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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09
Theatrical Musicians Press
Strong Bargain for the Road
Will Get Transportation, Board, Free Pullmans and
Bigger Pay-Cyril Scott in New Play, also FRITZ
Scheff with New Soubret- New York AL
Night" Show to Be hanged-B. F. Keith
Says Public Wants Decent Shows

but in the long run it is a mistake ever
to sacrifice decency for brilliancy in
theatrical entertainment
FRITZ Scheff has begun rehearsals
of the new musical production, entitled
THE Duchess" in which she is soon
to open under the Management of the
Messrs. Shubert, and in which she will
play the starring engagement in New
York this season after a brief tour out
of town. Lillian Spencer. whose clever
work in ingenue roles In support of
Maude Adams the past three years, at
trcted much attention throughout the
country. has forsaken the legitima te
drama for the musical stage and Will
appear in the soubret part in THE
Duchess" in support of FRITZ this sea-
son.
The Herald's famous cartoons are
Jeff" company. which began rehearsals
August 81, has the following cast:
Adele Archer, Ross Snow, May LIE Rue.
John Ardizoni Martin Healey. Jack
William F. Ryan. Minerva Adams, Ed.
Roach and Rich Larkins. Frank
Tannehil1, Jr., is rehearsing the prin-
cipals and Howard Webster is rehears-
ing the chorus.
Pucoini has a new inspiration, the
greatest OF his career, he writes, and
the world OF music lovers will soon
be blessed with another opera, which
by all the signs should be the chef
d-oeuvre of the great Italian maestro
Herman Heijermans Is the fortunate
librettist who has managed to provide
the composer of The Girl of the
Golden West" and La Boheme" with
o new lfbretto. It is founded on the
life and romance of Franz Halls, the
celebrated Dutch painter, who GER
tainly had enough love affairs TO
make material for q dozen grand
operas.
Blanche Ring, who has been spend
ing her vacation at her home at Nam
aronecl, N. Y, since the close of her
long tour in "The Yankee Girl" has be-
gun to rehearse in her new musical
comedy, The Wall Street Girl" 1t has
been written expressly for her by Mar
garet Mayo and Edgar Selwyn, with
music by Karl Hoeschna. composer of
Three Twins" and Madame Sherry"
In her new piece Miss Ring will play
the title ro1e-a young woman Of a
breezy. self reliant nature, who has
gone into Wall Street as broker, and
whose adventures eventually take her
out west Harry Gilfoil, who was Miss
Rings principal in "The Yankee Girl"
has been reengaged, and will appear
as a representative Wall Street man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

NUESTIONS today advanced from
every side are, Twill the price OF
! ~ automobiles be further reduced as
ill.,. goes on?" who in the future can
AFFORD or not afford TO own an auto
mobile? ?"
As a great and growing nation, wealth
in America is increasing pro rata more
rapidly than with any other nation
atty, hence the circle OF individuals who
can afford automobiles is an ever widen
ing one.
The subject of motor cars has a
somewhat broader aspect, however,
whe one observes it from the point OF
seryiceableness Men who were less
prone to buy automobiles In time gone
by, now feel themselves justified in
making the investment. The perfection
of the machine itself, has increased
to such degree that 1T is lar more
capable of giving good service than it
ever was before.
One manufacturer, John n. WHY'S, is
of the opinion that the automobile is
rapidly approaching fixed standard,
not only from a mechanical point OF
view. but price as well. Mr.. WHY'S is
quoted as saying: prospective buyers
of motor cars who are waiting for
prices to be lower and await the COM
ING of the perfect car will never be
automobile owners" Automobiles are
today reaching almost the point of me-
chanical perfection, furthermore, manu-
facturers who are producing cars in
quantities are listing them at small
margin of profit"
The contests for the Glidden touring
trophy have for seven years past dem
onstrated to the public at large the
merits and advantages of the modern
motor car. The eighth contest for this
classic trophy will be conducted by the
American Automobile association, start
ing from New York, October IA and end
ing at Jacksonville October %. The
elimination of the many technical de-
tails and restrictions heretofore i'm
posed now makes it possible for the in
dividual tourist, who is the owner OF
bona fide touring car or runabout, to go
through the tour with the minimum of
expense and inconvenience and the max
imum enjoyment Of the pleasures OF
real touring.
The Afitchell-Lewis Motor company,
of Racine, Wis, manufacturers OF The
Mitchell cars, has placed with an cleo
tric company, and order for a seasons
requirements for a magnetic light sys-
tenn, with which the 1912 Mitchell line
viii be equipped. The light is a system
by which both electric lights and dual
ignition are spilled from one magnetic.
Aside from furnishing ignition and lights,
the magnetic charges a large storage
battery and when the car is not running,
the battery automatically takes up the
lighting load. This new device. which
was but recently brought out, has at
tracted the attention of the automobile
owners everywhere.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

