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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
A QUESTION OF HEART.
Should . Girl Ever Be Engaged I Two Men At Onces

Should Gtri Ever Be Engaged To
 t Two EIen At ~Onces
 A discussion has arisen in New York over the question whether a nice girl should ever be engaged to two men at once. This has been set rolling by ''The Builder of Bridges" in which Kyrle Bellew is starring this season. In order to save her brother from the penitentiary, Dorothy Faringay, though engaged tos one man, becomes engaged to Edward Thursfield (Mr. from which the brother has stolen money. The problem narrowed down becomes the question whether de- votion to brother can ever compen- sate for playing fast and loose with lover. Curiosly enough, a majority of those who defend Dorothy Farin- gay are men, while her severest critics are unmarried women. Miss Hanson, who is supporting MT. Bellew in the part of Dorothy personally takes the view that the question Is one that de- bends entirely upon the individual circumstances of each case. "Of course,'' she says, ''as a general propo- sition nice girl does not promise to marry one man while she Is engaged to another, but 1t is not safe to say that under certain circumstances 1t might not become her duty to do just that very thing. think that in The Builder of Bridges Dorothy acts as a girl under those conditions should. But of course when she starts out for Switzerland she does not intend to become engaged to the second man.
 but only to arouse his interest which she can use in her brothers behalf"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

Napanees Company. They are out on the farm. in the open air. and they are making the most of their freedom. They, sing and dance and cut up in the wealth of their enjoyment. Old Schultz. the teacher. 10 comical and lovable old fellow. and he aims to make the four girl and the four boy pupils enjoy themselves to the utmost.
 Harrison Greene and Katherine Parker form team~ ~of refined vaude- vile entertainers that 1t would be hard to beat. Mir. Greene is . comedian. singer and dancer of wide reputation and his fmpersonation of Senator cliff Gordon is gem and a famous laugh producer. Miss Kath- crime Parker Is a graceful soubrette, who captivates by the charm of her genius as much as by her winning per sonality. Their act is a potpourrf of wit. song and dance, and 1t is the acme of high class entertainment ali the way through.
 Karl and Emma Gath have a bright comedy skit called Amateur Night On the Bowery." and they first appear as a newsboy and a ragged newsRiri They indulge in line of bright slang which provokes many a laugh, then they conclude to go on as amateurs on . bowery stage to try out as amateurs. The act has played all the big vaudeville theatres and won con- splcuous honors.
 Jarvis and Martyr. team of Aus tralian jugslers. have made a credit able reputation for themselves through their matchless skill as comedy juggiers. They juggie every thing from a pin to a bedstead. and they are as funny as they are anus ing. It takes the foreign artist to excel in the juggling art and these Australians amaze with their dexterity as much as they convulse with their daring absurdities.
 MT. Fleming is one of. the worlds greatest comedy cartoonists and he will both amuse and instruct with ex- hibitions of his wonderful art. He draws with swiftness and skill that is marvellous and he has that charm of execution which keeps an audience interested and enthused from start to finish. There have been few acts of this kind in vaudeville and southern audiences will undoubtedly fully ap- preciate Mir. Fleming.
 The exclusive motion photographs have been selected with view to give the greatest pleasure to the greatest number and on that score can be vouched for as being the best obtain- able. There will be matinee each afternoon at 800 o'clock. especially for the ladies and children, and at s:30 o'clock every night the usual evening performance will be given.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
DY FRANKLIN FYLEs.

