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New Academy.

Capt. Clay of Missouri" native play.
with sound sentiment. true hunlor. keen
character drawing and a fine element of
political complications, will be the at
traction at the New Academy this week
Like AT Piney Ridge His Last Dol
lar and other efforts of David Higgins,
who. with his brother Milton. is his own
playwright, Capt. Clay of Missouri was
written to fit the actors peculiar talents
Mr.. Higgins plays the role of Capt Bob
Clay, who has the reputation in a little
southern Missouri town of being some
thing of sport, as he loves TO race
horses and sit in a game of draw poker
These tastes are responsible for the fact
that his sweetheart has refused his an
Eual proposal for seven years. The dra-
matte complications arise from the fact
that Capt Bob becomes candidate for
Congress. is accused of appropriatins the
campaign funds and, to protect the broth
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1.-THE Virginia judge :"

'iiases next week will offer Anna
Laughiin and Joseph II. Howard in a mn
seal novelty: Walter &. Kelly. The \.ir-
sinia Judge" In a new docket of the HI
zarre types brought before the bar OF ius-
lice v Virginia court in the wayba *
district: Angela Dolores and COMPANY in
the brilliant and dramatic comedy sketch
oupla at Home Harry Keane ard
Olive Briscoe In the farcical hi "A Trial
Marriage; Johnston and Harry. popular
singing comedians: the Hughes music l
trio in instrumental arrangement: Londe
and THY. English novelty artists i'm a
comic specially. and the motion pictures
of The Cotton Industry in the South''
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Burton Holmes.

At the New Masonic Auditorium tonight
Burton Holmes will begin a new series OF
trayelogues For nearly twentv years Nj.
Holmes has circed the globe in search OF
the picturesque and generally unknown
points of interest in strange lands. In his
many tours he has always travelled with
a predetermined viewpoint in mind to re-
produce for his audiences. Commencing
with his present series Mr.. Holmes has
chosen what he terms The Beautiful
Way Around the World" The subjects
for the course are Hawaii. which is
given tonight: New Japan odd Japan
Java and More About Paris. In the
first travelogue, Hawaii. the Honolulu OF
today is wildly pictured: happy days are
spent in surfing at Waikiki: little tours
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Adela Verne.

At the Columbia Theater, Tuesday aft
ernoon. January ~, Adela Verne who
has been commanding marked recogni-
ton throughout the country as pianist.
will appear. For this. her first tour OF
America. series of programs has been
arranged To display her exceptional capa-
bilities In the way OF power and force.
toned by delicate shading European en-
gagements will prohibit her temperance
in this country for several years at least.
Mail orders will be filled in the order in
which they >re received, and the regular
sale of seats will begin at the box Office
one week in advance.
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several DISCUSSES. such as roorvall r
OF department store. clerk OF :, soda
fountain. detective and "A head waiter ~
restaurant. In each part he seems In
De al his best. Mr.. Fields has surrounded
nifnself VITA an excellent company. which
i ~ 'onhle Ediss. the famous come
dian of the London Gaiet, Conna,, W,
was brought over to America especially T.,
create her present role OF Mrs. Schnir:
Louie Faust. the original TriNie in Tina
wizard or o1: Daisy Dumont: Pearl
Lund. the cir, behind tho ,o,,,tn,....
| Iopsy Seagrist, the famous Weber ani
Fieids dancer: the original English poay
ballet. Lottie Fremont. Denman Maley.
Joseph Ratcif. Martin Brown. Charles
Judels and Hubert Neville
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dragged Robin. I"

