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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21

is unusually interesting 1t tells of the
effort successful in the end, of a
shrewd and shaving old business man
to interest his two boys in the affairs
of the firm. One of the boys is Inter-
ested in society while the other is u
crank on athletics. When father" is
brought to see that his sons are drift
ing away from him he attempts to win
them back by plunging into the whirl
with them, his idea being to show
them how foolish they really are.
But the new life proves such an at
traction to the old gentleman that it
becomes his existence and from max
ing believe he in fact becomes a very
gay old boy, but never an unWise one,
He takes to motoring, to gambling
and to the race track and for a pace
pacemaker he has breezy. but slangy
vaudeville actress who halls from Ne
vada.
While father is having his fling
the society dandy gets snubbed by the
leader of his set and both sons set
about to save pa" from ruin. The
sons, who would never work, pick up
their fathers now neglected business,
they fall in love with the girls he had
picked out for them, each with the
wrong girl, however, and by the time
father" is ready to return home and
settle rown the boys are just what
he would have them.
Father and the BOYS" will be cX-
cellently staged and in Mr.. Cranes
supporting company are such people
as Margaret Dale, Louis Massen, For
rest Orr, Percy Brooke, John p. Brown
Sidney Blair, Elsa Payne, Vician Mar
tin Mildren Beverly. Margaret Marsh
all, Adele Clarl,e and others.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
TO
DINE TAFT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Vice Pres
last night. This party was the first %
an official series. the next on the list be
ing the Secretary of State and Mrs
Knox, who will dine the president
and his wife on January 6. The See
rotary of the Treasury and Mrs.
Franklin MacVeagh will be the next >"
line their dinner party being .schca-
uled for January 10. The Secretafs
of War and Mrs. Dickinson have So
lected January 20, and the Attorney
Genera land Mrs. Wickersham" JaBe-
airy q. Other members of the caH-
net will entertain President and Mrs
Taft in the order of precedence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
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NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS

Notice is hereby given to all prop
erty owners in Water Assessment Dis
trict No. l, Francis Avenut, that the
assessment roll for said district and
the diagram accompanying the same
were filed in the office of the City Clerk
on the goth day of November 1909;
that the same are open for inspection
by the public: that on the 21st day of
December, 1909, at the hour of 1880
o'clock p. m, the City Council will
meet and sit to hear appeals of all
parties aggreived by said assessment,
at which time the said city council will
hear and determine all questions that
may be presented by the owners of
lots o" parcels of land in said district
relative to the special benefits that
will result to each and as to whether
each is equitable and prOportionate to
the special benefits resulting to each
or will be in excess of the benefits re-
sulting thereto. All complaints must
be submitted in writing.
T. D. S. HART, City CLERK.
First publication in Evening States
man December II, 1909; last publica
ton December 81, 1909.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21

! pendant silk stockings. fur boa, belt
buckle, neckwear, box of flowers. box
of candy, vanity bag, fan of spangled
gauze, bulldog, camera, photo album,
brass letter rack. boudoir lamp. tray-
cling bag. veil pin, folding tea table,
tlcohol lamp. tea kettle, silver purse
string of beads. hat pins, books, en-
broaidered lingerie. Empire comb.
French hand-embroidered blouse.
For little brother-Suit OF clothes,
overcoat. sweater. hockey sticks, games,
pin. gloves, seal ring. mission writing
desk, tool chest. penknife. curio cabi-
net, punching bag. fountain pen. rifle.
football, toilet articles, leather wallet.
books of adventure, fencing foils. ban
jo mandolin, Indian clubs, fishing
outfit.
For little sister-don, don house,
games books, serving box, toy kitch-
en-, painting box, drawing books,
craytons, seal ring, dancing pumps,
chair, postcard album, tennis racquet.
desk pad, real lace collar, typography
outfit, pair of gloves, set of furs, bot
tie perfume, small suit ease. don dress
patterns, puzzles books, new frock. ca
nary bird, gold fish.
For baby-Blocks. rattle, rubber
doll, rag doll. pearl teething ring,
afghan, white embroidered pillow slip.
baby pins, knitted socks, dainty kid
moccasins. pretty cap, fur coat. silk
socks, and-embroidered dress, rubber
ball, swing, Teddy bear.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21

