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ings when Testers cue was spoken.
BOucicault began to emit sulphurOus
Calculations Wallack, through his
mOnOcle, continued to look carefully at
the manuscript part in his hand. and
finally remarked, with characteristic
nOnchalance: 'BOuCy, 1t says here that
I saunter down to the left The irate
Dion replied: Then why in - don't
you saunter?'
Minnie Madden Fiske's acting in
Tess Of the D'Urbervilles," at the
Fifth Avenue, has been a theatrical
topic of the past week, says the New
York Sun. This actress has command
ed full attention to herself as a singu-
larly Independent and intellectual ar
tiste, and to the strong drama which
Mr.. StOddGrd has made from Hardy's
novel The too great length of the
piece has been curtailed and the cur
tain now falls at II o'clock.
Dan Daily. the eccentric and agile
comedian, has a new song, with the
inspiring refrain. Il love to see my
good old mother work"
The press agent of the "Piney
Ridge" outfit. now showing at the
American, has struck a new advertis-
ing device, says the New York World
This young man is just spending the
companys money at the rate Of $50
per day by sending out ten hanson
cabs with labeled theater trunk upon
the top of each. You may have seen
them yesterday trailing around the
city.
The comedian said the hanson cabs
were an evidence Of insanity He ar
gued that no one ever saw a theatrical
trunk and an actor and a hanson cab
together. You might see two Of them
together at a pinch" he says, but
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the slightest farces made jests of aduI-
terry and moral oblOquy.
The cry Of the serious critics of the
drama today-and I fully sympathizo
with it's that while a grave and sen.
sible treatment of certain social prob
lens is condemned as indecent, comic
treatment of them is encouraged. But
this is not so true now as it used to be
There are many new-fledged playgO-
ers. with no traditions, who hardly
tolerate the comedy and society dra-
ma" that skins fiippantly along the
edge Of the abysm Of sin.
There is. to be sure, small hope for
artistic progress when prudery stands
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in amazement. ga parrot" answered
Arthur dryly you don't suppose |
want to see the combination broken in
my piece"
Hoyt's "a ParlOr Match" was pro-
duced i'll Philadelphia last Monday
night by Evans and HOey for the three
thOusandth time.
Louis n. Parker's new pIay"The May
flower received it's first production
in New York city last Monday night
and scored success. 1t is described
as pretty, picturesque and graceful"
The story begins in Holland, shifts to
Plymouth, England, and concludes in
the Pilgrim settlement near Plymouth
RCck, Massachusetts.
One Of the early comedy bookings at
the Grand will be The Prodigal Faith
err"
Manager LIT will produce at the
Grand opera house next month another
new play entitled 1.-THE Snowman
Daughter" 1t will be a spectacular
production, presented by a company
headed by Frank Losee.
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murder of his rival, Lem, always loyal
to his ROSTERS, in happiness or dis
tress brings in the two stricken birds.
cold in death after their battle to a
finish" and lays them slowly and tear
fully on the hearth rug.
Mr.. Robson has surrounded himself,
it is said, with the best company that
he has ever had in his supDo:t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Whytal should
prove to be extremely interesting and
attractive figures on our stage. which
IS by no means Overburdened with
worthy novelties, and at a time when
veteran favOrtes are rapidly becoming
less numerous. Mr. Whytal is appar-
entity destined to occupy an important
place as both dramatist and actor. His
play, For Fair Virginia." is his first
effort. and this has already attained
nearly 400 representations. Mr. Why
tai passed some Of his early life in the
South, and afterwards went to Har-
ward where he was graduated for the
law He began to practice in Boston.
but the attractions OF the stage proved
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never all three. When you have the
price you haven't the cab and when
you have the cab you haven't the price,
and heaven only knows that when you
have the trunk you have neither the
price nor the cab"
But the advertisement went all the
same, because every one lined UP on
the sidewalk to see it go by.
The day previous to the first perfOr-
nance of The Cherry Pickers'' in New
York, Augustus Pitou, who had been on
a still hunt for months after curiOs
and bric-a-brac to give a character
iStic air to the different scenes of the
piece. suddenly conceived the idea Of
introducing a monkey as one of the
soldiers pets in the fortress Of Canda-
har scene. Joseph Arthur eSpied the
monkey. Shortly after he slipped out
and returned in a few minutes with u
large package. What have you there,
Joe?" asked Pitou, surveying the thing
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in the way. But what sort of artistic
progress are we making in the drama
anyhow, leaving prudery out of the
question? And how much of the seem
ing popularity Of the coarser kinds Of
farce is due to the fact that some peo-
pie prefer frank vulgarity to insinua-
lions about things they have been bred
to ignore in public 1t could only do
good to give folks of this kind reason
ably artistic plays that would suit their
idea of purity.
treat is in store. for local theater-
goers in the engagement during the
latter half of this week at the Metro
pOlitan, of Mr. and Mrs Russ Whytal
IL the formers admirable romantic
drama For Fair Virginia" When For
Far Virginia" was presented in St.
Paul eighteen months ago, the G l o b e
in review of the performances, said:
From the moment the curtain rises
on the first act of this play until Vjr-
slnia surrenders to her dearest foe at
the close of the last act, there is moth
ing in any way approaching the me-
diOcre about Russ WhytaPs romantic
Southern play. The author has writ
ten and built up dramatic gem of a
KIND that is not only popular but must
win praise from playgOers of high and
low degree. No one has license to play
the carping critic on the artists COM
posing the company that produces For
Fair Virginia. Rather would it be
hard to Overpraise, and yet to even
approach that point would be unpar-
donable. They need no f1attery; but
one can do no less than tell their
merit. Throughout the piece there is
so much to commend from every stand
point, that it ought to draw to the full
capacity of the hOuse-the artist and
the scholar, the refined and the rough"
This opinion, expressed nearly q year
and half ago. has been confirmed
during nearly 400 performances by
critics and audiences in every part of
the country, and coming here as For
Fair Virginia. now does after a sue
cessiOn of operate and comedy enter
tairments, its stirring scenes and vivid
incidents should prove a welcome
change There will be novelty. too
even for those who saw the play before
as Mrs. Whytal is now appearing in
the light comedy part of the Yankee
girl, while Miss Mabel Bert assumes the
character of Virginia. John Woodland
and that interesting child, Lottie BriS-
COe, retain their original characters
A new and handsome scenic setting is
cal RED and the costumes are exact
reproductions of the styles of thirty
five years ago. In the ladies' dresses
this is most noticeable, and the effect
is decidedly quaint
The engagement is for Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday night, and Saturday
afternoon.
Dion BOucicault was no respeCter Of
persons when directing a rehearsal"
remarked George Backus to a group of
friends at the Players club recently
lone day at Wallacks theater. when
the ma gnificent Lester was in the cast
there was a long pause in the proceed
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A Century Anont.

