Show World (May 1909)

Vol. 4 CHICAGO, MAY 14, 1909 No. 20 THE MISSOURI BREEZE. (By the Missouri Breeze Company.) Official Paper of the City and County. Issued Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, in advance.$1.50 Six Months, in advance.75 Three Months, in advance.50 Advertising rates on application. Summer is here. Clean up your yards. Will J. Block has paid his dog tax. Gentlemen’s spring hats are begin¬ ning to be worn. All eyes are now turned on the new city administration. Oliver Martell is helping to build a barn for Harry Sheldon. James Thornton is thinking of go¬ ing into the saloon business. Frank O. Ireson is now able to walk with the aid of a crutch. Fred Mills, of New York City, N. Y., was in town Monday and Tues¬ day. Our literary society has closed for the season. Everybody was too busy to attend Miss Kitty De Lorme, an actress, spent a few days here recently as the guest of Miss Louise Willis. The excavation of Sam DuVries’ new house is about completed and the brick and concrete work will start Fred G. Conrad has moved from the building on Dearborn street to the McCormick building on Ran¬ dolph street. There are now nine^ prisoners in the county jail. They are: Harry Chapell, James Feltz, W. M. Brown, Nick Petit, John R. Andrew, Bernie Wallace, Dan McCoy, Ralph Ketter¬ ing and Bob Simons. Last Sunday Doc Gardner met with a peculiar accident. He was boiling coffee in his room at the hotel when the lid of the coffee pot blew off and struck him in the face. Harry Farley, who was with him, was also scalded by hot coffee. Fielding Brown was arrested Wed¬ nesday, charged with drunkenness, on the complaint of his wife. He pleaded guilty in the court of Justice George Kingsbury and was sentenced to five days in jail. A good lantern free to every sub¬ scriber paying a year’s subscription. Better investigate this great offer. Tell your neighbor about it. That is a propositon few if any publishers make. Take advantage of it at once. Harry Bryan, the grocer, is able to be at his place of business, after be¬ ing laid up for several months recov¬ ering from injuries sustained in a fall on the sidewalk near his residence. He has regained his flesh but is still quite weak from his experience. What does rich blood mean? It means brains, vitality, ambition, hope¬ fulness, persistency, and everything worth living for. Do you feel bad? Perhaps YOUR blood is bad. Call on Dr. Wright, office over George Lederer’s store. DO YOU REMEMBER- Will Deming, the bee man, states that his bees did not winter well. Those in the cellar did not winter at all and those on the otitside only did fair. Mr. Deming says there never was such a poor April for bees as the month just passed. The Cornet band has received its riew instruments from Lyon & Healy and when they played for the I. O. O. F. gathering Tuesday night the boys certainly looked fine. The or¬ ganization has been doing some strenuous practicing lately and is get¬ ting so well known that its services are in demand from neighboring counties. The report of Keeper George Cohan of the County Farm for the month of April shows five persons committed from vaudeville, four from drama and one from minstrelsy. There were two deaths during the month and one absconder. On May 1 there were 76 males and 11 females in the institution. When Billy Carroll played the snare drum? When Dave Seymour was with Mora? When Mile. Dazie was Le Domino Rouge? When Rennold Wolf practiced law in Buffalo? When Gus Weinburg was with R. W. Trelligan? When Louie Werba was a treasurer in Milwaukee? When J. B. Stowe was called “the telephone kid”? When Henry V. Donnelly appeared in Natural Gas? When George Nicolai was a barber at Morenci, Mich.? When Mabel Bert played the mother in Ben Hur? When Will J.'Dean was a druggist in Columbus, Ohio? When E. C. Filkins was an actor with Marsh Brothers? When Percy G. Williams was a stock actor in Brooklyn? I When Lee Shubert ran a haber¬ dashery shop in Syracuse? j 1 When Melville Kellogg was with Zo Zo-—the Magic Queen? When Will J. Deming was in stock in Vaughn Glaser’s company? When Frank Hurst was general agent of the De Haven circus? When Phil Nash was house mana¬ ger of Keith’s