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T Iar +y d r Ti i iM I I i t 0 < Richard Mansfield The King Richard l fthe Stage r HOW THE GREAT TRAGEDIAN NOW SERIOUSLY ILL ROSE FROM DIREST POVERTY TO FAME AND WEALTH l Deprived of His Mothers Riches Because He Was Determined to Be an Actor He Was a London Starveling For Years but l Never WhimperedA Genius Whose Ideal Has A- Il ¬ ways Been Perfection In His Chosen Art tSample of His Powerful Pathos t l As Beau Brummel In Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde RICHARD MANSFIELD By UOBERTUS LOVE ICHARD MANSFIELD is a prod igy The word prodigy has two definitions By one moaning It is a person so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment By the Accortlltng a Mansfield perhaps fits tho latter defini ¬ tion but in truth he does not That he Is an extraordinary person who has oxclted both wonder and astonishment Tor years Is strictly true When the news was sent outII few days ago Trom the great north woods of New York state Hint the famous actor waVe lying seriously HI In a little cottage broken lit body and mind pathetically tailing for his stage costumes and mumbling over some of the lines of his chief triumphs the thought occurred to more than one person that the life of a successful tragedian may be in Itself n tragedy In the world of artistic en ¬ deavor triumph and tragedy lie very close together Very frequently to- ward the final curtain they overlap Since the death of Henry Irving Mansfield has been recognized as the greatest living actor that speaks his lines In the English tongue For a score of years he has been mounting Bteadlly and surely toward that proud position He was born to climb tn th last for his Ideal always has been per- fection ¬ In his chosen art i j Traveled Like a Monarch Among tho laity it may have been RichardMansfield of his profession traveling in his own private car luxuriously furnished oc ¬ cupying special suits at the finest ho ¬ tels owning a splendid homo on Riv ¬ erside drive in New York and another at New London Conn No monarch over journeyed in more magnificent Btyle than Richard Mansfield No monarch ever appeared more haughty ban he in his attitude toward the or Unary people Europe has half a doz rn kings more easy to approach than this King Richard of tho stage pThat is one picture Now for the other fitLess f than thirty years ago a young nan this same Richard Mansfield exi Bted in London In the most pitiful y > verty For years and years says Mans Beld T went homo to my little room tI fortunately had one J1d perhaps tnUow dip was stuck In the neck ot- bottle and I was fortundte If I had- omeQiIng to codk for myeelf over a 1 ICTbft vita nyr life For years and years when night came I have wandered about the streets of London and if I had n penny I invested it in baked potatoes from the baked potato man on tho corner I would put those hot potatoes in my pocket and after I had warmed my hands I would swallow the potatoes That is the truthBut Richard Mansfield did not use hot potatoes both for heat and food because he had to He did it because he wanted to be an actorperhaps be ¬ cause ho had to be an actor His mother tho noted singer Mme Ruders dorff desired him to be n painter The youth tried painting with fair success artistically His mother was wealthy She had gold in abundance for Richard the artist but not a cent for Richard the actor When the young man de ¬ termined to be an actor the madame cut him off as to finances hence the hot potatoes Starveling For Years Millions of men may live on baked potatoes and restaurant smells with ¬ out any particular privation But it was different with young Richard Mansfield He had been gently rear ¬ ed His mother adored him and he idolized his mother She brought him with her to Boston when he was a boy and put him in school She took him to various European countries and put him in school He grew up in an artistic atmosphere He played the piano like an adept He spoke several languages lIe painted well He had the key of admission to the politest social circles yet because he was de ¬ termined to become an actor and n groat actor he was a London starve ¬ ling for years and years and nobody ever heard him whimper You may not like Richard Mans- field ¬ Many persons who do not know him dislike him He seems to have cultivated the art of making enemies of strangers to the ultimate limit But you must admire his nerve his pluck his British bulldog tenacity of pur pose Ho was going to get there and ho got there After years and years he got theregot so far that