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but finds time-at royalty of Ave
to fifteen per cent. of the gross re-
ceipts-to make Eleanor Robson.
with no improperly. a very fetching
| showgirl. Besides. she Is the heroine
of a trivial but buoyant story. There
Is one act Of Johns .mpatience to get
away from the nurse whom he thinks
hideous, and an ensuing act Of his
desire to remain under the care Of the
nurse whom his opened eyes see to De
lovely; and during the two acts Miss
Robson is enabled to be charming as
slightly sentimentalized coquette
under conditions new and strange to
the stage.
The second half of Zangwllrs COM
edy is less singular. and to Americans
less interesting. a it keeps John and
Marjorie apart. when to our demo-
cratic way of thinking, they ought to
get together without the slightest DIFF
iculty or delay. When John finds out
that she isn't poor girl earning her
living as a nurse, but titled lady
while he is wealthy but untitled
gentleman, he fancies that there is
social barrier between them. She has
to argue lot to convince him that
their mutual devotion to the cause OF
London's degr AIDED. poor. along Wfh
their love Of each other, matches
them perfectly for wedlock.
But ZanEWlll, u tHe Pup-
lies liking of Miss Robson as the
"slavey" in a London boarding hous"
in Merely Mary Ann" plays the trick
to win again in Nurse Marjorie" But
this time he makes her COOK for
few minutes In one of the tuppeny
fried fish restaurants of Whitechap-
ell. She has taken refuge there In her
flight from the hospital because 1t
is kept by former servant in her
70 ilx, Wb her lover discovers
her she lets him believe the woman is
her mother. To sustain the deception,
she puts on an apron. rolls up her
sleeves, greases and fiours her arms,
cuts a real fish into pieces. fries them
over a real fire and makes real
smell.
There is a great divide In the crit
ical opinion of "The Great Divide.
Professor William Vaughn Moody's
play is "a coarse offense to common
sense. or 1t Is IAN admirable piece
of dramatic literature" or does II not
as / think. possess those distinctions!
/ will try to make my proposition
clear by an account o: the first act.
Margaret Anglia Is alone In an Arlzo-
ma rancho house. Three drunken men
break in for the purpose of b"stidl
assault. One is Mexican eaSfr' one
is an Indian halfhrc ., an" IN" nor
rified girl says to tn" less r'pulslVe
white, Marry me al l ""i H"4N ~
you" So Henry NJ ter pays the
preaser with string of gold mug
gets to give up his throw OF uice TO
determine when shall he III" first as
sailant. The half Indian won't sell his
claim. hut will chang" the gam" from
dice to gunplay. The girl listens in
agoniZcd suspense to tn" shots of the
duel outside. Miller comes in wound
cd, hut his opponent is dead. Margaret
plasters his hurt, saying she would
do as much for a dog. and at the
same time showing plainly her l"ath-
ing for the man. Shall he trust her
to deliver herself after a delay OF an
hour or two for a marriage ceremony,
or shall he take her at once?
rs this to be on the sauar' hH
asks.
ut is. she replies.
They start together ~ find Justice
of the peace, The rest If the drama
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Is devoted to the growth OF love be-
tween the regenerated husband and
| the resentful wife. The first acts
| episode may shock you irretrievably.
or the adherence of the girl to
promise made under priminal duress
may strike you as absurd, and in Ell
Their case you may agree that the play
is "a coarse offense to common sense.
But If YOU regard that awful betrothal
as permissible melodrama. and let
| Professor Moody's writing and Miss
Anglin's acting appeal to your heart
without protest from your head. then
The Great Divide" may seem to YOU
IAN admirable piece OF dramatic lit
erature
The Thaw+White tragedy Is on the
stage now, and it seems that. while
we have been righ. to think of stan
ford White as satSf OF the theatrical
forests IN quest of nrwary maidens,
we have been wrohe to regard Harry
Thaw as a faun haunting those same
woods. The matter Is cleared up. and
the duty of the Jury simpliaod. in
"a Millionaires Revenge" 1t seems
that Evelyn Nesbit was an innocent
simpleton when she first went to
Whites studio. that she disliked
champagne SO much that he could
hardly persuade her to Drain one
glass with opium In 1t. and that Thaw.
coming In and suspectins here was
a duped and doped girl behind
screen, turned down the lights so that
he might not be suspected OF curios-
ity as to who she was. co~ed ths
knife br \ .Sishini. White with pis-
toll and sent Evelyn home IN a cab
to her mother. .--
mighty fine fellow was Thaw.
gdod humorod warm hearted and most
considerable of women. especially his
mother and sister; and when no ma
ried Evelyn he thought she had been
a model OF propriety while posed for
artists. He knew OF nothing naughty
that she had ever done--for a fact
she was absolutely guileless: and that
is why, don't you see? that the TN
written law gave the husband rigEt
to kill the man who spoke iTpolitc-
ly TO such an irreproachable wife.
This new view % the case so light
ems the gloon OF Il that tho,e VINO
knew Tuaw IN the Tenderioi: as well
as they did White, an1 go mp to II lr-
lem to see them acted on the stage.
can't help laughing with the theatres
habitual audience. Tho impersouator
OF Thaw goes through his part reso-
lutely with a sober face but Whites
villainous sneers merge into covert
smiles behind his moustache, and Eve
lyns pretty mouth. with nothing to
hide behind. witches with the effort
to keep it's corners from turning up
instead of staying pulled down. And
l have an idea that the author. Hal
Reid. regarded his work as d burlosqu
OF melodrama and theatrical joke.
else why did he put into 1t, az COM
c character. q playwright. Augustus
Gillette Thomas, who sought to save
himself from the almshouse by writ
ing "A ray for Evelyn Nesbltt Thaw
IN the fiction declined tho offer: bat
Reid is too prosperous to have taken
a comission from him in fact. Then
why. oh why. didn'e ne avail himself
OF the ample material for rousing
melodrama on the White w-Ncs-
bit subject?
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Some Special Sales.

