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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
Sumac Cane Poisons.

A cane cut from a stalk of the
poison sumac made the entire fam
lily of Irwin H Lamotte, of Spring
vale, York county, i'll. Several of the
members were for a time in a critical
condition. but through prompt medi-
cal attention all were brought out of
danger.
The cane was cut by young son,
who failed to distinguish between the
harmless red berried and the very
poisonous white or green berried
sumac. The bark was peeled from
the stick and it was taken into the
house, where it was handled by the
children and their parents.
Two of the children, Evelyn and
Alice, were first affected, and Ches-
ter and Benjamin quickly followed.
The parents had milder attacks Nau-
sea and spells of weakness were ex-
perienced by all, those increasing
alarmingly in violence.
A physician was at first puzzled by
the symptoms. but finally traced the
poisoning to the white sumac cane
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

envy of Music, Baltimore. last Monday
night. The cast includes Theodore
Roberts and Orrin Johnson.
The play which Blanche Ring will
have to succeed her present one will
have it's book by Edgar Selwyn and
his wife. Margaret Mayo, and the
music by Otto Hauerbach Sand Karl
Hoschna. The title has no. been de-
cided upon.
Charles Frohman last week engaged
Robert Lorraine for a leading part in
"Loaves and Fishes" new comedy
by w. Somerset Vaughan, to be pro-
duced tomorrow night a week in the
Duke of York theater, London,
Marie Tempest will return to this
country under her own management
next season, and will appear in 1.-THE
Billtoppers,' the dramatization by
Paul Kester of the novel of vaude-
vile life by Andre Castaigne.
The new play which Langdon
Mitchell is writing for Mrs F'iske and
which is practically completed is call
story of American life turning on
marriage and divorce as its theme
You can always laugh at Raymond
Hitchcock, and in 1.-THE Man Who
Owns Broadway you can spend an
entire evening in smiles. There is a
spirit and dash about this new must
cal play that is said to be hilariously
funny. He comes to the Grand soon.
real Western melodrama, with
Indian ponies, pack of wolves, a
genuine old fashioned stage coach,
boards at the Grand on February 27.
However, notwithstanding it's Western
atmosphere, it tells an interesting
heart story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
Al the Novelty.

The vaudeville show booked at the
Novelty Monday matinee, February
20. will have as a feature the Les
Arados, comedy acrobat and panto-
mime entitled ''The Clown and the
Demon" Afford Kelsy and Company,
Supported by Helen Allerton in a
comedy sketch, playing Uncle Phin-
cas-" by Edmund Day author of the
Roundup The characters of this
playlet are two American art students
and the scene is laid in Paris. Then
will come Hayes and Wayne in high
class singing, talking and dancing.
Mamie Harnish, the well known sing
ing Coincidence Carl Fletcher will
sing the illustrated song. and Vita
graph picture will close the bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
Staging Race in ben Hur.,

Twelve years ago the attention of
Klaw & Erlanger was drawn to Gen
eral Lew Wallace's interesting novel,
"Ben Hur," and negotiations started
towards dramatizing it. General Wal
lace was like the man from Missouri
he would not agree to this work being
dramatized unless the chariot race
Gould be as realistically presented as
his description in the book
It is here the creative American
mechanic showed his capacity, for
Klaw & Erlanger commissioned every
one of prominence in this country to
furnish practical working models for
this big scene and the prize was won
by Claude Hagan. 1t cost thousands
of dollars in experiment. G, but a rich
reward has been reaped, for in the
twelve years that Ben Hur'' has been
before the public a profit of more than
three million dollars has been earned.
The mechanical device which Mr.
Hagan employed in constructing this
scene is not new to the stage In it's
simpler sense it has been the backbone
of THE County Fair" and many other
plays and has helped enrich the men
who have staged melodramas, with
their accompaniment of storms. steam
ships. moving trains, life bridges and
aValanches.
But these have all been cheap il
lusions while the chariot race in
ben Hur" is not; in fact, this scene,
be the most thrilling stage picture
ever shown within the four walls of
2. playhouse. 1t is a race scene in
which the runner does not progress.
It differs from the horse races in such
plays as ''In Old Kentucky 1.-THE
Suburban" and Checkers" where the
borses are ridden from wing to wing.
In plays where the horses actually
cross the stage there is no need of IL
lusion to give the appearance of move
ment, but in a race like that driven
by the characters in ben Hur,'
where the horses actually run but do
not move forward, there must be some
mechanical means of deceiving the
eye to give the impression of actual
progress. 1t is such cases as this that
makes Ben Hur'' a mechanical tri-
umph
It is not behind the scenes that
one finds the secret OF all this but
down beneath the stage in a wilder
ness of dynamos, electic wires, wind
Iasses, shafts and wheels. While the
horses arc pounding out thunder on
the stage floor in the race. the under
region is like a bee hive. Electricians
run here and there, throwing switches
and giving signals. The men are tug
ging windlasses eranks The signal
bells from which wires lead to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
GRAND B BsA oil,s g.

