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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27

here, having appeared not many
months ago in an abbreviated mu-
sical-comedy act similar to the
one which he will present next
week.
AL Carlisle's Dogdom panto-
mime is special added feature,
and one of the best animal acts.
Tom, "the talking pony" is the
star of the organization.
George Wilson, the famous min
strel comedian, whose catch line,
waltz Me Again." is known
throughout the country, will have
a brand new line of monologue
talk.
THE Dancing Adonises," known
as Duff and Walsh, are two young
chaps who are expert at foot
kicking. They have won several
medals for the new style clog
dance which they will do here.
Glenroy and Russell will pre-
sent an unroariously funny skit,
EAT Casey's Reception" and
George F. Keane, the silver tenor,
will be heard to advantage in the
new favorite, "There'll Come a
Day"
The Grandiscope will show "Ad-
ventures of an Old Flirt."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27
AT THE TACOMA.
"THE RED MILL"

After the ceaseless stream of
musical comedies" musical "odd-
ities," musical melodramas, and
all the other maudlin creations of
the brains of overworked play
wrights. ''The Red MILL" present
ed in Tacoma for the first time
last night, is delightful relief
With the possible exception of "a
Stubborn Cinderella" the Herbert
and Blossom farce given last night
is the best thing presented in Ia
coma this season.
Above everything else the COM
edy of "The Red Mill" is new and
wide-awake. Four exceedingly
clever comedians are given loose
rein during the two long acts of
the play, and the things they don't
do could be written between the
printed lines of the program. First
Of all, they do not revert to horse
play to attempt to liven their
work, and they do not give a sin
gle, solitary initiation Of some
press-agented eastern star who
needs the money.
Taking the comedians out of the
bunch and placing them to one
side, a person can hardly find a
member of the cast or part of
the play that does not live up to
the standard. The chorus Is pref
ty, dances well, and is not under
dressed. The leaders act natural
1y, sing delightfully."-, and furnish
just the right amount of snap to
make the show a success. And
the six Dutch Kiddies-don't for
get them. They are six children,
not one of whom is more than IL
years old, who do about the most
unique bit of chorus work and
dancing that one ever saw.
Walter 8. Wills and Neil Nc
Neil, the American gentlemen who
find themselves in slightly strait
ened circumstances in PARKWAY
Holland, furnis enough humor to
keep the audience laughing all the
time. The play will be repeated
tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27

ANN ARBOR, Mich, March 81.
-"Prexy" Angel, at 80, is tired
and wants to rest. The burden OF
ruling one of the country's great
est universities has grown heavier
every year. His resignation as
head of Michigan university, re-
luctantly accepted by the regents,
is to take effect in June.
President Angeles term Is only
shorter than that of President
Eliot of Harvard, with whose of
ficial career the Michigan execu-
tive has much in common. Each
saw the school he had charge of
grow from the college stage to
that of the mammoth many-de-
partmented university. Harvard,
by the college census of 1909, was
the greatest college in the coun-
try in point of number. Michigan
second. Both are leaders in ath-
letics and student activities.
Throughout his long service at
Michigan, Dr. Angels work has
been interrupted but twice. Both
times the government wanted the
uses az his good judgment, his di-
pl0macy, and his knowledge Of in
toenntfenal law, In which he had
06o1If1e4 as an expert.
~ blister to China In 1901,
- HlrIkQg In 1898, and as spe-
1fHI |n1ster to arrange a settle
nteiit Of the old New foundland
fishing dispute with England, Dr..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27

er, has succeeded in transferring
to the footlights those two fascin-
ating individuals-Charley Steele
and Joe Portugals-in an artistic
manner. Guy Standing has never
been seen to greater advantage
Lere than now as the brilliant
young lawyer, and Theodore Rob-
erts looks and acts to perfection
the French-Canadian of the novel.
Great pains have been taken in
staging "The Right Of Way" and
the opening of the last act, with
its soft lights, it's river simmer
ing in the dawn and every detail,
will rank among the memorable
offerings that has appeared here
this season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27
"GIRLS" NEXT WEEK

The Messrs. Shubert will pre-
sent Clyde Fitch's latest and
screamingly funny comedy,
"Girls," which played one whole
year at Days theater, New York.
on Friday and Saturday next.
"Girls" deals with three delightful
specimens of feminine perversity.
who start out SO bravely in the
first act to be independent of the
aid of the masculine gender, only
to learn in the end that their
truest happiness depends upon
the very chaps they so valiantly
affect to despise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27
AT THE STAR.