New York. Nov. 27-(Special. )--The blase New Yorker at q theater hard ly ever reads the progrom. for that would imply that the bill knows more beforehand than he does about the play; and especially if 1t be a mu- sicar farce. he doesn't like to have anyone think he can't recognize the players at sight as. one after another. they come on the stage.
 It was as funny as anything to me in "Old Dutch" to see those all-know- ing fellows fooled on the opening night. A .spIenetic Frenchman. Ital- ian or Spaniard. violent in speech and gesture. is in many of these shows made in America. So is an English dandy of the drawling. crawling Lon- don type. George Baban and Ernest Lambert have been familiar caricatur- ists of those two foreigners long while.
 So when an excitable Tyrol hotel keeper strode. and nonchalent Eng fish tourist strolled. into the new Hobart Smith Herbert show. with as- poets and mannerisms unchanged, who doubted that they were Beban and Lambert again. didn't until one sang and the other danced surprising ly well. Then | found their names in the printed cast to be Charles Judels and Vernon Castle. quite new and strange in the Tenderloin.
 I went to the lobby at the end of the act to laugh at the chaps who re- marked that Beban had found a sing ing voice. eh wot? And Lambert had got new pair of dancing legs. don't you think?
 There was more than ever before in one play of Lew Fields's German, too. "Old Dutch'' comes near to being a comedy with star part for him. He runs in with a child on his back, sew eral at his heels and plays with them as Joe Enmet and Billy Scanlon used to, and as Andy Mack and Chauncey Oleott do now. Fields has become a plain. obvious aud decidedly facile comedian. This time his German is an old Viennese inventor. who has made himself famous and a million aire, and seeks a respite from celeb- rity by going to the Tyrol for. a va cation under an assumed name. Ills ruse results in his losing his wallet containing all his funds; in his being mistaken for a hotel beat and in his suffering an ingenious and abundant variety of indignlties until able to prove his identity.
 To the usual extent Of It's kind, "Old Dutch" is a show of wine. woman and song. One of the songs is a ballad of much mush love for pair of sweet hearts leaning against each other as they wander warbling in the moon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
AxusEMnNrs OF WEEK.

sTAe Climax,s at the Grand, Fri- 1ny and Saturday, saturday natinee. Vaudeville at the Majestic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
Actress, Preaence of Mind.

Violet Dale, who Is playing the title part in ''The Flirting Princess" in Chicago. has great presence of mind. A few nights ago she was doing inc sensational Vampire Dance" with Joseph Smith. when the back of her flimsy Egyptian gown was iRntted from the flame of an antique lamp from which she lights a cigarette. Her hair was flowing and was periI- ously near the blazing skirt, but the plucky little prima donna stood still and smiled so that the audience would not stampede. until William Robinson. who plays her boiyguard, beat 1t out with his hands. his own garments being somewhat burned In the procee1
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

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 ~The Climaxs At The Grand.
 Unique among modern stage offer tnss and serving as the pioneer of the new drama comes "rhe Climax" a play in three acts by Edward Locke. which will be seen for the first time in Montgomery at the Grand next Fri day and Saturday. December and {, with a matinee on Saturday.
 While "The Climax" has been seen In but few cities. outside of New York. 1t is already as we'll and favor ably known as though 1t had been . oPiend of the entire country for years.
 When MT. Joseph Weber produced the play, nine months ago. at his own theatre in New York, the author. Edward Locke was unknown and the production was looked upon in doubt. Today sThe Climax" Is acknowledged the greatest play in years. and Mir. Locke recognized as one of the most promising American reviewers. MT. Weber found a gem of purest dramatic ray serene when he discovered "The Climax" He undoubtedly paved the way for a new class of play. The betterment of the American stage has long been the subject of discussion and the answer to the argument seems to have come in "The Climax" |" In the play, the author has hit upon new theme and with the assistance of Joseph Carl Breil. who composed the incidental music which forms so important a factor in the delightful little play, has worked it out in not SGnly a most agreeable manner but as one of the most artistic bits of stage craft In a long while. He works up to it with sound dialogue which has a human quality. The scenes have that natural aspect which suggests life as it is lived by human beings and not by stage puppits and one frequently
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

Ruth goes into a forest for the climax of her show. and being in safe solitude. strips herself more than ever before in religious ectasy-a pious trancs-during which she alter mates witt. slowly walking in cir cle and standing erect with eyes and hands unlifted towards heaven. her soul in state of spiritual exaltation, and he' body not caring q rap what happen. This account mustn't be taken <or ridIeule. Ruth st. Denis's exploit with her beauty is DO artis-. tieallY and pieturesaue tlsat she scarcely realizes what It literally Is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

westfaeii&che zeitung. axtfade paper of Essen, which Is commonly described as the organ of the fnanufacturers of that city and vicinity. is much disturbed over the, American exposition which Is to be held in Berlin next summer.
 In its Issue today the paper attacks
 the plan as likely to injure German
 trade by affording Americans an oppor-
 tunity to show the excellence of their manufactures. It appears to; fear the effect of contrast between the Arneri- can and German wares and afiut1es to
 Prince Henry of Prussia as an agent for American trade. because the prince
 Is patron of the exposition and
 chairman of the reception committee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