Instead of continuing to cat potatoes after using them for pocket stoves ho was living in his own New York home by the time ho reached the age of thirtyfive and eating in a dining room furnished al- together with tables chairs and side boards from tho royal palace at Ver tallies Truly It was no primrose path of dalliance that Richard Mansfield trav eled After long struggling and many rebuffs he finally secured a comic op ¬ era job W S Gilbert that beloved librettist whose works gave delight to millions became interested in young Mansfield and got him a place in Pin ¬ afore Mansfield played with the troupe in the British provinces for three years at g15 a week Then ho determined to go up to London for he felt himself fit for something better Richard Mansfield Is practically an American actor and America is proud to claim him Ho was born however on the little Island of Helgoland fifty years ago His father was a British army officer and his mother a Russian opera singerHow HeHMade Good Mansfield came to America to re ¬ main permanently about twentyfive years ago He had achieved fair suc ¬ cess on the London stage He ap ¬ peared here first in comic operas and comedies and won n considerable rep ¬ utation It was in his part of Prince Karl In the play written by A C Gunter who died only a few months ago that Mansfield made good and started fairly on the road to his great reputation But he had to struggle I nm as determined as the tides of the ocean and as patient as the Cath ¬ olic church he once remarked when adverse criticism was encountered Mansfields breakdown in his prime is due to overwork That determina ¬ tion which has possessed him from the first has undermined his health He reached the private palace car and the Versailles dining room furniture only by the severest sort of labor Inces ¬ sant nerve destroying plugging toll at the tasks ho set for himself Some men may spend theIr summers in idle ¬ ness Mansfield used To retire to his New London home and spend the warm months studying furiously When he reached the rehearsals he was always letter perfect He knew his lines He knew his characters And they were such characters Shakespeares Schillers Molleres Ibsens and those of lesser tragedians and comedians Not only did he know his characters but he became thorn for the time When I play Richard the king lie has said I am Richard the king Sample of His Pathos There Is a powerful pathos in the letter which Mansfield wrote to the St Louis Republic in reply to nu at- tack ¬ upon him by that paper some years ago when the actor at the old Ilftgan Opera House in St Louis np peared before the footlights and be- rated ¬ his audience declaring that that city could not appreciate art and oth- erwise ¬ expressing severe opinions against the Missouri metropolis- It is especially concerning the para ¬ graph which suggests that an actor would be more successful if he enjoy ¬ fel1low I me I havent the time or the Inclina ¬ tion to be a good fellow in the souse in which it is generally accepted In this country but I trust that I have at all times been a good friend and a hospitable host Possibly few are aware that when I have played one of my trying roles I am utterly totally exhausted I ought then and there to be wrapped up in blankets and put to bed after having been fed Thats what they do for a good race horsy after n race If I hem and haw it Is because I am exhausted and not because I am an idiot as the polite gentleman on an afternoon paper is good enough to suggest I give my whole life and soul to my work The power for evil in this world is far greater than the power for good Yet some day there will be a few vio ¬ lets blooming on the grave of your faithful servant Richard Mansfield This was before he became the fa ¬ mous actor of his later years Since then many newspapers have enjoyed remarks derogatory to Mansfield be ¬ cause nf the actors ebullitions of tem- per ¬ Various and sundry have been the unkind cuts from the American press There can be no question that a super or a common plug actor bay ¬ ing been guilty of outbreaks such as mar Mansfields record would have deserved severe censure At least nine of Mansfields leading women have quit his company in disgust because of his temper Isabel Irving stayed in his support just two days Lucille Flaven lasted one day Katherine Grey Margaret Anglin Lettie Fairfax Florence Kahn Eleanor Barry and Roscllo Knott were among the others who could not stand for the Mans ¬ field manneror manners Forgets Self When Acting I suppose sir said an enthusias- tic ¬ woman to the actcr