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fond mother of two little girls-Frances,
aged Z, and Adelaide. D.
Frances is quiet, demure little soul
and takes after her mother, except when
she and her sister repair to the little
theater their father has built them in the
attic of his house in New Rochelle.
Here Miss Frances puts aside her
dignity and dances as grace
fully as though she were brought
up on the stage. But it is Adelaide who is
the comedienne; like her father in face,
form and features, every movement of her
head or word she utters convulses her
audience with laughter. Together these
two romp and play at acting all day long.
They have often seen their father on the
stage and usually select one of his operas
for production, which they rehearse until
they consider themselves letter perfect in
the roles assumed by Miss Jansen and Mr.
Wilson. Then some bright morning papa
is invited upstairs to witness dress re-
hearsal.
Once these tots had box at the theater
and when the company sang they joined
i'll, to the delight of the audience, who
were charmed with the manner in which
the little volunteers led the opera. OF
course, they never repeated their perform
ance. for Mr.. Wilson after considerable ar
gument convinced them that an audience
does not wish what 1t has not paid for.
But they encored us more than they
did you. pepper" said little Adelaide. as
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Philadelphia. The children were all born
in Philadelphia. Mrs. Barrymore declares
that her mother never would have for
given her had they been born elsewhere.
When the children are all at home the
house is too small for them. Ethel and
Jack usually write the plays performed by
the little family of comedians.
Ethel is a beautiful girl. with sw eet,
olive face and great brown eyes; her soft,
silky hair is of the same shade. Lionel,
the eldest, is about II; he is manly, dig
pitied fellow and already a companion to
his father; an artist to the tips of his fin
gers. he can make up as well as any mem
Der of the family.
Jack is the picture of his father, and is
of generous. warm-hearted disposition.
lie takes special pride in his little cousin
Bebee, who is his constant playmate and
companion.
Francis Wilson turned Benedict many
years ago. 1t is fully decade since he
married one of the Barrie sisters, who
forthwith retired from the operate stage
and turned her attention to rearing fam
lily. with such success that she is now the
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third base covered as it never had the
pleasure OF seeing it before.
Ewing. whose services as field general
the New Works were deprived of last sea-
son owing to his lame arm, will cover first
base and alternate with Boyle catching
Thus the team will have the benefit of his
services in every game.
Our outtield will be about the same as
last season-tiore. Herman and 0'Rourke
covering the different positions in the
field. Van Iant, a very successful anna
teur, has been engaged as change pitcher
and fielder. The team has quite num-
Der of available pitchers signed and on the
practice trip TO Richmond all will have a
chance TO show their ability. Barring the
loss of Dan Richardson nj second base the
team is n great deal stronger than last
year. and we confidently think it will oc-
cupy a leading position in the race for the
pennant. J. W. SPALpING.
To my mind the twelve club league will
undoubtedly lie a success. One of the
things that will tend most to this much
desired end will be the fact that there will
be no throw downs for the old Associa-
ton clubs. In the new schedule they Will
be treated with the same fairness rs the
old clubs. and in some instances even bet
Ter. twill be the excellent and thoroughly
lust and impartial schedule that Will do
most to harmonic all the elements that
have been CoalcSCed in the new agreement.
No one acquainted with the game can
oyercstimate the Importance of the seized
ule in the work of making the new
league success. and in this direction | do
not think that any patron Of baseball or
any club will be disappointed.
This tendency to fairness was eNemph-
fed. moreover, in the division OF the play
ers.
ii was difficult task most ably per
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she nestled more closely in her fathers
arms-ard Mr. Wilson ceased to argue.
Marion ManOIa must have married Mr..
Mould when at very tender age, for her
daughter Adelaide is now healthy girl of
some Il years. Adelaide promises to be
even more beautiful than her mother; her
graceful brown hair falls in luxurious
folds about her oval face. and the large
dark eyes shine with animation as she dis
cusses her mother, who i always her con-
slant friend and companion.
