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The Detroit times., 1912-02-06

Of Miss Agnes Kayne in the character
OF tho wife is clever.
Dave Vine Is a monOlogist OF orig
inal methods and genial personality
thai makes him an instantaneous tav-
orite with his audiences. Ills merry
arips brought many a laugh. Monday
afternoon. lie 10 a master OF Hebrew
and Scotch dialect and employs both
10 good advantage.
Prof, Ambrosa's lions provide the
thrills. the act reaching it's climax
when the trainer thrusts his head into
ztiFe-tfeff- fffottth- OF one OF tiIe beasts.
The animals are well-trained and
make IN interesting picture.
Enhancing music is produced by
the original Marimba band. whose
work on the Mexican marimbas shows
talent and skill Another musical
Offering we'll worth while and de-
cided novelty. by the way. is the act
OF Beltrah and Beltrah. which Is cali
ed, The Musical Dairy The stage
setting Is an elaborate one, showing
the interior of a modern dairy tn
every detail. and the Beltrahs. a man
and a woman. extract music from
everything in sight. including couple
OF mechanical cows that look almost
like the real thing. The Milescope
pictures close the show and they are
exceptionally good this week.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06

are always held at the current mar.
ket level
More about the X. X. l.. tomorrow.
For the present We shall go on and
talk about other branches OF the most
promising business in America.
Quite as successful as the X. r. l.
is the Rochdale Wholesale Co. of Cali
ifornia which is the parent concern
of a big string OF Rochdale retail
stores through the Pacific coast
states. This enterprise has been go
ing for about 10 years and has dem
onstrated that the Rochdale system
works.
Another organization that Is now
doing work along cooperative lines is
the American Society of Equity. This
is a class organization Cfarmers) but
its work is no wheeling carried on on
such a high plane as to merit warm
praise. Organized some 10 years ago
with a view to the forming OF farm
ers' trust, this society has now be-
come practically cooperative, in the
true sense OF the word. 1t is strong
est in Wisconsin.
Then there are scattered through
out the country various Independent
cooperative concerns that are notably
successful.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06

slam" on the boarding house, In
which soup. prunes and hash figure
prominently. A parody on "Alexan-
der's Rag Time Band" is somewhat
risque, and he also resorts to vulgar
ity In the course OF his monologue
work. The majority OF the audience,
however, seemed to relish IL all.
Vying with Mr.. Wills for first hon
ors is Paul Dickey and his capab Q
little company in Mr. Dickey's
college playlet, The Come Back" The
sketch scored a success in the Tenn
pie year or so ago, and it Is now
presented better than ever. II Is a
cleverly-written farce, dealing with
college life, founded on Mr.. Dickey's
experiences as a freshman in the Uni
versity OF Michigan. Spin" Will
Jams, freshman. paul Dickey) is
taken out to call on a mythical widow
and the visit Is attended with a series
OF laughable situations. The other
members OF the company are Miss
liner Plunmer as Kitty Glover"
Spins" sweetheart; Franklin Jones
as Stew" Smith. quarterback: Hol-
lister Pratt as "Bullhead" Weeks, a
doubtful senior, and .Manton Cham
bers as Tank" Towers, grad"
!. Juggling, with comedy trimmings, is
furnished by Chinko. a young man,
who shoXs- mnra-than- ordinary. ahil.
ity. He is assisted by pretty and
shapely young woman. La Titcomb.
THE singer on horseback presents
! novel act. She sings while seated
on a beautiful white horse, which
stands on a pedestal The horse also
goes through a number OF steps, in
Guiding a cakewalk, and drills. The
climax Is the production OF series
of artistic poses.
BurlesQuing the magician Is clever:
| ly done by Henry Give, assisted by
Mai Sturgis Walker He initiates the
real thing" 10 perfection and gets
away with IT. in fine style. The
Three Migrants" J. oddone, A. G.
Mignella and J. Bergamasco. give a
musical number which il above the
average for merit They played q
number Of classics, but the audience
didn't give them the encouragement
they deserved The Flying Martins
provide series OF thrills in their
mid-air work, and Handlers and Mil
liss do some good dancing. with piano
accompaniment. The Microscope
closes the bill.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06

