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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06
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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-06

Store Closed Friday 81 Saturday, 22 81 20
To mark down goods Everything must go
lines The slaughter prices continue all
private sale with THREE AUCTION SALES DAILY at 10
A. M, z p M 7 p. M.---For TEN DAYS
at F. M is for Ladies only Many Art objects will
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

certain elements of personality" L SAM. can
oh, yes; and l maintain that he Is one. When
he speaks like that he isn't really himself.
Mind. | don't mean to say that he is the only
abstraction we have among US L am one FOL
instance. and l could point out others to you
in this very room"
I feel no shame in confessing to something OF
4 creepy feeling You. too'-and he so SEEM
ingly reaI-"and others"
"Oh. many others. l. to be specific. am the in
nocent Third Party who Suffers In the Conflicts
between Capital and Labor; you have probably
heard Of me. and il time allowed l could tell
YOU much about myself. Then there are-the1e.
now do YOU see that couple Just rising from the
table beyond the third Pillar They, too are an
distraction
looked and saw q brilliantly handsome young
fellow who was seduously draping a costly
cloak over the dazzling white shoulders OF ms
smiling companion. They distractions? surely.
if ever the beat of lfe-"Who are they! L
asked.
They are the widow and the Orphan whose
cuztenance We Snatch Away when We Attack
Inflated Capital
Eut as the two passed me I could not help
cxclairniuE: All. your wonderful women! Ihe
mother OF a grown-up splendid son ana sun 20
beautiful and young! ..,D.z
RE looked at me with twitchng lips. Dlo
vou understand me to say that they were rellcts
Of the same dccedent? :.
And with that he. left me.-S. StfunsAS. III
The Bookman for september.
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

against Disc1 limitation. But always, you under
stand he fights all day. For which reason M4IeL
he goes To the theatre OF nights in Scarch OF
recreation there must be no suggestion ON the
stage of struggle Of defeat. of pain. OF want OF
aspiration. OF diSuppOlntment OF anything SiSe
involving reality OF feeling or thought
Therefore my friend herc"-and the speaker
raised his high-stemmcd glass To him across '!e
tahle-"nas simpliicd the task of tie American
uramatist by laying down rigid prescriptions 20
which CiiuGing the playwright cannot SIN. l mere
must be a red uosed millionaire from tincthI.tt
with enormous bladder inflated belly; HlS
beautiful daughter who, accompanied by six
OF her dearest friends all carrying blue parasoIs,
represent American wowanhood abroad by dong
q seuni-indeceut dance on Trafalgar square on
the Place de IA COuCordc, in the ruins % the
Coliseum. the Plaza de To!os ana inter dei!
Linden. q naval officer ii White duck VINO N
vuriably sings tenor
There was in the play tonight. l inter-
rypted with duo apologies. He struck NE. /
must confess Hs s.lIordiEE evidence of the very
slightest acquaintance with the science or naNt-
cation or the art OF cunncTy. His conduct IN
rubIic thought also indicative OF an tAiI eHeIy
lax system OF discipline IN your navy. II fact.
he reminded me very much OF the RUSSIAN OH
GERS NJ Port Arthur"
Exactly Further. Our dramatic canons call
for an Irish waiter named Hassan All Bey. VINO
must trip over every newcomers feet and plunge
forward in a terrifying manner until. resting
upon his comlcal blue nose as fuIcruTl. ne a.
scribes a ful semicircle through the air ana
rises nouchalantIy TO his feet 20 run OIL Win
mis- trav. n more or less complete comic Zoo!oGl-
cal collection. whereof each beast has for lis
front and hind legs TWO actors. said front and
hind limbs frequently engaging IN kicklnG
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

