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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
CHARLOTTE WALKER AND
sERRANo IN ION PAROLE"

ION Parole" a romance Of the South,
in four acts, by Louis Evan Shipman.
begins a return engagement under the
management of Henry Miller at the
Belasco tomorrow night.
notwithstanding the locale and the
background Of war alarms. there is
very little gun play; in fact only once
does one see even a little glimpse Of
the real conflict of arms. The play tells
a charming love story Of a wartime
wooing. with a military environment,
which is unique and original in that It is
written from the Confederate point OF
view. Charlotte Walker. by the way. Is
a Southern girl. born and bred in Gal
weston, will be seen as Constance Pinek-
ney, the Confederate dispatch carrier,
and Vincent serrano. an actor OF dis
tinction and quality, is still playing the
difficult role of Major Dale, the Federal
intelligence officer.
Mr. ShiPman shows US that at least
one son of Vermont has been able TO
realize ana picture for others the suf-
ferings. the patience, the tenderness.
and the heroism of the sons and daugh-
ters Of the south during the most event
fll period Of their existence.
Prominent among the supporting COM
pany may be mentioned Frank Z. AK
en-. Howard Hui, Frederick Forester,
Scott Cooper. Francis X. Conlan,
Thomas P. jackson, Fay Wheeler,
Maude clifford, and Alethea Luce.
The play comes direct from New
York run at the Majestic Theater. with
the entire cast and production precise
~ as originally presented for six weeks
in Chicago and over two months IN New
York, where it enjoyed a larger measure
OF success than any other dramatic
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

his most approved kind of work. and
season after season one can predict from
his name almost exactly the style OF
play in which he viii appear. Hence
the public quickly tires OF certain stars.
They and their plays become after a
time intolerably. monotonousiy predict
able.
THE problem Of getting out of this
habit OF dramatic dressmaking is a big
one Personally. I do not consider. that
national art theater and that kind OF
thing are going &c the real root OF the
matter. just at present there are Ger
tain big waves of psychological interest
and enthusiasm sweeping over Us which
] believe viii prove highly significant
for all forms Of philosophy and art
PlaYwriglts viii be encouraged TO set
forth the very best of their ideals with
ont any consideration OF the personals
ties that may chance TO portray them. .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

and fitted to certain well-known actors
and actresses pretty much like frocks
and dress coats. As result the Amerl-
can playwright. compelled TO follow
sshere he should lead. finds himself
he:plessly conforming to an utterly false
canyon OF dramatic composition. His
object becomes to write a good fitting
ri;sy rather than a good play. The bet
te' it suits the star the more likely it is
to be produced.
This notion of the play as a kind of
ar evening gown. TO be cut. basted, and
fused with until 1t FITS perfectly. the
figure II was meant for. encourages the
ACTOR deliberately 90 dictate scenes and
situations in which he knows he can ex-
eel, and characterization which he
knows to be becoming. This habit once
acquired. the actor begins to think It
impossible for him 10 appear in any but
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
FAMOUS KLEIN PLAY WITH
1 ORIGINAL NEW YORK CAST

At the New National Theater tomor-
row evening washington theatergoers
win be given an opportunity TO pass
judgment upon the much discussed
Klein play. 1.-THE Lion and the Mouse"
Perhaps never In the history OF the
American drama has a play received
such wide advertising or met with such
success as this II ran for nineteen
consecutive months at the Lyceum The
alter IN New York. and 1t has been seen
in London, in every big city in the
United States from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific, VIII be produced in Australia
next season, and is being translated into
French and German for production in
Paris and Berlin. It's popularity IS
D srhaps hest explained by the fact that
it deals with LIES three most important
factors-love, politics. and money.
Charles Klein has selected as his
theme the influence exerted by the mon
eyed interests in American politics.
John Rurkett Ryder, the richest man IN
America. has seen mt to challenge the
highest law in the country BY the I'M
peschmeut of a judge OF the Supreme
court who has handed down decisions
adverse 10 the financial interests OF his
coterie. The judges daughter, in order
TO save her father from Disgrace and
poverty. enters the lists against the
Inoaeyed octopus. and. OF course, wins.
The play Will be presented here by
identicallv the same cast as was seen
for nineteen consecutive months 81 the
I.yceum Theater at New York and
which includes Edmund Breese, Grace
Flliston. Marguerite st. John. William
au,ars Marion Pollock Johnson, Fra
ser Coulter. Reginald Darlington, +. A.
Eberle. walter Allen, Gertrude Barrett
Charles Sturgis, w Il. Mcdonald. and
z. L.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
VINCENT sERRANo REGARDED
THE MODEL STAGE seLDIEF