MONDAY. FEB. 2o-2se to $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

York. where it ran nine months to
crowded houses
1t serves the happy medium of pre-
senting the commercial salesman in
the light of a human being, and not
the story telling, whisky drinking car
feature pictured in the comic supple
ment- incidentally it may be remark
ed that this same commercial sales
man has been the biggest booster
for the comedy, scattering the news of
from hamlet to junction, so that the
buyers for every small general store
in the country, are familiar with some
of the jokes and slang phrases that it
contains
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
Prominent Workers on General
Committee of Alliance.
COMING ATTRACTToNs.
At the Novelty.
Vaudeville.

What is expected to prove the most
colossal entertain ent ever given in
America is that now being arranged
by the National Alliance for the Pro-
lection of Stage Children. It will take
place in New York on the afternoon
of February 81, and some idea of its
magnitude may be gained by the state
ment that the program will require
fully five hours.
The receipts of the monster benefit
are to be utilized in enl.ghtening the
public upon the hardship which the
laws of certain states, including Kan
sas, unwittingly work against children
Of the stage and against art in the
hope that steps may be taken max
ing for their repeal or modification.
ton of Stage Children feels that this
matter Is one of the most important in
connection with the theater.
The general committee of the alli-
ance contains such well known names
as Augustus Thomas, Rev. Thomas c.
Slicer, Professor William Lyons Phelps,
John w. Alexander. Rev. Percy s.
Grant, Daniel Frohman, Henry B..
Harris, Percy Mackaye, Levi Mayer,
Mrs. Ffske, Mrs. Kate Douglas Wig
gin, Julia Marlowe, Hamlin Garland,
Hamilton Wright Mabie, Francis Will
son, Winthrop Ames, Mrs. Edith. Ellis
Frurniss, Mary Shaw, F. F. Mackay
and Annie Russell.
AS every theatergoer knows. child
actors and ctresses-children of the
Stage-are necessary in the presenta-
ton of certain plays. 1.-The Blue Bird"
Grip Van Winkle,'' "Rebecca of Sun
nybrook Farm" "Uncle Toms Cab
in Little Lord Fauntleroy," to men
ton a few that have charmed count
less patrons of the drama, hardly
could be Given without them. 1t is
from sources such as these that the
stage owes Maude Adams. Julia Mar
lowe. Annie Russell, Elsie Leslie, Ma
bel and Edith Taliferro, William Col
lier, Henry DiXey.7 Joseph Jefferson s
sons, Wallace Eddinger and others.
Where state laws arbitrarily pro-
hibit the appearance on the stage Of
children, the latter are debarred OPP
portunity of learning the rudiments of
the dramatic profession Not only this
but there is lost to plaYgoers many
plays impossible of production with
out the services of juvenile actors. 1t
is we'll understood that these laws were
drafted with children of the factory
and the mill in mind. Nevertheless,
though their sponsors perhaps did not
so intend it, they operate directly
against stage children.
As a matter OF actual fact no chill
dren anywhere are so well cared for
and watched over as the youngsters
back of the footlights. Every stage
hand or grip becomes at once their
companion; every stage manager and
stage door tender is their loyal friend
Nothing in the least Objectionable ever
reaches their eyes or ears. Coupled
with this, they are invariably accom-
panied by some older person and their
work, if work it can be called, occu-
pies a scant two and half hours at
the most, and usually but few min
utes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18

stage above keep UP a constant din
one ring for one switch, two rings
for another, and so OF. Only two
minutes it lasts. but in those minutes
the tension in the under regions is
greater than in the audience, which is
at first stunned. and then torn into a
paroxysm of cheers.
Green Writes Regarding Mantell.
Arthur A Green, formerly a Tope-
ka newspaper man, but now business
manager for Robert ManteIl. writes to
friends here that on the evening of
February 20. Mr.. Mantell will present
BulWer Lytton's historical drama.
"Rich elieu," at the Hyperion theater
in New Haven as a benefit for the
proposed Yale University theater fund
under the auspices of the Yale Uni
versity Dramatic association. 3
This will be the first time that an
American actor has ever been official
ly recognized by the Yale corporation
and the distinction is in appreciation
of the great service Mr.. Mantel is
rendering the drama in this country.
as well as of the high stand taken in
theatrical management by William A.
Brady, under whose direction Mr.
Mantell is appearing and through
whom the arrangements were nego-
tiated.
The affair will be under the direct
patronage of President Arthur T.
Hadley and a committee of the uni
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
NOTES OF PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

