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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-06-06
BLUE GRASS BLADE


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Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-06-06

Il. b. Glenn, formerly Governor of North Carolina,
has suffered complete eclipse by falling from his
estate to become evangelist in the interest of the
Presbyterian church. The Ex-Governor will find
preaching easier game of graft, but with less honor
and manhood than even politics can bestow.
Earth is able to furnish the heaven sought beyond
the clouds if would but resolve to work for it and
win it.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-06-06

dorscmenis of worthless paper He lawyer and
inent church member. Argument is unnecessary.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
BY David BeIaSCO

| would like to steal Fred Butler of
how to stage a play. 1 covet his serv-
ices even though my dear brother
holds him here. ''The Rose of the
Rancho was presented in this theater
and under the limitations which pre-
vail is a finished piece of stage work,
and that is the judgment of a New
Yorker with a leaning toward San
Francisco. his native town AS Frede-
ric is my brother, L presume that
anything L might say for publication
With a full realization of this fact and
with the consciousness that my words
may be imputed to an unworthy in
spiration l must say that of all the
stock companies which 1 have yet seen
in the United States this at the AL
cazar is the best. The staging and the
mounting are splendid in their realism.
There is master hand at work here.
If you could see some of the best of
the eastern stock companies in action
you would be willing to admit the JUS
tice of this praise.
Bessie BarriscaIe is fine little
actress Her sense OF contrasts IS Keen
and her methods and temperament fit
her for honorable comparison with
Frances Starr, who was In the same
role in Broadway.
Skill in the drama and worthiness of
theatrical presentation are not geo
graphical propositions. We are wont
to think too highly of the achievements
of our neighbors and to belittle those
of our own household. If Frederic
Belasco were not my brother l would
develop this thought and show that the
Alcazar theater in Sutter street is do
ing as much for dramatics in San Fran
cisco as any theater in New York is
doing in its larger circle. The stage
appointments here are as good as could
be found in a journey through the
stock houses of the east and the east
is far superior to any stock cast on
the Atlantic shores. I consider Ernest
Glendinning one of the most promising
boys I have ever seen, and Bertram
Lytell splendid actor, though this role
is not calculated, should say, to show
him at his very best Bessie Barris-
Gale is a, delightful parsonage and the
performance as an entirety is quite
alluring and atmospheric.
/ think l shall have to steal some
talent from my brothers theater
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
The California Promotion Committee

THE state central Organlz1tl0n organized In
19O2-An association for the commercial and
Industrial development OF California;
PROMOTION: The act OF promotion. advance
ment, encouragement. Century Dictionary.
The committee has for It's object the PRO
NOTING OF Calif0rnia's interests 1t has moth
ing to sell 1t fosters all things tending 20 the
ADVANCEMENT Of California 10 IS an. author
fly on all matters relating to California. It EN-
COURAGES the establishment Of new industries
and fosters those already established 1t invites
desirable immigration. It presents the opportu-
mites and needs OF All fields OF business and pro
fessional activity 1t is supported BY popular sub
scriptiOn and makes no charge for any service
rendered. II has affiliated with IL zoo CONNER
cial organizations OF the state. with a combined
membership Of more than $4,000 Meetings OF
representatives OF these organ ia tions are held
semannually in different parts OF the state. where
matters OF California interest are discussed.
Headquarters or the committee are maintained IN
California building. Union souare. San Francisco.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
IT DRAGs YOU SLOWLY DOWN

It's hard to keep an even temper
with a dull pain nagging all day at
your back; in fact, kidney troubles are
at the bottom of very much of the
nervousness and irritability that are
SO common today. You wonder why
you are short and cross, can't keep
your mind on one thing, are inclined
to worry over trifes, and subject to
fits of blues" and dependency
Partly it is due to that pain in your
back, partly to the irritating effect of
uric acid on your brain and nerves.
Uric acid Is a poison that is always
forming in the body, and it is the
duty of the kidneys to filter it out of
the blood and pass it off, dissolved. in
the urine. Healthy kidneys do this
work thoroughly and well, but weak
or sick kidneys get behind, and the
waste matter collects here and there
in the muscles, joints and nerve CEN
ters. Headache, dizzy spells rheuma-
tism, neuralgia. blurry spots before
the eyes, nervousness and heart trou-
BILE, are signs of uric poisoning.
So do not wonder at your condi-
tion, especially if the urine does not
look or pass naturally. And If your
back aches continually, or you are
taken with sharp cricks and stitches
of pain when you stoop, turn, or try
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
'HOTALING'S PLAY }
LIKE A WOODCUT
Etching Is Well Done, but, OF
Course, Characters Must
Pose Too Long
"The First Violin" Presented at
Ye Liberty COnscientiOusly
by TireleSs Company

