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The Louisiana populist., 1897-05-28
THE RECENT ELECTIONS.

BY Senator Stewart of Nevada: Wall
and Lombard streets are too parsimon-
ious in local elections. They did more
on credit at the last election than they
did on ready cash, although cash was
abundant. They promised every labor
er a place at high wages, every boss a
political Job, every merchant ready
sales at higher prices, every farmer
good market, every manufacturer a de-
mand for his goods at any price he
might Ak, and generally they prom
ised everything good to everybody. It
now appears that they have broken
every one Of these promises, which
were contracts as eacred and binding
as any other contract. because upon
these promises they received ample
consideration. The people who relied
on them performed their part, and vot-
ed and worked for the gold combina-
ton.
Now, the election ts over, Wall and
Lombard streets repudiate their con-
tracts. We warn them that this repu-
diation will be costly job, and If they
keep on repudiating their contracts to
give good times they will be thorough
ly discredited before the next general
election, and 1t will take great deal
Of money to supply the place Of credit
which they will have lost. II they can
not give good times and there is any
doubt about the supply Of money at
the next election, they might as well
throw up the sponge and quit. It is
true they have got four years more Of
the services Of the government and all
the pickings connected with 1t, but
they have got great many to feed
who are very hungry and the people
have got sick Of the bond deals Of the
| last administration. They will have
to contrive some other plan Of high
way robbery to accumulate enough
money to supply the place Of the credit
they had at the last election and leave
enough over to make times lively 70,
the month before election.
We have no doubt that they will b,
very active in robbing the government
and will play it for all 1t is worth: bu
SO many Of their games are played out
and will not stand repeating, that /
seems to us they will have a dificul
time. unless they have really studie,
up some new grabs which surpass al
others. That they are at work OF
schemes everybody knows, but 1t vii
take great deal of money to take car
OF the elections. They can not rul
them again on lies.
4 The elections In Ohio, Michigan, In
diana and everywhere else as far a
heard from, show that the people ar
not satisfied with Mckinley prosperit!
A strong reaction has already set II
and is certain to continue, because th
promised good times cannot come Q
the gold standard.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-05-28

There are twenty-three acres Of land
to every inhabitant Of the globe.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-05-28

(. 1. Boston's commissioner Of institu-
tions, 3. G. Marshall, recommends leg
islation for some form Of old-ase PEN
sin:s
The Louisiana populist., 1897-05-28
Quick and Sure Sales.

The advance agent Of prosperity
is now in Washington prepared to
open his sample cases and display his
goods. Philadelphia Press.
The next question is. viii he sell
any Of his goods? We think not. The
.sherifis are doing it for him. Wit
ness their advertisements In all the
county papers West Coast Populist.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

Mr.. 6 Goodwin has in his possession pc
cuhar looking little stone, which he would
not part with for all the money in the
world. 1t is known in his company as
"GoOdwin's lucky stone," and is said TO
possess marvellous powers Cor turning bad
luck or misfortune into good luck and pros
perity. This is no mere theatrical super
stition. When the Goodwin company Were
on their way to Honolulu q few months
ago the steame er stopped at Honolulu for
COAL When it was learned that the Amer
leans Were aboard, q hasty reception was
planned by some of the leading citizens OF
the islands. and as the Goodwin company
Were about to go ashore for a short time
they Were surprised to hear tie old IA
rniliar strains of 1.-The Star SpangIed Ban
ner, "Dixic," and yankee Doodle upon
the air, and to sec Old Glory waving be-
fore them.
The reception to the Americans was a
brilliant affair, even if hurriedly arranged
When the company Were about to leave Mr.
Goodwin was introduced TO a real Panaka
queen, who, in her own right, could boast
of descent equal to that of Queen Lii
or even Victoria. Being charmed with the
genial Goodwin, and, as mark of her
regard, she presented him with lucky
stone, or, AS she called it, the lucky stone
of the Kanakas, which, She declared, once
in the possession Of Its keeper, nothing
The morning times., 1897-02-07

