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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
"The Time, The Place and The Girl"

Written primarily with a strong love
story of human interest in view, 1.-The
Time, The Place and The Girl" which
plays an engagement at the Jefferson
theatre next Saturday matinee and night,
proved that this, when embelished by
fun, catchy songs and pretty girls in Wig
orous Dances is the most successful play
that that prolific trio, Will M Hough,
Frank R. Adams and Joseph E. Howard,
have turend out. This play broke all
records in Chicago, running there 1853 con-
secutive times and has created equally
notable records wherever else it has ar :
peared
The scenes are laid at a sanitarium in
Virginia, where Johnny Hicks, a happy
go-lucky gambler, and his pal Tom Gun
ningham have fled to escape arrest, as a
result of a physical encounter the pre-
vious night in Boston. Before the police
catch up with them, the sanitarium is
placed under quarantine. Cunningham,
the pal, is in reality a rich mans son,
and the first love complication begins
when he becomes infatuated with Marga-
ret Simpson, the girl who is at the sani-
tarium with her father, a farmer, and
her brother and party of boarding school
girls.
AS soon as the quarantine is declared
the servant of the hotel and sanitarium
desert and the guests are forced to look
after their own wants. Cunningham be-
cause of his manner, is chosen dictator
of the place and he assigns to each guest
a certain task. Hicks, the young gambler,
with prolific and typical vocabulary is
made head cook. Margaret Simpson, who
has quarreled with Cunningham, follow
ing her rejection of his suit is ordered
to do scrubbing and when she refuses
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03

her meals are summarily cut off. She
then leads the general strike of the
guests. Cunningham, however, proves an
efficient strikebreaker by jerking off his
coat and declaring physical supremacy.
Seats on sale Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03
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The Jefferson.

: Monday night-"Checke rs." 3
Tuesday night-Blanche Walsh 3
in THE Test"
2 Friday hight-Francis Wilson 3
in when knights Were Bold" 3
Saturday, matinee and night 3
Z THE Time, the Place and the
Z Girl"
8 The Majestic.
g All week, with daily ma tinees-
g High class vaudeville.
z The BijOu.
g All week with usual ma tinees- :
& Charley GrapeWin as Mr.. Pipp."
e The Gayety. 9
& All week, with daily matinees-
e 1.-THE Devil" high class burlesque. 9
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03

els WILSON, Is making a tremendous sue
cess this season, which is the second that
the farce has been presented in this
country Charles NARROW is the author,
and in decidedly clever manner satirizes
the inordinate love of ancestry held to
by a great many people, for he takes for
his hero modern up-to-date young man,
with small care as to what his pregeni-
tors did and by means of dream takes
him back to the twelfth century and gives
him a glimpse of the manners and Gus
toms of those bygone ages, while he him
self is strongly imbued with present day
ideas. Naturally, this gives Mr.. Wilson
a splendid opportunity, and it is one Of
which he takes the utmost advantage
At the opening of the play, the hero, Sir
Guy de We're, is suffering from very bad
cold and instead of going to dinner with
his guests he takes a good big drink and
going to the knights room of the house,
while waiting for his own room to be pre-
pared, lies down upon the couch and falls
asleep. His cousin, Lady Rowena Eg-
gington, is thoroughly imbued with the
importance of the family and it's tradi-
lions and from her Sir Guy has heard
but little else So when he falls asleep,
his dreams carry him back to the good
old days. and the second act find him
seven hundred and ten years younger.
Francis Wilson as Sir Guy de We're is
inimitable in his drollery and the entire
performance goes with verve and spirit
which appeals strongly to amusement
lovers. Mr. Wilson's supporting company
is both large and strong, altogether there
are forty people in the organization and
beside the star the cast includes Edna
Burns Adelaide Wilson Margherita Sar-
gent, Helene Montrose Blanche Sharpe,
Bertha Mann, George Irving, John Ire
vor, F. Owen Baxter, Augustin Duncan
Victor Benoit Clarence Handysides, J. c.
Robson and many Others. Charles Froh-
man will present Francis Wilson in
'tWhen Knights Were Bold. at the JEFF
ferson theatre Friday night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-03

Francis Wilson Here Friday.
when knights Were Bold" the farce
In which Charles Frohman presents Fran
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19
A Painless Death