that when in the spirit of those grew roles you for ¬ get your real self for days Yes madam Mansfield replied for days as well as nights It is then I do those dreadful thingstrample on the upturned features of my leading lady and hurl tenderloin steaks at waitersAnd you do not know it at a1l7 Not a solitary thing madam until I read tho papers next day One of his leading women at any tate Mansfield did not dismiss Miss Dcatrlce Cameron who was his sup port early in his career and a charm lag actress Is Mrs Richard Mans ¬ field She is at her husbands bed ¬ side in tho great north woods Let us now forget that a Philadel- phia ¬ super sued Mansfield for assault and battery because tho actor struck tho super over the head with a spear when he got out of line Let us re ¬ fuse to remember the mutton chop which Mansfield threw at the waiter In the Auditorium hotel at Chicago because the chop was frizzled Let ns remember rather the hot potato of the London days the determination the toll the life and soul devotion to the art that overmastered the man and the triumph ho has achieved BIG BALLOON RACES European Sport For Kentucky State Fair RAILROAD RATES CUT IN TWO Tickets Go On Sale Sept 14 and Are Good Returning Until Sept 23 Along with the other big amuse ment enterprises secured for the Ken ¬ tucky State Fair in Louisville the week of Sept 10th the State Board of Agriculture has contracted with aeronauts to put on balloon races This is a form of sport that has been responsible for the expenditure of thousands of dollars In Europe among the aristocracy during the past few years It is perhaps the most excit ¬ ing of all kinds of races The balloons to be used at the Ken ¬ tucky State Fair are as nearly Iden ¬ tical as it is possible to manufacture two articles of the same kind They are to be inflated with the same pres ¬ sure of gas Expert operators are to be in charge Ballasts of sand weigh- ing ¬ I the same will bo given to each and the result of the races will de- pend ¬ upon the manipulation of this ballast almost entirely The balloons will leave the ground at the same time ascend to a height that will throw them into a current of air carrying them naturally in the same direction lIt in the minds eye of the spectator he could divide the balloon race into heats the moment of reaching this air current would bo called the first heat It is here that the excitement begins From one bal ¬ loon a bag of sand is thrown out from the other one or two In this way one operator gets the advantage and if be is skillful ho wins the heat Viewed from any standpoint the balloon races at the Kentucky State Fair must prove as great an attrac ¬ tion as anything that is billed for the big week which begins Sept lath TROTS PACES RUNNING RACES Kentucky State Fair Will Have a Great Speed Program No matter in what direction the tnito of the visitor may run so far- os speed contests are concerned tie Kentucky State Pair at Louisville Sept 10 to 21 will gratify his desire There are to be trotting races pacing races running races automobile races and balloon races A trotting forI 226 trotting Sept 18th 213 Pacing Sept 19th 218 trotting Stpt 20th freo for all pacing Sept 21st 210 trottingA Imu irod dollar purse is offer ¬ ed on each of these races One of these will be known as the Louisville Retail Merchants Association purse and another as the Louisville Com ¬ mercial Club purse appropriations having been made by both of these organizationsRunning each day for purses of 230 will be conducted while on Wednesday Louisville Day automo bill races limited to Kentucky owned automobiles will be run The last mentioned race will follow a great automobile parade entirely around the track The dates of the ballopn races have not yet been announced AN IGORROTE VILLAGE One of the Big Attractions For Ken ¬ tucky State Fair Week In line with its policy to put on only the greatest attractions that can be secured the Kentucky State Fair management has closed a contract to have an Igorrote Village at the com ¬ ing exhibition during the week of Sept 16th in Louisville which will undoubtedly prove a great attraction This village is now located within the White City at Chicago Its inhabitants are a horde of barbarians who have come direct from the Philippines This exhibition is better in fact than the one at the Worlds Fair in the Philippine Reservation All of thoso natives were returned to the Philip ¬ pines by order of the United States government and new contracts were signed with Uncle Sam to bring over a new lot of genuine dog eating Bon toe Igorrotes The