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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-10-20

For Rent-440 acre farm, 3
miles north OF Emmett. known
as the Stanton farm. Address,
J. G. Garland. Hope, Ark.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
AUGUSTUS THOMAS MAY
MANAGE NEW THEATEB

Every little straw now indicates that
when the promoters Of the new New
Theater in Forty-fourth street announce
their executives, the name Of Augustus
Thomas will be found at the head of the
list
If Mr.. Thomas is not the new admin
istrative director, 1t will be solely be-
cause he does not desire the position
Not only has II been offered to him, but
II has been urged upon him again and
again, each time with new concessions
that are causing him to waver from his
original determination.
The appointment of Mr.. Thomas would
meet with unanimous approval Not only
does he in accomplishment tower above
the other American playwrights, but he
is equipped by varied experience with a
knowledge of the theater which eminently
fits him for the position.
Also Mr.. Thomas has for years cher
ished the hobby of operating a theater
after his own fancy. II the founders
will give him the leeway he demands 1t
Is a fairly safe assertion that Augustus
Thomas will be the most conspicuous
figure In the affairs Of the Long Acre
Square edition of the New Theater.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
Daniels Goes to London.

While other stars have been lombard
ing the newspapers with announcements
OF their seasons plans. Frank Daniels
has been curiously silent. No manage
ment came forward to claim his services,
there was no mention of his name in
connection with another tour Of The
Girl in the Train" and, so far as the
records disclosed. he had passed into re-
tirement. The truth is that all this time
Daniels has been smiling quietly to him
self, safe in the conviction that he was
nursing a buried ace"
In reality. Daniels was chosen long ago
by Klaw & Erlanger TO act the principal
comedy role in The Pink Lady when
that remarkable musical comedy is pro-
dueed In London this winter. His Is to
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
CAMPAIGN FOR
CLEAN PLAYS

The movement recently inaugurated by
the AlOysius Truth Society, with head
quarters at Georgetown University, in
favor OF clean plays and a clean stage for
the Capital is progressing steadily day
by day. AS reported in The Herald last
week, this organization OF influential
Washingtonians has set itself to con-
duct a systematic and determined cam
Paign for the suppression OF immoral and
dangerous plays-a crusade that has won
the approval and active support Of the
leading clergymen. educational leaders
and publicists OF the city. The movement
is not confined to any one denomination
or section OF the city, but embraces men
and institutions of all classes, and is,
moreover. through the agency of afiIi-
ated societies, to be extended to other
cities, beginning from Washington as a
center. The recent action OF President
Taft in leaving a theater because the
performance was an offense to good taste
lends especial force to the movement in
the Capital City, and will undoubtedly
have a marked effect in other quarters.
The promoters of this attempt for bet
ter things in affairs theatrical say that
II is not to be considered a spasmodic
visionary attempt at some theoretical up
lift of the stage. II is eminently prac-
tical-in the hands of practical and ex-
perienced men who represent thousands
OF followers and through whom thousands
of theatergoers may be reached. Nor
is the movement to be considered as a
sensational attack on the stage as an
institution. On the contrary, 1t is rather
a defense Of a noble but perverted art
an art that has fallen in great measure
into the hands of mere commercial specu-
lators who have forgotten or ignored the
original, lofty mission Of the stage.
To make perfectly clear, therefore, the |
motives that actuate the Aloysius Truth |
Society, The Washington Herald will |
publish, beginning next Sunday, series |
OF articles dealing with true value Of the |
dramatic art and the right position 1t |
should occupy IN an educated and cul- |
tured nation. This series will treat of the |
rise of the drama in the early ages of |
the race its development through the
centuries, and the various manifestations |
of the dramatic instinct among the diff
ferent peoples Of the earth. The wrong
use Of the stage during the later years
Of the Roman empire. the inevitable cor
ruption of public morals resulting there
from, and the total abolition Of all
dramatic productions toward the end of /
the fifth century, will receive especial at
tention.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
LATEST CROP OF DRAMAS
MEETS ONLY MILD SUCCESS
Broadway Has Not Yet Seen Really Big Success
This Autumn So Far