Such is the great business conduct
ed by the Johnston County Co-opera-
tive association of Kansas, a grange
organization that has been going since
1876, which has now four Rochdale
general stores, a fire Insurance bust
ness and newspaper.
Such is the Tamarack Cooperative
association OF Calumet. Mich, a pure
ly cooperative association OF miners.
Their store Is the biggest and most
prosperous cooperative store in the
country.
Then there are the thousands OF
cooperative creameries and cheese
factories, fruit packing plants and
grain elevators run by the American
farmers and fruit growers.
Thus IL will be seen that co-opera-
ton has succeeded in America al
ready.
II will be seen also that the people
OF the American cities will needs look
TO the farmers Of America for inspira-
ton and advice as to cooperation.
Tomorow's article, the last OF the
series, yin tell about a Minnesota
town that is dominated by the CO.
operative idea, and of what co-opera-
ton means TO the folks OF that town.
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this morning signaled the house with
his handkerchief tied to cornstalk.
Gleefully / rushed 10 the telephone
and called up Cousin Matte and
Cousin Mittie at the village. I'VE
win. girls," I shouted. Uncle Amos
is waving the white flag OF surrender
from the corn crib"
Uncle Amos wanted 10 be 'let out
of his gol ding prison, right away"
but was not quite that easy. You
don't get out. Uncle Amos" ! said
firmly. until you deed over two-thirds
OF the farm 10 your daughters as a
guarantee. Then Wen see II Doris
Willowpume or any other strange wo-
men will be willing TO take chance
at marrying you"
So I hitched up and went TO the
village to get Mittie and Matte, leav-
ing Uncle Amos still cooped up to
ponder over the way he had been out
generated by his loving niece, Diana
Dillpickles.
(Continued.)
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
MILES.

A bill replete with novelty and
thrills is offered BY the management
OF the Miles theater this week. IL is
we'll to get there early, for the open
ing number. billed as A.Ba-Bes Pic
torial Postcard Album" is one OF
the best. In the center OF the stage
is what appears at first glance to be
regulation album, magnified about
100 times. BY some mysterious
means. the cover is thrown back. dis
closing an ornamental hy Leaf. on
which IL written the subject OF the
picture TO be shown Then the stage
lights 60 out. the fly leaf is turned
back, and one looks upon a living re-
production OF some famous painting
Among the subjects shown are Little
Red Riding Hood. Homeless" The
Cleaners" and numerous others. Each
OF the pictures Is remarkable for its
faithful detail and the lighting effects
are wonderful.
In the mirth line the headline Of
fellhg is the playlet, The Critic and
the Girl" played BY Julia Redmond
and company The action lakes place
in the sanctum sanctorum OF a
dramatic critic. lie receives visit
from n budding vaudeville star, The
Great Lulu and gets into all sorts
OF difficulties with his wife. an in
tdtviduai of the Mrs Hazy- type bY
Arranging 10 take Lulu out 10 dinner.
Al Haynes, an old.timer on the vaude-
VILE stage. gives good account OF
himself as the critic Miss Redmond
plays Lulu satisfactorily and the work
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
$4,000 TROOPS READY
FOR MEXICAN BORDER

WASHINGTON, Feb 6.--with a.
900 troops held in leash by the war
department today awaiting news OF
further trouble in Mexico TO advance
on the Texas border, the navy depart
meft began actively to prepare the
South Atlantic squadron, now at
Guantanamo, Cuba, for "maneuvers,
In the Gulf OF Mexico. II was stated
by navy officials, 1T Is possible some
OF the warships now In Cuban waters
will be sent TO New Orleans for the
"Mardi Gras." From New Orleans the
ships could be rushed to the coast Of
Mexico in a few hours.
Both the dogs OF war ard the grey
hounds OF the sea. however waited
on orders from the state department.
announcing a recurrence OF the out
break OF Juarez. Reports from north
ern Mexico today continued promis-
ing, while southern Mexico appeared
-cixil- Mar--Nith--He aEly--1aT a99-tfeeps
already In or ordered TO Texas, gov
eminent officials hoped that no fur
Their demonstration OF force would be
required to awe the Madero govern
ment, but IL was emphatically stated
that Uncle Sam refuses TO be fooled
with and that the velvet glove. will
be conspicuously absent in his deal
ings with the southern republic.
Job Printing Done right. Times
prfntinn Co. Is John X st.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
TEMPLE.

II was like coming home with all
the honors OF war for Nat Wills, The
happy tramp" atothe opening OF this
weeks Temple 'theater bill. Monday
afternoon. No conquering hero could
possibly have received warmer wei
come: in fact. IL was a genuine oya-
ton. II is two years since he APP
peared I'm the Temple. and he now re.
turns with big supply~of new talk
and parodies. Among his funny
''spfeisn Is one about his experiences
as a "cbambermaid aboard n cattle
Ship He also relates some amusing
lines about aviation, and sings q
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
DETROIT OPERA HOUSE.

