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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23

FAIR AND WARMER"
\ MASTER FARCE

Those Richmonders who j0urnoyed
to the Academy Of Music yesterday to
see Avery Hopwood farce, Fair and
warmer" saw certainly the MASTER
piece OF this type oil play. Though
produced in November 1915, in New
York. the piece has Just found i's way
here, so that many OF our theAter-
eoers have already seen ANA enjoyed
IT. and advised everyone else to see IL
when the opportunity offered. Three
more such opportunities VIII be had
today and tomorrow. and If you are
looking for the best sort OF a good
time. grab one Of them and go.
The plot is conferred in small do
mestic episode, common enough but
affording the author latitude 10 work
out some OF the most ridiculous and
exeruciatirglv funny situations II
seems possible to evolve
II would not DO TO give the whole
plot away, but briefly, Billy Bartlett
a model husband has a wife. Laura
who tires Of his uniformity correct
habits. and fl!rts with an old admirer
going so far as To promise 10 divorce
Billy, who after being told the pleas
ant news that he is to he freed, is loft
TO his despair. while the others leave
here's where the plot thickens.
Billy has friend. Jack Wheeler
whose habits are the reverse of Billy's
and whose wife, niSkpamed "Blanny,"
is also the reverse of Laura. being do
mestic in the extreme. and filled with
childlike innocence. Billy gives away
Jacks habits quito innocently, TO
"Blanny" also his troubles with
Laura. and the two plan revenge on
their recalctrant spouses.
II wouldn't he fair to tell here how
the revenge is accomplished. but this
much can lie told. that of all the
farcial scenes in Twin Beds" over
Night and the many others, these
are all of them combined, and then
some: yet. withal. each situation is
handled with delicacy and ease, with
out once overstepping the bounds of
proprlety. In the last act. which, too,
is very amusing, the. complications
are happily solved. through the testi
mony of a servant girl, and the in
nocence of the two innocents is es-
tablished and Laura and Jack are
cured OF their philandering ways.
Selwyn Co. the producers, need
oner no apology for the company sent
us, which was entirely competent in
every respect. Dorothy Mackaye as
"Blanny' fulfilled the requirements
OF an exceedingly difficult role, acting
the blandly innocent young wife in
most artistic manner Sager Midgley
was cxceedine ely humorous as the wor-
ried husband his playing an ex-
perienced talent undoubtedly due to
MS long years upon the stage.
Harland Tucker was "a robust and
manly Jack. while Percy Benton. as
the friend of the f1irtatious Mrs.
Bartlett. was thoroughly competent.
Miriam Masters, as the pert maid.
Tessle played a small part with much
credit.
II our theatergoers wish to forget
duii care. woe, or war thoughts let
them take Fair and Warmer today
or tomorrow, for the cure will be
sure A. NJ. s.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
NORFOLK WANTS TO SEE
GAS COMPANIES BOOKS

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 22.--Colonel
George Cabell. special counsel for the
cheaper gas committee OF the city
council, has requested the state cor
poration commission to compel the
City Gas company to open its stock
records and minutes to the inspection
of the city. The request Us made so
that the city may secure certain in
formation, which II not disclosed will
handicap il in its contention that the
rates charged gas consumers should
be reduced
The cheaper gas committee held a
meeting yesterday afternoon, Reports
were received from the chairman. the
special counsel. the engineers in
charge OF the physical valuation of
the company's property and from
others. The chairman and the COM
mittee were much pleased with the
rate OF progress and the opinion was
expressed that when tho case Is heard
by the corporation commission a ia
vorable decision will be secured.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
SOUTHERN PL ANS TO
FACILITATE TRAFFIC

Washington. y. c.. Feb. 22.---Move-
ment Of Southern railway trains in
and out of washington Will be IA
cilitated greatly by the extension OF
ten passing tracks between Cameron
Run and Orange. Va. so that each OF
them Will he approximately 5000 feet
long with a capacity of 100 cars
Work this Improvement has Just
been started. southbound passing
tracks at Burke, Manassas, Calverton.
Brandy Buena and Larmond. and
north bound tracks at Manassas.
brandy peeiaEa=ana- I-armnnd- being
extended.
The section Of the Southern rail-
way on which these passing tracks are
located was one of the first pieces to
be double tracked ana the extension
OF these passing tracks will make this
part of the line conform to standards
adopted for double track and line re-
vision work recently completed and
aow under way.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23

