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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17
PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP.


day whereby Maude Fealy will be the
first attraction at the new Savannah the
atre, Savannah. Ga, which will be form
ally opened to the public on March 4.
Miss Fealy will appear in THE Illusion
of Beatrice the pretty Martha Morton
comedy which has proven an excellent
play for her first tour as a star. Miss
Fealy will appear in Birmingham at the
Jefferson theatre on Tuesday, February
&c.
There seems indeed to have been meth
cd in the madness that prompted the
preparation for this seasons biggest
musical comedy, Gay New York" which
will be offered at the Bijou for-the week
of January %. From every direction
comes the verdict of superiority of eiab-
crate details regarding the production.
and what must be more gratifying still
to the promoters of such an extravagant
venture is the financial results that have
already been achieved.
Max F1gman, who has been seriously
Ill resumed his tour in 1.-THE Man on the
Box" at Ft. Worth, Tex. Mr.. Figman's
success in the title role of Harold Nc
Grath's comedy has been so pronounced
that Manager John Cort has extended his
tour one month beyond the original book
ings. THE Man on tho Box" Is booked
for an early appearance at the Jefferson
theatre.
1.-THE Sign of the Cross" Wilson Bar
rett's drama, will be the attraction at
the jefferson theatre on Wednesday,.
February q. Rome In the days of Nero,
when sumptuous vice and profigate lux
ury ruled the Emperor and his court. is
the theme of many powerful novels. but
Mr.. Barrett was the first to reproduce
on the stage the magnificent surround
ines of the pagans contrasted with the
poverty and privations Of the despised
Christians Scenically the production is
said to be most complete and beautiful
and one of the largest productions on the
road
Here is what the Rochester Evening
Times said of Painting the Town."
which comes to the Jefferson theatre
Monday, February %:
Keep the audlnece in splendid humor
for more than two hours"
Painting the Town is presented with
adequate scenery.
THE company presenting this piece is
one Of the best singing companies seen
this season.
''There is nothing to offend in Painting
the Town."
II Is a we'll known fact that Bernard
Shaw brought forth great stage novelty
when he wrote Man and Superman,"
which has attracted so much attention
since it was brought out in New York a
year ago last September by Robert Lo-
raine, the young English actor. Charles
Dillingham;, under whose management
Mr. Lorraine is appearing, has arranged
for an engagement in the presentation of
Man and Superman" in this city at a
date not far away.
1.-THE Yankee Consul" which is booked
for the jefferson soon, was originally
booked for four weeks in New York and
ran there over six months at the Broad
way theatre. In Boston, where its sched-
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ter Loring Webb, c. E. Invention Helps
the Bees Franklin Horton. I'm the
Track of the Hurricane" Charles Rich
ards Dodge. Twenty other articles; 100
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May and Blanche West. They obeyed all
Miss Cahill's rules last year. and were
therefore selected by her for further ex-
animation. Miss CahiH believes that
girl ought to be helped to make up her
mind at the end of her first year whether
or not she ought to follow the stage as
a profession. She does not believe in
encouraging an incompetent girl to re-
main IN the life. She does not think that
the stage is the place for an uneducated
girl So after deciding on their general
fitness by years careful observation.
she makes each girl submit to an exam
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nation in the following subjects.
Ia Singing ability-naturh quality and
culture.
(b) Education-English, French. Ger
man, dancing, elocution.
(c) General intelligence.
Id Dramatic ability
(el General physical ftness-health
looks, figure, pose.
IN Temperament.
% Family history
(h) Moral standards.
And the above mentioned young women
are the members of the first chorus
girls class of 1906 to receive the Marie
Cahil dramatic diploma.
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At the Majestic.

The attractions booked for the Males
tic theatre for the present week should
be sufficient to keep the audience on the
uui vive alRthe time. The usual six acts
Twill be seen. with new pictures on the
Majestograph. The attractions are said
to be of a class that should appeal to the
most pessimistic. The class of perform
ers may be said to be of the best in vau-
deville, as every person on the pro-
gramme has won favorable criticism on
the circuits Of the big eastern cities and
Chicago Mr.. and Mrs Perkins Fisher
who created a tremendous oppression last
season, are coming wi Dir pathetic
sketch, 1.-THE Half Way louise" Grim
minis and Gore compose a IN of big
and little" persons who have a funny
performance. Miss. Grace Courtland is a
novelty by her occultfsm, and Mile. Cam
file Personi is a talented vocalist. How
ell and Scott are Hebrew comedians, and
the Bennington brothers bar artists.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher were warmly
received on their trip over the interstate
circuit last season that it was at their
request that they were booked again.
Their sketch, THE Halfway House."
has been presented all over the country
and is one of the big hits of the vaude-
Vile stage. Mr.. Fisher in the role of the
proprietor of a little tavern, shows his
thespian powers to advantage, and Mrs
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Continued from PAGE ael

