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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

Marie Williamson. Maria l.. Dunlop,
Stanley Atkins, Marianne Meade. Judith
Deanc, Virginia Mcleod, Annie Merrill.
Mary Binford, Lucy Pegram, Mary Saun-
ders. Chaperones: Mrs T.. \. Saunders.
Mrs. c. II. Smith, and Mrs. $. w.
Irayers.
THE MAY-POLE DANCE.
Next came the May-pOle dance. led by
pretty Miss Annie McCaw and Mr.. Franz
Potts. 1T was fresh. sweet. and pure and
had about IL Withal delightful simDlici-
" that was capitvating- The village
green, the pretty maidens, and the brave
| lads We're there and as they tr1Dped
around the state pole, with feet attuned
TO the lively strains, the scene was but
| a hNng picture Of that old-time dance
that Longfeilow has made so familiar
| The girls wore satin gowns OF Empire
style. reaching 10 their ankles. And light
straw hats Of fine texture, tied with large
ribbons, The gowns were OF different
colOrs-blue. red, yellow and 50 on--whiie
the men wore the conventional attire of
the day. The mazy dance about the pole
was especially beautiful, and evoked
great applause. Although the May-pole
dance is claimed by England as lis ma
tiOnal dance, il has been adopted by ali
nations, and never were its merit and
beauty more forcibly and charmingly
illustrated.
Those participating in the dance were
Misses Annie McCaw, Evelyn Gordon
Emily Addison, Ellen Bagby, Claire
Beirne. Helena LEROY, Adelaide Watkins
COurtenay Bridges.
Messrs. Frank Potts, Cham. Peasants
Carlton McKenney, Julian McKenney,
Lewis Judhns, c. =. Vaughan, Willie
Cameron.
Chaperone, Mrs. John Lyons.
THE GERMANIA.
Next came one or the most beautiful
effects Of the whole kirmess. II was the
German tableaux, arranged by Mrs Jas
Lyons ably assisted by Mrs Alfred Won
~ Rosenegk, with the beautiful charm-
ing and stately Miss Bcrta Haase as
Germania. Those taking part were
dressed I'm the national attire of the
Fatherland, and were gracefully grouped
about Germania.
When the curtain had arisen and the
audience were given "a few moments in
which 10 take In the rare grace of the
lovely tableaux, "rhe Watch on the
Rhine was sung by those behind the
scenes with great effect, and IL lent
tone and color TO the picture that was
typical Of the land OF Bismarck and that
Justly caused every Germans heart to
swell with true and pathetic pride. AS
the curtain fell the loud applause echoed
and re-echoed. and only the great length
OF the programme prevented an encore
Grouped around Miss Haase were her
provinces OF Prussia, Saxony Bavaria
Baden. Alsace- Lorraine, and Wurtenburg.
the ngure or Germania being supported
by soldiers In national Uniform The fol-
lowing young ladies and gentlemen as
SISTED Miss Haass: Nissss Minnie 4oshcn,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
MISS MA Y HANDY
(WhO aupearcl as Nireiuia).

