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The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14
At the Tiyo1i.

Crowds still flock to see "Bluebeard," which
is having very successful run. Ferris Hart
mann is as funny an Ibrahim as one might
wish to see, and the rest of the company do
good work. The ballets are great attraction,
some new features having been introduced
which render them exceedingly effective. Mr..
Fest's beautiful scenery provides fine setting
for the brilliant tableaus which form a strik,
ing feature of the extravaganza
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14
At the Columbia

"Pudd' 'nhead Wilson" has taken with the
public, and last night opened what promises 10
be another very successful week. The quaint
yet historica'lv correct costumes, the graceful,
effective scenery, and the thoroughly good act.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14
At the Aloazar.

Josephine Gassman has a chance to shine in
the title role OF "Cad the .Tomboy," and she
shines beyond doubt. A good house greeted
her last night, and though the play is we'll
worn one it was well received. Leonard Gro
yer Jr. as Tom Ward, the gasman, and Leonard
Grover Sr. as the villain are both good, while
Gordon Foster as park tramp makes dar-
ling hobo. May Noble as Emma Disbrow, the
adventures, makes her part a very strong one
The other parts are, as rule, well taken.
Since the Continuous show" venture was
abandoned audiences at the Alcazar have been
growing steadily and indications point to
better times for the Moresque home of the
drama, that the variety performances
have finished once and for all.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14
At THE CITY THEATERS,
Richard Mansfield Warmly Re.
ceived in Beau Brummell"
at the Baldwin.

Richard Mansfield made nice choice by
opening his season at the Baldwin Thea
ter last night with beau Brummell." The
title role is about the most popular imper-
sonation in Mansfeld's repertory. AS for
the play, one would willingly see it twice
or even thrice to enjoy the luxury of be-
ing genuinely touched and interested in
way which very few one-character plays
possess the power of moving and inter-
esting.
Mansfield's acting has lost none of its
power to charm. After the ranting and
deciaiming of actors of the older school,
his quiet, natural, human characterization
of Beau Brummell comes with sense of
infinite peace and truth. Mansields art
never for a moment flags from the first
scene, when the foppish leader of fashion
sits before his mirror, powder-puff in hand,
till the supreme moment, when he falls
dead OF slow starvation in his miserable
Calais lodging. Throughout the whole
performance there is not one strained
effect nor meretricious bit OF play, nothing
that fails to confirm the theater-goers
own observation of life.
In Beau Brummell" Mansfield shows
the gradual purifying and refining of a
character in the furnace of suffering. The
fop who turEs with horror from bill that
smellS VI peppermint linus he mas q
heart and that Tor the sake OF the woman
he loves he can make sacrifices
and can suffer, even to death, in
silence rather than take advantage of
Marlana's generous spirit of unselish-
ness. The beau's affectation that
arouses laughter in the earlier scenes Is
tlnged with touching pathos In the last act
when the foppish sayings are used as a
veil to hide gaunt poverty. Through all
these complex expressions of feeling Mans
field manages to convey the. true inward
ness of the beaus mind and heart, with
out overstepping the limits OF the ordinary
conventionalities of life.
The supporting company has not
changed to any considerable extent. 1t
did its work last night in thoroughly
satisfactory manner. Miss Jennie Eus-
tice is newcomer to the ranks of the
Mansfield troupe, and she played her part
OF Mrs. st. Aubyn gracefully and easily,
with the added advantage of looking
charming. Miss Beatrice Cameron, who
played her old role of Mariana
Vincent. looks somewhat tired and worn
She scarcely has an opportunity OF show
ing her mette in the character, but she
won considerable applause as well as flow
ers. The beau's valet was most ably
played by A. G. Andrews; W. n. Griffith
was good as Vincent and Joseph Weaver,
Orrin Johnson and Edmund Lyons We're
all thoroughly at home in their parts.
The audience was a large and fashion,
able one and it showed considerable en-
thusiasm. Miss Johnstone Bennett was
good in the little role of the maid, and
Mrs. Charles Gaylor was excellent as the
French lodging house keeper.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14
The Grand Opera-House.