Dir. Vincent Serrano. who Dortrays the
part of Major Dale, in Louis Evan Ship
mans new comedy drama, ION Parole. :"
which comes to the Belasco Theater this
week, has become a model for soldier
parts on the stage. lie played the part
of Lieutenant Denton. in Arizona. "
more than one thousand times. and was
selected by Frederic Remington. the emf
nent artist, for one of the six types Of
representative American yours men,
and Remington painted him as z soldier
AR. Ssrranc is known as one OF the
ablest Of the younger leading men in
this coutry. Henry Miller, the prOduc-
ing manager of "On Parole" could not
have made a mere appropriate selection
for the part OF Major Dale than Mr.
seFFsno. He was born in New York city
Continued on Seventh Page.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
Fitzgerald Yardeyille concert.

The Majestic viii tonight offer the sec
ond OF FItzgeraid's vaudeville concerts
An entirely new series OF life motion
pictures viii be shown The vaude-
vile bill will consist OF three high
class acts, together with illustrated
songs. There Will be no advance in
prices. The feature film OF the motion
pictures will be The Unwritten law"
an exact reproduction OF the famous
ThaW-White tragedy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
s'watson's Burlesquers" This week.

aA1oA bAAASS1A~Ao = 49, " 49,
'Watson's Burlesquers" viii be the
attraction at the New Lyceum this
week. This organization is said TO be
composed Of talented comedians and
a host of pretty show girls, and the
high class vaudeville speciaIties intro
duced comprise almost everything from
triple buck dancing to grand opera.
The original Billy Watson is the
chief funmaker. and as comic enter
tanner he stands pre-eminently in the
front rank OF the buriesQue field. Two
burlesques by Harry Montague are pre-
scented. THE Mormons" and The
Bashful Venus" and both are mounted
in elaborate and lavish style, A splen-
didiy drilled and handsome gowned
chorus adds additional charm 10 the
show. and a most enjoyable performance
is assured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

1he women dramatists must make
room for new member in their ranks
this time for a member with real stage
experience. Miss Rose Stahl, The
Chorus Lady,F has had the typewriter
clicking at a very high rate OF speed.
and the result is a beautiful red-Iined
copy Of her first play. THE Answer" q
comedy in three acts.
Already several offers have been made
TO Miss Stahl by responsible managers,
promising an early production. but the
creator OF Patricia O'Brien is coy with
her first play and has refused TO close
with any of them. One reason. given is
that the actress is anxious to present
her own creation in her own person on
the stage. aflcr the fashion OF William
Gillette. The scene Of The Answer is
laid IN New York city during the pres
ent time, with several realistic stage
settings outlined by the author. The
interest centers in a woman character
as typical Of New York life, as is the
now famous Chorus Lady" although
Miss Stahrs character is in an entirely
new vein. The main note of the new
play IS that OF comedy, with touches of
patnos here and there.
Several well known Norwegian and
Danish actors have arrived IN this
country within the last few months.
After some Independent fights into the
local dramatic field they have now
banded together in a stock companv
and viii produce several PLAYS nv
Scandinavian writer's. The comnanv
will give its first performance on April
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
Leo Benin Feature Of SymOnds' Concert

