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Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27
I" SHAM !" is
WELL LIKED
NEW COMEDY PLEAsEs A LARGE
AUDIENCE
sAuTHoR COMPELLED TO MAKE A
SPEECH
Play Is Remarkable for the 5rilIianey
Of Its Dialogue and for clever-
ness of Character
Types
by sIpLE LAWRENCE

Geraldine Bonner and Elmer B. Harris
society comedy of SHAM was produced
at the Los Angeles theater last night for
the first time on any stage. The comedy
is light and dainty. with a brilliancy of
lines and an incessant fash OF wit that
illumine the entire story. 1t was seen
by one of the largest and by far the most
representative audience ever gathered
within the theater, and the audience be-
slowed upon It an unqualified approval
that must have been highly flattering
both to Mr.. Harris and to Miss Florence
Roberts, who interpreted the leading role.
There are no tricks in SHAM" The
unexpected never happens. 1t Is witty,
not funny; and 1t is satIrical. though Its
satire is of the kindly, good natured sort
tht leaves no sting behind it.
Some one once said Of a successful play
that 1t was rewritten, not written. And
there are places where this rule should
be applied to "Sham." The first act opens
up badly. Here the collaborators have
set themselves to work to indicate the
character of Katherine Van Ripper, who
is depicted as a very charming sort of
social parasite; a girl of good family who.
as Tom Jeffrey, a western mining en-
gineer, phrases it, uses her calling card
as meal ticket. This Is done, but 1t is
dona somewhat too broadly and with
pleonasm.
es Ending Is Clumsy
Again, something Is needed more than
has been provided to bring the curtain
down upon the last act. Here we have a
delightfully."- natural scene between JEFF
frey and Miss Van Ripper, love scene
that possesses both charm and novelty,
but which is marred by the clumsy ex-
pedient of letter from the girls aunt
in which aunty explains that to save the
family pride she will come to her niece $
rescue with money enough to satisfy the
young woman's creditors, so that the
tangle may end happily in the usual
fashion. This commonplace device is so
entirely at variance with the skill shown
elsewhere that one wonders how 1t came
to be employed.
Otherwise the comedy proceeds smooth
1y and entertainingly to its inevitable
conclusion. It presents several clever
character types, not all of them realized
as well as they should be by the actors,
but types that are well worth while. 1t
is a comedy of manners, a smart comedy,
clever comedy; with little action to
speak of, but with a quiet and~scintillant
brilliancy of lines that keeps you con-
stantly upon the qui vive lest you miss
some epigram worth the hearing.
So far as I can recall the character of
Katherine Van Ripper, about whom the
whole play is builded, is new to the stage.
Readers of the six best sellers of a few
years ago, however, may remember her
prototype in Avice Milbrey, a prominent
figure of Harry Leon Wilson's 'The
Spenders." The resemblance of comedy
to novel goes somewhat furthe1s than this
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27

RIVAL FELLS
PATTERSON
DENVER NEWSPAPER OWNERS
CLASH
WARRANT OUT FOR ARREST or
F. G. BoNFILs
Threat Of Former Office Holder to
Run Opponent Out Of Town or
Send Him to PenitentIary,
Cause of Trouble

BY Associated Press.
DENVER, Dec. PA warrant was
sworn out tonight for the arrest of Fred
@. Bonfils, one of the proprietors of the
Denver Post. The warrant was sworn
to by former United States Senator
Thomas M. Patterson, as the result of
an encounter between the two men at
an early hour this morning In which
Senator Patterson was knocked down
and painfully injured.
The encounter was the elimination of
newspaper fight which has been going
on for several years between the pro-
prtetors Of the Post and Senator Pat
terson, who is the owner of the Times
News Publishing company.
The stories of the men differ Patter-
son says Bonfils came up behind him and
said: GOOD morning, SENATOR" and that
when he turned to see who addressed
him Bonfils dealt him a terrific blow,
telling him, after which his assailant
beat and kicked him brutally before he
could rise. Senator Patterson says he
did not know who had assaulted him
until after some witnesses had separated
them. He adds that Lonfils cursed him
and threatened to kin him If BonhPs
name appeared arain in the News or the
Times
Bonfils' statement is to the effect that
they met aud discussion arose over a
threat Senator Patterson had made In
the News to run Bonfiis out OF business
or put him in the penitentiary. Accord
ing to Bonfils Patterson reiterated the
threat and the fight" started. Bonfils
admits knocking Patterson down, but
Claims justification on account of the
senator's published and spoken
language. Bonfils claims that Senator
Patterson was accompanied by his SON
in-law, Richard c. Campbell, when the
dispute came up.
Senator Patterson is 70 years old and
Bonfils, powerful athlete, is about A.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27
A Fool Mioht saw