Norfolk Va. Feb. 23.~-Lucy VIII
lfams and Ethel Webster. the two
eleven year-old Colonial Place girls,
who started South Monday afternoon
TO live in the open like the Camp
Fire Girls heroines, are again in the
bosoms of their respective families.
After two nights In the woods with
scant rations they were thoroughly
content TO eat or table yesterday.
In their wandering they did not get
very far South, did not reach the
North Carolina line in fact They
were discovered by County Policeman
Ivy as they emerged from clump OF
trees about three miles south Of Ports
mouth early yesterday morning. All
night relatives and friends and coun-
ty officers had secured the country
for them. Their parents enforced a
censorship as far as the newspapers
were concerned yesterday. declaring
the girls had received enough pub
lic!ty over their escapade.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
Whole State Of
Virginia in Brief
ROANOKE MAN BADLY
WOUNDED IN ALLY SERVICE

Roanoke, Va. Feb. ga telegram
received from New York says Mark
Alexander of Roanoke Va. arrived
on the Orduna yesterday. He said
that he had gone abroad as horse
handler shortly after the outbreak Of
the war, and had enlisted with the
British forces. He was detailed to a
bombing squad and sent with the ex-
pcdihonary forces to the Dardanelles,
During charge he was holding a
bomb preparatory to throwing, when
shot from n Turkish rife exploded
1t in his hands. cutting off both arms
above the elbow. and destroying his
right eye. He received a small pen
sion from The British government
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23

and Commonwealth Attorney shack
elford petition the governor to com
mute the sentence 30 one year in the
city Jail. The petition WAS written.
signed and forwarded 10 Governor
Stuart Yesterday.
There was also the further under
standing that at the end Of six months
about two months of which has
already been served pending trial
the Judge and commemorative attor-
ney will recommend TO the governor
that Grubb he pardoued. The accused
was represented by +. Il. Baird. Jr.
The money IVES taken ly Grub
from the stores vault near the end
OF December
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
BRING CHILDREN FROM SYRIA

Bristol, Va. Feb. 22.--Further in
formation OF the Haney children has
been received by their father, Assid
Haney, an Assyrian fruit merchant
here These children, whose mother
died In Syria In recent weeks. and
who have since been alone in that
country, are now Americans by rea-
son of the fact that their father has
for several years been naturalized
citizen here. The federal government
now has the children in charge and
is arranging TO have them brought to
this country.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
DASNIIIlE HAS LARGE
NUMBER OF RTTTIItS DRINKS

Danvilie, Va, Feb. 22.-~Danville
had more DRINKS this morning than
during the entire month of January.
All confessed In court that they be-
came intoxicated on bltters. pro-
prietary medicine containing 25 per
cent alcohol, greatly in demand. Each
man was fined s. and costs.
A local druggist, noticing the vast
sale- OF the medicine, wrote to State
Prohibition Commissioner Peters last
week and asked 81 the medicine could
be sold.
Mr.. Peters replied. telling him that
no law could touch the druggist sell
ing this remedy adding that 1t was
an oversight on the part OF the pro-
hibitionists. which they greatly re-
gretted"
Lemon drunks are also popular
Lemon extract bearing 80 per cent
alcohol Is also running a close second
with the bltters.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
NORFOLK WORKING FOR
ELECTION FOR CHARTER

Norfolk. Va. Feb. 22.--One-half OF
the necessary signatures have been
obtained to the petitions asking the
Judge OF the corporation court TO call
an election 10 decide whether or not
Norfolk IL to change Its charter and.
in event the Affirmative Is declared TO
elect a commission to frame the pro-
posed changes.
This IL the estimate OF workers who
since Tuesday have been engaged in
securing signatures These workers
are eighteen In number and each has
from ten TO forty names attached TO
his petition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
IT'S Now GRANDPA Glass.

