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Why Henley Didn't Come.

:. Ed. Henley. tile remarkably clever actor,
whose last performance in Chicago in 1.-The
Price of SiIence't made such a. powerful I'M,
PRECISION, has left the Palmer Stock Company,
says Tie 4 ines. According 10 current rumor
when barrymore left The company 10 join Rose
Goghlan and William Lackaye was drafted into
The. .':Arlstocracy,., company. Henley thought
himself master. OF the situation He :wired.to
MIR. Palmer that. unless he at once raised his
salary TO a certain figure he would not 90 to san
FRANCISCO. Mr.. Palmer, who mad been paving
Henley a handsome salary since September,
purely Tor his emf agement on this coast. wired
later Henley.repled: "IreIent-wlli GO" Mr..
I almer's reply was. equally brief. 1t ran:
- Have made other arrangements"
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Milward's Mythical Nine.

A New York paper telIsa funny stofy.about
a MI Hanson, VINO is said tofeside at present
in Chicago. The Gotham authority says that
r. Hanson used To- be enamored of Miss MIL
ward Of the LIVING company. and followed her
about all oveF The country she would have
none of HIM; but he forged Lpon-her as a gift
some stock In mine In Mexico. He then re-
tired from the field. Miss Milward thought the.
stock was salneiess I'LL she Leceivedlast Satur-
day a. cheek Tor: $4,000. dividends from the
mlnei. :
[ he Only unhappy doubt that arises about
occasioned by The fact that no mines in Mexico
or anywhere else IN the. Southwest or West are
paying dividends just now. Mr.. Hanson might
enlipuTen
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HOyt's Latest PLAY,

The Mik.W White Flag had its premier al
Wflkesbare, Pa. December %. tits said 10
be the authors. most ambitious effort. In il
satire: takes the place of. farce. :, Briefly, The
story is This: There is a citizen regiment, the
Ransome Guards: there Is another. tile Blues,
in. the same town.. They are bitter rivals. The
Blues. have funeral. and. HEX the band The
: Ranso ONES. sent QUITO play. annie Rooney,
etc. The Ransomes resolve tonaye prander
funeral. \ hey negotiate with a widow: whose
husband had.been killed the day before In a
scene, harsh even for farce comedy, size sells
his body for So 80; makes love to:the colonel
of the Ransomes. whom, by the-way, Napoleon
.resem6led, and is: proposed to- Then there
IS singing and a dozen. or SO references To- the
bloody and mangled corpse (he had been Killed
by a derrick. falling. on him) imam: adjoining
room: = There are prepai ations for great
funeral, and In the midst of II The corpse turns
up alive. : His wife is. granted a divorce She
maryies the colonel and her lear devoted friend
fnarrieS the lively corpse. -:
The: correspondent who sent The notice OF
pro duction to the New York World adds:
."Ihere areside issues for the Introduction OF
exquisite satire, and some songs But until tile
end of lie last act lie corpse is always In: lie
next room, maDgIed and bloody, and.hs Amer:
iean wife sells his body, and the citizen soldiers
sing TO herand: make love and dance and The
corpse. is SILL in the next ROOM. There is 100
much funeral. and. too little fun. The dances
and singing: In the third act are. under Grape
and there is The corpse all the time. There is
too much corpse"
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it may be called-because one character does
all The silent actOr-is now running at the Ly-
eeum, New York. Mr.. BelknaD is son OF the
weli-known lawyer Belknap OF this city aud
Sausaiiro
:; The enforcement of long disregarded law
threatens 10 abolish small shows in the minor
Towns Of Pennsylvania by collecting tax OF
$50 In each county entered.
:'There'is project 10 revive "Rosedale,' the
" allack play Of thirty years ago, on the same
Star. Stage where it was first acted. or the we'll
remembered. leading actresses in Wallacks'Com-
pany Madeline Henriqnes is living in London.
and Mrs Hoey ana Annie Robe are residents of,
New York. having quilted the stage long ago;
but Ada Dyas and. Rose Coughn are together
iu."A Woman Of No Importance" at The Fifth
Avenue.
Nine. Penisi. vino has acted little OF late, cell.
ebraied IN New'York week before last ner75th
birthday. :: =
- Actors. writing from London declare they:
never felt the cold III This country as Thy lave
.FlTis.winier in London. There IL no heat in
many of.the. best fheaters. and people are
:obliged to sit wrapped pikemummleS. Angus
lin Daily has alawsuit on with tile buildrrof
his theater; who agreed to put in heater but
failed TO do SO. =:
Rose Coghlan. in "a Woman of No" Impor-
tance." Oscar Wilde,s latest play. is doing the
best business in New Yors.
Roland Reed is In New York and rapidly re-
covering from his severe Illness. de is 10 re.
sumo his tour January 8 in Nashville.
IragedIan- Thomas W. keene is to write
series OF articles entitled "Reminiscences OF the
Stage for a we'll known New York magazine.
w ash Norton the perennial. is back again in
san Francisco, having just closed a tour
through The northern part of California. lie
with ruraliZe ON his Shasta ranen for the next.
few months. =.
=. Whining TO a friend in London Nine. Patti
says::."You ought 10 see how lovely my rooms
look with: all the exquisite flowers my friends
heresend me. j do believe that the American
flowers are the l0velieSt in the world. especially
the rosesthat are called American Beauties
/ never saw. anything in all Europe TO equal
them.' =:
%: Mrs. Robert Iliard. wife of The we'll known
ACTOR; has II Is reported, begun suit for abso-
lutte divorce against her husband. Mrs. Hill
lard. who. was Miss Cora Bell of BROOKLYN;
swell known in the Hill society of that city.
She met Mr.. billiard about seven years ago,
wnen lie. was prominent Id the Gilbert and
other amateur dramatic societies across the
bridge She feli in love with the handsome
actor and married him against her fathers
VIII, IT, is SAID. They have one child, a little
Bessie =. Bellwood the English music hail:
singer h as made a great I'm precision at Roster
and :BlaPs, New York. The Glover Club Occu-
pied all: the boxes on. The opening night and
seats were at a Premium: - -.
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European Musical Items.

