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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-08-06
BIG CELEBRATION
 IN GREEKS HOME
What is Getting to Be An Annual Event in Chri>tianos Family
 Comes Off Today.

The festivities, which always mark the christening of Greek child, "ill bet carried out in great pomp and splendor at the home of Chris Christ ianos. the local Greek resident, own CT of the Busy Rec Cafe, today. About fifty local residents and Greeks have been invited to the ChristianoS home at No. 515 East Sixth avenue this morning to enjoy the celebratio !, which will begin about 10 o'clock and last for several hours There will he wine in abundance along with other drinks and delieacies. Among the brands which Chris will serve to lis guests is some imported Creek brandy.
 The infant daughter to be ehrissen- ed is Irene Christianos. six months old. the second child in the Christ, ianos home. The godfather of fae little girl is Mike ChristianoS an at- tache of Pappa's Cafe To do the affair up in style Christ Christianos has brought the Rev, Father K. Kan elias. the Greek Priest of Birning- ham. Ala. wh9 arrived in the city yesterday afternoon to offieiate
 Another girl was christened in the Christianos home last year when Greek priest from St, Louis was hefe  to perform the ceremony. Many Am erican citizens Of the city enjoyed 1ae bosnitality of th eGreek home on that occasion.
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Lakeside Methodist Church.

The pastor will preach a. both hours al the Lakeside Methodist church today. Services will onen promptly al II a. n. and s D. III. A real treat for all lovers q high grade music has been provided for rhe Lakeside congregation today. Miss Cameron Boone Of Kentucky will sing al both hours. The public is cordially invited to attend. \ cordial welcome is extended 10 visitors and stransers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-08-06
The Church of Christ.

Corner Sixth and Beech Sts.. (. c Cline, minister. Christian Fidelity Defined will be the morning sub jeet. Al night he will speak upon The Holy seirir's Power and l3le Holy Spirits Fruit. Special songs from the Portland convention will 6e sung al both services. On Wednss- day night the prayar and praise ser vice will ha led by ]. !. I.aalinack.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-08-06
WANT THIS COUNTY
 ON THE SPECIAL ~tRktNSAS ON WHEELS- WILL MIKE ANOTHER TOUR
 THIS YEAR. 4 BIG ADVERTISEMENT Board of Trade To Discuss Propo>i. tion Monday-Mr. Simpson Here
 to Arouse Interest.

ii. k. simpson, representative of the Arkansas on Wheels advertis- ing train. which will make a tour of several states in October, came to Pine Bluff yesterday to confer with Secretary w E. E, koepler, of the Pine Bluff Board of Trade, in an ef- fort 10 get the local commercial body 10 have Pine Bluff and Jefferson county represented on the advertising special on the fifteen day trip to all the important towns and cities throughout the northern and central states.
 Mr. Simpson says that W. B. Fol- som, of Brinkley, who originated the Arkansas on Wheels" idea and who made the trip such a big success from an advertising standpoint last year that a second annual trip was made possible this year, is very anx- ious that this county, the best cotton growing county in the world, be rep resented on the special this season. Mr. koepler will discuss the proposi- ton and lay 1t before the directors of the Board of Trade Monday, when they hold their regular monthly meet ing.
 The Arkansas on Wheels" special will tour Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio. Pennsylvania. Indiana and Illinois this year and will cover at least D. 500 miles. The train will consist of four large exhibit cars, showing the agricultural and horticultural pro- ducts and resources of Arkansas ill spaces allotted in the cars to the varl- ous counties and cities of this state. II will also carry four Pullman cars and diner and many representatives of commercial and industrial bodies and a band of music will accompany them. A number of representative citizens of this state will also be III the party this year Several well known Arkansas orators will speak on the advantages and resources Of this state at each stop.
 More than 35,n0o people visited tae first Arkansas on Wheels special last year when il passed through and made many stops in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri GOV ering 2,1S0 miles in ten days. This magnificent train, with siXty-nine Ar kansas boosters, is acknowledged the greatest advertisement Arkansas ever had. The train this year will be ol T. ed and advertised in advance of its going, the same as a big snow. II will probably leave Little Rock on October 9, =a@d i,.e offieizl csedule and rovta sseet will he nublis within @irty days prior 10 its d5paE- ure.
 Forty square feet is sold n tie eS= hibit cars. with railroad transqaita- ton and Pullman CT aecommoda Il for one re gresenta5ive from any zoaa- ty for s15o.
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Ohio Street Baptist Church.

