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Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
New Stage Jokes Are Few

say, you can't get the laughs" There GER
tainly is nothing refined or parlor like In
the comedy OF the Rogers brothers, for in
stance. who talk into each others faces and
kick each other in the stomach Yet the
Rogers brothers are at the head Of their
cwn show and are coming money.
comedy line IL nothing in itself. Its eff
fectiveness all depends upon the context
ana upon the manner of its delivery There
are some parts regarded as actor proof
that is they are supposed TO be so good
that no actor can fail in them. Closer
study OF the stage, however, reveals the
fact that the number of these actor proof
parts is much smaller than is supposed, and
that after ALL the laughs come only to him
who can make the lines get them, and that
they do not lie in the lines themselves.
Much of the comedy that is heard over
the footlights comes from the race track.
Much more comes from the bar room.
There are in the theatrical business many
clever actors. who are bar room or dressing
room comedians rather than stage come
dams They are full of invention and the
stories they tell I'm bar rooms and In their
dressing rooms are plenty good enough to
go on the stage.
Some OF the comedy that is seen and
heard on the stage today goes back to the
mining camps. Leadvlle. Butte and Cripple
Creek in the early days had music halls
in which rough and ready variety perform
ances were given. Some OF the funniest
comedy, that the stage in this country has
seen sprang from those unpromising sur
rOundings. Cheap burlesque houses In San
Francisco were the green houses in which
many good strokes OF comedy came into
life. June McCree. one Of the funniest
comedians in vaudeville. got his start In
q San Francisco bunesqus house and.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Wife Cheaper Than Dinner.

Get married or treat" was the edict Of
the Mask and WIG club of Vineland, N. j.,
to the club president, Ernest Smith, mem
Der of the firm of c. II. Smith & Sons
jewellers and optometrists. AT the annual
meeting of the club last fall Smith pulled
the fatal straw" which meant wedding
for him or a banquet for the members at
his expense. Now news comes from Cali
fornia that he has escaped through the
bonds of matrimony.
When Miss Corona Lush left for the
Golden state Smith soon followed, and the
wedding took place September 20 in River
side, Cal. 1t is now up to the club &c
prepare a banquet for the couple on theii
return.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Ionely woman Nnbbed.

The first romance and the first wedding
to take place on the Minneapolis st.
Louis railroad has occurred at Florence,
Ia.
Not only is It the first wedding, but 1t
marks the marrying OF of the only woman
in the town of Florence, the elimination
of a spirited rivalry for her hand among
the pioneer residents of the booming
town.
There were great doings in honor Of the
event, the entire town, including the re-
jected suitors, joining in the celebration
Little Cupid carried on his Vaccinations
to the accompaniment of rafting dishes
and the incense of ham and eggs, but his
arrows were none the less deadly.
A few days ago Emma Sheppard was
the only woman in Florence.
She still claims this distinction, but
now signs herself MRS. W. p. Austin"
When the town was first started and a
horde of men thronged there, living in
tents and whatever they could get to
shelter them, the cry was for food.
Miss Sheppard saw her opportunity. She
was an eastern woman, delicate and with
cultured associations.
The rough conditions daunted her for
q time, but back in Iowa were parents
dependent upon her-parents who had eX-
pended their means in giving her an edu-
cation
TM result was that the delicate artistry
of her cuisine was so attractive that the
denizens of the boom town fiocked to her
table with an enthusiasm that would have
nut to shame the stated diners at expen-
sive city restaurants.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Consultation and Examination Free.
3O8 FARNAM STREET, BETWEEN 18th AND 18th ST

Rabelais, and so have .nzny ancient
masters Of wit and humor. The comic
papers help some and the almanac has been
used. Twisted a little. some of the old
time jests keep reappearing in the most
modern offerings and the comedians who
know that people always will laugh at
what they have laughed at before. but
that they are chary about laughing at new
things. have no hesitancy in using the old
material in the new way.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

