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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-24
SCENES FROM KEYS TO BAIDPATE' GRAND Iss

ana WIN Hull does the postman With The
chronic crouch
The stage settings arc out Of the ordi-
nary ana MaIaser Carter promises one
engagement Matinees win be given ON
WednesdAy and Saturday afternoons at
30 p M. The orchestra, under the lead
feature and an especially attractive pro-
gram has been arranged for next week,
including . xylophone solo by Harry
Snyder. the popular drummer.
At the Hip.
Robert Warwick. the brilliant young
actor who made such an impression when
last seen at the Hip in The Dollar
Mark" win again be seen at that popular
in VIM. A. Rrady's great success. The
Man Of the Hour This play was writ
ten by the writer. Geo. Broadhurst: The
particular Craft that Mr., Broadhurst
attacks is a scheme on the part Of q ma
chine boss and a shrewd financier to put
bill through the New York council which
would give to a traction company group
Of perpetual franchises. They therefore
mayor whom they think they can handle
and he IL elected. but when the bill comes
up he realizes that 1t is graft and re-
fuses to sign It.
This wonderful story has given the basis
for q most remarkable play and Mr..
Broadhurst has made the most Of it.
Wednesday and Thursday the Hip will
offer my Official Wife, q Vitgraph
Broadway star feature that was shown
all this week at the Willis Wood the
ater, Kansas City. 1t is gripping five
act drama with a cast Of stars never be.
fore seen in one picture. Clara Kimball
Young, Harry Morey, Rogers Lytton
Earle Williams, Rose Tapley and others
Friday and Saturday the greatest produc-
duced. featuring .The Thanhouser Kid
as Eva: Irving Cummings as Harris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-24
AT The THEATERS
80 Keys to Baldpate" and ssThs
Beauty Shop" at Grand.
Pictures, Vaudeville, Stock Of
fered at Other Theaters.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.


October 2APeck's Bad Boy.
October 27-7 Keys to Baldpate.
October 29-Raymond Hitchcock in 1.-THE
Beauty Shop"
November 6IHanky Panky.
November Potash and Perlmutter.
November 9-Boston English Opera
company.
November 13-Gerville Reache. Radcliffe
series.
November 14HNeil O'Brien's Minstrels.
November 19-Oh! Oh! Delphine.
November Is and 26-Lyman H. Howe:
series.
At the Orpheum.
Ruth Robinson in 1.-The Girl Next Door"
At tho Novelty.
Vaudeville.
At the Auditorium.
November 2-David Duggan operate
company. Redpath circuit.
At the Movies.
The Iris-Paramount pictures.
The Hip-Feature pictures.
The Aurora-Motion pictures.
The Cozy-Motion pictures
The Crystal-Motion pictures.
The Gem-Motion pictures.
The Best-Motion pictures.
The U-N-O-Motion pictures.
The Princess-Motion pictures.
The Apex-Motion pictures.
"Peck's Bad Boy" will be shown at
the Grand tonight, the performance
beginning at 8:15 o'clock. This is a
comedy, pure and simple. and every
thing in 1t is said to be fresh and
flowing over with humorous situa-
tons. catchy dialogue and surprising
changes. This play has always been
q favorite with children and grown
ups"
"7 Keys to Baldpate.''
During the past three or four years
an entirely new type Of drama has
been developed largely through the
efforts Of George NJ. Cohen. This
type is not tragedy. melodrama. COM
edy or farce but is a mixture Of all
four to q certain degree. Such plays
are constructed along the lines of a
melodrama but with a dominant key
of comedy and a mood of farce. They
are replete with thrills and abound
with laugh-provoking situations.
Possibly the best definite example of
such plays is "7 Keys to Baldpate,"
which Conan and Harris will send to
the Grand Opera house Tuesday,
October 81.
az Keys to Baldpate'' has been
played for a year in New York at the
Gaiety theater and for six months at
Cohan's Grand Opera house, Chicago.
These engagements are sufficient
guarantee Of the worth Of the play it,
drama Is what the public wants-a
thrill and a hearty laugh at the same
time.
The old style melodramas were
funny without meaning to be SO.
Their chief weakness was that they
were meant to be taken seriously.
The same tricks Of melodrama which
are but mechanical If the audience
Is not permitted to laugh at them.
may be made to appear plausible II
the author himself laughs at them
and invites his audience to laugh with
him.
The Beauty Shop.
A red letter event. will be Raymond
Hitchcock's coming engagement at the
Grand, October 20.
Raymond Hitchcock is perhaps the
most popular musical comedy star now
on the American stage. There is an
indefinable something" which for the
want Of an explanation we call per
sonal magnetism" in Hitchcock's stage
department, that succeeds in drawing
crowds to any theatre in which he is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-24
announced to appear.

