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Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
DRAMATIC CLUB TO PRESENT
"FoR CROSS OR CRESCENT"

After several months of inactivity in
the dramatic field and to commemorate
the second anniversary of its organiza-
ton, the Dramatic club of Sacred Heart
parish, on Wednesday evening. November
q. will present the tragedy For Cross
or Crescent" The play deals with the
invasion of Spain by the Moors. and of
the valiant and bitter fight of the Chris
tians for their faith and country against
the followers of Mahomet.
This dramatic club is well known
throughout the city. Numbered among
its past successors are THE Maledic-
ton" "The Tanning of the Shrew,' TOO
Late for a Divorce and "WayN out
West" In the coming production the
cast will include Thos. p. White. Peter
j. Mockenhaupt. Otto j. Emme, James
P. Hayes, Urban Emme. Thos. Rey-
nolds. John w. Mountain. J. ]. Burke,
Leo D. Daze. Joseph Connor. George
Mcdonald and others.
After the performance there will be
dancing. and refreshments will be served.
Tickets may be procured at 24s South
Sichel street or from any members Of the
club.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
COMING ATTRACTIONS

AUDITORIUM-Th second week of the
Ferris engagement opens tomorrow night
with 1.-THE Marriage of William Ashe," a
dramatization of the world read book of
that name. The drama is story of Eng
lish society life The leading character
of the play, Lady Kitty, has been for a
number of years a topic of gossip where
aver leaders of political and society life
have met. Her pranks have subjected her
10 rather severe grillings. and Mr.. Ashe.
in championing her cause, becomes at
first interested and then infatuated, de-
clares his love and marries her. Follow
ing is the cast:
william Asne............ Kllgour
Lord Parham. the prime minister
Lord Crosyille. Kitty's uncle Charles Elder
Geoffrey Cliffe, poet...... George Drury Hart
Eddie Helston, Cambridge boy....-....
............................. Harry Won Meter
The Little Dean. beloved by all the world
........ ............,............He Henry Duggan
Herr Ludwig an inn-keeper. Dave J. Marlowe
Richard, Ashes butler... Frank Beamish
Parkin, Lady Crosvilles butler. ..Jos. NJ. Cox
Giuseppe, an italian youth. Wyatt Alexander
Lorenzo. a gondoiier. ........... Foster Curren
lady Trannore Ashes mother. Anna L. Bates
Lady Crosviile. Kittys aunt. Kate Tanquay
Lady Parhnm, wife Of the prime minis
ter...................... Carrie Clarke Ward
Mary Lyster, in love with Ashe.........
rianche. Lady Kitty's maid. FLORENCE Barker
Frau Ludwig. the nn-keeper's'wife. .......
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Laura Clifford
Lady Kitty ty.......................Fl Florence Stone
BELAScO. Henry " Esmonds fine
play. When We Were Twenty-One" will
be made use of this week by the Belasco
stock company No dramatic product is
better known to local audiences than this
undeniably fine play. 1t was last given
here with N. C. Goodwin in the chief
male role and for a number of years
FORMED the most attractive offering IN
that actors repertoire. In the Belasco
production not little interest will center
about the portrayal of the Imp, whien
viii be In the hands OF Charles Ruggles.
blanche 6toddard will have the part of
Phyllis and the famous trinity will be
played by Lewis S. Stone-who will have
the Goodwin part-Harry Glazier and
Richard Vivian. Scenically. when We
Were Twenty-One" will be one of the
most ambitious things tho Belasco artists
have attempted In long time. The YER
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

reason in New York and is now started
on second tour of the principal musical
cities. Henry w. Savage loaded the big
company, orchestra and production on a
special train, sending the widely adver-
tised opera on tour with the identical
equipment and all the silver throated
song birds that appeared during its New
York engagement.
Henry Miller expects to be in San
Francisco next summer and to produce
there a new prose drama by Percy Mac
Kaye. Two road companies will be sent
out to play 'The Great Divide" and Mr.
Miller himself will stage the play in
London.
Andrew Robson, who was leading man
with the Ferris stock company last sea-
son, has been engaged to succeed John
Mason in support of Virginia Harmed,
who is playing "Anna Karenina."
The repertoire of Z. H. Sothern on his
tour Of this season will include THE Fool
Hath Said in His Heart There Is No
God" by Laurence Irving a powerful
sociological argument. which was founded
on Dostojeffskis celebrated romance OF
Crime and Punishment" He win siso
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
VAUDEVILLE WAR
COMES TO AN END