The production OF the sentimental
drama. The First Violin" by which
Richard NJ Hotaling and the stock
company at Ye Liberty playhouse, Oak
land, last evening. was like a wood
cut. Greater care to make a play
conform TO the methods and theories
of stage craft and play acting Of the
period of Jessie FOthergills novel, from
which it was made could not have been
demonstrated. There was not an ana
chrOnism of tone or gesture in the
entire presentation.
Richard Hotaling made his first ap-
pearanCe outside the classical roles IN
Richard Manshelds role OF Eugen
CourveOisier. the first violin" HOtal-
ing certainly portrayed a sentimental
German. He worked up the details Cf>
the many intense scenes with infinite
pains. but he was inclined TO hold the
pOse," as subjects had TO do in wood
cut days, before the invention of in
Simultaneous photography Walter Cat
lett as Karl Linders, the comic Teu-
tonic lover of the play. was the most
spontaneous character in the cast.
The drama is a real heart story OF
the wOodcUt old school and has a pretty
sentiment that is shown plainly and
cOnscientiousIy by the indefatig ga ble
company. The big theater was packed
last night
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16

the little ones-rear them, train them,
love them, and get the dinner.
Suppose young woman with the
possibility OF loving much and hating
much should meet a man whose senti-
ments matched hers to the last ex-
treme; suppose he was the first who
crossed her path in an exotic wilderness
of mirage and unreality. would she not
love him? Suppose her husband-as-
suming her to be married-had such
confidence in her chastity that he would
hear unnoved the facts of the mutual
affection and say to her to keep on the
stage and on the trail of an illusion
she and ne We're Incompatible?
Il said I would, and so would you
have said So"
Margaret Ellington tainted a hundred
times during the course of her tour in
The Thief" Her Boston doctor washed
his hands of her case when her man
ager insisted that she go on to a sec
ond performance in the hub CITY She
was carried limp and lifeless to her
hotel nearby while the curtain was
rung down on the second act OF the
second night of the engagement All
this Is newspaper fact and theatrical
history. So then she made up her mind
to quit the stage and then, she saws.
she discovered that her devoted hus
band was composed of half husband
and half theatrical manager. He wanted
her to be star of the footlights. while
she wanted nothing SO much as to be
the best wife in the world.
II you could have overheard the in
terview you would have said with me.
There is only one person in the
world for whom feel more sympathy
than for Daniel Frohman, and that is
Mrs. Daniel Frohman."
1t was great mistake, our mar
riage," she replied sadly and sincerely
Il knew it before we had been married
a year."
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16

The man who had made Tully's drama
of early California life possible and
who had put 1t on the stage with all
the charm of the perfume of early
roses and sunlit orange orchards, was
called upon vociferously for a speech.
But, alas for California sunshine and
the breezes that watt through the
Golden gate, he could not speak. 1t
was not emotion, but bronchitis that
prevented his utterance. He talks.
these days, in whispers, and so with a
despairing gesture toward his throat
and a most untheatrical and sembar-
rassed bow he resumed his seat and
the orchestra struck up a lively Span
ish air. The episode OF Belasco's visit
to the Alcazar was over.
But not so entirely on the stage. /
have never seen Bessie Barriscale so
embarrassed as she was in the first act.
Her speeches-the first ten or fifteen of
them-dropped back into her throat and
she struggled for vocalization as a
debutante soprano on the occasion of
her first recital. Her nervousness was
communicated to other members of the
cast, and the first act-though good
was not what it was when The Rose
of the Rancho" was seen here last at
the AlcaZar theater.
Like thoroughbred, however, she
got her gait in the second act, and the
by tremors or delayed by suspended
memory. 1t was enthrallingfy fine
Miss Barriscale's assumption of the
role of the Rose is infinitely better
this season than last She has per-
fected innumerable details-and accu-
mulated details are the secret of Be
lasco's staged successes
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
FROHMAN LIKES BOWES
FOR WIFE'S NEXT MATE

