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The times., 1899-10-22
Kernan,s-.,yanitv Foir -

1t is very rarely nowadays that one
hears. in the popular priced houses, any
thing approaching to burlesque The man
ayers of the average "travesty" do not
even claim that their presentation makes
light of some serious production of the
year This is not true. however, Of the
afterpart to be produced at Kernan's this
week by the Vanity Fair" organizations
The piece, which is entitled 'Robber Roy, ="
is said TO be clever satire on Rob Roy"
and is. described as one of the most hu-
morous things of its sort ever exploited
Just prior to its performance, the Vanity
Fair people Introduce an olio in which
are heard Williamson and Stone, black
faced comedians; Katie Rooney, a daugh-
ter OF the well-known Pat Rooney; the
three Rio Brothers, European noveltyists:
MorTisey and Rich, a team of sketchists;
Anna Little, character vocalist, and Har-
ris and Fields, aIk-abo1t funmakers A
curtain raiser, written especially for the
troupe and called Paris, I9OO," is an
nounced as "a feature Of the entertain
ment to be given. II will introduce a num-
Der Of girls who are mentioned .as being
pretty and of rib-ticklers who are dubbed
funny Costumes and scenery are prob
ably up to the average, and there is every
probability that the attraction will do
big business here. Daily matinees.
The times., 1899-10-22

tractve or Interesting was rardoaabIe. indssi, sni
the fear shat Whatever strength rested .n tle
central Fein might be ovegburdeued hy wriEhf &C
g. .5aHsoas m15ter proved utterly sroaad
ssrs and What not else concerned n tbe r,a-
u-gttHH- Has sd much 4Ha I.hHrlsa--.s labeled E.l
svSs WITH tae Hane q LsrgViu that one lad 10
iit tHe ei-ael 90 ant Tie sSt Win The
derals p.7s,e-i0E % ElBEefil sally removed
.t vas possible to discern t1e niece. bot the
laa7a. Vl- r1t so, ,gup. lsHsi until Che third
The third lEd fourth acts -ud tae l1ve sceae tha-
closes Che egerd, t-.1zH tae Z nan'd 5 BOW
ton idr~ ARE a+ lv-r'.aut dramatic r.strrilf---r
Iest i5 Hut .Tans.I Ipt-en ~ Che ar.ginl. star
sulrreriuE at character ryFr ana Ghetto rarlr-
matte. ll1 are Ecl5i-gu.a iH @ p'1r. Tee SIT autI
force -f the after episodes aforementioned r1rr
suffice t' INV Be poua.ar interest though feg
come lI-e-
It may be worth while to- compare an az
these with a paragraph Cf the criticism
printed on September 10 I'm The Times. and
which read
It's romance docs rat crap cu- AZ 8G until tre
hI'eucii'n i~ fhird over ard % s tHen heT-l
ef ru.E ar intervals dulfr~ tv1 acts FiaI with
us-f t-tH--- il is ttc smallest portion % f1s
piece absolutely Slhsergitrt G. -f-uf1re 81 T-r--
tsh rites addresses Ia ra.e=sr. .+---..-- r-- ~
e.a.9.tets nos ir the .els- concerned a.al
Wy flr4WlA hss seen ht 90 eeta7n q
;-5-s f.7 '--ll-it tints. sltJatfars- eu4
lLo5f fldeA.s; TINS whether they have any bearing
on hts p.a- or not The thread as tTs -.rr f
t"id down by ihe various sIperduous eharse-.rs
beng Co it
BoastinE is not generally commentaries
but. as Gertrude Hail says in the preface
On tyrano de Bergerac, there IS an excuse
I0r II when one has something 10 baesr
about The Times took its stand ~
children Of the Ghetto" alone There
seems no reason Why &c should not prats
bit about the matter now that the s-.r5
hds oeen proven correct one
The times., 1899-10-22

