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The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10
nsFsdItary crime.

How ala yon ~ cnrs. : *
ener-Heredity, your hJ dAs-that
What do you mean Siy weighs
& <,-isoner--Afys a. m the quantity
mouth Rock.-k lmersed part dis
consequence of thia
s,range They sdt of ship Of given
rysN Within certain limits
- distribute the weight
M He may assign so much
.sSso much to engine of propul
..ssfon and the remainder to cargo. For
4. given speed, the weight OF engines
for ships of the same size will be much
the same. The builder, therefore, must
choose between assigning weight to HUI
or giving 1t to cargo. A very strong
hull means reduced carrying capacity,
great carrying capacity means hull
of the lightest possible construction.
no these elementary conditions Is due
the difference between ship of war
ord a merchant ship; the merchant shin
must necessarily be constructed to car
ry the greatest weight of cargo possible,
consistent with hull strong enough fol
navigation, and with propulsion euf-
ficIent for the speed required in iti
business.
The moment the hull Is unnecessarily
strengthened the ship win cease to be
able to compete as a carrier with other
ships Of the same size and speed which,
having lighter hulls, can carry more
cargo. A ship built with a hull spe.
pially strengthened in order to with.
stand the various shocks Of battle can.
not In peaceful trade pay as com.
mercial enterprise, and the merchant
ship, with Its hull lightened down to the
margin Of safety, cannever be exposed
to the same rough treatment for which
the man-of-war, with Its specially
strengthened framework, is prepared
National Review.
The sea coast echo., 1897-07-10

A National Union Of Railroad Agents has
been organized.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

nant Forces in Southern Life'' and "Emer-
son Sixty Years After" John Bach McMaS-
ter signs the first of these Nearly every
reader Of the current Harpers turns in
stantIy to the ne w inStalIments of Du Maui
rier's The Martian,'' as do Century read
ers to DR.. Weir Mitcheli's Hugh Wynne,
Quaker" Both of these stories are worthy
of the distinction for which puoiic favor has
singled them. If the prestige of fad
had not pre-estabIished the interest in the
successor to "Trilby,' it is safe to say
that Hugh Wynne' would have won it
self to favor first. Du Maurier's illustra-
tions are charecteristicaily unvarying from
a style for which Familiarity breeds fond
ness.
Scribner's enters upon new decade with
the January number, having completed Its
twenty-first year. The current number
realizes a few of the promises made during
the preceding month. There is the begin
ming Of Soldiers of Fortune" new Sc
rial by Richard Harding Davis; articles on
Thackeray's haunts and homes and Hugo's
home in Guernsey, and description of the
Armenian massacre at ConStantinople by
IVAN Troshine.
Rudyard Kipling's third installInent of
Captain Courageous is conspicuous in
McClure's, where other excellent features
are the story of Grants cadet days at West
Point, and a description of the making and
laying OF the Atlantic cable. The Cosmo-
poitan.s best features are the beginning OF
Conan Doyle's serial, "Uncle Bernac," an
interesting article on the absurdities OF
dueling among German students, and de-
scription of some Dixieland types, made
with appreciative fidelity. Writers in the
The morning times., 1897-01-10

The costcr-the huckster-of London
represents class of his own. a voice of his
own, a story OF his own a song of his own.
He is such an interesting character that
clever man thought him worthy of per
sonation on the stage. The clever man
physically photographed linn, and the clever
man has made a fortune by so doing. He
gave his ortraiture beginning in London,
second flash light in New York, and is now
to have it's rendition here. The name of
the photographer is Chcvalier. His first
ma me is Albert, and he viii be seen at the
Columbia Theater this week under the man
agement of that very clever theatrical
manag ger, Charles Frohman.
Cheyalicr s rot old, nor is he a French
man, as his name might indicate. He was
torn in 1862 at Noting Hall. England, OF
French and Welsh parentage, which con-
tained within its ancestry dash OF irish
blood He was destined for Catholic
priesthood, but even when he was in his
teens it was evident that he was not IN
tended for a religious walk of life. Be
fore he was sixteen years of age he m ade
public appearance in the Prince OF Wales
Theater, giving limitations of music hall
celebrities, and subsequently, he made tour
Of England with the kendals.
1t would be idle to tell the story of his
following performances. 1t is sufficient
to say that in time he developed into a
marvellous imitator of the coster-the A Ameri-
can huckster-and surrounded him with pa
thos which has brought him close to the
heart of the people of this great republic
of ours So when Chevalier sings the songs
in which he drops lis h'Sall over the ground
and picks them up when he 81 ouldn't, we
Cont think of the English vuigarian, but
we do bring to our minds the New York
or Chicago peddler of vegetables. with his
lean horse, his creaky cart, his grinding
way, his nasal twang and his otter con-
The morning times., 1897-01-10
TALKING WITH PLAN EFT MARS.
Francis Galton Suggests Fanciful
Means of Communication.
London Chronicle.