I am willing to take Ruth's word for 1t that her Nautchy girl isn't naughty; and In all her fiinging of limbs and twisting of body she doesn't suggest the muscular contor- tions of vulgar eastern ballet dancers; but I decIine to accept her snake charmer as a priestess of the Hindoo religion. In this character, she handles bably benign serpent; and at that don't think she likes it. for she wears clothes now to her chin. toes and gloves fingers. to prevent con tact with the reptile, Expousure to chilly air and hunian stare may be borne for religious arts sake-with satisfactory remuneration; but the clammy coil of snale IS different,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28

Do you know Nautch girls? had a notion they were merely carnal dancers of the wiggie- waggle sort liked In the orient: but Ruth exhib- its one as belonging to Hindoo tenn pie and dancing in holy eschewai If worldly amount sof clothes. Let It be understood that don't warrant the nudity to be altogether real. It may be partly a counterfeit that passes as genuine even with specta- tors in the front seats; but if that. is so. then the skin of arms and should CTS, calves and feet. IS matched with exact precision by the textile coY- ering of the torso. The only ostensi- ble clothing Is between what. on a woman dressed modernly, would be 'twixt belt and garters. Y
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
rIcHr wrrrs BAHooN.
Tra,ner Has Desperate Fight Wtth ' T fnfuffated Animal

Portland, Ore, Nov. 27--Strugglins for his life with an infuriated baboon, Fred wilson. of Brazil. Ind. 8 trainer. employed by an animal show. fought desperately for half an hour yester- day with Kokomo. pipk-tailed pa- boon that attacked him in the cage.
 The savage beast ciutched at Wil- sons throat but so long as the train CT could keep on his feet he had the best of the light. At length he fell exhausted from loss of blood and strain, and the animal gnawed at his legs in a frightful manner A score of monkeys in the cage kept up a shrill screaming during the progress of the fight and this attracted the att tention of other employees. who res- cued wilson. Wilson Is in a serious condition.
 Fears for German Trade.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
wln stulx Eruptlons..

Naples, Nov. 27.--Frank A. Perrett the American voIcanologist. left here today for the island of Teneriffe. where he will study the eruptions which are taking place and compare the phenom- ena with those Of Mount vesuvius and Mount Etna.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-28
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feels that he is watching. proceedings taking place within four walls of a room rather than three sides of seen cry and a proscenium arch. and that Is the aim and hope of every dramat- ist. "The Climax is in three acts, and will be presented by a very capable cast. including Albert Tarver- nier. Charles Howson. Robert Thorne and Pauline Perry.
 Majestic.
 Harrison Greene and Katherine Parker.
 Karl and Emma Gath. Jarvis and Martyr.
 Walter Fleming
 Majestograph.
 Last week this theatre offered as their headline attraction. the Nine Napanees in their school house ab- surdfties. and this week new com pany. headed by the inimitabie Harry Nine Napanees on their vacation. Those who have seen both of these fun producing and sparkling comedy acts have no hesitation in saying that the Vacation" is much funnier and original of the two. and will give bet ter satisfaction. It is big and bril- liant headliner and should be a ban ner drawing card next week The rest of the bill includes that great comedy couple. Harrison Greene and Katherine Parker. who will entertain with a line of bright talk. and some singing and dancing. In the field of comedy juggling, the Australians. Jarvis and Martyr, are premiers in their class. They are as skillful as they are comical. Walter Fleming is the chief of the comedy cartoonists. The prize couple. Karl and Emma Gath. in their comedy skit. "A Night On The Bowery." will present some unique features in song and mirth
 Harry w. Fields has gathere1 around him a gaiaxy of male and female stars to complete the Nine
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
TROUBLE is WITH THOUGHT.
Too Many Messages, Written and
Spoken, That Do Not Convey
Real Meaning.

