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jority he became associated with l.. Il.
Christy, then in Buffalo. When the
news OF the success OF the parent min
strel organization reached Buffalo MIR.
Christy organized n company that was
later augmented by Zeke Backus and
Enam Dickinson.
Vaughn continued with Christy
many years and when the latter went
to San Francisco in 1854 Vaughn was
with him. He returned to New York
the following year and for I brief
period headed his own company Sub
sequently he WIS with Wood " chrlsty
and still later with Georgc thristy's
company. He became in|caltC.tatcd a
few years before lis death, which oc-
CURED in GAINESVILLE. Ohio. September
9. 1875.
George Christy was born George
Nathan Harrington In Palmyra. y. y.
November 6. 1927. He began life pro-
rated as a fne jig dancer. He soon at
tracted the attention of l.. l.. CArlsty,
who subsequently adopted him aEl
married Mrs. Harrington. When he
joined forces with Henry Wood in 1888
he was at the height of his popularity.
lust how popular he really WIS may
he inferred from tho fact that some
time after T.. l.. Christ" had lof, Me-
chaniCs Hall Christy Il WOOD had twn
organizations on Broadway. tho one AZ
iii and Tho other 2. Az. Think cf Z.
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BY EDWARD LIE ROY RICE.


r 8 minstrelsy on the decline or has
II really seen its best days?
Some say II Is dying out; others
20 further and declare 1t is dead. BE
that rs It may with apologies to
George W. Monroe. 1t is an unde-
hiable fact no other form Of entertain
ment ever had so many adherents as
this amusement OF purely and dis
tinctly American origin. Throughout
che country there are thousands Of
persons who never fail to visit a min
otrel show whenever the cork boys
visit town. II you are sceptical. pick
UP the New York Clipper almost any
week during the regular season:
h minstrel routes and you will see
perhaps only a pitifully few companies
listed compared to the thirty-oid or
CARNATIONS that were in existence
about thirty years ago. Gwen then
minstrelsy was declared to be on the
decline.) Nevertheless. YOU will see
the companies OF AL q. Field. John w.
vogel. j. Arthur Cobuiu. Guy Bros.
De Rue Bros. and Neil O'Brien. The
last named. who early in August inau-
gurated his nth annual season. is the
baby OF the lot. albeit a pretty husky
Soungster.
These troupes nave peen gong over
che same territory practically continue
ously since their formation. The griz-
sled veteran minstrel organization is
Tho Field company. which is just
rounding out thirty years. nearly all
Of which have shown a profit. 4. feel
ting OF sadness over me to think
that ! cannot place the name Of Go orge
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Added Romance in the Films When Exhibit
Edge of the Ocean
Exhibited at the

logue and under the costly thatch it's
owner drops into drcamland. for surely
ore can close his eyes. II he Will, when
the fiCkering il o~vcrinuch.
And yonder sits an entire family. as
n may SEQ 10y rising and lcok.ng
along the rows. the younger genera
ton with fee dangling between chair
edge and the sand all taking in To- the
fun the wonders Of the moving picture
Show.
There are nightly changes Of bill.
and to keep In touch with the spirit
Of innovation, Nature & CO., the scenic
artists who furnish the background.
are always introducing something cX-
ira. Sometimes the moon Is a mar
row curve and again II is swelled and
gibbous. The clouds are dark scuds
one night and fieecy heaps Of vapor
the next. Should the weather be in
element. the patrons Of the Strand at
brighton can sit and rock oil a piazza
and watch the drlzzled actor folk on
the silver screen.
What manner 81 plays are shown?
That is hard to tell, for there Is much
to consider that IL brought to the en-
tcrtainment by the unofficial producers.
Now there IL the delectable film drama
Of The Prey OF Circumstance which
flashed and breathed through one sum-
mer evening. We are seated In the
caned recesses OF the rocking chair.
How very comfortable Shall not one
take his comfort on his beach? How
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@ILM and screen-wave and sheen


