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Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1915-02-04
Granville.

Prof. Hugh Pharls is in. Nash
vile for an operation for ap-
pendicitis. Miss Ruby Maddux
is visiting relatives in Cooke
vile. Miss Esther Nicely left
Sunday night. on The steamer
Fall for North Springs where she
will take charge of the music
and expression class. Miss Clara
Watts was a recent guest of
Misses Florence and Ruth Lo-
man. School at this place. lie
progressing nicely under the
management of Prof. Perry and
Miss Unice Thornton. Miss
Lucy B. Hogan of Lebanon has
charge of the music and express
sion class. Fred Sutton was
skipping down the eide walk last
Saturday not noticing where he
was going when his big foot Slip
ped and the first place that hit
was his head" Or Herman
Title of Goodlettsville is visit
ing relatives at this place. Asa
Williams of Defeated was here
last week on business. Several
from this place are in Nashville
this week attending the Masonic
Grand Lodge. Those leaving on
the Steamer Rhea were b. #.
Cooper, A. III. Duke, II. s.
Page, aud Others go later.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1915-02-04

Flour is now selling at $3.50
per barrel and if the price gets
much higher our mothers will
have to use a snuff box instead
of a one pound oyster can for
cutting out biscuits.
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Contrast" written by Boston man,
Royal Taylor, more than hundred
years ago and acted with small success
by Thomas Wignell, an excellent Eng
lish actor who came to. America and
established himself here about 1856. Some
30 ycars later another Yankee character
was presented in the Jonathan Of The
Forest Rose" n musical piece in which
several actors won distinction, notably
Henry placide and Yankee" Hill.
However, IL was n citizen of Chicago,
Dansfo~th Marble, who first made the
Yankee shrewdness and Yankee humor
successful as a stage portraiture. while
he vas managing the Chatham Theatre
I'm New York he got hold of play
called "Sam Patch" which contained an
excellent depletion of a New England
character. He played the part more than
a thousand times in this country. then
went to London and met with great sue
cess i'm "The Vermont Wood-Dealer"
"Solon Shingle" made its appearance
about 1S43, and several New England COM
edians played the role in succession,
the best known being Joshua s. Sllsbee,
Yankee" Hill and John E. Owens. Solon
was shown as n simple-minded but
shrewd Yankee, whose chief anxiety was
over the loss of n "barl o. apple sass"
1t was for Joshua Silsbee, who went to
England and met with moderate success
there, that Tom Taylor wrote "Our Amer
lean Cousin" a momentous play in the
atrical annals. II made the reputation
of two actors on it's first performance
two of the greatest OF their day-and it
was this play that was being presented
on the stage of Ford's Theatre Washing
ton, on the fateful night when President
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SOME "BY HECK!" HISTORY

Lincoln met his death at the hands Of an
assassin.
Il. A. Sothern, who was unwiilingly cast
for the SILLY ass" role Of Lord Dun
dreary In the play. made an immense hit
In the part, and even Joseph Jefferson's
tremendous performance OF Asa Trench
ard did not overshadow that OF Sothern.
THE Old Homestead" grew out OF a
mere sketch OF two scenes, and was pre-
sented as a completed play IN Boston in
1871. Since that time Il has been seen
by moro than 6,OOO,OO0 people. Then came
Shore Acres" and Margaret Fleming"
In which James A. Hearne reached great
popularity. After this there followed a
long list OF plays which depicted some
phase OF New England life. Charles
Hoyt took several filings az the Yankee
Way Down East" begins the modern
list of the Yankee play on which we can
place such recent plays. inasmuch as
they contain homely characterizations,
as "Rebecca OF Sunnybrook Farm" and
the plays In which I have met with con-
siderable success Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch" and THE Man from
Home and, Of course, my present play,
THE Road to Happiness"
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anything proves the great part that in
tonation plays In acting, Il is the photo
pay itself How many great actors ap-
pear 70 less advantage on the screen than
some young man OF Open handsome fea-
lures who takes we'll" and who can ex-
press with tho aid OF the magnihcation
OF the lens, the common emotions so that
no man may mistake them The women
stars made by the movies are merely
Eood-looking young girls with personal
charn and youth. II they had to convey
enouon with the voice, where would they
oe Back In musical comedy whence
some or the most successful have come
from.
Mr.. Miller Is a conservative Of the thea
IRE, rich, ripe conservative. II is his
insthctiVe ambition to save the best as
tne past has shown IL. He studies the
present and selects those things OF il that
seem permanent on this particular aft
ernoon he had pile OF books abou' the
new stagccraft" of Gordon Craig and
Max Reinhardt on his table He had road
them and rejected them. Their eccentrici-
ties annoyed, their divergence from the
ART or stage setting as he had seen Il
grow up about him. SO he wanted no
red skies and purple trees" And vet
as the writer reflected at the door. the
simplicity Of Mr. Millers suuare-cornered
ana sparsely settled rooms Is only one
angle OF that same new stagecraft that
Mr Miller condemns That hunger Of
achievement led Mr. Miller as surely on
the road to a beautiful and appronriate
stage as IL had Gordon Craig. II win lend
him farther. X NJ
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PHOTOPLAYS

