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The herald., 1898-05-08
Shakespearean Notes

The three hundred and thirty-fourth an
niversary of Shakespeare's birthday was
duly commemorated at the Edwin Forest
home at Holmesburg. Joseph Jefferson
made graceful little opening address, of
personal "reminiscences in which he recalled
how he made his stage debut at the age Of
three in Kotzebue's drama. "Pizarro."
The program was lengthy one. Mem
bers of the dramatic profession from the
Lyceum Theater company, 1.-THE Ballet
Girl" the Castle Square Stock and Cres-
ton Clarke's company appeared by special
permission of their managers, and the en-
tertainment offered was in every way sue
cessful. These annual celebrations at the
home are arranged not only to commemor-
ate the birth of Shakespeare, but to afford
diversion to the inmates of the home.
The regular season at Daly's New York
theater closed with the representation of
LAS You Like It," on Wednesday evening"
April 13. when Miss Rehan made her last
appearance until November next. A souve-
mir of the occasion was William Winters
book on the record of Miss Rehan, sump-
tuously gotten up. Mr.. Daly's season of
1S97-9S had double commencement, the
musical season beginning in New York on
August 16, with a revival of 1.-THE Circus
Girl" while the dramatic season began
ten days later at Stratford- -on-Avon, on
August 26, with the representation of "As
You Like It." Since then performances
have been given in New York as follows:
LAS You Like It" has been acted ten
times, flaming the Shrew' has been acted
fifteen times, Merry Wives of Windsor"
has been acted sixteen times, Twelfth
Night" has been acted eight times, and
other plays to greater runs.
According to the st. Louis Post-Dispatch
q six-weeks' season Of Shakespearean
plays will be begun in that city July 8.
Among the productions in store are those
of IA Winters Tale,' Merry Wives of
Windsor" and 1.-THE Tempest" The COM
pany will include Edmund D. Lyons, Beau
mont Smith, Lawrence Hanley, Henry
Jewett, Miss Nelette Reed, Miss Grace
Henderson and Miss Belle Chamberlain.
Miss Marie Wainwright will not appear in
the productions, as formerly announced,
the management taking exception to her
appearance at a local theater during the
winter. which, they claim, was in violation
of the agreement reached when they re-
tanned her services. Miss Wainwright, 1t
is understood, will dispute the right of the
management, and will take steps for legal
redress.
Lawrence Hanley played Hamlet at a
benefit rendered to him at the Imperial
theater, st. Louis, recently. Dorothy Ross
more was the queen and Miss Reed the
Ophelia of the occasion.
There Is to be a revival Of Julius
Caesar" with the Booth and Barrett seem
cry. at the Columbia theater, New York,
in the near future.
The annual dinner Of the Fortnightly
Shakespeare club was held April 3Oth In
New York. About seventy-flve members
and invited guests gathered, and, after
dining, refreshed themselves informally
The herald., 1898-05-08

don would very soon close their doors.
/ don't like The Conquerors one little
bit; I have no tenderness and very scant
liberation for It; but 1 beg to thank Mr.
Redford for allowing us to find out for our
selves that Mr.. Potter is a playwright OF
small talent and no taste, instead Of con-
ferring on him the unmerited distinction of
martyrdom. The odd thing is that in New
York The Conquerors' seems to have been
accepted. even by its opponents, as work
of some intellectual pretensions. What
it lacks is precisely intelligence. The su-
dience was set against it by It's sheer
clumsiness long before the crucial scene
was reached"
The herald., 1898-05-08
Anna Held to Pay

Anna Held made an engagement some
months ago to appear at the Scala music
hall in Paris and failed to keep 1t. There
was forfeiture clause in the contract,
and her manager, M. Marchand, sued to
recover the amount of the forfeit, $500.
He won the suit and Miss Held's lawyers
appealed the case. The appeal was de-
cided against her, and she has been or
dered to pay the money.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Coming Attractions

