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he commands his wife to bar and lock
herself in the house and to give admission
to no one. Hearing cries, she opens the
door ard discovers the Governor. who has
jumped into the mill stream, calling for
help Not knowing him TO be the cause of
her husbands arrest and believing him to
be in danger she reScues him and admits
him to her house. While making furious
love to her he is seized with a chill and
falls into a faint. and Rosa aVails herself
of the opportunity to escape. His follow
erS arrive and remove an inner
room, take off his clothes and ring them
out and hang them by the fire to dry.
Chicos who has effected his escape. APP
pears on the scene al. seeing the clothes,
believes his wife is unfaithful to him.
He determines to get even with the Gov
ernor and donS his garments. leaving his
own in exchange. The Governors follow
ers return after an Unsuccessful hunt for
a surgeon. discover the theft and hurry
their master away in Chicos' costume.
On arriving at the Palace his wife de-
clares him to be Chicos and sentences him
to death for disturbing the peace. On
asserting his name and rank he is con-
fronted by JhicOS, dressed and made up
to resemble him. and ii is only when
nearly driven crazy that Rosa comes to
his rescue with q true explanation and
his wife forgives him on promise of better
behavior Edith Mason will appear in
Lillian Russell's role of the Princess N1co-
tine and the remainder of the cast will be
contributed by the best of the Southwell
cOmDanV
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BY Hsbton Stevens.

these remarks were suggested by two
glaring exceptions that have been seen
on the local stage in the past week l
am referring to Clyde Fitch's THE
Moth and the Flame" and Augustus
Thomas In Mizzoura." Generally
speaking these plays are not to be men
toned in the same paragraph After
Secret Service" "In Mizzoura" is the
best American play of my acQuaint-
ance 1t is certainly the best play Of
local color that l have ever seen. Its
interest is constant and cumulative:
there is not a superhuous character,
and all the characters dovetail; the sit
uations are in natural sequence; the
stage is swept clean by the final cur
tain. The spirit of the humorous is
never entirely absent-herOic scenes
that might easily have been raw and
stacy are. through its presence, made
gentle and actual While The Moth
and the Flame" cannot court compari-
son in points of technique and consis-
tent character, it is nevertheless a
piece that displays remarkable hui
NOR. In fact | have never seen
an American play of Wat you
would call the social" sort that
presented it's humorous characters
with such FEASIBILITY and conviction
In outline The Moth and the Flame"
is an indoor melodrama of the most
obvious type; but its heroic. villainous
and mushy personages are surrounded
by others who are brilliant, modern,
natural and daringly fippant as to all
happenings that are dealt with serious
ly in the play proper. The result is
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"HE Orpheum has found a new phe-
nomenon in the race of bipeds. 1t
1 is in the person of Moung Toon and
Moung Chef, the chocolate colored
Il young men from Burmah. whose
chief charms are in their eloquent
feet that have been taught to take the
place of their hands, and. while they are
on the stage it seems as though these
self-same feet soft and polished as india
rubber, would run the whole of human
emotions, Moung Toon appears on the
stage entirely naked except for a breech-
cloth and a turban. He faces the audi
ence in the full glory of his India-ink tat
too his hands hanging straight down, in
ert and motionless; then he starts in to
juggle two glass balls, such as we would
hang on a Christmas tree, in a way that
would put to shame the most expert Jug
gler, but all his work in throwing, catch
ing and tossing is done with those elo-
quent feet.
He deity balanced one ball on his
shoulder. a gentle shrug and the shining
ball glides around his neck more quickly
than the eye can follow another twist
and the ball slides off the shoulder and is
speeding toward the floor, but the foot
flies up to meet it and the little globe is
caught in the hollow that lies between the
ankle and shin bone. ANOTHER quick jerk
of the foot and again the ball goes back
across the shoulder and drops, but it
never reaches the floor. The quick foot
is outstretched and this time the ball is
caught on top of the foot and its out
stretched toes. Moung Toon then pro-
ceeds to vary this programme, doing one
trick after another until the audience
stares in wonder.
The first part of the act by Moung
Toon and Moung net is in imitation of
game of football as played in Burmah.
small hollow wicker bali is used and the
game as played in their native land may
start with any number of players who
stand in circle. One player starts the
ball and it is the duty of the man toward
whom it may fall to catch it with his
feet before it can strike the ground. He
! must then. by striking the ball with his
shoulder, thigh, leg or foot toss it on to
the next man. Should he miss catching
the ball and let ii go to the ground or
touch it with his hands it is a foul and
that player is out. So the game goes on
until only two players remain. Then the
real contest begins, for they are usually
the two crack players of the town.
According to Moung Toon everybody
plays this kind of football in Burmah
Children begin it as soon as they are old
enough to play at anything and by the
time they are young men they have de-
veloped into experts but they do not stop
then. Moung Toon says that old men still
play the game for fun with their children
and for money with rival old men.
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Potato Cure for Rheunatizm

