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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12
singer DE GOGORzA
WARMLY APPLAUDED
By WALTER ANTHONY

There is distinguishing character
istic about Emilio de Gogorza that sug-
Eests "patrician' as the only adequately
descriptive term-his art is in the high
est degree aristocratic yet it is not
cold nor Of merely formal excellence.
Il is warm, pulsing, passionate at times,
bat never is il lush. noisy or common.
A high idealism pervades it. He sings
with deepest feeling and conviction.
He gave a recital yesterday afternoon
AZ the Columbia. The size Of the au-
dience was a tribute to the unsensa-
tionalism OF the singer. and to his
splendid attainments in this most won
derful Of the arts Of music-singing.
he was accompanied by a pianist new
10 this city, young man whom De
Gogorza met in Paris and induced to
travel with him as sOlOist and accom-
paniss. In both Of these roles Robert
Schmitz is a success. His individual
{, contributions were drawn almost ex-
Y lusivelv from the modern French
= school. OF which Debussy is the head if
somewhat battling leader just now.
Schmitz brought forth compositions by
Widor, Saint-Saens and Debussy with
confidence and certainty of touch. The
Debussy "Soiree dams Grenade" was
curioUsly interesting. and the Saint
Saens "TOccata" exposed the PLAYERS
remarkable technique and power. A
brilliant hardness as of flashing dia-
monds that shot through his solo in
terpretations was missing in his ac-
compartments. which were sympa-
thetically conceived and played
De GogOrza had no trouble in MAX
ing the big audience bow TO his finished
art He is a great itinerant in song
and no country's music nor no century's
compositions are strangers TO him
whether he picks a Tschaikowsky
minor melody or a Cesti aria, Brahms
master song or Horatio Parker's ex-
cellenf imitation Of old English mu-
SIC THE Lark Now Leaves Its Watry
Nest" For encore he sang Spanish
song. Paladhiles roguish Suzanne
ikowslky's mournful Deception
and several other selections.
De Gogorza s program was long, and
10 modern ears might have been monot-
onous in places. but for the remarkable
beauty Of the singers interpretations
lis subtle shading. an almost caressine
touch and a judgment for contrasts
that made his singing vitality interest
ing and interestingly vital in every
phrase.
How wonderfully done was th'
Brahms "Feldeinsamkeit," for in
stance and with what perfect under
standing the singer breathed the beauty
90 me neloS WiittA DiaiiiiiS NoNe ~ an
reflected in his exquisite harmonies and
classic melody. Then, in contrast, wha
a rhapsody was brought out in Strauss
Cecilia" So. throughout the program
one beauty faded into another and th'
afternoon passed blissfully.
OF all the barytones that come here
DeNS Dgorza. il seems 10 me, is tn
naosN patrician in the nobility OF hi'
musical expressiveness. His programs
are uplifting, with the cathohcity o.
the widest appeal.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12
DILL'S LATEST
OFFERING CATCHY
"The Merry Widow and the
Devil' Produces Continuous
Laughter at GarriCk

The Garrick theater was crowded to
the doors yesterday afternoon and
evening for the initial performances of
Man Dill's latest Offering. The Merry
Widow and the Devil" the play itself
being a great drawing card. and the
temperance of Maude Lillian Berri
and Percy V. Bronson in the roles in
which they starred last season prov
ing an even greater one. The former
was seen. and to advantage. in the role
of the attractive grass or would be
grass widow who gives the name to
the play and the latter as Prince Dan
dilo ruler OF Farsovia. whose pride
prevents him from stepping in and
brea king up a happy home. because
the lady of his choice is overburdened
with riches.
The play IS the same as the one that
had such a phenomenal run last season
in this city. being clever satire on
the two well known plays with the de-
lightful music of the original Merry
Widow" comedy running through it.
This fact alone makes the play worth
seeing. the dances still charm and they
are staged with a lavish attention paid
to scenic effects and cOstuming that
alone would make them new and inter
esting.
AS to the plot itself-while there is
plenty of action-it is without rhyme
or reason and is merely an excuse to
keep the audience in one continual up
roar of laughter. The audience rocked
with laughter. with Max Dill as the
nucleus around which all the merriment
centered. As the valet janftor with his
inimitable fun making he set the ball
rolling and, whether in his plots and
counterplotS or his forced love scenes
with Elsie Iceberg. who looks to him
like a long lemonade" he is one vast
scream.
The three acts have been enhanced
with telling local hits and a sprinkling
of fresh humor.
''The Merry Widow Waltz" was one
of the telling hits, and in spite of the
fact that Maude Lillian Berri is a trifle
heavy for the part she carried it off
well. "At Maxim's" charmed as it al
ways does. but "Oh. the Girls, Girls.
as sung by all of the male characters
in the play, was the hit of the after
noon. The FarsoviaR dance. given by
the chorus before the singing of
''Velia,' was one of the best of the
musical numbers not only for its skill
in execution. but also for the richness
of the costumes and the vigor and vim
with which it was carried out.
Roger Gray takes the part of the
Devil and, as the janitor expressed it.
he was "a hell of a good fellow and
made an excellent devil. while Eva
Pollard as Mimi was fascinating in her
role of soubrette and in the ease with
which she led her highland chorus and
her other song dances.
The company is well trained and well
staged, the chorus girls are exception
ally pretty. the music is sparkling and
| the necessary humor is all there
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12
HUMAN ADDING
MACHINE A HIT
Marvellous" Griffith Shares
the Honors With Other Head
Liners at the Orpheum

