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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-11-07

Nos. 8 and run daily between Charleston
and Middleport. l.. P. KUHN, Agent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11

Of depriving the birds of their feathers to
minister to woman's vanity.
She would hardly believe me when l
assured her that IL the feat were not
plucked every eight months or SO they
would soon fall out Of their own accord 4,
and that they were never plucked unless
ripe TO be plucked.
There are women, too, who don't know
that the long feathers are confined to the
end of the wings. Any length of feather
can of course be made by piecing short
feathers together. but the choicest long ones
have an unbroken quill, the maximum
length of which is about - inches.
But the beauty OF a feather and its cost
depend more on its width, on the length and
thickness of its hue or strands than On the
length Of its quill.
ITO some extent every feather il made,
even the handsomest being fortified with
two additional feathers underneath making
three layers in all; and five or six layers
are sometimes needed to give the tip the
very thick, luxuriant effect 50 much adj
mired.
"A single ostrich feather is very scant
and slim. indeed. and no woman would look
twice at one. Preparing the feather is
everything.
From first to last an ostrich feather
passes through nearly n hundred differ
ent hands before being delivered to the
retailers.
"A profitable business to the ostrich
farmers? Yes, indeed. The middle man
and retailer don't make all the money,
by a long sight.
The average matured bird yields from
$50 to $50 in feathers a year and his keep
doesn't amount TO much. Average this
sum up at $40 per head and Africa 800 900
birds will give something like sl4 500 900
a year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11

not say enough in condemnation of them.
1t may be true that they teach a moral
lesson, but you have to go through so much
mud before you get your lesson that when
you reach ii you are too busy scraping the
dirt OF to know that it's there. Mrs.
Warren's Profession il an example; moral
lesson, yes, but beneath tons Of dirt.
do l think that stars like Forrest, Booth
and Cushman would hsve the following to-
day that they had formerly? sincerely do.
I believe that they were geniuses and would
be geniuses to-day just the same.
They had one gift which seems to be
lost now. the gift Of the voice. How often
do you hear modern ~playgoets speak OF
that, the greatest Of all charms that an
actor or an actress can possess?
Il miss those voices to-day, the voices
that could thrill you. force tears and smiles
at will, that rang in our ears long after
you had left the theatre, that would bring
the players to the wings and was always
the preeminent Characteristic. A man
might be ugly. awkward and possess other
faults, but il he had a beautiful voice he
was well equipped; 40 with a woman
Il think the voice Of Charlotte Cushman
remains most persistently in my mind
There was one play where a man comes
on tho stage and begins 20 talk; there. is a
child in tho cradle and as he advances she
stops him with n gentle 'Sh-h-h; you'll.
wake the baby the most simple. most
natural thing in the world. and yet the
softness the g~entleness Of that great sono-
rous organ that most people associate with
such parts a Marie Stuart, Lddv Macbeth
and other tragic roles. was indescribable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11

not even a personal machine. Just like tho
one that played before you and like the
one that will come after.
I'm the time of which I am speaking
we did not refuse suggestions-we often
asked forthem-but it WAS believed that our
personalities were our valuable capital
and 70 interfere with them would he to
hamper our action and to make the play
mechanical. Very often you would talk
over the scheme Of a character with the
author.
THE other day a young actress said to
ME: Mrs. Jones, did you nave any theatrical
schooling?' and l said No. and then gasped
God forgive me, l have had the best of
all trainings 1 commenced in the lowest
place and OH my way along ! had an oppor-
tunity to see what others were doing.
In those days a company would stop a
month, sometimes longer. in one town and
often the star would leave to be replaced
by another, who in turn was scheduled for
only a certain number Of nights, 30 we had
always the excitement Of the new arrival,
the study n comparison OF methods.
What greater help could there be to the
beginner?
On one occasion We were billed in Buffalo
for a months productions, a change OF
play every night. The theatre was owned
by a man named Mech, who also owned
the hotel where we all stayed and paid
good board, and among other out
side interests he was In the canal boat
bus ness.
AT any rate, he told the actors that in
their leisure hours he expected them to
help him load the ana boats and they did
It, too. We didn't seem to think there was
anything especially strange about it, but
when I consider what a present day stock
company might say IL confronted with a
theatre owner like that / can see the humor
better than I did then.
Il remember well reaching a town where
l was to play leading lady with a stock
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11

