The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 233, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 9, 1909 Page: 3 of 4
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Orange Theatre, Wednesday, January 20, f
FIRST TRIUMPHAL TOUR
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Orange Theatre,
Wednesday,
January 20,1909
OF THE SEQUEL TO
THE CLANSMAN
4,000,000 People hare seen
THE CLANSMAN. 2,000,000
People were Turned Away.
The Result: 6,000,000 People
Waiting to See THE TRAITOR
A Lore Story of Akorfcog
Interest which also Tefls of
the Decline and Fall of the
IU KLUX ILAN and of the
Spurious Red-Robed Riders
•ridg* dah^.
Tb* girls aad
are
tat the
completed yet.
planning to organise * {
COMPANY OF 5EVENTY-FIVE
The Most Magnificent Scenic Production ever
Given a Play of the South
AN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT THAT
IS UNSURPASSED.
f
Supernumeraries, Horses, Etc.
TRAITOR
Dramatized by CHANNING POLLOCK and THOMAS DIXON. Jr.
From MR. DIXON’S STORY OF RECONSTRUCTION DAYS
Direction of QEOROE H. BRENNAN
SURPRISE
THE
SPECULATORS
Watch for the opening of the Seat Sale and get in line early so that
the speculators cannot repeat their hold-up of three years ago when
‘The Clansman” swept through the South like a cyclone.
All orders for seats by mail must be accompanied by either check or money order made payable to H. B. Jackson, Manafer Orange Theatre
In the Social Realm
For Society Lditor Ring New Phone 53*
i lined i>y miss srrr.UA cawm-ll
; Eleanor Hawkins; M>-**rs. Smith.
Northrop. Hill lor, I jshapcll, Leach,
i Hlmntck, Allen. Wrathers.
’ Pope and M itchier.
Dance for Mias Rooeev.lt-
tusesaa —
Hr paused to p«l a child one day.
And cauaed lb* tittle one to amile,
He m--t a cripple on h<« wax.
Atxl‘ gave him courage for a while
He taught a man ariose heart was
hard ,
To rld-lrtmaslf <»f hale and greed,
He caused a driver lo regard
With merry bl« o’srtmrdeasd aired
A vine* (that be haul planted
A rose to erent earb passing
And cauaed a maiden lo adore
One who *aa a art by of her
He rauaeeL a mourner to forget
A sorrow that ah.* bore in rain;
H* taught a hope lea* man to let
Hope cams to give biro strength
ngaln
Hs never led where armies fought,
tie died alone and peonlteno,
And there were foollah men who
thought
Thai he bad not achieved a aocreaa
—t. K Kiser
In. aG^^vhlcb refreshment* of fruit.
and cake were served. As
the guest* departed earh eapreaaed
a desire for a repetition of the treat
at an early date, u* Ml*a l-ee'a parties
are always a source of much enjoy
neat to her friends.
Those present were Miser* -Resale
ton. Clyde lister, Kali
nye Itland. Mary laswl*. Haste Howell.
I Jweaie Thomas and Ethel Prejean:
Mesar. Henry IJtehfleld. George In-
gram. lien Hurst, Karl Wilson. Kut
Thomas. John Prejeau atwl llyron
tioortilns, Mr and Mrs Manlu Hravo
and Mrs Hardy at New loo
Ml** Ethel HotMevelt for the sec
I <md llute this week was the central
I figure at a beautiful dance, when last
I night Mrs. Loiter entertained In her
i honor The occasion was Ihe fulfill-
ment of a promise made lo Mias
; Roosevelt when n child by her hostess
i of but night, and threw open to the
| young people of Washington society
i one of the city'* most noted house#, j
usual hour Sunday afternoon, the lead-
er twlng Mis* Grace Reeve*. The top-
ic was 'Witnesses for Christ," and
was thoroughly discussed
One of the Interesting features of
the meeting was (he offering of sen-
tence prayer# and scripture verses
unto God by the children. (Several
appropriate songs were sung.
The society la progressing nicely
for being only one month old f
The officers of ih<- society are:
Annie Emlgh. superintendent.
Lillian tCniigh, president.
