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THI, MORNING ''BTWOM INCTCOfo' . i PAGE EIGHT. A DREAM OF THE PAST. The Academy will offer next JXhur ruy night Ihf first rval production of tin after-bolktjy season a return of FlujstfT Drown" and bt which ccrcd fich a mafmiftcoat triumph at the Academy last season. "Buster Brown" Is a musical comedy with 40 peopl?. rocstly girl, and is said to be intoxicatingly funny and one that is appreciated alike by both scunp and 'jki from five ta ftty. Master Gabriel will not be setn as "iluiter" this sea son, but In his plae will come a little Inch chap known to the stage as faster Rosen, said to be the equal of CTabrfel In every res poet while In the role of Tl?:e" his faithful pal. will bo .srn Jack Hell, who certainly knows ; Hls reconstruction of Tide's quizzi cal countenance is a masterpiece In paint, papier-mache and canvas. Fe rocity, amiability, curiosity; even that ;cuiiarty subtle andV Illusive dojrRish notion called humor Is fitted clear y and easily across his canine mask. be seen at the Academy the night or the 21st made an Immediate Impres lon the first time It was ever playec. It had Ua bringing out in London. Those Interested In It were of the Im piession It might run three or four months, but instead it tan for a bit ocr three years. After its great suc cess in the English metropolis, it was brought to America where It was placed before the public in New York City, remaining there for two years. Familiar Names and Figu'es Along W-ter Front Year8 Ago. (Communicated) In search of current news this scribe sought solace with hi? pipe at Market deck upon an upturned boat fcr casual observation. Upon this 8pot unchang ed since eld Colonial days the red coat Britishers were wont to quaff their ale around the tables set to catch the riv er breeze, ten paces frcm the tavern near, which was the only hostelry. And as he puffed, the weather beaten ferry beat nronelled by lazy strokes came into dock llnkine the long dead past with modern strenuous life, and left as i'Ui lazily upon It3 western course. ;eai by there sat an ancient mariner whos? hoary heal attested his longevity; ac costed by the scribe his face assumed IN nn JUL rn wm This. In brief, is the story of this com -Hv and fnotieh to recommend It in '3 troubled air. ih hiahf lormt to nil ihpntro-cr.Prs ; " Tfs fifty years tc-day t ,vi. .:i since I have 'so long Of "My Wife's Family," which will be the offering at the Academy on Monday evening, January 14. the Cin cinnati Times-Star says: "Farces whese stories are not inter rupted and blotted out by inane spe cialties or the introduction of the semi-voiced chorus girl, are rare In these days of demand for the spec tacular. So, when a vehicle that does not depend upon tho length of stock ings shown or the quantity of human ity offered for inspection of the pub- ? ) Clotj- or good TC5J v j iv SAt w-fcfivt : '-.a, H" wags his tail, licks hH chops, tracks foot-priat with tremendous energy, worries the tramp's boots and Just rlaya do. Master Roen has attained a nation si reputation as Buster. He is so -enall hat be has to stand on a chair . to tie his craTat. Vh4a he rings the door bell of a bouse, the girl looks out and. says there there Is no one 'here- Rosn then climbs on a chair vhere he can be seen and then is al lowed Ui enter. He is considered a wonder In his Impersonation of Buster Brown. ag -Mr. Out caul t has created itm In the Sunday Herald. it neccuaitca now under way are coosumated tbt city will be visited in th? Spring by cne or both of the two greatest musical attractions sent out this 8eason One of these is Mme. MarcelU Sembrich. the moat fmous f the Metropolitan Opera House prima doaoas. assisted by her strong concert compaay. The tear of Mme. Sembrich and her compaav begins on March 11 at the close of hec opera house en-ij-ajcp-awnt. and will extend over the ntire South aod Middle West as far tt T.