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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-26

Letterheads, billheads, receipt
books, shipping receipts and COM
mercial printing at the GAZETTE
Office.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-26
NOTICE..

WING TO THE PRONUNCIATION
~ OF Provisional Government for the
Hawaiian Islands and the Declaration
OF Martial Law, the Parade OF the De
partment proposed 70 be held on
Saturday, February 4, 1923, has b en-
put off.
By order of the Chief Engineer
HENRY SMITH,
32s2-ot Secretary Ell. F. D.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-26
Massage.

FRS. PRAY WOULD ANNOUNCE
Iva that she will attend a limited num-
Der of patients. Address at II. Nj.
Whitney's, King ST.; Bell Telephone Is.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-26

Girls from the Dressmaking De-
partment of Kawaiahao Seminary
may be employed to 60 out sewing
by the day or week to do plain
dressmaking or sewing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-26

90 Persons possessing files of
Magazines can have them bound UP in
any desired style at the Gazette Book
bindery, which is doing as fine work as
can be done in any San Francisco or Bos
ton Bindery. None but the best workmen
employed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

shawl closely around her beautiful fig
ure; a shudder shook her from head to
foot. as she went out the door, across
the stage and out the alley that led to
the entrance of the theater.
"As the door closed | turned to him
and said: 'Mr.--, don't you know
who she was?9'
81 have known all along.' said he.
but that woman died years ago for me
This poor, painted ghost has no name
and no existence in my life or mem
CRY.
".And You used her. ?
81 used her to tell her own story to
any n who looks Gil that picture. Fate
gave me a better revenge than L could
have demanded.'
THAT night after the performance, l
remained a long while in the scene room
of the painter-actor'S picture. whose
subject he had chosen with no thought
that The real heroine should also be the
model. 1t was simple, but it told a
story. A room luxurious, in the middle
of which stood a maj whose form in
real life might have been taken for my
employers; his face was half-turned
from a woman of wondrous beauty, who
was smiling a fascinating smile.
while in her hand she held a cup of poi
son. 1t was just as the actor had said;
but to me. L wished that justice were
less cruel.
"Both of us. after sitting in the scene
room and talking until the early morn
ing. started to our lodgings, but l had
scarcely fallen asleep in my room when
a knock came to my door and L heard
my employers voice.
- have mislaid my key to the stage
door, he said. will you lend me yours?
l cannot Sleep said he. fearing some
thing will happen to the picture. and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

see the flash of her eyes, the loose
masses of her blonde hair.
III Is MI. - who requires the
model said 1. 1t Is not necessary
that you should have sat professionally
before. 1t is expression he desires,
and
'Ohp she cried, claspIng her hands
with a passionate gesture, that surely
will not be difhcult, as my most init
mate friend is an actor, and he often
taught me different modes of express
sion.'
my employer came forward then and
looked at her. l thought his face
seemed strangely pale. The woman
drew back her veil, and l started as 1
looked. Young as was the face, great
as one might have been its beauty, it
was now painfully haggard and lined,
marred by suffering and passion. bear
ing only too plainly the stamp of SIN
and evil living. The actor looked at her
silently for a moment. He asked no
questions, only bent on her that search
ing, steady gaze which the London
critics had said could reach the soul.
Whether it reached hers. whether any
memory came back to her as she met
those cold, stern eyes. l cannot tell.
She did not speak. only stood there as if
mesmerlzed into silence and fear.
"'You will do said he suddenly,
your face is all l want-the history of
sin and wasted years, and suffering and
r%etrIbution. Call at the theater at 2
o'clock tomorrow. You can name your
w terms.'
II wondered what feeting memory,
| what ghost of the past that brief glance
had recalled, but the reality evaded me
again and again. She came to the thea
ter next day and for many days. and
every time L saw her, the same vague
u~neaSiness, the same fieeting memory
troubled my mind. The great actor
seemed almost to have forgotten his
study of the stage. His interest grew
and grew until nearly all OF his time
was taken up in his painting. He said
nothing, but worked steadily. doggedly
oD. and she was ~singularly reticent
for one of her sex aud profession. /
thought she seemed afraid of the paint
er. and wondered that he, who was
usually so DrusQue and stern to women
was always courteous and gentle to her.
Well, the picture grew and grew and
approached completion. and the men,
Org that has so long haunted me took at
last a deeper shadow of cert ainty. /
did not speak of i'll dared not; but it
seemed to me impossible that the artist
should not know whom he was using as
a model. WAS there / asked myself,
some purpose beneath that pretense of
ignorance, some surer vengeance to be
achieved by the utter ignoring of a
woman whose life was now reaping the
fruits of its own ill deeds in the past.
The day of the last sitting came. When
my employer at last made the signal of
dismissal, she came over and looked
timidlY at the easel.
What do you call it?' she asked.
He smiled as he handed me the
brushes to clean for him in a cool,
Indifferent fashion. He had no thought,
no regret, no fear for that living. pas
| sionate piece of womanhood whose very
soul and secrets he seemed to have laid
bare on that canvas as pitilessly as the
vivisector abuses his victim.
- call it, said the great actor, IAN
Extra Girl
she only looked at him, drawing her
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

