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best seats in the theatre or not go at all. It is pride that keeps one from sit- ting in anything but an orchestra seat. That a play doesn't succeed is no more proof that it is not a good play than is the daily variation of circulation proof that the paper is better on the days when the most copies are sold. Moving pictures are driving out the old melo- dramatic shows. These shows depend largely on the appeal to the eye for their success and the moving pictures can do the thing cheaper and just as effectively. Moving pictures are educating playgoers. ,
 Kyrle Bellew, who is on tour under Charles Frohman's management, in eThe Builder of Bridges" by Alfred Sutro, made his American debut at Wallacks s theatre in 1885 in piece called Tn His Power" Since that time he has done most of his important and successful work in this country.
 Mme Sara Anderson, one of the sing CTS of the Annual Spring Festival tour
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friend, then challenges him to a duel. Onegin. at this, begins to see the matter more chantably; but his own plumed self-estimation compels him to go out with Lensky; The birthday party is dis rupted.
 There is a short orchestral prelude to the fifth scene. which, on the stage. shows winter landscape at dawn. Lensky. awaiting the arrival of Onegin, sings his wonderful aria, My Days of Youth, Where Have They Fled?' Full of real pathos, this air is held to be one of the most characteristic and best of the Tschaikowsky inspirations A conven- tional duel scene follows, in which Lens ky is killed.
 Several years elapse before the sixth scene, which occurs in the reception room of luxurious house in St. Peters burg. A brilliant polonaise accompanies the movement of the guests to and fro. Onegin is there, standing alone in gloomy reflection. His remorse is told in long recitative. He also tells of his futile search for spiritual rest. Neither love nor folly can now dspel the dejectedness of his mind. The ball continues merrily, all awaiting the coming of the Princess Gre min, the belle of St. Petersburg society. She comes, and Onegin sees in her stately woman of the world, admired and acclaimed by all-she who was once Ta- lldna, SlIlple, loVe-Slck Blfl, whose love he once laughed at She is the wife of Prince Gremin, a respected member of the nobility diplomat, very much de- voted to her. Onegin's coldness turns into violent love.
 The closing scene of the opera passes in the boudoir of the princess. She is reading a letter from Onegin, quite the kind of note she once wrote to him. Ta- tiana has been happy and contented with her elderly prince, but the vision of Onegin has aroused all the more potent emotions of her youth; the reading of his letter transforms her again into the love | fired girl of yore. At this critical mo- ment Onegin himself enters. fervidly de- ciaring his love. In long duet, in which the emotion is kept at high ten sion, he begs her to fly with him. During his pleadings she struggles hard between the calls of honor and of re-awakened, all-powerful love. This struggle with herself continues, and then, when she has finally confessed her yearning, with a supreme effort she breaks away from him. Onegin. baffled and Respondent, cried out in his utter loneliness
 The music of this opera will be sung on the second night of the great music fes- tival to be held at the Jefferson theatre under the direction of Walter Damrosch. The cast will be made up of excellent artists and the chorus numbers will be sung by 150 voices trained by Prof. Fred L. Grambs. The orchestration for the opera is exceedingly rich.
 The festival opens Tuesday night, April 19, with a varied programme. It will last three days.
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At the BiiOu

At the Bijou
 A melodrama of the better Sort-one with plenty of melodrama, but of the higher character-is at the Bijou theatre this week. It is ''The Cowboy and the Thief" and, like all stories of the Amer ican plains, it is intensely interesting characteristic and American. There is plenty of action to the play, and the plot is a strong one. The staging of the play will be extraordinary, for the possi- bilities are great and the management has taken advantage of every possibility. There will be performance every even ing during the week. commencing Mon day, and matinee Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. One of the Omaha papers recently had the following to say of '"The Cowboy and the Thief:
 This melodrama is a decided improve ment upon the usual type of offering, for in this case, although there are startling climaxes and the usual quota of sensa- tional thrills there are scenes in which heart interest predominates. Nor does the play depend upon pistol shots, gun play and explosions for its chief develop ment of plot.
 There are several situations, notably in the fourth act, when sentiment is used to effective purpose. The scene between Edgar Murray, as the ranch overseer and
 
