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The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
"cHIMMIEo KNocKEp oUT.


Comedian Charles Hopper has de-
cided to open his season in about 10
weeks, and will go to New York short
ly to organize a new "Chimmie Fad
den" company. Marie Heath and one
or two of the original cast will form
part of the new one. Hopper has
been receiving letters from all the
champagne houses in the country, offer
ing him inducements to exploit their
various brands of wine. Speaking of
the wine question, yesterday afternoon,
Hopper told very funny story:
Last season they put up a job on
the old man, His Whiskers," and
instead of giving him small wine
glasses, gave him schooners which held
a pint of wine The old chap was game
and emptied the glass three or four
times, but along about the third act
he commenced to show the effects.
The business called for his getting up
at the end of the act and putting out
the lights, so that the burglars could
come on and rob the house by moon
light. The old man started to get up,
looked surprised, swore audibly, then
whispered hoarselX, =" Charlie, CharlIei
say, old man, can't do it, s-imposhi-
ble."
Charlie did not come to help him
out, however, so the house was robbed
in the full glare of electric lights, with
an old man loaded to the guards look
ing on But the incident that fol-
lowed eyened things up. One of the
burglars used to knock Hopper out
with stuffed blackjack. Being in
terested in the wine joke, he neglected
to provide himself with the usual
prop" so he hastily grabbed the
nearest substitute, which happened to
be a stuffed carrot, also used in
the play 1t was stuffed with sand and
excelsior, and when he struck Hopper,
it knocked the comedian out for
fair
I'm a better man than you are"
said the old man the next day "It
took a couple of quarts of Pom to
knock me out, but a simple soup vege-
table settled you. Detroit News-Tri-
hune
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

long distance kisses, or that wonderful
fund Of humor with which she is en-
dowed But Miss Irwin needs little
plot to any Of her dramatic vehicles.
She is whole show in herself. and her
hnmor Is infectious. No one can sit
Z Through a performance by May Irwin
and not dispose Of any OF the blues
that they may have in stock She is
an antidOte for such troubles In her
company this year is that funny come
sr47ta1ls John Sparks, while others in the
z cast include Ignace Martinetti, Mile
rAlexa. Jane Burby, Miss Bracket Miss
Beresford, and Messrs. Holland and De
Silke Miss Irwin has also secured
Al lie Pillar NORM, who will appear in
a Japanese character
Manager Wilton win give his patrons
a touch Of repertoire this week having
engaged the Boston Ideal Stock Com
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

II is no longer necessary to take blue
pills to rouse the liver to action Car
fers Little Liver Pills are much better
Don't forget this.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
EDUCATIONAL.
SALISBURY HALL.
MISS E. BERTHA sMITH,s

Glasses IN dancing for misses and mas
ters Year begins Oct. 20, 1898. Begin
ners' class will meet at o'clock. Ad-
vanced class will meet at $3.50 O'Clock.
Application may be made at 6 Auburn st.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

is to marry a PniNdelphian and re-
tire from the stage.
B. F. Keith opened his new vaude-
Vile theater in Providence, r. L., last
night. 1t is one of the handsomest the
aters in the country. The regular
Keith attractions will be played there.
1t looks dubious for the other vaude-
Vile houses, for Mr.. Keith will be able
to set a standard that they cannot
reach possibly. The Boston amuse-
ment promoter has a way of making
successes wherever he makes the trial.
He is the Midas of the theatrical
world.
The New York Dramatic Mirror in
December next will celebrate the goth
anniversary of it's foundation by issu-
ing an elaborate anniversary number,
which will also be the regular holiday
publication for the current year. Pre-
parations of an extensive character are
under way to make the issue in ques-
ton the most notable in the annals of
stage journalism. 1t will tell the story
of the tileater and the dramatic pro-
fession for the past score of years in
unique articles copiously illustrated,
which will supplement a great num-
ber Of special features that cannot fail
to be of lively interest to all connected
with or interested in the American
stage.
A female impersonator recently died
in New York from tight Iacing. This
is a good chance for the opposite sex
to get back
Charlotte Crane was a member of a
stock company for a short time down
in louisville, and as a result she cub
tivated a charming southern dialect.
she was born in Topeka, Kan, just
the same.
Members of 1.-THE Little Church
Around the Corner" propose to erect
memorial to the late Rev. DR.. George
H. Houghton, rector, in the form of
new tower on the church. THE
Little Church is we'll beloved by all
the members of the theatrical profess
sion, for the memories of great act
ors who have been buried from there
cling to il like the ivv ON its walls
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

