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TOLD BY THE TICKEDEST MIN.
Carter Harrison Gives This Story to Chi.
cage Upon HIS + cction rs Mayor.

Ftom n t1iuyo Time.
TACOMA. WASH. April 4.-The body OF q
ern part Of Wallis Wal.a county. IN tho eastern
up q small piece OF land in the vicinity OF his
barn. The body was first seen lying about two
feet under ground. near the root or u tree. rs
the ss snnno WaS f fe h:; E.9 ia = ,6 oal; Il to IS G IsIy
twenty years; Il has been Identified as the Loty
has brought to light y remarkaDIy interesting
position in which the body was, found have led
to, the belief TINT It was never buried by NOR
beer, covered from view by the, continual
drifting OF earth. dried leaves. and the many
nSsnyea s st the Ease 'e % ,h nsi trse sarius sc fne
years that have passed since the girl dlsup-
penred from her home.
rancher, where it was washed and thoroughly
dried. when II became as white and as smooth
residence OF a MUSICIAN in Idaho. where it now
Is. There il not a flaw or scar visible to rnnr
the heure. or the BEAUTY Of The pIrrnomenal
c%oloring q. the Inns and checks. which has
aroused tho interest on Tie few nhysi Inns ,r
goes with the rising and setting Of ths sun.
p pal S1 as nm lo ordsna nH! pie ."' OF ina marble ilD"Jj% Just at
sunrise this flesh tint OF healihful reposo is
face the Importance OF quiet sllmbor. hut
which immsdialely disappesrs as tn shadss
81 nigh. begin to fb fall kss A. th sos Sun begins tGa t, to
like form gradually changes. the Wilderness
reappcars. and the body Is again IN the icy
WHOM the body was found It was perfectly
nude. There was. however; q tiny gold chain
s spon which ~" We're ret the T inifial s" "H. sdts1v . H'' These
initials gave the first clue to tho Identity Of the
S SSay i0o W b hn i ESsa az Sa fnSwn t lsM d Ire he sG SIs
settlers In that section recalled the parents OF
the girl and how they had worked and lived In
II.snadd.' af IN he Inc 4ndl EUs'' that Ra 'H iahab 5t.ss e eastes q,
Washington. Idaho, and the neighb9ring coun-
81 efth isf Go yssas ssS y eff y asi ' ssm. Or 'e esi hoT sSs
Glossstt E'r s,a. esS,na'p liza to the s0't oni1 g goUS
i]tsaSsnt ,sias upon i ,hs icy wife %sS
to Til the soil. One OF tho earliest settlers
who dared brave the dangers that Threatened
F~renchmnn. He was accompanied BY his
: s0 ii,9fs w IEa and sslia l aaa s sa4ned IL is 4%ilt "' Yasrs
maGnineent looking womnp. She made peace
rrslations with tho red men. The beautiful
played and frolicked with the children OF the
old warriors; and as she Cnddsd into mt magni,!,
m Ene II eH was ".p ]sesree iy' IS years of age when
she first manifested symptoms OF a weak mind.
During the hours OF the day she was blithe-
some and gay. but at ~niGhtfnll she, became
from her fathers cabin and wander aim
lessly about rho great forests. needing no one
night abe walked out on the track and dis
appeared, As she did not return her father
found, Her mother had died In the mean
time, and the loss OF his daughter, worried the
old Frenchman SO that he finally broke down.
and. aftor q brief illness. died.
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VII.

Where will the craze stop7 In Juno threo
new vaudeville performances will he given on
tho roofs OF Madison Square Garden. the
Casino. and the Manhattan Opera House.
There will be another when Mr.. FreDch's new
theatre is finished. The agents In London.
Paris. Berlin. and Vienna have been imrlored
By cable and letter to rush all the vaudeville
successes In their fields Every teacher Of
eccentric. grotesque. skirt. and special dane
ing in the city Is dragnctting the city for
dancers who give any promise OF excellence in
any line Of their work. Song writers know
that comfortable incomes can bo rai med by q
single tune which the people will whistle. and
acrobats who can invent n novel manner u
combining their tumbllng and dancing can
make their own terms with managers.
