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The times., 1899-12-10
BRIEFLY TOLD.
ria Burroughs is Ill.

Marie Burroughs is Ill.
Charles Coghlan will be cremated.
Joseph jefferson viii winter in Florida.
Kyrle Bellew is to play Monte Cristo."
Fanny Rice has determined TO call her
new comedy "A Wonderful Woman"
owen Davis, who wrote Through the
Breakers once was d uwspaper man.
picture of Ezra Kendall adorns the
front page of last weeks Dramatic Mir
ror
Wilson Barrett may lease the London
Lyceum for his next autumn's produc-
tlous.
Last Sundays New York Telegraph
contains Tour handsome hslf-toue pictures
Of Lillian Burkhart
Irene Perry. well known through her
former connection with Augustin Daily
attractions. is TO star.
WIHaw IT. Crane and Joseph Brooks. his
manager. have severed q partnership that
has lasted eleven years.
E II. Solheru win produce his new play
The Sunkeu Bell" for the first time to-
morrow night in Boston.
Antuiuette Walker. who is a member OF
The Through the Breakers Company, is
q niece OF Walker Whueside.
John Isham. the originator of coon
shows has been placed in an asylum for
The insane. SIR. Isham' attractions have
been showing a tendency 10 paresis for two
OF three seasons
The r. II Russell Publishing Compan,
Just has issued a volume Of handsome half
tone pictures OF Julia Marlowe in "Barbar,
Frietchie. The work is fully equal to tha
The times., 1899-12-10

afternoon is to be given to Ellen Terry,
who will be seen in either Nance Oldheld"
or The Amber Heart"
Beginning with tomorrow's matinee,
there viii be reduction in the already
surprisingly low prices Of the Grand. This
reduction is made with a view to continu-
ing the increase OF business noted so far
this season. Managers Burke & Chase an
nounce that it will make no difference in
the grade of attractions booked.
The Ideal Vaudeville Club furnished an
attractive entertainment to a large audi
ence on Thanksgiving evening at Odd Eel
lows Hall, Falls Church. Va. Among the
performers who appeared were Prof. Eas-
ton, Lowd and Carr, Loveless and Loveless,
Lowd and Williams, Costigan and Cooper,
The Great Irwin, and Fred Wilson.
Burke & Chase are about to install
new convenience for their patrons at the
Grand. By this arrangement, they will
have on hand a number of umbrellas,
which, on rainy nights. Will be loaned to
those who need them. A small deposit will
guarantee the return of these articles. Tor
the use of which no charge is to be made
Victor Herbert and Harry b. Smith are
said TO be finishing their latest opera, The
Viceroy," without conversational commu-
terms with the other This state of af-
fairs should not be so hard on Mr., Her
bert who can work by note, as on Mr..
Smith. There is a joke in this paragraph.
Phyllis Rankin has brought suit for $25,-
600 against Guy Phelps Dodge, London
clubman, whom she alleges claims TO have
kissed her. II is refreshing to find Wom-
an who after remaining for several years
at the Casino can be damaged to that eX-
tent by the mere report OF such an occur
renee But then. OF course much of this
statement depends upon the appearance OF
the defendant.
II is announced that the Lieblers have
contracted with Israel ZangwiI for an
other play Mr. Zangwill unquesuonably
has the ideas of talented dramatist but
the Lieblers should have learned by eN-
perience the futiIity Of permitting his
works to be staged without proper editing
If the new effort is presented while It's
writer is safe in London there is a strong
probability that it win prove successful.
Mary Helen Howe sang at concert giyer
in New York a few evenings ago, ant
| scored a distinct success with the brillian'
Nightingale" by Murio-Celli. She re
ceived a double encore. Miss Howe alsc
! rendered in a duet, Eerdi's Il Masna
derie" with Efin Bronsheim and this, too
| had 10 be repeated Madame Murio-Cell
/ has so high a regard for the abilities o
| the Washington girl that she has included
! her name, as well as that OF Miss Broad
| foot, in her seasons circulars.
! In speaking OF Nat Goodwin's newes
| dramatic property, the New York Tele
| graph" says 'GoodWin's season vii
open here with The Cowboy and tn
Lady, but the Esmoud piece, it is expect
ed. will have a hearing also. unless Mr.
| Fitch's drama should prove so eyerwhe' m
ingly successful as to render change o
| bill imprudent" The Telegraph mar
safely may prompt Mr. Goodwin on tha
proverb which advises against crossing
! bridge before the structure is reached.
The times., 1899-12-10
ifnrking Back.
lFr0m ID Chioago Times-lgrlld.l

