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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
Behind the FOOtli9hts.

oiaI CORRESPONDENCE Of the Globe.

Special Correspondence Of the Globe.
NEW YORK, March 25.-COnsidered
from every standpoint, Laura Keene
was probably the greatest woman ever
connected with the American stage. To
those who are familiar with her rise
from Obscurity and her struggle for
fame, not only as an actress, but as a
manager, her career is all the more re-
markable. 1 knew her intimately for
years as friend and stage manager, and
L must confess that the woman's pc
culiarities were as much as anything
else responsible for the interest with
which [ used to regard her.
I think it is not generally known that
Laura was as a girl barmaid at the
Scotch Stores in Oxford street, Lon
don. She was also famous in a small
way as the lass of Richmond HILL" in
Surrey, where She used to serve ice
cream to the galants of the Royal
lancers and the other crack regiments
which were stationed there from time
to time. | do not know exactly how
she drifted towards the stage-she was
always reticent on that point-but she
got there eventually and made quite an.
impression in England. She was mar
ried TO a man named Taylor, who was
a pretty bad egg, and l was told by
her that he was transported to Van
Dieman's Land for his absentminded-
ness in signing the name of another
man instead of his own to a piece of
negotiable paper
BEGINNING OF a GREAT CAREER.
Laura Keene, toward the close of her
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

career, was called the Nine. Vestrfs Of
America, but when she first came over
here, it was not generally thought that
she would be an unqualified success be
cause of the fact that she had not
been doomed out of all reason, like so
many Of her predecessors She was
then under engagement to J. w. Wal
lack, the father Of Lester, and her de-
but occurred in 1854 at WaIlack's the
alter, at Broadway and Broome street.
The famous Hall Wilton looked after
her interests here. The comedy Of THE
WIZ was at first decided upon for the
opening bill But Wallack finally put
1t to one side in favor of "The Lady
or Lyons" This was, by the way, a
very shreWd move on the part of Wal
lack, for the role Of Pauline gave Miss
keene the opportunity to be seen to the
best possible advantage. She did not.
however, take the town by storm by
any means, but it was generally con-
stdered that she had more than come
up to expectations, and it was at once
seen that she would become a promi-
nent figure in the American theatrical
world.
During her career in this CITY Miss
heene was the manageress at different
tlmes OF the Metropolitan. afterward
the WINTER Garden, and Laura Keene's
theater, afterward the Olympic. She
was successful at both places, although
her artistic temperament was SO
strong, and her sense of economy in
the manner Of stage productions 50
weak that she seldom found her bank
account uncomfOrtably large. Her COM
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

one Of them was named Shaver" some
months ago, so there seems to be a
mystical and occult reason why the
bird should come to you. He may
prove an affinity in less than 1000
years at any rate, 1 hope he will
prove a mascot. Yours very truly, Car
RE B." No address was given and Mr.
Perkins was never able to acknOwl-
edge the gift.
'"The stage is always liable" says
George Bernard Shaw, the London sati-
rist, ito the incursiOns of beaUteOuS
persons whose misfortune it is to be
unable to dance at all. and who suffer
from a similar disability in respect
of singing or acting. Some excuse be
ing necessary for the exhibition OF their
charms on the boards, an unSkilled ac-
compliShment had to be invented for
them. And this was the origin Of the
skirt dance, a dance which is no dance.
Thanks to which we soon had young
ladies' carefully trained on an athletic
diet Of tea. soda water, raShers, brandy,
ice pudding, champagne, and sponge
cake, labOriOusly Topping, tWiTling and
staggering as nuclei for sort of bou-
quet of petticOats Of many cOlors, until
finally, being quite unable to perform
The elementary feat Indispensable to
courtesy, Of lowering and raising the
body by HeXing or Strengthening the
kEee, they frankly sat down, painting,
half begging for an encore, half Won
dering how they would ever be able to
get through one. The public on such
occasions behaved with it's usual weak
ness. 1t felt the charm of the petit
coats and it was mean enough to ape
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

