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plays. One is an intensely dramatic
sketch in which Abelas plays an italian
boy charged with murder. He appears
in the district attorneys Office and acts
the crime in pantomime Not a word
is spoken by the star in the entire play,
and it Is one of the most graphic por-
trayalS of intense character acting ever
seen on the stage. The sketch may be
played in any country and In any Ian
guage, as the two other characters may
be played by native actors wherever
Abeles appears.
Activity in Dressing Room.
One of the star dressing rooms at
the Manhattan opera house was the
scene of unusual activity. A few nights
ago it was occupied by the members
of the alternate cast of "Hans.' - Mr..
Chadal was indisposed and after search
his alternate could not be found. So
M. Chadal had TO 90 on and sing, suffer
ing as he was. Whereupon Mr.. Ham
merstein fixed rule that all alternates
should report for active duty every
night at and stay until the end Of the
performance. Mr. Hammerstein says
that the same rule will be in force in
London during his season at the Lon.
don opera house.
Is Not Married.
Geraldine Farrnr arrived in New York
on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. Be
fore she had been there three minutes
she had denied that she was married
She had done this so often that she
says she is going to get rubber
stamp bearing an emphatic negative.
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ary % next to be definite. The team
are restrained by the decision from
playing under the management of any
one but Ziegfeld Under the terms of
their contract with Ziegfeld they were
paid Jointly 5000 week and in vaude-
vile they, it is said, received $4,000 a
week. II would seem as If Miss Bayes
and her husband anticipated the deci-
sion, for n few minutes before the hour
of their appearance, Norworth informed
Gus McCune, manager of the Fifth ave
nue. thcater, that he and Miss Bayes
could not oblige that evening. He said
he had cold. McCune expressed sur
prise that Norworth should have waited
until that late hour before notifying
him of the decision.
Appellate division gave Norwortb and
his wife good legal excuse for not ap-
pearing by directing that Ziegfeld IS in
should take effect forthwith. In so do
ing the appellate division vacated a
stay that had been granted The de-
fection of Miss Bayes and Norworth
from Ziegfeld s management goes back
Early in it's run at the .Iardin de Paris
in 1909, the pair quit and when ziecfeld
learned that they had accepted an en-
gagement with Lew Fields he imrie.
diately took steps to procure an iniunc>
ton, with the result.
Leaves for Europe.
Edward Abeles. the we'll known actor
who starred in brewster IS Millions
and other successful plays, has gone to
Europe where he will present two little
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Should you happen 10 drop into suite
al, Knickerbocker theater building
New York, and pass through the rail
'ings walking to large Office marked
Private, you would find seated at
the desk small man about five feet
six inches who looks more like boy
than business man, who now OWNS
three of the biggest musical successes
| if America.
This is Joseph NJ. Gates, who has
produced in the last three years the
HThree Twins" "Bright Eyes, and
the latest musical sensational success,
"The Girl Of Ny Dreams" Mr.. Gates
is good -natured. mild hammered and ex.
! ceptionally polite. No matter how small
or how important your business with
him may be, he would receive you with
glad smile and hearty handshake.
and the expression on his face would
make il seem sincere.
Mr.. Gates was born in Plttsburg
thlrty-six years ago, and when small
boy he moved to Columbus, O. He
finally reached the railroad ticket brok-
erage business, this was before the
new interstate commerce law, and had
as partner another young man named
Charles f, Blaney. They sold tickets
to New York. to Fittsburg, to Cincin.
oils and st. Paul, and various other
places for several years without put
ting torches TO the world in any way
Both were interested in the theater, as
any young man in the city is likely to
be who gets some OF his amusement
out of it. They even heard that peo
pie made money by staging plays.
The two partners fell to DISCUSSING
this rumor in a lull between inquire:
fnr pnf rate fIpkafa aacf uypct
north and south.
''I think ] could write a play,
Gates said. and Blaney remarked:
.mWelI, You write the play and We
will stage it. -
Gates sat down and began his task
After q few weeks he came in will
the play complete. and now all he need
ed to begin his theatrical career wa'
the comuany, the scenery, the theate1
and the audience.
"The first thing to do, says Blaney
''is TO find somebody who knows how tc
! put a play on. and while they wer,
discussing this. one OF their customer
dropped INV. f. Boyer-to buy hi
} ticket to Chicago.
"Do you know anything abou
plavs?' asked Mr.. Gates.
"Do ] know anything about plays?
asked Boyer when the question cam,
to him 'Well, rather
Both Blaney and Gates felt that thi
was their man They told Boyer they
had play and wanted to put il on
Well the irst thing is to get SOM
good people. Boyer said, who becam,
their producing director, as it were
'.and the next thing is to choose goot
title for the play"
"What are YOU going to call it7'
90 A Railroad Ticket. - said Gates
"Great! - said Boyer. GA corkin.
good title.
Boyer recommended Charlie Burke,
we'll known actor at that time in New
York. Burke brought the company OIL
, from New York. Blaney and Gaite
engaged the Grand opera house from
the Miller brothers IN Columbia. O., anC
the show was produced, and the frs
!, weeks business was $4,000. Thi
looked very big to the new producing
managers, and they started on the road
! as they thought, to fame and fortune
/ but at the end of the season the am
bilious producers found themsclve
$4,000 in debt, so back TO Columbus
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Career Cut Short.