Mabel Hite and Mike Donlin in their
skit. Double Play" again won the
honors at the Orpheum in yesterdays
matinee. Stanley and Norton, singers
and dancers; Hilda Thomas and Lou
Hall in their comedietta, THE Sub
stitute;" the monarch of mathemati-
clans, Marvellous Griffith and Hy-
mack, "the chameleon comedian" pre-
sented the new numbers in an entirely
pleasing bill.
The work of Griffith, who is styled
aptly the human adding machine, ;"
was perhaps the most remarkable fea-
ture of the afternoon He began by
mentally multiplying two numbers of
three figures shouted at random from
the audience. Then came numbers of
four five and finally of six figures.
The results were placed on blackboards
underneath the numbers suggested,
and E. K. Nadel worked them out, in
every case tallying with Griffith's re-
suits, which were placed down imme-
diatefy after the numbers were writ
ten. Then with a confusing calcula-
tfon Griffith told a number of persons
in the audience the number of children
they had and gave other remarka BILE
demonstrations of his marvellous gift
There was no doubling him. His very
appearance, attitude and manner OF
speaking were characteristic of the
thinking machine, too natural, too true
to be assumed
Stanley and Norton brought laughter
with clever songs and dialogue. In
''The Substitute" Hilda Thomas, a serv-
ant in the house. plays amusingly
/ against Lou Hall. who is made up as
an ungainly "rube" with remarkable
and lonesome talent for the piano
The rapid fire between Cook and Lor-
enz in the 1.-TWO Millionaires" was en-
tertaining. Their burlesquing of bare
foot dancing was ludicrous A most
dazzling piece of work was done by
Hymack, who gibbers around a stage
! full of surprises, while countless cuffs
collars and many colored neckties and
gloves fit about his hands and neck
as fast as he pulls them off, When his
act is completed the stage is strewr
with all sorts of clothing, but he still
keeps reserve for encores.
| There seemed disposition through
! out the entire performance for the
members of one act to kid" the fool
cries of another much to the delight
! of the appreciative audience.
!
AS soon as a girl gets married she
gets busy and tries to help some girl
| get into the same kind of trouble.
| It's awfully hard for a man to apply
his sense of Ilumor to his own case.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12

All men who want the earth are not
brick manufacturers.
Most wives seem to think their hus-
bands are made of dust"
People who fish for compliments sell
dom know where to draw the line.
Some men never amount to anything
until they get married-then they have
a good fighting chance.
The quickest way to convince a girl
that you have good taste is to tell her
she is good looking.
A woman gets as excited over a we'd
ding in the neighborhood as a man
does over a baseball game.
Osaka is the wealthiest commercial
and manufacturing city in Japan. Whar
California is to the United States
Osaka is to Japan, says Representative
Japan. It is the most democratic anc
industrious city in the empire, and GOV.
ers eight square miles. Osaka teens
with rivers and canals and has a, goo6
harbor The imperial mint at Osaka Is
the most modern model institution OF
its kind
Revenge may be sweet at first but
it is sure to acquire flavor that is
anything but agreeable.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12
WIFE CAN BE BOUGHT
FOR BOX OF MATCHES
Tartar Price Higher, Weight in
Butter Asked