LOS ANGELES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Announcement) Ferris Hartman, who is
exceedingly popular all over the west, will
make his first appearance in this city as
star on the stage of the Los Angeles thea
ter next Thursday, Friday and Saturday
matinee and evening. May 12 13, IA, in the
title role of nautical farce comedy by
John T. Day, entitled 1.-The Purser." 1.-The
Purser" was originally produced on July
18th last, at the Theater Royal Ports
mouth. England. 1t made quite success
and subsequently was brought to London
and given a production on September 18th
at the Strand theater where 1t received
most favorable mention from the press
of the metropolis and made a popular hit.
The story deals with the love affairs of
the purser of P. & o boat, the Kangaroo,
which Is on a voyage to Australia. The
purser has been married in London and,
almost at the altar, has been ordered to
sail at once. The rules Of the company do
not permit the officers to carry their
wives with them, and the purser and his
bride are In despair They decide that the
wife shall make the voyage incognito as
a passenger. The ensuing complications
furnish the fun of the piece and are highly
the promenade deck of the vessel, is said
scene models have been followed exactly
and a duplicate of the London production
is promised. Interpolated in the piece are
a number Of songs, the titles of some of
which are as follows: "Time Will Cure All
Things" "Oh, What a Beautiful Ocean"
Cooks Excursion Trip" "Some Men Are
hot Av,l,{ - ~
TAIN" "Chloe," That's Nothing to Do
With You," MARY Had a Little Lamb" :"
For You Do See and You Don't See," and
"Tilly Thompson
The cast of 1.-THE Purser" is as follows:
Captain Causton OF the Kangaroo, H. D.
Blakemore; DR.. Patrick Brady of the same
ship. William Richardson; Fred Finchley,
a passenger. Edward Emery; Dick Mas-
ters, another passenger, John H. Brown;
The Quartermaster, William Mortimer;
Tommy, the cabin boy, Gertie Carlisle; Mrs.
Stanley, a gay divorce, Lena Merville;
Edith Somers, the purser's wife. Alice
Johnson Mabel Viney, romantic passen-
ger. Alethea Luce; Reginald Temple. the
purser. Ferris Hartman.
O o G
BURBANK.-(Advance Announcement
For the week beginning tomorrow night
the Belasco-Thall stock company will pre-
sent the patriotic naval play, 1.-The En-
sign" The scenic part of this production
will be striking feature, as the entire
settings have been especially designed and
built for the occasion. One Of the notable
scenic arrangements is the double deck
of the United States steamer San Jacinto,
said to be one of the most difficult to con-
struct. Many of the scenes are laid in
Havana, near Moro castle, a fact which,
at the present time of excitement in that
part of the world, lends additional interest
to the play. THE Ensign is clean, pure
and wholesome play, with enough comedy
The herald., 1898-05-08
Margaret Mather's Will

: The will of the late Margaret Mather was
filed on the 29th ultimo in Brooklyn by
General H. c. King, her sole legatee and
executor, who has said that the estate will
realize in excess of the debts. Whatever
may remain will be given to the sister Of
the dead actress
The herald., 1898-05-08
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK

The enormous sums that have been real
lied from the production of popular plays
are often the subject of wild guesses, and
1t is doubtful whether the average play
goer has any idea what those sums really
are. writer in the New York Herald
has taken the trouble to make an apparent
ly careful investigation of this subject
and the figures he gives are astonishing
enough to satisfy any curiosity.
The detail of the different successes Is
gone into elaborately but the results are
summarized as follows:
The herald., 1898-05-08
The New York Season

The growing list of closing companies
would suggest a quick ending of the the
atrical season, and yet in New York
novelties are still presented, and the busi-
ness of the better attractions continues
large. If, the weather Is favorable, there
is every indication of prolonged metro
politan season.-Dramatic Mirror.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Mrs. Fiske as Becky Sharp

The announcement some time ago that
Mrs. Fiske would produce a play based
on Thackeray's famous novel, VANITY
Fair" and originate on the stage the char
acter of Becky Sharp, was everywhere re-
ceived with tokens of pleased anticipation.
It is now definitely announced that Mrs
Fiske's third annual production in New
York, to be made next January or Febru-
ary, will be of play called Becky Sharp"
made from Thackeray's masterpiece. This
drama will be the work of Langdon Elwyn
Mitchell, who Is a son of DIR. S. Weir
Mitchell, the well-known novelist and him
self also a novelist and poet. Some of
Mr.. Mitchell's earlier work was put forth
under the pen name of John Philip VAR
ley, but his more recent and more ambi-
tious novels have been published under his
proper name. Mr.. Mitchell has been an en-
thusiastic student of Thackeray's works,
and has long enjoyed the acquaintance Of
the novelist's daughter, Mrs. Ritchie,
whose recently published "reminiscences of
her father have attracted wide attention.
Mr.. Mitchell is said to have unusual apti-
tude for dramatic writing. Last week he
submitted his scenario of Becky Sharp
to Mrs. Fiske. and at once 1t was approved
and accepted and contracts were entered
into for it's timely delivery. In this play
the chief character of which, by common
consent, will ideally fit Mrs Fiske, fine op-
portunities will be afforded for elaborate
sets and quaint costuming. The produc-
ton will involve large cast and an un-
usually heavy stage equipment. Becky
Sharp will be looked forward to as one Of
the dramatic events of next season.
Mrs. Fiske's popularity in her double
bill, "Love Finds the Way" and "a Bit of
Old Chelsea" at the Fifth-avenue theater,
shows no abatement. She has created a
dramatic sensation in New York not Sec
ond to that of year ago in "Tess," and is
again the talk of the drama-loving town.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Mot i'm a Hundred years

