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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-02

oaper published im Pine Blesf.
 CITY ITEMS.
 Tom Cashey is running engine l33 in the absence of Pete Arady.
 
 Mr. sennett Seabrook is rapidly convaleseing.
 Have You seen the beautiful art parlor' at k. II. Stearns X Co.,, the jewellers.
 Mir. Gus Blass, of Little Rock. is in the city.
 J. S. Mcdonnell, of Altheimer, is | guest of the Arlington.
 These are the days for "hog and hominy.'
 Cotton poured into this market in large quantities today.
  Attorney Joe Loeb, of Little Rock, is here on business trip.
 There will be dance at the Bluff City Club hall Thursday night. Capt. J. A. Freeman, of Millville, is in thecity.
 E. P. Eatld, of sherria, is here meeting his many Pine Rlnff friends. Miss Carrie Katzenstein, of Little Rock, is here visiting her sister Mrs. L. E. Goldsmith.
 Mesdames Little and Grooms, of Fordyce, are here purchasing holi- day goods.
 The Constable and his deputies are very busy these days serving papers in civil cases.
 All kinds Of summer driAks at Mitchel's. , l7 dtf The steamer Dardanelle passed up to Little Rock this morning. NJ. Mitchell, a son of Ransom Mitchell, is dangerously sick with typhoid fever.
 For good smoke, try the Bluff City Club. q handmade, 5eent cigar.
 12l-dlm We are now having magnificent weather. It is just cold enough to make one feel vigorous.
 Oysters-the finest in the world served in all styles at A, ]. Mitchell's Palace Confectionery, No POS Main Street. 10 II Mir. Eugene Fies is again shaking hands with his many Pine Bluff friends after q trip "oVer the road. " The .Bluff City Club" is the hest , cent cigar sold in the city. l2 l-d1m \ plain gold ring with piece of crape on q gentleman < finger tells d sad story today
 If you want d good meal try the Valley Restaurant. F ltf Miss May Graham has returned home after delightful visit to Joneshoro.
  Call for the "Blun City Club, q ] cent cigar. which for excellence has no equal, 12-l-dlm Pine Bluff is to have new and handsome brick block of business houses at m early day
 Have your buggy or carriage re- paired and painted by Buehler X Willis, at the new City Blacksmith shop ll29d3t
 The GRAPHIC is pleased to an nounce that Mir. ". II. Parker, who has been il sufferer from rheumatism for several weeks. is now much bet ter.
 Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy to operate. Cure indigestion, bill nusness' 25c.
 ARE You TIRED all the time? Then your blood needs ta be enriched and purified by HOnd's Sarsaparilla, the one True Blood Purifier. 1t gives yigor and vitality.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-02

EsoR sALE-A double-seated. A .rrade surrey ! bargain F. N. SMITH.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-02

FOX RENF-Neat cottage in the south part ..ato9 9l ;, elly ttfy near Jones pafk Apply to
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

OF the most marked characteristics of
the coming woman is a full sense Of
humor. Humor and culture are usual
ly found hand In hand-not simply wit,
but refined humor-and II is only
among modern women that this is no.
ticeahIe. / observe IL on every side
in their books their plays,the speech
es and in ordinary conversation. Men
have been humorous for centuries. but
women are just beginning to develop
this quality. so invaluable TO the author
and especially the playwright
The Brooklyn Handicap" produced
at the Grand Opera House in New York
in 1894. was the first sporting play
written by woman. When Miss Alice
Ives was asked by New York man
ager a couple of years ago whether she
could write "horse play" she replied;
Il certainly don't know much about
races. but can try"
And to use Miss Ives own words,
Trying means almost living on the
race track for couple of months fol-
lowing. read all the sporting papers
and talked about the turf with all the
sporting men could meet. Why, just
TO get one fact, the chest measure Of
one horse, spent days visiting veter-
mary surgeons and livery stables. Fin
ally had to carry tape measure and
measure vicious looking brute my
self. You see, an amusing incident In
the play hinged on that one thing, and
| wanted my audience to laugh at the
play. not at the author"
In regard to the money to be made
by play-writing, Miss Ives said: You
have TO wait long time for success.
Nothing is harder than to get play
accepted, but once accepted nothing
pays better. Success. fame, money all
come at once"
Miss Ives was born in Detroit. and
her first literary efforts were for the
local newspapers of her native city.
To-day more prolific and versatile
writer would be hard to find. She has
written grave and thoughtful articles
for Harper's and the Century, and
bright jokes for Puck. Her first play
was tragedy called Don Roderic. =
Lawrence Barrett read this and wrote
| Miss Ives that it was full Of poetical
| beauty.
"Lorine," In which Mazda Craigan
starred last season. and "Lavarre,' are
two delightful plays by Miss Ives. and
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

