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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

The Philippine department ~ ecu
cation has done more Jo p8cifS .hs is-
lands than amy other department OF the
American administration The excel
bent work ~ the I,t0C American school
teachers IS bearing IruiJ SAYS the
South China Morning Post ol Hong
kOuE
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06
) ou onn s.e. An-n,. Eool-En.s LIZ

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\. y. fer 4 FREE sample ~ Allen Foot
Ease s powder fc sha6t intn your shoes.
IL cures tired sweating Not swollen ach-
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06
q Mortifvlno Ansmer

Richard aged 2 wears in company with
his parents was visiting friend Al
the dinner table he was asked 70 have
some cake Fu hcs.tateo
Say quickly Richar0 VIII sou have
some cake said has mother
Imagine her chagr:u when Richard re-
p..ea: "If its the Kind we have al home.
! don't wa~s any"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

From L5puiucort Magazine
In Ftfrh aveuu, SUNDAY school
Teacher: Why must we ALWAYS b. kind
20 the poor ErnCI"
Ethel tslEh-lv mixed. Because among
the suuary and manifold changes OK this
wicked world We uout know hov soon
they may become rich
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

The bishop uf DiEue stated recently
in the Paris Gaulois that while some
~ the priests are nov living or their
savings, others are supporting them
selves hy mendiuc watches making
beehIyes and knitting JERSEYS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

IT|u -06 EhIla00-WEla -"dEeI
- object ~ yhar question your hauOr'"
exclaimed the attorney flv the cEteud-
ant
son the ground that * is iuperttucut,
.mruaterial and irrelevant j presume
''on.y tht FIRST your honor IT'S ,ual-
ly IupuGeut why au answer Il that
question would give ms client dead away
Naturally SO delicate point had TO b.
taken under advisemaut
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

= h.Iuf latFu all NerFors pisrEsrs
isrralanenttg uresi ry b.
Nerve Ers,freT Iares - blfie
al J. kim Street rhils-eiUuta. D..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

Many q Et~ who has mischief N
her eye has goodness IN her heart
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

A woman's confidence IN man usu-
ally depends apou her liking for him.
rather than upou his reliability
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

It's things we aon't get that often
make Us the happiest
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06
CHEAP Recreation.

II @ HsvemeyeT the famous bead Of
the American sugar industry SAID OF a
mucErabine maEazine article
Articles such as this don impress one
with their sincerity or thoir 1usticc Read
ms thtm. ore Is renliueoed 81 the rich
old woman who said to her daughter
'lsu q, dg, anc stund2
Dun and stupid IS ne word for g.
the daughter answered i am bored %
death
The mother yawneG
Ring for the cook she said wen
e<te her regular good scol9ine Jus; 20
kN time
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06
The Country Has
No Superior

Goal WOOD and water in abundance, churches
snd schools convenient: markets easy Of access;
taxes .ov; climate the best li thc northern tenn
perste zone. Law and order prevails everywhere
FCr advice ard Information ADDRESS the
Superintendent o. Immigration, Ottawa Canada
~ the aufhorsZe3 Canadian Government agent
W r Scott, Superintendent Of Immigration.
OtiaWa, Canada OF J. Holmes. sIs Jackson
ST.. 81 Paul Minns ] NJ MscLachlan, BoN II6
Natertown S0uu Dakota, and W. y. Bennett
soI New York Lie Building, Omaha, Nes,
Authorized Government Agents
Fissss ssy where you this advertisement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-04-06

SIOUX OiTY P'Tc CO, i,is4- a. 1907
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
The Youngest of the Barrymores.

