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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
HERBERT OPERA DEALS
WITH OLD MISSION LIFE

The composing of opera-though not
of unmusical comedy--finds so little
encouragement in these states that our
own writer's of lyric drama apply to
European theaters for performance Of
their works. Thus. at the Imperial
opera of Berlin Arthur Nevin's "Poia"
with a legend of the Blackfoot In
dians as It's SUBJECTS to be given
next winter, Henry Hadley's Safe"
having been introduced to the bur-
gesses of Mainz at their City opera
during last spring. The German oper-
attic institutions are especially friend
Iy to novelties from all lands-without
showing hostility to Germany. But
here, at the Metropolitan, only this
past winter, the single American COM
poser set down for a hearing received
not one performance. This was Fred
erick Converse, whose one-act fairy
opera, "The Pipe of Desire" the man
agement had announced for presenta-
tion-a composition, moreover, that had
already been rendered with approval
under semi-public auspices on a small
scale in Boston. Hammerstein the
Hardy-he who prodded up the sleepy
acknowledgements something by
Victor Herbert-"Natoma," dealing
with an episode of Spanish mission life
in the California of eighty years ago.
'Natoma" will appear on the boards
at the Manhattan in January next, 1t
is announced.-Edi in Golfers
for August IA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
IDEALS, NOT AMUSEMENT,
RULE STAGE, SAYS THOMAS

In a recent discussion of dramatic
ideas Augustus Thomas. the play
wright, said:
"The theater is a place for the pre-
sentation of ideals-that is its only ex-
cuse for existence. 1t must, of course,
present those ideals in an entertaining
fashion, but the ideals cease to be
ideals when they cease to entertain.
Every man, woman and child has an
ideal. An ideal is a mental picture
more or less persistently held in the
mind of a person, and more and more
insistently governing that persons con-
duct From time to time we outgrow
our ideals. To realize an ideal is an
expensive thing. The chances are that
If for any one day, any one man should
live up to the height of his ideal
he would be bankrupt. Ideal con-
duct in our modern complex
civilization is possible only in such pre-
sentations as the theater offers, and
that is the purpose of the playhouse
to present ideal heroism, ideal sacrifice,
ideal charity ideal mercy, ideal justice.
"There is a large contention that the
PLAYHOUSE is a place for entertaining
only. An adherence to this notion has
always reduced the playhouse to the
condition of vaudeville-the theater has
never been place of entertainment
only. 1t must be always entertaining
if it is to have the attention of its
auditors, but the attention secured, 1t
must always have a message.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
CANNED DRAMA" is
NEW ART FORM

What the tremendous influence of the
moving picture business is coming to
be is pointed out by Walter Plnchard
Eaton in an article called THE Canned
Drama" in the September American
Magazine. Mr.. Eaton says:
you smile at the thought of Mrs.
Fske or E. II. Sothern acting in
moving picture devised by Clyde Fitch
or Augustus Thomas or William
Vaughn Moody. But why Is the idea
more absurd than that OF Caruso OF
Melba singing into a talking machine?
Certainly, even in America, you can
see lie Bargy of the Comedie Franchise
acting a canned drama written by
Henri LaVedan of the Academic au~
thor of The Duel: or Mounet-Sully,
or even the Divine Sarah herself. Jules
Iemaitre and Edmund Rostand nave
written canned dramas Even Duse Is
soon to appear in one. When actors
and authors of this stamp turn theit
attention to moving pictures. the result
Is something quite different from the
horse-play films you. perhaps, nave
seen 1t explains why canned drama
nj 10 cents is bound TO continue a for
midable rival to tawdry melodrama
and vaudeville at so cents.
"Some of these films dart are "fhe
Return of Ulysses by Jules Lemaitre.
acted by Mime. Bartet and MN. LAM
bert. Deianny and Paul Mounet. all
members OF the comedie-a picture or
great educational interest to children;
The Kiss of Judas sacred drama pS
Henri Lavedan. acted by Lambert as
Christ and Mounet-Sully as JUDAS: Inc
Assassination of the Duke of Gulse.
nv Iayedan, a historical episode with
lie Bargy in the title part; and Sar-
dou'e I "A Tosca,' prepared Tor panto-
mime and acted by Nine. Sorel with
lie Rargy as Baron Scarpia'
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

