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The times., 1899-03-14
Academy - "McFndden's Row q
Flats"

The inhabitants OF "McFaddeus Row of
Flats" are considerably mixed and there
was something to interest almost every na =
tionality in the play seen last night at
the Academy The German and the Celt
were most in evidence both races being
adequately represented. II cannot be said
that some OF the costumes were realistic.
but certainly all were beautiful The two
principal characters in the piece are Tim
McFadden, a very Hibernian Irishman
and Jacob Baumgartner. who is as Teu-
tonic as his name-and that is saying
much. These parts are in the hands of
Joseph J. Sullivan and Harry Crandall. re-
spectively. while Sadie Connolly has the
role OF Mrs. Murphy. Queen OF the Flats.
and Estelle Wellington that OF Mary
Ellen. her mothers daughter. C. A. Nor
gan has unlimited opportunity in Terence
McSwatt, the poet OF the row. and the
Yellow Kids. Alex and George. are ably
impersonated by the Speck brothers who
are small in size. but not in talent Harry
Watson. as the bicycle tramp. provides
some entertaining work. and Mr. Gran
dall's dancing is of sort which reduced
the audience to a collection of Oliver
Twists calling for more The musical
specialties of the Nosses made a hit as
they always do. Since "McFadden's Flats
was seen here last year in all its glory. 1t
is unnecessary to state that the house was
crowded until not another person could
have been accommodated.
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Grnn,l-SRuieyille.

The new bill put on yesterday afternoon
I at the Grand drew the usual matinee audi
ence and afforded only one surprise-the Sa-
Vans. This team has already been appear
ing in Burke &; Chase's place of amuse-
ment for a week. having been used to
I lengthen the programme after an unsatis-
factory pair had been taken out but its
work has not yet palled upon the patrons
of the house. The man and the woman are
equally active and agile. both contribute
several remarkable feats. and both are able
to be lively and even humorous without
| the aid of clap-sticks and drummer.
! or the other people seen in the present
combination only one is far above the ay-
erage and quite few are something be-
meath it. Ray L. Royce is the metaphorical
oasis in a desert of mediocrity. He is said
to have been a graduate of the lyceum
platform and certainly looks like one of
the real good young men who sometimes
entertain in churches, but his specially
is most attractive. In initiating the speak
ers at a school board meeting he introduces
two excellent burlesques and as many char
acter sketches of distinct merit. The Hunt
ing trio dances well. but its comedy will
not bear criticism. The act is the conven-
| ticnal white grease paint and tramp whis-
kers affair that has become so familiar
| tc lovers of smoking concerts" Ger
| u Itc may ucs. do hllltDlSH dS ever. mai
treats piano amusingly and gets some
truly notable effects from her orchestrion.
| while Kittie Wolfe proves to be the
| ordinary seriO-comic with the ordinary
voice and the ordinary ready made vivac.ty.
Next to Mr.. Royce perhaps the best sec
+ ond to the Sa-Vans is Eugene Neidert who
| performs number OF unique and difficult
| tricks on bicycles of different kinds.
| The headliners on the programme do not
| create the expected enthusiasm. Lizzie
Evans and Harry Mills have a sketch
Two Girls and One Man" that serves no
purpose other than to kill time while the
| Legitimate successor of LOtta prepares for
her brief and diverse portrayals She is
very capable woman and Mr.. Mills is
good assistant. but the vehicle is positive
ly irredeemable and should be removed at
once. In the case of Isabelle Urquhart one
| is treated to very respectable playlet-not
wonderful, but good one. The enter
tainers however. fail to get all that is pos
sible from their piece. Miss Urqu-
hart is too conscious OF her beauty to act
any better than she ever did and John -
Burke. her company. has habit OF going
| into paroxysms after every line he speaks.
So Even Stephen" IS only partial sue
cess.
able. While none OF the turns offered are
great, none OF them are very bad. Most
are merely rather pleasing and. if they do
not startle the auditor into applauding vio-
lently. are still anything but boring
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Kiinu-Nnu,IeNilIe.

