The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1911-03-18
DECATUR, ILLINOIS
News Matter and Comment Edited By Karl Monte.


city, whosleft some time ago, is re-
ported as having been married to
a Southern man in Chicago and
gone TO Tennessee, where she will
make her future home
Mrs. A. d. Cecil, who was
burned by a lamp explosion, is
slowly recovering at ST. Mary s
hospital.
Richard Cecil of Chicago, is
thinking seriously of returning to
this city, his old home.
Marcollus Pope has amply dem
onstrated his ability to aspire to
the short distance championship,
and an opportunity to compete for
this honor should no longer be de-
MED him.
Herbert Hurley, Decatur S ia
nous baritone, is back from Chi
cago and the East, where he went
to complete his studies
Friends of Otis Page will be
surprised to know that Otis is in
Des Moines, Iowa, where he went
to visit his sister-in-law, Miss
Mabel Evans, of 225 East Court
street. Otis sent to his brother
in-law, Fred Evans of this city,
for his light suit and incident
ally his razor. He laid great stress
upon the fact that he did not mean
his safely razor, but that he meant
for Fred to send his most I'M
safety razor, as Otis is expecting
to go to a dance some time In the
near future,
The Bloomington boys gave a
dance here this week.
A prediction: Robert Clanton,
Pres; Dale Anderson, See. of
State; and Elton Linston, Sec. of
War.
Miss Minnie Kelley's Penalty
of Pride" was something very
much ont of the ordinary. Indeed,
seldom is the opportunity pre-
scented to see just that kind Of
talent displayed by colored peo-
pie. John Brown, who played the
part of The tough, was great, doing
credit to the cast and to himself,
as did Miss Kelley, who directed
the play all the way through and
devotea much valuable time to the
putting of the players into condi-
ton. Miss Jessie McMurry was,
beyond a doubt, the star of the
aggregation with Mr.. Karl Wat
kins close second. Mr.. Watkins,
who is himself a playwright, had
only a very short time to prepare
himself. yet he acted the part in
a manner quite commendatory, and
certainly much better than the one
who was to have taken the part.
Marce;tus Pope was fine, very
good, ind in his portrayal of
"Vivian Kirk" in the second act
1 he made a lasting impression.
Charlie Lawrence and Miss Pru-
dence Sheen, playing the lovers
were lard to beat; and they
played as though they had become
accustomed to it in real life. Dan
Parhan played his part as few
amateurs can, being perfectly at
ease, and possessing a marked
stage appearance. Some of the
players did not talk loud enough,
but this was probably the only ad-
verse criticism and the production
was a credit to Miss Kelley, who
directed the play, and to the So
ciety for whose benefit the play
was given.
The Rev. Mr.. Parham spoke at
st. Philips A. M. e. Church last
Sunday night to a very large and
appreciative audience. He said
that by the forty nine gods, any
body who said that they had lived
for a generation and had never
heard the Gospal preached until a
few months ago, was rotton liar,
and that any person who could
make him believe it would have
the unexpected pleasure of seeing
him e1t a book. He said that
there were two laws-the law of
the free, and the law of the con
demned substantiated that, and
then SAID that Paul said that he
would rather speak five words he
knew than five hundred which he
did no. know. What was it in
that cup ON the night of the pass
Overt" he asked. "The bible
does not say, and we have no
reason 10 believe that it was wine,
If anybody says that wine grows
on trees and that a person can
pick il off in cup, they are a
blamed fool to say that - The