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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Praise Safer Than Blame.

vlscount de Belmont of Brazil was
dining in New York restaurant. Sud
denly he put down his knife and fork
and uttered an exclamation OF ap-
proval
"By Jove, beautiful womanw he
said in the demonstratlve southern
way
"She is my wife," the vlscounts COM
panion murmured modestly.
The young man laughed. Excuse
my personal remark" he said, but IL
was much better than that of an Ok
ford friend of mine.
"My friend. on the boat coming over,
stood in conversation with an elderly,
man on the promenade deck. Near by,
woman sat in n deck chair. Ny
friend, pointing to her, said, with q
sneer:
"T wonder IL that ugly old woman 10
actually trying TO fllrt with mel
"T don't know the elderly gentle
man answered mildly. but can easily
find out for you. She's my wife,
Woman's Home Companion. 4
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
ANDY CoAKLEY, RELIABLE PITCHER OF THE CINCINNATI
NATIONALS.

most generous men in the coming tow
er of baseball. He told Hanlon that he
wanted a winning team at any price.
IAN right" said Hanlon. PAY me
$4,000 year salary" That was Han
Ions idea of how the Cincinnati clubs
money should be spent in giving 1t
winning team.
There is no doubt that Hanlon spent
a small fortune on young players that
never had enough ability to warrant
engagement with the big show. They
should never have been yanked cruelty
away from the dear old cactus foun-
dries of southwest Arizona Hanlon
evidently thought he could balance the
teams expense account by offsetting
cheap players against an expensive
manager. But the scheme did not
work successfully. The amount that
Hanlon is overpaid would buy a crack
erjack pitcher for the Cincinnati team.
Rumor has ii that John Ganzel-our
old friend. Pop Up John"-will be
made the director general of the Reds
when Hanlon goes. Camel is a quiet,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Jockey Jimmy Lee.

Jimmy Lee. the negro Jockey who was
the sensation of the Louisville spring
meeting, recently made his debut at
Brighton Beach, New York, He did not
ride a single winner on his first day,
much to the disappointment OF his fol-
lowers who had backed his mounts.
Lee showed no striking Indications of
ability to wrest from Walter Miller the
horse plotting supremacy OF the east.
Lee was developed at New Orleans a
year ago, when he was riding for Rome
Respess. He became OF national note
at Louisville by sweeping the card"
one day. He won all six races.
Lee is riding the horses OF Paul
Rainey, the Cincinnati coke millionaire.
who lost fortune on the turf last year
on New York tracks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

the pose he uses in addressing the jury
when he asks the waiter for few
more of those delicious Bermuda onions +?
Must the stage doctor write his pro /.
posal to the debutante on prescrip-
ton pad. saying: II am your medicine
You must take me for lifel" simply
because he Is a doctor?
Must our amateur financler, the for
ger fall into the habitual lockstep when
he follows his intended victim into The
stage garden for a lille walk simply,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

holds the amateurs championship In
English court tennis France and M.
Massey defeat all competitors at golf
IN Rugby football New Zealand and
South Africa show us the way Tho
South African cricieters easily dispose
of some of the best OF our county
teams In all forms OF running Amer.
lea beats us with ease Italians or
Frenchmen are the victorious cyclists
Canada secures the Kolapore cup for
shooting Mr. b. B. Kiernn Of Austria
liza was the most efficient swimmer Mr.
G. M Daniels OF America nlso has low
cred some Of our swimming marks
And none of our younE women was
able to cope with Miss MAY sutton Of
America in tennis at Wimbledon. 1t is
humiliating record"
The deterioration OF cricket. the very
pth and marrow of British sports. is
particularly lamented did any one"
II Is asked. ever see such sinewless
weak kneed, emasculate play" as that in
the oxford Cambridge match at Lords?
Possibly one OF the reasons for Ems
lands retrogreseion In athletics is the
fact that her representatives have long
considered themselves the only great
athletes in the world and that they did
not feel the necessity of working hard
to maintain the supremacy they
claimed. Self satisfaction has ruined
many an athlete in the past Its per-
nicious effects are readily observed in
English sport today
Then, again. English athletes spent
so much time .critlcising American
sportsmen in the past that they had
little time for improving their own abi-
tiles. Their attitude was: I'VE know
more about athletics than any one else.
We are the best in the game. Why
should we have to prove it?"
Perhaps by studying carefully the
methods of some OF their formerly de-
splsed International rivals in sport
England's athletes may he able to argue
themselves into the position of world
leaders once more.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

ing champion of the world is the fore
gone conclusion of hundreds of pugilis-
tic fanciers in the west and middle
west
Packey. since 1904. has won every
fight he has engaged in, thirty-nine in
all. In thirty-one of these bouts he
won over the Knockout route.
Packey, at his managers suggestion,
backed away from Fighting Dick" Hy-
land when the latter wanted piece of
Packeys game. This maneuver caused
some surprise, but possibly McFarland's
manager was not quite certain that the
lad could put Hyland away at this
stage I'm his career
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Too Deep For Him.

