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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16
Westminst er Theatre.

Champion Fitzsimnions will, of course, be
The lending attraction of his company which
comes 10 the Westminster Theatre next week.
He will give his unrivalled ball.punching
speciality, by which he will demonstrate the
terrible force Of his short arm and swinging
blows; also by bghting an illustrated bout
with his sparring partner Mike Conley will
show just how he delivers his famous blows.
But the champion is not trading on his title
of champion. Though there are hundreds and
perhaps thousands who would pay more
than the price of admission just TO see him
alone, his speciality Is really wonderful one,
while the company which surrounds him is
one of exceptional strength. Ernest Roeber,
the champion wrestler OF the world, will
also be seen. Theo, Van Leer 3 Barton, Crane
Bros, Nulvey and Inman, Cilly Collins Chas.
b. Lawlor, Whitman and Davis and the La
Verne Sisters will furnish The vaudeville por-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

amusing and side-splitting didoes
Finally he cumes out of sail and returns
to the domestic fireside in New York city
with flying colors, clad In very extrav-
agant and decidedly picturesque Mexican
costume. The second act Is pronouncedly
the funniest of the throe, but each Of the
other two contains many very highly
amusing and sensational situations.
Mr.. ACollier is surrounded with an
efficient company. many or whom have
established themselves as favoiites In
Providence. Louise Allen, the leading
lady, appears as the suspicious snd jsal-
ous wife OF "The Man From Mexico" I"
and incidentally introduces in tire third
act new and decidedly novel Mexican
dance called ''Maraquita. The part OF
the officious friend will be played by
MncIyn Arbuokls, and the other charao-
ters are entrusted TO Charles Mason,
M. Il. Heokbert Dan Mason, Philip
Ryley, Georgs w. Parsons Carolyn FL
berts, Violet Rand and katnerine Mul-
kins.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16
coNFLAeRArIoN IN QUEBEC.

Richford VT, April 16-The most de-
structive fire that has ever occurred in
this section took place at Sutton, Que
bee, eight miles north of this town. and
the principal business portion was com
pletely destroyed. Early Friday morn
ing fire destroyed Olmstead's sawmill
and a stock OF timber. At 7:s0 o'clock
there was a fire in DIR. MacDonalds 8
barn, the flames spreading to his resi-
dence, aud to the residence and drug
store OF DR.. Cutler. which were de-
stroyed with the barn and shed belong
Ing to the Cutler property. The fre
also destroyed Sweets block. Curley's
hotel and barns, two tenement blocks
+. A. Olmestead's store and storehouse
and a building containing the odd Eel
lows hall, Boright's store. Hawleys mil
hnery parlors and residence. the Conn
mercial hotel and barns, Canadian Pa
cific railways roundhouse, passenger
station and freight house, and a num-
Der or smaller structures In all about
80 buildings were destroyed.
Owing to the limited supply of water
II was impossible 10 save any of the
buildings. Many families lost every
thing they possessed. and others were
only partially covered by insurance.
The fire was blow TO the town. which
Is without a hotel. depot or postoflice.
The loss Is estimated at from Sf25 600 10
S15o.So0
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tunity to show the worth OF his new
leading lady, Miss Bertha Galiand. whom
he looks upon as = most remarkable ex-
ponent or shakespeare's heroipes She has
the advantage Of youth and beauty. COM
bined with an intuitiye dramatic genius.
without which no shakespearian heroine
may succeed.
The arrangements of the repertoire for
the week is as follows: Monday, Thurs
day and Saturday nights. MAC beth 20
Tuesday and Friday nights, Hamlet; %
Wednesday night and Saturday matinee,
Romeo and Juliet" In the coin pany
are III. Gittus Lonsdais. John Elisler,
Lester Lonergsu, Robert Elliott George
Sylvester, j. w. Dean. Wadsworth Hsr-
ris, 5. l.. George. William Wilson, Harry
Wood, Joseph Lonney, >. g. Halpin, H..
j. Wadsw brtb. William Walker, Miss Ann
Kingsley, Miss Grace Fisher, Miss Anna
DAILY and Miss Alice Perkins. The ad-
vance sale OF SEATS for all of the perform
ances has besn large, and some most bril-
liant audiences are assured.
The Sign Of the Cross" which will
be produced at the Providence Opera
House the week of April 2J. IL RELIGIOUS
melCdrama written nv Mr.. Wilson Bar
,rett during his last American tour. IL
teesnS with humanity aud fthrobbing
heart interest end Is such perfect ex :
ample of dramatic oonstructicn that it
could be entirely Invested OF its religious
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

