Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], September 10, 1910, Page 5, Image 5

About Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911

Image provided by: University of California, Riverside; Riverside, CA

                
SILENT BURGLAR
IS HIT OF PLAY
Taciturn Thief in Comedy Coming
to Mason Is One of Amus
ing Characters
DUMB ROLES ARE POPULAR
Pantomime Often Appears in the
Drama of Grecian and
Elizabethan Periods
Silent characters have always been
Interesting In plays where the other
nrtors speak. Their silence is some
times more eloquent than the spoken
words of the others.
Tlioatergoers of the last generation
still remembtr the shouts of laughter
which greeted the Lone Fisherman In
"Evangeline* whenever he unfolded
his battered old campstool and betook
himself to fishing.
The silent burglar 1b one of the
amusing points in the comedy, "Seven
Days," which will be seen at the
Mason next week. He Is first on the
stage at the rlso of the curtain and
looks on and shares In all the action
of the piece unseen and unheard by
the actors therein, until an Instant ba
lm, the final curtain falls.
Such characters as those, mute either
from choice or from actual bodily In
firmity, have been the stock In trade
of dramatists from the earliest begin
ning of the drama, and many stories
arc related of them. I
Every school boy who remembers
hla Greek grammar will recall the an
ecdotes of the actor who appied to the
Athenian comic poet Aristophanes,
then engaged In composing his undy
ing satire of Socrates and his phil
osophy, "The Clouds." The story says
that the mountebank asked the poet
for his patronage and an opportunity
tn appear In his drama. ,
"On what qualification?" asked the
poet.
"I can stand on one leg longer than
any man in Athens."
SO CAN GOOSB
"Vps, by Zeus! but a goose can
stand so, even longer," was the reply.
From tills one may fairly suppose that
even though such silent comic atti
tudes were in vogue on the Athenian
stage 2500 years ago they were not
approved of by Ari-itophanes.
In the Elizabethan drama there were
occasional dumb characters, but most
ly in tragic situations. In Shakes
peare'! "Timon of Athens," now sel
dom played, Lavlnia, whoso tongue
has been cut out, traces the recital of
her wrongs on the sands with her
staff and so brings retribution to her
abuser.
In the French drama of the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth cen
tury are frequent silent characters.
Yelva, the star and title role of "Yelva,
the Russian Orphan," like the burglar
in "Seven Days," was acted entirely
in pantomime until the final climax,
when a sudden shock restored her
speech. The burglar's speech also
Beenis to be restored by a sudden
shock in the form of a shot from the
rear. "Yelva" was a prime favorite in
its day in Paris. •
Another play of this kind was
"L'Abbe lie l'Epee," which Influenced
the feelings of the great Napoleon to
such an extent that it caused him to
do a. thing which he Is credited with
having done very seldom, namely, to
change his mind. This play by Kotze
bue was adapted into French and pro
duced In rails during the Napoleonic
regime. It had for its leading char
acter the Abbe de l'Epee, who Is
known to fame as the man who in
troduced into France the sign lan
guage for the deaf and dumb. He had
but recently died and his memory was
loved dearly by the French.
NAPOLEON ATTENDS PLAY
His nephew, bearing the same name,
and engaged in the same work, had
recently been entangled in some polit
ical Intrigue and condemned to per
petual exile by the great first consul.
During his exile the play was pro
duced and his dead uncle was the hero.
On the opening night the theater was
packed from pit to dome, with Na
poleon himself In the royal box.
De l'Epee in the play has a protege,
a deaf and dumb waif, whom he has
rescued from the streets of Paris and
educated. The dumb youth grows up
into a fine young man and at last
through the efforts and teaching of the
abbe, in a most thrilling scene, estab
lishes his right to recognition as a
peer of France.
At this point, the chronicler tells us,
the audience broke into the wildest
applause, calling the actors before the
curtain. When the actor who played
the part of the abbe appeared the au
dience rose en masse In their seats,
and turning to the box where Napoleon
sat, amid such cheers as only the emo
tional French can give, called out to
him:."Give us back de l'Epee. Pardon
the nephew for the uncle's sake!"
