Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-11-17
EDWARD C. DANA.
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lh' tolhlNllu Miss Marie l'i,SSlvI,
| whose clever work has slammed her
aS the one Cnm"drunr now before the
public, will appear in II novel musical
comedy entitled Miss l'rinnt." 1t
deals with the adventures OF Helen
lTinnt, an up.tu.datr woman who rN.
| nCrimrnls in the newspaper limo IN
| strange town. omr of the editors StirS
NJ the town 10y II Vicious article on the
Anarchists, and th" GliSt ut lnlmnli
and lauGhihl" situations that "nSuc
| VIII test the rlSimlitlrs of the most 81.
| date. \ lhuluSIllr comic opera at
Miss l'rinniS suburban home. In the
| third act. Is genuinely original and hu-
norOuS. All this week Mr.. T.. :. VIII
! lard, who visits Boston after an alb
Srucc of three years, will appear ia
Rohrrson's famous play, "David Gar
| iNN'' "hN'h '.'ih hn p"a"Naoa Co'h
evening lN Il comrdicttn. "A Silent
Woman" Whoever srrS Mr.. Willard
In til" tine old play in which he will
ru"w acquaintance with Boston play
| gnrrS. cannot avoid seeing him In tha
new plays at his repertoire. which will
| follow during his seven weeks en-
yagrulrnt. MIR. William iillrttr is ut
the Grand OrHra house in that great
| American play in which wars thrilling
| paraphrrnalia furnishes Il background
for one of the most surprising stories
of II Wunlan'S heart and Il noble rIal,S
| love that have ever been written.
| and in which Mr.. Gillette sur
raSScS all his own previous clcNcrncSs.
This week is one of the best bills Of
trrrd II, krilh'S lhi'; season. Joseph
| liaW and Carrie DE Mar, in the COM
| r,ly, singing and dancing sketch, "a
Close carr; Ettu Butler, mimic of
footli-ht faNoritrs; Lew Bloom.
"trump' comUdian and singer; Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles II, Ellis. in the comedy
and singing sketch. AN Artists pi.
l,mmn": Maxwell and simpson, song
illustrators. Amrta, one of the latest
and hest of the fire dancers. SO called;
Anna Teresa Berger, II celebrated cor
net Suloist. and II host of k"ith'S we'll
| known hGh-clnSs vaudeville talent.
Lost River" which is drawing large
houses ut the Park. will this week hc
produced Ivy LiChlrr X Go. $ New YORK
company. which includes Mary Saul-
dprS. Il l,oSton favoritr who won high
favor while with the Castle Square
stock company. The Hub players Will
90 to Gotham in exchange.
| l'nconuurrablc pride may cause the
death 10y starvation of Il wellto-do
| business man. As it is he lies nt
deaths door in the Massachusetts
General hospital. About six months
ago he came here from st. AlhanS, w.,
and engaged in the real estate bust
ness. having desk room on DcvonShirr
street. He is possessed of much prop
crty, but WAS minus ready cash. For
several days ne had not left his room.
haughtily and Stoicnlly refusing the
food AMI attendance preferred by his
| kindly disposed landlndy. who believed
him To hc suffering from some trifiing
| ndiSpoSition. Becoming alarmed ut
length the lady called in an officer.
Thr d""r was broken open, and the
| ruariHtrd form of the hunger stricken
| and lrlriouS man was found stretched
ON the bed. He was gnSping for
breath. his eyes were CLASSY. and the
skin WAS drawn tightly over his bones.
| lie mumblcd the names of several
kinds nf food in his rnving. DR. An
dover pronounced il II ease of Starva-
tinn. lie now lies in Il comatoSr con-
ditiGn at the hospital. lie is George
\. .\yrcs - years old. and was once
Il prominent railroad contractor in Ner-
mont. where he has Il wife and two
children living.
During Mayor Quincy's inc'imbency
of the Mayoral chair he was apprised
OF the fnct that II piece of property
suitable fer II branch library in
ChArlrNtown-the Monument Square
church could he acquired cheap, the
price So, being Sl5,O0O. Mayor Quincy
thought it bargain, and so Informed
tL, J,uhlir jlrurv ant horjtirs The
matter has been in allowance since that
time. one of the items of the Boston
loan bill under discussion lust now is
the purchase of the site at double the
original offer. viz. S:,O,Om. Some time
since thr urn,crtv was bonded for $500
hv an individual who doesn't wish his
ii,utity known At n meeting of the
Chorlcstuwn Improyc,.,cnt association
tbc do,.l; drul was condemned i'm yipor-
o,,s lnur,,arc, and Mayor Hart was re-
nu,stnd not to rntrrtujn thp iden of
S1iunO
postoni,us orc inst now having
some finn settling election bets: that is,
thn winners ore Tho others ore try-
;,,y r., .lnn,, nIoos,nt" some vnrv
nn,ol v.,r... hovn hnnn made and tho
.,r,,inw mn, has furnished crnot
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,irn and drum has heen n f,vorite
,,al, nf unuil,tinn uovnroI of these
n,.,.,,..irn. hninr v.iin,ssoI Inv I.liyht.
~, ,,,,,,,.,,y ,;nno W.oIrnodoy
Nh, grootost theatrical ovant that
has even taken place within the con-