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“FINE FEATHERS" SPECIAL
SATURDAY MATINEE.
“There are some wn who can't go
I wrong and get iiwav with it ; the
wrong alway* geta away with them."
This i* one of the potont factorial epi- i
grama which hac made "Fine Feat it - >
era” quite the rrw»wt attipendoun *uc
ceaa in New' York. Chicago and on;
the Pacific cr»»,«t where It ha« been
playing for fifty-two weeks during the
seaaon Ju*t pant.
"Fine Feathers" is a modern drama
of today in four acts b<y Kugene Wal
ter. author of "Paid in Full," “The
Easiest Way,” “The Wolf,** "The Trail
Of the Lonesome Pine" etc,, and is said
to be a play that will be remembered
Jong by nil who see it. especially in
these days when, as 'Bob Reynolds’
puts it: “People talk a lot but most
of them steer clear of the truth." It
la a play filled with humor, and trag
edy, with part sayings and human
•motions and that verbify which is
said to make it the most potent dra
matie work of modern times.
With a pioduction direct from its
gyccesHful run in the Ardor Theater,
New York, it will be presented for the
•teond time by H. H. Frar.ee at the
Grand Saturday, October 24th, mati
nee and evening. Seats now on sale.
It tells the tale of how tho love of
fire feathers Ir* one woman started
her husband on the wrong road, end
ing in the breaking up of the home
and tin* events which follow. Tho
"wrong” in this case gets iiwir vith
love ami homo and happiness for Bob
ffteynolds. around whom the story ccn
yfak. Reynolds is n chemist working
for the government public works de
pgi tment. Ills v.ife, lane, like many
•modern women, thinks riches mean
happiness. "I’d he perfectly happy if
1 had nice clothes and a pretty home,”
•he says. Her opportunity cornea
’when 'John Brand,' million.lire of tho
•a»y-morality type of many rich men,
Clllft to aee 'Bob’ with n proposition.
Ills firm Is going to supply the co
ntent for a hie dam. The specifica
tion* call for .in extra refining either
agree to certify to n false report on
the cement Brand wishes to furnish In
tbs construction of the government
dam or lose his wife. His love for her
prompts him to become a grafter. As
Bob any*. ”ls that is the system. I’ll
plsv it and plnv it for all it's worth ”
Fa they find themselves subsequent
ly in a beautiful suburban home where
the more fashionable commuters live
Mrs Reynolds has been taken up by
the smart set The opera, the ncireee.
and nil of the things which go to make
society n pleasure and n bulwark of
our so-called social system have miul"
oblivious to the struggle her husband
is undergoing to maintain the estab
lishment .
! Upon this premise the author has
dared to write a virile, human docu
ment to the American people. He has
Incorporated into his play the most
•faring invective at his command an 1
has written to the grafters, the finan
ciers. the honest men and women and
the peace-abiding citizens a play
which is replete with the truth about
and around themselves Hike Kurtpe
des. the greatest Greek dramatist of
Ms dav. Mr Walter has reflected in
his play the condition our nation
today.
Mclntyre and Hsath in “Ths Ham
Tree” Scoro Biq Hit with Norfolk.
Mclntyre and Heath in their wonder
ful sucres* "The Ham Tree” will ap
pear .it the Grand next Tuesday even
ing only. “The Ham Tree” is not oh
PROwn to Augusta nor the fame of
these two noted comedians “The
Jlatn Tree ' was presented at the Grand
several seasons ago. with its return
to the Grand next Tuesday evening,
will mean only that age has only Im
proved It. It has been termed a
classic, and the critics have been
Unanimous in their praise of the com
pany and play. Below is given :»
criticism from the Norfolk, Ledger l>U
patch as follows;
“Janies Mclntyre and Thomas
Meath the old time favorite* returned
Hfetfn’i«)\ to Norfolk, and once again
HytPC their old trade of mirth maktn i. I
■ddu ed laughter galore from un after- |
Itoon and evening performance at the
A' ell
grjt wax the sa»o*» .4.1 Ham Tree that
carried them through. And it was
gen ie 3 i lthfleld to.. The same old
trotyl one the same old has* drum and
the rnrfte old trunk \ reps of Ever
hart t Georakl M»h*trel together with
Mac s same « ld pangs of hunger went
lo make op the same old Comedy that
will loroxer *ling to these two well
known black fn« e entertainers
v "A generous portion of singing and
dancing, with Messrs Mclntyre’s and
Heath's Ham Tree sandwich on th*
aide composed the e\enlnKs menu,
llkat was warmly welcomed, and d© -
Votued with evident relish by an up*
IfMpaprlate hovae, There was a win*
acme chorus, that was son ew hat shy
on voice, but flushed with nimble feet
that pitter-pattered all over the stage
like a hail storm. Thev were agile to
• degree, and save fur the aforesuld
hunger of lfanrv Jones, the dance w»« ,
Ilia thing l*d by Winnie and Jack
map and they say there's not 11 ng
In a name -thev put over everything
lit the Terpilchorean blue book from
the ordinarv or garden variety ot
Buck and Wlttg to the more modern
Maxixe and the blithesome Fox Trot
a recent arrival f<*r tin* i!M4 debutante
Fliip and Ortap topped this feature of
ItH* show with a graceful, whirlwind
(pace, out of the ordinary, that in
cluded everything, hut a stunt on. the
ftl'ing trapexc and ws* so strenuous
that the fining lad) was apparently i
lUMtHe to respond to repeated encores
Slue program at this particular spot I
•lid something about a Peruvian Pom
him. but me were unable to determine
Whether It meant the dance in ques
tion or the Gaby Dealy* pinna*©
adorn!g the brown locks of Miss Crisp
But never mind about that, everybody
fell for it. and it was a good stunt i
too.
