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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-01
THE GIRL FROM REcroR's"

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After the most successful engage
ment of any theatrical attraction in
New York, 1.-The Girl From Rector's"
VIII CHI had a run over three hundred
nights viii be seen at the Park Thea
tire. Wednesday and Thursday, special
matinee Thursday. The work is that
of Paul NJ Potter, who acquired world
wide fame through the authorship of
''Trilby." This newest offering Of the
gifted writer is distinctly of New York
flavor. The story in the main IS
woven about a young society woman
of Battle Creek, Michigan, who spends
a great deal of her time in the metro
polls in quest of pleasure and recrea-
lion When she is at her home her
spare moments are taken UP in chari-
table work, and as the scene shifts
from the west to the east so do the
earns the sobriquet OF 1.-THE Girl from
Rector's" and the audience Is kept in
a continutSf uproar while the entangle-
ments follow. In it's three hundred
nights at Weber's Music hall every
previous record was broken there.
Elita Proctor Otis who created the
role Of Mrs Witherspoon Copley in
The Girl from Rector's'' is said to
be the highest priced Coincidence on
the American stage today. It is the
boast OF the actress that in her en-
tire career she has never been identi-
fed with a failure.
According to the New York Even
ing Telegram ten women to every
man saw 1.-The Girl from Rector's"
during its run of three hundred nights
at Weber's Music Hall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-01

Farmer Want Ads. / Cent /. Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-01
POINTS OF INTEREST.

Extraordinary Clearance Sale
of reliable furs at e. H. Dillon & Co.,
1105 Main street at one-half original
Drices
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
Sothern and MarloWe
Play in Repertoire

f. II. -Sothern and Julia Marlowe will
appear here for the week of February
in repertoire of their plays, but the
novel feature of their engagement this
season will be a new production of
Macbeth, said to be the most re-
markable and spectacular presentation
ever given to a Shakespearian play.
In the two leading roles Mr.. Sothern
and Miss Marlowe have won high
honors.
Mr.. Sothern and Miss Marlowe have
sent to Manager Taylor. of the Belasco
Theater, a warm expression of their
approval of the manner in which he is
handling their engagement. Mr.. Tay-
Tor mauSurated a plan of allowing the
public to procure seats at once for the
SOthern and Marlowe engagement.
This Is done by means of subscription
blanks, of which Manager Taylor has
mailed many thousands throughout the
city. Upon complying with the cond-
tions of the blanks threatergoers are
enabled to procure seats at ONCE. This
is done in order to save the unpleas-
antness of standing and waiting in
line,
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
Entertainment Planned
For Confederate Home

Little Miss Clark. daughter of Repre-.
sentative Champ Clark of Missouri, will
be one of the juvenile stars in 9Th,
House That Jack Built the production
to be presented by a number of wen
known Washington society people in be.
half of the Confederate Home.
Members of well-known families both
in diplomatic, army. and Congressional
circles in Washington will participate.
A full roster of the players is to be an
nounced later.
The drills for the event will be con-
Quoted under Miss Margaret Martin, of
Chicago, specially engaged for that pur-
pose.
The entertainment is being planned
by the Daughters of the Confederacy,
Confederate Veterans, and Sons of the
Veterans. II will take place at the
Columbia Theater on the afternoon of
February 3.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
Opera In Baltimore
Opens With Aida

For the initial performance of the sea-
son of the Chicago Grand Opera Com
pany, In Baltimore the management has
selected one of then old favorites'
Aida"
|. The cast selected for the performance
at the Lyric Theater, on Thursday
night, is said to be the same that open
ed the season in Chicago.
The orchestra will be conducted by
CIeofonte Campanini, the italian
maestro.
The grand opera season in the Monu-
mental City will attract large num-
Der of Washington people, number OF
applications for seats having been made.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
GAYETY-"The Ginger Girls"