At the Columbia Theater next week
Chauncey Olcott will be seen in the new
Irish play, Ragged Robin The role of
the careless. happy minstrel is peculiarly
well adapted TO Mr.. Olcott's personality.
Ragged Robin is founded upon a pref
ty love story. interviewer with which are
many bits of Irish fairy lore. Manager
Pitou has been lavish in his expenditure
OF money on beautiful costumes and
scenery for the illustration of the story
and has surrounded Mr. Olcott with an eX-
cellent company.
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toria. Her dainty and amusing mimicry
OF the stars of the stage is supplemented
by emphatic character song hits. The
added attraction will be Ruth Allen and
Six London Johnnies. including Clifford
Robertson. a musical novelty produced
by Jesse Lasky. The locale is the stage
door OF the old Gayety TEeater. London,
during the run of ''beanty show" and
the Johnnes are gathered there waiting
their chorus divinites. II is said to have
many smart songs. eccentric dances and
laughable specialties nterpoated Charles
Leonard Fletcher promises a special pro-
gram for the delectation of his Wash
ington admirers. Monroe and Mack will
play blackface farce. Taking the Third
Degree" G. Grant Gardner and Marie
StOddard will enliven with Vaudeville
EIiyolitias -
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show to what eXtremities a woman Will
so to hold the interest of the man she
loves. In this particular case the woman
loves a thief. and Miss Shannon after
many months of keen observation has
determined this radical measure is not
necessary. and she has arranged a formula
whereby legal crimes may be substituted
by common sense.
This is Miss Shannons collection of
DOS, DontS and NeverS.
Never let Your husband believe that your
interest in other men has subsidized COM
pietely.
Never overlook the cuquetry of clothes
Your husband may not know the differ
ence between brocade and calico, but he
feels it.
Do not forget that tears. seedlings and
threats are valuable aids. but they should
not be used continuously less they lose
their force.
Do not forget that the best of love is
three-fourths physical and one-fourth
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broker has left her alone She burns the
letter instead of mailing it.
The third and fourth acts, several
months later. find Laura and Brockton
living. together in fashionable hotel.
Madison in the meantime has struck II
rich out west. and comes to New York to
claim Laura as his bride, firmly believing
that she has held fast to her promise
to lead a life of decency. He discovers
the true state OF affairs, however. ana
after forcing a confession from the girl
leaves her to continue her life with
BrocktOn.
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1.-THE Thief. +"

Henry Bernstein's powerful play The
Thief" will be at the New National The
alter next week for eight performances.
The cast will include Mr. Kyrle Bellew in
his original role of the husband That
the entire cast will be one of the strong
est Charles Frohman has sent 10 this city
in some time is evident from the fact that
the names of Herbert Kelley and Effie
Shannon appear in the announcements
woman's love for beautiful clothes
and her theft of material with which to
have them made is the ba sis of the plot
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Academy Concert.

Tie feature of the program for the
Sunday concert at the Academy tonight
will he the king Casey" quartet, who's !.
work created mucn favorable comment
during the past week. Master Peter
Becker, The sweet-voiced boy soprano:
Tom Fay. monologist: Harry Daily, in
comic songs and parodeS, are also prom
ised. in addition TO AN interest ing series of
the latest productions in life motion pic
tltP.a
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.'The Girl Behind the Counter.

Lew Fields and the celebrated musical
play. THE Girl Behind the Counter" will
appear at the Belasco rheater next week
AS Henry Schrif in The Girl Behind the
Counter" Mr.. Fields is said to have the
best roic OF his career Il comedian The
part is that of d henpecked multiplied
millionaire" who is compelled to assume
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Gayety.

Next week Mr. Charles II. Waldron will
offer his "Trocadero BurleSquers' at the
Gayety Theater. Mr.. Frank Finney is al
the head of the company this year The
buresques college Days" and ION the
Panama will open and close the bill one
of the real treats of the season will be the
appearance Of the Three Dumonds, wan
dering Ministries.
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Majestic Theater

The Majestic Theaters live vaudeville
this week includes Fisher and Fisher,
comedy cyclists; Marzeno. the new CEN
fury mystery; George Turner, back
faced singing and dancing artist. Motion
pictures and the cameraphone talking pic
lures complete the bill.
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New Lyceunl.

The attraction at the New Lyceum TINS
week viii be tie Cherry Blossoms The
program is in two acts and an olio with
the usual number OF hsh-class specialties.
including John Perry. Carlysle and Perry
Kenney and Hollis Loro and Payne and
Granville and Mack.
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are undertaken in the Island of Oahu: a
visit To Maui is made: the crater of
Haleakala is seen at sunrise: the largest
iSand-Hawaii itself-is circumnavigatad !:
Hilo is revisited. and the volcano of XII
aGea is reached in time to witness some OF
the grander phases of its recent activity
This traveogue will be repeated tomorrow
afternoon at 30 The subject next Sun
day night will be New Japan
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No Columbia Concert.

