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The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
"The Man of the Hour. "

II IS in such fine plays as The Man OF
the Hour which drew large audiences
20 the National Theater all during the
week. that the American stage justifes
itself In grave danger, at times. of be-
ing swamped In a sea of meretricfous
musical jingle and mere glitter. the the
ater Of to-day needs greatly such nigh
points as this to reassure us that II Is
still worthy 10 be classed among the arts
For in The Man Of the Hour we have a
play that Is much more than vehicle for
the amusement and distraction OF audi
ences. We have a play that is In effect a
thesis en- political corruption; a portrait
OF actual conditions. easily recognized as
true, which bears something Of the same
aspect as the recent revelations OF dis
honest conditions in business in certain Of
the magazines.
The play shows-wlthout undue exag-
geration-the inside history of machine
politics in a large municipality. and the
value Of the picture is that The people
are enabled to see. for the first time per-
hsps, just what II means 20 leave the
conduct Of their political affairs IN the
hands Of the bosses" who play politics
as II Il was a game. a game in which the
people are used as dummies. votes as
counters. and franchises as the spoils.
It is pretty safe TO say that while the
play amuses and interests those who see
1t. while they are seeing il, it sends many
men away from the theater with a fuller
realization Of what fbp duties and 20
sponsibilities Of citizenship mean, and It
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

Katherine Grey, who has been selected
10 replace CarIotta NiIlson as the star
under Walter \. LawTenCe's manage
ment. will shortly bring out David Gra-
ham Phillips new play, The Worth OF
% Woman" 1t will follow THE Reckon
ing" at the Madison Square Theater.
Afr Lawrence has decided to continue
.sTbe Three of Us" with another star
and Miss Grey will remain In New York.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
TO BERTHA KALICH.

The ardlious glamour Of her bTeast-lit FIRE;
See MoBna Hannas patriot desire,
Her sacrihcial gift Of naked arms;
Thcrese ensayed by lovely passion led
Beyond the pale athwaYt a nameless word;
And Miriam giant viii that ntly hurled
Calumnv out till IS drop. low and dead,
The Lestfan PTicdPss whose fond sCul VAS song
Lost in the soft immurement Of loves bliss.
Llrcd TO the wave when PhaOH held his Kiss,
And Marta lowlsnd child. shared into wrODg
Whose tears Ike dey Of CatalCniaH nights.
Burned ont the droSs till free She tread the hsiy
Thomas f. Fall0n. IN New York Dramatic Mir
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

must inculcate the resolve in many a
man 10 do his duty as a citizen-as an in
tegral part Of the republic which he loves
better than he has done IL before. 1t
brings home to most OF us conditions
which we had a vague idea of before. but
which now We feel that We know. and it
makes US see that il we are governed by
bosses" If our rights are taken from
US, our franchises sold for private profit
our voters bought and our Officials-elected
not by the people but by the bosses
led like sheep to the slaughter, the fault
is our own
Such play brings home to us with
startling force the fact that the remedy
lies in our own hands. It is not revolu-
tion that is necessary. it is rebirth of
common sense, an awakening 10 indi-
vidual responsibility. For such a play.
therefore. the American people should be
intensely grateful. and that the value
Of the particular lessons taught here has
been realized is amply shown by the fact
that no less than four companies are
playing this drama throughout America
to-day, all Of which are being literally
supported. Washington was fortunate Ia
that II had the opportunity to see the
best one OF the four companies in THE
Man OF the Hour" The performance
given at the National was in every re-
spect an excellent one. Mr.. Orrin John
son, hsrd-workIng. conscientious. and
most capable actor has never been fitted
with a role more suited 10 his abilities
than that Of the hero OF this play. and.
although there are melodramatic situa-
tions during the action of the piece his
fine reserve and conservatism held them
down closely 10 reality and made them
convincing and true. Mr. Johnsons sup
port, too, was admirable in every par
tiCulaT. and Washington theater-g -goers
had the pleasure of seeing one Of the best
plays Of recent years, played by one of
the best companies
The first American performance Of Paul
Potters adaptation Of the French farce.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
..whcn KnighthoOd Was in Flower

