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What Curtis Will DO.

The Chicago Times rises TO say that the
native drama IS just humping itself: Nj. b.
Curtis, who has been acquitted OF murder with
out being told not 10 do 1t az in, strange TO say
Is not going 10 desert The stage just now when
IL needs every eleyaling and purifying infu-
ence, No, indeed, Listen TO the encouraging
words OF this great actor and cheer up Il shall
take up 'Sami o. POsen' again, and HOyt and
Thomas are now undermining IL for me. On
alternate weeks with that 1 shall present a
melOdTama founded on the Story OF my own
case. l gave the order for IL 10 Simms and
Petiilt OF London eight months ago, sending all
the evideuce of my first Trial. They have three
acts written. as they stated In letter received
tins week, and they are now concluding II with
The fourth. Simms s. PetitI are The authors of
Alone In London" The Silver King ana other
well-known melodramas aud 1 think they will
give me good. strong play"
By the way, Mr.. Curtis adds that a Chicago
manager had Offered him by telegraph 800
week for forty weeks. Who is the enlightened
and phlanthropic manager IN our mids /. II DR..
Dana viii permit US 10 say so? Let him stand
forth and receive the laurel wreath kept IN
eamphoT for just such emergencies The fool
killer is TOO busy anyhow these days TO be really
dangerous.
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Will Run a Month.

"ShiD Alloy" will enter upon lis fourth and
last week at the Tivoii next Monday evening
Owing 10 the success OF the new songs, dances.
gags ana OcaiiSms The management have deter
mined 10 lengtheu the run. The scenery, Access
series and the new musical setting prepared at
this house VIII be forthwith sent East 10 the
Union-sQuare Tbeater for its production there
Mr.. Ii. Grattan Donneliy, the author, is so we'll
pleased with It's success here that lie has tele
graphed Messrs. KEELING Bros. his cOngratula-
tiOns and the order for the transportation of
the material East One of the great successes
OF ihe past week which will be continued Is
Ferris Haftman's imitation OF Henry Irving in
The Bells" In j. Z. Wilson aud Fritz Will
liams' topical duet IL Believe II, l Do" ID
which lie Is ceyery assisted by Oracle
Plaloted. Miss Carrie Roma wiz continue tn
MARBLE III BacO." PM Rranson The Pride of
All The Navy" Fanny Liddiard Promise
NJ" and such a Nice Girl, Too" Fer
ia Hartman "DO-do-huckleberry-d oo," Oracle
Plaisted tie latest craze "rol-lol-lOl." George
OHM "She is the idol of my heart" and the
catchy music of The score by the principals aud
chorus. Several new dances will be given,
While the scenery, accessories aud costumes
Will be frightened and treshened for The last
week Of this interesting faTcr-comedy success.
On Monday evening, SepIemDer IL Won Suppe's
popular opera ~ atiuIlZa" viii be presented for
one week, to be followed by a magnificent pro-
duetiOn Of PlaDquelte's romantic opera IA four
scenery painted and designed by Z. S. Williams
Ferris Hartman will be the Rip, and Title
Silinger will reappear, after a brief sojOurn in
The East. as Gretchen. The other characters
will be in good hands, and In. production will
be one OF The finest ever given at this house.
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scenes. painted with wonderful fidelity to
natures conhguration aud colorlng and re-
enforced by many mechanical effects. having
degree of realism never seen in a purely dra-
MALE stage presentation.
The first scene shows a stage setting OF the
natural bridge In Virginia. which Thomas
Jefferson, only two years before tn Declare
zion OF Independence. bought, together with
over 100 acres OF adjacent land, from King
George ~, for 20 ShtlnngS.
The next setting shows the interior of the
Mammoth Cave In Kentucky, IA magnificent pic
ture. in dark blue shadows, with the daylight
from the mouth OF The caVeIn streaming in and
sparkling upon the huge pillars OF stalactites.
which Is described as alabaster In fac, formed
by the constant dripping OF water charged with
carbonate OF lime from limestone, just a. icicleS
form by the cOngealing OF successive drops of
water falling upon one place.
Pixies Peak and The Garden OF the Gods, in
Colorado, Is the next scene ShowD--a wonder
ful symphony OF color, composed OF red sand
stone ana yellow gypsum cliffs. BY means nf
electrical effects "A glorious rosy sunset fade
into the gloom Of night, made terrible by tbnn-
dersiorm, IN which forked flashes OF lightning
and wonderfully real thunder and pelting rain
arouse the audience.
The Yosemite Valley OF California also fur
niSheS an Inspiring picture.
Mount Tacoma, Wash. IS majestcally repre-
senled, lis snOw-cad summit and sides Daihed
IN the golden avs of The setting sun. which grad
ually dissolve into the soft, mellow green ligh
OF The rising moon.
a slartlingy effective setting of The Muir
glacier In Alaska is shown, with Glacier Bay
and lcebergs In the foreground so natural In
their frosty appearance as TO make one lnSticn-
lively Shudder with cOd
But the most beautiful tableaux are three
closing ones consisting OF sDuuting geySers in
The Yellowstone Park, from the cTaters OF which
real steam aScends, and finally the GRAND
IL seems 10 be mad rush OF real water poured
down decllYlty into unknown depths.
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ELECTRIFYING PEOPLE.
High Currents Now Used In the
Treatment of Obstinate Diseases.
PlttsDurg UiSDatCh,

