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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31

almost year at Weber's theatre,
New York. Leona Watson, Efingham
Pinto. Howard LANCE, Thomas Fallon
and the original New York production
will be seen here "The Climax" is a
drama in three acts by Edward Locke,
with musical setting by Joseph Carl
Breil. In 1.-The Climax" three prob
lens are utilized in constructing the
foundation of the play, any one OF
which would provide sufficient mate
rial upon which to base the average
play Primarily we have that much
discussed question as to whether
Bohemian atmosphere and stage ca
reer ultimately disqualify a woman for
association with the more exclusive
of her sex In fact, the eternal CUES
ton as to the morality OF the actress
and opera singer. Secondly we have
the idea, so much exploited Of late,
that of mental suggestion, whereby the
will of one person in some particular
instance. becomes so subservient TO
that of another that a whole line OF
action may be indicated and carried
out The third problem is that TN,
answerable question as to wnether
woman with wonderful voice is bet
ter engaged in singing lullabies than in
electrifying an audience. These ideas
are interviewer in 1.-The Climax" form
ing the most unusual and thoroughly
delightful play of the period Critics
and public have been unanimous in
hailing The Climax" as the best play
since The Music Master" The
Grand, Davenport, offers THE Climax"
Wednesday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
eELLEw, POLISHED ACTOR.
A fashionable audience of tri-cit

fashionable audience of tri-city
people filled the Grand, Davenport,
Saturday evening to see Kyrle Bel
lew, the English player, in THE
Builder of Bridges" q recent prod
uct of the pen of Alfred Sutro, who
gave us THE Walls of Jericho" and
other good things. 1t has enjoyed
profitable runs in the larger eastern
cities. Coming with the stamp of
Broadway approval, and affording op-
portunity to see Mr.. Bellew, made the
engagement one of the most notable
of the season. Mr.. Bellew is a sea-
soned and polished actor. Despite
his age, he continues to enact sue
cessfully wooing roles, although he
shows discretion in passing as bach
elor of 40. Mr.. Bellew is an actor Of
dignity and reserve and has a re-
markedly pleasing voice for one OF
his years. While it to be expected
that Mr. Bellew should be featured in
the attraction, large share of the
honors belongs to Miss Gladys Han
son, upon whose shoulders the chief
burden of the real acting of the play
falls. she is a young woman of phys
zeal perfection and charm. command
ing in personality and of eXtraordi-
nary dramatic equipment. OF the
play, while beautifully acted and elab-
orately staged, little can be said in
a commendatory vein. The plot does
not rise above the ordinary and some
Of the situations, conceived appar-
emily in mechanical effort to fit the
performer, are beyond the range of
possibility in the realities of life.
However, the play was most satisfy
ing if for no other reason than that
it displayed the talents of a company
of unusual excellence and strength.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
theatrical ball given by the Daven-
port division of tle T. NJ. a.
FOLLOWS PLAYS LESSON.

FSGGO w y TEFN y GGSSONs
Chicago, Jan. 31.-Miss Pauline Fred
erick, leading woman of THE Fourth
Estate has solved the problem OF
that play in a most personal manner.
Miss Frederick has resigned and has
gone back to New York TO join her
husband, F. NJ. Andrews, one of the
prominent architects of that city.
That is the solution of the problem
around which the play revolves
Which is the strongest love in wo-
man-love for father, fiance or self?''
Saturday evening at the close of the
performance Miss Frederick presented
the solution Love of husband. She
would not wait to give the customary
notice in theatrical circles. She was
going at once, and did so.
When Miss Frederick consented to
become Mrs. Andrews during the run
of the play in New York she stipula-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
ACTORS AT DANCE

Actors, both real and near, actor
ines. soubrettes, prima donnas, Choir
us ladies and ballet dancers, song and
dance artists, politicians, professional
and business men, and people repre-
senting all walks of life. composed
the cosmopolitan gathering which
thronged Davenport Turner nall Sat
urday evening at the second annual
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
TARIFF AFFECT COST OF
LIVING? GUESS NOT
Statistics Show Half of Imports Are
Now Coming in Tree of
Duty.

Washington, Jan. 31.-More than
half the merchandise imported under
the new tariff law enters the United
States free of duty. This was shown
by the bureau of statistics in the
monthly statements of imports since
the new law went into effect Aug 6,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
1.-THE MAN ON THE BOX"

a dramatization of Harold Nc
Grath's fascinating novel, THE Man
on the Box" was on view at the Illi-
nois yesterday in afternoon and even
ing performances. The producing
company was nicely balanced, and
the staging met all desirable stan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
FIRST APPEARANCE HERE.