the rocking chair movies!
This here way cries Stentor
Of the Sands" this way. aides and
gents. rocking chairs go out al low
tide. plenty OF s%ca,s-frst reel on now
SEQ the movies on the beach"
Dear old Brighton has brought US
the innovation OF motion pictures
while blue wavclets wash its gllsten-
1ng shore. Wherefore we can all he
~ happy as cams at low water whilc
we sit and rock and listen t. the muir
muir Of the well known ocean.
It Is necessary before the beach
theatre can he filed that the shades
OF night should appropriately fall and
that the fiotsam should 60 sweeping
out to sea. taking with il its mcr-
maids and its ale,e and broken cigar
n lemon boxes and everything that
should be laid on the swelling bosom
Of the Atlantic.
Tho screen on which the fitting
shadow shapes are shown is holsted
or two posts which have been nailed
fast to piles driven into the yielding
sands. deep enough TO stand the scour
and the rush OF white capped Nercids.
The machine that projects the pic
lures u set in a shelter wei, back out
Of the line OF the breakers, ard the
shafts Of light so waveIipg across the
inky void.
Everything being ready, the rock
ing chairs are brought out and ranged
In prim rows. They are tall, straight
backed affairs, covered with woven
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Troupes Are Still Touring the Country
a Minstrel Company Since the

At one time their organization was
known as Birch. Hamilton x I5ackus's
Minstrels, william II. Hamilton. the
operate barytone. making up the tri-
umvirate. The lamented Harry Ken
nedy Of ventriloqulal fame was also
associated with Birch under the firm
name Of Birch & Kennedy's Ministries.
Billy Birch's death. like his three H.
lustrious associates. occurred in this
city April 20. 1897. Wambold passed
away November 10. 1889. A few
weeks later he was followed by Ber-
nard. January 5. 1890. Charley Backus
died June 81. 1883.
BY this time Lew Dockstadcr had
achieved an cnviab.c position in min
strelsy. Up to 1878 he had been
known as Lew Clapp. He returned
from an extended California tour. on
which he frequently sang. Peter.
You're In Luck This Morning" Ar
irving East. he met Charley Dock
stader. a bright and unusually prolific
author and SON and dance man. In
August. 1878. they became known as
the Dockstader brothers. Then and
there Lew Clapp merged into Lew
Duchstad-r. subsequently having the
name legalized. The Dockstaders sep
aratcd after n few years. and on Sep
tembcr Il. 1855. the first performance
Of Dockstadcr's Ministries was given
at the hail OF the old san Francisco
Minstrels. In the three years OF his
tenancy some OF the more famous
burnt cork representatives made their
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Though New York Has Been Without
Passing of the Old Time Stars

appearance there. To cnumeratc n
few: Willis l.. Sweatnam, Luke School
craft. Billy Birch. Barry Maxwell.
Charley Reed. Baker. Jones. Manning
and Davis. Carl Rankin. Dick Jose.
Arthur Moreland, Dan Colivcr. Franks
and Marion. Gus Mills. Tim Cronin.
II. W. f'rillman, Tom Dixon. John T..
McWadc. w. s. Mutually. Edwin
French. W. II. Rieger and many others.
George Marion. long associated with
Henry Savage az producer and stage
director. occupied the bones end for
several months. The final perform
anccs were given in December, 1889.
y few days previous Dockstaicr,
George Marion and Luke Schoolcraft
appeared in white face.
The name Of Christy will iingcr for
ever IN the annals OF mirs;relsy. l.. L.
Christy was the founder OF chr.sty's
Ministries. but II was George Christy
harrington that gave the name the
prominence il speedily attained. To
s~uhstantiate this W. have lut to C.ance
ut the company's record. From Fehru-
airy %. lS41. 10 October %, 1853.
George Chti'ty was "A member OF tho
company =: Mechanics Hal. 49,
Broadway. on that date he severed
his connection with r.. u. Chr!sty and
the following week formed an alliance
with Henry Wood. who had established
Woods Ministries N i4i broadway a
few years previous. The company was
thereafter known ms Wool Il chrls'y's
Minstrels. Eight months later T.. l..
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Only fourteen doors apart on the anne
side of the street.
Billy Birch and Christy would APP
pear on the ends In the first part at
their respective houses. Then they
would proceed to exchange positions
for tho rest Of tho evening, passing
each other on the street frequently,
Fire destroyed No. ii4 on December ?.
1854. Chrigty ard his company went
On u brief toUg returning to New
York. they opened at No. %72. No
Al vas rebuilt and reopened October
|. 1888. Meanwhile tie popularity ct
chr!s,y continued 70 increase, ard
Woods Marble Palace. 5S1 and 500
broadway. was opened october 81. 1857.
About THIS time disscnsions arose be.
tween Henry Wood and Chr.sty. which
eliminated about May l following IN
the Withdrawing OF Christy. There
was an agreement. made between tho
two eN-partnors that Christy was no,
II appear within n hundred miles Of
New York for eighteen months.
Chr.Sty and several well known per-
formers sailed for San Francisco,
opening there June :. 1858. making A
lengthy stay under the management ot
Tom Mcguire. They worked their wav
back last and opened at 44l Broadway
Nay %. 1859. Henry Wood qI!cA,v
brought an injunction and Chr!s'y was
tor'in.ri on Ninth Page
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ROCKING CHAIR MOVIES BY THE SEA-