There was a great deal Of interest dur
Ing the past week in the comedy pre-
sented at the Columbia Theater. "The
Boys Of Company b" by q company
headed by the youngest OF the talented
Barrymore family-Jack, whose man
ayers, now that he is IL star. want 10 re-
Christen him John Like his brother
and sister, Ethel, Jack Barrymore has
that priceless gift TO the player OF per-
s0nality; that indehnable, subtle some
thing that reaches away out over the
foouights and grips tight hold OF the
sympathies of the audience Something
OF this quality may be cultivated. but at
its best it is born into a man. is an In
herent gift which ne has only 10 use
wisely to command success fin the dra-
matte field Miss Ethel Barrymore has
It in marked degree, and the first sight
OF her face wins the sympathy of her
audience, and the sound Of her voice.
which she has learned 10 use 50 clev-
erly, marks us for her own.
This gift Of personality IS a natural
Inheritance from the gifted Maurice Bar
rym0Te, Jacks father. a wonderfully
clever actor genial raconteur. polished
arabout-town, and ideal clubman Jack
Barrymore, while his voice is not par
ticularly strong. is yet able to use it
sdIlfully. and it is as clever in its mod
ulati0ns and infections as that of his
uncle, Mr. John Drew.
Indeed, in many ways Mr.. Jack Bar
Tymore reminds one Of Mr. John Drew
Like his uncle. Jack Barrymore gives
his audience the impression. At once. that
they are listening to an educated gentle
man: he wears his clothes well. as if they
were part Of him. and he has learned
what so few actors ever really learn.
and what the man Of poor breeding
never does learn, what to do with his
hands
II cannot be said that Miss Rida John
son Youngs play, The Boys of Com
pany D." gives Mr.. Barrymore all the
opportunity that he might desire It is
a simple comedy Of rather loose construc-
ton and making more than ordinary de-
mands on dramatic license It's situa-
ti9ns are a bit forced and once or twice
unnatural. but there are certain episodes
like that OF the proposal over the
speaking-tube-that are strikingly clever
II is easy to be understood, too why ar
Arn3ld DAILY should have thought him
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
Plays for the King.

The dramatic tastes OF the Ring OF
England may be judged from the follow
ing list of plays, performances of which
he attended during the late London sea
son. They were: His House in Order. "
The Bondsman." Les MarveiIeuses,' -
Peters Mother" The Dairymaids, "
The Man from Biankleys." THE Nor
ais Of Marcus ''Toddles," lie Voyage
de NJ Perrichon, Education de Prince, -
''The Stronger Sex when Knights
Were Bold Les Affaires Soat lie At
flares. L'Age Difficile." Skies and
Sevens," THE Impudence OF the Crea-
ture. The Merry Widow" THE Cor
siean Brothers,, Mrs Ponderbury s
Past" SIy Wife" and lie Maitre de
Forges" It VIII be noticed that the King
gave no encouragement to the American
invasion OF London.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
NOTES OF THE STAGE

Joe Lesser has resigned his position as
treasurer Of the New Gayety.
Joe Clifford, a Washington boy, is chief
electrician with the "Follies of 1907
Paul Armstrong is at work on new
play for the use OF William Farnum later
in the season.
The Marco Twins closed with the
World Beaters'' IN Pittsburg last week,
and viii now return to vaudeville.
a company is being organized TO play
Peter Pan when Maude Adams with
draws from It TO appear in "The testers. "
Viola Allen viii appear this season in
AS You Like IT," and will also give
special performances Of The School for
Scandal"
Flo Irwin Is reported to be making a
success in the West. in a new sketch by
George Ade, called Mrs. PeckhaIn
Carouse."
Mrs. Richard Mansfield and son have
left Seven Acres, New London. Conn,
and gone to Maine for the benefit of Mrs.
Mansfields health.
Henry Blossom is writing the iibretto
and Victor Herbert the music for the
stage version OF the New York Herald $
pictures of Little Memo"
Sarah Bernhardt IS planning q gor-
geous production Of Faust" for her next
tour, which is to be her very, very last
swing around the world.
This is the last week Of Eleanor Rob
sons enge cement in New York, and, ac-
cording to present plans. she will not re-
turn 10 the city this season
"The Morals OF Marcus Is being re-
hearsed by Charles Frohman, and will be
produced October Z. with Aubrey Smith
and Marie Doro in the principal parts.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
The Writing Of Shakespeare.

Much time and considerable research
has been wasted by the curious who have
sought to prove that some other than
William Shakespeare wrote the PLAYS
which we know as his. The holders Of
the theory that Bacon wrote the plays
are legion. 1t is now sought 10 prove
that the real author was Sir Walter
Raleigh. and Mr. John W. Postgate has
gone a long way toward making the
theory seem, at least, tenable. One Of
the most curious resemblances is between
the famous solilOquy OF Jacques:
"An the worlds stage
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances.
And one man in his time plays many parts 80
And one Of Raleigh's poems which runs:
What is ouE lifel The play Of passion.
Our miTth? The music Of division;
dur mothers woGabs the tiriug houses Be.
Where are dressed for LIES short comedy.
The earth the stage: heaven the spectator is.
Who SITS and views whosocr doth act a1niss
The graves which hide us from the scoTching sun
Are like drawn curtains when the play is done
Thus playing post 10 our latest rest,
And then die IN earnest, not IN Jest"
It IS very evident from much Of the
writing Of Raleigh that he had q strong
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
REAL BULLET IN STAGE DUEL.
George FRWcett Has Escape in Re-
hearsaI of "The Silver Girl"

