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! - 7 CHARIOT THE DEATH RECORD. SEPTESIBER G, 1903.' 11 "A DAUGHTER' OF AMERICA." "A Daughter of America," we wrlt- tea and composed by John gaunderf , and Nr Harris - War' especially x tor the Countess Olga , Votv Hatafeldt Tbs beautiful lyric comedy has been sumptuously mounted and costumed. Its beauty Is vastly 'enhanced by a bwilderls dlaplay of new and novel ' electricar.,, effects. 1 The ' book ' and , mualc are in a class by Itself. vWhll It Is practically a comic opera ltls- Intensely dramatic, at times uproar- iously f finny and in its entirety teaches a splendid moral lesson, A , most carefully selected cast and a com 'patent knowing; chorus of' thirty-six "f voices have been engaged to support K- the Countess. - The principal linger " and comedians are artists of national reputation, including such,well-known v names as Laura MiQard, rnesco sopra no; Irving Brooks, comedian; John Saunders, comedian; A1 Sykes, come t dian; Ward Clark, tenor.' Kek SchiW Hag. baritone; Nina Sramans, lyric so pra,no;". Carrol Bart let t, engemle , comedienne, and Ira Remonds. eharf acter- comedienne. Of the- musical ,v numbers, the most pronounced hits are . - '"Down -pa Ola. YasQo." The Pink .r,- and' the "Butterfly.1 "Qoozy- Woosy." "Curtoaity," - "The Broad MJeatlc4 i A Muason,'-.. -Heroes" and "Rita." . .The , first act opens ab West Point with .the.-cadets and their frirls on - iFllrta-.. ' .tlon walk. The cadets In their, unl forms , and the beautiful . whirley, , ' wirley American girlies" backed toy a full stage view of the Hudson river , make a. most ' attractive opening, pleasing both eye and ear. The story of 'A Daughter of America" concerns the ambition of Mrs. Otto Schmidt to ', Storm the citadel of exclusive society .by.' marrying her daughter Evallna '.- to' a titled foreigner. Tom LoveJoy, a Tfeat Point cadet. Is rejected because ji of this. and goes away heart-broken.' v an .impecunious actor whose, company T hag stranded and who Is fleeing from Scott Welsh, Who fakes the. Part of . nuigin r rum iV-ianriMiimiwi-niiintii 1 1 1 ewawawawaawssawaasjssaaaa mini 1 I ' a iherlock Holmes deputy sheriff, same ) J Shade,, who seeks to arrest him for an unpaid board bill. Lioveioy assista the unfortunate Thegplan and intro--duces him "Into the Schmidt family as count jrerainana ae x.oxe. ; a uueu foreigner.'. The gushing antics and ' behavior. Of Mrs. Schmidt and hor saiellltes so disgust Rita, a ladies' " . maid ki the Schmidt house, that she ; ' exposes Du Rant and teaches Mrs. ' Schmidt a severe lesson. Dn-Raftt 1 : sayed from prison by LoveJoy paying . ,vhls board bill. Mrs. Schmidt con--, aepts to the union of her daughter with LoveJoy. Mr. Otto Schmidt Is made happy by being allowed to be his natural self; Rita marries Gip, the butler, who has been streatly wor- - ried over Du Rant's attentions to her t. and the "final ensemble. chorus Is ren-dered- with all sad hearts both on the r stage and in the audience being made flight by .1A Daughter of America,'' who proved deserving jf the proud- eat Of alt titles. "A Daughter of 1 Ajmerica", will be seen at the Academy ' of. Husle, Wednesday, matinee and night - . . ' : "BREWSTER'3 MILLIONS." - - Brewster's Millions," the greatest comedy hit of the past year in Dotn New York and Chicago will be nre- VenTed the- Acadlmv "if 1 Music " Thursday Tilght, by the Cohan k Hard rls comedians, headed py v Kooert v Ober. It ffra dramatisation of George Barr McCutcheon'a story of the same .' title. 'l.t- '-r , ' . .: . It Is the purely farcical scenes that Sve "Brewster's Millions'". 1U claim popularity. Those who nave read t-tei'--'- the story, ketfw, the plok;. "Monty? Brewster- is left a million dollars by his grandfather. f With the first real ization or -t-is. good fortune Brewster learns IhAt jaforsotten unole has died and left him J7.&08.00O on condition that he spend the million left oy. bis grandfather in a year. He can't give it way-Jtft has to spend it-r-and with, the further condition that no one must , know of Jhis second ' will until tbo year-la up.