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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24

everywhere OVERLAND the black, setting it
off stylishly.
The hat was a stone-gray felt. with
stone-gray ribbon upon the front, and
many loops of black velvet ribbon upon
the sides. The back was banked with
frosted leaves.
The other gown began with black vel
veteen skirt of the same texture as cordu-
roy and just as durable The waist was
corduroy jacket, gathered with Nor
folk effect at the belt and left to frill a lit
tie below il. The bodice gave out a pc
cuiarly steely effect from the creases of
the corduroy that set off the stone gray
Of the other girl we'll.
A very unique corded trimming was en-
pioyed upon the waist 1t consisted of
many loops of heavy brading one caught
within the other, around the entire yoke
and sleeves, front and back. This gave
SUFFICIENT weight without making the gar
ment heavy TO wear.
The hat was a braided velvet with trim
mings of green leaves and ribbon. From
the middle there rose the white tail feath-
ers OF a little bird of Paradise As there
is always a relative note in all costumes,
this was found in the matching of the blue
ribbon TO the skirt lining. which was of
the new material that looks so much like
silk Is so much cheaper and wears SO
much better. This skirt-lining material
comes in all colors- is shaded If you desire
Il and can be warranted to wear out any
but poplin dress.
Heavy cloths will distinguish the street
dresses of spring and silk viii be little
seen. Velvet must be banished until the
rain is over. and only cloth, poplin and
corduroy remain. or these the most SER
viceable Is always the poplin. But many
women will not purchase II on account of
the high price for a good quality and the
length OF time Il will wear Wear for
ever and make a petticoat afterwards" is
true Of this as OF corduroy.
Women have found their legs amazing
w this winter Perhaps the bicycle got
them in humor for outdoor exercise.
Anyway, the modistes will tell you that
their bookings for spring are all for
street walking suits. Nina Goodwin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
TROUSSEAU OF MISS COLLINS.
,,,onderfuI Outfit of the Girl Who Now Is
Countess CZaykOwski.

,d Dr. Depew-wm Conscience Marve
She Dress
Gown ExcIu de Ohcrs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24

Baron Ferdinand Rothschild possesses
an old "grandfather's" clock that origin
ally cost over $4,000. The mechanism
records the day Of the week month OF the
year. the phases of the moon and strikes
each hour The quarters are chimed with
a different bell, and Ga rare thing with
these clocks 1t has a second hand. Tine
case was made by Wertheimer, ana stands
fourteen feet high. II was originally the
property Of Louis XVI.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
Columbia.

Picture-dancing and good-natured hum
buggery Will chase away the sorrow of
AN American Beauty" at the CoIumb ia
Monday night, when Nine. Hermann and
a new Hermann the Great aud ali the
old members of the company, including
she r-faithful "Boomski," will COM
mence TWO weeks engagement of mys-
slery and magic. Adelaide Hermann
needs little introd uctIon here-her il.umi-
mated dances are pleasantly remem bered
by all theater-goers.
1t is said OF Leon Hermann that he is
the only man in the craft who coulo take
the place of his late uncle. Icons English
voca buiary is less complete than was
A.exandre's, but this should rather add
to the fun OF the thing. lie has been per-
forming III Europe Tor several wears and
1t was only The event OF his uncle death
that brought hin 10 America.
The late Alexandra IS said TO have be-
queathed Leon many of his most precious
illusions. among them several that never
were introduced i'll public. The sensation
OF Monday nights necromaDcy will proba-
bly, be the act entitled Elixir Vita" in
which mans head Is seemingly cut from
his body. Ano orher special feature is 1.-The
Maid OF the Moon," and the old Hermann
illusion, The Artists Dream" will be
reproduced.
Nine. Hermann will execute new fire
dance. also Others, entitled 'l'EIoiIe de
Mutt" and "Ls Rayon de Soleil."
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
NINA MAZZI.,

will no doubt tend to make the bill
even stronger than before. Foy and Clark
are eccentric comedians, and are said to
be very clever IN their line of fun ma king.
Next come the FarreIls, VINO style Them
selves "the worlds champion cake walk
ers," and hold the Police Gazette trophy
to prove that they are the champions.
Aside from this their negro songs and
dances are said to be very clever. A new
series Of views has been secured for the
bsogra oh, which is OF itself whole show
NJ e. Orbasany and her troupe of trained
coekatoos have scored a hit. They give a
performances quite out of the ordinary.
Press Eldridge will Josh" the orchestra
and audience for the last time at the matt
nee to-day. The Dunns-Arthur and Jen-
nie-remain, and will be seen in a new
comeGy sketch. The Adelphi trio, Ola
Hayden, Edna Collins, Hayden and Heth-
erton and others will al! contribute to the
new bill. The KnabenKappelle have
been retained for one week, but that will
positively close their engagement.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
Alcazar.

