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The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
FEARED BEING GRABBED
Wonnan's Nervousness From Coffee
Drinking.

The brain acts through the nerves.
When the nerves are irritated by
coffee drinking the mind often I'M
AGNES things which have no real ex-
istence-such as approaching danger.
unfriendly criticism, etc.
A Mich. woman suffered in this way
but found how to overcome 1t. She
writes:
For twenty years, l drank coffee
thinking IL would give me strength
when tired and nervous.
THE more coffee l drank, the more
tired and nervous l became until
broke down entirely. Then l changed
my work from sewing to homework.
This gave me more exercise and was
beneficial, but l kept on drinking cof-
fee-thought I could not do without
It.
"I was SO nervous at times that II
left alone would not go from one
room to another for fear someone
would grab me, and my little children
had to go around on tiptoe and speak
In whispers.
Finally an attack of the grip weak
ened me so my nerves rebelled and
the smell even OF coffee was nauseat-
some Postum for me, believing the
long use OF coffee had caused my
break down, SO that my head and
hands shook like the palsy.
at first I did not like Postum but
kept on drinking 1t and as we learn
ed how to make Il right according tn
directions on pkg, | liked IT as well
as coffee.
Occasionally make coffee when
we have guests and give IL TO the
children too. but as soon as they taste
II they return their cups for Postum
Now | go anywhere in the house day
or night and never think OF anyone
grabbing me and the children can
romp as healthy children should--my
nerves are all right" There's a Rea
SON"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road &c
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. a
new one appears from time to time
They are genuine, true, and full o.
/. human interest
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
Restaurant Keeper
Warns tie Public She
Won't Pay Hubby's Debts

Mrs. Ida A. Taylor has restau-
rant. at No. 1853 Woodward-ave.; she
also has a husband. whereabouts not
stated. That Mrs. Taylor wishes to
confine her financial worries 10 the
former would seem to be evidenced
by this advertisement inserted In q
local newspaper.
Mrs. Ida A. Taylor hereby an
nounces that from Dec. Z. 1908.
she will not be responsible for
any debts contracted by her hus-
band, George II Taylor.
(Signed) IDA A. TAYLOR.
Mrs. Taylor Is large, determined
woman who speaks with an emphatic
directness.
1T means just what 1t says" she
stated forcefully, In reference to the
advertisement. "Pm not going TO
take any chances of his running up
bills against me. Has he done SO ?
No, he hasn', but I'm not going to
take chances.
This restaurant Is mine; It's In
my name and have been the sup
port. We've had a falling out. that's
all. We couldn't agree. And It's no
body else's business.
IF you want to find out any more,
ask my lawyer. Who Is he2 I won't
tell YOU"
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

of one OF those came over-with- Will
fam the Conqueror English families Is
transported backwards 700 years and
finds himself in his ancestral castle
when II was the newest thing In Nor
man robber strongholds. and Richard
the Brawler. otherwise the Lion
Hearted. was King OF England. As
Sir Guy de We're Is hopelessly bour-
geois in tastes and manner. and as
he abominates the good old days, his
lreturn 10 the past and the deeds he Is
called upon to do. are far from his
liking. The play is I'm three acts. and
the second. In which Sir Guy IL taken
back seven centuries, is n scream from
start to finish. Mr. Wilson's support
ing company Is composed OF excellent
actors and the piece Is deliberately
staged. Charles Frohman will present
Francis Wilson in When Knights
Were Bold" for a return engagement
|of three nights. beginning next Mon
day evening In the Detroit Opera house
Charles Frohman will present w. II.
lCrane In the Detroit Opera house on
Thursday evening next, for an engage
| ment OF three nights and Saturday
matinee. in George AIDES play. Father
land the Boys"
No more welcome player comes to
This city than Mr. Crane, and he Is
|doubly welcome when he has some
thing to offer in which his many ad-
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

first Is after the manner OF a musical
comedy and Is presented In four scenes
The second Is burlesque with the
scenes laid In a circus tent so that a
miniature circus performance, with Its
band. clowns and acrobats, may be pre-
scented. The chorus will have chance
to display Its charms and talents, as
we'll as some handsome Costumes
each.
The vaudeville program will include
such entertaining acts as the comedy.
Whose Cir, Are Your" by Jennings.
webb and O'Neill, masters OF many In
struments: Pat White and mis- singing
and dancing girls. the Malvern troupe
OF acrobats: George T. Davis, tenor.
with new illustrated songs. and Grant
and Catlin.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