Lee Wilson Dodd dragged his auto COM
edy'' from sure censure to mild acclaim
Unfortun ltely the "one stroke" appears
at the very end of the play after the
audience has dozed through the pre-
ceeding acts. Had it appeared earlier,
and had it been followed >out in the sub
sequent acts, William Golfers Theater
could have claimed a raging success in
stead of a play that is slightly above
the mediocre.
The story of the comedy is built about
a young couple whose blissful owner
ship of a son. Why" and a suburban
home is rudely shaken by the appear
ance of a female disturber whose every
day conversation runs to spaFk-plugs,
transmissions, gears, and ignition. This
female mechanic innoculates the happy
ones with speed. gasoline variety.
They purchase a little $4,000 runabout
with the inevitable result that they covet
a larger conveyance. Their desire he
comes a passion. The wife neglects the
child. goads the husband on to purchas-
ing a still larger car, and, having once
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
VIII Go Rack to Rest.

Miss Mary Nash, who plays the role Of
the telephone girl in The Woman" has
been in a queerly mixed atmosphere All
her life. It is a mixture Of the atmos-
phere of the. stage and the convent.
''one of my first recollections." said
Miss Nash recently, was that of being
lifted across a high wall that separated
a Philadelphia convent where my aunt
was mother superior. from the rear Of
a theater''
assisted In any way In fitting you for
success on the stageT' she was asked.
'Oh. don't know about that" said
Miss Nash. This much do know, how
ever: Some day, when years and hard
work on the stage have tired me out,
I'm going back TO the convent life and
spend the remainder OF my days resting. :"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

transmitted her own enthusiasm to her
better half, throws all household cares
to the wind in an enjoyment OF her fad.
Meanwhile poor Why views each sue
ceeding purchase with childish disap-
provaL
Finally the husband mortgages the
happy home-here the playsmith leaves
the beaten track-speculates in Wall
Street-and wins. His first thought is
the purchase of the biggest motor car
on the market, and the curtain falls on
the triumphant husband and happy wife
leaving the house for their first ride,
while Wizzy the .forsaken runs to the
window crying. Mother! mother!
mother" his childish wall of neglect
drowned by the whirr of the motor.
The audience leaves the theater won
dering why they weren't warned of this
pathetic conclusion, or censuring the au-
thor for not continuing his evident abil-
ity to write strong drama.
Orrin Johnson and Oza Waldrop played
the auto-maniacal parents and Thomas
R. Tobin, jr., their son. All three were
delightfully."- human and were supported
by a strong cast.
After a weeks rest THE Red Rose"
starring Valeska Suratt, has reopened at
the Grand Opera House.
The Deep Purple" has moved to the
West End Theater, where IT is receiving
an ovation that attests its popularity.
Robert B. Mantell has just completed
a weeks Shakespearean repertoire at
the Manhattan. Mr.. Mantel presented
Julius Caesar" "Othello," King Lear"
THE Merchant OF Venice" and Richard
III"
Other New York plays making their
premier this week will be reviewed in
these columns next Sunday.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

because based upon positive self-knowl-
edge and self-reliance. To-day the boast
stands justified. And this has been the
way Of all great pioneers in the dramatic
world, as in every other.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
The Arms of the sIedIei.

Few persons seeing the signs OF the
vast wealth Of our avuncular relatives in
most thoroughfares In London pause to
consider their origin. OF course it is the
balls OF gold TO which we refer. Not
only may they be taken as indications
of-wealth, but as a sign that pledges
are received. But the balls do not in
dicate what they really are. They are
the arms of the Medici family. Who
ever has Visited Florence viii recall the
three balls alternated with the red lilies.
But how comes It that the decorations OF
the Tuscan Palace have found their way
to London?
The explanation is not difficult if We
give the subject moments thought.
The first gold changers TO settle in
London, es in Paris. were the Fiorentines
or .Lombards. They chose Lombard
street as the place where they would
carry on their business. These early
settlers are perpetuated to-day by the
bankers. In the early days the inhabi-
tants counted among their number some
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

OF the Medici family, and to inspire con-
hdence they exhibited their family arms.
to which they had perfect right. The
family OF Medici Is extinct to-day. but
their arms survive them, the present
users thinking the respectabillty OF the
origin too great to be dispensed with.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17
PUBLIC THEATRICAL TASTE
RUNS IN STRANGE CYCLES