Sunday school at 9:45. Preaching by the pastor at Il a. n. and at D. m. B. '. P, [. at D III. P5ayer Wednesday evening q o'clock. All are cordially inT:5el io attend these services. Strangers in the city especially welcome D wor- ship with Us.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-08-06
occasion.

Ask your physician 10 phone us your preseriptin This is the quickest way to place in the hands of the phar- macist, and our prompt delivery ls the quickest way 10 get it back 10 ou.-Mann- -Tankersley Drug Compa- ny. Phone So. II
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-08-06
GALVESTON TEAM
 THROWS UP SPONGE

Galveston. Texas, Aug. 5.-The lo- cal Texas League franchise was gir- en up today. Posr attendance was the cause. The club has not paid fur weeks Jiges Donohue. the mansee formerly played with the White sox of Chicago.
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First Church Of Christ Scientist.

IT <t ' VHuI0 II VI ' HTI>t SCItHIINt.
 1QS Pine Street. Services, Sunday evening at S o'clock; Subject, Spirit. Sunday School at h a. Ill. Wednesdav evening Testimonial meeting at S D. n. Reading room open daily except sun- day from to : ?. n. Visitors are welcome.
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Trinity Episcopal (hurch.

Corner West Third aT4aus aai Oak street, Re-. Charles [. W-Ra4ss. rse- TOT. Eighth Sunday at-ar Trinity sunday school l9 :. Il Morning szr- vices Il 2. n. No sraaing service la-- ing 1he month q A4gus-. I1. Nsi- ter WhittF. of Christ church.. Lis=1e Rock. will have charge of the sa-- vices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-08-06

"A residence 5or sale Ieo!-.a wi's:q walking 3stauee :; ,4sf,.sss se - and two blocks t~,,,
 sf Six rooms, hall ar1 n.ae - oonv,niences.-Corton Be1t ssv~e: X Trust Co. ;9 :.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-08-06

Batteries, karger, Pape and Carri- gan: Wiltse and Stanage.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

prices amount to about $1,000. the
house brought in more than $4,000 on
Puccini night, which indicates at least
a threefold interest in the first per-
formance. Ten dollar seats got the habit
very early Of selling for $25 and more.
not that the management was respon-
sible for this. The demand became so
great that large number Of subscrib-
ers found it advantageous to pass on
their privilege at a profit Of S15 a seat
to sidewalk ticket spectators. These
got what they could. which was all the
way from $50 down to 50, when tho
market broke.
The first night Of "Parsifa" In this
country brought the record crowd to the
big opera house. Nearly five thousand
persons jammed their way in. and SlOO
was not an uncommon offer for a single
seat near the stage. But it does not re-
quire an initial production" to create
the first night furor at the Metropoli-
tan. The opening performance or the
season is almost as great favorlte.
"I.ohengrin' on the first night OF grand
opera in the fall is worth nine Lshen-
grins" later on. C1NlSOS'
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

1NtIE india rubber man is no longer
r,vorit. side show feature. but he
Il is SIN the one indispensable func-
tionary on the stan Of the president oi
these United states Of ours.
Last summer Mr.. Taft captured a fine
specimen of this rare species. whom he
thought he had for keeps. but some pri-
yotc interests have just tempted him away
with the long green bait. And so the
hurry call went ont. the other week:
.Wanted-A new india rubber man for
Mr.. Taft"
you haven't an idea CT what II means
10 act as buffer between the chief servant
Of the people and his hundred million mas
t,rs No stuff other than india rubber
can stand the strain. and Charles Dewey
uilles was recommended To the President
rs a man with vulcani2ed rubber bones
good sprincy rubber flesh and a disposition
even SPRINGER.
You probably don't know Hil!es. TINS
man who will get all the blame for the
disappointment of politicians VINO KNOCK
in vain at the Presidential door. \ score
and more times daily will he be the target
for the sharp shafts of disgruntled poll
tIcians.
.Its all Hilles's fault. Courses! Curses
again. And likewise more curseso
Such will bc the daily anvil chorus upon
the lid of that little white box in when
the Chief Magistrate hides from the un-
successful otiiceseeker.
But Uncle Sans new supply board VIII
receive no reuuistion for an ice bag to
adorn Hilles's left ear. II will not glow'
for this new rubber man In the daily
White House show IL not sensitive
oven when 1t comes to criticism commu-
ncated by psychic waves.
II IS an interesting coincidence that this
new secretary to the President had his
early career shaped in the very same
groove az that which put the first edge on
George Bruce Ccrtelyou. the greatest or
all Presidential secretaries Each OF these
men served his time as n school teacher,
and perhaps you can hit on no better ini-
tial training for the post Of White House
buffer. for what apprenticeship to the
trade of handling cranks and irate Office
seekers Is superior indeed. to the task OF
handling unruly schoolboys? And what
better opportunity Is there for studying
the yagaries of human nature?
The new secretary passed his forty-third
milestone last June. which makes him six
wears older than was Cortelyou when he
became President McKinley's chief Of Of
flee STAFF, in 1900. And by seven. eight
and four years. respectively Is Hilles
older than were Loeb. Carpenter and Nor.
ton when they assumed the same post.
Hilles is a Buckeye by birth and is not
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
"LOTTIE T1LCUM Has IEMFOhMEN1.