josephine Haaso. EllnOra Euker Leonora
Siogel. Elizabeth Won n ROsenegk, and
man, Walter Schaap Henry Haase. and
Henry Miller. The chaperOne. Mrs Won
n. Rosenegk has been untiring I'm her
efforts TO make this a success. The we'll
known artist. Mr. Max. r. Lindner, as
sisted her in the arrangement Of figures
and draperies.
JAPANESE COURT DANCE
The Japanese Court Dance was next,
and II was even more charmingly and
gracefully. presented than IT was upon
Monday night 4 he calcium lights were
thrown on this dance with exquisite
effect. Mise lima kosenbaum again Inn
persOnated the Empress Of Japan. while
Mr. Joseph d. Myers represented the Em-
peror.
Miss Elizabeth Cameron again grace
fully led her court attendants. As each
ngure OF the dance slowly uufolded. moth
ing could express its quaint and cauu-
vating beauty, and the audience were
loud IN their expressions OF Appreciation
Besides Miss Cameron, the other dancers
were Misses Katharine Mclntire. Ann ID.
Dunlop. Rosna MOrdecai. Emcie Pegram
and Marion West
Messrs Watkins Encreon. John How
ard, Jr., W. W. II. Iutwiler. Otis NJ Al
friend. Coalter r. Carmichael and Arthur.
chaperones: Mrs. James Lyons. Mrs.
". j. Walker. and Mrs W y. Tenant.
THE MINUET.
Miss Alys Connally and Mr Allan Potts
with their train OF quceuly women nnl
courtiy men. led the next dance. which
was the stately mnuct 10 was like some
rare old painting of bygone days. when
our forefathefs bowed before the beauty
of their fair partners.
Dreams OF colonial balls. of high-boru
gallantry ana silver speeches We're
brought TO mind as one watched ths
dancers bow and step with stately grace
through the may hgures Of the charm
ing dance of 'ye olden times" " They
executed IL just as our grandm0thers dd
I'm the long, long ago The dance went
off with "A smoother grace and more llr-
feet polish than on Monday night and
was roundly aDplauded. The dancers
were.
Misses Alys Connally. Mary Howard.
Ellen Hobson. Kathleen Anderson. Halle
Cooke, Mary Pace. Nellie Mayo. Lima
Mayo. Virginia Hayes Della Strinefellow.
Mcssrs. Allan Potts Garnet Buckner
wall. George Ben Stacy. Louis Brandcr.
Joseph Anderson, Edward Christian ed
ward G. Mayo. Creston holland. Adolphus
Blair, Pelham Blackford
Chaperone. Mrs. William L. Royal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

The second night OF the Kirmoss for
the benefit of the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities was
marked hy that glare Of brilliant and
dazzling success that characterized the
nrst night
The Academy Of Music was crowded 10y
"a large. fashionable, and representative
audience-an audience gathered in one
common interest. that interest TO lend
Hid 10 a noble and patriotic purpose.
The scene presented was one that once
razed upon hy mortal eyes must over re-
main q bright and fanciful picture in the
gallery of memory. was a brilliant
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

mond T Minor. -. L. BrOadnaN. Lacy
Fendley. William j.. Cox Bernard Walden.
Chapefor es. Mesdames Augustine Royal.
B. =. owens, Blanche Drewry, Henry
IT, Walden.
The national dance OF Scotland the
Highland dance. around which hang
memories of Wallace and Bruce, was next
upon the programme 10 was led by lGtlc
Miss Edith TAYLOR and six assistants
The children were clad in typical Scottish
kits. and showed lhc effect OF careful
and earnest training. They gave the
"Fishor's Hornniuc" in "a true Scotch
fashion, and Miss Page Sheldon i'm par
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
LIBERTY BELL's ITIyERlRY.
IL VIII stop In Charlotte Over Nisht--Ts
Return Over the Southerns

PHILADELPHIA. PA. Jan. M.-The
committee OF the City Council which will
bring the Liberty Bell from Atlanta Ieft
here this afternoon at 6:55 on special
train over the Pennsylvania railroad.
At Charlotte. n. c.. they viii spend
Thursday night leaving early Friday
morning. and stopping during the day at
Salisbury, High Point. Greensboro. Dam
vile. isynShOurx. and Charlo'tessille.
They will depart from Charlottesville at
O'clock Saturday morning, reaching
Washington at 1880.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
wEATHER FORECAST.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Jan. 2s.-Fors-
cast for Wednesday:
For virginia-Fair weather: light. west
erly winds, becoming southeriy.
For North and South Cafoltna-Fajr:
light. variable wtfics.
The pressure has risen in the Atlantic
coast districts and has fallen In eli other
sections OF the country. The portheastsrn
storm area has moved rapidly south
ward A belt Of high pressure extends
from the 81. Lawrence Valley TO the
eastern gulf.
a slight depression has advanced from
Western Canada A. far AZ Lake Superior.
and Is followed BY higher pressure.
Nearly cieey weather prevails In Mis-
fallen in Northern New England and ~
souri and upper Nlasisslppi valleys. ThSeo
has been Iittle change In the soutb9rD
s.s' ~ - s;ss's1E s1sksr e 's3'5sssf ~ & g {
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
Gunners Punished for Hazlng

