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The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

age Of fifteen, we find the ambitious
David experimenting the operations of
the letter press and the mail bags in
the general freight offices of the Burling-
ton Railway at st. Joe. Incidentally, he
captained the freight Office baseball team,
and was the moving spirit in a combina-
ton athletic and dramatic association,
organized among the junior clerks in the
Offices
number of amateur performances
demonstrated to the satisfaction of young
Montgomery and some of his associates
that he had in him the makings of a
frst-claSS song and dance man. The
stage and not the railroad business he
believed to be his meter, so he got him
4 partner. scratch wig. some makeup
and after assiduous searching about
landed his first job in variety theater
in Omaha.
He never went back to the railroad
business.
Some two years after his professional
debut. Mr.. Montgomery met up with
long. lanky youth who had just es-
capped from a circus that had been tour
ing the South in wagons. The lanky
youth could dance wonderfully after a
Erotesque fashion, was an adept in aero
battles, and could do a contortion act
that led observers to the belief that he
was entirely without Verterbrae.
His name was Fred Stone.
Montgomery and he Joined forces. In
black-face act. which they improved con-
stantly, they came eventually to be head
liners in vaudeville: then they became the
stars of the memorable production of
THE Wizard of Or They went to
England and became toe-notch favorites
in the music halls of London. Returning
to America they became the stars in
Charles Dillingham's production of The
Red Mill
This season il is Montgomery and Stone
in The Old Town." and the one-time
song and dance man of st. Joe is
esteemed one of the most popular enter
taners, as he is one of the most pros
porous actors on the American stage.
Mr.. Montgomery has beautiful house
on Seventy-second street. in New York.
where he resides with his sister. Breed
ing show ponies and Boston bull pups
are his pet diversions. He is still d
bachelor.
May Irwin was the recipient of some
fifty kilograms of congratulation and
well-wishing the night she began her
successful engagement at Wallack'S The
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afternoon. 1t wasn't much of circus,
, little affair. with one elephant and
couple of camels, whose scant dozen of
dusty cages, tableaux cars, and property
wagons travelled from town to town by
way of the country roads. But Fred
Stone had seen it pass along toward To-
peka in the gray dawn of the summer
morning, and in its dusty trail followed
the star of his young ambitions. So
when he left the farm that summer
morning and turned his face toward
Topeka, he had no intention OF coming
back. And he didn't come back for
good many years afterward. and then it
was to ask his old father and mother
to move from the arid little corn patch
in Kansas to a fine, big cattle ranch
which he had recently purchased on the
outskirts of Denver.
People who see Fred Stone. the we'll
known comedian. doing stunts on a
high wire in act l of George AIDES rnu-
Scal comedy. The Old Town. may re-
call the little incident of the country boy
who ran off after the country circus, and
cease to wonder at the facility with
which he accomplishes that and other
difficult gynnaStic feats. For before the
musical comedy world knew the eminent
vaudeville team, Montgomery and Stone.
Fred Stone was well known under the
big white round tops and wherever
there was a prevalent odor of tanbark
and horses as one of the best all-around
circus performers in the business. Be
sides being An accomplished tumbler. an
expert gymnaSt an accomplished aero
bat, and a fearless rider. he was also
esteemed an especially comical clown,
| with a wonderful gift in the way OF
acrobatic dancing.
| One winter in Kansas City, after the
circus season had closed. the protean
Stone met up with a young variety
actor named David Montgomery, who
was looking for a partner with some of
the qualifications possessed by the vari-
ously gifted apprentice of the circus
ring. In that moment the team of Mont
gomery and Stone. which subsequently
became the envied headlinerS of the big
halls of London and New York, came into
being.
Recent history of the accomplishments
of Montgomery and Stone in THE Wizard
of o." THE Red Mill" and The Old
Town is familiar to most theater-
goers.
Mr.. Stones pet diversions are trap
shooting and hunting big game His re-
cent big bear hunt in Alaska with Rex
Beach was the subject of envy and con-
graduation on the part of former Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Mr.. Stone is married.
the father of a pretty little girl, and the
possessor, besides the ranch near Denver.
of Il farm at HickSvlle. Long Island,
and a beautiful seaside summer place on
the bay at Amityville. Mrs. Stone is
known professionally as Miss Allene
Crater. and is in the company with her
husband.
The six little dancers, collectively
known as the English Pony Ballet, with
Montgomery and Stone in The Old
Town. are pupils of the Tiller School.
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ACTORS RS-WHO'S WHO
IN CURRENT PLAYS.

