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"Piff! Paff! Pouf!"

The story of the effesvescent musical cocktail, "Piff! Paff! Pouf@ which B. c. Whitney's large company will pre- sent at the Bjou centers around Au- gustus Melon, whose wife has passed away, leaving him several millions of dollars and four daughters to take care of. He cannot have the pleasure of spending the money. however, accord ing to the provisions of the last will and testament of his deceased wife, un- til he has disposed of their four daugh- ters in marriage. The play opens with this gay old boy" strolling over the sands of the beach at Atlantic City, not so intent on securing the desired hus- bands for his daughters as on the look out for successor to Mrs. Melon Num- Der One.
 It Is while he is engaged in this de- lightful pastime that he encounters Mrs. Lillian Montague, the dashing vii dow, who is bent on similar mission to his own with tn difference that the object of her search Is a wealthy man, while his is simply woman. He imme- diately conceives an idea that she is his affinity and SC becomes imb bued with the belief that the millions with Mel on' as a sort of side dish, is her af- finity. Melon immediately formulates a plan to capture the widow while the widow commences angling for the mill lions. It does not take them long to arrive at an understanding, but 1t IS somewhat disappointing to the widow to learn of the conditions attached to the millions. She resolutely sets to
 ork, however. to secure husbands for her four prospective stepdaughters. and the comedy arising therefrom is mirth- provoking in the extreme. Eventually both the widow and Melon obtain the objects ofstheir desires.
 Stanislaus Stange, William Jerome and Jean Sch wartz are responsible for the book lyrics and music and the songs they have given "Piff, Paff, Pouf" have attained just as great popularity as their famous When MT. Shakespeare Comes to Town" MT. Dooley," 'Pm Tired" "Bedelia." A few of them are I'm So Happy I'm the Ghost That Never Walks" Dolly Dimple.' Dear | Old Manh attan Isle," "Cordelia Malone, ,' ''Lutie," "The Melancholy Sunbeam and | the Rose," and Goodnight, My Own
 Love-" A company of merit has been
 engaged for this years presentation l of this delightful musical piece. It is l headed by Ben Grinnell, for two years | featured comedian of the New York
 Hippodrome, and includes the charming 1 comedienne Lulu Mcconnell, the noted l character actress Lisle Bloodgood, and l a number of other well known musi- cal comedy people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-19

ehemet. violinist. and Mons c. Derceus. pianist
 The sale of seats began yesterday and there was big rush. as a matter of course
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AT JEFFERSON

 . AT THE JEFFERSON. Monday night-Mary Manner { . ing, in Glorious Betsy"
 . Tuesday night-Calve in oper- <
 . atic concert. 4 ' Wednesday matinee and night < -Creston Clarke, in "The Power {
 ' That Governs" <
 ' Thursday matinee and night { ' Little Johnny Jones"-a musi- <
 . cal play. <
 Friday matinee and night {
 e Sousa and his band. | } AT THE BlJOu. 1
 All the week-"Piffi Paml < Poffr'-a musical cocktail 4 AT THE MAJESTIC. 4
 } All the week-Polite vaude- | } vile. | AT THE GAYETY. 4 All the week-Al. Reeves Big < } Beauty show" |
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
The Watcher in the Pew.

His neck is fit ed on
a gl1be-socket, and turns clear
around. He sees everything that
goes on. The man who comes in
late does not escape him, and ii
is vain for the tenor to think he
got that little note to the alto, con-
veyed between the leaves of hymn
book, unobserved. The watcher
saw it. He sees the hole in the
quarter that Elder Skinner drop
ped in he plate. He sees that
Deacon Slowboy has but one cuff.
If the door swings, he looks
around; if the window moves noise
lessly, he looks up. He sees the
stranger in his neighbors pew, and
he sees brother Badman sitting
away back under the gallery, fur
lively take a chew of the inhibited
fnecut. All things that nobody
wants him to see, the watcher sees.
He sees so much that he has nc
time to listen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
Seek Reason for Halt in Alien Tide

