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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-29
A GEM.

We earnestly hope that our legislative
assembly will do something in the interest of
the Black Hills country and its worthy instl-
buttons. Instead Of wrangling over the state
treasurers cash; s. ending money in the cen
sure of second rate newspaper correspondents;
introducing measures for the creation of pub
lie snaps; encouraging the calamity breeders
and cheap money boomers; demonstrating
hostility to the courts, banks and railroads;
and a hundred other grotesque imasln inss of
a class OF green and clumsy legislators, let
their attention be directed to measures which
will promote the public good.-Bclle Fourche
Bee.
For narrow minded partisanship
the above takes the cake. If dur
ing the reign of Sheldon and the
republican gang at Pierre there
had been a little Of this"wrangling
over the states cash. our man
Taylor wouldn't have walked off
with everything except the side
walks at the state capital. The
bunco man of the Bee rushes to
defend the poor, prosecuted
liars who represent the press in
the legislature and mis-represent
the legislature in the press. In
%censuring these journalistic scape-
goats probably the Bee man sees
dire calamity about to overtake
him. "1ntroducing measures for
the creation Of public snaps" walls
the Bee. This refers to the
creation Of office of insurance COM
missioner. This "public snap
costs the state absolutely nothing
and insures a better and more
thorough service than ever before.
The Bee man knows this, but the
measure is not republican
and is an outrage in consequence,
And then the bunco man gets off {
lot of meaningless generalitie:
about "calamity breeders and CHEAP
money ioaners' which it took from
some of its leaders printed during
the late campaign, and goes on t.
criticise what it terms ga class o
green and clumsy Legislators" 70
their "hostility to the railroads.
lust think "hostility to the rail
roads!!" Has tho bunco man bee
paying his freight bills? He know
that the people of this state have
been robbed by extortions almos
unequalled. The same is true {
passenger rates. And now that
popullst legislature comes to tn
rescue of the business interests {
the state and proposes to p SIS tn
Iowa law, a republican measure
this bunco man bobs up and CON
mences to chirp about a "class (
i green and clumsy legislators show
ing "hostiiity to. the railroads.
, ,tand aside while we vnchain til
) fool killer.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-29

Those Of our republican papers
who are bowling about the "cheap
money boomers at Pierre because
a majority of the legislature favor
silver have lost sight Of that IS to
I state platform they supported so
zealouslyi in 1884. Failing memory
is a bad symptom, gentlemen.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-29

Did some meek-eyed republican
diciple of Mark Hanna remark
something apout the "advance
agent of prosperity?' Speak loud
er, please.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-29

The Senate Of South Dakota has
put itself on record as being oppos-
ed to the gold standard. DID
someone Of our good republican
brethren yell "anarchy?"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-29
How's "conf1dcnce?'

Score one for Rapid City. Her
Indian School is no longer a myth.
The times., 1897-06-13
Literature Below stairs.

At an uptown house they have a domestic
who, in spite of all her fa ults, is cons dered
quite a treasure. Her worst fail ng S the
number of visitors she has Not an even
ing passes but her kitchen shelters several
friends. Some of these friends smoke very
bad cigars, and this worries the mistress a
good deal. However, she finds some recon-
pense in the immaculate condition in which
the girl keeps her kitchen Everything
shines, and the mistress coucludes that the
domestic is trying to make a pleasing inn
preston regarding her personal neatness on
her visitors.
Recently she has shown remarkable
greed for newspapers Every newspaper
that comes into the house almost immedi-
ately disa ppears. The master Of the estaIl-
hshment finds that he cannot lay paper
down with any certainty of picking it up
again.
One day the mistress said to the girl:
Glow do you find time To read SO many
papers, Janet?'
The maid looked up in surprise.
''Sure, ma am" she answered, II don't
read EN-
Then the mistress looked surprised
Then what do you do with them?''
'Sure, MIA am came the reply, Il tear
them up.
Tear them up?'
Yes, ma am; tear them up"
what for?''
''Sure, ma am, I'm takin me odd times to
uphoylster six cushions fer me fren 10 rest
easy on when they drop n to see me of an
evenin an I'm upholysterin' 'em with torn
up newspapers
And the mistress hadn't a word to say
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The times., 1897-06-13
A Story With "A Moral.

