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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29
IN LOCAL PLAYHOUSES

The Man OF dine Hour ~ the work
eli George Rroadhurst, and Is distinct
lN AWtrt,un in plot. theme. characters
ANA surroundings. 10 Is claimed 70 be
the best American play yet written,
und az certainly bias received hearty
endorsement n il natural every
dsv STORY with plausible plot 9e-
picting persons and thinEs met wltR
In ouf dafly life no requires no stretch
OF the imagination Co understand the
situation. ot "A knowledge of The French
language 10 appreciate It's dialogue
lt tells an instructive. entcrtaintnS
story of "a young man 81 wealth, VINO
has been ar idlcr. and whose love Tor
. charming young woman incWes MN
to do something worth while In MS
determine ton 10 heroine somethinS
i,torr thun one of the idle rlch he Is
mtSunCorstood and tGc small fortunes
of MS sweetheart and her brother be
come tuNolN pd. lie places honor above
eVerythipg else and prefers 10 De de-
famed rather than do what he CON
siders not Just right Finally, ny his
handling OF certain situations. ne 10
proc laimed The Man ~ the Hour. ana
publiC idol
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29

one ~ the notable dramatic events
OF the season Will be- the appearance
az Mss Viola All.u iu the Garrick thee
alter t4c week OF Feb =. iu tE. r. Mar
ron Craw ford and Walter Hackttt sue
cess The White sister" Ga which she
haS won new houors. The story tolls
" the daughter 81 noble family who.
falsely. has been led TO believe that
her lover has been killed IN hattie and
becomes a nun. After she has adopt
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29

froseutfnr ~ Man's World which
was rceriVed with favor when seen AZ
a lhe spnse theater earlier In the season.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29

who Is found with the dead man, Is
accused Of the murder. but Frank FOL
som the phantom detective. comes
20 the rescue. and illustrates the law.
Then ensues a chase across continents
and oceans 20 the mysterious temples
OF the Hiudoo priests, where Folsom
finally captures the real murderer.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29

and for whom the phantom detective
is i'm search. Morgan and clara plot
20 do away with Laura I'm order 10
gain the generals fortune. and are
Joined by Tiserra. who Is searching for
bis title TO foreign estate, and or
which he swears Gen. Wharburton
robbed him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29
WHY.

One OF Ire interesting features ~
Tire Family thratrIs new program OF
vaudeville FOR next week will b- the
girl with the diamond dress and heels
Miss Flora Browning. who Will be seen
~ an entertaining and novel act with
Edward Keller the celebrated whistler
Miss browning has other attractions
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29

VIM A Prady and Jos. r Grismer
will present their record breaking sue
cess. THE Man OF the Hour In the
L.yCeum theater next week. beginning
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29

TQeSday. February Isl, at y. m.
tie following magnificent program:
Overture 10 Egmont Beethoven;
symphony In G.. Schumann four move
ueuts). Symphonic Suite Schehera-
zade Rimsky- Korsakofr. tafter Ara
bian Nights, in four movements; Sym-
phonic Poem Don Juan. Strauss. Re-
.ic and soc on sale AZ GrinnelTs. be-
ginning Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra

MAX FIEDLER. Conductor.
The Greatest Orchestra in the World.
viii play at the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29

besides her wardrobe. aud II Is expect
ed that the act viii be more than
worthy OF headline Importance. The
extra added feature OF the prOgram
viii be the Marshall R~os.. sensational
acrohuts who are among the best oi
their kind They viii offer "A number
Of extremely difficult feuts tn ground
likely 10 he Of thrilling nature. Two
big comedy features remain, Tom
Howard. tho black face comedian, ana
IAN piehl, the funny monOl0gist. Nus
iCally the bin Is promising. for Ia Offers
the Eolian trio. who have a novel mus
ical act More comedy viii he con-
tributed by the knoCkahout comedians,
Ranzetta and Lyman. and in the sing
ing and dancing line, there Will be:
Morton. West 4 Morton. character
change artists. singers. takers and
dapcers, md elsie Jayne and Francis
Chaffn. Iva comedy. songs and dances.
The hfll includes the usual series OF
interesting motion views
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29