steady demand for labor, can be held
responsible for the continued decrease
which records kept now show. Seri-
Gus objection is made in certain coun-
tries of Euro pc to the rate at which
emigration to the United States has
reduced their population. The United
States will now seek to learn through
it's represen. atives abroad whether
the methods taken to keep immigrants
from this country are such as to mis-
represent conditions here.
The number CT immigrants for May
was 36,317, as comrared with 1885
last year, and 15O,927 in May, 1906.
The immigration from Russia, which
was 35,506 in May last year and 2S,S17
in May, 1906, this year, dropped to
$3.50. immigration for six months, in
Guiding May, show an equally large
falling off, the total for the period be-
ing only 227 ,2S3, as compared with
674,6S4 last year and 616,50S the pre-
vious year
Austria-Hungary, Italy and Russia
show the largest decreases. The de-
crease of those coming from Italy for
the month of 1891 suggests that
peonage prosecutions have been we'll
and perhaps not always truthfully ad-
vertised. Small increases are shown
from China, the Pacific islands, British
North America, Bri ish Honduras and
Mexico; all other countries show de.
creases.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
A Kind Word.

A kind word costs but little, but
it may bless all day the one to
whom it is spoken. Nay, have not
kind words been spoken to you
which have lived in your heart
through years, and borne fruit of
joy ard hope? Let US speak kindly
to one another. We have burdens
and worries, but let US not, there
fore rasp and irritate those neal
US, those we love, those whom
Christ would have US save. Speak
kindly in the morning; it lightens
the cares Of the day, and makes the
household and all its affairs move
along smoothly. Speak kindly at
night, for it may be before dawn
some loved one may finish his or
her space of life for this world,
and it will be too late to ask for
giveness.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24

John WESLEY GAINES, the silver
y tongued orator of Tennessee, the
guardian of the Jackson Hermitage
and bearer OF the Democratic ark of
the covenant in congress for IL years,
will no longer grace the floor of the
house
After his present term expires he
will return to Tennessee to take up
the simple life and muse on the "ashes
of empire" and what might have
been"
For John Wesley Gaines had ambi.
tons as well as ability. He dreamed
of a day coming when the southland
would claim its own and when another
Andy Jackson would sit in the presi-
Dental chair and scatter the evil birds
from the sacred temples of Democ.
racy.
But from these wild dreams MT.
Gaines has just received a rude awak.
ening.
In the primaries in the Sixth Ten.
nessee district he was defeated for the
denomination. Joseph w. Byrne, a
cold-hearted corporation lawyer, who
told the voters that Mr. Gaines was OF
no account in congress, seems to
have been taken at his word, for Mr.,
Byrne won over Mr. Gaines by big
majority. AS the nomination is tan
tamount to an election, Mr.. Byrne will
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
Spies Hired by Both of the Goulds

1t will be alleged, according to re-
port, that Mr.. Gould has for several
years been training this woman's
voice for the grand opera stage under
the best masters in Europe, and that
she accompanied him on long cruises
on his yacht. A specific act of mis-
conduct with the young woman will
be alleged to have taken place three
or four years ago at Sidney, N. s.
There will be much testimony from
former members of the Helenita crew.
This, it is said, was only one of a
number of acts of misconduct to be
charged by Mrs. Gould against her
husband.
Mr. Gould has had his wife shad-
owed for long time, though it was
not until her old butler, Paul, found
one of the jealous husbands paid
agents peeking through a keyhole that
even the servants suspected the house
was filled with private detectives.
At the present time acquaintance
of the Goulds say, Mrs. Gould has
spies in her husbands establishment
and the husband has spies in his
Wife's,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
Faint Not Dear Heart.