theater, the hopes OF the future, and the
lightful hours of it there came to the
guilty writer, who hadn't written line,
the consciousness that he had stolen two
hours and wasn't word ahead So the
interrogative inquisition began with these
results
Miss Adams is n Salt Lake girl by birth,
and she wasn't born so long ago as her
fame would suggest. Sheis one of the best
known leading ladies, and the halo of
stardom begins TO tinge her hair, yet she
is but twenty-three years old. The Adams
family moved to San Francisco when Maud
was youngster and her career soon began.
Her first engagement was with the first
Emmett, playing the tireamy-eyed fraulein
who held her ear close to the place where
his watch should have been as il she were
listening to its ticking, while he fondled
her curis and sang ullabys. She next
treated" magnificent word, her first
part. 1t was the ehild in "A Celebrated
Case" produced in New York and Frisco
at the same time
This led 10 her pla ying all the child's
Ihi III tii'- III solDck III sodH TdilClSCO.
But the days OF ankle skirts were at hand
and hair pins gathered the curls into
Vienna rolls, or whatever it is that women
cali the coils on the back of their heads.
She made her first trip into the Eastland
with Duncan Harrison, in The Pay
master" Once in appreciative territory
she was engaged for Sotherns ''Chumley''
performance and played Jessie Dean. A
season and u half OF success as Dot, in
Hoyt's A Midnight Bell succeeded and
then she resumed her place with Sothcrn.
When AN the Comforts Of Home was
cast Miss Adams W as given Evangeline, she
was the first Dora in Men and Women, -
and the original Nell, the orphan, in The
Lost Paradise but meanwhile she played
Dora in Diplomacy revival while the
Frohman Company was in the West.
Here begins the chapter Of her life which
will close ut the end of this seas on. when
she leaves Mr.. Drew TO becomea a star. She
has been Mr.. Drew's first and only leading
woman, and the DETECTION from Drew Will
be OF much the same seriousness as when
that gentleman left the burdens OF the
Daily Company to Miss Rehan. Her charac
The morning times., 1897-02-07

dent of her ability to some day conquer
the sad potato bug and foster the festive
beanstalk.
Meantime. polite learning is engaging
what OF her time passes for leisure Miss
Adams has four studies on atpresent The
harp. the piano, French, and the voice 1t
was at her vocal exercises that found her.
She goes to the theater to vocalize, be-
cause she disturbs no one and she can
throw her voice in the large auditorium
Her French is still in the grammar peri
cd. Though she told me how, only last
week, She had taken up Copee s lie Pas
SAINT in which Bernhardt made her first
success: Il was surprised to recognize
how many words l knew. / got over all
the he wants and she dds and L
will, but whittier, how and why had to
be solved as Destit could from the lexicon"
Miss Adams acknowledges penchant
for serious and pathetic work. Probably"
said she, because l am playing comedy
That's the fate of the comcdienne. lust
as the tragedian longs to make peoplelaugh
That reminds me of such funny thing l
heard on Bernard Shaw. You don { mind
my saying it's funny, before I tell it, do
you? To a few friends he was reading what
he announced as a comedy. lis auditors
shrieked with laughter. When he could
apparently endure it no longer, he looked
up reprovingly and said: What do you
mean by laughing? Onemust make pleasant
conversation. Think OF the tragedy un-
derneath!''
Accompanying Miss Adamsis her mother,
who plays Mrs. Cruickshank in Rose
mary. Miss Adams very charmingly con-
sented to the reproduction OF her personal
portrait and pictures in character, given
herewith.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

The Lafayette has another Charles Froh-
mau comedy. with a record OF success in
New York and london such as entities it
to stand beside '.Charley's Aunt as a
bona fide purveyor of laughter. Thor
oughbred'' is the name of the play, and
tidings of its triumphal career have reach
ed local theatergoers from time to time.
The point de resistance of the engagement,
however, is the presence in the company of
Henry f. Dixey, that unique and versatile
comedian, whose first stage triumph was
to make famous the hind legs OF the heifer
in ''Evangeline.
Here is n hint at the complications which
afford thefun: An Englishpeer, Lord Sand
acre, whose family name has been Con-
nected with the turf for centuries, is in
such Strengthened circumstances that he is
obliged to sell his stable, including horse
entered for the Ascot races and who is con-
sidered certain to win. His son and daugI-
ter. both brought up in a racing atmosphere,
devise plan by which they can buy the
horse at auction buying his racing engage
ments with him, and they borrow the
money for the purpose from parvenu brew
er who is supposed to be very strictin Non
conformst Church views, and especially op-
posed to racing. In order to keep Lord
Sandacre in the dark, the horse is bought
in Mr.. Rimple's (Mr. Dixey) name, and
when he discovers that it is race horse he
is Mortified, but with remarkable rapidity
accustoms himself to the idea and takes suf-
ficient interestin the animal to accompany
him to Ascot, clad in the most astounding
combination costume that ever an ignor-
ant beginner at sporting matters put on his
back A shooting coat and knickerboc ckers,
set off by a rcd hunting waistcoat, a pair
of riding boots and spurs and an ordinary
English outing coat. tits marvellous COM
bination of various sports, none Of which.
however, have any connection with racing.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

