The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-05-29

the tide of fortune towards that produc-
ton, In spite of the press attacks. The
Princess presence seems to have demon
strated that the play contains nothing &c
offend the Christian conscience and the
box office at last shows a balance on the
profit side of the ledger
David Belasco has secured the Ameri-
can rights of Ibsens latest play, when
the Dead Awake" which has been such
success in Berlin and Vienna. He will
present the play i'm New York in the fall
with Mrs. Leslie Carter in the leading
role.
Frank McLeay. a young Canadian long
Identified with Beerbohm lree's sue
cesses. has the support of the Canadian
| and Mount Royal and many other promi-
| nent colonials in la matinee which Nc
Leay Is arranging to take place at the
Drury Lane June 10 for the benefit of the
has cabled his intention to participate
and f. s. Willard Will reappear. for the
first time in two years, on the same oc-
casion. McLeay and Tree are to do the
third act of "Othello."
Charles Frohman has secured the
American rights of Cartons comedy,
Lady Huntworth's Experiment" and
Walter Trith's Man OF Forty"
According to the latest story going the
rounds, "Bobs'' fights on Bath divers" !"
These are not new-fangled form of
compressed ration. but simple-looking bis
cult made at Bath, the first recipe for
which is credited to the celebrated Dr.
Oliver. a friend of Pope and other eight
oenth century notabilities. "Bobs" appar-
emily took out large supply of these
and since has sent for more, which were
taken by Lady Roberts.
Regarding General Butler and his sup
plies, there iS also an interesting story
current. Butler. 1t appears. telegraphed
from Natal to some wine merchants to
send out fifty cases of champagne marked
Castor Oil" About the time the wine
was due Butler wired to the officer in
charge of the base notifying him that he
expected fifty cases of castor oil, which
he wished despatched without delay. The
officer at the base replied, regretting the
cases had not arrived. but saying he had
procured all the available castor oil
twenty cases-which he had forwarded in
the hope 1t would suffice for the present.
General Buffers remarks are not record
ed.
The Highland people are wondering
hugely at the amount of steel Mr.. Andrew
Carnegie is using in the erection of his
addition to Skibo Castle. These sleepy
followers have never before seen build
ing so done. All comes from Pittsburg,
Skibo is now locally dubbed Iron Cas-
tie" 1t is said mason mistook the mil
liCr aire for some poor visitor and patron
lied him. on learning his identity, he
excused himself. saying he ought TO
wear better clothes so that people might
tell who you are"
The Tailor. newspaper. evidently agrees
with the mason, for in sartorlal criti-
tlsil VI lilt CLOTHES represented at lHlS
years academy, it declares that the la
pels of Mr.. Carnegie's coat We're clumsy.
the edges very wobbly and had been fore
ed through machine of the worst char
aCter.
Scotland is fast losing it's reputation for
stold piety, Last years statistics, just
issued, show the prisons Were full to over
flowing and that the officials were at
their wits ends to know where to coniine
the culprits. The number OF prisoners
shows an increas" of over coo, chiefly due
to husbands attacking their wives and In
decent assaults which the Commission
ers declare, spring from intemperance.
one of the curious features of the last
few days is the persistency with which
the Express has kept up a campaign
against Mr.. Richard Croker of New
York, Unlike the Duke of Orleans, Mr..
Croker remains serenely impassive. neith-
er showing any signs OF giving up his res
iGence in England nor writing self f-excus-
ing letters. a correspondent wired him
asking him II he had anything to say in
reply to the Express. whereupon Mr. Gro
ker wired back: 81 don't know what you
refer to-. Am WELL" apparently thinking
that nothing more could come up than
reiterated reports of his death.