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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-13

children better; helps the mer-
chants, large and small, by in
creasing their sales and making
collections easier: decreases
crime and the criminal, thereby
making it easier to police our
cities and protect life and prop
erty. if prohibition hurts no
business but the whiskey bust.
ness-if it does all this, and it
does. or does only a tenth Of
what is claimed, the only safe
and sane" thing for the people
of New Orleans and the world to
do is to have prohibi zion the first
day possible. Good business, to
say nothing about good morals,
calls for it. And it is coming and
coming fast. All the money Of
whiskydom can t stay the tidenow
The saloon must go. The men
OF the world. purely as a matter
OF good business, are joining
the prohibition column, and it
is a fight to a finish. Those who
are in it are in for the whole war.
There is to be no compromise
either-the aristocratic saloon as
we'll as the dive" must go; and
go they will. They are going now
seem?
W. 2. PRICE.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-13
Prohibition and Business.

Jackson, Miss. March 4, 'O8.
To the Editor of Times Democrat:
In the report of the proceed
ings of the liquor peoples meet
ing in your city last week, some
one Is qnoted as saying that nm
der prohibition, in Atlanta, Ga.
real estate had decreased in
valne fifty per cent" What was
meant by the statement, of
course, was not that real estate
had decreased in value so per
cent but that some saloon prop
perry had decreased in value. It
r but reasonable that ashouse
uaed for the sale Of liquor in some
dark corner q the city might hot
reat fDr - much Is the saloon
800 ~ aid for il. i first. but
lnA willis IL win rent Tor
3sSz1$X4X# X
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-13
FRIDAY MARCH ID, 1908.
THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.

THE FIRE ALAkM SfSiENl.
The question of reduced insur-
ance rates is one that greatly
concerns every property owner
in this city, and certainly the
commendable and public spirited
move on the part OF the tiremen
to secure an electric fire alarm
system for Lafayette, should
have the ready assistance of the
citizens.
Insurance is a most necessary
protective provision on the part
of any community. While the
insurance is individual and for
the purpose of securing them
against loss, yet at the same
time we must not lose sight of
the fact that insurance operates
TO prevent large losses of capital
to a community.
Every dollar of capital in a
community is needed and should
be retained in the community.
The value of capital in building
up a town is so generally recog-
nized that all towns with the
spirit of growth in them, eagerly
offer inducements to outside
capital to come to them.
The buildings, stocks of goods,
etc., of every city represents
capital invested and active.
Should fire consume these, more
capital is demanded to replace
them. Without insurance, eth
er no capital is had to rebuild
and replace them or else capital
which is otherwise useful is tax
en- out from that activity, thus
c~urtailing in either case the
amount of capital available for
development.
Further, exorbitant rates of
insurance such as are now pre-
vailing in Lafayette not alone are
. burden and unjust tax upon
the people, but it takes an undue
share of local capital, IN the way
Of high premiums. elsewhere
TO benefit others.
The move to install an electric
fire alarm system, is for the pur-
pose of complying with the re-
q~uirements of the insurance com.
panies to change our rating from
third class to second class.
Should we secure this second
class rating it means q reduction
in rates from Is to 40 per cent.
This is decidedly worth our
while and the saving effected
should stimulate US to make
special efforts to secure the Sec
ond class rating. The fire alarm
system required is somewhat ex
pensive. $500, but as it is pay
able one.fourth cash and balance
in one, two and three years. the
cost should not be any bar to
installing it.
The proposition is up to" the
Council, and we believe that body
has here an opportunity to not
only tighten the burden of heavy
insurance now resting upon the
people, but ct the same time adj
vertise the progressiveness of
Lafayette while protecting the
capital invested here BY making
It possible for the citizens to adj
equately insure their property.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-13