Napoleon was greatly moved by the
play, and remembering the great serv
ices which both uncle and nephew had
done the state he nodded his royal
head, and then and there signified that
he would pardon the offender, which
he did without delay.
4 « »
BHAVIAN WIT
Bernard Shaw, although a vegeta
rian himself, does not fail to see the
possibility of humor in the practice.
Persiding recently at a meeting; he
was called upon to introduce Sir Ed
ward Lyon, who confines his diet to'
nuts.
"And now," said Mr. Shaw, "I pre
sent to you Sir Edward Lyon, he of
the earth, earthy, and of the nuts,
nutty!"— Ladies' Home Journal.
When You Think k ffi^
Of the pain which many women experience with every mJbMBBLi
. month it makes the gentleness and kindness always associ- IHWaWB
■ted with womanhood seem to be almost a miracle. m
While in general no woman rebels against what she re- «L^S|
gards as a natural necessity there is no woman who would ICs^^^C!^*!
not gladly be free from this recurring period of pain. gggf|j[gggjgj^
Dr. Pierce' m Farortto Prescription mm kern K»h!*Masi«*
weak womea mtroni mad mlek women _^^Sv
well, mad Urea them freedom from pain. (vateHMsv
It emtmbllaaem regularity, mabduem Intlam- _ — ■■jS> :^
matlon, hemlm alteration and care* /•• I Mr*
male weakaema. , Hi If'
Sick womea are invited ta eensult Dr. Pierce by letter, tJm -.
frit. All correspondence strictly private and sacredly «aw*>»
eonfideatial. - Write without fear and without fee ta World's Dispensary Med
ical Associatian, R. V. Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. Y.
: If yon want a book that tells all about woman's, diseases, and how to euro
them at home, send 211 one-cent stamps to Dr. Pierce to pay cost of mailing
tnly, and he will send you a frit copy of his great thousand-page illustrated
Qsmiaos) Sense Medical Adviser—revised, up-to-date edition, in paper covers. <
Ib kaadiosae eleth-bineini, 31 stamps.. ■' ': WKK^^S^X^r?
Scene from 'Seven Days,' the Clever
Farce Which Is Coming to the Mason
■pfV"'stj. Pr n 'Uwr^-£L~>s»m
■I^'^','>.v^-.s^^Ti'jJH? « MU9L
I ■W&ilL.jk' il.fj ' IF fi 2ft 1
V'MwTfflffl&lt ■ ' i : mmm \"3
mSSaa' S; Sin*'" *•j »" * ~ . f^j"4 '*^»^^^
The Theaters
Lewis S. Stone, Miss Eve Kelly and
the others of the Belasco company had
their first scenic rehearsal of "Such a
Little Queen" on the Belasco stage
yesterday. The entire play was gone
through under the supervision of Stage
Director Harry Andrews. The Chan
nlng Pollock play, which has been se
lected for the sixth anniversary offer
ing of the Belasco, gives every promise
of being one of the most delightful
comedies the Belasco stage has ever
known, and the caist gives Indications
of being an ideal one. The sale of
seats is of such proportions that As
sistant Treasurer Joseph, who reigns
supreme in the box office during the
vacation of George Clayton, is at his
wits' end to find beats for the regular
patrons of the Belasco who want to
attend the early performances of "Such
a Little Queen."
The sale of seats for "Seven Days"
at the Mason opera house has been so
exceptionally large that the manage
ment has decided upon playing a spe
cial Wednesday matinee. The prices
will be 50 cents, 75 cents and $1, a re
duction from the usual scale.
CURATE SHOOTS DOWN
CANON AT THE ALTAR
Priest at Vicenza Slain as He
Was Saying Mass
MILAN, Sept. 9.—Canon Neleghelli,
parish priest at a village near Vicenza,
was shot dead by his curate as he was
saying mass last Sunday.
The canon was actually on the altar
with the chalice in his hands. There
■was a large congregation, most of
them being women, and the sudden re
port caused a groat panic.
Four years ago the canon was sent
to the village in direct opposition to
the wishes of the people, who wished
their former and much beloved priest
to remain with them.
The dead canon was not popular and
his rule was considered harsh. There
were constant changes among his as
sistant clergy, and the author of the
crime was himself under notice. This
caused friction and the curate was
ordered to go Into retirement forth
with.