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. Jan os.-The
Navy Department to-day approved the
sentences imposed by court-martial at the
Washington navy-yafd upon four white
seamen, sllnners. for hazing several me-
groes who had enlisted for gunnery in
struction. and were In class al the
naval ordnance foundry here with white
men. The accused VIII be confined two
months on board the Vermont at the New
York nayy-yard, and then dismissed from
the .pTv.ce.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

Drcechcs velvet ldckeiS, lfliicd Snirts,
and silk stockings and were hats with
jingling rings attached 10 the brims.
The senOritas wore vari-colored bodices
and skirts. over their heads were black
lace mantillas, while I'm the dark coils OF
their hair were lOvel. American Beauty
roses. The ey0lut 0ns of this dance wore
graceful, refined, and typical. All the
dancers carried castanets ana kept excel
lent time with the music. The dal GERS
taking part In fhe spanish Wedding
Dance were Misses Mary K. Drewry,
Carrie Nadcn. Ella Mayo. Gertrude
Wesigcr Ellen Meisiger. Mildred J..
DroMry. MessIs. Ral.L.h Green. RIch-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
GovERyoR EvANS' LATEST.
He Places Charleston Under the Metro
polltan Police system Bitterly Resented

CHARLESTON. s. c.. Jan. 2s.-fnfor-
nation was received here at midday that
Governor Evans had placed Charleston
under metropolitan police system.
BY an act OF the Legislature. passed I'm
politan police whenever 1t was deemed
necessary to the enforcement OF the dis
pensary law, by a State board OF COM
missioners. consisting of himself. the
General.
The people OF Charleston are bitterly
opposed 10 the metropolitan system. and
they express the belief that Governor
by the determination 10 keep "a personal
follower and friend OF his in office here.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--Mr. Farrsr.
OF New Orleans. appeared to-day before
the House Committee on Commerce IN
support OF bin to extend the limits OF
the port of New Orleans to embrace
Port Chalmett and West Rego.
Mr.. Farrar urged In effect that the bill
would advance the Interests Of New Or
leans and that OF commerce.
Action was postponed until both sides
could be heard. As some opposition exists
to the bill I'm New Orleans.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

Eighty-EIght Men Were In the Ponf-f-
Pridd Mine Fight stiil Missing.

CARDIFF. WALES Jan. 2s.-The latest
and corrected reports OF the number OF
persons in the Pont-Y-Pridd mine. at the
time of the explosion OF fire-damp In the
pits yesterday. show that there were
cighty-eight. all told. or these, forty
seven have been taken out dead. thirty
three were rescued alive. and eight are
still missing.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

They Appear In Opposition tn the Bill to
Abolish Compulsory Coa-twise Pilots.

WASHINGTON, ID. c.. Jan. 2s.-Cap-
tain Atkins OF Southport. ". c.; Captain
j. f.. O'Brien. of Pensacola. Fla. and
Captain g. n. Swami, OF Charleston, =.
G.. members OF the Pilot Association.
to-day addressed the House Committee
on Merchant Marine and Fisheries In
opposition to the bill to abolish COM
pulsory coastwise pilcts
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
SIXTEEN Years for Assault.

