JOS ANGELES HERALDj TUESDAY MORNING, MAY a, 1905.

PRETTY BABIESAT CHURCH SHOW

ANOTHER LAUGHINGWEEK AT BELASCO

"THE PRIVATE SECRETARY"FULL OF MERRIMENT

FUN OF UPROARIOUS VARIETY

EXHIBITIONHUNDREDS OF INFANTS ON

ALL COLORS REPRESENTED

Stock Company Actora Make a Great

Success of Farce, WhichThey Present Very

Acceptably

Chinese Youngsters as Much Admiredas Any White Children—The

Anken Twins \u25a0

Feature

HOT ELECTION INJONATHAN CLUB

DEATH RATE FORMARCH WAS LOW

Mrs. Foster was in charge of theaffair and she awarded the ribbonsto all the babies at the close of theshow.

The crowning feature of the showwas the Maypole winding, when littleFlorence Bogaert as queen of the May

appeared with her maids, all of themgowned In white and each wearing acrown of blossoms, and danced arounda floral Maypole. Red, -white and bluestreamers were wound around the bigpole until it was entirely hidden behinda network of the national colors. Thelittle maids were Aloha Washburn,Margaret Menardi, Zoe Brown, Faun

Nelson, Louise Hamilton, Marian Hilland Dorothy Glllis.

Maypole Dance

"Goodnight" was the name of apretty little scene presented by ninelittle boys and girls In white "nighties"

and caps, each with a doll and candle.Each had a piece to speak telling how

horrible it was to go to bed and a min-ute later each was curled up in a big

chair, far away inmake-believe dream-land.

There were six children in the Chinesecorner and here nloriental robes they

held court and received the attentionsof their American brothers and sisters.The youngest was only one month oldand the eldest not more than five orsix. The two mothers -who are mem-bers of the church sat as queens andgraciously received the court paid totheir children.

remained contentedly happy during theentire afternoon.

REGULARS WIN ALL BUT ONEON TICKET

Consumption and pneumonia are pre-ventable dleseases, and as soon as peo-

ple learn that sunlight and fresh airare the means by which they can bekept away, Instead of one-fourth of our

deaths being caused from them thefraction will be exceedingly ismall.State and municipal laws should be

enacted stringently regulating the

architecture of office, and tenementbuildings, for to them are traceablemany of the diseases which shortenlife.

as a living room, sleeping apartmentor office that does not have a good

supply of sunlight and pure air. Thewant of these Is generally the causeof colds and it is seldom a person takesone when living out of doors.

Contest One of the Liveliest In the

History of Local Organiza-

tion—

Large Vote Was

Polled

BONFILIO MEETS WITHDEFEAT

STATE HEALTH BOARD ISSUESREPORT

STRONG MAN AT ORPHEUM

Oberle's Sidney Gibson, tailor, Is acharacter creation, which will lingerlong with the audience.

Amelia Gardner has nothing more todo than be a silly girl. She Is ablyassisted in this by Margaret Langham,

who finds her first opportunity inLosAngeles to display to any extent the artand charm which her "bit"of last weekpromised.

James Bliss makes the "hit" of hislocal career as a fussy old gentleman,whose chief method of making theaudience laugh Is to have his name mis-pronounced and then blustering aboutit. Robert Dempster and Joseph Gal-braith are good in "straight" roles,

which are never of much Importancein a farce.

Howard Scott, who makes his fare-well bow to Los Angeles this week,plays what is supposed to be the star

role." He gives a great many laughs

during the course, of his time on thestage, and deserves praise for more re-serve than any of the others could dis-play with the exception of Tom Oberle.

No one In the audience knows whatthe story is or how it began or whatkeeps it Vunnlng on. But everyone iswillingto laugh and many are gladto do so without the necessity of think-ing. The farce Is In reality nothing buthorse play, and everything which canin any way add to It in this way hasbeen thought of. Miss Gardner andMiss Langham even Indulge In thespecialty of making dolls out of theirhandkerchiefs with no other apparentreason.

