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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
ACADEMIC SHAKESPEARE.

y,r bv vcor the characteristic features or
college commencement seasons increase III NUM-
Der and variety. They includ" athie'ic per-
formances on land and water, social functlohs'
publications. musical and literary achievemeh's'
and what not. At one seat OF learning the!
have come in late years regularly 10 CUM.
prise Shakespearian play, produced an'iu
UNIQUE circumstances, but with snch ehec'Nc
ness. from more than one point OF view as u
command something more than passing no'lce
II has been The Tribune's pleasure from year
70 year 10 give to these performances AT Sml'h
College the attention and commentator the!
have merted: and as this year it gives on an
other page Of the present issue. more eA'ehoe"
account than hitherto. it may properly ne con-
c,udcd that this years performance surpaSSeu
its predecessors in excellence and marked the
elimination to this date Of the long prac'ice'
earnest training ardent ambition ana AL eiSe
that compose what is now an established 'ra"'-
ton of the college.
Not the least Interesting feature of this. as OF
each preceding annual Shakespearan 1es'iv''
NJ Smith was the happy blending OF 'he
academic with the human and even Win the
true histrionic spirit. The text was studied
carefully under adequate direction ana inter
nretcd in n manner becoming the college atmos-
phere in which the plays are given. NO ahec."
ton of pedantry was. however. allowed 10 III
terfore with an effective theatrical presentation
in the proper sense of that term. The costuh-
inc and scenic setting Of The Merchant or
Venice" were warmly commended by even 'he
most critical of the spectators. ana the Nario"s
climaxes of the scenes were so wrought up as
IA produce their full due effect AS one seen"
succeeded another the design was MADE eVldeht
10 unfold the story and TO carry along WIN II
the interest and Imagination OF the AUDITOR.
TO do this was more matter of taste OF PANS
taking preparation and of n nice adaptation OF
means than of elaborate expenditure.
The value of such a perform&1"" ~ mIcn
crcotar than that of Me passing pageant
designed to make brilliant the programme III
commencement week. As each play is present
cd by the graduating class of the year. II
serves as stimulus to the whole college, III
sniring the other three classes TO more Jealous
studv of the works of the one supreme Master
of English verse and drama. If this should oe
merely in hope Of making each succeeding per-
formancc better than the Others il would not pe
in vain Eut il is more than that. The eX-
pcrioncc of these past years has shown that Il
and increased by these Shakespearian perform
ances and by the work OF preparation INA
lends I'D TO them. and the studcnts-not only
those actually in the play. but the whoie COZ
)cgc-are led 10 a far more broad ana thorough
ocouaintanceship with the writer, whom 10
know fully is in itself liberal education. The
college course in English literature could have
no happicr elimination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
pROBLEWS or THE MODERN NAN.

..rhis one thing | do" said Paul Of TarSllS,
and the words are a key 90 his life. Like all
the great leaders and rcformcrs Of the past. he
loft his mark on the world because of his single
ness of purpose He tried 10 do only one thing
but 70 do that one thing supremacy well. 1t =
moi however our intention here 10 enlarge on
this weIl-worn theme. but 10 call attention 10
the fact that the modern actor in LIES drama Is
called upon to do many things supremacy we'll
Life is 10 longer the simple thing it was in the
DAYS Of old It's relations have become indeh
nitely multiplied and its outlook enormously eX-
banded Civilization il getting 10 be II more H.
,ricatelv complex and cngnatical Thing every
wear The modern man who sets ont to make
the world better. or al least TO DO his duty TO
himself and his fcllow-men. cannot say win
The Anosrle This one thing do" He is obliged
TO throw himself into many forms of effort ana
activlty. each one of which implies certain du-
ties and obligations. And as lie looks ont on
the great sum of things included in modern
life in which he is to take his place a. vital
force. if he is true TO all the obligations that
rest upon him. the kcywOrd OF his He VIII be.
These many things must ! do.
II is this mlny-sidcdness of life to-day that
gives 50 mach concern 10 good and earnest men.
The busy loom OF clNlllIalloh j. producing lboIc
than men can assimilatc Ia their uses. We
speak glibly Of preScnt-day tendencies. and
stacks of books are being written 10 show just
what they are: yet the only result Is often 10
darkcn counsel. We how feel that we are
in an age of progress; but in the great swirl of
things the signs Of progress 10 which we point
are often swept away from view. and the Keen
est analyst of tendencies cannot be sure what
Is 10 be the final outcome Of 1t all. The clviliza-
ton in which we find ourselves is like n great
battle Confused cries and sounds whose mean-
Ing we do not understand are borne to our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

