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alter are up the audience. to the spotlight
operator, suggests swarm of wasps.
They are self-centered, talking to each
other in monOtOnOuS drOne. They are
cogniZant, too. of the fact that they are
in with many other people and must be-
have accordingly.
But when the lights go out a great
change comes over every one. 1t is as
though one had stepped to the front of
the stage and requested silence. In fact,
that is really what 1t is-a silent demand
for silence Then the curtain rises, and
by that time the spotlight operators eyes
have accustomed themselves to the
light that he is able to see plainly the
crowd before him.
''They are In a hundred different atti-
tudes of watchfulness. The emotion they
feel in the play they show in a hundred
different ways. Yet it is always the same
emotion that holds them in giant grasp,
causes them to laugh and cry and APP
plaud at the same time. / have watched
audiences with this particular idea i'm
mind. A "catch line comes 1t is one of
the lines the manager of the play is
counting spontaneous roar of
laughter arises from the crowd of the
atergoers. The little boy in the gallery
laughs and the man in the box laughs.
No one can say who started the laugh.
All or lnOSe people nave ulHeTeHt mlnQS
and different thoughts. In actual life it
is doubtful, in my mind. If groups of ten
could be gotten together who have ten
thoughts in common. Yet they laugh as
one person. 1t Is interesting.
''Oh, yes, they forget all about the spot
light five ninutes-fve seconds after the
play begins. They don't remember, don't
even think, of us. Thus we get most Of
our pleasure in studying them.
Joseph II. Becker. who manipulates the
spotlight at Chase's Theater, has become
so interested in his work that he has
drawn a picture Of the stage as 1t looks
to him 1t is creditable drawing, show
ing one unhappy mana friend of the
spotlight operator's-upon whom the spot
light has been turned. On the stage is a
girl. who is supposedly singing one of
those personal songs to individuals in the
audience.
Becker says that that picture shows
the audience exactly as it appears to him.
He is saving it, pending the day when it
shall be his only memory of the time
when he watched audiences from behind
the calcium.
THE vaudeville performance, he said,
seems TO divide the playgoers up into
groups. I've watched them as the differ
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lotting the hours OF the day To various
public functions and private engagements.
The Princess of Wales is quite as me-
thodical and never fails to keep an APP
pointment that she has made. while for
her to duplicate an engagement is UNI
known. Not so with the queen. and OF
late she has become much more trying
in this regard.
The day before she left London recently
for Scotland she had not decided when
she was going or even whether she was
going at all or not. Even IN a private
person such indecSon would be sure TO
cause lot OF trouble to others, but iii
the case Of Il queen it IS simply madden
ing to those who have 20 look alter her.
Special trains have to be arranged for.
the railway lines have 20 he policed.
traffic has to oc diverted ur delayed. ana
a thousand and one details have 20 be
settled with reference to tie exact min
ute at which the royal Traveller will be at
certain points. Imagine. then, the con-
fusion which was caused when a din
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est ambition of the social climber. Ed
ward was, as usual. inclined to let his
wife have her own way. why not?' he
said; and no doubt he thought it would
save him a good deal of trouble if she
did, but the lord chamberlain was ada
mant. AS soon as he heard what the
queen proposed to do he went Straight
to the king and Informed him that
England wouldn't stand for such an in
novation.
why, l shouldn't consider that my
daughter was properly presented at all
if she were presented only to her
ma jesty," he said. Now in Eng
land to be irregularly presented is
something even more damning socially
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ner one evening she announced that she
had finally decided to go to Scotland the
following day.
One of the first results of the queens
growing indecision is that she is having
difficulty in securing great ladies as
ladies i'll waiting and ladies of the bed
chamber. n few weeks ago the Mar
chiouess of Salisbury and the Marchioness
of Lansdowne resigned their posts as
ladies OF the bed chamber. and the req
son Ior their resignation was that they
could not put up any longer with her
majestys indeciSion. AS the wives of
great peers they have their own estab-
EshmentS to look after. and they found
themselves unable TO make amy plans. or
if they made any were liable to be COM
pelied 10 alter tberi at n moments notice
because their royal mistress had changed
iI"r mind. The duties of thcSa ladies
compel them to he in attendance on the
queen at all publc or semi-puDlic func-
lions and at all the state balls and ban
quets The queen still has the Countesses
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dian has been on five minutes. It's
funny.
81 remember once when I worked the
spotlight for Joe Jefferson--you remember
Rip Van Wrinkle. of. course. AS soon as
I'd turned the calcium on I noticed, in
the thin slvery haze under the glowing
shaft, mild looking thinfaced old man
might have been had he stayed at home
and shaved himself instead Of sleeping
for twenty years.
There's a particularly pathetic little
episode-it comes In the second act. l
think Rips wife gets a grip on his hair
indicative Of a determination on her part
to scalp him. He. with his head pulled
over on the side. gently asks his enraged
wife to release him. She hauls him
around in an unladylike manner before
doing so.
"The little, thin-faced sad-eyed man
in the audience watched with an inten-
sity that surpassed the gazes of Jeffer-
sons most ardent admirers He balanced