A freed negro at the close OF the ar get
legal possession of small tract of land
built a house, split rails and enclosed a
small field. 4 white man came and took
forcibie possession, turning the negro out
Of his home When he was leaving with
his family he turned to the white man aut!
said: Look yer, White man, I git dat
land back, shu', de angel GabriI come. How
hese trumpet, and l gifts dat land back =
A good-hearted lawyer, VINO had seen the
wiokedness of the transaction. went to q
court and procured writ of restitution.
When Tire negro heard the good news. lI
went TO the white man and said: Look
yer. don told yer dat species de angei
Gabrtf come, and, bress de Lord, he Come
sooner dan 1 'speeted him"
There is All irrepie ble conflict in the
party that placed this Administration IN
power, threatening revolution inside Its
ranks, but coming much sooner than WAS
expected.-Omahd Worid-Herald.
The times., 1897-06-13
A Result of ECONOMY.

An oll country gentleman, belonging to
Lancashire. reforming home rather late,
discovered a yt-eI with lantern under
rs kitchen viaf,cw. who. " hen asked his
business there, stated tFat he had only
come a-courting Come a-what?" cried
t,,,. rat. gent lanan Accounting, sir. Use
courtiug Mary" Its liei'' exclaimed
the old gentleman What do you want
lantern for? ] never used one VIXEN
was a young man" ''No, sir" was the
yokei's rerIy. II don't think you did.
Judging by the rnisss london Tit-Bits
The times., 1897-06-13
sunday services in a narroom.

For over ten reaTs the male worshipers
at Rev DR.. Gallaudet's church for the
deaf and dumb have had the privilege
of meeting In corner of the barroom in
the Fifth Avenue Hotel in the afternoon.
The bar sclosed and thedeaf mutessilently
converse for three or four hours. One
of the p-opric.ors, G. y. Villas, said they
had made no noise for q decade aud they
gave no trouble. York Advertiser.
The times., 1897-06-13
They should Be satisfied.

do you have mice in your house.
Parker?- asked wicks
''Yes, lots OF en-" said Parker
''what on earth DO you do FOR them? I'm
bothered tn death by them at my house ="
what do TO for 'en?' said Parker.
"Why, 60 everything for then--provids
'en with q home. plenty 20 eat, and so
forth. What more can they expect?"-
HaTper's Bazar.
The times., 1897-06-13

Among the new players whom the man
agement Of the Columbia Stock Company
has introduced to Washington this sum-
mer, not one has made himself more popu'
lar on short notice than James o. Bar
rows. This player is an artist in all re-
spects Hehas temper ament aud technique,
talent, and gift of expression Many pa
irons go weekly just to see what Jimmie" I"
BarrowS is doing, whatnew makeup he has
matched from his mysterious trunk, and
his magic makeup box; what new char.
acter he has grated on his flexible self
MI Barrows has been on the stage q
quarter of u century; OF how good au
actor he is We have nightly evidence; yet
only those conversant with contemporary
stage history know what has been his
career This is not because there does
not exist an interest In his professional
achievements; it is simply Mr.. Barrows'
moCfesty IN the presence OF the press.
The only time he has stage fright Is in
the presence of g question on the tip of
the interviewer's tongue. But he's not
quick to penetrate in others the disguise
ie assumes SO skiIlfully himself, and 1T was
simply no trouble at all to worret the whole
matter of his dongs and his thinkings out Of
him under the guise Of plausible fiction.
1t all took place in his quiet chambers
near Franklin Park, where he studies
and secreates, far from the maddening
crowd" as he expressed it with implied
credit to the man who first thought up
that now famous line.
The stock company has strong San
Francisco contingent. Miss Grey. Miss
Evelynne and Miss Scott are from the Pa
cific metropolis, and Mr.. Barrows COM
pletes a quartet from the coast OF the
peaceful sea. He had yearning for the
stage from those early nigh school days,
when he recited 1.-The Fagabonds'' on
every possible show occasion. One day he
confided his hopes for stage life to the
principal. and, though that worthy gen
tleman had no acquaintance with John
Mccullough, be gave Jimmy letter Of in
PRODUCTION to the tragedian. BY his own
admission, it took him four days to de-
liver that letter 1t wasn't that the dis
tance was great, or that they didn't have
bicycles in those days, or that he was short
on carfare 1t was timidity. That native
brand which was so weak a factor in the
composition % Major Gaibyrd, and so
strong an element in the get-up Of Peter
Amos Dunn. He hung about the theater
and let the tragedian pass him couple
of times a day. Finally he struck in and
delivered the document, Which he hoped
would be his open sesame. Mccullough
read the letter. hemEied q couple of times,
looked the slender boy tJimmy was
stripping them over and said he would at,-
wise him to wait ltwas cold Comfort, but
there's streak of common sense in Mr.
Barrows, then Master BaiTews, act. i6,
and he went back again to recite 1.-THE
vagabonds'' to visitors at the high school
The old ycarning wouldn' t down, how.
ever, and he made an effort two years
The times., 1897-06-13
T.eft-Handea Commitment.

