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SEEING THE COMET.
Mr.. and Mrs FlaltsFtOR Get TBS \. w.
ana Deaf Think u Paid.

sWe had talked about Il some, said NJ
Flaitsrton, about whether We would
Rst up 10 So the comet In the morning.
and first ws thought We would and then
We thought We wouldn't. and finally W.
thought We WOuldn't-it was too much
trouble. But last night tho hallbOy told
us that quite a number % people Were
going up on the roof this morning 90 look
at Il, and then Mrs. Flatterton and !
decided that we'd 90 too.
CHARGED with the Importance o. wax
ing up in time. We passed q more or lees
wakegtil night. waxing In fact az intervals
II half an hour 90 one hour, when
would get up 20 look al the clock ami To
look out ~ the window and $50 II the sky
was clear. We were 20 gst up AZ 3. Al
O'Clock miarsad the clock by an hour
and thought Il was g. but fortunately |
discovered the mistake In time; and then
a We ross and dressed ourselves
warmly. 30 that We could see tho great
comet in comfort.
Our hall door sticks and when We
pulled it opsn u made noise enough.
We thought. 10 wake up half the house.
and tho nolss Il made when We CLOSED
L would surely. We thought. wake up the
other half; but then W. reflected that il
wouldn' z make 20 much difference anyway
because now the folks must be all on the
roof, 10 which ve now. a. the poet says.
Wended our way.
And how many people do You think
ws found up there? Not a blessed living
soul. The roof was empty save Tor tho
washing that somebody had left out over
night. swinging now silently In the dark
nesa like ghosts SUSPENDED from linaa.
IL Wa very still thers ~ that time %
night. except when We walked. and then
We Thought that The sound N the gravel
on The roof Cr,lnchinR under foot would
wake ths psopls II Tho tanning of our
door hadn't. but e didn't atili nobody
came; and 20 sin alone We walked "
whare W. could command the bagi view.
IL vas grand. he city lying there naar
and far, and al around In darsneas hIled
out With hight IN ne deep aiiencs n he
nirht. huf What We had oOme foF wa b
go Halley's eoKet. and nFgi W mugs nnd
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door just begging % be allowed 70 play
Many silver piece has been offered me
% find a place in one Of the revivals.
Nowadays they call the supes auGiliaries.
and they expect 10 he paid for coming
on the stage with spear The young men
that wanted TO play then were mostly
gentlemen who wanted 10 say they had
besn on the stage and have the excite
ment Of Appearing in a real play. And
the matinee idols and the stAgestruck
girls We had in those days. guess people
must have taken the theatre more seri-
ously or perhaps they didn't 90 90 much
and 40 got more excited over IL. Ever
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tho time, and he could get mad too. but
ar. Forrest was pleasantsr in his ways,
that u around the theatre. don't know
anything about them socially.
Another Hamiei saw was thu famou,
burlesque played by George I. Fox at the
Old olympic. Az one q the performances
Of this in one Of the stage boxes satE.L.
Davenport laughing Ne TO kin. and in an.
other ON the same night sat Booth and
Barrett together. and they enjoyed Il too.
John Mccullough sat in the audienco.
The ghost was played by an old woman.
Mrs Wright and her work with a demi-
iohn was funny enough 10 please anybody.
There was a grave digging scene in Il
played by two famous sisters called the
Queen Sisters, and whilc they dug the
grave they sang Five O'Clock in the
Morning, a piece that was Immediately
picked up and made just a. big a hit a.
any Of tho songs you hear now. Strange.
amt il, how sOngs like that die out and
are forgOttenl
After the performance told YOU about
all the actors came back Of the stage
and there was great handshakinR. The
other Hdmisis told Mr.. Fox that they'd
enjoyed themselves a. never was and
Lawrence Barrett came back the second
time TO tell him that no actually believed
II Mr.. For wanted TO play Hamlet in
the 'legit he could do Il TO the Queens
taste. George l.. Fox was a tremendous
iavOrite and had a great following. He
made fortune and fame in 'Humpty
Dumpty' and l really started my stage
life with him.
The Olympic Theatre was one Of the
most popular playhouse. Il was at
622 Broadway and was Oncs known a.
Laura Keene's Varieties. IL was some
where around iS0s that took care OF the
stage door; that was following the war.
