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grew into the complete sketch.
No stars of the stage, no matter how
much envelOped in temperament"
ever made the trouble for their play
wrights that did these during the re-
hearsals of their present play, In
Hayti-" Again and again the question
of insertion of a chuckle making new
speech Or situa ton was answered by
the reply that the suggestion was not
in character. There might be the deft
choice of what meant the humorous
side of life, but always it must be
right
Much of the laughter Of their char
acterizations arises from the sharp
contra asting lines Of impersOnatiOn
drawn by these two. Mcintyre is al
ways the suspicious one, led by many
repeated impositiOns to watch his ac-
quaintances warily, childhke in his
simplicity and ready 10 forgive.
In the hands of Joseph Jefferson Rip
Van Wrinkle, as he developed the char
acter through the first years of its
growth. was merely a Characterization
until il grew into d type Of the low
able, shiftless vagabond to whom the
listeners give their affections freely.
Slightly varied in form, this type has
been repeated in many new offerings in
the last dozen years The elder Soth--
ern made of Dundreary a character
ization but Lotta, with her pictures
Boueicault with his vivid. rOlIicNing
blades, and Edward Harrigan in his
reproductions of the New York East
Side Irish-American made types which
have lived in many forms.
One of the memorable instances of
type formation on the American stage,
and one now at the zenith of its ef-
fectiveness, is that of Mcintyre and
Heath. who were the first to make of
the stage negro consistent, reason
ing individual and with the burnt cork
covering something more than an eX-
cuse for ordinary clog dancing or songs
touching on southern suggestion. They
were the first to speak the negro dia-
Iects as did the negro himself; the Grst
TO learn and initiate the buck and wing
dancing and the singing of the rhyme
less verse in which the African in
stincts of musical expression are
poured forth IL is told of them that
when the idea of real negro char
acter impersonation came to them that
for three years they gave up their clog
dancing and white faced appearances
in the variety theaters in which they
were becoming favOrably known even
50 years ago and travelled with cir
cuses, devOting their routes to the
smaller towns that they might get as
closely in touch with the country
"darky" as possible, and that they
became sellers of tickets for the circus
concerts in order to be less confined to
the routine of circus life and more free
to follow their trend of study. They
incidentally made money fast in this
new venture. for it was expressed
in those days, ''MeInheath and Tyre
could jes' charm the niggers into the
concert" The cOlOFed folks came TO
them because they had gone out TO
make friends everywhere along the
line among the cOlored population As
the glittering parade passed before the
shining eyes of the dusky lines of
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ally been the development of years.
For more than 10 years they were
seen on the vaudeville stage in sketch
known as The Georgia Minstrels"
classic so complete that each successor
to it was refused and the demand was
always made for the old and we'll
known but never outworn work The
incidents of this epic of hard luck
days was founded on facts in the ac-
tual history of Mcintyre and Heath.
While Mcintyre was not actually
dragged from his livery stable where
every horse was his friend to be
great musician and play the bass
drum" both had left the largest sal
aries of the variety stage to branch
out for themselves. and Heaths rhap-
sodies on the roast beef with the
gravy jest a-oozing out and all its
accompanying temptations as the
stranded. miserable company waited
by water tank for freight train
with a crew accommods ting enough to
pick them up. actually happened.
The sketch was painstakingly built
up by years of careful absorption
Again and again was this story re-
peated with all the humor Mcintyre
and Heath could see in the incidents
at a later date, and il was the COM
ments of the negroes they met and
their composite point of view with all
that pertained to hUmor that finally
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while the Scotch girls came forth to
sing Bonnie, My Highland Lassie.D
(RADUALLY one could see the out
4 Ilines of form and the frame of the
opicture. Nothing viii come of
nothing" says Shakespeare. but much
will come of much. And much work
will bring results. So the dances. the
singing, the entrances and the exits
on the dimly lighted stage began to
assume form and proportion.
Some of the singers who could not
get their melojic intervals went over
to the piano, where Paret sat and
| laboriously went over their music,
while others who were musically GER
tain but doubtful in the dance gath
cred in groups in the shadows and
tried their steps again.
The Princess stage was as busy as
a market on Saturday night. Every
body was working, and all to an issue.