Another strong program has been ar
ranged for the Symonds' concert at
the Belasco Theater tonight Among the
big feature vaudeville acts the hesdliner
viii be Leo Benn. the philosophical
humOrist and eccentric comedian. whose
monolOgue OF original patter is said to
create q wirlwind Of laughter. Chester
Spencer viii, as usual. render several
of the latest Illustrated songs, and the
popular motion pictures will be made a
special feature. with an entirely new set
Of original views imported from abroad
and never before seen ia this city
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
KATHRYN PURNELL TO OPEN
IN WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN

Kathryn Purnell and her well balanced
company Of capable players VIII open at
the Majestic Theater tomorrow and con
tinue indefinitely, appearing eaen week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

Continued on Seventh Page)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
The Lion and the MOuse''
The Weeks One Novelty

Offering ever presented at the Majestic
Theater. The usual maunees win be
given at popular prices.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-01-17
FOURTH OF DECEMBER.
This Is the Thirty-ninth Birthday of
Our order.

This Is the Thirty ty-ninth Birthday of
Our order.
The 4th of December is observed In
grange circles as the birthday of the
Order, for on the 4th of December, 1867,
the first subordinate grange in the
world was organized and marked the
beginning of this great organization.
1t is well for subordinate oranges ev-
eIywhere to make some observance Of
this event by holding meeting in
which the achievements of the grange
during the thirty-nine years of exist
enee may well constitute Il prominent
feature 1t Is an anniversary occasion
and should include some entertainment
as well as the historical features.
Some subordinate oranges have not
failed to observe this event any year
during thirty years of existence, Il
record that it would be well for other
oranges to adopt as their object In the
future.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-01-17
CUBAN RECIPROCITY
PRACTICAL RESULTS OF THE FIRST
SIX MONTHS.

United States Has Largely Increased
Purchases, hut Sales to the Island
Show Little Advance-Othsr NATIONS
Are the Chief Gainers.
After making repeated efforts to se-
cure from the government officials Of
Cuba detailed reports regarding the
imports and exports of the island dur
ing the past year the department Of
commerce and labor has obtained GER
tain statistics covering the information
al trade Of Cuba for half OF the year
1904. Some facts are shown in these
figures that are important as bearing
upon the advantages obtained by the
United States as result Of the rec
iprocity treaty with Cuba. So far as
they 60, therefore, the figures are val
liable. They demonstrate the fact
that IL the relative increase of the
trade Of the United States with the is
land during oil the year 1904, compar
cd with the trade Of other nations.
shall be the same throughout the year
the results would be not what the
people Of the United States were led
fprOcity treaty. 1t is perhaps un
fair to judge from the first half years
operations Of the reciprocity treaty.
yet the first results are SO striking that
they cannot fail to attract universal at
tention.
What do farmers and particularly
granger farmers, think of an agricut
tural paper that deems the grange of
SO little Importance as to never give
paragraph about n farmers organiza-
tion with 10000 members? Some Of
the agricultural papers will &c. their
eyes open later on.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-01-17

In addition to the recognition of 81,
perior excellence in literary work tse
subordinate grange in each district Of
the tAirty-three deputies that ranks ths
highest in degree work Will be award
ed baskets and vases for grains, fruit
and flowers at Ceres, Pomona's and
Flora's stations. Tie third degree will
be worked at the deputy's spring visit
and the fourth at the fall inspection
visit, and the score will be made by
the usual rating.
There is also to be a contest between
the Pomona or county oranges. The
basis of tho competition viii be OH at
tendance and the ritualistic work of
the officers and on punctuality in open
ing all meetings between Jan. 81 and
Oct. ]. 1905, except in July and August,
The Pomona grange in each of the tive
districts having the highest score will
be awarded a set of officers station
lights under the following regulations.
The regular officers will be scored by
the deputy on the usual plan at the fall
inspection. To this total score will be
added ten points for each public and
ten points for each closed session that
begins at the exact minute and hour.
standard time, announced in the pro-
gramme and notice of the meeting This
total shall be increased by the addi-
tion of five paints for the attendance
of each regular officer ut any one meet.
ing in each month that may be subse,
quently selected by the grange. /!
the secretary's records do not contain
the required data. no credit shall be
given for that meeting There will also
be awarded to the superior grange
making the highest score ia each Po-
mona district secretary's cabinet cass
under the following conditions: The
deputy shall credit each grange with
five points for each dollar of dues col
lected between Jan. l and Oct l, 1905
five points for each membership fee
800 points for the smallest amount OF
uncollected dues and 600 points for
those oranges having no uncollected
dues on Oct. /, 1905.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-01-17
A GRANGER'S DISCOVERY,
Water Grows Alfalfa, and Alfalfa
Grows Stock.


