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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-11-23

bloc EsfnE nearly a month after Ne
had ceased 10 have blooms here
I am hopeful that y. tho w~~yti
move. eastward. wh~r~ th~r~ /. n,or~
rain and nor~ timber. h- /. m~.t.
Ing rnorr birds and o<h~~ ~n~mi~- la
pr~y on him.
Why Not MARKET W~~vtl. on the
Hoof.
About Professor Uerrtck'a articles
in The iaas two issues Of The .as~st~
~its reference 10 destroying stalks
and fall plo~inE The land. hsEhls
vaiae everything Professor IIcrrick
says. bat !nt~na 10 offer q sl!Ehs
modification Of bis plan. WIZ noy
i~t the cattle graae tho a~lass There
.ass; bc from 81 to - worth ot
good feed in Il acre 81 green cotton
atAlka \ cn~ all cat all the Erren
paYts OF the stalk and in ca;iaE the
lltti~ squares all eat tho wc~vli
Thas. one 'nay market his wc~ytla
on hnof II the stalks are cut and
taked. the ~oeviia wi!l a. for abel
ter. bat since having to leave 3
food supply carly In fall ~iii rauar
rsnnt OF them 10 die before spring
that act makes little difference
The Goa all! deprive him Of food
Just al quickly and ~!Ii also destroy
most Of tho ~reyiia AT the aatslc
time II may BE- that thiA has bc~n
discussed before and there may bs
some reason Why cutting and burn
Ing the stalks IN best. The latter
~liI have 10 be- considerably better
tn justify burning up 'hia food .'''fr
and f.rtIllxing material
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-11-23
tAusver by Editor Schercr. J

Not 50 large yield can BE- got from
such late seeding as could be hoped
for from earlier seeding. but ii i.
evident this land needs more vegeta-
bic matter N II. and start silI have
to De- made @on" time 10 build IL up.
Rush the seeding along aa early As
possible nov From the latencsa OF
the sowing the ve;ch could not be
expected 20 b" big enough for pas
tare before February. aimee wI;h
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-11-23
Ripley. Miss.
{ Answer by Prof. w r. Perkins. Ag-
ricultural College. Mississippi

'"HNsFai toAlsss. hlsslSSlpnl
II It Is desired To know how much
nitrogen Is applied directly TO the
soil In the peas. II Is about two and
three-fourths pounds. II the infor-
nation wished refers TO how much
nitrogen one and half bushels Of
peas will gather from the air. the
question Is more Difficult, to answer
Very much will depend on the char
aeter OF the soil and the manner OF
planting and cultivatlug On good
soil weil prepared two tons OF hay
might be made. when the whole
amount of nitrogen In the crop would
be fully ono hundred pounds. Again.
u peck OF peas sown In drills and cnl-
asated will make fully as much yield
As one and one-half bushels OF the
seed. and Ne are justified In conciud-
Ing. ~!ll take "A much nitrogen from
The air IS the heavier seeding.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
stevenson ON Chi1d-WorId.

Perhaps il takes one Scotchman 10 ex-
plain another, but certain It is that the
finest illustrations Of the mood that ere
ated the most delightful Of J. NJ. Barrie's
pages are to be found in several essays
by Robert Louis Stevenson. The parallel
between Barrie's cast Of thought and that
of his fOrerunner, "R. L. S." is quite
striking. It is all the more striking when
one considers the difference between the
titles Of their respective works. The sim
ilarity only holds good as far as to say
waiting common places 10 the plane OF
great truths, and that each had a fond
ness for giorifying youth. Thus the fol-
lowing, from an essay by Stevenson, be
sides being discerning for its own sake,
is even more wonderfully helpful TO the
understanding of another work Peter
Pan a play written great many years
after Stevenson wrote these lines:
In the chnd's world Of dim sensation play is
all IN all. Making believe is the gist Of his
whole life, and he cannot 50 much as take a walk
except In character. I could not learn my alphabet
without suitable miseen-scene. and had 10 act
business man in Office before I could sit down
to my book. What wonderful fancies have heard
there followed code Of rules and a whole world If
excitement. until tea drinking began 70 take rank
as a game. When my cousin and / took our por-
ridge Of a morning we had device 10 enliyen the
course Of the meal He ate his with sugar, and
explained II 10 be country continually buried un-
der snow. l took mine with milk, and explained
IL to b. a country suffering gradual inundation
You can imagine exchanging bulletins; how
here was island still submerged; here a valley
not yet covered with snow-what inventions were
nE
and travelled stiits, and how mine always
IN boats: how the interest grew furious the last
corner Of safe ground was cut OF on al sides and
grew smaller every moment. and how, I'm fine. the
fed Of altogether secondary importance. 50 long
as seasoned II with these dreams But the child
hood must pass away. and then youth, surely, as
age approaches The trie wisdom is 70 be always
seasonable and to change with a good grace in
changing circumstances. To love playthngs as
child 10 lead an adventurous and honorable youth
and to settle into a green and smiling age, Is 70
be good artist in life and deserve well Of your
peighbor aud Of yourself.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
The Present Season.

