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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
NetU Firm to Make
Spectacular Production

new firm of independent theatrical
producing managers, composed of
Wendell Phillips Dodge, of David
Belasco's executive staff, Just resigned,
and Willy Pogany, the artist and de-
signer of stage scenery and costumes.
has been formed. Their first produc-
ton, which will be made here in o.
tober, is to be a drama in three acts
and nine scenes, entitled Esther" by
Baroness Leonie de Souiny. With it's
spectacular features, elaborate Oriental
ballets, unusual opportunities for strik-
ing scenic effects and colorful cos
tunes, Esther" will be a large and
costly production.
Wendell Phillips Dodge, who has re-
signed his position AS general press
representative for David Belasco, was
formerly editor of THE American
Strand Magazine" and Of "Thc Wide
World Magazine" He also was the
dramatic editor and critic of "The New
VI iSSo, SluCe dDSOrDeQ with he
New York Sun" by Frank A. Munsev.
Willy Pogany, who has been init
mately associated with the new scenic
art and who is we'll known in the
theatrical world, studied art in Munich
and Paris. Among his notable and
artistic stage successes have been H..
! scenery and costumes designed for Max
Relnhardt's "Sumurun," James n.
Hackett's production of "The Merry
Wives of Windsor,' in this instance
IN association with Joseph Urban, al d
for Raymond Hitchcocks origina.
"Hitchie-Koo" productions; "Le Goa
dor" Tor the Metropolitan Opera
House, for which he has completed
the designs of the scenery and cos
tunes for two operas to be given this
coming season.
Following the production of ESTHER"
Dodge and Pogany will produce sew
eral comedies and some recent Euro
pean musical successes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
The Littlest of
Little Theatres
To Omen Soon

New York is to have a Marionette
Theatre once more for the first time
since the regular theatre in the Ital-
ian quarter shut up for lack of patron
age. The unprctentious little puppet
show given in a tumbledown doorway
has been dignified by changing fash
ion to the rank of an art Theatre"
The new Marionette Theatre, under
the direction Of Reno Bufano, will give
performances each Friday and Satur-
day evening, beginning August 8, in
the courtyard of the New York Poetry
Bookshop, 40 West Eighth Street, and
Will give outdoor performances until
the weather forces it to seek other
quarters. Admission will be to men,
bers only, membership and tickets cost
ing 80 cents. 1t declares it's purposes
as follows:
THE Marionette Theatre believes
that there are plays which can find
their proper medium only in presen-
tatlon by means of puppets. For in
stance, fairy plays. Once in while
play like Peter Pan finds it's way to
the stage; but such plays, as w. B.
Yeats says, deal not with real fairies.
but human beings endowed for the
purposes of the tale with supe rhuman
powers. Nor is the fairy tale the only
phase of theatre art which is being
sadly neglected by the human being
theatre. For live actors have their
limitations, just as puppets have theirs.
The one naturally deals with the real,
the human, the natural-the other with
the unreal, the fantastic, the grotesque.
Neither is sufficient unto itself. Each
has its peculiar charm.
"The Marionette Theatre. then, en-
tiers the lists on behalf Of the puppet.
not because it believes that plays
should be acted only by puppets, but
because it knows that all plays should
not be acted by human beings. Both
have their fascination, but the land Of
puppetry is almost entirely an undis-
covered and undeveloped one"
The first bill consists of two plays:
1.-THE Doctor in Spite of Itself" a farce
in three acts by Moliere, and "The
Three Men of Gotham" by Gordon
Craig, play in one act especially
written for marionettes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Yiddish Art Theatre
To Reopen Garden

General Manager Samuel S. Gross
man CT the Jewish Art Theatre, the new
Yiddish playhouse, which will be To-
Gated at the Garden Theatre, Madison
Square Garden, announces that he has
entered into negotiations with Israel
Zengwlll and other noted European
writer's with a view to producing their
plays III Yiddish
He also announces that with the re-
turn OF Mr.. Emanuel Reicher re-
hearsals OF 'the following three plays
have commenced: The Deserted Inn,
by Peretz Hirschbein; The Dnmb
Messiah BY David PinsAy, and The
Beaver Coat" by Gerhard Hauptmann.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Tall4lah Bankhead
In ''39 EAST

