Britton Weekly Sentinel. (Britton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1911 Page: 4 of 8
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AT [HE PLAYHOUSES
SEVEN DAYS
At The Overholser.
After ruiinlim for two solid yean-1
In New York this company Is coming
here for two performance*, matlne j
and r.ishi, Thursday. This is the hlf-1
uest comedy success In ten years thai
has been produced in this country
When a production can run for th<
lonKth of time this one did in that hot
bed of competition in the theatrical
field. New York, it must be pood. TI)•
press of the different cities where thi
company lias played give it a ver..
complimentary notice
If you are a lover of good clean eon
edy a good tip to accept is see "Seve;i
IJays" March 17 and Is. The compan>
goes from here to St. Louis for an e>
tended engagement.
THE SINS OF THE FATHER
At The Overholser
Those who have seen Mr. Dixona
performance of his own 'work say It
la a case of a southern play by a man
who thoroughly knows his subject.
Seeing a ridiculous travesty of a play
on the race question moved Mr. Dixon
to write this, the strongest play of its
kind ever written. The author plays
the leading role and has made a pro-
nounced hit in the purt. lie is capa-
bly supported by a cast of well known
people.
The story deals with a phase of the
negro question in the south. The fath-
er, son and young innocent girl are in
volved In the tragic outcome, but in
the end a way out la found, honor is
saved and the happiness of the family
restored.
Two performances will be played
here, Friday and Saturday, March 17
and 18. The company goes from here
to St. Ix)uls for an extended engage-
ment.
TKjt,
by WILBUR D NEJTMT
Tsfow
Son
WITNESS HAD SAID ENOUGH!|
.J Noted Lawyer Proved in Unusual Way
*] ! That Hit Client Had No Mcney
THE FLIRTING PRINCESS
At The Overholier.
A musical comedy long anticipated
by theatre goers here will play at this
theatre on Sunday and Monday nights
of next week. Mort H. Singer, of Chi
cago, who has produced the "Prince of
Tonight", the "Goddess of Liberty,"
and "Miss Nobody from Starland,"
now offers his latest: Harry Bulger in
"The Flirting Princess.' The first
three have appeared here this season
'
I • annot sing thr n.-w songM.
I cannot sing the old
The latter are railed chentnuta
And are no long*-!- sold.
The new onea Bell by thouaun<la
For they are all the rag*
Policeman have to cenaor
Thoaa aonga upon the ta«n
I cannot alng the new songs
I do not act a part,
I do not dally gambol
In tilatrlonlc art
And ao I cannot sing them
Becauae It would be found
They muat he expurgated
With children all around
I cannot alng the new aonga -
I cannot even nam*
The wondrouH ragtime lyrlca
That have their meed of fam«
The double-meaning titles
Are by all odda too tough
For rna to aven hint tham
You'd say waa quite enough
I cannot alng the new aonga
Of men that are wrlld flirts.
Nor can I warble sweetly
About a "bunch of aklrta
J rather Ilka the old aongn
Where women all were pure
Oh. It would have been better
If they might but endure
I cannot alng the new aonga.
And no one sings the old.
The new onea are well, mildly,
A little more than bold
Were I to alng the new aonga
You'd order ma to huah
\nd aak If I'd forgotten
The thing* that make ua bluah.
Principles of the "Apache" dance in
"The Flirting Princes*."
and have led the patrons of this house
to expect the best when a performance
comes under his management.
With Harry Bulger ^re Eulalie Jan-
sen, Chas. Morgan, Maude Emery, Dale
Fuller and a large east of equally well
known principals. Hacked by a chorus
such as we never before have seen, so
the agent says, this is a musical com-
edy well worth seeing. Two of the
special features are the "Vampire"!
and "Apache" dances.
Healthy Town.
"Pilneyvllle, O.?" asks the man with
fbe sober clothes "I should say I
have heard of that place. I was In
business—or tried to be In business—
there for a year That town is the
healthiest place I ever knew."
I "Is that so?" we ask, with Interest,
i "Yes. I'm an undertaker, you see.
' I went there and opened an establish-
ment on learning that there was no
| undertaker In the town. I didn't get
a bit of buslnss. and along In the sum-
mer I started out to pick blackberries
for a living. They made me quit.
, They wouldn't even permit any black
'lerrylng."
We smile wanly.
"And that wasn't the strangest part.
I didn't move out until after a man
who had tried to operate a cleaning
and coloring shop closed his doors
and failed."
"What had that to do with—"
"Was there any chance for an un-
dertaker In a town where there could
be no dying ot any kind?"
—Had Been Robbed.
I A noted lawyer had a ca-^e In which
among other things, he wished to
j prove that his client had no money
! and to that end he crosB-questlone 1
one of tho opixment's witnesses as fol
lows:
"You aske.l my cllrnt for money, did
yej not?''
