THE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
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ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH 1866.
VOL. 39.
lAt Opera House, Pt> - I
Tuesday Evening, Feb. 28th, 1905. I
Nixon & Zimmerman'Opera Company
Their Elaborate Production of Willard Spencer's Greatest Success. H
Miss BobWhitel
FHANXC DESIION, MAE PHELPS AND J. LEE MCCLUBE,
Comedians and Primadonna, Miss Bob White.
j FULL OF SPARKLING CATCHY MUSID I
AN OPERA WITHOUT A VULGARISM
A Sumptuous Production with a Magnificent and Entire Scenic jg
H Envioronment and Augmented Orchestra.
EVERY PRISM REFLECTS ITS BRILLIANCY
K A Gem Musically— A Picture Scenically y
60 P E G P L E 80
■ INCLUDING THE FAVORITE XT' 1 A
I LITTLE COMEDIAN * F K DCS!! OA
And the Best Drilled, Sweeten: Voiced and Handsomest Chorus [|
B 'Vi i' Assembled. Embracing all the Elements that Please. Four years gj
fy >f record breaking success, »•
| Prices: S2.GO, $1.50 and Si.OO.
NOW ON SALE.
M P. &E. Mail Train East will stop at Cameron, Sterling Run, |j
H Driftwood and Sinnamahoning.
Churning Song from Miss Hob White.
Scottish Reformation.
Tne "Story of tho Scottish Reforma
tion'' or "John Knox vs Mary Stuart"
will be given in the Opera IFouso,
March 2 and 3, under the auspices of
the First Presbyterian church.
About eighty of the best local elocu- 1
tionary and musical talent will a:-:sist
in the rendition, and in beautiful cos- '
tumea of the times will impersonate
demure Puritan men, Scottish Sold j
iers, Glasgow University students, and
the different classes of Scotland.
Miss Rose Ritchie will impersonate i
the beautiful Mary, Queen ofScotsand 1
Rev. McCaslin will impersonate the I
sturdy reformer, John Knox.
Mrs. Monroe, the originator of this!
entertainment, will be present and
will correct the dramatized portions
with a fine illustrated lecture.
Diagram for reserved seats will be
open on and after Monday, Feb. 27th.
$25.00 Reward.
Whereas, some person or persons,
one week ago, poisoned my bird dog.
I will give the above reward to any
person, or persons, who will give me
public or private information that will
lead to the conviction of such party or
parties.
FRED JULIAN.
Full account of the election in this
county on 4th page.
Colonial Dress Social.
The Colonial Dress Social given in
the public reading rooms Tuesday j
night under the auspices of the Metho- j
dint ladies was one of the most delight
j ful social functions oi' the season.
1 The nearly two hundred in attendance i
entered heartily into the spirit of the j
occasion, thoroughly enjoying every
feature provided by tho ladies for the i
I pleasure of their guests. A soprano '
, solo by Miss Grace Lloyd, piano selec
j Lions by Mr. Ericsson and Mrs. Trotter
j together with music by the Sunday
school orchestra, were a source of much
| pleasure while the old fashioned spell-
I ing bee gave no end of amusement,
i Tho refreshments were dainty and
tasteful, while the decorations, con
sisting of flags and hunting were bright
and pleasing. Many of the ladies
were in Colonial dress and needless to
say looked quaint and charming. All
voted the occasion a decided success
Chicken Supper.
The young ladies of the M. E. con
gregation at West Creek, are arrang
ing for a chicken supper at the home
of Miss Perna Gackill, Saturday even
ing, March 4. Remember the date and
pi tee, and when coated at their table,
these ladies will remember you
Subscribe for the PRESS; only $1.50 a
year in advance. ' J
"Liberty and Union, One and Inseparable." —WKßSTKß.
EMPORIUM, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1905.
The Observer.
The coming John Knox entertain
ment will be full of interest to those
familiar with Scottish history, and will
no doubt contain much that is instruc
tive Whether or not the estimate of
Knox that will be given in the enter
tainment will coincide with that held
by the Observer remains to be seen.
Perhaps Knox will be represented as
an unqualified hero, as a prophet of all
thafris wise and righteous, and Mary
Stuart as the embodiment of all that is
evil. Certainly of all the dramatic
juxtapositions in history, few have
been more striking than the interview
between the queen and the reformer.
