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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

An entire change of vaudeville at
the opera house tomorrow. Adv
Edward Emmons has entered
Storrs Agricultural college in Storrs,
Conn
Miss Helena Norton has returned
from California and an extended visit
in the west.
Miss Helen Lee of Boston, Mass, is
the guest of Mrs. James e. Burke of
Grandview. $40
Fancy canning peaches in bushel
baskets at Estes market, cheaper
than ever before sold for in Benning-
ton. Adv
A V. l.. S. Il. feature lasooed in
five rollicking reels of giggles gurg-t
les and glee, "a Texas Steer,-opera
house today. Ad
f. G. Lassell of Troy, who has
been visiting briefly his family at
the Walloomsac Inn, has returned
home
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Reynolds of
Troy have been visiting Mrs. Rey-
nolds' sister, Mrs. Charles Il. Welles
of Old Bennington.
DO not wait any longer for your
canning peaches. Excellent quality
and very reasonable prices at Estes
market. Adv.
Theodore Tillinghast of Troy, son
of the late G, w. Tilinghast Ind, at
one time adiustantgeneral Of New
York has gone to Chicago to enter in
to business. Several years ago Mr..
Tillinghast boyhood was passed in
Old Bennington, and he has many
friends in town.
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Dangers Of a Cold
Bennington People viii Do Well tc
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Heed Them
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PERSONAL MAGNETISM

will power, stamina-call it what you
will-that strange, mysterious, subtle
force that brings wealth, renown and
happiness to all is inherent in every
human being. BY Madame Morgan S
method any person can develop a
wonderful magnetic personality and
learn how to read the character and
thoughts of others in few weeks.
You can use this wonderful power
without the knowledge of your most
Intimate friends and associates. You
can win the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-21
DUMBA SAILS NEXT WEEK
Austrian Ambassador Leaves for
Home Next Tuesday

New York, Sept. 21-The agents of
the Holland-America Linet admitted
last night that provisional reserva-
ton had been made for DR.. Dumba,
the Austro-Hungarian ambassador
and his wife on the Rotterdam, sail
ing from New York Tuesday, Sept.
%, via Falmouth. Everything de-
Ponds on whether the British am
bassador issues a safe conduct via
the Channel route, they said: other
wise the ambassador could not go on
the Rotterdam. titN
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Federal League

Pittsburg 4, Buffalo 2.
Brooklyn 10, Kansas City 2.
Newark-Chicago, wet grounds.
Only three games scheduled.
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National League

Cincinnati 4, Boston !.
Philadelphia st. Louis, rain
New York-Chicago, rain.
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To the Tax Payers of the Town OF
Bennington:

L " tu6 LA TdyeTb VI luo lOWA VI
Bennington:
A Rate Bill of the Town Taxes of
1915 has been placed in my hands for
collection as follows: 80 cents on
the dollar for the Town Tax, 20 cents
on the dollar for the Town Highway
Tax, As cents on the dollar for the
Town District School Tax.
l hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that will at
tend at the Bennington County Saw
ings Bank from 9 o'clock a. m. until
o'clock p. m.
There will be discount OF A per
cent. on Town tax II paid within 80
days.
C. H. DEWEY, Treasurer. ,
Bennington, VT, July 10. 1915.
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Love, Friendship and Inilaence

of others and obtain greater share
of happiness from life. You can be-
come respected, honored and leader
in your community. If you long for
greater success and happiness you
are advised to learn more of this mar
vellous power. 1t is the magic wand
that rules the world
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BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League

Boston g. Detroit .. .+0ii
New York 8, Chicago 2. y
Washington G. st. Lofts 0.
Philadelphia 5, Cleveland 4.
Cleveland. 5, Philadelphia 81 sec
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Ef1S. Spe ciai Readings Efl6s
UVN THISW EEK OUV

Madame Morgan's work Is her re-
ligion. No idle curious or frivolous
people seem
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