That the glitter OF gold is better than
the gray garb of brotherly love-
That 1t does not pay to be forgiving in
world which so rarely forgives
That the one to whom the laurel is
given necessarily deserves it.
That the plaudits of the mob are bet
ter than the appreciation of those who
See most clearly.
That million dollars is more to be
chosen than humble and happy home
But what would you expect of a fool?
Success Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27

and made away with 5000 in gold, silver.
scrip and jewelry, besides several checks.
The cracksmen entered the premises
through the big iron doors in the rear Of
the building by using Jimmy. and broke
open an inner door fastened with an iron
latch.
The jewelry and diamonds stolen were
the property of Mrs. Gottschalk and were
estimated as being worth $1,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27
His Little .Inka

THE rum on the bank is over, isn't it?v
'Oh. yes. it petered out as soon as tho
crowd saw there was more money com
ing in than was going CUT
You knew it to be a perfectly solvent
bank, didn't your
"Of course
Then why did you join in the run
on it?''
'oh, just for fun.-washington Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27
Eoraes Dead Mems Names

BY Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. ga man Civ
ing the names Of George Halterman and
George Grammer, claiming Marion, Ind,
as his home, was arrested today for pass
ing three small checks to which dead
mems names had been forged. He had
another in his possession ready for cir
culation.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27
DARING CRACKSMEN MAKE
$4,000 HAUL AT FRESNO
Break Iron Doors and Inner Portal
Protected by Heavy Latch-Loot
Is Cash, Jewelry and
Scrip
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
FRESNO, Cal, Dec. 26.-Perhaps the
most daring safe cracking job ever at
tempted in Fresno county was brought to
a successful issue last night when bur-
glars with the aid of drills, smashed the
combination lock on the inside of the big
vault in E. Gottschalk's dry goods store
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27

one character, but not far enough to war.
rant unpleasant comment. "The Spend.
ers" was dramatized for w. II. Crane and
was produced by him, though in the
dramatization the girl became a secondary
character; while Crane as the western
mining millionaire, Uncle Peter Bines
was almost constantly In the center OF
the stage.
A Criticism Of Life
In recent talk Elmer B. Harris re-
marked to me that in his opinion play
to amount to anything, must embody g
criticism of life. This Sham does. II
pokes good natured fun at the INDECENT
rich; and the task is accomplished SO DO.
litely that even the CALLED jade, were
there such in last nights audience, must
have laughed with the others.
The story of the play already has beer
outlined sufficiently in these columns
The manner of its acting last night proves
one Of two things-either an insufficiency
of rehearsal or a lack of adaptability or
the part of Miss Roberts support. am
inclined to think the latter.
Miss Roberts herself gave US a delight
fully intimate portrait of the New York
society girl whose conscience. as she ex-
plains comes to her late In life, like
wisdom teeth We in Los Angeles sci.
dom see so graceful a player as this wo.
man, or one who so completely merges
her own personality In her role. HeI
charm Is compelling; her art, again evil
dent in all the little things that make fol
excellence. She Is little given to gestures
and when she makes one it has a mean
ing, which is the more remarkable as Miss
Roberts hands are models quite as per-
feet in their way as was Trilby's foot
She faltered occasionally in her lines last
formances will remedy.
Thurlow Bergen made Tom jeffrey ar
earpest, breezy chap perhaps a bit toe
finely polished for man of Jeffrey's an.
tecedents. but wholesome and very like.
able. The same fault. though In much
greater degree was evident in the worA
of Harry d. Gibbs as Monty Buck.
Kate Jepson and Georgie Woodthorpe
were amusing as the aunts. Helen Orr
DAILY is not suited to the role in which
she has been cast. Susanne Siegel. Los
Angeles girl did very we'll what little she
was called upon to do as Maud Buck
Miss Bonner Is I'll
The audience evidently found the com
edy much to its liking. Laughter and ap'
plause were frequent and curtain calls
numerous At the close Of the second act
Mr.. Harris was called and, against his
protest, was compelled to make q speech
In the course of which he explained that
Miss Geraldine Bonner, co-author with
himself, is Ill in New York city and hence
had been unable to come here for the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-14
TODAY IN HISTORY

