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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-12
Taxpayers Notice.

This is to notify all city tax pay
krs that unless their taxes are paid
nv the 31st. day of January, 1907,
an additional 10 per cent penalty
o,d interest will be charged.
> SANTOS VALDEZ,
City Assessor and Collector.
Brownsville, Texas. Jan. 9, 1907
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-01-12
For Sale

l have for ssle some fue your-
Percheron Ste,hoas. Also some
one and tao-year=oli Durham and
Hereford bulls al The Box ranch.
JOHN R. Box.
Manager Box Ranch, Isabel, Tex.
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looked gratefully in the direction Of one
Of these parties and il was quite apparent
II the stern rules OF the theatre did not
prevent she would have been thrown a
bouquet.
Occasionally the spotlight artist partook
Of the general recklessness Of the entertain
ment and the electric fash would illumine
the topmost reaches OF the furthest gallery.
Then it was easy to see that while some
Of their clerical companions had stepped
with abandon to the front seats the more
cautious ones had toiled upward only to find
what they supposed to be a perfectly safe
hiding place fairly well filled with ecclesias
tical representatives eager to tell their
next Sunday congregations what they had
suffered in the cause Of humanity.
The management had printed in a neat
typewriter note at the top of some tur-
quoise blue letter papersa copy of which
was handed to each cleric as he passed in g,
that they would appreciate your opinion
OF Mrs. Warren's Profession Kindly
state briefly below and leave it at the box
Office on leaving the theatre"
Up to the time OF going to press the
thirty odd clergymen present had not re-
sponded, with the exception of two, whose
opinions were expressed in the same hand
writing but With diverse punctuation and
views. Neither of the names is to be found
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ance in Washington that season, giving
Hamlet -Ruy Bias" Monte Cristo' and
THE Lady Of Lyons"
Another of the pretty singing women
OF that day who, like Alice Oates, later
drifted TO the most squalid of variety
halls, was Emily SOldene. She appeared
at Ford's National Theatre in 1919 in the
usual list of comic operas of that day, in
cluding Trial By jury" "Chilperic- and
-Genevieve de Brabant," pieces which are
scarcely even known by name to theatre
goers of to-day.
The stock company, assisted by Nine.
Janauschek," gave dramatizatiOn OF
Dickenss BLEAK House." called -Chesney
Wold,r which is said to have been in
Ell ably saddening.
How many remember Lord Byron's
turgid "Sardanapalus?" 1t was given at
the old Washington Theatre that year,
with F. c. Bangs "a SGTddndpdIus. Louis
AldTioh as SGiemGHes and Agnes Booth
as MBrrhd. Agnes Booth did not share
the repugnance of her brother Edwin TO
the city of Washington on account OF the
deed of John Wilkes Booth. She appeared
here in a play not many years after the
assassination OF Lincoln. Edwin Booth
would never consent to visit Washington
after the assassination OF Lincoln. and
Neutrality-suspicious. who wanted to see him
had TO go to Baltimore.
There ls little or no knowledge by the
present generation Of theatregoers Of
the list of plays in which John e. Owens
appeared in that season Of thirty years
ago. The plays were -The Heir at Law"
Henry Byron's once noted comedy Our
Boys" Victims" -Solon Shingle," Paul
Pry' and The Happiest Day of My Life"
Only people Of a musical bent remember
that Meyerbeer wrote an opera called
-The Star OF the North 1t was done
here in February, 1877, with gorgeous
mise en- scene and powerful cast" a. the
programme naively specifies, and Clara
Louise Kellogg in the leading role, assisted
by Zelda Seguin. W. c. Carleton, later a
well known berytone, who is still in the
game doing odd parts here and there,
figured as the Valentine in a production
Of Faust" that same week. But az for
the immense preponderance Of those whose
names appear in these old programmes
OF thirty years ago "the wind has blown
them all away"
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pared for something rather racy, but they
don't know what they're in for"
And just as the visitor from The SUN was
on the point Of asking another question as
to the method Of finding the grain Of clerical
wheat in the bushel Of curious chan the
Press Agents face lightened up and he
whispered hurriedly: .-
I've got another surprise for you. / tell
you it keeps us working to get a glad hand
or two these days. You see, it isn't neces-
sary just to give a good-I mean a bad-play
any more. You've got 10 have your play
spend millions of dollars on the costumes.
have the leading lady lose her diamonds
every day or get run over and seriously
injured by Brooklyn baby carriage, and
besides that you've got to find new and
novel ways Of filing up empty seats No,
the clergy are all very well as an adver-
tising medium, but you never can tell.