There will be no public entertainment
at the Columbia this evening. Mr.. 81
monds having consented TO break in his
course of Sunday evening diversions to al
low Miss Olga Nethersole to conduct her
final dress rehearsal.
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er of his sweetheart. does not deny tie
charge.
David Higgins as Capt Bob Clay the
sport of Cornville. does not keep all the
honors to himself Excellent support Is
furnished by Clara Armstrong. Margaret
Macdonald Lelah Hailock Lawrence
Atkinson, Jack Wyatt and john Webb
Dillon.
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"Sold Into Slavery.'

For the week of January II the attrac-
ton at the Academy will be the sensa-
tional 'melodrama sold Into Slavery"
under the direction of A. J. Spencer
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STORY OF THE EASIEST Way
Tho plot of Tie Easiest Way" in which
David BeasCo presents Frances Starr at
the Belasco Theater this week. deals
with the life of Laura Murdoch. who
at the age of sixteen years had come
to America from Australia. and who,
after having been twice married, each
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but Mr.. Stecles comedy is too valuable a
piece Of property for me to sell it,
Miss Net herSole and Miss Mannering
have already had two conferences on the
matter. but existing contracts will make
1t Impossible for this arrangement 10 be-
come effective until next season.
Miss NethersOle has also SOLD the west
crn territory rights to The Writing on
the Wall to her brother Louis Neither
sole, who will send out second company
as soon lie arrives from Australia,
about February l.
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Chase'S.

Chases program this week will include
Clarice Mayne, 1.-THE Elsie Janis of Eng
land who is said to rival Nesta Vic
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which overlook ancient Babylon. The
play is being staged and rehearsed under
Miss Nethersole's personal direction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

George GrosSmith has written a musical
play called Tie President Daughter.
the scenes being laid in South American
stale.
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Clara Morris is said 10 be very i'll at
her home in Ionkers. She has been har-
ing some anxiety over property troubles.
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Fernando Eliseu will play the Only
woman role in the Pickpockei, which
Arnold DAILY is to produce.
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When the revised edition of Cameo
kirby is produced next month Edna
Goodrich. Mrs Maj Goodwin, Will he he
leading woman III her husband : play.
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Tie Lion and the Mouse is 10 have
an early production in Japan.
Harry Woodruff has been engaged 10y
Asllin & Singer for their Chicago theat.r
cDmDapN
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~ Stubborn Cinderella a new musi-
cal comedy. with John Barrymore and
Sallie Fisher in the leading roles, will be
produced In the Broadway Thcater, New
York, January -.
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Thomas Willard and Edgar Selwyn
have written a play entitled The Bar
barians. and it viii short y be put in
rehearsal by Henry T.. Harris.
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MISS SHANNONS EPIGRAMS. Miss
Ehie shannon. who will play Marise in
The Thief at the National Theater next
week has been compelled through the
eNisencies OF the role, To study many
phases o. woman's attitude to men.
The entire argument of THE Thief is to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

CLYDE Fitch says HAT "A Happy Mar
rage is his first serious comedy and
original play since lie wrote The Truth.
Doris keane is - have one OF The prin-
cipal roles in The piay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

Contracts have been CLOSED by Leande
s. Sire of the Bijou Theater. New York
whereby he will produce a play by II. II
Durant in the near future. Mr.. Durant'
play is known as Man and His Mate,
and Miss Hilda SponS has been engage,
to star.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-06
NEWS OF WHITES CHAPEL.

