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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-23
LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Little New TO Note i'm Trade Circles
Prices Ruling Steady.

The unfavorable conditions for pushing trade
which have existed for several days have not
materially improved and that business should be
as active il is seems surprise to merchants
who know the condition of the country roads
Prices a rule firm and steady, competition
is active and margins small. Poultry eggs and
butter are all weak at quotations There is an
increasing demand for all kinds of new vege-
tables. which coming forward quite freely.
Tropical fruit is in fair request. Strawberries
are lower increasing receipts Irish potatoes
are still IN active demand and prices well held.
although arrivals increasing. Staple groceries
are steady at quotations.
The local grain market Is dull, not for lack in
demand but account OF light receipts The
day closed with track bids firm at the following
as furnished by the secretary of the Board
OF Trade;
wheat--No 2 red SIC: No red, sOaslc;
March, 94c wagon wheat. 94c.
Corn-No white, iixe No. white. 81 &c; No.
white, sl1sc; No white, 2Siac; No. white
mixed. Z9i2c No. white mixed. 291ac: Nc
white mixed, 26l1c; No. yellow. 29s<c: No 8
yellow, 2salc; No. yellow. 2sAc; No. mixed.
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STATE WINS $4,000 FEE
JUDGMENT GIVEN AGAINST THE c. q
e. Z. RAILROAD COMPANY.
Litigation Over Articles of IncOrpor-
atiOn-Other Proceedings in
the County Courts.

Judgment was granted by Judge Allen
yesterday in the Circuit Court giving the
State $4,000 in the case against the Chica-
go d Eastern Illinois Railroad Company.
Judge Allen first tried the case in January,
1897. The litigation arose over the CONSOLE
dalton into the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
of two separate roads Representa- tives of
the new company sought to withdraw arti-
Giles of Incorporation when they found that
a tax of $4,000 was imposed by the State
on the company, but continued their bust
ness, nevertheless.
Judge Allen, by his decision, holds that
the Legislature was within it's rights in
passing a law to compel the corporations
to pay such fee, and that the State could
recover, although articles had not actually
been filed. The railroad company will appeal
to the Supreme Court
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cLAnr AGENTS, METHODS.
Mary. j. Chores Charges Against
street-Car Company Officials.

StreeN-Cuf company Omc1ais
Mary j. Glore, who. in April of 1897. sued
the Citizens Street-railroad Company for
5000 damages and compromised with the
companys representatives in July, 1897, for
$2S5 is now repenting her action and MAX
ing allegations which reflect no credit on
the methods of the company.
In an answer filed by her yesterday Mrs.
Glore admits she executed a release of her
claim on the company, but alleges that the
execution was procured by fraudulent
means. She says that while she was sick
and in no COZ dition, either mentally or
physically. for the transaction of business,
her weak state resulting from the accident
for which she was seeking to recover dam
ages, representatives of the Citizens Com
pany came to her repeatedly and exercised
their persuasive arts. They compelled her
to believe, she says, that she could not re-
cover judgment and that the litigation
would take years and much money; they
even told her that her own physician would
testify to tho effect that she was not seri-
ously hurt. They further represented she
SAYS, that the c., c., G. & st. J.. Railroad
Company were in league for mutual protec-
tion and that in case she continued to pros
ecute her suit her husband, who was in the
employ of the c., c., G. e. st. L. Railroad
would lose his position.
In consideration of these alleged fraudu-
lent methods she asks that the original suit
be reinSfated.
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AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices in Produce at the sea.
boards Commercial MetrODOIis