They're apt to balk at the last moment. It's
a ticklish thing for a clergyman to be seen
at a play like this. for there are always
people unkind enough to say that he didn't
come in order to be able to preach better
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and more convincingIy on this special sub
|. ject. but Just because he was curious OF
perhaps that he likes the theatre. 80 you
see we had TO hedge and be sure that some
Of the seats We reserved would surely le
filed.
$50, now, aren't we the clever peuple2
We have twenty OF the chorus girls from
The Partisan Model coming"
do they wear their yestnents"
well. don't believe" confessed the
Guide. that you will have much trouble
in finding them, We asked for the blond
kind, for we have to keep the house SO dark
on account Of the susceptibilities off the
clergy that we thought they might brighten
things up L't.'
This assertion in regard to the darkness
was not exaggerated. There were a few
rays Of light here and there. but general
Cimmerian shadow prevailed over most
Of the auditorium and the boxes we're black
as pockets. Any one could go TO a per-
formance Of Mrs. Warren's Profession
without being discovered with just or
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SERVED UP IN PIES.
How q Dwarf Was brought 10 Notice
strange Dis Euise for a Host.

The PIE Girl" who, as given in the evil
dence at the Thaw trial, was with num-
ber of birds served up in a pie at theatri-
cal supper is by no means the first human
being who has been thus treated
Jefery Hudson. the celebrated dwarf,
with whom all readers Of Scots -Peveril
Of the Peak" are acquainted, was first
brought to the notice OF Charles l. during
a visit OF that monarch and his queen TO
Burlei gh-on-the-H the residence Of the
Duke of Buckingham, in whose service the
manikin was. At dinner a large cold pie
made its appearance, says the London
Tit Bits. and on this being cut by the queen
Hudson stepped forth and made his obe-
sance to royalty.
Another dwarf, Richebourg. appeared on
the table of French nobleman in the in
terror Of a gigantic raised pie. At a given
signal this was cut and disclosed the pygmy,
who, bearing a silver salver on which were
arranged a number of articles Os jewelry,
advanced across the table and in turn pre-
sented each Of the guests with a valuable
souvenir.
In 1883 a NJ. de Parles gave a banquet in
Paris to a dozen ladies' of the ballet and
their admirers. In the centre OF the table
was a colossal heap OF fruit. which, on
being struck with golden wand by the
host, fell away, revealing three young girls
garbed as Hebes, who during the repast
waited upon the ladies, while a like number
Of youths, representing Ganymedes, who
had made their appearance in a more pro-
saio manner, attended to the wants of the
male guests.
Some six years back a wealthy French
countess gave adinner at which the centre
piece was a mass Of the rarest and most
beautiful blossoms. From these, as soon
as the diners were seated, arose Marguerite
Deval, who, az the courses succeeded one
another, sang the menu in a sweet voice.
At dinner given in the seventies in
Rome by a rich Italian the decoration Of
the table was remarkable for the presence
Of half dozen huge cakes. From these
as the repast proceeded, issued, to the
amazenent Of the guests, strains Of de-
lightful melody, which, with brief inter-
missions, continued until the last course
had been partaken Of. Then, on the an
pearance Of coffee and liqueurs, the sugar
covered walls Of the confections fell asunder
and six daintlly clad lady musicians stepped
forth from their strange confinement.
In the spring Of 1859 an eccentric Vieune-e
banker gave supper TO party OF friends
who on arrival we're asked to excuse the
unavoidable absence Of their host and to
proceed with the repast without further
delay. They therefore took their seats AZ
table, in the centre Of which stood a gigantic
pasty, from which, wheG the meal was
weird growls. TO the aInazenent ~ the
guests. whose wonder changed to abso-
lutte panic when, on "A sudden, the crust
was burst asunder, and what was to all
seeming a savage beas Il sprang forth.
CONSERVATION and disInay reigned'
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FOR Success ~ 4 SMALL STORE,
\ Professor Of the Art Tells Of some or the
Qualifications Required.