During the coming week the Alcazar
will produce "Tbe Highest Bidder" a
play that d d much to bring recognition
TO E. H. Sothern, and one in which he
starred later. 1t has been in this city be-
fore, but never at AlcGzar prices.
One OF the charms OF the play lies in its
defined character. Each impersonation
stands out we'll. Jack Hammerton, an
auctioneer, is i'll love with ana desires to
marry Louise ThornhilI, but the latter re-
jects him for the original reason that be
Is too wealthy. Her other suitors are rather
Bonham Cheuiot. a genteei middle-aged
char, and Sir Evelaine GIaine, the villain
OF the play. She disIikes them both. The
Thornhili home is heavily mortgaged and
is 10 be sold at auction 10 e highest bid
der. Jack Hammerton is the auctioneer.
Not desiring TO bid himself he eng Iges the
services OF a Jew for that purpose. After
The bidding strong scene-the Jew is
awarded the property. Hammerton pre-
sents the deed to The homestead TO Mr..
Thornhill, who prevails upon his
daughter to marry Hammerton.
In the cast will be Wright Huntington,
Wallace Shaw, Fred Strong, Charles
Bates, Miss Foster and Mrs. Bates.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
The Baldwin.

Lost, Strayed or StoIen," which may
be called anything from music drama to
melodized vaudeville. comes to the Bald
win Monday light in the hands of what
reads like a strong company. The prin-
cipal people are: Charles Dickson, Anna
O'Keefe. Oriska Worden, Mabel Bouton,
Harry Clay Blaney, Charles E. Burke, c.
J. Alden, Bert Thayer, Al Holebrooke,
Adelaide Nve, May Mitchell, May Mel
bourne and Lucius Henderson. And there
is big chorus, some Spanish dancers and
an orchestra.
The story is told in four acts. 1t is all
about baby-Bidart baby-which man
ages to get itself lost in the first act and
leads the distracted father, accom- paiiied d
by three disgusted godfathers, fiercey
funny chase for two hours and half. The
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

toms OF fastidiousness, even TO the point
OF calling Mr.. Frohman 10 task for the
odor OF his French farces; whereupon
nearly every one OF the little "press
sheets" that are sent by New York the
atr'cal boomers to dramatic editors
throughout the land bore witness that the
tenth letter of the alphabet sym bolized
chicago. Then Secret Service" went TO
Chicago and there played to the largest
audiences of Its life. Mr. Frohman im-
mediately sent a letter 10 Manager Harry
}. Powers which 1 take not to be conf
DENTAL since II was printed in last Sun
days Times Herald. Here it is:
hope the time will come in the course of q
couple OF years when we together may be able
to take another theater in Chicago and give
chicago what it merits-a thoroughly we'll
equipped stock company. 1 want 10 produce
in New York. London and Chicago. and hope
that we will be able to get together in this ar
rangement. ! am extremely grateful for the
very kind feeling which has been ex-
pressed toward ME by the Chicago press
and in fact the public, and although nave
hai some few hard knocks i'll regard to some
OF my work lately in Chicago, have no doubt
that to some extentit was merited, but any er-
ror was not Intentional
That letter would incline the casual
reader TO the belief that Mr.. Ffohman
can be soft and humble on occasion. Per-
haps he will reconsider and send US ''Se-
cret Service" as last chance.
~
Mrs. Ryley's IAN American Citizen Is
not play that calls for any special effort
on the part of a critic but to US it seemed
to be charming little piece in its kind,
and faultlessIy tailored 10 the most popu-
lar, If not the most artistic mood OF Nat
Goodwin. The New York critics have re-
ceivei both play and layers with frugal
demonstration; in TACT, half of the prin-
cipal critics of the big dailies gave their
attention TO the premiere of "Cumber-
land '61, roaring war melodrama
by Franklin Fyles, and ignored Good
wins opening, which was unfortunate
enough to occur on the same night.
By several critics Nat Goodwin is called
a good com median, but not good enough to
venture the little touches of pathos that
are asked for by the part of Beresford
Cruger.
In the same newspapers | read that Hell.
ena MOI ieska-one OF the five living ac-
tresses who are really great-declines 10
play in New York this season, and gives
for her reason that she can find better ap-
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

