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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
PALACE OF DRAMA.
splendors Of the New Theater Dedi-
Gated In New York.

Splendors Of the New Theater Dedi-
Gated In New York.
Long before the New theater, the
splendid 100000 stone palace which
public spirited citizens of New York
have erected on the block in Central
Park West, between Sixty-second and
Sixty-third streets, sfor the propaga-
tion of good drama" was dedicated by
J. P. Morgan and thrown open to the
inspection of invited guests the other
afternoon, there were lines of electric
cabs waiting to discharge their pas
sengers. Society women even alighted
before their carriages reached the en-
trance and stood off to examine crit
ically, the architecture. Its style re-
minded many of the Sansovino library
in the Piazza di San Marco, ia Venice.
1t is somewhat in the spirit of the Ital-
ian renaissance of the sixteenth CEN
fury. The observers seemed pleased
with the digniied lines of the struc-
ture. Within they saw an auditorium
that exceeded their expectatio They
found the theater as whole was
planned simply, yet giving majestic
and artistic effect.
The auditorium is in the shape Of the
long half of an egg. To the guests
seated on the stage the orchestra
chairs. finished in red, stretched up
ward gently. Behind them are ar
ranged the founders boxes and above
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
Copyright by the New theater.

CORNER VIEW OF THE NEW THEATER.
them is the first gallery. There is a
second balcony and then gallery.
Ranging above the second balcony on
either side of the theater are colon
nades of marble with lunettes of gold
and curtains of red. The decorations
follow scheme of driftwood gray and
gold. Into this auditorium the guests
were ushered by girls neatly CARRIED in
gray with dainty white aprons. There
were men ushers as well, dressed in
light brown.
At the north and south ends eleva-s
tors and wide stairways gave access to
the grand tier promenade. the stalls
and the balcony floor. Two spiral
stairways of white marble at the
southeast and northeast corners also
lead to these levels, and at the south
west corner another spiral stairway of
white marble leads to the smoking room
and buffet. The smoking room is fin
ished in terra Gotta, with tiled floor
and paneIed woodwork in brown.
Short stairways lead from the grand
tier promenade down to the boxes and
up to the stalls, so that the occupants
Of each box will have a separate way
for entrance Back of this promenade
is a long, narrow room foored with
maple and smooth enough for dancing.
On raised platform at one end an
orchestra was stationed. On this floor
and reached from the main corridor are
the ladies' parlor and the tea room at
opposite ends of the building.
The auditorium was brilliantly IL
Illuminated by the massed lights from
the great central chandelier and the
twelve smaller chandeliers on the
sides. The seats were found wide and
comfortable, and on each seat is its
number, with its section and row de-
signed in tan embroidery. Deep red
curtains close the opening of the pro-
scenium arch, which is framed in green
ish tinted Connemara marble. Come
mara tablets along the walls and I'M
der the dome are inscribed with the
names of fourteen dramatists. Over
the arch is the theater's crest, bearing
the motto, '"To Hold as 'Twere the
Mirror Up to Nature" The visitors
wandered through the house inspect
ing the decorations and the main foy-
err, which is Interesting not only be-
cause of its artistic decorations. bat
because it promises to be an art room
of value.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

Henry B. Harris will present at the
Lyceum theatre on Monday evening,
November 10Th, the greatest comedy
success in years, 1.-THE Travelling
Salesman" by James Forbes, author Of
The Chorus Lady" The production
here will be the exact duplicate of the
one that played the Gaiety thea
tire, New York Park theatre, Boston,
and Illinois theatre, Chicago, to
crowded houses. The cast which will
be seen in the local playhouse in Mr.
Forbes most interesting comedy nov
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.

The season of the year has returned
when, In accordance with the reverent
custom established by our forefathers,
the people of the United States are wont
to meet in their usual places of worship
on a day of thanksgiving appointed by
the civil magistrate to return thanks to
God for the great mereies and benefits
which they have enjoyed.
During this past year we have been
highly blessed. No great calamities of
food or tempest or epidemic sickness
have befallen us. We have lived in quiet
ness undisturbed by wars or rumors of
wars. Peace and the plenty of bounteous
crops and great Industrial production ami
mate a cheerful and resolute people to all
the renewed energies of beneficent indus
try and material and moral progress. II
is altogether fitting that we should hum
bly, and gratefully acknowledge the divine
source of these blessings.
Therefore / hereby appoint Thursday,
the 18th day of November, as day OF
general thanksgiving, and l call upon the
people on that day to lay aside their
usual vocations to repair to their church
es and unite in appropriate services OF
praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
By the President,
Philander G. Knox,
Seorakarv of State
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
Blind Man a Murderer.

