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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-09
Miss Laura Hope Crews
At Home Again

ITO overcome hardships and fight
to win are not naturally expected
= to be the experiences of feminin-
ity, particularly ingenue femininity.
.,However.".g said Laura Hope Crews,
who is Miller's leading woman. I've
had my share" Her eyes twinkled and
her sunshiny countenance wrinkled
words of experience and endeavor.
Miss Crews is abundantly supplied
with qualities of mirth. She never was
a leading woman, / mean of the heroic
variety, and think she'd laugh herself
sick if she had to be rhetorically regal
and suffering and heroic.
This is the way she looks at trouble.
81 remember when 4 first went to
New York from here to make my way
in my line of work 1 decided on a
boarding house OF course, most all
strugglers do that. But this boarding
house I'll never forget. 1t was so
wonderfully mournful l went TO re-
hearsal at in the morning and then
back every afternoon to the theater
for matinee and back again, of
course. at night for the evenings per-
formance. That's work. you may well
believe; there's very little art about
1T, and am not so sure that the train
ing is of any great advantage to one.
There's too much work and too little
reflection. But it developed great ap-
petites, which naturally caused the
landlady's gloom to deepen She was
the most mournfu1 person. She would
look at me pityingly from across the
table and in her most lugubrious tone
would say: oh. you poor, tired dear.
How worn out you. look. Dear me, 1t
was just in that seat that poor Hannah
May Ingham died suddenly one night
at supper She just dropped dead She
was overworked. just like you are
every night" said Miss Crews, I'D
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mantle Characterization of Sydney Car
one of the most al1uring roles on the
stage; but The Only Way" is big
productions; it can not be played in
repertoire with credit to the man who
staged it as elaborately as Miller has
done; and so, he concluded that if
Sydney Carton was to live on the
American stage it would have to be in
one act play, and now was the time
to give it, He would present it to San
Francisco, which place first saw Davis
THE Tanning of Helen" First he gave
the manuscript of The Only Way to
a noted playwright for condensation.
The result, he told me, didn't please
him. Although Miller didn't inform
me who the playwright was, the fact is
we'll enough known that it was Charles
Ram Kennedy. But Miller didn't aban-
don his intention of producing sgd
ney Carton before the public in short
| play, and SO went to work at The
Only Way, himself. and the result of
his labor of love was seen here last
Monday night. It hit the delicate COM
edy which preceded it such a resound-
ing melodramatic blow that there was
left in the auditors minds little recol-
| lection of the fragile fantasy which
went before. All that was carried
away from an evening at the Columbia
was the 1urid picture of Sydney Carton,
| backed by the blood red sky of tu-
multuous Paris and the guillotine wait
| ing for the orators head.
The comedy, which was the main
offering of the evening, was smothered
in anguinary recollections. So Miller
was unhappy over that.
mistakes" he said.
What's that?" asked.
"To admit them," said he 81 am go
| ing to put on Clyde Fitch's Frederic
Lemaitre as curtain raiser and store
Sydney Carton away for future use,
perhaps.
ST do not regret the work 1 have put
| in on Sydney Carton for one is al
ways the better of for hard work con-
iscientiously done, but what is disturb
ling to a producing manager is the
knowledge which comes to all of us
that we make remarkable blunders
(which when made are so easy to see
and which were, apparently, so foolish
to have committed.
And I thought; How dne it is to
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who could write plays. The discovery
was no less, surprising than pleasant
Moody had peddled his play up and
down the great white way, and nobody
but Miller could see 1t. Two years
later came along Charles Ram ken
nedy an actor in Ben Greets company
and dreamer of extrayagant visions
His play simply amazed the managers.
Kennedys fame and fortune followed
close on Millers reading of his "Serv-
ant in the House. and the world was
enriched by beautiful drama which
England turned out of doors as dan
gerous, unconservative and insane.
And now, at this writing Miller is
launching another new play by another
untried playwright, and we find him
unhappy and almost miserable because
he has found somebody who didn't like
it with the candor to say so.
..The point is. said Miller. without
play for production that has failed
when have given way to my first i'm
pulses [ have decided against plays
and have been talked into producing
them. In that case the play has failed
as witness Mater which 1 wanted to
produce for its many excellencies, but
which my first impulses assured me
would not succeed. But, whenever /
have read a play and have become in
terested in it myself and when my first
impulse has said Produce it. it has
never failed. And that was the case
with Her Husbands Wife.
1T has been a success here, and it
has not failed in New York. It's long
metropolitan run proved it's power. "A.
e. Thomas has written beautiful COM
edy which darts with the fascinating
beauty of butterfiy's fight. It's fancy
is delicate and its fantasy is fine spun.
1t is ingenious and true and it has
succeeded I wonder why everybody
doesn't like it,
And l sat watching him, wondering
how it could be that such anomaly
of character could find expression in
this man, who has audacity, faith in his
own Judgment and the confidence that
comes of a successful career. Yet he
was plagued at the first expression of
disanproval that he encountered. Verify,
we are wonderful contradictions.
HAT worried Miller the most
