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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09

existence. Fer their amusement they
sting ana dance and there lie q certain
primftiveness about their music that
is exceedingly appealing. Occasional
~. but so occasionally that II Is a
novelty. Gypsies find their way on the
stage, One of these occa sions la the
Htrschon Troupe OF Gypsies. eight In
number. who in a special set of seen
cry depicting typical Gypsy camp,
indulge in characteristic song and
dance. There are FIVE men and three
" omen in the company, and each Is
capable performer. Their dancing is
very much in the order 81 the Russian
acrobatic dancing and is difficult in
the extreme
Figures PLAY an important part in
bank accounts. Lalla Selbinis figure
is not an exception Her thestrical at
tainments have been Of valuable as
sistance TO her in the presentation Of
the various advertisements she has pre-
scented in vaudeville Lslla however
is a aps Bile and talented woman Her
appearance, Of course. decidedly en-
hances the pictorial value Of her act
This act is quite meritorious enough
even IL its priHctnai were less fair
to look upon. Selhini isa cycIist.
prestidiEitator, a dog educator and
above all show woman The COM
biDat'on is ideal for the purposes In
tended.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
INTERESTING LIST OF


will come pair of pieces on which
Mr.. Wodeton----beg pardon--Bol-
house~-is now working. These arc ta)
A 6ramatizstion Of Mr.. Wodehouses
Jeeves stories, printed IN the s. E
p. and fbl musicalization of a
French farce called Madame and
Her Godson."
Mr.. Wodehouse. as every one
knows n is-cttt t--sra-e- tine by
contributing literally to Vanity Fair
and THE Post" ana AFR Bolton va
ries the monotony by writing other
plays With George Middleton he
wrote piece called "what'n You
Have?" which. under the expert guild
ance OF one George Conan. suhse-
quently became "Hitlfhe-Trail Holli
day Fifty per cent of the royal
ties, incidentally accrued 70 Messrs.
Middleton and Bolton. Mr.. Bolton
will also profit by the vogue with
which Very Good Eddie" Is still en-
toying all over the country, he hav-
ing fashioned the book of that piece.
As for Mr.. Keen, he has participated
In a goodly percentage OF the fore
going and In approximately three
score others which not even he could
list.
Wrote for the Globe.
Along about the beginning of this
century Mr.. Wodehouse had never
heard OF Messrs. Bolton or Kern. and
and both of this iast-named gentle
men were living in hl!the ignorance
Of the existence OF the other two.
Wodehouse was I'm his native Eng
land. turning out a daily column OF
what-nots for The Globe." Bolton
was trying hard to be an architect;
Kern was already dasfing of q melo-
dy now and then. Even at that time
wodehouse had some slight reputa-
ton as a lyric writer, and George
Edwards frequently employed him to
write additional verses for Gaiety
songs.
He made his first visit to America
in 1904. It was for three weeks
only. and he came to see the st. Louis
landed In New York, and straightway
ne liked the place so well that he
stayed here for three weeks. Then
he returned to london and the Globe,
ana continued at the work OF column
ing and occasional lyric writing. In
1905 he net Jerome Kern. who had
gone to London to write the music
Tor an English revue, and collabora
% with him on single song. There
upon they separated, little dreaming
that they would one day Join hands
In the writing Of = goodly percentage
OF the sonks OF = nation
Wodehouse made another visit to
New York = few years ago. ard while
here he sent short story to Golfers,
and received $500 for It. He gasped.
- - - sane tanA mAAs IN Ais'
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
..Sfepi-I,eeks-yri-4ey,..

Stop Look Listen the big
musical comedy success which had a
long and prosperous vogue in New
York and Boston, running in both
cities for over a year, will be the next
attraction at the Academy tomorrow
night. This Is the original Charles
Dillingham; production with music
ana lyrics composed by Irving Ber-
I'm, and book and other diversions by
the prolifc and resourceful Harry E.
smith in announcing this unusual
show, particular mention should he
made of the pretty girls who are con-
splcuous In the production Thew
number twenty, and besides good
looks they are also endowed with
that most essential of ali assets-tal-
emit The girls sing and dance and
contribute very portant part in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09