Supreme Court Justice Minturn of
Paterson, N. j., sentenced William Fas-
son, a negro, to thirty years in the
state prison for killing Charles Hum
nell, a white man, and ten years for
killing Bob Ferguson, colored man,
the terms to run separately.
The court had accepted in each case
plea of non vult to murder in the
second degree, and the penalty for
killing the white man is the limit I'M
der the law for second degree murder.
Fasson is known as "the devil" AL
though blind, he had been for a long
time terror among the negroes. The
night of the double murder he entered
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

When Mrs. Frank A. Slavin died at
South Norwalk, Conn., Il few days ago,
1t was thought she did not have a
cent. The kitchen carpet was taken
up the other afternoon, and two layers
of small bills which almost covered the
entire floor We're discovered. There
was nearly bushel of them when
piled up, and they amounted to $3,400.
Her son. Charles A. Slayin, was about
to vacate the house and stood in the
doorway debating whether to take up
or leave the Kitchen carpet. He
thought it might do to cover the dog
kennel, and SO he pulled it up.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

MRS. FREDERICK SCHoFF, of Phila-
delphia, president of the National
Mothers congress, declared before the
board of governors OF that organiza-
tion at Atlantic City this week that
statistics showed that seventy-five
per cent. Of the arrests in the coun-
try we're Of boys, and pointed out that
there must be something wrong in
the way they are reared to place such
a burden on the youth of the land
The percentage appears unusually
large, almost shockingly so, and YET
there Is no reason to doubt its cor
rectness.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

MORRIsTOWN has more than pass
ing interest in the reported merger of
the telegraph and telephone interests
Of the country. Here in 1874 Professor
Morse and Alfred Vail perfected the
telegraph instrument and gave to the
world practical instrument, the
principles Of which have been the
basis of all the wonderful progress
that has been made in this line since.
A quarter of century afterward
Theodore N. Vail, also Morristown
man, effected a combin alton of inter-
ests that made the telephone COM
mercial success, and it is largely due
TO his executive ability that the won
derful development Of the telephone
was brought about. Now he has APP
parently succeeded in bringing about
that which he has labored for for years
the combination of the telegraph and
telephone interests thereby making
them auxiliaries of each other rather
than opposing rivals. MorriStown has
reason to be proud of the Vail family
which has added much to it's renown.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
sAsel Mai, Cars.

The United States postal department
is having all of the mail cars on the
railroads throughout the country built
OF steel. The reason for this new
method of car building is to protect
the mail and the clerks in train wrecks
or in other accidents where cars are
liable to come together and eventually
take fire. The cars are built entirely
Of steel. no woodwork being used at
all. From the steps on the ends of
the cars to the framework holding the
large mail bags inside everything is of
the best quality of steel.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
Keep Sheep Thrifty.

There is one thing the farmer can
not afford to overlook in sheep rails
ing, and that is thrift. Thrift means
health, gain in quality. quantity and
productiveness, the elements out of
which the profits are derived. 1t must
be the first object of the owner to
keep his sheep in thriving condition.
The quality of the wool, as well as the
quantity. and the general productive
ness of the flock make this require
ment imperative.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
FEEDING Whole Grain.

Bulletin No. PAP OF the Michigan ex-
pertinent station offers some exact
data upon the subject of feeding whole
grain to cows, heifers and calves.
When whole grain was fed to cows %
per cent was unmasticated; when fed
to heifers, 10 per cent; when fed to
calves, s per cent. Chemical analysis
showed no change in composition of
the unmasticated parts. so it is safe
assumption that the animal derives no
benefit from grain that passes through
the digestive tract unaltered.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

When Johnny shirks his lessons
And lies abed all day
And Lizzie leaves the dishes
For ma to put away
1he children are not lazy,
So get the doctor quick.
1t is the little hookwornl.
And both of them are sick.
We wrong the homeless hobo
BY calling him tramp.
The hookworni In his system
Has simply pitched its camp.
And wbrn We're slack and shiftless
We need not blush for shame
Nor utter lame excuses.
he llpokworm Is to blame.
Minna Irving in New York Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
cowpeaa al a Fertilizer.