4 MONG the many curiosities pulled
~ out of an Irishman's pocket one day
n in a vain search for coin was a
little black object that looked like
hard. round piece of agate. A friend ex-
pressed establishment at the mans carry
ing such a thing in his pocket and asked
him why he did it.
why, man alive Pat exclaimed, that
is not stone. bat just a potato, and
sure, carry it with me to cure me rheu-
MATES. l have two about me- said Pat,
diving down into his other pocket and
bringing forth the mate of the frst curl
Gus looking potato. as Pat swore it was
Upon investigation 1t was found that
Pat had much method in his madness.
Potatoes among old country people have
been looked upon for many years as
preventive of rheumatism. Small, round
smooth potatoes are chosen, and are put
in each pocket of the trousers Soon the
potatoes become black but they never
rot; they seem to be petrifed, and it is
claimed they take the poison of the dis
case out of the system.
AT any rate, the remedy is a simple
one and weA worth a trial.
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Columbia

Herbert Kelley and Fife Shannon con-
tinue at the Columbia in The Moth ard
the Flame" The Miller season follows,
opening with THE Liars, by Henry Ar
thur Jones, which has been played re
Gently with great success by John Drew
Miller and his company are at present re-
hearsing in Chicago, where e. j. Morgan
and Charles Walcot, who are to come
here with him, are playing with the New
York Lyceum Theater Company. Miller
won particular favor here last season at
the Baldwin. and was so pleased with his
reception that arrangements were soon
made for his extended engagement here
this season. supported by specially or
ganized company.
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TiVoii.

"The Mandarin" will make way to-
morrow evening for Edmond Audran' S
best and most enduring comic opera, THE
Mascot Operas may come and operas
may go, but the Mascot goes on for
ever. The part of Bettina should fit Annie
Myers like a glove, and Anna Lichter will
have a good chance as Fiametta. Miss
Charlotte Beckwith. who made her debut
in ''Orpheus,'' will reappear as Frederic,
Prince of Pisa, and Pruette will sing
'Pippo. Edwin Stevens will revel as Lo-
reno, and Phil Branson will be the mel
ancholy Rocco. Messrs. Schuster, Swain
the chorus promises TO be in excellent
form.
1.-THE Mascot is announced for one
week only and will give way to 1.-The
will appear after long absence.
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Grand Cpera-Houz &c

The Southwell Opera Company will offer
an interesting programme tomorrow
evening in THE Princess Nicotine" which
is entirely new here, although it has been
played frequently with great success in
the East by the Lillian Russell Company
The libretto is by Charles Alfred Byrne
and Louis Harrison. The composer of the
music is William Furst. 1.-THE Princess
Nicotine" bears the reputation of being
brilliant in it's dialogue and charming in
its music. 1t affords splendid oppor-
tunity for scenery and costumes and its
story, which is laid in Vuelta Abaia.
Cuba. in 1850 is very interesting 1t com
mences on the eve of the wedding of
Paulos Chicos, a wealthy young Cuban
tobacco planter, to Rosa, a beautiful
young Spaniard. nicknamed the Princess
Nicotine, who is guest at the Governors
palace. Don Pedro. the Governor, an an
uquated roue, posters her with his atten-
lions and on her marriage night causes
her husband to be arrested on a trumped-
up charge. Before going with the officers
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ABSENCE OF THE HUMOROUS
IN AMERICAN PLAYWRlTERS