With all the opportunities to SEQ vaudeville
on tho stages Of public theatres. New York
has not had opportunity enough. Early In
this season a thousand men and women
formed Tho Vaudeville Club" hired tho
small theatre in tho Metropolitan onera House
ginning at. first Mt midnight. and afterwnrd at
hnli past 10; The performers we're selected
s,eairas. l srH% AN ess Tss%'"t se TSsi'y ans
went might after night. drank wine. gossipei.
learned The latest tune, became expert critics
q, tie ass 6" 81 ti htss su filsfass' eonio isinT@Sa a tns
generally let their vaudey!lle mahnr.s run riot.
weeks Thsy aga gave . qE ,nsts /. 'i Was MT ,ne = = Success g fey "
Not = success!' he excinim"i. I'VE will
have a theatre Of our own next year. Some
Still that did not sn,isfy the craze. An agent
told THE SUN man tina. until the beginning. Of
Lent there was scarcely u night that he did
to give exhibitions In rriynte h~oases-"the
Performers WHO go to private houses nro
and always get higher rates than they receive
from their regular engagements. Larmcn-
G S%ancln "s'e at got a pf fnsie 'S Entertain StGn me ,%r
shS never nsGen,sd less than 800 t %ss such i
woman, performer Is, engaged. she is expected
engaged; Alter, her work there 4 cArriage is
received by the buticr. who directs her to tho
the . MnsTs TnS Is s !" %aSs She a"f do sa'T Rsr " nsHn
and %rrtires. That is the. rule. but, 1t has not
always been observed. Some people who nd
asked her TO remain and Join the company at
supper, Nothing much has ever hetn told
about that evenings exprrience. but the rule
The foreigners who come hero seek apart
ments at once. and maxi" quick acquaintance
with the restaurnn.s in and about the French
quarter. They are tremendous siChtseers.
George in a months time better than many
native New Workers ever know 1t.
Who. started tho craze? Some authorities
give tho credit to Nate salisbury nud his
"Troubador' COMPANY. which fourisL.d mr.
first daissovere.l the susc,j.ti"iiity Of 'Ameri.
cans 70 vaudeville wh-n he produced Fun
IN .s. r Pn nra' Ms,t a"i,er wi,h a his aSz: a"r or TIss:
AI BSt what Il a'S %iti s,op ita
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WE ARE VAUDEVILLE MAD.
sHE TOWN rs ALTOGETHER CRAEF
OYER WHAT USED TO BE CdLLED
III VaRIE7r SHOH.

Seressr Performers Have the Can, hut some
American Talent Il Tn It-Sourcr- OF sup
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the Per-
fbrners Do-,rhe Grotesque and tae Ec-
e~e.trse-sinuer- aud Knock-about--Birih
or .The Boyery" and the "Four wild
ewss-The Astonishing "spIit "-ESerJ-
thing About Vaudeville.
Vaudeville madness has taken possession OF
New YORK. and the mania is rapidly extending
TO the furthermost limits of the country.
Maine and New Mexico may not have Nanont
and Paulus. but tho vaudeville agencies Of
New York send out hundreds OF more or less
faithful imitators OF the great stars. and the
constant cry Is for more. London. Paris,
Vienna. and Berlin are robbed Of their highest
kickers. most eccentric dancers. and funniest
eingers to supply the ever increasing demand
in this city. Already there are a acore OF
teachers OF wild. extravaganza. or eccentric
dancers, turning out American graduates. and
the supply is far short Of tho demand. Singers
are Imported. and singers are taught on our
own shores. but the vaudeville singer Is still
In so great demand that even tho tremendous
Incentive to acquire the best vaudeville style.
the Incentive furnished by the fact that Paulus
drew $500 a week for singing three or four
comic French songs n night. has left n wide
zap between the number called and the num-
ber chosen. Great vaudeville singers must be
born before they can be taught. but some
thing about that will be said later.