ROANOKE. VA. Jan. 2s.-SpeciaI.-At
Salem to-day In the Roanoke County
Court. John Williams tcoiored). charged
with attempted assault on Mrs Ballard
penitentiary. the jury being out only ten
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29


panorama OF colors, vivid sketch of
pure womanly lovelness brought out most
clcVerly. and dOubly enhanced I'm its in
trinsic beauty by The festive nature f.the
occasion.
Am was perfect Whether the eve rested
upon the lovely costumed dancers, moving
through the mazes of the dreamy figures,
with heart and feet attuned 20 the soft
pathetic strains that rose throbbingly
upon The air, or whether upon the hand
somely gOwucd women and Immediately
dressed men who filled the house, the
c0ect was the same Everywhere was
THAI quiet. unostentauous perfectness
that bias boon, and viii ever be, the eN-
poncnt Of the taste of the southern wo-
uau.
AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE.
AS = sat amid that brilliant galaxy Of
beautiful women and gallant men, ] found
Tor myself a solution of tine problem that
has haficd thc sages ol the day. Now 1
realize what 30 was that prompted the
men of the "siNfiee' 20 struggle four long
years until suffering, patience, and hu-
man gndcavor could do no more Now l
know why they accomplished deeds upon
fnc fields OF honor never accomplished be-
fore hy mortal man. why they unhesi-
tafinrly barred their breasts 10 the leaden
messengers of death. and why M defence
of their country they COurtcu death as
sweet reward. 1t was because those men
fought for the women Of this fair south
1aud. Yes. and truly were those present
last night most worthy uaubhttiS ana
sons of hOnOfed parents.
Nraiu the beautiful decorations lent
an exquisite mechanical effect 10 the ami
mated scene There was youth maturity,
end the gray hairs OF age gathered IN
ono perfect. harmonious whole. The au-
Oiencc filled every seat I'm the Academy,
and was but "a just homage TO the even
more brilliant and dazzling display OF
beauty that passed before the footlghts;
ctokng round after round of genuine ana
heartfelt applause applause brought OUT
Dog rare l0vciincss. by graceful notion
anf beautiful music.
Where may one draw a distinction
among the beautiful dancersf II rs
task as impossible as IL is unnecessary.
OPENING SCENE.
Again the performance was opened by
"a grand tahleau OF the nations. and the
urocossi0n was led by the Queen OF the
knmess Miss Bessie Martin, who look
od even more beautiful Ina her stately
aud majestic grandeur than she dld upon
the nrst night What beautiful pano-
rama was presented as the various ma
lions passed in review before the audi
auce. There were the dark-haired ana
graceful women whom Byron says weep
beside the ancient Nile. and the loNely
little Sphinx Worshippers OF Pyramid
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

WASHINGTON. ID. c., Jan. 2s.-Ths
House Committee on War Claims to-
day ordered favorable report on an
omnibus bill providing for the payment
OF war claims. The measure appr0-
priated t592.00O and provides for the
Of Claims under the Bowman act.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
Virofuia7 7's
LONCSTREET'S BOOK.

LONGsTREETS BOOK.
Longstreets book?"
'Oh. not now: later I may have soueee
thing TO say In reference TO some S1l1o
statements contained therein about ~
lest my silence be misconstrued, ana tt
time. may take 10 otasr matters also
"Longstreet first fred on his brother
officers. and Is still At Il. II the nr4 =
returned he has no one to blame p0k
Glad to have followed General Lees exs
ample and let him wear undisturbed the
honors In war. though they never cou.o
have accepted his own estimate OF AZ
military requirements"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
MILITiRf Farm ar DfrkSBTRG.
The House Committee ON Military Affairs
Report taVorably.

WASHINGTON. ID. C., Jan. 2s.-Thc
House Committee on Military Affairs to-
day reported fsVorably the bill OF Mr..
OF a national military park at vicksburg.
Miss. tifty thousand dollars was appro-
priated for beginning the work
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. &.-The Treasury
gold reserve at the close OF business to-
day stood at $50 5.fes The Withdrawals
amounted 70 X5,oo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29
THE GREAT KIRMES
The Second Night a Brilliant
Success.
AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE.
The Academy Of Music Filled 10 OYER
flowing.
THg GREEK CYRBAL DANCE SUPERB.
Ihe Spanish Wedding Dance and Ger
mania Wsfs Features.
qHg GREEK CYRBAL DANCE SUPERB.
Mss hay HANDY LOVELY AS VIRGINIA.