very nervous, high-strung play is Michael
Strogoff," yet it is always favorite Its SEN
sationalism is pure and legitimate, while its
openings for good acting and elaborate scenic
effects are many. The play, as presented at
the Grand Opera-house is certainly worth see
ing. Darrell Vinton makes the title role q
brilliant feature. Perhaps he has just slight
tendency to rant, but as he has to speak for
the most part in a tone sufficiently loud to be
heard above the sound OF shot and bursting
shells. some elevation OF the voice is doubtless
the hing. Julia Blanc, as the hero's mother,
aids him most efficiently, her methods being
artistic and natural, that is If one can judge
how mother would act amid the dreadful
trials to which Strogoff's parent was subjected.
Eugene Moore, as Ivan Ogaref, disgraced
Russian officer, traitor and thoroughgoing vii
lain, Fred Butler as the Gar, aud Hugh Ward
and Charles W. Swain as the two newspaper
correspondents are all good in their several
parts, while E. J. Holden, as the Tartar chief,
is quite the beau ideal of barbarian despot.
Another exacting and well-sustained part is
that OF sangarre, the gypsy woman, 10 whicn
Miss Lisle Leigh gives a very spirited and able
interpre tation.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14

ing combine to render the play most enjoy
able Frank Mayo is as dryly humorous as
ever. and his support seems for the most part
worthy of aiding such q master actor. The
piece will continue during the week.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14
nalifnrnia Theatar.

The DALEY company opened It's second week
at the California Theater last night in "The
Night Clerk" to large audience. The jokes
and songs of the farce-comedy were as mucn
applauded as ever.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14

TAKE to the country Mitchell's Magic Lotion.
Cures sunburn, insect bites and sprains.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18

minute regulations for all exigencies of life.
Nothing was left to the individual enter
prise. Even love had its rules; there were
laws governing lovemaking, and the treat
ment by a man of the lady of his heart.
There were curious love trials, one of the
lovers accusing the other of having tres
passed some fixed rule of love. Society
was divided and subdivided into numerous
parts, each having its own fixed rules, each
leading it's own secluded. narrow, dWarflSh
life. Bound fast by the strings of author
ity, medieval men were reduced to the state
of hypnotic automata.
The religious ecstasy that animated the
medieval man was especially favorable to
his spontaneous self-hypnotization; for, as
Ribot points out. ecstasy is mono-ideism,
one object, an essential condition of hyp-
nosis.
The most striking phenomenon in medie-
val history is that of crusades, which agi-
tated European nations for about two CEN
turtles, and cost them about seven million
longing toward the Holy Sepulcher, which
fascinated their mental gaze, just as the
butterfly is blindly drawn toward the can
die. This attraction of deVout Christians
by the Holy Sepulcher manifested itself
in pilgrimages, which at first were rare,
but gradually spread, and became a univer-
sal mania. Bishops abandoned their do
ceSeS, princes their dOmfnionS, to visit the
tomb of Christ. At the time of it's highest
tide. the flood of pilgrims was suddenly
quered Palestine about 1915. As a maniac,
when thwarted in his purpose, becomes
raving and violent, so did Europe become
when the food-gates of the pilgrim torrent
We're stopped and only drops were left to
trickle through. European humanity fell
itself in the savage ecstasy of the first cru
SADIE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
PNEUMATIC BEDS.
The Latest Innovation i'm Railway
Travel ns Applied to Sleeping Cars.