PHOTOPDAYS
CHESTNUT STREET OPERA HOUSE
Second week of Triangle productions
"The Coward" with Frank Keenan,, an
Ince-supervised production; "Old Heidel-
berg" with Dorothy Gish, Griffith
supervised production of Mansfelds
popular old comedy; "a Favorite Fool,
with Eddie Foy, and "Stolen Magic"
with Raymond Hitchcock, both from
Mack Sennett.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSB-"The
Blindness OF Virtue" a photoplay ver-
sion OF Cosmo Hamilton's play; con-
densed version of "The Chimes of Nor
mandy; grand opera selections by Ar
thur Aldridge and others; n patriotic
tableau, symphony orchestra and travel
and comedy fllms.
CONTINUING
BROAD - Daddy Long Legs" with
Henry Miller and Ruth Chatterton;
Jean webster's novel Of the orphans
Progress" made into a sweet, sugary
but well-acted success
FORREST-"The Birth of a Nation"
with Henry B. Waithal, Mae Marsh and
Spottiswoode Akin. ID. w. Griffith's
mammoth photoplay Of the Civil War
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THE MORTAL FILMS
By d. w. GRIFFITH

VIII the silent drama ever put forth
immortal art products? No. The mo-
ton picture Il acting, and the fashion Of
acting changes with each age. The stage
work of Forrest, Macready, Kean or
Kemble, II u could be accurately repro
duced, would appear crude, stlff and awk-
ward TO us Of today. The acting Of today
may similarly seem unnatural or impos-
slble to the people 200 years hence
But the immortal stories will be there,
the worlds legacy OF great characters
and great scenes, to be picturiIed accord
ing to the changed ideals OF the succeed
ing generations.
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and Reconstruction, founded in part on
Thomas Dlxon's "Clansman." mar
velous entertainment
STOCK
RNTCRERBOCRER - butterfly on the
Wheel" with the Knickerbooker Play
ers The English drama Of flighty but
innocent wife, who only just escapes
ruin In n divorce court.
WALNUT-"The Vampire" with Marie
Curtis, Robert HymRn and the Walnut
Players. A drama in which a girl,
ruined by man much older than her
SELF seeks revenge on other males. but
turns ultimately to redemption.
VAUDEVILLE
KEITH'S-lA Gilbert and Sullivan Revue,
made up Of music from the classics;
Gertie Vanderbilt and George Moore, in
new songs and dances, Charley Grape
win and company, in "Poughkeepsie" I;
AL Golem troupe, In an Oriental sur
prise; Ryan and Tierney, singers and
pianists webb and Burns the italian
Minstrels; Albert c. Cutler. THE Yam
kee Billiardist"; Fred and Adele As
taire songs and dances, and the Hearst
Selg news pictures.
NIXoN'S GRAND-"The School Play
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THEATRICAL BAEDEKER

