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The San Francisco call., 1913-12-06


The Old Man nodded slowly.
Sir Henry Irving was putting or
Beckett when / dropped in to visit
The piece is laid in the Norman
period before doors were in vogue
and in one set Sir Henry was having
trouble with the hangings that took
the place of the doors. We IL have
them warm red,' he says then
he shakes his head: No, think
blue s more harmonizing;' then after
a minutes thought Or perhaps a
soft brown will be more effective
What do you Think and he turned
to the stage carpenter.
IF you II pardon my suggestion
sir he answers, I d have them tap
cstry, sir
Why tapestry?' asks Sir Henry
Because tapestry was what they
used at that period
well, Sir Henry looked it up and
found that he was right.
while | was there Irving put on
Don Quixote' and in one scene he
had to sit, clad in armor, upon his
wobbly steed and deliver a long
opCttu. <aS Oil Hull was III L tAdClly
a rough rider, when the property man
brought him the horse he wanted par
ticularly to know if he d stand.
"'Ho, yes. sir!' Props assures
him.
"'You must be very certain per.
sists Sir Henry, for if | were to be
thrown with these spikes on me
knees and elbows there might be
some question of my rising to the
OCCASION
"'No fear O that, SIR says Props;
this 'orse as 'ad experience
Indeed, in the profession?'
eyes, sir Mr.. Beerbohm Tree
used i'm, sir, an durin long speech
which e delivered from is back the
'orse always went to sleep, SIR
Indeed says Sir Henry, who
loves Beerbohm Tree like a chorus
lady does the prima donna. Then
he looks the horse over affection
ately: What an intelligent animal,
and how discerning a critic"
THE Englishman we inspired with
the greatest respect for American
grips was Sir John Hare. He came
over here with a poor opinion of stage
hands, which we did MT hold against
him as 1t was the fault of his early
training and Sir John was really a
good fellow, and fine gentleman.
1T seems quite remarkable to
me, you know he says to the mana
ger one day, the intelligence of the
American stage mechanic. He seems
actually to have recognized place
in society,"
He certainly has, the manager
agrees, why you re liable to see
them making a set in evening dress
any time
"Sir John smiles kind of knowing
ly. Come now, you can't chaff me
quite that far even If I am an Eng
lishman,' he chuckles and walks off
to his dressing room.
"But the manager knew the boys
were all going to a ball the next
night after the show. AS it was an
easy one to work, they all wore their
evening clothes under their overalls
SO as to be able to make a quick get
away after the last strike. The final
scene was box set, so the manager
came around and asked us If we
would MT take off our overalls and
make it in full dress. Knowing
he had some sort of a josh up his
sleeve, we did. When we were al
most set, here he comes dragging
Sir John into the wings.
"Sir John stood pop-eyed minute.
Most eXtraOrdinaryi' he pasns
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-06

"a
not real questions of art"
Same thing" he cut me off posi-
lively. why, | tell you the most
artistic of 'em would stand a poor
snow without the grips having the
real line on art. | remember when
the Divine Sarah first came over
here. Light effects were MT SO easy
to get In those days as they are now
and Bernhardt's figure and complex
ION had to be lit up just right or
she would have made a picture of
bony structure and impressionistic
tlnts that no woman artist would
ever stand for. We had an electrician
named Kelly who spoke about as
much French as Sarah did English,
so she put 1t over to him in a panto-
mime that made her latest stunt in
moving pictures look like a perform
ance of Dago marionettes Well,
Kelly worked those lights about
four hours, and believe me he got
Sarah toned into the picture so that
she looked beautiful from the front.
"Now with Lillian Russell | re-
member that we had to sit hard on
her artistic temperament. Lillian
was good fellow and we all liked her
and had stuck to her through several
theatrical seasons and a few matri-
monial ventures. Every time some
body led Lillian to the altar we all
Clipped in for our sacrifice and were
there with a present. But Lillian
was great one to keep the chips
flying and the block we were cutting
was our salaries. Just about the
time we thought she was settled
down and we We're settled up, why
her artistic temperament would dis
cover her mistake and start to rec
tify 1t, and we ID have to organize a
new committee on ways and means.
Finally, at the last announcement we
all quit in body. Well, the man
ager almost threw a fit and wanted
to know what the matter was. We
had to tell him the pressure was too
strong. We could mt keep up with
Lillian's ambition for presents"
You re wandering into private
matters" l protested.
Nothing Lillian Russell does is
private matter" the Old Man an
swered. But if we could MT put her
on the right track I'll tell you about
stage carpenter that railroaded
whole production to safety all by his
self. Brady had cleaned up big
money in the cities with that old
English melodrama After Dark and
then sent out a Number Thirteen
company to tap the tanks They
got into little one night stand with
S r o out before they hit the place,
but the scenery was Side-tracked
somewhere and the manager faced
a refund.
"'Bill,' he gasped to the carpenter,
there s the tunnel scene of the
underground railroad It's the hit
of the piece, and we can't fake that
"'Sol,' says Bill, you go on out
front and don't bother me when l m
busy or | IL quit without notice. and
Sol sneaked out to die in the box
Office.
"\Y1HEN the underground scene
w came, he could MT stand it no
longer and went out into the foyer.
Every light was out when the curtain
rose and when the train materialized
out of the darkness and roared and
clanked across the stage with the
house going wild Sol never stopped
to count the curtain calls, but rushed
back to solve the miracle.
when he got there the carpenter
was mopping off his face with one
l. H. IA -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-15