tltlSOufB nlSpdICn.
One OF the first essentials Ia an electro
therapeutist is The ability to select the exact
kind of current best adapted to the affection
10 be treated. The so-called galvanic and
faradic currents have long been familiar TO
the medical profession. but few of them
have the courage TO utilize the high frequency
currents which have been so fully described
and illustrated by Tesla. The first TO apply
these currents aud 10 point out their influence
on the human organism was Morton. who sug-
gested several ways 10 which they might be ap-
piled as remedial agent.
DIR. a. d'Arsonval after a study of the phe-
nomena or the currents has designed method
of applying il, which consists in the
immersi1g OF the subject 10 be treated
entirely or in part in the disturbance of
the ether caused by the oseillatory nature
OF the current. The subject Is placed in a
cylinder of insulated material, such as
around with one or more layers of electric
light cable. This constitutes what In electrical
language Is called a solenoid, which immen seIy
augmeDts the force of any current passed
through IL. Current suitably modified by a con.
densef ana transformer Is then turned on and the
SUBJECT is bathed In electricity OF the most fin
de steele description. III he embraces the coll.
while holding In each hand the terminals of an,
lncandescent lamp. the circuit so formed
10 llght the lamp. This mode of electri.
icalion is said 10 exercise very now
erful action on the phenomena OF uutrj-
non. DR.. d'Arsonval has made in
conjunction with IFS use, an analysis OF the
products OF respiration. aud some inyestiga.
tons into Its action on inferior organisms.
The results attained have not been made pub.
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A Popular MeIodrama.

Mr.. Lorimer johnson and the y-ry good sup
porting company at The GTove-streeI concluded
a weeks run Of the ''Silver Age" with very
good results. and Will tomorrow night appear
in that most interesting melodrama, Not
Guilty." IN four acts, written by Watts Phillips
The piece was first performed at the Queens
Tbeater, Long Acre, London. February %.
1863. and it may b said 10 have maintained its
popularity 10 the present day. The principal
character in the piece is Silas Jarrett,
Thoroughbred scoundrel who has shaken a
diceboX and cut cards with lords, ridden In
Rotten Row aud the Bois de BoulOgne. dined at
tOniS, but who, al The opening of the play, has
been worn 10 tile quick by poverty and Is pro-
portiouately bitter and cynical in his dispOsi-
ton. He commits the crime OF robbery, for
which Robert Arnold is sent TO a convict
prison. This is the main incident IN the dramI ,
and Is a fact recorded in one of the most cele-
brated of criminal trials. Phillips has made
very effective dramatic use OF The material at
his command
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alleged, was enamored Of a certain Miss Cliff
ford-n she can be called certain Miss Cliff
ford-wEo was really a Doubtful character.
She was the daughter Of Wal er, Lord Clifford.
on the banks or the we when, without why
or wherefore the King took her away
and lransplanted Inc Flower OF Hereford, as
she II deserved 10 be called. to tile bower of
Woods oek. In this bower lie Constructed a
labyrinth something like The maze al RoSh-r-
VIE, and as there was no man stationed on an
elevation in the center TO direct with pole TIE
Right, if you please" straight on" you're
right now, sir left" fright agaiu," etc. etc.
his Majesty had adopted Tie pan Of dragging
he left the spot, so that it formed 4 guide TO
him on bis way back again. This tale OF the
silk Is a most precious niece of enlargement,
but II was pc rhapS necessary for The winding
ur OF The story. While we cannot receive II as
part of the thread OF history, we accept II as a
means of accounting cor Eleanor having got
clew TO the retreat OF ROsamond. Tie Queen,
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Gaining Greater Popularity.