o,r ,rd tba smoke of the conflict envelOpS US
like thick cloud. hiding from us alike po,n
friend ard foe. That Is modern me- pu"~e
OF cross purposes in which even the 'rea,o'
seems TO he entaugled In the meshes oil Ills
own craotioI The intellectual and material
progress of the wCrld has become SORT vi
FrankeDstein that threatens to enslave us Gre
otors No age has been inspired by nODier
ideals or animated by loftier purposes. bu'
the image of gold whose head pierces the clouds
il round 70 have feet of clay: and the clear
sighted vision of the wise may often discern
ssil,Ic shipwrpck Of hope al the end OF many
tendencies that make for progress AMI truth.
There is civilization itself. for instance. the
age long struggle of man to lift himself mp To
higher plane of being and a diviner ideal or
life. No thought to-day holds larger place in
the minds Of men than this epic war OF man
against his lower self, inspired. as we mnst De"
licve it to he. by all that is best ana hoD'eS.
in his nature. Yet civilization has it, dark ana
seamy side as we all know. II Is ad'ahe III
well as codlike. II is a tragedy OF evll no less
than an epic of goodness. 1t sweeps along III
its mighty current not only The SHINING gra"iS
of gold bur the scum and the mud as wei. "
/, not always an improvement on Nature Tor
Nature only makes men beasts. bit civilization
sometimes t,Yns them into satyrs. Nor does II
always sound the clear note Of moral progress
which we believe most truly expresses its char
acter. At times instead of lighting the beacon
fires Of progress. ii fans into new life the fires
of some lurid Gehenna that we had thought long
ago cold and dead. and after the sweat anu
blood of unconn,ed years We may suddenly
stand face TO face with anarchy and revoluion
civilization indeed. is often like Saturn; IT de-
vours its own children. It's moving impulses
are not all divine. The loom OF civilization can
no, vet produce the cloth of gold. Across the
golden threads OF It's warp are thrown the earth
woven threads of evil by the shuttle of clrcrm-
stance: and so until the millennium comes mot
lcy's the wear for man.
Yet there Is no reason for Encouragement in
all this. Hope still remains in the Pandora box
that man has opened. Even ont of its mistakes
the race will finally carve its temple of truth
1t will learn to analyZe its tendencies and CO.
ordinate it's desires. 1t will gradually slough
of its erroneous thinking. and overcome what
dcgrades IT by conqucring what cxalts 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
TO HOLD THE MISSISSIPPI BACK.
THE RIVER COMMISSION ALLoTs BIO
AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR LEVELS

The Board Of Mississippi River Commission.
which has been in session in the Army building, IA
Whitchall-st. since Thursday last finished i's WORK
Yesterday, when the following apporiioninfnt CT
the moneys appropriated by Congress WAS an
nounced:
For dredging the Mississippi $4,000; for ,evees
90 Cocoon the remainder s533o33 be expended for
general expenses OF the Commission in tho pres
crvation OF the banks and revetement- part OK
tbts sun, IL also devoted the putting into proper
condition OF the plant already on hand ana inc pur
chase of , new plant and other purposes
The apportioument for the various districts are
~ follows: Lower ST. Francis. E1.325; Upper fazoo,
ssss25; White River, $4,000; Lower fazoo sb'o'z''
t'ppcr Tcnsas 1864. i0o Palmyra. 5000; Lower len
sas s27s350: Atchafalya. SGs750; Lafourche $b6-':
Contchartrain. sls7.s75; Lake Borgne. 2'o' ana
B1rataria, &&62,
colonel Gillespie the president Of the Commission.
will Immediately advertise for bids FOR contracts and
The engineers viii begin preparing the plans ana
specifca lions. The work will be under the super
vision Of the Army engineers. and none Oh tne
districts to which It is apportioned The sPporu3} n
ment made Will probably DE taken as p"9'' ''
future appropriations by Congress. -,
The report. which Is youminOus one, ana WI
make several hundred pages In print, WIN nor o.
made Pubic Of war var aT nneTstood however that
the Commission recommends the leyee system, ana
there are none IN order 70 protect the evees that
are built In the last three months since me dis-
streams there has sprung up some opposition 10
the Ievees II IS asserted by many that Ievees are
inadequate prevent floods. and II Is further SAN
that the restriction of levees tends to heap up the
water below. This class OF people are strong advo-
cates of dredging Most Of the delegates who came
70 the hearing favored both levees and dredging,
and IL il said that the report takes the view OK
most az the delegates One OF the most interesting
features OF the report Is said to be the recital OF
tho millions OF dollars OF property destroyed by the
last great overflow, and that expenditure on the
part OF the Government Of only small part OF ne
destruction Great emphasis Splaced upon the need
OF immediate and contnued action by Congress
The members OF the Mississippi River Commission
are Colonel r. Gillespie. OF New-fork; Major b:
NJ Harrod Of New-Oreans; Judge X; $ Taylor, OF
Fort Wayne Ind Colonel Henry Flad OF 81: Louis:
Colonel Amos Stickney of St. Louis Major Thomas
Handbury OF St Louis; r. L. Marindn. OF Wash.
ington, and Captain II. +. Waterman, secretary OF
the Commission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

