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The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

fall back IN the event OF becoming
necessary to replace any OF his more re-
cent offerings
In the roles made famous by Mr.. Good
win and Miss Elliott. Orme Caldara and
Julia Dean have achieved successes that
can hardly be rated as second 10 ;heIr
nluSuious predecessors in the parts and
are certain 70 materially add TO the Illus
rlous wreath these artists have won for
themselves by their unprecedentedly ex-
cellent and uniform work with the CO.
lumoia Players. Everett Butterheld also
comes In for a part, Richard Terence
Niles Audaine. the imp. that VIII more
prominently display the talents OF this
remarkable young actor than any in
Which he has yet appeared. The part
was written by Mr.. Esmond with a pur-
pose Of playing 1t himself All Of the
oJner fayorites OF the company VIII be
provided with good parts. and the pro-
duction will be the most pretentious yet
undertaken by the Columbia company.
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ORME CALDARA'S AUTOMOBILE
Leading Nan OF Columbia Players a
Motoring Enthusiast.

Motoring Enthusiast.
Orme Caldara IS having lots OF fun
these days with his new automobile Al
most every evening. an hour OF 50 before
twilight. he may be seen dong the Speed
way. and every night. after the perform
ance. he chases the noon around for an
hour or two 10 cool OF before retiring
for q well-earned rest But this thing
Of learning 10 run a motor car is not
al fun, Mr.. Caldara asserts. and Il any
one should happen 20 see him ascending
Capitol Hill or any other provOkingly
steep incline. with a ton or two upon his
manly shoulders. he should not think
that Air. Caldara IS seriously coatenplat-
ing entering into competition with the
long-earned animal whose patience IS as
unswervable as the currents OF the ocean.
Mr. Caldara Is an APT pupil. and after
few lessons IN the use Of sparkers, throt-
ties. reversing leavers, brakes. &c. he
reached the conclusion that It was all
waste OF money 70 employ a high-priced
chauffeur. and he started out one night
to try the delights Of motoring alone.
After lining out every road IN Potomac
Park. and doing the greater part OF the
center OF the town. and meeting with
no mishaps, Mr.. Caldara reached the
conclusion that all this talk about auto
mobiles climbing telegraph poles, and
such things. was al bosh. and With IN
faltering confidence In his ability 10 give
points 70 the most experienced man on
the market, he started up CAPITOL Hin.
All went well until he was about half
way UP. when the car began 70 slow
down. and despite his frantic efforts 10
keep Il moving, IL came 70 a staa6stiI
about 100 feet below the crest OF the Hill.
All efforts 10 bulge il were unavaflinr.
He adjusted the keys. experimented with
the levers and valves, tried The dIher-
ent gears. but al to no purpose. as the
car would not bulge. There was but one
thing 70 DO. and Mr. CaIdara did Il
It's not kind 70 tel on Mr.. Caldara. for
Il was most undignified thing 70 do.
but he actually got out and pushed.
Mr.. Caloara Is not to be Disconnected BY
little things, and when a midnight strag-
gler, with more hunor than sympathy,
began whistling Marie CahiITs popular
song, a Little Farther" Mr. Caidars
not only accommOdatingly joined in the
chorus. but braced his broad shoulders
against the machine and It was soon over
the hin- The mention OF the AFFAIR IS
not altogether pleasant 20 Mr. Caldara.
and be viii not attempt another climb
until he IS better acquainted with his
machine
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strong Company secured.

Bickel and Watson, Lee Harrison. and
Barney Bernard will be members Of the
big company with which Klaw & Er-
langer viii surround Nile. Geuee when
she enters on her career as star under
the management OF this firm. The book
viii be by Harry 3. Smith and the music
by Maurice Levi Nile. Genee returns TO
America in August
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"sT. ELMO a SUCCESS.
Play by willard HoIcOmb TO BE
Given Road Production.

The production OF Willard HoIcomb's
dramatizatloa OF st Elmo, The world
popular novel by Augusta J. Evans VII
son, by the Page Players Al the Academy
OF Music. Richmond. last week. was so
successful that II Immediately brought a.
host OF bidders for rights 10 produce the
play. These 8Iessrs. HolcOmb and Glaser
had acquired by purchase from the orig
lnaI author a few months before her
death. and took the precaution OF having
the play copyrighted in Great Britain
and the colonies. as well as the United
States and Canada
Moreover. through e D stair. 0Ir.
