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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
Present-Day Drama

Brander Matthews. who has for years made the stage and all connected with it one of the first interests of his life has in the Century Magazine an article on The Old Stock Companies" in which he calls attention to the great advance of the theatre in recent years.
 Today" he says, "the drama is flourishing in English as it has nos flour. shed in at least two eentries On both s,yles pf the Atlantic there are new dramatists of varied ability who have mastered the mys- tery of playmaking and who are set ting before us on the stage the life Of our own time. ingeniously inventively and on occasions imaginatively. No longer do British and American man agers pick up the crumbs that fail from the tables of the Frepch: they can set forth a bounteous feast with out being forced to import canned meats from foreign parts. Probably very few even of those who take q keen interest in the things Of the theatre are awake to the really re- markable dramatic achievement of the three decades from 1890 to 1920. Prof William Lyon Phelps has been efn- boldened to the assertion that during this per od taere have been more good plays written in the English 1an- guage than during any. other success sion of 80 years since the death of Shakespeare in 1616'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

 We have nothing to do with the action We have nothing to do with the plot,
 FIRST CHORUS GIRL If one of you ginks in the audience thinks That we're here for our voices
 CHORUS We're not!
 SECOND CHORUS GIRL We partly are here for our costumes
 THIRD CHORUS GIRL As we'll as our beauty, you know,
 FIRST CHORUS GIRL But we've got to be nere if we were not we'd queer
 CHORUS This kind of q musical show Enter Mercutio;
 MERCUTIo They look to me for the comedy stuff To make the piece a go, So I'll pull this line For 10 quarts of wine, How much does Romy over But before he settles the check for hoooh. It will still be a bigger debt. For he'll have to pay when he goes away For everything July ct. Enter Gapulet
 cAPULET Can the rough stuff Merky. 1 know that you're pal Of the fair-haired guy with the dars brown eye Y That tried to steal me gal (Stabs Mercuto)
 MERCUTIO So many a bright and witty gag I've had to interpolate, That 1 know the piece is bound to drag When they rub me off the slate. You folks will see when I am through That me exit had to be For even the author always knew
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