relentlessly on, producing drama for
our entertainment and occasional edf-
ffcatiOn. ana in a few weeks we shall
be in the heat of the regular season,
with only a few shining remembrances
of an interesting and deseryedly profit
able summer for Los Angeles play
houses.
One test of our artistic progress as
a nation will begin, in a measure with
the completion and opening Of the New
theatcr in New York city. For the
first time under adequate financial au-
spices the attempt will be made, in
Americas s foremost city, to achieve n
center of things dramatic which snail
welcome the new while troasuring the
old. and which in all things shall aim
at a practical administration in the
hope Of rendering permanent the en-
doWed theater idea. 1t Will be the be-
ginning OF the test. because if Success
full. the plan undoubtedly will spre1d
west, and in the long run may become
the cQullizing and impartial factor in
adjusting the differences of opinion
which cause Theatrical wars as We'll
as horse races. Every well Wisher of
the American drama must watch The
eastern experiment with interest and
a cordial hope for iIs success, CONNER
cfaI MS we'll as dramatic, popular no
less than social and artistic,
one Alan Dale has spent many
buxom years laughing at other pea
Dle'g blunders. and few will Grudge
his fapilr pen tho glce it eNudes with
each blob OF ic0noClasttc satire. But
here is one point on which any actor
who has felt the sting of Mr. Dale's
caustic wit may Chide his ancient Zoe.
we quote from a recent Dale article IN
one of the Hearst papers on King I'D
ward VII as plaNgoer;
"Actors and actresses love 10 pe
commanded. When the king com
mands them to appear before him at
Windsor or at Sandriugham, they never
plead previous engagements or colds
i'm their noses. or oddments of that
lz. They go. 1t is an 'ad.' II is
HOT-pOII-OI OF THE PEIIF'ESH
APE EVER COMMANDER.
From which the casual reader would
infer that "hoi-pollOi," a Greek con
venienoe which has become indispen-
sable Of late to some Of our best CON
Quoted literary circles, meant the
elect tn, upper ten the 400 the
elite. whatever term you please, any
thing but the insutfcrably vulgar
horde, don't you know?
AS a matter of fact it happens to
mean the big crowd, fact which from
MIR Dalc's context clearly cntWines
him i'm the mc4hos Of an unroariously
primitive blundcr. The laugh is clear
iv on the sage Of ParkroW, and the
hest thing he can DO is to Join cor
diaIlv in the merrimcnt The hoi-
pollot are all a-gtggle now.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

Emmett Corrigan offers "keegan's
PAP to Boston September s.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
The First Play I Ever Saw,
and What I Thought About 1t

cwith acknowledgements
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

SAM WATSON
Orpheum-"My first show 1t was
Maria Martin; or, The Murder in
the Red Mill l saw it in England,
more than fifty years ago, and 1t
wasn't in a theater at all; it was
in a booth, of canvas, fitted up as
a stage, which was carried about on
van, Canvas side walls were
erected, to keep the free list down,
and there was no roof at all. OF
course. the play is not given now,
but l may add that it was the East
Lynne OF that day. To me it was
all very real; when they dragged the
heroine into the red mill to slay her,
| could not keep my seat. That was
in the day of travelling shows, when
actors were not quite respectable,
and they took their theater along,
into the country towns, in vans, and
slept on the canvas at night
LILY LENA
Orpheum-"My first show was the
big London pantomime of Little Red
RidinghoOd.' You see, | am "A Lon
doner, and always the first show a
Londoner sees is a pantomime. They
are always given at Christmas, and
all parents take their children, as the
shows are largely for them. l shall
never forget mine; it was the most
real thing l ever saw, and when the
wolf came out / screamed so loud
that | had to be taken home"
GRIFF-..
Orpheum!"My first show was J.
X. Emmett in Fritz and / saw him
in the Alexander theater, Liverpool.
Shows were forbidden me, but this
time / sneaked off and gave up six
pence for a seat in the gallery. The
chief thing | remember was being
nearly squeezed to death by the
mob"
WILLIS MARKS
Burbank 'Othello, at the Acad-
envy of Music in Minneapolis. An
Italian company produced it, with
Rossi as the Moor"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
"THE soUAW MAN" NEXT

Following 'The Way of the World"
the Belasco company will give the
first local stock company performance
of "The Squaw Man." with Lewis S.
Stone. fresh from his summer vaca-
tion, in the role originally played by
William FaVersham. THE Sduaw
Man" will also serve to introduce to
the Belasco audiences Frank E. Camp,
Harry Andrews and Florence Ritten-
house, trio of new members of the
Belasco organization. "The Sduaw
Man" will be initially presented at a
special matinee Labor day. The night
performance will mark the fifth ami
versary of the theater's local career.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
CRY OF DISILLUSION
FROM THE WIFE IN
PAID IN FULL, ACT

