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The herald., 1898-05-29
G. A. DICKINSON.
The Real Othello

We are somewhat at loss to know what
to say to Signor Cesare Augusta Levi,
keeper of the Torallo museum at Venice.
In searching among the records Of IAN old
patrician family" he has recently como
across a manuscript which convicts
Shakespeare-not for the first time, we are
sorry to note--of a grave departure from
historic truth. 1t appears that the tragedy
of "Othello," sublime though it may be as
a work Of art is not to be relied upon as an
accurate account of the painful domestic
incident with which it deals. The inn
mortal-but, as 1t now appears, untrust-
worthy-poet has led the world to believe
that Othello's jealousy of his wife was I'M
founded and that his revenge was deadly
The researches of the Italian scholar
have, however, proved that Shakespeare
was wrong in both particulars. and that
the wife was not SO irreproachabe nor the
husband so implacable as they are respect
lively represented in the play. Desdemona
turns out to have been less decorous in her
behavior and the Moor less violent in his
revenge. She was not "averse," we are
now told, from receiving the attentions
Of other men," while. on the other hand.
her jealous husband did not go the length
or SmOtnerlnB ner, Dut COntcHteu llHlSSll
with "using her roughly" though lin spite
of this ill-treatment she survived him for
several years" Such is the discovery which
Signor Levi has made, and which he has
just communicated, perhaps out of a DEF
cato regard for English susceptibilities to
q French newspaper and it will at once be
seen that 1t puts a very different COM
plexion OIL the story which Shakespeare
has dramatized.
1t may be that an examination of the pa
pers of the Iago family would throw a
clearer light on the part played by Othel-
los ancient, which these new disclosures
leave, 1t must be admitted, somewhat OBJ
scure. Possibly it will turn out that
Shakespeare has Been as unjust to Iago
as he has been unduly indulgent to Desde-
mona, with whose very name, by The way
which it seems was not Desdemona at
all, but Pama-the Swan of Avon has
made Internationally free. 1t would be
interesting If further researches should
prove that Iago was really as "honest" as
he feigned to be, and was actuated through
out by a bona-fdc desire to warn his SUI
perior officer of the "goings on" of wife
whom he reasonably suspected of faith
lessness to her matrimonial vows-London
TeIepranh
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Green Room Gossip

The war will be responsible for some ter
rible infections in the song line. One of
the latest is called Hang Out the Flag
That Mother Made"
"Cyrano de Bergerac" will be given In
English in the autumn, following the pro-
duction of Macbeth" by Forbes Robertson
and Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
Emma Madden, Valerie Bergere, E. NJ
Bell, and Edwin Middleton have been re-
engaged for next season by Manager Chas
Durham OF the Girard Avenue Theater
Stock company, Philadelphia.
Edward M. Bell and Robert G. Wilson Of
the Girard Avenue Theater Stock COM
pany, Philadelphia, that closed its season
last Saturday, have been engaged for a
twelve weeks season with the Frawley
company.
The players engaged for Edwin Than
houser's Stock company at Atlanta, Ga,
are Edith Evelyn, Gretchen Lyons, jose
phne Lovett, Ada Levick, Nan Mifflin, Ag-
mes Newton, Joseph ilgour, Lucius Hen
derson, Edwin Thanhouser, Frank B.
Hatch, Ben Johnson, Wilson Hummel, and
Thomas j. Myers. The opening date is May
30.
Wilson Barrett, according to the Mirror
correspondent at Sydney, Australia, is still
doing prosperous business in that city.
His new play 1.-THE Manxman' has been
followed by "Claudian.' and THE Silver
King" On his return to England Mr.. Bar
rett expects to prepare for an American
tour, working across to San Francisco and
thence back to Australia.
Richard Mansfed's valet went before
the curtain at the end of the third act of
1.-THE First Violin in New York and said:
Ladies' and gentlemen, Mr. Mansfield begs
me to say he appreciates your generous APP
plause and will make a speech at the con-
clusion of the play" Was the audience
mad? Perhaps Nevertheless, it waited
to a man after the last curtain for the
promised speech.
Sarah Bernhard is certainly under an
unlucky star this season. Her new piece
by Roman Coolus, "Lysiane," has proved
a failure at the Paris Renaissance. A rich
and attractive widow, who confesses to 40,
Nine. Lysiane de la Lauraye, has married
son of 49, but she has not on that account
abdicated her right to Irritation and dearly
loves to be surrounded by admirers. On
coming up to Paris from her country cha
reau she falls an easy prey to an insenuat-
ing adventurer named Gaudrey, who wins
her heart in order to obtain her large for
tune. The plot narrates in four milk-and-
water acts how she is saved from this
scoundrel.
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Personal

