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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
A prince as a Tinker.

The grandson of the last king Of
Delhi has set up in business in Bonn
bay. and advertises that he will under
take to replir very satisfactorily and
at a cheaper rate watches, clocks. mu-
steal Instruments. harmonious. pi,
amos, sewing machines, galvanic bat.
teries. monographs. ETC.. and will be
pleased to call at the bungalow or res,
idence of any requiri
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

These bridge disasters are terri
ble," remarked the man who was
reading of bridges being swept away
by the river floods. 81 should say
So" replied his friend. my wife lost
all of her years pin money In a game
of bridge last night"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

said H. Wallace Corson, the Denver
statistician. "The bureau of labor sta
tistics back me up in this"
THE men responsible for these ad-
vances are begging for another chance
to serve us. They are begging our
pardon. They are prodigal sons-can't
we forgive them?"
''No, say I, no.
"And I'd politely inform those fell
lows that the supply Of fatted calves
is not large as the number of prod
igal sons. Washington Star.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Name said the idea of her mother
bringing home a new husband made
her tired" Il suppose that is why she
would not go a step father."-Balti-
more American.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
WILLING to Be Sacrificed.

Father TO his old friends pretty
daughter) -"Good-by. my dear. ]
won't kiss YOU, have such a cold"
His Son with alacrity)-"Can l dc
anything for you, father?"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
Her Dread.

There is nothing more painful to an
actress than to appear On the stage
looking as old as she really In.
My Autobiography. bv Madame
Judith.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Strengthen the tired kidneys and
purify the liver and bowels with a few
doses of Prickly Ash Bitters. 1t is
an admirable kidney tonic.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT HAY
New York Boy, on His First Visit to
Farm. Was Not to Be Fooled on
That Question.

A. New York boy last summer went
out to his uncle's farm for his vaca
ton. Wandering around the farm next
morning he was found closely exam
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
Very M9ny Women.

Continuous self-sacrifee b some
women's idea of living . useful life
Florida Times Union.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
And Put QIahea In II

Our only fear Of woman In the
presidents cabinet is that she would
put scalloped paper on It's shelves
Chicago News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Russia has been mining gold since
1744.
The consumption of cigarettes in
Germany has doubled In the last foui
years.
A lump of camphor placed in
case with steel jewelry will keep II
bright.
A few grains of sugar will keeI
fresh the water in which cut flowers
are placed.
Next to the elephant, the white
rhinoceros of Africa is the largest
animal known.
One of the newer motorcycles has
single seat which will carry tive
riders side by side.
Mud stains will disappear from G
rain coat If rubbed with the Juice OF
freshly cut potato.
Holland has 1000 miles of canals
in addition to 5000 miles of otheI
navigable waterways.
New York is building a seventeen
story apartment house, the TALES
dwelling in the world
Recent corrections in maps OF
Greenland have added about 10000
square miles to its area.
An Ohio manufacturing plant con
verts the waste steam from its dror
rorges into electrical power.
The congress of Uruguay is plan
ming to make the manufacture of al
cohol a government monopoly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

You talk of Fate! Its seed we SOW
individually or collectively. Fools run
jabbering of the irony of fate to escape
the annoyance of tracing the causes
Meredith.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Work-and pure slumbers shall wait
on thy NATURALIZATION shalt ride
over cares coming billow.-Osgood.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

VEAL'S TOO HIGH.
"All our food except sugar has ad-
vanced two-thirds in price since 1S99,"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

A man never rises so high as when
he knows not whittier he is going
Oliver Cromwell.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Let The News Job Department print
your stationery.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
SOME P0STScRIPTS.

Russia has been mining gold since
1744.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

That was a truly human tombstone
that bore the inscription: 81 expected
this, but not just yet"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Why should the last boy born to a
family be named Doxology? Because
he's the last of the hims
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Turquoise Horsey Stone
The turquoise is the espacial pro
lection of horsemen ard avsrts -acoi-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

josh Billings says: Lar every time
yu pheel tickled-and laff once In
awhile ennyhow."
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
WITH THE SkGES.

