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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
.sThe Cat And The Fiadle.e 2

"The CNf Amu TIC FFduIe."
 Friday-Xmas matinee and night at the Grand will be presented the pros nounced success and beautifully staged musical extravaganza, "The Cat and the Fiddle" which has scored a series of triumphs in all the larger cities throughout the East and West There Is nothing small about this production from it's well equipped stage access sories and mechanical effects to the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

There are but two attractions billed for the Grand during the coming week. One of them comes to Montgomery strongly recommended by every crit icism appearing in the papers of the various cFtfessin which a performance has been given, it is a dramitized ver- sion of Sir Gilbert Parker's Right or Way" Guy Standing and Theodore Roberts will appear in the leading roles.
 The second attraction which is billed for Christmas week falls upon Christ mas day. The offering Is on the order of "The Wizard of oz". and Is said to "A an extrayaeanza worthy of the best natronaRe. On account of the fact that inc attraction reaches Mangtomery on Christmas Day there win be an extra matinee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20


 E As have said. the onIys draught from current, sensualism was for two minutes of musical farce chorus girls at the outset; and they were in seemiy long petticoats at that; and a single even-minutes selection was the limit of vaudeville. The choice for that fell on the W. C., Kelley who speaks for a Virginia justice of the peace and the negroes, complainants and defendants, brought before him. [ am told that Kelley was himself a police maeis- trate in Norfolk; that.in a state polit- fcal campaign his initiative anecdotes made. him a popular stump speaker; and that when more pay per week was offered to him in vaudeville than he was getting per month on the bench, he shifted from court to. stage, till, having listened to his monologue twice. I dreaded another repetition. I asked myself if 1t wss possible that Daniel Frohman--.
 Have neglected to tell that Presi- dent Daniel Frohman, of the Actors Fund has for years gotten up these matinees; and his dictum Is such that nobody fools with him in these affairs There are no disappointments. Every advertised promise is kept. Indeed places in the bill are asked for enough of familiar matter to fill half a dozen afternoons, and the most brightly starred favorites are willing to study new parts. as I have shown. This time so coddle pet of the public as Ethel Barrymore was ready to act in a comedietta. but graclously stayed out to make room for the Sicilian players to come in.
 -@ But was writing about Kelley. My fear of a stale spot in this fresh show was groundIess. His humor was new altogether and 1t filled seven minutes with laughter as loud as could be ex- pected from an audience three-fourths feminine. A blunder at his entrance was stil funnier. I sat in the front row, and so heard the orchestra lead CT, Victor Herbert, say to his music ians. when Kelley's time came: A full chord in G." Then he stood with his baton poised while the band of thirty held ready for fhis signal to blare for Kelley. Herbert may have been dazed from his footlit association of an hour before out from the wind. he waved his baton, and thirty assorted noises belched forth In such chord in G as might have hedalded the approach of a mknic monarch. The people straight ened up .expectantly. and then relaxed in merriment. Not Kelley. the mighty monologuist, came into view, but a measly shrimp of boy Juggling the table that Kelley was to use. Of course there was a second full chord on G." but It whooped up the laughter sooner and in another way. than Kel- ley wished.
 Franklin Fyles-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
WHEN M nOURT

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

Mimi Agulia and her Sicuian com- rades threw the tragedy of "Covolleria Rusticana" into this matinee as a play not an opera. sMascagni won an Ital- ian prize with it's musical score, as you know; but have you forgotten that. to reduce it's two acts to one, as the rules of the contest required, he composed it's most famous mum mber---the inter meg to do away with q drop and lift Of the curtain while the villagers are in a church. The play without music lasted only twenty+two minutes. I won't describe it, because want space enough on the Actors Funds only new matter in New York in the week before Christmas; also because I shall write of Mimi Aguglia next wek.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

Wednesday matinee and night--- ssThe Right of Way.'
 Friday matinee and night-Frhe Cat ana The Ffddle."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

