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ing stones into musical offerings 20 tho geo-
pie who perform well on. n number, OF better
known Instrument. They usually mtngie
their music with some comedy. ,busfness. hno
are generally American or Engiish. me J, ' ssss
people. and the salary paid Is always iorine
company. which has the privilege Of adjusting
its division.
Their, there are orchestras. men. women;
want When al agent has an order Tor sucn
an attraction he can pick 1t up IN rLittie
Vienna Second avenue. from Ftrstto Twsiftn
strect-in n half hours time any day. They
Tho dancing. people Of the old school have
had n m ore serious blow becauscof the ioretfn
mrortstions than any other class OF yaude-
t fh,,s H ,HIsn'i Pastor r isatsered on lis Bills
G Grsst was si0f kit asaeH G'Ne ahf Now now any q
them could borrow from Antonio. but
get an Engagement never nn ,ho . nho s GiSs HSooaa
may remind yourself q other days by finding
lin and her on the Bowcry; dancing as OF
yore with wooden. i'm movable fnce. but WOO
a@e5inlly clever feet; They arc not II ,is &c sr mni
.acrobatic.' or special" The eccentric,
acrobatic. and grotesaue. are nearly all
foreigne5s; most oi the spscinls n5r hm sr,I si
arc American. The acrobatic, such as the
French 1uadrille uuartets who have. been
dancing in tho Academy. in Roster IL Biara.
one Of whom got her training in the ballet, and
was taken from there into q training school ne
cause OF some special ability discovered by the
ever watchful agents.
SO there ia something about the peonle, who
are not very interesting rs they have been
introduced. Public entertainers. are seldom
interesting OFT the stage. and this class OF
people less so than others. But on the stage!
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ton out OF San Francisco. because the people
there. never seemed TO 60 to bed. The mere
mention Of San Francisco started us humming
that tune. and before our carriage turned out
OF the towery had scrib6led on the tack OF
got 20 our rooms in the Hoffman House my
wife sat down at. the piano and played tho
wrote three more verses hat night. and when
| Went where Trip to Chinatown WAS play,
was written on the spot. as the artists say"
New York audiences are as insistent In de-
manding MI the verses now. after hearing 1t
for two .yenrs. rs ever. they were. Mr.. Hoyt
nscribes Its success, aside from the catchiness
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whs% y e NOR. ,ocrysnisHt e. s.udy h,ess
material difference IA the, rroeramme. the
and Herrmnnn's. II Is a different audience
from those which attended even frst.class
variety shows n few years ago. There
arc more women. and Il is made up more
largely OF the people who were formerly
%classed MS patrons Of legitimate drama only.
At Hoyt's, where the admission IL tho same as
at the other frst-class theatres. the audiences
are exactly tho same. too. There In only n
little vaudeville there. and what there IL is
%cleverly introduced MS incident to tho farce;
but TINT tho vaudeville clement has consider
able TO 10 with tho fact that Hoyt q Thomas
have mot had to change the bill in two years.
and do not expect to do so for mt least another
year. Is admitted BY the. arrangement
Any allusion to the Trip to Chinatown" I'm.
which has been sung In Mr.. Hoyt's. plays In
OF Now York. 500 times. This IA tho history
Of. tho song ms Mr.. Hoyt gave Il to n sur man:
Several. Years ago In San francisco" sid
Mr.. Hoyt. Il heard the music Of the song. with
the words. perhaps. OF the original song from
The Harem.' but the words did not i'm press
me. The music did. II haunted me. and |
was still whlstlinR and hum ming IL when I
returned to New York. MY vito caught the
tune and said | ought to use II In some piece.
One night. after n Performance In Brooklyn,
my wife and / remained over there Tor supper
with Col. Sim. SO 1T was rather late when wa
drove over the bridge. Az we came up. through
the Bowery remarked that 1t was like a sec
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On the stage is nuite another matter. They
are out OF their calico training clothes. out OF
their garlicky restaurants. stuHy apartments.
loud or dowdy street clothes. and are he-
dccked and smiling for tho entertain
ment OF vaudeville-mad Now York. OF
the four principal theatres devoted to
vaudeville performances. two permit drink
ing and smoking and two do not. All
nre equally prosperous. and in them all a
diliRent search will reveal delegations from
nearly every class OF people who can afford
the price OF admission. Yet there is n great
difference in the audiences viewed rs n whole.
