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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
Subjects Discussed.

At the meeting yesterday afternoon the subjects were discussed as fol- lows:
 .The Surgeon the Patient, and the Tailroad"-Surgeon J. c. Bogle, Dam vile, Ky.
 To Open iscussion-Surgeon c. B. Turner, Rluemont, Va.
 "A Condensed and Accurate Method of Keeping Accounts and Records Re- quiring Medico- Legal Information and 1ternized 3ills"-Surgeon S. R. Miller, Knoxville, Tenn.
 To Open lscussion-Surgeon H. T.. Bahnson, Winston-Sale N. c.
 Pot Pour.: The Railway Company, the Local Surgeon and Their Peculiar elations'-Surgeon J. H. Mitch ell, Mt. Vernon Iii.
 To Open Discussion-Surgeon George Ross. Richmond, Va.
 When Duty Cals'-Dr. Percy w. Toombs, Memphis Tenn.
 To Open iseussion-Surgeon G. R. Dean, Spartanburg, s. c.
 Report of Case, Resection of Elbow Joint"-Surgeon T. H. Hancock, Atlanta, Ga.
 To Open Discussion-Su c. B. Earle, Greenville s. c.
 Fractures and Dlslocations of the Yer tebra R. L. Payne. Nor folk, Va
 To Open Discussion-Surgeon Duncan Eve Nashville Tenn.
 Smoker By Medical Society. Last night the Jefferson County Medi- cal society gave the lsting doctors a smoker, and an exhibition of the treat ment of fracture, these subjects being discussed:
 Demonstration of Hodgens Splint'-- Surgeon T. r. Robinson, Bessemer, Ala. To Open Diseussicn-Surgeon w. S. Wiatt, East St. Louies, III.
 '"Phc Treatment of the Fracture of the Femur A. R. Shands Wash ington, D. c.
 To Open Dscussion--Chief Surgeon Rhett Goode, Mobile. Ala.
 "Treatment of Fractures of the Lower Extremties"-Dr. J. H. Downey, Gaines vile, Ga.
 To Open Dscusslon-Surgeon R. M. Ma gruder, Charlottesville. Va.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
Industrial College For Women.

Guthrie, Okla, April 2S.--The house to- day passed the bill previously passed by the Senate providing 1or the establish ment of state industrial college for women. Domestic sciences will be the principal thing taught at the new scho ol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
Call To Troop D.

call has been issued by the officer i'll command of Troop D for muster and drill tonight. Members of the troop are ordered to report at the city hall armory at 7:30 O. clock without excuse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
STREET CAR CONDUCTOR
 ENDS LIFE WITH ACID

He is survived by wife and one child, and the belief that he had thought of taking his life is given color by reason of the fact that he was discussing with his wife yesterday morning the suicide of a woman friend of the family. This wom- an committed suicide by cutting her throat with d razor and turned black Ill the face shortly afterward. Watts asked his wife if she thought this woman would have turned black if she used carbolic acid, and Mrs. Watts replied that she did not think so
 Watts formerly resided at Irondale but a short while ago moved to Birmingham. R. F. D. Route No. 5. He is survived by his father, A. L. Watts, of Sylaeauga; three brothers, who reside in Birmins- ham--E. L.. L. P. and T. G. Watts-tWo brothers in Talladega-W. D. and James Watts-and a sister, Miss Emma Watts, of Hatehet Creek.
 The remains were removed to the un- dertaklng parlors of Shaw & Son, where they are being held. Funera3 arrange ments will be announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
Fleet Goes To Fijl Islands.

Suva, Fiji Islands, April 2s.-It is an- nounced here that the American fleet has accepted an invitataion to visit the Fiji Islands t4f5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
Recorders Court.

Recorder Rush had quite strenuous morning, although there were only two or three cases on the docket The first one to come up was that of vagrant. He gave the usual excuse and received the usual fine, which will probably go toward helping the city some. The next was a plain case of intoxication, and this poor man was not hit hard The best was saved for the last.
 It was a case where two women jumped on man and tried to persuade him that he was ready to shuffle off the coil. From the evidence introduced it appears that the man passed the women and made some remark they did not relish One of them picked up a chunk of wood and landed on him and the other hit him with an iron pail. It seems that he was inclined to argue the matter, but they made it too hot for him.
 When he arrived in court this morning he was badly bruised and remarked to the mayor that he thought he had been treated shamefully. However. the mayor could not see it in that light, and he stated he would only impose fine of s2 on one of the women for starting a rough house. The man was disappointed, but it is the general opinion that he got off light
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
Death of Ben Moore.

