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The times., 1897-11-09

Once upon a time Charles Reaeie said
that tI'e only reason Ills library waits were
not covered with the portraits 0f the ,har-
acters IN hes novels was that no other rnan
could create them 10 suit him, and he.
himself could not draw. 1t was probably
The same feeling Of kinship to the creations
of his brain that has made Mr.. Thomas
Nelson Page tile his library mantei with
the titles OF his beautiful books. and that
suggests a little STORY. A dear old lady
up Fairfax Courthouse way, who knows
all about the Virginia writer, complained
this summer that Thomas Nelson had one
fault STE couldn't forgive-he would write
about negroes.
III 7 felt called on TO pat black folks
in nv boe ks she protested, 4 would at
Iea st, make up a genteel lot our of my
herd hut Thomas Nelson is too lazy to
work his iIaiag agiEatioE. He just copies these
Earn. hands around the countr7 TIL yon
can't tell torher from which-and
amt afraid to tell him 50, either
The times., 1897-11-09

Francis wilson in Half a King,
On the principle that an opera which is
good IS good for two seasons, Francis
Wilson repeated Hall a King t the Grand
la Il night. By the test Of att andauce
laughter and applause the Comedians
Judgment seems to be correct. The large
theatef was well FILLED with handsome.
and Fashionable audience which was quite
as enthusiastic as those which approved
him aud his opera at the National last
year. The production is the same bright,
picturesque dis ersIun 10 the eve and to
the ear when We first saw it, and
the company is Identical with its last visit
The story OF Half IA King, ii VIII be
rerleu' bered, is another yaria ton or Rob
ert Macaire,' which was the original OF
Erminie.' Tiresehappe is the King OF
tllf Eneuntebanks OF Paris. and has adopted
the pretty Pierette who was found with
half card, the king OF diamonds, pinned
90 her baby clothes. The old Duke de In
Roche -Trumeau comes from the proyinceS
TO mary his daughter Lucinde. to Honore
the son OF tile Duke de Chateau MargauX
But Honore is already in love with Pierette
who has saved his life from mob, and
Lucinde Is ia love with her father sex.
rerarg. Tireschappe meets the provincial
duke, takes bis passports and baggage, locks
| him VI, with Lis daughter and secretary.
and takes his place as the guest Of Roche
Truniean. So Honore and Pierette meet
| again and warble their love. But the de-
| ception is discovered, and the story ends in
| the famous Cour de Miracles, where Tires
| chappe reigns as hair a king. The other
| haIf ~ Pierettes card is held by the Duke
| de Ciiateau Margaux, who thereupon recog-
| niZes her as his loHg-iost daughter by
former marriage. Thus Pierette is enabled
| 10 ta9rry Honore, Lucinde is permitted to
| w..d tie secretary and al are happy.
| Mr.. Wilson rullicks in the role OF Tires
chap3e. the rnountebapk OF st. Antoine,
| inducing fun by bis familiar methods His
best song is still IF | Were King"
| anditwas encored time and again. Dainty
ard delicious Lulu Glazer sang and looked
as charming as ever, There is nothing
| of the soabrette left about Lulu but her
name. She Is decided prima donna,
| with the dignity and ability OF one 60
| tie stage center born. The balance OF the
| company are familiar to those who are
Of the Wilson cult. The orchestra was
| augmented. and MIR. Bachelor led them
bravely. bir. wilson's chorus is always
strong, numerically and yocaIly, and at
| tractiyc in its ferninfnity.
The times., 1897-11-09

1.-The worst cold ever hadin myHfe was
cured by Chamberlaiu's Cough Remedy"
writes W. II Norton. of Sutter Creek. Cal
This cold left ns with a cough and was
expectorailng all the time. The Remedy
enred ne, and want all Of my friends
when troubled with IA cough or COLI To
use it, for it will do them good.'' soldby
Henry Evans, Wholesale and retail drug
g1sts, 93S F st and Conn ave. and ) st.
NV and l42S Nd. ave. ne.
The times., 1897-11-09
Hnnkins, rrans-nceanics.

