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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08

, udy. oil.
Mrs. Harry Erwin OF st. Cloud
arrived this noon to be the guest of
her mother. Mrs. r. d. Hubbard for
short time.
Mrs. Lewis Brown of Amboy and
Mrs. z. T. Champlln of Vernon Gen.
ter are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. l..
l.. Champlin.
7. j. Gardner has returned from
the west where he has been for two
weeks on business. He reports bust
ness rather quiet there.
Winnebago Enterprise: Miss Esther
Jones returned to her home In Man.
kato last week after spending the
winter with her grandmother, Mrs.
Thos. Blair.
Slayton Herald: Miss Jones arrived
last Friday evening from Mankato,
where she In nurse In the hospital.
and will assist DR.. williams for the
next several months. 81
Conrad Hon arrived last night
from Brookings, s. d., to enroll as
a student in the Mankato CONNER.
cial college. Mr.. Hoff has been a stu.
dent at the South Dakota State col
lege at Brookings.
|. George M. Palmer has returned
from Minneapolis where he spent
three weeks. He underwent an oper,
alton while there to have some
growths on his hand removed and
is recovering rapidly from the or,
deal. .sses
Judge A. r. Pau, ST.. wiIlreturn
from st. Paul this evening. he has
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08
From Fridays psrry.

From, fridays paiiy. ~" 's"f
Madison Lake has under consid-
GRAFTON a proposition OF the Con.
sumers Power company to supply
electric current in that village. b.
w. Copperthwaite, manager of the
Faribault branch OF the company,
visited Madison Lake on Wednesday
and presented a proposition to the
village for consideration. lie pro.
posed to furnish street lights, twenty
Ave OF them ut the rate OF $3.50 a
year each, and to furnish power for
the village pumping station nj 81
per horse power per month. II is es-
timated that this power will cost
the village about $500 year. nearly
twice as much as the lighting and
pumping now costs, but there would
be more and better lights than are
now I'm use.
The rate for private use will be
nine cents a kilowatt with a mini
mum charge of 81 n month.
The company will not run the lines
into Madison Lake unless the VII
lage decides to give II the lighting
and power which Is now done by
the village. II Is proposed to extend
the GAINESVILLE and Waseca line,
which runs about eight miles from
Madison Lake, into the village to
supply the current.
A special meeting OF the village
council will be held on Monday
when II is expected there will be
some action taken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08

Charles Simonds of Eagle Lake,
road patrolman, has set new heavy
steel road drag working on the Eagle
Lake road between Eagle Lake and
Mankato. Es
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08

gerous things and must be handled
with greater care than any other
vehicles used on the highway.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Jacob Larson OF Blue Earth county
TO Juler Turner Of Lyons county.
Kansas, southwest quarter OF south
east quarter and southeast quarter
OF southwest quarter OF section 20.
Butternut Valley, s12,500.
Juler Turner to Wilhelm Schaleber
OF watonwan county. same descrip-
ton. same consideration.
Barbara Kleifer to Jacob L.. Hay.
both OF Mankato. part OF lot Ave,
block 81. city OF Mankato. $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08

Miss Catherine Jones. deputy In
the Office OF Judge Evan Hughes OF
the probate court. went home this
morning on account OF illness.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08
Dates For the Concerts.
Social Evening.

Social Evening.
A social evening will be given by
the Woman's club ut the home of
Mrs. w. J. Morehart. on the corner
OF Byron and Pleasant streets,
Tuesday evening. May 6. All mem.
bers OF the club. and other young
women OF the city are urged to at
tend. A short program will be given
and light refreshments will be
served.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-08

FTom FFFudy 7Bdffys - n.
+ st. Paul. May 1.-Characterizins
the act as an unreasonable inter
ference, with and prohibition oI
interstate commerce, the state su
preme court today held the John
ston cream shipment law. passed BY
the last Legislature. unconstitutional
The law prohibits the shipment o.
cream for a greater distance thar
sixty-five miles unless It be pasteur
lied or carried In q refrigerator car
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-27

Governor EIaines Of Idaho says that
suffrage has accomplished much
good for Idaho.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-27