7 T has long been matter of wonder
to me how the humor of the
American dramatist manages to
lag so far behind that of the
American fictionist and journalist.
We are pleased to regard ourselves as
one of the funniest peoples on the
worlds countenance. We are busy
money grabbing but we always have
time to make and take a joke. What
the superior moderns of England per-
sistently aHude to as the stupid British
public" has little or no place in our
commonwealth. Here the very man
with the hoe" sees his little joke Our
magazines. comic weeklies and news
papers are. above all things, full of
humor. We do not have to italicize
our jests-rather we make a speciality
of letting them go only half said. Our
best joke and satire leaves something
to the other fellows Imagination,
thereby holding out TO him a challenge
and a compliment. But our playwrit-
ing humorists are conspicuously few.
With rare exceptions those Of them
that go in for melodrama are quite as
banaI and obvious in the comic relief
lines as are their London cousins, who
avowedly write down to the stupid
British public" In a certain order Of
vaudeville farce we perhaps excel
everything outside of France. But in
serious plays with humorous side
flashes, in pure comedy, in farce of the
legitimate kind, the American dram
atist is behind his generation.
The exception proves the rule, and
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at the Alcazar. Supported by Florence
Roberts and the Alcazar Company, Lewis
Morrison will commence stock star en-
gagement tomorrow night, appearing in
the name part of William Shakespeare s
tragedy, Hamlet" Large things, are
promised in the way of scenery, and Mr.;
Morrison will wear, it is said. the original
robes of the late Edwin Booth in the part
of the melancholy Dane. special Memo
rial day matinee will be given on Tuesday.
MISS Roberts will play Ophelia, w 1.
Doyle the King Mr.. Scott the Ghost,
Clarence Montaine the Polonius. George
Webster the Horatio, Charles Bryant the
gravedigger and Miss Fitzalen the Queen:
THE Master of Ceremonies: is announced
to follow.
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something strangely new and strangely
charming. AS | said after the first
night, the author seems deliberately
to forestall you in the business of
Jeers and laughter. Your own comment
could not be half so sharp and pithy
as is that which he supplies through
the subsidiary humorous characters
Nearly every pompous line, every fake
heroic has its antidote in the best of
genial cynicism. 1t is easy to say
that Mr.. Fitch would have done better
to omit all mock seriousness Zone can
suggest improvements even in In
Mizzoura'O. but the fact stands that
he has written a unique play, full of
humorous variety and surprise and well
worth leaving home and freside for
these balmy evenings.
As to In Missouri | have little to
say now that | did not say long ago.
1t is a classic, and played as it was by
Nat Goodwin and his company. a dis
tinct record and tradition in the Ameri-
can theater. To me the play means a
great deal, and l confess that 1 went
to the Alcazar production of it with a
feeling of anything but confidence.
And, as served me rieht, l was hap
PLY surprised. There were several
glazing exposures of bad acting, but
on the whole the performance was one
Of the best in the record of the stock
company, and Ernest Hastings did a
vigorous sketch of character in the
part of Jim Radburn. To say that Mr..
Hastings assumption Of this role is not
as good as Mr.. Goodwin's is only to say
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Waldo and Elliott, aerial contortionists.
will. change their act. Little Maudie, a
clever child will sing new songs, and An
tonic Vargas, the barytone, and Querita
Vincent the sensational dancer, will APP
pear for their third and last week. Wes-
ton and Herbert, the musical comedians,
will give new sketch, which introduces
Mr. Weston as a German. Tuesday, Dec
Grafton day there will be a balloon as
cension, and on Thursday night the anna
teur minstrels with lady participants will
be reDeated
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California

Palmer Cox's operetta 1.-THE Brownies
in Fairyland.' will be given at the Cali
fornia Theater next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings and on Saturday
afternoon for the benefit of the California
Club. Nearly 200 children, including
twenty-five professionals, will appear and
the piece will be packed with songs,
dances and spec1alties. The Brownie po-
iceman, Indian, Eskimo, Nihilist, dude,
Irishman and in fact, all of Cox's delight
full creations will appear in the flesh. The
scenic effects and costumes will be from
designs by the author; the music is by
Malcolm Douglas.
1.-The Turtle that frisky French farce
that ran 200 nights in New York and al
most turned that. city upside down, is
creeping this way and will be seen at the
California Theater for one week begin
ming Sunday night, June II. The cast will
include Isabelle EYesson, Jennie Reiffarth,
Ada Deaves Isabelle Bowman, Signor
Perugini. George Holland, Uric r. Col
Inns, Hudson Liston and seven others.
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0 unpiA.

The Olympia has for its chief attrac-
tons the Four Silvinis, who are said to
be clever acrobats: the Hartwell Sis
tiers, acrobatic dancers; Agnes Castro,
soprano: Dora Mervim, descriptive
singer, and Charlton and Royce, dancing
and singing soubretteS.
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Ihe Ghutos

At the Chutes Free Theater a strong
vaudeville bill will be offered this week
Billie Dodson, a male soprano, who has
a most ladylike voice and a gorgeous
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ADJUSTMENTS.
AM SEmE NIS.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mr.. S. H Friedlander begs to announce the
appearance in this city of the justly
celebrat ted
Lambardi Grand
Italian Opera Company
FROM MILAN, ITALY.
AT THE
CALIFORNIA THEATER.

