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The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12

Hope was. perhaps, a compromise be-
tween the far seeing manager who
wanted her to remain Minna Smith in
The Girl of the Golden West and
the actress herself, who stamped her
foot and declared she had had three
years of it, and that was enough.
Il like The Fighting Hope even
with such faults as it possesses said
Miss Bates, because it gives me a
chance to see what I can do in a gown
like other women wear"
She laughed at memory which came
through the doorway of her mind
You will laugh, too,'' she explained,
when tell you that was the worst
frightened creature you ever beheld
when I stepped on the New York stage
in Belasco's playhouse dressed up like
a modern woman. What would the
women in the audience say about my
gowns and my hat? / wouldn't have
been surprised if some one had told me
that 1 did not know how to dress
myself.
in outre costumes. Three of those years
saw me in japanese clothes. Then came
The Girl of the Golden West Min
ma Smiths costumery would scarcely
be accepted as a model of proper sar-
toriaI excellence in Broadway. Oc-
oasionally during those last three years
I had change-when played butter
fly and again put on my kinono garb
DO you wonder that i was fright
ened at exhibiting myself before those
experts in woman's dress who fill q
fashionable theater in New York?
$50 you see like The Fighting
Hope for one thing. It has given me
back my clothes But that is the least
of my reasons for being delighted with
the play. 1t tells a Fascinating story,
and it discloses woman's heart. All,
there are some lovely scenes in that
play; some scenes Of struggle and strife
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shrouds such matters in the deepest
mystery as far as / am concerned. He
never tells me anything about them
until the play is nearly ready TO be put
into rehearsals He says you're so
volatile and excitable that you wear
yourself out in one sudden burst OF
enthusiasm. and by the time the play
is ready for the public you are already
tired of it and want another That is
rather hard on me, but l suppose there
is some truth to it, and so Mr.. Belasco
keeps me ignorant of the nature of my
play as long as ne can. That's how il
happens that know absolutely nothing
about the drama that Clyde Fitch was
writing for me.
IF it was not completed. If it was
SO slightly done that no one else could
finish.i it, then I'll have to cast about for
another piece, and that, will be more
worry for Mr.. Belasco. I have hopes of
hearing from the latter within the next
few days that the play was done.
But isn't that selfish wax of look
ing at the death of Clyde Fitch? After
all my play doesn't amount to anything
compared with the Importance of the
event which has taken away from the
American stage one who had done so
much to adorn it with good plays and
who, no doubt, would have done much
more had not death stepped in and re-
moved the playwright in. his very
prime.
1T makes one think of the futility of
all these vanities. such as plays and
ambitions and things like that. A fire
comes along and wipes out city, death
comes and robs the world of a great
man: an OK in the road trampIes an ant
hill and sparrow is hit by stone
thrown in the park. It's all much the
same.
And that's why 1 say be cheerful
Don't take things too much to heart.
Grieve. but smile. too The philosophy
of smiles is great religion,
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the basis of this yarn the plot is built
and some screamingly funny situs-
tions are evolved Indeed it is said
that Going Some" is the best comedy
written for many seasons. and the Shu-
berts have given it a splendid set
ting 1t will be the second attraction
to be sent TO San Francisco by the
rivals of the syndicate, who. in "The
Witching Hour" showed their earn
estness in the open door fight by
giving San Francisco a perfect cast
and a great play.
Going Some" is said to be a worthy
piece with which to follow up the
fight 1t has just completed a run
of eight months at the Beiasco theater
in New York. and with the original
cast has made but one stop on its
way from the big metropolis TO the
Pacific coast
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Blanche Bates Inspires Benefit For
L.R. Stockwel1 and All Theaters Respond

