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The times., 1898-04-17
Academy-"At the French Rail-"

That most amusing little woman, Fan
ny Rice, comes to the Academy tomorrow
night, in her very successful production
of the brilliant comedy. "At the French
Ball." In the whole realm of the stage
The times., 1898-04-17
Lafayette-..The Hiehwaymnn.. :,

THE Highwayman, De Koven and
Smiths new opera will be presented at
the Lafayette Square Opera House. COM
mencing next Monday evening. by the
Broadway Theater Company. For nine
years and over the Broadway has been
The times., 1898-04-17
TINY TALKS.

Come hinauS, piped a merry little
voice, with a rich TeutOnic accent, as the
Times man knocked gently at the dress
ins-room door of Mr. Franz Ebert last
night A pudgy fist was extended in well
come. and vigorous handshake was Civ
en- the visitor Franz was standing on a
high chair, artisticaIIy applying some eye
brow paste. He was clad in a cIose-ftting
undershirt, and looked like a child OF six
years of age. He talked as he worked.
and right unique was his conversation.
with its embellishment of an accent i'm
possible TO be appreciated unless heard
from his lips. Said he: ia tink maybe
we hat war. and we wonder how long
1t take Spain to get enough Do / haf
any fun? Sure, more as a big felIer like
YOU Eferybody look after u.s. und efery-
body is nice to u.s. / am now tree feet
tree inches tall, thirty years old and fif-
ty-four pounds heavy. 1 am not a San
dow, but I will wrestIe any mems of nv
weight in der world. l hat been ofer in
dis country for sefen years, and 1 Ike it
Pooty good No, I'm not married here
mis- bright eyes twinkled-''but l am going
ter be- Miss Lowe, Won of US, is De
fiance.''
Overture" called the stage manager
through the half open door and the lit
tie man hustled into his little clothes,
put on shirt front. pair of bespan-
gled tights and OF trousers over them
and in trice was ready to appear as
the bartender of Midgerrown- If every
man had as much discretion and COM
mon sense in proportion TO his weight as
has Herr Ebert there would be vast in
crease in the intellectual circles of this
country and a decreased attendance at
the insane asylums-
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dren, and the inky blackness of a theater
suggests nothing so forcibly as a coal eel
lar.
Mr. MansfieId's Interpretation of the
double part has been not infrequently
equaled of late, but it remained for
Thomas E Shea, who was in the city last
week. to surpass it. This clever gentle
man has been making u reasonable for
tune with Il certain melo-drama and has
been sensible enough to defer the produc-
ton of higher work until after establish
ing himself in that. He succeeds in prov
ing, even in such play. his ability and
scholarship, but IL remains for one to
see how easily he makes the step to
DIR. Jellyll and Mr. Hyd,' before fully
appreciating him. Mr.. Shea mas the cor
rect idea that a horrible thing becomes
that basis. All his changes from the
demon to the doctor and back are in
the full light of the stage and within a
few feet of the DToscenium arch.
Further than this. knowing the ability
as time wore on DR.. JekylI became tinged
with Mr.. Hyde and so with every act the
two grow more alike until. at the end
of the piece, they merge into one. His
Hyde is neither a deformity nor a prob
lem but natural and explainable result
of vice and degradation. All through his
reading and acting is that of student
man who is anxious to improve every
opportunity advantageously afforded him
by his art or his part. There is a reason
for everything he does and both he and
the audience are made to understand it.
OF course, TO many people it seems i'm
possible that a popular prices actor
should outdo a Mansfield in such part
but it is true, nevertheless. and one even
ing spent in watching the two interpre-
tations in an unprejudiced way convinces
one of it.
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Biiou-Sfronr Hfu-