good II Is TO stretch Il the legs and
10 mediate on the cool at the end Of
n Ions RUSSIAN cigarette. the cap Of
the climax of 10 dnioctahl" shore dinner.
Let US see, how did that reel begin?
was 1t before We sot here" The Frey
OF 'Ircuinstanc" ON. N"s-t dark
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'",,' "''"' ''N"' ""h want H''t
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w. '''l''I' wy M't'H' us '"'
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Inc roar OF the water causes
the nero I" rise unsteady He shakes
the s.eep from MS eyes. S~tehIthliy u"
makes MS way l" where Indigo Jones,
ne h~u''ahe''' VI" hru'e Who has been
h!red 10 shalsi"I the helr' STANDS by
'he Wheel "'th rings IN ms ears and
n kh'ie between ms ups bur hero
scents NJ once the "ho'e dread con-
sP'ra'y' "hat theh Is 10 he done
''"'eh, 't'> "ioh'' reap IN never YOU
I''i'n petoro' nc s""le or"ard WIN
n""'F III "'S i'''S' 'he strength |
MS i'a'''oo" 'SoS paramount 'ilS
",'hu '''"r' ms purpose hrIn, IN" once
pioneer '"e primrose pains -! dhI-
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,n, w. oa,an." ~" ~ ~
nsa, ~ "i '' ~"
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no .,r,ins owl ,,,is,s H. ,
cvo ~ IndIro ZONES has ,,uon no,,
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without at least one permanent or
g%anization.
1t was the death Of the lamented
Charley Backus that tolled the knell OF
minstrelsy In New York. OF the popu-
lar quartet that gave their first per-
Torrance here In 1885 a the San
Francisco Ministries Bill Bernard re-
tired In 1872. Bernard was conceded
To be the greatest interlocutor. or mid
dleman. as they were termed in those
days. that minstrelsy has ever known.
While the loss Of Bernard was keenly
felt. the firm OF Birch. Wambold &
Backus Ministries continued and pros
pered for several years. Dave Wam-
holds prominence as a singer was as
great as Demands elocutionary ef-
forts. and his retirement In 1850
marked the beginning OF the end Of
permanent minstrelsy in this city.
From 1850 until 1883 Birch &
Iiackus's Minstrcls held sway. Backus
died In the summer of 1883 and Billy
Blrch's San Francisco Ministries
pegged out just six month later. That
virtually ended Birch's career as a
minstrel OF prominence. True. he
played for a short time after that.
Reeds Minstrels In San Francisco and
later he played at the minstrel hall he
had graced for several years with
Dockstader's company. He also
toured with Birch & Moran's Min
strels In 1889 and with William Henry
Rice's Minstrels in 1890.
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tToa'inrrt on Ninth Page
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Christy cas-, - be a factor in the
world of m.nstrelsy. His Ministries
gave their last performance July Il,
1854. \ few months later he went TO
San Francisco. where he played a brief
engagement, and shortly aftcrward
ended his professional career. In n
II; OF melancholy f.. L. Christy threw
himself from n window and died in
this city May 81. 1862.
A brief biographical sketch OF the
members OF some Of Wood q Christy's
Minstrels of sixty years & will.
trust. prove interesting to THE suns
readers:
Tom Vaughn was one OF the four
members that comprised the original
Chri'ty Mnstrels. The others we're
T.. i. Christy. George Christy and
Lansing Durand.
Vaughn was born in this city Sep
temNer IL. 1923. He began his profess
sional career at an early age with
Holt & Nicho.s's circus. later he Joined
Turner & Rockwell. after which he
was with Wclch & Mann. all promi-
nent circuses OF an early period. He
quickly attained proficiency with the
hnrto. Recrr" he had attained h.s Nh
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II" S%a'l"ons of ~" days uf SYiiu, sco
III" '"rSairS upon the liaihlry coast,
ana watch the speeding of tNr p.r.t..
cal lunhs upon tlc yellow Scat.
Here 10y the strand wl"r" tine salt
spray comes, one ,,n easily .ur,r
np moving pictures ui his OWN ur\ I~-
inS, Here in astral form, Lee may .,I
AL IN" seven Seas, II" may ~ ON
upon t'le deep IN ON KAY sa.I,d
l''"''a' or pitch here and thor" IN
som" greasy tramp STEAMSHIP, or stand
ON IA" deck "r - Liner walrh3ns IN,
lle'"a'S out Of IN" ,rrncr ut ls c.o
and Wondering II presently t.o -,aru
~ "a r"rIs'"p" Nil stut, a.. uuu. -
mt" a panic of action.
W" of the Iuvh!nE ,ht.I llrrt. slilIn2
where the orchestra ~ulsruulsua llit.u,
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w who rock and muse can look undisturbcd at the
screen which rises wraithlike from the waves"