Miss Lima Abarbanell was cordially
received by representative Detroit
audience in the Detroit opera house.
Monday evening, when she began a
weeks engagement as the star OF that
delightful bit of French vaudeville.
Madame Sherry" The first-nighters
were charmed alike by her voice and
her dainty ways. In that delightful
number, THE Birth OF the Butterfly"
she seemed literally 10 fit about the
stage, and her gestures were the acme
OF poetic grace. In Miss Abarbanell
is exemplifled the poetry OF motion In
It's broades. artistic sense and not to
see her is to miss an evening OF rare
pleasure.
For a girl who Is Just from the con-
vent, Yvonne Sherry, Miss Abarba-
nell) proves a very apt pupil in the
school OF love. as the studio OF her
Cousin EdQuard Yhither-she-a ACCOM-
panies her Uncle Theophilus on a
visit, proves TO be. and the transfer
nation of the simple maid in the gray
freek into the fitting butterfly, as &C
complished by Miss Abarbanell is an
enhancing spectacle. But she reaches
the height OF her subtle art in that
seductive Hoschna number in the Sec
ond act, The Birth of Passion" and
Jack Gardner, as Edouard, ably sec
onds her efforts. Again in the Want
TO Play House" number, this delight
full pair scores most emphatically,
while Miss Abarbanell's "Chiribiribin"
and "Donnervetter" also gave her
good opportunities.
But while the lions share OF the
honors belong to Miss Abarbanell, she
does not monopoliZe them by any
means. Miss Elizabeth Murray, who
plays Catharine, Edouard's house
keeper. and poses as Madame Sherry,
Is one of those who help TO make the
present offering worth while. She is
clever coincidence and a skilful i'm
pers onator. Her Irish brogue " u
delight, and she scored a distinct hit
with her songs, The Doublin Rag
and -He's Coming Back. fgnaeio
Martinetti plays Philippe, the hus-
band OF Catherine, with complete sat
isfaction and with full appreciation OF
the comedy in II,
There Is something about the voice
and manuerisms and general appear
Hnce OF George \. Schiller, the tncte
Theophilus OF the cast, that sug-
gests our old friend, William II. Crane.
His oft reiterated, I'm surprised" al
most invariably brought laugh. Mon
day night, and his individual numbers,
You Can't Argue and Were Only
Poor Weak Mortais,h were received
with hearty APPROVAL Miss Mae
Phelps es-Pepita,- has plenty of dash
and fire and an attractive figure. Miss
Florence Mackie, as Lulu; John Rein
hard, as Leonard Gomez, and A. q.
Pyke, as Billy. a guest, are also de-
serving OF mention.
And II would not be fair to close
! without a good word for the beauty
chorus" The young women have been
selected with care and they dlsport
themselves with credit in all the en-.
sembles.
The staging OF the piece is up to for
mer standards and reflects credit on
! the producers, Messrs. Woods, Fra.
zee e. Lederer. All In all, the produc
ton is we'll worth while. especially II
yett have narer- Seen Miss Aharhanell
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
DICTAGRAPH NOTES
FAXED, HE INSISTS

WASHINGTON. Feb. G.-In the
! ariasE-iaEAst4satiea-lste--yeeterday
afternoon, William Blumenberg who
caused the sensation at the session,
Saturday night, by publicly declaring
that Lotes OF Detective Sheridan. TAX
en- at Toronto. were not genuine. took
the stand. BlameHberg said that he
had charge OF the shorthand report OF
the Testimony before the committee
since last June. Last Saturday morn
ipz he talked with Sheridan about the
dictaF-aph In the witnesses room.
did you examine his stenographic
notes. asked Senator Kern.
Il looked at the notes over his
shoulder when he was on the stand -
said Blumenberg.
What was your object asked
Kern.
Simply with regard to shorthand.
wanted TO see II the notes were
real
IN the corridor after Sheridan had
beer on the stand, Saturday." said
Blumenberg, II was asked by Miss
Lawler. who Is an aide OF the com
mittee's attorneys, about Sheridan s
notes. she having noticed | had in
spected them. To evade an answer |
said that ] knew nothing about short
hand. was asked again about
notes and answered they were abso-
.luteiy manufactured. There were sew
eral ladies', Judge Hanecy, Judge
Hynes and Edward Hines, ia group
when Il made that statement. made
the statement several other times.
Blumenberg was asked IL he had
reported the alleged discovery of the
notes TO Hines and said he had not.
The only way in which Hines and
others heard his statements was that
they happened TO be present In the
corridor.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
Old Enqlish humor.