Curious customs still prevail with re-
gard to marriage. In some parts OF
Uganda the custom IS to offer six needles
and a pack of India ribber for a wife
Some Of the Kaffirs secure oxen. The
Tartars Of Turkestan give the weight
of the prospective wife in butter. In
Kamskatcha the price varies from one
to 10 reindeer; some savages require a
certain amount of labor. Among the
aborigines it is said the current rate for
a wife is a box of matches, which
prompts a Paris contemporary to spec
ulate whether one of the French gov
ernment boxes would be accepted.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12
GILLETTE TO MANAGE
FROHMAN'S NEW THEATER
Stars and Lesser Lights Are to
Shine in New York House
rcJ MI =. IT, C.U
TSeecioI Disealch to The Call

NEW YORK. Dec. 11-Charles Froh-
man will tomorrow complete final ne
gotiations for a new uptown theater
that will be the permanent home of an
organization combining the stock COM
pany and visiting system. The new
playhouse will be known as the New
All repertoire theater.
It's dictatorship will be entirely in
the hands of William Gillette. Mr..
GilIette's idea is, that such a theater.
one of the principal factors of which
will be the development of new acting
material as well as affording estab
lished stars a wider range for expert
mentation, will mean to actors what
the Academy OF Design means to
painters
Ground has been broken for the
building, the location of which Froh-
man is not ready TO state any more
definitely than 10 say il will be situated
within sight OF the New theater at
Sixty-third street and Central park,
west.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12
SKULL IS FRACTURED
DURING DISCUSSION

Samuel Albright, a teamster en-
ployed by Charles Kane & Co. who
lives at the Ross house, Sixth and
Howard streets. entered into a discus
sion with q crowd of men at the cor
ner Of Ninth and Howard streets las
night and is suffering from fractured
skull. Albright was taken to the
central emergency hospital for treat
ment and Detective McGraham was
detailed to determine who struck him.
The anxious seat is occupied by the
man on the fence.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12

Every mothers son of US has his
hobby. That of the average actress
seems to be matrimony.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12

In a high grade violin there are SIS
pieces of wood of three or more kinds.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12

No Alonzo, a man who studies the
habits of ants isn't necessarily az
antiquarian.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12

The man who boasts OF calling a
spade a spade may pass snow shovel
without being able to recognize 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12

The more people talk about things
the less they do.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12

If some men didn't boast OF their
honesty the world would never know
they had any.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12
MICE AND RATS FLEE
FROM ARTIFICIAL CAT
Dummy Has Advantage That 1t
Neither Eats Nor Screams

An ingenious inventor has made an
artificial cat, not lie chat a neuf queues,
but the veritable house cat. The art-
fetal cats body is composed of plaster
terra Gotta, over which is spread the
skin of one which has left the society
Of cats at some time or other. The eyes
are covered with sulphur Of calcium,
which gives to the artificial cat more
terrible appearance than the cat In life.
Mice and rats behold it with terror,
and in q day or two forsake the room
in which the imitation of their heredi-
tary enemy is placed. Among the ad-
vantages claimed for the artificial cat
are-it steals nothing, eats nothing,
kills no birds, and utters no unearthly
cries at night.
It was asserted a few days ago be-
fore the Massachusetts, gas and electric
light company that within 175 miles OF
Boston water capable of yielding 3OO,-
600 horsepower is going to waste.
Many good thinkers are poor takers.
A good foot rule-don't wear shoes
that are too small.
Ever notice how easy ii is to get
things you don't care for?
And the lighter mans head is the
higher he is able to carry IL.
a girl with a plain face has lots of
time to cultivate the beauties of her
mind
Never strike man when he's down
for loan.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-12

AS soon as a girl gets married she
gets busy and tries to help some girl
get into the. same kind OF trouble
It's awfully hard for a man to apply
his sense of humor to his own case.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07
URGED
TO ENDORSE BILL
Government Desires to Extend the
Scope of Public Health
Laws.
DOCTORS GET CIRCULARS
Richmond Academy of Medicine
|, and Surgery Will Approve
Proposition.

Many prominent physicians of Rich
mond have received circular letters
urging them to lend their support to
the bill pending in congress- provid-
ing for the establishment of Federal
department of health with cabinet
representation. 1t Is especially urged
that the physicians use their in
fuence with their representatives in
congress with a view Of having the
bin passed.
The bill has the strong endorsement
of the American Medical Association
and II Is this orga which has
sent out the circulars not only to
physicians In Richmond but to those
prominently identified with the prac-
tfce of medicine throughout the coun-
try.
Richmond physicians have as yet
taken no action In the matter but II
Is thought that the bill will be en-
dorsed at the next regular meeting of
the Richmond Academy OF Medicine
and Surgery to be held on June IL.
A member OF the academy stated
Tuesday that he was personally in
favor OF the bill and he believed prac-
ticaily all other physicians In good
standing In Richmond took a similar
view of the proposition.
Doing Fine Work.
The Federal public health service. :,
he said. lis already doing a fine work
and with the passage OF the bill in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07