between the hours of f.30 and 5.
Miss Bates Will appear twice
ON the program. first In scene
from "Rfchelfeu.- with the well
known clubman-aetor. Richard
VI. HotnIfng. and later with Mil
ton sflls OF her company I'm a
one act farce, "The Unhappy
Pair" The AIcazar thcater Will
be spiendidly represented; Fer
ris Hartman and other members
of his company viii appear from
the Princess tAeater; the Or
pheum will contribute two acts;
the Garriek Will send trio OF
dancers; "The Fighting Hope"
company will again be repre-
sented I'm n one act comedy staged
hy John w. Cope. He will ap-
pear with Mr. and Mrs. Newell
In "A Horse on Father, the Wig
wan, American. Empire snd Ma
tionaI fheaters will send thefr
best acts. and the aggregation
of such talent as in here indicated
should provide an entertainment
of brilliant quality.
Go Ii you want to be enter
tanned.
Go If you want to help a
worthy cause.
Seats are now ON sale al the
box ONCE of the Van Ness thester.
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HECENTLY l.. r.. StoekwelI be-
l. came totally blind. Grad
usIly the light has faded
from hts vision, and. though for
many years he has been unable to
distinguish objects and required
= guiding hand. there was left
to him a consciousness of the
difference between night and
day. There was left to him also
hope that sight might he re-
stored. Now both are totally
gone-sight and hope.
Miss Blanche Bates was the
Inspiration of a benefit to he
rendered the genial come dian.
Long before she reached this
city she had made up her mind
to see II a testimonial could be
rendered .sStocky" during her
engagement of two weeks at the
Van Ness.
The event will take place next
Friday afternoon at the Van
Ness theater. Every playhouse
in the city will be represented
on the program Indeed. there
IL an embarrassment of riches,
and the only difficulfy now is to
give the performance i'm one
afternoon, so many acts have
been prOffered. There Is trouble
In compressing the attractions
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MISS BATES EQUAL
TO HER BIG ROLE
Actress Rises to Demands of a
Taxing Characterization

Blanche Bates will continue in The
Fighting Hope" at the Van Ness thea
ter for second aud last week commenc-
and popular actress has fulfilled every
expectation of her many friends here
ard in the role of Anna Granger pre-
sents performance crowded with emo
tional and dramatic qualities unequaled
by any offered here by star for many
months
The role in many respects is very ex-
acting The great scene of the third
act would for an actress of less ability
prove overtaxing. Miss Bates is equal
TO every demand upon her ability
Miss Bates has played many parts
during her various seasons in this CITY
and at no time has she been seen TO
better advantage David Belasco ha@
surrounded his star vita strong COM
pany. Especially good is John W. Cope.
who appears in the role of Mashheld
Craven. the confidential adviser.
The play has been given typicai
Belasco stage setting. which means that
it is all that could be desired The hnal
of The Fighting Hope
viii be offered next Saturday night
There will be matinee on Saturday
"A Gentleman From Mississippi viii
be the succeeding attraction at the Van
Ness theater. where its engagement
opens on Monday. September 20. This
is the Rhodes-Wise comedy of Wash
in ston political and social life, which
has had two season run in New York
The title role will be played BY James
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12
"GOING SOME" is
A BREEZY COMEDY
Shuberts Send New York Cast
to Valencia

Going Some which is the joint
work of Paul Armstrong and Rex
Beach. will be seen here for the first
time at the Valencia theater. where it
opens tonight for an engagement OF
two weeks. with matinees wednes-
days and Saturdays,
J. Wallingford Speed visits Flying
Heart ranch, where he meets Helen
Blake. He wants to make a hit
with her and tells her that he is
TALES champion 100 yard sprinter. On
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which bring out all the skin can

which bring out all the skill can
command
"StockwelI told me- said 1, that
you never had to learn to act; that the
ability to simulate emotion came TO
yen naturally out of great storehouse
of sympathy and observation"
That was like Mr.. Stockwell.' she
replied thoughtfully. But he exag-
gerated in my behalf.
Il have worked. No one but David
Belasco and myself and my dear
mother. who has gone. knows how hard
1 have worked. And that's one reason
| mean to persevere and be great
actress. 1 do not want to be spec
tacular success. l want to be a legiti-
mate, substantial success. The role of
Anna Granger. wife of the weakling
and convict treasurer, gives me a
chance to prove that 1 can hold the
attention of the people through three
acts without change of scene.
The trend of writer's just now is
toward exploiting the primitive and the
real We have gone too far. think,
as Eugene Walter in The Easiest
way, but the tendency, somewhat
modified by artistic elements. is right.
THE Fighting Hope has demon.
strated to the theatrical world that
David Belasco is as successful in pro-
ducing a play without calling for aid
on the property expedients of stage
productions as in his scenic produc-
tions Simplicity yet a marvellous
fidelity to detail marks The Fighting
Hope as contrasted. let Us say, with
The Music Master, which was verita-
bic orgy of properties
"HE death Of Clyde Fitch in France
has meant more to Miss Bates
than even the regret and sorrow
which his dying invites Fitch was en-
gagged on play for her at the time of
his DEATH She does not know whether
it was finished or whether it had pro-
crossed even beyond the scenario.
1T was to have been my next seasons
said Miss Oates. "and I
was looking forward with the keenest
pleasure to reading It OF course,
knew nothing about the plot Of tho
play. I was not even advised Of the
nature OF the role / should be called
upon to assume. Mr.. Belasco always
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12

