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sion Of his thoughts and ideas, he wrote
''L'Intruse," Lees Aveugles," Les Sept
Princesses." and "Pelleas ct Melisandes, -
The latter was produced in 1892, by
Lugne-Poe and Camille Mauclair, and met
with instant success. La Mort de Tin
tagiles" and "Alladine ct Palomfdes''
were also received with favor when they
came from his pen, but did not receive
the unqualified approval of literary Paris.
In 1895, "Aglavaine ct Seylsette" was pre-
sented. and still later "Monna Wanna
and 'Joyazelle" Numerous ESSAYS.
written between dramas, dealt with the
mystic.
The Belgian Shakespeare.
OF the poets writing there has been
endless discussion. Critics have referred
to the author as the Belgian Emerson
and the Belgian Shakespeare, and he has
been described as an artist-phiIosopher,
similar to Ibsen and Shaw. But like
Ibsen he does not trust to action alone to
reveal the symbolic lesson OF his dramas
or carry his message. After the manner
OF Shaw he expounds his aims in essays.
Into his later dramas, Maeterlinck has
woven the ideas Of destiny, the unknown
determining force of life, and he has
accomplished this with a spiritual SEN
sitiveness more delicate than that dis
played by any other modern writer. He
gives no detailed plan or scheme Of pre-
destination, save In the simple symbol Of
THE Blue Bird"
According to the poets own ideas.
shown In many OF his works, destiny is
closely related to the will and personal
power OF an individual. He holds that
our destinies are guided and controlled
by wisdom, and that wisdom is in reality
love. Justice, and truth. Moreover, des-
Nwzn Il -s.sa.e L - 49,
indiyiduallsn. science, and invention. For
these ideas Maeterllnck has been called a
fatalist and a mystic. No one denies
that he is progressive.
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The PIa1a-MotIon Pictures.
The Cosmos-VaudevIIIe.

this week comprises six selected vaude-
vile specialties, with several good nov-
city numbers of unusual interest. Head
ing the list is a clever and dainty aero
batic turn featuring Misses Caprice Lewis
and Ida Bell. A classy singing and mu-
sical act is offered by Harry Thornton
and Emma Wagner, billed as the
'Paderewsk and MeIba" of vaudeville
From their reception in other Eastern
cities, they are artists of rare ability,
high class entertainers. presenting a turn
replete with brilliant comedy and excep-
tional vocal and plano Solos. George W.
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addition to Mr.. Rice. are Mr.. Van Avery,
a comedian who is fresh from Broadway
triumphs; Harry Keeler. Miss Carrie
Seitz. a dashing leading lady, and Miss
Lulu Beesen, a chic and dainty soubrette.
The PIaHa-MotIon Pictures.
Sunday at the Plaza Theater always
means an interesting bill that is espe-
cially pleasing, and to-day II will in
clude Mutt and Jeff as Reporters"
This is a laugh maker almost without
an equal.
The second feature picture will be a
wonderful production called Man." in
which the power OF force in love, as in
all things. predominates. On Monday
beautiful drama, The Roses Story"
and another equally dramatic, The
Never Knew" with others, will feature
our first-time-shown pictures. Songs by
Leonard Chick will make a bill of strong
merit
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artistic stock companies in this coun.
| try playing at popular prices.
Messrs. Holden and Edwards. the ex.
perienced proprietors OF the Holden Play
ers, have been most generous in their
outlay OF money for staging this drama
of life in the South half n century ago.
So determined were they to give the
ance that they have rented from a we'll
known Washingtonian at considerable
expense set of furniture which saw
honored service In Virginia during Revo-
lutionary days
The four acts of this drama are laid
near Frankfort, Kentucky. during the
year 1860, and great care has been ex-
ercised by Stage Manager Eugene Phelps
to have the costumes and every detail
accurately illustrate the period in South
ern history covered by the play.
The Lyceum-"DnnydiI Girls"
How to be happy in a Furnished
Room" will be shown by Sam Rice and
his "DaIydill Girls" at the Lyceum The
ater all of this week. commencing with
matinee tomorrow. Furnished
Room is a two-act farce written by
Sam Rice. Prof. Sluss. the character
portrayed by Sam, is a unique character
on the burlesque stage For years the
professor has had great difficulty in
making both ends meet: therefore he de-
cides to get married. while laboring un-
der the delusion that the object OF his
affections is rolling in wealth. Judge Of
his surprise when he discovers that she
Is without the filthy lucre. and instead
OF taking up their residence in a pala-
tial mansion they are compelled to live
in a furnished room.
Among the prominent performers, in
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. WATER aHo FIRE, ~
SDsE BLUEeiRO"s At
THE BELAseo