San Francisco Chronicle.
Sleeping on air is the latest innovation in
railway travel. The use of compressed air
for that purpose will. in the estimation OF
railway men, eventually revolutioniZe raul
s @ay w aravei ci II w. WSasner and Pullman
sleeping cars to the background.
AT present the only car completely fitted
the private car of Vice Presideit j. n.
Schoonmaker OF the Pittsburg & Lake Erie
railroad. These have been found, however.
to be not only practicable, but to possess
so many advantages over the accomnoda-
lions OF ordinary sleeping and parlor cars
that n number of roads are having similar
~ fitted ones constructed. and before long
they, will be in general use on many of the
trunk lines of the country.
Colonel SchoonmakeT'S car was built AFTER
the plans of l.. F. Ruth, the inventor of the
ance it does not differ externally from the
ordinary ear chair. This is explained by
ing ms the chair eushions are fiIied with COM
pressed air, which lessons, in a great de-
gree. to the occupant the jolting and jarring
of the car when in motion.
During the day no one would for e. mo-
ment suppose that he was riding in a sleep
ing car, and It is not until the day coach
is transformed into a sleeper that the pos
sibilities of the use of the compressed air
in this direction are fully realized; 49,.
The transformation is effected in this
wise: First. the air in the chair cushions
is exhausted. the light framework folded
of the car. Thus all the seats in the car
are disposed of and 1t is ready for the
beds.
The panels on either side of the windows
open outward like a door. On the inside OF
these panels is a metal track over which Is
drawn a steel spring-like arrangement.
which supports the bed. Fitting closely
against the side of the car and concealed
during the day by the closed panels is a
rubber bag folded after the fashion of an
accordion.
BY turning a valve connected with a stor-
age tank beneath the car compressed air Is
admitted into the rubber bag. which in
fates and forces itself outward from the
sides of the car until 1t rests upon the steel
framework and the bed Is ready to be made
up. The head and foot of the bed are
panels, which also fit into the side OK the
car.
When the berth or bed is not desired for
use another valve is turned and the air in
the mattress expelled. The mattress itself
assumes the appearance of an empty rub
Der bag. and is drawn back against the side
of the car as before. The panels are then
closed and the sleeping car is once more
ready to become the parlor car for the
day traveller.
One great advantage claimed for these
appliances is that they can be fitted to
steamships and dwellings as well as cars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
THE FRENCH BoY.
He Seems Childish Compared with His
English and American Cousin.

TIL. Benton. IN the Century.
Our boys do not take the social polish
until much later. / have heard Americans
express surprise at the childishness of big
bows whom they saw PLAYING at
marbles or with tops at an age when their
boys play football. 1t is because these boys
allow themselves to be watched, restrained,
and r~eprimanded by timid M hers much
longer than theirs, and the boys themselves
are not generally inclined to the daring
undertakings that tempt young Americans.
Their affection for Robinson Crusoe is very
Platonic; they do not long to run away to
sea, not even to get on the roof to learn
their lessons, like a little fellow | met in
the country out West while visiting his
parents, and who, when | expressed my
surprise at his perch. said. We'll, If /
slip, / can hold on to the chimney by my
legs!' And saving this, he made the gest-
ure of clasping the big chimney between
his bare and extremely short legs, more
scratched than words can tell, under their
torn knickerbockers Our boys are evident-
ly girlish In comparison.
on the other hand, a French youth of
eighteen is stupefied. on making the ac-
ouaintance of English or American youths
of his age. to meet with something that
seems to him another kind of childishness;
/ mean that boyishness which, up to a GER
tain point. lasts for life in ell Anglo-Sax-
ons. He finds himself much more of a man,
because he really has a greater intellectual
fund. more general information. a more
highly developed critical sense. a riper mind
already much refined, and quite entrah-
chised from the simple instruction given
at the lycee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
MENTAL
The Medieval Man in n state o1
Light Hypnosis.
Boris Sidis, in the Century.

Boris S10lS, Ill the 1GAitNI y
II protest" says DIR. Mall. a great au-
thority in hypnotism. " against the terni-
nology which has been to a great eXeent
adopted, and which many. doctors nave
helppd 10 propagate. but which Is none the
less erroneous. 1t is often said that hyp-
Noticed persons are asleep and the Two
states have been partly identified. l think
a whole series of hypnotic states IN which
nof one SYMPTOM OF sleep appears, ana
mistaken conclusions are often drawn from
the mistaken Technology, with resulting
confusion. susceptibility to suggestion Is
the chief phenomenon of hypnosis And
he goes on to say that, 'howeVer strange
and ~paradoxical the phenomena, OF hypnosis
NAV aupear to US at first sight, we may
he sure that there Is no absolute difference
between hypnotic and n~onhypnotic states.
Man carries within him the germ or the
nossible mob, of the epidemic. AS a SOCIAL
being he is naturally suggestibie; but when
this susceptibility TO suggestion becomes
under certain conditions dbnormaily IN
tense. we may say hat he is thrown into
a hypnotic state. We know that a limi-
tation of voluntary movements induces
light HYPNOSIS. which is characterized by
Inhibition of the will; the memory Is un-
ffected. seIf-consciouSness remains intact.
and the subjecT is perfectly aware of all
that roes on: a loss of voluntary move
mpnts is one of it's chief phenomena. Keep
a certain extent medieval life. The medic
val man was in a state of light hypnosis.
This was induced in him by the great limi-
tation of his voluntary movements, by the
inhibition ST his will, by the social pressure
| which was exerted on him by the great
weight or authority 10 winch MS ire was
subjected.
The life of the medieval man was regu-
lated down to it's least detail. Ihe order.
| the guild. the the church. had
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
Women i'm Politics.
New York Evening Sun.

