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The times., 1897-03-14

A critic, in speaking OF Billy Kersands,
says HE is enough 10 drive the dys-
pepsia entirely out Of the system His
mouth is certainly his fortune Another
says: He IS always funny, because he is
built that way, and not simply for the
ST5 q week he can make out OF his
droiIery-" He has been with the Georgia
Minstrels for the past eleven years. Pre-
vious TO that he was with .-Callcnder's
Georgia." and Jack" Haverly's Big
Black 40" 1t was with Callender's that
he went TO England and made the hit OF his
life, and returned to that country with
the 'Georgias,' under the management
OF Frohman. IL was cIean-cut perform-
ance from start 10 finish, and the patrons
of the Bijou Theater Will have chance TO
judge OF their merits this week This
Great Jalyan" IS n feature OF their per
fOrmance, as Is also the Crescent City
Quartet, seen three seasons ago with A.
81. Palmer's "Alabana'- company.
The times., 1897-03-14

The passing OF each weekly bill Of PsSn-
class and always diyeTting variety at the
LyCeum Theater, finds substitute as good
OF better, and the show for this week viii
be no exception To the rule Irwin Bros
BgriesqueTs, in conjunction with their big
Specially Company of European and Ameri
can novelties, viii hold the boards for
one week, and judging from the LONG
list of favorites on the program, the house
ought 20 be well filled at every perform
anoe. Fred Irwin, this season has gath
cred about him the highest-priCed company
he mas ever had The buTlesque of this
show Will be a little out OF the ordinary.
One of the features of the buTlesque viii
be the five de BaTrison Sisters on ac-
count of the five famous BaTFi>On Sisters
terminating their successful ngageu.ent
at Roster n Balls Music Hall, New YORK,
and returning Immediately 10 Europe, the
theateTgOeTs of other cities have been
deprived of an opportunity of witnessing
one of the most novel and sensational
performances ever presented MI Irwin.
realizing the number of playgOers who ara
anxious TO see these five famous won en.
has secured five beautiful and talented
actresses. who, for the past four weeks,
have been making a special st udy of this
now famous sketch, and at each perform
ance this week they will give an accurate
and unerring imitation of the whole act
The times., 1897-03-14

The Lafayette has the familiar New
England drama. The Old homestead 1t
is announced as being on its farewell tour.
The Academy has The Land of the Liy-
ing. ana the Grand presents The Span OF
Life Both of these pieces are OF the
mellow est species of melodrama. The vir-
tues OF the heroes and heroines are war
rauted all wool and n yard vide. and
each piece is equipped with a villain
with the quintessence OF wIckedneSs dis
titled into his makeup.
The times., 1897-03-14

The Crystal Maze. at 427 Seventh street
northwest, is really a most funny place.
A few days ago a lady with a friend
bought tickets and Went IN the Maze
once inside they started To enjoy the fun
OF 1t, when all at once the lady was heard
TO say To her companion. Look, quick.
there is my husband with Miss -. Come,
l want TO watch him without being seen
She went 10 one of the guides Employed in
the Maze, and drawing out dollar bill
from her purse, said to the attendant:
DO you see that man with that young
lady? I want 10 watch him without be-
ing seen by him Can YOU take me around
SO l can hear and see what he does and
says without being seen by him? II You
can 1 Will give you this dollar" The
guide smilingIy took the bill and guided
the ladies for over twenty minutes So skill
fully through the corridors, that Sue was
constantly In hearing distance OF the
pair without being once detected After
the gentleman and young lady left, she
left also, and was heard 10 remark TO her
companion while walking through the lobby
OF the Maze: Il Will teach him taking
that - - out to places OF amusement -
Our advice to married gentlemen is, there
fore, not 10 take young ladies to the Maze
without looking around first % see whether
their wives are not ut the same time there,
as every one in Washington is now going
20 see the Crystal Maze.
The times., 1897-03-14


second piece will De TX atharine and
Petruchio, condensed from 1.-The Tanning
of the shrew." The ambitious actor
says he viii have not only the most pre-
tentious company he can secure, but he
Will have the largest. In size it VIII
be eXtravagant, There Will be certain
people engaged for certain parts, so that
there Will not only be changes of bill
but changes of cash, at least, in the more
important parts. Scenery and costumes
will be carried for everything.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that the New
York engagement next fall will not dis
courage Mr.. Russell from these endeavors.
He has confidence in the Gotham public,
even if the critics do give him the usual
cold shoulder. He believes that under
Meath the frothy Bohemian population
who have set the pace in New York amuse-
Inents, there is a domestic class who are
little III evidence, because plays to their
liking are seldom offered. He hopes to
reach this class. 1t is the element thai
In all other cities clam ors for the humor OF
this deliciously quaint artist
The times., 1897-03-14

