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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
Now. What's Her Age?

- fore pur IitJ'a party Of two or, k
up "" had talked On at lcts; "a aun-
dIed different subjects and sne nal
tod me practically everything size
knew with two exceptions-her age
and real name. Just nj the cnd OF our
interview the manager of the company.
Harry Lindiey. dropped in and called
his attention to the two exceptions
Before he could reply. Miss Palmer
spoke up.
Il am sure you don't want 10 know
my real name. she said. and as for
my age. Well, 1 have been twenty
two. and YOU know when YOU reach
twenty-five you commence TO 20 back
ward. No. l won't tell YOU now tar
backward / have gone"
But this is putting the cart before
the horse. and To go back To the be-
ginning:
As soon as Mos Palmer was all
comfy" in the big chair. l began 10
get !nquiSitive. 1 had been previously
given a tip by the aforementioned
manage. -
so YOU are IA graduate from bur
lesuue and melodrama?' l asked. fur
lively
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
BEAUTY'S PATH.

All ugliness wears on its brow the brand
CT Time and Dissolution; from OF old
It's doubtful journey through a shifting
sand.
The life in its ophidian breast IS cold
But Deauty's path is one forever blight
ming
In glory. 10 each far horizons rin;
Warm in the rose and golden IN thu
lightning,
Loves altar fame. the upward way to
Him
Beauty. transcending all that bans and
bars.
Moves as the light moves on, eternal as
the stars.
Toe well acQusint with passions that
benUmb,
Earth is with them no more in kind
accord.
lis only BY ascending one may come
Where waits for her the rev, the IN
explored
She longs-ah, how she Iongs,-tO break
asunder
Her ancient chains. TO lave in morning
dew.
To stand little space mid realms Of
wonder.
To feel her neaness to the good and
true,
She longs for beauty-vernai through
the years
To touch the dried-up spring and founf
Of happy tearsl
Florence Earle Coates. In the Outlook.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
Just Scared to Death.

Was 1 nervous she exclaimed.
NO. not nervous. only frightened TO
death:
say, you ought 10 mare seen ma
that evening, nave t. recollection
OF that night except that I had the
worst case Of stage fright you ever
saw 'IIitchie' said 1 aid beautifully
and all the papers the next day spoke
very well OF me. so suppose / must
have played the part al right
How does IL feel 10 have stage
fright I asked
Don't ask me " she replied AS I
told YOU, have no recollection Of that
first evening and don't know jus1
how I did feel
But you soon got over it, didn't
yoU?''
To a certain extent" she agreed.
but I am mighty nervous every open
ing night"
Are you affected. or rather Is your
work affected. by the newspaper criu-
cisms2"
Yes. indeed Of course, we are
only a little more than started right
now, and so far have been lucky to
have nothing but praise. But 1 think
II a critic should be severe with ny
work il would have q very depressing
effect on me all week
Il wish had known that yester-
day" I said teasingly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
AprOnos OF RnrIesnue.

More than once ] have had To put
ON wig and mans clothes and take
the place Of one Of the men because
he was sick. / can also remember
several times when ] had to jump iu
and take a chorus girls place in some
particular figure You ca. just be
sure that ] put on a wig and disguised
myself good before went out in
tights"
J laughed outright
Size responded by making face at
me. and then said:
You can laugh all you want 10. but
Il was no laughing matter to me-
Now that YOU have run the gamut
from buriesque 10 melodrana and then
to musical comedy. which do Won like
the BEST ] asked with as innocanr
an expression as J could muster
Miss Palmer looked at me as If sba
thought { WAS crazy
Never again for the blood and
thunder. she exclaimed solemnIv
don't even like TO see them
But you must remember. that there
are thousands and thousands OF others
VII" do. ! suggested.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
How Sic Col the Joh.

well, I will she said 'Phladel-
phia Is all right, but anyhow. as 1 was
saying. I met 'Hitchie' IN front Of thG
theater. and stopped 10 talk 90 him
he told me about Mabel Hite's leaving
and said:
Suppose you take the placer
But can 1 do itE' 1 says
He was so sure that 1 nualiy agreed
to take the part home and read II
over. OF course 1 was ticzled 10 dC1-:-
10 have a chance 10 get in with DIX
musical comedy show, but 1 was
afraid l couldn't DO the work. Well,
when 1 got hOme-I live in Flatbush-
Immediately sat down and read the
part through
oh. heavens, I said 10 myself, /
can't do this part and at 4 o'clock
that afternoon il was on its way back
TO the Circle Theater by a special mes
senger. In the next mornings mail
here was that manuscript back again.
with a note from 'Hitchie' telling me
1 Just had 10 do il. I finally got up
courage enough TO try. and aere
am"
.'Wh6. made you afraid?" l asked
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
A Boost for ~Hitehie."

