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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

and sing scenes from operas. The
first. the Italian street singers French
peasants, German peasants, Hun
garian gypsios, the fifth and closing
scene, the United States battlefield
This company uses all their own
scenery and costumes and the
changes they make are really won
derful. The singing of the mother is
delightful and well worth the price
Iot admission to hear while the sweet
voices of the girls are as pretty and
sweet as you ever heard. The father
sings his part well. In short, they
are the best in their line of any seen
here this season and must be seen
10 be fully appreciated"
One feature Of this cast is the sing
ing of the variouse songs in the nativ
language of tho nation represented.
Another feature of the Garden bill
opening today that is worthy of at
tention In advance is the Three Ne
varos, who do one OF the most in
teresting acrobatic acts found in
vaudeville. These performers are the
most capable of any seen here In
sometime and thir offering combines
comedy and acrobatics in most
pleasing way.
Richardson & Bernard, comedy
singers and eccentric dancers. will
offer a blackface act of originality
and real humor. Mr. Richardson
is droll dlversing and really fun
ny coedian and his fair team mate
has a good voice and wears some very
pretty costumes. Mr.. Richardson's
burlesque on the negro girl who wants
to butt into society Is said to be
scream. These entertainers have been
receiving some fine newspaper notices
recently.
Elmer Beard, the worlds greatest
contortionist, will be seen at the Gar
den for these four days only. One of
Mr.. Reard's sensational feats is 40
balance a flass Of water on his fore
head and by wonderful contortions
turns a somersault without spillingI
the liquid. This trick is presented
here Just the same as was offered with
the Ringing circus at Madison Square
Garden in New York City, with the
Barnum circus in Philadelphia and
ST. Louis, with the Sels-Floto circus
In San Francisco and Denver, and in
the leading vaudeville theaters OF
America. Mr.. Beard has an open
challenge to all comers in his line.
He placed a $1,000 forfeit with the
leading theatrical publications a year
ago, but up to date there has been
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10
A Dress of Spun Gold.

Kitty Gordon has stolen a march
on her sister prima- donnas in their
Last week she appeared during the
second act Of "The Enchantress" in a
stunning dress of gold, spun into
thread by the cunning hand of a
French genius. If 1t were melted
down it would represent $4,000 in the
coin of the realm. Incidently the
whole dress weighs twenty-seven
pounds, for it was necessary to mix the
gold with baser metal in order TO spin
it. Such is the penalty one pays for
being a prima- -donna-and dressing
the part!
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

room. safe in a property trunk with
dog chained to the leather side strap
to see that no one ran off with me.
But that dog very nearly cost me
my young life. One evening when
mother was playing in Little Rock,
Ark. thief had got into a neighbor-
Ing dressing room and was making
off with some of the street clothes of
the players when Tiger spied him and
made after him, The lid snapped
down and I would have smothered had
not the dog, huge setter. been so
strong and pulled me, the trunk and
all, on the stage before the whole
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

Nellie Mccoy, the charming dancer
in "The Enchantress, tells an anus
ing story Of her first appearance on
the stage.
"The fact is" said this sunny, blue
eyed young woman, laughingly, II
can't remember when 1 was not on the
stage. Mother tells mo that l received
my firt notice when l wa only a year
and three months of age. She always
took me with her on her trips and
never allowed me away from her ex-
cept she was acting on the stage
Even then she kept me in the dressing
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

Bright Eyes" with Cecil Leon and
Florence Holbrook are now starting
upon the second lap of their 25, 900
mile tour, which Jos. NJ. Gates has
mapped out for them this season.
They have already covered the Pacific
coast and are now vending their way
eastward. They will spend Christmas
week in Denver and will then go into
southern territory for the remainder
of the winter. The tour is the longest,
probably, ever made by a musical
company.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10
CO-AuthOr of 12G PLAYS.

