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The daily Alaskan., 1909-05-31
MORLEY MAKES VERY FAST TIME

E. C. Morley, lcdgcrkecper in the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Nhitchorsc. won the base running contest in l5 &-5 seconds, which is remarkable time when the condition ct the diamond is considered Cook and Carpenter of Douglas negotiated the distance in l7 &-5 seconds and Tom Fahcy O" Fort Seward travelled around the bags in S1 l-5 seconds.
 Whale Island. near Katalla, is said Co be slowly sinking into the sea.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-05-31
The Summer Wardrobe

Come spend an hour or two with us and revel in the beautiful airy, fluffy, summery, fabrics and trimmings on display.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

ly, commencing Monday, and a perform ance every night
 Svingali, the famous hypnotist and mind reader, will give an exhibition of his powers in this line, and will convince all who see or hear him that he is pos sessed of extraordinary powers Where ever he has exhibited he has been a sensation, and 1t goes without saying that he cannot fail to attract unusual attention. He will use subjects from the audience and convince all that his hyp- notism Is real. Another thing that Swim gali does is to have some objects hidden in some remote part of the city and then while blindfolded drives directly to the spot where the objects are hidden to the amazement of those who are follow ing him. The papers all over the coun- try have been loud in their praise of this marvellous man.
 Dewitt Young and sister will present juggling act which is called '"rhe Col lege Boy Juggler." The stage setting represents boys room in college, and college pendants abound in confusion. Young and his sister give fencing ex- hibition, and then they proceed to juggle everything in sight, including the big brass bedstead and other articles around 
 ton of boomerang throwing. The act has just finished the Orpheum circuit and is said to be one of the greatest acts of it's kind in the business.
 Joe p. Chevers and Company will pre- sent a mock opera entitled "Alphonso's Bride" It is a copbination of quick changes, good comedy and high class singing. Mr. Chevers is a well known English comedian and has been identified with many comic operas. In this play three different characters, the father, the lover and the villain; and the other mem- bers of the company also do some quick character changes.
 Hallen and Hayes are a team of danc- ing comedians. One of them works straight and the other has a grotesque makeup. Their dialogue is bright, their singing is quite up-to-date, and their dancing is said to be as good as that of any team in the business.
 Charles Sharp is playing a return en- gagement over the Majestic circuit, and for this trip he will have altogether new material His makeup Is that of a Ger man comedian, and he is. besides being a comedian, a clever musician, being an expert with saxaphone and trombone. MT. Sharp won quite a reputation as fun maker with the "Burgomaster' and has been a success in vaudeville.
 Adonis has one of the cleverest Scotch terriers in vaudeville, which receives as much applause as Adonis himself Adonis does hand balancing and other feats of strength, and is as much at home walk ing on his hands as another man would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
Hartmann With Treble CIef.

The Treble Clef club, Birmingham s leading choral organization, will give it's second concert of the season at the Jef- ferson theatre next Tuesday night. The star of the occasion will be Arthur Hart mann, a famous young wizard of the violin" He is one of the really great soloists on the king of instruments, and lovers of music have a rare treat in store.
 A writer in the Cleveland Press says:
 Hartmann more than duplicated his triumph of the early part of the season. At his first appearance I hailed him as Wieniawski redivivus
 1T am not going to waste any time or sfpace before saying that Wizard Hart mann is as great-if not greater-than any violnist living today I am taking chances perhaps, in making so sweeping an assertion, but his magnificent exposi- tion of the Bach chaconne-the greatest ever listened to-settled the matter for me, and l regard the incident pertaining to his super-eminence as closed. He be- neves in a Bach of blood and sentiment. and his keen and artistic temperament has rescued from the hands of the mechanical Philistines this really emotional epic In the labyrinth of polyphony he has found a lover's lane; ins the stratum of crystal- ized science he has laid bare vein of golden sentiment. So besides being d wizard, Hartmann is musical prospector. He finds pure gold in Everything he han dles, the gold of refined and noble art emotions"
 Alfred Calzin, who comes with Hart mann. is pianist of marked ability, who not only accompanies the violinist, but ranks high as 8 soloist. and will play two numbers on the programme. Of him the Nossische zeitung, Berlin. says: Calzin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
eayety-nRlaIto Rounders.D

