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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13

and her ragged dress dirty. She mum bIed protests to the interference De- meath her breath. scow1ed at the gentle approach of a settlement worker, and made vicious grabs at her antagonist. This was graphic and lively realism. and the revolting truthfulness did not seem to repel the Broadway audience The fight had started. we were given to understand. because Lazy Llz ac- cused Houston Street Moll of trying to steal her man, while Moil. it was af- firmed, though habitually drunk, was invulnerably virtuous. To keep her thus. the wealthy young settlement vised a little soap and water: the lat ter influence proving presently, to be of dubious value, aS Moll. when scrub bed, excited the importunftfes of the young fortune hunter who was engaged to wed the wealthy philanthropist
 It became clear almost immediately that the plot was out of Nellie. the Beautiful Black Cloak Model" by "rhe
 Gay Lord Quex." It had the form Of the former (which I shall describe in this letter. and the substance of the latter. Moll, the total abstainer and the hance of the bartender in whose saloon she got fighting drunk, plans to lure the faithless wooer to a fatal indiscre- tion The spectacle of this meeting forms the great" scene of the play, of which every detail Is foreseen by the most inexperienced person. If one
 were inclined to take the writer seri- ously, objection might be made to the revoiting details of the meeting of tho
 young cad, almost on the eve of his
 wedding, and Houston Street Moll, In
 the latter's bedroom; and certainly the
 cheap veneer of Christian reverence
 over the vicious falsity is reprehensi-
 ble.
 The first nighters in the parquet did not conceal their ridicule of this slum
 drama, although those in the gallery acclaimed 1t with cheers. 50 there. probably, is a prosperous future for 1t. in theeproper place. Moil's trick to be
 discovered with the bridegroom elect by his fiance, as was to be expected. brought down the wealthy angels
 scorn upon her, while 1t brought down more humping of the husky barten- der's fists on the young rake. The fight caused the smashing into bits or a lamp the mussing up of very good looking young actor, and other mis- haps It was a right lively scrap. The Straight Road" certainly is one of the most active of pugilistic dramas. MoIi'
 having been cursed by half the cast, declares there Is no use In being vir- tuous. and annouces her devotion 10 life of crime. The pugilistic spiri' seizing her, when she Is without even a punching bag to work it off on, she
 begins landing uppercut to chinoniers
 and knock out blows to well-meanine
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13
Poor Pay for PedasOSues.

Milwaukee SentIhei'
 We pay huge salaries 10 tne men wno sre intrusted with our business inter ests; we disburse smilingly e high price for two theater tickets to enable us to see a famous actor; we cheerily con. tribute our share of princely salary to a pulpit orator who can sway the multitude; we pay immense lawyers fees uncomplainingly and with sort of cheerful resignation but we worry miShtIly when those to whom we have intrusted the formation of the charac- ters of our little ones modestly venture the suggestion that they would like to have better incomes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13
Prominent Clergyman
 Restored 10 v1gor-

The Rev. Dr. A. II. Long a prominent aud inde. pendent clergyman. who Is called the venerable Church of God minister. of Mount Joy. Penn, Is 64 years of age, and says DUFEY'S PURE MALT Wf1ISKEY. the Great Re- newer of Youth. cured him of nervous debility. con- gestion of the brain, grip and severe attacks of ver- tigo and restored him to health and vigor.
 "puring the past forty years of my life ! have suffered much from nervous debility, congestion of the brain la grtppes nervous prostration and numerous severe attacks of vertigo In consequence of this my system became very much dilapidated. some tbns since resolved that would give your med- icine fair trial Now am perfectly well. strong and vigorous. I am in the eishty- fourth year of my age and my purpose fs to keep your medicine always on hand aa a restorative tonic. A. H. LONG, Mount Joy. Pa. Sept. IT. '0s.
 Rev. Dr. Long has preached 5000 serrnons written out in full 2.0o0 sermons. baptt1ed B4s professfng believers. married 114 couples offictated at 800 funerals, preached at Is different camp meetings and revised the Apostles Greed. %
 Many prominent cIergymen. doctors of medicine and temperance workers. who. lika Dr. Long have been benefited by this sreAs medicine, extol It's virtues.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13