Ed Lee Wrothe. late star of Me-
Him. and T. and formerly of Bickel.
Watson. and Wrothe. will be the chief
merrymaker in the Ginger Girls, a
late "musical exploit" which comes
to the Gayety Theater this week.
Two original and characteristic bur
lettas introduce many novel scenes
and situations The opening com =
edietta, "Fairday at Pocatelio al
fords room for outdoor games. a foot
ball ramble being one of the particu-
lar features. George Stone. Jennie LIE
Beau. and Jeanette Sherwood. Will be
among those to dispense comedy.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
Hanlon's "Superba"
Appears at Academy

Mystical novelties, ingenious ne"
Hanlon tricks and devices, a singing
chorus, new songs and dancing numbers
conceived and written for Hanlons
New Superba.'' are said to character
we the production which appears at
the Academy this week.
The transformation scenes are more
ambitious than ever before. Many new
and novel specialties are introduced.
Robert Rosaire will be again seen as
Pico the clown, after an absence of sew,
rraI seasons, and will be ably assisted
by> a strong cast of pantomimtsts. The
specially features include Rosario ana
Doreto, Robin in feats of jugglery, and
Ress Rosa, a singing and dancing SOU
brette. The Ranch Girl dance and other
novelties also will be seen here.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
AcADEMY-"As the Sun Went Down"

''As the Sun Went Down.. which
Arthur C. Aston is again sending on
tour this season, will be>seen at the
Academy next week.
In las the Sun Went Down." the
author has conceived an interesting
drama Of real life.
The company is headed by Estha
Williams. remembered here for her
work as Parepa, in AT the Old Cross
Roads," and also for other productions
given by Arthur c. Aston.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
coLUMBIA-Farnsworth Lecture.

From the Dalmatian Coast to
Jajce," with slides and motion pictures
that artists and photographers declared
were even more beautiful than those
presented in the first lecture on old
Nuremberg, Salzburg, and the Inn Val
feys of TyroI,'' will be repeated this
evening at the Columbia Theater by
the artist-traveler. F, Eugene Farms
worth. 49,
The excellence of composition and
beauty of lighting effects have won
praise from many of those who have
seen Mr. Farnsworth'S lantern slides.
On Friday afternoon Mr.. F'arnsworth.
for the first time here, will tell his
story. of Social Life on the Canal
Zone" repeating 1t week from to-
night
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
CHASE'S-Polite Vaudeville.

Chase's next week will offer a bill OF
features headed by the merry Yale
graduate comedian. Harry L. Tighe and
his collegians In a new college comedy,
The Careless Sophomore" by Ralph
w. Payne.
The supplementary offering will be
Paul Spadoni, a Samsonian catcher of
cannon shells and caissons. Third in
Importance will be the comedy feature,
the Edward jolly and Winifred Wild
company, with little Lex Neal, IN "Mr.
P. T. Barnum, jr.'' Pat Rooney and
winsome Marion Bent will contribute to
the mirth with their latest hit, AT the
Newsstand
The Washington times., 1911-01-22

THE Cub, a farcical comedy based on
Kentucky mountaineers' feud, comes
to the Belasco Theater next week. with
Douglas Fairbanks in. the title role.
The farce tells of the adventures of a
cub reporter sent into the Kentucky
mountains to report a fued that has
been begun after a temporary lull in
its eighteen years existence.
His ignorance of reporting and his
extreme youthfulness and enthusiasm
precipitate him into the midst of the
local struggle, but his sense of humor
keeps him from taking the feud as Sc
riously as the faction members do, and
he escapes with whole skin.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
LYCEuM-"The Merry Whirl."

The Merry Whirl," from the New
York Theater, comes TO the Lyceun
Theater this week.
II is described as a musical comedy
with an tangible plot. The first act
takes place in the ancestral home OF
an English lord, who, being financially
embarrassed. arranges to sell his castle
to an American millionaire,
The old legend of The Wishing
Ring" is worked into this act.
The second act is laid in Paris. A
prizefghter and his manager being
stranded in Paris, get positions as
cornmissionaires for Monsieur Jacques
Complications and comedy situations
arise from their attempting to recover
clothes on which rent was not paid.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
MAJESTIC-vaudeviIle.

