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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26

In lodging chicken in the road, a
negro chauffer in Henderson smashed
his car into a tree, wrecking the car
and Gripping himself.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26
Gave IhlmbIs to EnnIand.

The man who introduced thimbles to
England was John Lofting. a mechanic
and metal worker OF Holland. who set
tied I'm England In the latter part OF
the seventeenth century. and practiced
their manufacture In various metals,
with great success.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26
Women Expert Sailors.

There is no gainsaying the fact that
the Norwegians and Firms are nauti-
cal races. even the women Of these ma
tionalities being often expert sailors
and, indfed. following the sea as csll-
Ing. rs V
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26
WHEAT REPORTS.

r. F. Gill, Of Allensville, made 24t
bushels Of wheat on no acres and z y
bushels on the rest Of his crop. IL
Union county, many cross made over
80 bushels to me acre.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26

A field of wheat at Keensburg, ILL.,,
made AZ bushels to the acre.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26

In both Lexington and 0wensboro
the first men drawn were negroes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26
Preferred Locals

Smithson Water delivered Tues
days and Saturdays. Phone 633 l.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26
Msrds Of InspIrstIen.

- Moros ~ tuspF4uous
! en- determined 70 secridce bstats.
eAsa health, applause epd Dvsn liza
y fSs sacred cabs q ~ oson51 ~
xxu>n ora ~. & ~, -
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26
House For Rent.

A 7-room cottage for rent at t04
West 18th street. Newly painted,
gas, electric lights, city water and
city sewerage. Garden and fine fruit
trees. Rent 5000. Possession at once.
CHAS. M. MEACHAM.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26

The School per capita this year is
IS, against S5.l5 last year. 1900.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-26

On the back Of a terrapin shelliound
by Rit Harris, north Of town, appear
these letters and figures; &C. S. b."
Sept %, 1901. -Elkton Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The Weeks GriSt

BETTERS the Hudson This piece the only
w Somerset Vaughan and the
Of here this the first having been
play presumably Mr. Maughanns
For it satzes American climbers
the Atlantic of title
this comedy
be derived by ourning in the hms caused
The Fhma surrendered their
John D. Williams who producing it.
taken By Miss Barrymore will be
Rose Coghn will have
will be Leonore Harris Dsntha
Patson Sque Williams, Joseph MMnus
Cecil Fletcher.
(In the Easy Char Wednesday the
Ludwig Heller who The Five
this which will
Untrrcher Christian RUBIN
will be Friday Saturday
Das be played Monday
gramme Tuesday "Hoheit Walker
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
FOR OLDTlMERS ONLY
To the Dramatic Editor.

To the Dramatic Editor.
Since Miss Kitty Gordon has acted
Stephanie de Morivahrt in Herman
Charles Meriyale's and Florence
Crawford Groves famous old play
Forge before the picture
camera, it might be of interest 10
playgoers who are getting on" to
know that Miss Genevieve Ward.
Comtesse Lucia GenOveva Teresa de
Guerbel. the first actress OF Steph-
anle. is still with US, and although
she has reached the great age of
eighty-one is featured with Sir George
Alexander in Lewis Napoleon Park
er's 1.-THE Aristoc.st," at the st.
James Theatre in London. Miss
Ward is an American; was born in
New York City. She was the great
est Lady Macbeth of the seventies
and eighties, and has appeared in
Forget Not" 5000 times, acting
IL all over the world.
Miss Rose Coghlan and Miss JEFF
freys Lewis. who also achieved celeb
rity in this play. are about TO give
distinction TO the casts Of two new
plays. Still another. Miss Fanny
Matthias. though nearly as old as
Miss Ward. occasionally comes out OF
retirement to act with stock com
panies in Chicago. T. u.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
MIR. AND MRS. CRAIG