This week at Kernan's finds Hopkins
Eraes-OceaDies, with possibly one or two
exceptions, the best company that makes
an annual visit to this playhouse. PapiLta
is the star of tile, show, and she never
appeared to herer advantage than she
was il her mirror and figure dancing with
The times., 1897-11-09

appearance upon the stage is now dis
tinctiye event in the locale to which his
professional percgrinatinns bring him. He
is recedihe into the twilight Of his career
in the nlentitude Of his powers, ripened
and matarei almost idealized full OF
hunors, aud yearly nearer 10 the great
public and national heart, whose iudg-
ment is always truer than the canons OF
any criticism. and whose i1nprirnateur is
more neaily infalIible than any other.
Last night he appeared as Rip van
Winklc at the National The weather
made little difference TO the size of the
audience, for the house had been sold out
ia advance. His reception was OF that
spontaneous, enthusiastic character which
spoke the universal love and esteem for
.he most permanent, picturesque and ven
cradle actor on cur stage. In ali other
things tie public may be tickle, but they
are answering in their loyalty to Jef.
ferson, a tribute to an artist, a scholar
and a citizen whose career has added
so much TO the dignity OF the profession
nc adorns.
h aas done nothing for the domestic
dramatist except in this Indirect way of
assisting 10 the elevation and perma
nency OF the drama among the supreme
arts. But for the stage he has dune the
possible Iifnit Of one artist. He has con
trbuted coraedy characterizations which
are crystalli2ed int classics and standard
The beauty OF ms Kip, its delicious humor.
its delicate pathos and their indascriba Bile
mion which riakes us laugh through our
tears, mole than installs a character In
the dramas gallery it unites in ella Ssic
trinity the arts OF washington Irving Dion
Boucicault and Joseph jefferson. the three
princes OF OF. litteateurs our pia ywrights
and our comedians. Last night it wa
given with all the unctuous flavor which
has tablishcd it.
In Mr.. Jefferson's sapport are that al.
mirahle actress, Annie Sutherland: Theo-
dore Hamilton, who played "Pudd nhead
Wilson" last year. the Comedians sons.
Joseph Warren Jefferson and William Win
ter Jefferson: Julia Dean, a descendant of
another distinguished American artist, and
others, who compose company better, il
ANYTHING. than any other Mr.. jefferson has
brought within memory.
The times., 1897-11-09

American gentlemen coachmen should
feel proud cf the fact that the leading
whips In Paris are Americans. Among
the experts are Bodman, Wanamaker
and Chester A - A rthuI son OF ex-Presideut
rthUr.
The times., 1897-11-09

Mrs. Mary F. o'Nen announces the mar
RAG 90 hei daughter, Hattie Leohord, IL
Mr. Abbott Morris, formerly Of this city,
but now OF Nebraska, to occur at The Free
rnas0a Street BAPTIST Church, Norfolk, Va,
November 10, at 4.;sn p IA. IT, future
:ione of the couple VIII be at Omaha. Neb
The times., 1897-11-09

Miss Helen Corinne 6Ilenwater, Of No.
1909 New Hampshire avenue. gave a
chrrsa rtIisu.um luncheon 30 five Of her
youmg friends last Saturday. The Ia bic
vas pretnly decorated with these flowers,
and she hostess looked charming in Nile
green crepun-Organdie, trimmed with knots
Of black velvet ribbon. Those at the Ia bic
were Miss Grace Osborn, Miss Emma
Shade Miss Rovella Funk Miss Irene
Murray and Miss Jennie Robinson.
The times., 1897-11-09
Baptist Young Peoples Union.

The first annual meeting of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union of the District of
Columbia VIII be held tonight at the Firth
Baptist church. Aninteresting program has
been arranged for the occasion.
The times., 1897-11-09

Mrs William F. Bailey. OF Tborndaic, Pa,
the second daughter of the Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Alger, is at present their
guest. Mrs Bailey is a decidedly hand
so-e yeuag mstron; is highly accomplished
and drives with fauItIess skill
The times., 1897-11-09

Misc alice Rochester. OF Washington will
he one Of the group OF bridesmaids at the
marriage OF Benjamin R. McAlpin, the
eldest son OF Gen. Edward McAipin, OF
Albany, to Miss Alice Martin, OF shat
city, which viii occur there at noon to-
morrow.
The times., 1897-11-09

Miss Clara Nesber Stuart. of No. 1OlT
p street Northwest, returned to her home
Friday after a two months vacation in
Kentucky.
The times., 1897-11-09

Mrs A. z. Rates, who is stepping al
the Grafton pending the completion OF
her Connecticut avenue home, left for New
York yesterday 10 meet her daughters, the
Misses Bates, who have been spending the
past year abroad.
The times., 1897-11-09

The National Rifles viii open their four
teenth season Of their Saturday reunions
November 20.
The times., 1897-11-09

