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The times., 1898-01-30
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Manager Rapley, il is safe to say,
will not make another announcement
this season that will meet with more
popular approval than the following
information: Sol Smith Russell will ap-
pear at the New National for one week,
beginning on Monday, February I.
The bill for the first half of the week
will be Martha Morton's beautiful
comedy, "A Bachelors Romance"
which made such a great impression
here during Mr.. RusselIs engagement
year ago, and which ran in New York
during Mr.. Russell's entire stay at the
Garden Theater. On Thursday and
Friday evenings Mr.. Russell will be
seen in a triple bill, consisting of Mr..
Valentines Christmas" THE Tanning
of the Shrew'' and the roaring comedy,
The Spitfire," all of which will be put
en- with complete and special scenery,
costumes, properties and appropriate
furniture. For Saturday night and the
Saturday matinee, the only perform
ances of Sheridan's THE Rivals will
be given. No expense has been spared
to make each of the above-named plays
a beautiful production. A large and
capable company of actors will be seen
in support of Mr.. Russell, prominent
among whom are Miss Edith Crane,
Nannette Comstock. Margaret Robin
sen, Fanny Addison-Pitt, Orrin john
son, Sidney Booth, William Sampson
and Alfred Hudson.
At the Lafayette Square Opera House
during the week beginning Monday,
February Z, Mr.. Thomas Keene will
appear in an extensive repertoire, en-
bracing Richard III, Julius Caesar
"OthellO,'' Merchant of Venice"
Hamlet" and Louis XII Mr.. Charles
Hanford is with Mr.. Keene as his man
ager. A great many talented actors,
who can play almost any role fail most
lamentably when they undertake to
play the role of manager, but Mr.. Han
ford and Mr.. Keene both seem perfect
ly satisfied with their present arrange
ment, and have good reason to be- The
sale of seats for next week will open
on Thursday morning.
It is reported that Anna Held will
star with 1.-The Cat and the Cherub.''
It is unnecessary to state which part
Fraulein Held will take.
A little story is told of Walter Dam
roscTl's father, Leopold Damrosch. A
budding genius came to New York all
the way from Peoria, and insisted that
Mr. Damrosch should hear him play.
He got his wish. He went back home.
When he reached home his friends ask
ed him what Mr.. Damrosch thought of
his playing. Said the budding genius:
The times., 1898-01-30
Kernan's.

One of the most notable burlesoue
successes of the season will be present.
ed at Kernan's Lyceum Theater this
week, in the shape of THE Gay Mas
queraders.' under the management of
Mr.. Robert Manchester. Mr.. Manches-
ter has had experience in burlesque, as
will be understood when it is recalled
that he was the owner of the famous
Might Owls" He is said to be doing
better work than ever with the pres
ent company The opening burletta is
The Sporty Widows" which. although
called burletta, is really play in it.
The times., 1898-01-30

1t is one of the hardest things in the
world to know what the public really
wants in play. Sometimes the play
wright seems to have lost touch with
tne public, and to be unable to view
anything from that side of the foot
lights. Sometimes he can only see a
play by sitting in the box office. and
then ne does not get very good view.
Otls Skinner, who has done more or
less work in the line of dramatic adap-
tation, has been considering this ques-
ton. What does the public really
want?' and he seems to have hit on a
solid, firm, unequivocal fact. He says
that he thinks he knows what the pub
lie does not want 'They don't want
plays that discuss matters that it is
not customary for men and women in
good society to mention" he said one
day Many good people doubtless
contend that the world would be bet
ter if it were less prudish and more
frank, but to reform the world on that
point the work must be begun in the
school and in the home. l think au-
thors make a great mistake in induc-
ing managers to produce plays that,
however good their purpose or admira-
bic their literary quality, may drive
some people out of the theater-plays
which people cannot discuss between
the acts or talk about above a whisper
as they go home. 1t seems to me that
theatergoers, as they turn away from
a play, like to talk it over, and not as
they go down the aisles have to fall
back on bicycling as a topic
Mr.. Skinner is exactly right. People
do like To talk a play over. and they
don't like to have to pick and choose
their words when they do it, either,
or to go 10 the theater with that
squirmish feeling, as if the play might
be all right, bur il might not be just
the thing to- be seen there. The prob
lem novel is all very WELL but the
problem play could be wiped off the
face of the earth without the earth
losing very much by it. A great deal
of fun has been made of those people
who talk about elevating the stage,
but when the stage undertakes to ell
evate the public with q problem play
the result is something beyond comic
ality. One of the significant things
about Mr.. SINNERS present play,
Prince Rudolph is the success that
it has had all through the South. Some
plays which the big Northern cities
hesitation would not go down at all in
Atlanta, Savannah, New Orleans, and
other Southern burgs. The South has
not been educated up to the yellow
drama, and il does not want to be ed
ucated in that way. The South still
loves romance and sentiment and faith
fulness and heroism, and all those
beautiful things one reads about in the
old-fashioned novel; and the South
liked prince Rudolph The best
people," who had stayed quietly at
home while some of the New York sue
cesses. or copies of them, were wend-
ing their way over the road, turned
out en- masse to see Mr.. Skinner, and
went home and sent their boys and
girls and friends to see him. And thess
sensible and straight ideas of his on
the subject of what the public wants
just correspond with his Southern ex-
perience,
The times., 1898-01-30