veIopueut that would be required for
a youugster Johnson is confident that
Morris will redeem himself If given a
chance to meet willard IN a long bat
tie. after being given a chance TO rest
up and get IN better condition
johnson has been with Norris ZOE
more than a year and firmly believes
that there u not a white man IN the
world that can whip him IN a 2n-ruund
battle. Jess willard and Guuhoat Smith
are included IN the lot
DE- A. c. Framptan- OF Sapuipa- Is
the mau who discovered Carl NORRIS
and was the man who started hIu IN
the fighting game In Il recent letter
to Norris. the physician explains MS
admiration for Jack Johnson ID the
following We have been 90 Interested
in vuur welfare that we have continued
To watch your performance. As you
well know, we all have high regard tor
Jack In my estimation. he IS the
cieanest and whitest black man that
have ever had the pleasure OF meet
ing and since I have known Jack my
attitude. toward his whole race has
changed. II there were more men of
his color with the same character tn
this part of the country there would
be NO need Of Jfrcruw laws and the
general attitude coward his race would
be different We liks. Jack and we 90
50 because you do and because ne has
delivered the goods and is worthy OF
consideration.
lack Johnson played with the Lin
coin Giants. Il negro baseball team.
against the Philadelphia Athletics az
tar the latter won the world cham
pionsf1ip by defeating the New York
Giants. Johnson played right field
Bender pitched the game and Johnson
admits that he has something IN his
arm The score was to I In favor
OF the Lincoln Giants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-15

There are 662 registered nurses IN
Kansas. according co the first semi
annual report af the State Nurses
Registration board. which was filed tn
day with Governor Hodges. After pay
ing all OF the expenses of the board for
the first six months OF it's existeuse
the. board now has en- hand Il 697-2A
OF the 6e2 registered nurses IN the state
L Of the number are NEIL
The board has received $50 appIica-
tons Tor state licenses as graduate
nurses since July L OF this number
662 have been approved. I6 have been
rejected and have not as yet been
acted upon There are Just $50 regis
tered women nurses m the state at this
time and L mem have licenses a.
trained nurses. Under the new law all
trained nurses must SECURE from the
nurses registration board a license to
practices their profession IN Kansas
The. exzuiua ton at the nurses is made
not only zS to competency and former
experience. but inquiry h made into
the character ut the applicant tor a Il
ceHSe-
Reports filed with the governor show
that the hoard has collected 8. Us N
fees. with aggregate expenses fur the
SIX uznufhR of 4-zLA leaving = cash
balance at q. GZA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-15

Topeka Jack Is real optimistic con-
corning the future Of his pruesEe- NOR
ris didn't know thing about the agur-
ing game when Johnson agreed TO take
the big OkIahoman under his wing
Morris had been whipped. beat and nu-
Initiated almost beyond human endur-
auce but Topeka lack saw raw ma
teriaI which he believed would result
in making a heavyweight champion
out OF the pugilistic engineer he nas
succeeded in bringing out these points
by a lot Of work and training
The fighting game in the east ID bet
ter for the keAvYweixt1ts AT the presenr
time than fer any other ci;.ss OK in any
other part OF the country The news
paper writer's have begun to believe
that Carl Norris has chance to re-
deem the championship title. which
has been dragged down IN the estima-
ton Of the people and this alone causes
the Oklahoma man to be the biggest
favorfte IN the east OF even ar any
point. 80 says Topeka Jack
Jesa willard is the next best man
Gunbcat Smith has class but not the
weight to eutitIe him to consideration
for championship honors Al long as
Carl Norris is IN the game
Johnson's best explanation OF the
showing made by Morris against Will
lard IN answer to the many criticisms
handed out by the press is hin state
menr that the public had been led to
believe { Morris was the best white
man produced since Ieffries time and
really expected too much.
Norris had Just whipped Gunhoat
Smith and was showing up 80 we'll chat
the sport writer's thought he bad act
uatIy arrived at what might be cuu-
sidered his zenith ~ a boxer, SAYS
Johnson They were wrong ar some
what premature NarrfH started his
ring career after he WAS - years old
4nd mare tfmR il required hnr hin d.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-15
THE TRANSFER STATION
An0her Idea by Topekzm About Tn
Ab0xfshHnenk