announced to appear.
! During his coming engagement, Mr..
Hitchcock will show himself with
nearly a hundred singing and dancing
associates, in a new musical comedy
entitled 1.-The Beauty Shop" written
especially for this fav~rite of the foot
lights by Claiming Pollock, Rennold
Wolf and Charles ]. Gebest and that 1t
| is a fine entertainment, is proven in
| the enthusiastic endorsement which
in New York, Chicago and Boston. In
each Of these metropolitan cities Mr..
Hitchcock has played a successful en-
gagement.
Potash & Perlmutter.
No more welcome visitors could be
imagined that ABE" Potash and
"Mawruss'' Perlmutter. the heroes of
Montague Glass famous stories. whom
Manager A. H. Woods will bring to the
Grand Opera house on Saturday, Nov. Z.
Everyone knows Abe and Morris, those
cloak and suit manufacturers. whose
joys and sorrows have brought tears
and laughs to millions Of readers and
who come to us direct from its second
year in New York City where they
crowded the Cohan theatre at every
i performance.
At the Novelty.
FeatS, which Will have to be seen
to be appreciated. will be performed
by what is said to be the heaviest and
| largest trained elephant in the world,
when Captain Macmillan Gruber and
Miss Adelina make their appearance
at the Novelty theater the first half of
| next week. Beside the elephant Cap
tain Gruber carries a high school
horse. a pony and q dog nearly as
large as the pony. 1t is said by the
| most discriminating authorities that
this is one Of the most wonderful
trained animal combinations as most
of the stunts performed are different
from those usually introduced by acts
of this character.
The DeGray -Four, featuring the
human calliope," played the EN-
press theater in Omaha during the
Ak-Sar-Ben carnival the week of Oc-
tober s, and the Omaha Bee has the
following to say concerning them:
THE DeGrey quartet of we'll balanced
voices produces music that has not
been equaled by any four artists at
the Empress during the current sea-
son.
! Autumn Hall, vaudeville's premier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-24
At the OrDheun,

The Car-Rob Co. will open their Sec
ond week at the Orpheum next Monday
night presenting the four-act comedy
drama 1.-The Girl Next Door, a play en-
tirely new to Topeka and claimed by the
management as one of their most sue
cessful productions. The story deals with
a poor and a rich family whose back
yards ajoin. The rich mans son fails
in love with the daughter of the poor man
and asks her to marry him against the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13

this ear upon private charity" The
Hed cross seal money is spent en-
ulolg Tor preventive work In tuber-
aa'"-s
The association offers this year, as
uaaal. prize for the city or town
Ilas TIE largest number OF seals
ser capita. Several cities have entes-
81 ato this competition as They have
aoue from year TO year Inquiries have
been received from several of thc new
competitors as to the probable num-
Der which il will be necessary to sell
IN order TO win N the race. 1t was
learned AT the office of the association
t'}&t Virginia had never entered the
race for the prize offered by the Ma
ionar ASSOCIATION for the Study ana
Prevention of tuberculosis This was
won last year by Buffalo BIZ and
some business men Of Cody, Wyoming,
with "a population Of 1900. these
gentlemen sold 22,500 seals, nearly
twenty per capita. The State Associa-
don has invited some of the Virginia
towing to compete this year against
Buffalo Bin and his friends, who make
the proud boast that every piece OF
mail which leaves Cody shall bear a
Itod Cross seal
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13

UNCLE JOE BLOWING
BLOWS INTO TOWN

Washington, Dec, IL. - Uncle Joe
Cannon blew into town today happy
as "A clam at high tide. and ready to
assail the Democratic party and its
works.
Il observe that the administration is
laying great stress upon economy,
exc aimed Uncle Joe, Secretary Nc
Adoo has cut r1e estimates 10 the
bone and Chairman Fitzgerald intends
to scrape the bone, but the bone prob
ably will be n billion dollar bone Just
the same. The Democratic economy
is like that of the new clerk in the
country store who carefully watched
'1e spigot but care'essly knocked the
plug from the bunghole.'
Uncle Joe said he took no stock in
Democratic economy. Mr.. Cannon re
called that Holman, of Indiana, a
famous Democratic chairman OF the
committee on appropriations. was
known in the old days as the watch
dog of the treasury"
Holman once said" exclaimed
/ Uncle Joe that a good watchdog
could always recognize his masters
voice. The Democrats in their
economy recognize the voice of the
master who is exploiting government
| ownership
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
POLITICS WARMING
VI IN HtkR|CO.
SQUIRE SUNDAY MAY RUN FOR
COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE
OF LOWER DISTRICT.

