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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
PLEASING the Manauer.

Will T. Hodge has a curious story
to tell about the late James Herne
and himself. At that particular time
Mr.. Hodge was so badly out OF funds
that he had permitted his red hair TO
grow until 1t looked like long and
peculiar wig. Mr.. Herne was looking
for man to play the short part OF
the painters apprentice in Sag Har-
bor" which he was thea about to pro.
ducc. The general makeup, and
especially the hair. of Mr., Hodge
caught the fancy OF Herne to such a
degree that he stopped the younger
man In the street and. demanding IT,
he were not. an actor, offered him a
position In his company. He gave Mr..
Hodge some money anu told him to
report In the morning. The first thing
Hodge did was 10 get his hair cut!
In the morning Herne could scarcely
believe his eyes and could not conceal
his disappointment. However, Hodge
kept the position and bought wig.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

hARGARET HALEY. lars than 1t would
have been but for her work. She has
SO much influence with Mayor Dunno
and he relies so much on her advice In
respect To many municipal problems
especially those affecting tho interests
OF. the schools, that she has sometimes
been called the "ylcc deputy mayor"
She is reputed the power behind the
throne In the school board. although
not a member of that body.
DR.. W. II. r. Du Bois, anthor Of "The
Souls OF BLACK Folk" who made some
thing Of sensation by an address in
New York recently, IL a colored man
and q professor at Atlanta university.
He spoke In New York before the So
clety For Ethical Culture and In the
course OF his address referred 10 The
achievements Of mem bers OF the col
Ored race, saying: r
You must not forget Alexandra Dumas,
TouSsalnt rDuverturc. Ira Aldridge or
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
STAGE oesurs or. STARS.
Actresses Who eegsn Career Under
Similar circumstances.

Viola Allen, Ada Rehan and Minnie
Dupree each made their debuts on the
stage under the same circumstances.
Owing 10 the Illness Of Annie Russell.
Viola Allen took her part OF Esmeral.
da shortly after the play was pro-
duced. Up TO a few days before her
appearance in the play she had never
been behind the scenes nor had she
had a notion of ever becoming an act
ress. Ada Rehan was travelling with
her sister, Mrs. Oliver Doud Byron,
and when playing Newark the in
genue was taken iii and Miss Rehan
was called upon to play the part at
short notice. Up TO her first appear
ance she had never considered becom-
ing an actress, nor had she had any
training whatever. Minnie Dupree
made her debut in San Francisco In a
play called "Belfagor." She was at
tending the public school and her
chum's father was the stage manager
at the Grand opera house. On her
way home at luncheon she was told
that the little girl who played the
boys part was III and that somebody
was desired to take her place. The
little daughter OF the stage manager
dared Miss Dupree to go with her
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
AUDIENCE WILLING TO STAND.
Blanche Bates Has Unique Experience
In tSe Far West

Blanche Bates Is in all probability
The only actress who has played TO an
audience OF approximately 1000 per-
sons. all OF whom. without a mnrmur.
stood for three hours watching q
performance by her and at the end OF
that time gave evidence OF their Will.
ingness TO stand even longer by ap.
plaudlng the actress 70 the echo and
remaining quietly Tor another ten min.
utes while she voiced her thanks,
This unique compliment was paid
Miss Bates three years ago in Seattle
when she was appearing as Yo San In
David Belasco's drama OF Old Japan,
The Darling of the Gods"
The actress was touring the Pacific
coast when Belasco severed his rela.
tons with those managers who now
constitute what Is known as the the.
atrical syndicate" and, retaliating,
they Immediately took steps which re.
suited in the dabarment Of the Belas-
co attractions from the majority of
first.class theaters in that neighbor.
hood. Booked in Seattle for night
there was no place for Miss Bates TO
appear until arrangements were final
ly made for her occupancy Of a new
playhouse then in the course of con-
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Ida Conquest, II is reported has do.
serted the stage for the studio. She
has opened suite near Gramercy
park, New York. and will devote her
time to portraiture. She Is skilled In
oils and is just finishing a portrait of
Marie Doro.
My stage debut, writes George Co,
han in Theater Magazine, was made
at Haverstraw. N. Y. when was nine
years old. played the violin in Dan.
iel Boone" and had only one number.
II was so seldom that | got recall
that j didn't need an encore number.
When that did happen | played them
another verse. They called me the
second violin OF the "Daniel Boone"
company, but | suppose that was be-
cause carried a violin and sat next
TO the first violin. One thing | dis.
tinctly remember. That was that
there were three acts of Daniel
Boone" and that never saw the soc.
and and third During that time was
asleep.
Edmund Brecse, who created the
role OF Ready Money" Ryder In "The
Lion and the Mouse" says that he
based his impersonation not upon
Study OF John ID. Rockefeller. but of
ii. H. Rogers and II. r. Ryan.
Booth Harrington Is completing a
play for Liebler & Co. that win satir-
izc American snobs In Europe. Harry
Wilson Is collaborating with Mr..
darlington.
AT the conclusion OF the present en-
eagement OF Il. IL Sothern and Miss
Julia Marlowe In New York the stars.
accompanied by several friends, will
sail for London to begin an engage
ment IN the Waldorf theatsr April l5
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
GREATEST OF ALL LAWYERS.
Men Of Eminsnes Award Palm to Ben.
jamin Harrison.

