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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-07

made up of Morris Sellers Largey, young Montana millionaire, and Wlll j. Block, a theatrical manager. MT. Largey put up all the money and BLOCK was to operate the concern for salary and percentage of the earnings. Coming Thro the Rye, and "The Land of Nod made a good deal of money, buS haif a dozen ether shows exploited by the cor poratiof lost heavily.
 I,argey and Block had a falling out over the manner in which the business wcs being conducted, and the upshot or it was that MT. Largey applied TOT re ceiver and the affairs of the company were wound up. Largey buying in the pr perty at receivers sale. Mr. Largey at once incorporated another company. wh h he calls the Rork company, ana placed at its head aa general manager Samuel E. Ror.x, widely known ana popular operator in the amusement held. This concern will continue "Comng Thro' the Rye" and '"rhe Land of Nod" next season, and the business of both companies will go on as though nothing had happened. The pieces will De seen wi.n an entirely new equipment of seen err and costumes, and tue cast TOT each will be made up of the very best per f,-mers that can be engaged. MT. Frank Labor. who made such hit in the prin- cipal comedy part in "Coming Thro the Rye" last season, has been retained, as have several others of the old company. l'1ul Gilmore in new play by George V Hobart the title of which. as yet not having been decided upon, is to be an- nounced in the near future, will begin his regular season the early part of Septem- Der The play deals with automobile, business and southwestern ranch life, very happy combination of different at mospheres, with a leading role. "Ja Jack Hartley" '" which is said will fit MT Gill more better than anything he has ever done. Jack" is a young fellow with the automobile habit, who on visit to New York straightens out business ven- lures and incidentally makes love, and of course wins the prettiest New York girl who by the way, is also an automo- l bile enthusiast.
 Crestor Clarke's new play, which will | be frs, presented the middle of Septem- Der. Is entitled ''The Power That Gov erns'' and is fro the pen of MT. Clarke talented wife Miss Adelaide Prince, { While all of its characters are absolutely modern and with the exception of three all customers all the scenes of the play ! take place in Mexico.
 Amelia Bingham announces that she will attempt the most ambitious effort oi her artistic career next season in play especially written for her. entitled "Iht Modern Lady Godiva.' The new play affords Miss Bingham an opportunity tc
 create a role of the most varied emo
 tions, ranging from light comedy to
 climax of the most intense dramatic m
 te, est Like the Lady Godiva of Coven
 try, whose story is SD beautifully tolC
 by Alfred Tennyson, the 1risn gentlewo | man makes a great sacrifice for the ben 1 eft of those she loves. But the theme ?
 the play is said to be handled with tn
 strictest regard to propriety. According
 to reports from New York Miss Bing
 ham has never been more interested Il
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delivered to cIr rohman on his return from Europe. The new play will be pro. duco1 ir. Chicago next October
 John Drew has just closed the greatest season of his great career. Pinero's play, His House in Order" proved a won- derful vehicle for the actor and gave him al ideal part in which he outshone his former mum eroLs successes. No play produced last seacon attracted so much thoughtful consideration or aroused such discl ssion as l4ls masterpiece of Pin eros. It not only added still greater lau.e's to MT. Drew's wreath, but brought into brighter light the fine qualities of Margaret Illingtons artistic worth. Mir. Frohman has anno Lnced a new comedy for MT. Drev- next season. and which, as usual. will inauSurate the season at MT. Frohmsn's Empire theatre, New York. MT. Drew will spend part of the summer in Europe
 William Collier VIII soon reach the 20nth perform ance of Caught in the Rain at the Garrick theatre, New York. In this merry farce, which is a vertable gatllny gun of fun. MT Collier has achieved his greatest success. @ince December he has crowded the Garrick theatre.
 Mary Mannering has found such great success III the new roHidhtic hiS.oi .e''' comedy. Glorious Betsy, that 1t nas been decided to continue her in the same play the coming year.
 James K Hackett's company of English players that appeared with such great success this year in the farce, MT Hop kinson." have returned to London Next year the same company will revisit America. end will be seen in new play. also | farce, entitled Public Opinion, the production of which will also be nade under the direction of Mir Hackett.
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Nethersole's ace. ptance was the second. When she reached Paris from the steam CT train that arrived after dark she learnel that Bernhardt was that night D ayinr Camille" Glancing at her watch she saw that she had time to reach the theatre before the last act 1n- ste d of going to her hotel she quickly drove to the theatre and was announced at Madam Sarah's dressing room. The elder actress burst into tears. and then finally the two of them embraced and swore that nothing should again come be- tween them. As the curtain was rung Il for the last act, Bernhardt was weep ing and kept her eyes towards Miss Meth ersole who stood in the wings The au- diene e did not know and beleveG ' was but another flash of the genius of he
 amous tragedienn As the curtain fell and tho house wildly applauding, she rushed to Miss Nethersole. embraced her again. and sobbed: "I played that scene for you. my dear Olga. l may never play it like that again.