when ! served a. member Of the lssth
New York Volunteers. I'm y now and
have always taken care Of myself. and
although the Government wanted 10 give
me pension | wouldn't take Il.
-Augusttn DAILY and never hitched il
on. although he never really interfered
with me. a. he was apt to do if he was per-
mitted: but John l.. Dun. who was DAYS
father-in-law and manager AZ the Olympic
when went there. always respected and
liked me. Often he has said 20 me. prac-
tioally putting the care Of the house in
my hands, White. says he-my name is
!. =. White. mebbs you 4 like 20 know
White. when I'm not here you're John
l.. Dur And I was. No getting around
me then. His interests was mine.
John A. DAILY was the name We knew
Augustin Daily by In those days. He
was a newspaper chap then. getting into
the theatre free, and Dun took him In. had
"a great fancy for him and made him
business manager Of the house Duff had
three daughters and Daily soon married
the oldest. Mary; smother married the
artist James Z. Hayes and the third
went into a convent. Can't imagine why
Daily didn't like me. but I worked with
him az his theatre just the same.
They used 10 pay some attention 70
Shakespeare's birthday az the Olympic.
and | remember one year. / think Il was
1854. when all the theatres In town cele-
brated the birthday with Shakospearian
play. Folks used 20 ike en- then and the
supes used 10 crowd around the stag
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farewell by tho shOrt. thick ct man on the
platform, who gazed az them until the
train carried him around a curve.
Amid tho hurlyburly - the STATE re-
oeption given him In Toronto he was
coldly formal. but on the second day 81
his stay h. stole away Tor an hour from
the medley Of enRngemsnts and pleased
the populace greatly riding on horseback
entirely unattended and Informally
through the city, the people cheering
him whenever h. appeared. There was
anxiety at Government HOUSE when
Il was found that The Prince had dis
appeared on this little horseback excur-
slon away from tho CARES u a state visit
In that characteristic way which more
than once upset programmes prepared
months In advance. A zpeC idl time table
was prepared Tor tho royal party during
their trip acrnss tho Canadian dominion
In which The day and hour u the arrival
n ths royal train wts determined AZ each
n0int months before This time table had
descriptive teAt accompanying each sta
ii0n along tho Itinerary and made vol
uHna % sCua 90 pages. deckla edged.
with rila TOP and bound IN one lanther.
on uhlch Was omblan0noi ths royal arms
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times. I have proved my creed. WHY
wasn't 'Beethoven' kept on for the school
children instead Of taking them 70 COney
Island, by the way
I have proved too 20 my own aatia-
faction and that Of those who are now
working with me- and for my New Thantna
Of the future, a lack which Judge you
are beginning % feel here, that there
must be a conservatory Of acting attached
To any such institution II success u 70
he assured its Efforts
Acting IA the emotional perception
and Interpretation u character Ivy voice,
gesture and movement. Il IA the COM
munication Of feeling. not Of thought.
The art Ct acting depends on heart thr0be.
10 perfection reached by a tempo whera
each movement y properly attuned %
every other. which II not a result gained
by taking an actor from this company.
another from a second. combining the
speech ieathered with the Western buT-r-r
With emphatic Cockrey syllables, a. I
have heard time and time again.
The perfect company is not that which
shows Individual excellence and col
lective incompetenCe; tho individual must
hs enacei In the collective Competence.
10 - not an art this acting, where the
intellect Is apOtheOsized The Scripture
does not say as a man thinketh In has
head. ~ il he. but In his heart u IL noe
an ART which demands the oblitsration
Of the personality. What a towering
personality Is that % NOvelh and
vet how u Ia continually subservient on
the stage 20 that Of the character no Il
playing. Acting is like the meaAles. e
can be caught
Several of Mr. ROhsrtson's conserva-
tory pupils have made New York sue
cesses. among them Miss Alice John,
of Society and -Harnele'; Morton sill,
who was leading man for CarlottA Mill
son in Avery HOpWood's play This
Woman and That Man and In "A Happy
Marriage by Clyde Fitch.
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winter Home ~ Deer.