"Oloae behind the <'nsp duo, waa
Mabel Klaine. n dark damsel, who
[‘■Jogged well and John l.orenx. who did
> bit of eccentric shuffling while play
ng detective, that was ijulte funny
There was a mule also and a very ac-
Ive animal he was. He didn't ex
actly dance like the rest of the crowd,
nit he cavorted, nevertheless, in the
’trs' art In a manner all hla own. aa
nules will do, causing numerous un
nlatakable convulsions In various
sgrts of the house.
"Tout ensemble. It win a light foot
IMregatlon that furnished a good
ihow for James and Thomas last even-
Bf- a good show, well seasoned with
itde splitting humor from the two
irlnrlpai dark town fun-makers and
JlcroughJ} enjoyed, by all.
A Group oi Dancing Beauties and Scene of she “Wonderful Chorus” with Mclntyre and Heath in “The Ham Tree,” Grand Tuesday, Oct. 27th
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"TiT® have known what It la to
■g# go hungry.” said Jim Mc-
Vg Intyre Impressively.
And he added, with a
ware of hi* hand, as though to nettle
the problem of the universe: “Hence
•The Ham Tree.* People like ‘The
Ham Tree.’ And why? Mostly, I
Should Rtieaa, because It waa simply
The ((corals Minstrels' elaborated Into
• three act musical show. And why
care so much for ‘The Georgia Min
•trela?* Primarily (and I'm guessing
again) became Its humor geta very
close to hnman experience, very near
the truth.
“You know the ahow. of courae. Yon
must know It If you know Mclntyre
•nd Heath at all. Mclotyra, plaintive
ly hungry, alta on tha trunk of the
•trended mlnatrel ahow, and Heath,
pompon* and arrogant, talk* to him of
tha Joya of eating. And to hla talk he
tfeacrlbea a tree on which ham* grow.
Mclntyre la so hungry! And he asks
out of tba depths of hla gauntneaa. hla
mouth actually watering. ‘Do ham*
grow there Just Ilka applaaf
"BRINGING UP FATHER."
Maybe you haven't laughed for so
lon* thnt your far* ha* become i-al
luusril If a« It'* time to “looaan up."
Physical and mental exercise often
cheats tha doctor. Somehow or other,
people like to cheat a doctor Try It
ro and eee "Bringing up Father" and
laugh your "Warned head" off A rip
roaring laugh may enaMe you to keep
your "appendlrltla" money You know
tt'a fuehlonahle now-a-dava to have a
fund ready to present to eotne needy
doctor for relieving you of your ap
pendix when he ha* urgent need of the
monej Go to the Grand next Thtira
dav. "R ringing up Father” la going to
An Old, Family Cough
Remedy, Home-Made
Reetlr Prepared Teste Very
l-lttle, hat Is Prompt. Sere
■■4 Klf relive
Hv making this pint of old-time rough
avrup at home vou not only nave ata>ut
as compared with the ready made
Kind, hut you will alao have a much more
prompt and po»itne remedy in every way.
It orereomra tlw uaual cough*. throat and
* cheat oolda in 24 hour* relieves even
I whooping cough quii-klr - and la exeel lent.