Excuse Me-" and others followed suit
last season. and this year almost every
manager in New York begins his sea-
sons announcements with a string of
new farces
Most of the managers are like sheep.
They follow" the leader blindly. When a
new type of play scores a success, they
tumble over each other in their efforts
to duplicate both type and success. When
The Merry Widow won all New York,
after captivating the greater part of
the civilized world, managers rushed
to Europe to secure Viennese opera, with
a Hitting waltz as the leading motive.
We have been deluged with them ever
since. WhicI. is apparently the natural
outcome of the managers desire TO give
the public what 1t wants"
But what the public wants is diff
cult to discover Costly experiment is
would be If the public itself knew. But
1t doesn't. 1t is not even sure that It
wants novelty.
No Law of Taste.
And the question Of the dramatic
cycle is one Of vast importance to, the
managers, one to which they must, of
necessity give much attention. They are
trying to discover its laws. Economists
investigate the cause Of panics. which
recur every so often, in order to avoid
them. They are governed, we know, by
fixed rules, as yet little understood. Does
the dramatic wheel, too. revolve in
certain fixed way with a certain
fixed velocity? How fortunate II
a method of telling when the public is
tired of one form of entertainment and
what form it will next require-then
good-by to failure.
No manager is shrewder in anticipating
the wants of the public than David Be-
lasco. He ponders thoughtfully upon the
revolving cycles Of the drama For ex-
ample, he believes that for the moment
the political play is dead
I have the manuscript Of a splen-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

Plays run in cycles. For a time a
certain variety of play is the fashion
say melodrama. All the authors write
melodrama. All the managers produce
it. All the public flocks to see IT. Then
suddenly. without apparent reason. its
cycle is finished; and the swift revolu-
tion of the dramatic wheel brings a
new sort of play into the glow of pop
ularity.
THE White Slave" recalled the hal
cyon days of melodrama, when all
the managers were searching out plays
of violent emotion and stupendous scenic
effects. These had their little day,
then faded from view. And whef last
year William Brady revived one of the
most successful of them, The Lights
O. London" with an all-star cast. New
York laughed itself into Mysteries over
its old-fashioned heroics and vowed
that It was the funniest thing on
Broadway. The play had been a tre-
mendous hit in its day. But its day
was past
Then there was the romantic period,
brought on, perhaps. by the vogue OF
The Prisoner of Zenda," when Soth
ern. Hackett, even Henry Miller, and
lesser lights clinked steel upon steel,
fought, and loved in moonlit gardens.
Book plays followed, best sellers were
recklessly dramatized right and left.
while publishers and theatrical mana
gers besieged the novelist, who waxed
fat upon the unwonted twofold income.
Western plays. political plays. business
plays-one by one the wheel has
brought them forward, one by one has
taken them away. What will the next
turn of the wheel bring US?
Farce in Vogue.
Just at present. scanning the long
bulletins of theatrical announcements
with which the managers make glad
the last days of summer. it looks as
If farce would carry the day. And yet
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

three years ago farce was, apparently,
quite dead. Musical comedy seemed to
have taken its place and shouldered it
from our theaters. Nay, rather abb
soroed 1t, for old farces were pulled
out Of the cupboard and made to serve
as the framework for their musical
successors. What Happened to JONES'"
which the Colonial Stock Company will
present this week, was turned into q
musical comedy. Tinkly music and
girls innumerable were added to the
original charms of the old farce. Sure
ly, thought every one. farce has had its
day, for who would wish for straight
farce when we can now have IL with
all the added delights of musical COM
edy. Critics became eloquent in their
explanation OF the matter. The classic
query, who killed Cock Robin?' was
shelved for the more pressing question,
What has killed the farceT'
And then, to the general astonish-
ment,l farce suddenly cropped up, not
dead by any means. but very much
alive. Seven Days, by Avery Hop
wood, set on the fuse. Baby Nine
The Washington herald., 1911-09-17

be the part played at the New Amster-
dam Theater by Frank Lalor, and at this
distance It looks as il he should be ex-
cruciatingly funny in 1t.
The London engagement probably will
be played at the Duke of Yorks Theater,
beginning in November. The other men,
bers of the cast have not been selected
definitely.
Meanwhile, another Pink Lady, or
ganization is now in rehearsal, with Chi
cago as its objective point.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17

Never can tef when you'll mash a I'm
FER suffer cut, bruise. burn or seaid,
BE prepared Pr Thomas Electric on
ins tanty relieves the pain quickly cures
the wound.a 81 g'4t ass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17
Work of Legal Adviser.