primitive life of these barbarians will be lived every day at the Stato Fair just as It is in Bontoc Their huts are of native ma- terial ¬ coming from the Island of Luzon The tribe Includes some of the famous head hunters of the Philip ¬ pines There are many rites and cere ¬ monies peculiar to these people and thero are constant dances and feasts The native industries are shown in the village which will be open to In ¬ spection all day and half the night during Stato Fair week at Louisville TRAINED WILD ANIMALS Mundys Trained Wild Animal Arena tho big zoological congress that has been holding forth in the famous White City at Chicago this year has been engaged for the Kentucky State Fair at Louisville Sept 16th to 21st This is admitted to be one of thin most complete trained wild animal or ¬ ganizations jn America There is no better collection nor are there finer specimens of the Asiatic and African carnivora than are to be seen yin this big trained wild animal show Each and every one of them is thoroughly educated aid every one is a competent actor WHY WE LAUGH A Little Nonsense JVovj and TJien Is Relished by the Wisest Menn Judges Quarterly 100 a year if Judges Library 100 a year I Sis Hopkins Mon 100 a year On receipt of TWENTY CENTS we will enter your name for a three months trial 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Captain Knabenshue toward the perfection ot- a craft that will sail the uncharted skies It was he who made the first flight in an airship in America This feat was accomplished in October 1904 at the St Louis Worlds Fair and attracted the attention of the civilized world Since then he has worked assiduously to the end now at- taIned ¬ Midnight oil was burned all last winter in putting his ideas to ¬ gether and at last his efforts are crowned with success At a great expenditure his services and those of his passengercarrying airship have been secured for Ken- tucky State Fair His only appearance in Kentucky or Southern Indiana is to be made at the metropolis of the State during State Fair week Indeed he is to make only five other appear ¬ ances during the year two of which will be in New York City sailing over Manhatten Island and at the James town Exposition sailing over Hamp ton Roads Easily the engagement of Captain Knabenshuo and his passen cercarrylnc airshln are tin blurt fDont Push The horse can draw the loadwithout help if you 1 reduce applyingJ J I I nothing by IcaAxl ease 1No 1 andsavessomuch- horse power Next time try MICA AXLE GREASE Standard Oil ee I a LOUISVILLE EVANSVILLE PACKET COt- IZJCOrnoaeTXD I Fast Mail and Passenger Line between Louisville and Evans i- ville SteamersMorning Star Tell City Leave Louisville Tuesday Wednes- day Friday and Saturday 4 p m Leave Evanaville Monday 10 am Wednesday Thursday Saturday 6 pm passengertickets ments delivered quicker than by rail PASSENGER FARE REDUCED Cloverport to Louisville 200 Clovorport to Evansville 200 Cloverport to Owensboro 100 Splendid accommodations for stock General Office 154 16Ci58 4th it Louisville Ky C Y WILLIAMS 6 F and P A GEOH WILSON SllDt nttrAcnca 6f any state Fair in the country The secret of the invention is being guarded closely by the Toledo man but he has consented to give to the public a brief description The ves- sel ¬ as a whole has but a faint resem ¬ blance to the smaller crafts of thoI kind which have heretofore been shown in this country There is used an elongated gas bag constructed nf thousands of yards of imported silk of the finest texture which has a Ca ¬ parity of more than 20000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas giving to the craft a lifting power of 1800 pounds This envelope is 120 feet in length and something llko 35 feet in diameter Beneath the envelope is the carrying car 90 feet in length and very closely resembling an ordinary streetcar On either side are two mammoth aero ¬ planes with which the wind is resist ¬ od and the vessel propelled Thin secret of Captain Knaben shues success probably lies in the two delicately constructed engines of 20 horsepower each which furnish tho driving power These enable the craft to sail through the air at a speed of about GO miles an hour when all is calm This velocity Is reduced to 40 miles an hour In a moderate wind However Captain Knabenshue is able to sail under practically al ¬ most any weather conditions He sits at the bow of the vessel guiding it In its Journey white cushion seats are provided for the passengers Visitors to tho Fair who desire to make trips with Captain Knabenshuo will be accommodated as fast as pos ¬ Bible Those who are timid and can only stand and View with amazement the marvelous product of mans skill and ingenuity will have an opportun ¬ ity of a close Inspection of the air ¬ ship which is to occupy a large aero drome when sot in operation 1 1III c 4 I p 0 J