Many friends of Magistrate Harry s.
Sunday. of Fairfield District. are urg-
ing him to become candidate for
Commissioner OF Revenue of HenricO
County. a number of influential cit
liens OF the lower district have been
to sec him during this week. urging
MIN to make the run for the Office In
view of these words of announcement
Squire sunday VIII hold a conference
with some OF his friends within the
next day or two to consider the ad-
visa bility of entering the race.
The lower district - comprised Of
Varina and Fairfield, and Squire sun
day Is well known in this section Of
Henrico He was born in Varina and
lived there the lost of his life, but a.
tho present time is residing In Fair
fold The only Office that he has ever
sought is that Of magistrate and IN
the last election he led the ticket with
twelve candidates aspiring to the three
Offices
The ONCE is now being fllea by W
y. FraHeer # Narina, 3 who, In all
probability will seek re-election
Roth Mr. Frayser and Squire Sunday
are wei known in the lower district
and It would doubtless be a warm
fight between, the two candidates.
w. G. Saunders. Of Glen Allen, It Ia
understood. is considering entering tn"
race for treasurer of Henrico County.
although he has not yet definitely
made up his mind. Two have already
announced their candidacy for this
office and the race promises to be one
of the most hotlv-contested ones in
the county Sheriff L. II. Kemp and
Deputy Clerk Todd are the other two
who are seeking the Office,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13

Sensible gift-giving is the rule this Christmas
the kind of gifts thai combine beauty and utility
The store is filed to overflowing with just such gift
pieces No matter how little or how much you may
wish to spend, you find something at ,Sydnor &
Hundley's that win not only represent the utmost
that the particular sum will buy, but will also prove
the most practical thing you could select
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
HIGHLAND PARK.

The engine at the local pumping
station is ont of order and while 1t Is
being repaired fire engine ss pump
ing water from the well into the main
and viii then fill the large steel tank
In consequence OF this the supply or
water to consumers has been scarce
Mr. r. r. Howell. OF Go,dsboro, y.
-. IS spending some time at the home
OF his daughter. Mrs, c. Miller
Hu2nes. of Virginia Avenue.
Miss Mary Carter, of the University
OF Virginia, was the recent guest Of
Miss Frankie Saunders.
M J L. Edwards. Of Wadcshorn.
Y. O. IS the guest OF his daughter.
Mr.. ] \. Stone. of Fifth Avenue.
Mrs. II r EdGerton and little
J. r. Stevens
NJ Il. Is Knox is getting along
nicely at the Retreat for the Sick. He
was operated on several days ago for
gal stones and appendicitis.
The re .yular meeting Of the Citizens
Association win be aeld Monday night.
December 4, at o'clock in the audi
torium Of the school. This will he an
interesting meeting and all citizens m
terested IN the welfare OF this section
OF orr city are invited to attend,
Miss Perry, n teacher of the High
and Park school, who has been quite
sick, is improving.
The regular meeting of the Mission
ary Society Of Mizpah Presbyterian
Church will be held In the lecture
room Tuesday afternoon. at $40. An
interesting program is being arranged
and an invitation is extended to the
members of the society and congrega-
tiun TO attend
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13

We have never shown so many beautiful novelty
pieces as we now have in the Gift Department, oaS
the main floor. We believe you can do most of your
Christmas shopping right here, and be of get
ting fun value for every penny invested
Don't fail to bring the children to see our dis
play of Childrens and Dolls Furniture
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
LETTERS BEARING SEALS
ARE BOUND TO GO WRONG