New York Evening Sun.
Never were women so interested in poll
tics as they are this campaign. Especially
is this true of gold" women. In New
York city the interest manifests itself
chiefly in clubs and organizations; in the
smaller cities and towns it is shown in
the feminine attendance at political meet
ings. -Four years ago it was comparatively
rare for women to be seen at political
meetings., and those who were there We're
looked upon as rather ultra, to say the
lest of it. But this year the excitement
runs so high and the issues at stake are
felt by every individual to be SO great that
the interest of the women is just as vivid
audience halls, eager to drink in every
word that falls from sound money lips.
The feeling affects all grades: society wo-
men, new women, school girls, doWagefs,
.lady bicyclists." cooks, grandmothers-al
and every kind seem to be infected by the
the thing for AIRY to take 'Arriet to
the political meeting this year, but 1t is
also quite the thing for bevies of society
young people in evening dress, duly chaper-
oned and pre-dined or ante-Suppered to at
tend. Children are taken in droveS, babes
in arms having been seen upon occasions,
their parents evidently believing in teach
ing the young idea how to vote as well as
shoot. The ~preponderance of women on
such occasions has become really remark
able. At a meeting addressed by Mr. Reed
last week, for instance, the number of
women present was so great that, as one
individual observed, it really seemed like
an ordinary evening meeting of the "Wo-
mans Club of the place, with a few
favored men as invited guests.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
AN ANCIENT SCOTTISH FAIR.
The Pathhead Market, of Fifeshire
One Of the Oldest on Record.

Fife Free Press.
THE times change and we change with
them is a truism. The Pathhead mar
ket, one of the oldest fairs In Fifeshire.
has long been viewed by many as a verita-
BILE relic of u past age. 1t is so, indeed.
and there is no doubt il was an exceeding
now far astern, when, with entirely diff
ferent conditions of society, it must have
served many purposes, and been eagerly
awaited.
In former days. before our time, the pres
ent "sweetie' fair was preceded by a leath-
er market where. in addition to boots;
other articles of a useful kind were ex-
posed, and at which a good stroke of bust
next day by a sort of fair when bust
ness ideas gave place to those of a pleas
ureable kind, and when. we can easily
imagine, there was something like a spice
of gayety in the usual round of that old
world life. Apart from their more imme-
date objects, business and pleasure, these
Institutions were of great service TO our
ancestors. who, for one thing, had little or
no means of learning the news of the day
or knowing anything almost of the ongoings
outside their own narrow circle.
For then there were no railways, nc sys-
tematic post. no telegraph and no tele-
phone, and those who came to do business
on these occasions generally came from all
PARTS of the outlying country. and, being
continually on the road. they were natural
Nv well informed. ard carried the rews
about with them from place to place. News
papers. not unlike the visiting angels, were
Few ana faT uelNtGU, DGiHS also Slldil
both in size and circulation, and very. very
costly.
ssThe news of the fair had consequently
a meaning in those days, and the "gaber-
lunzie" who was a kind of institution.
too was not by any means an unwelcome
visitor. He accompanied all such gather
ings and. like "Edie Ochiltree." he not
only carried from place to place the news
or t.clash' of the country side, but was
= handy man in other respects, doing many
a useful little job and giving his advice on
almost any subject like q perfect sage.
"But the times change" have materially
changed since and are changing.
Railway. post. telegraph. telephone, the
newspaper press and we know not all what,
have revolutionized the Old customs. have,
indeed. swept many of them completely
away. without leaving trace or trail
IN show that once they were. and for rea-
sons we have given. and others. we do not
wonder that there are many among us who
| readily vote down as a nuisance the mar
ket fair of to-day-at any rate, who are
/ dead set against allowing it to monopolize
the main thoroughfares of our busy town
thereby leading to suspension of vehiculai
traffic and other inconvenience, I'm add
ton 10 the deafening noises by which IL Ii
| characterized. and which, as they becom.
louder and more clamouous with the fiyini
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
A Poster