From aletter received this week
by our Mr.. Smith we fall upon the
very unwelcome tidings that Snider
is uneasy abont the physical man.
A few days since, he stood med
ical examination in connection
with life insurance application
and the physician announced that
the results indicated he was Attic
ted with Brights Disease. Taking
alarm at this he went to Memphis
and underwent a critical examina-
ton by skilled medical hands, and
their diagnosis was that he had
tuberculosis of the Kidneys. He
thinks of giving up his newspaper
work at Nettlet9n on the first of
August and go to Stafford
Springs, the waters of which are
famed for urinary disorders. We
knew that he had had some Kidney
trouble when with US here, but did
not think it so serious matter
and rather think now unless he is
experiencing actual suffering,
that his case is not cause fosa,
great disturbance. We have been
told by those who know, that a
largepercentage of the subjects dis
sected in the colleges, who died
seemingly from other diseases, in
the course of the close whiting up
that their bodies undergo in the
table, that evidences
are found in various parts of their
bodies where tubercular germs have
caused some internal ravages which
in most instances, the doctors be-
Iieved cured up without but little
inconvenience to the person. In
other words many of US may have
lurking within our system some
where a little patch of these
germs, which our vigor will PROP
able overcome, they dying and we
living on to die of some other |
disease. This is the only consolation
We know to offer our your g
riend, but we are sincere in be-
ieving that he stands an excellent
nance in the battle for life ma
" years to come.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
Company Garh.

Too many of us seem to act on
the principle that anything is good
enough for those we associate with
at hone. They are our folks and
it doesn't matter what we say or
do, or how we say or do it, when
no outsider is present. We have
our everyday clothes and man
ners on then. When some one calls
we put on our company garb, and
are very different persons. We
hardly know each other, so great
is the Transformation. We are
polite to each other. We are a
charming family, as our visitors
probably think, because of the har-
mony that exists. But when the
door is closed on our visitors we
draw a breath of relief and feel
at liberty to relapse into our old
ways again. We are so unused to
company ways that we do not feel
at home in them. But this is all
wrong. We ought to conisdor
home and all the members of the
as entitled to the first
consideration in all things. What
are those we meet in society to US
that we should take such pains to
be agreeable to them and neglect
those who have the strongest
claim upon us? 1t all comes about
we have got into a wrong
way of thinking. We have put
the home into the background when
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24


Infdelity is a moral Desert of
Sahara; nothing grows in it but
sand. What has it done? What
light has it flashed into darkness?
Waht hope has it given to the de-
spairing What pardon has it
brought to guilt? What know
ledge has it taught-what good
ness shown? None. Nor can it.
A negative has no positive force
an eunuch might as we'll try to be-
get children No; infidelity never
raised a man or woman from sin.
1t never took drunkard from the
gutter, gambler from his cards,
or the fallen from life of shame
1t never found a man coarse or
brutal in life am character, and
made of him kind husband and
father. 1t never went into heather
lands among the morally depraved
and lifted them out of their degra-
dation to a high state of civiliZa-
ton. 1t has never written down
languages. translated literature or
prepared textbooks. or planted
schools, or established seminaries
and colleges. 1t has never founded
hospitals for the sick or homes for
the helpless. What discoveries has
it made? Has it added anything
to human happiness? Does il
bring one ray of comfort to the
chamber of death? The religion
0 Jesus has done this, and more,
too. The tree is kn1wn by its
fruits. F"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
Big Money Earned by Women Embalmers

, ing in a hospital" said another, for
the embalming methods of the present
day are very simple. But where there
are thousands of women who are
anxious to become nurses there are
none who desire to start on this work.
"a woman can show greater
amount of sympathy for the bereaved
relatives than a man is capable of
doing.
tTn many ways they seem so fitted
for the work, and it is beyond my
comprehension why women don't enter
this profession.
1.-THE fact that they do not fear the
presence of death can be easily proven
by inquiry at the morgue or at any po-
lice station. More women than men
gather at these places after some
tragedy.
"There are embalming schools In
this city where woman can enter upon
q course in this work, but very few
do. Upon graduation they can obtain
work Immediately, and probably get
one or two cases a day at ten dollar
each.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24

