Saturday. February 7. 1914
THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE NEWS
PAGE SEVEN
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any neat. Tickets are now soiling tit
Allisons.
COMING ATTnACTIOXS.
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 9.
Matinee and Night
"Honey Hoy" Hyena' Minstrels.
wr.n.vKsn.AY. FE&nUARY It,
The San Carlo Grand Opera
i 'onipuny In "l.uoia do
Larnincrmoor."
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THURSDAY, PEBRUA R y
Matinee,
Th" San I'avlo Grand Opera
Company In '('avalkrla
Rustirana."
TIUJRSUAY, I'KBIUWIiY 1!,
Night.
The San Carlo Grand Opera
Comtiany In "Rlgertetto."
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"Honey Hoy" Minstrels.
Vaughn Comfort will again be found
in the interlocutor's chair when llW
curtain rises on the new minstrel pro
gram which- tieorgo lSvnns' Honey
Boys will offer at the Auditorium on
nrxl Monday, matinee and night. It
is doubtful It' there is another man in
minstrelsy bo (Sell fitted for t Him Im
portant position. Comfort is a past
master in the art of directing Hie
'Tom I'art" program, lie Ih one of the
principal soloists as well, and an iik
peri siujto Homager who Kpows all the
lin ks r value In vocal shading ami
dire, ting. There Is probably no other
one man in this style of theatricals so
important as the interlocutor. From
him the leader of the orchestra, the
electrician, the stage crew, the end
men. Hie singurs and in fact all con
cerned In, tills opening scene. lulie
their cue. Hy a loo!; or movement of
the. head, possibly only a glance, aft)
things directed, and in the past visits
of this favorite organization the
smoothness of the performance hits
been a noteworthy feature. Vaughn
Comfort has been the Interlocutor
with "Honey Hoy" Evans for the past
live years and Hvah managerial ucu
men is shown by the re-i pgagoment of
thin competent master. The night
Prices are from 50 cents to 1 1.50.
The matinee prices arc CO cents, 7ii
The San Carlo Grand Opera Co.
Signer Antola. the eminent baritone.
'ho "ill be heard lo re on next Wed
nesday' evening with the San Carlo
Grand Opera company at the Audito
rium, has been written about and sin
gled out as an artist whose attain
ments leave little to be desired in op
eratic stardom, firstly, ho is of' most
commanding presence, Secondly. In
his lid lit to character, lo sav noth-
, splendid voice! powerful and
Socialist Columns.
These columns arr published every Saturday, and controlled by the BOCttlls!
Local of Ashcwllo. Which alone is responsible for the opinions ex
pressed. The Ashcvllle Socialist Local meets every Sunday at 10 ft, in., in its reading
room. Central Labor Union Hall. All Interested are Invited.
A Kansas Cilv
Kansas City is said
of potatoes
Inc
ringing. His cone e)rt ion of the oper
atic singer s province includes a thor
Bttgli iiiiderstunu'.na of .the character
to be assumed, to attain which be de
votes much study not only of the line:
but of the historical original. If such
there be. and of the period In which he
nourished.
Alltola is not so well Known in
America, having spout most o( his
time since his debut, in Spain. There
Is scarcely u city or town in the land
of I he Hops where he has not sung
Madrid, Barcelona, Cadi. many oth
ers. For eight years he uos Ihe moat
popular baritone in the country. lie
made his debut In Pavla, Italy, in
ItlO.'l, after which he sung steadily
throughout liurope, appearing in the
loading cities of Portugal, Italy, Spain
and Bohemia, oven singing in Africa,
lie created numerous ruins' ;i nil sung
in many premieres, In Portugal,
where he attained great success as
I'I'onio, in ri'a.Kliacoi." bis perform
ance is said lo hOVe been so reallsti
jlhal be was o,,. usually greeted oa Mie
streets by children, und even tmwii
persons who bud witnessed the opera,
with, "Hello, Tonlo.'
Since reaching America a few weeks
ago be has scored ina.rl.ed success In
the role of Ueifry Ashlon 111 "iaieia di
1-aniinermoor". The repertoire for tho
opera company on next Wednesday
and Thursday will be as follows: 'tin
Wednesday evening "l.ocia ill l.ntn
ineriimor," on Thursday, matinee, tho
double bill of "Cavnllorla ItUStlcana"
and "I'l'iinliacci," and on Thursduy
evening "Rlglctto," Tin, maliiiee
prices will ratlgu from fit) cents to
11.50, The night prices from :0 cenls
lo 2, Tickets for the entire engage
Itteilt will be placed on sale Monday
morning at Allison's.
situation.
to have 1 '.',, cars
rotting on ihc tracks.
