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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
Audience.

parasol So the mighty have fallen.
After the first applause few lines are
said, and suddenly there rushes on the
stage a big, dashing, handsome Ger
man to protest because he cannot 40
as he wants, and he wants to make
playhouse of The French chapel. Not
a second elapses before the house IS
filled with sincere applause. 1t IS 10
welcome Faversham, the young, dis
tingue leading man of the company.
Scarcely have the echoes died and he
has just finished bowling his acknoWl-
edgement when in from the rooms OF
the conquered there comes a gentle
priest, and then the applause begins
again, this time for Crompton, and
somebody in the audience says, with
an affection that all the audience feels,
Give an extra hand for dear old
Crompton." Soon tiny creature,
quantity dressed, with her fair hair
arranged in stiff curls, appears, who,
before she has time to enter her COM
plant or can tell that F'renchman,
even if he were the conqueror, would
not take the pet OF a lady, or can beg
for the return of her trained squirrel,
is looking into the eyes of the audi
ence, and everybody is laughing and
clapping and smiling welcome again
and again to Ida Conquest, the clever
little soubrette who has the wonderful
art of never over or under acting her
part There is a deal of enthusiasm
kept back, though, in this great audi
ence-this audience which represents
all that is best in New York of wealth
and brains-and in time the applause
that it has been holding for her vel
comes a slender bit of girl who, ad-
vancing to protest, with dignity,
against the insults shown her family,
and who stands confessed to the
friendly people before her, not only as
Mile. De Grandpre, but also as Viola
Allen, remembered as little child
who has been trained by the best ac-
tors we ever have had-Booth and
Jefferson-who never makes mistake,
and whose name-and to me and many
another this is most beautiful-is as
pure and free from the black touch Of
scandal as the snow when it first falls
from the heavens above. The applause |
surges like the waves of the ocean. |
The action Of the play is stopped, for |
the New Workers know and appreciate |
not only the clever actress, not only |
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"No, I do not choose their compan-
ions for them. l select They won't
chum with a boy until they have heard
nv opinion of him. My-our home is
omen to all their acquaintances; they
are as free to come here as they are at
their own homes whether | am here Or
not. And they have great times, l tell
you.
IF one of them brings boy that
do not like it takes considerable dIplc-
macy to convince him that l do not
like the acquaintance, for [ never have
said so in so many words to either OF
them / do not wish by objecting to any
one to lead one Of my boys to ask for
reasons. The reasons might make my
bovs familiar with phases of life with
which I would rather he did not know
ar think of even momentarily if can
holm If With the freedom that is
GIVEN them both boys always bring a
new acquaintance to the new mouse,
and 7 make a point of meeting him
soon after he is here.
Then. after he is gone, l am asked
what | think of hin, If | do not like
him I merely say that he did not i'm
press me especially-in an undecided,
half disgusted sort of way that l have
been at considerable pains to culti-
yate. It's mighty indefinite, know.
but never once has it failed That boy boy
has never been to our home again. Inc
BOYS seem to want to associate win
boys that I like and whom | Will make
much Of. And if like new acqualnt-
ance, or if I am satisfied with him, you
may rest assured that | show It pro-
nouncedly enough to let my boys see lt.
Their girl companions? On that
point shall have to confess almost an
entire ignorance. l have no fear, how
ever. for | feel sure that if boy
choose the right kind of boys to go
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BAD AT THE THEKTER
She Makes Critical Study OF the Play the Actors and the
Audience