am going after 1t to bring it to the no
tell
ST will go with YOU 1 replied; so
after dressing we both walked out to-
gether. @
1.-The theater was but a short distance
from the lodgings. To this day l re-
member hat early morning-the soft
air, the budding green of the trees, the
scent of the spring flowers. Ah. if
human life could but renew itself as
nature does. We reached the stage
door together. l stopped in some con-
Sternation.
MIR. - L said. your key IS in the
lock. You are growing careless
He looked disturbed.
- have no recollection of leaving it
there he said, and you we're the | asst
to come out of the door, you remem-
ber.'
True 1 said. and l certainly closed
and locked the door,
1--WE spent no more timein words. A
vague preSentment of evil oppressed US.
In silence we entered the door, fumbled
our way to the gas box, turned on the
gas that supplied the dressing rooms,
and hurried towards the scene room.
My first glance after lighting the gas
was for the new picture. 1t stood there
in the uncertain light Of the early morn
n n solitary gas jet, tragic.
wonderful as ever. But on the
bare wooden floor, midst the paints,
brushes and debris. l saw outstretched
a PROSTATE woman's form. We sprang
forward, and a cry of horror burst from
Mr.. IS lips. Face downward on the
floor, she lay h~alf-veiled by masses of
loosened blonde hair. her hand clasping
a sharp, glittering dagger that the
great actor had worn in the belt of his
costume in the play the evening before.
which she had evidently taken from his
dressing room; her face, as he raised it,
white and calm, set in the frozen peace
of death.
1--WE raised her, laid her on a couch
on which King Richard had often
dreamed in the play. Her life's history
had ended on that very stage where its
first chapter of retribution had been
written by the man she had wronged
oLo oA NLOhSCo ACI'
when the first shock of horror was
over, and the verdict had been pro-
nounced, l noticed on the prompter's
table some sheets of paper closely
written and placed together. The great
actor read them silently. sadly, perhaps
with something of regret at last.
"'You a guess, of course he said;
she came here determined to see me
again. Some softer feeling had of late
years come into her heart since the
time she so cruelty deserted me and
made me the ridlcule and laughing stock
of all London. She grew to love me
after she went away, as well as it was
i'll her to love any one. She leaves off
abruptly as you see, and l think she
! must have gone over TO the scene room
to have a look at the picture. There she
lies poWerless to now plead for or re-
ceive forgiveness
She swore revenge, Mr.. - said,
as L covered the calm. dead face. Yes
| you see she has had it-she has had her
revenge the revenge of IAN Extra
Girl."'"
The old stage manager pau sed and
tears trickleddown his wrinkled cheeks;
looked reverentiy at the picture beside
him and then around at the lot of US
present who composed the grave and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17
TIE REYEXeE Of An : E2IRl GIRI.v
A CHISTr1AS NIGHT STORY OF THE
THEATER.