THE Climax will be the offering at
the Illinois next Thursday evening.
This will be the first appearance in
this city of this remarkable play,
which only recently closed a run of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
Ih3SS@Ethl!eatre

dards Of detail. The patronage at
both performances was good and the
play, though somewhat out OF the
ordinary in theme. pleased those who
witnessed it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31

Chamberlain's cough remedy is
not a common, everyday cough mix
ture. 1t is a merttorlous remedy for
al the troublesome and dangerous
complications resulting from cold in
the head, throat, chest or lungs. Sold
by ali druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
THE FAMILY.

- Second avenue, between Nineteenth
and Twentieth streets. Vaudeville at s,
and 9,15 y. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
THE ELITE,

Eighteenth street, between First and
Second avenues. Vaudeville at ), and
s,15.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
THE ILLINOIS.

Second avenue and Sixteenth street.
Feb. 3-"The Climax"
= Feb. 5-''They Loved n Lassie," mat
fnee and night.
Feb. e-NThe Time, the Place and the
Girl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-31
THE GRAND, DAVENPORT.

Jan. 31-RObert EdesOn in "a Mans
Man."
Feb. 2-~rhe Climax
Feb. @ISrhe Third DeEree.0
Feb. 6-'Nrhe Third Degree" matinee
and night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28

difficulties before the end OF the year.
There will always be men to pre-
dict calamity even In tho midst of
prosperity, but IL there has been
time in the last decade when the
financial sky appeared to be unolouded,
this is the time. Business Ia on
sure and stable basis; commerce is in
crcasing as well AS can be expected
under the enormous burden of the pro-
tective tariff: the money market is
easy and credit is expanding. There
is yet no overspecnlation to make
the market FESTIVE, and there Is abso-
lute1y nothing. SO far as outward signs
go. to indicate a financial hurricane.
We can never be secured against a
panic in this country until OUR coinage
is on a gold basis exclusively and until
our tariff justly distributes the public
burden; but we are as secure as men
can be In the circumstances.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
THE TIMES DsPATcH RICHMOND VA SATURDAY. 2s 1910
r,m,,r over IN Richmond tomorrow.

remain over in Richmond tomorrow.
10 that he can attend one OF our eS-
.oellent Presbyterian churches. II ~
true that he might not he able 70 j'ih
In tho singing, as most OF the spiritual
songs in their hymn books are or pure
human composition; hut he would ''n'
the rest of the services following very
much the same course as the regulat
proceedings at Due West. lie mas
probably heard some Of his feiio".
players hummng on the road the on
lines OF the hymn, Heaven Is MY
Home" and al the risk OF being
charged with turning a strictly sec
ular newspaper to doubtful religious
uses, we venture to suggest that what
he and the rest of the boys ought 10
do Is to try a home run in the direction
we have noted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28

The reason boys are bad is because
nobody takes the trouble to make them
good They are not born bad,
and making them good is only return
ing them to their normal state. Al
least this is the philosophy of Mrs.
Clements, who teaches in Public School
No. 9. Jersey City. Mrs. Clements
ought TO know what she is talking
about, because she has made a specially
of bad boys. SShe teaches in tough
district. and aiways gets the toughest
boys at their toughest age, she is
guardian of all the incorrigibles of the
police court. and she Is champion OF
interests of the boys in a halfdozen en-
terprises from baseball teams to music
clubs, When she says that the only
question in reforming boys is to undo
the evil and to arouse the good, she
is thus giving the result of long and
varied experience.
We are glad to hear this opinion
from so expert authority, because it
only bears out what we have been
thinking for a long time. After all,
the boys own philosophy is the true
one he Is not bad. he is "just mis-
chievous," and the reason he becomes
bad is that nobody understands that
he is not bad at heart
We wonder how many really bad
boys there are in tho world. OF course,
there are some. Drunken parents and
degenerates have children whose
moral instincts are warped, whose lives
are married; but with these exceptions
and even hore the children are not
responsihle-the trouble is In the rails.
ing of the boys rather than in the hoys
themselves, Mrs. Clements thinks so
for she has tested it. She had hare
case" she told reporter the othe,
| day. The boy's name was John anc
/ he came with the reputation of being
| a devil. One day | noticed tina
his shoes had no soles and that hi,
| feet We're bleeding ! Went home witt
| him to ask the explanation. | fount
| he lived in miserable shanty Will
/ a drunken father whose only occupa
ton, so far as / could see, was cursin,
his son and throwing whatever h
could reach at him. Hence. the ba
] boy
There arelots OF Johns in the worlt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
.n,cuMoNp D1sGnAcEp."

