The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06


rive in Madison at 6 o'clock this
evening, proceeding directly east.
The train from the east, due at 4:30
p. m, will arrive at 1880 and proceed
west. Train from the south, due at
2:30 p. m. viii arrive by way of
Egan some time before midnight and
proceed north TO Bristol. There will
be no passenger train from the north
until the regular schedule Monday
morning.
The only train arriving in Madison
yesterday was the train from the
north which came in five hours late
and was abandoned here. No trains
departed from the city during the
day or night. Early this morning
snow plows were sent out of the city
west and north and also out of Sioux
City and Sanborn, Ia, and from
Jackson, Mimi, west to open up the
lines leading in this direction. The
snow was soft when it fell and is
thoroughly packed and frozen on the
tracks, and railroad men say 1t will
be necessary to use shovels at points
along the lines in addition to the
snow plows. 1t is expected. how
ever, to have the lines open and
trains running on schedule time by
tomorrow.
At the opera house Thursday, Feb
ruary IS, the new scenic production,
The Winning of Barbara Worth, will
be presented in this city for an en-
gagement of II night only. 1t is a
dramatization by Mark f. Swan of
Harold Bell Wright's great novel of
the same title which has reached the
unprecedented sale of two million
copies. The story is n that thrill
ed the entire country, having TO do
with the reclamation of the great
Arizona desert. Ii is more than a
love story and is descriptive of one
of the greatest engineering battles
ever waged by man against the
forces of nature. The dramatist has
followed the lead of the novelist and
uses his human types as symbols IL
that great conflict to bring the wa
tiers of the Colorado river under con
troll and make them add to the
wealth of the world.
The opera house was packed to tht
doors last evening, Notwithstanding
the inclement weather. to witness thu
operetta, The House That Jack Built
under the auspices of the Higi
School Athletic association. The cas-
OF characters comprised school chill
dren of the city and young ladies ant
| gentlemen. and the training and pre-
sentation of the operetta was unde
| the direction Of Miss Helen Lawrenc'
| formerly a member of the faculty o
| the city high school. The work o
| training was exceedingly we'll done
! showing Miss Lawrence to be an ar
| list in her line. Last evenings au
dience was liberal in their praise o
! the excellence of the entertainment
and the real acting of the little fol
was a revelation. This afternoon tn
operetta was again presented at
matinee, the audience being larg
and we'll pleased. From here Mis-
Lawrence goes TO Pierre, where sh
will stage the operetta, and also ha
other engagements in towns of tn
state and in whatever town she ma
put on the %operetta the citizens an
schools will find her work to be of
superior quality.
The first meeting of the Mother:
club was held Tuesday afternoon a
I, the home of Mrs. Fred Hotchkiss
The club voted to join the Fedora
Mothers club, so it will be in touc
with the other clubs of the state an
in line for all advantages possible
The first course of study to be take
up is Fundamentals of child study
under the supervision of Mrs. Beau
mont of the Normal, who will Civ
lectures following the line of thi
subject. AT the next meeting ID
BOIL will give a lecture on the Ner
vous system of the child, which vii
lay the foundation for the followin
lectures. This meeting will be he'll
Tuesday, February 16, at 3:15 shar
| in room IL at the Normal, in orde
to have b~lackboards and charts I
use. Room IL is on the first foo
of the west wing. The club will NEE
the first and third Tuesdays of eacI
month. Madison has always needle
a Mothers club and now that one |
organized every mother who is in
terested in the welfare of her chill
dren should seize this opportunity
and be present at the next meeting
on February 16.