Commencing MONDAY. JUNE ;.
PERFORMERS
COMPLETE ORCHESTRA.
MAGNIFICENT COSTUMING.
APPROPRIATE SCENERY.
Seats on sale commencing with THURSDAY
MORNING, June 1, at o clock.
Prices for Reserved Seats:
Balcony .................5O soc, 75c and 81 90
Box and Loge Seats 50
REPERTOIRE FOR THE FIRST WEEK:
Monday ."CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA''
...-............-....And III PAGLIACCP'
Tuesday; .........' LUCIA DI LAMMERMooR'
Thursday MANoN LE E6sstAyr
Friday .:........................."R IGOLETTO"
Saturday Matinee Observation-Disclosures.
...:............"LuCIA DI LAMMERMOOR'
Saturday .....................'TL TRoVATORE'
ROSTER.
DRAMATIC SOPRANOS.
Senorita Blanca Barducci. Senorta Adalgisa
LYRIC SOPRANOS.
senorita Amelia sostegni, senorita Italia V.
Senorita Gilda Marquette
MEZzO SOPRANOS.
Senoritas Zelma Poletini Elisa Nerozzi and
BeatriX Granco.
CONTRALTOS.
Senorita Ana Demanius Senorita Ernestina
Camarrano.
DRAMATIC TENORS.
Signor Fernando Avedano and Signor Juan
LYRIC TENoRs
Signor Domingo Russo, Signor Ricado Petro-
vich. sgnor vincenso Fornari, signor
DRAMATIC BARYTONES.
Signor Jose Ferrari. Signor Gandenzio Salassa,
LYRIC BARITONE.
Signor Carlos Vizzardeli.
sienor Baldo Travagiini, signor Luiz Sergeant.
Signor Pasott Signor N Ubarto.
Director OF the Orchestra, Cav. Ugo Barducci.
Master OF Chorus. Signor FRANCISCO Murine.
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AFcaza-

"In Mizzoura" and the regular stock
season close with to-nights performance
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The Burmese Juggling Wonders

"HE Orpheum has found new phe-
nomenon in the race of bipeds. 1t
is in the person of Moung Toon and
Moung Chef, the chocolate colored
young men from Burmah. whose
Obi &c l,I,n r,rn in, Innir nIc,
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ADJUSTMENTS.

he exception proves the rule, and
Evening journal., 1899-12-26
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

Lunch OF all kinds at Delaware
House every Wednesday and Saturday
night.
While Elick Vezynski was engaged
in a friendly wrestling bout at his
home. No. Stroud street, last night,
he fell and broke sis right leg.
Frank Howard bravely stopped a
runaway horse at Eleventh and King
streets yesterday afternoon.
Alfred Talley. of Brandywine hun
dred, fell last night while going out of
w. n Carneys restaurant and cut a
cash in his head
Members OF the Phoenix Fire Com
pany were presented with a fine
Christmas tree yesterday morning by
unknown parties.
House Sergeant Massey had a fine
Christmas tree yesterday in honor Of
his dog Brandy"
Sheriff John E. Taylor will be a can
didate for delegate to the Republican
National Convention.
About forty Wilmington newsboyl
attended the Evening Telegraph dinnei
in Philadelphia last night.
Street car travel was unusually
heavy yesterday.
Evening journal., 1899-12-26
SPORT AT roy-uIrNr1Nc

West Chester, Dec. 26.-The West
Chester Hunt had a fine chase yester-
day, starting a fox near the Byers
thicket, East Bradford, and chasing II
for six hours, the animal never once
leaving that locality, and circling over
the Brandywine battlefield Twenty
riders and at least a hundred footmen
were out, and the latter had fine view
OF the chase from the hills. Late in
the afternoon, when the fox was well
in the lead, the hounds were called of
Among those in the chase were vii.
liam j. Corcoran, Patrick Corcoran,
Miss Hopes, Thomas Lewis Ambrose
Taylor. William Mcclure. John Hos
kins, Howard S. Harpe and Charles S.
Heller. Chalkley ]. Yetter. with the
hounds of the Mortonville Hunt, holed
one fox in the morning at Wolf Rocks
and In the afternoon chased one until
dark without result. Te fox holed was
dark without result The fox holed was
the best chases Of the season.
Evening journal., 1899-12-26
SHIPMENT OF HOLLY
VAST QUANTITIES SENT FROM
ELLENDALE AND VICINITY
THIS SEASON.

