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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-23
(The CensOr.)

Did you ever see the late Larry Han
ley in his play of "The Player" il
which he turned the stage wrong side
to, and shows the audience the back
of the scenery? Or any one of the
vaudeville skits that purport to give
us scenes in the dressing-roms of
actors and actresses, with all the un-
pleasantness of the narrow quarters,
Uttered makeup table, stage hands in
overalls and jumpers, and dishevelled
and bedraggled player folk? Well,
the worst you ever saw, either IDEAL
lied in play or in reality behind the
scenes, isn't circumstance to just
a few glimpses of the seamy side of
theatrical life that have been thrust
on some people in this community who
can read between the lines. The Thaw
case cannot justly be said to have
brought anything like revelation, in
the sense that revelation is some
thing new or hitherto unfamiliar. Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw's disgusting stories,
and the other even more disgusting
stories concerning the stage record
of the Nesbits, mother and daughter,
and of others "tarred with the same
stick" were not new to people who
read the daily prints; but they were
even more disgusting for being stale.
The story in its various ramifications
and Celebrations, read between the
lines, is simply this: Evelyn Nesbit
was a passably pretty girl; her mother
saw in that beauty a marketable CON-
modify, and she proceeded to look for
the best market. She found it on the
stage through the medium of the ar
lists studios. Stripped of all of it's
false pretence and its stage trickery
such as was resorted to by the pitiful
fool of woman when she told her
story in court; and disrobed of the
artifice of that coquetry the finished
courtesan knows so we'll how to EN-
ploy, the fact is that the mother
planned to sell her daughter to the
highest bidder, and that she saw in
the stage the best agency through
which to make that sale. The sale
was made, and no doubt, Stanford
White paid mighty steep price, if
in fact, he didn't even then get dam
aged goods. That the girl was, her
self, a party to the bargain and the
delivery of the goods, can hardly be
doubted after the least consideration
Of the facts. She was at the time when
White claimed her as his purchased
property, really about seventeen years
old as time is measured, but far old
err in the experience that comes of
constant association with such COM
pany as artists models usually keep.
Oh, yes, know that a lot of people
will rise up on their hind legs, and
howl that I am traducing a highly
honorable and strictly moral class.
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group of those years of hypocrisy.
thank God for the tears.
Tears DO Much,

group of those years of hypocrisy. I
thank God for the tears.
Tears DO Much.
l believe you can take tear and
make telescope of it and see farther
toward God and glory than in any 9TH
er way.
God knoweth the proud afar off, but
He is nigh to them that are of broken
and contrite heart.
After the service the devil came and
took me by the arm. No Christian took
my hand. He said, "You are not going
to give up your law. You don't believe
in this kind of work. What do you
mean?"
l started to my Office. A Christian
brother met me and said, Lets go to
the exposition" l said, 81 have to
read my letters" He went to the Of
flee with me and waited for me.
When we got to the exposition the
pastor chose to give the experience of
the morning. He gave my very ex-
perience. l rose and said, 81 am the
man. I will do it-God helping me,
wi1l!"
Left the law.
From that day have done just as
said l would. l left the law. 1 left
my political ambition. left the books
on the shelves. left my desk un-
cleared. left the family loved. For
twelve years l have been in active
service among the different states and
territories and Canada and across the
water. I can say with others that the
things once loved now hate. tell
you in closing that never knew what
it was to live until became a Chris
tan. My mothers prayers were an
swered. She is past eighty now, and
is praying for her son tonight Speak,
ing from two to five times day, l
have seen thousands and tens of thou
sands come to know Jesus Christ.
would be fool if l doubted Gods
power to transform the human heart
and make man a new creature in
Christ Jesus. If any man will do His
will, he shall know the doctrine,
whether it be of God or whether
speak of myself l wish l could re-
claim those wasted years.
You may not be called to leave your
business and family, but you are called
to leave sin and to know the Savior.
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All he said was so searching. l longed
for hole in the floor that l might
fall through. 1t was the conviction
going deep. He asked those who had
Jesus to stand up. l did not. l was
very much interested in a crack in the
floor. My wife looked at me. thought
Il can be just as good Christian with
out bobbing up and down" The secona
invitation was for all who wanted to
be Christians to stand. l could not
stand on that, because protested to
be a Christian. The last invitation was
for those who wanted to be prayed for
to stand. would not stand on that.
took my hat and coat and went home.
But 1 was wrought upon, deeply
touched, by the message. God was
speaking to my soul. l had a trouble
some night. seemed to hear, ITO
day If thou wilt hear my voice, harden
not your heart"
All In Tears.
Next day made up my mind that
would be man enough to bring in the
family altar my father had. I never
got away from the influence of that
early training. When l had finished
with the reading of the Bible and the
little service we were all in tears. The
bitterness set in again and l started
to go down town. Wife said, "Where
are you going? There is an all-day
meeting today" said, II want to 60
to my Office and read my letters. will
go and see Mills first and ask him if
may. Since Mills came to town you
must do as he says If he says Stand
up you must stand up, if he says sit
down you must all sit down."
But there was the early morning
prayer meeting As l went by the
church l heard the singing. 1 said to
myself, II won't go in," but I walked
back and went into that prayer meet
ing. There were about fifty of the
faithful there. The pastor Immediate
ly said, "Will Brother Hunt lead us in
prayer?" If he had asked me to swear
could have done it in good shape. /
started to make some kind of formal
prayer. God changed the prayer OH
my lips. said, Lord, open the way
for me. am ready this morning
ready for service, ready for sacrifice"
knew what it meant The tears came.
made my confession before that little
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-23
REVELATIONS FROM LIFE BEHIND
F00TuGHTS; AS It REALLY IS
Rotenness Uncovered by the Trial Of Harry Stage
Merely Market Place for the Disposal of saable Com
modities to the Highest Bidder.

