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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12

Peggy Monroe, a character come
dienne, will sing specially written
song numbers and her character
drawing Will prpYide q r mare ,thaA
usually attract A;.= II lgial1Ie eli
Murphy and Foley. the best dane
ing boys on the stage today, will add
their number. These Gwo young fell
lows were prepared for stage work
by the famous minstrel George Prim-
rose. whose dancing accomplishments
they have mastered.
Harry Thompson and company IN a
timely and amusing comedy piaYlct,
Will round out the vaudeville bill,
Picture plays seen only at the
.tra ppFayod By ths. NatiGnai
Board of Censorship. viii complete the
program, three performances. of which
are given each day. n -aatinee start
ing ut 3 o'clock ana the two night
performances being programmed for
7:15 and o'clock, respectively.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12

observatory. and on the 18th two more
plates -Aapugad, When -t-4.--
gram arrived these four negatives were
at once examined. but no trace of
star was visible there, although eleven
magnitude stars are plainly visible
all around These stars are very faint;
but on the next night~that of the 12th
the new star Of the NTH magnitude
was distinctly seen by Enebo. And
the discovery made by Observer h,nebo
was confirmed by new photographs at
Harvard Fifth magnitude stars on
clear. dark nights can be seen without
optical aid, the sixth magnitude being
the limit of visibility without lenses.
Every star is a colossal sun, no matter
what It's intensity of light as seen from
the earth may be; even down TO the
limit Of HnWeF- Of celestial photogra ply
the eighteen magnitude, Magnitude
=l4efs4a.iees -ttat mean ti4r~si1e of tine.
stars. OF which very little is known.
Tie dimensions of our star. the sun,
are known with great accuracy, being
1892 times the diameter and goo
the volume of our home-the earth.
The new star in Gemini is the second
to be discovered in that constellation,
The new sun may have exploded and
liberated huge volumes of pent-up
gases. two seventh or eight or tenth
magnitude suns may have collided or
Il large. h0r sun, Or two dark bodies
may have sudden impact on 81 head -on
collisiou-We do not know which. The
powerful telespestroscopes until it
vanished in thin gas, expanded over
a wide area in space.
All OF the Instruments available VIII
50 BE- turned Cd. tbs neM sun il Sse1nini
if the new sun WAS SURROUNDED by
worlds like the eartli---aIl Inhabited
they. the people. soon expired
The term new sun" means new to
ASTRONOMERS on our minute world-tha
earth It's age may be hundreds of
millions Of years And, like our sun,
II may have illuminated eight worlds.
and supplied heat and light in happy
homes of many tril1ion Inhabitants.
suppose this sun that suddenly appear
ed between the 10th and 18th OF March.
19t2, is 1o00 600 times more distant
than our Sun-~-a very reasonable sup
position--then light travelling with the
known specific speed of 1S6,3S0 miles
during one second OF time has been
almost siNteen years on the way to
our earth, Then the outhurst occurred
sixteen years ago.
II 100000 times farther away than
The sun~~also a very reasonable estt-
mate--then the event happened eighty
years ago, ..,.1i .-, s.,.. .,....,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
Moving Picture Theatre.

The Richmond Amusement Com
pany, who now have the building for
i,,criv occupied by SydneF 4 Hundiey
IT No. i'll East Broad street, are
making many changes in this place
and are going to open lirst class
moving picture theatre. Special at
tention 10 the selection of pictures, SO
as not to offend the most refined taste,
will be given by the management.
These people have spent large
amount of money in repairing this
place and making ii one of the finest
exclusive moving picture houses in the
south. They have paid special atten-
ton to the fact of ventilation and have
installed It large veutilating plant, one
that Will draw 10 ee8 cutie feet of air
out OF the auditorium every minute.
They are going to put in q number Of
fans to circulate the air drawn in
by the large fan,
The place will he under the per
sonal attention of Mr.. II. c. Stradford,
who has been in the picture bust
ness number OF years, being IN
terested in number of these places
throughout the South.
The opening date has not been an
nounced as yet. but he expects to have
everything in readiness by the TWEEN
tietn OF THIS month.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
Homer's Odyssey al the Bijou.