The German postal department
employs over s, 700 girls whose wages
range from $3.50 to $3.50 month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

developed in years: Al Hinston, Ruth
Frances, Enid Norell. Evelyn McVey
ana Betty Washington. all OF whom
are versatile, bright entertainers. The
act is called "a Kabaret in Kidland"
ard carries a beautiful stage setting
special setting, special scenery of all
kinds, pretty costumes and complete
organization. The song numbers are all
new and were written especially for
this company. They include start
Something" Gee, 1t Must Be Tough
TO Be a Rich Mans Kid" THAT Eng
lish Ray" "Ill Get YOU What ia
Ma Call 'Im," and Mimic Land" in
which impersonations of David War
field, Raymond Hitchcock and Al Jol-
son will be offered The ballet dance
OH the table is the finale.
One of the most famous of all the
big time quartets was called THAT
Quartet" and it was said to be COM
posed of the four best entertainers of
the kind in vaudeville. Two of them,
George Jones and Harry Sylvester,
have left the act and branched out for
themselves into an act that is called
THE Two Drummers,' which Is said
to be clover and full of fun.
The best there is in a song usually
cali be brought out by the man or
men who write the words and music
and Joe and Lew Cooper write and
sing their own songs. They are on the
Lyric bill this week and the audiences
viii hear several of the big favorites
sung by the men who wrote them as
We'll as be introduced to some new
numbers.
With thir vehicle, "The Travelling
Salesman and the Female Drummer
Dcvine and Williams. will drum their
way into the hearts of the audiences
at the Lyric this week. for they have
q distinct manner of drumming their
songs and comedy across the footlights
to the delight of the audiences. The
opening number of the bill will be
Lane and O'Donnen. comedy acrobats.
They are reputed to be clever. Nc
Cormack and Wallace ventriloquists
who are excellent in the peculiar art of
throwing the voice from one place to
another will make the seventh act on
the bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
"THE SPENDTHRIFT"
COMES TO JEFFERSON
Porter Emerson Brownies Great Play
With Excellent Cast, Including
Elsie Gresham and Frank Larue

1.-THE Spendthrift,p by Porter Emer-
son Browne, author of "A Fool There
Wasr will be seen at the jefferson
theatre Wednesday and Thursday
nights and Thursday matinee.
The story of a butterfly" wife of
luxurious whims and fancies, whose
extravagance has driven an overindul-
gent husband into bankruptcy, and a
questionable but innocent money trans
action which the wife undertakes to
help her husband. as she thinks, bring
ing about an intense dramatic situ-
alton, when the latter suspects wrong
doing on her part, is well given in
"The Spend
Mr.. Browne having splurged in girls
ley and incautious drama with the
vampire woman to the fore, steps out
CT the livid green lights and crumpled
rose leaves long enough to bestow his
dramatic attention upon silly heads
ami fond hearts in a perfectly normal
view of the average useless woman and
the time and tide of polite life. Frances
Ward is the spendthrift and she has
lived long enough to be the wife OF
an overworked gentleman who makes
$4,000 a year and spends $4,000 just
TO crafty his lady of vanity.
She has brain composed princi-
pasiy Of bubbles and pellucid dishon-
esty which usually goes with that sort
of feminine mental equipment. She
thlives on hot house crops of horti-
culture and poultry and is one of the
sort who uses large words and calls
people who attempt to be honorable
and sane a whole lot of high sound
ing names. including fool" STILES
and teases.' She has bankrupt her
husband. As one character says. when
man has reached the age of 40 to
find himself bankrupt after he has
been piling up fortune after fortune
every year, 1t Is easily seen that his
life has been an utter failure. Just
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
"STOP THIEF" is A
COHAN-HARRIS SHOW
Latest Farce Success viii Be at JEFF
ferson Next Friday and Saturday
and Saturday Matinee