\Aj was taat his one act play
W sydney Carton" had failed.
Miller never wanted to drop his ro-
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dacity of his judgments and the inde-
pendence of his theatrical career. It
was Henry Miller who of all the man
ayers in the world saw the possibilities
of The Servant in the House" and who
staged it after it had been damned by
the producers in London and New York.
1t must have taken courage to have
accepted the Charles Ram Kennedy
drama And that is not the only play
that Miller has given to the country
which otherwise would never have seen
the product of daring mind. In this
connection permit the interruption here
of a digression which will establish the
circumstance that doubts and Miller
usually pass each other by without so
much as a glance of recognition.
ILLER resigned from the all star
NI cast of the Empire theater stock
80 company about Is years ago.
At that time managers were turning to
Europe for their productions. A play
had to be made with a foreign pen and
laboriously adapted or indifferently
any heed to it. Charles Frohman is
still representative of that school of
play producers which translates its ut
terances after a foreign success has
been achieved.
But Miller turned his back on foreign
plays as such and set himself the some
what thankless task of listening to the
voices of native creators in the drama.
Six playwrights who are now having
their works played over the American
continent with profit to themselves and
advantage to the cause. of American
drama owe their start in large degree,
If not altogether, to Miller's devotion
10 the native drama He produced In
1906 a play called "Heartsease." The
programs attributed the play to two
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q r ENRY MILLER says that he has
arrived at that unavoidable
stage in life where he longs for
conclusion and not conflict:
where he desires concord and not dis
sonance. and where. in an otherwise
1 perturbed and discordant world. he
may enjoy the pleasures of definite ca
dences leading TO serenity and security.
Two things had bothered him that
morning in his temporary home high
I'D in the St Francis hotel He had
chosen his elevated nest for the ad-
vantages that accrue TO high perches,
removal from the rattle Of the street,
the toots Of taxis and the rumble of
'stretcars and wagons But he was re-
quiet Of soul that troubles are like the
sparks. They fly upward. The lifts"
ere not the only things that come up
elevator shafts.
Miller was worried over two perplex-
titles Sydney Carton his one act
condensation Of The Only Way" had
not been the success that he had as
sured himself IL would be, and he had
just finished talking with some one
who didn't like Her Husbands Wife"
Everybody" said ], with intent TO
soothe, can not be expected TO see
comedy in the same light"
I know. I know" replied the actor
manager, but it seems to me that
there should be something in art upon
which all would agree 1t is discour-
aging to find even in the mass of a
composite intelligence a single individ-
uai Of culture and refinement who diff
fers from you fundamentally. / have
reached that stage in life where / want
conclusions, not conflict"
That sounded strangely TO one who
had admired Henry Miller for the au-
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own up, take ones medicine like a man
and correct an error" In this virtue,
I think, Miller is more the manager
than the actor, for few actors make
leave it TO them.
1 suspect Miller owes his success as
Ia producer of the untried to a DEFINITE
confidence In his own judgments and a
pliable willingness to admit that, be-
ing human, he can err.
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charmed by her sadness as that widow
landlady."
"A HISS CREWS never played the part
IVt on the stage. but is the person
off stage-the girl OF the golden
west. If such being is typical, she is
western in fact. Her grandparents
came round the Horn in 1s4s. and she
was born and educated in San Jose.
Il went to the state normal school,"
said she; what do you think of that?
My mother was an amateur player of
some fame and from her, I guess. I
got whatever talent for the theater I
may possess. and oh, my mother is my
dearest critic. Is she harsh? Hardly.
wouldn't have her know I said ii,
but she really thinks that I'm the
greatest actress in the world
What would any OF us do if some
body didn't think US hne?
Was she in a box at the Columbia
on the opening nisht?"
No." said Miss Crews. ~she hid her
self in the audience for fear something
would go wrong with me. perhaps. And
thought surely something was going
wrong, for it didn't seem to me during
the first act that San Francisco liked
me. That would have broken my heart.
and then my mother was there to wit
ness my disgrace. Just why the first
act went so slowly here I don't know,
but it picked up in the second act
and 1 felt safe from disaster then. IL
would have been heart breakinS to
have come home and failed
rISS CREWS was the original dis-
nj coverer of Her Husbands wife.~
She knew Mr.. Thomas. the
author. in New York and he brought
to her his first effort at play writing.
saying: Il think have here the most
delicious little idiot ever staged. and
you'd ft the role perfectly"
Wasn't that an awful thing to say
to lady?
However. L wanted to hear the play
and Mr.. Thomas read it to me. He
wouldn't let me read it and couldn't
have if he were willing. for it was
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get the commiseration. and II was so
comforting in those unhappy days. To
think 1 occupied the very chair in
which another struggling actress had
suddenly given up the fight. I've met
some dolorous persons in my life. but
never anybody who was so completely
charmed by her sadness as that widow
landlady."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
To Avoid as Well as Cure.

