davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-06

W. G. 7. U. MEETING Oakland. June g.
Mrs. B. Sturtevant Peet of the Women,s Chris
tian temperance union, will address the local
branch at 2:3o Monday afternoon at Thirteenth
and Jefferson streets.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-06
prsToT. wIFIDER IN coITRT-

PISTOL wIELDER IN coURT-James A.
Cowsill and Alfred G. Perry. arrested Friday
night on an outbound Ellis streef car while at
tempting to shoot William Lawson. the con
ducter appeared before Police Judge Deasy YES
terday. Each charged with exhibiting a
deadly weapon and disturbing the peace The
former charge against Perry dismissed and
the other cases continued until June 3.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-06

Deaf bicycle riders in England carry
a badge at the rear OF their wheels to
safeguard them against motorists.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-06

San Francisco parIor No. 40 of the
Native Sons Of the Golden West has
elected the following as officers for the
ensuing term:
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
At the Majestic.

AT the Majestic.
The Raymond Wells Stock COM
pany playing at the Majestic theater
is proving to be one of the biggest
treats the patrons of the Majestic
have had this season. Monday mat
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

edv. II Mr.. Frohn1an's plans in regard to
the comedian are carried out. ne may ap-
A military play Of German invasion of
England. produced in London. cansed
ceived 1t is called AN Englishnan's
Home" and IS said to be by an officer OF
u1ss5 Robert rHe Drouet i has left Annie Russe1rs
'GLa Luln hItiis Chaser has been in from ptomaine
: Margaret wyeherIey is to appear in The
The siciIian Players are to give a series
of performances in Boston
south in EWho's Your FTiend?''
Paid In FuIr' is duplicating in Boston
At the end of her vaudeville engage
ment Miss Henrietta Crosman IS to ap-
pear in SHAM a play by Elmer B. Har-
James k Hackett VIII produce a new
play called a Son of the South which
Is a romantic play of today It viii be
given early next month in Toronto
Pa saws the incident in the play of the
husband being employed as his w1fe,s
servant, was taken from an actual occur
The engagement is announced of Miss
Adele Block to Mr. e Mooney, pres1dent
Block is an actress of recognized ability,
especially in stock work. She was mem
in this city, where she made many friends.
George Beban. the famous impersonatoF,
r
who auctions of his hand and his title
in George NJ Cohan's THE American
idea Mr. Beban made q close study of
Prince HeIie De Sagan when the latter
was in New York, and on several oeeas-
ions met him socially
A new play produced this week in New
York called t"The Vampire" has for its
subject the burglarizing OF brains, the
principal character stealing the ideas OF
men while they sleep In the cast were
John E Kellerd and Katherine Florence
The play Is pronounced by some critics
as containing promise and good material,
but fr1rnat in its present shape
Miss Ada Rehan, the actress, who has
been abroad several months for her health,
arrived hsSe Saturday on the liner Phil
adeIphia from Southampton she said
she felt much better than before she left
New York. but she was not in perfect
health II may, perhaps, look better than
feel said Miss Rehau. but because OF
the uncertainty of my health, shall
never act again 1t is now about five
years since appeared on the stage
shall divide my time between London and
New York spending six months in each
| place every year The methods of acting
now are changed and the plays are much
different from the time when began my
stage career. There has been great pub
lie demand for plays Of a new sort in re-
cent years and It has brought about a
creation Of ephemeral plays that hardly
think will last I believe the plays Of
Pinero and Sardou viii last, regardless Of
the change of taste-''-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