here is something worth thinking
about as we go along: The gro
GERS and other dealers assert
that their trade has been much
better since the saloons closed
and this is perfectly reasonable.
The principal of one of the pub
lie schools. in a large section of
the city, where wage earners
and people in moderate circum-
stances live, says: II have no.
ticed a great many pairs of new
shoes since prohibition went
into effect, and the children are
wearing better clothes''-and
this is perfectly reasonable.
The street a people of Allan
ia say that accidents during the
month of January, 1908. are 20
per cent less than for the same
month last year. which they at
tribute directly to the absence of
the saloon-and this is worth
thinking about. Judge Broyles
of the police court says that the
total number of cases entered on
the police docket during Jan
uary, 1907. was 1868, an average
of fifty eight each day. During
January, 1908, the number was
937, an average of twenty-four
each day"-and this is worth
thinking about. He also states
that: The total number of
cases for drunkenness during
January. 1907, was $50. an aver
age of 204 a day. During Jan.
uary, 1908, the total number
was sixty. five, an average of 2 IL
a day"-and this is worth think
ing about also.
The records of the court of At
lanta also show that on Friday
night of Jan. "a, 1903. for the
first time in its history. the city
Jail closed its doors and not a
solitary guest" within it's walls
In speaking of this most phe-
nomenal incident, the Atlanta
Georgian of Saturday, Jan. Is.
said: Contrast this with the
records at the police station al
most any day during 1907. Not
infrequently the station was
packed to suffocation with unfor.
~:unates, a large percentage of
whom were through drinking
whiskey. The fact that not a
prisoner was there Saturday
morning is a pretty good argu.
ment for prohibition'-and this
is also worth thinking about as
we go along.
One of the most distinguished
police officers of Atlanta city,
whose beat is liz the heart of the
business district. says. in dis
GUESSING the condition of things
under prohibition, in contrast
with the days of the saloon: Il
have not seen q drunken person
on the street in four weeks,
whereas before the days of pro-
hibition. / saw an average of four
or five q day'-and this is worth
something in a city of over 1OO,-
600 people.
Here is a clipping from the
Youths Companion of this date,
that is worth thinking about, in
the light of what those gentle
men who met in solemn conclave.
in your city last week. to devise
means to saveG) the country
from the awul evils(D of prohibi-
ton:
Kansas City, Kan. with a
population of nearly. seventy
thousand. is said to be the lar.
gest city in the world without a
saloon or gambling house. This
is the result of the enforcement
OF the law against such estab-
lishments, A special attorney
was appointed about two years
ago to prosecute violators of the
I0xY ~ &c A~ III
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

John Cort's northwestern circuit, VIII
play the Cort house in San Francisco
and will then come here. out OF Los
Angeles they will play the Wyatt cir
cult en- route to San Diego, where they
will go into the Garrick theater man
aged jointly by Mr.. Morosco and MIR.
Wyatt, thence proceeding back east
over the southern route.
Cort, by the way, is building the
ater in Chicago with the idea of MAX
ing it a production house He has a
theory that a New York reputation no
longer is necessary, so far as the rest
of the country is concerned; and he
expects to present his own stars, in
their new plays, in his Chicago house
instead of trying to secure time for
them in New York.
The remarkable success of "The Girl
of the Golden West" which tomorrow
night enters upon it's third week at the
Belasco, has aVerted a little joke
planned for his patrons by that puis-
SAINT purveyor of plays, John Fl. Black
wood Blackwood, after considerable
cogitation, hit upon the idea of pre-
senting Fighting Bob" for the fleet
week attraction at his theater. He
thought the title would look we'll on the
billboards, and he was confident it
would attract much good money into
the box office, but, like other well laid
plans of the muridae and of the genus
homo. this scheme went decidedly
agley. The joke of the situation rests
in the fact that the play of Fighting
Bob" has nothing whatever to do with
the navy or with Admiral Evans. 1t is
a farcical comedy, along the lines of
Soldiers of Fortune" the title being
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

merely a coincidence. Fighting Bob"
hasn't been shelved. however. 1t will
follow "The Girl next week.
Wilton Lackaye, who comes to the
Mason this week in THE Bondman," is
known up and down New York's S
Broadway as wit and a skillful
writer of verses. His "Ballade of
Broadway" beginning:
All togetherl Raise your glasses,
Work is the curse of the drinking classes,
is a white light classic; and his
well known: "I've an intimate friend
who's an intimate friend of a very good
friend of Frohman's" was set to music
and sung in one of the old Weber &
Fields eXtravaganzas by Fay Temple
ton. The verses are an expression of
the aspirations of an "at liberty"
actor; and the refrain speedily passed
into the theatrical jargon of Broad
way, where it still sticks and is in
everyday use.
In the last few years of the late
Maurice Barrymores activity, he and
Iacxaye were of a party that sat late
after the theater in a Philadelphia res
taurant. The talk had turned to
quaint epitaphs which this or that
member of the party had seen
ON his travels Barrymore, notoriously
gifted and notoriously careless of his
talents, said, in moment of semi
serious ruminatlon;
IT wonder, now, what my epitaph Will
be?"
Lackaye reached for the menu card,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