he also took greatly to painting, and
duIing the odd hours he used to come
to the scenic and sketch for hours,
but one day the vale of his happiness
was rudeiy drawn aside showing his
future happiness would be a myth. For
many weeks before Christmas time Mr..
-- had resolved to make the most
stupendous production of its kind that
London had ever seer up to that time.
l had been at work for a long time on
the scenery and in the London Pail
Mall Times and other papers. Mir
had inserted the following ad here the
old scenic artist took from his pocket
a newspaper clipping, yellow with agel,
which read: Wanted, fifty extra girls,
apply at stage door -lheater Monday
morning.
We'll, when my employer reached
the theater Monday morning there were
not less than $50 extra girls there who
had answered the advertisement.
Among them was a rather frail, worn
looking, blonde girl. who was very
anxious to go on the stage. She showed
signs of once great beauty, but had re-
Gently as she said passed through a long
siege of typhoid fever. that had left her
but a shadow of her former self. The
ambition of her life was to be-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

CHAs. AsToR PARKER-CoPYRIGHTED.
Especially Contributed 10 the Globe.)
The evenings performance on Christ
mas night a year ago at the Columbia
theater, Chicago, had been finished some
thing over an hour, and a dozen or so
of %congenial spirits had fingered i'll
Manager William j. Davis private office
conversing on topics of the day and
discussing the merits and de-
merits of various plays and people
OF the theater. Several stories had
been told regarding the experiences
Of some of those present in the thea
trical business and "reminiscences re-
gardlng great actors and actresses that
have had their day of celebrity. Just
BIS the drift of the gossip had turned TO
proininentS of the Engligh stage.
and was becoming most inter
esting and eagerly listened to
by ALL present, there suddenly
Entered in their midst from out of the
darkness of the Columbia's foyer and
hall beyond, a tall, thin, decidedly
fhabby-genteel looking individual
whose battered silk hat and other out
ward wearing apparel bore the marks of
lime and Chicago's SCOT that is con-
stantly %permeating the atmosphere
hereaDouts from the stacks of the indus
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

If by years; sad, hopeless, embittered.
That was a woman's work. That was a
woman's revenge. The revenge of An
Extra Glrl.' How successfully she had
done it. He left the stage, and went to
rest in Paris. Years passed before he
returned to the footlights. Success
came slowly and grudgingly to him
after that. He lived and tried to
believe he was content. and was
winning something on the stage far
better than his handsome wife and the
dreams of his early youth. 1t was about
this time that he began to again become
deeply interested in his paintings, and
one day came to the paint bridge and
Informed me that he was unable to pro-
cure a satisfactory model for the picture
he was engaged upon. 1t was a very
large one, and the subject the most am
bilious the actor had ever undertaken.
As [ listened to his difficulty, l agreed
that it would be almost hopeless to eX-
pect from any profession a model with
such a combination of qualities as he
desired.
Suppose you ADVERTISE l said.
State exactly what you require; it is
sure to be answered. He did so, re-
ceived many applications, but none
were suitable. The next morning we
were sitting in the scene together,
when a knock came to the door. 1t was
opened, on my employers invitatation.
by a woman, VINO stood hesitating a
moment as if she did not like to enter
Come in, madame said |. laying
down a paint brush. What is 1t we a
do for yoU?'
~ say your advertisement. she said.
Her voice was low and hurried. L am
not a model. but if l could serve-if l
could suit
Her face was yelled. l could only
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

