The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-23

get Bed is a ''salted" mine. Of course
the. old. man is going Short" of the
market and chuckles to himself as he
anticipates the drop in prices which Is
to swell his profits. Sam, however.
knows that Nugget Bed is .good
thing" and advises the widow to buy
every share Russell puts out, with the
assurance that she can corner" the
market and run up the price of the
stock to any figure she likes and
squeeze" the old; chap to her heart 9
content The widow accepts the "tip. %
the bears" are routed, Russell goes
broke" Hetty gets satisfaction and
Sam gets Ia. But what becomes OF
the unfortunate spinster with whom
Sam made his first deal is not stated.
Mr.. Cotton, 1t is understood, will
make up'' the character of John Rus
sell as Mr.. Russell Sage, while Miss
Reiffarth's personation Of the widow
will be a. stage portrait of Mrs. Hetty
Green-previded Mr.. Sage and Mrs.
Green do not in the meantime apply
for injunctions! Lillian Lewis is the
author Of the play.
Next season Ward and Vokes will
have a new play, entitled ''The Two
Governors" which, they claim. cannot
fail to be a great success. It works in
the idea of the two. Taylor Brothers.
of Tennessee, who were candidates for
governor against each other, and deals
with the Dakota divorce laws. Mr..
Ward is perfectly delighted with it
and Mr.. Vokes believes that it will
take immensely with the public.
Miss Mary Hampton. of the Giffen-
Neill company at the Metropolitan,
during her stage career, has played
eighty different parts. During the
fifty-second season Of the stock conf
pany at the Boston Museum Miss
historic organization.
An item Of considerable expense in
connection with Messrs Giffen & NeilP g
company at the Metropolitan, is that
paid for royalties for plays. Nearly
every play this company produces re-
quires a large royalty for its use. "a
under this arrangement by permission
Of Richard Mansfield.
Robert Drouet, the leading man Of
the Giffen-Neill company at the Met
ropolitan, was educated for the min
istry. He is a dramatist as well as
actor. having written "Doris," "a
Woman's Power" Colonel Bob" s'The
sculptress" and others.
r. L. Giffen, whose success in orr
ganizing admirable stock companies In
the West has been most pronounced. is
one Of the youngest theatrical man
ayers in America.
A few years ago there appeared be-
fore the American public, a person
whose talents scientists failed to ex-
plain, and whose performances were
recorded as most mysterious and inter-
esting. This individual was Washing
ton Irving Bishop, and his performances
consisted of marvellous demonstrations
of telepathy, more commonly known as
mind-reading.
Many dismiss the idea Of teIepathl
with the comment that 1t is impossible
others who have studied psychic forcs ,
and who have followed up the many
branches Of occultism, find that the1 e
is something positive In this phen j.
menon Of nature. That there is q hill
den power Of discernment that is mali
testify strong In persons Of peculiar
physical and mental temperament, and
that while some of the demonstrations
by the disciples of thought-reading can
be attributed to other agencies, yet
there are many exhibitions that cannot
be accounted for except upon the
theory that the mind can be read Since
the death OF Bishop there have ap-
peared. Of course, many who have
claimed to possess his wonderful psy.
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