servatory OF Music for the libretto OF
"Daphnc." comic opera. The music
will be furnished by Mr.. Arthur Bird, a
nupil of List. SO far this brilliant
woman's contributions to the stage
have been noticeable for unique char
aoter sketches and great skill in con-
struction.
One OF the present seasons great sue
ceeses according 20 critics and mana
gers. was the production OF Christie
pher. Jr.," at the Empire After crowd
ing the house for weeks in New York il
was sent out on an equally successful
tour of the western cities. Mrs. Made
line Lucette Ryley. the author of the
MAY. is a beautiful vivacious woman,
and an accomplished actress as well as
a clever playwright
speaking Of christopher, Jr.," Mrs.
Ryley said In recent interview: Il
wrote the play In six weeks and was
alx wears In finding a manager to pro-
duee Il. think il has been In the
hands OF fifty different managers.
Sometimes Il was too long, sometimes
too short, sometimes too light. and
again too heavy. II is really astonish-
Ing. the variety Of faults Of which one
simple little play is capable. No one
who has not tried Il can possibly under
stand how difficult 1t Is to get play
accepted. Managers are afraid OF a
new playwright, especially of a woman.
You are sure. IL you are just beginning,
10 present melodrama the season for
farces. or farce when tragedy is the
fad: or again. II the character of the
play is adapted to the tickle public, you
have probably put too many men and
women In the story, or made too many
scenes, and that means enormous ex-
pcnse in production. And, last OF ali,
YOU NAV succeed in every other partic'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14
MRS. MAITLAND.

that too much care cannot be taken In
the proper cleaning of pots and pans.
On leaving South Kensington, Mrs. Ho-
tai, acted as probationer for four
months, and attended the medical lee
lures. In the meantime, the share she
took in the administration of the coun-
try holiday fund gave her a personal
acquaintance with some of the poorest
and most unfortunate children attend
ing the board schools.
Mrs. Holman, Miss Eve and Miss
Davenport-Hill have given special at
tention, as members of the board, to
girls subjects, such as needlework.
cookery, laundry instruction, and to
matters which may be regarded as
chiefly Of feminine interest. Mrs. Matt
land, ON the other hand, has spread her
work over a larger sphere, so that In
all departments of the boards work she
could speak from the woman's point of
view when the occasion demanded.
To Miss Davenport-H is largely due
the establishment of as many as 40
centers for cookery instruction, and If
ty centers for the teaching of laundry
work. The lady members have carried
this work an important step further by
inducing the board to try whether pro-
vision could not be made for practical
and theoretical instruction in the whole
subject of housewifery. The first ex-
pertinent was made at one of the Ham
mersmith schools. and was brilliant
success. Three rooms were furnished
and fitted up, one as bedroom, one as
| living room, and the other as kit
chen, the idea being to realize the or
binary conditions of workingman's
home. In these rooms girls who have
been taught washing and cooking at the
centers, as well as the principles of do
nestle economy generally, are instruct
ed in such practical. everyday matters
as cleaning stoves and making beds,
lighting the fire and setting the table.
AS members of the cookery and laundry
instruction subcommittee, Miss Daven.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

London--it would seem that In
this useful sphere the woman
movement" is making no Roadway. On
the board which was elected in 1879
there we're no fewer than nine ladies';
on that which Is now In office there are
only four. The circumstance may be
partly explained by the fact that for
the last ten years the party which is
called Moderate" have been In the
ascendant, whilst, with one exception,
all the lady candidates have been ad-
herents of that which is known as
progressive" Nevertheless, with so
much public activity observable on the
part OF women, 1t is still matter for
wonder that they have not maintained
a stronger representation Of their sex
on body which is closely concerned
with so many subjects Of great femi-
nine interest.
This being SO, 1t must be accounted
matter OF good fortune that in Miss
Davenport-Hill, Mrs. Maitland, Miss
Eve, and Mrs. Homan, women should
nave representatives whose ability,
knowledge, and earnestness give them
an influence for good out Of all proper
ton to the relation which four bears
to hfty-seven-the total number OF the
board. Miss Davenport-H ill-the only
survivor of the nine lady members fif-
teen years ago--is now one of the Oldest
members of the board, where she has
built up reputation by hard work and
long experience second to that Of none
OF her male colleagues. When first
elected for the city in 1879. those who
knew her well fully expected that she
would prove one of the best members
the London board has ever had. For
Rosamond Davenport-Hill comes of a
family distinguished by their devotion
to the public welfare. Her father was
the recorder Of Birmingham, and her
sister has been a pioneer in the reform
of poor-law administration, more par
ticularly as It affects the children. For
twenty years Miss Rosamond Daven-
port-Hill was manager of a large
ragged school in her native town of
Bristol, and when she came to London
the school board was naturally at once
suggested to her as the field in which
| this exceptional experience could be
turned to the best account.
Miss Margaret Eve was likewise
equipped with a good deal Of practical
knowledge of the work of education
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