8omer's odyssey" IN ruoN ing pic
ture form. was Just coming into Popu~
lar favor when IL was obliged To leave
the Academy to make Way for more
conventional plays. se its appearance
at the Bijou this week. AT very pupu-
lar prices, should draw large and en-
ihusiastic audiences for which this
play house is justly famous
The story Of fIomers Odyssey has
been told the world over for many
..es l&tSr.zS, III. pas tr-1ep an,.b-hn fquGAz
s,.+ta =. STA 3t.ss-{ -Q4 dead
End gone Greek. 1t has afforded chill
dren Of all ages unailoSed delight
when related in prose and verse. and
tt has served more than one author
in weaving new tales of wonderful ad-
Ulysses. who was king of Ithaca.
was celebrated for his wisdom, II is
related Of him thai he caused a youth
Tul Greek hero. disguised among
lot OF young women. 10 reveal hls
identity. This hero was Achilles, no
loss. Theis, The mother " Achilles.
feared THAI the life 81 her son might
he imperilled If he went 70 the Trojan
war. so she dressed him as "A girl and
placed him among the daughters Of
one Of tho first families or Greece.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
ri The Colonial.

vt Tic Colonial.
Ideal. which is an ideal name for a
perfectly formed woman of sterling
worth in aquatic attainnents. witt
head the bill at the Colonial to open
tomorrow. This attractive young lady
has but recently won the champion
ship of the world for her acrobatic
diving feats and her swimming ac-
nplishments. Professor John AL
drich. Of Columbia University, New
York. has pronounced her physical
beauty perfect. Ideal holds a record
for swimming 1856 feet under water,
making two turns. MIR. Jake Wells
in arranging her engagement says
hers is the most perfect and pleasing
diving and swimming exhibition in the
entire vaudeville world.
Still another feature promises to
shine strongly an the new bill in the
Offering Of the Bootblack Quartet, pre-
scented by four young fellows. repre-
senting street urchins in a high class
singing novelty that is crammed fun
of unalloyed comedy by-play
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
At the Luhin.

Al the Iuhin.
ie-Fiafee- Raats- fsTaH4H4eis will
feature the bill at the Lubin this
week. These handsome and dashing
young men are singers and harmon
izers of no mean ability. and their
vocal offerings will be a treat. They
have a wide and varied selection of
songs; the newest and best in the
popular line The patrons of this
theatre who like singing. and many
of taem do. will find delight in this
act. aud one that can hardly be sur
passed in vaudeville.
Miss Edith Ianey, that dainty,
charming. attractive and Fascinating
little lady popularity called THE
Pocket Edition Coincidence" will be
an unsurpassed feature on the bill.
She projects her personal charm over
the footlights, and from her first APP
pearance, the audience is with her,
and laugh with her in her CLASSY char
acters of childhood.
I'm old Southland" is the title OF
a sketch to be presented by Stanley
and Rice. The familiar characters OF
"Old Tom and the Missus' are faith
fully played by these artists. The
story carries touch Of dramatic in
tsrest, and appeals strongly to the
sympathetic nature.
Motion pictures OF the faYorably
known Lubin standard will be pro-
iected at each performance All the
photoplays shown here have been APP
proved by the National Board of
Censorship,
Thursday. special amateur features
will be given at the evening perfor-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
uapse, and GreteI i'm English

nance. Continuous performances will
be given each Afternoon and night.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12

