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The Detroit times., 1914-02-14

scene shows "a flight OF 81 steps, reach
ing from the footlEhts 10 The uS'h
wall OF the stage and 10 the top OF the
ny galleries. Down these steps ihe
chorus OF sixty girls perform marvel
ous marching and dancing eYoluuons.
The show Is described az an animal
ed. musical chart OF the theaters Dee
OF the past year, along with diverse ~
c!dents OF public life boiled down TO
liz double extract OF musical comedN'
travesty and spectacle. descrlo.S
the advantage or Peg MY he",,,
who comes from her native SOIL 20
New York. TO meet her aunt, Mrs Fon-
phar, a character taken from Joseph
and His Brethren" She lands ~ Tan
go-sq. whore sshe falls into IN"
clutches OF Joe Carson Within the
Law and Conspiracy Bill C'The Con
spiracy"D who have been employed py
the aunt 20 abduct her. she ~ thh"n
TO rho Mexican border where she -
rescued by broadway Jones ana
Joseph Asche kayton c"fhe Argyle
Case'). The musical numbers anu
song hits number thirty. The east or
principals includes CouroN ana lie
Marie. Charles and Mollie King, Whit
ing and Burt, Elizabeth Goodall} swan
Mood, Laura Hamilton, f.uufsr HTtrs'
May Dealy De Haven and Nice Artie
.Mehlinger. johnny Johnston, Henry
Norman, Ernest Hare and George Ford-
The Hawaiian play The Bird Of
Paradise viii come TO Ihe ttril.h
StheAter for "a return engagement the
week Of Feb % This play made a de
aeided impression when in Detroit last
season. IT is beautifully staged ana
the company TO present 10 ina the
tGarrick rs said 10 be capable one.
Matte Hawaiian singers and dancers
4 in the native music and dances are
Feature VI the play.
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MILES
England, France, scotland. italy and
tine United states will be represented
on the Miles Till next week with two
sfeatufcs OF headline prominence. Daisy
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14
NEW BOOKS LISTED
IN PUBLIC LIBRARY

The following books have been re-
ceived ia the Detroit public library
Peter Hume Brown, The Youth OF
Goethe" Samuel .. Dunn. "0ovsrn
ment Ownership OK Railways" Eisc
tricaI World Handbook OF Electrical
Methods Compiled from the Electrical
World" Raymond Ellis, Making a
Garage Edward Fenton Edwin, TN
dia and the Indians" James Kendall
Hosmer, The American civil war
lTerbert Quick. "On Board the Good
shin Earth" Thakura RaVindranatha,
"Gitaniali" Ravindranatha, "Sadhc .
ma" Charles Head Weller, Athens
and It's Monuments" Richard Latte
Wright and George Digby, Through
siberia
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14
pennsylvan,a snowbouns

WILIIAMSPORT Pa. Feb. IA
Northern Pennsylvania Is snowbound
as the result OF the heaviest snowfall
in 10 years. Snow began falling yes.
terday afternoon at, 3 o'clock and 20
hours later a 2Oinch blanket had been
laid over the entire northern section
OF the state. Business In the city and
surrounding country Is almost at a
standstlll. Railroad traffic has been
continued With difiiculty
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14


display the quaint comedy and eccen-
tric methods which have made him A
popular comedian with burlesque
patrons. In the second farce, the
scene is laid in Paris, and Watson finds
himself eagerly interested in blowing
up "a big bazaar. The fun is said 20 be
fast and furious and 70 end in q
cyclone OF laughter and frivolity The
musical numbers are declared to 100
unusually tuneful and prettuy staged
and there Will be plenty OF specisltics
and vaudeville numbers.
PALACE
The opening of the now Palace thea
ter VII take place Monday evening.
at $50 o'clock, with a policy of con
tinuous vaudeville The day and night
bills will be different. The acts APP
pearing during the day hours the first
half or the week Will appear in the
evenings the latter half, and vice
versa The acts booked for the open
inG-week include The Riding Strick-
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14