The latest Sardou play is "Spiitisme, +"
which was produced in New York two
weeks ago. 1t will come shortly to the
Lafayette. Anything written by the dean
of French dramatsts is bound to have
worth In some degree, but this piece is
eclipsed by the pre-eniinence Of its cast
which includes Maurice barrymore, Vir-
ginia Harmed, j. II GilnIour, William Z.
owen, Charles Harbury and Olive Oliver
as leaders.
The times., 1897-03-14

Clarke success for his piece, in which the
actors dramatic efforts have been able
to meet the appreciation of refined and crit
cal audiences. Besides Mr. Clarke, there a re
Otis Skinner. whose beautiful and moving
Soldier of Fortune / have seen; Wilson
Barrett, who writes al his own plays James
Herne, wrote and now acts Shore Acres"
and Clay Clements, who has made money
for several seasons with 'The New Do
minion," wen-reconmended play of Vir-
ginia life Mt. Clement is about to pro
duceanotherpI play. "A Southern G Gentleman, -
written by himself, and Wilson Barrett
has ready FOR his next appearance his OWL.
play. Daughters OF Babylon One other
instance OF the higher class occuTes to me
i'll Edwin Milton Royle, whose Friends
notably popular a acted by himself.
These are the exceptions, however. One
must go To the popular-priced houses to find
the author-actor in all his glory. Many Of
these men, who have appealed TO the simple
emotions and primitive instincts of the
less cultivated classes have made not mere
ly fortui es, but fame enduring.
Ned Harrigau for years owned the middle
and lower classes of New York with his
own dramas Of low life in the metropolis.
His list OF plays is long and reads glorously
down to the end. where, by strange fling
of fate, we lind it eclipsed in Marty Ma
| lone" the one failure Of all. Joe Murphy
wrote The Shaun Rhue" and Kerry
Cow" and lis own personality made popu-
lar the title parts. Billy Seaman wrote all
his own plays, and he wrote the songs as
well. Joe Emmett was author as well as
actor OF all the Fritzes. THESE men had u
The times., 1897-03-14

S1.25 to Baltimore and Return
Via B & o. F. R. All trains March 8 and
IL valid for return passage until follow
ing Monday. mh12-Se
The times., 1897-03-14

The last ten days have been particularly
bad for the ladies of the profession. The
many who wanted to see Mrs. Carter at
the Lafayette last week know of her break
down. The Saturday before l was at the
Academy, Madame Janauscheck was kept
out of the bill by illness, ana one of the
men Of the company donned her petticoats
and played Frau Rosenbaum. Lillian Rus
sell had not been able to play for several
evenings before she opened at the Columbia
last Monday, and those who saw "An
American Beauty after the opening night
found Catharine Linyard doing acrobatic
surprises which illness prevented at the
opening. Kathryn Kidder tainted away in
Newark last week; Melba and Eames left
the Metropolitan opera Company recently
on account of Illness; Odette Tyler had to
relinquish her part in Secret Service tem
porarly last week: Caroline Miskel Hoyt
disappointed several Harlem audiences week
before last, and so il goes. Fortunately
all this Illness was merely temporarily and
The dear ladies are now restored to health
and the audiences are restored to ha ppinesS
The times., 1897-03-14

luXuriously, and are designed to accommo-
date theater parties. The cars are very
popular.
The times., 1897-03-14

A joke is joke, even wnen critic IS the
butt A friend of the call boy furnishes this:
with a dramatic critic strolc'linto the
Chicago opera House on st. Valentines
day, during Richard Harlowe'S interesting
turn The ID. c, was vastly bored rs the
curtain fell he turned To me an,i exclaimed
in loud voice: She reminds ine or a fe-
male impersonator!' Imagine the effect
upon the hearers.
The times., 1897-03-14

Miss Francis of Yale" Is the title of
the latest farciCal production which Will
be the attraction at the New National
tomorrow night. II is described as the
very Slinlax of rollicking hunIor; the fe yer
heat OF fun from start to finish, with the
talented authors professional hand al
ways on the patient pulse-not delirium,
but healthful distraction. II is from the
pen of Michael Morton, New York lit
erateur who belongs TO a family of sue
cessful playwrghts, being a brother OF
Miss Martha Morton. In Miss Francis
or Yale, Mi MJrtOntS said to have evOiVes!
faTcical play entirely out of the beaten
path, which deals with the love OF young
coilegian who gets into all sorts of diff
ficuities on account OF the mistaken
identities which are the natural set,ueItJ1
of the blunders of a strong minded chap
erone, who, by accident, first sees the
Collegian at his college rooms in company
with other students who are prepared and
dressed for the college theatrical enter
tainment to occur that night. The COM
pany is excellent, and is the same as will
shortly present the play in New York.
IL includes the names of Etienne GiFar-
dot, Richard c. Bennett, Nick Long, Harry
l.. Keane, Edward J. Mack, Ze naide
Williams, Gertrude Homan, Sarah Nc
Wicker, Lavinia Shannon, Idalene Cotton
and others.
The times., 1897-03-14