The winter home Of the American rcd
deer h very interesting. When he snow
begins N ~ the leader % tho herd guides
them 10 some sheltered spot where prov
ender is plentiful.
Here a. TIA snow fails they pack Il
down. tramping out a considerable upaos
While about them the snow mounts higher
and higher until hey cannot Egt out if
they would. From the NAH opening.
or yard a. Il 10 called. tamped opt
paths lead n the nearby tFagB and shrub
bery which supply fAem W1h food. In
ihIa way hey manage b. pass 10 winter
m comparative poNo8 and aalsty.
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was plotting and planning I went out 30
Ravinia Park, where n situated the
beautiful Frost Building. In which IN
the summer a season Of symphonic and
philharmonic CONVERTS h given every
year, first by the Theodore Thomas
orchestra, then by Walter DamrOsch. and
I started In % produce the plays | had
commenced 20 give before became
entanRlad with the Chicago Woman's
Club scheme. People said ] was per
fectly crazy 20 60 out into the woods
bat they came % the 'Bayreuth Of America
lust the same, and when the season closed
successfully they changed their adiec-
tive and | was the clever business man
and the canny Scot. no longer the dream
dreamer
Then ! sent out some little slips Of
paper. merely saying that u thu people
% Chicago wanted % stand by me IN my
New Theatre idea all they had 10 do was
20 subscribe for the twenty productions
planned at the rate u $50 Tor the series
The money came while ! was doing "A
sort Of supplementary SEASON az the
0arTick. playing matinees only. and
finally having % stop because The Or
child was coming with Eddie FOy. and the
lesser light must stop twinkling.
"A man came 20 mo about this time
whom | had never met and never saw 10
my remembrance and said. Mr.. Robertson.
I think you arr doing a good work for
Chicago. You are trying b. make Il
hvable. lovable city, His praise took the
form Of thousand dollars worth 81 seats.
This vas Ira Nelson Morris. one % the big
beef people, and every night during the
two years ! played IN the small theatre
OF the Fine Arts Building. which sue
ceeded my departure from the Garrick.
he was In the audience.
Dust before that / had played for a
while az Hull House. offered me by Miss
Jane Adams when she found me home
less, and with this and the other establish
ment I managed 20 worm along, turning
people away all the time because We had
no Accommodation for them. Finally
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chapeTon them ON these occasions. Ethel
barrymore has her special following
- the same kind and ever since the
publication of her photograph with a
breakfast cap and baby an addition Of
Young mothers has reinforced the board
ing school contingent But the Empire
crowd makes no demands on The object
q Ia attention. lts only purpose In being
seems 20 he the relief of sOh's- and
Abs a. Mas Adams or Miss Barrymore
PUSHES through.
II il with a note II fnality In his voice
that Pop Wood tells of the glories Of Old
about the stage door a. YOU sit on a
narrow bench az the Hudson Theatre
while a rehearsal IA going on and people
passing 10 and fro demand mail. exchange
SATURDAY morning greetings and ignore
your uninvitei presence
POP IL q thu past regime and IL a wit
ness Of the faithfulncss N the business
management ~ old fayorites. he admits
that he has been connected with various
nlAyhOu~es about forty-hve years. and
complains that there are moments when
his memory gets a bit hazy; but. making
all due advances for these hpses, what
Pop has % tell IL interesting enough 20
he taken with the grain q sal' that a fail
ing system of memories implies
Pop admits a few failings, hut he says
Salty that 40 far a. yielding n the temp
ations ~ the stage door himself IL con-
oerned that acCusatiO can never trIthfully
nen,ade There were Temptations plenty.
'ur In the dear dead days when barriers
acre not 80 strongly maintained as theyare
'H-dav n was not an uncommon incident
fora stage Johnny O. offer him any amount
2 subsidy b be allowed % step inside and
use look az tho girls. Pop. however
onud not bs subsidized He did not be-
l.re IN the lax methods q bis time.
You couldn't never buy me- says
PIP a. he gives his heavy watch chain
q fIrk n port. for he has been a sailor
A. veil a. a theatrical power and a keeper
n a shop. always. however. returning 30
his nho-en vocation.
lr isa vocation which has never made
BIN unhappy with undue ambitions. He
not ~ thoss who have ambition without
talent lie has never wanted IN he an
actor. and actually looks horrifisd az your
Interrogation.
No an actori' he repeats. why,
a'vays had N eat
The explanation Il convincing. and YOU
steer him by easy conversational routes
N tho time when. his dutiesInOt being too
srgrnt he could stand in tho wings and
vI'u-ss the performances % a day that
Jaw H1mid played by four contemporary
actors, Edwin Booth. John Mccullough.
Llwr Forrest and r. L. Davenport.
! ain a critic he asserts. but will
say hat Booths HGBlisi pleased me, and
consider Il the finest ever played. Lots
Of ths people I knew around the theatre
'1su liked Forrest best because Forrest
o'"rei soap and frothed &C the mouth.
t.' my tastes always been for the quister
wavs
Forrest why. youcould hear him Whis-
I"r wly ont in the street when he was az
hs .ank 81 the stage. Couldn't now Of
opI--a IN account Of the automobiles. bur
ooa. hen. when the streets were quieter.
D" rls a fine man personally. Always q
Asi word. Mr.. Booth was sort Of moroue
al moody liks. Absent minded most Of
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strange D,sth ~ rival stass.

