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The Coconino sun., 1907-10-31
NIGHT VIEW OF A CITY.
Carlyle's Foroefui Picture of It's Psthos
 and It's Tragedy.

"Ah, my dear friend,' said he once at midnight when he had re- turned from the coffee house in rather earnest talk, ''it is a true sublimity to dwell here. These fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thousandfold exhalation, some fathoms into the ancient reign of night, what thinks Bootes of them as he leads his hunt ing dogs over the zenith in their leash of sidereal fire?
 "That stifed hum of midnight, when traffic has lain down to rest, and the chariot wheels of vanity, still rolling here and there through distant streets, are bearing her to halls roofed in and lighted to the due pitch for her, and only vice and misery, to prowl or to moan like night birds, are broad-that hum. I say, like the stertorous, unquiet slumber of sick life, is heard in heaven! Oh, under that hideous coverlet of yapors and putrefaetions and unmaginable gases, what fer menting vat lies sfmmering and hid !.
 "The joyful and the sorrowful are there; men are dying there, men are being born; men are praying; on the other side of brick parti- ton men are cursing, and around them all is the vast, void night.
 "rhe proud grandee still fingers in his perfumed saloons or reposes within damask curtains. Wretch edness covers into truckle beds or Eshivers hunger stricken into its lair of straw. In obscure cellars rouge et-noir langdidly emits it's voice of destiny to haggard, hungry villains, while councillors of state sit plotting and playing their high chess game, the pawns being men.
 "The lover whispers his mistress that the coach is ready, and she, | full of hope and fear, glides down to fly with him over the borders. The thief still more silently sets to his pick locks and crowbars or turks | in wait till the watchmeH first snore | in their boxes.
 Gay mansions, with supper rooms and dancing rooms, are full of light and music and high swell ing hearts, but in the condemned cells the pulse of life beats tremu' lous and faint, and bloodshot eyes look out through the darknes. which is around and within for the light of stern last morning. SiN men are to be hanged on the nor row. Comes no hammering from the Ravens Rock? Their gallow' must even now be a-building.
 'Upward of 500,000 two legged animals without feathers lie around us in horizontal positions, theil heads. all in nightcaps and full oI the foolishest dreams. Riot criei aloud and staggers and swaggers 1T his rank dens of shame, and tht mother. with streaming hair, kneel' over her pallid dying infant, whose cracked lips only her tears nov moisten-al these heaped and hud i. dled together, with nothing but car | nantry and masonry between them crammed in like salted fish in thell barrel, or weltering, shall l say, lik' an Egyptian pitcher of tanned VI |. pers, each struggling to get its heat above the others. Such work zoe on under that smoke counterpane But l sit above it all. l am alon' 2 with the stars. ."-From "Sartor Re
 sartus."
The Coconino sun., 1907-10-31
A Great Pity.

In his very, very early yonth Mir. Mumpser had been pretty child. His friends did not believe this was possible, and even he had forgotten all about it until one day he un- earthed painting of himself at that period from among some old lumber. This he handed to his wife as some compensation for his present somewhat worm eaten ap- pearance.
 "There. Alice" said Mrs. Mump- ser, proudly exhibiting the picture to the servant, "that is portrait of your master painted when he was child"
 Alice gazed open mouthed at the production.
 'Lor', num-" she said after some moments, "what pity it is we have to grow up, ain't it"- London Standard.
The Coconino sun., 1907-10-31

4 man cannot escape In thought, an!' more than he can in language. from the past and the present.
The Coconino sun., 1907-10-31
letter, Salt Rheum and fczema

Are cured by chlniberlaih s@,lee Onraplhica. ton relieves thc itching and i',rnir's srrS' ion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07