Proper women do not 60 to the theatres where
drinking is permitted. It Is frequently said.
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al! Now York has for the Bowery
In the West II ever you meet a homesick
New Yorker. no attributes his blues tn the fact
that he Ia N long way froE the Bowery."
While talking OF popular vaudeville songs
Mr.. Hnyt gave this interesting fact. The
four other songs which have made the great
est lits in my plays were all written BY Mr..
. N!a.1a% b batsna o. !I nan srSh Ds s"al aney! Tnhlss
Wild Man from Hornoo.' md Rachel Rosen-
heimer.' Mr.. Barton j. Il young San FranciscG
lawyer. who gavo up his practice ut tile hnr to
dig n fortune, out OF an asphalt deposit he
found somewhere in California He has Just
organized n Company to pave our streets with
his asphalt Well. | met him In the bohemian
Club in fan Francisco. for whose inks no
had written. nil the songs l have mentioned:
The songs had not oven been published. and
when l offered TO buy them from him. no gave
them to me. s,,yinG he wrote songs for fun. not
Tho Clayton Girl. now dancing in "A Trip to
Chinatown. whose famous back kick the
artist has Illustrated; is only old enough to
Just cscape the official attention Of Mr.. Gerry.
Her forward. kick is made while her right
hand. stretched ms fnr rs possible over her
head. holds y tambourine. She never misses
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Of the stage. makes a running jump.
clears her three companions, and lands
'.split." She does not touch, her hands to
OF her descent. The. Inner sides Of her feet
strike frst. then the inner sides OF her calves.
Even trained tumblers In making, a comic fall
strike. the stage first with their hands The
girls don't. and they never lose their baby
But it Is time to take q stroll to some Of the
other class Of vaudeville theatres.
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on tho salary paid during tho whole
term Of the engagement. This amount
Is deducted from the salary each week
and paid to the New York agent. who divides
performers nay five per cent. only to tho
agents. The foreigners nre OF course engaged
only on their regulations. but local talent IL
constantly being DEVELOPED Ivy managers who
are anxious to evolve a; school OF home per-
formers. who will release them. from tho
The local. sources OF. supply are tw0-the
concert halls Of the east sid and tho schools
Of the local teachers. A man or woman sing
ing or dancing in n Enwery concert hall. who
shows any unusual talent. can Kick In II way
no one has before thought OF kicking. or can
be seen BY men who are regularly
sent the rounds Tor that purpose.
II the performers act Is new. or. ~ old. un-
usually well done. nm engagement Is suro to
be offered ut some place one rung up the u
dcr-that ladder whose base rests in the I'M
roof Of the Madison Square Garden, i another
hit is scored. progress is rapi!. until broadway
is reached. The candidate for vaudeville
honors who comes from n teachers training
school is tried out rs It Is called. on a regu-
lar stage. Application. is made to. an agent.
out process. Then the novice is taken to the
stage NJ some theatre. some one takes
tn" music Of her song nr dance and plays II on
q piano. and with her teacher. the agent. the
stage mnnages O. the theatre perhaps. and
some stage hands ard charwomen for IN au-
result possibly fnlhls her visions Of success in
n vaudeville theatre or else 1t sends her hnck
to making cigarettes or mending. her younger
brothers clothes. The vaudeville. lad world
never inquiries. II she is a success 1t makes
her rich; II she is not. the world mover knows.
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What do they do to please the people who
pay u fortune nightly into the box Offices OF
tho vaudeville theatres In the vaudeville
vernacular they are classified first in four large
divisions: singers. dancers. acrobats and
tricks. and song and dance. Each OF these is
subdivided extensively. There are sketch
teams. usually consisting Of q man and wo-
man. whose act consists OF song and dance.
introduced by conversation framed into the
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THE STAGE DoEs NOT STEREsr THIN.
