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M. S. HOLIDAY.
Mr. William Harold is spending
| today at the home of his sister, Mrs.
S. S. Ships, in Macon.
| See Bagley's buggies before you buy.
Special price to cash customers or
will sell on terms to suit customer. If.
| + Miss Alice Foster of Beuna Vista,
Twas the fair guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Duncan yesterday
All kinds of air guns and special
air rifle bullets at SmithWick's Gun
Store.
Miss Mary Littlejohn returned yes
terday from a pleasant visit of a few
days to friends in COrdele.
Pistols, cartridges, rifles and ammu-
milton. Best quality.> Price lowest.
Smithwick's Gun Store.
Mr. and Mrs r. e. NcNulty are
spending today pleasantly in Dawson,
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nc
Nulty
Miss Clara Barrow, the guest of
her cousin Mrs. James Taylor, re-
turned yesterday to her home in
Athens
! Call up Loving's Stables, phone 81,
Gov
Miss Mabel Hawkins left yester-
day upon delightful visit of some
length to friends in Jacksonville and
Arcadia, Fla.
For choice cut flowers of all kinds
r for Receptions, Weddings, Funerals,
ETC., telephone, telegraph or write
idle Hour Nurseries, Macon, Geor-
gia. 1O-22-3m
Mr.. Morgan Hudson of Vicksburg,
is visiting his brother, lion. T. G.
Hudson, state commissioner Of agri-
culture, at his home here
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Oliver and
! sister, Miss Kathleen Cutler, are
spending today with Mr.. land Mrs.
Cutler in Montezuma.
Miss Matte Lewis Dodson returns
: tomorrow to Lucy Cobb College, at
Athens, where she completes this year
the full collegiate course.
Miss Zeralda Martin, one of the
| most attractive and charming MEM
/ bers of Albany's social set, is the
guest of Miss Freddie Shipp this
week, coming yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
PRETTIEsT CHORUS GIRL.
Artist Campbell Selects Miss VIII
inns as Approaching the IdenI.

All the musical comedy companies play
ing in Chicago last week submitted TO
newspaper pictures Of the most beautiful
chorus girls in their casts These pic
lures were submitted 10 Mr. Hugh Stuart
Campbell, tie illustrator and artist. VINO
has had wide experience in drawing from
life. After careful consideration Mr..
Campbell picked out Miss Florence Will
iams of the "Marys Lamb company,
as the one most nearly approaching the
ideal.
When submitting the photograph Of
Miss Williams 10 the Sunday editor OF
the Inter Ocean the manager of "Marys
Lamb" company presented the follow
ing statement:
Miss Florence Williams is considered
the NEST beautiful chorus girl in the
Richard Carrie company that is now pre-
senting 'Marys Lamb AT the Illinois
Theater She is a Boston girl, only
eighteen. She is feet 4 IL inches in
height and has ali the suppleness and
freshness Of early youth. She is of the
intellectual rather than the sensuous type
of beauty Probably her greatest charm
is innocence. which is manifested In the
expression of her eyes when she looks
you frankly in the face. She has
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
The Growth of Taste.

