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The times., 1899-01-15
coIumbIa-"rhe French Maid.-

After successful engagements in Balti-
more and Philadelphia, The French Maid"
returns TO Washington this week for
brief visit. Some changes have been made
in the personnel Of the company, the prin-
cipai one being the substitution of Idalene
Cotton for Anna Held in the role of Su-
zette, and IL reports are true the former
entertainer has been more than SUCCESS
ful in her assumption. The Partisan re-
mains, however, as one of the stars OF the
organization. and will appear in a brand
new specially. given for the first time in
this city. a number of new gowns, the
creation OF Worth, have been imported by
Miss Held. who will break them in" on
Monday evening. Miss Held is supposedly
q great fayorite with Washington theatre
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Nationalist Day and Night in
New York;

a Day and a Night in New York" 4
new musical farce, Will be acted for the
first time in this city tomorrow evening at
the National with Otis Harlan in the prin-
cipsI rcle. The play was written by Charles
II. Hoyt and is said TO have proven quite
as successful as any of his previous efIs-
ions. 1t is said to have pleased immense
audiences during an extended run Of three
months at the Garrick Theatre.
Mr.. Hoyt has provided in "A Day and a
Night in New York the story of piously
reared youth who is transformed into
Tcyeler as a result of paternal disgust with
the manner in which he conducts himself
The father IS grun and knowing old
naval officer, who regards his religiously
inclined son a failure and who deter
mines 10 teach the lad some of the de-
lights Of life as it is lived in the tender
loin." So when the boy visits the metrop
oils to engage choir for the church of
his native town he is introduced TO a COM
pany Of soubrettes and entertainers and
is made to believe that they are persons
suitable for the good work.
An eX-actTess Of the group discovers to
her CONSERVATION that the victim OF the
evenings fun is her fiance, she having
kept him in ignorance of her stage con-
nections. When he recognizes her she de-
nies her Identity and seeks to interrogate
him as TO the sweetheart he has left in
New Jersey and for whom he has mistaken
her. She finds him to be quite a man of
the world, for he Immediately drops his
air of sanctity and leads the rioting and
fun His pious mother, accompanied by
the rural minister, arrives while the revel
Is at its perihelion. but is reprimanded by
the old salt for having undertaken TO
make a milk-sOp' Of her boy. The actress
and her sweetheart are united in the end
Mr. Harlan will be seen as the trans
formed churchgoer, and we are told that
the part is quite as full Of opportunities
for this comedian as was that of Mudd in
"A Black Sheep" Other members of the
company are Charles Warren. Villa Know,
Lea De Groot, Alma Kramer. Hattie Wells,
Jules Jordan and Hattie Williams. New
songs and dances are promised, while
handsome settings and appointments will
be used.
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home and abroad for the fire and technical
perfection of her playing. She controls her
instrument as she kpight an animal and
the effect is marvelolis. Marshall p. Will
der, whose book, f'People I've Smiled
With. has been widely read. will be an
other feature. The little comedian has
condensed much of The material he had
used on the lecture platform into twenty
ive-minute monoloaua and will undoubt-
ediy make good impression. His droI-
leries Of face. spseGb and method are de-
clared TO be Irresistible.
In addition to these entertainers the per
iormance will include the services of the
nVe Ali Brothers, group of Arabian aero
bats, whose performances will reproduce
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additions -to-the piece when it reaches this
city. New songs, up to date dialogue,
brightly yariegateG costumes and a score
of the prettiest and cleverest maidens pos
sible have all been inserted in the pro-
duction since it was last seen here. \
novel and characteristic ballet has been
arranged by Herr Augustus Soheke and
altogether THE French Maid" cannot fail
TO please and interest even those who
have witnessed the entertainment in the
past. The cast includes such well-known
favorites as Edward J. Heron, Matthew
Woodward, Hallen Mostyn, Edouard Jose,
George Honey, VIII Armstrong. Charles
E. Sturges, George D. Repelier, Eva Dav-
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The NIutOscope.