wake. That Is. indeed, adding tho
last touch of Illusion. And then when
again thc reels arc changed and We
see q drama of the undersca. how well
to all tho properties ut tho beach
blend into the screen picture.
surely. there Is tho real tang of the
sea about these Brighton leach
movies at all times. one feels that
he IL in tn" very spirit of tho waters
which ar" poured around the earth as
he sits there and listens To the beat
Of IL" surf and sees the tumble Of
tho Waters IA far as eye can reach.
When the screen shows only comic
cartoon characters IN studied pnuto-
mime, n may close his eyes and SEE
III their places Captain k.dd and
Long John Silver He can dream OF
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
How Children Can Make
Money.

Besides dozens and perhaps hun
dreds of different vegetables, small
fruits, and flowers that farm boys and
girls can grow for SALE" says Farm
and Fireside, there are several farm
animals that boys and girls can easily
handle. There is good money in grow
ing pigs, sheep, chickens, other poul-
try and pigeons. Right now big priz-
es in many places are being offered
for growing the best pigs. II is all
right to enter contests and compete
for prizes, but why not start into
business on your own hook and pro-
duce something without the offer of
prizes? The experience, fun, and
cash derived from your work will be
prize enough"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06

Miss Crit Mcknight entertained in
honor Of her guests. Misses Weaks
and Wilson, Thursday evening, with
a picnic at Noah Spring. A most de-
lightful supper was spread and a
pleasant evening was spent. Those
present were: Misses Marie Weaks,
Evelyn Wilson, Beulah Weaks, Ber-
tina Clardy, r. Z. Coleman, Lucille
Bagwell, Mary Quarles, Mary Fox
Clardy, Myrtle Dickerson, Ophelia
Mcknight; Messrs. Beverly Green
wood, Whitfield Radford, Preston
Haynes, Ralph Meacham, Walter
Dickerson, Osborne Radford, Arnold
Campbell, Will Lowry, Carter Bran
don, Lyle Mcknight and DIR. E. S.
Sroube: Mesdames Crit Mcknight
and R. E. Coleman chaperoned.
Roy Meacham and d. M. Wilson
were on the sick list last week.
Miss Alice Coleman returned to
Gracey after several weeks stay in
Howell.
Mrs. J. w. Mobley and children are
visiting in Sango, Tenn.
w. w. Radford and son Osborne
spent Saturday in GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Knight, of Hopkinsville, is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. j. L.
Dixon.
Mrs. Margaret Dixon has returned
from a visit to relatives in Hopkins
vile.
Messrs. Sheriff. Collins and Collins
Williams spent the weekend at
Churchill.
Miss Elizabeth King and Mr.. Her.
bert Tyler Beale, of Hickman, KY,
were married Monday afternoon at
the home of the brides parents. Mrs.
L. w. Allen, the brides sister, pre-
sided at the piano. Rev. E. j. Bar
nett, of GAINESVILLE, officiated.
The bride wore blue silk coat suit
and the groom wore the conventional
black.
Miss King is the second daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George King and is a
young lady of many accomplishments
and iovabie traits of character.
The groom is a prosperous young
business man of Hickman, Ky. The
couple left at Ais for short bridal
trip, after which they will be at home
in Hickman.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
A Hacking Cough Weakens
The System.