You ought ta.see what a nice per
son. 'Hitchie' is - work with" she
said. We all call him 'HItChie.' one
Of the reasons why he is so easy 20
uork with is that lac is always willing
10 let YOU do it your own way II h
wants IL done differently he will 'sug-
gsst- that you do il this way or that
And another thing. when I am on the
stage with him feel surer Of myself:
as # I had a big prop that 1 can de-
pcad upon
BY the way. how did YOU come 20
Jump from Blaney's melodrama show
into musical comedy with Hitchcock,
If may ask
Wei. TO begin with" she replied.
you know took Mabel Hite's
place"
No. I didn't know. but go ahead"
Now. YOU stop interrupting me. or
won't ten YOU. she admOnished-
But. anyway. was passing The
circle Theater in New York the day
Mabel Hite quit and who should L
run into IN front of the theater but
Raymond Hitchcock had known
him for a long time. and my mother
knew him very well. in fact. we come
from the same tOWn-Philadelphia II
my native city"
I wouldn't admit Il, II I were you
I said. teasingly-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
She Cen Make Faces.

All the answer I got was another
face She IS certainly an artist in
making faces. and each Is very ex-
pressive Of what she thinks.
About tins time Mr. Lin6ley came IA
10 escort Miss Palmer back TO her
hotel The conversation from that
point on was somewhat personal ana
not Of general interest.
As Miss Palmer said gOod-by ana
left wondered when and under what
circumstances we would meet again
hazarded a secret guess all 10 myself
that she viii come back TO Washing
ton before long at the head Of hsr
own company and heralded as the
premier musical comedy charac4or
comedisnne and her name sDread 49,
me Dill boards ten feet high. Hersia
hoping the guess comes trla
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

that I was with the EfF1socd for
Revenge company. and ! was always
careful II put the accent on the first
syllable. Then / would tJrL my head
dwaYn OF course. they did not catch
that il was Revenge instead Of Rev
enSe. and the way 1 turned away
would make them feel that I did not
want them 10 ask any more questions
Before that / was with George Sid
ney in Busy IZZy. " she added. APP
parently TO explain that she had not
always been in "melodrammer'
And before tbat?" ] questioned. re-
lentlessIy.
"Burlesque.r she answered promptly
= u h. LOS - - I. - II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

dancing acts were more in demand
than they are now
But" I iaterp0sed-
1t seems strange" she proceeded.
paying no attention 10 my Interrupt
ton, that managers don't care for
dancing acts now where IL was only
few years ago that they were al
most crazy 10 get them The only
kind they want now are the .Salome'
dancers"
you've seen the -SaIome' dance, Of
course I inquired
An emphatic nod Of the head was my
answer.
Its MOI 50 awful she added after
a bit. You see they have the lights
turned - low that tie stage is al
mos dark AMI All yuu can really se,,
Is that. there * a person on the stage
AMI that she is going through The lig-
u-e-s % suEIe vesri 6suce-
''Tha majority Ct tCt people can't
see whether the dancer is fully dressed
or not But one OF the cuJest things
is to see Eva Tanquay do the SaI0ue
dance and then come back and sing 4
Don't care She is awfully clever and
in such a way that no one can initiate
ler"
- 7 did not want 10 write abous
Miss TaaSuay al this particular time.
I gently turned the subject 20 Miss
Palmer and ! had hardly got her start
ed on the right track before she was
OF at a tangent again, and this time
It was RI ymOnd Hitchcock Miss Pal
rner doesn't believe in knocking,
she would rather boost
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