In order to permit Miss Constance
Binney to take a vacation, Miss Tai
lulah nankhead, daughter of Congress
man Bankhead of Alabama, and grand
daughter of Senator Bankhead from
the same state, will assume the leading
feminine role in "39 East" at Maxine
Elliott's Theatre, Monday evening.
playing there Cor a week or so. Miss
Bankhead is a newcomer TO the stage.
and is only seventeen years of age. 1t
will be recalled that Miss Binney had
never been seen in a speaking part un-
til she appeared in "39 East"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Table Silver
Half Dozens

c:te =. Spoons. half dozen. regularly
Tea Spoons Chocolate Spoons. oyster
Forks and Bouillon Spoons half doz
regularly $50 to sil.s0..... $685.
Tea Spoons and Oyster Forks half
doz.. regularly $1,000 to $751; $40
Tea Spoons, Ice Cream Forks. Ice
Cream Spoons. Butter Spreaders. half
doz-, regularly St3.25 to $500 $40
Butter Spreaders, Dessert Knives. Fruit
knives and Orange Knives: half doz.
regularly $3.50 to s20.50 1895
Individual Salad Forks; half dozen.
regularly $1,000 Sl0.65
Tea Spoons Fish Forks. Medium Table
Knives: half dozen, regularly sls.75
- 3.soO ..,................. S11.3G
Dessert Spoons and Soup Spoons: half
dozen; regularly s22 rs. ..... $3.50
Dessert Spoons and Dessert Forks: halt
dozen, regularly $3.50. ..... 1880
Table Spoons and Medium Forks. MALI
dozen, regularly s2S. 90. .,... $3.50
Medium Forks. half dozen. regularly
*of'oo ...'.... $22.50
Prices include the usual auoecane
to send any Of the Silcersyare c. O.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Separate Serving
Pieces

Salt Spoons. Individual Berry Forks.
regularly CSC. TO sl65; each.
SIC. 58c.. SOC.
Bonbon spoons. Mustard spoons. Food
Pushers. regularly $3.50 70 sass
each .--...-.... ....--..-...- $1.34
Iced Tea spoons. Orange spoons. Sugar
spoons Grapefruit spoons Ch.idr-n's
Forks Mayonnaise Ladies' regularly
1926 20 $3.50; each. SLIGO
Sugar longs Cream Ladies'. Butter
Knives. Sardne Forks Lettuce
Forks Cold Meat Forks Olive Forks
and Olive Spoons. regularly $3.50 =
800 each ......-........-.--... sos
Gravy Ladies'. Cake Servers, Pie Serv-
ers. Cucumber Servers. Bread knives
Two piece Steak Sets. regularly s575
TO >f-ov' each -.......... $345
Tomato s,@rvers Preserve Spoons. Salad
spoons and Salad Forks, regularly
sa.@S to 1925 each ........... s4.6j
Large Cold Meat Forks and Berr.
spoons. regularly 1880 10 sllsD
Large Fish kniyea regularly .l7.oe
etch .........- 81 40
Oyster Ladies and Thr~e. Piece Carv,r,.
Sets regularly $500 eaah xle.9e
for engraving. Ne shall be una6ls
subway coor Central Butls,ng
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
The Funniest Men That Euer Liued Intimate Sketches Worlds Humorsts
 Their FOiesand Their Fobes.
Their Eccentrici-

! cords 1t in book brought out by Fields own publishers, the Scribners; yet TO- sret the lack of documentary evidence to gene played on James Whitcomb Riley.
 believe it, though, and it was this: Field announced Riley's engagement to
 Mes. Lydia r.. Pinkham Riley denied it.
 Field stood firm. Riley can deny it all
 he likes, said he Its so, and know 1t if he doesn't"
 Are Mrs. Hemans poems remembered in these days-devotional verses, hymns and that sort of thing? One afternoon Field dropped in at Chicago bookstore and, in the presence of a group of ladies, solemniy demanded "an unexpurgated edition of Mrs. Hemans'' At all events the world has not forgotten Oscar Wilde's visit to America or the outIandish rig he vore-knee brooches. velveteen coat | floppy-loppy uecktie, sunflower, and the rest Field happened to be in Denver wren Wilde was expected there. What chance. In a 'velveteen coat, knee breech- l es, and floppy -loppv necktie and hold l ing an immense sunflower in his hand Eugene Field rode through the streets or Denver in an open carriage.
 I doubt if Wilde liked this, but Francis Wilson says the victims of Fields jokes generally bore up under them with com mendable cheerfulness. and taking Bob l Beattie as sample, I suppose they did | Field cost him lot-n money as well | as patience-and if you suspect there is a story coming you are not far wrong. l Beattie had arranged tour of Colorado and rashy told Eugene his plans, itin- , erary and all, whereupon Field prepared Ia circular letter in which he described his journalistic associate as a million aire. The letter ran somewhat like this l or a specimen did:
 l "Whaley and Darcy, real estate agents, l Pueblo, Col. gf Dear Sirs:-I take great pleasure in vcuehing for the financial standing of 1 Robert Burns Beattie of Chicago who will arrive in your city before long and intends to invest heavily in Colorado real estate. He is a man of large wealth and unimpeachable integrity. I trust that l you will take pains to call upon him at | the Pueblo house and make, it easy for l him to acquire extensive properties in l your city or it's environs. You will find | him approachable, liberal and anxious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