The street cars in the larger cities
have no uniform method of stopping.
stop on both sides of the streets, but
Otherwise, In some cities they stop on
the far corner and in others on the
near corper-and if you are not
where you belong, they don't stop at
all Some lines in the same city have
different methods of making passen-
gers alight; some have the exit front,
some IN the back and some at each end
In Baltimore, newsboys get on the cars
and ride at will, selling their papers.
incidentally, the conductors get all the
latest extras without investing in real
cash, but extras only sell for a penny
anyhow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

wait for no man. The bargains of
today are the sales Of tomorrow.
The ones who are realizing the
most from the numerous offerings OF
the Want Ads are those who are every
day readers
Most anything, from securing a de-
sirable position to getting back a lost
valuable, can be realized by consist
entity reading and using Herald Want
Ads.
Read them today and call up when
you have an Ad Of your own. Bell
phone 116; Auto 1115.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09
SCRAPS FROM VACATION NOTEBOOK
CONTINUED from Page IL

tent and never get wet and do it all
In one-thlrd of the time and with much
less effort than on the American side
In the United States capitol which
has been added to several times since
1t was built, the original rotunda was
about as large as the city hall rotunda
Of FL Paso. Even the present big
hall of representatives is SO crowded
that at the next term of congress the
members viii be deprived OF desks and
will have to sit on benches as in the
English house of parliament This year,
for the first time, electric fans were
put in the house and senate chambers.
At each end of the capitol have been
erected the senate and house office
buildings. These are reached through
subways from the basement OF the cap
itol. The senators have. an electric
trolley car to take them back and
forth, but the congressman have TO
walk. A monorail car system is now
session, however. The office buildings
are large enough to afford an office
for each member of the house and sem
ate-including the new members under
the re2pporti0nment act-and an extra
room for all chairmen of committees.
Electric elevators carry the lawmakers
to and from the various floors and
there are bath rooms and all modern
toilet accessories throughout the
toll are restaurants where the congress-
men-and the public-may eat but GER
tain sections are reserved for the law
makers, and only these and their in
vfted guests may invade these sacred
precincts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

The capitol faces away from Wash
ington, but its back yard is prettier
than the front and almost everybody
goes in the back door, although it is
considerable of a climb from Pennsyl-
vania avenue, through the gardens, to
the first floor. from where elevator SER
vice may be had. Cameras, umbrellas
and all similar objects must be left
outside when visitors go into the SEN
ate and house galleries and on visits
to the national museum, the Smith
sonian institute or the library of con-
gresS, they must be checked at the
door a government employee does It
free of charge and won't even take
tip.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

