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ETHEL BARRYMORE 111 "THE SILVER BOX" fef IDE IlEILIG TnEATnE
TTTBW TORK. March 2 "The 811
mver Bo." by Mr. Joho Gateawor
thy. was prod wed on Monday t
el V '-.the Empire, tliratr. It wag I
greet conlraat (or Mini, Barry
mora mIwmh tha pretty and petulant
Mm. Trentopl of "Captain Jlnka" to the
humble and abject charwoman aba de
lineated In the new play. It la prob
ably tba biggest and moat dramatic part
Mi young star Daa avar portrayed.
Judging by tba enthusiasm of tba audi
ence in tha strong scenes, her suc
cess was assured. '
Aa (or the plot of "Tha Silver Box,1
which la a melodrama. Jack Barthwlck,
aon of a member of parliament, cornea
horn vary muoh tha worae for drink
after having had aupper with a lady
whoae acquaintance be baa made quite
inrormaily at a mualo halL A man who
la tha huaband of a charwoman (Mlaa
-Bariyniuie"la 1ttterTngatootth "house
and belpa tha young aon of the family
to (ina tna Keyhole. '."'
- ' Young Barthwlck'. fail a aalerp, and
1 Jonea, tha charwoman'a huaband, flnda
tha whlakey bottle and helpa hlmaelf,
and aa tha contenta goes to hla head be
fliea Into a terrible rasa agalnat hla con
dition n life. Ho flnda a ellver cigar
ette box and a puree containing qulta a
aunt of gold which Maater Jack haa left
kicking about on the floor.
- The wife of Jor.ee the patient long
Buffering and hard-working charwoman
la suspected of ateallng tha mlaalng
articles, and tha police are put upon her
path. 7. '"'.""..; ,'.' - '
la tha single room occupied by tha
Jonea family tha ailver box and puree
are found, with tha gold. Tbla laat la
a great blow to tha Barthwlck family,
for the puree belongs to tha lady with
whom tha aon Jack baa been dining and
contain a her address, and tha Barth
wlck family are In dread leat all thla
ahould coma out In the- court .proceed
ings, and Jonea doe all be can to ao
eompllah Vila. .'... . -. . ,, , . J
' Ho la aent to prlaon for a month and!
the honor of the bouse of Barthwlck la
safe, but for the poor charwoman and
her three children tha difficulties of an
already almaat Itnposaibls 'existence are
trebled, and Mlaa Barrymore waa abl
to prove her ability In a very atrong
character part Bbe had the aupport of
an unuBuuiy strong company, wun
Bruoe McRaa aa Jonea, tha ne'er-do-well
nusoana, vm did fine work.
ThsHoly City.
Thomaa William Broadhurst'a drama
waa presented at the Lincoln Square
theatre on Monday by William Morrla
and hla company. "The Holy City,' aa
lla name Implies, la a biblical play, and
haa Mary, Magdalene for Ita central
Character, and around her. are written
a aerlaj of lnoldenta that have a hlstor-
Ical bearing on her life..
T1 Xlrt.actUa4aid-to-tke huae.o
Mary at Magdala, where the eourteaan
la ahown In the iielght of her power and
glorifying her position. Barabbaa, a
young Bealot.who la In revolt against
Rome, haa aaved the woman, and. being
afterward charmed by her beauty, falla
in love with ner, ana. Knowing fully all
that ahe la, ha deaplaea blmaelf for hla
mad Infatuation. At thla time the Ns
arene la In Magdala with hla disciples,
and shortly after Judaa haa brought
word of the death of her brother Lasa
rue. Barabbaa haa been epurned and
gone hla way, Mary la converted and
goea to the home of Martha, her alater.
Moarua -la jalsed front the dead, and
Mary In her gratitude anointed the
Savior's feet with OIL Barabbaa re
turn, professes hla love for Mary, but
la refuaed. Once more be goee hla way,
bwt la . captured. . The third act ahowa
(Me 1 trial - eceno before Pilate, where
Mary makes a paaalonate appeal for the
BaVtor, while the fourth act takea place
on the day of tba crucifixion. The fifth
and final act takea place In the garden
of Joaeph of Arlmatbea. on the mora
ine of tha resurrection. The drama, ia
In blank vera snd follows closely the
atory of the Bible. ' - - .
