l/^ditorium "["healer Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profit Sy $33,000,000 OFFICERS Arthur Reynolds Ralph Van Vechten Alex. Robertson Herman Waldeck John C. Craft James R. Chapman \'.-Pres't V.-Pres't V.-Pres't V.-Pres't V.-Pres't V.-Pres't George M. Reynolds, - - President William T. Bruckner V.-Pres't Nathaniel R. Losch Cashier John R. Washburn Ass't Cashier Harvey C. Vernon j^ss't Cashier Edward S. Lacey Chairman of .A^dvisorv Committee George B. Smith Ass't Cashier Wilber Hattery Ass't Cashier H. Erskine Smith Ass't Cashier WilsonW. Lampert.Ass't Cashier Dan Norman, Ass't Cashier George A. Jackson Ass't Cashier Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Bank Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $5,000,000 Trust, Savings and Bond Departments OFFICERS John Jay Abbott, Vice-President Arthur Reynolds, Vice-President Charles C. Wilson, Cashier George M. Reynolds, - - President Frank H. Jones, Secretary William P. Kopf , Ass't Secretary Henry C. Olcott, Mgr. Bond Dpt. Robert J. Hercock, Ass't Cashier Albert S. Martin, Ass't Cashier The Hibernian Banking Association Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $3,000,000 OFFICERS George M. Reynolds, - - President David R. Lewis, Vice-President Henry B. Clarke, Vice-President Ixiuis B. Clarke, Vice-President Frederic S. Hebard, Cashier Everett R. McFadden, Secretary John P. V. Murpby, Mgr. S. Dpt. George Allan, Ass't Cashier Thomas E. McGrath, Ass't Cash. Combined Resources of these Affiliated Banks Over $250,000,000 B^ll li 4^m 111 System The Newspaper and the Telephone "NJewspapermen who are still young re- member the time when the telephone was scarcely thought of as a medium for gathering news. Today it is one of the most important factors in the news-gather- ing organization. Editor and reporter rely upon it as their chief aid in the day's work. Bell Service has revolutionized newspaper methods by the quickness and ease with which it makes voice-to- voice communication possible, regardless of time or dis- tance. It makes "more speed" possible where speed is needed most. The development of modern news collecting, like the progress of many other lines of business, has been coincident with the development of the Bell telephone. CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW CLUB OF CHICA^ 26 North Dearborn Street OFFICERS R. R. Atkinson, President. R. C. Cornell. First Vice-President. Frank Comerford, Second Vice-President. Charles E. Schlytern, Treasurer. Edwin F. Clipson, Financial Secretary. H. Percye Millar, Recording Secretary. Col. William Lightfoot Visscher, Librarian. W. B. Norton, D. D., Chaplain. Michael F. Girten Robert H. Rohde Thornton L. Smith DIRECTORS Stanley Mitchell Rudolph Berliner Harry W. Shroyer Committees Membership Committee — Stanley Mitchell, Chairman, Herald ; William G. Edens, Vice-Chairman ; Charles Led- erer. Secretary; Leigh Reilly, Herald; Richard Henry Little, Herald'; W. E. Moore, Daily News; E. H. Defe- baugh, American Lumbermen ; Paul Williams, Associated Press ; W. A. Patterson, \\'estern Newspaper Union ; Henry N. Gary, Publishers' Association ; Thurber W. Gush- ing, Evening Post ; John Fay, New York World ; H. Percye Millar, New York Times. Entertainment Committee — Harry ^V. Shroyer, Chair- man ; Walter H. Wood, Vice-Chairman; Blaine J. Brick- wood, Secretary ; George J. Kavanaugh, Milton R. Hart, Harris J. Frank, De Lysle Ferree Cass, Floyd Gibbons, William Frederick Nutt. Reception Committee — Dr. William Frederick Nutt, Chairman ; John McGovern, De Lysle F. Cass, Charles Lederer, Arthur J. Pickering, Dr. Thorwald Anda, \^^ D. Eaton, Blaine T. Brickwood, David B. Clarksou. Eben H. Norris, E. F. Clipson, Col. W. E. Ray, M. V. ^\'ieland, Herbert Vanderhoof, W. C. Van Gilder. Speakers Committee — George S. Foster, Chairman ; \\' . C. Van Gilder, yice chairman ; Richard Henry Little, E. O. Phillips, Charles Ffrench, Michael F. Girten, Charles N. Wheeler, W'm. G. Edens, A. Milo Bennett, Col. Milton J. Foreman, George Cooke Adams. Dance Committee — De Lysle Ferree Cass, Chairman ; William Frederick Nutt, Vice-Chairman ; A. Milo Bennett. Eben H. Norris, Axel Christensen, J. Harry Ashley, Victor Eubank, Harry Lytle, Floyd P. Gibbons, Gilman Parker. Building Committee — Michael F. Girten, Chairman : Charles E. Schlytern, F. F. Clipson. Secretary of Publicity — I'^lward J. Dolierty. Billiard Committee — C. L. Prindle, Chairman : Ed. Pickard, P. C. Holland. House Committee — E. F. Clipson, Chairman; Frank Kipfer, R. C. Cornell, W. D. Bartholomew, Gene Morgan. Pool Committee — Eben H. Norris, Chairman ; C. E. Glessner, Edward Fullerton, O. A. Mather, George Bryant. Art Committee — William M. Knox, Chairman ; Franc J. Hernon, Charles Lederer. Committee at New York — S. E. Darby, Chairman ; J. W. Long, E. F. Ingraham. Committee at Washington — William J. Cochran, Chair- man ; G. E. Roberts. Literary Committee — John McGoyern, Chairman ; Opie Read, Forrest Crissey, Byron Williams, William Frederic Nutt, George W. Wiggs, Rex Beach, W. D. Eaton, Dr. G. Frank Lydston, Frank Comerford, Col. William Lightfoot \'isscher. Constitution Committee — Michael F. Girten, Chairman ; Frank Comerford, John McGovern. Scoop Committee- Stanley B. Mitchell. Thornton L. Smith. E. F. Clipson, Women's Auxiliary Committee — Mrs. Walter A. Wash- burne, Chairman; Mrs. Charles Lederer, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. James C. Russell, Mrs. Franc B. Wilkie, Mrs. W. D. Eatoii, Mrs. O. A. Mather, Mrs. W. B. Norton, Mrs. Leigh Reilly, Mrs. Walton Perkins, Mrs. Frank D. Comerford, Mrs.' H. Percye Millar, Mrs. Robert Rohde, Mrs. W. C. \'an Gilder, Mrs. Virginia Brooks- Washburne. Mrs. Harry W. Shroyer, Mrs. George Cooke Adams, Mrs. A. Milo Bennett, Mrs. Floyd P. Gibbons, Mrs. Edgar A. Hall, Mrs. Clara V. Wood, Mrs. A. H. Wagoner, Mrs. Opie Read, Mrs. John McGovern, Mrs. Stanley Mitchell, Mrs. Mary Moncure Parker, Mrs. J. F. Presnell, Mrs. Barratt O'Hara, Mrs. Sigmund Krausz, Mrs. Herbert Vanderhoof, Mrs. W. .\. Evans, Mrs. W. E. Ray. Mrs. Axel Christensen, Mrs. I. E. Sanborn, Mrs. Frank' M. Smith, Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. L. N. Barlow, Mrs. Boiling Arthur Johnson, Mrs. William Johnson, Miss Marguerite Ray, Mrs. Frank Roderus, Mrs. F. F. Provos, Mrs. Charles Fishback, Mrs. W. J. Shanks, Mrs. P. F. Lowder, Mrs. B. T. Cass. THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW PATRONI Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mr. Mr. Mr. Medill McCormick J. Ogden Arnidur Frank O. Louden John Borden E. A. Cudahy Frederick Hess Harlan Ward Cooley Samuel Insull Geo. T. Buckingham P. C. Dyrenforth A. A. Sprague Levy Mayer E. B. Butler Homer A. Stillvvell Charles A. Comiskey Wm. A. Tilden C. H. Thorne W. C. Gillette E. M. Bowman Emmons Blaine George A. Soden H. C. Chatfield-Taylor B. A. Eckhart George Higginson, Jr. F. H. Armstrong Bion J. Arnold William V. Kelley Hubert Burnham Horace L. Brand J. Allen Flaines Edward Hasler Wm. Prescott Hunt Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Judi Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Dr. •Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Ralph Otis Lockwood Honore John P. Hopkins William Wrigley Alfred Clover F. A. Steuert Fred Upham J. L. Pirie Rufus C. Dawes Albert Loeb R. P. La Mont George S. Foster re O. M. Torrison M. E. Greenebaum Robert W. Hunt Burton Hansen E. W. Cribben F. O. Wetmore J. Gowan-Stobo J. H. Eliel John T. Connery A. yi. Schroyer P. J. Lucy Julius Hoelscher Charles G. Dawes Herman Paepcke William Wilms Morris Fleckles Geo. W. Vaux Clare Hartigan A. L. Craig THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW Sometimes dreams are gleams that one has liad of pleasant things to ponder over, yet they are only dreams. Like would-be humorous burlesque, they are merely fancy and there's nothing in them. However, the)- are better than burlesque, generall)', in the fact that they are human and come somewhere within the range of possibility. Oldtime memories of the Press Club of Chicago, to one who has been here almost a lifetime, are pleasant to ponder upon. They seem dreamy and yet they are true. And the individual celebrities that they embrace ; celebrities in so many branches of life, passing strange. I write of it all in the most desultory way, and yet casually, from mem- ory. From the night when Mark Twain, known to all the civilized world and greatly loved by nearly all of it ; a char- acter on the rolls of fame, first suggested the idea of the Press Club, at a banc^uet that was being given in honor of one of the greatest generals known to military history