Matchless beauty was confronted with
adamantine strength; a queen accus
tomed to receive the adultation and
homage of admiring attendants found
herself face to face with a man who
despised women as weak, trail, impat
ient, feeble and foolish, and who had
just blown his trumpet blast against
"the monstrous regimen" of women;
the daughter of the Guises and the dis
ciple of Catharine de Medicis, Mary
Stuart was pitted against the hard
headed, aggressive, unruly, demo-theo
cratic spirit of Scotland as embodied
in Knox.
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John Knox was certainly a man of
heroic force and courage, and his in
infiuence has been stamped upon the
character and life of Scotland more
deeply perhaps than that of any other
man. Yet it is an error to regard him
as an unqualified hero, as an embodi
ment of pure wisdom and unalloyed
righteousness. He possessed some of
the characteristic faults of his age and
of his race. lie was intolerant and
self-willed, full of crotchets and hob
bies. Much of the moral grandeur of
his celebrated interview with Mary-
Stuart vanishes when we recall that
his denunciations were directed against
her private freedom of worship, and
against amusements, dramatic enter
tainments, for instance, which in them
selves are innocent. Knox never :
treated the queen with fairness or just !
consideration. Ilia attitude towards ]
her was similar to that of the old I
Scotch minister to one of his elders j
with whom he had a quarrel. "One of
us," he said, "must give in, and I can
not.' 1 The Observer cannot help sus-j
peeting that Knox's conscience had in
it an element answering to the defini
tion; "conscience is something with
in that says, ) won't."
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As tor Mary Stuart, her character
and career have been summed up-by
Lamartine in a paragraph of consum
mate skill and beauty:
"If another Homer were to arise,
and if the poet were to seek another
Helen for the subject of a modern epic
of war, religion, and love, he would
beyond all find her in Mary Stuart, the
most beautiful, the weakest, the most
attractive and most attracted of
women, raising around her by her ir
resistible fascinations, a wirlwind of
love, ambition, and jealousy, in w hich
her lovers became, each i M his turn,
the motive, the instrument, and the
victim of a crime, leaving, like the
Grpek Helen, the arms of a murdered
husband for those of his murderer;
112 uv. ing seeds of internecine, religious,
and foreign war at every step, and
el - ing by a saintly death the life of a
Clytemnestra leaving behi id her indis
tinct memories exaggerated equally
by Protestant and Catholic parties, the
former interested in condemning tier
for all, the latter in absolving her from
all, as if the same factions who had
fought for her during her life had re
solved to continue the combat after
her death!"
Deadheads Work Strong Down
South.
Charles E. Thropp, the advance rep
resentative of Nixon & Zimmerman's
production of "Miss Bob White," the
most popular of the comic operas on
the road to-day, tells a story of how I
t he "deadhead" or the worker of passes
has reached the limit in one of the j
small towns in Alabama, where the 1
show played recently. Mr. Thropp !
was on his way to the train, when he I
was accosted by a stranger, who had
evidently been put ••wise" to the fact
that he was ahead of the "big show" j
that was coming, and stopping hirn |
said: "Say, are you the agent of this I
"Bob White" troup that's comin;' j
here," to which Thropp replied, "Yes I
sir, and what can I do for you? ' "Well, I
I'd like to have tour passos for my |
family togo see that show." "What! j
four passes. My gracious you have I
your nerve with you. My dear, good j
man I don't seo any reason why I !
should give y<u four passes. Who are '
you?" "Oh, I'm only the engineer 1
down at the electric light plant," said
the individual. Well, we ean'tgive
passes to every man that comes up
and asks for one and the only way wo !
do give them is when we receive value !
in return and I can't see why you come I
in at all. All right, the fellow said, I
you don't have to give them if you i
don't want to, but. sometimes the lights
in the opera house go out and I have 1
known cases where they couldn't be
fixed and so the show had to stop. Of
course you don't have to give me them
four passes, but, ho continued, with a
twinkle in his eye, it would be p. shame
to spoil a good opera troup like yours
if the lights should not work. Now 1
could pay strict attention to them and
see that they worked all light, if 1
wanted to, but if you don't want to
give me them passes— Hold on, hold
on, said Mr. Thropp, pulling out his
pass pad, he hurriedly wrote off four
passes for the best seats in the house
and handed them to the individual,
who was profuse in his thanks, leaving
Mr Thropp looking sore until the
funny side of the situation appealed to
him, and, laughing to himself, said,
"well this is about the neatest, "hold
up" I ever saw without the use of a
gun."
The Mystery of Love.
! Willard Spencer's inspiration, like
j Daly's Railroad of Love, flies signals
l of Merriment and an interesting tale
: inspired on the cars.
When love, sweet love.
Comes rap, tap, tap, tap at your heart
You bid it stay,
For worlds you'd not have it depart.
