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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
An Odd Animal Community.

Natural enemies OF the animal world
are sometimes found living together in
extraordinary communities. j. G. Mil.
lais in volume on animals quotes this
experience of an observer: "On one oc-
casion when ferreting bolted fox, a
cat, a stoat and several rabbits and
rats out Of the same earth The fox
bolted first, after giving the ferret a
nip across the back. from the effects of
which it died an hour later. Next came
the stoat and then the cat, both OF
which shot Then followed the rab-
bits and rats promiscuously. 1t was a
large burrow on the bank Of a deep.
dry watercourse and often held fox
when ferreted 1t afterward"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
FRANKLIN's eARB.
The Philosopher Often Taken For a
Quaker, Though He Was Not One.


Quaker, Though He Was Not One.
Benjamin Franklin was often taken
for Quaker, but the philosopher did
not belong to the Society of Friends.
Franklin, being simple citizen of
Philadelphia, wore clothes OF fashion
set by the Quakers, n plain gray or
drab suit. He continued to wear this
costume while he was in France. Once
when his court suit was not ready he
appeared In his Republican" garb be-
fore Louis WI. He became the fash
ion in France and indeed in nearly all
Europe, and it was at one time the
proper thing for young republicans and
litterateurs to dress Ia Franklin. The
German historian, Schlosser. describing
Franklin's appearance in the French
drawing rooms, speaks of 1.-THE simple
ity Of his external appearance, the
friendly meekness of the old man and
the apparent humility Of the Quaker"
In truth, the humility and the. meekness
We're mostly matters Of appearance,
and the Quaker aspect was only an as J.
pect. Franklin was brought up by his
parents in Boston in the Congregation.
al church and was intended by them
for the ministry. When he went to
Philadelphia, he says IN his autobioS-
raphy, he paid his annual subscription
to the only Presbyterian minister or
meeting we had in Philadelphia" But
he distinctly avows his disagreement
with Presbyterian doctrine and later
was quite rs ready TO welcome and as
sist Whitefeld, the Methodist, with
whom he also openly disagreed. Later
still, he took pew in an Episcopal
church, but he was never commu-
meant Episcopalian. He says much
about religion in his autobiography, ex-
plains how he became deist In his
youth, but abandoned the doctrine be-
cause it was not useful in making men
good. His own creed he declares to be
belief in God and In the immortality of
the soul. Though my scheme was not
wholly without religion" he writes,
there was no mark of any OF the dis
tinguishing tenets OF any particular
sect"-Youth's Companion.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
He GAINED HIS POINT.
To Do 1t the Actor Spoiled the Play
and Lost His Position.


and Lost His Position.
An American actress who had toured
in England was telling her experiences
and related an incident that amused
her. She said:
I'm play produced 10 the provinces
there Is scene In which the hero
strikes the villain, who sinks away
without seeking to defend himself.
One night in large manufacturing
town the young fellow who played the
deep dyed scoundrel remarked to the
leading man before the curtain rose:
" I say, old chap. I've got my finncee
out in front tonight with her father
and mother Now, OF course they don't
know anything about our business, and
I'm afraid it would rather hurt me
with them IL received blow and got
away in the usual cowardly fashion.
So, dear old chap. can't you omit the
blow tonight?
"'But, my boy, the management will
fine me shlllingsr
"'Well, I'll pay the fine.'
oht SCS' AbuN dll very wei
you, hut what do get out OF It?
Nothing but bad name with the pow.
ers that be-
ooh, well, I'll give you shllllngs
extra, or, better vet, you hit me as
usual, and I'll hit back. They'll fine
me, not you. and I'll give you the
shlllings besides. You see how I'm sit.
uated. l shouldn't like the girl to mix
me IN with the character play. Ont
siders are so funny that way.
80 the compact was made, and that
night when the hero cried. sir Daniel
Deepwater'-or something Of that sort
base offspring OF noble race, take
THAR Sir Daniel not only took that
but gave 1t back with such force that
the pit in cheers rose at him, includ-
ing his relatives to be by marriage,
and he walked Off the stage in triumph.
81 am sorry to add he lost his situa-
ton, but he gained his point"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
Tyranny Of Clothes.

