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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-10-27
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CHAPTER I.-Dan Blair, the n-year-oh
con of the fifty-million-dollar copper kinl
Of Blairtown, Mont, Is guest at the
English home Of Lady Galorey. Dams
father had been courteous to Lord Ca
lorey during his visit to the United States
and the courtesy II now being returned
to the young man. The youth has an
IDEAL girl in his mind whom he some day
hopes to find.
CHAPTER II.-Dan meats Lily, Ouch
ess Of Breakwater, q beautiful widow,
who Is attracted by his immense fortune
and takes a liking to her.
CHAPTER III.-Back at Blairtown,
when Dan was boy, girl, with golden
hair, In q white dress trimmed with blus
sang q solo at church. He had neveA
forgotten her, although she never again
appeared in Blairtown.
CHAPTER IV.-The Galoreys, Lily and
Dan take a box at a London theater
where one Lefty Lane is the star. Dan
recognizes her as the girl from his town
who sang so sweetly. Going behind the
scenes he introduces himsel II to her and
she remembers him.
CHAPTER Vie learns that Prince
Poniotowsky, whom he has met In the
Galorey set, is sutton and escort TO Lefty.
! He sees them in cafe and the singer
gives him bright smile Of loyal fellow
ship.
CHAPTER VI.-Lord Galorey finds that
his wife is borrowing money to a large
amount from the good-hearted Dan and
that Lily Is setting her cap to trap MS
millions He and friend named Ruggles
determine to protect the westerner from
fortune hunters.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-10-27

For a mild, easy action of the bow
els, single dose of DOan S Regulets
is enough. Treatment cures habitual
constipation. % cents box. Ask
your druggist for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

When is a policeman not a police
man? This is question that has seri-
ously agitated the Scotch players APP
peariug in ''Bunty'' at the Comedy the
alter. New York. since they received a
letter from a distinguished resident
Scotchman. In the letter he objected
to the use of the word policeman" in
"Bunty'' and suggested that "bailin
or sheriff be used instead. Police
man." he insisted. would never be
heard in Scotland.
Scotch policeman. in certain commu-
mites, do not work on the Sabbath
There is no such thing as a Sunday
policeman in Scotland. but upon any
extraordinary occasion, the Scotch
players contend, any self-respecting
policeman. if called upon. would do his
duty.
VIII Jaxone. who plays the part Of
the policeman, insists that, although
he has had no personal experience
with Scotch policemen. he has had a
social acquaintance with many Of
them, and that the word policeman"
is the only description of these men he
has ever heard. Also. Graham Efof-
fat. the author. has also used the word
policeman in the actors lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16
Coy,
Best.

Besides Mutt and Jeff" which are
shown at the Best every Monday and
Tuesday, another feature viii be 1.-The
Foreman's Courage" The brother of
the foreman's sweetheart gets tangled
up with the law, and is shot by the
sherif's posse. Wounded and exhaust
ed he reaches his shack and the fore
man is persuaded by the girl to don
the brothers buster and lead the posse
away while her brother escapes. The
foreman is wounded and captured.
but saves the culprit. Some time later
the brother comes back and is given
honest employment by the foreman.
He is arrested at his sisters wedding
but released by the kindly sheriff.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16
FRENCH THEATER TIPS.
Ethel NJ. AIdrich Tells Her Experience
at Paris Grand Opera.

After paying So apiece for seats to
see a show, how would you like to
spend at least another dollar or two
for tips just for the privilege of being
relieved of your hat and wraps? You
may never do this in America, but
you are practically com PEELED to at the
theaters in Paris, France This is &C
cording to Miss Ethel NJ. Aldrich OF
1907 Buchanan street, teacher in the
Garfield school and manager of the
Western Bureau of Travel, who has
spent several seasons abroad
In Topeka or in other American
cities you may have TO fight to get
tickets TO a popular play, said Miss
Aldrich this afternoon However,
after the tickets are yours. the rest is
easy. In Paris it's easy enough 10 buy
a ticket to a theater, but after you
enter the house your trouble has JUST
begun.
Women Ushers Want Tips.
inside of the theaters. at the Grand
opera house for instance, you are met
by a body of women ushers. The ma
jority of them are known as pension
aires or the widows Of the last
French war One of them greets you
with a smile, and insists on giving you
a program. OF course, she expects a
tip.
after you give her a tip you may
pass a few PAGES further Here you
are met by a second woman with a
smile She relieves you, even against
your will. it seems, of your hat-and
also a tip. As you walk on a third
woman steps up to you and tells you
that not for the world would she
think of your evenings entertained t
being spoiled by the burden Of your
gloves and wraps And these, like
your hat, must be checked-and tipped
for. And to be shown your seat you
are expected to give tip If you are
a man, carrying cane. the process
is repeated At least a franc. or 20
cents in our money. IS customary for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