him the Tower Of London was the history Of Eng
saw him for the last time ON the eve of his de-
parture for London. where ne was TO lace q crit
lie never @ seemed TO doubt the entire safety Of this
Tgnnre and %1S as as d SefG S3d sn6ed e G 10 he dev
9[ed his oPenn iactprS on mo a { famous tSls b
many literary takers Artists. actors. club men
the representatives of all social and literary Loi'
not being admitted On this first night. as / have
Saa t he & FaTs 9S eSsES 5soo oP W With m Central
tain of batze, the piano hidden from ELeI z
but most OF them bad. while the music was what
the lecturers whinl might suggest
When at the last moment spare figure. IN even
ing dress holding in his delicate, handsome hand
the dan little riding whig to & point t 0ut st tns d n
front OF the curtain. there was monentary teeIs
PENDING failure Blt this Was relieved when Arte
mus began in that quiet quaint way IN that no man
busting jst little in his effort to say the exact
to become wholly confused and incapable t f OF get
The very next thing would be apparently the
most chdlike statement about his snow: = u al ~
expense. 1 pay ny orchestra five pounds a week.
and Robert Lowe. who sat in one Of the front
Oa considsTabie h portion Of his lecture was very
clever piece Of 4nd ere se ee H the But
was ali only background for the fun Of The show-
much the audience might laugh even to turnult
Sf a,ges sood Fth the graSet en ana
inrnovad face He could not hep laughing while
writing planning so92 I3TaS rrfs gtoCd
bafnre his audience The sreatsst fun Of the who,s
vras the n1anipuia ticn of the panorama itself;
rhinge would go wrone every now and then and
the audience would fairly scream with laughter:
s.innosine n was a mistake: while matter Of
faep Artemus was always at the bottom Of il all
Tsr insfance the prairie fire would 90 down AT the
wrong time, and then break out again. when the
scene II was illustrate had wholly passed; or the
sick looking moon would refuse 70 stay down IN the
mist while the lecturer was apparently almost over
with
music would be played. and the house would break
ont into roars OF laughter, as when he touched
nor one really pathetic recital and the piano
pro,Ind out Poor. Mary Ami
IN the midst OF really instructive talk ON tho
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

affray between themselves; a ballad of the
moonlight. which falls on the crystal brooks or
old Nevada; and girls-lOts of them, piles Of
them. shoals of them-grls."
And this honorable gentleman, you say, has
created the form of play you have described
Yes. OF course all so to see it-plaln
citizens physicians, philosophers. grocers, butch
ers, lovers. ideasts, higher critics; but the sole
responsibility rests the shoulders of the Tired
Business Man. He has the whip hand over Us.
He makes US like what he likes At least SO tho
mana gers and the critics say
Does the gentleman himself enjoy it," L
asked.
l was gratified to see q rising flush of anima-
ton IN our silent companions face, as il had
touched on the one topic that in world Of
don't-much-care was still vital
DO I enjoy it? I suppose do. At least the
managers and the critics tell me And nights
when you don't play Joker or bridge you have
got to go somewhere.
But now and then"-there was positively a
wstful look in his clear, Intelligent eye-"I
wonder whether 1 am being treated quite fairly.
whether l am being given a chance After all, L
am ape-browed fool 1 have had a college
education. 1 can hold my in an argument
on a subject l am interested in; have been
abroad a bit and remember something of what
saw. And feel sometimes that could ap-
preciate thing that was not all Punch and
Judy and girls II isn't fair-no. it isn't fair,
when you come to think of It. After l have
toiled all day earning the living of a good num-
Der Of people besides myself and doing>the work
OF the world, after a fashion, TO be patted on
the head and called good little boy and given
a nice toy % play with and told not to bother
about serious things. that may be enjoyed only
by high brows-who don't do anything all day.
There was almost break in his voice. and his
erstwhile mocking neighhor stretched out sym
pathetic hand and laid ii on the speakers arm.
Its so senseless when you come TO think OF
it. Just because am steeped IN the realities
of life all day. am / not entitled TO see the
same reality at night on the stage from q safe
and disinterested yiewpoint2 And If It's ques-
tion of recreation. of relief from worry, isn't
il pretty well agreed that the sight Of our own
troubles borne by other people, even IL 1t be on
the stage Is the greatest relief? And Aristotle,
+F,s., lt..ftr tf.o And
the katharss2 But, psilaw, what's the use? L
beg your pardon. 1 a bore when / get on
the subject He rose abruptly. bowed, and was
lost in the sea OF nerrynnakerS
"Yor- friend after all, does seem to posseAs
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

