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SAN GABRIEL IS
SHOWN IN PLAY
"CAPTAIN COURTESY" GIVEN
INAUGURAL AT BELASCO
Contains a Fascinating Love Story and
Many Elementt of Btr«ngth — In
the Main It la Well Done.
Amelia Gardner Falls
For the first time on any stage, the
Reinsert company presented "Captain
Courtesy," a drama by Edward Chllds
Carpenter, last night. The cast:
Leonardo Davis, known as Captain
Courtesy Lewis 8. Stone
Padre tlelnaldo of the Sim Gabriel
Mission William Yerance
Elenor, his ward. ...Miss Amelia Gardner
Vivien Marahall. a widow, friend of
Klrniii- Miss Marlon Berg
Hem-Re Ur'anvllle. Harry Glazier
Lieutenant Jacoco of the Mexican
arm y Richard Vivian
Tim Burke, servant nt the Mission
(Email Giendlnnlng
Black Moccasin, an Indian.. Howard Scott
Gray Feather, his daughter, servant
at Mission.. .Miss Margaret tinngham
American rifleman Jay Pendleton
Mexican sergeant Ernest Winter
Soldiers, riflemen, etc.
The scenes of "Captain Courtesy are
laid at Snn Oabrlel mission, three of
them In its Interior, and one In the old
garden, with the mission In the back
ground. The story, already told In full
ln The Herald, relates events supposed
ly taking place just before the Amer
icans won the Independence of Cali
fornia from the Mexicans, and the piny
ends with the capture of Los Angeles,
by the combined forces of Fremont
and Commodore Stockton. These, how
ever, are merely incidents In the de
velopment .of the plot, which really
concerns the adventures of an Ameri
can whose family had been killed, sup
posedly by Mexicans, and who took the
road us a bandit against all men of
the lower country, In revenge. He
takes shelter in the mlssioin when
pursued, and there he falls In love with
a ward of the padre. The subsequent
events relate to his escape from cap
ture, the progress of his love affairs.
and the final battle in the mission
when he takes the sl^e of the Ameri
cans, is wounded, and wins his sweet
heart. There is a side plot, the love of
a Mexican officer for a flirty Ameri
can Widow, and still a minor plot in the
affection of an Irishman for an Indian
girl. All, of course, ends happily, as
things have a habit of doing, in plays.
As a drama, "Captain Courtesy" must
bc classed with the romantic rath
er than the dramatic or melodramatic.
lt is really a love idyll, and a very
pretty one. too. There Is some action
ln it — several scenes, in fact, are quite
lively, especially the esoape of the
courageous captain through a window
after kicking a bowl of wine into the
eyes of his pursuers, and there is a
measure of tensity in the all night
vigil of Courtesy and Granvllle, his
arch enemy. But in the main, the play
lacks action to a marked degree, and
is dependent upon the intrinsic inter
est of its story and fine acting to carry
lt. Properly and skillfully done, it is
a very winning play; It holds the heart
strings., and the emotions rather than
I the brain or the excitement, however.
Of course, the play possesses an im
mense local Interest, as it depicts hap
penings here and hereabouts, and cv
ery Angeleno will recognize not only
its scenes, but its story and its peo
ple at a glance. What could be done
with It elsewhere is a problem. It
would appeal strongly to the most in
tellectual class of playgoers, for its
artistic worth and its heart interest,
but It must be remembered that this
class of people is not the mainstay of
any theater; the great mass of the
public, upon which a play must de
pend, would find this slow in action
and lacking in dramatic hold. It be
longs to a category of dramas in which
one might include "The First Violin,"
"The Scarlet Letter," and some more —
such as Mansfield has made go for a
season or two by reason of his own
personality, but which In other hands
would be mediocre failures. Hackett
had this once; he would have succeed
ed with It on the strength of his own
drawing powers, if for no other cause.
As rendered by the Belasco players,
it would be hard to find fault with
"Captain Courtesy's" delineation, . save
in one or two respects. Lewis Stone
as the hero gave a thoroughly artistic
and correct Interpretation; he always
does. He is a fine, clear-cut and clean
limbed actor, ■ and his sense 'of pro
portion is keen. He made of his haro
a man thoroughly human, yet cast' Just
the glamour about him which obscured
the villainy of the road agent in the
romance of the highwayman. His im
personation was a delight.
We Yerance was the padre to tlie
life; Harry Glazier was good as Gren
ville, the clllain renegade; Vivian as
Jocoso was a triumph, his Mexican,
in looks, dialect and actions, being fine.