III. Woods. From a newsboy on the East
Side, who at the end Of his days work
counted his pennies like a modern Cas-
pard, and to whom a days profit of a
dollar was almost a fortune, today he
has under his management or is directly
associated with 80 attractions, controls
several theatres and carries weekly
payroll of upwards of $4,000. Potash
and Perlmutter' has been one of his big
gest hits.
A. H. Woods, now a man OF under 40,
started as lad selling papers on the
Bowery. At the age of 10 his physical
strength secured him a position as
'bouncer" in a famous Bowery resort
From childhood Woods has had vein In
his system that won him recognition ana
respect; he is a gambler. Not gambler
in the ordinary sense of that word, but
a man who is willing to take chances
This element in his makeup has been
the chief factor in his success. Accumu-
lating a little money, no took n venture
in a cheap melodrama. 1t was a sue
cess. Another and another followed and
soon A. H. Woods productions In the
''ten-and- twenty" thrillers became by
word. Then came the formation OF the
firm of Sullivan, Harris g. Woods, the
Harris being Sam Harris, now the part
ner of George NJ. Cohan. For several
years the firm did a successful business
and then dissolved.
Meanwhile the ambitious Woods had
the idea In his head of producing big
plays with the big actors and actresses
and in big theatres in the big cities.
When he tried to start the big actors,
big managers and big interests wouldn't
recognize him. The big actors said he
wouldn't pay salaries, the big manager
wouldn't give him time and the big play
wrights wouldn't submit plays. 1t wasn't
long, however before the big actor was
convinced that Woods wouldn't only pay
big salaries, but would pay the biggest
salaries and New York one day awoke
| to the startling news that Arnold Daily
and Mary Shaw were under A. II. Woods
management and would appear in a lead
| ing theatre of that city in Mrs. War.
ren's Profession" That was the opening
wedge and after that A. H. Woods moi
| only secured the artists he wanted, but
the playwrights and the theatres also.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

CONTINUING
FoRRBST-"The Birth OF a Nation"
with Henry b. waithal, Mae Marsh and
spottiswoode Atltln. ID. w. Grifrith's
mammoth photoplay of the Civil War
and Reconstruction. founded in part on
Thomas Dixon's "Clansman." A mar
velous entertainment
RETURNING
STOCK
WALNUT - "Rebecca Of sunnybroo&
Farm" with Edith Taliaferro, the ori-
glnal star, and the Walnut Players. A
revival of Kate Douglas Virgins pleas
ant and amusing play about the little
girl whom she made popular in fiction
long before she reached the stage. Her
evolution into q young lady at Brick
House," amid bucolic joys and tribula-
tions makes the plot Of the piece.
RNICKERBoORER-" Little Lost
Sister," with Frances Shannon, the new
leading woman, and the Knickerbocker
Players Virginia Brooke's white slave
story, as dramatized by Edward e. Rose
and Arthur James Pegler. tells the tale
of an unsophisticated country girl who
meets ruin In the big city and returns
to her home to find happiness.
AT POPULAR PRICES
PEOPLES-"Casey in Society,"" with Pat
White. A musical comedy with the
usual resourceful and witty Irishman
well to the fore.
VAUDEVILLE
KEITH'S-David Bispham, the eminent
American baritone; Six American Dane
ers, in "Six Periods of American His
tory; Ships That Pass in the Night a
one-act comedy, by Wilson Mizner !;
Mabel Berra, singer; McWatters and
Tyson, in their "Revue OF Revues": !:
Goldsmith and Hoppe, in "The Manager
and tho Salesman; Robert Everest's
Novelty Circus; Jack and Foris, tho
Jolly Frenchmen. and others.
MISUNDERSTANDING as vaudeville
house with, in the first half Of the week.
Joe Hortiz, Philadelphia actor and
singer. in Ten Nights in a Barroom" I;
Black and White, in a musical revue /;
Moscrip Sisters, singers and dancers:
Hill and Hackett, tll-around entertain
ers, and short photo serials. Second
half, Joe Hortiz; From Coney Island to
the North Pole; Excelsior Trio, in a
musical offering; Stoddard and Haynes,
in THE Absent-minded Professor" and
May Knight, comedienne.
NTXONS GRAND-Captain Louis Sor-
cho, submarine diver; Mr.. and Mrs.
Mark Murphy, in The Coal Strike
Kenny and Hollis, the two college lads
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