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Richard MansfieldThe King Richard
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HOW THE GREAT TRAGEDIAN NOW SERIOUSLY ILL ROSE
FROM DIREST POVERTY TO FAME AND WEALTHl
Deprived of His Mothers Riches Because He Was Determined to
Be an Actor He Was a London Starveling For Years butl
Never WhimperedA Genius Whose Ideal Has A-
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ways Been Perfection In His Chosen Art
tSample of His Powerful Pathost
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As Beau Brummel In Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
RICHARD MANSFIELD
By UOBERTUS LOVEICHARD MANSFIELD is a prod
igy The word prodigy has twodefinitions By one moaning It isa person so extraordinary as to
excite wonder or astonishment By the
Accortlltnga Mansfield perhaps fits tho latter defini ¬
tion but in truth he does not That heIs an extraordinary person who hasoxclted both wonder and astonishmentTor years Is strictly true When thenews was sent outII few days agoTrom the great north woods of NewYork state Hint the famous actor waVe
lying seriously HI In a little cottagebroken lit body and mind patheticallytailing for his stage costumes andmumbling over some of the lines of hischief triumphs the thought occurred tomore than one person that the life of asuccessful tragedian may be in Itself ntragedy In the world of artistic en ¬
deavor triumph and tragedy lie veryclose together Very frequently to-ward the final curtain they overlap
Since the death of Henry IrvingMansfield has been recognized as thegreatest living actor that speaks hislines In the English tongue For ascore of years he has been mountingBteadlly and surely toward that proudposition He was born to climb tn th
last for his Ideal always has been per-fection
¬
In his chosen artij Traveled Like a Monarch
Among tho laity it may have been
RichardMansfieldof his profession traveling in his ownprivate car luxuriously furnished oc ¬
cupying special suits at the finest ho ¬
tels owning a splendid homo on Riv ¬
erside drive in New York and anotherat New London Conn No monarchover journeyed in more magnificentBtyle than Richard Mansfield Nomonarch ever appeared more haughtyban he in his attitude toward the orUnary people Europe has half a dozrn kings more easy to approach thanthis King Richard of tho stagepThat is one picture Now for theotherfitLessf than thirty years ago a youngnan this same Richard Mansfield exiBted in London In the most pitifuly> verty
For years and years says MansBeld T went homo to my little room
tI fortunately had one J1d perhapstnUow dip was stuck In the neck ot-
bottle and I was fortundte If I had-
omeQiIng to codk for myeelf over a
1ICTbft vita nyr life For years
and years when night came I havewandered about the streets of Londonand if I had n penny I invested it inbaked potatoes from the baked potatoman on tho corner I would put thosehot potatoes in my pocket and afterI had warmed my hands I wouldswallow the potatoes That is thetruthBut
Richard Mansfield did not usehot potatoes both for heat and foodbecause he had to He did it becausehe wanted to be an actorperhaps be¬
cause ho had to be an actor Hismother tho noted singer Mme Rudersdorff desired him to be n painter Theyouth tried painting with fair successartistically His mother was wealthyShe had gold in abundance for Richardthe artist but not a cent for Richardthe actor When the young man de ¬
termined to be an actor the madamecut him off as to finances hence thehot potatoes
Starveling For YearsMillions of men may live on baked
potatoes and restaurant smells with¬
out any particular privation But itwas different with young RichardMansfield He had been gently rear ¬
ed His mother adored him and heidolized his mother She brought himwith her to Boston when he was a boy
and put him in school She took himto various European countries andput him in school He grew up in anartistic atmosphere He played thepiano like an adept He spoke severallanguages lIe painted well He hadthe key of admission to the politestsocial circles yet because he was de ¬
termined to become an actor and ngroat actor he was a London starve ¬
ling for years and years and nobodyever heard him whimper
You may not like Richard Mans-field
¬