school room, especially in the country
school house. where the old Shiny
bucket stands with the equally shiny
tin cup by it's side. the ready dis
ponser of multitudinous germs.
Next in order of fatal possibilities
probably comes the glass in the RAFT
road car, out of which high, low, rich
and poor of all ages. quench their
thirst The following picture from
actual life can be duplicated on ai-
most every train:
THE father Of family well gone
in consumption, after a big of cough
ing and it's necessary result, hastcns
to cool his burning throat, his sweep
ing mustache spreading well over the
sides of the glass and into the water.
The glass, with no pretense OF clean
sing, is calamity brought back to III"
wife with the innocent baby. i'm her
arms, both of whom partake, and then
the other children seized with imita-
tive thirst, each travels to the cooler
and slowly guzzles the cooling fluid.
What opportunities are there here
for the addition of whole family to
the roll of the victims of inherited
tuberculosis? And what of the other
passengers in the CARP
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
"Eather and the Boys"

Charles Frohman will present w H.
and genial of comedians. at the Keylor
Grand on Tuesday evening, in the
most genuine hit he has had in many
years. entitled Father and the Boys"
bv the funniest of American funny
County Chairman THE College
Widow. two pieces that ranked high
as laugh producers. This announce
ment will give pleasure to Mr.. Cranes
many local admirers, and to general
by reputation. And never was an ex-
cellent reputation better deserved.
marked by cleanliness and wholesome
ness. and. while there is fun galore in
Father and the Boys. these two graf
living ualities are prominent always.
The new piece is Crane at his best.
It is rapid fire of laughs from start TO
finish, with a touch of seriousness here
and there, and between the lines,
more than in them, a valuable lesson
for many fathers and sons. AS a play
and a producer of mirth it surpasses
dear old David Harum."
The story of Father and the Boys"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
Billie Burke as "Mrs. Dot"

Miss Billie Burke's next appearance
in New York will be at The Lyceum
theater in the middle of January as
Mrs. Dot, in the comedy of that name
by W. Somerset Vaughan. who is best
known in this country as the author
of Lady Frederick Jack Straw
and of Penelope
Mrs. Dot was first produced by
Charles Frohman two years ago at the
an entire year.
Mrs. Dot" has 100000 a year She
is a widow and she is in love Her
husband, who could not make his
money with him, generously left il
without restrictions. 50 she is free to
marry without having to make the
choice between love and dollars. At
ter finding this out one expects to dis
cover that Mrs. Dot is a much sought
after lady. especially as she is very
pretty and charming and exactly 50
the age at which q woman begins to
be most dangerous. But Mrs. Dot il;
not bounded by suitors and the facts
are somewhat extraordinary Gerald
Halstane, to whom she gives every en-
enlargement, does not propose. She
does not attempt to deceive herself
with the fiction that after all she
doesn't like Gerad. She knows that
she does and she decides to do what
every courageous woman ought to do
in like circumstances. If Gerald won't
propose to her. she resolves to propose
to him. OF cOuse she suspects that
he is more interested in her than he
lets on, for she assumes that the loss
of his little fortune, which went in
playing stocks is the thing which pre-
vents him from asking rich woman
shall see Miss Billie Burke showing
how very attractive young woman
who is much in love can propose to a
young man without losing her self
respect or being anything but more
delightful than ever. Of course one
expects that any young man who has
given an attractive woman enough en-
enlargement to bring her to the point
Of popping the question. would faint
with delight when she and her three
hundred thousand a year are dropped
into his arms. But Gerald doesn't
faint with delight. He is very polite
and behaves with great consideration
but none the less he plainly rejects
her
His reason for this strange course
is brought out subsequently and is ex-
tremely interesting. and SO are the
things that Mrs. Dot does in the las.
act Mrs. Dot" by the way. is really
Mrs Werthley," and Gerald becomes
a peer through the death of an uncle.
but this good luck proves another
trouble and does not explain his
strange conduct toward the fascinat-
ing Mrs. Dot
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
SOME HINTS TO THE
CHRISTMAS BUYER

