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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-21
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1 J. Alison, of Little Roekr~-ffss in the city on business: James A. Buchan, the typewriter -salesman,-ls in Little Rock. k.-4.....- .-..--
 Brad Holcombe ~was registered" ~at "a Little Rock >h6tel yesterday.
 Captain s. T. Wair, of Redield, was a business visitor in the city~yester- day. ----------~------'
 E. F. Ladd and wife, of Little Rock, were guests at the Hotel Jefferson yesterday. --".....,-,---..---...,-,
 K. B. Houston has returned from a visit to Little Rock, where~he~tran sacted business:- Cashier Jo Nichol, of the Simmons National Bank, has returned from a business trip to Little Rock
 Miss Grace York of Memphis, ar rived yesterday and will spend ser- eral days In the city with relatives
 Mrs. Charles Parker and son and Miss Hattie Peters. of Hot Springs, are visiting J. S. Altschul and family.
 Dawson I4ide returned last night from busines strip to Gould, Ark, in the interest of the FoXHarris Com pany.
 Miss Lillian SerWinssy. Of St. Louis is being entertained by her sister, Mrs. Jake Rutstein, on Wes. Third avenue
 Mrs. w. M. Wiggins, of San Antonio Texas, is in the city visiting her broth CT, s. c. Alexander, and mother, Mrs. s. c. Alexander, ST.
 Attorney W. T. Young, County Judge James Gould and Sheriff c. N. Philpot have returned from q visit to Little Rock
 Dr. and Mrs. Richard Thompson Of Pine Bluff, Ark, are spending several weeks in the city at the St. Anthony Hotel. San Antonio (Texas) Express.
 Mrs. I. P. Shelby of Little Rock has arrived i'll the city and will be the guest of Mrs. H. R. Webster for the remainder of the week.-Texar- kama TeXarkanian.
 P. K. Baker, of Little Rock, super intendent of the Southwestern Tele- graph and Telephone Company, and +. NJ. Alcorn, auditor, are in the city inspecting the local plant.
 Mrs. w. ". Woodbridge will go to Little Rock today to be guest at reception to be given there tonight by Mrs. l.. w. Cherry. She will then go to Washington. Ark, to visit relatives.
 MT. and Mrs. A. B. Jones and Mrs. Hunt Williams and baby have gone to Osceola, Mississippi county, to make their home there in future They were the guests of pr. and Mrs. Asa Bryn- son and Mrs. D. G. Koonce for sev- eral days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-21

If suffering from tonsiiitls avoid diphtheria by using Pneumo Enol- lient: at all druggists, 50c and s1.o0 3 II i'm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-21
Specials for this week at
 THE MERCANTILE STORE

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 Open Saturday Even ings till 10 o'clock.
 Pine Bluff
 Mercantile Co.
 Second and Chestnut
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-21
TYPEWRITERS

Before you buy q typewriter, ex- anime the UNDERWOOD. TypeHrit" CTS sold, rented and repaired. AiloW- ance for old machines, any make' Call or Address J. Y. LEWIS. 22i ". parranna Street. l.9 oW
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-21
NOTICE

Mrs. Magnolia Dawson, my wife, having left my bed and board, will no longer be responsible for her debts.
 VIM. H. DAWSON.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

and thence to yarn spinning with great
facility and interesting effect.
Once upon tiine,'' he said to me in
his dressing room at the Orpheum. I'VE
were at. Crisfeld. Md, playing Hamlet
in a hall. 1 was II years old then and
didn't hesitate, of course, to play Ham
let or any other stage parsonage The
stage at this hall was platform,
merely that and nothing. more, and we
were hard put to fix a proper grave for
the great grave digging scene. How
ever. we got busy and cut a hole in
the stage floor and put dry goods boxes
in the hole until one could stand on
the boxes and look reasonably as
though digging. Then we. put trap
door over the aperture and waited for
the nights performance. 1t went
swimmingly. as you shall see. Well,
when the trap was taken up. and the
grave digger jumped into the grave.
there was louder splash than Ophe-
liza made when she jumped into the
river. We looked into the black pit.
The victim was nowhere to be seen,
but we could hear him. He was saying
things that were no part of his script.
You see the hall was built over an
arm of the Chesapeake bay. The tide
had come up; the boxes were hoated
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

