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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23

LAddie Cliff ID 30 much better than
most Of the eccentric dancers who
weave their uncertain steps that his
performances are like something of
an entirely different nature. The Eng
lish comedian has q snap and 90 about
him. an enthusiasm and verve that
make him thoroughly entertaining, and
the Temple audiences enjoyed him
greatly in two shows, Monday.
Will M. Greasy and Blanche Dayne
have been for many years portray
ing New England rural types. In their
own delightful way. Mr.. Cressy can
give TO the life a picture of q can
tankerous. tight-fsted, "blame-dinged"
but nevertheless soft.hcarted old vii.
lage storekeeper. and Miss Dayne IL
useful for the brisk and competent
way IN which she stirs up the old
man and gets him to exercise his
caustic wit. Although the little sketch
ends In rather drippy sentiment II IL
unusually good.
Dare Brothers are athletes of abil.
ity and the Five Harveys are wire
workers who attract interest. Joseph
Herbert and Lillian Goldsmith do Q
barefoot dance which has some pretty
steps and considerable mere toe
twiddling. Joe Morris and Charley
Allen are the typical average" sing
ing act. and 40 such are not dull spots
on the bill. Adam and I'VE and nu.
merous other monkeys fight and
scramble and riot around the stage.
sending the children Of the audience
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23
BEST Single Handed Talker" Ran
Big Phone Co. Out of Business

GARDNERvlLLE. New. Sept. 23
jean Phillips was superintendent
OF the Gardnerville division OF the
Nevada Consolidated Telephone and
Telegraph Co., whose vice+president
was Jas G. Sweeney. then supreme
justice Of Nevada. The company had
two exchanges. one at Gardnervilie
and the other at Carson City IL miles
away. The Pacific States gave them
long distance switches out Of Carson
City. They had about 800 miles or
wire. extending. to telephones scatter
ed through rugged mountainous
country. The company paid fat divi-
dends.
Jean Phillips had been on vacation.
from Judge Sweeney.
Because we wish TO make some
changes In our service. We request
your resignation" Enclosed with 1t
was a highly nattering letter OF
recommendation.
Jean tore up the letter. Then he
went to see the supreme Justice.
LAS I understand IT," said Jean to
the Judge. I'm not fired; I'm asked
to resign"
That's right" said the Judge.
We'll. I'm not going to resign, II
you had fred me I would get out, but
to ask me to resign without giving
me the reason, no. will hold down
my job until know why my resigna-
ton IL demanded
This parley ended when Phillips
announced:
'T will start another company and
run you of your feet"
The Judge laughed. 1t was the best
Joke he had heard.
Then Jean Phillips returned TO
Gardnerville, interested local capital.
incorporated the United Farmers
Telephone and Telegraph Co. and
held a meeting OF the mountainers.
Judge Sweeney attended that meet
ing. He was the first speaker. lie
made q personal attack upon Phillips.
When he had finished Phillips spoke.
His speech was very brief.
He read the recommendation Judge
Sweeney had sent In the letter re-
ouesting his resignation.
Now. gentlemen" asked Phillips,
how many men are there willing to
trust me personally with not only the
money in this new company. but with
all their money"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23
IF MEALS HIT BACK
AND STOMACH SOURS
"Pape's Diapepsin" ends Indigestion,
Gas, Dyspepsia and Stomach Mis-
cry in five minutes.

II what you just ate Is souring on
your stomach or lies like q lump OF
lead. refusing to digest, or you beIch
gas and eructate sour. undigested
food. or have a feeling Of dizziness,
heartburn, fullness, nausea, bad
taste in mouth and stomach head
ache, you can get blessed relief In
five minutes.
Ask your pharmacist to show you
the formula. plainly printed on these
ffty-csnt cases of Pape's Diapepsin.
then you will understand why dys-
peptic troubles Of all kinds must 70,
and why they relieve sour, out-or.
order stomachs or indigestion In i've
minutes. "Pape's Diapepsfn" IL
harmless; tastes like candy, though
each dose will digest and prepare for
assimilation into the blood all the
food you eat; besides, II makes you
60 to the table with q healthy ap-
petite; but. what will please you
most, 10 that you will feel that your
stomach and intestines are clean and
fresh, and you will not need to re-
sort to laxatives or liver pills for
biliousness or constipation.
This city will have many "Pape's
Diapepsin" cranks, as some people
will call them. but you will be en-
about this splendid stom-
ach preparation. too, II you ever take
II for indigestion gases, heartburn.
dyspepsia, or. any stomach
misery.
Get some now, this minute, and
rid yourself Of stomach trouble ana
Indigestion In i've minutss.-Adv.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23