mind TO live mainly in America from
pay 5000 for short story was good
enough for HMM England he would
have received about s25. Since that
time he has made a number of trans
Atlantic trips-fifteen in all. So long
SIS the number remains an odd one,
this country is reasonably sure of its
musical comedy crop.
Bolton Was Architect.
Guy Bolton. In the meantime had
left architecture Cat He had mar
ried young. and the presence of a
couple of children made IL imperative
that he earn at a rate more rapid
than that commonly enjoyed by a
young and extremely struggling archi-
teet. He decided that the drama was
his forte. and he staked all on his
ability rs a playwright. IT seems in
credible that his first play was pro-
dueed less than four years ago, but
such is the case. 1t was drama en-
titled The Fallen Idol" heavy af-
fair about locomotor ataxta, which
failed miserably A musical show
entitled Ninety in the Shade" then
suffered q similar fate. although the
reason Dor the collapse may have lain
Win the management IN THIS case.
Then came The Rule OF Three
which remained 10 New York over
four months Very Soon, Eddie 4"
and Have a Heart then led him
into the present orgy
A couple of years ago, when Kern
end Bolton were beginning work on
Have a Heart" and needed a iyricist.
Kern hethought himself .of wode-
house He hunted him up. intro
dueed him to Bolton. and then one
thing led to another. Today wode-
house and Bolton are professionally
almost irseparabIe They have di b.
sfded the summer between wode-
houses apartment and Bottoms. the
entire month Of yune was spent in
the latter. and the two did nothing
but write--rorning afternoon and
night. In that tlme-one month 49,
they turned out kitty pariln and
large portions af u cave il 10 Jane
and The Riviera Girl"
a month, they declare, Is long
period in which to write any shos
oh. Boy" which was ordered In a
hurry, after Go to IT. went on the
rocks. was written In ten days Je-
rome Kern wrote the score in three
DAYS and three sleepless nights. Were
1t not for the necessity OF convers-
ing with managers. attending re-
hearsais. etc. they would be happy
10 oblice by turning out a round
dozen OF shows year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
g" Cheating Caeafeys, -

Most crooks are crooks because
they don't love anybody and nobody
loves them. As soon as they fall in
love with a woman who returns their
affection genuinely and sincerely. they
cease to be crooks. a mans heart
isn't big enough TO hold love and evil
in at the door the seoundrel flies out
of the window. Crookedness is lust
the instinct for happiness gone
wrong"
So says F, !. williams, the crook
hero" Of ''fsheatine Cheaters." the
absorbing play of love and adventure
among crooks which comes to the
Academy Tuesday and Wednesday
and Wednesday matinee. direct from
years run at the Eitfnge theater.
New York. Mr. Williams illustrates
The truth of this principle in the In
teresting character which he portrays
in Cheating Cheaters''
There has always been a great
deal OF discussion as to whether a wo-
man should marry a crook to reform,
him. That. to my mind. is supar
hcial way of looking at the question
A man is reformed as soon az he
wants to marry the woman. AS for
the woman. II she really loves a mar
and is loved by him that effects a
safe reformation. Any one who has
seen Cheating Cheatars' would saw
that Tom Palmer would make as ga 10
and probably a more interesting bus-
band than the average man, In spite
OF his past lapses. At least, that Is
what I gather from my interes,inr
In the course OF INV
engagement with Cheating Cheaters,
Many women have written to me Ia
refute the arguments made against
the ending of the play In which Tom
Palmer marries Nan. Most of them
say they would be glad to do II them
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
CHALMERS STATES PLANS

In letter sent out by Mr.. Hugh
cnalmers to all Chalmers Distributors
ana dealers, he advises them OF tho
lease OF the Chalmers plant and enuin-
ment fof 1--WE years to the Maxwell
Motor Co.. Inc
AZ the same time he assures them
be the built In the Chambers shors
me details OF the lease have already
been worked out, but ratification ~
the action OF the board OF directors
IS necessary. and a meeting Of ina
stockholders 10 called for Septamber
40 Tor this purpose. The surplus ca
paci.y ot the plant will be utilised
purposes WHIST
mr., Chalmers will be chairman Of
the board OF directors. and Mr.. Morse
VIII continue to be in charge Of the
selling division. ~"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
Chicago Live Stock