- L-At OPScin fibotNdf ikCIuSs
Translated from the :Gazzetta Musicale or Milan.
IL Nledicl," by Leoncayallo, was given at the
Dal Verne, Milan, with Tamagno in the tenor
role. with great success. -:
Breitkopf and Hartel of Leipsic will publish
a:yolume. of letters by List. collected by La
Mara Fhe book Will be called ''Briefe ain cine
FTeundin.": =. 49,: 49,.
A. statue will be erected on one of the. prInci:
pal squares or st. Petersburg of the great Rus
sian COMPOSER Tschaikowsky. -:
An offer of 10000 francs was made TO the
city of Genoa for: rhe purchase Of Paganini's
violin, which was refused. -:
;Raoul hoealsky, a little boy aged 9, who has
obtained success as pianist and composer, "A u
.praren IN ,Lelpsic as director of orchestra dur
ing the production OF one OF his compositions
IT lie: critic. of the Berlner .Borsen-C Courier
SPEAKS ~ the highest praise OF Puccnts new
opera "Manon," .pl cling iJ far above that of
Nlassenet. on The same subject and ranking Pue-
ein as the first OF the new. italian composers.
A cycle of MoZarfs operas VIII De given in
meneo.p "Cosi fan Tdtte" and La: FinIa
:GialdinIera" - -, -:
Tw4hty representations Of Wagner's; operas
Will be gwen during Lent:in ST. Petersburg
= Felix Mottl gave three iniereslin italian
operas in :Carlsrule, LA. Serva adrona,", by
Pelgolese, THE Portuguese Inn,". by CHAM
brlni; and !':Eltsire d,Am0re,', by Donlzetd.
!"Franciscus." an 0ratorio by L, .Tfnel, was
given at the Gewandthaus,. Leipsic. with i'm
menSe success. = =
MalceIla sembrich, Garulli, Maurel, Marcosl
and Nannetli will sing during the season of
Italian opera az ST. Petersburg:
MON Prince isthe'title of a. new operetta
by r. Audran, and given with. success in Paris.
=. Zeppilli-NHlant IL singing tire role, Of La
Clsca IN PonchieIlis "Gioconda" at Alessan-
dria. 49,. -.
Luigi Mancinelh objected his overture, "CIeo-
patra.2' at the Norwich festival. The piece
was encored by the enthusiastic audience
:Rublnstein's sacred drama; rThe Tower of
Babe" was given. recently for the first time in
Liverpool. :.
The Carl Rosa opera company of London has
acquired the exclusive righrto produce Faust
by. Berlloz. -.
:. ArrlEo Boito has completed now ipretto
called Romeo. and JuieI.n
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written for :her, in which she viii Introduce her
latest London. successes: .sMarguerite" and
The Rainbow Dance, ".ln. addition TO her old
success. ia lta Raj =,
- Among, Tile few attractions which have not
Experienced any, great: decrea se In receipts: is
the HaHl6ns' :'Superba.": Last summer. a large
sum ot money was sIenl ON new scenery, an.
unusually fine company as.engaged special
greatest tricks. in mechanical effects, which
William Hanlon: has held 1n:Teseiye f0r.years,
were introduced. with the. encouraging result
greatly exceeded THE most sanguihe exuecra-
lions. super ba'" VIII. be presented shortly ar
the California. :. -: = :. ::
Tire Easign? will lie seen at the California.
beginning January 15.:. $500
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WiIde's Latest PLAY.