viii have succeeded in doing what no
other Postmaster General ever did.
ever furnished candidate for the
some Cabinet Statistics.
While writing about Cabinet menu
s safi facts 'r aSout the @ de
partments There have J cen thirty
nine Secretaries of State since the
foundation Of the GGVernmnnti As the the
thirtieth administration of four years.
it will be seen that there have been
eight more Secretaries . Of Stat state than
John Quincy Adams and William H.
Seward Ere the only two Secretaries
who have held the place for eight
ferson. Edmund Randolph. and limo
thy Pickering as his Secretaries.
Thomas Jefferson had John Marshall
had John Quincy Adams John Quin-
cy Adams had Henry CLAY. for his
son had Martin Van Euren at first. hui
William Henry Harrison called Daniel
Webster Web to be his as. chief counselor.
ing Secretaries of State. and all cabi-
net officers, for that matter: He star
ted out with Daniel Webster. then
Abel p. Upshaw and then John c. CAL
houn. Likewise he had four Secre-
taries of the Treasury, Ave Secretaries
two Postmaster Generals. and three
Attorney Generals.
Albert Gallatin held Cabinet place
longer than any other man in the his
tory of the Government. For twelve
years. eight months. and twenty five
DAYS he was at the head of the Treasu-
the greater portion Of the two Jeffer-
son administrations and through a
cart of the eight years that Madison
was President. Gideon Granger lacked
ing that distinction with Gallatin.
Granger was appointed Postmaster
as Jefferson, and served until March
liz. 1914 when James Madison appoin-
ted Return Jonathan Meigs. Jr., to
succeed him.
thirty-ninc Secretaries Of State in
Guiding Secretary Root: There have
been forty three Secretaries Of the
and forty: eirht Attorney Generals.
In Days Gone by.
Some idea of the supremacy of the
prior to the Civil War may be cleaned
from the fact that twelve out OF the
were appoined prior to that period
came from the region south Of Ma
son and Dixon's line and east Of the
MhssssrR TyeF Secretaries OF war
came from the same territory. About
the same proportion prevailed with re-
spect to the Attorney Generals.
The dominant traits of the people "f
the North and the Souh show up even
in the Cabinet. appointments before
the Civil War. for while the south was
the stronger section in men versed In
statecraft. war and law. as shown by
the fact that the majority of the Of
ficials In these departments came from
the South, vet when 1t came to man
government nearly every President
from Washington to Idncoln chose
Northern men to I'LL the Treasury
portfolio. Washington had Alexander
Hamilton and Oliver wolcot. Jr.. TO
NIL the Treasury berth. from New
York and Connecticut respectively.
chusetts. Albert Gallatin of Penn
sylvania. George w Campbell Of Ten
nessee. Dallas of Pennsylvania. Craw-
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THEATRICAL LETTER
continued from Page Sev~ntccnJ