"She was a hard taskmistress. and l
understand that on her deathbed she said
many times how sorry she was that she had
not been more gentle in her methods. but
for all the harshness she was a great in
SEPARATION to the young actress who had no
other way of learning but in the stock COM
pany where she played year after year.
watching. observing. often i'll treated,
usually forgotten except when she was
speaking her lines.
Generally speaking. however. l do not
see that we had any more severe training
than takes place to-day and the greatest
difference l note is really to the advantage
of those old time ways. For instance, then
when you were handed a part to learn you
were given no instruction at all; it was
naturally assumed that if you were selected
for your ability to play you had brains
enough to interpret it and certain personal
methods that should not be interfered
with.
"A stage manager would never think OF
telling you to sit down. to stand up, to
walk this way or that, at what angle to
hold your arm and how many swallows OF
tea you were to taxi before you could lower
your cup and saucer to the table. Now
you will hear all these trivialities delivered
by the stage manager as il they were matters
of supreme importance and when the
stage manager is author as we'll you are
lucky if he doesn't tell you when you can
breathe.
While all this tends to making the tech.
nique perfect it certainly does not tend
to naturalness. for it makes the player
into a machine and you feel that you are
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11

company. i arrived late Saturday night
and all the way on the train had been study
ing over the part OF Pauline in the Lady OF
Lyons in which i understood l was To
open. When / arrived very late on SatuE-
day night l discovered that l was billed 60
make my appearance as Juiidnd in The
Honeymoon a part | had never even read
over.
Crying and protesting did no good;
we did not ~disappoint the public In those
days and Sunday and Monday mornings
studied, rehearsed Monday afternoon and
vent through all right Monday night, and
never thought l was doing anything re-
markable.
" did not take the care of our complex
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11

Mn. W. @. Jones has since the death Of
Mrs. Gilbert been considered the oldest
actress OF prominence in the United States.
For more than thirty years she has lived in
her own house on West Thirty sever tn
street. Here she chatted with a Sun re-
porter the other day drawing comparisons
between the old days and the present.
As she came across the room to welcome
her visitor and later when she made fire.
ouent tnps, once TO the old bookcase to get
q copy of Shakespeare, again to lrd some
daguerreotvpes and again to rummage
IN trunks filed with stage finery she walked
with a queer little step that was az char
actenstic as IL she had come in leaning on q
stick and gowned in heavy old brocade. 1t
was the step OF the nurse who faithfully
attended the romantic entrance and tragic
exit of one juliet.
Il feel sometimes" she said. referring
n this part, -as II l were the nurse OF the
whole world. How many times I have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11
THE CAPTAIN AND THE MOROS.
sample Of the Methods ny which Gen. Per-
hin Won Fame In the Philippines.

A sketch of Brig .-Gen. John NJ. Pershing
in The Worlds Work affords some ~expIana-
ton of the reason why an obscure Captain
was jumped over the heads Of hundreds of
men.
He il a West Pointer and had ten years of
Indian fighting on the plains. He was in
action at Santiago with the Tenth Cavalry,
the colored regiment, and distingu ished
himself.
But his best work was in the Philippines,
where he subdued the MOros and at the same
time won their friendship. The evidences
of this friendship were sometimes a triie
embarrassing.
For instance, One fine morning the bache-
lor Captain awOke to find himself father of
a splendid eighteen-year-old boy. The
original father of the lad, the Sultan of
Cato. had paid to this mere Christian the
highest tribute OF respect and affection a
Moro Knows. and given him his heir.
Stranger things happened. In February
OF 1903 the Captain was invited TO Bayan, the
sccne OF the first fight, to confer with tho
supposedly half hostile datto of that ranch
eria.
He was received by half a dozen dattos.
who proceeded with due reli gious ceremony
20 make him one of themselves. n heredi-
tary ruler with royal rank and the power Of
lie and death 40 that he il to-day the only
Mohammedan war lord who bears the golden
STAR Of the United States on collar and
saddle cloth.
Immediately after the IN Incl
dent occurred which showed the new datto's
practical turn OF mind. An American
iag was hotsted over the Moro fort and
Datto Per-hing. wishing TO salute IL, could
find no ammunition for the purpose VA We
live %shrspnel. They burst with thrilling
pyrotechnic effect, and served 10 deepen
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11
FLOWER SCENTS In THE HOME.
rHE ART OF PERFUNING ONES
HOUSE AND GARMENTS.
- 10 Q Fad IN England and One Result Is
the Flower Garden GirI-She and Her
Belongings Are Laden With the Odors
Of Flowers FascfnatIOn in Perfumes.