At first, a sigh
Then rap, tap, tap, tap all is done;
Ecstatic mystery of love,
Some day comes to every one.
Whether or not the following tale is
flavored with truth, the writer is not
prepared to vouch, but it bears the ear
marks and possibilities of a straight
lale and the chances are that by long
odds Aunanias or his disciples have
had no hands therein, but .a close com
panion in fact, one of the best friends
Willard Spencer, the author and com
poser of "Miss Bob White" declares
that the theme of Spencer's best and
most pretentious waltz song was sug
gested by a little incident that occur
red during the "Princess Bonnie"
jaunts during the first year ofits trium
phal tour throughout trie East.
The scene was the interior of a
Pennsylvania day coach west bound.
They had just pulled out of Broad St.,
Station, when Spencer as is his pater
nal interests, went out and saw one of
his flock was like the captain of a ship,
the last on aboard One of his princi
pals, a little less since known in elite
society, was just bidding adieu to her
lover, likewise prominent in business
and social circles in the big Quaker
Metropolis, when, for want of better
occupancy equally interesting, he
watched the expressions and maneou
vers of this self same maid. He had
just bid good-bye and she had taken a
seat in the rear end of the car, directly
in front of the brilliant author where
he could detect her every throb with
out being observed. First there was a
sigh, then a blush, then pallor followed
by a smile, a tear or two, another
sigh and another blush heightened by
a rag-time pulse, particularly notice
able at the temples and wrists.
That Mr. Spencer never essayed a
Sherlock Holmes is one of the marvels
not quite fashionable, but his friend
avers that it was this action that
prompted the lyrics for the song which
tuts placed Miss Bob White in our
midst and as Spencer will neither con
firm or deny the tale, it is reasonable
to suppose that our learned informant
knows whereof he speaks.
Touring the State.
In the interest of Sabbath Schools
the Pennsylvania State Sabbath School
Association sends out six specialists,
46 counties to be visited —Cameron
county one of the favored.
The Pennsylvania State Sabbath
School Associalion has inaugurated a
campaigb that has for its aim the ins
piration, improvement and spiritual
quickening of its Sunday School work
and all Sunday school workers through
out state A tour party of six special
ists a'ong ail lines of Sunday school
work, has been made up and has been
in the fie d from January 23d and will
continue until May Ist" In that time
46 counties will have been visited and
an institute of four s. .-sions held in
each county. Our town of Emporium
will be visited by this tour party on
Monday evening and Tuesday morn
ing. afternoon and evening, March 6th
and 7th The tour party is made up of
a male quartette of singers who are
also speakers, a Bible Study specialist,
a specialist in the line of Primary
Work. The personncll of the party is
as follows: Dr. W. J. Erdman of
Germantown, whose work in Bible
Conference known all over the country;
Miss Ermina Lincoln who has had
large experience in dealing with little
folks, will conduct the primary con
ferences; Mr. Hugh Corke, the Gen
eral Secretary of the Association will
emphasize Sunday School Manage
ment; W. G. Landes, State Field Secre
tary, will conduct the conferences on
Teacher Training, Mr. Irvin C. Van
Dyke who was associated with Dr.
Brumbaugh in establishing the school
system of Porto Rico, will present the
Home Side Sunday School Work; Mr.
George F. Sawle, having had large ex
perience as a singer, will take the part
of second bass in the quartette, and
accompanies the party as business
manager.
The institute will be held in Presby
terian church here and the opening
session, Monday evening, March 6th at
7:30 o'clock. Let everybody attend.
Out of town folks, do not fail to come.
Took a Slide.
Rev. J. M. Robertson met with a
mishap last Saturday that might have
been serious. Noticing the ice and
snow was gathering on the slate roof
of the new church he took a ladder and
rested it against the eaves, while he :
surveyed the situation. No sooner 1
than done when down slid the ice. i
snow, ladder and the Rev. gentleman.
Luckily the deep snow prevented any :
bruises and after crawling from under !
a mountain of ice and snow and mak- •
ing an examination he found only a
lameness to be expected. He is now •
ready for another test but says he will
get Brother Metzler, he being the fat
ter, to make the next somersault.
A Jolly Crowd.
Last Saturday evening a sleigh load
of young folks, from Sterling drove to
Emporium, and spent the evening at
the home of Nancy Spence, of East
Emporium. Those present from Sterl
ing were the Misses Floy and Nellie
Whiting, Gladys O'Keefe, Julia How
lett, Edith and Lilah Berry, and Nora
Bunce The gentlemen were Mr.