London Chronicle.
When we desire to see ourselves as the
impartial observer would see us we some
times try to think what would happen if
aninhabitant of Saturn could descend upon
the earth. As yet no celestial vistant has
arrived. But il is not long since the curious
world went not a little mad about the ques-
ton wIIetherit was not possible to exchange
visible signals with Mars-then closer than
usual to the earth With the moon, Of
course, it would he easter, but there is
pretty well settled opinion aniong tile
learned that the moon is burnt-out af-
fair, a nd that there is no one left to signal
to. A idle vacation has happily led Francis
Galton to pursue the curious subject, and he
declares that it is not only possible, but
perfectly easy TO open up Communications
with any well-disposed planet and to ar
rive by little well-directed patience at
a method of conversation only little in
ferior to the telephOne-oT. let us say. with
the heliogrdph. Laura Bridgeman had,
argues the ingenious writer, no sense but
that of touch; yet she could be and was
educated to high level Of accomplishment Mt
by touch alone. To work the idea out Mr..
Galton jotted down, and now prints, a
series Of imaginary newspaper paragraphs
describing how. the hypothetical dialogue
with Mars might possibly go on.
The process, as Mr.. Galtnn expounds it,
is invitingly simple An astronomer at a
higi-evei observatory notices sequence
of flashes at a certain spot of Mars, and
after few nights OF close observation he
divines, first, that they are signaling to
him the code of numbers, as the people
Of
names and distances of the planet and one
or two important but elementary rnathe-
matical propositions This leads him up
to a very ingenious scheme of picture writ
ing, too elaborate to be here described,
yet simple enough if you grant him his
premises. That, however, is the faIlacy of
the whole matter. He is obliged to assume,
first, that the Mars folk would be practi-
cally at the same point OF intellectual de-
yelopment as ourselves, and next, that we
should detect and decipher their first ef-
forts, catching the series at the start and
following it without u breach to the end.
In practice, of course, with the Laura
Bridgemans of actuallife, the way of kno wi
edge, marvellous as it is, is paved with
failures. The teacher makes a hundred
false starts before he achieves even the
first faltering step, and then he blum
ders another hundred times before he
achieves a second. Infinite opportunities
for blundering do not exist in the celestial
economy. and, therefore. Mr.. Galton does
not convince US. Bat he opens out curious
problems as to the wide diversity of the
possible means of communication. The
world is young yet. Those who are stag
gered at the long distance we have trav-
eied in invention since our fathers baby
hood may take comfort in remembering
that their own grandchildren will live in a
world at least as strange. 1t may be
that happiness does not grow as fast as
novelty, but interest at least is something
The morning times., 1897-01-10
BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS
New Productions in the World of
Bellies LettreS.
MAGAZINES FOR JANUARY
Books of the Week Most COnspicu-
GUS on Library Tables Noted for
Fresh High Class Literature.

ANUARY magazines have all put in
their appearance. The reaction after
the luxury of the holiday numbers is
~ not so marked as it might seem. As
matter of fact, American magazines are
conducted on such a uniformly high stand
ard that the evidence of holiday endeavor
is found i'm scarcely anything else than an
ornamental cover, increased volume Of adj
vertising and a sprinkling of pertinent ar
ticles.
The Atlantic, in the midst of all sorts of
experiments on the part of other period
icals, maintains its serene dignity as "a
proximaGe exemplar OF what a magazine
should be. Three attractive headings are
"A Century OF Social Betterment,'' "Domi-
The morning times., 1897-01-10

