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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
FAUST AT THE BUCKINGHAM
Two Fine Musical Events For Waterbury
 Lovers of Music Will be Given Next Tuesday Afternoon and Evening.

the festival. Madame Marie Stod- dart, soprano is not well known m
 New England, though throughout the west she is favorite with con cert and oratorio societies. She has had wide experience and her voice Is described as one of the most pean-
 tiful sopranos in the country. Mar garet Reyes, contralto, who VIII sing
 the roles of siebel and Martha, IS an
 American and though she has been
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
EAGLES HALL PICTURES

The Superior Moving Picture com pany will present another of its pop- ular moving picture shows at Eagles hall on Sunday evening. Manager Thomas w. Ray has arranged a very attractive programme and several new films vii be shown. Only the latest and most up-to-date comedy and sentimental subjects are offered and the exhibitions are all of high order. There will be new popular songs introduced and special music will be a feature. Prices 10 and 15 cents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
"PECK'S BAD BOY"

One of the most sparkling sessions of comedy ever inaugurated in this city will be seen at Polls on Tues day, matinee and night, November "A, when ''Peck's Bad Boy' will be presented. Everything is said to be fresh and overfiowing with humorous situations, catchy dialogue and sur prising changes. Popular prices.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
MOVING PICTURES

"A Mountain Fued'' a thrilling picture of the life among the moon- sinners in old Kentucky will be the headliner at the motion picture exhi- bition at Polls on Sunday evening. This picture also has its humorous side and the manners and customs of these impulsive people is faith fully depicted. An added feature will be Edward A. Weston, the pop ular New Yorker who will sing new illustrated songs. Polls orchestra will furnish music. Prices Is and 25 cents
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
THE BISHOP. Y"

John Oliver Hobbs (Mrs Craigie)
 is the authoress of "The Bishop,' which is a direct answer to "The Devil" which has created such stir in America. The Duchess of Wuen- ten, a worldly woman, plays with the soul of the young student, who has already promised to marry his school mate, Barbara Arreton. The Bishop
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
A MAN AND HIS MATE"

A theatrical event of more than ordinary importance is the coming of Miss Hilda Spong in H. R. Durant' S new play. "A Man and His Mate" which is to be seen at Polls on We'd nesday and Thursday, November 25- 26, with Thanksgiving day matinee, Miss Spong, who was formerly lead ing woman for William Faversham Henry Miller and w. H. Crane and for many years in the Lyceum thea ter forces of Charles Frohman, is easily one of the foremost actresses of our day and time. Accomplished to degree and personally popular with theatergoers in all parts of the country, she should be the recipient of warm welcome when she appears here in Mr Durant's new play. Miss Spong is particularly well-pleased with the part the author has provid- ed for her and refused a most flat tering offer to go to Australia, to star in The Great Divide" prefer ing to accept an engagement with "A Man and His Mate" The dra- matic possibilities of the play were so appealing that no less than six teen applications were made for the dramatic rights to the authors work, which first appeared in magazine form. In fact. one enthusiast went so far as to steal the plot3sa as. well --as the whole scenes bodily, continu, ing in his career of play grating by making preparations to produce the play at Allentown, Pa, until MT Du- rant stepped in and threatened legal proceedings. A splendid supporting company has been engaged to appear with Miss Spong in "A Man and His Mate" including Herbert Percy, for merly leading man for Miss Margaret Ellington, and for many years with the forces of Charles Frohman
 Prices 25c to s1.5O, evenings. Mat inee, 25c to $1. Seat sale Tuesday
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

pheles." Mir Scott is the foremost American basso of the day and only last week his work in operatic con- cert in Brooklyn, N. r., caused him to receive much high praise. Fry erick Weld or New Haven. we'll known in this city, will sing valen- tine, and Harry H. Smith of Meriden, one of the best known baritones in the state will be Wagner Tickets for the concert are selling rapidly at the Buckingham pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21

falo and other cities where her work in concert with Enrico Caruso last season resulted in her re-engage-
 ment Daniel Beddoe, who is to sing Faust" is Welshman whose work since his first appearance here three years ago has created sensation. Henri G. Scott will sing "Mephisto-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
POLI'S
MERRY WIDOW" MAIL ORDERS.