There is herein a plantive ditty For E. c. Stedman, New York city; In Broadway, 66, fourth story, most poets at drinking. You remember that wondrous rhyme of his about "ihe Large. Cold Bottle and the Small Hot Bird In an agony of remorse he groaned:
 "Oh. what a head I had on me when I
 awoke next day,
 And what a firm conviction of intestin-
 al decay! What seas of mineral water and of
 bromide I applied
 To quench those fierce volcanic fires
 that rioted inside!
 And, oh. the thousand solemn, awful
 vows l plighted then, Never to tax my system with a small
 hot bird again"
 Forgive him.. Poor Eugene was in much the same fix as the old rhymes ter who wrote.,'
 You'lt find the same, in all his glory So take this packet to this Stedman, l, Or, by St. Hoeus! you're dead man. And imagine the sensations of Flu gems friend Shacketon when there ar- rived a song, music and all, with Con
 
 Opus MDLxIII," while the words of tho song ran thus:
 EVENING HYMN 'Oh, Shackelford, if you would see
 Your own true friend survive, By this same small boy send to me necessary five A-mon.
 Needless to add, the whole thing was ra r h1rb ;aII that sort of fooling. He would write spend hours decorating the margins witb funny pictures. The longer it took to work out a joke the better he liked it.
 One morning Peattie saw quite . crowd outside the office laughing at series of gigantic footprints chalk ed or the sidewalk and then chalked a: if going in at the door and across the hall. and, with the same careful, ar tistic workmanship, continuing up the stairs all the way to Peatties sane | tum Field must have risen at .tha ! morning to put the job through but il | was worth it. A thousand Chicagoaui roared. Hundreds followed the gi- gantic footsteps up the stairs. When Peattie reached his den he found Il | crowded with strangers. all hilarious l A regular kid was Eugene. His prettiest poems-in fact, his only rea poenls-were for or about children. And he could write astonishing things tal went like this: See the piano. What q nice, big, smooth, black, shiny plact | for little folks to draw pictures with a 1 tack. However, he sometimes joke 1 his children in style neither they noI anybody else except Field himself could
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

office boy has returned from lunch" Each time the dispatch bore Fields sig nature, and it is wonder that Beattie reached home.
 They think a pile of Eugene Field in Chicago, and yet the Field museum is not named for Eugene. Too bad! I should like to see museum as large or larger nicely filled with mementos of that charm- ing geniuS-the overalls, say, and the states prison trousers, and the yard or so of sheet iron, and the innumerable q1eer things he loved to collect Not only the bottles, though probably no such array of queer bottles has been seen where. I should want especially to have the museum display his collection of sheet music, and I should want par ticular prominence given to a song he
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man on any paper by looking for the glummest, doefullest individual around the place, but it was not so with Eugene. He was always in gay spirits, cracking jokes by the dozen. and cutting the most original capers. One day an office crony said: Gene, I'm sick and tired of those pants you wear They give me a pain. Get new pair, won't you?" Field said he would if his friend would pay for them, and the friend agreed to on con dition that Field would wear any pants selected for him. Field bit. He was never afraid to bite. So his friend stepped out. visited theatrical costumer and came back with a pair of states prison trousers for Eugene.
 Nothing could have tickled Field more. He put them on, wore them in the of flee the rest of the day, and when it coat that covered the upper half of his toggery, and started out with the states prison trousers showing magnficently. Bob Peattie, who has told me of this, went along.
 FIELDS FUN IN PRISON CARE
 On their stroll up the North Side, Field had the lark of a lifetime He would see a couple of ladies ahead and as they overlook and passed them, say in. thun- derous tones to Peattie: Its a blazing shame, the way they treated us convicts at Joliet. It ain't right. It hardens a man. I'm worse now snan when l went in" The ladies nearly tainted. And when Field and Peattie reached a corner where their paths diverged, a lot of peo- pie were waiting for a car. To their amazement they heard the man in the states prison trousers shout at Peattie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
to make purchases with minimum of de- lay Very truly yours

to make purchases with minimum of de- lay Very truly yours,
 EUGENE FIELD
 All the real estate sharks along Beat ties line of march received letters or that sort. Wherever he put up there was a rapacious mob of them on hand. They waylaid him, besieged him, tagged him about, bounded him day and night and all, but left him for dead. His progress through Colorado was a series of pitch ed battles. Escaping at last, he turned komeward, and then began the teie- grams Telegrams "collect," mind you, with enormous charges each time. And such telegrams! For example:
 "Our handsome stenograph is en- gagged. Ain't it dreadful?" Or this: "Our conscientious janitor is on duty toF day as usual" Or even: "Our gifted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

