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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-16
AFTER HEINE

Gould the tender tiny flowers
Know the grief that wrings nv haar
They would weep their tears in show
ers-
Tears Of comfort for the smart.
Could the golden starlets know IL
They would pity me my grief:
1iptoe down from heaven to show n
Whisper words OF sweet relief.
But they know not how I'm laden.
None can know my bitter pain
none but she. the cruel maiden.
ene that broke my heart in twain.
w. 5. W.
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gentleman, too. It's a damned shame"
The man returned to his crystal ball.
Jake continued to eye him.
Say, can you see what's comm, or is
it only what's happenin at the time
You might have hunch. for all know.
You're queer enough. You never can
tell. I knew a guy once that found
his wife that way"
Have you a wife, Jake?"
II had one. She's a bad actor cut
her out year ago. She's been after
me ever since to take her back. But,
hell it's no use. You a married man?''
Il had wife. I don't know now.
whether she's alive or dead. l only
know that I've disgraced her and my
child"
"Oh" The bar keeper took up bot
tie, squinted through it at the light, as
if he thought that it, too. might show
forth visions. Then it was her you
meant. thought perhaps 1t was Kit an
I might find out something. 1 see. Come
over here to disappear, eh? An KEEP
right on the down slope. Funny how
the red stuff throws you down! Now,
drink was never no temptation to me at
all. You never see a bar keep touch
it except for drop now an then. But
you just ought to see Kit hit 1t UP.
She's the limit. She couldn't no more
stop agoin' it than you could"
he ~ 4oL -
head on his arms again, as II he had
fallen asleep. The bar keeper sat down
on an empty box behind tho counter
and began sorting over lemons Out
side it had begun to snow. Gusts of
wind blew open the swinging doors oc-
casionally and let in f1urries of fakes
man came in, passed word with
Jake, took his drink and left. huge
Maltese cat stalked solemnly across
the floor, stood for a moment crouched
then leaped silently to the bar and the
heater. Jake got UP and stroked the
animals fur She arched her back and
purred deeply.
Then the doors swung open and q
lady entered.
She was tall and supple and came in
with an, air of timidity, although per-
fectly self-possessed. She wore a long
squirrel skin coat and her face was hall
hidden in the folds of the long smoke
colored automobile veil tied about her
hat and neck She paused for mo-
ment and looked about, then she took
a step toward the bar tender and said
Have you a telephone that I could
use?"
Right here, madam" he answered
pointing to the end of the bar. near the
heater.
She went to it, glancing curiously at
the figure bent over the table, but be-
fore she took up the receiver she gave
Jake a smile and remarked:
MY automobile has broken down
just above here. l want to get cab
If 1 can. to take me home. This was
the only place that seemed to be open
He nodded, staring at her admiringly
You're welcome. ma am; ring up North
s456-that's the Metropolitan cab com.
pany stables. They'll fx you up al
right
She rang up and made her request
asking for a cab TO call for her there
Jake coaching her with the name
"Donovan's saloon" and. as she put the
instrument down, she said, timidly:
It's very cold. I don't know how
long it may take my man to repair the
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more interest. Say, that's funny. yell
low hair, did you say? That sounds like
Kit. She's sure enough good locker,
Kit is, an she's blue enough, I'll bet.
Good reason why, too. It's her own
fault If she is. But you're stringin'
me-"
She's crying"
Say. quit thatr' said Jake. What
d'you take me for, anyway? Cut it
The man smiled again. See? I can
see much more than wish to see, Jake.
1t isn't par-tic-u-lar-ly pleasant, but
somehow I can't help looking"
Would she have a kid with her, this
girl2 Can you see little feller?" Jake
asked, watching his man keenly.
Yes, there's q child. too" The man
dropped his head into his arms and was
silent.
Jake put his chin in his hands and
gazed at him craftily, without speak
Ing, biting his mustache. For while
nothing was heard but the bubbIine
OF the boiling water in the heater
and the tick of the clock 1t whirred
and struck IL ponderously
you're sure-it's a boy?" Jake in
quired finally.
The man wearily lifted his head
There were tears in his eyes. NO, it's
a little girl" he said.
The bar tender brought his fist dowr
heavily upon the bar. Christi he ex.
claimed. "A little girl-with yellow
hair. too?"