IN A SPEECH on the opening night
of his play at the Garrick Mr.
Sothern called leeting attention to the
career-it has been a collective career
of Mr. and Mrs. John Craig. Mr.. and
Mrs. Craig occupy a unique spot on
the American stage. Ii is not alone
their lengthy service in stock which
has given it TO them, although the ex-
tent of their work in that field is stag
gering. They have been stock favorites
in Boston for fifteen almost unbroken
years, and in that period of time they
have produced hundreds upon hundreds
Of plays. The words and music Of four
teen Shskespearian plays are tucked
away somewhere in their heads.
But it has been as first aids to young
dramatists that the Craigs have per-
formed their greatest service. 1t is
idle to dwell upon the annual award for
the best play that comes out of Har-
ward, for every one interested in the
theatre knows all about it. But it must
be set down, at the risk of repetition,
that it is the Craigs who made the con-
test possible by giving each prize play
a production ard who encouraged the
authors thereof by offering them
strangely equitable contracts. Further
risking repetition, it is impossible not
to mention Common Clay" and "Be-
lieve Me, Xantippe!" in this connection.
Mr.. Craig's assumption Of the man
agerial reins at the Garrick does not
mean that there will be no more Har-
ward prize plays. Early in the present
season Mr.. Craig surrendered his
Castle Square Theatre TO the Inter
national Circuit for time. but he will
return to it next month for a spring
stock season. In the course Of this
season he will produce the newest prize
winner, which is a Japanese play en-
titled "The Ear of the Tiger" written
by Harvarder named Andrews.
simultaneously or Whereabouts a new
piece will follow Stranger Than Fic-
ton" at the Garrick, it being Mr..
Craig's idea to continue his direction
of this theatre the while he gradually
retires from the acting profession.
Next season, if the public shows any
inclination at all to 90 as far out of
the way as Thirty-ffth Street, Mr..
Craig will operate the Garrick in con-
junction with the Castle Square, or
vice versa. At all events, it is his plan
to try out the new plays in Boston and
to bring them to New York if they
show promise. a method of procedure
which probably will irritate Boston i'm
measurably.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Stranger Than Fiction" are techni-
cally adrot, and the scene in which the
doctor is hammered over the head at
the exact spot which he points out as
the area of conscientiousness is
clever and amusing device to bring
about one Of those sudden conversions
which Archer frowns upon. Foreshad-
owing. the obligatory scene, peripetia
and the rest are carefully considered,
but Mr.. Sothern is not faithful to the
dictates of Archer in devising his first
act. Its only unity is of concentration.
LET your first act be clear says
Archer quoting Alexandra Dumas. Mr.
Sothern's act most certainly is not
clear. II is a bad opening act. because
il does not show us clearly who the
characters are. what are their relations
and relationships. and what Is the
nature of the gathering crisis
Thereafter the play frequently holds
attention and stimulates interest by its
rapidly moving story and sudden turns
OF fortune. Plot is UNNECESSARILY SUI
porior to dialogue in Stranger Than
Fiction" The talk of the characters is
never very animated, and some OF the
puns are distressing. Only a snob cuts
every pun he meets, but it is fair to
deny welcome to all palpably forced
PLAYS on words. Thus imagine the shock
TO the audience when one of Mr..
Sothern's characters remarks THAT
man Billings seems amorously inclined
merely to draw the reply, There's no
Billings without cooings."
The play is acted with spirit. Mary
Young is excellent as the heroine, and
John Craig does we'll in a somewhat
thankless part. II. Cooper Clife is
skilful as a smooth villain. Since
Stranger Than Fiction" has certain
appeal to any one who has ever tried
his hand at playmsking, it cannot be
said to have a limited appeal; but of
course. there is a fundamental objec-
tion to plays which frankly put their
technical devices on the table. II is
somewhat like the magician who shows
you how his tricks are done. On the
whole. people would rather be fooled
than enlightened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
VAUDEVILLE