that tho ncw hanks wcre contriyanee
invented by the mobiles 10 rc-cstablIsh
slavery. An association was organized
by the efforts Of Prince vassiltchlsoff
10 combat this prejudice by means OF
public meetings This expcdient was
sacccsssul. and during the last thirty
years banking institutions have become
popular With the Russian people. but OF
course not on 4 scale compared with
tho numDcs OF banks In the United
States, ~hsn /, 10 considered that Rus
ala has population Of over io0. 900.
The rate OF Interest at which these pop
nlar banks lend money Is. on the aver
ago. IL per cent. and TO an American
mus, seem high. but !; 10 no, no In Rus
ala, where the interest charged on leans
10 the pcasantry In often ~ much as
100 per cent
In . review Of the popular banking
institutions Of Russia writer in the
American bankers Magazine says: In
tboae views there IL considerable plaus-
Utility. II appears TO W. TO argue as u
tho pnpular banking system was inca
nablc OF modification. and could not be
liberated from the mechanism OF the
unlimited liability. which units Il for
large communities where people do not
know each other. But this Ia an error.
The Italian banks have already cut
loose from this obstructive mechanism,
ana their success IL manifeatly the re-
aa,t Of the reform. II like improve
mont could be adopted In Germany
new tmpulse would no doubt be giyeg
"a The popular banking system, which
would thus be raised to the level OF the
new imperial institutions with their
snirit Of enterprise. progress and indus
trial organization. There is another
aancc, in which the popular banks may
no regarded. They put capital within
,ho reach OF skIllfui. steady and frugal
mechanics. They thus facilitate the rise
~ ,hese men from the ranks OF journey
mon and their promotion TO tho ranks
!, maatere and employers OF labor.
The tendency OF modern credit organi-
-a,,ona has been to check this promo
,,or nv facilitating the concentration
~ capital In large masses, Under prop
.r conditions the popular banks are
ea,ahle OF supplying an antidote 70 TINS
Industrial evil. II the workingmen .
unIons had devoted part Of their large
snnds during the last half century 70
,ha aatablIshment In Europe Of popular
hanks on an enlightened system adapted
- ire ap,rit OF the age and to the wants
:, ZACH country some of the difficulties
which surround the question al issue
between mechanics and their employers
S vo,,,d long ago have disappeared
The popular banks of Russia present
,.a,, ~ the Russian charaoter--con-
s.ryatiam and cconomy--by their large
Ssnos,,s remarkable from the contrast ,.
!, ahows with the state OF banking -
-, 4, not all OF the continental states
!, rsnrope. thus In the Bank Of France
mo deposits (including those OF the gov gov
W. are but little moro than two.
,s,rds the discounts and one-iifth Of
.hs articulation. The leading panks =.
guy Thor continental capitals have even
susiler amount Of deposits IN proper
s,an 10 their discounts and circula''oh'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14
Beside the state bank h.