Not an open bargain sale, Of course. not
an advertised reduction. Somebody might
think the show was punk" Instead, the
managers pulled or the deal on the quiet
and worked the public with the added
bait OF making them feel they were lucky
to know how to get in at half price.
Tickets were printed OF two varieties
The first entitled the holder TO two seats
Tor the price OF one-when presented at
the box office. But this caused trouble
when the 81 patron found the 81 man
standing next him In line at the box Of
hce, paying half what he paid and sitting
next him in the theatre. SO another sort
or ticket rose In popularity. II entitled
the holder to half prices IL presented at
the cut-rate agency. These schemes ap-
piled to such successes" Of last season
as "on Trial." Twin Beds" THE Song
OF Songs" THE Lie" and "The Show
Shop" Indeed, Il was said to have saved
and later made the fortunes of the Selwyn
productions
THE CUT-RATE KING.
One Joe LEBLANC was the king OF the
cut-raters. He had offices on 9Th avenue
that were thronged every night from 7:30
to $3.50. His business grew 80 popular
tnat very soon he was buying out great
plocks OF seats, even whole houses. He Is
said to have bought out "The Song of
songs for eight weeks and paid $5O, 900
for the tickets, which he sold at half
price and yet on which he made a profit
Tor himself and for the theatre. Mani
testify something was wrong.
The managers themselves began TO sec.
They didn't see that the extravagant long
run system was to blame at bottom for
making such vagaries possible. But they
did see that nobody gained in the end
except LEBLANC. The authors of successes
lost some Of their royalties. The box
once men were corrupted by the ability
70 sell tickets at full rates and to claim
they were sold at half rates. The ordi-
nary public. which was getting disillu-
stoned fast enough at our high-priced and
cheap-fared theatre. and which wasu't
WISE to the cut rates or couldn't get
them when 1t wanted them, didn't i'm
prove Its theatre-going habits.
charles Frohman sounded a warning
last April before he left on the Lusitania.
The New York managers got together
this fall and bonded themselves to keer
the financial peace. The Shuberts sold
| out OF Tyson's, aud Tyson's was there.
upon appointed the sole agent for seats a,
advanced prices. The managers agreed tc
abandon surreptitious cut rates.
GOING DowNl
But the matter hasn't ended there, The
| managers had at last learned that prices
were too high, that there was a bigger
| public for cheaper seats. The Shuberts
Cohan & Harris and others have abol
ished the fiat two-dollar rate for thu
| whole orchestra and part of the balcony
Instead, they have put all but a few rows
In the front of the New York house a
S1.5O and lower. And LEBLANC sells tn,
cheaper seats for them on a commission
| What wonderful place is that tempt,
of art, the theatrei
The New York papers have been won
dering If all this shake-up would rnear
return to a one-hfty scale.
The Garrick seems to think so.
And meanwhile the movies get read,
to open houses at two dollars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

Its title is as interesting as the story.
1t is Daddy Long Legs and, 1 under
stand. was written by a niece OF Mark
Twain"
The reporters gently endeavored to
switch the conversation to tariff and the
currency. but the future President could
not be turned from Daddy Long Legs"
When the reporters left they knew
great deal about Jean Webster's book,
but nothing about the Wilson politics.
Two years ago, when Henry Miller
accepted Miss Webster's dramatization of
her own book, Daddy Long Legs" he
decided to produce It in Washington. One
of the first requests for seats came from
the White House. and stated that the
President required a box for the opening
night. Mr.. Wilson followed the comedy
with more than his usual interest in good
plays, and subsequently sent word to
the author that much to his surprise. the
play had proved better than the story.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
Play and President