For the first time in several years.
Julia MaTlowe revived When Knight
hood Was in Flower al the Academy OF
Music in Baltimore on Friday night. In
order 10 secure the play. which she had
sold 20 other parties, she had TO make a
special arrangement.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

Anne Warner is arranging for a dram
atiZatiOn of one of her Susan CIegg''
stories for the use OF May Robson when
THE Rejuvenation Of Aunt Mary" has
served its time.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

A. r. Daily musical director, who was
the only member of The Spring Chick
en- company injured in railroad acci-
dent at Beilaire. Ohio. last September. is
rapidly recovering the use OF his arm,
which the early accounts had amputated.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

The first American performance Of Paul
Potters adaptation Of the French farce.
Twenty Days in the Shade" by Hen
nequin and Weber, was given at the Hy-
perion Theater New Haven, on Janu-
airy l6.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

Some of the producing managers whom
Paul Armstrong pierced with shafts OF
satire and cynicism in the course OF time
have chance TO laugh in their sleeves
now that the belligerent author has pro-
duced his latest comedy. Society and
the Bull Dog" They were all on hand
last Saturday night, when the play re-
CeiYed it's New York introduction at
Daly's Theater They smiled, but said
little. The newspapers the morning after
served as poultices TO their wounded feel
ings. They were amply vindcated. Even
armstrong; best friends admitted that
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

James K. Haokett and large party
Of friends left Montreal last Wednesday
on a wolf hunt in the Canadian woods.
Timber wolves are the specific objects
Of the chase.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

theatrical event that will be welcOm-
ed by all lovers Of real drama is the
coming to the Belasco Theater of the emil
nent English speaking actress, Bertha
Kalch. under the management OF Har-
rison Grey Fiske. in one OF the greatest.
if not the greatest. emotional roles which
she has ever essayed-that of Marta in
Angel Guimera's poetic and powerful
drama of Catalonian peasant life,
Marta of the Lowlands." In all Span
ish-speaking countries this piece has be-
come a popular classic because il tells a
dramatic story that is Of universal inter-
est and true to human nature every
where.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

During William Faversham's engage
ment in Philadelphia he will bring out
The World and His Wife" which has
had several matinee performances. 1t is
the work Of Charles Frederic Nirdlinger
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

William H. Thompson, the celebrated
character actor, than whom the Ameri-
can and English stage is said to AFFORD
no better, is in vaudeville, supported by
T. IT, Ince and a company in For Loves
Sweet Sake" by Clay NJ. Green. Mr.
Thompson has created many noteworthy
roles and vaudeville is distinctly the
gamer by his accession.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

Herbert Cawthorn has entirely re-ov-
cred from the attack Of typhoid 3nel-
monia and has left the hospital In Hol-
yoke. Mass. where he had lain for weeks
at the point Of death. He will reioln
the "a Yankee Tourist company this
week in Washington. His wife, Susie
Forester CawthOTp. who gave up her
engagement to nurse him through his i'll
ness rejoined the company last Monday
in Macon. Ga.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

Canon w. Sheafe Chase, the Brooklyn
clergyman who has been very active in
seeking the enforcement of the Sunday
laws concerning theaters, was brought
before Justice Marean in the Supreme
Court in Brooklyn last week and found
guilty of contempt Of court Mr.. Chase
had in published interview criticised the
action Of Justice Marean in one Of the
Sunday cases. and the utterance was ths
The Washington herald., 1908-01-26

Helen Hale. the clever little comedlenhe
who has been supporting Raymond Hitch
cock in a Yankee Tourist" has been
resting for a couple of weeks in the sun
ny South while the company was doing
some Of the dreaded one-night stands
She writes Mr.. Savage that she feels as
good as new again and will resume her
place IN the performance when IL opens
in Washington this week, Miss Hale's
part was cleverly played on the Southern
trip by Eva Fallon her understudy.
Maude Adams is sitting FOR the artist,
John II. Alexander who has begun the
preliminary sketches Of what viii un-
doubtedly be the most ambitious oil por-
trait ever made OF Maude Adams. The
portrait IS 10 be in six cOlOrs, OF fun
length dimensions, and I'm the costume
which she viii wear in the second act
of ''The testers" Mr.. Alexander is best
known for his mural paintings in the new
Carnegie Library OF Pittsburg, and for
his earlier portrait of Maude Adams as
l. L'Aglon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
A Word About the Team