Ben Moore. age 3S years, died this morn ing at the home of relatives at Wilkes station after a short illness. MT Moore's home was at Woodlawn, but he was taken to Wilkes station when he became ill He leaves a wife and four children.
 MT. Moore was well known around this city and his death is regretted by his many friends.
 The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from Wilkes sta- tion, and the interment will be at Walnut Grove cemetery. Mir. Moore was promi- nent Odd Fellow and the members of the lodge to which he belonged will escort the remains to the grave. Kennedy Bros. of Ahis city will have charge of the funeral.
 Woman's Club To Meet.
 Dr. Caldwell of St. Louis will address the members of the Womans S Civic club at the library hall on Thursday evening. Dr. Caldwell will speak to them with regard to the best plans to be pursued in helping to beautify and improve the different places around the city. All of the members of the club are cordially invited to be on hand, as it is believed Dr. Caldwell's lecture will be an inter- esting and entertaining one.
 On Thursday iafternoon and evening the ladies of the Civic club will be in charge of the fountain at Lewis drug store.
 The proprietors have kindly offered to give the club half of the proceeds from the fountain for both afternoon and evening the money taken in by them to go toward any improvements that can be made around the schools and parks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
Review Of Surgery.

ncViSW OI 0uT9CIy.
 In a review of surgery in general much interest has been written during the past year, but nothing radical has been re- ported in the conduct of any special oper- ation Robert T. Morris and others are advocating an efficient but less elaborate process for obtaining asepss and anti sepsis in operation, and the merits Of some of the so-called old methods of sur gical procedure are noted. Wright and his pupils offer great possibilities in their brilliant work in vaccine-therapy in many cases which have hitherto been classed as unfavorable or hopeless from a surgical standpoint. The principles on intelligent conservatism in the care of traumatic conditions now as always are of vital in- terest to all railroad surgeons. Opinions of what must be considered as intelligent conservatism differ greatly. At what time an operation should be performed and the character following a mutilating injury are subject upon which there Is no unanimous opinion. Unnecessary haste is never commendatory while delay is The evolution in the importance of the
 The evolution in the importance of the railroad surgeon is as marked as that Of any individual type in the service of the company. In the carly days of rail- roading, accidents were mostly trivial and the employees in those days would often use domestic remedies, and if pos sible remain on duty mary times with out the knowledge of the injury com ing to the attention of the company; few passengers were carried and acct dents to them were most unusual.
 As railroads increased in number and mileage and as travelling became more general the number of accidents and fla talities naturally increased. It then be- came necessary for the care and com fort of passengers and employees that surgeons at a few important points should be engaged for this service. The number of surgeons thus engaged has yearly increased and now any rail- road of importance has a well organ ized surgical corps. The surgical de- partment of any railroad is one af yearly increasing importance, and no time can come when this importance will leSSen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29

On the other hand our suspicious should be kept well within bounds and no mem- Der be made uncomfortable by jealous or ooveteous espionage, and if any member appears unusually jovial or affectionate it will be considered out of order to call attention to the fact or to entertain any critical opinion regarding the source of I1is antb11siacn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-29
e. T. snaw & Son. undertaksr..

Green Undertaking Co.,. Wallace c. Johns. Manager.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06

have been for months in nearby Rot
tenberg, lonesomely devoid of youn,,
femininity; yet his majesty details the
Red Hussars instead to ;.le coveted
special service in Gottenberg The jo-
cose use made of Kaiser Wilhehn's dig
nifty has kept the play out OF the Ger
man empire. but in New York we may
in foolery, see some of mis- princes fig
uring in the fight for girls. A barber
rom Berlin comes to the berg with the
Rotten name, to be valet to Il
princely lieutenant of the Blues: and
this tricky fellow steals The empero-'s
order from its bearer, substitutes n to-
gus one. and so the Blues got to the
berg called Gotten" In place of The
Reds. Out of that complication the
,un comes furiously, as the Hlues know
he hoax will be discovered within a
lay or two. and they will have to give
up the girls to the Reds. That is a
good scheme for a military exrravagah-
Ia in which harsh martial comma ads
soften unto songs and the tactics Of
the drill frolic into dances.
New York gets THE Girls of Gotten
berg in its London condition. The
whole outfit. human and material, mas
been transferred. The chief comedian
James Blakely. is the barber who Pro-
notes himself from lieutenant's valet
TO be a kings envoy, and struts in a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06

