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MANY CLUBS MEET THERE.

The candy stores. however, are the true social
centres. A counter along the length of the store,
oecked with cheap candies, and perhaps with
cigars. some shelving behind filed with cigar and
cigarette boxes, and invariably soda water foun-
tain, make up the entire furniture of the store If
We except a few cigarette pictures on the wall.
Usually the proprietor lives with his family in the
rear Of the store Some stores. making Pretence
to stylishness, have partitiOned off a little
from the store. to which they give the elegant
name Of ice cream paror a sign the door
to that effect apprlsing you Of its existence One
or two bare tables and few chairs furnish the
ice cream parlOr.'
But this little is very useful a meeting
place for a small club for boys. q general
lounEing Occasionally a or more
Youngsters entertained here by team of aspir-
ing amateur comedians of the ages of sixteen or
seventeen whose sole ambition is to shine on the
stage of BoWery theatre. The comedian or CO.
medianS will try their hits" their critical
audiences (and more critical one cannot be found
dance jig and retelI the jokes heard by them in
the continuous performances vaudeville theatres
1t be borne in mind, however. that the priv
ileges accorded to them not given out of good
of the proprietor's heart. He eXacts a small
for the of his cards, and If they play for
money (as they often dO) he in for his
share of the winnings; the boys also literally
patronize his goods and stand all the and
kicks he chooses infiict upon them. He is prac-
person who gains his displeasure It is no more
propretors do not seek the patronage of the class
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Burkes play seems to have been based upon the
farest m used BY % b @na @ PS 5
material appears to have been viewed as common
Yates. sherwood and Burke were predecessors of
jefferson as Rip Van Wrinkle: but when, jefferson
lifting it into the realm of poetry, and making it
best known and most widely accepted Rip Van
Wrinkle was Hackett; but, in melancholy illustra-
Of Hackett declined as that of Jefferson advanced
I'LL at last there came time when the old actor
among the admiring spectators of the favorite of
from Haeett nd r ht rs no ss
sad was the moral of that spectacle
Tts certain greatness once fan out with fortune.
Must fan out with men too: What the decn'd is
He shall as soon read in the eyes of others
The present eye praises the present object
Thus through a period of more than two genera
tions the stage has been illumnang ond enforcing
Winkle. It was the stage that suggested how
much much that theme contains All the salient ex-
perence are found in it:1fact and fancy; youth
and sadness: humor and pathos: arc rosy childhood
and decrepit senility; lovers with their troubles
pie with their anxietes which will never cease; life
the domestic and the romantic the natural and the
preternatural; and, through all, the development
restfui human Character. Such a theme cannot be
too much commended to thoughtful consideration:
teaches direct moral but its power Is in its
busy world and to make us hear again the music
of running water and ripping leaves. the wind in
the pine trees the surf upon the beach. and under
all. the distant murmur of that great ocean to
which our spirits turn and into which we must
vanish
jefferson beginning with Burkes method. but
Veering into his own had long acted Rip.
though he did not become conspicuous in 1t TIL
the time of his visit to England in 1865. The piece
that he put into the hands of BOucicault. for
vision. the old piece made by Charles Burke;
and further to stimulate the plan of that ingenious
dramatst he indicated plan for revising and re-
writing 1t. In particular he suggested that the
spectres. in the midnight encounter the n
tain should maintain cold and awful silence.
and that only the environed and bewildered
should speak. Bouccault adopted that idea. and
contributing the scheme of Ciretchen's second mar
riage. and anneXing a diluted paraphrase of the
recognition of Cordelia in King Lear he made
a version of the old play, and with that. JEFF
ferson sought the favor of the London audience
appearing at the Adephi Theatre on September g.
1865 His success great and il has rpened into
a wide the world.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22