Howard Scott had an Indian bit re
markable for its clever interpretation,
and Ernest Glendenlng was humorous
as Tim.
Amelia Gardner as EBleanoro wan tti
utter and unblushing failure, «'■"» <j
only seemed to have no conception of
her part; on the contrary, she gave
one the Impression of deliberately
spoiling her - role. She "laid down" at
every crucial moment; she travestied
the serious scenes and balked the hum
orous ones, and in the love parts, when
she should have been at her best, she
was as wooden as a cigar sign.
Miss Gardner is too good an actress
to have mlsplayed any part such as
she did last night through inability to
master it, especially so usual ! an one
as this. If she did not purposely and
of malice aforethought destroy all il
lusion in this role and Insult her audi
ence by walking through it, then she
has little conception of the work or
the duty of a leading woman. All the
faults of the play, Its slowness at
times, and the slight hesitancy of oth
ers, were due to her laxity — to put it
mildly. She was a surprising disap
pointment, and that lets her down
easy. .
Marlon Berg as the widow, was not
much better, she made the part a Joke.
Rut Miss Berg is not as old nor as
.skilled as Is Miss Gardner, and pos
sibly she did the best she could.
Margaret Langham, as the Indian girl,
was the only woman who deserved a
word of praise.
lnto the presentation and mounting
of the play George Baruum has put his
very soul for days, and he may take
the full measure of his reward; he has
succeeded beyond all hope. The scene
of San Gabriel mission's exterior, in the
third act, with Immense palms and
peppers and a fountain and a garden,
bathed in moonlight, with the cross
■shining above all, has never been ex
celled for realism, artistic ' depiction
or beauty on any stage anywhere. The
other three acts are laid in the mis
sion, and are historically correct. The
light effects, the incidental music, the
atmosphere, the accessories, all " are
perfect, and barring the shameful
THE DAINTY WIDOW WHO RULES A COLLEGE
LOUISE RUTTER, "THE COLLEGE WIDOW"
work of Miss Gardner, Los Angeles
would have seen yesterday evening a
production seldom offered anywhere.
Miss Gardner should don sack cloth
and ashes meet for repentance and
learn her lines, her business, a little
enthusiasm and the first principles of
stage work.
ORPHEUM GILL GETS
MUCH APPLAUSE AND
PLEASES ALL AROUND
Some rowdy in the gallery of the
Orpheum last evening during Lilian
Apel's act interrupted several times by
clapping his hands and then laughing
vociferously. Miss Apel was embar
rassed and did not know whether to
go on or stop, but when she saw that
LILLIAN APEL, ORPHEUM
it was only from the gallery and not
from the main house she continued, but
under such embarrassment that the
latter part of her act was not so good.
There were several Incidents at the
Orpheum last evening. One of the
Cooper brothers in the Empire City
quartet, a holdover, was even more
exuberant than usual and he slipped
and fell, almost tearing the scenery
down, but from his usual stock of
humor he said something funny and
original and the thing passed off as
a Joke.
Lei» White, as a singer of good sonsrs,
has a good voice and she used it to
telling 1 advantage last evening when
she picked out a certain man in the
audience and sang one of her love
songs to him and when the audience,
just beginning to see the point, clapped
again and again, she sang the chorus
over and pointed her finger directly
at him.
Gus Edwards' "School Boys and
Girls" In a Ringing and dancing net
entitled, "Primary No. 23," made their
first appearance in Los Angeles last
evening and made a great hit. They
were called out again and again to
da lice. They are supposed to be in
school and each pupil recites his lea
WELL KNOWN THESPIANS MAMIED
Blanche Walsh la Mrs. Travers
By Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 26.— The mar
riage of Blanche Walsh, the actress, to
William Travers, a member of her com
pany, was announced here today. Th«
ceremony was performed November 15
in a private residence by a city court
judge, and the fact was kept secret by
court attaches until today, when the
record! were made public.
Miss Wulsh was playing here at the
time.
No Confirmation
By Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 26.— A1l at
tempts to secure confirmation of the re
ported marriage In New Orleans of
Blanche Walsh, the actress, who Is till
ing an engagement here tonight, have
proved futile. Miss Walsh,,, refuses to
talk, and the members of her company
will neither affirm nor deny the story.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27. 1906.
son. They nre good because their way
of appearing is so novel.
The three sisters Herzog-Camaras
nre European acrobats and equilibrists
and although their stunts are wonder
ful for women to perform it seems
rather a shame, for no matter what a
woman does she wants to please the
eye and either through intention or
necessity the sisters are anything but
pleasing 'to look upon.