Lady Bancroft has been seriously i'll, but
is now on the road to recovery.
Ada Gilman will play her former role in
"My Friend from India" on the road next
season.
Emily Rigl will succeed Minnie Selgman
as leading woman of the Great Northern
stock in Chicago.
Blanche Walsh has inherited $4,000 by
the bequest of her mother, Minnie Savorie
Walsh, who died on May LIST.
George C. Boniface and Norma Ferner
have been playing in a comedy called "A
Game of Lobby" at Tony Pastors in New
York.
l1anager Fred Belasco began his stage
career with Lewis Morrison while the lat
ter was manager of the old California the
aetr in 1SS7-SS.
The report that Mrs. John Wood was
about to revisit America, in order to play
Mrs. Malaprop in Mr.. Jefferson's revival
of 1.-THE Rivals" is now denied, apparent
ly by authority.
Marie Van Zandt, the opera singer and a
native of this country, was married at Paris
recently to NJ. de Tcherinof, Russian
councillor of state and professor Of the I'm
porial academy at Moscow.
Mr. Forbes Robertson, 1t is said will pro-
duce "Pelleas and Melisande" In London
some time in June. There is also a pos
sibiity that he may try decentralization of
George Meredith's THE Egoist.''
Katherine MCNEIL, after successfully
managing the Columbia Opera company
for a. year and half, has taken a vaca-
ton to rest until August, when the com
pany will reopen in a new opera.
Ida Banning. who Is playing her first
important part as member of the Beas-
co-Thall stock company at the Burbank
the past week has made an excellent i'm
preston, and bids fair to develop consid-
cradle talent
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has Sc
cured divorce from her husband Doc
tor Swan M. Burnett, a Washington ocu-
list Mrs. Burnett is permitted to resume
her maiden name, Hodgson, but if report
Is true she contemplates changing 1t once
more.
Hilda Thomas has been singing a medley
in her new act, miss Ambition" for the
past four weeks. in which she impersonates
a French chanteuse, an English serio-comic
and an American soubrette, making a
change OF costume for each character in
full view of the audience.
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IS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. MAY y. "a


slapping Griffin on the back, "lettairs! let
tairs from my home! How glad 1t makes
me to get them" He kissed one Of the
envelopes and tore it open laughing ah the
while. He had only read a line or two
when he gasped and fell back with his
hand upon his heart, exclaiming, with tears
in the eyes which had only a moment be-
fore glistened with laughter, Mon Dieu!
Mon Dieu! my friend, my mother is dead!"
A moment later the call boy announced
"Rudinon next" The gushing tears had to
be dried, the face had to wear a masking
smile, and in a few seconds the big audi
ence was laughing merrily at the antics
of a man whose heart was burdened with
the saddest news that can come to any man
the news Of the death of good MOTHER
Dramatic Mirror.
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Formation of Gold Nuggets

Concerning the theory that gold nuggets
are formed by the depositng of the gold
around a nucleus from solution, Professor
A. Liversedge, the gold expert of New
South Wales. Australia. has made investi-
cations which he thinks disprove it. BY
slicing the nugget and examining the cross
sections obtained he found no traces of
concentric coatings but that the gold was
always more or less crystallized, the crys-
tails being in some cases very large AMI
with well defined boundaries. Some of the
nuggets also showed cavities and Enclosures
of quartz, although in many cases none
We're visible on the rolled surface of tho
nugget.
The herald., 1898-05-29
An Actors Superstitions

At Evansville, Ind, w. II. Crane discov-
cred that the suite of rooms reserved for
him at the hotel was numbered 10. He
wouldn't have it, even when the hotel pro-
pretor endeavored to reassure him.
"All the star actors have used this suite
Why, John T. Raymond died in that very
bed AS there was no other vacant suite
he left the hotel and engaged a sleeping
car that was side-tracked at the station.
Once the receipts for one of Mr.. Cranes
performances were Counted up after the
second act as S101S He sent out to the box
office and bought an admission tickeC to
bring them up to s10i4- Mr.. Crane has an
aversion to greeny which he considers q
very unlucky color. When the beautiful
paper" for the Merry Wives of Wind
sor" was ready to be put on he had it all
destroyed because it had a green back
ground In fact, the profession in general
regard green as hoodoo color. A combina-
ton of black and yellow Is considered n
lucky color scheme though large theat-
rical firm which used this combination
failed most disastrously.-New York
Herald.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Another New York Theater

