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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02
WHERE TRADESM EN- HUSTLE.
The Young Housewife Finds Annoyancts
IN Moving to the Country.

WI m0tInB 10 thS sOu1tFs.
well, we've moved 10 the country
said the young housewife, "and ! have
had my first taste Of the pestiferous
village tradespeople. We got out Of
tho city for rest and comfort but will
have neither until these persons who
have things to sell make UP their minds
to let US run our own business.
sThey wouldn't even let us get the
furniture in the house. There was I
very early in the morning in an empty
house waiting for the vans to come and
unload and the bell began to ring. II
kept ringing all that day and for some
days thereafter. Not continuously. Of
course, but the ~tradespeople came %
close on each others heels that thsrs
was very little letup.
First 1t was one milkmap. then 'anoths'
milkman and soon thereafter . thru.
They seemed to take It as a personsl
insult that I wouldn't give an order
forthwith.
@Icemen came in droves. The grocer
appeared with blank order books all
wanted to deliver goods right Oh despite
the fact that there wasn't a thing in tbs
house to put them in.
Later In tho day when the furniture
| had arrived and We got things into some
! sort Of order ! wandered into the village
and made a few casual purchases. Nov
In each store they seemed to take it Tor
granted that 1 had become their customer
for life.
IN send around in the morning FOR
| your order wa what l heard in every
place. and when I said they needn't, that
] intended TO do my own ordering In per.
| son zach day II made no difference.
Around they all came tho next dsy,
smile on face and order book held er-
| pectantly In hand. I cent them all away.
orderlsss but still smiling. aud later went
to tho stores a. 1 intended. In time,
maybe, they viii learn that III buy whso
and where ! please.
sThe worst shock came on a SUNDAY
morning. We were all tired out with the
moving and getting settled and Intended
| to sleep late, very late; but before :,
there was a,persistent ringing Of the bel
| My husband wrapped himself In a hath-
| robe and descended. 1t was . hoy who
wanted our order for newspapers. He
went away quiok,y and my husband
kept saying things to himself all the way
a'You might just as we'll speak Mt
loud ! told him. and q few for me.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02
Garden Seeds In strips.
From the Kdnsas City Sta.

Fr0W INC HdWbub ~ SUI
Back yard gard eners may nor on'
strips Of tape with the seeds embe'deo
In them. Each tape is carefully labeliS
with the name OF the vegetable it WI
grow. SO hat there is n excuse for th'
amsteur who uses the seed tape when
rsdishes spring up where tomatoe. Ter'
supposed to be growing. -,
an inoh broad and come In rolls like ribbon
The advantages Of this new method sIe
several. There can be no waste. Of seq.
spring breexes. Also the seeds are A.
separated from each other a SCIENTIFICALLY
proper distance" aid . salesman o. :
have reported experimenting With the seq
tapes. They all agree hat the tapes .ars
ali right for tbs back yard gardener, ou!
are not practicable for the man who plan"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02
IN BROOKLYN THEATRES.
vesta Tllley Remains for Another Week
ut the Orpheum.

At the Orpheum for this week Vesta
Tiley remains at the head OF an attra otive
bill. She will change her repertoire OF
songs. This will be the last opportunity
to see the wonderful little English char
acter im~personator before she leaves for
England. Among the other acts may be
mentioned Bert Leslie and company in
their comedy, Hogan In Society; Charlie
Case. "ths man who talks about his father;
Hyman Meyer in his p~ianologue, Ida
Fuller, the dancer, who will introduce
some electrical effects during her speciality;
Reynolds and Donegan in an expert skat-
ing act, Work and Over. comedy acrobats.
Arthur Huston in a funny Juggling spe-
cialty and Fred Sosman in dialect songs.
Manager Percy @. Williams announces
a supplementary season at the Greenpoint
beginning OH Monday. whom Hall Gaines
great play, The Christian will be pre-
sented by a fine company.
At the Olympic Theatre this week the
programme will be furnished by the
Behman Show and Frank d. Bryan's
Congress Of American Girls. a big asRre.
gauOn winch always has D66n D 1HVOnt6
there. Since its last visit the programme
has undergone Q number of changes, but
the best features have been retained and
several entertainers have been added to
the roster.
The Sam A. Scribner Big Show. the title
OF which IL justified by the size Of the
combination and the quality Of the en-.
tertainment, will be at the Star Theatre
this week. Tho programme consists OF
two picturesque novelties and half q
dozen splendid vaudeville numbers,
Tourists in Egypt and 'The Carnival oi
| Venice are the titles Of the first named.
Spectacle. travesty. music and dancing
win make UP tho programme Of the Golden
Crook company which will furnish the
programme at the Gayety Theatre thi,
week. In LA Grande Ballet realisti
and picturesque illusions arc produced,
in which two dozen we'll trained young
women will take part, '
A dramatic story Of a Southern feud
is told In -The Kentuokians.r a new play
that will he produced at the Folly Theatre
this week. II Ia by Hal Reid. who has
written a number Of popular plays, suct
as Human Hearts, .Kpobs o Tennes.
see d'Capt. Clay Of Missouri
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

