Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-19
EAVESDROPPINGS.


upon the heels of the three great fights
atlNew Orleans, was broken on Saturday
by a primary election which was SO
quiet and orderly that it might have
passed for an annual Episcopal conven-
ton. There were no individuals walk
ing up and down in front of the polls
with their coat-tails dragging on the
ground; no invitations from Garrigan to
O'Brien to ''go over to McGuffin's and
haav dhrink )" and no remarks to the
effect that my mon can bate your
mon, and can bate you."
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1 spent Sunday afternoon lat Santa
Anita and got back to town at $50, just
in time to meet train from Santa Mon
lea dischargiDg twice as many passen-
gers as we had. Here were nearly
800 people to ride on two small
street cars, capable of holding less than
so with any degree OF comfort. 1t
seems that somebody has blundered"
on one side or the other. They should
either have plenty Of street cars in front
of the depot at a stated hour, or else
they should not have trains from op-
posite directions arriving AT the same
walk from one train across another. 1t
seems sad TO make euch acknowledge
ments as these, but the Britishers can
"give us spades on the handling OF
trains at stations, so far as passenger
traffic goes, although we can discount
them on loading and discharging
freight.
that one sees alighting from bea ch
train here OF Sunday evening, to be
sure. 1t recalls the g-and-dance
"Theres the English chap. with his derby hat,
His father he leads a syndicate;
TIL are's the German dude, with his man nsrs
And a style that's out of date
There's the Frenchman gay, with his parley-
VOC Frongsay,
The Italian and the Broadway swell;
B ut none OF 'em are in it, not even for
| With the American Beau Brummell,"
| Just who is "the American Beau
Brummell" at present, am hardly pre-
pared to say. II Mr.. Porter Ashe were
resident of Los Angeles, the question
would be less difficult to answer.
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The appearance of Mabel Bert at one
of our local theaters simultaneously
with the refusal of Judge CARRIER to
grant Mckee Rankin, the old-time
actor, divorce from his wife, (Kitty
Blanchard), started up little talk while
the Tippett outfit were at the opera
house. Those who know Mrs. Bert,
know her as woman who has always
"got the worst of it" since she was a
child. Married at II years old to man
twice her age, she never had any girl
hood nor any domestic felicity as a wife.
Her husband, from whom she is
long since separated, has never
provided for her or his child
since that period; and if she has stood
rough usage, rather than let her daugh-
ter come to want, she is a more fitting
subject for pity than blame. This thing
of grinding out columnS of slop at the
expense OF a woman who has sinned and
suffered for it, ia becoming altogether
too cheap. 1t is sufficient to cay that
Mrs. Bert is now a member of a COM
pany in which her industry and gentle
ness are justly appreciated.
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The Ensign was fairly good histori-
| cal play, of which the tableaux were
superior to the dialogue for the most
part. Logan Paul's versatility in that
| piece was tested to much severer de-
gree than most of the audience imap-
ined. He not only impersonated Presi-
dent Lincoln's homely face. angular
figure and awkward stride in mastery
manner, but he also played Admiral
Farragut in manner that was clean cut
and original. The writer was we'll ac-
quainted with the old fellow when he
commanded at Mare island, in 1896 :;
and, for man who never saw the hero
of Mobile, Mr.. Paul gave a very close
imitation of his peculiar oddities.
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| But his make up for Mr.. Lincoln was
simply marvellous bit of the mimic art.
| Mr.. Paul has a face that has scarcely an
over-prominent feature in it, but he
built out his chin so that it came up to
meet his strong aquiline nose; and the
high cheek bones, broad enough for a
Choctaw chief, he had built out in like
manner. The applause was general
throughout the house as he came on the
stage. Republicans applauded the only
real statesman their party had ever
elected to the presidency. while Demo-
Gratis were applauding the man who, had
he lived, would have saved the south
from the disgrace of carpet-bag govern
ment, beyond cavil.
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A good story is told of Paul concern
ing this impersonation of the sturdy old
prairie giant. For weeks before the
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