January Forum treat of child teaching
Leo XIII, the need OF a national university,
and the remedy for the paralysis inflicted
upon business by Presidential elections.
The December number of the Bradley
Book did not arrive until most of the other
magazines had sent their January copies
Three Penfield posters in colors are not
uniformly attractive The French peasant
and his trained donkey and rooster are good,
but the others do not appeal to the vulgar
eye with the attraction they may possess
for the cult. Tudor jerks writes Il quaint
story, fer which WIN Bradley furnishes
four harmonious wood cuts The present
type, which weare assured will be Changed,
provides "A picturesque page, which is ex-
ceedingly trying on the eyes
The morning times., 1897-01-10
ERALD Du MAURIER, son of the lat

r ERALD DU MAURIER, son Of the late
novelist. and recently seen here with
Beerbohm Tree, is to remain in Amer
lea. This does not mean that he isto
forswear britannia and make himself our
compatriot Those who saw Du Maurier's
performance in THE Dancing GIRL rec
ognized il as the best thing III the presenta-
tion. His imperturbable selfish stocism did
not suggest that this young man is at
his best with his voice on a high G and his
heels over his head. Such, however, were
the assurances OF his companions. All the
while he was charming us with his per-
Torrance, they whispered, ''Gerald is no
actor. He is a hunesquer." Well, if he
is anyways as good a burlesqucr as he is
an actor, there is a revelation in store
for those who are % see him in this lire of
work presently. MIR. Tree will not take the
young man back to England at present.
He has given him a sort Of release, subject
to recall, and Du Maurier is to appear in a
Casino production the first week in March.
He has other virtues than merely being
Trilby O'Ferralrs brother, or rather Tril-
by's fathers son.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

charmingactress. whotecame otedthrough
"Esmeraida," ..Hazel Kirke," Elaine"
and more recently while playing the title
part in Bret Harte's Sue" 1t Goes her
credit She operates it for the acrobat
villain in the play. whose spanglcs and
tights have ensIaTcd her arfless affections.
Miss Russell plays the part of oonf!oing,
candid, simple minded country girl, whose
most frequent companions have been dali
sizes and lambs Her kiss is the exact an
tithesis of Olga's, II is SO little and
delicate that lady would almost be
ashamed of it, yet through these very
qualities it has made a sensation. 1t
symboIizes girls first kiss, which 0lga's
wasn't.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

D. URDER will out. Grim visa ged trag-
" edy is stalking hitherward and
next week the stages Of two of
our theaters are to toe given up to
villainy and blood. Murder will come out
at the rate of three or four night, and if
all the deaths which the coming roper
torres call for Were real instead of sham,
then the mortuary rate would take on
boom enjoyed only in times of pestilence
and on one OF Weyler's holidays. Rich
ard Mansfield, pre-eminent as a character
tragedian. and Otis Skinner, our leading
romantic tragcdidn, viii both be in the
Capital City. Mr. Mansfield has recently
relinquished his business affairs To Hoyt
& Mckee. This is grateful news, for the
exactng work to which Mr.. Mansfield de-
votes himself 10y night in acting, and by
day in defending legal actions, leaves
him little time for the details OF three
sheets and car tickets. The actor
manager does not seem 10 thrive in this
country Otis Skinner recently remarked
on this point: II think ii is necessary
for the actor to save every particle OF
his power to put into his work for the
public. The artistic spirit should be left
alone. When he Is looking after the man
agemeut the actor is incapable of doing
his best work; he cannot bring his best
energies into play. l am inclined to think
il is fatal TO be too versatile. ! find that
! get best results by sticking to one line
of work, and / confiue myself roman
tic plays. OF course, au actors talent is
marked by his versatility, but nevertheless
l am OF the impression that better work
is the result Of following one special line.
II is the same as in your business; man
who follows one special line is commercial
ly more valuable than he who can DO every
thing"
The morning times., 1897-01-10

OMETIMES prefaces are very stupid
and unrepresentative. Their office is
to furnish the reader key to the
pages following, to assist to an under
standing of the writer and his work.
George II. Richmond & Co. send chaste
little volume, 'tTalcs from Mother-of-
Pearl Casket," by Anatole France. The
translation and tile preface were made by
Henri Pene Du Bois. Critical pride must
bow before this preface. Its repetition in
part will give tile reader not only the treat
of its merit, but the understanding he seeks
of NJ France and his stories: "a novelist
is compelled often to equip triple-decked
vessel lin order tocarry an ant across water
says NJ Du Bois, but writer of tales
has not to think of quantity, since quality
only should preoccupy him. There
are sixteen tales in this book, and every
one Of them is an excellent example of a
literary art which the tale is to express.
The stories are amusing as stories, and
may be read and reread with renewed
pleasure the style is charming, the per
sonages are as alert and acute as the
phrases, and Anatole France evidently did
his work in the light OF enough candles to
make his pictures, like those OF the prini-
tive painters. magnificent in coloring
and free of cruel shadows. He is book
lover, lie is young, he is philosopher, ne is
very learned, and he knows men There
were never qualities more difficult to unite
in one person; there was never an ARTIST
more skilful at using their combination
than Anatole France is. In this book a
cycle Of human progress is inclosed. There
are in it the end of paganisIn and the end
of monarchy in France. There are in
it tolerance, sympathy, intelligence and
faultless artifice."
The morning times., 1897-01-10
IN apportioning the credit for the sue
cessful termination of the dramatists'

