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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-04
,vrITENCE OF THE STAGE.
TOGETHER WITH THE LITERARY
CRITIC. DISCUSSED BY UNI
TARTAN WOMEN.
ne It'll HOW THE STAGE EDUCATEs THE
PERSON AND ELEvATEs HIS MORALS
At THE SAME TINE.

At THE SAME TINE.
>,ou-york League Of Unitarian Women met
.-sov morning with a large attendance IN the
ye' Avenue Unitarian Church Mrs A. Wendell
~, the president. opened the meeting at II
1acNs. ,,-e Emil l.. Boas read the secretarys re-
ord the treasurer. Mrs. II. NJ. Donelly re-
l" balance on hand Of over $780,
lol' sydney Resented spoke on behalf OF the
MI .t,-t, Committee. and gave a short resume
FH''" .orl and aims Of the Actors Fund Of
Oh - and the Professional Woman's League.
-. pobcr, Manten spoke on behalf of the Actors
- Of America and the work 1t has in hand of
80 toce.hcr into closer sympathy the public
.,s stage NJ. Franklin W Hooper read the
sD. Of tho Religious News Committee. She spoke
r. is,,,ir, given by the Rev Heber Newton be-
4" .he r--ffarian Club. Of Boston and also men
- -he fact that the Rev. Robert Collyer and
%, Edward Everett Hale are only two out of
y,y-sfx Unitarian ministers now past the M
- ,e.r Of their work in the ministry.
m subject for the day was THE Stage" and it
ma .,. Mrs Joseph 7. Waller. of Yonkers.
.S,s q paper on The Influence OF the Press on the
sage .,- ,..-o,,o,,.
s,,.e5 niece OF work. II has 10 appeal 70
". ~ Pho senses and has everywhere bearing
some branch Of human knowledge. since the eye
I'm be pleased and satisfied and beauty as well
.e,,o,rac. has 20 no observed
'BeTna' 49,. - ~, save. y
hss our s>i iaiIi'S' 'he''I"i'' Nl''" "'
,,.t +.,g people know how troublesome dramatic
t-" , d. 40. +h,. .bo, are morally worse
critics i.'. ,,,,, ~
tar other people. hui that they Aho" H"'Ills' w.
=. ~ ,,,--. they know everything wrong. Put
VIC, -, ..-.. 90, tbor, as il IS in zeal life
any lAi'- " - ...,-.,,,o
AMI they f.i it with scorn - an i'hPoS'"'''
r.. ss.~,. rather an Incorporate outhurst. yet
.,,. ,as.e hear out his contention
tha facts - ., - ,,,.+ila IN his crit
The critic IS Often one-siH'o an" ""S'-i' 49, "
- a,- 10 i- from sordid motives ana NOT from
N-s'"' ......,,..l c,,,.i lions Another class Of
Ms OWL 4" 49,, "a ,ot,+e ~ @ inlay
criticism frankly admits the p"u P''"'S Va " f'"''
.t. s.s-.. IN. special scenes where immor-
sA'1' - r .rirr,. yelled and suc-
slty IS coaf-'N SNOW" va ' -. -
10 ir er..D.. ZiU- for ana az Inc same tiiIie az
.. ... .,-. i,.r1eut on the other hand.
Nt''S'"- .. b.. 90 ts.e lightning speed
he dramatic Cii'I' ia" - - - h -
of Judgment. ioi DIS .hl4'S9'''9 nav ~
s ,r four hours after he has formed
NM- | ..,.,c,,o ,,el- T., is 70 tell Us
hem Think "Na' supreme t.i,
vhst % ihrk and what 10 ADMIRE lAt -
frs 4cters-ic should he symld'l ~. ma -
nation 60 look al .-e Whoie "oIk .t,, ~.
from tne authors point OF view @.u me-, 10 49,. ~
archt The methods uy Wmch me aulno, - -, ~,
eases with di- Elimination "hich j. ""'N "'"
he" -. NJ. 1-o,r,. HI
TIM suoec- was continued oy MIS-. t, amy 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-04

| met a preacher there I knew. and said: go
'Tl and oerworked. how fare you IN TINS scene.
''Bravely,' said he: FOR Of late have been
Much cheered with thoughts Of Christ. the Living
Bread"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-04