The holdovers are Mile. Alexandra
and Mons. Bertie, in a refined aerial
act; the Wilson Brothers, German fun
manufacturers; Vasco, the mad musi
cian, and the Empire City quartet.
There are a good set of motion pic
tures this week.
"THE COLLEGE WIDOW,"
OLD-TIME FAVORITE,
PLEASES ON RETURN
"The College Widow," which was pre
sented at the Mason last night, was
here a year ago, and extended com
ment on it as a play is therefore hardly
necessary now. It has some good points
and some weak ones; fortunately the
good ones predominate. It makes
especial appeal to the college age of
man or woman, and all boys or girls
who are now in the higher institutes of
learning, or their elders, who have
pleasure in looking back on their dear
days at their alma mater will find It
reminiscent of jolly things.
That well known institution, the col
lege widow herself, is gently satirized,
and the bumptious lads who flicker
about her flame as so many moths may
learn a lesson from the picture of her
as presented in the perspective of the
stage— if they will.
The play in a healthy sort, if rather
innocuous, not to say vacuous at times;
it is scarcely pabulum for full grown
ups, yet it is harmless and It can be
made to afford a deal of fun if not
taken too seriously. It certainly con
tains a number of excellent charac
terizations, not always truly drawn,
but sufficiently veracious to serve as
types, and it is atmospheric of the col
lege and the college town to a marked
degree.
Robert Kelly was the halfback to
the very limit, and the final scene be
tween him nnd his father, taken by
George S. Trimble, was the leading
feature of the last act and got hearty
applause.
The third act was immense, and to
a college enthusiast was the genuine
article, and roused much excitement
among the students filling the gallery,
ha they cheered repeatedly with various
"yells."
A clever characterization of a green
country boy was taken by Alan Brooks.
The sudden transition reminded a
great many old students present of
their own experiences years ago. The
widow was well taken by Louise Rut
ter, she having beauty as well as
fascination. The real hit, however, was
P'.ora Wiggins by Patty Allison, por
traying the waitress with her unique
get-up and her laughable expression.
The athletic girl, Bessie Toner, gave
a strenuous exhibition of an up-to
date masculine Jype. She was frisky
and full of fun from start to finish. The
chaperon, Miss Estelle Dale, was good,
and would be a very popular kind for
real life.
New Faces at Fischer's Make Good
Last night witnessed a good per
formance at Fischer's, the new bill
being Fred L . Orlfflths" "The Gay
Masqueraders." It Introduced Tracy
McDermott, the new leading man, who
made a hit, both with his acting and
singing. Nick Cogley made his bow
as a comedian and pleased. Billy On
slow sustained most of the burden of
the piece and kept things moving. Miss
Annie Baumann looked charming and
acted likewise, and sang in excellent
Voice. Miss Nellie Montgomery's song
und spirited acting captured the
audiences. The chorus numbers are full
of that pleasing and catchy spirit that
wins many encores. The vaudeville is
also good.
Irene Bentley Is Mrs. H. B. Smith
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.— Harry B,
Smith, author of the librettos of many
light operas and musical comedy suc
cesses of recent years, said today that
he was married in Boston last Friday
to Mlsa Irene Bentley, at present play
ing at the Colonial theater, Boston, in
"The Belle of Mayfair."
It is understood that only a few
friends were present when the cere
mony was performed, notoriety being
distasteful to the bride's family.
No Confirmation
liy Associated i'ru.ss. t V,.'i^
BOSTON, Nov. 26.— Mis* Irene Bent
ley, playing at the Colonial theater
here, blushlngly denies that she Is mar
ried and - declines to any details con
cerning her known acquaintance with
Librettist Smith. . i
'CHOPIN' GIVEN
ITS INAUGURAL
RENDERED BY LAMBARDICOM
PANY FOR FIRST TIME
America's Premier of Opera at the
Auditorium Last Night — Never
Destined to Be Popular, but
Interesting as Novelty
Tho Opera "Chopin" an rpmlororl for
the first tim« In the tTnltml SUtm I>\
the liMmhiinii Opera company al tht
Auditorium l;ist night fell flat With
melodic motives wrought from the
greatest Chopin themes, with a splen
did muslo setting by Glacomo Oreflce
and auporb srnnery to bring out the
Ideals, the presentation failed miser
ably because of tho bad selection of
principals or, rather, the selection of
principals who would phlno to better
advantage In the chorus.