Chicago, Sept S.-Hog prices were
i0pstoday. the bulk of the stock selling
AT III 20 to $685. The higher prices
we've attributed to short shipments.
onU 2.5oo hogs coming to the local
market. Reports from the principal
mig kets showed there we're only Ia
eoR arrivals against 1000 last Sat
urday and 80. 900 for the correspond
ans day last year
Medium cattle were lower while the
prices OF choice and high grades went
ups Prices for medium grades rang
fedAoetween a.oa and -. Sc. Receipts
wTe about 10000. mostly of the plain
vassety.
The sheep market was generally
steady. Prices varied between 1850
anM 127e. These prices were on a
panty with those Of week ago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09

the success OF this unusual ofkersAx
OF nirth, melody ana song TWO
acts are required 10, tell the story.
Yes. the piece has piot---but to dwell
on II beforehand would be spelling.
In all probability. a surprise which
we desire to leave to those theater-
eoers who find intimate pleasure In the
unexpected. The play is of the high
class kind--originally formed ideas
being the watchword from start TO
finish The music Is the brand that
sets one To dancing in spite of ones
self This in itself might be consider
ed an achievement. All told. a show
that is oW OF the beaten path.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09

New York. Sept s.--Money on call
this week ruled between and 2ix
per cent. Time money was In fair
demand with mixed collateral quoted
st IS "a q u and tndastrAals. al. a per
cert for All maturitfes.
Mercantile paper was quiet at S's
TO s q per cent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
.NEw YORK COTTON MARKET.
xQn0tatioH by MILLER a Co.. Members
!. Ncw/Yors Gotten ExehanEe.l

New York. Sept. Ss--Fresh weakness
00feloped in the cotton market today,
.&l4houGh at one time II displayed a
d0position to improve. The market
h44 an irregular opening A covering
m1vouert strengthened near months,
bit It was checked by the ginners' re-
u 4 which was about as expected. and
Nenewal OF Southern selling ensued
AEthe expiration Of the FIRST 20 minutes
tl1N market was about ten points up
ff3m the lowest. The tone became
A1Gner shortly after the opening on
tn most active spinners' calling notes
1a-eeveral weeks.
Receipts at the ports for the day
Wire ls,nAh bales against- Ia, IT'S A. vsas,
49, Tho Chronicle estimatAd tho
NFids1 visible supply at $500. 900 bales
NDf1gt a411lsoeA . yssx ago. Spot cot
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09

Cary street was unusually active to-
day for Saturday and business moved
eriskly. Chickens and hens were In
demand and brought good prices. The
market held firm on quotations Indi-
cations are for good business next
week.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09

New York. Sept s.--The usual short
session dizziness featured trading on the
curb today. Low priced oil shares were
fairly active and metal shares were
quiet with only slight change in prices
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09

ton quiet at a decline of is points
at Zl-2o; no sales. Spot at New Or
ieahs was quiet with middllng Is points
lower at 20.25. Sales. s2e bales,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
RICHMOND FRUIT MARKET.

Wholesale quotations furnished by the
Rlalock Fruit and Produce Co.
ia@2 East Cary Street Madi-
ison sf6.
Richmond, Va, Sept s. 1917.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
Troupe of Gyp@ie@.

II may be SO that the Gypsy gen :!
orally is a rover and sometimes a
rogue. In the most part however
Gypsies are travelling host who live
part from other folks and are con-
tent to wander over the face of the
earth. hartering and trading for their
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09

Mich cows. fresh as 10
quality ....,. $40 90 a ats OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
CURB MARKET.

w. w. yesterday & Co., Inc,
az broadway. New York,
National Bonds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
RICHMOND PuoprcE MARKET.
Wholesale Quotations Furnished NJ
10. w. Evans a. Co., Produce Corn-
mts.sou Merchants

Richmond. Va, Sept. &, 1917.
LIVE POULTRY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Spots. II go; Is of.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-20
OFFER PRIZES FOR BEST
WAR CANNED VEGETABLES
National Emergency Food Gar
den Commission In Co-opera-
ton With Fairs, Will Give
$1,000 In Cash.