Wills May LevIngsUin, vlce-presl-
Coming Ivtsh Catarvdar——
, Presbyterian W H M * with
I K. T. Drake Monday afternoon at I.M
| o'etork
Sight h Street Baptist I Julies' Aid
I Mortety at the church Muaday after
I noon at * o'clock
Reading Club with Mrs A L. Ford
| Monday afternoon
Citfr Cl ah Tueaday afternoon at
I 2 3ft with Mrs John Griffith
North Orange Prayer Circle with
I Mrs WUl Coker, Tueaday night, Mai
| Heallp leader of the meeting.
Bgtini -• choir after Ulble class
| Wednesday evehlug
«*pG»t choir after prayar aarvlce
Wednesday Bight
__ __ st W. H M 8. at the etarefa
| Thursday afternoou at « o'clock
itaptlst ladles' Aid at tb* church
rharsday afternoon
Methodist choir at lb* church Fri-
iay light at 7:M.
Christian choir at the church Friday
waning at 7: JO
Presbyterian choir Friday evening
Missionary Society Saturday
git * o'clock with Mra. A.
at t:M
IPtar-
a few
taw t» cy-
entertainment In Beaument.—
The following article clipped from
the IteauinoDl Enterprise give* an ac
count of an entertainment for MIsaev
Helen Ford and Mat tie Adams, who
wen- visiting In Beaumont during Ibe
week:
The taller mansion, ringing with
' life and merriment and dressed in
| holiday attire, presented a scene of
I falryllk-* bounty The hall room,
' srhieh la entirely In white and jtold,
, with aide mirrors Using the walls,
j was decorated simply, with hanging
gold baskets filled with pink begonias
grown In Mra tatter"* own hot houses.
These basket* were hung la the
arches over the doorways and from
the celling down (he length of (he
Grace Reeves, secretary.
Hagel Reeve*, thba-urer.
Grace Reeves, reporter.
Hertle Alexander, organist.
The cloud maker tells it* the wotld
la a rang, %
And I* bound In an evil feller.
And the due sky man come* bringing
a song
Of hope that shall make It taller;
And the toilers, hearing his voice, be-
hold
The sign of a glad tomorrow.
Whose hands are heaped with the
purest gold.
Of which each heart rosy borrow.
—Nixon Walerntnn.
An tnfervnal Affair.—
A very pleasurable, but Informal,
affair waa enjoyed toy a lew friends
Monday afternoon at the residence of
Mr and Mra. Ernest Cooper, where
high claaa Hisratnre. mush, birds and
rare flowers combined with tto* mel-
low sunshine from cerulean skies, had
lk« tendency to Induce the belief that
Mmi balmy breath and vernal days
of spring were at hand, Instead of
ih* ley graap of January
Delicatessen at ftvc o'clock, being
the delightful aftermath, all took
leave of their gracious hostess In a
■mat complaisant frame of mind.
Mia* Irvws f ntwtaloed.—
Yesterday afternoon Miss Edna
Brown entertained at her hoaae oa
Magnolia and Broadway In honor of
Mine*# Matti* Adana and Helen Ftord,
of Orange, between Use hours of 3 sad
* o’clock. The evening was aptmt la
sals wen served on the lawn toy tb*
emg Ota of the special feg i grns
if***
The tadics’ Aid Society of the
Eighth Street Baptist church held a
very Interesting meeting at Un-
church Monday afternoon, with nearly
sill the member* present.
Mrs Buchanan of Dallas made a
bail room by broad pink satin rftfaoita |*P»«»dld talk on nilaaionary work.
A screen, formed entirely of initial “hlrh leased her hearer, very
and pink hkwsom.. was placed before j much w*r*’ »«'“*«rd for an
Ih*. musician*, a section of the ms •utertalamewl to Is- given by the la-
rlne hand idle* In the near furore, hut nothing
, . definite waa decided on.
