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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-04-21

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TUESDAY. APRIL 81, 1896.
EIGHT PAGES.
Every young man who has q white
sweetheart should vote the white mans
ticket on the 2lst. says the New Orleans
States.
I'm New England alone" says the
Philadelphia Inquirer, there are G42,OO
silent spindles awaiting the magic touch
Y of an adequate tariff to start again their
/ music
we should not advise any candidate
to buy delegates he doesn't need just be-
{ cause they are cheap. says the Detroit
Tribune. Cheap things are not wanted
much. t4r
So long as the Spanish generals in
and collect pay for thsm. they will not
b be earnestly DESTROYS to bring the war
to an end, remarks the Brooklyn Eagle.
The New York Journal announces that
all OF Mayor Strong's office holders are
Il opposed to the Greater New York bill,
q oreany other measure calculated to de-
/ prive them of the privilege of holding
office.
An appreciative critic of Col. Inrersoll
declares that owing to his success ms j
lecturer ''he will have dollars TO burn +,
Whereupon the Philadelphia Ledge,
4 says how he expects to take them with
him is not stated.
Consul-General Lee NAV be counted
on to do the fair thing by the Cuban
patriots. He knows from experience
that rebels have some rights which man.
{ aine Is bound to respect. remarks the
Mail and Express.
miss Clara Barton calls for money
\ with which to carry on the relief wor}
IN Armenia. Thaae thousand peopl,
are, sick of typhus at AIarash, and q,
4 1eitoun there are forty or fifty death.
daily.
An exchange says that 1t has bser
! well said that no soil is too poor :,
sprout human vanity, and this aphorisn
IS Illuminated by the efforts Of Gov
AZ
Sradiey, of Kentucky. to secure IN
Presidential nomination.
chicago psychologists have discover
ed that the Y ray will destroy all ma ,
ner OF disease germs. Now the Calves
ton News says: i"Let their expert
ments be tried upon the cran,ums O
y the office-seekers who are afflicted wit;
7 the free silver habit"
"a Boston Transcript correspondent
gays: II think most of the members @
the New England Manufacturers Asgo
ciation who went to Atlanta last IA
were convinced that they could make a
much money in the South in ten year
as in the North in twenty years"
Bland for President! That is wha
sHhe Democrats Of Missouri say. The
Z have forgotten apparently that he wa
& showed under at the last Congressiona
!. election. 1t would be a cold day 70
Democrats II Bland should be nomi
I mated, remarks the Savannah News
Ftzhugh Lees ignorance of SPANS,
may be no great drawback to his use
fulness in Cuba. We want a man dow,
fhere who will talk United States Il
SWeyler, says the PHILADELPHIA Ledger
! and. IT might have added that Fi,zhugl
& Lee Is the man to do that very thine
-
II Is expected that Ex-Governor Rus
selis's speech at Monticello, Va.swill S,
chalienge the attention of the country
assto put him IN nomination before N,
Chicago convention, or else make hin
1.-THE logical candidate" in 1900. SAYS IN
Lowell News. That's right; Governo
Rnasell'B Grafton has already challenge
sttention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25