The New York Recorder pays its compl-
ments to Oscar Wilde's latest play in'the fol
lowing fashion: "Invertebrate, its soft yield
ing substance dotted all over with smart
sayings. like a cream pan with dead flies, "A
Woman of No IMPORTANCE las neither be-
ginning nor end. The Juggling iii of ain Amerl-
can belress is absu I'd 10 Daisy+Mller of this
sort ever existed. She develops throughout a
penchant for preaching about equal sexual
rights for women and men, and also a pro-
pensity for listening to family secrets. She Is
impairment and Tlresome..I shrewdlysuspect
that he book that she :So.attenIlvely cons IN
the drawlng-room scene must be'lhe Heavenly.
Twins, She seems DAFT on the ldlolic ethics
of that pecullaTlY idiOiIc StnrY:'i
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Rosina Leaves Us Sick and Poor.

Some surprise has been expressed, says an
Eastern exchange, that Miss Rosina Vokes and
her husband, Cecil Clay, should have been al
lowed 10 depart quietly and almost furtivey
from these shores as though they bad been un-
we leone strangers ana were sneaking away
unwanted. Miss Nokes, in i'll health and re-
tired from the stage; her husband, one OF the
most popular men in the profession, in sorrow
aud pei plexiiy, sailed away with scarcely a
good-by.
Said a well-known manager the other DAY:
at Is great shame that no fal ewell perform
'ance was given for the benefit of Miss Vokes.
Business has been very bad indeed with her
for:some time. but she and her husband were
too proud 10 admit thata benefit would have
been OF any assistance. Yet. III would have
been and. Know II. The Clays have a large
family and RosIna Nokes will probably never
acta'gain. She Is worse Than the public heIjeye
her TO be. They have little house In Devon
Shire, England anG nothing else. :
"A more charming couple never came to this
county. They were iecklessly charitable. They
gave right and left. Clay never refused de-
mand, and Miss Fokes used To positively cud-
gel her brains 70 devise means TO help people.
AT every benefit her services were offered or
she sent check for S10O-never less. They
were always doing something Kind, ana much
OF what they have done has never been told. Ii
was done quietly and nobly.
"Ihe actors In their company had soft
snap OF II. Clay used to provide them with
sleeping-cars and Injuries of every descrip ion.
Miss Vokes deserved arousing SIC, 900 benefit,
and Mr.. Irving would j know, have been de-
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The Northumberland Combine