PALACE-Grace La Rue, William Rock
and Frances White, George and
Cuddles, in "A Bandbox Revue; Elsa
Ryan, in "Peg for Short" by Dion
Ttheradge; John b. Hymer, in Tom
Walker in Dixie: Sanity and Norton,
Kitamura Japs, "Patris."
COLONIAL - Elizabeth Brice and
Charles King, Sam and Kitty Nor
ton, The Sweetmest Game" and
Stuart Barnes.
RIVERSIDE Eva Tsnguay, The Clock
Shop" Valerie Bergerc, Hsude
Lambert and Ernest Ball.
ALEXANDRA Emily Ann Wellmsn in
Young Mrs Stanford" Will Oak
land and Bernard and Janis.
ROYAL-Clalk and Bergman, Percy
Haswell in "Heartsesse, and Ray
and Gordon Dooley.
AMERICAN-Jack Wilson. Kitty Flynn,
10000 Leagues Under the Sea"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
IN WIGS AND WINGS
An Idea for d Stranger than Fiction and
William Archer

ever. A Creengrocer is called in and
he talks things over. An ascetic high
church man happens along and he talks
things over The wife of the green
grocer ~ invited and she talks things
over BY and by the fellow and the
girl decide that they'll get married,
anyway. That's the idea. What do you
think of it,
ave haven't doubt that the man
aCer would press a bell for the phone
girl. another for the doorman and two
bells for the Office boys, and then ex-
claim Throw him out!' And yet Mr..
Shaw took an idea not unlike the one
mentioned and turned it into sue
cessful play in Getting Married You
see. Shaw sometimes builds a play
without any arresting central idea, but
he is never at loss for incidental
ideas, and that, after all, is much bet
ter. If your idea can father others 1t
is possible that you have the germ of a
play, but don't trust TO one notion TO
carry you through. Just so long as
Your ideas are single and barren you
had better stick TO dramatic criticism "
This is usually enough to COW the
none too proud spirit of the dramatic
critic. and with a humble ayes, sir,"
he returns TO the arduous labor of try
ing to say something more about
Stranger Than Fiction" at the Garrick
Theatre.
Stranger Than Fiction" is an at
tempt upon the part of f. H. Sothern
to dramatic William Archer's manual
Of craftsmanship called "Play-Making."
Unfortunately. he has also hankering
10 dramatic "Bartlett's Familiar Quo
tations." This always fails. The book
is undramatic because it changes the
subject so often.
The adventure with Archer is much
more happy. The last two acts o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Rv HAYWOOD BROUN

nN III " CDAf
livery now and then the ship ne"
man. or the hotel reporter, or the
,.,5 oHce boy. or the dramatic critic
uv aTre got a great idea for play.
yn,tly neither the plan of the ship
rev, man nor the hotel reporter
srs,us as being more than an idle
,nsuual notion. while the Office boy S
d,.. although original and lofty, is so
FAR abOv, the mental grasp Of an av-
craze sudisnee that we have advised
lin to abandon his project.
The idea Of the dramatic critic is in
deed a good one. as ideas go. 1t is
fresh. vital and fluid. but as we say 10
hin when he talks about 1t: IAN idea Is
only the tiniest fraction of play
Treatment is almost everything. Even
{, bad idea can be cured by treatment
lhe trouble with most Of the play
vnghts is that though many Of them
ave an idea few have ideas. That Is
rueh more important Consider
use drsmatist eludes a telephone
gil, doormsn and two Office boys and
rins entrance into the Office Of man
gH. Taking rapidly and eagerly, the
'iywright addresses the manager
bus:
81 have a great idea for a play. A
I'Gng fellow and a girl are just about
nbe married, when they begin to think
isnOusly concerning the restrictions Of
IL institution. The girl learns that
although her husband behaves in all
.ra Of abominable ways she cannot
t''rce him, while he is terrified TO
i'srsin that any trouble which she
r'7 get into as a militant suffragist
VII cause him serious financial incon-
''nisnee. Therefore, the girl and the
''lov hesitate upon the brink of mat
anony and talk things over. Rela-
Ives are called in and they talk things
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Twelfth Night Matinee

The annual theatrical performance
under the auspices of the Twelfth
Night Club will be given at the Prin-
cess on the forthcoming Friday after
noon With the exception of single
number. the programme will be made
ND of one-act plays. the performers IN
Guiding Laurette Taylor, Gertrude
Kingston. Irene Franklin, Bert Lytell
Percy Ames. Emmett Shsckelford
Fania Msrnof. Laura Burt and Flora
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
AND ELSE WHERE.

