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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
Woodstock, VT, July 20, 1905

"In directing the fire against
Clement personally the Republican
campaign managers are missing the
mark entirely" says the Jericho
Press. Likewise they are wasting
about all the ammunition they have.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
DEATHS.

In Woodstock, July 20, Mrs. Merinda
Farwell widow of Mason f. Farwell, in her
SD year.
In Woodstock, July 10, Annie j., wife of
George Gage, aged 33 years.
In South Woodstock, July %, Charles E.
Colston aged So years.
In Woodstock, July 90 Mrs. Mary Story
Abbott, widow Of Jesse w. Leonard, in her
SD year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
How to Cleanse the Blood.

A preserving use of DIR. David Kenne-
dy's FavOrite Remedy, of Rondout, N.
Y, will soon relieve and ultimately cure
cases OF Fever and Ague, Billiousness,
Rheumatism, Debility Of the Stomach,
Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder, and all
disorders arising from an impure state of
the Block. Price &l.OQ, all druggists; 8
bottles for $500.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28

The last OF the immense log drive
of the Van Dyke company, which
left Bellows Falls Falls two weeks
ago, from the start nearly 5000, 900
feet OF lumber going over the dam,
was the largest drive for many
years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
FoR OVER SIXTY YEARS.

Mas. WNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over sixty years by millions Of moth.
ersfor their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, softenl
relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately
Sold by ell druggists IN every part of the.
world twenty-five cents bottle. Be sure
to ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy-
upn and tskeno other kind.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28

got the political brains of the state
with us, we've got the organization.
we've got the press, and WE'LL
HAVE WHAT MONEY WE
NEED. The results certain. You're
beat, you're beat to a finish
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
BIRTHS.

L.. -rssUneIu, MASS, a son to MIR. and
Mrs. Geo. M. Vondell, formerly of Wood
stock.
In Woodstock, July 81, daughter, LOra
Edith, to Mr.. and Mrs. Herman d. Car
bino.
In Bridgewater, July IA, son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Pearl Baker
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28

John M. Harrington, aged 10,
was drowned while bathing IN the
Winooski river at Middlesex Satur-
day night, several companions being
unable to render timely assistance,
His home was in Randolph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
EASY FOR BURGLARS
Bethel House Was Deserted and
Doors Unlocked.


What is known as the Johnson
house, in Bethel, occupied by two
families, those Of Z. o. SpauldIng
and Mrs. Martha Graham, was an
easy mark for early evening burglars,
last week Friday, all the occupants
being away and the doors unlocked.
The intruders got about $35 in
money and gold watch and chain,
The burglary occurred between 7
and 8 o'clock and was discovered
about 8 o'clock.
The burglars have not been
caught.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28

Mis-. S. Smith and Mrs. William
Barber of Benson killed a rattle
snake three feet four inches long and
a black snake five feet long last Sat-
urday while gathering raspberries in
the east part of the town.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
A POLITICAL DIALOGUE.

Proctor Worker: Well, how goes
the battle2
Clement Worker: First-rate (;
fusion seems to have given our cam
paign the life it needed and things
look very favorable.
P. w., Laughing heartily. Ha,
ha, ha Well, Pm glad you find en-
couragement in it. You don't seem
to realize what you're up against.
c. w. How's that2
P. W. Do you realize that you
beardless boys are up against the
SLICKEST COMBINATION OF
SHREWD AND SKILLFUL
POLITICIANS THAT YER
MONT HAS EVER PRODUCED1
c. w. Yes, what of it?
P. w. What of it! Why, you
ID amateurs will be buried SO deep
you'll never be heard OF again.
c. w. HAVE THE VOTERS
OF THE STATE GIVEN THEIR
VERDICT YET?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
MAR RACES.

In White River Junction. July IT. by, the
Rev. H. NJ. Springer. Clinton II. Rowland
and Miss Leona N. Wilson, both of Wood
stock
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
Will the ScandaIOus Record of 1902
be Repeated?

The following conversation between well known Clement worker
and abo-by humben the Proctor vineyard important
enough to bear statewide pubicity
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
VOTERS DON'T COUNT.

