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ed ip flowing grace. all white and pro-
 fuseiy jewsled.
 ! Her dsep. full voice is used in very
 like trayerty of elocution. begin
 nins with, Captive Memories" a
 paneeyric of love, with q piaintive
 plano accompa niment. haif minute
 Of dramatic silence between verses
 and her intensity of facial expression
 devoted to phases Of passion, not to
 say spasms of erotic agony. blithe-
 some relaxation we'll might come with
 "A Lesson with a Fan" in which she
 shows how that ostensibfy cooling ar
 ticle may be used to kindle warm
 flame Of fiirtation.a but her manner is
 that of q tragedienne turing a victim
 to horrid deed. little Boy Blue.' is
 pathetic account in rhyme of a
 child's death that seems, to call I. for
 simplicity in recitation; but she in- tones if as though an Imitation or her bishop uncle and grand-upcle In a
 church service; and the gallery laughs at what 1t seems to conclude !s burIesquery; while the parquet is divided among auizzical attention' puzzled interest and real absorption. ana the lady herseiff She weeps. Yes. sine does. Tears come out of her eyes. trickle down her cheeks and drop on hsr bosom. Does she think .of the child lost to her In the separation from her husband? Is it the essence or ten,ueranertal actresss readily arous- ed emotion? Does she put water under I her eyelids and wink 1t out? Anyway. they are swet drops. I'll swear, for ! sat in the second row and reinforced the spotiiehts with an opera glass The chaperon. personated by Max inc Elliott. In "The Chaperon;" the new piay of wediocked hands across the sea. is an American countess through marriage with European ignobleman; :; Ehe has quit him in disgust and has come home to get divorce If she can. ana the audience makes her ac- nt,aintance in the Adirondaeks. where she becomes transiently a matron to d houaefuti Of girls and boys inclined fo uatr of. The chaperon, is distract ed from her duty of watching the young folk by the arrival of both her detested huaband and the beloved fel- | low whom she gave up to become a | countess. To escape from them she paddles impuisively away in canoe on a lake. Is storm tossed ashore on an isiand, and it is at daybreak next morninE that we see her there with | her true lover, damp, cold and bedrag- | gied Then her husband tags along. catches her in the other chaps com fortinR- arsas and there 4s~a- Triangular
 row. But 1t is all for fun. The Chaperon" is comedy of many little
 Anelasats Spf -RRa 1piseasa esE Ehi.
 ss aids s sS ss.lss ss lafsadsss 9 fssss with an even dozen of girls aud boys sy, one in camp. where six couples
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
THEA ATRICAL LETTER
 OF FRANKLIN FILES

New York. Jan, s--An actress who defiantly calls herself Mrs. James Brown Potter, although her husband protests against her use Of his name, and another who willingly cuts off the wedlock word in Mrs. Maxine Elliott Goodwin. are stirring that portion of New York society which likes to be called the Smart Set. Maxine Elliott opens a new theatre with a new play under fashions wbImsicsi favor. Cora Urauhart q print if to show you by it's unfamifiarity why she : sticks to her thorouxhiy-exploited wife name of Mrs. Potter) returns to the stage from which she has been absent twelve years in London. She was a petted grand niece by marriage of one Bishop Potter and niece of another. you may renlesn- ber. when she passed from amateur to professional acting under Kyrle Bel jews guidance, was disowned by her husband and his family therefor, and now, our modish townfolk are going to a vaudeville house to see how she locks a dozen years after their last sight of her. The new view is theatric to the utmost possible extreme. A dark cur tain hangs across the stage ten feet from the front. Hidden behind that a minute of overture Is played on . plano. Next,.-all lights are turned out After black moment, a brightly H. Iumined face appears. It Is Mrs. Pot. ter's and so very thin.- so whtteiy painted, so weirdly lit up. that 1t looks like a spooks lyisage. Y The intensity or the concentrated light is attained by aiming two reflect ed calciums from the upper corners of the proscenium. while third from the centre of the balcony strikes exactly where the two others cross. Meanwhile, Mrs. Potter has placed her feet on e marked spot so that her face Ia precisely at the point of the three shafts intersection. I hate to pc mechanical in describing this ghostly--- vAs. Rhastly--revelation or Mrs. POt- ter,s head: but the device of those three converging beams. striking her face this side, that side and front vvise- ia too clever to let go unnoticed. Fsesidea. 1t proves that the once belle .ynnng those who called themselves the Eonr Hundred 10 willing to sacrifice naraor,ai prettiness for the sake of a
 nrofeasional startIe; for the intensity c1 the illumination, while it does away s.,,th the disfiguration of shadows, smaire. ths painting of the face--the rnake-up with red. black and mostly vvhite---stand out in sinudgs and glare of disiliusion. It is artistlc, fhourh: and after the face alone has been exposed while you might count five slowly, the spotlight from L@ne @ balcony is enla&ged to coysk hsE CT VIII ans fieufe' while thE two NseFss ares s1keRs foc,,s seti on her face ss and there ue- vaIops a fuil-length woman or tne latest mode. topped by. q piumeo n1' of picturesquely enormous size' sewAr ssar
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
FOUR SOLID CAR LOADS OF
 MARBLE AND STONE WORK