| 39 q tt .3a4 contanoe Collier, an Enklish stranger except for the Iitle while she. has acted In New York, paired with Ofiver Doud byrons son Arthur to introduce Com panions of the Road" by Haide Wright. This was a gratification in literature and dramatic artS yet. like the other brevities in the program (which by the way. timed them in plain figures at twenty to never more than thirty min- utea was ephemeral. There is no de- nland in this country for one-act pieces out of vaudeville. Tn London they are used to precede the longer yet scaree- ly long enough principlal plays; but when those main pieces are brought over her. and unless they are impoesfbly shgrt to afford an evenings entertaln- ment. the predatory players are left behind. That made the Actors Home matinee unique with It's bill of bre- viteies not inconsequentIal.
 Arthur Byron was an artist footing his way intoLondon; and, no matter for the inference that he was an English man, his accent proved him an Ameri- can: and none the worse for that. Con- stance Collier was a dialectic Kentiah wench who, on running into sight, threw her heavy shoes back to hit a chnri who had tried to kiss her. She was 90 picturesque a girl that the art ist set up his easel and sketched her right there. Accompanying conversA- ton told that her antiphtIfy to men came of the admonitions of her dead mother. who had given birth to her out of. wedlock; and the artist found out that he was the father of thIs un- tutored yet very wise creature. She was trudgfng to London. too, but whether their ways led them along to- gether thereafter, the drafna stopped too soon to disclose.s It was like a fragment of q powerful melodrama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20

With John Drew capering. gleefuliy. Tom Wise posing drewsomely and GeorRia Drew Mendun, as the girl in the case. peerinG from c closet, 1t was extremely funny. It might be adopted for our vaudeville.
 Fanny Ward first flew into a New York theatre with the wings of particularly Cupid In some extrava- Eanza or other I don't think I am mistaken about that, as the picture remeins vivid In my memory. Then she scared away to London and turned her fancy toward emotions of the heart She was aduiated lately as the Lady Kitty who pains and pleasures her husband keenly In "The Marriage of William Ashe." At this matinee she gave passage from that drama where in the young wife wildly repuises the lover whom her so did mother has set upon her and as franticaily throws herself into the arms of her returning husband. Kerightly and John W. Dean made American debuts as the rival lovers, and the brevity of their intro- ductton prevented an estimate of their value as importations; but Fanny de- monstrated her facility as i've feet two and hundred pounds ten, section of Bernhardt <,
 
 And that wasn't, easy on a stage crowded with. the, confusion of six new productions, each with it's own director not to mention Ave individual performers trying to keep the words of speechs or recitations in their heads Julia Opp Faversham and William Hodge were coming familiar yet elu- sive rhymes of Kipling. Riley and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Crane, Gillette and Hopper had their humor in their muths for hippant delivery. And while one of their turns after another re- iieved their perturbed souls. Billie Burke kept apart with Victor Herbert and hummed song that Edward Peple and he had .rhymed and tuned for her. Although Billie is starring here fam Jpusly. In high comedy, I suppose she wished to show us that she could get away with sentimental ballad. It was Billie who, when Edna May re- fused in London to sing a ditty about girl 'fn her little cause" took a gentle whack at 1t and knocked out s. success; SO that when Edna came here with the play she made much of the song she had rejected. Billie is a modern Lotta (who lately came on from Boston to see herself as others saw her many years ago) and singing Isn't her best facility, any more than 1t was Lotta's: but such. q comely4 creature is she that, although Loves Oracle was weak stun. she made 1t look. good. issas gsysls f,
The evening world., 1908-02-27

HAZEL HAMS - the celebrated WEST.
PHALlA syle; dry sugar cured: - Ac
reg. iSc quality Friday, lb..... - ~
BONELESS sARDINES -Judiee brand
iancy, imported; halves; doz. S2.9U; CE~
wAIboRff TEAS, wafer thins. :atines,
dainty duchess or graham biscuits; 8 %
Iackaees 47c: package. oS
The evening world., 1908-02-27
P. j. Conway Says Corned
Beef and Cabbage, Plus
Champagne, Laid Him Out.
EITHER ALONE is GOOD.
But Taken in Combination
Wurra, Would You Just
Look at His Leg?