In his address to the Pennsylvania
state grange State Master w. r.
Hill related a little incident which oc-
Cured on his return journey from the
national grange meeting last Novem,
Der. He was crossing the arid plains
of Nevada, and while his train stopped
at place called Lovelock he alighted
and engaged a bystander in converse,
ton.
"What supports this town." asked
Mr.. Hill
Water" was the reply.
"Iow is that?" said Mr. Hlll II did
not know there were any Prohibition
lists out here
Water grows alfalfa, and we feed
1t to stock. This winter l am feeding
alfalfa and nothing else and fattening
10000 head of cattle and 10000 head
of sheep"
Cattle. sheep, stacks of alfalfa and
the good heavy sod were in evidence
on every hand Water was making an
oasis of this spot-this island In the
desert Truly Uncle Sam, in this mann
moth irrigatfng enterprise, is dealing
kindly by our brethren in the arid ru
glons of the west
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-16

Government reports show that crops
in general will be about 80 per cent.
to the good this year. which is consid-
erably more than was predicted by the
calamity prophets last spring. Under
the circumstances it would seem as If
the railroads might be able to trans
port them without delays that occurred
in moving last seasons bumper crop.
This country is very much in need of
a very large increase in railroad mile
age, but the cranky legislation against
railroads i'm some states of the union
where ultra socialism has apparently
superseded horse sense, does not give
much promise of an early fulflment Of
these needs. Railroad batting appears
to be a somewhat popular pastime at
present, but communities that indulge
in it in disregard of all fairness and
Justice will live to repent of it in time.
Capital never was and never will be
attracted to the needs of industrial en-
terprise in any section of the country
by the use of a club
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-16
The Sacrafce of the innocents.

philadelphia PrcSs)
This week some $4,000 children en-
tered the first primary grade for the
first time.
OF these. not over 1000, even less,
will ever reach the seventh or eight h
grades or the high schools. The re-
manning 2S,ooO must get their school
ing in the primary grades and the
early grammar years These $4,000
have at most six years schooling and
many only four.
out of these Scant four or six years
some 5000 to 10000 will lose Il year by
failing to make their grade" Nearly
all these Will fail because they are
physically defective. At least 5000 to
5000 have defective eyes. Other
physical deficiencies have kept others
back
These deficiencies can be found now
and cured. What Il sacrifice of the
innocentS for the Board of Education
and the Bureau of Health to let these
deficiencies go, wait for the children
to fail, fall behind and lose one. two OF
three years out Of the scant six they
have. instead of examining the phySi-
cal condition Of these $4,000 children
now, as they enter, providing for them
curing their defects and giving them
all their six years of schooling. For
only 1000 out of the $4,000 will have
more The rest will drop out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-16

sprouting in the fields: weather so wet
all the hired men can do Is to lounge
round the villages, too many OF them
drunk, weakly pOrtrays the mis-
cradle conditions in northern Maine
and New Brunswick"
Portland Express: The fall wedding
season is at hand, and it is to be hoped
that the barbarous and decidedly vulgar
custom of capturing" the bridegroom,
locking the doors and obliglng the
couple to escape by some roundabout
me ans, the footing of horns. the decora-
ting of carriages with rags, and other
dissertations of the marriage ceremony,
NAV find no place on the wedding pro-
grams Of Portland people. One is not
RESPONSIBLE for ones friends. perhaps,
and yet it is always a reflection on
ones good taste, when those who have
been asked to assist at wedding, 50
far forget themselves as to practice
such tricks as would put to shame IL
savage tribe, and which often result
in actual injury to the parties most
That these things can hap
pen in a city of refinement and culture,
or in a country in which our boosted
should make it impossi-
BILE, is beyond the comprehension of
thinking people, who regard the mar
riage ceremony as Christian institu-
ton, and occasion for joy and happi-
ness, but not for rowdyism, or the dis
plav of hoOdlum tendencies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-16
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
\ Democratic View of Mr.. Bryan.