The present theatrical season may be
said TO be fairly launched and on its
way. It began unusually early this
year, and it started full of promise
which so far has failed Of fuifIIment.
In New York there have been a great
many failures and very few successes.
Indeed, outside of the work Of Mile.
Ala Nazimova there is only about one
frst-class success in New York and
that has been Margaret Ellington and
Kyrle Bellew in The Thief" In
Washington. where there have been
more premiers than usual. there have
been few productions of superIative
merit, and the season would have been
pretty dull so far If it had not been for
the return of some OF the old and es-
tablished favorites.
The patronage Of the theaters this
year has not been up to expectations
not alone in Washington. but In New
York aud other cities. It would seem
that the financial depression of which
there IS much talk is causing people
to deny themselves some Of the luxur-
les Of life and certainly theater going
must be elassed with these. When
ever the public decides 10 curtail its
expenditures the theater is sure to be
one of the first enterprises to feel it.
As the New York Dramatic Mirror
says:
Yet on the whole the theater seems to suffer less
than it might be expected to suffer. The play NAY
be a luxury. but It has come to be something like
necessity in these times TO a large number Of per
sons; and among those persons are many who in
the theater wish 70 forget their pecuniary troubles
in the stir Of "the street There is large class.
Of course 10 whom stock and other specuations are
foreign. and who in these days derend upon the
theater for momentary recreation; and this class
alone VIII for the offerings OF the stage that
IL affects a fair patronage. Outside Of the centers
Of financial manipulation the country seems to be
prosperous. Thus. while the immediate outlook nav
not be as bright for the theater as most Of those
concerned in It might wish the season on the whole
may be expected 10 come up to reasonable expecta-
ton for all who approach the public with values for
which they expect values in return.
There is much weight in this, and il
Will probably do the theater no harm if
the public takes to theatergoing with
some discrimination. When the public
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
DRAMATIC SUPERSTITION.
Actors VIII Not Speak Last Lines
at Rehearsal.


wilton Lackaye was holding the last
rehearsal Of The Bondman" at the Oiym-
pic Theater preparatory to the initial
production Of the Hail Caine play in this
country PaJ Short and the members Of
the orchestra made up the only audience
allowed in the theater. The play is al
most a tragedy yet at its end, just as
the final curtain came down, Mr.. Short
was surprised to hear Lackaye say:
Three beers, please"
That speech concluded the play II was
SO entirely out Of keeping with ali that
had gone before that Mr. Short hunted
up the stage manager and wanted TO
know what il meant Surely" said he,
you are not going 70 end the play to-
night with a line ike Three beers.
pleaseg"
All a matter Of superstition, explain
ed the stage manager. you see, Mr..
Short, the final speech Of G play is called
the tag. and it has always been con
sidered bad luck 10 speak the very last
lines at a rehearsal. The actor or actress
who has the last words 10 say always
substitutes something else. for If the
real ones were heard the play would be
doomed, at least so the actors would
think
Il have known piaywrights who would
not even write the final lines, and the
manuscript was not completed until after
the first performance, the lines being
whispered AT the last moment to the ac-
t9r who had 20 deliver them. They are
frequently as new 70 most Of the mem
lers Of the company as they are to the
Ludicnce.r
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
A Mashinrton Actrers.

Miss Laura Butler, who is known So
cially in Washington as Mrs. oscar Lor-
raine, and is a sister of Mrs. Piquette
Mitchell. wife of vice deputy and consul
general to the City of Mexico, has been
engaged by Henry w. Savage for the
comic opera Tom Jones" which VIII be
at the Columbia Theater the week Of
November l. Miss Butler was selected
by Mr. Savage from many persons whom
he had under consideration for the role
Of Lady Bellaston, which calls for acting
as well as singing. This selection places
Miss Butler in a notable light opera cast,
which includes Louise Cunning. Gertrude
Quinlan, William Norris, Van Rensselaer,
Wheeler, Florence Burdett. Vaughn
Trever, Henry Norman, and others. Mr..
Savage has given especial attention TO the
cast for Tom Jones'.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
In London Theaters.

