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of the ChristiniStS. The interest of the
situation is made to turn upon pass
age in the youth of the Countess. Spe-
cial music has been written for the
piece by Sir Hubert Parry 1t is said
that Mrs. Craigie Isl now engaged upon
new three-act play of serious inter-
est
Sarah Bernhardt has been talking to
the Paris correspondent of one of the
London newspapers about the manner
in which Victorien Sardou conducts
himself at rehearsal What has al
ways specially struck me-" she said,
'is the very personal character of NJ
Sardou's methods. He gives his atten-
tion in the first place to the minor roles.
AS the work advances he proceeds on
| larger, more general lines, until it
seems as if the stage is too small, and
| one pines for more space in which to
allow the action of the piece to develop
| unhampered by material limitations. 1t
has been said that M. Sardou is very
masterful when conducting rehearsals.
1 have found him, on the contrary. most
conciliatory, and ever ready to adopt
| the suggestions of others when they
He regards even the stage carpenters,
| the scene shifters and the firemen as
part of the public, and is careful
| to take hints from their Impressions.
In this respect he adheres to the:
practice of Alexander Dumas. Like
Dumas, too, he is not over sensitive as
| to the fate of his prose, and never hes
| tates to cut his text when necessary.
Nothing escapes his notice. He pays
attention to even the pettiest details.
| He tries the chairs, sees that the doors
open and shut readily, chooses the dress
| materials and the upholstery, studies
| the perspective from the auditorium,
and mounts to the upper galleries SO
as to assure himself that the public in
| the cheap seats can see and hear every
thing. He lives all the roles, and at
every rehearsal acts the entire play
| right through three or four times over.
He is very sensitive to cold, and always
| makes his appearance muff1ed up in
| furs and a comforter"
ga Little Ray of Sunshine" in which
| w. S. Penley, the diminutive English
comedian who stumbled upon fortune in
| "Charley's Aunt" has elected to make
! his professional temperance before
the London public, is described as
preposterous farce, with the one merit
of presenting the hero in a great va
riety of absurd situations In these
Mr.. Penley is said to comical in his old
way, and, possibly, the piece may have
a big run. Coming home a million
aire, after a prolonged absence, ne is
| mistaken for a moneylender, and is
passed off upon the ladies of the house
| hold as an old Oxford tutor, rowing
coach, and what not; the butler thinks
he is a decayed villager come for a
Christmas dole; the cook believes he is
her long-lost uncle. In another set of
circumstances he is mistaken for the
pastrycook's man, who has brought a
wedding cake. Then he is identified and
dispenses universal happiness. All
this, of course is rubbish, but so was
"Charley's Aunt"
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of a Notary's clerk, painting and jour-
nalism. Failing in all he turned his
attention to the theater, making his
debut in 1881.
His first play, lie Changement d'Uni-
forme,' was produced in 1886. and he
wrote and produced almost continuous
~ for forty-four years.
Sousa's 1.-The de-Elect," with its
melodious music and its stirring
Greens all records that it finds lurking
in the South. and Messrs. Klaw & Err
langer and B. d. Stevens are coming
in for a large share of praise for send
ing the big production into the one
night stand territory
The real thing in the way of Scotch
dialect seems to have struck New York
in the persons of w. H. Frame and his
company. Frame sings Scotch songs
and tells Scotch stories and his COM
panions play the bagpipes. dance the
Highland fling and the sword dance.
The prevalent craze for COON SONGS
was not wholly overlooked, however.
for one of the vocalists gave one as an
encore to Scotch ballad.
=
Charles Frohman announced last
summer that Nat Goodwin would NAV
an engagement in the British metrono-
lis this summer. Such will be the case
Mr.. Goodwin is expected to play an en-
gagement at one of the London thea
ters in July. and his stay there will de-
pend in measure upon his success. Tt
has not been decided what plays will
be used, but no doubt Nathan Hale,
will be one of them.
Some additional details are beginning
to crop out concerning Mrs. Cragie's
one-act play, "A Repentance" seen in
the ST. James Theater, London. The
heroine of it is the Countess des Escas
who figured in the school for Saints. .
The scene is laid in her house during
the siege of Bilbao in 1885, when the
martial laws We're of extreme severity.
