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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04


which will live a generation and still
draw Interested and appreciative au-
diences.
ltossow's Mtdgets Now Colonial Fea-
ture.
Alteration long since called to tho
power for entertainment provided by
Liliputians, those physically abbrevi-
ated specimens of manhood and woman
hood, oven though the diminutiveness
does not apply to cranial Developments.
calls to mind the highly interesting
booking by Wilmer, Vincent & Wells
for the new weeks vaudeville at the
Colonial, that of Rossow's midgets, tho
first to have taken up vaudeville work,
and, wherever high price vaudeville
Is known, tho most popular pair of
pigmy performers on the boards. Their
jolly dialogue, their ocrobatio feats and
the burlesQue boxing exhibition MAX
Ing up their novel and amusing Offer
ing. is one of the best of laugh-mal1-
ing numbers and the little fellows seem
sure to provide q treat for youngsters
this week, as they Will interest adults.
Another number quite certain to en-
thuse the children. as II will also prove
Instructive to grown folks In the man
ner It illustrates the power Of patti
ence and self-restraint will be made
by Ad Carlisle and his dogs and ponies.
twelve pretty and eNcellently trained
animals in u prctentious offering, show
Ing animal training in It's most ad-
vanced state, and the pan tomime como
dy making for laughter.
jolly and timely skit will be 1.-The
Bill Poster and the Girl" to be offered
by Billy Fitzsimmons and Kitty Cam
eron, a constant bubble of merrimcnt in
dialogue, and made moro than usually
worthy by their singing and dancing
gifts.
Jean Barron. another of the foreign
musical artists. one of the many TO
have como to this country from the
land under Italy's sunny skies. will
offer a musical treat In his artistic
playing of classical and popular melo-
dies.
Rounding out tho vaudeville section
will be Gretchen Spencer, a dainty and
pretty singing coincidence. offering
songs specially written for her and
wearing a variety of elegant dresses
throughout her costume change offer
Ing.
Perfect picture plays approved by
the National Board OF Censorship will
complete the splendid program to be
offered three times each day, ono OF
tho performances being the matinee
at o'clock and the two night per-
formanoes, which occur at 7:16 and 8
o'clock. respectively.
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chilly the. I<idn

The ultimate victory of a pure girls
love over the primitive instinct for re-
venge. which has been aroused in a
Western boys heart by the murder OF
his mother, forms the plot of billy
the KID" at the Bi5ou Theatre. begin
ming tomorrow night.
Walter Woods and Joseph Santley
have written play OF vital interest
yrus to that phase of life which de-
picts the men OF action and foroeful
enterprise so characteristic OF the
Western country. It liz we'll balanced.
hilarious comedy relieves the tension
OF sympathetic emotion at well chosen
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CITY AUDITORIUM.

CITY AUDITORIUM.
Monday night, Tuesday. matinee
and night, wednesday, Clubs Spri1g
Festival.
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HIJOu THEATRE.

"BllIy. the Kid" all the week, mat
inccs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
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''Hirnm at tho Cabaret" New Empir

'eIIirnm at tho Onbaret,' New Empire
Tabloid.
Bringing novelty upon novelty. the
Empire will produce this week, start
ing tomorrow, the latest and one of
the very best of its tabloid offerings
New rs Is the tabloid idea in this ooun-
try. tho popularity that has attended
1t has caused Idea builders to add
new style to the entertainment. and
this will be best emphasized In Hiram
at the Cabaret" this week Probably
two more widely separated Ideas than
the farmyard and the cabaret show
could not be imagined. They will be
brought together In this newest tab
loid feature.
Hiram, the principal cause of ill the
.humor. will first be seen In all the
color OF the beautiful background sup
piled by the largo farm lands and
country homestead OF his daddy Tho
simple life Of the yoke1, with its steady
grind OF fran labb from early morn
till long after dusk has settled Will
draw graphic picture of the life of tho
rustic, against which the setting pro-
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COLONIAL THEATRE
Vaudeville.
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9 Great Artists
Monday Evening, May 9Th.