They combat both by sea and land.
When after many battles past
Both tired with blows make peace AZ last.
What IS II. after all. the people get?
Why taxes widows. wooden legs ana dent ,
flames Russell Lowell. I'm THE Below Papers.
Sent by "A Non Believer In War"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-04
Oh. human soul! as long as tho,

Oh human SOUL as long thou canst so
Set up a mark OF everlasting light,
Above the bowling senses ebb ana now
To cheer thee and 10 right thee II thou roam
Not with lost toll thou laborest through the night!
Thou mak'st the heaven thou hop'st indeed thy
home. - ,s
Selected for the column by Helen NJ. Garfield
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-04
GOOD CHEER.
"THE LIVING BREAD"

Twas August. and the fierce sun overhead
Smoto on the squalid streets of Bethnal Green.
And the pale weaver. through his windows seen
In Spitalneds. lookd thrice dispirted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-04

Whene'er contending princes fight
For private pique OF public right.
Armies are raised. the fleets are manned
They combat both by sea and lhnd.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

1t is rather surprising to read that
the sugar crop of Cuba for the current
year will aggregate 100000 tons, an in
crease of 100000 tons over the crop of
last year. and an increase of 220,500 tons
over the crop of 1S96-97. 1t is evident
that Cuba is rapidly recovering from
the effects of war, at least as far as her
agricultural interests are concerned.
There was time when the sugar crop
of Cuba reached nearly 100000 tons,
although that was record and by no
means an average Under American dl-
rection and the security afforded by the
present government of the island it
should be only short time until the
annual crop will have passed that of
any previous year in the history of the
island, for it is well known that even
under the most favorable conditions af-
forded by Spanisl. government the re-
sources Of Cuba as sugar producing
country were never utilized.
1t is estimated that Cuba could make
100000 tons of sugar per year if the
United States duty could be removed
or considerably lowered. AS 1t is doubt
full whether this country could use so
large Cuban crop along with the pro-
ducts of Louisiana, Hawii and Porto
Rico, together with the beet sugar pro-
duct of the West, there is little proba-
bility that the duty will be removed, al
though there is general and generous
desire in this country to give every con-
sistent encouragement ito the Cuban
planters But even at present prices a
crop of 100000 tons would bring the
Cubans $114,0O0,0O0 after duties had
been paid. Without duty such crop,
at present prices would bring $19o,oOo,-
900.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18
CAST DoWN, BUT FULl or FIGHr.

CAST DOHN, BUT FULL OF FIGHT.
The English are cast down, but not
dismayed, AT least not so dismayed
that they can't act, and act promptly
and vigorously. Many more soldiers
will soon be on the way to South Africa,
and perhaps some officers may be dis
covered who will not walk into the
Boer traps. The London correspondent
of the New York Tribune thus COM
ments upon the situation: Two facts
are now clearly, perceived even by the
dullest commentator upon the disasters
of the week. England is In danger of
being reduced to the status of a second
rate Power if she loses this fight in
South Africa, and Russia and France
now have full opportunity for raiding
in Asia and intriguing in Northern
Africa. Glasses and masses are alike
sobered by the consciousness that a
battle not for paramount authority in
South Africa alone, but for the mainte-
nance of the unity of the empire is in
progress. The triumph of the Dutch in
South Africa will be followed inevitably
by disaffection in India and the devel-
opment of separatist tendencies in other
portions of Englands world wide en-
pire. The benefioent work of two CEN
turtles of British energy and civilization
is hazarded by failure in South Africa.
John Bull, stunned as he Is by the dis
asters of the week, has not lost either
his presence of mind or his courage;
he stands by his generals and his men
and is prepared to send another army
of 100000 troops if necessary, for the
defence Of the empire
It will not be surprising if there is
more bad news for England before
there is much that Is good The Beers
are much encouraged, the luck seems
to be with them, and their success is
bringing them allies But the best
judges Of the situation confidently ex-
pect that the English will "get there"
even il 1t takes all winter.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

this work, the cost of which he esti-
mates at 100000. the Victoria Nile sup
ply would be brought straight down to
Egypt, and not only might the summer
supply of 1900 be increased, but the rise
of the river in June, 1900, might begin
at an earlier date. If the sud- were
removed, it would be easier, he says,
to devote annually a fixed sum Of
money to the raising of the banks in
the low parts. On this work he pro-
poses an expenditure of 100000 spread
over ten years. The improvement, he
claims, would be cheap at G6,000000.
The Sudan without the headwaters of
the Victoria Nile he declares is worth
nothing, but as the highway Of these
waters it is a possession OF great value.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18
THE WHITE NILE SUDD,

