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The Washington times., 1909-09-28
LYCEUM-Miner's Americans" High
Class Burlesque Offering.

Unique and entertaining in all its de
partments, the program presented BY
Miners Americans at the LyceUm
Theater this week can be classed among
the best seen at this house for several
seasons. Edgar BiXley, a Washington
boy, heads the army Of fun-makers and
right royalty does he handle the lines
intrusted TO his care. Bixley's methods
are original and everything he under
takes is good for a laugh.
The pros ram is divided into four mus
icaI burlettas. and they serve as an eX-
cellent medium for a corps OF Ome
dams, pretty girls, and good singers.
Henry Fink introduces much that is
new and manages 10 make all that he
introduces enjoyable. Charies Baker
also deserves credit for his work I'm the
comedy lire. Pretty Minnie Lee bright
ems the program with a very sweet
voice and a delightful stage presence.
She made one of the hits of the show
with her clever im"peTsOnatiOn OF Irene
Franklin. Dorothy Warde was pleasing
with several good songs.
The American Quartet presented a
mixture Of good singing and poor COM
edy- The bennett Sisters were seen
in ar exhibition Of wrestling.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
Excellent Cast and Genuine
Humor at the Co
lumbia.
Thursday Matinee Time Ad-
vanced to Avoid Conflict
With Floral Parade.

Just what Washington thinks Of ''The
Girl From Rector's," after one dose Of
this e~ffervescent mixture, would be hard
to decide.
Billed by enterprising press agents as
the spiciest show Of his era Of risque
productions, and on the roa fresh
from a sensational run IN New York,
the opening performance at the Column
bia last night drew a packed house.
Apparently there is little cause TO
fear. for despite the assurances OF the
aforesaid press agent, we are inclined
TO believe that the production has
already undergone a judiciOus bit Of
pruning. Not much, It's true, but just
Laxity Of morals among American
husbands and wives. the double
lives led by many Of them, is the
theme on which Potter builds his
play, and the possibilities he opens
by his picture of wholesome I'M
f~aithfulness is not a pretty one for con-
temptation by those Of us who would
cling to the old fashioned IDEAS.
Humor at Times Genuine.
While the play IS one for the young
and innocent to fight shy Of. and one
that none Of US will derive any good
from seeing, it is fair to admit that it
has redeeming qualities. The most
noticeable OF these Is the excellence Of
the cast. The humOr is at times
genuine.
Most Of the first act is devoted 10 get
ting acquainted with the characters
Then. Just as one begins to feel at home
with them. one finds that he doesn't
known some of them at all. those at
least who are leading the double life.
When the discovery is made that Tine
Girl From RectOrs" is none other tnan
the austere Mrs. CaDerton, and that
Andy Tandy." the evil genius Of the
hero. is his prospective father-in-law.
Gen. Witherspoon CopIey. the surprise
Is sprung without the audience having
a an lnkling Of what TO expect
Miss MillingtOn Scores.
To Miss Gertrude Mmington all credit
be given, although II must be confessed
that she is much better as the gay New
York girl than as the wife of the aged
judge. Dallas Wexford is another bright
spot in the performance. and to him
the audience owes many a laugh. EIita
Proctor Otis. as Mrs. Witherspoon Cop
ley. Is something OF a disappointment.
Knowing her Of old. one expects great
things OF her. and in The Girl From
R~ector's' she is not the important per-
sOnage we are accustomed to see.
George Anderson. as Richard
O'Shaughnessy, does creditable work.
and his personality is we'll adapted TO
the role he takes.
On Thursday afternoon, tho manage
ment announces. the matinee will begin
at l.30 fin order 70 close before the
Eoral parade begins.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
ACADEMY My Partners Girl
Proves Good MeIC1rama Bill.

Not for a long time has there beer az
good a melodrama at the Academy az
My Partners Girl" which o~ccupies
the boards this week.
Credit due e. T. Darcy, the author.
should not o-vershadow that due the
players. From first TO last the keynote
OF the play seems 20 be e strict adher-
ence to the natural and clearly drawn
Characterization the author has pro-
duced. POpUlar-priCed melOdrama and
GunauUralness sometimes run hand-in-
hand. but not I'm his production. There
can he no rough spot Of this nature
fOi.ad IN the whole show. George -
Moore and Susanne Rowe. in the leads.
were well and carefully supported. The
bill went of as smoothly as the hum
dredth performance Of a New York sue
cess.
Several vaudeville specialties were
valuable additions 20 the play, proving
very popular.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
Piles And
Purgatory
With the Same Letter and
There Are Other Resemblance

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The Washington times., 1909-09-28
GAYETY-"Mardi Gras Beauties" Get
a Warm Welcome