! appreciate. One night he came home
 and woke them up and told them there
 was five pound box of candy down stairs. Naturally they made for that candy by way of the -bansters. As no
 such fiye-pound box of candy was there,
 Field rocked with delight at their dis comfiture. A little course grained, was
 he? I am afraid so-at >leasT tri spots.
 Several spots. I cdnfess. The other evening l dined with old friends of his and one of them, a lady. remarked:
 Eugene Field could spit tobacco julce
 further and straighter than any other poet. | We seen him. And l gather from
 jinsles he wrote that he could outdo "l cannot eat But little meat,
 My stomach is not good. 1 But l do think
 ! That l can drink sx With any that wear the hood" Cursed with ahominable dyspepsia,
 Field suffered well nigh continual tor
 ments, and it is barely possible that for
 once he had at least plausible argu-
 ment on his side when he said,
 The doctor seemed to. doubt that birds 1 {, could worry people so.
 But, bless him, since T ate the bird, I guess l ought to know
 l The most amazing thing about Field. 1 I think, was hiss victory, over the blues
 tlat must have been hanging around. i all the while, ready to swoops dowh upon
 him at any momentd pyspeptics are not noted for jollity. as a rule. Field was | Also for the most whimsical inspirations.
 Year ago. when the English still thought Americans pretty savage Eugene was presented to Mrs. Humphrey Ward in London. To put him entirely at his ease. she expressed desire to hear something I about our manners and customs. Field rose to the opportunity with all his char acteristic good nature. Madam" said l he, 'I will be entirely frank. When I Twas first caught | was up a tree" This must really have happened-I mean the remark-for Francis Wilson re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

"Good-zy. old pal! I've gotta go over on the West Side and crack a safe"
 You see the style of joker Field was, Long before he became famous for his writings he once got wheedled into in- troducing Carl Sehurz to an audience juSk why it is hard to see, for the audi ence was not acquainted with. Field. However, he made tremendous impress sion. Putting on an air of huge pom posity and adopting German accent, he said: "Laties and chentlemuns I haf such a sefere colt dot I cannot make a speedge tonight but 1 haf de great pleasure of to indrotooce to you my brilliant young chournalistic companion. MT. Euchene Field, who will speag in my place.
 HIS JOKE FOR THE MAIL CLERKS
 These whopping, hulking, appalling pranks were Eugene all over, but he had . liking also for more delctate fun, and would work at it with phenomenal pa tience. Imagine the surprise of postal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

dearly loved-an exquisite ditty entitled Never Kick Your Mother When She's Down."
 Copyright, 1919. by the Bell Syndicate.
 Incorporated.l The next subject will be Finley Peter Dunne ("Mr. Dooley.')
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18

The clock of Beauvais cathedral is said to be composed of 92.0oO separate pieces. One sees on the 52 dial plates the hour, the day, the week and the month; the rising and setting of the> sun, phases ol the moon, the tides. the time in the prin- cipaI capitals of the world, together with a series of terrestrial and astronomical evolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-18
By RoLLIN LYNDE HARTTs NO. 2-EUGENE FIELD

IICAGO remembers Flu gene Field as a jovial, {, big-yoiced poet in overails. with his feet on a newspaper desk and a corncob pipe in his mouth. while above dangled a yard or so of sheet iron. When ever the fellows in the office bothered him by talking loudly, he would reach up, jostle the sheet iron. and let loose a great roar of stage thunder.
 They say you can nick out the funny
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24
Tour Of Oregon Jersey
Cattle Breeders Ended