MANY rerouis exist Of the way IN which
rival stags have mst their dsath When
1ghting for supremacy. Probably nons j.
moro strange than that de- ribei ~ Her
g. Drathu ore ~ CharlotteBburs In re
DgHtsehF Jdguf-ZsifuHg IN i0o9 ths kesu-
err On toe GslbsRsand shO0tlng N Neck
iehburg-sChWerin foU6t I've twelve
pointer lying deal. apparently from antisr
inruaia HHd Vim both beams close togsther.
Nut far N waa q smaller stag q ten pointer.
siil WING. bui ~ ~ bach vas brgtel d
vas put ont ri 10 miEefV. On evan lua1Inn
D uaa FOUND that the snflarg of ire t4fIeF
gfaa we're torn out 81 he akuu and be
frnntal h0na vas broken, Tha haIa % tln
smaller aiag must have been broken ~ taa
strigg,a.
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Only . single copy was printed. A small
edition on ordinary paper Waa Furnished
the other members Of his suite. u 4 ~
lated that the interlined blank writing
page In this tins table wera covered with
annotatiOns In the Princess own hand
writing
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kIyG GEORGE ~ CANAnA-
D'm'crati" Ways Noted by PcopIs VIVA
-" Him During ISIS visit n 1921.

"'''''ra'l" ways Noteu ~ People Wha
saw Iim During ISIS visit N 1891.
IH-." who saw King George V. IN
Co... .a during bis visit 10 the Dominion
d. f"r" impressed by his democratic
u...
"..r h" spoke in public or privately
IN .u-ruDn this man with the light
' rr md ma hroWn vandyks beard
- 1.rHf' tne same REORGANIZATION and
'HH- any we'll bred American would
1885, .- 700 American accent rather
0 English fashionable broadening
lJI -hawf awfter eight en-
c.. 'D A.m BOO many Of his scotch. Lriah
.. and australian subjects.
10. photographs ~ George v.
ru-.dorhim nc least feet tall
No r#..r NJ fact he IL rather under
'. I'D when his photograph IL taken
.. boz IL usually PLACED IN front,
'.-. .Ha camera than his companions,
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PRIEST. HOWLEY'S ADDRESS
Continued from Page 1.


special organizer for the work re-
Hulred by the State Federation I Sc
lected John Chubbuck Of Minneapolis
and had him go to the cities of Man
kato and Rochester, where he did ex-
cellent work, organizing new unions
and putting new life into the old ones.
He also did some organization work
OF special nature in the city of Min
neapolis.
The several vice presidents of the
state Federation of Labor have shown
great zeal and activity in their various
districts, affiliating number Of un-
ions with the State Federation, and
also organizing new ones and building
up the old ones.
Strikes and Loclouts.
BY way Of emphasizing the import
ance of all these efforts to build up
the labor movement in the jurisdiction
OF the Minnesota State Federation of
LABOR, 1 call your attention to three
events that have seriously affected
the conditions in this territory. These
were strikes by the railroad switch
men all over the northwest, the leather
workers on horse goods throughout
the country, and the bakers at St.
Paul.
Strike of the Switchmen.
The switchmen's strike extended. from
Lake Superior to Puget Sound. The
demands made by the switchmen were
a raise Of six cents an hour, double
time Tor Sundays and holidays, ana the
entire abolition of physical examina-
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Extend Slave Pen Limits.