prepared and practiced as serious mat
ter.
So the fate of the gorgeous Algeria
depended on Victor Herbert's music
and its singers. The score is of high
degree, with very operate spells, Vel
providing popular melodies for the
songs The singers are led by an Ida
Brooks Hunt, whom Broadway has
never heard of, but whose voice has
been cultured thoroughly somewhere
else; and the set of vocalists contains
only four names that mean merit here
| like that Old favoritei are apt IL
get, with me, the contempt that rGin1li-
arity breeds. Mr.. Herbert was in the
conductors chair at the opening, All
these new good singers mad so many
encores that the play didn't end I'LL
rear to midnight.
Laughter is loud and plenty at the
other musical play. The Girls nf COT
tenberg." although as d beauty show
10 admire it is not less pictorial than
he only already described. This is al;
importation from London. where it
lived a year lively. and where its disre-
sRctful references to The German en-
peror might easily have made the Eng
fish king interfere for mis- nephew :
Ike. as THE Mikado" has been pro-
hibited in London lately because i
made sport of the mih;ldo OF Jcpan.
The Gay sets forth tfat the town of
Gutenberg lacks q desirdht. grade OF
-oung men for its girls. who petition
the emperor to send sone amy officers
TO solace them. Now. the Blue H':ssarS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06

In deed. Novelty wins at the theatre.
and this pure play of impurity from
Paris is novelty indeed Grand
daughters of Horace Greeley, her father
being the late Nicholas Smith of Ken
and of Mrs. Malaprop Drew, her father
being the present John Drew, are in
the cast inconsequentially.
X X
A comedian I'm algeria" has q ditty
about the menagerie of strange crea-
lures, from blue elephants to green
mice. that he finds in a bottle of whis-
ky: but in the refrain of each verse he
declares that his pets in the collection
are flock of little birds of paradise"
The fellow sits on the floor to sing, with
a bottle In his hand, and every time he
comes to the chorus about the birds of
gay plumage. he gazes daZedly around
to see the stage filled by singing and
dancing girls CARRIED gaily In the colors
of birds of paradise. some of It in fea-
Tiers. but most of 1t such silken fabrics
as women of wealth wear on occasions
of dress. These skipping, whirling crea-
lures of the drinkers imagination, Sc
lected for comeliness and trained for
sylphic grace, are things Of real and
much cash: they are even wigged es-
pecially for this scene with hair all
alike in hue and shape; and all this is
zone 10 DeduliIy SOtlS liittl ldSlo icSS
than five minutes at one acts climax.
At the others, no more time than that
is given up to such storm-a simeon
in Sahara-which for elaborate illusions
would have been a marvel in stagecraft
In the old times. In that lavish way
art is capitalized nowadays for theat-
rical shows.
Rich as some of the musical plays
have been in the mounting, l doubt if
any has cost more for an outfit than
Algeria" The outlay is said to reach
$50 900. and those figures are credible.
Not more than one-tenth of the money
went for scenery at that. although the
two pictorial enclosures are finely built
and painted. The eXtravagant pro-
Queer is Frank Mckee, but a dozen
syndicate" men share with him the
risk of the venture. The bulk of their
expenditure is for costuming. The
changes of raiment are frequent.
transitory and very gorgeous. There
are ingenuities, too. in the showing of
girls. such, for instance. as to sudden
ly illumine paraso,s that have hidden
the heads of strolling couples, so that
their kisses are exposed. One of these
novelties illustrates the longing of
French army officers in Algeria for the
life of Paris. They sit and smoke in
their lonesome camp on desert oasis
i'm the dark of night. and sing of the
girls they left behind them. A pale
light comes and there. between each
two men. is a cafe table. with a wine
bottle and glasses on it. canopy over
it and a smiling cocotte behind 1t, thus
producing boulevarde scene complete.
The vision is but momentary OF the
end of each verse. In wink of the
calcium the gay cafe changes back TO
the dull camp. The girls have skipped
off But what has become of the ia
hles and canopies? Why. rods reach
ing up from the girls backs have car
ried the canopies, and they have made
the tables by holding their skirts out
fat with the glassware fastened on.
Reginald de Koven, Adele Richie
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and Glen Macdonough were early IN
their careers fifteen years ago. lie
Koyen wrote the score and Macdon-
ough the libretto of The Algerlans
for Adele. OF course. Herberts music
in the present play bearing the same
name has no trace of De koven's, ana
TO the best OF my recollection Macdon-
oueh's writing is substantially fresh.
His story is that the sultana OF an Al
gerian tribe Is so deeply affected by
A poem of love that she resolves TO seat
its author on her throne as royal con-
sort. and so she sends out agents 10
bring him to her. AS he is an othcer
In French invading army. he is I'M
nelled for diplomatic reasons TO hide
his identity; but at sight of her love-
illness he owns up to who ne Is ana
weds the fair sultana. Meanwhile there
are dfgressions and COMMISSIONS so VII
less and futile as to place the .ibretto
among the worst in the long record OF
bad ones. And the enterprise was I'M
perilled further. in the opening per-
Torrance, by two able but unprepared
comedians, who had taken the place
of two withdrawn. I suppose that by
this time those two unready actors
have got together with their compan-
ion in a comic triangle; but at the out
set their ineffectuality showed how
stage foolery needs 10 be as carefully
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06