take his seat next March.
But Washington will miss Repre-
sentative Gaines. For, in truth he
was one of the most popular men on
the Democratic side. Above all will
be missed his annual request for an
appropriation for the care of "the Her
mitage"
John Wesley has filled more pages
of the Record than any living human
being since the beginning of the gov
ernments history. If speech be sill
yer, he has coined more of it than all
of the minis since the crime of '73.
John Wesley first sprang to fame
when Bob" Taylor was governor of
Tennessee. One day there came to the
gubernatorial sanctum a tall youth
who said:
81 am John Wesley Gaines"
"Have a chair, Mr.. Gaines" said
'fBob."
ct am Col. Coles son-in-law," i'm.
pressively added the visitor.
"Take two chairs, Mr.. Gaines" said
Bob"
Whereupon John Wesley became
famous. He campaigned against ]. r.
McReynolds for congress when that
young scion of the tennis cabinet
chartered street car and a brass
band and went out to create a bigger
noise than John Wesley. He didn't,
and Gaines went to congress.
Now cometh young Joe Byrnes to
smite the Goliath of the Sixth Tennes-
see district While he may fill the
place with credit, there will be an
aching void of dense and dignifed
silence where once the corridors of
the national house rang with the
echoes of peoples wrongs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24

WASHINGTON. - immigration Off
w Gals who at first regarded the de-
crease in immigration as of tempo
rary character, have determined upon
an investigation to discover its cause.
The continued falling off cannot be ac-
counted for, and it is considered neces-
sary to take steps to ascertain wheth-
er anything not now apparent to the
United States is being done to deter
people in foreign countries seeking
new homes from finding them here.
1t is known that the peonage inves-
tigation in the south has resulted in
the posting of notices in some coun-
tries of Europe warning its laborers
not to come to the United States, but
this has never been seriously regarded
as reflection upon conditions here.
When the unusual departure of the
laboring classes to Europe occurred
during the early winter 1t was at
tributed to the dull times following
the financial furry. 1t is doubted If
this condition, which has now been to
a considerable degree supplanted by a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
GOOD LABOR IS SCARCE IN THE SOUTH
And They are Still Growing COttOnin
the Primitive Way

Though it is seeking improve d
means, the South IS still growing cot
ton in the primitive mlnner The
ancient terraces, curving ab01t the
hills of upper Georgia and AIablma
follow the same lines as those thrv
occupied Il ge1eratIon ago, and trre
to them 10 lhe tiny plov Or double
shovel with which the negro wo H.
his field goes each year over the same
fu row, turning the soil one way this
Spring, the other way the next, and
never mixing in or disturbing tn u :
DERIVING and the adj ,cent earth Here
there is need for change.
The trouble with the South is now
a double One-thc absence of labor,
and the need of diversiication. The
first of these resulted directly at the
end of the war, when the negroes,
iur 'ed t-loOse, became an il'rrspon-
Siblc and rOying hand, whom, even 10
his day, it is impossible to engage
Tor Il full crop season with any Ger
taihty that they will appear when
needed. The greatest result of this
has been to break up large holdings
into small farms. There are very few
men now, in any of the States, who
grow great acreages of cotton as in
the old days Instead, the land is di-
vided into one mule and two-mule
farms, and these are let out to ten
ants, generally black, but often white,
who farm them on the half-shares of
the crop. The landlord furnishes
land and house, the tenant provides
stock and implements. The crop is
evenly divided. Good supervision is
as difficult to secure as good labor
The August DELINEAToR
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
Magazine Clippings
Bryan's Present Popularity

Gradually the more conservative
leaders of the Democratic party, and
especially those OF the Eastern States,
have come into cordial relations with
Mr. Bryan; so that he is in apoSit'on
of favor and good standing that he
did not enjoy in the conventions of
1896, 1900, and 1904. In those con-
vcntions the strain between the con-
sentative and radical wings of tie
party was so severe that much of the
energy was wasted in fractional strife
which should have been expended in
wisely concerted assault upOn!the OPP
posing party All these things are
recalled to mind in order to bring
out more clearly by contrast very diff
ferent position in which Mr. Bryan
finds himself this year His party
will be more barminous than in any
previous political year since he has
been identified with it. He has made
steady growth IN acquaintance and
in popular good by virtue Of the
exercise of the two professions which
be has now for a good while rast been
carrying on. His chief work has been
that of platform lecturer. in which
capaticy he has been almost every
where in the country speaking to
large audiences often upon subjects
not of controversial sort, and by his
r'oquence and tact dispelIng that
strong prejudice against him that had
survived from tteIbitter fight against
free silver. His other calling IS that
o. an editor and writer, and his week
ly paper has kept him in touch with
large numbers of his political follow
erS. He IS ten times as widely &C
qlainted with men in all walks of life
as any other member of the Demo
cratic party He is more in demand
Is speaker than ever before, and his
readiness and skill as an orator have
greatly increased from 1.-The Pro
..ress of the World, in the American
r view of Reviews for July.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24