P. w. Verdict! The verdict is
pronounced already. Proctor has
from one to five men at work in
every town in Vermont. The best
organizers that money can hire have
completed A POLITICAL MA
CHINE THAT COVERS THIS
STATE FROM RICHFORD TO
POWNAL, FROM NEWPORT
TO VERNON. Your man Glenn
ent will be showed under.
c. w. Our best advices show
that the Proctor Republicans are in
minority of the voters today.
P. w. That's nothing. There
are six weeks before election. The
best campaign speakers in the coun-
try will be brought into the state. A
CAMPAIGN FUND OF HALF A
MILLION will be raised if neces-
sary. tell you Proctor will never
be beaten and the Republican party
can't afford to have him.
c. w. Well, YOU PEOPLE
MUST BE AFRAID OF THE
VOTER if you've got to spend half
a million to beat the fusion ticket.
P. w. Afraid nothing-don't
know as we'll have to spend it, but
bear this in mind-YOU'LL NEW
Err BEAT THE MACHINE, the
way it's hooked up now. We've
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28

The Age and Delineator one
Year $I.5S.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28

Charles j. Peck of st. Johnsbury,
aged 90 years, committed suicide
Friday by blowing Oft his head with
a shotgun.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
A FALSE, UNPROVEN CHARGE

In the absence of any facts dis
proving this manifesto, we again as.
sert that the charge of Mr.. Clements
personal hatred" Of Fletcher D..
Proctor is campaign falsehood and
unworthy of consideration by any
decent Vermonter.
Moral: The way to answer cow
ardice and Misrepresentation is to
vote the independent ticket in Sep
TENDER. Don't be sidetracked; keep
your eye on the main issue.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
BROUGHT HOME TO PROCTOR

a vote for Proctor and his ticket
means endorsement of the boss and
his evil counsels. A vote for Proc.
tor means that family prestige and
personal ambition are more to be
desired than honest government. A
vote for Proctor means that you
freely "stand for" the disreputable
and shameful methods that defeated
decent politics in 1902.
Where will you stand, fellow
voter, with the cause that promises
reform or with the gang that greed
lily snarls political menace against
all those who dare to oppose it2
Moral: Vote the fusion ticket in
September.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-07-28
WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION
MEANS.

Now, it these boasts and taunts
mean anything, they mean that THE
PROCTOR REPUBLICANS
ARE DETERMINED TO CAR
RY THE ELECTION in Septem-
Der, no matter what it costs in
money and party coercion.
1t means that the ringmasters of
Vermont are driven to their last re-
sorts - WHOLESALE PUR-
CHASE OF POLITICAL SUP
PORT and brazen resolve to COM
pei the state Republican committed
to bear the SHAME OF ANOTH4
Err MCCULLOUGH CAMPAIGN.
1t means that those who are RE
SPONSIBLE FOR THE DIS
GRACEFUL SCANDALS IN
VERMONT'S PUBLIC LIFE,
those who have helped to blemish
our common fame, are resolved to
maintain their grip on the Republ-
can party and the states pocket
book.
1t means that THE CORRUPT
AND DISHONORABLE MA
CHINE that filings defiance to the
honest voter and sneers in the face
of the earnest reformer HAS COME
TO A DIRECT ISSUE WITH
THE PEOPLE.
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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
Camille d'ArviIie's Hit

Camille d'ArvilIe made her debut in
STANCE and Edwards musical play,
The Belle of London Town at the
Nelson Theater. Springfield, Mass. on
Monday evening, November 10. The
following is what was said of Miss
dArville and the play:
Miss d d'Arville was decidedly sue
cess in the role of Lady Belinda Man
ners and her several songs were re-
ceived with much enthusiasm. Many a
younger star of the opera stage can
look to her with profit. Three years
of domesticity have not taken from her
grace, her ability to act or her vocal
qualifications, and she can wear beau
tiful gowns in a truly regal fashion.
Her costumes were a symphony of col
ors, the first a delicate blue, the next
cleaning white heavily ornamented
with gold, the third of yellow and the
last of dainty pink all of the same
fashion and very rich, also becoming to
the wearer. Her work, both acting and
singing, steadily improved during the
evening, and in the comedy parts of the
later scenes. in which she is playing on
the jealousy of her husband, she was
delightful. One of her best scenes was
her stimulation of drunkenness. accom-
panied by song. I guess I can do
IT. she remarked when the wine was
brought in I've seen him do it so
ofteni She was given number of fine
solos and sung with other members of
the company. Altogether her perform
ance was an agreeable treat.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
She May Initiate Herself