gay uniform, quaffs official cham
payne, fiirts with many girls and espe-
cially mashes a burgomaSter daush-
ter. 1t is such a part as our Francis
Wilson, Frank Daniels Or Richard
earle would do well with. A newly In
troduced actress is Gertie Millar. a
pleasant blend of piquancy and dignity
AS a beauty show this is being marked
o. K. by the connoisseurs. and its fresh
band of dancing girls are vivacious
variants from the familiar in their
graceful capers To some New Workers.
with eyes toughened by the. summer
sights of bare SalOmes, the autumn {
CARRIED array of dancers may look like
Vassar collegians at gymnasium work;
but to the rest of us they are well
come relief. The Salomes are dancing
Jet. but the police department, now
that the season of them is at its end,
sravely details sleuths to see them and
report whether it is true that these
women strip themselves for public
view.
The title of THE Moliusc" is peril
nent because its Mrs. Baxter. like the
mollusca genera in zoology, is inert, in
dolent. useless and laZily attaches her
self to more active persons, to be car
ried along by them. That is TO say.
Hubert Harry Davies has made q sar-
castle yet keenly analytical study of
that type of woman in married we'd
.ock that familiar creature among
livers in luxury, the idle wife. wh<
thinks herself busy. eXacts personal
service from every one in the house
hold. fancies herself frail, while IN
truth robust, and needs a big jolt to
shake her loose from the molluscan
state of barnacular existence.
strange theme for a play, truly, and it
is set forth in a comedy containing
only four persons, yet yielding excellent
entertainment.
Alexandra Carlisle. the actress of
this mollusc of a wife, is beautiful in
the manner of Maxine Elliott, with
whom in proficiency. too. she is just
about on a parity. Assumably she is
selfish, wilful beauty. who queens it
high and mighty in her domicile do
main, with her children's governess as
1 lady in waiting to all but breathe for
her. This servitor is played by Bea-
trlce Forbes Robertson, a niece o.
tombstone Forbes Robertson. The
fourth and most potent character is the
mollusc's bachelor brother, who comes
home from successful fortune seeking
in our Rockies to find his once lovely
sister now unlovely from sloth and an
tllllaDle. UNCONSCIOUS anu
able selfshness. The Illustrations of
her idiosyncracies, and of his efforts to
cure her of them, make much diversion
COR people who have seen-possibly en-
lured, too-that sort of human mol
lusc in real life. The brother has be-
come so Americanized that he is bree-
lily brisk, and he chooses the governess
on sight for wife; so his wooing of
her runs alongside his endeavOr to re-
claim his sister, whom he finally brings
70 regeneration by making her wildly
Jealous of his own sweetheart. This
comedy is so short that such a playlet
IS London calls curtain raiser, sell
iom used in New York, fills the first
half hour of the evening: yet 'The Mol
lusc." with its good-humored exposure
Of the pampered wife. gets a prospecting
amount of laughter and applause.
rNs' T~~a~h Tov-1e' " So Won
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-06