These aprons and caps are of oilcloth.
They do the cutting with scalpel, an
extremely sharp knife.
The students go about their work with
out hesitation, though they do not at this
college at least, make of it the jollifica-
ton that is SO often said to be the case.
The Indifference or even seeming levi
ty which students and doctors exhibit in
dissecting room is very plainly much
like the proverbial whistling which is
done to keep the courage up.
/ asked one of the young women stu
dents if she liked that part of her work
and she said quite enthusiastically: "Oh
yes; very much; it is the most interest
ing part of it."
Nevertheless, Dr. Minney said to me,
sat first the ladies will bravely pick up the
scalpel.and forceps but they take hold like
canary bird picking at crumb. and the
first thing you know drop both with
shuddering ugh! Sometimes they faint.
Even the mon students faint at first
later, however, when they become
interested in the study of the muscles"
said the Doctor, "you see them drop the
forceps from different impulse and dig
down after those muscles with their
fingers"
i shuddered again; couldn't help it.
In fact was now near the teeth chatter
ing stage.
The doctor said "Are you ready to
go?"
Yes. was ready; really 1 was never
SO ready to leave any place in my entire
life. 1 was ready. 1 was anxious, al
most frantic to go.
"How long have these bodies been here,
doctor?" l said family, when I could
recover my breath in the fresh spring
air.
81 don't know"
"Where did they come from?" Il
knew he wouldn't tell if he did know.)
81 don't know that either, of course.
"These will soon be skeletons now, you
see, and there will be no more dissecting
done this term"
As we reached the hall below and I
sat down in the window to rest-I was
not tired but l wanted to recover myself,
he said, "Well, Becky, you did nebly,
you did Indeed"
looked up to see if would find that
inevitable twinkle in his eye that I
thought l detected in his voice.
Yes, it was there; and then I know
that he had expected that l would col
lapse. He didn't know how near I was
to it."
When 1 decide to be a doctor I am
going to be Christian Science doctor
unless dissecting is taken out of the cur
riculum. BECKY SHARP.
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for rnantles only, but for gowns of all
kinds. Tho amount of sable employed has
been extraordinary, and many such sable
seasons would cause the determination OF
the little animal, which is becoming rarer
and rarer. Next winter, however, sable
may have gone entirely out. Fashions
change abruptly sometimes. In 1898
TO- 900 erlnine skins were sent by Chinese
hunters to London to meet the require
Inents of the mania that then ragged for
that fur, but in the following winter it
was not worn at all by persons of fashion.
An illustration is given of an evening
gown. The godet skirt is of glace satin
in straw and green. A ruche of white
Inousseline de sole edges the foot of the
skirt, and at either side of the bottom of
the tablier is a red rose. The plated bod
ice, of crepe de chine, matching the skirt,
is crossed at the back, and both back and
front are adorned with three horizontal
bands of white lace. The deoolletage 10
pointed behind and square before, the top
of the front being edged with red roses.
A large cluster of roses is placed at the left
side, and girandoles of jet fall below the
garland. Tine balloon sleeves have three
bands of lace, like tho bodice, and are
draped at tho elbow by red roses and a
chou of green velvet. JUDO CHoLLET.
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THE REV. H. Ii. FOWLER.
Fred L. Vandegrift'a Tribute to a
Tireless Newspaper Worker.
From the Kansas City st

Harvey Fowler, the newspaper re-
porter who has become a Clergyman of
the Methodist church, learned to ferret
out sin by five years work for the Topeka
JOURNAL. his specially being state poll
tics, and there never was a more Jealous
news gatherer. In look and manner he
is typical reporter He looks like an
exclamation point; tall, thin, erect, quick.
he fairly startles one by his presence. An
Adams apple" and an aggressive nose
pillow the way for the man behind them,
and a generous pair of ears catch all
that is going; a suspicious and inquir-
ing mind; nerve that never swerves
from its purpose; an imagination
and a perception that need only frag-
ments if the entire story be not forth
coming; an accurate comprehension.
Such was Fowler, the reporter. and he
will carry that personality into his new
career, Until he gets his legs in his
new job he will behave with becoming
humility, but it will not be long until
ne will be asking the presiding elder and
bishop awkward questions, and finally
he will be talking e new and strange
creed to his flock. A man with that in
curing mind cannot stay in a beaten
path long. He is not built to accept
things as he finds them. The Rev. Mr..
Fowler's first charge will be circuit of
four country churches in Riley county,
his headquarters being at Zeaudaie. His
last newspaper work was TO report the
Wichita convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25

comedy with pathos is the best thing
that can be given on the stage"
"Did you attain any considerable sue
cess until you began playing Poor Re-
lation?'"
"Oh, yes. 1t was a struggle the first
year only that was a dramatic star. l
was becoming better known all the time,
and fPoor Relation advanced me right
along when 1 got it eight years ago. My
first play when I became a dramatic
star was tEdgewood Folks and in it
made ten complete changes and Gang
seven songs. Yet played it 500 times.
l have been on the stage thirty years,
beginning when l was IA.
81 have not presented the Relation
once this season. Next year I shall have
a repertoire of The Rivals Everyday
Man. poor Relation aud 'Heir-At- Law.
and perhaps one new play. These will
be presented through the season, unless
one OF them proves too strong for the
others."
Mr. RusselPs double bill, "Mr. ValeT :
tines Christmas" and san Everyday Maj
drew an old-time audience to the Grand
last night, such as used to go regularly
when the attractions were superior.
People stood up to hear the
plays, for though some may
deem Russell inartistic, there is no
was put under the stage and people &C.
cupied the musicians places.
"Mr. Valentines Christmas" might
have been christened with Ike Marvefs
title, "Rsveries of a Bachelor" 1t is a
pathetic little one-act reverie in which
only Mr.. Russell and Geo. Woodward, as
his negro servant Glenn, appear. Mr..
Valentine entertains, in Imagination.
seven of his old sweethearts at dainty
n NV
dying. Mr.. Russell is a memorable pic
ture as the white haired old bachelor,
and the part is more removed from his
own personality than anything he has
yet done. There is trifle too much of
love gushing, perhaps.
Marguerite Merrington's "Everyday
Man" furnished fun for two acts, but the
third is rather tame. John Empy, Mr..
Russell, marries into blue blood family
and is continually ragged at for his
regular habits and changeless life until
he goes to New York and ostensibiy
starts on wild career of dissipation, but
after amusing the audience through the
whole second act with his drunken cap
ers, he is found to be shamming. The
play should have been named "a Sunday
Man." The everyday man would have
been really drunk
The play does not take hold like "The
Poor Relation" and does not furnish the
amusement "The Rivals" does.
The outrage of seating people after
the curtain is up was kept up last night
until the first piece was finished No
one could understand what wss going on
Tor the tramp of feet, and disturbance
made. Every actor who comes to To-
peka should play Hamlet" in which the
first scene is a dark one, and the ushers
can't see we'll enough TO read the
checks.
The we'll known cry of "raise the drop"
went up as soon as the curtain was rails
ed.
Either the roof of the theater will
have to be raised some day or the gallery
lowered.
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NEW FASHIONS.
Evening CIoaks and Fur Lined Capes.
Material of One Color.

