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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03
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canned fruits and vegetables always
have that true I; flavor oG freshly gath
cred products Our PATRONS who like
variety to their table will appreciate
MI this point, and can rest assured that
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

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I way Is told in its ads. It's ;stunts' IN
value giving are It's special sales. .
These are always worth watching and
are always advertised.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-03

Classified advertising finds tenants
every day for some people--often 70.
many people.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

songs, which will be rendered IN Eng
Iish. French, and Italian.
Excuse Me-" which Henry w. Saw
age produced last week at the Gayety
Theater. is one of the most laughable
farces ever made known on our stage
OF course, it is absurd, but nevertheless
il is filled to the brim with extremely
amusing lines, of which Willis Sweat
nam has the most AS a matter OF
fact, Sweatnam is the star of the per
formance, and his constant use of the
words excuse me" is a joy to the au-
dience. Mr. James Lackaye as fat
man with a jag is also an amusing
funmaker. Miss Ann Murdock, one OF
the most alluring young women on our
stage, has the role of a bride who in
sisted on staying in the baggage car
with her dog in preference to making
love to her husband Miss Murdock
has a dandy part, and is what some
people might term a peach in 1t.
Wilson Mizner announces that he has
completed the cast for the real-police-
man, real-crook special charity per-
formance of The Deep Purple" so far
as the members of the uniformed force
go. He has engaged three gifted gen.
darmes to portray the roles of Inspec-
tors Bruce, Connolly, and Flynn, the
officers who figure in the drama at the
Lyric Theater. Mr.. Miner has not as
yet secured his actors for the crook
parts, though he says he~h has plenty Of
material from which to draw. The
several gentlemen whose pictures here
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
THREE DAYS WITH SIR HENRY
By wmLIAM FAvERsHAn.

r,rovfncial theatrical magnate Of Eng
land He was then managing the St
James Theater, of Ramsgate. After
looking me over and taking into con-
sideration the fact that I was menu
Der OF Sir Henry's company OF three
days standing. he evidently was i'm
pressed with my abilities, and offered me
the position of leading juvenile of his
organization.
Dissatisfied with the fact that I had
but one line to speak in Sir Henry S
production of Twelfth Night" / &C
cepted the offer on the spot, and, having
scribbled a hasty note of resignation,
Immediately got together my traps and
started for Ramsgate. Arriving at that
fiourishing seaside resort, / discovered
that, instead of having one line to speak
in a play, was expected to be UP in a
new role every night In short, the St
James Theater, of Ramsgate, put on a
new play each night, which, you will
readily understand, is a pretty big order.
Became Leading Man.
II I didn't impress Sir Henry that /
possessed unusual abilities, I was more
fortunate with my new manager, for,
after a fortnight, I was promoted to
the position OF leading man. When
told Sir Henry, in later years, that had
played Hamlet each Saturday night after
so brief an experience on the stage, he
chuckIed with glee. The great actor was
amazed when 1 informed him also that
not only did play Hamlet on each Sat
urday night, but that night after night
/ appeared as Bassanio in THE Mer-
chant of Venice" Cassius in Julius
Caesar Seth in adam Bede," Dick
SwiHller in THE Old Curiosity Shop
Claude MeInotte in THE Lady OF
Lyons and Sweeney Todd in 'sThe Bar
Der of Fleet Street; OF, The Fight for a
String OF Pearls"
After the Ramsgate experience, came
| to America and became leading Juvenile
of the Lyceum Theater Company. In
1896, when with Charles Frohman's EN-
pire Theater Stock Company, Sir Henry
was preparing Peter the Great" for the
stage, Charles Frohman had offered me
the position of leading man of the En-
pire Stock Company, when an offer came
| to me from Sir Henry TO become the
leading man of his company. had, in
a way. made my position in America
| and, delighted with the country and its
people, was loath to return to England
even to accept so fiattering an offer.
chose, therefore, to remain with Charles
Frohman and the Empire Stock Com
pany.
Anyway it has been a source OF pride
| that was once a member of Sir Henry'S
| company, even If IL was for three
days On many occasions in recent years
talked with Sir Henry of my career
| in America, and he ever, with great
kindness of heart, was good enough &c
say that he thought had made a wise
decision But IT would have been q
curious turn in the whirligig of time il
1 had returned to Sir Henry and the
Lyceum and taken the position so ably
| filled by William Terriss, who, in my
| Juvenile incapacity, thought should be
the Curio, and I the Duke, in Twelfth
| Night
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
,;stance so he ioined a burlesque show