Ned Buckey's promising young daughter
won all hearts last week (aud Will keep them
for a fortDighD by her acting In "A Nutmeg
Matcb,'' now interesting large audiences
nightly at the New California. The piece gen.
orally is well handled, and goes with good
deal OF snap and spring. BY The way, here is a
story that was lately given out by john Barker.
who plays the old Connecticut farmer. Ii was
tod in cafe. Actors stories are always told
IN "caGes," for where there is ''summat TO
drink" there will The jOurneymen actors be
gathered together.
There was variety performer" said Bar
Kerr when IL came his turn TO yarn, "whO used
to do an act with dog. Times were bad and
he was long out OF an engagement. de went
win his dOg 10 a Frisco manager and meeKly
offered his services.
What's your salary?' asked the manager.
Sixty week.
I'm give you hfteen.'
Good heaVeusi Neverp
THEN, gOod-mOrDing.'
1.-The variety man sighed deeply. took the dog
out OF the room, came back, and sad ia a low
voice, AN right: fifteen goes, but please don't
tell the dog "
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80 The Rivals. -

A company with Mis-. John Drew at the
head is now en- tour through The southern pOr-
ton OF The Stale with this nimitable comedy
honOrs," together with Joseph Jefferson and
the late w. j. Florence, besides olher distin-
gushed players. ana earned many dollars.
Mentioning THE Rivals" recalls a Temnls-
cence Of its original production. Sheridan, the
II, 1874, announcing his arrangements for the
initial production at Coyent Garden. THE
manager tells me-" he wrote, THAT the least
shilling / shall get or IL suceeeds) will be six
hundred pounds. had not written line two
months ago." On January II, 1775, THE
Rivals was brought out al Covent Gardens,
London. The hrst performance was spoiled.
Sir Luclus QTrlgger. conn etrnt actor 10
the part was obtained, and then The play
rose at once into that high region of
public favor, where II has continued
to float buoyantlv and gracefully ever
SINCE" and as Moore remarks "FTOm
the llVelIness OF the plot, the variety and whim-
Slcaliiy of lis characters, and the exquisite
humor of its dialogue il is one of the most
amusing plays 10 the whole range of the
edy Is laid the first performance was received
with unbOuDded merriment anG The tumultuous
laughter drowned SOM OF Mrs. Maaprop's
ludicTous misapplication OF words. No one has
ever attempted TO compute the shillings,
pounds and dollars that have been received
from productions of ''The Rivals" They are
greater than any man of the present day can
find out. Many fortunes have been made with
this comedy. Modern authors and managers
would no doubt be pleased IL small fraction of
their PRODUCTIONS were only as successful as
The Rivals"
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When Maurice Barrymore aud Blanche Walsh
come out OF the West and turn their faces
toward the metropolis again they may look for
scant sympathy in this vicinity, says the New
York Sun. The general opinion here seems to
be that both of them thoroughly earned The
wholesome and wholesale roasting which they
received at the hands OF the san Francisco
critics. Mr.. Barrymore's work has been grow.
ing siouchy ana careless for long time. The
insult 10 tile audience when on the nrst night
he stumbled through the lines of his part in
'Aristocracy' was palpable one which the San
Franclscans were not slow o resent. While Mr.,
Barrymore talked too little the trouble with Miss
Walsh was that she talked TOO much. Miss
Walsh was handicapped In her debut out there.
mannish attire, and 1t was probably unaware OF
the fact that Miss Walsh Is the daughter of a
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-10
THE CERTAIN SCHOOLBOY.
No Other Student Studies SO Hard or
Plays SO Little.
London Telegraph,