To the Editor OF the State Journal.
was very much interested IN the
letter to Hon. r L Cofrau. mayor OF
the city OF Topeka from Mr. VI B..
Gaache which was published IN your
paper on page 2. Saturday, Dec. H.
1913 I entirely agree with M
HascF1e that a suitable station IN
which the patrons Of the street car
company may wait IN comfort for
their particular car is not only very
great convenience, but is an absolute
necessity.
In towns similar to Topeka such ~
CouueIIsviIIe, Pa. Akron. o. and Forc
Wayne Ind, the street car companies
all recognizes this necessity, and pro-
vide their patrons with such a wait
ing ruom However their waiting
rooms or transfer stations. are an
modern and up ta DATE They are
provided with running water and all
the necessary toilet accessories. also
they either own or rent the properly
30 used
The logical thing for the Mckinley
syndicate. so-caued- which OWNS the
street railway system in Topeka also
the Tgueka Edison plant. would be TO
buy the corner lot at the southwest
corner Of Kansas avenue and Ei8nfh
street. and build ON 1T a strictly up
to-date waiting ROOM equipped with
the last word IN sanitary appliances
and with an exterior at least ap-
uroachiu< that Of the Topeka State
Journal building. Just over the street
east and the new Orpheum building
inst over the alley west This whole
vicinity in fact has shown by its
works IN the Last few years that the
property owners there have real
sense OF the fitness OF things. A. Wit
messed by the really beautiful and ar
hare given their
business
That old. frame shed. built On
ground which does not belong To the
street car company and Is only al
lowed to remain there through the
suffrance Of a Iong-sunerin& public.
is as much OF an an2chrunism As
would be one OF those old outzzda
/ small buildings which was at one time
1laced at the extreme rear of each
/ citv Lot before the days OF water
works and sewers. 6 it were situated
in the same place the transfer station
occupies now
In nothing have said do mean ia
reflect IN any way On the street rail-
vay cempauF er It's local manage
r1ent They operate a street car Syn
ten, here ample for our cifys needs
i but what Is everYbadys huazne4 d
! ucbos5y's busiueA" and this transfer
station has simply been overlooked III
DOW
+ q for some reason NOT known To tne
! public. the Mckinley syndicate dc
L not wish to buy property and build q
/ suitable waiting s&zfion. II would b
/ quit. easily possible tn rent such a
room adjacent to the present location
en- Kansas axenue. either SiGfes OK On
the suurh side of Eighth street an
I either side Of Kansas avenue 6Thers
il = vacant room now IN q StriEffJ
E
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-15

MEMS SUITS at ALMOST 1a
Just closed out from these well /
way would sell at SIS, $3.50 an
sortment of these fine goods IN
MEMS FINE OvERCOATS RI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-15

He L. Back Home After Hear OF Train-
inss Carl Morris.

Toueka Jackson Johnson Is m town
Ths. elongated athlete is the man VINO
converted Carl Morris from a lemon
into a real white hope with NO other
rival of merit excepting Jess willard
Johnson returned to -opeka after an
absence Of more than six months while
Morris went to his home IN Sapuipa
Ok Both are tired and WOru after
q long hard campaign
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-15
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following couples were mar-
ried today by the probate Judge.
John L. Harris. axed IS, Of Wa
thena- and Ellen NJ Mckinney aged
Is OF Boise City. Okla
Joseph J. Dougherty. aged "a. OF To-
pelkz. and, Jennie Patten. aged 81. Of
Roaavi1Ie.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25
HEALS
BABY'S SUMMER
SKIN TROUBLES