sistance, so he joined a buriesaue show.
Here he again got many bump. but
Primrose & Dockstade- discovered that he
could sing coon songs, rescued him from
the "merry merry and dignified him by a
position ION the end" of their first part.
From the minstrel business the ubiqui-
tous Philbrick went step higher as
star in popular-priced attractions. and
then into vaudeville. Last season he was
one of the features of Ziegfeld's "Follies
of 1909" Frazee & Lederer placed him
under contract, and he made the biggest
hit Of his career in Jumping Jupiter" as
an inebriated bachelor.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

IT s. often curious what turns and
twists ones career wiz make, II you
happen to be an actor As lad, and
with a yeaning desire to shine behind
the footlights, my supreme ambition was
10 become member Of Henry Irving 5
company Hope soon became fact
Having arrived at that age when it was
necessary to choose livelihood, / was
fortunate in meeting Carlotta Leclercq, an
accomplished actress and a most admir-
able teacher Of the art histrionic- Miss
Leclercq was, at that time, the mistress
of the leading dramatic school Of Lon
DON She had been so successful in de-
veloping young players that Henry Irv-
ing, Squire Bancroft. J. l. Toole, and
John Hare had looked to her for promis-
ing material in the way of budding
genius. 1t was, therefore, the custom Of
these great men to attend Miss Leclercq's
special matinees- I became a member Of
Miss Leclercq's school and it was my
good fortune that Sir Henry, then simple
Henry Irving, was present at three spe-
cial matinees when 1 was seen as Romeo,
as Old Joel in .'Hestor's Mystery" and as
Max in an English version of the Ger
man operetta, The Swiss Cottage"
Appears in ~TweIfth Night.
About this time Sir Henry was casting
Twelfth Night for the Lyceum. He
consulted Miss Leclercq as to- her pupils,
and it was my good fortune to be chosen
for the role of Curio in Twelfth Night
1t seems, however, that Sir Henry was
not entirely satisfied with my abilities,
even after having seen me play Romeo,
and so it was that one day, accompanied
by Miss Leclercq I went to the Lyceum
theater in order to recite several classic
selections, in which had been coached
by my teacher.
One of these, I blush to relate, was the
soliloquy of Hamlet. The upshot of this
meeting, despite the soliloquy, was that !
was informed that 1 should report to the
Lyceum theater for rehearsal and that
my weekly stipend would be 60. During
this meeting Sir Henry was most charm
ing, and I found myself in the seventh
heaven of delight.
The role of CIIrio in Twelfth Night,
a courtier in attendance on the Duke, was
not one that would cause even a young
player to swell with pride; but I was
told I had lines to speak which seemed
to me quite an important matter Hand
some William Terriss was the Duke,
and after rehearsing three days, the only
words that had an opportunity TO speak
were these, will you go hunt, my lord %
Recalling the glories of Romeo was,
fear, too much for me. l was discon-
tented In my callow inexperience
had come to imagine that Terriss should
be playing Curio and I the Duke.
Harboring these thoughts, / fell ar
easy prey to a designing provincial
manager. Leaving the theater after the
third day, l was introduced to Horace
Barry, who, I was informed, was the
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
A Maine Diana

From the KenDebec Journal.
Mrs. Walter Judkins, of Portland, is
woman to whom the lure Of the Maine
woods is strong She has just returned
from her twenty-third season in the au-
tumn forest with a record Of twenty-eight
deer to her credit Mrs. Judkins shot her
first deer when a girl OF fifteen while In
the woods in search OF partridges in her
home town of Gilead.
Mrs. Judkins during her twenty-three
years of hunting experience has tried
many varieties OF hunting costumes and
has finally settled upon what she deems
the most practical She wears in the
woods a stout. gray sweater. pair OF
very full boomers. the stout huntsman's
stocking, and a shoe similar in shape to
moecasin and waterproof with top OF
skin and vamp and soles OF heavy rubber.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