While in London Mr. f. II. Sothern and
Miss Julia Marlowe went around incognit0
from theater to theater every night
previous to their opening in the Eng
lish capital in order % study the
London audience. They did not make
their identity known at any of the box
Offices, as they did not want the courtesy
Of complimentary seats to be extended 10
them, nor did they want Their English
colleagues to know that they were in
front" They viewed The Scarlet Pim-
pernel" from the gallery; The Red
Lamp from the pit; Votes for Women"
from the dress circle, and so on Both
players were very much pleased with
what they saw, and said that they found
the study Of the London audiences which
occupy the seats in the upper part Of the
house most profitable.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
NEW CURTAIN CALL.
A Novelty Introduced I'm One of the
Musical Shows.

A novel means of answering a curtain
call is used in one Of the musical come
dies. The auditorium is darkened and a
white screen takes the place of the Gus
tomary act drop. The various performers
appear Ia shadow, apparently coming
from a great distance and gradually
growing larger until, in heroic size. they
seemingly leap up toward the proscenium
arch and disappear II is quite anus
ing. as well as unique. and is accom-
plished without that prodigious acrobatic
skill which. to all appearances, is re-
quired Near the back drop on the stage
and close 70 the floor Is a powerful cleo
trio light. When the players appear they
are close to the screen. and when they
apparently approach the audience they
are really moving away from the specta-
tors As they come near the light OF
course their shadows increase In size.
and the enormous leap upward is merely
stepping onto a platform about a foot
high When they reappear, ostensibly
from great height and then move away
from The spectators, the process is simply
reversed. They step down from the little
platform and approach the curtain. which
gives them the semblance Of moving away
from IT,
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
Vaudeville.

All forms Of theatrical entertainment in
America are, Of course, imported and
none seem so to have hit the popular
taste. 10 have suited US. temperamentally,
so well as vaudeville The liking for it
is universal throughout this country
Every city Of any size has one or two
vaudeville theaters. and no playhouses
are more generously patronized than
these. In Washington we have only one
vaudeville house, Chase's, and it is safe
to say that during the course OF a long
season more people go into that theater
than into any other two theaters Of the
city
The reason for the popularity Of vaude-
vile is not far TO seek. II Is frankly
what 1t puTpOrts 10 be-vaudeville. Ii
makes no pretenses TO be other than
mere amusement. appealing to the out
ward senses-the same sort Of appeal that
the circus has, a diversion Tor the mo-
ment And fine thing about vaudeville
/ is the word polite" which so often pre-
| faces it in its advertisements. The word
means something. too; it means that more
/ and more these variety shows made Up
/ Of talent gathered here. there and every
/ where, clean and wholesome. There may
/ be nothing very uplifting about them, ex-
/ Cept as good healthy laughter is uplift-
1 ing. but at least they are clean. The le-
/ gitimate drama might We'll pattern after
/ vaudeville in one thing. and that is the
/ banishment OF profanity from the stage
] I
! to women and children, the managers
/ have been careful to make rules regard
/ ing the language 10 be used on the stage,
/ and the wit that relies for its humor on
vulgarity is strictly frowned upon
Nor need those who patronize vaUde-
Vile think that the matter Of getting a
show together does not require skillful
management. 1t demands a knowledge
/ Of what is best In the vaudeville field
and the skill TO put it together so that
the seven or eight varied acts, each one
perhaps widely different from the others
shall be so combined as TO make a har-
mOnlous whole.
An instance Of the rapid growth OF
popularity Of vaudeville is displayed by
/ Chicago. where the well-known Auditor
ium Theater has Just been turned into
a vaudeville house. At the first five per
formances there were over 20,000 people
and it is estimated that 5000 people will
see the show there each week II is GER
tain that any enterprise that is supported
as literally as vaudeville is. must con.
tinue 70 grow better with advanclns
years Already the lure Of the vaude
vile stage, with its big salaries and it.
short periods Of work each day, is takinl
many Of the best players from the legitf
mate stage. But this is not a hardship
It is constantly improving the tone o,
vaudeville and giving the audiences NOR,
value for their money. As it is now. II I.
hardly possible for vaudeville show tC
be bad. The price Of admission is so low
as compared with other theaters. that ou
Of the eight or more acts there Is sur,
to be at least one or two that are. o,
themselves, worth the price.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
Two Old Visitors