Among the seasons debutantes viii be
Miss Vincent, the pretty young daughter
of Mrs Vincent, who was formerly Miss
Rosa Steele, or Georgetown.
The times., 1897-11-09

be glad TO hear that she is recovering
rapidly from beI recent illness.
The times., 1897-11-09

Mrs. Lambert Palmer, of Philadelphia
has arrived i'm Washington for the winter
She as located at the Colonial
The times., 1897-11-09

To Cure {, Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund the money If it fails to
cure. 25o. se2-n
The times., 1897-11-09

Mrs. Mckay has returned from her SUM
mer triF broad.
The times., 1897-11-09
Joseph Jefferson in "ltip Van
WHILE"

Tie visits Of Joseph jefferson are be
coming 50 rare and the encroaehinents
Of age arc minimizing his chances Of fu-
ture returns to sach an extent that his
The herald., 1897-04-20

Viva la Reina!
Hail to her Majesty. Queen francesca!
All hail to Youth and Beauty: to Mirth
and Frivolity and to the innocent Fun
and Frolic of the Carnival!
Once again has her Majesty deigned
to visit the most favored, as 1t is the
favorite, part Of her realm. and has by
royal proclamation bid her loyal sub
jects cooperate with her in celebrating
and making forever notable La Fiesta de
Los Angeles for 1897.
Now recommences the reign of rest and
affection"
The Fiesta! The term stimulates the
imagination and the mind is carried back
to the days Of romance and chivalry;
to the days sometimes miscalled "the
good old days." when the troubadour
sang Of knightly deeds and the cross
hilted every knightly sword. And back
of that time the echo is caught up and
thrown back, reverberatlng through the
long and dreary centuries, as nations
have risen to magnificent opulence and
power and then sunk beneath the sands
Of time almost beyond the ken Of human
knowledge. But they all kept Fiesta
"one touch of nature makes the whole
world kin." and there are bonds Of broth
erhood linking the active. aggressive
personality of today with the Babylon
ian satrap. the Assyrian prince. the
Phoenician sailor or the Lazarus that
had his prototype in all nations Of old,
as he has in the civilizations of today
The Fiesta! The etymology Of the
word feast" or festival is hidden in
obscurity. BY some 1t is contended
that it is from the Latin "festum," from
the same root as fast: while others,
with equal emphasis, declare it is from
the Greek word "hestia"-health. Be
that as it may, the feast or festival was
observed at time long anterior to that
when either Greece gave to the world
its stores Of knowledge or Rome dis
played the capacity for administration
that made the empire forever famous.
Whether casual or periodic, with a ritual
grave or gay, carnal as the orgies of
Baal and Astarte or spiritual as the wor-
ship of the early church, the feast"
was festival or holy day." inasmuch
as it was linked to or held in the name
CT religion.
A people without any religion can have
~ 1easts. save In the narrow sense Of
The herald., 1897-04-20

within the limits Of authentic record ag.
riculture has been the mainstay Of the
empire, and held in reverence according
ly. The profession, for such 1t IL consid-
cred. is honored by the participation OF
the emperor in its 1abors. Every spring,
when the ground Is IN suitable condition.
the emperor Ia person, attended by the
court, goes to the fields and plows a
piece of ground. In like manner. when
harvest of grain or rice IS ready for
the ingathering the emperor, with q
sickle, proceeds to the field, reaps and
binds a few sheaves Of grain with his
own imperial hands. In such land,
with it's teeming millions of people. It Is
not to be wondered at that, when the rice
is safely gathered and the wheat gar
nered, all China should go into deli
rum Of joy. for during one winter, at
least, the nation is protected against
the ravages of famine.
AS the whole theory of government II
the embodiment of parental and dlial
piety, it is but meet that the harvest
thanksgiving be made a matter Of ma
tional observance. As the people are
the children of the emperor, so is he tho
"Teen- -tsze," or the Son of Heaven; and
standing in this intermediary position.
it pertains to him, and to him alone, to
mediate between his father. heaven. and
his children, his subjects. This state
observance Is performed before sunrise.
at the altar of heaven. The form Of this
altar is peculiar 1t consists of a triple
circular terrace, 210 feet wide at the
base, $50 in the middle and 80 at the top.
The emperor, with his immediate suite.
kneels in front of the tablet Of Shang-tis
The herald., 1897-04-20