p. J. Conway, the Yorkville village
blacksmith and President OF the Irish
American Athletic Club. has the sout
Mr.. Conway's ailment Il neither near
gout nor ch!lbla.ns-he never had cold
esst in his life. 1t Is real gout. such
as is generally prevalent in Fifth ave
nue. club circles.
I'm the days OF my youth" said Mr..
Conway. to-day, as he gazed at
bandaged foot through the limpld
depth. of goblet OF l!th!a water.
-when I was a care free gossoon skip
pang lightly over the turf on the estate
Of my ancestors in Ireland. little did
think I'd ever have the gout. Little
dad I think. in fact. that l would ever
come to tho stage OF subs!sting for a
lengthy period on corned beef and cab
bage and champagne.
I'm the way OF food | incline strongly
10 corned beef and cabbage. 1t is a
succulent and nutritious dish, and con-
tinued indulgence in 1t makes man
supple and vigorous. Some OF the lead
ing champions in the Ir!sh-American
Athletic Club inform me that they train
upon corned beef and cabbage.
"-As l say. then, corned beef and cab
NAXa as a food staple, even food lux
ury. occupies a high place in my re-
gard have eaten enough Of 1t in
my time to fill an ocean liner, and 1t
never did a h.t OF harm To me until
began TO take champagne on the de.
LAS for champa gne. It IS fine drink
I'm It's place. But its place IS mot
alongside a steam!ng plate OF corned
beef and cabbage.
Sorry the day they ever introduced
champagne to me. Before l got into
politics long, cold glass OF beer or
tidy mug OF ale tasted all to the good.
And either beer or ale symnlthzed with
corned beef and cabbage. The pp.it.-
clans downtown are opening wHe all
the time, and they got me into the
habit
Il suppose 1t would have been all
right II had dropped corned beef and
cabbage when 1 took up champagne,
but the combination was too strong for
me.
"A few weeks ago l began to feel
ew!nges OF pain. and supposed l was
suffering from rheumatism These
twtches were the advance agents of the
gout. warning me against champagne
and corned beef and cabbage
~ paid no heed 10 the warning, And
look at me now! I'm In such shape
that can have neither corned beef
and cabbage nor champagne. The best
doctors | can employ tell me i have
an aggravated case OF the gout. and
know what gave It to me.
LAS soon as get well again I'm go
ing TO cut out champagne, The simple
life for p. J. Conway-the simple life,
with corned beef and cabbage taken in
Since the news OF Mr.. Conways Ill
ness has become generally circulated
three wine agents have sent cases of
champagne TO his home in S!xt!eth
street and a member OF the club who
Is in the meat business has placed a
barrel of corned beef at his disposal.
Meantime he is on diet OF crackers
and lithia.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
MARSHAL CAPTURES
BOLD PIRATE CREW
But in Court They Turn Out
to Be Harmless Car
penterS.

United States Marshal Caldwell, with
q little band of followers. started out
from the Federal Building in Brooklyn
to-day to capture band OF pirates.
''They are flying the Jolly Roger and
stealing u house from Plum Island"
came a message over the phone which
resulted In the fitting out of the Gov
srnment expedition.
While the mists of dawn still over
hung the waters OF Sheepshead Bay
the marshal and his party drew near
20 Plum Island. E. Sounds of ham
mering and the rolliCking air OF a
piratical chorus reached their ears
"H-H-double Ri
."That's them" huskily whispered the
marshal in the thrill of the moment
AT the same moment the fog drifted
aside and four desperadoes were re
wealed, busy with hammer andm allet
ont4e clubhouse Of '.he Plum Island
Yacht Club.
TN the name of the nited States /
Arrest you!" shouted the marshal.
The pirates threw down their tools
and submitted
In the Federal Building they told the
authorities that far from being pirates.
they were carpenters, and had been
hired by the Yacht Club to pull down
the house and rebuild 1t at Sheepshead
"You see," said their spokesman
ssome time ago the Government. which
owns the island decided to revoke the
permit of the yacht club to- maintain
hired to move 1t. That's all"
Hem" said Marshal Caldwell.
Nevertheless, the four were paroled
Ill their story could be investigated.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
WOMAN TREATS
ILLS OF THE POOR
BY HYPN07|SM
Mrs. j. j. HigpinS Has Aid of
Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks in
Her Unique Work.

a unique departure from orthodox
methods has been inaugurated at the
calvary Protestant Episcopal Church.
Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street,
where the wicked are being led back
into the paths of righteousness and the
unfortunate are cured of their bodily
Ills by the use OF hypnot!sm.
Mrs. j. ]. Higgins, whose husband Is
a graduate OF the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons. has charge of this par
t,cular branch of the church work. Rev.
DR.. Leighton Parks. the rector, has
given Mrs. Higgins permission TO use
the parish house for the meetings every
Tuesday and Friday mornings Her pow
ers are said to be extraordinary ana
her reputation is said 10 be extended In
Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin. wnere
she has used her gifts TO treat the poor
Mrs. Higgins has also pract!sed widely
in this city, and ner treatments at TIE
Calvary Church Tuesdays and FF'oa!s
are not confined to mem bers Of the par
ism, but are open to all.
1T is not a parochinl movement
the rector said yesterday. nor nave
the clergy as a body anything t" DO
with It. 1. OF course. sanction the
work as far as II is carried on here
do not see why bodily ills cannot be
cured by hypnotic suggestion and why
the spirit power may not also be
transmitted to the individual" The
rector exhibited a deep interest In the
powers Of hypnotism as cure for the
liquor habit.
Mrs. Higgins is pretty and OF mag
rctic personality. She has been hyp-
nothing people out of their bodily all
ments and into better morality for a
Eumbor of years.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
SHE LOST 1T.
Sallow Complexion Went Glim.
merinE.