Malone Bruce Ell
r. Mildred Barrett Hubert
" Davis.
Roy
and Boston, c
alswjthc
disclose Limited
others OF
from
Of
ou decided OF op New York
Is Smith Goetz and
gand
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grounds" tabloid musical comedy,
maud Brothers, musical clowns; cas,sa-
and Nelson, who sing songs. st.~,
and Lambert, songoloaists; Mas vy vv,y,.
and assistant chair baiancers, vvno
onri, with French "devilsticksS 'ack
GLoBE-'PIer 2s," n seminau,,o.,
slcai comedy; Cardo and Noiis ..l.t, .t
lies of the Day" musical skit. vc.s.
ney's Operatlc Dolls, Fred Weber by. by.
Crying Ventriloquist; GALLOWAY ~ ".
Roberts, In "A Study In Black 49,
White; the Lampines, in buriesons
magio the Bounding Tramps, Carnerr"
Dewitt and company. In THE cseSn cs,sS1
Forgot" and Colonel Jack Geores n
a monologue.
CROSS KEYS - First half Of -.
Everybody" an allegorical nis,,,es.
Cook, Lafferty and Hummell; Mcrs,,
Ian and Carson, skaters; Mott 49,
Mansfield 1.-THE Manicure ana ao ,a1
Sport; Hawley and Hawley and rsns s.,s
Anderson and his trained pony. secoss
half: Everybody; Muffitt olivsssua
trio, songsters; Godfrey and Hensers,',u'..
Silver and Duval; STANDARD Brother.
athletes, and Hockey, Pains ana Ess
kins, in songs and chatter.
AMERICAN-First half of week en-
Jacks and a Queen; Burrough. ~. ,a.
company, in a sketch; Marie ArvIli. "''a ~
a singing act Silver and Duval. ~ "a
Black and Miller, comedy Rymnss..
Second half: Ten Sons of sahar.s.
Carrie Lille, comedienne; Milton Hlr.,
field and company, in "The Cowbov ~
Lord; Bob Anderson and his trs,r.s
pony, and Van and Pierce
RETURNING
PEOPLES-"Uncle Toms Cabin" ma
Burgess revival Of the old classio.
BURLBSoUB
DUMONTDS - Dumont's Minstrel. a.
Lady BARRIERS and Lady ManIcurs.,.s -
and other new burlesques.
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shore Acres and
The County Fair"
have been slow Of
rowth on the
american sta z e
md have attained
10 growth at all In
he English thea
res, where the
'ankee character
$ burlesaued un-
nercifully or not
olerated.
But the Yankee
ZEN and women
ave been made
ne central figures
n many plays pro-
duced I'm this coun-
try. The Il r = I
= - ont.
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When Selwyn q Co. and Mrs. Belle
Armstrong Whitney present THE Whit
ney Fashion Show" at the Garrick Then
tire for two special matinees, Monday and
Tuesday, October IS and 10. only, direct
from its successful series of special mat
inees at the George NJ. Cohan Theatre.
New York, the local stage will have its
first entire theatrical performance devoted
to the fine art of dress.
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BY WILLIAM HODGE

Plays Of rural New England-of the
tyne now popular and best known and
understood in "The old Homestead"
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Local Theatre Notes

The November bookings at the Lyric
Iheatre Include an all-star revival of
Trilby' beginning November s; AL Jol-
son In Dancing Around" the week OF
the I'D, and the great morality play.
Experience" opening on the 29th.
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NIGHT BASEBALL TO BE
INTRODUCED
Brookfeds Plan to Institute Novelty for Game With
Buffeds-Giants, Yankees and Dodgers
Abandon City Series Idea.

their salaries during the playing sea-
son they might not have had to beg
in vain for a few crumbs OF charity
from a long suffering and disappointed
public. With the three clubs up near
the top OF their classes. public senti-
ment would have demanded action. The
last person In the world to waste pity
upon Ia a modern bali player with an
ironclad contract.
The Red Sox and Phillies will have
the entire Eastern field to themselves for
the worlds series. simultaneously with
the announcement that that local three
cornered series has been sidetracked
comes word that the Tigers and Braves
will attempt no post-season activities.
Magnates evidently a realized at last
the cold fact that OF late years the
people have been baseballed to death.
Charles II. Ebbets OF the Dodgers has
announced the reserve list OF his club
FOR 1915. He carries thirty-fve players
sixteen pitchers. five c~atchers. eight
outfelders, and six infelders. as follows
Pitchers-Appleton. Aitchison. Galore,
Goodbred. Mails. Vanguard. Pfener,
Prieste, Rucker. Smith n Stevenson.
Catchers-Barth, McCarty. .. Miller,
Monroe md VI. Wheat.
Outnelders-Hummel. L. Miller
Myers. Nixon. Smyth. Stengel. 2. Wheat
and Zimmerman.
Infielders-Cutshaw. Daubert. Getz
Olson. O'Mara n Reilly.
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Cancels Tip Tops overcame a big
lead at Washington Park yesterday
afternoon. only to crumble in the eighth
inning and lose to the Buffcds by n score
Of I to S. The game was laggy on ac-
count of the poor form OF Bedient and
Finneran. the rival pitchers at the start.
who allowed most OF the scoring.
Finneran's wildness helped Buffalo TO
four runs in the very first inning. He
filed the bases by passing the first three
men. Fred Smith then made a tumble
on Hal Chase hat let in one run. Lou
denis double unloaded the cushions. but
fortunately Louden was caught when
he tried to stretch the hit.
In the second inning Brooklyn came
back a, Bedient for Ave run Cooper
ard Fred Smith singled and after Halt
flied to left Bedient filled the bases by
passing H.. Smith. Griggs. hitting for
Finneran. singled. scoring Cooper and
Fred Smith. II. Smith II Griggs o
third and second respectively on q. An
derson's out Both Tailed on kiely's
triple to right centre, Magee's double
tailed Kelly and drove Bedient from
the box. Only one run was scored of
T.. Anderson. With one down in the
Attn Benny Kaur hit over the right
wall.
Chase's double and Louden's single
in the third took one run OF Walker.
The winning brace came with n out
in the eighth. L4ouden walked and Engle
singled. Both tailed OF Roach's ouble
to centre. The score
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By WILLIAM n. HANNA.

