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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-19
Must Not Quail.

Be this as fate and bad acting NAV
direct later, however, it is not for them
to finch now. They may, unlike their
managers, who are ever sanguine, have
their doubts any forebodings, but it is
only for them to take a chance and win
or lose.
The hour has passed when changes can
be made. The mistakes that have been
made must be overlooked for the time.
1t Is an old truth that no manager really
knows how good his show is until the
season is closed, despite what anybody
may think or say about 1t at the out
set
So let us come back to the first re-
hearsal and see and feel the little lows
and the great big heartbreakers which
must precede every show of every sort
We won't go to a theatre to see a
typical rehearsal, because Of all the
musty smelling, gloomy places of the de-
serted city in the summer 1t Is a theatre
which has been closed until further no.
tice"
We will go to Lyric Hall. This is a
dancing academy in the winter time, a
church. a hall for political meetings, but
for many years 1t has been used in the
summer time by numerous producers of
musical plays. It is on Sixth avenue
near Forty-second street and very CEN
trail for the great body of play folks who
live in the theatrical rooming district.
We must be on time. 1t would never
do to be fined for being late at rehearsal.
That Is one of the penal offenses of the
play world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-19
BUSY TIMES FOR
THE PLAYER FOLK.
Many RehearSaIS Being Made
in New York
WORK A TERRIBLE GRIND
Musical Director Has Troubles Enough
for Six Men and the Chorus Girls
Get Nervous-HaIls and
Theatres Used.
WORK A TERRIBLE GRIND

From the New York Herald.
New York is the greatest play factory
IN the world And these are the DAYS
when the playmalSers are turning their
fifteen thousand heads Of raw material
into works of art"
More than three hundred plays OF all
breeds are in a conglomerate, bewilder-
ing state of rehearsal
Every unopened theatre and nearly
every idle hall of any considerable size
Is being used from 10 o'clock in the
morning until midnight by one or more
embryonic company.
lhose of US who are fortunate enough
TO be able to cuddle up some friendly
electric fan or ocean breeze and try to
keep cool have little idea of how these
hlteen hundred followerers of the uncer-
tain footlights are shaving and melting
for the sake of their dearly beloved pro-
fession. 1t is life we cannot feel or
appreciate unless we go right into the
midst of 1t and see il
When the work is done and the doors
oil the play houses are thrown omen to ms
we may go and laugh or criticise adj
veT5aly as we please, and never think
Tor moment of the labor and tears that
Were shed for our amusement during the
hottest of the midsummer time.
Happily we in New York will not be
called upon to see all-not even one-half
-of the shows which are now getting
ready to go out. Unhappily for many
an unfortunate who is now wearing his
or her soul away in long, tedious re-
hearsals nobody will be called upon to see
their Show varx low
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-19
Is a Great Strain.

The outside can imagine from this what
n strain a producer who is grinding in
half a dozen shows In such hot weather
as has prevailed this month must be I'M
der.
No matter what may be said about
musical show or the people In 1t after
they get on the road, they can earn Their
money before they start ten times over,
and II Is little wonder that they go to
the excess in enjoying life after they
have been through this stage OF produe-
ton in the superheated city at the helsht
of the summer season.
In addition to the work OF the artists
and actual stage workers there Is TO be
considered the preliminary work of the
business people. In booking and financing
production of any nature, the work Of
the scenic staff, the customers ana the
electricians.
If one had half the money spent In New
York in July and August In any given
wear for new scenery and costumes one
could tell everybody to run away,
There are no less than half dozen
theatrical concerns which employ more
than one thousand persons for the sea-
son Charles Frohman will this year
emnloy about twelve hundred actors,
actresses and chorus people alone to say
nothing of business people, mechanics
electricians. stage hands. scenic artists.
etc He will have about thirty companies
playing at once.
I<law & Arlanger have three shows re-
hearsing employing nearly fourteen hum
dred people. Sam and Lee Shubert have
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-19
Notification.

