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ATTORNEYS AND NOTARfES

D J. VEGA, Attorney at Law and
Ds Notary Public. Office, 313 Mich
oils avenue. Telephone 81.
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civil. ENGINEER-sURvEYoR

r c. WATIES, Civil Engineer and
Js Surveyor and Timber Estimator,
Napoleonville, La. All work given
prompt attention. Telephone No. IL,
Napoleonville exchange.
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nR. T. II. HANSON, Physician. Of
~ fee: Railroad avenue, between
Claiborne and Opelousas streets.
Telephone 240.
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SPECIALISTS

nR. A. w. MARTIN, Eye, Ear,
~ Nose and Throat Specialist. Eye
glasses fitted. Office hours: a. m.
to / p. m, 2 to p. m. Office, No.
500 Railroad avenue. Phone 308.
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B U D c F. T
Estimated Revenues and Expenditures Of
the Parish of Ascension for the Fiscal
Year I9f6-I9lz.
Estimated Revenues:

Estimated Revenues:
8 X mills tax assessment Of
sa.s48.250 tless eonmissinnl a5.42l.a 81
Parish licenses ..s..s....s.s.-,y-,. s.- 6,G2F 90
Port Vincent ferry ........ 10000
Total e - ods III
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TEXAS AND PACIFIC

ION Sundays, train No 20 leaves New Or
leans at p. m, arriving at DonaldsonViiie
at / ;02 p. m.
NAPOLEONVILLE BRANCH.
No. 54l--Lv. Donaldsonvlle... 800 am.
NO 542--Ar. Donaldsonville .........,..9.20 am
LAFoURCHE BRANCH.
No. 641--Lv. Donadsonville. III 90 I'M.
No G42-Ar Donaldsonvile ,,.....,...-5.l Is pm.
Local freight trains each way daily, SUN
day excepted
l.. b. MATTINGLY. Local Agent.
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ADoLrHE METER,
C. H. LANDRY, ST..
LEON NEWMAN.
Finance Committee.
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SAVING DAYLIGHT.
No Reasons Against Setting Clock
Hour Ahead; Many in Favor.

/ Congressman William p Borland in Kansas
City Star.
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WTfte to. Chattanooga Medicine CO., Ladies'
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Instructions on your case and 64-paRe book Home
Treatment for Wemsn. sent in plain wrapper. E6o-S
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-29

ateur club, and here II was that he con-
ceived tn idea of writfng plays for tho
society. These first "Belasco produc-
tons" were wildly colored with the
stories his father had related of expe-
riences in the mining camps. 1t was
from this same source that he heard the
incident of the blood dropping from tho
ceiling onto the sheriff's handkerchief In
the room below--whlch was used with
such telling effect In 1.-THE Girl of tho
Golden West" And yet, when that play
was produced. some ninable critics In
sisted that Mr. Belasco was not familiar
with the times which he described.
Chile has the steepest railroad grades
in the world, but not single fatal ac-
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DADDY LONG-LEGS'
AT THE JEFFERSON
TOMORROW NIGHT
Quaint Comedy With George
Alison and Frances Carson
, in Leading Roles Returns
y for Another Engagement

For years Daddy Long-Legs has
held all honors for attendance rec
ord in theatres Of the United States.
This season it is playing to the larg-
est business of any attraction on the
London stage and will, during the
year, be seen in Australia for a long
run. Three Daddy Long-Legs COM
panies will be playing at the same time
an three continents, and the only
American organization will be that
which Henry Miller is to present in
this city tomorrow afternoon and
night at the Jefferson theatre.
N Playgoers have delighted in Jean
Webster's sparkling love story with its
quaint orphan heroine, translated by
chance from the drudgery of cheer
less orphan home to a great girls
college and given money to spend
pretty frocks and frills, and all the
things she has seen only in her dreams
Judy does not know the ben<factor
who has brought all this about as a
sociological experiment, but the bene-
factor decides to know Judy and when
he visits the college and sees his
Ward, love sweeps aside all expert
mental calculations and a romance be-
gins to build up, sparkling with COM
edy and gripping the hearts Of those
in the audience. 1t Is a red-blood ro-
nance, too and its appeal has de-
lighted 100000 readers and playgoers
already.
\ Henry Miller's name as producer of
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s'THE ETERNAL SAPHO"
AT BIJOU THEATRE
Theda Bara in Fox Photoplay Will
Be Screened Today