Washington. Feb. 22.--Representa :
tive Carter Glass OF Virginia. CO.
author OF the federal reserve act, Is
the latest "granddaddy" member OF
the house. He has received a tele-
gram that son was born yesterday
to Mr.. and. Mrs. Powell Glass. of
Lynchburg The news came to Mr..
Glass shortly after he voted for the
Reed ."bone-dry'' legislation. He
waved the telegram over his head and
exclaimed: THANK God, this Iegisla-
ton will remove from the path of this
boy the temptations for drinking"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
REV. MIR. CHF-NAUIT on
HIGH COST OF LIVING

Rev, Fred r. 'Chenault, pastor Of
Broad Street Methodist church. will
preside at the oyster supper to be
given at the church tonight by the
ladies OF Missionary society. auxiliary
No ]. He wifi make a few remarks
on the high cost OF living. while
oysters and accessories are being serv-
ed by the young ladies of the church
The proceeds" will go to the work
OF the society In It's efforts in the mis-
eionary field. The public Is invited to
break bread with the ladies.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
Suffers Strol,e of paralysis.

Especial TO The Richmond NrsinianD
Wytheville Va. Feb. 22,-curran
T. Sanders. know we'll i'll business
and social circles in Wythcville, sus-
tanned a stroke of paralysis at the
Virginia CLUB. ard a second stroke a.
his home here late yesterday evening
His right side is involved. There il
very little improvement in his con-
dition today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
V. VI, I. On War Department Last.

ESPECIAL 10 The Richmond VirEinian)
washington ID. G, Feb. 22.-In-
fantry. cavalry and artillery units OF
the reserve officers training corps
have been esia blished at the Virginia
Military institute. al Lexington. II
was denounced by the war depart
mp Students finishing the military
courses will be eligible TO appointment
as officers In the United States army
reserves.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23
PLEADS GUILTY TO
THEFT OF MONEY

Norfolk, Va Feb 22.-Charles III.
Gruhb, charged with the grand lar
ceny of sl.6s5 from Grants 25-cent
store on CRANKY street. pleaded guilty
yesterday in the corporation court AMI
accepted the minimum sentence Of
one year In the penitentiary with the
understanding that Judge Hanckel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23

"A Niger in the Woodpile."
reports from the box office of the
Academy indicate from the great
number Of orders already received
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-23

u
nee for children today at 4 p NJ. ora
time Punch and Judy.
Annual Recital Tonight.
The winter annual recital of the
Richmond School Of Expression will
take place In the auditorium of the
Jefferson hotel this evening at $40
o'clock and will be followed by dane
ing until midnight. A large audience
which Will include quite number OF
out of-town guests will be present.
The program. which represents both
professional and Juvenile talent. is as
follows Part Overture. orshestra:
potion science tShakespeare). Mrs r.
NJ. Harris; pantomime, Bring Flow
ers" tHemans). Miss Roma Harris:
reading. Grandma al the Masouer-
ade," Miss Ruth Miles: dialogue THE
Lovers Quarrel. man. Miss Roma
Harris, woman. Miss Champ Grant;
reading, The Cremation OF Sam Nc
Gee" tRobert W Service). Miss VIII
lie Johns: shakespearean burleque:
characters-Juliet. Mrs f. NJ. Har-
rfs: Portia, Mrs. Eula Bailey Crouch;
Ophelia. Mrs. II. G. Whitehead: Lady
Macbeth, Mrs. w. l.. Thurston. Part
u--Variety dance to Hawaiian music.
Misses Ruth Miles. Marie Ebel, Mil
dred Stoltz, Gertrude Ebel and Alma
Ryan: reading. The Shooting of Dan
McGFew'h tRebert w Servicel. Mrs.
Harris. pantomime, Crossing the
Bar" Misses Gertrude Ebel ami Helen
Siinms; quarrel scene from julius
Caesar. Brutus, Mrs. Harris; Cassius.
Miss Miles; reading. The Conscien-
tsous Citrate and the Beauteous Ballet
Girl" tRose). Miss Marie Ebel: SHAFT
tesbury dramatic attitudes. Mrs
Crouch. Mrs. Harris. Miss Johns and
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-03
n & 3 =
Buy advertised goods. Always .
the best. They have reputation =
behind them. You get good n
value for your money. i.
Dr.. j. R. Jackson, Osteopath.