EMMA BROOKS-I've always believed
you till tonight. and now I kno"
never should have believed you. You've
always been a iiar and you've always
been dishonest a heart, Your incompe-
tency, the way you We're distrusted by
your employers 1 thought hard luck
injustice but now / know you never
were and never VIII he the least bit Of
good 10 yourself or any one else. You
married me n help yourself. You tried
to disgrace me to help yourself, and to-
night you wanted TO sell me to help
yourself Now l think I've told YOU
why I cannot live with you any longer
JOSEPH BROOKs-But, Emma it
will he different. Let me start out
again Give me another chance. I'LL
never lie to YOU again and I'll never
take cent that isn't my own; l prom
ise you I won't.
EMMA BROOKS-Oh. yes, you will
You can't hclp IT, and that is what
hurt- me the worst. had always
placed vdu on pedestal, and thought
IN my selfish sort Of Wav that I could
help you tn be hig by making it easier
r1r You to bear tho little things of life,
and now every idol is broken; I've failed
and all I've got left is a memory. You're
q failure. Joe. I couldn't heip-and I'm
gorry-rorry. I'm more sorry than /
can tgl you Goodbye,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
VAUDEVILLE
MISCELLANEOUS
BLOW, BUGLE, BLOW!

Dick Ferris is coming home. That's
quite enough for news purposes, but it
may be added for purposes of amplifi-
cation that Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Fer
ris the latter better known to the
atergoers as Miss Florence Stone)
closed their Minneapolis season last
night and are right now speeding west
ward to join the "best people on earth"
Armand and Camille are understood to
have been retired on a pension pending
the joyous vacation but will willing
ly return when wanted.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29

MISS RUBY BRIDGES
The Climax" cOmpany-"The first
play l ever saw was Uncle Toms
Cabin in Indianapolis, Ind, my
birthplace. l was five years old and
my relatives urged me to study Eva
as a model of Obedient childhood,
l was not a docile child. l preferred
Topsy"
FREDERICK GILBERT
Burbank stock company" From
Sire to SON. one of the old-fashioned
melodramas, with much shooting,
gave me my first vision. of the pos
sibilities of stage Villainy. | liked
the villain and ran screaming up the
aisle when he met mis- just deserts.
l was Az, and it happened in Sioux
Falls, n. D. I have played the part
since then, but not half so well as
that bad man. l never expect to-
WALTER WILSON
THE Climax''-"I was discharged
from St Johns choir in Boston be-
cause | ran away during Lent to
sing a solo % Paradise in the old
Boston museum during a production
of Little Emily against the strict
observances of the parish. ] was
u and my first view of the stage was
from the wings 1t was a famous
old hymn that l sang, too, but it
made no difference to the stern
ChOrister.'
HARRY MESTAYER-
Burbanli-"My first play was also
my first stage appearance. 1t was
May Blossom some twenty-five
years ago, at the Park theater in
Boston. | was a 'supe' in a child's
role, and I enjoyed it far more than
my actual professional debut at
NiblOs in 1891
EDWIN AUGUST
"The .Climax"-" The Bluegrass
King, in the old Peoples theater, st.
Louis, gave me my first glimpse of
the footlights. 1t was a melodrama
and | was only a spectator, but l
was a happy youngster."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
FIRST AID TO THE
PUZZLED PLAYGOER
DRAMA

DRAMA
AIDITORIUM-"Goin Some" a farce
comedy by Paul Armstrong and Rex
Beach of which the predominant note,
as we'll as the hero's name, appears
to be Speed. First time here Tuesday
night.
BELASCO-"The Way Of the world
comedy In which Grace George for
merly appeared. First time here
presenting new leading woman, That's
Magrane, on Monday night
berant product Of Eugene Walters
unquestioned talent. A big melodra-
matte compound OF ideals and reality,
with the former apparently conquer
ing the probabilities In the last act.
Opening Monday night.
BURBANK-"The Great Divide" one of
the few great dramas of the last de-
cade in America-some call 1t the
greatest. Poetry welded to life, as
refinement is welded to crude virility
in the plot. william Vaughn Moody
made the native stage his incalculable
debtor by writing It, Opening this
matinee
GRAND-"East Lynne" habit, and
persistent one The conscientious
stock company will essay its heroics
and its pathos, and trust you will
weep with, not for them. Openius
this matinee,
VAUDEVILLE
ORPHEUM-Four new acts-Griff and
the Farmyard circus among the hold
overs well worth seeing Opening
Monday matinee
Los ANGELES-Al new bill opens
Monday matinee.
ISCELLANEOUS
FISCHER'S-tllen Curtis company in
musical travesty.
UNIQUE-One-act comedietta and vaude-
vile interpretations,
EMPIRE-Opens fall season with varied
bill Monday.
ARROW-Motion pictures and variety
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
PLAY eEaETs COMIC OPERA