Here you are, war gardeners! Now
for the $4,000 in prizes for the best
canned vegetables and national certifi-
cate Of merit offered by the National
Emergency Food Garden Commission.
P. S. Ridsdale, the secretary of the
commission, made public the plan of
awarding the prizes in cooperation
with state, county and war garden
fairs that will be held throughout the
country during September and October.
Read these rules carefully and then
write to the commission at 21O Mary
land building, Washington, inclosing a
two cent stamp for postage, and get the
canning and drying manuals it is Civ
ing free in order to aid you in saving
the food of the country and to exhibit
your best work.
"The prizes will be given for award
at any state, county, city, town or COM
munity fair, display or exhibit at
which prizes are offered.
'"The officials in charge of any such
fairs, displays or exhibits may deter
lul1c .WuClllCI CuC pl1AcS SAdl NC 9AN CIA
to other prize winners or shall be of
fered as separate prizes. The Nation
al Emergency Food Garden Commits
sion will be governed in presenting the
prizes by the local officials decision In
this matter.
"The selectioN Of prize winners shall
be made by the local officials of fairs,
displays and exhibits or by committees
appointed by them, and every person
exhibiting canned vegetables grown in
a city, town or village garden shall be
permitted to compete.
''The officials Of any fair, display or
exhibit held during the months of Sep
TENDER and October may make formal
application on attached form for one
Of the prizes.
"Prizes will be awarded by the Ma
tional Emergency Food Garden Com
mission only through the officials Of
fairs, displays Or exhibits, who shall
select the prize winners according to
their own and the commissions cOndi-
lions, and entries shall be made only
with said local officials
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-20
To the American Poets

Comrades mine Of Muse and Land,
When the wanton war drum sounded
And the world fell back astounded
AT a fate so lightly planned,
Heralds Of the Right in song,
Were you silent at the wrong?
Comrades mine of Land and Muse,
When the mailed and naughty giant
Crushed the weak but uncompliant
Did you falter which to choose?
Did the cult of Art for Art
Halt the tempest of your heart?
No, you left your joy untold,
Left Loves pondered rhine impending,
Left unpraised the summers blending
Into roadside blue and gold.
What were Nature, Love and Song
In the presence of such wrong?
At each Teuton perfidy
Trembled your swift lines with scorn-
ing.
Lowelps vision, Websters warning
Made you seers of Liberty.
Others doubted you OWNED
The awful cross of humankind.
When the dragon, War, is dead,
Though the haunting slain be counted
Like the stars, and grief hath mounted
Higher than the Jungfrau's head,
History shall search your song
To find the measure Of the wrong.
BY Robert Underwood Johnson Of the
Vigilantes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-20
NARROWED ON ISLE.
Commander Reports Rescue of Mexi-
can Women and Children.

Commander Reports Rescue OF Mexi-
can Women and Children.
The navy department made public
the report of the American warship
commander who rescued from Clipper
ton island, in the Pacific, some time
ago, three women and eight children
who were the last remnants Of party
Of MeXicans who went to the island
with Captain Ramon de Arnaud Of the
Mexican army to develop it's guano de-
posits.
For military reasons the names of
the American vessel and it's command
err were not made public The com
mander's report shows that the women
and children who were rescued had
barely escaped starvation, while Cap
tain de Arnaud lost his life at sea in
the small boat in which he started out
for help and that other members of the
party died Of starvation and scurvy.
1t was not until after the number of
women and children left alive ON the
island had been reduced to the limits
Of the small supply Of cocoanuts that
the ravages of scurvy ceased. For
more than two years these survivors
were forced to subsist on the flesh and
eggs of gannets and gulls and occa-
sionally fish.
The officers and crew of the warship
raised fund Of 5000 for the relief Of
the refugees, who have been landed at
Mexican port.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-20
Calvert Spensley, Attorney.