The vaudeville craze has been growing these
ten or fifteen years. but not until this season
has It DEVELOPED violent symptoms in every
grade Of society. The little east side girls who
gather about tho piano organs to sing and
dance to the music do not sing In chorus and
dance the waltz or polka. as their sisters did Il
a.. Nh. -. ,...,. II slA
words OF the songs. or accent n word or
phrase SO that a meaning is evolved which
would possibly amaze the respected au-
thor. and when they dance they kick.
When q young society bachelor pays of his
seasons social debts by inviting his hosts and
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Well. that happens not to be tho fact. They
do go-for a lark. Not in great numbers. and
not often. but they go. rs Eugene Field
might say. IL de meme. Where drinking is
not allowed they go as vowedly rs they
do to see grand opera. or polite comedy on
Broadway. To the other places they go in
parties. for whom boxes have been engaged
long in a~dvance-boxes whose curtains arc
always half drawn. There is no reason why
they might not 60 on tho main floors and
drink their beer In freedom. except such ren-
son as that mysterious edict Of form" pre-
scribes. In fact. proper" people. men and
women. do SO. hut they are possibly more, con-
1t need hardly be said. that foreigners do SO
without Il thought Of doing anything wicked.
SoI DO some sensible American women, who
realize that they are not under any, Obligation
bors. and find that those neighhors. what
ever their morals. are very well behaved.
The Immoral. those who 90 not hire boxes.
know that II they sit in tho main audience
ter tesf The 'en msn osanse ef ieoss otter aae c an"ii MN In
the boxes. still speaking OF the places where
drinking is allowed. the rapid life is less
check ed. and IL a cham payne laugh Is now and
former, It eomes from the boxes. not from the
floor; II Charley is there with his lady friend.
and he usually is. 1t Is always with the chance
OF having q seat next, to his employer. who
barra IS nG to Charley. but lass SO to the ON
ployer. the latter may have with him his wife.
Q lady OF discreet years. who Is restful in her
husbands assurance that what Is naughty
1. Hlso pf0s sis & ino sns w. sh.t not im% %eaSfssAnS Is
not contagious. even II 1t is infectious.
minated men are there In great number.
There are head clerks and. junior partners
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feet: been Induced to go to the show BECAUSE
the reason you get such u humping surprise
when they first come on. Do you remember
few years ago society buds adopted. as one
bouquet. what came to be known MS tho " baby
tended to denote impresnable, INNOCENCE;
1t seemed to indicate u state OF mind TINT
could not comprehend anything more wicked
than o glass OF chocolate soda. That's It
That Is the very stare the French Quadrille
CANCERS have fixed on their young and pretty
adays. The. vaudeville craze carried the SUI
pernnnuated dancer to the stage door. where
she. sells stale lower to the Johnnies.,
Vel. they come on the stage. with that
IAN below their Knees: ths Orchestra plays
gundrilie music. the girls separats. I've On
couple Of times. In q domure manner.
and then something happens which you
sRnt aG soa f ind. tha w T.. elr ysu are ss ssan dHas
"a a row at the front Of the Stage. each hSldinF
her right foot over her head with her leit hand;
and drumming with her right hand on the cnlt
Of her log; as II Il were . banjo. The ba6y stare
more: ~ lock- si.' four te q . h"i s let asoss.ssr "a
bunch. and circle around on, the other fouE:
heads. The baby stare never alters. The Az
die1ce has not appleuded. much yet SO tho
az s.ddl' su GSf5rs al al i thS t stns'' ha fnfe sp aGTa
toward the audience, without, disturbing their
The girls stand up In a line. Iump IN the
ar. and come down with their legs straignt
learn t. DC St that, ara hpHdTsd e, fa anM In '!y snit to
as they call 1t when their logs are out from
their sides: and ono goes to the right
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nd clog dancers. But Europe supplies nearly

ali to whom high salaries are paid.