Yes" And the man at the table
looked UP.
Il never took no stock in that line
o. dope, but 1 want to know the rest
now," Jake exclaimed. She's blue, you
saidr
She's very.very sad. But she's brave
When she's with others she doesn,t
show it,"
That's Kit all right. She's as proud
as Lucifer."
She loves some one STILL" the man
went on, gazing into the ball
"A slayer? You betl"
mo matter how she's abused, nc
matter how she's insulted, no matter
how she's-hu-mil-i- ted-What's the
verse in st. Paul? Endureth all things
and is kind'-how does it go? I for.
get"
You can search me-" said Jake
That's all right for Sunday school
There's some things a man can't never
forgive. all the same"
There's nothing in the world q
woman can't forgive-if you give her
the chance"
The bar keeper thought it over. q
wouldn't want to gamble on 1t. Any.
ways, women are different from men
When they're bad they're bad all over
an no use a-talkin' If a man goes
wrong he can sometimes take a brace
an steer out of IT."
The man at the table nxed the ba,
tender with q stare. His lip curled.
oh, he can. can he? 1 never did
Who ever had more object in reform
ing than II Godl D'you know whar
I've lost. Dyou know what 1 nigh
gain, even now. If 1 had will enough
to quit? Thank God. / have the nerv,
to stay away. at least. That's some
thing"
Jake looked him over deliberately
NO" he remarked, sT guess your.
pretty much on the blink, all right.
can see your finish. You look like /,
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machine Could wait here?" She
raised her golden eyebrows.
"Sure!" he said. He came round from
behind the long counter, and opened a
door in the rear wall. Here's the
ladies' room; you better wait there. I
guess. 1t Amt so warm. but theys
liable to be men comm in and out, and
you'd be more private
Thank YOU. She moved toward him,
shaking the snow from her veil as she
went.
I'll see you're not disturbed" said
Jake. Cant / get you something to
drink"
"oh. MOI" She shook her head de-
cidedly. I'm quite warm now. thank
you I shall besan right
She spoke like lady. and walked
like one AS a lady the bar keeper
treated her, with all Difference. As
she crossed the room she gave a quick
glance at the man at the table. He
still sat with his head in his arms. as
if asleep. Then she entered the ladies'
room. and Jake closed the door.
The man at the table raised his head
and looked about Whats the mat
ter?" he asked drowsily.
Nothing for you. Lady waitin' for
a cab, that's all. Wouldn't take moth
ing to drink, neither. She's all right,
that dame. 1 know a swell when 1 see
one. She's the real thing. Pretty as
hell, too"
The man fumbled with his crystal
ball.
Pretty" he said, as if to himself.
'I knew pretty one once. She was
a lady Then he looked across at
Jake. Jake, d'you know I'd sell my
. memorial soul for one look at her.
But, all the same, If I knew she was IN
this town 1 wouldn't let her see me for
anything in the world.
Right you are, too. You better stay
away-you amt so pretty with that
holdover. Sleep 1t off. We have to
close at L.
so your wife's got yellow hair, too,
Jake?'
yellow as gold So has the kid
"Ah-the kiddie. Yes" The man
bent his head again.
Jake" he said i've got a child.
too"
How old?" the bar tender inquired.
fondling the cat.
Four
Mines 4. too. Seen yours lately?"
Not for whole year, there was
Same here 1 wish could get hold
of her and have her brought up de-
cent It would be bad enough for a
boy, but hate to think of girl
Leave her with her mother. Jake
take 1t from me- No matter how bad
she is, she'd be bad indeed If she weren't
the best one to take care of her own
child Lord, wouldn't have mine with
me for a minute, but do you think j
don't hunger and thirst for the sight of
herr"
oh you thirst all right. That's the
trouble. Why the hell don't you take a
brace? You're a coriSer when you're
sober. You got education and brains,
an you're gentleman born. You make
me tired
The man sat wearily with his eyes on
the ball. Education? I'm an Oxford
man all right. Precious little good II
ever did me. 1t never taught me the
value of lifel Brains? I've preserved
mine in alcohol. instead of using EN-
Oh. yes, I'm gentleman-God save the
mark!'
Jake leaned on his elbows and looked
at him.
R-E-morse, eh? You chaps are al
ways talking an weepin' into your beer
when You ought to be maxim good
Some o these here pious guys blames II
all on the saloon boys. Why. II didn't
sell You the stun some one else would
I've helped more'n one in my time, too
We never get no credit for that. But
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
WHAT THE SUMMER
PROMISES AT OLYMPIC.