/ mentioned at least a dozen local
stage favorites. but not one of them
had she studied, and she was despair
ing of how she could change her turn"
for the better this Sunday when I asked
her If she. had ever tried to initiate
herself
i fail to catch you" she said
Wei. you are initiating Elsie ia
MIS- imitation of Elfe Fay, which is
an imitation of an imitation, and 1
don't see why you should not reverse
that process and initiate yourself as
Flora Virgins in The College Wild
ow'"
But that would not be an imitation
lit would be myself as Flora Wig
gins she demurred
Il believe you're afraid of making a
poor job of it,
Il might manage to make it more
like the original than my imitation of
Anna Held has been publicly alleged
to be-" was the wicked retort. and
IL the necessary quick change of make
up can possibly be effected, you'll see
me trying TO copy myself next week. BY
the bye, did you ever hear of how Nat
Goodwin went to see himself Initiated
by some chap in a New York theater?
No? Well. Nat sat through the act.
which embraced limitations of half a
dozen popular actors besides himself.
and as soon as the performer could
get into his street clothes he rushed to
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
Good Offerings This Week

When she appears in Her Great
Match at the Novelty Theater tomor-
row evening Maxine Elliott will be as
sisted by Charles Cherry, Leon Quar-
termaine. Felix Edwardes, William
Sans. Guy Cary, Muriel Wylford, Su-
zanne Perry. Nine. MathiIde Cottrelly.
Gladys Morris and others. 1t is said
that Miss Elliott gives to the role of
"Jo' Sheldon, beautiful American
woman who falls in love while travel
ing abroad, distinction and charm of
great rarity. The play is staged very
pretentiously, the settings harmonizing
with the refined characterization
Paul Armstrong; comedy, "The Heir
to the Hoorah." which was received
with favor last season at the Columbia
Theater, commences four-days' sea-
son, including a Wednesday matinee.
to morrow evening at the Central The
ater. Guy Bates Post, Janet Beecher.
Helen Lackye and Ernest Lamson will
be seen in congenial roles, and the en-
tire production is carried by the com
pany. The play is typically American.
the scenes being located in western
mining town, and the characters are
virlle men and womanly women.
New people at the Orpheum TO-DAY are
John Hyams and Leila Mcintyre. pre-
senting their original skit, "Two. Hun
dred Wives; the three Leightons. Of
fering "A One-night Stand in Minstrel
sy' and Thomas Armstrong and Ella
Verne, an Australian comedy duo The
list of holdovers includes Julius STE
ger and company in THE Fifth Com
mandment": Katherine Nugent in new
limitations; Mile. Dziria, the Russian
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
Some Lambardi Promises

The coming season OF grand opera at
the Central Theater. opening on Christ
mas night with Aida" bids fair to be
notable for the number of new operas
to be given during the third and
fourth weeks. If the promises of I'm
pressario Lambardi are kept, we shall
be given Chopin Iris. Fedora
Tosca' La Boheme'' and ..Manon
Lescaut" all of which are compare
lively new. even if some of them have
been sung here by other artists.
Signor Lambardi has notified the
Central Theater management that in
addition to his present corps of singers
he has enlisted for the San Francisco
engagement Martinez Patti, a cele-
brated italian tenor, and Roberto iris
conf, a high barytone who has been
appearing at Convent Garden, London.
Reports from Los Angeles speak In
glowing terms of the productions last
week of La Tosca," with Adaberto
and Attilio Salvaneschi in the leading
roles, and a new opera by Giaconio
Orefice a modern Italian composer en-
titled Chopin" with Emilio Orelli the
lyric tenor. in the name part Praise
is given to Chevalier Guerrieri, the
musical director. for his careful read
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
If Was Quite BewiIdeHnq

But to make a giantess the circus
man sacrificed dwarfess." 1 feebIy
reasoned
'Oh. that was easily remedied. He
just engaged another giantess, billed
her as the largest dwarfess in the
universe, and doomed her as the latest
exemplifcation of his unparalleled
'scorn OF time. money and trouble while
procuring unequaled natural marvels
for the inspection of an appreciative
public
IT was to dissemble bewilderment
that I asked when she became a pro-
fessional imitator.
After several seasons in musical
comedy" she replied. Il decided that
I'd make an effort to relieve others of
the worry of managing me. and. as my
biographer shall probably put it, we
next find her in demand to entertain
New York house parties by her imita-
tions Of well-known actresses That
was how I got into vaudeville, where
/ remained until Mr.. Savage engaged
me to play Flora Virgins, the tough
girl, in The College Widow / liked
the part as well as I could like any
steady part, but chucked it when a
season of one-night stands confronted
me Then back to vaudeville, and here
I am with an awful cold and without
q curly head to sing at Have some
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