Mother" a play Us Jules Eckert
Goodman. Who wrote The Test" and
one or two other intense dramas. viii
le presented az the AcadenXa this
week. III InCille la Verne and her
company Mother achieved great
success in New YORK. and Manager
William \ Brady, who FIRST gave the
splay to the public has declared ii TO
be the greatest American drama ever
written IT'S presentation iat the EcBd-
envy viii afford Richmond theatre
gosrS an opportunity 70 accept or re
Ject, Mr.. Brady IS an authority As
a manager Of wide experience he has
a right to assume that he is capable
Of Judging whether a play is great
mr. merely L sucCes. Many PLAYS are
successes without being great and
many plays are great without being
success.
Mother may he both At least
ii possesses elements that appeal. for
it is based on mother love This
theme is nor exactly new but Moth
err Is seldom put forth as heroine
If recollection does not go astray Per
cr Maehaye wrote play in y hieh
Mother was the heroine but did not
achieve lasting fame Jules Fckert
Goodman has done better than Mr..
Nackaye for this drama had "A, long
run Al the ii3ckett theatre often
long runs ara forced by a far-seeing
management that wishes 10 place a
play "on the road" with the reputa-
ton Of a lengthy engagement Moth
or" however. proved "a popular suc-
cess In New York and even the pro-
fessinnsl critics found much To add
inire in It.
In the Eekert play, Mother"
possesses the cunning of tho serpent
with the gentleness of the dove one
son has rush Of -luNe til As-At+..4
and spends more money on the OH
j"ct of his affections than he can af-
ford. He even FORCES Mothers
name 10 q check. when exposure
threatens Mother" stands between
him and prison by declaring that sho
signed the document. Her other son
Is almost as foolish. A sordid NO
ln3n seeks TO marry him. expecting
80 come into a share Of the family
fortune. Mother discovers this and
proceeds 10 toll the fortune hunter
very swectiy all about the family af-
faIrs, she intimaies that it's very
sacrificing OF tire part Of her nearer
10 seek sn alliance with a fallen
-1ou~r, for r1rIw they 4rc 50 poor every
body must work ROY a living. Tho
fortune hunter naturally goes after
richer game and son number two is
saved Her daughters take afteI
Mother" and II is made quite plain
that when they we'd they will i've
happily ever after. A family reunion
with the penitent prodieals present
ends the play. hut lot Of tears are
shed before the smiles of happiness
appear on the stage and in the au-
dience. for the playwright has not
neglected his opportunities.
Lucille LA Verne Will play Mother
aHd as she il AN emotional actress Of
-tl.-Io4e-- -snrG~ -IGG&IAL
proper emphasis. The rest of tbs
Academy company Is happily east and
Lorimer Johnston superintenCs The
entire prucuctior, which, sufficient
warrant that the play viii he wei
presented
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
Negro Woman arrested.

Eliza Hicks, a negro woman. was
arrested yesterday on charge of at
tempting the life of Matilda Brown
with a revolver late Friday night in
Woodsville. She is also charge with
cursing and abusing Matilda and Hem
rietta Brown. The case will be heard
Monday morning ~ Magistrate Smith.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
ACADEMY COMPANY
TO GIVE MOTHER
tELEBR aTED DRAMA Will NE
PRESENTED FOR FIRST TINE
uERfs, THIS wEEh.
SURE TO WIN FAVOR
LUCILLE IA VERNE WILL PLAY
LEADING ROLE 1890 Hn MFRS
ODYSSEY At BiJoi.
OTHER HILLS,
attractions This Week,

Academy--" Mother" play by jules
Eckert Goodman, presented Ter the
FIRST time in Richmond by Lucille La
Verne and her company.
Bijou~-Hon1er odyssey in NOV
ing pictures.
mpire-Naudevill
Colonial--Vsudeville and pictures
Lal'if-~Taudev5Iie and pictures.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
Will Raptize Twenty.

The Morris-Street Seventh Day Nd
veutist church is to have "A special bap-
tiamaI service tonight. 1t is expected
that some twenty or more VIII he hap
tized. The service viii begin at 4:4o
O'Clock, -aud the candidates wilt be
baptized at about Sic III the new
haptismal fount
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-12
New Giant Sun
In Cenini
ny EDGAR LucIE> LARhrN
\ cablegran sent

\ cable gram sent
beneath the sea
from kiel, Ger
many, to the llar-
ward College Qbser-
vatory, Cambridge.
Mass, announced
the discovery of a
new star in Gemint.
This is the aodiacal
constellation the
Twins. But every
star is q huge sun
Hike our own star
the sun. But
think we'll OF these
facts. The new sun
was discovered by
Astronomer Enebo
in Europe on March
II. ON March 10
two photographs of
the same space
We're taken at the
Harvard Cole &c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03

And woman doesn't take half tn
care of her health that she does of he
clothes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03

stand the test of time because they
possess merit and though many years
have passed since our American
grandmothers commenced to make
their annual collection of roots
herbs and barks, from which to pre-
pare medicine to relieve different all
ments science has failed to produce
other remedies so dependable.
Many of these old recipes which
our ancestors found so reliable have
developed into proprietary medicines
of worldwide reputation, such as Ly-
dia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound, the most successful remedy for
womans ills the world has ever
known, and tons of roots and herbs
are used annually in making it,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03
DUBIOUS MATTER SAVED
LIFE OF WILLIAM WALKER
Governor Brown Gave Respite When
Unable To Decide.