usual interest, since it Will afford Los
Angeles theater-goers an opportunity
to compare the present play with It's
original and to see for themselves just
what changes David Belasco made in
the piece before it began it's long run
in New York city. incidentally, it VIII
give us an intimate view of Mr.. Belas-
co.'s working methods. ~
"Juanita of San Juan" was first pro-
duced at the Burbank theater some
thing more than two years ago. Subse-
duently it was twice revived at that
house. Then Richard Watson Tully
took his manuscript east, submitted
it to David Belasco and the play was
reconstructed by Mr. Tully and Mr..
Belasco in collaboration. The success
which followed is part of the current
theatrical history of the country.
Edgar Temple nearly had a strike on
his hands at the Auditorium last week.
Temple didn't run afoul of any union.
He is too wise man for that, but he
found himself in trouble when he at
tempted to select from the chorus six
girls to sing in the "F'lorodora" sex
tet. There are many times six girls
in the Temple chorus and each Of them
had the sextet bee and had 1t hard.
Even the ponies had aspirations.
There are just six of them and they
regarded the fact as a happy circum-
stance The parts were theirs they
argued, by right and it took consid
cradle diplomacy to assuage their
wrath when the selections were an
nounced.
The other girls, too, We're highly indig-
nant. and for a time it looked as though
chorus girls strike might develop.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

which in the ordinary course OF affairs
now would fall to Charles Ruggles;
While Barnum played Major Fl tner
@. Putnam, G. A. r., and Scott ap-
reared as Matthew Culver, an un-
scrupulous politician. Other members
OF the cast were Messrs. Martin l..
Alsop, Starr King Walker, Robert
Rogers and James A. Bliss; and Misses
Adele Block, Agnes Ranken, Louise
Macintosh, Oza Waldrop, Mary Gra-
ham and Fay Wallace.
oliver Morosco is never happier than
when he is writing the words to new
song or training a chorus of pretty
girls in the way they should go. Last
week he did both of these things, and
he had more fun than little boy with
a new red wagon. I don't know which
he enjoyed the more. Probably he
doesn't know himself. He found 1t fun
to write my Sweetheart in the u. 8.
A." and fun to boss those girls Most
men have some difficulty in managing
one woman. but Morosco, last week.
made sixteen of 'em stand around,
mindful of his every nod, and he en-
joyed himself hugely.
Incidentally he devised a new fea-
ture for "A Trip to Chinatown" which
should make big hit with fleet vis-
itors. The chorus in that production
will sing, as one of their numbers, my
Yankee Sailor Boy" but they won't
sing it as a marching song. Far be it
from so. The girls will swarm into the
rigging of a painted ship upon a
painted ocean," and from that point of
vantage will warble the Morosco-Mon-
trose ditty.
When Morosco told me of his stunt
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

Temple, however, was equal to the oc-
casion. First he pointed out that it
was a long walk back to New York.
Then he made few judicious prom
ises; threatened some and cajoled
others, until finally the matter was adj
justed, If not satisfactorily to all con-
cerned at least upon a working basis
The Auditorium sextet will be made
UP of Eldrie Gilmore, Suzanne Boyd,
Bess Taylor, Martha Mershon, Ellen
Gibson and Marjorie English; while
the men will be Messrs. Arthur K.
Wyatt, Charles Dudley, George A.
Lynch, Con Forbes, Robert Leonard
and w. H. Mclaughlin.
BY the way, was there ever such
another aggregation as that original
"Florodora" sextet at the New York
casino? It's members are already as
numerous as was the Original body
servant" of George Washington or the
'last survivor of the Light Brigade
at Balaklava" There were, of course,
only six girls, but 600 probably have
claimed bership-including Evelyn
Nesbit, who never sang in the sextet
at all. but who was for a few days in
the "Florodora" chorus.
John Cort has written oliver Morosco
from the east to say that the Majestic
theater has been booked solidly from
September to the last of the following
May. He says, too, that the bookings
are first class in every particular. Many
OF the attractions which will be seen
here at 81 prices, in other cities will
play the $3.50 houses.
The attractions will come west over
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