In Kansas an experiment in raising
cowpeas as catchcrop between crops
of wheat was made. AS soon as the
wheat was off the stubble was work
ed up and cowpeas seeded. They
were turned under for the next wheat
crop. This plan increased the wheat
crop four and one-third bushels on an
average of five years. Where no cow
peas were used the wheat yield stead
lily ran down.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
Objects Of National Apple Show

Chief among the objects of the ma
tional apple show, Incorporated, at it's
second exposition to be held in Spo-
kane, Nov. Is to 20. are:
To, popularize the apple as nation
al fruit and food
To assist growers in orcharding and
marketing their products.
To encourage the growing of better
and cleaner fruit and more of it.
To supply the ever increasing de-
mand for high quality commercial
winter apples.
To demonstrate to the west the pos
sibilities of intensive cultivation.
TO show to the east and north and
south the value to the whole country
of this development.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

WHEN the mothers take hand
something happens. Those of the
Montclair High school eleven players
gave evidence of the apprehension
football fatalities are spreading when
they prevented the banner game of
the year being played by the school
bOVS
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

New Name For Canadian Police.
1t was recently announced that the
king Of England and the governor
general of Canada had approved OF
changing the name of the Dominion
Northwest mounted police to Strath-
coma horse. The change will go into
effect soon.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

A thoroughpin is a distension Of the
synovial or bursal sheath of the ten
don just above point of hook joint.
Make solution Of two drains of tan
mic acid to pint of water and battle
the part with this three times day
Rural New Yorker
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

MAYOR G. l. KoPP, OF Boonton, evi-
IDENTIFY has no desire to be modern
Gessler, as he is somewhat peevishly
cooking for the person who took his
derby hat and hoisted it to the top OF
the towns flagpole. He has offered a
reward of SO for the miscreant. The
mayor missed his hat after supper
Monday night.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
CHICKEN YARD PICTURES.
Agricultural Department Takes Them
For Educational Purposes.

For Educational Purposes.
The department Of agriculture has
had an agent in Ithaca taking series
of motion pictures of the poultry farm
conducted by the New York State Col
lege of Agriculture. They were made
for educational purposes, and next
winter farming audiences in many
states will see the Cornell hens strut
ting about the poultry yard, students
Juggling straw to the henhouses, dis
injecting the pens, filing the feed hop
pers in the poultry range, filing the
lamps in the incubators and doing all
the work of that well managed scien-
tific poultry yard.
The novelty Of the picture scheme
win especially interest country fairs,
it is thought.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

The New Jersey branch of the
American National Red Cross society
has elected officers for the ensuing year
as follows :-Governor j. Franklin
Fort, president; the Rev. James T..
Lancaster, vice president; State
Treasurer Daniel S Voorhees,, treas
-arer, and William E. Speakman, sec
Rotary.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
DIED.

SMITH-On Wednesday, November
nth. Emma L. Smith, daughter of
the late Andrew j. Smith. Funeral
on Saturday at two .. m. from her
late residence Troy Hills, N. j. Car
riageS will be at Boonton on the ar
rival Of the 1915 train from New
York.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
Hogs Following Cattle.

When clover hay replaces timothy in
the ration of steers a greater amount
of pork is produced. -American Agri-
culturist.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23

city, is composed Of artists of the first
rank. Following the policy of Henry
b. Harris, whose productions of The
Lion and the Mouse" and other fam
GUS plays have been seen in this city,
the public can rest assured that The
Travelling Salesman" will leave moth
ing to be desired. Complete on laugh
ing lines, and displaying the greatest
assortment Of plain and fancy laughs
ever seen in comedy, Mr., Forbes
latest effort should attract a crowded
house.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-23
Like Father, Like SON.


When he asked for his bi
corner drug store he was
see after every item Of ci
Of candy, a certain pei
came in glass jars and
druggist.
Flows th;s7" he
been charging cand
persistent regulari
''Your little boz
piled. "He saw
SO he took the
candy each tt
your permiss
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lessons SO
to be a u
him exam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24
WISDOM OF THE WOLF.
Too Sagacous Now to Touch Trap
 pers' Poisoned Bait.
From Shorts Afield.

From Sports Afield.
 The sagacty strength and sense of smell of the timber wolf is wonderful and astonishing in the extreme. There was a time when they could be killed with strychnine, but they are too wise now to touch poisoned bait, and disdain the most skillful methods and devices of trapping known to strategic old trappers.
 Last June we followed the trail of a. wolf that was caught in a steel trap. It was in the old pine chopping. A piece of about 30 pounds was fastened to the chain of the trap to act as a clog. After the frantic struggle that ensued when the trap closed on his paw the wolf made bee line for the nearest cover The clog struck the ground only about every 25 feet or 30 feet, so the rate of speed at which he travelled is a matter of conjecture. Logs weighing from 100 to 600 pounds on which the clog caught were displaced and in some cases dragged and rolled three feet from their original position. Sap lings an inch In diameter were torn out of the ground. I have in my den piece of wild cheery tree as souvenir of the occasion. It was tree almost two inches in diameter, on which the clog and chain caught and became securely fastened. Surrounding this tree there was every indication of powerful pulling, but the roots were deep and held fast to the earth. When the wolf found that he could not free himself by pulling he circum- vented the difficulty by chewing off the tree. This piece of wood is fearfully lac- erated and has teeth holes three-quarters of an inch deep, showing the ferocity and incredible power of jaw of these forest marauders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24
Famous Snake Ball.