ters with Mr.. Drew are Suzanne, in
THE Masked Ball. in which her tipsy
scene gave her instant eminence as a
comedienne OF rare ability; Miriam, in
The Butterflies Jessie Keber, in ''The
Bauble- shop Marion, in THAT Imprudent
Young Couple;'' for only two weeks; Dora
Headway, in Christopher, Jr.:'' Adeline
Dennant, in The Squire Of Dames," and
her present bewitching pers sonation of the
beginning -of-the-century-mad, Dorothy
Cruickshank, in Rosemary
Miss Adams processes a preference for
Dorothy above all her other characters.
Il dearly love Dorothy" she said. The
others? Miriam, / suppose, had less in it
to appeal to an ambitious girl, who likes
to have broad opportunities and fatty
manuscript. Still, l cannot bring myself
to be so tickle as to go back on frolicsome
Dot and pathetic Nell, who first intro
dueed me to public. which has ever
since been more than appreciative.
Then, before l appreciated it, force Of
habit had perpetrated the inevitable ques-
ton, though the answer has fer long
been considered the exclusive privilege OF
Mrs Kendle and Georgi a Cayvan: DO
you think the stage the proper place for
young woraen?'' Miss Adams shrugged her
shoulders as if she might have been born
in Paris, instead of Salt Lake, and said,
with Dorothy Cruickshank naivite, ''Y on
see, l am there" which with all who
know her is an unequiyocal Endorsement of
the rectitude of theatrical environment.
Work does not cease when the play is not
on. with Miss Adams. She is young, and
ambitious, and energetic. Her chief fail
ing is horses. She is not a bicycle girl.
Nothing appeals ts her like stiff trot
before a fresh breeze with her horse, and
the music of his hoofs for eompa nionship
She has little opportunity for induiging
herself on tour, but in New York she rides
every day, but matinee days, in Central
Park, and her Sundays, she spends on her
Long Island farm.
Some day she is going to be a farmer,
at least SO she said. She has the farm
now and feels tina all she needs is he time,
and experience. "A pract ticai agricul-
turalist and his numerous family are sup
plying her deficiencies, but she is conf
The morning times., 1897-02-07

Tie horse wins and great many amusing
incidents occur before this happens There
ia a rich American mixed up in the matter,
who is i n love with the Impoverished eari's
daughter, who, however, will not marry
him because she considers linn a foreign
er." But~she finally reients.
The character or alr. Rimple, as played
by Mr.. DiXey is of course, highly amusing
Thescene where hisimperious, but decidedly y
eockney, wife, makes him give up all his
money, keys and other belongings, is ire
sistibly funny, and when, disguised with
Two other companions, he appears on the
race course as a Ciiristy minstrel his conf
inand OF the situation-as far as laughter is
eopcerned-ts said to be magnificent The
song Keep tie Baby Warm ought TO be
delivered in an eXquisitely funny fashion,
and those who have never seen the English
idea of minstrcls- especially as trey are seen
at race courses-w will have an object lessen
in this scene.
Besides Mr. DiXey, the cast includes such
valuable names as Edgar l.. davenport
IsabeIle Evesson, Maggie Holloway Fisher,
II. NJ Pitt, William Norris, Maud White,
Frances Stephens and Charles ". Butler.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