James Furlong, Harry Smith, Charles
Howlett, Charles and Seeley Bunce,
William Berry and Mr. Anderson.
Others from town were present
Lunch was served, and all report hav
ing a good time. Come again.
" Miss Bob White. "
When a new production can achieve
a continuous run outside of the metro
polis it must possess more than ordi
nary merit. Yet that is precisely what
Willard Spenser's new comedy opera,
"Miss Bob White" did in Philadelphia.
More than that: its run carried it far
■ into the torrid spell and the audience
at the closing performance was fully
as large as at the opening. It is not at
all improbable that it could have still
been running smoothly along in the
city of Brotherly Love if the attempt
had been made. "Miss Bob White"
will be seen in Emporium, at opera
house, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 28th,
and the same elaborate production
that tickled the theatrical palates in
Philadelphia will be on view during
its local engagement. No attempt at
curtailment in any particular will be
made. The gorgeously picturesque
scenery, the beautiful kaleidoscopic
dresses, the brilliant, sparkling electric
and calcium effects, all will be seen
here just the same as if "Miss Bob
White" was to remain among us in
definitely. That Mr. Spenser's melo
dious musical score will receive just
treatment cannot be doubted as Messrs.
Nixon & Zimmerman with their ac
customed liberal management have
supplied the most important compon
ent parts of on orchestra which they
carry with the company. The entire
band will then be directed by Howard
Cook, the well known musical director.
The cast will be up !■> the standard of
the other departments and will include
among others Mai Phelps, Alice Craft
Benson, Zellah Har Arnie Iladdon,
Connie Mac. Georgia Campbell, Susie
Talmage, Frank Deshon, James L.
McClure, Joseph Leighton, 11. C.
Saylor, Raymond Tymon, Rye V.
£CY ~~
Melshaw, Donald Archer, and A. (J.
Dempster and a chorus of 10. The
story of "MiS3 Bob White" revolves
around an election bet made by two
young millionaires and the loss of
which compels them to masquerade as
tramps for two months and to earn
their own living during that time by
their wits. The title comes from a
non de plume assumed by the sweet
heart of one of the young men who
follows them to enjoy their odd plight.
It is full of sparkling melodies in Mr.
Spensor's best vein and the comedy
situations are intensely funny. In
deed it as if everyone already
wants to see "Miss Bob White" if one
may judge from the demand for seats
Prices, §2.00, $1.50 and $1.00; Gallery,
for boys and girls only, 50c. The de
mand for seats continues to come from
Austin, Driftwood and other towns.
Don't wait until last days before secur
ing your seats. jCall or write to 11. S.
Lloyd, Emporium, Pa., enclosing the
price of seats you desire. He will
make the best selections pos
sible, Down-county patrons must re
member that Erie Mail train going
east will stop at all stations. Doors
open at 7:00, curtain rises at 8:00
o'clock, xharp, r her. by giving ample
time for out-of'-towr people to see the
play and return home. This being the
first opportunity Cameron county has
had to witness a first class city attrac
tion (induced to come here by a com
mittee of Emporium gentlemen, who
personally made the guarantee)
it is hoped Emporium and surround
ing towns will avail themselves of this
treat.
As funny a pair of comedians as
tread the boards are Frank Deshon,
the Billy van Million, and Jim Mc-
Clure, the Artie tre Billion, of Nixon
& Zimmerman's "Miss Bob White"
Opera Company, which will bo seen
here Feb. 28th. The former is a mite
of a mortal, the latter is a scissors-like
affair, over six feet in growth. Both
of these comedians will remain with
"Miss Bob White" during its tour next '
season, and will accompany the Spen- !
ser opera to London in May, 1906.
"Miss Bob White" is one of the few j
American vehicles selected by George
Edwards for a London production dur.
ing his recent American visit.
The bowling team from Emporium
visited this place Wednesday night,
an elegant bauquet was served the
visiting team at the Connolly House
after the contest.—Port Allegany
Argus. |
TERMS: $2.00— 51.50 IN ADVANCE.
WEATHER REPORT'|
(Forecastby T. B.Lloyd.}
FRIDAY, Fair.
SATURDAY Fair.
SUNDAY. Fair.
DEATH'S DOINGS.
EMERY.
MRS. JENNIE L. EMERY, wife of
Joseph L. Emery, deceased, died at
the family home Westporr, Pa.. Satur
day, Feb. 18th, 1005, aged 54 years, one
month and 11 days. Deceased has
been in poor health for some time yet
her death came unexpected. She
leaves eight ehildreu, viz: Rue! F
Boston, Mass.; Silas W , Galeton, Pa."'