He could never keep up with mo. (Dies) Scene two-(Juliet on Balcapy:
 JULIET Oh. Nursie dear please call the guar And quickly light torch, I sec a burglar in the yard Who's going to climb the porch.
 ROMEO (t'rom the garden) Dear Juliet. you don't thing I'm New York crook, I hope; don't consider 1t crime To ask you to elope.
 JULIET What would my mother say, If her dear little Juliet Were ever to run away With 8 man she had never met.
 ROMEO As soon as we are wed. Although therell be a ruction, If 1 am not killed dead I Il get an introduction.
 JULIET AND ROMEO We'll fly away together love, Like birdings to their roost, And when we roam to our happy home, We'll be properly introduced. (Enter CapuleD
 JULIET see a sight that makes me sad Too bad Too bad! My dad is mad
 ROMEO Dear sir. think you oughter Step through that gate and go. ve come to wed your daughter And you are quite de trop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
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country as intimately as a guide; he loves 1t all with an enthusiasm that is contagious. There is something of the flavor of Lorna Doone" in this story with great vistas of magnificent scenery. Mae of Placid" is as nvigorating as a breeze from the snowfed lakes on hot. stuffy day. The publishers recommend t with the utmost eonfidenee
 Mir. Longstreth was once teacher who wandered about the unspoiled places of the earth in vacation periods. One summer he tramped through the Adiron- daeks territory; and though he had done the Rockies and other regions distant from his Atlantic seaboard school, the Adirondacks appealed to him more pow erfully than any other place he had seen Now he lives there summer and winter his headquarters being at Lake Placid.
 HTS A GOOD OLD woRLDs
 By Bruce Barton The Century Com pany, Publishers, New York City.
 "Its Good Old World'' and Bruce Barton does the reader a god turn in making him feel that it is. This is q book of wholesome stimulation, of helpful common sense of Illuminating sidelights on life as 1t is lived and must be lived
 MT. Barton has won following of lHOuSdnuS or TedueTS to whom ne speaks in inspiring editorials on the everyday things that are so impor- tant to you and me and the family around the corner. They are everyday things, and because they are they seem to him tremendously important -and so they are. He writes with an irresistible eloquenee. with warn spirit of comradeship that help the reader to feel his own kinship with you and me and that family arcund the corner.
 THE MYSTERY OF THE SEA LARK By Ralph Henry Barbour and H. P.
 Holt The Century Company, Publish
 CTS New York City
 The Mystery of the Sea Lark con cerns the efforts of young Jack Holden to help his father who has been forced to sell his home and become book keeper in order to repay his suspicious partner, simon Barker a sum of money that had been stolen from him during a storm. Jack secures possession of a dismantled sloop, the sea Lark" and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
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 By T. Morris Longstreth The Century Company, Publishers, New York City. Mae of Placid" is thrilling love story set amid the snows and pine forests of the Adirondacks mountain country The action takes place at a time when the Adirondacks region was settled almost entirely by loggers, hunters and trap pers, a few farmers and a handful or men and women seeking relief in it's pure air from the great white plague. It is as full of action color and vigor as the most robust western noval but it has in addition a richness and variety of appeal that few novels of the last 10 years have offered.
 One of the characters is Robert Louis Stevenson, who spent some time, it will be remembered, at Saranac Lake. lie appears in this novel in his gayest, most playful, most amiable mood, and on the side of the hero, scheming and fighting against an amazingly resourceful villain for a mountain girl worth all the elab- arate campaign waged by Mac and R. L.. $. to win her.
 MT. Longstreth knows the Adirondaeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
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 The very first dose opens clogged nostrils and the air passages of the head; stops nose running; relieves the headache, dullness, feverishness.
 "Papes Gold Compound" acts quick. sure, and costs only a few cents at drug stores. It acts without assist anee. tastes nice. contains no quinine. Insist upon Pape' 's.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
WOMEN SAVE $2O
 IN HALF HOUR
"Diamond-Dye" Your Faded Garments or Draperies
 instead of Buying

Any woman can diamond- dye her old shabby skirts, waists, coats, stock fngs, coverings into new Each pack age of Diamond Dyes contains easy directions Beware, Poor dye streaks, spots fades, and ruins material by giving it "dyed-look." Buy "Dia- mond Dyes only. Tell druggist whether your material is wool or silk. or if it is cotton linen or mixture. 1G rich. fadeless colors.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
NOT THAT IT MATTERS

By A. A. Milne E. r. Dutton & Co.,,
 Publishers, New York City
 MT. Milne. whose signature of. "A. A. NJ" is familiar to all readers of Punch, is the happy possessor of pen which can write of even the most serious mat ters lightly and amusingly, and yet With keen point under the persiflage.
 This is d collection of assayettes on all sorts of topics-week-ends, prohibition, smoking. house-moving, dogs, books. and anything else that comes to the author mind. They are graceful and witty enough to be very easy reading; ana wise enough to leave something to think about behind them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
NINE
CAPrI.ET

CAPULET When I run my dagger through yoH hide. Perhaps you'll become aware That my Juliet is the promised brida.s Of 8 Pittsburg millionaira
 ROMEO ;s# I hurl the lie right in your face, You rascally Capulet For you are mentioning place That is not discovered yet
 JULIET oh. Romeo. though you're all Aflame with passions fire, I really cannot let you call My dear old dad liar
 CAPULET Don't bother, my hearts delight, No more he will worry you You'll find he'll be quite all right As soon as l run him through. (Stabs Romeo)
 ROMEO Fair Juliet. I now depart; I'd wrong you to remain one cannot love without a heart And mine is cut ir twain. (Stabs Captilet and diesl I haven't any lover now; Ilhaven't anS father; If the man from Pittsburgscam along, it would Save me lots of bother. CDies)
 CURTAIN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2O 1921