am doing nothing of the kind: l am
traducing nobody: am simply saying
that Evelyn Thaw, nor any other girl
over seventeen years old, could spend
two or more years in the atmosphere
of that bohemia that centers about
models and studios and all that sort
of thing, then spend a year on the
stage without knowing hawk from a
handsaw. Her mother simply used
the stage as the auction-room. The
girl knew perfectly we'll why she was
put on the stage, and what she was
expected to do while she was there;
and she did as she was instructed to
do. Whatever may be said of White,
he was not pretender to the aureole
of virtue. All New York knew him
and all about him, and he knew that
he was known fer just what he was.
Just as the girl was put on the stage
to be sold, SO did White go to the re-
cognized market-place when he want
ed to buy, just as he had done dozens
of times before. The stage, in this
case at least, was the mere place of
exchange; and the stage was perfect
ly willing to be used as such and to be
so considered. Thaw knew all about
the woman he married before he mar
ried her. He knew all about scores of
her associates, for he had long been a
stage-dcOr dangler. and no whit less
a pursuer of so-called actresses eager
to be pursued than Stanford White,
except in so far that he was weak
ling, while White was strong even in
the depth of his corruption. Among
the Nesbit girls associates, her rela-
tions with White and with Thaw and
with others, were subjects of common
conversation, as were the relations
that were taken as a matter of course
between her chums and their mash
es' and catches" If there was one
among them who was modest, who
was maidenly, who was on the stage
for any purpose save one-that of
finding the best market for what they
considered their charms. and incident
ally living easy while waiting for the
buyer, then that one was a rara avis
indeed. Possibly some good may come
out of it all in the shape of a moral
scrubbing of the stage as profession,
for certainly the filth of the thing has
been most extensively paraded; but
this Is doubtful, for there is small
hope for the sinner who will not con-
fess his sin, or who insists that he is
sinless, and that is just what lot of
these player folks are doing when they
get up and scream maledictions at
me as know they will do.
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feeling indisposed, he does not invite
his colleague to have a cocktail but in
most senatorial intonations he an
proaches the other solon and solemnlv
says:
move You sir, that the rules be
suspended this morning to permit a
Slight amendment to the constitution"
Which is adopted-and it usually has
a cherry in it-St. Paul DISPATCH.
"Houdini got out of the locked roll
top desk all right, but what the aver
age man would like to have is the Sc
cret of the trick of getting into one
when he has left his keys at home in
his trousers pocket" says the Boston
Globe. The simplest way would be 20
wear. his trousers when he goes to the
office.
Oh, So Soft!-They were from the
country and were on their way to Mi
not. 1t was their first train ride, and
he settled his "girl" and himself in a
corner seat of the day coach. As the
train sped UP the 500 line his arm
began to steal around the girls waist
and his head inclined lovingly toward
her, unconscious Of the observations
OF the passengers. Just as the train
approached Sawyer the brakeman came
through the car and yelled Sawyer"
In close proximity to Hayseed's head.
The latter hastily drew himself Unto
form" and indignantly remarked, "You
needn't 'er howled it through the car
If you did; we're engaged "-James-
town Alliance
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-23
Scissors and Paste