Andy Lewis and his "AIardi Gras
Beauties were given an enthusiastic
greeting at the Gayety last night. The
performance was pronounced one Of the
best burlesque performances seen here
for some time. The chorus was made
up Of graceful and well-costumed girls.
who entered into the sketches with en-
tHusiasm.
Miss Blanche Martin scored i'm the
pantomine "~FOrsaken." Her dancing
was attractive.
The sketch. The Winner, by Lester
Pike. Virginia ROyden. May5ird Norri-
son. and - ady Lewis. was about -ha
best thing Of the evening. It recites
the uOubles &C a man Whuse wife iS
Jealous Of his stenographer.
Other acts Of interest were 'Tha
Egyptian Maid" by Blanche Martin.
and 1.-THE Cherokee Maid, by SidOune
DtXOn and the entire company.
Evans n Watson did some clever
dancing.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
BROADWAY GREETS
TWO GOOD SHOWS
Viola Allen and Sam Bernard
Have Prospects for
Long Runs.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S-VioIa Alton
and Sam Bernard. in plays as far apart
as Cook and Perry. arc both feeling
good today at the prospect OF Iohg
Broadway runs in the new vehicles
that they presented last night.
Miss Allen appeared at Days in "The
White Sister" a dramatization Of the
late +. Marion Crawford's last novel.
It is highly colored and melOdramatic,
and despite its -encroachment on the
doubtful ground Of religion and creed.
Miss Aliens emotional work was such
that the play was highly pleasing.
Sam Bernard actually has a mJ-tcal
comedy with a plOt-a serious bot
in 1.-THE Girl and the Wizard" which
opened at the Casino. But despite the
plot. Author J. Hartley Manners has
added enough clever songs. and Bernard
picked enough pretty ~shOwCirls 70 make
the affair go with a joyous dash.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
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The Washington times., 1909-09-28
STORM IN NEW BRUNSWICK

81. JOHN. n. B., Sept. 2S-One a..
" worst storms OF tie wear is raging
5zohg the ST. John river VALLEY. For tb9
mLIn consecutive day heavy rain isl fan.
10y anu the wind is blowing at the
southeast. ''W ilVHi the
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
STEERAGE PASSENGER
KILLED ON LINER
Heavy Table on Kronprinz Viii
helm Strikes Mar, Who Is
Buried af Sea
Buried at Sea.

NEW YORK. Sept. 3s-When the
steamer kronpriuz Wilhelm arrived
from Bremen today she reported on
september rs, while a hIgh sea was
running a. Drcz GcrowskI. a steerage
passenger, was crushed 90 death by one
OF the hetvy tables when was torn
from its mOOrings, and was nune across
tne ~steerage. The unfortunate was
buried at sea.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28
TELEGRAPH HAMPERED-

BERLIN. Sept 5S-The telegraph sys-
tenn throughout Germany and a great
part Of the Continent has been seriously
disturbed by powerful maguetIc chr
rents. The business OF the boerse suf-
fered particularly.
The Washington times., 1909-09-28

Suffer? oh. no. suffer" dsn't e~-
press it, but there is the PYRANTTD
Pile Curl It's a Cure that comes to
things. ""
Evening star., 1909-01-24
Drawings by John Newton Hewitt

what mean by that; but they're the house detec-
tives that spot the help. They go around to public
phones and call up just like human beings, and then
time work: Eight seconds the limit for answer
ing, and thirty seconds for returning nickel. If
make error. we lose certain number of points.
and it's all counted against in the Championship
of the city Offices But just the same, service in
spection does lot to keep thirty-four hundred
Peevish little people like K. and the job The
man that invented it, Johnny Spitz would say,
was wise old head" and must have gone to
glory.
OUR office had a good record for the MONTH and
~ had chance to oust Edgewater- until this
morning Actually, I'd much rather have killed
the janitor and walked off with the whole building
brick at time, than to lose they lost to-day
service inspection Then would have been only a
genial little murderess and thief
The flat rates this morning (they re the people
that pay much down to talk all they want "a
Evening star., 1909-01-24

special arrangement for the ladies' they some
thing awful this morning Zip, zip, zip! call
of answering jacks.
| sit, you know, in position 2o J. O'Bren (she s
the girl that says she doesn't have to work. next
orator, Miss Farrell. won't put us together
and in 81 sits L. Obermueller, awfuly nice little
German girl Beyond that sits the Element.
My board has one or two drawbacks. It's right
next to the nickels and in awhile nickel
girl helping out forgets herself and says, Drop a
nickel, please" to one of my fiat rate pets. Then
it's all over but the shouting, and you might just
well wait till it is all and then pass around
the potash. as to attempt to explain.
Manager? Well, this is Mrs. So and So, and
Evening star., 1909-01-24