AS a superattraction for the Birming-
bag public today Theda Bara will be
seen in ''The Eternal Sappho" at the
Bijou theatre and the prices of adj
mission will be only and 10 cents.
Both the star and the picture are
too we'll known to call for much re-
view as it was in this picture that
Theda Bara has made her greatest
triumph. Manager Cassidy in offering
this attraction today does so only aft
er going to much expense in secur-
ing this noted star of the movies,
Theda Bara is the famous Fox star
that is known everywhere for her
ability in the portrayal of vampire
parts and she has thousands Of adj
mirers in Birmingham who will no
doubt flock to, the Bijou theatre to-
day to see her in a wonderful pro-
duction,
'"rhe Eternal Sappho" presents
Theda Bara in many parts. First, she is
shown as the daughter of humble par
ents and during the course of the pic
ture she is seen in various roles, in
GLIDING her great vampire part. In
this part she brings destruction on
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'sLITTLE MINISTER"
WITH MAUDE ADAMS
AT THE JEFFERSON

NOR or blurred it's sentiment. Mr.
Barrie's delightful humor, his sly digs
at the Scotch, a people he knows sc
intimately, he being a Scotchman him
self, the fun he has over the hypocrisy
of the church going population of
Thrums, is a bright and as potent fol-
enjoyment as ever And it is all in
the best of good nature and devoid
of rancour.
1t is easy to remember the story OF
the comedy. There was a strike OF
weavers in the town of Thrums. The
order. Lady Babbie, the daughter Of
the strikers. She went into the woods
hoping to give the townspeopIe sig
nal that the redcoats were coming
and so as not to be recognized dressed
as q gypsy. In the woods she met
the minister of the church and made
him the innocent means of giving the
signal. Then to make matters worse
in order to make her escape from the
woods she claimed she was the wife OF
the minister. When she met the min
lister again she flirted with him with
out ever letting on who she was. The
young man fell in love with her and his
infatuation created no end of gossip
Mr.. Barrie has worked it all out in his
clever way and coated it all with much
sentiment and a good deal of honest
humor.
The four acts of the comedy are
handsomely staged. The company sur
rounding Miss Adams is made up OF
prominent players.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-29
GARDEN OF ALOHA"
RETURNS TO LYRIC

Birmingham theatregoers will be greet
ed this week at tho Lyric theatre with an
all-star bill with the feature Of head line
acts, the Royal Hawaiians and Pauline
Thurston In 1.-THE Garden of Aloha" as
the chief attraction of the first half of
the week. This act made such a hit when
it was presented here recently that re-
peated requests have been made by Lyric
patrons for a return engagement. Follow
ing so many and insistent requests the
Lyric management decided to respond
and this big attraction will be at the
Lyric Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
This Hawaiian musical act is one of
vaudeville's best entertainers and Bir-
mingham theatregoers will welcome with
pleasure the announcement of the return
engagement of this wonderful entertain
ment.
There will be four other star acts on the
bill for the first half of the week includ-
ing such well known entertainers as Vo-
linsky, eccentric genius on the violin and
piano. Helen Page. and company in a
comedy drama, THE Understudy,"' the
Victoria Four, singers and comedians.
and Tuscaro Brothers, battle axe jugglers.
OF the headline act the first part OF the
week-the Royal Hawaiians-it is need
less at this time to speak of it's merit.
Crowded houses enjoyed this number only
a short time ago and all Birmingham
knows that the presence of this act on
the bill assures some high class and at
tractive entertainment.
Milton and belong sisters in s"The Dia-
mond Palace" will be presented as the
headline act on the bill for the last half
of the week and this trio of entertainers
are among vaudeville's best performers.
In this act they are said to be at their
best.
1.-THE Five Sweethearts.' juvenile enter
tainers, will share the headline honors
with the feature act and this number is
highly entertaining.
The Frescott's will entertain with
"Mentelepathy.' and they agree to give
$500 to you If they fail to tell you your
name.
The Norvelles will appear in a skit I'm
An Artists Studio" and Willie Smith will
entertain with song recitations. Pathe
pictures will feature all performances.
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VERY GOOD EDDIE =
A PLEASING MUSICAL
COMEDY, IS BOOKED
Jefferson Theatre VIII Pre-
sent Musical Comedy Sue
cess of New York Stage
Late Next Week