The management Of the BijOu announc-
es the return engagement of the Great
Diana as one of the special features of
the week. This clever little dancer SEEM
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My fayorite Is Juliet" said Miss Julia
MarIowe Just after the performance Fri
day night, although there are several
other characters in Shakespeare of which
1 am very fond Shakespeare / consider
the greatest mind that ever existed All
| latterday playwrights are impressed
with his teachings-or at least if their
! plays are successful Yes, ] like the role
| of Parthenia in 'Ingomar" but even il
does not compare with Juliet, Desdamona
| or Lucia The part of the Countess Va
| leska is acceptable and pretty. but does
not permit OF more than ordinary work
/ As the beEgar girl in For Bonnie Prince
/ Charlie" / was well cast and in many
ways he piece was a success. although
little gloomy. A more fearful play
| have never appeared in Yes 1 will soon
/ be in my favOrite roles again although
managers are always anxious fer InSo-
mar Good night. 1 am glad TO have
met you
There were great beads of perspira-
/ ton on Thomas Z. Shea s brow and he
was painting so that it was difficult for
| him TO speak, when on Thursday night,
the curtain was rung down for the third
time on the last act cf his ..Dr- Jekyu
and Mr. Hyde" He wiped his forehead
with the end of a flag of truce lying near.
! sat down a generous slice OF the
| ocean and picked up a warShip which his
/ foot was in danger of spelling. Having
! thus disposed himself and all the avail
1 able properties of ''The Man-O'-War's
/ Man he began to talk There is no use
disputing." he remarked. ''but a man who
values his own labor and only requires
/ encouragement to do more never out
grows a love of applause. Each of those
bows 1 just made marked milestone in
my determinations Was Jekyn and
/ Hyde laid away then? OF course it
was though the public seem TO think
| it necessary for a man to commit sui
eide doing it.
''Only last week a friend of mine was
! asked if the doctor did not havS to wrap
me in cold sheets after the performance
/ and it was only when he had been told
/ that / was nightly carried 10 my hotel
| in an ambulance. a jibbering idiot. that
| he was satisfied with the wOr+1 of my
1 impersonatiOn. OF course a man must
! feel all his parts to certain extent be-
| fore doing them, but If he forgot himself
| entirely he would leave out the result OF
| all his thought and insist on spoutins
| the first lines that came handy. 1t was.
| [ believe Jerome X. Jerome who showed
! that if an actor forgot himself in a play
he would murder all his enemies in their
| dressing rooms after the first act. or, il
| they carried out the piece, there might
/ be trouble still. BY Jupiter, fancy such
| a thing as Hamlet Why the stage
would look like mOrsue after the last
act So you see how much sense there
is In that
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the phenomenal tenor assisted by Ed
ward Marsh, both Washington boys, will
sing and illustrate their songs in man
ner not surpassed by any artists upon the
stage. MesSrs. Harlan and Marsh made
their debut as a team at the Bijou last
October being presented to the public by
the Washington Lodge of Elks, and made
an instantaneous hit. Manager Grieves
took them under charge, and has played
them successfully in nearly every promi-
nent theater of America, not having lost
single week during the entire season
James Collins and Lucy Ray, late of the
Robert Downing company; William and
kittie Harbeck, team of Europe's best
novelty artists; the Weches comedy ar
lists, and several other equally reputable
acts complete the bill. Messrs. Lester
and Williams have been engaged to pro-
duce their burlesque. Me and Jack"
Myrtle Tressider. Annie Carter, May Re
nee. Harretta Kline, Charley De Forest
Barry Thompson, Lew Baker, Billy Mad
den, and large chorus of pretty girls
Will be introduced. This will probably
make the banner entertainment that has
| been given at the Bijou during this sea-
son.
The times., 1898-04-17

''I know you can hardly believe it. but
1 once starred in a Private Secretary
and friends tell me / did we'll. said
James X. Haekett the other day. as he
stood divested of all his makeup. and
nearly a fourth of his good looks. on the
street the other day. What is more
than that. came out even, and my man
ayers lost no money on the venture
The times., 1898-04-17

Two more charming marches from the
pen of Victor Johnson were on the mu.
sical program last week at the Lafay-
cite and went a long way toward prov
ing the genius of Washington's latest
composer. Both were full of spirit and
the rhythm that sets ones feet in motion
while the orchestration was of the high
est order. Mr.. Johnson is a clever man
and man with a future
The times., 1898-04-17

Vedder in Joseph Jefferson's production
of Rip Van WinkIe-' Ever since then
and I'll not tell you how long ago 10
waS-I have been continually cast for
boys and really feel out of place in any
other line of work Altogether. must
have played over thirty such parts. Next
year will find me in new comedy dra-
ma, the name OF which has not yet been
decided" Thus spoke Miss Katie En-
nett as she undid twist in her suspend
er the other evening at the Academy of
Music.
The times., 1898-04-17

