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vinced that had she given her talents
to comedy and society drama she would
have been as successful as she was in
musical plays and might now-horrtd
thought-be playing Ptnero or Ibsen-
AS with Blanche Chapman. who was a
burlesque artist in 1873. so with Miss
Russell, training and experience plus
an elastic. bounding nature and quick
intelligence made comedy easy and
natural
Miss Russelrs debut as comedisnns
was IN "Barbara's Millions" which was
produced in Grand Rapids. in 1905.
Though the play was not suitable the
star demonstrated her ability to play
straight comedy and she was given
The Butterfly" and later "wildfre.s
IN both of which pieces she was CON-
plstely successful
The public went to see the seaEs4
beauty and marvel at the oresttons shsq
wore. but remained 70 see the ads0rg4
comedfenne whose aboun69ng good
humor and generosity ws-s not h4e-f
den sven under the masqus Of the char
acters she assumed.
It IS told OF her that when Mss
Louise Dresser was taken suddenly III 3
at the Savoy theater last week ana an
understudy from the chorus Of "a
Matinee Idor' was put In her place.
Miss Russell. at the matinee perform
ance occupied a box and led the ep-
plause. The little lady from the
chorus was frightened stif. She had
been placed suddenly in the role dur
ing the performance after Miss Dres-
ser had collapsed. It was a trying
and a taxing task, but the encourag-
ing smiles OF Lillian or Nellie. as she
Is called by the ones who know her
well enough, heartened the frightened
player and gave her confidence. Did
you see Miss Russell" said the under
study to girl standing IN the wings.
she's IN the box and she applaudsd
me-" She was radiant with the
thought that she had pleased the noted
actress. That's nothing" answered
her matter Of fact friend. "she would
have applauded you II you'd been rot
ten. That's the kind OF woman shs
is
That's about ~ "A1fss -fzh+ s11.s
WELL" Is her motto. She r. a factor in
making the world happy, and though
mental suggestion and thought force
may be related to the contamination
Of felicity. the most potent influence
loking to that end is Miss Russell's
-Ne1lie's-gift OF good humor. gener-
Gus forbearance. radIating kindliness
and tempermental confidence that al
is well or will be if she can make it 50.
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w YHILE the artist busted himself
M with his sketches Miss Russell
talked as unconsciously as
though picture making of her had not
been one of the big factors in the sue
cess that has been hers. She looked
through the window of her apartments
in the St Francis and spoke of the
wonderful spirit of the west-the spirit.
she said, that had become material
and was now "a spiritual FORM" which
phrase reminded her of william Blake
and philosophy. and she went back to
the time IL years ago when she sought
a philosophical way out of difficulty
and found it.
There we were" said she "in Chi
cago. l was playing The American
Beauty and was very, so very sick
that I had to go Cor thought had to,
which is much the same thing) to bed.
And there I stayed for two long weeks
The company was out Of work; there
was no money coming in. and distress
for my players was distress for me,
too. Added to my physical illness was
the mental sickness that followed in
the train of my worrying over my poor
little company. The combined mis-
fortunes of that aggregation of
stranded players set up an influence
that reached my bedside and made me
worse. I determined that 1 must do
something. l got up and went to the
theater. The doctors told me it was
madness. If it were madness 1t was
at least an unseifish insanity, and when
one does an unselhsh thing one is bet,
ter for it, physically better. mean, as
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a writer I would make a play for her
put a black wig on her and give her
either the role. of a grandmother in
the plot or a debutante. wasn't quite
sure which. At any rate she would
be brunette. FOR" said I. you should
have a chance to act somebody else"
But Georgiana is not me-" answered
Miss Russell. earnestly. IT am moth
ing like her at all why. If any man
loved me with the devotion that the
hero OF In Search OF Sinner loves
Georgiana. and loved him as Geor-
gianas did. would have married him
at once in the first act. and there
wouldn't have been any plot at all.
But by no means write this confession,
will you" she laughed.
I assured her would not. more than
once.
1t is IN her quick adaptability that
Miss RusselPs principal talent as a
comedienne rests. She hutters through
moods, lightly and with gay free
dom, and IN this sense the actress Is
the reflection OF the woman. Her ver-
satility and independence shine IN her
career. When she was years old she
made up her mind. without consulting
mother or father, to see the world
and departed from her home in Chi
cago.' She was located before night
fall and her disposition 10 travel was
curbed for some years. As Helen
Louise Leonard. her maiden name. she
sang in a choir in Chicago. but ate
peanuts during the service, which was
against the rule. and her career
toward oratorio was permanently
stopped. Then she studied for grand
opera and Leopold Damrosch, who gave
her lessons. encouraged her in this
undertaking. Tony Pastor tempted
her with an offer and she went into
burlesque from whence so many Of the
leading lights Of our comedy first
shone.
Followed then the long career with
which we are all acquainted on the
light opera and musical comedy stage,
she playing the best comic opera roles
that were being written until 1900,
when she went over to burlesque again
and with Weber and Fields appeared
as co-star in many productions. Then
came her career under Joseph Brooks
mana cement. IN light comedy without
music Would she be accepted? It was
hard to tell. When one has been a
queen of burlesque and a reigning
prima donna in comic opera 1t is hard
to persuade the public to accept of
ferings without notes. But her adapt
ability made the transition easy and
to see her at the Columbia is to be con-
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doubt. For instance, she corrected me
when 1 said. "and you permit yourself
to enjoy your acting even though the
strain of transcontinenta1 travelling is
wearing and depressing?''
II do not permit myself to enjoy my
work" she replied. "I make myself
enjoy II. Besides, I am bound to re-
member that If one night stands and
poor hotels. loss of rest and Indifferent
cooking arc hard on me. who have the
best OF It. how much harder must these
trials be on some of the company less
