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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-08-01
JUDGES to Sentence.

Atlanta, July 3f.--Following formal
recommendation by Chairman II. H.
Davidson of the state prison commits
sion, the senate has passed a bill pro-
yiding that judges shall sentence Grim
inals to indeterminate prison terms.
The measure excludes life-ttrmers
and persons sentenced for treason,
assault. 1t includes those sentenced
for all other felonies, but is surround
ed by various safeguards.
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DINNER
| NAVAL OFFICERS
IN DANCE AT NEW
MONS HOTEL +
EsT NIGHT.

rendered tht officers
r Des Moines, by the
of Brunswick, at the
Simon's asst night, prov
success and was enliven-
r of toasts proposed by
hess members of the din
h was followed by a dance
many OF the ladies cf
colony on the island and
Fty was also in attendance
[swick
Er Of entertai' ments and ST.
S will be ARRANGED for tn.
the Des Moines and their
port made a pleasant one
the cruises is too remain
tn of time.
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Why They Cannot.

Some men cant sing tho old songs
Sometimes. perchance, you've met 'em-
Because, you see, 'twixt you and me,
No audience will let 'em
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-08-01
WAYCROSS W|NSIN
VERY GOOD GAME
TOOK OPENER FROM THOMAS.
VILE, YESTERDAY BY SCORE
or 2 TO 0.

Thomasville, July 31.-Stiles and
Clark both pitched excellent bali this
afternoon, the local twirler giving up
only two hits but they We're sufficient
to permit two runs and allow Thomas
vile to win the game. Clark kept his
five hits well scattered
The score: r. IL. e
Waycross 2 1
-. .......0 5 /
Batteries, Clark and Coveney, Stiles
and Dudley. Umpire, Derrick.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

enjoyed by the richest citizens anywhere
else.
St Petersburg has now FIVE Peoples
theatres. Ten years ago the wealthy
Countess S. V. Panin built. in the dirty,
neglected Volkof district, a splendid
peoples theatre. which cost 100000. In
Galerni Ostroff. a district inhabited
largely by factory workmen, engineers
and sailors is another well managed ped
pies theatre. The great and the small
provincial cities account for the rest of
406. Moscow, Odessa, Tver. Kief, Khark-
off, have all important theatres for the
working class, and there are about 30
in remote Siberia. Tashkent in Central
Asia. has a peoples theatre. and there
are tolerable attempts at theatres for
workmen in the MINOR towns of the
Southern Siberian steppes.
The foundation and management of the
peoples theatres is carried out either by
the local curatorium, by the municipality,
or by private associations and phianthro-
pists. Sometimes the three collaborate.
In one case the curatorlum subsidies a
municipal people'e thaatre, or agrees to
make up its deficit; sometimes it finds the
money for construction, while the munici-
pality contracts to bear the deficit; some
times it makes a contract for sharing the
cost with local rich men or associations.
In some cases the curatorium takes over
and manages already existing people 8
theatres; in sine cases Its responsibility
is limited to merely substituting weekly or
bi-weelsly performances for working men
in the ordinary local theatres.
The essence of a peoples theatre is that
prices shall be low. In big towns like
st. Petersburg the maximum is relative
ly high, sometimes half dollar; more
often the highest price is quarter of a
dollar. and the cheapest seats may cost
only a couple of cents. There are some
theatres which have only one price for
seats. In the "uyezd" towns, where
wages are low and and other entertain
ments non-existent, there are people s
theatres with maximum price of cents,
and there are village peoples theatres,
consisting of barn, schoolmaster and
a dozen ambitious peasants, which give
winter performances once a week and
charge cents for entry. 1t is hard to
make such theatres pay. But the curato-
rum reports show that as the result of
gratis help from artists and musicians
and support from the rich public, AZ out
of every 100 peoples theatres pay their
way; while the other So per cent are
helped along by usually small subsidies
from the curatoriums.
BY their variety OF representation, even
in towns of $1,000 or so Inhabitants, the
peoples theatres show the large amount
of latent artistic talent in the Russian
nation. The small town Of kostroma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