Monday Evening, May 9Th.
Miss Helen Stanley Soprano.
Miss Janet Spencer, Conlralto.
Signor Aleesandro Bonci, Tenor.
The Wednesday Club, Mr. Henry Baker,
Conductor.
The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra,
Richard Hageman. Conductor.
Tuesday Afternoon, May 9th.
Miss Betty Booker, Soprano.
Miss Tina Lerner, PianiSte.
Mr. Clarence Whitehill, Baritone
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra.
Tuesday Evening, May 9th.
Miss Carolina White, Soprano
Miss Margaret Reyes, Contralto.
Mr. Paul Althouse, Tenor.
Mr. Clarence Whitehill, Baritone.
The Wednesday Club Chorus.
The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
Daddy Bedtime
W
c. What Happened
OCOTV To a Lost
Teddy Bear.
His Policeman Friend
Looked at Teddy.

r. EAR me, how Jacks things did sometimes get lost! I 1t were not that
M he had a kind sister Evelyn to help find them Jack might have been
in trouble sometimes. a#.t #.*&# *
well" said daddy as he heard how Jack had just lost his new
blue tie and how Evelyn had found it behind the sofa. its wonderful where
these lost things turn up.
"And that reminds me of a story of how Tommy Tompkins lost his brown
Teddy bear "t2 &&"
zone day Tommy went out for a walk in the park with Hattie, his nurse
maid. He carried Teddy In his arms, or Tommy said Teddy would like 20
have some fresh ART 90. "E%# -@E
"When they reached the park Hattie sat down O. n II the benches to talk
with a friend, and Tommy took Teddy over ITO the fountain Then he showed
him to his friend, the policeman. The policeman said that animals were not
allowed in the park and he really ought to take the Teddy bear right of to the
station house before he began eating folks up.
"Of course Tommy and the policeman both laughed at this, for it was
meant only as a joke The officer went away, smiling while Tommy began to
play with a little boy whom he knew. " III" ~
Tommy after awhile started home without thinking of the Teddy bear
who still sat straight and quiet on the bench where he had been left. "
"By and by the big policeman I'M along. He saw the Teddy bear O tine
bench and stopped and stared.
"Tt looks just like Master Tommys bear, and 1 shall have to arrest him,
after all, he said, gnnnng. He picked up Teddy and carried him to the sta
ton house, where the other policemen made jokes about it.
when Tommy got home his mother asked him what he had done with
Teddy. ~ IT -. " Ill.,
remember where he had left Teddy, and no one in the family expected to see
friend the policeman told him about having arrested a Teddy bear.
my Teddy my Teddy! cried Tommy and hand in hand with his police
man friend he went to the station house. where the big sergeant took Teddy out
Of the cupboard and gave him ito his little owner.
""Watch out or you will be getting lost yourself, Master Tommy, and then
I shall have to bring you to the station houser warned his friend the good
natured, big policeman
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WHAT'S JOKE?

Public school officers Of a certain
class appear to consider 1T highly
humorous to send to newspapers and
periodicals Illustrations OF the ridicu-
lous errors made by pupils in exam
nations. Thus in a current magazine
We are told hat a child when asked
to give a sentence including the word
fright" replied: I'VE had fright eggs
for breakfast" The incident was al
legged to have occurred in a Kansas
City school.
Just where does the joke come in
such cases and whom is it on? Cer1
tainly, the poor little child who pains,
takingly gives the answer cannot be
held accountable. The child was sent
to school to be taught. and II this isl
the result Of the teaching, we should.
think the teacher would feel ashamed,
to publish it.
When a child gives so ridiculous an
answer to so simple a question, it is a.
sign Of inefficiency on the part of the
teacher more than ignorance on the
part of the pupil. The taxpayers, who
support Il school system that produces
results Of that nature, must be ex-,
tremcly gulliblc.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
The Door That Has Nc Key.


Cosmo Hamilton discusses in his
new novel, The Door That Has No
Key, many of the questions which are
uppermost in the modern mind con-
corning marriage. He brings very
clearly before the reader thai marriage
Is today, and always has been, a bar
gain made between two people. He
also shows something which we all
know but sometimes forget, that mar
riage is a bargain from which one can
gain release only by disgrace. Illus
trating this point, his book contains a
brilliant account of a society divorce
suit in London. He gives us the cyni-
cal remarks of the judges and the law
yers. He shows us the witnesses lying
their tongues out of their heads in the
sheer joy of defaming a superior's
character. He shows us the extra
ordinary melodramatic constructions
that lawyers are continually putting
upon commonplace actions in order to
distort the facts, and lastly he shows
us n honest man who stands up in
defence of the little heroine Blossy
and, by appealing to a sense of truth
in the jury, shames these legal char
latans out of their complacency.
A vivacious book, full of sparkling
pages, is The Door That Has No Key,
which nevertheless deals with terrible
private injustices which men and
women by marriage infict upon one
another and themselves. 1t is OF
interest to note here that Phillip
Gibbs, the author of The Eighth Year,
which has created 81 much stir in
London n is gaining an attentive
hearing in America, Is a brother of
Cosmo Hamilton. George H. Doran
Co, New York;
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The Factory Problem Il japan.