- 4 Of coursa JB re water has his troubles. To t rid 'of about 11,000 in every iwemy four hours taxes the dexterity of even a - f area writer who doesn't want -to stage - too improbable a atory. rAd In the efforts of the man-wltV to much moeey. to land .penniless in Set days, yes the many golden oppor tunities Jor f on. Ho does succeed, of course, in- apite of such tfreveraea" as . winning 140,000 on a 'aura loser" at the- .race v track, and H amassing $T5,000 .in Monto , Carlo, v-iHl ac quaintances all think him insane, and much amusement - Is caused by ' the cross purposes, of Brewster, anxious to spend -and his friends who are equally anxious to sea mm Keep soma of hi -.moaejr.t'.v!-. 'vt t rktD'BUftN8-TCOTT WJSIX5H., No mora capable or better eouip- oed theatrical orranlsatlon has bean sent, on tout this - season than " the large company which the noted man- agerui firm of. conan Harris is presenting in the brilliant New York. Chicago- -and Boston success "Forty Wive .Afinutes From Broadway," GeorreCM. Cohan's original ular with music, .and. 8cott . Wefch as "Kid Burns," the exJeianjry Jrw. center, and Frances Gordon as "Plain Mary." the housemaid, and the original cast said .by many to be the most preten tfous effort this Industrious-and am bltious yovng actor-author; has yet evolved, and which cornea to' the Academy of Music Prlda night , L, "Forty-Five Minutes From Broad Kid Burns In Cohan's "Forty-Five sctmmjwbj. ,1 way" is in three acts, all of the scenes , being laid in different parts of the suburban Town of New Ro chellew which is three-quarters of an hour from Broadway. New York City, henoe the. title. While it is In no sense a musical comedv soma of the most popular songs that have yet come from the pen of that proline, tireless composer, such as "Mary is a urand uiq Name,- and "Bo Long Mary." "I Want 10 He a Pod ular Mil- lionaire ' and several others are 'ren dered during the progress of the ac tion Of the play, and what Is unusual ly termed the 'chorus" In this style of entertainment consists In this pro duction of elghf young women who in personal beauty, clever dancing and vocar accomplishments a,tone for any possible lack of numbers. As Is known to some persons In terested in the theatre Mr. Cohan fol lowed no set lines in the writing of 'Torty-Flvo Minutes From Broadway" but departed radically from conven tional lines by combining most ef fectively in -this Instance drama, com edy,, farce, melo-drama and music, with the result of achieving aft en tertainment as interesting and enjoy able as it Is unique and-prtgfnal. The unfoldimr of the plot requires mora novel cnaraciers map r. conan nas b lntroace to r f Mi . play, .and novel characters than Mr. Cohan has many of. these are types not hitherto presented ; behind the footlights. -OCNTRT BROTHERS. ' It lqbear what attachments dumb anlmils -will form. - With the Gentry Bros.' , shows. v which will ba here September-18th, are a pig and an The Thrilling Tacbt Scene From ' . . .. t 1 1 ' 1 ' :wr j f ? ' - ' ft'-, ' i , - Rosemary Gloss, aa Sonla, and Georgo Damerel, as Prince Danllo, In "The Merry Widow." elephant which in each other have found affinities. Thla queer attach ment was formed without the) aid of man. Before the trainers knew of the friendship the elephant was caught stealing oats and bran from another pachyderm to give to the plgf Of course the animal men did not use any violence with either' elephant or his unusual companion. But to protect the smaller elephant from being persistently and consistently robbed of his food the tricky pachy derm was chained away from the main herd at feeding , time. Even then he shared his dallv portion of oats and bran with the hog. The Gentry Bros. shows are unique In that they foster " such friendships. Their shows are the largest trained animals' exhibition In the world and anything that is un usual amon. animals is the cause of study from the men with' tha show. By fostering one strarvce affiliation the Gentry Bros. developed an animal art that la Indeed -odd. &A monkey, a dog, a cat. an Arkansas raior baric hog and a sheep make up the rast. What they do With each other Is amazing. The monkeys, howeveif--" are tha stellar attractions. It is monkey na ture to mimic other animals. Knowing this the men around the Gentry shows secured a toy rhre department. They worked with It, -always