A teacher in the factory dis
trict Of a New Jersey town had
been giving the children earnest
lectures Upon the poisOnouMeSS
of dirt.
One morning a little girl rails
ed her hand excitedly and point
ed to a boy who seldom had
clean hands.
Teacher she said, ''lOok
quick. Jimmie'S cOmmittin' sui
eide. He's suckin' his thumb
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19

happy hen is the one that fatten
the pocketbook; hen with a
glouch isn't worth her space, no
matter what her breed may be.
It is worth the poultry rails
er's while to remember that an
earth floor is unhealthful when
the location is naturally wet and
not well drained. With this
kind of location it will pay to
put in a board floor.
Hens will not lay during the
cold months unless given food
rich in egg material. l feed wheat
and skim-miIk, which are splen-
did egg producing foods; and al !.
50 include parehed corn and Kaf'
ir-corn N the bill Of fare.
Take no chances by having
too many chickens together II
one flock. If you see they are
getting to be crowded in then
winter quarters, make thrift
and health a certainty by divid'
ing them up, or selling some Of
them.
You may have an idea thai
poultry can hunt their own grit
You are wrong. Grit is as eS
sential as feed. Get a grit box
fill it with crushed rock and oy
ster-shell, and hang it on tn
wall where dirt will not b
scratched into it.
We know when November ar
rives that winter is not far of
There will be a number OF YER.
|: nice days this month, and advar
tage should be taken Of goo'
; weather for repairing the houses
painting, withdrawing, or what
ever work might be necessary b.
) fore real winter comes.
} From November Farm Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19
The Corn Crop

The crop reporting board
the department gives indicated
total production of corn for 1909
as 2,767, 316,OOO bushels, against
2,666,651,OOO as finally estimated
last year, with the quality as
S4.2 per cent against 1863 last
year.
The preliminary estimate of the
average per acre Of corn is 25.4
bushels against 26.2 last year
dO4O aql 10 4ua0 led s0Iql 4nOqV
e of 1908 is estimated to have beer
In farmers hands by November /
against 81 per cent of 1907
,rop on farmers hands at thu
time last year.
The table by states Lows thE
following:
Yield per acre for 1909; Mis-
souri,, 26.1; Kansas. 1879; Ok
lahoma II; Arkansas Is.
Total production 1909 !; Nilsson
ri, 215,028,0OO; Kansas, 155,419,
900; Oklahoma 1OO,555,O0O; Ar
kansas 100000.
Quality for 1909; Missouri
79; Kansas, rs; Oklahoma, Y
Arkansas Is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19
The Poultry Yard

Eighteen hens that were fed
milk last winter, laid more eggs
than 100 fed on cut bone and
meat.
A flock might just as well rOOs
in trees as in a house full Of
cracks and holes, which chill'
the birds in spots and produces
bad colds.
A hen too fat gets lazy; she
takes no interest in life. One
too poor cares nothing about the
egg record. Tie happy medium
is a happy hen.
Some people are willing to pay
an extra price for eggs of one
color. Many people get a cent
or more a dozen for sorting
their hen fruit according tt
size and color.
On some farms the young chick.
ems are allowed to roOSt outdoors
during summer and fall. They
should at once be trained to win
ter quarters, and the sooner
this is done the better.
I should rather have oene hap
Ply hen than two grumpy ones. !
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19
Money in Butterflies

If 2 man IN need OF money wall
but 60 to the beautiful, civiliz-
ed and well settled island Of ia
naica, British West Indies, and
catch BUTTERFLIES it seems as if he
might get along. There is enc
variety there, a big handsome fell
low, known to science as Papilio
homerus, for which $40 each is of
fered, right on the spot. There
are many tropical butterflies
for which eager buyers in many
parts Of the world will pay pric-
es ranging from a few cents to
a few hundred dollars each. Nor
need the man who seeks wealth
with a butterfly net confine his
seeking to the West Indies. Down
in Central America is a finer
field for his cultivation. If he
will go into South America he
will do as well, probably better,
for butterflies of extraordinary
beauty Of iridescent coloring
abound there. One family of
South American butterflies, the
Morphos, having a wing expanse
of about six inches from tip to
tip with a colOring of a wonder
full, iridescent, metallic blue abov
with exquisite owl-like eye spots
beneath, are eagerly sought by
collectors, not only for museums,
but also for ornaments. Even a
broken wing Of one Of the beau
tiful MorphOs finds market
From Raising a Crop of Live
Jewels in November Techni-
cal World Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19
The Roller Towel.