question il will undoubtedly be able
to accomplish great deal more thar
it can at present, under existing laws
and conditions"
In this connection, 1t may be stated
that the bill is meeting with con-
siderable opposition in Washington
from members OF what Ia known as
the National Association for Medical
Freedom which has gone on record
declaring that the passage OF tho bill
will greatly strengthen the doctors
trust" Among the newspapers wag-
ing war on the bill II the New York
Herald which apparently never misses
an opportunity TO whack 1t.
Up Before National Body.
The bill Ia perhaps the leading topic
up before the American Medical AS
ISOLATION now in session In st. Louis
and before the body adjourns the
latter part of this week It is regarded
an likely that some concerted plan OF
action will be mapped out with a
view of getting the bill through con-
gress.
Richmond physicians In attendance
upon the convention are: DIR. Lewis
C. Bosher. DIR. Greer Baughman. DR..
j. S. Hershey. DIR. Allen w. Freeman,
DR.. c. NJ. Haxen. They are expected
back home next Saturday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07
HARVEST At HAND
IN OLD BUCKINGHAM
Wheat Crop in Excellent Condi.
tion-Strike in Slate Quarries
Not Serious.

Especial to The Richmond virginiaY. J
BUCKINGHAM. VA, June 7.--Har,
vest will begin this week. The whea,
crops seem to be excellent, there have
been no storms to make 1t fall, and tbs
cool weather for the last ten days hal
made the grain fill out in fine shape
Tobacco planting is still In progress
The fruit crop IL immense and thu
smaller fruits and berries that have
ripened are of good quality and IN
bountiful supply.
The high price paid for poultry hal
caused the housewives to put forth
extra energy In raising turkeys and
chickens and they have fne lot or
hand. Many fine gobblers changed
hands In the spring 1t IS each. and
few turkey hens were sold for less
than 81 each.
The strike which has been declared
by the Slatemakers' Union at Ar.
voSiia does not AFFECT the workmen
who do the heavy work in the quar-.
ries a. yet. Large quantities OF slate
ready for use have been made al
the operators have known Of the
threatened strike Of the slatemakers
for Z long time. The strikers were
getting - la cents an hour and want.
"a sS cents. which would have been
graMtsd IN Al probability but for other
dAmands which ths OPERATOR thought
rneas aonAh,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07

clause saving the city from damage
reeoveries In connection with the right
granted the Richmond Traction Com
pany TO close certain streets. On mo-
ton OF Mr.. Pollock the rules were sus-
pended and an amended ordinance
suggested by Mayor Richardson and
meeting with the approval Of Presi
dent Northrop, Of the company, was
adopted without objection.
An official veto TO an ordinance
recommending the transfer of certain
Wet End property for the straighten-
Ing OF an alley, was returned by the
mayor. who explained that the meas
urc had not been passed by a con
stitutional vote on the part of the
board OF aldermen. His veto vas sus.
tained. a new ordinance will be of.
fered within the near future.
I The mayor transmitted. with hi!
approval. a petition from the civic
1 improvement League, asking shax tins
Seabrook, warehouse property, b.
converted into a public playground
The matter was referred to the com
mtttee on grounds and buildings.
Must Take Out Licenses.
! Council eoncurred with the actor
of the board of aldermen In instruct
buildings to sell the town hall i,
Paramount. Council also adopted al
ordinance authorizing the board o
health to license maternity hospitals
and persons engaged in receivin,
boarding and keeping destitute chill
dren. A resolution granting tn
Richmond hotel the right to use sof
coal was also passed
Permission was granted IN the vtr
ginia Railway and Power Compan,
TO suspend operation of the Fairmoun
line from Nenable TO Marshall stree
} for sixty days. II being represepte,
that the change would result in a ten
minute schedule to Paramount, witt
transfers at Twenty-third and Ven
able streets, Permission Was ais,
given the Virginia Railway and Towe
. Company 10 shift tracks in its Idle
wood loop from Elm TO strawberr,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07
sOUTHs|DE BUSY
WITH POLITICS
I hree Tickets Have Been Gotten
Out for the Councilmanic
Race.