Jos. 11., New York City, S. Peari'
Reginald A, Ruby H., Samuel J.'
r uella A., at home. She is also bur
vived by four sisters and two brothers
viz: Mrs. J. L. Johnston, Grant Pa.'
Mrs. J. p. Derr, Renovo, Pa ; Mrs. ,1.
O.Lewis, Emporium; Mrs. A. P. Hans]
com, Lock Haven; Mr. E B. Freeman
Emporium and 11. B. Freeman, Philli
pines, P. I.
The tuneral, which was largely at
tended, was held from the family resi
dence Westporr, last Tuesdav, the in
terment being made in 'Highland
Cemetery, Lock Haven.
1 ho deceased will be pleasantly re
membered by our nitizens as Jennie
Freeman, daughter of Benj VV. i- ree
man, deceased. She was jjreatlv re
spected by a)! who knew her. Mrs.
Freeman was, as a girl, exceptit nnlly
bright and as handsome as a picture,
full of life and happiness. Many of
her girl friends stii! remaining here,
will be pained to learn of her death.
Mra. Freeman was a devout member
of M. E. Church.
AVERY.
RODNEY N. AVERY, a former resi
dent of this place, died at his home at
North Tonawandn, N. Y., February 8;
fuueral at (he family residence, inter
ment at Hales Eddy.
Star Course Closer.
With the Ariel Ladies Quartet of
Boston the Star Course, season of 1004-
1905, came to a close last Friday even
ing. Despite the prevalence of a driv
ing snow storm, the attendance was
almost of the regulation size and those
who ventured forth felt amply repaid
for having done so The Concert was
bright and pleasing, thoroughly refill-*
ed and artistic and was a
worthy and fitting close to the
series thus given. Collectively and
individually the members of the
Quartet were strong. Miss Machenzie
is a reader of no mean ability. She is
not an elocutionist of the stereotyped
order, but. posses a distinct individual
ity of style, a rare charm and grace of
manner; a voice deeply musical and
under GXcellentcont.ro!. The selection
from Ben Hur, in which (he vocal re
frain, '*Glorv to God in the Highest,"
was furnished by Hie other members
in an adjoining room, produced
a thrilling effect. The emotive
plastique-'. in Grecian costumes, por
traying the various emotions, \\ ire
artistically done. Miss Monoghui- ;s
the possessor of a soprano voieo of
bird like clearness and purit ■, while
the ease and naturalness with which
she sings, imnarls :m ad.led ch.i .n to
her work. The violin Belcotioi of
Miss Leavitt were not the least arti-.'-ic
feature, while Miss Sampson, the ti'st
Contralto, sang very charmingly Re
gret was manifest on all side.- that ihc
last number had been reached and -c
desire for the continuance of the
Course freely expressed. It is not. im
probable, if adequate patronage is
given, that this will bo done
The management desires to thank all
patrons for the encouragement given,
which has made possible the success
achieved.
Wm. Hackenberg Speaks.
Editor I'rens:—
Allow me, through yor.r paper, to
express my very many thanks to tt osr
of my friends, belonging to both the
Democratic and Republican parties,
who worked and voted for my e':oct'i a
as Constable and Collector. I feel
proud to have such friends and proud
of the good showing they made for
me, after some of the leaders of my
own party, and even ome of the busi
ness firms, op. osed my election.
Why? Because they supposed in uy
defeat they would defeat one of the
gieatcst industries this town and
county ever had, or ever will have,
I venture to say distributes nu.re
money each mom h I h;n all the other
industrii combined I understand
§14,000 was distributed last month.
Now, why this opposition to this great
business industry? Simply, as ion
derstand the ofliers of our Borough
promised to exonerate this plant ft .m
a portion of Borough and School taxes
for a term of ten \ ears. I ask the vot
ers to look over the minutes of the
Borough Council proceedings and sec
who it was that made the motion U> ex
empt and who seconded and voted for
it. Now, I ask are (he Councilinens'
promises sacred or are they to be
broken as soon as made, or as soon as
the man to whom the pledge was given
incurs the displeasure of the Tax Col
lector.
WM. HACKENBERQ.
February 22, 1905.
The officials of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company have notified the
politicial leaders that no free passes
will be issued for the inauguration
ceremouies at Washington on March
4th. All persons desiring togo to
Washington will be treated alike and
one low excursion rate will be given
to all the same. For those over a
hundred miles from Washington the
fare will be just half the regular price
or one fare for the round trip ticket'
plus 25 cents.
NO. 1.