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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-19
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lines OF dry goods, and especially so this month
food Investment; anticipate your wants far into the
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-19
HUGE PROFITS N OIL
Trust Earned S490.315.934 in
Eight Years.
PAID SSO9.359.420 DIVIDENDS

IN the Same Time the Assets OF
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ooo-contrcls Seventy Subsidiary
Cor1Danies
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-09-19

S9on'as r. Patton Leaves 6ulk CO Es.
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Mcintsin Institution 10 Support and
Educate Male Orphans Of Masons.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
JOE HARRIS .FUTURITY
WINNER'' AT PROCTOR'S

In no class of theatrical entertainment Is
there such diversity possible as In up-to-
date vaudeville. The new year has seen a
vast improvement locally and a higher
class of entertainers In this form of amuse-
ment. F. F. Proctor always strives to be
abreast of the times in matters vaudeville.
and he offers the next weeks bill at his
local theatre as an evidence of his best en-
deayors.
A special feature will be Joseph Harris
"Futurity Winner" with Kingsley Bene-
dict, a realistic depletion of scenes at n
race track, in which three real horses are
seen running neck and neck.
Broadway's well-known actress, Marie
Wainwright, assisted by Alexander Frank,
will appear in a little farce entitled Our
Baby" Pat Rooney and Marion Bent
will appear in a comedy singing and dane
ing skit entitled 1.-THE Busy Bellboy.'
Louise Henry, who will be remembered as
the SAL Skinner in the funny sketch OF
Van Alstyne and Henry a couple of sea-
sons ago. win appear In a new speciality.
Hoey and Lea, Hebrew comedians and
parodists, wifi be seen at this house for
the first time in a talking and singing
skit The Sheck brothers, athletic enter
tainers, will perform hand-to-hand balanc-
ing. The A, B, c, d Girls, comedy singers
and dancers. will appear with several
changes of costumes. Luce and Luce, In
a comedy musical act, and n new series OF
animated pictures will also contribute &c
the entertainment
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
ILLUSTRATING 1.-THE LIFE OF
AN ACTRESS" AT COLUMBIA.

In ''The Life of an Actress which
comes to the Columbia Theatre Monday
afternoon, beginning a weeks engag
ment. Manager Aubrey Mittenthal will
present a melodrama in four acts and
seven scenes, the latest effort of that
prolific author. LaTgdon Mccormick.
1t Is the story of a country girl, Mary
Melrose, who comes to the city, and, by
means of her beauty and talent, wins a
place for herself on the Metropolitan
stage. As in all cases, she engages the
luminosity of some of her associates, one
of them. Nan Warrington, the 'heavy"
woman of her company. This woman
does all in her power to bring discredit
upon her rival, although outwardly her
best friend. She gives a supper after
the show one night. to which she in
vites some INSCRIPTIONS men about town,
and at which she hopes to accomplish
Mary's downfall. The latter, however,
acquits herself creditably, and uncon-
~sciously defeats the plan. After the supper
one of the men remains, and Nan, en-
ragged. accuses him of throwing her over
for Mary. A quarrel ensues and Nan, in
a fury, throws a bottle, which strikes him
on the head and kills him. She contrives
to throw the guilt on Mary, and through
the next two acts that poor girl is hunted
by officers of the law. jeff Fairfield, her
sweetheart of childhood days, comes to
her aid and helps her through many SEN
sational situations to NAL ~vindication.
The play is interpreted by a company OF
twenty-five performers. and Mr.. Mitten-
thai has given it an elaborate production.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
RENTZ.SANTLEY co.
TO PLAY AT WALDMANN'S.

At Waldmann's Opera House for the
week commencing Monday, with a matinee
daily, the Rentz-Santley Company will
be the attraction. The offering this sea-
son is said to contain many novel fea-
lures.
The vaudeville contingent includes the
Checkers, Charles and Anna, sketch ar
lists; Georgine Brandon; Fred Russell,
Hebrew comedian, with the big voice;
Marshall and King, Louise and Dottie,
dancers and singers; Frank Ross,
dialect comedian; Charles d. Weber,
comedy juggler; Jennie Edwards. eccentric
comedy entertainer: Fisher and Berg, COM
ed bicyclists, and Carl Anderson, char
acter vocalist.
For the burlesque offering Manager Abe
Leavitt offers two new ex~travaganzas.
The opening burletta is entitled "a Days
Frolic at Atlantic City The other bur-
lesque Is entitled 1.-THE Darlings of the
Demon" being a musical satire on David
Belasco's 1.-THE Darling of the Gods
There is a large eoterie of comedians and
a score of new musical numbers sung by
many show girls. Flo Bates, May POLAND,
Romona Raymond, Grace De We're, May
Hixon, Lucille Manion, George Cummings,
Carman Bell, Dottie Bellaire. Jennie
Perine, May Groves, Lillian Barth, Nettie
Ashcroft and Lille Garrett are among
the feminine contingent,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
"AROUND THE CLOCK"
AT ORANGE THEATRE.