The young woman calls herself a per-
hIme girl. Her mission is to carry into
The home the scents Of the flower garden.
Il first thought of it," said she, when
I was visiting the Countess Warwick last
spring upon a special mission. She met
me upon the veranda leading from her
teahouse. and the minute l stepped foot
within the house 1 noticed the most de-
licious odor
Are there gardens near2' l asked.
-'Oh no, she replied, with a smile. The
odor which you smell Is simply that Of my
home. l make a study of scents and l
manage TO make all things within doors
mel OF them
but that lovely rose smell and that
violet Whit and that jasmine perfume
surely you have natural flowers growing.
Is there not a conservatory near by?' l
insisted.
NO. said the Countess, nothing but
green grass everywhere
And then she told me some things which
led me to take up the profession Of seeming
the homes and the gowns OF women in
society.
There is no need OF trying to scent a
house all in a day, nor il there any use of
trying to scent ones robes all in an hour.
Scent In the house Ia like spice in the cake.
IL takes days and days for it TO ripen and
It takes weeks and weeks to mature.
There are only a few scents hat are
good in a hurry. Orris Is clean and sweet
smelling and desirable always, and the
readymade perfumes are always available.
but the woman who In going TO carry around
with her a lot Of garments all beautifully
and tastefully scented must manage in some
other manner.
Those who have visited the living rooms
Of the Duchess OF Marlborough at Blen-
helm have been struck with the delicious
atmosphere. The building is musty
enough, but within the apartments OF the
Duchess all is entirely different. TIL reason
Ia not far TO seek.
Standing in one corner OF n hallway
leading into the boudoir OF the Duchess Ia
q Japanese jar. shoulder high. 1t was
brought from Toxic filed with the scents
Of the Orient.
The foundation for these scents Ia the
rose. Each morning IL Is wheeled into the
room and is stirred from the very bottom,
until the atmosphere Is filed with the per-
fume. The scents are 10 we'll selected that,
no matter how much perfume IL set free in
the room, the doors never grow heavy.
The Duchess has a fad for perfuminy each
room differently. One OF her living rooms
10 filed with the perfume OF Virginia jas
port honeysuckle.
"Soenting tho house until II Is a. sweet a.
the flowers themselves Ia q great fad In
England. SandringhaIn s heavy with
the scent Of roses. They are said to refresh
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11
VOGUE OF OSTRICH PLUMES.
FASHION SENDS PRICES UP 300
PER CENT. THIS SEASON.
The Feather which Sets or wOmsn's Face
best IN Great Demand FOR Millinery
why New YORK women Pay Higher
Prices for Their Hats Thar Formerly.