These are procured through agents In LON
don. Paris. Berlin. and Vienna. A performer
who has. mage y hit at a vaudeville theatre In
any OF those cities Is assured of, an AmeT!can
engagement. Tho agents OF the New York
agencies are constantly on tho lookout for
n0voltios. and when ono is developed the Lon
don or Paris manager who has the novelty en-,
gagged knows that u reEngagement IN out OF
the question until an Aine riran tour has inter.
yencd. ior, the Anlnrigtn agent 10 suret TO outbid
him. The demand il so great" said an
agent speaSing Of this. that salary IT, almost
no ni,jcrt. New York insists on having tho
best aud latest. and our managers are In such
hot CON petition To reap tho benefit of the craze
Tint penpir who have msde u hit on tie other
side practically make. their own terms for u
New York enrlgement.'
aulus. tao French comic singer. not
as a "chansonne,tc.". s5OO u week: Car
mencita. 500 II week Tor lOi consecu.
tiy,, weeks. ami $500 aud S2OO n week
have he"n paid toa score OF i'm ported. perform
ers during the past season. Such salaries are
paid to the people who arc featured the
lesser stars getting IRON $40 to sl1b u week.
and useful. rcopir. who can sing or dance
well enough to tli in the programme tetween
tho feature. rom $50 TO SJ5 a week. The
agents whD engage the foreign talent
charge them ten per cent. commission
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.oi .drs Ssss,. l,kf HG sGuss! n SS,tss than iH., snn siss
singers who make the wgSisEsss and most e;
ssHEiss ss% Him ,s Sor Man nsG 4 'sss .:fSS sSaiy
classical MiSati bH iolk 40 Song. .TSc 'now;ery q m n"ss
Of the audience already know It because they
have heard y it, II on the street to-. or IN their % N,n
words q which are UNDERSTOOD BY but isw Of
r issrSdased . SS' same E Mss. .sheir.anss
The chansolettes sometimes imneril the
integrity OF their vocal chords BY singing q
song in what they have the happiness to sup:
t tfis' was the singing lint IN at east three theatres
r. the the same et tiTe 81 a s s2ns i, Ga tb,s uGe g M .,
musical MfSa y ia Ee'.' Wherein 1"a Tie )" singer i"'s ,eeooinnd"es to
f FSss nj the ns Sss: :ad nla.s h il taf 10 SF shs sIs:
melting Ioys to him. both vnnoni and Violet
s s".. nad i "'i - sD g. y sf.5 %'n ss S9s + s.H piss. 's e
would not be consistent with the hixl class OF
atre to have u singer address a. man in the
orchestra. but strGIghtwav the French maid
Il the i song. nddrossins her burning words
otlove not to the bass iiddlist. but to the char
ncter IPGdBd S1ORC.
Next to the performers who sing comic
songs. In some instances leading them In
Dol %ularity. como the hulIadists. II is a curious
study the effect q sentimental ballad will have
on such an audience rs has been described.
The .tnllaiist usually has for a subject the
longing for homo Of q wandering son. Of. the
vain regret Of u blncklisteh daughter. These
songs are never guyed. are generally %eneored,
who who I" caro- to 'philosophize' about the pho.
ncmenon Of their POPULARITY may eomfort9-
ditional consideration that. such songs
are more poIular In the vaudeville
where there Is presumably smaller, proper
tion III wandering sons and blacklisted laugh.
tiers in the audience than In the other class OF
vaudeville theatres.
moment. for here come ,our French Iuadrille
dancers. There are several sets OF these
performers dancing In New York Mt the pres
rnt time. They ARE exactly alike. for they are
| all from the san teacher. and his trade mark
is npon them all; m"st misunderstanding in the
expressions of their faces rather than In the
style OF their kicking. You have never seen
them before. but You have seen the lurid
| posters devoted to their act: have been told
how delightfully."- naughty they are: have. In
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rudimentary form OF a comedy situation.
These sketch teamsa are nearly always French
or American. and from the class Of dialogue
they employ to introduce their business they
may be reasonably suspected Of writing their
own lines.