Gratitude Is the soil on which Joy
thrives.-Auerbach.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

An Ohio manufacturing plant con
verts the waste steam from its dror
forges into electrical power.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

The congress Of Uruguay is plan
ming to make the manufacture of al
cohol a government monopoly.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

The consumption of cigarettes in
Germany has doubled in the last foui
years.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21
PEPPER AND SALT

The man who sat down on the spur
OF tho moment will never do II
again.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Against the superiority of another
there Is no remedy but love-Goethe.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

The man or woman who does
things" never has time to explain why
more was not accomplished. What the
world needs is more action and fewer
planations.-Lloyd.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

A lump of camphor placed in
case with steel jewelry will keep 1
bright
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

The schoolboy wrote: Boston is the
capital of Massachusetts, city where
100000 daily live. move and have their
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Be ready to give support, but do not
crave it. Do not be dependent upon it
To develop your own self-reliance you
must see that your own life is a bat
tie. You must fight for yourself You
must be your own soldier.-Jordan
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

Recent corrections in maps o
Greenland have added about 10000
square miles to its area.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

A smooth sea never made a skillful
mariner, neither do uninterrupted pros.
perity and success qualify for useful
ness and happiness. The storms Of
adversely, like those of the ocean,
rouse the faculties, and excite the in
vention, prudence. skill and fortitude
of the voyager.-Marryatt
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

A few grains Of sugar will keer
fresh the water in which cut flowers
are placed.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-21

New York is building a seventeen
story apartment house, the tales
dwelling in the world.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
S. z. POLL ANNOUNCES
PLAYWRIGHTS' CONTEST

s z. Poll. proprietor of the Poll
Players, announces today a playwright S
contest for Washington dramatists. He
will give $50 in gold for the best play
submitted by a Washington writer De-
tween now and August Is. the play
chosen for the first prize to become the
property of Mr.. Poll and to be pro-
duced by the Poll Players during the
summer or fall season.
The contest is not hampered by any
conditions. except that the play must be
original, written in English. and SUBJ
mitted before August 10.
Manuscripts should be typewriter and
should be addre ssed to Manager James
Thatcher, care Polls Theater, Washing
ton, and postage should be inclosed for
return If not available. While the Poll
management does not assume any re-
sponsibility for lost manuscripts. every
care will be taken to see that the plays
not acceptable are returned to the
authors.
The judges in the contest will be Ed
win Fl. Curtis, stage director at Polls;
Frank P. Morse, for four years business
representative and playreader for Henry
Miller. the actor. and ellison Gardner.
chairman of the playgoing committee or
the Washington center of the Drama
League OF America
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
POPULAR LECTURERS
BROAD EXPERIENCE

There have been a number Of INQUIRIES
oy those who have attended the wonder
iuI pictures at The Belasco Theater OF
me Undying Story OF Capt Scott and
animal Life in the Antarctic In regard
10 the name of the lecturer, who has
been such source of delight on account
OF his splendid voice and clear articuIa-
ton.
His name is Mr.. Ernest Terrence a
Scotchman. born in Edinburgh, where he
was educated. From there he went m
stuttgart, Germany, TO study piano at the
conservatory of Music; here he gained
the gold medal for operatic singing, ard
also the Westmoreland, scholarship. MANY
OF his musical compositions are now pub-
lished.
He entered the comic opera field. and
Played romantic singing parts for some
years at the Savoy Theater, London, fol-
lowed by engagements at the Lyric, AdeI-
phir Gaiety, and other London theaters
In the fall of 1911 he came to America
where he was engaged in the cast OF
Modest Suzanne" and later by Walter
Damrosch for the part of the British Am
oassador in his comic opera, THE Dove
Of Peace"
The Gaumont Film Company were for
tunate in securing his services lust as
he returned from a long tour of The
EnchantreSs, in which he supported
Miss Kitty Gordon.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
Current Weeks Attractions At Leading Washington Theaters
AbOr11s Accept Dictatorship
0fCentury Opera Company
Formal announcement Confirms Rumor That
Impresarios Would Obtain Dissolution of
Their Agreement NTH Felix Isman