and afterward President of this wondrous republic, down to the night, a fortnight ago, when the club entertained the present Mayor of the city who was elected by the biggest majority ever given by its citizenry for any purpose, this story has been amazing. Here once came the divine Patti to sing ; Joe Jefiferson told stories here; Murat Halstead and "Marse" Henry W'aterson made speeches here ; Bill Nye and James Whit- comb Riley hobnobbed with us fellows ; President McKinley came and shook hands with us, and his Secretary of State, who had been the private secretary of Lincoln and who was afterwards Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James, John Hay, author of "Little Breeches" and "Jim Bludsoe," came with the President and introduced that exalted personage to all of us in his own charming way. Here came also, as guests of the club, Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, and Vice-President Fairbanks became a member lit the club and wrote eloquently of its strength and cliaracter. Here came Gentilly, who had photographed Arizona when the territory did not contain so many white folks as now occupy the Monadnock block. He brought with him an Indian boy, a full-blooded Apache that he had bought from an old Pima squaw for thirty dollars. He sent the boy to the public schools here, finished him at the Illinois University and this boy — Carlos Montezema — graduated in a Chicago college of medicine and is today a successful practicing physician in this city. Robertson painted a life- size portrait of his Indian boy and called it "The Eagle's Last Flight." The picture is today the chief work of art in the club's collection. Col. Cody — "Buffalii I'.ill" — who was nften a visitor, took the boy Montezuma with him in the famous plains- man's first hall shows, that led to the "Wild West" exhi- bition. Here came, during the World's Fair — the Columbian Exposition — the newspapermen of the world, talking all tlie languages .since Babel, and Gee ! what a bully lot they were. The dancers of the Midway Plaisance came here to cater to the club's guests, with them the original "Little Egypt," with her sli>e-black eyes and her sinuous and sensuous move- ments to the strange music of her land. F. Marion Crawford, the necromancer of Mediterranean Romance, became familiar to us, and I-lenry Hudson Kit- son, the sculptor, who carved Carmen Sylva and her royal liusband in a studio prepared for him in the king's palace at Bucharest ; who formed the colossal statue of Farragut for the Public Gardens at Boston ; who has done hundreds of other world-famous pieces of sculpture and who married Theo. Ruggles, daughter of Gen. Ruggles of Civil War fame, and who, herself, became a famous sculptress as his pupil, was here then, one of us. There was a night when Luther Laflin Mills, the brilliant jurist, delivered a sparkling and eloquent speech in praise of poets and poetry, especially the poets and poetry of the Press Club, which was then being exploited, and there was another night when John Ritchie shot the stuffin' out of the cuckoo clock because its cuckoo cuckooed just at the moment when he got a big and valuable "House" beaten by four pitiful little "deuces." Frank X'anderlip, president of the biggest bank in Amer- ica, was once president of the Press Club ; dozens of Chi- cago-trained, Press Club members have gone into the world from this fold to teach newspaperdom, especially in New York and London. George Ade, Frank Baum, who made "The Wizard of Oz" ; Frank Pixley, who wrote "The Burgo- master," "Prince of Pilsen," "Woodland," and ever so many other successful plays and things, are members of the Chi- cago Press Club and so are Rex Beach, Opie Read, Forest Crissy, McCutcheon of "Graustark," McCutcheon of the car- toons, and Jack London. William Jennings Bryan, when a candidate for Presi- dent, was a member of this club, and is yet, though National Secretary of State. He has ever since had a room here and generally makes the club his home when in the city. Professor Cho Yo, a distinguished Japanese scholar and scientist, came to the club, as a member, at the time of the World's Fair, and was ever after a person of interest and admiration. Only a few days ago he died in Texas and was brought back to this city by the club for interment in the Press Club's lot at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Joseph and Samuel Medill, founders of the Chicago Tribune, Stanley Waterloo, author of "Ab," and a score more of successful books ; Frank Wilkie, for years editor of the Chicago Times and author of many romances, were presidents of the club. Ben King, Eugene Field, Nixon Waterman, Charles Eugene Banks and many other famous poets, were, before some of them died and are, of those who still live, of this distinguished membership. Many great artists, brilliant statesmen and orators, lawyers and jurists, painters, philosophers, manufacturers, publishers and musicians are of the life membership of the club, but of its back-bone and those who give it the atmos- phere of newspaperdom and literature are the daily workers of the press, its reporters and special writers, the creators of fiction for the magazines and the men who make the pic- tures to illustrate the current doings of the world. No pent up Utica controls this world of ours ; we are in touch with the earth in this club-house of ours. Tlie fire alarm, the telephone, the telegraph, the people of our ilk, the presses that these men write for and draw for, the news that they procure and convey, make them the propagandists, publicity producers, informants and fashionists of all that this vast city learns every day, and from them it flashes all over the broad expanse of the adjacent commonwealths. In short the Press Club is a mighty big thing: heap bigger than I have time, space, capacity or inclination to tell you. Fact is this screed has barely touched the subject. WM. LIGHTFOOT VISSCHER. THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW THE PREf CLUB OF CHICAGO ITS BIRTH The suggestion for the organization of the Press Chib of Chicago was made in 1879. In November of that year, Gen- eral U. S. Grant, ex-president of the United States, having returned from a trip around the world, was entertained by the citizens of Chicago. A reception at McVicker's theater was one of the features of the entertainment, and to this many dis- tinguished people from out of the city were bidden. Among this number was Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) one of America's most entertaining writers. Mr. Clemens met during his stay in the city many of his friends in the jour- nalistic profession, including the late Franc B. Wilkie, of the Times, and Melville E. Stone, then of the Daily Neic's. W'hile these and others were enjoying an hour of social converse, Mr. Clemens asked: "\Miy is it you Chicago newspaper men do not have a club similar to the Xew York Press Club?'' The question precipitated a discussion of the subject in which all took part. Mr. Clemens was informed that Press Clubs had been organized here but they had fallen to pieces, and various reasons for this fact were given. Mr. Clemens believed Chicago could form a Press Club that would last and Mr. Franc B. Wilkie agreed with his eastern confrere. He said he would endeavor to interest Chicago journalists in the scheme, and Mr. Clemens urged such a course, and promised to do what he could to serve such an organization. The scheme thus fathered made rapid headway. ^lessrs, Wilkie and Stone secured the services of Mr. W. K. Sullivan of the Evening Journal, and after several weeks of planning and discussing, a meeting was held at the club room of the Tremont House, in the afternoon of January 11, 1880, for the purpose of talking over the subject of orgaiaization. Sixteen journalists were present, and they organized by electing Mr. Wilkie president and Mr. Stone secretary. The discussion evidenced the fact that there was an unanimous sentiment in favor of organizing a club of newspaper men, and also that such organization should not be a failure. The enthusiasm of those present indicated that desire to make the club a success would not be lacking, and the sixteen gentlemen signed their names to a temporary constitution, and. after appointing a committee to secure rooms, adjourned to meet at the Tremont House, on January 15. The Tribune of Tanuarv 12, 1880, contained the following report of the meet- ing: During the past few weeks several meetings of Chicago journalists have been held at the Tremont House to arrange for the formation of a "Press Club," and such an organization has