The New York Dramatic Mirror claims
10 have discovered q falling off in the
attendance at the so-called popular the
aters-the theaters in which lurid nelo-
dramas hold forth at prices which are
sufficiently low 10 be within the reach of
the multitude Of play lovers who cannot
afford the tariff at the theaters at which
the iTst-class attractions appear.
If this is the case it is d healthy sign,
ard one which augurs well for the native
drama, as well as for the popular taste.
For the decrease in attendance at poor
plays can have but one explanation.
namely, the people are getting tired of
being "gold-bricked' into giving up 80
cents a seat to see the same old villains.
heroes, heroines, chemical soubrettes, and
impossible low comedians, in the same
old guises and stunts, the same thread
bare plots or horror and narrow escapes.
The whole melodramatic structure in
these theaters has gone down the scale
OF mediocrity until some plays are posi-
lively the limit. Either they are become
hopelessly bad or the masses are become
far too intelligent to stomach the nause-
GUS dose.
and as a substitute in return for his
90 cents. what has been offered the man
who loves the amusement the theater
affords but who has 10 limit his outlay
for pleasure? Vaudeville is the answer.
high-class vaudeville, a most tempting
diversion from the reeking horrors Of the
cheap melodrama.
The vaudeville theater IS an attractive
place. clean and well conducted, a pleas
ant and refined resort for ladies and chill
dren. and where the young workingman
Of slender means may take his best girl
without subieeting her 70 the offensive
expositions and dangerously false pic
lures Of life, forms of entertainment to
which they would otherwise be confined.
Vaudeville presents a varied pro-
gramme, in which all may find something
Of interest. The performance is uni
formly clean. always interesting and
amusing. often educational II comprises
the whole range Of theatrical temper,
from broadest farce to tragedy. and the
actors, as is well known. are in very
many cases recruited from the highest
lights Of the legitimate stage.
Washington is particularly happy in
its vaudeville house Mr.. Chase has
built up a clientele among people who
find it less Of a hardship TO pay 50 cents
or a quarter to be genuinely entertained
than to frequent the temples of melo-
drama at the same price. where too
often the play is inexcusably inane; for.
until the moving-picture shows cropped
up mushroom-like all over the city, the
amusement lover with limited means was
restricted to something very like Hob
sons choice"
chaae's polite vaudeville theater is as
wei known locally as the Capitol or the
White House. It IS the centralized point
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

wealth Of very dark brown hair and eyes
Of deepest blue Her features aGe regu-
lar. pretty in any pose. and most beauu-
ful, perhaps, IN profile. Slender. will
lowy with shapeIy arms, long, taperiug
fingers. small hands. she hHs every at
tribute Of beauty. In addition. sbe has
the buoyancy of the young SRI, with a
graceful carriage born of her stage work,
easy manners. and altogether she pre-
sents the picture Of the wholesome young
woman.
In passing his judgment Mr. Campbell.
the artist says:
''The artist would unquestionablv select
Miss Williams as most nearly approach
ing the ideal The keynote Of the entire
Photograph is simplicity, and simplicity
is q word that is dear 20 the artistic
soul Intellectual refinement is evident
IN her clean-cut features and especially
noticeable IN the high brow. The natural
poise OF the head suggests a sensitive
and refined nature. The eyebrows are
long and beautifully arched. and / ven
ture 10 say that Il the eyes were opened
they would be frank and sincere. The
straight nose and almost perfect mouth
and a well rounded chin form an outline
Of unusual proportions. The hair with
its simple and giTlish dressing, accentu-
ates the charm OF simplicity. Her neck
Is long and slender, and almost any pose
of the head that she would select would
be natural Her charm Is not ia her fig-
ure, which is slender, bat the girlish
sweetness about st. the demure and child
like grace. are instantly pleasing because
SO refined and unaffected This type Of
beauty is one that easily escapes notice
in a crowd. but is always as much before
us as good is before us.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

When the Mask ard Wig Club Of the
University Of Pennsylvania presents
Uncle Sans Ditch" at the BeIasco
Theater en- the evening Of Thursday.
April 30, it will have completed two
decades OF dramatic activity. Starting
with one performance IN Philadelphia
in the spring Of 1883. the Wiggers have
expanded until they now own their own
clubhouse, containing d small theater.
where ali the reheaTsals are held. and
have & season beginning the Saturday
preceding Easter at Atlantic City, run
ming through eight performances in Phil
adelphia, and have a dozen IN other cities.
including Washington, Pittsburg, RQches-
ter. and Indianapolis. When the curtain
rose on the first performance Of Uncle
Sans Ditch IN Atlantic City last night,
it was pronounced BY the Philadelphia
critics and the veterans of the club 10
be the most elaborate and best-perfOrmed
show in MASK and Wig history. And the
Wiggers are going 10 celebrate their
twentieth anniversary by doing the big
gest thing in their career. TO wit. Show
ing what would happen in the neighb0r-
hood of Uncle Sans Ditch" il the
control of the Canal Zone were placed IN
the hands OF Pennsylvania students. Va
rious unique schemes warranted 70 make
the dirt fly have been offered 20 the
government but the Mask and wig en-
ploys no artificial or supernatural meth
ods-the job is entirely in the hands OF
a band Of singers and comedians and
well-driled chorus Of men and maids.
The book was written by II. X. Mohr' tse
lyrics by William Ernst. jr., most OF the
music by Charles Gilpin, while c. ).
Morgan devised the various choruses.
dances, specialties. and ensembles which
are strong features of every MASK and
Wig show In the second act the Wig
gers viii present a burlesqne on Nine
NazInova's rendition of "The Dolls
House" Mr.. Ernst has written the book,
and by satirizing the peculiar pysch0-
logical ideas which Ibsen presents has
made II a work of great cleverness. The
seat sale for Uncle Sans Ditch" begins
on Wednesday az the theater
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
The Princeton triangle Club.

