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meo and Juliet" while below arrayed ir silver and blue and fine lace and precious stones pants and rants large, wholesome beef trust in the shape of a Romeo?
 Of course, you can, because you've seen it and heard just these very same people who are being described, struggle through parts that are totally unsuited to them merely because no attention has been paid to detail and they. have been en- gagged at enormous salaries by opera com panies merely because they had a voice and a reputation. e m,.
 Of course, in. some instances this condi- ton of affairs still obtains. but. with the advent of the great organization, the Boston Grand. Opera company. and the Pavlowa Ballet Russe all this old time fol-de-rol and tomfoolery has been rele- gated to the shades of retirement, and the singer is chosen for the role not only because of the beautiful voice, but be- cause they look the part as we'll.
 The day of the slender youthful. prilna donna is at hand the Maggie Teytes, the Felice Lynes, the Geraldine Farrars, the. Mary Gardens and the rest have come into their own, and beauty of con tour, as we'll as beauty of tanal quality, beauty of form, as well as beauty of symmetry, are required to secure posi- ton in this great company N
 Personal charm has asserted itself his trionic ability has declared a dividend in grand opera, and if, one will. only scan the pages of the press today,s one will find that the young singers-the youthful actresses-are the ones who are. coming in for the greatest admiration and the ST eatest triumphs. a
 Nothing could have happened in the music world more wonderful for the con summs ton of all these perfect qualifica- tions tc be made dominant than the fact tNat the great and splendid Max Rabinoff, with his keen artistic sense of the beauti-
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than I ever was and recommend your remedies to all my friends. ~ Mrs. LENA WYNN, 2812 E. o Street, Richmond, Va.
 While Change of Life is a most crit ical period of woman's existence, the, annoying symptoms which accompany it may be controlled, and normal health restored by the timely use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
 Such warning symptoms are sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, backaches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable ap- petite, weakness and inquietude, and dizziness.
 For these abnormal conditions do not fail to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound.
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THOMAS CHALMERS
ny DOLLY DALRYMPLE

% PHYSICAL pulchritude' is the
 @ watchword with. the Boston HEN Grand Opera company and sEfy the Pavlowa Ballet Russe,
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Made Him Nervous

From Judge
 A crowd of dirty-faced urchins were playing dangerously near the edge of a Providence pier. Suddenly an old salt, who had been a fdgety onloolSer from the cabin of his boat, emerged from his fav- orite post and proceeded to soundly thrash one of the lads in question
 Some passer-by surprised by his ac- tions, stopped to question the old tar thereon,
 Wal, I'll tell yar," said the old fellow as he regretfully ceased +his hold on the lads collar, Faint as l care a hang whether they fall in or whether they don't but it's the danged uncertainty about it that I can't stand. "
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-~ \ WatchWofd with, the boslOi
 xgS Grand Opera company and
 @efM the Pavlowa Ballet Russo,
 the most wonderful combina- ,ion of the mimo- -choreographic and mimo-dramatic arts which has ever been seen in the United States.
 Youth and beauty. as we'll as a perfect voice, are required by the powers that be" of this great organization, and no longer is the 225 pounder featured in such roles as 1s-year-old Marguerite in Faust" or 17-year-old Gilda in "Rigo- letto..
 The day of the fat dame 1T. opera and the obese tenor, and bulky basso is past and gone, and now the eye must be pleased as well as the ear, when it comes to grand opera.
 Verdi had his beautiful opera 'Travia- ta7 almost. ruined at its first production because he entrusted the part to Madame Donatelli an artist of renowned vocalf- zation. but one of the. .'fairest, fattest and fortiest' of her day
 In this adorable opera, in the second act when the doctor declares that poor Violetta is wasting away and looking pale and deathlike and cannot live more than a few hours, the first night audi ence, was thrown into state of hilarity, and when the round prima donna fell upon the divan about to expire and made frantic efforts to gain her equilibrium but not all the kings horses and all the kings men couldspull the poor wretched creature up again. in desperation the curtain was %caled," and the audience went away, .convulsed. with laughter and ridiculed the performance as it deserved to be ridiculed.s ,s 4tst
 Can you imagine one of our ponderous pfima donnas dnaping herself over the balcony in that wonderful scene in "Ro-
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 pound I feel like a new woman. I al-' wayshad a headache during the Change of Life and was also troubled with other bad feelings com mon at that time -. dizzy spells, nervous feelings and h ca t flashes. Now I am Sjr, haa HAY bpa1fhI
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tTAnAKl MlURA SOPRANO