Billy Kersands is on deck at the Bi lou.
Billy is tiic only man in the profession
who is more easily recognized by the in
side of his mouth than by the outside. He
once told an interviewer that that was the
only way he recognized his friends in the
RudieECe. They laughed so hard all the
while nc was on that ne had become an
expert at distinguishing people by the in
sides OF their mouths. The Georgia Min
strels are with b. K
The times., 1897-03-14

The bugle blasts of Courier Strine are
sounding over the hills TO remind US that
Sousa and his fifty men are marching
hitherward ON their tenth triurnphal and
Ihird transcontinental tour as the rhe-
torical press agent puts it, ocean to
ocean. gulf to guif'' The popular band
master will be III Washington four weeks
The times., 1897-03-14

The anti-hat ordinance in Chicago does
not work perfectly. it would seem. The
The times., 1897-03-14

CoIunlma-Creston Clarke in THE Last
of His Race"
Nai:oual-.Miss Francis OF Yale
Lafavette-.The old Homestead
Academy-.The Land of the Living. -
Grand-.The Span of Life
B1ou-Biny Kersands ana the Georgia
Minstrels.
Kernan 's-Irwin Brothers Company.
The times., 1897-03-14

great actress to working condition. Her
season was Cancelled ana she went to her
California ranch. She remained there until
the early part OF this new year, when she
went up TO Frisco and appeared again in
her old repertoire. The season was teSty,
and it was feared that she might not De
able to stand the strain. The fear was
not unfounded. She was compelled to re
tire last week to her ranch, and she says
she will never act again.
The stage loses a great artist, past her
prime, but rich in experience and Judgment,
and honorable in maturity. Madame Mod
jeska was a native of Poland, where she
was hornin 1874. She first achieved fame
in Europe, but has been Identified with the
history OF the American stage during the
past twelve years. She IS woman of
artistic instincts and practical judgment.
Her conceptions have always conformed to
the idyllic, but they have been tempered
with scholarly correctness. She is not
ana never has been, an actual beauty
hut the contour and lines of her face dis
close refinement, intellectually. and a
sweetness indicative OF the W oman $
character Her presence has always been
commanding. She speaks the English Ian
EuSEe tOIIeNlAN, tldt NiNh a oNEsSSHS'Oh u
foreign accent, which has proven an actual
charm to her auditors
ModjeSka is best remembered as the
ShakeSpearian heroines Or cOmedy-Ros;J-
lind, Beatrice and Portia-though her
Lady Macbeth is universally conceded an
impressive creation. Mary Stuart is in
separamy connected with her career.
She has sometimes played the French
heroiueS-Camille ind AdTienHe Lecoureur.
Her greatest success in modern character
ization has, however, been in Suder-
mann's Ma gda.'f Many competent
Judges who have seen her and Bernhardt
and Duse in this play award to Modjeska
first place. 1t was she who first maze
this powerful but unpopular play known
to US, and her characterization has been
universally commended as an exquisite
realization OF this difficult and intricate
character.
How i'll she is at present has not been
Reported Her sickness Is the recurrence
of the old trouble. 1t is to be hoped that
many years stretch out before this gracious
woman. for the enjoyment of the har
vests of busy career, and the satisfac-
ton of a generations plaudits, which are
hers.
The times., 1897-03-14