II baby Is suffering with summer
eczema. prickly heat. heat rash,
chatting. insecticides. or any OF the
other distressing hot weather skin
lrritations. give him a warm bath
with Resinol Soap and put little
Resinol Ointment on tho sore
places. The itching and smarting
stop at once, sleep becomes pos
sible. and. under this gentle easy
treatment, the trouble soon dis.
appears.
After that, n daily bath with Resi-
mol Soap is usually enough to keep
baby's delicate. easily irrltatcd akin
clear and healthy through the hot
test summer weather.
You need never hesitate to use
Resinol. IL IL doctors prescrip-
ton THAI has been used by other
physicians for ls years In the treat
mont OF all sorts OF skin affections.
II contains absolutely nothing that
could injure the tendereat skin.
Practically every druggist sells
Rosinol Ointment and Reslnol Soap.
but you can test them at our ex-
pensa IL you prefer. Send to Dept.
4S-E. Resinol, Baltimore. Md, for
liberal samples.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25
n7'QUE FISHER TWISTING sATAN's 6ARsE0 TAIL; he
NVENTS PURITY" DANCE TO Do AWAY WITH SINFUL BNNYUC

"lf men ard women want TO
hug each other. that's another
matter. u huauing 10 noees
ssry. let u be done In private.
But in public let Us dance.
"our grardfathers and grand
mothers danced. and why can't
Ne Their dances were besutl-
ful--aud decent"
Then mlaue explains his
purity" system, which con-
stats chiefly In partners keep
Ing at respectful and even
chilly distance from each other,
a. shown In the accompanying
photograph.
The man should always car.
~ handkerchief In HE right
hand" says alaue. That pre-
vents eontse, In l,self and 10 .
eonstar, reminder 20 dlseour-
age husglrs
in all the steps ard aiioes Of
the waltz, tso-s,ep. sehot'
tisehe. etc. the partners keep
apart az far "a they can con
senicntiy. ard In reversing
they avoid acting like couple
OF dizzy bear cubs.
mo, only 10 this method
more eecorous. but u makes
the dances much more beautl.
'ui By giving both man and
woman greater freedom OF mo
ton and greater power TO fol
lo~ tire rhythm Of tire music"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25
SEATTLE FREE
FEDERAL PORT?

To compete with the other
coas, cities for the government
business which is TO come u a gov
eminent railroad IL bull, in Alaska.
Seattle would be wise 10 offer with.
on, charge proper facilities for
loading government transports and
taking care OF eargocs. and this
the port commission intends to do ="
so said Con. Chittenden Al tho Ad
club dinner Tuesday. a resolution
making Seattle FREQ port for fed.
eral purposes Ia now before the
commission. having been intro
duced by Commissioned Bridges a
week ago
Efforts will also be made by the
commission. according 10 Cen.
Chittendeu. 20 secure war depart
ment headquarters In Seattle and a
bureau OF fisheries Moro extern.
slve plans for handling immigration
are also needed. said Chlttenden.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25

SAVANNAH. Ca. juno 25.-
tspll-A young woman who stood
guard while Miss Kate Ki,,les sho,
and killed Dr Guy o. Brlnkley and
then committed suicide IN his OF.
flee is being determlncdly sought
by the police. Tho Identity OF the
woman is not known. she disap-
peared just before tho police ar.
rived
Miss Kl,tleH had been under
treatment by DR. Brinkloy for sew.
eral weeks
Accompanied by the young WON.
an now being sought. she visited
tho doctors office She carried a
white handbag. In which she had
a revolver concealed. The missing
woman waited In tho anteroom.
Dr. Brinkley was In tho act OF
writing prescription whom Miss
Kittles began shooting. without re-.
moving tho pistol from her hand
bag.
Tho first shot shattered n mirror
over the DOCTORS deak. He fled
into tho kitchen and shouted 10
Anna Williams. servant. For
Gods sake. call the pollccl"
AZ that time tho doctor had been
wounded twice. In the back and In
tho neck Pursued by Miss Kittles.
he tried 10 get into the reception
room. from which he could have
made HIS way to the street. but the
unidentified woman held the door
He turned to grapple with her
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25
Any Make of Talking Machine, Any
High-Grade Piano, Any Famous
Player Piano Desired Can Be
Had on Request
Entire Stock at Eilers Music House Is Being Moved
Out of the Workmen's Way-Extraordinary
Offer Attracts Widespread Attention.