A group Of lawyers were discussing
various legal questions in the lobby
o: the Ebbltt hotel at Washington.
The conversation had turned upon
the big men OF the legal profession.
II am OF the same opinion as the
clork OF one of the circuit courts Of
Ohio" said A. IL. Petty, of Urbana.
we had been talking of various law
yers who had made national reputa-
tions. and In that particular circuit
many famous men had practiced be-
fore the courts. The clerk, who had
had long experience and was man of
keen observation, asked me whom re.
garded as the greatest lawyer l had
ever heard plead. could not then call
TO mind any one who. in my opinion.
stood out conspicuously above dozen
big men. The greatest lawyer said
the clerk, that ever appeared in a
court In this country was Benjamin
Harrison. He never nude OH argu-
ment In q coI.t room that he did not
instruct the N an on the bench That
Was high pra.Je, hut looking at 1t af-
terward cane TO the same conclu-
sion. lie had the greatest legal mind
of any lawyer inl.the last ,30.y years in
my opinion, and many others with
whom 1 have talked are Of the same
belief. ."---Washinston Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
The Mystery !.
Of the Nerves

Professional men. as well 40 laymen.
have been puzzled over the, mysteries
of the nervous, system, but this Jhuch
Ia certain: that Nerve force is crkated
from pure. rich Mood. and. Will the
exception OF accideatal injuriea dis
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!. watery condition OF the bI6ou
On this principle. Dr. A. w, Chase's
Nerve Pills were prepared. for this
great restorative actually forms Ger.
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day. Not only Is this treatment scienti-
fically correct. but tho enormous success
which 1t has attained has proven It TO
be uncduallcd as a cure for all diseases
resulting from thin, watery blood.
When you cannot sleep WELL suffer
from nervous headaches and indiges-
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twitching OF the nerves. and feel nown-
hearted or discouraged, turn to DR.. A.
w. chase's Nerve Pills rs the most Ger.
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nervous system. and OF avoiding nerve
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dreadful form OF hclplessness. 70 cents
box, G boxes for s25O, at all dealers.
or DR.. A. w. Chase Medicine Co., Buf-
falo. N. Y.
For sale in Marion, Ohio, by Flock.
IS Drug Store.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

struction and intended for vaudeville
BY the time Miss Dates and her com.
pany arrived in Seattle the house was
ready to. receive them. Everything in
the way OF decorations to the front
and auditorium of the theater was fin.
ished, but there were no seats. These,
however, were expected every min
ute and special crew of worlSmen
was ready to install Them as soon as
they arrived The box Office was
opened and inside OF few hours the
house was sold out.
Then, late In the afternoon, there
came telegram announcing that the
chairs shipped from distant city had
been stalled by a blizzard in the
mountains and there was no hope OF
their putting In appearance for a
week
With rueful countenance the mana.
ger addressed those members of the
prospective audience who arrived
early demanding admission to the the
ater. He explained the lack of accom-.
modations and offered to return their
money. They refused to accept it,.
Others following slem took the same
stand and finally the manager de-
cded to allow thCse who desired 10
stand. And the entire audience stood.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

