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The Washington times., 1909-04-06
HOW A NEW JERSEY WOMAN
MADE HER STOMACH STRONG

doctor for indigestion, that has beer.
five months ago
eat everything I want, drink coffee
eat cabbage, ham, fined Dotaf0as
things doctor said not TO eat or I 'vvo1IId
die. "'Niu
do all my work. washing and all
We have four in the family. also -
large house that requires lots Of v,orl%
and do every bit myself. anna
realize that l am the zane wOnoo r.
I take pleasure in recCmu1endj,,,v Nj
O-na to my friends, and when 7 .sar -
anyone suffering with stomach tro,,t ~
in any form. l tell them lust Uzbat ~
has done for me, and give them So,,le
tablets 70 try would not daro -
without Mona In the ,ouse WIN,
should be dead if il wasn't for NTi-oSy13o l.
one years ago / only weighed I0o ~ 10.
now my weight is 143 lbs. good yvcicIt
/ feel 1 cannot praise your medicino
enough. / hope you will pardon tLic
long letter Thanking YOU for vo,IT
valuable time. Mrs Carrie Vana;Sy,3, "a
No. 70 S. r. Ave, BriLgeton. n
Henry Evans sells Mi-o-na tablets 60.
80 cents large box and eU3ranteos
them to cure Indigestion. StoD baicLiD.-
sour stomach and all stomach dist,ns9s,
or money back Mi-o-na is sold ~ Ieed9
ing druggists everywhere.
The Washington times., 1909-04-06
Boy Girl" Combines
Song, Dance, and Melodrama

The Cow Boy Gfrr' at the Academy
is a combination Of song, dance, and
meIodrama, mixed with some good,
clean comedy. There is also some
straight dialogue that is interesting and
amusing.
. The play ranges all the way from the
epigrams of the problem play to musi-
cal comedy, and it is acceptably acted.
There is a story, the usual polished
villain. aided by the inevitable Mexi-
can accomplice. and foiled at the last
by the inevitable good Indian. tries to
steal mine from the daughter of a
man he has murdered. The plot IS
foiled, the villain killed. and the three
pairs OF lovers are happily united.
The freshness and spontaneity of She
actors are refreshing Not much can
be said of the chorus, but the rest of
the cast 90 about their work as 81
they really enjoy it, and the audience
last night responded very fully TO their
efforts with constant applause
Miss Sue Marshall, as GTp Clyde, is.
of course, clever. as she always is. and
Mr.. Richardson, With his wholesome
ness and good IIature, made a decided
hit The play IS amusing. with occa-
sional thrilling situations, IS well acted
and well staged.
The Washington times., 1909-04-06
WOULD BE DEAD NOW IF SHE
HADN'T

Il haze been having stomach trouble
for some years. and two years ago had
n very bad attack Of acute Indigestion
These last years had 20 call a doctor
every week, besides taking doctors
medicine all the time. Ny food would
ferment, and there was so much gas in
my stomach 1 couldn't vomit. and the
doctor had 10 work for over an hour
before I could get relief Doctor put
me on diet for over one year and l
guess I have tried every doctor in town.
They al told me. it would take one
year TO get well providing I just ate a
milk diet That was the encouragement
they gave me. could not do my work:
had to have a girl. So weak at times
could not get up or down stairs. I
tried everything I heard of. At last I
saw Mona advertised, and thought I
would try that. I didn't have any faith
in q whatever. After taking half a box.
that was the last time / had to have a
The Washington times., 1909-04-06
REDEEMS A POOR PLAY:
FORTUNE HUNTER" SCORES A HIT
HEADLINERS ABOUND
IN BILL AT CHASE'S
Every Number on This Weeks
Program Fit TO Be
Featured.

The bill at Chase : this week is one
that can be called classy from start 70
finish. and to pick out from the list one
as particular headliner would he a Diff
icult problem. The sketches Of unusual
merit are Christmas on Blackwell S
Island" and Like Father. Like Son
The former is a vocal novelty by the
Sydney Deane Company, and presents a
scene in this famous prison. the selec-
tions being rendered by four of the in
mates. The comedy is supplied by
George ROLAND, Frank Willing and VIII
liam Belts assisting. The rendition by
Mr.. Deane of "Only One Place 1 Long
For was an excellent number.
For pure humOr, merry situations, and
many lively. complications the Like
Father, Like Son." as presented by the
Barrows-Lancaster company, Is one OF
the best farces of the season. In the
sketch. and adding much to the merri-
ment, are Miss Patty Allison and Miss
8run Johnson.
One Of the greatest Oriental novelties
so far presented On the Chase stage is
the acrobatic fears of the AIirza-Golem
troupe from the land Of the survivor
slippers Their performance was most
marvellous. "Circumstantial Evidence,
a sketch as originally produced by the
Lambs Club. gives an intense and inn
pressive idea Of he secrets of the jury
room in which the members stand eleven
to one for conviction. Marshall Farnum
as the hold-out furor. gives a dramatic
recital OF the scenes attendant upon a
murder in which he was implicated.
Bimmi BOomii Brrri!i IS the title
given a musical trio whose act proved
an innovation, and they certainly de-
serve a much better name for their
selections were excellently rendered.
Fred Sosman. the singing humorist, was
well received for his donation to the
program Dave Jones and Harry
MAYO give series of character Inn
personations of v ell-knOwn actors. The
Eitagraph shows the funny fisheries.
The Washington times., 1909-04-06