they took a liking to you, perhaps, be-
cause you compelled them, and that is
the answer and reason for every sue
cess, isn't it,"
Perhaps" she replied. but can
not quite comprehend it all; when 1 see
so many other girls struggling for a
recognition of their great talents and
getting belated rewards. it frightens
me-"
But it was that indehnable yet po-
tent charm which is Miss Burke's unique
possession which led Edwardes to give
the little chorus girl. Billie Burke, a
chance at a song in his and Leslie
Stuart's musical comedy after they
heard her singing coon songs in Lon
don music halls. II was that charm
which gave her success in the small
role which Edwardes intrusted TO her.
and made her song, Mamie, I've Got a
Little Canoe" whistIed and sung
throughout the British metropolis.
Then when Edna May left the company,
It was that same charm which put
Miss Billie into her role in The Belle
OF Mayfair and the charm fixed on her
new honors and fame.
OF course she became much talked
about. and Hawtrey saw her play in
the Edwardes-S stuart musical comedy.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10
MISSBILLIE BURKE FSz;za Fsasz1a 2sg7zzznFp 36 NH 3

they have set themselves. and are con
stantly looking out for new rehnements
TO introduce 10 their houses Vaude-
Vile is no longer a search after the
sensational. but it is a legitimate en-
terprise devoted TO giving the people
q. little Of everything that's good and
entertaining. 1 believe that Shakes
peare would be no stranger at the Or
pheum. 1 believe that the gallery
would appreciate scenes from Hamlet
and King Lear and Macbeth; but
they'd have to be done we'll You cant
fool a vaudeville audience. I've learned
that in my first season in this line of
theatrical entertainment
The Orpheum's popularity in this
city has been a source OF a single
disappointment to Young.
In some places" he told me. 'vaude-
Vile is looked askanee at BY certain
classes OF the community. generally
designated as 'highbrows.' They think
that vaudeville is still in the VARIETY
stage and that the fun is coarse and
the appeal is cheap. In these places
usually take the pains 10 give some
Shakespearean lectures. What say
the people. a vaudeville player lectures
on Shakespeare And then they come
to see the phenomenon. II 1 get away
with the lecture. they come 10 see the
performance Of a vaudeville bill, and
thus converts are made and the box
office likes it. But here" and he locke.
distressed. you are thoroughly Orphc-
umized and know so much about good
vaudeville that no missionary is
needed. and hence shall not have the
pleasure of giving some address,
which elsewhere have been praised
generously
<<T Rational View of Hamlet is
II the title of one of his lectures.
a Defense OF Shylock" is an
other; and he has treatises on Mac
beth, King Lear and others of the well
known creations OF the great English
tragedy maker.
4 am extremely proud OF this" said
he. pulling from his trunk memorial
testimonial on parchment from the Col
Iege of the Immaculate Conception i'm
New Orleans. I read:
1T seems like gliding refined gold
10 add anything 70 the feast OF com
pliment and praise which you have won
in our Crescent City. William Shakes
peare himself will interpret our feel
ing toward you; you speak the speech
trippingly on the tongue; you do not
saw the air too much with the hand.
but use all gently. for in the very tor
rent and tempest and whirlwind OF
your passion, you acquire and beget
a temperance that gives smoothness
you are not too tame. neither. but let
your own discretion be your tutor.
You suit the action TO the word and
the word TO the action
For all these lessons and your
courtesy. accept our heartiest thanks.
I (Signed) Thespian and Literary So
ciety.'
/ Young has many such letters. and 50
we all may regret somewhat that san
Francisco is too well versed IN the
merits Of vaudeville to require a pro-
phetic voice or missionary among Us.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10
GARRICK REPLIES
TO GIRL QUESTION"
Chicago Musical Comedy Is the
Production for This Week