nurse loses the child on the eve of its
christening in the first act, and the father
and godfathers trace it to the barracks,
to the prima donna's homo, and finally to
the Louxenbourg Gardens. In their alb
sence other relatives find The child and ii
Is duly christened to every body's satisfac-
lion but the disgruntied four. The music
IS saiG to be very light and catchy, the
dialogue bright and witty the situations
irresistible and laugha Die, and the general
construction admirable from a comedy
point of view.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen" brings popu-
lar record. 1t ran the hundred nights in
New York, fifty in Philadelphia and
fifty in Boston. and fewer in Chicago. The
engagement at the Baldwin is for two
weeks.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
LINDA nONTANARl

suppose the gold brick experts who
unloaded Corinne and her company on
the Columbia management last week will
now hasten back to the original business
OF ofgirdling the agricultural districts with a
series Of one-night standuDs, and later
repair to their baroniaI manageries in the
fnetroDolis and say sarcastic things about
II an Francisco as n show town. l feel sure
Fhe company's bearded representative
Iho sat with the audience Monday night
and lent his hands and feet to the making
Of spontaneous applause will not deal
lightly with rs. Perhaps he will even go
so far as TO induce other managers who
handle similar attractions TO exclude San
francisco from the Petaluma circuit
~
The open conflict of opinion between
Charles Frohman and the local playgoers
and critics gives every manager of a tenth.
Tate show that meets with ten b. rate re-
suits here the chance OF shining his own
little disesteem in the reflection OF Mr.
FTohman's. There Will be a deal of "me
and Frohman" talk in the little offices on
Broadway at the close of the season.
~
Not long ago Chicago developed symr-
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

this organization and a great deal is ex-
pected Of IL by the people. The prices of
admission are nominal and If the Pr;nci-
pals, chorus and orchestra anything like
line up 10 the kind words that have been
lavished upon item by the Mexican
press the local music-lover will have occa-
sion for JOY.
AS previously announced the work
chosen for Tuesdays opening is Pom
chiellis LA Gioconda," a melodious and
strongly dramatic opera of the better
Italian school, which was presented a the
Iivuli this season for the frs: time here
Nina MaZzi will sing the title role The
other principal paris will be intrusted to
Cesare Cioni, Giuseppe Agnostini and
Adelina Fauton.
On Wednesday night VerdTs Masked
Ball, an opera that is practically new to
the younger generation here, will intro
duce several singers who are not in the
"Gioconda" cast. A double bill of
"Cavalieria Rusticana" and "PapIiaccir
Saturday matinee the never-to- be- buried
"Trovatore" will demand good singing.
"Ernani," which has not been gwen
here Tor some little time, is announced for
Friday, and LA Boheme," Puccini's
musical version of Murger's Quarter
Latin classic, will be given the first pro-
duction in this country on Saturday
night.
The names OF all the singers have been
published in earlier issues OF The CALL.
They Will mean more to us after we have
heard the artists in their work Pietro
Valleni, the leader, is spoken of as one of
the best of the younger Italian director =,
and, of course great deal depends on
him. Tagiiapietra, the chorus m aster.
will also be q responsible factor in the
performances.
Already there is a brisk demand for
seats. and the managers of the enterprise
predict busy season. The prices range
from 90 GEMS to 81 90. 1t will require
crowded houses 10 support big COM
pany and orchestra at these PRICES
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
Grand.

Morosco will revive for this week a SEN
sational tve-act melodrama entitled "777 4"
which was played at the Grand several
years ago with success. The title is ken
from the convict numbe by which the
hero Is designated during his unjust in
generation in Baton Rouge penitentary
Tne scenes will reveal plantation on the
Mississippi. the prison at Baton Rouge.
the La Rosa clu brooms, with real cards and
real money, and q characteristic mansion
house. The plot abounds in treachery,
despair and heroism. Pasco plays treble
character role, and Miss Hall has two
chances in Rose and La Rosa.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
The Chutes.