"Well—yes. sir."
I ' Answer promptly, sir! Let us have
no hesitation. You asked him for
money. Now what was his answer?"
"I don't know as 1 ran tell."
"But surelj you remember?"
"Yes. sir."
Then out with It' Whatewas his
answer?"
"I'd rather not tell."
"Ho, ho! You are on that tack, are
you? You won't tell?"
"I would rather not. sir."
"But you must, and if you do not
answer til> question promptly and
truthfully I shall call upon the court
to commit you for contempt."
"Well, sir, If I must tell tales out ot
school, here \ ou hHVe It. I asked him
>i steiclav If he could lend me half a
crown, Hnd he told nie he couldn't "
And you believed him, ilhl you
not ?"
Yes. sir. for he said you had rob-
bed him of every penny of his ready
money, and If he didn't get out of your j
hands prett> soon his wife and little
ones would soon come to—"
That will do sir. You can stand
'own."
In Proof of Patience.
Pish Commissioner George M Row
ers has succeeded In planting the
Chinook salmon in Lake Sunapee,
New Hampshire, and visitors to the
Hen Mere now catch four and Ave
pound Chlnooks at the Hedgehog.
It took 40 years to plant Pacific
mhnon in the East—a work of pa
tlence.
"Yes, It has been a work of pa-
tience," said Commissioner Bowers in
an Interview In Washington. "Such
patient work makes me think of the
ticket agent In the railway station
"A woman said to the ticket agent
angrily:
" 'Look here, sir, i've been standing
before this window 25 minutes!'
"The agent, a gray, withered little
man, answered gently:
" 'Ah, madam, I've been standing
behind it 25 years.' "—Boston Herald.
BRITISH WOOLEN MILLS
WORLD'S LARGEST TAILORS
Don t Wear Poor Fitting Ready Made Clothes When
We Will Make to YOUR MK.ASURE at I his Price
All Wool Suits
Made to Measure
$15.00
We Can Fit You
We always carry lOOO swell
patterns to select from
We Make Pants Too
$2.25
We are the
People That
Satisfy
Fit and Workmanship
GUARANTEED
British Woolen Mills
3 North Broadway, Oklahoma City
A LEG
SEATS FREE
77 Stores
in the
United States
"My
A Flash of Genius.
"Eureka!" cries the modiste,
fortune Is made."
"Good! How?" exclaims her as-
sistant.
"I've originated a new costume."
"Auto? Walking? Party?"
"No. None of those old things. I've
Just thought of the best ever. I'm go-
ing to turn out a special cut and style
of dress to be worn only when going
to see the milliner or modiste."
Realizing that every woman In the
country will want to wear such a cob-
tume all the time, whether she Is go-
ing for hats or dresses or not, because
she will want her sisters to envy her,
the assistant clasps her hands and
falls to dreaming of the Golconda the
modiste has stumbled Into.
LATEST MARKETS
METROPOLITAN.
"What Happened to Jones" at the
Metropolitan Theatre is a scream from
first to last. It Is the funniest play
ever put on by the North Brothers
Stock company. Every member of the
company is well cast, and Jack Rose-
leigh as Jones, manifested beyond all
question of dispute that he is |>erfectly
at home In a light comedy role. Miss
Enid May Jackson was delightful In
the role of Prof. C.oodly's ward, while
Howard Chase upheld the part or the
real bishop in a thoroughly entertain-
ing manner. Miss Itose Winchester
was good as a Sweediih servant, w hile
Russell Snoad was splendid as Prof.
Goodly.
Next week this company will pro-
duce "Paid in Full. The management
announce seats are on sale seven days
in advance.
Against the Rules.
I
Prices current on Gay of publication
(Thursday) at Oklahoma City.
Hay and Grain.
Quoted by J. E. Lucas.
The dealer quoted is paying the fol-
lowing prices:
Corn. No. 2, per bu 53
Oats, per bu .32
Wheat, per bu X7
Straw, per ton 5.00
Hay, baled, per ton 10.to 12.
"Alfalfa, per ton 14. to 15.
CURE SORE EYES.
"Why didn't you put on the porous
plaster I sent you?"
"Plasther? Docthor. I'm a mlmber
av th' hod carriers' union and It's
fernist th' rules for me to do anny
plastherln'."
Fruits and Vegetables.
(Quoted by A. Morrison.)
These prices to dealers only.
Potatoes, per bu i .80
Celery, per dozen 75
Cabbage (new Texas) per 100 lbs 2.00
Apples, new, per box 2.75
Lemons, per box 4.00
Oranges, per box 2.50
Bananas, per bunch 3.00 to 3.50
Eggs, Butter, Chickens, Etc.