IectiveIy give Tony Allen the worst
quarter-hogrs of his life. It is not only
the fascination OF the adorable. cousin
that nearly floors him, it is his
couFteousness to her adorable double
that finally brings him in despair to a
realizing sense that there are more
things in love and war than even he
had hargafnad for
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Clara Morris, 1t IS said. is on the road to
recovery.
THE Bonnie Brier Bush" has started ON
another tour.
A new melodrama is called Just a wo-
mans Way"
THE Melting Pot'' is still doing a fine
business in Chicago
Blue Grass is to be offered by stock
companies in the west
Mildred Holland IS to appear in a new
play adapted from the German
''The Travelling Salesman has ceIebrat-
ed its two huudredth performance.
Jane Oaker is making hit in Boston in
the leading female role of THE Devil"
company.
Alice Nelson has been engaged for the
rest of the season for the Metropolitan
Opera company
THE Pickpocket,'' - in which Arnold Daily
is appearing, has had its name changed
to t"The Strong People" The play has
been well received in Chicago.
Maclyn Arbuckle is to star in a drama
0Zatfon Of a novel called Square Finn -
The dramatization. which will be entitled
THE Circus Man will be made by Eu-
gene Presbrey. The production win be
made next season in Chicago
Mary Mannering's new play step by
STEP" shows the charming heroine as a
poor, but honest, shopgfrI- She has vari-
Gus adventures in the garish life but
wakes at the end TO find all the narrowing
occurrences were but dream
GG. P Huntley, the English comedian
who appeared here in kitty Grey is to
star next year under the MANAGEMENT of
Charles F'Tohnan in a new musical COM
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
How to Get Rid
of Catarrh
4 Simple, safe, Reliable Way, and 1t
Costs Nothing to Try.

Those who suffer from catarrh know
its miseries. There is no need of this
suffering. You can get rid of it by a
simple, safe, inexpensive, home treat
ment discovered by DR.. Blosser, who,
for over thirty-four years, has been
treating catarrh successfully
His treatment is unlike any other.
1t is not a spray. douche, salve, cream.
or inhaler. but is a more direct and
thorough treatment than any of them.
1t cleans out the head, nose, throat
and lungs SO that you can again
breathe freely and sleep without that
stopped-up feeling that all catarrh
sufferers have. 1t heals the diseased
membranes and makes a radical cure,
so that you will not be constantly
blowing your nose and splitting, and at
the same time it does not poison the
system and ruin the stomach. as In
ternaI medicines do
IF you want to test this treatment
without cost, send your address to DR.
J. W. BIosSer, 612 Walton street, At
lanta, Ga, and he will send you by
return mail enough Of the medicine to
satisfy you that it is all he claims for
it as a remedy for catarrh. catarrhal
headaches, catarrhal deafness, asthma,
bronchitis, colds and all catarrhal COM
piIcatfons He will also send you free
an Illustrated booklet Write him i'm
mediately.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
Stomach Gases
and Torpid Livers
Give Way Before the Peculiar
Purifying Power OF Stuartss
Charcoal LozengeS.
A Trial Package Sent Free

"A Trial Package Sent Free
The foul gases of the stomach and
the torpid action of the liver are easy
victims for charcoal to overcome.
This great natural cleaner and alb
sorbent viii most certainly be
relished by a system afflicted with
gaseous or sluggish tendencies
Charcoal has long been known as
charcoal will positively purify a room
filed with foul odors and decay. Its
absorbing ratio is one hundred times
greater than its own volume
The ancients gave charcoal for
many human ills successfully The
North American Indians used it for
snake bite, poison from eating wild
herbs and cured what they called
stomach bad medicine" with it,
Willow charcoal seems to be the
best product for human use, and no
doubt the peculiar curative property
of the willow is represented in a
chemical quality in its charcoal.
Stuart's Charcoal LoZenges are pure
willow and sweet honey blended by
tremendous power and compression
into a very palatable fozenge- Two
or three Iozenges eaten after meals
viii prevent the process of digestion
from producing noxious gases, Tney
will vivify a lazy liver and aid every
organ which is most likely to be over
come through its contact with i'm
purities.
They cleanse the stomach and IN
testines, bring purity and sweetness
out Of fermentation and decay and
aid digestion by aIlaying gas They
will aid you and your stomach The
beneficial effects are made evident
after each meal when you use char
coal as Stuart prepares it To allay
gas at night they are excellent and
one arises in the morning without
that terrible nauseating bad breath
which destroys appetite and renders
one miserable.
All druggists sell Stuart's Charcoal
I,ozenges. price twenty-five cents, or
send US your name and address and
we will send you trial package by
mail free. Address F. A. Stuart CO.,
200 Stuart, Bldg, Marshall. Mich
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