London Telegraph
Year after year the gymnasia' h,su
schools and universities send out INTO Tue
world. there to look for living, multi
tudes of overweight youths teeming Win
instruction which has united then Ioi
bread-earnlng by the practice OF any purely
mechanical craft or petty trade, anu nao
imbued them with many OF the tastes
and sympathies that can only Do pro-
ductiye of happiness or even enjoyment
to those who are enabled 10 Iake
their stand and maintain 1T IN one Oh
the upper spheres. These. youths nave
been put through the m.li WIN e1 hoy
ty of which the British pubic school oo5
and university ''man" have not an even
approximate notion. Nothing is less IKE
The school life of England than that ~
Germany. In the first place 1t Is entrely
devoid of the element OF play: Games.
such as those which constitute an
important feature of our educational
curriculum and are specifically ass0-
ciative in character. are UNKNOWN 10 thG
boys who attend German gymnasla anu
realschulen. All these establishments
are in the nature of day schools. 1hey 40
not take in boarders. no leisure moment
of the scholars life is spent within their
precincts, consequently no Fairgrounds
are attached to them, and they are exclu-
sively utilized for study. There is no
such thing as cricket or football, rowing
or paper-chasing at German school, nor
were those or any other Open-alr sports
tolerated by the management OF an educa-
tlonal institution would there be any time
for indulgence in them.
Ii may be said of the average German
scho0bey that during the seven years or
so which he passes in working his way up
from ''Sexta" to "Prima" his labors never
cease save during meal hours and sleeping
hours, and are only lightened to a GER
tain extent by his annual summer vaca-
ton, which, however, is abundantly
fraught with tasks calling for careful full
fillment ere be returns to the regular Tou-
tine of school life. This routine begins at 8
A. NJ. and lasts, with an interval for neces-
sary refreshment, until late hour of the
afternoon. Should the "gymnasiast" hap
pen 10 reside at any considerable
distance from his school he is compelled
to rise at or a little after in
order to dress, get his breakfast, cast
glance at his lesson books and exercises,
and reach the gymnasium i'll time to avert
an imposition for unpunctuality. When
he returns home at the end of school hours
he carries with him quantity of work,
the adequate preparation of which for
submission to his teachers next morning
will occupy him until 10 p. NJ. if be be
quick student, and probably until mid
night il a slow one. For healthful recrea-
tiOn-nay, for absolute rest-he has not
had five minutes at his disposal throughout
the working day. Week in, week out eX-
cepting on Sundays, with him it Is toll
and trudge, toll and trudge.
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Wilkes Second Concert.

Alfred Wilkle gives The second OF his Ballad
concerts" at GoIdrn Gate Hall next Thursday
afternoon at o'clock. Henry Strauss. the
pianist, who became excited and refused TO
play at the last concert on account Of the nom
arrival OF his chosen piano. will render Pad
eTewskPs celebrated Theme Varie" The
Esther Needham, MIR. Albert Hooper, a barv-
tone. who will make mis- first appearance, Mr..
Wilhelm Nielsen and MIR. Wilkie. The 'AiO-
nette" ladies' quartet will give Mornings
Legends" aud little Mary Pasmore aged Z,
will play on the Violin composition by her
father, III. ID. Pasmore, entitled MARY at the
Concert" She will also play an obligato 10 the
angels Serenade," which Miss Needham will
sing
Seats will be on sale at Sherman. Clay g. Co..
on Wednr sday morning. and a large audience
is assured.
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hearing of The silk, resolved naturally enough,
TO unravel IT, She accordingly started for Wood
stock one afternoon, ana suspecting something
wrong look large bowl Of poison IN one hand
and a stout dagger in the other. Having found
Fair Rosamond she held The poulard 10 the
nate young peI SOL. who, it il said, preferred
the black draugh to The steel medicine. That
such rrTson as Fair Rosamond existed is per-
fectly true. for she was buried al GOdsrow. near
Oxford. The sensitive hearT, which is ever
anxious to inundate The page OF history with a
regular Niagara Of tears, is, however. earnestly
requested o turn of the rising supply from the
main OF pity. for II is agreed on all hands that
thr death of RosamODd was perfectly natural.
1t has been convenient for rOmanclstS 10 cut
short her existence by drowning it IN a bowl,
but tluth comnels US To add that there is no
ground for such a conclusion.
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A New Departure at the Baldwin.