Two things concerning the coming Manager Vaughn knew at the outset that he could not maintain his popu- larity in this city if he gathered a second division team, and President Baugh knew there would not be sat isfactory gate receipts from team of that sort in this unpropitious year.
 All may therefore be sure that the team for the season of 1908 is not a fact it is team that could outbat, outfield and even outpitch the team hope its team work will be as good as was that of the 1906 team, and that 1t will be as free from internal dissen- sions. The glory of 1906 consisted in team work, and the team of today should attempt to equal it. No team ever did excel the team of 1906 in har- molious effort.
 President Baugh does not go about winning in every conversation he in- dulges in the pennant of 1908. Atlanta has already won in that manner the coveted flag, declaring it has no rival except possibly in New Orleans. This settles it-for the time being. Birming- ham is content to claim place in the first division, first, last and all of the time. That's all. Next September will determine how high its place in the first division is to be. Atlanta takes credit for the new pennant, in other words, until September.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
Drama at the universitv.

''The theatre-goers of Birmingham will enjoy rare post-Lenten treat toward the last of April" said Sam Adams yes- terday. Prof. F. D. Losey is going to bring his college cast to Birmingham and present shakespeare's comedy, The Tam ing of the shrew.' at the Jefferson thea tre.
 MT Losey is an artist of great train ipg. His recent recital of parts of Mac beth at the High school auditorium tes- tified conclusively as to his wonderful facial expression and volume of voice.
 ''The house promises to be crowded, for the play, besides having the recom- mendation of two months rehearsal, brings a cast full of Birmingham boys. Among them are Clarence Going, Anglin White, Clement Kood, Ralph Barrow and Sam Clabaugh
 Professor Losey presented the same comedy at Denver last year to crowded houses. He will not come to Birmingham until every detail is as near perfect as possible.
 ''The part of Catherine will be taken by Miss Helen Vickers of Montgomery. F. M Percer will represent Petruchios and Clar- ence Going will have the part of Grumio. The remainder of the cast will be made up of talent equally as good. This prom ises to eclipse any of the other attractions sent out from the university. Messrs. Clabaugh and Going were in Birmingham yesterday, and probably made arrange ments with local society to give the per- formanee under it's auspices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
ACTOR TURNS EVANGELIST.
Robert Downing, Stage Favorite, Is To
 Become a RevivaIist.

From the New York Evening Post
 Robert Downing, the actor of the robust school who through the years has pleased the galleries if he has not always won admiration below stairs, is to become an evangelist. There are those who think that he will make better evangelist than actor and that he will not be obliged to soar to the heights of great excellence to accomplish this much
 At any rate, 1t is assured that MT. Downing will put "Virginius" and the rest behind him and will turn his atten- tion from the Decemvirs to the modern multitude, less sinful than the Ten, per haps, but still needing someone to point the straight and narrow way
 Actor Downing Is now in Washington. There is a little Methodist church on Rhode Island avenue into which some weeks ago the actors aged mother led him. A revival was in progress and Downing, from being first nighter' only, became regular attendant. Con version overlook him and with his mother he went to the mourners' bench. there ex pressed sorrow for such sins as he had committed and declared that the rest of his life should be dedicated to the service of the Lord
 So 1t is that from this tune on the un- doubted oratorical powers of Robert Downing will be used in the cause of the Christian uplift. The only hope Is that Dr. Downing will refuse to be billed as n reformed actor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
See, where she comes, apparelPd ilke the spring.
 