Mr.. John Drew is naturally very
much pleased with the success achteV-
ed by "a Marriage of Convenience"
and this is what he said about it the
other day:
THE role of the Comte de Candale.
which i play, can scarcely be called
star part, but it furnishes many oppor-
tunities for clever acting. The play
was very successful in London, where
/ saw poor Terriss, who was recently
assassinated, in the leading role. The
other principal parts We're taken by
Cyril Moore and Miss Winifred EN-
cry. who are now playing in the Lon
don production of The Little Minis
ter
When I first staged A Marriage of
Convenience in New York, /, despite
the London success, had no idea it
would receive the approval it did. To
begin with, it is different from all my
previous plays. there being practically
no action-only dialogue. Then, the
scenes are unm0dern, and the men and
women appear in the dress OF another
age, which, of course requires the
manners and department of that time.
The single set extending throughout all
the acts is more or less of a novelty
But though there is only one scene, the
mechanical effects are really elaborate
out being troublesome, adds to the
general effectiveness.
THE dialogue has everywhere been
praised for its brightness and sparkle
This is due to Grundys splendid felic-
ity of expression. and he has succeed
ed in making the present version ex-
tremely like the original play, there be-
ing little change, but in the idioms of
language. The play is really very mild
a n II tnxx- ;nl,
men usually take of French plays.
where the Verbal latitude allowed is
greater than in our dramas
Your costumes have been widely
praised as being absolutely true to the
period in which the events of the play
take place, have they not?" Mr. Drew
was asked.
Yes he replied, and I can hon
estly say they are absolutely correct.
They were fashioned largely on those
of Terriss, both as to color and tex
ture.
BY the way, it may not be amiss to
say here that great deal more de-
pends upon such matters nowadays
than formerly. At present the turn of
buckle. a difference in the size of a
buckle, or the way man carries his
sword. are all noted by the audience.
or at least a large portion of it, as in
dicative Of certain period. Frequent
ly have l sought advice from Edwin
Abbey, the now world famous Phila-
delphian. as to archaeological affairs
such as the correctness of dress. IT is
by such collaboration as this that the
absolutely best results are obtained ;,
Mr.. Leffingwell, who is here for
Otis Skinner thinks it is rather odd that
so many actual happenings have been
prophesied by dramatists and story
tellers, and he has been looking up
some of the striking resemblances be-
tween history and Prince Rudolph,
The result of his investigation is some
thing like this:
OF. course. there never existed such q
as Kronfeld, but events
which have recently taken place in Eu-
rope bear a strong resemblance to the
incidents of the play. In the play
there is prince who is careless ruler.
and a princess who is cordially detest-
ed; prime minister who is scheming
The times., 1898-01-30
IA Marriage OF Conve-

Lafayette-"A Marriage OF Conye-
Gience."
National-"Prince Rudolph"
r Columbia-"A Paris Model
crand-Hyde's Comedians.
Academy-'-Shannon, of the Sixth.
Biiou-Vaudeyille.
Kernan's-'.The Gay Masqueraders.
The times., 1898-01-30