appeared at the Garrick Theatre, in New
York. and created such an impression as
extended the run OF "Zaza" over six
months Even a longer engagement might
have been made profitable had it been pos
sibIe to secure the added time. The house
was booked up to next season, however,
and it being impTacucabIe to cancel the
road dates. Mrs Carter once more went en-
tour.
The piece viii be enacted at the Ma
tional almost as il was originally The
star has not altered her impersonation in
the slightest. experience in the part hay-
ing merely served TO tone down certain
slight -roughUesses. Charles A. Stevenson
the husband OF Kate CIaxton. is still being
seen as Dufrene, and Mark Smith has not
relinquished the role of the generous mu-
sic hall comedian. Best Of all, Marie
Bates. whose hit in the character Of the
dissipaJed Old aunt even surpassed that
made in "Chimmie Fadden." has remained
with the presenting company, which in
cludes besides the people already named,
Hugo Toland, Helen Robertson, Maude
Winter, Helen Tracy. and little Therese
Berta. Seats for the engagement have been
selling since Thursday. and there is every
prospect Of excellent business.
The times., 1899-10-22

more than a column Of matter every TWEEN
ty-iour hours. This parsonage took the
ground that the composer who drew on his
mind for more would eventually wax
worthless; and generally worthless Just as
be became most proficient mechanically. In
one OF his Sherlock Holmes stories. A
Conan Doyle bToached the idea that "the
brain is sort Of storehouse and. unless a
thought is put in IT for each one taken
out, there must come a time when no
thoughts remain Merely because he has
always been able to find market for hi.
wares, Mr.. Smith has been furnishing
more material for the operate stage than
all his contemporaries combined. Ere,
quently his limit has come up to FIVE such
offerings in a season and often three OF his
pieces have been presented locally within a
fortnight. The strain must have been enor
nous. And, while the VIII to labor con
tinually and consistently for success is
most commendable. it is doubtful whether
In this case, the author did not only sacri-
nce the public to his purse
Long ago managers came to realize the
lmpracticability OF getting the best results
from an eInploye whose path of thought re-
The times., 1899-10-22
THE PASSING SHOW.

1t is the expected that happens-some-
times. It was the expected that happened
last week, when Washingtonians were
treated to two of Harry B. Smiths lat
est librettos, and found in neither of
them either the quality or the quantity
for frst-class almanac. During the past
few years the theatrical portion of the
thinking population-a population that had
witnessed the fall of Charles Hoyt through
similar causes-has been wondering just
now long period would elapse before the
prodigal writer would find it necessary to
substitute horse play for humor. and pro-
family for pleasantly. Mr.. Smith had
been grinding out work at ruinous rate.
and even his excellent method of stealing
ideas from himself whenever he needs
them has not lessened the probability that
one day he would become a mental bank
rupt II "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "Papa's s
Wife may be taken as examples of his
craft that day is not far away.
There was once in New York celebrated
editor who would allow none Of his more
capable men TO contribute to his paper
The times., 1899-10-22
CHATS WITH THE PLAYERS.

Cone would never take her TO be over
sixty. said girl in a box the other night.
while Witnessing Madame JanaUscheks
performance OF Paul Eester's drama
But sitting opposite Madame Janalschek
in broad daylight is quite q different mat
ter. The Polish actress is distinctly an
old woman. Her face is wriukled. many
Of her teeth are gone. and she sto0ps
noticeabIy. Only in her eyes Is the light
Of genius Of which so much is written but
which is so seldom seen Her mouth. too.
is firm and even hard. Indicating beyond
mistake the adamantine resolution that has
kept Madame JanaUschek on the stage
during the past few years And. when she
talks. her voice which is also hard and
yet pleasing. gives token OF that same
strength Of character. Madame Janauschek
does not ask for sympathy and probably
would resent it if rendered. But. never
theless, there is something intensely
pathetic in the idea OF this once peerless
player roaming about a country in which
she is-sO far as relatives are concerned
quite alone. The sad side Of the affair
struck home to the man who went TO in
terview her on Wednesday, and he tried
TO open the conversation by saying what
pleasant things he might Of heF Meg"
Il am glad to hear these compliments
quoth Madame Janauschek and yet I
know that we do not qcite deserve them.
We came to Washington TOO soon. Monday
really marked our premiere. We should
The times., 1899-10-22
NatinnnI-"Znzn.,, ;,