A feature of the new Colonial theater,
which will soon be built ON SiXty-f1fth
street. near the boulevard, is that the COM
ponent elements are to be stone, bricks,
mortar, iron, and the other materials usual
ly employed in the construction of theaters.
This Is important, because nowadays, says
the New York Sun, theaters are frequently
built of paper, printers ink, and other mat
ter which would appear quite unsuited to
the purpose. The excavation for the new
theater will soon be completed, and 1t will
be opened at the beginning of the next sea-
son. 1t will be of pressed brick and In
diana limestone. The architecture is to be
of the colonial style, ard it will be one of
the first applications Of this style to a the
alter building. The auditorium is to have
.ample accommodation for 14oO persons
and seating capacity of 1000" The man.
ager is to be Louis Waldron.
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What Is Going on in New York

Mrs. Fiske is playing in "a Bit of Old
Chelsea" and Love Finds the Way" be-
fore large audiences at the Fifth avenue.
At the Garrick theater Maud Adams Is
still appearing in 1.-The Little Minister" to
overlooking houses.-Richard Mansfield
closed his brief but successful season at
the Garden theater with 1.-THE First Vio
lin" 21st inst-On the same evening Will
liam H. Crane and His Honor. the
Mayor" closed at the Empire theater.-
The war drama shenandoah" is causing
great enthusiasm at the academy of music.
rs is also the "Man-o'- Wars Man" at the
Fourteenth street theater.-"Way Down
East" continues with undated prosperity
at the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. melodrana
is supplied at the Columbus under the title
of "A Celebrated Case"
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An Impermeable Fabric

1t is stated that an impermeable fabric is
now made in Brussels and that the fabric is
really what its name implies-impermeabl
or impervious-and can be sponged off with
cold water like a piece of crockery and
come out unchanged. The fabric is made
first in very wide mesh, which is then
filled in with chrome gela1ine, which is
then rendered insoluble by exposure to the
light The next process is the coating of
the fabric on both sides with boiled linseed
oil or fat varnish, this process being often
repeated. The fabric Is then printed in
ornamental designs and is put upon the
market for portieres, window shades, UNI
brellas, etc.
The herald., 1898-05-29
A Touch of Nature.

One of those touching incidents Of stage
life which bring tears to the eyes when
they are told, occurred at Keith's Union
Square theater last week.
M. Rudinoff the Russian mimic and Ger
aid Griffin, the comedian, were chatting to-
gether in the dressing room of the former.
Rudinoff was in particular good spirits, as
he had just been handed a batch of mail
from Europe. "See! see!' he exclaimed,
The herald., 1898-05-29
German Won en- Win

The first gymnasium (high schopD for
girls is soon to be opened in Germany. it
has taken a long and persistent fight for the
German women to secure the privileges Of
u higher education, and, when it is re-
membered that the gymnasium in that
country has an educational standing as
high as the average American "univer-
sity," it means much.
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Coming Attractions

STANDARDIZATION Announcement
For the week beginning next Monday night
the Beiasco-Thall stock company presents
the charming comedy Jane" preceded by
Augustus Thomas beautiful dramatic
sketch, "a Man of the World" in which.
as Captain Bradley, Hugo Toland, direct
The herald., 1898-05-29
Where Clocks Are Not Needed

Liberia is the only civilized country
where clocks are almost entirely dispensed
with. The sun rises at exactly a. m. and
sets at p. m. throughout the year, and is
vertically overhead at noon.
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No Use for Anarchism

whoa, Emma!' is what Los Angeles is
saying now to Emma Goldman, the an
archist speaker who is giving red hot So
cialistic talk down there. Emma seems to
be even livelier than Coxey.-Pasadena
Star.
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In proportion to its population, the United
Kingdom has a greater number of women
workers than any other country, and
among them no fewer than $4,000 are set
down as dressmakers
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The average length of human life in the
sixteenth century was only eighteen to
twenty years.
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tial support among the better class of daily
and weekly journals on it's side, it deserves
to be heartily congratulated on the result
of the fight.
G. A JOHNSON.
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Here is a sample Of how the gentle dra-
matte critic gets in his deadly work in the
land of sauer kraut, sausage and beer:
"a dramatic poem in five acts, entitled.
"Mohammed der Prophet" by Otto Won
der Pforten. was given for the first time in
Berlin at the Theater Royal a few nights
ago. 1t was not success. A local critic
says of it: Take the story of Mohammed
the Prophet and tell 1t little incorrectly.
somewhat in the style of Old Moore's AL
manack put your story then into miserable
doggercl rhymes; and finally saw'the whole
into bits of dialogue-that Is the drama
'Mohammed!
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major James B. Pond was awarded last
week a congressional medal for bravery
at the battle of Baxter Springs, Kan, Oc-
toher 6. 1862"
The foregoing announcement, which Is
only few days old, is typical of the
slowness of q government circumlocution
office. 1t is also emblematic of the speed
with which the administration is hurrying
to free those miserable starving Cubans
who were at deaths door before the war
was begun.
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One of the bright memories of his busy
life that he kept about him always was
that in a private residence in Chicago
after the election of Mckinley to the
presidency he had played for him, the
music being transmitted to the president
by long distance telephone. Remeny
was most jubilant over that feat.
1
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TIE national CONGRESS.
Work That Is Being Transacted by
Our Lawmakers In the City
of Washington.
DAILY SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
sion and others Are Passed-The
Senate Consider RS the Resolution for
the Annexation of Hawaii-lnsur-
Qnce for Soldiers.