district has two systems=but you
can't get transfers from one system
to another. The street car companies
are permitted to charge but one fare
for a ride to any point within the dis
trict, but when they get outside the
district they collect extra and 1t is
made in cash; tickets are scorned.
FL Pasoans who complain of high
prices for theatrical attractions have
For 'srhe Pink Lady" the best orches-
ira tickets sell for So and the same
rate applies at The Follies of 1911"
and at Geo. Cohan's Get Rich Quick
the balconies at these places are 81.
and this rule applies to practically
all the first class houses. Good shows
command high prices anywhere.
New York still has horse carson
several crosztown lines in the south
ern part of Manhattan-and the poor
horses most of the time look as if they
needed the Intervention of the humane
society. Auto trucks are rapidly re-
placing the horse-drawn truck, how
ever and the work horse, like the car
riage horse, is getting a rest as re-
suit of modern inventions. HansomS
have almost disappeared from the
streets, giving place to the taxtcabs,
painted in various cplors to designate
the company controlling them-yellow,
black, green and other colors, yellow
and green being in the great majority,
however.
Ell Paso's claim to have "the only
international street car line in Amer
car line between Niagara Falls, Can
ada, and Niagara Falls, N. Y, does
more business in day than the Juarez-
FL Paso line. does in week And at
Niagara, as in Ell Paso, the street car
company appears to operate and own
the bridge, for you may ride across on
the cars just as cheaply as you can
walk. The crossing price is ~ Genus
for the round trip and you nave 70 puy
the round trip whether you wish or
not Then you may ride and be crowd
ed or you may walk and look at the
Maid of the Mist" bobbing about on
the disturbed. waters below, charging
the public half a dollar each for the
privilege of bobbing with IT In rubber
coats to keep out the rain or spray
from the falls.
There is one manufacturing concern
in the United States that pr1des lIseiI
on its cleanliness. The s IRE
Falls invites the general public TO IN
spect its factory and employs uniformed
guides to show visitors every detSll,
afterwards serving them with shredded
wheat, fruit and pure cream as a fare
well.
English ingenuity has gone Amer
lean progress one better at Niagara.
On the American side they charge you
a dollar to go under the falls and you
have to walk down spiral stairway
alongside the bluff and then climb over
wet, slippery boulders to get back be-
hind the falls, all the time being soaked
in the spray On the Canadian side, an
Englishman has sunk shaft through
the slate rock a distance of 100 feet
down, and for so cents he sends you
down an elevator to the bottom, then
lets you walk through a tunnel until
you are behind the falls. from where
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

A well known Des Solnes woman af-
ter suffering miserab1y for two days
from bowel complaint, was cured by
one dose of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For
sale by all dealers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

If Ell Paso instead of Washington.
ID. c., were the capital of the United
States, every time mayor Kelly ordered
the street commissioner to put down
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

Baltimore has a monument erected
to George Washington that was com
pleted before there was a railroad in
the United States.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

Automobiles are quick to complain
about poor roads or the lack of what
seem to be a proper care In maintaining
them to a proper touring standard
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

On one of the big paintings in the
statuary hall in the national capitol
building there is an indian with six
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

Admission tickets and numbered re-
served seats Will be ON sale show day,
Thursday, Sept. IS, In a. z. RYAN &
CO.'S DRUG STORE, 212 SAN ANTO-
MO ST. at exactly the same price
charged I'm the regular ticket wagons
on the show grounds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

New York muscial union has
won the greatest victory Of its
life IN a rectnt contest with a
thea trical manager
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-09

district has two systems-but you
can't get transfers from one system
to another. The street car companies
are permitted to charge but one fare
for a ride to any point within the dis
trict, but when they get outside the
made in cash; tickets are scorned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
WANTED CHRISTIAN JUDGE

ham denied the charge and referred the old man to Judge Douglas.
 Good mawnin', jedge.'
 His honor looked up and saw the old darkey standing before him with look of serious import on his black shining couutenance, andsnodded.
 Does 'yo try descases In dis yere coot."
 ''Yes"
 'Is yo' Christian"
 Judge Douglas refused to answer the question on the grounds that he might incrimmate himself, and good naturedly asked his eager questioner his reasons for asking the question.
 Hits like dis. t1edge; has a case in eoot dis mawntn, an I pintedly objects to being tried befo' a. jedge what's not Christian"
 well, uncle' said Judge Douglass, with smile, my father was a Presby- teItan, my mother a Methodist, l wont to 8 Baptist school. and attended an Episeo- pal college; now what am l." The ancient negro looked puzzled for few moments, then light dawned on his ebony countenance. and he commenced amblng away from the judges bench. 'f know what yo' is," he said; "yo' is a Mormon; dis aint no place fo me-" and he made his exit. It developed that he was merely a witness in a pending case. He was excused.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
CYRUS GARNSEY, JR.,
 SPENDS DAY HERE