The usual bill and the usual audience
were featured yesterday at the Bijou.
both being increased a trifle by the pres
ence OF several headliners of strong draw
ing power The entertainment provided
included the work OF John $. Terry and
Mabel Lambert. who were seen in their
one-act comedy. Who's TO Blame" John
and Nelly Healy. whose efforts as laugh
provokers seemed to please the house;
Al Fields and Fred Ward. a team of joke
teiers; Marie Jansen. who has not been
seen here since the days Of "A Florida
Enchantment:" John II. Mack. a banjo
lmpressario of the Sam Deyere order: John
7. Thorne and Grace Carleton, who ap-
ueared in The Substitute" Emma Carus
a great favorite with Manager Grieves'
patrons; the Maginleys. who perform diff
cult feats on the flying trapeze. and the
Bijou Stock Company. in new musical
ineange Daily matinees.
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NnttonnI-"nuper, of Hentzau..

Admiration of literature, rather than that
of the drama. served to attract past the
portals of the National last evening a fair
sized and appreciative audience-one eager
TO witness the stellar appearance of James
Hackett in an adaptation of Anthony
Hopes story Rupert Of Hentzau." That
all present were favorably inclined toward
the young Thespian was repeatedly mani
tested. the general feeling reaching its eli
max when Mr.. Hackett was compelled to
respond to repeated demands with u few
well selected words at the end OF the third
act But considered from the view point
OF dramatist or ltterateur the new play is
not a great one. and the company in sup
port of the star far from being strong OF
well balanced
Coufessedly a sequel to The Prisoner of
Zenda'' the present work possesses few
OF the excelencies which have given its
predecessors longevity. The story starts
soon after the time at which the former
one ends Flavia and Rudolph Rassendyll
have continued their devotion. although
the sole means of communication between
them has been the annual sending of sin
gle rose through the trusted hands of Fritz.
Rupert of Hentzau the daredevil adherent
of Black Michael in the original tale, fnai-
ly intercepts a letter written by the Queen
to her aumlrer ana purposes 10 purchase
the Kings forgiveness and the restoration
of his confiscated es ties by showing the
purloined missive. All the plot centres
around this epistle the friends of the
writer striving to recover ii. Rupert and
his two cOnfederates aiming to reach His
Majesty and secure pardon. Rupert finally
kills the monarch. and after a thrilling
duel with Rassendyll falls at the feet of
the Englishman. AS a parting eXtermina
tion Rudolph is also assassinated and the
final curtain falls to slow music and the
chant of the requiem mass.
Thus retrospectively viewed Rupert of
Hentzau' is a melodrama pure and sim
Pile. The construction is faulty. the lines
lack the wit SO pronounced in The Pris-
oner." the epigrams of Rassendyll are
wanting. there is dearth of comedy re-
lief. the heart story is not so well brought
cut. and the final climax is disappointing
and depressing. But the piece has Its
virtues and many of its demerits are d.
rectly traceable to a too literal following of
the novel.
While the vehicle is inferior considera-
BILE improvement is noted in the work of
Mr.. Hackett. He looks the part of Ru-
dolph and well impersonates that of his
The times., 1899-03-14
Kcrnnn's-"ynnity Fair"