From the variety of moving pictures
shown at the Mutoscope Parlors. 12l1
Pennsylvania Avenue, an idea of the ma
chimes scope is given There is no subject
which the instrument cannot take, from a
flag Tapping in the breeze to a mile-a-
minute train. Every motion can be re-
produced. The subject being photograph
ed cannot escape the camera, as the latter
follows it, being aimed and operated
somewhat on the rapid principle. The
"Parlors'' have become fixture in Wash
ington and are receiving ample and we'll
deserved patronage. a pleasant half hour
may be spent there at any time in inspect
ing the large collection of varied scenes on
view and listening TO the music of the
electric pianophone.
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danger OF his pollution otherwise-despite
the wall OF strength that has probably
been built around his soul by pathetical-
ly sentimental love for that beautiful bai-
lad Just Break the News to Mother
But this affair does not come within the
range of dramatics. The case seems to De
one for Charles X. Harris or the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
The Times wishes to acknowledge
Christmas greetings and expressions OF
good will sent by Wilton Lackaye, Harri-
son Grey Fiske. Maurice Mclaughlin, Olga
Nethersole. Robert Patton Gibbs, Geoifrey
Stein, Maud de Leon. Stuart Robson.
Blanche Walsh. Kitty Mitchell, Paul Will
stach Mrs. Leslie Carter. DcWolf Hopper.
Mabel Eaton. Georgia Caine. Leon Herr
mann. Richard Golden. Mildred Holland.
Thomas T.. Shea. Mary Marble Earnest
Lamson. Ella Hugh Wood, Fletcher Havey.
Katherine Mulkins William Courtleigh.
Margaret Mayo. Edward Mackay. James
Young Henry Clay Barnabee. William In
gersoll. Frank Perley, Seven Days Ahead
Dunn, William Farnum and others
The New York Clipper has Just issued its
annual. AS is usual in the yearly pubiica-
tion of this excellent old paper. the greater
part of the volume is given up TO sports
and sporting. but the compilers have
found room for any amount OF valuable
theatrical information. There is COM
plete chronology OF the dramatic events OF
the year-a history for reference and as
much without fault as 1t is without omis-
sions. Then follows list OF the deaths
in the profession during the season and
great deal of other valuable matter. The
volume contains about hundred half
tone pictures of celebrities in the amuse-
ment world. while the prosperity of the
Clipper is indicated by the presence OF
some seventyfve full pages OF theatrical
advertising. The annual is we'll printed
on good paper, is handsomely bound, and
will prove not only an invaluable. but
necessary addition to the library of every
one whose business or pleasure keeps him
in touch with stage affairs
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the sports and athletics of their own coun-
try: Marie Heath, whose impersonations
OF children are said to rank with those of
Lydia Yeamans Titus and Mary Marble.
and whose voice is of quality that per-
mitted of her singing prima donna roles
with the Castle Square Opera Company;
Manning and Weston, team of musicians
and sketchists; the Deayes whose funny
marionettes are spoken of as being made
to do almost everything; Duffy. Sawtelle
and Duffy. comedy trio OF merit and
Rosaire, the European wire walker
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The regular Sunday evening concert,
which has proven so popular an institution
at the Bijou Theatre. will be given tonight
Only the best of the acts seen during the
week are offered at these entertainments
and then in a revised form that could not
offend the most religious. The programme
for this evening has been compiled with es-
pecial care and should prove more than
usually interesting to the large audience
that will probably attend the special per-
foTnance. Manager Grieyes announces
that the receipts OF this evenings enter
tainment will be distributed among the va
rious charitable institutions OF Washing
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Kcrnan's-"AustraIian ncauties."

