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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
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Urges That Those Who Suffer With
Iadfgestfon and Stomach DisoF-
ders Give Prescription q Trial.

Gentlemen: Thank YOU: thank you
time and again each day for publish
ing the prescription Of the great spe-
our family. are great pie and cake eat
ers. and naturally we are. or have
been. ..all dyspeptics," more or less.
My family consist of a husband. two
daughters and a son. Scarcely q day
passed but some of US were ill with
headache. stomach distress after eat
ing, billousness, irritability, etc, and I
frequently with heart trouble. due to
wind and gas on stomach. From a
family of blues" we've been changed
to family of pinks" as we are ali in
the pink of health and eat more than
ever. We got the prescription filled
several times / want to give this
simple formula: Get two ounces syrup
Of ginger. two ounces essence of pep
sin and one ounce compound essence
cardiol Mix in a bottle. Shake well
and take one or two teaspoonfuls after
each meal. One before eating viii ex-
cite good appetite This will digest
anything we eat and gives strength
ana health. Hoping this will be pub
lished and do much good. / am.
Respectfully,
MRS. A &. Mop.
(For publication with initiaIa>
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15

According to IN insurance agent
whose round 10 in . sQualid locality Of
q large city, money il frequently kept
In Bibles by poor people. A laundress
blessed with an intemDerate husband
showed the collector her little treas
ury. which she kept between the
leather Of the hack Of colossal vol
ume. Access was gained to this saw
ings bank By means Of slit cut near
the edge Of the cover. the coins rest
ing safely between the board and its
outer covering. She declared that this
secret place had cootained the hidden
wealth Of mother. grandmother and
great-grandmether and that her eldest
daughter was to possess the Bible and
share the mystery rs soon n she mar.
e1a1-1So0xnok NAL
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
1.-THE Top O. Tn World"

The attraction at the Gennett thea
ter Feb. 10 will be the sensational
musical comedy success, "The Top o.
TIL World" The piece has a record
of year in New York and Chicago.
1t comes here now with the original
cast and company of seventy singers
and dancers, and the famous Collie
Ballet Bailey and Austin, Kathleen
Clifford, Arthur Hill, George Majeroni
and Alice Hageman head the cast. In
fact, since the company left Chicago,
where they appeared all last summer
at the Studebaker theater, there has
been scarcely change in the person
mel of the organization.
Arthur Hill, the famous animal i'm
personator, VINO created the cowardly
lion in the Wizard of o." and Tige
in Buster Brown" is one of the prin-
cipal fun makers. There are twenty
musical numbers, the most notable
being Busy Mr.. Bee" How'd You
like to be My Bow-wow-wow," sung
and danced by the kiddies, and six
collie dogs, the only number of its
kind in the world. and one which has
been great feature with this attrac-
tion.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
1.-THE Royal Chef"

Your ordinary composer pays too
little attention to his orchestration.
Harmony, of course, is one of the es-
sential points in music, but the mel
odies and the CONFERENCE.-The are
too often overlooked. There are very
few composers in fact, who pay much
attention to their counter-me lodies in
orchestration and several of it's num-
bers. In THE Royal Chef the coun-
ter-melodies are the sustaining points.
Too many musicians are prone to sub
stitute sound for melody. They do
not realize that the average audience
appreciates the finer strains of music
as well as the big bass drum and
cymbals. In The Spirit of TO-
march for the Royal Chef" counter
melodies are the sustaining points of
the number. The national airs of Am
erica are interviewer with the mar
tial air and the effect has been to
make this number one of the most
popular in the opera, and SO it is all
through the score.
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townspeople comes upon the scene
and pronounces a curse upon her. She
becomes an outcast among her own,
all because she loves Pinkerton I'M
wisely and too we'll.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
IN Madam Butterfly Prima
Donna Yields Knife With
A Tragic History.
HELPS HER IN HER WORK
DAGGER MISS NORWOOD HAS
WAS USED BY A LITTLE GEiSHA
TO END LIFE WHEN SHE WAS
DESERTED.