Morris chairs. In her outbreak of vios fence she ripsis window shade from its roller, whereupon blue moonlight streams upon @ picture of the Virgln and Child, and Moll Is bathed again in religious virtue, to stay so. SO far as Fitch lets us know.
 Fitch had q puzxiing night with the simuitaneousnes of The Truth" and 'sThe Straight Road" He directs the productions of his plays from the ses lection of the actors to the smaliest point in their acting. But that work was done. and he had merely to waiS for the audiences verdict Those au< tiences, however. would expect him s& respond to their demands for q thank you speech. Miss walsh would get to tho end of the second of her three acts at just about 10 o'clock and Miss Blood- good to the end of the third of her four at close to 10:i5. But would the two performances run on schedule timer They did, and the author was able to
 get his reception" at both theatres.
 The phenomena of audiences are pee
 culiar. especially as to laughter. studied the nierriment at Matiioa, pe- cause three-fourths of the people didn't
 laugh at all, while the other quarter laughed necessarily. Of the row of
 twelve where I sat, nine .egarded the
 farce with faint smiles. snd once in . while snicker. but never with a laugh.
 Of the three others. e boy gave out
 succession of guffaws, man roared
 boisterously. and a woman became so
 hysterical with her giee that her cona- panion had to take her out. This un- even effect of I. N. Norris's farce is
 due to the fact that some of us think "Charley's Aunt" used up all the fun possible in a man disg1ised as wo- man, and others find it as funny as ever. In the new play fellow and 2
 girl swap trousers and skiets. and fool the master of a yacht and his guests.
 They sing and dance. tod, for this is a musical farce, although there is nG chorus. ballet or extravAg aisa sights. The actor of the bogus woman isn't grotesque comedian, like Esienne Gtr-
 ardot in .tCharley's Aunt, but tha good looking young Alfred Hickman, who was Blanche Walsh's husband with none but themselves knowing, 1t, until | Blanche showed the marriage certin- | cate along with a decree of divorce.
 Camille D'Arville and Paula EdwardeG ' Nr.ka Vr1.sar Surfk f,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13
'srhe Tenderfoos .r

"The Tenderfoot," an operatic com edy. comes to the Montgomery Theatre Friday night.
 Richard Carle is responsible for the book. This fact in view of what have been more recently seen from MT. Carle, wouldn't signify much. only that when Carle wrote The Tenderfoot, he struck the happieet vein imagina- ble which secured for him a proni- nent place amongst the cperatic com edy authors of today. and brought him with one bound into the public's pop ular favo-.
 "The Tenderfoot" is by far the best thing that Carle has handed us to date. In short, 1t contains more gem timely tuneful numbers than all his other work put together. However. H. L. Heartz must not be forgotten as Carle's co-worker. To Mir. Heartz Is due the palm for several of the merry whistling airs to be found in ''The Ten derfoot." There is an atmosphere most delightful about "rhe Tender foot" which by the way. may be class ed as being one of the brightest oper- atic works on the road.
 Richard Carle and H. L. ,Heartz wrote better than they knew when they evolved "The Tenderfoot." The authors seem to have caught the spirit of the open air. Carle, when he wrote
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13
neWS cf be $taqe

The week win be closed by Charles B, Hanford. who will play "Iachimo'' in Cymbeline Saturday matinee. and Marc Antony in Julius Caesar Satur- day night. Mir. Hanford Is we'll known as Marc Antony. It was in this role he achieved success and fame while playing with Booth and Barrett. and he has held the part in preference to other tragic characters in the same play.
 In Cymbeiine Mr. Hanford has far different part to play and the fact that he plays 1t exeelleptly we'll is tribute to his versatility. Miss Marie Drofnah. who Ia MT. Hanford's lead ing woman. Is an accomplished actress who has successfully enacted Shakes penrian roles of almost every kind. Az Portia she adds a touch of grace to Julius Caessr and as Imogen she exhibits talent of the highest order. Maxine Elliott h "Her Great Match. 1" The attraction at the Montgomery Theatre Tuesday night should appeal with particular, force to Montgomery theatregoers, when Miss Maxine Elliott wilt be scen here in the Clyde Fitch comedy Her Great Match" every where regarded as the best piece that has been written for her since she be- came an individual star.
 The play was most enthusiastically received in the east last season and proved such a tremendous popular sue. cess that Miss Elliott determined to use no other on her present tour. which includes every city of note in the United States.
 MT. Fitch has supplied her with Q fine part, one that shows her rare and appealing talents to excellent ad- vantage. She is called upon to DOT tray one of those wholesome types of American woman, who figures in society. and there is no other star on the contemporary stage who can fill such a role quite so we'll as Miss El- Ilott. She Nis fitted for such charac- terizations by looks and temperament and ir Her Great Match Mir. Fitch has provided her with a broad scope for the sweep of that infectious per sonality which has made Miss Elliott one of the most popular of American stage women.
 What is even more fortunate. the author has not limited himself to the heroine's role in the development of his story. He has embellished the work with half a score of other hap billy conceived types, making the play one of general excellence.
 Her Great Match" is In four acts, with scenes laid In England-Herd-
 