ialties will be introduced, which will
include illustrated pictures, songs and
dances by David De Wolfe and Allie
Gerald, songs and buck and wing dane
ing by Louise Horner, and singing by
the Herald square quartet. This is the
cast for "The Guvnor," a piece in.
which Mr.. Wilson has made a great
hit.
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

is one of the most humorous operas on
the stage, and Daniels is one of the
funniest comedians, so there is ample
$ pleasure in store for those who attend
: the performance. The company will
be much the same as last year, so far
as principals are concerned, except that
Kate TART has succeeded Claudia Carls-
det. Helen Redmond. Norma Kopp
and Sadie Ennnons are 5stillawith the
organization.
DAVID BELASCO'S familiar Heart
of Maryland viii be the bill Tuesday
~evening, and it is not much to expect
that the play win be as well received
as on its appearance here last Febru-
afya While Mrs. Carter is not in the
cast. MIR. Belasco has selected a COM
pany of players that he thinks COM
petent TO handle his work, and how well
he has succeeded, can be told after the
+ performance. This is the cast:
Cen Hugh Kendrick. ......B. J. Murphy
'goI. Alan Kendrick...... Lionel Adams
Col Fulton Thorpe. Herbert BostWiclc
Lieut.. Robert Telfair. w. w Memminger
aProxpSt Sergeant Blount.. H. S. Millward
: Lloyd Calvert ..-...... .Regan Hughston
The Sexton of the Old Church,
Walter Belasco
tncie Dan1. ....s.s.......T Thomas Redmond
capt leighton. Downing Clarke
d Eapt. Blair... .s..g...... Robert MCINTYRE
Lieut. Hayne ,......D David Christie
Aides Of Gen. kendrick. -, James Arnold
W. A. Carroll
: Corporal Observation-Disclosures. II. Fleming
Bludsoe .............s.....5.s..... A Z Person
O'Hara .......-.........-..........F +. Cooke
.Rugglesa ...-.......,....ChaFles Preston
Forbes. ..........A Arthur Powell
,h1l ..........C. Carstairs
Mrs. Clairbourne Gordon. nee Calvert
Florence Foster
Phoebe Yancey ....... Gertrude TYdt5all
Nanny McNair .........sAnna Vislaire
Maryland Calvert. Alma rI5ruge er
MAY IRWIN win be at the Worcester
theater Saturday evening with.a4,er
newest play, Kate Kip, Buyer, an :
other of those very entertaining but
lightweight farce comedies, which are
principal designed to give the, unc-
tuous May a chance to exhibit aher
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23

MONDAY EVENING FYank Daniels
will brfng his comic opera, The IDOLS
Eye" to the Worcester Theatre, and
from the way this combination of
funpy dialogue and catchy Inu
$40 was received last season,
1t is pretty safe betting that
there will be a crowded house. 1t
The Worcester spy., 1898-10-23
FRENCH, SPANISH, GERMAN.

MR.. de GENIBFDUsE-POTTER B. A..
Class and private lessons by thoroughly
experienced teacher: highest references
in Worcester and vicinity; conversation
and translation; best methods. Transla-
hons made. Address Lock Box 956. Wor-
cester.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21
COURT S"TENOGRAPHERS.
Successful Career of Mrs.
Howard E. Kelly of
Chicago.

Since the days when, shortly after the
fire, Justice placed an extra bandage over
her eyes and held sway within the grimy
walls of the old "Rookery, " the figure of
Mrs. r. Howard Kelly has been a familiar
one in the courtrooms Of Cook county.
1t is rather an imposing figure, too, tall,
robust, animated, the embodiment of
splendid health and energy. In those days
1t took a fair amount of pluck and deter
mination to work into the profession of a
court stenographer. But with necessity
and ambition behind the desire to become
q court stenograpber, Mrs. Kelly deter
mined to occupy that position which is al
ways on top of any honorable profession.
With that incentive and a wonderful fund
Of self reliance she has pushed ahead to
that coveted place until at last her worth
was recognized and she was appointed to
the responsible task of official reporter in
that branch of the circuit court presided
over by Judge Murray F. Tuley.
Mrs. Kelly likes to believe that her sue
cess is largely due to two ideas which have
dominated her actions-lrst, that On no
account should her sex be used in any eff
fort to secure business, n the lawyer
who tried to 1atter her by giving her a
ease becaAlse she was a woman was liable
to be informed that she sought business
only on a strictly competitive basis, be-
cause she could do the work as we'll and
as satisfactorily as "any other man OF
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21
some WARTIME JENE[RY.
How MY Lady Militant
Shows Her Eager
Loyalty.
REGIMENTAL BUTTONS
Military Buckle Clasps Her
Girdle---Maine Coffee
Spoon.

