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CASES SETTLED.
Costs Paid on the Arrests for Maintaining
Winter ShHnties.

Winter Shanties.
G. & I. Policemen Kleindens: and Stack
last night arrested two boys named Roy
Irwin and Albert Harms for maintaining and
fl, ,quenting winter shanties in and near mine
breaches. On hearing before Justice Shoe
maker Harms was discharged. Irwin aud
the seven young men previously arrested and
held under bail on similar charge settled
the cases by paying 81 66 costs, each, and
promising to avoid winter shanties in the
future.
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DEVIL MINE TO SOD H..
Another large audience wituasI the per
| formance at Fcrgusou's theatr. last night
and found very pleasing entsrE E.ument 90
the production of The Lsd5t of Life '
The selections by How-on's on ctm wcp
particularly appreciated aud tle anditiou OF
"A Day With the Circus" strue. respuu
sye chord To night The Dat t's Mine
will be produced. A matinee wi he given
tomorrow afternoon Tor the sd 80 benefit
Of the ladies and children
sHARKEY-JEFFEIEs FIa
Those with a drop Of sporuuI blood iu
their veins. will find the woudI roo repr.
duction Of this the greatest of heavy.
weight battles OF unusual inter, Manager
Ferguson has secured this atlrsc and ID
will be presented for one night 0 r at the
theatre next Monday evening | This will
positively be the ouly chance 20 4 Ituess these
wonderful pictures in this y.. pity Nou
could not have gone TO New Nurl sud wit,
messed the original at a cost Of LED than $50
You can see this great reproduction brought
right TO your own doors for the mall sum Of
| 80 cents
CHARLES CowLEs IN HIS FAAiut PLAY.
At Fergusous theatre on Weautslay. Drc
Goth, will be seen the successful Yank, 4
comedy drama, A Country Mer. aut." with
the eminent American coined Co., Charlie.
Cowles, in the stellar role Of Etu Baxter
| This is one Of the best attraction before th,
public oday, and deserves to play 90 stand
ing room only in our town.
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The finest assortment Of rings and iewelry
is shown at Ellis Deulrs. 1913 South Main
street. l2I2-llt
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-12-15

The services being held this week in COM
memoraton of the twenty anniversary
Of the Trinity Reformed church are attract
ing large congregations Last evening Rev.
o II StIunck, of Schuylkil Haven, occupied
the pulpit. His sermon was one Of great
force. Mr.. Strunck possesses rare gifts of
eloquenoe as pulpit orator He beautifully
elucidated his theme to the minds Of his
hearers and lovingly pressed home to their
hearts its salient points. The entire congre-
gltion was deeply moved by the power OF
the truth and by the earnestness of the
preacher. To-uights sermon on The Saw
iour's Servant" will be preached by Rev. /
NJ Schsefler, of Ashland. Tomorrow even
lug there will be meeting of the catechetical
cIass and the publie is invited 20 attend.
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hour aud take no other brand. 1t is tie bes
-four made.
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BICKERT's.

BlCkERIb 8.
Fish cakes tonight. Special lunch to-
morrow morning
HEGTzs.
: Special lunch tonight Vegetable soup to-
morrow morning.
CHAs. RADzIEWICZ's.
Clam soup will be served free. to ell pa.
irons tonight.
WEEKS.
Oyster soup tonight
POOLKR's.
Oyster soup tonight,
The times., 1899-12-10