a taste for the poor girls pitiful sham
dancing when it was really glOating
over their Variegated underclOthing
NnO mas not seen a musical farce or
an opera interrupted for five minutes
While the young woman, without mus
Gle or practice enough to stand safely
on one fOOt-One who, after a VOllev of
wild kicks with her right leg. has on
tuning to the other side of the stage,
had to confess herself ignOminiously
unable to get beyond a stumble with
her left, and, in fact, could not, one
would think, be mistaken by her most
infatuated adOrer for anything but an
object lesson in saltatory incompe-
tence-clumsily waves the inevitable
petticoats at the public, as silken
ccnsers of that sensualism which is
the real staple of ffVe-Sixths Of our
theatrical commerce"
The original term OF Mrs. Fiske in
Tess Of the d Urbervlles" at the Fifth
Avenue theater will probably be ex-
tended, negotiations to that end being
under way, says the New York Mail
and Express. The audiences continue
large and enthusiastic. The play has
taken rank with the best heard here
this season and is easily among the
leading attractions of the current bills
Clyde Fitch and Leo Dietrichstein are
writing a new play for William Il.
Crane.
The once famous Russian actress. Nine Or
lay. who is ninety-fve years Old recently
made her appearance an the stage at Os-a-
kow for the benefit of a charitable institu-
ton. About seventy years ago she created
the part in which she has just appeared.
The old lady much appiauded by a large
gathering Of Russian actors and actresses
She was the actress who first played ODhelia
and Lady Macbeth in the Russian language.
Sir Henry Irving has taken the trouble to
declare in an interview that there never was
the slightest ground for the published insinu-
atoms concerning a disagreement between
himself and Miss Ellen Terry. The latter
will appear in Madame Sans Gene" when
her health is restored.
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panies contained the best actors of the
day. She was a woman Of indOn-
liable energy, and was at the theater
from morning until night attending
10 the details of the productions, and
the result of her methods were so
manifest that ere long the famous
Wallack company was obliged to look
to its laurels. Not a single detail es-
capped her. I remember we'll how one
day, when a new and very green
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28
SOTHERN'S jokes.

What a number of successes Laura
Keene scored with her company, of
which she was the leading woman!
In fact. she never had, so far as l can
remember, a single emphatic failure
Her taste in cOstuming and stage et-
fects was intuitive, and she never
went wrong. I am inclined to think
that an artistic inheritance was COM
mon TO her family, for the famous
Keene of London Punch was Laura $
brother. Speaking Of this brother, |
remember that when we presented
SEakespeare's "A Midsummer Night S
Dream he sent his sister a mechanical
continuance designed to practically il
lustrate Puck's feat in putting a girde
around the world in less than forty
minutes. 1t was a most ingenious ar
fair, and a man who understood its
workings had come over from London
especially to manipulate it. He was q
Frenchman and understood very little
English. Ned SOthern-the elder OF
cOurse-had a part in the piece. He
was an irresistible joker, and he de r
teTmined to have some fun with that
machine. In some manner he cOntTiVed
to fix the Frenchman, and with Mary
Wells COnniVance got in the way of
the mechanical Puck. Instead of cross
ing the stage from the right and dis
figure went flying from the wings to
the fOOtights, where it acted in the
most unaccOuntable manner. falling
over and carrying terror to the Puck
in the flesh. The FrenChman and his
clockw0rk dummy disappeared from
the cast after that one performance,
much to the relief Of everybody except
Sothorn.
A HASTY TEMPER.
What an awful temper the usually
sweet and mild hammered Laura had
when anything particularly exaspe1-
ated her. We We're, while I was with
her about to put on a piece entitled
''All That Glitters Is Not Gold" Ev-
erything had run along swimmin giy
and I was cOngratulating myself thai
there had been no bitches, when the
day of the property and scene rehearsal
arrived. Laura walked on TO the stage
and observed that the furniture was
upholstered in a pale green tint, In
stead of pink, as she had desired. She
became enraged and began TO storm
like n crazy woman. Chairs and tables
were slammed about the stage and
damaged to the extent Of many dollars.
Her bonnet, cloak and outer garments
were torn to bits. Her Wavy golden
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-28

woman had been hired as a cleaner
Laura tucked up her 500 satin dress,
and was soon on her knees showing
the slavey how to scrub the stage. This
was foolish and unnecessary but it
serves to illustrate the actress watch
fulness and contempt for work when
she thought some good purpose might
be served
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
CUTTING COARSE FEED.