most beautiful stage settings ever
seen at the Majestic were used, and
on every act throughout the week they
received a hand when the curtain
went up Mr.. Wells himself is be-
coming a perfect matinee idol as he
usually gets a hand throughout the
bill on his entrance On Thursday,
Friday and Saturday Of next week
they win play David Garrick, another
strong piece in their repertoire.
Paul Gilmore.
A new creation has been introduced
to the stage in Paul Gilnore's new
play, THE Boys of Company B." which
will be at the Grand Monday-a Hsping
beauty. Lisping girls and Isping men
are common properties in the mechanism
of modern plays-musical and other
wise-but the introduction of a lisping
girl that is a beauty. one that takes
the entire camp by storm and attracts
temporarily even the staIwart Cap
tain Tony Allen from the chalk line of
devotion to the adorable EiIeen-this is
q novelty, and worth a word Of praise
And not only is this new Iisper uni
versaI divinity. but she finds as part
ner, she singles out as her hero from
the entire lot, another Hsper like her
self. A couple that singIy and col
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

was offered a Broadway theater for an
entire year.
Y do not care for it." said the ac-
tress, I want to go on the road for
love the country. I know my charac-
ter in The Test is the strongest in
which I have ever appeared and that
could remain in New York indefinite
", but I love the country too we'll
Some OF those IN my cast would pre-
fer to remain in the city because they
have appeared in great successes there
all their lives, but I was brought up in
hOmeHke surroundings and I love
them"
Miss walsh's craving for the green,
away from the big city, is due, per-
haps to the fact she owns a beautiful
country home in Massachusetts,, and
spends every moment there that she
can possibly take away from her art.
1.-The Right OF Way"
Sir Gilbert Parker's great story,
The Right of Way" with Guy Stand
ing and Theodore Roberts in their fam
Gus roles of Charley Steele and Joe
Portugais will pay visit to the Grand
for three performances, February u
and 13, a matinee being given Saturday
The play IS strong and pulsating and
has lost nothing in the dramatization
from Sir Gilbert Parker's stirring
novel The Right Of Way is divided
into FIVE scenes, all intensely damatic.
It's theme and rapidly developed plot
IS decidedly different from the usual
gamut of theatrical offerings. and
therein is a portion of the secret of
its appeal Sir Gilbert Parker depicts
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

his Beauty" Steele as a man endowed
with all the mental acumen that leads
10 greatneSS-a man STEPPED in ag-
noSucism, with q heart ignorant of
love, and the slave of a master vice
An obnormal mind, capable of arguing
Judge, jury, and spectators out of JUS
uce, at its best under the influence of
strong alcoholic stfmulant, but held in
abeyance by a total lack of faith, or
even belief. in any higher power Mr..
Eugene Presbrey. the adapter. draws a
character equal in mental attainmeuts
pagan to a degree, and primarily de-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

the novel, Steele is restored to his nor
NAL state, and not only recollectS all
of his past, but also realizes fully that
he has found pure. genuine love in the
interim. This is the radical change
from the original story and constitutes
the keynote OF the play. The combat is
not now one of the new against the old
for all time, but one of right against
wrong, as it applies to love, the only
thing worth while in the eyes of man
At the Novelty.
The management of the Novelty
theater makes the unqualified prom
ise that the bill at that playhouse for
next week Will be the greatest vaude-
vile program that has ever been Of
feredt there. The big attraction will
be the Ten Kountry Kids. presenting
a musical comedy. ''The Village
Queen" This act is something after
the same order as Redpath'S Nap
anees, the attraction which created
such furore at the Novelty several
weeks ago. Manager German OF
the Majestic theater, at Lincoln. Neb.
telephoned Manager Miller Of the
Novelty yesterday that the Kountry
Kids are the best act he has ever
played and that they scored a bigger
hit in Lincoln than did the Napanees.
This report is in line with all other re-
ports concerning this act that have
been received here and 1T is safe to
predict that the Novelty next week
will be packed to the doors, and then
some. at every performance. While
the Kountry Kids will be the big
feature of the bill. with their thirty
minutes OF musical comedy, yet there
will be three other high class acts
Espe Dutton and Espe will perform
aero batic and equilibristic stunts;
Douglass and Moscrob Sisters will Of
for a singing, dancing and comedy act;
ASkeland the celebrated Swedish
vioIinist, will have a prominent place
on the bill Karl Hummeu, has al
most entirely recovered from his at
tack of pneumonia and will sing the
illustrated ballad next week and the
Viascope will show moving pictures.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

the older managers, but has shown
his managerial common sense by
keeping this play up to the highest
standard of merit It is now in its
third successful year Coming Thro'
the Rye" is booked for an early date
in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
Human Hearts


