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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
The Duouesne Theater,

GA Fair Rebel, produced at the Du-
quesne last night, is a new military play
written by Harry P. Mawson. 1t is credit
able work; wholesome, bright and fairly
true picture of the sternest realities of war.
1t has not the stirring plot of Gillette's
"Held by the Enemy" nor the dramatic art
of Bronson Howard's Shenandoah, I"
but it is a long way better
than nine-tenths of the Inelodramas
with or without military color-usually put
on with paste brush-and a strong, inter-
esting play almost all through. So good are
the characters, as interesting human beings
that the much advertised episode of the
without materially weakening the play.
Still the author has not erred, from f1nan-
cial standpoint, in appealing to the appetite
for the sensational which so large
part OF +na the public ythia has 1.-The The
Prison; showing the unhappy prisoners
whiting away the heavy hours with cards,
mock trials, songs and what not; the escape
of Colonel Mason in the manner Pittsburg
prisoner in Libby got free, and the little
glinpses of military life, are all carefully
copied, it is plain, from life, and they are
deeply interesting. The military telegraph
play needs a little more originality in the
plot, which has been used time and time
again, till every theater goer almost knows
exactly who will marry whom, who will get
artistically killed, and SO on, before the play
is half through.
The play has the advantage of being
staged superbly. The rural beauty of the
courtyard in Southwestern Virginia where
a large part Of the play takes place is only
equaIled by the country itself. The Libby
Prison scene is also ingenious.
Miss Fanny Gillette, who plays the fair
repel, ctoirctte Monteith tan ugly name, the
first one especially, is a clever young
wotnan, with considerable emotional power.
and Happy, clear vocal expression and a
good face. Edward Z. Mawson has the
necessary fire for the soldier hero.
Han FStztu9h, character very like one in
shenandoah" is made very bright and
fetching by Miss Belle Bucklin, who can
play and sing like a plantation darkey also
Mr. Keefe gave capital rendering of an
army surgeon, and in his makeup resembled
President Harrison wonderfully. Miss Till
SON gave a careful picture of an old maid of
30 years ago, and other small parts were
nicely filled.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
La Belle Helene.

After the audience had settled down, and
the curtain had ascended, showing a cham
ber scene, with q huge floral emblem, most
of it horseshoe of white roses, General
Pearson walked out from the wings, and
briefly, but happily pointed out Pittsburg's
luck in getting such theater, and
congratulated the city and Mr..
Davis upon its completion. Then
Manager Davis in response to General Pear
sons invitation came upon the stage and
thanked the audience in a humorous way,
and announce his intention to give Pitts
burg first class theater in every respect, in
the hope that If all went well he would do
watermelon" as he Dhrased 1t. The audi
ence cheered, the band played, and kept on
playing till $40, when the opera la Belle
Helene'' came to the front. Perhaps the de-
lays and doubts of a first night may
be blamed for a good deal, but ia Belle
Helene" was very ragged and slip-shod when
Offenbach's tuneful opera bouffe has made
good many audiences rejoice since it was
first produced at the Theater Des Varieties
in 1864. The original cast of the opera is one
contained Depuis as Paris, and Guyon
as AcliIle, and the inimitable Mile
Schneider was the Helene. The
music of ia Belle Helene" is
better than the general run of comic opera
scores, and it is a little too heavy in places
for Miss Pauline Hall. Notably the famous
aria in the second act overtaxed her vocal
abilities. Her voice showed to far more ad-
vantage in the interpolated duet, by MI.
Fred j. Eustis, in act II. and in the lighter
work generally. Mr.. Eustis' numbers, by
the way, though hardly Of fOffenbach caliber,
last night Miss Hall, as ever, is
extremely sweet to look upon, and the
Grecian garb became her brunette beauty
well. Enormous bouquets presented to her
over the footlights from time to time showed
that her popularity in this city has not
waned.
If it had not been for the hard work OF
George c. Bomface as CdIchas, the opera
would have been absolutely dismal. He was
genuinely funny, and Miss Rosa Cooke
was humorous on a large scale. The work of
performance lacking in spirit and finish, to
which poor result the slovenly playing of
the orchestra contributed.
The Elks and other friends of Mr.. Davis
in the city presented him with magnificent
floral offerings.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
ONE BETTER. FoR ROBINSON