city. Fred Warren and Matt Keefe as
The Comedian and the YOdler,'' will be
welcomed in their new and tuneful trav-
esty. Carl Mccullough should make the
welkin ring with the laughter occasioned
by his dialect ditties and diversions
Queenie and May Donegan are engaged
for their beautiful and dashing skatorial
dancing Among the important weekly
events pictured by the daylight motion
pictures are the North Station fire in
Vienna, &C.
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Gnyety-"BeIIes of the Boulevard

The very latest attraction in bur
lesque, The Bellies of the Boulevard" ."
a ringing, singing musical comedy in two
acts. by Ed P. Moran. the author OF
the famous College" company, is booked
as the attraction at the Gayety Theater
this week 1t is said to be new, novel,
and charming. with its rich costumes
and fascinating chorus. The plot and
situations afford the large company
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Paul Rer. who was imported from Ber-
lin to play the part Of Danateili, the
italian opera tenor in "a Million" has
played the part over 15o times in German.
Henry w. Savage saw Ker's performance
this summer and offered him an Amer
ican contract IL he would learn English.
Ker at once accepted and has mastered
the Anglo-Saxon speech sufficiently to
play Danatelli with an Italian dialect.
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Cecil Yapp, in ..The Blue Bird"

Cecil Yapp. who was with the New
Theater Company from the time Of its
inception until its disbanding, has been
engaged to play his original part of the
Cat in The Blue Bird by Liebler &
Company. in Maeterlinck's play this sea-
son. Mr.. Yapp was one Of the most
popular players OF the New Theater or
ganization, and the Cat was, perhaps.
his most successful characterization.
Though his early appearances were all
in London. with Sir Herbert Tree. Lewis
Waller. and other leading stars, Mr..
Yapp Is an American, born In Ct. Paul,
MINI.
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Parvis. jr., the well known newspaper
cartoonist, makes his vaudeville debut to
metropolitan audience. A dainty and
refreshing little comedy playlet is offered
by Fred and Bessie Lucier in Kellar
Mack's newest sketch, Love Powders"
with the directions to take with laughter
and shake we'll after using"
Pat" DevoIlo, formerly of Levollo and
May. and rated as one of the most dar-
ing high slack-wire performers in the
business. is another good number, and
with the Buckeye Harmony Trio COM
plete the vaudeville programme. Pathe's
famous week Of current events and The
Battle of Trafalgar" the great sea-fght
film, will be among the noted motion pic
lures for the week.
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MnjestIc-"Tempest and sunshine."

MaJeSt1c-''Iem empeSt and Sunsh1ne.'
The Holden Players will present the
comedydrama Tempest and Sunshine"
at the Majestic Theater the coming week
This play. which is based upon the more
important incidents in the story of the
same name. written before the civil war,
by Mary ]. Holmes. continues the es-
tablished policy OF the Holden Players
of Offering to local theatergoers only
those dramatizations of high moral char
acter.
In the repertoire of this organization
the salacious plays and those Of frivo-
lous nature find no place. That this
policy meets the appreciation Of the pub
lie is shown by the success which the
Holden Players have attained in the
eighteen years of their existence. An
other important factor, which has aided
the success of the Holden Players. is
that the individuality OF the actors Is
lost in the ensemble work Of the COM
pany. 1t is this welding of the various
members of the organization into one
strong unit which has made the Holden
Players one of the strongest and most
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The INSTRUMENTATION Pictures.