Would you please give me the long
est sentence in the English language ?"
The longest sentence that we know
of is the life sentence"
Now, Tommy said the Boston
teacher during the lesson in geogra-
ply. tell us how North Dakota is
bounded"
Please, ma'am," replied Tommy,
who had been reading eastern papers,
II believe it is snow-bound."
A Boston woman would abolish the
tin soldiers because she thinks they
breed a warlike spirit in the youth of
our land. Grand Forkers won't need
tin soldiers to breed the warlike spirit.
Wait till the DeMers avenue bridge is
opened again.
Senator McCumber is receiving an
average of 5000 letters day from old
soldiers, thanking him for his work in
securing the service pension biul-
Wahpeton Globe.
The Car of Russia declares that
he will rise above his enemies" And
his enemies doubtless will try to stand
back and avoid the fragments.
Is 1t This Way at Bismarck9-A new
joke is in circulation In the coterie
which adorns the Ryan rotunda. When
a senator wakes up in the morning,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-23
The Old Clothes Man.

The famous Marriage in the Snow"
scene, as enacted in "The Old Clothes
Man" which appears at the Metropoli-
tan theatre on Wednesday,, Feb q,
is one Of the most realistic attempts
of stage realism produced on the
American stage today. Amid the fall.
ing snow captain of the Salvation
Army performs the marriage cere-
mony, and the betrayer is forced at
the point of pistol to marry the girl
he has wronged. 1t is quite safe to
say that not in years has any theatre
cal attraction received the favorable
comment that "The Old Clothes Man"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-23

One hundred and eigM-five month
ly and one hundred and seventy-nine
weekly journals In the United States
and Canada are devoted exclusively
to the advocacy of trade unionism.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-23
An1usen1ents

has received from the James Kyrle
MacCurdy, the author, and Americas
renowned character actor, is in the
title role, and is surrounded by
most capable company of artists. Al
the Metropolitan on Wednesday next.
Don't forget the date.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-23
Red Feather.

Red Feather.
Red Feather has been announced for
Feb. 26, but owing to the terrible ex-
perience the company have been
through in a serious washout in the
west 1t has been found necessary to
postpone the date to March 4. The
company is large one and carry an
orchestra of their own.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-02
THE VERMONT BUILDING
Called a Model Summer Home-Acom
plete Exhibit Of Flora.

Norfolk. Va. August 1.-The pub.
licity bureau Of the jamestown exposi.
ton issues the following statement r..
gardIng Vermont day and the state cx.
hihit:
"Ncrmonts state building nj the
jamestown exposition IL a model sum.
mcr home. arranged for comfort and
ease and yet with an ese 90 artistic
beauty The building was designed by
Miss Josephine Wright Chapman Of
New York u o. two stories high. Is
finished I'm hard pine aud a. appropri.
ately furnished with unique colonial
furnishings The lowct floor ~ one
large room for reception purposes and
The upper floor contains n rest room
writing room and several other small.
er rooms. A broad piazza faces Hamp
ton Roads. giving Vermont visitors n
finc view Of the beautiful expanae OF
water aud the numerous warships an.
chorcd there.
In the way Of exhibits Vermont has
"a fine display Of superior marbles.
slate. granite and building stone Of var
ious kinds. also n splendid exhibit OF
maple sugar aud syrup. pure foods.
dairy products. fruits. fish. aud game.
wool and factory products aud an
elaborate historic exhibit
NcrmontH exhibit of fora In tho
State Exhibit palace II complete aud
instructive beyond description. II
was loaned the state by the Inlyer.
slty Of Vermont and has becH care.
fully arranged. showing the flowers IN
the bud and In the blossom. also the
leaves and stalk. The common name
Of the plant u given M well a. the lat
In name aud the leaves and flowers
are carefully attached Co exhibit
cards The fora exhibit n particu.
larry instructive to students OF bot.
any and ~ interesting TO all visitors.
Vermont day n September rs. The
members Of the Vermont commission
are: Lieut. Gov. q. II. Prouty. execu.
tive commissioner pro tenn. Of New.
port. Fred Davis Of Pomfret, n. q. Sil.
Yer Of Derby. G. s. Forbes OF ST. Al
bans. y. NJ. Goddard Of Montpelier
and !. y. Manning OF Rutland.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-02
SAYS WATCH JAP
AN OR WESHALL
REGRET
Korean Prince at New York
Warns America.
WOULD CONTROL EAST TRADE
Tlyong oul N Says Japs Have Doom.
ed Him TO Death Expects TO
See:Presldent