(Fr0m the Chicago Imes-llerIld)
''Whlt" asked the who had been away
for a long time, ever became of that homely
Grigg- grl-Fanny Griggs. You kuow-thc one
with a face like q dream that makes YOU glad IL
wasn't so when YOU wake up?"
Fanny Griggs." replied the old friend. ''Oh,
married her. Come in, Fanny, here's somebody
wants 10 YOU"
The times., 1899-12-10
COMING EVENTS.

a few days since. Hobart Brooks. 4 local
fri=ud of David Belasco, received a letter in
which that playwright remarked Of
Naughty Anthony" that he believed ne had
done GOOD work here" Mr.. Brooks at
taches considerable importance TO the
scrsed because. unlike certain other man
ayers Mr.. Belasco is not in the habit Of
lauding productions simply because he
happens 10 be interested il them. Accord
ing % those who know the author. he could
be- Induced 10 give no such advance praise
either 20 'The Heart Of Maryland" or 10
''Zsza both OF which proved acknowledged
Jriumphz Naughty Anthony viii be
done Chris mas week al the Columbia with
q east which includes Blanche Bates. Maud
Harrison. Olive Redpalh, Mary Barker
Frank WorJhing. ". J. lie Moyne. William
Elton, and Samuel Edwards.
When Matthews and Bulger were al The
National Iasr with their BY the sad Sea
Waves. the conceded hit OF their perform
auce was made by Rose Melville
whose Sis Hopkins" speciality was gener-
ally deemed admirable On the strength
OF ,haf hit Miss Melville has gone starring
and is announced for the near future al
the Academy. The impersouation really is
clever. and much nay be expected OF the
coming engagement
III The Dagger and Cross. a romantic
drama first produced only a few months
since. Robert Mantell is to come to the
Lafayette square Opera House for Christ
mas week The star is said to be vel
supported while the success Of his play
has been notable The sale Of seats vii
he advertised later.
The times., 1899-12-10
PRESS AGENTS ROUND TABLE.

And stH the absent minded stories come
The latest Of the list concerns Guy Bates
Post thaI aiding man Of the company play
ing Lavinia Dempsys The open Door.
and it is rather al variance with the
general run. OF course. the narrator goes
ON TO describe Nj Posts troubles with his
memory. ana. equally of course. extend
ed mention is made of mis- inability 10
recollect names at critical moments, nut
saving clause there also is paragraph
relating to the actors mental deNterty.
As was 10 have been expected, the repre-
sentative responsible for this character
sketch gives an instances of its truth
fulness. Here is the instance.
in Baltimore q few weeks ago Air. Post
was walking down the street when ne OBJ
served that he was being eyed by another
pedestrian who Immediately upon cafch-
ing the gaze 0f the stroller. Joined nim-
Alr. Post remembered the fellows face
and manner perfectly. but was wholly ~
q loss for any Coguomen by which 90 ,ail
his neW-f0uud comrade. He ehatted along
pleasantly meanwhile going over reg
ular catalogue OF captions without avail.
Finally. when the time lot separation ar
rived and the unknown one suggested
that his friend dine with him before leay-
ing town Mr.. Post determined that he
must hazard everything on the cast of a
lie, and taking ont his notebook, asked
By the way. old chap. how do you spell
your nance
Great was his surprise when. with evi-
dent wonder the old chap replied, Why
B-r-o-W-n,'
Though astonished the leading man was
NOT confused SuDpreezfup desire ia
smile. be jotted down the dictation and
then. turning innoceRtly 10 the dictator
remarked: There / bet 50 that YOU didn't
write il with an e.
/ And the narrator says that the old chap
was SO nonplussed thar he never querie5
with whom the wager could have beer
made.
The times., 1899-12-10