He, however, borrowed a gun, loaded
It and hid it beneath his vestments,
and when the canon came from the
sacristy he fired at cl<jse quarters, kill-
Ing him instantly.
The curate ran for his life from
the church and was at large for some
time. His clerical dress, however, at
tracted attention, and he was ar
rested.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORXTXG, SEPTEMBER 10, 1010.
PACKER VOLUNTARILY
RAISES HIS TAX LEVY
J. Ogden Armour Increases As-
sessment on Lake Forest
Estate to $100,000
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.^T. Ogden Ar
mour entertained the members of the
Lake county board of review at his
Lake Forest estate yesterday morning,
took them back to their office in Wau
bagan, in his automobile at the con
clusion of their visit and then volun
tarily increased his declaration of per
sonal property for assessment from
$20,000 to $luo,ooo. His demeanor as host
so delighted his visitors that they
loudly sounded his praises after their
visit.
The appearance of Attorney H. E.
Stager, Mr. Armour's legal represen
tative, before the board a week ago
was responsible for yesterday's oc
currence. At thai time he filed a cched
ule on Mr. Armour's country estate
that listed its owner's personal prop
erty at the original $20,000. The re
viewers informed the lawyer that they
were not satisfied with the amount, but
he stood firm. Afterward Mr. Stager
Informed Mr. Armour of the board's
attitude, and the result was a letter
Inviting all its members to visit the
estate and satisfy themselves as to
the amount that should be assessed.
Th > four members —Alexander Rob
ertson, John Besley, William F. Weiss
and H. C. W. Meyers—accepted the
Invitation, and were met by Mr. Ar
mour with his automobile at the Lake
Forest railroad station.
"I am very glad to see every one
of you," he said. "I want you to see
my place for yourselves. I am willing
to pay my fair share of taxes and I
place myself in the hands of the
board."
Then he took them to his country
home and personally conducted them
over the entire estate. In the progress
of the tour Mr. Armour said:
"I am going to live among the people
of Lake City and be one of them. I
am not a resident here now, but next
year I expect to be, and then thete
can be no dispute over my residence.
I consider myself no better and no
worse than the people here, and I want
to be treated as they are treated." ,-
One of. the visitors asked Mr. Ar
mour about the oil paintings he was
reported to have purchased in Europe
last year. . His reply was: .
"I have not an oil painting here. I
have only three pictures, framed pho
tographs."
The photographs were shown and
were those of Mr. Armour's father, his
wife and his daughter.
' HOLDINGS AS NOW LISTED
Half an hour ' later he was in the
county .reviewer's office. On the way
he had been asked what he considered
his furniture worth and had replied he
did not know, but that he thought his
entire assessment should be $100,000 and
his furniture should be listed at about
$75,000. His assessments now are:
Nine horses ......... % 1,350
Five carriages 1 876
Agricultural tools, machinery, etc.. 7,000
Gold and sliver plata 1,000
Household furniture . 75.000
All other personal property 14,778
Total '. 100,002
Besides this, Mr. Armour is assessed
$305,000 on his home and other build
ings, $25,000 on his land, and $3846 on
minor Items; his total assessment be
ing $433,846, the highest in Lake county.