They develop most OF tho eccentric dancers.
sonic singers. and vaudeville comedians
PpQuerette is Chased as d Coincidence. The
eoutortionists aud .acrobats. who cannot DO
6classed as vaudeville performers. although
they appear on nearly all vaudeville pro-
Eramn,es, come from SpRin and Italy sony
Hines. although the domestic article. domestic
Ia u political sense. is RAPIDLY coming into tho
mark OF. ana some come also from England and
Germany. with an occasional team" f:oin
France. New York supplies nearly all the
sketch teams" negro, Germ M, andIrish dia-
tetL singers. knockg. outs. and JIG, grotes1ue.
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showing visiting customers the sights: bach.
elors who fnd their apartmsnts lonely. and
Portable German and French citizens with
family parties: students from colleges: home
to yistt q siok relative: Or eecanse their Y
student Is always there; society men in full
dress. before an evening social engagement or
H from G sh a1n r%e.tl e 3 ro view Void = i0 Of G rSaadera:
some soldiers Of iortupe;" sports: un.
classified boys. middle aged and elderly.
tho Gloors.are the extremes which meet more
answhsTeslse New YORK hss ademi:n9nds51
tho paspsafs55iiss. E f,Ssy man nan ' IN New YorS
r. tfn this 20 hall woT!d, r may be possible. soms
ssned BY the vsuaeSiiis orsse. Nav YORK Ia:
pums sssA Stage e sIc,u is" 81 the ifIs Of " 6 s 3
~. has declined A to s .saG f the s1i :te Il even y
admit the St4'f fac aerf Il ~ i sed Is ssG'f ebss,t TO
thsursions Into one Of the kinds Of yaudeyille
ints' efSow na tauc brought polite, New York
the demi; monde. The touch OF elbows has
been deadsned. to be sure. by thicEnesses Of
t hsaSS eln pss'l snd thu In those, boxes women q
secretly; protect them, are To- be- seen eyepy
nj sIss h /, 3 lsr * ps ,Ena5ty rem ffhs '%polit,ss
and manners. That is the arst r ,ms'r Of fp tSsir
f!n nnt per rHHS fao St ' Isss nan IL that next box,
clubs he belongs to. what fhiss a a%smstupae, wnas
and accomplishments are, what he does to
his set. but they are silent. Al
There Is the audience. then: high and low
ir re- ana sG On good, bid. Indifferent;
chapter was to have been about the per.orm.
ers. not the audience. What a deuce Of n time
1t takes to get to those performers. Here Eoes.
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linz vaudeyiije eompanies were Factoring
the dance II IL novelty that draws to the
vaudeville theatres.
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At each vaudeville theatre there is one per-
former. or set Of performers. who mako the
feature for the time being. 1t Is known what
time the feature Is on" and Just before that
hour the already crowded house fills up still
more. and afterward scores leave. But even
for the first number OF the programme there
is u large audience. and a large number leave
only after the last curtain, The dancers, sing
err; gr"tesGues, comedians. appear in turn.
each AS II Tor that night they Were bound to
please or die: as II his or her act was
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4 A great many people must be employed In
this work. was the frst conclusion an investi-
eating Bun man came to. Figures are tire
some things to consider. but just these
two may be taken as an indication Of
the extent OF the army. One Fourteenth
street agent. who books this class OF per-
FORMERS only. has tho names OF 1000 perform
3ers on his books. all Of whom are engaged in
United States. POO Of them in this city.
&4hers are other agents engaged exclusively In
same hne-two or three others-and some
~ the dramatic agencies are beginning to
- he . hand In the same profitable business.
whore do the performers come from. and
who are they? The greatest vaudeville supply
STAGES are those OF the Paris Alcazar. Eden.
1ldorado. Casino. and Moulin Rouge the Lon
don Empire. Alhambra. Oxford. Canterbury.
aAd Pavilion; the Ronarchers OF Vienna. and
The Winter Garten and Walhalla Of Berlin.
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hostssses to q dinner at Delmonico's or Sher-
rvs he does not entertain them afterward By
employing an operate star to sing or a
dramatic star to read. That would bore a
vaudsville.mad company. A man who can
gracefully twins his legs around his neck and
. woman who can jump three feet in the air
and land on the stare spread like q broiled
chicken. and another who can sing q French
song su faciently translated by her feet. Shout
ders. and eyes. followed on the programme.
perhaps. by o man in evening dress who tune
fully r%ecounts the utter misery OF life caused
by an obdurate parent with q deep-seated OBJ
lection to buying little dogs: these are the
entertainers the society bachelor employs TO
amuse his guests.