The only men who didn't stand up
were Judge Sweeney and Alfred
Karge. president and general man.
ager of the Navada Consolidated.
Phillips refused to accept the pres
idency Of the new company. which
strengthened confidence In him.
He built line into Carson City,
and then. through the state railroad
commission. forced the Nevada Con.
solidated to give the United Farm
ers' long distance switches through
their own telephone exchange. This
move won the battle, for 1t saved the
expense OF building an exchange.
Phillips finally forced the Nevada
Consolidated to sell its Gardnervilie
exchange for $4,000. instead Of 321,-
900, the price Judge Sweeney held
out for In the beginning.
You're the best sinEle-handed talk
er ever saw" said Judge Sweeney
to Phillips.
The United Farmers Telephone 4
Telegraph Co., has been In operation
a year now and II an assured suc-
cess.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23
HUNDRED SNAKES
ATTACK WORKMEN
Men Laying Pipeline are Engag.
ed In Fierce Battle With -,ep-
tiles Of Copperhead Variety

WASHINGTON. Sept. ga gang
OF $50 men laying big pipe line for
the Philadelphia company in Greene
county engaged more than 100 venom.
GUS copperheads in battle. The COP
perhead lair was encountered on the
farm Of Madison Scott.
James Motifs. pipe line worker. was
surrounded by the reptiles before he
could get away. and was badly bitten.
His screams brought fellow-workers,
who engaged In one of the most re-
markable contests ever waged with a
horde Of vipers. The copperheads
fought with deadly precision and bit
several other men before they were
finally routed.
A count after the battle showed So
dead reptiles. The bitten men were
given aid at the Waynesburg hospi-
tai: but several are In a critical con.
dition.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23

WARRINGTON.
Il took two people to write The
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23

cation that have nurtured and devei-
opsd original ability. gives stage
portrait In Romance" that will 60
down probably into the history Of the
American drama a. one OF the notable
achievements In the epoch.
Her Cavillini u the true daughter
Of Italy-an locks, manner. voice, dis
position. temperament. She makes
the little opera singer q beauteous
creature Of clear skin, dark eyes,
black curls, graceful slimness. de-
spite the hoop-skirt dress Of the pc
Rod. and presents her with all the
vivacity, impulsivensss, naughty tenn
per, Observation-Disclosures, coQuetry and
wilful fascination. imagination con-
ceives the character might be. In
keeping, Miss Keane uses . charming
broken Italian.English mode OF
speech. with occasional lapses into
Italian when thought must have utter
ance too quick for her to ind the
English words. The picture 10 per-
feet one, and Miss Keane deserves
all the praise that could possible be
bestowed upon her for the conception
and presentation Of . delightful and
unusual stage character. In the act
ing Of Cavillini. Miss Keane 10 impec-
cable. and she gives . performance
that IL absolutely without . iaw.
Mr.. Sheldon tells the story OF "Ro-
nance In q way that Is different.
Bishop Thomas Armstrong has Q
young grandson. Harry, who II In love
with, and IL determined to marry. a
young actress. In an effort to dis
suade the boy, the bishop. seated in
Z big arm chair In his study before
dying CRATE Are. relates to Harry the
romance OF his own youth when. a.
t. younr rector Of fashionable
New York church, he met, loved, and
Yielded TO Q mad infatuatton for La
Cavallini. the most famous singer OF
her day. This Is tho prologue, and
the ensuing three acts OF the play
present In reality the incidents In the
bishops early life. The epiiogue
shows Harry sitting beside his grand
father. enthralled with the recital,
only breaking the tense interest to
Jump to his feet. declaring himself
more than ever determined to marry
his actress sweetheart, and begins
his grandfather not only to consent
to the marriage. but to perform the
ceremony himself. Just as the cur
tain descends, the bishops giriish
granddaughter, and Harry's sister,
reading the Evening Post to- the old
gentleman, reads In the foreign news
column OF the death. In her villa on
Lake Como. in italy. of La Cavillini.
. .."oue-time world famous opera sing.
Or who had charmed America" Thus
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23
SAYS HE'S GROWN
ODORLESS ONION
Ohio Grower Declares He Has
Discovered q Variety That
Leaves No Taint ON Breath