Washington critics and Washington the
atregoers may take considerable pride in
lie Cartier are returning to the city this
week. Ten months ago both were taken
away with only the prophecy Of local
amusement lovers as a promise of success.
comparatively small audience had gath
cred on the occasion of the dramas pre-
mier at the Lafayette and had gone away
so delighted that the subsequent attend
ances were much increased in size. All
concerned predicted the utmost popularity
for play and player. And now Mrs. Car
ter comes to the National with this pre-
diction verified. After leaving here she
The times., 1899-10-22

Opera. musical farce. melo and roman
tic drama, polite" vaudeville and bur
lesque We're provided local theatregoers
last week. and, as possible result of the
diversity. business averaged very we'll
Strangely enough, this statement applies
quite as much TO the past few days as to
the primal ones of the various engage
ments strangely, for the best OF reasons
with single exception, there was not a
solitary attraction among the half dozen
NCuchsafed Washington that had not won
such a reputation as led play-seers OF the
oiJy 10 anticipate several treats. In the
phTasing of the profession, no one o. these
made good" and. consequently the term
Of the season for which most had been
promised turned out to be that in which
absolutely nothing was realized. Despite
this fact and ghe unpleassntness Of the
weather az least four places of amuse-
HsenJ were continually filed, three Of these
four being crowded.
Once more, in point OF the number Of
persons in attendance the Grand fairly
headed the list of the fortunate, and this
notEit nsta1Ciiug the merciless roast
given Hyde's Comedians" in these col
umHs After the Grand, came the Ma
tional. which owed its prosperity directly
10 the condemnation OF this paper Pa
pa Wife qu0th The Times On Tuesday
''is consistently and uncOuprOmisiugly
dirty And resultantly tae auditorium o.
.EaHaEar Bapley's building was packed
nightly Francis Wilson also did exceed
inEly well in-"Cyrauo de Berge-ac" at tae
CCuwfia. though his receipts via not Sc
-tousig affect the record OF Frank Dan
ieis- Al the lafayette Square, the en-
teI-aium E1t was provided by Madame
JaEarsrleE. a most Capsb and admirable
old actress whose performances Of Meg
MfTriiilfs were worth seeeing On.y be-
reuz1 she assumed the title role When
London SseePs. supposedly wicked, but
merely disgusting. drama, did not draw
- strongly as usual al the Academy while
the Rentz-Sanliey Company had nothing
of shieh TO complain at KeTnan's.
F3r The coming week Washington is
promised q number Of diverse bills, among
frem enc from which The charm Of spec
Hlz-i6a has been taken, but all interesting.
EcHertheiess. .'Zaza. which had its pre-
l2ierE year ago al the Lafayette. VIII be
brought back to The National by Mrs
Leslie Carter The local endorsement has
been verified. and the play is now recog-
nized success Richard Golden, OF 20.
Jed Frouty' fame. and Minnie Seligman
One-Rhile an actress Of classic roles. come
fo the Columbia direct from the New York
BljCu. and VIII present In Paradise"
louis Harrison and B. r. Valentines adap-
1ati0n Of a French farce. The Milton
AbOTn Opera Company, az the Lafayette
VIII sing j Tr0vatoTe" on Monday and
Tuesday 'Cayalleria Rusticana" and II
IL s PiEafore' on Wednesday night, The
Bchc-niau Girl" az the Wednesday matt
zee. Martha" on Thursday evening and
Saturday afternoon. Carmen" on Friday.
and The Chimes OF Normandy on Sat
uIdaF night Milton and Dollie Mobiles
head q house bin" at the Grand. 'Finnf-
Baus Bail" is 10 be seen at the Academy.
ana he Vanity Fair Burlesquers are I
booked at keruan's Business VIII prob
ably be- better in the average than at
certain theatres.
The times., 1899-10-22