The appellate division of the suprem
court has cut short the vaudeville ca
reer of Nora Baycs and Jack Norwortl
for some time TO come at least. f'ebru
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Bessie Clifford, the "Yama Yama'
girl of the "Three Twins" company,
which comes to the Salt Lake theater
for week, commencing next Monday
night, November 81, says a pretty girl
without a pretty foot is like a ship
without an anchor. "An attractive
foot is not necessarily a small one, - she
declares. Few young women know how
TO get their shoes to fit properly. The
most important thing is to see that the
sole extends out further than the ball
of the foot, so that the bottom of the
foot will have ample room. This gives
comfort and enables one TO wear a
high heel This nccessitates high in
step, which is very easily developed.
"The lnstep is nothing more than
muscles controlling the forward part of
the foot Any muscle can be. developed.
You can notice that every chorus girl
possesses high instep. She develops
il by constant dancing. | have seen
many recruits. when first beginning in
the chorus, who would be perfectly flat
footed, and in less than two months
would have high instep and beauti-
full foot.
"Ugly feet are an unnecessary evil.
do not know of anything more dis
tasteful than to see a young lady, hand
somely gowned, exhibit homely foot,
and you know this is very often done.
And another thing. you know great
many girls spoil their feet by wearing
slippers without heels for home wear,
This is a bad habit. A house slipper
should always have heel. | do not
mean high heel, but it should be high
or than the front Of the shoe so as to
keep the heel higher than the ball of
the foot. so as not TO lengthen the ten
u i
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the grandfather of Joseph Jefferson was
the Somno iu the farce.
Wignell & Reinagle were the maDag-
ers Of the first Holiday street tbeater
and thew afterward went to Philadel-
phia.-W Il. McCann in the Baltimore
News.
Lew Fields Is Ill.
The friends of Lew Fields, the come.
dian, are worried by the news which
reached Broadway regarding him, His
nervous system is so broken the physi-
clans who have bis case in hand hold
out little hope of his return 10 New
York for an indefinite time. As soon
as his condition permits be Will be re-
moved from Havana TO some other
southern resort. possibly Florida. Be
fore Mr.. Fields won't on tour with 1.-The
Summer Widowers'' he showed signs Of
previous irritability. A friend says
ovcrwork and business annoyance were
responsible for his breakdown.
Caruso Has Returned.
Enrico Caruso, the renowned opera
tenor. is back here again TO 6ls his
American engagements. When his ship
came in sight Of the Statue OF Liberty
Carlso lifted his hat and, making pro-
found bow toward the goddess. said:
''We are glad to see you back. Ca
ruso said he had recovered from the
accident some weeks ago In Germany
when a piece Of scenery struck him on
the head during the presentation of
''Carmen. - The other artists who ar
rived here were: Madame Lucie Weldt
soprano from Vienna, who will sing
Wagnerian roles; Madame Berta Mo.
| rena, dramatic soprano; Leo SleZak
tetnor; Walter Soomor, baritone, and
| Adamo Didur
No School for Debutantes.
Unfortunately for this city and foI
America in opera generally, our opera
| house has no school for debutantcs
Our opera house is careless OF the in
yenfion. discovery and the pertectlne
of new material. and content with fill
! ing the orders Of the public, but unim
| apinative as regards VOYAGES INTO tht
region of latent posi- bllites. In Pari:
| girls who have finished their studies al
the Conservatoire are carefully prepared
for operatic debuts, by every one con
uected with the staff Of the opera. II
was thus Mime. Melba and Nine. Emma
Games made their dcbuts. There is .
chance for everybody in this city but
an American girl or an American youtE
who aspires TO an opcratic career
Anna Held Sued.
! Anna Held has been ordered by The
supreme court TO be examined as W.T.
ness before trial i'll an action brought
bv Alfred Boulant of France against
her husband, FlorenZ Ziegfeld, Jr., II
recover $50 900 alleged TO be an unpaic
loan ziegfeld says sonlant la ost kegs sg oo5
gambling, place in Which Nc ioEt ao'op,
francs playing roulette and that tht
bill of exchange on which Boulant sue;
was gwen in payment of that ai debt a. ant n,
I III have anv information, I" she says, ga,
to what my husband, did when he was
not in my company, and therefore can
not testify. ] do know that visited
Che club conducted by The plaintiif. u
company with my husband. and ] ~
know that he played baccarat, but ney
er roulette.
Career Cut Short.
The appellate division of the supreme
court has cnt short the vaudeville ca
reer of Nora Baycs and Jack Norworti
for some time TO come at least. Febru
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The doors were opened at Sis D. m. and
the curtain rose al 6:l5 p. m. In l795
Mr. Fennell starred here for thirty
nights and the light comedian, Mr.,
Wood. in 1897.
old theater in Holiday street was
opened May 10. 1873, with 1.-The West
Indian and "The Sleep Walker, - and
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0E2ssz