dubbed Miss Irwin "the farmer-actress." !"
In fact, these interests were SO attractive
to the star that she almost forsook the
stage for them, and it was only when
Iiebler & Co. called her attention to a
play which Booth Harrington and Harry
Leon Wilson had written with a view to
her personality and had succeeded in
impressing her with the belief that she
would have one of the best parts Of her
career that Miss Irwin was induced to go
onto the stage again. The subsequent
success of Getting a Polish" appears to
have justified these prophecies and hopes.
Some twenty years ago tall, lanky,
dark-haired youth of fifteen wiped the
perspiration from his brow on his shirt
sleeves, sighed deeply, thoughtfully
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
The Cosmos.

A varied bill Of specialties is announced
for the Cosmos concert to-day. and in
cludes Herring and Herring. in a novelty
musical production; Rose Dupree. singing
coincidence; kennedy and Malone, in
snappy dialogue and parodies: Victor
Faust, the musical comedian; James Gill
dea, monologist, and, as an added attrac.
ton. Miss Lillian Lewis. the well-known
local soprano solist. The usual enlarged
orchestra. under John Bovello, will render
the Raymond overture, selections from
Madam Butterfly THE Rigoletto Quar-
tet," and popular numbers.
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Philharmonic Orchestra.

An all-Wagner programme. with two of
the greatest living interpreters Of wag-
ner. is planned for the first appearance
in this city in the sixty-nine years Of its
existance Of the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, which takes place at the New
National Theater Tuesday afternoon.
January "a. at 4:15 o'clock. Nine. Jo-
hanna Gadsky. who. as soloist of the oc-
casion, will return to Washington after
an absence Of two years. will be heard
in arias from her favorite roles from
''Tannhauser." Lohengrin." and Iris
tan and Isolde" while the orchestral
numbers will include several overtures
and the beautiful "Siegfried Idyll"
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Their names are
Beatrice Liddell,
Dorothy Marlowe,
Eva Marlowe. Louise
Hawman, Ada Rob-
ertson, and Seppie
MacNeil-all Scotch
and English-four of
t h e m from the
northern marches of
Northumberla and
Yorkshire, one from
Liverpool. and one
from London. Small
citizeneSses of vari-
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propped a matter-of-
fact looking hoe
against the top
strand Of a barb-wire
fence. vaulted easily
across from t h .
cornfield to the dusty
road, and hit it up
with alacrity and
enthusiasm in the
direction of the near
by town of Topeka,
kans.
There was a circus
advertised to give a
performance in To-
peka that summer
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who met together for the first time some
eight years ago as mere children in John
| Tiller's training school, to which they
had been sent by parents or guardians,
postulant candidates for the favor of
his tuition. For four long years they
served as pupils and apprentices. and
since then-but let Miss Liddeu tell it
She is the business manager and spokes-
woman of the little coterie of dancers.
who have stuck loyalty together during
the past five years of their professional
career in England and America, and it is
to the sterling good sense and business
cannness of this little Anglo-Scotch
maid that is due the circumstance that
she and her companions. who started
with nothing. have become quite well-t to-
do little ladies.
''Tiller's schools have turned out hum
dreds and hundreds of dancers" said
Miss Liddell. Il mean real dancers. They
have turned out thousands of girls
who never rose beyond the rank of
coryphee or figurante in the ballet. The
ballets of all the theaters and opera
houses in Europe contain graduates Of
the Tiller schools There are two Of these
schools. one in Limehouse, Manchester;
another in Covent Garden. London. The
youngest pupils matriculate first in the
Manchester establishment, where they re-
ceive their earliest training. 1t depends
on ones precocity how long she remains
in this kindergarten. as one might call
1t. of dancing. Little girls from five
years up to ten are received at the Man.
chester school, where they are taken in
as boarders, much as they would be re-
ceived at any other children's school.
There is one matron to each four girls,
and they are looked after and trained as
carefully, if not as tenderly. perhaps, as
they would be at home. They are in
structed in the elements of reading writ
ing, arithmetic, and other studies suited
to their ages, as well as in dancing.
which, indeed, in the beginning is made
for them more Of a diversion than a
study. 1t is here that the wedding out
Of classes takes place. 1t doesn't take
long for Tiller to tell whether or not Q
girl has the making OF dancer in her.
II she shows the instinct and aptitude,
she is kept and pushed ahead as rapidly
as may be. II not, she is sent home at
once to her parents. The girls who are
accepted for advanced training are ap-
prenticed. just as a boy would be ap-
prenticed to q trade. Tiller furnishes
their food, lodging. education-everything
but their clothes, which are supplied by
their relatives. up to the time they begin
to earn money as dancers"
|
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The Avenue Grand.