WI ORD comes from the east, and is
w corroborated locally, that the vau-
deville war is at an end. klaw &
Eirlanger, it is said, are preparing to
withdraw. In one or two cities they al
ready have done SO. Locally the mat
ter is of less Importance than in cities
where the Klaw & Granger houses were
actually established, but the termination
Of hositilities will have some effect here
Tc begin with, 1t probably will result in
better bookings for the local Orpheum
With the retirement of Klaw & Err
lenger from the vaudeville field nun err
Gus headliners who, few weeks ago,
were in the fatuous enjoyment of iri-
descent dreams anent fabulous salaries
will be thrown out of employment. Some
of these acts. OF course, will return to
Europe. whence they came. Others will
not They can not al. be cared for in the
east, and SO we in Los Angeles doubtless
will benefit.
1t Is likely also that the termination of
hostilities will lead to the abandonment
If the Peoples theater as Sullivan &
Considine house. The first intimation of
ibis came with the announcement of AL
Elournoy's removal as a manager and his
Assignment to San Francisco. The
trouble with the Peoples has been not
lack of patronage, but the difficulty ex
perienced IN operating the house in con-
junction with the Sullivan & Considine
circuit. It's distance from other theaters
on the circuit have made 1t necessary to
change the bills on Tuesdays. and this
IN turn has made still more trouble for
outgoing performers.
Just what will become OF the Peoples
is uncertain. 1t may be continued as a
vaudeville house, or 1t may be devoted to
stock musical productions, such as Herr
Fiecher has found profitable in Los An
geles In fact, Fischer has been looking
for apother house, and it is not improb-
able that he will take over the Peoples,
IL favorable term5 can be secured, In
which event he probably will put in a
second company and operate both
fheatara
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

its Thanksgiving offering the hilariously
popular farcial success: my Friend
from India" This is in line with the Be-
lasco policy of giving a light. joyous.
frolicsome affair at holiday times.
BURBANK-With William Desmond as
armand, Blanche Hall as Camille. Byron
Beasley as Count D'Arville and the other
favorites in the cast, Manager Morosco
ill present Dumas masterpiece, Ca
mile" for the week beginning with a
matinee this afternoon. A theatrical year
without it's production of Camille"
would prove lamentably strange affair
especially when the box office depart
ment is flooded with requests for the
piece, which has been the case at the
Burbank The piece itself has proved
so popular with the majority of play
patrons throughout the world that there
have been over fifteen plays constructed
upon precisely the Identical plot. Need
less to state the success of these plays
has been mediocre in comparison with
the original. which even at this late day
retains its drawing powers without the
least diminution. A really meritorious
production of Camille invariably plays
to capacity houses and the advance sale
at the Burbank proclstms the coming
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