Material OF One Color.
One of the newest bicycle skirts has on
each side of the front deeply everything
plat, which is held down by buttons and
loops for about IL inches below the waist.
From there it falls free, SO that it gives as
the knee rises and drops in place when the
pedal is down.
Fur Innings are considered tn only prop
er ones for evening wraps. Cloaks and
capes for wear over light gowns are usual
ly ample, in order to keep the bare arms
and neck we'll protected. Little capes lined
with fur are sometimes worn, but these
are Inadequate and look SO. They afford
no warmth to the lower part of the body
and allow their thinly clothed wearer to
become chilled at once. Some of the longer
capes are furnished with fur lined, chif-
fon bordered hoods. Full length wraps
are the most fashionable of any and the
most suitable.
A large variety of goods will continue to
be in vogue during the coming season.
Gowns of one color will be preferred for
street wear, for morning walks and for
travelling, while ordinations, glace effects
and floral patterns will be reserved for
more formal costumes, such as those in
tended for visiting and afternoon recep-
tionS.
The Partisan woman chooses her plain
gowns with great discretion. She selects
deep tones which will well set off the ele-
CANT simplicity of the style. The cut must
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25
OH, YES, GOLD KNEE DEEP.

Another "Greeny'' Fooled BY the
Stories About Fabulous Estates in
Holland.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March 25.-A. B.
Kronkheit, a retired contractor of this
city, is firmly convinced that he is about
to come into possession of u vast fortune,
the Holland government has been hold
ing in trust. He will leave for New
York next week, to be present at the
reading of the will of his great grand
fathers brother, Kaspar Kronkheit, who
was in this country for some years
125 years ago. The teststor of the will
provided that after 100 years the Hol-
land government as executor of The estate,
should divide it among the American de-
scendants of his brothers of the fourth
and filth generations. OF the fourth
generation now living there is only one
She is the aunt of tho heir in this city
and lives with her son in Cam bria, Mich
She is 80 years old. In all there are
about 100 heirs of the fifth generation.
The estate will amount to about S., 900,
600
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THAT, of course, is what we are all
striving for. As l say, one first learns to
act, and then learns how not to act. The
actor must be confident of his ability to
make each point. He knows that he
has his magazine of gestures and express
sions behind him, but he must not ap-
pear to use any of them. The audience
has confidence in his ability. The ges-
ture of Booths left hand, the pose of
Booths left leg, in anyone else might
seem ridiculous. It's like the unskillful
pianist who sits down with perspiring
hands and clumsily feels his way along,
while, when the expert plays so easily
and naturally it looks SO easy that you
think you can do it yourself" --
"Do you study much, Mr.. Russell?"
'Yes, and l like it. There is more to
acting than learning the lines. One has
to put in a great deal of time thinking
up what to DO when he is not delivering
his lines, and this is business One lit
tie girl said to me after seeing me act
that i like you best when you don't say
anything Yet even while ones Gestures
are apparently in perfect repose he must
be striving TO convey some impression to
the audiencn.
When am playing a new part, like
Bob Acres, l study up everything on the
subject. l have read every play
Sheridan (author of "The RivaIs')
ever WrOL0 IN orQer TO prepare
for the part Only this morning read
q preface to the play written 100 years
ago Then I have read all about all the
actors from Quick to jefferson who have
played it, and as that takes in 100 years,
you can see that it is no little matter.
After all this I am stepped i'll Sheridan,
and ready to present Bob Acres.
SIT is \ satisfaction to me to present
The Rivals and The Heir-at- Law be-
cause when 1 was just starting, when 1
was doing small skits, it was only the
greatest comedians who could do Bob
Acres and Dr. Pangloss. 1 was ambi-
tious to be comedian and to de these
classics"
Joe jefferson, whose Bob Acres and
DR.. Pangloss will live beside his Rip
Van Wrinkle, is a warm friend aud ad-
mirer of Mr.. Russell's, and 1t was he
who prevailed upon the eccentric come
dian to draw away from the blended pa
thos and humor of bis homely plays and
enter the realm of legitimate comedy
Mr. Jefferson has extended the kindliest
help to his brother actor in preparing for
these plays. and Mr.. Russell wears JEFF
ferson's wonderful wig and costume
when he appears as that fountain of
Latin quotations, DR.. Pangloss.
DO you rally like TO play the old
comedies better than other plays7" asked
the reporter.
"Well, no, can't say that do. Acres
Is such fantastic parL while in Poor
Relation l am trying to be real and
natural and feel my lines, even though 1
Aavs played the part SO often. think
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25