the exception Of AR Wers theatres. the
company is playing throughout the eoun-
try at the usual prices, and carries the
Dntire scenic equipment for the full five
acts. The costumes are all new and add
to the beauty of the various scenes.
From beginning TO end. there have been
Few plays in the history of the stage more
completely equipped than when Knight
hood Was in Flower" The costumes for
the historical figures in the play have
been prepared by the best costumers in
New York, and are complete in every
detail. The old furniture, tapestry. armor'
wall scenes, book and accessories. have
all been selected because of their special
Witness: and one of the hardest things in
Eehearsals of the play has been the old
fashioned court dances which are intro
duced IN the first act, and which move in
the rhythm of old-fashioned music. In the
last act the play is unique in that the
good old-fashioned atmosphere is retained
10 the very last
Miss Anna Day has been fortunate
enough to find a worthy opportunity for
a display Of her talent and cleverness.
Her Interpretation of her role is more
Khan satisfying, it is said; deft touches
here and there have made it her own Gre
alton ard not an imitation. As MARY
Tudor," Miss Day presents a character
which never allows the interest in it or
the play to abate: a lovable character,
marked as it is by the oppostions of a
hot temperament which will bestow the
band only where the heart has gone, AS
k'Mary Tudor" action is requisite, hence
There is a danger of over exuberanee but
Miss Day never overacts, it is said The
copuetries of a lovely and loving woman;
khe courage which makes her ready to
sacrifiee for the man she loves the dig
nifty of the Queen Of France the final
Sriumphs of a lone woman over her enc
smies and the grace of a wife when she is
mnally united to the man of her heart $
choice are portrayed by Miss Day.
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at large have an instinct for discov-
ering the new thing, and the Hughes
method is unquestionably new. join
ing the stiff orderliness associated
with extreme conservatism to an un-
compromising radicalness Of idea, dis
regarding alike the appeals of friend
ship and Of party, using no weapons
except those drawn from the arsenal
Of reason-here is a man Of whom
anything is possible, even the perma-
nent lifting Of American public life
to high level.
The young man Of today will do
well to watch the life and doings Of
Charles E. Hughes.
"Among the number Of letters
sent me asking for information from
all over the country regarding the
new discovery German GRAINS for
the cure without drugs of indiges-
ton, ETC., there were some who failed
to give addresses, and if they see
this they will understand why til
New York end of this paper did not
comply"
Looking at the proposition, isn't
your first impression that this agent
is "out for the money''q After
reading his New York article, are
not left with the opinion that he gets
a graft from the man 80 nicely and
voluntarily complimented? Then, is
it right that cleverness in such way
should be so generally recognized
when the numbers must pay the
price, and it is the price, after all,
that is at the end of the string?
THOMAS EZRA M'DONALD.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-17
WATsoNs WEEKLY JEFFERsoNIAN.

as the sky and as broad as the ocean,
will not be able to get back to this
country, it seems, unless present
plans and determination are
changed. She has been permitted to
go where she pleased heretofore, not
withstanding her admittedly danger
Gus intellectual qualities and her vi
cious and bloody advice to the de-
luded ones who follow her teachings;
but now that she is out of the coun-
try, she may not be permitted to re-
turn.
Every half way decent American
must hope in his or her heart that
this is true, and that the government
is prepared to stand firm, and with
legal right, upon its decision. That
she was at least indirectly RESPONSE
BILE for the fanatical act of Czolgosz
is hardly to be doubted. Whether
she was or not, however, she has trav-
eled this country around, clarifying
CnaC cruel and 1nnuman deed, and
holding its perpetrator up before her
dull-witted and generally vicious au-
diences as a martyr.
She is a dangerous-an extremely
angerous-wcman. She has the fire
of great orator, the skill of prac-
ticed demagogue, the love Of noto-
riety fully developed, and the deter
mination of crafty and powerful
leader. She is not wanted in this
land; it is no place for her. What
she has done cannot be recalled. But
she can be prevented from doing fur
ther damage-and it is our hope that
she will be. Keep her out!- Wash
ington Herald.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-17