Foreign countries will refuse 10 aC-
cept mail packages or letters bearing
stckers, other than postage stamps
on their face, according to informa-
ton received yesterday by Postmaster
Thornton. As result. all letters and
parcels intended to go abroad, which
have any non-postage stamps upon
their face will not be sent out OF this
country.
All letters and packages addressed
to points in foreign countries, which
carry seals or stickers of any kind
other than regular postage. will be
returned to sender. or IL sender Is un-
known, to the dead letter Office.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13

the fields and woods near TO nature'A
heart Is being planned for the cominR
season seventy four charter men, bers
were enrolled and the following OFF,
GERS elected: Professor w W. Gill
lette. president Miss Ellen Cav Lind
say, vice president. Mrs. A. Reid Ven
able secretary treasurer.
Short talks pertaining to the SUBJ
iect were made by Miss McVetgh. Mrs.
Crump. Mr.. Christian, DR.. Pussy ana
others. The meeting was marked by
unusual enthusiasm. II adjourned TO
meet at the same place and hour
on the second Monday in January. at
which time the organization will bs
perfected. new members enrolled and
the seasons work begun. Those inter-
ested are invited to attend.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRR Or A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Ncsfriis
Opens Air Passages Right Up.
.........s:...; :..:*:**::::,.t.s,:s...,

instant relief-no waiting Your
ologged nosttils open right up. the air
passages OF your head clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawk
ing, snufflng blowing, headache,
dryness. No struggling for breath at
night; your cold or catarrh disap-
pears.
Get "a small bottle, of Elys Cream
Balm from your druggist now Apply
"a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t
penetrates through every air passage
OF the head, soothes the inlamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with u cold or nasty catarrh.-Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
CORPORATION CITED
TO EXPLAIN DELAYS

Delinquent corporations have been
notified by Clerk Richard L. Wilson
Of the State Corporation ComUlis-
sion, to appear December % and
show why they should not be hned
for failure to make reports. They
are: The East End Building Corpo,
ration, the Commercial Trust and
Construction Company, the LoWeh-
berg Corporation. and the EXposl-
ton Realty Corporation Of Norfolk,
the otter River Stone Company, OF
Lynch's, and the BarSer Milling Conn
pany, of Bristol.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
MANY JOIN NEW
NATURE CLUB
NEW oRGASxATiO. FORMED TO
DRAW NEAR TO NATURES
HEART.

a number OF persons interested In
nature study met in the John Marshall
High School Thursday afternoon at 4 80
o'clock and organized the burroughs
Nature Club.
The object of the cub is the study
Of natural subjects, not only for the
pleasure Of so doing, but also the prac
ticaf benefit that may be derived
therefrom.
\ regular program OF study Is TO
be prepared and monthly hikes into
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
City C'nb Banquet.

West Point. Dec. 12.---On Tuesday
night, December 80, the City Club will
banquet its members and friends. The
affair will be formal one and the
first of its kind held by the club.
On New Years afternoon. the club
will keep open house and entertain its
many friends The wives of MEM
bers will receive, and refreshments
will be served
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13
Honor West Point Man.

west Point, Dec. 12.--Dr. w r.
Evans has been appointed. as men,
Der Of the committee to represent the
American committee at the Louisiana
Centenary Celebration, In New
Orleans, January Sill, 1915.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-13

liberty His sad experience viii doubt
less keep him from ever again fall
ing into the tolls of the rum demon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
RANGERSDENYINVADINGM MEXICO
Frederick T. Martin,
Society Leader and
Social Worker, Dies

LONDON. March 9.-F'redericll
Townsend Martin. wealthy New York
err. social worker and author, died to-
day at the Berkeley Hotel here from
angina pectoris.
He suffered nervous breakdown in
London last November
Frederick Townsend Martin occu-
pied high place in society circles.
Member of an old New York family,
brother of the late Bradley Martin
and related to the nobility of Eng
land. Mr.. Martin figured for years in
social events here and in Europe. But
it was his views regarding the rela-
tons of the rich to the poor. which
he frequently expressed, which won
for him as much prominence as his
social activities.
Mr. Martin came into public notice
in an even greater degree in 1911,
when he published his first book, THE
Passing of the Idle Rich." This was
followed shortly by his other two vol
umes, MY Personal Experiences of
Meeting Snobs" and THE Reminis
cences of Ny Life"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
Stranded Wife and
Two Little Children
Cared for by Police

Mrs. I.orena Williams, % years old
came 10 Atlanta Sunday night from
her home in Greenwich, S. c., 10 meet
her husband. who was supposed to be
working for an automobile house here
She was accompanied by her two boys.
6 and years old She had spent all
her money for transportation, and when
she got off the train with her chill
dren she had no place to go and no
money
The husband. who had written to her
to come on to Atlanta. failed to meet
her at the station. Mrs. Williams, after
waiting for him for several hours. be-
came alarmed. The children were hun
CRY and began TO cry. Mrs Williams
appealed to Policeman A. p. Bell, who
took her to headquarters, where she
spent the night in the matron's ward,
while policemen searched the city for
her husband.
1t was learned Monday that Will
lsms had gone to Leesburg, S. c,
and Mrs. Williams and her children
were placed on q train and sent back
TO their home in Greenwich
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09