/ found it difficult to understand JUST
how he proposed to introduce that
ship. You see, the scenes in "A Trip
to Chinatown are interiors, and 1t
would seem rather strange to sail a
ship into a drawing room, or even into
the bar room of a cafe, unless indeed
that shin was a schooner Morosco
however, explained.
.'They go to the Cliff house. don't
they?" he began.
l admitted as much.
WELL" he concluded, "they board
the ship en- route" all of which is a
fine example of managerial ingenuity.
There will be a lot of big song num-
bers in "A Trip" Blanche Hall and
Henry Stockbridge. with the chorus
will sing a parody on "The Merry
Widow Waltz" and after that A.
Byron Beasley will sing parody on
the parody Beasleys song is: I'm
Looking for the Man Who Wrote the
Merry Widow Waltz" 1t was COM
posed by Edgar Selden, manager of the
Shapiro music house in New York city,
and is one of the big current hits in
the east. If Mr. Beasley sings this
song Sunday afternoon with the un-
bridled ferocity with which he has
given it at rehearsals Lehar is lucky
in being half world away from the
Beasley wrath
"The Rose of the Rancho which in
its original form was first produced in
this city under the title of "Juanita of
San Juan" will be presented at the
Belasco within few weeks. The pro-
duction win be of much more than
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19
THEATRICAL NEWS

II ON QUIXOTE, mad, adventure
some and imaginative, STROBE the
~ stage of the Lyric theater last
week for the first time. The dramati-
zation of Cervantes' novel is by Paul
Kester, and the honors, the glories, the
ignominy and the final peace that befell
this hero and victim of his own fancy
were embodied by e. ii. Sothern, who
played the title role
The star did an extraordinarily fine
bit of acting He made the strange
character seem to live, and, save in the
moments when long and tedious moral
izing speeches are put into his mouth,
Mr.. Sothern appealed strongly because
of the human quality which he empha-
sized so prominently that 1t awoke the
sympathy of the audience.
The madman was almost forgotten
because of the manner in which Mr..
Sothern compelled his listeners to feel
that he was swayed by fearful belief
in the reality of all the impossible
things which happened to this other
wise peaceable citizen of La Mancha.
The plays greatest faults are undue
length and prolixity of dialogue.
Eugene walters play, "The Wolf"
was presented in New York last night,
following its original production in
Washington, d. c., the week before.
Walters is the author Of THE Under
tow" presented here last season, and
of paid in Full" now running in New
York city. Thus he has two plays In
the metropolis at the same time, an
unusual record for a new playwright.
1.-The Wolf" to which Frederick Be-
lasco holds the local rights, is described
as a melodrama of the -Hud-
son Bay country and is written In three
acts. The first scene is in front of the
home of Andrew McTavish, Scotch
trader, on the banks of the Wind river;
the second scene is the interior of the
same house, and the third is in the
woods at the portage of Little Bear
river.
Years before the opening of the play
a half-sister of Jules Beaubien has been
betrayed by an American adventurer
and, on his death bed. Jules father
orders him to find this Annette and
care for her. Jules goes north on the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

search, but finds that Annette has met
voluntary death in storm after her
betrayal. Determining to find the
American and avenge her wrongs, ne
enlists with him one Baltiste LIE Grand
a northwestern nomad. Jules finds this
betrayer of women about to entrap the
daughter of McTavish, with whom ne
is himself in love. In the end Jules and
Hilda, the young girl, are united ana
the villain is slain in fair fight.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

ducing company are Carroll Marshall
Brenda Fowler, sMarie Pettes ard
Messrs Aylmar, Pratt and Cohill who
supported Miss Shaw at the same thea
ter several weeks ago when she PIE
sent I'd "-drs. Warren's Profession,
och. SITS" and candida"
. In AL probability CANDIDA viii ne
given n single performance late in the
week. Miss Shaw's many friends among
the club women of the city having
urged her to play the Shaw role oace
more before her local engagement
closes
Next week "The Whirlpool" with the
same cast which will present It here,
will be played in San Francisco.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-12
TO
KILL HIMSELF
TRAVELLING MAN TOOK POISON
AND THEN sLAsHED HIS
THROAT. ,3F

SPENCER. May 20. F. Winter,
aged IS. who for the past ten years
has been traleving for the Beggs Man
nfacturlng Co.. OF Chicago. Is lying In
a critican condition at the Grand Ho.
tel here. as the result OF self inflicted
wounds in I'M attempt to commit sui
ciie.
Winter is 4 native of Roane coun.
ty. his parents residing ut Flat Point.
lie hal been drinking heavily for
some time and arrived in Spencer Fri.
day night. He male several threats OF
committing suicide and finally. going
to his room. took n dose OF poison, but
fortunately this was discovered In
time to save him.
4 watch was kept on him all day
Saturday. small boy being left in his
room. Late In the evening when the
boy stepped out OF the room for a mo-
emnt. Winter got his knife and began
slnsling at his throat, cutting two
grasily gashes on each side OF his
neck. The boy gave an alarm and
guests rushed in and ,lisnrnel Win
ter Physicians. were called and dress.
ell the wounds. but 1t Is doubtful II he
will recover. us he Is considered In n
very serious condition.
Winter still announces that he will
Kill himself at the first opportunity,
and 1t is believed that he will carry
ont the threat. His friends are OF the
opinion that he was rendered tempo
rarily insane by overindulgence in
liquor.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-12
BUG HOUSE
EXPERTS.ARE
in SESSION