The "sudd" in the White Nile is
growing. 1t is composed of floating
weeds brought down from Uganda and
Lake Albert in such masses that it
threatens to choke up the White Nile
altogether. Mr.. w. Willcocks, director
of the waterworks at Cairo, has just
issued an interesting report upon the
situation. He finds that the Bahr 81
Gebel which in 1910 carried practically
the whole of the supply of the Victoria
Nile, and was a broad open stream
deep, is to-day wellnigh obliterated for
$50 kilometres. The waters Of the Vic
toria Nile are in great part carried by
the Bahr Ziraf, which has thus taken
the place of the Bahr ell Gebe The
great decrease in the discharge of the
Bahr ell Gebel has caused Lake No,
which was very considerable expanse
of water in 1910, to dwinde into an in
significant marsh. The broad, shallow
GIlil Oh lIAG IlN GL " men connected Lake
No with the Saubat River and went by
the name of the White Nile, has been
the Gazelle river is doubtless finding a
more commodious outlet for it's waters
by means of the Bahr Lolle. He then
goes OH to say that as there are only
thirty kilometres Of sud- in the Bahr
Ziraf, it would be a comparatively easy
task for the Egyptian government to
remove the sud- from the head waters
OF this arm of the river, and open a
wide channel into the Victoria Nile,
and then close the Bahr eli Gebel al the
head by a dam. On the completion Of
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

deliberately and exquisitely balanced
periods, there suddenly swelled up a
subdued roar of applause among that
cultivated audience, and I looked up to
see what had happened. There / saw
Mr.. Webster coming from the back
ground, with his majestic figure. strong,
solid, massive, with great luminous
black eyes, and a face of such massive
strength and power that you felt the
mere presence of it was enough to APP
plaud. And as this applause hushed
the words Of the orator, who was speak
ingof the influence of the Greek and
Latin classics in the world and their
continued Importance, he looked up, saw
MI, Webster, and said TEL US, sir, If
this Is not true, you who know better
than anybody else" And the ''god-like
Daniel as they used to call him, SIM
ply inclined his head little. | don't
know whether he heard the sentence or
remembered word of Greek since his
college days, but when Webster simply
no !ded assent, it was like the nodding
of Jove.-From Lecture by It w.
Higgingson at LEVEL Institute.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18
FRA u M EN1S.

| Tommy-Mamma had lot of things
sent home c. o. d. to-day. What does
| C. o. d. mean?
Tommys father--"C. 0. D." means
| "Call on d."--Philadelphia Record.
Man hurries now. with fond rapt look,
To buy his girl beauteous book;
And she, meanwhile, with tender knack,
Creates for him painted plaque
Chicago Record.
Willie--Pa, what's the meaning of
'fin de siecle?" Pa--Oh, that s-aw--
one of these water bicycles with fins on
it like a fish. Now, you go to bed
Philadelphia Record
A severe and elderly woman passed
by with one of her kind We caught
only this fragment: 1T seems to me
some persons are born just to get the
first reading of new books at the Athe
neum. boston Journal
Miss Baltimore---How did your broth
err get along with his college entrance
examinations?
Miss Pittsburg-He passed in rowing
and football, but was conditioned in
baseball and golf.-Judge.
A Curious Police Force.-Mrs. Casey
And phat was the strangest thing ye
see in Paris Mrs Rooney? Mrs. Room
ey-Frinch polaicemin! Mrs. Casey
And phat was here strange about
Frinch polacemin, Mrs, Rooney? Mrs.
Rooney-They was Frinch!-Puck.
The boy, having freely admitted that
he cut down the cherry tree, Is amazed
to observe his father coming at him
with the trunk strap, What" eX-
claims the boy. do you not propose
toll exenlplifv the saving that honesty IS
the best policy?" "No, rather the say
ing that children and fools speak the
TRUTH" retorted the old man, with
readiness of wit scarcely to be expected
in one Of his mature years Detroit
Journal.
care you sure he truly loves your"
asked the fair girls confidant&. "Abso.
lutely.' 'Of course, he would say he
does" Yes. But when he sits down
and let's father talk to him by the hour
about protection and Is to / I'm sure
that he tells the truth. shington
Star.
Ginnet-The president should have
suggested in his message a remedy for
this trust evil.
Furrit-Perhaps that's pretty hard
thing to do.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18
wEBsTERs oRAToRIcAI. POWER.