stage, having come from London to be
leading man for Miss Billie Burke. He
was born in New South Wales and has
played in Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa Egypt, and England before he at
tanned his ultimate ambition, which was
TO get Broadway hearing.
BY an arrangement entered into be-
tween Liebler & Co. and Loudon Charl-
ton, Miss Bessie Abott will shortly
start tour under the direction of
Mr.. Charlton. Associated with her in
this enterprise will be Mr. David Bis
pham barytone. The first joint recital
will be given early in March Miss
ABBOTT was brought to the United
States from Italy by Liebler & Co. to
sing the title role in the first world
production of Mascagnis "YsobeL" a
project interrupted by the composer
failure to carry out the terms of his
contract with the managerial firm. She
will be heard in various groups of
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

tofore have figured in the rogues' gal
lery rather more frequently than on
the dramatic pages of the newspapers
have displayed a certain aloofness
when approached by the author with
the request to act right out in public
Mr.. Mizner is confident, however, that
he will round up a sufficient number
OF ex-timeservers to make the matinee
realistic.
Monday night Chauncey olcott began
an engagement at the Grand Opera House,
presenting Rida johnson Young's Bar
~ OF Ballymore." AS Mr. Olcott is a
| favorite on the West Side the theater was
packed to the doors. with boys even
| hanging on the chandeliers in the gallery
As he never plays during Lent, Satur-
| day evening will see the farewell per
formance OF this play for the present
Next week he goes to Hobe Sound, Fla,
as guest of his manager, Augustus Pitou
His spring tour in Barry of Ballymore-
begins April II at Boston, and may not
end until some time in June.
| A letter from Manager McLain brings
this Information: "Fiske O'Hara is do
ing such a tremendous business in Wear
! ing of the Green that I have decided not
to lay him on during Lent, except in
Holy Week His recent engagements in
st. Paul and Minneapolis broke the rec
ords for receipts at both theaters, and
| that is going some when you consider
what some other stars are doing" All
right. AL.
Aphie James CMrs. Louis James) re-
turns from Bermuda within a fortnight,
when she will announce her plans for
next season, which, 1 am told, are some
what extensive.
In a fortnight Nazimova becomes a
Charles Frohman star
Sir Charles Wyndham is arranging
with Klaw & Erlanger and Joseph
Brooks for the presentation of "Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm" in one OF his Lon
don theaters in April The entire Amer
lean company will be sent over by Klaw
& Erlanger and Joseph Brooks
Margaret Wycherly, who played the
part of Light in The Blue Bird" has
been specially engaged by Lieber &. Co,
for principal comedy part in The
Backsliders-s' George Egerton's new play.
| in which Annie Russell is to star. This
will be her first appearance in a modern
part since her starring tour in The
Thief
1t is only question of few days
when our theater spectators will be dead
ones. They played a strong game, but
have lost out. JEROME II EDDY
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

Julie Opp who enacts rampant suf-
fragette with William Faversham in The
Faun." at the Beiasco Theater this week,
is good deal like the actor who. though
a devoted family man, Is ever called
upon. on the stage. TO play a reckless
home-hreaker. As the ffe player in the
sufrragette band In '-fhe Faun,'' Miss
Opp dnds herself portraying militant
suffrasette lady-the sort that leads q
charge on the prime minister. and who
tears up the benches IN the House OF
Lords. MIS- Gait. the president OF the
woman.s party in America. saw the play
in New York lately rsid curiously
enough. did not consider that Miss opp's
costume as .ffer. nor the lines which she
is called upon to speak. were intended
as rejection on .'the cause Yet there
are several lines which must have pro-
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
RESCUED BY ELEPHANT.
Comedian PhiIbrick Had Exciting
Start as n Circus TumbIer.