narrow and ungracious would be the American
who surveying the splendors Of the Victorian
realm. should feel no answering thriii OF pr'oe
in saying That Is the Empire, that the s'ocn'
from which we Yankees sprang." So far as this
Jubilee commentaries the personal achieve
mcnts Of the Queen and the individual attain
ments of the British Empire Americans regard
it with the pleasurable sympathy Que 10
friendly sovereign and friendly Power. 30
far as it sets forth the might and majesty ana
foreshows the suspicious and Respondent des-
tiny of the common race they rejoice ana cXui'
in IT as though it were-as indeed IN mat COM
manding sense II is-their own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
NOTES or THE STAGE.
For the concert of the Metropolitan Permanens
Orchestra at the Madison Square Roof Garden
his evening the programme will be follows

For the concert of the Metropolitan Permanent
Orchestra at the Madison Square Roof Garden
this evening the programme will be as follows
9ysrars saSa' Ms'fS WasnSi
Violin solo. Henry 2. schmtt ,.,
overtars Ruler Of spirits WEBB,
Two ''"''s'''H INSTRUMENTATION by A. Parlow.
Hu noresque Variations On the Carnival OF venice cg,
Selection from The Mikado
Overture Faint strauss
Waltz Aerial sounds De KSven
song ''' "oTnei solo Mr warshausen -,
Gaop bright and Genial .............John C. R'e'@e'
Kara will continue his entertaining feats of Jug
Cling at Olympia this week lshams Octoroons
maintain their popularity and will also remain
There are numerous other attractions OF the Vaude
vile order which VIII add To he festiVeness OF ''s
proceedings.
A genuine countess is advertised a the Casino
Roof Garden this week. She IL the Countess Won
Hatzfeldt 1t H. said tina, she do something or
other but OF course that is secondary CONSIDERS
tion other new Corners will be the four ahses"
sisters singers and whstlers; Grinnelle and Eos
telle Gilbert and Goldie DAILY and Jordan. pare
dists: Emery and Noiine In comic opera se'V'''o'"
and Minnie Gilbert, serio-comic.
Miss Jennie Ycamars is exalted 70 the hishes'
place In the bill at the Pleasure Palace ms wee"
and Miss Bettina Gerard comes next AFTER 'he'u
are placed Demorc and Lee. acrohats o's"o,
Ricci violin soloist, Wiiam bechteI u" WV
production OF "A new musical sketch called saw
by "A Violin Lillian Lancaster and Gertie t vn,h
grotesque dancers: Julia Raymond ue w d.,
ers Girard and Gaylor, and Cooper anu o'ew W.,
The Sunday bills introduce William Jeroine, yhs
Routt. the Gaiety Trio. James r. i>'N "" Wv
Three Rosebuds.
The game Of pushball is annouhced al the o"
| Nicholas Music Hail this week together WIN hu'
merous other attractions. Including the fa''o' ~
the French troop OF skaters o. sato' roms IEri
Thornton,
sanza and bicycle polo by two professional teams
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
THE MONEY ALMOST RAISED.

CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY JOHN D. RoChEf ELLIE"
PRACTICALLY NET.
There IS little doubt now that John ID. Rockefeller
will in the next few days make a gift Of sSo"p
which he promised TO the two missionary socieues
of the Baptist Church Mr. Rockefeller mace MS
nIedge 10 devote this sum of money 10 the societies
contingent upon the ability of the organizations 10
raise a like amount by July l. II was ascertained
Yesterday that the total collected up to the present
lime is only few thousand dollars snort OF me
ranured sum and the authorities OF the socl.ti"s
are confident that before the end OF the month they
will succeed in fulfilling the conditions imposes ~
Mr. Rockefeller. The money thus secured VIII ne
devoted to the payment Of the debt resting upon S
tho American Baptist Missionary Union ana tne
Home Missionary Society. which amounts TO
OaA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
PERSONAL.

Congressman Updegran OF Iowa Is known at
home as "'roadstool Tom" because OF his ex-
haustlve knowledge OF mushrooms
Daniel Curtis Rounly. who died the other day
i'm Chicago. served with distinction through the
war part OF the time surgeon. and In recent
years came to be known all over the country as "A
member of numerous secret societies.
THE first purchaser OF stamps In the United
States" says writer In THE Ladies' Home
Journal" "wss Henry Shaw, the father Of Henry
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

The maximum Of power with the minimum of
effort is what all oarsmen require of a stroke.
Does the English stroke. when perfectly exempli-
fed produce the combination? Mr.. Courtney
thinks not, and his opinion just now appears to
be worth having
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

The courtesies between the greatest Of empires
and the greatest Of republics. accompanying the
celebration Of the longest Of regns and one of
the most prosperous and felicitous, have been
of unbemished grace and fitness all around, set
ting forth the concord and harmony Of the two
countries in a happy and BETTING manner
They really have the force Of a treaty of amity
and alliance and put to the test. might sustain
a strain equal TO the rupture of the Dreibund
or the Franco Russian league. The best In
terests OF peace and progress throughout the
world are to be promoted by their friendship
which is not to be impaired by the squealing of
a few Jngoes now and then on either side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

That remarkable little torpedo-boat destroyer
Turbinia in a trial at Newcastle-on-Tyne on
Friday is said to have reached a speed OF thirty
three knots. There are those who have limited
that she can DO forty knots III once she Is
opened out" and they have hopes that future
torpedo boat destroyers will be built after her
plan 1t Is possible that the steam turbine will
become the propeller Of the future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

The English spectator Of yesterdays great re-
view who not thrilled by that demonstration
Of his country's naval supremacy must be
poor sort of Englishman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

II Mr. Quigg Is sincerely DESTROYS or promoting
anti-Tammany union. he Will not on any plea oi
technicality antagonize Republicans who' WITH
out any thought of conflict with their party
have sought Independently of it to perpetua'e
good government in this city. However niue"
opposed to his views Of politics Mr.. Quigg may
think some of the leaders of the Citizens Union
to be il is nevertheless fact that many RepuD-
licans enrolled their names in It solely to form
body which might act as solvent IN bringing
about that union when Mr. Quigg comedies is
necessary to success.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
WHAT WE ARE COMING TO.


The horseless carriage. are told
Is the pressing need,
And still il seems some other Things
Would better take the lead.
The drinkess drink, for instance.
Which ought 10 serve as one.
And IA III companion
Is named the shotless gun.
And there's the dogess sausage.
Which must be coming rear
Willie loudly chalk and water
Say cowess milk IS here
The kissless mouths another.
TO keep away the men
And furthermore. 10 conquer
The microbe In his den.
The MUSCLES piano
Is we'll up toward the van,
And likewise might be mentioned
The licless ishe nan.
The sumnner-girllcss summer
\ halt right here for this one
We do not need AT all ,.
The great question OF machinery Is corning up for
discussion in indianapolis the following from
'"rhe Journal" OF that city. shows:
Watts-The dlspla cement Of men Ly machinery
has been something great II resent years.
Potts-Aul it IS still ioing on. Onlv yesterday 1
WAS going across Pennsyvan.1-St and found my
self displaced by bicycle with great preciptancy.
Uc-This record saws you we're born in 1864
Shc-Tha, is correct. How old woull you say l
am?
"Oh. about thirty"
You horrid thing, I'm not twenty-five YETI
& Onkers Statesman.
A number OF rich Greek merchants in Thessaly
recently fled TO the mountains In order to escape
the rapacity Of the Turks. IL didn't do them any
good. however. for they were seized and pillaged
Ivy Greek brgands. except few OF them. who
mama cd to escape TO the Turkish army.
Impossible. here. That horse You sold me
down the stable at night. You told me that II !
got him once ! wouldn't part with him Tor $l.WW
We'll you won't"-tDetrot Free Press.
\ Kansas man has requested the Postotice De
partment TO change the abbreviation OF Kansas In
its directory and on Government envelopes from,
"Kans." to Kan" II IL under advsement by the
Third Assistant Postmaster General and the chang,
Will probably 10 made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