gUf taIeNL. tue majority OF fDese airs IeaiAG
ere charming They have snap and catch
fncss never eqUale5 before tEe-r advent
Nothing more distnctively American ever
has been written The coon song is
classic. iu lis way, ard ] expect 30 con-
IIuuc if in my repertoire as long as re-
main before the public. There are folk
Who believe that everything han is ought
NOT to he. These are the people r-spcnsi-
bile -0r he present outcry and they form q
small minority Wait and see IF I'm noJ
right"
Emma. come down" called Johnny
Ray OF A Hot Odd Time" fame from his
dre-siug-room al the Academy few min
ules prior 10 the beginning OF Wednesdays
matinee And Emma. in the person Of
Mrs Ray. hurried over long flight Of
steep stairs expecting 10 find rhree-huu-
dre5-dollar Japanese poodle which had
been promised her by a local jewcler ouly
an hour before She was introduced o the
gossip gathercT-snd was visihIy lisap-
pointed She made the hest of the situa-
fiou. however, and occupied an exalted
position ON a trunk while her husband
spoke OF his earlier work
cover twenty years ago" qu0th Nr Ray
'E men n member OF q stock mius.r rel COM
rauy 81 Grand Rapids I found that. TO- tell
ing a particularly plaintive joke catch
81 The audience. I have tried the same
trick iu sll my efforts since ard with
enough success 40 Warraur my retaining the
eF sc Tor he future The. idea nay Tot
he tha acme Of art but 81 has helped me
to make over $4,000 iu two and half sea-
sons
stage money modestly v5amrsd The
reporter
no replied Mr. Pay. .-tha Kind tha.
your Uncle Samuel prints in this city. En-
ma VIII show you S35 coo of tbs amour, ir
diamonds Mrs Ray promptly produced
H case. nesting iu which was dazzling as
SorlTsut of gems, varying from an iusig-
niacaEt lhree-carat solitaire 10 pair ol
earrings weighing eight and a quarter ca-
raIs each and valued away up iu the .h0u-
sands Thz Rays say they are partial 10 To-
cal lapidaries and claim that OF all theu
jewels over SO per cent have been purchases
oi enc Washington dzaler-heLcg the tZ
pected Japaness poodle
NeXl October continued Mr. RAY -'vt
Viii show you q new production writ Z
1y Wilmer and Vincent, whose a Strange
5n Strange Land made a hit here am.
in Sew York. We have not decided upu.
he Tile. The piece viii he seen in Wash
iugtoa soon afteT--
There was a knock al the door A ms
sanger boy holding a little deg ID his arms
entered and enquired for Mrs. Ray. Ism
he lovely that lady CALCULATE. takiu.
Her husband 10 The corner in which tEf
beast had been placed Realizing that al
ordinary. everyday newspaper man he,
no chance in competition with a real Jap
anese poodle. Toe Times reporter slippc
aEay
The times., 1899-12-10
NE THIS WEEK
Lille
Western,

The best and most re-
uowned instrumental
let. in her series Of
difficult and artistic
musical compositions
that appeal to popular
taste.
The times., 1899-12-10

The Union Pacific Ovel
President Mckinley at
and Cyclist $ Collision
Cavalry Bareback Rid
The times., 1899-12-10

and LImItel, Toe 13cUtInl
Camp Wickof, A MidHigh
West Point Cadets Parad
1g, Roosevelt and STAFF il
The times., 1899-12-10

Devilish wasn't a nice word to use
explained Miss Burkhart. but it seemed
10 make the verse funnier SO / let it GO
And the newspaper man though so highly
of the p8Taphr3se on Lord Lytton that he
copied the whole poem Hence its repro
duction above.
The times., 1899-12-10
Edna BaSSett
MARSHALL

And her Street Arab
Quartette. in the most
delightful singing and
comedy act TO be seen
on the vaudeville stage
today.
The times., 1899-12-10
Mn1e,
H9Trnl ann

TIE worlds greatest
and only prestidigita
rice. ia her act, "A
NIGHT IN JAPAN,
a wonderful conception
Ji magic and mystery.
The times., 1899-12-10

ON the Hudson, Moving Day Adventures.
Fantasy, Launching Of the Oceanic Painter
Pillow Fight, Pillow Fight Ueyersed), Sixth
the Dewey Parade.
The times., 1899-12-10
Lillian
Burkhart

And company. in the
new comedietta. "A
DEAL on CHANGE,
comprising humorous
situations and spark
ling dialogue.
The times., 1899-12-10