Harry b. Smith, one of the authors
of THE Enchantress," has woven
lyrics and humor into more musical
pieces than probably any other author
in the world. During the past twenty
years he has had one hundred and
twenty-siX plays produced, of which
Some he prefers to forget, but an un-
usually large number have been not
able successes. His Robin Hood" ran
eighteen years; The Serenade" ran
seven, and the Fortune Teller" four.
"The Enchantress," his latest is one
of the seasons prominent successes.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10
"Niusical Comedy Passing" Says Her.
bert.

Victor Herbert's success with THE
Enchantress" has awakened managers
to realization of the popularity of
light opera in contradition to the old
forms of musical comedy farce. In
deed, so pronounced is the change Of
sentiment in New York that Mr.. Her
bert at a meeting of composers re-
Gently declared the day Of musical
comedy would pass, as did the day of
burlesque.
America" said he, "ls coming into
a light music OF its own-a music
fresh and full of vitality yet with a
style and refinement that will make It
a. artisically alluring as European
music. We are passing through the
innocuous period of musical comedies,
which has been merely a transition
from the burlesque into genuine
comic opera. Already the newer and
more refined influence Is making IT.
self felt in box office receipts-usually
the surest test In matters OF enter
tainment-and the composers are
turning to operettas with real plots
and a real theme and style"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

The run of Victor Herberts new
comic opera, "The Enchantress, has
proved so successful in New York City
that Mr.. Gates. the producer. has be-
gun organizing two special companies
to present the delightful piece
throughout the country. Each COM
pany will be headed by star, quite
as prominent as Kitty Gordon, who is
now appearing in the new opera at the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10
An Onerntic Record.

1t is jolly Hattie Arnolds boast that
she will never retire from the stage
until she has played in two hundred
light operas and musical comedies.
Nor is It an idle one. With her anus
ing role as the ex- prima-donna in Vic
tor Herbert's comic opera, THE En-
chantress, this genial old lady has
played one hundred and seventy
eight different prominent characters
in musical pieces. She created the
role of the dainty, prankish Jose
phine" in "Pinafore," when It was
first produced in Philadelphia, some
thirty years ago.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

Zelda Sears, well-known for her not
able character roles in Clyde Fitch's
plays, has recently come under the
management of Jos. NJ. Gates. She
appeared last Thursday for the first
time as one of his stars In a new
American comedy, entitled Standing
Pat" 1t is the work of the well-known
writer, Bayard WELLER, Mr. Gates
has surrounded Miss Sears with an ex-
ceptlonal cast, including William Nc
Vey, Eric Blind, Thomas Tobin, ja.,
Ruth Chatterton, Milton Sills, Fred
erick Burton and Mary Mersch. The
piece was staged by Fred. G. Latham.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In the cast of Victor Herberts new
comic opera. THE Enchantress," is
Miss Ida Fltzhugh. who introduced
Gilbert and Sullivan operas in Mexico
some eighteen years ago, with great
success. Her daughter, Venita, who
was born during her first season in
Mexico City, is appearing in the COM
pany of THE Enchantress" with her.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10
NEWS,

Joseph NJ. Gates has selected a new
comic opera, The Dancing Princess"
for Nellie Mccoy. whom he will star
next season. The music for the new
piece is being written by Victor Her.
bert, composer of THE Enchantress,"
Mr.. Gates most recent success The
book is the work of Nine. Fred de
Gresac, the clever French librettist.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

Prior to the appearance here last
season Of The White Sister," as
dramatized from +. Marion Craw-
ford's appealing novel Of the same
name, speculation was rife as to the
effect the play would have on local
church people, both Catholic and
Protestant. An audience that filled
the Grand to see the production was
composed Of people of every re-
ligious belief, and for days THE White
Sister" was an all-absorbing topic. in
the homes, churches, schools and. In
fact. everywhere. Not one word OF
adverse comment was heard about
the play or the way 1t was produced.
The intense interest the show has
on the audience was shown at the
Grand last season. During the per-
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no one in his line with confidence
enough to try to wrestle the honors
and the money from the celebrated
artist.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

audience. Naturally ! scored what
the posters describe nowadays as u
laughing hit
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