During the week just passed the Capital City Marble Works sold as much finished marble and stone work as they sold in the entire month of December-and December was consid- cred a good month. The quantity sold in the past week was even four solid car loads. This is something that they have a right to feel proud of.
 The growth of the business. and the rapid spreading of the territory of this hustling and energetic young concern has been phenomenal. South ern buyers of finished marble and stone are rapidly awakening to the fact that the Capital City Marble Works of this city can give them as fine work at prices as low or lower than any other similar company within 500 miles of Montgomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10

family in this comic. epfa scenic pro- 'duction. '-Ths ecstufnes were beauti- fui and the rendition of the opsratic seleut1Oas WIS reeeivod with every manifestation of pleasure on the part of the audience
 F1smsn and Roth have neat singing act and their talk 10 composed ef . 9ood lot of new material. The man is everything that could be desired in
 a team singing turn, while the woman plays up to hts leads in creditaoie
 style. .s < Marie Salisbury is said to be a neat
 little girl with . pretty good voice.
 Her songs are impersonations, and her dancing is styled "exceilsnf' In me |lcritlcisms which she has received :. The Unique Takara, q master or magic. does number of tricks that are always catchy. In this day of clever .,ma gic.. there are few new tricks.
 but Takara gets away with his stunts in most creditabie styie.
 The moving pictures, aiways' lea tnre of. the Majsstfc performances. wili
 close the bill.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10

though their debt were civil one. and 1t not unfrequently happens that de- fauiters goods and chattels are sold to meet church demands Lately also considerable feeling has been aroused by the clerical opposition to cremation, specially in Prussia. and also to their conduct at the grave of suicides, which Is entirely medieval in its character
 But probably the chief cause of the movement against the church Is the spread of Rgnosticism among all classes Of the population and the fact that even in those universities where until recently an orthodox theology was taught, there are now few chairs from which ultra Liberal views ara not procla imed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
LAUDERDALE FARMER
 FOUND DEAD IN BARN

Florence. Jan. s.-(speclai. )-Ensiey Hitchcock, aged fifty. well-tO-do farmer In the west end of the county. was found hanging in his barn this morning. Suicide is supposed to be from bad health.
 He had completed preparations to move West and two sons had preced- ed him. He leaves his wife and four children,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
Wifh6he
 plAYerS

remembered al pr. c. w. Hurd. for. meriy a druggist of this city, but now in business at williamsport, Md. With the coming of her act to the Majestic. Miss Goison will be making her first trip to the city of her birth since the age of three.
 The press of Mobile states that an- other headline feature of the bui was the return engagement of the Rennee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10


 low "The Chaperon." So I don't doubt that for the Americanixed version of The Blue Mouse" which I described two weeks ago. he gets an ordinary playwright's minimum royalty for original matter-at quick estimate s200 a week, ss,o0o for q sure season of forty weeks and likely total of s15,000 for the whole fife of play which he has merely overhauled. l am not saying that he Is oveTpaid either: for his work is skilled. his name Is a trademark. and his income In this instance depended on his ability to take enough of the nastiness out oi foreign farce to render II agreeapIs to Americana without removing also its humor. Like an American, l have drifted from the question of merit te that of money. So does Fitch, too. else he wouldn't turn aside from orighal composition for fame and take to farce cleaning for cash.
 Franklin Fyle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
CONGRESS
s.,n,,narx of Heuse.