ng and Alexander DR.w. E.B.DU BoIs.
Hamilton as IL WAS OF lew Wallace and
great many other Americans who ma y
wish TO have Il forgotten.
Professor Du Bots Is n man OF ex-
ccptional scholastic attainments, and
be has devoted himself to study OF the
problems pertaining to the existence
OF the white and black races side by
side In this country. lie was born In
Great harrington, Mass. In 1903 and
twenty years later graduated from
Fisl; university. Then he went to
Harvard, where he obtained the de-
grees OF 4. NJ. and Ph. u. Going to
Germany, lie studied at the University
OF Berlin, lived In German family
ana enjoyed all the advantages OF Ger
man culture. Returning to this cOun-
try. he was for'a time a fellow In so.
ciolosy Mt Harvard and later assistant
professor In that branch Mt the Uniyer-
sity OF Pennsylvania. He has bcen pro-
fessor OF economies and history nts A.
lanta university since 1894. Besides
"Ihe Souls of Black Tolls." he " tho
author Of historical works entitled
"The Suppression Of Slave Trade anu
"Tbe Philadelphia Negro
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
Tyranny Of Clothes.

Place man In silk hat and
frock coat, and transport him to a
farmyard. Agricultural pursuits may
be the one passion OF his life. but
clad In these garments he feels IN
such surroundings miserable. out OF
place. essentially urban. Clothe him,
conversely. In fannels or kniclrers.
and place him In church., and 1t Is
utterly impossible for him to as.
sumo a fitting devotional frame of
mind. Unlimited autocracy Itself caY.-
not impose such tyrannies on the
subject. Civilization is the slave of
Its cIothes--and there is no prospect
Of freedom.-London Daily Graphic.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
UltGRApHlC BRtviTlfS.

Bowyer Mcdonald, chief clerk and
parliamentarian of the United States
senate, is dead. ~ - - ~.
Two men were killed and i've men
badly burned by an explosion OF gas In
the Woodward mine OF the Delaware.
Lackawanna & Western Co. at Kings.
ton, Pa. sMyf.
A. T. Lawshe has been selected to
succeed Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden. Mr., Lawshe ID from
Indiana and was auditor for the post.
office department under President Nc
Kinley. .st
George Harris, negro jsnitor OF the
medical school Of the University OF
Georgia, at Augusta. Ga, has been ar
rested, charged With stealing and sell-
ing to physicians throughout the coun.
try over, 100 skeletons. The average
price was $40 per skeleton.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04


operator In one Of the smaller western
cities. was 4 great reader every
spare moment had, and as my salary
was small ] used to buy many books
atfauction. One day found a verita-
bio bargain-a Whole stack OF old num-
bers Of the Review for So That night
the good night call came at u. M.
and shouldered my package and went
up the dark street at a pretty lively
pace, for wits anxious 10 open and
read the magazines. heard pistol
shot behind me. and something whizzed
past my ear, nearly grazing It In fact.
As ! turned q brcathless policeman
came MP and ordered me In tones did
not. fail To hear that time 10 drop my
bundle. Evidently. hurrying along the
dark alleyway with my large bundle,
] did look a suspicious character. !
stopped and opened my package. The
policeman looked dlsgusted. Huh he
said, why didn't you stop when told
you TO! If I'd been q good shot, you
might "a got Killed."
Senator Samuel II. Piles Of the state
of Washington was born Oh a farm In
Kentucky foriy-eight years ago. After
being admiited 10 the bar he started
for the west and located In the then
territory of Washington. While walt
Ing for clients he worked ns laborer
In logging camns.sil. One day he was
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
A cIaar store secret.

Every tobacconi.t has on his count.
er q machine for cutting OF the ends
OF cigars. These machines are popu.
lar for the reasoI that they pay for
themselves many times over every
year. al.
The ends that smokers cut OF are
carefully gathered from the counter,
and it takes but = few hundred Of
them to make poand OF good tobAc-
co. This can bS sold fogs 40 or 80
cents. @ ~
Some cigar store clerks are very
sollcitous TO see that the patron does
not 'overlook th1 cutting machine
They push 1t towards him. and he IL
impressed with their politeness. These
clerks have for perquisite the ma.
chimes cuttings. I'His adds several
dollars weekly to their salaries.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
pAcxeo 4o ! ! sroLeN.