Cohan & Harris latest success. stop
Thief with a record of one year in
New York presented by a company of
excellence and q sumptuous production,
will be the offering at the Jefferson
theatre for two nights and Satur-
day matinee beginning Friday, Febru-
ary 13.
The author. Carlyle Moore, is young
uaan heretofore associated with a
sketch writing for vaudeville and un-
known as a writer until the perform
ance of his successful farce. However
it is said that he has done his work
ccptional cast and sumptuous produce
tion that every essential hit has been
attained.
stop Thief is mixture of COM
rlications which this author has pro-
vided. He has taken that ever useful
farce material. thievery, and mixed it
Vlth new compounds.
These include not only the thief and
his woman accomnlice who enter a
house to rob 1t "iegitimately," but two
kleptomaniacs, who add to the confu-
sion and are mistaken for the real
thieves.
The occasion IL the wedding of the
daughter of one of these unconscious
thieves an absent minded old gentle
things.
Of course. the rich loot in the shape
Of wedding presents attracts the real
burglars who gain admittance. the first
iii the guise of a lady's maid and the
second. her pal and husband to-be,
ly n carefully arrangade plan formed
between the two.
With this as his base of operations,
the author has woven web that would
only be spoiled in the telling. To relate
how one after the other, the various
occupants of the house are suspected,
how things are stolen. replaced, put In
new places to be found and, finally,
how the whole household is held by
the police as 4 gang of robbers, would
be to rob those who see the play of its
keenest pleasures. In farce, 1t is the
unexpected which brings the laughs
and in this respect Mr.. Moore has GER
tainly not been found lacking. Seat
| sale Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08

liner will be the Four Entertainers, a
really good quartet in which there are
four good voices. one of which is pos
sessed by the black face comedian OF
the act. The four sing number of
clever songs and ballads, and have sew
eral parodies and comedy numbers which
are said to be good.
The craze for the modern dancing has
been catered to in this weeks bill Sam
aroff and Sonia are two Russian aero
batic dancers who present a genuine nov-
city in dancing. They carry special seem
cry and electrical effects 10 enhance their
act, and present number that is most
pleasing. At the present time it is a
sire for new steps.
The colonial days of this country
brought into existence many pretty cos
tune effects. dances and amusements,
and the Reed, st. John Trio has re-
turned 10 the day of the Revolution for
their act. They present what is called
Colonial Pastimes,' which is a very
pretty novelty and a very popular at
traction in many cities. The act is new,
the performers are graceful and versa
tile
The Tossing Austins are comedians and
jugglers, and they will probably be the
first act on the bill. They will entertain
with the many little novelties and new
ideas in juggling which they VIII intro
duce.
Donovan and Arnold complete the bill
for the week. They are team of sing
ers, dancers and conversationalists, with
some original sidewalk ''patter'' which
makes an attractive dialogue, fresh
collection of song numbers and little
oddities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
"ST. ELMO" AT BIJOU
BY POINTER COMPANY
Powerful Drama With MANY Thrills
and an Absorbing Love Story
This Week

st Elmo deals with the regeneration
through love of the sin-burdened soul of
st. Elmo Murray, and this powerful
drama which has long heen one of the
greatest drawing attractions of the Amer
lean stage will be presented by the Beulah
Poynter Stock company at the Bijou this
week. 1t is by far the strongest play
from dramatic standpoint that has
been offered by the company and 1t also
has a wonderful appeal to the people of
this section as its scenes are all laid in
the south, and it is essentially southern
story.
Miss Poynter will have the congenial
part of Edna Earl, the daughter OF the
village blacksm who assists ST. Elmo
to escape after the duel, and who later
wins his love by her charming personality
loving disposition and high morals and
ideals. 1t Is a part with much more to
1t than any that Miss Poynter has played
here, and it affords her wide scope for
her ability.
Bernard j. Mac owen will be 'St
Elmo" the part OF a dasEing young
southerner. chvalrous, loving and hot
headed, who is afterwards turned into a
woman hater and a cynic, and later won
back to what might be termed existence
by the love of Edna Earl" and the dis
covery that she is true woman. 1t is
a part that will enable Mr.. Mac owen to
appear at his best. and those who have
watched him in the past are anticipating
some splendid actins this week.
The play of st. Elmo opens with
duel near the smIthy between st. Elmo
and Murray Hammond, his best friend
and the man who has betrayed his conf
dence won the love of Agnes Powell. the
woman to whom ST. Elmo is engaged.
Hammond is killed. and st. Elmo is as
sisted in his escape by Edna Earl, the
daughter of the smith. After roaming the
world for years and being a woman hater
and a cynic, st. Elmo returns home to
find edna the trusted friend of his mother
and living in their home. He falls in
love with her and trusts her with the
keys to a miniature temple where are
stored the letters discriminating Agnes
Powell, who overhears the condolences
and attacks Edna, secures the keys and
opens the temple st. Elmo again be-
comes disgusted with women, but finally
he is convinced of the truth of Edna
Earl's story, loves her and they are
married by the father of Murray Ham,
mond.
The company Is cast with Mr.. Munroe
as the Rey. John Hammond. Arthur La
Rue as Murray Hammond; Edward Long
man as Gordon Leigh; Cyphers Weaver
as Mr.. Dent: Mark Smith as the smith
Rienzf Breeze as Shadrack; Miss Younge
as Mrs. Murray; Miss Chase as Agnes
Powell; Miss Leasing as Mrs. Wood, and
Miss Reader as her daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
ENGLISH PLAYERS TO
BE SEEN HERE SOON
Twelfth Night" and merry Wives of
Windsor" Coming to jefferson
Latter Part of Month