For the second time this season Fred
Huber's Vanity Fair burlesquers opened
yesterday at Kernan's in the afternoon to
fair and in the evening TO a very good
house. The performance given has been
little altered since the combination was
last seen here. 1t begins, as is usual in
such entertainments. with a first-part,
entitled "A Winters Carnival" The skit
serves to introduce a bicycle race on the
trainers by women-a feature rather novel
in theatrical affairs. After this portion of
the bill, Madame Dixie is heard in popu-
lar songs. Ralph G. Johnson contributes a
number of feats on a wheel; MOrrssey and
Rich tell jokes to each other and the
audience: Farrell and Taylor do a black
faced sketch; Lowell and Lowell prove
themselves astonishing acrobats and con-
tCrtionists; Emery and NARROW appear in
IA bit OF nonsense" and Newell and
Shevett bring the olio to a close with
their work on the horizontal bars A
piece. called Creme De Menthe per
forms the same service for the show.
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put upon the soul. So he eNaggerates in
all things and, finally lost in an egoism
as great as is his nose. acts for the hene-
fit of those who will watch He throws his
purse away for the sake of the accompany
ing gesture. duels not more 10 forbid insult
than to command attention. and composes
verses the while in order to obtain the
atrical effect. Cyrano is not himself even
to himself Anxious to impress, he places
his words in disrepute by always detailing
his superiority. Yet Cyrano is not a com
mon braggart. He boasts only of what he
can do and then because he realizes his
power; he does not claim what he cannot
do, because he knows what is beyond the
limit of his ability. Nor is he ever vain OF
his accomplishments, laying them always
to "a hazard OF my birth" and exploiting
them without credit to himself beyond
that he may reap the benefits of their cS-
istence And when upon his life there
comes the shadow of a hopeless, hapiess.
helpless love he makes his great sacrifice
as unquestioningly as he does heedlessly:
that he may admire himself for so doing
and fCr-"her." This is the Cyrano of NJ.
Rostand. and he proves combination OF
brain and Drawn. of sympathy and 5enti-
ment that one cannot refrain from taking
into his heart.
The play of which he is the centre un-
doubtedly deserves to be called the greatest
of the present half century. 1t is essen
TALLY French in construction and in man
ner though more Anglicized in the Kings
bury version than one would have hoped
after perusng that of Gertrude Hall. Al
ways romantic and picturesque. the work
here shows the modernness and artifcialitp
of Weyman or Hope and there the keen
sight for point and the sharp contrasts of
Moliere or even of Sardou. Ii is not origl-
nal in episoie for frequently il reminds OF
Romeo and Juliet and Don Giovanni
and of 'L'Homme Qui Rit." but it is novel
in theme and thoroughly unique in treat
ment. The story is one that appeals
strangely and in it the author achieves pa
thos without becoming maudliu and humor
that is closer far to wit. Throughout the
interest is marveously sustained. while
the incidents are so strong, the result of
such humanness and so carefully ap-
preached as to be effective in wonderful
degree. Add to this remarkable sharp
The times., 1899-03-14
AT THE THEATRES.
CoIuubff

tcium bfn-"C yrRnO de BerEcrac."
For the fashionable and the faddish, for
the indOlent and the intellectual, for the
studious and the superficial there was but
one destination last night and that one
the Columbia Theatre This universal
Mecca-so rendered not by the bones OF
Mohammed but by the presence of Richard
Mansfield and his production of "Cyrano
de Bergerac received and harbored all
classes alike until the none too spacious
auditorium was filled so absolutely that
the admission of another person would
have necessitated the removal OF a wall
Probably never in the history of 10 al
amusement enterprises have so many
gathered for the purpose of witnessing a
dramatic performance.
ACTIVITY before the curtain began almost
an hour prior to the time at which that
behind 1t ceaser. Hardly had the letters
on the electric sign been set a glitte.iaa
when the hrst arrivals came and took their
stations Men and women they were and
both sexes stood uncOmplaningly for an
extended period al the gallery door finding
alternate amusement in the gentle man
nered speculatcr who offered good seats at
better profit and in the loud-voiced lads
who rendered ''all five acts of the play
at what seemed ridiculous figure for the
quantity of literature involved. Finally
these tradesmen shifted themselves into
the street on which the Columbia fronts
and there shared prominence with the
house porter. the umbrella guardian. and
the numerous dress-suited officials who
were already hurrying about
The assembling of the audience made
clear the fact that Mr.. Mansfield's present
engagement in general opinion seems TO
Washington a most important affair and
deserves 10 be treated as such. AS in one
of Bret Harte's poems. the folks druv up
most anyway and a closer approach 10
the period at which the entertainment had
been announced to commence found the
lobby of the theatre and the sidewalk out
side almost blocked by the crowd. Those
who had neglected to purchase their seats
in advance or who had made mistakes in
so doing rushed TO the box Office window
The times., 1899-03-14
Opening" specials in
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A lot of 100 dozen 40 by So pill
low cases. made OF good quality
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Double width fancy stripe tick
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The times., 1899-03-14

Henry Irvings offerings one OF the finest
things in Thomas a Beckett" was the
gradual manner in which the supernumer-
aries were quieted when astonished or
commanded. Mr.. Mansfield's aids create a
silence in a second during the first act.
when they see Richelieu in his box, besides
doing other careless things. Horses gallOp
up before one has heard their hoofs. Cyrano
throws pebbles against his cousins window
without creating a noise, and Roxane dips
her handkerchief in water without wetting
it. But these are trifles less noticed than
noticeable. Details are completely lost in
what is undoubtedly one OF the two great
est presentations of the most wonderful
play written during the present half CEN
tury.
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30 by 90 double-bed size Lock
wood sheets. hand-torn and hand
ironed-a grade which has never
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Mr. and Mrs. Lee Warren have gone TO
Asheville and other Southern points TO
spend the remainder of this month and
April.
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Father Chidwick, chaplain of the Maine,
will be the guest of honor at a smoker TO
be given by the University Club of the
Catholic University OF America Tuesday
evening, March IL
The times., 1899-03-14

80 pieces of light outing flannel,
in pretty pink and blue stripes and
checks-good, sturdy quality &c
"a regular Sc value for. y,
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Opening values in
DOmeSticS.