It wns not a crowded house that
greeted the Lambanll ngßreßation.
Thero was no enthusiasm In front of
the stage; less behind tho footlights.
This Is snlrt with regret; It Is not
often that Los Angeles has the honor
of witnessing the Inaugural of any
thing on a stage, and still more seldom
does It see the first production of an
opera In America. It would be a great
pleasure to acclaim this one were truth
permitting. But While the- niaterhil
was there the artists were not; there
was, naturally, a failure In the round-
Ing out of the production, and a disap
pointment to the audience, which lost
Interest before the end came.
The Btory of tho opera is supposed
to tell of Incidents in tho life of Cho
pin, the great French composer, and
especially of his love affairs, which
were not wise but many. It has already
been outlined In The Herald. It Is not
a pleasing story and does not read any
better in music than It does in proße.
Yet the opera contains some fine music
and in thoroughly competent hands
ought to be effective. It # never will be
popular; neither theme nor score will
permit this. It Is more of a curiosity
than a delight; while its production
marks an era In Los Angeles musical
history, it is because of Its novelty
rather than of the worth of the offering
or Its intrinsic beauty.
Orelll, he of the wobbly tenor, had
the Chopin role, and he was as» bad as
ever. This man could sing, perhaps,
an' ho would, but he doesn't. By no
stretch of the imagination can he be
called worthy of depicting the master
of mournful music. Antola, Canletti
and Giorgi were better; the first less
so than the others. Canettl has a basso
that delights and he knowns how to
use it, while Antola is ever good.
Nunez was tho only other principal,
and she was only fair.
The chorus — oh, what's the use? The
ochestra was not as familiar with the
score as it should have been.
People's Theater
The Conlon-Hallett Musical Comedy
company should have opened their
first week at the People's theater with
that Jolly comedy which they presented
and the public would have flocked to
see them. "Oh, Uncle" is a farsical take
off on "My Uncle from Japan," ar
ranged by Harry Conlon. The Wheeler
sisters have a new song and dance en
titled "Your Black Eva." Yarrlck and
Lalonda In a female impersonating act
display marked talent. Al. Hallett and
Harry Conlon give a comedian stunt
full of ginger. Ethel Howe as Mrs.
Riley, the owner of a fashionable
boarding house, is quite clever. The
chorus is well trained.
PROMINENT MAN IS BURIED
Anthony H. Heber Was Killed in Fire
Which Destroyed Goldfield
Hotel
The funeral of Anthony H. Heber,
the well known business man who was
burned to death in the Goldfield fire,
was held yesterday morning from the
family residence, 1003 Bonnie Brae
street. Rev. Robert Mclntyre officiated
at the service, which was very simple.
Messrs. Beeman, Meserve, MePhenin,
Studer, Jollffe, Chaffee, Benton and
Holt acted as pall bearers. The In
terment was at Hollywood.
Mr. Heber, who was 54 years of age
at the time of his sudden death, was
one of the prominent men of business
in California. After a long and suc
cessful career In the eastern states Mr.
Heber became interested in the pro
ject of reclaiming the Colorado desert
with the waters of the Colorado river,
what Is now known as tho Imperial
valley. The California Development
company was organized by him In 1896.
He acted as president of the company
several years and later interested
George Chaffee in the project, who
became, the president. Four years ago
Mr. Chaffey sold out his interests and
Mr. Heber took the lead.
During the~ recent overflow of tho
Colorado charges of mismanagement
were made against Mr. Heber, but in
this he was exonerated by the Southern
Pacific, who conducted an Investiga
tion of the affair. It was further de
cided that Mr. Heber was the man to
reorganize the company and place the
affairs on a sure footing after the
Colorado river was harnessed.
Mr. Heber recently secured valu
able mining property at Goldfield and
it was while there attending to these
interests that he met his sudden
death. He was accompanied by his
son tiniest, who escaped the fire.
Mr. Heber leaves a wife and six
children, Earl and Ernest, twins, Alice,
Jessie, Bern Ice and Harry.
ACCEPT EIGHT NEW SCHOOLS
Crowded Condition of Public Educa.
tlonal Institutions Will Soon
Be Relieved
At a meeting of the board of edu
cation held last night eight new schools
were accepted as being completed and
almost ready for occupancy. Those
passed on are the Seventh street, Fifty
fourth avenue, Euclid avenue, Utah
i-treet, Second street, Cornwell street,
Fifty-second Btreet and the Main
street schools. The Cornwell and Fif
ty-fourth avenue schools are already
being occupied and the mah street,
the Second street, the Seventh street
and the Euclid avenue schools will be
ready by Monday. The others, and In
addition, the Washington street school,
will be ready for ÜBe by December 1.