theater, Philadelphia? When C. B. Dillingham was dra¬ matic editor of the N. Y. Evening Sun ? When J. M. Stout played slide trombone in Otto Krause’s rep. show When Pete Staunton did a juggling act with W. J. Scanlon in Miles The board of county commission¬ ers was in session again yesterday and many matters of importance re¬ ceived attention. We have the repu¬ tation of having the best county court in the state and the present body will fully sustain that reputation. Messrs. Erlanger, Shubert and Savage are honorable men, always on the look¬ out for the people’s good. Michael Mclnearney, alderman from the thirtieth ward in Chicago, and Bobby Gay lor may form a team and go into vaudeville. The alderman is very anxious to make the break and Gaylor is wavering. Mclnearney says Bobby can manage the act and have his own way generally if he will just break him into the business. When Gabriel and Anna Laughlin did a specialty wi.th the Wilbur opera company? When Pete Conklin, Jr., was with George W. De Haven’s Great East¬ ern Show? When Wilson Melrose played base¬ ball with the Old Arkansaw team at Sycamore, Ill.? When Marc Robbins and Earl Bur¬ gess were with Charles P. Elliot’; Ten Nights i Bar Room? 1 The local aggregation of baseball players took the Cross Center team into camp last Sunday and the third game of the series will be played next Sunday. The lineup on that oc¬ casion will be: Burr McIntosh c, Frank McIntyre p, Tim Murphy lb, Henry E. Dixey 2b, W. L. Abingdon 3b, Richard F. Carroll ss, Jack Bes- sey If, George Klimt rf, and Morris McHugh cf. What is beyond the shadow of a doubt one of the prettiest convey¬ ances of the dead to be found in this vicinity, has been purchased by Max Weber, our undertaker, at a cost of $600. It is the conventional black in color and is beautifully decorated with silver lamps and hangings. The frame is all hand carved and with a large center panel of plate glass is one of the prettiest hearses in the state. Coney Holmes is now assistant to Mr. Weber, coming here from Cincin¬ nati to accept the position. Maurice Kirby, Drury Underwood and O. L. Hall, deputy assessors of the township, have completed their work. The majority of the assessors of other townships in the county have their work well tinder way. Thomas Hodgeman reports that he will be through on the 15th,_ and Thomas Henry writes that he will be done by Monday of next week. . J. J. Murdock has opened up his new moving picture theater on Main street and is playing to big crowds nightly. Ethel Barrymore is selling tickets for him and Lora Lieb is singing the illustrated songs. There is a piano in the hall at which our well known musician Victor Herbert presides. Mr. Murdock gets his films from the International company in Chicago and they are very interest¬ ing. There is no question but what this town will support a moving pic¬ ture theater. The last regular meeting of the city council was held Monday night and in spite of the opening of a reper¬ toire show at the airdome all the members were in their seats. The re¬ ports of the various committees were read and the regular monthly bills allowed. Councilman Augustus Hill objected to the payment of a bill pre¬ sented by Edward Stair for services rendered the city in drawing plans for the improvement to the town hall. Councilman Hill based his objection on the fact that, in his opinion, the charges were exorbitant. His objec¬ tion was not sustained, so the bill was ordered paid. Directors’ Meeting. The directors of the Y. M. C. A. met Tuesday night and elected the following officers: Will A. Block, president. jB E. A. TTiggins, vice-preside^^^B Fred Wildman, treasurer. ■ Walter Floyd, secretary. SSt General Secretary W. P. Cullen was here on that occasion and stated that he was much encouraged with the good work being done. Bride at Age of 15. Though only fifteen years 1 of age Eva Tanguay was, by her father^ , consent, granted a license by BBI Clerk E. F. Albee, to wed Edward V. ■ Darling. Eva is the youngest Miae that this city has turned ottf for | long " A1 Goettler went to Cincinnati last week to see his girl. He took along a pound stick of candy. Daily Health Hint. Keep out of the way of the auto-