finallv been effected. The club was organized by the adop- tion of a constitution and by-laws and the election of tem- porary officers to serve until the regular annual meeting, which will be held at the same place, on Thursday afternoon, at 5 o'clock. The meetings have been thoroughly representative, and gentlemen connected with all the daily newspapers in Chi- cago have participated, so that the club starts under very favor- able auspices. The thanks of the club are due and ha\e been formally extended to the proprietors of the Tremont House for the accommodations furnished the club. Thursday following, January 15, another enthusiastic gathering of newspaper men, intent on making the Press Club movement a success, is recorded as held at the Tremont House. Twenty-four working journalists were present, all having signed the temporary constitution and thus become members of the organization. Mr. Wilkie again presided, and Mr. Stone acted as secretary. Everj'one understood the object of the meeting, and but little time was spent in talk. Mr. Theodore Gestefeld, of the Siaats-Zeitimg, moved that the meeting pro- ceed to ballot for officers for the ensuing year. The motion prevailed, and after nominations, and the usual talk which fol- lows or precedes such phase of election matters, the result was announced as follows : FOR PRESIDENT Franc 1!. Wilkie. TIic Times. VICE-PRESIDENTS First — Guy Magee, The Tribune. Second — W. T. Collins, The Telegraph. Third — John F. Ballantyne, The Inter Ocean. SECRETARY -\XD TRE.\SURER Melville E. Stone. The following were elected members of the Executive Committee : Theo. Gestefeld, Staats-Zcitung. W. K. Sullivan, The Journal. James Maitland, The Tribune. Joseph R. Dunlop, The Times. T. C. MaclMillan, The Inter Ocean. The meeting adjourned until January 25, when it was agreed that the following persons should be classed as charter members of the club: Melville E. Stone Henry F. Donovan T. C. ^lacMillan William T. Hall F. O. Bennett W. T. Collins T. F. Ballantyne C. A. Snowden Piatt Lewis W. H. Hicks \\'. P. Hanscom \N'. K. Sullivan I>anc B. Wilkie W. B. Sullivan Jos. R. Dunlop John J. Flinn Theo. Gestefeld James Maitland Elwyn A. Barron Lawrence Hardy Thos. E. Bumside John E. Wilkie Guy Magee Sam \". Steele Rodney Welch The committee on rooms reported that two rooms could be procured, premises at 133 Clark street, where the Club re- mained for several years. THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW THE KING OF THE DARK CHAMBER By RABIN DRANATH TAGORE Produced under direction of Benedict Papot, under the auspices of the Press Club of Cliicago. As Mr. Frank Crane expresses it: Raijindranath Tagore is the Hindu poet and preacher to whom the Nobel Prize was recently awarded : . . . "I would commend these xnlumes, and especially the one entitled 'Sadhana,' the collection of essays, to all intel- ligent readers. I know of nothing, except it be Maeterlinck, in the whole modern range of the literature of the inner life that can compare with them. There are no preachers nor writers upon spiritual topics, whether in Europe or America, that have the depth of insight, the quickness of religious apperception, com- bined with the intellectual honesty and scientific clearness of Tagore. . . . Here is a book from a master, free as the air, with a mind universal as the sunshine. He writes, of course, from the standpoint of the Hindu. But, strange to say, his spirit and teaching come nearer to Jesus, as we find Him in the Gospels, than any modern Christian writer I know. He does for the average reader what Bergson and Eucken are doing for scholars: he rescues the soul and its faculties from their enslavement to logic-chopping. He shows us the way back to Nature and her spiritual voices. He rebukes our materialistic, wealth-mad, \\estern life with the dignity and authority of one of the old Hebrew prophets. ... He opens up the meaning of life. He makes us feel the redeeming fact that life is tremendous, a worth-while ad- venture. 'Everything has sprung from immortal life and is vibrating with life. LIFE LS IMMENSE.' . . . Tagore is a great human being. His heart is warm with love. His thoughts are pure and high as the gala.xy." The King of the Dark Chamber is the most important plav of Tagore. Couched in a form absolutely foreign to our own stage, lacking" in what we call the dramatic element, it is nevertheless an intensely vital drama dealing with the ever present problem of the relation of the human being to the Deity, the attainment of inward peace. Of course the play is symbolic, but its symbolism is so clear, so obvious, that the merest tyro will easily grasp its meaning. Three of the scenes are played in absolute dark- ness — within the dark chamber — the innermost recess of human consciousness, and The King of the Dark Chamber himself, while audible, is never seen. \\'e may hear him, we may feel his presence, but we may never see him. The dark chamber, so Tagore tells us, is situated deep down in the center of the earth and no lamp will ever be lighted there. It is symbolic of the innermost center of our being no philosophy will ever interpret for us. If we set out with this conception we shall find no difficulty in interpreting the drama. The curtain rises upon the outskirts of the city at early dawn. A festival is to take place and strangers and town folks gossip about the King who is never seen. A rumor spreads that it is because he is hideous — others suspect that there is no King. Grandfather, however, a poor jovial beg- ger, knows Him and defends Him always, though he has never seen him. He has his retinue of children, the blessed children who believe without seeing. But a mistake must have occurred somewhere, for the arrival of the King is heralded and he does indeed appear and is acclaimed by all but a very few who run to Grandfather for advice. The second scene takes place in the dark chamber. Queen Sudarshana, obsessed by the darkness, cries out to her hand maiden Surangama for light. Full of youth and vitality, slie cannot bear the suspense, cannot bear the idea of always meeting the King of The Dark Chamber, her husband, in his dark abode and when He comes at last she prays and entreats to such an extent that she is allowed the privilege of seeking him out from the turret of her palace during the festivities of the evening. The third scene takes place in front of the pleasure garden. Foreign Kings have come to seek out Queen Sudar- shana and attend the great festival. Among them the most prominent is the King of Kanchi. He represents the wealth, the power, the glory of the world. It takes him but a few moments to discover that the so-called King is a mere jjre- tender, and but a few minutes to cow the pretender and make him his tool. The ft)urth scene takes place upon the turret of the royal palace. Sudarshana is deprived of the aid of Suran- gama, the faithful maid, who knows the King and would not let her go astray. Left to her own resources, she spies the pretender and her whole being responds to the call of physical love. She sends Rohini, one of her maidens, to take a lotus leaf to the pretender as a token that she has recog- nized him. While Rohini is away on her mission she sum- mons the children, who accompany Grandfather, and bids them sing to her. Their song awakens the spiritual side of her nature and already she regrets her forwardness and THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW 7 is ashamed to have made advances. Upcm Ruhini's return her shame is enhanced by the fact that the pretender did not understand and had to he coached by Kanchi. I5ut she is not victorious in the struggle. She bribes Rohini so as to obtain possession of the pretender's necklace, which Kanchi had given her as a reward for bringing the lotus leaf, and clasps it to her neck while bewailing her fate. Scene five takes place before the pleasure house. It is dusk. The gardeners are running away. Questioned by Rohini they admit that they were warned by the King that they must leave. Other Kings appear trying to find a way out of the garden. An unnatural glow surrounds the earth. The birds are flying away and Rohini departs in quest of the King. Scene six takes place at the door of the Queen's palace. It is dark and the red fire of a conflagration is lighting the scene. Kanclii has set fire to the woods. But the fire is now beyond control and Kanchi calls upon the pretender to show him the way out of the garden. Queen Sudarshana rushes out of the house into the arms of the pretender. But the pretender rudely repulses her, confesses that he is not the King and escapes