TIL, MvsSrs Shubcrt, managers for
Miss MduHering. planned 10 have her
open thtir new playhouse iu New York
about this time. bat the bad weather
I'm the east retarded its completion anu
lu view of the many requests from Car
rick patrons thst a Mans World he
repeated the return engagement was
arranged FOR The sale of seats at
ready gives Indication that Miss Man
pering'v coming Iisit Will prove eN EN-
more successful than the first.
Probably uu PLAY or the year has
hecn move widely discussed I'm Detroit
than q" 4 Mas World. The story itself.
Miss MgnnerinEs artistic work the
splendid support provided by the
Mcssrs. Shubctt. and the manner 30
which Wos produced. combined 20
make the performance highly Interest 70
ing ln many homes TIE problem in
Nolvcd ana "a Mans World Was dis
cussed and argued. Its pictures of real
bohemian lifo iu the old Washington
square quarters. It's brilliant dialogue
and strong comedy. and the Viear-cut
types with which Rachel Crothtrs has
rcopled her play, should give Nrw
Workers something TO talk about when
4 rs produced there.
Miss Mauncring returns with pSacu-
cally the same support as that provided
last fall. and with the same carefully
staged production The regular We'd
inecday and saturday matinees Will he
given.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29
ANENuE.

sporting enthusiasts VIII be inter
estcd in the announcement that motion
pictures OF both Ienfrtes ana Johnson,
in the battles which made them cham
pious. viii be shown ln the Avenue
tbeater next week The pictures In
riudc the JemricS- SharkeN and the
Johnson Burns lights a8 well as pie
lures OF the men going through train
ing stunts This viii be an added at
traction To the regular show To- he
gwen by The Merry Maidens At the
head OF the company rs sam Rice. "a
wcll-known comedian, who lis respons-
ible for both burlesques used by the
tOmpanN. These are Al the cafe
Boulevard" taken from the Girl from
Rector's." and AT Coney Island" Dur
ing the action or the burlesuues a
large chorus OF attractivelS gownrd
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-29
LAFAYETTE.

.~rhe Phantom DetectiVe." Whlch has
been presented locally several times
before. viii he next week Offering IN
the Lafayette theater. The nrst scene
- laid tu the nome or gen Wharhur-
ton. "A wealthy old soldier. who Ives
with his two daughters. Clara ana
Laura Leone. Years before Laura has
been stolen by Tiserra. a hNpnotist.
and years later clara returned ia uer
place Laura. however. H. found and
adopted by the rich old man who sees
in her a resemblance TO his dead VIE.
hut Is not aware mat she IS hts own
fesh and blood.
clara is heir 20 the Wnarburton for
tune hut the old man swears 10 change
MS Will unless she gives up Morgan
Teal a young man OF shady reputation,
The Monroe journal., 1910-08-02
THE FURNISHED ROOM
A Tragic Tale In Which Mingles
the Scent Of Mignonette.
BY o. HENRY.
rcopyrighs isS by Mcclure Philips a

rcopyrish. is& by Mcclure Philips 4
Col
Restless, shifting. fugacious as time
Itself. Is a certain vast bulk Of the pop
ulaticn OF the red brick district Of the
lower west side Homeless. they have
q hundred homes. They Git from fur.
nished room TO furnished room. tran
sients forever-transients In abode.
transients In heart and mind
Hence the houses OF this district.
having had a Thousand jewellers. should
have a thousand tales TO tell. mostly
duh ones no doubt. but IL would be
strange II there could not be found q
ghost or two IN the wake of all these
yagrant guests
One evening after dark young man
prowled among these crumbling red
mansions. ringing their bells. At the
twelfth be rested his lean hand bag
gage upon the step and wiped the dust
from his hatband and forehead. The
bell sounded faint and far away In
some remote. hollow depths.
To the door OF this the twelfth
house whose bell he had rung came a
bousekeerer who made him think OF
The Monroe journal., 1910-08-02
Union Boy Doing Good Work.

