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RUSSIANS BLESSED BY . STOLtPIN'S REFORM WORK Under Its Working 32,000,000 Peasant Fanner* ilare Conie Into Existence 9 ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 12.—Agrar ian reform begins to bear good fruit. It was the greatest work of Peter A Stolypln, premier of whom Dmitri Bogroff assassinated In the < ear's very presence at a gala per formance In the Municipal theater at Kleff last September. “While quelling a bloody revolu tion Stolypln brought about u peace ful one." say those today who were the premier's bitterest enemies. His great plan of letting the peas ants hold land in perpetuity, which Btolyptn Inaugurated In 1906, has giv en land of their own to 32,000,000 peasants, they possess 3,000,000 square miles in European Russia aud 7,500,000 square miles in Siberia. And the face of the tand hns been changed, (lie peasant now lives on his property instead of miles away, as under the land was redistributed every three ) ears. Besides the owner works intensive ly now, for he takes pride In hla land Here again Stolypln’s far-seeing brain came Into play. He planned that the moujik should be a speculator In the world’s grain trade. He opened hun dreds of farming schools and hun dreds more are being founded. Be sides Stolypln arranged that money should be advanced to the peasant farmer at a low rate of Interest, 4 1-2 cent, something unknown here, hitherto. The Imperial hank builds granaries .and keeps the peasant In formed on grain prices by posting official quotations, several times a week, in railroad stations, inns and markets. Co-operative stores have been opened In the markets; the peasants can buy agricultural ma chines on easy terms; mechanical ex perts give instruction gratis to farm ers who desire 1t,,. The results are as obvious as bene ficent. A sturdy, hard working yeo man class Is slowly but surely grow ing In Russia; this Is six years, and ♦he plan will not be worked out com pletely for several years more. The /act is becoming clearer and clearer that agrarian reform has done more to calm Russia than all the repressive nictate* from, this city. Socialistic and revolutionary agitators have no ■,ucees> where the moujik land, because tt la all »• K r for In this life, and once he has it he will run no risks. Q , A tremendous outcry against Stoly pln arose when he set this; work foot; all political partlea ridiculed and abused it. He never could have car ried It out had he not interested the Dowager Empress in It. THE STAGE LYCEUM. “Everyman's Daughter,” character ised In the programs as “a play with a purpose," is the current offering in the Lyceum theater. It is a weird sort of an affair, with a strong ten dency to preach, and a good deal or sophistry that sounds good but doesn t mean very much. There are some in teresting comedy situations, but there are also some obvious flaws of con struction and the acting at times is rathcr gnint vurl gh The play WftS written by Edward E. Rose, author of “The Rosary," and it has been herald ed as a companion piece of the The producers & re Rowland & ( lif ‘ ford. Inc., and they have mounted it beautifully. „ Mr. Rose undoubtedly meant well when he wrote "Everyman's Daugh ter." for in It he has aimed a blow at the nefarious white slave traffic, and has succeeded in a way. I ho Pipcc will need some retouching, however. If it is to outlast the present season. “Everyman’s Daughter the story of a young Kiri. Hazel Willis, who is being taken to Joliet on a trumped-up charge because Bhe knows too much about the men higher up In the white slave traffic. She escapes from the officers and finds a refuge 'V >ar*ona«. <>r th- R.v 8.th.l Martin, who Is acting as substitute for ner husband in a country pastor ate. Her sympathies are all with the *lrl for her husband, who does not appear In the cast, has been an active foe of the- ‘ men higher up. and In their efforts to “get” him they have mused him to* lose his mind and he l as become a wanderer uu Lhe louc of the earth. Hazel's presence in the parsonage becomes known to the men who are trying to put her outM the nr. chief among whom is Trask a typical wolf In sheep a cloth ing. They are about to take her sway when it develops that Trask is her father and a reconciliation fol- Incidentally the woman minister brings about a reconciliation between her housekeeper. Harriet Holcomb, nnd the latter* husband. Newton Holcomb, an odd sort of a chap The Rev Bethel Martin is played by* Miss Jessie Arnold, wife of the All YOU NEED IS A CASiABIT TONICHT No Sick Headache. Bilious Btomach, Coated Tongue or Constipated Bowels by Morning. f Turn the rascals out —the the biliousness, the indigestion, .e sick, sour stomach and tout gases— turn them oat tonight and keep them out with Caacaiets. Millions of men and women take a faacaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a iazv liver, clogged bowels or un upset stomach Don't put in another day of