Mile Anna Pavlowa, the great Russian
danseuse, who. with NJ. Mikail Mordkin.
has brought to this country the latest
craze. Ocular Opera" is here shown IN
garb unusual Indeed for her
There is really nothing in common be-
twen the Spanish dance and the classic
folk-dances which have given Pavlowa
her fame.
This photograph was taken at the ex-
press wish OF King Alfonso OF Spain.
who Is among her many royal admirers
The rich necklace clasped about her
throat was a present from Alfonso.
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Hauerbach. matchmaker, removed "a
East South Temple.
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IN PLAYH0USES OF
SALT LAKE CITY

Continued From Preceding Page.
couraging new talent and stimulating
amusement taste along healthy, normal
lines. Many entertaining literary fca-
lures by special writer's are promised
and much attention will be given TO
the reviewing of new plays The Foyer
will be issued semlmonthly and will be
handsomely illustrated.
Maude Adams will open a week S en-
gagment In Milwaukee at the Davidson
opera house. The first night will be a
benefit for the Milwaukee Press club.
The dainty singing concdienne,
Grace Cameron, and superb company
will be at the Colonial December I and
. in G. Herbert Kerr's latest four
act comedy, "Nancy.'
The new vaudeville offering at the
Casino for the week beginning Monday
is headed by bucein and Ellsworth,
presenting refined singing and com
edy skit, which is said to be very
classy. Al Allen, the musical com
edian, is the second number on the
bill. and Boyd and Allen, singing and
talking comedians, are real artists in
their line. The pictures, four in nnm-
Der, are all especially good. and Casino
patrons arc assured of programme
fully up to the Casino standard, There
are daily matinees and continuous per-
formances at night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
Will Play First
at WOODBRIDGE
Saturday.
OPEN DATES