The issue was in Stammers' head and
to him they all repaired. Kolb and
Dill, Miss .Berri, Percy Bronson, Miss
Oakley and Miss Stech drifted in and
waited. Their turn was soon to come,
but they must wait, for the backbone
of burlesque is the girls; the visible
means of support to comic opera is the
chorus There is no evasion of this
truth, and so while Kolb walked around
putting at his cigar and lingering the
checks that Wolgast had made into
money for him, and while Dill pen
sively considered his chances to be the
mayor of Alameda, Stammers called
the girls together again. Wen do the
opening chorus again." said he. That
was the fiftieth time, I guess.
TT is just in the rough saiJ STAN
mers, "but we are beginning to see
what the show is going to look like
was great occasion for one of
| the members of the cllorus-this re-
hearsal of which 1 am writing.
He is the baby of the company"
Stammers explained. But he has red
hair. Now any lad who has red hair
is likely to get along. This is his first
SOLO"
The solo was just two phrases long.
but David had to step forth from the
cluster of choristers TO sing it. and
the chance is never despised by chorus
men or women. 1t must be done just
so. One must behave with the sang
froid of the seasoned player, and not
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amusement is, nor how it makes slaves
and victims of those whose duty it is to
supply entertainment.
Meantime Kolb and Dill were re-
hearsing their burlesque merry
widow waltz, which follows Miss
Berri's and Bronson's. If you think
the life of the comedian is comical at
rehearsals you miss your guess.
Kolb and Dill stand on a revolving
disk, which whirls them around dizzily.
The disk is not much larger in diameter
than a good sized washtub. 1t goes
faster and faster, until. as victims on
the human roulette" wheel, they are
thrown off by the operation of the
force Of centrifugal motion. 1t viii be
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for a slave driver. "You see.' said she,
4he has to be firm and nervous and
quick Otherwise we'd never get
through, and the first performa nee
would be terrible. You should see how
some stage managers treat the girls
Mr. Stammers is always a gentleman
Think with your minds as we'll as
your legs" shouted Stammers, at this
juncture, to the devils, who were in
their twentieth repetition, BE staccato
devils, not languorous ones.'
T the end of three hours of siren
II uous employment the second act
has been covered, and the chorus
girls and the chorus men were dis
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him to tell you what he thinks. After
listening to these two YOU Will mar
vel at the charity of paid critics and
at the generosity of opinion which
backs their expressions.
don't mean to say that Stammers,
for instance. abuses any of his play
ers. On the contrary, the veteran of
the chorus, Miss Metzler. who is tiny,
sprightly and young, though a vet
eran at the Princess assured me that
Stammers was the soul of consideration
and affability. I had mistaken saint
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DIM light on the stage revealed a
A score of young women going
through strange maneuvers. Be
fore them danced an undersized man,
who apparently made up in energy
what he lacked in stature. He was
ubiquitous and almost omniscient He
begged and implored, waved his arms
and danced upon either foot. He in
structed and cajoled, stormed and al
most swore. The perspiration ran down
his cheeks, and his little army of chorus
girls tried and then tried again TO get
the pose and the step, or to suit the
action to the word or otherwise to
bring to light. on the twilight stage,
the vision of dance and ensemble that
Stammers saw and was trying to
achieve.
And this" said 1 to myself, lis the
butterfly life of the stage" 1t was then
1890 in the morning, and the rehearsal
would last, Stammers had told me. until
4 o'clock in the afternoon. Meantime,
the girls could go out and buy a noon
sandwich, and after the rehearsal, if
they had time and money, they might
eat a hurried dinner before the evening
performance. They were rehearsing an
entirely new production of THE Merry
Widow and The Devil" 1t must be
ready for tomorrow night, and there
was no time to lose.
~ Jour gestures are too set" said
~ c,top,p,erS ssYoi, look like a
chorus in The Mascot Don't
keep looking at your partners as
though YOU were afraid you were going
to lose them. Act as though you enjoy
the business of dancing. Wave your
arms in easy fashion, not like automa-
tons"
For the fifteenth time the girls.
went through the opening chorus.
Then the devils came on. Now, the
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m IS easy when you are seated in a
comfortably warmed theater on an
opening night TO md fault. Even a
critic can do that. Entrances awk-
wardIy made are obvious, and exits
lacking spontaneity are readily dis
oerned. II the performance happens TO
be musical comedy or burlesque, then
Il is still easier to find fault Perhaps
the orchestra and the dancers lack the
niceties of complete accord, or it is
possible that a recruit. recently from
the suburbs. gets off on the wrong foot
and so disturbs by a rhythmic blunder
an otherwise pretty moving picture.
