Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-15

docile husband, and also by the discov-
cry that the vein of iron ore on which
their fortune was built has suddenly
worked out, but has turned up on the
adjoining farm of the despised lover Dave
Hardy, who is therefore millionaire.
This brings matters to a satisfactory
conclusion.
There are number of good situations
in the play, and there is good under
plot of sentimental interest running
between Estabrook, wandering artistic
bohemian, and Nora, the impulsive sis
ter of Jack Desmond.
The fact of the production being for
the benefit of the Ladies' Benevolent
society, will insure a crowd being pres
ent at the box-office next Tuesday morn
ing, when the sale of seats and boxes
will begin.
Madam Helena Modjeska writes the
following to the HERALD:
EDITORS HERALD-Dear Sirs: Being
absent from America, l beg to claim the
kind intermediary of your valuable pa
per in order to protest against the unau-
thorized use of my name. The Pacific
Monthly, of Los Angeles. published in
August of this year. few verses en-
It'll I'd The Song a Shell Sang, with my
signature attached. The publishers
never applied to me for permission, and
learned of the fact only yesterday,
when received a copy from some un-
known hand.
The verses were not written by me.
Several years ago Mr.. Eugene Field, the
known poet-humorist and practical
| joker, published the same poem with
my signature in the Denver Tribune.
did not appreciate the value of the joke
and Immediately disclaimed the author
ship. and protested against this unwar-
ranted use OF my name, both in the Den
yer Tribune and in all the leading pa
pers. What object Mr.. Eugene Field
had in doing so is not my business to
discuss here. 1 have, however, to con-
Tess that did not like this use or mis-
use of my name. Having occasion my
self to publish articles, do not wish to
accept any authorship not belonging to
| me.
l have to add that Mr.. Field apollo
gized afterward for the joke, and that l
consider the matter as settled between
us, but have to protest most seriously
against the use that the Pacific Monthly
has made of my name. Even in the
case of the poem being really written by
AlG, l. uO llOb tllluh budG COululOH llU6ldIN
courtesy would have warranted its pub
lication without previous application.
Trusting that you will kindly take my
interest in hand in this matter, | re-
main, sincerely yours,
HELENA MoDJEsKA. g.
1t is fact not less singular than sig
nifcant that the volume containing
! Victor Hugo's personal "reminiscences OF
men and events should have had more
than twice the sale of any other among
posthumous works. Full of interest, per-
sonal and historical, as is the many-col-
ored record Of Chooses Vues. its crown
ing interest consists in the fact that the
experiences recorded in the book are the
experiences of the greatest writer born
in the nineteenth century; the value OF
his other posthumous works consists in
the fact that, if no other legacy had
been bequeathed by him to time, they
would have sufficed to prove him the
greatest poet of an age which has been
gloritied by the advent of Tennyson,
Browning and Leconte de Lisle.
The account of his excursions among
the Alps at the age of thirty-seven,
which occupies less than quarter of the
volume last issued, might perhaps have
been conjectured, by careful and
thoughtful student of the man and his
work, to belong to the same date as the
second series OF letters flom the Rhine
OF which, as the predatory note informs
us, it is simply the sequel. The descrip-
ton OF Mount Pilatus at the opening OF
this volume would suffice to show that
no such guide book has ever been writ
ten, or ever possibly will be, as Victor
Hugo might have given US if he had
undertaken the task OF anticipating the
labors commissioned by Messrs. Murray
and Baedeker.-[ Algernon Charles Swim
burne in the North American Review.
That the managers of the Dime Mu-
scum mean to make their promise good
as to the rapid appearance OF noveltie;
at their resort, there can be no doubt.
The new features for the coming week
commencing with this afternoons matt
nee, are as follows: The electrophoni
con, the latest European musical limo
walton; Zola, an intrepid aerialist
Prof. Hermann's famous mechanical il
lusion, Aerolitar Mile Address, late O
Address carnival Of novelty, with {
beautiful collection OF performing tropi
cal birds; Bently, clever musical ar
tist who gets music out of all kinds O
possible and impossible musical instru
ments; Prof. Albert, a good ventrilo
quist; the Phantom World or Shadow
graphs; the Egyptian box mystery
Thurma, the Partisan enigma, and {;
female magician, make a bill at onc'
varied and extensive. With such show
J as this, it is no wonder the attendanc,
} is large and appreciative.
Sara Bernhardt has set all Paris Graz,
J by her African complexion, the cosmetic
| for which is a concoction of her own
The compound consists of saffron, wei
kneaded with powdered coffee, com
bined with delicate mixture of musl
and chickory, diluted with rose waite
} until sufficiently liquid to be spread owe
the skin. Instead of making up for TIN
part she brushes up.
1t has been the dream of her life t,
play Cleopatra, and for years she ha
been collecting jewels, girdles, armlets
, bracelets and necklaces Every dres
consists of diaphanous piece OF mate
} rial seven yards long, embellished will
!, metallic or silk embroidery. This Ions
strip of gauze is wound and drapeo
| around her lithesome form and held il
|, place at the hips, belt and shoulder
with magnificent fasteners, brooche
: and girdles, incrusted with stones o
every conceivable shade. Through tn
J garment other jewels, buckles and EN-
broi6oriao mead to ornament apI coour