driving the monkeys away. Of course that i I I 1 1 I The Gentry made the monkeys more snxlous to work. The result Is that the troupe of monkeys now, presents its own fir department and rehearses in fine-detail the actual work of human Art" men. . . The monkeys also are supplied with a miniature railroad train. The en gine Is less than five feet -long and three feethigh. Yet it is constructed along the lines of a regular locomo tive. .When tteam is up the delight of the engineer is to make all the noise possible with tha steam siren. One-would think the monkeys would become monotonous around the rehow. - But., tie-more seen of the Llmians the more tke trainers become attacnea 10 mem. Arc mem Arcnie, me monkey namecV for the president's son. Is always Staving trouble with Act II 'of , "Brewster' JliUions. .s. a, the elephaats. Unlike; the pi the monkey dlsliaea elephants. He has a habit of throw, ing things at them', and using their tails for a swinging rope. The Gen try Bros.' shows are united this year and are larger than ever before. They will visit Charlotte Thursday, September 10th. , .At ID o'clock in the mominr the parade will pass through the principal thoroughfares. TO FURNISH FREE BOOKS. Lenoir Rdiool Board Will Introduce This Novelty This Year The Fac ulty of 11 ie Kcliool. Special to The Observer. Lenoir, Sept. 5. The Lenoir grad ed schools will open Monday. The following named will compose the faculty: J. L. Harris, superintend ent; J. T. Jones, principal; Mrs. G. F. Harper, Miss "Mary Coffey, Mls,Call!e McNalry. .Miss Alice Wilson, Miss Celeste Henkel, Miss Laura Faucette, Mrs. Susie Fuller. Miss Fries Hall, Miss Pansy Green and Miss Nettle Mc Nalry. Miss Maude England will have charge of the music again. Misses Callie and Nettle McNairy attended the summer school at Knoxvllle, Tenn.. and Miss Laura Faucette at tended the summer school at the Unl- ' ' ' VL . CDPyai,.til4) IV.TMC w. e- urHU4".nH. Brothers. verslty or Virginia. During vacation the school building has been . thoroughly renovated, the woodwork painted, walla retlnted, floors oiled and many new desks and other fixtures put In. This session the school board will furnish all test book, to pupils absolutely free of charge, the books to be returned tb it in good condition as possible at the close of school. This is the first school 4n the State, and ao far as known the first in the South, to have free books. . Many pupils are coming in from the country to take advantage of the public school and everything seems propltlou for a tood opening. i 1 v t. J 4 i - Joeepb V Kodacrs Disappears. ; Special to ? The Observer. f v, ji t ' T' : ' ModresvlUe: JSept .Joseph V. Rodgers, an employe n MooresvHle Cotton M,lll No. 1, left hdme last Saturday for' Salisbury with , an tin derstandlng that , 'he was to return Monday. ' ,. He was seen on the streets of Salisbury Monday afternoon, out since then nothing has been heard from him. His wife and brother, who live here, are 'very uneasy for fear something has befallen him. He has at times used whiskey, but the party who saw Mm on the street in Salisbury Monday aald he was not drinking then but was complaining of a severe headache; Mayor Wrcnn Bays Stork of Goods at Auction. '... Special to The Observer. -. High Point " Sept. S.Yeaterday 1 afternoon the stock of goods of Mat tocks Bros, waa sold at public auc tion by Receiver J. E. Kirkman. Mr. M. H. Shlplett was the auctioneer and Mayor M. J. Wrenn waa the Purchaser, paying 19,700 forj same, he stock of goods Inventoried about f 18,000. 1 Mattocks will handle the stock for the purchaser. . ' f The Davis White Sulphur Springs HIDDEN ITE, N. C. MiiMral Wsters. New Hotel with 1 Annex tof SO nic rooms, added this jroar which are rmorvod fortboMwho faivo aa faabiaa, and want a quiet, comfort able room away from nolo) giving as room forlMtotOOeuoata. EUetrie fisht. MoSara ciniToniono , aueh as sown so. hot and sold baths, long diotanco Ball Phono. It nils from railroad with 1 throusa trains dally front Chariot, t aiiloa north-wort. AlUtoaollCOfert. rtnMntamrdnJchta. Halthy loration, beautiful eoenery, sploa itd table far, fine serrica. For aaueomoata: Bowling Alley, Tennis. 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