ble tributes that such warm hearted
and genial presence pays to the fellow
workers Of it's own craft. In other parts
of the house there were in considerable
numbers persons whose opinion. to judge
by their physiognomy alone. could not
be anything but worthless. whether IA
yorabe or unfavorable. The sole reason
that they were there was the absolute or
imagined necessity Of having an audi
ence and Of filling the seats. There may
have been in the whole auditory half
dozen men and women whose judgment
could have any weight or whose proph-
ecy could be Of any guidance.
The privilege of attending first night
would indeed be great ir the managers
carefully selected their audience with
view of making it representative of the
whole Of New York life. Of all those elc-
ments, varied, complex and contradictory
as they are which fuse together in that
which may be called the patronage OF
the theatre. Such an attempt Is not
made. however, save in the most excep-
tional cases II seems TO have become
customary to pack the theatre with the
friends of the actors and of the enter
rrise. When this is done the uninitiat-
ed spectator, if he were to judge by the
enthusiasm. the flowers, the speeches.
the outbursts of applause at the mo-
ments at which applause is expected, or
at least evidently hoped for. by the per-
formers, would say that success was
decided and inevitable. But at heart the
enthusiasm, while kindly and not unnat-
ural, Is false. The flowers soon fade.
The play has been heard by nothing but
an amable. irresponsible and voluntary
claque.
At the opera it is quite different. There
the admirable system Of the French has
been adopted. A new opera Is invariably
preceded, sometimes at an interval OF
days, by that which in Paris Is called
repetition generate" being a full dress
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

ing beauty OF his diamonds. They pro-
ceed to fortify themselves with whisKey
and soda. and afterward to provoke the
fluent working OF their delicate imagina-
tions with cigarettes.
Then they take out their jewelled ham,
mers and the sweet anvil chorus begins
swelling or abating In the Intervals
between other and subsequent acts az
the interest Of the members OF the
death watch" itself falls or rises. Ihe
peculiar and the dangerous thing about
tho death watchers" is that they go 10
ALI kinds of first nights with cheerful
and consistent indiscriminatencss. They
turn up at "The Taxicab Girl" and also
at Ibsen's "Rosmersholm." Their lead
ing principle Is easily enunciated. IL Is
simply. BE there" and Beware OF u.s.
In taste, in education, In literary feel
ing. in love and admiration for the stage
for the good there Is on the stage the
sentinels of the death watch are far from
being above the level Of the average
auditor. but self-constituted and I'M
ner,ous as they are they have demanded
4
tho prerogatives Of regular criticism and
have actually contrived to exercise some
sort OF an infiuence-so much so that
their lofty system of ethics and aesthetics
| has come TO be regarded in certain quar-
ters as a standard Of theatrical selection
A few years ago two Of the most highly
respected managers in New York at
tempted to exclude the death watch from
their houses. 1t was ticklish thing TO
| do because the death watch Is rich. al
wavs pays for its seats. and is good
and generous patron Of the theatre at all
/ times and seasons. Nevertheless, the
order went out that the privilege OF pur-
chasing aisle seats "'way down In
front, for first nights was to be with
held gently but firmly from the death
watch. Unfortunately for the success Of
This audacious enterprise. the death
watch heard that plan was afoot. 1t
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