Don't suffer with a hacking cough
that has weakened your system-get
a bottle Of DR.. Kings New Dlscove-
ry in use over 40 years, and benefit.
ing all who use it. the soothing pine
ba sam with tar heal the irritated
air pas ages oothes the raw spots.
loosens the mucous and prevents
racking the body with coughing. DR.
Kings New Discovery induces nat
ural sleep and aids nature to cure
you. -Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
DECORATIONS FOh uUmL~.

y A decoration exclusive to women
is the Imperial Order of the Crown
of India. This was founded BY
Queen Victoria, and is bestowed
upon the wives of the Indian vice.
roys, upon certain Of the native In
dian princesses, and occasionally
upon noblewomen connected with the
viceregal court. The order was in
stituted by royal warrant on January
1, 1878, and the first investiture took
place on April 20 following, when
twelve ladies were decorated amid
scenes of pomp and splendor such as
had rarely been witnessed in Eng
land The insignia of this order are
beautiful, consisting of the royal i'm
perial cipher, V. r. l., in diamonds,
pearls and turquoises, with an oval
ornamental border Of pearls, sur
mounted by the imperial crown.
The ribbon is of light blue waterec
silk, edged with white.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
LOOK CLOSER, JOHN.

Teacher Tin the rhetoric class -
Johnny, give a sentence with Scene
in it.
JOHNNY seen her on his lap.
Teacher - No, Johnny, that's
wrong; now, can you tell me what
is wrong?
Johnny-Well, perhaps she wasn't.
1t was kind of dark, and how was
] to know?
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
Look Good---Feel Good

No one can either feel good nor
look good while suffering from con-
stipation. Get rid of that tired. drag
gy, lifeless feeling by treatment of
DR.. Kings Ne y Life pills. Buy a box
today. take one or two pills tonight.
In the morning that stuffed, dull
feeling is gone and GU feel better at
once. 25c. at your druggist. --Ad-
vertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
How's This 4!

We o1er One Hundred Dollar 80
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
FIJI. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned, have known - J..
Cheney for the last 10 years. ana peleFe
him perfectly honorable In all business
trsnsactions and financially able 70 carry
out esy obligations made by his hrm.
EATfOEAI. BANK OF COMMERCE
N Toledo. o.
rfalPs catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
ecsins, directly upon the blood and nr-
ia surfaces OF the system. Testimolials
free Price u cents Per bottle.
an Druggists.
e.ks na,l's Family Pulls foE eoas.ipsslsa-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
MULES WANTED!
We want mules from 7 to Is
years old, Is to Is hands
high, sound. c. II. LAYNE.
USE OF GOLD IN BRIrA,N.

"Quite q lot Of gold" says a writer
in q London pager, ''is still being
used in he manufacture Of jewelry,
especially cheap jewelry. Until a
short time ago Birmingham manu-
facturers were more or less openly
getting sovereigns from the banks to
melt for conversion into jewelry. l
am told that, in spite Of the precau-
tons the banks have taken, the prac-
tice has not been entirely stopped.
Gold is also obtained from the bro
kers in London and other sources,
and the consumption of the metal in
Birmingham at present is estimated
at 100000 per week. Some of it is
made up into wedding rings, the de-
mand for which does not seem to
have been reduced by the war, but
the bulk is frittered away in jewelry
of rubbishy kind in which the value
of the gold bears a very remote rela-
tionship to the price. The other day
a trade expert happened to come
across a working man who had paid
Ella for some of this stuff. He ex-
planned that one reason for his pur-
chase was that he thought the gold
would always be handy if he wanted
it. As gold, however, what he bought
was worth little more than CO.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
Gracey Went Wet.

The local option election in the
Gracey precinct yesterday was quiet
and free from the excitement that
characterized the one three years ago
when the vets won by 81 votes.
There were no parades by either side
and no especial activity shown about
the polls. The vets won by So.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
Races Tuesday.

A big crowd witnessed the matinee
races Tuesday.
Allen Clardy's Bill Bailey won class
A. pace.
johnson won class B trot and the
class B pace.
Second division of this class was
won by Adcock.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-07-06
Cobb is Suspended.

Chicago, July 3.-Tp Cobb, De-
troit outfelder was today suspended
for three days and fined s25 by pres
ident johnson, of the American lea
que for throwing his bat into the
grandstand when he was called out
on strikes in a game here.