III. j. II. JdChSOu, SSlcOpdtu.
Children's shoes, sizes five to ten,
$1.48. Gillespie & Rogers, Footftters.
Great sale OF hats, $500 and $500 at
Cole Mercantile Co., Friday and Sat.
urday.
L. c. Olson, of the Olson-Graves Co,
was here from Sioux Falls Wednesday
on business matters.
The local Workmen lodge has won
the state banner given by the Grand
Lodge to the lodge making the largest
gain the past year.
Our process will prolong the life Of
your clothes and make them look like
new. Auto delivery. Call 81. The Tog-
gerry, Dry Cleaners.
Brick work was commenced on the
c. E. Poole block Wednesday morning
by the Void Construction Co., which
has the contract for the erection of the
building.
The contractor on the Jarvis block
is putting in the white brick front this
week. When finished this will be one
of the prettiest fronts in this section
of the state.
f. H. Whitmore moved his family
into the Bolles cottage at ST Eleventh
Ave, on Tuesday. Mr.. Whitmore is a
brother-in-law Of Sheridan Selix and
recently moved here from Minnesota.
In a letter to his father Owen Hyde
states that he recently purchased a
fruit farm three miles from Denver,
Colo, and has gone into the fruit and
chicken business. His many friends
here will be pleased to learn that he
is prospecting.
The Kennard boys are paying 1925
rent for a 35-acre tract they rented
from G.. w. Kjolseth. This is nearly
SO per acre, the highest rent ever
paid in this section. These boys are
hustlers, however, and will make the
land pay them well.
Representative Rishoi is back from
a trip through southern Texas where
he had been on business. In Kansas
Mr.. Rishoi saw much oats heading
out and looking fine. The winter
wheat was damaged by drowth and a
great deal of it is being plowed up and
some other crop will be grown.
Romeo and Juliet" at the Pleasant
Hour Saturday is the first picture Sc
lected by the Woman's Club of Brook
ings in their campaign for better films.
II is a sumptuous eight-reel production
of Shakespeare's immortal love story
and presents in the title roles two OF
the greatest stars CT the screen,
Francis X. Bushman and Miss Beverly
Bayne.
In a talk with A. NJ. Void this week
he stated to the Register hat building
operations are pretty badly demorallz'
ed on account of war. Material snip
ments are uncertain, and it will be
hard to get and kees good
because of the unrest over enlistments'
He is hoping. however. to keep his
contract work moving and finish all
on time.
Notwithstanding the fact that prices
have gone up by leaps and bounds, and
that my present barber shop has gone
up and we by jumps and jerks, and
that the new one is going up brick oy
brick and a great deal higher, the
prices will remain the same. bought
a years supply of BARRIERS soap months
ago and we can lather and shave every
face in South Dakota at the same old
price. l5c per. II you win bring them in
Poole. the Barber.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-03

j. F. Haxton was down from Airing
ton Friday on base ball matters.
Judge j. p. Alexander left Tuesday
morning for Pierre on legal business.
Ralph Horton. of the Volga Tribune,
was in the city Friday en- business mat
tiers.
Philo Hall arrived home Thursday
from a professional trip to Minneap-
oils.
w. A. Pittenger left Thursday for
Minot, N. D., to look after land mat
tiers.
Miss Dora Lynch spent part of last
week with her brother Arthur at Red
field.
Miss Mabel Tyson is home from
Mitchell where she spent a day or two
last week.
Mrs. G. M. Thune. OF Toronto. spent
a few days last week visiting her sister
in this city.
Miss Della Gullick entertained Miss
Minnie Omodt. Of Sioux Falls. a few
days last week.
States Attorney Wallace e. Purdy
spent the last Of the week in Water.
town on legal matters.
F. c. Austin returned the last Of the
week from Aberdeen where he had
been on legal business.
Mrs. o. A. Brictson returned Friday
morning from Omaha where she spent
several days with Mr.. Brictson.
Call 81 and our car will call. All
kinds Of dry cleaning and tailoring.
The Toggery. Dry Cleaners.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Anderson. of
Toronto, have become residents Of
Brookings. They moved over last
week.
DR.. A. A. Harris left Thursday for
Sioux Falls to attend the state con-
vention Of dentists held there last
week.
John Culhane Jr. spent several days
last week at Harold and other points
in the interest of the Culhane Adjust
ment Co.
Geo. w. Cobel returned Friday morn
ing from Watertown where he had
been on business for the First Ma
tional Bank.
Ray Heymer spent several days last
week at Lake NOrden wiring some new
residences for electric lighting. He
returned Saturday.
c. o. Trygstad returned Friday from
Redfeld and other points in the north
ern part of the state where he spent
several days on legal business.
Next Monday evening the new
mayor and city council will be sworn
in and will assume the duties of pilot
ing the city affairs along for the next
two years.
The public schools will close for the
year within this month. This is re-
ported to be one of the most success
lul SCuOOl ycdIS III lHc hlSlOl VI ti'
city schools.
"Fanny's First Play will be given at
the college auditorium Saturday even-
ing by the Miltonian Literary Society.
See Laura Wood as Fanny. Admission
Csc.
The new Jarvis block is fast nearing
completion and Mr.. Jarvis expects to
move into it with his hardware stock
next week. The weather held the
work back some and defeated his plan
to To- May LIST.
Attorney John Alexander returned
Friday morning from Minneapolis,
where he had been on legal matters.
He was accompanied home by his wife
who spent the past six weeks there
visiting relatives and friends.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-03