do you think your sister likes me.
Tommy"
Yes. She stood up for you at dinner
''Stood up for mel Was anybody saying
anything against me?''
mo, nothing much. Father said he
thought yoa were rather donkey; but
sis got up and said You weren't, and told
father he ought to know better than Judge
a mau by his looks. - Household Words.
The times., 1897-06-13

Messrs. Herman & Rife, managers of
the Grand, encouraged with their new
venture in presenting their patrons with
hlgh-claSs vaudeville, have engaged the
following well-k known artists, who VIII
appear in their new sketches and acts,
specially adapted for the most fastifious:
Mr.. Eugene o'Rourke and Miss Ada Dare,
who have just closed a successful season
with Eoyt's "a Trip to Chinatown" will
present for the first time in this city
their laughable sketch, entitled. AFTER the
French Ball" specially written for them
by Ar. Mckee Rankin. who, as a play
wright, has written some OF the best
Comedies on the boards. Mr.. Mark Murphy
who was the principal attraction with
'.0ur Irish Visitors" and "o'Dowd's Neigh
borS,' Will appear in his inonologue and
wittiCisms
Raymon Moore, Amenca's popular bal
ladist and composer, recently the star in
''Tuxedo.' viii render popular songs He
viii be remembered as having Composed
the words and music of some popul ar son gs
among which may be mentioned Sweet
Marie, 'etc Miss Pearl Andrews, the queen
Of nriuicry who has never appeared d in this
section before, will present an entirely
new act. in which she has no rival Cheva-
lier conpimented her in person during his
recent visit to this country and pronounced
her human phonograph Mile. 0ceana,
the European sensation, viii MAKE her
last appearance in this city prior to her
return home. S he has Just finished sue
ccssful engagement at Hammers tein's
Olympia in New York, and win present
her latest acrobatic feats, never before at
tempted by one OF her sex.
o. Sato, the funny juggler, is also
new to Washington, and his act is PRO
nounced marvellous. Miss Isabella Hurd is
q new acquisition to vaudeville, ana viii
present her latest act Mr.. AL. Stearn has
been Te-eiIsaged, rs his imitation of popu-
lar actors of the day made such big hit
during the first week OF vaudeville, the
whole making one of the best bills yet pre-
sented. Fritz" Emmett and his company
and all new faces and acts next week
The times., 1897-06-13
If So, Twice as Much.

Prospective Boarder- What will yuu
Charge me for table board?
Mrs. Hashleigh-Um-cr-do you ride a
wbeel:-N. Y. Journal.
The times., 1897-06-13

Finally, In despair Miss Grey took to wear
ing all her old hats; but still the destruc-
ton went on, and she w as obliged to have
some hats made especially for this scene,
and she sent the bill to Barrows. That's
the reason he has not bought that new
bicycle he was talking about and also pos
sibly the reason why he is more Of q
confirmed bachelor tnan ever.
The times., 1897-06-13

Miss Gertrude Quinlan, OF the Castle
Square opera Company, has had an inter-
esting career, and there is a very pretty
story connected with her appearance on
the stage. Her father was a well-known
business man in Boston. He was taken
i'll and became an invalid, and in order
to enlarge the income OF her family she
volunteered 20 become clerk in an office
in Boston. In addition to this she secured
q position in the chorus OF the Castle Square
Company, which was organiZed.in Boston
about two years ago. 1t was due to her
pluck and hard work that her father re-
ceiyed the treatment necessary for his
restoration 10 health, and in the meantime
Miss Q iinlan's talents had attracted the 1T
tention OF the management of the Castle
Square Company She had good voice,
was exceedingly pretty. ana, what was
better still, she was clever. First a small
part was giveh her TO sing She made such
a hit that Il was not long before more i'm
portant roles were given her, and row, in
two years from her first appear ance in op-
era, Miss Quinlan has risen to be one OF the
principals OF the Castle Square organiza-
tiol. Before she went on the stage she was
a member OF leading church choir in Eos-
ton, and whenever she visits there is in
service OF one OF the churches.
The times., 1897-06-13