Il never like mamma 10 play boys
parts. she once said. because. YOU know,
il Is so uniadylike. Mamma rarely allows
me 10 20 to the theater for tear that |
shall become staEestruck; but always 90
TO see her, and hen we come home I tell
mamma all her faults. She says | am her
best critic, and the only one she pays any
attention 10. Some day, if mamma thinks
| will make 4 good actress, | shall 20 on
the stage, but | am sure mamma will
never think so, for she does not wish me
to be an actress
Adelaide + 4 charming little dancer and
inherits strong dramatic ability. She and
her mother live in a pretty cottage at
Iarchmont during the summer, but in
winter Adelaide goes 20 private school
IN New York and Marion Manola goes on
the road.
Mrs. Leslie Carter. as every one knows,
has one son, Dudley Carter. manly little
chap Of eight Summers. l remember sew
eral years ago, when she was trst e1Iled
from him, she spent the winter at 81.
Augustine. 4 life-size painting OF her
boy hung in her room. and she would
kneel before It for hours al q time, gazing
intentiv al the canvas and softly repeating
endeariug epItheis she had once bestowed
upon the original. The divorce came
shortly after this and the mother parted
from her boy for the balance OF his young
life. and turned TO the excitements of the
stage as means Of support
she is stil! as proud OF her boy as ever.
and ne Is loyal 10 her. 4 few months ago
he passed through New York and pre-
scented his mother with sailor cap with
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dren, but she leaves them in England, and
rarely mentions their names in America
Quite different is Mrs. Kendall, who glories
in the fact that she is to bring out her
eldest daughter during the coming season
in London.
Lillian Russell, however, would not dis
claim her little girl Tor all the praise crit
les can bestow. Miss Russell and baby
Lillian live together in one of the most
sumptuously furnished houses in. New
Eork-that is, when the child is not at the
Sacred Heart Convent, where she is being
educated.
She comes home every Friday night and
remains until Monday morning. Treated
like a little princess, she and mamma
dine at a great mahogany table, while
Inverted servants stand behind the
chair of each. After dinner Miss
Russell always spends half an
hour at the white enamelled piano
practicing her voice, and when she is
through baby Lillian climbs up on the
stool, her little fingers pass gently over
the keys and the childish voice trills the
song just sung. All goes well until the in
experienced fingers strike false note
The sensitive soul of the child is troubled
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THE BENEDICTION.

Following is the concluding portion OF ia
Benediction," a story of the sick OF saragossa.
supposed to bo told by Il sergeant in the victori-
Gus army:
Behind, the church its somber depths displayed;
Like golden stars the tapers lit the shade;
In perfumed wreaths the languid incense
burned
And in the choir, toward the altar turned,
As though no sound of battle reached him there,
priest, erect and tall, with snow-white hair,
In peaceful. reyerent calm was saying mass.
That scene still haunts me; ii can never pass
Away; as retell the tale, sec it all
The convent church with Moorish western wall,
Monks brown-robed corpses, and the suns
bright CLEAN
That made their red blood on the pavement
strearI;
Through the low door-set as in picture-frame
Priest, lighted altar-its high shrine all flame,
Ourselves nailed to the spot, we did not dare
Advance no comrade in the ranks could swear
Like me: feared no God; in one attack,
When orders came Tor a church to sack,
They still will tell how once, to prove my wit,
From burning altar lights my pipe lit,
All tricks of old campaigners trade were mine;
My mustached lips gave true and faithful sign
BY downward curl, OF cold. blaspheming sneer.
But that white-haired Old man thrilled me
with fear.
"Fire! cried an officer.
None moved. The priest
(He must have hear, yet never blanched the
Holding the sacrament, turned round his face
tFor in the mass he just had reached the place
WHERE priests pIJupuuCs tuc UAesSlibs on tIs
With oGtstretched arms like angels pinions
white,
He waved the monstrance; backward each man
drew:
He traced the cross in air, and well we knew
He feared no more than ii we worshped there;
In firm. rich voice he chanted forth the prayer,
As priests are wont to sing their OrSaas,
Said,
.''Beaedieat rOs opsnipoteHs Deus
Fire cried the voice again, 'or I II report
You all. \ soldier, but OF coward sort.