The jubilee of the Oregon Jersey cat
tic breeders came to close yesterday
when the celebration reached the farm
of Piekard Bros. at Marion. As 6 fit
ting climax to the tour Of the valley be-
ginning Tuesday, ,-the owners Of pure
bred Jersey stock met at the Piekard
farm to visit the most famous cow in
the world, "Viva la France" with a
record of l03l.64 pounds of butter in
one year.
And along with the breeders of pure
Jersey cattle there met about 500 people
from all parts of the valley to honor
the men who did so much in making the
valley the center of the Jersey cattle
interests Of the county.
W. NJ. Ladd of Portland, who accom-
panied the club in its tour of the val-
ley, presented Piekard Bros. with a mag
nificent silver cup given by the Oregon
Jersey Cattle club.
A special tribute was paid to ,-yfd
a I'd Eliza Pickard. Even without & silo
and other advantages for producing the
best results, they had presented to tho
world a champion butter producer. Mr..
Pickard said that with better facilities
he thought the COW could produce 1900
pounds of butter fat year.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24

U. @. Boyer, county clerk, is stuff
ingn ballot boxes today. This means
that he is getting out the 7S ballot box
cs for the 7S voting precincts in the
county and is filling each with ofticial
and sample ballots, each precinct with
a different ballot number showing
whore the ballots were cast. Also all
pens and ink, poll books and everything
in order that when the polls open up a
week from next Tuesday morning, those
on duty will find everything in ship
shape and ready for the voters to come
along and vote.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24

Now that the annual encampment Of
the Odd Fellows and Rcbekahs in Salem
is over, the weather man, having treat
ed the delegates right, is promising
some stormy weather. The prediction
for this part Of the state is for rain,
although the barometer at State and
Liberty streets is still pointing towards
fair weather While Salem was enjoy
ing a touch of summer with maximum
of 70 the other day, IL was 90 at Bose,
30 at Medford, 90 at Yakima and S6 at
Kelispell, Montana.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24
The Merchant Marine has plenty q

The Merchant Marine has plenty q
good things to offer men between thR
ages of II and 35 years. The recruit
ing office in the United States National
bank in charge of Earl NJ. BrOekett,
will accept men with no previous expert
eree. After six weeks of training the
marine goes on the salary list at a min
imum of sos a month and a maximum of
a monthly salary of $40. Enlistments
NAV be made at the Rexall drug store,
where there win be an exhibit next
week made by the Merchant Marine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24

II has now been definitely decided Ds
the directors Of the Y. M. 9, A. to con.
duet scven-day campaign--from June
9 10 June gAthroughout the county for
the purpose Of securing funds for the
extension Of the work TO rural carriers.
This campaign win be in charge "a
Hcnrv Richter. who served IS tempo
rary secretary for the association in the
carly part of the year, and the aim will
be to raise from $1,000 90 $4,000 70 main
tain form Of Y. NC. A. headquarters
IN all the larger towns Of the county
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24

The funeral services Of Elmer W.
Miller will be held at $3.50 clock Sun
day morning at the Webb 4 Clough
parlors instead of l0:S0 O'Clock as
originally announced. Burial will be
in the City View cemetery. Mr.. Millers
death was due to an injury he received
ON me leg just below the knee when
struck by hammer while he was re-
pairing his automobile. 1t developed
into erysipelas, resulting in his sudden
death two days after he had been in
iured.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24

4 May &c Monday, Ladies' =
\ Night at Elks lodge. !
= May 2s-Graduation Recital !
r willamette School Of Music. !
= May 31-Coneert by Univer- :
X sity Girls Glee Club. !
4 June 2--Graduation Recital !
i Willamette School Of Music. !
\ June 2-Monday-Good x road
X rally in Salem. !
4 June Especial state slee- !
+ tion.
Z June 4-High School senior
+ class play, "The Fortune Hunt
+ er.''
+ June e. Apollo Concert, :
4 Opera House.
4 June Observation-Disclosures !
4 al pageant Willamette univer- !
4 sity campus. 4
+ june 16-sehoOl election, one 4
4 director. !
+ + + ~ + y \ 4 i \ + = :
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24
nARn OF THANKS

We wish 70 thank the many friends
for their kindness and sympathy also
the beautiful flowers sent during our
recent bereavement in the loss of our
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. II. \. Brink, Mrs.
Euniee Smith, NJ. Jerome Brink, En-
met Z. Brink.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24
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< = = 4 = x 4 y & 4 4 4 x

WINELAND-At the home of her SON
in-law, Charles J. Lysle on South
18th street, May %, 1919, Mrs. @.
w, Wineland, at the age of SO years.
She is survived by her husband, two
daughters and three sons.
The funeral services win be held
Monday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock.
from the Rigdon chapel and will bo
conducted by the Rev R. n. Avison.
Burial win be in the City View Gene
terry,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-05-24

Burl R. Oliver, of the 77th Division
has arrived home. He went over seas
in August 1918, went to the front line
in September and was in the Argonno
offensive until put out Of action by
being wounded. He was in Base Hos
pital No. II for two months.