ultimately made to prove beyond doubt
or cavil that close and intimate con-
nection existed in prehistoric times be-
tween those divisions now known as the
"old"' and the new" worlds? Who can
say? The suspicion that has in recent
years been taking definite shape and that
has been crystallizing into a dim belief
that the story of the lost Atlantis was
not altogether a myth, would, in such
case, receive fuller warrant; and the
characteristics of the wonderful re-
mains alluded to, which have by some
investigators been identified as Phoeni-
clan, be made to again enforce the
truth of the oneness Of the human race,
as we'll as the triviality of nations rise
and fall. save as it may contribute to the
advancement along ethical lines Of the
aggregated human family.
"soN OF HEAVEN" CELEBRATES
The calendar Of the early peoples Of
America is bound by historical interest
tc the calendar system of Central and
Eastern Asia, the resemblance between
the two being rather striking. Among
Mongols, Tibetans, Chinese, ETC., series
of signs are combined to mark the years
months and days, and cycle or series of
twelve animals Is used, viz, the rat,
bull, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse,
goat. ape, cock, dog and pig, which is
possibly an imitation Of the ordinary
Babylonian-G Greek zodiac familiar to
modern peoples. The Mongolians not
only count their lunar months by these
signs, but they reckon the successive
days by them; and also by combining
the twelve signs in rotation with the five
male and female elements-fire, earth,
iron, water, wood-they obtain a means
OF marking each year In their sixty-year
cycle.
In China everything is done on an i'm
mense scale and Is of extreme antiquity,
and its ingenious calendar and diverse
systems Of religion have given rise to
a regular system of festivals. The feast
of first fruits or harvest is the most i'm
portant, and the Chinese account for the
strict observance Of the festival by say
ing that Noah, the founder Of their ma
ton, established the feast when the first
grapes were gathered from which was
manufactured the wine which caused the
old navigator to make an exhibition Of
himself In the presence of his family.
While this may be an extravagant claim,
there Is no doubt that the festival is
celebrated in much the same manner
today as 1t was 5000 to 1000 years ago.
In China agriculture Is deemed the most
honorable, as it is the most ancient, Of
all occupations; for although the earliest
writings seem to indicate that the earli-
est race that peopled China was nomadic,
The herald., 1897-04-20

the date Of his supposed entrance into
the moon Cat the beginning Of spring..
The Phrygian festivals were also ar
ranged on the theory that the deity was
asleep during the winter and awakened
in the spring, and the seasonal charac-
ter of the Teutonic Ostern. the Celtic
Beltin and the Scandinavian Yole is
equally obvious.
Alone of all the ancient nations the
Persians had no festivals, as they had
no temples and no common worship.
These "Puritans Of polytheism" wor-
shipped the sun only, as the visible mani
festation of deity and his representative
on earth-fire. They scorned show and
pomp and large religious gatherings,
as being contrary to the spirit of the
teachings of their great interpreter and
master, Zoroaster.
A very striking contrast to them was
found upon the discovery of the Ameri-
can continent. When Cortez and his fol-
lowers were received with open arms by
the ancient Mexicans. on the supposition
that the old tradition that 1.-The white
spirit would return" from the east and
from over the sea, 1t was found that
while noted for the perfection of their
calendar, they also possessed an elabo-
rate system of movable feasts, distrib-
uted over the lunar year. The most i'm
portant were those in honor of the gods
Tescatlipoca. Hintzilopochtli and Tlaloc,
held in April, June and December. The
Peruvians also observed four great solar
festivals and feast at each new moon
OF the more important celebrations, the
principal was the Yntip-Raymi (sun-
feast). which preceded by a three days
fast, began with the summer solstice and
lasted for nine days.
The similarity in many particulars of
the observances of the races upon the
American continent and the races of the
old world ante-dating classic times, fur
rishes matter for absorbing interest to
the scientific inquirer. Will the en-
graved entablatures Of Easter island
the carved monuments OF Yucatan. the
marvellous Aztec stone, and last, but
probably not least in Importance, the dis
covery in this county of stone spinning
whorl marked upon it's surface with the
distinctive emblem of Christianity, be
The herald., 1897-04-20