What is said to be one of the best bur
lesque shows on the road comes to the
Lyceum next week in Brya7t and
Watson's Australian Beautic." This
attraction is supposedly one of the
somewhat unusual sort. The opening
burletta is entitled, The Typewriter
Girl" Following this comes an olio.
headed by Smith O'Brien, late of
Powers Ivy Leaf company, who does
singing turn. Sheehan and Kennedy,
known as the two warm members" are
to show what they can offer. while Mab,l
Razleton and Lille Vedder will introduce
Il new act; Winnifred Stewart, the phe-
nomenal female baritone, and Williams
and Adams. the ebony swells. with the
.Lavelles, French knick- -knack dancers, are
also on the list. A new trayesty. entitled
THE Duke De Monte Carlo" brings the
entire company on together, and shows
every member to good advantage
The times., 1899-01-15

1t has been noted during the perform
ances given at Willard Hall BY Prof. Car
penter that many people in the audience
are afraid that. he will compel them to ex-
ecute the different tests he proposes to his
subjects. There is no reason for this fear
as the hypnotist chooses only those who
desire to aid him in his experiments and
who can remain passive to his will The
entertainments are being well attended and
there is prospect that they may be con-
tinued Indefinitely.
The times., 1899-01-15

AS the engagement of "Trilby" in this
city draws near its end business at the
rooms where 1t is on exhibition, 1909 Penn
sylyania Avenue. has increased until Man
ager Lincoln has been tempted to extend
his local stay. This has proven mpossi-
BILE. however. and accordingly those who
desire to see Ashley COoper's remarkable
work have only a short time left to them
in which to do so. The painting may be
seen any day from 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing until midnight
The times., 1899-01-15
Lafayettc-"Thc Rev. Griffith Dayen-
n0rt.r

One of Americas ablest actors and dra-
matists, James A. Herne, begins Il weeks
local engagement tomorrow evening at the
Lafayette Square Opera House appearing
for the first time as the circuit preacher
in his new play, The Rev Griffith Dayen-
port" This work is a dramatizatioD of
Helen II. Gardeners novel. An Unofficial
Patriot" II treats of domestic life in the
South just before the time of the Civil
War. and its scenes are laid in Winchester,
Va, and in Washington
The times., 1899-01-15

enport, Yolande Wallace, Eleanor Ken
dali and Mamie Forbes
The French Maid" will be seen all the
week at the Columbia Theatre with the
usual Thursday and Saturday matinees.
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goers, and her appearances are said TO
have been accompanied always by the
most gratifying results. Even the en-
gagement of few weeks ago. coming the
week before Christmas as-acknowledged to
be the very worst in the entire theatrical
season-was so successful as to warrant an
early return.
THANK you very kindly Bigelow is
still the ubiquitous, weazen-faced, dried
up English waiter of THE French Maid" "
His performance by some is considered as
funny as any of the latter-day character
creations given to the stage.
There will be several new and bright
The times., 1899-01-15

The Mirror makes its criticism Of
tXaza" the subject of an editorial on the
present state of the stage. In part, IT
says:
The operations Of class of managers whose
own instincts as to amusement are vile. that
tend to drbauch public taste while catering to
the dissoute of metropolis, have OF late been
- notorious that the need of hindering
measure cries from the tongue of decency.
II i, high time for drastic measure in the
premises. There should he law that would pun
ish any manager who places before the public
an indecent performance Of any kind whether
OF physical exposure, apparently made for expos
urc's sake, or of hbidinous suggestion in act or
measure.
No stage censorship beyond plain law that
may rest in police discretion is needed. Public
opinion would force the authorities to enforce
such law. and such law would in no way af-
feet the freedom OF decent management, or re-
strict the drama.
city shocked by gratuitous female disclos-
ure in play called The Clemencau Case" So
increasingly bold have become managers Ci the
sort Of the manager of that play, and So insid-
since, that dozen performances Infinitely more
indecent have been permitted with decreasing
scnsitiyeness and growing stamelesness the
part of those who have witnessed them. \
show" that the police would have interdieted
ten years ago may be given in this city
with no authoritative hint OF interference. The
surgery of law should cut ot this the
fair body of the theatre before the blood OF the
drama IS fatally poisoned, ard the danger of gen
cral public decentralization becomes a fact
There can he no tcmporiZing with the disease.
Its work may be slow, but il is inevitable unless
4 is effected. 1t is true that in the larger
cities outside OF New York there is vet no pub
lie that Will support stage indecencies. IL is true
that generally throughout the country stage in
decencieB that have profited in New York have
been rejected or poorly patronized. As the Mir
ror has repeatedly explained, the large floating
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-01
HOTEL GOSSIP.