Atlanta, March 1.-Governor Brown
unable to figure out to his own salts
faction whether the odor of gasoline
could remain in room after there
had been a fire there, has decided to
respite William B. Walker, the Macon
man who is under sentence of death
for the murder of his wife.
Walker was to have been hanged
today, so the respite came just in time.
The mans wife was burned to death
in her home some months ago. The
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03
The THRiCE.A.WEEK EDITION
OF THE
new YORK WORLD
Practically a Daily at the Price of a
Weekly.

Other Newspaper in the World
Gives So Much at So Low a Price.
The great Presidential campaign will
on begin and you will want the news
curateIy and promptly. The World
ong since established a record for i'm
Partially, and anybody can afford IT'S
Thrice-aWeek edition, which comes
every other day in the week, except
Sunday. 1t will be of particular value
you now. The Thrice-a-Week World
also abounds in other strong features
serial stories, humor. markets, car
oons; in fact. everything that it to be
found in first-class daily.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is only s1.00
Per year, and this pays for 1876 papers.
We offer this unequalled newspaper
nj
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03
Dogs BITE WILL NOT
PROVE TO BE FATAL
Has Taken PaStGur Treatment
However

Mr.. Edward W. Parker returned yes
terday from Atlanta with his little
son of seven years, who has been
treated at the Pasteur Institute there
More than a week ago the boy was
severely bitten upon his upper lip by
his pet dog, a fee, which was after
wards supposed by Mr. Parker to be
mad.
The young boy was given the Pas
teur treatment as a precautionary
measure and his father assured that
little danger if any, would result from
the attack of the pet dog.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03

jury which tried Walker CAM
conclusion that he had deIibaro. 'as
poured gasoline over his wife ana 7l'
her afire like torch. Set
He contended that it was al,
cident- His chances of being b ~ &C
We're practically certain, wben sea
OF his lawyers found that ono oae
neighbors who had testified mo-. 'as
fectlvely against him had swonn e.
'ne course of the testimony thar :, a
door of gasoline was still strona 'I ~
'he room two hours after the burnt u
Il this point the lawyer called lug
aoupt the honesty of all that wines,
testimony, averring that it wo,,,5
"a physical impossibility fer tho - us
Of gasoline to persist that LONG uDs ol
those circumstances.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03

Nothing disappoints some women
more than to discover that a scandal
isn't
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03
JAPAN'S NAVY BIGGER THAN
OURS IN NEXT TEN YEARS

Washington. d. c. March Japan
by 1916 will have wrested the position
of third naval power from the United
States, and this country will have diff
hculty in maintaining itself in fourth
Iplace unless it builds two battleships
.a year. Secretary Meyer declared this
to be fact in his testimony before
the house naval affairs committee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03

And many man throws boquets at
himself who doesn't care for flowers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03
p. 0, g. A.
Washington Camp No. 2I.

Washington Camp, No "a, p. o. S
Of A., meets every Monday night in
K. of P. Hall at o'clock Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
w. T. WEEKLY, President
C. J. McMATH, Secretary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-03
May and May Not.

"The marriage license clerks were
literally swamped with applicants on
Christmas Eve"
"Ah! I wonder if the Yule-tied will
stay tied longer than the June-tied."
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-04

fnhlic PROSPERITY Is ike
tree Aem ufure i its root in
nuS'f' a1d commerce are rs
''"n' mes ana leaves II the
root suffers the leaves fan. the
prahcheN nreak and the tree
dies Chinese Philosophy
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-04
rs YOgs NEED TIRES sS5s snnl|sss::
ts r. ti n which
~..amnnp
DO A0y WAsF % NOT T sss .s 2, So
j.. mead CYCLE COMPANY, cbs
CALL foB Z

CALL fW Z
Notice is hereu y ~
Board OF Directors '.,t,
Ne. 3 Kittitas ., sIsi
Niu receive se MS,lq
o'clock PM. Oh = ~
roi alterations. ~ ln:,si,j
Bidding. consistlpns =,
n- rartition,, val ' st,.tn
mbly hall : IN
a,tng new floors ols.;s
hiiilding, and thu a;ss Il
III rooms; accord'. ~
now on file 10 tsas s !
The Board r ',, iGb
Dated June q, 4, ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22