 Ne plans for the coming season all ready matured by Conan X Harris places this firm in the front rank of producing managers Since Georre M. Conan first wrote and produced Little Johnny Jones' three seasons ago, he and hls business partner Sam H Harris. have made rapid StrlueS III lHe li'uabci iti' field until now t. H@ control some Of the most popular and best paying attractions in the country.
 .,ext season this firm will again send on tour last years biggest success, "51 Minutes From Broadway which has ben booked for a very extensive tour, embracing nearly every state in America an including every important city from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific coast. Next season 1t goes on tour with even a stronger cast than last year.
 Fifty Miles From Boston, which has but recently duplicated its Chicago sur- cess in Boston. where 1t Is now playing | for the summer. has proven another typ 1 ical Conan success and will be seen the 1 coming season only in the principal cities f including a long New York engagement 1 at a Broadway theatre. By many this 1 play Is considered Mir. Cohan's most se- l rious effort and is best described as 2 ! rural musical play, telling serious story l and possessing a real plot The same cast now appearing in this play VIII con | tinae the regular season. IL VIII inciud' ! Edna Wallace Hopper. Fritz Williams | Emma Janvier, George w. Parsons, Don aid Brian, Hazel Lowry. James II. Brad 1 bury James C. Marlowe. Louise Rlai ! Lores Grimm, Zelda Sears and company , of fifty people, including Conan chorus
 The Will l. Block Amusement compan. | is the name of the concern which las
 season had Coming Thro' the Rye, | 'The Land of Nod and other companie
 on the road. The company was, in fact
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SUMMER GOSSIP OF THE STAGE

a' Of the people in two of the eighteen ''Mc"'y Widow" companies now playing in pri; Cipal continental cities.
 Fine acting might naturally be expected in q piece that is pronounced the light opera sensation of a decade but too great devotion to art or tho part of Mme Nathsen. playing the title role in the Denmark production, resulted in a triple tragedy as explained In the following .ecial cable dispatch tho ether day from Copenhagen to the New York Sun:
 Nme. lIathense2 was playing in The Merry Widow in the course of which she performed a waltz in which the composer of 1t says she showed q seductveness as a dancer rarely, if ever. seen on the stage.
 'er husband objected strongly to the passion his wife infused into the dance ana several times threatened her. Finally. unaOla to contain himself. he shot and killed her and man with whom she was dancing and wounded the manager of tho theatre"
 A bout the same time in another city, tn, at tor playing the comedy role of "Tie Merry Wi 4ow' received an official request to appear before the governor general. who addressed him in the Rus sian larguage. The actor supposing be was Ine recipient of a verbal bouquet bowed his than'ys and smiled his hap pie with visions of special decoration TOT nlS arDStlc perIormanCe, 5ut tne ln- ter,Jreter dashed his hopes when he ex- planIl that the rotund actors make up" was a near resemblance to the gov ernor general wNo was also fat. and that as an example to others, a fine had been imposed of Sl25O, to be suspended in case he left Russian territory immediately and promised never again to use the sama Tn. ke-up'' in the part.
 Wilton Lacl<aye. from all accounts. has real success in the role of the old miner ir "Bruvver Jim's Baby" a play
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any part she has ever assumed and con fdentlv expected to duplicate the success which she scored in "frhe Climbers.
 .Naude Adams has reached the Pacihc coast after playing an across-the-contl- nent tour that in point Of recelpts mas broken every known theatrical record. Not only has there been sell out ana people turned away at every perfo rmance' but hitherto unknown figures in the hls Il water mark of receipts have been reached at every place played. Miss Adams ae- ughtful portrayal of Peter Pan mas charmed and won everywhere on the road. She had made of Barrie's elhsh ll- tie fellows a creation that will long iln- ger in the memory The receptions ac corded Miss Adams in her tour nave not only been demonstrative, but marked py q real affection. She will finish playing in Frisco this week.
 Having recovered from the heavy cold which caused her to cease playing Tor week. Ethel Barrimore is now on her " stern tour and headed for San Fran cisco. She is playing Clyde Fltchs com edv, Captain Jin.xe,' and Teeung Wi,h her greatest road success. Miss Barry mr will go abroad after playing through California.
 Otis Skinner Is completing the most successful season of his career. All New York remembers his great triumph at the Hudson theatre in "'rhe Duef ana his present tour this strong play has been a perfect duplicate of tfes. MT. Skinne- was never seen to better advan- tage than as the priest Of Lavendan powerful and dramatic story. His DOT trayal of the part will always stand as one of his greatest creations.