The Importance Of cutting the dry
fodder for live stock is worthy the at
tention OF all feeders, and if incorpor-
ated with some ground stuff with lit,
tie moisture added, g great saving is
made. Henry Stewart says: Il would
say il regard to cutting feed, that my
belief ia that if the feed is cut ard the
grain ground, the whole food, fcd5er
and grain, will be digested. In the
feeding Of ground grain alone to horses
or COWS there is large part lost by
digestion Of the food. AS q matter of
business, if it were not a gain to cut
the feed, it would not be the common
practice of the employers of hundreds
Of horses in single stables to use the cut
feed. In my own case, the horses and
oxen not only used a third less food,
but they were conspicuCusly in better
condition than previous TO the cutting
of the fodder and the grinding Of the
grain. / fad it the same now in feed
ing COWS. When fed meal dry, and
alone, the fowls tear the manure to
shredg, and if the whole grain is fed,
the evidence OF indigestion is more ap-
parent; but when the fodder or the hay
is cut aud the meal is mixed with it
after Wetting it, the fowls spend very
little time scratching in the COW yard.
Now does not this preparation Of
the food cause the fodder and the rain
both to be better digested9 can get
considerably more milk from less hay
and grain than can by the use OF long
hay and dry meal. Doubtless the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
THE VRGETA8L Z GARDEN.

Tae garden is the most productive
acre on the farm. If it is not, it should
be made so. 1t is the most in0ispens-
able part Of farm life. Half of cur liv-
ing should come from our garden in
summer. Not one half the country
people make an effort to have q garden.
There are some that start cut we'll in
the FpriDg, SOW an abundance Of seed
and never look to the garden again
until they think it is time they should
have results. Tney take a look and
cannot find any, for the weeds have
covered the little plants. Then they
come to the conclusion that the eaed
did not grow. They say all sorts of
things about the seedsmen, and
NOV off the weeds and wait until an
other spring, when they go through the
same process. Now this is all wrong
To keep the garden clean we should
| begin early aud continue the culEiva-
tion until fall IJ is impossible to de-
| stroy all the weeds while we are cult
waiting the early vegetables. Little
patches OF weeds around the garden
will produce seed enough to seed the
whole garden next year. We should
| try to plan so as to keep all the ground
occupied IN the garden. 1t will require
but little more labor to cultivate a cab
bage or turnip in a vacant place than
simply to cultivate to keep down the
weeds. You can SOW lettuce in July
and i5 will be nice IN the fall. Cabbage
and turnips can be transplanted into
the ground where the early peas and
potatoes have grown; or you can set
celery and beets for winter use. Keep
all the ground occupied. If clean cul-
| tivation is given, as should be done,
| the weeds will be killed out, and at the
same time a good crop secured. Thin
ming out plants is an important matter
In gardening; beets and carrots will not
grow to any size if left too thick. No
vegetable but the onion will stand
crowding. If the soil is rich enough,
onions will grow to good size when
fiVe or six stand together; they will
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
HOGS IN VIRGINIA NORTH AND
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The number Of hogs in Virginia.
North and South Carolina shows a total
increase On the 1st Of January, 1897,
over 1st of January, 1895, of 189 7I0.
Virginia in 1896 had 985 748; she now
hes 995 6C5 North Carolina in 1895
had 1 427 345; she now has l, ,455 892
South Carolina in 1896 had GAS, 662; she
now has /. O96 968 From these figures
1t is evident that these three States are
realizing the advantage of having their
o#n smoke house at home. However
cheap may be the Western hog prod
ucts, they can be made at home cheaper
We regret to say that other live stock
has not Increased during the year =
these three States. Southern Planter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13

grinding of grain is saving by the
better digestion of it, and my expert
ence for more than thirty years in
feeding all kinds of farm animals has
been that by cutting and wetting the
fodder and mixing with the ground
grain, made as fine as possible, the food
is more completely degested; that the
animals are kept in better condition on
the smaller quantity of food; and that
the yield of milk is better; and these
results feel sure must be by the more
complete digestion of the food thus
pre- pared"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
GIVE TaR HENS A CHANCE.