The work on the buildings is all
completed, but the finishing has been
retarded by the failure of the con
tractors to Install seats. This work is
rapidly progressing und It Is hoped by
the board that by the first of the
month most of the school buildings
will be completed and occupied.
Louisiana Gets Qunboat
' Press
WASHINGTON, NOV. 26.— Span
ish gunboat Alvarado, captured during
the war with Spain, has been transfer
red to the naval mint la of Louisiana.
COVER SINGER
WITH FLOWERS
GERALDINE FARRAR MAKES
OPERA HIT
Opening of Season at New York Is
Marked by Twelve Recalls for
American Prlma Donna
■a Juliet
By Associated Press,
NKW YORK, Nov. 28.— With Oou
nod'i "Romeo and Juliet" as tho pre
ni lor and Introducing: three alngera new
to thn lyrlo stage of America, the grand
")><■!(! reason was opened tonight at
the Metropolitan.
The audience wan, If poMlble, larger
mid the subscription sections of the
holme even more brilliant than ever
before,
Decidedly tho feature of the opening
night wan the first appearance in grand
opera In this country of Miss Qeraldlne
Farrar, the young American soprano
and prlma donna of the Royftl Opera
house of Berlin. Miss Farrar was the
•Juliet, a role in which nhe had won
hot- laurels In Berlin and elsewhere In
Europe. •
Some eight years ago Miss Farrar. a
girl of 18, sting on trial one afternoon
in Now York as a novice among as
pirins vocalists. Since then she has de
veloped into the most popular of Amer
ican prlma donnas in Europe and a
generous indorsement of that verdict
was voiced In an American audience
tonight.
Charles Rousselierle, for several years
one of the leading tenors of the Paris
opera, was the Romeo, In which part
ho has been received with much favor
by the critics in his own country.
Charles Slmard, a baritone, also a
Frenchman, took the part of Mercutlo.
Both are new to the lyric stage in New
York and both to a more or less extent
shared in the triumph of Miss Farrar.
Those who reappeared in the cast to
yight were Plancon as Friar Laurenz,
ournet as Capulet, Muehlmann as the
Due de Verone, Miss Josephine Jacoby
as Stephano the page, and Jacques Bars
as Tybalt. Miss Neundorft as Gertrude
and Boque as Gregorlo completed the
cast. Samuel Bovy, a French conduc
tor, held the baton for the first time in
this country.
Blazed with Color
Never perhaps before in the history
of the house has Gounod's tuneful mas
terpiece been sung under auspices more
grateful to the audience and to artists.
New York was there in her full glory
and before the end of the beautiful
balcony scene the old house blazed with
color from orchestra to the topmost
gallery.
But there Is one feature essentially
new. Before the first act was over
Miss Farrar had won her' play which
brought her back again and again at
the fall of the curtain. It was not until
the end of the balcony scene, however,
that the triumph of the American girl
returned to her own people was fully
felt.
With every seat filled the audience
waited without a handclap, deeply in
tent upon solo and duet, until the
curtain dropped. Then, Indeed, the
young artist had cause to feel that it
was Into warm American hearts she
had successfully sung her way.
Recalled a Dozen Times
She was recalled fully a dozen times,
and at each recall pages carried upon
the stage great floral pieces and clus
ters of American beauty roses. They
came until the prima donna and Mr.
Rousselllere, her Romeo, stood before a
high bank of roses, and still the audi
ence called.
It was a graceful welcome and most
gracefully received.
It was midnight when the scene of
Romeo and Juliet brought the evening's
play to a close. It was perhaps the best
piece of artistic work of the evening
and brought out the wonderful tem
peramental acting of the prima donna.
The audience remained almost Intact
and after the curtain fell Miss Farrar
and Mr. Rousselliere were given an ova
tion. Some of the boxes In the parterre
were particularly gracious.
Among the society people of New
York occupying the boxes were J. Pier
pont Morgan, who held the center of
the parterre, and Mrs. Charles Hitch
cock, Mrs. Charles Steele, Mrs. E. R.
Thomas, Mrs. Ogden Goelet, August
Belmont, Mrs. Henry Clews, Levl P.
Morton and Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney.
HUNDRED TREAD HOT SANDS
Al Malaikah temple of Mystic Shrine
Does Things to Many Can.
didates
Al Malaikah temple of tho Shrlners
held high jinks last night at Morley's
skating rink on Grand avenue, about
1800 being present.