Nut Cracker Suite in 'L'Amore dei Ire Re"
 The full corps of dancers, includ ing Mile. PavIowa herself, the won derful yolinine, M. Clustine, and the lovely blonde, Ploskoveitz5a, will ap-
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tonal invention of all kinds. He knows the full meaning of music drama, but he does not make disturbing tonal dis sonances for their own sake, any more than he calms his woodwind choir into soft figures scarcely audible. It is ap parent that he is still an Italian; he loves harmony. And as has been noted so frequently, he seems to have taken up the work where Verdi left off with his "Otello" and 'Falstaff" He has nothing in common with Puccini, but seems to be at least cousin of the Russian Stravinsky whose Bird of Fire" is so marvelously beautiful.
 Madame Pavlowa and her Company will offer three pallets, one for each performance of the opera.
 Brilliant Divertisments' will be cone for Madame Butterfly" the beautiful Spanish Dances" for La Bo- heme,"e while "Snowflakes1 will be danced to the music of Tschaikowsly's s
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HEAT FLASHES,
 DIZZY, NERVOUS
Mrs. Wynn Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Her During Change of Life.

Richmond, Va. "After taking seven bottles of Lydia E.. Pinkham's s
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She was a much less sophisticated Cio- Cio-San than we in New York have been accustomed to- however. and in that her Interpretation approached much more closely toe the ideal In all her action she was the 15-year-old child-wife. The doll-like elements in the character were appropriately emphasized Tn the tragic denouement the pity of Cio-Cio-San's s
 fate was intensified immeasurably be- cause it was essentially the abiding faith and trust and love of child that were torn and Sacrificed Her performance here was not remarkable as tragic act
 ing, but it was inevitably touching and evocative of llaartfelt sssnpathy sa
 13'.In everything Nine Miura did, charm of personality was irresistibly operative
 It was not merely the charm of exotic cism, either, though that, sof course, con tributed. But she is; innately winsome and winning and invariably graceful and she made san exquisite picture of orien- tai femininity, She is diminutive woman and ~slie has a tiny voice-a voice that would be completely lost, probably in another opera and character. But it is just such an infantile voice as the But terfiy of John Luther Longs conception might be expected to, possess, and so there. is4no shock to illusion, Her tones are rather sattenuatede and cold. though 'sometiniesf in the upper register they gather warmth but she sings true to the pitch.n M
 With Ricardo Martin as 'Pinkerton, T the performance of Madame Butterfly on tomorrow evening promises to be ar epoch, maker in artistic effect as well as lVocalization s. l.....
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music will be sung iii fauitiess manner by artists who are wofld-renowed
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 The operatic novelty of the grand opera here will, of oourseg gibe ss l. Amore dei tre Re, . which is the third work for the stage of Italo Montemezzi young native of Verona, Italy, whoS,is considered one of the most substantial hopes of the, na- ton that has given so much to the world sir musical entertainment.
 Of his earlier work we known nothing in America excepting that this is his third opera. He wrote Giovanni Gal. lurese which wassip performed in Milan back in 1905. This was not a great sue cess and he next tried his hand at sHel- lera, Which was produced in Turin dur ing the year 1909. That piece met with much the same verdict from the critics. But when he produced .'LAmore dei tre Re-, which was based on the tragic poem by Sem Bennelli, he scored an instant success at Milan and his fame immediately went around the world. The artist who sang the prin- cipal role of Flora on the occasion of the premiere at Milan was Louisa Will lani. who will be heard here Tuesday evening.
 In 1913 the opera was put on at the
 Metropolitan in New York with Lu- crezia Bori in the part and, although 1 1t was not preceded by the usual blast or trumpets, when novelty is pro- ouced, because it closely followed a strauss premiere which had used all available newspaper and magazine space. 1t quickly scored the success oi I the season.
 l 1T was frequently repeated during
 the season and productions were made | by other companies in the United States. Much the same condition has | been true in other countries, so that the I youth, Montemezzi, finds himself a ! great international favorite today, on
 the strength of one opera
 Montemezzi is rich in harmonic and
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To Wives of Drinking Men