Mlaa Eleanor RobaoQ la appearing In
"Salomy . Jane," with apeclal matlneea
or -Merely Mary Ann" at the Liberty.
"The Road to Yesterday" oontlnuea
at the Herald square where apeclal mat
lneea of -Widower a Houea" are be
ing given.
"Dream City" and "The Magic
Knight' will move away from Weber'a
theatre after Saturday night .for a few
weeica -or vur in the Dig cltiee.
"Tba Parialan Model" at the Broad-
rway theatre, with Anna Held, oontln
uea to prove a winning card, and the
houae la packed nightly, with no eigne
or waning. :
"The Oreat Divide" haa completed ita
twenty-fifth week at the Princeaa thea
tre and will continue there until May I.
Unfortunately Mlaa Anglln and Mr. i
Miller will probably have to withdraw
the famoua Moody drama at that time.
' Montjomery'anJ filona have had 'to
cancel their fondeat plana for their
eummar'a vacation aa tha unwanlng In
tereat and delight of tha publlo In "The
Red Mill" at the Knickerbocker clearly
ahowa that they won't have a reat for
aome montha to coma -
In 1ta fourth week at the Hudaon of
Brewster's Millions" and Ita twelfth
week In New York, It contlnuea night
ly to attract and amuae large au-
dienoea. .,.-.
Traditional Teuton dullness haa not
affected "The Man of tha Hour" for
the Savoy theatre haa been crowded
to It door for weeka pant. ' t '
Wllllmm Colltar'a souvenir nlaht 'at I
the Oarrlck theatre will be on March
tl, when the 100th performance of hla
aucceaaful play ."Caught In the. Rain"
will be given. , -
"Pioneer ' Days" and "Neptune's
Daughter at the Hippodrome will eoon
reach their 800th performance. -
"The Rich Mr. Hoggenhelmer which
haa been amualng crowded houaea for
the past six -months will leave wai
lack'a on March SO. At the conclualon
of the" New-York engagement the ehow I
will Uke the road, vlaiting all the
large oitlea. , . -.
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Manaa-er.
Direction Vortfeweetera -Theatrical
Aeeoolatioa. P.. KetUg,' Vrasldeai.
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Week ol March 25th, 19D7
VAUOBVIULB OB LUX13
MUSIC At DOINGS IN NEW YORK
fT TETW YORKl March II. OecarHam
" IV I mereteln, the anarchlat of opera,
. lu haa been hurling bomba all week
' JL 1 at eatabliBhed law and order, aa
represented by Helnrich Conried
;. and hla oligarchy at the Metropolitan,
and It la not aurprlalng that there are
" mutterlnga of diacontent among the
, Metropolitan dlrectora and rumors of
the enforced resignation of Mr. Con
ried. Tire Herr Director has been 111
nearly alt eeeaon and what directing
he has done has been by telephone, but
the activity of the Thirty-fourth street
.opera-house began to asaume such a se
, rloua charaoter that he came down town
laat week for the flrat time In months.
. chewing savagely on a cigar both long
ana oiacs, ana aecianng inai -ina jan
. ropolltao la he greatest opera In the
world. We are not In competition with
Mr. Hammeratelu at all; he is not In
- our class. . : .
(Outlook Favors Oscar. ' V
in the meantime Hammeratein an
' nounces the engagement of Calve for
. eight performancea thla season. Ipolud
lag "Carmenr" t'Fauat,'? - "Cavml levia
- Ruatlcana" and La Navalrralae." Mad
area. Calve. la now In Parle, and will
arrive here next. week. For next seaaon
Hammeratein already haa contracts with
Madames Melba. Nordics. Calve, Jom
elli, Breaaler-atanoll and Mary Garden,
from the Opera Comlque la Parle. With
T theae aopranoa. It la hla Intention to
produce Oerman, French and Italian
opera, Mlaa Garden beading a practt-
oally aeparate organisation for -"opera
' comiqua." Madame . Bchumann-Halnk
-. haa ,'alao. signed with the Manhattan
". Impresario, after being - in negotiation
with him for some time, j
Immediately after the cloae of . the
preaent aeaaon .Mr. Hammeratein will
r sail for Europe. On May 1 he will meet
Madame Coalma Wagner, tha widow of
- Richard Wagner. 'at the borne or Mad
ame Ulll Lehmann. - It ia believed that
at that time Mr. Hammeratein may ar
range with the widow of the great com
' poser to produce "Parsifal" at the Man-
hattaa. To a casual observer, 4t would
V appear to be up to Conried. But the
. dear public in. the meantime, can go od
ita way, rejoicing, for with Lion Con-;
" rled and Unicorn Hammeratein flghu j
i i
ing for the crown, the result In any
event ia good opera, and 'we can't loae.