The esteemed Philadelphia Times, in a
recent interview, takes a vacation from
its regulation employment of attacking
the Republican party in order to declare
itself as an organ of Robinson in the
League contest. As a specimen of the
Robinson propaganda the following asser.
ton is interesting:
Dalzell started out by denouncing mush.
room clubs, but he afterward changed his base
and commenced the organization of those
clubs in the western part Of the State, with
the evident purpose of controlling the con-
vention of clubs by the admission of these
mushroom organizations or in the event of
their rejection to have bolting convention
of clubs, and thus elect himself as President
of a faction.
Of course it is useless to take up space
in disputing the Times assertion. But it
is pertinent to call its attention to the fact
that, even admitting its own assertion, the
record of its favorite candidate throws that
of Dalzell entirely in the shade
Robinson started out by wholesale or
ganiZation of mushroom clubs Then he
conceived the idea of gaining the point by
excluding all clubs organized this year,
without reference to the constitution of
the League or the authority of the conven-
ton. Finally he has reverted to his orig
inal project, and is now rendering the
entrance money for a round lot of 800
clubs, of so rank mushroom growth that
even his supporter, Mayor Stuart, of Phila-
delphia, cannot swallow them for fear of
the suspicion that they are toadstooIs.
Under these circumstances denuncia-
tons of Mr.. Dalzell's course by the Robin
son organs are decidedly OF the pot and
kettle variety
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
NAMES FREQUENTLY IN PRINT.

GEORGE DU MAURIER, the celebrated
caricaturist of Punch, who invented Bun.
thorne, is going to lecture.
CAPTAIN ANDREW HAGGARD, brother
of Rider Haggard, the novelist, is about to
retire from the English army, after Is years
service, with gratuity of $4,000.
THE Czarina has made protege of Mile
Thomasain, pretty Partisan actress. The
fortunate girl has been engaged for the
French Theater in st. Petersburg for Sc, 600
per annuin, for three years, and all her
dresses paid.
THE Princess of Wales birthday, Decem-
Der ], is to be marked by the presentation at
Sandringham of q screen for her Norfolk
home, containing photographs of LOCO nurses
in connection with the National Pension
Fund for Nurses.
THE Queen takes no risk on reckless
travelling. On all the roads which Queen
Victoria favors with her patronage the
schedule time has to be changed in order
that her train may not go beyond the rate of
20 miles an hour.
1t was recently said that Old Mar Lodge,
one of the Duke of Fife's places in Upper
Deeside, is about to be "enlargled and i'm
proved" in order that it may become the
autumn abode of the Prince and Princess of
Wales. There is not the slightest founda-
tion for the statement, which is q simple in
vention.
AN announcement that the Due d'Orleans
had landed at Calais recently caused quite
stir in the Paris press, but the story
was pure fiction, for he has been staying in
Scotland during the last month, and at the
time he was reported to be arriving at Calais
was shooting grouse on the Moor of Moness,
near Aberfeldy.
SOME idea of the Duke of Cleveland's
wealth may be gathered from the fact that
his father, who died in 1862, left estates
which then produced $55O,00O year, as well
as 81 500, 900 in money. The bulk of this for
tune ultimately went to the nobleman who
died the other day, and who was q careful
man and greatly improved his landed prop
erty.
THE collecting hobby of royalty is on the
increase. Prince Regent of Bavaria has a
large collection of beetles. King Oscar Of
Sweden may be mentioned as o collector of
books of poems with autographs of the
writer's The Gar Alexander III has pre-
served and increased his rich collection of
birds eggs and postage stamps begun when
a boy.
GENERAL Won MoLTKE was well-known
lover of flowers. He once landed ON the
frontier of Austria with large bouquet in
his hand, forgetting the precautionary meas
ures taken against phyloxera. The custom
house officers were about to seize the nose
gay, but rather than give up his flowers the
General decided to change his route and re-
turn home by the Valley of the Rhine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
BEST SCHOOLS IN THE STATE.
Allegheny County Beats Philadelphia, Says
Assistant Superintendent Houck.