Eggs, per ease $3.85
Butter, pr lb 12
Hens, over 3 lbs 10
Hens, under 3 lbs 07
Springs, over 2 lbs 11
Springs, under 2 lbs in
What It Lacked.
They listen to the phonographic re-
Seed Potatoes
We have to offer a few hundred
bushels of the celebrated Irish Cobbler
second crop seed potatoes, at $1.75 per
production of the voice of the great bushel, P. O. 11. Oklahoma City. This
prima donna In the marvelous aria >8 no on'>" the best eating potato
Vom the grnnd open*.. ; Brown, but will make potntoes as soon
"Is It not perfect? asks"one as ,he TriumPh nnd yield twice as
•It', good." responds another !?UCh a'h any other potato grown in
"One could not find any fault with ° *°U
that, certainly."
"Still, there seems to be something
lacking."
"What Is It?" i
"I hardly know O, I've got It. You
*au't hear the chatter in the boxes "
A. Morrison
Oklahoma City.
Essential.
"Yes. sir," Raid the dealer.
Seed Potatoes
when We have on hand 800 bushels
She—My maid Is suffering from In
flammat-ion of the right eye. What's
the best thing to do?
He—Plug up all your keyholes, my
dear.
we sell you an automobile we Include of Seed potatoes. Sweet potatoes,
Company fea",re 8hou,Mrish Cobbler and Triumph.
"Does that mean," asked the proB j Can quote very lowest prices,
nectlve purchaser, "that you tell me
the correct method of pronouncing
ch-a-u-ff-e-u-r?"
16 W. California Ave
J. E. Lucas,
AMUSEMENTS
THE 0VERH0LSER
Phone 2093.
Today Matinee and Night
The Greatest Comedy in Twenty
Years,
7 Days
Prices: Mat, 50c to $1; Kvening,
25c to $1.50.
Friday and Saturday Nights
Saturday Matinee
THOS. DIXON
in
The Sins
of the
Father
Prices: Mat., 50c to $1.; Even-
HORTON
WANTED--Boys and Girls
Attorney-at~t~ci w. oklahoma city to send us your photograph and
I r.... i . • at a J 35c and we will send you 1 doz.
tieneral practice in state and federal .. _ 1
courts. Office 14 1-2 N. Harvey. tine Quarter cabinet photographs.
Your picture returned.
Phones: office 1778 Rose's Electric Studio,
Residence Main-124 j H8 1-2 N. Broadway, Oklahoma City
NEW STATE CANDY CO., Inc.
JOBBERS
"Home Of Fresh Candy Service"
314 vV. First Street Oklahoma City, Okla
in>f,
to $1.50.
Sunday and Monday Nights
HARRY BULGER
in
The
Flirting
Princess
Prices: 5c to $1.50.
J. T. Spivey & Sons
Cor. Harvey 4. California
We Save You Money on
Rugs
Stoves
Mattings
Hardware
Furniture
Refrigerators
We Buy and Sell Everything in New and
Second Hand Furniture
THE MET
North Bros. Stock Co.
This Week
A Real Comedy
What Happened
to Jones
Prices—15c and 25c. Matinees
Wednesday. Saturday and Sun.
EUCLID
HALL
One Block West of
Terminal Building
on Grand Ave.
Dancing every night.
Class and private les-
sons.
Best and largest hall
in the southwest.
Train Yourself For Business
If you wish to get along in business life, train yourself
for the h'gher positions. 1 have one for you just as soon as
you can take it. A good solid commercial education is
worth more to you than a bank account. If you do not want
to drift into the ranks of the great innetficient, take
with us and vou will make a success.
a course
NOTICE
Send us the names of some of your friends who are
going to a business college and recieve a half dozen cards
written by the best penman in the Southwest.
WR1TF. TODAY for catalogue and special rates.
KILL'S BUSINESS COLLEGE
"UP TO THE MINUTE"
OKLAHOMA CITY, U. S. A.
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.f Cain & Buttrick, Teachers of Dancing
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STATE AGENTS FOR
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INCUBATORS AND BROODERS
MANUFACTURERS and DISTRIBUTORS of
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Celebrated 0. K. Scratching Food
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INDORSED BY OKLAHOMA POULTRY ASSN
WE ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF
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TRAP NESTS, NEST EGGS, LEG BANDS, GROUND BONE
BEEF SCRAPS, DRIED BLOOD, CHARCOAL, OYS-
TER SHELL, MICA GRIT, ETC.
Write for Catalogue and Price List
BARTELDES SEED CO.,
Oklahoma Seed House. Poultry Supply Dept. Oklahoma City.
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McClure, Mary. Britton Weekly Sentinel. (Britton, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1911, newspaper, March 16, 1911; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc142945/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.