American beauty, AMI Lillta LanStry.
the English beauty, are on simultane-
GUS exhibition in Broadway Compare
tive observation cant be helped ls II
iiDpolite to cciticisc actresses ia1es!
Their visages us much as their voices
arc mart IF their profcs sionai huttts
Mrs. Langstr's face was seen last week
10 be but lightly marked by time, mo
outlines hardened a little hut the skin
as smooth and fair as ever Miss Rus
sells face has not bten out of New
York'S sight one year III the laSs
twenty-five. and a slow change might
rass unnoticed; but II close study OF IL.
as shown now in "Barbari'S Millions.
discovers even less alteration than -
visible N Langtry's. Lillian heats LII
lie in the preservation of the most pho
tngra phed two faces on earth. Her
complexion is false with IL amearing OF
Pink and white, and daubs of red and
black and her hair is yellow with
bleach: but In the features there is no
hint of sagging cheeks or doubling
chin, no crowsfeet are at the eyes Or
lines at the mouth. and one uses a
glass in vain to find sign of ageinS.
Her form has ADDED Il matrons weight
t. it's girls proportions. but sh" can
face camera as beautifully as ever.
a third farce from Paris Is y
Spring Chicken, but it gets here by a
circuitous route, and 1t grew more
amusing by the way. 1t started as a
Usual farce of French wedlock, and It's
originators names are of nc account.
George Crossmith, Jr.. mad" ii musical
comedy out of 1t for London with the
aid of a half dozen musicians and
rhymesters. Richard earle took 1t in
hand for New York, and put a lot Of
funny American things into it, incluG-
irg himself Carrie Is an adept at folly,
and never has he been more funnlly
foolish. Yet there Is nothing new in
the idea of a hen-pe cked husband taxi
ing a risky powder, which makes hin.
defiant of his wife, although his SON
in-law's popularity of getting gay
every springtime is a variant in French
dcviltry. The old rooster and the
spring chicken run away from their
hen ard pulle7. and go hopping and
pecking in a forbidden grain field. That
is to say. the two men 50 on a spree
with young women in a restaurant for
roysterers.
The songs are a big factor in The
Spring Chicken" One OF them. In
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ford of Georgia. Rush of Pennsylvania
S. D. Ingham of Pennsylvania. Louis
McLane OF Delaware. and W; J. Daune
of PENNSYLVANIA. The only otner
Southerners who held the place prior
to the Civil War were fancy of Mary.
land. Bible Of Kentucky, Walker OF
Mississippi. Guthrie of Kentucky. and
Cobb of Georgia. Thus it will be
seen tina: only seven Of the twenty
two Secretaries of the Treasury prior
to the Civil War came from the
South. AMI Kentucky and Maryland,
border states. furnished most of these
The Soutn furnished eight of the
nineteen Postmaster Generals VINO
controlled the postoffice prior to the
Civil War. and four Of these eight
came from kentucky. Massachusetts
furnished Samuel Osgood. Pennsylva-
mia furnished Pickering and Camp
bell Connecticutt furnished Granger:
Miles and Hubbard. Ohio furnished
Granger and Nathan Hall hailed from
New York. w. j. Showaiter.
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SOUTHERN
CRAFTSMANSHIP
WAS ONCE IN CONTROL OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
LIN to 1860 n Great Majority Of Cabinet
O6icers Were From South OF
Mason and Dixon
Line.