One Of the wartime side lights Is b
patriotic jewelry fad. 1t is raging MOST
flercely. In gold and silver and enamel
e~nterprising n cunning artificers have
worked out designs appropriate to various
features Of the present un-pleasantness.
OF course there is a big demand for
these articles. Women wear most of them,
and SO for them the larger part of the do
signs are worked out. 1t probably began
with the regimental button hatpin. This
feature of the fad seems to be the moss
popular. In the first place, every girl who
has a brother, a cousin or an acquaintance
who perhaps is dearer than either In the
volunteer arrny is not happy until he has
cut at least one button from his uniform
and sent it to her. Then the obliging jew
eler soldiers it to the end of a hatpin for q
consideration.
But the girls who have neither friend nor
relative wearing a uniform are not entire
ly out of the race The same enterprising
jeweler can furnish them with button hat
pins bearing the number of almost any
regiment they choose to name.
But this is only n of a hundred exam
pies of wartime jewellery. If my lady
wishes to carry out the military idea, shs
may buy for her girdle one of the bronze
clasps such as the army officer wears on
his sword belt or an adapted imitation OF
the same. Other patriotic clasps not OF
the regulation design, but showing crossed
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21
MRS. R. HOWARD KELLY.


woman for that matter" and, second,
that absolute reliability is excellent CAPT
tai in any business and particularly so in
hers, whefe promptness and accuracy
count for SO much.
Twenty years of hard work along such
lines must inevitably bring more than a
modioum of success. Mrs. Kelly laugh
! ingly says that she is a much better ste
/, nographer thar a bookkeeper, and she
would not like to be bound to the SO called
balance sheet which, by much tribula-
ton, she produces at the close of each
years work, but even allowing for "E. &
o. E." if the income tax law had gone
into effect a few years ago she would have
been obliged to add another item by an
additional tax account in her ledger.
A part of her work which she much en-
Joys is the official reporting of conventions,
q branch Of the business of general re-
| porter which requires peculiar skill and
therefore is generally well paid. This
work calls her to interesting points all
over tho conntry,and brings her into con-
tact with the most intelligent minds thus
congregated. In the interests of business,
religion, social or other ideals and the
constant intercourse with such men and
women she has cemented many valuable
friendships. Taking it all in all, Mrs.
| Kelly declares that while. a comfortable
income is by no means to be underest1-
mated it weighs comparatively little as
against deposits of friendship, respect and
comradeship which have come into her
! daily life through business associations
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21
CRESCENT ART CLUB RECEIVES.

The Crescent Art Club of No. IL School
held it's closing reception yesterday at the
school house. Mr.. Joslin made the open
ing address, in which he congratulated
the club on it's success, and Miss Viola
Jones read the history of the CLUB. There
are three art classes, the club having been
in existence some eighteen months, and
only graduates of the senior class of No.
u being eligible for membership; that IS,
the members of the class, after leaving
the school, remain in the Art Club, and
as three classes have graduated since the
club was started, there are that many
sections, or 100 members.
The club has a very pretty emblem, IN
The shape of a gold pin representing an
artists palette and brushes with da,lbs of
paint round the edge. Nearly all the
members wear the pins are are exceeding
ly proud of them.
The history was written by Mr.. Edward
Poucher, who has a special objection TO
reading his own essays.
Miss Lulu Jordan sang a selection from
"Heartsease,'' and was encored. She was
as cute as usual and sang well. Miss
Lulu Stuvenall rendered a piano sole,
Crushed Violets." Messrs. Harry Gill
son and VIM. Boodington gave a mandolin
duet, and the eli sang Star Spangied
Banner" After the programme cake and
cream was served, In especial enjoyable
feature of which being the strawberry
short cake. 1t was exceptionally large
cake, but the boys are still b~enioaniEg
the fact that there was not more. Next
time they intend to i've all the cakes
filled with Strawberries, Besides the
hundred member of the Art Club, all the
teachers who possibly could accepted the
invitation of the class and were present.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21