Success in keeping a small store" said
the professor Of the art of storekeeping,
depends much upon the personality Of the
storekeeper. In a great store it is different
for there the customer rarely sees the head
of the concern and so cannot be directly
influenced by him either TO keep coming
or to stay away.
obviously the small storekeeper should
be polite but not obsequious and he should
have a modest air of success; we all like to
do business with successful people. He
should not be obtrusive, but he should be
quick to discover a new customer who
shows a disposition TO keep coming, and
he should take or make an opportunity
20 greet such a customer by name.
"He should occasionally il not ofteneY
If, indeed, he does not do so constantly
wait on customers personally and learn
their wants Most effective and most likely
20 clinch and keep a customer is the waiting
on him done by the proprietor when all his
clerks are busy. When the proprietor him
self comes along and asks politely what he
can do for you everybody likes that, and
IT, besides being thus polite, the proprietor
~ a good salesman he may very likely sell
more or goods Of higher price than a clerk
or salesman could.
But in goods selling by the proprietot
in circumstances such as those last de-
scribed lies one crucial test for him, for his
action under this test may make or mar
him for all time with that particular eas-
toner.
THE small storekeeper who begins 70
wait on a customer should finish with him
in that transaction Sometimes we see a
storekeeper who has begun 10 wait on
somebody turn him over when half through
with him 10 q clerk who may by th8t time
have become discngaged, a fatal Mistake
To make. lf we had been at the 1utset
pleased 10 ave been considered of such
importance A. TO be wajted on by the pro-
prietor hiu-el! our sense Of Importance n
shocked when the proprietor dropO uE and
turns us over 10 q clerk, and we may never
go into his store again.
Much, very much. to be sure. depends
upon the stock you have to Ofler and upon
how il is kC.t and much, Of course, upon
your saleSpeJ1l- bUt ability, thoroughness,
courtesy and sincerity. admirable, engagi ing
and effective qualities. all may Il you poesess
them hero be brought to bear upon the
customer individually and made 10 count
in one direction, as the lack Of them may
count in the other, and so finally the Success
or failure of the small store must depend
most Of all upon tbe personality Ot tho
storekeeDer.' sH s5t s.
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civil war-appeared in a play by Bret
Harte called two Men Of Sandy Bar. " and
in his support were Eben Plympton and
Laura Don.
Then came the original Rice 4 Good
wins "Evangeline- company. in which is
noticed the name OF George Denham-the
Lone Fishermdn-who after a notable
career as a supporting actor died only the
other day.
No theatrical season Of that time, or of
any time for many years previously. or for
many years subsequently, would have been
complete without an engagement by -the
supreme favorite, as the programme calls
her. Maggie Mitchell She did -Fanchon
the Cricket" Jane Eyre" Becky Mix"
and some other things
Even old timers will perhaps have ditf;-
Guilty in recalling the. name OF Miss Gene
We've Rogers. II is probable that she never
got very far away from Washington as
beautiful and talented young actress" as
she is Rdverted to on the programme She
made her first appearance on any stage in
-the new four act American society play
written expressly for Miss Rogers by the
well known playwright Philip Stoner.
ESQ, entitled Maud Muller" The man
who owns these old programmes saw this
performance and he says that. young man
as he was, he remembers that it was very.
very impossible from all angles.
The relentless years, too, have covered
over the name Of the talented author and
actor" George FAwcett Rowe, who after
100 nights at the Park Theatre in New York"
gave his production of the play Brass :
here, assisted by "the talented actress, Miss
May Howard" 1t will not be 80 difficult to
remember Miss May Howard, however, for
she drifted to the variety halls in later yea r.
and had quite vogue therein twenty years
or more ago in the song THE Letter That
Never Came"
II was about this time, too, that Alice
Oates, the idol of the gay dogs Of thirty-five
years ago, began the decline which even
tually took her to the most ordinary Of the
music halls. She preserved much of her
beauty and chic in 1861 however, and
her engagement at the old Washington
Theatre was an extremely successful one
In later years she would appear in despic-
able "burIesques" at a most low class variety
theatre here, where the groundlings who
saw her never remembered that she had at
one time caused the hearts OF hundreds Of
clever men to futter. The comic operas
she gave at the old Washington Theatre in
November 1870, were mighty tuneful, and
some Of them oven witty. but hardly even
known Of by the present generatioh--La
File de Madame AngOt," "Girofl6-Giroha, I"
Princess Of Ttebizonde, ia Jolie Par
fumeuse.- The Grand Duchess" and
-L'Archiduc."