 strongly appealing through its sincerity of presentation It is wholly different note than is commonly struck in melo- | drama.
 In comedy element the play is not so broadly farcical as people have come to expect and is therefore the more deeply relished Dick Castilla as the Irishman, and J. J. Woods as Suffering Jake, did work at the Sunday performances which was received with uproarous laughter and applause.
 Miss Grace Childers in the role of the heroine; Miss Catherine Crego as the Indian girl, and Miss Anna Kildoff as Chip. are others of the cast who contrib ute literally to the popular success of the the play. And still another feature of the performance which added much to the effectiveness of it, was the singing of the Twin City quartet.
 Herbert Pardy, as the Mexican rene gade, is one of the most realistic clements of the production which in many ways ranks in the class of Arizona" that sterling melodrama written years ago by Augustin Thomas
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''Ben-Hura is again playing to enor- nous business at the Boston theatre Boston. Owing to previous bookings the run will have to be fut short, although the receipts are beyond those of any oth- CT previous engagement.
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PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP

Here are the dates of some special at fractions at the Jefferson theatre before the season closes: Tuesday, April 12, Treble Clef concert; Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday. April 19 20 and 21, the Damrosch New York Symphony orchestra in grand music festival; Saturday, April 23, "The Blackfriars," April 25, two old Confederate veterans in Polk Millers quartet.
 "The Young Turk" with Max Rogers and Maude Raymond, is on tour after a months engagement at the New York theatre in New York.
 William H. Crane began his stage ca- reer in "Campbells Minstrels' at the opening of the civil war and made his first hit singing ''The Jolly Raftsman.
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It is a long span of years and conditions from black-faced minstrels to Frohman stardom and Father and the Boys,' but MT. Crane likes to look back and recall how he fought his way up from the bot tom.
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of herSelf. The preSeHldliou "ih po iiie'uo at the request of the members of the so- ciety. The picture will be hung in the state Hall of Fame, in the capitol build ing in DesMoines.
 Mcintyre and Heath, who are now play ing on the Pacific coast in their success full musical comedy, Tn Hayti," will open the new s100,0o0 theatre in Reno early In March. The new house is one of the most beautiful theatres west of the Mis- souri river. No expense has been spared in arranging for the comforts both Of the audience and the players.
 Among the most picturesque of the at fractions offered by Richmond on the James there is glimpse into the big to- bacco factories, while hundreds of ne- groes are singing at their work. It was there that Polk Miller, the famous Vir- ginia entertainer, who will appear in Blr- mingham on April 25. under the auspices of the Radcliffe Bureau, found the dusky Carusos whom he has since organized into the oldest musical quartet now be- fore the public.
 With the one important exception of their ability to sing, Polk Miller's art ists' lack every other qualification for stage presentation. They are very black. They never saw piReon-ta1led coats or glistening shirt fronts, and if they ever got into patent leather shoes they would need crutches, too. There is no "taint" of education or polish about these sons of Ham. But they can sing with the natural-born ease and melody of the ne gro and the old plantation tunes. as they sing them, are revelation to those who have heretofore heard only the conven- tional rendering of the ever-popular airs The quartet will be one of the most inter- esting and entertaining features of the concert here. Songs by the negroes will alternate with folklore stories and recita- tions by MT Miller and Colonel Booker the whole providing delightful pro- gramme that will give the younger gener- ation a faithful picture of "auld lang syne'' and take old time southerners back to their boyhood days on the farm.
 Mark Klaw of the firm of Klaw & Err langer, made the following observations after trip to New Orleans: This mat ter of keeping children from the stage Is foolish sentimentalism. For instance, to say that a child shall not dance until she is 1e years old is absurd. Her mus cles are so hardened at IS that she can not learn to dance, and for that reason America has produced no great dancers and never will produce any until her child labor laws are changed and cor rected The cost of everything we need in the theatrical producing business has been more than doubled in the past five years We cannot make up for this in crease by increasing the cost of our seats All that we can hope to do Is to ln- crease the size of our audiences. Too many people think they must have the
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During her stay in Iowa, her native state. Lillian Russell will present to the Iowa Historical society an oil painting of herself. The presentation will be made at the request of the members of the so- ciety The picture will be hung In the state Hall of Fame, in the capitol build ing in DesMoines.
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future.