Probably this may not appear at
first sight a serious question, but it
is serious, it is seriously asked and
it is well worth a serious answer.
Once upon time a young preacher
went to an old preacher and told him
he found difficulty in making his con-
gregation understand exactly what he
wished to convey.
What is the troubIe?" asked the
elder man.
Well" said the young man, 81
know what I mean to say under
stand exactly what I mean-but,
somehow, l don't seem to be able to
make my meaning clear to others"
My boy" said the old man, don't
be offended at what say to you, but
a man thinks as he speaks and speaks
as he thinks when he is trying to con-
Vey an idea. The fact that your con
gregatiOn doesn't grasp your sermon
shows that your thinking is what
might be called sloppy"
And he was absolutely right. How
many writers and speakers give you a
cleaT-cut, precise impression of their
idea? How many times have you
heard a man say: well, perhaps that
doesn't exactly express it, but-er-r,
oh, you know what / mean?" Such
people are frequently impatient with
those who do not understand them,
yet their impatience has no founda-
tiOn of reason. The fault is their own.
Their written or spoken words do not
convey a clear meaning because the
thought that inspires the words is not
clear.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
MADE DIVISION OF REMAINS.
Peculiar Circumstance Connected with
the Disposition of the Body of
Great Musician.

Lincoln, Gladstone, Chopin and all
the great ones who would have
reached their hundredth year had they
lived till 1909 lie decently entombed,
each in the country to whose history
he gave luster," says Paul Herden, In
the Berlin Post. Some rest amid
pomp and splendor, others simply, but
all decently-all except Haydn, whose
body lies in the Esterhazy vault at
Eisenstadt, while his head is in vi
emma The head was stolen by a sci
entific ghOul named Peter, ten days
after the burial. Peter had a collec-
ton of skulls, which he was COM
PEELED to break up, and the Haydn
skull went to one Rosenbaum, through
whom it was conveyed, years later
and by a circuitous route, to the vi
emma conservatory. DR.. Lueger, the
mayor of Vienna, showed great anger
at a recent meeting when he referred
to the body Of the composer of Au-
stria's national anthem lying in Hun
gary, but was consOled when the fact
of the heads being In Vienna was
mentioned"
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
HERE BABY IS NOT MONARCH.
Sensible Woman Has Had New Ar
rival Conform to Recognized
Ways of Household.

Don't you ever put the baby to bed?"
an astOnished visitor at last exclaimed,
after the better part of the even
ing had worn away and the child of
six months was still sitting up, gOOing
cheerfully. The young mother laughed.
"Oh, yes" she explained with serene
wisdom. I'VE put baby to bed at II
p. m. and he sleeps until II m. Then
he has his bath and goes out in the
gO-caTt and sleeps most of the after
noon. Haven't you known many moth
eTs who simply sacrifice all their time
to the babies while they are little? I
made up my mind before baby came
that he would have to conform to our
ways, not we conform to his. He has
just as much sleep as babies who go
to bed at six and sleep until six, and
he doesn't interfere with our even
ings. We can take him with us when
We go out, or We can go feeling that
he will be perfectly happy while we
are away, because he won't cry for
mother until midnight. We're regu-
lar night-hawks, and so is baby"
The visitor was speechless.
Don't you think it's good sys-
tenn" the mother continued. 1--WE
think it is splendid"
Il think" the visitor answered in
non-committal tone, that it would
take a New York mother to invent
the system. New York Times.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Ravens and the Hausburqs,

Henri de WeiddeI tells the story of
the late Empress Elizabeth and the
ravens which Maurus Jokel gave in
an article at the time of her majesty's
tragic death.
Early in her life Elizabeth wrote
some verses in Hungarian on the sub
ject of the raven, the bird of i'll omen,
which plays a great part in the his
tory of the Hapsburgs. According to
the imperial poetess a flight of ravens
was lowering over Olmutz when Fran
els Joseph received from his uncIe's
hands the crown which was destined
to infiict him with such miseries.
A raven followed Macmillan and
Charlotte on their last walk before
their departure for Mexico, and when
Maria Christina was starting to re-
ceive the crown of Spain, which was
one day to be so grievOus a burden,
a raven flew over the horses heads
and accompanied the carriage to the
railway station. These incidents were
the subject of the poem.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
NOT SUBJECT FOR CRITICISM.
Man Who Made UnthinkIng Comment
on Little Teacher Made Haste
TO Change the Subject.

