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Evening journal., 1897-04-24
$4,000 6: 6

An oil oak ful-poljshcd bedroom suit The pieces are
good sze-hureAu top, it, in and mirror 24x3o-
washai op So in 70 in plasher back and combination
We have ue supply of these suits AID they cheap
the price We make this assertion and know 1t to be
true you will bear when you them,
They not bought any assignees sale The man
u(acturer oversocked He did not have fire or
forced sell for Of cash We haven't any tale
tell about thsm of this kind.
They simply in the regular of bust
We knew they good, honest, wellmade suits;
knew the finish up if above the stardrd the style
pleased and the price suited us and bought them
There is too much captrAp advertising nowadays-you
will find It all along the line large department stores
indulge in aud they have hoss Of followers Some people,
doubt believe their little yarns and there others who
do Be of the Others your sense ccse
and compare; take time do your buYng 1t trouble
get poted what you be furniture shoe lCes
And yet the public appears take kindly these extraord
nary announcements their oneha heprce and less than
sales They educators and often expensive
And thenbut want in regard bed suits,
that the above good example of The prices and quail
ty together We have all woods aud wells ected
assortment; prices from Sis to $3.50
Evening journal., 1897-04-24

COOK.-On the goth instant, Madeleine
NJ, infant daughter of Arthur and
Margaret Cook, aged 10 months.
Evening journal., 1897-04-24

Reserved seats, Is, 25 and so cents
extra. according to location. To be had
at Opera House box office, beginning
Wednesday, April %, at o'clock a. m.
Evening journal., 1897-04-24

Pennies in small change can be had
at the counting-room Of the Evening
Journal Office
Evening journal., 1897-04-24
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Patrick Neary. Of Wilmington, was
in town yesterday.
Senator Pyle will on Monday intro
duce the bin increasing the salary of
the city solicitor of Wilmington from
$1,000 to $4,000 and giving him an as
sistanJ at $1,000.
Representative Cheairs introduced
the bill to divorce Anna M. from
George NJ. r, Reynolds
The House passed the House bill TO
incorporate the Delaware Life Insur-
ance Company; Senate bill to incorpo-
rate the Star OF Bethel Lodge, /. o. o.
f.. OF Brandywine hundred.
Senator Pyle introduced a bill to di-
vorce Anna M. from William NJ. Jor-
dan. IL was referred under suspension
of rule.
The Senate passed the Senate bin to
divorce ilmma l.. from William Cor
don, and the House bill to divorcg
Ezmy H. and William H. Windsor.
Chairman Moore reported favorably
and the Senate passed the bin authoI-
izing the Levy Court of Sussex county
10 impose a special tax of one-tenth OF
one per cent. on the taXables of Broad
Creel, hundred, the fund to be used fol
shelling the hundred roads.
The new city charter, which viii
probably pass the Senate on Monday
has been so amended as TO protect the
term OF City Tax Collector Eugene M
Sayers.
Evening journal., 1897-04-24
MANGLED AND ToRNII

lace curtains would sicl1en the heart
OF any conscientious housekeeper. For
tunately such a state of affairs is not
necessary. We undertake to thorough
ly wash and iron any lace curtain. no
matter how delicate, entrusted to our
care and to return II as whole anc
sound as when brought to us. Any.
body can launder a sock or handker.
chief-it takes art to do up" q lace
curtain.
Evening journal., 1897-04-24

Abraham Thomas, of Wilmington.
has been granted an original pension.
Evening journal., 1897-04-24
JAS. 7. MULLIN & SONS,

DYSPEPSIA ia; s:s$..5 =ss;,'s55 sdi 5.:i 81; Il
ders positively cured. Grover Graham's
Dyspepsia Remedy is a specific. One
dose removes all distress, and perma-
nent cure of the most chronic and Sc
we're cases is guaranteed. Do not suiferl
A 50-cent bottle will convince the most
skeptical Agent N. b. Danforth, Drug
gist.
Evening journal., 1897-04-24