/ formance two thieves entered the
lobby of the theatre and, sneaKlng up
to the box office window, grabbed a
roll of money to the amount of $500
and more, and made their escape.
The cries of the box office man and
attaches Of the theatre did not de-
tract the attention of the audience,
so absorbed We're they in the scene
being enacted on the stage. They
We're virtually spellbound.
Miss Jeanne fowler, who comes to
Tulsa next Wednesday night. in the
title role of The White Sister," sup
ported by an excellent cast, has been
acknowledged by the leading critics
of the country as one of the greatest
emotional actresses Of the present
day.
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New York theater. These companies
are being personally selected by Vie
tor Herbert, who Is taking unusual
pains in securing singing choruses that
will bring out his impressive finals
and nnSemhle num berg
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

After the deluge of Viennese oper-
ettas in America 1t is pleasant to learn
that an American opera Is invading
Vienna. Adolph Bart, the famous
Vienna publisher and impressario, has
secured the European rights to Victor
Herberts new comic opera, THE En-
chantress," and will produce 1t after
the holidays in Raimunds theater.
This is the second American operetta
to go to the home" of comic opera,
the first being Herbert's The Wizard
of the Nile which was produced in
Vienna in 1897.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-10

Gtoh. the reliable piano tuner.
Phone 1875. adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13
Pulverizer Injuries Woman

Sioux Falls-To have pulverizer
dragged over her, and then to have
her hair catch in the machine and be
dragged over the ground for some
distance, and escape with her life,
was the thrilling experience of Mrs
Theodore Merritt, wife of a farmer
band, desiring to drive some cattle out
of the field, asked her to operate the
pulyerizer until this could be done.
Mrs. Merritt dropped one of the lines,
and in STOPPING to pick it up, fell
between the machine and the horses
attached to it. This frightened the
animals and they ran away, dragging
the disc over her. She was cut in a
number of places and was badly
bruised.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13
No Trace of Thugs

Roscoe-To date no trace of the
three men who murderously assaulted
Eugene Fevroe, All Italian, i'll d freight
train near here last Monday night at
which time he was robbed of five $500
bills, two of which were issued by
the omaha Commercial National bank
and two by the Seattle National bank.
For some time after Fevroe was found
the physician in charge gave no hopes
of his recovery. The side of his face
and head was pounded to a jelly by
being kicked by the corlScd boots of
his assailants.
Considerable dissatisfaction is being
expressed by the failure of the Roscoe
authorities to notify the surrounding
points and more systematic endeavor
being made to capture the assailants
other than the city marshal taking
the train upon which the assault was
made into Aberdeen.
The men were described as being
from % to So years of age, we'll built
wore ragged hats, and overalls cut off
below the knees and laced boots with
corks and claimed they had been work
ing in the woods in the west.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13

Even with all our faith that deaden.
ing question. Whats the use?" turks
in wait for us at every obstacle in the
road. Did we not believe IN what lies
on the other side, though unseen, we
would turn back like Pliable from our
miry Slough of Despond
Take away temporal hope from a
man, from nation-what follows?
For the man discouragement, inertia,
despair, then uselessness; for the ma
ton disintegration. How much farti1-
err reaching in it's effects for i'll is a
hopelessness that this lough earthly
path leads to eternal life.
Are we discouraged today? Have
the worries of the money-troubled
winter hit us hard? Have we trials
that none but ourselves may know,
the more bitter that they must be
hidden? Are we bowed under a
weight of illness, of morbid dread Of
the future, that will not lift?
Let the joyous message of the Eas-
terrible bring healing. Hope is h.ing
voiced on every side today, in the
swelling notes of the organ, in the
soaring voices of choir and chorister,
in the inspiring message that is pro-
claimed from every Christian pulpit
in the land. 1t but remains for us
to reach not for that hope and make
it our own, to loosen the sordid, de-
pressing earth cords that have us
tightly bound.
The joyousness of Easter. Alas, for
the woman who cannot feel it; who
is not lifted out of herself today.
What though the old gloom returns!
Is it not something to have stood on
the heights and sung aloud with the
joy of living; to have seen the sun
piercing the clouds, to have caught a
glimpse of the radiance beyond? New
er again will the blackness be so
dense, for is there not the hope of
that Joyous day when the sunlit
heights will be ours, to inspire US to
keep on climbing.
Let US not be content to keep the
seasons joy in our hearts. Real Joy
BUSINESS must find an outlet, in CHEEKY
greeting, in forgetfulness of old grud-
ges, in taking brightness into the
lives of those who may be shut out
from it. Wear your Easter flower,
typical of hope, be heartened by the
Easter message, but share both flower
and message with those whose need of
cheer may be greater far than yours.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13
hoMEsTEADER's PLIGHT
Accident Precipitates Wife Upon Him
While Digging Well