What is more natural than that a
lady should want beautiful COM
pleXion?
There is one sure way to secure
and maintain a good skin II nature
has been even little kind on the
start.
proper food, deep breathing, pure
air: and one must absolutely avoid
coffee and tea, as these beverages ul-
timately, produce bilious, sallow
skin. Anything that causes dyspep-
sia or indigestion or interferes with
the liver prevents the nutrition neces-
sary for making good blood and a
fair complexion.
"For years." writes N. j. girl, Il
was a sufferer from nervous dyspep-
sia and palpitation OF the heart.
These occurred more especially In the
morning. when it was my custom to
take cup of coffee only.
"One day | tried sample OF Pos
tum Food Coffee prepared by DEM
onstrator in store. 1 liked II SO
well that began to use 1t regularly
That was several months ago, and to-
day am entirely free from the old
trouble, besides having gained con-
siderable in flesh.
my complexion, which was sallow
and muddy, has cleared beautifully.
Tea and coffee have been banished
from our table and Postum Is used in
their place three times day
by carefully following directions
on the package (boilng 1t welD we
have a rich and satisfying drink I'd
the entire family enjoy it, know lg
that we can drink as mucn as - like
with beneficial results.
There ha5 been marked improve
ment in the health OF each. and as
there has been no other change in
urr habits the credit must be given
to Postum"
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville." in pkgs.
The evening world., 1908-02-27
Refrigerators and Other House Needs

Belding Hall Refrigerators -
special No. 7; apartment house
style, with ice and provision
chambers opening in the front.
This is hardwood box, finished
in golden oak and thoroughly
insulated. Measurements are
20 in. Y 20 in. SIS in. o..
Regularly $2l.5O; at. 9l0
Siegel Cooper Special Lift-Top Re-
frigerators-ma of hardwood;
finished in golden oak, and thor
oughly insulated; lined with
galvanized sheathing. Reg @.
ular price $3.50; at........ Yo
Waffle Irons-heart shape waters,
with Alaska cold han ~
Shelf Oilclo.h - in assorted r,
colors; special, yard, at. ~
TaDle G CilclOth-S4 width;as- 10
sorted colors; yd. at ...... lAC
Kitchen or Bathroom Mirrors
INT inches; beveled oak o.
framei regularly soc; at. ooC
The evening world., 1908-02-27
DOLLAR A DAY FOR UNION VET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Representa-
tive Sherwood (Ohio) spoke yesterday on
his bill granting to all Union veterans
months, a pension Of one dollar a dav'
He said II could BE- done II Congress
would reduce the regular army To 30, 600
men, and stop the building OF two
pors useless battleships costing about
The evening world., 1908-02-27

Extra Strong Clothes Bas- A.
kets-special at.......... 4CC
Royal EndmellDare
Tea Pots--4-qt., regularly 4Oc, at
27c; 3-qt., regularly 36c, or
al. .'...''' ''''.. SCS
Sauce POts-side handles; On
6-qt., regularly 4Oc, at.... oUc
Dish Pans-l7.qt., regular 90
price 53c, at.............. OoC
Wash Basins SIM, regu- on.
larly soc, at............. AUC
Milk Pans-4-qt., regularly 40
lie, special at,........... 1AC
Pudding Pans-5-qt., regu- 10
larly l9c, at.............. 1AC
Japanned Flour Canisters - will
hold IS lbs. Of flour; special
Will they last at, ~.
only ......... .............. ocS
(SieRei Cooper Store, BasementJ
The evening world., 1908-02-27