Leo Youngworth, assistant rabbi of
the temple, had charge of the affair
which was one of the most elaborate
ever held in Los Angeles.
There were about 400 visiting Shrln
ers present. One great feature was
the initiation of 100 candidates into the
mystic realms. A banquet was also
served which added much to the en
joyment of the occasion and lent sus
taining qualities for the skating which
continued until the wea small hours of
the morning.
The temple now has a membership of
about 2000, scattered nearly all over
Southern California, and Is one of the
liveliest temples In the United States.
HOPES FOR LEGISLATION
R. T. Hale, president of the Anti-
Faker society, claims to be a genuine
spiritualist, but la fighting hard against
all fake propositions arising within its
ranks. He said last night that he
had been wielding the cudgel against
fakei-H as president of the Anti-Faker
society for about three months and
had been successful in getting the
promise of state legislative action to
weed out the splrltullstlc. fakers and
to virtually get rid of them.
His idea Is to have laws passed in
this state similar to those in other
state., to prevent the impostors obtain
ing licenses to conduct their nefarious
practices.
MUST BID FOR FRANCHISE
Railway Will Have to Pay for Privl.
lege of Operating Cara Through
Tunnel
In order (o> the !<<>s Angeles-Pacific
railway to secure the franchise to op
erate cara through the tunnel to be
built through Hill street from First to
Temple street it will be necessary for
that corporation to bid In competition
when the franchise is offered for sale.
Such was tlu- decision given by the
city attorney to th sterday
in ins ropoi t The council had i" s
vioußly oil. red the franchlaa to ma
company.
For tho reason that the franchise is
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If the Los Aggeles-Paclflc railway
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Colegrove cars at least ten minutes.
TEXAS WILL CURTAIL
THE ONION CROP
Special to The Herald.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25.— This city is
threatened with dire disaster; we are
about to be shorn of the "strength"
that has long been ours.
Texas is planning to cut off our
cnlon supply, and to send the odorifer
ous bulbs to New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. The onion crop of
southwest Texas was valued at more
than a million dollars last year, and
the entire output Is handled by the
South Texas Truck Growers' associa
tion, through Roy Campbell and a
couple of sales agents.
Almost the entire crop was shipped
to St. Louis, Kansas City and Den
ver, and these markets were glutted.
This is to be avoided the coming
spring, according to letters that have
been received here. The Texas onion
growers have organized to protect
themselves from glutted markets and
consequent ruinous prices, and inci
dentally, relieve the onion famine in
Gotham, the Hub and the City of
Brotherly Love.
Meetings have been held and plans
made for handling the $2,000,000 worth
of onions that are expected to be
shipped from Texas next year, for it
seems to be assured that, last year'B
crop will be doubled.
The Truck Growers' association will
control the shipments, as in the past,
Roy Campbell, its chief agent, will be
given ten assistants instead of two,
and the bulk of the shipments will be
through CJalvostou by boat to the
eastern cities, «here there is always
a demand.
ACTRESS GETS FIRST
OF EDISON BATTERIES
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-How the glow
of an actress' smile had melted the armor
of aloofness In which genluß had incased
ltself was shown Sunday when . JVUxs
Eleanor Holison Illtted about Manhattan
hi .in auto that was noiseless, better still,
smokeless, and best of all. smell-less. The
auto was equipped with new electric
storage batteries, which Thomas A. Kdl
son had given to her ahead of the time
for putting the Invention on the market.
Three weeks ugiiMOiitson announced he
had perfected a storage battery destined
to make a big change in the auto Indus
trty. Miss Robaon read the announce
ment and perceived a way of escape from
the odors of gasoline. She knew .it
would be Useless to write Edison, bo A *
decided to go personally to Llewellyn
Park, out In the Oranges, and beard the
wizard In his lair. Ada Dwyer went
with her.
The result of the quest was luccess, for
the wizard yielded almost without a
struggle to the wishes of the actress and
promised that soon she should have a
set of the new batteries— this several
weeks before it was possible anyone
should have an opportunity to purchase
a set. They arrived at , the Library
theater two days ago and were fitted to
her auto In time to enable her to be
come a soundless speeder Sunday.
iCdlson says the new battery is SO per
cent lighter than the old, at l.'ust 800 per
cent more durable und has a cunaclty al
most 160 per cent In excess of th« fa
miliar types of accumulator, while Its
lasting qualities. ar« enormous.
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