Beside the state bank. Russia has
several hundred commercial h.nss
which somewhat resemble our s,a,a
banks, and st. Petersburg Moseos'
hharkow, kiew. Riga, yolea-Kama
Warsaw and Odessa have several ,o,a,
stock banks each. The bank law ~
Russia Ia said TO be very stringent n &c
Limitations In the amount Of advances
The nature OF the securities 10 he tal-
en-. the publication OF accounts ana tia
like, and the failure OF banking IN.
stitntion Is the cause OF most strin.
geat Inquiry by the government ana
severe punishment Is melted out 10 All
defaniters, as In the case OF DIR. straus.
berg. who. as one Of the deposltors in
the Moscow Commerce and Loan Bank
was convicted OF wrecking this insti.
tuition In 1875 and was banished for
life from Russia.
The financial system OF Russia offers
not a few points OF similarity TO our
own. II ia more than a century since
the issue OF the Russian paper money
was begun. Previously the trade of the
country was in very nndeyeloped con-
dition, and the exchanges were carried
on BY means Of copper circulation.
The heavy copper eopecks previously
In use were so inconyenIent that the
paper currency soon became quite pop.
ular.
The system Of popular banks in Rus.
sia 10 comparatively recent introduc.
tion. The first was established in 1896
In the department of Kastroma by q
great landed proprietor. NJ. ZolgHin-
Inn. who supplied IL with money TO be-
sin business with. Many Of the other
banks that were founded received aid
from the elective municipalities. which
have the legal right 10 borrow and lend
money. The progress Of the new banks
Was ~ nrsi slow. The ignorant peas
ants had but Just been emaneipated.
aud. being aell-to-do and jealous Of
their new freedom. they mistrukted
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

missed Mrs. Maitland during the fol-
lowing three years, and Chelsea in 1894
gladly repaired the error Of Marylebone
by electing her at the head of the poll.
Mrs. Romans candidature for the
Tower Hamlets in 1891 was practically
her first introduction to public work.
She was, moreover, seeking to succeed
SO remarkable woman and SO excel
lent an educationalist as Mrs. Besant.
But as the daughter of Sir Sydney Wat
erlow, Mrs. Holman had been trained
In a good school, and from the first
her school board career has been a bril-
liant success. To begin with, she not
only got herself returned at the head
OF the poll in year when no other pro-
gressive candidate occupied that posi-
ton, but also succeeded in polling more
votes than any other woman candidate
had previously done. 1t was character
istic OF the earnestness with which she
entered upon her work that in 1891,
and again in 1894, Mrs. Homan left her
home at Kensington at the beginning
OF the contest and took lodgings In the
midst of the great east end constitu-
ency to which she was appealing.
For tue work of the board Mrs. Ho-
man had taken exceptional pains to
qualify herself. Having had her inter-
est in its work keenly excited whilst
presiding over girl teachers club in
the east end, Mrs. Holman took the first
step toward membership by becoming
school manager in Chelsea. Her ex-
perience in this position told her what
she ought to learn in order to make
herself useful member of the board.
She went through the South Kensing-
ton school Of cookery, including even
the scullery department, as she believes
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14


Clara Morris afterward starred in II
for several years under the title of THE
Refugees Daughter" THE Mer-
chant" however was the play which
brought Miss Morton most prominently
before the public. II was first brought
out at the Union Square with Selma
Felter. T.. J, Henley and Nelson Wheat
croft In the cast Subsequently II was
purchased by Thomas MeDonough, who
put II on for an extended run at the
Madison Square theater and later sent
II out as a popular attraction on the
road.
jeffrey Middleton" her next play,
was brought out in Minneapolis by Au-
gustus pitou. This was so successful
that II brought her an order TO write
play for William II. Crane. This she
called Brother John" and Crane had
prosperous season at the Star theater
with IT, A Chicago Brother John"
had an almost unprecedented run.
yielding $4,000 in six weeks.
Miss Morton's latest play. His Wlfe's
Father" which made such a hit re-
Gently at the Fifth Avenue. with Crane
as the star. is undoubtedly her best,
and. indeed. one OF the best plays ever
written by a woman.
Miss Morton is New York girl and
received her education al one OF the
public schools Of the city She began
, writing short stories and poems for
magazines when quite young. but soon
found her dramatic instinct too strong
for such limitations. and in her FIRST
dramatic efforts proved herself TO pos
sess a knowledge OF stsgecraft that
amounted 10 genius and Is usually ac-
qulred only after years OF experience
and drudgery. But she is not the only
playwright Of her sex here.
Miss Marguerite Merrington. who is a
college professor. wrote her first play
for +. II. Sothern. Capt. Letterblair
was given an elaborate production two
seasons ago at the Lyceum. where Il
ran successfully for many weeks.
(, Good BY" and "A Lovers Knot" were
Miss Merrington's next successes. Al
prcscn, she is engaged on play which
5 Mr.. soihern expects to bring out soon,
historical drama called Bonnie
/. Prince Charlie" She also wrote a play
for sol Smith Russell. An Everyday
I Man" which contained fine character
I study.
! Miss Merrington received the first
prize OF $500 from the New York Con-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