"Manager' Well this is
Oh. they give pain!
OF course l never say anything; but when party
is quick to lift hoer little thing like that
| feel like writing book Sore Toes l Have
Known. She's after all not bowling much at the
cheap phone idea she is the dear old Early
SOS, which she fears she is being accused of She
can't forget some of those Saturday nights when
she and the lad Buddy used to slip out and away
to Snydeckers hall to some reception of the Master
Horseshoers and come home to find pa sitting out
the front stoop waiting while the furnaces of the
rolling mill toward the river threw a lurd
helpful light against the face of the sky. Them
the happy days-not! And that's the Big
Grievance. Should aud acquaintance be for
got?" asked the poet 1t certainly should; but
sometimes it won't That's her real sore toe.
Another thing against my board is that it puts
within earshot of that excruciating Miss Klein
supervisor on division four. who always says Il
don't get no signal for your nickel party
She ought to take a hike for herself
Evening star., 1909-01-24

full. and she certainly cry the prettiest
And then the point of her soft pink chin,-
| don't know.-it's awfully cute. 1t gives grace
full little of wisfuness to her lips. I'm terribly
proud of her.
And dress? Why, that girl can dress on less than
anybody | ever saw! She do more fetching
things with all black and tiny belt or tie of gold
with just plain black and white. than any two of
us girls at the exchange put together. l just don't
how she does it. Yesterday she said to while
up lunch reef-and. oh, yes she has
the prettest foot imaginable-she said
Midget. it's funny people don't get over this
Worth noise. Does somebody have to write it
out and read it to them that Paquin is really the
only proper thing?"
just looked at her
She's airy little thing; but such dear, and
certainly wish | had her crepe de Chine.
You know she S said all along that she meant to
be nun; but she meant it at all She only
said it that people wouldn't guess she meant to
be lady and actress and try to talk her out of
it as people do Wasn't that clever? Oh, no, not
Evening star., 1909-01-24

flash green every and then and snap ou1
in a long ragged whizz. The brass tipped cord
clattered with dull CLASSY crack across the opas
The wind of the morning threshed the dark greer
curtains away from the high windows. 1t kept
getting hotter. Old Ed, the negro janitor,-whe
has stomach trouble and sandy thirst, and dom
know which he had st,-turned on the electric
fans. and they pumped up the hum few with thei
vibrant, sonorous drone. The Office kid and hi
grin came sliding into the rink bringing the mai
from down town Supervisors here and there
walked back and forth, patrolling their divisions
One writing out yellow complaint ticket
remember. Another lanCed her pencil into he
hair,-the old familiar pencil box. third wa
giving downward, Delsarte squeeze to her waist
She Miss Mortinszerchowsk and she's beer
Evening star., 1909-01-24

want you to distinctly understand"
Manager, Well, this is Mrs Somebody
Else. Mine is not a nickel telephone and
has not been for thirteen years, and l think
it is perfectly ridiculous"
Evening star., 1909-01-24

O. HE is my very best girl friend. just
- the dearest little thing that ever was.
And her eyes-oh. they're so beauti-
full. and she can certainly cry the prettiest! !!
Evening star., 1909-01-24

Operator. Nothing more whatsoever. What do
you know about that
IT was awfully busy down at the office this morn
= ing (pardon me for seeming to change the sub
Ject), and the testers were out, too. 1t a
rainy morning in the first place. and then matinee
day, and worst of all. Fields were having sale
silks. 1t was one raving suffragetic mob of house
wives all the way from Dearborn to the drive
And the cranks? Oh. they oiled up beauti-
fully and having fits in the face usual | had
that Miss Carolina Dixon myself couple of
buses; but she wasn't swearing anywhere near SO
we'll she was last Thursday when the Baron
Pitfe Hagestolz was in town and escaped before
she could reach him. | fear she is i'll. l hope
said testers were out. Maybe you don't know
Evening star., 1909-01-24