Adelaide Norwood, the prima donna
soprano of the English Opera COM
pany, in the opera of Madam Butterfly
which is to be seen in this city We'd
nesday, carries the dagger during the
action of this opera and has also Of
fered 1t to Myrtle Thornburgh, her
alternate. The latter fears she is too
superstitious to make use of it in the
last scene where Madam Butterfly
commits suicide.
The dagger was brought from Japan
by Halle Erminie Rives, whose hus-
band, Post Wheeler, is secretary OF
the American embassy. Miss Reeves,
the novelist, was anxious to obtain
possession of the knife, which has a
beautiful enameled bronze handle, be-
cause she heard through official sour
ces that with 1t little geisha had
actually committed suicide after being
deserted by her American sweetheart.
This story SO completely conformed to
the story of John Luther Long and
the play of David Belasco which Pee
cini set to music. that Miss Reeves
brought it back with her from Japan.
Three weeks afterward she sent it
TO her friend. Miss Norwood.
Helps In Her Work.
These things help me in my work, :"
said Miss Norwood, when she exhibit
ed the relic. 1T may seem foolish
to the outsider, but everything like
that helps in getting into a character.
For instance, I know I sing and act
better when l wear my Ethiopian
bracelet in Iada. I am thinking of it.
! know that it must have some effect.
SO that. while 1 don't claim to be SUI
perstitious, I know that 1 shall make
a better characterization of Madam
Butterfly" because l have in my hand
q dagger that really was used by a
Japanese girl to take her own life as
Butterfly did, when she realized that
the American had only made a play
thing of her. / have seen many
geishas in my travels in the Orient,
but never was able to verify single
story of the affection of the Japanese
girl for the Westerner. So the story
told me by Miss Reeves is the more
Interesting.
A Geisha Can Love.
1T always seemed to me thai the
geishas realized they were not real
wives. They seemed to know that the
Occidental man did not love them as
he would one of his own kind. But
suppose love Is likely to spring up
anywhere and now it is proved be-
yond doubt that even little geisna
1s capable of loving SO much as not
to care to live after realizing that she
has been deceived.
"All such marriages are not unhap-
py. however There are several Eng
lishmen who have taken Japanese
wives and returned with them to Lon
don society. Sir Edwin Arnold, for
instance. was thoroughly devoted to
his little Jap wife. Even the Ameri-
can. Lafcadie Hearn, testified. l be-
lieve, that he never knew real happi-
ness until he married Japanese and
established a home in the Kingdom. "
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esting pomp and glitter prescribed by

esting pomp and glitter prescribed by
Oriental ritual.
Butterfly" loves Pinkerton at first
sight. She has brought with her a
few trinkets that girls prize, but she
throws them all away as an express
sion Of her devotion. All save dag
ger. This was the instrument by
which her father took his own life
upon the invitation of the Mikado.
Butterfly as by fatalistic instinct
retains the dagger.
She renounces her family and reli-
gion. giving herself and all that she
possesses to the man she loves.
Shortly after the ceremony the priest.
accompanied By all-tho relatives and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
THEATRICAL CALENDAR.
GENNETT.

Feb. 16.-The Thief.
Feb. 17-Madam Butterfly.
Feb. 1e.-The Royal Chef.
Feb. 19.-The Top O. TIL World.
NEW PHILLIPS.
All Week-High Glass Vaudeville.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
1.-THE Thief"

Charles Frohman should parade
"The Thief all over the United
States and compel as many husbands
and lovers as possible to see it, -
wrote Arthur Brisbane after seeing
Henri Bernstein's masterpiece. The
quotation gives an idea of the plays
topic-a study of the home. Every
wife and sweetheart, as we'll as every
husband and lover will be absorbed in
this remarkable story of the woman
who steals for dress, not in vanity,
but to hold her husbands admiration.
Bernstein Is accounted the leading
dramatist of France today. In "The
Thief he has not only hit upon a
universal topic, but he has contrived
an intricate plot which is not cleared
until the very last minute of the play.
It's vogue in New York was enormous,
lasting ten months. 1t will be seen
here at the Gennett theater Tuesday
evening, Feb. 16.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
Why They Stared.


