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I i . v .It'll a:: Kclllttffl 1'HSWH ScllJllor tVoiH-ll'M AiitMJMniMlittt I'.'.ll. Afvr AmeiMiSHjf tin n Nt ' t;iv litr Il"" 1 friniuitfTIlM Tii-..,i Pcarli niiicl Jii;.k I irbU.h u to Limit Spewing of (:ouiiwl In Criminal taHcu to L Than Two Hour ;' : Kcnute . May VLslt tlcmson K s pcnuce Are Paid by Co1Ickv . Y , j . ... Observer Bureau! , - 120 Main Street. ' ' V Columbia, 8. C Jan. 11. There wa a lively debate in the . Senate to-day over Senator Crouch' anti-f ambling blll which -watf Anally najuMtd with the . only change Mr, Crouoh sought amended out of the bill. The bill a passed , will make ttii aame law ae now, except that the feature, giving halt the fine to the In? . ,'vTormant la repealed. vThla feature, it .Vwae urged, ' caused negroea to drum ur caee merely to get too money ,wu, of the nneJ4ti,;;iN';H..,',;,,h' ; There waa tlao heated discussion -. over Mr. Graydott'iJi aW l; . tout forbid Judgec; limiting arguments in erlmt nai cases to one jnwuivw-u.po mu was inspired by recent ruling of the Su preme Court The bill finally: passed. It makes the minimum two nours, as "was the custom -up to recently. , , The 8epate killed Senator". Gray- don's bill to fljc thepIaoe of trial for certain civil actions. Y The bill was ; evidently Intended to prevent change Y- of venue In such cases at the Morrison lynching case, t v': vr"--! The third reading bills passed were ' all of a local nature. .; They included two by Senator Sinkler, one to amend V r the teachers', retirement fund met and I the other to provide a special fund for school purposes In 'Charleston.. Senator Carlisle's bill to allow trus tees to pay . their bond premiums out of trust funds was debated at length, Anally passing. ' v W. Jf. Jonson's bill to require county oflVcerp to report to the courts paaaed the 8enate.v :.; " '., y Among the -new Senate" bills was one ;,by, Senator 1 Carlisle of import N ance to all cities and towns. It ex-. . empti municipal bonds issued for ' public utilities from theelght per cent. Y provided by the constitution. Senator Black had .new bill to require all local as well as through freight trains to carry passengers. . ; There was a favorable report on the bill to allow. Clemson College to be sued (n the case of damages claimed on the dyke the Clemson authorities" built. There were also favorable reports . on Carlisle's . bucketshop bill, which . is a copy fit Senator Sanders' bill of last year, and on his marriage license bill. The invitation of Clemson for the Senate to visit that institution to morrow week was accepted, and a resolution from Senator Carlisle that the college pay the freight was adopt ed. HOUSE REELS OFF WORK. The House accomplished more busi ness to-day than In all the passed days of the session combined. It ' showed itself strictly a working bodv. t Speaker Whaley moving the business wun gpienaia aiepaicn.x cx-xepeaner ' Frank B. Gary was at the helm for a time. Mr. Richards endeavored to push his bill to repeal the Hen law to a vote, but there were several other bills seeking to amend the lav In stead Nof repeal it. and finally .Mr. Richards agreed to make it a special order for next Av'sdHtesdajr' at noon,' Thejfe waft aiveiyllttle debate over the matter, showingthat the subject deeply affects' a variety of interests throughout .the State. McMastey bill to frobld the sale of cocaine except by prescription and t under the personal supervision of a phylslclan under heavy penalty pass ed by an overwhelming majority. The debate developed the fact that the evil is growing in an alarming degree, especially among negroes.' Mr. McMaster said he had been told by Columbia druggists that there are MOO such Ilends in Columbia alone. Representative Wyche, who is a phy sician, said he' would rather sell wnlckey by the drink In defiance of law constantly than sell one dose pf cocaine, so terrible was the result of the. latter drug in undermining morals. Representative Dixon's bill to re quire county officers to make more de tailed reports and submit them regu larly; to the courts passed by a large DAILY FASHION SERVICE 1737 . . child nns r " All ft PLAITED DRESS. With Round Yoke. rattan No. 1T87. All Iuidi Allowed. frocks with th bod attended to form : L: the skirt are exeMdlasiy