IN apportioning the credit for the sue
cessful termination of the dramatists'
fight for more ample copyright protec-
ton, the first and largest share belongs
to Harrison Gray Fiske, editor of the
Dramatic Mirror. For five years, perhaps
longer, Mr.. FiSke has waged war on the
pirates His paper has 81 Ood unfiinchingly
for the protection If dramatic property, and
its columns have always been open to an
EXPOSE of the lle2itimate pilferings of the
coascicncelcsS fly-by nighters. 1t was
the Mirror that inauguratcd this crusade,
and now, in the day of rights triumph,
Mr. Fishe Should not be forgotten as the
pioneer and always most valuable agitatOr
OF the dramatic copyright question. The
play writer's victory i S the Mirrors
and MI Fiske's victory as well.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

ditonsthatmakeu up theperaInbula street
merchant of the greatest of all American
cities.
One of the charactHktic and most popular
songs Of Chevalier iStThe Little Nipper."
1t tells of the pride Df the cockney father
III the doings OF his Son, who 'onfy stands
so Ugh, that $ aII," anu Chevalier indicates
the height with gesture that shows the
Nipper TO beTa very little one, indeed:
"There'e's a little champion
DO i'm proud Well, 'e'e a Knockout.
I've krowcd i'm TO take a eiIl on six foot
tall,
Ell get 'imseif up dossy,
Say I'm gong outwi' FlOssy,
An e only stands so Ugh, that's all"
are the words-of description in the song,
and the feature offt'that attracts the great
est favor at the performance is a spoken
story which Cheyalier tells after he has
sung one Of the verses. 1t recounts inthese
words an alarming evidence of precocious-
ness on the part of 'sThe Little Nipper."
only last Sunday me an the miSsus
took i'm for walk: / should say a took
h'uS out. AS we We're a-coming ONE, [
says 10 the old gal: Let's pop into the
Brokers Arms and ave d drop O. beer
She didn't rise 10 h'objection, SO hin we
goes, followed by rs nibeS-I'd forgotten
all about i'm. l goes TO the bar and calls
for two pots Of four 'arf. Suddenly fells
i'm a-tugging at my oat 'Wot's up?' says
l, What did yer call for?' says e Two
pots O. four arr says I. Oh says 'e,
.ain't eoin' to ave aone?' ="
Chevaiier VIII be SUPP orted by company
of European entertainers, and during his
engagement in this city he Will sing
his famous songs: THE Toymaker's Trag-
edy,' The Little Nipper," *Blue Ribbon
Jane" Textbook" "'My Old Dutch, 1.-THE
Future Mrs. 'Awkins" and ''Krocked EN-
in the Old Kent Road
The morning times., 1897-01-10

tVIE are to have this week two of
hkt the greatest artists in the world
in their respective spheres-Melba
and Cheyalier, a woman and man.
hotb singers. Melba stands for the pos
SCISSOR of the most beautiful and remark
able voice known. Though gifted with
Inodicum of dramatic talent, she Is IN
reality a singer who acts. She screens her
dramatic deficiencies with her voice Chev-
alier has no vocal powers TO boast or, nut
he is "A gifted character act or. He Is an
actor VINO sings. His deficiencies OF voice
are screened by dramatic genius Each
lis supreme in his and in her way. IL Is
something to be first, To be best CheY-
aher, IN a way, owes his eminence TO
more than does Melba- The prima donna
was given a voice by Providence and
master developed ii for her Chevaher,
with comparatively no voice, is noted Tor
his because he is "A creator himself. He
has developed his own latent resources
Recognizing III an obscure quarter of Lon
don a neglected type, rich ia the simple
natural emotions, humor and pat hos, he
devoted himself TO counteTfeitinE them
with a genuine success He wrote the
songs. which are not only in words de-
Ecripiive OF the cUster, but reflect him
in tone and sentiment, and 10 the denote
Tnents of voice and words he added dra-
matte characterization, and in the last he
Is perhaps more wonderful than in any
thing else. The original resources Of this
little man should be a treat to those who
have not seen him
Meiba will shine Tor only one night
THURSDAY Her presence in the preSenta
tinn Of Faust promises TO raise the i'm
portance of the opening Of the snort season
of opera to Il height which Will not be sur
na~Sed hy any of the other performances.
The climax comes in the inverted order
Bul Mr DamroSCh has a strong list to sup
plcinent the diva The Toyclty Of Die
Walkurc," the debut of hrauSS, the coming
of God>ki. and the very presence OF Eml
Fischer are events in themselves. Another
feature Mr DamroSch never neglects il
his orchestra In brilliancy and number.
AZ VIII be worthy OF the master works To
which it, tones a re dedicated The opera is
already Al assured financial and social
success Nearly week ago every box for
every performance had been taken. The
season seat sale has been enormous. and the
sale for separate performances, beginning
tomorrow morning. is apt 10 clean the
boards promptly The subscribers to the
boxes and the prominent seats include th'
narteSt IL eIubers of the Official and ci
william sets. The pretty Lafayette is an
ideal little opera house when a show is OF
before. as well as behind. the curtain.
The early half of the week at the Lafay-
cite IS to be given over to local enter
tainmentS. Besides these. and Albert Che
Waller at the Columbia. the National has
Hanlon's 'Superba,' fairy comedy spec
tacle: atthe Academy Jacob Lift : company
is 10 be Secnin The Womanin Black the
Grand presents another melodrama by
Frank Harvey, Fallen Among Thieves.
the Ri jou has the Moss J0IIity Company ,anC
She Lyceum the London Gaiety Girls.
The morning times., 1897-01-10
FOYER ANO GREEHR0OM
Current Bills at Washington
TheaterS for These Six Days.
NINE. MELBA AND CHEYALlER
Grand Opera Will Present a Mag
nifcent Galaxy On the La
fayette Stage.
NINE. MELBA AND CHEYALIER