Desiring 10 see something o1 This New York
other than what our hosts OF the American
fleet thought of sufficient interest 10 show US,
] gnade an opportunity one night 10 dispense
with the company Of my official escort ana.
availing myself only Of certain counsels and
admonitions proffered by a friendly attache
of his sacred majestys consulate in this city,
took my way up the street OF many Z 4
rooms and plsyhouses, which is as brilliant
as the deck Of the ASahi under the search
light and is called Broadway. into one Of the
plsyheuses / entered. From the first I found
myself plunged into a very heaven OF pleasant
sounds and lights and odors. But the beau
~ and the active grace which I saw there
exhibited on the stage surpassed anything 1
had ever conceived, and to my mind was i'm
measurabiy superior TO the mincing step and
toElihe pTettiness which we are 50 accustomed
10 admire at home. II seemed hardly q quarter
of an hour before the curtain fell and the
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

described nodded his acquiescence. but seemed
too weary or too little interested to speak for
himself His name is The Tired Business
Man who Is too much Exhausted by the Strain
OF the Days Work to Appreciate any other
Form OF the Drama than Musical Show. You
read about him all the time though how often
you meet him IS quite another question. He
not only gives the tone to our theatres; he
makes and unmakes the fortunes of stage.
His occupation between the hours of or a. N.
and or p. is chiefly concerned with the
manipulation OF tooth and claw. Every morn
ing he steps off the elevated train into arena.
He may be Bull Bear and support him.
self and his children by charging with head
down like s. maniac football player hundred
other like maniacs wedged together IN narrow
pit Or he may be a Captain of Industry. BUSY
an day in vrarding off Individual Competition
with his right hand and with his left walking
delegates and politicians. Sometimes ne Is IN
dependent and wrestles with Gian- Combine.
Sometimes he is Small Producer struggling
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
-Chi1aso LITER ccAA1-
Tia Skstc-

Mormon question. or a truly impressive descrip-
ne would Stop as if a sudden feeling OF distress
had come over him which must be explained: arg
picture Ire would tell the audience now hs ns.s
must sometimes occur. II have always spoken oI
this animal as q buffalo and have always suypossd
10 o,I me ne dII Io1 1ssrat is horse The eject
siT1pIT fndsscribab,e When quiet came again. hs
would seemingly become wholly lost % eXerytn,cSS
aroI1nd him as he described some absorbing eho
thrilling incident turning It ridcule the next
minute by the n3een5 m aaq aoq see ths byssif Sut
rad il from a man Just reliable as am
g:Ss 1 f b th Once gs ae es edg 81 excs
Ing --If Cfce.o were alive and then, as " sud-
denly sSsn wh e sRaaR Moa ad ath tss
est debeTsteness and soIeInna: @ 1t Ins1sIlg toos
Two or three minutes for the audience straixhtsn
ie sfoo5 9Is a II deprecating the whole thing as
an unexpected and annoying interruption
basis q ntsEgrsa%SR ion By ,tt gr0sssqqs ss NE and s m
eongruous comparisons s1 =, rsst I1 6sva veTv eIoEs
Telation The whole fun Of the pun OF the answer
to, to the he TBo KEEPS e1 neess a st 70 he truth ever n
fun is most effective; NOBODY understood this BET
is he led up 70 the Joke 6y the nest esaeorsss
ard never an awkward OF unwholesonne one. Some
times there would De most effective and needed
ss m q Tor rns insane when @ he pointed out how psopis
who had settled certain Western town had pros
the son Of poor parents. who had hardly any edii-
cation. who went there and started IN business
without a cert Of capital and ar the end Of two
years by Just taking people into his cunfdtnce. hs
left tre place ovrf~+ 500 oe0i
In cold there IS norHirg very funny about
this EhicA nav ce said OF many things that
amused Us; but tbs n1n had the povsr. at any
rnonsnt to take hold OF an average audience and
play with ii till it shrieksd with slghter-a thing
had never seen done before. and never expect TO
again
I have described this particular entertainment
described BY my personal friends and In the pub
lie press. The marvel OF IL IS that IL was such
n success at Egyptian Hail. before matter-of-f face
people. who have never been supposed capable OF
great interest n the most pronounced types OF
American huI1or. But the praise of it was very
great. even from the most cautious sgthcritisa-s
Putnanl's Monthly
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