merely among the audiencel Thera ar,
so many things that nothing will ~
cuse. Nothing excuses a loud criticism,
of the play, especially an unpleasant
one. 1t is true that you may have 1aid
your money, but you can take ycn9
choice, and if you do not like the NAV
you can go home.
Nothing excuses the overwbnIn,i,r
of a delicate woman with The strons.
perfume of cigarettes and possjhIS
something else. You have a. Derfe,+
right to smoke and drink whatever
you desire, but not fifteen minutes ii.
fore entering the theatre
Nothing excuses the incommodins NJ
ones neighbor with a big cloak and
troublesome hat, and nothing excenr
news of sudden death or illness en-
cuses the going out between the acts
Nothing excuses the quoting in \
loud voice your acquaintance with an
actor. The world at large doesn't care
who you know. 1t only wants Won Ia
behave yourself.
Nothing excuses loud yelling for ths
author or manager or pounding with
umbrellas or sticks. Applause. prom
erly given, is due to the artist bit
that should be limited to the usual
quiet brining together of the hands
Nothing excuses ungloved hands.
yelled faces, untidy toilets or bad man
ners at the theatre, for unless Won
know just how you should look and
just what you should do, home is the
best place for you until you have
learned the various don is" of social
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small that I had to carry them in my
d ms when / found time, for / have
been on the stage ever since soon after
the first was born"
zone Of the few things that can re-
member as a child is that nobody could
make me do anything through fear. l
SIN that way now. Folk called it stob-
hOrnness in those days, and the way to
rid a child of it was to whip it out of
her Long before l married | deter
Wined that if ever I had children |
would never whip them, and l do not
remember ever raising my hand to one
Of my boys.
OF course I have had to scod them,
especially when they were very small,
but have led and coaxed them thous-
ands Of times when they did not know
u. And they do not know always even
now, or if they do they never let me
know, and they have no secrets from
me | am their chief, and, believe,
their only confidante.
| aimed from the start to be COM
panion-to be 'chummy' with them.
ana | wanted to be the best chum that
tAey had. | feel sure that I have sue
ceeded. I know it. All my spare time
IS theirs, but they are freq at all times
70 amuse themselves with somebody
{ Sc, But they are just as ready for
lIollc with me as l am with them
hey are the first ones to hear new
song, and if they like it and like it
: know it will make hit. Still, if
axe a song and they do not l am not
" committed to their judgment OF
TASTE as to give way. No, not yet
DRANK AND SMOKED WITH THEM
have aimed to make them self
Iehant and to guide them without
Jhelr knowing that they were being
'ed' For instance, l did not want
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30

them to smoke cigarettes. I haven't
hucn antlpathy against tobacco, ex-
cept that | feel that cigarettes are
things that a boy can easily abuse. l
DO not fear pipe in the hands of
boy
80, long before most mothers would
want their boys to smoke at all |
bought them the finest pipes that I
could find. The younger one was far
too small to care for smoking. but he
had pipe, and what is more was free
to smoke it. He did try it after see
ing his brother smOke-when he had
learned after several excruciating ex-
periences-but it made the little follow
so dreadfully sick that it was years, |
think, before he cared to try it again.
Now they both smoke and drink.
You ought to see us some evening af-
ter dinner sitting around the table;
the boys with their pipes and beer, I
with a igarette-merely to keep them
company, you know-and drinking
whatever | happen to feel like
Il do not advise strong liquors for
boys as young as they are, but l keep
them where they can see them at any
time, so that they will not fear them
and have not hankering for them
by feeling that they cannot have them
if they want them. Now, strange as it
may seem, neither of the boys cares
for either liquor or beer They drink
beer merely to be sociable.
CHOOSING THEIR COMPANIONS.
Their companions? Well, their
most intimate friends are two sons of
people whom l have known ever since
[ was a girl. They are as near like
my boys as 1 would have them-just
different, enough, you know, to make
all four companionable. Then their
other boy friends are naturally few
whom they met and liked at the
schools that they have attended.
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SOME GOOD ADVICE.

7 don't know. Just now both are in
so-called military schools. The young
er is fitting for Annapolis. He wants
to enter the United States Navy.
shall be glad if his taste for the SER
vice continues. He's perfectly crazy
over ships, warships, you know.
Not long ago the officers of the Iowa
invited me to dinner. l was the only
woman there. Think of a poor, lonely
female among SO many men. Before
dinner they showed me over the vessel.
| saw everything, so many things that
| could not only recall the next day
general idea of how neat and spick
and span everything was, and how
daintily and lavishly the table was fur
nished, and how correctly the dinner
was served.
'But my boy wasn't interested in the
table; he wanted. to know If | saw this
gun, that machine and hundred and
one parts of the ship that he had read
about. Finally he asked me If saw
the coming tower.
There's whore saved myself. l
well remember climbing into some kind
OF stufy cubbyhols, 1t seemed TO me,
and q dashing officer said 1t was the
coming tower All that impressed ns
was that you could get an excellent
view of the navy yard from the peep
holes. But l remem herad enough to
satisfy my boy. The treat of his life
came one day last week, when one OF
the officers of the Iowa showed Harry
all over the boat.
LEARNING A LESSON.
My older boy is Of studious nature.
He likes to read, and l will keep him
in school or college as long as he cares
to remain. Some months ago he came
to me very seriously and considerably
depressed. He thought it shame that
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
NAV lRWIN'S TWO BOYS.
How She Is Bringing Them UpTe Chum and Playmate
and Drink With Her.