Name Day: Felix. Sun rises at 7;l7 sets at 4;4S.
 17s4.--Congress ratified the definite treaty of peace with England.
 .1S05 Michigan territory formed a part of Indiana by act of Congress.
 1Sl3. An engagement of Pernam- buco between the United States pri- vateer schooner. Comet. Captain Doyle fourteen guns and 120 men, and three British vessels of twenty-four guns. Sun. Ry snS S5 men shP s S s Po tuguese were beaten off ana the Brit ish vessels captured. She also captur- ed. three other vessels on the passage;
 1915 Decatur sailed from New York in the frigate Pres
 1880. The amended constitution of
 1884. William Polk. a revolutionary officer died. He was among the small band of patriots who declared indepen- dence in Mecklenburg county. N: C..
 1888. Navy Island evacuated by the Canadians. etc, under Mackenzie and arms belonging to the United States were surrendered. and also the cannon belonging to the State of New York.
 1885 The first territorial Legisla- ture of Nebraska assembled at Oma- ha
 1868. The Virginia Constitutional Convention declared that Virginia shall forever remain in the Union. and that slavery is forever abolished in the State.
 General Grant rellnquished the of ice of Secretary of War to Secretary Stanton. who entered again upon the discharge of his duties.
 lS75.-Senator Sherman's bill pro- Vldng for the resumption of specie | payment on January 1, 1879. passed in both Houses and approved by the President on January 14.
 iSiY. Chief Justice Charles r. Da- lv of New York, elected President of the American Geographical Society
 1SS5.-A bill to place General ! Grant on the retired list of the army the House, February 16; the House f. i nally passed tine bill on March I: 1 1893 .-Monsignor Satolli appointed papal delegate to the United States.
 1908. Both branches of Congress pass q bill susp l1ding. the duty on coal for one yet and putting an- | thracite permanently on the free list. signed by the President on JanualA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-14
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1907.

writing on the general subject or telephone c1urtesy." The New Bedford Standard argues that there Is another phase of courtesy in relation to the telephone that needs attention quite as surely akSthe breach of good man. ners in the=Nse of rough speech. and that has refSfence to the considerations of subscrihaHs for other subscribers who have hn equal right to the bene- fits of the tGephone. The young man who read to young woman over the telephonesssEe chapters from a novel i've do n6s<xnow anything in regard to the identity of the young man or the young woman. so they may feel quite at ease, only the incident is said to have occurred-must have highly enjoyed the experience. though it is ,aoubtfu1 if the young woman could Have been quite so oblivious to the outward circumstance of the literary seance as to have fully entered into the spirit of the story But was he quite considerate in holding his line and hers beyond a reasonable time, when neither was private line? Was 1t quite courteous for them to shut others off from the use of their own telephones, when the need may have been urgent? Is selfishness ever quite considerate or courteousT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-14
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'uMvIp 10 'usl3lIM sd6l eq. lsnm per. If not. in great measure, deteilt' their Ssfforts.
 The Constitution has call Il urgent attention to the status of the nhniigra tion restriction piu which $ now in conference committees awaiting only agreement between the two Houses or Congress to finally enact 1t and send IL on to the President.
 If this inimical measure becomes a law, it will place such additional re- strictions upon immigration as to make 1t next to impossible for the states or the South to accomplish any thing along this line. Already there are re- strictions enough for, as every one in- terested is aware, it was with the law that South Carolina recently sue. ceeded in getting a meager handful of foreign immigrants safely ana perma- nently within the borders of that state.
 What if a dozen or so additional re- strictions had been put upon those im- migrants? Probably South Carolina would then have been put to the ex- pense and modification of deporting the majority of them, even though they were all of class calculated to make good citizens
 Now the report comes from Wash ington that this immigration restric> tion bill is about to go through.
 If it is to be stopped, as 1t should be in the interest of the States of the South. at least, some immediate action
 
