The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-01-26
ELKS MINSTREL
TO BE A HUMMER
The Original Salome and the
Mysterious Rhodohr
to Take Part.

The merry, mirthful minstrel men
of the Elks will hold forth on the
boards of the local theatre in the
near future. All arrangements 70
that end have been perfected and
the members of the cast are Mt the
present time rehearsing eighteen
hours a day. 1t is the intention Of
those in charge of the affair to give
the greatest exhibition. of old time
minstrelsy that has been seen in this
city since Pinnictinnlck hill was a
frog pond.
OF course, the show will be embcl-
ished throughout by the new ideas
that have been sprung on the unsus-
Decting public by the great and near
great theatrical managers and prop
erty boys of the day. but the one Idea
will be to give the public show for
their money and also boost the drug
business. in this, that laugh antldotcsI
will have to he purchased by the
pound for those who attend.
There will be several kinds Of opera
offered in the first part. grand opera.
comic opera, near opera and opera
that is not opera Mr.. Oscar Ham
merstein Smith. the greatest fmpre-
sario fthe day. has full and com
plete charge of this end of the enter
prise. He also has charge in part Of
several other ends of the production.
After the merry melange of musical
mixtures has forsaken the center of
the stage the great production of an.
after part will take place. Only one
or two of the acts, to be presented in
this end of the entertainment have
been announced but from the general
prospectus they are the head-liners.
The two greatest acts upon the pro-
gram are Rhodohr and Salome.
Rhodohr is the biggest thing ever
ever put on the stage outside of Paris.
KY. or London, o. This is the same
act for which Proctor and Keith Of
fercd the inventor one million dollars
in beer. checks. for only the name.
This must be seen to he appreciated.
No inkling of its nature can he given
at the present time as all of the ef-
fects have not arrived as yet.
The next will take the publIc's eye,
not virtually, but literally. 1t is the
renowned and famous saiome, who
will positively appear clothed in a
smile and string OF beads. This is
the original obtained from the harem
of the Turkish Empire at great trou-
BILE and expense. Furthermore. She
is OF the right color and olive brown.
This is positively the original who
danced before Herod. She has been
kept alive for this one occasion by
drinking from the ring OF Thoth
which was discovered in the Egyptian
pyramids after the reign of Rameses
II. after who came Rameses the
thirdly and who has been made fam
Gus by having certain brand or cigq-
rettes named for him. The ring Of
Thoth gives eternal. or is it internal.
youth. The EllSs have the creden-
tials establishing "her" long line Of
ancestors and the genuineness OF
her" claims In the lodge rooms
there is large parchment bearing
the seal Of the Court OF Herod giving
the above information. which is
further validated by letter written
70 tn cfair maiden by old Her him
self, after he had witnessed an ex-
hibition Of her poweress. in which he
partly says; Referring to your per-
Torrance OF last evening at the Tenn
pie Bald Iiead. viii shy It was
mighty fine. Sal, old girl, you
ccrtaIly took my eye Who IS he