i, career, Mir. Tooker has gotten back 70 ships whenever opportunity offered.
 The result of all this hobnobbing with Father Neptune is apparent in that splendid sea tale Under Rocking Skies" and his book of poems entitled The Call of the Sea" The present book is especially noteworthy for It's sure grasp of things nautical. Thosa who themselves know wind and waves and sailing vessels win reavel in the easy accuracy with which the writer deals with the intricacies of the craft. and the story is told in style that is at once fine. restrained and pas sionately just.
 THE THIRD WINDOW"
 By Anne Douglas Sedgwick (Mrs. Basn de Selincourt). Houghton- -Mifflin Com
 pauy Iu3hshers, BJstun
 Since the publication of "Tante" by Anne Douglas Sedgwick Mrs. Basil de selncourD, in 1913, her name has been one of fame, for in the writing of that novel she established a prestige wth her pen that is little short of phenomenal
 "I'he stuff of which enduring literature is made,' wrote one distinguished critic of Anne Douglas Sedgwick's work, and of none of her novels can this more truly be said than of The Third Win dow.' . story in which the pervasive sense, sweeping the world today that the dead may not be dead, is transmitted into a masterpiece of fiction.
 The theme of "The Third Window is as novel as 1t is profoundly moving. only four characters appear. including the unseen dead. but these four sketched against the mysterious and shadowy background with the simple vlvidness of Rembrandt etehing-wll live forever in the readers memory. And the interplay of their personalities makes one of the most poignant and memorable stories of recent fiction.
 Remarkable as is the theme of The Third Window" the authors handling of 1t is no less masterly In subtle de- lneation of character, in distinction of style, and above all. in the art with which the story is steadily advanced to an almost unbearable intensity of inter est, this novel is pre-emlnent Wher- ever books are read, The Third Win dow will this'year be the center of dis cussion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20
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Lord D'Abernon, who has been ap- peited British Ambassador to Berlin, was financial adviser to the Egyptian gov- ernment 1SSs-S9 during which period he enjoyed the reputation of bathing in miiH and sleeping in mask and kid gloves
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fits her up for use as a ferry across the harbor. With him in the enter prise are his chum, George Santo, and Rodney Farnham, to whose father the sloop formerly belonged.
 Two mysterious strangers seek to buy
 or rent the sloop. and, failing make Nfrequent trips in her. simon Barker s schooner is rescued by the Sea Lark and lowed to port, but the owner re-
 fuses to pay the salvage agreed on, five hundred dollars. Jack takes his
 case to a lawyer and while sleepins alone in the sloop is attacked at night, but his assailant escapes unrecognized. for an outing and when we'll off shore seize her and set the boys adrift. Al. in all, it is typical Barbour story. full of exciting action of a kind that especially appeals to boys
 CURLY AND THE AZTEC GOLD" By Joseph B. Ames. The Century Com pany, Publishers New York City. In this new book Mir Ames tells fur ther adventures of the young cowboy who made so many friends in the pre-
 vious story set on the Circle Bar Ranch in Texas.
 Now Curly and heroine as likeable as he is, and just as brave too, fall in
 with party exploring the great south west country m search or aHtlquitiSS Interesting to the learned. By accident they discover clues point ing toward Q hidden store of Aztec
 gold buried centuries ago Curly and his
 party follow the dim trail all but obs liberated by time. However before they have proceeded far they run foul of another party on the same trail ana all these of desparate character that stop at nothing to gain their ends. So that Curly aIfl his party must at the same time follow the trail and defend themselves from the nurderous attacks of the desperadoes who are racing against then'
 Curly and the Aztec Gold Is per haps the most brilliant story that Mir Anes has yet written.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-12
STOMACH TROUBLES
indiana Lady Had Something Like
Indigestion Until She Took
Black-Draught, Then
Got All Right.