wU liked for the smaller girls and make up prettily Is all - - earta of allk and wool draaa fabrics and v alto la pique1. Itoan, nadraa, duck, glng ?:i kast, chanbrsy sad Othar tvb Bttarlala ' 1 The see bars llluatratad Is nada with a v, df round yoke that ny be cut from tscklng, all-ararjaoa or embroidery, allk , or ethar material la coatraat with ue real of tha draaa, the "yoke kolsg bapd to 'V'. give broad ahouldat llsaa. plaits laid from sack to bam la the front sad baek are .' etltebed from the neck to the bolt, but ealy , rMd vail es the aklrt, where thay flare ' srattlly. The bait la supported by loop . atrapa at the aldaa and eloaad with a button ' end button-hole In front. A atltchad band , follows the lawar adsa of the yoke and ' ' adds to the Unftb of the ahouldar Unaa. r- Karrow wrlatbands (InUh the smart long al. whkh sragathartd top snd bottom. ' - The pattsra Is four olaao t to T ',. foara. Per s eblld el B raara, the draas v aoada IT yards of good 20 lnrba wld: .. or g yards Id Isebat wide, or 2) yards - .41 tachaa wlda i , '-, v . - y Prlep of phttera, 10 cents. ; i' ' ' " ' , J ' . " ' '.V ' Simply gin aumber of pattern you destroy or caf out lllnstntlon and . ;mall it with -.fo cents, silver or ' stamp, to Tha Observer, Cbarlottai it Qm laabJos Dept. .r-, ! I S ; , l,n I i i,;.-v i - ! I : I - , , i , ho luiiny in vi ;,i ... , ; ,. . , m i.f i oi . i y ,iiiin''S anil th'-lr reittiltaiit i,i iif .(i titHllvM Dcrham, formerly Hih-r liiik In the rontptrollrr Rt-rHT-al's oillcn,. objected to the bill on the Krouml thut thr was phMity of law now, tlmt the trbuble .lay 'with Incom ix tciiro among county offloers. . BILLS CONSIDERED. . V Mr; Dixon withdrew hla bill provid ing for a two-and-a-ahlf-cent railroad races. There are other bulk seeking the same end. ' . Representative Sawyer's bill to jn crcane the license; fee charged emi grant agents passed, amended so as to make It' still further prohibitive. The-fee was increased to 12,000 and the fine for each offense to 11,000. The House accepted the Invitation of Chairman Simpson of the Clemson Sustees to visit Mi : institution to orrow week. ' v !,;;' v v ':' . Mr.; Yelldell's bill to exempt the storm sufferers of Greenwood county front taxation as an uncontested item. The third-radlng bills ai passed except Mr. J. E. Smith's to fix ..the time for. commencing of county of ficers terms of office, which went back for amendments. !; These thlrdread" ing .bills included Mr ? Richard's bill for ; a practice school, for Winthrop, S. C. Mr." Gyles; bill to declare the law-in regard to claim and delivery and 'Mr Saye's bill lor aonylment to Calhoun. rU;fViv.i "-J-'a.-. .-j.; The Cherokee delegations bill (o In vesttgate; the financial affairs of that county was tebled.";-.? 'y'f. . -Mr. Frost's Important Joint resolu tion calling fop a-commission to In vestigate - the - railroads of the State was, on his motions made a special order for next Monday at noon. The House adjourned till noon Mon day, to-morrow - being a legal holi day, v ':?"--.",;' ' ; omoCosnHnlegolulyes(etainshrdcmfwy . The Senate also adjourned till Mon day.'. v u.'v' ff REV. C. D. GRAVES RESIGNS. Pastor Wadcsboro Bantlst Church .Tenders Resljrnation UndetUdcd as to future Plana.- Special to The Observer, Wadesboro, Jan. ilg. Much to the surprise of his congregation and- to tho entire town, -Rev, C. D. Graves, ror nearly four years pastor of the Baptist church here, baa resigned. Mr. Graves Isunusually popular here with all classes and denominations, and the people give him up with sin cere regret He . has been a most energetic worker for the cause of good since his arrival here, yet he has done his work In a manner so sincere and with so much pleasant ness that he has mado no enemies. He has recently received several calls from other churches, but has made no definite arrangements for future work. His only reason -for resigning as pastor of the Baptist church was that he felt, under the circumstances, that another pastor could do the work better than he. ' The church, In accepting his. resignation, voted him a month's ' salary In advance. This he declined, but by special re quest of the church will hold the services Sunday morning. It Ik quite certain that not more than two or three persons knew that he would resign