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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

This may be one of the merriest
sessions Of Uncle Joe CannOn's life,
he has so much more time on his
hands than he used to have.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

The Stokes case is another of these
dramatic failures in which it is i'm
possible for the audience to sympathize
with anybody on the stage.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04
Thursday

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Davidson OF
Stanwood, Iowa, are guests at the
home of Mrs. Davidson's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. J. Battles.
Mr. and Mrs. &. G.. Rumpf and
daughter, Pearl, went to New Lisbon
today where they will spend New
Years with Mrs. Rumpf's parents.
From there they will go their home
in Appleton.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04
OFFICERS ELECTED
Ladies of the Congregation
al Church Hold An
nual Meeting.

The ladies Of the Congregations
church met Wednesday and elected
the following officers the ensuing
year:
President-Mrs. d. A. Lewis.
First Vice President-Mrs. +. e.
Settergren.
Second Vice President-Mrs. Alice
Gollmar.
Secretery-Mrs. J. G. Spencer.
Treasurer-Miss Florence Farwell
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04
from Wednesdays Daily

Mrs A. H. Jones of La Junta, Col
orado, arrived here yesterday on &C.
count of the serious illness of her
mother, Mrs. Ida Logan.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

The New York Tribune prints a
facsimile of the seal of the.l Chinese
republic. Its fine piece of grill work
in pitchfork, fishing worm, fish hook
design, and strikingly suggestive of
the general mixup and unintelllgible
conditions in the Flowery Kingdom.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

While Baraboo is getting improved
light service, few more of those fine
globes might be strung along the
street,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

Perhaps that fountain pen was given
you TO sign your New Year resolu-
tions.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

The year 1912 should be long enough
in which to catch up with the Christ
mas bills.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

Morally speaking, Mcpherson usual
" alluded to as the man higher up is
in reality the one lower down.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

A campaign barrel does not always
prevent boom from going to the
waste basket.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

Mr.. Edi on seems able to keep on in
venting things even when :he is max
ing extensive tours.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

If they had had woman's suffrage
in old Bible days what would have
been Solomon's chances.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

The Baraboo merchants have figured
M the Christmas trade and find it all
right.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04
A friend in need isyalllright but it is

hard for Vanderpool TO see the end OF
the JOKE.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04

If you have nothing else to dc
watch the days grow longer.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-04
The KLOvER KLUB
Next Meeting to Be Held
on Fifth Day of
1912.

The following is the Klover Klub
program to be given Jan. 5, 1912:
Song-Massa's in the Cold, Cold
Ground.
Minutes of last meeting.
Roll Call.
Recess.
Music.
Rec.-Mrs. H. Fl. Porter.
Rec.-CIaude Hanson.
Song-Male Quartet.
Rec.-Mrs. Martiny.
TabIeau-Latest News.
Talk-Prin. w: Smith of the
Reedsburg Training school,
Story of Evangeline-Ruby Claridge
Song-Male Quartet.
Paper on Current Events-George
Hanson.
Tableau-A Sure Detective.
Klover Klub News-Mrs. Hanson.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11
DRAMATIC NEWS
AND COMMENT

The company TO appear with Sidney
Drew in George Cameron s impressive
one-act play, 1.-The Still Voice. are
all related by blood aud marriage, and
represents one of the most notable fam
lies Of players i'm the history of theat-
ricals. Beside Mr., and Mrs Sidney
Drew, there are Lionel Barrymore, Nc
Kee Rankin Rankin, Harry Daven-
port, Doris Rankin and S. Sidney Drew.
The company Will be known as Sid.
ney Drew IS Kindred Players
Graham Moffat, who wrote " Bunty
Pulls the Strings and whose one-act
play, "The Concealed Bed is at pres
emit on the Orpheum circuit, will send a
second vaudeville company to America
This organization will be headed by
the author brother. Richard Moffat,
aud Will play the Scottish drama,
Jean
1t is not only through her ability as
a comedienne that Elsie Janis bids Tor
public recognition, for Miss Janis has
lust written the words and music for
vaudeville skIt called 'Three in
One,p and is herself presenting it with
three members of her previous compan.
les. Sam Burbank, Gene Reeves and Al
Stewart. in the delineation. Miss ia
Mss first effort as an authormaDage'
ress is a future booking on the Or
pheum circuit.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11
in the season and which is still wei
rem embered