I too. for bronchitis. Pronelo*l asthma,
hoarseness and spasmodic croup.
f.et (tom anv drug atora 24 ounres of
J’inex (60 cents worth I, pour it into a
pint bottle and All tlie bottle with plain
granulated nicer avrup Full directions
witli I‘im-z. Keeps perfectly and tastes
good.
'ou ran feel this tske hold of a rough
or cold in a wav that means business It
atncklr loosens the drv. hoarse or pain-
I f" 1 rough ami heals the inflamed ntem
’ branes It also has a remarkable effect
in oeereoming the persistent loose cough
by stopping the formation of phlegm in
the throat and bronchial tubes.
| 1 lie effect of Pine on the membranes it
known hv almost every one Pinex is a
most vsluahle eoncentrateii compound of
genuine Nttrwav pine extract combined
with gualacol and other natural healing
pine elements.
There are mane worthless imitations
of this famous mixture To avoid die
appointment, ask your druggist for
ounces of Pinex,” and do not accept any
thing alae.
A guarantee of absolute satisfaction,
or money promptly refunded, goes with
this preparation. Tha Pinex Co., Ft.
Wayne, Ind.
“ 'Oh.' replies Heath, ‘yea, Indeed, but
more abundant!’
•There lan’t much to that eort of
•tuff, la there? It Is all very foolish,
of courae, but It crosses the plate of
laughter like a atrlke pitched by Math
ewaon.
“We are learning aometbtng all the
time—all of us." said Jim Mclntyre.
"Yea. Indeed.” he went on. "It waa
way back In '7l that I got the Idea of
‘The Georgia Minstrels ' That waa be
fore Heath and I hooked up. I waa
only fourteen years old at that time,
but I had had a season or two of troup
Ing before that. Tom here had Just
been burnt out In Chicago.
"In 1878 Mclntyre and Heath’s Min
strels started a precarious career from
Atlanta, Ga. We atarted It on our own
capital. We had exactly $76 in coin
between ns. For a few daya It looked
at though we would hook an angel, but
he got coy before we could land him. !
We almost, nearly, but not quite, had
an angel.
"With the $75 we bought linen
duatera for parade and other neceesl-,
MILITARY TACTICS.
'“My wife t* going through some
army maneuvers with her last year's
hat "
"What d’ye mean, army maneuver* ?"
“Well, she's turning the wings"—
Exchange.
STOMACH
OUT OF FIX'?
If you Buffer with dyspepsu or In
digestion talaphon* your rroeer to
yo*> One doaen pints o'
MtIVAR OTN.IPK ALK Prink on.
n,»t with each meat and. If not r»-
.•veil, yota grocer la authorised to
charge It to the Manufacturer
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si, , . , ve r TS! U, ' a . w! ,h ,h * •••‘•‘’ta'ed
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* positive guarantee to retlava any
' '•* of dyapepata or Indtgaetlon. or
>our rr.onfy rtfm tlr<l
jf/ Txuiv hat nont In ttook
t#II ntro to tolophono Mo wholoaaio
|W«r.
Bottled Only by
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IHILTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.
In a heautiful woediana doll.
GRAND
F. A. WADE PRESENTS
“FINE FEATHERS”
BY EUGENE WALTERS.
A STIRRING DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS.
SEATS NOW SELLING.
PRlCES—Matinaa: 25e, SSe, 50c. 75*. SI.OO. Evening: 25c. 35c. 50c. 75c,
SI.OO, $1.50.
SCHOOL CHILDREN AT THE MATINEE 25c.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
tie*. We purchased, I remember, two
silk hata for the elaborate sum of 25
rents apiece. Heath's had crape on It.
With what waa left out of the aeventy
flve bucks we got some printing and
started out to play courthouses.
"No, we were not playing regular
theaters those days. We would give
our mlnatrel show on the platform in a
courthouse. We had to pluy county
seats, snd some of them were rather
far apart
"One of our early stops was at Holly
Springs. Miss., and later Hollis Cooley,
since with Henry W. Savage, followed
tta a few months later with a tank
drama organisation He still tells the
story of an old nigger woman who
came up to him on the door and said.
'ls McHeathantyre wif yoh opera?’
When he told her no she said: ‘Dog
gone, I been cornin' hyah to ev'ry opera
Just to see McHeathantyre again!
Doggoneyaln’t they nevah cornin' hyah
no mo’?’