Ruling Prices in Produce at the sea-
boards Commercial Metropolis.
NEW YORK, March 22-Flour-Receipts. 25.3
brls; exports, 1882 brls. Market quieter, but
steadily held Rye flour dull. Buckwheat -four
nominal. Buckwheat steady at 431s@44c. Corn
meal firm. Rye firm; No. Western, 59c. Barley
nominal. Barley malt dull; Western, 5S@69c.
wheat-Receipts, 14S, 900 blu: exports, 141 976 Blu.
Spot firm; No. 2 red, $1O41z. f. o. b. afloat. to
arrive. Options opened firm at H@Ac advance
and were strong without exception all day, clos
ing 1sQ&c net higher. The advance resulted
chiefly from a severe cold wave West, affecting
short interests in all markets. March. $1Osh@1. "a,
closed at s1OSA May $1@1OO4s. closed at s10O1z
Corn-Receipts. 154,0 $50 bu; exports, 1886 blu.
Spot steady: No. 2, 3612c. Options opened steady
and advanced slightly during the day with wheat
and the influence of larger clearances, closing &c
net higher: May. 34GS4Bc. closed at 34sc; July,
S5G35sSc, closed at S5ssc.
Oats-Recepts, 1920 bu; exports s1,44O bu.
Spot dull; No. 2. Sic; No. white, S21zc options
firm with the other markets. closing NC net high
er: May closed at 301sc
Hay dull. Hops quiet; state. common to choice,
1895 crop. 4G6c; 1896 crop 7d9c 1897 crop l7Gfsc:
Pacific coast, 1895 crop 4qsc; 1896 crop, sq1oc;
1887 crop, HG1Sc.
Hides firm Leather firm.
Beef firm. Cut meats quiet; picked bellies.
s56212a65O picked shoulders. $450Q4 621z; picked
hams, $7.5097.75.
Lard firmer; Western steam, $5.45; refined
steadier. Pork dull Tallow quiet
Cotton-seed oil dull; prime crude, 191a620c;
prime yellow. 225@23c.
Coffee-Options opened dull. with April points
lower; other months unchanged; barely inactive
during the greater part of the session. disappoint-
ing news from European markets, heavy Brazil
ian receipts. further decline in spot market and
lack of outside support operated against i'm
provement; closed dull at unchanged prices to 5
points net lower. Sales, 5000 bags, including:
April, 4.s5c September 5.S5c; October 5.40c:
November. 5.55c; February, 5.60c Spot coffee
Rio dull: No. Z, invoice 5isc. Jobblng &c. Mild
quiet; Cordoya, SA6l6c Rio-Marlet steady. No
Rio. &c; exchange. 5-32d; receipts i5.0O0 bags.
for two days; cleared for the United States H. 600
bags cleared for Europe, 5000 bags stock 2gs 900
bags. Total warehouse deliveries from the United
States, 1905 bags. including 12.04S from New
York. New York stock to-day $685. 229 bags; United
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, March ga further decline in
the bidding for print cloths and a reduction in
shifting prints the features of the day in dry
goods. The weakening tendency is declared to be
due almost entirely to continued overproduction
and curtailment is declared to be the only sou-
ton of the difficulty. There is no change in the
situation in wooden goods. Trade is very quiet in
both mems and dress fabrics. The market
for staple cottons is quiet and stronger. Print
cloths are nominally 2Ac for extras. In prints
the reduction of American shifting prints to 3kc
and corresponding drop in Central Park goods
are the noteworthy features of the market The
heavy stocks of these goods charged to
changes in the demand based the popularity Of
Madras and similar lines. Other staple prints are
quiet.
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$3.50; A. $3.50; B. ST. Double: IA. SAT; A.
SALTS; b. s3s
15xSs to 24xSO-single: "A. SIT; A. s24.5O; b. s22
Double: AA $3.50: A. s33.T5; 3. 5000.
26x2S to 24x36-Single: IA. $50; A. s2G.75. 3, s24
Double: IA, SAL; A. 1925 p, 1875.
32x9S and 34x3G to SOx50--Single: IA. $40 A
$3.50: b, S32 Double IA, $50; A, s5050 B.
S45 So
3Ox52 to 3Ox54-Single: IA. s4l.25; A. $3.50; 3
$33 rs. Double: AA, s57; A, $51. rs: z, s465O
sOx56 to ~4x56-Double IA, $3.50; A, s54: B
S4S.5e
34x5s to 34x60-Doube: AA. ss3; A. So. 50; B. $50
36x6O to 4Oq6O-Double: "A. $3.50; A, SG0.50; B
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NEW YORK, March q. -Butter-Receipts. H. 2SS
packages. Market quiet; Western creamery. 15@
19c; Elgins, 19c; factory. 12D15c. Cheese-Re-
ceipts. 1895 packages. Market quiet; September
Sc; October 71hQ7Ac; light Skins. 57sQ6c; part
skins, 4@6c; full skins. 2@3c. Eggs-Receipts
9.4OO packages. Market quiet; State and Penn
sylvana, 1O%@11c; Western, 1O%c; Southern 1917
@13c
KANSAS CITY, March 22.-Butter steady to
firm; creamery 15@1S13c; dairy, 146D16c. Eggs
The market is firm and prices are up Nc; fresh
candled Missouri and Kansas stock Sc, cases
returned; seconds, &c.
CHICAGO, March 22.-On the Produce Ex-
change to-day the butter market was steady;
creamery, 13d1Sc: dairy. 1O15616c Cheese quiet
at SQSAc. Eggs steady; fresh, &C.
PHILADELPHIA March 22.-Butter steady
fancy Western creamery, zoe; fancy Western
prints BIC. Eggs unchanged. Cheese steady.
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Oils.