Tonight at the Avenue Grand the fol-
lowing acts will appear: JEFF and Malvern
Healey, Wilkins and wilkins. James
O'Brien. Miller and Atwood, Gates and
Blake, Lamont and Milham, Mile de Cos
ira de Mossent, and three reels of high
grade motion pictures
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Garner at the BelascO.

Prof. Garner. traveller and anthropolo-
gst. who has gained d worldwide fame
by his studies of simian speech, will offer
the fruits of nearly twenty years of
observation and experiment in the Afri-
can jungle in three lectures to be given
at the Belasco this week. The first Of
these, Studies Of the great apes at
home" is to be given tonight. Tuesday
afternoon Prof. Garner will tell of the
Child life Of the jungle folk in a talk
planned particularly for the younger
generation Sunday evening next Prof.
Garner will speak on THE empire Of
darkness" and tell Of the peoples Of saw
age Africa and their problems. Susie.
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ater, New York. in
Getting a Polish,
the farce comedy in
which she is appear
ing this season and
in which she will be
seen at the BelaSco
this week.
When the public
was more evidently
than ever pleased
with the cOmedi-
enne'S fine funmak-
ing and when the
critics unite d to
to give her a cor
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ocular demonstration
as a prerequisite to
belief.
For Mr.. Montgom-
cry is a bona.
hde native of Mis-
souri,, having been
born in St. Joe some
thirty-five years ago.
The Montgomerys
are of Scotch ex-
traction, consequent
ly canny, industri-
Gus, and thrifty.
Just out of the high
school at the early
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

David Montgomery, the senior member
OF the musical comedy team, Montgomery
and Stone, now starring in 1.-The Old
Town." has a natal predisposition toward
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS.
Creatore at Columbia.

SfcotOkc NJ SOAu0nUaos
The programme which Creators will
present at the Columbia this afternoon
and evening will include wide range of
compositions by various masters. The
afternoon programme will be as follows:
March, 'Tannhauser Wagner
Overture william Tell. .Rossani
lntefmeKzO. Ecverfe
Second Hungarian Rhapsody .iszt
Waltz. Estudiantine
Miserae from IN Tfovatnre. Verdi
Solos by SisA Pasrah and Rod
Bombordino solo. die possente.' from 'teust'
Sig. G. Ourh
italian C0FS1ce lbCnA1AoWsky
In the evening these selections will be
given:
Corvuatiou March. from The Prophet" .Meyerbeer
Intermezzo. Lsmco Fritz. .Mascasni
Finale act III. from Ia Giocouda" -. .Ponchietti
Solos by Sigs. PASCAL, Rossi. and Cnti-
Prelude nom Travata
Berceuse from "Jocelyn. Godard
Trombone soIo. "Ah. So Pure" from Martha
Sig. RosS
Overture. Tannhanser Wagner
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

Madame x' has rot all Boston
a-weeping, and the Charles River In ex-
pected to rise any moment. William l.
Abingdon Joined the cast last Monday
night. but the honors went - usual to
Wiuiam Elltotk =,
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The Academy.

the ACAucmy.
Melville and Holcomb will lead the bill
at the Academy concert tonight AS an
added attraction, the management has
secured Lewis Levy, who will be heard
in his well-known specially. which in
cludes the latest parodies and the most
tuneful of the recent popular songs Al
Valentine will also be presented in his
characteristic monologue and parodies.
Between the acts of these various artists
there will be thrown upon the screen in
teresting motion pictures OF subjects va
ried enough to suit every taste.
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The Casino.

One OF the best musical programmes
offered for some time at the Casino
Theater Sunday concerts has been ar
ranged for to-day. The feature act will
be the re-engagement of the Royal Vene-
tan Band. Belle Simpson. the singing
comedienne. who made such a hit last
week. will appear with new entertaining
material Mort Fox, the comedian OF
Hebrew types. will offer additional mono
logues and songs. Some Quartet is the
term by which a talented singing organ
iZation is known, who will offer vocal
harmony Of attractive quality. Gladstone
and Talmage will appear in an instru-
mental musical act, and the usual picture
playS
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who has Sbeen heralded as 1.-THE most re-
markable young chimpanzee ever brought
to America" will assist at these lectures,
which will be further illustrated by origi-
nal stereopticon views
The Delta independent., 1911-04-14
A Beautiful RoOklet