 
 
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La Bohemen on Tuesday afternoon will present Maggie Tayte, the great basso, Mardones, Chaumers. MarceI and others and tender, exquisite lovely music will be sung iii, faultIess manner by artists who are wofld-renowed
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

few choice cows up to $500; bulls
$3.50 to $3.50; veals unchanged at
$11.O0.
Horse barns in the stock yards dis
trict were stripped of horses this
morning to accommodate the large
number of buyers on hand. These
men bid on all weights, btu got few
err of the fleshy feeders than yester-
day, when they paid $3.50 to $500
for steers weighing 1000 to 1900
pounds. Straight feeders sell down
to S6.75, and stock steers range
mostly from S6.25 to $500; a few
fancy-bred yearlings up to $S.25.-
these from the range. Buyers are
he,e from all sections, with Iowa
Il ding in number.
The hog market was a repetition
Of that of yesterday, order buyers
ont early and buying the cream of
the offerings at 10 higher prices;
top price S11.00, hibhest ever re-
corded at this market In March,
1910, $10.95 was patl. highest pre-
vious price record. Five or six lots
brought the top price, medium and
light weights; and heavies sold up
tc S1O.S0. Bulk of the hogs sold at
; $50 and upward. Receipts were
10000 head. and average weights
are considerably lightor than here
tcfore; 1S4 last weeF--points that
SUI gest scarcity. E
On sheep the ma. ;et continues to
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

ture with state insurance, is certain,
as result of the recent convention
of the State Federation of Labor.
One of the chief objections made to
the present law is that liability in
surance companies are interested
solely in getting premiums and de-
feating claims. That one drop of
ink is devoted in the policy of set
ting forth the rights of the assured,
and a bottleful to protecting the in
surance company against claims, is
the assertion of the men.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01
OIL DRILLING
is ABANDONED
Casing Pulled and Machinery Re
moved on Both Kiersey and the
Thompson Deasesy--PrOpOsaIs TO
Complete Kiersey Well.

Drilling test holes for oil has this
week been abandoned on two leases
in this county, casing having been
pulled and machinery removed on
the Kiersey lease, five miles west of
town, and from the Thompson lease,
two miles southeast of town.
Operations were suspended on the
Kiersey lease several days ago, but
it was only learned this week that
the project would be abandoned. The
casing has been pulled out of the
hole, and all tools are being remov-
ed from the well. In view OF what
are considered excellent indications
on this lease. this action has occas-
ioned considerable surprise, and the
opinion is freely expressed that the
operators have something up their
sleeves. 1t is known that local oil
man, experienced as a driller, has
proposed buying or leasing the equip
ment and completing the well; but
all advances on his part have been
repulsed. He says if he is given any
kind of a chance he viii go out there
and complete the well; and it is this
refusal, it is said, that causes much
speculation as to the actual result
of the test.
At the Thompson lease this week,
the drill struck what is known to oil
men as a ''mud ball', preventing
further progress. and casing was i'm
mediately pulled up and the tools
removed. The drilIer had not gone
quite the full depth contracted for,
but compromised with the lessor,
Green Thompson, by making the hole
into a good water weIl for Mr..
Thompson. The abandoning of OPP
erations on this lease was not much
of a surprise, as very few favorable
indications were found.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