Haslam, whose acting in TOO Much
Johnson" attracted a great deal of at
tention; Caroline Cooke, Mollie Revel
and Nina Freeth. The costumes,
scenery and accessories are up to date,
and the incidental music is by Mr.. Ru-
dolph Aronson, who produces the play.
"A Paris Model is the work of Jane
Mauldin- Feigl, and the following syn
opsis of the incidents of the play is
quite suggestive and interesting: Act
I-Time: Morning. .-(Dining-room in
Harlem fat, New York. ITO beg, bor
row or steal a costume for tonight" ;"
And she got it! Act II-Time: After
noon.-(Parlor in a Harlem fiat, New
York.)-'You are an angel!' II know
it. That's why / am always broke" :"
Act III-(Delmonico's at twelve, New
York k.)-''Double the order, waiter!
dine with both gentlemen"
The times., 1898-01-30

He must be a very religious man, for
all the time / was playing he walked
up and down the room saying: My
God, Oh, my GOd!'"
The times., 1898-01-30

A lively sense of the dramatic pro-
prieties was exhibited by a small boy,
who was watering his horse Ga
chair out of an empty cup His moth
er suggested to him that he might put
some water in the cup. "Oh, no, said
the young Roscius, a puhtendin' horse
mus drink puhtendin' water"
The times., 1898-01-30

George Bernard Shaw is at logger
heads with Henry Irving. for the al
legged reason that Mr.. Shaw wrote
play which Sir Henry was to produce
and did not produce. The latest bit
of gossip with regard to this feud is
that Shaw did not go to see Irving in
Peter the Great" and said that the
star had omitted to send him tickets.
The times., 1898-01-30

The Cuban play has appeared. IL is
called 1.-THE Last Stroke" and is the
production of Jacob Lift.
The times., 1898-01-30

William Terriss, the London actor,
left fortune of rather more tnat
quarter of million. he drew from
$3.50 to s40O a week, and had excellent
business judgment
The times., 1898-01-30

The tribulations of the dressing groom.
have long been a source of woe 10 ac-
tors and actresses. especially the lat
ter. Russell-Fox-De Angels Company
have solved the difficulty by carrying
among their stage properties two por-
table dressing about eight feet
square, folding together like screen
A mirror, a folding table and wash
stand. hooks on hinges, and holes
through which electric lights may be
introduced. constitute the furniture,
and the idea is so simple it seems
strange that nobody has hit on il be-
fore
The times., 1898-01-30

A theater patron in New York has
been making a kick because the seats
away around at one side in the orches-
ira do not command as good view OF
the stage as those on the center aisle
They do not, that is fact; but If that
theater patron really wants job he
might edit newspaper in which all the
advertisements shall be at the top OF
the page, next reading matter. and ali
the reading matter at the top OF the
page, next advertisements.
The times., 1898-01-30

Modern Society, a journal of Lon
don town. seems TO know more about
American actors than the actors know
about themselves. 1t says that Mr..
Robert Taber, who has made great
hit as Alexis in Henry Irving's Peter
the Great" is in private .life the hus-
band of Miss Julia Arthur.
The times., 1898-01-30

William H Crane gives scientific
analysis of stage fever. in which ne
says that it is intermittent fever, con-
stitutional. and caused by a hign
strung. nervous temperament, that e%
aggerates the natural impulse 10 act
a part in which all people feel at some
time or other, from childhood up
The times., 1898-01-30

Paul Potter has written play call
ed THE Dyddler." That way of spell
ing it is doubtless all right, but one
wonders just what is Mr.. Potter's ex-
cuSe for the name.
The times., 1898-01-30

Harry GiIfoil a Washington boy. is
one of the cleverest of the clever peo-
pie in "A Stranger in New York" and
his portrayal OF Baron Sands was
most remarkable piece of work To
those who saw his iAlpersonation of an
aged TOunder, it will be surprise 10
learn that he is still under thirty. The
Characterization was so perfect in ev-
cry look, tone and gesture that some
of his friends in this city failed TO rec
ogniZe him at first, but when they did
they were very proud of him.
The times., 1898-01-30

It is reported that Anna Held will
star with The Cat and the Cherub. -
It is unnecessary to state which part
Fraulein Held will take.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03
Beats the K1OndIke.