Another great Itala film, excelling in
beauty and interest the now famous
Fall OF Troy picture, produced by the
same company, will be shown at the Vir-
gnia the coming week, beginning
Wednesday. This great tale Of love and
war is also laid in ancient Greek days.
Three thousand people take part. 1t is
laid in the court and kingdom OF Dio-
medes, one of the Trojan war heroes.
1t pictures Grecian court life in pre-
historic days-ceremonies in court and
hall-amid the futed columns Of the high,
uplifted palace. To-day is the last Of
Lieut. Rose, or the Gun Runners"
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ample opportunity TO display its tall
ents. The music and chorus are a fea-
ture. A clean, meritorious entertainment
calculated to amuse everybody: singing,
dancing. comedy. and every variety of
fun essential to this class OF attraction
have been observed in the production of
this show, with clever entertainers, chief
among whom are Florence Bennett, the
Columbia Girl, formerly leading woman
with the "Irwins MajestiCs" company;
sam DOdy. the inimitable Italian and
French impersonator: Sam Lewis, Hans
Campbell. famous as an Irish character:
Linton and Lanier De Wolfe. a clever
speciality team. Lillian Hoover, the
queen OF terpsichorean artists: Belle
Wilton. a prepossessing beauty with n
voice OF exceptional range and sweet
ness; Dale and Harris, extraordinary
dancers. and the wonderful chorus.
beautiful in face, line. figure. and the
grace with which they wear their cos
TUNES. Altogether. an unusual enter
tainment is promised during this COM
pany's engagement at the Gayety.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-23
The Editors Lament.


A newspaper is a thing that every
person in town knows how to run ex.
cept the editor. 1t is what should be
an oven for roasts on everyone ex-
cept yourself, members of your fam.
lily and few of your particular
friends for whom it should be a sweet
scented bouquet of praise.
1t Is what you want to see the edi-
tor keep your name out of as soon as
you have settled with the police JUS
tice on the morning after and to get
your name into 1t as soon as the
cards are issued two weeks before. 1t
Is Just too horrid and inquisitive
Tor anything and please. keep my
name out when the reporter wishes
to know about the bridge whist club
and which Is the mean old sheet that
never gets anything right when your
name is omitted from among those
present" 1t is what no one ever for
gets to condemn for it's mistakes and
never remembers to praise for the
gocd it accomplishes
1t is subsidized when it fails TO tell
about the millionaire's wife running
away with the coachman and a libel
Gus yellow rag when it reports your
police court trial for killing your
neighbors deg.
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cgNseoslrv DISCOURAGED.

The hotel managers OF chicago, re
plying to the protest OF the ccmmcr-
cial travellers against tipping, say
that the patrons of hotels originated
aud built up the system and that 1t
is now "up TO mem 70 discontinue II
il they do not like e.
II is quite true that the genesis OF
the system was the generosity OF the
patrons The origin OF the word tip
is said TO be the use OF the letters
1T / P."--meanng 10 insure prompt
service s--in London restaurants,
where walters kept tip boxes and col
lected from diners. Tipping may
therefore be said 60 have been a tax
system at the beginning, the patron
being Fipromised good service for a
tip and assured Of bad service II he
should fail 10 contribute Ii Is new
ertheless true that the wellseryeu
and well-dined individual likes inso
far as he can affcrd ii, to reward
the waiter But there is all the dill
ference in the world between giving
a sSud waiter a gratuity and submit
ting to an arbitrary tipping exaction
that is often a contribution TO a syn
dicate that leases privileges from
hotels and collects cash tor various
purely periunctory services The dit
ference is chargea'ble TO the enter
prise OF hotels, and Is a discourage
ment to generosity although admir-
able as a system Of compelling the
generous and the ungenerous alike
to hand over the amount stipulated
as minimum for the various per-
functory services that have been cap
italized
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BUSINESS in POLITICS