terror of the training quarters between
the first and second halves Of the game.
AS an eptside 1t is highly dramatic with
q sensational climax and a strong claim
to novelty In that there are no women
introduced in the scene.
MASoN-With record of 200 nights in
Chicago and $50 in New York the rollick-
ing new farcical opera, 1.-THE Mayor OF
Toxic" will be the attraction at the
Mason opera house for five nights COM
mencing Tuesday, November 10. The
book is by Richard Carle and the music
nv w. F.. Peters The scene is laid In
japan and the plot deals with the ad-
ventures of a comic opera organization
stranded in the Nippon metropolis. Mar
Gus Orlando Kidder, impresario of the
luckless troupe. Is played by John l..
Kearney. Mr.. Kidder and the remnants
of his komiques have arrived In TOXIC
with sadly depleted treasury and ward
robe. In addition to Kidder, himself, all
that remain of troupe that left San
Francisco, 60 members strong for the
tour of the far east. are sour faced
wardrobe mistress, love sick song book
boy. a soubrette with Shakespearian am
bitions and nine little girls called the
Peanut Ballet"
At the time of their arrival the mayor
of Toxic is unfortunately entangled In a
plot with a Russian spy, Ivan Orfulitch,
and General Satake, conspirator who
has entered into an agreement with Ivan
to betray important secrets of the Jap
anese government The mayor has the
unfortunate habit of talking In his sleep,
and Satake persuades him that during one
of his somnambulistic conversations he
has betrayed the secrets which in reality
Satake has told to the Russian agent.
Furthermore, Satake informs the mayor
that unless the latter forces his daugh-
ter Oloto to marry the consirator he will
report the mayors supposed treason to
the mikado, with hari-kari as a result.
Oloto, however falls in love with Julian
Lincoln, the tenor in Kidders company,
and with the ardor characteristic of ten
ors in Japan. Julian returns the maid s
affections. Complicating matters to fur
ther degree the mayor mistakes Kidder s
komiques for a royal party of princes
and processes who are momentarily eX-
pected in Toxic Kowtow gives the royal
welcome and hands the keys CT the city
of Toxic to Kidder who opens the city
up and takes the lid off until his identity
is discovered. and he is thrown into jail.
rich American, father of the tenor,
turns up at the right time and with the
assistance of his check book everything
comes out pleasantly.
ORPHEUM-The Eight Vassar Girls
visitors of a year ago. return to tt Or
pheum this week with new music and
spectacular dances. Their n.elodious
choruses and sprightly dancing are favor
ably recalled by those who saw them last
season, and their new act will be one
of the attractive features of the bill.
Ward and Curran will enliven the pro-
gram with their comedy, "The Terrible
Judge" After a protracted absence Lew
Hawkins, the Chesterfield of min
strelsy." returns to delight Orpheumites
with his original wit. Wherever refined
humor Is appreciated Hawkins has hosts
OF friends, and nowhere is his following
stronger than in Southern California.
Lillian Tyce called "the real Irish GIRL
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

Orange Blossoms" dramatic version of
Bertha M. Clay's novel of the same name,
with Miss Flora Fairfield in the stellar
role, will be the attraction at the Grand
commencing at todays matinee This
play is so we'll known that the mention
of the name alone is sufficient to tell
the story. The heroine of the story,
Violet Benton, played by Miss Fairfield.
is SO wildly described by Bertha M.
Clay in the novel that the management
has always found one of it's chief dlf-
ficulties in securing an actress for the
part who will fill the picture carried In
the minds of the millions who have read
the book. In Miss Fairfield they are
said to have a woman made to order
for the role.
LOS ANGELES-Ralph stuart's en-
gagement will open tonight at the Los
Angeles theater and continue for eight
nights with tho usual Wednesday and
Saturday matinees. He will present the
play of college life, "Strongheart." by
William c, de Mile The problem pre-
sented by 'Strongheart' is the romance
OF an educated India and a woman not
of his race. Strongheart is the son OF a
mighty chief and hero Of the gridiron.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

is featured in Irish song and story Miss
Tyce will doubtless add Los Angeles to
the long list Of her vaudeville trlumphs.
Maud and "Si' Berzac remain another
week, as also do the Sisters O'Meers,
Scott and Wilson, and Dixon and Fields.
EMPIRE-The feature act at the EN-
plre theater for the coming week will be
Fox and Foxes dog and cat circus.
Other numbers will be presented by Fred
Dempsey, monologist; the Bachelor sis
ters, refined musical artists, singers and
dancers, and Laura Banks In illustrated
songs The Empire stock company, un-
der the direction OIL Frank Whitman,
will present one-act comedy entitled,
1.-The Man With the Hoe" and moving
pictures will complete the bill.
FISCHER'S THE Multlmillionaire'
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

play IF 1 Were King. Don Quixote,
IAN American Cousin" Hamlet and
Twelfth Night"
Miss Minnie Dupree, during her Boston
engagement in "The Road to Yesterday"
at the Majestic theater will, in a series
of matinees, produce Ibsens masterpiece.
"The Lady from the Sea-" 1T will be the
first presentation of this lbsen play on
any stage in America. TT special seen
cry has been built in New York at the
workshop of Messrs. Shubert.
Madame Nazimova. the Russian actress
whose rapid rise to fame has astonished
critics and students of the highest In the
drama, has issued her utlmatum that she
viii no longer sit tor photographers.
Since she has been in the country most
Of her time has bee spent before the
camera, and now she declares she has had
enough
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
FooTLIGHT FLASHES