The traveller who drinks coffee Of rye,
And each day eats the sole-leather pie
That's for a consideration
Sold at each railway station,
Will not get the gout by and by.
Chicago News.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Papinta

Papinta, the myriad dancer, is in her
fifth week at Keiths Boston house. She
is the only dancer who has ever played
e. consecutive engagement Of this length ut
any of Keiths theaters.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Tantalizing

Hoax-If the driver of an Ice wagon
weighs 200 pounds, what does the man OF
the back of the wagon weigh?
Joax-All right; I give 1t up.
Hoax-Ice.-Philadelphi Record.
The herald., 1898-05-08
old-Time Regulation of Dining

An act Of parliament was passed In the
reign of Edward III. prohibiting any one
from being served at dinner or supper with
more than two courses, except upon some
great holidays therein specified, on whioh
he might be served with three.
The herald., 1898-05-08
Stars and Stripes Pelted at Santiago

Kingston, Jamaica.-A few nights before
Pulaski F. Hyatt the United States consul
at Santiago de Cuba. left that port under
instructions for Port Antonio, Jamaica, a
mob of Spaniards made demonstration
before the constIate, and threw tomatoes.
The herald., 1898-05-08

with the amateur talent at his disposdi, the
last few performances showing not only
that he has at last succeeded in form
ing a company of very considerable prom
ise, but that something like tradition Of
Elizabethan playing is beginning to form
itself In the society. The result on the whole
is that those who have attended the per-
formances have learned to know the Eliza
bethan drama in a way that no extremity
of reading the plays could have led them
co."
1.-THE Heart of Maryland" and Mrs. Les
lie Carter have achieved popular success
at the London Adelphi theater and the
engagement may be indefinitely prolonged.
The critics are not unanimous in praise Of
the piece, and some of them appear to judge
1t by a rather severe standard, seeing that
il does not claim to be anything more than
a war melodrama, and as such 1t has
achieved it's purpose. which was, no doubt,
to please the public without resorting to
coarse and vulgar methods
But the best of the London critics have
scored the play, as play, rather unmerci-
fully, while allowing the possession of
great emotional power to Mrs. Leslie Car
ter. Here is what one Of these critics writes
of the piece:
"Such interest as 1t may inspire depends
solely upon its somewhat opportune pre-
sentiment of the features of grim-visaged
war. Fighting is supposed to be going on in
the wings in every act; the noise of ar
tillery is unceasing; files of prisoners and
wounded men cross the stage at intervals;
laconic messages are constantly being re-
ceived and despatched; the stage resounds
with hoarse and unintelligible words Of
command. If this Is not war up-to-date
1t sufficiently fulfils the public notion of
war. Drama however, 1t is not. The first
two acts convey no coherent idea to the
spectator: 1t is Impossible to tell in what
relation the five-and-twenty or thirty char
acters, an army in themselves, stand to
each other. From first to last, indeed, the
the fate or fortunes of any particular set
of characters"
The Bulletin announces that series of
afternoon performances Of Ibsens plays is
to be given at the Alcazar theater in San
Francisco under the stage management of
s. l.. Ackerman, a ''well-known society
and club man." Among the plays to be in
cluded in the series is "Hedda Gaber" and
new ones on the unsuspecting reader. The
reporter also condescendingly informs a
waiting world that "Ibsen's plays are con-
sidered second only to those of Shakes
peare." G. A. DICKINSON.
The herald., 1898-05-08

From this table 1t will be seen that
ashore Acres" and "Adonis" are the two
pieces that have averaged over $1,000 gross
receipts per each and every performance
given. while 1.-THE Two Orphans" although
played more times than any other piece
on the list, averaged only about $3.50 for
each performance, and the lowest aver
age is that of "Hazel Kirke" with 1888 for
each of 5000 performances.
The herald., 1898-05-08

On the subject of large earnings Manager
Pitou is reported as saying: IT think that
no production has ever equaled in earn
ing power the seasons which the Booth
Barrett combination played in the legiti-
mate. 1 know that during one season the
profits-not the gross earnings, but the
profits-were 100000, of which Mr.. Booth
received so per cent, or 100000; Mr.. Bar
rett 40 per cent. or s24OOOo. and the man
ager, Mr.. Chase, ten per cent or $60,00O."
The herald., 1898-05-08