One OF the stories told by Mr.
Spencer Leigh Hughes in his speech
in the house OF commons is that OF the
small boy who was watching the
speakers procession.
who father, is that gentleman >"
asked the small boy pointing to the
chaplain
That. my son. said the father, "ls
the chaplain OF the house"
Does he pray for the members?"
asked the small boy.
The father thought minute. and
then said: NO. my son, when he
goes ~into the house he looks around
and sees sthe members sitting there.
and then prays for the country
Cardiff Nail.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
SHANK WILL RUN ON
CHEAP POTATO PLANK

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Feb 6.-The
potato promises to play an important
part in Indiana politics during the
coming campaign. Samuel Lewis
Shank, mayor OF Indianapolis, and
something more than receptive can
didate for the Republican nomination
for governor, said today that he, would
make his campaign on platform In
which the cheap potato plank would
he big. broad section OF his support.
Likewise, the turkey plank, the
Christmas tree plank and other piafks
dealing with the high cost OF living
are to be called TO the mayors aid in
his vote-getting tours.
Il agree with what President Taft
SAID IN his message to congress about
the high cost OF living said the
mayor 10 the United Press today.
M, idea is that every state should
have = high cost OF living commission
10 conduct inYestigation----of
markets and market conditions.
Where conditions were wrong they
nigh carry out some of the ideas
that we have applied here in In
dia1apolis Next 10 the solution of
;he high cost of living, I'm for good
roads"
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
THE STAGE
GARRIck.

CARRIcK.
A sweet and pretty play has been
made by Miss Marian De Forest, from
Incidents In Louisa NJ. Alcott's book,
Little Women" and an appreciative
audience In the Garrick theater Mon
day evening testified that admiration
for delicacy and purity on the stage
has NOT been entirely lost in the rat
tle-bang OF musical comedy.
The staging of the play Is charm
ing. Two scenes are used-the
March's sitting room and the Plum
FIELD orchard. Both bear tribute to
the artistic taste, judgment and talent
for stage production possessed by
Miss Jessie Bonstelle. This actress
manager-pruducer whom Detroiters
know fairly well through her two sum-
noer seasons OF stock In the Garrick
u to be heartily congratulated on the
results she has obtained in Little
Women" She sat In q box Monday
evening, watching the play closely
for possible changes to pc made, the
Inevitable accompaniment to the early
st1ges stage prUductfun.
While William A. Brady 10 the man
agerial name back Of the play, Miss
Honstelle has had charge OF the entire
staging and producing.
An excellent company has been pro-
vided and every detail has been care
fully considered that could possibly
lend fidelity and charm to the delight
ful story or the March girls.
Big-hearted, self-reliant, brainy
loyable 10 is played by Miss Marie
Parey. One could not imagine a bet
ter choice.
Pretty Alice Brady, a daughter OF
William A. Brady and stepdaughter
OF Grace George. Ia charming as
Meg. Miss Brady gives every EVIL
dence of inherent talent for the stage.
she Is q pretty girl with a good voice
and ease of manner.
A most appealing impersonation or
dear little Beth was given by Gladys
Hulette, whose work was exception
ally clever. There was many tear
shed az Beth's sweet young life
passed out.
Edith Spears was excellent as Amy
with her !"malprapisms. and yearn-
ings for art.
All Of the roles were in competent
hands and the performance had all
OF the charm Of Miss Alcotts stories,
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
II looks like a triumph.

1t looks like a triumph.
Uncle Amos has declared he VIII
give up his attempt to marry mall
order bride. II came this morning,
but not until had locked him in the
corn crib for safe keeping and cut
of his tobacco.
Since his attempt TO run away and
marry. by sneaking out of the window
of his room, I would have needed to
watch him not only day, but also
night. and that is more than human
endurance is equal to. So last even
ing | hustled him out TO the corn GRIP
and put him under lock and key there.
No windows to get out OF, you know.
/ gave him to understand that al
though these were high. handed pro.
ceedings, and a suspension OF the
babeas corpus, II was the only way
to save him and the farm, from for
tune mattresses. Well. he sulked all
night behind the Stats OF the corn crib
like a captive chimpanzee, and finally
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06
AND is SUCCEEDING TO-DAY
THEM CITIES WILL HAVE
SUCCESS
~ RAYMOND EVANS.