,grhe Fortune Teller" a musical
ISL comedy that was popular some
lAI II seasons ago, one of the come
HsTHfy dams remarked that he had
t4ex$t Joke and that he wanted comic
opera written to put the joke in. Judging
from some of the submerged musical come
dies and comic operas that have futtered a
little while and then TOOK wing since that
day some librettists have achieved the task
of writing a piece without frst having
even one Joke. The problem Of getting more
than one is serious, and the question OF
comedy for the stage, its derivation and
history. is one OF the most interesting side
lights that the stage furnishes.
Comedy, of course. is something that
makes the people laugh. and in their efforts
to make the people laugh comedians have
gone to strange lengths. They have fallen
downstairs like Francis Wilson. tumbled
out of airships like Joe Weber and Lew
yields, slapped and been slapped in the face,
been belabored with bladders and slapsticks
and generally have adopted almost any eX-
Incident that would wiz smoker or a
gufraw from the audience. When Shake
speare told the players to eschew those
tricks that while they tickled the ears OF
the groundlings they made the judicious
erieve, he was not talking to the come
dams.
Ask any first-class comedian to give you
his opinion Of the mental standard OF the
average audience and he will answer that
the average audience loves horseplay better
than IL loves finesse; that It wants its eff
fects thrown on with a trowel instead OF
placed on delicately with a brush, and that
the comedian who gets the laughs Is the
comedian whose conduct upon the stage is
not governed by the highest sense OF re-
nnsment IF you are too refined" they
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

Stories told around hotels are softened
and twisted into such shape that they can
be used on the stage. The average actor 10
a great story teller and a good audience
for a good story teller. Out of this fact
come many of the best pieces of comedy on
the stage.
Comedy that is premeditated, worked out
and rehearsed In cold blood not always
is a sure IRE hit. For instance, one OF
the greatest lines that every was heard.
I'm a Weber and Fields show was an inn
promptu by Pete Daley. 1t was upon the
occasion OF Lillian Russelrs first appear
ance at the Weber and Fields music hall.
She appeared on the stage wearing gilt
tering tiara. 81 am sorry," said Daley, as
soon as the actress came upon the stage.
IT am sorry that you are ill.," Taken
aback, Miss Russell stammered out: what
makes you think l am me- Il see." said
Daley, that you've got lot Of cracked
ice on your head" While that little jest
was unprecedented, there was another
Daley "wheeze' that seemed impromptu,
but that was the result OF long rehearsal.
Daley used to enter just after burst
OF laughter in the wings. His entrance
lines were: Jolly dogs. these stage hands"
II seemed to everybody that he thought up
those lines on the spur OF the moment. As
a matter OF fact. Edgar Smith. who wrote
the libretto. had them in the first draft OF
his work.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
HONESTY

Men, If want successful treatment and honest deal
ings why not the reliable State Medical Institute
where not deceived by deceptive unbusiness
like propositions Such statements misleading
and used for the purpose Of obtaining
patronage. Honest doctors of recognized ability do not
resort to such methods. We do not say that we will
treat without money in advance purpose
of securing patronage, and then when you call
money payments and signed advance of rea
sonable charges; neither do promise you in
three four days. knowing it will take longer;
try to patronage by offering refund money
paid If is effected. We do not accept any
cannot cure. We guarantee q safe and lasting
in the quickest possible time, without leaving in
furious afterenecs in the system lowest cost
possible for honest skillfu successful treatment
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
TRUE SPECIALISTS

Don't allow disease weakness to take away all
the pleasure OF living Life is beautiful when you pos
perfect health You should discouraged
and lose grip life because inferior unreliable
treatment has failed to help Our special treatment
for this class of troubles which is varied
meet the requirements of each individual a
to which hundreds of cured their sturdy
health and happy condition in life.
Do not be satisfied until you have been examined by
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happy without treatment, but with advice
time and money we'll mental suffering If
you require treatment, and your is durable one,
will be treated honestly and slfuy to
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possible expense We will make thorough, searching
scientific examination of your ament, examina-
ton that will disclose true physical condition with
knowledge of which you cropping in the dark
and without thorough understanding of which ply
stefan specialist should treat you.
The State Medical Institute desires all
beware of misleading statements by which they be
deceived in effort to regain their health
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

The State Medical Institute does mislead sick
and afflicted into the belief that is going give
treatment for next to nothing for less than
conscientously be worth. The State Medical Institute
does not resort to scheming methods The sick should
beware of, and avoid any who hold false induce
ments in their announcements, which appear alurng
and in many deceive the weak sick suffering man.
who like the drowning will grasp at in an
effort to be saved. How many weak, nervous drowning
sinking graspng at straws today to get cured
of their ailments (diseases), which dragging
down the bottom of the of despair miseryt
Why not awaken to the realization of the today
Boosting promises Of quick misleading
and unbusnesslike propositions the afflicted are but
straws that will sink deeper and deeper the
of despair. Why grasp at such straws you can
the substantial treatment Of the Honest Sllful
Reliable Specialists of the Institute who
will not deceive with any false promises, will
you and restore to health strength vigor
place you safely within the boundary Of pros
perity and enjoyment of life.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