SIX eastern provinces, the state vodka
monopoly, under which the whole man
ufaeture and sale of spirits. with the
exception of raw distillation. were de-
clared monopoly of the imperial gov
ernment. Witte motived the introduction
OF the monopoly with two arguments.
Ihe first was that it would better the
finances. This expectation proved true.
for today the state reaps independently
or the former excise duty which contin-
ues), the sum of $3.50, 900 a year. The
second aim was to check drunkenness.
The government as sole salesman would.
reasoned Witte, be al4e to reduce intem-
perance. Russians dispute as to how far
this aim has been realized. As result
of the prohibition of the old system of
drinking on the premises the working
man and the muzhik have taken to drink
ing boldly In the streets. Yet the meas
ure which Witte devised In order to COM
bat drunkenness had one notable feature,
and from this had sprung the abundance
of Russian peoples theatres.
This was the establishment of "Cura-
toriums of Public Sobriety," 'Popetchi-
telstva," as they are clumsily named. In
every province simultaneously with the
Introduction of the monopoly was started
q curatorium; few large cities got cura-
forums of their own, and the districts,
or "uyezds,' into which all Russian prov
fnceS were divided, were given Subordi-
nate curatoriums under the supervision
of the government curatorium The state
undertook to subsidiae the curatoriums
out of the yield of the vodka monopoly,
and the curatorfums were authorized to
accept subscriptions from the public.
Seats on the curatoriums were to be held
by certain high officials, by representa-
tives of the towns. of medicine of the
church, of the conscription department.
and by private. co-opted persons who had
rendered service to, or shown interest in,
tho cause of abstention from drink. The
function of the curatorlum was to fight
the drink fend. It's method was to pro-
vide counter attractions to the -''Kabsk'
1t was to organize lectures, lantern en-
tertainments, concerts, dancing and libra
ries, and to provide theatrical entertain
ments at low prices or gratis Owing to
the predominance of inert bureaucrats
these euratoriums in most domains have
had small success, and they are disliked
by the public. But they came at a pro-
pitious time for the peoples theatre
movement. and the result of their coming
Is that Russia has the most numerous,
the cheapest and artistically the most ef-
fective peoples theatres in Europe.
The greatest stimulus was given to the
peoples theatre movement in 1886. when
Prince Alexander of Oldenburg was elect
ed chairman of the newly formed St
Petersburg City Curatorium. The Prince
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

a ERLIN. November S-(special)
n Friedrich wilhelm, crown prince
- and sportsman, grows in popu-
larity. Flappers adore him. When flap
pers-German. Backfische, English, pig
tailed, half fedged maids-see Friedrich
Wilhelm they enthuse. they crowd, they
guish, they want to kiss his hand. And
when Friedrich Wilhelm sees fiappers, es-
pecially if they're red-haired and thin, he
crowds, gushes, and wants to kiss their
hands. Wherever Friedrich Wilhelm
goes, we hear how he's played tennis
with Flapper Friedchen, aged 16, or rowed
with Flapper Crete, aged is, and how
Flappers Leibchen, Biebchen and Dieb-
chen, all with birthday books, ran after
Friedrich Wilhelm. and offered kisses If
he'd only sign his name.
Friedrich. Wilhelm will be the happers'
Kaiser. just as Henri Quatre was the
locksmiths king.
Fact is, Friedrich Wilhelm's dominant
characteristic is his effervescent youth.
His other traits are accidental and ad-
ventitious-only when he appears as Per-
feet Youth is the essential prince re-
vealed. His tries at soldering, his jokes
at book writing, his boos in the Reichstag
at Chancellor Bethmann-H Hollweg--th sc
are deeds by the way. They never long
divert him from the real interest of
youth, from dancing with fiappers, row.
ing with flappers, signing fiappers' birth
day books. and hearing flappers threaten
(but naturally not in earnesD, to reward
his princely condeseension with modest
kiss.
No one knows what Crown Princess
Cecilie says. But all say she's not jeal-
Gus. Friedrich Wilhelm is a loving hus-
band. and his f1apper gambols are ideal
istic effervescences. At the Zoppot tennis
tournament, some weeks ago. the crown
prince played with tappers, danced with
fiappers, and gushed at happers. and
fiappers gushed at him. Unjealous Crown
Princess Cecilie Joined in the glee, smiled
when Flapper Henny called her husband
a pet, and wound up the week by asking
fappers to tea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
Wonderful Peoples Theatres of backward" Russia
Copyright. 1918. by curtis Brown,