An ingenious housekeeper in Brooklyn
has applied the system of Pasteur to to-
matoes and other fruits and vegetables.
These are pared, washed in water which
has been boiled and then put into jars I'M
til the latter are almost solidly filled.
They are covered by water up to within a
quarter incl Of the mouth and are then
put in troughs of hot water and kept at a
temperature of about 40 degrees for two
hours. The jars are then sealed with wa
terproof paper. Treated in this manner
they will keep unchanged for a long period
and are almost indistinguishable at the
end Of six months from the fresh article.
She has tried 1t upon tomatoes, little green
peas, young lima beans, chill peppers,
.oaulifiower, brussels sprouts, asparagus
and apples.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21

newal of the early Victorian styles. 1 be-
lieye neither will become the principal
style, for our women are entirely too level
headed to be driven to take what they do
not want. though very likely some of the
best features of each will be adopted If they
prove becoming, and if the women like
them and think they look pretty in them,
and-if-and if-and many more ifs.
Just at the present moment the street
gowns with queer curlycues of braid on
them seem to be favorites, but the new
crepons are beginning to make their ap-
pearance. More black is to be worn for
all sorts of occasions than has been for a
long time. Crepons are included in the
list; so are melrose stripe, Grape silk warp
cloth, eudora and silk warp henrietta, be-
sides all the line of plain and fancy black
mohairs and sicilicnnes.
Coaching parties call for another style of
dress, and for such functions are the dain-
ty 1uffs of fancy parasols made and tho
brightest and prettiest of hats and the
most charming of gowns and capes. So
ciety, with the big S, likes coaching par
tics, and more money is spent than would
fit out a battleship to dress the ladies who
ride.
All the dainty frills and ruff1es and the
finest material are put in evidence when
there is a coaching party, and quite as
much is spent on the decoration of the in
ner lining and the petticoat as on the out
side, for when lovely woman climbs a lad
der she wants to leave nothing to be de-
sired in her entire outfit, and the crowds
that gather to see the departure of the
coach, with its load of ~millionaires, really
ought not be disappointed.
How many modest little Jenny SWrens
there are among the crowd, looking with
eager eyes and mentally cutting out n
trying on, = none can tell. That is how
the leaders of fashion become leaders. Not
one woman in the "smart set" would
deign to copy the style or garment OF her
friend or social rival, and each swell dress
maker is expected to evolve something en-
tirely original for each patron. So the
modest little dressmaker for dolls or other
women standing on the sidewalk or crowd
ing into the aisles of the opera Gus or
watching in front of great houses where
social functions are going on goes home
and copies the salient points in such gar
ments or costumes as strike her. A couple
of weeks later n sees the new style every
where.
Often large manufacturers send special
designers cut to forage for ideas in this
way, and the exclusive gown of Nine.
Multimillion becomes public property in
no time. She doesn't care, for she his
something new by then.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21
ST. JOHNS CLUB DANCE.

st. Johns Catholic Club and the Young
Ladies' Sodalfty v a reception last
might, In the school hall. to their friends
who helped make the Rose and Sham
rock such a splendid success. The COM
mgiteee in charge spared no effort to make
the affair one to be remembered. and the
dance was an unqualified success. Sup
per was served at midnight. and there
was fun galore for all. Amons those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Evans, Mr..
and Mrs. Reed, Mr. and Mrs. Dorton, Mr..
and Mrs. Brede, Mr.. and Mrs. Synott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Welsh, Mr.. and Mrs Logan
Miss N. Cone, Miss A. Casserly, Miss r.
Gilbert, H. Maokey. x. Lee, M. Hayes.
l.. Rodgers, NJ. Gilbert, K. Casserly, A.
Driscoily, E. Cox, NJ. Donovan, NJ. Dow
ney, NJ. Castine, B.. Mellon, l.. Mellon, A.
Moran, L. Haskins. K. Rochfort, H. Brad
ley, E. Hallisey, H. Dwyer, A. Lochran,
K. Dwyer, K. D onohue, A. Stone. L.
Diehl, NJ. Byrne, L. Graham, A. Morris
sey, K. Morrissey, A. Luxuer, A. Kelly,
l.. Heaney. K. Sheehan, M. Chilly, A.
Fleming, A. Donovan. NJ Hay, A. Krow-
in, E. Moran. A.. Graham, F. C~avanagh,
K. Moran. M. Duffy, A. Mcclure and L.
Dwyer, Messrs. T. r. Haley, M. Doran,
D. Mahoney, P. Conolly, P. Byrnes, P.
Cannon, George Belger, w. Evans, J..
Curtis, William Kelly, S. Lyons, ]. Ray,
J. Mclaughlin, J. Moran, A. Finn, 7.
Hagen, j. Coyle, p. Dougherty, H. Roch-
fort, L.. Golden, M. Roche, H. Fountain.
j. Doran, w. Lee. Jas. Dillon, ]. Haskins,
]. Deegan. N. Synott, J. Dwyer. W.
Coughhn, w. Million, J. Schantz, P.
Smith, ]. Adams, S. Nichols. E.. O'Con-
nor, NJ. Nolan. ]. Bannon, r. R. Smith,
J. ONeill, P. Donnelan and w. Neal
ton.
The hall was beautifully decorated with
the Stars and Stripes, and the stage was
covered with bunting with the Clubs
banner for a centre piece.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21
FASHIONS OF new YORK.
What the. Athletic Girl
Of Today Is Wear
ing.
NEW BICYCLE COSTUMES
Dictates Of Style in Regard to
Equestrian and Gymna-
SUM Garb.
copyright. 1898, by American Press Asso-
ciation-1