Friends who know May Irwin we'll
tia, Il, outside Of her theatre life-in-
ss- that her two boys are models of
GOOD bringing up. 1t is only natural
that she, being their mother and hay
mg brought them up, agrees with her
friends in this. Indeed she goes fur
Their. and laying her hand on the capa-
cois and motherly bosom, dramatic
sl.y asserts that never did other two
sucA boys exist, says the New York
Press
After seeing them, especially after
listening to their mother talk about
-hem, one is willing to agree with
"]liss" May Irwin and her numerous
friends.
The vast majority of folk who have
seen May Irwin as the Swell Miss Fitz-
well at the Bijou do not know probably
that May Irwin is the mother of cOu-
pie Of as fine appearing lads as may be
found in New York-that is, as far as
appearances go. The testimony of May
Irwin and her friends must be taken as
regards their many commemorate vir-
tues. May Irwin, except to intimate
friends, is loath to talk of her boys, for
& popular actress cannot as rule per-
nit the public to think of her in any
other way than as Miss" To friends
she is garrulous on the subject, she
says.
Next to being known as a successful
actress May Irwin is known for her
bigness of heart, and it was the argu
mprt that her success as a mother
might help other less knowing moth
ers that induced her to talk about her
boys for publication And she has
IDEAS 1t is for you to judge whether
they are good ones or not.
EARLY BEGINNINGS.
81 began early with them" she said
the other day, when they were so
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30

l had to work so hard to support him.
Fancy it! He wanted to leave school
and go to work. | said, All right, go
ahead. Do what you think you want
to-
He secured a position as clerk with
a large wholesale and retail grocery
firm. He went downtown every morn
ing and worked faithfully, l am told,
eight hours day. After two months
he came to me and said, Mama, | have
a confession to make
Well, what is it, Walter?' | asked.
81 used to think knew a good deal.
I find that | don't know anything. |
want to go back to school.
Think Of boy learning that lesson
long before he is Fl.
HER HOME LIFE WITH THEM.
when do l see them? At dinner
every night at 5, am always at home
to them then, and never allow anybody
to come between US at that hour. Then,
in the morning, before they go to
school, they always come in, while
am still in bed, and have a cup of
coffee with me.
Three of four evenings q week they
are at the theatre, behind the scenes.
They leave invariably, except at my
first night performance, at the close
of the second act. They are standing
in the wings as | come from the stage,
waiting for their good night kiss. They
arc in bed and sound asleep long before
| get home. l always go straight home
from the theatres. No late suppers Tor
me. | am too careful Of my health for
them.
Sunday is the day of the week that
we all look forward to. | am with
my boys all day. The matinee and ey-
ening performance of Saturday tire me
so much that I am glad to lie in bed
until late in the forenoon, but l have
lots Of company. Gracious. The
amount of loving l get from those two
dear boys then would satisfy most
mothers for the rest Of the week.
eff friends call in the evening have
mine in here in the front room While
thew entertain theirs in the dining and
adjoining rooms. They are both mus
zeal and so are all their boy friends,
and they seem to have so good time
that not infrequently my friends insist
on going in and joining them.
mo. they do not go to the theatre
much, except to the Bijou while l am
there. Do they ride home in my car
rage? Bless you, no! l wouldn't en-
courage any such nonsense as that
The cable cars are good enough for
them, or, better still. they can walk.
AT THE THEATRE.
"Can they take their friends to the
theatre? Well, that has been dell
cate subject. Ever since they have
been old enough to know boys who
might like them merely to get into the
theatre they have been in danger OF
making undesirable acquaintance, So
they are not expected to bring friends
TO the theatre with them under any
circumstances.
Not long ago my older boy asked me
if he might bring a girl friend whom
he met some months ago when he was
at school at Sing Sing. That was the
first | had heard about that interesting
Young person | made few inquiries
and found that she was all right, 50 |
secured a box for him and invited some
of her friends for the same evening.
That night he sat in front
THE other nights on which both
bows are in front are when | open with
a new play, and l tell you they are
sight more nervous than am, much as
| dread the ordeal"
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with he will not make mistakes when
he comes to choosing girls. Of course,
both boys are altogether too young TO
take to girls seriously, and the younger
one hardly at all.
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
"They both like girls, though. L
wouldn't give much for boy that
didn't When aboy Of IA or Is doesn't
care at all for girls, or especially when
he goes so far as to avoid them, 1t is
time for Investigation.
1T was the hardest experience of my
life to tell my older boy some things
that I think every boy, and girl for
that matter, of a certain age ought to
know.
THE undertaking worried me for a
long time, and l planned it out long
before | had the courage to undertake
it. Finally one day, when we both
were in an unusually loving mood l
said to him: Walter, l want to have a
serious talk with you. l want you
to forget that l am your mother. l
want you to forget that | am a woman.
l am for the time being a boy like
youreslf.'
And then while it seemed as if my
heart would break, and while it took
all the strength that l could muster
and you know that is good dealt
told him everything that l thought
best. everything that his doctor could
nave told him, and required him to i'm
part the same information to his
brother at the first feasible opportu-
nifty. | have been glad ever since that
| looked after the task rather than left
1t for our family physician, as many
mothers and fathers are inclined to do.
My boys were so small when my hus-
band died that | am the only parent
that they ever have known.
YOUNGEST BOYS AMBITIONS.
what do expect to make of them?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
VIOLA ALLEN.