The crusade against consumption
is not undertaken chiefly to save con-
sumptives-that must come later, but
to prevent youth, infancy, ignorance,
poverty and to prevent you and yours
and me and mine from catching it.
The burnt child breads the fire, but if
most children did not get slightly
burnt, and so learn the teachments
of the law of natural consequences,
then they would be burning up them
selves and everything around them
all the time. The day draweth nigh
when no man can say, as so many. now
can, Ignorance Of this disease de-
stroyed me, ate ME, consumed me,
burnt mt up alive" Certainly, ply
%sicians, for all their knowledge, catch
consumption and other diseases and
die Of them" some will say, $50
what's the use?" But considering
how much they are exposed, they fare
far better than doctors formerly did,
Tip, ini the New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
A Pointer on Combs.

Many cockerels of the Mediterra.
mean class. especially Minorcas, are
discarded because their combs lop
over while they are young. If a big
combed bird be a little out of sorts,
his comb will at once droop. After
he comes into good condition again,
the comb generally stands erect, es-
recially If the base Of it is thick and
strong. If cockerels of this class are
forced too much, especially if given
a lot Of soft food, their combs ap-
parently lose irmness. When a comb
is noticed to fall, the bird should be
given a cod-liver capsule at night,
and fed entirely on grain. In some
cases cockerels' combs are so weak
at the base that nothing will make
them stand, but even such birds
should not be discarded, for If they
are otherwise good they will he val
liable for Dullet-breedfne-
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Hard on the Eresieht.

Looking into the fire, particularly
a coal fire, is very injurious to the
eyes. The stimulus of fire and heat
united soon destroys tbs eyes. Look
ing at molten iron will sool destroy
the sight.
Reading in the twilight is injurious
to the eyes, as they are obliged to
make great exertion. Reading or
sewing with a side light Injuries the
eyes, as both eyes should be exposed
to an equal degree Of light. The
reason is the sympathy between the
eyes is SO great that if the pupil of
one eye is dilated by being kept par
TALLY in the shade the eye that is eX-
posed cannot contract itself sufficient
ly for protection and will ultimately
DE injured.-British Health Review,
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Nutgrass-To Destroy.