Glsser's manager. they hold the exclusive
booking rights n the North. while Jake
Wells. who controls the most Of tho
Southern theaters. Is interested with the
Page-Benjamin Company, Inc. in ex-
plotting The play below the Mason and
Dixon line. Negotiations are IN progress
through Alice Kauser's playbroking once
for the disposal OF the Pacific Coast
rights while E1aw & Erlange- viii book,
st. Elmo" In Central territory.
Vaughan Glaser viii star in the title
role on the Northern circuit. opening al
Columbus. ONO. next month. while the
Southern company VIII open on Labor
Day. probably az Norfolk. Va Miss Car
roll McCOmas. who created the role cS
Edna Earl az Richmond. VIII be fea-
tured. together with Frank Sylvester. n
the title role. Robert T. Hatnes. last
seasons leading man with Olga Neither
sole, and recently q stock star through
New England IS prominently mentioned
as the probable Eastern exponent OF this.
character.
Vaughan Glaser. however. IS the orig
inal St Elmo, having first PLAYED the
part IN the Canadian copyright perform
ance OF the play al Windsor. Ontario.
the afternoon Of June .. Just four hours
before the curtain rose on the Richmond
performance OF st Elmo"
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OUTLOOK FOR OPERA.
Next Seasons Promise for Musical
Novelties

In his little den in the Victoria Theater.
New York. Oscar Hanmerstein had an
all-day's reception right after his return
from Europe on Tuesday. The following
day he made an announcement OF his op-
cratic plans. The regular season in New
York will begin on November Is, and IN
Philadelphia the week following.
MY idea in going abroad three months
ago" said Mr.. Hammerstein. was 70 OBJ
tain new works and singers. both for my
educational opera and the regular season.
hunted IN cut OF the way places for
artists, going as Tar as Constantinople 70
hear some voices had been told were
sure 20 please ne.
Speaking OF his educational opera, he
said 80 would be given with the best art
lists, and there would be nothing cheap
about Il but the prices With the excep-
ton Of a few rows in the orchestra. all
seats on the lower floor viii be $50.
while the cheapest viii be 90 cents.
The repertoire viii consist Of operas IN
italian and French" said Mr Hammer
stein The ensemble OF tenors. barytones.
bassOs. sopranos. and cOntraltos numbers
twenty-fOur. and would. I think. do credit
% any Of the large opera houses in Cont
mental Europe.
Most OF the new singers I have en-
gagged for the regular season viii be heard
during the educational season. Including
Frederica de Carasa, my new Spanish
tenor: Marguerite Silva. formerly Of New
York, who has scored a success abroad:
Miss Miranda, a colOratura OF European
repute, and Miss Valdarez, a cOntraItO, OF
whom I expect great things" The first
weeks educational repertoire viii include
such operas as The Prophet" ''LOhen-
grin" Aida" Carmen" and The Jew
ess
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For the first time n many seasons
.,~v York finds Itself without mIdweslS
matinees. As the Shuberts control the
only legitimate theaters now open with
the exception OF Webers. they decided
70 eliminate the Wednesday afternoon
performances. The only other legitimate
attractions in Manhattan. rwO Il mum
beE, oSegpy roof gardezaI
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weekly salaries, 10000.


Other singers for the educational sea-
son are: TenOrs-Messrs. DuffaUlI. Lucas.
Russo and VenturinL Barytones-B -Bigna-
taro. Beck, Villa. Mates. and 8Iaridalia
Bassos-Laskai, Nicolay. and Scott So
pronas-Mmes. sylvia LAngo. Richie, Bar
one. and Grippon. Contraltos-M Mines.
Soyer and GenteL
The other novelty I will lnaugurate
next season. continued M Hammer
stein. viii be the presentation Of opera
cOmique and Operettas IN French every
Tuesday and Saturday night at the Man
haitian and Monday and Wednesday IN
Philadelphia This. with the familiar
operas IA The repertoire, VIII demand the
services OF seventy-eight singers FOR first
roles, while nifty VIII be required 10 sing
second roles, and my weekly salary list
viii reach upward OF 5000
The new operas 20 be produced by the
Manhattan opera Company IN New York
and Philadelphia, viii include 'ElekJra,
'Feuersnoth. Herodiade.' 'Sapho. 'Gri-
selidis.' 'Monna Wanna 'Aphrodite o
The Violin Maker OF Crem0ua,' 'Zaza-
and a new opera by Victor Herbert en-
titled Natoma' for which J. D. Red
ding has written the book. II viii
be one Of the first grand operas by an
American composer 20 be produced IN
New York and VIII be ready for produc-
ton early in January. / shall also re-
vive The Daughter CT the Regiment
during the regular season. Besides Lob
engrin' and Tannhauser.' 1 shall, OF
course. present all OF the other operas
that have been sung at the Manhattan
since its opening. three seasons ago
The opera comiQue and operetta roper
toire includes Ia Dame Blanche. q"
Dragons de VfIlar." "Cloches de Corne-
vile. Belle Helene" "Grande Duchess. q"
"Girohe-Giroha," La File de Madame
Angot, ''3lascotte. lie Jour e. IA
Mutt. Ia Chauve-Soruls'' C''Dde Fielder
maus'D. La File du TamboUr Majeur %
"Ovphee aux Enfers," and lie JoEe
Parfumeuse."