The Princeton Triangle Club viii give
its annual Washington performance at
the Belasco on Tuesday evening. April
~ The play this year Is Of slightly diff
ferent character from the productions
Of former years. Ii is called when
Congress Went 20 Princeton" and deals
with events and characters new to Tri-
angle Club plays. The scene is laid in
Princeton in 17S3 ana it has been the in
NAL play with the background Of milf
tary and college life Of the times.
In 1888 Princeton was not purely a col
lege town and the life and happenings
there were not those of a quiet village,
but Of a busy little metropolis. Congress
held its sessions in Nassau Hall during
the summer and early fan Of l7SS, and
shortly after news arrived that the
treaty with England had been signed
Gen. Washington received the thanks Of
Congress in Nassau Hall for his sery-
Ices during the Revolutionary war The
town was full of ali sorts and conditions
of men-Congressmen staying at the tav-
ern or, with their families. renting houses
in the village: Continental soldiers. at
tending officers passing through, and a
sprinkling Of redcoats as well; foreign
noblemen with small prospects and
smaller financial resources; inventors,
hueksters. body-sewants, villagers, and,
finally. the students themselves.
Nassau Hal! was the place In which
the Minister from the Netherlands was
received by Congress with all the for
mality which that august body could ex-
hibit II was the first ambassador TO
arrive from a foreign power, and the re-
ception with which he vas greeted, both
Ofneislly and Unomcialiy. speaks we'll for
the ideas OF hearty hospitality then ex-
listing. Through an official oversight the
Minister was allowed TO remain in Phila-
delphia some time without ceremonious
welcome, but later no efforts were spared
to make amends for this mistake.
The principal theme Of the plot deals
with the arrival in Princeton of the
Dutch Minister. The historical facts
have been followed as closely as posi-
Bile. and the Minister'S wrath and dis
appointment at finding himself neglected
By Congress for some time lend them
selves very easily to the demands of the
comedy
A subplot deals with the affection
which Susette resents, the crude methods
which the savage employs in his wooing.
and is only won at last when he touches
her fancy by telling her the legend of his
tribe. Scattered throughout the play are
sixteen musical numbers. all incidental
to the plot, and most of them forwarding
the action of the plot. The lyrics are by
| J. I. Scull, 1909, and the music by Thad-
deus Gorecki, 1907, with interpolated
numbers by A. II. Samuels, 1893; J. c.
Cooper. 1863: Roy S. Durstine, 1903. and
others.
The chorus will consist Of Continental
and British soldiers and village men and
girls. The pony ballet appears as n.
Bientots dancing class. There are If
tesn characters In the play, besides 8
chorus Of thirty-two men, The Triangle
Club carries its own orchestra, under
the direction of Arthur II. Samuels
1867 It's own stage managers, electri
clans, and costume and property men. al
Of whom are students IN Princeton Uni
| versity.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
DO DO Sec aThe Jenters.g p

Granville Barker ana William Archer
lately journeyed to Brooklyn to attend
Maude Adams performance Of de Chan
cenac in THE testers After the play
the three celebrities met for the first
time. Il am sorry that we have not
made the kind of new theater that will
keep you with US IN America" said Mis-
Adams to Mr.. Barker. But one day We
shall make something that viii bring
you back to us" We'll if I weren't a
confirmed wandeTeT. you have already
done SO. was his answer lin your su
perb production Of ms eountrymans
play, The TESTERS
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
james o'NeiI at an AT Home,D

Some time age at an "at home" given
by a prominent lady. Mr.. James ONeili.
who is appearing this season in a roper
toire Of "Virginius" Monte Cristo.
and Julius Caesar" was asked 10 re-
cite. When he had finished the lady's
young daughter was made to recite a
popular poem.
Now. tell me, Mr. O'Neili,' said the
SISSY mother to the popular actor. what
do you think of my daughters execu-
tom"
Madam nc replied deliberately. y
think It would be a capital idea.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
Concerts To-nIght.