the standard Of classic tragedy, if they do
not reflect the effGlgence entire of Booth
genius They are Otis Skinner and Walker
Whiteside. Both men ale admirable trage-
dians, scholarly, earnest and patient. SKIN
ner's Hamlet and his Shylock are exquisite
In romantic roles he is unapproachable
Eyhitesidc is impressive in anything ne under
takes These two actors are not welcome
in New York, and MI, Bell probably thinks
they do not exist
He naght perhaps tell us to whom is
Mrs. Fiske successor? To whom Duse,
Chevalier. Irving? Real genius, TO be per
manent, must be creative. Nothing iiLi-
tative is ever immortal. At allevents, this
question of succession In any branch OF art
is always more or less superficial Who,
FOR instance, is Michael Angeles successor?
Who Dante's. who Cervantes', who Raph-
ael's, VINO Phidias'? Yet architecture,
poetry, satire painting and sculpture flourish
as never before. There is plenty of latent
genius.
The times., 1897-06-13

has demonstrated his efficiency. Such IL
the case with Mr.. Charles A. La Sale,
the weii-known doorkeeper at the Lafayette
Square Opera House. Mr.. La Sale has
been with Mr.. John w. Albaugh for ten
years. He started with him at the time
Of the last appearance of Mary Anderson
on the stage at Mr.. Aibaugh's former
theater in this city 1t will be remembered
that Mary Anderson was taken sick there
at the time. Mr.. La Sale is one OF the
most polite and obiiging doorkeepers, and
at the same time is an excellent judge of
human nature. faculty that is indispen-
sable to a successful doorkeeper. he is
to be congratulated on his long service
with Mr. Albaugh and the many friends he
has won,
The times., 1897-06-13

Lafayette-'Th Gondoliers."
ColuIrbia-''A Man with a Past"
IIigh-class vaudeville.
Lyreul0-Naw York Burlesquers.
The times., 1897-06-13

u
Arthur Cunningham. of the Castle Square
Opera Company, is a great 'kidder,' to
use slangy expression. 1t must be said
to his credit however. that he does not do
his Kidding ON the stage during a per
formance, but INDUCES himself freely at The
expense Of his colleagues at other times
For instance, during the past week Ar. Gun
min CHAM, Who Will play the part OF Antonio,
in The Gondoiiers.' at the Lafayette this
week, has been taking much-needed rest.
Consequently he has found plenty of time
to enjoy himself and amuse others by
''guying," His jokes never offend any one,
for he Is one of the most ma agnettc and
popular members of the Castle Square Com
pany with his colleagues as well as his
audiences. Nearly every evening during the
past week after the performance at the
Lafayette OF THE Little Tycoon Mir.
Cunningham, surrounded by two or three
friends, would lie in wait outside the stage
door for the members of the Company as
they came one by one. and guy them
about their work. The repareee that would
pass between them al ways created great
deal of amusement for the young fellows
who were waiting TO see the pretty girls
come out.
The times., 1897-06-13

