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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-10
THEATRICAL NOTES.

"The Wizard of Or is to be pro-
duced in London.
Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Ell
lott when they come to this country
will appear in play by Jerome K.
Jerome, called 1.-The Passing of the
Third Floor Back" which is said to
recall '"The Servant in the House.
Eugene Walter has written big
melodrama which he calls 1.-THE Last
Master for which great success is
predicted. He is also working on a
comedy, entitled Another Way" in
which his wife, Charlotte Walter, may
star with David Belasco as the pro-
Queer.
George M. Cohan, it is said, will re-
sumo his place as the star of 1.-THE
Yankee Prince" company the latter
part of this week. The playing OF
Mr.. Carter de Haven, his substitute
for the time being, has won that young
actor unstinted commentator from
press and public.
Edward Craven WHO plays n the R Rnr1
Mouse" and who shows marked abil-
ity in the role, is the. son of the late
John T. Craven of the former AL
baugh Stock company. and a brother
of Frank Craven. who was such a fav-
orite in the same company
The complete cast of Roy McCar-
dells '"The Gay Life" as it is to be
produced in New York by Harrison
Grey F'iske. comprises, Thomas
Thorne, Schuyler I4add, Katherine de
Barry, Consuelo Bailey. Frank Cur
rier, A. E. Baror Bertram Marburgh
Jack K1oville. Charles Kennedy, Vio-
lette Kimball and Helen Hancock.
The cast of principals who viii
support Victor Moore when he is seer
in George M. Cohan's musical play
"The Talk of New York" includes
many we'll known comedians who are
favorites. Among them are Stanley
Forde. J. Smith Marba, John Conroy
Arthur Thornton, Lorens Atwood an6
Sadie Harris There is also a large
and we'll drilled chorus.
Manager Ziegfeld is to star Bicke
and Watson next season in piece by
Harry B. Smith.
One of the novel features of Zieg-
fields review, "The Follies of 1905" is
the series of Nell Brinkley pictures
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a great hit with the public, and will
generally be considered the best of
the season. There are two strong
headline actS-Henry and Alice Car
yer, rifle shots and equilibrists, and
Halliday and Curley in screaming
sketch, 1.-THE Battle of Too Soon" This
is one of the highest priced as we'll as
one of the most highly recommended
sketches which has been seen in To-
peka this season. The Carvers are
not only crack rifle shots, who will
spring some features never before
seen in this line of work, but their
equilibristic acts contain sensational
stunts. Another strong act is that of
Emelie Benner, who is known on two
continents as 1.-The Reincarnated He
lene Mora She wears some of the
latest Partisan costumes and in her
singing her voice resembles that of a
tenor robusto of the grand opera class.
Big Phil Stats, who weighs three hun
dred pounds completes the Quartette of
his class acts. Stats is big, good
natured fellow, who without makeup,
comes in and talks little while
tickling the audience and then 'tic-
kles' the piano. His stunt is declared
to be one of the greatest laughs of the
season. Glenn Waggoner will sing the
illustrated song and some new ideas in
moving picture films will be seen from
the Majestiscope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-10

An important engagement at the
Grand is 1.-The Thief" which will be
seen here Monday. April 10. a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-10

