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The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
All, cu..lns Saving.

Knives. NO matter how CAREFUL,
sharpened. are little saws: the grind.
ing away of the steel. done by the
stone. is not IA even work, but when
the edge gets thin 10 . process of tear
ing away tiny bits OF steel by the gri,
Of the stone. This tearing makes tn,
teeth. A nne stone makes fine teeth
a coarse stone coarse teeth. A carvina
knife. used on meat. 10 sharpened on Z
coarse stone or 4 steel. and has coarse
teeth. although its edge Is thick. 1t,
action in parting the meat is more that
Of saw than q dne wedge. No mat
ter how soft It may be. 1t will moi
cut easily unless It 10 drawn over the
meat aud not simply pressed down
A razor. however. with its paper. like
edge. will cut into flesh with a simple
pressure-it IL q wedge dividing the
fibers OF flesh just a. . wedge OF iron
divides the hbers Of the log it splits
But razor IL . saw. too. only as 1t Il
ground on the finest stones and late,
finished with leather strop. its teeth
are very fine indeed-hundreds and
huLc reds to the inch Of blade.-st
Nicholas.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

Column after column has been writ
ten deploring the fact that the buye,
spends her or his money away from
home. that she or he u helping to build
up the mail order house to the detri.
ment Of the home merchant. The sen,
timent is good and the cause is worthy
Of the efforts being made to stop this
undertow: but no amount OF writing,
and NO amount Of homo patriotism will
ever overcome the bad effects of the
dead merchant In the little town. The
truth can be plainly seen.
Let US turn back to the general
stores and look up the proprietor OF
any one. He probably will be found
busy waiting on 4 customer. but II no,
he will tell you that It IL not the cata,
logues alone that he fears, but also
that It Is the lethargy of these two
dealers. They are helping to drive
away trade from home.
l have wandered from the subject
and gotten over on the buyers side
Of the fence: but isn't It well at times
to look at the other side Of this ptiable
story? started to write few lines on
why People Should Trade at Home.
and have gotten into the field of Why
the Home Merchant Should Induce
People to Trade at Home" 1t may be
fair to the little town to once in a
while throw few shovels full OF earth
on the dead merchant. lest he stnketl
and polluteth the rest.
EDWARD T. HALE.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

mean by this that the majority OF buy.
srs IN no one community purchase by
mail. The business OF the mail order
house Il scattered over = large terri.
tory. the number Of orders coming
from any one community compared
with the whole IL comparatively smael
to the numbsr OF orders In the town.
There ID an exception to this In com.
munity where the homo merchants are
dead ones and ask exhorbitant prices.
To illustrate. There IL . little city In
the central part Of Wisconsin. . beau
tifui little place. with It's shady streets
and pleasant homes. Il has several
gsasral stores owned by live. wide
awake merchants. who are hustling for
business. yet are always pleasant and
ready 70 visit with . customer. They
are not put out at any time to show
goods. takiag down bolt after bolt Of
cloth aad maybe thea not making even
Q 1ve-ceat sale. They take that a.
part d their business: they are always
wiiiing 70 ssad post.hasts to the city
Tor any article they may not have In
stock that 10 wanted BY . customer:
their stocks are upto-dats aad free
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
Sheer white goods, in fact, any fin.

Sheer white goods. in fact, any fne
wash goods when new. owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered. this being done In .
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal.
ly satisfactory II proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch. which has sufIicient
strength to stiffen. without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance OF your work.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

Wenasssw oesesss Absvt tho Seeds
q Psmexs Men.

b be letters 10 Lord Granville. pub
hs1sl ~ the Royal Philosophical 20
e1sey. VITO was also greatly Interested
n lateral history. 0mithsoa. the
fosadss Il the 0mithsonian Institution
10 America. rslates bow the Aorss Of
Alexander tAs Great. Bucsphaius.
would q aisAt. o. hearing . blast Of
~ trumpet from the soldiers on guard
showing Tie approach Of the snsmy.
Sua q great spsed 70 bis master's tent
aal WITH bic teeth grab the sisspins
neaascA aa1 shake him until be sprans
iale ~ eaAAle and eallopsd toward
~ oas0y.
Also hat The great Caiiph Haroaa-si.
1aseAiA b tie eight century IN march.
iag towsr1 the forces Of Queen Irene
a ceastaatiaopie coostaatly he'd Q
au0bee q traiasd Arablaa horses Ia.
~ Aaoeeo1aats q ~ tAnous horse
1Upo1 ~ IsA0asl lyooo years aeo)
0soWA 1eewaf1 - seoaes, VITO froo
49, - t1Do rstusne1 . camp 90 by
~ooD0 ToAes-s11A
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
"cumm,no" Season Over.