The roller towel will have to 60
in Kansas. As a collector of
germs and infectious diseases this
public accommodation, the Kan
sas state board of health declare
spreads more contagiOn among
the people than all the public
drinking cups, long whiskerS and
other agencies.
The roller towel is the most
dangerous and deadly thing that
the public comes in contact with,
the Kansas insp 9ctorS claim. In
railroad stations, hotels, office
buildings and in other pieces
where pubic toilets are maintain
ed, infectious diseases are convey
ed to people who use it. Kansas
is going to lead the states Of the
Union in a war on the Keller tow
el.
'"Think Of It," an Inspector
said on returning from q trip
out over the state, and who had
occasion to observe the habits Of
travellers on several of the trunk
lines of railroad. This is what
happens every hour of the day
Tired and fatigued from the long
ride across the country, a travel
rr welcomes Tie S'crt g. any
kind of toilet room that offers
water and roller towel. Wat
er and soap will remove the dir
and CRIME, but the deadly role
, towel does its work when a mai
, wipes his face and endeavOrS t
get the dust out of his eyes wit
, the folds of this implement o
disease and death, for the sam
towel has dried the hands @
countless scores, some of who's
bodies are probably reeking wit
|, incurable blood diseases. tn
v danger from the public drinkin
i cup is as nothing compared wit
/. the terrible roller towel. 1t wi
o have to go in Kansas, and
ought to go in every state
+ the Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19
Edison,s Predictions

EDISON , 1Icu1Cb1Ono Ai
Thomas A. Edison predicts
that within the next twenty years
the art of holding concrete will
reach a marvellous degree OF per-
lection in architecture. This will
not be achieved by great ex-
penditure of money; it will
be accomplished by labor saw
ing appliances which will so
cheaper the cost of production
that twenty years hence the poor
will have more beautiful homes
than the rich can now aspire
/ to.
Mr. Edison predicts that NOV
ing picture machines will be 50
perfected that the characters
will move and speak, and other
stage accessories will make the
illusion perfect. Such entertain
ments, he says, can be provided
for five cents, and will give the
millions of working people a
chance to be amused and improv
ed. The result will be hard
J blow to the saloon.
Locomotives will pass out OF
existence, and all railroads be
operated by electricity. This
: prophecy seems very evident Of
fulfillment. An artist searching
for a model of a steam lOcomo'
tive found out the other day
that to see an old-fashiOned en-
. CINE he would have to 60 to Jer
sey City, as electricity operate.
all roads running into New YOrl
l proper.
/, The water power OF our brook
: and rivers will be utilized by ell
; ectricity to an extent now I'm
dreamed Of.
A new fertilizer will spring in
to existence containing nitrOge,
in large quantities. Electricit
will draw this from the air, an
$ will greatly increase the arab
J, ity Of our land. This is done t
5 a large extent to-day in Sweder
r Aerial navigation will be firm
| ly established, and will be on
sound, practical working basis
5, twenty years.
J, Our bodies will be fortifie
s against the ravageS of disease b
, the useof Serums, so that ma
u will live much longer than no
(. and suffer less pain. The pre-
G ent fight against cancer and Il
berculoSiS will be carried to
successful finish, and both the'
dreadful scOurges will be as raj
as smallpox.
Our coal supply will be muc
better understood and ninety p'
cent of its efficiency will not /
thrown away as it is tO-dty.
II A new force in nature wi
be discovered, by which thint
now dubbed psychic" will
well understood. Mental phenor
ena will then seem no more wol
! derful than physical phenomer
do now. We now have but Il
4 five senses. If we knew NOR
we would have at least eiFat.
Success.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-11-19
You Are to Judge

Here is a List of the many ar
cles which we dry clean: Mems
suits, overcOats, fancy vests,
pants, neckties, hats, cravenettes
automobile caps. In ladies' wear
ing apparel we handle costly wed
ding costumes, robes Of silk an
satin, as well as silk shirt waists
princess dresses, dresser Sesfs
center pieces and lace curtains
and anything that needs dry
chemical, or fancy cleaning. YOl
are to be the judge Of my work
GREAT BEND DRY CLEANING
Co., 10th and Main, Phone 456.
Evening star., 1909-06-17
American Interests in China.