MERRY WIDOW" MAIL ORDERS.
 That interest in the forthcoming engagement of The Merry Widow" at Polls theater during the three days beginning November 80 Is al- ready at almost fever heat Is indi- cated by the exceedingly large mum
 Der of mail orders which are coming In with every mail delivery. Man ager Parsons and his assistants are looking for one of the busiest days In years on Monday next when the task Of filling the orders will be com menced. Patrons are urged to clear ly understand this special order priv ilege. If they send in orders now ac- companied by checks or money or ders for the full amount made paya- ble to Manager II. E. Parsons, and self-addressed stamped envelopes. they have the assurance that they will have the tickets in their posses sion before the opening of the regu- lar window sale on Friday morning. November 37. They are urged to specify the price, number and pre- ferred location of seats desired. An effort will be made to All all orders with great care, giving patrons as near as possible to those ordered, though it will be manilestly impossl- ble in all instances to give each one sending in an order precisely the seats asked for. The company which will present "The Merry Widow here is the original New York organ ization fresh from its triumphant run of one solid year at the New Amster- dam theater in the metropolis. Among those in the case are Charles Meakins, R. E. Graham, Fred Frear, William c. Weedon. Charles Edward Wright, Miss Mabel Wilbur and Mig zi Miller. The famous English grand opera orchestra will come with the company to this city and will play during the four performances.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-21
Il:

Madame Albani, whose fame as singer has made her known over the civilized world, has consented to ap. pear in the leading music halls of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06
AYHAWKER JOTS


Lawrence seed house has just ship
ped a carload of Kansas alfalfa and
grass seeds to the government at Ar
gentine Republic.
From the want department" of the
Harrington Sun: Wanted at once-a
dozen factories and jobbing houses for
this city,
Five hundred men participated in a
Won hunt one day last week near Pearl
IN Dickinson county. They obtained the
usual results-three wolves
Folks around Merriam are certain
that spring has arrived In earnest The
ruraI mali carrier reported the sighting
OF Two blue birds a few days ago
An Atehison woman, in order to con-
cluate all of her own and her husband S
relatives has given her baby II names.
the only relative she missed is a pretty
cousin her husband used to f1irt with
MCPHERSON has arrived at the conclu-
sion that 1t is in need of an all night
system of street lights. This was en-
running for a train, fell over a culyert
and broke his leg.
A young man in Pratt went to see
his best girl the other Sunday night
and as the clock pointed to the hour of
midnight the landlord at her boarding
mouse appeared on the scene and made
the statement that he had a spare bed
II he wanted to remain all night He
got mad and wouldn't accept the invi-
tation.
A Sunday school teacher at Dighton
was lnstructing her class on the sub
ject of Jesus the Light of the World. -
Now. children" she concluded, what
kind of light was Jesus?" There was
no response for moment, then one
boy held up his hand. 81 know" he
said. We'll, Johnny, you may answer
the question: What kind of a light was
Jesus?" HE was Campbellite," was
Johnny's answer.
Rev. Bennett, a Christian minister,
held services in the day coach of
train SOL last night The snowbound
passengers had been invited to the
opera house, but Rev. Bennett con-
cluded that he would preach to them
himself. He was on his way to Burr
Oak to hold series of meetings, ana
was caught here with but a quarter
for his benefit. on the train.-James-
town Optimist.
What is all this I hear about the
new primary law" asked old T. To-
taller of the Larned Chronoscope the
other day. Here we've just gotten
rid of two per cent in Larned and
now this special session has done
gone and passed a law that each
candidate for a county office must
furnish three per cent at his own
expense to the county clerk before the
clerk Will put the candidates name
on the ballot. Now If that isn't brib-
cry I don't know what is, besides it's
agin the prohibitory law. The brew
cries were back of that special ses-
sion.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06
GUARANTEE OF STABILITY.

Representative Boute1l, of Illinois,
spoke truly when. commenting in the
house on the fact that for the first
time the gold coin and bullion in the
United States treasury has come to
exceed billion dollars. he declared
1t to be IAN event so extraordinary
that it will be chronicled and COM
mented upon with surprise and
amazement in every financial center
of the world; an event which all citi-
zens OF our republic. without regard
to party aff1hation, may we'll con-
template with satisfaction and PRIDE
There is not a larger pile of gold
anywhere in the whole world at the
present time, if there ever was. And
that country must be admitted to be
one of enormous resourcefulness in
which such a fund has accumulated. It
is true that because of our cumbrous
and unscientific system of banking
and currency, this fund is of less
practical value than it might be- But
it does serve in a way as a guarantee
of national stability. No country
where such an accumulation of gold
Is possible can suffer more than tenn
porarily from business depression.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06
ANXIETY ABOUT EDISON.