This week the Gayety will present an organization that bears the title of Ri alto Founders The company has just concluded an engagement at Cincinnati, and judging from the friendly criticisms success.
 The name of the curtain-raiser is Fun in the Subway" It is from the pen of Sam Howe and is claimed to be intensely interesting, admirably written and gor- geously gowned. It is full of exuberant jollity; it also furnishes a good excuse not that any is needed-for twenty girls to distribute their sweetest smiles among the occupants of the front row. The fun hinges upon the doings of Professor Bunk a clothes cleaner, who has been engaged to go to Newport. This slender thread of plot gives opportunity for song, dance and story, and heaps of wild hilar- ious fun.
 The oio will be found to be right up to the top notch.
 The conclusion is a burlesque named "A Day at oneepshead Bay" It abounds in light dash, color and frolic of the elastic, emphatic order. The music is tuneful and is intended for those who do not care a straw for classic compositions. The story deals with bookmakers and horses, and during the unraveling 1t hands out a few good tips to those who try to pick a winner. There is a real horse race by three thoroughbred horses which is guaranteed to raise the enthusi asm of any audience to the highest pos sible pitch. Sam Howe, as the Jew Jockey" is responsible for all the trouble and not a little of the fun. He is well supported by half dozen comedians, whose efforts to inspire mirth are not to be resisted
 special feature will be found in the series of art studies that have been inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
Majestic Theater.

The bill this week will be essentially one of novelties. The headline attraction,
 Svingali, is something new in vaudeville and will be on the sensational order. Tn addition to giving various exhibitions
 in telepathy and hypnotism, he will drive blindfolded through the streets of Bir- mingham Monday at noon and convince every one interested that he has the gift of second sight. Comedy will be repre- scented by Hallen and Hayes, team of fun-makers; Al H. Tyrrell, the black face comedian and singer; and Charles Sharp, who was one of the comedians with the TBurgomaster' company. Two very clever acts are those of Dewitt Young and sister, who are jugglers and boomerang throwers, and 1t is said to be the only act of it's kind in vaudeville. In the acrobatic line Adonis and his dog will entertain. This is as much<a novelty feature as it is an acrobatic one and will be found especially interesting to the juvenile contingent of the audience. The usual moving pictures will complete the programme. There is q matinee dai-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

and he was hailed after the opening per formance in New York city of "The Man Who Stood Still" as not only the first writer for the stage who had been sue cessful in giving Louis Mann a really great role, but as a welcome addition b the group of young American play wrights who have been leaving their mark on the times in the last few years.
 The Ben Greet players will not over look Birmingham this year. Manager Douglas announced yesterday that the success of this company in past years had caused a booking for three performances and that lovers of the old school of act ing would have an opportunity to see three plays. The engagement begins on April 16
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
"Dandy Dixie MinstreIs.v


 "The Dandy Dixie Minstrels,'' headed by Billy Kersands, James Crosby, Man zy Campbell and Arthur Prince, the Big Four Minstrel men, with two score gen. uine negro singers, dancers and come- dians, including ''The Cotton Pickers Band'' and orchestra, are coming to town and will appear at the Jefferson theatre tomorrow matinee and night.
 This is one of the guaranteed good shows of the season. especially noted for the fine singing, dancing, speciality, com- edy, band and orchestra features. Since its initial performance on the New York Theatre Roof Garden in 1905, the Dan dys'' have toured and triumphed in every large city in the United States and Can ada, and have performed continuously winter and summer with great monetary and artistic success. It is under the per- sonal direction of John J. Nolan, one of the founders of the world-famous Black Patti Troubadours, another successful and popular stage enterprise.
 Billy Kersands Is probably the oldest and most popular of all the living real negro minstrels. Kersands was contem- poraneous with Billy Birch, Charley Backus, Billy Emerson, Dan Reed Eph Horn and all the minstrel kings of the past 30 years Born in slavery and in the plantation where the bones. tambo and banjo accompanied the old-time darkey pastimes and with an inherited talent for song and dance. Billy in early boy hood attracted the attention of Manager Jack Haverly, who gave him his first stage opportunity. Blly's supremacy as a minstrel star has been acknowledged by nearly all the present-day coon shout CTS and singers; for they have taken Kersands as a marvel to initiate.
 Manager Douglas of the Jefferson an- nounces that the two upper floors will be reserved exclusively for the colored patrons and the lower floors exclusively for the whites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

be using his feet. He has played in every country in the civilized world
 Al. H. Tyrrell, who calls himself "The Man With the Kimono," Is a black-face singing comedian who ranks with the best of them. His cheif attraction is his singing voice, although he Is very funny and has a new line of parodes and jokes. The press reports about him are of the very best
 The programme will conclude with new line of motion pictures, this feat ure of the programme being one that has been carefully attended to.
 There will be matinee every after noon at 2:30 especially for the ladies and children, and the usual evening perform auce at 8:30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