Olympic Park today throws open its
doors to the public for another season.
Bigger. brighter, better than ever is
what it's management promises this
pleasure resort will be for all the fam
lily, where refined entertainment is the
thing sought.
First of all, the free show, consisting
of high class attractions, presented on
a raised platform, is expected to tickle
the public palate. Then there is dan
cling afternoon and evening on a SPLEEN
did dance floor, to rouse the devotees
of terpsichore.
Appel's Band of fifteen pieces will
supply the music for dancing and the
enjoyment of those who watch the cir
Gus or wander about the big enclosure
tonight. A new half-mile trotting
track, to be utilized also for athletic
meets, has been completed. Here on
Decoration Day will be held n of the
big trotting events of the year under
the direction of James Belden.
A little later in the eason or on June
16, perhaps. the finest feature of this
place will open for the season when
the Aborn Opera Company. always a
stellar attraction in this city, will hold
the boards of the renovated opera
house.
Tomorrow there will be a balloon
ascension by Archie Griffin at 2 in the
afternoon.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
RALPH HERR WILL HEAD
THE BILL AT PROCTOR'S

Ralph c. Herr, the talented comedian,
will make his debut in a series of char
acter and humorous m-onoloSues, some
of which have been given in the big
musical comedy hits of the last three
seasons. His last appearance was in
"The Soul Kiss" in which Mr.. Herr
was featured next to the Incompatible
Genee, and in which he reappears next
season. He is to be starred the follow
ing year in a legitimate play by f.
Zeigfeld. ir.
Frank Major and company, consti-
tuting 1.-THE Five Majors an English
military company of entertainers. who
Will be remembered from their visit of
last season. will again appear. Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Truesdell will pre-
sent their comedy Offering, Aunt
'Louisa's Advice" which is said to be
suited to the dramatic and fun-making
abilities of this duo. Brown, Harris
and Brown will be seen in fifteen min
utes of comedy singing and dancing.
Leona Thurber and her pickanninies
will sing and dance in darby style. The
Noelkers viii be heard in selections on
the violin and piano. The -Four Floods,
a~crobatic m-errymakers. and the Pic
quays. a team of European hand-bal-
ancers. are other attractions. New
animated pictures complete the bill.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
ELECTRIC PARK ANNOUNCES
SEVERAL NOVEL FEATURES.

Electric Park will swing open its
gates tonight.
Every afternoon the women and chill
dren attending the theatre will be
offered an automobile ride over routes
to be changed weekly.
Electricity is to play an important
part in the decorative scheme at the
park this season.
Several young women, who will pose
In the living pictures in the Dunlap
electric fountain have been rehearsing
Tor the last month. On the open air
stage spectacles like THE Night in the
Tropics and "MounN Pelee in Erup-
ton will be presented from time 10
time.
The vaudeville bill for tonight and
next week includes the Franz duo in a
nnleycle act; Mr.. and Mrs. George C..
Hardon and company in their latest
comedy, Uncle Reuben's Birthday:S
Rose and Ellis. and others.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
ALL READY FOR THE
OPENING AT HILLSIDE.

Everything is in readiness for the
opening today of Hillside Pleasure
Park, the popular suburban amusement
resort. NodiEe's big wild West, hip
podrome and circus aggregation, which
will be the principal attraction
throughout the season, will start it's
performance at 8 O'Clock with the entry
on horseback OF cowboys, cowgirls, In
dams and others who are to entertain.
A show lasting nearly two hours will
be given. A feature of it will be the
riding, roping and throwing of Texas
steers by cowboys who spent years in
this work ir the far West. With the
Indians in the company is Red Wing,
said to be a beautiful young squaw.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
GRAND OPERA FOR
THE FINAL WEEK
At THE EMPIRE
Italian Company Here Monday.
Ralph Herr at PrOctOr's.
The Other Theatres.
~ RAND opera in Italian will be the