When Charles Cherry starts his
starring tour under the direction of
Daniel Frohman in Seven Sisters -
Laurette Taylor viii be his leading
lady. The play is from the Hungarian,
and was adapted by Edward H. Ellis.
In the cast of Augustus Thomas
new play, LAS Man Thinketh," John
Mason will have the star part, and will
be supported by Chrysta1 Herne,
Amelia Gardner, Walter Hale. Will
liam Sampson and John Flood.
The premier performance of "To
Serve the Cross a new play by Jam es
HalIeck Reid, was given at the Acad-
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versity and a committee of the Yale
corporation composed of Professor
Henry Augustin Beers. Professor Will
liam Lyon Phelps and Professor J. M.
Burden of the department of English.
A long list of distinguished women
will act as patronesses, among them
Mrs. Arthur T. Hadley, Mrs. Arson
Phelps Stokes, Jr., Mrs. George Day
and Mrs. Louis E. Stoddard
''POIly of the Circus'' Again.
The mystic world of the red wagons,
clowns, peanuts and sawdust and the
big tent of a circus will be seen in
Frederic Thompson's production of
POLY of the Circus which will be
seen at the Grand on Friday and Sat
urday, February "a and %.
While the play carries with it the
atmosphere of the sawdust ring and
its accessories. which is usually more
or less prosaic and far from being ro-
mantle or sentimental. there has been
woven into it by its author, Margaret
Mayo, a touching romance of love
which is forcibly and capab1y brought
out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
"POIIy of the Circus'' Again.
.sThe Travelling salesman Monday.

Henry B. Harris will present jaime
Forbes comedy of American life,
1.-THE Travelling Salesman at the
Grand on Monday night. Th play has
enjoyed uninterrupted popularity since
it's production two years ago at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
A Globe CircIinS Tourney.

The scenes in Lyman H. Howe S
new program are as varied and change
las swiftly as in a vast kaleidoscope
They abound with the life of living
Lrealitfes as witnessed on globe
Icircling journey.
To be at the Grand tonight is to
travel to st. Moritz, Switzerland, and
watch American millionaires tobog-
gaming at the rate of sixty miles an
hour; to climb to the edge of the
fcrater of Java's largest volcano and
look down into the seething inferno in
it's eruption.
r Then there is a trip to Delhi, India,
while a great religious festival is in
progress; and to the Italian Alps
where highly skilled lumbermen are
seen steering huge log RATS through
wild m ountain torrents, The Hebrides
into the native haunts of wild birds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-18
At the Majestic.

| Probably no author of recent years
has written as many successes for the
stage as the late Clyde Fitch. His
Writings cover all kinds of plays from
| the heavy dramatic to the light, al
most farcical comedy. In the latter
Tclass possibly would be placed "Gfrls,
the bill which will be presented by the
North Brothers Stock company next
| week at the Majestic
AS the name implies, the story deals
Ichief1y with the feminine members of
the human race, but to make real
play Mr.. Fitch was obliged to intro
duce a few male characters The
story deals principally with three girls
| who band themselves together as an
lanti-matrimonial league to fight the
"lords of creation Their efforts to
get along without the aid of 'mere
man is the basis of numerous situa-
tons of rich comedy.
Misses Russell, Robinson and Full
mer are the three girls who swear on
their hat pins to always remain single,
and who take for their slogan mo
Wedding Bells for Me- There is an
other girl in the cast, played by
Miss LeMar, whose views are the very
opposite of those held by the league.
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THEATRICAL news

Friends of Stage Child Plan
Colossal Entertainment.
Receipts Are to Be Utilized for
Repeal of Laws.
IN NEW YORK, FEB. 81.
Program Will Require Five
Hours for Presentation.
Prominent Workers on General
Committee of Alliance.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
At the Gfand.
Tonight-Lyman HIVES Pictures.
February 20-"Thes Travelling Sales
man.
February 24-25-"Poll7 of the Cir
GUS
February 2S-"TheI Mikado'
March 2-3-4-"Bent Hur"
At the Majestic.
North Brothers Stock company in
Girls"
At the Novelty
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-18
Saturday, Dec. 2, 1911
AT ONE O'CLOCK P. NJ.