 The matter must be taken hold of now by commercial. industrial and im- migration bodies throughout the South, and an emphatic protest raised against law which, if enacted, is sure to se- riously check their efforts in behalf of the South's best interests.
 Let them take the matter up at once with their Senators and Congressman; let them lodge their. protest with Speaker Cannon himself, who, 1t seems, Is little short of all-powerful in shap- ing national Legislation.
 What we want Is immigration, and we want no prohibitive restrictions thrown around 1t.
 The North and West have had more than their share of it, and upon it they have fattened in prosperity. Let them not now seek to curtail the legitimate efforts of the States of the South in reaching out for their just due.
 The defeat of this restrictive 'legis- lation Is as important as the organiza- ton of emigration movements, for if 1t becomes law, such organizations had almost as well go out of business.
 Right now Is the time to call halt few more days and 1t will be too late.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-14
L. FTWOOD
BY PHIL H. ARMSTRONG.

Winter Warm Days. These winter warm days Make us think Of the mignonette
 And pink. Of the song birds
 Singing free From the housetop
 Or the tree. Just little
 Clint O sun An we fancy Springs begun. Winter days when
 They are warm. Just like summer
 On the farm. It fools the sparrow
 Where he sways He thinks its spring,
 These winter days.
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 Of Course. q thought you said he was generally armed to the teeth" He is; he's dentist"
 An Advertising Age. We journey from those city signs On the trolley gaily buzzin,, Lo. in the car we read these lines: Green pills. five cents dozen." Mid daisy studded fields we lie In blossoms try to smother And read in letters ten feet high: "Eat Korn Krumbs-Take No Other. "
 g Ss $ 'Ts she a good singer?" "certainly--she sings in the choir. /" A Psalm of Newspapers Life. Lives of editors remind us, Once a paper was a prize, Now they departing leave behind them Footprints on the railroad ties.
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 Broken Reflections. The average girl thinks 'tis better to have loved and cost than never to have loved at all. Poverty Is a crime. and poor mon are sentenced to hard Ia labor sg Some men will never cease to wonder why the Lord didn't consult them about the creation. People who live in glass newspaper offices shouldn't fling mud.
 # < 4 Most of a womans thoughts are above this earth--that is about as high above 1t as her hat. The editor of The Dogfennel Demo- crat has had his shoes soled with horse shoes apropos of the non-issuance of passes by the railroads.
 q. 2s 7e Editor Watterson says the liver is the inspiration of the poet. Well, a pound of choice, well-cooked liver will inspire us about as quickly as any thing.
 Ss Ss E The new head of the steel trust is named Dinkey. A cute name for the chorus girls to murWur over a bottle of champagne.
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 Just . Clint O Sunshine. Just g glint O sunshine Upon a cloudy day And all the little children felt Like traipsin out to play. Just a glint O sunshine And song bird in a tree Preened his feathers then commenced His sweetest melody.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-14
BEWARE OF "DIGESTlVES"
The Only Way to Cure Stomach DisOr- ders IH By Strengthening the
 Digestive Organs

The ordinary pepsin tablet has ruin ed more stomachs than all other caus- es While 1t gives temporary relief, 1t leaves the digestive system weaker than ever. and the tablets must be con tinued with increased frequency.
 The only way to permanently cure the digestive organs with a Mi-o-na stomach tablet taken before meals. In this way the remedy prepares the stom- ach for the food and excites the secre- tion of gastric juices so that. when the food is eaten, the stomach Is prepared to digest it.
 If Mi-o-na was mere digestive. fl would be taken after eating, so as to mix with the food. but then permanent relief would not be gained.
 Mi-o-na stomach tablets are sold only in a neat metal box, convenient for the purse or vest pocket. and cost but 50P F. G. Fowler has seen so many cures made by Mi-o-na stomach tablets that he gives a guarantee with every box that the money vii be refunded if the remedy fails to give satisfaction You run no risk in using Mi-o-na. for you are sure to he cured al trifling expense. or else your money will be returned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-14
southern Immigration.