louisville Couricr-Journal)
That Mr.. Bryan and his followers
have the power to defeat any nominee
other than Mr.. Bryan whom the parry
may put up for President, the Cour-
ier-Journal has often said. That 10
elect its presidential ticket the party
must satisfy Mr.. Bryan, and his fol-
lowers, which the COurier-Journal has
also said, is but a corollary of this.
That Mr.. Bryan himself short of some
unlooked-for catechism can carry none
Of the dcbatable states necessary to
elect-that he is no stronger now than
he was in 1896 and in 1900, having
gone from the one to the other to Il
falling, not a rising votc-is the belief
of the bcSt-inforincd Democrats Of
those debatablc states.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-16
PERSONAL NOTES.

Prof. Samuel s. Sanford, of the Yale
School of Music. has started from
Paris for America He has been i'll
abroad, and will spend the Winter in
New York city
Luther Burbank, the wizard of Cal
ifornia," told the Irrigation Congress,
which has just been in session in Sac
ramento, that there is no secret con-
ncction with his business: but that ne
stands ready to assist by giving infor-
nation to any one seeking it, Mr.
Burbank has over 5000 species Of
plants in training for Improvement.
one Of the best known and most
highly respected men in our Hawaiian
possessions is the I,t Rev. HIcnr4 -
Restarick the first American Protestant
Episcopal bishop Of Honolulu. The
esteem in which he is held WAS attest
cd recently by n brilliant ana largely
attended reception given him and his
wife on the occasion of their silver
wedding anniversary.
When William NJ. Chase was in
Florence. Italy, recently he was invited
by Director Fcrr, of the Royal Ufzi
Gallery, to present his portrait to the
famous collection of portraits Of an
cicnt and modern painters painted by
themselves. He will do the work this
season. The first American to be 50
honorcd was the late q. p. A. Hcaly
and the second was John :. Sergeant.
H. NJ. Savillc, professor of ethnolOgy
at Columbia University, who has spent
nearly four months in making investi-
cations and collecting data copcarn-
ing the prehistoric races that he be-
lieVcd inha tho mountain re-
gions and coast of Ecuador. has ar
rived in New York. He found the
| ruins of a city which he believes was
founded many years before the Span
iardS settled in Ecuador.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-16
Monday, Sept. 16, 1907.
A Chapter in Democratic History.

Chapter IN Democratic r1istoTJ'
1t seems a trifle hard on Ex-Queen
Lii and her husband-tO-be that they
must needs be described upon an avOir-
dupOis basis, but this is about the only
language that will properly describe the
former dusky ruler of Hawaii who
never attained special mark in any
years ago that a Democratic President
sent one "Paramont' BlOunt TO Homo
lulu for the purpose of putting this
black-faced queen back upon the tinscl
throne from which she had been driven
by the progress and civilization of the
country. This remarkable episode in
our history was properly characterized
by the New York Sun as The policy
of infamy," and it only fell tlat with
a duh sickening thud" when Lii an
nounceJ to United States Minister
Willis her cheerful intention of pc
heading President Dole and a number
Of other distinguished officials of the
birth or descent, when once size should
be re-cstablished in power through the
good offices of the Cleveland admins
tration. The whole affair from begin
ming To end was Il stencil IN the nostrils
of decency. 1t constitutes an enduring
blot upon the record of the Cleveland
administration and illustrates the pro-
found capacity of the Democratic party
to blunder egregiously in its time of
power and responsibility. The whole
unsavory episode was rOundly de-
nounccd by the American people.
1t had passed almost from memory
along with the Cleveland administra-
ton until the approaching nuptials of
the former dusly Queen served to recall
public attention to what is undoubtedly
the blacklist and most infamous chapter
in American history.