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- ^ / » y.-' ‘C^Sfeg '. ‘ ,f' <- : ,' v #:% -. :*r . * ' • ■• _ - •rvx'v: - ■*•• cv *•''• ' .^; : ''' ^4'V •• • .r ..Li WF'^i *- • ' ^ -. ' ■ ''. • - ■' y >\y^- - ••: ••• ;• * ' •• ' ■■■' ■■% ■ : - ' ■ ' : ' ■ ' ■ and I'vo decided to give him credit for it. Henceforth, I shall be known as Irving Cohan Brooks.” ”1 buy,” I said Sykes, and he did. This may be a true story, but where did he find the place in Green- i ville. “A Daughter of America” which Countess Olga Von Hatzfeldt will ap pear in at The Star Theatre for one night only, is practically a comic opera musically with an intensely In teresting dramatic plot interspersed with no end of comedy scenes and situations. The book is by John Saunders and the music by N. Har ris Ware, in the cast will be found such well known lyric artists as Countess Olga von Hatzfeldt, Laura Milard, Sadie Connelly, Nina Sea mans, Carroll Bartlett, Irving Brooks, John Saunders Albert Sykes, J. H. Schilling and a carefully selected chorus of 30 singers. The story of “A Daughter of Amer ica” is briefly as follows: Rita, a young employee in the family of Mr. Schmidt, has aspirations for the stage and never loses an opportunity to display her histrionic powers. Her fiancee, Mr. Grip, also a servant in the same house is greatly* opposed to a stage career for his future wife and constantly argues against it. Fred Durant, an itinerant actor, is running away from the local sheriff, Sam Shade, by name, who imagines himself a great detective. Shade has a warant for the arest of the strand ed actor who has l en guilty of skip ping his board bill. Durant arrives at the country home of the Schmidts disguised as a French nobleman, meets Rita who recognizes him, she having been maid to the leading lady of his company the previous year. Durant begs Rita not to expose him, tells her his troubles and she agrees to keep his secret provided he will engage her as soubrette for his new dlan, with Countess Olga von Hatz feldt in the forthcoming production of “A Daughter of America” received his early theatrical experience in the dramatic in support of such stars as Madame Modjeska, Henrietta Gros man and Cecilia Loftus. Given a thorough stock experience also it is small wonder with his dialect and funny mannerisms that he is today known as one of the best exponents of German comedy on the American stage. His methods are quiet but penetrating, he never resorts to slap sticks or stage falls and is always a dominant figure in any production where clean cut and legitimate comedy are supposed to be a factor. He has followed Louis Mann. Sam Bernard and Lew Fields in many pro ductions, also orginated the German in the “Little Duchess” and his pres ent part of Otto Schmidt in “A Daughter of America.” ther that Mr. 8. A. Schloas, the owner of the Star Theatre here, la alao the owner of “A Daughter of America” and that Mr. Schloss was anxious to have the theatre-goers of Gaffney see a real good show and for that reason alone he sent the show down here, or they certainly would have pa«ed us by. Their company is an expen sive one and they are only playing a few towns around here before they go to the coast, playing all week stands. Countess Olga von Hatzfeldt is coming in her new musical comedy, “A Daughter of America,” and with her that inimitable German comedian, Irving Brooks, who was her comedian for two years in “The Little Duch ess.” When the Countess heard her new play read and discovered that it had a German, comedy role she imme diately exclaimed: “There's but one man for that part and that's Irving Brooks.” Mr. Brooks was located by Mr. Saunders, the author of the play, and after reading the part, accepted tne engagement much to the joy of all concerned. Mr. Brooks has a way all his own and is known as a sure laugh producer. He is a composite of Sam Bernard, Weber & Fields and Louis Mann, and still an imitator of none. Countess Olga Von Hatzfeldt, when she selected John Saunders and N. Harris Ware’s musical creat- : Striking Facts About Good Roads. (Saturday Evening Post.) i The average cost of carrying a ton of goods a mile by lake is eight-tenths of a mill, and by rail seven and six tenths mills. The average cost of | carrying a ton of goods a mile on tirst-class roads is said to be seven cents, and on common country roads