They say on the Rlaltothat the actin biz ez SLACK
Fer another troop Of actors ez comm, walk N back
And In spite Of adyertisin an,a ist rate play to.
rhe :,94Stf con,,,in b -
route. = = :
They he'd a stlrrn drama; sure to raise howd'y.
Fer the Plot was deep am thrillih' 1.-The heavy
oh;the scenery was: scrumptohs ah,the climax
=. was jes grand, :. = - =:
h'the: galrTy nd go crazy with the payin' of the
The scene ez in Hawaii an a-settin' all alone =.
a copper colored heroine -ez whistiin' Ter her
throne;
when Uncle Sammy he.steps in an gives the gal
aboost
n knocks tn other feller out an lets her rule
= the roOst!
But the idee wasn't popular an failed TO make
hit.
For the audience ies Kissed the play an' didn't
'thuse Dit;
SO ct petered out completely an, to tell the homes
truth,
The Cleveland. Gresham tragedy was only op'ra
booffel JoHS w. Low.
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Ever SO Funny.

= What is the matter with Jones to-night?
-(Tne low. Gomez an gets his laugh
.Hismanner isodd. and his face is white. -
=. And his: w0rdsaren'r coming exactly ri IIlt;
'..(How funny the people think him j.
=. listen, There is a perfect roari
:: (The low comedian gets his laugh):
Shouting, and clappIng. and wanting more
There's a 1aIigh he never has got 5eforel
-:(How funny the people think him'D
What's that? A paper! IN office, .. eh?
4 The low comedian gers his laughl:' :
death OF Il ch1d-run:oyer to-day
Father an actor Get on with. the play ::
(How funny the people think him y
r. q IEGGE
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Keene's Recollection of Forrest.

- Thomas w. keene says: Edwin Forrest was
not the brute his biographies have represented
.himto be. My recollections of MIR. Forrest do.
ot-coincide: wlththeif views. Il remember Mr.:
Forrest in 1866. Il was little more than "a boy
at rhe time and: was playing in the stock at
Philadelphia. MIR. Forrest waSthe star and /
was east for Francois. L. knew the lines at. re-.
hearsals. but had heard such tales OF MIR.
Fo rest that when III came TO the performance
at night was so worked up that l.. stood in The
entrance and actually cried with nervousness
and fear. While l was: CRYING Mr.; Forrest:
came behind me and said in his blum way:
80 What arr you crying about, my boy?'
- u ami: afraid, SIR said.
: % Afraid OF wbat?'..-. : -.
: well. afraid of you, Mr.. Forest,
-" Afraid of me Why. you: knew your lines
at rehearsal: you have no reason. 10 be,alrsid.'
II went on and played the; part, and after the
performance he came to. me and said in a
kindly way, We'll. are you aftaid of me, now 2'i
L was not; and was convinced that Mr.. Fof-'
rest was not the brute he has been painted"
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Troubles of a. BoeIim: FIautist.

Mir. Henry. Clay wysham, who. has. earned
much deserved reputation. by his endeavors 70
inlrodpce:Ine study and practice OF. The Boehni.
flute iii this .pdrt.' Of The: world; has been
accused Of sending an: Arrangement of;
Beethoyen's quintet: op.: 16, to: London for
publeation-in his name and as his work. when
II is the work of James Mathews OF EoncoD.
He has made good answer 10 this accusation.
and shown hat lie has always recognized Mr..
Mathews as the author of the transcription.
Among Wysham's local defenders on The
charge Of stealing another mans brains Is the.
pugDacious little professor. Richard A..
Luchessi, who. like Davy Crockett, goes ahead
when he knows he is III the right.
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The National