j.. E. Dodson remains at the Gayety
Theatre In j. Hartley, Manners's comedy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

"The Girl from Rector's,- a French
farce. remains at Weber's Theatre. II
was ada pied from the original y,Paul NJ,
Potter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

Lew Fields as lessee and the Shuberts
as managers got possession OF tine Broad
way Theatre yesterday morning and will
open it evening with William
Faversham in The World and His Wife
Mr.. Faversham's engagement at the
Broadway will be for one week only.
When he appears at the Broadway to,
aThe World and His Wife at four New
York theatres during the present season.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

Charles Dillingham's Candy Shop
has opened at the Kniokerbooks7 Theatre
for the summer. displaying q line of mu-
steal comedy and vaudeville CONNECTIONS,
including pretty girls, gorgeous gowns.
funny scenes and up to date songs and
public by a company including Louise
Dresser, William Rock and Maud Fulton.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

were fetching q better price than ever be
fore. when the autumn came i hadn't
been able to force my savings up to the
original fifteen hundred.
when the time came for gathering the
apples, although the trees were all well
the price SO far as I could learn 90 vari-
able thet l was tempted to sell the crop
on the trees. My old neighbor advised
strongly against this, sayingI would never
learn younger, so I might as well begin.
Spurred on by this old man and his wife
every detail Of gathering and shipping
sThe gross receipts for those apples
were SiO6 an acre, the cost Of gathering
and shipping &35 an acre, so on the ten
acres l cleared 800. was more
surprised in my life. This encouraged
me to such an extent and gave me 90 much
advisers that when they suggested that
run the farm myself the next year instead
Of renting it out l at once set TO work to
make plana for doing 90.
"That year my apple trees made ever
better returns and together with the
amount cleared on the Held produce my
farm added 81 ,2eS to my income.
for apple trees In my section my orchard
paid $70 an acre. while my farm. dairy and
poultry earnings were more than 5000
after all expenses were paid. Now that
my apple trees have paid for the farm
count on getting at least 81 200 q yeal
and my. living expenses from that fifty
acres Of land bought against the advice
OF all my friends.
1T seems to me that apples are as SAFE
a crop as car be raised In this part Of the
country. There Is always q good demand
for popular varieties. and their culture
amounts to almost nothing. I am SUR
that orchard has not cost me $40 IN this
six years that I have owned IL. The gath,
ering aud shipping 10 about the only par
that costs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

Msude Odell, the English Venus, will
return to the American Music Hall this
week, where she hopes TO renew her
former triumphs with new and bea utiful
poses. Another unusual act will be
Karno's London Comedy Company OF
twenty-five accomplished actors. aero
bats and singers. who will present The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

This week at the H%ippodrome will open
with the largest professional matinee
ever given in New York city. Messrs.
Shubert and Anderson have received
50 many. requests for courteeies from
players that they have decided to give
q matinee for their benefit on Monday.
Nearly every star and every actor and
actress playing in New York will be pres
emit. and it will be the largest gathering
Of players ever In a New York theatre.
The Hippodrome continues to draw
crowded houses with its big speotacles
and circus,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