There is in preparation a comic opera
by Messrs, Brcil and Locke called
"The Song Of the Soul" and founded
upon the song i'm Mr.. LOckc's play
"The Climax Joseph Weber, who
discovered "Thc Climax will produce
The Song of the Soul"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
TO PRODUCE KENNEDY PLAY

Charles Ram Kennedys play THE
Winterfest will be produced in Ber-
lin during the coming season, 1t is to
be one of the first productions made in
a series of plays selected by DR.. Paul
Lindau of the Berlin Court theater.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
ocLlMAxo SCORES IN CHICAGO

chicago has welcomed "'The Climax"
second company with open arms. At
the completion of its engagement at
Powers Edward LOcke's comedy
drama goes to the Chicago opera house
for three weeks The Luigi of the Chi
cago east is Albert Bruning, who acted
momorably with Mrs Fisllc in "ROS-
mcrsholm" and who is to he a member
of the New theater company, New
York
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-29
F,skE ON BRITISH DRAMA

In an interview during his English
visit Harrison Grey Fiske is quoted as
saying that British dramatists have
fallen into a hopeless groove, though
far in advance of Americans in tech
nque He adds that the English
play-going public puts much higher
value on entertainment, pure and SIM
pie. than upon artistic achievement
France he declares, has practically
dropped out of the running, as q
dramatic producer for international
use.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
I0REMEMB[R MAINE NCINS|
Will Erect Monument to Sailors
Who Went Down With her
SlGsBFf DESCRIBES DISASTER
Admiral Who Was in Command Of
the m-Fated Battleship at the Time
OF It's Destruction Delivers Illus
trated Lecture For the Benefit Of
the Maine Memorial Association.

Washington, Special. For the ben
ent OF the recently organized Maine
Memorial Association, whose purpose
rs to erect in the national capital
suitable monument to the American
sailors who met their death in the
sinking Of the battleship Maine In
Havana har5or On February Is, 1898.
Hear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee,
who was in command of the fated
vessel at the time Of her destruction,
Saturday gave by request an illus
trated lecture here before large
audience, describing the disaster.
In many ways it is made obvious
that public sentiment regarding the
Maine has continued beyond ordinary
bounds,' said Admiral Sigsbee.
Many disasters have occurred be-
fore and since, yet none in recent
times has held public interest like
that Of the Maine. Her destruction
was turning point in our own his
tory and in the history Of
Spain-a turning point for the
better IN both cases, let US hope.
"The mission Of the Maine was en-
tirely friendly" he explained. cit
had no further import than to re-
assure our citizens in Cuba and to
protect them and give them assistance
III case of necessity"
Admiral Sigsbee narrated in detail
the events succeeding the Maine s
departure from Key West for Havana
on January %, 1908. Arriving at
IIsvana, the Maine was taken by the
pilot to one Of the bouys commonly
reserved for war vessels. cit was
widely supposed in the United States
that the Maine was afterward shifted
by the Spanish authorities to another
buoy, but this was an error" he said
He also denied that the Maine enter
ed Havana harbor militantly.
Continuing, Admiral Sigsbee said it
was important that he should know
that state Of popular feeling in
Havana regarding the Maine and ap.
parently the best way to learn this
was to attend a bull fight 81 have
been made anathema for this by Ger
tain pious people. Bull fights were
| S1VClI O111y O1 Ouuudy OuI LILY OcJCC
was not pleasure. It has been decid
| ed that my ships company wa:
doomed because Of attendance at the
the bull fight on Sunday, yet nom
who went to the bull fight were in
jured in the loss Of the Maine..'
!, Admiral Sigsbee graphically de
scribed the scene on the Maine OF
the night Of the explosion. To bea
!; out the contention Of the court O
inquiry that the Maine was sunk b.
submarine mine, he called attention
,, to the parallel in the destruction b.
contact with & mine Of the Russian
battleship .Petropavlovsk during th
j, Russo-Japanese war.
Regarding the policy of raising tn
Maine have nothing to say" b
,, said 'tIt might be better. to as
why is not the Maine removed 2
He predicted that she probabl
would be blown up in detail as tn
only practical solution Of the prob
, lem.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
LACE CURTAIN STRETCHER.