Julia Marlowe Taber announces that
after this she proposes to be known pro-
fessionally as Julia Marlowe. Bravo, Julia!
We first learned to love you under this
sweet name. and it is full of memories Of
promises of a great futurity, which Julia
Marlowe Taber never realized. Let us
hope that now tfrat you have returned
to the old name. unadultcrated by matri-
monial additions, that the crescendo or
Improvement will proceed uninterrupted
Mr. Taber has made himself selfishly
conspicuous since he became Miss Mar
loves husband At first it was Julia
Marlowe and Robert Taber, then Julia
Marlowe Taber and Robert Tabcr, it was
gradually driftinginto Mr.. and Mrs. Taber
and the Marlowe trademark, which il
took years to establish, was losing its
value Mr.. Taber forced forward plays
for the sake OF opportunities which they
gave him. opportunities which, unfortun-
ately, he did not always, fully realize
upon.
This does not mean that the domestic
firm of Robert Taber and wife is at all
fractured Everything is lovely in the
domestic nest, and we hope it may con
tinue SO. These young people are very
charming personally, and ought to live
to happy old age mutually agreeing.
EIenor Duse is under contract to return
The morning times., 1897-02-07
here next season and star, probably as
Juliet.


John Drew is a popular and polished
actor, and he draws the feminine contin
gent like the magnet that hung in the hard
ware shop and wheedled the needles and
knives. Some Of the men so TO see him for
his own sake, some for the sake-of the girls
that go; but these are a conpa ratively
small minority compared to those who so
to see MIR. Drew's other half-in a theatri-
cal sense, entirely-Maud Adams. i am
one OF these serene ma jority, entirely un-
qualified to write soberly and judiciously of
tiisfascinatng young woman for hercharms
blind me, and by some fairy contnvance
| distill the most extrayagant gush into my
pen. For the same reason, When went to
see her for twenty minutes two hours
We're by before we arrived at firstly
and the other ten minutes, which the
clock, with no appreciation Of tine, spun
out to fifty, Were devoted to vulgar cross
examination for the sake of the chaps who
sit out front.
Miss Adams was discovered as they
| say in the prompt book, Friday, at l,
standing close to the quenched footlights
of the Lafayette stage, throwing throat
notes at the top gallery. The house was
dark, and the stage was only relieved Of
| darkness by few rays Of light which
| found their way in at the top some
where and grayed things up barely enough
| to make shadows When she heard foot
| steps and turned to find 4 stranger, she
was very much embarrassed and hushed
her tn roat notes.
"I cts r,in over to the hotel she sur-
gested, when she learned the import of
| her callers eTrand. There's no place to
sit here except the old broken chaise, and
you can't write in the dark ] hastened
| to assure her that the chaise was just the
| thing, and as for writing, talking was the
| thing But she would have her way-and
why shouldn't she? So we went straight
| way to the Shoreham.
| The upshot OF the matter was as herein
H.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

Rose Coghlan. who is now playing the
title role in The Sporting Duchess was
engaged TO take a Enes Booth place about
three weeks ago. ON her opening nj ght in
Brooklyn she learned that she would have
to make her first entrance on a horse As
1t had been years since she had induIged in
horseback riding, she concluded to try the
animal a few times previous To here entTauce,
and forthwith mounted the animal and at
tempted to start him across the stage. But
the horse refused to bulge a step and reared,
plunged and kicked at a terrific rate as he
felt the keen cut OF the lash on his quar-
ters- Property men, stage hands, grips and
jockeys gathered around and used every per
suasiOn to start him, without effect. At
length Stage Manager r \. Roberts de-
Cided to try little strategy, and, hiding
behind wing, ne gave the horse his cueln
a loud voice. The trick workedEke a charm
and the animal gaIlopcd on without further
trouble.
Another Incident which illustrates the sa-
gacity Of the stage horse occurred the sama
evening after the great Derby race ia the
last act. The Sporting Duchess speaks a few
lines of congratulation to the winner. and
Mrs. Booth had always given CHpstone a
lump OF sugar. Miss Coghlan did not know
Of this, and While speaking the lines was
much frightened and annoyed by having
tie sleeve of her dress almost completely
torn off by the Derby winner
What a vicious brute that is she ex-
claimed as the curtain fell
TRY a lump of sugar tomorrow night"
suggested Mr.. Roberts.
Now the actress and the race horse are
| great friends.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