Sunday morning. A contract has Just been closed by Mr. H. W. Little with a postofflce of ficial for the erection of a modern postofflce building for this place. The same will be located, th front of the Bank of Wadesboro , building,, and will be of', pressed"?brrcK4 The front wiy te -or "piatv -glass -nd tne mind ing will be fitted with combination boxes and burglar proof safe. It Is to be up-to-date In every respect, and will be completed by the first day of May of this year: MR COLEkAlf DEAD. Telegraph Operator Found Paralyzed at Hla Post Dies) Soon After From 'Telegraphers' Paralysis. Special to The Observer. ' High Point, Jan. M. Mr. Coleman, operator at- th -Postal - Telegraph. Com pany's office here, who was stricken sud denly with paralysis late yesterday af ternoon, died a few hours later without ever regaining consciousness. His. death snd the circumstances surrounding it are peculiarly aad. Some years ttgo ho suffered a stroke of paralysis and later on another attack, this being the third and fatal one. From the Jlrst two at tacks he had recovered sufficiently to hav very good use . of hla limbs, but this time he was paralysed from head to foot. Bitting at his table yesterday aftemon between 4 and S o'clock, he wus engaged In taking or sending a incssagn. when the summons came. ' He was found by the young man who stays In the of fice with him, with his head lying on the table and his hands lying helpless bv his side. Physicians were Immediate ly summoned, but they could do nothing to bring back consciousness. He died from . telegraphers' paralysis. ' Tenderly the body waa carried to hla home on Hamilton street where, a sick wife and two little children listened snd were met fsce to face with tho sad aawa. Deceaaed leaves a wife and thre little children, all sick but one, and this one had only recently got out of bed from a spell' of sickness. Trophy Council. Jr. Order United American Mechanics, of which the deceased was a member, soon had friends on the scene to do all they could and cltlsena touched by the sadness of it all went over and offered their ser vices and help. The Knights of Pythias was in session when the news of the death nnd unfortunate olrcumatances of the famllv wsa brought to tho notice of the members, and through brotherly love, although the deceased did not be long to th lodge, made vp a nice collec tion and ordered that resolutions of aymoathy be extended the family, fumlly. . BANQVET AT ROCK HILL, S. C. Commercial Club Holds Annual Feast 1 and Electa Officers Many Ladles Present. Special td The Observer. Rock Hill. 8. C, Jan. II. The an nual banquet and election of officers of the Commercial Club occurred last night tin the club's commodious quar ters. ' The banquet, given under tha aus pices o;the King's Daughters, . was a great success from every point ot view. About 176 seats were filled at tables, and, the courses served were many, " -1 .'"'. , . . . , There , were many ladles present almost ' as many, as there wero gen tlerflenwhich made tha evening pass even more - pleasantly uhan it otherwise would have, : Addresses were made by-Drs. W. L. Llngle and Watson BY Duncan, Rev. Arlall, ;W. ' M. Ounlap, J. - B.' Johnson sad J. M. Cherry. One or two out-of-town speakers were Invit ed to be present, but did not show up.- ' '-. i"" - ..-t V-'-..The'' officers elected for this year, Wert: President, W. M. Dunlap; vice president. M. F. Cobb; ' second vice president, H. 8. !Dlehl; iressurer, C. 1 . Cobb; board of directors. H. 8. Dleht, 8. O. Moore, R. M. London, M. FY Cobb, H. M. Dunlap. C W. F. Spencer. F. A. Dun rap and Lindsay McFadden. ' .Y t. ,7' Endorses) The Observer's Views. Charity and ChlldrsnvY :-? ;'-v Y ' W endorse tha view of Tha Char lotte Observer on tha Investigation of Mr,. Goodwin's .management of the Deaf and Dumb School at Morganton. The motive of tha men, .who were be hind the movement is apparent to all, and It would be Just punishment if they were compelled to psy every dollar Jt tost - . ' . ..-. w no:; Tin: a;.(;i-!i:t n i :a i is knd 1:.-Jii!o CoMo Conclude Hi HM(fh !'