Addressing the Trans-Mississippi
congress at Kansas City last week,
Governor Harmon OF Ohio pleaded
for more business in politics. He
declared il TO be IA serious reflection
on the institutions OF which we are
50 proud that so many and costly
enterprises undertaken by public
agencies should be carried on IN such
loose, shipshod and inefficient fash
ion
The governor did not go inro deIafl.
1t wasn't necessary Everybody
knows that the performance OF public
or official duties in a great many in
stances is paid for extravagantly.
il is hardly to be expected that
the same strict rules can be applied
in public business that have to OBJ
tain and be enforced in any private
business that attains success But an
approach to that standard must be
made
Some improvements along that line.
particularly in state administrations
have heeu made within the past i've
years VIGOROUSLY lucrative sine.
cures, maintained for the purpose of
feWdruing some faithful party work
er and operating, of course, as pre-,
MUM for regularity" have been dis.
pensed with. More remains to be
done along that line And more will
be done.
The plea for more business In pol
itil which is new way of urging
economy and care in public life will
be popular plank in the platform
of any party. Its advocacy by any
man will recommend that man to the
respectful attention of the people.
Governor Harmon may or may not
be the nominee for the presidency
chosen at the next Democratic ma
uonal convention. But the gentle.
man upon whom the mantle of choice
may fall can second the sentiments
voiced by the Ohioan at Kansas CITY
as matter Of politics as well as a
matter of conscience
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-23

THE WORTH OF a MAN

We published recently the table in
which an American professor of sociol
osN undertook to express in terms oil
money the value to the community at
various stages of life of the man OF
average health and sound mind. The
results We're obtained by computing
the productive capacity Of different
classes of workers according to age
and experience ana capitalizing the
annual outcome. BY this process the
valuations ranged on a sliding scale
from eight TO thirtY-five hundred dol
lars, the lowest being assigned to the
individual under eighteen and over
ifty-fire the highest to persons be-
tween twenty-five and forty
The German scientists have ap-
preached the subject from d different
standpoint one ignoring the earning
or creative power of a man and fixing
his worth in dollars and cents by the
market price of the ingredients which
enter into his composition The an
alysis Of those constituents does not
tally with the legend that construct
ed boys Of worms and snails and
puppy-dogs' tails The Heidelberg ex-
pert states the intrinsic value OF
human Delng weighing one hundred
and fifty pounds to be just seven dol.
lars and half in current funds Of
the United States This appraisal is
basel on the quantity of phosphorus,
lime. iron, sulphur albumen and
saccharine matter contained in the
human body: and the learned Herr
Doctor goes on to specify that 'the
lat is worth about two dollars and
lalf: OF the iron there is hardly
enough TO make even small nail an
nch long There is sufficient lime 10
a pretty goodsized chick
N house. The phos phorus would be
TO put heads on 2,200 match
IS, and enough magnesium to make a
retty 6rework. The average human /
,ody contains enough albumen for
ne hundred eggs. There is posi- !
IDLY a small teaspoonful of sugar AMI |
pinch OF salt"
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s1nn Reward 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able TO cure in all its stages.
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly. acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing its
work The projectors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list of testimonials.
Address f. j. CHENEY C CO. To
ledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipation.
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! Occasionally soft answer starts
rough house.
Occasionally man villas bj 'osiDg
in the political game
Better bird in the rush than two
bats in your bellfry.
A man isn't necessarily harmless
because he doesn't mean any harm.
Most men who think they are
funny are unable to deliver the
goods.
Occasionally spinster advances
step by step until she becomes
stepmother.
Some women are SO eccentric that
they actually say things when they
talk.
No, Cordelia, not all medical stu
dents are snobs because they cut
people dead
A woman may know just what to
say, she can be depended upon to
add a lot more to IL.
And many a young man doesn't
realize that he Is In love until the
girl in the case puts him wise
If a young man kisses girl on the
cheek one, the next time he tries il |
her lips will get in the way and stop
him
No matter how much woman
oves her husband, 1t always pleases
her TO hear that some other mani
has said nice things about her.
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PRESS COMMENT
o q o o q o o @ GO o co o o
Go and Sin No More.
tBartlesville Enterprise. }

Commenting upon the proposal TO
ship a trainload of one or two hun
dred immoral women out of Wichita
to practice their evil ways in some
other community, the Emporia Ga.
zctte propounds this very true and
very puzzling question:
Where, in the name of all church
Is ssRdt school andssprisQps and eply,
leges where shah she 90 to sin no
moree she needs d. strong srni To-
lean on for few years-not a Jail
ers. She needs to be taught how to
work. how TO love, .workr7lbut by an
institution that makes work loathed
and unlovely. She needs love--even
she--and not punishment. And where
gentlemen OF the jury. your honor,
the judge his eXcellency. the govern
or and fellow .citizens-where shall
she go with her shame and her brols'
en- visions-where shall she go for
that social and economic salvation
which a Christian civilization should
guarantee to every aspiring soul?
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Patience is sorrows saIve.-churc