usual spin after the business meeting il
the weather will permit. The members
of the club have ordered their uniform
suits.
Miss Lily Krauthoff of Kansas City,
who has been visiting Hiss Blanche
Dienst, returned to her home yesterday.
MIR. Carroll Merriam returned from
Kansas City this afternoon.
Mrs. J. L. Shsllabarger left yesterday
to visit relatives at Decatur, Ill
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble Prentice are
keeping house at Merriam Place. Kan
sas City, just off Sixteenth street on tho
west side.
Col. w. II. Rossington returned today
from Kenosha, Wisconsin. having &C
companied his daughter, Miss Florence,
back to school.
Mrs. ]. S. Warner entertained a small
number of young ladies at a FIVE O'Clock,
tea Friday afternoon in honor of Miss
Kittie Brown of Whiting. She was as
sisted in the dining room by her daugh-
ter, Ii iss Julia, and Miss Meta FultOR-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25
SOL RUSSELL'S NEW PLAY.
Says He Likes 1t Better Than His
Others.
NEVERTHELESS HIS BIG AUDIENCE

Doesn't Like 1t So weII-ATaIk with
Him About Com eGiies.
Of the stage Sol Smith Russell looks
much as he did last night as John Empy
il IAN Everyday Man" He isn't as tall
and gaunt as he appears in "The Poor
Relation" though his figure is slim. His
black hair shows here and there tinge
of gray, for he has passed his forty third
birthday, and his life has been one of
work.
Mr. Russell carries that same fine
voice with him of the stage, and it is as
pleasing TO hear when one is talking
with the comedian as when he is before
The footlights. The comedian gave q
JOURNAL representative little lecture
on his art at his hotel yesterday after
day afternoon.
How did you get into your line of
work." was asked. "Your peculiarities
in your old plays seem so natural to you
that one believes it is your own way"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25
NORTH TOPEKA.

John Montague was in from Newman
yesterday.
The Silver Lake churches are said to
be in fiourishing condition.
Mrs. ]. W. Wetherholt is very sick at
her home on Jackson street.
w. II. WATSON has returned to his
home after spending some time in Full
ton.
N. A. Cramer, at the Union Pacific
hotel, is receiving a visit from his father.
from Lawrence.
Peter Foster, of Silver Lake, has gone
to Springfield, Mo-, with thought of
soon moving there.
Go to Drs. Lyon s. Reynolds for best
set teeth on rubber or celluloid base,
So; 22k gold GROVES, So S32 N orth
Kansas avenue, Topnka.
Items and advertisements for the
JOURNAL should oe left at the drug store
of A. J. Kane & Co., S32 N. Kansas ave-
nue..
Geo. J. Graves g. Sons, 115 and 1T
West Laurent street, North Topeka, for
buggy tops, cushions, wagons, and bug
gies built to order. Bell 'phoLe 53S.
Pure Pennsylvania buckwheat -four
and Canadian maple syrup at j. II. Hell
ler's 1902 North Kansas avenue, grocery
and meat market
The Magnet Restaurant and Short Or
der house, A. J. Proudfit. $50 n. Kansas
ave. Wholesale fruits and confectionery.
Mr. and Mrs. David McGinnis, I421
North Harrison street, are the happy
parents of a boy baby.
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AREDEMOCRATs ALL DEAD?
Not Enough of Them to Hold a Com
ventiOn in Topeka Eesaerday.