Like returning miners from the Klon-
dixie. the ''gummers." amateur and
professional. are coming out Of the
Maine woods with their golden grains.
say the Boston Globe. Spruce gum
has hardly reached the weight in
gold" price. but the lover Of the bal
samic Chew" for which there Is NO
real substitute. must pay at the rate Of
$40 pound for 1t. and that In Ban.
gor. Me-. . city supposed to be the
Dawson CITY Of the gum regions.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
-. Deafness Cannot Be Cured

es,s ,Se g % :. 'asI cannot reach the d..
cure deafnsss. and that 10 By
Deaines: e caused b. 40 inaamed condition Of the
mucous ining Of the kustschian Tuba. when this
tube 70 inaamsd yoa hare rumbling sound or I'M.
perfect bearing and when Il Il entirely closed Deaf.
taken out and this tube restored - its normal condi
son, hearing will b. destroyed forever; nine cases
OUT OF ter are caused By Cstarrh which 10 nothine
Out an inaamed condition Of the mucous surfscse
We VII give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Ueeiness Scaused By catarrh) that cannot Sc cured
~ Halle Cstarrh Curs. Send for Circular, free.
Sold BY Drusefsts 49, oes'' W.
Take aalrs Family Pills for constipation.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
journalistic p,meurtIes.

Since its temperance In Belgrade
ten days ago the journal Otatsbina
has been confiscated four times. Its
editor, Capt. Novokavitch. has been
sentenced to months imprisonment:
the printers have been locked up on
various charges. and the once boy ex
PEELED to Zemlin. In spite OF these
little difficulties the paper continues
to appear daily.---London Standard.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
oheyIna hIa Command

obsylne His Command.
Benham-Did you have any com.
pany while was away?
Mrs. Benham-Nobody to speak Of.
Benham-Wasn't your mother here?
Mrs. Benham-Yes. but you won't
let me speak to her.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

= peculiar whinny and neigh reported
the proximity Of the enemy.
But. to come down to the present
day. Il 10 related By . retired New
England clergyman. whose sands Of
life had nearly run out. that one day
on leading bis horse down through .
lane 70 brook for Q drink the animal
suddenly halted and. turning it, head
round. grabbed up with ito teeth oae Of
IT, hind shoes which had Just dropped
Oh. and. holding Il IN its mouth with
the nails dangling. Il backed up assinst
. stoas wall and clappsd Il onto IT,
hoof and with few violeut kicks
nailed Il on again.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
A. the Play.

A young man was arrested In Q Man
haitian theater recently because hl
laughed at . part OF the play whsrl
excuse for mlrth was supposed to b
entirely absent. says the Brookiyu
Eagle. He was convicted aad fined
but We trust bis case can b carried
higher up. on appeal. II would b. q
10Y to have . definite and decisive
ruling - to the public display OF thu
Individual sense OF humor. II TO laugh
when others would be sileat b mis-
dsmsanor under the law. how would Il
do to jail and nns some Of Tie paper"
claqus who applaud q dull play thai
other auditors desire to da0nf
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

To be on good terms with human nature,
BE Well! Garfield Tea purities the blood
eradicates disease, regulates the digestive
organs and brings Good Health! Mann.
featured by Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn,
n. y. Sold by druggists.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

Heoes4 In Face Of reaspestlon.
Little Ethel had just returned froa
church and whispered TO Aer mothee
u great coa0dencs: "Doaooo Brew
stsr passed the money. but I dils'(
take any"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

that he was ashamed to 90 to chanel,
There's no chance Of my getting q
new suit this year. he told ~. Dads
out OF work. and Il takes all Of NJ
wages to pay the rent thought tha
matter over and then took . soversig.
from my carefully boarded savings
and bought the boy . stout warm suit
Ut blue cloth. He was 80 grateful that
felt repaid for my sacrifice. But The
next day he didn't come 70 WORK.
met bis mother Ia the street aaa
asked her the reason. why. Mr.. LID.
ton. she said. courtscying. Jimmie
looks % respectable. thanks 70 you,
cir. that ! thought would ssnd hin
around town to-day to 80 u ~
couldn't get . bstter job
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

It's tough even ON the six-footer
when he has one foot In the grave.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
Philanthropy Old Net Pay.