The Irwin Bros Speciality Company is
Kernan's bill. The people OF this organ
lzation are well known to L yceum patrons
CreSton Clarke does not lay stress on
his authorship of The Last of His Race"
This is not modeSty: tits merely diplomacy
He is posing as an actor, not ar a dra-
matist However, this latter title sug-
gests some interesting consideration. Ap-
parentiy few actors are dramatists: only
apparently, for, as a matter of fact, q
great many players have made plays
Dion BOucicault first wrote plays for him.
self, and wrote SO much better than be
acted that he eventually wrote only for
others sCllaney Boyt has often acted in
his own pieces, though he did not write
them forhimself. Maurice Barrymore wrote
ma iesda'' for Modjeska when he sup
ported her, and the piece was a creditable
effort. The memory OF his second effort
with Rearing Dick" is too green for COM
nent Mansfield is another actor who
couldn't diagnose his own case. His don
juan was miserable fiaSco Arthur
Boucher tried his hand with The Chile
Widow but it was poor stuff
An actor, it would seem, should write
the very best acting plays in the world.
His constant association with the actuali-
ties Of stageland; his acquaintance with
the best effect producers; his knowledge
OF the craftineSs OF this art, all suggest
that his experience, if not his intutions
and imagination, would equip him as a
maker OF drama, not in the actors eyes
barren Of words, but pregnant in action,
moving, concise, full of effects, practical
4 -.
or literary superfluities.
Though Barrymore, Boucher and Mans
field have failed at this, others, many 9TH
ers, have succeeded. Strangely, however,
there are only five instances, granting Mr.
The times., 1897-03-14

The people of Brooklyn en- joy solid COM
fort when they go Co the theater. Thestreet
car companies have placed at their disposal
tbcater parlor cars. which are furnished
The times., 1897-03-14

Several new pieces were given active life
last week. The most important production
was, that given by the Lyceum Company, of
1.-The Ma yflower," a new unhistorical play
of the Mayflower period, by Louis N.
Parker. one of the authors OF Rosemary
1t was conceded the hest piece the Ly-
ceum Company has had this season. At the
Garrick, in New York city, company OF
comedians, headed by NJ. Holland, pro-
duced a farce from the French, called
Never Again. One critic said it proved
so funny and enjoyable that it should he
rechristened Ever Again. for it is
likely to last that long. Robert Mantell
gave, in Philadelphia, "A Gentleman from
Gascony,'' play of the Henri OF Navarro
period, by Bicknell Dudley. 1t is well
spoken of. In Hartford a burlesque with a
pretentious cast was tried first and goes to
Boston for a run tomorrow. II is called
THE Star Spangled Dollar" / am lot
Informed what success attended this pro-
du>tion.
The times., 1897-03-14

Arthur Wing Pinero, the eminent English
playwright, is reported this compliment,
unusual in one of his nationality, tt Amer
lean actresses: 1T is impossible for me
to express sufficiently@my admiration for
American actresses. They are so bright md
SO receptive of your wishas / think they
have a great future on the london stage.
The American stage has the advantage of
ours in one respect, naneiy, in the Gear
and distinct pronunciation Of their artists.
The times., 1897-03-14

The attraction at the Academy this
The times., 1897-03-14

The Irwin Bros Speciality Company is
Kernan's bill The people OF this organ
lzaticn are well known to L yceum patrons
The times., 1897-03-14

Augustin Daily is about 10 produce the
play III which Charlotte Cushman AMI jan
ausCheck achieved fame urtler the title of
Meg Merriles." Mr. Daily has not again
renamed the play in three days.
The times., 1897-03-14
THIS WEEKS PLAYS

Near to Natures Heart" is the epigraIn-
matte reply which an appreciatiye public
makes in explanation OF its loyalty to
Denman Thompson 5 famous play the
The Old Homestead" which appears at
the Lafayette this week. Joshua Whit
comb, the kindhearted. rusy-faced New
England farmer, with his droll wit and
lOveable personality, has become classic
character in drama, and in the hands OF
Archie Boyd is given a well-Tounded i'm
personatiOn, although an entirely uncon-
ventional one. Scarcely less interesting
than Mr.. Boyd's Uncle Josh is Miss Marie
Kimballs Aunt Matilda, OF that tpye OF
the New England spinster whom Miss
Mary L. wilkins has made so popular.
Miss KimbalI, together with the other
members of the company. constitutes what
Is known as the original organization.
Cy Prime is inimitabIe as protrayed by
VIII NJ. Cressy; Happy Jack, thatramp. by
Fred Clare: Eb Ganzy, by ]. L. Morgan;
Rickety Ann, by Blanche Dayne; Reuben
Whitcomb, by E F, German, and Seth
Perkins, by Charles H. Clark. The other
characters find careful and clever delin-
cation. Incidental TO the play Will be the
singing of the original double quartet of
male voices and The Old Homestead"
choir.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24
Electric vegetables.