The second days of Christmas week
VIII find many people still "up in the
air. in regard to their Christmas
shopping. During the next four DAYS.
the one most important question in
the minds of all such people will be
What shall get?" For the benefit OF
those persons, the following list of
suggestions is published:
For grandfather-Knitj Jacket. house
slippers. pipe, smoking set. card table,
gloves. silver eyeglass case. book
marker, watch fob, tobacco jar.
For Grandmother-Knit shawl. lace
cap, ruching, dainty apron, fire screen,
five O'Clock tea kettle, brown Doulton
teapot, handbag
For father-Fur-lin overcoat,
Norris chair drop light, secret society
pin, gold cuff links. fur collar, silk
suspenders, hemstitched initial hand
kerchief, cigar holder, pipe rack, sill
yer match box.
For mOther-Sets of furs, gold
watch. leather desk set, gold penhold-
er, workbasket, Egyptian scarf. chat
ing dish, fancy shell combs, silver.
paperWeight, hat pin holder. dainty
neckwear, set of collar pins, silver
sewing apron.
For Notwithstanding bag, clothes
brushes, golf sticks, silver smoking
lamp. ash tray, silver cigarette case
desk set, studs, cuff links, pajamas,
riding boots, photograph frame. col
lapsible drinking cup.
For sister-toilet articles, necklace,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21

the pubic; that on the 21st day of De-
cember, 1909, at the hour of 1880 o'clock
p m. the City Council will meet and
sit to hear appeals of all parties ag-
greived by said assessment, at which
time the said city council will hear
and determine all questions that may
be presented by the owners of lots or
parcels of land in said district re'ative
ID the special benefits that will result
to each and as to whether each is
equitable and proportionate to the spe
cial benefits resulting to each or will
be in excess Of the benefits resulting
thereto. All complaints must be sub
mitted in writing.
T. D. S. HART, City Clerk
First publication in Evening States
man December II, 1909: last publica-
ton December 81 1909.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
A Vaughan Season

That clever English Playwright, Mr.
w Somerset Vaughan, pronounced
pretty nearly "Mawm'D, will hold the
boards in the New York Lyceum the
Marie Tempest inaugurates the sea-
son December 13 in his clever COM
tour in January Miss Billie Burke will
take her place in Mrs. Dot" Miss
Tempest who comes with her COM
plete LonCon company, is said to have
made the delineation of Penelope
O'Farrell'' the browning achievement
IF her brilliant career. No other Eng
lish actress has quite her light com
edy touch and finish, and in this
sparkling play she is seen to the best
advantage AS Penelope OFarrell she
takes the part of a young married
woman of exquisite charm and sweet
ness who has spoiled her husband by
too much affection. Man is a hunt
ing amman and what he doesn't have
to hunt for he undertakes. Dr.,
O'Farrell discovers an attraction in
Ada Ferguson, the young wife of a
naval officer. whose husband is in
Malta. Mrs. Ferguson is not really as
attractive as Penelope but she is
something forbidden and that is why
he begins to hunt. When Penelope
discovers this she summons her fam
lily and prepares for a great scene but
her father, Professor Golightly, has a
cool head and says: NO" His ad-
vice is to throw O'Farrell and Mrs.
Ferguson constantly together At the
same time he cOunsels his daughter
to Withdraw all manifestation of af-
lection and interest from the philan-
dering husband. IF you wish to be
adored' says he, do not sit on the
arm of his chair and above all, do
not say, L don't think you love me as
much as you used to-
DR.. O'Farrell has ingeniously in
vented a rich patient Mrs. Mack,
who exists only in his mind. When
ever he arranges to take Mrs Fer
auson to the races Mrs. Mack is at
deaht's door and needs his professional
services Penelope finally discovers
! Mrs. Mack and thereafter whenever
/ she has one of her bad spells Mrs
! O'Farrell orders a new and expensive
! gown The Doctors protests are weak
! because the bills are always dated on
, the same days as his excursions. Con-
| science makes him a coward. At last
/ he discovers that his wife knows his
| unfaithfulness and instead of being re-
| pentant he is Mortified that she should
| take it so calmly. Thus new breach
! between them is made. And so things
! so on through quite unexpected and
| unforeseen channels to delightful
| and unanticipated end.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
BLAKENSH|P

last year and was obliged to quit on
account of injuries. Now Burnett has
been traded to Montgomery for Rock
enfield and ROckenfield in turn, traded
to Tacoma for Kippert.
Though the work of getting a team
together has been delayed by the
uncertainty Of next years circuit, the
1909 Tigers are beginning to shape up
Manager Blankenship is correspond
ing with players every day and has
strings on couple of good ones.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
WAGING WAR ON
DRINKING CUPS