STEMS last card. save that he has had
so many since. But that night. at least,
there was n general impression abroad
not only that he relied on her to save
his season, but that his season ought to
be saved The house was packed. and
from the beginning was slightly over
eager and hysterical. The first passages
Nine. Tetrazzni sang were anything but
reassuring. In the great gamble she was
losing point after point. but when she
did play her hand in its full strength
the house went into a frenzy. She had
INDUCED the popular love for a sensa-
ton: she had succeeded. Mr.. Hammer
STEMS last card had won.
Strange that the gambling instinct in
men should have found a place in the
theatre. but so il has. And to the end Of
time the great game will be played. the
cards being the talent. the genius. the
heart. the soul and the moods of men and
vcmcn and Of that metaphysical cOmbi-
nation of men and women called the pub
lie.
DO the critics feel the strain alluded
TO? Indeed they do. one Of them. as
human and kindly as he is versed and
respected in his vocation once told me
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

that he never attended first night with
out a sckening and almost disabling
feeling Of stage fright. Against this he
usually fortified himself by the sensible
expedient of an afternoon in bed.
Although the keenly personal note OF
the old days may be wanting now. and
even though there are no real first nights
In New York theatres any more. since
al plays have a night or a week OF try
out on the road, yet the myth of fash
ion" and the genuine. though indescrib-
able thrill Of interest gather about the
night when a play opens. For one rea-
son or another, and through changing
phases. the especial enthusiasm for first
nights appears to he on the increase. Be-
tween the time Of Genin, the halter who
paid 500 to hear Jenny Lind. and that
Of the genial man OF the hour who pays
$50 To hear Caruso first night produc-
tions seem to have gone up third In
the market of general values.
Some 1000 or 4.J00 persons rushed TO
the Metropolitan Opera House on the
night not long ago when Puccinis Girl
of the Golden West" was presented. And
whereas the receipts of the house on
crowded night at regular subscription
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

HIS critical estimates of particular per-
formers are couched in the same agree
able esoteric dialect. He will say "Lottie
Taicum runs away with the third act"
or THE author did not mean It, but it's
Kitty Beresford's play; or "She has
tempurment, but it does not get over
the footlights." He would also tell YOU
something about that which he calls
personality and tempur-
ment. Woe to the actress who does not
possess these mysterious things. They
are vague, but nowadays they are ter
Tidy necessary, standing in default of
much training and in the place of much
talent.
Some amateur first nighters will be
philosophical enough to discuss the diff
hcult points as to whether the "tempur-
ment and persnality' of this or that
actress are suited to such an such a
part. 1t is automatic, for example. that
the tempurment and personality" of
Miss Marie Dressler are unsuited to the
role of Ophelia and those of Miss Mary
Shaw are most suited to intellectual
laTlS, Whatever the word ''lntelleCtudI'
in this connection can possibly mean.
But it would he regarded as tedious.
metaphysical and unclubby to so into
matters more deeply than this. and it
is because this particular type of first
nighter is neither tedious nor meta
physical. but is. on the contrary. so con-
densed. so idiomatic and SO sure of HIM
self that he possesses such unbounded
infUence-in his particular circle.
l have referred TO the death watch"
The death watch" consists of the type
of first nighter above described, but
grown either old or become embittered.
1t is the popularity Of the death watch"
that it dearly loves failure. and 1t has
been actually known to provoke one.
After a first act the grim viglants
march out into the lobby headed by its
celebrated leader. famous in certain
quarters Of two continents for the startl-
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

years later-not as stenogra pher and ty,ist
now. but as financial officer. And after
serving in this new capacity for ten years
he became superintendent Of the school.
That was in 1900. when he Was thirty-three.
But the man Of parts is always In de-
mand. So a couple Of years later, when a
progressive superintendent was wanted for
the New York Juvenile Asylum. on Man
haitian Island, young Hilles was chosen Tor
the place.
Such was his advent to the metropolis.
while Theodore Roosevelt was putting In
his first year at the White House.
An army OF street waits numbering 100
was under the young mans direct charge.
and. besides, he had the guardianship OF
Coo more children in a Western agency
which the institution maintained out In
Chicago
Advanced ideas at once crept into tho
asylum's management II was moved to
Dobbs Ferry and was tho first American
institution 10 be subdivided into model
village. Separate houses. each maintained
as a homo for small group Of children.
were built More than million dollars
was expended on the enterprise. and the
most advanced methods known 10 pencil
ogists were adopted. Hilles became a re-
former Of reform methods ard the officer
of several charitable and corrective so.
cieties.
Certainly, he could never have, dreamed
In these days Of an entrec into a political
berth which might lead him directly to the
Cabinet.
Some of the old tried politicians shifted
when they heard that President Taft had
selected an asylum keeper" for one Of his
| political lieutenants. But the President
knew OF Hilles through the latter's Ohio
| connections. and had heard that he was
a phenomenon when it came to executive
ability So the berth was offered, and
Hilles became Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury. That was couple Of years ago
coming next East Week. As Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury he has drawn
$500 a year. but as secretary to the Presi-
dent will get $1,000 more year. or $500.
This is $1,000 more year than was al
lowed his predecessor Congress was asked
to raise the salary Of the office from q 900
to $4,000. but split the difference last month
by fixing it at $500. the same as given .
| Senator and Representative.
Just as he has done for the last year,
the President will still call Charley" when
he wants his secretary And like his
predecessor, Hilles Is a Charles D."
Those who have sounded him say that he
contains as much good Cabinet timber a.
he does india rubber. Study his face and
see II you don't nnd 'leadership" written
on II.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