Yesterdays baseball at the Polo
Grounds was full Of local color. 1t was
entirely so. being PETERBOROUGH. The
Brooklyns began a series with the Giants
which will fill In until the end OF the
week, as well as terminate the National
League season in Gotham envlrons. ex-
cept such games in the aforementioned
environs as will be played ian Boston and
Philadelphia next week. The Dodgers
we're the same old pests for the Giants
they have been all season. They won,
9 to /.
Nap Rucker was pest in chief. He
Guild beat the Giants merely by twirling
his thumbs wouldn't ave to twirl the
ball at all. although he did so yester-
day. The rules required II In order that
Bill Klein could call balls and strikes.
The Giants were a lot of guessers be-
fore Fuckers change OF pace pitching
that and nothing more. They made o
trihing hits. The great trouble was
they couldn't time the approach OF the
ball, couldn't get the hang OF Fuckers
service that way at all.
They paved. dabbed and lunged az
slow ones n dipped for Maps de-
scending hook. fouling many and for the
most part getting only q slight. thin edge
Of the ball. II was a pitchers battle
which Rucker won. Herbert pitched a
first class game for the Giants. He was
effective himself. scattering the Brook
lyn hits except two, both of which were
scratchy. There were nearly as many
hits as spectators, however. What a
hat were there were surrounded by
wide empty spaces. The HON season
!. shuffllng OF painlessly and almost
unnotioed.
Fuckers pitching took all the gimp
out of the Giants batting. but they
played with skin and spirit In the field.
Merkle and F1etcher made beautiful
, stops and Kelly made some good catches
In centre after failing to get up under
a hit which cut a big figure in a Brook
lyn rum. This hit followed Herbert's
only base on balls and in connection
with another scratch hit proved costly.
There was one out in the second In
ming when Herbert passed Cutshaw. On
the run and hit Myers grounded to
right. Merkle was cverzealous. The
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FUCKER BATTLES GIANTS
AND DODGERS WIN EASILY
New Workers Paw, Dab and Lunge at Slow Ones and
Dip Helplessly for Descending Curve, Utter
Marks for Maps Change of Pace.

bail was nearer to second than to first,
but Merkle went into Doyle's domain.
Better had he covered first himself and
let Doyle take the bail. As 1t wac, Her
bert didn't cover spryly enough to abb
sorb Merkle's low throw. therefore bung-
ling gave Myers a hit. Again the Brook
lyns tried the run M hit. and Getz
drlfted a Texas Lacquer Into short CEN
tire. which fell between felders. Cut
shaw. being under. way. was able to
score.
Stengel pounded the first ball pitched
In the fourth inning and pounded II far.
II bounced to the centre field boards
and sent Stengcl to third. The New
York infield played back, and while
Doyle was throwing out Wheat his slug
ger friend romped over.
New York's only run also started with
a base on balls. No hit was Identified
with II. Dyer walked and Kocher hit
in front of the plate and reached first
on McCarty's wide throw. Herbert was
out on three strikes. McCarty having a
passed ball on the third. which allowed
tho base runners to move up. O'Mara
made a rafting good play on Burns's
grounder. which was nearly a hit. and
threw his man out. while Dyer crossed
the plate. Robertson struck out and
left a man IN third. and in the eighth
once more was found wanting with a
man on base. The score:
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NOTES OF THE DIAMOND.