". in confding her arrangements to
the writer. where 1 will appear in a
West End theater, after which we will
make a short provincial tour embrace
ing such cities as Liverpool, Manches-
ter, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle,
Edinburgh and Dublin. The second
stage of our journey will be with
South Africa as the objective, after
which we will visit India, following
with stops in Singapore. Hong Kong
and Manila, and then on to Australia
and New Zealand. Returning to Amer
lea, Mr.. Brooks will arrange for two
or three performances in Honolulu.
We will present light comedy through
cut the tour, including a play of old
New York by woman writer and
about which I can say no more at the
moment Mr.. Brooks has engaged for
my company such talented players as
Boyd Putnam, Herbert Corthel, Ern-
est Lamson, Hugo Toland, Gilbert
Douglass, Samuel Colt, Grant Mitchell,
Norma WinsIow- I am taking great
pleasure in arranging the details and
in the anticipation of the trip, for the
wunderlust has been upon me for
these several years, and can imagine
no happier way to girdIe the globe
than in such company. and to enter
tain the peoples of all countries we
visit as we'll as being entertained.
And now that my long-cherished de-
sire is about to be gratifed, I am just
as enthusiastic q bout it all as a school
girl with her first long frock.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
Fair Lillian to circle Globe.

t'Listenl What do you think? Well,
it's only a near-secret, so I'll tell you, ."
writes Ed Pidgeon in the New York
Press. Lillian Russell, the fairest of
prima donnas and really one of the
most stunning and beauteous speci-
mems of blond womanhood to be OBJ
served in days tour of Broadway or
Fifth avenue, or any other place. is
about to turn globe trotter- No, not
Immediately, though she has been for
several months planning to carry out
what has for ten years been the dear
est ambition of her heart, a trip
around the world IdIeness to one of
the Ianguid-eyed Lillian's buoyant
temperament is as impossible as the
ridiculous idea of growing old, and so
she will combine work with her sight
seeing as she circles this old sphere.
The lovely diva will be chaperoned in
her travels by Joseph Brooks, widely
known as an impresarfo and capital
fst, and the start upon the long jour
ney will be made in May next after
Miss Russell has finished her forth
coming road season, during which she
will employ as her stage vehicles KEEL
lett Chambers's 1.-The Butterfly and
new romantic racfng-so comedy
by George Broadhurst and George Ho-
bart to be entitled 'fWiIdfire-"
I'VE will go direct from New York
to London" said Miss Russell joyous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07

to the musical plans of Solomon. real
estate agent and promoter. Only the
very best operas Will be sung in the
house There will be nothing else. ex-
cept profit
The chorus will live in Chicago,
near the theater. The stars of the
who will scentilIate in Hammerstefn's
ira leaders. Mr. Hammerstein has al
ready contracted with several Euro
pean stars, according to the promoter,
who has recently had a talk with the
impresarfo.
One OF the features of the new
house, which Mr.. Solomon nearly for
got to mention, was that its stage will
be so large that it will be impossible
to have scenery which can be moved.
and therefore it Will all be constructed
in Chicago. and kept here as long as
the theater lasts The orchestra Will
also be fixture
Last fall Mr.. Hammerstein. who was
contemplating the Introduction OF a
real opera house in Chicago. decided
that it would not pay and abandoned
the plan; but when Conried arranged
to come here for the winter season
Hammerstefn is said to have changed
his mind He has given instruction to
Solomon. his agent, and the man who
revealed the secret, to have the opera
house ready in time for a performance
next year. They expect to see each
other again meanwhile to settle the
date when It will be safe for Hammer
stein to bring a large company TO this
city
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
A Theater to Cost s1.7oO. 900.

A dispatch from New York states
that plans have just been filed for a
monumental new theater building
which is to occupy the block from Six
ty-second to Sixty-third streets, fac
ing Central Park. The plans comprise
set Of forty-five drawings, giving the
detailed construction on one-eighth-
inch scale and showing the great col
onnade front facing the park, which is
to be the buildings notable architec-
turaI feature, and which is to have five
doorways opening upon a vestibule.
with two grand staircases leading to
i secOnd-Story foyer patterned after
the Continental opera houses
The building will be of Hght-col-
naissance design, and will be seven
stories in its main part, with an eleven
story extension. It will front 200 feet
on the park and 225 on either street
II will have two galleries in addition to
the parquet with a seating capacity
of about $500, exclusive of the boxes.
These boxes are to be arranged at
the rear of the auditorium for special
decorative effect. and forty-six OF
them. ranged in tiers, are to be pre-
served as the personal property of
the forty-six founders
The building is to be fitted with
special dramatic and musical school,
with its own separate concert hall and
stage and a dozen schoolrooms- A
palm garden will occupy the roof over
the auditorium, and there will be a
restaurant and flower and confection-
airy shops for the patrons.
There will be numerous elevators
and two carriagexays. one reserved
for the exclusive use of the actors The
cost is estimated by the architects et
$1,70o.o00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07

PRcEsBoxes Balcony Gallery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
Mansfield Had Great Plans.