The coming holidays already are making
themselves felt in managerial circles The
great department stores are crowded with
those who buy presents on the come early
and avoid the rush" system. Naturally. the
RESULT of This counter attraction-no pun in
tendsd-and of the enormous outside ex-
p6BdiuIrss is business at the local theatres
that If not quite poor, is hardly mp to the
average. all things considered. The con
didon viii BE- greatly aggravated as soon
as the shops begin keeping open nights
even Jhe strength Of scheduled combiua-
lions doing little more than decrease The
probability of deserted playhousas As has
been limited. last week was not a profitable
one, generally and that which begins to-
day does not promise much better
Few local favorites have the vogue en-
5oyed here by E. H. Sothern. and the Ma
5I9nal was packed from Monday 10 Satur-
day with gum-ehewing. carameI-munching
matinee girls who cared nothing for the
msdiocrity OF The Song of the sword
So long as il gave them an op-
portunUy Of feasting their eyes on the
star. These folk were re-euforced by a num-
ber OF real lovers. the joinJgre
proving profitable TO all concerned. Ward
ana Nokes presented The Floor Walkers.
an excellent piece OF its kind. To small au-
diauces at The Columbia. and "a Chinese
Romance absolutely did less than nothing
an the Lafayette Burke d Chase have
established themselves in Washington and
their vaudeville bin drew the usual satic-
factory and satisfied assemblages TO the
Grand Johnny and Emma Ray 5 a Hot
Old Time" failed 10 duplicate its earlier
record al the Academy. while Reilly and
Woods Big SHOW" did not quite get its
just deserts al Kernan's- The recitaIs and
private entertainments were wei attended.
For the next six days varied list OF
attractions is announced, romantic and
meiodrama. comedy. farce vaudeville. and
variety being included on the roster. Ro-
land Reed. the er-popular. viii be seen
IN sydney RosenfeId's His Fathers Boy
81 the Columbia. where Isadore Rush and
others Of last years company are to be
shown in support The Empire Theatre
Stock Company. OF New York which al
says appeals strongly 10 Washington's IS
fashionable circles. will do Lord and Lady
Algy" al the National while Lavinia
Dempsey's The Open Door" an adapta-
Jion Of James Fenimore Cooper's The
spy" is advertised al the Lafayette.
Madsme Hermann and Lillian Burkhart
head promising bin al the Grand Owen
Davis Through the Breakers will hold
5he boards at the Academy. and Rice d
BarIon's ~Gaiety Company" is booked at
Kernan's There VIII be the usual matt
nees and The usual other things.
The times., 1899-12-10
Lafayettc-..rhc omen Door.

Even the best-read of local theatrrgo-
ers are owning to some difficulty IL plac-
ing The Open Door, the production an
nounced for tomorrow evening at the La
fayette Square Opera House. These persons
have yainlv raCked their minds for mem
oTy Of some mention made of the piece
in their hearings. Nor is the reason lar
To seek. for while the offering has been
on the road several months. the name IS
entirely new. Lavinia Dempsey originllly
dubbed the composition, which is of her
writing. "On Neutral Ground bur the
caption seemed ill-advised and II was
changed to that of the novel from which
the story was taken-James FenimUre
Coopers The Spy" The managers
Of the presenting company soon discov-
cred that this cognomeu hopel 1ssiy
mixed their work with the partialIy-famil-
lar melodramas of the day and were
quick TO select The Open Door" So
called, the effort will be given here Iog
an engagement of the usual duration.
The Open Door in no sense OF the word
Is a war play. While its time is that Of
the American Revolution. the locale is a
plat of ground which was recognized by
both sides as peaceful territory. The char
acters are Of a mixed variety. There are
several colouists, q number Of minute men
one British officer and many representa-
tives Of the class of herders tnat since kaG
come to b. included with The cowboys.
An act of the piece occurs in the barracks
1T White Plains, but there is no battle
scene. Altogether The open Door is
described as being rather extraordinary
and wholly interesting pressntatiGn-aft-
CT Clyde Fitch's Nathan Hale" the first
of the distincciveiy American offerings TO
succeed. II will be interpreted locally by
a cast that includes Guy Bates Post and
is said to be efficient in every respect.
There viii be no performance Thursday.
The times., 1899-12-10

on noxt Thursday is to introduce Mark
Hambourg, az man OF whom leading New
York paper recently said,
Following upon tac utuber most intell
gent rendition oi Camille Saint SatuS' concerto
for piano i'm C-mlsor thoroughly difficult COM
position with orchestral 8cC9mpauiment. by Mark
H8mhours Although just IN hl- twentieth ycar
this young arJiStadisplaycd wonderful technique
and power and proved equal 20 all the difficulties
and urriCaoies ot fhc composition. He plays with
great dash and spirt and has tone c1loring at all
times, with beautiful and perfect shading lie
displays much intelligence in interpreting his c1-
triHs his niInissina is Darfrrf Mr. Hambours
really deserves All The prais, accredited 10 him.
A performance that could call forth such
commendation in New York must have
been above the ordinary, An especially
interesting programme is announced for
the coming concert and there is little doubt
that the entertainment will be we'll at
tended Seats may be had of Guzman in
DrCop's 925 Pennsylvania Avenue
The times., 1899-12-10