~ RAND opera in Italian will be the
W novelty of the week in local
theatres beginning Monday. 1t
WIZ be given at the Empire Theatre,
whose burlesque season closes today,
but which will be held open until next
Saturday night to allow of the presen-
tation of half a dozen of the most
familiar operas in Italian,
A vaudeville bill of promise is adver-
tised at Proctor's. with Ralph Herr, a
comedian, whose experience comprises
both musicai and dramatic fields, as the
principal entertainer. The famous old
melodralna, THE Silver King" better
known a generation ago than today,
will be the offering of the Reginald
Barlow Stock Company at the Column
bia, Fred Irwin viii bring his show to
Waldmann's to accommodate the people
that like the spice of burlesque.
This will be the last week of the sea-
son at the Empire and probably also
at the Columbia. Proctor's and the
Arcade viii remain open all summer
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23

When the Woman's Club of Orange
resumes its meetings next fall for the
thirty-seventh year DR.. Sara C. Spottis-
woode, the newly elected president. will
be at tie head of the administration.
DR.. Spottiswoode, who has been a mem
Der of the Woman's Club for the past
thirty years, vas installed to the Of
flee of president at the annual meet
ing held last Wednesday. DR.. Spottis-
woode has always been active in every
project launched by the club. For the
past two years she has held the Of
flee of chairman of the entertainment
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
MANIKIN ACTORS ARE
STILL POPULAR AT ARCADE.

Margo's Manikin Actors have great
ly increased the entertaining properties
of the always-pleasing program at the
Arcade Theatre during the last week
and will be the feature of today's bill.
This novel act calls for a stage within
a stage, with regular boxes occupied
by representative Manikins, and dances,
character comedy, Glowing, trained
animals, etc, are included in the per-
Torrance. The remainder of the pro-
gram retains all the usual features, in
GLIDING talking pictures. Miss Wini-
fred Allen and Miss Maybelle Bedford
will sing,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
FEATURES ON THE LISTS
OF THE MODEL ClRcInr.

A new entertainer appeared last No,-
day on the Model Amusement circnit
me person OF Edna Gurkin. late of the
lony the Bootblack Company" wn,
presented her comedy singing and DANE
ing act at the Robrecht Model Theatre.
N springfield avenue. Next week she
VII appear at the Orange Model. Al
1lce Is booked for the local Model ncyt
week. and his will probably be his las
appearance, as he has signed to eo an
tne road with the Jersey Liliesp -
puriesque- Mosselle, an Italian viol,n.
ist' IS being featured at the Gem The
tire, in Fifteenth avenue. Ansa-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
FRED IRWIN'S BIG SHOW
RETURNS TO WALDMANN'S

) h attraction at Waldmann's for
next week will be the Fred Irwin's Big
Show, under the personal supervision
of Mr.. Irwin. THE Great White Way
is the title of the burlesque.
The olio consists of six vaudeville
acts, introducing Campbell and Ken
ney, Brady and Mahoney, Walsh,
Lynch e. Co, the Watson sisters and
others. The leading. parts in the bur-
lesque are intcusted to Maggie Ben
nett, Flo Kimball, Fanny Watson and
Lillian Carter. while the comedy falls
TO hurry Livingston, Harry Campbell,
Billy Walsh, Frank Young and Joe
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23

committee, filling that capacity with
entire satisfaction to her coworkers in
the club, and the many guests who
have enjoyed the programs provided
through the tact and good judgment of
the chairman, DIR. Spottiswoode, has
also served as vice-president during the
late administration, with Mrs. William
Thayer Brown as president.
AS we'll as being an active club mem
Der DR.. Spottiswoode is one of the
board of directors of the Woman's Club
Realty Company, the organization
which made possible the handsome
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
OUTDOOR RESORTS ,
OPEN THEIR DOORS
FOR SEASON TODAY
Electric, Olympic and Hillside
Parks Prepare to Welcome
Hot Weather Crowds. n
A S THE theatres begin the final
~ unak Of thni. SaaSnn next Mon.

A S THE theatres begin the final
"a week of their season next Mon
day, today marks the beginning
of activities at the open-air resorts of
Newark and vicinity.
The three established places of out
door amusement. Electric. Hillside and
Olympic parks, all open their doors Tor
the first time today, to continue in
operation until the leaves begin to fail.
All of them have many new features
wherewith to beguile the fancy of the
passing moment. Good, clean, bright
entertainments ARE what they offer,
amid cooling, cheerful and healthful
surroundings. There is no one of them
that is not well worth patronage,
Their special claims to popular favor
are outlined by their representatives
below.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
THE WEEK OF GRAND
OPERA AT THE EMPIRE,