NOTICE OF ORDER FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT
HESITATE ESTATE.
STATE of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court-ss
~ In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special term
of the Iowa county court, to be held in and for
said county, at the court house in the city of
Dodgeville, in said county on the 18th day of
September, A. d. 1917, being the fourth Tuesday
of said month, at O'Clock in the forenoon OF
said day. the following matters will be heard
and considered:
The application of James w. Hutchinson, eX-
ecutor Of the last will and testament of Mary A.
Arthur, late of said county, deceased, for the
examination and allowance of his administra-
ton account, and that the last will and tesla
ment of said deceased be construed and the
assignment of the residue of said estate to such
persons as are by said will and by law entitled
to the same. and for the determination and ad
Indication of the inheritance tax. if any, payable
in said estate.
And it is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing copy of this notice for three weeks
successfully, prior to said day of hearing in the
Iowa County Democrat, weekly newspaper
published in said county.
By order of the court:
ALDRo jerks. County Judge.
Dated Dodgeville. Wis, August %, 1917.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-20
Russian Treachery Involved?

Colonel Chubukoff, the new military
attache to the United States, was rush
ing about trying to verify the report
that the plot to burn the bridge had
been formed by a Russian officer in
the pay of Germany. All the Russians
in sight were wildly excited, shouting
at each other to kill the anarchists or
to kill the bourgeois" as the case hap
pened to be. 1t looked as if there
would be fight between the Russian
passengers on our train, among whom
were several officers, and the soldiers
of the garrison of Viatka, REINFORCED
by Socialistic wOrkmen.
In the meantime two or three train
loads Of soldiers, coming from the riv-
err, passed us. They had been ferried
across in boats from other trains Oh the
far side
The coolest man for miles around ap-
parently was Senator Root. who was
fast asleep in his car, with some Of his
staff on guard. The senator had had
his excitement the day before and was
thoroughly tired out. The purple silk
curtains in his car were all drawn.
The whole train of eight cars was most
luxurious having been in former days
the private train of Nicholas II.
Charles Edward Russell, who is a So
cialist, and James Duncan, who is con-
nected with the American Federation
of Labor, had both gone to Russia as
members Of the commission in the hope
of assisting their Russian Comrades"
But both were thoroughly disguised
now. although they had probably reach
ed that state of feeling some days be-
| fore they had left Petrograd. They had
long since found how perfectly useless
| it is to try to talk reason to the liberty
mad Russian anarchists, and they
shrugged their shoulders and bit their
lips in chagrin as their Interpreter ex-
planned to them the nature of the re-
marks of the anarchist on the pile of
ties His favorite phrase was to the
effect that the war is a war for Eng
ish, japanese, French and American
capitalists and that the Russians
should fight not the Germans, but cap
| italists all over the world.
"The Town of Fire"
| Several Russian officers from our
train became so indignantaat the third
or fourth repetition of this remark that
they shouldered into the anarchistic
audience, crying Shame! Shame"
The soldiers turned on them angrily,
and it looked as if the officers were in
for bad beating when there was a
diversion.
Sire! Fire!" some one cried. '"The
bolsheviki (anarchists) have set the
town on firep'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-20
TESTS NONSINKABLE SUIT.
Wearer, 1t Is Claimed, May Float In
Ocean a Week.

John B. Walker, chairman of the
Federal Lumber Trade Commission, re-
Gently tested a newly invented life say
ing suit by donning it and leaping into
the sWirling current of the Mississippi
river at New Orleans.
The garment is a complete one piece
suit of rubber, wadded with mate
rial known as ilanasilk, a woven fabric
which is more buoyant than cork. In
cased in the suit one floats upright in
the water, the head we'll above the
surface and the body warm and dry.
Pockets are provided in the suit for a
canteen Of fresh water and for tins Of
condensed foods, and it is estimated
the wearer can keep himself alive
though adrift in the ocean for week.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-20
WRITIN'S WUSS DEN FIGHTIN'
Negro Sought Exemptions; Later De-
cides to Join Army.

cides to Join Army
William Rigging, a negro, passed the
draft examination in Trenton, n. j..
and loudly declared he wanted to claim
exemption on every possible ground
The physicians Of Trenton board No.
gave him mass Of blanks, and Viii.
liam scratched his head obviously.
els I gotta sign all that junkT' he
asked.
They told him yes So William re-
tired to a corner with his troubles.
After he had labored for five minutes
he succeeded in signing one Then he
sighed, looked at the others and sud.
denly dumped them on the floor
"By golly,' said William, "before III
go to de trouble Of signin' dem damn
things I'll go to war;
He was certified for the army.