The Majestic has booked for this week
w. Stanley James, popular member of
the Columbia Players with Octavia
Ellis and company, to present a mill
tary playlet entitled Love and War"
by Edmund Day.
Miss Ellis takes the part of a girl who
is working as a spy for the Union army,
Stanley James is Confederate OFFICER,
who is doing secret service duty around
Washington. In the working QUE of the
romance the two fall in love, and the
young woman. who has captured the
Confederate. allows him to escape.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
NATIONAL-"The Commuters"

Next week THE Commuters" the
sparkling comedy by James Forbes, au-
thor of The Chorus Girl" will come to
the National Theater next week. with
the original New York company that
played so long at the Criterion Theater.
The bright play deals with the adven-
lures of young married couple living
in the suburbs, and the amusing situa-
tons pile up swiftly, one after another,
keeping the interest at the highest pitch.
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
COLUMBIA-Evans' Minstrels.

With George NJ. Cohan, James Cor
man, and George Evans as stage man.
ayers and producers for this years min
strel show by George Evans and his
Honey Boys" the offering that follows
Chauncey Olcott at the Columbia The
alter promises to be marked example
of this national entertainment.
The big scenic equipment provided
last year by Cohan and Harris has been
The Washington times., 1911-01-22
THE CUB" STORY
OF FAMILY FUED
Scene of Play Laid in Kentucky Mountains-"The Com
muters and Evans Minstrels Round Out Next
Weeks Theater Bill

reproduced for this year, and THE
Crimson Trellis,i first part; Scenes
From Blackville,' Manila and George
M. Cohan's minstrel comedy, 1.-THE Fire
mems Picnic" have been given new
scenic garb for this tour of the Honey
! Boys"
George Evans is still the star of the
company, as well as sole owner, and
is surrounded by minstrel favorites.,
A specia. engagement for this season
presents James j. Corbett as the inter-
locutor of the minstrel first part"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-08
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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
WARTIME SHELL EXPLODES.
Hent Caused Bomb to Cut Loose In
Engineers Hands.

Walter Armstrong, g. we'll known
young locomotive engineer, of jack
son, Miss, was seriously injured last
week. due to the explosion Of one of
the many wartime shells which are
80 promisciously distributed over
that section. 1t appears that his
fireman and a companion who were
at work about an engine had got
ten hold Of one Of these shells and
had been hammering at it with a
view of studying the inside works.
Armstrong came along. and, see
ing that they were rather too close
to a fire that had been built beside
the track, picked it up and was
walking off, passing near the fire. In
some way the remnant Of explosive
matter became ignited and the shell
burst in Armstrong hand. The re-
suit was a badly shattered arm and
4 loss of one or two fingers. and the
right leg shattered below the knee.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
WILL TALK OF UNION
,IETHODISTs TO CONSIDER Or
GANIC FEDERATION.
commissioners from Three Great
Branches of the Greatest ProteS-

