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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26
A MEDICINE OF MERIT

The great sale Of Lydia 4. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound all over this land
is the result of genuine merit. The rea-
son is that this good old fashioned root
and herb medicine actually helps those
suffering from the ailments peculiar TO
women. If it did not. would not the
women of America have found it out in
forty years, so that few of them would
buy?
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26

o. f., gave a banquet in the Odd Eel
lows Hall in the Priscilla Block last
evening in commemoration OF their
first anniversary. Many visitors from
Wilmington and other parts OF the
state were present.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26

It is undoubtedly true, as President Wilson de-
carod that he got his information about Mexico
chiefly liars. But after March T. 1917. we will
have in the White House man who will get his in
formation on public questions from different sort Of
people.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26

Alfred s Elliott has figured long in the CONNER
cal and social life OF Delaware that he is known
sonay or by reputation, to practically everyone The
news of his serious illness a shock to the
munity and excited all quarters the hope that he
Will pass safely through the crisis which threatens
his life
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26

Commerce Reports" issued by the Department of
Commerce says that there very few pairs raised
in Argentina" Either this is typographical error
the compiler OF these reports is poor speer, or the
Argentinans are noyices in the great American
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26

An enthusiastic Democrat has written a magazine
article on "why Business Men VIII Vote for Wilson
But they won't and they have their own good rea-
sons.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26

German Socialists who bid fair TO play an important
part in shaping. in the Fatherland the aftermath OF
the present war; have disappointed those imperalists
who hoped that differences Of opinion relative to that
war would split the Socialist National Conference and
disrupt the Socialist party. The conference was in
control Of mon who recognized the value of modera-
ton when dealing with the radicals in relation bind
ing declarations. AS result. the party remains in
tact for work in the next elections.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26
JEWISH NEW YEAR.

In the Temple of Truth a service
will be held to usher in the Hebrew
New Year Crash Hashanah). Services
will also be held on Thursday morn
ing at $50 o'clock, at which the rams
horn (shofar) will be blown. AS the
Temple celebrates both days Of this
festival, services will also be held on
Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock and
Oh Friday morning at $50 o'clock
The services will be led by Rabbi Sam
uel A. Rabonowitz, who will preach on
Wednesday evening on the topic, "The
Good Path of Life" and on Thursday
morning on THE Call to Battle"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-09-26

DAUGHTERS AT BANQUET.
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Sept. 26.-The Daugh-
ters Of Rebecca, Beulah Lodge. /. o.
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Heath. twenty years ago with Weber
piece then. In the cast were Sam Ber-
nard. VIII II. Fox. Lizzie b. Raymond
ana Capitola Forrest. We have been
using II ever since"
we were tho first men to make
money for Weber and Fields said Jim
Mcintyre. I'VE were four years with
them and by hat time they had $780,
900 In the Dry Dock Bank Of New
York and had taken the music hall up
town.
1.-THE last minstrel show We owned"
said Tom Heath. was. IN 1888 and that
was our first trip to California How
we got here IL a story In itself, At
Sparta. Wis. we gave a p~arade-had
twenty-seven men In it--and not one
person came TO see our not
one!"
And I guess that's a record" said
Jim Mcintyre. ITS not the only rec
ord. We've got the record for part
nership. For years We have settled all
serious arg Il by tossing q coin
OF late years there haven't been any
serious arguments"
"And there never will be-" said Tom
Heath.
"In 1878 Mcintyre 4 Heath's Min
strels started a precarious career from
Atlanta. Ga. We started II on our own
capital. We had exactly SIS in coin
between us. For a few days 1t looked
as though We would hook an angel,
but he got coy before We could land
him.
with the SIS we bought linen dust
ers for parade and other necessities.
We purchased. l remember. two silk
hats for the elaborate sum of 25 cents
apiece. Heath's had Grape on 1t. With
what was left Of the scventy-h Nv
bucks we got some printing and
started out to play court houses.
mo. We were not playing regular
theatres those days. We would give
our minstrel show on the platform OF
n court house. We had TO play county
seats. and some 81 them were rather
far apart.
zone Of our early stops was at Holly
Springs. Miss. and later Hollis Cooley.
since with Henry ". Savage. follow ed
us a few months later with a tank
drama organization. He still tells the
story of an MD Niger woman who
came up to him on the door and asked
rs McHeathantyrs VII yeh opera
When % told her no. che said. Dog
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ELABORATE PLANS MADE
FOR SHAKESPEARIAN MASOUE