Washington, Oct. 13.-(Special. X
Those Cabinet 1fflclats VINO 40 are are b 3ust
ling of the little presidential bee VIII
find scant comfort in looking over the
political records of their predecessors;
with the single exception of General
Grant no Cabinet member since the
civil war has found the position any
thing other than graveyard to thelr
Presidential ambitions. number OF
them tried, as several are today trying.
to land Presidential nomination, no
tabIy James G., Blaine and John Sher-
man, but disappointment was theirs;
In the earlier days OF the republic
the Secretaryship of State was IA
vorite stepping stone to the tresid arat
Secretary of state. and became the
third President: He served I'VE OF t ne
eight years of the two Wasnington s
the fifth Secretary of State and the
Fourth President. James Monroe was
the seventh Secretary OF state ana t.,e
was Is the eighth secretary Of state and
the sixth President. Martin Van Blu
ren. was the tenth Secretary OF state
Buchanan was the eighteenth secre-
tary of State and the fifteenth Presi-
dent
But there the record of those who
stepped from the state portfolio INTO
the White House stops. Since then
ana John Sherman. Secretary Root
will not be able to extract much sat
isfort:o., from the record of the sec
retarles of State who nave served be-
fore hum since the civif war. but of
9. en- less encoura cement to Secretary
Sna1v will be a study Of what happened
to whatever Presidential aspirations
any of our great ministers o. inance
might have entertained. Beginning
nry and coming down to the present
drv not one of them became President.
"rd with the exception of one or two
nation has gone to a man who has aeld
the Treasury portfolio. The list of
ftrty-three, with Alexander. Hamilton
to head it, contains the names az some
., the foremost men men At 5n our na1iona
wES held the place longer than any
alter man-thirtcen years in all-Wn-
liam II. Crawford, Richard Rush: Ror-
,.r 3. fancy. Tom Corwin. John a. Dix.
eeuoen and John sherman
Two Secretaries of War.
There have been two Secretaries of
War who have afterwards become
President One of these was James
come Secretary of State, and then sue
ceeded to the Presidency. and the 9TH
or was u. S. Grant, who was the only
cabinet officer since the civil war who
fore Secretary C; Taft can well feel ut
tie CHESTER than the rest over his
PROSPECTS, for he can feel that he will
not have to break all presidents to be-
come President
the country a single President, neither
has the Interior Department The
same is true of the Postmaster Gener-
aiship, and IL Mr.. Cortelyou should get
the nomination for the Presidency he
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and sunshine. Children ought to bs
brought up in IL. Without il they
roop and die, for Life is suc
child" and its beginners cannot thrive
IL deprived of its native element. ThS
pale. delicate. dollhouse atmosphere IT
a luxurious modern home have no
stinlina for the future. A robust
hearty childhood secured by plenty OF
outdoor life, even in cold weather.
without much cakes, pastry or sweets.
clothing that admits of perfect free
dom and which allows full play to
all muscles, besides the early to BED"
habit Of the old nursery rhyme. would
help greatly IN lessening the mortality
among children and would insure
some backbone for the needs OF adult
life.
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Frcsh Air For Children.

How much better il would be II
mothers realized more than thev ar-
rear 20 the Importance OF fresh air
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A Mixture.

A Mixture.
Union Springs Herald.
The renovated Monroe doctrine is very
much like renovated butter. 1t Is a
mighty mixture of rottenness and COL
oring matter.
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Blankets

The cool spell the past week
fully tested our styles and prices in
the way Of Blankets and Comforts.
Are you prepared!
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will have succeeded in doing what no
other Postmaster General ever did.
None of the other Cabinet places have
PraSiAanov
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"Krinkledown"

Be sure to see "Krinkledown'
the newest wool fabric for pretty
Kmonos and children's and infants
wraps-+all colors.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-15
A DepIorabIe Accident.

Tuesday evening considerable ex-
element was occasioned by the report
that Will Davis was accidentally shot
while getting out of boat at Dalys
Flats, in the northeast part of this
county. Davis and Arthur Thomson
had started the day previously to 60
down the river from Foreston to
Bluffton, and on this evening were
near John Walters farm, where they
were to eat supper. Among their
equipments was an old shot gun which
all day long had refused to work and
as they were landing from the boat,
Thomson in q spirit of disgust, threw
the gun up on the river bank, the
shock of which discharged it. 26 shot
entered the face and forehead Of Da-
Wis, six of them In the face and the
balance in the forehead. Evidently
the main charge passed over his head.
Thomson at once called for help but
was not heard for some time, and for
about half an hour held Davis bleed
ing head in his lap. Finally help came
and physicians were summoned, 4
Drs. Kessel and Plummer responding.
Davis was brought to Cresco in a.
few hours, and for a time his life was
desparied of, but at this writing his
condition has improved to such an ,ax-
tent that his recovery is extremely
probable.
u 4
Since one O'Clock Thursday morning
he has been conscious to such an ex-.
tent that he has been able to make
signs and mods, to answer questions
put to him and to shake hands and
recognize his father and others.
As two or more of the shot entered
so close to his right eye it is feared
that its sight is destroyed, otherwise,
with recovery there will be little or
no Disagreement.
Its most deplorable accident, and
the sympathy Of everyone is with the
unfortunate victim and his family,
and with his companion on this Ill
fated pleasure trip, who since the ac-
cident has been in constant attend.
ance at the bedside of Davis.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-15