Branches of the Greatest Protes-
tant Denomination Meet to Confer.
For the purpose of considering
plans for the federation of three
great branches of Methodism, the
Methodist Protestant Church, the
Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
substitute committee Of joint
commission representing the three
denominations met at Chattanooga,
Tenn, Monday.
The joint commission consits Of
81 members, each church being rep
resented by nine commissioners, and
it's first session will be held on We'd
nesday to receive and act on the
report of the substitute committee.
The federation movement was be-
gun at the general conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
at Memphis, in 1894, when the COM
mission representing that denomina-
tion was created. Later similar COM
missions were appointed by the two
other churches and the three held a
meeting at Baltimore in December,
! 1910.
, At that time a substitute commit
tee of three from each commission
was appointed to inquire into the
causes of the alienation of the three
branches of Methodism and, to form
nlate and present a plan for uniflca-
tion.
This committee met at Cincinnati
early in the present year and agreed
upon a tentative plan Of federation,
which will be submitted to the joint
commission at its meeting. The
meetings of the substitute commit
! tee and of the commissions are be-
! hind closed doors. -
Among the prominent men taking
part in this conference are:
! Methodist Church, South-Bishops
A. w. Wilson, of Baltimore, and E.
Z. Hoss, Of Nashville; Collins Denny
of Nashville; DR.. w. J. Young, OF
Danville. Va; r. NJ. Thomas, OF
! Louisville; C. NJ. Bishop, of Wichita
Falls; R. S. Hyer. of Dallas, Texas,
and w. B. Stubbs, Of Savannah
Methodist Episcopal Church-Bish-
op Early Cranston, of Washington
J. a. Patten. of Chattanooga; r. W.
Miller and J. NJ. Walden. of Cincin-
natl, and L. B. Wilson, Of Philadel-
phia.
Methodist Protestant-Dr. T. Fl.
Lewis, of Westminster, Nd; l.. M.
Jennings, Of Plttsburg; r. S. Harris,
of Henderson, n c., and J. j. Barge,
of Atlanta.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
FIVE CHILDREN BURNED.
Father Was Unable to Rescue Them
Through Firrry Stairway.

Five of the six children of San
ford Davis, a farmer, residing near
Free Union. Va. were burned to
death in a fire that destroyed the
Davis home Tuesday. Davis and his
wife and an infant escaping. The
dead children ranged in age from
three to fifteen years. The slept in
a room on the second floor, reached
by narrow stairs. When discovered
the fire aleady had eaten its way to
the stairway. The frantic father at
tempted to reach :hr room from the
outside. but when at the top Of the
ladder he was nearly overcome BY
smoke and heat Davis called rainly
for the children to come to him.
The only responce came feebly from
Estelle, aged Is, who cried: Papa,
7 can't get ont: am nearly strang-
led to death. L.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
WOMAN MAIL CARRIER.
Has Travelled More Than SiNty-two
Thousand Miles.

Miss Florence S. Markham has
completed twenty-five years service
for Uncle Sam carrying the mail be-
tween stockbridge station and Inter-
laken, Mass, She makes the round
trip twice a day and has travelled
$4,000 miles.
Miss Markham cares for her team
and handles express. baggage and
freight. She has never had vaca-
ton and has never missed a train.
Some days in winter she has had
to shovel ont snowdrifts ten feet
deep to get through. She has been
in terrific thunderstorms.
When she first started Miss Mark
ham received 50 a month, now she
get S25. There have been four post
masters at lnterlaken in the twenty
two years she has served. Miss
Markham is the only child and sup
port of Mr.. and Mrs. John n. Mark
ham, of Interlaken.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
WHAT DOES HAYNE MEAN.
Offers Big Price for Entire Stock OF
New Orleans Cotton.

Frank B. Hayne, the we'll known
cotton dealer, threw the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange into a fever Of eX
citement twenty minutes before the
final gong Tuesday, when he offered
to purchase the entire stock OF cot
ton in New Orleans at 1888 cents
Mr.. Hayne jumped in the rig, push
ed aside his brokers and began cry,
ing his bids. -..
Five thousand May at 49," he
said.
"Fifty thousand bales at 49,"
Paudemonium reigned for a. few
minutes, and the days of the great
Sully pool were recalled. Again and
again the big bull leader beloved
forth his challenge to the bears. In
the excitement, traders appeared
dazed and those who few m5putes
before were Offering to cell May
around 15.40 were slow to aceer!
the increased price.
Finally, Mr.. Hayne yelled i WILL
take the entire stock Of cotton in
New Orleans at 15.4S."
When the gong sounded 1t was es'
timated that he had bougb' "efhaps
5000 bales. But his SUE en- and
startling movement had IT," bears
guessing and May became very ac-
tive.
There are reports Of "corner' in
New Orleans Tuesday night in May
cotton, but it is believed to be un'
true.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
ALL DIED SAME WAY.
Sisters, Whose Husbands Were Kill.
ed in Their Cabs.