A young woman stopped in one of
the stores to have her coat altered
slightly. As the operation wouldn't
require more than an hour, the man
said she could borrow another coat
out Of stock to wear while she went
about her shopping until her own was
ready.
She accepted the offer and went her
way. In half an hour she came back
looking frightened.
I'm going to stay right here until
my own coats ready" she declared.
Everybody seems to know this coat
doesn't belong to me- Dear me. how
they did stare! I'd rather sit right
here for week or go without any
coat at all rather than be taken for q
shoplifter."
mo wonder they stared" spoke up
the man. I'VE forgot to take the tag
or that coat you borrowed
land Plain Dealer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
Nigh. Hav. Been Said Differently.

Might Have Been Said Differently.
A correspondent Of the Manchester
Guardian supplies 4 rather amusing
experience Of his own at q ''literary
guild meeting" where he was giving
an address on Stevenson. I'VE had q
prayer" he says, then We had .
hymn, after which the chairman an
nounced that the So-and-so quartet
would render an item. But the men,
bers Of the quartet were not complete,
90 the chairman called on me to
speak on Stevenson. After Mr.. IS
address, he added. 'we'n have the
Qu:-tet to brighten things up 4 Bit"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
"Madam Butterfly"

MADAM Butterfly relates the
tragic story of a geisha who, contrary
to custom, fell in love with her Am
erican husband lieutenant in the
navy. Pinkerton is stationed in the
Flowery Kingdom. He wants little
wife to while away his lonely hours.
As usual, she is to be plaything to
him. a pretty and purring little kit
ten. which he may thrust aside at any
time it's suits his fancy.
Pinkerton visits the American con-
sulate and makes his wishes known.
Contrary to the advice of the consul,
he commissions a marriage broker to
bring all the geishas before him. Lit
tie Butterfly" is selected. The we'd
ding takes place amid all the inter-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15
The New Phillips,

The vaudeville team of Jerge, Al
lene and Hamilton, polite entertain
ers, make good impression with
their act at the opening performance
at the New Phillips theater this aft
ernoon. The act combines a rich quail
ity of comedy and song which serves
pleasure at a delightful speed. The
turn will be on at the playhouse for
the rest of this week-half
The Harmon Trio, a clever little
troupe of kids, made hit with their
tumbling and acrobatic work. For
such youngsters they made more than
a good exhibition. :
H. B. Burton in his monologuist and
singing act more than came up to the
expectations of the audience and dealt
out fun every second OF his time on
the stage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-15

ECPKHA9IA.
You can't fail with Gold Medal Floor.
Nora.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
New Out

The g. q c. Merriam Company of
Springfield, Mass, have just issued
Webster's New International Diction-
airy, based on the International of 1890
and 1900. The revision has been so rad
ical and complete as to constitute a new
book. The work has been in active
preparation for many years, by a large
staff Of experts, assisted by the contri-
buttons Of eminent specialists, under
the general supervision of DR.. w. T.
Harris, recent U. s. Commissioner of
Education. The number of words aud
phrases defined has been greatly in
creased, mainly from the fresh coinage
of recent years both in popular speech
and in the various arts and sciences.
The revival of early English studies is
recognized by such an inclusion of
obsolete words as to give a key to
English literature from its earliest
period. The title-words in the vocabu-
larry are more than doubled in COMPARE
son with the old International, now
exceeding 100000. The number of
illustrations is increased to over 5000.
The book contains more than 270O
pages. But the publishers desire to
emphasize the quality rather than the
quantity of the work, calling attention
especially to the thorough scholarship
in all departments and the fullness of
information under important titles. By
ingenious methods of Typography and
arrangement, the increased amount of
matter is contained within a single
volume, not perceptibly larger than It's
predecessor, and nc less convenient for
hand and eve.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
The End of the World.