The Girl Question" a musical COM
edy effervescent with Iyric4I gems and
sparkling comedy. and which was
distinct hit on its first presentation here
last season. begins an engagement lin
ited to one week at the Garrick this
afternoon
The company which viii be heard at
the Garrick has as its leading comedian
John l. Kearney, who is an established
favorite in this city. having appeared
here in various comedy roles during the
last few seasons. He is cast as Con
Ryan. keeper Of a Chicago restaurant
wherein the action OF the operetta is
laid.
Dorothy Maynard is to appear as
Elsie Davis. cashier in Cons restaur-
ant She has a sweet voice and is
a bright. magnetic little eoquette.
1t is with her that the quick wittea
Irishman. Con. thinks himself in love.
but Elsie answers the ~GirI Question
by jilting Con in favor OF her rival. who
really loves him.
Another striking character OF the
large cast is Mrs. Sears. wife or a rail
road magnate. played by Anne Hon-
man The character gives Miss HoF-
man an opportunity for the display OF
some magnificent. Partisan gowns.
There is a large and well drilled
chorus The play as a whole is bright
and full of ginger. and contains many
delightful song hits. including BE
Sweet to Ne, Kid" Waltz With Ne
Till I'm Dreamy There's No Place
Like Home Its By-by. Pal" as
Everybody Happy" "The Old Buck and
Wing. 4 Like TO Have You Call Ne
Honey I Hate to Work on Monday
and the novel Anna Held girls and
Eddie Foy imitation gi,ls. as well as
the George Cohan boys
The entire production this season is
new, including elaborate costuming
There viii be Thursday and Saturday
matinees-
Honeymoon Trail is billed to fol
low. It is the newest Of the Chicago
summer musical comedies and win be
given for the first time here.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10
Shakespearean Expert
In a Vaudeville Act
At Orpheum Theater

AMEs YOUNG at the orpherm IN
~wanted-A sister besides being
good actor-though his playlet
doesn't altogether prove it's a
shakespearean scholar and story
teller besides. In spite of what Owen
Meredith has said about having mo
half dealings with thine art Young
fits from vaudeville to Shakespeare
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

That's a kindly and splendidly phil
anthropic thing to do" said 1.
'What?r asked she.
Why r said, TO assume the re-
sponsibility of a little girls life and
happiness who otherwise would be
alone in the world, or in the care of
strangers
It's no such thing" said Miss Billie,
emphatically. -'we-my mother and /
did ourselves great favor when we
took this little girl into our lives.
She has done us more good than any
kindness which we may be able to
show her can ever repay"
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

away. and our grave digger held on
franticalIy to pile. while we got a
rope TO rescue him with.
Y yOUNG was a transformer through
v out the east and the south That
was his start in theatricals. If
we struck a good town. we'd always
return in a reasonable space of time
to get more money. This particular
town in Pennsylvania had been most
generous in its treatment of our treat
ment OF the classics. and so we came
back to it as soon as we could.
AT the end of the first act there
was enough applause to Justify a cur
tain speech. 1t was my first effort.
and anticipating some such opportu-
nifty. I had carefully prepared a short
address which I thought was pretty
good.
1T went something like this.
Ladies and Gentlemen: The pleas
ant relations which exist between US.
the players, and you, the patrons, makes
a formal ladies and gentlemen sound
strange and cold. We are. 1 believe.
friends, and we on the stage deeply
appreciate-and so forth
What did say in my nervousness
was this:
II will not call you ladies and gen.
tlemen.'' there are so many of my
friends here
That's as far as I ever got. and my
reputation as humorist was thence
forth established there"
|AoUNG has recently completed 81
1 weeks of Brown of Harvard, y
which play his wife wrote for him,
about unsuccessfuny for two years,
finally abandoning il. Then Henry
Woodruff got it and Henry Miller took
chance at producing it, but that was
after other college plays had made a
success and the old objection which
Young had encountered on every side
had been silenced by the hit which
The College Widow made. Mana
gers were afraid of my wife's play
said he, because it was only college
comedy,
a daring experiment is about to be
tried in vaudeville BY Young 1t
grows out of his early career in
Shakespearean drama. He has a
scheme which 1 think will be sue
cess before vaudeville audiences.
wherein he will introduce portions of
the great dramas of the great bard of
Avon.
I am certain of this" said Young,
in, defending his confidence in vaude-
willie audiences. that taste has inn
proved so greatly in what was former
ly the variety business that nothing
which is well done, no matter how
classic it is. will fail to win the ap-
provaI of vaudeville patrons.
Take the bill this week at the Or
pheum. One OF the greatest hits on
the program is scored by a quartet OF
young ladies who play classic music
and sing songs which might be placed
| in a recital program Or take Miss
Norman's act. 1t is refinement through
and through If you do thing wen
you may be sure of rewards from
vaudeville patrons Managers have
dif1culty in keeping uD with the pace
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