Miss Lucy Wormiey Beautiful az Diana.
The Highland Dance and the Maypole
Dance Executed with Splendid IF
fcct-Evcry Seat in the Academy
of Music Taken aud the Kir-
mess is Now an Assured Sue
ccss-The Programme To-
Night While Very At
iractiyc WIZ Not Dee
as long as That of
Last Night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

ticular evoked loud applause The par.
ticipants In this dance We're
Misses Edith Taylor. Sophia White.
Fannie Mitteldcrfcr Cora Younger, Mary
Flemmlug. Lora crump. Page Shelburne.
Grrce Woods.
Chaperone. Miss Mary Thaw.
Al The conclusion OF this dance the
''SHor1 Dance vas heantkflxAx Hxacnkad
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

The next, the Spanish Welding Dance
was one OF the most teautlful ami brill
liant numbers upon the evenings pro.
gramme. IL was led by Miss Mary X.
raIment OF the senori,as was typical OF
toe Spsnish h love FOR bright colors Their
costumes embraced all unts of the rain
hoKs Tha Cavaliers Nera 10 knea
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-29

majestic grace. those women who loved
spartan warriors and who were faithful
70 the hearthstone ties. OH the Simplic-
ny ana beauty Of the pretty lassies and
nIaVe youths OF Sweden. the stately and
honored grace OF the minuet. the free
dnd romping roic OF the red-skinned
tribes the methodical and refreshing
ttateliness OF the North German repre-
sentatives. IL was all seen and admired
by the audience
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Daring Attempt at Escape.

William Blaylock and CharleS
Pound, conviets in the State peniten'
tiary 1t Lansing attempted escape by
climbing up a 72O foot air pipe from
the penitentiary coal mines In which
they were employed as track layers.
The assent was made without detec'
tion AID danger from passing cars
going Gown into the mine. Reaching
open air the men passed through
cellers to the outside world, and were
making off when discovered by the
guardR, who shot at them eight times,
bringing down both men. Pound got
up and made off, and although wound
ed is in hiding somewhere in the
vicinity but being searched for by
thirty armed men, while Blaylock lies
in the hospital dying from a bullet
having entered his back and ranged
downward coming out through his
groin. Blaylock and his brother are
doing life sentence for the murder OF
the city marshal of Columbus while
Pound is under sentence to hang for
the murder Of his wife at Galena. A
reward of $lOO is offered for the cap
ture of Pound.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-24

seph Arthur's BLUE Jeans" in waiSA
she did a most interesting and suggesS
tive bit Of work, barely escaping greaa-
ness. Most Of what that work prom
Used she has never achieved, Another
capital bit Of acting was her Jane"
Last year she was with Pete Daley In
1.-THE Night Clerk" and her work was
sadly depressing. Like her mother.
who for so many years shared with
Harrlgan the success Of the plays Of
New York life that many like Howells
felt were the most significant addi-
ton to our national stage literature,
Jennie Yeamans once seemed to have
that rare quality in woman-humOr.
Living appears, however, to have dlssl.
pated 1t.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-24
NAMES OF VEHICLES.
'trAlly.Ho," "DraE," Trap" and other
words That Arc MIaAppIIOd