Place man in silk hat and frock
coat and transport him TO a farmyard.
Agricultural pursuits may be the one
passion Of his life, but clad in these
garments he feels in such surround
inSs miserable. ont OF place, essential
ly urban. Clothe him, conversely, in
fiannels or knickers and place him in
a church, and it is utterly impossible
for him to assume a fittingIy devo-
tional frame of mind. Unlimited au.
tocracy itself cannot impose such tyr
anuies on the subject. Civilization
is the slave of It's clothes, and there is
no prospect of freedom. - London
Graphic.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
The j. ice Of tho Crane.

The Arabs say that when the first
grapevine was planted the demon bills
sacrificed peacock on the spot where
the plant was set. As soon as 1t be-
gan to sprout forth he sacrificed an
ape over it. When the grapes began
to appear he slaughtered lion, and
when these were ripe he offered up a
pig; hence it is that he who drinks
wine feels at first rs proud as a pea
cock ana becomes subsequently as
tricksome as an ape, as bold as a lion
and at length as stupid as a swine.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
Talkino Throuoh : Human eodv

To talk through human body or a
row of human bodies, FOR the matter
Of that, Is one OF the welr,leSt Of the
electricians feats. II telephone wire
be severed and the two ends be held
by person. one in each hand but far
apart It is quite possible for two lndi-
viduals to carry on i conversation
through the body Of THE medium as
readily and as distinctly u, il the line
had been properly caauct:ni
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08

Hhave found tried and .ezed cure for m
nAtismi Not remedy that win StrAightSn .
distorted limbs OF chronic Cripples nor turn b
groWths back 70 flesh again. That Is impoaHfA,
But can now surely lill the pains and pAnEs
this deplorahle disease.
In Germany-with Chemist in the CITY
DaFmstadt-T found the last ingredient vi
which DR.. Shops Rheumatic Remedy was mn
. perfected. dependable prescription. Witht
that last ingredient. successfully treated ma
many cases OF Rheumatism; butnow. at last tia
tormly cures all durable cases Of this hareeofa
much dreaded disease, Those sand-lIks sranul
wastes found in Rheumatic Blood. seem todinsol
and pass away under the action Of this remsdy
freely as does sugar when added to pure WA
And then, when dissolved these poisonous was
freely pass from the system. and the Gauss
Rheumatism Is gone forever. There Is now
real need-uo actual excuse to suffer longer NJ
cut help. We sell. and in confidence reeomns
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08

Asked to define a suffragist, a Brit
ish schoolboy answered, "A person
who creates disturbance" One boy
described surf" as "a form of sea
weed which grows In the Pacific
ocean," In an essay on the canine race
a pupil declared that small dogs i'm
prove by keeping" and another gave
the singular of twain" as "worsted."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
Then She Talked.

Reporter-Well, I've interviewed her.
Editor-Did she talk without restraint?
Reporter u should say nit! She
wouldn't say a word until her husband
came in and told her to keep STILL
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08

Tom Do you think women are
Drawer than men? Dick-Yes. do. /
never saw one yet that wouldn't take
chance at marriage. : Detroit Free
Press.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
A Financial coup.

you don't mean to say that you
loaned Sticliles your umbrelIa?"
Yes. And 1t was economy to 10 It.
1t saves me the % cents a day he used
TO borrow"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
Johnnx,s aarrid Ein,sh

1T you don't quit eatiiS 50 much,
Johnny" exclaimed Mrs. I.apsllng. hor-
rihed at the gIuttonOus propensities Of
her youngest, 'the first thing you know
you'll be regular filibusterr'- Chicago
Tribune.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
There Vet

scott-My wife's mother has visited
US only once in five years. Mott
That isn't bad. When do you expect
her to pay her second visit? Scott
oh, she hasn't got through her first
yet.-New York Telegraph.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08
panieI's Eann.

Deacon Jones-why was Daniel the
most popular man mentioned in the
Old Testament? Brother smtth-Be.
cause he was lionlzed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-08

Inaccuracy is the twin brother OF
Observation-Disclosures.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
New Tenor at the American