One of the best heavy men seen here
recently is Henry Testa. of Thomas E.
Sheas company. Mr.. Testa is master
of his emotions as well as his face and
body and his work is, therefore. that
of a man who feels as well as under
stands his lines. There is a sneerins
way in which he delivers his remarks
that greatly enhances their value, and.
altogether. he realizes fully that most
difficult of portraits. an unconventional
villain
The times., 1898-04-17

There is no small amount OF magnetism
and charm about the work of Katie EN-
nett. She is one of those jolly little
women who has the faculty of pleasing
without seeming to try, though she really
does labor hard for every bit of recogni-
The times., 1898-04-17

Most things are more easily destroyed
than created but with some few it is
quite the opposite and the displacement
of an actor from a pedestal he has
achieved, either in one way or another
is not an easy thing to accomplish. Some
few years ago Mr.. Richard Mansfield
produced an inferior dramatizati ton of
Robert Louis Stevenson's story, 'Dr.
JekyIl and Mr.. Hyde and. by sheer
force of daring and novelty, compelled
admiration for work that may not have
been so far above the ordinary. He
allowed his Interpretation to bring into
full play the imagination of his audi
ence and stroVe to suggest rather than
to portray the hideous monster the aII-
thor had drawn, Cleverly worded and
well planned tales of the effort such an
Interpretation cost the actor and of the
effect ii was having upon his mind acted
as stimulants TO the wild enthusiasm
already created by the means described
and by the remarkable contrast between
the dual roles.
Immediately MIR. Mansfeld's fame was
doubled. and, if only by the proverb about
possession being nine points of the law,
his .'Dr Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" was es-
tablished as the standard by which to
Judge ali others. AS time went on, how
ever the actor deterioTated sadly, and
what had been a capable bit of work be-
came merely parasite on his reputation.
Not only was the strength of the por-
travail greatly reduced, but the principal
scenes, either from inability to play them
Otherwise or from increased reDect for
the art of suggestion, were done almost
entirely in the dark. If this was caused
by the latter reason it was not in the least
successful. Darkness only frlghtens chill
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Flo Got Hc- Hand.

A doctor who had saved the life of
lady, personal friend, was asked
his charge. He said he generally al
lowed his patient friends to remu-
nerate him as they thought beftting.
"But don't you often get disap-
pointed on these terms2' she in
quired.
II may say never
LAS you are SO easily pleased,
here" And she playfully gave him
her empty hand, while in the other
was concealed check for a hand
some sum. "How easily l could have
taken you in!" she added, producing
the check.
'But you have only succeeded in
drawing me out, he said, declining
to relinquish her hand. Don't in
suit me with check. l am most
generously rewarded -
Perhaps she understood the doc
tors difficulty and wished to help
him out of it. AT any rate, the civ
ing of her hand led him to offer his
heart. rt.-Pearson; S Weekly.
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Clarified Apples.

Pare and core the desired quantity
of small, rather sweet apples; weigh
and to each pound allow pound of
sugar. Put the sugar, with just 4
little water, over the fire; boil and
skim; add the grated yellow rind of
a lemon and tablespoonful of lemon
juice to each pounds of sugar. Put
the apples into the hot sirup; allow
them to stand over the back part of
the stove until they are perfectly
tender and transparent. Drain, dust
with granulated sugar and dry eli
ther in tie oven OF sun.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
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Power of Imagination.

A Kansas paper says that young
doctor recently took his best girl to
the theater. The curtain was late
in rising, and the young woman
complained Of feeling faint. The
doctor smiled sweetly upon her,
took some. hing out of his vest pock-
ct and whispered to her to keep
the "tablet" in her mouth, but not
to swallow it She shyly placed it
on her tongue and rolled it over and
over, but it would not dissolve; she
felt better, however. So when the
show was over she slipped the tab
let in her glove, being curious to
examine at home this tasteless, in
dissoluble little substance which
had given her such relief in the
opera house. When alone in her
room, she pulled off her glove and
out came a button.
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Birds That Have No Wings.