ST. CLAIRSVILL4E, O.. Sept. a.
Eat your onion soup, MUNICH your seal.
lions without stint. dash oil and viNe-
gar on your Bermudas, and go right
ahead. After which you need not
fear-csll on your best girl: receive
your best fellow. You're safe. The
odorless onion has been found.
Former County Commissioner w. N.
Miller. OF this place, declares he has
IN q triumph Of horticultural hybrid
ling achieved an onion that needs
no cloves for chaser. It's a combt-
nation. he asserts. of the Bermuda
and the Golden Yellow, having the
flavor Of the first. the hardness of
the second, and the combined color
of both.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23

ends the bishops sweet and wonder
full romance.
The company surrounding Miss
Keane Is excellent in every respect.
drst honors necessarily going. because
OF prominence in the action of the
characters they enact, to Leslie Fa'
Der. as Tom Armstrong. the young
rector and afterward the bishop; H.
Nye Chart a. Cornelius Van Tuyl,
friend and patron Of La Cavillini. in
whose home In old Fffth-ave. Tom
met the beautiful Italian: Frank De-
KUN, as Harry; Claiborne Foster.
az Harry's sister. Suzette: Elizabeth
Forbes. az Susan Van Tuyl. niece Of
Cornelius Van Tuyl. and who subse
Quently marries Tom, and Grace Hen
derson. IS Toms severely prim mai.
den aunt. The play n exQuisiteiy
staged.
In the introduction of . tiny mon
key which La Cavallini affectionately
calls her "babbine,' the whole key-
note OF the opera singers character
II revealed by the playwright. With
all her aflaires d'amour, the adulation
OF the world In public and private, the
homage paid to her voice and art. her
beauty and her charm, the one thing
that dominates La Cavallini's entire
being IL . yearning mother-love that
fate DEGREES shall never be satisfied.
The weeks engagement OF no
nance" In the Garrick includes per-
formances on Wednesday and Satur-
day afternoons.
ELLA NAE HAWTHORNE.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23

Two brothers from Belgium who
are farming In Saskatchewan, re-
Gently returned temporarily to their
native country and married two sis
ters. who had been courted by cor
respondence. after being introduced
through q matrimonial bureau. The
brothers knew that the older girl was
named Georgette, and when the time
came to 90 and seek their bride they
matched straws to determine which
one should take Georgette.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23
MILES,.

~Henpecked Henry" two-act
musical farce. played by Jack Train0r
and company In the Miles this week,
Is perfect scream OF comedy. to give
II the effusion II deserves. The laugh
able situations which succeed one an
other with dizzy rapidity kept the
audience In an almost continuous gale
OF laughter. Monday night.
Henry Smitt.- a retired banker OF
Kalamazoo. who is proud OF his lady
killing" abilities, is paying visit to
Chicago with his daughter and domi-
neering wife. They rent rooms from
Phil Mason. a young man who Is hard
up for cash and who has turned his
uncle's Lake Shore residence into a
roomins house for the summer.
Other roomers In the place prove
to be Fay Davenport, an actress, and
her dancing daisies" much 10 the
actress and the jealousy Of his wife
cord. while Phil surreptitiously woos
the daughter. Elsie.
A sudden turn in the situation
causes Mrs. Smitt to order her hus-
band TO make love TO the actress.
Overcoming his bashfulness. he obeys
SO we'll that she renounces him and
changes the slay into mock tragedy.
The Alpha Sextet, four girls and
two men. gave good account OF
themselves in selections from popu-
lar operas and other up.to.date songs.
Another special number on the, pro-
gram Is Anita. who clog dances in the
wooden shoes OF Holland maiden.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23

it{.st VW1tuHSvOtAs
v ru1nn31sed story Of the HE Of
kcgk - years ago. called "Ro-
6. presented In the Garrick
ts Monday evening. II - fasci-
~ elluring - ito central
94r Madame Margherita Cavai-
italian opera singer supposed
Se ben the idol of the hour OF
nx1y yO's.
nnnce" was written BY Edward
- the youthful American col
GDlaywright, who has given the
ce, within the last four years,
I<ton Nell" The Niger" and
Ncoo,~ The contrast between
1og1ify and brutal realism Of
~ & plAys lnentioned. and
49, 03paklvo and uld-laco-
~ 11Iko QuAHlioo o. no
& ~ "a III. oAeldon's YER
&Dd genius Tor playwritiug.
z111kD him q = decidedly re-
~6lD young man. When Il II re-
~Fed that llr. Sheldon II yet In
eWoaties, and that his nimbie
o3o9t brain ana trained Intel
~ have been able to producs
n guch originality and caliber
M - h12 credit thus early In
% ~ may not the American
- tor, indeed expect from
~ unaturee yoar93
l awMa - - ~ 0A>1~><A~sn
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23
SUPPORTED HIM