worthy deliberation in assuming the
great Shakespearion roles when placed
In the distinct position Of a star. Hs did
not rest until he had won the unquaii-
fled approval OF no less q Shakespearian
critic than Mr.. Henry A. Clapp OF the
Boston Daily Advertiser. who had no
hesitaucy in declaring that Mr.. Ha-
worths Hamlet was the best since Ed
win Booth lett us. Having accomplished
that great work, he started In to perfect
himself in other roles In which his mas
ter and teacher. Mr.. Booth, had ex.
ceIled. Rinnelieu and Richard Ill. fol-
lowed In the list of great tasks which
Mr.. Haworth had MAPPED out for his
achievement.
The value of his Hamlet Is already
known, except that it is promised that his
Interpretation OF the melancholy Dane
has ripened with advancing years.
Provide nee the coming week is to be the
scene OF Mr. Haworth's next great at
tempt. 10 be sure, ne has already played
tie perDlexing role of Macbeth la this
city, but that was at ] asst two or three
years ago, and not as a STARE Since that
time he has been giving bis strict atteu-
tion to making his fiIst stellar appear
snce In Macbeth one that would shine as
brilliantly as does his Hamlet.
MIR. Haworth has chosen his repertoire
fer bis engagement here with an eye to
displaying his most versatile sfforts. and
at the same time to give ample opp ,r-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16
Keith'S Opera House.

What promises to be an event of extra
ordinary interest is the engagement here
at keith's for every evening OF next week
and the regular Tuesday, Thursdsy ana
saturday matiness of Americas quaint
comedian, Willie Collier. In farce
comedy from the French by Du 5ouchet
enlisted "Tho Man From Mexico" which
Providenos people will see for the first
time at this theatre Monday evening.
Briefly told. the story of "The Man
From Mexico" concerns one. Benjamin
Fitztugh, who, by reason OF his own
foilies In accertinR an invitation from an
over oflicous friend to attend a stag sup
per at q notorious resort. gets himself
intb tie laws toll, and TO escape
domestic scandal deceives bis wife by tell
ing her that be has suddenly been called
to Mexico. In reality. ne Is preparing to
serve a sentence Of 80 days ON Blackwell S
Island for contsm Of court having
been arrested in raid on the aforesaid
notorious resort.
The officious friend Informs him i'm
mediately altar his arrest that he has
"flxed matters with the police but
nevertheless Fitzhuah fipcs himself a
member or the chain gang on BLACKWELL Q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16
PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE.

The coming week marks an important
period In the worlds historS OF the oIas-
$40 drama. IL IL shakespeare's birthday
week. This ID the birthplace and home
OF Mr. Joseph HAworth. He 10 generally
recognized today as one of the greatest
living exponents Of Shakespeare great
est characters In this country. Mr.. Ha-
worth, supported by Miss Bertha Gal
land and q company OF 5hakespsarlan
players, appesrs At the Providence Opera
House the coiniIfg week for q special en-
Ragement, thus inauRuratinR starring
tour which promises TO be ore Of great
Importance for some seasons to come,
under the dlrestion of Mr.. w. M. Wilkin-
son. who Sd successfully directed the late
Alexander Salyini to the brilliant suc-
cesses he achieved up 70 tire time OF his
death, and ais1 COMMUNICATED the natal
days OF the immortal bard, in theproduo-
tion OF whose works Mr.. Haworth has
achieved his greatest substantial tri-
umphs.
Though st varioas. tipes in his excel
lent training ss the Badln& support of
such brilliant lights of ~ stage as Ed
win Booth and John McCuffougb, Mr..
Haworth has. assumed nearly all the
Shakespesrisn chars ct,rs from the high
est to tpe lowest, be has shown praise
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

atmosphere and succeed as modern
meloirama-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

tion OF the program.
The City Sports will be the attraction at
this theatre during the week beginning April
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-04-16