Fernando Eliscu. who is the leading
woman in The Third Degree" com
pany. was barn in Jassi. Roumania, and
came TO America with her parents when
she was years Of axe.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

Hawtrey concluded that a personality
so engaging should win bigger things
than musical comedy could offer and
so she received her first legitimate role,
as leading woman, with the great Eng
lish actor in Mr.. George" He gave
her another leading role in Mrs. Pom
derbery's Past" and by that time
Charles Frohman saw her. Did Miss
Billie want to come home to America p
Indeed she did. Frohman wanted
some one to play Trixie in My Wife"
TO John Drews leading role, and Billie,
thought Frohman, would fit the role as
though the author of the play had had
his eye upon her all the while he was
writing Again it was that singular
charm that made her the big success
she was with John Drew, and she so
nearly divided honors with the correct
and Immaculate John that starship was
the only answer, and Frohman, whose
sensibilities are keen indeed, gave her
Jacqueline in Love Watches and here
we are at the end of her brief but
rapid stage career. She has gone up
like a rocket. but she will not come
down like one-at least not so long
as there is appreciation for beauty,
grace. a winsome personality and cor
rect stage manners
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

ful and happy ever since. Mr.. Froh
man wanted me at first to do musical
comedy, but he changed his mind and
permitted me to try my hand at Trixie
in My Wife. / do not think he has
had cause to regret his confidence, and
L do not suppose 1 shall ever return
to it
r. RAvELING with Miss Burke are
her mother, niece, who plays the
role of Christine in Love
Watches and who is making her pro-
fessional debut in the part, and an
adopted daughter, Chettie watson
Il do not know said Miss Billie,
whether you would call the dear child
my adopted daughter or my sister.
She is both. you see. My mother and
1 adopted her Jointly. She is such a
dear little girl, and such help to me.
If it were not for her, goodness only
knows what would become of my mu-
sic, but as / am giving her piano and
vocal lessons, 1 have to practice to
keep ahead of her. She is very tai
ented, indeed, and win make a fine
musician. Her music study is my par
ticular care and it keeps me busy to
keep a proper distance in technic be-
tween teacher and pupiI-
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

taISS BURKE is deeply sensible of
Nl the debt she owes Charles Haw-
~ trey. Not only did he have faith
in her talents as well as admiration
for her beauty, but he schooIed her, she
says. in the difficult art of acting.
what pains he took with met" she
said, and how carefully he watched
my work / could feel myself grow
dramatically under his guidance. 1t
was with some misgivings." she went
on. that 1 left his and Gattfs man
agement to come to America under
Charles Frohmans managerial wing.
Nv friends assured me confidently that
was making the mistake of my life,
and that 1 could never make the ad-
vance under Mr.. Frohman's direction
that 1 could If 1 remained with Haw-
trey They nearly frightened me out
by their Importantly, but perhaps a
feeling of homesickness was in my
heart and desire TO see my own coun-
try people again; perhaps 1 wanted to
come west, or perhaps it was only in
tuition and impulse that led me to ac-
cept Mr.. Frohman's generous offer At
any rate. 1 did. and have been CRATE
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10

FHETHER Miss Burke regrets q
M lack Of foundationaI work in
w stock, and the gradual develop
ment Of her histrionic ability, II would
he hard to say. She told me she was
mighty glad to have gotten away from
England They go so slowly" was
the way she put it. I would be a
middle aged woman before I could pos
sibIy get on the British stage what I
hsve received on the American. Long
years OF soul trying stock experience,
: eraduaI advancement TO leading roles,
Nd then perhaps starship. It would
have been a very long road indeed. But
as il is, I sometimes can hardly realize
the truth. It is because the people
have been so generous and lovely. and
have been so kind to take liking TO
nle. They are the responsible ones for
1e starship; not J.
Ihat is very modest said ]. but
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-26
Mr.. KIRBY OPPOSED
Writes Public Letter Stating That He
Believes the Franchises Are Not For
the Best Interests of Our City.