By this same rule the Belasco play-ers last evening once more provedthemselves excellent comedians. Theplay was marred somewhat by the lackof memory on the part of some of theactors, and coupled with the fact thatthe play lacks continuity, so absolutely

as to make Itdoubtful at times wheth-er the players have not forgotten theirlines altogether and have resorted to

the expedient of making up sentences

as they go along, and it did not run sosmoothly as the audiences later in theweek may have a right to expect.

It would be downright Injustice toprospective Belaaco theatergoers to re-veal any of the situations or lines ofthe comedy. The speeches must be

heard coming from the lips of charac-ters sharply and clearly drawn, butexaggerated beyond even the usuallimits of a farce. There Is very littlethat can be said of a farce after It hasbeen called a success. There are thank-fullyno "problems" to discuss, and theart of acting resolves Itself Into thesimple question of whether an actor oractress can be funny to an audience."It is to laugh"—and it Is nothingelse.

If to succeed In farce Is to keep alarge audience In an almost continuousuproar then the Belasco company's In-terpretation last evening of "The Pri-vate Secretary" deserves all the praiseto which success entitles It. It Is morethnn one long, continuous laugh; It fre-quently reaches the point of hysterical

merriment and occasionally during thetwo hours Is a veritable scream.

PER CENT 1.139 A THOUSAND

Records Show the Decrease to Have

Been Confined Almost En.tlreiy to Preventable

Diseases

One small pair which created moreexcitement than perhaps any otherhalf dozen children, were Joseph and

Charlotte Anken, twins, who only madethe acquaintance of the world ten

weeks ago. Allduring the afternoonthey exhibited their charms withouta murmur, both dressed just alike ex-cept for the bows of ribbon thatadorned their caps, one having blue

and the other pink.

Isaid they were quiet, but you nevercould guess how it waa done.

"Oh, horrors," said one woman, "they

ere sucking their thumbs," and this

expressed it. "Of course they sucktheir thumbs," paid the young mother,

"Itaught them to and it Is very muchbetter for them than to give soothingmedicine."

Then followed a discussion— thumbs

or no thumbs -was the question at Issue.Just to demonstrate how she hadtaught them the mother opened a sil-

ver topped box containing powderedsugar. She administered some of Itand put the tiny thumbs into equally

tiny mouths. The deed was done andin,Epite of the forbodlng looks andheadshakes of other mothers the babies

In a room adjoining soft pillows and

couches Invited sleep and refreshment\u25a0for those who were too tiny to par-

take of anything more than their bot-tles, and to the mind that knows noth-ing of strawberries, bottles were quiteas comforting.

Twins Much Admired

Never but once during that wholeafternoon was there a cry, and that,

once was more than pardonable, forsomebody"s mother happend to be be-hind a post where somebody couldn'tsee her, and who wouldn't cry? Whenmother appeared again, unmolested,the sunshiny smile got the better ofthe tears and It was all over.

The social hall of the church hudteen fitted up with everything to de-light the baby heart and there weretables laden with dainties just madefor small folks.

At a table presided over by Mrs.Anden Wheeler there were doll clothescut in the very latest fashion andmade of fabrics such as dame fashionhas seldom bequeathed to dolls. Ata table where Mrs. C. J. Jennison wasestablished there was home-madecandy warranted, not to bring on any

o£ the".! ills ;of childhood and lat two

other- tables -in charge of 'Mrs. JackMonahan and Mrs. George C. Robin-son were bigbowls of bright red straw-

berries and freezers of ice cream which

were, as one small lad expressed It,

"good enough to eat." And eat they

did, as only healthy, hearty childrencan. \u25a0»

Bablen, hundreds of them of all agea,

temperaments, yes and even colors,

known to the happy land of babyhood,

fwere on exhibition yesterday at thebaby show given by the women of the

First Congregational church.