While American diplomacy has been
regarded, according 10 old world stand
ards as of the rough-and- ready sort and
has even earned the appellation shirt
sleeves diplomacy" none the less It ac-
coinplishes its results with minimum
of friction and delay. An instance is at
hand in the matter of the Chinese loan,
which. If IL had not been for the prompt
and effective interposition of the State
Department would have been foatsd be-
tween the bankers of Germany, France
and England to the exclusion of those
of America. Secretary Knox quietly
made representations to the Chinese gov
ernment which halted the transaction
and caused a reconsideration. resulting
in the admission of American business
interests TO a quarter share.
This achievement by the Secretary of
State, il is understood. is in line with
the policy which he has adopted of un-
dertaking to advance American business
interests in not only the far east but in
South America. where there is need of
capital for the development of resources
and where there are excellent opportuni-
Evening star., 1909-06-17

ties for the marketing of American goods.
In this Chinese loan. for instance, the
advantage gained by this country in the
admission of American bankers to the
placing of one-fourth Of $27.JOO.O 600 Of the
loan is not confined to the opportunity
to invest their funds. The participation
in the financing of the Hankow and Sze-
Chuen railway of American f1nanciefs
means that they will be represented IN
the management, and thus It ~ possible
to secure the purchase of railway con-
struction supplies in this country. Such
contracts are valuable not alone in them
selves. but in the stimulation of other
business which they effect.
Secretary Knox has given an explicit
definition of the policy which Is to be
pursued during his administration of the
State Department in terms which fndi-
cate that advantage will be taken OF
every possible opportunity to advance the
commercial and trade interests of the
United States. Secretary Hays achieve
ment in insisting upon the maintenance
of the open door in China laid the founda-
tion for work along these lines. Mr..
Hay foresaw the regeneration of China
and the adoption of western methods
with the consequence of heavy demand
for materials and funds, apd it was his
farsighted' stroke which made possible
the successful insistence of Secretary
Knox that the American bankers should
be admitted to the financing of the Han
kow loan. Up to this time comparatively
small contracts have been let in China
for American goods This has been due
In large part to the greater activity of
European nations, but it may be expected
that under the stimulus of the State De-
partment's aggressive policy this inviting
field will be no longer neglected.
Evening star., 1909-06-17
Taft the Harmonizer.

1t was conceded at the outset that the
new tariff bill might Of necessity carry
more than a revision of the customs
schedules The large Treasury deficit
suggested some new source OF revenue
supply in addition to what revised Gus
toms would bring.
Three suggestions were made: % An
income tax, (2) an inheritance tax, and
cs) a tax on corporation net earnings
Objections were offered to each.
In the matter of an income tax it
was pointed out that. as the Supreme
Court had decided against such a levy,
Congress by making it now would in
vite litigation instead of providing rev.
enue for a pressing emergency. In the
matter of an inheritance tax it was
shown that a number of states were al
ready using that means in their revenue
systems, and the position was taken that
the national government should not in
terfere And in the matter of corpora
tion net earnings it was urged that a
tax on them would fall largely on per
sons of small means, leaving the very
rich untouched.
The President in his message in March
recommended an inheritance tax, and the
House adopted his suggestion. The SEN
ate finance committee however, cut out
the provision. and rested the bill it re-
ported to the Senate upon customs re-
ceipts.
Now there is return to the original
proposition of revenue from other sources
than customs, and the President, after
canvassing the situation with members
of the two houses, gives an opinion for
tax on corporation net earnings. From
that source. as he is advised, sum may
be obt aimed which with the receipts from
demands of the government. At the
same time he would have the Constitution
amended putting at rest all question as
to an income tax, so that IL such tax
may at any time in future be thought
necessary in the matter of the govern
ment's support it may be imposed with
safety and immediate results.
The. President enters the field now at
the instance practically of his party
friends in Congress, and for the frank
purpose of contributing to party harmony
and securing a tariff bill He Is fully JUS
tilted in that course. His party Is re-
sponsble for legislation, and he plays an
important part in lawmaking. He sees.
as everybody else does, that failure in
tariff legislation, either as respects the
revenue, would injure both the party
and the country, and he takes his place
properly. Again he is a harmonizer-a
role which as his partys leader he should
always play in a party emergency.
Evening star., 1909-06-17
Paris Sets the Pace.
From the Baltimore American