Very Good Eddie" which ran for over
year at the Princess theatre, New York.
and which left the metropolis with the
of the past theatrical twelve months, will
be the attraction at the Jefferson theatre
Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday
matinee, November 10 and II.
VERY Good Eddie has the reputation
OF being a well hammered little musical
comedy, although not too well hammered.
as it is whispered that there is an occa-
slonal wee excursion from the paths of
Puritancal righteousness. The score is
said to contain many ttneful numbers
with the power to furnish patrons Of the
theatre with whistling material on their
homeward Journey.
AS for the actual play itself the compli-
cations OF two sets of married couples
have boon literally drawn out. The Mar
bury-Comstock company claims nothing
startlingly original go far as the plot is
concerned. but there is very little left to
make plots original, and a general survey
of the carefully selected choruses, that is,
the younger generation of the cast, who
waltz in and out every time the stage
looks lonely. is enough to make one forget
there are such things as plots, last act,
where the reconciliation scene is staged,
and--oh! lots of other disagreeable
things.
A trip up the Hudson on a steamboat
furnishes the reason for the excitement
when Georgina Kettle, who has just be-
come the wife of diminutive Eddie Ket-
tie, suddenly remembers something she
has forgotten, and she rushes off at a
small landing Percy Darling, the stalwart
husband of Elsie Darling, and an equally
inexperienced pilot on the marital seas,
accompanies her. leaving his Elsie in the
care of little Eddie.
The pair have scarcely landed, however,
when the boat starts on it's journey again
and q newly married couple-though not
to each other-are stranded on dry land
The despair of Elsie and Eddie provide
the amusement for the remainder of the
, first act, until the latter discovers the
inner workings of a cocktail, when he de-
cides that life has its amusing side, after
all. me second act finds them in the Rip
Van Wrinkle inn, for which they have for
saken the boat, in an earnest effort to re-
turn to Poughkeepse or wherever it is
they We're forced to desert the other
| halves of their families.
The situation is complicated by the fact
that the last train has left for this in
tended destination and they are forced to
speHu tne nlsht at the hotel. The final
straw is added, though, when Darling and
Georgina arrive at the inn. 1t doesn'
take much imagination to figure out the
subsequent situations, but they are said
to be we'll favored with a scattering of
songs.
The cast looks very strong and COM
prises Burford Hampden, Dave Ferguson,
Madison Smith, Jules Epailly, Jack
Sauires, Vallie Martin, Regina Richards,
Frances Watts Georgia Harry and other
prominent players.
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Maude Adams is to present j. NJ
Barrie's comedy, "The Little Minister
at the Jefferson Thursday matinee and
night. That it will be welcomed along
with it's popular star is a certainty.
When it was announced that Miss
Adams intended presenting again this
play there was an exclamation of
pleasure from hosts of her admirers
for it was feared that she was to lay
it aside in favor of other works. The
success of the comedy has been away
out of the usual. In taking up the
play last season Miss Adams merely in
tended it for occasional performances
and mostly for the benefit of those OF
her admirers who had never seen her
in it, But the demand for it was so
insistent that it made the shelving OF
the other works in her repertoire ne
cessity. In New York, for instance, in
stead of giving "The Little Minister
Adams was compelled to give it for
nine. 1t was the amount of favor Civ
en- the comedy last season that has in
duced the actress to make of it her
principal offering during her present
tour. M
The reasons for the continued popu-
larity of this, the first play in which
Miss Adams appeared as a star, are
not difficult to find by those who. view
it. Like good wine, Mr.. Barrie's
charming comedy seems to improve
with age. Time has not dulled it's hui
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plays has come to mean the best in
casts and staging. Last seasons three
companies were noted for the excel
lence Of those in the cast. This season
he decided to confine his activities in
this country to a single Daddy Long
Legs company and for the cast of this
selected the best players from last sea-
sons organizations, among whom are
Frances Carson, who plays Judy"
George Allison, the best of last season s
"Pendletons;" Gertrude Rivers, Bessie
Lea Lestina, Nina Saville, Donald Fos-
ter. Fred N. Beane, Eda Won Beulow,
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Belasco "On the Road
From "David Belasco.' Joe Nit