RICHMOND, Ind, June BY
plans that are now being worked out.
the United States Steel Corporation
will expend more than $5,ooo.0oo ad-:
ditional In increasing its property
holdings 1T Gary. Chief of the new
buildings to be erected Is duplicate
Of the present electric power station,
which required an outlay Of $780,
900, and which now operates the steel
works and blast furnaces and fur
nishes current for pumping water and
lighting the city of Gary and sur
rounding towns. It IS also intended
to APPEND 1900, 900 in improving the
present power station. q
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With the exception. OF one larsA
and three small shops, every employer
in Kansas City, Mo-, ahas granted the
demand Of the Painters Union for an
increase of wages from 4e 70 80 cents
an hour and the Saturday half holi-
day 7.t~- s-lt. :. Z . .S 3t ~ "
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IMPORTED ALIENS TO T.. !: &. ].
u. s.; SOAKED $4,000

=; WASHINGTON, D.. c., June; "a -
The largest judgment ever entered by
a United States court in favor of the
government growing ont OF a 4prosecu-;
ton for attempting to bring alien ID
borers into the country in violation
Of law has been reported to the de-:
partment of Commerce $: and labor
from Tucson, Ariz., where The jury
rendered verdict of $4,000. This
was $1,000, the penalty fixed by sta
tute, for each forty-fiye aliens whom
it was attempted to- import: { i. =; ::
The defendants in the suit was g.
construction company in Los Angeles.
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EDGE MAKERS STAND FIRM.

HAVERHILL, Mass, June 24.-The
edge. makers on strike at the shoe
factory Of billiard & Tabor are maxi
Ing big gains in their struggle against
the firm 4&r..t - !. p
No experienced trimmers are now
i ief In the shop, and It is practically
tied up. It d. 81 s b, ?. & z :.
The men are firm, their ranks un-
broken, and they are determined to
win their fight. 3 si1 5s5a, +.
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An Artistic Centerpiece.- The host
.ess who is loking for a novel decora,
ton for her luncheon table, will want
to remember that wonders can be
worked with dandelion seed balls
when they are obtainable, .:..
Combined with ,maiden-hair ferns,
and arranged in q delicate glass vase
the effect Is charming Such decor
alton will last several days, and Is
decidedly artistic and original. z
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SEEKS AID OF SHERMAN :> !
ACT TO MULCT THE WAIST
MAKERS or, BIG DAMAGES

NEW YORK, June A Sitomer.
a ladies' waist, manufactures, Of 80
Walker street, has started a suit TOR
$4,000 damages in the United States
circuit court against the Ladies' Waist
and Dressmakers' Union, No: IS, and
volunteer assistants of the striking
shirtwaist makers for triple damages
under the Sherman act on the allega-
ton that they conspired in an illegal
boycott upon the sbusinesssofs sitomer
The complaint sets up conspiracy
on the part Of the defendants in re-,
straint of interstate trade. =. Under
section of the Sherman act, any one
suffering damages by reason of such
combination or conspiracy is entitled
to recover three times the amount
he suffered. TX. -: Ia .. ii
Sitomer alleges that he was actually
driven out of business az a result Of
that strike. He was among the first
to settle with the union, and signed
the regular union agreement and
compiled with all the demands, but
because he ha1 been manufacturing
waists for certain other firms which
were under boycott, the union shirt;
waist makers Kept on striking in his
factory. ~. % s. - = :
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Mouth Rinse. The mouth should
be carefully rinsed with an antisep-
tic wash Immediately upon rising and
before going to sleep. A good wash
is made by adding one or two tea
spoohfuls OF listerine to glaaeful OF
tepid water, but this must not De used
too constantly. Another good mouth
wash is thymol, seven and !, q hall
grains: borax, fifteen grains: distilled
water, one pint. ~ Y s.
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The Los Angeles Telephone ! COM:
pany has organized It's exchange girls
to speak gently and sweetly TO its
customers. In order to make this
rule effective. It has provided courses
IN vocal culture for the girls,
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Seattle, Wash, Central Labor Union
declares there no cause for the cry
being put up by some parties of q
scarcity Of labor. Plenty men to
fill all jobs" 1t says. Workers are
advised to bay no attention. to adver-
tisements in the daily papers calling.
for mechanics. 5=s 81
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The Order Of Railroad Photographers
will erect In st. Louis g sixteen-story
building, to cost not less than $780,
900. The order has 5000 members
in the United States. Canada and
Mexico, and is one Of the wealthiest
unions In the world. 81