Washington, June 23.-Opponents of
the annexation of Hawaii occupied the
time in the senate yesterday. A resolu-
ton was agreed 10 asking for inforna-
ton concerning Lieut.. Hobson and his
party confined in Santiago by the Span
1ards.
Washington, June "a. Senator Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota, occupied the
time in the senate yesterday in speech
opposing Hawaiian annexation.
Washington, June 25.-The confer
cnce report on the bankruptcy bill was
disposed of by the senate yesterday
without debate, and the Hawaiian an-
nexation resolutions were further dis
cussed. A vote on the question is ex-
pccted on July 2. The general deficiency
appropriation bill (s226, 14o,246) was re.
ported.
Washington, June e7.-A bill author
izing the president to appoint addi-
tional cadets-at-large at the United
States military academy and another
authorizing the appointment of mil
itary secretary of war were passed in
the senate on Saturday, and the Ha-
waiian annexation resolution was fur
Their discussed.
Washington, June 2s.-speeches were
made in the senate yesterday by Sen
ators Clay, of Georgia; Roach, of North
Dakota, and Gallery, of Louisiana, all
opposing Hawaiian annexation.
Washington, June 29.-Almost the
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S!'HAFTER Gets CLOSE
Our Troops Make a Successful Re-
connaisance to the Edge of
Santiago.
PREPARATION FOR ATTACK COMPLETED.
The Town Of Cany, Five Miles From Sans
/ tiago, Practically Abandoned by Span.
iards--The st. Paul and st. Louis Drive
esh Supply Ship Ashore on the Coast Of
Porto Rico.

General Lawton's Headquarters,
Five Miles East of Santiago de Cuba,
Wednesday, June 20. 6 p. m. Via Kings.
ton. Jamaica, Thursday. June 80, I. aj
m.-The American troops spent yesl
terday in feeling for the enemy other.
wise engaging in recon instances. Con!
shafter in person, with small escort,
went almost to Caney, small town
five miles northeast of Santiago de
Cuba, with which city it is connected
by railroad. Lieut.. Standing and q
detail of Cubans and American sharp.
shooters occupied hill northwest Of
the American lines and looking direct.
ly down on both Caney and Santiago.
Caney now seems to hold only about
three bundled Spanish troops the mum.
Der reported by the Cuban scouts. in
spite of the belief Of the Americana
here that the three thousands Span.
driven forwards by our advance on
Baiquiri and Juragua had all retreat
ed on Caney and not on Santiago The
small number OF troops now at Caney
indicate the Spaniards have practical.
ly abandoned the place.
Lieut.. Standing was not molested
during his observation, though he
pressed through camp which "a hours
previously had been occupied by a
strong Spanish outposts. Corporal
Hucht. of Company D, Seventh United
States infantry. who, with seven men,
was sent on outpost duty two miles
from Santiago de Cuba yesterday fore.
noon and was forgotten until the at.
ternoon. was found by Gen. shafte.
and sent into camp.
Caney has been practically aban.
doned by the Spauiards.
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ST. PAUL AND ST. LOUIS.
They Chase q Spanish Supply Ship Ashore
and Then Wage Battle With the Is.
abel II. and Concha.