Mrs. tatter received her guest*
standing in the drawing room, with
Mix Roosevelt beside her. She wore
a handsome gown of bisck lace over
white satin, with (warI and diamond
ornaments. Mis* Roosevelt wore a
becoming girlish gown of soft white
satin. The guests, numbering about
3&B, Included a few of the young mar-
ried people, the debutantes, the bache-
lor members of the diplomatic corps,
and (he house guest* of the While
House, of the Postmaster General and
Mr*. Meyer, of the Assistant Secre-
tary of State and Mr*. Macon, at Mrs,
Charles Muon, and of Mrs Nathaniel
ftlrnpklns
At midnight a buffet supt-er was
nerved la the dining room.—Washing
torn Feat y
Baraca Class.— this month, was the regular business j
The boys of the Baraca Claaa met meeting and the day for paying dues
in their new room at the Methodist j Arrangement* were mails for eele-
church last Monday erening for a • brat tag the birt hday at Generals Lee ]
business meeting Nearly the full land Jackson on the nineteenth at this
membership waa present, and quire a * month in the parlors of the Holland
number of matters of Interest were hotel. A few Crosse* of Honor will
discussed. The time and place of |be presented, and a literary and am-
meeting for next week ha* not been j kal program will he given, but at this!
fully decided on. hence no announce i writing, has not been completed A* |;
men' J Invitation is hereby extended to the
• Veterans of Walter P Lace Camp to
Week of Prayer.— j attend.
The past week baa been a week of ; On account of the hour. It wilt be
prayer for the Baptist* and every ! Impossible for the member* of Pelham
afternoon meetings with Interesting j Chapter to attend the ceremonies; of
programs have been held at the Green I planting the tree* la the parka oa
Avenue Baptist church. The Ladles'> Saturday In a body, but a* many will
Aid and Missionary Societies have
been conducting these meetings,
which have proved most beneficial
to those present
North Orange Praysr Circle.—
The regular meeting of the North
Orauge Prayer Circle will be held at
the home of Mrs Will Coker, corner
Cherry and Fifteenth wtreeta, next
Tuesday night, with Mr. Max Heallp
leading.
RCLIGtOUt NOTH
Net They Whe tear.—
Not they who soar, but they whe plod
Their rugged way. unhelped, to God
Are heroes; they who higher tare.
And. flying, fan the upper air,
MU* all the toll that hugs the sod.
Tie (hey whose backs have felt the
rod,
Whose feet have pressed the path
unshod.
May smile upon defeated care—
Not . they who soar.
High up there are no thorn* to prod,
Nor boulders larking 'heath the clod
To Cura the taeaheee of the etere.
r flight la ever free sad rare;
But heroes they the *0<1 who've trod—
Mot ttoy *ta *»wr.
When the Individual can slay alone
with hit conscience and get Its ap-
proval without using force or spe-
cious logic, then he begins to know
what real happiness Is. Hut the tndt
vldual must be careful that he la not
appealing lo a Conscience perverted
and deadened by the wrongdoing and
subsequent deafness of Its owner.
—William George Jordan.
m n
W, H. M. S.—
The Woman’s Home Mieaion So-
ciety met at the Methodist church at
3:30 o’clock Thursday, January 7.
1909, with all the officer* and a fair
attest da nee of members present.
After a abort devotional service, the
usual business waa held. Mra. W. H.
Malone, the president, being In the
chair. Bach member responded lo
roll call by giving an Individual re-
port. Bach officer gav* a report of
her department of the work. Two
ladies gave u* their names for mem-
bership. Ok! that all our good wom-
en could see the necessity of helping
us la this good work. Adjourned to
meet next Thursday at 3 o’clock with
Mra. A. L. Dupont, leader.
REPORTER.
of the
A Goodly Quest.—
j The gold of love, the gem * of >oy.
. And the silver at innocent laughter—
Social Meeting of the C. E.— i These are the treasures without alloy
The C. K. of the Presbyterian church That 1 am eternally after
held dts regular bu»lneaa and social j —John K. Ranks
meeting Thursday nigh! with Mis* j -----------•
Louise Reid at the home of her par- . O. E. S. Meeting.—
ent*. Mr. aud Mra. E. L Reid A1 Tll(, udj>4 ot lhf, r*s*em Star held
most ail of the members were it at- v„rr cmhasiastk; meeting last T
tendance. After the business session
waa concluded, the evening waa given
up lo pleasure. Delicious refresh-
ment* were served. The hour lo de-
part came ail too soon, and each one
in leaving gave voice to hts apprecia-
tion of Mr. and Mra Reid’s hospitals
ty.