An innovation will be given atts
the Star next week when the Nc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27
AT THE GRAND

Next weeks bill will be headed
with a breezy musical skit entitled
|"Down Music Row." in which
Manuel Romano, the well-known
vaudeville ballad and his company,
composed of the Foley boys and
the Palmer sisters. will appear.
Manuel Romaine is we'll known
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27
"THE RIGHT OF WAY"

An evening with '"The Right of
Way" which will pay a visit to
the Tacoma April and 5, is quite
as good as vacation journey
through Canada.
Eugene w. Presbrey, the adapt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-27
"eRAND OLD MkN"0F
AMERICAN EDUCATION RETlRES

Have your hat remodeling done
at Mrs. Edgerley's, 725 st. Helens.
Prices Csc. and up. **s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Faster Time Not Probable.


After the Lake Shore wreck at Men
tor, o.. few years ago, in which
number of millionaires were killed,
there was considerable talk in the
newspapers and among railroad men
to the effect that the fast trains would
have to slow down. Public opinion,
it was said, would slow them down.
Perhaps they would have slowed
down If Chauncey M. Depew had not
called attention to the fact that, in the
event of an accident, person could
not be killed any deader," If travelling
even at 100 miles instead of 35 miles
an hour. At any rate. the fast trains
are still running, and the mortality
attending their operation is less than
it is on the slow trains. Probably
that's because everybody along the
track has his mind on the fast trains
and therefore never forgets to do any
thing that might tend toward their
safe passage.
Still, practically nobody outside of
the railroad business uonoeives vi
faster trains than the flyers of the
present, so long, at least, as steam is
used as the propelling power.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
WILLING TO SACRIFICE LIFE
Only Thought of Engineer Was the
Safety of Those Confided to
His Care.

That reminds me of an incident"
spoke up one of group of railroad
men. 1T happened on the - road
here in Michigan. The train in ques-
ton was fancy, one and was de-
layed by freight wreck. They
stalled at the base of a hill awaiting
the word to proceed, as the track had
been cleared. 1t wasih1 the night and
most of the passengers we're asleep
in their berths, unconscious of all
danger. Four heavily loaded cars be-
longing to the train at the summit Of
the hill had in some manner become
detached and began the descent of
the heavy grade at a speed that
soon became terrific. The engi-
neer of the stalled passenger heard
the roar Of the descending cars and
surmised the reason. In an instant he
ordered the engine to be detached
from his train and, putting on all
steam, went to, meet the runaways, in
order, if possible, to break their force
and save his train.
His engine was large hog or
mogul. He had proceeded but few
rods ahead when the heavy coal cars
struck him like thunderbolt and
crushed his engine back on the train,
but his courage had saved many lives.
His locomotive was utterly demolish-
ed and many of his cars were par
TALLY demolished, but 80 successfully
Rad he broken the force of the shock
that no lives were lost. This mans
name was Story and his grateful
beneficiaries presented him with some
handsome plate. with the deed itself
and their names engraved on them.
when asked why he did not aban-
don his train to its inevitable fate,
he replied: Quick as lightning, l
thought 1 had better die than to have
those runaway cars cut clean through
my train, destroying hundreds!' 1t
was an heroic answer."-Detroit Free
Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
NAMES INSTEAD OF NUMBERS
oId-WorId Railroad Mon stllI Dis.
tInouish Locomotives by High
Bounding Titles.