THERE are several jobs in New York
i for women that are going beg
ging." The work pays ten dollars or
more per day, and in some instances
over a hundred per week, yet there
is practically no one to take up the
occupation.
There are only three women In
New York who do this work, which ia
embalming," said the night manager
of an undertaking establishment.
These three are kept so busy that
we are compelled, in numerous cases,
to confess our inability to comply with
the wishes of patrons who prefer wom-
en- embaimers, and so we have to In
trust the work to men instead"
1T is really much easier than puxR'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24

THE filing of a suit for absolute di-
vorce by Mrs. Frank ]. Gould has
revealed how both Mrs. Gould and her
husband have been employing private
detectives to watch one another. Mrs.
Gould placed detectives on her hus-
bands yacht, Helenita, and it is said
the evidence secured by these men
will play an important part in Mrs.
Gould's suit. Mr.. Gould in turn placed
detectives in his wife's home as serv-
ants, it is alleged.
Mrs. Gould will seek her freedom on
statutory grounds. The most sensa-
tional feature in the action has to do
with an episode on Mr.. Gould's yacht,
in which young singer, whose name
has not been divulged, played a lead.
ing part.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
Sensible Advice.

You would laugh at the child
who should try to pick up heavy
sledge hammer to kill a mosquito.
But many grown-up-children quite
as foolishly use their strength
They waste strength. They fret,
worry, whirl about, get into a pas
sion, have not time to eat or sleep
properly indeed, often sit up SC
late and g5t so tired that they cant
sleep. These persons, whether
young or old, need to learn the
following simple rules: l. Never
fret yourself nor anybody else.
2.-Never indulge in fits of pas
sion, nor the blues. 3.-Never dc
things in a confused hurry. A.
Eat regularly, cheerfully, moder-
ately, b ut don't eat what is indiges-
table. Don't cut short your
sleep. Get eight hours of of it in
clean, we'll ventilated rooms. g.
Give your stomach and brain, as
we'll as your hands, all the rest
they need. BE self-controlled
calm, hopeful. Keep a good con-
science and cheerfully trust God.
You will never have a friend if
you must have one without a fault.
3
A woman without religion is like
a flower without perfume.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24

much interested in a new fabric
you have on the shelves as they are
in any home happening. Your store
news and announcements in these
columns will reach large circle of
eager buyers. This will enable you
to sell your goods while they are
new and fresh and you will not
lave to sacrifice later at remnant
counter prices. Think it over.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
A Business Proposition

Did you ever
stop to think,
Mr.. Business
Man, that the
news Of your
business is as
much a part
of the local
events as a
Weddlng or a
church fair !?
T h e ladies
are lust as
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24

the sunshine from a summer day
sex. Fifty years ago Theodore
Parker said one reason why he ia
vored woman SURFACE was because
few old women kept house so waste
fully as chanceIlors of the execheq-
utr keep the State.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24

politeness is generally superb a
because we care little or moth
for those we try to be polite to. 1t
is assumed. But j. we are inter
ested in those at home and are anx-
ious to make their lives pleasant,
we will endeavor to give expression
to that interest, and in doing that
we will be doing a really polite
thing for such feelings. The Gull
tivation of this expression will be
the best possible education in true
politeness.
y
The recent Conference of Gov
errors has brought out strikingIy
the frightful waste of the coun-
try's natural resources that is 60
ing on in every direction The
woman suffragists point to it as
an object lesson on the need of
a voice in public affairs
to women, who are the economical
in our thoughts. We should strive
to make ourselves such pleasant
members of the household hand
that our absence is like the loss of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
There's a Way

To defeat the mail order mans cut
throat methods in this community.
The way Is publicity for your business
- it's the same way he uses. Gun
columns viii give your business the
publicity you need.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-24
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| SALE BILLS
AND PRINT THEM RIGHT

ri ION Josh wise.
ba.e log's nan who thinks
!. wash Themselves an children
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