J w. Lenocker, Of Bushnell. was in
the city Tuesday on his way home
o Los Angeles, Calf, where he
spent the winter.
Mrs. /. NJ. Hargett left Tuesday
morning for Aberdeen TO attend the
state Sunday School convtntion being
held there this week.
Mrs. l.. c. Waltz and little daughter
returned Wednesday morning from
Bruce where she spent two or three
weeks visiting her parents.
Judge John T. Medin, Of Sioux Falls.
was in the city yesterday looking after
matters in the probate court in con
nection with the Oliver Nelson estate.
John Jesme and family, who have
been spending the winter at Long
Beach, CAL, returned home the Hrst
OF the week. They report a very pleas.
ant time.
Deputy State Inspector Lampe has
been here this week checking the books
OF the city treasurer and auditor pre-
paratory to the new of1cers taking
charge Of city affairs.
A beneft in the way Of a nne must
Gale will be given next Monday even.
ing at the Pleasant Hour for the MEM
bers Of Company c. 1t is a worthy
thing and 1t Is hoped that q large
crowd will be present.
Company c has mustered in enough
OF new recruits to bring the company
up to 80 members and the enlisting
of1cers hope to enroll enough in the
next ten days to bring the strength of
the company up to $50 men.
Corn testing is the order OF the day
with all who are figuring on planting
large fields Of corn. On account Of
prospective high prices next fall good
seed should be used. No farmer a
afford to use a poor or weak seed. 1t
will pay to test every ear and set aside
any INA UOeS not test nlSn.
See Joy Morton as Margaret" Kitty
Cannon as Darling Dora" Robt. Hem
mingway as Bobby" and Hubert
Mathews as Monsieur Duvollet," all Of
whom have served their sentence in
jail for disorderly conduct, in "Fanny's
First Play" at the college Saturday
evening at SIS. Admission only %
cents.
All those interested in seeing that
the children of BrOokings are provid-
ed with a play supervisor this summer,
are asked by the Child Conservation
League. to be present at 8 O'Clock on
Wednesday evening, at the junior high
school, to hear Messrs. Roberts, Bates,
Culhane, Cook, Knappen, Mathews
and others present the matter.
Among the young men here who
have taken examination for the army
under Capt. Matson are the following:
Earl II. Erb, J. r. Fridley, G. II. Hyde,
Oscar X. Walkor, Arthur S. Mitchell,
Thos. J. Coughlin, Guy w. Austin. ..
w. Hanson, c. Z. Gaylord, Philo Mix,
II. II. Pickett, Ivan l.. Cobel, c. II.
Karlstad, Orvis j. Peterson, Dell Craw-
ford, Evert E. Onstine, l.. L. Bennett,
Earl F. MINER, Homer A. Mathiesen
and Leo j. Stevens. These men will,
if accepted, be called to Fort Smelling,
Minneapolis. between May 9Th and
18th to undergo training and will be-
come officers in the 500, 900 army after
three months. Wilfred Natesta, John
Sponsler, Ward Spatz and Robert Hem
mingway will join the navy. II. Han
son and Lloyd Hyde will also go to
Fort Smelling as they are old reserve
officers. There are probably others
who may get in before the end Of the