From "David Belasco. Joe Mitchell
Chapple, in National Magazine
To realize the versatility of actors In
those days is no easy matter Playing
to audiences as varied as their roles was
expected. And they all had one expe-
rience in common-al1 were "brolSe" at
one time or another. David Belasco, also,
found himself "on the road at times
penniless, then he wouie dress as a fancy
peddler with cap and wig, stand on n
barrel in the public street reciting his
old school pieces, while crowds gathered
and bought his wares. During the Grant
campaign he sold republican badges, and
with the money purchased what was the
envy of his theatrical friends-a red wig
at $3.50.
Now he became a member of the Am
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Gladys Wilson, Edna Walthors and a
dozen others.
In Birmingham Daddy LongLegs
was seen last season and its return will
be welcomed by those who recall the
delightful comedy and in those In
which it has not been presented it
will be welcomed by new audiences
who will find in it the charm which
made New York, London and Chicago
critics declare it the finest play of
the generation.
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her friends in her portrayal of the
part she is said to be wonderful.
The Bijou theatre is well adapted
for the presentation of moving pic
lures as there is a large seating ca
pacity. The presentation of the pic
ture will be today only and the regu-
lar dramatic attraction, THE Little
Girl God Forgot" will be presened
this week beginning with a perform
ance Monday evening.
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COMEDY ON BILLY
SUNDAY IS BOOKED
AT THE JEFFERSON
'Hit-the-Trail Holiday" Is
a Pleasing Satire Of the
Methods of the Adver-
tised Evangelist

George M. Cohan has done many nota-
Bile things besides making the Stars and
Stripes famous in America, but he scored
the greatest triumph of his career as d
playwright when ne wrote "Hit-the-Trail
Holiday" This play was produced last
September and Gotham theatregoers en-
joyed one of the sincerest and heartiest
and longest sustained laughs that has
been handed them, even by Cohan him
self, in many years.
Mr.. Cohan modestly gives George Mid
dleton and Guy Bolton credit for suggest
ing the idea on which "IIit-the-T Trail IIol-
liday' is based, but, none other than the
ndefatigable George NJ" could take
such theme as Billy Sunday and build
therefrom riotously happy evenings en-
tertainment without resort to bur,esque
or low comedy tdickS.
Cohan and Harris will present ''IIit the
Trail Holiday at the jefferson Novem-
Der g. matinee and night Is is a Won
derful story of American life and is char
acteristic of the clear vision of the
author. Billy Holiday is fine study of
the Billy Sunday type of American man
hood, and as presented by Frank Otto Is
a superior but totally unexpected charac-
ter.
The play opens with 4 barber shop in a
country town in New England whittier
Holiday has come from New York. He
learns during a shave and manicure
that Rex Granger, a rich brewer, domi-
mates the community. So, when Granger
prohibits the holding OF a prohibition
rally, Holiday. through his spirit of fair
ness, superintends the meeting himself,
making speech that brings him fame.
Everything he touches turns to money.
He makes a non-alcoholic drink world
known. AS a climax, he marries the
clergyman's daughter.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-12-05

rocks or other materials composing the earth varies greatly, owing to
 many causes, The amount absorbed depends on the porosity Of the material the slope ot the surface, and the sine and abundance of joint cracks, Assures and cavities The amount of water in drift or surface materials is depen- den; 10 some extent on the nature oi the underlying rock. and the amount which finds it's way into the solid rocks Is dependent on the thickness of the overlying surface deposits The am cunt ot water contained in the earth's crust to depth of 8 milesl has been estimated by different writers with widely different results, 4 recent es- timate is given by Fuller. of the United States Geological Survey. Department of the Interior. who concludes that in the earth's crust would be equivalent 5o 9 uniform sheet over the entire sur face Of the earth having depth Of about loo feet This is but a small fraction Of the estimate made by other writers.
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ONE WAY TO GET TIE LICE.