Right YOU are" she laughed AID
continued: As 7 was saying I'm this
riay there was only one person killed
n the whole play. This did not suit
the audience at al. and Mr.. I3laney
had to keep adding killings until by
the time the season ended we had
eight killed At every performance
1t always struck me as so silly to
see MN supposed 10 be millionaire
sitting at table counting his gold
when YOU get outside the theater ne
is I,s''slly the one that is cOaxing the
VILLAIN u loan him a dolIar), and then
have tho villain rise up from under the
lable-Ec'S been there ever since the
curtain won't up, YOU know-and point
ing "a gun at III" millionaire. he SAYS:
Give me that money or YOU will dier
and the millionaire replies: Back.
Jack Dalton, I know YOU
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

MON lHiAL sic
could nor tear herself away from
Broadway soon enough to get To get
20 Washington IN time
She confessed that much. and her
punishment consisted of having O.,
IN acc newspaper Office the failoA.
ms I",r-irE al what she called Al
uhear,hly hour (Which happened l.
b. in the ne.ghbOrhoOd OF To O'Clock,
rms was not her only confession
however She made "a number of hem
during our TWO hours talking match
out one of the most interesting was
'hat she was ut;ac,led with a b,J
case OF stage fright When she made.
her first appearance with Raymond
Hitchcock.
Those who have seen her during the
asst week as she vivaclously sang and
tanced her way into the hearts Of her
auditors VIII find it rather hard 10
believe that scarcely more than NO
weeks az" this same H-tie s5ln Il
siooa before Boston audience and
literally shook III her shoes until near
ly every one in the theater was cog
infant Of the fact.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

Then the villain pulls the trigger
twice and the millionaire falls over
dead "
During this vivid recital Miss Palmer
was acting for my special benefit.
was her audience and. OF course. I
had to applaud and say: Bravo" 1t
was sincere at that, for she certainly
did it in realistic manner and / i'm
mediately came 10 the conclusion that
she does almost everything sac at
tennis TO the best OF her ability.
"Thst "isposes OF any possibility OF
your ever trying melOdrama again"
l said. How about the men only
houses"
"Why. the ideal I am surprised that
you should ask. You might know that
1 would never so back to that again
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2
"a

why / have been SO long getting 70
where 1 am / suppose. bu. 7 can't
help it,
And. by the way. IL was the second
time that I was asked 20 take Mabel
Hite's place You remember when she
VAS IN vaudeville with JOnes-the year
she married Mike Doulin2 Well. at
the END OF that season Mabel Hite de-
cided 10 quit vaudeville. and Jones
wanted me 10 take her place. but 1
was afraid TO attempt IL.
IF hadn't known 'Huchie' 50 well,
] doubt If / would have had the nerve
10 attempt il this JiT1c. You see. 1
wet into 10 without ever having seen
Hiss Hite IA il OF having any idea Of
her conception 1 only lad few days
rehearsal before we Cpen5d IN Boston"
Il suppose YOU were a little bit
nervous that first evening in Boston,"
j commented
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
"Kidnaped for Revenge,

Yes, SIZE sighed. Il might as well
be truthful about IT, I was with Harry
Clay BlaneE lost season in Kidnapped
For RevsnGe What 90 YOU think OF
that"
That's going some" ! said
But ] never called il that" she in
terp7Sed. Whenever | would meet
any Of mv friends and they asked me
rr-Hrrr 49,.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
Lacks Confidence in Herself.

.'Oh. l don't Know She said,-
tEoughtfuIIy. one Of my worst faults
Is not having confidence enough IN
myself. l suppose if 1 had had conf
dence 1 would have got a good place
with a good company long ago. You
may think il funny. but. a matter
of fact. have never gone after a post
ton that meant advancement Tha-s
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
Had 10 Increase kiIIincs

On, yes. and isn't II awful the way
'hey demand that there shall be dozens
o. people killed - she rejOined ami
'iJr' ~. In kidnapped for Re-
Venge'-''
You mean Kidnapped for Rev-enc-
cont your" 1 corrected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

then continued: Its the best train
ing in the world After you have been
IN burlesque a few years You can d.
almost anything.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
b. JAMES RUSSELL PARK

-. 1 y - a .
Mis- - Cathryn
Rowe Palmer p
fault that sine Gil
not receive me H-
the New willard
Shoreham, Rsl-
eigh. or wher-
ever she IS stay
ing while in
Washington.
WdS To have seen
hCr Monday aft
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20

Then you like musical cOmedy?''
1 Ike the money better" was her
quick reJoinder- At that we both
laughed.
But seriously" she continued. Il
- like musical comedy very u-uch.
indeed, even better than vaudeville
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
Has Tried Vaudeville.

oh. yes. I had a try at vaudeville.
but that was some time ago, when
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01
TALK OF THE TOWN
wash goods speeiaI At vaughan's.