able to bear u1happiness with forti-
tude. 1t thus becomes selfish to worry
over my own troubles. and IN the
amelioration Of others difficulties hap
piness IS always to be found. just as In
Maeterlinclss pretty play The Blue
Bird which brilliant creature stands
for happiness in the fantasy, the chill
dren, after travels far and wide find.
when they return to their humble, des-
olate little hut, that the blue bird Of
their search was there all the time and
never elsewhere. Ones happiness is at
hand If we only knew It."
With e philosophy like that in good
working order, practical and not the
ory merely. is 1t any wonder that LII
liam Russell defes wrinkles? There are
no scowls or frowns for encroaching
lines to tuck themselves away in.
Times fingers. apparently, have done
little else to Lillian Russelrs cheeks
than to pat them affectionately Be
lieve me, the scheme Of life which she
has worked out for herself Is not an
assumption done for effect or put on
for advertising purposes. Indeed, and
in spite OF the fact that she is one Of
the most widely advertised OF actresses,
1 do not think that Miss Russell ever
did anything merely for the sake of
publicity. Her conclusions are vital
and real and reflect influences on 9TH
ers of peace and comfort quite un-
consciously, as a rose sends its per-
fume forth or star it's luster. If this
sounds extravagant and exaggerated to
you, it is because you do not know the
subject of this interview. There are
two things that the cleverest have
never yet counterfeited successfully-a
smile from the heart and laugh from
an unperturbed soul. The best imita-
tions are clearly spurious and never
are more mirthful than grin and a
guffaw. Miss Russelrs laugh is sound
delightful and delightfully."- sound
up to the time of my illness IN
Chicago" she resumed, II thought the
world a playground and life a great
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~N THE presence of Lillian Russell
the interviewer stands perpiexed;
~ or sits puzzled. If it is the first
time YOU have met her you viii be
dazzled as well as perplexed and puz-
zled. for she is unlike any stage beauty
YOU ever saw before. They are so
rarely what they seem that to find a
theatrical beauty whose cosmetic is
health. and whose loveliness is not
left in the dressing room, IS an ex-
perience sufficiently rare to be be-
wildering. as any new sensation is.
The realization in Lillian Russell is
thus dazzling
But the perplexing thing about her
is that your Impressions gathered from
,earsay undergo, in the twinkling Of
an eve. a great revolution You have
been all wrong. The conclusions you
have reached from the pictures YOU
have seen Of her on cold cream bottles,
and likenesses. usually. as you now
discover. atroeious on boxes Of soap
and tins Of tooth powder are clamor-
ing violently. in the presence Of this
woman. for readjustment.
OF her own beauty she speaks calmly
-sla without ostentation or smirking
mock modesty; but as q gift the preser-
walton Of which she has undertaken
successfully for more years than merely
skin deep beauty could survive. She
does not depress you with coquettish
exhibitions. turning for better aight,
carefully disposing Of attitudes calcu-
lated nicely TO render more effective
the impression Of her smilei her white
teeth and her purely chiseied counte-
nanee She is no professional beauty.
ShA is a fine. wholesouled, wholesome
women bent on making you feel at
home, willing to enlighten you from
the storehouse of her experiences with
life, which she accepts with the gener-
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force to the degradation of any soul,
and 1t was wrong to exercise the in
f1uence involved in the thought, He's
bad; he's a sinner However" said Miss
Russell. las 1t is only fun and make
believe, I think nobody, however jeal-
Gus OF the good name of Christian
science they might be, could reasonably
find fault with my play, which is. I
think, full of the effervescence of cham
pagne and healthy with bubbling
spirits
TT is due to this temperamental con-
troll over the faculty to worry, or
rather the faculty OF mot to worry"
that Miss Russells radiance is due, no
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joke. never worried nor thought very
much. Things just happened, and they
usually happened, was sure. for my
especial and particular amusement.
Then came this sudden illness. the
financial worries that attended. and
when you are fiat on your back. sick.
there is little else to do but worry. In
my case I worried myself into finding
a remedy. have it. If you must worry,
worry about somebody else.
f<sT is the hardest thing I do,' said
Miss Russell, ''this getting away
from my own personality. The
playwrights wont let me-
I replied to the effect that II I were
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well as spiritually better. We put the
piece on, though I was about as sick
a comedienne as ever forced a laugh.
The performance was kindly received,
and I reepated the dose the following
night, and, keeping up the good work,
have been going on ever since"
you are Christian Scientist?" I
asked.
NO, I can't say that I am. The
truth that lies in Christian Science,
and there is much truth in it, was told
1900 years ago. Marcus Aurelius is
quite as much Mrs Eddys tutor as
mine. She is a wonderful imitator of
the Roman stole. I have the gift, I
suppose 1t is tempeKamental rather
than mental, of optimism. You remem-
Der what Marcus said about human
ity. Perhaps l don't quote the words
just right. but l very well know the
sense and spirit of this phrase:
'Of all the things that God created.
the seas and the skies and every living
thing, human beings alone have the
80 whatever comes to me, I choose
and accept it with gladness and make
necessity a virtue, destiny a selection"
eST wondered" she went on, whether
the quiet fun poked at Christian
science, as contained in those lines
which always get a laugh, ALPS right.
alrs well; alrs right, all's WELL would
be offensive to those who are devoted
to the creed and philosophy OF Mrs.
Eddy. so I asked my sister. Mrs.
Schultz, who is quite successful healer
in Rutherford n. ]. Incidentally she
has done some very remarkable things
Not at ALL she told me. There is only
one line that I do not like, and that's
where you and MacIntyre, the maid
bend your mental energies on the
thought, he's bad; he's a sinner My
sister didn't like that because she said
that her theory of auto suggestion as
related to Christian science was op-
posed to the employment of thought
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10