OIL CITY March 22.-Credit balances, nc; GER
tfcates opened at 7Sc bid for regular: first sale
LOCO brls regular at soc; highest. LOCO brls cash
at S2c; closed at 7912c bid for cash sales 25 600
brls; shipments $3.50 brls; runs, 101, 400 brls.
SAVANNAH. March 22.-spirits of turpentne
firm at 271ac. Rosin firm; A, b. c, d, S115 f.,
F., $1.40: G, $780, II, 1, $1.60; X. $1.656D1.75; M.
water white, 81.
WILMINGTON. March 22.-Sprits of turpentne
nothing doing and prices unchanged Rosin steady
Tar steady.
CHARLESTON, March 22.-Sprits of turpentine
dull and nothing doing. Rosin firm and I'M
changed.
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MetnIs.

NEW YORK, March 22.-Nearly all depart,
ments showed decided steadiness again to-day,
although business was limited comparatively to
change called pig iron warrants very dull at Sc Is
bid and $685. asked Lake copper very quiet
11.S71zc bid and lie asked. Tin steady at IA. soc
bid and 14.40c asked. Spelter steady at 4.25c bid
and 4.35c asked. Lead firm at 3.7215c bid and
3S0c asked. The firm fixing the settling price for
miners and shelters quotes lead at 3.5Oc.
ST. LOUIS, March 22.-Lead firm at $3.50
3.571zc. Spelter dun at 4c asked.
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SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
Eight Transfers, with n Total COnsid-
Grafton of $500

Instruments filed for record in the recorder
office of Marion county. Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at p. m. March o. 1898, as
furnished by Thee. Stein, abstracter of titles,
corner of Market and Pennsylvania streets, In
danapolis. Suite 229, first Office floor The
Lemcke Telephone 1870:
Eli Arlis to Aetna Saving and Loan Asso-
citation, Lot IS. in Block 81, North In
dianapolis 1910
Livingston d. Foudring TO John S. Foud-
ring ct al, part of Lot p, Ruckle ct ais
subdivision of Johnson's heirs addition. 400
Naomi A. Applegate to David Brown, Lot
IS, Fletcher's second addition to Bright
wood .....:.............. ..................s $50
Laura l. Shockeney to michael J. Ryan
Lot and part of Lots and Z, Haugheys
subdivision of Outlot 66.................... g. coo
Charles F. Robbins to John K. johnson,
Lot 1874, Robbinss North indianapolis ad-
diton 800
Horace Mckay to John NJ. Bash Lot &c.
Square g. Lincoln Park. Observation-Disclosures. 900
Arthur " Brown to Charles Hartman, Lot
40. Browns South Meridian-street addi-
ton .................. $50
David c. Bryan to Ed K, Adams, east half
of Lot 3, Brown & Morrisons subdivision
OF Outot 1SC
Transfers, s; consideration. ..............sS 800
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Poultry and other Produce.
(Prices paid by shippers.