the Brothers Johustoue bicycl5sts all we're
marvelously good while the remainder %
the acts were considerably above the aver.
age. The entertainment as whole was
so crcditable that the auditor wondered
why 1t was spoiled by so wretched an aft
er-piece as was "0ue Flight Down Per-
haps Manager Bryan Will take this hiu1
and eliminate The "burlesque
"Some Of these bright DAYS rs our
gr8udmothers used to- saw Margaret Daily
NCkes viii have an opportunity to frv her
hand at real character acting and then
there viii be- surprise ia the dgurative
camp OF Rose Melville Mac Vokes ana
other celebrities. In The Floor Walkers
fire alarm was turned DO or q BALBOA
dropped every time that this clever woman
began 20 show signs OF her ability. Des-
pite these drawbacks however. she sue
ceetied In scoring emphaticaiiy. Once more.
scme q these days Miss Eokes Wili ger
IN a company that is NOS given either 90
fire alarms or 20 balloons and she viii make
an emphatic hit. wair'
In mentioning the factors that saved o.
Chinese Romance" from It's ygretehsd
book The Times OF Tuesday morning
omitted to name three specialists who
we're OF great assistance ju this labor The
first OF these was billed as ~the celebrated
thlneSe juggler, Val Vino As q matter 0f
fact. the performer probably never saw
the Orient. but his WCrk was not tha less
/ interesting for that reason. A majority
/ OF the tricks he introduced were OF a
+ traditional variety. tricks that have been
+ done by MOugoliau equilibrists since time
immemorial. However. Val Vino really
cutdid the heather at their own prcfes-
/ sion. his copied feats being completed
with ease aud deXteTity never duplicated
in this city. The average Chiuamau In
. accomplishing a difficult, task looks as
/ might q man who was about 10 be be-
/ headed This apparent tension was con-
spicuous by reason of IT'S absence I'm the
( Val Vino efforts. and the fact was ap-
1 precIared.
Novelty is rare OF attainmeu. in any
branch Of amusement-catering but In none
50 rare as in acrobltics For a generation.
athletes have seemed content with the in
ventious of another age. The LertOu
. brothers presented list OF tricks nos one
Of which was old. That which included an
exchange Of caps from hand TO head at =
+ distance Of some sixty feet. while an eIa0-
Grafton of a clown idea Of standing really
appeared unique and certainly was praise
worthy These three performers. next to-
the music rendered. were the redcemiuE
qualities Of "A Chinese Romano" Their
introduction into an opera was forgiveable
after one bad seen their turns.
The times., 1899-12-10
CoIumbia-~His Fathers Boy,

If really il is the play that makes the
player as certain actors enviously allege,
the reviewer might experience some diff
Guilty in assigning q reason for Roland
Reeds undoubted popularity While it is
true that the comedian was fortunate
enough 10 secure half-dozen excellent
vehicles at the beginning OF his career. il
is true also that. since the enormous
ly successful production Of The
Wrong Mr. Wright be has had nothing al
together worthy Of his evident talents The
cause OF this may have been either with
the pecullarity Of the entertainers meth
Ods or with the American author, but the
fact Is uudeniable. Nj Reed has made
continual and industrious efforts to secure
suitable material. in turn visiting such peo-
The times., 1899-12-10

pie as E. d. Kidder and Madeline Lucette
Ryiey "a Nau of Ideas. The Woman
Hster. and The Noyagers" were rot fail
urCs. bun they did not approach the ideals
OF heir purchaser and. consequently. each
was closed a feW months after its premiere
Despite all this. Mr Reed has maintained
his standing consistently. and it Is safe to
say that few contemporary Thespians are
better liked
At last however. Mr. Reed does seem TO
have got q play OF more than usual merit.
z Pr piece. which was adapted by Sidney
iCsenfeld and entitled His Fathers Boy %
has won almost unanimous praise from the
critics II the West, who claim that its
story is original and its situations ire
sisthle. This plot concerns middle-aged
benedict whose poverty leads him into va
TicuE ruses by means Of which he expects
10 get money from his rather tight listed
wife IN such an attempt he invents son
The times., 1899-12-10
Notes.