Island and 10 obliged to serve out his
sentence.
The second sot fiDds him m the peni-
tsntiarv. a fuli-dedRed convict but
nevertheless, q favorite with the warden.
and there he kicks up all manner OF
The times., 1898-08-07

to- enters into the play of animals is not
quite certain; II emphatically does enter
into that of children. 1t needs only
very little exercise of the memory to see
that whenever the element of must" of
obligation. enters into the action OF
child, the play-feeling stops.
Still further in his argument Prof.
Groos traces a connection between play
and art. He finds that the art-conscious-
ness is of an Inner imitation which is
make believe" as contraSted with reali
ty. The pleasure of being cause" and
of experimenting" also come into the
art-consciousness, and as for the pleas
ure of freedom, most artists, whether
when they are obliged to create pot-boil-
ers the pleasure of creation is gone.
The field of animal psychology has re-
mained comparatively free from cultiva-
ton, since in the Occidental world the
animal has generally been held so far
below man as TO have but little interest
for the higher consciousness. The the
ory of Darwin, of course, has changed
this feeling TO some extent, but that the
ory has only been in working order among
scientists for about fifty years. Profess
sor GrooS' book has, therefore, a value
as a sort OF pioneer venture in the line
of animal psychology, and as animal psy-
chology and human psychology are, after
all, much more nearly allied than old
fashioned philosophers wished to think,
this work may prove of especial value to
future students of the laws of thought.
(New York: d. Appleton & Coz
The times., 1898-08-07
FuIGllment.

FL EmplaZado, the summoned the doomed one,
Spain. whom the nations denOunce and abhoT,
Robe tiny dismay IN the black sabenito.
Come 10 the frownIng tribunal Of war.
Curst are thy minions, their roster and scutch-
con,
Alvas, Alfonsos. archarchous Of hate;
Pillared bigOtry pride and eNtortion,
Topples TO ruin thy mansion Of state.
Violence, cruelty intrigue and treason:
These the false courters who fatter thy throne;
Empires, thy sisters, foreb0de thee disaster,
Even thy children their mother disown.
Beautiful Cuba, thy suffering daughter,
Famished and bleeding and bufeted sore;
CHASTITY from gashes and stabs Of thy rancor.
Binds up her wounds al alien door.
Courts and corregidors erst n thy bidding
Banished or butchered MorescO and jew;
Ghosts from all ChriStendoIn, shades Of the mar
tyTs,
Flock from the sepulcher, thee to pursue.
Wrath of retribution, justice o'ertakes thee;
Brand of times Madison bliSters thy brow
Armed cabalieros and crowned things of Bourbon,
All are unable TO succor thee now.
El Emplazado, the summoned, the doomed one.
Gods inquisition condemns thee today;
Earth-shaking cannon-bolt thunder thy sentence,
Heaven re-echoes the auto-da-fe.
w. II. venable
The times., 1898-08-07
CURRENT VERSE.
PrOphecy.

Comes cry from Cuban waters
From the warm, dark Antilles
From the lost Atanta's daughter
Drowned in blood as drowned in seas:
Comes cry OF purpled anguish
See her struggles, hear her cries!
Shall she live or shall she languish?
Shall she sink, or shall she rise7
Shall she rise by all that's holy?
Shall she live and shall she last;
Rise as when crushed and lonely
From the blackness Of the pasti
Bid her strikel So it is written
Blood for blood and life for life;
Bid her sInite as she is srnitten;
Stars and Stripes born for strife.
Once we flashed her lights OF freedom,
Lights that dazzled her dark eyes
Till she could but yearning heed them,
Reach her hands and try to rise;
When they stabbed her. ehoked her, drowned her,
Till we scarce could hear n note
All these rustling chains that bound her
Oh. these robbers al her throat!
And the land that forged these fetters7
Ask five hundred years Of news,
Stake and thumbscrew for their bettersf
Inqustionsi Banished Jews,
Chains and slavery! What reminder
OF one red man in that land:
Why. these very chains that bind her
Bound Columbus, foot and hand!
She shall rise as rose Columbus
From his chains from shame and wrong
Rise rs morning, matches, wondFous-
Rise as some rich morning song
Rise ringing song and story,
Valor, love peTs0nifed,
Stars and Stripes espouse her glory,
Joaquin Miller. in 1850
The times., 1898-08-07
"The PIay of ApfmnIs.v