Butter-Country, choice, Zoe; mixed, sale.
Poultry-Hens. &c; chickens, &c; broilers, Sc;
cocks, 3i5c; young hen turkeys &c; toms, &c;
ducks. Size; geese, Acc for full feathered SOC for
plucked.
Eggs-Strictly fresh, Sc.
Feathers-Prime geese, soc per lib; prime duck.
10Gl7c per lb.
Beeswax-SOc for yellow. &c for dark.
Honey-1OGI13c per 10.
Wool-Medium, unWaShed, 10000; tub-waShed,
2OQ25c; bury and understandable. &C less.
HIDES, TALLOW, ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No 1, 9Ac; No. 2, sac;
No. calf, 10c; No. calf, SIC.
Grease-White, &c; yellow, 2hc; brown, 21lc.
Tallow-No. /, &c; No. 2, 21ac
Bones-Dry, S12GIl3 peY 1on
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Cash QUOTATIONS. were as follows; FIour WeaKeF;
1O@15c concessions made. No. red wheat, ST. O3.
No. 2 oats 26c; No. white f. o. b., 29A@321tc;
No. 3 white, f. o. b.. 2SAQ2sc. No. rye ACC.
No. flaxseed, $1.171a; new, $l2O Prime timothy
seed, $2.S211 Mess pork, per brl, $9.S71a@99 80.
Lard, per 100 lbs, s5.O71k@51O. short-rib sides
Qoose). $490Q515 dry-salted shoulders (boxed),
$4.750D5; short-cIear sides (boxed), $525@15 40.
Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per GAL 81
Recepts-Flour 5000 brls; wheat $4,000 blu;
corn 2S6 900 blu; oats 351, 900 bu; rye, 10000 bu
barley, 1900 bu. Shipments-Flour $1,000 brls;
wheat 223 900 bu corn 900 bu; oats, 2650O0 bu;
rye, 1000 blu; barley, 1000 blu.
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HackIeman the Last of the Trio.

Fred Hackleman, one of three boys
charged with stealing goods from p, G..
c. & st. L. freight car, was put on trial in
the Criminal Court yesterday, with Cass
Conoway sitting as special judge. The value
of the goods is placed at $25. The booty con-
sisted of tobacco and coffee, and was stolen
JaTS23. Hacklennan is the last of the three,
TIC other two having been disposed of.
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Henry Miller workshop and smokehouse, East
Washington street and Tacoma avenue SS5
Jerry Redding, REPAIRS $40 South Alabama
street. $40.
Mrs H. Albin. frame house, Arbor avenue.
West Indianapolis. $3.50
Ellen A. Rosenbaum. frame barn. rear 1886
Mary Henley. repairs. SIS North West street.
$50
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At Chicago-Clearings. sl62O4 49,. New York
exchange, 15025c discount. Foreign exchange:
Posted rates. s4.s2 and s4S5Ik.
At New York-Clearings, $112. 97e, 5s7; balances,
So S79 $40.
At misunderstanding. s1s5 OPP; balances,
81 800 646
At Philadelphia ST.. 500 1856; balances.
81 209 Co.,
At Baltimore-Clearngs 81, 7O9 1872; balances.
$452.5l9.
At St Louis-CIearings, s4O1o, 3os; balances,
S722 19l.
At New DEMONSTRATING, $685. 76s
At ACCOMPLISHMENTS SSO9,6S7; balances
s97. 500.
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81. ~ 500
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NEW ORLEANS March 22.-Cotton easy;
sales, 5000 bales ordinary, 916c good ordinary,
l516c; low middling, 5hc; middling, 9-l6c; gooG
middling, 5 l5-16c; midding fair, 5-l6c stock,
ass, 1876 bales.
NEW YORK March 22.-Cotton closed dull;
halls
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Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK, March 22-California dried fruits
quiet and steady; evaporated apples, common 50
SCI prime wire tray, SasqSl9c; wood dried, prime,
Sss9slzc; choice. SAq9c; fancy 9hQl0c Prunes,
31zQ7%4e. Apricots-Royal. 5A67c; Moor Park
slz@1Oizc. Peaehes-Unpeeied, 5qsc; peeled. 12q
e
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291zc; No. 3 mixed, 2s34c; No mixed, 2e14c; ear
corn. 2Sc.
Oats-No. white. soc; No. white. 2sc; No.
mixed 2715c: No. white mixed. 26lse.
Hay-No. timothy. s7q7.5o; No. timothy, Sc
@650.
nspectiong-yCreat: NO 3 red. s cars: rejected
2; total ) cars. Corn: No. white, II cars: No. T.
4; No white mixed. l. No yellow, 3; No 3
mixed, 10; total, IS cars. Oats: No. mixed, /
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States stock. SOS. s1s bags: afoat for the United
States S77 900 bags: total visible for the United
States, 11s531s bags, against 717472 last year and
503 762 in 1856
Sugar-Raw barely steady fair refining, SIC;
centrifugal, se test. &c; rNaned quiet.
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A Probate Appointment.