will prevent the financial ruin of her
father. The story is one OF plots and
counter-plots. one. carefully pitted and
worked against the other. The usual
schemer is plotting to secure the
Cartwright fortune and also to ruin
the daughter. having failed In his at
tempt to make her love him. The ac-
tion is rapid from start to finish and
the general outline of the story is such
that opportunity for a number OF novel
ties is offered. while the comedy Is
rich and wholesome. A strong vein or
romantic interest runs thr )ughout and
the incident of the girl disguised as a
rough. uncouth messenger OF the
streets, associating with the street
gamin results in conside rable heart in
terest speculation. Numerous thrills.
of course, take place during the action
and OF, special mention Is the work of
q group of Landseer dogs, especially
trained to stage work. The dogs have
Il direct bearing on the interest OF the
story Miss Violet Hilson, popular
soubrette. will be seen in the role OF
the messenger boy, ana her portrayal
Is said to be filled with a dash and GIN
ger that is sure to carry the play to
success.
Matinees will be given daily except
on Wednesday.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
LAFAYETTE.

The program in the Lafayette the
alter for next week, commencing with
the Sunday matinee, is varied and at
tractive. The principal vaudeville at
trections are Holmes and Waldron In
their musical act, replete with genuine
comedy and fun: the Wilson sisters.
sweet singers and clever dancers. and
Frank Spencer. the character come
dian and monologist, in his budget OF
fun. The new Photologue talking pic
lures will present an attractive dra-
matte series. and several comedy and
farce scenes. The remainder of the
program will comprise a varied assort-
ment OF new imported moving pictures
ranging in subject from grave to gay,
and from the realistic scenes OF every
Gay life TO the magical fancies OF the
widest dreams.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
AVENUE.

Burlesque. vaudeville ana a circus
will be the principal features of the
entertainment to be offered in the Ave-
nue. theater Sunday afternoon and for
the remainder OF the week. The COM
pany to exploit this ambitious program
Is the Pat Whites Gaiety Girls, a ia
millar and popular organization that
visits the Avenue once q year.
Pat White, the Irish comedian, Is the
principal player with the company, and
he will be featured In ''Doihss In Mud
VILE" and The Night OF the Fight"
or. THE Roman Athletic Club" The
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
GAYETY THEATER.

usual aggregation OF girl choristers. II
an innovation In burlesque that Andy
Lewis will present with hts Mardi Gras
Beauties I'm the Gayety theater, com
mencing with the performance tomor-
row afternoon. Andy Lewis himself has
the principal comedy parts In two jolly
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
A Fatal Fall.


A well-known comedian while In
Quebec was sightseeing with a Tom
my Atkins one day. They had as CON-
panion and guide an old soldier.
When they at length reached the
Wolfe monument. which Is on a his.
toric spot. Tommy said: "wot's
this"
The guide replied. ''Ere's where q
great zero fell"
Did lift 'urt im?" asked Tommy
who was thirsting for information.
"'Urt 'im,'' was the reply, IVY, hi,
killed 1m!"-St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
Gone Like the Wind.
The old broker touched the messen
ger boy on the shoulder.
Say, sonny" he inquired, "didnr
engage your brother three hours age
TO deliver message and return Will
the answer?''
Believe you did. boss" RESPONDED
the messenger nonchalantly.
We'll, he said he would go like the
wind and haven't seen him since"
And you won't see him, boss. DID
you ever see the nd?''-ChicagC
News.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