Lotus James continues to add new laurels with his interpretation of Peer Gynt'' in which he will be seen at the Jefferson theatre on Monday, April 26, the Rochester N. r., Democrat and Chroni- cle of March Is says among other things in a column review:
 This play is a comedy-drama that is full of tense and absorbing interest, even in the scenes that are not pleasant. Its symbolism, while not so Illuminating as in "Hedda Gabler," and "The Doll $ House." and other of the authors plays is still ever present. The play as a whole is a most unusual-a wonderful performance MT. James has surrounded himself. not only with a capable com pany, but has summoned to his assis- tance all that the allied arts may offer. It is splendidly mounted and staged a series of artistic and realistic settings that add materially to the Illusion. and there Is the beautiful Peer Gynt' set ting written by Grieg and which is considerably argumented by an arrange ment which takes in the Rakocy March, from Czermark, and selections from Flotow and Bizet The famous old sung as the last curtain descends. This is the Mansfield production, which Mir James has kept intact.
 "The Three Twins" is one of the good musical comedies yet to be seen dur ing the present season at the Jefferson theatre. It is booked for April and will doubtless call for crowded houses.
 Henry E. Dixey, in that most quaint of all New York successes this sea son, Mary Janes Pa is supported by a company of over 60 people, in addl- ton to two stage-trained horses one carry-all, a canary bird warranted to sing at each performance, one sewing machine (another singer), two pntng presses Claude Whitcombs brndle bull-pup. and the brass band. It is claimed to be the largest comedy company ever presented in this country
 Mir Louis Mann comes to the Jefferson theatre on April 15 in his latest New York city success, '"rhe Man Who Stood Still,'' in which he recently ended a five mounts run in the ircle theatre there This is one of the three successful plays written and produced this season by a new playwright whom MT. William A. Brady, MT. Mann's manager discov- cred. His name is Jules Eckert Goodman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
CURE FOR CHICKEN EVIL.
"Keep Me at Home" Cards on Grains
 of Corn.
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 The neighbours chickens have ceased to be a problem with an Eastside resident, who uses nearly half an acre for q gar- den Last spring the chickens rioted joy ously among the green sprouts that be- gan to peep above the earth. Sometimes the hens that craved an earth bath scratched up entire plants and seooped out nests in the cool moist earth.
 The Eastsider endured all this in s fence. Last week he fertilized his grape vines, spending nearly half a day at the task. The next morning the fertilizer was scattered about the vines. On the frozen ground were the scratch marks of the colony of chickens belonging to the neighbors.
 Then the Eastsider had an idea. He obtained some corn and drilled holes in the center of the grain. He tied a strip of stout cord about five inches long through the hole in each grain. To the free end of the string he attached a card. On each card he wrote:
 Please keep me at home
 After the hens swallowed the grains they hastened home with the tags flap ping about their bills.
 There has been a large demand for chicken wire at the corner hardware stores since. The peaceful social rela- tions are still intact for, of course, no one knows who did 1t!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
Medical Advice

If there is anything about your ail- ment that you don't understand, or If you want any medical advice, Write 10 fhe Doctor and he will answer you s,llv There is no charge for this ser vice. The address Is pr. W. B. Caldwell. lol Caldwell Building, Nenticsile. ILL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
They Who Walk Nm His Steps

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

The Jefferson. Monday, matinee and night Dandy Dixie Minstrels. Tuesday night-Treble Clef club, assisted by Hartmann, great vio- linist. Thursday night-Frank Daniels,
 in Hook of Holland"
 The Bijou. All the week, with Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday matinee
 Tennessee Tess" The Majestic.
 All the week, with daily mati- nees-TIigh class vaudeville.
 The Gayety.
 All the week, with daily mati- nee-Popular burlesque-"The Rt- alto Founders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
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PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP.