MT. 4. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Tex, has found a more valuable discovery than has yet been made in the K!ondike. For years he suffered untold agony from consumption, accompanied by hemor- rhages; and was absolutely cured by Dr. Kings New Discovery for consum- ption, coughs and colds He declares that gold soflittie valuein comparison with this marvellous cure; would have fl. even # lt coat hundred dollars 8 throat and lung affections are 2 sftively cured by Dr. KIng's New Discovery fer consumption. Trial bottles free at St Johns Drur company. Regular size 30 cts. and $I. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03
Ma Said "Amen."
[Gleaner

lGlSaner-l
 A small boy on war: "My pa has gone to fight the Spaniards, am they ain't been no row at our house since he left. Ma says peace was declared when he went. An pa-he wrote home an said he thanks God for war, an now he'll have holiday an he said he hopes the war'll last ten years, and then end so far from home that he can't get back and when ma read that she said Amen ? They goes on that way, but guess il Pa was kIlled she'd put on mournin' for him, an make out like she.was sorry. Men is curious but women is curiouser, an neither one knows moren' they orter know"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

was thought at first fatally burneu Inls
 10 enoon in the sausage-making depart
 ment of $. J. Tribolet's meatmarket, by coming in contact with live electric | wires. Mir. Hauser was working in an
 alley way between the shop and the adjoining building. Immediately at his
 side in the wall of the shop was an open
 window, across which was an electric
 wire that a few weeks since furnished
 power from the street railway system for running the machinery. The use of the
 wire had been discontinued and it was
 supposed to be shut off and dead. How ever it crossed the window above the
 mans head
 A wire from the electric light works, to which had formerly been attached an incandescent globe, also hung across the window loosely, as there was con- siderable slack, the wire being arranged to carry about from place to place as arcasion required. Hauser reached over the 'light" wire in order to place knife in the window sill As he did so in some manner the two wires became crossed above and the flight" wire being under his arm he received a terrible shock and burn on the arm and on the body over the heart He yelled and with his right hand grasped ,he wire 10 tear it away from him. receiving another fearful burn on the gers and throwing hm down
 s- 'e 5oa he must have turned, drag e."s ,.o o.avA ..ah,' wire w... -...- and, of course, wrapped it partly around him. His cries brought Jake Pfeiffer and Mir. Tribo let to his assistance Jake grabbed d cleaver and attempted to cut the "power" wire, getting a shock or two that stirred him up considerable before he accomplished it. Meantime Mir. Triboiet grabbed hold of the e'light" wire around Hauser's body to jerk it away and got himself pitched backward several feet, landing with a suddenness produced by no other agency save light ming. The smell of Hauser's burning flesh and clothes, however. rallied him immediately and he grabbed pole with a hook on the end and succeeded in disentangling the unfortunate man, who, for few minutes, was thought to be practically dead He rallied, how ever, and was placed Tn the care of Dr. Stroud.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

That Jarvis had shot him and then. after taking all his money, had left him there, thinking that he was dead. He remained there without food, shelter or water, from Thursday evening until found on Sunday, fully expecting to die
 COconino county officers were notified and an investigation being made, it was discovered that Jarvis had been in Williams. leaving there on Friday after noon, presumably for Jerome Deputy Jeff Davis went out there yesterday. and it did not take him long to locate his man. He was arrested and lodged in iail in Prescott, and will be taken to Flagstaff on tonight's train. He says he arrived at Jerome on Sunday night, but has nothing to say about the attem- pted killing of his partner.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03
Fu tbe Philippines