Poor old chivalry gets knocked good
and plenty, In the English, farce.
when knights Were Bold" which
Francis Wilson Is again presenting this
season with so much success. Charles
NARROW, the author, has made a sattric
assault upon the days OF old. when
barons held their sway and gentlemen
got out OF their clothes with the aid
or q can opener. When knights Were
Bold" In a farce. Enthusiastically fabri.
Gated upon a dream in which the head
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

mirers really wish to see him. as hap
rens in the present instance. for both
The comedian and Mr.. AIDE have hit
the popular taste very hard indeed
Mr.. Crane has served long and
he norable apprenticeship on the stage,
he has presented no plays OF question
able character. he has given his public
f,ne productions of Shakespeare. Gold
smith and sheridan. and he has offered
fhc best modern material procurable.
In n word he has kept faith with his
rubIic. and by so doing he has won a
large and loyal following.
In Father and the Boys" Mr.. AIDE
tells a jovlal, wholesome clean and
Lboyish story with the utmost spirit,
and with racy, picturesque dialogue.
Mr. Crane as the man who has made
his "pile" I'm the city, but who has
spent his boyhood in the country. only
70 be told by his college-bred boys that
h. IS hopelessly behind the times, viii
be found immense. particularly when
he demonstrates his ability TO lead the
prccession TO such an extent that the
bows are unable to either hold him
back or keep up with him. II Is a real
Crane part.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
Good Blood
Means good health, and Moods
ssrsapariIIa has an unapproached
record as a bIood-purifler.

It effects its wonderful cures, not
simply because il contains sarsaparilla
but because it combines the utmost
remedial values of more than 20 different
ingredients. There is no real substitute
for il. II urged to buy any preparation
said TO be "just as good" you may be
sure il is inferior, costs less to make,
and yields the dealer larger profit.
Get Hoods serssparilla today. In usual LIQUID
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
THE WHITNEY.

Messenger Boy No. AZ" new play
on the melodramatic Inst. will be Of
fered In the Whitney theater for one
week. commencing Sunday AFTERNOON.
The story centers around the efforts
OF Bessie Courtwright, farmers
daughter, to secure certain papers that
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

Nearly every book reader and the
ater-goer H. familiar with George Barr
McCutchcon's celebrated tale OF the
ycung man who was Obliged TO squan-
der a million dollars In twelve-month
in order 20 be eligible for the inher-
itance OF another seven millions. This
Wonderful story is "Brewster's MIL
lions" George Barr McCutcheon's clev.
sfest tale. which was rendered into
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

err Trio, Groves and Doyle, and the
great Andy Lewis himself. The usual
coupon matinee for ladies will be given
on Monday.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12
liqht Guard Arm0ry
DEC. 7TH TO 18TH, INCLUSIVE.
International 72.Hour
Co.A9.You.Plea0o Race,

Greatest Pedestrian contest In years.
Monday. Dec. 7th. IL O. IN. to IL y. m.
Balance OF week, 1 to IL p. m. See
newspapers for score
Admission. except last day. 25c.
The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

dramatic form by winchell Smith and
Byron Ongley. and presented here last
season to enormous business and scored
she YEAR Se the Ss Sss viii
be the attraction In the Detroit opera
house during Christmas week. with
specia matinee on Christmas day. and
Saturday. The farce will again be
presented with practically the same
cast an last season and Frederic
ton The seat and box sale will open
on Thursday morning.
LYCEUM.
When George M. Conan's rural must
cal play, Fifty Miles from Boston Is
70, one week. beginning with the mat
ines tomorrow, II Will be interpreted
by one OF the most carefully selected
companies and chorus that Messrs; co, co,
OF New York city. Prominent among
the players, we find the names OF John
Sparks, Wiifrsd Young. Frank Bou-
Benjamin Bloom. Maurice Brierre. Jr..
Robert Wagner. John Edwards. Harry
Kay. Frank Merrill. Grace King. Wayne
Maurice. Louise Carver. Charlotte Gray,
and Beatrice Harris, Included In the
company which will present Fifty
Miles From Boston," there Is also
baseball club. a brass band. and
Nook anu iauuer company. ihe
of the play are laid In and around the
village OF Brookfield. Mass. and the
characters that people the cast have
been taken from real life by Mr.. Co
han, who spent n part OF his boyhood
In that locality. while attending school
The song numbers that II is predicted
will become Immediately popular after
witnessing n production OF Fifty Miles
From Boston" are "A Small Town
Cal" Jack and jill" Boys Who Fight
the Flames" Waits With Me-" Ain t
1t Awful" and last. but not least, the
famous "Harrigan."
TEMPLE.
]. II. Moore Will offer the biggest
headline act In vaudeville in the Tenn
rle theater next week. II Is comic
opera by Edward Paulton, called The
Naked TRUTH" and II will introduce
Harry Davenport, Phyllis Rankin. and
twenty people. Every theater-goer ia
millar with theatrical history Is aware
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-10-08
Desperate Remedies.
BY DON CAMERON sHAFER.