/ Had it not been for the fact that George
Nash, one of the principal players in
| Charles Klein's new play. The Silver
Girl" remembered a rule concerning the
/ use OF property" firearms on the stage
George Fawcett, the star Of the play,
would probably be in some hospital at
this time.
| 1t is the duty Of a property man TO
see that all weapons used in a production
are examined before. being handed to the
| players; but through some neglect, when
firing off a pistol that was supposed to
contain only an innocent blank cartridge.
a bullet from the pistol of George Nash
/ hit the stage flooring. and. after tearing
/ through the canvas covering, glanced OF
and went through the air with & zip"
/ that created intense excitement and for
! several moments broke up the rehearsal
completely. II missed the head Of George
/ Fawcett by little less than a foot
| The shooting occurred in the third act
Mr. Fawcett plays the part Of Jefferson
/ Hunter. a Westerner. Miss Jane Oaker
plays Mrs. Hunter. and AIr Nashs part
/ is that Of Nathan Hargrave. a man
about-town. Hunter. according to his
| Western ideas, wears two guns as part
/ of his wardrobe, and as he walks down
/ Broadway he is arrested for carrying
/ concealed weapons. The judge who fines
+ him permits him to keep the guns after
| having secured his promise not to use
| them until he is out Of the State. In the
| third act, when he and his wife and Har-
grave are on the stage, he declares that
/ he VIII break his promise. and let Har-
grave have the contents of his pistol as a
reward for his rascality. It is one Of the
dramatic points OF the play.
/ Mr. Fawcett, during the rehearsal in
question, opened the parcel, and, handing
! one Of the guns to Mr.. Nash. told him
| that he could have a chance for his life
all according 10 the book Of Charles
I Klein's play Instead Of the harmless
blank cartridge, which should have been
discharged. a bullet left the muzzle Of
| the revolver, cutting its way a foot past
Mr.. Fawcett's head. and buried itself in
| the floor OF the stage. 1t Is supposed
that the cartridge was put into the cylln-
der to see how it would ft. and that
somebody forgot to take it out prior TO
shipping the revoivers TO THE Silver
Girl company. Hereafter it's going to be
inspect arms before the property pls-
tolls are used
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

self miscast in such a comedy. There is
nothing subtle about it. hardly any at
tempt at characterization, and It shows
eommendable effort on the part Of the
author 10 allow some enc besides the star
TO accomplish things on the stage. There
Is plenty of wholesome. clean laughter In
the comedy, and altogether it furnished
a refreshingly bright entertainment that
was well patronized in spite of the heavy
opposition Of musical shows at the other
theaters.
1t was good. too. to see Mr.. Werner
Charges playing rollicking low comedy
part. but not surprising that he did IL so
well, when one remembers that here is
an old player Of the English school just
passing away. He was c member Of that
famous Bath stock company which many
years ago had Sir Henry Irving playing
Juvenile parts and Ellen Terry as an
ingenue. During the days when Mr.
Charges was a member Of this company
the players were required 10 be up" IN
all Of the classical plays and able to jump
at a minutes notice from Macbeth" TO
The School for Scandal. ." OF from Ham
let to Love in a Wood" Mr.. Charges
and HIS career link Us with the dramatic
glories Of a past age, for his recollection
goes back 10 a time when, as a lad Of
seven, he saw that fine actor, Charles
Kean, play "Othello."
The Boys Of Company B, while not
a great comedy. and which can only hope
for success Of the moderate kind, is a
good enough vehicle for Mr.. Jack Bar
rymore's first starring venture. Already
he displays a sureness of touch that
augurs well for his development, and d
season as a star in this little comedy
should teach him much that Will be of
value TO him. It viii pave the way.
also. TO higher and better things, and il
viii not be at all surprising if he should
develop, in the course Of the next half
dozen years. into one Of the leading and
most popular Of American light come
dians.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
The Revival of Virginius