Dts all over. II the Phniss lose all Of
theirs and tho Giants win all of theirs
ns latter can't win the ennan
Worlds series tip II the Philies out.
team they'll win. This also IL true OF
tho Red Sox.
s;S,ce stop. Old kid"; "~ood pitohin'.
ksd.: get no. 2 Md" were expresrons
whom exhorting his mates. but he kindly
left on the "hully gee"
Miller was forced from tho game IN the
hrst inning with a split finger. A pitched
ball did the damage.
With four times at bat and no hits
for the league batting championship. He
hr one hot one, but Daubert pulled II
down.
The Giants and Reds are stin neck and
neck. Looks as II the race for last place
would 20 right to the wire.
Tho Philies cinched II all right. all
right. while they were cinohing 1t. Al
=" u'. ne 4 the Braves to one hit, no
runs and in addition was rather hard
TO hit.
Garrett, the human spire. who was ef.
fcctlye against the Yanks the other day.
abode briefly on the pinnacle against the
White S1N yesterday.
Jim Foster, the builder, will begin TO.
park at Broad and Huntington. lie says
therein he more seating capacity than
there was AT Shibe Park last year. II
the proposed three cornered series among
the Giants. Brooklyns and Yanks takes
place Il isn't believed any Increased capac-
H. Will be needed.
Arthur Irwin. now n Maine magnate,
attended the clash at the Polo Grounds.
He Is running his football scoreboard at
the Harvard and Yale clubs In New York
this fail,
Other distinguished spectators were Wal.
ter Carter, the Sisler OF his day, and
George Case, who played al Vale with
Carter IN the ante bellum days and drove
fpalr, ana whose Yale team, " Is said.
was the first ever TO negotiate the double
squeeze,
There's n mighty good letthander who
goes on winning ball games and letting
small mention among the crack southpaws
or the day, but who would strengthen any
stan, Packard OF the Kayseefeds IL the
man.
A favorite book In baseball: THE Fall
or the House of Busher."
The father Of Pitcher Nehf Of the Braves
In a champion horseshoe pitcher, but II
you ask buttcrs you'l ind that there
Barney, the outnelder, turned loose by
Bill Donovan, suits the Pirates so well
that he has been retained and Edgai
what's tho use Of anything2 The cubs
didn't spend a nickel for Jackson, Collins
Murphy or Leibcld. but here they are
series a. the White BOZ
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new OWNERS TO RACE
AT RUMSON CLUB MEET
New Jersey Will Oppose Pick
Of Pennsylvania and Long
Island Hunt Districts.

Entries have closed for the Rumson
n the list which Is being classified
shows that many new owners have
nominated horses for the six events on
the programme. in addition to nearly all
the regular supporters Of amateur rae
ing. Local sportsmen have rallied to
the support OF the latest venture OF the
club and put thoroughbreds In training.
so hat New Jersey will have its own
representatives against the pick OF the
Long Island and Pennsylvania hunt dis
tricts.
Peter Hauck, Jr.. who has raced some
shifty s~teeplechasers In previous years,
IL one Of the n~ominators. and others who
have a home interest in the meet to be
represented In the racing are Joseph f.
Meyer, Warren w. Barbour. Mrs. Karl
Wittendale. James Smith Sd, NJ. r.
Mcdonald and Leland X. Ross.
Pennsylvania will be represented by
the Glen Riddle Farm. Deep Run Stable
and A. ]. A. Devereux. all OF which
showed prominently at the United
Hunts meet. Glen Riddle is the racing
am VI SdTlutl II itluule, WHO mas
been one OF the largest exhibitors of
Jumpers at the summer horse shows.
He has some formidable steeplechasers
TO carry his colors and will be fight
ing out the finish in several of the
events. The Deep Run Stable is owned
by Jesse Williamson of Philadelphia
and at the United Hunts meet carried
of one of the principal purses with
ptolemy. which Is one OF the horses
entered by the stable at Rumson. Mr..
Deversux has entered Conqueror. which
he will ride himself. for the Rumson
cup for hunters.
A strong racing contingent will he
conveyed by special train from the
Long Island headquarters at Belmont
Park. These will include the pick OF
the Greentree Stables. one OF the strong
est in the country 80 far as jumping
material Is concerned. Others who have
made entries are: Henry w. Warner,
William NJ. Carter. Mr.. Archdale. II. l..
Pratt, Evans Tucker. II. A. Bourne
+. Ambrose Clark, A. Ludlow Kramer
Mrs. Godfrey Preece, c. r. Fleisch.
mann, f. b. Alderman and ]. G. Leiper
Jr.
Nearly all the best gentlemen riders
have accepted mounts, among them the
following we'll known riders: Johr
Tucker and Henry Tucker OF Philadel.
rhh, Thomas Wright, Baltimore Nor,
ton u. Bamberger, Fred q. Alpers
w. II. Wildey. y. Il. Lewis, Jane,
Park and j.. @. Leiper, Jr.