in the season and which is still well
remembered.
II AUGH makers have been in the
ascendant at the Empress the
alter since the opening Of the
new bill on Wednesday last.
Bill Mack and his company Of come
dians in Ren Shield IS travesty on PTis.
on punishment. High LTe In jan,
of course lead the procession, and as
genuine fun maker no sketch yet
seen on the Empress circuit has equaled
this in which it is proved to the sat
isfaction of everyone that a little re-
versal of form on the part of the prs,
oners and warden makes life behind
the bars not only intrestlng but most
desirable, for the way the prisoners
amuse themselves while living on the
fat Of the land is really new idea 10
most of those who have seen the sketch,
whether or not they have ever been lu
Jail.
Another clever farce is that written
and staged by Ted Gibson called ''Af-
ter the Came iu which he enacts the
principal role, and with the aid of his
company does a splendid piece OF work.
The return of Mary Dorr has been q
most welcome one to her friends and
admirers and during her present en-,
gagemeut there have been many more
added to their number.
AL Brown and Gertie Moulton have
singing. dancing and piano playing
act that is made the more enjoyable
through their interpretations Of Mr..
Browns own composition; the Warrens
are giving Empress audiences new
idea Of rapid picture making on huge
ira usparencies, and the Monarch com
edv four with their music ad fun arc
attracting considerable attention.
The Brahsm Bon Buiamab troune
will headline the new Empress bl,,
that opens Wednesday. and from al!
that can be learned regarding this !ae'
qregation Of gymnastic sons of the ,T des'
ert, theirs is one Of the real headline
acts in vaudeville. There are ten OF
them in all. recently imported from the
khedival court of Egypt by. the .Sulli,.
van G. Cousidine people,. and their act
is said to be a real thriller,
It is announced that Salt Lakers are
Ia hear the Oliyotti Troubadours. an
added attraction on the Empress bill,
Thev are Spanish serenaders who VII
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contribute greatly to the serious muSi-
cal part of the programme. There will
be no luck Of comedy on the new bIJ
Harlan e. Knight and his company will
present "The Chalk Line in
which Mr.. Knight is given a
splendid opportunity to display
his talents as "rube'' com
ediau, Then there are the Four Mayos,
England s fun making roller skaters
the London comedian. Harry Cutler and
Mcintyre and Groves. singing ana
talking comedians Pho new Pathe
weekly pictures will contain many in
teresting subjects and the entire bill
looks like one of the best bets Manager
Mccoy has placed since opening the
house, forty-thrce weeks ago
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

THE second scene introduces us
Il to the night-life of bad, mad
Paris, where we happily observe
that though frivolity had to get
on somehow. in 1890. without
matchiche or Texas Tommy. the
blither beaux and bellies could
wake things up pretty Justify with
the cancan. The plot also flings
itself about the white. bright res
taurant, though ! suspect many
other auditors succeeded in COM
pretending as little of the mean
ing as [ did OF much laborious
pantomime. Perhaps it simply WAS
not thought wise for us gross
Americans to understand too much.
Enough to see that the deserted
Rodolphe had anticipated Kip
ling, Mrs. Patrick Campbell and
the younger Burne.Jones by four
fifths of century in succumbing
to the balefuI fascinations Of
Vampire Girl, beautiful in mid
night black and scarlet; that he
has fallen almost fatally. under ber
power when Marietta came before
him again and sought to reclaim
him as her own; that in duel of
allurement, the wickeder woman
won a temporary victory; and,
finally, that Mariette brought the
scene to a tempestuous, if reck
less, climax by tearing string of
pearls from her throat and scat
tering them to the winds. sup.
pose the wicked baron had given
them TO her; but the New England
in me can only hone they were
imitation, anyway.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

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your liver, and regulate your bowels,
entirely doing away with that mlser-
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Try it, Many others have been
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