.; ii ii tlio Dny lU'fore In ProKecu Hon of Cotton M,:i Owners-Kays if in PUilnly Inluwtnl tc K Ut i'Or i liui Countries and Pwauude Iniml ; (.ioiHj District Adoinoy llolton SiiyH Cotnplulnt l KM'ltlc lnoiifl 1 -Sir. 4iutlirli, of CounM-I tor Do ' f e-tiso, 1 )Ilow it Ka ys K Idcnce ls Sudicient. Special to The' Observer, i !' Oreenaboro,. Jan.' 18. The argumeht on the demurrr to the comnlulnt in tho civil nits ognlnat - the Chailulto mill mpn. Thomas M, Costello, 15. C, Uwello, Edward A. Smith and Sumner Sargent, charged with bringing alien laborers in to the united Btatna, In violation of law, whs concluded lefor the noon adojurn ment to-day. . This afternoon the ar gument on the demurrer to the bill of Indictment in the eases for alleged con spiracy to-elolate the alien' contract la bor laws 1 was commenced. It will be some time, to-morrow , before the ar gument Is completed. 'S,:--i.':K.;iri,.','!:?'-'J. When coutrsnvened this morning ex Jrudge Coble, ., assistant dlitrlct . stlomey, who spoke an. hour yesterday, afternon, tesumed his argument,. H rwd from numerous caaes bearing upon the alien contract tabor ; laws and made a strong speech for the government. He srgueH thut the complaint waa sufficiently clear and compiled with the rule relative to the wording'of auch papers. He said that th English girls and men were not skill ed r laborers, nor are they of the clans that th law Intended to admit into this country... ,. ,; Judge Coblei cited a case m which It had 'been declared to be unlawful for n peraon so Induce Immigration by an ad vertisement.. If It U unlawful to Induce Immigration by nn advertisement, he ar gued, how much more Is it unlawful to go to England ind Induce laborers there to come to thla country. He, maintained that there are amendatory ' acts that change former lawa existing and relative to tha subject of emigration., r DISTRICT ATTORNEY HOLTON FOL LOWS. When Judge Coble finished, District Attorney llolton began hla argument for the government He said that- the de fendants' attorneys had seen nt to ar , Igue that It he government should not havo brought these suits; that appar ently they believed that the defendants were not smennble to the law: He cited numerous authorities to auppoar his ar gument thai, the complaint was suffi cient; that It stated the charges In lan nne that was sufficiently clear and cov- bsred the offenses charged. He said that when tho trial came on he would ahow that the Immigrants were given places In mills hr, there were no Idle looms and spindles and that other laborers American people were dliplaced In order to give them work. Mr. Holton spoke-for about an hour and mad a ttrong speech. He will nuike his principal argument upon the demur rer to the Indictment for conspiracy. MR. GUTHRIK REJOINS. When court convened this afternoon Mr. T. C. Guthrie, of Charlotte, of tho counsel for the defedants, made the open ing argument on the demurrer to the bill of indictment. He stated that there was not Hufflcient evidence to warrant the bringing of thla chargH against the men; that there was no Intent on the part of the defendants to vlolntn the law. He 1st) arued that the bill of Indictment was not properlv drawn and did not al legn th facts necessary In a criminal procedure. Th- Indictment, ho said, should give species Instead of alleging in a general way the offense for which the defendants ure Indicted. In nrporow Pg ttocheensp $ elmssBCr When Mr. Gnthrl had finished his able argument. District Attorney Holton spoke In reply. Mr. Holton said thnt the Indictment la sufficiently clear, and argued that the defendants are ajullty of conspiracy to violate the lafcor contract laws. When Mr. Holton concluded court adjourned. Mr. Cansler and perhaps others will speak to-morrow when the argument will conclude. The opinion prevails that the demurrers will be sustained by Uie court, though Judge Boyd haS made po such injunction. , SELLS 8,000 ACRES. Mr. J. u Vest Sells Timber and Min eral iAnda to Northern Capitalist. Special to The Observer. Winston-Salem, Jan. 18. Mr. J. L. Vest, after spending a few dayn In the city, left this morning for New Tork. in which city he now has his headquarters. -Mr, Vest, who Is a native of this county and who, up to a year ago, held the position of mall carrier here, sold 8,000 acres of tim ber and mineral lands In Swayne county a few days ago to Northern capitalists. He has exclusive control of about 460.000 acres of the most valuable timber and tole lands In Western North Carolina, Middle