A purple moment of bright blue bliss
Was mine, oh, green-haired maid,
When from your lips a yellow kiss
/ slipped in the dark red shade.
The ecTu moon hung on a tree;
We sat by a vertical brook:
You were a-laughing in olive-pink glee,
And reading the edge of a book.
And 1 was singing a lavender song,
Speckled and mingled with blue;
But / stopped for a moment, perhaps not too
long,
And kissed you; 1 took perhaps two.
By the red hills topped with golden snow.
BY the trees tearing holes In the sky.
/ sWore the red world | would overthrow
For your love, or lie down and die.
But away from my vowing / was rudely snatched
And thrust far, far from you;
The color l wore with the landscape matched,
And that would, alasi never do.
And now among the blue lilies afoat
On a sea. OF brown and red
l sit on the edge of an olive-green boat,
And hold my pea-green head.
London Figaro.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
HOuth Is Best.

Oh, lovely Annie; or,
Jenny, or Fanny, or
Lily, or Bessie, for whom youths are raving,
Love while your youth you own,
For let the truth be known,
Nothing in old age is half worth the having.
Then all regretting.
But never forgetting,
Longing for that which has vanished away,
Life creeps on YEARLY,
All. We cry drearily,
Would l were young again, careless and gay
But when the hair is gray,
When the teeth fail away,
Loving and kissing we lay on the shelves:
Old age in others is
Charming, in mothers is
Lovely. but somehow tbs not in ourselves.
Talk not TO me of fame,
'Tis but to me a name,
IT'S an old story, that tires when it's told.
Careless ami happy,
Not hairless and cappy,
Love me. my darling. before you grow old.
wv. w. Story.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
BE n Natural Girl.

Modern Society.
I cannot understand why it is that so
many girls make the mistake of trying
to adopt the manners of their most adj
mired friend instead of studying their own
style and behaving as will best set off that
style. The little, round Miss DimpleS, who
would be perfectly delicious If all a-purr
and a-smile, who could clap her little soft
hands and run about with her sunbonnet
hanging by the strings, who could curl
herself up on cushions and tumble her
pretty curls and be caressing, impetuous
and p~outing-she is the girl who straight
ems out that dear little back of hers and
puts down primly the little feet that would
twinkle so prettily. She pulls down the
corners of her rosebud mouth and is grave,
polite and dignified. oh, save the mark!
Think of it! OF course, sometimes she is
only delicious, being dignified. but now and
then she succeeds in being stand-ofish, and
then all one can do is to contemplate the
ruin of her child-like charms and wonder
why she does it.
This spectacle is sad enough, but not so
dismal as that of the Juno creature who
refuses to be a Juno and attempts the
happy soubretge. She is the one who cud-
dies, is chic and skips about. Her figure is
made for fine dignity, her features are well
cut and somewhat classic; repose is what
she wants. Those wide, serene eyes are
splendid IL allowed to illuminate one with
a level loneliness, but they they are ruined
trying to twinkle and sparkle. Her Shout
ders are magniicently poised in statuesque
quiet, but when they are wriggled and
shrugged they are only clumsy. OF course.
the Juno girl is always sure to admire her
little pussy friend. but she must remember
that she cannot be pussy. and that many
people admire her own type. 1t is only fair
TO them that she should not spoil it,.
Then there is the big girl. who must cul-
tivate a touch of hauteur-not the indiffer-
ent serenity of the classic girl, but the
hauteur of the perfectly poised mondaine.
Here is a high bred scorn of commonplace
she holds her head aloft, cultiyates all ele-
CANT eonventionality, associates herself
with imperative rustic of petticoats, is
adept in the latest social FERNS. always
perfectly groomed, always faultlessly ar
mored in manner. This is a difficult type
to sustain. but so rare and beautiful Il
one that II Is a shame 10 see such q CIR
wasting her chances doing the ingenue
The aesthetic type 8 out of style. but tho
tall. very slender f-irl, with well-shapec
hands and a wistful beauty, a little wan
who looks best in soft lights and loose
gowns. had better 20 In for graceful Ian,
guor. for an appealing lassitude. She vii
simply ruin herself by being energetic anc
athletic.
Then the snub-nosed little girl, who
freckles. whose figure is stumpy. who has