NNAURICE voLNY's silent
IV1 drama transports us to the
time and atmosphere of Henri
Murger's "Vie de Boheme.'
But the music was as sppro-
priately chosen from operattas by
OfPenbach, Leclercq and kindred
geniuses OF airy-fairy melody. The
scenery Of the three brief acts
does not excite enthusiasm but
the costumes are SO rarely beautl-
full as to arouse self-anger with
my inability to convey their quaint
charm. Tho women 8 boupets are
poked; their skirts spread out over
crinolines: long mitts extend to
spreading sleeves, and rosebuds
deftly made OF taffeta abound.
But it is in the coloring that the
chief encbantment lies. Pinks,
yellows, blues and violets are
iumhled together with a seeming
recklessness, yet really with such
sensitiveuess for effect, and dis
erect and practiced artistry, that
the tradition of French supremacy
in feminine attire incites the
declaration that the dresses show
unapswerablely that they could not
possibly have been conceived any
where but in Paris And in order
to convey TO You the pictorial i'm
preston, I should like to drop The
matter with that conventional
point Of view: but truth compels
me to reveal the fact that every
gown and hat was designed and
executed in the wardrobe room of
the AIhamhra Music hall in Lon
don,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11
THg idea of "aying piano "

THE idea of Giving piano -
J. is, ] believe, not absolutely
pew. nor is a rag-time wedding Mt
which the bridal couple, the clergy
man, the ushers. the bridesmaids.
and the "reiatives aud friends
all trot ucrvously through the
ceremony: but both ideas have
been freshly and admirably devel-
oped. The dance occurs in 1.-The
Passing Show OF 1912 -; is called
''The Wedding Glide -; has Miss
Shirley Kellogg and Oscar Scbwarz
as the leaders of numerous and
sprightly chorus; and brings the
first scene to lively climax.
F. Proctor introduces ''Nolant S
flying piano,' which fairly dances
through the air, a "front drop
is revealed, painted to suggest
vast expanse of ocean. Lights
presently expose the fact that 1t
Is gauze. Then a white, baby
grand piano emerges into view
from the top of the stage. des.
cendinr slowly and through no
visible power, while a young man
a woman sings. standing on the
top of the instrument Both are
in modern evening dress, though all
in white. a second song is sung
while everything and everyone is
stationary Then comes the en-
chanting waltz Of i'The Beautiful
LADY, from tThe Pink Lady.
and, presently, piano. player and
singer are not only lifted into the
air, but whirled about in il. They
swing reckless]y from side to side,
aud round and about. The waltz
tune lends sense Of airiness and
grace to the feat. which chsrged
with the same sort of thrill as the
Heravity roads, "social whirls.
and so forth of the American sum.
mer "pleasure parks
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ous and silent girl who was on the
train. and who carries a travel
ling bag in addition to her own,
which reveals itself unmistaks bly,,
by its contents, as that OF the ref
ugee.
The girl S obdurate refusals to
answer any and all of the inspec-
tor IS grilling questions, which
form the bulk of the drama, only
strengthen suspicion against her.
She is a young woman of refine
ment, which makes her an astound
ing companion for such a man;
and by degrees, the officer gets the
name of her distinguished father
from her and the fact that her
reticence is caused by her having
defed that parent and eloped. At
that juncture the capture of the
thief is announced. The bride 8
agitation is intense. But when he
is dragged in, he turns out to be
an inoffensive young man whose
only crime was overriding parental
authority and whose harmless rea-
son for mystery was seriously mis-
understood when he threw the
wrong travelling-ba specifically
identical with his own, to the timid
bride who had missed the train at
a temporary stopping place.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11
THE story starts in the iovial

THE story starts in the iovial
IL little garrett studio that
seems to promise the immediate ap-
pearapce of Mimi and Musette:
and the Boheme' suggestion
is heightened by the fact that the
chief role is an impoverished artist
named Rodolphe The role is
played bv Emil August, producer
of the mimo.drama, who might he
called .MouDet-Sullv of the Feet.
A skittish baron, comes to the
studio to buy picture, which
sale could be regarded as bewilder-
ing good luck did the noblemau
not thereat see and covet Ro-
dolphe's s own Mariette. However,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11
No you care for dancingf That
H. sounds like remark a shy