1880 yards Of seersucker dress
ginghams. in an endless assortment
of The freshest and newest spring
patterns-in good. useful lengths.
from > to Is yards-usual t'C
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Evening journal., 1899-09-02
DECORATIONS HANDSOME

MANY BUSINESS HOUSES BEING
DRAPED WITH BUNTING FOR
THE CONVENTION.
The work OF decorating business
houses and private residences in the
city for the Electrical Convention
next week, has commenced, and many
buildings present beautiful appear
ance.
The Clayton House, the headquar-
tiers of the delegates, presents an es-
pecially abrasive sight. The entire
front Of the hotel is covered with
bunting, and above the main entrance
is an immense shield, 7x1O feet, COW
cred with red, white and blue incan-
descent globes. The shield will be
lighted IN tomorrow night
The Hotel Lafayette, Delaware
House, and many other public places
and private residences are also hand
somely decorated, and the indications
are that the city will present a festive
appearance.
Evening journal., 1899-09-02
MINSTREL SHOW COMING

It is all very well for the lovers OF
old-time minstrelsy to "hOller" for the
good old companies with "pompy" end
men and genuine coon comedy, but the
minstrel managers of to-day come
pretty near finding out what the public
wants and have long since given up
any idea Of retiring to the old-style OF
minsuelsy. Everything new and up
to-date goes to the extent of giving a
persOnator Of the modern negro who
never saw the beautiful land OF sunny
skies, five or six encores, while the
minstrel who tries TO do anything but
an up-tO-date coon, gets much less ap-
probation. The managers of "The
Great Southern Minstrels," which will
come to the Opera House next Friday
and Saturday evenings and Saturday
matinee, are entitled to no small credit
inasmuch as this, their greatest and
latest venture bespeaks a liberal
amount Of real genius and an invest
ment Of capital which approaches 4
great deal more than ordinary gener.
osity.
Evening journal., 1899-09-02
CONTEST CLOSES TONIGHT.

The hremen's contest at Shellpot
Park will close tonight, and the prize
Will be awarded before the close OF the
evenings performance. IL is expected
there VIII be a big crowd at the park
tonight to hear the result Of the con-
test, which has aroused so much inter
est among the hremen. Last night
many votes that have been withheld
we're deposited in large patches, and in
this way a thousand or more votes
were brought by firemen, who had
gathered them among their friends.
The park management has provided
another good show for next week, and
In addition TO the regular vaudeville
performance, there will be cakeWallS
on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
evenings. X viii BE held in the dane
Ing pavilion, and Il is expected 10 be
one OF the greatest features OF the park
season. The contestants will be three
colOred couples from Chester and three
from Wilmington, and they will try "a
win substantial prize. The walkers
are the recognized champions OF their
respective places. and the contest prom.
isea 70 be lively and interesting.
Evening journal., 1899-09-02
ADJUSTMENTS.

LAST PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
Northern Lights" will be presented
at the matinee this afternoon at the
Opera House, which will make Its sec
ond performance this week So many
people wanted TO see this play last
Tuesday night that even standing room
was at a premium, and many were un-
able to secure admission. It is to meet
the general demand Tor second per-
formance that the same production
will be repeated this afternoon. The
Elroy Company will close their Will
mington engagement tonight with
Scott Marbles latest melo-drama, "The
Cotton Spinner" which not only in
cludes a wealth OF scenery, but nu-
merous specialties and other features.
There will also appear at this evenings
performance a special and very pleas
ing feature that has not been seen at
any OF the performances during the
week.
Evening journal., 1899-09-02
TOO PRETTY TO MARRY .