Hos one sau 'au-h ii Roland Reed
How one can isggh and laughing csy,
tar with h-- fun IHefa comes the need
or paying ru Tac ribs due heed;
The auditor must laugh OF die,
The -mIa tiat'- bid by Roland Reed
b. Hai rra smile ones mouth defines;
lI is uot at IHe usual breed
Bus comes fTam taking Ruiaud's lead
Aud Ef.. him reading tween the lines.
Ills hrWar g. 30 very dry
lIa uiHuI at orr Roland Reed
THAI cna rolls lu bis seat. and 7
Always uuara when lie is nigh.
-Maka uu ut friend. / want to Juy
A seat where I can rall-5ud-rg5d.'
The verse which is by the editor Of a
pi,tbug paper is not as clever as is that
Of Lillian Bwkhart, but still it is rather
amusing The pun may be a tTife forced
bur is verify VIII BE- recognized by all who
ever have noted the quiet methods Of the
comedian.
The times., 1899-12-10

Folk with long memories may be ahle to
recall the following lines on Roland Reed,
Tor they were printed in Washington som
thing like Two years ago. Mr.. Reeds re-
turn however seems to make them worth
repeating for the benefit Of those who can
The times., 1899-12-10
Behmann &
Spa!ding,

THE ACROBAT AND
THE TRAMP. " a
unique acrobatic act
that has no peer as a
maker Of laughs and
an cvobcr of admira-
tiou.
The times., 1899-12-10

OF course. every patron of the Grand has
been informed that Lillian Burkhart. who
is booked for this week at the Burke d
Chase house. is the authoress of the sketch
"IIer Soldier Boy. in which she was seen
three months ago. Probably. however it
is not generally known that Miss BurkharJ
has aspirations for poetic hoaOrs. The
Times man was ignorant of these ambi-
ficns until turning the leaves of volume
Of owen Meredith one afternoon in the ac-
tres- dressing he noted a bit Of
paper rep0sing opposite the verse, Gould
Live Without You. Darling" Whl5 the
paper bore was this.
The times., 1899-12-10
Gordon
EIdrid,

The genius Of mono
IagUg. iu his modern
tJlb thsl Will cause
cauyl'~iyg moments for
Isis auditors
The times., 1899-12-10

'f..I.H D t.f. |t.H'at TO-. halH-i.-
iNt without sou every day.
Could . iD8ru Ja doubt YOU. darling,
And then remain away.
Could 4 live without YOU
>Hch b little thing
Mu-i ! ever cling about YOU
A. hut hearts and ivy cling.
,ouId / iya without YOU. darling
Mould j. De Taco great trials
Could I come Io fuut YOU. darling;
At your presence only smile
80, . could UHi live without YOU
NHi.e ,our words form such q spell,
While sulG uhaIus -rill hang about you
AHa Ean cook sn devilish well,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
BOTH ARE FOR PEACE.
Letters from Ex-Presidents Harrison
and Cleveland to EndeavOrers.

BOSTON, Mass, April 5.-Among the
communications received by the secretary of
the United Society of Christian Endeavor
of war against war, and peace by arbitra-
tion," are two from former United States
Presidents, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin
Harrison. Ex-President Harrison's letter
says For myself, and. much more, for the
great body of it's citizenship, 1 express the
desire of America for peace with the whole
world. 1t would have been vain TO suggest
the pulling down of blockhouses or family
disarmament TO the settlers on a hostile In
dian frontier. They would have told you
rightly that the conditions were not ripe.
And SO it may be, and is probably true, that
a full application of the principle is not
presently possible, the devil still being un-
chained. 1t is by spirit of love and for
bearance mastering the civil institutions and
governments of the world that We shall ap-
proach universal peace and adopt arbitra-
tion methods of settling disputes"
Ex-President Cleveland wrote: 1.-The MEM
bers and friends of the Society of Christian
Endeavor have never entered on an under
taking so practical and noble as the ef-
fort they are now making 10 secure an
tlement of international differences; and if
there is any substance to the claim that our
institutions and the traits that characterize
us as a people tend TO national elevation
and Christia nization. 1t is eminently proper
that our country should be in the lead in
any movement In the interests OF peace"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
Gen. Antonio Luna, a Typical Bellig-
crent, Said to BE in Command
of the Filipino Forces.
PROCLAMATION NOW POSTED
HOW THE AMERICAN DECLARATION
WAS RECEIVED AT MANILA.
Otis's Casualties i'm Two Months, 1,16O
Exchange of Bermuda for the
Philippines Suggested.