Legal Adviser cyrus X. Tupper of
Boothbay Harbor reported what work
had been done by him since his en-
ployment. He stated that he began by
Examining the accounts of the Cattle
Commission and Liquor Commission,
but only found books for two years
previous to the abolition Of these two
departments. He sent for the books
Of former years and while waiting for
.hef1 looked over the accounts in the
insurance, health, assessors, school
AID library departments.
W found that th, librarian made
40 report 10 the Legislature in 1909
Y all IN accordance with the law.
said MI Upper. The Library COM
mission is also supposed II make g
'eno,t to the Governor and Council
annually. hut the last report we could
md was made in 1903.
Wc found no books in the library
showing the receipts. so / asked the
state treasurer for the record of them.
We found that Librarian turned over
l25550 10 the library, six. months ;tf-
ter he ceased 10 be librarian. Mr..
Prince, the present librarian, is keep
ing a set of books all right and is
turning over the receipts from the
travelling libraries. regularly.
In the department of inland fish
cries and game no regular books We're
kept previous 10 1909. The money was
simply paid ont through the State
and agent. who kept record of the
disbursements. The money WAS turn
d into the treasury. You had to go
20 the treasury TO find the receipts
and then go IL the land agents office
20 find the payments.
"N e have been over the books of
the land oIico anA found sayne things
that we think ought to be boxed In
to- We found that in 1885 the Lesis-
lature appropriated 600 annually for
indexing. This appropriation was Ia
ter increased to Sleo) a year. For
1905 it was changed to salary.
"At the State school for Gil.s we
found that for number of years
there were no vouchers, 81 we couldn't
make much of IN invcstiga ton there.
Lately there MAS :. voucher record
system installed, hut even now thc5
have nc stock beck The steward gets
the goods and distributes them. hut
so far as we know there is 40 recoia
Of them, The present princinal seems
70 realize the valu" OF such recol,
shc has charge of tile dry goods
There ought to he such record, so
hat we could tell what becomes of
tbe goods. / have no doubt but what
Il is perfectly honest.
Mr. White down there said he knew
bout the bylaw, continued Mr.
rupper, but he didn't keep any
books. He added that that wasn't the
only bylaw that wasn't observed The
had never required it,
Does te buy anywhere he wants
to-" asked Rep. sleeper.
II don't know" replied Mr. Upper
"A great deal of favoritism might
be shown in buying continued DIR.
Sleeper. We know that many times
people buy where it is to their own
be interested"
Il think Mr.. White is strictly hon
est" remarked Mr. Taper. He SIM
rN is a farmer and isn't used to such
a system.
The committees legal adviser then.
passed from the State School for Girls
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17

TO Indians and remaFked>athat in the
land agents Office in the account of
tie Passapaqueddy tribe it appeared
that quite number of the expenses
OF tie Land agents Office had been
charged MP to the Indians, such as
telephone charges. that is, the money
in that fund had been transferred in
TO the general expense accounts.
MI TupRer in response to inquiry by
Chairman Mullen said that these items
amounted TO about $1,000. He did not
think there should be anything
charged 10 the Indians except the care
of the lots
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17

Seventy per cent. of The gala in the
possession OF civilized man is in the
form of coin.
Chinese athletes train upon duck
brains. which they consider the most
Strengthening food
4 storage battery suspended from
the frame supplies the motive power
for a new, motorcycle.
A recent police census gave Corea
Reputation of f2.5'i&o0, of whom
l5a,SG2 We're Japanese.
Hollow concrete telegraph poles.
built 9rqund wood and steel frame
eTclk i, are a German novelty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17
OF Taxes as Figured by
The State Assessors
Is Criticised by Members Of
Investigating Committee.
Method Of Exploration Of the Wild
Lands Is Discussed.