HARRISBURG, Sept 2l-[SpecidI J-Assistant
Superintendent of Public Instruction Houck
has just returned from a trip through the
western end of the State, and says he was
filed with surprise at the advanced charao-
ter of the schools in Allegheny county. He
reports that they are in every way far in
advance of the schools in Philadelphia. He
is especially enthusiastic regarding the
franklin School in Pittsburg, which he de-
clares is the most complete and magnificent
building of its character he has ever seen.
He also anticipates great things from the In
dustrial school in the Forbes building.
The department has prepared compara-
tive report on the public schools Of Ale
gheny county, as follows: For 1891, number
of districts So, for 1890 81; for 1891, number
of teachers, L704, for 1890, 1,5l5; for 1891,
Schools 1859, for 1890, 1859; for 1891, pupils,
S4,929, for 1890. s2,57l; for 1891, average at
tendance, 81, 500, for 1890 81, ,0el for 1891, aver
age cost per month, 81 "A, for $780, 81 0S: for
1891, average school millage, 4.29, for 1890,
3.91; for 1891 total tax levy, sl.328 s61 81, for
1890, 81, 1850, l6l SO; for 1891, State appropria-
tion, $l76 4S3 o. for 1890 sll5,973 Is; for 1891,
total receipts, g 2e26, 400 S5, for $780, sl,750,-
173 Sc, for 1890, 81, 500, $50 50.
port, says that he has found that the citi-
ested in the welfare and progress of their
schools, and that their school boards are
composed of more than usually able men.
Under the new law for next year tile State
appropriation for Allegheny will reach
nearly q half million dollars.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
THEATERs, OLD AND NEW.
The Alvin Opened-La Belle Helene-A
Fair RebeI-Dear Old Hazel Kirke-A
High Roller-Lots of Light Amuse-
nents at the Other Theaters,


Fair Rebel-Dear Old Hazel Kirke-A
High RoIler-Lots of Light Amuse-
ments at the Other Theaters.
The Alvin Theater, thanks chiefly to
the tireless energy and pluck of Its mana
ger, Charles L. Davis, was ready for the
| public last night promised. great
audience invaded the theater, but so won-
| derfully roomy is il that even with
people standing three and four deep at
the back of the parquet 1t did not
appear crowded. The entrance and lobby
alone were not in presentable shape, but
within the theater the principal parts OF the
decorations and furniture were all in place.
Sonearly finished is the theater now that it
is safe and fair to criticise it. For nearly
everything in it there can be nothing but
praise. The lines of the auditorium are
graceful; the coloring is harmonious, and if
the keynote is somewhat lighter
and gayer than is usually found
tion of cheerfulness. The whole house is
colored in the lightest shades of pink, ivory,
gray, cream and blue. The proscenium
arcn is somewhat squarer than usual. There
are the three tiers of boxes, exceedingly
ornate in the holdings, and draped with
very brisb yellow and dark green curtains.
The balustrades Of the boxes and circles are
upholstered in the shimmering blush green
Ut is nearer a blue than a green perhapsl
plush of which the seats are made, and
TO match which the carpets also have have
Shosen. Inc IRntlnR, however, Is bfle Hlobb
exquisite feature of the house, and much of
it is novel. Around the proscenium arch
the incandescent globes glitter; from the
Hoffman & Bonn, in the Alma Tadema
style, more lights shine, and the ceiling
blazes with more of them. From under the
arabesque caves of the boxes still other soft
globes of light glimmer, and the whole illu-
uination is complete and in itself, as
light seldom is, actually thrilling.
The rich carpets and the curtain, which
presents a very pretty picture, are COM
posed in colors akin to the dominant tone Of
the auditorium. If blemishes there are, the
bright green glass above the uppermost
boxes and the rose sprigs over the prosce-
mum are the most gIaring, but taking the
theater as a whole it must be accepted as
worthy addition to the small number of
really first-class theaters that the country
owns, and undoubtedly it is q theater
that Pittsburg as well as Manager
Davis may be proud of. Probably its most
popular popularity will be the extra
ordinary space accorded the audience in the
Seats in the foyer and in the aisles. Tho
seats are very comfortable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
THE ToNsoR1AL CONTRACT.