Start as n Circus TumbIer.
VIII Philbrick. who is one of the star
comedians of Richard Carries company
playing Jumping Jupiter" which will be
the only musical attraction here next
week, has had varied and somewhat
picturesque career. He started in the
humble capacity of peanut vender with
the old Barnum & Bailey circus over
twenty years ago. When not selling the
toothsome goodies his chief duty was to
keep the animal cages free from bones
and stray bits of straw
His father and mother were in the the
atrical profession, and 1t is only natural
that he should take to the show business
in some one of its many forms The
first year that Philbrick was star cage
cleaner in the circus he made great
friends with the animals, particularly
with the elephants, with whose housekeep-
ing. however. he mad nothing to do. One
of these monsters called Skike took a
particular liking to him and his handy
domestic method and seemed to under
stand every word that Philbrick spoke.
One night one CT the acrobats was
taken suddenly I'll. and here was the op-
portunity that Philbrick had been await
ing. He offered his services to do ground
and lofty tumbling, which were eagerly
accepted. One Of the duties OF the aero
bats was to jump over the backs of five
elephants and turn somersault on
mattress. When II came Phiibrick's turn
to make the leap the other acrobats and
clowns stood around giving him the
laugh and daring hfm to make the trial.
Philbrick was game. however, and sur
prised them by going up the run, coming
down with the springy step of assurance.
and twisting gracefully over the bodies
of the pachyderms- This being his first
effort, however, ne was trihe nervous
and Intsjudged the distance. He landed
on the back of an elephant friend Skike.
and rolled ignominiousiy TO the ground.
Skike. though both shocked and surprised
picked him up tenderly with his trunk
and placed him On his feet. Philbrick
was dazed and staggered about a bit. but
the audience thought It was a part OF the
act and cheered him again vociferously.
From that night on. the somewhat bat
tered Phil became one Of the regular
acrobats and the star ieaper. He remain
ed with the circus eve years. during
which time he acted in the several capaci-
ties OF clown. musician. and bareback
rider. He began to take on flesh, and de-
cided that he was getting too heavy to
double somersault, even with Skike's as
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

duced q qualm. For instance. the Faun
says. having witnessed suffragette
parade: 81 saw many females and only
one woman" And again: These women
ting the chief thing-to love" Yet Miss
Opp Is strong for the suffragette move
ment-for England. While she is Of the
opinion that the American woman has
no special cause lor complaint she thinks
the English woman is JUSTIFIED. owing to
obnoxious laws, to 60 10 any length TO
further ''the cause" II she resided In
England. she says that she would not
have tho least hesitancy about playing
the ffe in a bandit by so doing she
would assist N changing certain laws
which are in positive need OF rectification
In short. English women consider that
It Is only by fighting that they win ever
be able 70 accomplish anything. They
have tried the other way. and II came to
nauEAr.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-17
w. E. SMITH, A TEXAS VETERAN
OF COOkVlLLE, SUCCUMBS TO
HEART DISEASE.
OPENING ADDRESSES ARE GIVEN
Greetings to the Old Soldiers Of Dixie
Are Received from President Taft
and Reply Forwarded-Sons of Vet
erans Elect Officers-Vast Crowds.

Little Rock, Ark, May 16.-Greet-
ings from President Taft, to which
message in kind was sent in response,
the annual Grafton, which was deliv-
cred by DR.. r. c. Cave of st. Louis,
and the naming of committees, made
up today's proceedings of the conven-
tion of the United Confederate Vet
erans. The death of a veteran-W. f.
Smith of Cookville, TeXas-cast a
gloom over Camp Shaver. Mr. Smith
arrived yesterday. Ill when he ar
rived, he was confined to his tent un-
til the end came. His death is attPib-
uted to heart failure, superinduced by
excitement such as attends such
events as a reunion. Services will be
held here previous TO sending the body
to Texas.
Early today crowds gathered in the
vicinity of the auditorium where are
held the sessions of the convention.
These gradually increased and when
the convention was called to order by
General James f. Smith, commanding
the Arkansas division, the large hall
was filled. A number Of bands fur
nished music throughout the day. Gen
eral Smiths address opening the con
vention was brief. He referred to the
events of the war of 1S61-65, the days
of reconstruction, the organization Of
the veterans and the twenty-one years
history of that organization.
Atef the invocation by Rev. r. Lin
Cave, chaplain general, the United
Confederate choirs, led by Mrs. j
Griff Edwards of Portsmouth, Va,
sung Southern songs. William X. Kav-
anaugh, who was to have delivered an
address of welcome in behalf Of the
general reunion committee, of which
he was chairman, was detained at his
home by illness said TO have been
brought about by the stress of work
attending the final preparations for
the visitors.
In behalf of the United Sons of Con
federate Veterans, DR.. II. II. Hartzog
delivered an address OF welcome. in
the course of which he reused the as
sembly to frequent cheers by his prom
is to the veterans that their
descendants would keep alive the
memories OF the war.
Governor Donaghey Speaks.
The next address was by Governor
George W. Donaghey of Arkansas.
Other speakers included Prof. Juni-
US Jordan. in behalf OF the Arkansas
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-17
SOME DECISIONS OF
CRIMINAL COURT
CASES OF INTEREST FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE UNDERGO RE.
VIEW.