That eccentric. sybaritic tragedian,
Charles Fechter, made his 1nal appear
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Miss Mary AndeTson-then II years OF age
came along. Mr.. James played Romeo TO
her Juliet-the Mercutio being the famous
old supporting actor. George c. BOniface.
In this same production appears the name
of "R. l.. Downing" who afterward became
the well known robust tragedian, Robert l..
Downing. He is down for the part OF the
Serudm in the piece Miss Anderson was
even then, at the age Of II. giving her rem
dering Of Lady Ndcbeth and Mr.. James.
always busy, furnished her with his idea
OF Mocbcih. When Miss Anderson switched
to "Shiel's Great Five Act Play. 'Evadne;
or, The Hall of Statues.T Mr.. James was
the ColoRnd. For some reason OF other.
Miss Anderson struggled through the play
of Guy Mannering' without Mr.. James's
services. but when she did Henri Bornier's
great play. Berthe. the Daughter Of Ro-
land." he was again on hand in the part Of
Gerald.
Nine Janauschek came along. and Mr.
James was ready for her reproduction Of
Schiller's MARY Stuart" taking the part
Of Sir Eduord Mortimer Nine. Jana uschek
switched in the middle Of the week to Mo-
senthal's Great Drama, Deborah but
she couldn't switch too fast for Mr.. James
Deborah in the. piece. Dion BOucicault
was the next star to come along, and Mr..
James was ready for him, too, tai king the
part Of Cart. NoiineuI in Boucicault's g
THE Shaughraun." Right atop Of Bouci-
cault came John T. Raymond. Mr.. James
was letter perfect in his part Of Col. George
.SeLby in RayInond's noted production Of
the play Colonel Sellers" '..
When Miss Mary Anderson came back
for return engagement Mr.. James was
ready with his Interpretation Of Col. " Ian
ncring when she gave Meg Merrillies =
When Harry r. Montague, that matinee
idol Of the drifted years-described on the
programme as "the glass of fashion and
the mold Of form in New York, the observed
of all observers in Central Park, an actor
whose exquisite manner and easy grace
on and of the stage have ma de him the
fashionable favorite of the stage ca me
along with his production Of play called
False Shame" Mr.. James was right there,
as usual, playing the part Of Capt Brad
leigh. This il only a partial list OF the
parts played that season.
The single purpose in giving the list ia to
show how zealously actor folk had TO work
for their wa ges in those so-termed palmy
days. It is easy to imagine the gloom
that would mount TO the brow Of the aver
age leading man Of this period il he were
asked to do one-fifth that amount OF study
and labor.
Stuart RObeson-his name is spelt Robe
son" instead Of Robson. throughout on the
programme. which must have bean a source
OF woe TO the actor. for he was oompositor
and .proofreader in this town before the
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. THE JUDGES.

first act with his arms resting on the rear
rail. Alongside OF him was Samuel G.
Kingsley, then the treasurer Of Ford's
National Theatre and later the manager Of
the National Theatre-he's been dead these
many years. Only a handful of people
listened to and looked upon the Hmping
performance. Mr.. DAILY seemed to be
greatly disgusted. could see that out of
the tail of my eye from my seat in the rear
row.
= Dismal, eh, Kingsley heard Mr. DAILY
say to Mr.. Kingsley as the curtain descended
on the first act.
VARY, Vairy sad,' replied MIR. Kingsley,
sympathetically.
Sour little audience, eh?' said Mr..
DAILY.
"Sourer than the title of the piece re-
Piled Mr.. Kingsley. Queer name for you
to have picked out-"Lemons III omened.
you did that, Mr.. DAILY
~The famous New York manager laughed
bitterly and strolled out.
THAT. / am convinced. was the way this
thing about a lemon or lemons originated.
| don't profess to understand how the
expression remained under cover for a
quarter Of a century or more. / know that
I never sprang il. But there were lot OF
young fellows in the rear row at the Lem
ons' performance that evening, and 1t may
be that one OF them fell into the habit Of
using the phrase, from having heard Mr..