When the railroads first broke their
way through the prejudices of our IA
theirs one of the forces behind them.
as opposed to those prejudices, was
the romantic affection for the project
that every builder has for his work.
In no way was this more clearly
shown than in the naming Of locomo-
tives.
By and by this land of the prosaic,
of figures, Of standardized parts,
abandoned the flowery nomenclature
of the old days and in place of the
Thunderer came the 500; the General
was succeeded by some such bald fact
as the 146, and the thousand men who
worked upon a single engine made
engine parts that would as we'll have
fitted the 999 as the LAG.
But in the old world Standardization
OF parts, rapid building and pooling of
engines were not allowed to rob the
mighty flyers of all their romance. In
their names Is still recorded the pop
ular worship of some soldier idol or
glorious battlefield or loyalty to a
leader or ruler.
The Sebastopol, Inkerman and AL
ma were succeeded by the Tel-el-
Kebir. Alexandria. Omdurman and
Atbara, which have, in turn, given
place to the Baden-Powell, Ladysmith,
Mafeking, Sir George White or Kim
berley, while such names as Beatrice
and Princess of Wales pay their
tribute of popularity to the reigning
house. Even the first of that most un-
romantic of all locomotives, the oil
burner, was elevated into the Petrolea.
In fact, so numerous are the named
locomotives that considerable ingenu-
ity is required in the invention of new
names. The Great Western is now
drawing upon the floral kingdom, and
Hyacinths, Lobelias, Cardinals and
other delicate blossoms are blooming
smokily along its right of way, while
the saints of earth and the angels of
heaven have long ago been drawn
upon to the point of exhaustion-that
is, exhaustion of the locomotive build
er's familiarity with them-Railroad
Mans Magazine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Through the silly Novel.

How many boys and girls are led to
marry on insufficient incomes through
reading silly novels9 Probably not a
few, according to certain large book.
seller. There's class of novels. I'M
happily getting more numerous, that
seem to aim at drawing young minds
into state of neurasthenic passion on
the question of love-" he remarked the
other day to customer. They give
an entirely false idea OF marriage.
Such prosaic matters as salaries, gro
GERS bills and the rise in the price OF
milk are never mentioned in these
stories, and the silly girl who weds
with her head stuffed full OF the slush
has a sharp awakening And it's
women that write the larger number
of these idiotic romantic novels, more's
the pity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Spies Everywhere.

Everything blabs," said Emerson.
"Be sure your sin will find you out"
said Moses. There is nothing COW
cred up that shall not be revealed;
and hid, that shall not be known"
sail one wiser than both. All are
statements of the natural law of ex.
posure Every scandal that comes to
public hearing but illustrates this law
One secret sets q hundred tongues a
wagging. Dead men do tell tales.
" hat is done in darkness is exposed
in the glazing light of publicity The
right hand does find out if the left Is
smeared with blood or wickedness
Everything is headed for the surface
Nature is full of detectives who spy
on US night and day, who peer within
and without. and in the end make full
publicity of what they find.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Fidelity In Love.

What is the meaning of fidelity in
love and whence the birth of, it? IT'S
state Of mind that men fall into, and
depending on the man rather than the
woman. We love being in love, that's
the truth ont. II we had not met
Joan, we should have met Kate and
adored her. We know our mistresses
are no better than many other wom-
en-. nor no prettier. nor no wiser, nor
no wittier. IT'S not for these reasons
we love a woman, OF for any special
quality or charm know Of: we might
as we'll demand that lady should be
the tallest woman in the world, like
the Shropshire giantess, as that she
should be paragon in any other char
acter. before we began to love her,
Thackeray
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
DANGEROUS servian Practice

One more has been added to the
list of fatalities proceeding from the
free use of firearms on all festive oc
casions in Servia MiXallo Drenoyatch
bridegroom of few hours, has been
the victim Of stray bullet fired by
one of the guests at his wedding din
ner. The guest kept firing. politely
to mark his satisfaction as each fresh
course was laid on the table.
AS rule the Serb is Il good shot
but the number OF accidents that have
occurred lately call for government
attention, and it Is possible that law
will be passed by the skupstchina re
stricting the indiscriminate use o!
loaded weapons at festive gatherings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
DEATH STRUGGLE IN PLASTER
Fearful sufferlngs Of a Martyr Were
Preserved for Modern
Generations.