The grave reports coming from the
bedside of Thomas A. Edison will
cause anxiety over the whole civilized
world, where the name and fame of
the inventor have penetrated. No
single life, perhaps, in this generation
has been more valuable to the ad-
vancement of civilization and indus
trial progress than that of the Wizard
of Menlo," and his death at this time
when his powers of invention are still
unimpaired, would be reckoned a
calamity.
No bulletins from the sick chamber
of a monarch will be read with keener
anxiety or more widespread sympathy
than those issuing from the hospital
where this important life Is trembling
in the balance.
1t is a commonly heard boast of
demagogues that all wealth is created
by labor. The sycophants that follow
in the train of the captains Of industry
claim this feat for the Morgans, the
Harrimans and the Rockefellers. but
when one stops to consider long
enough to penetrate the surface of
these widely held decisions, it is read
lily seen that the real creators of
wealth are inventors like Edison,
Stephenson and Watt. and that labor
and capital are the beneficiaries of
their work.
The inventions of Edison have in
creased the wealth of the world to a
larger extent than the mines of Peru
and California. and whatever none
tary reward has accrued to him by
reason thereof has been returned to
the world in general a hundred fold.
1t is this phase of Edison's career
which is most pertinently impressed
upon the public mind at this time
when demagoguery and servility, loud
of voice. threaten to keep humanity in
ignorance of it's greatest benefactors.
Were it not for the inventions of Edi-
son and men like him, labor would
still be receiving the wages of the
Middle Ages and the wealth of nations
would be reckoned in millions instead
of billions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06

From the Philadelphia RecordJ
The auctioneer arouses more-bid curl
osity.
It isn't the stingy man who keeps
his faults to himself.
Because q man IL cornered IL doesn't
prove that he is square. -
It IL easier to make q new promise
than to mend broken one.
It sometimes happens that even q
joke isn't all it IL cracked up to be.
The dyspeptic who insists upon est
ing sausage Is his own wurst enemy.
To go to the wall Isn't necessarily a
mark OF inferiority. especially in pic-
lures.
It doesn't take much Of an artist to
draw comparisons between himself and
others
It Is possible to conceal the age Of
a house with coat Of paint. but nss
different with g. woman
Don't you ever get homesick, Can
tain7" asked the passenger on the
ocean liner No; I'm never home long
enough" replied the captain.
Happy Is the brids the sun shines
on" quoted the Wise Guy. Yes; buf 4
sunburst will make the average bride
happier" added the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06
Only one of them was talking. It. was

Only one of them was talking. It was
Phil
Priscilla. dear. i've been trying to
demonstrate for the past three months
the very blatant fact that I'm head
over heels in love with you. But you
don't seem to understand. so want to
tell 1T to you. dear. I've told you in
every other way except in actual words.
What are my chances, Priscilla?''
He stood with one hand outstretched.
as If waiting for another to meet It..
Then slim little hand slipped into his
strong one, as he continued:
What's that they say about March
winds and April showers bringing forth
May flowers? Hey. no, Priscilla, dear.
what say you IL we add q line of our
own to the effect that April flowers
herald in June brides?"
Priscilla did not say mo- and as the
twilight had closed in rather suddenly,
the small boy racing around the street
to buy penny stick of licorice at the
new drug store never noticed that the
'insolent city clerk" was sealing the
girls answer after style that came
into vogue with the Garden OF Eden
copyrighted. 1908. by Homer sprasue.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06
LOCAL OPTION IN ENGLAND.


Prohibition sentiment in the form
lantic ocean. In England. where
hitherto there has been practically no
restriction of the liquor traffic, it is
now proposed to enact a law that will
cut out 10000 dram shops in the
course of a few years. England has
allowed the liquor interests to become
rooted and grounded and to spread,
unrestricted, until the capital invest
ed in licensed property in that little
island, about the size of two of the
medium sized states of this union
combined, and containing 35,000,0 900
people, is not less than twelve hun
dred million dollars. About two mil
lion people are employed in the traf-
f1c.
Mr.. Asquith, the chancellor of the
exchequer, has introduced local
option measure in the House of Com
| mons, a measure so drastic that many
of the English people must be as
founded. 1t provides for a compul-
sorry reduction of the number of
| drinking places, the number of sa-
looms to be limited to the population.
In cities there may be one for every
| $50 persons; in rural districts one to
every 400. Local option is to govern
the issuance of new licenses, and a
majority Of electors may prohibit the
granting of licenses for a period of
three years. Clubs for millionaires
come under the same regulations as
| liquor shops for the masses
Such a measure as this, in a coun-
try which has never before restricted
the liquor traffic, and which has new
er had a temperance movement of
any importance that did not have its
initiative in the United States, is GER
! tainly one of the most significant no.
litical events of the present time, for
| this is not a popular movement, in
| the ordinary acceptation of the term.
The government is behind it. and the
| anti-saloon bill is introduced and
supported by the chancellor of the
exchequer.
| Note the governments reasons for
| pressing this drastic measure. Fret
I, the reduction of the excessive faci1i-
| ties allowed for the retail of intoxi-
eating liquors. and. second, the grad
ual but complete recovery by the
state of it's dominion over and its
property in a monopoly over which il
has improvidently lost control. These
identical reasons underlie the grea,
/ prohibition movement which is
sweeping over the United States to re.
duce the facilities for the sale of in
toxicating liquors and to take away
from the brewers and the liquor in
terests the control in politics too lons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe

A mans town is his world.
What an ugly man a pretty girl will
sometimes marry.
There are few friendships that a man
does not pay for
An Atchison woman conceals her
diamonds at night in her husbands
beard.
It is not the picture of the best
friend that adorns the mantel in the
| parlor, but of the prettiest.
No woman ever came home from a
reception that she did not criticise
some other woman's Dress
We should like to live in a town where
man could get his hair cut without
displeasing somebody.
The trouble Is that no one ever tells
a woman the truth but her husband
and she thinks he can't speak it.
We have never lived in a town where
the people did not say: This is the
funniest town in the world
The curiosity a woman feels about
how her husband spends his time a
man feels about how his wife spends
| money.
man never forgets the mean things
that are said about him, and a woman
never forgets the nice things said about
| her.
You often hear of the library in the
home. Ever use the library? Isn't
| it a fact that you read wherever YOU
| happen to be?
| Don't forget that the neighbors
watch you. If you don't behave, they
| know it, And they tell it down town.
| and everywhere else.
| If you doubt that time flies. notice
| how many of the girls you used to meet
| with states and school books under
| their arms, you now meet pushing baby
| carriages.
The women knows of nothing funnier
| than TO see a man with a crying baby.
and the men think about the most conf
cal sight in the world is a woman try-
| ing to spit.
To retain. friends, you must inspire
| in them feelings of either respect OF.
| fear Those who cannot respect Won
Will despise you; those who do not fea =
you will impose upon you
There is an old bachelor kind of a
| girl who makes her own living and
takes care Of herself. There is also
| an old maid kind Of a man who has
to marry, and have someone take care
1 of him.
| Every dyspeptic longs for fat things
| covered with gravy. Every dyspentic
| also longs to bolt his food. that is est
1t very fast. Every dyspeptic iiLes
fried steak better than broiled steal
How good steak smells when 1t is fry-
ling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Correct actions are those which need
no explanation and no apology.
u n y
A retreatfng Jaw is the safest kind to
have If you are possessed of a wife.
n y n
1t does not seem right that the most
beautiful souls should have the ugliest
faces.
p q
Any number of people would feel bet
ter If they could taste the joy that
springs from labor.
- g
In the very nature of things we can
not all be cabin passengers in the yoy-
age of life. So let those of us before
the mast cheer up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06

There is no doubt that the tax as
SCISSORS have knotty question to solve
in Interpreting the word family" when
1t comes to fixing up the assessment
rolls The law allows an exemption of
$500 to each family. One thing seems
assured according to the accepted rul-
angs of the courts on the scope of this
word. A person who maintains a
household by him or herself cannot
hope to be classified as family and
thereby be entitled to an exemption.
This will be hard on the prim old maids
and the gay old bachelors but it will
place on them a burden that they de-
serve to bear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Iron the Chicago News.1
Soma marble cutters are monumental
liars.
Fancy prices please the seller more
than the buyer.
Success seldom comes to a man who
isn't expecting 1t.
After calling a prisoner down the
Judge is apt TO send him UP.
It's easier for a woman to hold g.
strong man than her own lounge.
A man is as anxious to make money
as a woman is to spend 1t.
People who make fools of themselves
never fail to attract attention.
Jenethening a girls dresses means
shortening her papa's bank balance.
The average husband takes his wife's
advice-around the corner and loses it.
While the conservative man waits the
hustler gets busy and goes after the
goods.
It.s q tough on a man with chronic
thirst to be compelled to swallow his
pride.
TT if wasn't for the optirnist the pessi-
mist would never know how happy he
isn't.
There is just as much room for do
nestle jars in a nat as there Is IN
palace.
The bachelor who takes unto him
self wife gives up the simple for the
strenuous life.
The woman who marries for money
usually gets what she went after, Dut
it's different with a man.
When a mans dog turns against MN
IT is time for his wife to pack her trunk
and go home to mama
IT takes a woman to sit down and cry
when she happens to think what nard
time her children might nave hao y =
Soma other woman had been their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06

Governor Hughes of New York, is
travelling along a road filled with
many obstacles in his crusade against
race track gambling. And no Won
der. For opposed to him are the
great majority of the millionaires of
the state, all the sports and cheap
gamblers as we'll as most of the
thugs. This formidable aggregation
would make an ordinary man de-
spair. but Governor Hughes is going
along cheerfully with his plan to OBJ
Hterate this most Ubiquitous of evils
and there is a chance that he NAV
force legislation to accomplish his
ends through an unfriendly legisla-
ture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-06

It looks as though the Republicans
of Ohio have determined to wipe Mr..
Foraker and his followers off the po-
liticaI map of that state. AS re-
suit of some of the work of the state
convention there is not single For
aker man left on the state committee.
This is rubbing it in.