Strange case. that of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harkins."
How so? Divorces are common. I
don't see anything SO remarkable In
the fact that they have separated"
"oh, 1t isn't the separation. But
here 1t Is nearly two weeks since the
decree was granted, and neither OF
them has got married again. can't
understand what the motive was."--
Cleveland Leader.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

That so,t Uf talk goes all very we'll as
filler 81 space in newspaper that Is
hard up for news. But It is not sensl-
Bile talk. British fighting In the heavier
classes has not deteriorated, has not de-
clined. 1t never was anything to COM
pare with the class of fighting in Amer
lean classes of the middle and heavier
weights. Therefore II is not correct
TO lament over the British fist games
decline" The lamentations should
arise because the Britishers have never
improved over their old time old fash
ioned style. The Squires- Burns affair
Zone cannot call It 1ghD was only an
other evidence Of this.
HARRY GRANT.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Self Interested Generosity.

Edwin and Lisa, says the New York
Press, are two little cousins OF three
who are almost inseparable and divide
most of their goodies. One day Ed
win had a whole cracker unbuttered
md half one which was buttered.
He gave the former to Lisa, and his
mother commended him for giving
away the larger piece.
Little Lisa looked up aggrievedly.
YES" said she, "he gave me the big
gest. but he kept the butterest."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

the commonplace, in some sphere Of
activity or life. and they, in so doing,
picture a straight role, The straight
role is so well established as such that
not even Mr. Lackaye can wipe 1t out at
one blow or a dozen blows.
Does a man who is a lawyer have to
act any the less like gentleman or any
the more when In drawing room or
at dinner on the stage simply be-
cause he Is lawyer? Must he assume
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Thomas e. She's.

Conan a. Harris have assumed the
management of Thomas E. shea. Mr.
Shea VIII be seen in only the largest
cities and will present hts standard re-
pertory consisting of "Othello." -'Jekyll
ana hyde and The Bells" He will
also present new play, OF which he is
the author entitled. "a Soldier of the
Cross"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

On the contrary these three roles
mentioned by Mr. Lackaye can he
played straight" when cast along cer-
tain lines, just as they must be made
Character" roles when cast along other
lines. For instance IL the forger. the
doctor or the lawyer were shown ac-
tually at work in his special capacities.
the roles would certainly have to be
made character parts in order to be
successful from an artistic viewpoint
But Mr.. Lackaye makes no such dis
tinction. His amateurish error In maxi
ing sweeping or general assertions
leaves him open to attack.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
isabel Irving.

Isabel Irving is to tour the country
In "The Girl Who Has Everything"
next season. This is the play produced
In New York last season, at the Liberty
theater, by Eleanor Robson.
Miss Irving is the wife Of w. II
Thompson, one Of the ablest character
actors in America. Her tour in Susan
In Search OF Husband" last year was
so successful that the owners of that
play offered her the opportunity TO tour
In the play previously mentioned.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

more to do than to appear on the
stage in conventional dress, without
distinguishing makeup and to speak
his lines without accent Characteristic
OF any particular personality and to
comport himself without gesture signi-
Tying anything out OF the ordinary as
regards character or personality. Yet
we see actors in almost every legiti-
mate play who must so conduct them
selves. They enact conventional roles,
typlfying the usual. but not necessarlly
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

contralto. Marion well.
was engaged to appear at the opera at
Nantes and to have the principal mezzo
soprano roles, singing in "Herodlade,"
Samson ct Dalili." "Prophete." ia
vorita" and others. She also appeared
in speciak performances of Carmen"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

send out no less than twenty-five COM
panies during the coming season equip
ped with riproaring melodramas Of the
deepest dye. The manager in question,
and he is one of many, has stan OF
red ink singers who can 'conjure up
any kind of sensation at days notice.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Tn. Way He Loved H.r.

Three months after facing the par
son together they were seated at the
tea table.
do you love me still?" queried the
young wife after the manner of her
kind.
2"of course I love you STILL" he an.
swered. Nov. keep quiet while I
read the paper" r."-Leslie's Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Henrietta crosman.

In Mistress Nell' and "rhe Sword Of
the King Henrietta Crosman fought
with rapiers and proved herself an ex-
pert. In The Christian Pilgrim" her
next years play Miss Crosman will
meet Tyrone Power. her leading man.
IN broadsword combat. Mr.. Power is
considerably over six feet In height,
and Miss crosman is looking forward to
some hard knocks
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
HanIon,s BROOKLYN Failure.