The question which has been most dis
cussed IN operate and musical circles
during the past month, as to who Is to
direct the season of 1854 of the Gem
fury Opera Company at the Century
Theater, has been settled finally. and
Milton and Sargent Aborn have been an
nounced the managing directors
This appointment was rumored several
weeks ago, but when the representatives
of the daily newspapers called upon them
at their Office the Messrs. Aborn denied
any such arrangement, and stated that
they were going ahead on lines they
lish a company of their own in an opera
Isman.
Following the formal announcement
made by the City Clubs committee on
popular opera. Messrs. Aborn were seen
at their office and confirmed 1t.
The reason for their long silence on this
question. Messrs. Aborn stated. was that
they had made contract with Mr.. Isman
securing a ten-year lease on the opera
house he was to build near Forty-eighth
Street and Seventh Avenue, and had paid
him the last years rent of $4,000 as
deposit.
AS soon as the dictatorship OF the Cen
tury Opera Company was offered to the
Aborns a month ago they began negotia-
tons with a view 10 dissolution Of their
agreement with Mr.. Isman. On account
of certain legal complications and bust
ness plans which had TO be rearranged.
they were restrained from making any
statement one way or another. These
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
Mems Notes of the Stage
Both Here and Elsewhere

During the summer the LiebIers will
produce THE Melting Pot" in London,
and this will be the first invasion Of this
firm upon the British metropolis. II
seems odd that they should produce
Zanswilrs drama over there. but they
have the English as well as the American
rights.
Gertrude Bondhill appears as an artists
model in THE Million" at Polls this
week.
John Cort is the latest legitimate man.
ager TO enter the stock field. He Is going
to operate three repertoire companies
next season to keep his theaters in Dem
yer. Seattle, and Salt Lake CITY omen
One organization will be headed by
William ]. Kelley and Edith LYLE. an
other by Willard Mach and Marjorie
Rambeau. and the third by Sydney AWE.
and Maud Leone.
Charles Ram Kennedy, whose .-rbs
Necessary Evil had its first perform
ance In the Fine Arts Theater last week
mas established permanent residence in
this country and has already taken ou,
his first naturalization papers.
htnei Barrymore is appearing with
great success in vaudeville in the Rich
ard Harding Davis pIayIet, Miss Civil
lization."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
By JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

The new policy of Powers Theater in
Chicago whereby all seats left unsold at
O'Clock in the evening, and at O'Clock
in the afternoon go on sale at % cents,
has stirred the rest of the country to
heated argument. The Boston Transcript
declares the scheme the latest mad
ness, as wild, futile, and demoralizing
as anything Chicago managers have ever
attempted
The New York Times calls it a
dubious experiment" and goes on to
say:
1T is not surprising to learn that no
New York manager approves the plan.
Obviously its outcome will be that if
people want to go to that particular the
alter they will not buy seats in advance.
but will assail the box Office at 7:30
o'clock. If they do not want to see the
play offered the lower prices will not
tempt them. Whether or not il would
be good commercial expedient to lower
the prices of theater tickets is quite an
other question. Probably il would not
avail if all managers did it while the
present condition of over competition in
theatricals exists"
From Mr.. Powers comes the statement
that he will keep faith with the public
no matter what the opposition and COM
ment, in which action he feels amply
justified by hundreds of letters received
from folk in all professions commencing
his recent move.
Interesting Experiment..
From the theater-lovers' point of view
Mr.. Powers idea of holding out 800 seats
for both matinee and evening perform
ances to meet the demand of late-comers
these seats to be sold at the uniform
rate of 80 cents) is excellent
One would think however, that every
theater patron would become a late
conner since hardness is so profitable,
and that the after s o clock sale of seats
would be a riotous affair. However. this
may be, the experiment is an interesting
one, although there is little hope of
its becoming a popular movement
where other managers are concerned,
for the reason of aforesaid overcompe-
tiIiOn in the theatrical producing bust
ness, TO which may be added the pres
ent-day cost of production
Their has never been time in
American history when so much money
has been expended in the conduct OF
the theater. The enormous advance in
the salaries of stage folk in the last
decade is a matter for serious consid-
Grafton. From a mere plttance, Inc
weekly stipend of entertainers in every
branch of the profession has advanced
in such degree that if the advance In
the salaries of actors and actresses
the salaries of actors and actresses
continues. and the manager is to make
a living out of his productions. the
public will be asked to pay more than
the now Cto many impossible 81 for
a theater seat
Once an EnSiabIe salary.
In the days when Marshall Wilder
first entertained the public with his
monologues, he received $500 week, !
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
New Policy of Chicago
Theater Creating Furore
In Niew of the Enormous Cost of Present-Day
Theatrical Production Managers Declare
Plan of Mr. Popers Mad Scheme