a sweet poem Of Bret Harte and make
a play out Of eight lines such as these.
And ever since then when the clock strikes
She walks unbidden from room to room;
And the air is filled as she passes through
With a subtle, sad perfume.
The delicate odor Of mignonette,
The ghost OF a dead and gone bouquet,
Is all that tells OF her story-yet.
Could she think of a sweeter way?
Tribute to Miss Hay.
There is too much to write for one
review. Miss Hay should be given
space for a quality of acting WIFI n is
rare among beginners and enabled her
to create a fine illusion as the niece.
She received hor forest of bouquets
with sweet modesty and did not allow
an ovation TO distract her attention
from her serious task OF keeping step
with an actor like Mr.. Mason. Miss
Gardner proved herself equal 10 pro-
jecting a role of extreme temperamental
requirements without exaggeratiOn or
loss of wOmanly charm But the finest
achievement I the cast, from certain
points Of view is that of Mr. Whytal
Other things he has done very well
But no actor OF our time, not even Mr.
Mansfield, Mr.. Chevalier, or Mr. Iau-
der. has more completely assumed a
character than has Mr.. Whytal this diff
llCuil one OF - justice VINO Is also a
keenly sympathetic human being
Yet as last nights brilliant audienFe
left the playhouse IL was hardly Of these
things il talked IL was hardly even Of
Mr. Thomas and his high achievement
IL was of the element which lie play-
wright has introduced so skill.ullv and
effectively, the element about which We
have all come so much TO wonder, the
element out OF which religion Is being
made. the element which a poet in
prison once DESCRIBED in these irtpres-
sive lines:
High walls and huge the body may confne
And Iron gates oostruct the prisoners gaze
And massive bolts may haffIe HIS design
And vigilant keepers watch his devious
ways.
But scorns the immortal mind such base con-
troll.
no chains can bind Il and no o., n en-
close
Swifter than light II flies from pole mole
And in flash from earth to heaye. q goes
ALLEN d. AIBEI Jr
The Washington times., 1909-04-06
.GAYETY-Reiuy and Woods Is Medic
ere BurlesquS Attraction.

The Seven Yuiiians, a troupe Of aero
bats, is about the only redeeming fea-
ture to Reilly & Woods offering at the
Gayety this week.
Barring a couple Of speciality songs.
there is little TO the opening burlesque,
"F'orty-five Minutes From Stageland, 3"
while there is only a slight improve
ment in the closing act. In the olio,
which contains five numbers, Thomas
p. Dunno sings a couple Of catchy
songs, but. barring hts act ana the
performances of the Yuilians, it is
rather tame.
A little more activity on the part OF
the chorus and a closer study of their
parts by the comedians would improve
the whole affalr.
The Washington times., 1909-04-06
LYCEUM-"Gaiety Girls" Is Burlesque
Full of Dash.

The Gaiety Girls and Pat White, at
the Lyceum this week, render a bill
well above the standard, and full of
dash. Two sketches, "Doings in Mud
VILE" and ''The Night of the Fight, 4"
were well received.
Every feature is funny and entertain
ing, including the olio. A bright lively
chorus handles several of the latest
songs in a creo,table manner, and the
inimitable Pat White. the harp COM
edian. keeps the audience in a uproar
throughout the long performance. Grant
and Catlin, Jennings and Webb. the
Malvern troupe, and George Davis pre-
sent a classy 10.
The Washington times., 1909-04-06

The conductor for Madame Butter
hy." which will be heard in washington
shortly, is Baron Gustave II. Ronfort,
formerly organise at St. Peters, Rome,
and conductor for nire years at the
Grand Opera House, Frankfurt on Main.
Germany, and frequently guest conduct
or at the court Of the Grand Duke OF
HeSsen, Russia.
The Washington times., 1909-04-06

On the front page or a menu-souyenJr
Of dinner given by members of ..Tae
Blue Mouse company was engraved C2l
Mice 10 their Breeders, their owners
their trainers, and their providers of
cheese, at the Cafe AIOnico"
The Washington times., 1909-04-06

Such knowledge of wOmankIud
as has been set forth In print by
only "a few master hands, ia cx-
hIbIted I'm "The Journal of Neg
Iected Wife," which straits In The
Times April 10.
The Washington times., 1909-04-06
MAJESTIC-Moving Pictures and
Vaudeville.