Several of the theaters are offering con-
certs tonight. That of the Erery Band,
at the Belaseo Theater, Of which a notice
viii be found elsewhere in this paper. is
the chief attraction in this line At the
New Academy Shepard's moving pictures
will be the feature. The Majestic Theater
and the Gayety Theater are also offering
amusement, consisting of moving pictures,
illustrated songs, and an occasional vaude-
,,iIla act
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
SIS HOPKINS SAYINGS.
By ROSE MELVILLE.

The Riato is the land of liberty.
Many turn in the tide lands in the gutter.
To ride into success an actor must have vehicle
It seems natural for men with hyphenated names
10 cut dash
Every theater has its scene room-and 50 have
good many homes.
1t is sure thing that man is a dreamer il be
wants to run chicken farm.
widow doesn't have 10 be all wool. nor a yard
vide. TO have men cotton TO her.
America is more prolific Of dramatic timber than
England. We had Forrest they have oHly Tree,
Many a girl from Bird Center comes uD to New
York and after a little while finds herself IA stage
center
The way some Indiana rhymessers attempt poetic
Lars, one would imagine they wese parcel Of
poultry.
There are lot Of lopeared boys in Indiana. be-
cause the sides Of their heads are forced ont by
their brains.
society Note.-Beutfscia Paroxide Bonehead Of
Teue Huts best roughneek society. spent two days
Of last week. the guest of Pcruna GrisileDate. at
Perkins Puddle.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

of Washington maunee-going. and on
evenings you must be early, indeed, to
get even a reasonably good seat Ali of
this has reason, and, as stated, the
preference for vaudeville to what tie
drama offers for the same money shows
that the public will always take the hest
it can get for its money every time.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

Charles Frohman has purchased from
Nine, Yyette Guilbert the English-speak-
ing rights TO the words and music OF all
her songs for Hattie Williams future
uca
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

While you think OF II. telephone your
Want Ad. TO The Washington Herald. and
bill will be sent you at ! cent word.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19


Gertrude Hoffman, the vaudeville star.
last week won a temporary legal victory
over Col II. ". Savage a local court
refused 20 grant the eoloneTs application
for an order restraining her from in
fringing on The Merry Widow" She
pleaded that any one had right TO use
the material on the ground as her law
yer showed. that "The Merry Widow
book was adapted from Henry Melhac's
old comedy, THE Attache of the En-
bassy."
This scribe took pardonable interest in
the proceedings because it was on the
strength of note written by him to
George Henry Paine, then the dramatic
editor of the paper that the Evening
Telegram came out in a double column
article, soon after the WIDOW made her
debut. showing the relationship between
the Hb~etto and the French comedy.
which had elBded the vigilance of the
critics It is doubtful. however, whether
the order viii benefit Miss Hoffman in the
end The German ubrettIsts are indebted
20 Meilhac only for the general story Of
their work and It can easily be shown
that the details of the Niennese operetta
diverge radically from the source Of their
adaptation.
Charles Walton, young washington
actor. has been signed by Daniel Froh-
man for the par of the boy in The
Thief. the contract going into effect Ia
the fall. FRED, f. sCHRADER.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

While leading man at Hooley's and
McYicker's Theaters in Chicago years
ago, Mr.. O'Nein was Romeo to the
Juliet of Miss Adelaide Nielsen. who,
on her return 20 England was asked 10
name the best Romeo she had ever
appeared with. Her reply was IAN
Irishman in Chicago, named Jimmie
O'Neill" AT that time Mir. O'Nein was
twenty-five.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19

Now that music has been successfully
canned and an aria by Caruso or
Tetrazzini can be transmitted by freight
to the remotest part of the world with
out the least difficulty, attention is dl-
rected to an innovation which is expected
similarly TO revoiutionize theatrical pro-
ductions, and of which great things. in
deed are confidently predicted.
This viii be the presentation Of plays
on the stage by machinery alone The
machine is called the "theatorium.' The
Shuberts are tentatively taking hand
in Charles Howard Perry's enterprise. and
il everything goes according to expecta-
lions, the public viii soon witness a per-
The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
Mask and wig Cluh Coming.

lie is stfll some years under forty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-28
HOLDS ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Proceedings at Session Of Washing.
ton District Epworth League.