In the comprehensive accounts of
the life and work of Richard Mans
field, which have appeared in the
newspapers during the few DAYS fol-
lowing the death of that distinguished
actor, a great deal has been said of the
loss the stage has suffered on this ac-
count Usually expressions of this
sort are more or less pIatitudinous,
and by frequent usage lose much of
their significance. In the case of the
demise of Mansfield, however, the loss
is accumulated by the knowledge that
in the sudden ending of his career
future promise for greater things on
the American stage, was nipped in
the bud.
This promise had to do with some
really great plans that Mansfield was
mapping out, with the end in view of
building UP nat1Onzf- theater in this
country by private efforts, and which
would not be dependent upon the de-
pIorable comnefciaP conditions that
dominate our TheaterS today. Not that
he was a radical or. opposed these
things in the aggregate Mansfield
himself had long followed the prevail
ing customs simply because it was
the only channel open to him, and he
made the most of it. But what he
aimed to accomplish was the establish
meut OF a theater in New York Suffi-
GENTLY endowed and maintained by
subscriptions wherein could be given
the intellectual drama and the worlds
masterpieces OF stage literature With
out having to take into consideration
the commercial hazards that would
surround such venture under prevail
ing conditions 1t was the dream of
his life based upon his love of the
drama, wherein he had achieved such
great fame to personally have a very
large say in the direction and govern
ment of such theater.
It is now no violation of his conf
dence to say that Mansfield had more
than dreamed of this He had slowly,
but surely, been shaping his course in
that direction He was raIlying to his
support some of the most powerful
throughout the country, and a few
more seasons would have found his
plans assuming tangible shape had he
been permitted to carry them through
to completion. That he would have
done this is not doubted by any one
who knew the man and understood
his unquestioned genius for the stage.
He combined the varied abilities to
make such a thing possible Season
before last when he made the unex-
pected announcement that in five sea-
sons he would step down and out as
an active star, these plans were then
forming in his mind, and actuated him
in reaching such a determination He
wanted to turn to the new work before
his physical and intellectual powers
began to wana-
Not by any actual announcement
he had made did Mansfield reveal
these plans. but those who knew him
intimately had formed such an idea
and it was easy to read between the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
Hannerstefn startles Chicago.

Oscar Hammerstefn will build a mill
lion dollar opera house in Chicago for
the presentat ton of grand opera in
competition with the Conreid produc-
tions. which will be given at the audi
torium during the winter season, says
the Record Herald.
This announcement was made the
other day through M Solomon & Co.,
who have been commissioned to OBJ
tain a site for the new theater. Mr.
Solomon has declined to state where
the new amusement resort would be
located, but he had a variety of other
things to say about it,
In the first place it will be the fin
est thing of the kind ever attempted
The plan of the building, the scheme
ment of the foyers and boxes, and the
elaborate outlay for scenery will be so
far beyond the widest dreams of Con-
ried, according to Mr.. Solomon, that
the other impresarfo will not know
that he is in the same business with
HammerStein-
Mr.. Solomon said the new opera
house will cost at least 100000, and
probably much more, and that it will
not be built within the loop, because
property there is too high. He has
the commission from Hammerstein to
build the place, which, it is under
stood will be erected somewhere near
Twelfth street on Michigan avenue,
and will be $50 feet long and $50 feet
wide. Though this is not so large as
the Auditorium, the structure, will
have an artistic advantage over the
one occupied by the Conried organ
ization on its visits here, in that there
are to be no offices, studios. or stores
within its limits 1t will be devoted
exclusively to grand opera
The season will be for twenty con-
secutfve weeks in each year, according
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
At Kansas CITY.