CHEAP EXCURSION RATES TO
NEW YORK VIA BALTIMORE AND
OHIO r. r.
For the dedication OF the Grant
monument, April 27. the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad will sell tickets from
Wilmington to New York on April 26
and % at S3.17 for the round trip. good
TO return until May d. The Royal Blue
Line trains are the handsomest in the
world
The morning times., 1897-02-14

In 1878, December j, at Brury Lane, IA
Miss Willis has appeared Imog"D, but
the most preteDtious production given on
the English stage previous to Henry Iry
ing recent presentation, was that made in
March Of sS3 at the Gaiety Theater.
where Miss Wallis of the Drury Lane
production, was again imogen and L s.
willard was the IaChimo.
.'CymbeIine" was first acted in Amer
ica in Kew York at the John Street The
alter during the season of 1767-176S.
Daring the sixties of the present century
it was put on for brief period by Mrs.
John Drew at the Arch Street TheateI in
Philadelphia. Adelaide Nelson, who was
probably the best Imogen OF her time,
first appeared in the character at the Wal
nut Street Theater, of Philadelphia, in
1877. Three years afterward she acted
lmogen to the Iachimo Of ]. II. Studley, at
Booths Theater, New York.
In 1883 Modieska appeared as Imogen
during a New York engagement with Ehen
Plympton as PosthumOus, and C. II. Yandea-
hoff as Iachimo.
In 1890 Miss Margaret Mather made her
essay at the Iole Of ImOgen 1t was not
attempted with any of the ma agnificence
which adorns the present effort. From all
accounts, the two end-0f- 0f-thc-eentury pro
ductions of "Cymbeiine, Henry IIvine's, in
The morning times., 1897-02-14

Something for everybody is the ap-
narent ASPECT or this weeks cal
ender. A ntunificent and magnificent
production OF a seldom seen Shakespenan
play. mammoth melodrama, involving
cast Of popular players, reprodnction Dy
the Australian cast OF Du Mauuer s It'll
bv.-' a yiyaaous farce comedy, an accom-
plisi,ed actress in two tried dramas, play
that first made Gus Thomas famous and
a gcod vaudeville show Those are the
promises OF the week.
For -Cymbelnc' s. coming no admrer OF
picturesqne drama or studentor Shakespeare
should have other than grateful emotions.
We seldom see it, and Miss Mather is said
10 have gone TO extravagant len gthsto give
tile characters perfect realization, and the
pictureS elaborate reproduction. The names
OF the actors and the scene painters begets
confidence in the efficiency of this pro
duction- So ambitious an effort Is IN any
caSedeSe-ving fthe largest encouragement
"'Trilby," at popular prices, Is the Grands
attractive inducement for Its patrons tins
week. The memory is still with those who
saw the play at the Lafayette last year
IL achieved the remarkable record or pack
ing tie thcater for two weeks. The present
conInany is tie identical one which made
tie play famous in Australia have neyeF
seen Reuben Fox, as Syengali, but Edith
Crane is an ideal TTilby, and those who
have not seen MorrisOn'S S Gecko have in
store for them a revelation Of the sweet
depths OF the faithful viOinists nature.
Il Will he hard to duplicate Marhnettl as
Zon-Zon. hut Mr. Garfield will give us
good Laird doubtless, and Mt. Ganthony is
generally praised for his Taffy William
A Brady may be depended on for hand
some production.
Horse talk will hold over for another
week at the Lafayette. The Sporting
Duchess with its string of racers, stars
and successes. is a little late in coming,
but the interest stimulated in this big
sporting melodrama viii probably take
multitudinous form in the Lafayette chairs
this week.
The National offers a new firm Of stars
and a rollicking farce-cumedy in Mathews
4 Buleers AT Gay Coney Island Eu-
gcnia Blair returns TO the Academy, the
cradle Of her stellar tour, after conquest
Of tie South She will this week be seen
for the first time in Jane Eyre"
Gus Thomas Burglar is an ambitious
offering for the Bijou. 1t is play which
aboIndS in tender beauties and cheer
full comedy. The bringing out of the
full measure of both Will depend upon the
company.
At the Lyceum will this week be seen
s.The Mete0rs" The company has been
seen here before. and returns preceded 10y
d good reputation.
Whiting Alien has justified his claim that
the Biograph is the greatest yet. The
moving pictures are drawing three crowds
a day. and that should satisfy Mr. Allen
a corps OF expert PHOTOGRAPHERS will BE-
sent here inauguration week by the BiO
graph management TO reproduce the pa
rade and PresIdent-elect Mckinley taking
the oath Of office.
The morning times., 1897-02-14