/ Last week at the Lyric Theater New
York. Mr.. James O-NenI. who has been
! identified with the best Of the old stage
/ traditions Of his age. revived the classic
tragedy of "Virglnius." written nearly
eighty years ago by Sheridan Knowles.
/ The play was written with the art OF
| Macready IN the authors mind. and the
| part Of the Roman father was accepted
as Macready's masterpiece. It was first
I played on May Il. 1890 at Covent Gar
/ den. London. and there is n tradition that
when, during the course OF the play.
I Macready had 70 cry My child-my
daughter-who now kneels TO you" he
CAUSED an effect Of pathos not to be sur
passed.
"Nirginius' became a favorite play Of
( the actors Of the robust school. who found
much delight IN rolling in ful-throated
voice the sonorous and somewhat grand
/ lose lines. The reviewers all liked II. too
and showered the play with praise
whenever il was even but lamely played.
Forrest found ''VirginIus" suited him
well; so did Mccullough. and Phelps
thought il mis- best part.
The New York Suns dramatic reviewer
rather condemns the revival-unheard.
He has been re-reading the old play. and
he says.
Virginia is viruogs idiot: virgnias a COM
Portable middieclsss Englishman interesting him
self In politics There is nothing Roman about him
save the dryes and The language. Bombastic rro,.
stumbling along with its feet pinched into ialnhics
unit alike 70 represent high passions or log. or
any thought q speech oi mortal man. or any proC.
ass Of nature CT any dream q art. J. l. C. Clarae
himself olald not write anything more wooden
'NrgInius, the play. IS dead to-day As the Roman
times it tries 50 Tainly 10 depict The greatest
actor, the greatest acting would be vain to bring
its foolish bones to life. The best that co<,!d be
hoped would be A specions kind Of eloqueuce Of
rant. Mr.. ONeiH is worthy of better things than
that"
Mr.. William Winter thinks differently,
however, and declares that Sheridan
Knowles tragedy stands for 'consum-
mate manliness. innate dignity beautiful
paternal affection. and sublime heroism- %
The truth probably lies somewhere be-
tween these two extremes of praise and
condemnation. For ourselves. we are OF
the opinion that Mr.. O'Nenrs daring at
tempt in this day Of frothy musical COM
edy, TO revive a classic drama, deserves
every cOmmendation and mark of ap-
prevail Anything that will tend to turn
the stage away from its threatened de-
generation into a place merely for the
exploitation of femininity deserves en-
couragement. Our players and our dram
atists alike are losing their opportuni-
ties for lack Of inspiration and public
approval There are great actors to be
developed from this age, even in spite OF
the damnatory star system. and there
are great plays Of American life yet TO
be written But before these things can
come to pass we have got 10 regard the
stage seriously: not merely as q place
OF unthinking amusement. but as an edu-
cational force and a vital factor in our
social life
The revival OF such play as ''Vir-
ginius" viii surely do something toward
re-establishing the ideals OF cur fathers.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
Put De Amongst the Girls.

The brightest and best thing in the Joe
Weber new show, Hip, Hip. Hoorayr'
is a number brought over by Billy
Gould from London. 1t IS a song that
he found very popular in the London
music halls. and 10 which he purchased
the American rights. It is Put Me
Amongst the Girls. and goes as follows:
I was a naughty little boy.
And when mother'd send me of 10 school
/ Use 10 raise an awful noise
II the teacher placed me amongst the boys
I would be anything but good;
For there Ia sit a fretting all the day
With sighs and tear drops in my eyes,
To the teacher cOaxingly I'd say:
Oh teacher
Put me amongst the girls
Put me amongst the girls
Do ne this favor do:
You know I'd do as much for yo;l
Oh teacher
Put amongst the girls,
Those with the curly curls,
They'll enjoy themselves and 50 will I;
Teacher put me amongst the girls.
Ben Smith. a modest little man
Said: An actor I would like 70 be-
So 20 q stage door he applied
He wanted 20 be just a supernumarie
Ben learned that managers are stern.
tor when they started 70 Tehearse the play,
When Ben was placed amongst the men,
Then Benny TO the manager did say:
Oh, Julian Mitchell
Put me amongst the girls, &c
Seth Binks such pious man.
He nevet stayed out after a. m;
Cafes he used to hang about
TIL he caught cold that laid him out
Friends said; Cheer up, you'll soon be dead.
We II plant you moagst the daisies meath the sun
While Seth was gasping for his breath
He said; IF there's any planting to oe done.
Oh, doctor
Plant me amongst the girls. SC
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