A well rounded vaudeville bill was
presented st the Majestic Theater last
evening before a crowded house.
Whitley and Rell found favor In A
comedy sketch, while a close second
in merit was ". s. Hall and his
French Follies Company.
Motion picture films above the aver
age compl eted the program.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
.Anent the subject Of yagrancy in

ii Anent the subject Of vagrancy in
the South. the New Orleans Times,
Democrat remarks:
In Georgia law was framed aim.
ed at those Negroes, and apparently
1t reached them 8at first. All other
Southern states followed in the foot
steps of Georgia, and splendid results
were promised from this legislation.
1t was expected to furnish much
more abundant supply of labor dur
Ing the busy farm season of the year;
to put an end to the drain of a large
idle class, doing nothing and provid-
ing nothing and to reduce the depre-
datlon and other petty crimes of the
idle Negroes.
But Tor some reason or other the
law has never worked as it was ex-
pected to do, but has dropped into a
state OF desuetude. It is admitted by
Fail that it is good law and that it is
constitutional; it was built on prac-
teal lines, and has been tested and
found fit
If the Southern states will ever
have the good sense to pass laws
aimed at Migrants and loafers of all
classes, they will, probably not fall
into "a state of desuetude," but there
will be a fair probability of their en-
fcrcement. A law aimed at ''those
Negroes'"'is fraud upon it's face and
ought to fail. { III .ss
49, E
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18

The New York Tribune highly com
mends Representative, Ransdell OF
Louisiana for preaching the gospel OF
diversified farming to his constituents
but adds: Il. w. - -.
IAN indictment of southern agricul.
tural methods when uttered by south
ern lips is not likely to be either vel.
come or effective, but the appeal of
the same plain truths when preached
by southerner is clearly shown by
the commentator which Mr.. Rams
del1's remarks have received in the
press of his section"
The remark is much less true than
it would have been if made twenty
years ago, but the fact is that the
Southern people are rapidly breaking
away from their Chinese-like conserv-
atism and are beginning to suspect
that somebody can teach them some
thing. So they are quite cordial in
welcoming experts who can teach
them methods of circumventing the
boll-weevil and for producing better
crops. In respect to everything ex-
cept politics, the South is becoming
quite teachable.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
WHITE SLAVERY.

An underground railroad, by which
white slaves are spirited away from
ST. Louis and brought under cover
into Chicago, as elaborate as any by
which black slaves ever were brought
into the North during civil war times
has been unearthed by former States
Attorney Clifford G.. Roe.
We should like to see some of the
ante-bellum Southern clergy who used
to show from the Bible that slavery
was an institution existing by special
design of the Almighty, apply their
arguments to this new phase of the
subject. They would be specially ap-
plicable and could be used with
scarcely one change Of thought. We
regard it as their imperative duty,
and, besides it would pay as the other
did in days of yore.
AS the Afro-American was forced
by circumstances to entertain correct
views respecting slavery. he may be
relied upon to do all in his power to
help throttle the hideous old monster.
THE APPEAL would be delighted to
learn IF some Afro-American who was
enabled to render his white brother
efficient service in the matter of put
ting an end to this atrocious traffic.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18

During the last decade, the number
of persons killed from walking on
railroad tracks mount up to about 5O,-
900. This is an appalling fact, but
the blame does not entirely rest,
where we are inclined to put it, upon
the railroad officers It is due in
great measure to the carelessness of
the people who suffer and to the alb
sence of good roads. The track is, in
thousands of instances, the best or
most available road between points.
We were once in a city where, on a
certain occasion, the track was the
only possible road from our stopping
place to the depot. So thousands of
people continue to walk the track,
despite the fact that it is punishable
trespass. But the law is never en-
forced, and the thing, killing included,
goes on.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
THE HELPLESS POOR.