Washington. D. C., Jan. s-Ine strenuous work tired the House of Representatives, and having, after be- ing in session little less than an hour today. the body adjourned utnil Monday.
 During that short period. however five hundred pension bills were passed, a also was a~resolution for a rigid inquiry Into the whole question or the investigation of frauds against the government. The sum of s6,000 was appropriated for the inquiry. which IS to be made by a committee oG nNe members named by the Speaker.
 Tomorrows sessions will be devoted to memorial exercises for the late Senator Procter. of Vermont.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
Summary Of senate.

Washington, D. C.. Jan. 9.-Eul5gies on the late Senator Refield Proctor, of Vermont. were delivered in the Sem ate today. Senat0r Dillingham; was the first to pay tribute to the life and character of his late colleague. He was followed by Senators Daniel, Per kins, Clay, Shoot. Crane, Hsmenway and Page.
 With the exception of little rou- tine business, the Senate devoted the entire day to this service
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10

The scene of '.The Time. The Place and The Girl" which comes to the Grand on Thursday night, is laid in the mountains of Virginia, at a rest cure" whither Happy Johnny Hicks and his pal. Tom Cunningham. have fled from the result of an escspaae Q. ss Cunningham's in a gambling mousse Ia Boston. The complexities of the plot occur while the rest cure" is in q state of quarantine with the servants all absent. The guests are forced 70 do the work themseives--a conoition that inspires mutiny among some or them. Of course. there Is pretty love story. The production is unusually artistic and the chorus is the liveliest and prettiest crowd of girls that ever gathered into one company. Messrs. Adams and Hugh are, the authors Of the play. and the music Is by Joseph k. Howard. New Wayburn produced the twelve musical numbers and the Askin- Singer Company are the owners of this phenomenal musical play.
 With the prestige of having created. the longest run ever made by any show In Chicago, in addition to ten weeks ,n Boston and sixty times In New York to crowded houses. "The Time, The Place and The Girl" which opens at the Grand Thursday night. carries at least one other distinction. It Is that 1t Is a comedy with music and a plot" The combining of a story that can be understood, with music of the wllistly sort and wonderful dances by pretty girls have been the pivotal fea- lures of it's enormous success.
 The most sensational of the dances is ."Tne Dixie" number. which. in com bination with the Uncle Sam's Best Girl" is the finale of the second act. It was staged like the other dances by New wayburn. and is undoubtedly the acme of his work as producer:
 John E. Young heads the cast. He appears as a happy-so- lucky gambler with typical and prolific vocabulary, who corners all situations when he finds himself caught at Quarantined sanitarium. Among those in the cast are Elizabeth GoodaIl. Mable Melvine. Lillian Goldsmith, and many others. while the chorus of fifrty IS considered the most beautiful en tour this sea- gons
 Ten real song hits will be, introduced during the action of the play. Among them are Thursday is. My Jonah Day." ''bixie, Love You" 'The Waning Honeymoon" "Don't You Tell" II Don't Like Your Family" and "Blow the Smoke Away"
 At the Majestic
 A vaudeville bill that Is well rec commended by the press of Mobile. where the bill was seen at the Lyric Theatre last week, is booked for the Majestic this week. There are five turns to furnish the amusement. and one of them Is said to be worthy of the most advanced vaudeville houses of America and Europe. It Is the Byrne Goison Players.
 In speaking of this act. the manager of the Lyric Theatre wrote the book ing house in Chicago: 'sIn the vernac. .,11. ,f tha vaudavilla world the act syas a riot. stood 'em on the back of she chairs with laughter; 1t is Q long dime since we have had an act that has scored the solid hit that this one has,"
 Miss Golson was born in Mousgom- cry. and her grandfather was the late Judge Golson. Her father VIII Ds
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
-.xcy WHITE ASPARAGUS.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-10
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 BROCK GROCERY co. The Pure Food Stores
 Adv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05
In MEMORY OF JEFFERSON.
Descendants of the Signers to Hold
Exercises at His Tomb.