The genial and .chatty Colonel d. =.
Wheeler of Denver. is eneompassed
round about with hair brushes tooth
combs. and perfumes in a room at the
Walker. The colonel. who has earned
the reputation of being the most joeu-.
lar and facetious chap in the drug
trade. said yesterday that he had dis
covered an infallible remedy for bald
ness. II have a new hair raising Story
said he. that will do the business come
around after dinner and open a key Of
nails with me, and Ill tell it to you.
Speaking in a more serious yeir, most
of the old time fayorite perfumes are
fast disappearing from the market
The odor of crab apples didn' last very:
long. neither did the extract that mas
aueraded under that name. Florida
lavender and violet waters are still ~
vogue. with the demand about equally
distributed among the three. The latest
fad in the way of sweet scented waters
is an extract from the leaves OF the.
blue rose: like a saying in Hamlet,
the thing is so rank that it smells to
heaven. but fashionable folk cry for II,
and its gentle odor is being waited
along with Dewey's fame from one end
nj the world to the other. The new
thing in hair brushes and toilet mir
rors is a backing of English crepe
wood. India tongue wood Is also IN
favor. I also have some Torrey razor
strops. made from the hides of Torrey' $
rough rider horses; the strops are as
rough as the riders were smooth, and
are guaranteed to spoil any razor after
the first application" Then the colonel
he is born colonel, comes from Mis-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-01
PRESENTED WITH LOVING CUP.
Golden Gift of the Appreciative Peo-
pie of New York City.

New York, Sept. 30.r-Mayor Van
Wyck, on behalf of the people of New
York, today presented Admiral Dewey
with a gold loving cup. In making the
presentation, the mayor said:
"Our republic has no reason to fear
a comparison in her seafighting with
those of other nations The birth of
the republic gave to her Paul Jones, in
the war for freedom ON the ocean
highways, gave her Perry. and the war
for moral and physical integrity gave
her Farragut She points with pride
to this trinity and says to the world:
Match him if you can. The war with
Spain for common humanity's sake in
behalf of her island neighbors, gave her
Dewey who can safely be proclaimed
chief among the naval heroes of the
world.
'oThe route of those idolized nautical
sons of the republic is we'll marked.
Their exploits go resounding through
time partaking of the vast and over
whelming character of ocean, upon
which they rode, lived and acted and
attained their great achievements
which are the pride of all Americans.
From your entry to your departure
from Manila bay you were a history
maker and if the old style prevailed of
naming the period after him who bore
the most illustrious name of any living
| man this would be known as the Dewey
age. Solitary in the grandeur of your
achievements, you are lifted above all
those who have gone before you.
ITO the mayor has been assigned the
personally pleasant duty of presenting
to you in the name of the city OF New
York, the metropolis of our country,
&I,s cal- 10, ind
you from time to time of her love for
you and her special pride in your deeds
Of vaIor, which she believes will, for
ages to come, insure respect of all ma
+ tions and peoples for our starry flag,
whether flung to the breeze over the
man of war or over the ship of COM
merce."
When the mayor had concluded, AID
lmiral Dewey began to reply by saying:
1T would be quite impossible for me,
| Mr.. Mayor, to express in words
| At this point he was interrupted with
cheers and he began again.
1T would be quite impossible to eX-
press in words how deeply / am moved
r by this--all these honors, one after the
other-that beautiful cup, the freedom
I of the city, this great magnificent re-
ception. ] cannot say what want to,
but speaking for myself and the gall
/ liant squadron / had the honor to COM
mand at Manila, I thank you from the
/ bottom of my heart
1 After the formal ceremonies, Admiral
Dewey went about shaking hands with
i his friends.
| Come here, all you captains" he
( said, addressing the naval captains
present. Then he introduced each to
/ the audience.
| captain Lamberton of the Olympia"
| he cried. Captain Wilde of the Boston,
/ Captain Coghlan of the Raleigh. Cap
! tain Dyer of the Baltimore. Captain
/ Wood of the Petrol. Captain Walker of
/ the Concord
i When the captains had all assembled.
he waved his hands towards them and
! said:
These are the men who did it. These
are the men who should be thanked.
Without them I could do nothing"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-01