These are great days for the ostrich
feather. Perhaps never in its history has
ID been held in 40 high esteem by women.
From one end of the city to the other
plumes long and short, ranging from the
highest quality to any quality at all, are
eagerly demanded for millinery purposes.
A downtown Wholesale dealer told an
inquirer that this was the hest ostrich
feather season the trade had known in
eighteen or twenty years, and an uptown
milliner said that il was di:.cult to get
enough plumes OF the handsome grade to
all orders.
The ostrich feather "a a hat trimming
il unrivalled." this miIliner said. Gains :
borough knew what he was about when he
adorned the beads of his sitters with luxu-
rant ostrich feathers.
"Lop Of the plumes from some of this
seasons hats and the result would be awful.
Take this. for example" AND an elongated
turban OF black felt was held up trimmed
at one side with three long. green ostrich
plumes which swept toward the back, the
longest when il reached the wearer's shout
der curling back again up toward the ear.
The thing wss stunning, and 80 was the
prioe-SO.
Without the ostrich plumes,' the milli-
ner explained. that shape il very trying.
But with the plumes a very plain, dowdy
looking person even might wear It and
look stylish and almost pretty.
"Oh, no. $50 Is not high for q hat with
plumes. Frequently the ostrich feathers
alone on some of this seasons hats have
cost $40, SIS and SsS, and prices sometimes
60 up because some customers are no par
ticuIar.
Tho other day three long ostrich plumes
ranging in length from "a inches to 10
inches, and two ostrich tips of 10 and s
inches, all Of a delicAte mode color, were
needed for an order. Nothing of quite the
right shade could be found anywhere and |
was Obliged to have the festhers dyed.
The customer exclaimed with pleasure
at the flst view Of the feathers. Then her
eye lighted particularly on the longest OF
the three plumes and Immediately her face
fell.
Tint plume said she. is not 40 thick
and handsome al the other two
Il had 20 acknowledge hat sha was right.
but / told her, 1t Is not absolutely neces-
sary thtt the plumss shOuld match in every
particular. Tn, plume IL OF beautiful
guilty although not quits equal 20 IN,
others and mons but an expert h apt to
notice the difference
But I notice it. she snapped. and It.
must be changed. or I Shlll refuse TO take
the hat
What did I do?
why I sent down 10 a Wholesale place,
got q plume OF the desired quality, had It
dyed TO match the others and finally the
hat was accepted by the owne with every
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11

played it, with how many dif Juhcts
and RomeSs!' She put the Juliet first as
naturally as If she were a genuine Capulet
adherent and the feud were notyet settled.
In 1870 first played 1t with Annie Boyle.
who made a Shakespearian tour. Per-
haps the fact that she used the Colley Cibber
version made a greater impression on me
than her acting: how else explain the fact
that ! remember that and forget all the
other details2 l have always liked his
version. because IL seemed to me the most
natural of any.
DAILY liked the Irving text and that il the
one used by Mr.. Bellew and Mrs. Potter
when they played together. Miss Robson
with whom also played the Nurse. preferred
the Edwin Booth version. and | think Miss
Adams used still another.
Il often think perhaps the reason Shake
speare was 80 prone to call a spade a spade
and not a gardening implement. al they
do now. was that he expected to have these
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11
AUTOMOBILES IN POLITICS.
MOTOR CARS HAVE MADE coon.
las VOTE GETTERS.
They Have Put the Tallyho Out Of Business
I'm District Leadership Campaigns and
Are Indispensable 20 h speiIbinder
with q Heavy S~peechmakinE Schedule.