, in which Annabelle Whitford has scor-
ed a hit. The pictures are represent
ed by living prototypes of Miss Brink
ley's fantastic girls, and the costumes
were designed by the artist herself.
Marie Doro is to give up 1.-The Rich
est Girl' and revert to 1.-THE Morals of
Marcus" for a tour of the Pacific
coast
The role of Ned Trent in 1.-THE Call
of the North is the twenty-f fifth
which Robert Edeson has played be-
fore a Baltimore audience.
One of the excellent character bits
in 1.-The Blue Mouse is that of the
convenient mother of the Mouse,
played by Miss Marie Gerard, who, in
appearance and acting, strongly sug-
gestS Nine. Cottrelly.
Charles NARROW, in when Knights
Were Bold" has made a sore of bur-
lesque of "Ivanhoe' and other ro-
mances of the kind. Francis Wilson
is still winning favor in the comicali-
ties arising from the happy idea.
Otis Harlan is to star next season in
musical "farcicality'' called "The
Broken Idol" the production to be
made in New York early in August.
This will be the first time Mr.. Har-
Ian has starred since his days with the
famous Hoyt farces.
In the Armstrong Beach comedy,
"Going Some" the hero, to be enact
ed by Lawrence Wheat, is a young
Yale athlete who goes to a ranch in
New Mexico and gets mixed up with
| the cowboys, besides falling in love
with a college girl. The part of the
athelete's trainer is taken by Walter
| Jones.
| A benefit is to be given Clara Morris
| next month in New York, which will
be under the auspices of the Twelfth
| Night Club. 1t will be a brilliant one
as far as the array of stars taking part
| is concerned. for the program will in
| clude in its list names of E. H. Soth-
ern, Wilton Lackaye, Lawrence DOR
say Chauncey Olcott, Edwin Arden
Frank Worthing, Grace George. Vir-
ginia Harmed, Frances Starr. Elsie
Janis, and other prominent stars
| likely to join.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-10
ACCUSES HER HUSBAND
Woman Charges Him With Murder in
Divorce Petition.

Evansville. Ind. April 10.-That her
husband, Frank Rice, his sister, Mrs.
Albert Taylor, and DR.. L. M. Stroud
of Terrell, Texas. brought about the
death of Albert Taylor at Terrell on
January 8, 1905. is charged by Mrs.
Ida Rice in an affidavit filed in connec-
ton with her suit for divorce here.
Mrs. Rice alleges that an insurance
company paid $1,000 on the death of
Taylor and that this amount was di-
vided by the physician, her husband
and Mrs. Taylor.
The mother of Taylor had his body
exhumed year after his death and
she went to the grand jury at Terrell
with her suspicion that her son had
been poisoned, but there was not suffi-
cient evidence for an indictment. Tay-
1or's death, Mrs. Rice alleges, was due
to poison injected hypodermically
during several weeks. After the Rices,
Mrs. Taylor and Taylor's mother
moved back to Indiana, their original
home, Mrs. Rice charged that her
husband forced her to write to DR..
Stroud threatening him with exposure
unless he sent her 500.
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a black imperial, enters the room to
the accompaniment of a thunder clap.
The old inventor believes him to be the
devil, when he is the head of one of
the concerns which has been bidding
for his invention. He signs contract
for the product under the impression
that he is signing away his soul. Then
the real fun of the play begins.
at the Novelty.
The North Brothers who have been
filling the Novelty at every perform
popular theater another week. The
bill for next week is "The Parish
Priest" This production has been
seen in Topeka but once before, hav-
ing been played at the Grand by David
Sully, at the regular scale of prices
for a high class performance. The
North Brothers have certainly made
stock productions popular in Topeka
Although here but one week their per-
formances are the talk of the town
This company has been booked for an
indefinite engagement, and should the
patronage warrant it as now seems
probable, the company will be engag-
ed for the entire season of 1909-10
Frank Thomas and Mabel Cullen who
play the leading parts are excellent
actors.
A great feature of the company is
the program which is given by the
Chicago Ladies Orchestra at every
performance. The orchestra renders
a half hour program before the cur
tain rises on the first act. This pro-
gram this week has been very popu-
lar. A new program will be given
next week, and additional numbers
will be played by request. In addition
solo numbers on various instruments
will be played between the acts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-10
"The Lion and the Mouse"