Response 90 Miss Ni"y Porter Zee
G!c's eloquent appea' ir unity OF
action IN "A p.Ia Designed to promote
community interest, Tic Ichcarsals
are al present beng held IN the High
School Of Commerce. in West sixty
fifth street. far removed from the
first meeting place, Int there IA no
difficulty IN inducing our young
friends from distant points to attend
these rehclrsa.s r'Hl'drh. and with
an enthusiasm that IS extremely re-
ircshinE.
This feeling Is Of course stimulated
by our very evident efforts TO provide
an environment ~ which any one
might well be proud - appear. with
Joseph Urban supplying tho artistic
setting. Robert Edmond Jones and~
Mrs, John W. Alexander designing the
costumes, Richard OrlynsN directing
the stage. Garnet llnlmo dcylslng
and handbag the intrrludos. the dances
invented ana produced by Mrs. Ander-
son and Miss l'r.lcrhase. and tho
choral numbers conducted hy Louis
kocmmenich, who viii also direct the
very large orchestra at tho public per-
formances We have a working stan
OF quite extraordinary personnel and
efficiency.
Mayor Mitchell has shown tho
greatest Of interest I'm all the Shake
speare celebrations, and naturally IL
exceptionally attracted TO tho largest
and moG: :;Ipu.inE event III all. Wa
are assured of the utmost personal at
fcntion ho can possibly clvc 10 this
80 - "a
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NEW DISCOVERIES ABOUT
THE ELIZABETHAN STAGE

10y rings from an iron and working
la,erally. These were known as tray
erscs and provided an inner stage. or
second division OF action. known IN
E~lizabethan theatrical slang as THE
Study" This inner room served a
variety Of purposes. being used for
caves, arbors. counting houses, prisons.
shops. tombs and tents. over this was
the third stage. n simple balcony.
backed by "A painted hanging. This
served for Juliet and Antony; for the
battlcmcnts in Hamlet and the cliff
in King Lear: the second story Of
a house, the deck OF a ship. &c.
Soon after the players We're estab-
lished in their W theatres they be-
gan to develop the sole stage eXtrava-
ganCe of S~hakespeare's day--luXuri-
Gus costume. The members of the court
gave the actors cast off clothing and
sometimes eve equipped them with
entirely new outfits, entering into
good natured competition in the law
;shness of their generosity. Some pro-
lection from the elements. therefore.
became necessary, and the problem
was solved by erecting over the main
stage. at an elevation corresponding
to the ceiling of the uppermost gal
lery, a matched or tiled and loaded
roof. sloping down over the dressing
and store rooms and known as the
shadow" or tho ~"heavens." Above
the dressing rooms and this protecting
roof rose u small tower or hutch from
which the flag. bearing the symbol OF
the particular theatre. was raised an
hour or SO before ths performance
This hutch was used in a variety Of
ways. Here thunder was initiated by
rolling a cannon ball in n trough and
hero was situated the windlass by
which JoNe's throne or the substantial
deity hearing cloud vas lowered. Here
too, before the entrance OF the Pro-
logue, the trmmpetcr gave three blasts
preliminary to the opening scene. And
then, for there We're no programmes
the actor playing Prologue, dressed
In scholars black gown with wreath
Of artificial laurel upon his head
walked to the middle Of the stage
| proper. explained the nature Of the
play. and the performance then began,
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THE A THAT LAST,