A new musical play, The Wild
Rose" adapted from the German by
Harry B. Smith. with music by Ludwig
Englander and others, will be produced
by the San Francisco Opera Company
at the American Theater for a brief
run, commencing tomorrow evening.
This piece was presented by the
George w. Lederer company at the
Knickerbocker Theater. New York. the
summer following The Strollers'' and
met with great success. The original
cast included Irene Bentley, Maude
Cahill, Eddie Foy. Al Hart. Templeton
SAKE. Annie Perkins and Evelyn Nes-
bit. the latter in the role OF vashti. the
gypsy girl.
To strengthen his company. Manager
Healy has brought out from New York
Carl Haydn, brilliant young
tenor. late of the De Wolf Hopper and
Savage forces, who will make his first
appearance as the young Hungarian
officer, Rudolph Won Walden. Teddy
Webb will have in Noodle, the hypno-
tist, part that will ft him to a nicetv
and Aida Hemmi will find in Rose
Romany. the Wild Rose, a part suited
to her vocally and histrionically. sew
eral musical surprises are promised.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
Fresh Magnets at 0rpheum

Ned Wayburn's Dancing Daisies. who
head the list of newcomers this after
noon at the Orpheum, are said to be
pretty girls who sing like larks and
dance like sprites. Miss Louise Mink
being an especially talented young
woman. Frank Byron and Louise Lang
don will bid for popular favor In sxit
called The Dude Detective which the
Eastern press has declared to be alb
surdly funny, one critic having de-
scribed it as "a twenty-minute joke.
with a laugh every time the watch
ticks" Quigg, Mackey and Nickerson.
who call their performances COMEDY
and Harmony" have a large number
of musical instruments at their COM
mand and are also witty comedians.
The Flood brothers, also three In num-
Der, are novel and amusing comedy
acrobats.
This is the. last weekef Claire Beasy'S
performing cats, Dorothy Kenton and
her banjo, the three Mitchells and Lee
Harrison New moving pictures will
be unrolled today.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
By James Crawford

ITO witness Charles Z. Evans
play as rakfsh young husband
in his farce, Its Up to You,
William is far from being
convinced that he is in his thirty
sixth year of active theatrical work.
His spryness, physical as well as
mental, is no less notable than when
"A Parlor Match" was lighted, in
1894 and exposed his possession of
a comedy method at once distinct and
delightful. The hint conveyed by his
irOn-gray hair is not sustained by his
brightness OF eye.
why haven't you grown old:"' /
asked him as he was donning stage
garb in his boudoir at the Orphrum.
i must have been too busy TO at
tend 70 it" he laughed. Then he
casually dropped into autobiography.
Born at Rochester, \. Y, he there
made his histrionic debut as d ganin
in one of the late Frank Mayo's
dramas
"Wc next find our hero" he con-
tinued in his inimitably whimsical
way, Occasionally doing amateur sing
ing and dancing stunts with a youth
of the name OF Niles, our hero dis
guised as girl Along in 1872 we
considered ourselves clever enough TO
seek a professional engagement, so
We went to the big city and applied
TO Tony Pastor, one OF the half-dozen
or SO vaudeville managers then in this
country. and after seeing what we
could do he booked US Did we make
a bits On the spot. My makeup and
voice were SO deceptive. that Tony
considered it necessary TO assure the
audience that / was actually OF the
stcrner sex. | was kept IN petticoats
until Time gradually transformed my
soprano into a barytone, and"
Thereafter kindly permitted you to
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
He Played on Bush Street

mo; my whIskers sprouted before
that special privilege was bestowed.
But the Junior member Of the firm of
Niles and Evans thereafter acted in
trousers. We remained with Pastor
until 1879, and were OF the great COM
pany that be took across the con-
tinent that year. Our first appearance
III. San Francisco was at the Bush
street Theater, and on the bill with
us were Nay Irwin and her sister Flo;
Bryant and Hoey, the latter subse-
quently becoming my partner; Kelly
and Ryan, the former being the John
+. Kelly Of today, and other names
that have since become famous
When we returned East Niles and
joined the Hyde & Behman show and
remained with it two seasons, and in
1882 we formed a partnership with
Bryant and Hoey, and as the Niles,
Evans, Hoey and Bryant Meteors we
played the variety theaters two more
seasons. Then came A Parlor
Match D
How did it come:''
"Hoey and / had been doing a
sketch called The Book Agent, and
we took the manuscript to Charlie
Hoyt, whose first success, "A Bunch
Of Keys had just inaugurated the era
Of farce-cOmedy, and engaged him to
build il into a three-act piece for US.
You know the result Evans and
Hoey presented A Parlor Match
through. ten consecutive seasons, from
1884 till 1894 ] played the part OF
I. McCorker more than $500 times
in fact never missed appearing in any
performance Of the piece. That beats
either the O'Neill or the Jefferson
record, for both Monte Cristo and
Rip Van Wrinkle were occasionally
played by understudies. / had no
understudy. and never was incapaci-
Iated to play Hoey was out of a lot
of performances owing to illness"
you made great deal of money
tot the Match / have heard"
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
Importation of Anna Held