Great business. That is enough food
to quiet the hunger of Kansas City's
poor for many weeks or months. How
ever It won't be used for that purpose.
The laboring people of Kansas City
have not yet been sufficiently starved
Theh
to realize I hat potatoes are not
brought from tile producers 111 inch
! quantities so that they may have
j enough lo stay tie hunser. Those po
tatoes will lay there and rot unless.
Somebody can make some profit out
of them. Then when tin y have rolled
they will be dumped somewhere so
near thai the decaying matter will bo
ia kooiI disease breeder lor the poor
' who either can't or are too Ignorant
I to prevent sickness. Great Is capital
I Ism! Socialism would not lie good lor
you.
Blind Justices
Joseph c, . Robin, the skyrocket
I financier, sentenced to serv e one year
111) Hlackwell Island penitentiary, 'ai;
j ideal vd a few days ago without ever
LhavihK served a single day of actual
prison lite lor too larceny m ?. i .,m,
from Ihe Washington Savings ji.ink..
Judging from the press reports he
must have manifested extremely
"good" behavior while under sentence,
us be was required lo servo but live
months, and was permitted lo leave
the prison every morning tit nine to
catch the nine o'clock boat, to remain
at business in Ihe city until Ihe four
o'clock bout and then resume . his
place in the penitentiary during the
Itlght, While nominally a convict Kob
l Is said lo have "made betwuon
18110,000 and J 1 (10,000 during his daily
trips to .ew York."
The Privileged Classes,
The privileged classes of mankind
being maii and that ihe laboring po
pie are Ihe backbone of the church.
The P,ec. Edward liegafferelly of
ihc Christian church said that he re
alized thai minister are not what they
should be. but that Ihe laboring men
should not condemn ih - church for
what a few ministers do.
The ItOV; W. A. Cooper, hanvlllo,
presideul of the conference, said thai
ihc worklngmen had lusi faith and
confidence in the eliuivh because ihe
-illdv Ihe eomli'ilom
nsses and preach on
h. lie ioid the mitt-
nut
ministers
of the working e
them often eiiou
Isters Ihm if ih
.meeting of a labor uiii
find Dial tile laboring
uld
I tend ,i
n I hoy would
inn looked o i
ii the subject of
ry iloes not ail-
Hasket bail Monday
iiir,hls. V. M. C. A. vs.
lego. Reserved seats
and Tuesday
Tusculum Col-
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MM li i:, thi; minsthi l man who always i-lnys tiii: "Iiiai.
UAH NIGflKIl" WITH HONRY HOY M VAN'S' MINKTRELf, TO
1115 SliKN AT THE At IHTOHU m MtlKUAY MATIN KU
AND Mt.Hl, IHHH AKY I.
haye no conscience
i their privilege. Ilisl
dtieu one Insunce in which a nobility
j or eysn a monopoly entrenched in
precedent und custom has aver volun
tary made restitution to society of the
lights of which she had been deupoil
ted. The iron jaws which close on the
I marrowy bone of privilege never relax
i ulrtll they are broken. So long as the
laboring people, anelent or modern.
lunc restricted their organisations lo
mere pleasure religion und frugality,
hey do not appear to have been
harshly dealt with, bill just as soon
as they ventured lo consider anil act
upon the subject of pi, lilies, which of
all others, was most necessary to their
welfare, they have become, and ihli is
true In oor time, the objects of hate,
abuse and repression. John Clark
Rid path.
Success of a New Co-OpcralHc.
The Seminole Co-i iperatlve Mer, au
lllc company, inc., of Stanford, I'lorulu
in tho first two mouths of Its exist
ence cleared l3 i C
OrocotiOS sold at (0 per cent ad
vance mer cost willi freight added,
Yet the co-operative Is able to under-
i scdl Us competitors.
! The monthly sule.i average IL'.jOO.
Two delivery wagons are constants In
use.
The housewives of Sanford have
in i n circularised w ith an appeal to
buy one or more shares of stnc. nt
110. JO a share, and to purchase "rrotfl
a first class grocerj store, capitalised
and run by Ihe pcoph not for
prolit."