The show to open the Novelty Mon
day matinee. December IS, will be a
different style of vaudeville from any
presented this year The headline act
will be the Three MelvinS styling
themselves Americas Greatest Sensa-
tiona1 Gymnasts. This is a new act for
Topeka. An extra added feature will
be the Gee Jays just from London's
Music Hall, an European novelty, "A
Stage Upon a Stage Christopher
and Ponte. Italian street musicians
Camm Theina in a ventriloquist drama
and May Davis, character comedian.
None of the acts in this entire show
have ever played Topeka. The Novel
Scope will as usual close the bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16
Compliments French women.

Now, some of these women who
take your wraps are so pretty that il
| is worth the money to see them and
have them wait on you" Miss AL
drich smiled. while the visitor won
dered about the fact that a woman
voluntarily complimented another wo-
man when there was nothing to gain
by it.
opera house cost about So" she con-
tinued And if you sit there you
must wear evening dress This applies
to both men and women Otherwise,
YOU are not allowed on the first floor.
In the galleries ordinary clothes are
permitted to be worn There good
seats can be had for about 40 cents
in American COIN
NO Orchestra Music Between Acts.
Another opportunity to spend
money is between acts Every one
leaves their seats between acts and
promenades in the lobby. where re-
freshments of all kinds are for sale.
acts as in America. and that may be
the reason for desertion of the theater
between acts.
Are French audiences more demo-
strative than Americans? I can not
say. as when we have been there in
the summer visitors and tourists make
the audiences quite cosmopolitan.
Nearly every European nation, besides
the United States. is usually repre-
scented at a play or opera
while we were there two years
ago we saw Mary Garden, now in
grand opera at Chicago. in the oper-
attic version of Hamlet. She was APP
plauded wildly. Last season we saw
Aida -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

Many musical plays have come from
Manager Mort H Singers play house,
but none better has been sent out by
this astute manager than 1.-The Heart
Breakers his latest musical comedy
hit direct from a long run at the
Princess theater. This charming mu-
steal gem will be seen at the Grand
Heading the brilliant aIl-star cast is
George Damerel Of Merry Widow
fame. Associated with him are Miss
Ruth PEBBLES. the famous prima DON
I'd. Miss Louise Meyers. and the per-
feet Princess chorus. The play is in
two acts and is riot of catchy music,
beautifully gowned girls. magnificent
stage settings and intricate electrical
effects. The book and lyrics are by
Adams and Hough. the music by Har-
old Orlob and Melville Gideon and
staged by that master mind of stage
craft, Ned Wayburn- Chief among
the song hits are Somewhere She's
Flirting With Someone 1.-The Songs
You Used TO Sing to the Girls You
Used to Love- IF I Had a Hundred
Hearts and many others
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

each tip. So by the time you reach
your seat, you are freed of all outer
wraps-and about a dollar in Amer
ica11 r7oo1ax-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

After the holidays the Shuberts will
produce a new musical comedy. en-
titled The Man With the Three
wives RehearsaIs of the chorus
started last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16
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EATsRFsS|
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

Coming to the Grand
Tonight--Alna, Where Do You
Live p
saturday. December 2s.-"Get Rich
Quick Wallingford
Friday, December ga genuine
cake walk by local talent.
Saturday. December 3O-Blanche
Ring.
New Year's-'"The Fortune Hunt
err"
January 2-''The Gamblers"
Majestic.
Before and After
Novelty.
Vaudeville.
Oxford.
Moving pictures and vaudeville
Cory.
Moving pictures
Iris.
Moving pictures
Crystal.
Moving pictures.
Best.
Moving pictures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

Harry Fisher has been loaned by
the management OF the Winter Car
den to Thomas w. Ryley. who has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