brother. become old man. That legend ap-
pears again in remote German literature (see the
tale of Peter Klaus, the Goatherd,' by Otmar).
Washington Irving gave it a local habtation among
the C2tskill Mountains, and in that way 1t has
been known to the reading world since The
Sketch Book published. in 1873 IrVng'S
ratve IS brief, and lrvings vaSabond is "a thirsty
SOUL who hauntS taVerns and who is by means
The beauty of the sketch is felicity of description.
The possible element in the legend that inspired
Irving's fancy the association of a spectral
presence with the midnight storm among the noun
him upon the character; and the commentator
that has from time to time been bestowed upon
Jefferson. for his fidelity 70 Irving in the delinea
tfOn of Rip Van Wrinkle is therefor: comical. The
bodied by jefferson Is a dreamlike, drifting, wan
dering poet of the woods. No two persons could
be unlike. Artistic minds everywhere have
felt the influence of JefferSCn'S genius. and have
ject. and view it through haze of the ina gina
jCn. The actors, however. were first in the field.
The first recorded play the subject pro-
duced at Albany May 26. 1928 and the first Rip
of Junius Brutus Booth, and the from whom
the late Edwin Booth derived his middle name of
Thomas mot Forrest often Incorrectly Stated)
In my former account of the Jeffersons 1881. | in
representative of Rip Van Wrinkle upon the stage
That error; he was the second; and | am
indebted to the research of that careful theatrical
scholar. II. P Phelps of Albany for the conclusive
evidence that Flynn the first
The Albany Argus of May "a, 1928, contained
the following paragraphs
MRS. FLYNN'S BENEFIT.
This interesting and favorite actress Gate Miss
TwibelD takes her benefit on Monday evening next
when will be performed for the first time en-
tirely new melodrama, written by gentleman Of
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with William Chapman Rip: Mrs. Samuel Chap
(now, 1894 Mrs. Germon) and ]. Jefferson probably
John, were In the cast. That piece is thought to
have been that made in England by a
dramati.t named Kerr: but possibly IL may have
been another draft of the same play that Ludlow
had produced in Cincinnati. James H. Hackett.
afterward widely celebrated Falstaff, pro-
duced RIP Van Winkle" at the Park Theatre:
New-York, on April %. 1890. and played the chief
part. His version which he again presented on
August 10. 1890 the BOwery Theatre. may have
been written by himself he good writer.
On April 10, 1881, however he acted Rip, at the
Park. in version altered by himself from
piece written and produced in London In 1892 he
went to England making his second expedition to
that country.-and at that time B6yle Bernard
made draft of the play for him. in which
America he brought out Bernard's version at the
continued to present for several years. Bernard
had made an earlier version for Yates, which
acted in 1S31-32 at the London Adelph with Yates.
John Reeve, j. h. Blackstone Q. Smith. w. Ben
nett and Miss Novello in the cast. Flynn, acting
at the Richmond Hill Theatre, New-YOrk played
Rip July %, 1898 keeping. doubt. the draft
that he had originally offered Albany. A
sion by John H. Hewitt, of Baltimore. per-
formed at the Front Street Theatre. in that city,
in the season of 1888 with William sherwood
Rip. Charles Burke made play for himself
the subject and brought ii forward at the Arch
Street Theatre, Philadelphia, in 1919. Burke acted
Rip and jefferson acted the innkeeper Seth.
Burke's version was subsequently amended and i'm
proved by him. and January Z, 1850. he acted
in it at the New National Theatre, NewYorl;.
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Of boys here referred to- for they must be cons
y on guard that no mischief is done
EFFECTS EVIL AND GOOD.