''The Play of Animals - work bv Kari
Groos, professor of philosophy in the
University of Basel, has been translated
Into English by Elizabeth Baldwin, and
will prove of much interest and assist
ance TO the scientific student 1t deals
not only with animal psychology, but. by
analogy, with the play of young children
and the reasons thereof. and thus is of
value TO students of psychology in gem
eral
The book is in five chapters, the first
of which is devoted to the surplus energy
theory OF play, expounded by Herbert
Spencer. This theory is based on the
idea that the play of animals is simply
a means of employing superfiuous and re-
dundant energy. Professor Groos' con-
tention is, however, that this is not the
case, and that the playful actions of ami
mails are the result of instinct. and are
matters of serious moment to the crea-
ture. In short, he holds that play is sim
ply undevelcped work In Chapter II he
expands this idea, giving observations of
the actions of animals at play, and con-
sidering imitation, in its relation 10 play.
the inheritance of acquired characters
and the rise of instincts, and the place
and function of intelligence in these ac-
tivities. The two following chapters de-
scribe the plays of animals in detail, di-
viding them into two general classes
those which are love plays and those
which are not. In the fifth chapter the
psychology of animal play is considered
Prof Groos considers play to be an
instinct developed by natural selection.
on q level with oher instincts so de-
veloped. He considers ii useful. first.
because ii is, as we say, good exer-
cise;' and, second. because the animal
learns to do many things in a playful
way which II would otherwise have to
learn to do through special inherited in
stincts. He suggests that the real mean
ing of infancy is that there may be time
for play.
In the course of discussing the psychol-
ogy of animal plays Herr Groos brings
out the idea that there are two distinct
kinds of plays; those in which there is
conscious self-illusion," and those In
which there is not. Every one who has
observed the games of children under
stands the difference between these two
things. In the one the animal or the
child knows that the situation is not
real, and still behaves very much as If
il were; in the second the player loses
all consciousness that there is illusion.
Among the causes of play as considered
by Herr Groos appear several sources of
neutrality-suspicious. of satisfying an in
stinct, pleasure of movement and action,
but most of all, pleasure in being a
cause. or pleasure in experimenting.
Whether what may be called the pleas
ure of freedom, the feeling Of don't have
The times., 1898-08-07
The Song of the Cnmp.

"Give US a songr the soldiers cried,
The outer trenches guarding
When the heated guns of the camps allied
Grew weary of bombarding.
The dark Redan, in silent scof.
Lay grim and threatening, under:
And the tawny mound of Maakoff
No longer belched its thunder.
There was pause. A guardsman said:
Eve storm the forts tomorrow;
Sing while we may; another day
viii bring enough Of sorrcwp'
They lay along the battery's side,
Below the smoking cannon
Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde
And from the banks of Shannon.
They sang of love, and not of fame;
Forgot was Britain's glory:
Each heart recalled a different name
But all sang Annie Laurie
Voice after voice caught up the song,
Until its tender passion
Rose like an anthem rich and strong
Their battle-eve confession.
Dear girl, her name he dared not speak;
But as the song grew louder,
Something upon the soldiers cheek,
Washed off the stains of powder.
Beyond the darkening ocean burned
The bloody sunsets embers
While the Crimean valleys learned
How English love remembers
-
And once again a fire of hell
Rained on the Russian quarters,
With scream of shot, and burst of shell,
And believing OF the mortars
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For singer dumb and CORY;
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang Of "Annie Laurie
Sleep, soldiers! still in honored rest
Your truth and valor wearing;
The bravest are the tenderest-
The loving are the daring.
-Bayard TAYLOR
The times., 1898-08-07
Richmond.

Yesi | did say on the pine barren view,
As weary / journeyed the wild road along,
Yirginia's rude soil 1 would glad bid adieu
And never remember Virginia in song.
1 had passed through her towns and no converse
had met,
Though in converse my heart knew its fondest
delight;
And SO firm in my breast had dear friendship
That of friendship thought might challenge
the right.
But soon was the change when to Richmond
came.
For the stranger here met with heart like
his own;
And he signs that his verse will ne'er equal
its fame,
And give it for friendship the highest re
nOWn.
In the house on the hill free welcome he
found,
The welcome that told him its friendship was
And long shall the praise of its master re-
While gratitude claims from his heart the just
due.
Oh. woman, here too, both in beauty and sense,
Thou art blest with the boon which art cannot
improve;
That the heart of the stranger is tempted to
love.
Then. Richmond accept a strangers FAREWELL
If the tear of regret Of his love be the proof
Long long in his heart shall thy memory
dwell,
And in age be the theme of the days of his
youth
Thomas Moore, first published in the Bookman-
The times., 1898-08-07
Who Is NV bOr.