How would 1t do for the Free-Traders who are
SO anxious that the public should pass judgment
on the 'niquities' Of the Tariff bill to give the
public a chance to do so? The best test Of the
tariff will be found in Its operation, rather than
in the Mysteries of its opponents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
Abundant signs OF growing prosperity accom-
pany the progress OF a Republican tariff toward
enactment.

If the conditions which prevailed on Friday
could be guaranteed, the Poughkeepsie course
would he we'll nigh perfect. II there were rea-
sonabe probability that such conditions would
usually prevail It would be the most desirable
course in this part Of the country for three or
more boats. Unfortunately, as the experience
Of all the crews in training proves. 1t is hckie
course When 1t is good it is very, very good
but when II rs bad it Is horrid," and IT Is bad TOO
much Of the time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

In the beautiful colored cover Of to-day's issue
of The Sunday Tribune. readers are treated
to a distinct advance in newspaper illustra-
ton The Tribune the first of the New
York press to supply its readers with half-tone
pictures printed in it's regular sheet and on a
rapid perfecting press-or, at least 1t was the
first to make a success Of the process. its ex-
ample in this respect having been promptly fol-
lowed by most Of its contemporaries. The half
tone portraits are conceded to be entirely satis-
factory and lifelike; and its other half-tone IL
Illustrations give a clearer idea of the subjects
represented than is possible with line drawings.
Always DESTROYS to supply its readers with the
best in the field of legitimate journalism, The
Tribune reproduces to-day I'm colors actual
scenes In the life Of the metropolis. The two
pictures-n four colors which adorn the colored
cover will appeal at once 10 every lover # art.
Next Sunday another Illustration Of the life Of
Greater New-York will be wildly presented in
colors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

There is only too good reason to believe the re-
port that Baron Dhanis and his entire expedi-
ton have been killed. The story now comes
from the "Reforme' Of Brussels. 1t has Nth
erto. within the month, been put forward by the
"Dagblad" and the "Telegraaf. The Dag
blad" has given crcumstantial account OF the
tragedy, stating that it was provoked by the
harsh treatment to which the natives were sub
jectcd by Baron Dhanis That, too. is entirely
credible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The report of the State Geologst OF Indiana Tor
the last year predicts the failure OF natural gas
in the near future The territory that now produces
natural gas includes a region Of about 300 square
miles. and no new discoveries have been made or
are now likely 10 be made. \ decrease in the press
ure was first noticeable IL 1895. and It is still
diminishing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

Circumstances Alter Cases-Northern Man (dowr
in Florida)-Whats the price of that orange grove
Native-Ten thousand dollars mister. HAD the
consumption long?
Consumption? l haven't consumption"
Just weak lungs maybe"
MY lungs sound dollar. am merely
looking for good place TO locate; doesn't matter t6
me whether it's North or South. East or West:
"Oh, Well I'll let we have that grove for $50
-(New-York Weekly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27

4 Denver paper remarks: The forthcoming har-
vest of cereals threatens TO be large hat 1t VIII
ruin the farmers" And probably the same paper
would have been just quick to predict ruin If
the crop outlook poor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-01-02
DO You Want 10 Buy a
Buggy

If you do, you want an assortment
from which to make a selection. In
that case, if you want phaeton, sur
reg, buggy, trap, or stick wagon,
why not call on Sencindiver & Stew
art, on Winchester avenue? They
have the Studebaker Langtry Surrey,
Popular Phaeton, Izzer Buggy, Prim-
rose and Clipper. without tops, some
thing new in the Studebaker line,
and about 40 others from which to
select, all at very reasonable prices.