VAST QUANTITIES SENT FROM
ELLENDALE AND VICINITY
THIS SEASON.
Glendale, Del, Dec. 25.-Holly has
been all the rage for two weeks, and
many have been the dollars spent for
that luxury at this point, and many a
woman and child had a bountiful and
happy Christmas from its proceeds. Mr..
EllengOod has already shipped 1900
wreaths, and has several thousand
more to ship for the New Years trade.
ID. II. Reed has shipped largely, so has
Mr.. Whitney, and other parties from
Lincoln and Milford have bought loads
OF them. Five cents per wreath was
the price. Miss Rose Bale, a 15-year-
old lass, pockets S55 as her share, while
Mrs. Postles and daughter will more
than double that amount One woman
has a 5-months-old baby to attend to
and five others in the family, but after
doing all the household duties for the
family made fifty wreaths a day and
evening. e. n. Whitney has shipped
many carloads of boxed holly. 50 has
Mr.. Pullen, OF Milford, and William
Buell.. The demand has been very
large, sl.75 being offered when ST pei
box is the usual price Ellendale mer
put the price up to S2.40 and shipped
their own holly.
A Mr.. Maxwell, from near George
town, has moved a large steam saw
mill on a tract of swamp on the rail
road just below here, recently bough
Of the II. Hickman estate of Lewes. Mr.
Maxwell has sold 10 acres Of the land
excepting the timber, to Mr.. Short o
Nanticoke hundred, for $3.50. Nj
Short is building a large two-stor.
residence and has it nearly completed
and so fast as the steam mill men re
move the lumber he win clear and cul
tivate this dense swamp, and propose
to make it bloom and prosper.
Evening journal., 1899-12-26
CHESTER BOY MISSING
GEORGE B. EYRE GOES DUCKING
AND CANNOT BE FOUND.

Chester, Pa, Dec. 26.-Has George b.
Eyre met with foul play? This is the
question that is worrying his mother
and the members of the Alpha Boat
Club, Of which he was the captain.
Search along the Delaware shore all
Of yesterday failed 70 find a trace of the
missing man.
Eyre had at the time he left the Al
pha clubhouse on a ducking expedition
Thursday two guns worth over $3.50
each; two rings, one with a sapphire
setting, and one with an emerald, the
latter being valued at S175.
A reward has been offered by the
missing mans mother for any informa-
tion that will lead to the finding Of her
son or his boat Eyre was light com
plexioned, five feet ten inches tall. and
had a small mustache. Al the time he
left the clubhouse he wore a cunning
suit.
Evening journal., 1899-12-26
EXTENDS ms MANY THANKS.

Special Onicer Gordy, at the French
street station OF the p, w. & B. rail-
road, is the recipient Of many hand
some Christmas gifts from patrons OF
the road, and the officials Of the com
pany. All during yesterday people were
presenting him with remembrances OF
the day, and finally he was in receipt
OF so many That II was necessary for
him to engage a portion OF the baggage
room to store them, until he was of
duty. when the genial officer secured
a Wilmington Transfer team to haul
them TO his home. Mr. Gordy was
much surprised 70 receive so many fine
presents, and therefore he wishes to
extend thanks to the donators.
Evening journal., 1899-12-26
SAILORS MARROW ESCAPE

After having a narrow escape from
going ashore In a dangerous place on
Williams Shoal. Assateague Beach the
schooner Fred Jackson, OF New York.
arrived yesterday at Lewes. While at
anchor Sunday she began to drift dur
ing the high wind and was gradually
going toward the ahoal when the life
savers came to the vessels assistance
and took her to a safe anchorage. She
lost an anchor and fifteen fathOms OF
chain
Evening journal., 1899-12-26
RESIGNED LAST NIGHT
J. R. HARTMAN WITHDRAws FROM
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

At the regular meeting Of the Board
Of Education last night ]. r. Hartman
chairman Of the Finance Committee
presented his resignation.
Mr.. Hartman has been a member
from the Fourth ward. Much regret
was expressed by the members Of the
board at his resignation. Ill health is
stated as the cause for Mr.. Hartman's
severance from the board.
Edwin Talley was reelected super
visor, and his salary fixed at SIS per
month, as before. Mr.. Carter gave mo-
tice that he would at the next meeting
ask that the salary Of J. c. Hinkson,
teacher of manual training in the How
ard School, be increased from 5000 to
S720 The insurance on school No. 25
was paid, $50 being due to T. ]. Foulk
and $72 to e. A. Van Trump.