In Human Hearts, Whlcn apESzS =
ar the Grand tonight. the story tod =
one OF much interest in when tAe
svupathies of the audience are tho- 80
oughIy enlisted Tom Logan an non H"Is
esf blacksmith, living in the hIlls o.
Arkansas. is entrapped BY an a
ventures whom he marries Wllnou.
discovering her character AFTER
time her former lover appears on ths
scene. a murder is committed anu
through the plottings Of this infamous
man and woman, the crime IS IaSteneo
on Tom. He discovers the truth. ouL
through love for the woman, and rain
er than betray her, he bears the stigma,
stands trial. is convicted and sentenced
10 states prison for life, where ne
would have remained, had it not been
for the intervention of faithful friends,
who bring his case to the notice OF the
governor of Arkansas In the end, OF
course, all ends happily and Tom IS re
stored to his former standing IN the
community. The play is one in which
pathos is comb with comedy
The organization presenting human
Hearts is under the management OF
w. E NankeviIIe. who has directed It's
tour most successfully for a number OF
years Mr.. Naukeville is said TO have
provided ample scenic display for the
production and to have engaged
splendid company for the portrayal OF
the various characters
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
Coming Thro, the Rxe.-

When a big musical production has
made a phenomenal success the man
ayers have the happy faculty Of
'cheapening the cast, 50 when II is
seen the second time it does not COM
pare with the original, and If the same
play should happen TO be repeated in
a city for the third time. IL is hardly
recognized After that it is generally
put on the shelf Not SO with Com
ing Thro' the Rye Manager Rork
has not followed in the footsteps of
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
COMING ATTRACTIONS

At the Grand.
ronight-s.Human Hearts
Sunday-Dr. Sawyer.
Monday-PauI Gilmore -. =.
Frfdav and Saturday-"The Right q
Way" CBdatinee Saturday.
y At the Majestic.
RAYMOND Wells Stock Co.
At the Novelty.
Vaudeville.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

inee they will open with the sensa-
tional bill. "'The Devil" This COM
panv has the best of press notices
throughout the country on this show
One of the big treats of this company
is in the staging of the productions as
there is absolutely no detail lacking.
During the past week some OF the
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

fcient in power to love and ability to
find contentment. After lapse of
memory continuing through three
years, as opposed to seven months in
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
Blanche Walsh.

Miss Blanche Walsh is probably the
only great emotional actress of today
Tho does not yearn for New York
When she produced The Test which
will be seen at the Grand soon she
Blue-grass blade., 1909-11-07
BLUE GRASS BLADE
10


them Imagine the struggles that would for special
place. power and privilege Imagine the prayerful impor
tuntes the students would have face from the prose
ytng work of the church leaders Imagine the students
in the chemistry physiology, botanical and other natural
science classes stepping from the class into of
the church buildings and hearing doctrines promulgated
that direct conflict with his class work Imagine
the verabe tower of Babel that would exist There would
be Methodist hell fire, Presbyterian damnation, Catholic
ndugencies and dispensations, Hardshell Baps with
cold water BATH Complexities with immersion and
sion Episcopaans with baptism by sprinklng until the
students would feel that the advocates fit for treason
straagems and spoils, especially the spoils.
Nay nay Pauline! The state must keep every Christian
denomination off the university grounds If Colorado wants
Presbyterian ministers the Prebyerians must spend their
time and money for the supply and not look to the
pendtures of public money The children going to help
bugaboo simply that they not falling into the
cold and cruel embraces of Presbyerianism. When the
paid advocates of Christianity in any of its FORMS begin
cry with alarm existing religious conditions among
the people, especially regards state educational in
stuons there grounds for hope that the end of the
conflict is approaching and mental freedom the further
moral uplift of the race, coming into their
Another and very practical question is whether not
any Of the students would take advantage of these enlarged
opportunities become slaves supersttous creeds 1t
is well known fact that through the continued and per-
sen efforts of the preachers several of the state unver
sites have branch of the Y. M G. A., which has other
object in view than to keep the young we'll within
Christian lines Do the majority of students appreciate
these branch oganzaons The preponderance of the evil
dence would prove that they did not The State University
of Kentucky is located in Lexington 1t has upwards of
thousand students in attendance 1t has also has
branch the Y M G. A. The college boys edit and publish
rather gossipy weekly paper entitled "The Idea" The
columns of this paper open to all departments of the
college exploit their peculiar advantages and recount
their growth. The Y M c. A. branch gets in it every
week In the issue of Thursday Oct 2sh the managers
of this college Y. M. c. A. branch made the following
confession:
"The fellows do not take the proper interest in this
work. and we do not have anything like at these
meetings should have"
Blue-grass blade., 1909-11-07
A THEOLOGICAL JOKESMITH.