When Mr. Armour parted from the
board members he shook hands with
each and said: . ■
"I invite you to come and sea me
at any time, and if you have friends
who would like to see the. glace briny
them with you," % »
g( VAUDEVILLE • 1/
IJ To Bristol Pier Patrons |j| II
V? -»-% ELIEVING that automobilists and the pleasure loving public « ( fl |» N -^K;\ I//
Jh V\ will appreciate a new winter resort, unique, enjoyable, mag- 1 MmS^EK^m\W<M^/nl
jm U nC ent in appointments and offering novel entertainment bills •:^^^iW^Sn^^^^^
ff during the cool months, the management of Bristol Pier Cafe, locat- |) j\< •• 1. '^mSS^ir'"^^^^(
If ed 1400 feet out at sea between Ocean Park and Santa Monica, has •, W/- , |J||||k|W ff^wV\|jr
V/ decided to continue its unexcelled cuisine, all-star vaudeville and •,y " ro^^^^\ I ((MJl\f\
/A automobile facilities at that resort throughout the winter. /e^'^ t^SBSBSR' V-VvW-Sj)
:|A\ Continuous performances will occur each evening from 6 clock jfWj^^^^^m^^»k *■ Xft£=&!l
11 ft until midnight. There will be Saturday and Sunday matinees until Agl '^m E^m ITtnR
\(m Ut You are cordially invited to visit this retreat, located away from yJsF'W^^^^Km mVf '^H \l
W\\ the crowds and traffic, with its free stage performances., epicurean \ W*^m BL^-V l\ vW
\IL dishes served at moderate cost, courteous attendants and its many £J f^j^gb fl Sbtt\ v%> \(
Hi cozy comforts. The bill this evening will delight you. See it. ff^^W SSL^ISSHhIIH^^ 1
WON'T FREE HIM
SO HE CAN WED
Mrs. William D. Bishop Refuses
to Secure Divorce from Hus
band Who Left Her
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—Most unusual
Is the predicament in which William
D. Bishop, retired capitalist, railroad
president, prominent yachtsman and
clubman of New York and Bridgeport,
Conn., finds himself.
Nearly six years ago Mr. Bishop and
his .wife separated amicably without a
divorce, and Mr. Bishop settled a mil
lion dollars on his wife and their two
children. Miss Natalie and William D.
Bishop, third. Now Mr. Bishop has
fallen in love —something that seemed
a remote possibility to him at the time
of the separation—with Mrs. Pauline
Valentine, a beautiful widow, who,
coming on adverse times, ran a mani
cure parlor in lower Fifth avenue,
Manhattan. Whether he met the fair
widow In the manicure parlor or not,
neither he nor she will say, but Mr.
Bishop says he w'shes to marry the
widow and the widow says but for the
existing Mrs. Bishop she would most
willingly marry Mr. Bishop.
Mrs. Bishop is silent. She resides
with her daughter and her son, a Yale
student, at 179 Courtland street,
Bridgeport. She was Miss Susie
Washburne of Chicago. Her brother,
Charles E. Washburne, a noted Illinois
lawyer, supervised the drawing of the
separation papers' of the Bishops.
Mr. Bishop Is a grandson of Albert
. .for.You
NOT WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THEM
INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY PROGRESSIVE WOMAN.
THIS SET IS ALONE WORTH $2.00, TO SAY NOTHING OF THE MERITS OF THE HERALD, EASILY THE BEST
AND CLEANEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
ASBESTOS SAD IRONS FOR EVERY PURPOSE.
Just hold your hand over an ordinary iron and feel the stream of heat which rises from it.
• They say that one can cool his whole body by running cold water over his wrists. Doesn't it stand to reason that your
whole body will become heated when your wrist is being bathed in the intensely hot waves which rise from an ordinary iron ?
Examine the sectional view of an Asbestos Sad Iron cut in half. You will note that the core or iron proper is covered with,
an asbestos-lined hood. When the core is thoroughly heated, you clap on the hood—and the heat is bottled up.
• Polishing Iron has rounded
Founce Iron for Ruffles, Laces, Sleeves— bill to roll collars and cuffs and Iron Stand —- which prevents scorching the
goose bill extension being specially to bring back the luster to lin- board and does not mar the iron,
adapted for this work. en and mercerized goods.
SThe Herald set of irons will be de- Waxer> which gives face of iron a
|HHVH^^ livered to you on the payment of /5
\Jkto--|rj,, / cents, provided you subscribe for \$ I
jHjKuiDßji Tne Herald for three months, price Waxer which gives face of iron a
ffilgg||gfl^pi 50 cents per month. Don't delay. 1 velvety s'" ooth"ess;
Asbestos Hood and Handle, . — : ———
which prevents radiation <„ | ___| j,^ Number jTy Utltited =
The Best Premium Ever Given with a Newspaper
Address Circulation Department Los Angeles Herald
Bishop, a pioneer railroad builder In
New England. The family became the
heaviest stockholders In the New-
Haven railroad. William D. Bishop,
the first, gave all his children large
fortunes years before his death and
bequeathed them millions more. The
present William D. Bishop Is a mem
ber of the Reform, New York Yacht,
University, Yale and Transportation
clubs of this city; Js a "Scroll and
Key" man and a lawyer. He aban
doned his residence In Connecticut Im
mediately after the separation.