"t o
. the present -
The herald., 1897-04-20

"Porward. forward let us range;
Let the great world spin forever down
The ringing grooves Of change"
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gormandizing; and in the absence Of CIV
ilization-though such civilization may
only be in embryonic fornp-any attempt
at keeping festival must necessarily be
fitful and comparatively futile AS re-
ligion developed so also did the festival
idea, and both in time assumed distinct
i've character. At first glance this might
not seem to be so. for Sir John Lubbock,
in an authoritative work published some
years ago, drew attention to certain
races having absolutely no religion, and
yet in their crude way, having kept fes-
tival. But It has since appeared that the
English scientist spoke without full
knowledge, for in q later edition of his
work he eliminated from the list of races
of people destitute Of religion number
of those mentioned in the first edition.
Already, and after the lapse Of a very
short space Of time, we know without
doubt or qualification that another re-
vision Is necessary, and that some of
the peoples supposed to be degraded and
so low in the scale of humanity as to be
totally lacking in the religious instinct,
have. in fact, a religion. While, perhaps,
not scientifically justified. it Is fairly safe
to assume that no division Of the human
family Is totally minus the religious
faculty.
LA FIESTA IN EMBRYO
The religiosity Of the savage Is shown
in reverance for the dead. and the cere-
monial observed is extremely meager
and simple; but it ever tends to become
more elaborate, and. above all, it calls
for repetition, and that at regular inter-
walls. His eyes are bent downwards
and his vision bounded. at most, by the
horizon. But whenever there has been
repetition Of ceremonial. and at stated
intervals, then calendar has begun to
take shape. Obviously the simplest cal
endar is the lunar-the calendar of ma
ture. The hymns Of the Rig-veda in
dicate worship Of natures powers as
connected with a recurrence Of the sea-
sons; the worship of the Phoenicians was
solar. and their principal feasts took
place in the spring and autumn; the
characteristic celebrations Of the Egypt
ians took place at the disappear
ance of Osiris Cat the time answering to
tho month Of October). at the search for
his remains and their discovery (about
the time Of the winter solntice) ana at
The herald., 1897-04-20

"We follow Beauty: Of we:
Beauty. whose voice and air:
Who serveth, and her hands all pIv
Who relgnsth. and her Is everywhere"
william Watson.
"The past will always win
glory from being
Tt oIn
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-18

They Met IN Regular Session Last Might ard
Considered TimsIy Matters.

The city council met. last evening, Mes
srs. Fo, sythe. Hamblln. Hofmeister, Hol-
~ling.worth, Kline, Martin, Rogers and
Mayor Obey being present.
The marshal was instructed to bring suit
to compel III pay msnt OF all delinquent
business and vehicle licenses, Is well az
all delinquent poll or road tax.
The die d partment committee, to whom
had been refer ed the matter OF putting In
a Are plug nsar the sanitarlum, reported
that in their Judgment II IS not expediens
to tut in a plug at the present tims.
The usual monthly bills wore presented
ami approved, and warrants ordered
rawn for the respective amounts.
Notices were ordered served on p epsrty
owners on the east side II Eighth street
between Douglas an Maine, vest tide oil
Fifth. between Columbia and Washington
asst side OF Grand avenue, between Main
and National. west side of G and avenue,
Detse.n Princs street aud the hot springs
track, and south side of TiIdsn, between
Ninth and Seventh streets, whore there
are no sidewalks, or where the sidewalks
are in bad repair, to appear before tbs
council, on the second Wednesday In
March, and show cause, il any there be,
why sidewalks shall not be ordered con-
structed In conformity with existing or
dinunaaa
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-02-18
FIREMEN's BILL.
Some Benefits that Will Accrue by Its Becsm-
Ing q law.

Thu OPTIC Is permitted to make excerpts
FROM a 10 ter received this morning, by A.
| r.. Quinly, president of the Territorial as
ISOLATION of volunteer iremsn, written by
j. L. Van Aredall, chisf of the fire depart.
ment at 5anta Fe.
He says that the firemen's bill has passed
the council by an unanimcus vote, and
there will be little opposition to the timely
and helpful msAsure in the. house Of repre-
This bill win affoId the Las Vegas fire
department about $40 per annum-2 per
cent. on the amount of the premiums paid
to the Territorial auditor, by the several
fire insurance companies doing business in
New Mexico, instead Of . per cent. ON
all thu in uraace business written up.
In 1885, Mr.. Ean -A,sdei+~ writes the un-
derwriterse Issued. policies on property 10
the value of 81 500, 600 the premiums paid
into the ~au.1itor,,s. Office at Santa Fs
amounting to Sl45, 900, The report on this
business has not yet been compiled for
1896; however,. calculating the fire and
miscellan sous Insurance business transact
cd in the Territory, the past year, the
auditor Is o. the .opinlon il win aggregste
over sl6o,6J0, 2 per cent. Of which
amount w.ihbrlng in s3,20l for the whole
Territory. -..-.