The plays that continue in New
York are "The Fear Market" at
the Comedy Theatre, Ramona
at the Forty-fourth Street The
atre, "Rio Grande" at the Empire
Theatre, 1.-THE Heart of Wetona"
at the Lyceum Theatre. "The
Boomerang ut the Belasco The
atre. Common Clay" at the Re-
public Theatre. "a Woman Of No
Importance" at the Fulton The
atre, "Hit the Trail Holli-
day" at the Harris Theatre,
"Just a Woman" at the Forty
eighth Street Theatre, 1.-THE Gin
derella Man" at the Hudson The
atre, "Treasure Island" at the
Punch and Judy Theatre, "The
Melody of Youth" at the Criterion
Theatre, THE Great Lover at the
Longacre Theatre. 1.-THE Core
spondent" at the Booth Theatre,
"Erstwhile Susan" at the Gaiety
Theatre, "Fair and Warmer" Mt
the Eltinge Theatre, "Beau
Brummel" at the COrt Theatre,
"Henry VIII" at the New Am
sterdam Theatre, "A King Of No
where" at the Thirty-ninth Street
Theatre and the Washington
Square Players at the Bandbox
Theatre.
The musical plays are Every
Good Eddie" at the Princess
Theatre. "Pom-Pom" at the
Cohan Theatre, "Katinka' at the
Lyric Theatre. "Come to Bohe-
mia" at the Maxine Elliott The
atre. "The Blue Paradise" at the
Casino Theatre, "SyDil" at the
Liberty Theatre, "Thc Conan Re-
vue 1915" at the Astor Theatre
and Robinson Crusoe, Jr.," at
the Winter Garden.
The HippOdrome is open with
Sousa's Band, Hip Hip Hooray'
and Flirting at st. Moritz." z
big speetaeular offering.
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tyre. rising and walking TO the win
dow with sprightly step. were old
and gray and had boards and
rheumatism. Did sou eve notice" he
asked quickly. that a man who At
ta!ns the age Of So In a small town
a man who has had all his interests In
the small town-~is an Old man?
"A man In the show business at 3d.
announced Jim Mcintyre with spark
ling eye. "is q kid"
Equally interesting IL the old time
vaudeville stage. Charles Evans. tbs
famous partner Of odd Hoss" Hoey
knows the legends OF that time well
lie confided some Of them to q Sun
| reporter the other day.
when ] was a variety performer
twenty years ago" he said. Il haC
a Misunderstanding acquaintance Will
. every one in the business. Now there
are thousands whose names even arr
unknown 10 me"
In 1S11-S-9 Mr.. Evans was IN a com
pany that included George Thatcher
the minstrel: May and Flore Irwin
Bryant and odd Hoss' Hoey. Edwin
French. a great banjo player; John It
Kelly, long one OF the big features o.
Weber and Fields; the French Tw1I
Sisters. mar ellous dancers. who mar
ried Evans and Hoey: Niles an'
Evans. and Tony Pastor himself, be
sides half "A dozen others.
I'VE all did u sp~ec!alties IN thos'
days and then turned in and helped
out on the afterpicce. 1t was thu
experience I gained IN that way which
helped mo when l came to longei
parts. won't say more Legitimate
parts. for We used 20 put the Yer.
best OF ourselves In those pieces. Tha
was good training. but hard
II was while Mr., Evans was play
ing in variety that he evolved tn
type Of character. the to~ggle-tongue'
talker. which has been identified Wit
his name all these years. Many me
are now playing parts Of this nature
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Tie production OF THE Tempest in
the ElIzaoethan manner by the Drama
Society At the Century Theatre lends
interest 10 the following account OF
recent discoveries regarding the stage
management OF the poets time. 1t
Is written by Prof. Philip Shearman.
professor Of English at Oberlin Col
.ege.
Cntn recently comparatively little
has been known about the mechanical
arrangement OF the Elizabethan
stages. Feuilleret, Lawrence and our
own Wallace OF the University OF
Kansas. writes Prof. Sherman. have
made many important discoveries
IN this field. but the greatest service
Tor the general reader was in all
Probability the publication. not long
Since. by W. w. Greg OF a careful
type facsimile Of the papers and &C
com. books Of Philip Henslowe, one
OF the leading theatrical managers OF
e~hakeepeare's day. Among these
documents is the famous contract for
The building OF the Fortune Theatre,
sgned by HenslOwe and one Peter
e'reete. contractor. The Shakespearian
scho.ar Malone printed a portion OF this
years age. but only a portion. and the
original remained inaccessible to all
cave a few specialists until Greg placed
II at the disposal of any ono interested
IN making a study Of the details. As
The contract states that the Fortune
vas ito be contryved and fashioned
."- unto the Stadge OF tine sadie
I'ai, howse Called the Globe, With
convenient windowes and lights glazed
70 ~" saide T%yrcinge howse And the
fa.Ge frame Stadge and Stearecasos to
b" co. cred with Tyle." &c, and the fol-
owing pages include all the epecihca-
''nS, oven down 10 the number OF
'.oaN"n palcs' and pounds Of lime and
mar Cor tho plastering OF the outer
va, We have sufficient data to make
los'.'.o tho reconstruction. in essen
Ia. NJ a typical Elizabethan theatre,
II. ,Iding the houses at either sid
Imad" from temporary drawings In the
Boz 'a0j, the model rests on a nv
ioot base and IL about tw~enty-eiHht
inches high, The material IL stin
paper. beaver board. and white pine
Ife rom oil knots. The Fortune was
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!, keeping with Mr.. rrban's seating
capacity plans.
To a SuN reporter MIR, Thompson
said YESTERDAY:
Il hin New York will be aston
ishcd by the magnitude and splordor
of the 'Caliban' masuIe when It Is
finally seen, no matter how much may
be written about 1t meanwhile, The
actual outlay In dollars and cents will
not be less than $50. 900. and we shall
try to keep ii within 500. 600.
Considering that every expenditure
Is weighed with the utmost care 80
that not a dollar may be wasted. this
sum certainly should insure a spectacle
both big and brilliant. Nobody expects
it to be profitable. Indeed. that ques-
ton never has been brought up, Other
aims are in view beyond the mere pro-
duction OF a great masque.
New York. so wonderfully progress
sivr in many ways. Is ~singularly Lack
ing in community interest. Not only
does its right hand know nothing Of
what its left IL doing. hut 1t does not
care. 1t requires some tremendous eX-
element TO wake up the New York
public for any such matter as concert
of movement. Things thai would stir
most other cities to their depths-pub-
lie questions and crises of one kind or
another-mprely bore New Workers.
This Ia not a pose, AZ many OBJ
servers from other places believe. ],
is a characteristic. For purposes OF
.hc !%nd!v!dua! there Is no Fau!. 20 ~
found with the situation. But for pro-
vilipC tina crpatrst p,o1 for IN, ,yr.at
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her real worth. and in her discourage
ment she made an effort TO establish
herself on the dramatic stage.
OLD TINE MINISTRIES.
Black Troubndours Of a. Earlier
Age.