1.-THE Lion and the Mouse
The first and only engagement of
the week at the Grand Opera House
comes next Saturday matinee and
night, with the popular Charles
Klein production, 1.-The Lion and the
Mouse" which appears here under
the direction of Henry B. Harris.
The wide distinction won by this
play places the drama in a field
of popularity in which there are few
others. A timely theme was chosen
by the capable and celebrated play
wright and his masterful treatment of
the problem carried the play into in
stantaneous favor with the public. Mr..
Harris played his part we'll before he
gave his clever company an opportun-
ity, by properly mounting the play
and sparing no items of expenditure in
making the play a success.
Most of the company have played
in this piece since October, 1905, the
one prominent exception being Edna
Archer Crawford, as Shirley Ross
more. Paul Everton, who plays the
leading role of John Burkett Ryder
has appeared in no less than a thou
sand performances of the play. 9th
ers who have prominent parts and
who have been with the company for
some time are: George o. Morris,
William Burton, Frederick Malcolm,
Eleanor Sheldon, Eliza Mason and
Harris L. Forbes.
"The Thief
An important engagement at the
Grand is 1.-The Thief" which will be
seen here Monday, April 10. a week
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LDTM HOUSES
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COMING ATTRACTIONS.
At the Grand.

At the Grand.
Saturday, April 1.-THE Lion and
he Mouse" (Matinee)
~ Monday, April 19.-"The Thief"
Coming Later.
High School Sub-Seniors.
''The Girl Question"
Harry Beresford.
At the Majestic.
Vaudeville.
At the Novelty.
North Brothers in 1.-The Parish
Priest"
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At the Majestic.

After negotiations which have been
pending for some time. Manager Roy
Crawford of the Majestic has secured
bill of four acts for the coming
week which he believes will make
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-10

from next Monday night. This has
been one of the great successes in New
York and Paris for the past two
years. The American production of
the play is under the direction of
Charles Frohman, and is a transla-
ton from the French of the author,
Henri Bernstein.
1t is impossible with a mere telling
of the plot of 1.-THE THIEF to give
any idea of the tremendous power of
this drama, which has aroused more
discussion than any work of it's kind
during the past several years. 1t is
masterpiece of dramatic construction
in that, through series of unexpected
development, it compels the tensest in
tereSt
Then. aside from the purely techni-
cal character of the play, there is a
problem in ethics and morality work.
ed out by the dramatist with wizard
like skill
The players presenting the work are
also of excellent quality. While, in
some respects, better effects might be
secured by actors of different person
atty and method, it is but justice to
bly, in revealing the idea which the
playwright has developed with such
strength and delicacy in his text.
THE Thief" which has been the
most important dramatic work pre-
sented in Paris and New York during
the last two years, surpassed all ex-
pectat1ons. Its power must be seen to
be appreciated properly.
'sThe Girl Question:
A music play with all the attractive
features of a laughable comedy, with
a plot of intense interest, embellish-
ed by songs and dances, pretty chorus
girls and marvellous costumes, will be
seen at the Grand soon
1t is called 1.-THE Girl Question" and
is companion play to the whirlwind
musical comedy which created such a
remarkable record in New Orleans last
winter, THE Time, The Place, and The
Girl" Like that record breaking sue
cess, it was written by Frank r.
Adams, Will N. Hough and Joseph
E. Howard, and is under the manage
ment of the Askin-Singer Company.
Harry Beresford.
Harry Beresford is said to have
made the most pronounced success OF
| his career in who's Your Friend -
| the three-act comedy by Messrs. Har-
ry and Edward Paulton. authors also
of "Erminie." Mr.. Beresford will be
seen at the Grand sometime this
month.
Who's Your Friend ?" is a queer
combination of a Sol Smith Russell
play, Faust" 1.-THE Little Princess,
and 1.-THE Devil" At first glance this
/ would seem to be impossible, but il
isn't-those who have seen it say thai
it is a scream. The play tells the
i story of a kindly, careless, old inven-
/ tor who had discovered a remarkable
| dye for woolens. Two rival firms are
trying to secure the rights to the in
vention, but through the scheming OF
a woman who has married him and al
the same time committed trigonome-
/ try as her latest husband expresse:
1t, he is kept from all knowledge Of
the offers and is being forced into
bankruptcy and poverty in order tt
compel him to give up his discovery
for song. With his daughter who /:
very much concerned he has beer
reading Faust" and the idea occurs t.
him that if the Devil is still in bust
ness he believes he would sell himself
for his daughters sake. In a manner
which is perfectly logical to all blu
the old man. a tall stranger, wearing
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-09
FARES HERE AND ABROAD.
Passengers In America Pay Less and
Trainmen Get Much More.