Copyright. 1918, by Curtis Brown.)
on. PETERSBURG, November s..
speciaL>-Backward Russia. in most
~ things of culture Europe's byword,
leads the world In peoples theatres. That
is. in theatres with good art and low
priced seats, where the tired working
man, to whom half dollar is an exorbi-
tant charge. can see things worth seeing
for much less. In most European coun-
tries peoples theatres are few; civilized
England. despite the experiment of Wal
ter Bssant with the Peoples Palace, has
not got one at ALL and the hard-up work.
man resorts to the moving picture or the
cheap variety show. Yet barbarous Rus
sia has tta theatres existing wholly and
entirely fer the working class. They
range from splendid stone play houses
and opera houses. one OF which is the
biggest theatre in the world. down to
modest frame buildings in remote
"oyezd' towns. And In addition to 4o5
of such peoples theatres, there are many
others which are too modest for statis-
tics. and consist chiefly of an enterpris-
ing schoolmaster. o barn, and few artis-
tic muzhfks.
Peoples theatres existed in Russia at
times when there were none at all else
where. They existed under serfdom, and
In fact originated with serfdom. Wealthy
owners of thousands of souls used to
send the most promising "souis, to Mos
COW and Petersburg that they might
learn to dance. play and sing, and these
histrionic muzhiks. though remaining
slaves, were kept for my lords entertain
ment, Just as the medaevaI barons kept
testers and buffoons. Soon after the
emancipation, an ex-serf named Mfchail-
owsky, who had been trained as an opera
singer at the cost of Prince Demidoff,
started in the town of Tver, q small,
cheap theatre for the working classes.
The need for doing something to enter
tam the now free muzhik led to small
theatres being started by kind-hearted
people in towns and even In villages.
chiefiy in Tambov and Kursk govern
ments, and several towns later started
municipal peoples theatres with popular
prices, or allotted the use of the ordi-
nary theatres for several DAYS in the
week to audiences of working men.
Up till 1895 Russia had no chance Of
getting a peoples theatre of any size.
IN tnat year came the first stimulus, and
ike many other Russian innovations il
came from Sergius Ju1evitsch. Witte Tn
1880 Witte started, as an experiment in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
Bat Caves of West Africa

Writing of experiences on a recent trip
through West Africa, Amaury Talbot
tells OF an interesting discovery made
near the falls of the Attewa Yafe river.
Less than mile from the bank. on the
British shore, states the writer, a BUSH
path leads down a cuplike depression. at
the bottom of which, in the wall-like side,
looms a vast cave. says the Wide World
Magazine.
From the blacl1ness within countless
bats shril eeaselessly above the dull
rush and boom of water, for just beyond
the opening two underground rivers Join.
Save for the heavy odor of swarms of
bats, disturbed by our approach, the air
was clear and pure, showing the presence
of many openings This system of UNDER
ground halls and vaulted tunnels reaches
for miles, in many cases with roofs
smoothly curved, as though hewn by the
hand of man.
The caves are said to extend up to the
first falls, but time did not permit, oe
thorough exploration. They are the prop
erty of the ododop people. and much
valued on account of the bats. which in
habit them in vast numbers, and which
are looked upon as a delicacy.
The method of capture is as followss
At each known entrance stands men
armed with long sticks, with which to
strike down the escaping bats. The prin-
cipal hunters then enter the caves, ac-
companied by lantern bearers and carry
ing triangular nets fastened at the end
of long poles. With these they sweep
the roofs, enmeshing hundreds of thl
dusky denizens and driving the rest to
ward the entrances.
When first disturbed the din caused b;
the screams of the startled bats and thu
whirr of their myriad wings was inda
scribable. Great clouds of them mads
for tho exits, to fall, line after line, un-
der tho blows of the beaters outside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