Rosston, Ark, April 6-Health generally good except bad colds
 Sunday school at this place is progressing nicely. We have over 30 enrolled now, and ex- pect several more.
 Some have began to make pre- parations for planting cotton The acreage around here is abont the same as usual.
 You would see us brighten up a little if we could get good rain, although it is nor serious ly needed.
 Misses Fife Alder and len nie Rhea who are attending school at Bodcaw visited. their homes Saturday and Sunday near Delta.
 Joe Goodwin left last week for Texas. and will return this week. bringing with him a cook
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-06

can negro is plain. He speaks with a decided German accent and asks with a shrug of his shoulders and a wave of his hands, Do you understand me?"
 Just why he left Germany to come to America he could not make plain owing to the fact that he spoke part of the words in German and part in English. From his conversation it was g)eaned that he wanted to leave Germany to avoid army duty and that he thought he could make his way in America by giving lectures.
 According to his statement he landed in New York about a year ago and went to Washington city and obtained employment as interpreter, From Washington he went to Detroit and from there to Chicago He worked in a side show there last summer in an amusement park.
 He claims he got to drifting about the country. He says he had no special reason for coming south or for going to Pine Bluff, At Pine Bluff he asserts he was induced to drink horses neck
 ''I don't know what was in that drink but when l came to my self l was driving a horse and hIInmU hot did hn1<rcr tn and here l am," said the negro solemnly.
 Concerning the speaking of Eng fish the negro says he knew the language fairly well before he came to America, He says he learned it in England
 He asserts the Americans speak better English than is spoken in England. He was asked to ex- plain why.
 Every letter has distinct sound" said the negro, If there are five letters in a word the i letters have a certain sound Some Englishmen skip a letter or two before they begin to prC- nOunce a word"
 'Dutch's' father and mother were born in Abyssinia and nov ed to Germany. He claims his .ather was a linguist and that he has a brOtheR in Hamburg who can talk several languages. He says the Abyssinian colony north of Hamburg. Germany is fast thinning out. This he says is not due to the fact that the negro does not like Germany, but tAat he cannot thrive well in this climate.
 The negro is 33 years of age and is in ill health, He has been confined in the hospital ever since his arrival here.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-06

ese, Japanese and many Of the Polish dialects. that he knew many of the languages spoken by the tribes of South Africa and that he could converse freely with many of the tribes in the Philippine Islands.
 Owing to the hampered use the negro has of the English lan- guage it could not be clearly
 earned just how he came to master so many tongues From his conversation however, it was gieaned that both the Ger man and English governments learned of his aptitude in picking up languages and that he had been employed by both of the gov ernments as an interpreter, He claimed that he could acquire a working knowledge Of nearly any tongue in ten days. He explained this by saying that he had ob- served that the ordinary words of various languages come from the same roots. In this way he classified the nations Of Europe in one branch. Asia in another and Africa in another. He claims that as soon as he hears a new word it fastens itself in his mem- ory and ass oon as he has placed the word to the object it be- comes part of his vocabulary.
 He was asked if he did not be come confused at times as to what language he was using. He claimed that he could use any language himself that he has Learned, but that he cannot al ways understand what is said to him on the spur Of the moment in any given language. He sad the words sounded familiar but that he could not always with out some reflection place their 
 Dutch" as he is called looks just like any other negro He is very black and is proud of his color. That he is not an Ameri-
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-06
NEGRO SPEAKS 2i
 DIFFERENT TONGUES
Arkansas Convict Attracting Attention by
 His KnowIedee of the World.

Eugene Caldwell, a negro who was born 62 miles north Of Ham, burg in Germany and who is serv ing a sentence iD the Arkansas penitentiary on charge or grand larceny having seen sent up from Jefferson county is prob ably one of the best, linguists in Arkansas. regardless of color, if his own statements carry any weight. The negro claims to be able to speak 21 different lang uages He says he has been in 27 nations and provinces on contin- ents and in 5000 islands of the sea. The negro has been nick named Dutch at the peniten tiary.
 He was seen yesterday at the penitentiary hospital by a re- porter whose Knowledge of for eign languages is considerably less than 21. 1t was plain how ever the negro could converse better in German than in any oth CT tongue and a Germans speak ing convict was called to aid in 
 The negro sta ted that he could speak German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Chin
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-06
THE PRESCOTT DAILY NEWS.
 PUBLISHED BY The News Printing Go.