Rev. Robar. NJ. Moore delivered a lee
ture on ireland" last evening at the
opening of the eighteenth annual conven-
ton of the Washington district Of the
Epworth League in Wesley Chapel, 5th
and F streets. DR.. MOORE described the
scenery and the people Of the Emerald
Isle and predicted its future. when the
natural resources nave been developed.
Mrs ID. o. Leech sang. After the lecture
there was a social hour.
Beginning at o'clock this evening, de-
partmental conferences will be held until
3 o'clock. as follows: Presidents. sscre-
taries treasurers. Rev. j. w. r. Sumwalt;
spiritual department. Rev. Joseph Daw-
son. DID,; missionary department Mrs.
Robert NJ. Moore: mercy and health de-
partment. Mrs. c. w. Gallagher; social
and literary department, Rev. Charles L.
Pate, and Junior league superintendent.
Rev. w. G. McNiel.
Devotional exercises will be held under
the direction of Rev. w. G.. McNiel An
address will be given by Rev. w. F. Sher-
idan. pastor of the Mount Vernon Place
Church, Baltimore.
Wednesday evening will be devoted to
the transaction of business. preceded By
religious exercises. conducted by Rev w.
W. Barnes. Reports of officers commit.
tees and chapters will be considered and
routine matters taken up. Election and
installation of officers will close the ses-
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-28
NAY DAY EETE PLANS.
Arrangements for Festival at Neigh
borhood House.

Arrangements are being made for the
May. day fete to be held at Neighborhood
House, 456 and 46s n street southwest,
next Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
Students Of National Park Seminary at
Forest Glen and Of Mount Vernon Sem
mary have written 1000 personal letters
Of invitation to visit Neighborhood House
on the occasion In question. George
Washington University will also be rep
resented by students. who will serve
n guides at the festival Under the lead
ership Of A. NJ. Lothrop. president Of
Neighborhood House. and J. P. Herr
mann. its treasurer. the board OF trustees
and the patrons OF the festival are TAX
ing an active part in preparations for
the annual event, to which the clubs and
classes Of the settlement have been look
ing forward for many months.
Neighborhood House is undertaking.
through its festival, to show that its
"neighborhood" is as large as the District
of Columbia
Members Of the Neighborhood House
Woman's Club are to serve ice cream.
cake and lemonade. In a room nearby
der Graham Bell and Mrs. Charles ].
Bell will conduct a flower show. Candy
will be made and sold by members Of
Neighborhood House cooking classes. as
sisted by Robert Bell, MISS Eloise North
and students from Mount Vernon Semi
nary.
Members Of several chapters Of the "P.
e. O." will unite with the Neighborhood
House Woman's Club in serving supper.
The Jenny Wren Club will conduct the
Doll Baby Orphanage." where they hope
to find little mothers who Will adopt at fair
prices the many dolls that have been
dressed for the occasion by the club
members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-28
Dotted Swiss Underearments.
NEW ENVELOPE EFFECT.

The envelope waistcoat Of prettily flow
cred brocades are novelties this season,
and they are fastened on the left side
with a single ornamental button that
emphasizes in its seal-iike appearance the
desired envelope effect. These buttons
often take the form Of a turquoise lozenge
with an old gold surround. or they may
be Of ivory with miniature painted
thereon; or, again. cameo brooches can be
effectively employed. Perhaps however.
La Modes latest caprice is the simple
vest cut exactly like a mans waistcoat
with stitched black lapels-absolutely de-
void of trimming. These are carried out
In the new material-so aptly termed car
petbag rep-in the blurred and faded
tints and designs of the second empire
The Taller.