all the Real Estate belonging to the
estate of the late James T. Graham, de-
ceased, viz:
NO IA parcel of land in the Town
of Perryville, on the east side of the
public road leading from said town to
Port Deposit, known as the OLD STORE
PROPERTY. 1t being the same prop
erty described in a deed from Clarence
L. Cole and wife to James T. Graham,
dated May 2, 1895, and recorded in Liber
j. T. G., No. s, folio 229. This property
has a depth of 40 feet and frontage
on said road of 46 feet The improve
ments consist of an old STORE HOUSE,
which has value only for the lumber it
contains, but the lot is one of the most
valuable in the town for building pur-
poses.
NO. "A PARCEL OF LAND adjoining
the lot described in No. l, and being
the same land which was conveyed by
Clarence l.. Cole and wife TO James T.
Graham, by deed dated second day of
May, 1895, and recorded in Liber j. T.
G., No. s, folio 231. This lot has a
frontage on said road of 40 feet by a
depth of 100 feet 1t is improved by a
modern two-story
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Two Work Horses
Wagons, Implements, Harness

Four wagons, roller, cutting box,
sets work harness, 10 meat casks, 10
sassafras kegs, 200 locust post;', 200 to-
mato crates, corn planter, cultivator,
chains, 2 grindstones, 1-horse plow, q
horse pillow, walnut logs CARPEN-
TER TOOLS of all kinds, 5000 chestnut
shingles, forks, rakes, shovels, $50 bar
rels CORN, % acres of W.iEAT in the
ground, 100 bushels of TURNIPS, lot
SMALL CORN, suitable for feed; 500
heads of fine CABBAGE, lot of wood
and boards. CHICKENS by pound.
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNI-
TURE land many articles 80, -ereln
enumerated. THIS WILL BE A CLEAN
SWEEP, as we intend to leave the neigh
borhood. TERMS, Cash for both real and
personal Possession given as soon as
the terms are complied with. Sale at /
p. m. sharp.
SAMUEL ]. EGAN,
LOUIS PETERS.
Hindman, auct.
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New Frame Dwelling House 81:

containing rooms, and a new barn, SO
by 70 TT. with shed rs it. by 80 it., corn
crib TT. by 80 it., and a carriage house
% 1T. by 36 TT. There is also good ten
ant house on this property.
Possession will be given by the 25th
day of March, 1912, or sooner, by con-
sent of the heirs.
Persons desiring to inspect these
premises are at liberty to do so at any
time
THE TERMS OF SALE prescribed by
the decree are:-One- third of purchase
money shall be paid in cash on day of
sale and the remainder on or before the
25th day of March, 1912, the credit pay
ment to be secured to the satisfaction of
the Trustee, and to bear interest from
the day of sale, but these terms may be
varied by the Trustee If deemed advis
able. Cost of conveyance to be paid by
the purchasers.
GEORGE A. BLAKE,
Pierce Whitcraft, auct. Trustee.
oct 28-4t*
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LOCAL JOTTINGS

An oyster supper will be held by lad
les of EbeneLer Church, Greenhurst, on
Wednesday evening, November 20, for
the benefit of the horse sned FUND.
The third quarterly conference of
Zion Circuit will be held at Zion, on
Tuesday, November 2S.
The late James w. VanHorn left a
bequest of s1OO to New London NJ. E.
Church.
R. T. Rowland has purchased a double
frame dwelling at Zion, owned by the
late Andrew Cameron, for $700.
Ernest Kirk, of Sylmar, has purchas-
ed John +. Aliens farm near Calvert.
Liberty Grove Sunday School closed
on November IL with appropriate exer-
cises, and will reopen April l next.
Preaching services will be held, however
the first Sunday in each month.
Taylor, the IL year old son of c. Ross
Biles, fell when his bicyc,e bloke a..
Rising Sun, one day this week, and his
arm was fractured.
Childs Council, Jr O. U. A. NJ. will
attend services in Union M. E. Church
at 1890 a. m. tomorrow.
Church of the Good Shepherd, Chesa
peaSe City. Services tomorrow at 1890
a. m.
Mr.. Everett c. johnson, editor of the
Newark Post, will lecture in the Ora
tory of Delaware College, Newark, on
Thursday, November %, at o'clock, on
1.-THE Place of the Social Sciences In
Education"
Following the rain of Sunday after
noon, the first downpour of which was
of the deluge order, the mercury drop
ped from 6S to "a degrees within sixteen
hours.
Rev. Lewis Shelhorn, of Ashland, N. j.
will assist in a protracted meeting at
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Frame Dwelling House 81

and makes very fine residence, because
of its location and conveniences.
NO. 3--A LOT OF LAND situate on the
west side of Akin avenue, adjoining the
Town of Perryville, it being the same
property which is described in a deed
from Joseph Coudon, tof Hy) and wife
to James T. Graham, dated the eighth
day of December, 1891, and recorded in
Liber j. A. D., No. 30, folio 597. This
lot has frontage of 80 feet on said
avenue by a depth of $50 feet and is
improved by modern TWo-Story
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ia Frame Dwelling Houses