neys: Palfrey, Berton and Brown; Bal
tus brothers, Olympian athletes; Will
liams and Durrell, singers and coined
fans. the Musical Shirleys; Burns and
Lynn Tommy Atkins" dancers the
Cellarinin -Four. accordionists; Areo
brothers, athletes; James and Pryor,
comedians and singers; the Victoria
sisters, singers and dancers: the vita
graph and motion dramas
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14

the Lyceum. will be the Offering Ia
mat theater next week, beginning
sunday afternoon The Warning
while new. hdn all OF the old -fashioued
elements or action romance, love. zeal
ousy. envy ana hata. which made the
meIedrainn OF a. dcNasb' ago so poputaT
with che public The story az "rhc
Narhlng reyolves around EvelA D.
and Jefferson Drake, who live ON
Texas ranch AIRS Drake ~ native
New Yorker and - always lOnuing TO-
return 20 Broadway. The visit of Hnn
old man friend To the ranch, who tells
Mrs Drake allUrlnS stories or the no
In New York ~ the present day, stlrs
such unrest Ia her that she pcTsuadcs
her husband 70 take her 10 Gotham.
There they almost wreck their LIES
happiness but tine warning comes
In time and the couple return 10 their
Texas ranch The company 20 present
the play viii be headed by Rodney
Famous and Marie Nelson.
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AVENUE.
Avenue stock company In the Avenue
theBtcr. sunday afternoon. for a WcclEs
series OF performances. The play 81 I'm
FIVE acts and the thirteen scenes lend
TnTT7---4S< 10 elaborate scenic effects.
The action takes place. for tho most
part. in East LYNNE, the country home
OF Archibald Carlyle and hs wife.
Lady Isabel CARLYLE. The story has
20 do with tho infatuatiou of Sir
Francis Lcvison for Lady isabel and
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14

perts and Lill'an Lippman In the
Dance "A la Petite" a special fea
turc OF the show will be the Mystery
Moon Girl" an electrical novelty in
~ istrh' Miss Joerns, floats out into the
darkened house. above the heads OF
the audience, seated on "A crescent
moon and while she sings, she dis
tributes favors 70 the crowd.
FAMILY
The Night Doctor, a farce comedy
playlet presented by Charles 4 Loder
a. company will be the topliner In the
Family theater next week. Mr.. Loder
is not n stranger TO theaterRoers ana
for more than twenty years has been
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14
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ttDII.G. tt


The Progressive Girls q new show
headed by Jack Reid. "A veteran bur-
lesque comedian. Will come 10 the
Cadillac theater Sunday afternoon for
"A weeks engagement As an added
attraction there viii be the oriental
dancer Zallah is well known 10 local
patrons OF burlesque TWO lively
musical comedies. ~ Night in Bo-
hsmiR.' and AT Saratoga" viii be pre-
scented. In the first, Reid has the role
OF Dan Murphy, an Irishman, enjoying
a good time IN New York. His wife
discovers him at cabaret show and
plenty OF lively action results. In the
second burlesque, Reid as The infor-
nation kid" race track tout gets
considerable fun out or the role. The
company includes A. Bonham Bell
Willis Han. Harry Carr. Larry willing.
James Bentley. I'D. Davidson, Eta
Joerns. Lillian Lippman, Ella Reid Gil
bert Pauline Palmer and Gertrude
Crawford Vaudeville acts viii be pro-
vided by Bell and Hall. singing coined
ians The Bathing Girls Pauline
Palmer and Marie Mitchell, tango eN-
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14