cessors TO the prominent personages of the
profession? Hillary Bell, dramatic writer
OF entertaining qualities and a critic OF
Just and scholarly Judgment, last week lei
forth wall on the depIorable outlook ahead
In stageland; that the present held abso-
lutelyno promise OF a future continuance of
the living standard of excellence in various
branches OF stage expression. Who, he asks.
has risen 20 succeed Booth? Where will we
find another Jeffe rson or Florence? What
is TO become of comic opera when Lillian
Russell loses the bloom of youth? VINO
shall reincanate the spirit of the true
comcdienne when May irwin retires?
Where. he wants TO know are the players
ready and capable of stepping into their
shoes?
In the first place the question of success
sO1 is only asked by those who have mis-
Conception of the state of afr airs. The
drama is not an hereditary aristocracy.
Quite the opposite state of affairs exists.
1t is not the copyists and the reproducers
ofthose who have gone before that achieve
etninence An imitation of Booth, Jeffer-
son, Tiorencc, Rehan, Anderson, Russell and
Irwin would be regarded firstly and only
as a bit cf cleverness, not at all as the evil
dence OF the Inheritance OF these people s
genius But perhaps Mr. Bell asks his ques-
tons in a broader sense. and he may be
answered as well that actors who create
new styles OF expression are the present
regents always. To whom, for instance is
May irwin successor? In whose shoes does
Lillian Russell stand? Who was predeces-
eor as conedicnne to Ada Rhehap? 1t is
only when au actor eclipses the memory of
his precursors that he is worthy of con-
sideration as, relatively, a successor.
However Mr.. Bell has no present reason
to feel so blue. There is an old saw;
"Never trouble Trouble till fIouble troubles
you" He still has most of his pets with
him Another proverb may give consola-
ton to his apprehension: Necessity is the
mother of invention - When these pres
ent players have strutted their hour the
necessity OF FIJI ne the tleaters win tring
other actors quite as prominent and as
well beloved of their day and generation.
All this granting state Of affairs war
ianting Mr.. Bells sad futulity. But we
tan't grant it. May Irwin is young and
fresh, though a trifie fat, and In tie child
hood OF her stellar career. Lillian Russell
Is merely we'll advertised beauty linked TO
q mediocre voice The twinship OF these
fwo natural gifts win not de with her
passing. Those who have seen Sol Smith
Russelrs Dr.. Pangloss and Bob Acres
have no q;ialms about Jefferson's mantle,
md Er. Russell is, moreover. buying new
plays and paving good salaries to the en-.
coera sgefGent of his art. While Nat
Goodwin remains to tickle our fancy, the
smiling public has small time to make long
faces over Florcnce's absen ce. As for
Boeth, his spirit lives In half dozen
youthfui ambitions. There are two men,
American by birth, training and career,
Ehp are recognized as worthy bearers OF
The times., 1897-06-13

But Mr. Bell probably wrote his pessi-
mistic preamble simply as an introduction
to his witty conclusion. 1t tells its own
story: "A new school OF arthas sprung up
in pugilism. This is a particular style OF
acting rot yet classified. The Press has
lntently considered Robert Fitzsimmons On
the stage OF the Star Theater without ar
riying at any definite conclusion whether
he should be set down as uagedian, q
comedian, problem or d farcist. His head
is humorous. his carriage is emotional, his
legs are Inelodramatic. his torso is a
classic, his technique is prohleInatic, MS
expression is Ibsenistic, his gestures are
classic, his technique is probleH,auc, his
naturalistic, his back is pastoral, his front
is ferocious, his right fist is an epic,
his left tragedy. During his entire per
formance he speaks no word, yet how elo-
uuent is his silencel He plays thinking
part and meditates at pressure of
thousand pounds To the square foot. lie is
the hero of a dumb drama in which
punching ball is the villain. With some
sense OF climax, too, for at the end of his
act he executes such terrific thrust that
the ball shrieks through the air and falls
helpless in the gallery. We have never
seen a stronger stroke of acting than that
in the finest tragedy, and IL this journal
had the talents possessed by Alice Shaw We
would toin the gods in whistling tumuitu-
ouay over IL. Speaking generally, we
should class Mr.. Fitzsimmons among the
pantomimists, yet be has qualities not de-
cIared by the Martinettis or Pilar-Morin.
Speeches. he is, yet cyclonic in eloquence,
like ''The Battle OF the Baltic
With silence deep as death.
When the boldest held his breath
For time,
We have never seen player say so little
and do so much. Robert FitZsimmons Is
the truest exponent OF the modern system of
acting known as reserve force. He is the
most striking actor OF these times. 1t may
The times., 1897-06-13

One of the most important and valuable
employees OF any big theater is the doer-
keeper, and a man who can retain such
position at one house for number cf
years has right to flatter hlInself that be
The times., 1897-06-13

Tomorrow is Flag Day. What has that
got to do with the theaters? Well, the
enterprising Square" people have a way
of letting 40 opportunities escape them, so
tomorrow night there is going to be "a
little goings-on" at the Lafayette The
company viii sing Berliner's Columbian
Anthem with solos by the tenor and the
soprano, and to every lady who attends
will he given Is d souvenir handsome copy
OF the words aud music of the song If
this reckless enterprise keeps up every
day III be souvenir day at the Lafayette
by-'m-by," and the only way to attract
attention VIII he to advertise in bold
letters: Special Extraordinary Excep-
tioni This time onlyl No Souvenirs at the
Lafayette tonight''