Minneapolis Tribune: Civilization.
has brought Japan her factory problem.
The free open life of former genera
lions which gave the Japanese men the
hardihood that enabled them to fight
successfully the war with Russia, is no
longer enjoyed by a large ~percentaee
OF the people. The Moloch OF modern
industry consumes its thousands, as it
does in other highly developed coun-
tries.
The Japan Times reproduces the
report of DR.. Shu Ishiwara, a special
list of the National Medical association.
upon the condition Of factory gir2s. He
says that q large number Of them are
reduced by long working hours, made
quate feeding and improper lodging to
a state OF physical wreck; and not only
that, but are turned into an agency for
spreading broadcast tuberculosis and
other dread diseases.
The details al given by DIR. IshiWara
are truly shocking, and The Japan
Times gives warning that not only lis
the national health in danger, but there
|is also danger that foreign markets
may close their doors to Japanese prod
ucts as unsanitary, If a thorough-going
reform is not speedily instituted.
The growth OF Japanese industry is
Indicated by the fact that fully 100000
factory girls are newly recruited every
year. The diet lis asked to pass a. radi-
cal factory inspection law, and the fac
tory owners are warned not to resist
1T because it might Immediately cut
down some OF their profits lest without
adequate reform they may later have
to face al crushing 8, loss Hs5
Japan is simply living the experiences
of the older Industrial countries. Fac
l.torg and workshop everywhere require
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
Here Are Ladies,

AS one glances over the contents
page of James Stephens new book,
Here Are Ladies, one is certain to note
the authors fondness for the number
three. Three Heavy Husbands, Three
Angry People, Three Lovers Who Lost,
A Three-Penny Piece, these, the topics
of several Of the chapters, illustrate
the point, but no explanation is given
as to why three. The New York
Globe, however, brings forward one Of
it's own which is amusing and quite in
line with Mr.. Stephens highly in
dividualized humor. The writer in The
Globe says: "The subject upon which
Mr.. Stephens dwells most lovingly
Gas lovingly as a humorous cat with
a mousse is matrimony, that extra
ordinary debate called marriage This
is a subject Of which he never tires
and matrimony as he explains, If it
remain an agreeable state at all, must
soon become triangular. To say that
two is company and three is a crowd
is, according to Mr.. Stephens, to make
a very temporary statement Sooner
or later two, if they are any company
at all, are bad company and pray dis
Creetly but p~asSionately for the crowd
censured by the proverb."
Incidentally The Globe says that "as
in The Crock of Gold, here again in
Here Are Ladies we have, humor of a
fresh and delightful quality, whimsy
and philosophy, poetry and romance
all squared UP with life, and every
page rejecting Of the most original
and interesting personalities that has
recently appeared in literature. Here
Are Ladies and here's to EN-
George FL. Doran Co, New York;
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TOYS.