Ignace Paderewski, the great Polish pi-
anfst. arrived in New Yok en- last We'd
nesday morning, and between now dnd
Tuesday the date Of his first recital, he
viii endeavor to recover from the effects
Of his sea voyage. 1t is said that the sale
Of seats for Paderewsk's entertainment in
Gotham. has been the largest ever known
in the career of any musician. He will
give his only Washington performance on
December l9, at the Columbia Theatre. tie
advance demand for chairs arguing that
the audience viii be fully commensurate
with his ability.
The times., 1899-12-10
Grnnh-Nnn,Ic,itIn-

II the managers Of the Grand intend to
give big type to all the headhners whom
they have announced for this week ibeir
three-sheets will be dolefully insufficient
in length. Three former stars are adver-
tised TO appear while other performers of
prominence have been scheduled. First
among the people engaged. is Mad
anne Hermann the widow of Hermann
the Great" whose ability as a magician
is wen known in Washington. When she
was here with her nephew, Leon, Madame
Hermann created a miniature sensation
with her elaboraJely staged bit. A Night
In Japan, and ii is this which she pro-
poses TO produce at the Grand NeXt-if
second-in Importance is Lillian 3urk-
hart an actress OF whose efficiency patrons
Of the Burke d Chase house viii not have
20 be told. With A Passing Fancy, and
Her Soldier Boy sketches. Miss Burk-
hart has more than doubled the admirers
she won in this city while she was Charles
DicksOn's leading woman
Her present vehicle is entitled "A Deal
On Change and is said 10 be as full of
opportunities as were those other financial
plays The Henrietta" and "A Fool of
Fortune. Edna BassetL Marshall and her
street arabs are slated TOO and will ap-
pear in a new turn" while Lille EEest ern.
instvumentalist; Bchmau and SpalGing,
comedy alrobatz, and Gordon Eldrid
monologist, complete the engagements
Tor what promises TO be remarkable bill.
The Biograph has been retained and viii
show a number of recently finished pic
lures. in addition to the old series. Among
these are views Of the Overland Limited"
travelling at full speed. Of the launching
of the Oceanic tne largest vessel aiioat
OF cavalry troop engaged in bareback
riding, Of comic scene on moving day in
a Harlem fat. and OF other interesting ana
amusing events The entertainments
should be thoroughly enjoyable and doubt
less viii be well attended
The times., 1899-12-10
cademy-..Throush the Brenl.ers., >,


During the past few years in this couu-
Try melodrama has lost much of the vogue
that it had in the days of The Romany
Rye" and The Shadows of Great City
This has been due almost entirely to the
constant Introduction OF conventional clap
trap into pieces of the sort. Bright
speeches and consistent plots have been
supplauted with threshing machines ana
railway wrecks. Naturally, the result has
been falling of in the patronage accord
ed these productions.
Through the Breakers which is an
nounced for the coming week al the Acade-
my Of Music. is said 10 be a glarng excep-
tion TO the rule. The play is by Owen
Davis. who is well known for his farcicai
works and the press agent procaims that
ID depends solely upon its characters and
story. The locale selected is the coast OF
England and the plot deals with a band
of smugglers IN whose operations a gentle
manly scouudeEal is concerned In this con
nectiou is shown what would seem 10 be a
skiilfully devised Dit of stage ingenuity.
The scene is the cave Of the freetraders.
and through its mouth can be discerned the
roaring waves, with the several ships
standing out 10 sea. This act introduces
a sensational episode ia which the heroine
is taken from the power of the gang by
means of.a rope and basket, such as is used
By our own coast guard Through the
Breakers is mentioned as being done by
an exceptional east which includes Fanny
Mcintyre Sol Aiken. James Beyins, J. Hay
Cossar. Antoineue Walker. NJ. d. Stone,
The times., 1899-12-10
IternHH's-Rtce and RartOn's Com