quarantine line to Dewar, in territory
which had been cleaned of ticks.
The railroad failed to require a GER
tificste, and is subject to fine of
$5,OOO.OO.
COunterfeiters - gang, suppos-
edly counterfeiters,. were caught IN
Dallas last week. One man rode =
certain jitney car frequently, and
each time offered a half dollar in
payment. Tests revealed all such
half dollars to be bogus.
Frisco Sale Approved - The re-
cent sale of the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco railroad to the reorganization
managers, has been confirmed in the
Federal District Court at st. Louis
by Circuit Judge Sanborn.
RHsseII Initiates Bill - Draft OF
a petition to amend the Constitution
to permit of gross production tax on
oil produced from restricted lands.
and increasing the tax TO per cent,
has been filed with the Secretary of
State by Campbell Russell. The
amendment will be voted on in No
vember, in case sufficient signatures
are secured to the initiative petition.
Dissatisfied With Compensation
Law - Labor in Oklahoma is dissat-
isfied with the compensation law.
That an effort backed by big lobby
will be made next winter to induce
the legislature to change the law and
suppIant the present insurance fea-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01
LIVE STOCK MARKET
Q Q . o . o . . Q . . . o . . . (

g g 9 @ @ o Q o o . Q o o . o o 9
Kansas City Stock Yards, Aug. 20.
The big drop in receipts yesterday
sas compared with the previous Mon
day, made lively market at prices
4 5 to 25 higher. A supply of 10000
today, liberal for Tuesday, moved
freely at steady prices. A large num-
Der of feeder buyers are here from
all sections; 10 cars of stock steers
bought for South Dakota today.
A car of prime beef steers from
Washington, Kansas. sold at $11.0O
today. These were the tails out of
the feed lot. which indicates there
are some choice dry lot cattle stick
ing around yet. Othe rfed steers
ranged from 1925 to S1O.75. Win
tered grass cattle sold up to $3.50,
highest price reached since first of
sast week. and numerous lots OF good
steers in the class sold at $3.50 to
1885. Middle class grass steers sold
at $500 to $7.75. in the same notch
as yesterday light steers $6.15 to
$6.S5. Ten cars of Usage steers sold
at S6.35 in the quarantine division
997 lbs. same as their weight
brough yesterday. Most of the pret-
ty good cows sell at $3.50 to $3.50. a
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01
THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL

The Catholic School will be opened
again Monday, September 4th at 9
o'clock Non-Catholics who intend
sending their children to our school
are kindly requested to call at tie
priests house, 316 North Third, and
send their children to school Monday
morning. The session on Monday
will be a short one.
REV. S. L. WIERSMA.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

DR.. J. L. Reynolds, eye. ear, nose,
and throat specialist. of Durant, has
returned to his office, ready for bus
mess again, after spending amonth
visiting the clinics in the medical de-
partment of the University of Color
ado. and sightseeing ia the snow
capped mountains. ws1
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

Just Received - 10000 lbs. of
Prince Royal and Vienna Flour, $500
per hundred. Higher, but better
than ever. Enterprise Grocery Com
pany. w&s
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

slump, and packers are talking of
buying lambs at $3.50 in the near flu
tUre. However1-packefs are fire.
qLently discredited as prophets. Re-
ceipts were 1000 today; market
al oun dsteady; Utahs at S10.15S ma
tive lambs $40 nc Arizonas S9.T5.
Feeding lambs sell at 50 55 to 5000
this week; breeding ewes $3.50 to
5000; feeding Q yes $500 TO s6.5G.
]. A. GHCKART.
Market Correspondeat.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

ORGANIZERS to write applica-
tions. Railroad clerks, frenght ham
diers, express drivers and station
employees. Good paying proposition.
Jeck Trevor, National Organizer,
Gary, Indiana. w1p
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01
Market Correspondelt

Just Received - 10000 lbs. OF
Prince Royal and Vienna Flour, $500
per hundred. Higher, but better
than ever. Enterprise Grocery Com
pany. w&s
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01
RUB-MY-TISM