Fruit Champa, a Guthrie product,
was served at the city hall last night
The lunch business was In charge OF
william Ritzhaupt, and II was great
success.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10
SEVERELY
CHAST|SED
'D[TRACTORS'
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PRESIDENT ON ANOTHER
BIG SPEAKING
FEAT
SAYS HE'LL WIN
ADMINISTRATION MEASURES
Taft Admits He Oishkes Idea Of
-Four Senators Who Oppose
All His Policies
(By Associated Press.)

Passaic. n j.. May 10.--ln speech
before the Passaic board of trade
here last night, President Taft de-
clared with a great deal Of empha-
SIS and amid an outburst of applause
that the railroad bill has not been
emasculated In any vital way and
predicted that a satisfactory law
would be passed
THE BILL said the president
Still retains its important features
and am hopeful that within the
next few weeks we shall see the
passage of the bill in both houses,
the adjustment of the differences be-
tween the two houses ina its final
enactment
In review of the pending legisla-
ton Mr.. Taft expressed the belief
that the following measures VIII be
enacted into law:
Statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico
Postal savings bank
!. Aptijnjunction,
The so-called validating bill Of tho
conservation measures.
The publicity of campaign expendi-
lures
The railroad bill.
The bill granting statehood to New
Mexico and Arizona passed the
house some months ago, but it is
still pending in the senate. Objec-
ton was made to the bill as it passed
the house in regard to certain pro
visions as to elections, which dis
franchised Mexicans not speaking
English, who had heretofore by real
sons of length of residence acquired
under previous laws the right OF
suffrage, There is a hesitation on
| the part of the Republicans In the
senate to pass bill which is so
likely to add four Democrats to the
senate, o. if not Democrats, Repub-
licans of that radical type that are
entirely out of sympathy with the
more coservatve notions of the East.
Still there is promise in the plat
form distinct and clear that this bill
shall pass, and ! am very anxious
that the party shall meet its obliga-
tlons in this regard, and enact the
neCehatTN uISslsldlloH. ! uo lot tnlHh
that | shall be disappointed"
On Conservation.
"The conditions are such as tc
make imperative in the interest oil
conservation the passage of only one
law. That law has passed the house
and | am very hopeful that . viii
pass the senate. 1t ratifies all tht
Withdrawals of public land hereto
fore made amounting to upwards o
6G.000,000 acres, and it specifically
empowers the president to make 9th
O. Withdrawals when he desires t
ask congress to- pass laws varying
the existing laws for the disposition
in. GLASS of public lands.
"We come to the bill amending thl
interstate commerce law 1t hai
been amended in the house and als'
! In the senate, and with that freedom
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10
ECHO OF OLD CASE
Special to Daily Leader.