Never while campaigns were waged
under a primary in Manchester when
candidates from four wards and ON
cials from all of the city contested for
municipal positions. was there such a
fight as is being made for the eight
cotnciirnanic positions in WASHINGTON
| Ward at this time.
Three tickets have been printed and
each is being freely circulated. In the
Richmond Council at this time are:
Messrs. j. r. Perdue. r. L. Patram
and j. w. Moore, as aldermen and
Messrs. c. C. Jones. l. Brown 3,
A. Gill, W. w. Workman and W. D.
Bradley as counciimen. A ticket which
gives these eight names and none other
has been circulated.
Another ticket gives this list of
names: For Board OF Aldermen r.. L.
Patram, j. w. Moore. j. d. Reams;
For Council--W. D. Ferguson and John
y. Wakefield, mentioning but two of
the ffve members of the lower body
t., be voted for.
IL third ticket that is placed in the
ldn'd' of the voters says vote for ],
and J. d. Reams for the Board of AL
/ dermen, and select five of these seven
for the council: John s. Wakefield. c.
/ c. Jones. L. r. Brown, w. .. Fer
guson. r.. A. Gill, W. W. Workman and
| w. B. Bradley.
| Messrs. Ferguson and kakefeld
both old members OF the erstwhile
Manchester council. are candidates for
positions against those who were Sc
/ lected when annexation became efYec-
tive to hold Office until June I4th. MIR
Reams, former president of the Man
chester council. is a candidate for one
/ OF the three positions as board Of alder
! men.
/ In many respects the general cleo.
| ton here week hence will be one OF
| the most interesting to be held. In the
! past. primaries have been held and
counctlmen have been elected from
wards. Under the annexation law, the
entire city votes for those who are to
be chosen. Whereas, in the past, the
councf1men were voted for by their
constituents in the different wards of
the city. the ones who are now con-
tending for Office have to seek tn sup
port of all the citizens.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07

street, part of the new car barn
scheme.
The street. committee submitted a
report on the Broad street sewer. put
ting the blame for certain breaks on
Inspector Fl. s. Atkinson, sewer inspec-
tor, and on Assistant City Engineer
Bolton. in charge of sewer work. fer
failure to see that there were compe-
tent inspection. The report was filed.
The street committee recommended
appropriations of $4,000 for street
improvements in Washington ward,
$4,000 for sewers generally. and s4,-
500 for smooth paving, all of which
went TO the committee on finance.
The street committee also reported a
resolution instructinx the city attor-
ney TO acquire by condemnation or
otherwise. strip ninety feet wide
across James river and Mayo's Island
for a new James river free bridge.
from Fourteenth to Hull streets. MFR.
Pollock, OF the street committee, said
I he had been informed that there was
a chance of bringing the owners of
the present Mayo's bridge to some
thing like reasonable terms. and in
an effort 10 save the long delays OF
condemnation proceedings. He moved
that the paper be referred to the com
mittee on finance, which was adopted,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-07

! the City Of Richmond, the goth day If
/ April. 1910.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Con-
rad Ludwig, deceased, Ex-Parte
1t Appearing to the Court that q re-
port OF the accounts Of James W. Cor
don. administrator of Conrad Ludwig.
deceased. have been hled In the once
Of the clerk OF this court, and that more
than one year has elapsed since the
On notion sa q cssas
. ,distributee OF said Conrad Ludwig.
deceased. y is ordered that the crsdi-
tors OF said Conrad Ludwig, decsased.
q sn h sas scss e. On 90 !. sa e.
day OF. July. 1910. at eleven O'Clock A.
NJ. and show cause. Il any they. can.
against payment and S'liy ssy Of s tss
ceased. to his distributes without re-
curing refundtng bonds Of them. or
any OF them.
OF this order be published once week
for four successive weeks in the Rich
mond virginian, . Newspaper published
in the City q Richmond. Virginia
cHAs. o. sAv1LLE.
SMITH. MoNcuRE a GORDON. ,. a.
VIRGINIA.: IN the Chancery Court OF
tho City Of Richmond; the 26th day
OF May, 1910.
OLLIE 3. LAYNE. plaintifr
Va.
WILLIAM l. LAYNE $3.50. Defendant
IN CHANCERY
The object cf this suit 10 to obtain
from the defendant.
And afadavit having Seen made and
filed that the defendant Ia not q resi-.
dent OF the state OF Virginia, Il 10 Or
dered that he appear here within NJ !.
teen days after due publication OF this
order and do what 10 necessary to pro.
tect his interest in this suit.
A Copy Teate:
r. ALBERT SMITH, .. d.
CHAE. q. 6AvILLE, Clerk.
r. I, " VIM. ksWoopsoE. p. G.
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