marvels one better. In principle. the ice auto
mobile is not very different from the ordinary
commercial motors which are now employed for
delivery work In every city. However. the self
propelled adjunct Of winter logging Ia provided
with sharp teeth which It sinks into the snow or
ice as 1t progresses, thus nsuring steady prog.
ress with no slipping or sliding on the smooth
surfaces.
But because the winter finds the lumber Jacks
very busy in temperature that ranges as low
as 20 to 40 degrees below zero II must not be sup
posed that they DO not find time and opportunity
for plenty Of fun in the isolated camps where they
spend the season. logging camp may be any
where from five to twenty-five miles from the
nearest store and postofflce. but the Jacks" are
kept literally supplied with fresh butter. fresh
meat smoking and chewing tobacco. etc. A
graphophone or phonograph is an almost newt
able adjunct Of the isolated logging camp and the
lumbermen manage in one way and another to
get records Of the latest song hits from time to
time
The average logging camp has two main struc-
tures-the bunk house where the loggers sleep In
hunks arranged In tiers. and the cook shanty
where the food is cooked and served To call
this eating hall shanty Is, however something
OF misnomer, since the word s likely to suggest
a modest hut. whereas the cook shanty OF an up
to-date logging camp must be large enough to ac-
commodate a crude dining table perhaps 40 feet
in length. The cooking in a logging camp is
usually done by man and wife (almost invar-
lady German) who hire out as professional cooks
and who have the help OF two masculine assist.
ants. They work over range that Is 10 feet long
and on top OF which stands coffee urn that holds
as much as a barrel; meat boiler that holds roo
pounds OF pork or beef and can In which there
can be boiled at one time more than bushel OF
potatoes. Below are the ovens where are baked
some 10 to 10 square feet OF biscuits every day
In some camps heavy stoneware Is provided 70,
use on the table, but at majority OF logging es
Establishments each Of the so to $50 men ia simply
allowed SPOON plate. and cup OF tin and q
knife and fork OF steel
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22
FLAX GROWING
IS Profitable
WESTERN CANADA FARMERS BE.
COMING RICH IN ITS
PRODUCTION.

SO much has been written regarding
the great amount OF money made out
Of growing wheat in tho prairie prov.
inccs OF Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta. Western Canada, that many
other products of the farms are over
looked. These provinces will always
grow large areas of wheat-both
spring and winter--and the yields Will
continue to be large and the general
average greater than In any other
portion OF the continent. Twenty, thir,
ty, forty. and as high az fifty bushels
per acre of wheat to the acro--yields
unusual in other parts OF the wheat
growing portions of the continent
have attracted worldwide attention.
but what OF oats, which yield forty,
nifty and as high as one hundred and
ten bushels per acre and carry OF the
worlds prize, which. by the way. was
also done by wheat raised In Sas-
katchewan during last November at
tho New York Land Show. And then.
there is the barley. with its big yields.
and its excellent samples. Another
money-makcr, and n big one is flax.
The growing OF flax Is extensively car
ricd on I'm Western Canada. The
writer has before him a circular Is.
sued by n prominent farmer at Saska-
toon. Tho circular deals with the
treatment OF seed fax. the seeding
and harvesting. and attributes yields
| Of less than 90 bushels per acre. to
later seeding. imperfect and illy.pre-
] txnn VI
pounds of seed per acre and had q
yield Of twenty.nine bushels per acre.
This will probably dispose Of at $3.50
per acre. Speaking Of proper prepa-
ration Of seed and cultivation OF soil
and opportune sowing, In tho circular
spoken OF thero Ia cited the case OF q
Mr.. White, living fourteen miles
south OF Rosetown. "whO had fifteen
acres of summer fallow a year ago
last summer. upon which he produced
thirty.three bushels to the acre. when
many in tho district harvested for
want of crop. Now. there can be no
proper reason advanced why such q
crop should not have been produced
on all the lands Of the same quality
in the adjacent district, provided they
had been worked and cared for In the
same manner. This year 09lD the
same man had one hundred acres OF
summer fallow. had something over
$500 bushels Of wheat. He also had
1900 bushels Of oats and 300 bushels
Of fax"
There arc the cattle. the horses, the
. roots and tho vegetable products o.
!, Western Canada farms, all OF whicf
:. individually and collectively deserve
special mention. and they are treated
;. Of in the literature sent out on appll
= cation by the Government agents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22
The Man and the Place.

Andrew Carnegie was giving advice
On a recent Sunday to one OF the
Younger members of the Rockefeller
Bible class.
IL am an advocate Of early mar
rlages." he said. THE right man In
the right place. at the right time. 10
very good saying. and to my mind,
the right man in the right place at the
right time is unQuestionably husband
reading to his wife on winters night
beside the radiator.