There was Il time when Henry E. Dixey's
name on the doorpost OF a playhouse would
precipitate a panic in the region of the
box office. Last week his name was plas-
tered proniscuously all over townin con-
nection with the performance of "Thor-
oughbred;' yet, if there was a panic, it
was to keep away from the Lafa yette.
There are not enough letters in any ac-
tors name to spell success without
borrowing a few consoaants and q vowel
or two from an attractive play; not even
in Dixey's. Thoroughbred didn't solve
the missing-letter contest, in spite of its
longitude. But his friends and all who
remember the days OF t'Adonis'' hope that
soon he ma yfind the key tothe puzzle which
is worrying SO many.
I found Mr.. Dixey in his dressing-room
The morning times., 1897-02-14

II is a pleasant sign of the times 70 note
the changes which have taken place in the
American drama in the past half dozen
years The perfection that is rapidly be-
ing reached in matters of stage detail is
only second to the enormous casts which
are now appearing from time 10 time with
travelling companies It is only few
years ago that such great artists as Ed
win Booth Z. l.. Davenport and tnnumer-
able others, were appearing through the
country producing plays with a slim amOunG
of Shoddy scenery and very mediocre sup
porting companies. Little regard was paid
To the fitness OF things In general and the
smaller details of performance were for
gotten altogether. The star was sup
posed to hold the center Of the stage and
to be the only attraction.
The coming Of the great European artists,
such as Irving and Terry, with immense
attractions, accompanied by Quantities {
sumpegOus scenery and costumes and well
balanced actors in the support, opened the
eyes of American managers 80 the fact
that the public had become tired OF the
old conventional manner of doing things
and demanded more for its money than il
had been previously receiving. The change
came In consequence. Stock companies
arose Oh every hand. MFR. Daily Was tho
The morning times., 1897-02-14

boys meanwhile, at least couple Of them,
are doing what they can on a limited
knowledge Of woman to write something
which will bring the women TO the front.
Clyde Fitch has wasted reams OF paper
and quarts OF ink on Modjeska and Marie
Tempest And he displays shrewd up-
derstanding OF feminine ways. Paul Kes-
ter is another young man who has played
the dramatic gallant. Modjeska gave
favorable hearing to his suit, Minnie Mad
dern Fiske is a professional sweetheart and
Rhea is his latest love. She has made a
substantial success of his beautiful '.NeIle
Gwynne," and he has made for her new
play, which lie calls by a most fetching
title, The Lady of the Violets.''
So there is the law of our frail natural
life working itself out in dramatic circles.
The women writers fluuter their fans and
have eyes only for the men, whiletle actress
es must needs be waIl-flowers, Were it not
for the gallant Kester and Chevalier Fitch
Heaven save them, for the ladies' sake,
and speed their pens for ours.
The morning times., 1897-02-14