Two visitors to Washington last week
whom local theatergoers had seen befora
were The Virginian," at the Columbia.
Theater, and The Lion and the Mouse -
at the New National Both of these have
been cited as examples of the American
drama, and yet in temperament and In
technique they are as wide apart as the
poles. They furnish a fairly good areu-
ment as 10 the utter impossibilIty Of ever
making the great American play" We
have waited long for it, Realizing that
THE Virginian" and The Lion and the
Mouse" are both typicauy American pIavs
plays that could not have happened in
any other country-it will be seen al. once
how impossible it is that these two shouId
ever be combined. And yet a play. to be
broadly representative Of America. would
have TO take in not only the rough life
Of the West. which The Virginlan" tyNd-
fies, and the current money power. as
exempllhed by The Lion and the Mouse; :"
it would have to deal also with our polit-
ical life, industrial conditions. with the
North, South. East. and West. and-it
can never be accomplished in one play.
The Virginian" came to US pretty much
as We had seen 1t before. It is a fairly
true and entirely picturesque view of one
phase Of Western life-a life that is rap
idly passing away before the enCroach-
mants Of civilization. Mr. Farnum. who
played the character created BY Mr..
Wister so well, has resigned the part, and
it cannot be said that his successor. Mr..
Hart, fills the ideal. Indeed as the play
IS presented now, while il is still a fine
entertainment. the Virginian is no longer
the central character. Interest now is
focused on the part Of Trampas, simply
because the part is so admirably played
by Mr.. Campeau. While this Is fine for
Mr.. Campeau, it is bad for the play, as
ii is not what the author intended. Still.
IN spite of minor faults The Virginlan"
continues and viii probably continue for
some time to be popular entertainment.
It has real life in it; it is breezy, whole
some, fine in tone.
The Lion and the Mouse" has also
suffered change since it was last seen in
Washington Mr.. Edmund Breese still
continues 10 play the part Of Ready
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

Money Ryder, which he has made so much
his own that one can hardly imagine an
other actor in it. but Miss Grace Elliston
has been succeeded by Miss Gertrude
Coughlan, the daughter Of one of the
cleverest actors that ever graced the
American stage. Ii cannot be said that
Miss Coughlan is an Improvement over
her predecessor. In the lighter scenes of
the earlier acts she is more graceful and
deft and her touch is sure and convincing.
but in the big scene. the scene that really
makes the play-between herself and Mr..
Breese-she seems to lack strength and
energy, and the situation does not reach
the high note it should. The Lion and
the Mouse is so excellent a play that 1t
is pity 1t should fall off for lack of play
ing, but as a matter of fact 1t is doubtful
whether it has ever had a cast that might
have done IL full justice.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
A BIG SUCCESS.
'eThe Thief Stands Ont as the Sen
nOn's Winner.

Every one who has seen THE Thief
at the Lyceum Theater. New York, has
pronounced it to be the strongest and
most sensational play that has been
presented in New York in the past score
Of years. II is a powerful dramatic pro-
duction. with a beautiful young wife,
who steals money with which 10 buy per-
sonal adornmeEts, for its heroine. and
it is one Of the deepest and most at
tractive studies Of woman's ways and
weaknesses that have thus far come
from the pens of the dramatists. II is
acted by Kyrle Beilew and Margaret
Ellington in the chief roles, and is a
dramatic treat in every way. 1t is crowd
ing the Lyceum TheateT TO the doors
at every performance, and has made
such a deep impression that it is GER
tain to enjoy a long term OF prosperity
in its present quarters. Charles Frohman
is planning now 10 have four companies
playing The Thief on tour.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
NTaude Adams, Fad.