Took aim aud fired; the old mans face grew
paie,
But his undGunted bearing did cot quail,
Rather II grew more lofty, stern yet glad,
.''PTtcr q FliHs.' -
Was the wretch mad?
Or did some rush of blood TO brutal brain
Bid ring from out our ranks that shot again!
know not; anyhow the shot was sent
Tie monk one hand upon the altar leaut
And tried to bless: Tor support ne cluug
His left the heavy golden Iuonstrance swung;
\ third time traced IN air the cross to tell
OF pardon: then IN voice that family fell
Yet clear, ior even breath was husded IN us,
said, wiki closed eyes.
"'Et SpjritUs Sdnctas,'
And dropped down dead, ending with life his
PRAYER.
Three times the monstranee Oh the altar stair
Bounded. Rough troopers stood, by pity
thrilled,
With grounded arms and hearts with horror
niied,
Their souls before this murdered martyr bowed.
'1mCfr a drummer sang. ana laughed Hiouit"
- From the Frs4ct Of Francois COppee.
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aim of the managers of all clubs to save
their pitchers as much as possible. Under
the three-strike rule the pitcher has fewer
balls to send over the plate, and neces-
sarily less work. That fourth strike and
fifth ball may come in handy sometimes,
but at the end of the game the pitcher
feels the extra exertion he has been put to-
DAVID l.. FoUTZ.
While | opposed the twelve-club league
when the idea was first preached, | feel
now that the interests Of baseball are best
subserved by the new agreement. | think
the sport will receive a fresh impetus this
season by reason of the new elements that
have been brought into play. The st.
Louis club is stronger than it ever was,
and We will show the patrons of baseball
all over the country n championship form
such as will eclipse even the playing of the
st. Louis club during its most successful
season. CHRIS Won DER ABE.
Never in the history of baseball has the
prospect for a successful season been
brighter; never has there been such a per-
feet harmony among the baseball powers
in this country. This fact, in my opinion,
leads to the hope that the game of base
ball will be revived in all its pristine
glory. AS far as l can see the division of
the players has been fair and equitable. |
know that Philadelphia will be strong in
every part of the field and will play with
vim and energy equal to the best days of
the old League. As far as the two season
idea is concerned believe it will be a sue
cess, and think that the public generally
will watch the finish each time with the
same intense interest that has marked the
great and close finishes OF the past.
HARRY WRIGHT.
The playing rules were recently thor
oughly revised by Mr.. Harry Wright. Few
radical changes were contemplated-ex-
cept reduction of the number of balls
from four to three-and Mr.. Wright's
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| fore, while the two major bodies We're
| apart. there was always question Of who
Really were the champions.
With the two great major organizations
consolidated into one grand national asso-
|eiation the game IS bound to take new
| hte Not only AZ the twelve most repre-
Sentative cities Included in the circuit.
b. the different clubs are composed of
,ac very best players of the baseball pro-
iessiou. This viii warrant that each and
fvery club will he an important factor IN
o. race for the pennant.
NThis twelve-ciub league, it strikes me.
vii be decided success. Coming, as 1t
doe. in 4 presidential year IS very for
tgaate
The tact that We are to have two cham
ptonship series Will keep the public inter
esei from the beginning TO the end OF the
season. In former years the champion
ship contest would simmer down by the
Fourth of July To two or three clubs. This
season that will be impossible. In the
hrSt series clubs that are composed Of men
ItNho are strangers 10 each others methods
w III he handicapped 10 . certain eKten. by
II lacA ut team work. This viii be over
come IN q shDr, time owing to the lute!A-
n Ne .-'i itA'Att ts+i N''.t t'H'--o go
/ teams. WAUc the teams that are accus-
tmed 10 playing together viii have
gained q slight advantage, the new clubs
MI be 10 good playing form long before
The hrst series Is decided.