which was at that time an enviable
salary for a light" vaudeville artist.
Such an amount would today be shifted
at by every vaudeville star" in the
business. AS an example, Mr. P. B.
Chase this season paid Ethel Barry
more $4,000 for appearing something
like half an hour twice a day in J.
NJ. Marrie's delightfully."- satirical play
let, The Twelve Pound Look" Lillian
Russell is at present appearing in
vaudeville for the same amount. Sam
Bernard also commanded $4,000 in
recent vaudeville tour. While these
three players are the vaudeville top
notchers in point of price, there are
hundreds of others whose weekly SAL
airy ranges from $500 to $4,000, among
whom may be mentioned Lily Langtry.
Elsie Janis. and a score of others, to
say nothing of Eva Tanguay, whose
cyclonic stage atrocities bring into her
Golfers more than $4,000 a week.
In the legitimate drama Sothern and
Marlowe lead the dramatic stars in point
of salary. They receive between $4,000
and 5000 individually each week that
they play. David Warfield not only has
a fat salary of 5000 per week, but a
share in gross receipts. There are many
other players who have a stipulated SAL
airy and an interest in the business they
do as well. Lee Shubert paid William
Hodge 5000 weekly and Is per cent OF
the gross receipts during the time that
Mr.. Hodge was playing The Man from
Home"a
In Leaps and Bounds.
Women stars on the stage receive even
larger amounts of money than the men.
Blanche Bates Maude Adams, Annie
Russell, Billie Burke, and Mrs. Fiske
are the topliners of the list, although
the rapid jump in the salaries of some
of our very young actresses has been
astounding Elsie Janis las ap example)
was paid 500 in the spring of one year
and in the winter of the following sea-
son was paid 5000 for the same length
of time. Rose Stahl was paid $500 per
week by a manager who had a short
time before given her less than tenth
of that amount for the same work. In
1903 Frances Starr was playing at the
Murray Hill Theater in a stock company
for a salary which could not have far
exceeded $50 a week. Three years later
her salary. while playing The Rose of
Rancho" must have been fully ten times
that amount The highest paid of all
performers is Harry Lauder, to whom
William Morris hands over 5000 every
seventh day From this category of
prices grand opera singers are exempt.
Their salaries are still more enormous.
CdTuSO receives s-'o' every HASht thdt
he sings Schumann-Heinke has a
weekly salary of 5000. while the salary
of AdeIina Patti, during her last tours
of America, was never less than $4,000
a night
Considering the money paid the folk |
who really draw the public to the the |
alter land salaries are but one item OF
a production is there any wonder that |
theatrical managers all over the country |
are passionately critical of Mr.. Powers |
new policy of every seat for 80 cents |
after s o'clock in his Chicago playhouse?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18