If one wants 70 get a pretty good idea
OF the magnitude of the poultry indus
try, let him ask any farmers wife how
many chickens and eggs were produced
on the farm last year and multiply her
answer by Il, 900 900, the number Of
farmers homes in the United States.
It has been estimated that, notwith-
standing this enormous number, nearly
100000 dozen eggs have been i'm
ported into this country within three
years, and statistics show that the
average price during this time has been
higher than ever before.
The value of the poultry product Of
this country increased from $118 600,
OOO to $343, 100000 in 1895. This is
valuing eggs at cent each, fowls at 80
cents, and turkeys and ducks at 81
each. The estimate is too high for
ducks, but about right for the others,
and the number of ducks in the coun-
try is not large enough to materially
affect the estimate.
The demand for fresh eggs and
choice poultry is never supplied and
whenever a low price is quoted it
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
BRES IN SPRING.

In the Wisconsin Agriculturist, Kit
Clover" gives some warnings about the
care OF bees in the spring that should
be needed. She says that human ma
ture has q desire to turn things ''topsy
turvy" with the fist warm days, and
insinuates that the bee keeper is ept to
be particularly susceptible TO this feel
ing and hurTies the hives out of winter
quarters before permanent warm
weather comes, much to the detrimen5
of the colonies.
One sunny day does not make cum
mer and a warm day in early spring is
almost Invariably followed by cold days
during which time bees should be pro
tected. After bees are once allowed
their liberty in this way they do not
like to be confined again and will go in
search of honey when the weather is
cold enough to chill them go badly that
they die abroad. More spring dwind-
ling results from putting bees out too
soon than from any other cause.
II bees are inclined to be economical
and starve themselves, as is some times
the case, prevent them from doing this
by drawing out frame above the Gus
ter and scratch the caps. This will
obiige the bees to eat the honey to keep
it from running away. Have sufficient
absorbent material above the cluster to
take up the moisture and leave the
hives in winter quarters until peEma-
nent warm weather comes and there
will be no trouble alb 2ut spring dwind
! ling if the swarms were strong when
put in.
An old gunny sack or piece Of carpet
or other similar material will serve as
an absorbent. The amount of absorb
ent material sufficient for cold weather
will not be enough for the warm. damp
days Of spring. If there is not absorb
ent enough at such a time, diarrt Oe
will set in and loss will follow. 1t is
absolutely necessary that sufficient ab
aorbent should be kept over the cluster
to take up the moisture arising from
the bees.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
GRICULTURE.

)nrress Is sitting now; so are many
1e hens We believe that the hons
hatch out something OF more real,
Gg benefit than Congress.
team must work evenly to do most
. bcst work, weaker horse should
. longer end 0! evenar; same way
farm. Manure is the eveneT,
'cr acres should be given the longer
lad buying Of fertilizers causes
d loss We need TO know some
Of the requirements of our soil
the crops to be grown, then pur-
g q fertilizer that viii meet the re
aments.
letg4tic. pushing men who make a
nee Of doing things a5 just the
time always have the advantage
heir work, while the ehittleas, he
hand man always works at dis
lngage.
le cover plant is the cheapest and
effective sub oil plow that can be
ca s1ils where it will work runs
'ar than steel plow, self propeiIing,
n passing leaves more fertility
jC takes.
e chances to make money by
,alty farming do not all lie far
: from your own region. The same
'rtunj5y exists right where you are,
"a you imagine can be found only
5Q=alQ miles away.
o planting of a tree, whether for
, timber or ornament, increases
valle Of the land. The value of
y farms could be almost doubled
iaW years, at least in q generation,
1dicioUs tree planting.
we viii rotate and keep one fourth
II iaod in clover and grass ell the
we will soon be able toraise more
le three fourths than we have here
e done upon the whole of it. Let
ot stick to our old ways when there
)etter ones.
cap lands are a temptation to own
tarms-too large for the good of
'Wner. In most cases they would
double the net profit if the labor
expense laid out upon the whole
Judiciously put upon the half.
Is a hard lesson to learn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
No. 10