The wonders of the Rockies are
described and pictured in n beauti-
full brochure just issued by the Den
yer Rio Grande railroad. entitled
Around the Circle" written by
Mr. edwin l.. Sabin. the we'll known
author. and illustrated with photo
graphs by Jackson, Beam. Smith,
Mcclure and other well known
Rocky Mountain landscape artists,
and pictorially the
publication is one of the handsom-
est issued for free distribution by
any railroad. while from a literary
standpoint the story Is far better
than the usual run OF railroad book
lets.
The Delta independent., 1911-04-14

the stairways were impossible. The
building and contents were valued
at 5 1000, and the damage is esti-
mated at about $4,000.
House Passes COnsumptive Bill.
The house passed what is known
as the consumptives bill on second
reading Saturday. This bill pro-
vides that all physicians must re-
port tubercular cases to the local
boards of health. This patient is
then furDished with free educational
literature. If the patient dies or re-
moves, the place where he has been
staying must be disinfected. A pun
ishment is inflicted if the patient
does not tell the landlord or pro-
prietor CT a rooming house that he
is afflicted with tuberculosis. The
measure was prepared under the
direction of the National Red Cross
sncie'y, assisted by the association
FOR the prevention and spread of
tuberculosis. The senate passed the
drainage district bill on second read
ing. 1t provides for the creation of
drainage districts the same as ir-
rigation districts are now created,
and for the bonding of the districts
for the purpose of land draining.
The Delta independent., 1911-04-14
GEO. o. BLAKE PHILOSOPHERS.
Veteran Editor Says Outsiders Find
That Adertising is Vastly
Profitable.

George o. Blake, old newspaper
man, has something to say on the
subject of advertising;
A press dispatch says that X.
w. Sears, of the firm of Sears, Roe
buck q Co, has sold his interest in
that firm for s25 100000 and re-
tired to private life A few years
ago MIR. Sears was a telegraph oper-
ator on a $50 salary. The secret
of his financial success is advertis-
ing. He cared nothing for the
political or other policy of a news
paper, neither did he suppose he
was giving charity. He advertised
as a purely business affair He
bought and paid for the space he
used because it was worth the
price. not from any altruistic mo-
tive Many local advertisers in the
country towns seem to regard their
advertising as a sort of public spirit
ed donation to help the paper
along When the course of the
paper does not meet their approba-
ton, they withdraw their patronage
by way of punishment. A business
man who does that is publishing the
reason why he is not at the head
of a bigger establishment. The local
paper depends very much on local
advertising, not from necessity, but
local pride. Foreign advertisers
are always clamoring for space. not
only such large mail order houses
as Sears. Roebuck & Co.. Montgom-
cry Ward & Co, but scores of
smaller but enterprising firms. II
his advertising should be accepted
these same local business men would
make the welkin ring. Why should
they? If the advertising mas no
commercial value and its price is a
charitable gratuity, why object to
the misguided outsider contributing
to it? 1t is an easy matter TO show
that under present conditions the
slogan .'patronize home institutions
and keep your money at home" is
considerably overworked At any
rate it looks to a man up a tree
as though the most enthusiastic
Shouters. those who profit most by
/ it should practice what they preach.
SO far as boosting is concerned, the
local paper is in position to do and
! does more effective work than any
Individual, for which it is never
paid or thanked. II is 'on the job
all the time and never flunks. What
ever sins it may commit, failure to
boost is not among them. Besides
all this the spirit displayed by such
business men as referred to is
small. mean and un-American On
The other hand a paper that either
/ has no opinions of its own or is
/ afraid to express them because of
petty boycotts has very little eX-
euse for its exxistence.-P
| Newspaper
The Delta independent., 1911-04-14
SMILES.

had a strange experience with
an intoxicated man in a telegraph
office down state the other day"
says travelling man. Was in a
hurry to send message myself
but this fellow was leaning against
the receivers window as il he was
campped there for the night. He
muttered lot of fool stun to the
man behind the screen, but |
couldn't hear what it was. Finally
| got impatient and showed my mes
sage over his shoulder. At the same
time l saw the scrawl this souse was
endeavoring to get on the wire.
1t was addressed to somebody in
New Orleans.
He fumbled in his pocket, pro-
duced g. cents In small change and
started away. Hold on the clerk
said; this isn't enough. 1t will cost
YOU $40 to send this to New Or
leans
"A right. O. man., waved the
inebriate airily That's all got
with me right now. Just send 1t as
far as you can f'r tn money!
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18
:. 40 CURES ECZEMA
N.eaE SALvE FAILS