on the edge of his chair. His eyes bulged
as the scene continued In few mo-
ments a square jawed, determined woman
iabbed him with her elbow, and he sank
back in his chair.
II became intensely interested. Every
once in a while the little man would
turn toward his partner. II her eyes
were fixed on the stage, he again sneak
ed out to the edge OF his chair. Presently
the woman would remind him and, like
a frightened rabbit, he would stink back
again.
His face was wonderfully sympathetic
He was sorrier for Rip during the first
two acts than the rest of the audience
were when he returned from the noun
tains after his twenty years of sleep. Yet
his very sorrow, l noticed. was shown
in a surreptitious way when his wife-l
suppose she was his wife-was not look
ing
Walter Burke, chief electrician at the
National Theater. Is a veteran spotlight
operator To him the stars of the stage
and the audience are field both ANUS
ing and Instructive" to quote the circus
bill board.
at first the light dazzles YOU" he says.
'It is quite a good deal like sitting behind
a powerful searchlight on a dark night:
But soon you can distinguish forms and
faces under the shaft of light with perfect
clearness. although they themselves don't
know that they ale prominently outlined.
while the lights in the body Of the the
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M EN- Who Manipulate
IVA Spotlights in Theaters
H ave Odd Experiences.
Great Stage Personalities
Differ Regarding the Beam
of Light From the Gallery.
Workmen Who H a I'D lie
Lights Are Depended on to
Great Extent for Success Of
Professionalism in Local
Theaters Have Had Years of
Training for Their Work.
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WO sweet Young
things sat in the
front row OF a
Washin gton thea
ter not so long
ago totally en-
wrapped in their
admiration of 4
large and ORA
matte person gy-
rating on me
stage. Il love
YOU yelled the
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person on the stage. The two young
things trembled ecstatica1ly and gulped
at their gum. And when he threatened
to drape the mortal remains of another
gentleman all over the stage and foot
lights one idol worshper turned to the
other with the gum choked voice and
tried in vain to voice her sentiments.
They were mercifully unaware that
hundred-eyed Argus up in the gallery
beheld their little by-play and chuckled
softly to himself. They did not know
that an implacable person behind the
cleaning spotlight watched their every
movement with an enjoyment that wds
greater than their own in the play: for
the person behind the spotlight beholds
much of the comedy of human life. Be-
fore him each evening real actors play
real plays they watch the make
believes on the stage
The Washington spotlight operator
enjoys the play; no one better. He is
sensible to fine acting. He has seen all
the great actors. But he remembers.
after all. that at II o'clock the lights
dim and the curtain drops leaving the
tragic, comic or prosaic incident on the
stage hopelessly ended one way or the
other. There is no conjecture On his
part after the curtain goes down.
His human plays are never ended. They
play scene, two scenes = maybe an
epoch making act - of the great play
which they, by living, evolve: and they
go from the theater leaving him to won
der whether it is comedy, a tragedy or
q prosaic incident in their life-play.
In the Washington theaters the chief
electricians are men who have at some
time sat on the blind side of a flood
light. AS they are in charge of all of the
electrical workings they merely supern-
tend the searchlight in a general way.
The companies playing at the theaters
take care of the light from the gallery in
a tentative sort of way by providing their
own man. Nevertheless the chief eiec-
tricians of Washingtons theaters have
had enough experience behind the spot
lights to be able to tell of the human
plays in the audience-and the stage per-
formances-they have Witnessed from be-
hind the sheltering calcium.
They behold the stage at first as
great masSed blur with few dominant
figures standing forth. Their brilliant
hoodlight at first blinds them and the
entire theater. except the stage, becomes
a shapeless darkness without color or
dimension. After time their eyes be-
come accustomed to the steady glare of
their 1oodlight, and a luminous haze
gradually lightens up the orchestra chairs
and part of the balcony, making the occu-
pants visible.
No one takes any notice of him after
Of the galleryites at the first "siss" of
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Wv W oiiuSi OilS tic
queen keeps her
youth" is a remark
which doubtless has
been made hum
dreds Of times in
the last ten years.
In fact, 1t may be
said that ii has
been made by every
one who sees Queen
Alexandra, the wife
of the King of
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n LEXANDRA'S Most
"A Distinguished Ladies in
Waiting Resign Because
They Can't Stand Her
Uncertainty and Constant
Changes of Plans - She
Wants Sovereign Honors.
Although She Is Only Queen
Consort, and King Edward
Humors Her All He Can to
Avoid a Fuss, But the British
Constitution Blocks the Way
for Some of Her Demands
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superior, she has become merely one OF
his subjects. and lately the idea that
she must assert herself seems to have
been growing on her
TN spite of it all she retains her pop
ularty. Her wonderful sweetness of
manner makes up for a lot of incon-
venience, but it makes her harder to
drive. A more determined woman might
be reasoned with or coerced, but what
is a poor court official to do when he
is trying to urge her majesty to make
up her mind, and she laws her hand on
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Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, September ~. 1909
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03
LATEST PHOTOGRAPH QUEEN ALEXANDRA (sTAND1NG)
SISTER, DowAGER EMPRESS OF RUSSIA
(STANDING).