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The anti
public drinking -cuppers are the very
attest in the way OF reformers. Hugh
Moore, of rs Broadway. is at the
head of the movement. and he de-
clared today that the crusade is
rapidly becoming national in extent
Zone public drinking cup asserted
Mr. NJ ore, spreads more disease il
an hour than a board of health can
eradicate in year" And Mr.. Moore
is able to back up his statement with
facts, figures and statistics that APP
pear undesirable. The little public
cup, the cup of our fathers. the limo
cent cup to be found in all waiting
rooms and public places, is filled t.
the brim with liquid death. although
it contains nothing but water. plus
a few million germs, microbes, ba-
cilli and other wigglers which are,
according to Mr.. Moore and many
physicians and health authorities,
most prolific mediums for the spread
of disease and pestilence. contagion
and death.
Kansas is given first place among
the states to abolish the public cup
DR.. s. J. Crumbine. secretary of the
State Board of Health. issued a
whereas" last march in which the
use of public drinking cups was pro
hibited on all railroad trains. in rail
road stations and in public and pri-
vate schools and colleges. The man.
ifesto went into effect Sept. ! last
and the offending cups are now eff
fectually barred from the Sunflower
State.
Michigan health authorities put a
similar law into effect in October
The public cup will go under the
ban in Mississippi ten days hence
New jersey is already attempting
to prompt pup IL cups VII ram '''
trains and in stations. New York
health officials are getting into line
as are those of Pennsylvania. the
California state Board of Health, on
Julv / last. ordered all railroads to
regularly clean the drinking water
tanks. New Orleans, Philadelphia
and other cities have antipublic cup
crusa des in full operation. Several
big railroad systems have adopted
sanitary paper cups. which are 10
be destroyed after their first use
II is asserted by many medical au-
tborities that the public drinking cup
is responsible for a large percentage
IF tubercular cases On this subject,
Dr Dixon. secretary of the Pensyl-
vania State Board of Health has
this to say:
.eThere is scarcely a person So 1g-
o,+ &c NOT 10 be aware that con-
sumption is caused by a germ or
bacillus. that the same bacillus turks
in the mouth and on the lip or the
consumptive and thence constantly is
communicated to any drinking vessei
that the consumptive puts to his hpe.
The same is true of diphtheria ana
other infectious diseases.
This being the case the cup that
is used in common in public places
must inevitably be the constant me-
d;um of communication of such dls-
cases. and as truly poisoned cup as
though it contained arsenic or strych-
nine. all the more dangerous because
neither to sight, taste nor smell is
hint conveyed of the presence OF the
noison. and because it gives no I'M
mediate indication of the injury II
has inflicted.
such cups are to be found in the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
Mont Attend Funeral.

BRUSSELS, Dec. p. - Baroness
Vaughn left Brussels at 1 o'clock this
afternoon for Balm court French
chateau near Paris. This move APP
Iarently indicates that she has aban-
doned her reported intention Of at
tending the funeral Of the late KING
Leopold to whom she was married III
Italy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS

Notice is hereby given to all prop
erty owners in Water Assessment Dis
trict No. 8, College Avenue, that the
assessment roll for said district and
the diagram accompanying the same
were filed in the office of the City
Clerk on the 3rd day of December, 1909,
that the same are open for inspection
by the public; that on the 21st day
of December 1909, at the hour of 1880
o'clock p. m, the City Council Will
meet and sit to hear appeals of al
parties agr.eved by said assessment, 1T
which time the said city council will
hear and determine I'll questions that
may be presented by the owners of
lots or parces of land in said district
relative to the special benefits that
will result to each and as to whether
each is equitable and proportionate to
the special benefits resulting thereto.
All complaints must be submitted IN
writing.
II. y. S. HART, City Clerk.
First publication in Evening States
man December II, 1909; last publ1ca-
ton December 81, 1909
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS

Notice is hereby given to all prop
erty owners in Water Assessment Dis
trict No. 2, Bellevue Avenue, that the
assessment roll for said district and
the diagram accompanying the same
were filed in the office of the City Clerk
on the End day of December, 1909; that
the same are open for inspection by
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-21
Walla Wdlla Passenger Train
Schedule
NORTHERN PACIFIC r. r.