Most of the Shakespearean stars are of
English parentaee. Mr.. Faversham is
decidedly English in manner, accent and
it would seem from casual observance
in his inclnations. Robert Bruce Mantell
came to America as an English actor, so
he cannot be regarded as a home product.
Margaret Anglin, who has now taken to
Shakespeares heroines as well as to sew
eral of the ladies in the Greek classics,
would not be classified as an American
by her fellow countrymen, for she was
born in Canada and across the border
they scorn the term American" There
| remains L. II. Sothern and Julia Mar
lowe, the husband being of English par
| entage, though his father won greatest
success in this country. 1t would seem
that America has ceased to develop
Shakespearean actors. In England prac-
tically all of the best Shakespeareans OF
this latter day have come from the ranks
of the Stratford-upon-A Avon players, who
are to be seen here February % and "a.
| This company ia under the direction of
the Shakespeare Memorial theatre. built
SO years ago. in the town of Stratford
where the bard was born, lived and died.
| Every year a festival is given In that
| theatre in which most of the famous stars
of the English stage have taken part at
| one season or another. The rest of the
II.
Gradually they have become recognized
throughout England as valuable ad-
junct to the national life, For they have
presented "a of the IS plays of Shakes
peare and have perfected an acting or
ganizarion, which, as whole, is DIFF
ferent fro mthe companies assembled
more or less haphazard by the actor
| managers when they determine to make
| a revival OF some particular play.
| As the chief aim of this company is TO
| give the plays with their full drama tic
force without any adapting to suit a
| particular personality. there are no stars
| here. 1t may be that several of the lead
| ing players will be lured away by Ameri-
can managers at the end of the season,
for the dramatic critics have been busy
| discovering future stars in the person.
mel of the company, but while they remain
under the direction of the Memorial the
atre. they belong to the democracy of
the art
The Stratford-upon-Avon players will
present at the Jefferson theatre on Feb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
JEFFERSON THEATRE
TO HAVE GRAND OPERA
San Carlo Grand Opera Company
With Own Orchestra to Present
Three Operas

Beginning Monday night at the JEFF
ferson theatre. the San Carlo Opera conf
pany will inaugurate q three-perform-
ance engagement of Italian operas, pre-
senting Lucia di Lammermoor," select
ed from the best examples of the old
standard and the more modern of operate
works.
The untutored operagoer. who does
opera for the sake Of its "shine" Is apt
to put the query, What pray, is this
san Carlo company" for it is only the
real cognoscenti who knows ausht of this,
the most distinguished of South Ameri-
can opera companies. To ask such II
question in Santiago de Chill, Quioto ca
racas, Montevideo, Rio de Janerio, Ha-
hana. Mexico, and even in our own San
Diego Los Angeles or San Francisco,
would provoke wondering smile and
plying stare. for in these communities
the name of San Carlo is an honored
household one.
Fortune Gallo, lmpresario of tho san
Carlo company. is enthusiastic over the
composition OF his present company and
dwells over the merits of both Mines.
Einelia Nergeri, his principal lyric So
prano who he declares is IAN Emma
Destinn.''
In speaking of his leading colorature,
Nine, Edvige Naccari, and other men,
bers of his company, he said.
Mime Naccari is destined to be q sec
ond Tetrazzini." OF this the music over7
will be convinced after hearing. her as
Lucia" She has a wonderful voice and
is a fine actress, Nine. Campbell one
shall hear as "Azucena" in I'll Troya-
tore" The tenors appearing here will be
Eugenio De Folco, the Caruso cf South
America; Sinasra and Giulani. | bring
two remarkable baritones. Antola and
cara. My bassos are two, Mori and Zan-
zalon. | have arranged my casts for
this city in way which will give nearly
all my principals much coveted debut.
They are all anxious to sing before your
cultured public. MY leading conductor, /
am sure. will take Birmingham by storm,
for in the Chevalier Giuseppe Angelini
have South American reflex of the
great Toscanini. He will make as We
italians say. 'furore.'
The following is the arrangement of
the operas for the San Carlo season al
the Jefferson theatre:
Monday night Lucia di Lammermoor.
Tuesday matinee: "Rgoletto."
Tuesday night I'll Trovatore."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
"WITHIN THE LAW" ON
RETURN ENGAGEMENT
Bayard Veiller's Strong Melodrama to
Be at the Jefferson Theatre Next
Week for Four Performances