pair OF secondhand stockings, has written
another play, which he has entitled You
Can Never Tell This may he true as to
the play, as it certainly is as TO Mr.. Shaw.
The event Of the amateur musical ard
dramatic season will be the production
next week OF the opera Priscilla It
Is 10 be given by the best ObtainahIe Wash
ington talent, which is to say 1t viii be
well given. The ladies Of the Mary Wash
ington Chapter of the Daughters OF the
American Revolution have the production
in hand. and the proceeds Will be their coz
tributiOn 10 the building fund Of the me-
mortal house, which the national society
is 10 erect in :, ashingtOn-
The large chorus and numerous princi-
.,als are reheaFsing actively, and the re-
StIltant VIII be something to give JOY to
every one who win see the opera Talent
VIII present it, EOciety viii patIonize il,
and the public will be expected 10 enjoy il,
and, at the same time, have the satisfaction
Of knowing that they are fmtheriHg a pa-
triotic cause.
The opera has been gwen with the great
est success in Eoston, New York and other
cities. Here is, IN part, what the funny
man OF the New York sun said of --PTis-
ella
Music was dainty maid last evening,
puriuanic though tripping the dance IN
worldly way at times; denuFe, dOwncast,
fuI of suhtle caprice, OF signs, OF tears. of
floating dreams fuIl OF love. She r0bed
herseIfin gray with white kerchiefs and she
had long lashes, yelling upward gIa0ces-
She danced methinks did Music but only
well as taper.
'SEe talked in rhyme about love which
IS the mask that lies unseen in the
bosom OF eternity, and that makes gref
a honey She coquetted-vain thing-and
lTad womanish ways, though three cen
turics old. She kissed flowers and
sang songs OF cupid, and on tie subject
of matrimony was fin de steele with a
salad Of the pre- renaissance Whyl
really, we came TO Ike the Ii ght and pretty
figure OF Music Hall stage. Thursday
evening, and We're surprised and pleased
to find 'PnscilIa,' tone and am SO per
ennially Interesting and gracious; so fair
d mad: so tuneful at a pinch; SO clever
in winsoICeneSs; so quaint, 50 gentle, so
proper. 81 rull OF sweet simplicity"
Priscilla has a very tuneful score IN
riChed by superior Orchestrati0n and very
full and vibrant ChoTuseS, wonderfully rich
in melodies and within the range OF the
best amateur singers. In Massachusetts IL
has pleased some OF the best Boston pro-
fessolnals TO sing the opera, and every
where it has been hit. Its director has
universally been C. E. Macomber, OF Bos-
ton. The authors are Coolidge and sur
rette"
The production in Washington VIII be
given at the Columbia Theater one day next
/ week.
The morning times., 1897-02-14
dian, ''she is not the only person dependent
on paste for show"

Actors like to break records. AS the
aborigines, they have a hankering for
scalps Miss Eugenia Blair has brought
back from the South quite a string OF
scaips, and they constitute a peculiar rec
ord. Her tour has been both an artistic
and financial success, but the attendance
at evening performances has not compared
with the matinee crowds tits her record
that she has turned people away at more
than half the matinees she played.
Ada Rehanis going to play Meg Merriles
have always sympathized with the actors
who complained that the public wouldn't
accept them in ugly and sinister parts.
But it will be a shock to see the radiant
and queenly Ada-the Ada ofLady Teazle's
coiffure, and Katharine's superb temper,
the Ada of Rosaiind's sweet ingenious
ness and Baroness Vera's aristocratic dia-
lect-smear the smooth cheeks with the
counterfeit Of iparehed flesh, dishevel her
The morning times., 1897-02-14