Again, the time the second series Is be
gun the nation VIII be interested in an
1 one not3.ua! contest. The TWO great
4 p9hilca. parties OF the country will have
4 IlAeea ln Nomination their candidates Tor
I ue presidency. During former presiden-
"a. wears ;ue interest in baseball womb
kuetErlse SIS tar season closed. In fact II
etl3 have go Pc q very close struggle in
81 , 1er 20 hold tac attention of the public.
When our second series Is about To start
'he Tact that Ill The clubs are in good form
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1t is great pleasure to note that the
solution of the baseball problem that has
been vexing the baseball world for years,
and the new situation created through
the consolidation of the late rival League
and Association into one great twelve
club league have been readily accepted by
the capitalists, the press, the players and,
most important of ell, the great public !;
and that there is general disposition to
regard the work accomplished as the best
thing that could be done, all things con-
sldered, to save the game from threatened
collapse and to place it in a position TO re-
cover all of its former prestige and popu-
larlty. The outlook for baseball in New
ork IS most promising.
The baseball public last season had the
pleasure of seeing eight as strong clubs as
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THE CArrIyEs or CLARION.

Why are the rnountaius darkened,
And vet, as If WITH tears
IS Il thc sYOrt OF tie north wind.
or the rain ) long hight Of spears?
Neither the wind that snite them,
Nor the rains inccssa=t she'd;
II : the constant presence
q. Gharon anu the dead.
Before him hg drives the Young men,
Behind he drugs the cd,
And seated OH his saddle
The children doth he hold.
The Old men supplicats him,
Their hands the young men wiring;
.'H halt besides some village
Beside some flowing spring.
"Tha: the old may quench their thirst there,
The young the discus throw,
And the children pluck the flowers
Than or the margin grow
But Charon, smiling sternIy,
Pursued his gloomy way,
81 halt beside no Village,
And by no spring say.
For mothers coming for water
Would know the babes they bore,
Ana their late-l9st wives the hushanis--
AGd none could part rheln mcre,'
90 over the mountains Chsrou,
With swift and silent .read,
Gron his black horse mounted,
C0-ps-s tie captive dead
II. Il. ss91tdqyd.
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utilized as theaer no tragedy has ever
been enacted on It's boards.
you know" said the little girl, ''our
family have been comedians for many
generations. and | would not ike TO be
the one t. break the record.
Bebee has travelled rather extensively
for such little girl. She often goes To
Europe with her father. Possessed OF a
remarkably retentive memory she has
picked up French and smatIeripg Of
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formed. BROOKLYN IS well satisfied. and,
~ far a. have heard, is every other club.
The teams seem to me 10 he splend.Iiy
matched. and no patron Will be GlsaQ-
pointed in any game II ,ne toys play the
bail they have thus far been known to play
in the various Clubs u which they have
been members.
The fact that the league has divided The
l5i games into two seasons Will aldouot-
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other Continental languages. Her French
she still speaks tluently.
Jack used 10 write to me when | was in
Europe, remarked the child, with queer
little twinkle in her bright blue eyes.
Who is Jack?''
"Oh, Cousin Jack Barrymore. He is
just two years older than |. but he is a
splendid fellow, and We don't quarrel
very often.''
Jack is Mrs. George Drew Barrymore's
ll-year-old boy. She and her husband.
Maurice Barrymore, have two other chill
dren-Ethel, a girl aged Is, and Lionel,
their first-born. The boys are At school in
Orange, \. J., ard Ethel is at q convent in
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and equally strong will attract the atten-
ton of the public to the greatest ma
tlonal contest in the history OF baseball.
am very confident that the game will boom
and the twelve-club league will be sue
cess. p. T. POWERS.
Manager New York Club.
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the sport. The accompanying statements
from managers show most sanguine feel
ing on their part in the success of the
sport.