STORY UNDER THE ABOVE HEAD
WAS A FAKE, MANUFACTURED
BY A PENNY-A-LINER.
The fake marriage yarn, about Miss
Annie Gott, of Woodside, being too
young and pretty to marry Harry An
derson, Of Denver, Col, brought sew
eral reporters OF city papers here last
week, says the Dover Index.
A New York World representative
spent day at Woodside and Viola,
and was thoroughly convinced that it
was the work of some industrious
space writer, who kept his identity
unknown.
The Index representative investi-
gated the matter before the last issue
and found that there had been no pas
senger or baggage to arrive at Wood
side or depart for Denver. No one
could be found in the section by the
name of Annie Gott, and further no
marriage license had been issued to
such persons. Strange to say. the
name Of the officiating minister was
omitted from the article. The whole
thing was a fake pure and simple. and
the newspapers that were imposed
upon should get rid of such corre-
spondents.
Ofttimes we are asked about items
from this section that appear in the
city papers, and many have learned
that it is not safe to rely upon some
Of the news published. One reason for
this state of affairs may be found in
the utterly unreliable character Of the
so-called news published similar to the
article referred to above. There are a
few correspondents who are conscien-
tious about sending the news, but the
bulk of them care more for the amount
of money they can get by taking
matter, and they bring discredit upon
all engaged IN the business.
Evening journal., 1899-09-02
ANNUAL PENSION LIST

COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS II.
CLAY EVANS MAKES HIS AN
NUAL REPORT.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 2.-The an
nual report Of the Pension Department
has been prepared by Commissioner
II. Clay Evans, and shows that during
the year there were added to the pen
sion roll 40,991 names and 43,1S6 were
dropped; 34,S45 OF these by reason OF
death.
There was expended for pensions
s13S, 355 ,052. The annual value of the
entire pension roll amounts to $751;
617.961. being $649. .496 more than II
ever was. due to the higher average
anual value OF pensions. The roll Is
made up OF 753.451 surviving soldiers
237, AIS widows and dependent relatives
and 653 nurses.
The total number OF original applica-
tons filed during the year, including
those on account OF the war with
Spain, was 4S765 The number oi
original claims allowed was 35,O77
During the year 1O7,9l9 claims OF al
classes were rejected
Evening journal., 1899-09-02
ANOTHER BOXING MATCH.

A MAN WORTHY TO MEET JACK
FARREL HAS BEEN FOUND AT
LAST.
On next Tuesday night, at the Acad-
emy OF Music, Jack Farrell, of this city,
will meet Frank Bradley, OF Philadel-
phia, in fifteen-round contest. Brad
ley is credited with being the best
featheEweight in Pennsylvania, and
has met Oscar Gardner twice. once at
the Arena for six rounds, and last
December at Wheeling, in a twenty
round contest All know the fighting
abilities OF Farrell. and the bout on
Tuesday night gives promise of being
the most excinng one OF the season.
The other bouts on the program are
equally strong, and exciting, bringing
together Midget" Glynn and the
Kentucky Rosebud" in a ten-round
contest. II Glynn wins his go and Far
rel whips Bradley, a well-known local
sportsman intends taking them to New
York and issuing a challenge to all
comers. Another bout will be pre-
sented, being of six rounds with Billy
De Vine and Tom O'Harra. both Of
Philadelphia, acting as the principals.
In order to allow the Philadelphia
people to make the 1O.43 train home,
the semi-wind-up will be put on first,
followed by Farrell and Bradley
Evening journal., 1899-09-02
CERTIFICATES FILED
FIVE COMPANIES GRANTED CHAR
TIERS BY SECRETARY OF STATE
HUGHES AT DOVER.

TIERS BY SECRETARY OF STATE
HUGHES AT DOVER.
Dover Sept. 2.-Among the large
companies which flied certificates Of in
corporation at the State House yester-
day, several included the interests Of
some large Eastern capitalists.
The New England Company, whose
capital stock is s5O0,OOo, and whose d.
rectOrs are all Bostonians, was char
tered to engage in mining and dispos-
ing OF capital stock, bonds. mortgages,
etc
The Davidson Cooperative Develop
ment Company. OF New York city, was
chartered with a capital stock of $780,
600, TO engage in milling and mining
gold, silver, copper. etc.
American Publishing Company. OF
Altoona, Pa, with a capital paid in OF
100000, engages I'm the work OF print
ing and publishing books, newspapers
and. periodicals. and pamphlets.
II. c. Busch Manufacturing Company
Of Boston, representing its paid-in
capital to be $4,000. obtained a char
ter as stationers, printers, engravers
photographers. etc.
The j. l.. Blackwell Company, OF
Baltimore. eapiaal stock Sl00, 600, was
incorporated for the construction and
equipment Of railways throughout tn,
United States