Here IS the list OF principals for these
works. Sopranos and nezzo-sopranOs.
Mines. Cavalier, DesIormes, Laya, Nobla
Bango. Villar. Duchene. and Ecarte;
tenors. Messrs de Vries Wales, and FL
ardO, barytones. Dufour and Leroux.
tenor bunos. Dambrine and Duran: bass
butfos. Salvador. Nostrand. and BlondeL
Messrs. Remand and Gilbert viii partici-
pate in several
This IS the roster Of artists engaged for
the regular season: TenOrs. AIessrs. Ze-
nateli0. Dalmores. Mccormack. Constan-
tinO. Di Bernard. DUnaUlt. MOdena. and
Parlacci; baryt0nes. Nessrs- Renaud.
Sammarco. Polese, Dufranne. CrabSe. Gil
ibcrt. LEsona. and Fcssettai bassos.
Nessrs. Euberdsau. Vallier. and De
Grazia; sopranos. Mines. Tetrazzini. Car
den, Cavalier. Caruen-Melis Labia. Ma
Zarin, Trentinh and Dumenel; mezZc-so-
pranos. Mines. GervilIe-Reache. DoriR
and Bayard.
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julia Dean was the recipient at the Co
lumbia Theater Tuesday evening OF a
bouquet OF roses that stood higher from
the stage than did the popular leading
lady. Il was a mementO from the Ka-
NAH Canoe Club. the members OF which
organization occupied seats n the front
OF the house thar evening
The Falls City tribune., 1909-06-11
Quaker Oats Griddle Cakes
Try them todayi

The family that hasn't eaten Quaker
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prise coming to it. Besides the de.ic-
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The best Of all foods for anyone
wanting more strength and vigor.
Hundreds Of thousands of packages
Of Quaker Oats are consumed in Ge--
many annually and almost all of i.
eaten in the form of Quaker Ol-i
griddle cakes. IN the New York
cereal restaurant Of the Quaker Ol5
Company these griddle cakes are verr
popular
Here's the best recipe for making
them:
, cups Quaker Oats (uncooked); IL cl7
-four; I teaspoonful salt. 1 @teaspoonful soda-
dissolve in two tabIespoonfuls hot wate-
I teaspoonful baking powder (mixi in four -
cups sour milk or b%uttermilk: , eggs bea5.n
lightly; Tablespoonful sugar: 1 or , table
spoonfuls melted butter according to richness
Of MILK.
Process: Soak Quaker Oats over night n
milk. In the morning mix and sift -four. soda.
sugar and salt add this to Quaker Olrg
mixture and quantity Of melted butter; adj
eggs beaten lightIy-beat thoroughly and COOK
as eriddle cakes-they make your mouth
water for more.
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osophical distractions that have
occurred to me as pertinent to
my general purpose, and in u
measure, explanatory Of things
obscure that surround and per
meare all the transactions Of
men. What they are however.
they were intended to be, and
are given for what they are
worth
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campaign, but the result was al
that we could desire. our men
were elected and the fur was to
fly shortly, and It IS no figure of
speech to say that it did. \
bill was passed locating the
county seat at Falls City, and
providing for a resubmission of
the question of its permanent
location to a vote OF the PEG
pie upon the same plan adopted
for the last election for the
same purpose.
In the meantime our little
city had steadily grown in pop
ulation. Most OF the young
men who came up from Kansas
to help Us out at the first cleo
ton, became permanent resi-
dents, and many others came to
US from the east and from other
parts. The Ware family and
that of Judge Marvin came
from Wisconsin. and later the
Glines brothers, relatives of the
Wares and Marvins. One of
them, Mr.. Ed. Glines, with his
family, is still d resident of this
city. The Ware family have all
passed away, and only Frank
Marvin, of Oklahoma City, Ok,
and the children of his deceased
brother George, are all that
survive of the Marvin family,
In the latter part of the win
ter or early in the spring, John
K. Dowty, who Is still here,
came down from Nemaha coun-
ty. and f. W. Hutchinson and
family came from Plattsmouth.