Naval plays are to be the order of the
week at our local theaters. 1.-THE Ensign
will open tomorrow night at the Burbank,
and 1.-THE Purser'' comes along on Thurs
day at the Los Angeles. The smell of
salt water and the rich flavor of patriotism
will pervade each auditorium.
The herald., 1898-05-08

The annual dinner Of the Fortnightly
Shakespeare club was held April 3Oth In
New York. About seventy-flve members
and invited guests gathered. and. after
dining, refreshed themselves Informally
The herald., 1898-05-08

Theatrical men always refer to the re-
ceipts of the first 1873 performances of "The
Shaughran" at the old Wallack's theater
as phenomenal The gross receipts were
$243 900.
The herald., 1898-05-08

Ada Rehan purchased last week nearly
$12, 900 worth of real estate on Montauk
Point, l.. 1.
Sarah Bernhardt's next London engage
ment will begin in the Lyric theater on the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-27
Chicago Names.

A man Of humor and statistics has
discovered that the Chicago city di-
rectory contains l Deadman to 2f
Collins, Pail, Spade, So Sections
and 3 Shades, which seems out of
proportion. An improvement is no.
tioed in Damrow, / Cuss, 1 Gosh,
Punches, 3 Peelers and 3 Cells.
Then there are 20 Bards to sc
Springs and Is Swallows to 1C
Summers. Wearing apparel is
scarce. There are only 3 Cuffs,
Corset, Shirt, Shocks and l Bon
net, and there is only Bare. The
provision department is represented
by 1 Butter, 3 Chicks, 8 Hams,
Eggs and II Peppers, and fruit by
Orange, 10 Plums. Peaches, s
Pears, / Peanuts and 21 Apples.
There are besides enough animals,
wild and tame, to stock a dozen
menageries, rs Loves, some Good
fellows and 22O Saints. New Or
leans Picayune.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-27
Wallace's Farmer And Binding Irvine

Readers of Wallace's Farmer who last
spring followed it's adviceon the binding
twine questiin saved enough money to
paper. In the issue of May 9Th, Wallace's
Farmep advised ell subscribers to pur-
chase their binding Irvine without delay
followed the advice given AT one little
ON in Iowa, local dealer had five
thounds pounds of Irvine on hand on Fri
day, May 9th, the date of the copies of the
Farmer reached that posteoffice, BY five
O'Clock Saturday evening he had less
THAI five hundred pounds left, having
Within few weeks Irvine was worth fif.
teen cents per pound. Some reades saved
thirty to forty dollars by following its adj
from five to twenty dollars. Mr.. Evens
one of its club agents, tells of rathrr
good story in its connection. He had ask
ed a neighbor to subscribe for the Farmer
last winter but the neighloor thought that
the money was worth more than the pap
eT When h;1,;. Mr. Eyens read the advice ice
fWohundred bounds at at seven ,a and o lo
half cents per pound. When taking the
Irvine home in July he happened to meet
the price of Irvine was who remarked that
he would have to go to town the next
day u and md by his supply Mr. Evans re-
but he had Followed the advice of Wal
lace's Farmer and contracted his for sew
en- and one-half en- May. Mr.. Evens did
not POINT or the feca moral, but 5rom the sly
ticulty. in applying it himself. Had he
subscribed for Wallace's Farmer and
needed its advice he would have saved
enough on binding Irvine alone to have
paed his subscription for the balance of
his natural life, 1t sinply:illustrates the
toct that r really practical agricultural
paper, such ad Wallace's Farmer has
shown itself to be, will save its readers
every year enough money to pay for life
subscription. Wallaces' FaInce is pub
III OF Mas IDi, low,
edited by Henry Wallace the we'll known
Iowa farmer and editor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-27
HamliD Department..

son, Alex, and daughter, Emma, left
Tuesday evening for the Exposition.
While away they will visit fora short
time with their two daughters, Mrs.
Theo. Gearheart and Miss Lille
Crees, at Nicola.
Anthony Davis and family got
home from Omaha, last Friday even
ing, coming by team, leaving Omaha
on Sunday. This side of Loveland
they got stuck in a snow drift and
had to shovel their way out with a
pie pan which took about half an
hour. This may sound like pretty
big story to set in circulation in the
middle of October, but II is neverthe-
less true, and that, is not all; some OF
the members OF the family came very
near being buried in that same drift,
too, so that they ought to know how
deep it really was.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-27
Episcopalians Adiourns

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-After SEES.
sion of three weeks the Episcopal tri.
ennial council of 1898 came to an end
last night. Probably never before at
one convention has the council trans.
acted more business than at this meet.
ing, or Of so much vital Importance to
the church. The work accomplished
included complete revision of the con.
stitution, in many departments, also
the addition Of number of amend
ments, most Of them of minor charac.
ter to the canons.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-27
Audubon Go. Journal,
EXIRA, IOWA.
A. C.. GUERNSEY. Mnnnuer.
October Fl, 1898.
OUR NOTICE.