Seymour, Ind.-"Some time ago I
had sick spell, something like indi.
gestion," writes Mrs. Clara Peacock, OF
Route 6, this place. Il would get very
sick at the stomach, and spit or vomit,
especially in the mornings.
Then I began the use Of Thedtord's
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II haven't found anything better
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Get a package Of Black-Draught to
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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-12
AUTOMOBILE PAINTING

l have secured the yacht club
casino to be used as an automobile
paint shop. Cars painted and var
nished by expert workmeL, Give
me a call and let me quote prices.
Phone 568. LONE SLACUM.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-12

promptly and at reasonable rates.
Give me a call, convenient location.
prompt service, good workmanship
Phone 81. Wm. l.. Uean, Gay street
garage. 7-9-L.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-12

Guns, now Is the time to get
ready for the Hunting Season. See
our line Of Sportsmen's goods.
Phillips Hdw. Co.-AdV.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-12
NEW AUTO RKPAIts SHOP

In counectlun with my garage l
have opened an automobile repair
shop, which is in charge OF a compe-
tent man. All work will be handled
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-12
WANTED
LOST
FRESH FISH DAILY

For nice fresh fish daily, call at
R. w. Parks & Co., foot Gay street
10-3-6t
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-12

See Jones and Hurley for goldfish
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The Tomahawk., 1921-07-07
Reservation Pioneer
Passes Away
S. E. Macarthur Stricken While Visiting
Relatives al Frazee.

The many friends of Samuel F.
Macarthur will be shocked to learn
of his death which occurred sud-
denly at Frazee last Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The news
Of his death came as a great sur
prise to his many friends and &C
quaintances here and in the sur
rounding country where he had
been well known for the past fifty
years. Mr.. Macarthur was ap-
parently enjoying good health and
had been visiting a sister who re-
sides at Frazee, he was about to
return to Detroit and was waiting
at the station for the train when
he was stricken. Mr.. Macarthur
was "a years Of age, his death was
attributed to heart failure.
Mr.. Macarthur was a member of
this reservation and for many
years lived on his farm south of
this village. He gave up active
work several years ago however,
and bas been making his home
part of the time with his daughter,
Mrs. John &. Morrison, of Red
Lake, and part of the time with
his other children at Detroit and
White Earth. Mr.. Macarthur was
q man who, on account of his
amiable disposition, his good
nature and his sterling integrity,
made friends with all who came in
contact with him, once you met
him you always wanted to rcmem-
Der him, he was a man every one
loved and respected. His wife
The Tomahawk., 1921-07-07

sary enthusiasm the players gather
ed about their respective goa
posts, very much. like modern
college boys, where they danced,
waved their racquets and yelled,
repeating this performance every
half hour all night long. :.
The women, too, gathered IL
groups and danced and sang fol
the success of their favorites. T
When morning came and the
game was about to begin, four old
men, who were to act as judges,
solemnly took their places in tn.
center of the field and smoked y
the great spirit that their judg.
ment might be guided Alright. =
The modern custom of betting
was not absent but was left 70 the
women. Along the sidelines sew
eral scores of women took their
places upon the grass and lay their
bets upon the game. Dogs, horses,
dresses, pots and kettles were
wagered and turned over to stake
holders. ~.~
The game began by one of the
judges throwing into the air a
leather covered wooden ball about
the size of a baseball. A rush
followed. Each player tried to
catch the ball in his racquet and
throw it back between his own
goal posts or to one of his own
side who was near enough to throw
it through. Tie play was often
so fast and accurate that the ball
would not touch the ground for q
moment or two at time.
The passing of the ball between
the goal posts scored one. The
game went t. the side that first
scored the number agreed upon.
usually about 100.
The game was very rough and
often lasted all day. Disputes
we're not decided by a referee!:
The two parties concerned stepped
off the field and settled the matter
with their fists to their own salts
faction. Many broken noses and
bloody shins were taken home
after the game, amid shouts of
praise for the best players.
The Tomahawk., 1921-07-07