a case recently decided before one OF
the Connecticut Courts eXemplifes the
folEes of political heat and defines the
relative rights of BARRIERS and their GUS
toners. A barber and his customer varied
the usual round of conversational topics by
branching off into State politics The bar
her departed from the customs of craft so
much as to express a broad and free
handed opinion Of Governor Bulkeley,
who Is the burning political issue of that
State This moved the customer to the
extreme resort OF asserting that the bar
Der was a damed fool, and the barber in
IuIn found solace for his wrath III the
deep tOnsOrial revenge Of sending his Gus
TONER out on the street with one side of
his face cleanly shaven and the other
freshly f0aming from the lather.
Or suit being brought for 500 damages,
the case was heard before Dibble, j., who
rendered this profound ruling: The bar
her had entered into an implied contract
by the customary proceeding OF calling
''NeNt"' tuclling towel under the Gus
toners chin, honing his razors, and de-
posting the regular proportion of lather
in the customers mouth to furnish a COM
plete shave to the extent to which the
customer demanded. But there was a
great deal Of p.ovocation in the slight on
professional dignity in being called "a
darned fool Consequently damages
were assessed against the artist of iather
and hair brushes in the sum of two dollars
and costs.
This ruling will protect the public
against the tonsorial tyranny of being
sent ont TO meet the jeers Of a cold and
cruel world With its lace half shaved.
Two dollars and costs. together with the
OSs Of tie usual honOTarium for the shave,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22

In referring to the question whether at
that much-disputed fire engine test the en-
gine was aided in its pumping work, The
DISPATCH of Sunday, by an inadvertence OF
language, permitted tho inference that
all the experts who conducted that
test had, upon examination before
the Master, very nearly admitted
that claim. 1t should be said that
the admission, so far as we are informed,
was only made by Mr. Vandervelt, of C1eve-
land, in his testimony last week.
Mr.. George Browne, formerly of the
Pittsburg Water Department.. is entitled tn
the statement that in his evidence, given
about two weeks ago, on the technical
aspects of the case the admission referred to
was not made.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22

is altogether too much for even the most
extravagant barber to pay for the luxury.
But it also warns the famous converse
tionalists of that profession to guard
against an affront to their reputation of
wisdom by placing politics on their index
expurgatorius. Even if the customer
should persist in talking politics and thus
lead up to the goal of using opprobrious
terms, the lofty artist in the hairdressing
line should take the more professional re-
venge OF talking the presumptuous per-
son blind and deaf on the subject of
shampoos wet and dry, bay rum, brillian-
tine, sea foam, close clip for the hair
and dye for the mustache. There is moth
ing in the contract against that.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
OFFICIALS AND CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