 act finds "Jo" Sheldon. played by Miss a wealthy brewer of Herdfortshire. She is an American girl through and through, but falls in love with Adolph. Prince of Eastphalia. and 1t is their romantic courtship that furnishes MT. Fitch with the theme for some ex- ceedingly smart dialogue and pretty sentiment.
 The locale of the play permits of much elaboration in the matter of stage :nvestiture and these opportu- nfties have been taken advantage of to the fullest extent.
 The company supporting Miss Elliott likewise is particularly strong, the cast including Charles Cherry. Mad anne Mathilde Cottrefly, Miss Suzanne Perry, Miss Muriel wylford. Miss Gladys Morris. MT / Cory Thomas. Mir. J1eou Quartermaine, MT. Felix Ed- wards. Mir. William H. sams. MT. Guy Cary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13
AsK THETR CUsToMERS.
Whether Suits Fit when Made Ny HOlcs
 nw. VORka.

To all who doubt their ability to make nerfect fits, Holt's Dye Works ers m consult any man for whom they have ever made a garment. Call at loS South Court Street and see their wool
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13

Camille D'ArvilIe and Paula Edwardes have come Into New York with comic operas. "The Belle of London Town.r and The Princess Beggar.' The cur~ tain hardly more than risen on The Belle of London Town" before saw that 1t was "The School for Husbands' which Alice Fischer had used year aa a plain comedy: and that rlay had beon, fCort,nvad On pa1a Thir{aanN
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13

By adding "Cymbeline'' to his reper- tory this season Mir. Hanford has tne benedt of contrast. for If Marc An tony" 10 hero par excellence. Iechi- mo- fs no less. complete and ideai
 rogue. He is . villain of the polished type: one whose subtleties afford me opportunities for the player who is competent to delineate human charac- tetr as an artistic study without ce- pending on the romantic sympathtss of his audience.
 Another point of great interest in connection with "cymbeline" VIII pc the opportunity 1t presents in seeing that favorite actress. Miss Marie Drof- nah. in a role of commanding impor- tance. It is part which must inevi- tably appeal strongly to an actress who has made a close study or the women of Shakespeare; study wnich had occupied practically all Miss proi- nah's notable career on the stage. rms gentle yet resolute heroine Is type such as men admire and women wor- ship Yet the character Is but seldom offered to the stage, for 1t IS one which requires not only long training but special gifts of personality Tho gen. Is heroine whom the pnpiic would not see entrusted to the care or any but favorite actress. on Sat urday, January ie.
 Mir. Hanford comes to tho Mont gomery Theatre for two performances. He will present Cymbeline at the matinee and Julius Caesar at night.
 aGay New York" at the Bijcu. With proper fairness and on the strength of a phenomenally successful run in Berlin, Gay New York, the underlined musical comedy attraction at the Bijou next Monday, Tuesday and wednesday. is being presented as translation from the German.
 The fact of it's having achieved signal triumph in this country Is prob ably due in no small measure to the formidable array of talent engaged in It's interest. A casual glance over the list of honored stage names. as are associated with the progress and pros perity of this so-styled giant of gor- reous lavishness among musical com edy greatness must carry the most pos- five conviction that the management are pleased to rely upon other means besides the absolute quality or tneir productions for gain and glory. Out of the fifty or more talented people engaged in Gay New York. mostly of whom are girls of beauty as we'll as cleverness. 1t is only neces- sary to pick the names of Harry Elm erson. Lillian Hoerlein, Edward B. Adams. Ollie Omega. Harry Scott. Flor ence Clements, Mazda H. Foy, Violet Rio. Richard Bartlett. James Devine an a dozen others prominently popu- lar. to form a respectable estimate Of the company of distinction entrusted with the fun and music sensational surprises to be expected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13
sueetert GirI in pixie !.