LAFAYETTE Monday, Carroll IN
stitnte Minsirels; Tuesday, Lee
ture; Wednesday, the carroii
Dramatic Club: Thursday and bal
ance CT week, Damrosch Grand
Opera Company.
COLUMBIA Albert CheTalef ahu
his London entertainers
NATION I-Hanlon's "Superba."
ACADEMY-The Woman in Black.
GRAND-"Fallen Among Thieves.
BIJOU-Noss JoIIity Company.
KERNAN'S- N'S-LondOn Gaiety Girls.
The morning times., 1897-01-10
The best possible commentary on
| DARTS. Sparks and Fragments" a

The best possible commentary on
DARTS. Sparks and Fragments" a
r. book OF proverbs and epigrarhisT, By
- larry sutphin Of tais city ,-woult
be liberal quotation from the little volume
1T is an exceptionally clever piece or con.
centrated and yitalized thought, nearly
every paragraph of Which gives back some
satisfaction for the eadine..- Here are
some Of his pungent paragraphs:
prosperity follows Che economy of
fortune. and knowledge the economy of
time. IA
"A wise man meditates, and sometimes
speaks; a fool speaks AND sometimes medi-
tates "a
The millennium winibe at hand wheI
fifty passengers find se4ts in car accom-
modatlng sixty. I!i
1.-The manwho cepbihbally trusts toIuck
The morning times., 1897-01-10

y EATRICE HARRENDEN, known as the
r. author OF "Sbips that Pass in the
Night" reappears on the literary
y horizon. This time not with an in
dependent work, but colaborator In a
book of inherent excellencies, for which
the addition of her name claims imIne-
diate attention. One OF the first books
for the New Year from the Lippincott
presses is q siXteen-Ino., Two Health
Seekers in Southern California by Will
lam A. Edwards and Beatrice Harrenden.
Miss Harrenden has contributed two chap
ters. One is the clmatology OF Southern
California, the other on out-of-door life
for women. The volume is one OF practical
interest, which treats of the Italy OF
America in q diverting and rational man
ner, without the conyentionalIty of the
guide book, or the fulsome twaddle of
land office advertisements. 1t should
be read by every one contemplating
visit to the health regions discussed.
The morning times., 1897-01-10
His Chance.

Timmins-I have a notion 20 write one
OF these Scotch dialect stories.
Simmons-But YOU don't know anything
about Scotch dialect
Timmins-I know as much about it as
the people who buy the stOries.-Indiane1
polls Journal.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

Forefathers" and "a Group of Puritan
Poets are as harmoniously excellent as the
balance of this volume, which cannotfail to
attract the intelligence of readers posted
or seeking information on u period OF our
national character de velopment, which has
not for long been opened to US by such able
writers as Mrs. Ward.
The morning times., 1897-01-10
An Annrnnrinte Gift.

Henry. bought a beautiful book for
Bridget"
what Is its''
.Itis called The Autocrat Of the Kltchea
Table. '''-Chicaso Record