viii be hoard ir mclange OF new
sonEs Horny ana Emma poyscr WIN
present singing, talking and aero
patio advertisement. Reed and Estelle
VIII boo heard in new songs. George
ward, Dlackfacc mOpolOgist promises
20 keep his audiences Convulscd and
new motion pictures win entertain
ana instruct
GANETN.
Billy W. Watson, well known bur
lesque comedian VIII head tho Girls
from llappyland, an the Gavety thea
ter, next week lie VIII he surrounded
by large company OF funmakers aud
chorus Of pretty girls. whose dancing
and singing ability is said 20 br above
the average. The Entertainment is
divided into two parts. Ina the arst
muelcal torce Watson has tho part OF
a merry iDposter and the lines and
situations give him full opportunity 10
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14

his Vaccinations to separate husband
and wife IN which ne evtntuslly sue
ceeds. Lady Isabel, believing her hus-
band unfaitnful. elopes with Lcvison
who soon tires Of her and she returns
TO her home, disguised. TO act as gov
-efHess 20 her own children Hrofttf
Slater viii play Lady Isabel Roy
Walllng viii have the role Of Archi-
bald Carlyle while Russell Brady viii
play Levison During the week OF Feb
o. - Wife's Secret. VIII 10 present
ed
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14
MILES

!. England, France. scotland. italy and
tine United states Will be represented
on the Miles Till next week with two
sreatutc s OF headline prominence Daisy
The Detroit times., 1914-02-14
I.yCEusI

A new play called the Warning
nv William Anthony Mcclure. whose
,aynrna. -Dlvorce," was seen recently IN
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28

ALL. rejoined Tim, scratching his
her in. now. Nanny tire I've
wondered what twas all about in here.
Why shud strangers be so anxious as
to"
She luks like a patent gate In a
fince. as much as anything else"
commented Jim. But as fer THROWN
her in, how cud we? She's attached
to nothin' at all. SO there's nothin' to
throw her into. She's got no wire or
cord runnin' to her unless belize 1t
comes up through the fiure. She
looks like she was some sort OF motor,
but how she's to run I dunno. Now il
she was geared to anything, you cud
throw her in. mostiike, by this thing
here. 1t luks like she was done, and
If she is. I don't know why the boss
wud go away and leave the roof open
over her" He pointed to a sliding
window in the roof directly above the
machine. He then reached out and
swung some of his weight upon the
end Of the engaged arm or lever.
Then. to the Joint surprise of the two
with occurred.
What happened, as nearly as either
of them later could describe 1t, might
have been called a duplication in large
Of the phenomena of Halseys original
motor, with which he burst the fan In
the railway office at st. Louis. There
was low cracking in the air, a
dancing series of blue flame points
along the toothed ridge. Then began
low purr. as of a motor in full on.
Grafton They could see sparks emit
ted, somewhere at the interior of the
intricate machinery. A living, split
ting, cracking roar filled the air about
them-the roar of the shackled river.
far away, raging at the violence done
it! A projecting shaft. fitted with a
pulley head, began to revolve, faster
and faster until its speed left it appar.
emily motionless.
Something had happened, they knew
not what. The machine was alive!
Some force seemed to come down out
of the air, to locate itself somewhere
within this intricate mechanism. They
stood, two bullet-headed. hairy, poy,
erful men, looking at what they had
done.
DO ye mind that now 2" sasped Jim
Sullivan. and wrenched at the lever
restoring 1t to It's original position
The purring OF the motor ceased. the
blue sparks disappeared. the roar sub
sided growlingly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
To Extend State Letter Day.