AT Kansas City.
Olga NetnersoIe will be seen at the
Willis Wood on September u. ID and
a. in Carmen, Sapho and The Awak-
ening.
The Burgomaster'' is booked for
next week at the Grand
Vaudeville, which is styled as "ad-
vanced,' will be the bill for the en-
tire season at the Shubert theater.
Panhandle Pete the cartoon COM
edy is the attraction for next week at
TIE GilliE
The Orpheum's bill for the next week
and for each week of the season, win
be advanced" vaudeville
The Mysterious Burglar" is the at
traction promised for the next seven
days at the Auditorium
One more Topekan will use his tai
ents, which are not inconsiderable, to-
wards entertaining the public
throughout the breadth OF the land as
one of the important members of the
theatrical company which will pro-
duce THE Tramp and the Lady" a
sterling show which will have its pre-
-piere performance this year in Chi
caEo on September 81
He - Horace GoSs. a son Of w s.
GOss. the grocer with his place of
business at Sixth and Topeka avenues
Mr. GOss has taken a prominent part
in amateur productions In this city in
years past and has served a good ap-
premiership in the profession by ap-
pearing in stock companies for a per-
iod of three years. His friends be-
lieve, as well as others who are COM
petent TO judge Of the capabilities of
an actor, that Mr. Goss has a brilliant
career on the stage before him, par
ticuIarly in comedy parts.
Mr.. Goss is to be featured as the
tramp in the play that he is going out
with and Will be supported IN rhs
piece by Florence Mccullough. a
daughter of the John Mccullough IA
nous as an actor years ago
After run in Chicago, THE Tramp
and the Lady" Will go on tour from
that point through the west to the
Pacific coast and return. and it is pos
sible that the show will be seen here
during the season, although a book
ing for il has not been made as yet
With Mr. GOsS' advent on the stage
in prominent part. Topeka will be
well represented before the footIights.
such players of repute as Hale Ham
fltOn and Fred Stone being among
the more prominent to claim Topeka
as their home. Among the girls who
have gone forth from here and are
near stars in musical comedy are Miss
Fay Tfncher. Beulah Parker, Lottie
BOwes and Irene Horner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
Olympic Opens Sunday.

Everything is in readiness for the OPP
ening Of the Olympic theater at III
East Eighth avenue with a matinee on
Sunday afternoon Its construction,
under the direction of George F. Clark.
who viii manage the house. has been
such as to make ii just about the cosiest
and most attractive vaudeville house
OF the ten cent variety that has been
fixed up in this part of the country. 1t
is far and away ahead of the arrange
ments and conveniences which have
prevailed in the other small theaters in
the city which have made ten cent vau-
deville so popular here.
And from the opening bill which Mr..
Clark has provided there is every in
dication that the vaudeville to be seen
at this house will be on a par, and the
claims are made that IT will be batter.
than any ten cent vaudeville which has
been seen in this city.
Among the features of the opening
show at the Olympic will be the Three
Juggling Barrons. a trio as clever as there
is in their line of work. Nancy Rice. in
a musical act; Stroud and Thatcher in
a society sketch and Wells De Vaux.
in a comedy musical act Miss Mar
iorfe Mason will sing an illustrated song
and there will be up-to-date Kinadrome
moving pictures 1t is Mr.. Clark's in
tentions to give a matinee every after
noon at 8 O'Clock. with souvenir matt
nees for women on Tuesdays and Fri
days Three performances will be given
on Sunday evenings. the first one be-
ginning at 7:15 o'clock and on the other
nights of the week there will be two
shows. the opening one commencing at
s o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07

reconciliation between the boy and
Mamie.
AS the final curtain falls Artie and
Mamie are seated on log. They have
been discussing the utter undersira-
biIity of the place, and Artie clinches
his proposal by remarking: You will
have to marry me or live out here, for
your folks have bought a lot"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07

lines of recent writings from his pen
that he was entertaining such
thoughts The establishment of a thea
ter of this sort and its successful con-
duct would have been the browning
achievement of his life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
At the Grand

Sept s-Matinee and night, The Yam
kee Regent"
Sept and 10-David CorsOn-
Sept 11-Afiss Pocahontas Opera Co.
Sept IL and 13-Billie Kersand's Min
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
Theatrical Gossip

strels.
Sept. thrust Busters.
at the Olympic.
Vaudeville.
At the Majestic.
Vaudeville.
At the Elite.
Moving pictures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07

Say. where Is It hottest7"
Tell met
at the cfrcufs-because the heat there
8 in tentsr''-Detroit News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-07
George AIDES New Play aArtie.''

Here is the story Of George AIDES
latest play. "Artie." which was first
produced in South Bend, Ind. and has
been acclaimed as a wonderful show at
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-12
R!s "Rie,.. -. 20.