Neither shall l dwell on the gov
ernor's palace which we visited.
though 1t Is set in fair garden; nor
ON the museum, with the exception OF
Just one thing. says Albert Bigelow
Paine. In Outing. That one item is. l
believe. unique in the worlds list OF
curiosities. 1t is plaster cast Of the
martyr Geronimo in the agony Of
death. The Algerians put Geronimo
alive into soft mass of concrete,
which presently hardened into a
block and was built into fort. This
was In 1869, and about forty years
later a Spanish writer described the
event and told exactly how that par
ticular block could be located.
The fort stood for nearly 300 years
Then, in 1858, it was torn down. the
block was identified and broken open.
and an almost perfect mold Of the
dead martyr was found within. They
filed the mold with plaster. and the
result-a wonderful CASTLES there in
the museum to-day. face down as he
died. hands and feet bound and strain
Ing. head twisted to one side In the
supreme torture Of that terrible
martyrdom. 1t is grewsorne. fasci-
mating thing and you go back to look
at It more than once. and you slip out
between times for breath of fresh
air.
Remembering the story and looking
at that straining figure, you realize a
little Of the need he must have known.
and your lungs contract and you
smother and hurry out to the sky and
sun and God-given oxygen Of life. He
could not have lived long, but every
second of consciousness must have
been an eternity of horror. for there is
no such thing as time except as to
mode of measurements and measure.
ment such as that would compass ages
unthinkable II l lived in Algiers and
at any time should sprout little bud
of discomfort with the present state OF
a!fairs--a little sympathy with the
subjugated population would go and
take look at Geronimo. and forth
with all the discomfort and the sym
pathy would pass away and l would
come out gloating in the fact that
France can crack the whip and that
we of the west can ride them down.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
He Nved constantly In the goods

he LaDed constantly IN the acoodS
himself baffled as to the purpose of
the land Office investigation. The
whole affair appeared to be tangled in
rechnicalities and snarl Of red tape.
Orde did not much care for this delay.
He saw his way clear to meeting his
obligations without the necessity Of
hypothecating the California timber
aud. was the better pleased for it.
With the break up of spring he pro-
ceeded confidently with the largest
drive in the history Of the river. a
matter Of over 2o0,oo0,O00 feet.
The morning of June 26 dawned
clear. Orde drove rapidly to the dis
tributing booms. After glance at the
river he entered the tiny Office and set
about the examination of the tally
sheets. The foreman, Tom North, en-
tered.
1.-The rivers rising" he said.
You're crazy" muttered Orde.
-There have been no rains reported"
ITS rising" insisted North.
An hour later Orde walked out over
the booms. The water certainly had
risen. He called boy.
Here. Jimmy" said he, "mark one
OF these piles and keep track Of how
fast the water RISES"
The river slowly rose.
II don't like June foods" Orde told
Tom North. "A fellow can understand
an ordinary spring freshet and knows
about how far 1t will go. but these
summer foods are SO confounded mys.
teripus can't figure out what's struck
the old stream unless they're having
almighty heavy rains up near head
waters."s
BY O'clock in the afternoon Jimmy
Powers re poi TED rise since morning
Of six inches.
Tom said Orde to the old river
man, I'm going to send Marsh down
for the pile drivers and some cable.''
What In blazes do you expect to do
with that?' be inquired.
I'VE may need them," Orde stated,
With conviction. "If those logs ever
break through they'll go on out to
Lake Michigan and wouldn't be worth
the savage.
That's mighty long chance" North
commented.
N this drive goes out It surely busts
me. replied Orde, land Pm not taxing
even long chances"
q cloudburst in the China creek dis.
trict followed by continued heavy
rains was responsible for the increased
ter. The evening papers mentioned
tniBs only incidentally. Their columns
wer filed with an account Of the big
4 lok Jam that had formed above the iron
rai8 ad britge. The planning mills
.ancms had given way under pressure.
A. he contents had piled down
M NM again7s 80 suttresses.
.rsrse GA2SJ kAst y1tghE at the hoomsI
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Chapter
50