knew where a selection of real Japa-
nese music might be found. Another
friend overheard and 1okingly "butted
in with the remark that the Japanese
national anthem, the Jon-Kino, was
easy to be obtained The story goes
that Sullivan secured the music and in
troduced it in the .'Mikado" without
knowing he was using a song as popu-
lar in Japan as Tara ra- boom -de-ay'
later was in English music halls Any
way, it proved the best bit of color in
his comic opera. In Japan it is as we'll
known as Is "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner'' in this country. which Puccini has
also drawn on for a motive in Madam
Butterfly
In view of these facts, il sounds
strange TO hear Puecini charged with
copying Sullivan.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
How He Turned the Tables

Indeed box parties were arranged
for no other purpose than to have
some uninitiated member thereof held
up to ridicule through being made the
recipient of the soubrette's osculatory
advances, and it was through selecting
the wrong man for a laughing stock
that the tables were turned and the
lady visited with confusion.
Stretching out her arms and gazing
with eloquent eyes on the man in
front, she warbled, coaxingly. Wont
you come and kiss me?" and before
she had time TO divine his intention
he leaped upon the stage and duly
executed the order. Then as the stage
hands ran to save her from falling in
a swoon he coolly returned to the box.
resumed his seat, folded his arms and
shouted, Go on with your showi"
OF course his barbarously literal con-
duct was distasteful to the singer,
whose husband was eyewitness to
the incident, but what could she ex-
pect? Her language was distinctly
provocative, and the other men in the
audience, instead of giving their nat
ural chivalry or elementary jealousy
expression by rebuking the untoward
ardor of the man in the box, guffawed
their approval Of it. Some of them
even went to the extreme of ungallan-
try by yelling, "Ang-corei" That was
the last time the lady attempted to
sing that song, owing to the parsimo-
nious manager refusing her husbands
request that during its rendition she
be protected by a stout net stretched
across the stage.
Il think my act would go better"
said Miss Nugent. in street garb, "if
more of the people whom l initiate
had performed in San Francisco. You
have seen Ethel Levy and Elfe Fay
and Anna Held-but wasn't it you who
wrote that my imitation of Anna Held
was ro-bad?"
No; 1 had expressed wonder that so
many imitators have Anna Held in
repertoire and that so few Of them
initiate her closely.
We'll. We'll let it go at that AS /
was saying, you have not seen any
of the other artists whose methods /,
attempt, and ] lie awake nights trying
to think of actresses who are known
here and 1 can initiate. Can you help
me out?"
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

dancer; Charles Sierra. equilibrist, and
Palfrey and Hoeffier, comedy bicy-
clists.
So strong a drawing card has "The
County Fair" turned out to be that it
is retained by the Colonial Theater for
all of this week. Frank Bacon's por-
trayal of Abigail Prue furnishes good
ante-holiday amusement
'The Red Cross Nurse" will conclude
the engagement of the Elleford COM
pany at the Davis Theater commencing
tomorrow night and running all week.
The locale of the play is New York and
Cuba. and its sensational scene is the
charge of the American troops UP San
Juan Hill. The full strength of the
company and an elaborate production
are promised.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the Russian
pianist, has been engaged to give a re-
cital next Tuesday evening in Lyric
Hall, at Turk and Larkin streets. and
his programme will include among
other important works the Chopin So
nata in b minor (the one with the
great funeral march). group of Bach
works, some new works by Arencky
and series of variations by the artist
The same programme will be PLAYED
Thursday afternoon at Ye Liberty Play-
house, Oakland. and at a matinee on
Saturday in this city the Schubert So
nata in A minor and other interesting
selections will be played.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
Puecini's ALLEGED Piracy

A weIl-known authority on opera
charges Giacomo Puccini with crib
bing'' from Sir Arthur Sullivan's Mi
kado.'
Music lovers who have enjoyed the
fascinating music of the composer s
Madam Butterfly have noticed that
Puccini has knitted into his beautiful
score many picturesque bits of real
Japanese melodies Among these the
one most easily detected is that charac-
teristic excerpt from the Japanese
JON Kino. which Sullivan used in the
.Mikado." The Jon-Kino is known by
every globe-trotter that has been to
Japan. The geishas dance to il. When
Sullivan was putting the finishing
touches to the "Mikado" he asked a
friend at a certain London club If he
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