So as not 10 conflict with the Symphony
concert, the date Of Nordica' S appearance
has been changed to Thursday, February
25, ut the Lafayette. Her coming will be
one of the events OF the season Nine
NCrdica was born in England. and first
sang in public in church ChOirs in Boston
She aftcrward studied music under the
best masters OF Eur Ope for two years, and
sung with much success there in opera and
concert. Her American debut was made
with Her MajeSty's Italian opera Com
pany, in Boston, in $50, when she sang
Gilda in 'Rigoletto' and yioIetta in
''Tra viata"
Then she returned to England. where
she added TO her repertoire the parts Of
Marguerite, in Faust Susanne, in the
Marriage of Figaro and Don EIy;ra in
Don Giovanna" As her voice grew
stronger, she dropped the lighter roles
from her repertoire, and became one OF
the few dramatic sopranos of England
1t is indeed gratifying to those persons
who have complained heretofore that no
American singer could command the prices
received by foreign artists to lind NoTtIica
at the top in artistic prominence and fiEaD-
cial success.
The morning times., 1897-02-14

heart, in professional sense, OF course,
TO Martha Morton. Martha proposes and
William disposes. Her wares Iced crying
limo other INA rket. Nat Goodwin, bachelor.
Madelaine Lucette Ryley, wife, have an
artistic mutual admiration society. Nat,
with his sweet ways, his embracing smile,
and giIded locks has always been the apple
of MadelaiIe's 5 professional eye. She wrote
Christopher Jr'' for him, but the propo-
istion was received frappe remark akin
TOT can only be a brother or something Of
that sort But like a brave and constant
wooer Madeiaine persevered and since An
American Citizen has become naturalized
with such a lurrah Mats smile is all for
the fair draniatist and she is devoting
her dramatic pen all to him. Packed away
in Mats strongest trunk are the four acts
of a finished play, written and named after
Richard Savage
Sol Smith Russell, whom we all looked
upon as the diffident and demure, diScloses
himself coy inconstant He has had side
talks with the dramatic girls several times
in the conservatory, but his boytsh and
buoyant heart fits from flower TO flower
and nestles by none. After leading a reck-
less bachelor life with Ed Kidder, as
farmer and mendicant, this other Benedick.
began TO cast shy glances at the girls His
first professional love affair was with
Marguerite Merrington. But she treated
him as shabbIly as a mere Every dav
man, you ma Y remember, that he gathered
himself together and left her fancy free 10
flirt ne Xt with what star she mightchooSe
Every one thought that Sol and Marguerite
would be a dramatic match, as Billy and
Martha, and Nat and Madelaine.
But no. Whether it was Martha's flick
lenesS or Sol's determination to cut Billy
Crane out, the very next move OF the
1 long comedian was to set his cap for
Martha. And Martha, like BarkiS. was
wiIhn'. She devoted her days to work for
Sol and her nights to thoughts of him. ana
the result was "A Bachelors Romance -
which Mr.. Russell is playing so Succes ssfullv
this year Martha has done better by
Sol than she did by Billy. Is ii a case
of "gone over The next move will
tell whether Billy has the mitten or the
buoyant ard tickle Sol has gone to lay
his heart and royalties at another's feet
There is food for thought, not alone in
rise and success or these women dramatists,
as well as Alice Ives, Mrs. Pacheco, Mrs
Burnet, and minor writers. but in the un-
falling persistent manner in which they
write for the men. We need plays for
women. We need women stars. But there
| is a dearth OF the latter because there is a
! famine of the former Woman should
understand herself aud her sister one
/ would think in he logic of nature that no
! one could write a play more understand
! ingly for woman than these many women
dramatists. But the insistantly coy girls
| dog the steps Of the men. They are heart,
soul. pen and ink for the boys. And the
The morning times., 1897-02-14