Cyrus Garnsey, Jr., general manager of the Galloway Coal company. with headquarters iil Memphis. was in Bir- rningham yesterday engaged in look ing into conditions here and conferrin;; |; with the local forces of his company He spent the morning in consultation with the local management and will perhaps remain here several days pay ing in the meantime visit to Garnsey in Bibb county. where some large im- movements have recently been made.
 Although coal business is looking LID somewhat 1t Is nothing to go wild about" said MT. Garnsey We have quite A nice line of contracts that have teen with us some time and they are enabling the mines to keep pretty full up with work. I anticipate that the coal business will be decidedly brighter in very short time."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
SENATOR BROWN
 TALKS OF SCHOOL
Ragland Making Now Fine Strides in Locating Edu-
 catiOnal Institutions

That the trustees for the Alabama
 School of Trades and Industries, re- gently appointed for the newly created school at Ragland, wc.p meet in Bir- niingham August 25 to prepar7 for the erection of that school, was the state
 nent of Senator Watt Brown Of Rag
 land, who secured the industrial school from the last legislature. The school will te located at Ragland.
 The trustees appointed are: Senator Watt Brown, Jones G. Moore of Bir- r,ingham, Maj. Wallace W. Screws o' Montgomery. Charles P. Smith of Gads' lien and McLaue Triton of Pell City. The new school at Ragland will bt along technical lines. and will cos s?O. .O0O In addition 5000 has been ap'
 portioned to maintain the school fo' four years.
 l Senator Brown said that the location of the school so very near Birrningham was desirable for this industrial dlS- trict as the new educational instltn- ton would do for the boys in prac-
 tical way what the girls school at
 Montevallo is doing in that line.
 we are going to make an earnest effort to get the new school that Is to be erected by the Southern Educational institute" said Senator Brown. That institution vii! be in the nature of d companion one for the state school,
 although I understand 1t will cost S2.-
 ooO O0o. Such a great institution hers would be an immense advantage Tor tbis state The school will also nave a large mainte nance fund. l am toi1 that the trustees of that institution will decide the matter in NashVlIie Withn a short time. Our little city IS exert ing every possible influence to locale that ma gnidcert institution so near this
 great city. and in this state"
 In speaking of agricultural condl- tiops Senator Brown said:
 "I have never seen conditions so
 thoroughly pleasing. In the past If II
 WAS fine on one stand 1t was bad on the other Bnt this year the wholo ,roposition Is excellent The farmers are greatly encouraged and they will make a bumper crop unless some en- t;rely unlocked for condition arises. This state, l believe. will have bet ter agricultural crop than ever before if the reports are true. In my section the conditions were never brighter nor the people in better spirits"
 Senator Brown returned to his home yesterday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
SPECIAL MOOSE TRAIN
Will Be Operated Over Frisco Lines
 to Detroit

The Order of Moose made final ar engagements yesterday with the Frisco railroad for the operation of special Moose train to the annual convention n Detroit. The train will leave Birmingham at midnight August 12. The officials be- ,ieve that a large delegation of the mem- hers of the new Moose order will attend from Birmingham.
 The train will be operated over the r'risoo to St. Louis as the gateway, thence over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and wabash railroads to Detroit. D. Y. Will Hams of the criminal court is interested in the special and he is making every ef- fort to get a large and representative del egation to attend from Birmingham.
 Capt. J. R. McGregor of the Frisco an. rounced yesterday that the special Moose train would be accompanied by Frank Morrow, city passenger agent. to oestina- tion in order that every courtesy might be rendered the party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
AT THE HOTELS