Once upon a time when a man was seek
ing the Office Of leader of his district he
hired brass bands, fireworks and tallyho
coaches for parading. The first tallyho
held the members of a brass band wha
made music for the cheering crowd whicA
trailed along behind the coaches. The next
two tallyhos were occupied by young votert
waving red light torches and shouting ths
name of their candidate at the tops of theft
voices. After the parade had wound ID
and out through all the streets In the dis
trict il returned TO the original starting
place, where it disbanded.
But this year a candidate who was rum
ming for tbs Office of leader on the upper
West Side established a new idea in CAM
p~aigning. He was practically a new man
in the district and realized that it would
be a tough job TO beat the incumbent, who
had held Office for years inc was consid-
cred invincible.
He started to make himself popular by
giving free entertainments and picnics
TO the voters. 1t was not long before he be-
gan to be looked upon with favor, and his
popularity increased with time.
When the primary election campaign
ing began in earnest the candidate, in-
stead Of hiring tallyhos drawn by horses;
hired three big sightseeing coaches pro-
PEELED by electricity. The electric coaches
held more people than the old tallyhos.
and besides were a novelty which attracted
the attention OF the poople-just what the
candidate was seeking.
Pretty soon the candidates. name was on
every ones tongue. People would stop
one another in the street and ask what
they though Of so and SOS rubberneck
ago parade.
When the votes were counted on primary
n light il was found that the new candidate
had beaten his older rival by a small ma
iority. The defeated leader cried fraud.
but nobody paid much attention TO him.
sympathy was all with the newly elected
candidate.
Other candidates nave followed in the
wake Of the West Side candidate and hired
automobiles in which to do their campaign
ing. In the recent G~ubernatoriaI contest
automobiles We're essential to the candi-
dates.
II "a number Of speeches had TO be made
n one night at different meetings, lar apart.
the candidate found an automobile very
convenient in travelling from one meeting
10 The other. As soon ~ he finished with
hiE speech he hurried ont If the hall and
jumped into an automobile which WAS wait
ing at the door. The chauffeur had his or
dcr7 and knew Just where the candidate
was going. and in "A brief time the auto
mobile pull'Sl up before the door OF tho
second meeting place. This saved the
candidate great deal Of trouble and time.
Another candidate used an automobile
extensively in campaigning upstate. A
soon az he finished n speech in one town
he would jump into an automobile and be
whizzed tn an adjacent town in a short
time. - z.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-11
MEMORIES OF SEVENTY
YEARS ON THE STAGE

W, G. JONES' Old American Acue., Tells Of Juieu, Stars and the
Old Days of the Theatre.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-10-08
BULLETS IN
AIR NIGHTLY

A story is in circulation among the
residents near Neville and Johnstone
streets, that watchman at a factory
near there frequently imagines he
sees burglars, and fires at imaginary
beings. The police have received
many complaints in regard to the
midnight shooting, and action may
be taken unless 1t is stopped.
When the people arise in the morn
ings they often find their windows
broken, and yesterday morning Nels
Christensen of So Woodbridge road,
found 32 calibre bullet on the floor
Of his kitchen.
Although it cannot be proven that
the watchman at the cigar factory
fired it, it is evident that it came
from that direction. Christensen
took the bullet to the police station
yesterday morning and requested
that an investigation be made.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-10-08
SUB STATION
AT ROOSEVELT
Public Services New Building
Supplies Roosevelt, Sewaren,
Woodbridge and Port Reading.

The new electric light sub-station
of the Public Service Corporation at
Roosevelt was connected up on Sat
urday, and for the first time, Roose-
welt, Port Reading, Sewaren and
Woodbridge were supplied by the
new station.
The building has been in the
course of erection for some time, and
is constructed entirely of concrete.
Although only one story high, the
structure has powerful appliances fo-
transmitting the current, which is
sent direct from the power house at
Metuchen.
The new station, which was tried
for the first time Saturday night. ran
without hitch and will be used from
now on. The station is under the
administration of Superintendent w.
A. Belcher, of this city.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-10-08
FOUR ALLEGED
HOBOES TAKEN
Police Investigate Complaint and
Find -Four Men in Woods
Near Maurer.

Four men, giving their names as
Charlse Moore, James Donovan, John
Wilson and Charles Harris, were a.
rested in the woods near lnslee
street yesterday by Detective Hun
and Patrolman McDermott. Chief
Burke received word yesterday morn
ing that gang of hoboes was located
in that vicinity, and had torn down'a
large sign, owned by George Loeser.
After the hoboes had broken the bill
board, they proceeded to cook meal,
but were interrupted by the arrival
of the police. They were placed in a
cell. The four men, who claim to be
umbrella members, were not arraign-
ed before Recorder Pickersgill this
morning, but will be given a hearing
at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Mr.. Loeser has made complaint
against the men, and will probably
press the charge. The men are also
held on charge of vagrancy. This
is the first gang of hoboes that has
been arrested in some time.