lights turned from dim to bright and the peo-
PIE about ne were hoclking from their seats.
Drifting with the crowd still under the soft
influence Of such lovely physical enchantment.
entered the sumptuousiy furnished hall of
very lofty teahouse. where, if possible, my
vibrant senses were stirred 10 still greater
oehsht- The glow, the laughter. the quiver of
beauty. the entire splendid abandon TO the
p.eesures Of the blood-who shall describe
'ne-ne Dszed and searching for z quiet nook
"here I might rest and try TO understand
"nst ssu. could only pick my way among
groups OF gracious women clustered around
lie snowy circles OF tables flashing with sill
Yer and crystal. like willows bending their
gentle heads ever the raoon-kissed surface OF
oaS OF our mountain pools At table IN a
nan corner behind pillar I stopped in re-
spouse TO q silent invitation extended by it's
occupants. two gentlemen whose air Of weary
iaek-'nterest verging almost on melancholy
vas IN startling contrast with the joyous
spirft that pervaded the great hail. I thanked
thsn and SAT down.
II DID not take my companions long to ind
out VINO was: nor. for that matter had I the
sl'snfesf reason for conceeling my identity.
Ihey were men OF culture and breeding. and
Hnen they asked n,e. after the invariable
custcn 1 the Americans wha. were INV i'm
Deenons c4 their country and Of its great
o'nnescial capital. hhd no hesitation about
speakinr frankly and also at some length.
Considering how limited Is my command over
e English language. ended by mention
1s my visit TO the playhouse.
TfsttS punk show. don't you thinI1?" asked
e haooer LOOKING man OF the two, making
use sf term which was unfamiliar 60 me-
1' ttie meaning Of which ] could hardly mis-
interpret
is indeed q most beautiful play 1
T.. nsppy 10 find some one who
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
Some American AbGfracffosss
of Japanese Naval Officer Visitns New
York
York.
TIE IRRESPONSIBLE.

shared my stin powerful emotion.
thought, nevertheless. that I could dis
CLEAN Of amusement IN my interro-
gators eye: his neishbor's lips undoubt-
edly twitched. Had l sinned in some way against
the custom of the country ! wondered. and l
hassened u apologize.
7 nope I have done nothing TO injure the
GentIeman's feelings" I said.
He replied smiling: Not at all. You see
have feelings
Puzzled at this somewhat extraordinary state
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

nlcnt, and beginning TO grow resentful az what I
thought was an attempt to make game Of me, 1
could only say, coldly, Il do not understand
you
The other intcrposed. You see. my friend is
quite right in saying he has no feelings, because
he is not really person. He is only an abstrac-
ton
This was worse and worse. How" I said,
''an abstraction? Surely there are no such reali-
ties; at least not since the times you Westerners
call medieval Do distractions go about and
cine substantially in public places? Now I. for
instance-P am a person. 1 come from Chosui-
I am lieutenant his majesty's cruiser Hiro-
romi and my name is Kogoro Irawati."
Nevertheless my friend here is abstrac-
ton" persisted the other. The individual
New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
ARTEMUS WARDS FUN
II CoDfured the British as Vel as
His GOuntrymen.