IL may own TO the services Of six OF seven
influential writer's, who are not ashamed
70 confess that they are in the employ Of
CHARLES FrOhman. But Of honest capebIe
men who have sensible opinions. and can
give them IN understandable English, there
are few. ->'
On the other hand. the provinces" NAV
lay claim to at least a score of aramatic
penmen who, without featuring their own
cognomens in headlines Of their own MIC
lures with their articles, a9e regularly
turning out comprehensive. scholarly mat
ter New York has its Alan Dale. its les
sic Wood its Acton Davies. and its Frank
I'm FyIes. On clear days it may even he
assured that its population includes Fred
dy Eddie Mckay. Leander Richardson
brags that it has Leander Richardson. Buf
it is doubtful if all Gotham could gather
such a dozen reviewers as Henry Clapp
Of Boston; George p. GoOdale of Dzt-oit.
The times., 1899-10-22

aside addressed the Burke and Chase date
book last Thursday at midnight You are
a fair and open sort OF volume, p" he said.
Il don't suppose you'd mind telling me who
VIII be seen next week at this house"
Well" returned the date book, most
Of the information in me is against the
rule but I don't care if you get an insight
into affairs. for they c0Iceu you intimate
ly"
Thank you, quotE the sign
First. il not quite foremost" narrated
the book, the bill is to include the Kleist
Brothers. whom you may remember as the
best OF the magicians announced here last
year. Then there are Mile. Irene and her
dog Zaza. both trained contortionists, and
there are the Sohlkes. who danced formerly
in The French Maid. and who are now as
sisted By their FIVE Filipino Pickaninny
Ponies. Tom Mack. 4 monoogist, is also
down. is Frank La Mondu. the wire
walker: Sophie Burnham. the soprano. and
Ada Somers McWade, character vocalist
! believe that's all
All exclaimed the pIacard. why.
you have left out the most important of the
people. Milton and Dollie Mobiles. whose
The times., 1899-10-22
CoIun,bia-aEn Parndis. ,,

Rather unique, albeit a little unpIeas-
ami, is The story Of In Paradise" which
IS 10 De presented tomorrow night at the
Columbia. This plot concerns certain
French suburbarite. IL Ponthichot by
name. who has journeyeG TO Paris for the
purpose Of finding husband for his mar
rtase1ble daughter. Being a bit anxious to
sample the gay life Of which be has heard
50 much. his old person determines that
mis- son-in-law must be the sort Of man
"ho can best assist him 10 make an en-
trance into the questionable society Of the
metropolis. Unfortunately for the sChemer
the youth who really loves The girl has had
4 b-aWelezs career. and. seeing IN this fact
a barrier TO their union, he goes TO q fe-
male friend and begs that she viii play the
role cf his sweetheart. After some arlu-
ment the woman consents and is intro
aueed 30 n Fcntbich0I. From this point
Oh complications multiply. eliminating in
2 last act that Is said 10 be one OF the
most humorous Imaginable.
IL t1e farce is all that has been claimed
f5r it there IS no probability that IL viii not
be well received here The cast engaged TO
Ctler the work is such that no detail of
Its hUmCr can be lost 10 the Interpretation
Richard Golden, who assumes the part of
he su5urbanlte, has been seen here so re-
Gently that there is no need 20 recIte his
ability. In The Fortune Teller" "The
Isle ot Champagne and other similar
vehicles he has thoroughly demonstrated
his merit. Minnie SeliEman. who is fea-
tlFea With Ar. Golden. has made a repu-
cation as an actress Of legitimate roles
one OF the most delightful portions of
lu Paradise is supposed TO De that in
hich she recltes @ scene from Camille"
10 I'LL PonthlclCt. Walter Hodges. Hudson
L.s,ol, Harry ST. Maur Robert Peyton
Gibbs. Hattie Russell. Flora Fairchud
Eugene Hayden, Margaret Mcdonald. and
Beatrice Morgan are ia the supporting or
The times., 1899-10-22