1t was just before daybreak-the
darkest hour of the night. The shut
ters of third-story window in a
large summer hotel noiselessly opened
and a heavy object was cautiously
lowered to the ground. A young
man in fashionable clothes, gripping
heavy handbag in his teeth and an
umbrella and cane under his arm,
slid hurriedly down the rope to the
ground. With nervous fingers he
united his suitcase. tiptoed out of the
yard, and started at trot across
lots to the station mile and a half
away.
The first golden beams were dane.
ing across the eastern hills as the
young man neared the depot. The
sleeper whistled sharply for the sta
tion and he quickened his pace into a
mad run, needless of his aching arms
and the sand in his low shoes.
TITS bad getaway" muttered the
young man three minutes later in the
smoker as he wiped his steaming
face, "but my bills are all paid. /
left tips for the servants and hur-
ried note explaining that an uncle
had died in Honduras or some other
place. 1t certainly was a desperate
chance, but the only means 1 could
think of to get away from that straw
ride the girls have planned for to.
morrow. From Judge.
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THE VITOSCOPE..

P. F. (Stillwater) PLEASE explain
what does 1t differ from the kineto.
scope?
The vitoscope, meaning, literally,
"the exhibition of life." Is kineto-
scope enormously enlarged, showing
its subject in the desired colors and
without the indistinctness that Is a
troublesome feature of the kineto.
scope. AS put into public operation,
notably upon the vaudeville stage, 1t
consists as to Its mechanism of lens,
such as Is used in a small camera.
This lens is nearest the exhibition
screen. Just behind 1t Is a metal
frame about one and one-half inches
square, over which the picture to be
reproduced passes. Behind this is
large lens. and just back Of this is an
arc light of 1000 candle power. The
pictures reproduced have been pre-
viously photographed on kaleidoscope
films, and are in size about as large
as ones finger nail. The films, as pre-
pared for scenic production, are each
fifty feet in length, and contain sew
eral hundred pictures that 60 to make
up panorama. In use, the film
passes over series of wheels at
very rapid rate, propelled by electric
power, and as the picture passes the
frame behind the small lens above
mentioned the light from the arc
lamp. passing through the large lens
and being focused upon 1t throws the
picture through the smaller lens upon
the screen magnified six hundred
times. In this manner the miniature
picture taken by the kinetoscope is
reproduced life size or larger, with
every minute detail of life and action,
on the screen. What to many is the
most surprising feature of the vito
scope Is that 1t throws in the picture
exhibited any and all colors upon tho
screen. But the explanation Is quite
simple. The colors are not obtained
by any Photographic, process-the
film produced by the kaleidoscope is
monochrome-they are painted on the
films later by hand. in such a way
that the color will not rub off as the
film passes over the wheels OF the
'toscope.-New York Tribune.
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Gold Coinage.

The gold bullion coined into 6ou.
ble-eagles at the United States Mint
in Philadelphia in the last fiscal year
amounted to 200 tons in weight. In
addition to the $40 pieces, there were
coined other gold pieces, making the
total coinage for the year $120,377,.
377.5O. The thickness of the double
eagle is q trifle less than one-tenth Of
an inch, and IL all the pieces of this
denomination coined last years.
744,415-were piled one upon an
other, they would make pile over
nine miles high. During the year the
Philadelphia Mint struck off z6,707.-
635 silver coins, their aggregate value
being about one-twenty-flfth Of that
of the gold. The total coinage for the
fiscal year, gold and silver, was 137,-
1917 pieces, worth $126,755,S4S.
Nashville Banner.
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WORDS OF WISDOM,