In Probate Court yesterday George H.
Batchelder was appointed administrator of
the estate of Lena Gutknecht. His bond was
fixed at 81, 400
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LIVE STOCK.
Good Cattle StrOng-HOgs Steady and
StrOng-Sheep Strong.

INDIANAPOLIS. March Observation-Disclosures.
$780, shipments. $50 There was fair supply and
the market was strong. A number Of cars OF ex-
porters sold al IS. per hundred.
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Hogs-The market opened active at prices steady
to strong. Both packers and the order trade were
liberal buyers. one load OF fancy butchers
brought S4.05 per hundred. Light hogs were In
active demand at a shade higher prices. The
supply was soon exhausted and the closing was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-23

Bar. Their. R. H. Wind. Weather Pre-
a. m. .29.SO 81 So S'east. P'tCldy O64
p. m. 1852 so 9S South LtRain. LIP
Maximum temperature. 65; minimum tenn
perature, 81.
Following is comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation March %:
Temp. Pre-.
Mean ........... .................... IS 236
Departure from normal .......... *1S 1926
Departure since March 1..........*207 %419
Departure since Jan. 1............*378 *4.02
*Plus. G. f. r. WAPPENHANS.
TOcal Forecast Official
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VITAL STATISTICS MARCH %.


Elias C. Brantigam, ffty-eight years, 1861
Drake street. appendicitis
Willis Stanton hfty-fve years. SCI Ellsworth
street, pneumonia.
Lewis II. Parker thirty-fye years, 5l4 Fulton
street. pneumonia.
Charles Luebking. eighty-two years, 1909 East
New York street exhaustion.
Josephine Meyer, hfty-nine years, 2117 Park ave.
nue., valvular insufficiency.
Leo Olsen four days, S72S Cornell avenue, pre-
mature.
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births.

Mrs and Charles H. Simons, 127 West Nine
tenth street. boy.
Josie and John Lash 725 South Capitol avenues
girl
Moie and John E. Corcoran. SlS West New
York street girl
l.. and John H. Richardson, 535 South Missouri
street, girl.
Mrs. and S. Hardie Highland place. girl
Mrs. and John Olsen, 272S Cornell avenue, boy-
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Marriage Licenses.

Bert c. Suits and Myrtle Redmond.
Lyman Parker and Lilly Cahill
Curtiss Harris and Lillian Ward.
Samuel S. Bailey and Lillian Jacobs.
William Brown and MolIie Hadley.
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Yesterdays Temperatures.

c. f. r. WAPPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official.
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MUCH COLDER TO-DAY,

Transfers. $; consideration. .................
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-11
The Decoration of School Rooms.