eFair Richmond Is Being Dissracea
Now. Corruption of High TRIBUNALS
and Police Justice Is Unbearable.
Under this glazing headline the South
Boston News recently published an ar
ticle almost a column In length, de-
voted to the moral depravity of this
city. The article was addressed to the
Editor of The News, and as 1T was
simply signed wv" we have no way
of knowing who is it's author. but thai
it leaves a false impression on the
minds of Virginia people goes almost
without the saying.
To pretend that Richmond Is q
model city is ridiculous. 1t Is impos-
sible to gather 10000 souls in ths
compact limits OF any community ant
not include many moral lepers, many
outcasts and many undesirahles. They
are here and every honest man knows
they are here. but to hold these men
UP as the people of Richmond, and TO
declare the whole city disgraced by
their presence is an insult to, ninety
nine per cont. of the population.
Richmond has bad men within her
confines and she has citizens who had
best be somewhere else. but these peo-
pie do not control the city and do not
dominate the life of the city.
Many good men are working to I'M
prove conditions in Richmond. All
alike, we trust, aim at the same goal.
and all alike are honest, but they diff
fer much In the choice of the methods
by which they fight. Some good men
ton, indiscriminate criticism and UNI
reasoning abuse Is the best method.
Others know that they cannot indiot
a people. They prefer to let the
guilty escape rather than to punish
the innocent. and they believe that
the duty of good citizens is to be sure
of their aim before they fire, The
former men have tried to reform,
Richmond before and have failed
They will fail again. The others have
been working for years to upbuild the
city They. too, have failed in some
instances but they are still WORKING
and they will win the fight in III,
end.
These facts are known of all me,
in Richmond and scarcely need men
ton here, but such stories as tina
printed in the South Boston News civ.
the State a false idea of conditions
here and should not go uncorrected
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
cAMnnrNc THAT DOES NOT PAY.

James Patten will probably never
soar so high again. He has learned
his lesson and his tail feathers have
been well singed He had such splen-
did success with his deal In May cot
ton last year. and had previously made
so many millions on his wheat corner
that he thought he would try the same
trick this summer. lie bought about
90 100000 bushels of wheat when tins
market was above one dollar the
bushel, hoping that this supply would
be sufficient to tide him over the sea
son and squeeze the bears for long
profit He held on for weeks. sacrific-
ing millions in his fight but when the
market sunk to SO cents, he was forced
to capitulate and sold at a heavy loss.
Patten says he has retired from the
wheat and cotton market for the pres
ent at least. He had better make his
retirement permanent If he want to
have fortune left. Like every other
man who has "bucked" the grain ana
cotton market. he has won because nc
took long chances and had ready cash
but like the rest of his tribe. his luck
turned" and he began to lose. 1T Is
always the case. The wheat gambler
wins fast, but he loses fast he wins
a fortune one year and loses 1t tho
next. So universal has been this rule.
and so unyielding has been its oper-
alton that there is not single great
fortune in America to-day held by a
man whose father made 1t gambling
in wheat or cotton. Real estate is the
surest road to wealth; railroading, IN
other DAYS at least, held second place.
stock gambling trailed well to the
rear and grain gambling has always
been the surest road to ruin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
DECLINING DRUNKENNESS.

When Mayor Gaynor signed a city
ORDNANCE the other day providing for
the care OF New York's drunkards. he
remarked, There used to be five to-
pers for one that You see to-day" The
Mayor probably did not have drawer
fun Of figures at his elbow when he
made this remark and he had not
asked the Census Bureau to approve
his figures, but even If he exaggerated
little. his remark at least indicates
the progress of real Temperance in the
last few generations
There may be more than one drunk
ard to-day where there were five In
1850. but the proportion of drunkards
is certainly far less than 1t was at
that time. In those days liquor was
Very generally used Every gentleman
had his decanter on his sldeboard and
always offered Spirits" to his guests.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
and there are lots Of Johns fathers.



'rhe probation system of reforming
offenders against the law is growing
In favor all over the country. Po-
lice courts in moro than q hundred
cities have adopted the plan: Judges
of the higher courts are exercising their
powers to encourage 1t. and advocates
Of enlightened charity work, In all
sections. are looking to probation as
perhaps the best method of lessenins
the criminal population.
Or. Charles r.. McKenna. vice-pres-
ident Of the New York state Proha-
ton Commission, spoke on the sub
ject in Washington few days ago
and explained why the system worked
SO well. 1t was simply the modern an
plication of an old church principle
he satd.--the doctrine of penance. Tho
court stands In the place Of the Church
ana tempers Its Justice with mercy
showing itself willing to forgive Of.
tenders where they showed a true
sorrow for their wrong doing ana n
ton he said. probation worked suc-
cessfully because it appealed to tho
weaker side of mems natures. Thev
obeyed the orders of probation ON.
GERS and abstained from their former
hablts of life through fear of p,n-
ishment; yet by SO doing, they I'm.
proved their own condition and os.
sured their ultimate reformation.
If such be the case,-and we he,iev.
Or. Mchenna ~ right,-the system
should be indefinitely extended IF Il
work successfully with drunkards wbv
should it not work well with youthful
ieiohs? II 1t suffice to keep men
from one form of crime, why should
IT not be equally useful to keen them
from another? If 1t reform the in
dividual without damage to society.
why should 1t not be applied to reliov-
ing society of the burden it now car
ries without reforming offenders?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
sAy,NG THE PREACHER All HOME