Rev. Braxton Craig held a meet
ing at Jonesboro last week. In his
sermon Sunday morning here he said:
Il spent last week with church
of which Union county boy is the
pastor-Rey. F. ID. King. He can do
more work than any preacher you
ever saw and he has his people at
work, too. And there are a good
many other Union county people
down there, but they say there is no
place like Union county and some Of
them are coming back"
The Monroe journal., 1910-08-02

THI ROOM TRIED TO DISCOURSE TO HIN
OF ITS DIVERS TESANrRY.
an unwholesome. surfeited worm that
bad eaten its nut TO hollow shell and
now sought to Gil the vacancy with
edible dodgers.
He asked II there was room TO let.
"Come in.' said the housekeeper.
Her voice came from her throat; her
throat seemed lined with fur. Il have
the third floor back, vacant since a
week back. Should you wish to look
at it?"
The young man followed her up the
stairs. A faint light from no particu-
lar source mitigated the shadows Of
the halls. They trod noiselessly upon
stair carpet that its own loom would
have forsworn. Ii seemed to have
become vegetable-to have degenerat.
ed in that rank. sunless air TO lush
lchen or spreading moss that grew in
patches to the staircase and was viscid
under the foot like organic matter. At
each turn Of the stairs were vacant
inches in the wall Perhaps plants had
once been set within them. IL so they
had died In that foul and tainted air.
This Is the ROOM" said the house
keeper. from her furry throat. Its a
nice room. Ii amt often vacant !
had some most elegant people In 1t last
summer-no trouble at all and paid In
advance to the minute. The waters
at the end Of the hall. Sprowls and
Mooney kept It three months. They
done a vaudeville sketch. Miss B'retta
sprowls-you may have heard Of
her oh. that was just the stage
names. Right there over the dresser
is where the marriage certificate hung,
framed. The gas is here. and you see
there is plenty Of closet room. It's
room everybody likes. II never stays
idle long"
do you have many theatrical people
rooming here;" asked the young man
They comes and goes. A good pro.
portion Of my dodgers is connected
with the theaters. Yes. sir; this is the
theatrical district. Actor people never
stays long anywhere. get my share
Yes; they comes and they goes"
lie engaged the room. paying for
week in advance. He was tired. he
said. and would take possession at
once. He counted out the money. The
room had been made ready. she said.
even TO towels and water As the
bousekeeper moved away be put, for
the thousandth time. the question that
be carried at the end Of his tongue.
"A young girl. Miss vashner-Miss
Eloise vashner-do you remember such
a one among your dodgers? She would
be singing on the stage. most likely
"a fair girl. Of medium height and
slender, with reddish gold hair and
a dark mole near her left eyebrow"
mo; I don't remember the name.
Them stage people has names they
change as often as their rooms They
comes and they goes. No; don't call
that one to mind"
No-always no; five months Of cease
less Interrogation and the inevitable
negative; so much time spent by day
in questioning managers. agents.
schools and choruses; by night among
the audiences of theaters from all
star casts down to music halls so low
that be dreaded to End what he most
hoped for. He who had loved her
best had tried to End her. He was
sure that since her disappearance from
home this great water grit city held
her somewhere, but IL was Like mon
The Monroe journal., 1910-08-02

the rale sense for business, ma'am.
There be many people will rayjict the
rentin' Of room IL they be tould a
suicide has been after dyin' in the
bed Of It"
AS you say, We has our living to be
making" remarked Mrs. Purdy.
"Yis. ma'am; tits true. 'Tis just one
wake ago this day l helped We lay out
the third floor, back. A pretty slip of
a colleen she was to be KILN herself
wild the gas-a swate little face she
had. Mrs. Purdy. ma'am."
shed "a been called handsome, as
you say" said Mrs. Purdy. asserting.
but critical. but for that mole she
had a-growin' by her left eyebrow. Do
gil up your glass again, Mrs. MeCool."
The Monroe journal., 1910-08-02

| AM running city carriage and
meet all trains. Will carry you to sta
ton or bring you up. Also will haul
your trunks. Please call on me at any
time. Respectfully, Henry Lilly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
FOREST IS HONORED
Was Inventor of Vertical and Horizon-
 tai Motor Appliances.