J. n. A, Tennille, Ca have 2
piece of land that is covered with
n~utgrass. Can you tell me how to
kill it?
Answar-The secret of killing nut
grass is to plow shallow and har-
row the ground until it is put into
good mellow condition, and then plant
in oats or cowpeas. according to the
time of year), seeding and fertilizing
literally. 1t would have been better
to have seeded to oats in February,
or last fall, and sow in peas>after har-
vesting the oats. But I would not
wait until next fall simply in order
that the war against nutgrass may be
inaugurated with an oat crop. Com
mence at once to break the land
broadcast and get into good, workable
condition and SOW one and one-half
bushels of seed peas before the first
Of June, applying at anne time eco
to 900 pound of sixteen per cent. acid
phosphate and twenty-five to forty
pounds of muriate of potash. If you
can get the seed in with a regular
small grain drill, so much the bet
ter. You can save seed and increase
the yield, however, by sowing the
seed continuously in tnree-foot rows
and cultivate two or three times.
Make hay Of the cowpeas, and as
o as practicable turn under the
pea stubble-say, about the last Of
August, harrow every two or three
weeks elf necessary and sow to oats
by the open furrow method, fer
itilizing and seeding literally. Har-
vest the oats about the last Of May.
You may then use your own judgment
as to whether it would be better to
SOW in peas again, OF plant in cotton
or corn, or some other crop that must
be cultivated, to be followed by an
other crop of oats to be sown in Oc-
tober or November. BY following the
plan thus outlined, I believe you may
subdue, If not utterly destroy, the
nutgrass with little or no extra labor,
making paying crops all the time
while the campaign of determination
is being carried on. argue this from
the fact that I have practically de-
stroyed the nutgrass in my one-acre
garden in the city of Griffin in two
years. Its destruction depends upon
keeping the soil constantly cultivated
in 2 crop, or densely shaded by a
crop (peas) all summer, thus giving
the nutgrass no chance to grow and
spread. I believe a sweet potato crop
is the most effective nutgrass Destroy
er I have seen tried, on small areas,
since the vines give a dense shade
from early in summer until a killing
frost. This opinion is based on my
own experience.-R. J. Redding, in
the Atlanta Constitution.
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Good ResolrDns.

I will never unworthy try to come
at a knowledge of tt which can
only occasion me tuble. Why
should we not be ashaed to do that
which we are ashameto be caught
in doing? If 1 hear athing by &C.
cident which may bene me, I will, il
1 can, profit by it; BIZ will never
lie in wait for my owabuse or fol-
the abuse Of others. tch concerns
me not; nor will I he at every
vain tongues puff. has a poor
spirit who is not plant above petty
wrongs. Small injus 1 would
either not hear, or II mind; nay,
though l we're told TN, 1 would
not know the author, IF by this ]
may mend myself whit revengira
myself upon the persoAowen Felt
ham.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
a Burning Eruption Covered Her
From Head to Feet.

-Four years ago | suffered severely
with a terrible eczema. being a mass
of sores from head to feet and for six
weeks confined to my bed. During
that time suffered continual torture
from itching and burning. After be-
ing given up by my doctor / was ad-
vised to try Cuticura Remedies. At
ter the first bath with Cuticura Soap
and application of Cuticura Ointment
| enjoyed the first good sleep during
my entire illness. ! also used Cuti-
cura Resolyent and the treatment was
continued for about three weeks. At
the end Of that time | was able to be
about the house, entirely cured. and
have felt No i'll effects since. | would
advise any person suffering from any
form of skin trouble to try the Cuti-
cura Remedies. as I know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nenning.
1112 Salina St., WATERFOWL, N. Y.
Apr. II. 1909"
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Got His Receipt.

He had run up a small bill at tn
village store, and went to pay it
first asking for a receipt.
The proprietor grumbled and com.
planned it was too small to give a re
ceipt for. 1t would do just as well
he said to cross the account off, an(
so drew a diagonal pencil line acros;
the book.
"Does that settle it," asked
the customer.
"Sure."
can yell niver be askin' for if
agin9"
"Certainly not"
"Faith, thin" said the other cool
ly, San I'll kape me money in me
pocket"
"But I can rub that out" said
the store-keeper.
"I thought so," said the customer
dryly. "Maybe yell be givin' me q
receipt now. Here S yer money"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
The New Reporter.