o in and i
much Of hr nlaw, Edward
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
Personal Paragraphs

Mr.. E. B. Raines, of Memphis, was
a visitor here this week.
Sheriff J. w. Barbee was visitor
70 Cleveland last week.
Miss Myna Oldenburg has returned
|rom visit with friends in Little
Rock.
Miss Mamie Simpson, of MARVEL,
Ark, is the guest of Mrs. E. T. Will
kkinson.
Misses Irma and Hattye White, OF
Days, were guests of Mrs. A. J. Weis-
singer last week.
j MIR. and Mrs. E. T. Jones, of Hell
ena, Ark, are visiting the family of
Dr.. and Mrs. T. M. Jones.
Mrs. R. F. B. Logan, who spent
everal weeks with her parents at
'xState Line, KY, returned home last
Friday night.
Mrs. N. E. Wilroy, who has been
Hisiting her parents at Arkabutla for
he past several weeks, has returned
ome, accompanied by her sister,
Mss Lillian May.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
The ~
Scrap. Book
Boyesen's Story Of His Boy.

Boyesen's Story Of His Boy.
The late Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
once told this story of his little son,
Hjalmar FL. Boyesen Cd: The boy had
been taken over Brooklyn bridge for
the first time and had piled his father
with questions about the big structure
all the. way over, all the way back and
all tho way home. Upon their return
the professor, worn out with the ftsil-
lade to which he had been subjected,
retired to his study, but just as he
sank into hfs, easy chair his son ap-
peared and, apropos of nothing, que.
ried, "Say, papa, didn't you say that
God lived up above the cloudsY The
father wearily answered, 'Why, yes, !
guess So" "Well, papa. If we were up
above the clouds we'd come through,
wouldn't we?" The man youchsafed
a brief, Il suppose so,' "Well, papa,
Why At that point the professors
patience gave out and he said: "There,
son, don't ask 1t. Go to your mother"
The. child retreated, but just as he lift
ed his hand to the doorknob he turned
and said. s''Say, papa, don't you know
great deal more about the Brooklyn
bridge than you do about God?'
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
FOR SALE-Two good cows with
calves. j. M. r. ANDERSON, !.
1-8-tf Bright, Miss.
Realism.

Realism.
A commission was intrusred to a
painter in an Italian town to paint the
image Of saint on the refectory wall
of the convent there.
The price stipulated was very low,
but 1t was agreed that the painter
should have his meals provided at the
expense Of the convent until the work
should be finished. But the only food
supplied to the poor artist was bread,
onions and water.
The day for unveiling the fresco ar
rived. The friars stood around the
artist, and the curtain was removed.
1t was no doubt an excellent piece of
work, but the saint had his back turn
ed toward the spectators.
"What does this mean? Indignantly
demanded the prior.
Padre" explained the artist, II was
compelled to paint the picture as you
see 1t, for the saint could not bear the
smell of onionsw Harpers Weekly.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
Whipped His Friends.