Hanlon failed as manager for Brook
lyn. His excuse was that he didn't
have the money he needed to work with
In the hunt for good players. However
that may have been, Hanlon cannot
offer that excuse for his glaring failure
at Cincinnati. Hermann is one of the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
English Fighters.

Quite frequently nowadays we hear
remarks about "the lamentable decline
of British pugilism In general"
The remarks are to the effect that
British fighters with the padded mltts
are not what they used to be.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Louis Mann.

Louis Mann, last with 1.-THE White
Hen Is laying plans and Matching
schemes for his appearance In more
serious roles and Ia spending all his
spare time IN reading over old French
plays and dramas. Mr. Mann is par
tiealarly considering Moliere.e Tar
tufe' which has already beer done IN
English under two or three different
names.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
What More Could sb. Al,

"You used" she complained, ito
treat me so affectionately and to uso
so many words of endearment when
you spoke to me. Now you are SO
matter of fact"
q Well" he replied, with a yawn,
didn't I prove by marrying you that
! liked ur--Judge.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
EnuIlsh peeadenee In Sport.

English authorities on sport are
worked up to a pretty frenzy over the
decadence of sport in the tight little
isle" The capture of coveted cham
pionship titles and the lowering OF
English records by outsiders have
aroused walls of discomfort and dis
gust that can. be heard from Lands
End to the aurora borealis.
one groaning English sport critic re-
Gently wrote as follows:
What is the matter with our young
men? At Henley Belgium claims for
the second year i'm succession the SUI
preme prize in rowing. Australia, in
the person of the redoubtable Mr..
Brookes, wins highest honors in lawn
tennis. Mr.. Jay Gould, an American,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

unassuming, conscientious worker, but
il is doubtful II he measures UP to big
league managerial standards. He has
already had some managerial expert
ence in connection with a minor league
team.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
silly Question.

But" asked Miss Prim, didn't Won
scream when he kissed your"
"Nonsensel OF course not" replied
Miss Koy. "His mustaehe didn't tic
kle as much as all that"-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
! whst Is a mcharsoter" Aotor2

WHeh 70 SHdFdCIoT HCtoTf
Mr. Lackaye dived headlong into the
Beething sea Of .-Olicity recently by
means OF an interview in which he
stated that the critics or any one else
who referred TO him as a character"
actor was wrong. He spoke in part ae
follows:
rIn all the dramatic field there Is, to
my mind, no more erroneous custom
than that OF actors, managers and writ
ers in their invariable separation of the
roles OF an actor into two distinct
classes. straight and character Theac-
oepted dramatic definition of straight
10 that the part is natural and usual
THAT very definition in itself pre-
cludes the possibility of such part for
cannot imagine stage part that has
not some salient Characteristic not his
own that is seized on by the actor to
make his role stand out as a perfect
portrayal of the character he ASSUMES
He is not himself, therefore he is not
natural, but rs the mimic of supposed
person. and therein he plays charac-
ter.
Suppose the role he assumes is that
pf a Romeo, a jockey an artist. a priest
or an ordinary man of the world, which
an actor is not, then certainly he must
assume not only the speech, habits.
thoughts and department OF such per
SON.. bnt he must also physically ap-
preach the character portrayed
"A competent actor portrays many
parts IL his career each requiring
sharaeter Interpretation different from
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
THE HospITABLE CITIZEN.

--- w .It3yilil
Baratt' dat keep peanutta stan thfEl
Zen ceety Pheeladap ~ W Isl
Ees gooda "hospitabble man. 1Fkf \
s. He tai me SO heemsaI- tFIl
ask heem pleass esplain TO me, III
An dees ees wat he say: vi
"w'enevra man ees kind an free
For geevin' theengs away, q
:. So dat da stranger man dat com ~
To deesa ceety can NJ
Be happy here an, feel at home
OATS 'hospitabble man. W
mex week." he say. from far, frem
near, =
Beeg crowda mans dat's cali M,
'Da Brother Elk ees comm mere. y
We glad TO see dem all.
We max da ceety clean an bright
An spand da mona free
80 evratheeng by dsy. by Night
Mos beautiful weell be; A
An I am put dees fiegs to ny
From dees pesnutta stan.
30 stranger mans weell know dst'I
Am 'hospitabble man.
Mex time I see Baratt, on, myi
He ees cen soocha state. W
''Dose brother Elk ees gon',' ne CRY.
"An' dey are 'cheapa skate.
You bat my lifel From time dey com
Onteell da day dey went II
Dey iusta max demsar at homes
But nevva spand cent? I.
Dey banda lemon up TO me,
But buy da few banan'.
was fool dat ] should ne
Sooch 'hospitabble man..
Eet ees not vera clear to me
wat dees Baratta say.
.Eef ceety max all theengs so Tree,
wat for should Elka pay7
s'pose dat l am vera dumb.
But STEEL / aska why. "a
seence dey are ask de- stranger GOMEZ
Dey should aspect heem buyT Ey,l
oh. my. l am so vera green, r.,
Pleass, Meester 'Merican. Nl
weesh you tai me wat ees meant
BY "hospitabble man."
IT. A. Daily in Catholic Standard ana
Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Denies Sell Evident Truth.