IN Q you care for dancingf mat
- sounds like a remark a. shy
and inexperienced boy might
pause on. But I meant it as
sort of "feeler' in the matter OF
your interest in a letter about
dancing On the stage. 1t happens
that the more noticeable novelties
of the moment here are terpsi"
chorean. Some are less than a
week old; some have been with us
nearly a fortnight. The latter are
the more important. being good
half of the new splendors at the
Winter Garden. When ] first wrote
to you about the glowing spectacle
L cut it in half, devoting myself
solely to the singing aud speak
ing. Now for the feet! And at
that extremity we have. not only
many Of the leading charms of
"The Passing Show OF 19l2,' but
the entire dancing pantomime
imported from France, by way of
England, and called "The Ballet
Of $780, about which ! told you
nothing whatsoever. Its attrac-
tious are beauty, quaintness, grace
and melody-by which ! mean
of story. But "Sumuruu has
raised our standards of pantomime
unreasonably high; besides, "Tbe
Ballet of 1880" should be con-
sidered rather as a Watteau-lille
picture on a fan with which the
girlish Queen Victoria might have
sought to hide her maiden bushes
from the love avowals of Prince
Albert, OF. better, on an intimate
silken sachet of a Partisan court
beauty of the second empire.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

n TEW YORK. Aug, l0.--Surely
nj nothing more typically
Y American could be imagined
than such titles as "Going
the Limit" and " Putting One
Over The latter is the racy
title Of an unpretentious little
play-only one act long. but the
former desiguates a three-act farce
that would not put up any visible
kick if considered a rival to Get.
Rich Quick Walhngford and
- Brewster s Millions 1t intro.
duceS two new dramatists, Albert
and Augustus Glassmire. The lat
ter. being well~knowp and ex-
perienced stage director, may be
credited with having put much of
the vim into the design and execu-
ton of the playa biff bang-g
chat is the very life and soul of
such diversions. Indeed, in every
way, "Going the Limit endea-
vors to give the public the very
thing it wants. Its basis is one
of those preposterous conditions
from which, when once accepted,
any extravaganza may develop.
a youthful, New York blood
pulls out heavy haul from Wall
Street Celebrating his good for
tune with a few pals, a rival in
love and a slangy barkeeper (the
most divertipg character in the
play, because many of his george
adisms are fresh and apt), he let's
himself 90 at such a speed with
the merry mucilage that he falls
right into his rivals trap, In
short, he agrees TO a bet that, in
spite of his windfalI. he can stave
of his creditors for six months
and yet can keep at his speed
ole bill
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

..,I THEATER-Willard
di,,,orie Rambeau and as
l,ly~ sers in "Saeebrush, Cur
b ~ m Matinccs Thurs
q ,.I ,s..,rrrday afternoons al 2:l9.
!. Observation-Disclosures
&,ssvIlie Matinee daily at
~ evening performances.
Dis. Bill changes We'd
tftsrnooh'
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the shallow miss does not put up
much of a fight against being
"lnred away" Good riddance,
I'd say: but then New England
ancestry does not make for the
most generous sympathy with
Partisan standards; it can't help
but keep alive spark of the
Sunnybrook Farm Rebecca's sum-
ming up Of the French as ga gay
people, very fond of pink parasols
and dancing
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

III OR the rest. the Terpischorea
L period has introduced dane
ing wedding ceremony; dancing
piano; and an audience that
danced away from Shakespeare.
The company had assembled on the
cumpus Of Columbia University for
the Inauguration of week of
Shakespeare. by the intelligent
and interesting company organized
and led bv Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
D. CoburD.-w!th two such sym
pathetic variants as one evening
devoted 10 Greek tragedy aud an
other 10 the scholarly Percy Mack
aye : "The Canterbury Pilgrims.
The comedy chosen for the first
night was ''The Tanning Of The
Shrew, but while Petrucho un-
dertook to tame Il single Shrew,
the elements put IN entire audi
ence 10 Hight.-and largely Of the
female sex, though of course not
shrews all Mr.. Coburn. a Petru.
chic. was Just roaring Ut his az.
tual and mock wife that she would
have 10 90 supperless and ex-
hausted to. her lonely bridal bed,
when the sky opened and poured
out water enough 10 make an ocean
of desert. And what scamper-
ing and how'd do there was.
Actors and audience mingled to-
getbcr and ran as a single man.
OF perhaps J should say, single
woman: but the gymnasium offered
an agreeably dry haven for MS all.
And the coutretcmps seemed to
have created damp, warm bond
Of sympathy between audience and
plavcrs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