whipped F1iS FFteHoS.
Once when Daniel O'Connell was
visiting Tipperary the mob wanted to
take the horses from O'Connell's car
riage and draw him themselves upon
his way. This will never do" he
said to his daughter-in-law Their
intentions are excellent, bat they'll get
so excited that we'll find ourselves in
the ditch presently"
Bursting open the carriage door, in.a
moment he was out among these gi-
gantic Tipperary men, just as big as
any one of them. "Now, boys, be rea-
sonabie," he said. Leave the horses
under the carriage"
'But shure we'd rather pull you
along ourselves, sir" was the reply as
the preparations for so doing went
gallantly forward.
"All right! On your own heads be
itr' cried O'Connell good humoredly.
And, throwing off his coat he set to
with pugilistic intent, boxing them
right and LETT until he got them to de-
sist. Their amusement and delight
knew no bounds, and when on regain
ing the carriage he doubled up his
hand and shook it at them, with a
beaming smile and a twinkling eye,
the air was rent with enthusiastic
shouting, and he drove off even a
greater hero than when he had come.
-
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
Farmers Union Meeting.

The county union that was an
.nounced for Jan. IA at Days, was
postponed on account of bad weather
and will be held at the fernando
cousthouse the first day of February.
Delegates be sure to come.
ALBERT MYERS, JR., See.,
by w. II. Glenn, v. P.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22

The courthouse pump, which was
lot run for several days after the adj
.burnment of the board of supervis-
Srs, has been started again. The
bard cut the wages of G. A. Brewer,
tho ran the engine, from $20 to SIS
er month and he refused to run it
br that amount. Officers of the court
ouse furnished the additional amount
nd there is now plenty of water.
&or this amount Mr.. Brewer furnishes
~le gasoline.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
Why the Dogs Gave Out.

; Sir Leopold McLintock, the arctic
explorer, was once giving an account
of his experiences amid the ice fields
Of the north. ''We certainly would
have Travelled much farther" he ex-
planned, ''had not our dogs given out
at critical moment"
But" exclaimed lady who had
been listening very intcntly, 81 thought
that the Eskimo dogs were perfectly
tircless creatures?'
Sir Leopold's face wore a whim'
sically gloomy expression as he re.
piled, "I-er-speak in culinary
sense, miss"
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
TO HOUSE OWNERS.

If you need any tin work, stove re-
airing, OF guttering, / will be in
fernando for the next two weeks and
Rill be glad to furnish estimates on
Aerk. All work guaranteed.
w. E. SANDERS,
care J. w. Ferguson.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
The Trump Card.

Two neighbors in Missouri village
were arrested for fighting and brought
to court. The Judge asked the as
sailant to tell his story.
"Jedge," he said, "we war a-playini
of seven-up, two bits on the corner
I had bin losin' all day, Jedge, an ]
had up my last two bits.
81 dole the kyards. He war two
an / war six. He begged an / gin
him one. He fang his queen an ]
played my trey fur low. He fang
his king an played my ten. He
fang his ace an played my jack,
and then, Jedge, then he fang his
deuce, an / hit him. Saturday
Evening Post.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
Notice to Hunters.

Hunting on any land owned or con
rolled by Williamson Bros, is posi-
|yely forbidden. Violators will be
'lbject to arrest.
WILLIAMSON BROS,
l-27-tf Pleasant Hill, Miss.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
Non.R Resident Notice.
bin Tena Oliver

bhn Tena Oliver
VS.. NO. 3Z03.
Daisy Oliver
The State of Mississippi.
Is Daisy Oliver, a nonresident, whose
residence and post office address is
unknown;
BYou are commanded to appear be-
Ire the Chancery Coort Of the Coun-
A OF DeSoto in state on the 4th Mon
4Ly Of March, 1909, to defend the suit
said Court of John Tena Oliver,
herein you are defendant.
la Proceeding for divorce.
Jan. 6, 1909.
". e. WILRoY, Clerk.
" r.. Upton, Solicitor for Complt.
FOR SALE Horse and buggy. Ap-
N to w. s. BURKs, fernando.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
THE DECAY OF A PEOPLE.

THE DENAI UT "A PEUFLEl
This the true sign of ruin to a race
1t undertakes no march and day by day
Drowses in camp or with the laggard's
pace
Walks sentry oer possessions that de-
cay.
Destined with sensible waste to fleet
away
For the first secret of continued power
Is the continued conquest-all our sway
Hath surety in the, uses of the hour.
If that we waste. in vain walled town
and lofty tower!
William Gilmore Simms.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
People to Be Pitied.