Some others / have already
mentioned. Mrs. Hutchinson
was a finely educated lady, with
ability much above the average.
It was to her l owe my first in
PRODUCTION to theWaverley Nov
els. by Sir Walter Scott. She
had a complete set and | man
aged to go through all Of them
while IAN inmate of the family
the following winter. They
enabled me to pass many an
hour that otherwise would have
hung heavily upon me in those
long winter nights, and for
which I have always been CRATE
full to that excellent lady. She
has long been at rest with the
great army OF the dead, along
with nearly everybody else I
knew at the time. out the many
acts OF kindness she did me-.
supplemented by kindly words
of encouragement when I most
needed them. will remain in my
remembrance among the cher
ished things Of my life, to the
end of it-and after.
\ theory yaguly limited at in
this paper will receive a more
critical examination hereafter,
when I have the leisure for the
purpose, and inclination for the
work. 1t has no doubt been OBJ
served, that, in writing these
desultory papers, I have fol
lowed no system, but have
mixed up with the recital of
particular incidents that yet
dwell in nv mem0ru some nb1i-
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mer was to elect the delegation
from this county to the lower
house of the legislature, three
in number. Dundy was a hold
over in the council. and with
that force a. Il starter, We
hoped to again have the county
seat question submitted to the
people under such restrictions
as to make It impossible for Il
preiudiced officer to defeat Us
by an adverse. one-sided decis-
sion. The John Brown visit
was troublesome, and it was
really out of the question to
convince the people that We not
only did not know of his coming
but were in no sense in sympa-
thy with his unlawful proceed
ings.
To those who did not want to
believe the SANDER that was
put on foot in that connection,
it was not difficult for Us to
prove To their satisfaction that
Browns visit came about solely
because Falls City lay on the
only direct route he could fol
low from his place in Kansas to
a point on the Missouri river in
Nebraska opposite the south
line of the state of Iowa, where
a crossing was made to Mount
Tabor, IN that state. That
point was above Peru and a few
miles south Of Nebraska City.
Who should We select as can
didates: There were no party
organizations in the county. out
in a way there were quasi party
affiliations, many democrats and
some republicans, though there
was no attempt to draw party
lines. certainlvnone on the part
of Fails City, as it would have
been the most ilI.advised thing
We could possibly do. It was
our policy to furnish one of the
candidates, st. Stephen anoth.
er and the third from some quar-.
ter in the west end of the cOun.
". \ certain DR.. Carter, from
what = now known as Franklin
precinct, had been selected by
our people for t h 2 western
member. but shortly before the
nominations were made public.
he was arrested on a charge
of rape, and that was the las
OF him a. 4 possible coming
statesman. His place vas tllee
by one Nate Meyers, a residen-
of a town I forgot to mention
named Monterey, but nobody
ever lived in it but Nate and hi,
family. He was something o.
an orator and talked elO0Qentl1
of the iron horse, By which ht
meant railroads, and proved
himself something of a prophet
as such a horse, in days TO come
did make its appearance IN tn,
country and is here yet. Hous
ton Nickells, a harum-scarum
four bottle democrat a I St
Stephen, was selected from tina.
quarter, and our own J. Edward
Burbank was selected for tht
third fellow. Nothing of unus
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JOHN BROWN AND FALLS CITY
have already mentioned that
John Browns raid At Harper 5
Ferry, in Virginia. IN the au.
tumu of I.5g. but only one OF
the distinctive events Of the
time covered by these reminls.
cences.
twas d far cry from the little
hamlet in a western wilderness.
to the historic shores of the
Potomac. but m the drama that
was being enacted IN the spring
time of that bali a century old
year. and which was 10 end in
disaster and death running
through years to come, before
the SHOWS of winter would whit
en- the earth, these two points
had a mysterious connection,
for they were both on the route
OF the irresponsible mailman and
his followers, who in their wild
a d unreasoning tanatlelsm,
we're soon TO strike 4 blow in
the world that would resound
through the universe. That the
soscalled raid into the state OF
Virginia, by John Brown, pre-
cipitated the civil wal in our
country, there can be no doubt
whatever.
But for that unfortunate cir
cumstance, the conflict between
the antagonistic ideas among
the people, might have been
determined in some peaceful
way, or the evil day postponed,
and possibly an appeal to arms
been I hus avoided entirely.