A vessel 123 years old recently arrived at
kiel through the North sea and the Baltic
canal, and seems to prove that the good old
times Of wooden shipbuilding are not without
proper justification. The Keller Zeitung
mentions the arrival at that port of the
Danish sailing vessel De Ire Sostere, hailfng
from Aeroeskjobing with cargo OF unseed
cakes. This boat was constructed IN 1772
at RuGkjobing. but is still perfectly sea
worthy, does not leak In the least. and l.
easily navigated.
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Bradley Martin ball was promptly dis
charged by the police magistrate Ha severe
ly reprimanded the officer for making the Ar
rest, saying: "You had no right 10 arrest
this man. The citizens have a perfect right
to walk along the streets. They should no
unrestricted and free to all. III anything
should have been done. you should have re-
moved that awning. 1t had no right 10 be
there, blocking pedestrians"
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leading members CT the company are
Fanny Mcintyre, Thomas A. Wise.
George w. DeyO, Charles F. GOtthOld.
Francis WhitehOuse. Gertrude Whitley.
Annie Wood, Harry Webster and NAL
ccIm Bradley.
Richard Mansfield has been booked
for the Metropolitan opera house
March -, 26 and IT. He will play three
nights and Saturday matinee. During
his engagement, Mr.. Mansfield will pre-
sent The Merchant of Venice" King
Richard ILL.," Beau BrummeT' and
Or JekyIl and Mr.. Hyde" The date
Of the sale of seats will be announced
later.
Il. A. Dithmar, the able dramatic
critic Of the New York Times, in re-
view of the organization by Mr.. Stod
dard, of Thomas Hardys Tess Of
'UrbeTvileS" thus comments upon
the moral aspect Of the stage today:
American playwright5 would do we'll
to consult the taste of a large, respect
able and influential portion of the pub
lie which is willing enough to support
the theater if the heater will recognize
its prejudices A gentleman asked mo
last week to recommend good whole
some and interesting play that would
suit the taste of a Well-bTed girl of fiji
teen years. OF course, the acrobatic
farces, with their short skirts and vul-
gar jests, were out of the question. All
plays dealing with marital infldelity,
directly or by implication, flippantly or
seriously, were barred, in common with
dramas or comedies treating of any
topic banished from polite converse
ton. I looked over the list and could
find just three plays Two of them
the child had already seen.
OF course, the scoffer may say chill
dren should be kept at home. But that
viii not suffice. There is, moreover,
a much larger number of adults, in
proportion to the mass of theatergoer5
than there used to be, who demand
what they call pure plays-plays, that
is to say, of a quality not often in evil
dence in the ''palmy days" when even
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A Bradley Martin Echo.