When woodrow Wilson was running
for the presidency three years ago. a
party OF newspaper reporters from New
York. Philadelphia and washington Wis
tied him in his home at Princeton. N.
J.. to ask him about his plans II he
were elected. Mr.. Wilson's skill at
lodging leading questions is now known
throughout the land. At that time re-
porters were more hopeful.
1T is much easier to talk about the
immediate past than the indefinite fu-
ture," he observed to his callers, with
the quiet Wilson smile "And 1 should
like to talk to you about the immediate
past" he added. 81 have just finished
reading the most charming story that
has come to my attention In some years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

Baby Beesor, child performer; TED and
Corinne Breton, The Movie Man and
the Maid; Martin Howard, a Scotch
dancer. and fun films.
ALLEGHENY-Eugeni Blair and her
company. In "Reckoning Day; AL Her
man, THE Black Laugh; Warren and
Conley, In "At tho Seashore''; Arto,s
Brothers. acrobats and eccentric come
dians; Dale and Boyle, dancing and
singing; Gallon" comedy eduiiibrist.
and photoplays.
GLOBE-"The winsome Widow" a COM
edy playlet; The DEVILS Mate" pre-
sented by Ben levin and company:
"The Claim Agent" a comedy of err
rors; Songs of a Nation" a med
ley of music; a comedy slxit by Newells
and Allen; Julie Gaylord. singing
comedienne; Fred Hildebrand. mono
loguist; Van and Pierce, singing. talking
and dancing act, and Greno and Platt.
comedy on tho wire. Meal OF the
Navy and ''rhe Goddess"
CROSS RBYS-First half OF week, Gardo
and Nolls comedy singers; James will
iaUs and company, in Now; the Nine
Krazy Kids, in Graduation Day; Har-
mon, Zarnes and Dunn, May Knight.
comedienne, and the Three Marconis.
Second half: Cardo and Nolls; Captain
Kidder and company. in THE Wharf:
the Novelty Minstrels. .Curren and Mack.
Hill and Hackett. and the Lampinis.
burlesque magic.
BURLESoUB.
NATIONAL-"The Garden of Eden Bur
lesquers," with Mark Lea and Earl
Kern.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Minstrels, offering
six new songs and a new local burlesuue
called widow Broom-Lee," or "She II
and She Isn't"
COMING
OCTOBER
BRo4D-'Daddy Longlegs," with Ruth
ChAtterton.
KEITH'S-Fritzi Scheff, Bertha Creighton
and company, In "Our Husband'': AL
Lydell and Company, in "a Native Of
Arkansas''; Metropolitan Dancing Girls,
Williams and Wolfus. In Almost a
Pianist; frankie Heath and George
Perry, in songs and sayings: original
Four Londons. Champions of the Air.:
Leo Beers, in stories and songs; the
Seebacks. bagpunching and athletic
novelty and others.
PEoPLE'S-"Bringing Up Father" -
OCTOBER II
REITH'S-Gertie Vanderbilt and George
Moore, Charles Grapewin and company,
Ryan and Tierney. Gilbert and Sullivan
Revue. AL Golem troupe, Webb and
Burns, AL Cutler, Raymond and Bains
and others.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

artists Of the day are devoted to the art
Of stage decoration.
That is why 1t was considered neces-
sary to have the scenery used in "The
Lilac Domino constructed there. One
scene alone, that depicted in the second
act, is worth all the trouble and expense
which 1t cost to have the work done
there. This scene shows a sunset over
the Mediterranean Sea. First there Is
brilliant daylight, then the sky grows
softer and the sun gradually goes down
In a trail of glory, leaving the twilight
gray, which darkens into night. The
lights of a distant seaside village appear
like fireflies one by one until the wholo
scene is illumined like any other city after
nightfall. The sense of distance conveyed
is marvellous, and Is one of the secrets
of the Viennese art.
The electrical sunset effect is the work
of clocklike apparatus. n recent inven-
tion, which is automatic and effects the
different changes OF hue and light so SUBJ
tlely that the eye Is no more conscious
OF the mechanism than 1t is of clockwork
In nature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