All business locals inserted in the news col.
umns will be charged for at the rate of Ten
CENTS per line, for the first insertion. and
FIVE CENTS for each subsequent insertion.
CENTS per line for first insertion, and Ten
CENTS per line for each subsequent insertion
All notices will be kept in until ordered out
All accounts must be settled monthly. Politi.
cal correspondence TWENTY-FIVE CENTS pei
line, ca CHI communication to be accompanied
by the cash.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-27
List Reaches Fourteen.

MERIDIAN, Miss, Oct. 26.-Further
information reaching here from Forest,
Miss, says that IA is the number of
negroes killed in the Harpersville race
riot up to last night. The bodies of
three more victims were found in the
woods yesterday, which increases the
number to IA. The negroes who fled
to the swamps have all made good their
escape and the race conflict is now at
an end.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-27
THE RAM SToNEWALL.
1t Now Belongs to Japan and Wears
Romantic Name.

At NOW belongs TO Japan and Wears q
Romantic Name.
In looking over a history of our
civil war a few days ago l CHANGED
upon the name of that rebel ram,
since sold to the Japanese govern
ment, the Stonewall. And as l sat
and read the lines faded away, and
in their places came an expanse of
shimmering water, dotted with
junks, sampans and fisher boats,
while to the north and west were
long rows of blue tiled and straw
matched houses, the old town of
Kanagawa and the new village of
Homura. Beyond Mississippi and
Treaty points are substantial go
downs of stone, two hatoba break
the placid waters Of the anchorage
and near to them lies low vessel
with a long ram, over which ripples
the breach. The city of stone is
Yokohama and the water is the bay
of Jeddo; the vessel is the old Stone
wall, now of the japanese navy,
known as sAdzuma, a name dear to
all people of the Sunrise Kingdom, a
synonym of love and wifely devo-
ton. And thereby hangs tale.
Down through the ages, back to
the year A. D. 40, the Amos, sup
posed to be the Original settlers
OF Japan, were causing some trouble
for the Emperor Keiko and finally
broke out into open revolt. So he
sent his son, Yamato Dake, to sub
due them. After traversing the
southern shores of the island of Nip
pom and in each instance being vic
torious over the fractions savages,
Yamato found himself at the en-
trance to the bay Of Jeddo, where
Commodore Perry made his first
anchorage. Here he embarked with
his army and attempted to cross the
narrow channel. How was he to
know that currents, tides, winds and
weather were very treacherous
where only clear sky and smil-
ing water greeted him9 It is an old
Japanese proverb that "a sea voy-
age is an inch Of jigoku" (hell), and
as Yamato stepped into his boat he
made sighting remark against the
sea, whereat the sea god became
very angry and proceeded to make
the proverb good. The storm in
creased as the army gained the cen
ter of the strait and death seemed
inevitable. Soon the samurai began
to murmur that perchance human
sacrifice would appease the wrath
full god. These whispers reached
the keen ears of Tachibana Hime.
wife of Yamato. Without word she
sprang into the hungry sea and dis
appeared, and, the sea god being ap.
peased, all became quiet once more,
and the army landed and pursued
its victorious way over mountains
and plains. After conquering many
tribes, Yamato Dake turned his face
toward Kioto. In the beautiful pass
of Usui Toge, after climbing miles
up precipitous roads, he caught
sight of the distant waters of the
bay of Jeddo shimmering in the light
of the sun, and as the memory of
the sacrifice came back to him he
cried, Adzuma, adzumaI' (My
wife, my wifeD
Since that time the plain of Tokyo
is spoken Of in song and story as
Adzuma, and at the head of Tokyo
bay is shrine erected to the mem
Dry of Tachibana Hime, in which is
her comb, that foated ashore ut
that place. Denver Post.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-10-27
Cheerful Temper,

A cheerful temper, joined with in
nocence, will make beauty attrac-
tive, knowledge delightful and wit
good natured. It will Tighten sick
ness, poverty and affection and con-
vert ignorance into an amiable sim
plicity and render deformity itself
agreeable. Addison.