Georgia and East Tennessee. He goes North now to find buyers for this-property. He expects to return to North Carolina as soon as he ef fects a sale. James Hicks, who was Implicated with James Southern in the larceny of fountain pens from the Wat kins' book store, a few days ago, was placed in the lock-up this morning for In toxication. The condition of Hicks, who Is about 12 years old, was In deed pitiable. The sympathy of the officers went out to the boy, who claimed that a man bought a quart of liquor from a saloon and that he (Hicks) and two men drank all of It. Hicks was quite talkative and he have the chief the name of the party that gave him the whiskey. A war rant was Issued for the arrest of the man. UXIOX MACHINISTS STRIKE. Sixteen Walk Out of Machine Shops In Wilmington Demands Refused. Special to The Observer. Wilmington, Jan. 18. Sixteen ma chinists and apprentices In three of the four leading machine shops In the city went on a strike this evening at ( o'clock upon the refusal of their employers to grant an Increase of two and a half cents per hour In their wages. The demands were presented two weeks ago and refused. The International headquarters were advised of the conditions and the local machinists were instructed to strike. The time expired to-night and the men walked out and will re fuse to return to work. Carroll A Grafflln, a small shop, signed the agreement. In addition to more pay, the anion also desired some changes in the rules governing apprentices in tha shops. ' - : . Marlboro Mill Director DcxQsre DM- ' " dend. f .-,- Special to. The Observer, ; - McColI, & C, Jan. II. At a meet ing of the board of directors of the Marlboro Cotton Mills held -here the regular 2 per cent, quarterly, dividend was declared, payable January 2s. The' mills are in splendid condition financially and are In fine condition In every way. There was an Indebted ness of $101,720.47 on the plant at the -beginning of J 801. which has been paid off entirely,' besides paying the regular dividend. -.The statement shows 111,810.14 surplus and I108. to 'credit loss and gain ac count. v-'-'s'. - , -v,;.C, Mr. D. L. ' Gore, of Wilmington. N., C.,' is president,, and Mr. Robert Chapman, secretary ' ' and treasurer, To these gentlemen ; largely belongs the credit of the success of the mills. . ''..; -,y , ' '- v 1 " j ' , -. It Would Be. Atnailng If H Wasn't. Durham Herald, s ' t - v4 s-, As nothing Is heard from ' Mr. Blackburn's end of the Una' it. must be that ha la willing for everybody to forget It.--" ' i' j v Y v ' i --V ' When the cold winds dry snd ersek tha akin act peWltt's Witch Hsl Balr. gold by Hswley'f pharmsc-y. i ...wilts To-nlRlit "FaiM." . . :.s January 21 liobcrt . ICtleson lit 'Strong heart." ? Y. . ' .;.- ,s'; Vv January 22 Llllius) Russell In "Tlio Butterfly.!' , : January aV-"Tle Icc nce." January at Our New MJhlstcr." , January Jt-hwkera.. ' ' Hubert Labadle, who, with a strong supporting company, will present 'Faust" at the Academy of Music to night. Is the legitimate successor, of Lewis Morrison, who devoted the greater part of his theatrical career to the study and presentation of Goe the's masterpiece, Mr. Labadle was attracted by the pleca several years ago and , became Mr.. Morrison's . un derstudy. Y So wcjl did' he fit the. role that when, '.Immediately after ha went with Mr.-'. YMorrlson and ' that star was indisposed at Newport News,.; Va where he had , appeared several tlmesY Mr. Labadle went on In his place v and no one suspected the change until the papers remarked up on it tho next morning. He was with the late tragedian several year and frequently took h( place on the stage. The ; scenery, frf state-settings and electric effects In tha production to- night will be practically the same as those used by Morrison. There Is a solid carload of scenery for the five scenes of the two acts. "STRONGHEART." Robert EdesOn, who Is said to have found the 'greatest- success of his stage career In William DeMIUe's comedy drama, "Strongheart," wlll be the attraction at the Academy next Monday. Mr. DeMllle comes naturally by his talent as a playwright, as hla father, the late Henry ,C. DeMllle. In con Junction with David Belasco, gave to the stage "The Charity Ball." "The Wife," "Men and Women" and other excellent