The times., May 18, 1912, Image 4

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duced in the pantomime of tlie
Parisian sensation, will he intro-
“ apaehe” life of Paris. “ A Night
in the Slums of Paris,” that will
topline the program at Pantages
for the week eommeneing with
.Monday matinee. May 20th.
BLANCHE BATES AT HEILIG THEATRE IN THE COMEDY,
“ NOBODY S WIDOW.”
David Belasco presents the native actress, Blanche Bates, and her
splendid supporting company in her latest comedy-success, “ Nobo­
dy’s Widow, ” at the Heilig Theatre, Seventh and Taylor Sts., for
six nights, beginning Monday, May 20. Special-price matinee Satur­
day.
THEATRICAL.
Heilig.
Th advance scat sale is now
open ! or Blanche Bates. The
Well k (iiown producing manager,
David Belasco, will present this
Orphepm.
native actress and her splendid
Girl week is to begin next Mon-
of . players,
suppor rting company
,
including Bruce McRae, at the| day at the Orpheum. The famous
Heilig theatre, six nights, begin-1 “ Twelve Sunshine Girls” will
sta te Into tu e Union one s ta r shall he
added to th e union o f th e flag and th a t
First Practical Taat of D a v y ’s Safety such addition shall ta k e effect on the
4th of Ju ly next succeeding such a d ­
L a m p W as Dramatic.
If you have ever looked ut pictures m ission.”
T he M arine Jo u rn a l say s th a t th e
of coal m iners you m ust have noticed
th a t they a re som etim es represented origin of th e phrnse union jac k is un­
w ith peculiar little lam ps stuck lu their certain. hut th a t “th e w eight of evi­
'
' caps. T hese a re know n us the Duvj dence Is to th e eiTect th a t It w as de­
Empress.
lamp. T he flame U entirely rived from Ja c q u es or Jacobus, the
Walter Law, the well-known ae- safety
surrounded w ith very tine guu/.e wire, F rench and L atin nam es of th e S tu a rt
i tor. comes next week to the ('im­ which perm its enough air to e n te r to king, in w hose reign the superim posed
press in ‘‘At the Threshold,'' one keep the lum p alight, but is too tine crosses of St. George and St. Andrew
| of the best playets to be found in for any flame to pass through it. The w ere placed in th e canton of the B rit­
j vaudeville. The added feature dangerous gases lu th e coal m ine can ish flag to indicate th e union of E ng­
land and Scotland. In th a t generally
will be Del Franco’s miniature in te r the lam p and burn, but tbeU am e accepted
view of th e case th e nam e
circus, which will be a source of cannot g et out.
appropriately belongs to th a t p a rt of
pleasure for the little ones. Pep- Ilefore this Invention the m iners o f­ the B ritish flag, hut it Is a m isnom er
pino, the premier accordianist, is ten w orked in absolute darkness, as li to apply It to the canton of th e A m eri­
would have beeu m adness to c arry a
certain to be a hit.
can flag, witli which 'Jacobus R ex’ cer­
light Into any coal mine, w here w hat
tainly had nothing to do unless sim ­
is called lire dam p is commou.
Lyric.
T he sa fety lam p w as Invented by ply to set th e exam ple of placing a u n ­
“ A Stubborn Maid,” the com­ Sir H um phry Davy, a fam ous E ng­ ion emblem on the canton.”
ing attraction at the Lyric The­ lish scientist, but tlte w onderful thing
atre, commencing with Monday about the story of Its invention is
Not Trained .
matinee, will be as laughable a th a t uo one could lie fouud who would
Recruiting Officer—You understand
production as any presented at d a re to c arry It Into a coal m ine to lae first duty of a soldier is strict obe­
this popular playhouse. All the test It.
dience to orders. Y’ou haven't been
popular members of the company On Jan . t). 1810, John Hodgson, a used to th a t, have you?
m inister who lived n e ar N ewcastle, in
A w k w a rd -N o p e —th a t is. no. sir.
will be seen to good advantage. th
e north of England, w hich is a great You see I never m arried.—Philadelphia
Monte Carter and Edward S. Al­ coal
m ining region, volunteered to go
len will handle the comedy roles dow n Into the H ebburn coal pit with Record.
and the “ Honey-Bunch Chorus” a lighted D avy lam p In Ills hand so os
POPULARITY OF BASEBALL
will be to the front.
to se ttle for all tim e w hether it w as
really a safety lam p or no.