dtAO
Most Of our best stores are making spe-
~cialties of outing and sporting costumes
for their lady customers. Bicycle suits
there are of every kind, gymnasium, bath
ing, golffng, tennis and yachting, besides
mountain climbing suits. These have
nearly displaced riding habits. There is
comparatively little riding now, though
some ladies hunt miserable little foxes on
horseback to their W great danger.
But the horseback riders, or amazons, as
the French call them, are so few that we
may dismiss their new garments with few
words. They wear tights, riding boots,
short skirts fitted exactly to the wearer's
form as she is seated on a saddle upon a
dummy horse. These skirts match the
coat in material always. The coat, or
jacket, is about three-quarter length and
fits the waist tightly and has small revers
to show the mannish tie and collar. There
are some who prefer a snug basque, with
Emart little position tails, all the rest be-
ing of the severest form of tailor finish.
Gauntlet gloves, and either a felt derby or
q regular silk hat, though rather low in
the crown, make up the rest of the cos
tune.
Women do not look well perched up on
a horse in these scanty, hard finished gar
mcnts The old sweeping skirt and low
hat, with its long plunes, were infinitely
more graceful if not so safe. The wheel
has displaced the horse to SO great an ex-
tent n looks to find a reasenfor it's popu-
larity. / think a potent factor is that wo-
men on their bicycles need not abandon all
the dainty little frills and graces and can
wear becoming vests, lace ties, if they are
49, 49, = -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-21

orsHou1ders AnyspFeftWaEangemen6sof
g collar nnds$he can be ad6stto Shisssuit,
but nothing with hong eHdA Nhe stock
ings and Shoes are not ffzed hystnezorable
law, but by personaI taste unless where all
the young ladies' weay avuutfpzm. Redsor
black oa.some certain stfkpe or check Is
often adopted as a.sort Of uniform In a
gymnasium, and the effect is certainly
very pretty.
Bathing dresses occupy q large place in
public attention as the summer a q reaches
Many witty M some veAy stupid jokes
are annually written about the bathing
costumes. There is reason for some Of
them; but, as a general rule, bathing suits
are modest II meet all the requirements
Of strict propriety. Few of our women
care to cop the advanced ideas Of the
demimonde of Europe who flock to the
seashore in summer. A few do, though.
But for the others there are pretty and
sensible suits that fill almost any require
ments.
There are no blue flannel bathing suits
made this season save those manufactured
by the thousand for the seaside bathing
pavilions for hire. All suits for individuals
are made of serge, mohair or silk. Many
pretty suits for Newport are of black mo-
hair or silk made with yoke waists and
short pulled sleeves. The skirt and waist
are sewed to the belts. Red serge or mo-
hair makes a pretty bathing suit and,
worn with q red liberty cap, makes a
bright spot of color on the sand. I find in
all the suits but two the gathered belt
waist, with the skirt down to the knee,
even a little below it. Any lady can make
her own bathing suit and trim it as her
fancy dictates.
/ must not omit mention of the sudden
fancy for plain white and figured white
mohair and b~rilliantine. This is offered
to young ladies with confidence for their
June commencement dresses. This stuff,
while of wool and silk, is really very cool,
and it folds richly. With a little trimming
suitable more for the occasion than the
simple, as n wills 1t.
There are some beautiful separate pieces
of lace-that is to say, flowers or other
patterns without foundation of net. These
are in mat white, cream and ivory; also
fine chantilly pattern in black. The white
or cream or other shade is laid over its OPP
posite in what is all called white, though
the shades are graded, as cream, ivory,
etc. The effect is incredibly rich, but is
not 50 suitable for youth as trim wings of
chiffon or silk null with a little ribbon.
When mohair is cut On the bias for very
narrow rufles, it is very pleasing, and it
is now an accepted stuff for young girls
wear.
1t is said that we ore to have a reign of
Recamier gowns next season, out others
tell us that We are on the verge of a re-