rious tug boats that ply the
nurky rivers of the Windy City.
lie impressed one in his gen
raj appearance as a striking
resemblance of Sol Smith Russell, as
cen in "A Poor Relation" except that
lie wore a long goatee and mustache,
,omething after the fashion of that
worm in days gone by by F. S. Chanfrau
Is Kit in the "Arkansaw Traveller
All present turned with Il accord as
hey heard : IS light foot on the thresh-
hold, and each face took on a look of
Iurprise, wonder and inquiry mingled
with no little Indignation at the I'M
bertinence OF the intruder. In reply to
/ sharp question from Manager Davis
bf "Well, sir, what do you want?" the
diIapldated son of an unknown cline
replied:
"Well, you see, gentlemen, l am an
Dld English actor and stage manager:
In my younger days ! was a scenic art
list. l was for many years employed at
The old - theater in London, where
-. the famous English actor, played
Tor years. l came to Chicago a few
weeks ago, attracted by the novelty Of
What l might see and do at the worlds
lair grounds, but l have lost all my
money, and want to sell to some u in
terested in stage matters, and would
teverently cherish and keep such a rare
relic, the only thing left me that l prize
bn EARTH"
For a few moments there was a silence
among those present, as the stranger
slowly unwrapped a cotton cover from
lcanVased framework and exhibited to
he eyes of those present a picture
showing what appeared to be a scene
room bare of everything except the
rugged outline of a set of wood wings.
and an easel on which stood a picture.
At the foot of the easel lay a woman.
stretched amid the scenic artists paints
and brushes-dead. The subject was
called IAN Extra Girl" All looked at
it with the greatest curiosity, and Frank
Murray discovered down in one corner
Of the picture the words, 49,, 1852"
"To whom does that refer?" asked
Murray.
That is the great actors auto
graph" replied the old scenic artist.
Every one present recognized In
stinctively that in the history and life OF
the picture there lived a memory OF
some tragic past; something that had
turned sunshine to darkness, joy tt
pain.
The picture has a history, ehT'
asked Arthur Clark.
Before answering the old scenic artist
laid down the sketch gently, almosI
Teverently, but the dark shadow on his
face grew darker and mis- c%ountenancf
grew sadder as he spoke.
cit has," replied he. The story is
rather long one, but if you care tt
listen l will tell it to you" a vote wa.
taken on the question, m all agreed
to allow the newcomer to proceed
Well" said he, when this actor (refer
ring to Mr.. - was young, and fame
was still a dream to him, l was TIT
: scenic artist at the - theater, in Lon
don.
"He was very poor. but an enthusiast
worked hard to make his stage produc
lions complete, and was very happy
It was so easy for him to be happy. HI
had hope and youth, and the mysterie,
or the future had no menace for him
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

silent circie-lost TO all thoughts and
surroundings but those so wildly de.
picted in the sad story of the life and
love of one of the worlds greatest
actors.
OF all times in the year Christmas is
o all others a period when the
Whole world feels akin, and that even
Ing each man went down in his pocket
II handed the old stage manager from
one TO ten dollars apiece when he had
concluded.
Profoundly bowling and with tears of
gratitude on his cheeks. he bade us all
Good night and God owe u.s. and re-
tired out into the dark hallway beyond.
L noticed he fingered a moment at the
nat rack in the hallway, presumably,
thought, TO glance i'll the mirror al his
sarrowful, yet kindly face.
But he didn't. An hour later, when
we went to get our wraps to GO, Mall
ager Davis seal-lined coat was gone,
another gentleman's sealskin cap. a
beautiful pair of %astrabhan gloves, two
valuable canes and other i%ncidentais.
Ihe next day some one, evidently think
Ing that the visitor of the night before
might coma back, borrowed a sign from
asneighboring grocery and placed it OH
the hall rack, which read, .If you don't
see what you want, ask for it,"
The picture was thrown i'll the cellar.
Dancing Gowns for Girls.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Delicate pink and white silks have
vines or sprays of gay flowers brocaded
in stripes or spirals. These are made
up, ruffied with lace, with a little stem
green or russet-brown velvet introduced
IN the bertha or collarette. Velvet cor
SageS are worn over many-1oun"ed
skirts of chiffon and silk. GarIands of
roses are fav0rite devices On a white or
cream-colored silk or satin ground.
Ibey nave a quaint, Old-fashiOned air;
nothing more feminine could be devised
in the way Of drapery. A black and
white striped satin gown is t1ounced
with white lace. A pale yellow satin
dancing gown has a narrow border of
bear fur,a spray or glowing c~hrysanthe-
NUNS, in shaded yellow and coppery
browns, is worn with this frock. Steel 4,
paSSementerie again appears in gray
cashmere evening gowns. A white
satin frock for a debutante is almost
yelled In clouds of tulle; these over !
draperieS in turn are trimmed with lace
and White satin ribbon. Another dress |
is OF pale-blue satin, striped with white,
Bayadere fashion. A black tulle is
dotted with silver. the sleeveless cor
sage of black velvet richly embroidered
with silver.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17