H AVID BELASCO." she said.
is like old Pussy Winn, who
was principal of the Boys
high school when ! was there
VIM used TO say to US: 1t isn't what
YOU know that is so valuable, but what
9-ou are able to find out; the ability TO
set the information as you need it
Miss Blanche Bates sat in her dress
ing room waiting 10 rehearse a sketch
she is going TO play at the StockwelI
beneft. II was in the afternoon, and
The little room was flooded with sun
shine-"my California sunshine" she
pronounced il. Beside her sat- with
bodeful eve upon me. her tiny dog.
which growled formidably when 1 came
The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12

said Miss Bates, who bade me GO and
who wished me good luck, even with
the opposition. He wa.s too fine a char
Stockwen was in David Beiasco's Of
fee when signed my first big con-
tract and he was the first to congratu-
late me-
With all these memories of San Fran
cisco and San Francisco notables, it
was reasonable that Miss Bates should
speak with tenderness and enthusiasm
about this. her city.
1T was against Miss Bates desire to
discuss the Belasco episode or to con-
slider the estrangement that mo-
mentarily threatened what had been a
profitable arrangement between man
ager and star, but caught a CLINT,
here and there, in her chat for publica-
tion which throws light on the attitude
She does not want costume roles; she
doesn't want picture parts; she does not
want spectacular characters. She wants
to portray life, and to exhibit on the
stage real flesh and blood women. 1
will not say that she is obsessed with
the Ibsen. ambition. and that she is
yearning to execute in life her idea of
Nora or Rebecca, or Mrs.-A1ving, but 1
am sure she had rather essay these un-
lovely women who. after all. are garbed
in modern habiliments. than the types
in which she has heretofore played
am certain that she wants to
fasten her claim to fame on her ability
to portray the women of everyday life;
the women who just now are getting a
hearing on the stage. 1t is certain that
she does not want to rest her ambitions
in stage persons of spectacular en-
deavor; that Cigarette with. her pic
turesque appeal is in the past of Miss
Bates achievement. have a suspicion.
quite unfounded, and without warrant
of her Endorsement. that The Fighting
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
IRvINGTON

Samuel Kip. Frank Harbridge, John
Wolf and Benjamin Bader have gone to
Phillipsburg, Pa. to attend the exempt
f1rernen's convention.
= Miss Violet Aslin has been appointed
assistant superintendent of the Methodist
Sunday school primary department.
Jacob Werthman, Herbert Wilderspin,
Edward Helm, Albert J. Lacombei and
Hugo Winckler, Of the joint committee
on the proposed municipal lighting plant,
met in Drake building last night and pre-
pared a report which will be submitted to
the several local Improvement assocfa;
items.
The Rev. William H.. Hainer. of the
First Christian Church. with q delega-
ton from his church, started this after
noon to. attend the seventy ninth annual
ference which will be held in the Chris
tan Church. at Vienna. this State Mr..
Hainer has been president of this confer
ence for the last fourteen years.
Walter Bennette, Of Springfield avenue.
will captain" a number of local fishing
enthusiasts to the seasons first trip OF
the Ever Jolly Fishing Club. whose mem
bers will start in the auxiliary motor
sloop Gretchen to Aliens Shore House,
Long Branch. ON May %.
During the absence OF the Rev. William
H. Hainer, the pulpit Of the First Chris
tan Church will be occupied next Sum
day by the Rev. r. E. Hayes. of Roselle.
A business session and lunch party. OF
the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist
Church is being held today at the home
of Miss Elizabeth Waterfeld, of Union
avenue.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
QUESTIONS RIGHT
OF CHANCERY IN
RAILROAD SUIT
CortIandt Parker Declares Court
Has No Jurisdiction in Action
Brought by City of Orange.
ERIE REFUSES TO PROVIDE
FLAGMEN AND GATES
Company Declares that Grade
Crossings Are Unimportant
and None Is in Danger.