Some OF the comedy comes from the old
masters. Sheridan has been plundered
freely. So has Oliver GaldS--I4h. So has
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

strangely enough, the sketch which he is
now playing to the best audiences in the
country is the same sketch with which he
amused his rough admirers more than
twenty years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

DodEed the Rice ThrOwers.
A young couple married the other day
in New Jersey disappeared in very spec
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
WE MAKE NO MISLEADING STATEMENTS

II we could see and treat all when the first symp-
toms show themselves there would be little need
for socaed specialists In chronic diseases and there
would be few seeking rejuvenation of their phys
cal, mental and vital powers, and there would
few marked with the stamp of Constitutional Blood
Poison, and the sufferers from STRUCTURE, VARICO-
CELE, EMISSIONS, NERVO.SEXUAL DEBILITY NiPO-
TENCY, RECTAL, KIDNEY and URINARY DISEASES
and their complications would be reduced minimum
But as long men continue disregard the golden
adage, "A stitch in time nine,' and continue to
neglect themselves to exercise Indifference poor
Judgment In consulting the right specialists outset
Just SO long will there be muttudes of chronic sufferers
You should carefully avoid all uncertain experimental
dangerous or halfway treatment, for upon
OF the first treatment depends whether you will be
promptly restored to health again. all faint of the
poisonous disease removed from system
VIII be allowed to become chronic and subject you to
future occurrences of the disease with
sulting complications etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
Curious Capers of Dan Cupid

tacular fashion from the gaze of the
guests who had gone out from New York
to view the ceremony. As they we're
preparing TO depart two beautiful horses
were brought 20 the front of the house.
The happy pair appeared i'm Immaculate
riding dress, mounted the horses which
were wedding presents, and rode away at
a gait rapid enough to avoid the usual
delay that attends such departures made
I'm a carriage or a motor In spite of the
general impression among the guests, the
two did not ride far. They changed the
horses for a motor a short distance away.
.
Bride with OminOur Name.
The dreams of welded bliss that have
been making happy Mitchell Jasper, an
Indian living in Delta county, Michigan,
will be rudely disturbed if his fiancee
makes good her name. TO the county
clerk she meekly confided that she Is
Miss Mary Kick-a- Hole-in- the-Sky when
Jasper appeared to procure the marriage
license.
To make matters worse, the name of
Jasper's mother-in-law to be is Afraid-of-
No-Man, and judging by her countenance
and determined manner of speech, this is
no misnomer.
The date of the wedding has not been
thoroughly acquainted with his fiancee's
mother his friends say that he has de-
cided to learn the art of self-defense be-
fore he leads the redoubtable young
Indian girl to the altar
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14
MANS FINESTS FOR MARRIAGE

nothing
In healthy condition in every respect and greater mstal
whose polluted with
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

KIDNEY AND URINARY diseases and Weak
OF MEN of
unskful or improper treatment Of Diseases
mpas the mind and destroys mems
reducing the sufferer
Debility making social hardship and
enjoyment OF life impossible
Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-14

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-07

cheua wc.e considered wealthy for that
section " tho mountains. and Mays look
Cd up to them to such an extent that they
were allie 20 lead him into doing many
things which nc would not have done oth-
oTwisc. Berry Fllnchem had married Mary
Mays Louis sister, and Mays had be.
come engaged 90 Amy Finchem tho sis
ter or Berry
At this juncturc ono or the periodical
fcud troubles broke out in tho Lee coun-
~ hills. and the E1inchems ard Louis
Mays fought on tho Same side Mays saw
his brother-ln-law pross the trigger Of the
gun that sent a bullet through one OF the
opposing side. who was killed. Louis Mays
was the only man who saw the killing.
and was the only witness against Berry
Fii1Chcm. For months tho Ftnchcms
kept ON the good side or young MAYS
Go keep him from testlf, mg against Bcr-
ry but one day quarrel arose. and Mays
declared his intention of telling OF the
murder
4 day or two later be disappeared. and
several months later his dead body was
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-07