You sit back and say; They should
have been rehearsed more" The com
plafut is easy to file. But if you had
seen the rough way over which the
company had travelled before the op-
eninr performance, or had counted the
weary hours during which the chorus
and the principals have worked, much
OF the time in the dark; or If you had
seen the first blurred sketch Of the
niece. as it appeared at the initial, the
second or the fifth rehearsal you
would marvel that in a week or two
The intricacies Of plot and purpose
should have been so fully made plain.
rip Van Wrinkle" was rehearsed by
rbe lamented Bostonians for ten weary
weeks. Many thousands of dollars were
snent in the production. not to mention
the energy and nervous force expended
b,-. everybody from stage director to the
last chorus man. The result OF this
prodigaI extravagance was just one
performance. in Providence. The re-
bearsals wereeheId in the dark, so to
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while the Scotch girls came forth to
sing Bonnie, My Highland Lassie.n
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steps when the big orchestra plays the
measures tomorrow night, and there
were no footlights, no scenery and there
was no enthusiasm. There was only
work. 1 never realized SO vividly be-
fore what a monster the appetite for
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Mcintyre and Heath
From Gay to Solemn

From whatever point of view the
classification may be made there are
necessarily but few general divisions
in which all the characters of the
stage-the mimic worId-may be
grouped, and in the vast majority of
instances the supreme success of any
present or bygone favorite of the pub
lie has come as the result of thorough
and intelligent study and has gener-
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sightseers it was Mcintyre and Heath
who stood in the midst of them and
talked and listened Many a stolen
chicken had been cooked in friendly
fashion for dem wife mans who talked
jes' laik a COON
Heath plays the bully and blus-
terer. educated by. greater travel and
wider. experience.
Mcintyre today is 50 and Mr..
Heath 81 years old. and both believe
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their S5 years of type study have fitted
them for their long planned presenta-
ton of the negro problem on more seri-
Gus lines than any they have ever
drawn. so that il is probable the pres
ent season will be the last in which
theater gOers may greet them in the
light vein.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-12
AFTER RIGHT OF WAY.
Oklahoma Attorney General to start
Suit Against the Santa Fe.

Guthrie. Okla, May 12--Artorney
General West viii leave for Washing
ton tomorrow. where he viii institute
original proceedings IN the supreme
court of the United States, to cancel
the title of the patents Of the AtchIsou,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway company
TO its right of way through Oklahoma
and to enjofn permanently all railroads
and express companies from accepting
Interstate shipments of Intoxicating
LIQUORS into Oklahoma to consIgnees
holding internal revenue licenses me
Santa Fe IS attacked on the grounus
that il is violating the terms Of the
contract by which the government
granted the railroad 4 right Of way
through Oklahoma. by charging higher
rates in Oklahoma than in Kansas
Among the commodities on which 1t
is charged a higher rate is exacted
from Oklahoma shippers are lumber,
saIt. and cement Il is alleged that the
right of way was granted on the con-
dftfou that Oklahoma should never &c
charged a higher rate than neighborins
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HE ADMITS 1T.
WicIzersham's Letter Read to BaIIins-
er-Pfnchos Committee.

Washington May 12-Iu a letter
TO Chairman Parker Of the house ju-
dietary committee, read by Secretary
BaIiuger to the BaIlnger-Piuchot in
vestigating committee today, Attorney
General Wiekersham admits that his
summary TO the president of the
CLAWS charges was antedated as charg-
ed by Attorney Brandeis.
It was expected that Secretary Bal
Hnger would be excused from the
stand before the end of the day when
the Bauiuger-Pfuchot Investigation
was resumed this morning. Attorney
Braudeis indicated that he had about
concluded his cross examination Of
Mr. BaIIinger and that he would turn
him over TO Attorney Pepper, counsel
for Clifford Pfnchot, in = short time
Mr.. Pepper said that his cross exam
nation of the secretary would be
brief The defense has but two more
important witnesses to introduce,
Commissioners bennett Of the general
land office and Chief Of Field Division
Schwartz Oscar L.aWIer, assistant at
toruey general for the interior depart
ment also may be called to explain the
part he played in the preparation OF
the presidents letter generating Bal
Iinger and disuissng CLAWS.