Question as to the jurisdiction of the
Court Of Chancery In the matter Of
changing railroad grades or crossings
OF, in fact, in any matters pertaining
to railroad crossings, was raised b.
cortlandt Parker, counsel for the Erie
Railroad Company. when the applica-
ton Of the City of Orange for an or
der making 1t mandatory for the rail-
road to place fiagmen and gates 1t the
Sherman, High and Sheridan streets
Crossings, in that city. came up before
Vice-Chancellor Howell today.
My attention said Mr.. Parker.
has been called to the fact that Mr..
sredenburgh. counsel for one of the
defendant railroads IN the suit Of the
city OF Newark. today read a cops Of
an act passed by the Legislature and
dated April 20, which takes away the
jurisdiction Of this court in such mat
tiers and places it in the hands Of the
Board of Railroad Commissioners If
such be the situation there is no use
in proceeding with this matter"
The Vice-Chancellor and William A.
Lord, city counsel of Orange, was taken
by surprise, and the court agreed with
Mr. Parker that there would be no use
in going on with the case.
An effort was then made to get q
copy Of the law, but this was unsuc-
cessful The case then went on, sub
ject to the finding of such law.
The matter comes up on refusal OF
the railroad TO obey an ordinances Of
the Council to the effect that it must
maintain gates and hagmen At the
points stated, and In its answer the
railroad corporation denies that that
section of the city is thickly populated.
and says there is but little frafnc. It
also denies the fact that the streets
mentioned are public thoroughfares.
The answer further says that the power
given to order railways TO place such
f1agmen and gates extends only to cities
and not towns, townships, etc.
w. B. Gano. city clerk of Orange,
was the first witness called and wal
asked to read the ordinances. and Their
1t was discovered that the copy he held
did not contain the names of all the
streets mentioned in the bill Objection
was made by Mr.. Parker. but the court
allowed Mr.. Lord to withdraw his wit
ness 0 rthe purpose OF securing the
original.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
GAN A FIREMAN
GET A DRINK IN
NUTLEY OR MOI?
New Liquor Ordinance Forbids
Selling to Him, but Pro-
vision Is Not Clear.

The. provisions of the newly revised
LIQUOR ordinance Of the Town Of Nutley,
which goes into effect July /. are caus-
ing considerable ANNOYANCE and anxiety
among the hotel and keepers Of
that town. especially section No. TX.
which reads as follows.
"No saIoon-keepera Tavern keeper or
other dealer in alcoholic. vinous mr. mali
,,o,,ora sbau sa,, ~ o,y. ~ rsrn,,t ~
-.
su'ei any peison u; persohs - ms en-
pioy 20 sel or give any aicononcs nous
or malt liquor to any policeman or fire.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
ASSESSMENT ON
STREET REPAIRS
BRINGS PROTEST
lrvington Property-owners Tell
Council of Their Displeasdre.
Improvements Acted On.

street improvements uvara the nrinas
"a, mat.ars t.Lan .. ~.
w 1as' nis AZ 'ne
lionhiy niee'ins 81 the ing
IoWn counell. The reports OF the as
sessment commissioners on the grad
ing of Prospect avenue and Welland
avenue were confirmed after q Anal
hearing which bro,,ebt forth so,,e a,o
rha4ia ,-s..
1850
'onn ecno't presented q written on-
lection TO the assessments against him
for the grading of Prospect venue and
several verbal protests were made by
property-owners. Owing To beavv
6rainaoa tbese ayon,as b.va hsa ~ -
1890 .ua .-,
@-e = se'i -
SHOWN ny the 10 pay
Tor the second assessment
The report of the assessment commits
sioners on the opening of Mt. Vernon
avenue was also confirmed. and 4 hear
ing on assessments for June is was re-
ferred to them for Yale avenue. Oak
place, Elmwood place.. PARK place. Mes.
bitt place, Maple place and Lincoln
place.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
COPS
SEEK HUSBAND
FOR SICK WIFE
Man Who Came from Pittsburg
Lost Job and Has Been
Missing for Days.

