The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-05-11
The Real Boss of Wild West.

NEW YORK, May 11.-Know who ar
the real bosses of the Miller Broth
ers G Arlington 101 Ranch Wild Yves
Show? Their names do not appea
as such anywhere on the program
but the white haired quiet-faced WON
en- who usually occupy box on open
ing night are the real court of last il
that outfit. Mamma Miller belongs tt
Joe, zack and George Miller of the
biggest ranch in the world, at Bliss
Okla. Mamma Arlington belongs tt
Edward Arlington, who takes care o.
the Eastern end of things when the
Widest of Vests is on tour. 1t takes
a good deal to startle them nowadays
but at first when their husky sons
went into the show business, Mother
Miller was afraid somebody would get
hurt or something. Often she thinks
of high jinks which nobody else has
thought of, but if she shakes her
head, nobody questions her censor
ship for what Mother Miller says goes,
whether on the ranch or off of it.
There is nothing too large or too
small for her to attend to, from re-
,ceiving a delegation of Ponca In
dams to baking pan of biscuit. War
painted Indians are apt to drop in
any minute at the ranch house, for
counsel or lunch, as the case may be
and Mother Miller is equal to either.
1t is her proud boast that she has
guests at her table 365 days in the
year.. She mothers" Everything
from cowboys and cowgirls, Squaws
and Ponca pappooses tenderfee and
wandering soldiers of fortune-all are
her family whenever they need
mothering. And when she isn't moth
ering the ranch and it's regiment of
workers, she is mothering the show
to see that everything, from the bites
the men get from the unregenerate
FUCKERS" to the music for the Rus
erly as the boss sees it-and she's
boss!
Strain Telling on Rockefeller.
Not in many year has such condi-
ton of unrest obtained in New York |
as during the past fortnight The So
cialists and the 1. w. w. workers have |
harrassed capital, and capital, chiefly
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has
replied sometimes with patience, and
again with caustic criticism, so that
it has been a difficult matter for low
ers of peace to bring harmony out
of chaos. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
has repeatedly announced to his
friends that he will not retire under
fire in connection with the trouble
in the Colorado mines owned by the
Standard Oil interests, but it is re-
ported that his nerves are undergoing
1 dreadful strain. Never robust, Mr..
S unsuited for the ordeal through
which he has gone during the past two
weeks. The friends of the miners
Who have died in the Colorado mines,
however, are determined to win re- l
,aration, if possible, and they are
by remarkably large num-
YER of the best citizens in their fight. h
Trade Affected by Mexican War. i
New York is feeling the Mexican f
ituation in way that was not dream b
d of when the unpleasantness first Il
egan. Friends of President Huerta e
4 Paraguay and one or two other C
outh American countries have been
ctive with the result that a boycott fl
as been placed on American goods s.
nd much of the trade from which s.
ew York merchants expected to de-
ieve large profits during the year
seriously threatened with being
ut off, 1t has discovered recently
lat many of the leading Southern u
mericans are entirely out of sym o.
athy with the "a. B. c." mediators. m
Will There be an Opera War. ~
The opera season has come to an
Id and the theatrical seasons end is &C
)proaching. There is the usual crop X
rumors of wars and threatened al
ars, especially with grand opera TT
ars. Broadway has been especially tn
this week over the re- Nv
,rt that Mary Garden will not return of
sing with the Metropolitan forces tn
,xt season. Miss Gardens independ
ice, if one wishes to put it that way,
as famous as her voice and it is
id that some things have happened uo
Gently that have caused her to III
eak her mind freely. AS this is De
game at which more than one can ma
ay, however, it is said that Miss =
lrden can hardly boast of the result
her tilt with the opera directors.
How Big Politicians Are Worked.
1t is hard to estimate to what ex
MT good natured politicians
ends or oI1oood friends will 11Sp