SUPPORTED HIM
Food That Saved When Everything Else Failed.
The food route u safe and very sure road
back to health.
For SIX years was Q serious sufferer from
the improperly cooked food In boarding houses
and restaurants Of which was victim.
During three Of the six years. was 90 bad
on nervous prostration set In and sought re
lief Of . specialist without success had
gotten 90 that could eat almost nothing and
was steadily losing flesh.
MANY different foods and preparations were
recommended for Q trial, without success. and
had become Indifferent to all food
Some months after seeing your id in the
daily papers about the scientifically prepared
food. CrapeNuts, and Its good qualities. and
being driven almost to despair over my plight,
! skepticaily resolved to give 0rape-Nuto .
trial ~ . last resort And I thank God that
did.
From my FIRST meal Of GrapeNuts felt a
great change for the better; the knot that
arose In the chest after meals disappeared;
stomach ceased its uneasiness and gradually
the nervousness disappeared.
For about year ! ate Grape-Nuts and
cream times day and have gained 50 pounds
or lost weight and weigh pounds more than 4
ever ala and now do not find any trouble I'm
using my old-time relishes with my Grape-Nuts.
Il expect to be married soon and I do not
expect Grape-Nuts to be eliminated from nv
Dill OF fare as long as live. II my testimony
VIII neip some poor mortal, place my letter
cOnSp1cuOusly where II can he read Nam.
given BY Postum Co., Battle Creek Mich.
"Grape-Nuts contain all the constituents of
complete food and in q highly assimilable
state" says the London lancet"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23
The Food Route
To Steady Health

1lany people are kept N because they do
nct know how to select food that their own
pqgtisellr bodiss VIII take up and build upon.
~ win answer for one viii not do for
= one y ailtng It IL safe to change food
4 draly and 60 On plain, simple diet, say:
$3.50 fruit
Diah = Crape-Nuts and Cream
Y esftbollsd egss
Il c. Toast
CO Z Postum
u no more.
"a 1loni But diet like that makes one feel
aftsr few days use.
Ehe Most perfectly made
for human use is
pe-Nuts
res a Reason"
book The Rosd to Wen
A; &. 80 ia
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-23

into gales of laughter and making
older people wonder how much OF
the fight. nasty spirit OF the beasts
was inspired by cruelty and how much
OF IL was just pretense.
Elida Morris thinks she can sing.
and unlike "A great many other young
women on the stage, she il not mis-
taken. She can sing. and one or twO
OF her songs are worth hearing.
The Microscope concludes the
bill with interesting pictures.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
Leaves On Friday for
Stanley Hall Contest

Miss Nina Peterson, accompanied by
Miss Emma S. Wyman, will leave on
Friday afternoon for Minneapolis,
where she will represent the Normal
school in the Stanley Hall declama
tory contest to take place at the Stan.
ley Hall school for girls on Saturday
evening. Besides Miss Peterson and
the Stanley Hall contestant, there will
be representatives from Albert Lea
college and the Mortified, Mimi, high
school. These representatives will
contest for the silver loving cup offer
ed each year by Stanley Hall to be
held for one year by the school, whose
representative shall win the contest
Contestants from other schools. enter
upon the invitation of Stanley Hall.
Miss peterson will represent cutting
from The Last Word" by Henry Van
Dyke, on Saturday evening. She gave
her selection at the general exercises
on Wednesday morning and has the
we'll wishes of the school with her in
the coming contest.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
What Has Been Done
at Recreation Meet