Blanche Rings personal magnetism
is one of the great factors in the ire
mendous success she has scored the
country over. When it comes to sing
ing songs. Miss Ring has no superior
in musical comedy. In her starring
vehicle, The Wall Street Girl" in
which she will be seen at the Grand
opera house Saturday. December so,
matinee and night, she will have more
opportunities to display her ability
and versatility than she has had at
any time in the past. Fully half a
dozen songs will fall to the lot of this
buoyant comedienne, and this alone
means an enjoyable evening for the
theater patrons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

Tom Powers. the famous cartoonist
of the Hearst syndicate OF newspapers.
must have been inspired when he gave
the world his Joy and Glooms.' =
These funny little creatures of car
toon have become so popular this sea-
son that Harry Bulger who is under
management of Mort H Singer. play
ing THE Flirting Princess" has in
stituted q dance in the play based
upon the cartoons and called The
Gloomy GIooms."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

Charles Klein's greatest play. ''The
Gamblers" will be the attraction at
the Grand January ?. The author has
taken Wall street for his locale and
has supplied plot that deals with
present day finance. Mr.. Klein has
the gift of touching the public pulse
in his plays. and thiss is shown to a
marked degree in The Gamblers -
which ran for over 200 consecutive
performances at Maxine EIliott's the
alter, New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

In front Of a 1O-cent moving pic
ture house on Market street. PhiladeI-
phia. there is prom in emily displayed a
handsome lithograph of Nine. FRITZ
Schef, bearing this inscription: This
week, Maize Rodney, in songs, and be-
lieve me, she is some singer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16
Crystal.

Monday and Tuesday at this house
viii be Red Cross and E,Iks days, with
three heavy features. THE Awakening
of John Bond produced in co-opera-
ton with the National Association for
the study and Prevention of Tubercu-
Iosis. is a photo play of human in
terest, a living plea for humanity s
sake This picture viii be in charge
of the local Red Cross society, headed
BY DR. Lerrigo. Short addresses viii
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

| be delivered at the close of the pic
ture and Red Cross stamps will be
sold in the house.
William Wadsworth, of Topeka, Z.
S. A, formerly with Blanche Walsh,
now with the Edison company, in his
initial bow before the camera, will also
appear in this program in John
Browns Heir" Local Elks have sig
nifed their intention of seeing that
he gets a good hand.
Little Red Riding Hood a real
feature. recognized by all, viii close
the program.
COzy.
THE Little Stocking is the title of
picture story which will be seen at
the Coy Monday and Tuesday. An
Fastener leaves his wife and child to
hunt gold in the West. His little girl
puts her stocking in his grip. He dies
of thirst in the desert, but his partner
is rescued. Upon returning to the
mining camp the miner explains the
circumstances and the miners chip in
and fill the stocking with gold. one
of them takes it to the widow of the
miner who persisted He arrives
Christmas eve and relieves her strait
ened circumstances. Other pictures
Will also be shown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

on Friday night. December %, at
the Grand opera house, an old fash
toned cake walk viii hold the boards
for the evening. Prizes will be given
for the colored participants. the best
cake walker buck and wing dancer.
quartette, etc. Local merchants are
donating the prizes. announcement of
same will be made later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

The Fortune Hunter is a genuine
amusing comedy while arousing emo
tions of all that is best in our nature.
it teaches a moral lesson that people
may learn in an atm osphere of abso-
Lutte enjoyment. Lessons learned while
we laugh stick closer som etimes than
the other, and 1.-The Fortune Hunter
is most enjoyable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

ana ran there all last year
Get Rich Quick Wallingford'' has
been the dominating attraction at the
George NJ. Cohan theater in New York
for the past year or more and 4 run
of almost equal length has been re-
corded in Chicago.
Get Rich Quick Walhngford" is a
comedy with a distinctly up-lift motif.
and. while at no time preachy-in the
sense of sermon-it unquestionably
points a moral.
Although the plot is George Ran
dolph Chester's. the moulding of the
character of Wallingford. the pro-
moter of wildcat schemes who re-
galvanizes a little country town and iu-
sidiously spreads the virus of specu-
lation among it's inhabitants, is char
acteristically Cohanesque. Wallingford
is as clever a rascal as ever Waylaid
a traveller on the highway, but the ele
ments of humor that enter into his
composition make him a hero. Cohan
has given him the benefit of all his
experience as a laugh maker and the
result is a humor rascal.
Besides. the piece is well played by
Joseph Manning and Edward Delaney,
as Wallingford and Blackie by Rose
Lubonn. as a young stenographer, and
Harry o. Taylor as the hotel clerk.
who is induced to invest his savings
with Wallingford and his partner I'M
der peculiarly characteristic circum-
stances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