Glenn H. Curtiss Of Hammands-
port, N. Y, last Wednesday es-
tablished a new record for over
water flights by travelling over
Lake Erie from Euclid Beach, 9
miles east of Cleveland, Ohio, to
Cedar Point, Ohio, approximate
ly so miles distant. The an
nounced time consumed in the
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estimates Of the time was one
hour and 10 minutes. His aver
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-05
Harmony Heights School Opens
Reported for The Robesonian

Reported Tor Inc RODeSonlan.
Harmony Heights academy at
Maxton opened Monday. August
%, with Prof. G.. G.. Page, ex-
principal of Lafayette Business
College of 1.umberton, as princi-
pal, with Miss jamie Stewart,
lads principal. The enrolment
was fine to begin with.
In response to invitations sent
out last week by the principal, q
goodly number of the patrons OF
the school were present at the
opening. The principal made g
very practical address to the pa.
irons, soliciting their co-opera.
ton in this worthy cause. His
speech was responded to by MIR.
P. H. Macarthur. chairman of the
committee, and Mr.. Asa O'Brien,
a patron. They both assured
Mr.. Page of general cooperation.
Prof. Page will conduct a com.
rnercial department.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-05
A RAIN OF FIRE.
Tho Great Meteoric Shower That
Scared Folks In 1888.

Tho Great Meteoric Shower That
Scared Folks In 1888.
In Scharf's chronicles Of Baltimore"
there is a vivid description Of the star
~ hailstorm. the fiery meteoric show
er, Of 1893. and old files Of newspapers
are made luminous at that date with
the impressions Of editors and contrib
utors. One writer said it was the
grandest and most charming sight ever
presented to the vision Of man. Awak-
ened from sleep. he sprang to the win
dow, thinking the house was on fire.
but when he looked out be beheld
stars. or fiery bodies. descending like
torrents" The shed lin the adjoin-
ing yard to my own" he wrote. was
covered with stars. as supposed dur
ing the whole time" Professor Ohm
stead Of Yale college thought that the
exhibition was the finest display OF
celestial fireworks that had been wit
messed since the creation of the world
although he, too, while knowing its
| character. was sufficiently imbueG
with the theological spirit Of the time
to believe that it was solemn porten
that carried divine warning
| One editor whose comment upon thi
phenomenon was probably more quoted
than any other he ever made said
I'VE pronounce the raining fire whicl
we saw on Wednesday morning al
awful type. forerunner, mercifu
sign. Of that great and dreadful da
which the inha btants of the earth wi
witness when the sixth seal will b
opened. Many things occurring in th
earth tend to convince US that we ar
now in the latter days"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-05
DEATHWATCH BEETLES.
Their Tapping Stands For Courtship
and Not For Warnina.

Much mental anguish could have
been saved to past genera tons and
some not so very far past if people
had known that the mysterious tap
ping Of the "deathwatch" stood for
courtship and not death writer in
the Scientific American explains that
the various species Of the beetle anobi-
I'm and their bigger relatives of the
genus Xestobium not only attack furui-
ture. but so completely riddle the
whole woodwork Of old houses by their
borings as to render the structures I'M
safe. Indeed, a beam that has been
tenanted by these insects for num-
Der of years is little better than an
outer she'll containing mass of wood
dust. The xestobium is the common
deathwatch. while the anobium also
is in the habit Of making a tapping
sound.
The nocturnal tappings Of these in
SectS. distinctly audible in room
where there is an otherwise complete
absence Of noise, has for many centu-
ries been regarded by the supersti-
tious as warning Of the approach of
death. This uncanny Interpretation Of
mysterious sound is scarcely surpris-
ing when it is remembered that only
in recent years have naturalists dis.
covered it's true cause.
The little beetle has been found in
some secluded spot, Jerking its hard
head at regular intervals upon the sur
face of the wood beneath If. So far
AS can be told. it's rappings constitute
kind OF courtship ritual. Obviously
they have no connection with the lat
ter end of mankind.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-05
Sunday-School Picnic at Thes-
salonica.