Many persons who do not knowhim dislike him He seems to havecultivated the art of making enemiesof strangers to the ultimate limit Butyou must admire his nerve his pluckhis British bulldog tenacity of purpose Ho was going to get there andho got there After years and years hegot theregot so far that Instead ofcontinuing to cat potatoes after usingthem for pocket stoves ho was livingin his own New York home by the timeho reached the age of thirtyfive andeating in a dining room furnished al-
together with tables chairs and sideboards from tho royal palace at Vertallies
Truly It was no primrose path ofdalliance that Richard Mansfield traveled After long struggling and many
rebuffs he finally secured a comic op ¬
era job W S Gilbert that belovedlibrettist whose works gave delight tomillions became interested in youngMansfield and got him a place in Pin ¬
afore Mansfield played with thetroupe in the British provinces forthree years at g15 a week Then hodetermined to go up to London for hefelt himself fit for something better
Richard Mansfield Is practically anAmerican actor and America is proudto claim him Ho was born howeveron the little Island of Helgoland fiftyyears ago His father was a Britisharmy officer and his mother a Russianopera
singerHow
HeHMade GoodMansfield came to America to re ¬
main permanently about twentyfiveyears ago He had achieved fair suc ¬
cess on the London stage He ap ¬
peared here first in comic operas andcomedies and won n considerable rep ¬
utation It was in his part of PrinceKarl In the play written by A C
Gunter who died only a few monthsago that Mansfield made good andstarted fairly on the road to his greatreputation But he had to struggle
I nm as determined as the tides ofthe ocean and as patient as the Cath ¬
olic church he once remarked whenadverse criticism was encountered
Mansfields breakdown in his primeis due to overwork That determina ¬
tion which has possessed him from thefirst has undermined his health Hereached the private palace car and theVersailles dining room furniture onlyby the severest sort of labor Inces ¬
sant nerve destroying plugging tollat the tasks ho set for himself Somemen may spend theIr summers in idle ¬
ness Mansfield used To retire to hisNew London home and spend thewarm months studying furiouslyWhen he reached the rehearsals hewas always letter perfect He knewhis lines He knew his charactersAnd they were such charactersShakespeares Schillers MolleresIbsens and those of lesser tragediansand comedians Not only did he knowhis characters but he became thornfor the time When I play Richardthe king lie has said I am Richardthe king
Sample of His PathosThere Is a powerful pathos in the
letter which Mansfield wrote to theSt Louis Republic in reply to nu at-
tack¬
upon him by that paper someyears ago when the actor at the oldIlftgan Opera House in St Louis nppeared before the footlights and be-
rated¬
his audience declaring that thatcity could not appreciate art and oth-
erwise¬
expressing severe opinionsagainst the Missouri metropolis-
It is especially concerning the para ¬
graph which suggests that an actorwould be more successful if he enjoy ¬
fel1lowI
me I havent the time or the Inclina ¬
tion to be a good fellow in the sousein which it is generally accepted Inthis country but I trust that I haveat all times been a good friend and ahospitable host Possibly feware aware that when I have playedone of my trying roles I am utterlytotally exhausted I ought then andthere to be wrapped up in blanketsand put to bed after having been fedThats what they do for a good racehorsy after n race If I hem and hawit Is because I am exhausted and notbecause I am an idiot as the politegentleman on an afternoon paper isgood enough to suggest I give mywhole life and soul to my workThe power for evil in this world isfar greater than the power for goodYet some day there will be a few vio ¬
lets blooming on the grave of yourfaithful servant Richard Mansfield
This was before he became the fa ¬
mous actor of his later years Sincethen many newspapers have enjoyedremarks derogatory to Mansfield be ¬
cause nf the actors ebullitions of tem-per
¬
Various and sundry have beenthe unkind cuts from the Americanpress There can be no question thata super or a common plug actor bay¬
ing been guilty of outbreaks such asmar Mansfields record would havedeserved severe censure At least nineof Mansfields leading women havequit his company in disgust because ofhis temper Isabel Irving stayed inhis support just two days LucilleFlaven lasted one day KatherineGrey Margaret Anglin Lettie FairfaxFlorence Kahn Eleanor Barry andRoscllo Knott were among the otherswho could not stand for the Mans ¬