owiussyilIc Ky, March lI-Aftcr hght-
ing for months 90 escape rcing sont TO
tho pcnitanuarv 60 begin the sentence of
life Imprisonment which was imposed on
him FOR the murder OF Louis Mays. Berry
Fmchom has jgst been taken to the
Ffonkfor; r,uItcnuary from the Beatty
willie G,c county, Jail whore De had been
confined since last spring william Film
chem an uncle OF Berry. g. already in the
ponitcntiary serving @ sentence of two
years for the samc murder John Film
chem and John Swanson. who were also
charged with completely In The murder.
were acquitted at their trials. The lncar-
ceration of tho two Flinchoms in The pcu-
itcntiory closes one or the most noted
murder cases ever tried in thc Kentucky
mountains. and which contains probably
more unusual features than auy similar
crime ever committed
Louis Mays lived ina The Leo county
mountains. near tho homo of the Finch
ems. with his widowed mother. The Film
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-07
To INTRODUCE
A NEW SYSTEM
OF TELEPHONES

A bill was recently introduced in the
lower branch of the general assembly by
Representative Rathbun OF East Green
wich amending an act 10 incorporate
the New England Shaver Telephone com
pany, passed July %. 1891. The amend
ment Is to change the name 10 the Home
Telephone company and allow the cap
ital stock to be Increased TO $1,000. 900.
and allow a bond issue of 81 5000 1t
permits the company to erect wires,
poles and other things necessary for a
telephone plant
The bill was referred TO the commit
tee on corporations. and II passed 1T will
have considerable influence upon tele-
phone matters In this vicinity.
The charter OF the New England Shaver
Telephone company was recently pur-
chased by new people who intend TO
introduce a new system of telephones.
The company was incorporated on July
25, 1891. with capital stock of s275,000.
The charter was similar TO that Of the
Providence Telephone company. and the
company at once started TO build
plant. \ little later the United States
supreme court handed down n decision
that all telephone systems where the
sound waves were transmitted by the
breaking and closing OF electric circuits
were subject to the original patents
under which the Bell telephones were
protected.
The stockholders decided to abandon
their purpose on account OF this de-
cision.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-07
John FIinchcn

found by Josie Townsend as she passed
through the mountain Businesses looking
for a sheep which had strayed from her
rathcr's flock She gave the alarm and
certain words dropped by the Flinchems
were remembered. and all the family to-
gether with John Swanson, were arrested
charged with the murder
Berry Flinchem confessed implicating
all the others. and stating that John
Swanson had done the actual killing. At
the trials. however. it was shown that
Swanson and John F1inchem were not
guilty and they were acquitted. while
William Flinchem sixty-nve years old.
was sentenced 20 the ponitentiary for two
years and Berrp Flinchem. aged thirty
was proved 90 be the actual murderer.
and sent 10 the penitentiary for ninety
uiue years. He had since his trial last
July been trying 90 get a reversal Of the
case in the court of appeals
The case has attrarted attention all
over the country on account OF tho un-
usual phases of the matter. Berry Film
chem We shown to have cut his brother
in-laws L0uis Mays throat and thrown
his hudN over a prccipicc. because -MaNs
would not periure himself and save him
Berry Flinchem from tbcing tried for
murder.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-07
THE FIELD
c. A.
OF LABOR

The following unions will hold sessions
tonight: Painters, Labor Temple.
jewelers.. Weybosset street
Railway Clerks. Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-07

members Of the bar OF this city are to
attend a dinner TO be held neHt week. At
this time the condition Of the Judiciary
will be considered.
Candidates. II is said, 1re TO be noml-
mated for all the vacant judgeshlps. aud
It Is intended that the legal profession
shall hold a campaign in their favor as
independent OF all organization support.
Ii is alleged that among those asked 10
the dinner will be William q. ChOate,
William y. Hornblower, Austen G.. Fox.
Francis Lynde Stetson. Paul D. Cravath
and District Attorney jerome.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-07
SMALL SPEAKS
WORD Of PRAISE
FOR PITTSBURC

Pittsburg Pa, March AFTER making
an inspection OF the schools Of this city,
DR.. w II. Small. superintendent or
schools OF Providence. went last night to
Cleveland. where ne will look over the
school system OF that city.
While here DR.. Small paid the Pittsburg
schools and teachers a compliment, say
ing he had visited all the schools Of the
large eastern cities, but that none of
them were superior TO those OF Pttsburg,
either IN handsome buildings or compe-
tent teachers, with a good system be-
hind them.
Superintendent Small arrived in the city
last Friday and until today spent his
time in visiting. managing 10 get 10 all
the important buildings i'm the city. He
said the buildings I'm Pittsburg were the
finest he had ever visited. and the sys-
tenn OF teaching could not be better.