A musical event OF much interest to
Newark will be the opening next Mon
day evening of the brief season of
Italian grand opera at the Empire
Theatre by a company which embraces
a numbcr of artists of rank, Mr.. Di
Franco, the manager of the New Italian
Grand Opera Company, has been at
great pains to get together IN organiza-
tiol of high merit TO interpret the mas
terpieces of the great composers. and
TIE Empire Theatre should be the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23

brick clubhouse at Prospect and Will
lam streets, East Orange, occupied by
the club women. DR.. Spottiswoode is
a prominent figure in the exclusive set
of the Oranges. Just now she is one
of the ~patronesses representing the
Woman's Club at a loan exhibition of
paintings which opened in the Woman's
Club today under the auspices of the
Municipal Art League.
DR.. S~pottiswoode is extremely popu-
lar with the club women, and her
friends prophesy q very successful adj
ministration for her.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23
FAMOUS OLD MELODRAMA
TO BE AT THE COLUMBIA.

Seats are selling fast for the produc-
ton of 1.-The Silver King at h Co
iumbia. beginning Monday. Everybody
in the Columbia clientele is waiting for
it, for the play has not been seen here
for many years.
Several members of the Reginald
Barlow Stock Company have had con-
siderable experience in the play
before.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23

the auspices of the auxiliary of thu
Women and Children's Hospital, for
the benefit of the institution. The pa
tronesses were Mrs. Enos Harrison
Mrs. Edward J.. Ward, Mrs. Herbert
Hotz and Mrs. Theodore Markwith
and the arrangements were in charge
of Mrs. Sydney Currier and Miss Grace
Harrison. About fifty couples par
ticipated in the dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Newton Bar.
] rows, formerly of "a Van Ness place
! this city, are planning to go to Nor
folk. Va, in the autumn, to live. Al
| present they are occupying a cottage al
Belmar,
Mrs. Samuel c. Howell and Miss
Conger, of 1892 Broad street. will spend
the summer months at Marblehead,
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris Miller, of
1872 Clinton avenue. will leave town
May % to spend the summer at North
Spring Lakel
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Wright Clark,
ii 900 MOuilL ITUSBcGl avenue = -
joying q trip through Mexico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hartdegen will
open their cottage at Lake Hopatcong
about June ].
The summer home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William NJ. Clarke, of Heller parkway,
at Martha's Vineyard. will be opened
July /.
MIR. and Mrs. Julian Walter will open
their summer cottage in North Bridg-
ton. Me, in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Ripley. of s
Pennsylvania avenue, will leave this
week to occupy their cottage at Como.
Mrs. G. Rowe and family, of 35s Sum
mer avenue, will spend June and July
at Mount Tabor. after which they will
spend a month In the Adirondacks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Illingworth will
open their summer residence at Allen
hurst in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Luther Joy. of 994
D GCNs IL o1AdPgA ms AhCAA SUM-
1ner home in Newton.
Mrs. r. w. Bond, of $50 Orchard
street, is in Caldwell for the summer.
Mrs. H. Nelson Coe, of Is waverly
avenue, is the guest of her brother,
George Campbell, at his home near
Syracuse, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ripley Cobb
are at Belmar for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Green Lewis,
of PSF Clinton avenue, will spend the
summer on Long Island. They will
leave town about the first of next
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Taylor have
opened their summer home in Chat
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Edwin Young ex-
pect to join Chatham's summer colony
in the near future. I
Mrs. Henry C. Rommel and family
are occupying their house at Spring
Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pennington Day and
family. of 1147 Broad street. will leave
for Ocean Grove the latter part of
this month. where they will remain for
the summer.
Mrs. Joseph Fewsmith and Mrs.
Howell G. Lord will spend the summe,
~ G,-a.. YT5TIz~- ~ r-l--- - 1----
town the first of mex month.
Mr.. n Mrs. Eugene Unger and
family will open their summer home at
Madison the last of this month.
A fashionable event in the Oranges.
which will take place in the Woman's
Club Thursday. June 4, is a recital by
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-23

Mecca for the music lovers of Newark
during the coming week.
The leading soprano of the new COM
pany will be Nine. Edith Helena, who
has lately made a success in operate
roles in New York, notably as Violetta
in La Traviata.' and Media in 81
Pagliaeci.' Nine. Helena will be heard
in La TravistaY on Monday night.
Mario Tortorici. a tenor who has won
reputation in many countries of the old