with Kanchi. The Queen wishes to rush into the flame to wash out her shame, her longing and desire. Scene seven brings us to the Dark Chamber. Sudar- shana was saved. Saved from the physical flames by the intervention of the King of The Dark Chamber. She had her wisli, slie had a glimpse of Him, but alas! in her own wiirds. "Terrible — Oh, it was terrible! I am afraid to think of what I saw. Black, black— <) Thou wert black like ever- lasting night ! I looked on Thee but for one instant. The blaze fell across Thy features — Thou wert like the awful night when a comet swings into our ken — and I closed my eyes — I could not lonk on Thee longer. Black as the storm cloud, black as the shoreless sea, with the spectral red of twilight on its waves !" She confesses her love for another. Announces her determination to leave and is not detained by the King. This might fitly be called the end of the first act. Scene eight. Sudarshana's father announces to his prime minister his resolution not to receive his daughter as his daughter, but only as a servant. Scene nine brings us to tlie inner apartment of the palace, where Queen Sudarshana opens her soul to Suran- gama and learns of the unworthiness of tlie man with whom she has fallen in lo\e. Scene ten. The Kings who ha\e learned of Sudar- shana's flight have fi;)llowed her. and the King (jf Kanclii sends word to Sudarshana's father that he must yield his daughter to him. The other Kings arrive also and readv to fight one another for the possession of Sudarshana. Scene eleven brings us back to the interior of the palace. Sudarshana watches the fight and grackially C(.imes to long for the King of The Dark Chamber, whom she has forsaken. In scene twelve the master mind Kanchi reveals his plans to his tool, the pretender. Scene thirteen brings us back to the inner cliamber. where Queen Sudarshana renounces the pretender forever and implores the real King for mercy. In scene fourteen the princes are gathered in a tent. They await the arrival of Queen Sudarshana. They have agreed among themselves to let Sudarshana choose one of them and that all others will abide by her choice. But a vague dread permeates the assembly and instead of Sudar- shana it is Grandfather vidio appears and challenges all the Kings to fight in the name of his Master, The King of The Dark Chamber. Scene fifteen — Once more in the inner chamber. The King has shattered the inimical forces and Sudarshana awaits him anxiously. But he does not come. He has gone. And even Grandfather cannot give her news of him. So she decides to remain by the window and wait — wait until the King does come. And this may well be considered the end of the second act. Scene sixteen — ^^■e are back upon the road leading to the City of the King of The Dark Chaml^er. It is still dark, just before dawn and the King of Kanchi confesses to Grandfather that he is seeking the real King in all humility. Scene seventeen, just before the break of day. shows us the Queen Sudarshana trudging on foot to seek the King. Her feet are sore and she is weary, but her lieart is glad, for in renunciation and humility she has found peace and happiness. And the play ends with a short scene in the Dark Chamber, where we heard the King say: "Today I open the doors of this dark chamber — the game is finished ! Come, come with me now, outside — into the light," to which Sudarshana answers: "First let me bow before the feet of my lord of darkness, my cruel, my terrible, my peerless one !" The wonderful analysis of the character of Sudarshana, of the struggle of a soul between the earthly and the spiritual, makes this play one of the most refreshing and in- tellectual treats that we have had for a long time. Telephone Randolph 2M4 Eslahlished 1810 Nahigian Brothers Importers of Choice Oriental Rugs and Carpets Wholesale and Retail 122 Wabash Ave. Chicago THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW The King of the Dark Chamber Cast of Characters King of the Dark Chamber Don ;\Ierrifield Suvarna, the Pretender Lee H. Barchiy Grandfather J. H. Gilmour Kanchi Willis Hall Koshala James Nelson Avanti Redmond D. Flood Vidarbha Frank Cullen Kalinga F. T. Raymond Oanchala Edgard Murray, Jr. Virat Norman Meyer King Kanya Kubja Frank M. Readick Minister F. Bendtseu Kumbha Frank Bendtsen Madav R. T. Flood Janardan E. Murray, Jr. Kaundilya Frank M. Readick First Man F. T. Raymond First Citizen John Osgood Second Citizen Norman Meyer Third Citizen Frank Cullen First Herald Joseph Singer Second Herald Emmons Martin City Guard Albert W. Bryan Soldiers, Doorkeepers, Messengers, Gardeners, etc. Queen Sudarshana Miss Nannie Palmer Surangama Miss Audrey Gilmour Kohini Miss Beatrice Miller Musical setting composed by Herbert E. Hyde, choir- master St. Peter's Church. Solo sung by George Johnson. Mr. Herbert E. Hyde will also furnish the organ obli- gato music to all the lyrics throughout the play. Overture "Jubel," courtesy of Chicago Federation of Musicians. The fine rugs used in this production have been kindly loaned to the Press Club by the Oriental rug and carpet importing house of Nahigian Brothers, 122 ^^'abash avenue. The arboral decorations are by courtesy of \'aughn's Seed Store. We strive to do as we please lU meekly Wm\^ Largest Circulation East of Streeterville Vol. MCAIXV Wednesday, May 26 No. 41144 ROBBERY ON MAIN ST. It becomes a sad duty to re- port a felonious act done in broad daylight right in the heart of our usually peaceful and law obiding community. When Perce Millar was about to close his well known and justly highly respected grocery at the corner of Main St. and Radonovitz alley on Sat., he counted the eggs that were on display outside the store and found that seven were stolen. He is anxious that the thief or dishonest person who abstracted them be apprehended or ar- rested. Fred Squibbs, who keeps the Simian Feed Store next door, is malicious enough to say the eggs hatched and wandered off into the wide, wide world. Such is a jealous disposition. EXTRA!!! HOME GROWN PERSONALS Farmer, cowboy, soldier and actor. Col. William Lightfoot Visscher. the genial host of the Oltimers' Inn, says he is going to write some poetry some day and have it printed. Good luck. Col. Go to it. There's never any telling what one can do till one tries. The Col. is the youngest man in spirit of all our acquaintance — that's no joke. Fred Pelham says the dif be- tween a second hand thing and an antique thing depends largely whether it is alive or not and which sex. Get him? The appointment of Col. Phil Holland as chief of police gives general satisfaction. He is pass- ing a subscription paper asking contributions for a new silver star, the one he is now wearing belonging to the ex-chief which is all bent up and badly chewed by a vicious goat who he was trying to apprehend. The man with his head in the air had better watch out for open coal holes. Buy your groceries and other household luxuries of Percy Miller, the one-sided, one-priced grocer. Also coffees, teas, su- gar and cooking whisky. Just as ■we are going to press there comes a rumor that the King of the Dark Cham- ber is all lit up. Rather than cast any reflection on his majesty or cast anything at the cast itself, we will have the rumor verified or confirmed, or whatever it should be. The WRIGGLE never prints any- thing but the truth, the half truth and the naked truth. Eugene Skinkle is putting in a new board sidewalk from his back kitchen door to the wood- shed. Nothing too good for Gene, and damthexpense. * * * The Rt. Rev. Preston Brad- ley will preach at the Wilson .