include Clara Lane ]. X. Murray Payne
Clark, Eleanor Kent Amelia Fields, Al
bert A. Parr, John Read. Florence Ackley
VIII Morton, Harry Williams, and NJ Mlton
AbOrn. With all these excellent Qualifi-
cations. the old operas are the only ones
rendered, the local repertoire bearing the
promise Of several treats in this line. II
TrovatOre" will be given at the Lafayette
on Monday and Tuesday, The Bohemian
Girl at the Wednesday matinee "Caval-
Ieria Rusticana" and H. NJ S Pinafore"
on Wednesday night, Martha on Thurs
day evening and Saturday afternoon,
Carmen on Friday and The Chimes of
Normandy" on Saturday night These
bills should prove most attractive to
Washington theatregoers, many Of the
pieces not having been done before for
several years, and there is every prob
ability that the local engagement Of the
Aborn Company viii prove profitable
ore.
The times., 1899-10-22

sacrc.' have seen Ada Fch1a's Katharine and
Mrs. Leslie Carters Zszs and ] could see them
again and again with renewed pleasure aud
delight.
The thoughJless and uniformed
may come TO the opinion that
the cauting one OF these two
criticisms in from a wcll-kuowu re-
ligious organ and the other from sheet
rotoriously evil. This is not true. That
first quoted was clipped from the View
York Evening Journal and the last-men-
toned is from the pen Of Clement Scott
the djgnided London reviewer at present
employed on the Herald"
Ine Times has nothing to say regarding
the matter-its position was defined when
'Zaza" first was done I'm Washington. and
has been defined dozen times since This
paper does not believe that anything ar
tistic can have perucious influence and
The times., 1899-10-22

sketches are among the best given in vau-
deville, are to act as headIinersI"
Sure enough, said the date book. Il
forgot Milton MOBILES name was way over
here under my page number. He's one on
me
Tish," cried the standing room only"
sign in disgust. You're getting too witty.
l advise you to turn over a new leaf"
But the date book ignored the remark.
The times., 1899-10-22
Grand-EnudcyiIIe.

From its perch on the managerial desk
in The boxofice Of the Grand the Standing
room only sign. who had been picked from
the floor Of the lobby and careIessIy tossed
The times., 1899-10-22
I-afayette-aborn opera Conpan,

I-afayette-Aborn Opera Coupanv.
In an interview published recently in
The Times that most efficient OF singers
Eugene cowies. remarked that nothing was
more regrettable TO him than The fact that
the standard operas-"The Bohemian
Girl and -Aartha seemed to have be u
lost so completely TO the attention OF the
public IN the countTy's larger cities. mo
music has ever been written" said Nr.
CoWles. that was more charming and de-
lightful than that iu the majority of
these compositions And yet until very
recently, the works In question were rare
by seen outside % the ue-uiglt-staDds-
even thea IN the hands Of TIE cheapest or
Gsnlzstions.
The press agent % the combination saws
that this condition Eas been relieved
greatly b. the Abo-u Opera COMPANY
which viii be heard this week al the La
isyette number Of well known singers
are named in the roster OF the troupe and
every production made is supposed to be
thoroughly adequate. The casts presented
The times., 1899-10-22

Speaking OF paresis and "Papas Wife"
reminds one that LeandeT Richardson. the
gentleman Wh0 recently delivered himself
OF the opinion that everyone who lived
beyond the suburbs Of New York was base
born and ill-manHered, has broken out
again. Mr.. Richardson has a measle- like
habit OF doing that sort of thing at regu-
lar intervals. Just now the TELEGRAPH"
Mr.. Richardson is the Telegraph. F." mi
nus its advertising decided that all
the critics worth mentioning are in Goth
am. This decision was probably reached
with due consideration for the fact that
Mr. Richardson himself lives in that me
tropolis. Some eight days ago the indi-
vidual with the historic prefix to his name
booming of the Harry B. Smith work
and, in the course of a few inches OF press
agenty matter, remarked that making al
lowances for the imperfectiOns of provin-
cial' reviews the piece seemed to be a
hit.
In point of fact. except in Mr. Richard
sons imagination, the piece seemed to be
no such thing, and the paragraph would
not be worthy Of mention but for that al
Iowance" clause The sentence in ques-
ton is so utterly ridiculous that it cannot
be passed without notice. Save for William
Winter, Harrison Grey Fiske. and one or
two others, New York does not boast a
solitary critic whose yerdicts are not dis
counted by those who understand why's and
wherefores. The city contains three or four
alleged humorists, who dismiss the essen
tial qualities of play that they may dis
cuss the lingerie OF its leading woman.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-06-28