In age they ranged from the littlehelpless mite of one month, who sleptpeacefully through the afternoon, oh-

, llvlous to the galty around him, tothe tot of six who flitted about from

» one side of the room to another enger

£tolet nothing pass unnoticed. In teni-

jperament there was Rn equal variation,

'/and when Isay there were all colors,

Ithe truth has not been stretched onelota, for side by side with a light-

haired fairy of two years was one ofthe darkest of dark pickaninnies, andover in a corner, the center of a com-pany of admiring eyes, were halt adozen little Chinese babies.It was a baby show without any

doubt and Ifyou were not a baby or amother you were decidedly a nonenlty.Ireally believe those babies knew they

had been brought there to be admiredand petted and generally bowed down

to for each one was on his or hervery best behavior.

Only One Cry

Grace Grundy

The principal opposition seemed to beagainst Director BonHlio, who was saidby his opponents to have antagonizeda large number of the membership.Other objections were raised againstcertain of the directors, who had beencharged with unnecessary extravaganceIn furnishing the new quarters.

Owing to the factional contest thathas been waging among the membersof the organization for some time past,a heavy vote was polled at yesterday's

election. The regulars were marshaledby Ferd K. Rule, while the Independ-ents were led by K. W. Burnham.

Voting began at noon yesterday andcontinued until 8 o'clock in the even-ing. After the result of the election

had been announced the victors and thevanquished sat down to a banquet,which lasted several hours.

The list of newly elected directorsof the Jonathan club is as follows:Henry K.Huntlngton, F. B. Sllverwood,Gen. Robert Wankowskl, L. J. C.

Spruance, W. J. Doyle, Ferd K. Ruleand C. H. White.

After one of the liveliest elections Inthe history of the Jonathan club whatwas known as the regular or Ruleticket went through like a whirlwindyesterday with the exception of onecandidate, N. Bonfilio, who was de-feated by a close margin.

Two of the limited trains arrived inLos Angeles yesterday, and suppliedthe officials with sufficient equipmentat this point to resume the dispatching

of the overland, which has been an-nulled for the past two days because ofa lack of cars.

to the effect that seventeen passengertrains, which have been stalled east of

Trinidad have crossed the two miles

of track hitherto impasnable, so thatWednesday morning those destined forLos Angeles will commence to arrive.

SANTA FE ROAD AGAIN\u25a0 OPEN FOR TRAFFIC

Herbert Brooks in his trunk and cardact, th« society belles, the Columbians,

Wlnona Shannon and the Busrh Devere

trio In a picture and music act of ex-ceptional strength with the motionpictures, complete the bill.

The Louis A. Simon, Grace Gardnerand company with a farce, "The NewCoachman," Is the other act that callsfor special attention.

Paul Conchas, the famous foreign

heavy weight balancer, appeared forthe first time last night. Instead of

the usual heavy weight with whomthe public generally is burdened thereappeared a handsome, well formedyoung man, who balanced a cannon onhis mouth, caught 100-pound cannonballs on the back of his neck andplayed ping pong with 187-pound Kruppshells while the women In, the audiencescreamed and tried to faint. Conchaswas unable to perform his full act be-cause of recent Illness, but when it istaken into consideration that a mancan catch cannon balls on his head andthat when one of the balls missed itcrashed through the stage floor, a partof the act is sufficient.

There are some few acts at presenton the vaudeville stage that are worthseveral times the price of admission tosee and which reach Los Angeles atvery rare stages. As a particular treatto the public the management of theOrpheum has provided two such actsin the billfor this week.

Paul Conchas Gives a MarvelousExhibition

Assistant Freight Traffic Manager

Kdwnrd Chambers of the Santa Feroad, formerly of Los Angeles, but nowof San Francisco, returned to his homeyesterday after a week's stay here onbusiness.

John R. Hitchcock, division super-

intendent of the Lob Angeles divisionof the Santa Fe, with headquarters at

San Bernardino, spent yesterday InLos Angeles on business.