distress l,«t Cascarets cleanse nmi regulate your atoms* h; remove the sour, undi gested and fermenting fc and that misery making gas. take the excess Idle from your liver and carry out of the system all the decomposed wastg matter and poiaon in the ihtesHne* arid bowels. Then you will feel great A Cmscnret tonight will surely straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent b<x from any drug store means a clear head and cheerful.iesa for months. Children love to take Cascarets be cause they taste good—never gripe uj sicken. A SHARP TONGUE AND A LOVELY NECK HAD SNAPPY MISS MARY TODD IN HER GIRLHOOD DAYS—INTIMATE STORY OP LINCOLN’S YOUNG WIFE ■ ' -i' ' \ ' I Writ! / 3% *,'jL By OCTAVIA ROBERTS. SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 12.—When I w fte little the children did not go to history to learn about their towns man, Abraham Lincoln; they went to their elders. Our grandparents and their friends had borne some natural human relation to the great man and Ms family. From their stories we gathered a vivid picture of Lincoln, his amnltious wife and his four little boys, the con temporaries of our parents. "Mary Todd" the old ladles called Mra. Lincoln —of her we had almost as clear an impression as we had of our own acquaintance. She had come to Springfield to vls’t her sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards. That sister’s house was now our school house, so that k was easy to picture Mary Todd in every nook and corner of the spacious brick bouse. We liked to wander into the parlors where Idncoln and Douglas courted her In those far away days. We could furnish again the old rooms as they Lad looked in Mary Todd’s day, for our friends owned pieces of the old furniture, great mahogany divans cov ered in pressed haircloth, gilt mlrror-t, lveautiful old lamps with dangling prism*. Mary Todd was quite an aristocrat. She had her social traditions, she spoke French, she astonished her sim pler friends by the ease with which she talked to gentlemen about the af fulrs of the day. She was not exactly pretty, but she had a lovely neek and arms, and a bright way of speaking An old lady of 90 years and more. Mrs. Kane, still remembers the Im pression she made In “white j&rkinet with black velvet sash and tie” and how all the young men paid hor ticular court." We liked to hear of the sharp things Mary Todd could sav. Once she was talking to some gentlemen In a “very subdued manner" when a "bold self-sufficient fellow" approach ed and cried out : "Are you talking dog l^atin? I can t understand a word.” "That's strange," Mary Todd flash ed back, "a puppy should understand his native language." Later when the young, ungainly Lin- author of the drama. She is a capable ikcueea ou4 well- Mi** Alma Bussell does very creditable work in the role of Hazel Willis. She has a winning personality and possesses real talent. Others in the cast are Bernard Craney. Howard Teachout, Jack Lewis. Ralph Marthy. Lulu Bishop, l/ouise Kelly, Charles Park hurst. The Lyceum announces the return of “The Newlyweds and Their Baby." which scored a big success in this house last season, for next week. GAYETY. Ben Welsh, wLo neads his own com pany. which is known as "Ben Welsh's Buriesquers,” and Lew Kelly, the "dope fiend.“ made good again in the Oayety theater. Sunday afternoon, where the company opened for a week's engagement. The Aggregation was greeted by one. of the Htrgest crowds of the season, the "standing room only” sign being displayed long oetore the curtain went up. Ben Welsh takes the part first of a Yiddish cemodian, and, later, of an Italian, ihe change being made in ■ bout two seconds. Lew Kelly repeats i number of his dope stories, and every one is good for a half dozen en cores. His efforts to sell Welsh. os’,jig as ft Hebrew merchnnt. his mil lion dollar flea trap, is a scream ihe supporting company is also good. The chorus is sprightly, well rained ar.d handsomely gowned. Vic Pasmore, as the Spanish lover, does a clever bit of acting, and Ben Tur bitt a* f h° waiter, is good The wo men include Alice Clifton, Patsy He viey, EITle Weston and Della Curley. They appear in two laughable skits. A Hot Town” and A Day and a Night n Chinatown." during winch several ong hits are sting and a number of anclng ape*laities Introduced. Next week the "Queens of the Jar ltn de Paris” will be the attraction. AVENUE. 