ma; n + Field, Warren. VI. j.
GeN, Hancock; w. +. Godbold,
Copiah; II. y. Grisham, Benton /:
y. L. Remington, Lawrence; D !.
Il. Holmes, DeSoto; p. Nj. kim
brough, Lafayette; r. M. King,
Holmes; II. r.. Marshall, De-
Soto; w. B. Kicks, Madison; III.
Il. Spight, Tippah; ] Nj, Thom-
az, Lee; Walter Weathersby,
Holmes; @. r.. White, Memphis I;
W NJ. Wilmington, Franklin
"a.
Literary Department, with die.
tinction-G, r. Pctus, y. a. !,
Jones county; II. T.. McCleskey !,
b. 81, Chickasaw county: w. o..
Pruitt, Chickasaw county.
With Degree Of Bachelor of
Arts--D. O. Bridgforth, DeSoto:
II. ID. Davis, Pontotoc; Pat Hem
ry, Jr., Rankin; B. n. kim
brough, Jr., Lafayette; A. q.
Love, Trezevant. Tenn; Miss
a. w. Phillips, Lafayette; w.
w. Yenable, Lauderdale; MI. C.
Wells, Jr., Kinds,
With the Degree of Bachelor Of
Philosophy y. r. Leavcl, La
fayette; J J White, Pike: Miss
Norma wilkins, Lafayette.
Department Diplomas Ben NJ :
Farland, Miss Nj. =. Phillips, Il.
a. Smith.
The William Jennings Bryan
medal for the best essay on
Science Of Government was
awarded to William Calvin Wells,
Jr., Of Jackson.
Miss HARRISON, Of Nicksburg,
i the first young lady to win d
medal at the University.
The only change il the faculty
was tho election Of Dr. w. S.
Leathers, of South Carolina col !
lege, 10 the chair Of National
History and Geology
The trustees recognize tho eff :
cheney of Prof. John w. John
son, assistant Professor Of Phys
les and Astronomy, by increasing
his salary.
a grand ball Thursday night
was largely attended. There was
an unusually large attendance Of
visitors, especially Of the young
er element.
The music, all through the
week, was excellent; and the
dust from town 70 campus was
superabundant. With water works
in the city and On the campus,
visitors should hereafter be spar
cd the discomfort of driving
through clouds 81 dust. This
suggestion is free gratis, and il
il believed will be kindly receiv-
ed by the powers that be.
The Semi Centennial Anniyer-
sary was a complete success.
j. y. T..
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s.. b. WILLIAMS REPLIES TO
A. r. LAMPTON.

Magnolia, Miss, June q, 80.
Mr.. Editor: II see in the Ca
zette Of the oath, a letter from al.
+. hampton where he puts stress
upon locality as an electioneering
scheme. don't think there is
any scheme in it. but pure and
simple fact. ! think the treasur-
or ought to live at the county
seat, and most Of the voters think
the same. My friend Frank
also states in his letter that have
made money discounting war
rants. In this he is mistaken.
The law requires all persons to
take out privilege license If they
desire to deal in warrants.
have never violated the laws
Of my country knowingly, and
as have never taken our license,
| have not discounted county
warrants.
All / want is a fair deal and IL
/ go down on July 18th it will be
with clear conscience that have
done justice TO all my opponents,
which is a greater consolation to
me than to be victorious by i'm
proper means.
Your obedient servant,
S. B. WILLIAMS.
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The chemical department Of
the Meridian fertilizer factory,
one Of Meridian's largest and
most successful manufacturing
enterprises, was destroyed by
fire last Saturday.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-06-28

For SALE-Two good Jersey
Mich Cows. Apply to
ID. BoLIAN.