died several years ago. Those IF
his immediate family who are left
to mourn his loss are: two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. John G. Morrison of
Red Lake, and Mrs. Frank Daw-
ley of Sequim, WASH: and two
sons, Norman F. Macarthur TO
White Earth, and Nick Nc
Arthur. who is employed in the
Indian Services somewhere in the
west. Deceased also leaves two
three sisters; Mrs. j. Sibley of
Frazee, Mrs. Cuuiff of Montana.
Mrs. l.. Smith of Frazee, and a
large number vi grandchildren to
mourn his loss.
The remains were brought here
for burial and the funeral took
place Tuesday from the E Episcopal
church and intermert was made in
the church cemetery.
The Tomahawk joins with the
many friends Of the deceased in
extending sympathy to the be-
reaved family and relatives.
The Tomahawk., 1921-07-07
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
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posed of some OF tho best tones known.
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HalIo Family Pills for constipatiou.
The Tomahawk., 1921-07-07
n 0 TICE.
OF MEETING, NINTH ANNUAL SESSION
OF GENERAL COUNCIL, CHIPPEWA
INDIANS OF MINNESOTA.

Pursuant to provisions in the Con-
stitution of the General Council of
Minnesota Chippewa Indians which
was adopted at Cass Lake. Mimi, on
the 9Th day of May, A. d. 1913, and as
amended by said General COurcilaat its
fourth annual session held at Hemidji
Mimi, commencing July 18th, 1915,
| the annual meeting of said General
Council will be held at Detroit,
Minnesota, beginning on the
18th DAY OF JULY, 1921. .....
Your attention is invited to Article
of the Constitution which reads as
follows: "The basis OF representation
to the Councils of this organization
shall be one delegate for each one
hundred members or fraction thereof,
of the White Earth and Red Lake
under the provisions of the Act of
teen hundred and eighty nine (25 u.
S. Stats. 642). Such delegates shall be
elected On the first Tuesday in June
of each year, by the Local Councils
of the said reservations or coded
reservations.
Notices shall he posted and given by
the proper officers of said local councils
and said notices shall be given and
posted in each and every settlement
and burg within said reservation or
coded reservation for a period of not
less than twenty days, specifying the
delegates"
Where there is no properly organized
local council it shall devolve upon the
Executive Committee of the reserva-
tion to call a council for the purpose
of electing delegates.
In respect to Article referred to
above, delegates to the General COun-
Gil must be selected on the first Tues
day in June, which will be June 7th.
1921, or adjourned meeting or meet
ingS from such date.
In the election of delegates ex-
IRENE care should be exercised; that
ample notice reaches every portion of
each reservation and ceded reserva-
tion, to the end that a representative
gathering of each Band be in attend
ance for the purpose of naming dele
gates.
Very Respectfully,
Paul II. BeauIieu,
Secretary.
May l, 1921.
The Tomahawk., 1921-07-07
Very truly yours,
F. NJ. SHERARTS.
indians Played Ball Be-
fore Arrival Of Whites,

That many Indian tribes of the
northwest enjoyed some kind OF
ball game before the white man
invaded their domain is proved BY
the testimony of George Catlin,
one of the foremost artists in
America. Mr.. Catlin visited Min
nesota and the Dakotas in 1888.
The Mandans, who had their three
villages of mud huts not far north
of the present site of Bismarck,
N. d., played a game which was
like a mixture of football and
la crosse. This was an important
event and was arranged several
weeks before the game took place.
Two goal posts were erected on
a large, level piece Of ground.
Each goal was similar to that now
used in foot ball. 1t was made of
two poles rs feet high, set into the
ground six feet apart with cross
bar near the top. The goal posts
were about 40 or so yards apart.
Each player carried q ballstick
or racquet about three feet long.
At one end of the racquet was a
loop or hoop meshed with thongs
They varied somewhat in style.
but were uniform in size.
Several days before the game,
the champion player of each con-
tending tribe chose the number of
players agreed upon, usually 200
or 800. Each player, when chosen,
touched his leaders stick as u pledge
of loyalty. -.
The night before the game, the
players and hundreds of spectators
gathered upon the field. Every
player was nearly naked, being
clad only in a ''breech.clout," and
decorated, rather than clothed,
with large tail, very similar to
that of a horse, and a flowing
name of long hair at his neck.
In order to work up the neces-