The following epitaph written by the genial hui
r,or;sts mother one may read on a marble slab
.n the little cemetery at Waterford. Oxford County
Me-.'water-ford near Rum-ford." as he used to
call IT, .'the little village that nestled among the
hills and never did anything but nestle -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31
a.an 1Donfy Vabn Be Phct0 on Kit?

accused of kissing little feminine in his shoe store
 Munfort made the excuse thls he wa5 se:zed by an uncomfortable impulse when he snatcaed the kiss but this satisfactory; he sentenced to spend sixty days In Goshen jail The thought the sem tence severe, view of his unspotted reputation ana announced his intention of appealing
 Baltimore is considered especially bad place for surrepttious ksser and yet there much dis crepancy exists between diner Judges as to the penalty which should be inhictel. whereas one decides s4776 fair price. another let's an offender on at S1 per. - ., ,,, ,,. .... the way from each other in tho Mar land city, ana good friends that they did not hesitate borrow from each other just as two women cTonlss bory relations had the borrowing of kisses been con-
 Well Ensor 1t was asserted, went the street nails Mrs Pool came the door, At sight of her comedy gallant visitor forgot about nails and everything else and, before she could get her breath he had planted three kisses her lips And the magistrate charged but S3 for tho three-onY N
 Here were two cases of about equal aspect and the difference in price according to the dinerenos of opinion of two different Judges was $46.l5
 That the Dominion Government considers kissing without permission misdemeaanor Warranths I'm, ln, prisonment shown by the disposition ol recent in Charles w. Wilson, one of the prom inent physicians of Montreal the defendant Be- fore hls arrest Dr Wilson had been roughly used hy
 With a party of friends MT. Severance and his young daughter sitting in the corrider Of To- fife kissed me! pointing pr. Wilson standing over her Although pleading intoNcation, the doctor was sentenced to spend seven days in jail
 to show for it." might have been made with color of reason by Charles Seymour, of Wtnsted4 Conn, who was Aned a20 eoEea 3tse s gAs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

that to kiss body comn' thro' the rye" passing through a railway tunnel. walking the village promenade. would cost him, $5 or ev-l $1O, he could let his pocketbook decide what ne ought to do
 But there's such consolation. And there are those who think the man who believes in kissing pair of pretty lips when he sees is us- very meanly by the law if the law punisnes him.
 There will be. of course many who will say that George Wilkinson had right whatever to kiss Mrs Pansy Schmidt, his landlady as he dd at Baltimore recently, squarely the lips, and that no penalty that could be imposed would be severe for him But think of poor Wilkinson's view of the matter
 He didn't deny it. He was too gallant But he would like to who could help 1t under the cir cumstances There stood, under tAe big hanging lamp, and with above her head just about to night
 It what the poets call the psychological mo- ment. Her face in sort of halo by the light Before Wilkinson had time t2 think of the pos sible consequenees- if he had time, he wouldn't admit it would have made any difference he had reached over and kissed he: right on the mouthand he looked nightly satisfied with the rec onection as he told 1t in court
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

lined for an alleged attempt to kiss Miss Annie R Cambridge organist at the Hartford Union Baptist Church
 According to at least police onieers . woman should be taught value kiss to the extent of being sent to jail permits herself to be osculated in public This is the inference be drawn from incident in Philadelphia time
 Policeman Connors upon Mfr. and Mrs JohA Dietz-they were newly narriedntentiy kissing each other as he charged. corner, and promptly ran in" "why did you arrest the ady7 he waa asked, replied, 'for letting herself be kssad in public" But the magistrate in this thought dif. ferently and dismissed the couple with reprinand thrown fin for the policeman.
 That is crime to hug and kiss girl whdle sit- ting on A doorstep provided willing, the ing of New York Judge recently Perhaps no decislon that Recorder Golf handed down received such popular acclaim this Originally the man in tho case had s kissing, but appealed the and his appeal upheld.