Then como what are tersely described
as black" Dutch" and Irish" teams
and knockabouts. TIT latter usually con-
sist OF four men who are trained
acrobats and grotesque dancers. They usually
do their act In black faces. and are as likely to
max re their entrance from the dizzy heights OF
the flies as anywhere else. ALI the time they
are on the stage they are in violent action.
jumping. kicking. beating each other. tum-
bling. yelling. and generally earning their
title OF knockabouts. Some very good farce
comedy material has escaped from knock
about teams. Pete DAILY. who kept Broadway
audiences laughing for a month in "A Mad
Bargain" was q kn%ockabout not long ago.
woman who sing and dance together In fanoi-
1ul costumes and attempt no conversation, 10
2 purely German and American Idea. The
FRENCH insist upon some spoken lines and
Quirod In this work,
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OLD DEL.iWiRE MANSIONS.
Romantic Ivy Lodge and Its Long Praetis.
ing Iine of DIR. David Stewart.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: A paragraph
has been going the rounds OF the New York.
Philadelphia. and Wilmington papers In re-
gard to some old houses in and about the
fishing village of Port Penn. on the Delaware
River. In New Castle county. Del" The houses
are old and interesting. ivy Lodge. the
charming old Stewart homestead" Is dated
1857. while the cottage back OF 1t bears the
date 1927. Ivy Lodge is not. however. "loz-
enge shaped" 1t Is square,. with back build
ing forming an l.. Deep window s"ats. odd
closets, Iron ilrehacks. and an immense fire.
place suited for logs from the prlmeyal forest,
are marks Of interesting antiquity. Thero has
not been "a Or. David Stewart practis-
Ing medicine in Port, Penn for 200
horn until 10Y Ills grandfather was not
'Sir William" but sir John Stewart OF Stir.
ling. scotland. whose eldest son John left Scot
tIon. on hoard the ship Unicorn to the Vest
This John Stewart married and settled Ia
HRckensack. ~. j. but removed to Delaware
In 1908. Here the first David Stewart was
born in March. I7uT. Ho was q physician and
an elder In the Presbyterian Church. IL is
somewhat remarkable that each succeeding
David stewart has also prActised medicine
s sSs n SsSsg!te$ that position f. the s shyTsh to
PoRT PENN. APRIL
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COULDN'T PLAY BASEBALL.
An Account OF the MODELLING OF the American
Girls In Cuba.

Y" Ne Vf tLJFSs
The Rev; DR.. Asa SAKE. who has been spend.
%Ieporter this morning ar. account OF the at-
tempt Of the sightseeis Of. liavapa to mob tho
which there was mention on tho te!eGraphto
pago OF u recent edition OF this PAPER. he
Gams sd between tsI the hsSsna cldb and the y vis
aud the latter had been described as players
OF great skill. In u building near the halI
grounds there was at the same time q rlvai
spices OF the Captain General and fity others
frapT tho best circles Of Cuban society. n.
81 went to the bull light" said ths Ney: III;
stabbed to death. but then my Curiosity Was
more than Satisfied. and left. SO az noe n ssS
the attack on the female ball players: tnoHGh
filled, The onlookers were. displeasou az ~
elumsiness OF the players Of the HiSiIns nTteaIls
loud enough to reach the watchers Of me oui
hight That, was too much Tor lianaI Iha
curiosity: and a large part q ,hosI srG nunhseebaII
field. IT had become clear by that, time ihat
tho American girls could not play baseeai! az
a fine Exhibition. grew angrior an anGrier
"A series Of particularly bad plays cappeI
the c!lmaN ana hundreds ofthe Cubans stariea
In a body for tho senoritas from New >olk. IN
tending to teach them by Il bitter lesson that
the Descendants, Of, grandees we're nor tn "
cheated in such fashion. As the mob rushoa
and stood with upllfted' bats around their falf
rivals. Or came the onlookers, but recoiied
before the oaken sticks. although ere or T iwS
OF the women were roughly handled. ihoh
they attacked the ticket Office with better sue
cess. set fire 70 the stands, and bo3ins, hs
saSh msR s snSSsb TO Z I ana ANY, o. STnhis s police
mob. Then the Captain G%encral htmselt sI5-
rounded by 200 horsenen. rode on the heInl
and the frightened girls were at last sll0Sss
to leave the groupdkJ
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the tambourine. She Is the daughter OF n Phil
adelphia theatre doork eeper. and. has been
practising stage dancing since she was old
enough to toddle to the theatre.