The Carlists are supposed to be de-
Tending the place against the attacks
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with the cook to prepare a wretched
cuisine, that the guests will fly from
it with horror Smith mistakes a
pretty ladies' maid for his wife, kisses
her, is seen and gets into a great deal
of trouble, out of which he extricates
himself in the end by regaining his
wifes' confidence. The people engaged
to illustrate "Why Smith Left Home"
are among the leaders of the profession,
and include Maclyn Arbuckle, NJ. B.
Snyder, Fred w. Peters, Harry Web
ster, Rose Stewart, Mrs. Annie Yea
mans, Dorothy Usner, Blanche Chap
man, Rose Snyder and Jessie Conant.
They appear here Wednesday and
Thursday evenings next.
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--'.'---~-.oa rsancs. rv-''~-- .ll-. CO
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ley of Tacoma, a pure soprano of gifted
capacity; Miss Belle Chamberlain.
Oakland pianiste, who comes highly
commended, and Putnam Griswold of
Oakland, basso cantate, of whom the
press speaks as a wonder for tone.
depth of expression, dramatic power,
great volume and marvellous sympathy.
Henri Bauen, the celebrated writer
for the Partisan Journal" holds forth
in the following fashion: ''Fatti's case
is very peculiar one. Every one
knows that by the name of Patti a pc
culiar automaton was invented by a
certain Strakosch after the italian
method. Patti sang very well in 1857.
when I was still a small boy. Since
then she has travelled all over Europe,
and especially in America, where her
marvellous mechanism has called forth
the greatest enthusiasm. At the age
of twenty she was given husband, or,
more strictly speaking, one was bought
for her; he was a Marquis, Equerry to
Napoleon III, and died in want. At
the same time Patti sang with a tenor
with whom she was in love and whom
she married later on. The tenor was
taken with consumption and died last
year. Even the inimitable mechanism,
Strakosch's work, ran down. Nine.
Fatti sang no more. and took on su-
perfluous flesh. A masseur was calico
in, who began to rub her and impart
new life to the springs of the marvellous
mechanical statue. The concealed
nightingale will thus sing once more
Pygmalion has brought the statue to
life again, since it is made of gold.
They have married. Long live the
third husband. May the souls of the
other two rest in peace and glory to
the massage treatment"
An eminent painter was once asked
what he mixed his colors with. Brains.
sir brains" was the reply, according
to the ancient anecdote. An identical
reply was made lately by the veteran
English tenor, Edwrad Lloyd. in re-
sponse to question as to what singers
most lack And he thus described his
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Berlioz's "Damnation of Faust had
its enc hundredth performance at a
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The new Stockholm Operahouse> took
seven years to build and cost more
than $1,6O0,O0O. 1t is beautifully dec
Grated. Over the proscenium arch are
two sculptured angels taken from a
similar place in the old opera-house
erected in 11SS. In the royal box the
mural paintings are the work of Prince
Eugene, the Kings youngest son. The
stage is the largest in the world, and
is equipped with every mechanical de-
vice known to science to-day. So much
room has been given up to the foyers,
promenades, lobbies and approaches
that the seating capacity is small and
out of proportion to the size Of the
building.
Edouard Remenyi, the great vioiinist,
who died last year, used to say that
some Of the hardest studying he ever
did in his life began after an expert
ence he had in Detroit. ''On my first
tour of this country" he delighted in
telling, 'I worked increasingly to ac-
quire a knowledge of the language and
got on fairly well. But the slang I
found so prevalent baffled me more
than anything else. I gave a perform
ance in Detroit one night and met with
a reception that warmed my heart to-
ward her people. Among other things,
this appeared in one of the papers next
morning: Here an ugly, little, bow
legged chap, whose clothing hung
loosely about his ungainly person, wad-
died to the footlights. But, sakes
alive, how he did play the fiddler Now,
I couldn't make out what that 'sakes
alive meant. so / timidly approached
a gentlemanly citizen, told him of my
inability to grasp the meaning Of the
slang and asked him if the expression
was intended to be complimentary. He
kindly read it and replied: We'll, 1
should snicker.' I was more bewildered
than ever, and from that time on made
the study of slang one of my chief oc-
cupations."
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Pretty Strong.