come an actress. She had lived
in that one hope and cared
for nothing else on earth. After re-
hearsing her over and over agoip, my
employer, who was always a very stern
man against amateurs, and had gotten
completely out of patience with the
girl, told her that she would never be-
come an actress in the world. He told
her W. to come near the theater
again or he would have her arrested.
The girl begged and pleaded to be al
lowed Just to try but the great actor
was thoroughly disguised and out of
sorts, and ordered the stage doorkeeper
to put her out of the theater.
This he did, but the girl became
frantic, and as she left became liyid
with rage and SWOre she would become
reyenged on the actor who had blighted
her hopes for histrionic honors. She
swore an oath to some day have my EN-
ployer at her mercy. Nothing particu-
lar was thought of this incident until
two years later, when the now great
London actor was invited to attend a
reception given to many celebrities of
London and other prominent person.
ages by Nine. -, who was a most en-
thusiastic patron of London's many
poor artists and those struggling for
fame. Often had been the stories told
Of her generosity in encouraging paint
ers, litterateurs, and occasionally those
seeking fame in dramatic art. She was
claimed to have follies which were,
nevertheless. eXcusable from the fact
that a year previous she had fallen heir
very unexpectedly to a vast amount of
+, money from some uncle who had grown
rich IN the mines at Australia. MY
employer wanted her Endorsement, her
patronage and the passport it would give
him i'll London's foremost society. He
faneied, as has been too often the case
in the past, that all he needed to secure
these things from the hand of Nine. -
was his presence at her reception. At
the reception he met her for the first
time. She was a shallow, seulless
thing, but beautiful as a dream; and
from that evening on the great actor
believed in her and worshiped her
with all the ardor of his thirty
Ooo Solos hS1l. AO liC ISo1I1 huOH
how it happened, but the great actors
nature grew more enthusiastic than
ever over Nine. --'s beauty, and
they were married. From the marriage
day my employers ambition seemed to
leap almost to impossible heights. His
wife and a married life had inspired
him with new hopes and kindled fires OF
ambition that had only been sleeping
before. Every thought was of his new
wife, every hope and every dream were
Of her happiness. The following month
she disappeared, after leaving a note
addressed to her husband, which stated:
my dearest husband: AS your con.
ceit and willfulneSS once drove my
life's ambition to become an actress
from me, so now l give you the expert
ence of a disappointment that means
life itself by going away with your arch
AN EXTRA GIRL"
The great actors ambition seemed
gone after this. He could only sit and
brood listlessly day after day. or break
out into passionate fits of rage and
despair. At last he became very ill
Some of his company nursed him back
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-17
AN EXTRA GIRL "

The great actors ambition seemed
gone after this. He could only sit and
brood listlessly day after day, or break
out into passionate fits of rage and
despair. At last he became very ill.
Some of his company nursed him back
to life; but when he arose from tha
bed he was utterly changed. Aged, as
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-01-13
HANDSOMELY
THRASHBD,
A WRONGED HUSBANDS IRE.
CIeveIand'S Best Society AGAIN in a Ferment
Over the Hathaway Episode.
The Injured Husband ThraShes the Man who
First Destroyed His Happiness.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. G.-When the
suicide of Mezick in Chicago revealed
the fact that Mrs. Marion Hathaway of
this city was his companion IN his last
debauch, it was predicted that its effect
would not be confined to the family i'm
mediately concerned. The Hathaways
are wealthy people of the best society
and a divorce was promptly obtained by
the wronged husband, although the
speedy retirement of the fallen wife to
her fathers home was expected and soon
accomplished. Hathaway, as soon as he
ascertained the whole story of his wife's
downfall, openly threatened that the first
time he met Will p. Todd, vice-president
and manager of the Toplif Manufacture
ing company, he would thrash him with.
in an inch of his life. Last Wednesday
they met in Rumsey's Turkish bath
rooms on Erie street, and Hathaway
knocked Todd down at sight and gave
him such a beating that his own hands
were badly injured and Todd was so
used up that he did not venture out
until today.
This afternoon Mrs. j. n. Toplitf. also
prominent in money and society circles,
brought suit for divorce. She alleged
many acts Z. barbarous cruelty, asserting
that her husband brutally struck and
abused her many times in Cleveland and
other cities. They were married in 1885.
Society is much disturbed over this last
denouement.