AToT that "The Spark OF Life"
~ is not fraught with momen-
tous meanings! Tt simply seethes
and surges with them. Only, /
grasped no idea of what their
"message is. But the invaluable
programme rectifies all that. '1The
story of The Spark of Life is
that of Mahaba, a Hindoo sorcerer.
who, fascinated by tho grace and
beauty Of a dancing girl. carries
her captive to his palace where she
is held under his magic spell.
Nvpah, in a trance, and dressed as
Buddha goddess is brought into
the presence of the snrcerer, Being
constantly in this state Of hypnosis
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

A S for "Putting One Over,' l
N cannot but suspect that 1t
is one more of the awful conse.
quences of murder. The Rosenthal
assassination, with its subsequent
police sensation. has brought be-
wildering multitude Of "police me-
thods" plays from their graves
or incubators. In Putting One
Over" the complications happen
in the secret. ominous office of
policeinspector, acted in the usual
way by John T. Doyle, who is, l
believe. author of the play.
The Inspector has been working
on the case of a famous crook.
whose skillful getaway bad
aroused his hefty soul to glover
ing zeal. His rage is terrifying
when. having traced the criminal
to an overland limited, the men
he sent after him have bungled.
AT the very moment of arrest the
crook gave them the slip. But
they have apprehendcd a mysteri-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-11

saseE s,.s that viii, h.
|s,,as.SS Sy all Rex patrons is an.
|eM !, 'y Manager Josepb
|et,, ); the popular lower state
(Iss' p picture \ house. This comes Y,nee
|s till ,ug y;i, announcement that
e,MeE. W VIII be changed three
Ias TS,n, TSSn sunday. Wednesday,
aAs been means that arrange
q s sec een perfected whereby
q Ehis SSee9atcd the pick Of the the
rs ~ ios ihi M pictures and will
|shne, 'Va eo al that it is worth,
p ,tIsa.se comes in the form of Of
y hts.;yg 'wS,!S:.reel W! firm "Play.
y b rom. This Italian picture
|, Y photnunarSS5lo for the clear.
IM he repSssphv, the superb sci
ia t6es essaefal -, cScclIencc Of The
\ ''ory told in siIent pic.
Ia tSSii Il iva bc,, o,lcr rhotodrnmas
E,s the Spin f,rst'run pictures.
|Sisd sonp' ps'anatcd ,,..iI Weekly and
|sa VIII -, ,w'll be sung bv thc
k.ssk +" rs,,tnc tnc Big Voice. . For
n, hat ;tre z;Ie the management
b lbs f1ioomar VS. Nil, C,r
lin is ssii,reeI saia feature. This
lsau tb,tt tald no to be even more
ia packed q or the original Zigo.
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THE final scene, the Jardiu des

THE final scene, the Jardiu des
l. Ammoureux, is principally
spectacles-that is. dancing for the
sheer beauty of dancing and not
as an expression of emotions that
remain vague. Suddenly-perhaps
because someone remembered it
was nine P. M. and. therefore,
time to surrender the stage to
"The Passing Show OF 1912'-
everybody mated with somebody,
except the Vampire Girl, who was
righteously discounted but fas-
cinating to the last. Tho imper-
senator is. in fact. Miss Greville
Moore, whose tardy arrival from
England was given as the reason
for several postponemepts of the
premiere. but who thereupon was
Immediately and properly engaged
to remain a permanent Feature
of the Winter Garden,
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"HE next morning. having re-
IL gained his sober senses, Mr..
Goingthelimit realizes his folly;
and he is brought UP with
rounder turn by the appearance OF
his would-be hancee's father and
that old gentleman s angry declar-
tiou that his daughter shall never
marry man who either cannot or
will not pay his bills. Need tell
more? OF course young Mr.. G.
strives desperately to gain release
from his wager; exercises every in
credible subterfuge to eyade his
creditors; and is rescued on all
counts, at the approach OF ten
thirty-fve P. NJ, by the unexpect-
ed receipt of large legacy, from
one Of those convenient, though
invisible, uncles of farce-comedy.