IRON qucrr names and description
or things there follow aa naturo ,
sequence queer names and dc 3criptionS
people. Among Il number of racy
Instances is one quoted ly Mr.. Fox.
Davies, the wei known authority o,
nomenclature, from Blackwo1d', Mn.
azlnc. OF April. 1872. In one of tn,.
buchan fishing villages Il strange. had
occasion To call on fisherman of tnc
hi.Hc Of Alexander White Meeting >,
%'ri. he asked, Can Sc tel me c,.,
S"aly F.te lives| 'Fnk SAMMY FiteE
4"'h she, MGcklc SAMMY INiteY sa.d
n'. 'lil% mncklc SAMMY Fitr| 'Muc..,
lang SAMMY Fitc' FIX muckJn Inn.
SAMMY FItey' 'MuckIc lang r,nr,
SAMMY Fite" shouted the cxaspcra,
man. oh. it's Goup-thc- Lift yc'
s'rN ms answered the girl, and
t"e delI for diana We spcer for the u,,
by his richt name at 1ncaT"
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-12
n Literary Curias;tv

Sotrc yea; a@D Il rar.; nc.yspaDcr
ordered Stpr: of adventure from a
well known novelist. 'fha price agreed
upon WAS ] frame Il line. The novelist
straightway hunted Up Nh Old man OF
letters the unsinoWn cOliabolntor of
many mere famous authors who
agreed to write tie story for ~ cen.
times line. When the work had
reached It's second part In the course
of publication Tie novelist learned that
his old ciicnt was sr"i,Glsly H. Hasten
ing to his bedside, lie founi him dying.
In agony 70" the fate OF his story, the
novelist I'll hcd - tie Office of The
newspaper, ,;Gt holi G some back
numbers In o;J!cr to pick up the
threads OF Tie romance ana brought
it to speedy Cnd IN few brief
chapters. Then he went to TIE oilice
with the manuscript.
WHATS ;hat!" asked the editor.
'Why. tlr continuation and ,nl of
my story"
"Oh, then, &ou want to change 1t,
suppose, because. you know. YOU sent
III thc last chapters three days ago"
Admirable SELF possession OH the
part of the novelist prevented disaster
and he finally found this explanation:
Tho old man, whose p"icc was - cen
times II linc. haI himself sublct Ills
task To third writer at 10 cssltimcs.
ana thus the work had been finished
III safety.
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c,ev.r With the csrds.

So'Se years ago certain county jail
was undergoing extensive alterations.
during which time gang OF plckp0ck-
cts, four In number. were arrested one
market day. Owing 10 the alterations
the lot We're confined for time In one
cell. but were placed under strict sur
veillancc the care of them being spe-
cially intruitcd TO tie sergeant. The
day after during his rounds he sp.ed
them playing cards. when lie promptly
opened the door and summoned fcl-
low constable. on whose arrival the
cell and the prisoners were most care
fully searched. but no cards were
found. However. the card playing still
continued until the day on which the
plckpoCkets were To be sent To tl:c as
sizes for trial. Then the superiutcnd-
ent. very kind man and greas fa-
vorite with every one, asked them as
Il favor to tell him where they had hid
den the cards. They told him that as
soon n' thc sergeant and his comradc
entered their cell they stuck the pack
in i!I pocket and picked 1t again be-
fore ii" lHtt. * Il proof OF which they
presented him with the much used
pack rcarson's Weekly.
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The Judae In Jail.

a." said an esteemed magistrate
spent Il week in Jail before entered
on my jQdgcShip. | ate the prison
food. slept in cell. | conformcd
with all the prison rules. wore the
prison clothes. | did the prison work
Thus | learned the value of the sen.
fences | was to mote out later on.
got to know what week, Il month. Il
year. in jail meant. As Il result am
more mcrciful than most Judges.
think 1t would bc good thing if every
Judge before taking Office would spcrC
little while In Jail rs | did. He woulG
then know the value of prison son.
tenccs. thing lie doesn't know now
Now he is Ike Il cashier who attcmpts
to pay out money I'm coinage OF
which he Is ignorant. In Baden this
thing speak of must he done. Every
judge IN Baden before he taKcs his
seat on the bench Is required bv law
to pass weeks Ike common pyisune,
In jan."-C Cincinnati Enquirer