.lolut luA lIdLlLttSs
INernHn's-Rtce and RartOn's Com
nam.
IN theatrical circles. Washington has the
reputation of being a city the dentzens Of
when are not amused easily Perhaps this
lact accounts for the frequency with
which vaudeville and burlesqua shows"
are strengthened before being brought
here II is not uncommon ior even the
best Of such combinations 10 have added
to Their rosters some special features prior
to their local engagements. Rice and Bar
ton Extravaganza Company, which will
be seen this week at Keruans. though
really an excellent organization, has profit
ed by the example and VIII be strength
cred' by NilssCn's Flying Ballet an ag-
gregati0n Of cOmely young women who
dance in midair. The regular bill, of it
self, promises 10 be most attractive. Il
VIII include an olio in which are introduced
James X Mullen and Annie Dunn. IT sh
character imDersOnatOrs, Barton and Eek
noh. instrumentaiists; Hicksey and Ne
son. VINO are said to come direct from the
London music halls; the Princeton Sisters,
soubrettas and Touhey and Mack, bag
pIpers and dualogists. Rice and Barton.
whose ability as merrymakers is wei
known. will be seen i'm two musical farces,
Maud of the Tenderloin" and "McDoodle's
Flats which, respectively, are 10 open
and close the entertainments.
Besides these attractive announcements.
il is stated that James Jeffries the cham
pion heavyweight pugilist OF America, viii
app-ar at every performance given. and viii
spar with his partner, Mr.. Roeber Mr. JEFF
( fries has no, been seen here since his bout
with Tom Sharkey and his advent should
evoke considerable interest
The times., 1899-12-10

by a former marriage and IL is with his
laughable endeavors TO keep up the yarn
that Mr. Resented has dealt Mr. Reed
still is supported by Isadore Rush. a strong
local favorite, and by company many
members of which nave been seen here
with him before. His Fathers Boy" will
be done all this week at The Columbia
The times., 1899-12-10
NationaI-"Lord and Lady AIr

AsDEh ana A.GaN AEEN
There is no organization of the sorl in
this country that mas borne better reputa-
ton for a longer tine than has the Empire
Theatre Stock Company, which. on tenor
row night, viii begin its tenth annual en-
gaEem5nt at the National. During the de-
cade mentioned this troupe has represented
much that is creditabie in the profession. 30
Stars of the merit OF Viola Allen have
graduated from the combination. while the
plays produced have included such sterling
works as Sowing the Wind " Bohemia
and Liberty Hall With all this there is
small reason for wonder al the standard at
tanned by these employees OF Charles Froh-
man
For the coming Washington appearances
the Empire Theatre Stock Company has to
present a comedy, called Lord and Lady
Aigy. and written ~ r. c. Carton, who
besides being responsible Tor the aforesaid
Liberty Hall, is the author OF Wheels
Within Wheels, one Of the successes OF
last season in London. The story OF Lord
and Lady Algy" is supposed 10 be a de-
lightful bit OF romance. its narration indi-
eating the truth Of this claim Il concerns
q youthful couple who. though separated in
the legal sense. are on excellent terms with
each other. The love recognized by both is
not sumcient TO keep them together, but
amiCably they agree to allow the utmost
/ liberty. In taking advantage-or seeming
70 take adyantage-of his share OF this bar
gain, Lord Algy rouses the jealousy, and,
| through the jealousy, the affection OF his
wife. This quaint tale is mentioned as be-
ing admirably developed, and admirably
acted William Fayersham, who has not
been here since the advent of Maude
Adams with Romeo and juliet and Jessie
Millward are included in the cast The
| usual matinee viii be given.
The times., 1899-12-10

has devoted a great deal of time to adding
new features to his repertoire and TO i'm
proving the old The results are said to
be notable. The first Of the lectures men
toned VIII relate to Manila and the Philip
pine Islands. the second to Japan the third
to such portions of Paris as are not OBJ
served by the average tourist the fourth to
a journey up the Grand Canyon of the Col
orado. in Arizona, and the fifth TO the In
dians OF that State. All will be vivified
with stereoptican views and with moving
pictures. The sale of seats Will be an
nounced later.
The coming series Of concerts to be given
at the National Theatre by the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra is calling forth the
widest and kindliest comment. The organ
ization Is so well known and so fayorably
that its local work is awaited with the
keenest and most pleasurable anticipa-
ton. Ross Jungnickel and his seventy per
formers have been entirely successful in
their efforts elsewhere and should be
equally so here. This is predicted with
especial confidence since the primal AFFAIR,