Unless more time than is anticipat-
ed is consumed in the cross eXamtna-
ton of bennett and Schwartz, the in
vestigation will be concluded before
committee will make its report to
congress during the present session
Nearly an hour was spent by Mr.
BaIIiuger in reading documents rela-
tive to decisions of the Interior depart
rneut on the construction Of the regu-
Iations prohibiting former employees
from appearing before the department.
within two years after severtng their
connection Herewith IN the presecu-
ton OF land cases. pending at the
tine they were in the department.
The documents showed that an in
vestigation OF the matter had been
made at the instance of Secretary
Garfield after Mr. BaIIilger and his
nephew. J. H BaIEnger, had sought
TO appear before the department in
the Bayfes case The result was that
the attorney recomm ended to Mr.. Gar
field that the matter should be per-
rnitted 70 remain in StzIu quo.
Mr.. BaIIinger said there was moth
ing in the records to- show what ac-
ton Mr. Garfield had taken on thar
report. Mr. Bauiuger coutended It
was understood at that time thar the
prohibition applied only to cases in
yr0Ivtuz money transaction rs. Mr. Bal
Ti,gar meanwhile had Withdrawn from
the BayIes case. but Jack BaIllnger
was permitted to appear IN II before
the department
Questioning the secretary about ms
connection with the Cunningham
Claimants. Mr.. Brandeis referred the
witness TO a statement in his letter
To the president that he had not been
a legal representative Of the Gun
riugham claimants Mr. B2u1nger
reiterated his statement rhaL ne n2d
merely acted for them as matter OF
accommodatfou. He said Miles c
LToora Rad not been correct in SO re-
Tarrinr to him in his letter to him
(RaIIfuEer)
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barren. and again great with German
achievement in arms and in govern
ment. in science and the arts The
center Of power shifted hither and
thither within German lands. the great
house Of HohenzoIIeru rose. the house
which has at last seen Germany spring
into q commanding position tn the
very forefront among the nations Of
mankind
German Strain in Our Blood
To this ancient land. with its glorious
past and splendid present. to this land
Of many memories and eager hopes, I
come from a young nation. which is by
blood akin to, and yet different from.
each Of the great nations OF middle and
western Europe. which has inherited
or acquired much from each. but is
changing and developing every inherit
new and strange. The German strain
in our blood IS large. for almost from
the beginning there has been q large
German eIemeEt among the successive
waves OF newcomers whose Children's :
children have been and are being fused
trace my origin TO that branch of the
Low Dutch stock which raised HOLLAND
out Of the North Sea Moreover. we
have taken from you. not only much Of
the blood that runs through our veins.
but much Of the thought that shapes
our minds. For generations American
scholars have foCked to your universi-
ties. and thanks to the wise foresight :
Of his imperial majesty the present en-
peror. the intimate and friendly con-
necttou between the two countries IL
now in every way closer than it has
ever been before.
Germany is pre-eninentIy a country
in which the world movement of today
in all of its muItitudinous aspects is
plainly visible The life OF this uni
that movement has spread until it is
left throughout every continent; while
its velocity has been constantly ac-
celebrating 50 that the face Of the world
has changed. and IS now changing. IS
ueve- before Il IS therefore dt and
appropriate here TO speak on this sub
iect-
When. in the slow procession Of the
ages man was developed on this
planet. the change worked by his ap-
pearauCe was at first slight Further
ages passed while he grOped and
struggled by iufinitesimaI degrees up
ward through the lower grades OF saw
aEerv: for the general law is that life
which is advanced and complex, what
ever its nature. changes more quickly
than simpler and less advanced FORMS
The life Of Sava EeS changes and ad-
vances with extreme si0wuess, and
groups Of savages influence one anOth-
er but little. The first rudtruentary
beginnings Of that complex life Of COM
u11uftfes which We call civilization
marked 4 period when man had al
ready long been BY far the most i'm
uortant creature on the planet The
history OF the living world had be-
come. in fact the history Of man. and
therefore something totally different
in kind as well as in degree from
what il had been before. There are
interesting ana1ogfes between what has
gone on in the development Of life gen
orally and what has gone on in the
development OF human society, and
these I shall discuss elsewhere But
the differences are profound, and go to
the root Of things
Movements of Civilization
Throughout their early stages the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-12

N an effort to prep Up the markets for
United Copper stock In this connection
ne was charged with over certificatfon Of
checks OF his brothers firm Otto Hefnze
& Co. who had the United Copper mar
ker operations IN charge
There was every apparent confidence
IN the ranks OF the Hs1nze counsel before
the summing up began today that the
government had failed 70 make out q case
OF criminal intent on Heinze's part
The prosecution had seen the court
throw out many of the indictments re-
turned against Heiuze. but there was
enough left District Attorney Wise evi-
dentIy believed to go before the Jury and
ask Heinze's conviction for alleged Jug
Cling Of the banks funds.