teenth Street by putting up two houses
and Of Blocker Street by putting up
three. And so on down TO the Battery,
which would probably require at less,
a dozen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
BROOKLYN DRAMA

MAJESTIC-'A World OF Pleasure
MONTAUK-Chauncey Olcott in THE
Heart Of Paddy Whack.'
TELLER'S BERT-"So Long
Lefty
STAR THE Cherry Blossoms.
GOTHAM Sinners"
ORPHEUM Mcintyre and Heath, Craig
Campbell. Dooley and Rugel, James
J. Morton.
BUSHWICK Chic Sale, plantation
Days" Yvctte.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
THE WEEK STANDS

STANDARD THE Yellow Jacket"
BRONX OPERA HOUSE Captain
Kidd, Jr."
LEXINGTON Thurston.
COLUMBIA Al Reeves and his Beau
~ Show"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Charlotte Comes Home

Charlotte. feature OF last years Hip
podrome entertainment. will return 10
the scene Of her triumphs tomorrow
afternoon. She has been on tour this
season with Hip, Hip! Hooray,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

We are thinking Of asking waivers on
all the other members Of our All
America acting team and retaining only
Fay Banter, for the accomplished
actress Of "The Willow Tree" seems
able TO do everything.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Bv GEORGE $. KAUFMAN

THE latest thing IN the cabarets IS
i the "jazz band" the name of which,
presumably. is a contraction of the well
known jasbo, which requires no intro
duction. The jazz band brings cubstry
into music-it plays on mandolins,
jugs. tin pans and the nerves of the
auditor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Screen fans throughout the country
have flooded the motion picture editors
with letters of advice for Miss Gar
den," announces Goldwyn, land these
have attained such an immense volume
that the newspapers, in forwarding
them to Goldwyn, no longer trusted TO
the United States mails, but sent thes,
letters in great boxes by express" A
newspaper has 10 be extremely careful.
Forty-three thousand miles Of film
were exported from this country last
year. but there is still room for i'm
prOvement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

into music-it plays on mandolins
jugs. tin pans and the nerves Of thu
auditor.
Juvenility IN its most piquant as
poets is represented in the persons
Of Estelle Winwood, Ruth Findlay,
Katherine Alexander, Mile. Marcelle.
Richard Bsrbee, Manart Kippen.
Richard Sterling and Roland Young.
Their charm is undeniable. Youth is
their characteristic. youth with its
virtues and its follies, and the few
spectators of "A Successful Calam-
ity" who cannot find pleasure in
their performances are among those
with whom the almond tree has be-
gun TO flourish. and whose greatest
regret is the lost power both for sue
cess and failure. that belongs only TO
the young. Word from the Booth
Well! Well
II must have been a typographical
slip, however. which prompted the
same Office 10 refer TO Mr.. Gillette''
great success Of earlier years, "Shy
lock Holmes"
Complaints are occasionally received
at this Office that one or two OF the
vaudeville houses are in the habit Of
running the "Patria' film in the
vicinity of the middle Of the pro
gramme, thereby making it necessary
for the patron to view it if he would
witness the remainder Of the entertain
ment.
One way 70 get a laugh in vsude
Vile is TO do things correctly. The
word "terpsichore' is used in the
White Rock act, and there was a tim'
when Mr.. Rock pronounced it TO rhyme
with more" More recently he hat
been stressing the penult. The former
pronunciation, which was wrong
passed unnoticed; the new one, which
is correct, invariably draws laugh.
William Faversham, by some freak Of
fortune, waited until the past weeI
before announcing the imminenee Of I
new theatre to be named after him.
The new theatre 10 be built neal
the Garrick, il Is assumed, is to be put
up for the purpose Of taking care o
the Garrick overflow.
II it is possible TO reestablish Thirty
fifth Street Electrically by building an
other PLAYHOUSE on that avenue, j
should be equally possible to recstab
lish the theatrical popularity Of Thir
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-23
"CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biliouSness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep--never grippe, sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue. Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-23
Concrete Chimney Stack.