Anna Pavlowa, the wonderful
f"heer in Atlanta with the Russian
"perlal ballet, declared Monday that
"e ordinary tango is an idiocy Of the
moment and that she was astounded
mai Americans could look with favor
te turkey trot and like dance
one said she could not understand
ave craze for such dances and that
ne herself shuddered to think of at
"''ing such steps. Why, the Rus
''' Gar himself had forbidden the
'"so' hshwalk, etc, to be INDUCED in
ne artists Of the Imperial Dane
's school at St. Petersburg!
'''Iowa admitted, however, there
ere certain steps 10 the tango which,
s"en danced along correct lines, We're
'''aedly graceful. When the turkey
!. aO' ana similar steps were mentioned
~. mad nothing but expressions of
NoHteInpt Tor them.
|. american people,, she asserted. Il
behind other nations in creating
III odnces. and seem satisfied to
wy to The old dances originated
4. '''' ago. They are not origlnators
\. Uaneing and surely there is a hig
n. ~ selecting graceful clean
"-ss from practiced dancers"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09

in Government circles for many hours
to-day. following the receipt of dis
patches from the border stating that
a party of Texas Rangers had invaded
Mexico and had recovered the body Of
Clemente Vergara, the American
hanged by Federal troops near Hi
dalgo.
Belief that intervention in Mexico
would be forced by the methods Of the
Texans was frankly expressed in
many quarters but the excitement
was quelled in great measure by the
receipt of the following dispatch from
Governor O. r, Colquitt, Of the Lone
Star State:
Captain John e. Sanders. COM
handing Company b, Texas Rangers.
at Laredo, advises me by telegraph
that he has recovered the body Of
Clemente Vargara.
Body Secretly Delivered.
II wired him for full particulars. lie
advises me that he did not go into
Mexico At all, but was informed that
the body of Nergara would be deliY-
cred on the Texas side Of the river I
placed named al $3.50 O'clock Sun
day morning. He weni there and
found IT,
las TO who brought II across tie
river he says he does not know. He
said he had no assistance IN this mat
ter from the family and relatives Of
Nereara. who however fully identl-
fed the body" o..
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-09
SEARCH FOR
MORE DEAD
IN RUINS
Missouri Athletic Club and Boat
mems Bank Building Of St.
Louis Are Burned.

ST. LOUIS, March 9.-Five men
We're killed, several others are be-
lieved 10 have been burned TO death.
ard many We're injured in the fire thai
to- day dstroyed the Missouri Ath
ietic Club, one of the finest institu-
tons of its kind in the United States.
and the building occupied by the
Boatmens Bank Ninety men, it is
believed. we're in the club building
when the fire started. The loss 70
property is about 100000. The ruins
are being searched for bodies The
list of identified dead includes:.
Ohm MARTIN RICKEY, Chicag so,
treasurer of the Ford Manufacturing
Company
JAMES RILEY. SO. St Louis.
G. f. KOsSLER, 40. manager Of
the Ludlow Saylor Wire Company,
St Louis.
All OF these men We're killed in
leaping from the upper floors Of the
eight-story clubhouse.
Mordecai Brown Safe.
For Some time it was feared that
Mordecai Brown, manager of the St.
Louis Federals. hd been lost but
later Mr. and Mrs Brown were found
a a hotel
The fire is believed TO have started
in the main dining room on the third
floor of the main building. Nearly all
the guests and residents of the club
had retired when the fire started
about 1850 a. m. A few guests were
in the lobby. These, with Manager
and Mrs. Magill, went through the up
per halls and awoke everyone. When
the guests emerged from their rooms,
every hall was filled with smoke
The third, fourth and fifth floors
were ablaze before the first alarm was
given. Less than an hour later fire
was shooting from every window in
the building, and at PAS o'clock the
roof collapsed.
All Injured in Escape.
None OF the persons in the building
escaped without some hurts. The
most seriously injured were rushed 10
the City Hospital. Others were cared
for in the st. Regis and other nearby
hotels.
The firemen early gave up hope OF
saving the Athletic Club and the
Boamen's Bank Building, and devoted
their entire efforts to saving guests
who were about to leap out OF upper
windows, and to preventing the spread
OF the flames.
The Benton Commission Company's
building, directly back Of the Ath-
letic Club, was slightly damaged.