lBuilsliH
 Oiled rags are used for brooms.
 Cattle are no larger than goats.
 Women exceed men in numbers Hats are worn only by foreigners. All the women smoke large cigars. Spanish soldiers march barefooted. The natives bathe three times day. Water buffaloes are used for blowing. Manila was found by Legaspi in l57fs All theinhabitants fall asleep at mid- day.
 Knives and forks are unknown in the islands.
 Freedom of speech is absolutely pro hIbited.
 Manila paid s4,OOOOOO to England as a ransom.
 Manila is pronounced Mah-nec-Ia by. the natives.
 The poorer class robe themselves Tn a yard of cloth.
 The common labOrer receives as much as 10 cents day.
 In 1465 the city was nearly destroyed by an earthquake.
 The bushmen are more dreaded than typhoons or plaques.
 The yearly output of cigars from the Philippines is 40,0O0.000.
 The chief occupation of some of the savage natives is murder.
 The streets of the capital city are under water much of the time.
 Visitors to the islands are not num- erous. The earliest was Magellan. The high quality of the indigo is ae- knowledged throughout the world. In 1897 the United States took Al ner cent. Of the Manila bema exported. The oiI of lae cocoa Is used for ieat- ir- ourre=es tlr.Hz.oal .aa-~.aD-s- Horse ata a crs.estts- The feU .aal e.e raised Tn l.a islands are .ea small to brand.
 The streets of Manila are unpaved. During the rainy season they are im- passable.
 The insurrection has been caused by oppressive greed and crushing rate of taxation.
 The British captured Manila in l762 with fleet of 14 ships and held it for l5 months.
 Delinquent taxpayers gre whipped at the post, banished and their property .couGscated.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03
An Enraged Spaniard.
IJournaI Miner

Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 29.-At Camp Meade, near MiddIetowD, a Spaniard was arrested in one of the company streets of the 3d Missouri volunteers, charged with selling liquor to the soldiers. He was turned over to the civil authorities, and will be promptly punished. The fellow talked Spanlsh to a clerk in the provost marshal's office, and refused to give his name. He claims to have come to this country a month ago from Madrid, and cursed the Americans for destroying his liquor.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03

fnl whether making can De reuu,>,,.
 to scientific business in which the ad-
 vantages and risks of both parties can
 measured in dall and cents. The case shows that the purchase of engage ment ring and presents by the man are not all the costs of courtship. The girl has as much reason 10 keep books as the man has, and it is perhaps a wise idea to strike a balance before marriage. Differences are easier to settle then and the necessity for calling on divorc court to audit mutual accounts IS fore stalled Enterprise.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03
willie Meyers Drowned.
IGauuP Cleaner.


 A painful and fatal arcident occurred yesterday just before noon, at which time Willie Meyers, the bright little son of Mir. and Mrs: Geo H, Meyers, was drowned Tn a mudhole in the Puerco about mIle south of town. l. trans pires that he in company with Charley and Allan Harding went out to bathe in one of the numerous water holes in the Puerco bed and tin at while bathing he was mired in the deep mud of the hole, and was unable to eXtrIcate himself The Harding boys did their best to pull him out but the little fellows were all too badly frightened to do any good and the Harding boys put on their clothes and ran down to Jas Maxwell's and called assistance. The folks hastened out to tue swimming hole at the head of the canyon Mir. Simkin arriving there four minutes after heI"~ ~~-~ uruel, and la.lul lo and the boy there mastered a.wu s.i oI1 and t0uul the little fellows body in a water hole a quarter ofa mile below. He was sunk Tn the mud to above his knees and when his head was lifted tAe water was ievei with his nose. If the little fellow had been able to keep his presence of mind he could have been saved. John F. Brown and other citizens soon arrived. and aided by the women, word was be- gun upon him to try to save him. All the usual remedies were tried but upon the arr gal of Dr. Harper he after further attempts, declared the task hopeless and the poor little body was removed to the home of the grief stricken parents
 The funeral of Willie Meyers was held this afternoon at half past two o'clock from the Catholic church, the family service being in charge of Father Mar in. A large number of the friends of family were present and the cortege was a large one. The little one was laid to rest, in it's beautiful casket adorned with flowers. in Hillside Gem. etary. The community is as one in the extension of condolences in ;his sad bereavment.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-09-03
A Fight in Court.
Journal Miner 1

Larned, Kan. Aug. 29-While arguing a demurrer in one of the Rush-VandiS- vert cases here, Charles Bucher, of Newton, referred to Joe Waters. of Topeka, as dirty dog Waters res auied tte er;tll- and picked up an Ink
 .Ha ea which .. e.r -e Fgrher were interested in the litigation, pulled off theIr coats and general mix up occurred It required the combined efforts Of the sheriff and several deput- ies to separate the parties. Judge Andrews, being powerless to preserve order adjourned court in order to queiF the riot