New York labcrer who was arrested for
tho heinous crime of walking on the sidewalk
beneath the awning used on the night of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14

Dion Boucicault was no respecter Of
persons when directing a rehearsal"
remarked George Backus to group of
friends at the Players club recently.
lone day al Wallack's theater. when
the magnificent Lester was in the cast,
there was a long pause in the proceed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-14

One of the early comedy bookings at
the Grand will be The Prodigal Faith
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01
"NUBBIN W.

Chuck Anderson has bought "Nubbir
w." bay stallion standard and register
ed in Vol. IL, No. 26775, sired by
simonte, No. 1854 he by the great Sim,
mons ; he by Geo. Wilkes. first dam
Mullatto Girl she by Ravenwood, 1885,
record 2;17; grand dam by st. Elmo.
This horse win make the season at my
race track at $500. This is rare op,
portunity to get colt from the best sire
in Georgia at the price of scrub. His
breeding is best and his qualities perfect.
Call and see him a: my race track. We
work our horses out for speed Tuesdays
and Fridays. Everybody welcomed.
CHUCK ANDERSON.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

Marietta. June 18th, 1897. Called meets
ing of Council, present Mayor Blai. and
full board OF Aldermen, except Alderman
Sessions.
Meeting called by Mayor to fix the tax
rate for the year 1897.
Aid. Faw offered the following resoIu>
ton which was adopted:
Resolved by the Mayor and Council of
the city of Marietta that taxes for the
year 1897 shall be assessed and collected
on all taxable property within the city
limits as follows:
For general purposes, 80 cents on each
$4,000; Public Schools, % cents on each
$4,000; sinking fund and interest on
bonds s cents on each $4,000; making in
the aggregate IS cents on the $4,000.
Resolved, That the Clerk OF Coupcil,
or the City Tax Collector, shall open his
books for the collection OF taxes as soon
as possible, and give notice through the
Marietta Journal.
On motion Of Alderman Owen council
adjourned to meet in regular session July
9TH, provided the Mayor and quorum of
council are present, otherwise to be SUBJ
ject to the call OF the Mayor for the regu>
lar July meeting.
r. z. LAwHoN, Clerk.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01
Attentlc2 is directed to the iobbinr de-