Madrid, Admiral Monterola
the Spanish naval commander in the
Antilles has telegraphed to the govern.
ment that he has received Information
from Porto Rico that the steamer An.
tonic Lopez, while being chased by an
American cruiser, ran ashore at Pun.
ia Salinas. The Spanish warship Isa-
abel II. and Concha went to her as.
sistance and succeeded in driving of
the enemy.
Arrangements are now being made
to get the war material that is aboard
the Antonio Lopez. The Antonio Lo-
is one of the vessels of the Spanish
transatlantic line, that recently left
Spain secretly with cargo Of big guns
and other arms and ammunition for
Porto Rico.
She arrived off San Juan Monday last
but was sighted by the American aux
iliary cruisers St. Paul and St. Louis
and st. Paul which gave chase.
The Lopez got ashore after which
the captain caused one of her boilers
to explode. The Spanish warships Is.
abel II. and Concha fought the st. Lou.
Us and St. Paul several hours before re-.
puls!ng them.
returned and ope ned fire on the Span,
iards Severe fighting was proceeding
at the time the the time the dispatch
conveying above information was sent
from San Juan.
Port Salinas is very short distance
west Of San Juan. !
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GUANTANAMO.
Commander McCalla May Capture tho
Town with His Marines-Few
Spanish Troops Left.

New York, June 8o.-The Herald's
Camp McCalla (Guantanamo) cable
says: Commander McCalla, I learned
today, is considering a proposition I'd
take the town of Guantanamo Without
waiting for the arrival Of troops. The
port could then be declared open ana
the commercial world invited to rel
sumo business relations with the place.
Such stroke would have moral Ell,
feet abroad that would be Of tremen.
dous advantage.
Commander McCslla will order the
advance upon Guantanamo just az
soon ns the situation clears up. Our
forces about Guantanamo are eager to
take the town. Guantanamo has been
deprived of nearly all her detenaera
by General Linares, who several days
ago ordered the bulk Of the SpantsA
troops in this vicinity to hasten to his
cid in Santiago.
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OFF FOR MANILA.
The Third Ex peditton to Ala Admit raj
Dewey Lcnvca san Trnncinco.

The Third Expedition to Aid Admiral
Dewey Leaves San FrancIsco.
San Francisco, June 2s.-Thc trans
ports City of Parn, Ohio, Morgan City
and Indiana (hagship) sailed ut $3.50
p. III. Monday with 1000 troops, hound
for Manila.
Washington. June 2o.--The under
standing at the war department is that
the total number Of regulars and VOL
unteers which vii! be dispatched to
Manila IN command Of Mini. Gen. Mer-
rift will approximate $1,000 men. OF
these 10000 already have left San Fran
cisco in three separate expeditions.
To Declare American Supremacy.
San Francisco, juno 29.-Gen. Mer-
rift expects to take possession OF the
Philippines peaceably. Should resist
nnce be offered, however. he will be
fully prepared to use force and plenty
of 1t. He will discuss the matter with
Dewey at Manila, and the two will act
In concert in whatever move ia made.
In order that the FlipInos may not mis-
understand his motives and intentions.
Gen. Merritt has prepared proclama-
t1cii, NiiS41 III Ill topuU1Su. uOus
sands of copies will be posted in the isl.
ands. and there Is no chance for az yone
there to fail to grasp what is meant by
the document. The chief points are tho
announcement that the United States,
represented by Gen. Merritt, has
formed provisional government in the
islands; that his authority is supreme,
that no oppression is intended; that
liberty will be allowed every tnhabitant
so far as 1t can go without conflicting
with law and order, and that, above ali
things, the freedom of the people IL de-
sired, the ultimate aim being their re-
lease from Spanish bondage.
Dewey's Warning to Germans.
London, June 2o.-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Manila says: The
report that Germany will not permit
bombardment is exciting deep irrita-
ton in the American fleet. Admiral
Dewey intends to demand a capitula-
ton the instant requirements ar
rive. He told Prince Henry of Prussia
That he would be glad to see the Ger.
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Of our republic. 1.-THE Elective Fran
chise," neat little book, is the only
exclusive treatise on this subject which
has been Endorsed by the leading men
and papers of this state.
The subject is 80 stated that the
humblest citizen can comprehend It,
Every citizen of the state should pro-
cure a copy Of this work. whether
naturalized or not, that he may be posted
on the naturalization laws of the United
States and thereby be able to explain it
to his neighbol. We have procured q
limited number of these books and will
be glad to send them to any address a&
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soldier.' Monument Dedicated.

Milwaukee, June 29.-Every incom-
Ing train brought additional large
crowds to the city, and the carnival in
celebration of Wisconsin's semi-cen-
tennial may now be said to be in full
swing. The feature of yesterdays pro-
gramme was grand military parade in
the afternoon in connection with the
dedication of the soldiers monument
in Grand Avenue park, in memory of
Wisconsin's heroes of the civil war,