twenty-five cents. The latest, report (made by the De partment. of Agriculture for 1904) shows 2,151,570 miles of public roads in the United States, of which 7.14 per cent, were improved. In old pop- j ulous and rich States, such as New * York, Pennsylvania, Illinois. Michi gan, improvements were reported on less than ten per cent, of the public roads. Almost every pound of freight or iginating upon or destined to a farm moves over a country road: most of it over a “common” country road, at a cost spme three times as high as ! it would be if the road were not first- | class. Sometimes the goods actually j pay a heavier toll for a few miles’ I carriage between railroad station and farm than on all the remainder of the Journey. The railroads themselves ataad millions to clip off one or two per cent, from operating express, here and there; and, if farmers were pre* sented with a feasible scheme for reducing their railroad freights evea one-quarter, they would feel that, la- deed, there was a burning Issue. Road improvement receives much more attention than formerly, but much less than it deserves. A FORTUNE AWAITS HER. sW / Countess Olga Von Hatzfeldt Wants to Find Her Cousin. Countess Olga von Hatzfeldt wants to find her cousin and wants to find her badly. Why? Ah! thereby hangs a tale—a tale that reads like fiction in this age of modernism. The count ess and her cousin, if found will di vide a family fortune of five million marks or about a million cold Ameri can dollars, a half million dollars go ing to each. Now wouldn’t you go some to find that cousin if you were the Countess? Certainly you would and sc has she—the search has ex tended from coast to coast without success. You say why doesn’t the Countess take her half million, leave the stage and settle down comfort ably in her country home and leave her cousin to her fate? that of bliss ful oblivion, but that’s the story. Around the year 1200, A. D., there lived in Germany a family named Waldenbach, the male members of which were good soldiers—one so much so that the German emperor created him the Count von Hatzfeldt for leading his regiment to victory after the commander had been killed. The name Hatzfeldt means “has the Held.” The Hatzfeldt’s prospered and grew as centuries rolled by. The younger men were usually wild or reckless but as time laid his Iron hand upon their shoulders they would turn to the stern and uncom promising. 'Twas much of this situat ion that confronted the Countess’ grandfather. ’Twas less than twenty years ago upon his death bed that he reversed an edict made by himself disinheriting two children of his, a son and daughter and their heirs. He himself had been honored and feted as the German Ambassador to the Count of St. James and when his son, Count Edmund, killed his an tagonist in a duel and was forced to flee the country, his name was never again mentioned within the historic walls of the von Hatzfeldt castle. Then came a second blow, his beautiful daughter, while upon a visit to America, met, loved and wed- dad an untitled American citizen—his anger knew no bounds and he cast her out of his parental heart and will. Though he was somewhat mollified about this time upon learning of bis other son’s marriage to Collis P. Huntington’s daughter and her $20,- 000,000, the old Count peacefully pass ed away about a year ago after set ting this amendment to the ciiuse disinheriting his son and daughter: “Half of all my earthly possessions, estates and monies shall be equally divided between my son Edmond’s daughter and the daughter of my daughter, Greta; provided they are both found and brought together within a period of five years from the date of my death and if not found that portion of the fortune awaiting them shall revert to my son Paul, his heirs and assigns forever.” Now don’t you think that a fine ex ample of a stern old grandparent? The Countess was born in Cincinnati in the “eighties” and about that time the birth of her cousin toow place at sea but as to whether she is still living either abroad or in this coun try there is no definite knowledge. That the Countess Greta married a Southerner of good family is certain, but no record of the marriage nor his name has been obtainable—and there has been diligent search. However, tnere is one rift in the clouds and through this may come the much sought for knowledge, there