Robert ]. Logue and Miss Gather
Inc Klingle, both of Cresco. were unit
ed in marriage here on Thursday last
by Rev. Van Nice. The bride is
sister of p. II. Klingle..... The date for
holding the encampment OF the 53rd
regiment has been changed from June
25th to July 9th. On the latter date
the regiment will be modified at Du-
buque and by marches of eight miles
per day will march to Maquoketa,
where the companies will take cars
and be returned to their homes
Waukon Democrat.
George Wetter is working for the
Elvidge Creamery Co., as solicitor and
he is doing great job......A. R. Nash
sold his hardware store to Mr.. French
OF Window, Minn., they have just
finished invoicing this week. Mr.
French taking possession Wednesday
morning. We hope that Mr.. French
will be successful and build the trade
up to where it ought to be -. A Royal
Neighbor's 3 Camp was organized last
Friday evening by Miss Mary Cook Of
Elkader, Iowa. The following officers
were elected:
Oracle-Mrs. Mabel Moar.
Vice Oracle-Mrs. Alta Nash.
Recorder-Mrs. Laura Johnson.
Receiver-MiSS Winnie Moar.
Chancellor-Miss Matte Wells.
Marshall-Mrs. Eva Chick.
Asst Marshal-Mlnnie Gates.
Outer Sentinel-Mrs e. Evans.
Inner t Mrs. Laura Rowland.
Board Of Mgrs.-Mrs. Grace Stevens,
Mrs. Laura Sanborn, Mrs. Otis Hewes
Camp Physician-Dr. Plummer.
The meetings are to be held the
second and fourth Wednesday of each
month. Lime Springs Record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-15

Miss Ruth Connolly returned yes
terday from Dubuque.
Girl Wanted-for general house,
work. Enquire of Mrs. Vernie CAS-
we'll.
LosT-A breastpin containing a
picture, ,on Tuesday. Finder will please
return to this office.
DIR. Willis Lomas arrived Wednes-
day from Villisca for few day = visit
with Cresco relatives,
Miss Winnie Barker returned
Wednesday evening from the State
Normal at Cedar Falls.
For RENT;-My cottage on East
and Street. Can give possession at
once. Apply to f. Erler.
J.H. Beadle, Doctor of Veterinary
Science. Office over Whites Livery.
Office phone, 313f; house, 313t.
Before getting your teeth fixed, see
DR.. Clemmer. He will save you 25
per cent, from regular prices.
II you want farm loan at a low
rate of interest, see American Loan
8 Trust Company, Cresco. Iowa.
Remember DR.. Clemmer will save
you 25 per cent, on your dental bill,
and give you positive guarantee.
GIRL WANrED-For general house
work. Good wages.
MRS. ARTHUR BOOTH.
Short:horn Bull for sale-Five years
old, eligible to registry, good size and
gentle. Will be sold cheap.
Chas. Hess, R. F. d. 6, Cresco.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-06-15

Peter j. Rink died at his home
southwest of Cresco at about eleven
O'Clock last Sunday evening after an
illness of about six months from con.
sumption. The funeral was held at
the German Catholic church Wednes-
day forenoon at ten O'Clock. The de-
ceased leaves wife but no children.
He was about q years OF age.
Q. d. Nichols is rejoicing over the
sale of the Aberdeen Angus bull
"Cranewood Black Night" to H. T..
Cantine, OF Quimby, Ia, for $1,000, at
the Miller sale last week. Mr.. Nichols
bought bull from Lakeside early
this spring sired by the noted "Crane-
wood Black Night" to head his own
herd, and he certainly has right to
be interested in this sale.
Mr.. Henry O'Neil and Miss Belle
McAloon went to Cresco, Saturday. to
spend Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Glass. ..Sheriff candy" Camp.
bell, of Cresco, was in the city this
morning on business. Andy is now
serving his 11th year as sheriff Of
Howard County, pretty good record
for democrat in republican county.
New Hampton Tribune.
33t per cent discount of. On ac-
count of having on hand an over sup
ply of Silver Ware, Out Glass, Hand
Painted China, ETC., we will make q
reduction Of one third less than form
er prices, now already the lowest in
town. We make this reduction in or
der to reduce stock for our heavy fall
shipment. Now is the time to get
bargains In iewelry department..
J.H. LUERs DRUG 90.
The republican county convention
will be held Saturday, June 23rd, and
in the meantime politics are warming
up considerably in the county. Prom.
inent republicans are openly making
assertions that Perkins barrel has
been tapped in the county, which
must be grievous error, as we have
always been told that no corruption.
lists existed in the republican party
and that voters were Influenced by
high moral principles instead Of filthy
lucre.
John Malek, OF Schley had bad
runaway last Tuesday. He was in
town for goods and was loading at
the depot when his team started to
run north and turned west at the
corner OF Whites livery, running to
Main street where they. were stopped.
In their flight, two surrey tongues
were broken at the Donaldson feed
barn. AS the corner at the livery
barn was turned, the box and goods
were thrown from the wheels, com.
pletely wrecking a new runabout
owned by Geo. Brown. A little far.
ther along the flying wagon hooked
into top buggy owned by Mrs. An.
drew Shafer and upset 1t in the street,
badly smashing its top.