This is one of the most desirable dwell
ings around Perryville.
NO. Am undivided half-interest in an
unimproved LOT OF LAND on Akin
avenue, near the Town of Perryville, 1t
being the same lot which was conveyed
by Joseph Coudon, (of Hy,) and wife to
James T. Graham and Henry Watson, by
deed dated the Sd day of September, 1894,
and recorded in Liber ]. T. G., No. 5,
folio 476 This is a good building lot
NO. "a lot of land containing
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Leeds NJ. P. Church beginning Sunday,
November 10. Preaching at 1890 a. m.
and 7,30 p. m. J. F. Wooden Pastor.
State Schools Superintendent NJ. Bates
Stephens, is undergoing treatment .or
nervous prostration at the Union Pho
testant Infrmary, Baltimore.
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# Frame Dwelling House

STABLE and other outbuildings, and is
a very desirable and convenient home.
TERMS OF SALE Are one third of
purchase money to be paid on day of
sale, and the balance in two equal in
stallments of six and twelve months.
The credit payments to bear interest
from day of sale and to be secured to
tic satisfaction of the Trustees. But
E,"re advantageous terms may be OBJ
tanned at the discretion of the Trustees.
Cost OF conveyance to be paid by pur-
Chasers.
Any further information regarding
these properties may be obtained from
the Trustees.
JAMES A ARCHER,
- "E'm 80 co hpt.E,. Trustees
John c. Hindnan, Auct. nov 10
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62M Acres of Land

more or less, and which adjoins lands
of Samuel Lammey, Gilbert Cam and
Thomas Wright The land is in a
high state of cultivation, the fields
are all we'll watered and fences in good
repair. 1t is improved by a frame HAY
HOUSE, 24x4S feet.
There are about Is acres of woodland
covered with good growth of Poplar,
Chestnut and Oak Timber.
NO 2-All that farm known as the
Thomas NJ Ferguson Home Place, on the
road leading from Bye's Mill to the Fair
Hill and Newark road. 1t is about six
miles from Newark, Del, and about two
miles from Providence, Md, and contains
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4 Acres, More or Less

situate in the Eighth Election District
of Cecil County, Md, on the public road
leading from Conowingo to lakewood, it
being the same property conveyed by
John S. Writ Attorney, to John S. Writ
and Charles G. Caldwell, executors of
the estate of James T. Graham dated the
25th day of June, 1902, and recorded in
Liber J. G. W., No. II, folio 455. This
property is improved by a good sub
stantial modern
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ORDER NlSI
In the Matter of the Real Estate of George II.
Burns, deceased.
In the Orphans Court for Cecil County.

ordered This l4th day of November, in the
year 1911 that the sale of the real estate men,
toned in these proceedings, made and reported
by Reuben NJ. Ward, Executor mentioned there
in, be ratified and confirmed unless cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or before the goth
day of January u9l2l next. provided a copy of
this order be inserted in some newspaper printed
and published in Cecil county, in the State OF
Maryland, once week for one month before the
18th day of December next
The report shows the amount of sale to be $3.50.
w. II. SIMCOE,
r. b. MERRITT,
True Copy-Test: T. S. MILLER.
L. b. Miller, Register. nov lS-5t
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l43 Acres of Land

more or less. This farm is in a high
state of cultivation and the fences are in
good repair. There are about THIR1
ACRES OF WOODLAND, covered with
a good growth of Oak, Chestnut and Pop
lar timber.
The improvements consist of
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MONEY TO LOAN

To Loan on First Mortgage in Zeal Estate
81 900 and 81 500.
HENRY NJ. MCCULLOUGH. Atty
Sept 23-tf Elkton, Md.
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate
In Perryville and Elsewhere

Under and by virtue of decree of the
Circuit Court for Cecil county, passed in
No. 1865 Equity, the undersigned as
Trustees, will offer at public sale at
Perryville, Md, in front of Arthur III.
Owens store, on