Mr.. G. F. Kirby, one Of the foremost
citizens and shrewdest business men
Of this city, has written the following
letter for publication in which he saws
that he could not report in favor of
the franchise because "I did not believe
that it was for the best interest of our
city"
Mr.. Kirby's name, along with that of
several other bankers of this city, was
used without authority or consent in
Mr.. Ingledue's vicious circular of yes
terday, and it has put them in a dis
agreeable as we'll as unfair light,
Mr.. Kirby says:
Editor Times-Republican:
During my service as a. railway en-
ploye, which were considerable, the one
rule I'm all cases of doubt, take the
safe SIDE" was always considered as
imperative and never to be deviated
from.
/ am led to quote this rule at this
time, because Of the fact that I have
been subjected to more or less severe
criticism for making the report which
did as chairman of committee on
franchise, and as I understand that an
other committee has been appointed to
make report in favor OF the fran
chise, 1 deem it my duty to state to
the public my individual position on
that important question.
l could not report favoring the fran
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-26
Captain High School Football Team,
Who Appeared For Last Time
Thursday.

Lee Fetters, the fast quarterback and
captain of the Marshalltown high
school football team, plays his last
game in a IN. H. s." uniform Thanks
giving afternoon.
Fetters retires from the interschol-
astic field with a good record. and is
one of the very best quarters the
school has ever had. He has played a
heady game, and his generalship of the
team in the field has had much to do
with the successes of the local squad.
Retiring with Fetters with the
Thanksgiving game are six other
members of the 1909 team-Stewart.
right guard; Good right end: Crowl.
left end; Johnson, left half; Gabelman,
right half; and Herchel, center.
Thirteen members of the squad will
be awarded their coveted MS" next
week, when Captain Fetters reports
the play of the season. A total of 100
minutes of actual play in match games
is required before any player is en-
titled to wear an M on his sweater.
The team will also meet next week
for reorganization for the coming wear.
1t is practically assured that Raw
Packer, fullback on this seasons team,
will be the unanimous choice for cap
tain next year. Packer has played a
good game. and will be a captain sim
liar IN many ways to Ferdinand
Schmidt, Of last years team.
While more than half of this years
team will not be seen in a football uni
form of the school again. there is som
good material left on the team, and
more that is promising TO be deveiopefi
Among prospective new men who are
expected to prove good timber are Paul
Hayzlett and Melville Smith.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-26

This STORY was told to excite sym
pathy for Mr.. Ingledue among his
union labor friends. 1t was a falsehood
and If uttered knowingly it was a lie.
Norris has tried to keep his news
paper out of the franchise fight and he
has opened its columns fairly to both
sides. He has no fight with any man
and no desire to say who will run for
mayor. His newspaper would support
a union labor candidate in moment
IT he were a clean, able man superior in
fitness to his opponent. However, Nor
ris has been vilif1ed abused and lied
about solely to make the union labor
friends of Mr.. Ingledue think that the
newspaper is prosecuting him.
Mr.. Ingledue's statement to the
Trades and Labor Assembly was a
falsehood told for political purposes,
and he is herewith dared to produce the
friend" or any person who ever came
at any time to Mr.. Norris with the
Van Law suggestion or ever got any
answer from Norris of any kind per-
tanning thereto. He must produce Sat
urday or acknowledge the lie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-26
CLOSE CALL FOR HUNTERS
Hardy Friend and Archie Matthews, Of
This City, Dumped Into Iowa River
Near Tama When Boat capsizes -
Lose Guns and Baggage, and Just
Save Themselves.

AN experience that Hardy Friend and
Archie Matthews, of this CITY. will not
want to repeat was encountered by
those two young men Thursday even
ing, when they were thrown into the
Iowa river by the capsizing of their
boat at the dam three miles west of
Tama.
The young men started down the
river on quest for ducks Thanksigiy-
ing morning, and were nearing Tama
when the accident occurred. The hunt
ers lost their guns and all their bag
gage, together with their boat, which
sank.
A telephone message to Mrs. Mat
thews Friday night said that both of
the men We're safe, but the particulars
OF the accident were hard to OBJ
tain over the phone. Mr. Matthews
considered, however, that both he and
Friend had had a close call, especially
when it is considered that Mr. Friend
is unable to swim stroke.
Mr.. Matthews and Mr.. Friend re-
manned on the river today in an effort
10 recover their guns.