The concert tonight -of the Philhar
monic orchestra, following the publlo
rehearsal . yesterday afternoon, will
bring to a 'close the first seaaon of the
permanent ' conductor, Safonoft . The
Phllharmonlo society ends the sixty
fifth and, officially, "most brilliant'
year of ita history la a commemora
tion ef the one hundred and seventy
fifth anniversary of the birth of Josef
Haydn, with his symphony in C minor,
and the aria. "With Verdure Clad.1 from
"The- Creation," aung by Mrs. Corlnne
Rlder-Kelaer. It la Interesting to note
that the Phllharmonlo men first played
a Haydn symphony In the year 114. al
though the record does not state which
one. - ' . .. , ,; '
Divins But Lengthy.
. On Thursday evening at Carnegie
hall, the Russlon Symphony orchestra,
under Mr. Modest Altsohuler, presented
a new symphony by Borlablne, "The
Divine Poem." While it may have been
enjoyed by the elect. Ita length, fifty
uilnuten without lntel,ruptluii"dldnnet
call for any demonatratlon of wild ap
proval from the late eomera, who bad
to stand until tha end." Thla symphony
which Is tha composer's third, la noisy
and full of fury, brilliantly orchestrated.
bat reminiscent In theme of "Trtstsn
and "The Ring." . The composer's In
tentlon la thus sst forth la a program
note:
"The composer of La Divln Poemr
haa sought to axpreaa therein aome thing
of the emotional (and therefore tnuai
eally communicable) side of his phi
losophy of life. M. Scrlablne is neither
a pantheist nor a theosophlst yet his
ereed Includes Ideas somewhat related to
each of these schools of thought
Slow Introduction. . -" ,1
"A short, slow introduction proclalma
the opening theme, which to the com-
poeer mesne the affirmation of con
acloua existence, of the oo-exlatence of
matter -and spirit In the ego. Thla
theme.- begun ' by the - baaaoons - and
baases, enda with a militant ascending
Interval in the trumpets that may be
the equivalent of Je suls (I am). The
spirit that affirms is affrighted at the
audacity of its thought and sinks into
an abyss of mysticism A struggle' be
gins between two forms of the new
allegro theme of th flrat movement, aa
in a soul now confident now obsessed
by doubt and fear. Tha slow movement
Voluptes,Ms built upon two contrasting
theinea. ' The first Introduced by the
flutes,' denotes - to the composer the
soul's affirmation of the sublime; the
second, given out by a aolo-vloltn, the
desire of the soul for the ecstatic joy
of self-annihilation of 'the merging of
the aplrtt into nature. The final allegro
'Jeu Divln,' brings up In, large and tri
umphant form the theme of affirm
ation of -the Introduction,
Kneiset Quiet Broken.
Alwln Behroeder, the Knetael 'celllat
waa the soloist of the evening, and it
must have been as a shock to his soul,
after the placid appreciation of Knetael
audiences, to be greeted witn such a
popular tumult aa met him on this, his
virtuoso debut He took his dosen re
calls very modestly, while his three
brothers ' In art the other ' Knetaels,
grinned delightedly-from the audience;
Lhevlnne, the Rusalan ptaniat made
hla . third appearance on Thursday- af
ternoon at Carnegie halt ' Personally
I was somewhat - disappointed in - him.
In the early part of the program he in
dulged la exaggerated eontraeta In
tempo and dynamica, and at times hs
pounded the piano unmercifully. The
program was divided midway by a suite
by ArencKI for two pianos. In this
number, a pretty sample of. salon mualo.
but of no permanent value, the second
piano was played by Mrs. Lhevlnne.
The ensemble wss admirable and the
players were received with so much en
thusiasm thst they added an encore.