PAYlNE THE PREACHER AT HOME.
The Northern Presbyterian Cen
eral Assembly thinks that the
ministry IL an underpaid pro
fession. and 1t ought to know.
In the session on Monday at Atlantic
City. Dr. H. l.. Hymnes, Of Indiana.
discussing the subject, declared that
mo young man can enter the minis
try and secure enough to live decently
under the present average OF salary
A number of other delegates took the
same Wow and the sense of the meet
ing was evidently In favor of larger
salaries for ministers, especially for
those Of the smaller churches.
We are not members of the General
Assembly and have frequently been
cautioned by our ministerial brethren,
our own business and leave the Church
alone but, in this Instance. we trust
we may be pardoned an humble
amen" to what the delegates to the
Assembly said. They were right In
their view and right in their express
sion of 1t.
While this is not day of large pro-
fessional salaries, except in special
technical branches, tho ministry is
perhaps the worst paid OF all profess
sions. The clcrgymen of large city
churches receive, in many cases, good
living salaries. but their emolument is
out of all proportion to that received
by the clergymen OF the small towns
and of the country. In the latter,
salaries run from $500 to 5000 the
year, with an occasional pig or bag of
potatoes thrown in by benevolent par
ishioners On this pittancc. the min
lister is expected to give to all good
causes. TO raise a family and to pro :
vide for his future. AS a general prop
osition he is able to do none of these
things, but passes to old age unpro-
tected, impoverished and disabled
We believe in foreign missions and
in the spread of the Gospel, but we
are not unmindful that charity be-
gins at home. 1t might not be bad
idea TO take part of the money be-
ing spent on the men preaching to the
heather abroad and provide for the
men who preach to the heather AT
home. They are no less deserving than
their fellow-workcrs abroad and are
even more needy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
sr,rAnT AND THE CUSTOMS

! Henry c. Stuart had very annoying
time In passing through the custom
house in New York yesterday. Coming
hack to the United States with his sick
wife. who has been residing abroad for
more than two years, he brought with
him a large quantity Of baggage, con-
tanning many gowns and much wear
ing apparel. which he had been In
formed b., the United States represen-
tatives in Paris were entitled to Tree
entry: for the reason that they be-
longed to a person who had not re-
sided in the United States for the per-
iod Of two years. Under new resula-
ton of the Treasury Department, how
ever. the goods SO brought In are
dutiable. a fact which the American
representatives in Paris. by whose ao
vice Mr.. Stuart was governed. dld ho'
know. 1t was this misapprehensloh
which resulted in the annoying Incl
dent yesterday, which appears TO navy
been as distressing to the customs OF
ficers as It was to tho victim OF theii
activity. The chief of the force OF IN
speotors acquitted Mr.. Stuart OF any
disposition or purpose to escape
any legitimate claim the government
might have against his belongings and
the affair will be adjusted without
further unpleasant incident, and Ger
,ainly without reflection upon inc
good faith of the returning Ameri-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-28
BANKRUPT REruBLICs.

The British Corporation of Foreign
Bondholders has been balancing its
hooks and has been estimating In
pounds and shillings, chiefly in shill-
ings, what the Engllshmen really own
who have large holdings of national
bonds. This is an annual duty of the
Corporation. and 1t concerns chiefly
the more or less insolvent Republics
of South America, whose credit is as
poor as their bonds are worthless,
Reputable countries receive no men
ton in the report of the Corporation
but the offending ard defaulting Re.
publics are scored in good, round
financial terms.
Ecuador holds the Lowest place OF
the worst class of the recalcitranr,
according to the report, and has a
unique record Of broken promises
Guatemala, with foreign debt OF
l.4S2,00O pounds and with 100000
pounds of interest in arrears, is the
next most disreputable republic, while
Costa RIGA, with a debt of 100000
pounds and overdue interest Of l.
05n,00O pounds, holds the third nlace
Honduras is in the same boat, though
J, p. Morgan and Company are trying
to pull it off the breakers, and Nene-
zuela is still in had situation, though
her finances have been greatly im-
proved since tho days Of our old
friend, Clip Castro. The Corporation
concludes that man had as well
throw his money in the Thames and
be done with il as to invest in South
American securities.
Not having any funds to Invest, and
certainly not having any invested III
the south American securities, we are
very little concerned about this report
vet we cannot but wonder What is tc
he the end of these Republics, I'm
stable, reelSing with revolution anc
honeycombed with graft, their future
is almost hopeless The United States
does not want them, and, but for the
Monroe doctrine, would be glad to see