The minimum wage question and recent
agitation thereupon play an important
part in within the Law which will
be seen in a return engagement at the
Jefferson theatre on February 16, II and IS
with matinee Wednesday. February 49,
The heroine of Bayard Veiller's melo-
drama is u poor ship girl underpaid and
underfed, who, after sevrines three years
in prison for an offense that she did not
commit and trying vainly to obtain de-
cent employment becomes the head of q
band of crooks and with their assist
ance, takes her revenge upon society.
As the leader of Joe Carson" the
forger English Eddie Griggs," a thief;
"Aggie Lynch an amusing little black
mailer. and other confederates, MARY
Turner obtains enormous sums of money
but manages always to keep within the
law" She even hires lawyer to help
her eyade wrongdoing which is punish
able. 1t is curious to learn, as one does
In this play. that there are many forms
of crime which are practically legal.
Another interesting feature Of the drama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
THEATRICAL NOTES

After an artistic success had been es-
tablished in London, Evenly Nesbit|
Thaw decided that she could return tol
her native country and be received onl
her artistic merits and not as wom-|
an making a living entirely on herl
name. therefore she accepted an en-l
gag ement to appear at Hammerstein'sI
Victoria roof garden.
Evelyn Thaw has been surrounded
by her managing directors, #. RayI
Comstock and Norris Gest, with al
splendid organization and an elabor-I
ate scenic production. A ballet of near-I
ly so under the direction of Emil
August of the Alhambra, London. isl
one of the features of the play A mum Il
her of American and European novel-|
ties are also introduced during the cyl
olonic evenings entertainment. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw will be at the Jefferson
theatre this month.
When Honey Boy" Evans offers hia|
new programme of minstrelsy at the|
Jefferson theatre this month he prom :.
ises a surprise in the introduction oq
Il new voice in minstrelsy. The new-|
conner is Master Paul Van Dyke; he
is a Swiss yodler and George Evans
vouches for his excellence. The yodler|
IS rare indeed who can give a salts
factory rendition of this peculiar style'
of singing. Master Van Dyke is a ma
tive Swiss and the possessor of rare-
ly sweet voice. All his life he has been
singing the native songs of his own
land and it is his natural style wihch
he now brings to minstrelsy with the
Evans company.
Statistics on "a Modern Eve" which
closed its Chicago run at the Princess
theatre October 10, last season show, IL
opened al the Garrick theatre April q and
ran there until September /, when /
was transferred to the Princess, piled
up a total of 2S6 performances in Chi
cago. 1t was given nine performances
a week for 26 weeks, with two holiday
matinees; it has given away no souve1
Mrs; it celebrated the passing of its two
hundredth performance with a midnight
cabaret show of volunteer stellar talen
valued at $4,000 This much talked .
opretta will be seen in this city at the
Jefferson theatre shortly.
Creative work of the celebrated paint
ers. Leon Bakst and Boris Anisfeld. viii
be represented in the ballet productions
presented by Pavlowa at the jefferson
theatre soon. These famous artists de
signed and executed the scenery and cos
tunes for these 'ballets, and they received
a great deal of notice during Pavlowa
recent London engagement. These acces
sories of the ballet will be well wortl
attention when Pavlowa comes here. Bot
artists are eminent in the art world 0
London and Paris. where their painting
attract much interest. Bakst created
sensation in Paris when his work wa
first shown there. He Is said to have
wild unfettere1 style, and it immediately
changed the trend of art in Paris.
Anisfeld also Russian. has gained dis
tinction from a style of painting some
what after the futurist school. His worl
is along original lines and every paint
ing of his is much discussed. His color
ing is striking to the point of daring.