NORTHERN PACIFIC R. r.
P Pssco 81 spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, Port
land ....6 80 A. NJ. and 40 p. NJ.
nsvton, Waitsburg Mixed IS 80 P. NJ.
T"reka and Pleasant View, Sunday
only (Mixed) Z :15 A. Nj.
arrivals From
Soo++Ie Tacoma, Spokane, Portland,
and east 8 40 A. NJ. and s 100 L. NJ
n.vton and Waitsburg (Mixed) Q 100 A. NJ.
C~reka and Pleasant View, Sunday
only (Mixed) ..c.....3 40 T. Nj.
Or. & N. r.
3tbena. Pendleton, Echo, The Dalles,
Portland .,nd o,s+ : .00 a. a ~
DAYTON. Pomeroy, Colfax and Spo.
rorti and WaIluIa, Spokane -. 9 80 P. NJ.
DAYTON and way points. .....7 30 A. NJ.
yaIluIa and way points. % 100 A. M.
Arrivals From:
Portland. The Dalles, Echo, Pendleton,
Spokane sIe IOlfax, Pomeroy and D Day, =,
ton d,.ton and Athena 3 :YS 3 3 NJ NJ
Portland. Wallula and Spokane 6 Is A. NJ.
DAYTON and way points. q 40 Z. NJ
WglluIa and way points ......S 100 I. NJ.
MOTOR CARO-. r. & n.
Arrive from Dayton and way
pOintS III :oo d. H.
Leave for Wallula and way
pOintS ............ III 10 d. H.
arrive from Waliula and way
noints / :35 p. m.
Leave for Dayton and way
points ..'.'..... -. = ~ - ~.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-27

stand it. If YOU can stay one year
you are all right and can stay as long
as you please afterwards, but it's a
big question if you're able to stick
it for year. It's queer thing, but
the air is full Of bugs and insects. If
you put on black suit in the morn
ing. by noon it will be white, it will be
covered with all kinds Of insects and
small bugs. The mosquitoes are ter
rible, too.
1--WE travelled far into the jun
giles and went to places where no
white man had ever been before. We
tramped through the deep forests,
where the underbrush was so thick
you could scarcely walk.
"Afraid Of snakes? Yes, but we
had to go On anyway. L saw several
dead bodies Of white men while | was
il Africa. These men had been
crushed TO death and killed by boa
constructors. The bodies were mashed
almost to a pulp with every bone
broken, and the blood had been sucked
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-27
EDUCATIONAL RALLY.
To Be Held at Yourg's Grove on
August 18th Prominent
Speakers.

Under the auspices cf the educa-
tional campaign committee OF South
Carolina, with the cooperation OF
County Superintendent of Education
J. S. Wheeler, an educational rally
has been arranged to be held at
Young's Grove on August II.
The speakers selected by the State
committee are Prof. D. W. Daniel, OF
Clemson college, and Mr.. H. L. Wat
son, of Greenwood.
The speakers selected by the county
committee are DR.. Geo. B. Cromer and
President J. H. Harms.
Free transportation will be furnish
ed from Prosperity to Young's Grove.
County Superintendent Wheeler Is
arranging for a barbecue to be gwen
bv Messrs. Mills and Nichols. This,
Of course, will be in addition to the
picnic dinner.
It is hoped to have very large at
tendance.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-27
Sunday School Convention.

The Sunday School Convention at
Smyrna closed Thursday afternoon,
and one Of the best meetings IN the
history Of the Association had been
held. The program as published tWlce
in The Herald and News was carried
out with little change. The delegates
all reported having received the most
courteous Of treatment, and hearty
vote of thanks was given the Smyrna
congregation for their untlrlng EFFORTS
to make the meeting the success II
was.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Prot. S. ). Der
rick, President; Mr.. J. L. Bowles, lst'
vice president; Mr.. P. c. Galllard'
secretary and treasurer. The oJne'
officers are to be appointed by tins
executive board.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-07-27
,l-o +ho nat;vec would aat.

snake the natives would eat.
1T was fun to watch them eat a
hippopotamus. They would only eat
the hide. They would cook it long
time and then about thirty-hve OF
them would sit down together around
the hide. and each man would eat a
section. 1t was all right until they
ate all except a small piece, then
there was fight to see who should
have what was left" ," and the engl-
neer laughed long and loud upon the
recollection Of the scraps that he
had seen.
''How did hippopotamus hide
taste?'
at tasted hshy,' replied the sail
or. 1T was awfully tough and l dld
not care much for it. The mppopota-
mus meat was thrown away
1T was mighty hot down there
during the day and the nights were
cold. Il va: a nasty climate and | had
to take whiskey and quinine to keep
we'll. There are not many people who