the Joint special committee Of the
18Th Legislature appointed 10 inves-
tfeate the conduct of State depart
nents ana institutions, as well as the.
financial condition of the state, Tues
day. resumed it's work, which has been
INTERRUPTED since the adjournment OF
the Legislature. The matter OF IMAM
riat investigation was practically
completed sduring the session of the
Legislature and tpe meetings in va
cation will be devoted principally TO
matters concerning the management
Of State departments and institutions.
Hon. Cyrus r. TuppeT of Boothbay
Harbor, the legal adviser of the COM
Ipfttee. and Lewis q. Whpple of Wa
terville. the expert accountant en-
Dloved by the committee, explained
what they had learned from examina-
ton of books of various departments.
This explanation took up the greater
part of the afternoon session, which
began at 4 p. NJ. while the evening
session was given over to probe OF
the State assessors department. The
committee progressed 50 much faster
than they expected along this line that
when the session closed at 1920 +.
NJ, they had discovered about all they
could in regard to this department,
the only matter which they found to
criticize being the method adopted by
the State Board Of Assessors i'll the
matter of equalization of taxes in
cases whore they We're not satisfied
with the valuation of the local board
of assessors. If Mr.. Upper, who has
fallen heir 10 the Pattangall role of
chief inquisitor, bad any other matter
y hich nc wished to draw out from
Assessors Thompson and Johnston
ana Clerk Plummer he failed signally
IN doing it.
/ The committee will hold an execu-
tive session, Tuesday forenoon, with
Mr. Topper in the Enforcement Com
mission room. for the purpose Of Sc
Iecting some other subject for sec
ona DAYS inquiry AS several mem
bers Of the committee have important
business Engagements and are anxious
: 10 return to their homes it is expected
E, that whatever subject is selected it
VIII he one which Will rot occupy more
han thc dav TUESDAY. and that the
committee will return home Tuesday
night and viii not hold any further
] s. ssions until next week.
The members of the committee pres
ent were Senator Mullen of Penobscpt,
Seaa tor Smith OF York and Repfes
tatives sleeper of South Berwick
stetson of Lewiston, Farnham of
! Bath, Macomber If Winthrop and
Mallett of Freeport
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17
EQUALIZATION of Valuation.

The matter of EQUALIZATION of valua-
ton was next taken UP and Mr
Thompson was asked To explain the
wide difference between the State and
comfy valuation of Auburn. lie eX-
planned that the assessors had added
$500 0,0 to the valuation of Auburn in
1910 to make the percentage equal to
that IN adjoining towns. They also
added $14.Gi5 on exempted real estate,
though 1t was n shoe factory.
Mr.. Thompson said he. thought that
the towns were coming nearer each
Continued on Page Seven.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17

The eighth international congress OF
applied chemistry yin meet III New
York next Septembcr
1t is reported officially that chinese
florists in TEN sien are actually growing
red tube roses 1t is done by filling the
flower pot with earth mixed 10 a mud
with water in which red eoioring mat
ter of unknown composition is dissolved.
The bulbs are planted in this after a
number of incisions have been made in
the lower half Of the bulb above the
roots.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-10-17
STATE OF MAINE.
Kennebec

Kennebee SIS. Supreme judicial Court.
In Equity
Edward y. Chase, Complainant, VS..
Ellis LAGER Company. Respondent.
BILL OF COMPLAINT.
Edward N Chase, of Concord in the
County of Middlesex and State OF Mas
sachusetts. complaining. against the Ellis
LAGER Company, corporation duly or
ganized under the laws of the state of
Maine and located in Augusta in the
County OF kennebec in said State, says
First. The complainant is President of
said Ellis LAGER Company and a stock
holder therein.
Second AT a meeting of the stock
holders of said Ellis LAGER Company
legally called for the purpose and held at
said Augusta on SATURDAY, the twenty
third day of September, 1911. it was unani-
mouslv
"VoTED. That this corporation be dis
solved and that the officers of the cor
poration or either or any of them be and
lney hereby are authorized and in