the profits Of the products Of labor.
And he asks: Who has done most
to breed class spirit in this coun-
try9 Who has done most to breed
contempt for and defiance Of lawf
Who is seeking to enforce the prin-
ciple that "vested interests" are su-
perior to human rightsf IF this
country Is drifting rapidly toward
socialism as the only means to Sc
cure "equal and exact justice to all,
special privileges to who is
responsible for itf
Again he asks: Ia there no other
punishment than fne--no adequate
punishment-for the stock juggt
the stock waterer, the trust highbind-
or, the trust fund speculator, the
criminally negligent trust manufac-
turer, the corrupter Of the public
press, the briber Of local, State and
national legislatures, and the exploit
er of special franchises granted for
the public welfaref
He asks, in conclusion: If there is
not enough intelligence, moral cour-
age, honesty, manhood and patriot
ism in the United States to put an
end to special privileges, to corpo-
rate corruption and abuse of power,
to plundering the people-no mat
ter by what name it Is called-and
to make all men equal before the Law,
then is not socialism inevitable ana
preferables
Will the present current OF reform
carry the shop if state safely be-
tween the growing demands Of or
ganized labor for socialism, and the
lawless rapacity of the privileged
class, intrenched behind wealth and
politics-until even the humblest citi-
zen can say with truth and with
pride: All men are equal before the
law 7-Thornton West, in The Public.
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fective rails so as to save money
the money going to pay dividends on
hundreds Of millions Of watered
stock. But no one in authority has
even suggested that the steel trust
rail makers are criminally respon-
sible.
The government itself tells him
the railroads, congressman, senator's,
and men Of large wealth have con-
spired to defraud the people of thou
sands Of acres Of valuable mining and
timber lands, but he sees one of these
very senators at the head Of the pros
ecution Of the mine union leaders Of
Colorado.
He sees corporation lawyers ap-
pointed to federal judgeships. He
sees corporation lawyers in the fed
eral cabinet. He sees cabinet off,
GERS go direct from the administra-
ton to become intimately associated
with Wall street leaders of "high
finance"
He has been given ample evidence
that even the United States Senate,
the highest law making body of the
nation-and the body that confirms
the appointments of all federal
judges-is controlled, when necessary,
by senators elected to represent rail-
roads, trusts, tariff benefciaries, and
other special privilege recipients.
Then, too, he has learned that
newspapers are selling their column
even their editorial columns, to those
who fatten on special privileges, and
who rob and oppress the people
lawfully"
Seeing and knowing these things,
he feels that there is something rad
ically wrong in the system of econ,
omy that brings forth, and in the
government that permits, such an
unjust and dangerous distribution of
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AS WoRKINGMEN MUST SEE IT.

Continued from Page Seven.)
He has learned that if he steals
$50, he goes to the penitentiary; bui
that the man who steals millions is
admitted into "high finance and Is
heralded as a foremost American
He has found that if he violates the
injunction of a court, he goes to jail
and his home is sold to pay the
courts cost; but that when the &c
poration magnate violates an injunc-
ton, he gives bond and goes free.
He has learned that when cor
poration is the complainant, federal
judges are not only prompt to a.
sumo jurisdiction, but only too often
they assume also the spirit Of the
prosecutor.
He sees the leading business men
Of the country placing pride of pelf
above pride of self. He sees them
proclaiming and exemplifying the
heresy that the dollar is the stand
ard of success, and that this success
is the standard Of character, of
worth.
He hears himself patronizingly
asked to accept "full dinner pail"
in lieu of a full share Of civic rights
and full opportunities in life.
He has discovered that the devot-
ees of "high finance" have two sys-
TENS of arithmetic. When they buy,
they estimate the cost of labor, ma
terial and machinery, by the formula
Of 2 and 2 makes 4; but when they
capitalize to sell stocks and bonds,
it is 2 and 2 make %.
He is told by the railroads that the
rails made and sold by the steel
trust-at exorbitant, protective tar
iff prices-are defective, and are con-
tinually breaking, thus causing rail
road wrecks, and daily and hourly
endangering the lives Of thousands
of people; and he is told by the rail
roads that the tariff protected steel
trust monopoly turns out these lie
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-17
WHAT ONE OF THE LEADING
ENGLISH PAPERS THOUGHT
OF "THE STORY OF FRANCE"

We give the communication in the
exact shape in which it reached the
author:
Telegraphic Address
Publish, London"
Telephone Number, 1855.
Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
st. Martins Street, W. C.
Messrs. Macmillan & Co., Ltd, beg
to forward the accompanying cutting
from Progress, of June, 1902:
"The Story Of France" by Thom-
as E. Watson (London: Macmillan
and Co., Limited; two volumes,
81 } In every sense Of the word
this is great work. The subject
dealt with is great one, and the
treatment of it Is both exhaustive
and mastery. We regret that space
will not allow of cur giving even
the baldest outline of the work; but
we ought to say that it deals with the
history of France, and of its fasci-
mating, though eccentric people from
the earliest times down to the Con.
sulate of Napoleon Bonaparte. The
author must be man Of extraordi-
nary industry, for tbs work bears
evidence of the most exacting re-
search, and Of every care having been
exercised so that it should be full,
ate, and entirely reliable. But
MIR. Watson is a good deal more than
an industrious man, or he could not
have produced work so emphatical.
ly fascinating and useful. He is un-
doubtedly born historian-over-
flowing with knowledge of his slb-
jeet, and possessed Of the necessary
qualifications to enable him to i'm
part that knowledge in a clear, con-
else, an impartial, orderly, and emf
nently readable manner.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-17
KEEP HER OUT.

