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The herald., 1897-04-18
Dramatic Readers

Miss Frances c. Fulton gave a recital
of owen Meredith's Lucille on the
18th instant at the normal school. The
poem was condensed by the reader and
presented in four parts.
The large size of the assembly hall in
which the recital was given made it ex-
tremely difficult for Miss Fulton to pro-
duce the effects she evidently intended.
Her voice is flexible and sweet but not
at all strong. Some of the best passages
were marred by a rapidity of delivery
which, owing to the acoustic peculiar
ties of the hall, resulted in indistinguish-
able sound. Miss Fulton is, physically,
parlor reader. She seems to have gen.
une sympathetic understanding of the
poem she read, but the dramatic points
requiring force she is unable to convex
with the necessary emphasis and power.
Her chief defect as reader is her want
of knowledge Of poetic construction. She
pays not the slightest attention to ac-
cent. and let's the rhythm take care Of
itself. According to her method of in
depreciation the poem should have been
written in prose. The fact that the music
of the lines is not entirely destroyed by
such treatment is great tribute to the
gckius of the author. The measure in
which Lucille" is written is very easy,
smooth and flowing, presenting less than
the ordinary difficulties to a capable
reader. and it is pity to find that Miss
Fulton should have thought it worth
while to ignore the metrical beauties OF
such masterpiece of English poetry.
Mary French Field, daughter of the
| late Eugene Field, read from her fathers
| poems at the Berkeley Lyceum in New
| York city recently, her metropolitan de-
| but being a pronounced success. Miss
| Field, it is said seems thoroughly i'm
bued with the same spirit which guided
| the gentle pen of her gifted father.
| -
| Drink Maier & Zobeiein's
Home brew book beer Now on sale.
The herald., 1897-04-18

CLASS A--Floral Floats
First prize-$100 and red banner.
Second prize-$60 and green banner.
Third prize-$25 and yellow banner.
CLASS B-Coach, Brake or Drag, six horses
First prize-$100 and red banner.
Second prize-$50 and green banner.
Third prize-$20 and yellow banner.
CLASS C-Coach, Brake or Drag. four
First prize--s75 and red banner.
Second prize--s40 and green banner.
Third prize-s15 and yellow banner.
CLASS D--Spike or Novelty Teams, three.
five or more horses
First prize--S50 and red banner.
Second prize-s20 and green banner.
Third prize-Yellow banner.
CLASS E-Two-horse Rigs
First prize-s50 and red banner.
Second prize-s30 and green banner.
Third prize-s20 and yellow banner.
CLASS F-Tandems-
First prize-siO and red banner.
Second prize-Green banner.
Third prize-Yellow banner.
CLASS G-One-horse Rigs
First prize-s40 and red banner.
Second prize-s20 and green banner.
Third prize-S10 and yellow banner.
CLASS H-village and Dog Carts
First prize-$25 and red banner.
Second prize-s10 and green banner.
Third prize-Yelow banner.
CLASS I-Ladies on Horseback
First prize-Sl5 and red banner.
Second prize-$l0 and green banner.
Third prize-Yellow banner.
CLASS J-Men on Horseback
First prize-S15 and red banner.
Second prize-s10 and green banner.
Third prize-Yellow banner.
CLASS K-Girl on Pony or Burro--
First prize-S1O and red banner.
Second prize-s5 and green banner.
Third prize-Yellow banner.
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thereof and extending within one or two
inches of the pavement. completely con-
cealing the wheels of the vehicle No float
shall exceed fifteen feet In height. All float
competitors for prizes are required to fur
nish the Floral Committee. upon the regis
tration of their entries, with the title of the
subject TO be represented.
Fifth--The committee reserves the right
to refuse admittance OF any vehicle or
person to the parade and to expel from the
parade at any time any participant who.
In their Judgment. violates any Of these
rules.
Sixth--All entries must be registered on
or before April 10. 1897. Entries may be for
warded to Mr. c. s. Walton, Secretary OF
the Fiesta. 2l9 Byrne building. through the.
mail. Intending competitors are earnestly
requested to forward their entries at the
earliest possible date. When forwarding
entry, be sure and give postoffice address.
JUDGING = -----------------~S
Fourth-Where there 10 but one entry In
section the judges need not award the
first prize but may. in their discretion.
award banner II the entry is meritorious.
Fifth-Judges must take into considera-
tion the appropriateness of the dress OF the
attendants and drivers.
The herald., 1897-04-18
Burbank