plays.' "Strongheart' Introduces Mr. Ede son In a role unlike any In which he hss previously appeared and one In which he finds not only opportunities for the display of these talents which have placed him among the foremost stars of the day, but also for the portrayal of a characterization unique in stage annals, that of a college-bred Indian. "Strongheart" Is most Ingeniously constructed to demand several kinds of serious attention. The theatre goer of whatever type in whatever mood will find something to hold and entertain him. The atmosphere is that of a modern college, for the scenes are laid at Columbia Univer sity. A rousing football game, which aids materially In the development of the drama, sends tho ftrxt half of the play rapidly and realistically to a tumultous climax. The undercur rent of seriousness which underlies the breesy unflagging comedy of the earlier scenes, first comes to the sur face In the second act. when Strong heart Is wrongfully accused of an act of treachery. The racial prejudice then aroused culminates when it Is discovered that Strongheart l a suit or for the hand of Dorothy Nelson, the sinter of his college chum. And yet what more natural than that Strongheart should select his wife from among a people who have wel comed him to their homes, have made him the leader in their sports, in fact, have made him as one of themselves. He is the son or a mighty chief, who. after graduating at Carlisle, has been sent by his tribe, who appreci ate the advantages of the white man's civilization, to Columbia. There he has won the love of Dorothy, who not sharing the prejudice of her friends and family,: wishes to ac company Strongheart to his tribe. But the Indians will not recognise In the woman not of their race a fit wife for their future chief. This romantic theme, serious In its aspect. Is devel oped to a logical conclusion through scenes typical of college life of to-day with Its youth, its gayety and its frolic There Is a comedy, clean, healthful comedy In plenty, contrib uted by a series of fresh convention al types, such as really people our colleges to-day. not euch as are frn quenty represented for fictional or stage purposes. The football' Interest treated as It Is from tha alternating standpoint of comedy and dramatic Intensity, would alone Insure popu larity for "Strongheart," but when combined with a story as absorbing as that of Strongheart and Dorothy Nelson it Is certain to appeal to every attendant of the theatre. . "Strongheart," although affording such admirable opportunities for Mr. Edeson. Is in no sense a one-part play, and Mr. Harris has surrounded hla star with a company that Includes Mary Bo land. Sydney Alnsworth, Ira Hards, Marjorlc Wood. Francis Bonn. Frank J. Mclntyre, A. Byron Beas ley, Pauline Boyer, Dunlrce Lazard, IDavId Todd. Beatrice Prontlce, Rich ard Sterling, Harrison Ford, David Swim, Clay Boyd. Paul Dickey, and a number of other well-known play era LILLIAN RUSSELL IN "THE BUT TERFLY." Lillian Russell will appear as a star cpmedlenne at the Academy In the new comedy of modern Ufa by Kal lett Chambers entitled "The Butter fly." This Is an event of more than usual Interest and Importance, as It marks tha first sppearance of the beautiful Lillian Russell In as well as the initial performance here of tho new comedy, the author of which Is a brother of the distinguished dra matist, Hadon Chambers. "The Butterfly" epitomises the modem, tip-to-date spirit of fashion, and the scenes are laid In New York City and Saratoga. Lillian Russell's role Is .that of Elisabeth Kllllgrew, better known to her Intimates as Bet sy, who is, as one of the other char acters explains, "tha Young widow of qld Peter Kllllgrew, who gathered up a great many millions by stealing railroads, and invested a few thous ands to salvstion by supporting a church. ...... When the play opens the old finan cier has been dead just a year and a day and the beautiful Betsy Is blos soming out Into colors. It turns out to be a most important day In ths young widow's life, for within half an hour she has launched herself on a series of the best extraordinary and complicated matrimonial ' adventures that keep all the characters of the comedy In a whirl of excitement and oross purposes up to the final curtain falling on, the happy