Joe Weber will present the farce
with music. Alma, Where Do You
Live p at the Grand tonight. This is
the brilliant German French comedy
German theater on the East side of
New York and was done in English
by Mr.. Weber at his own music hall
and ran there all last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-16

John Mason in las a Man Thinks
has entered into his second month at
the Lyric theater. Chicago After his
engag cement there. he will play Boston.
Philadelphia and other eastern cities
with a tour of the West to follow.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-02

anfH No! John h P; Pettytohn. Lynchburs,
ter. Pulaski: e. II. Cunningham Nor
folk; j. j. Cole Norfolk.
Fark-H II. Jones. Virginia: ]. I
White. Suthcrlln: Paul McRae, CWmber-
land: Jackson Beal. Scottsvlllc.
Murphy's.-W. II. Jones' Boydton d
B. Matthews. Fries; II. wv. Dupuy. Nor
tolki Sam Thernick. Norfollt:r Robert r.
Grubbs. Norfolk: +. IL. Wilson. Dam
Vile: Miss Mary II. Thornton Houston:
W. w. Smales. Stanton: II. NJ Sayidge
Alliance; a. y. Marstcllcr. Thorough.
rare; e. w. Hancock, Lynchburg: r.. J..
BIN. Enporia; p. D. Balm. Wakefield:
7. a. Williams, Norfolk: T. ID. Berry.
Bedford: r. b. Murphy. Virginia; J. G.
Anderson. Chatham: D. S. Cash. Lent:
l. 3. Thompson. Beaver DAM
Gilbcrt-E. G. Purdum. Providence
Forge; ]. w. Danbury. Roclscastle; j.
w. Edmonson. Stony Cross; George II.
De Jarnett and son. Brookncal: a. P.
Berger. Brookneal.
~ stumprsl,r; L; Lee, Norfolk: a.. II.
Tolls: J. II. Hawkins. Virginia: w. q.
Hinton. Portsmouth.
LeXtngton-E. S. Flynn. Martinsville:
c. II. Paxton. Natural Bridge: J. J
Summerslie. Norfolk. NJ. r.. Ellis. Basic
CITY; S. G, Lambeth. Gloucester: Walter
Hogan. Tunstnll: Neil a. Mckay, Tun :
stall; r L. Blackwell. Hollydale.
Davis-lI. Rutcr. Virginia.; Erlanfl
Modalen.< Virginia: Branch Harlow,
ouinque.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-02
FORTUNE HIDDEN
By AGED RtCLUSE
Her Squalid Home Found Stuff.
ed With Stocks and Bonds
Worth 100000.

New YORK, May l.-Repres
of the State Lunacy Commission VII,
apply TO the courts here this week far
the appointment of representatives 10
care Tor the estate of Miss Jane rer
kins Williams. an aged Brooklyn spin-
ster whose wealth was revealed only
through her commitment to an asyl,,n
MISS Williams has been living the life
or reciuse for many years in a one
story. diapidated frame shack on al,
undevcloped avenue in Brooklyn. Sew
eral days ago neighbors complained
that Miss Williams. who is seventy
FIVE years old. needed attention She
was removed to the Long Island STATE
Hospital for the Insane, and Yesterday
special agents went TO her hovcl 10
find out something about her, as she
had resolutcly refused 10 talk about
herself
What the agents found in the novel
gave them the surprise of their lives.
Buried beneath thousands of old news
papers and heaps OF trash they found
stocks bonds mortgages aid other
papers representing nearly $500, 600,
together with evidence that the re-
cluse has at least 100000 more in
safety deposit vaults III New York,
Brooklyn and Albany, Stocks and
bonds worth thousands of dollars were
tucked away in old china. in an ancient
mattress. In holes in tile walls and
under thcS floor. Bundles of letters,
which had never been opened. con-
tanned checks for dividends which the
old woman had never collected.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-02