McAlester, Okla, May 1O-W. T.
lulsey as attorney for the First Ma
t,onal Bank of Hartshorne filed two
suits in the district court, the first
against N. N. Bonaparte and ]. S.,
Mullen to recover $205.23 alleged to
De the balance due on check for $500
purporting to have been signed BY
J. S. Mullen and presented for pay
ment at the bank of the plaintiff May
1C, 1907. indotsed by the said Bona
parte and paid to him. but when sent
% the City National bank of Ardmore
on which il was drawn payment was
refused on the ground that the name
of j. S. Mullen was a forgery. Later,
1t is alleged. Bonaparte deposited the
sum of 5000 in the plaintiffs bank
and never checked it out and this was
credited on the amount due on the
check The other case is against
Robinson Murphy and J. S. Mullen for
S305.23 alleged to be due on a check
presented for payment and indorsed
by Murphy and purporting to have
been signed by il S. Mullen and 1T
vas turned down on the ground that
the name of j. S. Mullen was forg-
! ery. SgE
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of touch for which headlners and
correspondents are so noted, we nave
been told with much emphasis that
thed administration bill has been
emasculated in both houses.
Knows Senate Better.
Il am not as familiar with It's CON
diticn in the house as am with 1t III
the senate, but | think that possibly
the state OF the bill in the senate
will show what is the fact, that the
bill has not been emasculated IA
either house and that ii contains al
most all the radical features Of the
original administration biii and that
those things which have been omitted
are neither substantial nor vital.
Looks for Love Feast.
'I think that the railroad bill
which in many respects Is the most
important of the administration meas
ures, still retains its important fea
lures and | am hopeful that within
the next two weeks we shall see the
passage of the bill in both houses
the adjustment of the diffe ences be
tween the two houses and its final
enactment 1t means great step
forward in the power of regulation
entrusted to the interstate commerce
commission subject to- "a court review
1t does not transfer--and | should be
loatli to do this--irom the board o.
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OF all the towns visited YESTERDAY.
cove made, the Alg bit for a littlo
place Tbe citizens turned lppt ip
fdfi' force Id, ,mpct the ,booaLerHigaip
aha they distributed handsome Coyle
badges. A delegation Of Guthrie cit.
liens boarded the booster tain at
Coyle.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10
HAVE you FRIENDS?