'There waa a atate license in Georgia
in those daya of SIOO for every min
•trei ahow. Our first atop out of At-
FOR WEAKNESS AND LOSS OF
APPETITE
The old Standard general strength
ening tonic GROVES TASTELESS
ehlll TONIC, drives out Malaria and
builds up the system. A true tonic,
and aura Appetizer. For adults and
children 50c.
MOORE VALUABLE.
“Money has no value in Europe
now."
"No: I heard at Monte Carlo they
were staking ham sandwiches.”
STRANDconH o nuo y u„v
PARAMOUNT PRESENTS
‘The Patchwork (iirl of 0z”
A Photo-Visualization of L.
Frank Baum's Whimsical Ex
travaganza. Wonderful
Illusions.
BRING THE KIDDIES.
First Apperane# in America of
tho Famous Cordero as tha
Patchwork Girl. The Co-Star
ia Miss Violet MacMillan.
A GENUINE DELIGHT—FIVE
REELS.
Shows Start!
10:30 2:15 6:00
11:45 3:30 7(15
1:00 4:45 8:30
0:46
PRICES—Now 5c Children; 100
Adults. Day and Night.
THE BEST—SO COMEI
SATURDAY—MATINEE AND
EVENING.
lanta was I.aGrange, twenty miles out
We didn't have the SIOO license. W’e
hud exactly Ot) cents. 1 was treasurer.
“W'e had a manager too. His name
was ‘Sugarfoot’ Smith. ‘Sugarfoot’
came to me as treasurer, and he said,
'Treasurer Mclntyre, how much money
is there in the treasury?’
“ ‘Sixty cents. Manager "Sugarfoot,"’
I says. And he says. ‘Gimme the sixty.’
“ ’Sugarfoot' went away, and the
sheriff came around. The sheriff said
we couldn't show without paying the
license fee. But ‘Sugarfoot’ came back
presently, and he had under his arm a
big bottle.
“ ‘Sheriff,’ he said, ‘let’s you an’ me '
take a walk.’
“And they went tip the street togsth- 1
er arm in arm. When ‘Sugarfoot’ got:
back he didn’t have tb* bottle ( but he
was smiling.
“ ‘Start the parade,’ he said, ‘and on
with the dance. I.et Joy be unrefined.’
“ ’But what about the sheriff. Man
ager “Sugarfoot?" ’ I asked.
“ ‘The sheriff, Treasurer Mclntyre,’
says ’SugarfooL' ‘is asleep under a tree j
A City or Country Salesman
Should Have This Cycle Car
ijT
It is practical, easy running, high speed. Upkeep cost is practically
nothing. Will sell at immense bargain. Apply
T. C. BRYAN, Business Office, Augusta Herald.
Be Sure to Read the “Wants”
in a vacant lot np yonder. Let the
band play!’ ”
**•••••
Tom Heath laughed a bit at that.
He at the recollection and I at the
manner of telling It
“Do you know,” said Tom, "the wid
ow of one of the men that was in
that show called on me in Boston a
short time ago—Dick Turner’s widow?”
“We had an advance agent," said
Jim Mclntyre, resuming the narrative,
“a fellow named McCarthy. He had
been before that a tumbler In a cir
cus. We caught up to him In Russel
vllle. K>\, and had to lay over three
days so that he could get ahead. He
was a great agent. He had S4OO or
SSOO of hla own In his pocket, and
we had to scratch around, Tom and I,
to get 20 cents to buy some cheese
and ersekers.
“Sugarfoot Smith had to do ail the
handling of landlords and constables.
“Somehow we got to another town—
I forget the name of this one—and we
put up at the hotel. There was the !
price of a drink In the troupe.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER
“ ‘What are you all gotn’ to do here7*
asked the landlord of the hotel.
“ ‘We’re going te present the great
Mclntyre and Heath Minstrels,” replied
Sugarfoot
“ ‘Not In this town, you all ain’t’
said the landlord. ‘Our op’ry done
burned down.’
“ ‘Nevertheless,’ said Sugarfoot
“we’re going to give the great Mcln
tyre and Heath Minstrels In your
town.’
“ ‘Where, may I ask?’ said the land
lord, looking over his glasses.
‘“Right here,’ said Sugarfoot: 'hero
In your dining room.’
“ ‘Well!’ the landlord roared at that,
but Sugarfoot convinced him that that
was his only chance of getting any
money, so he let us rig up a stage on
boxes and give our show.
“We took in $lB5, which wms more to
us than Barnum’s biggest receipts
could ever have been to him.”
Mclntyre and Heath In John Cort’s
elaborate revival of ‘The Ham Tree”
are hooked for an early appearance in
this city.