When one is child and sees a
bird, the usual thing told him is,
"Get a little salt and put it on the
tail of the bird, and you can catch
him" Of course the child and the
others look at each other and think
it huge joke. Although this may
be the case in most parts of the
earth it is not joke at Laysan is
land.
Laysan island, situated as it is
longitude III degrees west, latitude
25 degrees and AZ minutes north-is
low, long island, 2 miles by 211z in
width, with the highest altitude 30
feet above the sea. On first approach
one sees large focks of birds, which
make a black streak in the air, above
the island. This is surrounded by
reefs. The harbor is on the south
west side. The island itself is only
a large bank Of sand, with a lagoon
in the center. This is some three
miles in circumference. There are
ten buildings upon it, including
lighthouse. There is also railroad
a mile and quarter long, which is
used for carrying guano to the ware
house.
Among the many things of inter-
est which may be mentioned are,
first, the birds, of which there are
millions. Among the sea birds found
there are the goonie (white and
black), the BOBBY, the man of-war
hawk, the tropic bird, the petrel,
FIVE or six species of the mutton
bird, the coylio and other varieties.
Among the strange things that
may be told of on this little spot are
the land birds, found in no place on
earth except on Laysan island. They
are the wingless OF walking birds,
such as tho Laysan canary, miller
bird, redbird, love bird and the Lay
san duck. Pacific Commercial Ad-
verticnr
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carleton and Queen Bess.

In St. Nicholas there is an article
on "The Court testers of England y
by Amelia Wofford. The author
says:
Queen Elizabeth inherited much
of her fathers disposition. She was
gay, fond of laughter and wit, and,
like him, she surrounded herself
with testers. Tarleton was "the
bright, particular star" of the num-
ber; Pace, Clod and Chester were
the lesser lights.
Tarleton was q native of Shrop-
shire, and one day while tending
his fathers swine was met by an
officer of the Earl of Leicester. The
officer talked with him and was SO
much pleased with his "happy un-
happy answers" that he took him
into his masters service, and from
the Earl of Leicester's household he
passed into the queens court.
Elizabeth was a very fond and
indulgent mistress. She not on
ly had him attend her at dinner,
but when she dined abroad she took
him to make sure of good entertain
ment, and cher highest favorites
would in some cases go to Tarleton
before they would go to the queen,
and he was their usher to prepare
their advantageous access to her.
In word, he told the queen more
of her faults than most of her chap
lains and cured her melancholy bet
ter than all her physicians"
Besides being a jester Tarleton
was also player to the queen, to
which office he was appointed in
1858. He had great fame as an actor
and appeared principally in rhym-
ing compositions and jigs composed
by himself, which he danced and
sung. We would call him a comedi-
an. 1t is said that his fun lay more
in the telling than in the words, and
that his mere appearance on the
stage with his squint would send the
people into shouts of laughter.
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naut.
After All.

"No," Mrs. Durkley, who had
just returned from her afternoon
card club, is quoted by the Cleve-
land Leader as saying, sit isn't the
prize I care for at all. AS far as
that's concerned, I would be just as
eager to play if there were no
prizes. Indeed when our club was
formed suggested that we adopt a
rule to limit the prices of our prizes
to a dollar apiece. l. like to win
merely for the satisfaction of it,
However," Mr.. Durkley replied,
"you say that you actually caught
Mrs. Hawkins cheating
eyes" Mrs. Du1kley exclaimed,
becoming visibly excited, mot only
once, but twice! And she's had
four prizes before this one. If she
had played fair, I'd have won it. 1
was only two points below her as it
was. I'm going to expose her. I
shall tell every lady in the club just
what saw her do. F"
"Oh, well," her husband said,
"as long as you didn't care for the
prize, what's the use creating
troub"-
"But," Mrs. Durkley interrupted,
sit was the best one we've had this
winter. l priced them the other
day myself, and I know it didn't
cost a cent less than $3.50! l
wouldn't have cared if it had been
like some of the foolish, worthless
things we've had. "
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HAPPINESS.
IA butterhy.1