NOLlTCdtIOn.
This place. right here-this hall, not
somewhere else. Now, this hall, at 10
o clock-not 2 o'clock in the afternoon
10 o clock In the morning. Now, is there
anybody who does not unders tand?'
So the managers told the company be-
fore they dragged home last night, and
so we are now going in half awake and
wholly wlted with humid morning air,
back to grind"
The blazing sun is streaming across
Bryant park and the new library build
ing as we strike the stairs of Lyric Hall.
The musical director has already ar
rived when we go through large doors
into the room. He is in his trousers and
shirt sleeves and a cigar end He looks
all ln" as the young women whisper.
His eyes are sunken far into his dis
heveled head. Sheets and sheets and
sheets of soiled music are all around him.
The plano is covered, the floor is covered,
he is sitting on a pile. and two more
piles are on plain wooden chairs near
him. He Is humping out parts here and
there
Just a few girls have arrived. The
first "call" is for q musical show.
Melville B. Raymond. on- of the veter-
ans, Is the manager. James German, q
minstrel man of the good old shaft shoe
minstrel days, in going to LAY in the
dances and create the figures. He Is six
ty, but as spry as any dancing soubrette
that trips the Rialto. His is hopping
around now behind the man at the piano.
1t Is sufficient to say, in describing the
ballet teachers costume, that the Their
mometer registers 100, and he has been in
the business a very long time. Old, easy
shoes cover his feet, then comes his aged
trousers and a portion of an under
shirt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-19

ern rooms. near bath, 81 so. Luxurious ALL
light rooms and suites. private bath. 81 up
tfor 2, 81 extra. Choice restaurant Music.
w. H. VALIQUETTE.
Also Hotel Berwick. Rutland. VT.
6-12-13t-t u-th-su
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-19
Comfort Without Extravaganza"
1T the New Transient Steel-Built Fireproof
HOTEL WOODSTOCK
Near Broadway,

- N0A I'lOhu w q y,
n. Y. City.
2Is blocks west of
Grand Central station,
and just off Long Acre
or Times square-the
very heart of the city.
In the midst of the
theatres and clubs, and
near the shopping dis
trict, Subway and IL"
roads and Broadway
cars adjacent. Accom-
moda tions for 500. Mod
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
Album For Miss Alice.

The Philadelphia Press.
 Dr. U. F. Mascara of Santiago. who is studying bacteriology in the University of Pennsylvania. is having the finishing touches put to unique autograph album which he is going to send to Miss Alice Roosevelt as wedding present in the name of his country.
 The album is-embellished with illumi- mated work and paintings, and contains the signatures of Cuban senators. judges and prominent citizens, past and present.
 Dr. Mascara. to whom the album was to bring to the United Srates, is a professor in chemistry and princl- pal of the Santiago High school, ap- pointed by General Wood while gover- nor general of Cuba. He served three years in the Cuban army and was in the battle of Santiago during the spanish war
 The album will be placed on exhibi- ton at the Cuban consulate. eos Chest nut street, in few days and will then be taken to Washington and turned over to the Cuban minister, who will in turn present it to Miss Roosevelt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26

been regarded with much favor as an actress. As Cinderella" she showed that she has been working hard since she was here. She read her lines with spirit and intelligence and as she is a mite of woman, she was convincing. As the, demeaned daughter of the household she won sympathy from the audience. Then too. Miss Francis sang two or three songs in good voice, her first number "Bashful Moon" being one of the pleasant features of the enter tatnment.
 Clara Atkinson, a beautiful girl of shapely figure and musical voice, was the fairy godmother. It was really a ereditable performance that she gave. It Is not an easy task to read rhymes from the stage and bring out their full meaning, but Miss Atkinson did this in thoroughly convincing man. ner, showing that she does not depend entirely on her natural beauty for suc- cess in her profession.
 Mir. Morris played the overworked Baron. father of the evIi-minded sis- ters in good style, and his songs were always pleasing. He responded to a number of encores. Mir. Murray, as the Prince, sang well. and Mir. Nolan mas queradfng as the Prince, was funny enough to satisfy the audience
 Bruce Conquer, who has resided in Montgomery, had small part which he did we'll as he always does, and Misses Forest and Parker. the charac- ter women. playing the two bad sis ters, were favorites with the audience.
 The entire fourth act was given over to specialties by members of the com. pany and some of them were highly diverting, the nonsensicalities of Mir. Conquer making a hit.
 ' The company will repeat Cinderella" tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
s4CtndereIln. nt the TsIjou.

Patrons of the Rifou who braved the nasty weather of last night got their moneys worth out of the pro- duction of Cinderella" by the Alley Musical Comedy Company. It is not large organization and the setting of the fairy story might have been more complete and artistic. but there are some capital entertainers In the com pany and the engagement had an aus pieious, beginning.
 The company gives the English yer sion of ''Clnderella'' with modern songs and dances interpolated in way that pleases the grown ups as we'll as ckil- dren. There are several good singers and dancers in the organization and number of pretty women, The actors. did not reach Montgomery until after I o'clock They went on the stage without their supper and in hurried fashion In consequenee,th the play moved slowly and lacked the dash and finish that might have marked the first pro- auction under more favorable circum- stances.
 Fine Francis, who is a Montgomery girl, was a distinct surprise to her friends. Candor compels the statement that heretofore Miss Francis has not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
A HUNT FOR 90 MILLIONS.