STATEMENT BY BISHOP
"There Is absolutely nothing to con
ceal in my past domestic relations,"
said Mr. Bishop. "But, on the other
hand, there have been several busy
bodies of the most despicable of all
types —anonymous letter writers—who
have been pestering: me with scandal
ous letters. I think it is just to all
concerned that to set gossip at rest
my plans for the future should be
understood.
"I want to marry Mrs. Valentine.
She is the only, woman in the world
that I want and the only one I have
wanted for a long time. 1 cannot
marry her until Mrs. Bishop has di
vorced me. I fully expected her to do
so long ago. If the thought had come
to me at the time of the possibility of
such a situation ooming up as now
confronts me I would have insisted on
a divorce instead of a separation. I
did not think then that I would ever
want to marry again.
"Women are strange—at least Mrs.
Bishop In her present attitude is most
strange. Why should Bhe want to hold
me to a tie that means nothing to
either of us, positively nothing? She
could at any time divorce me and ap
parently she will not. I am quite help
less unless I go to Reno, but Mrs.
Bishop would have no difficulty in
freeing herself from me. I know of
no religious or ethical scruples which
she may entertain against divorce."
The statement was made by Mr.
Bishop at the Miter, a summer place
between Glen Head and Cliff Side on
CUSTOMS MEN TO
HUNT SMUGGLERS
Knowledge of Goods Purchased!
Abroad by Americans Stirs
Duty Officers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—lt became
known here today that the extraordl-.
nary activity displayed by customs of
ficers in New York during the last ten
days had been due to the fact that the
government had been supplied with a
the north shore of Long Island, near
Glen Cove,' which he gave to Mrs. Val
entine about a year ago and where, i
with others, he Is her guest.
WHAT BIBS. VALENTINE SATS
Mrs. Valentine said:
"I am ready to do anything to make
Mr. Bishop happy. He has said that
he wants to marry me, and I am cer
tainly willing to marry him should the
obsetacle ever be moved which now
stands In our way. It Is so hopelessly
an obstacle, too! There are no grounds
of which I know that would warrant
Mrs. Bishop suing for a divorce In New
York state. Perhaps It would not be
so difficult in Connecticut. Mr. Bishop
was most generous in his settlement on
leaving his wife. She could not have
loved him then or she would have tried
to keep him. Surely she has not sud
denly discovered that she loves him
and cannot give him up."
Mrs. Bishop's home in Bridgeport is
closed. With her son and daughter she
is at a Massachusetts seashore resort.
mass of concrete Information relating
to purchase abroad by Americans and
others of dutiable goods destined for
the United States. Hence the search
for smuggled goods and the embarrass
ment of those who have been caught
with dutiable articles which they have
not declared.
Men who are familiar with the situa
tion say that large quantities of the
goods purchased abroad have not yet
come to light through the investiga
tions, and that the customs officers are
now turning their attention to the Ca
nadian border, across which, It is be
lieved, there is much smuggling from
Quebec and Montreal. This does not
mean that the vigilance at New York
and other ports will be relaxed; indeed,
there is every reason to suppose that
the customs men will scrutinize every
suspected passenger carefully and
make more arrests before the army
of home-coming Americans is finally
transported across the Atlantic.
The arrest of Mrs. I. Reynolds Adri
ance and the seizure of a valuable
pearl necklace which she had concealed
in her hat prove that the government s
agents in foreign countries are in a
position to get accurate Information of
valuable articles secured by American
travelers, and it is apparent that in
many cases the New York customs
men will know who and what they are
looking for whenever they board an
incoming liner.
For many years government espion
age over American purchases in for
eign cities has been complete. Treas
ury agents are maintained In such
cities as London. Berlin and Paris, and
if an American buys a diamond neck
ace or a set of expensive furs in the
district of a certain agent, the chances
are that he will know about It a few
hours later. These agents have their
spies in the stores in the form of
clerks and salesmen, and in some cases
even the shopkeepers are not averse
to "giving away" their customers.
if. v ea«y to »eour« a D*r«mln In m o»«l
I mrf mrrla««i. tt—————
5