It requires vast deal Of courage
and charity 70 b philanthropic." Dir
Thomas Liplon was saying the other
day. apropcs Of one Of Andrew Car.
nesis's book bounties. II reusmbss
when was starting IL business. I
was very poor aad v,akins every &c.
riAcs 70 sniargs NY little shop. Ny
only assistant Was . boy OF IL. faith.
ful and wtllins and hoossG OAe DAY
I heard him complaining. aAA VIA jus-
ticA thAt bis clothes we're - shabby
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
the Aetsr's ceysplalWt.

The physician looked grave.
Il give you." hs said. "but tea noeo
years Of work."
'0rindiag bis teeth. the aetor hissel
malevolsatly:
Course you. Why didnt yoa tsli ~
this befoesf Are you aware that ~
have robbed NJ Of at least oovoa ~
well seasoosf''
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
Good evidence.

One Sunday morning recently the
pastor OF a church remarked to his
wife. upon returning from service:
MARY. there was stranger at serv.
ice this morning"
What did he look like?" asked the
wife.
II don't know, for I didn't see him."
Then how did YOU know that he
was q stranger"
Because found dollar in the con-
tribution box" replied the pastor.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

Information in regard to several ex-
cellent weekly newspapers that are for
sale can be obtained by writing to the
Western Newspaper Union, Denver.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01
OF the New School.

Are you going to send your boy to
college?"
Il don't see the use" answered
Farmer Corntossel. THE first thing
college professor does when he gets
bright idea Is to publish 1t. I'd
rather subscribe to the newspapers"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-06-01

Dyeing IL a. easy a. washing when
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are used.
Ask your druggist.
The Washington times., 1907-05-12

in "The Cay Lord Qucx." which is TO
be the second Offering of Nlr. Arden's
company.
The Washington times., 1907-05-12
At the TheaterS
EDWIN ARDEN'S COMPANY
TO OPEN TOMORROW NIGHT

Edwin Arden VIII inaugurate the
spring and summer season at the Bel
asco Theater tomorrow night, when he
viii appear in the first Washington pre-.
senatton Of Oscar Wilde's brilliant COM
edy, The Importance Of Being Earn
est" The return OF such a pOular IA
vOrite as Mr. Arden will be sure 10 at
tract a large gathering Of his friends
and admirers. and for them the man
agement has arranged a unique souve-
mir In the shape OF a flashlight photo
graph OF the audience, TO be taken from
the stage at the end OF the first act
This picture Will include every person
IN the auditorium. and faces VII be
easily recognizable 4 copy Of this
photograph viii afterwards be presented
10 each person in the audience
The Importance Of Being Earnest
ranks as the most brilliant OF all the
Oscar Wilde comedies. The lines
sparkle with epigrams and the humOr -
deliciOUsly Up 10 date. The plot Is one
Of the. most fragile ever utilized for a
play. but the whimsical idea is exploit
ed in a most artistic taShion by the
clever and satirical rendering OF Wilde
Two young women OF a romantic ten
dency wish 70 be loved by some man
named Ernest. because the name pro-
duces soul vibrations. Each IS loved BY
an up-tO-date young man. and each
young man changes MS name 70 Ern-
Themselves that il is best to be earnest
in all things. even love affairs.
Mr.. Arden viii be seen as John Worth
ing. who changes his name to Ernest
because he loves Gwendolen Fairfax:
Miss Chrystal Herne Will be seen as the
romantic but thoroughly experienced
Miss Fairfax; Charles Hammond viii
b. seen as Algernon Moncrieh who
likewise assumes the name Of Ernest.
and Miss Jessie Glendenning viii be
seen as a sweet but up-to-date country
girl The play viii be handsomely
mounted ard viii be presented under
the artistic stage direction OF Mr.. Az
den There viii be matinees at popular
prices Wednesday and Saturday and
the usual summer scale Of prices viii
prevail az evening peri orfnances-
Pinero's brilliant comedy. The GAY
ord QueX. viii be the bill next week.
Mr. Arden VIII be seen in the role OF
Lord QueX. created by John Hare. and
Miss Chrystal Herne viii be seen as
SOphy Fullgarney. the manicure girl.
The Washington times., 1907-05-12