London suffered from several earth
quake shocks in 1761, and prophecies
of the total destruction of the city
were rife. The London Chronicle says:
april 5 was the date named for the
catastrophe, and for days before the
roads from town were thronged with
the vehicles of those who were seeking
safety in fight in spite Of the threat
of one Of the papers of the day to pub
fish the names of all such towards.
Even the more courageous elected to
pass their nights out of doors, Hyde
park being the most popular camping
ground.
But nothing ever so got on the
nerves of Europe as the coming of the
first thousandth year of the Christian
era. The churches were thronged, the
houses deserted, and all good Chris
tians slept in the open In readiness for
that end of the world which was ex-
pected to come at the proper date. The
end of the world has had many proph-
ecies to Its discredit.
"And people who were about
Mother Symptoms prophecy
And the world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one-
"are still alive and criticising the rhyme
and the reason."-Chicago News
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
A Very Secret Drawer.
There was

"a secret drawer Is sometimes very
hard to locate In a large cabinet said
a dealer in curios. II had such a piece
of furniture in the store one winter
and knew the drawer was there from
a reference to 1t in an old inventory,
but In spite of all my efforts | couldn't
discover just where 1t a l conclud-
ed that the spring must be concealed
somewhere about the very ornate carv-
ing which ornamented the sides, but it
escaped my scrutiny until one day
when l had a bit of inspiration. Such
drawers are usually made of sheet
steel both for security and On account
of its thinness, and I simply passed a
small pocket compass up and down be-
fore the carving. At n certain point
the needle. just as l had anticipated.
was detected. and l knew l had -at
last hit on the right spot. l located it
within a few inches and then pushed
and prodded every projection with the
point Of a darning needle until some.
thing gave way and out jumped the
drawer. 1t was very cleverly masked
at the edges by the curves of the pat
tern, and nobody in the world would
suspect its existence. | had hoped that
/ might find something of value in 1t,
but l was disappointed. 1t was quite
empty New Orleans Times-Demo-
graf
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
What She Saw
By ADELIA DURAN.
Copyrighted, 1909. by Associated
Literary Press.

Winona glanced out of the window
at the crystal venue and watched
the April dusk descend. The streets
began to fill with the usual Saturday
night traffic, and the whiz and clatter
of flying carriages and motor airs min
gled with the strident ringing of car
bells and the shouts of importune cab
men.
Abruptly a big black automobile like
a giant tarantula slid up to the curb
ing in front of the hotel opposite and
stopped. A man jumped out and ex-
tended his hand to the young woman
who had risen to follow. There was
something instantly familiar about the
Straight, square shoulders under the
cape of the long black coat and the
way his gray alpine vas drawn down
over his eyes.
Winona caught her breath and in
voluntarily stood up. Yes! 1t was
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
Letter to Prof. Beach
Wild wood, N. J..

Dear Sir: Will you give your Arith-
metic class-and Algebra class-this
problem?
If average paint is worth $1.60 a
gallon, and goes two-thirds as far as
Devoe, and wears half as long, what is
Devoe worth put on, painters wages
being $3.50 a day and a days work a
gallon of paint.
The answer is S11.80 a gallon but
don't tell 'em that.
Yours truly
43 F w Devoe & Co
P. S. Harbison's Wildwood Bazaar
sells our paint.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08