Her style Is new and that IL what
success on the vaudeville stage. The managers
hunt for novelties. long for novelties. dream
Of novelties. Novelty even before ability.
This, can. be illustrated BY the history, OF The
widow dance."t TO which %allusion has already
been made. Whom 'Boom-dc-ay" WAS
still sung on, every, stage. sung by
men. women. ~soloists. d~uetists. in choruses.
and In dialect, Mullaly. then leader OF, the
Miss Helyett" orchestra. arrange the WIDOW
dance. Four good-lcoking. hieh,k!ckin
women OF the. troupe. led by, Nina ieJeGne.
were costumed In deep mourning. and made 4
phrased and played like n funeral march.
Their eyes We're r east hown I'M tn in ths n tront
ana srSss ssnt in q 5f9 9Re stage lss. W WIFI 4" The orehsstra
still played in funeral time. they sang, mourn
fully, this verse:
widows four with grief intense.
Our husbands thought We were immense.
They never spared on us expense,
Well give their mem'ry no offence.
Then there was n long-drawn minor chord
Of the first Ia ra- ra." the widows still look
ing demurely mournfnl. AS they held tho last
note the leaders baton suddenly came down
with n Jerk, the orchrestra crashed out with
"Boom-de-ny I" In tn. l~ivelicst time. there, was
a binding fash Of white underskirts. and tho
four widows were four feet In the air. each
with one foot pointed skyward. Wilder. mad
der. faster the music. the singing. tho KICK
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VI.

At Proctor's the management realized the
fact that the vaudeville madness had afflicted
all without respect to age. sex. or condition OF
escort. Children cannot be taken out at night.
many women lack escorts. many men on Man
haitian Island labor at night. many suburban
ties leave for home before the dinner hour.
or course they are all vaudeville mad. The
question was. wore there enough such to nll
. theatre every afterDoon2 They tried the
experiment there. and now o vaudeville per-
rmauce runs continually on the stage from
noon until near midnight. There are
no more than the usual number Of
performers. hut they. repeat their turns"
Mamma and the children-the artist has
the a%tteEnoon. and % do all sorts Of psopls %
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ing, the flying skirts. streaked with black
stockings, until the nnal "boom;de.ay" was
four girls stood still again. with downcast
eyes and demurely crossed hands.
That was rehearsed u month before 1t was
ance WAS at New Haven. and there were 200
Yale students in the theatre. After the first
people in the street. The girls were recalled
until they simply could not stand up longer.
The next night there were q dozen stage man
the audience. A week later the widows dance
Was given In four New York theatres. and IN
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The "'serio-comic" singer is a feature that
seems destined to live forever on the yaude-
What is meant by a 'scrlo-comic' singer"
s sSxsi ins t ILIis9 eTns ii ca ats authority VINO was
"a lady who sings lively songs in short
dresses" r Tas the proIGs rePIyi seriously
seriousness. III she is an American. II she
10 French, she is a 'chansonnette."
And there you have It,.
Why the 'aerio-comic' works for 81" 20 $50
q geek and the chansonnette draws FROM $50
to resume the classification.
There are operate singers whose weekly pay
In tho vaudeville line l. a powerful argument
against Investments in opera house stock.
There are men and women who have been
course. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. and who sing
what Is called STRAIGHT music accertanly:
choirs. which they Frequently do.
Another musical snbilyi:icn inclpass the
funny" Thor range all the way from mu-
steal mokes." who torture cowbelis and paw