Possibly all of you have heard Of
metropolitan daily who sent out one
of these cub reporters on his first I'M
portant .assignment-to cover a we'd
ding, the biggest Of the season be,
cause Of the social prominence Of the
contracting parties. The college youth
hustled out in high glee. Midnight
came and he had not turned up.
Downing coat and hat the city editor
went on a still hunt. He found that
aspiring journalist chatting idly with
g group of friends in front Of a co.,
ner drug store.
"What's the trouble" he acclaim
ed with some heat, "what about chat
wedding story?'
CAV, there was nothing to it, the
cub exclaimed. "the groom didn't
show up and there wasn't any we'd
ding"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
Southern Agricultural Topics.
Modern Methods That Are Helpful to
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockmen.

in the first thirty feet IS directly re-
sporsible for a lost yield of its Own,
and has not a pound to spare. A
fence with a weak place, or a chain
with a defective link, cannot be made
perfect by making some other panels.
or some other links, Of double
strength. That is a simple illustra-
ton, but it fits into the argument.
How to secure and how to preserve
a good stand is a question that ma
be easily answered in general and in
detail. but probably it is not neces-
sary just now. The main thing now
is to exercise skill and care in han
ding the plow and the hoe. The eye
of the sower should follow both, and
be vigilant. A. careless laborer may
destroy the stand of cotton to an ex-
tent in one days work as that the re-
! sulting loss in the yield of the space
hoed by him in a day would pay the
wages of a careful worker for a full
week.
The difference between the yields
Of two adjoining fields, separately
owned and cultivated. may be twen-
ty-fve per cent, and be due entirely
to the circumstance that the stand oil
the more productive field is that much
better. The cause Of n mans fail
IRE as a cotton grower may be due
1ore to bad stands that might have
Eeen prevented by proper care and
skill and the presence Of the y OF
the owner, or that of his manager,
than to any other n cause.-R. j..
Redding, in ths Atlanta Constitution.
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Take a Eoot-Bath Tonight

After dissolvlng one or two Aliens Foot.
Tabs (Antlsep.ic tablets for the foot-bath)
in the water. 1t will take out all soreness
smarting and tenderness, remove foot doors
and freshen the feet. Aliens Foot-labs
inHamed feet and hot nervousness OF the
feet at night. Then for comfort throughout
the DAY Shake Aliens Foot Ease. the anti
septic powder. into your shoes. Sold every.
where, 25c. Avoid substitutes. Samples of
Aliens Foot Tabs mailed FREE, or our reg
ular size sent, by mail for 25c:. Address
Allen S. u:;usted, LIE Roy. y. Y.
"Foot-Tabs for Foot Tubs"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13

An Ohio man has invented a scrub
bling machine which keeps the brushes
always moist and saves the time re-
quired to dip them into a bucket. The
machine can be pushed about by a
handle and the serubber need not
crawl on knees. The machine is a
water-tight receptacle with perfora-
tions in the bottom and slides to req
ulate the TOW of water through these
apertures. The brushes also have
perforations on their backs AMI the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13
A NEWLY INVENTED SECURING BROOM.

water that filters out of the box mois-
tens their bristles. These brushes are
removably fastened to the bottom of
the box at it's two ends by means of
wires, which pass under them and
hook on to projections on the box.
The receptacle rests on these brush
es as on wheels and is pushed around
the floor with no more exertion than
is required for sweeping with a
broom. A lid, held in place by a
crossbar, covers the water opening.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13

ton Of the urine showed alburen. I
took his medicine for a whole year,
doctored with a New York specialist
and took electrical treatments with
out relief. My suffering was simply
awful. Six weeks use of Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me, however, and the
cure has been permanent for four
years."
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Fostrr-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13

Sixteen bull's-eyes in sixteen mill
utes, with twelve-inch guns,-the new
achievement of the battle-ship South
Carolina,-gives point to the answer
which the sailor made to the admiral
who tried to quiz him. "Can you
hit that man in the eye?" the admiral
asked, pointing to a figure a thousand
or more yards away. eyes, sir.
Which eye.s ir?D
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-13

Good evidence: "lNith pleasure I tes,
tify to the merits of Hughes Tonic as a
remedy for chills and fever. I recommend
it, and in no case have l known it to fail,
even in the most obstinate" Sold by
Druggists-5Oc. and sl.OO bottles. Prepared
by Robinson-Pettet Co. Qnc.), Louisville.