In this country the movement for sys-
tematic and carefully thought-out plans
for the adornment of cities Is of COM
paratively recent development. Not until
within the last decade did the beautitica-
ton propaganda seem to take firm
hold upon the popular imagination of
urban populations in the United States.
The genius of municipal adornment has
at last arrived. however. in nearly every
American city. 1t was once remarked
of a certain inland city that ''if she ever
does take to culture she will make culture
hum" American cities in general have
not exactly been making this beauttica-
ton proposition hum" but they have
taken hold of the idea. and they will
never let go of it. Paris is concededly
the most artistcally beautiful city on
the terrestrial globe. The city on the
Seine began to apply systematic plans
of adornment centuries ago Under the
monarchies. during the imperial regime
and later under republican administra-
ton, the French capital has been trans
formed in accord with ideals worked out
by men of genius. And during the first
decade Of this twentieth century the pol
icy of beautifying and adorning the
French metropolis is being carried out
perhaps more systematically and upon "a
vaster scale than at any previous period
of the citys history.
Evening star., 1909-06-17
The Nanticoke.

If the Venezuelan government had been
more prompt or more frank in the matter
OF the steamer Nanticoke much trouble
would have been averted and the vessel
itself saved from the delay incident to It's
detention as a suspected flibuster. L,
may be that the foreign relations depart
ment at Caracas IL not yet in good work
ing order. or possibly the Venezuelan rep
resentatives i'm this country are not az
quick in their work as they might be
The detention of the Nanticoke has beer
the subject OF comment for four or Ave
days. This government had every reason
to be alert and take proper precautions
To prevent the departure from these
shores of a filibustering expedition or .
Evening star., 1909-06-17
A Good Roads Movement.

We've had good roads movement down
to Pohick on the Crick;
We raised some ready cash fur what We
couldn't get on tick,
An. bein' a partic'lar Job. we thought it
would be wise
To get some men of probity to come an
supervise.
And, as further guarantee 'gainst
chances of neglect,
We took another set of men an told 'em
to inspect
An these arrangements didn't seem jes'
what they ought to be
Till we'd secured some talent competent
to oversee.
There arose misunderstanding bout emol-
uments an rank,
But the payroll checks KEEP comm very
regular to the bank.
Somehow the highways didn't seem to
lose their ruts an Jumps,
An every time we went to town we had
to bump the bumps.
We found it hard to comprehend what
such delay could mean
In work so we'll inspected, supervised an
overseen.
The only manual labor on this job that
seemed so slow
Was done with great reluctance by a
small boy with hoe.
The situation naturally shocked our civic
pride
We called some meetin's an the proper
people testified.
We got the overseers to tell exactly what
they knew
An heard from the inspectors an the
supervisors. too.
Then we drew up resolutions an delivered
an address
To vindicate our efforts to uplift an to
progress.
We have solved the difficulty an our
hearts are full of joy
At seem discipline maintained. We fired
that no-'count boy.
Evening star., 1909-06-17
WOmem's Waist Dept.

Messaline and Chiffon Taneta Waists. in
taupe. gray and dark blue: tailored style: full
tucked front: long lego mutton sleeves I'm
ished with buttons: all sizes Reduced from
$5.I5 to 1919 each
Chiffon Taffeta silk Waists. in black and
white and blue and white striped effects: full
tucxed front: shrred long sleeves finished with
small pink buttons: all sizes. Reduced from
500 to $s.75 each
1 Fine Cross barred Handkerchief Linen Shirt
Waist, front neatly hand-embroidered and trim
med with cluny lace. heading and small tueks;
sleeves and back trimmed 10 match Wong
sleeves: fastens in back; size 3S Reduced from
$500 to $50.
2 Fine Batiste Shirt Waists. front. back and
sleeves elabtrately trimmed with embroidery
medalions, German vaencennes lace. cluny
insertion and small tucks; long sleeves. fasten
In hack: sizes IS and 80. Reduced from 81 so
to $500 each.
Fine Batiste Shirt Waist. front and collar
hand embroidered and trimmed with German
valenciennes insertion and small tucks: long
sleeves: fastens in hack; size 40. Reduced from
800 to $685..
Fine Ratiste Shirt Waists. hand-emhroid
cred and trimmed with cluny beading and small
tucks; long sleeves trimmed to match: fasten In
back: sizes 40 and ~. Reduced from $3.75 10
81 95 each.
Third floor, G. st.