] incidentally mentioned that Anna
Held was somewhat responsible for
the big and beautiful chorus fad, and
was surprised to learn that Evans inn
ported that celebrated parsonage.
"Ziegfeld, who subsequently mar
ried her" he said, @came to me with a
proposal TO lease "A Parlor Match,
provided that Hoey, who was then
resting in Europe, play his original
part of Old Hoss | accepted, know
ing that Hoey would also accept, and
then he induced me TO present the
piece in my theater, also to accom-
pany him to London to secure big
special attraction for the opening.
Anna Held was the biggest thing to
be obtained. SO we booked her for a
certain number of weeks at salary
of $1,000 a week. That was how she
came TO the United States"
And she made her first American
appearance in "A Parlor Match'?"
.Yes. / forgot to tell You that
Ziegfeld induced me TO play my old
part. We opened to packed house,
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

reach of the masses. In vaudeville are
acts and actors just as attractive to
the best class of play-patrons as are
offered in any of the high-priced
theaters, and in vaudeville there is
always something to suit the taste of
the people who seek amusement
rather than instruction. But that's an
oft-told story, isn't it,"
Yes; but always interesting to the
student OF the theater, / told him.
But surely he did not believe that
musical comedy has had its day?
NO; but the day of stupendous
-spectacles labeled musical comedy is
almost spent The public is tired of
dramatic incoherency embellished
with meaningless music and hordes
of chorus women. Musical comedy is
getting back to whence il developed
farce-comedy. George NJ. Cohan has
set the pace. He subordinates both
music and spectacularism to comedy
and acting. Each of his successful
pieces contains a story that is not
obscured by frequent irrelevant in
terruptions, and the few musical num-
bers he introduces are marked by
quality rather than quantity IN their
interpretation In his 'Forty-Five
Minutes From Broadway there are
only four numbers, and each of them
is pertinent to the passing situation.
The hours of the mammoth musical
production are numbered. and the
playwright and the actor will soon
occupy the supreme place that the
chorus-driller and the costumer are
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
How the Press Was Duped

1t was under the Evans manage
ment that Miss Held received her
widespread milk bath" advertising.
Our press agent worked up that
job" said the comedian. ITO make it
appear realistic and induce the news
papers to take it up. as genuine news
matter he contracted with Long
Island dairyman to deliver about a
dozen gallons of fresh milk daily at
Miss Held's residence. When the
bill was presented she declined to pay
it, whereupon the dairyman sued her,
his complaint stating that he under
stood the milk was used by her for
bathing purposes and the preservation
of her complexion. She did not an
swer the complaint, of course, and we
paid the. bill and costs of suit. Did
the newspapers bite? Like hungry
trout. They devoted pages to the
story; and fool women all over the
country began taking milk. baths. 1t
doomed the dairy business, | can tell
you. And when the sensation was be-
coming stale Hoey revived it by fol-
lowing Miss Held across the stage
with huge milk can on his shoulder.
No press agents invention, before or
since, equalcd the hit made by that
milk-bath yarn" :
He accepted Frank Mayo's dramati-
zation of Mark Twain's "Pudd'nhead
Wilson" after every other play-pro-
duccr in New York had refused it,
and he told me Of the tremendous sue
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
When Frank Mayo TrembIed

Rob Roy was running at my
theater," said the raconteur, when
Mr.. Mayo, who was great star when
| was child, came one evening and
requested that | allow him to read
his play to me. | had heard of the
play, of course, and of how it had
been numerously rejected, but through
respect for the old. man / acceded to
his request and made up my mind to
pass rather dreary evening. We sat
down in my private Office at 8 o'clock,
and I'll give you my word of honor
that when he finished reading, al
though it was after midnight, 1Ahad
not rcalizedtthe passage of time at all,
so deeply was | interested in the
perusal WELL said. Mayo eagerly,
as he closed the book, what do you
think of itY' I'll produce it. was my
answer He. actually trembled as he
said, When, Mr.. Evans, when will
you produce it??' 1T shall be my next
production | replied; and we must
get into rehearsals right away
you know the rest: 'Pudd'nhead'
packed my theater until previously
made booking which l could NOT can
eel compelled me to send it on the
road. Mr.. Mayo died on train near
Salt Lake City, and with him virtu-
ally died the play, for his personality
was its mainstay
Will you ever revive A Parlor
sMatch'?" I-asked as he was about to
obey a summons to the stage.
Z Hoey is dead, was his reply.
Its, Significance was appreciated
none the. less sswhen7I Thought of what
he had just said about Frank Mayo's
value in sPudd 'nhead Wilson" For
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
Nance as a Sardou Heroine