Hilarious comedy, tuneful songs and ex-
pert comedians are said to be the import
ant factors In the musical entertainment.
Around the Clock" which comes to the
Orange Theatre next Tuesday evening.
The piece will introduce the Richie
London Comedy Company. The Richie
comedians were a real hit in the vaude-
Vile armament last season when they pre-
scented their widely known travesty called
"A Night in a London Music Hail. 1t Is
believed they have still a better oppor-
tunity to display their powers to amuse
in 'Around the Clock" Frank Huffman
wrote the book and L. o. Smith and
Sebastian Hitler the music of this musical
eomedy in three acts, and 1t Is said they
have given the Richie folks a free field to
reveal their abilities as pantomimists,
vaudeville artists and comedians.
In Billy Richie Around the Clock has
a comedian who is capable Of carrying a
much less interesting comedy on his shout
ders alone. Mr.. Ritchie has had his noted
character of a youth overwhelmed with
the love for strong drink elaborated. Those
who laughed at his impersonation OF the
drunk in "A Night in a London Music
Hail." will doubtless grow enthusiastic
over his performance in a similar role IN
Around the Clock"
The big scene of the piece, that or a
music hall in full operation, a sort OF stage
on a stage, occurs in the final act
"Around the Clock" is under the same
management as ''Gay New York" and
1.-THE Faddens' Flats"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
''EDNA, THE PRETTY
Observation-Disclosures S.

One Of the scenes that is attracting more
than ordinary attention in Edna, the
Pretty Typewriter" which A. H. Woods
brings to Blaney's Theatre next week, is a
duel with pistols in true Mexican fashion,
and to the death.
1t is generally supposed that the Mexi-
can, or ''greaser," as he is called, fights
with a knife, and such is, often the case,
but we are told that when anxious TO
make certain Of the leath OF his antago-
mist, he is apt to rely upon pistols.
In the first scene of Edna, the Pretty
Typewriter" which is in the nature OF a
prologue to the story proper, Tom Boyn-
ton, Edna's father, has just been granted
the rights to a valuable silver mine in the
Sierra Madre mountains in northern
Mexico. His mistress is unfaithful to him
and has been robbing him in company with
another miner named Red Pete. Boynton
o~verhears enough of their conversation to
be appraised Of their duplicity, and so he
challenges Red Pete to a duel. The woman
leaves the cabin, and is to count ten. after
which she Is to fire her revolver. Wheu
the shot Is heard outside. both men quickly
bring their guns down to a level and fire
simultaneously. Red Pete falls and Boyn-
ton knows that he must get away before
the death Of the former Is discovered.
While he is writing a letter to his daugh-
ter in New York. the woman who has
given the signal kills him. Just as she ii
about to escape witt the grant to the silver
mine, she is intercepted by Dave Fairfax
a young man from New York to whose
care Boynton has intrusted his daughter
He declares his intention OF seeing tina
Edna gets her rights.
The rest Of the play occurs in New Torl
city and at Coney Island, to which tn
touch OF wild life In the mountains in tn
irst scene. makes a contrast.
] The scenery Is said to be the best tina
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
OPERATIC ATTRACTIONS AT
ESSEX COUNTY FAIR.

1t Is announced that among the features
Of the Essex County Fair, to begin today
at Olympic Park and continue through the
month, will be a series of twenty operate
performances. These will be given every
afternoon at 3:15 and every evening at
8:15 o'clock.
The performances will be in the nature
of living songs" so called, consisting of
individual renditions of selections from
the best known operas, with appropriate
costumes and scenic background. In az
dition to the operate numbers a few other
~favorite songs will be included.
The performers are all well known in
Newark and vicinity. They are Miss Grace
Orr Myers, soprano. who has been leading
woman In the Aborn operate productions
at Olympic Park during three seasonsi
Mrs. Louise Oliver, contralto. and a soloisi
of note; Joseph Smith, tenor. another
w~ell-known member of the Aborns Opera
Company, and Emil Hofmann. baritone
Miss Helen Ford. dramatic artist, and
Antonio Blaha, Bohemian violinist, will
also assist.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
THH VAUDEVILLE BILL
AT THE SHUBERT