The three "Urania'' spectaces-"A Trip to
the Moon" "Cbaos 10 Man." and the "Wonders
Of America"-will be presented during the
week at the Baldwin Theater on alternate
nights. beginning on Monday, September II,
with matinees on wednesday and Saturday.
Popular prices for seats wifi prevail. and the
unlimited resources OF the Music Hall Company
of New York will be utilized to make this en-
gagemenI red letter one in the history Of the
stage entertainments in this city. Scenery of
magnifcence and electric light effects which are
pronounced simply marvellous will be employed
10 illustrate the mysteries OF the moon, the evo
buttons of the earth and the majesty OF the
North American continent through its scenic
grandeurs
MIR. Garrett p. Serviss, a man of sterling ac-
eomphshments as a scholar, writer, orator and
traveller. will deliver the explanatory discourse
accompanying each spectacle. aud Mr.. ii.
MayerhOffer, a celebrated electrician of great
tenown, will have charge of the stage pr0duc-
tion OF the "Urania" spectacle. Doubtless the
- Wonders of America" will find most favor as
1t illustrates with truthful fidelity aud WONDER
fnl realism scenes which are more or less ia
mlllar TO the popular mind. These ''wonders''
comprise series OF most beautiful stage
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TWIN BOTHERATION.
Twin Sisters Wooed by Twin Broth
ers and Complications Arise.
ChIeago Inter Ocean.

chicago inter ocean.
William and Edward Sites are brothers
and wealthy real estate men of Wichita
They are twins and in addition are so much
alike that people who have known them in.
Iimately for years constantly take one for
the other. In the same town lived two
school.teacners who were sisters and twins.
The authority for the story. A. NJ Burton of
Kansas who is at the Great Northern, says
that it is difficult 10 tell them apart. The four
twins met, tell in love and married. Each
twin married tile twin with whom he or she
was in love. though little mixing made dis
elimination impossible.
Many stories, too long TO be retold here, are
rel ted OF them during the courtship, but suf-
fee il for the present narrative TO say that in
order TO avoid mistakes William and th young
lady TO whom he was engaged assigned Mon
day. Wednesday and Friday nights as their
nights for counting, ana Ed called on the re-
naming nights of the week, so there would be
no mistake. They were married by the same
preacher at the same time. The gentlemen
were dressed alike and so were the ladies. The
preacher got little mixed and had to refer to
his notes, but the high contracting parties are
The father of the boys presented them both
colts that were twins, and Mr.. Burton says any
day these gentlemen, looking exactly alike aud
driving horses and busgtes where no difference
can be detected may be seen Ia the streets of
Wicha a, where they are known TO nearly every
body In town.
Well. twins have come into those two house
holds, and 1t Is gravely asserted that each set
OF twins cannot be determined from the other.
They have all four been in one house and the
visiting mother has taken two b bies home
with her, and il they become mixed they
comfort themselves. by saying: Its all in
the family anyhow" The children are salts
fed with either one OF the ladies as mother.
When either one OF the gentlemen meets any
onr of the four on the street and it calls out,
"Hello, papa" he doesn't know whether it's b is
or not
Eight of these twins. for. of course, the
horses are to be left In Wichita, are coming TO
see the fair. AT the hotel are two negro boys,
twins, who are to be assigned especially to
wait on them. Complications are looked TO L.
as one OF these boys once had broom DIT the
door when gentleman ordered a brougham,
and the other brought SICK man Bible when
he asked for barber.
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The prevailing topic in all circles during
the past week, and which no doubt Will
continue TO be so for the present one,
was Mr.. Henry Irving's acting. samples
of which we have seen so far in Matthias,
Shylock. Beckett and the double role of
Dubosc and LesurGueS in 1.-The Lyons
Mail" There is wide difference In the opin-
ions expressed in regard TO the English ACTOR
Some are disposed 10 accept him without ques-
lion as a hiS!rionic paragon. and some, with
more of the critical and analytical faculty,
deny him that proud distinction, and even go
so far, bringing bis leading lady into the ques-
lion, as 10 sum up the situation by saying:
we endure Irving; we enjoy Terry" The
great obj elton with the majority Is Mr.. IrV-
ing'S voice and his mutfied, indstInct readings.
We have been used TO hear the Shakespearean
text read with clear and easy expression, aud
have learned 10 regard this treatment of it as
one OF an actors claims TO consideration. Mr..
Irving holds that there should be no special dif-
ference In an actors style of utterance, whether
on the stage or off II. Such men as Booth. Bar
lett, kean, MCCULLOUGH, The silyer-yoiced
James Anderson, and, In fact, all the old lights
of the profession who cultivated the art of
reading with clearneSs aud force, he considers
mere ''mOuthers." Acting in his opinion, de-
peuds least of all on the manner in which an
actor may read hls lines so long as be conveys
the idea that he is Identified with and controlled
by The part lie has assumed. Holding these
views, as lie does, II is very easy o account for
Mr.. 1ryIug'S pecularlIes and manneriSms.