Nance o'Neil Will be the. attraction
at the Novelty Theater for two weeks,
commencing tomorrow evening. sho
is TO be assisted by.a companyof forty
dou's drama, The Sorceress." and will
make her first appearance here in the
role of Zoraya, the Moorish woman, a
part said to be well suited to her tai
ents.
The play treats Sof the Spanish IN
quisition and the scene is laid In To-
'ledo. Zoraya, beautiful and rich, is
suspected Of sorcery because she had
effected some remarkable cures by
hinges largely upon the efforts made
to save her by a captain of archers.
whos encountered her by chance and
became enamored. The I'VE acts are
intensely dramatic and thes production
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
Wilde Tragedy Still Runs

"Salome' commences it's third week
at the Colonial Theater tomorrow even
ing, and the demand for seats seems
to be unabated. The Colonial players
have never appeared to better advan-
tage than in this production, and the
excellent staging contributes much to
the attractiveness of the play.
Frank Bacon, supported by A. Burt
Wesner. w. C. Graves, Bessie Bacon
and Jane Jeffery, will work on the risi-
bilities Of their audiences during the
coming week with the farce, Box and
raiser to "Saloms-"
Vaudeville is to be resumed tomor-
row evening at the Chutes Theater,
the bill including Agnes Williams
Johns and William r. Abram. sketch
artists; the Manegans. acrobats; James
T. Derwin. ventriloquist; Carroll and
Hodges. singers and dancers. and the
Gaiety Girls in "A Pawnbroker's Trou-
bles."
Moriz RosenthaI.. the Austrian plan
| list, will give another matinee recital
today at Christian Science Hall. His
opening number will be Beethoven's
Sonata Op. 1O9 and this will be fol-
lowed by Robert Schumann's wonder
full conceit The Carnevale." Chopin
will be represented by four important
works. and the virtuOso viii play
Liszt's fantaisie on Mozart's Don Clio
l.vanni.
Rosenthal will give a farewell re-
citaI next Sunday afternoon at the
same hall.
Victor Herbert's opera "The Sere-
made" is attracting good business to
Idora Park. Oakland. Sybil Page. as
Yvonne. is doing the best work OF her
career; Bernice Holmes gives a good
personation of Dolores; Ferris Hart
man is very funny as the Duke, Ar
thur Cunningham's big voice finds
splendid ventilation, and the other IA
Vorites are well cast The Serenade''
will be withdrawn next week to make
room for Alfred Cellier's beautiful
English opera Dorothy"
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
Became a New York Manager

we made SO much money that we
dissolved partnership while the piece
was still drawing card Hoey in
vested some of his wealth in a new
play in which he starred alone, but il
was a losing venture. Then he tried
another new play, and again lost
built the Herald-square Theater, man
aged It SIX years and produced some
great successes. j opened the house
with Richard Mansfield in Shaws
Arms and the Man. and among the
attractions that received their pre-
mier under my engagement were
the comic opera Rob Roy Frank
Mayo in 'Pudd'nhead Wilson, and
Mrs Carter in The Heart Of Mary
land When my health began to
break under the strain / leased the
house to the Shuberts, and when
again fit for the pace ! took an in
terest with them in the Princess
Theater, which I retained until few
months ago"
You ceased acting when the
Match was eXtinguished?"i
"Oh dear, no. The season of 1891
] was starred in Naughty Anthony
by BelascO, and / acted in There and
Back at the Princess, and three years
ago j put IN twenty weeks as Spangle
in The Shogun.' That was the best
fitting part / ever had. Savage de-
clined to star me in it. or | might
still be enjoying myself in the Ade
comic opera"
How did you come to enter vaude-
villc?"
TO return to II, you means Well,
because it was the most promising
field / could see This sketch I'm
doing is a condensation of the three
act farce There and Back which we
did at the Princess. How long I'll
stay in vaudeville / don't know, but
whether I'm in it or not I shall con-
tinuc to regard il as the coming
dominant amusement factor IN this