means that inferior stock has been
offered. In Europe much larger guam
titles of poultry and eggs are used per
capita than in this country and still
the demand continues to increase. This
shows that there need be no fear among
the poultry men of this country Of
overpr0duction.
Rearing poultry is peculiarly busi-
ness that is fitted for women to take
charge of. Except for very small
amount of work which any farmer can
find ample time to take care of, the
farm wife can do all that is required,
and it will be better for most women
to do this, as it is relief from the mo-
notony OF house work and gives an op-
portunity to get out Of doors and get
fresh air. A woman is naturally fond
Of pets, and never knew one who be-
gan to take an interest in the poultry
OF the farm who did not become an en-
thusiastic breeder. Give the women
the poultry to care for and they will
make it profitable, for there is still an
abundant opportunity to find profit
able use for much greater amount
than is now produced.
Try a. setting Of eggs from pure bred
stock this spring and next year you
will be able to pick breeding pen that
you may be proud of.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
CHAPTER 47z, LAWS OF 1897,
To Amend Section 21o4 of The Code
Relative to Fertilizer Analysis.

40 %4nGnQ section 2Io4 OF me Code
Relative to Fertilizer Analysis.
The General Assembly of North Caro-
LGnG do enact:
SECTION That section two thou
sand, one hundred and ninety four
(219D of The Code be, and the same is
hereby amended by adding a5 the end
OF said section the following words, to
witt And whenever any commercial
fertilizer or fertiiizing material shall
De analyzed as required by Law, and
such analysis shall show the presence
in such commercial fertilizer or fertiIiz
ing material of hair, hoof meal, horn,
leather scraps or other deleterious sub-
| stance not available for plants, but
which contain ingredients that go to
make up the required or guaranteed
| analysis, publication shall be made in
the monthly Bulletin by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, showing the re
suit OF such analys sis and calling the at
tention Of the public to the presence in
such commercial fertilizer or fertiliz
ing material Of such deleterious sub
stance, and such commercial fertilizer
or fertiljzipg material shall be seized
and condemned in the same manner as
is provided by law for the seizure and
condemnation in other cases.
SEC 2. This act shall be in force from
and after it's ratification.
Ratified this the 8,h day Of March.
A. D., 1897
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
BLESSINGS OF THE MORTGAGE.

''R. B. B." in the New York Observer,
says that "One of the most beneficial
institutions for the agriculturist is the
mortgage" That is a new order of
philosophy to which few mortgsgors
will subscribe; and when the writer
goes on to declare that sit is a cove
nant with the world at large which he
makes, that if he shall be granted q
certain portion of the earth's surface,
he will to the best of his ability culti-
vate and improve it as shall most sub
stantially subserve the interests Of the
whole community" we are compelled
TO question his sanity. Not the world
at large, but a usuTer, is the covenant
made with. and in all too many cases,
it is the death warrant to happiness
and prosperity. Not from the world at
large, but from a speculator has come
the title to the land-from one who
could not add one cubit to the land
though he spend thousand years at
the task.
When the right OF all to use the land
is recognized by the world at large, D
and every man is encouraged TO do SO,
not withheld from it, the mortgage end
all other inventions OF avarice and
gree d will pass cut of the worlds ken
Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-13
RALEIGH, N. c., APRIL 13, 1897.

crowd each other out of the ground all
but the roots, and will bottom nicely.
The onion maggot destroys onions
badly; a good remedy is to take the
soil away from the bulbs, no matter if
the little onions tip over; so long as the
roots are in the ground they are all
right. By doirg this the fly has no
chance to put it's eggs on the stalks and
then there are no maggots in the bulbs.
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