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but, sir, if should ever get to such a low
down pitch as to have to write to such a
damned, little snipe as you, I'd use All i,
sir, that would fill two sheets of foolscap so
help me God.
Old Actors lingering on the Stage.
New York Letter
judge we have begun boom in theatri
cal matters. The only fizzles thus far were
summer snaps. Maggie Mitchell slipped up
badly in the Park Theatre, and as she is rich
and well-fixed generally I am rather glad Of
it. She is too old an actress to be pardone ed
for the gaucheries she INDUCED in and the
absurdities she permitted in her new play.
Her Jane Eyre is nothing but a cross Fan
chon, and that won't do. Miss Mitchell
may as we'll settle down to her one part and
stick to it. She can do nothing else, and the
public arc content with that. don't quite
understand the facinatiOn of the foOtlights
Here, a woman long past middle age; rich,
with clever fellow fora husband, delight
full home and every reason for desiring a
future Of ease and comfort! What does she
do? Work! Where? On the cramped stage OF
the INTERIOR breathing dust, stared out OF
countenance by cleaning lights succeeding
here, failing Therefor what? More money:
l think not. She may want more money,
but the inside reason is a liking for the fuss
and feathers the glare and glitter. It's the
grades hang about their di1gy offices long
after work is ended. Why? Give it up.
only know the fact. Actors go to theatres
every night when not playing. What for:
Certainly not to learn anything an! don't
notice that they improve by the seeing
They go. They are unhappy ii they cant
70. There's something about that back
door which shuts the world out that is mys
terious in its facination. Once there the dis.
ciplc never can be torn away. "Once &
Mason always a Mason" Once an actor
distinctly class by themselves. Nowadays
there is a little better state of things, but OF
necessity they are still a separate class. |
don't know why. l see the fact. Publicity
has something to do with it, l dare say
They are allowed very little privacy. Very
few care Tor it, but the few can't get it. Tha
necessarily has it's effect. And Miss Mitchc!
Aho has played since we We're children, has
the feeling as strong as any. There she IS
pulling away in her harness just as she die
thirty years and more ago, when she renll,
had to work for her bread and butter.
EoNAa1 III
The second annual meeting of the State
Woman's Suffrage association was held last
Friday at the Friends meeting house in
Minneapolis In the absence of the presi
dent, Mrs Stearns, Mrs. Julia Nelson occs.
pied the chair and read the annual address
Several addresses were made and the follow
ing officers elected for the ensuing year:
Presdent-Mrs O. B. Stearns of Duluth
I'll: II -
Wing.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. l.. A. Car
penter, Minneapolis.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Edward Saw.
yer, St. Paul.
Treasurer-M. P. Wheeler of Kasson.
The following resolutions were adopted.
Resolved, That the ballot is as much The
! inherent right of women as of men.
Resolved, That it is our dnty as members
| of this association to press on the attention
| of the women Of our state, in hesmall towns
villages and townships, as well as in the
larger cities, the Importance Of using the
power we have already granted us to vote
for. school officers, aside from the interest We
take in the education of our children. We
consider this an entering wedge that We
must use in the accomplishment of our plll-
pose.
Resolved, That we approve the plan ol
petitioning the state legislature as a means
OF influencing the national government,
rather than the submission of the question
to the votes of the people.
Congressman Nominated.
w. R. Steele, dem, Dakota.
]. S. Rowell, rep, Second Wisconsin dis
Cs. Lilley, dem, Eighth Massachusetts.
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William ". Phelps, rep, Fifth New
Jersey.
Hiram c. Hodges, dem, and gbk., Third
Michigan.
James l.. Laird, rep, Second Nebraska
w. H. Munger, dem, Third Nebraska
w. L. Utley, gbk., First Wisconsin.
Albert G. Janin, rep, First New York.
Henry Manistree, rep, Tenth Missouri.
Thomas w. Hynes, pro, Eighteenth Illinois.
Perished in a Dakota Priarie Fire.
Redfeld, Dak., Special: a disastrous fire
swept over this portion Of Dakota last
Tuesday. There was high wind blowing
from the south. Considerable da mage has
been done to settlers in loss of hay, grain
and claim shanties Citizens turned out Ell
masse and the aid Of the railroad track
saved the town. DR.. II. NJ. Towne, former
ly of Chicago, and young man named
Zacharia Jahn of Rock Island county, ILL.,,
were building house on the farm of the
former. They saw the fire coming and un-
dertook to escape by team, but the horses
turned around, throwing them to the ground
and breaking the doctors leg Jahn ran in-
to town. He was terribly burned about the
neck, face and hands, but it is thought he
will recover. The remains Of DR.. Townc,
were subsequently found. Every particle
Of clothing was off and his b ;dy burned to
crisp. The remains have been properly
cared for.
More Elevator Charges.
The following circular will be of great in
terest to the grain shippers.