No long zgo man from lhe low z- -5T=r ~as telling ot aa ingenious ==-zo1 some ot Lhe Indians have for ==----g -t5 Of lice Ordinarily the -a- is 9 person Of truth and veracicy 1- --z s-o-y was told 70 2 cheechako
 H1=- -A.s -ribe q Indians find the -= 100 -aicz for comfort they take # .1=l- clothing and burn it f it is
 H--.= Tz.ue- Then each Indian .zE=s z hollow straw in his mouth z-5 wz5== o-l until 5ust -he whisp grass is above the water. He a-=zE1ss through the straw
 The lice. :l E1e meantime, in or der -o escape the water. have crawled z~z-5 as -hs warrior entered the ~z-e-. When they are all under water a-5 z~zy goes rhs grass with it's bur len ot lice doEn the rTer-The Tat- Ter .- Alaska C.Cize1-
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Buffalo Bill Ready To Make MexicanS
 Behave Themselves.
TELLS HOW THINGS WERE DONE THE EARLY DAYS
 CFTHE WEST.

Recently. while visiting in the east, Buffalo Bs.~ Cody. ot Cody. Wyoming s.5?pe5 of in Washington and told s friends what should be done with Mexico He Is Quo,ed in part as fol- lows
 T am 8 firm believer i2 prepared ness. as every American ought to be. 2"
 .c.5 his Washington friends. It las been 8 habit with me all my life r4c2g aa incident many years ago wen ! was a scout CT the frontier. < .-a52 8. e-1izra1-s, perhaps 25o men. women and children. was travelling .1-o what vas then rhe undeveloped 7=s- There gas not 8 tire2-m in the e-a --ai. except Q few old musksts -s =1acz squirrels with warned the
 ozs wao had sem the train that il
 would ae dangerous 10 go thru The S.e-x country without arms enough 10
 -E themselves with, but ! was
 e5a a- The whole bunch was mas za5-s5
 In zE judgement added Col Cody. Intervention is sure to come, and the z---s- Ehs ea.-sr Go Eot regard ia- -a-r=z-.oz i2 Mexico ss 3 matter 50 -=z.9-s ss some persons to. We
 -l1 ned some z51.035 troops 10 go z rom -1e north and 54l59 from the
 ~zz.= our hze,lsships would z= 4G e Nszico.s seagorts.
 l.5 ..ze-s MI. -=-etsr that in ths -a1 ws-s @z uset Indians against
 z1 H-z had one full regiment Of
 s and we had Indian scouts. 5.l Tz.zzz- service against Jhe Cd Indians 8 ic might be in Mex .-1 l- 1T opinion With money. food and c.c-1.-g we woC,6 ge- thousands Mexican recruits and it would nor -z4 9 long z .i-= 70 show The Ms1i- -a-s that -1=y nus behave themselves T-= hare simply gog 70 pur yhe house s. o-5=-. sz we did il C1ta. and then -4 can g=- out
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SHANGHAI RESTAURANT.
Advertised Letter List
Fer the week en55ng December ?, 1916. For The Week Ending Nov g, 1916.

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FOUED.-Row boat 15 f. long, 3 f. II inch beam, decked P. Apply to Mr. Rainwater, Nevtown and pay for this adv. If
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GROCER PAYS HIS CUSTOMERS,

4 grocer in Fond du Lac, Wis. has introduced an interesting system. He calls it the cash and carry system. .''
 If his customers pay cash for their gods he throws of , per cent. f the tamily's grocery bill Is S25 a month. that means 3 saving of S250-which would make tidy addition 10 the say ings bank balance.
 The plan. it is reported. takes well. with this grocer's customers. More over he is tickled with it himself. T. saved him the expense Of putting on more delivery wagons. winch he would have had 10 do if he hadn't adopted this system. IL has increased his trade. l, has given him the benefit Of cash in the till instead Of credit on the books T. seems 10 be beneficial all around
 T. isn't exactly new. Of course. There are shops that do something like the same thing: that is. by selling for cash cnly and doing no delivering, they can and do sell goods cheaper, and many take advantage Of the opportunity 10 be thrifty.
 The cost Of living is vastly higher than it used 10 be berore the days Of credit and telephone ordering. when mother used to put basket on her arn- and % shopping And one Of the reasons why the cost Of living is high er is that credit and delivery both cost money which, of course. the consumers have 10 pay.
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l machine has been invented for re mixing typewriter and adding machine ribbons
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ROCKS ABSORB WATER.

-ze anon. of ~ater held in the
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