The Inter-Church Baseball League
has been reorganized for the sea-
son. Its schedule opens next Satur-
day at Woodbridge. with the Wood
bridge Methodist and Presbyterian
mines matched. The schedule was
completed last night, but a few
dates were left open for various pur-
poses. Teams from the Woodbridge
Presbyterian and Methodist churches
and the Simpson M. e. church, OF
this city, now comprise the league,
but it is expected that a Mems Club.
of Matawan, will Join shortly.
The organization will be conduct
ed along the same lines as last year
A pennant will be awarded to the
winning team at the end of the sea-
son. The local Methodist church
won the series last season. It has
an excellent team this year and in
dications point to another victory
this season. The Mems Club team
will meet for practice next Saturday
afternoon at 1850 o'clock, on the
copper works field
The schedule. as adopted last
night. is as follows:
June 25-Presbyterian and Meth
odist teams, of woodbridge, at
Woodbridge.
July Woodbridge Presbyteri-
ans and Simpson NJ E., of Perth
Amboy, at Woodbridge.
July 9-Open.
July 16-Woodbridge Methodists
and Simpson M. E., of Perth Amboy,
on copper works grounds, at Perth
Amboy.
July 23-Open.
July 30-W Woodbridge Methodists
and Woodbridge Presbyterians, at
Woodbridge.
August Woodbridge Presbyte-
rians and Simpson NJ e.. of Perth
Amboy, on copper works grounds,
Perth Amboy.
August 13-Simpson NJ E., of
Perth Amboy. and Woodbridge
Methodists, at Woodbridge.
August 20-Woodbridge Presby-
| terians and Woodbridge Methodists,
at Woodbridge.
August Simpson M. E.. OF
Perth Amboy. and Woodbridge
Methodists, on copper works
| grounds. Perth Amboy.
September Simpson M. e.
church, of Perth Amboy. and Wood
bridge Presbyterians, at Woodbridge
ALI the games are to be called al
o'clock In the afternoon, with the
exception of the July 4th attraction,
which will start at 10 o'clock in the
morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
.CARTERET A. C.
HAS DISBANDED
FOR THIS YEAR

The Carteret A. c., of Roosevelt.
has disbanded for the season. The
cause seems to be lack of funds to
properly conduct the team Dan
Belafsky, who managed the team.
announces that the receipts at the
games were small and as conse-
quence they were not sufficient for
the up keep of the nine.
Dan Belafsky, one Of the best
players on the team. is now appear
ing with the Danish Sociable Ath-
letic Club nine. He made his debut
On the team last Sunday, when it ap-
peared against the Riversides, of
Railway.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
safe From Poiaonoua sarn.nt..

A physician who spent some time in
the countries bordering on the gulf of
Mexico found curious body of men
among the natives called curados de
calebra, or the safe from vipers. Hav-
Ing been inoculated with the poison
Of the serpents, they We're proof
against their venomous bites. The In
oculation was made with the venom
tooth of viper and the bulb of ma
tive plant called mano del sapo (toad's
hand. The preventive inocuIation has
been an old custom among the natives
of that region.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
ALPINES TWO
TEAMS PLAN
BUSY SEASON

The Alpine and the Alpine Junior
teams are planning for busy time
during the remainder of the season.
On Saturday next the Alpine Juniors
will share grounds with the Cres-
cent A. G. at TOttenville, and on
Sunday afternoon the Alpine Junt-
ors will cross bats with the Sterling
A. C. on the Smith street grounds.
July 80 and 81 are open. For games
address Joseph Lynch, Jr., 379 Bar
clay street.
Last Saturday the Alpine juniors
played a little short of five innings
with the Manhattan r. G. and the
score stood 6 to 3 in favor of the
Alpine team. The Alpine Juniors
won Sunday from the Sterling F. G.
by q score of IL to 7.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
IN TIE
FOR lST. PLACE
Schools 4 and 5 Victorious
YesterdaY--NO. 4 and No.
7 10 Play Rubber.
DECISIVE BATTLE TO BE
ON WEDNESDAY

Mines of schools and were
victorious in the last games of the
schedule of the Inter-School League
yesterday afternoon and the result
brought the teams of schools 4 and
z tied for first place, as predicted in
the NEWS it probably would Yes
terday No. walloped No. 1 to the
tune of 8 to 1. at Amusement Park,
and No. 5 defeated No. 8, IL to 8,
in six-inning contest on the Cor
nell Hill diamond.
The and school teams have
eahc won sixteen games and lost
but two. They have been close ri
walls since the commencement of the
series. During the last few dates
of the schedule, No. Z school team
had easier work than did the No. A
school boys. This was caused by
withdrawal of No. school from the
league.
The decisive game between these
teams will be played at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon at Amusement
Park. This will no doubt be the
most interesting game of the series.
With that disposed Of, first and sec
ond places Will be determined.
School No. Is third, with a per-
centage of 800
The league has been the largest
and most successful ever held among
school boys in this city. Many of
the games were exciting, some were
so interesting that they were staged
at Amusement Park. The schedule
opened April II and closed yester-
day. There we're twenty-one league
days. with three games on each day.
Storms only interfered once. 80 that
all games of the series. excepting
one between schools 5 and 6, were
played.
Standing to date.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
Special to sAs EVENING NEWS.