There are no more interesting sur
vivors OF the old negro Ministries than
Mcintyre and Heath, the two famous
blackface comedians. They told a Sun
reporter the other day the story Of
their early struggles.
1--WE closed our frst season together
as MINISTRIES in Louisville. We couldn't
pay salaries. but We gave Riley. our
tandmaster. the bass drum. He lived
in New Bedford. Mass. and took 1,
home with him." said Jim Mcintyre In
and Heath.
and a few seasons later" said
Heath. I'VE were playing New Bed
ford. Mass. Lew Dockstader and
stopped where the Salvation Army vas
singing on the street. The bass
drummer was pounding a drum vigor-
ous,y.
"Look." cried Lew, ana I looked
It was our drum. On II in red and
black letters was Mcintyre and Heath
Ministries"
80 you see" said Jim Mcintyre
"out of all our troubles and our COINS
| hungry and my working In a livery
stable and having my trunk stoleI
grew the act. The Georgia Minstreis.''
ut was first produced" said Tom
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n square theatre, so feet on n side,
md open TO the sky like the inn
yards. The stage extended out into
the open court forty feet. and. follow
ing the custom of the day, the larger
part OF the audience stood during the
performance around the three sides OF
the platform. Acting look place IN
the afternoon by natural light. Be-
You'd the covering OF the galleries.,
running round the three ides OF the
enclosure, there was no protection Tor
audience and players. There was no
proscen!um arch and no drop curtain,
both essential characteristics OF the
picture frame stage of to-day. adopted
in England. along with the systematic
employment of scenery. after 1862.
The story Of the play was told rather
then realized. With the projected
stage putting the player literally III
the midst Of his public. acting to be
effective had to be rhetorical and Wig
orous. Those who did not care TO
mingle with the "groundl!ngs,' as
those who stood around the stage were
called, might sit in the covered SAL
leries, which corresponded to the box
seats Of the modern theatre But for
the most part the audience jostled
and chaffed good naturedly, standing
around the stage under the open sky.
The traditional notion that the
| Elizabethan theatres were small, bare
and crude has been pretty c~onclusively
exploded by the recent discoveries OF
! Wallace and Lawrence IN the docu-
ments and archives stored In the Rec
| ord Office ut London. In the South
wark theatres readily accessible and
| commodious dressing rooms, with
wardrobes and storage for properties,
lay beyond the open rooms at the real
Of the stage. Givins = permanent back"
p, ground for the action, and h com
posIte facade thus formed afforded a
crude resemblance to the Attic Thea
tire Of the NTH century. h simple
and ingenious combination OF stage
and dressing rooms proved extremely
useful and permitted the division OF
the action into three parts.
First there was the outer PLATFORM
| or stage proper, with entrance at either
( side of tho back. Between these en-
frances hung aryas curtains. suspended
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Vaudeville and Burlesque.

