The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-20
GOSSIP FROM NEW YORK.
Edwin Booth to Retire From the
Footboards and Write
. Tragedy.
Tho Old Bowery Theater to Give
Way to Railway
Station.
Edmunds ON the Republicans Who
"Flunked" ON the Tariff Bill
Rogers and His Collar.

Especial Correspondence of TIE INDEPENDENTLY
New York, Oct. 15.-It is announced, and
on very good authority. too, that after the
present season Edwin Booth will retire
from active work on the stage and finish q
play on which he has worked at odd times
for tho past Eve years. Mr.. Booths friends
say that his retirement is not caused by any
physical weakness but simply because he
desires to end his days in quiet and peace
full study. His one great desire is to write
tragedy, and his only model needless to
say, 10 Shakespeare.
The old Bowery theatre which has stood
for over half century a monument to
the memories Of Keene, Forrest, Mac
Cready, the elder Booth and and{a score of
other actors, is shortly to be torn down and
on its site 10 to be erected the lower termi-
nus Of the Third avenue cable road.
1t is said that the railroad COM
pany paid 100000 for the property
which was owned by George Cramer, the
proprietor Of the Atlantic Garden" which
adioins the theatsr. For the past three
years the place has been the home of Ger
man drama, but since Amberg put up his
new theater opposite the Academy Of Music
- eAsAS ~SoAA
well-known statesman whom met at
the Fifth Avenue hotel recently told the
following story:
"a few days before the adjournment of
congress, Senators Plumb, Ingalls,. Wilson
of Iowa, Pierce, Casey, Moody, Pettigrew,
Paddock and Davis and Mr.. I. G.
Power, ten in all, met in caucus
and solemnly resolved that they would
never. never, never vote for the tariff
bill 10 long as it imposed any duty on bind
ing Irvine. When the bill came up for pas
sage little later only one of the ten voted
against it, and when the final action (the
adoption of the conference report) was
bill, though it did not put binding Irvine on
tho free list.
After the close of the session Senator Ed
munds in leaving the chamber, fell in with
two Of the senators who had just 'funked'
and taking each by lapel of his coat, told
them the following story:
Years ago used to do my own market
ing, and traded with very independent
sort of German butcher. One morning
asked him why he always charged me
eighteen cents for certain kind of meat
when the butcher down the street a little
way charged only fifteen CENTS
"'Vell,' said he, "if he will sell it to you
fur fufteen cent Wy You don'd buy il of
him, eh?'
Il explained that I had intended to buy
IL OF nun tnat morning, but ne didn't hap
pen to have any on hand just then.
'Oh, hop said my butcher. Veil, you
come aroundt here sometime ven I don'd
got any. und will sell him to you for fuf-
teen CENTS too.'"
The listening senators laughed rather
heartily at the story. Then after a moment
Of silence Senator Edmunds added:
You two gentlemen remind me Of that
..How sop they asked.
why, when there is no voting to do you |
vote against the bill"
The two senators laughed again, but not I
quite 90 heartily.
It ID related Of John Rogers, the Arkansas
congressman, that he recently sat down in 1
q barber's chair in this city, when the bar /
ber asked il he would not take off his collar. |
"Certainly," said Rogers, pleasantly.
anything to accommodate" and cettinn
out of the chair removed his coat and vest.
lot down his suspenders and began unbut-
toning his shirt.
'Jes' 70 collah, sah," said the astonished
barber; lies de collah; dat'll be enough"
Il understand" said Rogers; ''I'm going |
to take 1t Oh: and he peeled his shirt of I
over his head.
"YoI see, have my collars made on my
Shirts" he calmly said, az he sat in HE
undershirt and enjoyed himself.
DAVID WEoHsLER.