The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-28
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.


the settlement of the west said a. gen.
tleman. who is interested in that country,
land the people of Kansas have been lead
ers in the ridicule- Mossbacks are sup
posed to thrive in that country, and that
is true to a certain extent The country
was thinly settled for years ana few rail-
roads traverse that part of the state The
people who lived there were descendants
of the old mountaineers of Kentucky and
Virginia who had gradually dr1fted west
ward. The country is rich in fish and
game that with little corn raised in
small patches and few hogs to eat the
nuts and acorns the people could i've
without much toll, and the southern
mountaineers are class of people who
enjoy that mode of living. However. the
country, rather the people in that
country. have changed during the past
having been made in the past three years.
The finding of zinc and lead nad nao
great deal TO do with the change. as many
people from the north and west have
been attracted there by the mineral de-
posits. In Douglas county Where nave
Change .The county has filed up with
progressive disposition is responsible for
the change They all have the same idea
ident has, and it would be almost impos-
sible to get the county to vote bonds for
anything or on any proposition Ihe men
from Kansas all remember how they over
did the bond business, and have now gone
to the other extreme They wanted to
build new school house in the neighbor-
hood of one of my farms, as the old one,
too small In order to do it they made a
tax levy of one cent, which was sufficient
to buy the furniture. and then all Clipped
in to complete the building. A few people
gave a little money, but most OF them
three school houses in the county ten
years ago, and now there are 1876. The old
ing taken by a progressive element One
in a little cabin in the woods for years
other
leave this hur country. Too many Yam
KEGS comm in Reckon I'll go to Texas
And he did. In a few years southern
Missouri will be far ahead of the northern
half of the state, and will distance ali the
estly believe it, 1t will be years. however,
before the people generally l viii de sSis
souri, mossback
st had to stay over here Tuesday night,
and very foohshly spent the evening by
taking in the Midnight in Chinatown
ern meiodrama, especially when present.
ed by an inferior company, is calculated
out of humor and leaves d bad taste in
the mouth. 1t is as interesting as a game
knife as instructive as an afternoon tea,
and the characters resemble real life as
Plymouth nrS Rock rooster 90 in ese EXCELLENT
health. Just why any one should write
any one should insist on putting it on the
stage, is too deep for me- 1t may be that
i
cause the gallery gods will howl when
the hero shoves revolver in the villains
the gallery. which has a Nick Garter
novel in its hip pocket, is dear to the
drama is always the same and so are
the characters The scene sometimes va
is changed whenever it is necessary to
change the name of the play. The essen
volvers, bowie knives, sand bags. a safe.
a roll of parchment, transparent curtain,
1nnmitgated ga drc trsme clio violin and
change. The old millionaire and his
daughter. the base villain who will steal
her away, by fair means if possible, if not
by four. the girl who has no father. but
is blessed with a voice full Of sobs which
the violin plays death of little Eva music:
the humorous Irishman. the villains
SETTLING breath which is filled with love
into the shell-like ear of the painted hero
Sometimes a few more characters are
thrown in; maybe a Jew or an escaped
of the crime It seems to require about
three hours to get the heroine into. the
the melodrama would be greatly inn
proved If the time was shortened, say
turns between acts. If the turns were
not first class they should be dispensed |
a prologue. The prologue should consist
of the entire company standing in line |
words Just who they were and what they
assumed to play. The acts, limited to two |
the payers G Should not not be allowed to say say
a word This would give them chance |
the ladies in the audience who were anx-
ious to see the wardrobe. The lady who |
be given an opportunity between acts !
The sad story. with the tremulous violin |
in melodrama anyhow, unless there are |
great scenic effects. and then it takes
knowing what the characters in the play |
nished With a printed copy, which he |
The melodrama, as it is presented at the |
The vaudeville show which is given be- be- /
tween acts is almost ruined by the melo- |
proper respect for the young lady who |
comes out and dances in abbreviated |
skirt when it can be plainly seen that |
melodrama. She at once loses caste, |
which should be retained by any self
impossible for an actor to secure a posi-
t ila With tn company playing I mel 2:
deville play horn in the band and make |
a hand in the muscular work of present
to be aware that it is doing something
wrong when it presents melodrama I'M
tempts to placate the wronged audience
with a respectable entertainment between
suggestion and do away with the melo-
drama, excepting the sad story lady and
the tremulous fiddle, and devote the even
ing to vaudeville
People know that clairvoyants are
humbugs, but they will consult them just
the same, said one of a group who were
talking in the lobby of the Copeland.
There is mething about palmistry and
like fakes that attracts everyone. Peo-
pie have a great desire to know what the
future has in store for them, and they
will consult anyone who claims to be able
to lift aside the veil. 1 was talking not /
long ago with a man who travelled over
the country with a palmist fake. He en-
to read the palms of people. whom he
charged ten cents. He told me that the
women were not palmists. but that they
knew as much about it anyone. They
would guess at it and use general terms,
which would hit the case nine times out