NEW YORK. Aug. with a warn.
ing for America against the japanese
aud without hesitation I'm expressing
his dislike for the Oyerlords OF his ma.
tive land. Prince Tjyong Oui NJ Of Ko-
rea arrived here on the steamship Ma.
jestic. lie Is returning from The
Hague, whittier he went as y delegate
90 the peace conference. appointed
prematurely. contrary 10 Japanese
wishes, by the now retiring Korean
emperor.
Japan has adopted a policy which.
In he end. Will give her complete con.
troll over the trade and commerce Of
the far east" said the prince. Japan
Il bitter against the United States and
against Great Britain. n the United
states does not closely watch japan.
America will lose her trade In the far
east.
Il expect TO see aud talk with Presl-
dent Roosevelt. but when cannot say.
I shall appeal TO him aud TO the Ameri.
can people 90 save my country from
eRacement from the nations Of the
world. II Il my purpose 10 visit sew
ernl Of the large cities Of the country
20 make a plea for my people: then
I shall return TO Korea. where death
awaits me The japanese have passed
an edlct Of punishment against me.
and I am officially a dead man"
The prince Is n dlmlnutlve man OF
twenty-three years. lie Is a typical
Korean. but on arriving here he was
attired In European clothes-a light
suit soft tourists cap. negllgee shirt.
striped Tie and long raiucoat. once be
studied In Washington for four years.
while bis father. Prince Tchlne Pomm
VI. now Korean minister NJ 81 Peters
burg. was representing the emperor In
this country. from 1895 10 1850. The
young prince speaks English. French
and Russian nuently and imprcsses one
with his sincerity.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-02
RAISE HOLY WAR
AMONG MOORISH
TRIBESMEN
CasabIanCa Beseiged by Horde
Of Fanatical MOors.
KILL EUROPEAN RESIDENTS
France and Spain Send Cruisers "a
Exact Observation-Disclosures 10 An.
swer with His Head.