\v. chapel next Sun. It will be his last serious sermon before his departure for the two Cali- fornia expositions. He has been appointed chaplain to the Na- tional Editorial Association dur-t ing their trip and convention at San Fran. We can stand Brad's preaching quite well when he don't try to wake us up. Frank W. Smith, Secy, of the little Corn E.xchange Bank, is thinking some of buying a cam- era and taking some pictures. He says he always did have a hankering to do some photo- graphing some time. Freddy Partridge is going to speak a piece at the Third Floor Debating Society. It is entitled "Deuces Wild and Tame." E. H. Xorris was a visitor to our office and renewed his sub- scription. Come again, Eb, and bring your fair missus with you. E. H. and his wife were the first returners from the war zone when things bust loose abroad. Ham Lewis hasn't been around these diggins much since he shed the "J." Whus- ser matter. Ham? Too much ham &, eh? Fresh Bait at the Red Front. Miss Isodine De Lanie until recently cook lady at the Kis- met boarding house on Soak- wood Boulevard, wishes us to deny the statement that she was fired; the fact being that her services were dispensed with — merely that. Mrs. Van W. writes from the farm that all the pickles she put up last fall have turned sour. Perhaps somebody with a sour disposition made faces at them. Dr. Milton Franque, dentist, 3'j blocks from the Masonic. Concrete filling and stumps dy- namited. High and low bridge work done. Hot and cold air used. Send your measurements and I will send you a set by mail. Fits guaranteed. Stan Mitchell has been ap- pointed Dog Commissioner un- der the new administration. Buy your muzzles at Bert Pratt's Dog Biscuit Bazar. Nothing over ten cents. Some- thing new in shelf paper and other kinds. Strictly cash or credit. Geo. Weber has just returned from a trip around the world and the loop. He says he saw many sights, some of them al- most strange. Miss Flossie Flosser. who has been boarding at the swell De Jour, has went. She says the landlady's husband tried to hide in her room every time the din- ner dishes had to be washed. VILLAGE HAPS AND MISHAPS Expert Ring Lardner ref- ereed the boxing match out at George Wiggs' barn Thursday. We are waiting for the harrow- ing details to be brought in. Harry Moir is still running the hotel here. Room and bath 60 and 7.5 cents, meals extra. Our By Wms. had a piece in a Warsaw (Ind.) paper shortly ago. If he keeps on with his lit. and practical talent some day he will be earning money at it. -Advertise in The Wriggle. Doc Frank Lydston Sundayed at Mike Girten's. He reports the medical and surgery busi- ness fine. Bert Listerine Taylor has got steady employment advertising the Ford automobile motor cars. He is doing well and de- serves to. He has took desk room over the cemetery office. W. A. Patterson is working on the auction bridge. Doc Frank, the painful den- tist, was in town today. He was showing a fine line of new bridges and fillings. He says there is a perfect epidemic of toothaching out his way, and if business keeps on he will give us a fine advertising contract some daj-. Here's hoping. Doc. P. S. — Doc Frank reports that Charley Schlytern, out his way, bit into a silver dollar so hard the other day, to see if it was good, that he broke a wisdom tooth, which Doc had to fix. The bill was said to be $3.75. Better to have took in a bad dol- lar. Charley. Jim .\bbott has gone to Frisco to report the meeting of the In- ternational Rhum Flayers' .-Asso- ciation. He will also read a pa- per by the Hon. Billy Knox on Simian Playing vs. Ledrized Holdouts. Don't tell your troubles to a policeman (in this here town), unless you want to get run in. Tell 'em to us. We'll sympa- thize w-ith you and try to get you to advertise 'em. THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW The Weekly Wriggle "The Worst Is Ye Entered as tenth-clas Published semi-occasionallv by The Wriggle Printing and Hand Laundry Co., Incorporated. CHARLES LEDERER. Editor and Janitor. Office up two flights over the harnei shop. Branch office, 26 North Dea Advertising rates strictly confidential and up to date. Contributions if accepted will be paid for by the day, week or month. Subscription, $1.49 per annum, or what have you ? Garden and poultry All checks and other contributions miist be signed with the writer's real name. We also do cobbling and carpet beating on request. No connection v licatioi TO OUR HIFALUTIN CONTEMPS W'f ain't never pertended to be a litrary cuss, but we are just as well satisfied as it is. We'd ruther be able to root a piece of news out of its lair and give to an ever confiding public in our own understandable language. The editor of Sundale Spook says we are illiterate. S'pose we are! They never sent no one to jale for being illitrate or for not being able to spell pusylani- mus correctly, did they? But we hustle for news and get it, while the editor of the Spook is wear- ing the very life out of his cane- seated swivel office chair spin- ning out Addisonian (whatever that is) phrases that no one but a LL.D. or a B.A. just gradu- ated, can understand. Just writ- ing fine and not saying no noth- ing don't make a hit with us, nohow. We'd ruther have folks say. "Say, that was a interestin' bit of news you printed last week about so and so," than to have old Highbrow Neverpay slap me on the back saying, "I want to congratulate you on the erudition and all around profoundness of your criticism of the Odes of the Belhakers of the Ungeuptorean period, but what, old chap, was it all about?" Fine writing and no sense be but what we were about to remark was. when in doubt re- new your subscription to the Weekly Wriggle. We are still wondering what Milton Hart's new machine is like. Rumor has it that it's a , but we could never be- lieve anything quite as bad as that. A RETRACTIVE APOLOGY We Wish to Make Public Re- traction of our statement Last Week that Bean Haslik, the Frog-faced editor of the Bung- town Budget, Resembled the Third Wart on the Tail of a Weak Minded Abyssinian Wart Hog. After Careful Reflection and Careful Inspection We are Constrained to Say that our steamed and parboiled co'tempt- orary resembles the FOURTH Wart on the left ear of said Abyssmian animal. Hoping that this will set us right with the amiable and senile gent, we take this oppor- tunity of renewing to him the assurance of a continuance of our distinguished consideration. We defer expressing our choice or preference in the mat- ter of the candidates for the various judicial positions at the coming election, June 7, until we hear from our advertising department. It is all right put- ting a cross on the ballot, but our second best motto is COME A CROSS. A hint to the wise is as good as a bat on the ear. BETTER NEVER THAN LATE He hurries in with manner gay, Urged by an evil fate. "The six-fifteen was 'bridged' today." He says, "and so I'm late!" And then life seems a total loss. The art of lying vain, When coldly speaks his frowning boss: "Yes:- I was on that train!" Select people should use Swift's wool soap exclusively. The sure things usually are the other feller's. APPROACHING INFLICTIONS. saving much time and postage — that. Providence and collections permitting, he will visit, annoy and pester the fol- lowing non-resident members of the Press Club of Chicago during his bet- ter-half-conducted trip to the two coast expositions {under escort of the Na- tional Editorial Association) : Paul Howse, California. Justin Brown. California, late of the Capper publications. Frank Weatherbee. artist, California. Dr. Elmore Pettyjohn. Topeka, Kans. Mark Watson, San Diego. Henry Lord C>a.v, California. Et al., and then some, including also the following persons, to-wit: Lou Bedford, San Francisco. Cramer Shattuc. Portland. Tom Prior, Los -'\ngeles. Russell J. Waters, Redlands. S. M. Allen, Denver. Mrs. Fanny A. Mitchell, Grey's Peak. John W. Carson, Colorado. A NEW BARN IS BEING BUILT Frank Soc. Roderus has built another barn for the $T.6oO au- tomobile he is thinking of buy- ing. Tom Donnelly, the Dia- mond Merchant in the Press Club Building, who acted as Mr. Roderus' lawyer in the transaction, examined the title and pronounced it all right ex- cept for a few flaws, which would never be noticed except in a strong light. NEWSPAPER BORES The man who has a little joke He wishes you to print Will sit down softly by your side- He never takes a hint; .'