Two men were seated at a table in
a downtown restaurant, when a little,
thin woman, wearing an IN. E. A"
ribbon, took place opposite them.
She ordered some buttered toast and
coffee. In 15 minutes she was
through. She paid a dime to the cash
Ter and went out. One of the men
looked at the other and smiled
'She didn't eat very much" said
the other.
She'll never die of extravaganza"
came from the first. Ten cents for
dinner. Say, she's worse than Rus
sell Sage ever was"
The other man was quiet a moment.
Then he said: Il know who she is, al
though Pm not acquainted with her.
She teaches school in a little town in
Kansas. In all, she works seven
months year, and gets $35 a month.
She probably saved all year to take
this trip to Denver"
The man who had made fun of the
little thin school teacher coughed
Il wonder" he said, why it is Den
ver's baseball team can't win more
games. Denver Post
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Odd South Anssrscan A.,maIs.

Many curtngs snim2h haunt ths
marshy parts O.SSS uth Amar1ca ncrIn
Of the pampas- Frogs big and ferO-
cious, given to making vicious
springs when closely approached: the
sapybara, a caVy "contented with
The bulk of sheep; the huge coypu
rat and the swarthy piglike tapir are
frequently seen. Along the forest
margins troops of peccaries are often
met with, occasionally the jaguar
sometimes the puma. likewise that
tOOthless curiosity, the great ant
bear, long in claw, long nosed and
remarkably long tonFued. A famiI-
iar object is the great jabiru. 4 stork
VITA . preference for the desolate
lagoons. where it may often be OBJ
served ststuesque on one leg and
wrapped in prospection.-Sco Scotsman.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
The Gingke Tree.

Studies By Miss NJ. c. Slopes of the
fossil nora Of Scotland h-vs shown
that the gingkU or maidenhair, tree,
3 native of Japan and China, which
b cultivated IN Europe and this coun-
try on account OF its remarkable fol-
iAge, belongs to an extremely anc-
lent family, of wnic- 1t is now, ap-
psrentiy, the last surviving repre-
sentative. At one time it seems to
have been widely spread. A singu-
lar fact is that the fossil specimens
Of the gingko. found in the rock beds
Of the Inferior oolite series, at Bro
r.. Scotland. are so similar to the
living trees that ct first sight no diff
ference is apparent. Only an ex-
animation of the structure of the
cells reveals q variation.-Youth's
Companion.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Fish Story of North Carolina.

A fish who would a-traveling go
proved himself the champion jumper
Of the sound and landed in the tender
of the Norfolk & Southern mail train
and came on up to Kinston, where he
was presented by Engineer Jack Neal
to Mr.. June Stevenson.
Capt. Neal told him that as the
train was crossing the Beaufort
Moorehead bridge, recently he saw a
fish jump out of the water and rising
about IS feet in the air land in the
tender of his engine. His fireman.
Alonzo Williams, picked it up and it
was found to be small hogfish, This
is straight and vouched for by Capt.
Neal and Fireman Williams and Capt.
Will Hinnant. That is sufficient evil
dence for us and we accept it un-
equivocally.-Rocky Mount Record.
The Washington bee., 1909-08-07
Drumming Of the Snioe.

One OF the most remarkable Of bird
sounds is the so-called drumming of
the snipe. The noise is difficult to de-
scribe and is often compared to beat
ing. The snipe, in fact. has been
called the bleater. Tennyson used
the word hum, speaking of The
swamp where huns the snipe."
1t is now generally agreed that the
noise is made by the vibration of the
tail feathers. A writer. however.
carefully watching the snipe during
its flights in which it makes this re-
markable noise is convinced that the
wings assist in its production. This
seems exceedingly probable, since the
wings are seen to be in actual vibra,
tiOn during its emission.-Country
Life.