He'd amazingly under the stimulating
change of scene and she felt almost
happy again as they drove home
through borders of sur kissed palm
and palmetto.
An hour afterward Winona emerged
on the funny, squat little piazza of the
bungalow, radiant In a gnuzy gown Of
pink liberty chiffon. Mrs. Spence
caught her by the hand and drew her
up to the small coterie already assem-
bled and waiting for her.
"Mr. Grayson. Miss Paulding." she
said conventionally.
Winona started. flushed, paled and
poised herself admirably. She held
out her hand. Dick had risen and was
pressing her fingers with elaborate
cordiality. but his own were cold with
excitement and he subdued his voice
to hide its unsteadiness.
The group fell into conversation.
Then. two by two. they drifted away.
leaving them together, alone. The
moon had come up, flooding every
thing with its magic white light till it
was as clear as day.
Young Grayson looked at Winona.
and she met his glance with an indig-
nant flash of her eyes
"What made you run away from me,
NonaT' he asked gravely.
"You! Why, I was not rel dream
ing of you" she retorted. with pink
cheeks.
Evidently. That is why asked
you the question"
"You have forfeited all right to ask
me questions Of any Sort" she flung
back unguardedly and bit her lips
when 1t was too late.
"Winonai What do you mean by
that?" His eyes held hers ~dominantly
and she found her lips framing the
words despite herself.
"That other Observation-Disclosures
wifer' She blurted 1t out In sheer des.
peration at last.
"Ah!" And. considering the gravity
of the situation, her companion did q
most remarkable thing-he laughed up.
r~oariously. When his mirth had some.
what subsidized he BEN over and caught
ueI llll0 uduuS III Ills DlR OueS dllu
held them. His words fell rapidly.
"The dear old governor took it into
his head to marry a second time when
down in Richmond last month. An ur
gent telegram called him back tc
Washington on business. and he was
forced to leave her behind. AS luck
would have 1t, the very day he was
scheduled to arrive he was taken will
the grip. l had to go to the train tC
meet the lady, while he remained ir
the apartment to receive her,
He paused a moment for breath
Then he went on: 81 found your note
in my box about 10 O'Clock. 1t hurt
me-. and 1t made me angry too. l pui
down everything and took the frs
train south in response to a pressing
invitation from Jack"
A swift little sob of relief escaped
Winona's lips. She looked up with lu
minous eyes,. The color surged into
her face.
"But-but we were never more thar
.sN4nNnas- There wes-4stlAlfs--I-yon :
there never was anything between us.
She finished with a flash of the ole
coquetry. Her lips were still parted
scarlet, humid, tremulous. Young Gray
son made 10 effort to resist tempta
ton.
But there was going to be-there is
and there always will be?" A steI
sounded on the gravel walk. ANSWER
me-quick!'
There was.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-10-08
OTTENS TRACT NOTES
Bright October Days Brings Many
Visitors. Happenings in this
Popular Section


Although the season closed a month
ago this popular section of the island
is being visited by almost as many
people as are here on a midsummer
day. Especially large was the num-
Der of Sunday sojourners.
Former Mayor and Mrs. Augustus
Hilton are again occupying their hand
some cottage, 18th and Pennsylvania
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Omensetter,
who occupied the Boland cottage on
18th street during the past season,
we've the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry H. Ottens over Sunday.
Amos H. Christ and son spent Satur-
day and Sunday at the shore and made
the Hazelhurst their headquarters.
Postmaster Joseph Marsh, who has
SO ably presided ove the Ottens post
office during the past year, reports that
the business of the past season was
more than double that of the season of
1908.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorning Walker, of
West Philadelphia, are enjoying the
fine October days at their pretty cot
tage on Central
Among the welcome visitors ON Sun
day was Andrew Stephen Murphy, the
genial vice commodore of the Wild
wood Yacht club. Mr.. Murphy has
just returned from a most lucrative
business trip through the middle west,
during which he accumulated enough
of the 'long green" to keep him COM
fortably in his little palace on the
banks of Ottens Canal next season.
Frank Brennan, a Philadelphia con-
tractor, spent Sunday here greeting his
many friends.
Landscape gardener Tronnem, with
his able assistants, has this week in
stalled a fine hedge around the hand
some Connolly home on Seventeenth
avenue.
G. II. Rodebaugh, of the Ottens and
Central garages, has purchased a lot on
18th avenue near the railroad upon
which 1t is his intention / erect a fine
brick building for garage purposes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Eakins and
family, of Philadelphia, occupied their
18th avenu cottage over Sunday.
Tho dannnnd for nnffann hafIdsnn
sites on the Ottens Tract has been I'M
usually brisk during the past week and
a number of fine lots have been dis
posed of to Philadelphia parties.
Jacob Hess, the Philadelphia brewer,
has bought two lots on 18th street and
will commence the erection of a cottage
thereon Immediately He has brought
his fine cabin cruiser around into
Ottens canal from Atlantic City for the
winter.
Postmaster and Mrs. Joseph Marsh
have taken up their abode at the hand
come home of the North Wild wood
Automobile club for the winter. The
club is in unusually prosperous con-
dition for so young an organization and
during the winter it is planned to have
a number of meetings and social events
at the club house, which will bring
many of the Philadelphia members to
the island.
Albert Hart, who owns considerable
property here, has removed from Phil
adelphia to New York and entered into
partnership there with Lousi Clonney
& Co.