April 13, the 176th anniversary of the
birth of Thomas Jefferson. writer of
the Declaration of Independence, will be
fittingly celebrated by the descendants
Of the Signers. an organization of the
lineal descendants of the signers of
that document.
=, President and Mrs. Taft will receive the
members of the board of governors and
Of the society Easter Monday. April l..
after which visit will be made to the
War Department to see the "immor-
tai document" which was signed by
their ancestors. In the evening there will
be an entertainment in the Arlington
Hotel, at which a number of prominent
men will deliver addresses.
The pilgrimage to Jefferson's univer-
sty, the University of Virginia. and to
his tomb at Monticello, his old home. will
be made by the society the following
day. President A. f. Alderman and
the faculty of the university will re-
ceive the society, which will take part
in the founders day exercises and then
be entertained at luncheon.
Accompanied by representatives of the
university. a committee of the local
Daughters of the American Revolution
and other prominent persons, the So
ciety will march TO the tomb, where fit
ting exercises will be held. including sew
eral addresses by men of note
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05

HONOLULU, March "a, 1909.
Rev. DR.. Serene Edwards Bishop, for
many years the Hawaiian correspondent
of the Washington Star. died last night
in his eighty-third year. His wife and
Honolulu and Dr. Bishop of Oregon, sur
vive him.
DR.. Serene E. Bishop was born in 1895
at kailua, on the Island of Hawaii This
IS where the American missionaries,
among whom were his father and mother,
first landed in 1920 1t is not far from
where Capt. Cook was killed soon after
the discovery of the islands. in ITS.
DR.. Bishop was sent as youth to
New England to be educated. and gradu-
ated at Amherst in 1916 and at Auburn
Theological Seminary in 1851. In the
latter year, Also he was married to Miss
Cornelia A: Sessions. Immediately aft
erWard hey came to these islands and
for nine years he labored as chaplain to
the seamen at Lahaina, then a great re-
sort Tor Whalers, under the support of
the Seaman's Friend Society. Later he
held a missionary pastorate at Hama,
Maui and for twelve years he was princi-
pal of I4ahainaluna Seminary. an in
dustrial school for native youth estab-
lished by the missionaries in 1881, and
which formed the model in some degree
upon which Gen. S. C. Armstrong nodded
Hampton Institute.
Dr. Bishops health becoming impaired,
he engaged in land surveying for a num-
bec of years, much Of the time in con-
nectIon with the land. and geodetic sur
vey of the kingdom, and aiding materially
In developing the system of surveys for
this group. This work gave him oppor-
tunity to study the Hawaiian VOLCANOES
AMI the geology of these islands and led
him to number Of important discoveries
In connection with volcanic energy
In 1884 he was.awarded the third War
ner prize for an essay on the Krakatoa
glows, the first prize being awarded to
Prof k1essling of Bremen. Because Dr.
plain the temporary corona of the sun
caused by the Krakatoa dust these have
received the name of bishops rings"
But DR.. Bishops greatest influence was
exerted as journalist and publicist For
fifteen years he was the editor of the
Friend. monthly periodical, and the
Oldest periodical west of the Rocky noun
tains. He was frequent contributor to
the local press on great variety of SUBJ
Jects. lie was frequently applied to to
write editorials on important matters He
was diligent correspondent of mainland
papers during long period of years on
Hawaiian affairs His letters to the
kamehameha during practically the
whole period from the overthrow of the
monarchy up to the time of annexation
and, beyond were vigorous settings forth
of the destiny of these islands as viewed
by the Americans resident here.
DR.. Bishop was a keen controversialist
He had a forceful style. backed if not
with great erudition. at least with an i'm
mense fund of information thoroughly
tinctured with practical sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05

up industrial opportunities by which the
members of the community can increase
their economic prosperity through the
development of the natural resources.
1.-The Dixie Industrial Company. AZ wa
call it, was organized in 1900. beginning
business with capital stock OF $4,000,
and secured it's first tract Of 5000 acres
of land with a few dilapidated cabins. II
now has a paid-up capital Of $4,000. and
has acquired nearly ten thousand acres
of splendid farm and timber lands. 1t
operates saw mill, a shingle mill. q
turpentine still. a cotton gin. q cotton
seed and fertilizer mill. large store and
forty-three farms. furnishing employment
and homes for a population OF three hun
dred people. For the past three years
the company has earned per cent an
nually upon the capital invested. has paid
per cent dividends and accumulated
surplus of $4,000. Aside from the COM
mon laborers, the company employs a
dozen or more trained negro superintend
ents, bookkepers and clerks who are
well equipped for their work OF directing
the mass of the people around us in sound
business methods and intelligent industry.
Every employee OF the company ID given
a chance to invest In the company's stock.
so that aside from their wages they can
share somewhat in the distribution Of
whatever profits may be accumulated as
a result of their productive power"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05
EIGHTEENTH ANNIVERSARY.
Celebration Yesterday by the Ninth
Street Christian Church