 An EiEht-Year's Search Under m
 Ancient Chateau in France. The London Mall,
 A treasure hunt has been proceeding for the last eight years at the Chateau Marines. a Pontoise. in the department of Seine t-oise,
 The lady occupying the chateau has spent over s20,000 in hunt for treas ure of $40.000.000 which she believes to be hidden in a subterranean passage In the house. From reading documents in the national library at Paris, she came to believe that during the hundred years war the owner or the Chateau Marine and the neighboring castle seereted his whole treasure in an under ground chamber. She is pursuing min ing operations. underneath an old con- vent near the castle, and has bored two shafts. one of which Is 94 feet deep and has no fewer than live cross-cuts.
 The treasure has not yet been un earthed, but the lady persists in her search. Her neighbors however, have asked the authorities to interfere, as her mining operations are endergoring the safety of their houses,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
Cbe Cbeatres
Mr. Clarlke an Renncaire.

 Creston Clarke Is a finished actor. His Monsieur Beaucaire is finished. His presentation of Booth Tarkington's de- sightful drama yesterday and last night 5at the Montgomery Theatre was more Finished than his presentation one year Ago.
 In this statement more than a com 5bliment Is paid the nephew of Amer ca's greatest actor. There was never A creed, a literary production or the presentation of dramatic part that Srould not be improved upon. Mir. 8-larke has recognized this axiom and auring the past year has striven to im- prove his Beaucaire of year ago. He has succeeded.
 ! :Beaucaire" is too well known in Montgomery to review the story. MT. carkington has written better things < han the tale of the love of the Due a #'Orleans. But he never wrote any lining so adaptable for stage purposes $s Beaucaire. The dramatist has done svell with MT. Tarkington's story. It s one of the few novels that does not Buffer seriously from a stage produce Hon. The situations are clearly out Tined and the lines are at times in- &piring. Mir. Clarke's work has been &apably reviewed before.
 Let 1t be said that no one thought Rf Creston Clarke as the nephew of Edwin Booth when he came on the StaEe with the dandified air of the mo- $le descendant of great Charlemagne. He was not even Creston Clarke. the Actor He was the Due dOrleans, and 1 or five acts the audience wac not dis SIlusionized. His mannerisms were next O the perfect. His French accent was ! schoIarly. His grace was worthy of he best dancers of the best theatres. I Ind his lines were spoken with clear ess and lucidness that any actor might ave been proud of. He never stepped
 rom the picture and in only one in% Atance was he weak.
 Mir. Clarke is not a master of the sapler. In the great scene of the first 2 ct he was wholly unable to convince he audience that he was the master
 wordsman, required to successfully ombat five goodly blades. In that par &icular only does he suffer in comparl-
 on with Mansfield. It is true that such ] flaw is ordinarily a small one, but 2 his act is the one that brings the au- Hence to it's feet, and had we been able To substitute MT. Hackett or MT. Bel
 ew for one brief second, things would 2 ave gone better.
 But it is almost sacrilege for one to
 riticise an actor for being unable to
 wash shbuckle. when he is able to love nd philosophize faithfully. MT. H,larke's lack of skill in the noble act sf D'Artagnan may be easily forgotten kbenI one reflects on his consummate Hkill in the arts of Romeo and Soc : ates.
 The supporting company was excep-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
 THE TRADEsMAN's REVIEW.
New Industries and Industrial ,Devel-
 Oument in dhe South.