Patience is sorrows salve.-Church
i'll.
Takers are no good doers Shake
|speare.
True wit is nature to advantage
|drest--Pope.
Time is the chrysalis of eternity
Richter.
Poetry is the eloquence Of truth -
Campbell.
The tears of penitents are the wine
|of angels-St. Bernard.
|, A good imitation is the most per
feet originality.
Not one false man but does unac-
countable mischief.-Carlyle.
The passions are the only orators
that always persuade--La Rochefou-
cauld
He is noble only who in word,
thought and deed proves himself "a
man.-Anonymous.
The mind ought sometimes to be
diverted, that it may return the bet
ter to inking.-Pnoedrus
! am promised Infinite power TO
work, and whenever | have trusted
it fairly and squarely / have found
that the promise was true.-Hale.
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A TEXAS WONDER.

The Texas Wonder cure kidney
and bladder troubles. removes gravel.
cures diabetes. weak and lame
backs, rheumatism, and IRREGULAR.
ties OF the Kidney and bladder n
both men and women reyTlates
bladder trouble in children Ii not
sold by your druggist, it will be snt
mail on receipt of 81. One 50 al
bottle is two months treatment, sld
seldom fails to perfect a IRE. Or.
e. w. Hall. 1926 Olive = set, St.
Louis, Mo- Send for teI lonials
from different state. Sold ~ drug
gistA
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-23

Hoosevelt has received the square
ueai and wants ii applied 20 the
trusts. Il was thought that the trusts
GOT AL the square zeal that was com.
ang 10 hem in the supreme courts s
Reading the rule Of reason into the
Sherman antitrust law
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-23

Esvlng already obtained possession
VI iripoli. Italy is now fighting. ii is
SAID for indemnifieation for the losses
ann expenses incurred in the cam
pslgn II this be true. she would do
well TO consider the case Of Russia.
VINO has not yet been paid in fu,l for
ner costs in crushing Turkey In 1878
The Ottoman is proverbialIy poor paw
Iot only IN the matter OF indemnities
opt in other respects as well
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The THANKSGIVING Lineup

The Thanksgiving Lineup
And now upon life's football field
the turkey forms his team.
They say that they wifi never Yield
and quite in earnest seem.
Behold the pumpkin stanch and stout.
the mincemeat trim and fine,
But We will put them all TO rout
when we swing into line.
Well chase the pumpkin Of the lot
and serve him up in state
We VIII not even leave a spot to
mark the miHcemeats fate.
Ana when we've left the squash a
wreck and done the gravy brown,
Well grab the turkey by the neck
and make him hotter Down"
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Hetty Green is reported as saving
Inat she could do skirt dance in
me moonlight il she chose No doubt
ano oy properly advertising the ner.
fornaances and charging admission
she would most probably fnd !, as
profitable as banking-for a wbile ~
3paxf "htts az
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-23

Ominous political prediction bv the
ONO State journal. The trusts
nave left Taft ami gone over 10
R0osevelt and taken a big crowd with
them. How big win be found out
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a news dispatch from the McNa.
mara trial al Los Angeles. Cal, says
ihat seven jurors are In sight But
az has come TO be IN this trial that
one Juror in the box is worth whole
9enire on the summnns LIST
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-23

Une OF Gutbrie's chief troubles in
Tue past was too much politics too
many political papers. TOO muca pol.
aucal friction: u hurt business and
IL hurt the town let the town recov-
xT, said Horace Speed Yesterday
iuis thing OF peddling a subscription
aist Tor new political paper is rath-
er obnoxious to business men 1t
only means more rag chewing at the
expense OF the towns interests
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-23

Texas woman on trial for killing
her husband pleads. in defense. that
s1e shot at somebody else. That IS
aitoFether probable, but it doegn /
make the husband any the less
dfa0