That was a better story than the
other one / had heard anent Goodwin
and one Of his would-be itnitators, and
l told her so, but she professed ignor-
ance and had to be enlightened. The
tale was to the effect that after watch
ing a vaudiyillian give what he al
legged was an imitation of Nat Goodwin
in AN American Citizen" the comedian
turned to his companion and said. If
that fellows a good imitator l must be
an awfully bum actor
Good night, said Miss Nugent.
Then she popped a troche into her
mouth and vanished through the stage
door.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
Weeps and SpoiIs Her Face

"The Fifth Commandment" was just
commencing, and Mr.. Steger's soulful
voice no sooner began singing Castles
in the Air than Miss Nugent fed TO
her dressing room, where, behind shut
door, she sat upon a trunk and ex-
planned TO the artist and 1 the reason
for her flight.
IF I'd stood there a second longer
I'd have been shedding tears and ruin
ing my makeup" she said. Every
time I hear that song, as Steger sings
ii, 1 can't help crying. My act follows
his. you know, and 1 weep in the wings
while 1 am waiting to go on. There,
he has stopped; but he'll resume just
before the act closes, and ! must stand
and listen. Nice way for him to treat
a lady. isn't it2'
When her own act was finished she
declared intention of cutting OUT of it
her tender confession TO the man in
the box Because there's nothing new
about it, she elucidated.
And it's dangerous. I ventured.
How SOP" she asked, with elevated
eyebrows.
Well suppose the object of your
pretended fascination were to accept it
as sincere and climb to the stage
and"
I'D scoot quickly and leave him
to the mercy of the stage hands" she
serenely interrupted, and returned 10
her dressing room.
While awaiting her temperance
bethought me of one night in an O'Far-
rell-street theater when a singing SOU
brette underwent the very experience
which Miss Nugent professed ability
10 avoid by 'scooting." This soubrette
made hit by musically imploring the
man seated nearest the stage to step
up right there and kiss her, and prac-
tical jokers saw to it that the seat
nearest the stage was occupied by
some friend of theirs who would be
least likely TO relish her appeal.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16
By James Crawford

of these candy things for hoarseness? ?''
I accepted the proffered troches and
expressed hope that she would soon
have no further need for their abb
sorption.
side you may find out without asking
me-" she said. ''by following a trail
of those things leading from the stage
entrance to my home. Just as 1 left
the house this afternoon my paperbag-
full of troches burst and most of the
contents escaped as 1 walked. Come
to think of it, however, the trail was
stolen. Two little boys were follow
ing me, I remember, and every time
I looked around they were picking UP
something
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-16

RI nth a groan, The American
Nm 4 Cissie LOTUS unglued her
NM right eye from the peep-hole
w in the Orpheum,s drop-curtain
and informed all within hear
ing Of a sibilant whisper that there
was appalling hirsutal poverty in the
stage boxes.
Every mans head there is bald as
a new baby's." she sighed. Has this
town ever heard of such a thing as a
toupee? Now, don't tell me that those
shining domes came here with deluded
belief that they'd witness a le-ahem-
q burlesque show"
Her state Of mind may be better ap-
preciated after L have explained its
cause. The act which she was soon to
perform included an imitation of an
other soubrette singing, It's not be-
cause your hair is curly-it's you, just
you" the songs effectiveness depend
ing largely upon the adulatory fervor
with which its words are addressed TO
some kinky-haired member of the op-
posite sex seated close to the stage
and within full view OF the remainder
of the audience.
How are you going to manage it?"
I inquired, as she brooded-
Aim it at one Of the men in the or
chestra, I suppose" she moodily re-
piled. But that never goes as we'll
as when I sing it at some one whom it
surprises-and embarrasses."
Why don't you hire a curly haired
fellow to travel with you and serve as
your target when a dilemma like the
present occurs?"
1t would be a nice easy job for a
young man, wouldn't it?" she unused
But I can't afford to pay for trans
portation of excess baggage. Cant
you suggest a cheaper way out7"
Yes. serenade the nearest bald
head"
She did, and keen delight was mani
tested by most beholders of the blushes
purpling the bare Uranium. But that
is anticipating