Macon Telegraph
 There has been much comment on the important decision of Secretary Straus in the South Carolina case. that state Governments can aid in bringing laborers from Europe for the good ot the State. under the law, while private employers cannot do this without vio- lating the law. Discussing the sub ject, Raymond" writing from Wash ington to The Chicago Tribune, point edly observes:
 Western States. 1t would be a blessing to the community if the States would systematically encourage bringing in to their own borders first-class indus trial and agricultural laborers. The threat and curse of the whole immigra- tion situation today lies in the fact that hundreds of thousands of gener- ally undesirable immigrants from South Italy, from the Balkan Province. and from the Jewish pale of Russia. come to this country of their own motion without any assistance whatever and fill up the slums of New York and Bos- ton.
 It is believed by Commissfoner-Gen- eral Sargent and others that if the Southern States can secure the estah- iishment of permanent steamship lines to Savannah, Charleston. Mobile and New Orleans from the northern ports of Europe. as well as from the Mediter- ranean. a good deal of the tide of i'm migration which Is clogging New York and Boston will be diverted toward the South There is an immense field or labor there which never can be salis- fled by negroes. The South never can be developed as 1t should be develop ed until white labor can be induced in large numbers. The only people wno would have right to complain of this would be the c0lored men themselves. because 1t might drive some of them out of employment. The probable re- suit on colored people. however. would he to stimulate them to work. because when they no longer form the sole la bor supply of that section they could not afford to remain in idleness.
 This Northern writer shows that he comprehends the true conditions as clearly as does the observant South erner when he adds
 This today Is the greatest curse of the labor situation in the South. The negroes have no competition. They work little while and knock off when ever they choose. because they under. stand only too well their places will be waiting for them when their vaca@ tion time is over. when bacon and corn meal are out. and when they have to go to work to satisfy their hunger; With a white element in the labor field the tendency will almost surely he by sharp competition to teach the ne- gro. that. he must work steadily ana well to escape starvation, so that Tn the long run the diversion of immigra- ton toward the South ought first of all to relieve congestion along tn" North Atlantic seaboard secondly, 1t would have a vast effect in building up the resources of the South thirdly. If ought to uplift the industrial capa- city of the negro and at the same time by reducing his numerical pro- portions. take away from the South the old bogyman of negro domination
 He might well have added that the hope of the South indnstrially and oth- erwise is in the influx of white labor CTS and in the combined migrations O. negroes to the Northern States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-14
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 safe against the bullet or \ bomb of the assassin. Can any sane person ex- pect or hope that good government can come from such conditions as are now dominant in that country? Rev oiution and war are sometimes needed to rid a long suffering people from the evils of a government that has be- come unbearable. but the Russians are apparently depending on assassination to secure orderly government. II real- ly seems that the country is going from bad to worse. instead of improving.
 One of the signifio &nt features of the Russian situation is that there is practically no secrecy about the de- signs and intentions of the Terrorists. They go about their work with little atempt to hide or cloak their designs, and make no secret of their intention to put the Czar to death before they stop. The killing of two prominent off, fcials since the beginning of the pres ent year. almost openly done, shows that they can accomplish their work without hindrance. The dispatches from Russia may any day bring the news that the Czar has been put out of the way, for it seems that no guards or precautions can hinder the work of the assassins.
 strange if officials and soldiers are uneasy at all times. They may all be brave men, but as The Hartford Times says, human nature is not capable of standing the strain which is imposed by present conditions ;n St. Petersburg and Moscow The fearlessness of death which every minister and adviser of the Czar must possess is more than equaled by that of the assassin. who merely laugh after they have accom- plished their purpose, provided they do not immediately kill themselves, and are captured by the authorities. More than twenty other prominent bureau- crats have received notice that they are marked for assassination. and at the rate of two a week it will not take the terrorists very long to get rid of them all. The use of rapid fire pistols instead of bombs in the two latest assassinations shows that the men who have endisted in the terrible work have profited by experience. The strain which the present situation imposes on the Czar and@his principal agents must be in itself almost as painful as death. How much longer will it take them to learn their lesson, and to abolish their own system of terrorism. which has provoked the fearful reprisals that are now being so systematically nader