In the remainder of the program Mr.
Lhevlnne displayed a brilliant technic.
particularly In Llait's A flat "Colree de
.Vienna" , - .
Btr Edward Elgar, the English corn
poser arrived in New York Monday on
tne urmmiL ho wui conduct in New
York the performances of his oratorios.
"The Apostles" and "The Kingdom.
the latter a new work, the la tee t from
hla pen. Although . thla ia his third
visit to America, it la hla first appear
aaoe in New York. --.
HAROLD VINCENT MILLIOAN.
ALBINI
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Special Added Attraction
jab. nvairczs trrxjuTAjr eo.
Ite atar "Me, Htm a I Co. "The
Tramp," "The Prince of Pllsen."
etc4 assisted by Wm. O. Johnson and
Anna Dunn, presenting
TatS CBABSST ACT
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. 'TOM BRANTFORD
, THE MUSICAL HARTS
In a. novel and refined music specialty.
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"Arrah Wanna." . , v .
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Maunees, except bundays, 10c to au seats, not including- boxes.
Evenings and Sundays, 10c, 20c, and Box Seats 30c
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' GEO. L. BAKER, General Manager. '
Portland's Fashionable, Popular Price Theatre-. Alwaya Crowded to
the Doora Permanent Home of the Famoua Baker btwfc Company. '
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Matlneea Sunday and Saturday. Every Evening- 8:15.
All WeeR Commencing Today, 'Sunday March 24
Tha original and unusual play In prologue and three acta
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By Henry Hamilton. Personal direction Mr. Arthur' Macklev ' M
To Err Ia Human To Forgive, Divine." : jj
Full atrength of Baker Company. Special scenery and effecta
Evening Prices 25c. 35c, 50c. Matinee 15c, 25c.
Seats should be secured far in advance. Sale six dava ahead ' U
'. . . . of each performance. , . - -
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Playing the Stalr-Havlln Eaatern Road Attrscttons Onlyi '
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, HttTOrf- W SEAMAN.' Manager. - - . . , ' ' ' I ' --.
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Starling Sunday Malinee, March 24, Today k
The New and Surtling Western Success
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Complete Original Cast .'. Characteristic Scenery.
Comedy and Sentiment New Specialties Interspersed.
Regular Empire Prices. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday,
Next Attraction OL,E OLSON" j
NEW BOOKS FOR THE
LIBRARY, v
- GENERAL WORKS. . '.
Ruoff Century Book of Facts, ltO(.
; . PHrLOSOPHT AND ETHICS.
Doff Splnosa's Political and Ethical
Philosophy. 190a. . j
' Tart Four Aspects of Civic Duty,
110s. '.-,, -s
REUOION.
Lambert Romance ; of Missionary
Heroism, I07.
' t SOCIOLOOT.
Janres Studies In Social lam, 1101.
McClellan Hlatorlo Dress In America
II Ilea Railroads, Their Employes and
the Public ItOt. . 1
" Stubbs Lectures on Early EngUah
History. fl- , -
United States Comptroller of tha Cur
reacy National Bank A at, 1901. .
United States War Departraenv Pfe
Wslonal Regulations for Sabre Exerolae,
United States Army, HOT. -
Wllklns Roman Education, HOB. j
- -.-...-- -r- SCIENCE. - -r
Panlell Textbook of the Principles
of Physics. 104.. - . -i
Jonas The Electrical Nsture of Mat.
ter and Radio-Acuvtty, 1101.
-." USEFUL, ARTS. v .-.'' ,
Paflcy A Sons Co. Practical Angora
Goat-Raising, 1901. . . . .
Branch Heat and Light From Mu
nlclpal and Other Waate, 190.
, Breen Railroad Catechism, 1901. ' v
Cabinetmakers' Album, of Furniture,
Hit.
Fslr Steel Square as a Calculating
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Fowler Locomotive Dlctlonarf, .1901.
Harding Fos-Trapplng, 1900. ;
Harding MinkTrapplng. 1901. '.
L-llS.U ' U
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Hedges 8ugar Canes and Their Prod
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Houaton and Kennelly Electrical
Telegraphy, Ed. t. 190. ' ' .
In galls Lead Smelting and Refining,
1900. .