Emma Goldman, whose hate for the
United States is professedly as high
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L0vEMAN, JOSEPH & LOEB
,eeoh wooda or whera hickory. walnut

beech woods or where hickory, walnut, butternut. or chestnut trees abound.
 If you find no blacks or grays, and if you are a tolerably hard-hearted person, shoot the little red squirrels. It takes a good many of them to make mess, but, parboiled and fried daintily in butter, they leave nothing to be desired.
 And here's just one trick which you may not have known and might find use full You may happen to leave your country cousins house for a little stroll across the fields. expecting to see no game. and, therefore, taking no gun.
 As you pass solitary tree few hun dred yards from the edge of the woods a gigantic gray squirrel runs up the trunk and hides as well as he can, which IS not very effectuaily, because the tree stands by itself and it is perfectly sound mot a knothole in it, where the animal can hide, But you are alone. and while YOU are going after your gun the squir- rel will probably Nike back to the woods. What can you do?
 Here's that trick. Just jab stick into the ground and hang your overcoat on It. You won't need it if you walk 1ast on the way to the house.
 Go and get your gun, ana take youl lime about it if you wish, because that squirrel will be iE the same tree when won go back after him, provided, or course. that you go back the same day. He is wise enough to prepare for nara winter. but he can't readily dinerentiate between a man and a mans coat.
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and the attention of thousands and tens of thousands of traders is turned his way. On the floor of the exchange the profess sonals help the market down on him. The banks become more persistent, and angrily demand that he either supple ment his margins close out his trades. They are adamant and, oh, so cold!
 The longer the victim holds on the worse it is for him, unless he is very strong and shrewd enough to realize early in the experience what is ahead of him Usually when the curtain falls on the last scene the victim is a wreck. If he survives the trial, he knows he has been put through a course of discipline and he knows why.
 There may be murder in his heart, but the chances are hes submits with the best grace possible to the frightful pun ishment inflicted upon him, and resolves that he will never again put himself Tn a position to be crucifed. He may not be broken-hearted. butt he has certainly added to his store of wisdom, and al though he may be in the street 20 years longer, he rarely "gets gay" interferes with the plans of the big people or at tempts to swim counter to the tidal cur rent, leastwise not after warning has been served upon him.
 Within the memory of many of the younger arrivals in Wall street group of strong banks, usually chased as standard Oil" institutions, loaned very rich trader of "plunging" proclivities nearly $50, 0,000,000, and then began to close in on him at the very top of spectacu- lar bull movement for which he was to some extent responsible on account of the magnitude and aggressiveness of his op- erations. Before he could eXtricate him- self, his paper profits had disappeared and he was loser for huge sum. He confessed to the loss of $l000p,Gd0. But here was another case where tie vic- tm's resources had been underestimated He was a multimillionaire at the end of the play. and his return to the street is predicted. He Knows enough however, not to place himself in the power of any man or combination of men. He counts the experience gained during that oyclonie era as strictly educational, and as having been tuition cheaply bought. The only excuse offered for the campaign against
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
SEARCH FOR LONG FELLOWS.
"Recruiting" Tall Shepherd-Giant
 In Box of Ills Own Make.

From the Youths Companion.
 The standard of height for West Point cadets has been raised inch. At present the minimum number of inches demanded is GA for a candidate of r, 65 for one of IS and over That soldiership is not a matter of measurement is shown in the case of General Sheridan, whose height, feet Az inches, would under the present conditions barely admit him to- the army. Whether the tall regi- ment of King Frederick William l. of Prussia possessed valor in proportion to their extra inches isenot recorded. Prob ably not, as their presence in the army was for the most part forced and spec tacuiar
 Everybody has heard of the Kings giant regiment, my blue children" and my long fellows" the old monarch called them.
 His words are more fatherly than were his actions, for these beloved boys" were often kidnapped in the most brutal manner Officers were dispatched all over theAcountry to look for tall men. Height Is a dangerous attribute to pos sess. Travellers were held up and fields, hills and villages secured for recruits, who if they would not enlist voluntarily were taken by force.
 Crown Prince Frederick, writing to his father in 1732, says:
 q know of shepherd feet 4 inches. He is not to be had by fair means, but he is out alone with sheep in the sum mer, day and night, for six weeks to- gether. With couple of officers and couple of on-commissioned men he could be taken"
 His Majesty issued orders that this man should be lured to the frontier, ''where he may be taken quietly and without fuss"
 A gentleman kidnapped a joiner in a box of his own make, intending to pre- sent him to the giant guards, but on opening the case the victim was found dead from suffocation As some one wrote: "Tha time when giants were the terror of other men has gone by and