There's q little suite or ofices 10
Minneapolis where three men Work
p o&cfher--co-operate, TO De precise
3HfhsH utgrgsrufthe=m ns=tfo
bn1Iness In America.
This business isn't as big as that OF
che &Steel trust or the beef combine
an6lIt Ia far from being as well oiled
and orgahized as they, thus far, but
it's immeasurably moro promising
then they-to you and to me and the
rest OF us outside the pale OF Big
Business.
For this is the one kind OF business
chat bids fair some day TO bring BIG
Business" down to lower case type
perhaps 10 put IL out OF the running
altogether and become itself, busi-
ness.
This once IL that OF the Right
Relationship league" and the three
men VINO work there are +. .. Van
Horn, w. II. Vededr and K. M. Tous-
ley. respectively president, vice-presi-
dent and secretary of the league.
Six years ago when this Minneapolis
Hofice was opened these men began
organizing cooperative stores, start
ing with three companies. operating
seven stores as a basis.
Now the league can boast l4l
stores. operated by 100 companies, In
Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Illinois and Missouri.
These companies have 1900 mem
beers.
They have a paid-up capital no wa
teri of $1,000, 900.
The annual turnover Of the stores
II about 81, o00,0
New stores are being established
continually.
They are all purely cooperative
run on the Rochdale system that has
proved 90 successfiil.in Great Britain.
There. In brief, is the statement or
the present status Of an organization
that was started In 1902 by f. t.
Keyes, OF Chicago. who tried TO apply
the Rochdale system backwards, by
establishing cooperative wholesale
house. His effort failed in that re-
gard, but the organization that he
established. still lives.
The stores established by the r. r.
I'D. are Rochdale, both In letter and
In spirit. Men aud women vote, not
money. Stock is sold only> to folks
living within trading distance" OF
cooperative store. Fixed dividends
are paid on stock and each patron
member gets back the profit on his
own purchase In dividends paid semi
annually or quarterly. In general
non-members get half dividends on
what they buy OF the store. Prices
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06

although OF necessity. as play, it Is
episode.
Little Women" should attract to
the Garrick this week, all who appre-
ciate the sweeter, purer things OF life
and who enjoy stage representation
simple, and good.
ELLA MAE HAWTHORNE.
The Detroit times., 1912-02-06


Only the other day a New, York
newspaper sent a cable message 10
itself which ciroled the world in
seventeen minutes. Twenty-Five thou
sand miles in seventeen minutes
think of It!
Not long ago a man completed a
journey around the world in 40 days.
And Jules Verne only a few year:
in his gravel
Advancing civilization" you will
say.
No, that isn't il. The old Greeks
and Romans were pretty well civil
lied in their day. But they never
succeeded in making their world as
small as ours.
1t is the mechanical appliances OF
modern civilization--the railroad, the
steamship, the telegraph, the tele-
phone, the typewriter-that have done
these deeds.
They have done more. They have
not only made the world smaller, but
in doing so they have made it more
uniform-in thought, in customs, in
everything.
Fifty years ago, to go to another
country meant to go to another world.
Now all countries, even the most re-
mote, arc a part of the same little
world.
Recently | had a striking illustra-
ton of this fact.
| happened to see beautiful book
let printed in Chinese - yes, in
Chinese!
Right away I noticed something
familiar about it. No, ! don't mean
that the language was familiar. All
that | know about the Chinese Ian
guage will never hurt me. Ii wasn't
the language-it was the pictures.
On every page of the book were
beautiful pictures of girl seated be-
fore a typewriter. Now she was point
ing to one part of the machine, now
10 another. Evidently she was ex-
planning to the reader, in that strange
Chinese tongue, all about that type
writer.
But the girl was not Chinese. She
was obviously American.
Where have | seen her before! |
wondered. Then in a fash II came
to me" Miss Remington"
Miss Remington" The face
familiar in every booklet and litho-
graph and magazine advertisement of
the Remington Typewriter. What
could she be doing in China---talking
to the Chinese in their own tongue!
What did China know or care about
Miss Remington /" or the Reming-
ton Typewriter!
Here. was something interesting !;
something worth investigating. And
straightway called at the New York
Remington Office.
The booklet, | learned, was not
mere curiosity, but plain business
proposition-printed by the Remingl
ton representatives in Hong Kong FOR
circulation among the Chinese.
No; the Remington Typewriter
doesn't write Chinese-not that. But
thousands Of Chinese houses have for
eign trade and must conduct their cor
respondence after the manner of the
foreigner.
! So the Chinese buy Remington
/ Typewriters-just as we do! And
they are hearing all about the merits
of the Visible Remington models
Just as we do, from the lips of " Miss
/ Remington .!
Truly our little world is shrinking!
And one of the great forces, |
thought, that has worked this modern
transformation is none other than the
machine operated by Miss Reming-
ton"