Card or Euchre Tables-;he Or
folding kind; special at. ... ooC
Waterproof Clothes Line -guaran-
teed; 100 IT,, reg. soc, at35c; or
rs It. regularly 4Oc, at.... Ioc
Double Faced Zinc Wash Boards -
extra laundry size, with or A..
without protector; specia! al 4oC
Single Faced Zinc Wash On
BOards-special at...... ouC
Family Size Wash Boards On
with or without protector; at DUO
Old-F ashiOned Ironing Boards
5l5 #. 65cj ft. 6Oc; AZ -.
n...... ...-...... coS
Extra Strong Step Ladder
S IT,; special at............ 4Cc
Wash Ben. hes-extra strong a.
and substantial; spec II at. l0c
Household Clothes Driers - the
kind that can be folded up On
when not in use; special at. QUO
The evening world., 1908-02-27
Wines & Liquors

Impaired Cha ''Ed1He
Fr.dsrie nuT,y & Co Ezra S22. 80
The evening world., 1908-02-27

Shelf Clothes Driers-specIal co
al ........ WV
Circular Clothes Dricrs when
folded up require very lit an.
tie space special at only.... 4UC
Spice Cabinets-S separate COM
partments; stencilled; large an
size; very heavy; special at 4SC
Fire Quality OF Toilet coll. a.
Paper specialize. Id ior IoC
Silexo Scour ng Soap q bors1n.
special ........... D for lUC
Ammonia qt. bottle OF good n.
quality; special at.......... ~
Vegetable or Pairing Knives 4,
5, eclal at................ 4C
Genuine Alton Inverted Incandes-
cent Light - higb-grade globe
with inverted mantle and burn,r
cxiji1ed copper or brass tx
iilish; special at ....... 'oC
Barrel Shaped Hampers with
covers; extra strong; special ~
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The evening world., 1908-02-27
Serying Tables
Weathered Oak Pieces

Former Price SAFE PT.Ge
$1,000 Weathered oak chair. $3.50
$50 Weathered OAK chair. i.OJ
22.OO WeatheGed oak char. III. 90
42.OO Early English chair .32. 90
$500 Early English chair. "A OO
2l5O Early English chair io.OO
43.OO Early English rocker "a. 90
5000 Early English sofa. 10. 90
$500 Early English sofa. 1900
,Sieeel Cooper Store, Fifth Floor,
The evening world., 1908-02-27

Ask for S. & H." Green Trading Samps-We Glue Them
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-30
Wants New Fire REGULATION.

Chief Belt of the Washington fire
department is working for new regu.
lation to prohibit the stabling of horses
on any but ground floors of buildings
In the District of Columbia. I'm all Of
the numerous stable fires that have
occurred in the District of Columbia
during the last 40 years." says the
Chief, II have never known Of a horse
being rescued when it was stabbed
above or below the ground floor and
the fire originated on the first floor,
Disregarding the danger to which
horses are exposed when stabbed
above or below the ground floor Of
any building, it should also be borne
in mind that the rescuing of horses
from burning stable is one of the
most hazardous duties devolving upon
the members Of the fire department,
These animals become panic-stricken,
cannot be led, and the f1remen are con.
stantly exposed to the danger of being
knocked down and trampled upon.
This is true in the case of horses
stabbed on the first floor, and when
they are kept on any floor above OF
below the first floor the danger Incl.
dent to their rescue is corresponding.
~ increased"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-30
Ito Be continued.)
TO PLAY BRIDGE IN BUSES.
Frenchman Has Scheme Which VIII
Make II Possihie

Frenchman Has Scheme Which Will
Make It Possible.
NJ. Adolphe Bachelet is a retired
coal merchants. While he was in
business he never touched a card, but
since he became a RENTER he has be.
come victim to bridge.
He plays bridge from morning till
night and is only happy when he can
hold thirteen cards in his hand. Some
times, however, he is compelled to at
tend to some matters in town, and
on those days he feels miserable. So
miserable, in fact, that he took the
resolve of starting some new omni-
buses with special compartment,
where amateurs of bridge can indulge
in a game if the distance they fave
to travel is long one. NJ Bachelet
is trying to raise the necessary CAPT.
tai to launch his undertaking, but as
yet he has not found anybody to back
him.
Poor M. Bachelet! Probably he has
not heard of the Vicomte de Bothered,
another crank, who also had mad
scheme about buses. This gentleman,
who lived in the good year 1880,
thought he would benefit mankind by
starting omnibus restaurants.
Unlike M. Bachelet, he risked his
own money in the affair and con-
structed twelve omnibuses-immense,
cumbersome vehcles-with a small
bar at the end, where - reahments
Of every kind could be :. at small
price. The Offices Of this strange un.
dertaking were in the Rue Navarin.
The vicomte lost something like 925,-
900 over the venture; but always re.
NAMED firm in the belief that his idea
was in every respect practical one.