blue eyes. Biue-eyed girls always-Lies-
chen, you understand politics*''
"A little, highness. am reading
Klein's Social and Political Instincts of
Hymenopterous Insects
Thereon. Friedrich Wilhelm talks to her
of politics; and says he doubts whether
Bethmann- -Hollweg is a successful chan
eellor. "Bethmann lis a clever man at
multiplication and shorthand; but he's
too old. The world must be governed bv
young people. Bold, ADVENTUROUS men
with simple hearts! What do you think,
Lieschen?"
Naturally fappers fall in love with a.
man like that. Who would not? They
paste his picture in their Gretchen bed
rooms; they paste them on their hearts
Hes 80 distinguished! So merry! Ach,
so yornehm!'
Even far-off Munich echoes his fame.
AT Munich Higher Daughters school, a.
question was set: Who is the grea test
living German? I'm answering girls should
base their Judgment on words of a COM
petent authority The girls, thought the
examiners might choose Count Zeprelin
and quote the Kaiser who called the
county the greatest man>>of the twen-
tieth century.
When the higher daughters papers were
examined two-thirds, it appeared, chose
Friedrich Wilhelm. And they based their
judgment on the princes words that
"ouarrels will always be solved by the
swords,' or on remarks from his hunt
ing book or on his speech at Koenigsberg
university--on everything, in short ex-
cept his talk with Lieschen in the Havel
boat.
Friedrich Wilhelm merits his populari-
ty with fiappers. He is never cross. or
distrait; and he tolerates liberties which
a bank clerk would resent from a Queen.
Did not Carlottchen Jackh, for instance,
clip off a lock Of his hair. as she sat
behind him in the Havei boat? And did
not Jutta Quessel? And the cheek of
that little midget, Gertrude Ostermann.
Naturally, the fiapper tripe worships his
footprints-though probably not more de-
votedly that he worships theirs!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

Herr Arthur Lewinneck has printed a
book, "The Crown Princes Friends''-"Die
Freunde des Kronprinzen." 1t describes
bedrooms with crown princely portraits.
ty with raw femininity. "The prince Is
the passion of happers in general and
of Potsdam fiappers most of all. Just
ask that throng of black and straw-haired
creatures who decorate their Gretchen
bedrooms with crown princely portraits? :?
Ask the nice girls who wait every morn
ing in the New Garden, Potsdam, and
present him. with fragrant flowers. Ask
those who dance with him at regimen
tai balls" The girls call him Fritz
chem "Fritzchen. I mean highness, give
me a dance. I insist-highess, let's 60
boating tomorrow. What? Not tomorrow
-on Thursday-I insist"
Highness is always kind with fappers.
In youthful expansive mood he tells
them his sorrows. You see him rowing
on the Havel-sight, bright and white, In
fannels-and along the shore walk four
adorable f1appers with long waists and
hair plaits. Friedrich Wilhelm takes his
field glass and spies. He hesitates-he
turns-he cannot resist the temptation.
"Hallo girls. G'ten Morgen! Come for
a row? What? Hop in!'
-Four fiappers, trembling with love- GU
riosity and fear. flop into the boat. He
rows them along,
"Well-so you've heard the news. girls.
I'm off to Langfuhr. VIE? I'm sorry, too,
but papa insists. A man.
We're dreadfully sorry, highness. Must
you really go?" asks Marichen, fumbling
in her dress for birthday book.
Il must says the prince. so you
carry fountain pen. Take care, the Ink
Stupid, I've signed at the wrong place.
Papa is very cross over the Rosslau busi-
ness. 1t was one of you girls. Why
can't you leave me alone?"
=. And he explains to the happers that
life is growing serious. II imasinei I'm
writing book CThe fiappers unani--
mously "Achr) Yes, real book. It's
all about politics. Lieschen understans
politics. How do I know1 Lieschen has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