-taji and the Missouri river The cther attraction Is no less than Walter IkunrmcJT ad his splendid Vew York Symphony Orchestra. This ioor beirtns Easter Sunday. March Zl and continues for rx week and cov ers the ame territory as Mme. Sem .'irich' tour, but each tour will pro ceed In opposite directions, so that in Teral cities bth attractions will be ncard frctn two weeks to a month :part For the l5ulsville. Spartanburg and yc2-cu Festivals, each comprising rtfe perform acces. both the Dam roach 'rchestra and Mme. Sembrich have tmn enj:aKd fof lmultn.neous op rearance. Both ci these famous at iractHni. the most expensle on tour his seatscn. ar under the direction of !xudaa Charlton, who sends through He. comes and entertains nicely, it deserves the heartfelt thanks of lov ers of something that is a little out ' J ; r" f f 1 vV -:. t l t It I I tVAMS am FtNCUS IM ITS AU YOUR FAUUT- 'V. ' - V. t -' -.. - . : " , - ".S t seen this if.nnlllnr to mine eves "The market house is gone, the bell which told the hours of labour and refreshment has ceased, likewise the Orrell Ark. The buildings are un changed, but where are the strong and teady'men who trod these streets ar half century ago? Tve passed the day without a rec ognition: confusing forms and faces belie the old familiar scene. There Is a bar where 'honest Jake held forth, for Lyon was an honest man; and next was Hathaway and Utley, Coville the Chandler: then DeRosset & Brown end Colonel Miller was Collector of the Port. Old Captain Ellis. Mitchell, Mc- j Rarv. Cumming, Adams, Mclnniss, Har riis"& Howell. Petteway & Pritchett. Murray Murchison, Avon Hall and J. & D MeRae: John Dix and Henry Nutt. I Parsleys. Hall & Armstrong, John Hey ier, Chas. Robinson, and G. & C. Mon roe; and John S. James and Adrian VanBokkelin; and, on the lower aide. were Eilers, Blossom. Cyrus btowe j VanAtnrlnge and S. M. West, tne auc tioneer: and Hall McCoy, Anderson & Savage, Joe Neff, old Captain Potter, Kidder and Martin, the Chadbourns, and John Mularky; Kit Dudley, the Worths. Toney Cazaux, MIles Coston, Green Daniel, John Poisson, Tom Sut ton and Kit Styron, James Cumming, Virftinius Ballard. Rankin and Martin, Mike Cronly, Smith and McLauxin and paunchioas' pilot Bishop, the genial Captain Jack: Where are the count less whlte-winped sailing ships which lined these rotting wharves while the ! cheery cry of go ahead horse" and chuckling blocks made merry with the rattling drays? Most all are gone you say? Then I too must away," and sure enough he went and while we searched for him this scribe awoke,;;; for behold, it was a dream! THE MORNING STAR IS GENERAL LEE AND HIS CHAPELS. ETTA HAYNOR With the Buster Brown Company at Academy of Music This Week. of the ordinary and contains merit. besides. "My Wife's Family which opened a week's engagement at the Walnut Sunday night comes under this head. The humor of the dialogue Is decidedly up-to-date and the situa tion are screamingly funnv. GRIEF KILLS SAM MARTIN. Rev. A. D. BetU Tells of His Great 1$ Devotion to Christian Work. Apropos the celebration of tho onu hundredth anniversary of the birth day 'of General Robert E. Lee on the nineteenth of the present month. Rev A. D- Betts, of Town Creek, sends the fc Mowing with reference to one? side of the Great Chieftain's life: "During the Winter months when jig the armies were quiet, the chaplaipi ig met every rew weews. uenerai Liee was frequently present. "On February 22nd, 1S64, I xnet him tz the train going to Richmond. I told him I thought he had about 23 chapels In his army. He modestly said: "Yes, we had 29 last Saturday." How did he know? Of course the gepd man had sent to eachthrigade for an official statement, which showed his Interest in the spiritual welfare of Lis soldiers- It Is well for us to thinJc of him as a Christian on. the one hun dredth anniversary of his birth. A;.D. BETTS." Town Creek. N. C Jan.. 5th, 1907. fhU ectlon each year moay cckbr.it "4 artil and organization, it wjh tw x source of deMgxt to the W1I minctoa pqbllc If Mme. Sembrich cr the IluurrMch Orchestra, or both, are tbl- to j'lclif this city in tli!r it'lner-arle. Frfh frcm Us New Ycrk nuccess at tot. Saroy Theater. F-dward IL Salter's tompary jn jf All Your Fault' a 'arc la thre act by Fdward Sel will be the attraction at the Vcadtmy on Friday. The p!ot of the .'rce -and U really has a plot hlnjfea on the deception of a young married nxxx. who. In order to obtain a conv inrtable Income from his wealthy un cle