b., Mr.. Bryan could have told us that
on his trip from Liverpool to London,
a distance of 200 miles, his fare, in
cluding $50 pounds of baggage, was
$3.50, while the fare from Boston to
Albany, 201 miles, is $3.50.
He could have found by inquiry
that the engineers who pulled the
train from Liyerrool to London were
paid 81, while the men who run the
engines from Raston to Albany re-
ceive $3.50 for substantially the same
mileage.
If Mr.. Bryan made the trip from
London to Edinburgh, distance of
400 miles, he paid 1892 for his ticket.
If he had felt interest enough in the
matter to suggest the inquiry, he
would have found that the engineers
who handled the train received $6 for
the run.
,, When he reached, New York he
could have travelled on the Empire
State Express from New York to Buff
falo, a distance forty miles greater
than the distance from London to
Edinburgh, for SLIPS; and he would
have found out by inquiry that the
engineers who pulled the Empire from
New York to Buffalo were paid 1864.
In other words, while the fare in the
United States was 20 per cent less,
the pay of American engineers was
1T per cent more than that paid
abroad.
Mr.. Bryan might have truthfully
told his fellow countrymen on his re-
turn that the average pay of Ameri-
can railroad men is from Is to 100
per cent higher than is paid for SINH
lar service abroad, and that the
rates, both freight and passenger. in
foreign countries, average full double
those of the United States. He might
have said a word in commentator
of American railroads and American
railroad men, by whose faithful and
intelligent service these magnificent
results have been made possible.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-09
Where Negro Labor Doesn't Pay.


The Southern colored people cost
NE $S a month in food" said the man.
ager of one Of the biggest farms in
California to me, and they don't do
$40 worth of work. You see plainly
there is no use paying them SIS a
month wages, Or the balance would be
on the wrong side. Mexican greasers
cost me between So and 50 for food
a month, but they will do a good $1.50
worth of work day.
"But take your husky young for
eigner or native-born American work
er He costs less-about Sc a month
when you are catering on big scale,
but he wants a choicer class Of food;
but then he works. l can afford to
pay such young fellows 81 or $3.50 a
day and have bigger margin of profit
than for the cheaper unskilled labor.
Everything has got to make good on
this farm on the profit side of &C
counts, from blade of wheat up-or
it goes!"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-09
IN @ " ON STRIKE
Millions of StOmaChS Refuse to Do
Their Work Properly

All over this broad land millions of
stomach owners are being held in hu-
initiating subsection just because they
are so stubborn that they will not
accept fair, square and broad mind
ed offer.
Life is short for all of us; it will be
shorter for those who let their stom-
achs go from bad to worse.
Hanson & Emerson have a famous
prescription called Mi-o-na, and they
believe so thoroughly in it's remarka-
BILE curative power that they say to
every owner of distressed stomach
| that they will guarantee Mi-o-na tab
let's to cure acute or chronic indiges-
tion and all stomach ailments, or
money back, and the price is only so
cents a box.
And still there are stubborn people
right in Sauk Centre who won't ac-
cept this offer, but continue to suffer
from gas on stomach, belching Of
sour food, stomach pains, foul breath,
dizziness, biliousness and headaches,
just because--just because-that's all,
there is no other reason.
Mi-o-na tablets stop dyspeptic agony
in five minutes; they cure obstinate
cases of indigestion, and turn the
old stomach Tito a new one in a few
weeks, or money back.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-09
THE WHITE MANS GRAVE.
Sierra Leone Looks Attractive in Spite
of Its Bad Name.