of oldenburg is relative of the Roman
offs; his son. Prince Peter, is married to
the Cars sister Olga. and his wife is
born Duchess of Leuchtenberg also a
kniswoman of Nicholas II. Prince Alex
ander Is man of marked artistic talent
and administrative capacity; he leads in
every good work, and he Is almost the
only man about the court who enjoys
popular respect. His wife. Princess Eu-
genie Maximilianovna, backs him. Prince
Alexander set the ST. Petersburg cura-
torium the task of providing the city with
peoples theatre which should be the
best In Russia. Obstacles had to be
forced. The curatorium gets from the
tsate an annual subsidy of only $250,000:
and has dozen things to manage apart
from running theatres Prince Alexan-
der managed to get as a gift the disused
iron building of the Mini -Novgorod ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

iday it is full The one trouble Is that,
as in all Russian Peoples theatres the
show Is SO good thatthe dearer seats tend
to be filed by the well-to-do middle class
and even by aristocrats
Prince Alexander and Princess Eugenie
worked so hard at managing this opera
house that it has now a splendid chorus
and some first-rate solo singers and it
can tackle a varied repertory. 1t has
staged all the best Russian, Italian,
French and German composers, and can
claim with the Metropolitan Opera house,
New York, to have been the only theatre
other than Bayreuth to play Wagner's
"Parsifal." So we'll was Wagner done
that one OF the Bayreuth managers went
to st. Petersburg to see If he could pick
up notions In this way, at prices as
low as cents. musical feast Is given to
the Petersburg workman, which is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

hibition. and he had this adapted, given
a facade, and set up on the petersburg
side" to the north of the Neva, which
is the historic center of the capital. This
is the building now officially known as
THE Peoples House of Nicholas H."
ffhe Peoples House consists of theatre.
library and restaurants; and last year it
had triumph in the addition on it's left
wing of vast Peoples Opera house.
which holds $500 spectators. The opera
house has thus no rival in the world. 1t
is built in American style of reinforced
concrete (seven women engineers helping
to put 1t together), and 1t has more
scientific lighting and ventilation system
than any other Russian theatre. Since
its addition the Peoples house as
whole, counting the two theatres, res
taurants, libraries and grounds. can hold
10000 persons. and every Sunday and hol-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

without any help from without. in one
year. gave representations of plays and
operas by Shakespeare, Moliere, Schiller.
Hauptmann. Ostrovsky. Tchekhon, Mo-
zart, Wagner, Donizetti. Bizet. Mascagni
and it further gave a dozen concerts. OF
course the performances were not nrst
rate. In Paris New York they could
be called very bad. But no French or
American town of equal size could pro-
duce such works, we'll or Ill. And, natur-
ally. for grimy working men and muzhik
carriers they seem an inaccessible peak
Of art and cultivation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

Here We're once the famous gardens
of Lucullus in which Messalina. the
wife of Claudius, afterward celebrated
her orgies, and here today, especially
in the afternoons. the nobility resort
with their equipages. Under the cool
shade of a long avenue of majestic
trees the carriages are brought to a
stand and are discarded by their oc-
cupants who spend an hour or so Wis
iting one another and awaiting the
passage of their sovereign. Victor Enl-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
BY c.. F. MARKELL,

after which it is said Edward was quite
"cool."
Moving unpretentiously among his
loved and loving subjects may be seen
most any day Victor Emmanuel III OF
Italy. Close to the Plaza del Popolo In
Rome is the famous Pincion Hill, from
which is to be obtained a most mag
nificent view of the city. This emil
nence, known as the hill of gardens"
was always a favorite spot with the
Romans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09

the public vehicle was the means em-
ployed to conceal his meanderings. BY
the way, little joke, as we'll as a pun,
relative to his familiarities will not go
unappreciated here. At a private sup
per the then Prince of Wales essayed
to wash the face of Mrs. Langtry, the
Jersey Lily. with a wine of rare bou-
quet. In retaliation, however the
beautiful actress adroitly slipped a
piece of ice down the princes back,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-09
OF Limited Value

From the Kansas City Journal.
Thirty cents a word for this stuff?i
exclaimed the editor. II wouldn't think
of it,"
Sir l am a famous author"
That's Just 1t. You are d famous
author. not famous pugilist or a sue
cessful spitball pitcher"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-04-18
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