opment in the south. Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan.- 26.--fSpec- iall-The accompanying list of new industries established in the Southern States during the week ending today is authorized by The Tradesman. being compiled from the daily industrial re- ports made to that paper. There are 137 new industries in the list. Of these, the amount of capitalization Is report ed by ninety concerns, aggregating $13,342,444, or an average of $14S,244. The capitalization Is not stated in the other forty-seven new industries, but assuming the same average as in the others, the total capitalization of new industries established in the South dur ing the week would be S20,309,46s. This grand total is materially aug mented by a number of notably large industries, among which are a $5,000,- 000 mining company in West Virginia, a S2,000, ,000 mining company in Oklaho- ma and numerous concerns whose cap italization is stateS in the neighbor- hood of $500,000 each. For big figures the record of the week Is a conspicu- ous one andThe Tradesman's list clear ly demonstrates that there Is something doing in Dixie, and on no mean scale at that. The Tradesman's list for the week follows
 Alabama.
 Georgiana-Brick w'a ks. Montgomery--$75.0 900 brick works. Mobile-$15, 900 lumber company: $5,- 900 land and investment company. Andalusia-$20,0 900 bottling and ice company
 ry.
 shemeld-$5O.OOo range and stove foundry.
 Birminsham-S1O,o0 900 land company. and featuring company.
 Hartford--$30.00 900 supply company Newton-Electric light plant; water works.
 ArIxanaRE.
 Jonesboro-$5o,00 900 land company Pine Bluff-$5O0.0 land company; spoke factory.
 ozark-$5. 900 telephone system. Coshen-$10, 900 milling company. Prescott--$50,0 900 hardware company. Hot Springs -s100.000 mining compa- ny.
 West Palm Beach-Telephone sys- tenn.
 Jacksonvilie-1Oo,O 900 fiber company. Hawthorn-Cotton mill.
 Gcor EIn.
 Macon-sT5.0 900 paper mill. Barnesville-Cement stone factory. Jefferson-Canning factory. Calhoun-Eleetric light plant. notwithstanding works.
 Indian Territory. Mounds-Gas company.
 Wilberton--Mining company.
 Kentucky. LouIsville-$14,00 900 land company: S25. 900 lath. and hoop factory; $lO,0O0 stone works.
 Cireenup-Cooperage plant. Sergent--Telephone system. Beaver--I50, 900 lumber company.
 Louisiana. New orleans-s10.000 manufacturing company.
 Morgan City--Electric light and pow CT plant. New Roads--$25, ,OoO ice factory.
 MisEisSippI. Hattiesburg-Gas plant. McHenry-$100. 900 turpentins and timber company.
 900 land company.
 Missouri. Joplin-100-t concentrating plant mining company: concentrating plant; mining company; zinc and lead mines. St. Louis-Land company; SoO,OOO 1 sash and door factory; S5,000 construc- tion company: $100.000 land company; S20, 900 mining company; heating appa- ratus manufacturing company; S45.O0O coal and ice company; S40O.OO0 brewery; $150,000 development company Kansas City--s10,000 leather compa- | ny
 Webb City Two concentrating | plants: $75,O0O mining company
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
THE FLORALA AFFAIR
WHITE AND BLACK DIE IN PIs-
 FOL DUEL.
Grady Miller Instantly Killed. While Negro Lives Long Enough to Say
 That He and the Youth Had Shot at Each Other.

FloraIa, Jan. 25--t )--Last eve ming about o'clock persons in the vicin ity Of thesI4akeview Hotel were startled by the report of several pistol shots. The first man to arrive on the scene discovered that Grady Miller, the six teen year old son of nr. R. l.. Miller. physician of Florala. lying on his face in a pool of blood. A negro man who was near at the time stated that he had seen some person ren around the corner of the hotel. but on ac- count of the darkness was unable to say whether he was white or black
 A large number of citizens, attracted by the reports of the pistol. congre- gated, and an immediate search was commenced for the negro porter of the hotel. who could not be found Lights were procured. and. as the hotel in the rear sits on pillars about six feet high, 1t was surmised that he might be hiding underneath.
 A crowd went under the hotel and there discovered the negro unconscious and apparently dying. restoratives were administered by a doctor and he regained consciousness long enough to say that he had shot Grady and that Grady had shot him.
 Before he could or would make any
 
 he died. There were two wounds on his person. one in the right breast and the other in the back of the head. Young Miller had also received two wounds. one shot being a flesh wound in the thigh. The other penetrated his heart, producing death.
 What could have caused the fatal affray is inexplicable. Miller was on- ly sixteen years old, and small for his age He was one of the most pop ular lads In the community. He was home from Wofford College in North Carolina for the holidays.
 The Millers are among the original settlers of this community and this sad death, which will ever be sur rounded with a veil of mystei1 is the first that has occurred in thu family during period of thirty-one years, although the doctor Is one of fam fly of six brothers
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
SEEKS PARDON FOR NEGRO.
Mir. HoyIe, of Mobile, Interested in Joe
 Greene.