Wash goods special at yaughan's.
Sale Of travelling bags at Abbott's.
New Pictures at the Conique tonight
Auction sale tonight at the City Auc,
tion rooms.
G. perlati of Hardwick is visiting
friends in the city.
The Domestic" wrapper and shirt
waist suits at Perry's
Auction sale tonight, City Auction
rooms. See small bills.
Lee Aiken Of MarshfeId returned to
his home to-day after business visit
in the city.
Leave most of your money at home to-
night, or you'll want to spend it all for
that delicious ice cream at the Congrega-
tional church. Five and ten cents.
The performance at the opera house
tonight BY the neNoyer Il DAME Sis
tiers vaudeville company viii begin at
s.45, on account Of the band concert
in the park.
You can get first class groceries at
reasonable prices and per cent. off for
cash, or red stamps, at j. Il, Browns,
337 North Main street, If you have
dairy butter for sale, you can get cash
for it at this store. Tel. lila.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01

Twenty or more delegates to the Re.
publican state convention in Montpelier
to-day who arrived in the nsighboring
city last night only to ind no hotel ae-
eornmodations for them. came to Barre
by late trolley and secured quarters. As
it happened, the Barre hotels we're pretty
we'll Filed Up, too; but all the arrivals
found accommodations in some place or
other and made an early start for the
convention this morning.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01

Win q perfect system Of Ventilation
and an excellent program, comfortable
seat and polite attendants. make the
Loniiaue a delightful amusement resort
and eooling-of place during the summer.
nc character Of the entertainments has
suffered no change, and the policy Of the
Roach Bros. inaugurated with the open
mg OF this pretty theatre, to provide
only first class, eleap and refined offer
ings is more IN evidence every day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01

Balcony, sc. Orchestra, 25c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01
DIR. z. ARCHAMRAULT

4 General diseases treated, but special atten-
Am given 70 tht treatment OF tuberculosis OF
~ = snaption NJ means 1T the new serum.
Honsaz Ufiioe IS Summer ST., corner West.
etsya M Ito q. M q TO and 10 D. IN Web
~ sia,. nj ReSidsnes Henry Gigure, for consul
isSs isls,,s. II, nyg Il HI IA a. M Graniteville---
ssax 1 ". ~ silhart foY consultation, Fiji
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01
TALK OF THE TOWN.

A good line of infants white dresses
at Perry's.
union-made stone cutters glasses at
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01

WEDNESDAY, JULY i, 1908.
Weather Prediction.

Fair tonight and slightly warmer in
Vermont and New Hampshire. Thurs
day fair; light variable winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-01
TALK Or fliETUwN.

Something newt French fried pota-
toes, cents bag, at the Uncle Sam
Cafe.
The Washington times., 1908-03-15
A White Streak of Disaster

Well, it can hardly happen again.
sir. Shall 1 go back with Jennison7"
If you will and stay until morn
ing. Burleigh, what furore there's
going to be tomorrow when the papers
find cut that those two have dropped
out forever!''
And yet II they hadn't managed IN
get Jennison to steal the papers. sir.
you'd have been lot more out Of
pocket than you are now. Most likely
they would simply have withdrawn
their cash early this morning and
Vamoosed'
1T is probable. certainly. we'll
then let's be thankful they were kind
enough 10 rob me" said Grafton
lightly.
The half-hour car came down the
hin and stopped before the depot and
with Burleigh at his side, Grafton
walked over and laid a hand on the
rail
Two or three days ago I owned a
hotel or two, some apartment houses
some business blocks. some electric
lights, and a few more odds and ends
about Kenyonville Now by thundsr
] OWL ali the trolley cars as WeIlp'
he swung aboard "Burleigh
think It's time Tor me 70 stop."
The Washington times., 1908-03-15