\nd while you wish that he was in- Well, Hades — for you do — He'll whisper gently that he has The very thing for you. And when you tell him that it's To print it would not pay; He'll look at you contemptuously, As much as if to say: "Well, this man thinks he knows wh what, But if I could not run A better paper than he does, I'd quit and buy a gun," The A'ho take A peep, and that is all. At your exchanges, "now and then," Impresses you with gall; But when he hangs around all day And reads and looks quite bland. It makes you swear; in fact, it's more Than any man can stand. Likewise, the man who has a boy From one year old to ten, "The smartest youngster ever born," Will drop in now and then. And when you fail to print the things That little kid has said. He'll keep right at you all the time L'ntil you wish you're dead. Then there's the fiend with Who loves you most to death, Who wants to read his little "screec Before you catch your breath. And when you give it back to him For reasons that are plain. He begs and begs you to peruse It over once again. When earth is left behind and we Have shuffled off this coil, I wonder if we'll meet up there. Upon that golden soil. The bores that I have mentioned, ar The others that we know? For if we should I'm very sure I do not care to go. —-Tom Massou. ipt. Mel Sykes, the popular maker of fine fotos has gone up at last — gone up to the 'steenth floor of the Stevens block on the Wa- bash turnpike just north of the Madison road. Mel made a fac- simile of the facial structure of the editor of this aggregation of illumination and bile once, and a fair lady gazed upon the pic- ture and remarked, "Isn't it wonderful what a good photog- rapher can do." And the worst of it all was that she meant it. MEN'S FASHION NOTES The Muskegon papers say that clothes will again be the proper thing for street wear this summer. Men's trousers will still be in \'Ogue, with lace insertion at the knee near the hip pocket. Mayor Thompson has issued a proclamation to the effect that ear muffs may be now discard- ed even in our best circles. A much better face lotion than can be bought in any drug store for ninety cents is pre- pared as follows: Glue 1 oz., one egg (at present prices a fresh one may be used), J4 lemon cream pie, ^ can Old Dutch Klenser, 2 oz. vitriol and a stewed prune, flavor to taste. It may be served hot or cold. If you find hair in the butter, don't give the butter a sham- poo, but shave it with the grain. Shoes will be largely worn on the feet. Gentlemen with valets are ordering the breed of shoes that lace at the back. Men's swagger dress suits for the summer will be cut with a large "V" in the back and front and will be entirely sleeveless. The more pronounced styles show the vest cut higher on one side than on the other. Our Mr. John Gorman says that the chinchilla stripes on the sides of trousers will be worn more than ever. A very pretty combination belt and suspenders is (or are) being shown. The belt is lined with glue to ensure further sta- bility. Panama hats with detachable cuffs are no longer de trop. However, the hats and cuffs should be laundered separately, the latter without starch. Char- ley Dowst of the National Laundry Journal is authority for this. By the way, there is this dif- ference between a feller and a fellow. A feller is an ordinary mortal and a fellow is one who wears a wide silk ribbon to keep his eye-glasses attached to himself. * * * There is nothing that ever made us feel more "put out" than when our boarding house lady told us we "needn't come 'round no more.'' THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW Cbe meekly Ulriggle EXTRY EXTRA! Fire Feind's Frightful Toll EXTRA EXTRY! Last night the rapacious fire feind stalked through our devoted town doing monstrous damage to one of our most highly respected and terribly afflicted citizens, a subscriber for nearly fifteen years. Just as the moon was sinking in luxurious silence behind the tall poplars at the end of Main St., probably about 1 a. m.. a faint glow might have been seen in Jan Jinsen's tailor shop. Above it, camly, unwontedly camly. sleeping was Henry Hup- penfiiller. who was batching it in the second floor of that two- story and basement edifice. He swelled smoke, Henry did. Quicker than the eye, Henry dressed and busted out to the street and give the alarm. Fire ! Fire ! he hissed shrilly, hoarsely. Gene Alorgan, our illustrious fire department, heard that alarm and soon was seen on the scene, fully equipped for the fray, hemlet on head, fire ax in one hand and his famous and far reaching sterling silver-plated trumpet in the other { hand ) . In the meantime the fire was fully under way and the bright empirium canopy of heaven was lighted up with the crimson tint of the all-devouring destroyer. Smoke poured out of that tailor shop in dense serrated but inflamatory col- umns. At least a full score of white faced citizens — male and female — and the town marshall were soon on the scene, includ- ing the all pervading representative of the press in the person of the Wriggle reporter. The damage was awfull. A pair of splendid dress pants, the joint property of Louis and Edgar Blum, were already smouldering and rapidly approaching a total loss. They had unfortunately been left to be pressed only the day before. In the luidst of peace we know not what is before us. Mert Wieland's prize sack suit (the one he wore at his v.-idding a week ago), almost ready for delivery after pressing, Vvas consumed by the insatiable feind. Words fail us in ex- pressing our deep sympathy with the losers -ind llieir friends and relatives. If it had not had been for our splendid fire department much more damage would have been did. As it is the damage, not counting the building and lot, was $163.75, which was not insured and which will fall on Mr. Jinsen and his erstwhile merry but discriminating and exclusive customers. It took just one hour and tw-enty minutes for the stately structure of the Jinsen tailor shop to become a mass of charred rafters, window sills, door frames, mop boards, two-by-fours, etc etc etc. Had it not been for the heroicness of the noble fire chief. Gene Morgan, tlie place would have burned down in 45 minutes. Editor's Xote — The above description was written by our little cub reporter Gilinan Parker who, being short, could not see above the heads of the crowds. So he had to return to the Wrinkle office al- most as short of particulars as he is himself. .Also being so late and we going to press we didn't have no time to read copy and make the usual corrections because we aim to retain the Wrixkle's unexampled reputation for being fussy about grammar and our Englisli and spelling and punkchating are such. But in the hasty excitement we have mis- lade our dicktioner>' and are laboring at a disadvantage on this acct. Be sides when laboring under great excitement we are all more nr less apt to get our language all mussed up. .And moreover, be sides, even at this late moment we are requested to apologize to Oilman's mother, Mrs. Mar}' Moncure Parker, for keeping her boy out so late, he being used to going to bed one or two hours after supper time. "I did not raise my boy to be a night owl!" hollered she, sobbingly. With these few facts we close the discussion and the forms. Too Late to Classify Jensen The Phoenix T^//lor Clothes & lulls m&dt to oFc/er or on hand New Stock nEw location New StYles new PRices To sUit ALL w/th 5uitS mr. Jen JeNsen having RenTerf TVeW quarTers m front oF the non-5uch LiveRy St- ables IS prepareD to Meet aLL CuStomerf aS of Old. the /aTe hoLocost don't afFeCt the pr/ceS of my gOods, patrOnIzE Jens- en thl firepRooi Tailor. rEpaiRinG & pressing. PURELY PERSONAL Charley Gotthart. late of the "World's Greatest" staff is try- ing to wean Jimmy Durkin, Esq., of the Trib., from a growing desire to play the game of rhum or rummy, whichever the soul destroying game is. * * * Secretary George Schlosser of the National Editorial As- sociation writes us that Arthur Glessner is going on the trip to Sar Francisco and San Diego. .\rthur will be the life and sole of the trip and a joy to all be- Holders with that gorgeous new black moustache of his. The editor has been invited to address the Juggville Y. M. G. .\. on the evils of Rumdiiyl. Frank Kipfer promised us a pome for this issue, but we guess it got sidetracked or the meter got wrong or something, so we got to go without it, and some evil-minded person or persons might say we don't miss much. Nevertheless Frank is our faverit pnte. Sam Small, of the Examiner, never tried to save a soul and very seldom lays up a cent some days, at least so we are informed by his industrious and illustrious confrere and biog- rapher, R. C. Cornell. (Con- frere means that he works on the same paper.) * * * Dave C. Clarkson is thinking of putting in a line of books in addition to other stock in his general store. Look out, Dave, don't branch out too fast. Most every family has got a book already. It don't pay to have a lot of goods on hand that you can't maybe never sell — UNLESS YOU ADVERTISE IN THE WEEKLY WRIG- GLE. Envious and sordid minded persons are poking fun at j-e ed. because he cut the brush off his upper lip. If said persons would mind their own business and not try to make ye ed.'s wife think she's married to a man who is the exact counter- part of a Sardinian train robber we'd be everlastingly sufficient- Iv nhliged. OUR WATCHES are guaranteed to last a lifetime, if you don't live too long. For sale at THE FEED STORE RESTAURANT Eat at our place, but die happy at home. 12 THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW Cbe (UeeKly Ulriggle SHROYERVILLE CORRE- SPONDENCE Our well known undertaker Walt Washburne was to have given a fish chowder dinner last Wednesday. Fifteen invitations were out and a good time