Within the last few years the plan Of dec
Grating school rooms has come into wide
prominence. Many cities and towns from
DenVer to Boston have done more or less in
THIS direction. Probably the most noted in
stance Is to be found in Philadelphia, where
the CIVIC club, an organization composed
wholly or women, has set the pace. With the
assistance Of friends, large number of casts
Hags and pictures have been secured, and the
ioufteen rooms and stairways of a building
decorated In an artistic manner. In every in
stance, care has been taken to properly dis
tribute the decorations. with the result that
pictures in the kindergarten ROOM for ex-
ample, are such as to be easily understood
py the child of five years. In one room are
casCs OF several distinguished authors, with
now and then scene from a masterpiece
Inc prominent characters in American his
tory are placed in third ROOM and besides
a aeV,eloping the artistic sense of the pupil
py Keeping constantly before his vision work
OF ART also cause the otherwise dull text
DOCK to become a reality. Still other rooms
are devoted to animal life, natural scenery,
famous paintings and sculpture, effects of the
forces OF nature, patriotism, Greek and Ro-
man history, etc. The young man in
charge OF the building assures the visitor that
aIthough the pupils are quite young owing to
,he craze Oh the school, yet they manifest
Keen interest In the paintings and casts, and
when they first see a picture eagerly inquire
as 10 the story or ideas it represents, and
OFTEN look up the story themselves They do
| artistic merit of painting, even calling at
tention to the very detail in which it does not
receive their approval OF course the decisions
rendered would not always be accepted by
more advanced artists and very often they
take an exceedingly practical turn as the crit
1cism of the janitor. who wished that Marcus
Aurei1us had shaved before he sat for his
cast as it was awful hard to get the dust out
of his whiskers'
The influence of these paintings and casts
can hardly be over-estimated. The admiration
and the desire for the beautiful are aroused
In youth, and no matter how in after years
1t may be depressed and neglected in the up
hill struggle for existence, the effects of this
early training are never wholly obliterated.
The single picture in the one bare room
| called home may be a cheaply . engraved
chrome, but 1t often represents a longing for
| the beautiful, which can be satisfied in no
other way, owing to the very meagre income
of the family. And until public or private mi
tiatiye shall have satisfied the demand for
| municipal arr which societies such as the
Civic club have been arousng the cheap
chrome must answer.-From Public Art in
American Cities" in the March number of
Municipal Affairs. BIZ !-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-11
DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL.
METROPOLITAN.

Two hours and half of rag timeo seems
a liberal allowance, and the performance ven
at the Metropolitan by the Black Bostonians
last evening might have been condensed
without loss of merit but the entertainment
is not lacking in catchy and novel features
and there was no want OF appreciation on the
part of the fairly large audience.
The Black Bostonians are at their best
in the melodies and dances characteristic of
the race, and 1t was such portions of the
vaudeville bill that appealed most strongly to
the audience. In their own field, singing their
own songs. the colored entertainers have no
reason to fear comparisons. In more ambi-
tious efforts they are tried by a more severe
standard, or rather by less characteristic
one, and in many respects they are not in DO
sition to defy this test.
So for the numbers where the songs were
those with the catchy darky harmony and
the dancing was that in which the colored
feet keep time by nature, the applause was
honest and hearty. For the others it was a
bit perfunctory, given not perhaps out of
good nature but without much enthusiasm
Such characteristic act was that given by
Andy Brown and Lizzie Hardin. There was
rag time of the most tattered sort, fun that
real, dancing that was graceful and
artistic, even if not known by high sound
ing name-a thorough entering into the spirit
OF the thing that allowed both performers and
audience to enjoy something that was just
what it purported to be.
The star of the company, Miss Maud Mas
Palmer, 1t must be confessed was a disap-
pontment She is hardly deserving of the
title of the empress of all sopranos" which
in itself is quite serious handicap. She has
voice of considerable fexibility, but not of
great sympathy. or, in spite of plainly evil
dent training of unusual finish. Her best
number, Way Down Upon the Swanee
River" sung as a second encore, was her
best and in that there was possibility Of
considerable improvement.
Us Alice Clark Royal, the other soprano
of the company, has voice Of dramatic quail
ity and uses it effectively, but 1t cannot be
said that her success was commensurate with
the ambitious nature CT most of the Sc
lectiOns
The entertainment. aside from the numbers