PALACE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Heath in 1.-The Man From
Montana" Nora Bayes still re-
mains on the bill, and others
will include William Rock and
Frances White in dances,
Frank Fogarty. Smith Austin
and company, the i'ridkowsE
singers and dancers, Capt. Cru
Der and Mile. Adeliana. The
usual performances will be
given this afternoon and eve
ming.
COLONIAL THEATRE - Flor
ence Nash in "Pansy'S Particu-
lar Punch,' the sketch In
which she has proved very sue
cessful. will be here this week.
Others on the bill include Ar
thur McWatters and Grace Ty-
son. Ideal. Leo Beers. Foster
Rail- and Ford West in THE
DAYS of '6l." Princess Jue
Quon Tai, Bensee and Baird.
Lew Brice. the Gaudsmidts, the
Ce~lleclaire Brothers and
others.
ALEXANDRIA THEATRE - Van
and Schcnck, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner Crane, Refine Davies,
Harris and Manion, Vera Sa-
bina. "Petticoats," Leipzig,
Harry Clarke, lmhofr, Conn
and Coreeue, Northlane and
Ward. Josie O'Meers and 9TH
ers make up the entertainment
here this week. Concerts this
afternoon and evening as usual.
COLUMBIA THEATRE - The
second edition of Dave Mar
ions Around the World bur-
lesque company comes to the
Columbia Theatre this week.
Among those in the company
are, besides Mr.. Marion,
George Banks. Barney Pagan.
Agnes Bcuhler. Henrietta By
ron lneZ, De Nerdier, Frank
Schand. Rosie Mack, James
Fcitrich and Ar Harrington.
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H HIPPODROME.

Charles Dillingham; will put on
a second edition Of Hip Hip
Hooray." which has now been
delighting the New York public
for eight months. The most i'm
portant feature of the evening
will be a new skating step by
Charlotte. X. II. Burnside has
required Of every member Of the
cast that he or she shall add q
new speciality to the production.
The result will be a series of alto
gether new acts. Katie Schmidt,
Ellen Dallerup. Hilda Reuckert
and Pope and Kerner remain.
Both in "Toyland" and "The Kat
kabaret" there will be novelties.
Sousa. Nat Wills. Charles T.
Aldrich, Belle Storey. Arthur FL
bridge and all the other members
Of the large company will con-
tribute a novelty. which will
probably serve to keep the piece
before the public until it is time
to prepare a new spectacle for
next fall.
John Mccormack will give q
concert at the Hippodrome to-
night, giving ar entirely 're-
quest" programme.
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gone. 1 Leen comm hyah to ev'ry
opera Just to see McHeathantyre again.
Doggone. amt they nevah comm
hyah no mo?
I'VE have known what Il Is TO 70
hungry" said Jim Mcintyre. Yes. In
deed" he wen. on. 81. was way back
In ~ that I 60. the idea OF The Geor.
| gia Minstrels.' That was before Heath
, and ! booked up. ! was only II years
| old at the time. bu, ! had had a sea
! son or TWO Of trouping before that.
Tom here had Just been burned out
in Chicago
october =. ~" said Tom Heath.
"Ill never forget that date. ! was
In Indianapolis and had just closed
a season with Burt X Highways Min
s%trels." Mcintyre continued. "A fell
low named Fleming and I thought ont
n scheme. We would ship my trunk
TO Evansville. playing dates in school
/ houses and 10 cents admission. We
did this, a distance OF ll5 mlles-and
Fleming stole my trunk at Evansville.
II worked over TO Henderson. Ky,
then, where a circus was in winter
quarters. and I got a job in a livery
stable. Do you not begin to see the idea
for THE Georgia Minstreis'? Alex
ander. you know, had n Job in a livery
stable. Sco.ty, a hostler. and put
our heads together and decided to get
a bunch Of the young fellows and 60
out as a minstrel show. We cleaned
up a little money doing It too. When l
say n little money 7 mean a matter
of a few dollars. but they looked awful
big to us.
THE troupe disbanded ana I went
on my way. l didn't see any OF those
boys for years. But four years age
We PLAYED. Tom and l. IN The Ham
Tree IN Henderson, Ky. put an ad
in the paper saying thai, II any Of the
boys who had been in jimmy Mcln-
tyres Ministries were still living ]
would be pleased to have them call al
the theatre. Seven Of them called"
Tom Heath cu, in: And one Of then
was eN-Mayor Of the town, and an
other a big lawyer. and another owned
a general merchandise store in fact
all Of them had amounted TO some
thing"
And all OF them" said Jim McIn