advance Announcement.) King Car
nival Is abroad in the land,
and is enthroned at the Bur-
bank All his subjects next week are ex-
pected to pass the portals of this popular
playhous and assist in the merry-mak-
ing which takes place each evening and
at the usual matinees. Oracle Plaisted
will open Monday evening in that we'll
known comedy "The Gutta-Percha
Girl" Miss Plaisted is one of the most
versatile and vivacious unmakers now
before fine public. She is we'll known in
Los Angeles and will be ready to greet
her many friends with a new budget of
songs "The Gutta-Percha Girl is
comedy adapted from the German by
Sydney Grundy. and, like all of the old
line German comedies, is full of humor.
Miss Plaisted enacts the role of Rosa
Colombier, the cause OF all the trouble;
Katie Pearson appears as Daisy Matt
land, Adah Sherman a Mrs. Gillibrand,
and Gertrude Berkeley as Mrs. Hum
mingtop. The gentlemen of the COM
pany have suitable parts assigned to
them-Mr. Montserrett as Mr.. Arthur
Hummingtop Mr.. Fessler as Ralph Or
merod Mr.. Brown as Dobson. Mr..
Frederick will add his quota of fun as
Joshua Gillibrand The action of the
entire play passes in the morning room
at Mr.. Hummingtop's and is COM
prised within the space of time occupied
by the representation. To carry out the
carnival idea. Manager Pearson has spe-
cially engaged the great Kiralfy ballet
and vaudeville company of character
dancers. presenting the famous Butter
fly dances by the secondos, the Sailors
hornpipe by the coryphees, the Spanish
dances by the corps de ballet. etc, be-
tween the acts of the regular farce. Ar
mold Kiralfy will appear in his cele-
brated grotesque dance, assisted by
Mile De Leon. 1t is virtually two gi-
santic shows for one price of admission.
The herald., 1897-04-18
Box office open at 9 a. M. iii 5D. m.
Ia Fiesta ae Los .quqeles, 1897 21ez1am

GRAND AN., FIESTA PARK
sp. m.--Illuminated Pageant, descriptive OF
the Legends of Flowers" magnificent spec
tacular procession of twenty artistic floats
with life figures.
FRIDAY, APRIL 23--
Up. m.-Floral Parade. The most attractive,
elaborate and artistic floral parade, possible
only in Southern California;: equipages,
tally-hos, carriages, horses, gaily bedecked
with every variety of fresh flowers. The
most remarkable and noted event of La
Fiesta.
Sp. m.-Water Carnival and Fire Works ct
Westake park.
SATURDAY, APRIL "a
10 "a. m.--Children's Day. Patriotic excr.
cises, flag raising, Maypole dancing, etc.
sp. m.--Revelry Of Maskers in the public
streets, participated in by rich and poor.
old and young.
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-RULES GOVERNING EXHIBITIONS

First-In order to prevent confusion and
to facilitate the judging. each participant
will be given the day before the parade two
cards indicating; (a) the section to which
assigned; CD their position in that sec
ton, These cards must be conspicuously
displayed during the procession.
Second-Each participant must take the
position assigned by the committee as in
dicated by said cards. A violation of this
provision renders such person liable to for
feiture of all rights as a prize competitor.
This rule will be strictly adhered to.
Third-No vehicle or person Will be ad-
mitted to participate In the parade who.
by float, banner, sign or any device displays
any advertisement of any trade, mercan-
tile pursuit or business occupation.
Fourth-A float shall be deemed a We
hicle on which the frame or platform shall
not be less than 6x10 feet, with cloth or
other decorations along the sides and ends
First-The most artistic arrangements
Cor harmonious bIending) of natural flower
decorations shall constitute the standard
of comparison.
Second-Artificial flowers shall not COM
pete for prizes.
Third-Decoration of flowers shall have
higher value than any other
The herald., 1897-04-18