field manneror manners
Forgets Self When ActingI suppose sir said an enthusias-
tic¬
woman to the actcr that when inthe spirit of those grew roles you for¬
get your real self for daysYes madam Mansfield replied
for days as well as nights It is thenI do those dreadful thingstrample onthe upturned features of my leadinglady and hurl tenderloin steaks atwaitersAnd you do not know it at a1l7
Not a solitary thing madam untilI read tho papers next day
One of his leading women at anytate Mansfield did not dismiss MissDcatrlce Cameron who was his support early in his career and a charmlag actress Is Mrs Richard Mans ¬
field She is at her husbands bed ¬
side in tho great north woodsLet us now forget that a Philadel-
phia¬
super sued Mansfield for assaultand battery because tho actor strucktho super over the head with a spearwhen he got out of line Let us re ¬
fuse to remember the mutton chopwhich Mansfield threw at the waiterIn the Auditorium hotel at Chicagobecause the chop was frizzled Letns remember rather the hot potato ofthe London days the determinationthe toll the life and soul devotion tothe art that overmastered the manand the triumph ho has achieved
BIG BALLOON RACES
European Sport For KentuckyState Fair
RAILROAD RATES CUT IN TWO
Tickets Go On Sale Sept 14 and AreGood Returning Until
Sept 23
Along with the other big amusement enterprises secured for the Ken ¬
tucky State Fair in Louisville theweek of Sept 10th the State Boardof Agriculture has contracted withaeronauts to put on balloon racesThis is a form of sport that has beenresponsible for the expenditure ofthousands of dollars In Europe amongthe aristocracy during the past fewyears It is perhaps the most excit¬
ing of all kinds of racesThe balloons to be used at the Ken ¬
tucky State Fair are as nearly Iden ¬
tical as it is possible to manufacturetwo articles of the same kind Theyare to be inflated with the same pres ¬
sure of gas Expert operators are tobe in charge Ballasts of sand weigh-ing
¬
I the same will bo given to eachand the result of the races will de-
pend¬
upon the manipulation of thisballast almost entirely
The balloons will leave the groundat the same time ascend to a heightthat will throw them into a currentof air carrying them naturally in thesame direction lIt in the minds eyeof the spectator he could divide theballoon race into heats the momentof reaching this air current would bocalled the first heat It is here thatthe excitement begins From one bal ¬
loon a bag of sand is thrown out fromthe other one or two In this way oneoperator gets the advantage and ifbe is skillful ho wins the heat
Viewed from any standpoint theballoon races at the Kentucky StateFair must prove as great an attrac ¬
tion as anything that is billed for thebig week which begins Sept lath
TROTS PACES RUNNING RACES
Kentucky State Fair Will Have aGreat Speed Program
No matter in what direction thetnito of the visitor may run so far-os speed contests are concerned tieKentucky State Pair at LouisvilleSept 10 to 21 will gratify his desireThere are to be trotting races pacingraces running races automobileraces and balloon races A trottingforI226 trotting Sept 18th 213 PacingSept 19th 218 trotting Stpt 20thfreo for all pacing Sept 21st 210trottingA
Imu irod dollar purse is offer ¬
ed on each of these races One ofthese will be known as the LouisvilleRetail Merchants Association purseand another as the Louisville Com ¬
mercial Club purse appropriationshaving been made by both of theseorganizationsRunning
each day for pursesof 230 will be conducted while onWednesday Louisville Day automobill races limited to Kentucky ownedautomobiles will be run The lastmentioned race will follow a greatautomobile parade entirely aroundthe track The dates of the ballopnraces have not yet been announced
AN IGORROTE VILLAGE
One of the Big Attractions For Ken ¬
tucky State Fair WeekIn line with its policy to put on only
the greatest attractions that can besecured the Kentucky State Fairmanagement has closed a contract tohave an Igorrote Village at the com ¬
ing exhibition during the week ofSept 16th in Louisville which willundoubtedly prove a great attractionThis village is now located within theWhite City at Chicago Its inhabitantsare a horde of barbarians who havecome direct from the Philippines
This exhibition is better in fact thanthe one at the Worlds Fair in thePhilippine Reservation All of thosonatives were returned to the Philip ¬