Ia butterhy.J
Full many maiden, in a mist Of white,
With hand that trembled toward the wedding
Thought on her threshold rose to see you light.
Forever flying thingl
Eullmany youth, with passionate heart astir,
Dreaming the old divine sad dream once
more
His father dreamed, joins the bright chase
with her,
And sees you fash before.
On, on forever, over bloom and dew,
With hands thorn torn, reached toward the
Their children's children's children follow
you,
Still nigh and never higher.
Yet on some lily in Gods garden Lit
You rest perhaps. And shall we touch you
there?
Not so. From height to higher height you fit
Still, still the souls despair.
Sarah Piatt in Harpers Magazine
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leave had not expired before ne was
alone once more, gazing out across
the mesa and nursing his sick soul.
He stood thus one evening, when
suddenly across his haggard face a
cruel smile spread itself from lips to
eyes. For moment he gazed in
tently ahead beneath his shading
hand, then reached back to where
his rifle stood, inside the door. He
raised it to his shoulder, took care
full aim and fired. AS the gun drop
ped from his careless fingers he ran
madly toward the spot where only a
few uprooted tufts of sagebrush told
of his bullets course. The mesa was
untenanted, but when he hung his
rife in its place that night the de-
mon looked no longer from his gray
eyes, but then and always his fore
head bore the signs of one acquaint-
ed with grief.
A few days later he found letter
in the wayside box addressed in an
unfamiliar hand and signed by the
sheriff of - county, Or. It read:
DEAR S1R-Yours was the only address found
on the body of lone Duane Desmond, shot here
on the evening Of the I'd inst. by an Apache In.
dian. The Indian had followed him for weeks
and when he finally came up with his victim
shot him down in cold blood. When arrested,
he manifested no concern, but stated that tho
man had bewitched and stolen his daughter.
Hoping the young man was nothing to you,
remain, etc.
McDougal folded the letter.
"Thank God," he said aloud, "that
it was his wrath and not his poor,
erring body that I slewl God and
Helen forgive me for my mad inten-
tion!"-Alice D. Baukhage in Argo-
naut.
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padded to it quickly. twas canoe
small, light and empty. From the
bow a rope dropped into the water,
now hanging loose as an eddy swept
the boat backward, now pulling taut
from an invisible anchor. McDougal
caught the anchor rope and pulled it
gently and steadily toward him. He
felt strong resistance, then heavy
weight rising with his effort. He
dared not think what it might be,
and yet when woman's hand ap-
peared beneath his own he did not
start, except to clasp in his the poor
dead fingers. Over the boats side
he leaned and drew her to him until
her fair head rose above the surface
and her loose hair floated out. Then,
as he bent his face close over hers,
he seemed to see again the barren
mesa, the dull background of the
evening sky, Desmond's approach
ing figure and the woman of his
vision and to breathe the heavy odor
of dying water lilies and of reedy
shores. The waters parted as be
took his burden from their bosom to
his own, and in the cleft he seemed
to see Desmond's blue eyes smiling
up to his.
He Laid her gently down and took
up the oars again AS he left tho
charmed circle around the pool he
cast one more glance upward to the
kindly light above, but into his face
had come a look that Il man, unless
indeed, he had a babes conscience,
might fear to encounter.
Two days later, as he stepped
upon the gangplanls of the outgoing
steamer, he heard the thick voice OF
an Indian ask excitelly: Is he here,
the soldier devil: Him named Des-
mond. Gone? But Tony'll find
um. Then The steamer swung
around, and McDousal Was left to
his own dark thoughts.
AT the station he found the sub
stitute glad to be relieved. and his
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: A new boarder gazcd Gxedly at
his plate the other morning, and then
said, "Is there reliable physician
stopping in this house p eyes. sir, y
said the waiter. Good surgeon, too,
ch p 'Belieye so, sir. - '"rhen
just see if he is in his room before l
start on this breakfast. Ihad brother
choked to death on a steak like that
once, and I'm bound to take all ne
cessary precautions.
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81 would not be without Chamber
lain Cough Remedy for its weight III
gold. writes d. J Jones, of Holland.
VA. My wife was troubled with a
cough for nearly two years. | tried
various patent remedies. besides nu-
mcrous prescriptions from physicians.
all of which did no good. | was nj
last persuaded to try a bottle of Cham
berlain' Cough Remedy. which
promptly relieved the cough. The
second bottle effected a complete cure.
The % and 80 cent bottles are for sale
by Ilill-Orr Drug Go.
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The time rcuuired for a iol

The time required for 4 journey
round the earth by IL man walking day
and night. without resting. would be
1873 days an express train, no days !;
sound. at medium temperature, - ;'2
hours cannon ball, 2l; hours !:
light. ii little over tenth of sec
ond and electricity, passing over a
copper wire, little under onc-tenth
of second.
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CHARLESTON AND WESTERN
CAROLINA RAILWAY.
267 in Russia.

AUGUSTA AND DASEEVILLE SHORT LINE
In effect February Z, 1897.