when in 1891 she was adopted as can
tlidate for the school board by an Isling-
ton Liberal Association. The daughter
of a gentleman of Maiden, in Essex,
Miss Eve through choice or necessity
made vocation of teaching, and for
seven years she was a member of the
staff of the Girls High School at Croy
don. She was encouraged to enter upon
this career by the success Of her
brother, Mr.. H. w. Eve, M. A., who after
serving for period at Wellington Col
lege was appointed head of the Uni
yersity College School, position he
still occupies. Coming to live in the
west end Of London, she and her sis
ter got interested in the board schools.
and were appointed members of Mary
lebone committee Of managers. This
was about q dozen years ago, and 1t is
hardly too much to say that during this
period Miss Ewes principal interest in
life has been the welfare of the children
who attend the board schools Of Lon
don.
Mrs. Maitland and Mrs. Holman can
not show so long record Of education
al work before their election to the
board. But Mrs. Maitland, who was
born in South Wales and settled In Lon
don shortly after her marriage, evinced
her interest in the new era Of elemen-
tary education by canvassing for the
progressive candidates at the first cleo
ton in 1871. She was also manager
In the early years of the board. and for
good time took practical interest in
the administration of college for
working women. These things stood
her In good stead when Mrs. Maitland
first sought election to the board at the
election OF 1882. She lost her seat In
1891. But such was the impression she
had made by her work and personality
that every old member Of the board
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

srsws silh = visw 70 = reform
sastafT issues and q revival
EErw and productive grosth.
ma hsss. IN 1867, ". Eugene
ra ~ director. an able econ.
al u accomplished banker, pub
! 'ssaft on The causes Of the
gi@isAan Of tho machinery Of
azssia and on The best means
Aaai fsiosm lie showed that
ansai saasa Of mischief wss The
w 4 ne monetary circulation.
sawa that 20 long "a the state
y ! forced currency the paper
U.s. Aats be-, little stability Of
W IA; II Russia would re.
asssS tbs policy of using Tho
n5er money as q financial re-
@aiEaS be remcdlcd. This rug.
ua approved BY the emperor,
esessor on the throne contin-
pssT.
i's~as able minister Of finance
VIE and the governor of the
sank n Plesks. tho improved
~ y Russian finances IL 70 a
Hssi ius The Journal he 81.
ss one Of the o11cial news.
4 ( Russia, and printed In the
Assusse, recently published a
= tie Imperial BANK and iia
as'al ofiSes throughout tho en-
asa shoss the enormous amour,
'sa passing through the state
ma is a powerful instrument
4 ahfsiite finance. Like the old
~ Nshlcc and Genoa. this bank
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14

ular and yet fail utterly from lack OF
knowledge of technique, or what is bet
ter known as stage business. play
IL not finished when It is written. The
first act is TO get 1t accepted, the sec
ond to get II produced and the third to
secure public"
Mrs.Ryley's home charminsly reflects
the artistic taste Of the hostess. Fine
oriental rugs, beautiful Bagdad draper
les, and piles OF cushions, large and
small, form an interior at once luxur.
ious and unique. Mrs. Ryley has just
finished play written to order for Nat
Goodwin.
Miss Mary Stone, who is reader" at
the Garrick theater, New York, is a
sweet-faced. charming hammered Phil
adelphia girl. She Is regular first
nighter" at New York theaters. Her
work as reader" demands that she ia
miliarize herself not only with all new
plays but with the popular dramatic
taste as we'll.
Her first work for the stage was a
dramatization of Stanley Weyman's
House of the Wolf" for Richard Mans
field. Her success. however, came with
the production of THE Social High
wayman" by the Holland Brothers in
September. This play was dramatized
from a story by that name that ap-
peared in Lippincott's July. 1895, and
would have been brought out by Rich
ard Mansfield had not his recent Sc
we're illness interferred with his plans.
The Holland Brothers are at present
making successful tour with 1t
through the United States.
Miss Stone is much interested in
woman's progress.
Il find" she said recently, that one
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14
PRETTY AND ABLE.
SOME NOTABLE WOMEN OF
THE EASTERN METROPOLIS.
New York Letter

ASo W ~ II 4 II n
Morton is one OF
th. cleyerest Amer
lean playwrights
and has an excep-
tional record ex-
tending back seven
or eight years. Her
first play was Hell
oine." produced al
the Fifth Avenue
theater In 1889.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-14
All tho same Thing.

Professor ancients used palms
as an emblem of capture and victory.
Smart STUDENT suppose that's why
the moderns use them so extensively at
weddings.