Entered as second class mail matte November 4th, 1905, at the postoffice at Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress, March g. 1879.
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locates us I We climbed out and landed
Teenle on top of the fence.
"But the Maori says she. "0h.
where is the Major?'
Then | looks up the course a ways
and sees what it is we We been follow
in over the hurdles-an old white mule
that s been pastured inside the ine!os-
ure. He's standin there lookin at
us. with one ear Topped and kind or
humorous, satisfied look on his face.
aAh, grin, darn you'll says I. and
C1ementina takes one horrifyin glimpse
and tumbles off the fence in hear.
Tie coachman seemed little puzzled
| CONTINUED on Page Eleven.l
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grill says I. fsI' IN no life buoy
'Hellupl Hel-lup!" says she, kick
in lively with both feet and clawin
at the back of my pajama jacket like
she was furlin' g SAIL sob, m dud-
dnd-drowningt
G 'wani' says L sfYou re actin
as if you was cllmbin' creased pile.
You re all right. All, quit the contor-
tions until I can find out where we
are
But she d got started calm for help.
and there was no stoppin her. And
there was me, up to my knees in chilly
water, not DARN to walk around for
fear Of wadin into hole; and not
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able to put her down.

dDIe 20 put HFF UUWH.
Say, I guess we'd been there yet if
it hadn Il been for one of the coachmen
wakin up out at the stables He
throws switch and about three dozen
incandescents is turned on. lightia mp
the grounds all around. As it happens
there s a light almost over rs, and one
glimpse clears up the mystery about the
bushes and the fence Seem, the Viii
loughbys has a private runnin course
where they train their hunters. That's
the track wee been followin' and Just
at that minute we was in the middle
of the only water hurdle in the whole
length. By the time the reseuin party
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Princess K
York was
the big OPP
guest at al
orations i
many lfttE
the visit Of
sion with 4
internnissid
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as the pre-
Just a trat
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TO the visi
interpolatif
composltiof
Of the orch
ing from n
Princess
the Mongd
OF Prince
Colonel sd
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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
SAN MATEO CLUBWOMEN
REHEARSE FUNNY FARCE
"Spinsters' Convention" to Be
Staged by Amateurs Feb. 3

SAN MATEO. Feb. 1S.-The first man
that saw them trailing by him on their
way TO Froebel hall fervently swOre
that he had not had drink during the
day, but that the ghost of his grand
mother and 20 of her friends were GER
tainly abroad on that moonlight night.
His wife listened with a show of COM
passion and then explained to the head
of the family that il was simply a dress
rehearsal of the city's clubwonfen for
their "Spinsters' Convention" entertain
ment to be held February %.
CARRIED in the habiliments Of civil war
times, from poke bOnnets to territorial
embracing hoop skirts. number OF the
leading and talented amateurs of the
omans club will present the laugh
able farce for the benefit OF the Red
Cross guild hospital.
The members OF the Young Ladies'
Single Blessedness debating society
whose main object Is the securing OF
husbands are plunged into a number
OF humorous positions in their efforts
to secure heIpinates. and the farce
promises to go with snap and vim.
Among those who will take part in the
play are;
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-19
EIGHT PRISONERS HEW
THEIR WAY TO FREEDOM
Trusty Discovers JaiIbreak and
Sounds the Alarm

OAKLAND. Feb. 1s.-Eight prison
ers cut their way to liberty from a
rear wing Of the city prison here short
~ before midnight, snd are still at
large. The men used knife IN hew-
ing a hole II inches square in an old
redwood door that had been barri-
caded by building hunks against it,
in going over the top OF Judge Sam
uels' courtroom they broke a skylight,
and the noise was heard by a trusty,
who gave the alarm.
A general police alarm has been sent
out, and detectives are securing the
city, as well as watching the outgoing
trains.
The Jail breakers were all being neld
for petty larceny and vagrancy. Their
names follow
Joseph Zamboho, Thomas Baylin.
Fred Meyer. Homer Stolcuph, Herbert
A. Miller, Claude Strowbridge, Harry
Fitch, Sullivan Moore. colored.
When the escape Of the men was
discovered Jailer Ahearn Immediately
rang the alarm bell warning the cap
tain Of police on duty at the time that
a jailbreak had taken place.