Mr. HoyIe, of Mobile. Interested in Joe
 Greene,
 Tn the interest of negro convict Joe Greene, who is serving term in the penitentiary for killing another ne- gro. Roy Hoyle, a well known young man of Mobile. was at the Capitol yes terday to confer with Governor Jelks and members of the Board of Pardons'
 Several years ago Green was instru- mental in bringing to justice negro who killed a member of Mir. Hoyle' family Later. Greene himself shot and killed a negro and was sentenced to the penitentiary. Gratitude for the service rendered by-Greene to his fam lily, and the fact that Greene had borne a good character. impelled Mir. Hoyle to seek a pardon for the negro.
 At the Capitol Mir. Hoyle learned that certain recommendations would be necessary to secure clemency for the convict and he returned to Mobile last night with the purpose of pursuing the matter until his aim has been accom- plished,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
Aurora-s5o, 900 foundry and machine

Aurora--s5o 900 foundry and machine shop.
 st. Joseph-s1o.o0o coop factory.
 North Carolina. Hot Springs-Barytes mill. Raeford-Cotton mill tnearD Maiden--s2 s25.0e0 mining and manu. featuring company. stony Point-cotton and lumber com pany. washington--s1oo.oeo lumber compa- ny.
 Mt Tabor--I.umber company. Fremont---$100,00 ,000 brick works. Scotland Neck--$5. 900 iron works. Concord-Loan and trust company. smithneld-$50,0e supply company Denton-s25o000 fertilizer factory. Goidsboro--$125.00 900 land and timber company.
 Clarkton-s25.000 lumber company. Raleigh--s15.Oo turpentine company.
 Oklahoma. Lamont--Telephone company. Weatherford-$1O,00 900 telephone com- pany
 ddleton-Telephone systems. Tonkawa-s250,o0 gas. oil and min eral company.
 Guthrie s2.OOo.Ooo turquoise mining company.
 South CareIIRa. AHQ&5TSGH--EoHSE pidht. Charfeston-Barrel factory. Spaftanburg--Loc pin factory.
 Tennessee. Memphis-s400.0 .000 mining company; $50.000 land and investment company; s40O,00O cooperage company: S5,000 electric company; s25.o0o candy facto- ry; $i0.000 land company. Ashland City--sio.oOo warehouse JeIico--s25. .ooO foundry and machine shop
 Knoxyiile-s250.o0 mineral and tim beri company. $10.009 coal company. reenvilie-Telephone system. Nashvilie-$10,0oo telephone compa- n.y.
 Dover-saw mill. Clarksviile-s25o,00 Touring mill
 Texas. Fort worth-s500,0 900 canning facto- ry; brick works; medicine factory Port Arthur-$2e,oo0 supply compa- ny.
 Frost-5, 900 hardware company. Marta s15O,000 mining company. Texarkana-sso,O 900 cold storage com pany.
 Alvin-Grist mill. San Antonio-$40.000 mining com pany. UUO SuDDly EDHiPdlly eANsbN0 Oti NhA' pany; $20.000 well screen manufactur- ing company; $100,000 development company.
 stamford-s6o. 900 oil mill. Waco-s1O0.000 mining and manu- featuring company. Austin-$f5.O0O ice factory. ReedviIle-S10.000 cotton gin. Dallas-s1o, ,OOO manufacturing com pany: bag factory. as lt,,z tzax- fsar, f1x Haudley-S1O,0 900 lumber company Mineral Wells-$50, 000a lumber com pany. ephenville-Concrete construction company.
 Ei Paso-sio, 900 sulphur company Paris--crate factory,
 VirginIn. Richland-s15,0 ,000 land and coal com pany,
 Vinton-Phosphate company. Ivanhoe--Steel works. Newport News-$3O, 900 tobacco com pany.
 CIaremont-Saw mill Richmond-S250 00O lumber company. artinsville-Furniture factory. Lynchburg-Shoef factory.
 West virginia. Charleston-s5,O 100000 mining com pany. .. Reedy--S9,oVU constr uVeio" NOl Fairmont-$25.0 900 land company. piedmont-S25. .OO0s manufacturing company.
 Giatto-$10.000 construction company. Hunttngton-$35 coal mining company.
 Wheeling--$25,0 ,000 oil and gas conn pany: s2O GOO salt company, Fayetteville-$l0.000 development
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-26
THE suPREME couRT.
Justices Considering Applications for
 RRhearluRa

J08NAceB COusAueEAhH AppitcNNtOns TOT
 RehearlnRs.
 The Supreme Court hns boon busy all of this week considering applica- tions for rehearings of cases that have been disposed of by the Justices. No opinions have been handed down nnd no cases have been submitted,
 Next week the court will take up the docket of cases from the Eight divis- ion which is composed of the counties of Colbert. Franklin. Jackson, Lauder dale, Limestone. Madison, Marshall and Morgan.
 Several lawyers who are interested in rehearings have been in Montgom- cry this week for conference with the Justices.