WEBSTER'S ORATORICAL POWER
Where mans mere physique Is so
magnificent that 1t Is two-thirds of the
battle, why should he make a long
speech. Why shouldn't he present what
he has to say in the simplest possible
manner. And that magnificent sim
plicity gave him (Webster) d large por-
ton Of his power and saved him from
the necessity of rhetorical flourishes-
almost too much. When my old school
rate James Russell Lowell--one of the
most brilliant and penetrating Of
Americans-after Webster's death, was
to write critical essay on him, re-
member he was surprised in reading
over his speeches to find what COM
nonplace man he was, and he said that
If anybody but Webster had said those
things, they would have made little i'm
preston
Once, at Phi Beta Kappa Grafton,
which Edward Everett was giving at
Cambridge, in the midst Of one Of those
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

discouraging in such circumstances
One might as well, no matter how small
her purse, begin with the finest gar
ments. She can see EN-, get into EN-,
and then buy a made-fur beastie if she
doesn't escape without purchasing.
What matter If a cape like the Persian
lamb one pictured here and held at $500
Strikes you as just glorious? You
needn't like it's watermelon pink satin
lining, need you?
The trouble with this sort of shopping
Is that it Is likely to make one dissatls-
fled with what she can afford. Neck
and shoulder wear is attractive, yet 1T
does look insignificant beside the fine
coats and cloaks. Then one loses re-
spect for the really good schemes by
which one pretends that she doesn't
need fur. One of these Is stylish just
now, and consists Of an eton or bolero
made on foundation of perforated
channels Thus reinforced they are as
warm as many fur, and when finished
with cozy high fur collar they are as
snug. too. Sometimes the channels lin
ing Is between the Jackets cloth and
the satin of the inside, but a swagger
notion is to use the beautifully colored
chamois as inside lining. Red channels
in brilliant and soft dark shade is
very handsome, so are strong orange
and deep green. Absolutely perfect fit
is possible in this material. Sometimes
when the dyed through chamois Is used,
the cloth Of the Jacket is perforated to
allow the channels to show. The tiny
perforations in the channels do not in
terfere with the beauty of its surface
and serve to supply desirable ventila-
ton. But fur coat is better, especial
ly IL you've tried on few
FLORETTF.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

the engine resulted in a great saving
Of time. while at the same time it left
both horses and men at home to work
III the fields, which need prompt atten-
ton at this time of the year. Wake
field believes that his idea will open up
a new field of profit for all owners of
thrashing engines in the farming dis
tricts.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18
FASHION NOTES.


The woman who processes distaste
for useful holiday gifts will not stick at
the present of fur; or, at least, one
won't if she's examined some stylish
furriers stock. Few displays the shops
make turn woman into more cove
tous state Of mind. None will afford
so small comfort to the shoppers of
small means. 1t was an unwise repre-
sentative of this grade of purchasers
who began her investigation by asking
how much of show she could make in
fur for S25. Poor thing! The salesman
had her graded at once, and though In
assuring her that she could make but
poor one he was civil, he had that
slightly Indifferent manner that is SO
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

An ingenious way Of evading the
Maine prohibition law is that of a Lew
iston woman whose place, according to
d local newspaper, is raded frequently
by the police but without finding a
drop Of liquor, because the faucet
through which it is drawn can be twist
ed two ways. One kind of twist brings
out the intoxicant, and another the best
spring water.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18
A Topeka paper speaks of minister
who is "pastoring'' in Oklahoma

Things don't always happen as they
usually do. A ST. Louis woman stole
loaf Of bread and goes free, while a
New York man who swindled hundreds
of people with Syndicate" scheme
goes to Jail.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

In Belgium there is in use a specially
designed hospital car which is available
IN case of serious railroad accidents
and also to convey invalids from one
point to another as from inland towns
ITO health-giving sea resorts. It's in
terror has large main compartment
with two small rooms at end In the
larger room are twenty-four beds, with
two small windows which can be
opened, in front Of each, movable
table being provided which can be low
cred over each bed. There are lockers
IN the corridors for the chests, provis-
ions and linen. If necessary a portion
of the large room can be shut off to
form an operating room. In connection
with this railroad hospital is a small
chapel for religious services.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