life. You think l am hypocriticaI?
No, I am very forgiving, but know
how hard the actor works | know
how eager is the pIaywriter to have
everyword properly unders/di "nd
how badly behaved a/Ance ca
make the actors work GOOD for moths
ing and the writer's words seem as
naught. Therefore 1 never excuse bad
manners at the theatre. They are
counted among the objectionable sins
on the very short list Of things unfor-
given by
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
sERENADE OF sIMILARITIES.

I sing beneath your lattice love.
A sersnade IN praise Of you,
The moon IS getting rather high.
My veioa Is. tee; my voice Is, too.
The lakslet in dsep shadows lies,
Where frogs mako such hullabaloo.
1 think they sing a triris hoarse,
And I do, too; and | do, too
The blossoms on the pumpkin vine
Are weeping diamond tears of dew;
IT'S warm, tho flowers are whiting fast,
My linen. too; my linen, too.
All motionless the cedars stand.
With silent moonbeams glancing
through;
The very air is drowsy, love,
And / am. too; and am, too.
oh. could soar on loving wings.
And at your window gently wool
But, then, your lattice sou would bolt,
So III bolt, too; so I'll bolt too.
Cap and Gown.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
IN FRANKS POCKET.

An old shoestring and a tenpenny nail
Some grocer's Irvine and the Shell of a
Two Hickory nuts and BIT Of tin,
A lump of gum and some chalk thrown in
Two marbles. a top and fish-hook or
4 dozen "B" shot and a rusty corkscrew.
4 button. a knife and a leather sling,
A comic button and some more string,
Tobacco tags. all kinds galore;
A penny, a whistle, some apple peel,
4 piece Of rubber and a piece Of steel,
Four carpet lacks and a rabbits left hind
which me re carries. you know to bring him
good luck,
docket,
nocket N. G.. z.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
Bah.
HIS CRJECTJON.

Literary Editor-What vivid ac-
count is given in Quo Vadis' Of the
burning of Rome!
Fire Editor-Yes, but it's incomplete.
There isn't a word about the loss to
the insurance ompanies-Chicago
Tribune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
A COOL IuDGE.

Jill-'Is Gill a good judge of CT
gars?"
Bili-'I think he must be. He had
two last night and he gave me one.
He must have kept the best one. -
Yonkers Statesman.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30

Magistrate" Excuse me. madam but
are you married."
witness-"Oh, your worship, this Is so
sudden"'-Tid- Bits.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
ms PART OF IT.