Eleanor Robson VIII begin the last
week OF her long engagement in the
The Washington times., 1907-05-12

viii play "Salomy Jane every evening
and on Saturday afternoon The last
Two wednesday afternoons viii be de-
voted 20 peri OrmanCeS OF Merely Mary
Ann The Liberty will close Tor the
season on the evening OF Miss Robson >
last performance. May Is Miss Robson
probably viii not feature -Salomy
Jane next season She said the other
day 1t is the terror Of my stage life
10 be forced 10 play one part c0ntin-
uously- No matter how much care one
exercises II is only a question OF time
until one becomes mechanical and
forced, and when this happens the meri,
or the performance must suffer The
actress who would do her best work
should change her characters frequently.
ior only with a renewed interest can the
true inspiration be invoked. and the
constant and continued repetition OF
lines and situations must in time be-
come more or less automatic. I want
70 play different parts continually. and
II Is Tor that. reason that we are trying
TO find a sufficient number OF suitable
plays that will permit of IT,
Collier. who had his 10th performance
Of Caught in the Rain last week. gets
around that BY continually. changing his
book. To a local interviewer he said re-
Gently a successful farce isn't writ
tent is rewritten When Mr. FrOh-
man. VINO contemplated a London pro-
duction II Caught in the Rain cabled
for the book Ee found the original COPY
had been changed so completely that 10
get a correct text we had to bring in two
stenographers, who took the words OF
the play down from the actors lps. and
the business Z ON their acting.
And afterward the play proved so
popular here that Mr.. Frohman has
postponed our London visit until next
year Meantime We finish the season
here, then visit the principal cities next
season, probably producing a new play
late next season. before going over 10
London.
Even now. at the I50th performance
changes are being made in the play. Il
keeps the actors fresh in their parts and
gives an added zest 10 the Performance
IL calls for more rehearsals. of course,
but even at that the work Is easy.
Next week vii wind up Ethel Barry
uore's present very successful engage
ment IN New York and on May IS Miss
Barrymore viii begin a tour which viii
take her as far west as Victoria. B. c.
Rose Stahl tomorrow night viii enter
upon re last five weeks Of her New
York engagement IN The Chorus
Lady IN the Hackett Theater
The Washington times., 1907-05-12
Movements Of the Stars.
Their Plays; Their Plans

Guy Standing has been engaged by
Klaw & Erlanger and Joseph Brooks to
play the part OF Charlie Steele in Eu-
gene w Presbrey's dramatic version of
Sir Gilbert Parker's novel, The Right
Of Way" which will be presented in
October. At the conclusion Of his en-
gagement with Miss NazimOva, Mr.
Standing will go to London TO play an
important role in a new production.
While there. he will consult with Sir
Gilbert Parker in reference to his char
acter in The Right of Way" The
opening date viii be Montreal. October
Z. The production. which will be one
of the most conspicuous OF the coming
season. VIII receive its New York pre-
miere at a Broadway theater in No
vember. other engagements for this
play are Theodore Roberts. May Buck
ley. Berenice Golden Henderson. Paula
Gloy, J. Tuohey, Alexander Kearney.
The Washington times., 1907-05-12