Zone finds that he can affect def
mite, vital results npeople's lives by
knowing what play activities to pro-
pose to fit each persons age and in
stincts." So said Associate Secretary
Charles T. Weller, of the National
Playground and Recreation Associa-
ton of America, in the first interpre-
tive news letter, concerning the hap.
penings at the international congress
of that association, held at Richmond,
Va, last week, to Prof Il. w. Burck-
halter, his former colleague in the
playground work at Washington, n.
G.
These letters were issued daily dur
ing the congress and sent Ito a select
ed small group of persons in various
cities who are likely to appreciate
these brief reports from the front"
In speaking of the training classes
conducted at the congress, Mr.. Wei
Ter says, Altogether they have shown
us that play is both a rehearsal for
future life and a means by which
growing people review and conserve
the vital experience of the race"
These various letters are intensely
interesting from many points of view
and will be sumed up and published in
these columns next week.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
Senior Appointed TO
Teach In Philippines

Miss Grace Withee, who will grad
uate from the advanced class at the
Normal school in June, received her
final appointment this week to a
teaching position in the Siliman In
stitute, Dumaquete, Negroes Island
one of the Philippine group. She has
been secured under the Presbyterian
board of missions and will leave via
San Francisco and Japan sometime in
August, arriving in time to begin her
duties on October l. Miss Withee will
teach physics. She has been secured
for. a period Of six years with a fur
Tough at the end of the third year.
Miss Withee has been student assist.
ant in the science department of tho
Normal school during the past year
and has rendered valiant service to
the Young Women's Christian asso
citation of the Normal school. Her
home is in Bangor, Maine.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

today. Time was when this hon.
or easily fell to Walter Dam
rosch but this time is now of
the past and Emil OberhOffer
stands today head and shoulders
above any of his contemporaries
in the lividness and the compel
ling force with which he reads
his program and sways his audi
ences.
"All over the country, where
ever the Minneapolis orchestra
has appeared, Oberhoffer is
hailed as the last word in poetic
al interpretation, and not alone
is this true, but he is known ev-
elywhere as q solid musician, one
to whom the reading of the clas-
sizes has become an open book and
who sees in every great modern
work all the surface possibilities
at a glance, and is able and will.
ing to dig out the hidden beauties
as few others care to do even
when thew can"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

The following appreciation Of Emf:
Oberhoffer, conductor of the Mime
apolis Symphony orchestra by Chas.
f. Watt, editor of Music News, Chi
cago, whose criticisms and opinions
are recognized the musical world
over, is but one Of the: many tribute,
paid to the man who has brought the
famous Minneapolis organization to
it's unquestioned place as one Of
the greatest orchestras of America
and the world.
Minneapolis is fortunate in.
deed in the possession Of Emil
Oberhoffer as director of the SYM
phony orchestra of that city, and
will be more so if she retains
his distinguished services indei.
nately, for it would seem that the
very greatest arena was none too
fine for his efforts and either New
York or Chicago might we'll be
proud to possess his influence.
Mr.. Oberhoffer is the most TEN.
peramental leader in America
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
AUDITORIUM SHOWS
BUSY PREPARATIONS
-, FOR COMING EVENTS.

People who have been about the Nor.
NAL schol evenings of late have. been
impressed with the many busy scenes,
presented by those in preparation for
coming events. Lest evening there
were more rehearsals than could be
counted on ones fingers. In one part
of the building was the rehearsal OF
the cast of the comic opera, "The
Princess Bonnie; in another room the
chorus was practicing it's parts. On
the stage the. Choral socitey was prac'
ticing the oratorio, "St. Ludmila" to
be presented during the spring Music
Festival The cast in THE House
Next Door" was working on the play
to be presented by the Dramatic club
on June 49, In another section Of the
building other rehearsals were taking
place, and as whole the scenes pre-
sented were almost like those of a
school in full session.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
EIGHT MORE SENIORS ..
ELECTED TO TEACHING
POSITIONS THIS WEEK

Eight more members of the Senior
class signed contracts for teaching pc
sitions during the past week. They
are: Isabel Williamson, of Grafton,
rural school near Portal; Miriam Get
chell, of Valley City, rural school near
Hope; Mabel Howe, of Glover. eighth
grade and domestic science at Mime
waukan; Matte Lauritzen, of Valley
City, second grade and manual train
ing at Hankinson; Helga Berg, of En-.
derlin. third grade at Hankinson;
Anna Hedlicka, of DeVaul, prima y
grades at Kathryn; Earl Fritch, of
Valley City, high school assistant and
manual training at Calvin; and Mary
Boynton, of Leal, sixth grade at Val
ley City.