Denyer-ThrougE the joint efforts
of Mrs. Mary C. c. Bradford, state SUI
perintendent of public instruction.
Celia @. Peterson. president OF the
Colorado Teachers Association and
William II. Smiley, superintendent of
the Denver public schools, Colorado
Letter Day, which was initiated two
years ago by the Chamber of Com
merce, will this year be extended
throughout the public schools in the
state. A circular letter to the county
superintendents of schools and the
members of the Colorado Teachers
Association have been sent out an
nouncing May / as Colorado Letter
Day and requesting that all schools
have speakers address the students on
Colorado The subject of all speeches
this year will be, The Builders OF
Colorado AS in the two preceding
years, the students in the fifth to
eighth grades will be asked to write
letters to friends or relatives outside
the state, containing the information
given to them by the speakers. Each
locality will offer prizes for the best
letters written on the subject. The
Denver Chamber of Commerce will
award the prizes for the best letters
written by the Denver school child
ren.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
SYNOPSIS.

y ohm Rawn is born in Texas Early In
ilfe ne shows signs of masterfulness ana
inordinate selfishness He marries Laura
Johnson He is clerk in St Louis
railway office when his daughter Grace
Is born. Years later he hears Grace
ioNsr. a young engineer named Charles
italsey. speak Of scheme to utilize the
lost current of electricity. He appropriates
the ioea as his own and induces Hais.y
70 perfect an experimental machine. he
to.His a company. with himself as pfesi,
dent, at salary of 100000 year; anu
haisey as superintendent of the WORKS az
q salary Of s.. Coo Rawn takes charge OF
the office in Chicago. Virginia Delaware
Is assigned as hts stenographer She as
sists IN picking the furniture ana ueco-
ration for the princety mansion RaWn mas
erected, Mrs. Rawn feels ou, of place N
the new surroundings Halsey goes 70
New York with Rawn and Miss Deia-
ware TO explain delays In perfectnS tne
new motor to the impatient directors. lie
gets message that a deforined daush1er
mas been born to his wife. Grace RhW n
Eawn bargains with Miss Delaware 70
wear his jewefry and appear In puohc
with him. means to help him In
business way. Rawn Is fortunate in mar
ket speculations. piles up wealth ana at-
tains prominence. He frets because his
wife does not rise with him in social
way. He gives her a million dollars to
leave him He asks his daughter, Mrs
Halsey. to take charge of his household
Grace moves to Graystone hall. and Hat
sey continues to live alone In the cot
tage near the works.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
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Il dunno; that's why I'm callin'
you"
Has amy wan broke into tn
place."
Not as l know. but somethins hap
pened here. I'm figurin' twas the boss
done it. Come in and have a LUX, now.
He's gone home
They stepped gingerly on across the
hoor, along the row of unfinished ma
chimes, and paused at the one farthest
from the door, which had excited
Jim's curiosity.
Here's where the boss worked all
last night" whispered the foreman
hoarsely. Twas daybreak when he
come home. an he was all In. He's
been workin' on her before now,
know that. I'm thinkin' she's about
done, belike,'
Whatever kind OF spook joint is
this. anyhow. JIM" demanded the
watchman. What's she for, do ye
think now" They two, bullet headed,
hairy, heavy and powerful, stood look
ing at this contrivance. whose growth
through many months they had been
measure in comprehensive terms. 1t
was worth ten thousand dollars to
either of them who would-and could
tell certain man how 1t was made
Il dunno what she's for answered
Jim slowly. but I'm thinkin' it's no
good at all. It's the devil. maylike.
Not that she's so big neither. I could
almost turn her over with pinch
bar" He pointed to an arm. or lever.
which stood at the side of the ma
chine. She looks somethin' like one
O them drills l used to run in tn tun-
mel time Hogan was mayor do We
mind? Whin We wanted to throw her
In we pushed down an arm, somethin'
like this
Sure, Jim, It's you have the head
fer machines. | dunno about thin at
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
YOUNG PLAYERS EXCEL
REASON WHY AMERICAN LEAGUE
LEADS OLDER RIVAL.
Sentiment Seems 20 Cause Nationals
to Keep Old Stars in Regular
Lineup-Comparison of Roster
Is Quite interesting.
lBy FRANK G. MENXEl