would have been had by all. but Stan Mitchell who runs the popular meat, fish and hair dressing es- tablishment on Main street was all out of fish all week, so the dinner was called off after the guests had arrived. Among those present was Walter Wood and all his family and the fam- ily preacher and a dozen others. Rudy Berliner gave a bass drum solo on the village green Sat. Lawyer John A. Brown went hunting last Tues., but didn't have much luck. He shot Frank Comerfords cow near the black- bury patch. Comerford has hired Squire Geo. S. Foster to have the law on him if he don't pay for the damage done that cow. Better luck next time, John. The cow is said to be not giving as good milk as per usual. Milton Hart has got a auto- mobile. Nobody hain't seen it yet as he is practicing it all by him self in the back lots till the automobile gets used to him. It is said to be some larger than a ford. Thurber N. Gushing was a Shroyerville visitor last week. He is taking up music and voice culture under instruction of Prof. Richard Henry Little at his home town. Gol. Will G. Edens was way down to New York and has re- turned. He states he nearly saw a man of war cruiser in the bay or river at that great me- tropolis. Banker-Poet Harry Ashley has wrote some more poetry, but your cor. hain't read it yet. There's some days we can read poetry and there's some days we can't. We got to be feeling right well when we do. Dr. Wm. Fredk. Nutt, dealer in gimcracks, real Ann Teek curios and umbrellas as low as $1. Up stairs in the Stevens block State street near the Mad- ison road. The motto of his goods is, "Age is no disgrace." Jim Lowder went to pay his respects to Reporter Wieland of the Herald and his bride of a week the other evening and on coming away from the Wie- land residence was promptly pinched by an overvigilant cop- per who thought he was getting away with some of the gorgus wedding presents. The police- man frisked Jim to see what he had on him and finding noth- ing let him go. Jim says he is glad he resisted temptation. Opie Read and Will Visscher are thinking of opening a regu- lar book, vegetable and station- ary store out at Three-and-a- half corners. They expect to do a good business as there are sev- eral debating and .Shakespeare societies and clubs out that way. We wish 'em success not- withstanding our doubts. * * * Harry Shroyer, the founder of this place was offered a job canvassing for a New York book concern last week. He is finding out if the concern is re- sponsible before accepting the job. It pays to be cautious. Harry is said to have been bit quite bad recently while can- vassing for "The Lives of the Great Mayors." The man with settled ways often does it on a basis of ten cents on the dollar, says Harry Barton Bogg, the well-known South Side philosopher and packing house man. BACK AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN Here I am in town once more, and, like a mariner ashore, I'm doing all that can be done to get my share of any fun that may be going on in this ador- able metropolis. For, after all is said and done, there's not a single place — not one — on all the earth (so note it down) that can compete with this old town. And, like that mariner absurd, to whom I have above referred, whose sum of stipulated pay accumulates while he's away; and who, as soon as he's re- turned to claim the wages he has earned, and feels the locker full of shot, proceeds at once to blew the lot; so I, who take my yearly trip by road, or rail, or creaky ship, and spend a por- tion of my wealth in laying in a stock of health, as soon as I return to town (just tinted to a pleasant brown) I hasten — need it be explained? — disburs- ing quickly all I've gained. I rush wherever pleasure calls, to theatres and music halls, to clubs, to spots where beauty throngs, to swimming baths and restzuTongs — in short, from morning until late, in every- thing participate by which I can express my joy at being here once more, my boy. For, what- soever be the dream indulged by other folks, the cream of holidays, I will maintain, con- sists in getting back again. B. U. T. LOCAL NEWS The Rogers-Hall Company are figuring on putting in a steam printing press. John Fay, the well knownst antiquarium. is writing a sce- nario for a moving picture play in which he introduces some soundless Abyssinian folk songs. The crooning is shown by the movements of the actor's lips. The road to success is to ad- vertise in the Weekly Wriggle. The Continental and Com- mercial National Bank are thinking of putting in an extra paying teller, making three in all. This is getting to be some commercial center. Expressing done reliable and cheap. Apply to Bill Gourlay across from the Palace Barber Shop. Ed Clipson, who runs the delicatessen store and pressing club on Debun street, is putting in some shower baths for the benefit of those who wait while the pressing is being done. .\lso he is having the south walls frescoed in natural water col- ors. Horlick's milk shakers at Doc Hoelscher's drug store. * * * Old Doc J. L. Quinlan has been busy pulling some old stumps on his place out at Cal- umet. They take everything out e.x- cept the buttonholes at Charley Dowst's laundry on Ann street. One trial will suffice. Paul W'illiams, who does the -\ssociated Press at Springfield, Sundayed here with a charming new suit on. It is a perfect fit, all except the coat, pants and vest. Paul is getting to be quite a dude and speaks of 'em as "trousers." Charley Comisky has a fine line of bats, baseballs and other paraphernalia on sale now. Our very own Ed Maher is running on the non-partisan ticket for circuit judge. Cook County, State of Illinois, U. S. of North America, amen. Aside from the fact that he is presi- dent of the lawyers' association, is very good looking for a male, is a member of the Board of Managers of the Chicago Law Institute, is always full of good humor, member of the Illinois State Bar Association, is a crackerjack story teller and a member of the Chicago Society of Advocates, we know nothing against him. Get your bean fitted for a new lid at Senator Grady's store on 23nd street. George Lincoln, the well- known linotype and stock op- erator, is busy on his new in- vention, an aquatic-automobile. He showed us the model the other day. Just by a slight change that a child of 37 could make, the automobile is trans- ferred from a motor car into a motor boat. He is going to call it a yachtomobile. Some new shirts shown at the George and Fred Dunham Em- porium. It is strange that George should have invented this, as he just hates the sight of an automobile, and says even if he should get rich beyond the dreams of average he would not If you are not going anywhere in particular, why not use the Freestone Railroad JIMMY DURKIN Sole Ouncr Passengers shipped to all points. Round and square trip tickets THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW 13 CheUlecklv (Uriggic WHAT OUR LOCAL PHI- LOSOPHERS SAY Some husbands say nice things to their wives' faces and others wait to saj' 'em on the tomb- stones after they (the wives, not the husbands) are dead. — From Gems of Thought by Ed Ficard. * * * We would rather have a well cooked meal served on an oil cloth covered table than a poor one served on the finest damask. (Pat. applied for.) — George C. Bastian. * * * Some sportsmen are never fatal to anything except time. — John E. Bacon (No relation to the gent who wrote Shakspere). « * * When between the devil and the deep sea stand pat, says W. A. Patterson, managing editor of the Western Newspaper Union, who is stopping at the Sawdorff, * * * "I know a man who has a wishbone where his backbone ought to be," says Karl McVitty in his "Annals of the Small." The feller that never bites may never get the hook, but he's apt to go hungry some of the time. — Philosophications of J. B. Mansfield. Thej' say lightning won't strike twice in the same place. That's because there generally ain't anything there worth strik- ing at. — Bert Yarwood. * * * There are two things that ain't much use when they're slow and sure — a watch and a race horses — Fred S. Miller, late lamented scribe of the Publish- ers' Club. THE NEW CANUTE By Chris Cross There was once an Emperor who was the father of his country. He was also the grandmother and the great-aunt of his country, and it was al- most more than his country could bear. He was a good and a brave and a very young man, and he acted up to his lights: but they were ancient lights, and he was not much of an actor. However, he did his best for the best with the best inten- tions. He couldn't do more, and his