Labor Official Says Church Has
Ih-scrtt'd Labor.
That tho church bus deserted labor
and become Hie defender of wealtn
was the eburgu by II. T. t'olun. sec
retary "f the Virginia Federation 0(
Labor, Ills remark threw the stale
conference of charities Into an up
roar, and brought a number of glfflR
men to their feet, mostl) to deny, but
some to admit thu ehsrite Coivin's
statements were ulso affirmed by K.
C. Davidson, president of the Vir
ginia Uedvratlon of ljibor
Oplvtn referred tu the recent meet
ing of the Bplecopal bishops of ,ew
York, at win, i the bishops refused to
Indorse the law aaalnst ohlld labor,
und then said that the bishops sat
down to a dinner costing 1 0,000
while hundreds of men and women
and children were lMerully starving
In t lie streets of New York city.
The Rev, T. C, Durst, uu Episcopal
minister, defended the bishops' meet
ing In New York and denied that they
bud rut down to a 110.000 dinner as
i banted, while Dr. Welford entered n
I genera! denial that the church of to
I day lu for the rich man. lie declared
1 lhat Ibv church is a friend o( Ihe la-
them with suspicion, fearing that (hoy
herd come i o spy for i lie riehi
He advised that ihc pasturs and the
laboring men gat Closer together and
thai the ministers: find mil the true
conditions and cllrieai'oi' to aid and
lift up ihc worhinguien r ml better
their conditions.
Drn-Yhci Kates.
.lust prcvloitu to i''el:ruary I several
of ihe larger iffjiVing companies in
Ashrvlllc notified their customers that
rates for hauling merchandise would
be advanced from sixty lo as high as
one himdrtnl eJjg.'eut oTeettitlii kliidt
of goo'ds. Tin' notii e-i "iverc sent out
Sim ultaneously by Ihe companies and
the rates demanded Wet's uniform. As
an excuse for tile raise. I hey gave the
shorter hours secured by ihe recently
organised iruckmens' union and the
Increased cost of feed and other sup
Ill lee,
A careful cxainination.of I lie books
of these companies would probably
show that only a vers small per cent
of thiii raise was justified. The truck
men have secured a ten hour day In
stead of a daylight lo .quitting time
Schedule, but the experience or every
employer is lhat reasonable hours of
work and a definite quitting time se
CeUre better net results than Indefin
ite hours. Tile cost of horse feed is
other little trusts in this
town; ihc town will grow and the
i; i";; will grow. Ultimately, a few
fortunate ones will be aide o make
swollen profits, and the remainder
will be put out of business. As Karl
.Marx pointed out, long before the
present industrial era. competition lit
Variably ends in combination, A linn
or corporal ion like a. tree, must grow
to live. The advocates of competition
have always mentally defined It IS
"competition for others, combination
lor us." The sole solution of the trust
problem is the socialist co-operative
commonwealth, When established, it
will provide ample opportunity tor the
lab nls now devoted to keeping aliv e
our senseless cmmerolal system and
will pay honestly for all services ren
dered lie community.
Itcason, Rhyme and Rol.
The details of the Judge 'Spoor ini
peachimMil case must stick in tin
..ran nC cvorv thinking American.
Whenever a public servant is exalted
to a tin god, corruption and Ineffi
ciency follow as a malter of coui-sc.
Itecall ihc Judges!
Zephyr skirts show which way the
wind .blows, but one bare fuel proves
1 Hi,' high cost ol living can oe
,d. Parisian ladies, so dispute lies
. are discarding stockings,
hlcago is lo finance and operalo a
Where goods win oe soiu ai con,
cdy people vouched for by the
if. Most likely tnese win
ispectlve voters lor Ihe lilltlij
and Bftth-house Johns, but
socialism BUeh a store would
v benefit every man, woman
SCHU35S THEATRE CIRCUIT
MATINEE AT 3:30.
Monday
February
NIGHT 8:30
9
the
etori
COlllllV
be pi
Dtnkl
undei
dlrcc
and child in the city.