Two famous Oklahoma City Grimm
al cases were decided by the criminal
court of appeals Tuesday, one being
affirmed and one reversed. The con-
viction of Frank Manning for the kill
ing of 7. r. Weitzel, a linotype op-
orator, in a midnight duel in Mann
ing's butcher shop on August 81, 1908,
was reversed in an opinion by Judge
Armstrong. The case was reversed be
cause the Judge instructed the jury
especially as to the credibility of the
defendant as a witness, Manning him
self was the only witness to many OF
the material facts in the case.
Manning is also under sentence on
another manslaughter case having re.
Gently been convicted in Tulsa coun-
ty, on a change of venuo from Pawnee
county, for killing Joe Kenefick az
Pawnee.
The case of James Wilson, convic ed
in this county of assault with intent
to kill on l.. L. Prickett, was affirmed
in an opinion by Judge Doyle. Wilson
was charged with consplring with
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-17
Laredo Fears Attack.

Laredo. May 16.-Colonel +. S.
Glenn, commanding the United States
troops at Fort Mcintosh here, has
written a letter to Mayor Robert Nc
Comb suggesting that in the event
of an attack by rebels on the town of
Nueva Laredo he use every effort to
keep people from the danger zone and
advise them to remain in their houses
The officer took this step as result
of a desire to do everything he could
t. prevent any repetition of the in
cidents at Juarez and Aqua Prieta,
where persons on the American side
of the river were hit by stray bull
lets.
The situation here is one OF un-
certainty, with 400 armed insurgents
said to be within eight miles of Neuvo
Laredo tonight With the rebels draw
ing nearer to the town, belief that
they intend to make an attempt to
capture it is strengthened. If de
mand is made upon General Francisco
Estrada, commanding the Neuvo La.
redo garrison to surrender and he re-
fuses, no one here doubts that con-
flict is inevitable. The garrison in the
Mexican town is composed of $50
men of the infantry and cavalry.
Colonel Glenn is holding himself in
readiness to take instant action. If
trouble occurs, to enforce neutrality
laws. Squads of his men patrol the
river day and night, and a special pa
troll is maintained at the railway and
foot bridges. At the first sign OF any
disturbance across the river the Off
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-17
CLAIMED RATES EXCESSIVE
National Refining Company of Find
lay Ohio, Claimed That Rate For
Transporting Oil From Its Wells
Was Excessive.

Washington, d. c., May 1.-THE
interstate commerce commission to-
day held that mo legal obligation
rests upon an interstate carrier to
counteract the result OF natural con
ditions by a reduction Of its freight
rates"
The National Refining Company Of
F1ndlay. Ohio, complained to the
commission that the - - cents rate
charged for shipments Of oil from its
wells at Flatrock, Ill. were eXces-
siye.
In holding the rate to be reason
able, the commission says: The eA'
haustion OF the supply Of raw ma
terial near at hand must sooner or
later be experienced by every manu-
featuring enterprise of this nature -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-05-17
NOTICE

ALL PERSONS HOLDING WAR.
RANTS ISSUED BY THE CITY OF
ARDMORE ARE HEREBY RE-
oUEsTED TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE
THEIR WARRANTS TO THE CITY
TREASURER, JAMES w. HANNAH,
AT THE GUARANTY STATE BANK
AND EXCHANGE THEM FOR A
TREASURER'S CHECK WHICH
WILL BE PAID AS SOON AS THE
REFUNDING BONDS ARE DELlV.
Erred. 1T is ABSOLUTELY ES-
SENTIAL THAT THESE WAR
RANTS ALL BE TURNED INTO THE
CITY TREASURER so THAT THEY
MAY BE FILED IN THE DISTRICT
COURT, AS THE LAW PROVIDES
THAT THIS SHALL BE DONE BE-
FORE THE DISTRICT JUDGE SIGNS
THE BONDS. AS SOON AS THESE
WARRANTS ARE DELIVERED THE
MONEY WILL BE PAID TO THE
WARRANT HOLDER.
JAMES A. CoTNER,
ATTEST: MAYOR.
G. n. BRUCE, CITY CLERK.
(First published April 10. 1919
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