tBy FRANK G. MENKE.)
Because they persist in hanging on
to their veterans long after their real
usefulness is gone-that's the reason
why the National league, once the
classiest organization in baseball has
had to yield first place to the Ameri-
can league.
There has been no denying of the
fact that for the past four years the
American league teams have had it
on their National rivals. The Amer
fcan leaguers have been triumphant
in the last four world series combats,
and in the majority of postseason
games between the Americans and Ma
tionals the teams of the younger or
ganization have been triumphant. In
1919 the American leaguers were win
ners in every series in which they en-
gagged with the Nationals.
A glance through the baseball rec
ords shows the reason. The American
league keeps a star player as long as
he performs in major league style
but not one day longer. They cut
him adrift when he starts to skid and
to the fore some youngsters who soon
shine just as brightly as did the stars
OF old.
With the National league it is diff
ferent. Sentiment seems to cause
them to keep in the regular lineup
many old stars long after they. have
slowed up-long after added years has
robbed them of their former prowess
and made them inferior to the young
sters who Are camping on the benches
waiting to break in.
Looking over the 1904 records of
the American league, and comparing
the rosters of those days with that of
1914, shows that only five men of the
400 odd, then in that league, are still
in American league harness. Those
men are Lajoie and Turner of the
Maps. Crawford of the Tigers, and
Bender and Plank of the Athletics.
Stovall. who joined the Maps back
In 1904, was with the ST. Louis Browns
until last fall, and now is with the
Federals. Harry Davis, a star in 1904, j.,
is still on the Athletic payroll, but he
plays no longer Jimmy Callahan,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
CHAPTER XII.
The Bakers DauQhter.

A large part of our ambitious
American population is prone boasr-
fully to ascribe its origin to one or
other Of those highly respectable. il
really little known monarchs to whom
is commonly accorded the foundation
Of Old world nobilities. We have built
up pretty fiction regarding so-called
blue blood. on the flattering, but Who'll
ly unsupported supposition that royal
qualitics are transmissib1e to the thir-
tieth and fortieth generation; SO that
it's a poor American family indeed
cannot boast its coat of arms, barking
back TO royal days of Charlemagne or
William the Conqueror 1t may be.
Their majesiies were active. morgan
aticaly at least no doubt. much-mar.
ried m"u
But continually there arise disturb
ing Instances to upset us in our beliefs
regarding aristocracy. There are SO
very many worthless aristocrats, in
whom the theory of descent did not
work out according to accepted sched-
ua, and there are so very many wor.
thy but wholly disconcerting men who
are not aristocrats-so continually do
Liucolns arise who. claiming nothing
OF birth or breeding show themselves
to be possessed of manhood, show
themselves, moreover, masters Of
those instincts and practices which
20 with the much-abused title Of
gentleman. a matter in which
not all descendants of Charles or VIII
liam Join them.
1t Is we'll known among theatrical
managers that no real lady can imi-
tate a real lady. The highest salaries
in ladies' theatrical roles are paid to
ladies' who are not ladies, but who
play the parts of ladies' as they think
ladies' really would act in actual life.
If YOU seek woman to carry off a
gown. one to assume such really regal
air as shall bring the name of William
or Charlemagne impulsive to your
lips. find one still owning not more
than one of the requisite three gen
erations which are set as the lowest
limit for the production of a gentle
man or lady.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28

now manager Of the White Sox; Clark
Griffith, now manager of the Senators,
and Nick Altrock. coacher, are the
only players who played in 1904 who
still are drawing salaries from the
American league.
But it's bit different with the Ma
tional league, which carried and
played regularly in 1913 nearly % men
who were in the game in 1904, and
even earlier than that date Included
in this list are Wagner, Bresnahan,
Mathewson, Ames, Gamnitz, Huggins,
Evers, Mccormick, Wiltse, Needham,
Doom and Mclean
Glancing over the 1909 rosters of
the American and National leagues.
and comparing them with the present
ones, shows that the Nationals still
have nearly 70 men in their lineups
who were there in 1909. while the
Americans have only about 40. This
means that the American Leaguers
have weeded out the slipping stars of
the other days, and that the National
Leaguers have hung onto them-and
lost considerable prestige thereby.
1t seems to be up to the National
Leaguers to weed out the veterans
and let the bench-warming kids ooze
out into the spotlight If they want to
save themselves from slipping to
minor league status when compared
with the speed boys Of the American
league. The new organization has
forged ahead SO rapidly in the past
few years. has SO closely outclassed
the Nationals. that many skeptical
fans are declaring that the Nationals
today. despite their galaxy OF stars,
do not rank superior to, those of the
first division teams in the class AA
minor leagues.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
VaIlery Goes to Fair AS Ervoy.