The toyshop is still a favorite
haunt of children of all ages from 3 to
90; not even the country circus has
so wide an appeal. The circus repre-
sents the first overwhelming appari-
ton of art in a child's life; the toy
shop is an epitome Of the very natural
world wherein the child lives, with
persons n natural objects seen more
nearly in scale with itself. The first
impression sinks in very deep.
Only those children who have grown
up are ever impressed, after the first
glance, with the quantity of toys
which are gathered together in the
vast and fascinating toyshops of this
town for their inspection, says The
- New York Sun. But those older ones,
whose memor easily reaches back to
times when rather primitive dolls,
Noah's arks, Nuremberg villages with
stiff green trees and a few regiments
of lead soldiers in Crimean uniforms
made up most of the world of toys, are
struck by the boundless variety of
n MHJluS1lul L1lAllSS % Z aS hS Ca
shaustless quantities of wonderful
things which are made for children
today.
A recent report from the Depart
ment of Commerce shows hat nearly
$4,000, 900 worth of toys were brought
into the United States during las
September, and for the whole calen,
dar year 1913 the total value viii
probably reach SO, 000, 900. Germany
furnishes by far the most Of them
was nearly 100000 out Of a total o.
$S,000,O 900 imported from all foreign
countries. OF dolls alone the impor.
tation from Germany came to $1,537,.
964 out Of a total of $1,563, 1874. These
figures are based on factory value!
and not on retail prices.
Dolls, the efigies of children fo]
children's mothering, continue to Leaf
ali other toys in. quantity and value
they form nearly one fourth of thu
total value Of all the toys imported
amounting, according to the calcuia
tions for the present calendar year t,
81, 1000.
It is remarked that The consumption
OF toys in this country has grown Yer:
fast within twenty years. Importa
lions in the fiscal year 1898 an1e1lrlte'
to less than $4,000, 900, i'm 1903 the,
had Jumped 10 $4,50o,0oo. and thi
txaags al already noted. the importa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
is GREATEST TOY MARKET.
New Works. Yearly Volume of Trade
$75,0OO,oO0 Worth,

New Tork's Yearly Volume of Trade
$75,0o0,o00 Worth.
New York Sun: New York is by
market. The annual volume Of trade
at wholesale prices is $4,000, 900, and
of this a large part is shipped out
Of the country, mainly to the great
fairs of Europe and Asia.
In mechanical toys, and in toys
made of iron, tin, lead and brass, New
York has ranked first as the worlds
largest market for twenty years. More
recently the local toy interest has
branched out in building wooden toy
making factories in the numbering re-
gions, where much of the refuse from
sawmills makes fine stock for toy
makers. and can be obtained at such
low prices that European makers OF
WOOden toys cannot compete against
the larger products of American wood
@ ntoys who push trade throughout
Europe and Asia.
There are $3.50 live patents issued
by foreign nations to New York MAX
ers Of mechanical n other toys. This
gu a good market for those toys
in countries which possess 200, 600, 00C
children.
Exports of toys from thai city be-
gin to be large in July, and the trade
holds out until late in October, when
all large consignments for the great
marts of Europe must be forwarded
to meet requirements for Christmas
and New Year trade. There are now
residing in New York City about 125
Indians who do fine work in basketrH
and beadwork, n in toys to the order
of local toy trade factories.
Rag dolls, all made by women anc
girls in that city, are sold in all oun
tries. A Brooklyn woman who a few
years & BEGAN making rag dolls fol
n retail shop, now employs 800 girls
in her factory, and farms out WORT
to 500 women in and around New
York. A Harlem woman who origi
mated negro dolls handsomely dressed
for sale to Well-tO-dO colOrcd families
has built up a national reputation anC
has found q good market through 10,
cal toy exporters to North Africa
where many kinds Of American toys
are distributed by caravans over enor.
nous trading zones.
A factor in making American toys
popular in Europe in recent years is
the larger number Of gifts of toys sen
from here by fathers, brothers, or sis.
terS of the little Germans, Russians
Poles, Austrians or Italians, There arr
many limitations of domestic toys IL
EUROPE, but the majority of buyers
prefer the genuine American made
toys, which, while they cost a littl,
more than the imitation products. arr
far better in quality, and last longer.
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A CHANGE.

But yesterday his clouds were gray
And sorrow seemed to fill his cup,
He trudged along his weary way
With eyes cast down, instead Of up.
IF you refuse me- he had said.
MY life will be one round of woe,
In darkness eve I shall tread"
But still the maiden answered mo.
II go" said he, then doomed to be
Forever shrouded by dtsmay,
The-sun shall never shine or me-
But all this happened yesterday.
Today he steps with neW-found vim,
He Gems the ch~eerfulest of men,
A prettier maiden smiled at him.,
And he has taken heart again.
Detroit Free Press.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-06
SATURDAY, DEC. 6, 1913.
HIGH LIVING.