SdAONlN6.
Reported for The Robesonian.
The Observation-Disclosures
picnic, held August n, was an
enjoyable occasion. 1t was at
uended.by a large crowd. The
exercises of the day were opened
by prayer, then music and reci-
tations by the Sunday school.
Then Prof. w. H. Swift was IT,
troduced by Mr.. C. B. Skipper.
Prot. Swift held the audience for
some time and his speech was a
gem. Then dinner was served.
The crowd re-assembled about
2 O'Clock p. m. A duet was sur g
by Messrs. Skipper andMcInty re.
Then Mr.. w. H. Humphrey was
introduced by Mr.. A. B. Smith.
Mr.. Humphrey said he was not
going to preach, but We have
heard preachers do worse several
times. Mr.. c. B. Skipper then
made an eloquent speech on Sab
bath-school and finished up with
a solo which all certainly enjoy
ed. Then music by the choir
and the exercises of the day WEI e
over. We hope to have Messrs.
Swift, Humphrey and Skipper
with US again some time in the
future.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-05
Raleigh special, August 31st,

Raleigh special, August 31st.
to Charlotte Observer: Jim
Staley, noted negro block
adler who well-nigh MORALLY
wounded United States Deputy
Maj shall H. G. Reece, near Spout
Springs, Harnett county, while
he and a posse of officers were
en- route to raid the still three
years ago, has just beencaptured
by the sheriff Of Davidson county
and the prisoner is being brought
here. Reece was shot from
ambush through the shoulder
and the lung in such a way that
he will never regain the free use
of one arm.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-05
RED SPRINGS REVIEWS.
Social Happenings Movements
of the People.
ICorrespondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Red Springs. August 80
DR.. B. F. Mcmillan is spending
ten days at Virginia Beach. Mr..
Tom deVane has returned from
Wrightsville, where he spent
several weeks Mrs. W. J. John
son has returned from Montreal,
where she enjoyed the months Of
July and August. Mrs. R. P.
Williams, of Columbia, Ala. visit
ed her aunts Mesdames B. F.Mc-
MILAN and Lucius McRae last
week. Miss Rosa Mcmillan re-
turned Friday night from Lum-
berton. where she spent pleas
ant week as the guest of Miss
Josie Mcneil. Mrs. R. F. de
Vane and daughters, Misses Clara
and Frances. have returned from
a pleasant stay inBrevard. Miss
Anna de Vane is in Maxton on
professional business.
Miss Mary McEachern gave a
delightful watermelon party
Thursday evening in honor of her
cousin Miss MargaretMcEachern
The guests enjoyed Miss Nc
Eachern's hospitality very much
and spent a pleasant evening.
Miss McEachern retained her
reputation as a charming and
gracious hostess, her delightful
manner putting here guests per-
fectly at ease.
DR.. c. G. Vardell is welcomed
,t0 Red Springs by his host of
friends from BlowingRock, where
he spent the summer. Mr.. Jesse
McCallum left Friday afternoon
for Wrightsville Beach to spend
a few days at that delightful re-
sort. Mrs. Moore and daughter,
Miss Annie, of Bennettsville, S. c.,
have returned home after spend
ing a week at HotelRedSprings. -
Mr.. Jim Townsend is spending
a few days in Greensboro. Miss
Isabel Gaylor, who had been the
guest of Miss Clara Callahan for
several weeks, left Friday fol
&aer home in Wilmington. Mrs
Meyers, of Charlotte, is visiting
iner daughte-, Mrs. w. P. Gov
ington.
Miss Maude Jones entertained
a few OF her friends at a six
O'Clock dinner Friday. Miss Jones
is an ideal hostess and her guest
were delightfully."- entertained.
Mrs. Margaret Roddick ant
daughter, Miss Eleanor, VIII
<had been visiting relatives il
Dillon for several weeks, returne'
to Red Springs Tuesday, Mis-
Effie Davis returned Friday eve
ming from Lumberton, where sh
attended the teachers institute
Miss Wyatt McKinnon is spenc
ing some time in Hope Mills.
Mrs. J. G. Williams is in Virgin
ia for a few days. Miss Marth
Mcleod came home from Lun
berton Friday evening"
P.McAllister is visiting in Sam
son county. Mrs. Edwin Pu
cell was returned from plea
ant visit to her daughter, Mr.
Smith, who lives at Roaring Ga
Miss Resale Williams is
nome again after a visit of sc
,eral weeks to her sister, Mr.
Louis Hall, at Wrightsvi
Beach.
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