Dr. Francis L. Patton, President of the Princeton The
illogical Seminary, is rather consistent professor of
orthodox Christianity but it must be admitted that
thinker and observer he is something of back number
He pecerist with his face towards the past and
would rely supernatural remedies for natural Ills offer
prayer and faith instead of work and relieve hui
mainly from the evils by which it cursed and afflicted
In recently delivered by him in a Presbyterian
church at Pittsburg, he is quoted saying:
"The solution of the problem with which society is
fronted will from Socialism the hand,
from political economy the other, but from the
on the mount"
Although the statement concerning the efficacy of So
calism political economy right social wrongs may be
subjected serious criticism may well expect
erial help from painted echo to look the
the for any solution presentday problems. Put
into practice the principles enuncated by the
the would rob human life of its garden and fill
the hand with the artificial flowers of faith The doctrine
of humility, efabnegation and nonresistance to evil is
calculated produce brave and free people, but would
make and abject mental towards and slaves
What is the the mount doing for today?
nnumerabe fields have been opened by science for the ben
eft of man, and yet every night million Americans
supperess to bed Does the the mount offer
remedy? "Feed my lambs cries the interested tmeserver
of Mammon hosts but from the dark cloud of orthodox
despair helping hand is stretched Socialism may not
solve the pressing problems of the hour but its very exist
in America today is protest against the conditions
that have obtained and exist wrought by the acerdoa
foes of those who would to gross and sordid
persttion Political economy may not succeed in furnish
ing remedy but if all could be given proper under
standing of the science of government there would
be vast improvement all through human society. Ignor
of social and physical facts ignorance of natural law
and abundant faith in the sermon the mount would
make a sorry world indeed
Time was and very long ago, when the ministry
veneraed by majority of men, but the foolish twadde
of such preentious piess the head Of Princetons
preacher factory has made it byword and reproach
This because the ministry has become any worse but
that the world growing wiser and refuses be longer
duped by hollow pretene and meaningless ophisty and
declines to recognize their fiat final in of morals
or of social import The average preacher knows
of the science of human society than he does of the great
gvasticts of Tmbecute and Dr. Patton appears to know
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-06-16

Company in accepting reelection |
With deserves attention and empha
siA The point, not as Mr.. Kingsley
stated it, but as it readily presents it.
self, is that there is a clear excess OF
restriction upon the underwriters
when they are limited strictly both
as to expension and as to expense.
Together the limiting statutes seem TO
make up an intolerable deal of limi-
tation.
The bounds of cost or expense set
up by the laws enacted after the insur-
ance investigation of 1905 may have
! been a wise exercise of legislative
power. Taking for granted, for argu-
ment's sake, that they were, they are
destructive of any necessity for shut
ting off a company's new business al
certain point annually. Statistics OF
| cost, the expense at which some OF
the companies had been doing bus.ne IS
was the chief reason urged for bolh
the statutory restriction of cost and
the statutory restriction of the amount
of new insurance which company
could write. What reason is there
in prohibiting a company from doina
all the business it can if its expenses
: are kept down in the level prescribed
by the statue? Mr.. Kings
ley says that his company coult
within the cost named by the state,
: write s25,OOO,OOO, or 16k per cent
more new business in the current yea
than the law allows.
, Experiment was stamped all owe
the insurance legislation of 1906. |
experience has shown, what common
sense would have inferred, that tn
limitation of expense makes the limita
ton of new business superfluous, it i
time to modify the experiment. TIL
point raised by Mr.. Kingsley's speed
should be noted by our lawmakers TO
it's bearings on that sound public po
lev which encourages the ambition
; endeavors of Americans to make thei
business grow.