Haitian Tariff StraddIes

The Iowa republican platform IS even more of tariff straddle than IS the Taft Ohio platform which preceded if Tn both no word is said that will alarm in the least the tariff-sheltered trusts that are engaged in robbing the many and in paying a part or thelr loot into the republican campaign fund. Both platforms stoutly and un- qualifiedly declare that protection IS the cardinal principle of the republican party and that revision must be on protection lines. In other words, the footing must go on, always provided the looters properly divide the spells with the party in political years. The bargain is plain to all and is under stood by all The Allisonites in Iowa and the Taftites in Ohio stand togeth- CT and both declare in favor of an- other great slush fund next fall in re- turn TOT d TeFlSloH Ou ploIeSllOh llhoo'
 The democrats at Denver should un- cover this conspiracy for plundering the many to benefit the few and the republican campaign fund by declaring fin favor of immediate revision on rev enue lines only-the revenue to go into the treasury of the, government instead of the treasuries of the indus trial trusts with another resultant slush fund of the size first set by Mark Hanna in 1896.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
STREET NAMES IN CHINA.

From the New York Sun.
 The name proposed as a substitute for the present commonplace title of Six teenth street in Washington, D. C., is the Avenue of Presidents. To this some persons object because of its length.
 How would they like to import few street names from China, where such poetic names as the following are in vogue?
 Street of Golden Love- Street of Ever lasting Love, Street of Longevity, Street of One Hundred Gfandsons Street of One Thousand Grandsons, Street of Sa- luting Dragons, Street of the Reposing Dragons, Street of Refreshing Freezes, Street of Sweeping Freezes. Street Of One Thousand Beautitudes Street of Thousandfold Peace, Street of Five Happinesses, Street of Ten Thousand Happiness, Street of Manifold Bright ness and Street of Accumulated Good ness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
Demand for Office Buildings.

'In looking over the skyscraper situ- alton, one wonders how Birmingham got along without the tall buildings as long as it did," said an old citizen. "Of course, there are many more people living here than were here in 1900, and there are many more clerks employed by the corporations; but account largely for the demand for office building space by the steadily increasing general southern agen- cies recently established in Birmingham.
 Up to a few years ago all northern manufacturers and all great insurance companies made Rtlanta their southern headquarters. Atlanta is well located for general agencies and it will continue to be an important center from a general agency point of view, but Birmingham has the advantage In geographical posi- tion, and it is only question of time, and short time at that, when Birmingham will be essentially the general agency city of the south. In three years there will be sufficient demand for office space to fill half dozen new skyscrapers.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Candidate For Denver.

Capt James P. Pearce of Marion coun- ty was in Birmingham yesterday. pass ing through in a partial canvass he is making as a candidate to represent the Sixth district democrats at the national convention.
 Captain Pearce" said a banker 'fs che of the leading democrats of the state, and bore a conspicuous part in framing the new constitution, having been a dele gate to the convention. He has never sought office and says that to be eandl- date for a place that pays nothing, costs an entrance fee and carries the other expenses involved in a canvass of his district and trip to Denver, is about like his other work for the party. He has always found 1t to cost more than he got out of it, but he has been a staunch and unwaverlng Bryan man from the start, and wants to be at the Denver Bryan jubilee"
 Captain Pearce is rated as the wealth. jest man in Alabama west of Birming- ham. And he is as patriotic and public spirited as he is rich. He has a host of friends who will support him in his can didaey for Denver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
Working on Dizzy Heights.

'The question is often asked how the men employed on steel frame office build ing construction learn to move about on dizzy heights said John Griffith of the well-known firm of contractors, John Crit filth &s Sons of Chicago.
 When the steel frame building trade was new all the crews were recruited mostly from the sailor class. All me- chanics skilled in handling rvets would naturally take to steel frame work, but full fledged boilermakers and the like would be too old to learn to do the diff ficult things in mid-air that our crews are called upon to do. Among seamen we find large percentage of skilled ma- chinists and it does not take long for them to become steel frame builders.
 "Skyscraper construction has now been progressing fast for a number of years and this class of work has developed a new trade. There are skilled workmen employed on all the tall buildings who began apprenticeship in early youth. They soon became at home high up in the air. But in all crews today many men who sailed before the mast are still to be found"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
ROMANTIC SUICIDE.
Youno Woman Was Fascinated By the
 Thought of Death.

