The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-09-27
built a rival road and broke the Chi

yet deliberately gave IL away, and with
IL her commercial freedom and all
hopes of commercial Importance. So
the west has simply left Boston out
OF her calculations for the future.
"A new railroad from Winnipeg to
Galveston is about 10 be constructed
10 con~ey TO the gulf OF Mexico the
freight that Boston ought TO have |
am convinced the west is ready TO do
business with Boston whenever Bos-
ton business men get together and
create conditions that may make 1t
possible"
Fifteen centuries OF japanese his
tory written in iron, copper bronze,
leather and steel, written beautifully
and artistically, pleased Gen. Kuroki
greatly when he was in Boston, and
other lovers Of the beautiful are en-
joying the same history. II Is at the
Boston Museum OF Fine Arts II is
done i'm tsuba. 1t is one OF the finest
collections Of tsuba ever collected In
this country.
Tsuba sounds Japanese, and is Japa-
nese. Indeed, there are few things
more distinctively japanese. A tsuba
(singular, but the same word Is
pluraD is a guard placed on Japa-
nese sword to protect the hand,
strong enough 10 Withstand impact,
and yet so light that it shall not in
terfere with the proper balance OF the
weapon. Hand guards are common
on swords in fact, considered indis-
pensablc; but in no other nation in
the world has the hand guard, or
tsuba, attained the national impor-
tance that it has In Japan.
Kakuya Okabe, assistant in metal
work i'm the museum, chose the speci-
mems, with special reference TO the
four qualities which render sword
guard Of interest, namely, its place in
the history of art, its execution, its
form or ornamcntatiOn and its ma
terial. The visitor to the museum
who will go around to the japanese
cabinet on the second floor will find
there a collection of several hundred
of these tsuba, of exceptional in
terest
feature much out Of the ordinary
will be among the leading attractions
at Keiths next week-Burr Mcintosh
the well known actor who has won
fame in many parts, notably as
"Tamy" i'm "Trlby,' and who has be-
come even better known as a photo
graphcr, Is to deliver an illustrated
lecture on Secretary Tafts Visit TO
the Philippines" Mr. Mcintosh was
the official photographers on this not
able trip and the camera records he
made are therefore authentic. Walter
G. Kelly. "The Virginia Judge who
is scoring this week one of the great
i'm Boston, will be retained for sec
ond week A notable vaudeville de-
but will be that of Christine IaBarra-
que. blind vocalist with a phenome-
nal voice.
Klaw and Erlangers advanced
vaudeville has caught on nightly at
the fremont Theatre. where the aud
fences at every performance have
been limited only by the capacity of
the house. Everything has been of
the very best and will continue to be,
as is evidenced by the phenomenal
list of entertainers who make up the
great bill for the current week.
Arthur Prince is the greatest ventrilo-
qust the world has ever seen. lie
is not a single star surrounded by
lot of satellites of mediocre quality,
merely used for feeders or filters as
stands at the top of great list of en-
tertainers Of the highest quality. yet
Klaw and Erlanger promise even bet
ter for the week or the 23d inst.
Next weeks attraction at the Bos-
ton Grand Opera House will be
Through Death Valley" play
which contains at least one sensation
that has never before been approached
in the annals of melodrama. There
will be the usual matinees Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
A Food Fair and House Furnishing
Exposition which shall be absolutely
different from any food fair that Bos-
ton has ever known is To be given by
the Massachusetts Retail Grocers and
Provision Dealers Association, in Me
chanics Building, Boston. during the
four weeks beginning Monday. Oct I,
and ending Nov ,. For the first time
in many years every available foot of
exposition building in the world. will
be occupied More than $4,000 is to
be spent in providing free attractions.
The First Bareback Rider.