If Maude Adams has a fad-she denies
that she has-it is collecting anything
rare or unusual, books. odd furniture.
old china. and pewter. with a lineage Of
glass Of fine prismatic beauty.
The story is told among her friends
that one day while playing in New York
she was browsing around an antique
store, at one end Of which a red-faced
auctioneer, famous for his Vocabulary
and his avoirdupois, was selling on a
collection Of cUrios Of such widely DIFF
come from a museum. Now, as il hap
pens, the one kind Of hattery that is not
70 Maude Adams liking, if, indeed, there
is any source " hich she will endure. is
praise about her singing voice. One en-
thusiastic auditor, after seeing Peter
PAN one night. is known 70 have begun
some such compliment as this: 'Maude
Adams I want to thank you so mucn
for the pleasure I got from your singing
I sally in Our Alley
And then he went on, a little bit the
worse for embarrassment, trying 10 say
his particular delight in the singing came
from the fact that Maude Adams did not.
as he said. ''vocalize" the song or spoil it
by top notes. But he did not get quite
that far The object Of the compliment
broke in upon his pretty speech with a
helpful. if disquieting rejoinder; ''Ah,
then you must mean that l did not sing
il at ALL"
When. therefore. Maude Adams COM
panion in the antique shop rushed to her
with a feverish announcement that the
portly auctioneer was knocking down
a beautiful cabinet for q song. Miss
Adams. immensely amused. but with
mock seriousness. instantly said. I
know; but what kind Of a song? That's
just my luci-a fine young cabinet goes
down for a song and I can't sing a note
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
MnnsaeId's Premonition of Death.

Prom the Dramatic Minor.
Felix Mansfield, before sailing for Lon
don on the st. Louis on Sunday said that
his brother. Richard Mansfield, wrote him
two years ago that he had premonition
of death This was at a time when he
first felt coming on the disease which
finally ended his life.
Mr.. Mansfield denied the reports that
all the rights Of his brothers plays had
been sold. He admitted, however, that
the rights Of Richard III' and THE
Merchant of Venice" had been disposed
of. Disposition Of the other plays is still
in abeyanCe.
Felix Mansfield has a son, Alfred. who
originated the part of Aristibules in
''Herod, by Stephen Phillips.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

seeks blindly for the amusement and dis
sort Of amusement IL gets. the meretric-
ious and bad play has as liberal support
as the play Of high ideals and artistic
merit.
The season is young yet. and the lead
ing managers Of the country have still
many productions to make. 1t may very
well be that among them there will be
successes enough to lift up the average,
which, so far. is considerably below that
Of last season at this corresponding pc
Rod
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

Mr.. Mantel plans to effect his revival OF
ShakespeaTe's King John" early In No
vember in the Grand Opera House, Chi
cago, where he will play a month. Con-
trary 10 what appears to be popular ex-
pectatiOn in the matter. he will play the
name-part In this tragedy. and not Faul-
conbridge, just as year ago he chose
Brutus IN Julius Caesar" rather than
Marc Antony, the part for which he was
popularly regarded as better fitted.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

Hattie Williams and Lulu Glaser. two
weIl-known comedy stars booked for en-
gagements at the New National during
November, were formerly chorus girls
Miss Williams is now at the head of a
big company IN The Little Cherub" and
Miss Glaser is starring in Lola from
Berlin"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

New York does not seem to like Mr.
Charles Klein's The, Step-Sister." The
same critics who are condemning it for
its simplicity are those who called The
Lion and the Mouse" failure when Mr..
Klein first produced il.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

Olga Nethersole, who made such hit
in Paris last year. proposes now TO play
an engagement in the City Of Mexico.
She has not got into the tank" drama,
though she is putting on play called
The Submarine"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

Edward German, the celebrated English
composer, who wrote the music for the
comic opera Tom Jones'" and Robert
Courtneidge and A. M. Thompson, au-
thors of the piece, have come over from
London to rehearse the company that
Henry w. Savage has organized for the
American production of the musical play.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

Nearly all of the principals Of Maude
Adams Peter Pan" company have been
associated with Miss Adams since she
first became a star under Charles Froh-
mans management II is said of Miss
Adams that she has never permitted the
discharge Of any member OF her COM
pany.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

Ida Conquest, who is appearing in 1.-THE
Spell' at the Majestic Theater, has pur-
chased the rights to play by Evelyn
Greenlead Sutherland and Beulah Marie
Dix, entitled Young Fernald." 1t is not
Miss Conquest's intention TO present this
play Immediately, but she was so i'm
pressed by the leading role that she pur-
chased the play to hold it for a future
production. The leading role is that of a
young woman stenOgrapher and private
secretary to literary man.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-20

Mr. Wright Lorimer, of THE Shepherd
King fame, will appear at the Belaseo
Theater the week of November II, in his
new play, The Quicksands," by Alicia
Ramsey and Rudolph de Cordova.