Take four pieces Of wood l II
inches wide and IL inch thick; two
OF the pieces must be 10 feet long,
and two others 6 IL feet wide. Have
lour thumb screws, four strips muslin
2 inches wide, the length Of pieces
of wood; fold muslin in two length
wise, tack down to wood with small
JACKS 2 or inches apart. When US
ing put on back of four chairs, put
Tue size wanted and make solid 10y
putting one thumb screw on each cor
ler. Put on curtains and pin a com
Mon brass pin on each scailop. I've
pairs of curtains can be done at same
une.-Boston Post.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
Will Restore Order.

Constantinople, By Cable.-Ihe
American ambassador, John G. A.
Laishman, has made representations
to Ferid Pasha, the minister OF the
interior, on the Importance OF restor-
ing order in Adana province so that
the refugees crowded in the towns
may return to their farms. Ferld
Pasha replied, saying he would take
additional STEPS to restore the conf
dence Of The Armenians and give
them protection in the country where
needed.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
Indian Badly Wounded.

Asheville, Special. A serious
shooting occurred Friday afternoon
about $50 O'Clock in what was for
merly known as the Hicks Southel
"soft drink place on south Lexing-
ton avenue, when it is alleged that
Wade Wilson shot an Indian named
Whippoorwill. Whippoorwill was
drunk or near drunk and doesn't
know much about it. At first he said
that the shooting was an accident and
later that he was ordered out Of the
place and that the shooting followed.
The Indian was taken to the City
Hall, his wounds dressed and he was
then sent to hospital He was shot
through the arm and the breast and
is said to be bleeding internally.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
odd Fellows Meet in Charlotte.

Charlotte, n. c., Special. Char
1ottes was the property Of the Odd
Fellows Of North Carolina Tuesday
Delegates to the meeting Of the Grand
Lodge were here by the hundreds anc
the streets Of the city were aswarm
with uniformed officers, representa-,
tives of every town IN the State in
which is located lodge Of this great
order. Others arrived later. Ar
rangements were made by the local
entertainment committee to care fol
not less than 500 visitors: The var.
ious lodges Of the State Sent not less
than 800 accredited delegates and
many more were present for the pur.
pose Of attending the meeting Of the
Grand Lodge, which occupied three
days.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
Ask Governmental Bill.

Richmond, Va, Special The In
,ernational League for Highway I'M
pr,ovement Saturday adopted a bill,
~ assklng Congress for an appropriation
=! ~ $l,OoO,OO0 to support the work of
we body through eight commissioners
NJ ~ be appointed by President Taft.
al ans league purposes toopen perma11-
Hu' ;4 headquarters in Washington, and
;.S y; hrst effort will be TO build a nat
lShai T1. model highway from Maine to
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20

NORTH STATE NEWS NOTES
Items Of State Interest Gathered from Here and There and
Told Briefly for Busy Readers.

were ordered for Galveston and other
Gulf ports.
In regard to the case Of the Port
land the New York Times Of Dec
I, 1896 said:
'sIn leaving Boston Saturday might
the captain of the Portland took
chances which no man in his posi-.
ton had right to take. From
source that warranted implicit be-
lief, he, like every other captain on
the Atlantic coast, had received warn
ing that storm Of exceptional sever
ity would strike him as soon as he
reached open water, and that he knew
that his steamer, though well built
and comparatively new, was of Q
type much better designed for enter
ing shallow harbors than for encoun-
teriiig winter gales on as dangerous
a cost as there is In the world. De-
spite all this and according to his
employer, in defiance Of implicit or
ders, he steamed out into The gather
ing tempest. Why9 Perhaps he be-
logged to the class, once large, but
now small snd rapidly disappearing:
the members Of which sneer at the
Government Weather Bureau, and
prefer to rely upon old "signs" in
stead of on new science as the basis
Of meteorological prophecy. Per.
haps score Of things. Only this is
certain, he should not have sailed
and he should not have been allowed
to sail. -
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
M-sheriff Drops Dead.

Salisbury, Special. j. Hodge
Krider, former sheriff of Rowan coun-
ty, dropped deadsat his home in Sails
bury Friday from heart failure. He
was called for breakfast. and when he
failed to appear was found dead in
his bed. He was SO years old, a well
known officer, and is survived by one
son, seven daughters, two brothers
and sister. The funeral takes place
with Masonic honors.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-05-20
Times Mercury Changes Hands.

Hickory, Specia1.-A stock COM
pany, with J. Y. Killian as president,
and R. &. Mace as business manager.
has bought the Times es-Mercury, and
will continue its publication, but as
a strictly Republican paper. Mr..
Click is no longer connected with the
paper, but viii devote his time to
the Nutshell, semi-monthly, which
he began publishing few months
ago.