J. IA Rains of Goodwater is stopping at ths Metropolitan.
 IT E. Elliott of Mineral Springs is reg 3stered at the Metropolitan. l. o. Frude of Tuscaloosa is in the city at the Metropolitan. Waiter Brooks of Columbiana is stop riag at the Morris. II. G. Ashley of Mobile is registered at the Morris. ! J. W. worthington of Sheffield is in the city at the Morris. ! Howard Douglass of Mcintosh is in Bir- 1ringham for few days on business and has registered at the Norris. C. R. Maxwell of Tuscaloosa is stopping Rt the Birmingham.
 $. c. Snider of Memphis is in the city at the Birmingham. Frank Mcclure of Jasper is stopping at the ILillman.
 James K. Powers of Florence is regis tered at the Hillman.
 C. H. Hitchcock of Atlanta Is in the rity at the Hillman. ;. A. W. Darby of Florence is stopping Ht the Florence ] L, S. McGee of Tuscaloosa is regis Tered at the Florence Charles W. Watkins of Alexander City Is in the city at the Florence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
NEW TRACKS ARE
 READY FOR USE
Numerous Grade Crossing Dangers on North Side
 Will Be Minimiztd

After an expenditure of half million dollars and after practically one year of labor, the new tracks for the Frisco and Illinois Central lines are completed on Twenty-seventh street and it was yester- day announced that passenger service would start on that line about August 15.
 The passenger trains now running over the Illinois Central and Frisco lines out of the Terminal, thence down Tenth ave-
 rue through a populous part ofstAS-city and through East Thomas will be rear 1 ranged so as to operate into the Illinois
 Central-F risco yards at Thomas, thence
 through the Southern railway yards at | North Birmingham and down Twenty seventh street into the Terminal station.
 The new service means a great deal to l the people on the north side as it will re-
 duce the dangers on many grade crossings to the minimum. Only service freight
 trains will be operated on the old line. As the new service goes into effect the | tracks now used will be completely aban- I doned so far as passenger traffic is con- cerned.
 The new work was performed by the Illinois Central railroad for the Frisco and Belt railroads and the trackage rights were granted by the Southern railway. Other concessions were made in order to reduce the dangers and to reclaim some valuable property heretofore cut off by the old arrangement. The Frisco off cials say that the change came principally through the fact that Birmingham had been underestimated when they came here and that remarkable expansions went be- yond thei- judgment of what the city would be.
 The most pleasing feature of the new arrangement aside from the decreased danger and bettered service is the fact that the Belt railroad tracks on Thirty third street have been completely aban- doned by the new arrangement, several streets opened up and the smoke nuisance to the most pleasing part of Norwood completely done away with.
 About 20 trains per day will use the new tracks August l5 if the inauguration of service can be inaugurated by that time.
 The trackage work Is of the most mod ern kind. The steel rails are S5 pounds open hearth and block signals have been placed to protect the operations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-05
WHITEHEAD BACK
 FROM AUTO TRIP
Travelled 1000 Miles and Got Valua- ble Pointers on Fine Chick
 en Raising s

r. F. Whitehead has returned to his home here. after making a trip to Chi cago and Thence to New York in his automobile inspecting up-to-date chicken farms in that section. He abandoned a slight portion of his pro- posed tour by reason of pressing busi- ness in Birmingham
 Mir Whitehead said yesterday that he had decided to double the capacity of his chicken farm on the Mt. Pinson road, which is generally conceded to be the best in the state. He will spend about s6000 additional in equipment and will raise nothing but thorough- bred fowls.
 He is enamoured with the chicken farm recreation and said yesterday this experiment would prove that the northern and eastern chicken fanciers could not put anything over this sec tion when it comes to fine chickens
 In speaking of his hobby, good roads, MT Whitehead said:
 Out of Louisville we encountered some bad roads in Indiana However. taken by and large, the situation all over is very good. The good roads sentiment has spread and seered into every crevice and section until a most satisfactory condition has been brought about. which is constantly being im- proved upon. Birmingham and Ala bama need not feel very badly about our roads They are not so 'worse' when it comes to the general propo- sition. | found great many which would not compare with Birmingham. travelled altogether 1000 miles in my car and aside from the recreation received great deal of valuable in- formation about chicken farms