Paris, March 12-fspecial.)-T but not too late. France has recompensed the life work of a man whose mechanical! genius may be said to have had an epoch making influence on the progress of the world. The Official Journal has an announced the bestowal of the Cross o1 the Legion of Honor on M. Fernand For est. who, as the inventor of vertical and horizontal cylindrical motors and electric spark ignition, is In reality the pioneer of the motor car, and after it the aero plane.
 M Forests only fault was that he came too soon, Lack of funds and the va garies of the French patent law com Lined with the circumstance that the world was not ready for the light motor to deprive him of the fruits of his genius. His inventions were swallowed up and perfected by others in the motor car claze at the beginning of the century
 In 1888 NJ. Forest produced an explosive motor, which was the first to realize in practical form the idea which was oc- cLpying the thoughts of many inventors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
To Work Out Problems
 Ahead of Us
NOT A TIME TO
 REVAMP DEAD ISSUES
P. k. Campbell, Prominent Anti Amendist, Gives Many sound Reasons Why MT. Mallory
 Should Be Governor

Hon. E. K Campbell, one of the most distinguished lawyers in the state, prominent democratic leader, one of the authors of the Montgomery conference platform, on which the pro- hibition amendment was defeated last fall, and one of the most effective speakers and writers against the amendment, strongly urges the demo- crats of Alabama to nominate Hon. II. s. D. Mallory for governor.
 In letter to Chairman J. D. Col 1ins of the Jefferson County Mallory Campaign Committee, Mir. Campbell sets forth ms reasons for supporting Colonel Mallory.
 Mir. Campbell declares that Alabama will need man like MT. Mallory at the helm of the state for the next four years to meet and work out the prob lens that will confront the common wealth.
 MT. Campbell argues that the Mont gomery conference platform served its purpose and ended its mission in the world when the amendment was de- feated. He declares that 1t is absurd to claim that the platform was ever intended for 8 platform in a demo- cratic primary or for the democratic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
sition of surveyor of the port of New

sition of surveyor of the port of New York, which he declined.
 As Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury he has charge of the internal reve- nue. the office of supervising architect, general management of the construe- ton of public buildings, the life-sav- ing service, revenue cutter service and the public health and marine hospital service.
 The real work of the squad" is &C., complished under direct supervision of Secretary MacVeagh, to whom every thing is brought for final approval. As this entails a great deal of work on the secretary, a scheme has been de- vised to proportion the work among the other secretaries. The secretary each Monday and Thursday holds a general business consultation with these officers. Suggestions are made and the general work of the treasury considered.
 With the new methods put into vogue by the new officials since their advent into office, sweeping changes have been made in the treasury routine, business methods having succeeded old-style ideas, while official red tape" has been greatly reduced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

the Montgomery platform was not ad- dressed to democrats alone, and that without distorting it from it's purpose 1t cannot be applied as the sole test for public office in purely democratic primary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