Tottenville, June 21:-The boy
athletes of school No. 8. of Pleasant
Plains; No. 1. Of this place; No. 4. of
Kreischerville; and No, 8. of Ross
Vile, comprising Sub League No. L.
captured winning honors In the an
nual meet of the Public School Ath-
letic League, of Staten Island, yes
terday. The program. which was
halted by rain Saturday, was finish
ed yesterday. Sub League No. /,
taking in the schools on this end of
the island, won with thirty-six
points, a majority of only one point
over their nearest opponents, Sub
League No. 8. which secured thirty
five points.
Sub League No. announces it
will protest. on the ground that It's
best hammer thrower did not ap-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
OFFICERS OF
PURITAN A. C.
ARE ELECTED

A busy session of the Puritan
Athletic Club was held in its head
quarters in Hall avenue last night.
New officers were elected and ar
rangements were completed for the
excursion to Bellewood Park next
Sunday. Baseball plans were dis
cussed. The club extended compli-
ments to its team which made such
a phenomenal showing Sunday in
defeating the Marions.
Officers were elected as follows:
Michael Patten. president; Chris
Samsoe, vice-president; Charles An
dersen, recording secretary: Mich
ael Quinlan, financial secretary;
Frank Sullivan, treasurer; Emil
Johnson, sergeant-at-arms; Matt
Eagan, trustee. The nominations
were made just prior to the election.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21

day afternoon, at Elizabeth. They
are on the lookout for revenge.
In yesterdays NEWS came the
announcement of the annual clam
bake of the Perth Amboy Sporting
Association. Heretofore this organ
ization has been unheard of. 1t is
now In the limeIight of the sporting
glow and it seems that it will pros
per.
The Fords F. C. baseball nine has
started In to play q stellar role
among the leading amateur baseball
teams of this section. Its hard
earned victory of last Sunday
against the Comet A. c., Of Pleasant
Plains. deserves commentator.
Notices are being issued for bus
mess meeting of the Danish Socia-
bic Athletic Club. to be held next
Sunday morning in it's headquarters.
One of the greatest surprises Of
the season sprung upon local fans
came Sunday when ther~Puritan A.
c.. actually walloped the Marion A.
C.
According to preparations now
under way, the program to be given
at the Raritan Yacht Club house for
July 4. is to be one Of the best ever
undertaken here.
The "growlers" occasionally rush
ed at the park Sunday. was one Of
the features of the game. Another
one was the stealing of balls by
youngsters that hang around outside
Of the grounds. The latter is a
practice that teams are gradually
eliminating.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
NOTICE TO CREDTTORs

George w. Sharp, Jr., administra-
tor of Morten Larsen. deceased. by
direction of the surrogate of the
County of Middlesex, hereby gives
notice to the creditors of the said
Morten Larsen. to bring in their
debts. demands and claims against
the estate of the said deceased, un-
der oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date, or they will
be forever barred of any action
therefor against the said adminis-
traitor ~
Dated June 10, 1910.
GEORGE w. SHARP, JR..
Administrator.
12462-s-f4-st-o-e-w-Tu.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-21
SUB LEAGUE NO. | WINS
9H0NORS IN THE ANNUAL
SCHOOL MEET ON ISLAND

pear. 1t is believed that the filing
of a protest will avail them nothing,
for the proper league officials will
handle the question and 1t appears
that the absence of competitor in
one league has no bearing on the
work Of the other divisions.
This Is the fourth time Sub
League No. has captured the Crom-
well trophy. They won the league
series of 1905. 1907 and 1908. Last
year those honors went to League
No. 3, now opposing League No. 1.
BY winning the unlimited 100
yard dash Saturday, Ray McCarty, of
this place. received silver medal.
He receives gold medal for break
ing the borough record for that dis
tance. and also a new hat from
Egbert's haberdashery at }Tompkins-
Vile.