A concrete chimney, 300 feet high,
built recently at the plant of a Texas
smelling company, and embodying in
its construction number of new ideas,
is described in the Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The shell, or walls, form
ing a true circle and tapering from
POPS inches thick at the bottom to 5
inches at the top, was built up with
the aid of patent collapsible, or ADJUST
able, steel forms, used in sections.
These made it easier to secure the ex-
act amount of tapering required as the
chimney rose in height, the concrete
being mixed and tamped in the forms.
The upper part of the chimney was
built with a patent top, including a
number of 4inch pipe inlets, regularly
spaced around the stack for the admis-
sion of air from the outside. This re-
suits in arreSting many of the prod
uctS of combustion carried up with
the smoke-which then fall down the
chimney into a hopper provided near
the base.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-23

made It plain that at the first report
the other thief had fled. exposing him.
self only long enough for the old man
70 take quick shot in his direction.
Ricardo had missed, and the miscre-
ant was doubtless well away by this
time. He had ridden sorrel horse,
that wa. all Ricardo could remember.
Law looked only briefly at the grue-
some results of his craftsmanship.
then he turned back TO the body of his
beloved mare. Ricardo Noticed at
length that he was crying; as the
Ranger knelt beside the dead thor
oughbred, the old Mexican whispered
TO his SON:
"valgame Dds! This Is strange
fellow. He weeps like woman. He
must have loved that hose as a man
loves his wife. Who can understand
these gringos?" After time ne APP
preached cautiously and inquired:
What shall we do with this hombre
senior? Pedro has found his horse"
Law reused himself. With his own
hands he gently removed Bessie Bellies
saddle, bride and blanket, then he
gave his orders.
''rll take your horse, Ricardo. and
you take-that fellows. Get a wagon
and move him to Jonesville."
and your
I'm going to follow that man on the
sorrel."
The dead mans saddle was left be-
side the body; then when the ex-
change of mounts had been effected,
and all was ready, Law made a re-
quest that amazed both father and son.
"If I'm not back by morning. want
you to bury my mare" His voice
broke; he turned away his face. BURY
her deep. Ricardo, so-the coyotes
can't dig her up; right where she fell.
I'll be back to see that it's done right.
Understand"
'Bueno l understand perfectly.
She was pretty horse. She was your
bonita, eh? Well, you have a big
heart, senior, as brave man should
have. Everything shall be done as
you wish; / give you my hand on it,"
Ricardo reached down and gripped
Laws palm. 1--WE will name our pas.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-23
CTO BE CONTINUED
Buffalo BiIPs First Indian.

Col. William +. Cody tells in his
book, ''The Adventures of Buffalo
Bill" published by the Harpers, the
story of his first fight with Indians. 1t
was in 1851, when he was only eleven
years old, that he killed an Indian. He
was accompanying some cattle-herders
when they were attacked on the South
Platte river. The Indians stampeded
the cattle, killed three men and then
charged on the rest. A volley stopped
them for the moment and the herders
took refuge in the river, wading be-
hind the bank on their way to Fort
Kearney. Buffalo Bill fell behind and
when he suddenly looked up at the
bank above he saw an Indians head.
He aimed and fired and the next mo-
ment was terrified to see "about six
feet Of dead Indian come tumbling in
to the river" From that time for
ward. he says, Il became a hero and
an Indian-killer."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-03-23
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Few persons can he sick who use
Green's August Flower. IT has been
used for all ailments that are caused
by disordered stomach and inactive
liver, such as sick headache. constipa-
ton, sour stomach. nervous indiges-
ton, fermentation Of food, palpitation
of the heart from gases created In
the stomach, pains in the stomach, and
many other organic disturbances.
August Flower is a gentle laxative,
regulates digestion, both in the stom-
ach and intestines. cleans and sweet
ems the stomach and whole alimentary
canal, and stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Try IT. Two doses will relieve
you. Used for fifty years in every
town and hamlet in the United States
and in all civilized countries.-Adv.