 George Ade is writing the play in which c 1rles Frohman will present William IT. Crane next season. The author is now at Ha1.eden Farm Brook, Ind. hard at work on the manuscript, which Is to be
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made by Philip Verrill Mighes from his novel of the same title. It was recently given some trial performances in Wash 1ngto1, D. C., where the newspapers printed great deal in praise of both the play and MT. Lackaye's acting. In the opinion of many experienced obserV- CTS. MT. Lackaye .s without an equal in the English-speai,ing theatre in the acting of broadly defined characters calling for ths quality known as strength" He and his manager William A. Brady, own the rig. ts to "Bruvver Jims Baby" so it IS not unlikely that it will be the medium of Mir. Lac;aye's next tour.
 Robert Mantell "our only tragedian," a. MT. William Winter termed him in the New York Tribune, will on July 15. start rehearsals of his repertoire of Shakesrero at nIs country place, Cherry woods" Atlantic Highlands. N J. His company as was cone last summer, will be assembled there and will go through the preliminary work in a beautiful grove
 within sound of the sea, but hidden from 1t by the huge promontory that gives name to the neighborhood. So, although they are only an hours boat ride from New York city, they escape the heat and discomforts of Indoor rehearsals.
 triss Grace George, interviewed before starting for London on the morale of Sardous "Divorcons," said: Ever since it was written, this farce has stood, in
 the popular mind. for that particular form of footlghted wickedness known Gs
 'naughtiness.' Why? It teaches lesson,
 pointecly, with which the most austere
 of moralists cannot reasonably find fault,
 towit that husband ought occasionally
 to take his wife out to dinner
 The beautiful New Amsterdam theatre,
 New York city. was opened in the an-
 tumn ot 1903 with Shakespeare-Nat Good
 wl in "A Midsummer Nights Dream.N
 Popular indifference to the venture gave rise to Tenderloin aphorism that Shakespeare belonged in shabby play houses The last season of the New Am s:erdaIn closed with Shakespeare-Mr
 Maaten in Julius Caesar" King Lear, ''Tne Merchant of Venice, King Rich ,, ard III" and "Othello." He played there si::teen times to the largest audiences in the history of tle theatre.
 Three years ago Miss Olga Nethersole
 and Madam Sarah Bernhardt had a slight i altercatiCn concerr.ng the Lond on rights | to (. play. Previous to that time Miss ! Nethersole and Madam Sarah had been l on terms of intimacy. She was frequent 1, ly |. guest at the home of the French l actress and was introduced by her to l most O. the artistic world of Paris. The 1 b each between them grew wider, how l ever. and finally all friendly correspond I enne ceased ana their various business l transactions were carried on by briehy l 1rded telegrams. Then came Bern hardt's insstent invitation for Miss Meth ! so.e to appear in her theatre during the | first week of Jure, 1907. This was the | first step towards reconciliation. Miss
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N 4 R. BELAsco has decided to make

M practically no 'es eaa"ses SSSsfa in 'G the which is supporting Frances Starr in ''rhe Rose of the Rancho at his theatre. when she reopens the season of 1901-0S late in August. The cast Is one of the few seen in New York in late years that could within a week give a note worthy performance of "Romeo and Ju- 1iet and other classic plays under the subtle, artistic direction of the distn- Shed playwright- ht-manager.
 It IS universally admitted that David Warfield could play The Music Master the remainder of his life, and identify himself with the part as completely as the late Joseph Jefferson did with that Of Rip Van Wrinkle" But Mr. Beasco, true to his artistic instincts believes that he owes his popular star as well as the gre theatre-goirg public. duty su- perior to that dictated by self-lnterest of an assured soI e of large revenues Int Is to present the versatile actor in new characters at reasonable intervals and thus elevate him to a position greater than any he could maintain as one- part star If the usual considerations merely of how much money a manager can make out O. attraction governed MT Belasco, he would keep Warfeld in his pro sent play and quietly sit down 10 q lie of inactivity assured of a harvest of profits, instead of working with rest less ecergy to srovide a new vehicle for his star next season.
 rcnz Lehar's comic opera, "The Merry Widow" which promises to be the musi- cal treat of the coming season, when Tonry ". Savage transplants this Vien- nese success to the New York stage, seems destined to attract much attention before it is heard in America. Twice ,rine the past week have cahlegrams h 1rght sensat, ona. news of the opera
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Coat and Hat Hanger And frames. Brass hood, and hangers, for the office ol public building. Price cut down S1.25.