Little Katie-"Papa, what did you say
to mamma. when you made up your minu
you wanted to marry her.
Mr. Meeker (vlsibly reluctant)-'I SAID
ives fdear"-Chicago Tribune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-30
HER ELEEMosYNARY SPECIALITY

HER ELEEMOSYNARY SPECIALITY.
Eyes, that's Miss Sniffers. She is held
to be the Florence Nightingale of the
village. That's what a local poet called
her in the Weekly Bugle."
HAS she had much experience in hospi-
tai work.
NO. that isn't her line. But she's car
ried Jelly to at least four condemned MUIR
derers and given flowers to six biga-
n,ists''-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
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DIDN'T APPRECIATE HIM.

Affable but seedy Caller-"You are too
busy, 1 take it for granted sir, to have
any time TO waste in talking about life
insurance."
Great Merchant-"Yes, sir, [ am
Affable Caller-"Just SO, sir. DO | i'm
press you as a man to whom, in view OF
his consideration in refraining from bor-
ing you with a lot of CUFF about tontine
policies, payments dividends and all that
rot, you could consistently lend a quarter
of dollar"
Great Merchant-"You do not
Anable Caller-''very good, sir. No
harm done. I have wasted 'R2f1d4okfns- at
the office clock-'two minutes Of my
time on a man who has no appreciation Of
the reciprocal courtesies that should pre-
vail among business and professional
men. Good afternoon, sir. Chicago Tri-
bune.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-22
The RIGHT TO PULL TEETH.
1T HAS BEEN DENIED TO CHARLES
C.. LARK.
State Board of Dental Examiners
Cited to Appear in Court and Ex-
plain a Determination Against
n kansas City College.

A writ Of mandamus was issued by Judge
Gates, of the circuit court, yesterday, COM
handing the state board of dental exam
liners to come into court March 5 and show
what legal grounds it had to refuse to
issue to Charles c. Clark a certificate au-
thorizing him to practice dentistry in this
state.
This suit brought by DR.. Clark is a new
move in the fight of the board of dental
examiners against certain dental colleges.
which the board claims are not qualified
to teach dentistry.
Clark was graduated from the Kansas
City College of Dental Surgery, and re-
ceived his diploma in March, 1895. He sent
this diploma to the state board with an
application for a state certificate. The
board returned his diploma with the state
ment that it did not acknowledge diplomas
from that school. The board commanded
DIR. Clark to appear before it and be ex-
amined as to his qualifications as a dentist.
He refused and sued out the writ of man
damus.
The state board is composed of the fol-
lowing dentists: w. NJ. Bartlett, of ST.
Lowry. of Kansas City; w. w. Birkhead,
of Louisiana, and l.. E. Jenkins. of Fred
ericktown.
A writ of mandamuS was also granted
on application of Sismund Pollock, who was
graduated from the Kansas City College
of Dental Surgery, and was refused rec
ognlton by the state board.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-22
A LONG CIRCULAR CLOAK.
Heavy Weight Goods of Cloth
or Silk.

The very long circular capes are so con-
venient that man. women would like to
own them fer all sorts Of wear, Such a
cape need not De of opera length, which
must drag, nor need it be Of very elegant
material.
There are all varieties of circular cloaks.
all made upon one pattern. The one that
touches the ground and completely envel-
opes the figure is the opera cape. This may
have a yoke, of embroidered satin. with a
standing collar tall enough to protect the
neck.
But a more useful cape is of heavy en-
bossed cloth Of dark green hue. with figures
in black or a deeper shade of green. This
can be made walking length, just so as to
cover the dress skirt, and can have a yoke
of dark. rich feathers.
The pattern for a perfectly hanging cape
can be a regulation circular. Many, now
ever. prefer the straight piece of goods
with its double box plat upon the shoulders
and its single box at front and back.
This cape is convenient for holding up.
and 1t is full enough to permit of fastening
down the front. II of plain material it can
be worn to church. for calling. or even, if
of heavy cotton goods. to market.
But a nice cape is for evening wear. and
a wise woman will cut Sits in it to allow
Of the hands being slipped through.