New York has not yet had enough of
Blanche Bates in Belasco's Girl of the
Golden West" and she will return for
special engagement at the Belasco thea
ter in the virile California mining play.
The two panels on the sides of the box
office In Belasco's new Stuyvesant
theater, New York, are more than 300
years old. They came out of an old
church in Spain. Other genuine antique
panels form part of the fine wainscoting
on the walls of the lower floor of the
thea ter.
Madam Butterfly" with its rich
italian harmonies ant beautiful Japan
ese settings. has just closed it's second
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

He is introduced by the author at CO.
lumbia university and figures prominent
ly in its breezy, bustling life. He be-
comes a brother comrade of his class
mates and is welcomed to their homes
with the result that he falls in love with
the sister of his chum. Racial prejudice
is aroused and the white men indig-
nantly reject his suit. "Strongheart'
pictures vividly college life of today. Its
scenes reflect the days that every the
atergoer likes t. recall-the days of his
youth, of fun, frolic and fraternities, Of
campus heroes and boy and girl love af-
fairs The action takes place on the
eve of and during football game, the
contest of the year. An act of treachery
is discovered and suspicion fastens upon
Strongheart, who is afterward proved
innocent The second act shows the in
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
week to be no exception to the rule.

week to be no exception to the rule.
GAMUT-The Gamut club playhouse
will continue to offer Esther Hoover and
ner players in "Crucifxus,'' romance
cs the Passion. as the attraction for this
week. Preparations are being made for
the elaborate production of Judith. a
Daughter of Israel commencing No
vember %. "Cruciflxus" is catching on
with the theatergoing public. 1t is beau
tifully staged and costumed and the
players are working harmonously, giving
smooth production of what is notable
presentation of the story of the crucifix-
ion. Its romantic interest is strong and
its novelty as we'll as its historic and
Biblical wort challenge the attention of
those who incline to the classic in the
drama.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

sion of the Esmond play that will .'e
used is the one that Mr.. Goodwin made
known and which eliminates the risque
Athenian club scene. although the part
of the Firefly is retained. This part, 1t
is worth noting, will be played by Adale
Harrington and ought to prove one of
the best things she has ever done during
her extended career the Belasco.
Following when We Were Twenty
One the Belasco company will give for
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17

Mortimer M. Theise introduced most
euccessful novelty in the 1.-TWO Islands,
which is running at the New Circle thea
ter, last week. called the Aero-Auto SEN
sation. 1t is a combination of light eiec-
trical and mechanical effects that repre-
sents big racing machine in an aerial
flight over the audience. 1t is the inven-
ton of George Hanlon.
WE HAVE SEEN THEE, o LOVE
We have seen thee o Love, thou are fair; thou
art gcodly, Love;
Thy wings make light in the air as the wings
of dove
Thy feet are as winds that divide the stream
Of the sea;
Earth is thy covering to hide thee. the garment
of thee.
Thou art swift and subtle and blind as flame
OF FIRE;
Before thee the laughter. behind the the tears
OF desire;
maid.
Her eyes are the eyes of bride whom delight
makes afraid:
AS the breath in the buds that stir is her
bridal wreath
But Fate is the name of her; and HIS name Is
Charles Aigernon swinburne.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-10-19

Bishop Galloway returned on
the 18th from trip through
Missouri, Indiana. Illinois and
Ohio.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-10-19
BEWARE OF SHARPERS.