4 most remarkable story comes
from Huntington. W. Va. \ dispatch
from there says fonr sisters. all wild
ows of railroad engineers killed in
wrecks, will meet at the funeral OF
Engineer Thomas Pitcher OF that
city, who was killed in a wreck on
the Chesapeake and Ohio last Tues
day. Pitcher was one of four en-
gincers who married four sisters. the
Misses Garner of Albermarle County
ty. Virginia. Each victim met his
death in his cab: each was the enEl-
neer of a fast express train. and the
fireman of each was killed ut the
same time, though no passengers
were hurt.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
Means Cheaper Clothes.

That the ways and means commit
tee will put raw wool on the free list
in revising schedule "k' was declar-
ed to he practically certain, and re-
suited in a cancus of the Democrat
ic delegation from New York, at
which eighteen members declared
themselves in facor Of free raw WOOL
and four argued against 1t. All
pledged themselves to abide by the
decision of the full Democratic cau'
cuSeS.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
Striking Carmen.

At Oklahoma City. OKLA. ore man
was shot and four other were slight
" injured Monday night during a
fight between special police employ
ed by the Oklahoma street railway
company and sympathzers with
striking employees. The company
has refused to meet the demands of
the carmen for increased wages.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
Into War, BE Beaten, and Repudi-

Into War, BE Beaten, and Repudi-
ate Her Debts. '@
Japan is bending every effort to
get control of China aud rule the
Orient. This statement is made by
Prof. Joseph K Goodrich, Until late
ly occupying the English chair in
the Imperial Government college in
Kyoto, sapan. He declares that ia
pans avowed friendship of the Unit
ed States is false and that the ma
tion is not onlysbankrupt, but Is dis
organized and suffering from swell
head" Prof. Goodrich has spent the
last half century in the Orient and
has familiar knowlege with the
complicated affairs of the Far East.
II have seen nothing in Japan's
actions since 1906" says Prof. Good
rich, which did not give good reason
to. believe her a mischief maker. The
artipathy to the United States, in
spite of official statements to the
contrary, has always been most out
spoken; my students were disgust
i'ingly frank in saying that it was
the intention OF their country to
fight mine, and to whip, too, of
course, so as to get big indemnity
with which to restore the ruined f.
nancial condition Of Japan.
This persistent nagging Of the
United States, that has gone ON now
for FIVE years and more, has always
puzzled me, and do not yet see what
it clearly means. Can it be cum
ming device to divert the attention
of the world from Japan's evil in
tentions towards China.
"Or is this pesteriug an evidence
OF Japan's desperation and on indi-
cation of what there is no doubt she
would do, if it suited her conven-
ience? She knew she is hopelessly,
helplessly bankrupt; the overstrain
of taxation began to show itself last
September, when few (of the many
discontented people acted; and there
are not wanting other evidences of
disorganization. Perhaps Japan is
now deliberately laying herself cut
tention of then saying: 81 am CON-
pletely knocked out; l throw up the
for crushing defeat with the in
sponge, I repudiate my debts; now
do what you like"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
Costly Poker Game.

A Sunday afternoon poker game
played In a hay shed caused the fire
that swept Bangor, Maine. burning
nearly four hundred buildings:
causing two deaths, rendering thors.
ands homeless. and doing damage es-
timated at four million dollars. One
Of the players threw 3 match or tn"
floor and the loose hay burst in'o
nanaN
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
I,ub0rrrS Join Rebels.

Farmers at Waelder. Texas, usual
ly relying upon Mexican labor can
get none now. During the last few
days there has been general exodus
of Mexicans from that quarter, many
Of them going to join the insurgents.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-05-11
Trains Coyotes to Kill Coyotes.

Two coyotes. brought up in cap
t;vitv and with several captive gen
erations behind them, but still full
blood coyotes, have been trained by
Charles Lubbock, of Eld City, Idaho,
to run down wild coyotes. The two
big cats killed 90 coyotes, on recent
hunting trips.