TANGlER, Aug. .. 80 Dispatches
from Paris say that the pasha OF
Casahlnnca will answer with his head
a. the French government for the gen
eral security OF that city. This Is the
ultlmatum which the French cruiser
Galilce Is conveying.
Later reports say that Casablanca II
completely surrounded by thousands
90 fnnntlcal tribcsmen. aud the Euro
pcans remaining Ia the town are In
serious danger as the Moors were re-
fislng 10 allow them 90 take refuge on
board foreign ships In the harbor.,
Dr. Merle. who arrived here on the
German ship which brought n number
~ Jews aud other refugees from Casa
blanca. 4 the bearer ~ n report a. the
French charge d'afalres showing that
the slaughter 81 Europeans In Casa.
blanca was an outcome ~ holy war
preached by the Arabs for the exter.
minatiun ~ Europeans.
The Spanish government Is drawing
MP n plan Tor concerted action with
France Ia obtain PREPARATION for the
murders iu Morocco. As first step q
Spanish wnr-hlp has been ordered 90
procc,d Immediately 10 Casablanca.
ON Monday q number ~ Arab chiefs
entered Casahlnnca and demanded
that the harlor improvement works
cease. The pasha ~ Casablanca point.
ei out that this work was being done
with the sanction ~ the sultan.
Whcwupon the chiefs replied that
the sultan was NO longer their ruler.
as be- ohcyed tho Christians. They
then began 10 incite the natives 90 eN-
terminate al Jews and Europeans In
the town.
Early Tuesday the natives began
their attack by stonlng n European.
and when this man tried o. Zee no
was surrounded aud hacked 60 pieces.
This was the signal for a general NJ.
tack. aud ~ soon a. the danger bc.
came known the French and Spanish
residents rushed 90 their respective
cpusulnics Tor protection. During this
fieht NJ least eight were murdered
Ia the meantime. while the Jews
AMI Europeans were taking refuge on
h"nrd the German ship. tho Mussul.
mans hcvan 90 attack the laborcrs EN-.
plnycd on the hnrhor works.
They fired on the shore boats and
Killed several men. whose bodies were
burned one workman who tried 60
swim off 10 a ship was shot IN the wa.
ter
u Il fcarcd that Cnsahlanca win be
Invaded by Arab trIbcsmen from the
desert
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the residents of the village brings out
the fact that practically every house.
holder Do willing and anxious to throw
open bis house for the accommodation
Of visitors during the fair.
Papers have been served on Mrs.
Guy n. Knight uf North Hero By an
officer irum Hyde Park laying damages
nc $4,000. Tn" allegations set forth
that Mrs knight went up to Hyde
Park Ia Visit her daughter and aonin.
law. Mr. aud Mrs Dawson McGrcgor
aud her four little grandchildren by n
former marriage and while there Undue.
ed Mrs McGrcgOr Ia leave her husband
which she did in less than one year NJ
ter their marriage Mr. McGregor has
tried 10 have his wife return hut all his
onlroatloa have been IN vain and now
be- asks his mothcr-in.law 10 square &C.
counts for the loss Of his wife aud four
little step daughters
The announcement OF the shipment
of two cannon. relies of the 81 Adams
raid from Montpelier to Governor Proc.
tor brings light 10 the fact that two
cannon which have stood for years on
the green In front Of the Rutland pub
lie library were part Of the same con.
slgnmcnt The records Of Gen. Levi
G. Kingsley OF Rutland. then quarter.
master general show that the cannon
are not really relies OF the raid as they
are part Of n consignment OF eleven
field pieces and 10000 guns sent u
Vermont by the government four
months arctic ihadr ybgkqjcmfwy
twelve regiments Of infantry. one OF
cavalry and three batteries. organized
TO guard against any further trouble
on the border.
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INK a short yachting cruise aud are cX.
pcctcd to arrive ~ Specdwcll Farms,
l.yudunyillc. this week. Mr. Vail b.
president ~ the American Telephone
and Telegraph company and divides
his time between his palatial estate
just west Of l.yndonyillc aud the com.
pany's Office In Boston.
Murlllo Noycs. ~ years old. formerly
resident at burlington but for the
past twenty years living In Washing
ton. H. c.. was found nimlcHsly wander.
Ink on the streets of Burlington Mon.
day. The chief Of police In Washing
ton nad previously tclcphoncd "a the
local chief at the request of Mr.. NOyea'
family Ia locate him II possible. lie Is
evidently cnfcebled by age and Is SUP
posed 10 have left his home without
the knowledge OF nis household.
Officer A. G. Hamol ~ Morrisyillo
was notified recently by states Attor
ney W. ". Tracy of Johnson 10 arrest
one Como. known as Eddie Como whu
went to Morrisyille from Waterloo
Que. some months ago and who mar
ricd Miss Lillian Muzzcy May I. II Is
alleged that Como has vile living IN
Canada aud he was arrested ON the
charge OF adultery and taken 10 John
son where hearing was held aud Co
mo was lodged In the county jail. bail
being fixed at 5000.
officials Of the Boston a Maine and
Woodstock railroads have been In
White River junction and looked over
the old rOadbed 20 the Iair grounds
They decided that they would lay n
track from the line OF the Woodstock
road TO the grounds aud that during
the state fair. October I. 9. and 3. the
Boston a Maine and Woodstock raj
roads would equip and manage the
same. Trains will be- run every few
minutes 20 the grounds. A canvass oI