Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-22

sacrlhclal priest, smotAerlng Desoe-
mona from some high, abstract, trans
occidental, Brahminical motive; how to
squeeze the hot blood out of Cleopatra
and give us the turnip of propriety,
appears to be the engrossing question"
LITTLE MISS Lolita was surely born
under lucky star-it might have been
some time ago, but that makes no diff
ference with luck. The Grand Opera
House at st. Paul was the piece of
property which Miss Lolita came so near
buying few months ago; she came so
near buying it that she forfeited $lo,-
600 option on it. And now comes the
news that the theater has been wholly
destroyed by fire, involving loss OF
500. 900. Herein are verified the words
of the prophet, that saith IAN option IN
somebody else's hand is worth two
opera houses in burning BUSH.
NINE. SELMA Do1ARo. thewell known
opera bouffe actress, died in New York
City from consumption, after three
Years illness She was born in London,
her father being musician in that city.
As child she had splendid voice, and,
as she was extremely beautiful in her
early girhood and developed a liking
for the stage, he decided to give her an
artistic education. At the age of Is
years she entered the Paris Conserva-
toire. and during her studies there was
helped and encouraged by Auber. Be-
fore she was l6 years of age she fell in
love and made an imprudent marriage
which resulted in misery. She first
came to this country in 1879.
MILTON MOBILES tells this of fat
actor. He was exceedingly, almost
painfully, slender in those days. The
leading lady of the company was wo-
man who had passed the period of youth
and was uncomfortably as we'll as I'M
Economically stout His Leaflets had
to play Romeo to her Juliet. Every
time she embraced him he disappeared.
The audience simultaneously roared.
The Juliet's performance was neither
intellectual nor spirituelle, but when
she fell on Romeo in the last act in front
of the Capulet tomb, he realized that
what she lacked in mind she made up in
matter. Romeo had died on the stage
trap in which they had buried Ophelia
the night before, and when the ponder
Gus Juliet struck him he doubled up
with great grunt and went through.
AN inside correspondent of the
New York World makes known his
opinion that while Sara Bernhardt's
present tour is successful Sara herself
will not derive any benefit from it owing
the enormous figure reached by her ex-
pense account. She actually makes her
son an allowance of 81, 200 week, and
has herself debts to the amount OF $780,,
600. Sara and her company always
lodge in the same hotel when she is on
her tour, and she is Monte Cristo-like
hostess when things are going we'll and
she is in a good hunor. She is still
very extravagant, and wastes large
sums in buying trash Of every descrip-
ton, and she carries her purchases
about with her. Her bills at the Aus
trian, Roumanian, and Turkish custom
houses amounted to an aggregate of
S1e, 600.
The theatrical profession will proba-
bly, fight very shy Of an actor named
Running Deer, who was formerly Com
anche Indian. Running Deer is alto
gether to ardently realistic to be Of
much use on the stage. The other
night he attempted to take the scalp OF
Capt. Jack Crawford, the scout, with
whom he was acting at Cincinnati. 1t
was in the play that the two should
fight duel with knives and that the
scout should kill the Indian. The no.
BILE red mans war-lil1e nature rebelled
at the monotony Of being slaughtered
every night and he attempted to vary
the performance. He went for his op
ponent in earnest, and was only induced
to stick to the authors idea when the
scout prodded him few times in the
ribs with his bowie and threatened tx
cut Running Deer's heart out and hane
it up on his nose. But suppose an or
binary peaceable actor had heen play
ing opposite that Indian instead of TIA,
: Indian fighter! There would have beer
an actor less and scalp more in Run
ming Deer's collection.
, GREAT authors usually acquire thei
, reputation from one of many books
! that they write. Mrs. Harriet Stowe