corner de!ties who find supreme pleasure
IN the ephemeral authority given to them
BY their power to answer the far-fung
question. How was it?" that being the
approved way of demanding expert In
formation respecting the initial per-
Iormance Of a play. The answer Is usu-
ally couched in one of several formula,
knowledge of which causes the habtue
sol the theatre, the amateur critic ana
nrst nighter 10 be regarded with great
awe among those who are quite ready 70
acknowledge their vast inferiority to
man who has actually assisted. as the
french say, at the first presentation OF
The Taxicab Girl" or "The Undcrcur-
rent" or The Deluge," or "The apids,
or The Gulf Stream" or Lord Bedi-
vers Dilemma" or even Nellie Gray
the Beautiful Sewing Girl"
Such man does not give an extended
and didactic answer 10 the undying
question, How was it?" but he gives
tne right answer in the right and locally
impressive dialect. This in Itself Is
-~o@ SucN a mdH-ict uS a. iNA"e w
phemistic-eschews the vocabulary or
- Horace or a Boileau. He avoids the
style Of NJ. Francisque Sarcey as being
100 literary even II vivacious. Such
man Is epigrammatic. monosyllabic' but
decisive and effective. He VIII say IN
answer to the "How was it?" Punk or
Rotten" II not amused. he VIII say
oh. so-and-so," which is blase, almost
bohemian. His lexicon of eulogy Is
equally elegant and equally expressive
IL ne has been really pleased he VIII re-
ply "A hit" or "They have put one
over" or "A CO." or Immense" or "Will
run into the hot weather"
.. He has heard these phrases issuing
gupm the mouths OF theatrical folk. and
: csang them glibly and lightly. he fnds
nat they make a reputation for him
IN mis- particular circle; but reputation
y reputation. however small the circle.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19

took immediate steps to secure united
action. 1t resolved to fight for the prn-
ciple of its existence and for the continu-
ance Of that existence, and to make a
test case of the very next first night;
nor did it hesitate to raise clamor and
complaint concerning its grievances. so
that the theatrical papers were for some
days alive with its pathetic protests.
Unable to bend the managerial gods.
proceeded to stir up Achoron. They ap-
pealed to the Spectators. They gave
large sums to get aisle seats "'way down
front" Surely enough. at the very next
premiere. to the amused dismay of the
managers to the despair of the nervous
actors, to the horror of the authors the
soldiers Of the death watch were found
installed in different but still equally
prominent seats. a quiet smile of tri-
umph lighting UP what the poet SWIM
burne would have called their impersh-
able faces"
The multiplicity and collision of first
nights in this city has brought it about
tnat a nrSt nlgnt is no longer tndt WHICH
1t used to be regarded-a responsive
touchstone of popular opinion. l at
tended a few weeks ago the premiere OF
sweetly lavendered and not unpoetical
play which has justly succeeded in
establishing itself as one of the successes
of the current season. Yet when the
curtain fell upon that graceful imagin-
ing the management must have been al
most as much in the dark as regards the
material prospects Of It's piece as 1t
was n week or an hour before the cur
tain rose Two thirds OF the recognized
critics were away. The boxes were occu-
pied by the stars" in the employment OF
the management-for it was a week OF
rest-and the stalls were full Of actors
and actresses.
Now. the verdict Of a theatrical audi
ence is invariably Not guilty" so no
confidence is to be placed In the charita-