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The Will J. Block Amusement company is the name of the concern which last season had Coming Thro the Rye,
 "The Land of Nod and other companies on the road. The company was, In fact,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-07
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-07
MRS. STEVENS is FREED.

lndianola Woman Sentenced to Six
Months in Jail for Stealing.
Special 70 Times Republlcan.
Indianola, March 6.-Mrs. Bertha
Stevens has been released from Jail,
where she was serving time, on parole
granted by Governor Cummins. While
employed as domestic in the country
home Of T. s. Igo, she made way with
goods belonging to the family and was
arrested in Des Moines and brought
back for trial. Judge Apologize SEN
fenced her to six months in Jail and the
sentence was only about half out. Dur
ing her first week in Jail her mother,
Mrs John Malone, of Melrose, came
to visit her and was killed by the cars
en- route home. The woman has been
in very poor health and the parole is
sanctioned by all our people who know
the circumstances Of the case and the
condition of the women's quarters in
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-07
Several Important Suits to Be
Tried at the Term Com
nencing Monday
ECHOES OF L'LLooET F'Asco
Half a Dozen or More Cases Growing
Out of Gold Mining Company Fig
zIe--sui,s Against B. B. Bliss =
Several Damage Suits Against Rail-
way companies-Divorce Cases
Also Conspicuous.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, March Judge e. ".
Lee will hold his first term of court IN
this county commencing next Monday.
The docket contains some interesting
cases, including several echoes of the
famous Lillooet gold mining fiasco.
.Anlrng the more important cases
are those Of the State VS.. Charles L.
Hancock, of Dubuque, and B. B. Bliss,
of this city, charged with cheating by
false pretense, and one against B. b.
Bliss for larceny. Elmer Griggs and
Sam Lathrop are charged with assault
with intent to infiict great bodily
injury
Larceny from a building in the day
time is the charge Max Eonine must
answer while John Crippen, of this
place, is charged with larceny. There
are two counts against Joe Grouse for
cheating by false pretenses. A. c. OF
terbach's case against the Hawkeye
Gold Dredging company, Samuel Cali
win, of Iowa City, and George I.
Hedges, of Cedar Rapids, is set for
trial. James S. Buttolph, of Pequot,
MIMI has sued Mrs. ]. T. Buttolph,
Mrs. Kate r. Steere and Nellie b.
Carleton for a division of the ]. T. But
toiph estate.
The case Of Matte Aldrich vs. w.
H. Aldrfch is still on the docket, this
hAf, hn 70, n which the
defendant was sent to Jail for several
months for alleged contempt of court,
and was recently released by order of
the supreme court, which held his an
swer to the court was not contempt.
The United States Fidelity & Guar
anty company, of Baltimore, and B. B.
Bliss are defendants in an action
brought by the Iowa -Lillooet Gold
Mining company to recover on the bond
of B. B. Bliss when secretary of the
mining, company. e. E. Teeple, Of this
city, sues the Hawkeye Gold Dredging
company, and the now famous Moran
case comes up for trial to settle differ
ences between the Moran heirs Of Ell
dora. Charles Spofford, of this city,
sues Mary Spofford for divorce. George
D. Elliott and wife, Edna Elliott, Of
Ackley, bring three actions against the
Illinois, Central Railroad company to
recover for loss of household goods
and a jewelry stock destroyed by the
burning of a car on the Central's
tracks. The damage suit of c. o. Hunt
against the Rock Island railway is
brought here for trail on change Of
venue. The suit of Will Allison VS..
Jennie Smuch is taken to the district
court on a writ of error from a justice
court in this city, Eliza j. Starrett,
who was formerly Mrs. Williams, of
this city, sues her recreant hubby for
legal separation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-07
Tho Milford News
Special to Times Republican.

Milford, March &C. A. West ard
family arrived Monday from Olds, AL
berta, and will make this their future
home These good people are well
coined back to Milford.
George Chase, manager, and w. A.
Price, secretary, of the Northwestern
Iowa Gold Mining Company. left for
Victor, Col, where they will look after
their gold mine. They expect to sink
the shaft 100 feet at once. They are
taking out good ore. but none that
pays to work.
Woods & Woods have purchased
two lots south of the O. P. hotel, and
will erect building 80 feet WIDE 60
feet high and 20 feet deep, as soon as
it opens up in the spring, for their
warehouse and machinery shed.
c. A West has purchased the George
Chase residence on Main street. This
will make him and his family a fine
home.
Birdie Paul and Gertie Croft re-
turned from Minneapolis Monday
where they had been to purchase their
spring stock Of millinery goods.
}. L. Bascom returned yesterday to
Des Moines, to resume his labor in
the legislature