Everytody knows that actors take little
or nointerest in politics. The governmental
caldron may i,e ioiling over and putting
the Treasury file out, but as long as salary
DAY comes regularly, the Thespian knows
il no. neither does he care. II was prob
ably only because they spent the two
weeks prior Ia election in that very doubt
ful, ard therefore, very excited town. Chi
caco. that Henry L. Dixey and Edgar l..
Davenport, of the company a Thorough
bred InduIgcd in ooZy election bet.
Dayenuort lost but he doesn't mind tell
ing of it now, because the payment OF the
bet developed into more of .oke on the
rest of the company than on himself.
TIE agreem ent was that the .oser should
so TO a certain, prominent, electrlc-llgfted
street corner near the stage entrance, and
there, for half an hour, carrying lighted
candle, and witt out speaking once, should
walk around doubled over, ard with eyes
on the ground. II was also mutually
stipulated that the rest Of the company
81 ould not he told of the bet until after
il had been paid.
And SO, one night, after the Bryan
pauerS had all conceded Mchiniey'S cleo
ton, Dixcy and Davenport changed as
quickly as POSSIBLE from stage costumes
10 street clothes, and repaired to the cor
ncr in question. Davenport had sneaked
a sixteenth century candle stick fIom tie
property room This he quickly lit, and,
stopping over, rest ed his eyes un the cobble
stones and began his unhappy pcregriila-
tons with Dixey hooking on and grinning
devilishly.
Some aftcr-th c-theater supper eaters
passing by sang out gags at the rec
tangular wanderer; but, in strict ac-
oorinnce with the bet, Davenport neither
raised his eyes or spoke This had been
going on but a few minutes, when the
Uoor heggar with the candle recognized
steps and rem embered with horror that
the whole company would have to pass
that corner Pretty soon he heard one of
the ladies say, why, Mr.. navcnI ort, what
in the world S the natter Getting nc
answer, She turned I o DiXey, who was hav
ing a friGhtful struggle 10 subdue laugh,
But Dixey can act, I o he said Inournfully
Hes lost something"
can we help you find it, Mr.. Daven-
port?" askedthe younglady. But Davenport
only heaved heavy sigh and looked at his
watch. Andin another minute everybUdyin
the company, except DiXey, was wandering
over that pavement, bumped up and looking
for the supposed lost article. DIXey stole
half way down the block and laughed Day-
enport continued to sigh and looked at his
watch. Finally he Strengthened up, threw
the ancient nj honorable candlestiCkin an
alley and walked over and shook DiXey' S
hand Then they both laughed.
What, have you foundit?' asked every
body at once What was it you lost2''
Il lost an election bet" said Davenport.
and have just paid it, Thank you all sin
cerely for your kind assistance. What about
all Of you people chipping in for good big
supper"
And there was dark change OF scene
from the street corner to RectOrs oyster
house.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

There Were two productions in New York
.ast Monday night. One was a failure, the
other a success The latter was a melo-
dramatic problem play, New York. by
Alfriend and Wheeler, the authors OF THE
Great Diamond Robbery" YilliamA Brady
was the producing manager. This energetic
and plucky gentleman deserves his latest
and all Ilis success, for he spares no pains
20 make all IIe does as good in all respects
sc possible. The failure was the drama
made and dnamed fromF Marion Crawfords
novel, "Dr. Claudius.'' Tie critical CON
tingent lifted their heels high in the air and
came down flat on the unfortunate authors.
Tie Holland brothers dignified the leading
roles. With this failure against them, it viii
concern their admirers to know whether
they will reorganize their company and CON
nnue in "A Superfluous Husband This
was cIIaste and delightful comedy and il
seems too bad that 5ackingis Iackingto keep
The morning times., 1897-02-07

Charles Coghlan is coming hack to Amer
lea again He has accepted Minnie Mad
dern Fiske's offer to have him originate
Alec in Tess OF the D'UrbeyiIles." He
is on the ocean now Mr.. Coghlan has not
acted recently He has been living quietly
at Hampton Court, England, where he has
been writing plays. He has Just finished
comedy for John Hare. His last appear
ances on the stage were in "A Woman s
Reason" and as Mercutio in Forbes Rob
ertson's production of Romeo and Juliet -
both in London.
The morning times., 1897-02-07

Eational-Nat Goodwin, in An American
Citizen Saturday night, The Rivals -
Lafayette Thoroughbred"
Columbia Stoddard Lectures
Grand Siberia"
Academy Sidewalks Of New York"
Bijou-~The Brand OF CAIN
Lyceum- Robie's Bohemian Bunesquers.
Willard Hall-The Biograph