Much has been said of the high cos
of living. 1t is also pretty well un-
derstood now hat high living is
playing a prominent part in he high
cost" That much maligned middle
man" may be to blame in some par
ticular instances, for instance when
he locks up food in cold storage and
holds it for cXorbitant prices when 1t
becomes scarce. On the other hand
the middlcman often gives full value
received.
Not long since The Forum published
an article. showing how the wholesale
grocer did a great deal of actual SerV-
ice in preparing food for market, be-
side his duties as d warehouse man
and distributor. In that article the
work that is done on tho olive was
mentioned. Olives come, mostly from
foreign lands, and when they reach
America they are in barrels or other
large containers, and are not ready to
be set before the fastidious American
public.
Prof. l.. +. Ladd. in a recent bulletin,
mentions this fastidious taste, and it's
effect Oh tho high cost Of living as
follows:
In d leading food establishment
| stood before Il table around which
were seated young ladies. Before
them in trays upon the table were
heaps of pittcd and stuffed olives.
Each young lady held in her hand
an cight-OunCe bottle and with
long Trirn tones she nirkaH IN tho
olives and n by one placed these
in the bottle, standing the same
upon end n putting n layer
upon another until tho bottle was
filled. Those olives which did not
come up to the standard were
thrown into another tray TO go in
u different class. TheSe olives
must first be stoned, then stuffed,
and one by one put into the bottle,
TO please the faStidious eye and for
all this VIC pay. The same olives
poured into IL jar, without regard
to symmetry or beauty of appear
ance, would command a less price
and yet should be equally good.
In Washington l stopped at one
of the leading hotels. l ordered my
midday dinner an the bill was
$1.35. That evening l dined just
across the street from tho main
entrance Of the hotel and ordered
identically the same meal and tho
bill was rs cents. The following
noon l walked two blocks, still on
a prominent street, ordered identi-
cally the Same dinner and paid As
cents for it. In the ono place l
paid for fine music and excellent
service; in the next place the
service was good, the dishes and
napkins not quite so elegant, but
the cooking Was fully the equal
of that at the hotel; at the cheap
er place l had plain white plates,
paper napkins, and worn silver
ware, but the ood was we'll and
substantially cooked, although the
helpings We're not so generous as
at the hotel.
The high cost of living is not
wholly due to the middleman, the
trusts, or monopoly; they do their
share, out our demand for the best,
for the extras, adds to the cost of
living, and numerous instances Of
like nature ma be cited.
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HOW A DOLLAR GROWS.
Increased to $f4.53 After ~ Yea
With Compound Interest.

.. With Compound interest.
Penn Yam Cor. New York Sum,
Mrs. George S. Weaver. who lives in
Main street. Penn Yam, recently re-.
ceived a call from a stranger who was
past middle life and who said he lived
in an adjoining county. /,
He told Mrs. Weaver that he owed;
Solomon D.. Viewers estate some
money and was searching for the pros
per person to pay 1t to. Solomon ID.
Weaver died in 1887 at the age of 90,
years and was the father of the de-,
ceased husband OF Mrs. Weaver. Aft
er asking some questions of Mrs.
| Weaver he went down street and
made some more inquiries. Later he
returned and said that forty-four,
years ago he had driven through a toll
gate on the Penn Van n Branch
port highway. The toll was 4 cents.
He did not have 4 cents In change and
rendered a bill. In giving back the
change the toll gate keeper handed
him 81 toe. much. The stranger kept
1.-THE ST., but never forgot aboutit. Sol
lomonfD. Weaver. the father-in-laW OF
Mrs. Weaver. had built this road and
was the ri for whom the gatekeep-
er was collecting.
The, stranger sat down and figured
FOR some time, and he finally stated
that the ST. with compound interest
amounted to s$l4s53. This noun he
Insisted assaagseaaagAnG t2 MIS- Weaver
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THE SEA.

A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast,
And fills the white and rustling sail,
And bends the gallant mast
And bends the gallant mast, my boys,
While, like the eagle free, -
Away the good ship flies, and leaves
Old England on the lee.
o for a soft and gentle wind!
! heard a fair n cry;
But give to me the snoring breeze i
And white waves heaying high
And white waves heaving high, my
boys
The good ship tight and free; .
The world Of waters is u home,
F. And merry men are we.
There's tempest in yon horned moon
And lightning in yon cloud;
And bark the music, mariners!
The wind is piping loud
The wind is piping loud, my boys,
The lightning flashing free;
While the hollow oak our palace is,
Cur heritage the sea.
Allan Cunningham.
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tons are likely to reach twice that
sum. ....
And at that there will be too many
little girls who win not get yer one
small doll from a shop this Christmas.
But she will always have her beloved
Sally" or her John Doll" made out
of some discarded rags. She gets a
dolly somehow, if she has to make it
herself.