Raymond Hitchcock is in his closing
weeks in The Mascot at the New Am
sterdam Theatre. The playhouse will be
closed for renovation and in preparation
for the summer show in the Aerial Theatre
atop the New Amsterdam. This produc-
ton. THE Boy and the Girl will be
headed by Marie Dressler.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

"A Gentleman From Mississippi now
enters upon its ninth month at the Bijou
Theatre The quaint comedy character
Of Thomas A. Wise and the bright dashing
vim OF Douglas Fairbanks. continue to
dIS's s.. .ed t Riisy tsestse % its capacity e nave
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

Frances Starr will soon reach her ,5oth
performances al the Belasco s~tuyvesant
Theatre in Engine Walters play THE
Easjest Way Capacity audiences son.
tinue TO greet this Belasco star and to
applaud her Interpretation Of the role of
Lcuru Murdock. the girl who finds II
impossible to suffer the ~hardships OF
poverty after having tasted the joys Of
a life Of luxury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

The Garrick Theatre this week will re-
main dark. but not useless. William Col
lier will avail himself Of the theatre to
make a new production and to rehearse
the Man From Mexico with which play
he will begin a limited New York engage
ment on Monday. May 10. The perform.
auce OF THE Man From Mexico will find
Mr.. Collier largely surrounded by the cast
seen when this farce was in the height Of
it's popularity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

.The House Next Door Ministers and
rabbits unite in praislng this play. which
deals with the anti-semitio feeling as 1t
affects intermarriagc.
Mr.. Mantell's spring season at the
Academy of Music continues. Mr.. Man.
tells interpretations and the excel
lent support afforded him by Miss
Marie Booth Russell and company make
,spearian plays. The repertoire for the
week is as follows: Monday. Tuesday. and
Wednesday night, King Lear; Wednes-
day matinee. Romeo and Juliet; Thurs
day and Saturday nights, .Othello';
Friday night. Louis xI.'' and Saturday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

Charles Cherry. one Of the newest stars,
will appear at the West End Theatre this
week IL 'Tho Bachelor The now comedy
by Clyde Fitch in which he has been play
ing at Maxine Elliott's Theatre.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

NbsfS "a 49, 49, ~ N~'
ErIanger's version OF the interview was
that he never threatened to crush Belasco
or cursed him. He said Belasco begged
hm to give hin, a route for THE Auc-
tioneer,- and he did 90 without eNacting
any profits. Joseph Brooks, who later
appeared as Belasco's partner in "The
Auctioneer" venture. gave K)aw + Err
lsnger two-thirds of his share Of the
profits. Mr.. Erlanger testified,
IA vas three months after this that Mr..
Hel1scc got back from a trip To England
and bad these compliments for the syn
dicate:
have exposed tho theatrical syndicate
thoroughly iu London and have shown the
Encjishn,on tho danger which threate ms
heir stage Il they permit the syndicate 10
control IL I showed them thai the Ameri-
osn rhestriosl trust WAS getting lis hooks
10 e,erylh iny over there with a strong
clutch. The London newspapers devoted
. gtest deal Of space 10 interviews w.th m
in ph,ch ! warned The English people tina
Tho theatrical syndicate would degrade
,hesr Of, &c as 1t hos tho american stage.
Mrs ITs'e. according To the terms ot
tho agreement letwcen her husband anc
The rynl'rato. Nil m future frequently
he sann IN thH1i'cG controlled bT the
svndtcs'c She = not p,s we'd IN any %,
these thHH'r"T fcr mHur years, Like he'
huesa I'd, etc hay frequently d%enonnced
inc p-ethods ~ The syndicate in rIhl.c
lat she rll hereafter play in their houses
upon What terms does not appear. In
1905. yheu shn was touring the country
in 'Lezh bleschns. :" Mrs. Fiske was u
able 70 Fi tt'inlsar LAKE City, deciarins
that the trust controlled an the theatres
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

Grace George in "A Woman's Way
seems destined 10 have an engagement
! at the Hsckett Theatre that will asst we'll
into the summer. Misc George az Marion
Stanton has a part eminently fitted for her
powers. and in it she has proved herself
to be one OF the foremost American oom-
ediennes. The play treats amusingly of a
woman's method Of winning back'her hus-
band from other inamoratss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-02