The people of these moiinlnins will
I i. .,,i io learn thai J. B. iui' is
'thinking of purchasing Ihc F.nglish
, itato el' Lord Crewe for a trile of a
half a million dollars. After being
.1..!...., ,,,o ,.r i.iisiiicss. vcars. o.v
Ihe
Here Conies "Honey Boy"
With
the Best Show He Ever Had
GEO. EVANS
HONEY BOY
MINSTRELS
ALL NEW THIS YEAR
COMPANY OF 60
John King. Sam Lee, Vaughn Com
fort, Kldon Durand, Tommy Hyde,
"Rags" Leigh ton. Will Caw ley, James
Meehan, Win. H. Thompson, Joseph
Gillespie, Joe Wesley, Ed. Llndcman,
.Master Paul Van Dyke
Concert Rand und Orchestra
Ktlunrd Y. Cupero. Hircctor.
Till'. HLACKV1LLK
I5ALL( MIX ATICS"
"Honey Roy" as "Sweetie .lones"
Mnttnec: ,r)0c, 7Sc, S1.00; Children
Scats Now Selling at Allison
any scat, ifac,
SI. 00, Sl.oO.
Drug Store.
Xlghl, 60c,
this superintendent was dropped on
the plea that his salary was more
than the school could afford. He Wai
getting seventy dollars a month.
Said Hans to frits, "It gifs mo fits
To see dor way things go;
1 vorks each day; I draws mine pay;
11 melts away like snow.
if
not as high
ami gUSolIni
As a matter
well equlppt
little, and I
raise rates,
perfunctory
is sore, or at
Ing an espei
Ills ox is being
stead of Ihe one
oral public.
campi
ontpetl
t in
It w '.s two years a
i only a trifle hlghe
fact, the
d, fear c
.iving had the pow
lid so. Their excusi
Kvery merchant in
IraJt every one not
inll.v favorable con
gored ''lis tlm
ichmging to tin
s are
i but
er to
s are
town
t .
Ins
gen-
,ut
ICCO trust, it is still their
Ivpmble privilege t mtribute aoouii
iwo cents In ev ery live pen lor. to-1
liacco, towards providing comforts ofj
this kind for Duke and his associate!
Count Thomas fortune Ityiin.
How profit stands in the way of.
progress is aptly Illustrated by a tnle.Der grocer gets half of it
trom London. Ky. A Methodtel Indus- Rer rest all Vant a she
,..i..i .-.,i,..i ii, re,, hnd mi exnerlmenl- Dey come around on pay
ul farm ami managed il in conjunc
tion with the state agricultural col
lege. They hired a superintendent who
mil to be a BOClallSt, .Many ol
elshborlna farms and farmers
were poor and he arranged for the
latter to get fertilizer on a co-operative
basis at cost. The merchants of
the town protested and before long
from inside Ills head out,
Ho chust so well might schwa p h!
i head
,f"or another one of kraut.
So soon he learns election ihr;
Is der time to make a kick,
il'nd votes for socialism.
He gets it better quick."
N. V. I
In a way dot Istl
lay
School at Night.
nice.
tppe
So glad, mine wife, when dey arc irnne
She wipes away a tear,
Und hides der lust one nickel
Dot 1 might buy a beer."
Said
Hans, "Der corking
Bakket ball Monday ami Tuesday
Ighta Y. M. C. A. vs. Tusculum Col
ge. Iteterved seats 33c.
Fritz to
man s
Cot more vol he can hear.
Itut mill, some day. tie dinks he may
llecome a millionaire.
I'ntll he gets dot foolishness
Pupils In the Dlckerson high school,
Jersey City, went to school from 4:8(1
in the afternoon to 10 o'clock at night
on one occasion lately, in order thai
Ihc adult members of their famillef
might see the school plant In opera
tlon. liver 16)000 citizens took gvde
vantage of tho opportunity offered
Superintendent Snyder to see what
the high school was actually doing.i
The school program was carried out
in the regular order, including the
serving of tho school luncheon aboutl
the middle of tho session.
AUDITORIUM
NEXT
WEDNDSDAY
THURSDAY
MATINEE
Thursday
The Musical and Social Event of the Season
THE
AN CARLO COMPANY
RETURN ENGAGEMENT UNDER LARGE GUARANTEE
World's Famous Singers. Grand Opera Orchestra. Increased Chorus.
Complete Scenic and Property Effects.
Wednesday Evening, "Lucia di Lammermoor"
Thursday Matinee, "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "I Pagliacci"
Thursday Evening, "Rigoletto"
NIGHT PRICES. 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 AND $2.00
MATINEE PRICES 50c, 75c. $1.00 AND $1.50,
In order that patrons may occupy same eats for the entire engagement, tickets for the three performances will
go on sale Monday morning at Allison's.