'T'hen I told him what thought of
him.
In good. plain language, presume" /"
Well, yes; In fact, some of my ex-
pressions were positively military
indianapolis journal.
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The Death of Jones.

Cumso-Jones is dead.
Cawker-You don't say?
Yes, it is true. He died game, too"
What do you mean by that?"
''He and some more fellows were
hunting in the Adirondacks, and one of
his fellow sportsmen mistook Jones for
a DEER Town Topics.
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Sure.

Are you sure you love her?" asked
his close friend.
Absolutely" answered the young
man. I've been her partner at whist
when she forgot what trumps were,
and didn't lose my temper. Washing
ton Star.
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Another popular English comedian
has passed away in the person of Ed
ward Corrie Righton, who has been
before the London public, almost con-
tinuously, since 1870. He had COM
ical figure and shone in eccentric parts
in farce and in burlesque His ca
pacity was of the adaptable kind, and
he was very useful and trustworthy,
if not very brilliant performer For
many years he acted at the London
Court Theater, and among his parts
were Joe Gargery in Great Expecta-
tions." Anthony Tubb in Tale of a
Tub Sir Philander Rose in "Hot
Water" Wackford Squeers in "Dothe-
boys Hail. and Mr.. Salmon in about
Town." In burlesque he was Isaac of
York, and Bracy in "Christabelle. He
was seen also as Bob in "Old Heads
and Young Hearts," and as Dogberry.
Touchstone, Tony Lumpl1in, Bob Acres,
and Sir Hugh Evans. He made sue
cess at the London ST. James as the
old bookseller in Liberty Hail." and
was engaged expressly for Toupet in
the revival at the Lyceum of ''The Dead
Heart"
Mrs. Kendall has been giving dramatic
recitals of 'As You Like IT, singing
some of the songs herself, while others
were intrusted to professional soloists.
John T. Day, author of 1.-THE Purser.'' .
has written new comedy which deals
with the attempt of a publican and his
wife to force this mselves into aristocratic
society. The piece is to be produced
first by Fanny Brough, who will play
the part of the wife who is supposed
to be an ex-barmaid.
George S. Titheradge, an actor, who
made favorable impression in. London
in the days of his youth, but has been
acting in Australia for the last twenty
years or more, will soon be seen again
upon the English stage, appearing in
H. V. Esmond's play "Griersons Way"
There is some talk Of the revival of
THE Great Ruby" at the Princess
Theater in London. 1t was withdrawn
from the boards of Drury Lane long be-
fore its popularity had become ex-
hausted
Clement Scott has brought libel ac-
tion against Mr.. Ledger, the proprietor
of the Era" for remarks which the
latter made in reference to Scott's re-
tirement
The Grand Opera-house, San Fran
cisco, is undergoing a thorough reno
E1tian and Uhap &c l.
Melba Grand Opera Company it will
be delightful surprise to the public.
-
The Dangerous Maid" is doing an
immense business in Boston, where it's
engagement has been extended.
James Connor Reach is at work on a
new Irish drama for a we'll known
star.
Effie Seymoure, we'll remembered in
the profession, died at Glen Head Long
Island, recently, after a serious illness.
W. M. Wilkinson has engaged Robert
Brewer as acting manager and Jack
Sanford as advance agent for Eugenie
Blair's tour in "A Lady of Quality"
The thenters and music halls of Lon
don give employment to about 100000
persons.
Ralph Bingham, Philadelphia Lyce-
um entertainer of the Marshall P. Wild
er order. will shortly make his debut
in vaudeville. In "Philly" he is con-
sidered "the best ever
Franklin Fyles is at work on a new
play for Andrew Mack.
Pretty Strong.
'Then told him what I thought of
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Athletic Entertainment.

About $50 people attended the ath-
1etic entertainment and dance, given
by the Unity Club, at Columbia hall,
Friday evening. The entertainment
was by far the best of the kind that
has ever been given and should have
had better patronage than it received.
The wrestling match between McCue
and Hansen was the feature of the
evening and received a hearty encore.
McCue agreed to throw Hansen in FIVE
minutes, but it took the champion
twelve minutes to down his wiry OPP
ponent. The club swinging by
Summers was very good, also the wire
walking by Fredericks. In fact the
entertainment as whole, was far
superior TO many travelling attractions
and should the club ever play a return
date here, they will be accorded a
hearty welcome.
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FEDERAL LABOR UNION.
An Organization in Milwaukee Which Will
Take in Every class of Labor.