Aberdeen-Physicians and trained
nurses at Bison are caring for Mr.. and
Mrs. j. e. Hodges, homesteaders, near
there, both of whom We're victims
of peculiar and nearly fatal acct
dent. Hodges was digging we'll,
and Mrs. Hodges was assisting him
by drawing the dirt to the surface
by means of a rope and pulley. She
also assited her husband to reach the
ground when he left the we'll, by
the same means. On the morning Of
the accident, Hodges started for the
surface, and was nearly at the top
when the pulley broke, letting him
drop to the bottom of the well, a dis
lance of IL feet. Mrs. Hodges held
onto the rope, and was also precipi-
tated into the WE'LL falling head fore
most on top of her husband with
such force as to render her uncon-
scious. Hodges ankles were sprained
but he managed to work his way
from under his wifes body and af-
ter time reached the top by digging
holes ON the walls with his hands,
and slowly climbing upward by that
means. The nearest neighbor, a
girl homesteader, lived five miles
away, and Hodges, because of his
sprained ankles, could not walk. But
he managed to crawl the distance
and tell the young woman of his
wife's plight. The homesteader had a
girl friend visiting her, and the lat
ter mounted a horse and started in
search of help, while the other girl
put Hodges to he'd and treated his
hurts as best she could. 1t was
hours before neighbors We're assem-
bled from the sparsely settled coun-
try in sufficient numbers to rescue
Mrs. Hodges from the well, but it was
finally accomplished. Though suffer
ing severity, it is believed Mrs. Hodg-
es will recover. Her husband is less
severely hurt.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13
Fifteen Plead GUILTY

Sioux Falls-Considerable of sur
prise was sprung at the opening of the
United States court this afternoon
when some fifteen saloonkeepers, bar
tenders and Others from Winner, Dali
las, Gregory and other points border
ing on the Indian reservations, walked
up to the bar of justice and pleaded
guilty to the charge Of selling liquor
to Indians, or introducing liquor on
reservation lands. The accused men
were each given sentence Of sixty
days in different county jails and or
dered to pay a fine of $500 each in
addition to their Jail sentence, 1t was
the original intention to fight each Of
these cases, but after a conference be-
tween the United States attorney, the
attorneys of the various plaintiffs and
others, it was decided that the best
thing that could be done was to take
the steps indicated above.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13
The Call For Taxes

Pierre-The call for taxes this month
will bring probably 100000 to the state
fund, and with over 100000 on hand
at the beginning of this month, will
bring in sufficient cash to aake up the
outstanding general fund warrants to
the amount of about 100000 and care
for the capitol warrants coming due,
beside leaving about 100000 to carry
the state on a cash basis and save
paying 6 per cent on general fund
warrants.
This will reduce the state debt to
approximately 100000, and with the
surplus left from the present collec-
lions, and the money which will come
in from the calls made later in the
year, it is hoped the state can be kept
on a cash basis the rest of the year
and save interest charges
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13
State Land Appraisals