NRDE was fighting for his very
life. The notes given by New
~ mark & Orde would come due
beginning the following sum-
mer. Before that time Orde must be
able to meet them personally or his
stock In the Boom company would be
turned in to the firm. This would Of
course spell nearly total loss Of It
rs far as Orde was concerned.
The chief anxiety under which the
arivernian labored, however, was the
Imminent prospect Of losing under the
mortgage all the northern peninsula
timber. Now. as the time approached,
he realized that If he could not pay
the notes the firm would certainly be
unable to do SO. What with the Sec
ond mortgage due two years later and
ITO be met by Newmark. with the out
standing obligations. with the new en-
'terprise OF the vessels ordered from
Duncan Mcleod, Newark & Orde
would be unable to raise anything like
the necessary amount He fell upon
the woods work with unparalleled fe-
rocity. A sale Of the 4O,OOO.OOO feet
remaining of the FIRMS up river hold
ings. together with the tolls to be COL
lected for driving the river that spring.
would bring Orde through by 1.-The skin
Of his teeth" To cut 100000 feet,
even in these latter days of improve
ments. would be task to strain to the
utmost every resource Of energy and
organization.
Nevertheless Orde accomplished the
task. He lived constantly in the
woods. The Rough Red had charge
Of the banking. where his aggressive.
brutal personality kept the rollways
free from congestion. When the drive
started the cut was banked for miles
along the stream, 100000 feet Of it.
The strain over. Orde faced the task
Of driving the river.
From Taylor. Orde had several COM
munications The lawyer confessed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
The AppIan Way.
(To Be Continued.)

The famous Appian Way was con-
structed by digging two parallel
trenches, three feet in depth, at the
bottom of which were placed two lay.
ers of fat stone in mortar, upon whick
a layer of cobblestones was placed,
also laid in mortar; then came a
course of pebbles in concrete, over
which were placed large, fat blocks
of smooth lava we'll joined together
forming an even. uniform surface. 1t
was primarily military road. and ex.
tended from Rome to Brundusium. a
distance of $50 miles. So perfect was
the construction of this celebrated
road that it still exists in places as
good as ever, Notwithstanding it was
made more than 20 centuries ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
The Oasis of Love

The minds eye shows us love as the
oasis in the Sahara of life: so. to.
gether. two set out to seek the haven
OF rest in the great journey. But as
the travellers approach, their paradise
recedes; in Just such measure as the
pilgrims hasten. their Mecca retreats.
Love is a witching chimera-life's
most beautiful optical delusion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
The yanishlna impossible.

About a century ago an English
court, considering an agreement in
which it was provided one person
should do certain act in Oxford and
on the same day certain act in Lon
don, declared the contract invalid as
being impossible, the distance being
too great for man to travel in one
day. The fastest trains between OK
ford and London now consume just
one hour and fifteen minutes.-Col.
lier's Weekly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Wiilinn "a Trade

A Chicagoan who recently adver-
tised that he had a stove for sale re.
ceived among a large number of an
swers the following: eff you have a
Kitchen stove, water front, or nice
single bed that you would care to
trade for new ostrich plumes or brand.
new mourning bonnet, would be
glad to hear from you and will give
you a good trade"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
First Said by Jim Fisk.

The once current phrase. "Gone
where the woodbine twineth" "a more
esthetic form of "up the spout'') IL
credited to James Fisk, Jr., friend Of
Jay Gould and fellow despoiler of the
Erie railroad. Truly the colloquial.
isma Of to-day are not always a.
brand new as they seem and their or
igins are often picturesque II not In.
teresting,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Years BEGINNING to Tell.

"Uncle Jake" Wildoner of Newark,
N. j., who is said to be the Oldest To-
connective engineer in the United States
still in active service, has admitted
that he Is not as young as he used to
be. His former disdain OF the Osler
theory received setback few days
ago when, while In hurry, he leaped
from moving locomotive and suffered
q sprained leg.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-30
Value Of a Reputation.

what" exclaimed the astonisheo
court, 1.-The prisoner has admitted his
guilt; and yet you find a verdict OF
not guilty."
'1f your honor please" explained
the foreman, with due difference te
you, this jury knows this man bette,
than the court does. We have decided
not to believe him under oath. We
don't think he is guilty, even If he
swears to It."