What does New York indorsementamount
to, anyway? 1t is growing daily to lee more
and more Of a pertinent question to the
actors and managers. Our metropolis
Goes not seem to be possessed Of the dis
eliminating judgment or refined taste to
any longer set upon dramatic material the
stamp Of approval which will carry it
duty free TIN ough other ports. The Gus
tom officers, if | may explain my meta
pEGr and denote q S the public have become
suspicious in no idle way. Or rather.
they arc only too idle i'll the matter of
coming to bend where Gotham bowed,
which is an active evil to the projectors.
In days of yore, the managers may well
declare them 1.-The good, old days and
1.-The halcyon days" New York approval
was the aim all and end-all Of the dramatic
speculator'S heart. The familiar line,
latter a run of 1C0 nights in New York, "
was anirreSistible magnet TO the susceptible
provincial dollar" Now, alas (alas, OF
course, for the perver Sion of Gotham
taste and discriminatory this magic line
has no more potency than shoIn Samson
Lastweek we had ''Th oroughbred, after
1900 nights in London and $50 nights
in New York. The play goers, few of
them, went, saw, turned up their noses
and wrung their hands, and declared that
those cities knew not the marks Of good
thing. Other cities have in tlis instance
acted pretty much the same way and said
pretty much the same thing.
Another instance: My Friend from In
dia," the ACKNOWLEDGED comedy hit Of
the New York season, stranded in Canada
last week Another: A melodlama, which
shall remain unnamed here, after tri
umphant year in New York, is reported to
have played to 81 200 on the week recently
in CnIcago, and that is about one-third OF
what il should draw to pay living expenses
These are few of an actual many.
On the other hand, Sol Smith Russell
can't find theaters big enough to hold the
admiring throngs through the land, who
admire his art and love the man. In New
York he cannot pay expenses, nay hislossel
are as great as his takings. Nat Goodwin
The morning times., 1897-02-14

''Cymbeline'' is so seldom given that q
little historical "reminiscences on this beau
tiful play may be appreciated by those who
are anticipating an evening with Miss
Mather this week. SO far as / can find.
Americans have had even more opportuni-
ties for seeing this play than the English.
There have been but five conspicuous Eng
lish productions of ''Cymbeline'' in this CEN
tury. Helen Faucit played Imogen to
Macready's Iachimo as early as S37, and
She played the same part for the last time
as late as 1866, having been the accept
ed Imogen for thirty years. II cannot
quite Remember she says in her essay on
Imogen, who acted with me first in Gym
beline.' but can never forget Mr.. Macready
finding fault with my pages dress, which
/ had ordered to be made with tunic that
descended TO the ankles" Macready had
it rearranged in more masculine fashion,
but the actress chcckmatcd him by swath-
ing herself in the Franklin housewives
riding cloak which she kept about her
as she went into the cave.
The morning times., 1897-02-14

With a work OF this character even ap-
preaching the excellence Il Brian DOru.
with Jeff's, Lillian's, and Della's names all
on the same three-sheet for one price
OF admission, who could stay away? Joe
jefferson would simply have to abandon
any other money-graDbing. alistar schemes.
Seriously, this triangular partnership would
put these eStinable people at their proper
plane. Mr.. DeAngelis is an exCruciatingiy
funny fellow, and his methods are so CON
sistently artistic that one doesn't have
to laugh in mis- sleeve for pride, but he
doesn't seem to be ripe for absolute plan
etary pre-eT.ineuce. Della Fox was a hit
in one OF HOppers operas, and pho
tographer and DeAngclIS made her fad
dish success for Il season OF two Lillian
Russell still claims the regency OF comic
opera and makes good. Yet her luminous
presence is no novelty. and she caters TO a
public more tickle than constant. Each Of
these is stronger than mere leading parts,
only one OF them has the strength To go it
alone As a triple-Star they should be on
their proper level Hurrah for Russell
DeAngelis, Fox Co!
The morning times., 1897-02-14

Sing hey. the merry doings of the stars'
Why not be proper, even astronOmicilly
proper? Why call a luminarF who shines
alone star Rather, a planet. a
star shines in constellation. Lillian
Russell and Jeff De ADgclis have discOF-
cred this. and the dramatic heavens will
presently have a new constellation of
stars These two are trying To get Della
Fox-to Join them in a s. tellaT trinity The
new opera. which STANCE and Edwards
have written for De Angels, has, besides
the comedy part, priina donna role that
Lillian admits sends coyetous feelings all
through her, and there is soubrette part
which is said to be better than the star
part IL half the other pieces.