In all the league cities new faces will ap-
pear in the teams, but only a compare
lively few new players. Glasscock will
enthuse st. Louis, while Boyle and King.
the old-time champion battery, will do
service for the Giants. Brouthers has
signed with Brooklyn, while PETER will
Undoubtedly don q Louisville uniform.
Wan Haltren will manage Baltimore,
while Tebeau will do the same service for
Cleveland.
BARNES face will be new to Washing
ton City, but his excellent managing
methods are well known, and he will I'M
doubtedly bring these perennial tail-enders
INTO good place at the end of the secon d,
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THE BASEBALL FIELD
Managers and Players Discuss
the Coming Season.
MAKEUP OF EASTERN TEAMS.
The Twelve-Club League Promises to
he Success-Changes in the
Rules Not Necessary.

wv that the base
ball world is be-
ginning to roll
itself into its
usual sprin G
prominence and
managers are
busy signing the
players assigned
to them,t the pub
lie is awaiting
patiently the be-
ginning of what
is predicted will
be a new era in
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eddy, prove another effective element to-
ward general prospective success. The in
terest In both seasons will be intense TO
the close, and that will be due to the fact
that tnere Will be ginger" in the playing
all the way through. A winning club
never gets Its real start until after the
hrst sixty days, and the short season will
act as bar to any great lead This has been
evidenced by the fight for the championship
IN almost every year in the past. 1t has
been the experience that, in the middle of
the season, the clubs are, as a rule.
bunched, and the real squirt between the
close clubs has not come until the latter
ehd OF the season. All this tends to prove
that the half season will witness the most
exciting finishes baseball has yet known.
vi course the club that happens to be Grip
pied at the end of the first season will have
a chance to show its mettle in the second
half. And put this down as a finale
brooklyn will be in it at the finish.
CHARLES III. BYRNE.
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Tho YYrnng Name.

Youth (vishiag 10 De entertaining to 4
damsci he has just met l-Aw-would you
marry nam named jones'
sac thau-htiiyl- mother did. sir.
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poat pGpc. yol= walls until You see Hest.
wood, the .-eseo artist, tlJ Bailey building.
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THE ACTORS BABIES.
They Play Theater in Emula-
ton of Their Parents.
LILLIAN RUssELL'S LITTLE GIRL.
Mrs. Georgia Drew-Barrymore's Eleven
Year-OId Son-Mrs. Leslie Carter
Proud of Her Boy.

1CAUSE theater-
goers lose inter
est in a woman
who is the mother
Of a big, fat,
bouncing boy, act
resses cCnce cal
their maternity
from the public,
and, indeed, it
does spoil the
romance of a love
scene to suddenly
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call to mind that the soubrette, who does
not look day over Is, has half-grown
son or daughter at home.
Rosina Vokes has several grown chill
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Ihls will be my tenth season in pro-
iesslonal baseball, and during that time
nave never known season where the
pitching strength of the clubs has divided
up SO unequally. While taken together,
the thlrty-six pitchers apportioned to the
twelve clubs are the strongest combination
we have ever known in one league, there
Is decided weakness in their individual
makeup. But this may all be remedied,
and believe it will be, for there is very
evident desire on the part of everybody to
nave the clubs matched as nearly equal as
possible
The twelve-club league, in my opinion,
ought to be success. We have the twelve
best cities in the country to play in, and
the best players will be put into the field.
linen the two seasons ought to help mat
tiers along. 1t has been my experience
ana have been with pennant winners
eight times and played Tor the worlds
championship live times-that during the
middle OF the season half of the clubs will
be pretty well punched. In st. Louis We
always made our squirt toward the end of
the season. 1t was the excellent team
work that helped US and every man play
ing to win. But it took weeks to get the
boys into trim for the best united playing
l don't believe it will be necessary to
make any changes in the rules. We have
got our hands pretty full with testing the
policy OF a twelve-club league and q
double season without trying any new
rules TO perplex the public. Under the
rules IN force now the pitchers have really
an easier time of it than under the old
four-strlke rules, and it should be the
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