in
!" Sherlock II olHfes,' she demons
beyond question that y she was an Sc
tress:.of strong temp Ornamental power:
While sshe hasSss done well in leading
roles, her most deHg full work has been
in such: III genues parts as Bess Van
Buren, . IN IN (! The Charity Ball. Mary;
Cahil in s FRsanson,s Folly, Miss Nit
ford in ~ Seeret Service sand J - the
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- Gentlemen who versffy for. the multi
,tude, singers whose songs reach every
class Of auditor, and XaudeV lians who
Invariably head: the bin just as they
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04
CARNEGIE ON UNION.

Andrew Carnegie has thought is me-
cessary 10 deny n report 10 the effect
taht be had been advocating union
between Canada and the United states.
Sir Charles Topper IL reported TO have
said in an address 20 the British
Chamber Of Commerce. IN they read
the speeches which Mr Carnegie made
in opening his library 600 Canada-it
might De slightly c1yercd-but his
speeches 70 the Canadian people who
accepted his gifts contained a palp-
able proposition of unity With the
United States instead o. with the
mother country" Mr.. Carnegie in a
letter 20 he London Times denies that
hs had said anything 10 justify the
statement Of Sir Charles. lie admitted
Nat Dc had often advanced Views
about tho unity % the entire English
speaking race but not the detection
Of Canada from the mother country.
he says IN part;
Never did ] utter a word ln Can.
ada or elsewhere about the drawing
closer together Of our race-Whlch /
zee coming-ihat did not embrace and
give fret place 90 the mothcriand
Race imperialism differs On mis- from
British Imperialism which inevitably
reiegates her 20 Membership ~ a small
scc'ic- ~ her own race. a destiny far
too mean for the common mother of
both Canada ana America. .
During the lifetime Of many now liy-
INK SQl.0n.Q.0 OF English speaking peo-
pie members % the zone race, ara 10
dwell there lin American. Britain. with
say, $500 o0a. md llleaS j. Europe.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04
CRITICISM CRITICISED.

Higher criticism" has been subject.
ed 20 higher criticism" IN a scholar.
ly work entitled The Problem Of the
Pentateuch," by Dr. r. II. McKim.
rector Of the Church Of the Epiphany o.
Washington. d. C., with an introduction
by the Dean Of Canterbury The au.
thor judging from the notices We have
seen, points out many contradictions Of
which so-called higher critics are gull
~. Thus. Tor instance, some Of them
say Moses was a fictitious parsonage.
That there vas no exodus. and that the
lsrac.i,es were never IN Egypt on the
other hand Welhausen believes IN the
exodus, but denies the Mosaic origin
~ the Ten Commandments. which.
however one OF hts oRu disciples az
firms So with many other points OF
Ike Importance. Another lncous Istency
Is pointed out II has been claimed that
Moses could not have written the Pen.
tateueh, and that it could not have
originated during HTS time Tor the rea-
son that the Hebrews then had no lit
erature. But 70 is now known. accord
lng 90 Dr. McKim. that for az least a
century before the exodus the Hebrews
had literary writings, and Palestine
was "a land ~ books aud schools "
Such Information is OF vas, importance.
Higher criticism has claimed 20 De al
most an exact science ana demanded
recognition ss such. 70 % pretends To-
De- what &c Is not. % Is important that
10 should be uDmaskcd.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04

Readers OF Success Magazine, for
Aug lst, are introduced 10 the uneX-
plored regions Of northwestern Cana.
da, where the Grand Trunk Pacific
railroad is surveying for a route 90
Port Simpson, and eventually. per-
haps. 20 Dawson City Much OF the
engineers work Is now being done IN
a region that has never heard the
sound OF a white mans footstep. sam
uel Merwin was sent out 10 this vest
ern country early I'm the spring, ana
he presents his account OF conditions
there IN an article which he very
aptly terms "Conquering the Last
Frontier" Remsen Crawford's stories
OF clever reporters. Facing Danger
10 Get News" detail some adventures
that have befallen American newspa-
per reporters. THE Army 81 France, .
by Vance Thompson, treats OF the ef-
forts OF this republic 10 reconcile It's
growing militarism with the spirit OF
IFS democracy. David Graham Phil
lips story, THE Second Generation, -
Is continued, and Paul Latzke brings
his striking history Of the telephone
trust 20 a close IN this number, Hit
ting tho Sky Grades' Is a thrilling
railroad story by Alyah Milton Kerr
Of an express train that was fairly
chased by a tornado, "a Little Dr.
plomacy" Is summer idyl. by Porter
Emerson Browne. THE Casey-Mur-
ply Handicap" by Ellis Parker But
Ter. details the athletic exploits OF
the rival champions Of the pickle
factory. Washington Square. New
York.
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viii turn TO and probably merge with
them. and they will be with each other,
on international questions, and then
our race will fulhll It's destiny which 10
declsiyely 10 influence world affairs
Tor the good Of the world.
Canada Is today intensely loyal TO Brit
ain II any change be made In existing
relations Il will be that OF the fond
daughter leaving the mothers house
with her consent 10 create a home
for herself, followed by a mothers
love fully reciprocatsd, Britain has
nothing 20 fear from Americas rivalry
politically
Benjamin Franklin a, one time
thought It possible that both Ireland
and Canada would have Joined the
colonies IN the revolt against England,
HAD they done so. perhaps the dream
OF a union Of the entire English speak
ing race into the greatest world power
that ever existed would have been
realized by this time. But they did
not Join the colonies. and the conse-
qucnce Is that the English speaking
people form two great world powers,
each with It's own mission and destiny.
Whether they ever will unite is a ques-
ton for the future. Idealsts dreaming
OF q union are certainly not lacking,
They claim that the union Of the Brit
ish empire and the great American
Republic would solve a great many
problems that seem difficult Of solution
ln any other way. It would mean,
they say the opening up TO both ma
lions Of the greatest markets IN the
world II would mean relief from
enormous military burdens, because
such union would command the
peace Of the world But can such a
dream ever be realized? II Is perfectly
conceivable that Japan. China. and
other Asiatic nations WILL some day.
present a united front against the
western world At least, Japan is
credited with plans the oonsummation
Of which would mean just such CON-
biuation. What effect this would have
upon the western world is impossible
20 foresee.