Qualities In the Game T h a t Endear It
T he first m iner who saw him a p ­
to the Public.
proach w as nearly beside him self w ith
There m ust he special q ualities in a
te rro r and scream ed and prayed for
gam e th a t can tak e and keep such a
w hoever it w as to p u t out th e light hold on m illions of hard headed,
before It w as too late. B ut th e m in­ healthy A m ericans from boys to eur
iste r w alked steadily on. confident In
uest old men. W hat a re th ese q uali­
the tru th of th e scientific fa ct upon ties? H ere is an a tte m p t to define
which th e lam p w as built, until he got
them :
close enough for the m iner to recog­
F irst.—Efficiency.
No o th er spec­
nize him.
tacle show s th e hum an being to such
E very m iner in the pit knew the p a r­ ad v an tag e on th e side of efficiency. If
son. and th e ir confidence in him and polo be m entioned to c o ntrovert this it
w hat he told them w as g re ater th an certainly cunuot com pare in the next
th e ir faith In th e lam p, m uch as they th ree a d v an tag e s to be m entioned, and
desired it. But for the bravery of this th e in ferio rity of the circus the a stu te
N ew castle p reach er it m ight have been reader can figure out a Iso from w hat
a long tim e before the lam p cam e into
follows:
use, if a t all.—E xchange.
Second.—Visibility. A person who
A MASTER OF DETAIL
WILLIAM DILLS AT THE
BAKER THEATRE.
HEILIGTHEATRE
7th and Taylor Sts. Phones Main
1 and A 1122.
Six Nights, beginning Monday,
May 20, special price matinee Sat­
urday — David Belasco presents
native actress, BLANCHE BATES
in the farcical comedy success,
“ NOBODY’S WIDOW,” by Av­
ery Hopwood. Excellent support­
ing company, including Bruce Mc­
Rae. Evening prices—$2, $1.50,
$1, 75c, 50c. Saturday matinee,
$1.50, $1, 75c, 50c, :15c. Seats now
selling for entire engagement.
At the Heilig Theater next week
seven nights, beginning Sunday,
May 2ti, usual matinees. William
Hodge and the original supporting
company, in the success of the
century, “ The Man From Home.”
Seat sale opens Friday, May 24.
PANTAGES Theatre
PRINCE AND DEERE AT THE EMPRESS
r
Baker.
‘ ‘ Brewster's Millions” will have
an elaborate production at the
hands of (In' Baker Stocw com­
pany next week, with Harry 11 i I-
Pantages.
Dance of the !
LIGHTS IN MINES.
7th and Alder Sts. Matinee daily.
Week commencing Monday Mat­
inee, May 20 Engagement extra­
ordinary, the international panto­
mime success. “ A NIGHT IN’ THE
SI,CMS OF PARIS,” introducing
tile latest Parisian sensational
novelty. “ La Danse du Couteau”
(“ The Dance of the Dagger” ),
presented by Mile. Maise, M. La-
Barbe and a host of other panto­
mimic stiirs. truthfully depicting
the underworld of Paris. Dorothy
Vaughn, vaudeville’s favorite
comedienne.
Santueci,
Italy’s
greatest accordianist. Duffy &
Dyne, novelty entertainers. Pan-
tagesenpe, latest animated events.
Special added attraction, Leon
Morris and his wrestling ponies,
assisted by Mr. John Hedge. Vau­
deville's best and biggest attrac­
tion for the young folk. Popular
prices: Matinee daily, boxes and
first row balcony reserved. Box
office open from lit A. M. to 10 P.
M. Phones Main 4ti:!ii, A 2226.
Curtain 2 GO. 7:15 and 0 o ’clock.