MT. McClungs duties are manifold ana cxacting. He has charge of all the mon evs in the treasury building at Washihs- ton and in the various subtreasuries' hints and assay offices of the country they are held in his name, amounting eo about s3NCo0,Uoo He is only bonded TOT
 OC0O, which is the same bond as was required of the frst treasurer or the United States, Michael Killings, Tn les when the treasury was practically elnp,y end government credit was extremely low. . 1,;s
 During the course of the day ms bureau handles millions of dollars. he- demptions of United States notes oltei, total s2,CO0,000 a day; redemption oi ma gonal bank notes reaches the total of s2.25O,O00. The bonds held py the treas surer to secure national bank CIT culation, together with government de- posits kept in the treasury, equals sh- 100000 To secure general circulation s6.8OO,0O0 Is kept on hand and se- curity for public deposits amounts to $50, COG. 900. From the bureau or en- craving and printing $2,50o,Ooo IS brought to the treasurer's office daily where 1t is stored. Each bank note brought from the bureau bears ms name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

In his modest dwelling at Suresnes. where his six sons are working mechanics, M. Forest is still turning out inventions He cherishes no bitterness against the state of legislation which has permitted him to be robbed of the benefits of his work.
 "Our members of parliament he says, "have other cares. Patent questions only come up for discussion n in desclate morn- ing sittings of the chamber before empty benches" For three years body of public opinicn las claimed recognition for M Forest whom so eminent an author ity as Professor Painleve places on a level with Watt and Seguin. At the Con- servatoire of Arts and Crafts three cases gre filled with the inventors models. His well-merited. but long delayed decoration, is extremely popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
Non Office Seeking Plank.

primary
 Non Office Seeking Plank.
 To meet the charge that it was ex- pected would be made, that certain candidates would te favored, and to cut the ground from under any can didate. prohibitionlst or anti. who might espouse either side in the hope of gratifying personal ambition, and to make plain the fact that there was hut one issue presented, that platform declared in section 4. as follows:
 "A. That we do not advocate the candidacy of any man for office in this state and we deprecate the ef- forts of those who are striving to make a political issue of the proposed amendment, and especially those whose efforts are directed to making the issue presented by the amendment and the prohibition question a means of advancing their own political aa- bitions.''
 I think 1t is a mistaken view to argue that this clause referred only to the amenders. "The candidacy of any man for office in this state.'' is the language used. and 1t is broad enough to cover all. Our position would have been very much weak ened if we had confined the fourth  believe it is true that no anti-amend- n'ent candidate or governor had been announced, but was it not the purpose to leave every one free to run for office in the state without reference to his position or that question? United States senator was to be select ed and all state offices were to be filled, and the language was not con fined to candidates for governor. The inconsistency of any other position is Inanifest. Certainly, that conference would not have handicapped it's it's declarations to the people with the proposition that 1t condemned any candidate who favored the amend ment, but reserved the right to ad- vocate candidates who opposed it, and res erved this right to advocate them solely because they did oppose it. Such a view seems to me to be a reflection on the good faith of the platform itself; for that platform should be construed as 1t was intend ed, to be the frank expression of sincere men. animated by the desire to defeat a proposed amendment, the adoption of which they regarded would be harmful to the states best interests To use that platform as applicable now would involve asking support solely because of ones oppo- sition to the amendment, at which the platform was directed. and it seems to me that to advocate support of any candidate rpon that ground alone would violate the spirit, If not the words, of the fourth section above uyIOtpd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

equally abundant, Russia would effectual- ly shake off the last traces left by hard- ships of several lean seasons but today's Novoye Vrerlya gives prominence to tho forecast of a we'll known specialist, who lon the strength of careful observations made throughout the Russian empire and telegraphed to St. Peterspurg, announces that the present year will witness an ex- ceptional failure of cereals especially in the center of European Russia, as far as The southern part of the Obi basin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13
Forward Look

I think we na1 Letter look forward ard not backward for eur issues. We gre engaged in nominating a candidate for governor and other candi dates for high office. and a conven tion will meet in May to lay down a platform upon which the candidates must stand, and we will support the nominees. I shall support MT. Mall lory for the nomination for governor. know he is conservative and just, a good lawyer and able and excellent citizen, and those who have known him longest say that his fife and char acters is that of Christian gentle n an. There are more important mat ters. ahead of us than the agitation If inc Rronihiticn question. The next