There is a movement on foot in Mil
waukee which is of the greatest inn
portance to all wage workers who are
not members of any trade union and
who desire to participate in the bene-
fits that are enjoyed by union labor.
Frank j. Weber, the state organizer
of the American Federation of Labor,
has made application for charter for
a Federal Labor union, and the union
will be formally organized at meet
ing to be held soon. Every man and
woman in the city of Milwaukee who
works for wages and is not member
of any trade union is eligible for mem
bership in the Federal Labor union.
The new organization is specially
designed for workers who cannot form
trade union of their own, or who are
members of some city union which is
not affiliated with any national or IN
ternationa1 union. Members of the
new union will have the protection and
aid of the American Federation of La
Dor; they will receive regular union
card which will entit1e them to all the
privileges Of union men or union
women, and they will be represented
in the Federated Trades Council of
Milwaukee and in the State Federation
of Labor.
The principal aim and object of the
union will be to congregate enough
workers of one craft to enable them to
form an independent union of their
own under the American Federation of
Labor. AS soon as the necessary num-
Der of workers to form union will
make application for separate char
ter paying the expenses of securing the
charter, the new union will be organ
lied.
Mr.. Weber says that the American
Federation of Labor makes no discrim-
ination against women workers, and he
hopes that all classes of women who
work for wages will be brought into
the Federal union. Typewriters, stem
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THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr.. and Mrs. william H. Young, Well
Known Here, Celebrate the Event.

Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Young,
we'll known in this city, Wednesday
celebrated their golden wedding at
their residence, 325 Silver Lake street,
Oconomowoc. They married at Kings
vile, Ashtabula county, o., Nov. l,
1849.
They have had four children, three
of whom survive-Mrs. (A1ice) Oscar
L. bort, of Appleton; Lewis M.
Young, of CABOT, Chippewa county,
and Charles M. Young, of Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. bort and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles M. Young arrived Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis M. Young came
Wednesday evening. Among the 9th
er relatives participating in the ce1e-
bration were Mrs. Ida Hatch, Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Hatch and Mr.. and Mrs.
David E. Morgan, of Oconomowoc,
and Mrs. Jacob Dainton, of Milwaukee.
Mr.. Young was born in Onondaga
county, N. Y, and is 73years old. Mrs.
Young, nee Hatch, is 90 years of age
and was born in Erie county, Pa.
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HOME FROM ABROAD.
Philip Lentz Returns to Kenosha After an
Extended Visit in Germany.