Paintings to Sui t Abbey H ad to
Histo rically Correct.
Be
understan d s th e gam e sees alm ost ev­
ery play perfectly. H e sees th e deliv­
ery by th e pitcher, th e prep aratio n and
sw ing of th e b atter, the ball dashing
aw ay, th e ru sh , g ra sp and recovery of
th e Infielder, th e race o f th e ru n n er
dow n the line, th e catch of th e base-
m an and is ready to disp u te w ith the
um pire w h eth er th e ball arrived a
ten th of a second before or a ten th of
a second a fte r th e runner.
T h ird .—Sustained suspense. An E n g ­
lish stu d e n t o f A m erican affairs, e n ­
deavoring to m ake his countrym en un­
d e rstan d th e hold of th e gam e, sta te d
th a t if they would im agine th e m ost
in te n se m om ent in th e fifth se t of a
ten n is m atch being played for the
cham pionship of the world th ey m ight
g et a n idea o f th e inten sity of interest
th a t p ertains to a hall gam e a t alm ost
any tim e in any one of th e nine in­
nings.
F o u rth .—T h e dem ocratic background.
T he in te re s t o f w atching th e ex p erts is
Inseparable from the fact th a t alm ost
every boy in th e U nited S tates Is
brought up to play th e gam e itself.
One som etim es hears it said th a t
w atching the gam e Is less desirable
th an playing it, w hich is creatin g an
ab su rd dilem m a, a s th e clerk in a g reat
tow n, who m ay be able to spend tw o
tiours of healthy in terest in th e base­
ball park, could not possibly be indulg­
ing in th e gam e him self a n d also be­
cause w atching th e gam e m akes one
all th e m ore eager to play i t if be hfis
th e chance. Just as playing i t m akes
him nil th e m ore eager to see how it is
played by th e g re atest ex p erts In the
w orld.—N orm an Hapgood lu Metropoll
tan.
One o f the stro n g est ch ara cte ristics
o f Abbey w as his te rro r of an ac h ­
ronism . No detail of a g re a t canvas
w as sm all enough to escape his in­
finite precaution in th is regard, no re ­
search too e x h au stin g th a t yielded th e
correct an sw e r to som e archaic m a tte r
of d ress o r arm or. Because of th is
scrupulous care his studio a t M organ
hall. IUv!f an ancient building, more
th an 300 y ears old. becam e a veritable
m useum of heraldic shields, coifs a n d
casques. W henever he wished to p aint
a certain detail of com plicated arm or
he purchased o r borrow ed a w hole
su it a s a model. Once, so th e story Is
told, w hen Abbey had com pleted a
large p ainting depicting an ancient
co u rt scene he discovered th a t th e
quarterln g s In the heraldic shield
woven In a w om an's sk irt w ere Incor­
rect. H e painted o u t th e sk irt and
corrected his error.
H is m asterpiece In oils, th e "Q uest
o f the Holy G rail.” w hich he did for
th e Boston library, has been pronounc­
ed perfect In every detail of arch ite c ­
ture. of d ress a n d heraldry. H is "C or­
onation of E dw ard VII.” has been
praised by a n tiq u a ria n s because of its
perfection and accuracy o f detail. It
w as th is pain tin g w hich won Abbey
his g re atest fam e In E ngland.
T hough Abbey sp en t nearly ail of
his w orking y e ars In E ngland and on
th e continent, he did not consider him ­
se lf an e x p a tria te , and he w as alw ay s
keenly A m erican In his sentim ents.
B aseball w as w ith him a consum ing
passion. W hen he discovered th a t
Easy.
th ere w as none to play his favorite
B eggar—K ind gentlem an. I beg your
gam e in E ngland he took up crick et a s pardon— G ent (prom ptly)—G ranted. I
th e next best thing, and crick et w as thought you w as begging for money.—
his favorite pastim e —New York Son.
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Ita Sta r Spangled Canton ia a Union.
No t a Un io n Jack.
T hose w ho speak of the s ta r sp a n ­
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