Pitiful is the case Of the blind, who
cannot read the face; pitiful the case
of the deaf, who cannot follow the
changes Of the voice. And there are
others also to be pitied, for there are
some of an inert and ineloQuent nature
who have been denied all the symbols
Of communication, who have neither
a lively play Of facial expression nor
speaking gestures nor a responsive
voice nor yet the gift Of frank. ex-
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22
Miscellaneous Matters

4 Messrs. r. P. Cooke and T. P. Finn
4 ave formed a partnership in the
feneral insurance business, and are
X &eady to write all classes of risks.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22

WANTED-A good, white man
cook at camp near Raines, Tenn.
M. W. JONES, fernando, Miss.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22

Mr.. M. G. Grantham and Miss R..
,. Cornelius, both of Horn Lake,
kere married in the Office of the
lircuit clerk here last week by Rev.
". E. Wendell.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22

The old building known as the
Forrest home," which stood near
he residence of Sykes Johnston, fell
thursday morning. The house, which
lad rotted down, was reputed to have
een the home of Gen. Bedford For
est when he lived in fernando, and
B matter of fact the famous cal
fary leader and his wife did board
|or few months with the occupants
IF the building.
Times-promoter., 1909-01-22

Dockery & Emerson have sold their
took of merchandise and leased their
Itorehouse at Mooretown to Lt1cius
Tunnery, who has employed T. j..
.ustin to. conduct the business for
him.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1909-02-19

Serr 2ebrpalSIen ities in fein
3immsr biRauf. Ct bate gang pers
J.Fsn. bab sr pprbiu nod siren Spas
~,iersdne 6eabiihtiat bate. Die Cuff
osrsins ibm ai,d hiersu. s3tSem par's
Orarbsn aub 10 orobenb buntel ses
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-11
No HAWAIIAN
PROBLEM NOW
Ambassador Uchida Gives Sourd
Advice to Japanese Resi-
dent Here.
FAR EAST Is NIPP0N'S FIELD
Relations With the United States
Are Cordial-FriendShip of
America Essential.

"What I ask of the resident Japa-
nese of Hawaii is that they should
realize that there is no Hawaiian dues-
ton today so far as Japan is con-
cerned. Whatever question or difficult
problem may arise will be a question
between Japan and America, and not
between Japan and Hawaii. There
fore, the japanese government expects
the resident Japanese of Hawaii to act
according to the spirit of Japan S
American policy
This wholesome advice was given by
Ambassador Uchida to the japanese of
Hawaii yesterday in the course of a
talk made by him at the Mochizuki
Club, where he was entertained. Baron
Uchida' s utterances were characterized
throughout by sound common sense
and the advice he gave the japanese
of this Territory will, if followed
greatly simplify the labor problem ant
promote harmony between the Japa
Continued on Page Four.)
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BOTH WITHDRAW
RESERVATIONS
COOKE AND BROWN REMAIN
License Commissioners Consider
Sunday Reopening and Turn
1t Down.

Clarence NJ. Cooke, chairman of the
Oahu Board of License Commissioners,
will retain his position on the board,
having yesterday withdrawn his resig-
nation at the solicitation of Acting
Governor Mott-Smith. Mr.. Cooke had
held himself disqualified on account of
holding stock in the II. s. N. Co.,
which maintains bars on some of its
vessels, and his supposition had receiv-
ed legal confirmation. The acting gov
ernor. however, assured him that he was
not disqualified, and he will hence con-
time his duties on the board.
Willard Brown also withdrew his
resignation, which he rendered to the
acting governor for the reason that he
intended to leave the Territory for an
extensive tour in other pastures. He
has decided, however, to postpone his
trip, and, in consequence, will retain
his seat on the board.
The resolution of the two members
of the board to withdraw their resig-
nations was mentioned yesterday by
Chairman Cooke at meeting of the
board in the Capitol, that same meet
ing being one of the most important
that has been held for long time
Attorney Frank Thompson, represent
ing the Territorial Hotel Company,
which controls the Young and Moana
hotels, and also representing the Sea
side Hotel and the Union Grill, pre-
scented petition to have the Sunday
restrictions removed in certain in
stances.
In his address, Thompson explained
that he wanted the present board to
handle it, as it was acquainted with all
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