Attention is directed to the iobbing de.
partment ofthe MARIETTA JOURNAL which
Is provided with Eteam Power, New Job
Presses, New and Latest Styles OF Job
Type and most approved and extern
sive facilities for the execution of Job
printing of all kinds from the smallest label
to the largest poster, in black or colored
Inks, at prices as low as can be had else
where tor an equal grade Of work. We are
prepared to priutat short notice, pamphlet
posters, programmes, circulars, letter heads
checks, envelopes, bill heads, blanks of all
kinds, catalogues. BUSINESS cards, and every
hing in the line of printing used inthe con
duct of every day business. We will du.
plicate Atlanta prices. Give US o trial
and see.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

DEBs, the socialist, who says he
wants to overthrow our present
government, and establish a new
order of things, is going to try his
theory in the state of Washington,
Here is his creed; The public
ownership of all industries control
led ty monopolies, trusts and cons
bines; the public ownership of all
railroads, telegraph, telephones, all
means of transportation, communi.
cation, water works, gas, electric
plants and ali other utilities; the
public ownership Of all gold, silver,
copper, lead, coal, iron and all 9TH
er mines; also all oil and gas wells;
reduction of the hours Of labor in
proportion to the progress Of pro-
duction; the undertaking of public
works and improvements for the
employment of the unemployed, the
public credit to De utilized tor that
purpose; all useful inventions to be
tree to all, the inventor to be remun-
Grated by the public; the establish.
ment OF postal saving banks; the
adoption OF the initiative and the
referendum, the imperative man
date and proportional representa-
ton. He should add to this the
supreme right of the individual to
90 as he pleases and the abolition
OF all law. He might then make
the happiness Of his socialistic fol.
lowers complete.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

The State convention of the Pop
ulists in Atlanta last week was
practically failure, devoid of en-,
thusiasm and slim in numbers.
Their most prominen. leaders, Tom
Watson, John Cunningham, Sea-
born Wright, John Sibley and
others, were not present. The
party has never accomplished any
thing but strife among neighbors,
and is gradually going to pieces.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

The sweet girl graduate on the
platform: "And to you, kind teach
ers, Who have watched over us with
such solicitous care and have so care.
FULLY trained US to love the true, the
good, and the beautiful, we bid an
affectlonate, though sorrowtul, fare
we'll = At home few hours later
Wen, I'm glad school is ever, fol-
II any girl ever was tortured to death
with useless lessons and wearisome
teachers | was that girl. Oh, Sha,
a relief to think my education i:
complete"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01
COMMISSIONERS NEsBITT.

The Investigating committee of
the Legislature which is now en-
gagged IN ina2@ting the state iasti-
buttons, seeGto have settled upon
the Office Of the estate commissioner
OF agriculture az worthy Of especial
investigation. 1t may be better
said tbSt certaiA members of the
committee desire this. investigations.
We are not inclined to discuss
the fight that is being made upon
Commissioner Nesbitt 1t would
not be proper to do so until the full
meaning and result of same is
learned. 1t is not out of place,
however, for US TO say that we can
not believe that the commissioner
has been guilty of any acts that he
cannot satisfactory explain. We
have PATCHED the work he has been
doing among the farmers of Geor.
gia, and we are free to confess that
.Georgias has never lad a more
hinstaking official, and one who
emed more anxious 20 advance
e agricultural interests OF the
I:ate than has Commissioner Mes,
lsert. He is a practical farmer, a
bosan Of broad information, a hard
|IJorker, and has always borne the
REPUTATION of being one Of Georgla1
est citizens. We believe iii
hen thorough Investigation OF his
Fce is made it will be found that
I'll he has done has been done with
an eye to Georgia's interests.
Such conduct is Characteristic Of
the man.-Columbus Enquirer. Sun.
That fellow Swift on the Blalock
investigating committee, seems &c
be on the war path officially and
personally. The bad bursts of tenn
per, reported by the Macon Teie.
goaph, shows that he is not fit fol
the place. In the language OF the
Eatonton Messenger, he seems to. be
pursuingAk Commissioner Nesbitt
with q "spscies of persecution tina,
is extremely small and distasteful.' y
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