Lawler Modern Plumbing, Steam and
Hot Water Heattng. 12th ed rev. 190.
LeVan Praotloal Management of En
gines and Boilers, 1901.
Low and Bevta Manual .of .Machine1!
Drawing and Dealgn. 190S, rev. , , r
Meade Portland Cement. 1900.
- Parsons Disposal of Municipal Ref
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Stoddard Steel Square Poeketbook,
Ed. I. rev. 1900. -
Twelvetreea Structural , Iron and
Steel. 1900. ,
. . .. -.. - FINE ARTS.
Baloh Comparative Art, 1900.
Brahms Brahma, by J. L. Erb. 190S.
Davldaon Stories From the Opera a.
1901.
Furtwangter Masterpieces of Greek
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Raphael By Herman Knackfuss, 199.
Rudy Cathedrals of Northern Spain,
1900.
Simpson History of Architectural
Development, v. 1, 190. - '
Turner water Color Drawings in tne
National Gallery, by T. A. Cook, 1904.
. . LITERATURE.
Bradley Shakespearean Tragedy,. Ed.
'I, f06.
Choloe Dialect and Vaudeville Stage
Jokes, 1901. --'
Gummere Old Engiisn Bsuaas, irt.
Tennyson Lyrical Poema, , Ed. by
Pal (rare, 1900. .,.,
Toyobee Dante . Studies - and ; Re
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Dunning Today on the Nile. 1901.
Hale Tarry at Home Travela. 1901.
.Knox Spirit of the Orient. 190a. r;
Kotsebue Voyage of Discovery Into
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Trimmer (The) Tukon Territory.
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Vlllarl Fire and Sword In the Cau-
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Wells (The) Future In America,
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Lodge (A) Frontier Town, and other
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Mace School of Hlatory ef the
Unltwl States, 1904.
Phillips War of'Oreek Independence,
1111.1131. 1197.
Rogers Hlatory of Babylonia and As
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Schurer History of the' Jewish Peo
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Stubba, William -Letters, ed. by
H. Hutton. 1904. a-.
Wlae, H. A. Life of Henry A. Wtae
of Virginia, by B. H. Wlae, 1899.
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Macleod Mountain Lovers.
Phillips Red Saunders- Pete.
Whltelng Ring In the New.
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Aesop Fables, With Introduction by
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Chamberlain How We Are Sheltered.
expreaeed." On the other side were to
bo aa eagle and other devices.
This bill came to the house Jsnuary
It, 1791-and was referred to the com
mittee of the whole.' On March X4 the
bill came up In committee of the whole
and an amendment waa proposed strik
ing out all that looked to the Impress
ing of the president's effigy and name
upon the eotns, and providing in lieu of
It an emblematio head or uoerty wun
the word "Liberty
This amsndment brought on a debate
In which a good many members took
part, the men who afterward called
tbemaelvea Republicana or Democratic
Republlcana In favor of the amendment,
the Federalist mostly In - oppoeitlon.
One member objected to tha president's
head on tha coinage aa aavortng of the
practices of monarchies, which had
taken this method of handing down to
tha Ignorant the names and succession
of their monarche. The Scriptural
phrase ."Render unto Caesar1 tha things
thst are Caesar's, unto God the things
that are God's" was recalled.
It waa argued on the othet side that
the proposed effigy waa a proper tribute
to Washington, to which a member re
sponded that while every one might be
glad thua to honor tne great man men
nraaldent there might' be future presU
denta whose heeds ths people would not
care to see upon the coins. - - - - -
. After tha ouestlon had been ridiculed
by one Federalist as too trivial for so
much waate or una, ana me anragmtni
had been seriously urged, In speeches
ornate with references to Roman his
tory, the Question was divided, and the
house voted SI to II that the name and
efflgy of the president should not ap
pear open the eotna. It waa then voted
41 to mat me imDierauo mn
Libert ahould be subsUtutsd lor the
daalern -proposed by the senate. Two
rhuihTkllri of tha fleaahora.
Clyde Wallace Through the Tear, days later the blU as amsnded passed
I v.
Gooses-Nursery Rhymes.
Potter Pie and the Patty-pan.