The many friends of Philip Lentz,
the we'll known grocer, will be pleased
to learn that he has returned home
after his extended visit in Germany
and other parts of the continent. Mr..
Lentz was seen at his accustomed
place in the store this morning and
was receiving the congratulations of
his friends on his safe return. During
his trip abroad Mr.. Lentz saw a great
deal of the German Empire. Landing
at Cologne he went at once to his old
home in the province of the Rhine
near the Mosel1e. Here he spent the
most of his time abroad renewing the
friendships of his youth and visiting
his many relatives. While he was in
Germany two other Kenosha citizens,
John Neyses and Louis Boresch, were
visiting near the same place, but the
two Kenosha parties did not meet.
Mr.. Lentz is enthusiastic over the
condition of Germany at the present
time. He says that the country shows
great progress in every line. 1t is ad-
vancing especially along the line of
manufacturing. During his stay in
his native land Mr.. Lentz was i'm
pressed with the growth of the Ameri-
can population in that country. He
stated that during his entire stay in
the Rhine country not day passed
that he was not able to find some one
with whom he could speak the English
language. He says that the friendly
feeling of the Germans for the Ameri-
cans extends to all parts of the Empire
and the traveller from this country is
always treated with great considera-
ton and respect.
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ographers, servant girls, sa1es1adies,
bookkeepers, cashiers, female cooks,
and every other class of female wage
earners will be welcomed into member
ship by the Federal union. Among the
different classes of male wage earners
who will be eligible for union member
ship are hotel clerks, reporters and
newspaper writer's, clerks and book
keepers, stenographers, typewriters,
statesmen, elevator men, janitors,
coachmen, house servants, day 1aborers
of all classes, drivers, teamsters, ex-
pressmen, porters, bell boys, etc.
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THAT band of hair Drained urchins
that participated in the night shirt
parade in Madison are woefu1ly lacking
in certain instincts essential to man
hood that all the studies in the college
curriculum will not be able to incul-
cate. Mayhap there were some in the
party who were merely carried away
by the crowd against their better
Judgment, for whom there is some ex-
cuse, but for the youngster in whose
nodd1e the idea originated there is no
excuse other than that he is morally
disqualified to live without guardian
in a society such as that found at a CO.
educational institution.
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IN the Transvaa1 the English have
experienced what seems to have been
another Maiuba Hill, have lost in d
single engagement two splendid regi-
ments captured, besides those killed
and wounded in that and other engage
meuts, have been out generated and
completely cut off from communication
and still the London Times writes that
there is no occasion for over anxiety.
cover anxiety would be a rather
difficult, if not an impossible thing,
under the circumstances. Possibly
the government, conscious of it's re-
courses may be able to conceal it, but
those unfortunate ones who have
sons, sweethearts or husbands at the
front, are certainly excusab1e for feel
ing at least an extreme anxiety. 1t is
not likely that the homes from
which the men of the captured regi-
ments come are overcome with pleas
ure at the course events are taking nor
would it be exceedingly strange if
those intimately interested in the men
cooped up in Ladysn1ith, with twice
their number of Beers entrenched upon
the surrounding hills, should experience
some difficulty in discerning anything
particularly ha1cyon in the prospects.
At this distance it looks like a very
dreary and for1orn situation with
nothing in it but possible destruction
and inevitable loss of life and suffering
to an extreme degree. If any other
Englishmen, like the editor of the
Times, can find no occasion for anxiety
in the situation they are exceedingly
fortunate.
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A QUIET WEDDING.
James Downs and Miss Mamie Skotski
United Wednesday.

A very pretty wedding took place at
$50 o'clock on last Wednesday evening
at the residence of Father E1skamp,
pastor of ST. Georges Catholic church,
when James Downs, the well known
young barber, and Miss Mamie Skots-
XII, daughter of Charles Skotski, pro-
prietor of the Northwestern Hotel,
were united in marriage. The we'd
ding was very simple and only few
dear friends of the contracting parties
were IN attendance. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Father Els
kamp in a very impressive manner
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Josie Skotski, while the groom
was attended by Fred Hidd1eson.
After the wedding ceremony the we'd
ding party retired to the home of the
brides father, where a wedding sup
per was served. Mr.. and Mrs. Downs
are now at home at their friends at the
home of the brides father on Grand
avenue. The groom is we'll known in
this city, having been employed at the
Grant House barber shap for some
time. This paper joins many friends
of the young people in wishing them a
long and happy married life.
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AGUINALDo is still bo1stering TIP the
courage of his followers by harping on
the fact that the Congress of the
United States is soon to meet, and at
that time they may depend upon the
support of their friends and sympa-
thizers in this country to take good
care of their cause. 1t is much to be
feared that Aguina1do has not reclS-
0ued with his host.
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You might as we'll expect Admiral
Dewey would run out Of Manila Bay
because the Spanish cannon were
turned on as that he will go into
politics against his will just because
he is to marry a woman who has a rel
ative somewhere who is making des-
perate effort to get into politics.
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THE managers of the Jeffries-
Sharkey fight were too wise to have
the event pulled off on Saturday
evening, thereby compromising its
Importance in the Sunday papers with
the records from the gridiron.
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ANOTHER 'terrib1e Turk" is coming
to this country to play horse with our
wrest1ers, for whom the terrible Yous-
souf and the terrible Hall Ada1i we're
simply meat. Great Scott! what will
we do when the Sultan SENDS over the
man that beat the man that beat the
man that beat, we'll, what is going to
come of us then, anyway?
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For HOarseness.

Geo. A. Pontins, Upper Sandusky,
O., writes: F'I'have been using Fo1ey's
Honey and Tar for sore throat and
hoarseness and find it is the best rem
edy ever tried. 1t stopped the cough
and relieved all soreness.
For sale by all druggists. dwn3O
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THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1890.

THE report of the Philippine COM
mission is in and is very interesting
document. However, there is nothing
in it that would seem to 9justify either
the claims or charges of Mr.. Schurz
and his following.