No grade Of society remains unaffected by
the madness. and as a result the army OF
vaudeville performers. and tho theatres de-
voted to them. have increased to such an ex-
tent that II one wants to diversity his amuse-
ment with legitimate comedy or opera. a
search OF the theatres is necessary to supply
the want.
LADY Windermere's Fan" Is put on at q
popular theatre by nm experienced and lavish
manager. and after a brief and languid run Its
withdraw wal 10 announced. A couple Of clever
mon write o burlesuue OF that play. introduce
soubrette In q three-leg dance. and other
wise vaudevilleize the performance. and a
tremendous success is made. A fairly good
comedy lanGuishes in a Broadway theatre.
The management import Il woman In a red
wig to sing and dance "Boom-de-ay." and ct
once begin turning people away from the doors.
a woman Will a tremendous Chicago divorce
record goes on the road in q slumberous must
cal !" farce" aud Is In danger Of having her
wardrobe attached tor hotel bills. Her or
chestrs leader. poor Mullaly-is he dead or In
ss~ner-suggests a widow dance and song"
and the divorcee becomes rich in two years.
In New York there are four profsssedly
vaudeville theatres. Roster & Bial's. Pastors.
EProctor's, and the Imperial: two Broadway
theatres. the Bijou and Herrmann's. playing
Do-csilsd farces. which depend for their sue
cess on their vaudeville features: a score OF
mast and west side theatres and halls. where
mixed vaudeville and variety performances
nightly draw crowds. and the perpetual "Trip
10 Chinatown" at Hoyts Madison Square
Theatre. whore a dainty farcs-comedy is en-.
livened with the highest class OF vaudeville.
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The ladies aid society will give lawn
social at the lawns Of G. w. Prevey and
>. l.. Lockhart next Thursday evening
aug. 18th, at which ice cream and cake
VIII De served, and to which all are in.
vlted.
Mr.. M. l.. Ecker, late Of Huron, and a
former resident Of Grant county, has
purchased an interest in the furniture
business OF Z. Emanuel, in this city,
and the new firm is now hailed as Eman-
uel q Ecker.
The committee who have charge of
the matter Of preparing county exhibit
for the Aberdeen grain palace, desire to
TO ask all who can to prepare and pre-
serve for q collection from the county,
specimens OF grasses, grains, vegetables,
fruits, etc. If tins is done Grant county
can make splendid showing at tins eX-
hlbition. The committee will attend TO
the forwarding anu arranging of the ex-
hlbit, it farmers will aid in making the
collection. The chairman OF the com
mittee Tor this county, Hon. n |. Low
than, will be pleased TO give any further
Information in regard to the matter that
is desired.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1893-08-11
JUDGE ANDREWS,
Receives the Republican NOmi ma .
ton for Circuit Judge.

The republican circuit convention held
at DeSmet last Tuesday resulted in the
nomination OF Judge Andrews for reelec-
ton on the first formal ballot on a vote
OF 68 for Andrews and 46 for G. s. Whit
ing. The counties of Grant, Brooklngs,
Hamlin and Kingsbury gave Andrews
their solid vote, and Clark county five OF
its fourteen votes. Codington, Deuel.,
and Roberts delegations an! nine OF the
Clark delegates were elected to the con-
vention as favorable to the nomination OF
G. X. Seward OF Watertown, but when
it was seen that the nomination OF Sew
ard was impossible, a strong effort was
made to swing the Kingsbury delegation
over TO the opposition to Andrews, and
the Seward men united upon &. 5.
Whiting OF Kingsbury, with the hope
that enough Kingsbury county delegates
could be brought to support man from
their own county to defeat andrews.
The Codington county men made very
determined and bitter fight against An
drews, and brought every influence with
in their power to defeat his nomination.
We believe nothing but the general
popularity of the judge throughout the
district and with the people gave him
the nomination.
The Grant county delegation had the
honor of furnishing the chairman OF the
convention IN the person of j. w. Bell,
who was unanimously chosen as the
presiding officer, and conducted the con-
yentlon without entanglement safely ana
promptly through its work.