Mrs. John Kemp, of Pittsburg, Pa,
with her young child in her arms, APP
pealed to the Grange police today to
find her husband, who left the Penn
sylvania city on May 10 last to secure
a position in Orange. and of whom she
has not heard since the day following
his arrival IN that city. Mrs. Kemp is
in poor health, and Detective John
Drabell dropped his work today to
prosecute a thorough searchs for the
husband. Mrs. Kemp and her baby are
comfortably quartered at the Crosstown
Hotel in Day street. Orange. In the
meantime the police departments of
Essex county are securing their terri
tory for Kemp.
The Pittsburg man is a gardener and
81 years old. He received an offer Of a
good position in Orange, but is said to
have become intoxicated when he ar
rived at his prospective home. He lost
the confidence of the man WHIT intended
to employ him. and evidently has been
securing around for a job ever since.
Kemp was traced to the neighbour
hod of MontcIair today and is sup
posed to be nearby. He dined at Mont
clair on Monday night, but that was
the last word received.
Kemp is 80 ears old. 5 feet s inches
In height. slim build. dark-brown mus
tache, dark complexion, wore a black
suit and black derby hat and spoke
with a Scotch accent. He has always
a ~consfderate husband, and his
wife is satisfied he does not know her
position or he would try and get in
touch with her.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
LACK OF SLEEP
DROVE LONG TO
DEATH PLUNGE
New York Coroner Convinced
thai Gien Ridge man Was
Temporarily Insane.

NEW YORK, May Batter an in
vestigation Coroner shrady and the
police were convinced yesterday that
Erwin G. Long, president of a spring
manufacturing company, who plunged
from the window of his Office on the
thirteenth floor of the Hudson Terminal
Building, in Church street, to the roof
Of. ar arcade at the second floor and
was instantly killed. was temporarily
insane. Nearly every bone in Long :
body was broken by the fall of 1870 feet.
Long was 40 years old and lived with
his wife and four young children at
50 Highland avenue, Glen Ridge, n. j.
Mrs. Long said her husband had been
i'll and depressed for some time and
had suffered greatly from insomnia. DR..
Henry Wallace, Of Bloomfield. N. j.,
said he had been treating Long and
that the latter suffered from acute mel
anchoiia.
The man was alone in his Office. and
had beer endeavorins to write a letter
to a Japanese boy named Keisuke Fu-
jaika. OF No. 112 Broadway, Bloomfield.
y. J. Two copies of the letter. which
was never finished, were found on the
body. They mentioned a ffty-dollar
inclosure, and the fact that the father
of the lad, in Japan, whose agent Long
obviously was. did not wish his son to
attend a certain school. The letters
were tumbled, and in one line the
word that" was repeated a dozen
times.
When word of her husbands death
was conveyed to Mrs. Long in Glen
Ridge she collapsed and became hys-
terical. Har condition was such that
nobody was allowed to see her today
except her family physician. Dr. Wal
lace. of Glen Ridge. =
Mr.. Long was a member of the Christ
Episcopal Church of Glen Ridge, and
also Of the Glen Ridge Club and the
Glen Ridge Golf Club. 1t was said last
night by friends of the Long family
that there was no known reason for
Mr.. Longs taking his life. as his home
ties were of the happiest and his fnan-
cial affairs were in excellent condition.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-19
'PHTH|s|S COULD
Be WIPED OUT
IN FIVE YEARS
DR.. Thomas Gray, Of Orange,
Speaks at Big ANTI Tuber-
cuIosis Meeting.

That tuberculosis would entirely dis
appear within I'VE years should exist
ing faulty economic conditions be
remedied. was the assertion made by
DR.. Thomas Gray, Of Orange. a mem
Der Of the Anti-Tubereulosis League
of the Oranges. at an anti-tuberculosis
mass-meeting held in the South Or
ange Village Hall last night.
The spread of the disease is due in
a great measure he said. TO not re-
ceiving proper sustenance. breathing Of
foul air. living in closed quarters and
filthy surrounsings.
Advanced cases should" he con-
tinued, be separated from people who
are healthy. Just as much precaution
should be taken in this respect as do
cases of insanity. smallpox. scarlet
fever, etc"
Former General Edward ID.
Dufield. of South Orange. presided
oyer the meeting. which was largely
attended. The other speakers were
DIR. Alfred G. Benedict. South Orange
village health physician: DR.. Mefford
Runyon. president of the South Orange
Board of Health: DIR. Walter Dodge, of
Orange: Charles G. Ellsworth. Of this
city, and William C. Smallwood, seore-
tary of the New Jersey Anti-Tuberea-
losis Association.
DIR, Dodge declared that fear has
the same effect of weakening the hui
man system as alcohol. He told OF how
there was danger of too much agita-
ton defeating the end intended in the
anti-tuberculosis fight.