The New York Stock. Company. Daily and
Thomson, proprietors, Will rehearse at the
National Tneater, corner of Eddy and Jones
streets, this Sunday evening a new specracu-.
lar drama, called 'Trlpoli." The rehearsal
VIII take place at the close of the regular per-
Torrance.
The Shanowakin Company has closed its en-
eager at this theaier after a successful run
and VIII lay by for he summer season 10 open
Meanwhile The Indians OF The troupe VIII
appear at the Mldwuter Fair as another at
traction. ::
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LADY Windermeres Fam, viii be continued
al tie Baldwin all the present week. Owing 10
uhlaVorable weather, and the fQotpad scare
perhaps, the attendance at the Different places
OF amusement has .been scanty. Oscar Wilde's
play has hardly had a. fair hearing as yet.
1heatergoers Will therefore .hiive an extension
OF Tine In which to fully pass.upon its merits
and the verdict viii no doubt be that IL is a
rather weak piece of WORK; skilliully handled
py many OF the most competent actors on the
American stage.
some excellent members of tile Palmer com.
pany have not as get put in an appearance, as
the Wilde play Gid not require lis full strength,
Dut The entire list viii be seen in Henry Arthur
Jones much-talked-of drama called 1.-THE
Dancing Grip when produced on Monday
evening, January s. Ii is said TO be in the au-
thors best VEN, and he has already won repu-
tatlon by The Silver King" The Middle.
man. and Saints and Sinners" Among the
actors now in reserve who Will come on the
stage when Jones shows,.his hand Will be the
San Francisco fayorite,
JOHN II. sTopDART.
Mr.. Stoddart:has been before The American
public for long time in professional capa-
city ana is acknowledged 10 be one OF Tie most
important and valuable. actors we have He is
not ''stai." but he is a more remarkable
actor than many Of The stars who are popu-
lar to-day. He is The son of a well-knawn Eng
llsh player and was born 'in Yorkshire, Eng
iand, IN 1927 After performing in many
cities OF Great Britain. lie left lie. sea-pirt
Isles Tor the United States in 1853 and has
since been identified with tie American stage.
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Under New MANAGEMENT

The widow OF Charles Meyer, late proprietor
OF tile Wigwam Theaier. succeeds TO the owner
ship of that place OF amusement. and. i'm con-
Quoting il, Will be aided by her sons as business
managers The same variety of attractions
WI II be furnished nightly as usual This week
ID olpb Levno's big burlesque, called 'Satan's
VIII; or, Adam and Mephistopneles" will be
the leading attraction. to be followed Dy an uI-
surpassed group OF novelties. Extra matinee
on New Year day.
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German Theater.

Mrs. Damhofer- Thomas has been permitted
by her physician, DIR. Kieuizmann, 10 be re-
moved from the German Hospital to her own
quarters on Turk street, where she VIII be
cared for by her attentive husband. Callers
are not yet allowed.
The erman actors will present o the public
on January at the Baldwin Maurice Morris
son,a tragedian. who brings a Reputation from
Germany and from the Eastern States tie
opens his series of performances with "hean."
MAY. he be keenly sought Tor =
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iect and aptitude IN. accomplishing anything
she undertakes from filling the position of
pima donna TO turning of Loves Young
Dream" solo on the cornet-2-piston. She is one
OF The greatest favorites that ever visited this
coast, and her popularity increases with every
visit. Der company has greatly improved since
last season, and the performance as now given
is one OF the most enter aiming in the CITY,
New specIalties are introduced almost nightly.
md no opportunity 10 please the public is
neglected.
On Saturday night, January 9Th. the new
comedy farce, 'MIss Innocence Abroad" will
be presented for the first time in this city
"a Jolly Surprise" will DE given until Satur-
day next. Matinee tomorrow, New Year day.
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Murphy. in Oakland.