II may be--by paying a little svary
month or week as may be con.
vcnient-and they can have the
benefit OF the sale prices on any
instrument In this way they get
ample time 10 try the instrument
In their own home before paying
and they get practically factory
prices in case they later decide to
purchase.
Most Everything Reduced.
Most everything is reduced
every piano. every player piano,
every Grand. with the exception Of
the Chickering and certain contract
goods). everything Is reduced .
fourth. a third and half price. And
everything is plainly marked 50
that even a schoolgirl could selecl
n plano or talking machine.
Further. the store guarantees
everything II sells. The highest
grade pianos in the world are at
Eilers Music House available for
and Seattle home on payment Of the
drayage. The time-honored Chick.
tIinN. tut nOnie SouIler. t0e WoIi0s
famous Kimball. the beautiful Had.
dorf. the Marshall & Wendell, Story
e. Clark. Smith & Barnes. these.
and thirty more different makea
each the best in its class. are 10 bo
had by paying the drayage. Victor.
Columbia and Edison talking ma
chimes are offered on the same
terms.
Time TO Act.
The offer is limited. When the
stock is reduced TO reasonable pro-
portions. no more viii be sent out.
Tomorrow will be good day to
get the instrument for free use,
for merely the cost of the hauling;
a comparatively trifling sum as any.
reader can well imagine.
EiLERs MUSIC HOUSE.
Srd and University St. Seattle
Forty stores on the Pacific Coast
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25
SEATTLE DAY TO
COME ON JUNE 6?

n the suggestion Of Mayor Cot.
terill IL adopted. June s. the ami.
versary OF the big fire Ia 1889. will
hereafter be observed IA Seattle
day. and will be featured by tho
municipal parade.
An ordinance 20 that effect will
be introduced BY Councilman Haas.
Tho mayor sont letter Of thanks
10 each department Of the city for
participation In tho parade Satur.
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25

The offer TO send pianos. player
pianos. talking machines and all
kinds Of high-grade instruments 10
Seattle homes as made by Ellers
Music House met with hearty APP
prevail judging by the number OF
pianos and player pianos sent out
Saturday OF last week and yester-
day IL Ia all that Seattle people had
been waiting for The offer was
made after considerable effort had
been made TO meet the situation.
The carpenters. the plasterers. the
electricians. the painters. were all
begging for more room. The one
task Of laying n maple floor alone
required the removal OF every piano
IN the store. not once. but twice.
Took Extreme Measures.
Hence. II was decided 20 loan the
pianos without charge save for the
drayaRe. TO any home that would
give them good care during the al
toratlon period at Eilers Music
House. The announcement brought
few doubling souls who won
dered II Il were true"-When they
found out that the advertisement
meant exactly what II said, the good
nows spread very quickly. Any
kind OF a talking machine. any
good kind OF player piano--or
upright piano can now be had by
merely paying the drayage.
In a Nutshell.
Tho plan in nutshell is
simplicity itself. II enables any
responsible party to get the In
strument they want without pay
ing very much money. Gust the
drayage.") Further. II they de-
eide NOT TO keep Il after the al.
terations are completed. II will be
taken back--if they decide that
home will be more like home" IL
the music is retained. then they
have a double advantage They
can own the instrument whatever
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25
WIFE CONE; HE
SUES NOME man

Display Of wealth made his wife
dizzy, says Robert Bonnet
II 40 happened the display was
made by Herbert Greenberg. a
wealthy Alaskan. while Mrs. Bon.
nett was visiting at Nome. And
she was 80 dazzled. according 10 n
complaint filed by Bennett. that
little happy home went smash
Bennett sued Tuesday for $4,000
from Greenbcrg. half OF this amount
10 requite him for the loss. comfort.
affection. and society" OF his wife
the other half for his distress and
mental anguish
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25
TURNFEST IS ON

DENVER. Colo. June 25.-The
greatest meet OF German Turner's
In the history OF the United States
began here today when the 31st
Olympiad OF the North American
Gymnastic Union opened Mt the
Lakeside stadium The great turn
fest will last until June 30.
Three thousand Turner's I'm the
mons classes. 1000 women Turn
ers. 1000 In the elderly clases."
and 5000 Denver school children
will participate in the huge pageant
OF Fymnastic games and various
drills.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-25
RELATIVES CUT
OFF; WILL FIGHT

Litigation to break the viii of
n. w Peter. a bachelor. who left
an estate OF about 5000 600 10 pro
mote the teachings Of Swedenhorg.
Ia expected from relatives In Ger
many. who were cut off with be
quests totAling $4,000
Peter came to Seattle In 1875.
and amassed his fortune through
real estate Investments. He died
Sunday at the Calhoun hotel Of
heart failure He was 10.
His viii. admitted 10 probate
Tuesday. bequeaths one-half OF his
estate 70 the general convention OF
the New Jerusalem OF the United
States OF America. with headquar.
ters at Boston. The other half goes
20 tho American Swedenborg
Printing and Publishing Co. OF New
York