F. A. Clark, United States customsinspector at San Francisco, with Mrs.Clark, arrived in Los Angeles yester-day for a visit with friends.

E. B. Gage, largely Interested inAri-zona mining enterprises, arrived In LosAngeles yesterday from Tombstone and

is staying at the Van Nuys.

W. CJ. Potts, proprietor of the HotelDiller at Seattle, Is registered at theBroadway Van Nuys.

Edward Mitchell, a capitalist of Chi-cago, with a party of friends, who havebeen in Southern California for the pastweek, left last night for San Franciscoand Portland before returning to theeast.

M.Gtlleas, vice president of the Yazoo

& Mississippi Valley railroad, arrivedinLos Angeles yesterday from his homein Memphis.

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Murray andEminett Y.Murray of 1027 West Ingra-

ham street leave on Wednesday for athree months' trip to New York andBoston.

John Floyd and family-of Moberly,

Mo., arrived in the city yesterday. Mr.

Floyd was with the Wabash railroadthere for many years In the machinery

department. .Later he was city clerkfor a number of years. He has comehere to locate and make Los Angeleshis home. He says many others willfollow.

PERSONAL

The past month has been one of lowdeath rate. The decrease Is noted al-most entirely abong preventable dis-eases, largely In tuberculosis and lung

diseases. The cause for the decrease in

these diseases Is not hard to find. Thewarm, balmy air, fullof the fragranceof fruit and wild flowers, tempts thninvalid from the' home and perforce hebreathes this pure air and prolongshis life. If people subject to "colds"

would stop cimllniiiK themeelveß to

overheated and poorly ventilatedrooms and spend as much of their timeus possible in the open air they wouldsoon materially lessen their liabilitytocolds and Increase their physicalstrength. Where it is impossible tospend much of the time out of doorsit is at least generally possible to havea supply of fresh air. This Is onething that must be had for good healthand the one thing that cannot be "cor-nered." No room should be occupied

Among the causes of deaths were:Tuberculosis,' 222; heart disease, 178;pneumonia, 108; cancer, 66; stomach.64; alcoholism, 14; typhoid fever, 15 j

diarrhoea and dysentery, 14; bronchitis,18; diphtheria, 11; cerebro-splnal fever,14; measles, 5; whooping cough, 4;

cholera Infantum, 4; erysipelas, 2; In-fluenza, 13; typho-malarlal fevers, 1;congestion of the lungs, 0.

Twenty-eight reports, representing apopulation of 1,188,750, shows a mortal-ity of 1347, or a death rate of 1.133per thousand. In the public Institu-tions, with a population of BSII, therewere 55 deaths, a rate of 6.24 per thou-sand.

According to the report of the stateboard of health for March, which hasjust been Issued, the death rate forthe month was unusualTy low, the de-

crease being confined almost entirely

to preventable diseases. Following is

the report in detail:

Mrs. P. Murray reportu having lostone gold ring, 'v gold stickpin and anassortment of jewelry. She stated tothe police that she kept her valuablesin a trunk in her room on Itlo streetbetween Fifth and. Sixth streets andthat Jurlng her absence last Suturdayafternoon her trunk was ransackedand the jewelry stolen. "fflLJB[

J. K. Herbold, a dealer in trunks at654 South Spring street, reported tothe police last night that his Btore hadbeen entered by burglars Sunday night

and four suit cases and nlno or ten

ladies' iHicki'thiioks Btolen. Herboldthat the thieves hud gained entrance

to his place by the rear door, whichthey smashed In.

TRUNK STORE LOOTED; .MERCHANDISE STOLEN

Owing to Rabbi Solomon's inabilityto secure Masonic hall at) expected hislectures which were to have been given

tonight and May 9 have been poat-poned to as early dutes as will be pos-

sible under the circumstances. Thedates for these^ lectures will be an-nounced as soon as a suitable hall canbe secured.