pines by order of the United Statesgovernment and new contracts weresigned with Uncle Sam to bring overa new lot of genuine dog eating Bontoe Igorrotes The primitive life ofthese barbarians will be lived everyday at the Stato Fair just as It is inBontoc Their huts are of native ma-terial
¬
coming from the Island ofLuzon The tribe Includes some ofthe famous head hunters of the Philip ¬
pines There are many rites and cere¬
monies peculiar to these people andthero are constant dances and feastsThe native industries are shown inthe village which will be open to In ¬
spection all day and half the nightduring Stato Fair week at Louisville
TRAINED WILD ANIMALS
Mundys Trained Wild AnimalArena tho big zoological congress thathas been holding forth in the famousWhite City at Chicago this year hasbeen engaged for the Kentucky StateFair at Louisville Sept 16th to 21stThis is admitted to be one of thinmost complete trained wild animal or¬
ganizations jn America There is nobetter collection nor are there finerspecimens of the Asiatic and Africancarnivora than are to be seen yin thisbig trained wild animal show Eachand every one of them is thoroughlyeducated aid every one is a competentactor
WHY WE LAUGHA Little Nonsense JVovj and TJien
Is Relished by the Wisest Menn
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Knabenshue and His New Pas ¬
sengerCarrying Airship
KENTUCKY STATE fAIR PLIGHTS
Will Go Up Dally During Week ofSept 16A Description of
the Aerial Wonder
This In brief describes the passen ¬
gercarrying airship just invented byCaptain Roy Knabenshue of Toledo0 the first American to master theproblem of aerial navigation CaptainKnabenshue will personally appear atthe Kentucky State Fair to be heldin Louisville under the auspices of theState Board of Agriculture during theweek of Sept 16 and present to thepublic the first passengercarrying air¬
ship in the worlds history Manyyears have been devoted by CaptainKnabenshue toward the perfection ot-
a craft that will sail the unchartedskies It was he who made the firstflight in an airship in America Thisfeat was accomplished in October1904 at the St Louis Worlds Fairand attracted the attention of thecivilized world Since then he hasworked assiduously to the end now at-
taIned¬
Midnight oil was burned alllast winter in putting his ideas to ¬
gether and at last his efforts arecrowned with success
At a great expenditure his servicesand those of his passengercarryingairship have been secured for Ken-
tucky State Fair His only appearancein Kentucky or Southern Indiana is tobe made at the metropolis of theState during State Fair week Indeedhe is to make only five other appear¬
ances during the year two of whichwill be in New York City sailing overManhatten Island and at the Jamestown Exposition sailing over Hampton Roads Easily the engagement ofCaptain Knabenshuo and his passencercarrylnc airshln are tin blurt
fDont PushThe horse can draw the
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The secret of the invention is beingguarded closely by the Toledo manbut he has consented to give to thepublic a brief description The ves-
sel¬
as a whole has but a faint resem ¬
blance to the smaller crafts of thoIkind which have heretofore beenshown in this country There is usedan elongated gas bag constructed nfthousands of yards of imported silkof the finest texture which has a Ca ¬
parity of more than 20000 cubic feetof hydrogen gas giving to the crafta lifting power of 1800 pounds Thisenvelope is 120 feet in length andsomething llko 35 feet in diameterBeneath the envelope is the carryingcar 90 feet in length and very closelyresembling an ordinary streetcar Oneither side are two mammoth aero ¬
planes with which the wind is resist ¬
od and the vessel propelledThin secret of Captain Knaben
shues success probably lies in thetwo delicately constructed engines of20 horsepower each which furnishtho driving power These enable thecraft to sail through the air at aspeed of about GO miles an hour whenall is calm This velocity Is reducedto 40 miles an hour In a moderatewind However Captain Knabenshueis able to sail under practically al ¬
most any weather conditions He sitsat the bow of the vessel guiding itIn its Journey white cushion seats areprovided for the passengers
Visitors to tho Fair who desire tomake trips with Captain Knabenshuowill be accommodated as fast as pos ¬
Bible Those who are timid and canonly stand and View with amazementthe marvelous product of mans skilland ingenuity will have an opportun ¬
ity of a close Inspection of the air ¬
ship which is to occupy a large aerodrome when sot in operation
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