The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-02
FANNY AS A WRESTLER.
Or the Great Catch.as-Catch-Can Encounter
to Be Seen Nightly in the Play OF
Fedora.

TO Be Seen Nightly in the Play OF
Fedora.
The Witch OF Wall. Street. Subsidies into a
BoWery Fortune Teller at Fifty
Cents a Head
NEv YORK, Special Correspondence, Oct IL.
-Mantell is = six-foot man, rather slim,
but very supple and active, and weighs about
175 pounds. He is twenty-seven years old
and in excellent physical condition. Fanny
Davenport is Two feet ten, of q powerful aud
shapely build, weighs q l6O pounds, and her
age is-not a point worth deciding i'll 30 beauti-
full a woman. She has ridded herself of go
much fat that she, too, may be put down as in
frstrate physical order. You have no doubt
seen this actress for yourself, and l describe
her appearance thus particularly, only because
l wish 10 show her as she is just now. Physique
tells ina wrestling match, such as that which l
witnessed between Miss Davenport and Manlell.
1t was q catch-as-cateh-cau encounter, in the
presence of d thousand spectators. They first
grabbed each other round the shoulders, and
Rugged for a few seconds like bears. Then,
they ed across the stage, bending and
writing with all their might, as though EACH
was trying to bend the other to the floor. The
next phase OF the contesI was an effort on the
part OF Mantsll to break a"ay, but he did not
free himself from the enyeloping arms Obey
were taperingly covered with Suede gloves
reaching 10 the shousder) without q persis ont
use of all his strength. And his freedom was,
brief Miss Davenport caught HIM, from
behind, lifted MIN nearly off his ieet, anu
threw him down. First fall for the aclress
30 h were u good deal winded by the work I;
but there was half an hour of rest before the
next round, and they came up smiling. This
bout was brief. and scarcely la,r, for The man
USED some violent language that took the pluck
out OF the woman. After five minutes of pull
ing aud hauling over sofas aud chairs, sue
went suddenly INTO a heap at his feet, clinging
wildly to his legs. Gao AL for Mantell. The
wrestiers were short of breath on facing each
other Tor the third and final round. They
ciasped round necks and waists with manifest
feebleness, aud seemed to mutually lack the
strength necessary for q decisive effort: hut
at length the man slowed q wonderful access
OF viGor. He seized the woman by the throa,,
wrenched and hung her head this way aud
that, bent her form backward until it
looked like a contortioaist in a diff
ticult feat, and then, quickly pulling her
forward. y ahmed her on tho floor. She lay
there an Instant, as though stunned A WIN
Mug ia | for Mantell. But lis antagonist went
at Inn again, with a fury that was almies and
imp tent; Then catching up q glass, she has
ny drank the contents. 1t was drugged with
q deadly poison. Her hold on Mantell relaxed.
and she tel on . sofa, tumbleu then to the
moor, AMI died But her demise does not pre-
Vent q repetition of the wrestling every even
ing, for the match is incidental 10 the ORA
malc part OF Fedora, which she is now PLAYING.
Of course, there is dialogue between the char
acters personated by her and Mantell, but the
physical portion of their performance has ex-
acIy the aspects of wrestling thatI have de-
scribes. Such an expression of emotion beats
a ! that have ever seen on the stage. If that
athletic sort of love-making should be adopted
IN country villages, the front gates would in
eVitabiy DC torn from their hinges, as though
by cyclones
AETHUR's DOUBLE.
We have a New Yorker who resembles Pres
ldent Arthur 80 closely as to be
mistaken for him. The likeness has existed
for twenty years or more, aud was A subiect of
comment among the acaualn ances Of tue two
men when tnere was less social difference be-
tween them than there is now. Bill Nathaus
was a shoemaker, with q shop of his own near
the Gus ON house, during the years tuat Ar
subordinate positions. They got shaved in
the Same barber shop, go Nathsns tells me. A
change of proprietorship gave the opportunity
for n joke on the new owner. Nathaus went in
TO have his face smoothed, told his name in
order to identify his private cup, aud, as it was
broken, talked about ordering smother. just
outside of the door. he met Ar
thur. They consulted briefly. Ar
and took his place in a char. The barber
looked surprised at the customer who. appar-
emily. was the same man who had a minute be-
fore been under his hands; but nc had no time
to make any common before Arthur said:
I've got a cup h~ere-marked 'Nathaus. Don't
you ~rcmemberf You were speaking to me about a
new one. yesterday" 4..a
Yesterday, sir?" exclaimed the puzzled barber.
"Diau't l shave you right now?"
:! haven't been i'll here since yesterday was the
cool reply.
The barber was not o total aostaiper. and.
had 10 good reason to trust his own mind i'm
plici lN. A barely flushed spree made him
more than usually doubtful of his memory;
but ne was thoroughly alarmed by q mental
condition that seemed to deprive him of the
power to discriminate between two in q MN
ute and a day He shaved Arthur very thought.
fully, and that evening went to a temperance
meeting to sign the pledge. The resemblance
did Nathans no good, though it enabled him to.
and receiving mods and occasional hand-shakes
under false pretenses. This form of amuse-
ment, however, proved ~costlier than 1t might
seem at first thought. It was easy enough to
fool casual acquaintances Of the collector, but
the sport took time that he could not spare
from his small business, and SO sank from em-
ployer to employe. The elevation of Arthur to
the vice presidency entailsd additional respon-
sibility npon his counterpart, who t~hsreupon
undertook 10 Keep up proper shadow of dig
eAs' $3.50 - otA 49, ~ uIob6luS u utdCly ike
Arthur a. the obtainable information on that
subject would permit The expenses Of hls
wardrobe were thus augmented far beyond
what he could afford; hut he kept at it r%esoiute-
y, and showed himself in guises that satisfied
his nntion OF what a vice president Of the
United States ought to be. Then came the
further e1altation of Arthur, aud still Nathaps
manfulIy, proudly bore the burden OF
similitnde. He has informed himself
OF the presidents styles Of dress,
Df all tho RaA1 or fnprin5 o1o ,~a, - 4 ~. :.
meanor N the direction of increased dignity.
aud especially in the alterations Of the cut Of
his beard. Arthur's rather long side-whiskers
had not been trimmed closely many days be-
fore Nathans learned OF, it, and had his own
shortened in ny nearly the same, way as could
be accomplished without actual measurements
He may be seen on afternoons sauiiterins on
Broadway and lounging in places of weighty
mems resort, getting q compensation for hi.
bankruptcy in the stares which his likeness
causes. He misses the mistaken greetings
that he used to receive, for the improbabil,ty
of the president going about in the city so un-
tremendously prevents anybody from going
further in their attentions than to remark the
great Resemblance; but on the other nand,
there IS more glory in merely looking like q
president than i'll being taken for 8 collector.
But there is a dread in his breast He thinks
t!lat Arthur may let his whiekers grow without
his finding it out in time % do likewise until it
is too late to catch up. +,
THE WITCH OF WALL STREET, Il
"Seances by Grace Court and, the Witch Of
Wall Street-Price so Gems That was the
new thing placarded on the front of a Bowery
museum. Knowing that the ros.ate and pic
tured promise OF double-headed babies usually
are no more fully realized thar b. shriycled
objects in alcohol, that the dispo. ing mer-
maids of the painted canvas turn out to be
iointures of stuffed monkey and ilsh skins,
and that Barnnm himself proudly lakes the
title Of prince Of humtugs, / wa. prepared 10
find a clumsy improvisation OF tho noied Wall
street character. Grace Courtland has. figured
among the stock spectators in Der own queer