The most useful word In the vocabu
larry OF the critics of musical shows (.
execute" To say that such and sucf
a song was well executed" may NEAR
manV things
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

liking for the stage and a knowledge Of
stagecraft as well as of statecraft. For
instance, in one place he says:
For seeing God. who IS the author % all our
tragedies. has written out for Us and appointed as
all the parsEwe are to play, and hath not in their
distribution becH partial the most mighty Psinces
II the world why should other men. who
are but as ths least of worms Complain Of wTongsy
Certainly there is no ether aecompt to make q This
ridiculous world than to resolve that the changes
Of fortune Of the great theater is by the change
Of garments on the Hess for where on the one and
the other every man wears bat his skin. the
players are all alike"
There is no doubt. Of course. that
Raleigh was fitted by temperament as
we'll as by learning for the writing Of
such plays as Shakespea-e's- fitted
in his knowledge of the world than most
men Of his tsne. Biographers have often
been perplexed in what category 70
place Raleigh. whether as statesman,
seaman. soldier, chemist. author. poet. or
chronologer. II all the evidence submit
ted by Mr.. Postgate Is considered fairly
il viii be seen that at any rate Raleigh
has a better claim to the authorship Of
Shakespeare than Lord Bacon.
But Shakespeare VSs a many-minded
genius. Lord Campbell found in him a
profound lawyer whose law is always
good law In Germany they found his
metaphysics and his philosophy sound.
Emerson declared that He is the no.
rizon beyond which We cannot see"
Nothing outside OF the Bible has 50
enriched the English language or slim
ulated thought SO largely as the poems
and plays which we cell Shakespeare's.
And at this day and age the question Of
who created the work which the world
has so long enjoyed really does not seem
to matter, The legacy is there; one OF
the richest ever left 10 English lltera-
ture, and in hts plays the English-speak-
ing stage will always find it's loftiest
aspirations. its largest hope.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

There VIII De no musical comedies in
town this week The local Rialto will
seem dun without those modern fluffy
chorus girls
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

Both the New York Dramatic Mirror
and the Dramatic News contain glowing
accounts Of the opening Of the Belasco
Theater on Monday night They both
agree that Joe Weber and his funmakers
gave d great show. It is a pity that the
theater did not open until Tuesday.
Washington theater-goers might have
liked that Monday night show.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

It Is announced that Nance O'NeI is TO
star as the heroine of Pinero's His
House in Order" No doubt she will play
the part well. but it is not one which
most persons would have selected as es-
pecially fitted for her
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

Three dramatic authors dare 10 test
their fate here tomorrow night II the
nations Capital approves, then all is
well.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

The production is typical Of Belasco
in all that goes to make up a performance
that holds the spectator by the compelling
power of the story, the splendid acting
and the atmospheric realism Of the whole
subject. and it enables Warfield success
fully to shake off the incubus of being
tied to one role for life. Entirely differ
ent from The Music Master" the au-
dience accepted its tears and its smiles
with as much enthusiasm as its prede-
cess0r.
The play will open Belasco's new Stuy-
vesant Theater here in short time.
FRED. F. SCHRADER,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

Hazel Kirke" will be the offering OF
W y. Fitzgerald's Kathryn Purnell
Company at the Majestic Theater next
week. The play Is produced after re-
peated requests from patrons Of the Ma
iestIc that Miss purneu and her Company
b.. seen Ia this pretty story OF love and
adventure. The Offering Will find all OF
the Fitzgerald players appearing in parts
much suitable 10 them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-07-02
COURT SEVERE ON HOLMES
Judge Stafford Comments on Absence
OF Important witnesses
from stand.

WASHINGTON, July LIN refusing some
of the prayers in behalf OF Former Asso-
ciate Statistician Holmes of the Department
Of Agriculture, for certain instructions to
the jury in his trial on the charge of be-
traytng the secrets of the department,
Judge Stafford today took occasion to say
that he would instruct the jury to the ef-
feet that Holmes should have produced
Frederick A. Peckhem and Moses Haas to
testify in his behalf. He said the fact that
the two men are themselves under indict-
ment would not preclude the possibility of
their appearance. They were the two per-
sons In all the world who could testify
whether or not the charge OF conspiracy
was true. II the charge was not true and
Holmes statement was founded on fact
they would not imperil their own freedom
in appearing in court and corroborating
Holmes testimony. II. on the other hand,
the charges against him were true they
could protect themselves by refusing to
testify on the ground OF self-incrimination.
He concluded that II Holmes had desired
the testimony OF Peckham and Haas he
could have compelled them to take the
stand He asserted It would have been
perfectly competent for the defense to call
Theodore II. Price, the New York cotton
broker, whose name has been so frequently
mentioned in the testimony.