Summing up Of the attorneys is expected
to occupy pretty much the entire tfay with
the prospect that the jury viii be charged
and retire for its deliberations in the late
afternoon early evening.
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cut in court and County Attorney
Schenck is anxious to verify IT,
Pollock Is Subpoenaed-

out IN court and County Attorney
Schenck IS anxious to verify IT,
Pollock Is Subpoenaed-
Did you go TO see Judge Pollock on
this KIDNAPPING matter2" asked Mr.
Schenck
I did answered TiIIotsou-
THAT did he say2'
He wouldn't give any advice on the
ownership Of the child. He said kid
naping was a dangerous and bad thing
to attempt. but in this case he did not
think a crime Of kidnapping could be
made out
Mr.. Schenck ordered a subpoena as
soon as this statement came from the
mouth of the witness.
Attorney Scheuck then asked T1loc-
son d number of questions about nnan-
ciaI troubles with the Pfnkertous and
Jonn Hayes, ex-chief Of police OF kan
sas City.
Mrs BIeakley was in Holton today
with Marian, but they did not appear
in the court room Mrs. BIeakley ts
still weak from her recent illness and
does not seem able to attend court
Mrs. Barclay was also absent today.
Her stay in HoIton since the trial com
n1enced has been trying and she re-
rained in her room at the hotel all
morning.
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The afternoon was spent with wit
nesseS establishing the method Of the
death Of LIndahI and the probable posi-
ton OF the assassin when the gun was
fired Alex Scott who found the BODY of
L1ndahI IN the river. also testified. AMI
his evidence was to the effect that tire
body had dOated down the river from
where the boat was landed in whicn
VS. found IT, dead children Of Lin
dahl
The case is being tried purely on cir
cumstantiaI evidence, and though that
Is strong Il VIII be hard fought from
start finish County Attorney Vance
has assisting him for the state Attor-
uey n 7 Ward, and the defense has
Attorney Rftchie Of SaIina- assisted by
NOrdmark's brother, who is an atto--
uey from Kansas City.
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EVIDENCE ALL In.
Fat of June Vandervort VIII Go to
Jury Tomorrow.

Wellington, Kan. May 12--The tax
ing Of evidence in the case Of June
vaudervort. charged with killing his
wife April 3 by shooting her, was I'm
fshed this afternoon A night Session
If court viii be held TO hear the argu-
meuts Of the attorneys
The fate Of the youthful defendant
viii be put in the hands Of the jury
early tomorrow VandervOrt claimed On
the witness stand that he mistook his
wife for a burglar
The prosecution contends that Van
dervort quarreIed with his wife over
her alleged affections for certain young
men in the reighborhood and the quar-
rel caEsed him to shoot her
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NO SUMMER TALKFEST.
Caautauqua Called on on Account Of
Lack Of Funds.

There viii be no chautauqua in To-
peka this season. This decision has
been made by the board OF directors
Of the Topeka Chautauqua association,
but plans viii commence at once for
making the event OF 1a11-Topeka,s
semfcentenniaI annfversay-th biggest
affair IN the history OF the association
Owing to lack OF funds and the fact
thar officers were not elected until a
late date for the present year it is i'm
practicable to hold the annual series
OF entertain ments at Garfield park this
year Chautauqua amusement syndi-
Gates require early bookings and 4
heavy guarantee which the aSsocia-
ton could not give at this time
The latest suggestion is that the
present association be formed into a
stock company open to every citizen of
Topeka.