Manchester, this afternoon, replying to
a toast to his health. referred to the
Transvaal situation saying:
II wish / could say anything to re-
lieve the anxiety that you,s / and the
whole country feel as TO the prospect
in South Africa When the cabinet sep
arated yesterday it had not received an
answer to the dispatch sent last week.
If we can give any credit to unofficial
sources of information, it is not likely
that the tenor of the reply win put an
end to the existing painful tension.
1.-The obstacle which seems to stand
in the way Of a peaceful. solution ap-
pears to be the rooted conviction of the
Beers that we cherish designs hostile
to their independence. That such ap-
prehensions are unfounded has been as
serted as strongly as possible-officially
in our dispatches and unoficially by
members of the government.
1.-The unfounded suspicious of Presi-
dent Kruger and his government can
not relieve US of the duty of taking
measures for the protection of our fell
how subjects and the interests of peace
and good government.
1.-THE stage of negotiations reached is
that we do not see any advantage in
pressing the proposals which we have
made in regard to the franchise and
the admission of the Uitlanders to a
voice in the assembly which governs
the affairs of the South African repub-
lie. These proposals have never been
an essential point of difference. They
were made on the suggestion of Sir
Alfred Miner, British high commits
sioner in South Africa, and governor
of Cape Colony, as means whereby
undoubted grievances of our fellow
subjects might be redressed without the
necessity of interference by the British
government.
These proposals have not been re-
ceived in a spirit which leads us to
hope that they will lead to a solution
of the question. We have been driven
to the necessity of formulating require
ments which we consider ourselves en-
titled to make. not only under the con-
yentions, but by virtue of our interest
and the duty of every state to protect
its own citizens. and for the mainte-
nance of peace and order in South AZ
RIGA.
THE military preparations made by
the Transvaal have compelled us to
make similar preparations, and, as
these will entail considerable expendi-
tlire, the government considers that this
matter ought to receive the sanction of
parliament, hence parliament will soon
be summoned.
The government will gladly welcome
that opportunity for inviting judgment
of their conduct throughout the nego-
tiations.
II can only hope that more moderate
counsels may prevail in the Transvaal,
and that some means will be found to
disabuse the people there OF the idea
absolutely unfounded-that we cherish
any designs of interfering with their in
dom e.,
people but the barest rights and the
barest measure of justice. If they
should so frame their policy there is no
need that the existence of their state
shall be a continual source of anxiety
and trouble in that portion of Africa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-01
DEWEY FOR PRESIDENT.
W. C. Whitney Believes the Nation
Should Call Him to White House.

Should Call Him to White House.
New York, Sept SO-The World to-
morrow will print an interview with
William C. Whitney on the availability
of Admiral Dewey as a presidential
candidate.
You regard him as the natural selec-
ton for the presidency-chosen by the
order of events? ?" the reporter asked. s,
II am convinced" replied Mr.. Whit
ney, that his selection would be some
thing very much larger and better at
this particular time than a party vic
tory 1t would be a patriotic reunion
around the one man who typifies the
new era and is best fitted by his char
acter and experience to preside over it's
development.
Dewey gave us the Philippines. He
understands the situation out there as
no other man does. The people would
trust him to deal with it more COM
pletely than they would any other
man. They would rather see him at the
helm, directing the policy of the gov
eminent in its new possessions, than
any other man. They know that he
always has done the right thing. and
they would feel sure that he always
would do the right thing.
This trust of the people in Dewey is
the great fact that dominates the situa-
ton. They trust him implicitly. With
him in the White House they would
have absolute confidence that the wise,
patriotic course would be taken and
firmly kept. 1t is a great opportunity
which this fact offers the nation. 1t is
only at long intervals and on special