Words That Arc MlAnppioo'
The fact that the first coach ever
brought to this country by Colonel
Delaney Kane was nAmed by It's own
er the tally-ho" Is 40 justification Tor
twisting the meaning and enlargipg
upon the Importance Of the word 50 as
to make 1t refer to coaches generally
considered, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The word "tally-ho" 10 used in a per-
verted sense as applied to coaching. 1t
is a hunting term, pure and simple.
Take the common expression that you
hear on every side: "Mr. so-and-So
has just passed by in his drag" Now
man up in such things would expeet
to see person 80 by with q swell
four-in-hand turnout. Drag Is the name
applied to a coach when 1t Is used
privately. AS soon as a four-in-hand
coach is put into public service and a
fare Is charged for riding upon 1t 1t
ceases to be q drag and becomes a
coach, Just as hanson when driven
publicly becomes hanson cab. AM
other common mistake ls the calling OF
two horses a team instead OF a pair.
A pair of horses is never, a team unless
hitched tandem. A team ID something
more than pair, such as a tandem,
unicorn, four-in-hand, ETC., and to hear
people talk about a pair Of horses as a
team Is quite as bad as to hear a per-
son say, John, put that single set OF
harness on the bay" A single set of
harness is an impossibility, as 1t takes
y double equipment for a set. Used In
Che sense Of the word trap is another
expression which you never hear ex-
tept in the very Yankee states. 1t
seems to be a generic name for all
kinds of traps and nothing Is too lowly
or too lofty to apply the term to. A
name almost as general as rig in Its
significance is dog cart. It seems as
II anything having two wheels should
be given this name, according to mo-
ton here. The only thing that should
be given the name, however, is two
wheel cart having a box under the
seat, called dog box, for the recep'
ton Of dogs, guns, game and such
things. You very seldom hear the ar
rangement Of one horse in front of two
spoken of as a unicorn; 1t Is more
usually called spike; yet this if
the slang for It. Properly speaking,
Spike" is the naIhe that should be ap'
piled to such teams as you find work
ing in iron or dray wagons, when the
driver rides the near horse and drives
the lead horse with a jerk line. r.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-24

Another player who is to remain in
"The Sporting Duchess another
season Is beautiful Cora Tanner All
along the road Cora Tanner, at one
time the wife of Col. Sim, the we'll.
known manager, was for some seasons
best known as the sad heroine Of Rob-
ert Buchanan's melodrama, alone In
London" in which, from 1884 to 1883,
she played Annie Meadows. Later We
remember her as even handsomer-nl-
though inclined to be heavy--as the
heroine OF Buchanan's Fascination"
in which she created a sensation by
masquerading in masculine evening
outfit, the cut Of which excited the ad-
miratlon Of gay New York. After she
separated from Col. Sim she went to
London and 1t was reported that she
was to make her debut in opera. This
never came to pass. Miss Tanners
very first appearance on the stage, by
the way, was as a singer In John Stet-
sons production Of Princess Ida" in
which she sang the title role. For
some reason Miss Tanner returned to
America and the stage after very
brief stay in London. Possibly she did
not find progress in operate matters
so easy in London, even for beautiful
woman, as 1t looked.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-24
Boo Mo- speah % the naototman.

She read the sign, "Do not speak to
the motorman," and said, II wonder
why not" Then In a winsome voice
inquired of that functlonary, "Why
mustn't one talk to the motormAn2"
He told'her 1t was against the rules.
"But why is IL against the rulesE
because It is,' ,r 3
"Then you don't like to be talked
toP" 0saI' 1Ola0
"0h, yes, but thunderl l came
within an ace Of running down that
old gent"
"But should think 10 would be
nice to have somebody 70 speak to IN.
stead OF talking to nobody all day
long" n"e lIi Nn dliN9or8.
''Lady, are you going to stop talking,
or Is there going to be smash-up on
this line, and a big one-seeP"
"The hateful thing! And do 30
want to be sociabie like. He's. mar
ried, Ill bet; he's just like Henry
when he gets the paper under his
nose" Boston Transcripts -o p.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-24
"rOm Groran,S a Play.

Among the attractions for which
much is hoped is the version Of "Tom
Grogan" which Gus Thomas, the auth
or of Alabama" and "In Mizzoura,"
has aided +. Hoplnkson Smith to make
from his popular story Of that name.
l understand that the dramatist has
taken the central figure of the story
and surrounded 1t with new interests.
He has retained the main figures for
the play, but it was, OF course, neces-
sary for the stage that there should
be q central sentimental interest.
When it was announced among
players that Alice Fischer was
to play tom Grogan," not one who
knew the actress and had read the
story failed to say emphatlcally--'Tt
just suits her"
II having natural qualifications FOR
part lnsures success Miss Fischer's
'Tom Grogan" will be sure triumph,
But that does not always follow. Miss
Fischer has the sturdy, robust ply