II you have any friends located any
where in the state now is the time to
get busy and send them literature
about Guthrie and about the capital
location matter.
II you will call at the Chamber Of
Commerce, or telephone No. 219, you
will be supplied with copies of the
capital location bill and other print
ed material, including envelopes, post
cards and posters. Come and get a
supply at once. They are free to ev-
erybody.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10

directors to the inte state commerce
commission the power of running
and perating the railroad. 1t stlll
leaves wiGe discretion in the owners
OF the property; but the powers ex-
ercised by the commission, feel con-
fident. can be exercised for good and
will not remove the existing motives
of enlightened selfishness fof the
improvement by the owners of rail-
roads in the methods and cost OF
transportation "a
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TO LAY CORNERSTONE


McAlester, Okla. May 10-The Bap-
lists will lay the cornerstone of their
magnificent new church on Friday,
May 90.
The grand lodge TO Masons has been
asked to take charge of the ceremon-
les. The Baptists have. invited Judge
Henry NJ. Fu:man, of the criminal
cout of appeals, to give the address
Judge Furman is president of the Bap-
list general convention Of Oklahoma
and is also high Mason, being past
grand master of Indian Territory
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10
DO YOU WRITE LETTERS?

II you do you should use envelopes
with picture Of the temporary cap
iial building built for the free use OF
the state by the citizens Of Guthrie,
d. cost Of 100000. Call at the
Chamber of Commerce and get sup
ply Of these envelopes. You will be
furnished with all you want free.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10

Feel langud, weak, rundown?
headache? Stomach "off"?-Just a
plain case of lazy liver. Burdock
Blood Bitters tones liver and stomach,
promotes digestion, purifes the blood.
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Don't think that piles can't be cured
Thousands of obstinate cases have
been cured by Doan's Ointment. so
cents at any drug store.
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I've Stock company was brought up
~ sneak on the high prices of meat,
lu, he sidestepped it, and told OF the
value OF The cattle industry he IS
IN old.tiiaer and has seen Oklahoma
crow from vast range to teen.
me state Hts speech was received
with great favor He said that OUT
4iae neople are hesiiant 10 oeliese
ths facts told Of Kansas and oklaho-
ma Their relations from every stand
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10

The boosters will be in the cattle
country for fair Friday They will
spend day at San Angelo
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-10

Many of the boosters are Elks aud
they visited their brethren at the club
last night.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-13
NO IMPROVEMENT
IN STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE man
ner in which the stock market
s flattened out today when relieved
from selling pressure was hardly
less discoura ging to speculative
sentiment than the active declines
OF the two earlier days Of the
present week
During the noon hour the sales
of stocks were less than 10000
shares and it was during that pc
riod of practical stagnation that
prices rested at about the top level
of the day.
So far as the money market sit
uation has been deterrent to
speculative operations the condi-
tion was substantially improved
today. After opening at per cent
the rates receded, thus lowering
the maximum rate of yesterday
and of the day before and estab-
fishing the lowest ruling rate that
has been touched in the new year.
The re1uX of funds from circula
tion is so heavy at present as to
suggest rather lull in trade ac
tivity
The current redemptions OF bank
notes are on an enormous scale
and the daily gain Of the New
York banks on subtreasury opera
tions is due in no small part to the
presentation there for the redemp-
tion of bank notes received from
the interior, which thus are con-
verted into legal reserve money.
The advances made by the Union
Pacific authorities to the law Off
GERS of the government for pos
sible compromise of the suits un-
der the antitrust law convey an
impression of apprehension of the
outcome of those suits. The taking
up for consultation of the meas
ures proposed for preventing deal
ings in futures in the commodities
markets showed the persistence Of
the forces at work in directions
which are not relished by those
most active in speculative move
ments.
There was some apprehension
meeting of the board of governors,
TO be held after the stock market
closed, to act on the report OF the
committee which investigated the
Rock Island episode. There has
been no doubt of the part played
by this apprehension in important
liquidation that has been going on
for many days.
When it was seen that buying
was practically suspended at the
higher level of prices selling was
renewed with great aggressive
ness and the whole list yielded
weakly and closed at about the
lowest of the day
Bonds were irregular. Total
sales (par value). $3,29S.O0o.
U. S. IS declined rs per cent on
call