is a strong family resemblance amongst the Von Hatzfeldt’s the same as amongst the Hapsburgs. Who has not heard of the Hapsburg lip of Spain’s young King? Amongst the ladies of the Von Hatzfeldt’s nature has been unerring in her likeness of gifts, notably; the high intellectual forehead, crowned with hair, ranging from light blonde to a chestnut brown—large, expressive grey eyes, a partician mouth, a slightly retrous se nose, determined chin and the never failing dimples. It is through this omnipresent resemblance that the Countess hopes to find her cousin —the above is a very good likeness of Countess Olga—she is five feet, two Inches in heighth and weighs about 115 pounds. Do you look any- tblnk like her? Do you know your family history? Here’s a chance to gain a cousin and a fortune. The management of Countess von Hatzfeldt wish to help her in her .... * : ■ ' x . :V ' . . - :: ■ . . V. '-V j ‘ Mi „ .mm ! y " - L - /f 4 i > i • M v " * W It Pays To Build Good Bridges. (Fort Mill Times.) That the building of good, substan tial Iron bridges over the streams will prove a money saver to a coun ty was forcibly demonstrated in Fort Mill township during the mnewt freshet. Sugar creek reached a height of something like 18 or SO feet above low water mark, and the new iron Bailes bridge emerged from the flood intact and uninjured. At a point one mile up the creek Barber’s bridge, a wooden affair, was wrecked while Doby’s bridge five miles down-stream, also of wood, was completely destroyed. Had the two last named structures been of iron they too would in all probabili ty have come out of the flood unin jured. It is a fact that the iron bridge comes at a much greater coat than the wooden structure, but that in the long run it will prove the cheaper there is no question. So long as the counties of York and Lancaster continue to build wood bridges over Sugar creek, Just so long may they expect the frequent trouble and expense of repairing and rebuilding the structures, and we would be pleased to see the anthor- ities of the two counties get togeth er and decide to rebuild, at least, Doby’s bridge with something more substantial than wood. Our Nation’s Faith. (Margaret J. Preston.) The following poem is printed at the request of our correspondent, “Ben Hope:’’ O God! beneath whose folded hand So long was hidden away, The secret of the wondrous land We glory in today, We thank Thee that, with faith pro found, Our sires their sails unfurled. And claimed as henceforth hallowed ground % T^his unsuspected world; That here they suffered, toiled and bled For leave to keep Thy laws; That here pure martyr blood was shed For freedom’s holiest cause; That through what Christian mea have done, By stress of conscience driven. No other land beneath the sun Owes half so much to heaven* Now, in the zenith of our fame. The nations come at call, To learn the secret that we claim Must hold the world in thrall. What is it? Not our armounnents On ocean or on shore; Not vaunted- freedom’s proud pre tence; Not gold’s uncounted store. Our faith hath made us what we are; Beneath these skies so broad, From Southern Cross to Northern Star, Our people worship God! —Johnson's Fifith Reader. —Our week-end special. Official Seal Cigars sold regularly at 10c or three for 25c, Saturday, 5c straight quest and in order to do so have evolved the rather novel idea of giv ing a box at a performance of “A Daughter of America” to the young lady most closely resembling the Countess if by chance she is not the true long lost cousin and heiress. Countess Von Hatzfeldt in the Culi nary Department. Countess Olga Von Hatzfeldt does not conflne her talents to one line. Besides being ‘the bright and partic ular” in “A Daughter of America,” she dabbles in the cooking art. In her own home, she is often found in her kitchen, superintending the mak ing of a sauce or gravy, to say noth ing of a joint or fowl. While en route the little Countess is never without her chafing dish. After some persuasion, she disclosed the following recipe; which has touch ed the jaded palates of many of her friends: Egg Olga. Melt one tablespoon of butter in your chafing dish, add half cup of milk and cream mixed. Dash of Wor cester sauce. When hot, stir in one cup of grated cheese. Stir until smooth. Add four or five beaten eggs. Stir until eggs set. Serve on toast. Garnish with parsley or water cress. This makes a fine breakfast dish or midnight lunc<i. Irving Brooks, the well known Ger man comedian with Countess Olga von Hatzfeldt in “A Daughter of America,” walked up to the register in the Mansion House upon his ar rival in Greenville last week, and with a characteristic flourish, signed himself Irving C. Brooks. A1 Sykes, looKing over his shoulders, said: ‘Hello; What’s this? I’ve known you many “moons,” but this is the first time I ever knew you had a mid dle name. What’s the C. for?” “Oh, that?’