The nomination of Judge Andrews is
highly satisfactory to the people OF tins
norton OF the district, regardless OF
marty. and he will not only receive the
endorsement OF the republicans OF the
county. but Il good percentage OF those
ct other parties will recognize his fitness
and ability for circuit judge by casting
IN cir vote for hlm
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ed ).

| SCHAFER-At his home in this city on the 9TH
| inst. OF cancer, Mr.. Henry Schafer. in the 56th
| year Of his age.
The deceased was born in Darmstad,
Germany, November. 1887, and came to
America IN 1859, first settling in New
York state, where he was married to
Miss Eliza Schafer, who with SOC, Ed
die, aged II, survives him. The family
Afterwards moved to Steele Co.. Mimi,
and came to Big Stone City in 1882,
where Mr. Schater conducted meat
market for number Of years. and from
there came to Milbank some six years
ago, and has since made his home in this
city, where he has been engaged in the
same business. In 1862 he enlisted in a
New York regiment and served during
the rebellion, his army record being as
clean and free from reproach rs the life
he has led among his eighbors in Grant
county.
The disease which sapped his life,
made its appearance in cancerous
tumor IN his mouth about six months
ago, and he shortly after went 10 Mime
apolis, where surgical operation was
performed, in hopes Of removing the
atflicton, but it was not to be, and with
quiet resignation he returned to await
the final call, suffering much OF the time
extreme physical pain, but with chris
tian fortitude enduring his suffering with
out complaint until the death angel in
mercy brought him relief.
The funeral service was had on Wed :
nesday morning in the NJ. E. church, of
which society the deceased had been a
consistent and devoted member tor many
years. Out OF respect to his memory the
business houses of the city were closed
from 10 a. IN. to u, during the obsequies
and large gathering OF citizens attended
the funeral rites, the members of Secur.
ity lodge, A. 0. U. W., OF which he was
member, appearing in body and es
corting the remains to their last resting
place.
A man of gentle life and manners
with character that commanded the
respect OF all with whom he came in con
tact and the unbounded confidence ant
love OF those with whom he WAS NOR,
intimately associated, u MAJ whose sim
pie word was his bond, and whose virtues
were the unOstentatiOus and natural pro
duct of heart overfiowing with kindnes
toward his fellow men and love o
truth for truths sake. Such was th'
character of Henry Schafer, and hi
memory will be long cherished by tn
many friends who learned TO love hin
for his genuine worth.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1893-08-11
JUDICIAL CONVENTION.
Republicans Of Grant County Elect
Delegates 10 Circuit aM0 state
Conventions.

The republican convention, held at
the court house last Saturday was quite
we'll attended considering the fact that
harvest is in full blast and farmers are
utilizing every hour in their fields OF
ripened grain. The convention was call
ed to order by chairman OF the county
committee, H. J.. Benedict, and for tenn
porary officers E. F. Hartwell was chosen
chair man and w. w. Down,e secretary.
Upon motions duly carried, the chair
appointed a committee Of five on Gre
dantials and a committee ot three on
permanent organization as follows:
Credentials -Jno. A. Williams, A. N.
Stafford, A. Mortell, F. Thorndike and
John Neuenberg.
Permanet Organizatlon-N.J. J. Bleser,
Ed. Riley and A. L. Abbott.
After a short recess the committee on
credentials made the following report
which was adopted without dissent:
Your committee on credentials find the
towns and wards entitled to representa-
ton as follows:
Adams Township-Dr. r. H. Clark,
r. u. Jones, E. Hartwell, Wallace Close,
William +. Hyde, J A. kelsey
Delegates present cast full vote
BIC Stone City-H. o. Breckenridge,
r r. Gold, L. II. Dawson, P. Wander
vert. f. w. Thorndike.
Delegates present cast full vote.
Georgia TowDship-P. Eng'und. y. =
Hartwell, Thomas Hagen.
Delegates present cast full vote.
Grant Center Township. II. Neuen-
burg. T.. Vanwald, G. Oehler, Fred Lei
bing, G. j. Nehrenberg.
Delegates present cast full vote.
| Mazepa Township-G. p: Wilson, =
=. Kinney, II. a. Riley, Y. =. Riley.
Delegates present cast full vote.