The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-17
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great proportion News o. preparations
from places ont. .de 0t cincinnati Indicate
that the affair VIII Boo one of she largest
~ .ts kind eyer I'D u America VI ssrs,
Jones and Grm'hs visited fhe Indian.
gas belt cities. including E'W00d. Anler.
son. and Gas city. and secured The PRONE
i4e oI a male chorus each from Anderson
and ElwOOd and q m'Eed chorus rom
Gas city. There are thou fud- o Wr.fh-
men engaged in the tin plate industry y
this district. and petition IS ID chcuIa~
ton. and being NUM- rOus'v gu 4, iO h1vB
ail the tn plate mills closed fIr the ief-
tivaL And f. This is accomplished and
no doubt fl wl h) at le1st 100 neopl1
are expected irom ta.s section alone.
Die B.u,hochz.it oder Die Hartholoma-
usnlch." "The Blood Wedding, or ST.
Bartholomew night 400 adaptation Il
which viii be produced hv SIR Henry Irv-
Ing next spring by the German dra-
matist Albert Lluduer AS Charles ~ Ia
this play Ernest p0-sIrt frequently APP
peared in h.s American engage m.nts %
is aigloomy though powerful play which
might well hlEe been called Catherine 10
Medici" since tl. Iltr suiug and ulscrup-
ulous mother of Charles Is is its central
figure. The author brnes before us SONS
fourteen other historical persOnages in-
Guiding Charles lN Henry King OF Ma
varre. the Dukes of Arl0u. M Nencon.
and OF Guise. the Cardinal OF Lorraine,
Coligny, and Margaret Of N1'ois. Tho
scene is laid entirely In the louvre. To
compel Charles * 10 sign the order ~
the massacre Catharne shows him in
magic mirror figure with crown and
sceDtre. which the diseased Imagination
Of the King easily conceive to Doe Henry
OF Navarro Again, when Che King hrcs
on the fugitive HuguenOts from ile w.n-
dows OF the Louvre the musket he asks
for Is handed him by murdered Coligny's
ghost.
The enyious declare that az Pederewsh
comes back 20 US a married man the
pianist must suffer some loss In feminlns
alteration. This argument Is not sustain
ed by precedent Jean fe Reszke returned
a Benedick 10 the Metropolitan last win
ter and ne never had a more successful
season. All the stage heroes most earn
estlv beloved by matinee maids are mar
RED men. Barrimore. Kelley, Sothern,
Henry Miller. Jno. Drew, Faversham and
Ed. Morgan The first time ne visited Amer
Tea. Boston rejected him r0n'omptuously
and his original receipts m the Madison
en,iare Garden Concert Hall we're meagre.
Nobody with new message ln art can b
long in This city without recognition. and
before this queer-l00zing musician had
made up his mind % 20 home IN despair
We took him 10 our hearts and acclaimed
the name Paderewski The prosperity for
which ne had worked in patience ard
poverty for - years came 90 this engag-
l..
one morning IN Madison Square 10 find
himself famous Europe accepted no
verdict Of our town end now the Pole
with the auburn hair is as popular IN
England and the Continent as he - m
America After the original Bos On
damper ON PITS hopes plderewshs for
tune grew like Jacks bean stalk Tho
receipts ~ his FIRST American season
were tgJ. 90 the second brought him ,lfo-
600. the third $500 thus doubling his
income every year. A. that rate his tour
nee this winter should take ia half .
million dollars but n is not believed that
our people are prepared to nay so mmch
this wear even f0r Pldorewsd. n 10
can have S250000 this season the Pois
should be satisfied Most OF n Is profit.
Beyond advertising. The managers salary
and the rent ~ hail he has few ex-
penses. and almost every dollar going
into the box Office finds rs way into his
rocket. II his usual luck follows him
this winter Paderewski viii earn 500 a
recital. g -oo an hour. or about SO every
tire ne lays HIS fingers on the keys. Jean
De Reszke. Nine Melba and Nine. Sem
hrich are not 80 we'll paid. and In COM
rarison with Paderewskfs earnings Lillian
Russell Il In the last extremity OF starya-
lion. YET she doesn't look it-Hillary
Pei in The New York Press
For over century the cholseal family
has had the right 20 a box at the Paris
Opera Comique. The box was originally
granted by Louis XVI IN ISL TO the Due
do Choiseui In consideration Of his hav-
ing built the original Opera comiaus a.
hia own oxpenSN