Denver.-John f. Nallery, general
agent of the Burlington railroad, left
fer California as representative of
the governor to look into the question
of Colorado being represented at the
Panama-pacific exposition next year
and to make arrangements for the
Denver Knights Templar to attend
the 1916 triennial conclave in Los An
geles. While In San Francisco he
will look into the availa bility nf the
site allotted to Colorado for state
building
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
definite, sergeant. mer.

power now definite. sergeant, mer.
chantable
Halsey kicked in the gear and rolled
OUT INTO the street. Pale. preoccupied.
ne hardly noted where he was going:
out round maze of ill-paved. crowded
thoroughtares; until at length he
reached the West side boulevard sys-
tenn. Thence he crossed the river to
the east. and headed north. Strong
anu true under limit charge, the mo-
TOT pufred beneath him. The mechan-
ism OF the car operated without de-
feet. Nothing in the least seemed
wrong al any particular. nor did the
car in any particular differ in appear
ance from others of it's humble and in
conspicuous class
None the less midway of one of the
large parks along the lake shore.
young Halsey suddenly disengaged the
gear. cut on his power, and applied
the brakes. He was perhaps half say
from his home on the journey to Gray
stone hall For little time
he sat IN The car. pale, almost motion
less, deep in thought. careless of the
passing throng of other vehicles. the
occupants of which regarded him
curiously. Then. suddenly, he threw
in the gear again, turned on the cur
rent; and, quickly turning about, re-
traced his course. He had been gone
less than an hour when he stood once
more at the curb of his cottage near
the factory in the western suburb OF
the city
So you're back again. sir.' com
nented Jim sullivan. An did ye get
all that sudden wealth ye was tellin'
me about. at all?"
Halsey sat staring at him tor a
time. No said he, I've changed my
mind. I'm going to wait a while.
The foreman turned and tiptoed off
to find his wife. Annie" said he his
voice low and anxious. try if We can
get the boss to bed, an make him
sleep as long as ever he can. He's
goin' on his head, an talkin' like a
fool. Somethin's wrong here. that's
sure Hell's goin' to break loose, in
yon facIhry some day. But whativer
comes. The boss is crazy"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
Secretary Lane Outlines Program.

Denver.-Governor Ammons has re-
cefved from Secretary of the Interior
Franklin X. Lane the following tele-
gram: Tentative program for the
big irrigation conference in Denver,
April 9, outlined, includes considera-
tion of Carey act projects. irrigation
districts, administration and opera
ton OF desert land act. cooperation
between nation and state in the settle
ment of irrigated lands problems.
crops, markets and finance, and ways
and means of financing future work.
Chief question is, What can the federal
government do and what should it do
in the further promotion OF irrigation
in the Vest"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-03-28
$4,000 Fund For Fair Building.

: Denver, : Governor Ammons and
the Panama-Pacific board OF the
Chamber Of Commerce met to discuss
plans for raising $4,000 for Il state
building at the Panaua-Pacific exposi-
ton next year. A plan under ,consid-
Grafton is to have moving pictures
taken throughout the state to be
shown at the exposition during the
entire time it is open to the public
A charge of 81 per foot for making
and displaying these films during the
exposition will give $4,000 revenue
for 10000 feet of film.