Elsie Janis in THE Fair COED" is now
very much at home at the Criterion
Theatre as she was for 80 many weeks at
the Knickerbocker. Her followers have
filled the Criterion all week and she Is
ready for a spring and summer run
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17

4 bOulangerie. and as good baker ana
good pere de famille be sent his boys
to learn the rudiments to "le pere Ia
VERNE" who kept an exceedingly eln-
mentary school. He considered his
further duty done by them when he
had clothed them in white drilling, put
little white bakers caps on them ano
set them respectively to watching the
oven or trotting through the streets
with baskets of cakes on their heads
or long meters of French bread under
their arms.
1t was soon to be observed, however,
that Constant, the elder. was youth
of most unfortunate proclivities for one
destined for the bakers profession.
Like Rostand's cuisinier poern, he let
the bread burn for verses. but in de.
claiming, not composing. them The
boys would not have been boys If they
had not organized some sort of barn
circus" in their case amateur Theatre
ais played in an old abandoned thea
| ter
II am organizing for this week 6
| grand representation extraordinaire,'
said the elder Coquelin one day to his
| admiring little brother
| What role shall you play?" asket
| Cadet, awestruck.
Il shall play all the roles" was th'
answer. and that might almost be tax
| en- as the watchword of Coquelin's ca
| reer
4 He had not boosted over his "repre
sentation extraordinaire." He played
! tragic, one bouffe one serious. one
sentimental. and so worked himself
up in the last that he tainted ava!
as he left the stage
Cadet. pale and excited, conducte
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17
The Family.

(Second Avenue. East of Nineteenth
Street)
Vaudeville at 3. 8, and 9;i3 u. m. One
matinee Sundays and holidays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17
STORIES OF C0QUELIN.
How Frances Famous Comedian De
veioped From a Baker.

BY common consent Benoit Constant
Coouelin. the French actor who recent
~ died at his home in circumstances,
near Paris, was the foremost comedian
OF France. Many of his own country
men regarded him as the artistic heir
of Moliere, whose characters he repre-
scented better than any other French
actor and in whose house. the Theatre
Francais, he made his start and Won
many of his greatest early successes.
Coquelin. the son of baker at Bou-
logne-sur Mer. was born Jan. %, 1871.
1t was Intended that he should con
tinue IN his fathers business. but re
markable aptitude for the stage mani
tested itself in him when be was still
4 small boy.
When the little Coquelins. Constant
and Cadet. We're bows their father kent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17
E. F. DORM,
WIN. EMIG,
j. B. ZIMMER & SON.
1908, by the Merchant
Copyright, 1908, by the Merchant
Tailors' League.

swered the applicant by placing before
him tumbler flied so full Of water
that another drop would have caused
it to run over. Coquelin understood
He had evidently been misinformed
about vacancy; the club member
ship was obviously full
Over the table was suspended a rose,
the club emblem. While the glass still
stood before him Coquelin broke a
petal from the flower and laid it so
gently on the water that not n single
crop escaped. \ silent man could Join
md make no trouble. Around the
cable ran ripple Of smiles and little
hand claps and mods of approval, and
then, as If of one accord. all began
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17

Cadet, pale and excited, conducted
his brother home, and the father. evil
IDENTITY feeling that the hand Of des-
tiny was too strong for him, senti-
ment somewhat assisted by general
complaint of burned brooches among
the bakery's buyers. yielded to these
signs of vocation and sent his son of
to Paris with an income of 1900
francs Il year.
CoQuelin was natural mimic and
uncommonly apt in recitation.
In the days of his youth NJ. Coque-
lin was ambitious, and the parts he
loved best to play were those in which
he died. in full view of an apprecia-
tive audience, for his art. He had
one of these roles one evening at the
Boulogne theater and played it splen-
didly, getting a ringing round of ap-
plause as he fell dead upon the stage.
Then his troubles started.
The audiences applause woke up a
mosquito, which applied itself TO NJ.
Coquelin with so much assiduity that
| the corpse felt 1t must either scream
or scratch. Another actor, who played
| a general In the corps Of which the
dead NJ. Coquelin was young ensign.
was standing near the body and had
to say: "See, then. how sad thing
Is war! But now this youth was liv-
ing. Now he is dead-motionless for
all time, Nothing save a miracle can
give him life again."
But NJ. Coquelin could hold out NO
longer. The mosquito was still biting
husiIy. and Coquelin had to sit up and
slap his leg. 'srhe miracle has hap
penedr' cried the general, while the
audience laughed until it cried at this
too lively corpse.
| One of the most famous Of the
Latin quarter clubs in Paris is the
Sub Rosa. Coquelin was present one
night at the clubs weekly late supper
and. having heard that there was &
/ vacancy In the role, the great actoI
applied for membership. Now. thu
only rules of the Sub Rosa men are
, tsThink much. Write little. Be as 81
/: lent as you can" The presiding Off
cer. with this last rule in mind. an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17
Keeping Open House.