At Kames, in the isle of Butte. r. A.
Stewart, a saddler, has succeeded In
growing fine crop of peas from seed
found In tomb of an ancient Egyptian
king. Mr.. Stewart got the peas from
q Glasgow friend of his who has sons
In Egypt, by whom they were for
warded to Glasgow, and the seed is es-
timated to have been 1000 or 1000 years
old. The peas were sown in open
ground, and the plants have grown up
strong and vigorous to height of
about six feet, They possess certain
characteristics. The flower Of the an
cient Egyptian variety has a beautiful
red center, surrounded by white cor-s
ona, and is handsome. The pods aver
age from TWO to three inches in length
by one-half inch in breadth, and the
peas are said to be of excellent flavor.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

Cardinal Gibbons has disposed of the
false report that the beginning Of the
twentieth century has been officially
fixed for the Catholic world by decree
of the Congregation of Rites at Rome
directing the celebra tion Of the close Of
the present and the opening of the next
century by midnight masses on Deem
Der 81 next. According to the Cardinal
the decree is permissive not mandatory,
and no mention is made therein Of 1900
as the beginning of a new centennial
period. On the contrary the mass is
Intended to celebrate the ushering in Of
the final year of the nineteenth CEN
fury. In the archdiocese of Baltimore
The celebration will not take place.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

The London Globe, which rarely uses
other than supercilious and sneerhg
tone in its references to the United
States, showed the other day how little
It really. knows about this country. son
certain occasion during the American
war" it said, "a Confederate cavalry
regiment was beaten back and utterly
demoralized. The chaplain Of the regi-
ment, who was mounted and in the
field, saw his opportunity. He got one
of the regifnental bug1ers to play John
browns Body which the other buglers
took up. All the men at once Joined in
and the field was filled with vast
wave of melody; the rush was checked
and order was restored"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-12-18

A.. ]. Wakefield, a farmer near Sioux
Falls, South Dakota, has found new
use for the steam engine which is used
to run his thrashing machine. Instead
of putting it out of service for the
winter when his thIaahins was over, ne
Alled five big farm wagons with four
hundred and ninety bushels of wheat,
Fastened them together one behind the
other, like q train of cars. and used the
engine to pull them to town. The jour
ney Of fifteen miles was made in six
hours, the engine and train requiring
the attention of but one man besides
Wakefield An average load for team
of horses is fifty bushels OF wheat, so
that even on the first experimental trip
+he engine did the work of ten teams,
and Wakefield feels sure that one t,ous-
and bushels can be drawn by the same
engine without difficulty. The use of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-13
FIGHTING AT ORANGE RIVER.
Hills Full of Boer Sharpshooters
WHO Fire On the British.

London. Nov. 12.-The war office this
morning has the following dispatch
from Cape Town. Nov. r. noon: Colo
mel Cough, at Orange river, reports that
during the reconnaissance of fifteen
miles TO a point nine miles west of Bel
mont on Nov. 10, the officers of the
patrol first came on Boer position
taken upon a great semi-circular ridge,
standing out into a plateau. They en-
deavored to make the Beers develop
their strength by demonstrating with
two squadrons of the Ninth LancerS
and a field battery on the left wing,
with one and one-half companies of
mounted infantry on the right wing and
with artillery in the middle of the pla-
teau out of the infantry fire.
The enemy began by firing at our
cavalry from a gun at the north end.
AS the cavalry, in open order, began to
circle around them, the hills seemed
,ull of sharp shooters. The mounted in
fantry endeavored to outflank the en-
emys left. in order to discover the
iaager. coming under a heavy and un-
expected fire from a few skirmishers.
Here follows list of casualties al
ready cabled)
Our guns fired several apparently
effective shots, but the enemy did not
respond having withdrawn with the
wounded. The enemy did not fire on
an ambulance. Colonel Cough with
drew his forces after a demonstration
lasting three hours and returned to
camp the same afternoon near Orange
river.
The guns and a few horses were
brought in by rail The wounded were
sent TO Orange river by rail immediate
~ after the action. The enemy'S
strength appeared considerable, appar-
emily 200, with one gun under David
Dibe and P. van der Nerve