Imagination is the disillusioner Of
realization.
The girl who appropriates a mans
love Is liable to penal servitude for
life.
Fortunately the most imposing
family trees have their roots we'll out
of sight.
A woman gives her heart but once;
magnanimous man is more liberal.
Many faithful" dog has died at
his post after greedily eating the
burglars poisoned meat.
True love will run smooth whilo
the track is we'll creased with gold.
A woman's love Is as the enduring
rock. mans like the wave which
kisses each rock in succession.
A man can love and love again and
forget he ever loved at all.
The true rating of many Wanted
social position is covered by an inter.
rogation point.
Many pleasure, like a mans pipe,
is solace to him though a nuisance
to Others.
Which most pitiful? A sister with
younger brothers or brother with
older sisters?
In leap year girl gets him by
asking. thereafter she gets him with.
out bothering about asking.
The man with broad views of life
cannot condense them into the mar
row confines OF the home.
Queer! Alcohol takes the temper
out of steel. but puts it into man.
BY the hands of the men in a sky
scraper shall ye know the age of the
manicure girl.
Before marriage a man asks but
for one little word, afterward he gets
plenty without the asking,
The longer a man studies the
curves of a decanter the closer he is
apt to initiate them on his homeward
>journey.-From "A Woman's Point
Of View" in the New York Herald.
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 3 -
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

Nat Goodwin sued Maxine Elliott
for divorce at Reno, New.
Harry Darlington, Jr., of Chicago.
was married in London to Lefreda
Weir, daughter of Levi Weir, of New
York.
Hedwig Luszczewska, a noted Pol
ish poetess, better known under her
pseudonym of Devyma, died at War;
saw. She was born in 1S4S.
A two years course in saleswoman-
ship, for young women, a new de-
parture in practical educational work,
began in Public School No. 27, New
York City.
A mems league for woman suf-
frage has been formed in Holland.
and the Lutheran Church in that
country has given women vote In
all church affairs.
Miss Anna Pritchett, Of Louisville,
KY, has just been appointed to the
chair of economics at Wellesley Col
lege. She has just passed her twen-
ty-fifth birthday, and is the youngest
member of the faculty.
Miss Martha Van Rensselaer,, super
visor OF the readlnS course IOr Iarn-
ers' wives conducted by the Agricul-
tural College of Cornell University,
believes that there should be wom-
an judge in juvenile courts where
girls are tried.
Miss Corneiia Sorabji, a Parsee.
who was educated and took her de-
gree at Oxford, England, has pub
lished a book. She is legal adviser
to the government of India in cases
In which the zenana und the rights
of women are concerned.
Mrs. Zelia Nuttall Is now In Mexico
as field director of the Reid-Crocker
expedition, which is excavating the
Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. The
work is being carried on with funds
furnished by Mrs. Whitelaw Reid and
Mrs. Crocker, of San Francisco.
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NIentlinr Rubbers.

We have found that thin spots IN
our rubbers can be mended at home
by applying a cement made from five
cents worth of real rubber dissolved
in chloroform. Keep the bottle con-
tanning the cement tightly corked and
apply with mucilage brush as quick
ly as possible that 1t may not harden.
We used rubber darn for an actual
hole. Cut a piece of rubber the right
size, fasten 1t with few stitches over
the hole, and brush with the cement.
Both kinds of rubber may be obtained
from a dealer in dentists supplies
Harper's Bazaar
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Consumption of Coffee.

According to statistics published
in leading coffee trade journal the
worlds consumption of coffee in 1907
amounted to 16,S25,000 sacks, of
which 6,980,000 sacks were con-
sumed in the United States, $780,
900 sacks in Germany, 1,625,000
sacks in France, leaving 5,17O,000
for consumption in all other coun-
trie9.
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wow!

Mrs. Downe--"You looked awfully
foolish when you asked me to marry
you."
Mr.. Downe--"I didn't look half as
foolish as | was. ".-Illustrated Bits.
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Cheese on the Market.

September cheese has commenced
to arrive. and meets with prompt sale
at good prices. The quality of late
receipts is excellent, and the stock is
we'll suited for long siege in storage.
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S11.492.453 For Public Lands.

Figures compiled in the General
Land Office. Washington, D. c., show
the receipts on account Of the sales
of public lands during the last fiscal
year amounted to Sill 1,492,453
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A FEIJOW-FEELINI,.

Professor--"This milk contains
l.234.56T bacilli to the cubic inch
Laymau-"Poor things! They
must feel like they were in street
car. Judges Library.
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The $4,000, ,000-odd tons of coal
mined in the United States each year.
If piled together, would MAKE a cube
having sides, TIA yards long
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Contracts already let for the work
on the New York barge canal amount
TO over S22.0Q00Q0.