ventiOn in Topeka Yesterday.
The Democratic congressional com
rittee of the Fourth district was to have
met in Topeka yesterday for the pur-
pose of calling a Democratic congress
sional convention, but there was not
quorum present, and the committee adj
journed to April 6, when a meeting of
the committee will be held at Emporia.
There is some talk of the Democrats
nominating Fl. S. Martin. chairman of
the committee aud postmaster at Marion
for congress, but Mr.. Martin says that he
is not a candidate The Democrats evil
IDENTITY feel that they lose their time in
attempting to defeat Congressman Cur
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Death OF VIM. BrIce wade.

William Brice Wade, one of the oldest
residents of the state, died at his home
in this city at 6:15 this morning. aged 80
years. months and IA days. His wife,
also far advanced in years, is in a critical
condition with little hope that she will
recover. Mr.. and Mrs. Wade located in
what is now the suburbs of Topeka in
1855 and have remained in this vicinity
since that time. There are four daugh-
ters and two sons, all of Topeka, except
one son, who resides in Jefferson county,
this atato
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25
The stedman Club.

The Stedman club held its regular
meeting Monday night. There was a
fair attendance of both members and
visitors, and an interesting programme
Mr.. L. Fl. Crandell gave the regular
twenty minute lesson in prosody; Presi-
dent Garretson and Mr.. Crandell read
papers; Mrs. Sarah Hargreaves and DR..
II w. Roby furnished original poems,
and Mrs Crandell and Mr.. Garretson
read reviews of poems previously con-
tributed by Mr.. Downing and DR.. Roby.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25
IN THE SOCIETY WORLD.
Recent Social Events in Topeka and
Vicinity.
GENERAL NOTES OF SOCIETY.

Personal Items of Interest About To-
peka People and Visitors n Town.
Persons sending social items to this depart
ment will please give their name and address IN
order to secure Dublication.l
Monday evening the gentlemen mem
bers of the Roundabout whist club en-
tertained the young ladies of the club at
the home of Mr.. L. H. Greerw wood at
O'Clock dinner. Table decoration-pink.
Pink roses for the ladies and carnations
Tor the gentlemen. hrs. Holyoke was
the caterer.
The club is composed of Misses Daisy
Samson. Alice Atwood, Minnie Marsh,
Mamie Hopkins, Daisy Smith, and Mrs.
Fred Van VAIken burg, Mr.. j. &. Bair,
Dick Alden, II . Valentino, /. II. Green
wood, C. Cooper, and Fred Van Valken-
burg. Guests-Miss Effie Loder, Clay
Center, Miss Trissa Greenwood, and Mr..
and Mrs. win Samson.
After dinner whist was iudulged in,
which closes the second series of the
game for the season. Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Valkenburg have the highest score.
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be perfect, likewise the Innings, and she
overIooks no small defects on the ground
that the costume is intended for ordinary
use. Hence it looks fashionable as long
as 1t lasts, and she is always conscious of
appearing well in it.
The sketch shows tailor made gown
of beige vignone covered with stitched
bands. A similar band edges the foot of
the skirt. The jacket bodice has a short
basque, rippled at the back. 1t is closed in
front by large pearl buttons. The high
stitched collar is -ippled. The bias sleeve
has mediseval cuffs and is ornamented with
several rows of stitching below the elbow
The large collar Is of white cloth embroid
cred. A Louis Seize hat is worn of black
straw trimmed with roses and black o.
trioh plumes. JUDIo CHoLLKT.
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General Social Notes.

Mr. and Mrs. John Seaton of Atchison
have issued invitations to tho marriage
of their daughter, Nellie Taber. to Mr..
Theodore Bartholow Byram, the nup-
tials to be soleEnized Monday, April 6,
at $3.50 p. M, in Trinity church. Atchi-
son. Admission to the church will be by
card only. A number of Topeka people
have received invitations.
Mrs. j. 8I. Simpson, of Mcpherson,
was the guest of her husband for few
days.
Rev. D. A. Hayes, member of the
faculty of University of Denver, is the
guest of his cousin, Mrs. F. E Vincent
The Sally Forth cycle club will meet
with the president, Mrs. c. S. Sutton,
Friday morning. They will take the