The fourth week of advanced vaude-
willie" at the Shubert Theatre will see
featured such headliners as the following:
The Olympia -Four, a quartet OF black
faced entertainers who do a minstrel first
part. 1t is a singing. dancing and talk
ing act, with end-men and all the other
details and features Of a regular minstrel
performance. 1t Is said to be a pleasing
and novel offering.
Juan Caicedo, known as "The King of
the Wire" 1t is his first time in Ameri-
ca In four years. He has been playing in
all the music halls abroad, and had The
thonor to be commanded to appear before
King Edward, Gar Nicholas and the Shah
OF Persia.
Herbert Brooks with his mysterious
trunk" His mystifying trick of hberat-
ing himself from the trunk that has been
Hooked and strapped is the sensation of
the act. In addition to this Mr.. Brooks
Introduces a number of feats of legerde-
main, In which he employs cards and
coins.
Eva Nudge. If Miss Nudge can make
changes In her every day clothes as rap
idly as she makes them in her stage cos
TUNES there is no danger Of her ever miss
ing a train, 1t is said, or keeping some
young man waiting in the parior longer
ahan necessary for him to sit down. She
changes from the character of a soldier
to a Red Cross nurse in four seconds, from
nurse to sailor in three seconds, sailor tc
confederate officer in nine seconds and
from officer to soubrette in twelve seconds
In the latter changes her hair is rear
ranged. a heavy skirt with waist to match
put on, and the boots OF an army officer
replaced by dainty slippers.
The Alexandroff Troupe Of Russian
dancers and singers, fresh from their sue
cessful engagement at the New York
Theatre. This troupes which numbers 1vs
girls and four men. appear in a whirlwinc
series Of daaces typical Of the diferenl
sections of Russia. The act was selected
for the opening bill at the New Yorl
Theatre and ran there for three weeks in.
stead Of one. as was originally intended.
The Juggling MeBans. These are sais
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21

to be the most expert Indian club Jug
glers in the world. They have just return
ed from the Palace Theatre in London.
George Evans. the Honey Boy" He
has been acknowledged everywhere as a
leader of black-faced entertainers. Mr..
Evans was chosen from among all of
Americas black-faced entertainers to
represent this type at the New York
Theatres opening bill, when advanced
vaudeville was ~inaugurated there. Mr..
Evans composes his own songs. He Is the
composer of I'm the Good Old Summer
Time" and many other song hits.
The Bogannys. For the past seven years
they have divided their time between
Vienna, Berlin and Paris. They style
themselves 'The Lunatic Bakers ana
many of their tricks are said TO
be startling in their daring. They
were on the first bill of adj
vanced vaudeville ever presented In
America, at the New York Theatre.
Animated pictures, new n interesting
films, will be shown which are made es-
peclally for advanced vaudeville thea
tres.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
s.THR ROAD TO YESTERDAY"
VIA THE NEWARK THEATRE.

People who are entertained by the poetic.
the whimsical, the romantic and the fanci-
full in the drama will find them delight
fully combined in 1.-THE Road to Yester-
day." the pretty comedy by Beulah M.
Dix and Evelyn @. Sutherland, which
comes to the Newark Theatre next week.
The play deals In a way but not seri-
ously, with the question of the evolution
or ~reincarnation of human souls. It COM
mingles lightly and most divertingly the
social life of today with the life of the
seventeenth century. That 1t is In every
way a play well worth seeing, appealing
to the best taste of playgoers, satisfying
n sense of the Jesthetic as well az afford
ing pleasant entertainment, is the opinion
of the writer, who. having most thor
oughly enjoyed a performance of the play
in New York, is glad to give it the
STARS heartiest Endorsement. 1t is that
rare thing In the drama, a play with an
original idea.
1.-THE Road to Yesterday relates of a
young American girl, who arrives in Lon
don on a visit and, after a day of frenzied
sightseeing, falls asleep In an artists
studio In Kensington. In her dream she
.wanders back three hundred years, and
her friends of the studio change into per-
sonalities of Elizabethan England. The
little American girl Is conscious of the
ldcI tndL S1e is Dreaming, out Stle cdHnOl
wake up. and she wanders through q maze
of melodramatic happenings, which result
in a destruction of her illusions as to the
magnificent times of romantic fiction and
tmbue a wholesome respect for the
superior advantages of the present day.
THE Road to Yesterday has a record
sof 2S performances at the Herald Square
land Lyric Theatres, in New York. 1t will
bbe presented here at the Newark with thu
loriginal New York company, which /.
headed by Miss Minnie Dupree. and in,
.cludes Eleanor Moretti, White Whittlesey
Robert Dempster, Esther Lyon. Charles
Clary, Julia Blanc, Josephine Florence
SHEPPARD, Agnes Everett, Willis Martin
IT. Owen Baxter, Selmar Roman, F. K
Brown, Charles II. West and others. Thii
company may be relied upon to give tn,
picturesque qualities of the play full ex
epression, the performance of Miss Dupre,
Ebeing Invariably noteworthy for it,
kpbquancy and youthful charm. The pro
Lduction is made by Sam S. and Lee Shu
fbert,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
THE PATHETIC STORY
OF MADAM BUTTERFLY.