q enor modestly stepped aside for the
Sfconcert and sang in tho chorus. but
q Mr.. Pasternack conducted with de-
B cided and helpful beat that ovcrcame
Il tho dimculty of singing with a strange
4 conductor
81 81; Captivntcd by aImc Gluck.
''ts5pMme. Gluck. winning and charming.
5froused the house to enthusiasm with
!; her first number, "Caro Nome" from
,."Rigoletto." So loud and lonE-con
3Etinued was the applause that she was
compelled to sing again-this timo
Arditi's familiar and bewitching waltz
z song, LA Parla." Her voice is sim
!. gularly clear. pure and bright. Lyric
i is quality. 1t is stu warm and sweet
81 and appealing, with certuin flute
{. like tone that would charm the birds
\ from the trees. And in her final duet
with Amato she stood there singing
like a bird. looking like an etching Of
Helleu's. and coquettlng with tn
y great dark baritone until the house
went wild with delight.
And Amato! When he first sang
the "Spe NIodo Vivitur" in "Hora No
(. vissima'-he bothered some OF us a
bit BY his method of gliding up to his
(, notes, "portamcnto," the trick is called
but. from the instant his first tone
& rang out we knew that we were list
&ening to one of the great ones of the
Garth. and when he sang the aria from
sVerdi's "Ballo in Maschera" and for
an encore the famous Prologue" to
PA gliacci' of Leoncavallo, we realized
that Scotti the superb had worthy
successor. 3it8
14 Rings Like Cnruso's.
Il The mans upper voice rings like
Carusos. his middle tones carry like
sGogorza's, and his low notes have the
4 resonance of David Bisphams. He
sings savasely and softly. his voice
nurmurs and thunders. softens and
hardens, whispers back to the doors
Y and rings until the great steel roof
resounds in sympathy with It's SPLEEN
dor. 1t sobs and laughs. rises to the
heights OF happiness. softcns. fingers
md dies. a voice from heaven, poured
forth by young Italian who seems to
give his heart and soul into every ex-
nuisite tone. - r
Two Concerts To-day.
Z This afternoon this wond er-man
sings again. Miss Wickham, the CON
tralto, also sings, and Tonight
Nine. Gluck, Herbert witherspoon and
Eiccardo Martin sing, with the chorus.
Martin is the only American tenor
who has reached the heights of the
4 great roles in the Metropolitan Opera
ne is the man who has been chosen
4 70 sing Caruso's roles during thai
( marvellous tenors Illness, and he Is
the first grand opera tenor to sing In
Iichmond We have had great so
nranos. contraltos. baritones and some
excellent hassos, hut never n great
tenor until now.
Last night the overture was post
poned until nearly $50 but to-nirht
me concert Will begin promptly at S:15.
rs the artists have to catch an early
Train. and. as was the case last night,
no one VIII be admitted to the hali
"uFihE the progress OF number.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-02
DEATHS

BOWERS-Died, yesterday morning at
1920 o'clock. in Newport News. Va,
f j. ". BOWERS. from typhoid -pneumo-
MIA. Mr.. Bowers was formerly of
EFluvanna county. and for the past
twenty-five years has held a position
with the Chesapeake and Ohio.
BEELMAN-Died. at Caddys, Hanover
county. HERMAN II. REELMAN, In
the ifty-secCnd year Of his age. He
leaves wife and three daughters to
mourn their loss.
Funeral : o'clock THIS (Tuesday)
VI AFTERNOON from the residence, No
East Mar5hall Street. Friends and
acquaintanccs invited to attend. 81
ALLEN--Died, at his residence. 221s
East Marshall Street. April 80, JONES
4. c. ALLEN. tss ITH
Funeral TUESDAY AFTERNOON, q
o'clock Friends invited.
ARWOoD-Die AT her residence. e1os
East Grace Street, at 10 A. NJ, April
30, MRS. SADIE w. ATWOOD, Wife
OF Wesley r. Atwood. in the twenty
seventh year of her age Besides her
husband she leaves one son, Wesley
7. Atwood, Jr.: her mother, Mrs. S.
r. Prufer: one sister, Mrs Almn
Cline. and one brother. Renvllle Pru-
{ fer, TO mourn her loss
The funeral Will take place from
the Broad Street NJ f. Church TUES
DAY, May 9, at 1890 r., NJ. All friends
OF the family are invited TO attend
interment at DiSputanta. VA