EW YORK, Feb 5-Dqnc Frohuan manager of the Lpccum
cdr who announced yesterday that he and his Die Margaret
ngon the actress, had agreed separation preliminary divorce
Dhen told today that his p1e might marry Edpad Bowes real
estate Of San Francisco said he had heard positively that Mrs
Frohmdn contemplated marriage NTH Bones He SAID
f Mrs Frohman obtains divorce marry again
certainly hope that she does become the wife of Mr. Bowes He
splendid chap think, would
make her good husband have Mr.
has Mrs Frohman He has visited New York frequently
at home have always admired him greatly
why their marriage should not be happy one
Speaking of the separation. Frohnan said
Everything CT perfectly amicable when
she California exactly plan purely
amcabe while
best You Miss Ellington realized
that there tremendous future before her the
blessed with wonderful ability and ambitious
could possibly
all the hOnors for her that could.
1T this that undoubtedly responsible the
OF events In desire her ahead and reach the highest
goal that be attained
side and did realize that she might life
her health broke down under the The
dstaseu to her. but knew it. It became infinitely
cult her when
and finally she compelled to altogether.
"But that all only
Miss Ellington will be happy whatever undertakes If
a divorce hope she marries Mr. Bowes."
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
DRAMA PLAYERS
LACK IN REALISM
AIDE Rural Comedy Without Dia-
lect Like an Irish Joke
in French PatOis

Playing rural comedy without rural
dialect is like telling an Irish joke in
the patois of the French. 1t is only
half of a comedy and the story loses
something of its point. The broad
soft accents of the Mississippi valley
were missing from the lines of THE
County Chairman" as played by the
Valencia stock company last night.
even Robert Homans, the county chair
man himself and the best dialectician
OF the show, often lapsing into the
throat training Of the conventional
stage hero. Charles Dow Clark. with
all the JUNCTION of the negro. succeeds
in spite of the missing dialect. Most
OF the company does not attempt it at
all, which may be a wise plan on a
first night, for lines without dialect are
much more enjoyable in a play than
the opposite state of affairs
In justice to the Valencia people il
must be said that George AIDES types
present something of a task for a stocl.
company in its weekly grind. and this
play with its rather conventional story
depends for its atmosphere on the
characterizations. That the story did
not get down to the level of the every
day bucolic 'drammy" speaks well for
the company, which made It's first night
house laugh with it and not at it The
vim and spirit was there and willing
but the dialect was weak Later in
the week when lines are no longer OBJ
sessions this may be remedIed and the
show made wholly good.
Robert Homans in the name part. in
spite or an unwholesome and forbid
ding makeup, succeeded in suggesting
the largeness and kindliness of the
mans personality. and in the serious
dramatic scenes was very good. Mace
Greenleaf in the milk and water mart
Of the lover made him manly enough.
Blanche Stoddard as Lucy Rigby was
very pretty and very, very winsome.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
Miss Barriscale Scared
But Wins Ovation
By Walter Anthony

David Belasco leaned far out over
the rail of the family box and ap-
plauded the finale of the second act of
The Rose of the Rancho" at his broth
er's snug theater in Sutter street last
night He did not wax enthusiastic
over the first act and so the evidences
of his discriminating approval fut-
tered like confetti over the heads of
the houseful of play goers and a
dozen curtain calls approving the COM
pany finally simmered, under Belasco's s
leadership. to unanimous call for Bes-
se Barriscale. the pretty little actress
who assumed so well the dual charac-
teristics of a as"gringo" and Castilian
maid.
Then came calls for speech. Every
body in the house knew that David
Belasco, the New York theater mag
nate, was IN the house and everybody
united in demand for an address.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16

themselves. The farther they get from
normality, sometimes. the better they
are able to portray It, A negro, you
know. is not as good as white man at
presenting negro characteristics. The
white man has a perspective on the
negros idiosyncracies and is able to see
them, not being black himself
GREAT ACTRESSES ABNORMAL
The great actresses of the world
like Bernhart, for instance-are not
home women, children loving women.
housewives. I would rather be the lat
ter than the former. 1 had rather be
Mrs. Brown than Margaret Ellington,
and If that's an abnormal preference
then I'm abnormal 1t was. as l have
said before, on that subject that we
quarreled. my husband and l. He want
ed me to be a great actress. 1 wanted
to be his sweetheart
Apparently that was impossible, and
after having collapsed in Boston in The
Thief and after having been jolted
around the country over one night
stand circuits; after having lived in
trunks and dressing rooms, poor hotels
and frontier lodging houses. l deter
mined to be a woman like other women
and live natural and normal existence
If that sounds strange to hundreds of
girls who envied me when I was a
promising star let them try it them
selves. l warrant you that if they have
womanhood within them they will find
out that / am right.
Keep away from the theaters, say,
unless you have a fire of unquench-
able ambition within you and the con-
sciousness that you will win That ad-
vice is for women, and not for men
Men are supposed to provide for US
not we for them. Men are supposed to
be the advisers and providers. 1t is our
business 10 stay at home and care for
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16