TKIBUNES AT 18th, PICU
TUESDAY, APRIL 20
SD. m.-Indian Dances at Tribunes, Twelfth
street and Grand avenue
$50 p. infancy Dress Masquerade Ball.
First appearance of Her Majesty La Reina
de la Fiesta, surrounded by her retinue of
maids of honor, prime ministers and pages.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21--
Salute at sunrise. Music in the parks
%. m.-Grand Street Parade. A cavalcade
Of Caballeros; Chinese in gorgeous Oriental
costumes and their Sacred Dragon of 500 feet,
operated by 100 Celestials: the local Fire
Department. Mission Indians; U. s. mar
ines and sailors uniformed societies.
SD. m.-Grand Concert. Vocal and instru-
mental music by well-known artists.
THURSDAY, APRIL %
.pm.-Athletic Sports Indian and Spanish
native sports. Tournaments, bicycle ruces.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

to separate. He went to PHILADELPHIA
and she went back to her fathers
house. She remained there until seven
years ago, and then came to this city.
Potter had died, her father had died.
but the affection did not keep her from
being the star guest at many yachting
parties given by the most fashiona bic
of men.
Mrs. Potter was living in magnificent
apartments in West Sixty-fifth street year
ago this month. She had all kinds of car
riages and horses. She was suddenly taken
alarming sick and was taken to the Presby-
terian hospital. 1t took her six months to
recover, and during this time she became
enraptured over her nurse-Miss Julia Brand
of Nashville. She Insisted that as soon as
the physicians should permit her to leave
the hospital Miss Brand should come and
live with her. The summer she spent at
Narragansett, much admired and much dis
cusseG. She returned in September last
Miss Brand came to her, not as nurse but
as a member of the household They had
queenly suite In West Fifty-second street
It was at this place that Mr.. Shepard began
to be the talk Of the clubs. His sleighs
stopped for the women during the winter
Mrs. Potter gave up her apartments. ap-
peared in the best suite of the Savoy, and
coming marriage. The rumor was denied
by all the other members of the family
There were protests. but, while the family
were protesting and planning to break the
AA0ttS1, DliSFdAo anu MIS- EOtteT were mar
ried The witnesses of the ceremony were
Miss Brand and the confidential attorney Of
the Shepard family.
Shepards relatives call 1t romance. Men
call it infatuation. Mrs. Potter is 20 years
old; Shepard is 20. She has lived in a man
ner to get herself talked about, a very easy
thing for woman to do She is short and
plump. but not stout. Her eyes are deep
brown, her hair a fetching blonde, and her
general appearance so effective that she was
the topic of admiration wherever she went
Shepard will have enough money to be in
different to opinion He has his allowance Of
81, 600 month He is heir to the millions Of
year. and by that time his relatives will have
forgiven him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
CLUB MEN
KNOW HER;
SOCIETY DOESN'T

be received there for some time, and
to save themselves from the shafts of
the curious they are to sail tomorrow
night for Europe and be gone as long
as they please. The young man has
told his friends that the whole affair
is no ones concern but his own So
ciety has disagreed to such an extent
that 1t has not talked anything else
since the hasty wedding in the swag-
ger church presided over by DR.. John
Hall. 1t has resulted in bringing out
all the skeletons in the fast set. It is
put down as another unfortunate mat
rimonial incident in the Vanderbilt
family. There is none of the relatives
who will put the stories of the lives of
the two side by side and let the con-
cluSion come from the stories.
Elliott Shepard is twenty years old.
He was named for his father-a man
of fine tastes. good inclinations, and q
journalist who might have made g.
greater name for himself in his profess
sion had he not been eccentric. His
paper printed a verse from the Bible
at the head of the editorial column ev-
cry day that the Shepard name ap-
peared as the owner and editor of it.
The mother is the sister of Cornelius
Vanderbilt She inherited $40. OOO. 900
from her father. Her husband left her
an addition to this fortune. There was
so much money in the family that the
three girls were heiresses. New York
bachelors were crazy to marry them.
One became the wife Of William +.
Schieffelin, a second the wife of Err
nesto Fabbri, and the third eloped with
Dave Morris, who had plenty of wealth
earned by his father on the race track
and in the lottery business. The first
marriage met the approval of the
father; the second happened after his
death, and the Morris nuptials caused
a shock from which he never recov-
cred. There always has been a suspi-
cion he feared the fate of his son, the
will providing that all the property
should be in the hands of the mother.
rms proposition was more generous
than 1t appeared on the face, as Mrs.
shepard at once settled a monthly al
ioWance Of $4,000 on the young man.
ohepard, son, was educated by nrt
waite tutors in his boyhood. 1t was thus
he prepared for Yale, and. desnifa tbo
TACT that he stood at the bottom of tbe
class in scholarship, he was one of the
most popular freshmen at the univer-
slty. He would have graduated in the
class OF 1893 but for a scandal which he
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
Elliott F.
Shepafd'S Bride.