VIII cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. eAntiscptiC AnOdyne, used In
SernaIly and externally. Price 2Sc
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

Jewell Hicks and family have re
turned from a pleasant trip to Texas
where they visited in Texarkana
with relatives.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01
BUMPER CROPS
MAKE FARM LANDS JUMP

Bumper wheat crops and favorable
livestock conditions create wide de-
mand for Nebraska and Colorado
lands. Send for Soutl- eastern Ne
braska folder, just off the press
brim-full of facts and figures about
crops which, in proportion to land
values, are regular bonanzas. If you
desire land along the Burlington, in
cluding the Government irrigated
homesteads, Big Horn Basin, Wyo-
ming, that are almost a gift. write
me at once, before the settlers ac-
tivity which is bound to follow these
bumper crops on cheap lands gets
under way. s. B. Howard, Immigra-
tion Agent. c., B. & Q. R. r., Room
3, O. Bldg, Omaha, Nebr w1p
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13
Talks With Screen Struck Girls

81 wish that / could be real encour-
aging and optimistic for your picture
prospects in this answer to your let
ter. / wish it most Of all because |
can see that you are ambitious and
have pluck, and | like that sort Of
metal in a girl. But i cant be very
encouraging. I'm afraid that, in spite
of all your ambition and pluck, you'll
find it very hard to get into pictures.
There are lots and lots of girls be-
side you trying it and pitiably few
succeeding.
But if you want to try it anyway,
the only method is to go some place
where pictures are being manufac-
tured and file your application in per-
son. There are too many kris right
on the ground now, waiting for open
ings, to make application by mail of
any account.
you should place your application
with as many producing companies as
possible, and probably a few Of them
will be able to use you in extra bits
after a time. There is nothing very
startling nor enthusing about these
extra bits, but they will give you a
chance to get before the camera. The
call for your services won't come very
at first. You won't make
much money-not enough TO live on
for quite a while, at least--and may
be never enough. 1t all depends.
"If you give promise of being an
exception among the hundreds of 9th
ers who are trying extra bits with
you, you'll get better chance, and
then, if you continue to be an eXcep-
ton, a still better. This is the only
way to final success, but it is hard
way and the chances at first are all
against you.
81 want to thank you for sending
the envelope and stamp for reply.
Some of the girls are not so thought
full"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-03-13
Government Crop
Report for March

Washington, D. c., March S.-A
summary of the March crop report
for the state of Oregon and for the
United States, as compiled by the Bu-
reau of Crop Estimates( and trans
mitted through the Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture, is
as follows:
Wheat on Farms.
State: Estimated stocks on farms
March this year 10000 bushels,
compared with 1,S26,OOO a year ago
and 1,729,O00 two years ago. Price
on March l to producers, SO cents
per bushel, compared with s1.2S a
year ago and so cents two years ago.
United States: Estimated stocks
on farms March 1 this year 242, 2,00O,-
900 bushels, compared with 152, 2,903,-
900 a year ago and 151, ,795DOO two
years ago. Price on March / to pro-
ducers, $103 per bushel, compared
with s1.34 a year ago and SO cents
two years ago.
Corn on Farms.
State: Estimated stocks on farms
March l this year 10000 bushels,
compared with $4,000 a year ago and
$4,000 two years ago. Price March
to producers, 92 cents per bushel,
compared with 81 year ago and II
cents two years ago.
United States: Estimated stocks
on farms March l of this year / 1,14O,-
900, bushels, compared with 910,-
$4,000 a year ago and S66,352, 900
two years ago. Price March l to pro-
ducers, 6S.2 cents per bushel, com
pared with 75.1 cents year ago and
69.1 cents two years ago.
Corn of Merchantable Quality.
State: The percentage of the 1915
crop which was of merchantable quail
ity is estimated at so per cent, com
pared with IS per cent of the 1914
crop and so per cent of the 1913
crop.
United States The percentage of
the 1915 crop which was of merchant
able quality is estimated at 71.9 per
cent, compared with S4.5 per cent of