Pierre-The appraisal work of state
lands which will be offered for sale
this spring has been completed. The
appraisal figures range from s75 an
acre down to SIS an acre on forty
acre tracts which will be offered. In
the past the appraisement has been
made to certain extent on general
prices and conditions in the vicinity
where the lands are located, but this
year each forty-acre tract is treated
as standing by itself, and while the
good lands are held up at a good fig
IRE, the poorer lands get the low APP
praisement. This will mean a some
what lower average appraisement than
for former years, but the returns from
the sales will no doubt keep UP the
record, as the best lands are the ones
most likely to be taken.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13
MOISTURE in WIND
WEATHER OBSERVER GALLET OF
ABERDEEN SAYS SOUTH
WIND BRINGS 1T
FROM THE CULFOF MEXICO
Winds From Other Quarters Contrib
ute bnt Conditions are Unfavor-
able as Little Snow Fell
East of Rockies

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and prolonged
south winds are to be South Dakotas
soiutlon OF the moisture problem
thinks u. g. Gallet, the official United
states weather observer. Observer
Gallet from year to year has paid
careful attention to the effect of winds
upon the rainfall of the state and be-
cause OF the distribution of snow dur
ing the past winter looks for any
moisture which shall come to the Da-
kotas during the warm months of the
present year to hail from the sunny
south.
He finds that there are generally two
sources from which moisture may
pc expected to originate which will
1all IN this part of the country One
or these is from the north and west
quarter. The past winter he finds that
little snow has fallen upon this side
OF the mountains to the west of u.s.
On the west side of the mountains
there has been in certain localities a
great deal of snow, but the high alti-
tude OF the mountains which separate
US from this moisture intercepts it's
transmission TO this side. Hence lit
tie moisture can be expected from
tHaC quaflef. Directly to the north are
no mountains but snowfall here has
been light and evaporation during the
summer in that part of the country,
moreover, is not great.
Hence our moisture may be looked
for from the opposite direction. To
the east there is no water for thous-
ands Of miles, but to the south the
warm Gulf of Mexico is constantly
sending up vapors which will fall in
the form of rain or snow in some part
of the surrounding regions. Winds of
two Or three days duration from that
direction would carry to this country
this moisture, copious enough to sup
ply the needs Of the growing crops
provided that the winds prevail from
thence.
In the precipitation Of the last two
days Mr.. Gallett saw the substantial
ton Of his theory. Saturday morning
the wind came up briskly from the
south and remained there during the
day. In the evening the clouds gath
cred and lowered and before dark snow
was falling. All day Sunday the wind
remained in the same quarter with the
result that the humid atmosphere con-
tinued.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-04-13
YOUNG Will QUIT
EFFICIENT SUPERINTENDENT OF
STATE TRAINING SCHOOL
RESIGNS POSITION
SIOUX FALLS MAN NAMED
Board Names A. r. Schlosser Who 10
Well Equipped For the Place,
Having Been Assistant
to Col. Young

Sioux Falls-At the regular meeting
of the state board of Charities ana
Corrections held in this city yesterday.
Colonel S. E. Young, superintendent
of the training school at Plankinton,
voluntarily rendered his resignation,
to take effect on September 1, 1911.
The resignation was accepted and the
board elected A. r. Schlosser of Sioux
Falls, to the position to be vacated by
Mr.. Young.
The board expressed regret at losing
so efficient and valuable an official
as Colonel Young and his resignation
was most reluctantly accepted. Fol-
lowing is Superintendent Youngs' let
ter OF resignation:
Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
April 3, 1911.
TO the Honorable State Board of
Charities and Corrections:
Gentlemen-I hereby tender my resig-
nation as superintendent of the South
Dakota State Training School. wish
the resignation to take effect on Sep
tcribcf !, 1911.
After nearly ten years of service in
this position l feel that my work
is done. Through all these years. Mrs.
Young had been my strong cn-Worker,
and had added to my own Efforts her
own splendid efficiency in building up
the institution and in training the
boys and girls under our charge. Since
her death, in November, have wished
to discontinue my connection with the
school.
To you, gentlemen, I tender my heart
felt thanks for your kindness and help.
1t has been pleasure to work with
the present state board Of charities
and corrections. So close and pleas
Int have been our relations that
have not regarded you as my SUI
perior officers, but as kind and very
helpful friends.
COLONEL YOUNG.