Ndi1lS llOIll
Outside of that. my board is all right
oh, did | tell you? n Madden was
sent to the division manager this
morning for losing to the testers, and
1t wasn't she after all, and she wouldn't
tell, and it was only because the | in
this story got very busy that we were
able to slip another one over on the
Girl Who Doesn't Have to Work.
Honestly, | haven't any use at all for
that OBrien If she was even on
Through Route 22, bound for that
naughty place that is China to Heaven,
and the Old Boy should let me have
the final Say-so as to whether he should
collect her fare or not, all | should
answer him would be. Get thee behind
me, Satan!"
You know how our operating room
looks with the swift ChboardS running,
big and tall, all around the room like
a continuous blackboard punched full
of holes About where the chalk trough
would come is a sort of desk set in,
called the key shelf. holding as it does
the cords and keys Extending about
a foot up from the key shelf is the sec
tion of the board where the calls are
eiio"SiSd, tiS UppSI oSSliOH DSlllS
where they are rung This black bor-
der seems to be lined with from four
to six parallel rows of white glass opals,
and they glow brightly as the light
inside them is lit by subscriber tax
ing off his receiver Each opal is
tied, as it were. to one of the holes.
which are called jacks" The stone
tiled floor that the boards skirt would
make one think of skating rink if it
wasn't for the desks scattered about
AS the girls sit at the boards sticking
the plugs, attached to seemingly elastic
cords. into the upper and lower panels
OF jacks it always reminds me of Ober-
mueller's little six-year-old brother,
who saw the place one day and said
Amt it drefful full o hoses"
Anyway, that's how the place looks.
But about this morning and h.
Madden:
THE place was walkin'," it was SO
busy Voices rose and fell, petulant
and strained at times. Bells on wall
phones rang intermittently. Small
wooden gongs on desks were drum
ming. Round the top of the board
the supervisors call buzzers would
every now and then and snap out
aged whizz The brass tipped cords
~
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-22
How Low the Ohio Is.

"Moundsville, in West Virginia, find.
Ing that the low stage of water in the
Ohio river. whence its domestic sup.
ply was obtained, rendered the water
unsafe for drinking purposes, sank 4
couple Of wells out in the middle Of
the channel near town, and is setting
fair quantity that way and of .
quality that is far more salubrious
than the polluted surface water which
most of the river towns are forced to
use." said G. B. Rowe of Wheeling,
w. Va.
"The Oldest inhabitant cannot re.
call a time when the Ohio was as
nearly out of business as it is today.
Steamboats, long ago ceased plying its
waters. In many places it has gone
completely dry, and l have seen
crowds of schoolboys within the last
month playing ball on sandy stretches
that used 10 be in the middle Of the
stream, many feet under water"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-22
Dantzic and Nuremberq.

In preserving the spirit of the
Renaissance. the city has done for
North Germany what Nuremberg has
done for South Germany. Nuremberg
built its houses with greater pictur.
esqueness and variety; Dantzic. with
greater durability, with more unity of
style and grouping. and later; and II
has kept out modern discords more
successfully. The townsman ordered
his dwelling in the same lordly spirit
with which he ordered his clothes.
Brick would do for his church. but
stone was not too good for his house.
And these rich facades are almost as
surprising in this stoneless country
as facades of silver.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-22
KNOWING THINGS TOO WELL.
Sometimes Too Well Trained a Mem
Dry Plays Odd Tricks.

OSs'Ss''"SO wv VSu bTdlUSO q WStUe
Dry Plays Odd Tricks.
Very often folks get to know 4
thing so we'll they don't have to think
to remember it. Take, for instance,
your home address. If you have been
living In the same house in the same
street for years your address gets cas-.
Ter and easier to recall. Except. some.
times. It doesn't take the influence
OF liquor to maize you forget either.
1t merely is that you know it too we'll.
There was n;an who was in the
habit of writing letters to a girl and
after a year or so lie got to know her
address by heart. One day, long after
no started writing to her, he was ad.
dressing an envelope to the young
woman. when suddenly he became
suspicious Of the number he had writ.
ten. He read it aloud and tried other
schemes Of convincing himself. He
wrote the sane numbers on other
sheets of paper, but they did not seem
entirely right.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-22

The FLOUR Of THE FAMILY
should be carefully selected
1t should be made from the
best grain and ground by the
best mills.
OUR CHOICE
family flour is about as good as
the world produces. 1t is adj
apted for general use. 1t will
make nice light, digest:bile
bread. 1t will make beautiful
cake or delicious rolls. In adj
dition to being good, it is abso-
lutely clean. Perfect sitting
has made it 80. We have it by
the sack or barrel, and will be
glad to have you try it. We
are sure you will like it and
buy it again.
NEW STAR ROLLER MILLS
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-22
The Automatic Ace.

A New York retail dealer recently
sent out some form letters advertising
q small article for sale. The letter.
heads and signatures were printed on
a small electric self-feeding press, and
the typewriter work was executed on
machine. The sheets were folded
on another appliance. The envelopes
were addressed on an addressing ma
chine and were sealed and stamped
automatically on still another device
The money received in reply was
placed in and rung up on a cash
register and the deposit in the bank
was checked on slip record of an
adding machine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-22

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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-04-22
What Helen Would Do.

Mamma and baby Randall, in his
high chair. sat at the breakfast table
with their backs to the fire. The room
was not very warm.
Little Helen. aged four years, sat
beside her father at the other end OF
the table. Shivering. she said:
"My back is cold. If was a nam.
ma would take my baby in my lap,
and if had a little girl about the size
OF me, I'd let her sit where Randall
is"