1 The Whirl of Mirth, the current at ractlon ill the Avenue theater, Is • a ontinuows whirlwind of fun from the Mine the curtain rises until the finale of the last act. The song*. *ith the THE DETROIT TIMES: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, I*l2. MRS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. coin vied with others for her favor he fnred no better. "Miss Todd.’" he said. “1 want to dance with you the worst way." When the cotillion wa* over (square dances were once called cotillions) she could not resist saying: "Mr. Lincoln, you’ve hhd your wish, you have danced with me—the worst way." "Mary," her girl friends teasod her, "if you ever rest on Abraham's bosom, you will have to take a ladder." "His heart is as large as his legs are long." she would reply. That there had been some mystery aLout Mary Todd's marriage to Lin coln we gathered even as children. We knewr vaguely that some misunder standing had intervened between the emragement ant! the final ceremony. But better than the gossip we liked the vivid details of the wedding Itself. From the scrap* of talk wo could picture the whole busy day for Mary Todd and Lincoln gave their relatives but a scant day’s notice at the las:. We even knew that Lincoln called at the Episcopal minister’s residence and said; "I)r. Dresser I have a little Job I want you to do for me this evening " We knew that Miss Todd’s sister had asked the neighbors’ assistance to bake the cakes and biscuits and hams for that night. That Mary Todd wnro a sister's white satin dress and spilled coffee down the ample widths. The dress is still preserved among us. We knew, too. that Lincoln slipped on the plump little hand a ring engraved "Ix>ve is eternal." Many stories have been circulated about Lincoln’s unhappiness with his wife. These found little credence rmong us. We knew that she made him a comfortable home and that her heart and soul were in Lincoln's suc cess. We knew of her pnasionete affec tion for their four boys. We heard Lincoln's partner's wife, Mrs. Stuart, tell of her bitter grief wrhen one died Mr*. Stuart remembered Lincoln bend ing over her with some food, saying. "Est, Mary; for we must live.’’ The poor mother turned away her head and w’ould not touch It. We heard a thousand Htorles of Lin coln's care and Vonsideration of her; hew he always hurried horn' 1 when it thundered because the storm terrified her and that the moment he was noin- exception of Alexander's Ragtime I*a nd. *x 11 f* 1 * is becornitv*— superfTilffng 1 even in burlesque, are new and spicy. The chorus is slightly above the aver age and is well costumed. The opening burletta is entitled “Dooley's Reception.** While the stage business and dialogue are of the usual slapstick variety in spots, they are tunny. Fiddle B. Collins and William J. Kenney lead in the funmuking. They are well supported. by a number of shapely soubretFes, and a quartet of young men possessing excellent voices. A feature of the first act is the song "O’Callahan.” which is rendered by Harry McAvo.v, "made up” as an Irish biddy. Tbe feature of the olio is the 'Great Tallman," who recently de serted polite vaudeville for the more lucrative burlesque stager- His short exposition of “pool as she Is* played" Is both Interesting and amusing- A Might's ride on a sleeper somewhat in ‘offered with the expert’s perform ance yesterday aflernoon but his work vas a marvel nevertheless. Miss Gene Pollard. In topical songs, and Willie Mack, imitating George M. Cohan, are the other acts In the olio. SMALL FARMS If mar or convenient to produce mar kets w tit Vtetd as much pTofll ak bir*.'* 1 farm* not s«> favoruMv located Futlt S.M U.L FARMS ne,*.|• le*x labor and le** t-xperleh'-e. nnd run be cultl vnted without th*- <Jrudgcr> tin Uju farm entail* S’i< h SMALL FARMS w. have for *.il*>. in a fertile region and meat ad vatitaceou* term* T!Lj_ Scjlnift *'uiiiiijin irlil—tUua h«. chi.*er* not only how to m.ige n tiv tny. tint aim* how to save for a min* - iK»y. Thl* Agency docs not own the*** farms, nor. in fact, any land whatsoever, and 1* not financially Uncreated in anfgat iTon of The country Its function beinu to select, for Its clients spe,|«| tract* of rich uml favorably loc*Mte«t land capkM<- of yielding the utmost result* of those cultivating th*in. All conditions, such ns ••limit*.*, *ntl. So»teMe ,•*■♦*<•» ybW mi*rk*-t* - r-n-t land-vsli.as. are in ve*tlxi«t-*l by thl* Agency .lust n* carefullr ** though It van specially engHsed bv y*iu a* your agent. The International Farm Agency 130 Last Sttuife stxcn, >«■ lark* inated for the presidency he hurried to "tell a little woman who would like to hear the news." True, she had a hot temper. An old Portuguese woman is still living here who was once her servant. She sums up the fiery little woman in this way: "Mrs. Lincoln she take no sassy talk; if you good to her she good to you. You; got a good friend." Mrs. Lincoln was fond of dress, ladies remember yet the pretty clothes she ordered before she went to the White House and of her rust ling proudly Into church the last Sun day before they left, gowned In "an ashes of roses bayadere Rtripe with bennet to match and black lace shawl.” When Springfield saw her again it was long years after. She was a WM. T. DUST CO. 30 Macomb St. Makes It Business to REPAIR YOUR FURNACE or STOVES and Furnish Parts. Stoves Stored. — l9 Klein the Ladies’ Tailor 7 Special Offer is Ladies’ Tailored Suits AT $22.50, $25.00, $35.00 nebular 1411 «iil»* for »W. 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