country was very glad — that he couldn't. He made the most beautiful speeches out of his own head, and let them off in public to his own satisfaction. He also composed his own mu- sic, and had it played by his own marine bands, and it al- most caused a revolution. He brought up a large army en- tirely by hand, and it did him credit; and his poor but honest country paid for it entirely through the nose, and enjoyed it immensely. He was very pleasant and aflfable to his coun- try, and was anxious that his country should love him and think well of his government, and his country tried to but thought better of it, which was not quite the same thing. Well, this Emperor had a very select and high-toned no- bility, that tw-ined round his throne, and supported his house, and hung upon his word, and wore his livery, and came at his call, and laughed in his sleeve, and did many other wonderful things for him. and on his be- half. Now, one day this supe- ior but obsequious nobility hap- pened to mention casually that it had a soul at home which didn't belong to the Emperor. And the Emperor was wroth, and asked himself to a dinner party to be given by his nobil- ity to himself. And he came to the dinner party, and he drank his own health, and spoke his mind to his nobility, and he ut- terly denied that it had a soul of its own. It was his soul, and it was a high and a noble soul, and a good old soul, and a poor old soul. -A.nd he shed tears, and said that he wouldn't have thought that his nobility would have gone and said what it had said; that he should never for- get it. never, but that he for- gave it, and hoped it wouldn't occur again. And he blessed his nobility, and called for another bottle, and broke a decanter in his earnestness. .\nd then they all sang ".\uld Lang Syne," and were very happy, especially the Emperor, But, although forgiven by its Emperor, the nobility couldn't forgive itself. It felt that it had stained its escutcheon, and it determined to wipe away the stain. So it rallied round its Emperor, and cheered him up. and toasted him. and buttered him, until even he began to rec- ognize what a very fine fellow he was. At length his nobility went so far as to tell him that his greatness was such that even the w'aves obeyed him. So he sat down before the waves of popular opinion and ordered them to roll back. But, to his intense surprise and annoyance, they rolled on, and, as his no- bility justly said; "How w*ere they to know he couldn't swim?" .And the moral is — Well, it just shows you! LOCAL BREVITIES A. Milo Bennett, Jr., who re- cently joined the .Apollo Uncle Tom's Cabin Troupe, is back in town. The company had real scenery and four sure enough bloodhounds. But at Sudsville the canines ran away and were caught by the town marshal and put in the pound. The charges for their board and lodging in that institution ex- ceeded the balance in the troupe treasury by more than 40 cents, so the company disbanded. A. Milo is back at the old home- stead on Edgecomb place. Bill Hale Thompson still has some offices to let. See him at the Town Hall. George W^ashington W^eippert was in town yest. with plans for a new moving pict. show thea- ter. He says there is money in the business if you don't pay the janitor too much salary. Mr. W'eippert started business as a gambler, making as much as $1.47 in a single year of fleecing his fellow members of the Press Club at a terrible w'icked game called rhummy, the "h" being silent as in cow. They say Carrie Jacobs Bond has writ some new songs right out of her own head. They should be heard to be appreci- ated. OPERATED ON! Old Doc .\tkinson operated on William H. Van Gilder's farm hand last week. Doc gave him chloroform and then cut out tile farm hand's booze. He also found a puncture of the in- ner tube and a loose clutch. It was a beautiful operation from a professional standpoint and very successful. Farmer Van Gilder buried his farm hand Tuesday afternoon. BROUGHT TO JUSTICE Bill Van Gilder, alias the "Hammock Farmer," alias the "Only Farmer in the Press Club." is out on bonds again. He is accused of bunkoing a poor innocent guileless unso- phisticated city man named Fred Dunham, who came to this town to despose of his crop of wild oats. Well, anyway. Bill is accused of trying to sell Mr. Dunham the town pump, show him the hole in the wall and induce him to go over to Charley Smith's place and see the silo go 'round. Judge George M. Weichelt, in holding Bill over to the grand Jewry, says a example must be made of such men who take advantage of the sucker within our gates. Chief of Police Phil Holland, who made the arrest, says he is go- ing to clean up the town so that it will be safe for the big- gest mut that ever came out of Chicago. Take politics out of the police and what have you? is the slogan of our new administration. Gladiolus Bulbs Our "Princeps" wonderful decorative scarlet "Ruffled." the New Class Vaughan's "Rainbow" Mixed, each different Parisian Blue and Lavender our introduction — most of these not obtainable elsewhere. Mexican Morning Glory Vine A most wonderful flowering climber, growing 20 to 30 feet, in full flower daily from midsummer till frost, pink, lavender color, strong root, 2jC. Lawn Mowers and Garden Hose n^-^A^^ Xrtrtir. Hoes. Rakes. Dibbers. Weeders. Garden lOOlS -prowels Prunes Cultivators Vl- J C -ICj. Randolph St., Near Dearborn aUghatl S Oeed OtOre Chicago and New York All Flower Seeds, all Vegetable Seeds Complete Planting Booklet, Vaughan's Garden, FREE THE BOOK OF THE PRESS CLUB SHOW Che Uleeklv JlUriggle A NEW GAME Oledoc R. C. Fisher is writ- ing a article on playing golf, the new game that has recentlj- been invented, & they say is be coming quite popular al- though we have not seen (or saw) it (whichever is correct). They say golf is fascinating to some people in fact they be- come quite infatuated with it. It is supposed to be something like outdoor billyards or kelly pool. Oledoc Fisher says the game should not be played con- tinnuusly day in and day out including Sundays and holidays more than 12 or 13 hours each day. Otherwise it is liable to become a bad babbit or as he puts it a obsession (which the doctors say is incurable they never having found the germ or serum for it). The only thing that helps is a operation at an expense of of $250.00 not including the nurse or room. PROMINENT VISITOR Ed Doherty of the Chgo Herald local staff was back in town with his pretty young wife, showing her the skenes of his childhoot days. Eddie was quite flush for a married man and treated a lot of the boys, including ye editor, to brown and white pop at Doc G. Frank Lydston's famous blue front drug store. Eddie had a lot of interesting gossip about our townsmen's friends back in Chgo. He says among other things that Thornton Smith, a Pressing Club director and employed on the Assas- sinated Press, was left a fine legacy by the death of a dis- tant relative (in the Balkans, probably). The legacy con- sisted of more than 600 Untied Cigar Stores coupons. For 600 coupons a dress shield (pair of 'em) or a ostrich plume mav be had. NOTABL ANNIVERSARY Eugene Skinkel celebrated his 36th wedding anniversary May 10. during which time he has never applied for divorce. We saw Walt Washburne mowing his lawn tie last week while his pilot fish, Stan Mitch, was raking in something or other. JIPTOWN OPRY HOUSE NOTES The Employes of the Xut Fac- tory at Jeptown have Organized a Dramatic Society and are Busily Engaged in Rehearsing a Bran Xew Tradegy by Rubi- dubdub Jones, called "A Deuce of a Time in a Dark Basement." It is a Historical or hysterical Drayma Based upon the Dis- covery of Seven Kings in a Pack of Cards Owned by Duke Benzimmer while with his Pack of Hounds Hunting Deuces Wild in the Royl Preserves. Now, 7 Kings in a Pack was Against the Law of the King- dom so the Plot Thickens so Thick that the Audience can't see Straight and they Called for the Author, a Poor Inno- cent Foreign Peasant. So he Comes Before the Curtain to Make a Speech. But it is a Put Up Job, for the Audience has Appointed a Committee with a Strong Rope, and they take the Poor Unsuspecting Author out in the Public Square and Hang Him. They say it will be the Cutest Play ever Pulled Off in Jiptown. WANTED — THE P .\ R T Y THAT fell in our cistern to return and George Kavanagh, 12345 Vii FOUND— A MEDIUM SIZED, MID- dle aged English bulldog. Anyone can have him who will pay for a new seat in my pants. No questions asked or answered. Bill McShultz, up over the Mastodon Poolroom. THE ELITE PHOTOGRAPH AND Shooting Gallery. 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