Dr. Solomon's Lecture Postponed

The delayß caused by washouts havejextended over a week, during which,time trains have been run from botheastern and western terminals as long

as the equipment lasted. IAt Ueneral Manager Wells' office yes- 1

terday morning a notice was received;

Sitiitu Fe oflldals unnounced yester-day thut'the line la once more open fortramc. They do not expect uny moreInterruptions of service.

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£" JOSEPH AND CHARLOTTE ANKEN, TWINS, AGED TEN WEEKS Ij

GROUP OP BABIES, IN WHICHBEVERAL NATIONALITIESARE REPRESENTED

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BABIES OF ALL AGES AND COLORS ON EXHIBITION AT FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

The Great English Specialists

ElODays More Free Treatment

Their Inhalation Treatment for Con-sumption, Catarrh and Bronchitis

Has Puzzled the World

The British Doctors Arc Givinjj3oDays' Treatment toAllNew PatientsThat Call Upon Them at Their Offices Up to. May 10th—Wonderful Results

OFFICES CROWDED DAILY

Don't Wait Until the Last DayThese eminent gentlemen have decided to ffive their services free for threemonths (medicines exepted) to all Invalids who call upon them for treatmentby May 10. These services conslßt not only of consulatlon, examination andadvice but also of all minor surgical operations.

The object in pursuing this course Is to become rapidly and personallyacquainted with the sick and afflicted, and under no conditions will anycharge whatever be made for any services rendered for three months, to all!who will call by Jliiy10th.

The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformity and guarantes acure In every case they undertake. At the first interview a thorough ex-amination Is made, and, if incurable, you are frankly and kindly told so; .also advised against spending your money for useless treatment.

Male and female weakness, catarrh and catarrhal deafness, also rup-ture, goitre, cancer, all skin diseases and all diseases of the rectum, andconsumption are positively cured by their treatment.

A POSITIVR CURB FOR CONSUMPTION, ALSO CATARRH, ASTHMAAND BRONCHITIS.

Address of patients cured can be had by calling at their offices.The chief associate surgeon of the Institute is inpersonal charge.Kvery young, old or middle-aged man who has been guilty of violating

nature's laws, men with venereal blood poison, lost vitality, feeble thought,,falling memory, stricture, varicocele, rupture, piles, weak back, can consultus free. Ifout of the city, write them. COME EARLY.

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"I used It for catarrh and as a "I took your treatment ar.4 mytonic before and after my children appetite returned speedily,were born, and Ifound that It was . , _ .all that Icould wish for in quickly "/.gained strength and fleshreßtorlng the strength. and am Inperfect health.""Ihave given It to my children

when they caught a cold, or had any These are only two out of & largeof the little ailments that children are multUude of women who regardsubject to, and Itvhelped them splen- _, . . .. \u0084 . °. ._dldly.

> v 1 v Peruna as a constant shield to.their"Whenever we take a cold, a dose health.

or two of Peruna taken In time will _ \u25a0 ,„soon rid us of the trouble." J* Message to Women

Peruna, a Prompt Restorative They take this meana of sending;To those people who have been suf- greetings to all of their sisters who

fcring from any ncute ailment, to hfve /ou"d Peruna of Kjeat value. a.ndmothers after childbirth, or to those aI?° to a word of tdv!£c t0 allwho have had painful accidents which otner suffering women who have not

confine them to bed for several weeks, yet trled Peruna-

Peruna brings strength and health. if you are In doubt as to the exactCntnrrh nftha ttr,tr,n^h fn..^i/,, nature of your aliment, write to Dr.Catarrh of the Stomach Speedily g B Hartman# Pres ident of The

Cured Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,

Miss Julia Butler, Rural Koute 4, Ohlo> and he wlll De Pleased to giveAppleton, Wls., writes: you the benefit of his valuable advice

"For the past sixyearsIsuffered gratis.

with catarrh of the stomach, AH correspondence held, strictlycausing loss ofsleep and appetite, confidential.