~The Sweetest Girl In Dixie" writ ten by Miss Freda Slemons. It IS an idyil of the South, a clever Dit or character study. and Is full Of wit the dialogue throughout Is bright ana attractive.
 Miss Slemons was born and raised ifi the South. The Sweetest Girl in Dixie" Is not her first attempt at playwriting, as she has already pro- duced several works wnicn nave achieved a merited success But m this last effort, which was only copy rfghted last December, she was writ ing of a life that she knew, anu people whose every mode of thought was familiar to her.
 The play should make its way on its merits, as Miss Slemons has worked into 1t the scenes Of ner childhood with remarkable skill. She has woven the spirit of the new South. the South in the days tmmedi- ately following the reconstruction pe- riod, into the piece with such success that the play seems to create an ht- mosphere of Its own, that clings to 1t until the curtain falls on the last act.
 who are perhaps the characters of the play who stand out most clearly, are wonderfully we'll drawn, and Miss slemons says they are taken from nie and that the original of Aunt cal line" is her own old nanny and is still alive on the old place in Arkan- sas. It is readily believable by any one who has seen the play, as MISS slemons has succeeded in bringing out the peculiar mixture of comedy and pathos of which the Southern darky is made up, in way that snows absolute knowledge of her subjects:
 The company gives wonderfuiiy good presentation. The parts are carried through with aN dash ana vim that if ia good to see and the play Is =. A. o ,,,h oJo y,,ora than "yorth while. !"
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Notes of the Stage.
 Cecilia Loftus has added one more excellent portrait to her gallery oi limitations. Rose StahfE Patrlcia OBrien in James Forbes's oomedy Ine Chorus Lady," has given the mimic an onoortunity to score what she con- siders the greatest success of her ca- reer. She has seized upon salient mo ments in the first and second acts, ana has reproduced them with a ndeilty that has made her imitation one or the notable hits of the new produc- tion at Joe Weber's Theatre, Mss I,oftus confesses in a recent intEvlew that Miss Stah's artistic equipment was so unique that 1t was almost im- possible to reproduce, and that she waa compelled to abandon her at- tempt to copy her famous Fay speech at the climax of the third act.
 Onee upon a time a wager was maoe in a club in New York that epecta- for might ko to the Belasco Theatre stand behind the glass partition at the back of the parquet. hear scarcely any word that was spoken on the stage hut see all that passed there ano then be able to give an inetlligiole ana conpreheneive account of play wnicn of which he knew no more m aovance than what the program contained, rA- centlv said a writer in The Boston Transcript. The test was made ana the spectator returned to the club ana gave a surprisingly full and accura.' account of the play. Tn other WoIus Mir. Belasco's pictorial sense Is so vivic and SO fine and he employs 1t so illu' sively and impressively that tne spo, ken word becomes with him aImos' an accessory. Of none of hig piecet has this been truer than of ''rhs Ros' of the Rancho"
 Mime. Lima Abarbaneli. who play | the chief role in "The student king' celebrated her twenty-fifth oirtnaa! last week. She was presented witn l ntano which cost the members of hel company fifteen hundred dollars. | The annual engagement Of MT l vraiSar WhIteside in this city was al ways w s an event of importance. Thi year he will be seen in his new play '"The Magic Melody. which ~4s .srvs %.,. ten for him by the author Of we ar Ktpp
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13

Houston Street Moll, the character that Clyde Fitch conceived as suitable to the virile Blanche Walsh, in writing The Straight Road" for her, swept in to first view in a drunken sidewalk fight She and another woman had been thrown out by bartender. She was blear- eyed from drink, her face
 white and bruised, her hair touselsd.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13

BTJOU THEATHE. w~-aax. Tuesday and Wednesday, m .reciai matinees Mondny and yreduesday--4Gay New York" Thursday, Friday. Saturday and sat. uraay Matinee--sThe Sweetest GIT In Dixie. .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-13