At midnight the other night got Z
DIG in the ribs and woke up to hear
Mary saying:
Husband, get up at once or ws
shall have our thfoats cut
''lIave you discovered anyone In
the room with butcher knife?" I
asked.
"No; but there's an awful racket in
the back yard"
"wsll?" -
"well, Who knows who II around
and whAs they are stealing? Get
right uu and let 'em know you are at
home"
my dear woman, let's look at this
thing from the other point OF view.
No person in our back yard IL up here
In our bedroom. Consequently, our
throats are safe. II is Il well known
fact that am always home o. nights.
and no one viii figure that this night
Is an exception. As to the identity OF
the marauders. what is 1t to us
whether they are named Smith or
Jones?"
But do you want to be robbedT
persisted my good wife.
Il do not. No man does. hear
barrel being softly rolled over the
snow. That barrel contains dead cat
and lot Of old shoes and rubbers. l
headed 1t up this afternoon and LETT
It to be stolen. II not stolen twill
cost me 10 cents to have II carted
away. Mary. seek thy revenge. We
have saved Is cents in cold cash. the
thief has worked up surprise party
on himself. and there is yet time TO
indulge In our full amount OF sleep
and wake up In the morning aud be
glad We are MISREPRESENTATION
Post.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

called on to defend 4
q fellow chgrged
with stealing some
articles from q Hat
boat on the Snoho-
mlsh river. An old
justice Of the peace
before whom ihe'nl-
legged thief had been
brought happened 10
be the possessor of
a volume OF the
United States stat
utes coming which.
he gathered the idea
that the accused
man had DerDptrat-
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Z
to kid,' Anthony Michalek Of Chicago.
lie was horn In Bohemia and Is said
10 be the flrst man OF Bohemian birth
TO sit in the house OF representatives.
His seat was contested on the ground
that he was an alien, but the contest
was decided In his favor, 1t being
shown that he was q citizen. Speaking
on the immigration bill, Congressman
Michalck gave 1t as his opinion that
the power OF the "blg stick" had been
whitfield to the dimensions Of tooth
pick In the light of recent events. IRE
gardlng the Rooseveltian proposition"
said Mr.. Michalek, "by what law Of
human reasoning is the United States,
the greatest nation OF the west. COM
PEELED to kotow to the little pamper-
cd bully Of the east?" r.
Mr.. Mlchalek was twenty-six In 1904.
the year he was chosen TO the present
house, and looked like Il high school
student. He IL q Republican and ran
I'm strong Democratic district, spend
ing but $50 on his campaign, while his
Democratic opponent, a millionaire
brewer, was said TO have spent many
thousands. He is self taught, but
finely educated, and, though he repre-
sents the 30 called ghetto district, IN
cluding some of the toughest sections
OF Chicago, he stopped to no low meth
dds in his campaign and talked to slum
audiences us though he were address
Ing the most cultured people. lie was
employed as bookkeeper in grocery
store when called to duty In the halls
Of legislation at Washington.
Thomas A. Edison, the great electri-
cal inventor. who recently celebrated
his sixtieth birthday, Is devoted read
or OF. tho North American Review. 81
have been "A constant reader Of the
magazine for forty years, but It nearly
caused my death once" he remarked
the other day to an acquaintance. 'It
was years ago, when was u telegraph
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
Few Good s.ori.. Written.

"Since the world began, say .
Julian Hawthorne. there have besn
written perhaps 100 supremely. good
works OF fiction. Assume that the
first OF these was the Had. now Atcut
1900 years old, One hundred Good
stories in 5000 years is story etAry
generation. Since the battle of VIZ
terioo, then. there have been rather
less than three of them. Probably
we are overstating the number rather
than the contrary. When you consider
the matter, three supremely good
stories In hundred years is very.
h,gh average" H.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

and apply for the part. She took the
dare, went to the Grand opera house,
was accepted, was rehearsed all that
afternoon. and made her appearance
that night. Her parents knew moth.
ing of this until little Miss Dupree
went home for her dinner, and had 1t
not been that they were friends of the
stage manager they wonld not have
permitted their daughter to have gone
on the stage. Miss Dupree made a
hit, and she has remained on the
stage ever since.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

cd the crime of piracy on the high
seas. The punishment for this helnous
crime was death, and while IN the act
OF pronounclng that dread doom young
Mr.. Piles reached the scene.
1t took him only minute TO see that
rapid action was necessary. Assuming
a severe look and speaking In q loud
and menacing voice. he told the justice
iEat he had made the colossal blunder
OF trying tho prisoner under the fed
crnl statutes instead OF under The laws
OF the state; that by SO doing he had
trenched upon the authority OF the
United States canrt, aud that II the
matter were to come to the attention Of
the federal judge II wouIiI mean The
forfeiture OF the Justices Office " net q
term In the pcnIlentiary. 50 emphatic
t'rs I..
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
a Baseball Maana.e Attempt. su,e,d.