According to Mrs. Jack Gouraud her self, her snake ball in Martins, New York, Sunday night, which she gave in snake charmer of the Manhattan Opera of her previous affairs.
 Mime. Valery was greatly pleased with the ball, though she was disappointed that no pictures were taken.
 '1 dancedl Yes" she said 'It was not too much out of the comnon-just my own little snaky dance with a part ner An, it was glorious I danced until I was dizzy
 "Oh, dear" said Mrs. Gouraud Monday, my ball of last night doesn't come up to half of some I have given, which were really wonderful The only reason that there was any talk about this one is be- cause my guests came in costume, which in itself was odd. I didn't decide on it until the eleventh hour, and then out of courtesy to my guest of honor, Mime. Valery, who was to come In her Egyptian costume we all decided to costume, with perfectly delightful results.
 T was amazed at the beauty of them and the originality on such short notice. My own was gorgeous. I was an hour and half late through fussing over it. So far as I can make out 1t was merely the fact of our being in costume that attracted attention. New York is so ter ribly conventional, one really cannot do anything or wear anything without caus- ing a stir. but it never worries me.
 'sThe only thing a little out of the ordinary about my entertainment at Martins was the snakes, but then I love snakes. I think most women love them, and they reciprocate the affection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24
A Mothers Advice.

One of the sweetest women l know. whose tenderness and gentleness with her large family of children is matter of comment with all her friends, gives me the following little precepts or aphorisms as you please-and they may be of inter- est to many.
 Among other things this clever woman suggests:
 One of the first duties to her child is to spare no effort in her endeavors to pro vide him with a physique fitted to be the support and companion of his mind
 There is no better equipment for the little one who must win his way in the world than perfect health.
 Children are much more likely to be made nervous than to be born nervous
 
 One of the secrets of gaining prompt obedience from children is to make few matters points of contention. To over look is what the most successful mother knows how to do.
 The child feels his own position keenly when he loses self-control. To aggravate his misery by blows or commands. when he is not in physical condition to under stand them. seldom brings good results
 To be successful in exacting obedience. there must be no threats. nor must any thing be offered the child in the way of a bribe.
 The green shoots appearing above the brown earth of nursery tea and gingham pinafores are very tender, and, as they grow the mother must smile on them. for if she turns away they will most sure ly lean out toward sun and perhaps never bloom in the home garden at all.
 A congenial atmosphere in which to un- fold his own particular kind of bloom is what the child's awakening nature craves.
 The mother who holds high the stand ards of the home is she whose example and influence shape the tender minds of her little ones for good or evil.
 That Gods will has made woman the mother of the human race, and that to be a true mother, a good mother with all that that dear old-fashioned word means, is to perform in the world the noble end for which she was destined in paradise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-24
Dolly's Dialogues.

Uncle Nose what Is the difference be- tween character and reputation?" said the young fellow who had engaged in all interesting controversy with an aged col- ored preacher.
 Well, it's just dis away boss" said the old philosopher. Character s what you is. and reputation s what dey say you is"
 
 Do you consider that she lowered her self by marrying him?
 "of course. She doesn't wear French heels any more.''
 Pa what is polygamy?"
 Why it's having to many wives, my son."
 Well, then. what do you call having just one wife, Pa?n
 ''Why-er-er monotony. my son"
 If you're not smart-.Honesty is the best policy
 The Lady-'1 want to get some powder"
 The Drug Clerk (promptly)-'.Yes mann. Face, gun, or bug
 How often we encounter undiscovered genius stalking along beside advertised medlocrity.
 A popular pose-she had nothing to say and she said it.
 Frenchman's idea of gratitude-A woman who marries the second time doesn't deserve to have lost her first husband.
 A single standard lady-An old maid. small boy who had frequently heard his father talk about ladies and their lack of cleverness was one day drawn into conversation of a lot of grown-ups by having the question propounded to him:
 Darling, don't you think your mother is smart?"
 Looking at his father, and then at the questfoner the little fellow Automatically answered:
 Any lady ain't very smart Mrs. Newwed says she doesn't at all mind her husband playing friendly game of poker, as he never plays for money only dinners and small s-t-e-a-k-s CD. Another has said; If man loves d wonan's beauty he may love her five years; if he loves her mind. 10 years; if he loves her ways, he'll love her forever.