The meeting on next Sunday will be
at <:3b p. m. with Miss Mary Kioff
GRANDSON OF
Flays the Rote af
Man. hi -The Ttmtar.-
Arihur J. Pickens, who is
the role at Isaac A. Feetle, * •
tided” colored man :
lock’s and Thomas Dtxoa. Jrtg
phay of reconatroetlea dayt
Traitor,” la a grandson of
Plckeas, of Revolutionary faaae Hi
father, who waa the eldaat am at
General, married (Shuthetk Roth,
that time they were tooth ilriag la
Alabama. Shortly before the toagta
| ning of the war they removed to Marik
Carolina and at the outbreak at has-
t!lines, Atom J. Mefceaa ea.taxed le
a North Carolina regime*!. At the
I Battle of Antietam he tat Ms Mb
eyre. Arthur J. Plckeas ra tarn M
j North Caroiiaa, hut two years after
his birth the family stored le OMa
Although be hae bem m the atags
since he wa* foartewa
Ua the first time that Mr. ^
|mU> a tour of the South The ret*
that he plays hi "The Traitor" I* aa
| entirely new type of negro
j very different from any
presented oa the stage
-The Traitor” wtH appear m the
j Orange theater.
January 29th.
j FTye or six
j aay case ot chHIa sad fever. Prime Bt
be in attendance a* pomible.
i day night, when a class of tfx were
| initiated Into the order Much ee
j thusiasm wa* manifested by those
present, which comprised almost all
of the members of this chapter A
special feature of this meeting wa*
the splendid speech by J. T Adams
along fraternal lines.
A school of instruction will be held
at th-- Masonic hall on the ISth for
leader AH are Invited to attend n„w roeBrtM,ri ,nd
this meeting.
WITH THE CLUBS
steady
Sonnet.— «
A gentleness that grows
faith; '
A Joy that sheds its sunshine every-
where ;
A humble strength and readiness to
bear
These burthens which strict duty ever
tay’th
Upon onr hearts—Which unto sorrow
aaith.
"Here la no soil for thee to alrike thy
roots,
Here only grow those sweet and pre-
cious fruits
Which ripen for the aoul that well
obey’th.
*A patience which the world can neltb-
or give ,
Nor take away; a courage strong and
high,
That dares la simple usefulness to
Hve,
Aud without one sad look to die
Wtaa that day cornea;" These tel
That oar love
la building fo%it»«lf a home above.
who wish to attend.
The oflcers are highly pleased with
the Interest and euthualawm shown
pt this meting and also with the large
attendance^
tottam Chtata, U. I
5833tfk?
Ladies’ Reedmg Club Tea.—
The 1-adle* Reading Club gave a
tea yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mra. T F. Coyle which wa* a very
soccesafuf affair. The proceeds of
this tea are to be used In the enter
taJnmeni of the Fourth District Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs, which will
meet here in April. A free will offer-
ing waa taken which aaaooated to
quite a nice sum.
Mra. Coyle had adorned her home
beautifully, the color scheme of red
being carried out throughout the
house Ferns and pot plant* were
used everywhere, and lo the parkor
there were rones la profusion. la
the dluing room and hall, geraniums
were used, scarlet geraniums la the
dining room and salmcm colored la
the hall. Mr*. Coy I* waa a very data-
ty taste**, attired la a w*t
Candy, beautifully mad*, with a wi
Opera House
ONE NIGHT ONLY
MONDAY, JANUARY 11
Thr Shah*
CiWE Prntgi
“What Ym
Will”
Special Scearry
Prices: 50c, 75c, $1
tonal fU*
The late Rota. G. In
"No young tat rest ox the
ican stage is no
to the roles of ‘Viola’ aisd
Imd" as Mu* Stewart.
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Ford, A. L. The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 233, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 9, 1909, newspaper, January 9, 1909; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth642209/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.