This is mere conjecture, for the
whole country was in such 4 state
OF suppressed Eruption that
little was needed to set of the
mine that had been growing un-
der { h e feet of the people
through forty years of continu-
Gus and acrimonious agitation.
There is reason to believe
that nothing in the realm of ma
ture happens by chance, OF az
cidental means, but that in all
its operations, there is not on
~ perfect harmonious action,
controlled by fixed laws, which.
if properly understood, would
eliminate much of the mystery
that now appears to shroud ma
ture in the present, and lift the
dark veil to some extent, thai
now hides the unknowable fu
ture from the knowledge of men
The prophet, who Is a fdtalio'
without knowing il, predict,
events to occur much in til,
same way that events have &c
Cured in the past, for Withou.
knowledge derived from tn,
latter, he would have non,
whatever of the other. If al
event in the future can be pres
ent in the consciousness of tn,
seer rs something certain, thel
the happening of that event 4.
predicted, must have been pre-
determined by superior power
and if one future event Is SO dc
ternined, then all must be So
and fatalism becomes lust Il,
true is the mathematical prop
osition, that the sum of the an
giles of any triangle Is equal t.
two right angles. Nevertheless
the doctrine OF fatalism is base,
on a false conception of caus
and effect and i impossible t
be true. All that can be sal.
in favor OF prophecy IS, that tn
prophet who best knows tn
past, and can best interpret tn
philosophy of its history,
best qualified to tell Us the Sc
crets of the future. This ir
wolves one other reelection
could history have been ditfel
ent from what it is-that is
was it possible for events t
have occurred in any other wa
~ H.. e.
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"reminiscences of q Wayfarer

Some Of the Important Events Of the Pioneer Days
CT Richardson County and Southeast Nebraska. as
remembered by the writer. who mas spent fifty
enc years here.
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ed by liked and un}drNlng laws.
and il comprehensive o. every
object or thing in the whole
wide expdnse of the universe.
It Is an organism, Il machine il
You please, and works constant
~ aud Away, in precisely the
same way. If We could rightly
understand those laws.we might
know what Good and man i
\ thresbing machine will only
do the work II vas designed to
do, but nothing else. Its sever
al parts move in harmony with
each other, and perform their
functions Is though independ-
ent entities. but it requires
the concurrent action of all to
successful operation. The same
is true of that mightier machine
that makes and controls the
world. It's every part Is in
restless but harmonious motion
with every other, and together
produce fixed results which, but
for the admirable arrangement
of that ineomprehensible mech
anism, would not be results 1t
all.
1t IS not probable that Brown
and his followers, when they
passed through Falls City,
knew that they would ultimate.
~ bring up at Harper's Ferry,
in Virginia, or that any particu-
lar place beyond the Canadian
frontier would be their destina
ton. They were outlaws, Grim
mails, possessed of but one con
trolling and fixed = deadly
hatred of slavery and the hold
ers of slaves. They held no
commission from any human au-
thority to make war on that
deeply hated Institution; nor
were they melted by any hope
of pecuniary reward. They
knew their enterprise was I'M
lawful, and they knew further,
that their lives and their liber
ties were endangered at every
step in its prosecution, but with
a persistency born of the very
madness o. fanaticism, they
went steadily and resistlessly
on to their doom on 4 Virginia
{ gibbet. 1t is probable that the
people of any Of the small
, towns through which t h e y
t passed on their way to the Can.
ada line, could have arrested
them and given them over tc
Justice had they been so dis
/, posed, but the fact Is, the PEG.
q pie in the free districts of the
nation were either too inditfer
emit or too much in sympathy
p with the fleeing black men from
e Il life OF bondage, to interfere
4 unless it was to aid the fugitive.
in their flight. This fact Wa.
2 well known to Brown, henc,
4 his careful avoidance Of Nilsson
5 ri soil. where public SentJmen
was Just the opposite to villa.
E, it was in the free states. Brown
could not have travelled tel
E, miles into Missouri withouthav
: ing himself and all of his fol
= lowers shot to death or hung oil
the nearest tree at hand.
That shows the state of pub
lie sentiment in the two section
1 of the country in that sprin.
time in the closing years Of III
decade Of $50. What it VA
d then, was what it had been TO
e many years before, only it Ia.
e grown in intensity with tn
e flight of time, and was to stiI
: continue to do so till the fuI'
=, ness of time the shock of arm
came and then the bloody dram
l. unequaled in the annals Of tn
world.
= Those misguided men were tn
o ignorant Instruments to an en-
Y of which they were no more cor
ill., = "