dinary bow of lace-a trife OF 1900
an accessory 10 SHIFT waist!
For shirt waist wear. too. are some
specially designed pendants OF diamonds
set in hligree Of platinum. They are
long and pointed and are suspended
from the neck on black MORE ribbon.
These suspended effects are just now
the thing. Whatever the ribbon holds
rests on the chest This Is the very
newest way of wearing the watch-a
fashion introduced to this country by
Mrs. Jack" AstoT. This offers a
splendid opportunity for the art o. the
matchmaker, for. of course, the com
mon or garden" watch is not sufh-
GENTLY a thing Of beauty to be exhib-
tied in this way.
But nothing can truthfully be said
on the score of lack of beauty in the
watches Of today. They are real works
Of art. Tiny things OF less than an
inch in diameter and OF wafer thin
ness. crusted with diamonds. rest side
by side with large. Iocket-like watches.
beautifully enameled, which are re-
yivals OF the eighteenth century. A
large filigree heart, lFickly set with
diamonds and opals. had a wee watch
face IN one side. Tie watch struck
me as an afterthought. but I was as
sured il kept perfect time.
For some time we have seen watches
set in bracelets and in bags and in
all sorts OF out-of-the-way places,
but now we find them so reduced in
size that they can be set in rings.
And they really go .
Umbrella and parasoi handles are
coming in for quite . lot OF attention
ftom the jewellers. For some time
French women have been amusing
themselves with roulette wheels and
little horses" set in crystal halls top
ping parasol handles.
On this side the gold workers are
N aking our handles things OF beauty
instead Of amusement. Birds ef
enamel, life size, with plumage in
natural coioring and jeweled eyes;
bulldogs heads with diamond-set col
lar and one large pendant diamond.
sea horses wrought from rel gold,
with emerald eyes. are a few OF the
paTasol handles seen.
The craze for vanity boxes has
brought all sorts of small vanities in
The Washington times., 1908-03-15
CONTINUED from Eighth Page)

~
Of .he State. II you say so. Grafton!
/ can 10 Il. and / viii do it,
Grafton smiled slightly.
'Ano = you shouldn't happen to
catch that two-thirty. you'll be abso-
Iutely certain TO see the inside OF q
cell within an hour. Grafton con-
cluded.
Brady turned aay it'll 8 groan.
Five minutes pastr' Burleigh an
nounced. Come along. gentlemen
Shall we leave Jennison and my man
to guard these things. Mr.. Grafton?''
Yes"
Then I'll call them and tell them
while these other gentlemen are pre-
pairing for a trip" chuolNied the de-
tective.
The two-thirty pulled out of Ken
yonville station, and the old guard at
train gate stared somewhat at the
sight of Kenyonville's biggest man al
most skipping to the street at Bur
leigh's side
In the empty square without. bril-
liant with half a dozen arc lamps.
Grafton stopped.
IT think I'll ride home, BurIeigh.
The last time I tried walking I had
some rather bad luck"
The Washington times., 1908-03-15

possible. originai-desiRn a bracsist Of
gold, set with precious stones. This
differs from the ordinary bracelet IN
that It Is really two bracelets Joined
together. This the engaged girl wears
high I'D on her arm. near the shoulder
The only objection can see to this Is
that the girl loses all the fun OF show
ing all the other girls her ring. Thus
is one Of the Joys OF being engaged"
snatched from her.
Black velvet is much used as an sf-
fective background for diamonds.
Black velvet ribbons. with slides and
clasps OF diamonds. are worn around
the neck. taking the place OF the dog
The Washington times., 1908-03-15

its train-small as to size. but not as
to price. Now, instead OF having all
ones small necessities OF powder
pun and mirror and what-not com
pactly stored in one box, one suspends
them each in a separate golden case
from golden bracelet on her arm.
You can see what opportunities this
offers for jeweled settings and quaint
ly-cOntrived monograms
Princess Marie BonapaTte is sup
posed to be responsible for the very
newest engagement fad No longer
does your newly acquired fiance send
mp trays OF rings for your choice. In
stead he has made from special-tf