Everybody is welcome when we feel
good; and we feel that way only when
our digestive organs are working prop
erly. Dr. Kings New Life Pills regu-
late the action of stomach, liver and
bowels SO perfectly one can help feel
ing good when he uses these pills. %
cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17

cago company with Victor Morley
who created the title role
isle of Observation-Disclosures at the
Illinois theater will be presented ''The
Isle of Piccalilli," the home talent
play. composed and staged by Lee r.
Davis of this city. The proceeds will
go to Trinity Episcopal church. A
large attendance is indicated by the
advance seat sale.
To Preserve the Type.-With the
evident intent of fixing on the stage
for all time that fast disappearing, if
type of being, the American COW
puncher. Willard Mack, the author of
"In wyoming" which will be seen at
the Illinois tomorrow evening, has
given in Bob Richards" a character
study that seems to have satisfied all
demands of fancy regarding our west
ern range rider The hero, although
born in Pennsylvania, has lived years
I'm Wyoming and is in perfect SYM
pathy with the peculiar manifestations
of civilization that obtained in that
:. region during the "7Q's" and SOS
when cattle raising was the only bust
ness, cattle stealing the only crime
and lynching the only evidence OF law
and order
In Fourth season.-"The Lion and
the Mouse is "a play that wears ex
exceedingly well. This is the fourth
season of Mr.. K1ein's success and al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17
COMING ATTRACTIONS
The Illinois.

(SiXteenth Street and Second Avenue.)
Feb. 17-"Isle of PiccaliIIi," (homr
tnlenD.
Feb. 1S-"In wyoming"
nee.
Feb. 21--"The Great Divide"
Feb. 22-2s-Zinu Musical comaany
matinee ON the 2-tb.
Feb. 2S-"Miss Temples Telegram
matInee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17

passed from hand TO hand. and each
deposited his ballot" in it. aud all
were found to be round. Net one had
been pressed fiat in sign Of disap-
prevail So Coquelin Joined the Sub
Rosa club
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17

; "Three Twins" Coming sack.-The
"Three Twins" will come to the Hi
nois in the near future with all its
novel features, "The Yama Yama
Man." Photograph, etc. Mammoth
electrical aerial swing and other
effects that made it famous for five
months in Chicago and eight months
in New York, where it is still playing
at the Herald square. The company
: that comes to the Illinois is the Chi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17
f,he Elite.

eighteenth Street. North Of Second
Avenues
Elite Stock company, appearing each
evening mt sis, with n:ntinees Tues
days, Fridays and Sundays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17

though Henry B. Harris had intended
sending out two companies he was
obliged in order TO meet the applica-
ton for engagement from various
parts of the country, to put together
another organization. This city will
get the best company, however with
Oliver Doud as John BuTkett Ryder
and Edith Barker as Shirley Ross
more. Assisting will be Malcolm Dun
can, Frazer Coulter, Martin Sabine,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17

when an inferior act strays in and it
is due to the local manager that the
owners of 1.-The playhouse take steps
that no. more cheap stuff be allowed
to be booked at the Family in Rock
Island. Manager Quinn no less than
the patfons OF the house, deserves
better treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-17

Family Manager Deserves the Best
1t is only once in while that tbs
patrons of the Family theater are
given anything but the best Mana