CINCINNATI, O., May 1o-BraIn.
storms. phyehic epilepsy, traumntic
|amnesia. n paresis, irresistible I I'm
pulses and other modern phases OF
mental alienation viii be exhaustively
considered during the sixty-fonrth an.
nual meeting OF the American Medico-
Psychological Association. opened
this morning in the Hotel Sinton.
Mayor Aarkbreit wcicolncd the dis
| tinguished physicians and allenists
who are III attendance at the confer
ance. The opening session was large
J devoted TO the presentation OF re-
ports. The annual address will be de.
lirered this evening BY Hon. Ju,lson
Harmon. feature OF the afternoon
session was the address of Dir. Charles
P. Bancroft of Concord, N. FL. prest-
dent Of the association. a discussion
Of the relation Of rural and urban life
to insanity was also held today.
The convention will extend through
tomorrow. Thursday and Friday, anil
papers will be read by some Of the
| most noted alienists AMI authorities
on mental diseases in; the United
States and Canatln. There will be
many discussions of the me,ltco-legal
aspects OF Insanity, subject brought
to the forefront OF late by numerous
trials In which insanity has been
pleaded as 4 defense
! .
The American Me'lIco-Psychologica
Association was founded In 1914 and
Is the oldest national medical organ.
izntfon in thi scountry. 1t Is interna.
tional In its scope. its active mcnlebers
being drawn from both the united
States and British America. Tic
present membership Is about $50. In.
Guiding practically all the prominent
\ alienists and superintendent of state
and private insane hospitals in North
America.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-12
THIEVES NOT
YET !. LOCATED L 8.
6LOODHOUNDS FAIL TO FIND
BURGLARS WHO BROKE
INTO STORE.

Cl.ARkSBURG. May 12.-The ait
thorlties have as yet been unable to
locate the thieves who committed the
bold burglary Mt the store OF Hyson
Boyles near Lost Greek last Friday
night.
They stole about twenty-five dollars
worth OF shoes. a revolver. some small
change from the cash register and
other articles.
When the robbery was discovered
that the thieves had partaken OF II
pretty hearty meal while in the store
room. They had cleared one OF the
tables in the store OF It's goods and
set it with dishes filed with good
cheese. crackers. dried beef. pickles
and other eatnbles found In the store
and after smoking some or the best
cigars in the case they departed with
their booty. Si.,i:s .. s;s2t
The blood hounds from Weston
were put on their trail but for some
reason were unable to trail them any
aA9 saAS Ss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-12
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Person ais.

/. IL #. .
and AIRS. w. B. Wallace, OF VI
s:ropa: spent snniay with MIR. and Mrs.
Alec 10y. OF Market street.
'2lA Mr. Smith VAIN and wife. of Par
q lsershurg were the guests OF Mr.. anil
ssssdrs.. Frank VAIN, of Columbia street.
Sunday "
MRS. Floyd Carpenter is Ill Of mes
sels MT her home on Market street.
Messrs. Bruce Hte and Bert Tay-
13ior went to Weston yesterday for 8
Il three iSweek stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gnskins. OF
eSmithtown: were the guests OF rela.
lives here.
Sss Mrs. Harry corrothers and ,laugh.
ter Blan che, 5of Clarksburg, were Visit.
ing and Mrs. Charles Lloyd. Of
Water stree. Saturday! and Sunday.
Born. to AIr.1an Mrs, jacob Swish
Ger; sof Winfield. Wednesday. a son.
Ephriam Doolittle. OF Forks.
4 bur was here yesterday.
Mr.. bert Tarleton. of Little Falls,
4 listing relatives In this ward
/; 1Ir. NNahn,s of Columbia street, went
TO fFarn,ingt ton Sunday where he will
be et1iplove AZ wv 70.
Mr.. Howell Norman. of Weston. who
ssiss mnloyed here. spent Sunday ut his
home,