NEW YORK, April 15.-EIliott F.
Shepard's marriage to Mrs. Esther Pot
ter continues to be the society sensation
Of the town. There is sympathy for
him In some localities, pity for her in
others, and a general frowning upon
both in all the ramifications Of the
Vanderbilt family. The blow came
with almost crushing effect upon Mrs
Shepard, who has had more affection
than 1t is the just lot of a good woman
to bear. 1t may be serious with her.
1t is the second matrimonial tragedy
that has happened in her family. She
has taken this one more to heart, and
her chagrin is more than it was at the
marriage of her daughter to the son of
man who made his million in pro-
fessional sport. Mr. Shepard has spent
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
Those ''Good
Old Times. -

Don't talk to me Of the good old
tines" said the old timer 81 know
all about it, and 1 tell you these new
times are better in every way than
the times that are past. Let me tell
you:
I'm those days people drank green
tea and ate heavy suppers and went
to bed with warming pans and night
caps, and slept upon feather beds, with
curtains around them, and dreaded
fresh air in their rooms as much as
sensible folks nowadays dread to be
without 1t. And if they heard a noise
in the night they got up and CROPPED
about in the dark and procured a
light with much difficulty, with flint
and steel and finder box and unpleas-
ant sulphur matches. And went to the
medicine chest and took caIomel and
blue pills and salts and SIENNA AMI
jalap and rhubarb.
I'm those days the fine gentlemen
tippled old Jamaica and bitters in the
morning, and lawyers took their CHI
ents to the sideboard for a dram, while
the fine ladies lounged on sofas, read
ing Byron, Moore and Scott. In those
days long leather fire buckets were
hung in the entries. filled with water,
and when a fire broke out every citizen
was a fireman.
'In those days gentlemen chewed
tobacco, Indifferent where they expecto-
rated, and ladies cleaned their dental
pearls with snuff, wore thin shoes and
laced themselves into feminine waSps
and consumption. Babies were put to
sie-7 ----v-1 spanking and paregoric, and
urchins were logged at school and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

ter she met Shepard. because before
this time she had spent a summer in
Nara gansett. She lived like a queen
at the Pier, attended by maid and
admired almost constantly and exclu-
sively by Mr. Wyndhain- Quin, a cousin
of Lord Dunraven. She had carriages
and other evidences of prosperity. The
other men at the Pier took interest in
her until they found she was not one
of the really fashionable set, and then
dropped into the kind Of admiration for
her which is not kind. 1t was about
this time that young Shepard, boy
ish. with his hair parted in the mid
die. and dressed like a design for a.
tailor pattern, came along. He had
more money than Mr.. Wyndham- Quin.
Women like Mrs. Potter consider
money. They have very little time to
consider lilies.
It took q long time to find out where
Mrs. Potter came from and who she
was, that she should catch a son of
the family OF society dictators. Shepard
had never gone much into society. He
appeared last conspicuously at the
wedding OF his sister, walking with her
to the altar when she became Mrs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
than Yale. He took the ad-

education than Yale. He took the ad-
vice.
He next started for Europe, taking
with him private tutor. The tutor
kept the mother posted as to the young
mans conduct. 1t is said she has re-
Gently been particularly happy in the
tutors report that the young hon real
ly had changed his course Of action
and settled to earnest work When
he came back Mrs. Potter was one of
the first to greet him at the dock. This
caused talk. Shepard did not mind l.
so long as 1t did not get to his mother,
and the only worry he has had during
the year he has been paying attentions
to the woman he married was to keep
the matter from Mrs. Shepard and the
other members Of his immediate fam
lily. 1t is claimed they knew absolutely
nothing about what other people were
discussing as g. choice morsel of love
which was furious and blatant enough
to be infatuation. He used the family
carriage to take her tito the parks
he called at her apartment, invariably
being his own driver, unless he came in
q public coupe. Mrs. Potter never men
toned his name In the buildings in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
Old Timer Who
Says They Didn't
Compare
With the New.