STAINS may be removed from the
hands by rubbing with slice OF raw
tomato.-Hswkinsville Dispatch.
Yes, that may be true, but stains
on the character are not so easily
removed, and yet some people are
as careless in staining their charsc-
tiers as their hands. They do Sc
cre.ly what they are ashamed to do
publicly, yet the character receives
the stain just the same.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

The worst hail storm known in
the history oil Kansas struck To,
peka, Thursday night about 6
o'clock. HaiIstones weighing II
and 10 ounces stripped trees of their
foliage, smashed window panes,
killed dogs in the streets, knocked
horses to their knees, injured PEG,
pie.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

The grand jury turned the light
on Atlanta's tax returns, and found
that S1O,OOO,0O0 worth of property
was held back from the State and
county tax receiver. 1t is likely
that somebody else will be called
on to explain.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

The state government of South
Dakota pays fifty cents per bushel
for the destruction Of grasshoppers.
The grasshopper business should be
profitable in that state.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

The prospects fer large crop all
over Texas this year was never
more promising than it is at this
time Terrell Star.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

The English language will be-
come the prevailing language in a
few centuries. Exchange.
Yes, but BY that time. the dead
language will be the one all of us
will use.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

\ Dcuglasville is to have a $4,000
spindle cotton mill. The contract
has been let. Waterworks and
electric lights are also to be built
at once. The investment will
amount to 100000, and will give
$50 hands employment.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

Cong. Edward Dean Cooke, Of
Illinois, was found dead in his he'd
at hotel in Washington last
Thursday.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

AnNexchange says there is "dan-
ger II the Debs' movement Not
at all. Debs makes known his
project and publicity of his move
mept kills it, besides his socialistic
scheme is impracticable.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01
SOMETHING TO KNOW.

1t may be worth something to know that
the very best medicine for restoring the tir'
ed out nervous system to healthy vigor il
Electric Bitters. This medicine is purely
vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve
centres in the stomach, gently stimulates
lhe liver and kidneys, and aids these organs
in throwing off Impurities in the blood
Electric Bitters improves the appetite
aids digestion, aud is pronounced by those
who have tried it as the very best BLOOD
purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold tol
5Oc or 81 90 per bottle at James W
L9gg S, Pharmacist and Druggist.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

Possibly the closest approach
Debs' scheme makes to the tramp
idea is tina. it WON'T work.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

WAIVER NorEs.-1ronc!ad, in book OF
100 for Scots ia book of so for 25cts. AN
so a Book of 100 Receipts good quality of
paper for 25cts at Marietta JOURNAL Of,
fee.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

Short Form Warranty Deeds for sale o
JoURNAL Office
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-07-01

the curtew law, to
fl OF the streets
TIE best cur
itlanta parents can
% to spank their children and
'us em to bed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-08
Quick Courtship.

You may talk about your brief court
ships and marriages on short notice, -
said Capt. Arm Cardwel once, but
think l once witnessed the quickest
made match on record. | was running as
conductor between Russellville and
greensboro. as l did many years, and on
a trip in the winter of 1881 | got a pretty
country girl passenger at little flag sta
NJ.
small station Big strapping-looking far
mer dressed in brown jeans. with his
trousers tucked in his tall boots. got on
my train. The fellow hadn't opened the
car door till he Spied the rustic lass and
before he took his seat in front of the
girl he had smiled at her. | punched his
ticket, went in the smoking car and on
my return to the regular passenger coach
found the Green river tiller of the soil
sitting in the same seat with the maiden,
chatting with her ID if he had known her
since birth.
In twenty-five minutes after they had
first met the fellow called me to him and
said: See here. podner We want 'er git
hitched. | han't knowed Mirinda Jane
here but thirty minutes but we both like.
and she's willin' an som |. Whur's the
highest parson. podner?' | took them on
to Greensboro. and the happy bridegroom
and his blushing other half We're passen-
gers back on my train that afternoon.
For hurry-up nuptials. it does strike me
that these ought to have the cake and
other special prizes offered for quick
yeast love matches. Louisville Post.