aT.ow htm to believe that he ha named a son after hlra, whom In real ity b ha no son. All goes well until uncle wishes to have the boy to como and live with him and then the nephew i obliRMi to make good- A precious outh who has escaped from a boy's aom Is pressed into service and tho real parentage of the boy is the pivot about which tha movement of tho iHcce rorolvcs.. .New lork. Dec. 31. Sim Martin. I i wncae restaurant, at Droadwa- and Fortieth street has been conducted by receiver since he went into volunta ry bankruptcy a month ago. died sud denly to-diy in the apartments his family have occupied for a month at 2S50 IJroadway. His wfe said tonislu hat he died of a broken heart over the thought or having failed at what was once a prosperous business. Dr. K. H. Quinn. the family phsician. as cribed th cause ns heart disease and said it was doubtles Incited by grief. Until within two years, no all-night restaurant was busier than Sam Martin's- Before the day of Rector's and Niamey s and when Brown's Chop House W3S at Twenty-seventh street, Martin's was the meeting place after the theatre of all the beit known stage folk and men about town. When other and more elaborate res- j uurants moved up town with the up-j wanl movement of the theatrical dis trict. Sam Martin's patrons began to desert the old-fashioned restaurant for the lobster palaces. Beforor they went away many left a memento in the shape rf checks, sometimes amount ing to $300. which Martin cashed for them without question. When the checks came back from the banks dis-' honored. Sam merely sighed and pocketed the loss- About the only thing that he leaves to ( his family Is o. stack of worthless paper, which represents a less of at least $25,000 and on which not a cent can be real ised. Mrs. Martin said to-night that for the past week her husband had cried a good-part of every day, bemoaning the misfortune that left hla family without resources and compelled thexa to go out and look for work. His wire encouraged him. as much as possible and finally on Sunday afternoon, he braced himself and said: "I am going downtown to-morrow to look for work. Surely some of my old friends will haro something that I can do." Mrs. Martin left her husband's bed room for a few minutes this morning to brew him some tea and when she returned found him unconscious. He was dead before a doctor arrived. Martin was 54 years old. HUGH MacRAE & CO., VTB BUT AJTO HELL Olf COMMISSION SOUTHERN SECURITIES. COTTON Mill STOCKS. North and South Carolina State Bonds. Harris Litliia Water Th strongest Llthln Water know ana Harris' Litiiia Ginger Ale. The best In the market. A. trial will convince yon. H. L. VOLLERS. fa25tt (HEAD.rTM ACHE T the Beach. On fine days there is no better place to spend an hour or two than fh bench FTTWrrrw sK -. Mewage Krom Mars." which will baa Une " Tanl iwM 10c Bottles . . . 2 Doses 25c Bottle . . . 8 Doses Ask your dealer for it. July20-tf TCue And never since its first issue has there been any change of name, proprietorship or editorial management. It guarantees a much larger regular, bona fide circulation than any other daily newspaper published in Wilmington. This claim has never been challenged by any competing newspaper. The amount of advertising carried by The Morning Star is stead ily increasing. More advertisers are using it than ever before. The Sfieadsf Crowfllh ddi CDtrcyDaGBomi makes the Paper IRfiloire aoid RttQire alyalbDe fio For the more readers for your advertisement the greater the in crease in your business. In addition to its very large city circulation, The Morning Sta- . . . . meFciaPsf TptoiuiflaD to WSDmninigfloBii Circulates largely amon the mosi prosperous class of mer chants and farmers, and has been read in hundreds of families continuously for more than a generation. Advertisers will make nrb mistake in seeking business through the columns of The Morning Star. Tepmros If Snolbs(Sif,Dp!D(0)irD One Year by Mail : Six Moiithss by MaU : : pirjee Months by Mail : Delivered in City, per month $5.00. 2.50. 1,25. 45c .B - v, ; - r- ...... ;r... $$&.- Gfl Owner and Editor, mmm c. u .e $1 fO) 8 ?V'V'. Ml eel if
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