HvERY once in so often the revolving
II years bring us around to a new birth
Of music, art and the drama, the life OF
an artistic era running It's course in much
the same fashion as the life of a man or
nation-from the cradle to the grave.
Just now the most conspicuous renais-
sance is in the art OF stage decoration.
This Is one Of the Oldest arts of all, and
one that has lain longest in the grave.
Away back in the 18th century II was in
its prime. The theatre in those days was
one of the most important factors in the
life OF the people, and the most noted
artists were engaged for stage decoration.
Raphael painted the scenery when Ari-
ostrs "Suppositi' was performed before
Leo X, and when an operetta was given
at the Duke OF Milan's wedding, Leonardo
da Vinci was engaged to prepare or plan
the scenic effects. He constructed a re-
volving sphere representing creation,
and the actors appeared upon II costumed
to impersonate the different planets.
1t was a masterpiece of artistic ingenu-
ity and gorgeous beauty and tho mechan-
ical effects filled the cultured Italians
with childish delight. The play might oe
dull and llfeless. but It was so enlivened
by interludes OF masques and dances and
by insistent appeals to the senses through
the scenic beauty that its plot was OF
secondary Importance so long as its theme
was the glorifcation Of ideal love.
We fell away from all that and stage
decoration became for a while a lost art.
1t died and was buried but like every
thing else II has come to life again and
the glories Of the 18th century are again
bursting forth. In Vienna the greatest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

THEATRICAL BAEDEKER

LYRToT Lilac Domino with AmpOta Dupeve the
Won
a at who
thought the music unusually good the production
wakao only.
A the
suit Il
a
the
night RENAL there for the coming fotnIE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
The Renaissance of Stage Decoration
By ANDREAS DIPPEL

The foilotoinO artiole u toorth per-
gsdI for good many reasons besides
the distinguished position that hs
dtrthor holds IN the operdtto tOorld.
10 tells some Interesting theatrical
facts tDhtoh are all too unknoton to
the average pldy0oer; and u forecasts
tohat Is undoubtedly the chief develop
ment trdcedble IN the modern stG0e,
the renaissance Of scenery through
the "neto stdoecroff Of Europe. Tnot-
dent0Ily, the grand opera tntpresdrio
has not only proved himself a skilful
producer Of operettd-see "T'he Lilac
Domino" for veTtfodtion--but a good
press agent as ,00u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

the world. That Is
some illustration OF
the American stick
to-itness that Is
eco ogniz cd the
world over, Isn't
TT This is the his
tory, In a nutshell.
of A. II. Woods, the
n o W well-known
theatrical producer
and manager. Prob
ably no American
Snowman has had
a more varied, ro-
mantle or success
ful career than A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
GOING DOWN.

The loftiest merit of tale for
pldy) rests upon the effect it pro-
duceS, not on the fancy, but on tho
intellect and the pGSsions.-BuItoer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25

Artistic, and especidIG dramatic,
composition Is no logical or me
chdntcdI contrivdnce; it IS a HUin0
UIrici
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-25
AL Woods -Newsboy,
Bouncer and Now Manager

Here Is the story Of remarkable
f0ure among American managers. H
Is told by a friend and colleague.
Bowery newsboy. saloon bouncer, pro-
ducer Of cheap melodrama, and today one
Of the foremost theatrical producers in
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-24
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every third person dies of lung
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cold germs, no better aid can be
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Its merit has been tested by old
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Get bottle today. Avoid the risk
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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-24
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for fi6hting cold germs. Insists OF
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