Sierra Leone-known to fame as
"The White Mans Grave'-viewed
from the deck of an incoming steam
er presents an appearance distinctly
attractive. - s@% .E
AS to climate, the soubriquet White
Mans Grave is sufficiently instruct
i've. Suffice it to say that the first
of the daily regimental orders ran
thus: Funeral parade at 6:30aal m.
tomorrow" and it was seldom indeed
that the parade was dismissed for
lack of victim to the pestiferous cli-
matte conditions. Indeed, SO arduous
became the duties of sepulchre that
whereas it was customary in the be-
ginning for the entire regiment and
band to attend only the company of
the deceased and the firing party did
SO later on. 49,.
Sierra Leone is infested with
snakes, large and small. The former
are of the constructor species; the
latter are all extremely venomous.
The most deadly OF all perhaps is the
yellow jacket, a beautiful yellow and
black reptile whose bite is reputed to
prove fatal within a space Of twenty
minutes.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-09
Knew the Miscreant's Ways.

Harry Furniss tells a good story
which he heard from a friend, the
colonel of q Sikh regiment in India.
The officers were much annoyed by
some native hanging about their
camp and "sniping" them with rife.
The colonel sent for his orderly, a
native soldier, and said he wanted q
squad to go over the mountain that
night and catch the miscreant who
was annoying them. The orderly sa-
luted and begged to be allowed to act
alone, assuring his colonel that he
would soon catch the culprit. The Of
ficer, admiring his pluck, agreed, and
the next morning the soldier walked
in with the head of the sniper. The
officers were loud in their praise OF
the soldiers valor.
"Oh, sirs, had no difficulty" he
said. "You see, knew his ways. He
was my father"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-09
The Wonderful American Hen.

The cackles of the American hens
are swelling into a mighty chorus.
Sixteen billion times year these
small citizens announce the arrival OF
fresh laid and the sound Of their
Dragging is waxing loud in the land.
According to the last census, there
are 233,598,005 chickens of laying
age in the United States. These are
valued at $70,000,00O, and the eggs
they lay would, if divided, allow 203
eggs annually to every person-man,
woman and child-in the United
States. The value of all the fowls,
$85, 800, 900, would entitle every per-
son in the country to Slip, If they
were sold and the proceeds divided.
All the weight of the animal products
exported, the pork, beef ,tallow, ham,
bacon and sausage, is 846,S60 tons,
while the weight Of the eggs laid
yearly tips the scales at 970,363 tons.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-09
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Wanted-Man for porter at the Pal.
mer House.
A bargain in rolled oats for chicken
feed at Bishops.
Typewriter ribbons at Feisler's
Drug Store. Ii tt.
Fancy home grown musk melons.
the best ever and cheap. Try some at
Bishops. "
GIRL WANTED-In small family.
to do housework. Position perman.
ent. Inquire at this office.
When in need of nice up-to-date
livery rig or auto service, at reasonable
rates call on Salmond Bros. 5tf.
No service in the Episcopal church
next Sunday, but there will be service
as usual on Sunday the 10Th.
Found-Roll of bills on Nam street
between Sauk Centre Cold Storage
and City Meat Market. Owner call
at Herald office and prove property
and pay for this ad. 1t.
Wheel Taken-Columbia chainless
bicycle taken from my porch Saturday
night. Front rim white. Suitable
reward will be given for information
leading to its recovery.
14-tf. DIR E. G. RICH.
Following few days upon the res
ignation of w. A. Morse as municipal
judge of the city of Sauk Centre, Gov
Johnson appointed w. S. Dean to the
position. Mr.. Dean declined to accept
and the matter is now in statu quo.
Don't waste your money buying
plasters when you can get bottle OF
Chamberlain's Liniment for twenty
five cents. A piece of flannel dampen'
ed with this liniment is superior tc
any plaster for lame back, pains in
the side and chest, and much cheap
er. Sold by all dealers. 14-5t
Monday was Labor Day and so fal
as heard from everybody in Sauk
Centre labored except the bankers
who never fail to improve legaI
holiday. The postoffice was closed
part of the day, but the postmaster
and his assistants had to see that in
coming mail was distributed and that
outgoing mail was ready for delivery
to the trains on the regular schedule
time.
The travel cityward this week i:
something phenomenal, due to the
state fair. It began on the early
trains Monday and still continues. Th'
eastbound local on Monday carried
six coaches all filled to their seating
capacity when they reached this point
Similar conditions existed later on il
the week. The return tide of trave
set in on Wednesday and still con
fip,,oc