Mr.. Lackaye denies the existence Of
one of the self evident truths of the
stage world. He denies that there are
roles in which an actor has nothing
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

"A HIGH priced manager often
~ makes baseball team a big
money winner AT the same
time It should not be forgotten
that he can also make team a big
money loser This latter observation
applies most strongly to Edward Han
Ion. manager Of the Cincinnati Reds.
who. IL was recently announced, will
not be retained by President Garry
Hermann another year. Hanlon has
been refused another years contract
with the Reds.
IL Hermann was In need of lesson
as to the futillty of a baseball manager
living on his reputation, Hanlon has
supplied that need. Hanlon has
dreamed, and the fans helped him
dream for many years, that he is tho
greatest living ball manager that ever
handed a release to a bush league re.
cruit, and all simply because he was
manager of the famous old Baltimore
team that copped several champion
ships.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Hot s,uH.

Restaurant Guest = Everything ycu
nave brought me is stone cold.
Polite Waiter-Here Is the m,,stard
an pepper, sah.-Nsw York Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
MeIodrama to the Enrn

Mock heroics are increasing In inn
portance ON the stage along with the
tremendous expansion OF higher class
dramatic Dabulum. One manager VIII
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
What the Dramatic World Is Now Talking About

the other, and I contend that there can
be no straight part unless, indeed
you engage a lawyer for lawyers parts,
doctor for a doctor, a forger for
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

For three years Miss Ivell was the
leading contralto of the Savage Grand
Opera company
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Elah.sr Paeksx Mcfarland.

That Packey Mcfarland OF Chicago
will one day become lightweight fight
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

host OF American opera lovers viii
'e Interested 10 know that the well
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

-as a very good actor i'm a
pertain class of roles, as a man of steel
barbed wit and as man Of brain
power superior to many other actors.
Mr.. Lackaye is also a highly entertain
Ing raconteur. Some of his stories have
become classics in their line among
members of the stage world.
But Mr. Lackaye is now attempting
10 prove himself TO be bit more than
what has already been admitted in his
favor. He would become the arbitrary
authority on how the English language
should be applied TO the stage, and he
seeks to impress on dramatic critics the
alleged fact that they don't know their
own business. OF course this last en-
Ieavor is not a new one for Mr. Lack
aye and many another actor have in
the past attempted the same thing. The
critics are used to il and have had so
much instruction rendered them gratis
that they may well be pardoued at this
late date for thinking that they know
II all" For, surely, have not the actors
and managers told them everything
they did not know in the first instance
and a great deal more?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
A Distinction,

because he needed somebody else's
money in the past?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
Heard In the Kitchen.

Miss spoon--w What are you looking
so mad about?
Coffeepot-Mad! was so angry
with cook yesterday that just boiled
over, and I'm not settled yet.-Bohe-
mian
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

Their pet scheme is to have a play on
some sensational criminal trial fresh
In the public mind.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10
PAULINE CHASE, AN AMERICAN ACTRESS POPULAR IN ENG.
LAND.
LAND.

the N
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

From our New York Dramatic Core
spondent.l
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

K. WILTON LACkA E u
known on the American
stage in at least three phases
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-01
COOLEST MAY ON RECORD
But Prof. Snow Says There Was More
Rain Than Year Ago.

Lawrence, Kan, June DIR. Shows
weather report for May says the month
just closed was the coolest May ever
recorded here. The record covers 40
Mays.
There were five white frosts during
month, the latest on 9th. This is lat
est frost ever recorded. Rainfall was
nearly normal. Wind was away below
the average for 40 preceding Mays.
Cloudiness was much above average.
Mean temperature for month was
59.05 degrees above zero which is SOS
degrees below May average. Range OF
temperature was s71s on May II to 80
on May 3.
Precipitation measured 4 and hun
dredths inches, which is 55 hundredths
below average for May. and is some
what above the rainfall of May a year
ago. During the five months of 1907
now completed, the rainfall has been
1888 inches, which is above the aver
age for that period.
There were three thunderstorms. The
total run of wind 1906 miles, which is
1920 below the average for May. The
daily mean velocity was 800 miles hour
ly, and mean velocity, 1881 miles per
hour. The greatest velocity for one
hour was from 10 to o'clock May II.
when it blew Sc miles. The rainfall for
the first months of 1907 was double a
similar period of 1906.