Lord Dundreary's descendant. the
dandy crawler of London's Strand. an
exaggeration of the modern Beau
BrGmmel. who squeaks an ultra Eng
fish accent in high falsetto. Coyne.
having hit that off so well, could get
nothing else to do here. In vain he
urged that he, could do different things;
he managers would pay liberal wages
for his London swell in extravaganza,
but had no other use for him: and IN
desperation he went to London Tor a
recall him as a tall. lank caricature OF
Continued on Page II.
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THE THEATRES
THIS WEEK AT

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:: and Thursday, THE Girl and the +:
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-04-02
GA = ToETA.
Mr., thu >>Iha Kind You Have Always Baugt'
Hs, .; &zzZzzu
He "Butted In"

The superintendent OF the anti.
saloon league states that his crowd
will not support either Judge Evans
or W. s. Cowherd for the democratic
nomination for governor, but will
throw their support to Judge Wal
lace, OF Kansas City, because neither
Evans nor Cowherd is a good enough
temperance m q for them.-Ex.
change.
II the anti.saloon league expects to
accomplish much good 1t had better
get q proper man at the head of It
Rev. Ulysses Grant Robinson seems
to be lacking In veracity with the
public, and we understand bis stand
ing with the clergy brethren abou,
Springfield, where he held forth q
while, is not what 1t ought to be
The Progress lie for temperance
hence, these pertinent remarks, anc
hopes to see the league under q dii
ierent leadership. 1t deserves q bet
ter fate. II be is q stray Yanke,
from away down east, let 1t b.
known. We have been informed so
and let him shut" out like be "but.
ted" into this movement, 90 far 81
the democrats are concerned. Cap
Girardeau Progress.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-04-02
Home Seekers: Excursion.

To points In Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, Colorado, ueorgia. Idaho,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Next
co, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, oklahoma,
Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, virginia,..'W Washington,
Wisconsin, Wyoming. On all first
and third Tuesdays OF each month
at rate OF one and one hsli,fsre plus
5000 Tor round trip. Twenty-one
days from date OF sale.
Second class colonists rates TO Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Santiago
and other California points $4,000
To Portland, Oregon; Tacoma, Sc.
attic and other n''rtheast points
$31 20. City OF Mexico $34 30 Or
sale March 1ss so April Both 1908.
&c. VANDERyooRr.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-04-02
Night Riders Shoot a Negro.

Hopkinsville, Ky, March 30
Night Riders to the number OF from
twenty-five TO thirty invaded Golden
Pond, Trigg county, at midnight,
dragged Thomas " eaver, a negro In
the employ of the tobacco associa.
ton, from his bed and carrying him
TO the road, commanded him TO run
When he failed TO obey the Night
Riders began firing at him. Two
balls penetrated his body. and he
was found in dying condision. No
motive for the crime is known.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-04-02

Two negro women calling them
selves "Divine Heaters" are exciting
Knob Noster and vicinity by their
miraculous cures of the afflicted. The
Wsrrensburg Star says these women
we're sent for to test their powers,
and made good" by laying their
hands upon Mrs. Ramsey who has
been dangerously i'll for some time
and causing her to arise and walk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-04-02

The Democrat admits that Is Is vi.
tally Interested In turnpike" be-
tween Osceola and Appleton City and
thence from Osceola TO the Polk
county line. The Democrat also ad-
mits that the course It suggests for
this pike Is somewhat triangular In
shape, but It will touch allimportsnt
places between Bates and Polk coun-
ties and enable farmers to ship to
any market town they desire. The
building OF this pike, too, would
hasten the building of the contem.
plated electric line between Butler
and Osceola. 1t Is true that this i'm
provement, like all others Of It's nat
ure, received staggering blow at
the hands OF the last Legislature, but
the state will survive Is and in time
stsrtagain to improving transporta-
ton facilities. With what money the
various districts will have and what
can be secured by private subscrip-
ton, the pike can be built this year,
and 1t will be an object lesson to 9th.
er sections. We would suggest that
a meeting be held at some point on
the route and some definite plan In.
sugurated looking to the beginning
OF the work. -Osceola Democrat.