In India grows the electric plant, or
Philotacea electrical. If a leaf of this
planti is broken off the hand that does SO
Immediately receives an electric shock
equal to that produced by an Induction
coil. At a distance Of six yards n mag
netic needle is affected, and will be
deranged il brought close to it. The
energy Of the plants electrical infiu.
ence varies with the time Of day. All
powerful about Q O'Clock in the after
noon, it is absolutely gone during the
hours of the night, and during rain
the plant loses its influence. No shock
is felt in breaking the leaves at those
times, and the needle is unaffected
Birds or insects never alight on the
electric plant, their instinct warming
them Of their danger in doing SO.
Where it grows none of the magnetic
metals are found-neither idon, CO.
bait nor nickel-thus proving that the
electrical force belongs exclusively to
| the plant.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24
Paper Piping.

The experiments being conducted in
italy with pipes made of paper are at
tracing universal attention. The ma
terial used is cellulose paper, soaked
in asphalt. The pipes are said to be
impermeable, capable Of resisting
heavy pressure, not subject to the or
binary deterioration aud not affected
by the action of electric currents. Ii
the continued use shall confirm the
expectations warranted by the practi-
cal tests, it is probable that the under
ground pipe making industry will be
revolutionized, providing the cost OF
manufacture does not forbid a market.
No thoroughly effective remedy for
rust and wear, caused by ground cleo
trio wires, has been discovered, unless
indeed this may prove the one, and a
relief from these evils will be eagerly
i embraced, even if a radical change IN
construction and material of the pip
ing is necessary.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24

Driving away mice from infected
cellars is an easy matter when oil Of
t~urpentine is used. 1t seems that the
little rodents have q very pronounced
antipathy for the odor and some wool
en- rags soaked in oil of turpentine
and placed in front Of the holes by
which mice enter will keep them away
if this experiment is repeated for sew
eral weeks it will eventually keep thu
mice away entirely.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24
Europe,s Largest Galleries.

The ten largest fine art galleries in
Europe are: Gallery of Versailles,
with 5000, Royal Gallery of Dresden,
220O; Muiso, Of the Grade, Madrid,
1888; Gallery Of the Louvre, Paris,
1900; Imperial Hermitage, st. Peters
burg, 1851; Belvedere Gallery, Vienna
1850; The Pinasothek, Munich, 1422
the Old Museum, Berlin, 1850; Ufiz
Gallery Florence, 1900; Nationa
Gallery, London, 902.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24

stantly, also headache, and ~
was SO dizzy. had heart trouble, 1t
seemed as though my heart was in my
throat at times choking me. could
not walk around and / could not lie
down, for then my heart would beat SO
fast / would feel as though ! was
smothering. I had to sit up in bed
nights in order to breathe. l was so
weak I could not do anything.
I have now taken several bottles OF
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound, and used three packages OF
Sanative Wash, and can say ! am
perfectly cured. I do not think l
could have lived long If Mr." ak
hams medicine had not ~
MRS. JOSEPH PETERSON, Up Clrs
Warren, Pa. fnIa,vey. I.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24
R PETERsoN's STORY.

1 have suffered with womb trouble
over fifteen years. Ihad inflammation,
enlargement and displacement OF the
womb.
The doctor wanted me to take treat
ments, but 1 had just begun taking
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24

Several species of moths never eai
after attaining a perfect state. They
have no mouths and live but a few
hours.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24
FOR HOUSEWIVES.


' the fHvaitd's Tray.
furnishing compound fol
aay is beef tea with oat
~ spoonful Of oatmeal
Yin two tablespoonfuls
add one cupful Of
cook FIVE minutes,
Gntly; then drain and
seasoned with a little salt.
pit furniture Polish.
q TO be an excellent fur.
is made with equal guam
legar, crude oil and alco-
.ould be shaken well, and
linen old silk, or chamois.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24

Mrs. PinkhamS Z
Compound, and
my husband
said / had
better wait
and see -
how much a.
good that -
would do a.,
me. / was
so sick when /
began with her
medicine ,Icould
hardly be on my
feet. I had the
hankache con.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24

J Fall alter, roll
while the best st,n rounds
~ a@in? In ev spinach,
ltyou will salt salt. and ID
gooas going in sithe edges.
cry day and th5rr. O drains
will be no lowernatoes and
you win get ca 'isn
and have the picldding-cut
season in select put ea t 70 soi N
Suits for Boys atting a good
men, $8, $40 nix eggs and
Nobby styles foSour over till
Sac, $aa and sown, and You
diagpnals and b. '.., You 5 ~ 1ay
for dress at $as to them as
that will surpri !.
style snd finish into int diamond
,aas and wear in water n;.s T.
Trousers, SIS. added. When
\ with big line o ont mOnr 81 w oSs,
novelties at $Idalf a pint o.
Hats take the e IGsh same ons f iapa.
sau rood dresser. Stir thu
can get ncthidrp Eve rye wi with tn,
Their fall style
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-24

the wood.
. the oil,