Waynesburg. Pa, March 4.--Sher.
nan +. Grim, formerly district attor-
ney. tried to commit suicide Sunday.
He swallowed morphine. severed the
arteries or his left wrist and cut his
throat five timea. Physicians were
summoned and last night Grim was
still unconscious and his condition
critical. Mr.. Grim was manager Of the
Waynesbnrg team of the PennsyNa-
mia, Ohio and Maryland Baseball
league and Is said to have lost heavily
In the venture. p
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

Of the entertainment was take off In
which the king Of the United States"
In years TO come was represented as
inquiring the name OF the last prcsl-
dent. Finding that II was Roosevelt.
he asked what had become Of him.
Hes stIll waiting for Platt or Depew
to rcslgr, so hc can 60 TO the senate
said the lord high Chamberlain.
thought | prorogucd the senate. .
said the king.
"you did" explained the chascellor ot
the exchequcr. but Morgan and pcttus
woi,ld not move Out OF their chairs. They
are sitting there YETI
Though 1t was thirty years ago that
General Morgan entered the senate
and though lie will he cighty.three IN
June, he was described not long since
as ''thc most distinguished looking
man In the senate" He says the Sc
crct OF his youth Is good health and n
clear conscience and his fondness for
being much ont OF doors. He was pie
tured once enjoying the beauties Of
nature. and OF his favorite diversion he
says:
IL like nothing better than to get
out into the woods aud hear the birds
sing. Yes, was brought up In the
woods. and love them
Some remarkable achievements ara
credited TO Miss Margaret Haley OF
Chicago. who holds a position known
as the business agent Of the Teachers
federation. She recently champloned
the cause OF the underpaid instructors
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

or youth In her city
and, In order that
the municipality
might have more
funds with which tG
compensate the ed.
ucators for thcif
services. set about
the task Of compel.
ling powerful bust.
ness organizations
TO pay more taxes.
1t Is said the city
treasury Is now rich.
err by millions of dol.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

Frederick Douglass.
lnd that yelled from
your knowledge stood
a dozen other black
men of unusual abIl-
ity and accomplish
ment. Not only that.
but as u subtle and
far reaching blend OF
blood you have in
many great white
men this negro ele-
ment coming In to
color and make won
dcrful tho genius
which they had - n
fact which was as
true OF Robert Brown
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
Female Ma.sdors Killed, suIIs. : :

El Paso, Tex, March .4--1hiiinn
Nordica, a grand opera singer, and 1O.-
900 other persons gathered Sunday Mt Z
the Suarez, Mexico, Plaza del Toross to
see a bull fight in which professional
female Spanish matadors killef three
out OF four bulls.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
Preferred suiclde 10 Arrest.

Philadelphia. March 4.--Driven to-
bay by a crowd of men who pursued
him after he had twice shot at and
wounded 17-yearold Edna Mcknight,
of whom he. was enamored Malcolm
II. Pool. aged 81 years, shot and killed
himself here Sunday. sf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
Fireman Killed..

Newark, N. j., March 4.--Lieut Ben.
ismin o. Birch lost his life in fire
which last night burned out Murray
Bros cafe. Fireman Joseph Garland
barely escaped death while trying To
rescue his superior.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04
steamers coIIlded--Eiaht LIvss LSst.

Dover. England, March 4.---Many
collisions are reported because OF the
fog that covered the English channel
Sunday. The German steamers Mar.
sala and Helene collided and the
Helene sank and eight Of her crew
we're drowned.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04


The Alabama legislature paid high
compliment to Senator John Tyler
Morgan short time nko. The Ala.
bama laws provide that man who IA
rhosen 10 n sent III the United States
sennte mast l,c present III the legisla.
ture during voting. This year when It
came time to Invest senator Morgan
with the togn once more word that he
was indIsposcd was received from his
physician In washington, 80 the legis.
lators proceeded to adopt a Joint reso.
luton suspendlng the old. statute and
then elected the veteran of both war
and politics TO a sixth term.
At the last meeting OF the fnn6us
Cridirolr ,lub III whshingtoii' rcarhre
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-04

ME- debate In the
house OF repro

house OF repro
sentatives over
the passage >of the
I'm m mIgratlon bill,
with the Japanese
passports provision
agreed upon In the
conference between
President Roosevelt
and representatives
Of San Francisco,
brought to his feet
the congress sma n