jugglers, burlcsque tramps. and black
face acts But emphatically you never
can tell" The day may come when any
one Of these Will need the money
And as a cynical advance-agent said not
long ago. They're all going into vaude-
vile these days. They have 10; it's the
only way they can make enough money
10 be able TO afford a season in the
Legitimate. "
II must be a profitable game when
Vesta Victoria. or a Vesta TiHey. or an
eighteen-year-old Elsie Janis is paid
5000 a week. The salaries in vaudeville
are much larger than in the regular
theaters. Lily Langtry returned to Eng
land $4,000 the richer for five months
trip on the vaudeville circuit
Ii was asserted that Lillian Russell
received more than 5000 a week for her
brief dip into. variety last season. In
the days before she abandoned her ar
tistic notions Cecilia LOTUS spurned an
offer for $3.50 for a week OF mimicry
IN the Masonic Temple Roof Garden.
Charles HaWtrey was paid more than
s. 900 a week for his performance in
the bright little sketch. Time Is
Money" Rose Stahl was started on the
road TO wealth by the success Of The
Chorus Lady" I'm one-act form. and
James Forbes. the author, was enabled
by the royalties from the original
sketch alone 10 purchase a farm in
Ncstchestcr county.
These things being so. 80 is not TO
be wondered at that tIlaw q Erlangcr,
VIGOROUSLY the money-rnakcrs ~ the
theatrical world should have broken
into vaudeville All experience shows
that there arc not enough variety the
alters for public needs Wherever "A
vaudeville house has been opened IL has
at once found rcmuneratIve patronage
washington has hut one first-class
vaudeville house. and that is undOubt-
cdly the best paying theatrical property
in town.
II requires no Colonel Sellers TO see
that there are millions i'm it. Naturally
the more millions you put into ii, the
more you'll take out. So Klaw & En-
LANCER have plunged heavily. They
have associated with them in their en-
terprise the best Of the theatrical young
blood. George Conan and Frederic
Thompson are without peers in their
respective lines
Thompson IS enthusiastic over the out
look. He believes that the develop
ment OF variety has hardly begun, and
looks forward to the day when the vau-
deville and Legitimate. houses will
stand on q plane of equal dignity. Per-
haps his hope in This. direction may not
b. realized; stiI the variety theater has
been rising steadily in prestige. Three
years ago IL was almost impossible to
tempt prominent players to appear in
variety. but there is no such hesitation
at present. The quality III the vaude-
willie. performance also shows great i'm
rrovcmont. and another sign of the
times is the fact that Thompson was re-
ccived with cordiaIity when he ap-
preached our big dramatists with offers
for one-act plays.
DC is an inviting program that Thomp-
son has announced. Each performance
will be timed 10 last two and one-haIf
The Washington times., 1907-05-12
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or TWO. and that the Shuberts them
selves can concentrate their efforts
more. As a matter Of fact il is these
associates who have made the best
showing the past year. The Shuberts
have sent out plenty OF good shows, bat
I'm their attempt Co keep All their the
alters filed they have sent out much
that was scarcely worth while. Where
as a F'iskc or a BclasCo production is
sure TO be- up TO standard The few OF
Miller's that have reached Washington
have been well worth the price Of adj
mission. and neither Weber nor Field
has ever been accused of dealing in
lemons. And with fewer houses to cater
to the ShUbcrt productions are likely TO
he more reliable. SO that on the whole
while Washington is really out of the
track Of the tornado, its pc sSage is like
ly to clear the local atmosphere a bit.
NJ. Med.
The Washington times., 1907-05-12

Louis lie Bey Augnon Beranger, and
Henry J. Hadfeld. Richard Marsden.
the scenic artist. is at work on the
scenery
The final rehearsal of the school chill
dren who are to sing AT the New Ma
tional next Friday, viii take place at
the theater Thursday afternoon. IL will
be public rehearsal. given Tor the
benefit of the parents and friends Of
members OF the chorus. over 500 chill
dren win be heard Friday night Miss
Alys e. Bentley viii conduct.
Miss Chrystal Herne's new manager.
Mr.. Dillingham;. will come to Washing
ton this week to see her work as Gwen
doIen Fairfax in THE Importance Of
Being Earnest" and he will remain over
few days to witness her appearance
as SOphy Fullgarney. The manicure girl.
The Washington times., 1907-05-12
Success full Season,
Both Artistically and
Financially, NoWClo
ing The Primrose
Path" the Week S Nov
elty---ActOrs' Fair.
NEW YORK. Nav II.

THE profitable
published statement places the receipts
during the $s5O00; while
altogether
probable they double be-
many practically
long during just closing Never have
recor
Margaret Nycher
Bayar1 WELLER The belongs the
puts category
sched the thear rather than character
elemental Of creature capable Of sacrifice which
holds IT, chooses
in IS
gueess Injuries the only
save his concierge Forthcoming
The Washington times., 1907-05-12

Clicks From a Press
Agents TypeEUrfter

Other people are curious phe-
nomena.
Many are written but few are
produced.
a successful star is the noblest
work of a press agent.
Most people who fall from
grace don't fall They jump.
How TO beat the ponies. Use a
club-on yourself.
Very few men ought ever to
marry-it's such an injustice to
the girl.
1t isn't always a play that an
actor lacks. Just as often it's a
public.
The trouble with the trusts is
that they don't trust anybody but
themselves. Not even each other.
h. L. CITIZEN.
The Washington times., 1907-05-12

Nellie V Nichols. who used 20 be
popular here in the old days when the
Majestic was the Bijou and had 4 stock
company, and who has since been play
ing a leading part in one Of the Sultan
of Sulu" companies, is to be one of the
features Of the popular concert at the
Columbia tonight.