Kingsley use il on that occasion, and that
it took all that long stretch Of years for the
expression to ripen into general slangish
use"
The man who owns this Lemons pro-
gramme has the programmes for the entire
theatrical season OF 1907 at FOrd's
National Theatre. These programmes con-
tain som:s interesting stun.
There was a stock company at the theatre
that season but when a star with his or her
own company came along the stock com
pany laid of There weren't many OF these
Iayoffs. however. The stock company
worked pretty steadily. The head man
in the stock company was Louis James.
who isn't seen much in the East OF late
wears. He called himself Louis l.. James
then. He must have been a studous and
we'll occupied young man in those days.
In a play called Wanted, a Divorce" I"
termed on the programme the most sue
cessfll Of modern comedies" Mr.. James
played Monsieur Armand FduUindrd, an
advocate. In Henry w. a play rarely
given nowadays, he was the Prince Hal TO
the Sir John FdLstdf Of Ben DE Bar. In
-The Merry Wives Of Windsor" he played
Master Ford, while Ben DE Bar did Sir John
FGlstGf again. He played Armand DUrdI in
the familiar Camille" called on this pro-
gramme Camille; or. the Fate Of a Coquette.
He played the lead in -the latest London
auoceaS. Married In HASTE Then, when
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dinary garden care. The clergy are we'll
protected in this particular by a clever
management and il takes a hawklike eye
to detect the few reckless vestments and
the faces that are trying to look as if they
belonged to wire tappers.
But you cant lose the chorus even in the
darkness. The chorus have come to be
seen as we'll as to see, and they bring
their own Illumination with them. Their
brightly hued hair all their own by honest
purchase. lights up the gloom like snow
balls on a blackboard. They have aisle
seats, and when the lines get pretty bad
and when they look down on the ground
in order to get the proper lever to give their
modest stares, they look like a row OF tow
colored hollyhoclls. They are frankly bored,
as the clergy don't dare to be, and as people
who have paid 81 so simply won't be. They'd
much rather be at the Thaw trial, and one
Of them asks another. whats 1t all about.
anyway Some of,them get even with a
hard world by flirting with a few stray
curates. One of these curates has pink
hair and wears it parted down the middle.
tie is not at home and looks perfectly
miserable when one Of the girls winks at
him. There ought to be a Gerry society
FOR such as he. He has come TO study
life, and his introduction is not. judging
from his face. little bit reassuring.
One absolutely sure method of telling
the clergy seems to he by watching the
different expressions as Bernard Shaw's
epigrams are tossed lightly over the
'foots."
Write a sermon a week?' says the ir-
reverent son. speaking of his reverend
father why. he don't; he buys EN-
A stout gentleman with a round moon Of
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! close resemblance nearly falls to the floor
in an apoplectic moment Of perfect sp-
probation.
The allusion to the Temperance res
taurant where you have to send ont for
what you want" brings a smile to the
close shaven lips Of a Bishop Potter sort
Of man who sits in proscenum box
carefully guarded by five middle aged
women who have al out them what they
call in the play "the conventional supe-
riority Of che respectable woman" He
loses at least three epigrams more while
he eNpounds to these women the reason
for his unseemly mirth. and isn't able to
catch up all the rest of the afternoon, a result
which makes him seem real peevish.
There is no doubt that the management
made a greater hit in choosing the clergy
for an appreciative audience than it did
in selecting the chorus girls. for as soon as
the play gets into a real swing and ap-
proaches the climax of the second act one
or two Of the girls have fallen asleep and
the rest are looking with i'll concealed dis
dain at the sartorial rigs Of the Disciples
OF Sociel Purity and the Boston School
ma'ams. What's a theatre for" these
expressions seem to say. If not to gather
new ideas Of wearing apparel"
Another clever device noted was the box
party, which, it was learned later on in a
heart 20 heart talk with the management,
will probably be an institution firmly es-
tablished for the performances Of Shaw.
The box party acts in the same capacity
as a claque, only instead Of applauding
its duties are TO talk and laugh loudly
whenever the realism OF the scene gets TO a
point where cotton has to be passed around
for the ears Once or twice Mary Shaw