Try Murine Eye Remedy
For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes. .
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
PRESIDENT TAFTs INAUGURATIoN

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad a
offers a special fare from Chicago to
Washington. d. c, and return of sos. .25.
Tickets good going February % 10
March 3. inclusive. Return limit March 8.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is
the only direct line TO New York via
Washington.
Stopover not to exceed ten DAYS al
lowed on through first class tickets at
Washington, Baltimore and Philadel-
phia.
Edwin Anderson. Pacific Coast Agt.
20S MOnadnOck Bldg, San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16
SAN FRANCISCO TESTIMONY

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by kidney disorders. Backaches and
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my back would become so stiff that /
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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-16

to lift. 1t is sure that your kidneys are
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tion, for sick kidneys can not right
themselves without help.
Doan's Kidney Pills are especially
for the kidneys. They relieve con-
gestion quickly. cleanse the kidneys
and the blood. set the fltering system
in perfect operation.
Fifty thousand persons publicly rec
ommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's
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The Appeal., 1909-11-06
"THE GRAND OLD COMMON
WEALTH.

The governor of Virginia is boast
ing largely of the fact that his state
last year expended nearly quarter
OF million for good roads; a fact
which is simply an evidence that the
old Dominion is woefully behind the
times. For instance, Maryland, for
the same period expended, or provid-
ed for expending the respectable sum
of $5,00Q,O00, or more than twenty
times as much, and her roads were
incomparably better than those of Vir-
ginia.
Any sensible man can readily see
that the miserable condition of Vir-
ginia roads would prevent intelligent
farmers from having any desire to To-
cate in such a section of the country.
The South is, however, so wrapped I'D
in it's old traditions and so unprogres-
sive that Gabriel's trumpet would
scarcely avail to arouse the sleepy cit
liens from their sOmnolent condition.
If Virginia ever learns to devote as
much attention to constructing good
roads as she does to framing Jim
crow laws, she will make a wonderful
advance in civilization.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
AN IMPORTANT CONCLUSION.

The American Association of Din
ing Car Superintendents was recent
ly in session in Chicago, and among
it's conclusions was one of great in
terest to the Afro-American. Among
the prominent members was Superin-
tendent of the Illinois Central, Mr.
Dow, who declared:
"The question of substituting women
walters for Afro-Americans had been
taken up at former meetings of the
, association, but it was decided that
women would be unable to- do the
work satisfactorily The Lake Shore
road and others employed white men
instead Of Afro-Americans, for while,
but all returned to the original sys,
tenn"
This may seem very unimportant
incident, but it is one of great signifi.
canoe, since it refers to the matter OF
gaining a living. 1t is the testimony
OF the railroads of the country to the
established fact that in certain lines
of industry, the Afro-American has no
rival.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06

theory. They wish to be paid enough
for their labor to live comfortably, but
they are almost invariably forced to
labor for mere pittance, scarcely
enough to keep breath in their bodies.
Again, the best Afro-Americans re-
fuse to allow their daughters to go
out to domestic service, as it exposes
them to the advances of dissipated
young and old white men and often
results in their degradation.
The "Negro woman of the present
day. very often has a good home of
her own to which she can return
rather than work for nothing, and she
does not stay at one place if she is
mistreated.
And, even among her own race, the
''white folks kitchen girl' usually be-
longs TO the lowest stratum of So
ciety.
The Appeal., 1909-11-06
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1909.
"FAITHFULNESS AND DEVO-
TON"

The Charleston News and Courier
says:
THE Negro women of the present
day are entirely too frivolous to do
anything well. They do not care. Old
house servants are few and far be-
tween. The modern servant does not
stay in one place for a long period
She gets tired and quits, or she wish
es month or two to rest, or some
thing happens. She has no stability,
and she is daily proving that the old
characteristics of the race-faithful-
ness and devotion-are passing away.
No people in the world save the
Southern people would endure the
Worthlessness of these Negro women"
THE APPEAL would remark that
the Negro women of the present
day' are working for money and not
2gon the "faithfulness and DEVOTION