Adgie and her trained lions have been
such success for fifteen weeks IN this
city that the Chutes management has en-
gagged the dancing girl and her pets for
another season. The changes in the pro-
gramme for the ensuing week will include
Falrclough Fair, an En.lish whistler
Conlon and RYDER knockabout come
dians, and the Williams brothers. conyer-
sationalis,s. The Mullen Sisters, cornet
virtuosi. and Mr.. Adolph Maginel, sax
ophonist, will render trios, and the Chuteo-
scope will show mum Der of new pictures
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
BEATRICE FRAhCo.

present their novelty dance, the cham
pagne quadrille, at the Sutro Baths this
afternoon. A new skirt dance viii also be
given by them for he first time in tna
city. The two HaIletts, eccentric come
dians, the Martells, acrobatic, trick and
fancy bicyclists. and Charmion will per-
form. Charmion has been retained for
to-day's performance owing to the great
success of her act. She is booked to ap-
pear at Hammerstein's olympia, New
York, next.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

farce entitled "What Happened to JONES'"
which is playing in New York, will celebrate
an anniversary performance before an audi
euce composed entirely of PERSONS of the name
of Jones. Four thousand invitations have
been issued.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
The TiVoli.

II is the same old story at the Tivoli,
"The Geisha," one of the most satisfy
ing musical comedy prod ctions ever
gwen in this city, and audiences that
would shame the proverbIai sardine in
the matter of tight-squ ezng. If ever
the "Gesha" run should cease, Edwin
Stevens will give US his version of Rip
Van Wrinkle. Prom the present outlook,
one might take Van Winkle siesta and
wake up in time for the first perform
auce. There Is q fascination about this
little English play of the Jappy- JAP -Jappy
that is indescribaDle. 1t is running sill
in London, and with Edwin Stevens,
Thomas Leary, Edith Hall, Florence
Wolcott, Tlllie Salipg.r and host OF
good people in the cast there is no telling
when it will be heard 10 cease at the
Tivoli
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
The Oberon.

Last weeks programme at the Oberon
was another success. The cornet duets by
Messrs. Mahood and Hopkins were re-
ceived with much applause
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
California.

Tuesday night will tell the tale Of the
uallaa v era Company al the California
IheateT. Much has been written about
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

The Orpheum.
The additions TO the Orpheum bill for
this week are of the comedy order, and
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

can understand Mr.. Frohman's eager
ness to manufacture new kind OF
dramatic critic, but why loose the dan
gerous amateur on the ''perfesh." Surely
there are INDECENT gentlemen of letters in
New York who would write Mr.. Frohman
eny sort OF criticism he wants for S25.
ASHTON STEVENS
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

Not long ago Chicago developed symr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
CONDITION OF THE EARTH'S IN
TERROR.
Latest Determination of the Scien-
lists Are That the Globe Upon
Which We Live is Solid to the
Core, and Its Density 5.5O5 as
Compared With Water.

Until very recent years the fact had
hardly been questioned that by far the
greater part of the earths interior was
in the condition of a fluid or molten
mass, the volcanic manifestations ex-
hibited on the surface, the rapid rise
of temperature that is found as we
proceed from the exterior to the in
terror, and other considerations point
ing almost irresistiblv to such a con-
clusiOn. Indeed, a common belief was
that all that was solid centered in a
crust os some 50-100 miles thickness,
floating on the fiery magma of the
interior. 1t is true that some physicists
as Hopkins, had reasoned out a proba-
bility that this crust to Withstand the
strains that were imposed upon it,
could not have a thickness of much
less than 800 or 1000 miles, but his
arguments had comparatively little eff
feet toward dispelling the nations that
had so long existed. At the present
time, after the brilliant mathematical
exposition of Sir William Thomson,
Gord Kelvin), of Professor George
Darwin, of Professor Simon Newcomb
and OF Mr.. Rudski, this doctrine of
terrestrial f1uidity is hardly longer
taught. A few there are who yet lin
ger with the old theory, but the great
mass Of educators and their pupils
except in regions where textbooks bear
the impress of manufacture in the men
tai power of a quarter of a century
ago, or more-have settled down to the
comfortable conviction that our planet
is as solid or rigid as a ball of glass
or steel-in fact, twice as rigid accord
ing to the determinations of NJ. Rudski.
The doctrine of solidity does not, how
ever, involve the assumption Of equal,
but of average, rigidity. Again, it is
not implied that because the earth is
virtually solid TO the core local areas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
A LAMP WICK MADE OF CLAY
One That Does Not Need to Be
Trimmed.