MONTGOMERY THEATRE. Tuesday--@Haxine Elliott In ne' Great Mntch.r
 Frf6ny--<sThe Tenderfoot. s.furday Matinee and Night-Charie u. Hanford, in sCymbeiine" and "Sa lius Caesar"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
TO BAR THE CURIOUS.
Hearing of Samuel Whit
low to Be in Small Room.

lola Kan. Oct 23.-Justice G. S. Pot
ter will hold the hearing of Samuel
Whitlow in his office here Thursday
and not in the district court ROOM
Hundreds of people have petitioned
Judge Potter to have the preliminary
examination in larger room but the
Justice remains firm.
County Attorney Carl Peterson ana
Chris Ritter have expressed desire 10
Judge Potter to eliminate any spectac-
ular features such as providing a hal'
where the morbidly curious can stare
at the prisoner and witnesses.
A sharp contest between the attor-
neys for the state and the defense is
expected, in case Whitlow is bound
over. when the matter of bond comes
I'D 1t is said that the state would in
sist on bond being denied the prisoner,
while. of course, the defense Will make
an aggressive effort to secure bond Tor
their client. Mr. Peterson is OF the
opinion that the act of the legislature
in doing away with capital punishment
does not leave first degree murder a
baiIable offense as has been claimed py
many. F. j. Oyler, one of the attorneys
| for the defendant, maintains that the
act of the legislature does make hrst
| degree murder bailable offense-
County Attorney Carl Peterson and
Chris Ritter for the state have been
at Moran taking pictures and securing
| measurements on the scene of the trag-
| edy to be used as evidence In the case
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
GETS $4,000, 0,O00.
A. G. Vanderbilt Will Receive as Much
More When He Is 35.

New York. Oct. 23.-Under the will
of his father. Alfred Gwynne Wander
bflt came into possession today of one
half of the residuary estate of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. estimated at 60 mill
lion. He will get more than 80 million
dollars in 1912, when he is 35 years
old.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. jr.. Alfred's
brother. displeased his father in mar
rying Miss Grace Wilson and was prac-
tfcaIly disinherited. The will provided
that A. G. Vanderbilt should inherit
all the residuary estate, to be held for
him in trust until he became 80 years
old. when one-half of it should be paid
him and the other half when he be-
came 35. He was 80 years old today
The residuary estate was given to the
executors in trust. They are Alfred G..
Vanderbilt, William K Vanderbilt,
Reginald c. Vanderbilt. Chauncey NJ.
Depew and Edward V. V. Rossiter.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. ST., left to his
oldest son. Cornelius, jr., 1 " million
dollars Each of his other child1 en-
received approximately z u million
dollars. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt re-
ceived 2 million dollars and a trust
fund sufficient to increase her income
TO II million dollars annually. Just
before the will was probated Alfred q.
Vanderbilt gave to his brother, Cor
nelius, 6 million dollars, placing the
latter on an equal footing with Regi-
naId and his two sisters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-23
HE SELLS A RAILROAD.
President of Trust Company of Amer
lea Parts With Georgia Line.

New York, Oct. 23.-Announcement
was made today that Oakleigh Thorne.
president of the Trust Company of
America, had sold control of the Cen
trail of Georgia railway which he pur-
chased jointly with Marsden ]. Perry
last July. Mr.. Thorne declined to say
to whom the railroad had been sold.
He denied it was sold to the Rock
Island interests.
In the corridors of the Office of the
Trust Company of America there were
500 persons when the hour for begin
ming business arrived. It was almost
impossible for any more to enter.
President Thorne said at that hour that
he hoped to meet all demands unless
sAe depositors came in too large num-
pers. He said the company had not
asked for assistance.
Acting State superintendent of
Banks Skinner took possession of the
Knickerbocker Trust company this
morning Mr.. Skinner made the fol-
lowing statement:
Under advice of the attorney gen.
eral 1 have taken possession of the
Knickerbocker Trust company and its
branch offices. The support of the in
stitution which was expected yesterday
has not been furnished. A bank ex>
aminer is in charge of each office
Vayments will be received on obliga-
tions due to the trust company, but nc
payment will be made by the examiner
in Charge. Payments should be in
caea Collateral will not be surrend-
araA until 1t is shown that it is not