Who is my neighbor? 1t Is he
Who asks my help in time Of need;
When in distress or misery
His cry for succor / must heed.
NY neghbor Is the poor and blind,
The prisoner. the halt and lame;
Let him but call, and he must find
Me at his service, in Christ's name.
And il he suffers pain and loss,
In all his trouble, | must take
A share, and bear it as a cross
Upon my shoulders for Christ's sake.
A neighbors duty is to give
In charity all we spare;
Make earth a heaven while we live
With God all kindness is a prayer,
Henry Coyle.
The times., 1898-08-07
An Old EayOrite

Out Of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit, from pole to pole,
i thank whatever gods there be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
| have not WINGED, not cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonines Of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed
Beyond this place Of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet. the menace OF the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid
Il matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishment the scroll,
l am the master of my fate;
! am the captain OF my soul.
The times., 1898-08-07
Current Magazines.

The Century for August is a sort of
melange of war articles and the regu-
lar midsummer fiction, pleasantly COM
bined There is an article by Mr.. Frank
A. Vanderlip, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. entitled Facts About the Phil
ippines. with a Discussion of Pending
Problems" Walter Russell contributes
a paper called "An Artist with Commo-
dore Sampson's Fleet" DR.. George M.
Sternberg, surgeon general of the army,
writes of "The Sanitary Regeneration of
Havana" Another article, by Osgood
Welsh, is on Cuba as Seen from the
Inside" and there is sort of symposium
on the battle of Manila Bay, by three
eyewitnesses The series of articles on
Confederate Commerce Destroyers" is
continued. One of the articles which will
prove especially interesting to most peo-
ple is "The Trumpet in Camp and Bat
tie" by Gustav Kobbe, in which some of
the trumpet calls of the army are repro
duced. Frederick A. Ober writes of The
Island of Porto Rico" a subject with
which he is thoroughly familiar. TWO
particularly good stories are The Coon
Dog" by Sarah Orne Jewett, and Sangre
de Cristo," by Mary Bradford Crownin-
shield A little poem which Is EXQUISITE
ly simple and pathetic, is "A Mother OF
Spain." by Minnie Leona Upton.
Nce,lure's for August is, as announced
nm the cover the midsummer fiction num-
ber. and the fiction is very good. The
first story, second saga OF schoolooy
life nv Kipling, is entitled "In Ambush"
and recounts an adventure or those
delightful young scamps, Stalky, Beetle,
and McTurk, in their war with the re-
doubtable king. Love in Fog" by
Hester Caldwell Oakley, is a little sketch
of considerable originality and decided
lv novel denouement. Other stories are
while the Evil Days Come Not by
William Allen White, author of 1.-The
King of Boyville," and "a Letter from
the 'Hio," by Rowland q. Robinson.
There is particularly interesting paper
on military Europe" by Gen. Miles,
and another entitled, my Ride Across
cuba: The Story of a Secret Mission to
the Cuban Leaders," by Andrew S.
Rowan.
The Review of Reviews for August con-
tatns several articles of particular inter-
est at this time. The story of "Our Bat
tie With Cervera.s Fleet" is told in a
profusely illustrated article by Winston
Churchill 1.-THE Siege and Capture of
Santiago is a paper by John A. Church,
formerly editor of the Army and Navy
Journal. There is an article by Park Ben
iauin. entitled Watson and His Squad
ron.r and an illustrated editorial on "Our
New Hawaiian Territory" Two other
| features of the magazine are THE Pres
ent Problems and Politics of France" by
The times., 1898-08-07

Gan you give the address of United States
Government detective 10 what authority TO
write on matter pertaining to the secret service
Of the Government? L. VI.
The chief of the secret service divis-
lon OF the Treasury Department is J.
T. Wilkie. His office is in the Treas
ury building. Washington, d. c. Write
to him for information.
The times., 1898-08-07
Good Cheer,

Have you had kindness shown?
Pass it onl
Twas not given for you alone
Pass it on!
Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another's tears,
Till in heaven the deed appears
Pass it onl
New York Tribune.
The times., 1898-08-07

When did the use of revenue stamps on checks
cease under the old law? STAMP.
On July /, 1888. in accordance with the
provisions Of the act of March 8, 1883.
The times., 1898-08-07

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and dis
cussion of the question What Shall we
Do With the Phiippines?' The cartoon
department this month is made up large
ly of cartoons from newspapers of Mad
rid, and they are highly amusing, though
not precisely In the way in which their
designers intended them to be-