A remarka bic lamp wick has been in
vented which is made entirely of clay.
This sounds paradoxical, for clay is not
a substance that is very susceptible to
heat, yet there is no other material IN
the wick except clay, and it burns in
brighter flame and gives a steadler
light than any cotton wick. This new
wick is made of potter's clay, and is
perforated by very minute holes, up
through which the oil passes by capil-
larry attraction. In shape it is similar to
the old cotton affair-fiat or cylindrical.
When in a plastic state, filaments of
unspun vegetable fibre are mixed into
the clay, and when this wick is burnt
or fired" it hardens, while the vege-
table matter is consumed, leaving nu-
merous small holes UP through which
the oil readily passes. This wick does
not need to be trimmed. When made
it is filed off square at the top. so as
to cause it give a well formed flame.
AS the oil has perfect passage up to
the fame, it cannot emit an odor. Its
inventors claim that its consumption
of oil is but one-third that of the cotton
wick, while producing the same amount
of light.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

the personal habits Of animals has just
been made by NJ. J. Lloyd Williams,
and curiously enough it deals with
the drunken habits of certain bum
bic bees. He shows that these insects,
in frequenting the crowded flowers of
some of the composites, as cardnus
and centaurea, and of a species of
scabiosa, become infected with their
honey to q state of intoxication by
rolling on the back, striking the legs
wildly in the air and general helpless
ness. The bees rapidly recover from
these effects, but. strange though it
may appear, they eagerly renew the
debauch- One individual, however, as
Mr.. Williams informs US, manifested
the next morning .araiseworthy re-
morse and disgust, raising it's head
and foreiegs as high as it could above
the plants, then precipitately hurrying
away as soon as released" The most
delicate species was a neuter bee of
the species bombus lapidarius.
A. HEILPRIN.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
DRUNKENNESS AMONG INSECTS.
Recent Observation Among Scientists

The question has frequently been
asked, by laymen as we'll as SCIENTISTS
to what extent, if any, are the haoiIs
and sensations that we associate with
the higher animals, especially hldn' d
part of the being also of the lower Or
ganisms In the earlier days OF the
cultivation of natural history, and one
need hardly go farther back than %
wears, the distinction between man and
other animated organisms was consld-
cred to be so finely and absolutely
marked as to lead to an almost COM
plete divorce of his sensations and per-
ceptions from those of all other living
matter; he was endowed with special
attributes which belonged nowhere
else: he was possessed of a faculty and
reasoning power which were denied to
his less favored associates of the liv-
ing world; he alone had real intelli-
gence, while everything below him had
as the highest expression of will only
instinct. In the classificationS of
somewhat earlier period he was con-
sidered the type distinctive of man,
while everything below him in organi-
zation was animal. The great majority
of the non-scientific thinking world
perhaps even today reflect the minds
of the older naturalists, and surely
they did before the great revolution in
thought which followed, within few
years, the appearance Gin 1859 of Mr..
Darwin's epoch-making work, THE
Origin of Species" From that time on
an almost endless series of facts have
been gathered by busy observers upon
the habits and mental qualities of ami
mails, only to prove that mans isola-
ton is only a comparative one, and
that what he possesses and exercises
mentally is similarly possessed, al
though in an inferior degree, by or
ganisms which progressively descend
lower and lower in the animal series.
Instinct and intelligence are proper
ties that belong to both high and low;
natural love. the sense Of shame or re-
morse, and the esthetic appreciation of
fern and color are likewise qualities
that in one form or another find ex-
preston with both classes, and even
that most morbid sense-the sense that
sees the proper termination to life's
turmoils in suicide-has been shown
by Lloyd Morgan and others to find
its development among certain ami
mails, the spiders and scorpions for
example. The latest contribution to