The question of political assessments, or,
to use the more guarded language in which
it is presented to ofice-hOlders, of volun-
tary contributions to political campaign
funds, is getting to be live one at Wash
ington. For years past the raising of
funds from departmental clerks has been
confined by the cruel restrictions OF re-
form to narrow and inconsiderable,l limits.
The political situation at present, how
ever, seems to have warranted the pre-
sentation to the Government clerks of the
following succinct and forcible statement
of the case: s'You have the right to make
voluntary contributions; and you will find
1t to your advantage to contribute such
and such a sum without unnecessary de-
lay
OF course this urgent demand is in
tended to evade the law on the subject of
political assessments while keeping within
its terms. If the administration of any
or all departments countenance it the
evasion will be successful. If the author
itieS are disposed to maintain the spirit as
well as the letter of the law, the scarcely
concealed order to stand and deliver will
be SO much waste paper. With that sum-
mary of the situation the question could
be dismissed, except for the necessity of
comment on the argument produced to
justify the call upon Government clerks to
pour out their earnings for the benefit of
campaign-workerS.
The apostle of the campaign fund cru
SADIE is quoted as saying that last year
when the Republicans suffered such
Waterloo, the 500 clerks and officials at
Washington sent only 81, 900 to Ohio to aid
the campaign. This looks effective on its
face, but its force is modified by one OF
two facts First, Ohio was the one State
last year where the Republicans did not
meet with the overwhelming disaster that
struck them in other States. Second, the
parties which inflicted the Waterloo on
the Republicans did so without any Gov
ernmens clerks at all from whom to beg
campaign funds. The Farmers party of
Kansas, for example, swept that State
with campaign of the same size as the
pitiable sum which the Washington fund
collector regards as explaining defeat
All this talk about the necessity of large
campaign funds is mainly humbug Big
barrels of money for campaign work are
very pleasant for the party workers, which
sufficiently explains the urgency with
which they are demanded,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
PROF. BRIGGS RETURNS, =
He win Begin His Regular Theological
Lectures at Once.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2l-[Special l-Prof
Charles A. Briggs, whose orthodoxy is q
matter of dispute in the Presbyterian
church, arrived early this morning on the
Cunarder Servia. Prof. Briggs has been
spending the summer at Oxford with Fran
els Brown, another professor in Union
Theological Seminary, who returned on the
servia with him. Prof Briggs health has
improved. The first two months of his stay
at Oxford he did nothing but rest. He did
not read even the English papers. During
last month he gave Prof. Brown much aid
in the work of the latter's Hebrew Lexicon.
Prof. Briggs daughter Grace was his COM
panion on his vacation.
Prof. Briggs will begin his lectures on
Biblical Theology with the opening of the
term There appears to be no doubt that
DR.. Briggs will be tried for heresy within
the next two months. The Committee of
Presbytery appointed by Moderator
Shearer to draw up charges will have their
report ready for the regular meeting Of
Presbytery October 5. If 1t is acted upon at
once the trial will probably be ordered to be-
gin within a month. The report of the Cen
eral Assembly, a committee on revision Of
the confession of faith, will come before
Presbytery for approval. The faculty and.
directors of Union will aid Prof. Briggs in
making q vigorous defense.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-22
RHYNKLED RHYMELErs.

Uncle Silas-B1aria, that drivers the
rperlitest chap ever met on a stage.
Maria-Why, Silas?
Uncle Silas-why, he actually said, ''thankes
kindly, sir when paid him 10 cents for our fares
-Ee1o York Press.
Stranger-Can't you help poor man,
mister? have been burned out twice flooded out
three times and am now my way to st. Louis
Chicago Man-YOu have indeed been unfortunate
but can do nothing for who will deliberately
go to st. Louis,-Ird0e.
It takes all kinds of people
To make the world, they say;
I've seen myself at divers times,
In most diverse array.
But all have this in common;
They all will snicker at
The hspless man who sits him down
Upon his new silk hat.
Boston Courter
"a woman will do almost anything when
she is desperate
''You think so?''
''I'm sure oft. There's Miss showon-she had
q row with her hauce the beach the other day
and she got so mad that she walked deliberately
into the water with her bathing suit and ruined
it.''-DetToit Free Press.
EtheI-What lively fellow Jack is. He
Clara (dghing)-Yes, but unfortunately he il
never gone believe he will die bacheIor-Ns,o
York Herald.
Here lies our darling little pet;
He ate too many peaches;
He rests at last, quite free from pain
And in his fathers breeches.
-CLothter and Ftsyntshsr.
'eHenry asked me to be his wife last
night - she told her ehum. .
''Oh I'm delighted, Gertrude. And how did
IL happen?'
''Wen. he asked me and said 'Yes.' and then he
Just stood up and folded his arms.''
''Whatl He was no more interested than thatp.,
''Oh. but you see was in them when he folded
Philadelphia Times
First Little Boy-My ma got new dress
yesterday. and she threw her arms around NV n.,s
neck. What does your ma do when she gets a new
dress?
second Little Boy-she says she'll for1ive him
hut be musn't stay out late again. CJoak.Reui1o.