AMERICAN GOLD COINS
Why They Do Not Bear the Effigies
of the Presidents. :
hv a vote of It to 11-
On the very same day tha senate re
turned the bill to the house with notice
of dissent from ths amendment The
houss wss not plessed at this prompt
action of the senate. As the sessions
I of the' latter body were secret In thoee
days and very briefly reported In the
published erncisi -Annnis or vonaress.
the nature or tne oeoeie in mhw
unbnAwa. - - ' -
i There was more discussion In the
houss this time, with further denuncia-
tlona of all eigne ana symoois or roy
alty. Mr. Mercer thought it would be
well to have for the houae of repreeen-
President Roosevelt's reported wish to
have new designs msds for the gold
coins of the United States recalls how
near he came to having hla own head
and name stamped on thoee coins.
On October 8 1. 1791, the senate of the i ,.hv.. aome such rule as that of the
unitea states sppomiea nessrs. saorris, I British house or commons loroiaaing
King. Cabot and Henry a committee to Lna mention of the sovereign' a name In
report a bill for the creation of a mint. I A.ht. and Mr. Page said bs would
Seven weeks later Mr. Morris reported a mther cut off his' right hand than sign
bill to establish a mint and to regulate the mint bill without the house amend-
me national coinage. , - mant.
The senste debated tha bill December Th. tinnee adhered to its amendment
It and 87 and January t, I. 4. I. and w . vote of 84 to 81 and next day,
again January 9 On the laat named day March 87. 1798. the senate receded from
there waa a proposal to place upon tha
obverse of the ailver and copper oolna
a dealgn of clasped handa and linked
ehalna, emblematic of tha union of the
states, and upon the reverse the Bgure
of Justice bearing the scales, but It was
defeated.
On January It the bill passed the sen
ate with a provision that the coins bear
upon one elde the head of the president
of the United Stntes for the time being,
with an Inscription to express the Initial
letter of hla Christian name, and his
surname In full, together with the "suc
cession of the presidency numerically
Ita disagreement..
The Teaek Thai Seals
la the touch of Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
It's the happiest combination of Arnica
flowere and healing balnama ever com
pounded. No metter bow old the snre
or uloer Is. this salve will cure It. For
burns, scalds, cuts, wounds or plies. It
has no enual. Guaranteed br Bed Cross
I'barmac...lor
Two-Dollar Bills Unlucky. -
Large numbers of cllppd 81 bills have
reached the treasury department at
WeBhington for redemption In the last
three vears. These bills are all eorner-
leas. That Is. all four comers nave either
been torn off or neatly cut on witn
scissors or knife, says the Newv York
Bun. -
The offlciala who intereet themselves
In tracing such things quickly ascer
tained that a superstition of racing peo
ple lay back of the cornerless 81 bllla
It was found thaj. some years ago the
pikers In the racing game developed an
antipathy to the 88 notes, considering
them unlucky.
Their method of exercising the devil
of 111 luck clinging to the 81 bill was to
tear or cut off the corners before put
ting It into play. The Idea spread. It
Infected the bookmakers, and aome book-
GRAND SACRED
CONCERT
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Sunday evening, March 14, at 8:161
O'clock, at the Hetllr theatre. " Orchea-1
tra of 75 plecea. . Violin solos and quar-1
teta Lower floor, balcony and gallery
10c; bog seats II. Seats for sale at I
Graves' mualo store, Washington street.
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EXPOSITION RINK
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It's Always Warm and Con
f ortable at Exposition Rink
The worse the day tha bigger the
crowds of skaters, and the more
the merriment. ,
THE BIG FLOOR GREATLY
IMPROVED,
: Skates In fine trim.
, Plenty of steam heat
' - Lots of good mualc.
Willing free tnatruetlon.
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Admission 10c Skales iSc
makers who received large numbers of
bills In the course of a day's opera
tions fell Into the habit of clipping with
scissors the corners of such notee ee
they couldn't unload vpon their associates.
Mow It Is reported that the dlstruat of
the 88 note la becoming general and that
the comarleaa notee are appearing in
many different places.
A Fair Exchange.'
Ton may exohange your old lnatru-
ment In part payment for any of the
standard makea rarrlel hy Sherman.
Clay Co., Sixth and Morrison
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WEEK OF r.lARCU 23
Popular Lyric Stock Company Presents the Washington
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