The Ninth Street Christian Church yes
terday observed its eighteenth anniver-
sary Several addresses were delivered
and there was a special musical program
under the direction of joseph Harrison.
Rev. A. W. She'll who eighteen years
ago presided at the opening of the chapel
as it was then. officiated yesterday and
conducted the communion services. A
communication was read from Rev. +.
D. Power. pastor of the Vermont Ave-
nue. Christian Church.
Frank Morrison one of the original
trustees, and still a member OF the board
read report showing how the property
of the church had increased in value. The
first lot was worth $500 and there was
a building fund of 5000. Now the
church property is worth $4,000. with a
debt of only $1,000, which is rapidly be-
ing paid off.
The report on the growth of the con2re-
cation showed that starting with fifty
charter members it had now reached
more than 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05
TO BE BURIED TOMORROW.
Catholic Organizations Will Attend
Funeral of Robert Emmett O'Brien.

Funeral services for Robert Emmett
O'Brien. who died at his home, 10 18th
street northeast. Saturday, from "A COM
plication of ailments. will be held at the
home of his mother. Mrs. Mary c.
O'Brien. 1912 18th street northwest. to-
morrow morning at $50 o'clock Solemn
requiem mass will be celebrated i'm St
Pauls Catholic Church. Father James
Mackin, officiating, at 1890 o'clock
Representatives of Catholic benevolent
organizations of which Mr.. O'Brien was
member will attend the services and
act as pallbearers. Interment will be
made in Mount Olivet cemetery Mr..
O'Brien leaves wife and five small
children. He was thirty-eight years of
age at the time of his death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-05
NO BLACK HAND IN CAPITAL
POLICE SATISFIED BAND HAS NO
FOOTING HERE.
Oriani Reports to Chief Results OF
tigation-Recent Letter
Only Silly Message.

Mai Sylvester superintendent of police,
is satisfied there is no Black Hand or
Ganization in this city.
Shortly after the murder Of Lieut.. Pc
trosino. member of the New York police
force while in Sicily Mai Sylvester
thought it would be we'll to find out if any
of the criminal band were in this city.
Policeman Orana. who understands the
Italian language, was detailed to inveSti-
gate.
Oriani. of the fourth precinct command,
has done much work for the department
in the investigation of crimes committed
by Italians. He was sent out to spend
his time among the Italians and learn
what he could about the Black Hand.
Maj. Sylvester conferred with him this
morning Later he said he was satisfied
there is no band here.
j. Thomas Hollinberger. captain of the
first police precinct, received an alleged
Black Hand message yesterday, the same
1t was simply a silly message, Maj Syl-
vester said this morning. The superin-
tendent thinks 1t was written by some
person who had an idea he might cause
a Sation.
There could have been no other mo-
tive" said Maj. Sylvester, but the writer
of it failed. 1t was simuly silly, and that
is all there is to 1t. -
Maj. Sylvester said no complaints of
Black Hand letters have been received by
the police department for several months.
Former Sergt. Lombardy discussed the
Black Hand question with a reporter of
The Star at police headquarters this
morning. Many of the so-caled Black
Hand letters. he stated, are written by
persons who know about the organization
only what they read in the newspapers.
1t is common thing for business rivals
to write such letters. he stated, when
they have not the slightest idea of doing
anything other than to make the effort to
brighten their rivals away.
Several months ago. the former sergeant
stated, fruit dealer in the southeast
section of the city received what purport-
ed to be Black Hand letter. He was
considerably agitated. Advised to pay no
attention to it. he heard nothing more of
the writer of the message. The postal
received by Capt. .Holltnberger was turn
ed over to Maj Sylvester this morning.