solution of Bet sy's problem, y Never having been ' In 'dve, the young widow decides to annex the title and' coronet of a British earl, an ambition that is promptly frustrated by tha discovery of a new will, In which old Peter Kllllgrew-had Im posed tha condition of a native born cltlsen as a husband for Betsy In the van of hr remarriage. In the and she finds that she does not' want a title, but does something very much better. In a word she discovers that she Is something mora than a butter fly, after-all. and tha comedy comes to a highly sentimental and satisfsa tory conclusion. v, -Y . . . ' Miss- Russell has a role that gives ample scops jfor the display of her lightness and certainty in comedy characterisation. Her appreciation Of, ths humorous possibilities of her psft Is matched by the consummate akl with which sho realises thm. In the tenlth of her' histrionic and tho r.i re ft'itlKcnoo of ht pcr-vnm! charms, Lillian KuhhoII In' r;uily onti of the inont conspicuous of the bril liant women who grace the Anicllcun Kt(?o. in "The Buttertly" , she pre nentH a portrait of the niodurn, high spirited niodinh woman of fashion, with a hoart boating beneath a friv olous exterior. Miss Russell, who has always beeft acclaimed the best gowned woman on the stage, will west' some notably beautiful frocks. ; Manager Joseph' Brooks has sur rounded the beautiful star' with the best comedy east of the year, includ ing such well-known a r tints-' as Eu gene Ormonde. John Flood, Fred L. TIden, John Jack, Charles Lamb, Ro land H. Hill, Isabel Richards, Kate Griffith and Rosalie do Vaux The two beautiful scenes are from the brush of Richard Marston. . . . 1 A MASTERPIECE BY BOUSA.' That Mr. '; John ' Philip Sousa ; has not lost his knack of writing stirring martial tunes as well as sparkling melodies, that Mr. Harry B. Smith's humor has not lessened since he wrotef "Robin Hood" and that there la still a virtus In the older Ideals of genuine, comic, opera are three, things among others that are said to be de monstrated thoroughly In the pres entation of "The Free Lance," a col laboratktn of the great American band-master and "March King," and Mr. Smith, which will be seen for the first time In this city at the Academy next Friday, January 25. It Is said no better thing of the kind has Mr. Sousa done. Indeed, the freshness of much of tho music would seem to prove that he has been wise recently to rest on the laurels of early suc cesses, and Mr Smith's xhare of the work Is described as being com mendable, tqo, In an age when comic opera llberettos are prone to be class ed as the eighth deadly sin of the stage. Josenh Cawthorn. a comedian well known for his quaint personality and effective methods Is the star of the organization presented by Klaw & Erlanger. and In "The Free Lance" has been furnished with a character which gives him full scope to show he is a comedian of the better class. The company which Kjlaw & Erflanger have gathered together for the pre sentation contains the best aggrega tion of singing talent heard outside of grand opera organizations in years. It is particularly noteworthy for Its high class chorus work, the big num bers In which three score mixed Voices are employed being interpreted In truly masterful manner. Nella Ber gen, who has the prima donna role, Jeanette Lowrle, plays the opposite character to Cawthorn. and the oth er principal factors In the comedy are Albert Hart, tho baso, and George Tallman. the tenor. George Schil ler, Stanley Murphy, Monte Elmo and an ensemble of seventy-five are In the organization. The scenic Investiture and costuming Is as sumptuous and in as good taste as Klaw ft Erlanger have ever shown In any of their big productions, which Is saying a great deal, as this firm has sent to thi city some of tho most magnificently Htaged shows ever seen In this country. The story of "Tne Free Lance" deals with the marriage of the Hon and daughter of two mythical poten tates, both of whom are In dire finan cial distress, but who. In their Ig norance of each other's condition, plan and bring about the marriage of their children to secure the money which each supposes the other to pos sess. 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Jan. 19, 1907, edition 1
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