affairs were finally Strengthened out, and
Mr.. Isman sent to the Aborns q check
for the amount of their deposit yesterday,
while they agreed to assume all expenses
SO far incurred in architects fees, &C..
Confirmed Engagement.
As soon as this amicable arrangement
was concluded the City Club Committee
made their formal announcement Of the
appointment of Milton and Sargent Aborn
as managing directors of the Century
Opera Company, and the latter officially
confirmed this engagement.
In the meantime the Messrs. Aborn
had been busy making arrangements for
their own proposed opera season, includ-
ing the starting of a subscription list
and the engagement of both American
and foreign artists. Having abandoned
their own personal venture, they will
turn over to the Century Opera Com
pany all of the subscriptions recorded
for the Aborn season, as well as ali
contracts completed or pending with ar
lists in London, Paris and Berlin BY
the Century Opera Company's taxing
over bodily the Aborn plans, now SO far
advanced. their season at the Century
Theater may be opened on Septem-
Der Is.
Mr.. Milton Aborn will leave for Europe
on the steamship Mauretania on June IL
to close up singers contracts now await
ing signature. and to hear other artists
appearing in opera there. He also in
tends to secure a number Of operas that
have never been presented before in
America in English.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
COLUMBIA PLAYERS TO
GIVE BENEFIT MATINEE

A benefit for Six Walker. the unfortu-
nate stage employe who has become a
permanent invalid as a result of an acct
dent on the stage of another local thea
ter, will be given at the Columbia Theater
Tuesday afternoon, May q, when the
Columbia Players will present an extra
matinee Of THE Amazons" Mr..
Walkers back was broken by the acct
dent. and since then his body, from the
waist down, has been paralyzed The
entire receipts of the matinee will be
turned over to the faithful wife of the
unfortunate man.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
Poli's-s.Merely Mary Ann"

Merely Mary Ann" the delightful
comedy by Israel zangwill. in which
Eleanor Robson starred both in England
and America, will be the offering of the
Poll Players next week.
The story of this whimsical play centers
in a little serving maid in the household
Of proud family which has as a boarder
an unappreciated but talented young
musician. The musician falls in love with
the maid and they are about to be married
when a fortune is left to the girl by
relative in America. The marriage Ii
postponed and for five years the two
young people hear nothing Of each other.
But eventually they meet, after the maid
has acquired all the polish Of the world
of fashion and after the young musician
has won his way in the highest realms
of music.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
PoIi's-"The Million"

Henry W. Savage's farce success Of
last year, The Million" which ran all
winter in New York, will be the offering
of the Poll Players this week. The
Million although it is of French origin,
differs essentially from the usual Paris
ian farce in that it is thoroughly clean
and wholesome entertainment.
A poor young sculptor is the owner of
lottery ticket, and being unaware OF
its value he leaves it in the pocket of
an old blue blouse. While he is away
from his studio burglar bursts through
the skylight, hotly pursued by the police
Only the heroine, the sculptor's sweet
heart is in the room at the time. She
is too frightened to cry out, and so she
assists the burglar in his pretense that
he is the artist. After all danger is
over the burglar leaves the studio, wear
ing the blouse as a disguise. When the
sculptor returns he receives a telegram
announcing that his lottery ticket has
drawn the capital prize of a million. The
next three acts relate to the feverish
haste with which the burglar is pursued
and all the characters become involved
in a wild chase which leads to many
places and develops many thrilling sit
uations In the performances at Polfs
this week the role of the heroine will
be played by Miss Jewel, while Thurlow
Bergen will be seen as the young
sculptor.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-18
Bela.co-Kinenacolor Pictures.

The kinemacolor representation in nat
ural color motion photography which
comes to the Belasco Theater next week
will be presented twice daily. This ex-
hibition covers two of the greatest events
of current history, 1.-THE Making Of the
Panama Canal and Actual Scenes of
the Balkan War" Certainly there is no
American citizen who is not deeply inter-
ested in the carrying out by his country
of the greatest engineering feat the world
has ever known, and just as certainly
there are few of US who are not vitality
interested In the great struggle going on
in the Balkans, where Greek, Bulgarian,
servian. and Montenesrin are fighting