MANILA, April G, 1915 a. m.-The United
States cruiser Charleston, which has been
cruising along the west coast of LuZon TO
the north, sent a boat in shore near DaSu-
pan last Saturday TO make soundings. The
rebels opened fire, wounding United States
officer. The cruiser thereupon bombarded
the town. the insurgents evacuating it.
MANILA, April 5.-There are persistent
rumors to-day that Aguinaldo, the insur-
gent leader, has been supplanted in the con-
troll OF Filipino affairs by General Antonio
Luna, commander-in-chief of the Filipino
forces. Luna is described being typi-
cal belligerent.
The proclamation of the United States
Philippine commission was posted in the
streets, printed i'm English, Spanish and
Tagalog, to-day. 1t was also distributed in
the outside towns as far as Malolos and
has been received with marked attention by
the natives generally and has been ap-
proved by a number of representative
Manilans. English bankers here who have
been interviewed on the subject are optm-
istic upon the attitude of the Americans,
assuming that it indicates that a decisive
policy will undoubtedly be successful. a
Spanish banker who was interviewed ex-
pressed fear that the proclamation will not
because, he explained, the Filipnos at Ma
Mia are mostly domestics and clerks who
have no definite opinions, and the wire-pull-
ers outside the city have undoubtedly inter-
cepted it. Continuing, the Spanish banker
said that if the proclamation had been is
sued on May 2. or even on Aug. IA of last
year, the result would have been different,
as, in his opinion. based on twenty years
experience, the only argument which ap-
peals to the masses here is the gun.
The editor OF the Oceanic thinks the proc
lamation is the most polite document ever
published i'll the Philippine islands, and it
is bound to convince the wavering of the
folly of further hostilities
An English merchant says the first clause,
with reference 10 the establishment and
maintenance OF American sovereignty, and
warning the rebels, should settle the ques-
ton in the mind of every thinking Filipino.
A Scotch ship owner thinks it does not
leave any further doubt as to the policy of
the United States, and that, consequently,
Aguinaldo must submit TO the inevitable,
the continuance of hostilities is opposed
TO the best interests of the Filipinos.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
to the Russian minister at Peking over
comes IL
CALL 1T 4 SCANDAL.
Britons Still Angry over Award Of a
bridge Contract 20 Ame ericnns.

LONDON, April 5.-The fact that the c6-t-
tract TO build the bridge over the Atbara
river. a branch of the Nile. has been
cause a great impression here. The Even
ing News to-day refers TO the matter an
Egyptian War Office scandal" charac-
terizes the whole transaction as "a scam
dalous story and declares the specifications
were altered I'm favor OF the American con-
tractors, adding: 1T is only explicable IL
one remembers the habitual animosity
shown by the Khedive and his government
10 their habitual protectors. IL the bitter
anupathy TO British engineers revealed in
these proceedings cannot be traced TO the
khedive and is the result of foolish
prejudice and unpatriotic prejudices on the
part OF his English advisers, the sooner
those advisers are brought TO book the bet
ter"
The same paper also published another in
terview with Mr.. Westwood. OF the firm OF
Westwood & Rigby, the English contractors
in reply TO cabled interview with Mr..
Roberts of the Pencoyd bridge works, in
which Mr.. Westwood asserts that the Egyp-
the Americans, while it did not give the
British firms the same chance. The British
tenders. Mr.. Westwood explained were
higher because special girders were re-
quired, which were dropped i'm the case of
the Americans who were allowed TO supply
a pin bridge, which good English engineers
have utterly discarded because il makes a
weak bridge
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-06
TWO MONTHS CASUALTIES.
General Otis Reports 1S4 of His Men
Killed and 976 Wounded.

WASHINGTON. April 5.-The casualties
in the Philippines from Feb. to April 4,
1899. inclusive, reported 10 the adjutant
general, are: Killed. ls4; wounded 976;
total, l.1e0. General Otis has cabled the
War Department that the transport Sher-
man has left Manila with one hundred
wounded soldiers, which include all that
were able 10 be sent home at that time.
If General Otis is maturing plans for an
other campaign against the insurgents in the
vicinity of Calumpet, as indicated in the
press dispatches from Manila, he has not
informed the War Department While it
may be necessary 10 send troops against the
insurgents who have gathered at Caumpet
in order to make the authority of the United
States more secure and for its effect upon
the natives, yet il is not thought that Agui-
naldo has any great force, and 1t is believed
that on the approach of the American army
the insurgents will retire after the exchange
of a few shots.