The story of Madam Butterfly which
Henry w. Savage is bringing to the
Newark Theatre the week beginning Sep
TENDER 30, Is one that has touched the
hearts of theatregoers since 1t first ap-
peared as the little one-act playlet by John
Luther Long, in which Puccini found
the inspiration for his beautiful three
act opera. An American naval officer
who thought himself immune from the
charms of Japanese maidens, ~succumbed
to the destinations of Butterfly, the
geisha girl, while his ship was stationed
at Nagasaki. He married her with all
the ceremonies dictated by Japanese GUS
tom and took her to a little villa, set
amid the purple wistarla and fragrant
cherry blossoms There he passed the
time of his furlough, amused and dis
tracted by the pretty airs and graces of
his winsome girl wife. Butterfly was de-
voted and planned her life to please his
every within. She sent away her friends
and kinfolk, the religion of
her fathers, secluded herself from all
associates, and sacrificed her right of
protection from her family. But her hap
piness was brief. Her hero gaily sailed
away at the expiration of his term with
an idle promise to return when the
robins nest again"
Desertion constitutes divorce in Japan,
and the officer considered himself re-
leased from his wedding contract. But
Butterfly, sitting day by day in her pic
turesque little home, laughed and chatted
with her maid n lovingly awaited his
return. Then came the beautiful little
boy, whose blue eyes and sunny hair re-
minded Butterfly a thousand times a day
of her absent lover. AS the nesting
time Of robins came and passed, poor
little Butterfly was assailed with doubts,
but bravely crushed them down. Three
years went by and she became more sad
and respondent. with no news from the
absent one. Disowned by her family,
scorned by her former associates, attend
ed by hei maid, Suzuki, who alone re-
manned faithful, she watched and waited
until the fatal morning when the Ameri-
can consul inadvertently brought her
face to face with the new American wife
Of the lieutenant. Heart-brokens she
slowly made her way to the doll-like house
on the heights ana prepared for the end
Tenderly kissing the laughing child, she
offered up a wild plea for forgiveness
to the gods of her Japanese ancestors,
and then, with the sword Of her Samurai
father, ended her blighted life,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
MOVING PICTURE SHOW
AT SHEPARD'S ARCADE.

In the difficult task of arranging a good
moving picture show there is call for care
full discrimination in choosing from the
wide variety Of humorous, sentimental or
melodramatic subjects just the ones that
will please a particular public. The man
agement of Shepard's Arcade considers
that, in the amount of approval accorded
their enterprise, their judgment in the
selection OF subjects has been indicated.
Today's program includes Dolls IN
Dreamland." which amuses the children;
'Cohen's Fire Sale" designed for laughing
urposes for young and old; The Train
Wreckers," a thrilling subject, taken along
a railroad just outside of Newark, and
for this reason additionally interesting.
A pleasing innovation is introduced in
the singing of the chorus Of When I Am
a Man Like Dad" Miss Lillian Pascal. the
vocalist, being aided by several small boys
beating drums, carrying guns and attired
In military uniform.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21
MRS. HALL WANTS DIVORCE.
Newport Woman Married Major in
English Army in 1904.