:, Joseph Murphy opens at. the: Macdohough,
Theater tomorrow (NIonday) might in .'Shaun
Rhue,'' which. together with kerry Cow
VIII occupy the week. Afterward. the irish .
comedian will make d. tour of. The southern
COMMITTEES :.
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" Successful Trip"

Considering the weather and other drawbacks
the new California is doing a very good Dusi-
ness with Hoyl's farce comedy. The company
is vast Improvement in many respects on the
one that handled il when it was here before,
TEey play with a good deal of finesse gliding
over the slippery places. Some of the scenes
are rather risque. but they are handled so
neatly that the most sensitiVely moral auditor
present takes no alarm
ATTRACTIONS TO COME.
Barlow Brothers MinstTels will follow "a
TIip 10 Chinatown" at the California The
company is a very clever one, and includes tile
Barlow brothers William German from Tony
Pastors, New York; the Morrisey Brothers;
the great Scott, who does wonderful contor-
ton act, and Brothers kennard. Markham and
Berry, musicians, from Moore & Burgess Min
sirels, London; Seo1eld, a clever iuegler;
Americas great boy soprano, Master Percy
Williams and others.
The famous Howard Atheneum Speciality
Company Is also route 10 the California.
where IL Will be seen next month. The organi.
Zation consists almost entirely OF European
artists, and is headed by the world-renowned
Loitie Collins, whose phenomenal success both
in Europe and America. has made her the high
est priced artist on the stage to- day. Miss Col
Inns Will be seen 10 new and original sketch,
entitled "a Naughty Substitute specially
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A. Wrestling Mattel,

By Sebastian Miller. German, and Mcleod,
a Scotcnman, was novelty. at the Orpheum
Music Hall on Friday night last. Athletics
Will. be continued during the week: together
with some remarkable work In a variety way. :
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Henderson and RowIes.

The Chicago Times OF a late date makes
merry with two popular showmeD, David Hen
derson and George Sinbad Bowles, as the
writer calls him. cit is hard" writes the
scribe. ito find theatrical man-agent, man
ager or actor-who will crack you a Jest and
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lighted TO appear at Il. IL / had been In town
1 would have arranged it. But the Clays said
nothing. and when you say nothing nowadays
you are forgotten"
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Sfoddart was a memberof the elder Wallack's
company; of LAMA Keene,s company. and of
The Winter Garden :eQmpany. In. 1867 he
Joined Mr.LesterA NalIack,s company and re-
manned will il until. 1874, then he attached
himself TO tile Union-square Eheater Some. of
Mr. Stoddatl's most popular performances
were his fronevrenny in .":Ehe Long Strike
his Pierre i'll Rose Michel" and mis- jean in
The RantZaus." He is Wat is .describedas a
cha! acIet. act or-that is 10 say, he performs
larts:whicb peculiar: and Strfking. trail IS;
which are outside Of cOnNenii0nalfy.. He has
ariiie intelligence, quick power OF "a 81 I'M kind
a cynical sort ofhdmor. and real-patl0s as may
he discoveries IN. his enactlon. OF tile Rev. Mr.
Fletcher IN Saints and Sinners. The intens-
lily Of his acting is sometimes marvelously life
like, apd: his:Jean Rauzau: could moi, lii: IL
way, be, surpassed. His Performance of this
chara cter aroused deep, iniefes when. given ali
III old Unions QQare .Tbeatef. The: Startling
eXpression-of: his face. tile :deptb. and filth OF
his PASSION the Significance OF hisgeSlutes and
words all lmbre> sed HE observer With the IN
fiuence ofa:fa reindiyiduallty.> Mi Sldddari,s
pett0l mdIces are all,in- facf flIlFof dramatic
Contrast. intellectual and subtle. Appreciation
of The part assumed. - -: =
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:. Fanny Rice at the StockweIl.

comedy company aie .cr6wding the .:white. the.
aiel'' on Powell street at every. performances
The New Jolly Sufpilse,' seems as: great Il
fayorile with tie luhlie as ever. Miss Rice has
been sald.lo he ."a-Nhole show in herself In
fact she bears gooQlyI ortioh of represent
performance on her shapely shoulders Nor
have We Sc n the end of her. accompllshments
yet The lady is mlsIcian..: She: was favor
itd pupil Of the late Professor Emerson OF Bos
ION teacher ofthe cornet, :and hasa 1p:fortha
instrunent: which would do no discredt 10
Liberail or Levy. MISS Rice was born in one
of tile handsome towns outlying :from~the HUB
and comes naturally by. her qufckness of intel