In regard to skin diseases medical
authorities are now agreed on this:
Don't imprison the disease germs in
your skin by the use Of greasy salves.
and thus encourage them to multiply.
A true cure Of all eczemat0us diseases
can be brought about only by using the
healing agents in the form Of liquid.
WASH THE GERMS OUT. 4
simple wash: A compound of Oil Of
Wintergreen. Thymol. and other ingre-
dents - combined in the D. D. D.
Prescription, penetrates to the disease
germs and destroys it. then soothes
and heals the skin a. nothing else
has ever done.
A 25-cen; trial bottle will start the
cure. and give ycu instant relief.
The Atwood Pharmacy
W. n. Hanlxjns
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18
SHAVING IS NOT FATAL.

0arbsrs Nowadays % Not Use Ham,
mers and Cold ch;ssls.
In reply to a correspondent who says
he yearns to have his flowing beard
removed and yet lacks the Spartan
6rmness Of the early martyrs to face
the ordeal and makes q pathetic ap-
peal for advice the alfalfa editor of
the Emporia Gazette unfeeIjngly re-
marks:
1.-The alfalfa editor can offer no ad-
vice or encouragement to such q trem-
bling soul. 1t seems probable that he
has worn his whiskers for many years.
1t is likely that he hasn't purchased
shave for quarter of a century and
therefore Is ignorant of the improve
ments in the art tonsorial which have
been achieved in recent years. 1t Is
no longer like going through a slaugh-
ter house to an open grave to be shaw
ed by an expert barber. In fact. that
operation has been so shorn Of it's ter
rors that many eminent citizens con-
slider it a pleasure to visit the barber.
1t IS no longer necessary to strap a
patient down in the chair before shaw
ing him; neither is 1t necessary to ad-
minister anaesthetfcs to his whiSkers.
1.-THE man whose only reason for
wearing whfskers Is the fact that he
fears the barber shop will gain little
sympathy. If he tries to explain that
he cannot shave himself without SUI
fering the agonles Of the all fired he
will gain less. Such excuses might
have had some force long ago. when
BARRIERS used hammers and cold CHS
els, but science has made giant strides
In recent years. and the country is full
Of painless BARRIERS. and a clean shave
costs no anguish or Inconvenience"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18
and DAYTONA

~hABREEZE and DAYTONA
- BEACH, two enterpfisin1 and
- progressive towns On the Hall
fax peni1sula, are feofraphically
oae a1thoufh incorporated - sepa-
fsAe muaieipalitiea The towns par.
allel he peai1sula north and south
foe : Distances Of from three and one
hnlf % four miles, and extend east
and west from the surfing seas Of
the Atlantic Ocean to the Halifax
River. the beautiful tide water
stream that sets them apart from
Deytona with which they have close
coGnmunioo By means OF three
heidfes, - we'll - . ha1f-hour Terry
oeSvic&
Seahreese and Daytona Beach are
eosentialty sunpmer and winter re-
soets and are ma1Einf hunAreds Of
new fIiends every yeaR among those
Who desiro 70 eeeape the discomfort
int extremes Of heat and cold, and
their hoeels and boordinf houses
aee now receiving splendid pefron-
ake iron the most diseximinAtin3
claso Of tourista
The ocean itself, with its marvel
ous beach, hard - macadam and
smooth - . floor, Il the greatest At
traction, although earth, mir and sky
seem 70 have entered into . combi-
nation to enhance its every charm.
The beach il the famous automobile
race course where every worlds
straifht-away record has been made,
and all these records it continues to
hold without rivalr.-'.
The beach has = width of 800 to
500 feet and can be used sfrom two
hours after until two hours before
high tide, thus giving an average Of
seven or eight hours for automobile
ink some part Of each day.
Seabreeze and Daytona Beach each
have permanent population OF ap-
proximately 1900. Sanitary ordi-
nances are strictly enforced, streets
and sidewalks are we'll kept, and
new streets are being opened as fast
- the increasing population de-
mands. Besides hotels and boarding
houses there is ample cottage acco-
mediation for all winter visitors in
both towns.
All the attractiveness of Seabreeze
applies to Daytona Beach, the two
towns being 50 similarly situated.
The development Of Daytona Beach
has been fully as phenomenal as its
sister ON the north, and each year
there is substantial growth. The
great sand dunes have been leveled
and handsome homes have been
built for both winter and all-year-
round occupancy.