subjected to all sorts of unheard of
chastisementS. Picture books and toys
were dear and poor. Big boys played
hockey in the streets with crooked
sticks and hard wooden balls, police
men being unknown, and went home to
their mothers to have broken shins
anointed with opodeldoc.
Street fights occurred between
schools and schoolmasters were perse-
cuted by the biggest boys. Young ladies
danced nothing but formal and decor
Gus cotillons, or fast and furious Vir-
ginia reels, in wide entry halls by the
light Of the candles that called for
shutters every ten minutes, to music by
black fiddlerS, or cracked and juggling
panes, while mothers sat darning
stockings and fathers played backgam-
mon, swigged brandy and water, came
home late, roaring bacchanalian songs.
and inquiring Of their sleepy wives In
which brown parcel the milk was wrap
ped up.
Boarding school misses, in calico
gowns practiced the Battle of Prague.
'Caliph Of Bagdad,' or Clements
Sonatas' on instruments not much
bigger than modern young lady's
travelling trunk, strung with jingIing
wires that were always swapping. and
occasionally chirped Tom Moore's Mel
odies' or such airs as 'Gaily the Trou-
badour, Pray Papa Stay q Little
Longer or The Banks OF the Blue
90 90 MISUNDERSTANDING
Guests sat on hard wooden chairs.
sometimes with their feet up, over roar
ing wood fires 'spittin' around and
maxim 'emselve5 sociable' with iuleDs.
egg-nogg, apples and cider.
"GiVe me the good old times again
ot."-New York Herald
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

way towards his ambition. To make
his remuneration more complete and at
the same time gain a higher place he
marries Elias twin sister Gunhild,
who loves him and has struggled for
him, but whose nature is cold and
naughty and self-centered.
Borkman deludes himself into the
belief that his selfish designs to gain
power and honor are inspired by the
desire to free the imprisoned wealth
Of the world and redeem it by riches
Self-deceived and world-deceiving, he
uses the bank funds to realize his
magnificent and almost poetic dreams
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

The Author of our new story, Miss
Elizabeth Phipps Train. has rapidly
come to the front in the United States
as popular novelist. Her first story,
"The Autobiography of Professional
Beauty" created decided sensation,
but MADAM of the Ivies" beat the
record.
The intrinsic force and defiant viva
ciousness of Miss Trains stories have
carried all before them. She possesses
great original dramatic power in
placing the characters of a story.
grouping the incidents, portraying the
scenes, and developing the events. A
lively charm lights one through the
whole to the end. In "The Queen az
Hearts" the author has struck a new
vein, and we shall be surprised if this
story does not prove one of the most
popular of the season.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
Books Of
the Hour

John Gabriel Borkman," by Henrik
Ibsen, is the Drama of Self" Opposite
in all other things as are the diverse
animates them, and it is more neces-
sary to their existence than The breath
of life itself. Erhart, when the charce
comes to grasp the selfishness of his
desire, goes forth to live" Borkman,
when shaken in his self-centered
dreams, goes forth to die. More tangi-
BILE. more breathing than any character
in a play of whose men and women no
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

one can say that they do not live
and move, this spirit-huge, almost
magnificent in its absorbing intensity
walks up and down and plays a rert
not mentioned among the dramatis
personae.
The action Of the play is, with Ib-
sens marvellous constructive genius
confined to one evening-the focal
point in the history of the seven men
and women whose entire lives are I'M
covered to the reader in these four
hours of concentrated action. The
four acts Of the drama follow each
other concisely and take but little more
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

part of the time since his marriage
with his bride and part of the time at
the family home in Fifth avenue. The
whole affair and the parties to it are
the subject Of the choicest gossip swell
dom has had for many months.
1t is already settled that the mar
rage was love marriage. 1t is even
limited that the heart-broken mother
has forgiven the son in the hope that
the last sheaf in his harvest Of wild
oats has been sown. The bride and
groom have not been received in the
ancestral palace in the Murray Hill
neighborhood. They do not expect to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

arranged and executed during his first
year. There was a ball in New Haven.
Shepard and some of his chums from
New York attended with women who
had come to the university town with
out chaperons. Their presence at the
ball sent home many Of the young men
and women who were less blase. The
ball served as the starter for a seance
in Vanderbilt hall which became SO
loud that the policemen on the beat
stepped in to save the reputation OF
the campus. One of the young women
was fined $40 in the police court; an
other was released on probation Mr..
Shepard was advised he could proba-
bly, find more cOngenial fields for his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
Ibsen's Last Drama
and the Memoirs of
Marshal Oudinot.

stage time than these momentous
hours.
John Gabriel Borkman, financial
dreamer, who romances with the mill
lions below the earth and above it, has
risen from a miner to wealth and po-
sition. He loves Ella Rentheim, the
only noble character in the drama,
and his love is passionately returned
by this woman, whose devotion is until
death. In order to advance his vast
projects he relinquishes her to a man
who has the power to make him d.
rector Of a bank, and thereby open a