ported from France, at an enormous ex- pense for this engagement only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

a rival in the captain of his company The cry begins on the banks of the Zuy- der Zee, in the wind-milly and quaintly gabled town of Arndyh and then moves to the dstillery in Amsterdam, where dainty Miss Sallie and the doughty bandmaster win out in spite of the mach nations of the captain and the stern op- position of Papa Hook. In the telling of the story, the picturesque Dutch charac- ters of Arndyk and Amsterdam are in- troduced and an army of pretty Dutch maidens in striking costumes is employed in various places in the play, to lend both color and melody to the production
 MT. Frohman has staged Hook of Hol- land' in the most attractive manner pos sible. Both scenes and costumes are true in every detail to the locale. In the char acter of the old Dutchman, Frank Dan iels has some of the best opportunities of his long career of diversified suc- cesses. The big company contains an unusual number of important principals, among them being Marie Louise Crib bin, whose impersonation of Sallie Hook last season was so highly satisfactory, and who rejoices in the possession of one of the sweetest personalities of the American stage. Gladys Cloud, Flossie Hope, Leslie Stiles, Glen White, Arthur Harold. Will Danforth, William Kent, Tom Collins, Edwc I'd Burch, Edith Burch, Fleurette De Mar, and others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
Tennessee Tess"

Charles E. Blaney, who is called 'King of Melodramatic Producers" will bring his latest and what is said to be his best effort to the Bijou tomorrow for a per formance, beginning a weeks engage ment, with Miss Lottie Williams, who is credited with a larger following than any woman star playing the popular-price theatres in the title role The title of Miss Williams vehicle is Tennessee Tess. Queen of the Moonshners," and while the story Is full of heart throbs and excitement, as befits a play of noun tain life there is said to be that romantic atmosphere that always hovers around a tale or play of the southland.
 The story of Tennessee Tess' has to do with the adventures that befall a mountain waif in her efforts to unravel the mystery of her birth and at the same time save an apparently worthless noun tain, belonging to her sweetheart, from falling into the hands of interruptions persons who know 1t to be worth mil lions in iron ore. Heretofore Miss Will Hams has been seen in plays depicting city life. Tennessee Tess" it is said,
 
 offer an opportunity to show her versa tility in a character entirely different from anything she has ever attempted. In the construction of the play Mir Ba- ney is said to have treated a new theme in new way and to have written a part peculiarly adapted to the talents of his star.
 Much is claimed for the scenic display the story of Tennessee Tess" affords. The various scenes show a moonshiners camp with it's illicit still; a deep moun- tain guich crossed by trestle (with fast moving express train running ap- parently at full speed); an old-fashioned grist mill with it's immense water wheel (beng turned by a mountain waterfalD and southern lumber camp, all of which are said to lend an atmosphere of realism to the play such as has never before been attempted in a popular-price theatre
 The company supporting Miss Williams is said to be the most capable she has ever had Usual matnees will be given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28
Give Women Their Riqhts.

Give Women Their Rights. From Judge.
 Smith-Do you believe in woman suf- frage?
 Brown-Sure! Let the women suffer the same as the men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

remedy It either does or does not do the
 wortk claimed for it. If the class of in- telligent people who believe in all article is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-28

"The Three Twins" is one of the good musical comedies yet to be seen dur ing the present season at the Jefferson theatre. It is booked for April and will doubtless call for crowded houses.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-04-01

Paper napkins for sale at the
Monitor office. A splendid variety.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-04-01
Nevada Anti-Gambling and Bank
Bills Signed

Carson, New, March 24.-Gov.
rickerson has signed the Tallman
banking act, the mining Inspector
hill, the anti-gambling bill and the
juvenile court bill.
The banking act, though not in
Guiding the guaranty feature, is
almost the same in effect. Its vital
feature is the following: Every
officer and director of any banking
corporation who shall violate any
provision of this act shall be civilly
liable for damages to any person in
iured thereby and shall likewise be
liable to the guaranty desposit fund
of such corporation for the amount
Of money paid out to the depositors
therein. " ~.
The anti-gambling act provides
that on and after October. 1910, no
license shall be issued for any gam
bling game, and makes it a INSIDE
meanor to play any game for
money.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-04-01
Twelve Known Dead, Score
Injured; Tornado in Texas

Dallas, Tex. March 24.-TWelve
known dead, property loss reaching
into the thousands Of dollars and
possibly a score injured is the result
Of tornado which swept over the
northwestern part of Wise county
last night. Several small towns
suffered serious damage. The great
est loss of life occurred in the country
districts. The farm house of Ira
Rice, near Slidell, was crushed in by
the furious wind, and the family of
eight members pinned beneath the
Wreckage. A light in the house set
fire to the ruins, and, famed by the
strong wind, the flames snuffed out
their lives. ....
In the vicinity of Sanger two
farmers and two children Of a negro
tenant were killed.
Paper napkins for sale at the
Monitor office. A splendid variety.