In view of the application made
by the patrons of the Brookhaven
postoffice for the establishment of
city free delivery Of mail, and the
investigation being now made by
the Department to determine
whether or no the service
should be inadgurated, The Lead
.er desires to warn citizens against
alleged agents offering to rent
or sell private boxes for the re-
ception of mail matter at resi-
dences or places of business.
Such agents. lave swindled peo-
pie in various sections of the
country for several years past.
The usual plan of operation is to
rent boxes for a term of five years
for fifty cents. Rent, of course,
is collected in advance, the court
eous, glib-tongued agent" Civ
ing a formal receipt for the
amount paid, which he pockets
and disappears, and the boxes are
never delivered.
In other instances agents"
have sold the boxes outright; col
lecting in advance but failing to
supply the boxes. These swind-
lers sometimes ply their vocation
ir cities where the service has
already been established, but pre-
fer to operate in towns which
have applied for free delivery ser.
vice, as indicated by house mum.
bering, posting the names of
streets and building sidewalks.
Should these confidence men
appear in our city they should be
promptly taken in hand by the
police authorities.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-10-19
SHERIFF and TAX COLLECTORS BONDS
Az Official Opinion by Attorney General
Fletcher.

In response to an inquiry from
the Board of Supervisors OF this
county, Attorney General Fletch-
er has rendered the following
opinion in regard to the official
bonds required of sheriffs and
tax collectors:
jackson, Miss, Oct. 18th.
To Lincoln County, Il have
your inquiry as follows: Il am
requested by the Board of Super
visors of Lincoln county, to write
you for an opinion and interpre-
tation of section 1894 Of the Code.
The sheriff of each county shall be
tax collector therein, and, at the
time of giving bond as sheriff,
shall give bond as tax collector,
with two or more sufficient sure
ties, to be approved as by law,'
in penalty equal to three-fifths of
the taxes assessed in the county
the preceding year, etc. The
taxes assessed in Lincoln county
this year are $l7. ,236. 90.
Three-fifths of this amount would
be something like $65, 100000. To
this must be added the $40, 100000
bond as sheriff, which would ag-
gregate SIS, 900. 90 as the official
bond of the sheriff -elect of Lin
coin county. What the board
wants to know can this bond be
fixed at a less amount or must it
be fixed as it reads in section?"
Answer:-I am of the opinion
that the provisions of Section
1904, fixing the penalty of the tax
collectors bond is mandatory
rather than directory, and the
board of supervisors is without
authority to vary the penalty.
Indeed the Supreme Court has
held that the snreties are liable
for the amount fixed by the stat.
ute regardless of the recitals in
the bond.
State VS.. Smith, 81 Miss. 551.
advise, therefore, that the
amount of the bond cannot be fix.
ed at a sum lower than that pro.
Ivided by the statute.
r. Y. FLETCHER.
Attorney General.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-10-19
In some Of the counties super

In some of the counties super
intendents of education are resign
ing their positions, this being
probably caused in large meas
ure by the fact that they were
not reelected, or, not being aspi-
rants for reelection, have decided
to retire from Office and enter
other business. Three commIs-
sions have been issued during the
past week 10 new superintendent
appointed by boards of superyi-
|sors to fill vacancies caused by
resignation, and fourth was is-
sued this morning TO Prof. Oscar
Backstrom, Of Greene county,
who succeeds Prot. a. G. Eergu-
son, resigned. III nearly every
instance the Boards of SdperVis-
0rs appoint The superintendents-
elect where vacancies occur biz
resignation.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-10-19
ISSUE OF PROHIBITION.
Gov Elect Noel Outlines His Policy in
the Matter.

Vicksburg, Miss, Oct, IT,
GOV. ELECT E. f. Noel, who pass
ed through to Natehez, accompan-
led by his law partner, A. M.
Pepper, on legal business, while
here gave out a statement that he
would recommend statutory pro-
hibition in the State to the first
Legislature that met after his in
auguration.
1t was not his intention at the
beginning of his campaign, be
said, to make the prohibition
question an issue. While he was
always favorable to prohibition
and would have signed any rea-
sonable bill of a prohibition
nature that the iawmaking body
might have passed, yet the liquor
men themselves had made the
question an issue, and he was
going to meet them at least half
way, and would recommend to the
Legislature the passage OF a pro-
hibition law to cover the entire
State.
With reference to appointments
Mr.. Noel said that the question of
any appointments was still unset
tied. He had made no pledges
and would enter the Office unhand :
icapped. He said he would act
promptly and speedily and will
dispose of any such matters at
once after the Inauguration. lie
said he would endeavor to please
the people of the State, would re-
spect their wishes as nearly as
possible, and would endeavor to
select worthy and competent men
to fill any positions he had author
ity to fill BY, appointment.