From the Editor.
 Here is a tragedy from life that for dramatic appeal can hardly be surpassed by fiction. The bald fact is that attef one unsuccessful attempt, Miss Nora May French killed herself last month at the home of George Sterling, the author or the poem, "The Wizardy of Wine,' whieh has set the literary world talking. Ihe story of the first attempt at suicide is this Miss French was a beautiful and gifted young woman who had written both verse and prose of exceptional quai- ity for The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. Like all of her tenn perament, she frequently brooded over the mysteries of life and death. Her uncle, a Presbyterian minister, had often de- plored suicide to her. He told her, if the thought of self-destruction ever en- tered her mind to sit, pistol in hand, in a shadows path and to shoot when the edge of the soft gloom touched her. By that time you will have repented," said her uncle. You will not shoot" But the idea fascinated the girl. Her poetic tenn perament and high-strung, nervous con- dition took joyously to the contemplation of death. Monday she sat in the Ster- ling cottage and brooded over verse in Housman's Shropshire Lad," in which youth ends his life with a revolver. "Bravely done, my lad, bravely done,' she wrote under the lines Then, with Sterling's revolver hidden in her dress, she hurried out to a quiet spot on the edge of the pines, looking out on the wondrous valley of Carmel Mission. There she reached the shadow cast by lofty tree, and when it touched the edge of her dress she pointed the pistol at. her head and pulled the trigger. But her hand was not as steady as she thought, or as she hoped; the bullet sped by her head, clipping one curl of her bright hair Having been face to face with death, her mood changed. Returning to the cottage she told Mrs. Sterling what she had done, showed her the bullet-shorn curl, blessed her uncle for his advice and declared gaily that she would live and work. The next night, however, Miss French took cyanide of potassium and ended her life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
HALF A LOAF.

Harper's Weekly.
 The negros love of titles of whatever sort is amusingly illustrated by story told by the governor of a southern state.
 It appears that the congregation of a colored church in Georgia conceived the notion that 1t would add greatly to their dignity if the pastor of the church were enabled to add the initials "D.D." to his name. A member, hearing of an institu- ton in the north which would, for value received. confer such a degree, entered into correspondence with that end in view Reply came to the effect that the sum of s75 would obtain the desired dig nifty.
 A difficulty arose, however, in that the congregation were unable to raise more than $39. Finally, after much confabula- tion, the congregation delegated one of their number to see the thing out. Ac- cordingly the following message was sent to the institution mentioned:
 Kindly forward our pastor one D,' we being unable to afford the other at this time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
A Georqian In New Jersey

Bishop Ward consented to the trans fer of pr. Charles o. Jones, well known Georgia preacher of the Meth odist church, south to the First Meth odist church of Trenton, N. J. He did this because he desired to bring about closer relations between the two great branches of American Methodism, and he considered Dr. Jones an excellent man for the work he had in view.
 At first the other Methodist preach CTS of New Jerseys capital-a city of about 50,000 people-did not greet pr. Jones cordially, but he soon won their friendship. Nc so, however, in the cases of the preachers in the lesser towns of New Jersey. They declared that he had no right to occupy pull pit of a northern Methodist church, and so the matter was brought before the New Jersey conference, and Bishop Wilson of the northern church pro- 6Aeded to select Dr. Frye to take over the Trenton church. When pr. Frye endeavored to take charge of the church the congregation refused to rec ognize him, and legal proceedings have been begun to decide who does really control Methodist church, the conference, the bishop or the congre-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

gation. It is claimed that the home trustees control their own church, and they are standing by pr. Jones, and pr. Jones is standing by them. The courts will do the rest.
 Let us hope the matter will be car ried to the general conference of the northern church, for that may lead to the sweeping away of many obsta- cles that stand between the two great Methodist churches. Dr. Jones should stay in Trenton, where he is made very welcome, until his rights are de- termined by the general conference and by the courts.
 Organic union may not be feasible, but the issues that made two churches out of one long ago disappeared in the smoke of civil war. If the two churches are to remain two churches, they should at least work cooperative ly and harmoniously A clergyman from one church should be acceptable in the other church, and they should pull together to promote American Methodism in every possible manner. United they would constitute the most powerful Protestant church in the country.