* answered Brooks, “Well, you see. Geo. Cohan practically put me into musical comedy some years ago. company, which he hopes to organize soon. Durant, of course, gladly con sents to this arangement. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt are very desirous of their daughter Evelina marrying a titled foreigner. Evelina, however, has different ideas and is secretly en gaged to a young West Point cadet named Tom Lovejoy. Mrs. Schmidt, who, by the way, has her husband thoroughly subdued, refuses her con sent to Evelina’s union with Lovejoy —orders the young man about his business. Lovejoy meets Durant, the actor, and shrewdly suspecting that he is a fake Count makes him a pro position to present himself to Mrs. Schmidt as a suitor for Evelina’s hand in marriage, knowing that she will accept him at once. Durant is then to gradually act in a manner that will eventually thoroughly dis gust the entire family with foreign noblemen in general and himself in particular. He consents gladly as Lovejoy is to pay. him handsomely and it will enable him to keep up his disguise without fear of detection, Shade, the Rube detective, meanwhile tracks Durant to the Schmidt home | wnere he loses all trace of his man. Numerous exceedingly funny compli cations arise. Shade shadows the house and all its occupants, finally he finds a bundle of old clothes which Durant has thrown away and recog nizing them as having belonged to the actor Immediately arrests the en tire family for murder. Mr. Schmidt, who is a most peaceful German, re sents the indignity, but Shade is ob durate and is about to take every one ot prison when Rita gives the fake Count away and the detective secures his man. I,ovejoy promptly pays the delinquent board bill. Du-, rant is released, Rita is disgusted j with actors and marries Grip. Mr. i Schmit gives her consent to the; union of her daughter and lovejoy and everything ends happily lor all j concerned. Irving Brooks, the German come- ion “A Daughter of America” as a vehicle in which to exploit her va rious talents on her starring tour this season, did so for two very decided and specific reasons. First on ac count of Its most excellent dramatic and lyric construction and secondly because it so aptly fitted her own birtn and life in its story. The Count and Countess Von Hatz feldt, Olga’s father and mother, came to America before they had ever met. The Count saw and fell in love with his future Countess at Milwaukee, j Wis., proposed and was accepted, the j marriage taking place in that city. Both the Count and Countess fully expected to return to Germany as soon as a political matter could be adjusted which had driven the Count from home. Time passed and in the | course of events a daughter was born which the Countess called their Daughter of America, and to this day she calls Olga by that euphoneous cognomen. “The Daughter of America” will be presented at the Star Theatre on Monday night, October 19th. Local Manager DeCamp begs to add to the foregoing remarks that “A Daughter of America” is the lag- est and best show he has ever had in his theatre and will remain so for some time to come. The company arrives here Sunday morning at 10:30 from Greenville and come in two special cars, one of them i containing forty people and the other ■ containing trunks and scenery enough to equip a half dozen other shows. Besides the Countess and Irving Brooks, whom we have made men tion of earlier in these columns, there is Al. Sykes, who starred through here last season, placing the part of the Sulton in the “Sulton of Sulu.” Mr. Sykes, by the way, is a brother of the late Jerome Sykes, who died two seasons ago in Chicago while starring in the “Billionaire.” Local Manager DeOamp says fur- i /> ilfiP v~> <; mm - mM£m . //A. w wmmnm. }.-y- pllipi - X m : wMvm -y