NEWPORT, Sept. 21.-Attorneys for Mrs.
Mae Brady Hall filed a petition in the Office
of the Superior Court for a divorce from
her husband, Major Charles Hall. a mem
Der of the British army. The case will not
be heard until the December term.
Mrs. Hall is the daughter of the late
Judge Brady, of New York. ard has been
twice married. Her first husband was c..
Albert Stevens, a summer resident Of New
port up to the time Of his death, about six
years ago. Mrs. Stevens met Major Hall
and was married TO him in 1904. They
spent the summer Of 1904 at Newport but
separated soon after their departure.
Mrs. Hall two years ago purchased the
Satterlee cottage in Newport where she
has lived since. Mrs. Hall charges failure
to provide as the basis for her petition.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21

evening. October L The production WI DC
one of the most conspicuous OF the season
and VIII receive its New York premiere at
a broadway theatre in November. Guy
Standing will play the role Of Charley
Steele and Theodore Roberts that OF Joe
Portugais. Other leading roles VIII nN
PLAYED by May Buckley, Berenice Goiden
Henderson. Paula Gloy, T.. Tuohy. Alex
ander Kearney, Louis lie Bey, Mignon Be
ranger and Henry J. Hadfeld. The story
will be told in -four acts. Two great scenes
which will call for special effects are the
interior of the Cote Dorian on the banks OF
the st. Lawrence River and the burning OF
the church at Chaudiere.
Mrs. Fiske and the Manhattan company
win open in Leah Kleschna" at Norfolk,
Vo. october IS. Bertha Kalich will begin
her season in "Sappho and Phaon' at
Providence, r. l., on October IA. During
the holiday season Mrs. Fiske VIII appear
in her new play. The Manhattan Company
will make its bow as a separate rganlza
ton In the play that Langdon mitchell IS
writing, and Mr.. Fiske will also produce a
play by Rupert Hughes.
Rehearsals of Percy MacKaye's "Sappho
and Phaon,'' in which Bertha kallch WIN
appear this season, are in progress MAJ
anne Kalich's company includes Henry
Kolker, playing here this week In -Ihe
Three of U.s." Lueius Henderson, FRED
Eric. Adele Block, Jessie Glendenning'
Hazel MacKaye, Alice Coburn, care T..
Krall and Gladys Hulette.
Joseph Brooks will present Lillian Rus.
sell In her new racing drama, "Wildhre'
at the Grand Opera House in CincAnnau
Monday evening, September 80. tn scenes
of the new piece are laid in Hampstead,
Long Island. and the plot hinges on tne
trials of a pretty young widow VINO mas
inherited a racing stable from her first
husband. Out of the West comes. a Loch-
invar who falls In love with the WIDOW, not
knowing that she Is the owner. OF the
stable he is trying to put out of business
This Is the foundation of the plot.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-21

Victory" at the Knickerbocker Theatre
Monday evening. September 80. after pre-
liminary engagements IN Rochester and
Buffalo. This will be one OF the most i'm
portant productions OF the year and will
be presented by a cast including Howard
Kyle. W. Fl. Crompton, Edgar Baume,
Charles Fulton, Conway Tearle, Cecil Rose,
Ivan F. Simpson, ". j.. Constantine,
Charles W. Butler, Fred Thorne, Frederick
Powell. Dorothy Thomas, Edith Taliaferro.
Minnie Terry, Maggie Holloway Fisher,
Mrs. Felix Morris, Wiliette Kersliaw,
Davenport Seymour and Gertrude Augarde
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry ]. Cohan in a one act
version Of their sons George NJ. Cohan)
musical play, Running for Office" are
one of the headliners announced by Klaw
g. Erlanger for their advanced vaudeville.
A star whom Harrison Grey Fiske may
add to those under his management is
Gustavo Safvlni, the son of the famous
tragedian, Tomasso Salvini. The actor has
signihed his willingness to come to the
United States, and the older SaIvini is de-
sirous that he shall do so. Mr.. Fiske's
original intention upon opening negotia-
lions was to cast Salvini for a leading
role in one of his productions, but the
young actor Is not sufficiently sure Of his
command of English to attempt an APP
pearance In any but his native tongue.
His wish Is to appear here at the head Of
his own company, the performance being
entirely in italian. The negotiations are
still in progress and are likely to result
favorably. Gustavo Salvini has won many
triumphs In Italy in the repertoire which
his father used TO play. and has just con-
cluded a tour of South America, where he
duplicated his italian success.
Klaw q Erlanger's production of Eugene
w. Presbrey's dramatic version of Sir Gill
bert arker's widely read novel, 9TH
Right of Way" will be presented at His
Majesty's Theatre in Montreal Monday