Referring to Senator Culberson, the
New Orleans State says:
"FIe recognized that the great
masses of the people are and forever
must be poor, and one of the primary
ends of government is to protect the
millions of the helpless poor from the
avarice and oppression of the few who
are strong and aggressive"
All of which is certainly very true,
and the words should have great force
because of their truth and importance.
But they will not have that effect, sim
ply because the Senator's whole life
has been such as to show that he
kicks only when his OK is gored.
The majority of the helpless poor in
Texas are black people, but when Cul-
berson was Governor of Texas he fail
ed to see that the end of government
was to protect the helpless poor"
Senator Culberson's life has been
spent in aiding to enact such legisla-
ton as would make the helpless poor
still more helpless.
To this day the helpless poor white
man is stumbling along in ignorance
and degradation in consequence of
conditions to which he was subjected,
during the slavery regime, but the
aristocrats who controlled the South
ern states. Sic vas non vobis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18

chised themselves through their fail
ure to meet the requirement that all
taxes must be paid two years previous
to registration"
1t is doubtless a fact that a great
many of the Afro-Americans of Mis-
sissippi have not the intelligence nee
essary to know the value Of the right
of suffrage and it is not surprising
that they disfranchise themselves. The
white brother, however, in more en-
lightened communities than Missis-
sippi often does the same thing and
will not take the trouble to go to the
polls, except under the impulse of
great excitement. For instance, the
present dcplorable condition of things
in Chicago has been brought about in
great part by thousands of good citi-
zens DISTINGUISHING themselves.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
MRS. ATHERToN IN CHICAGO.

Chicago journalists are somewhat
worked up because Mrs. Gertrude
Atherton, after a seven days. soiourn
in the city, could discover no love for
art or beautiful things. What could
any one learn of Chicago in seven
days? But Mrs. Anterior seems to
think that in that time she could
learn all that was worth knowing, and
wrote a lot of offensive nonsense
about a city of which she knew moth
ing. That is, however, her usual rule.
She has written a lot of tommyrot
about the Afro-Americans, a race OF
people she has always endeavored tc
injure and misrepresent in her writ
ings. F
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF
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THE APPEAL very rarely comedies
with the religious teachings of Prof
Moster of Chicago University, .. but
fails to see that he is at all wrong in
the following:
There simply has got to be more
truth and more life in our churches
or the really religious people them
selves will repudiate the churches
Mems eyes are at last open and they
see how much that is false, dead, I'M
true in churchdom, how much of cur
rent christendom is contrary to the
spirit of Jesus. Living religion of liv
ing men will endure it no longer"
The fact is we'll known that for E
man to participate in a lynching, OF
in the white slave traffic or in de
frauding the government, does not in
terfere in the. slightest degree witt
his church relationships.
1t is equally true that were an Afro
American to simply enter into MAN.
OF the churches and take seat, the
act would be resented by the member
ship as a most unwarranted intrusion
and even the poor white man would BE-
a most unwelcome visitor at many O.
them. .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
/ ally conceded that the punishment !

ally conceded that the punishment is
well deserved. 81
In the South it is regarded as spe-
cially meritorious thing to oppose as
much as possible the paramount au-
thority of the Federal government and
to exalt that of the state.
So Sheriff Ships contempt was not
merely technical but real he pro-
posed to show Uncle Sam that he was
no match for a Tennessee sheriff and
to have a good cbuckle over the mat
ter with his pals of the same way of
thinking.
1t is well that he has been taught
better; and the lesson will not be lost
upon many others who are inclined
the same way. ..,a... .5..s:4 ::
Shipp is sadder, but he is wiser.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18

THE APPEAL. places no confidence
in the rumor that Senator Tillman's
staying out of the limelight is due to
an attack of hookworm. There isn't
hookWorm in Dixie that would dare
to tackle the man with the pitchfork.
The big bugs have so arranged mat
tiers that the testimony in divorce
cases is now sealed up and not re.
vealed to the public The law per.
mits this out of respect for the thigh
social standing of certain persons
when publication would endanger pub.
lie morals. Are not the courts be-
coming little. too complaisant?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1909
THE EFFICIENCY OF AGED
CLERKS.

AS to the comparative value of old
and young clerks, the report of Sec
rotary MacVeagh's efficiency commit
tee was to the effect that many of the
old clerks of the Treasury Department
are among the most efficient Of the
establishment, making up through ac-
curacy and experience any lessened
usefulness that might result from
decreased output Of work.
This is in precise accordance with
many other facts having bearing
upon that subject. While there have
been many wonderful instances of pre-
cocity upon the part of. young men,
yet it is known fact that much of
the choicest literature is the work OF
very old men. And so in all depart
ments of human endeavor, the old
veteran holds such a prominent place
that his services cannot be dispensed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-12-18

with.
Recently, while witnessing the per-
Torrance of one of the finest musical
bands in the world, we noticed spe-
cially that the majority of the per-
formers were grayhaired and bald
headed.
In fact the efficiency of any set of
men cannot be judged by the ages of
the individuals, since many men are
more infirm at thirty than others are
at fifty. So the question of efficiency
cannot be decided by simple consider
alton Of age, but by the physical and
mental condition.