From the above somewhat short and meagre de-
apparent evil, but there is question that II has
IN large number Of cases, led evil effects The
boys congregating in these are of an age to
be susceptible 10 either good or evil Influences
They are under no restraining or uplifting infu-
ence whatever; matter of fact, the pro-
prietors in many instances. If not Indifferent 10
what IS going on in their presence, encourage ex-
uavagance ana YictOusness long 1t does not
interfere with their trade and custom.
| Mess there are some outside factors work
10 counteract the preponderating evil that the
candy store eXerts. the boy is bound to suCcumb
TO 1t. As he grows older and money
the candy store ceases 10 fascinate him; II loses
It's attraction. and. 10 use his words he finds
II too sow.' The invitation Of the barker OF
the Bowery concert hall to come right in; a free
shows going on, meets with a ready response.
He is enchanted with the cheerfulness and bright
about him. and. with his friends he finds the
show more pleasing over his glass of beer than was
ever the amateur performance glass Of soda.
He commences 10 frequent poolrooms and other
more or less questionable resorts: stays all
night. and in the end makes the beer saloon or
the poolroom his nightly headquarters.
or course, II would be hardly fair to say that the
candy stores are entirely responsible for this
diton; but there is no doubt in the writer's mind
that. If the boys were given better and healthier
than afforded by the candy stores much of the
evil would disappear 1t Is fact the writer's
own knowledge, that the work Of the Settlement
and kindred institutions In this direction and the
extension of the evening school and lecture system
by the Board of Education, have perceptiby dimin-
ished the OF the candy stores for the purposes
mentioned IA this paper.
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A NEW SOCIAL CENTRE.
THE CANDY STORE AS A MEETING PLACE
FOR THE BOYS OF THE EAST SIDE.

Benjamin Reich. in the annual report of the Uni
versity Settlement. which has just been published
tells about the candy store factor In East Side
life, follows
To the boy home from work in the office or fac
tory and to the schoolboy, with nothing to do in
the evening the candy store serves clubhouse,
where he meet old friends and make new ones.
well as a haven Of refuge and safe retreat from
the persecution of the corner policeman. Here
he finds what is lacking in his stuffy little home
of two or three rooms-bOys whose friendship he
desires cultivate. because he in them traits
which appear to him to be more in keeping with
his notions of American ideas and ideals. AL
together, he finds in the candy store agreeable
change from his usual surroundings during the
day Not only the candy stores used by in
divduals groups, but likewise the members of
some social or pleasure club, meeting In a little
above dance hail once week. discuss or
wrange club business. the remainder of the
week play cards in favorite candy store
nightly. smoke cigarettes and manage to pass
pleasant evening
The entire East Side is pretty well dotted with
these stores. a careful census of the Tenth Ward
alone shows the existence of fully fifty Of them,
nearly all Of which have more less of a clientele
OF these Youngsters. Quite a number of these
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
CITY HISTORY cLUB ErHTBfyy0y

The City History Club VIII hold its annual ex-
hibition the afternoons and evenings of Friday
and Saturday, May and 5. the University Set
tlement, No. lsi Eldridgeyst. Reception Com
nlittee viii be present on both days to welcome
the guests and explain the work Of the club. The
notebooks. maps, charts and drawings prepared
by the children viii be shown, and there will also
be examples Of original work done by the tea chers
of the classes. well collections Of pictures
and graphic material used in class instruction
The public is cordially invited inspect the work
OF the club during the last year.
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
GRIP VAN WINKLE." "
THE MATERIAL FROM WHICH THE STORY
AND PLAY ARE DERIVED.

The following account of RIP Van Wrinkle" as
story and play, embodying all the material
facts bearing the subject is given in THE Life
of Joseph Jefferson" by William Winter-a book
that probably Is novel to playgoers of the present
generations
The story of Rip Van Wrinkle is suffused with
the wldness of gypsy life. and it arouses the i'm
agination the time that IL touches the
heart The familiarity and the asoendency with
which, in the contemporary mind, 1t has been en-
dued, attributable less to Washington Irving =
sketch than to the influence of the actor, by whom
the of Rip Van Wrinkle has been written on
the tablet of human affection all the world
Irvings sketch. while felicitous both in atmosphere
and style is but a faint and dim foreshadowing of
Jefferson's vital creation. The regnancy of Rip
Van Wrinkle. the fact that the character has be
a part of actual llfe is due to the stage. 1t
had existed for centuries: it never really lived
until 1t vitaliZed by the dramatic art. The
legend is Greek. The original Rip was a Grecian
youth. named Epmendes. who was sent into the
mountains to hunt for stray sheep, and who fell
asleep in a cave, at midday, and slept for fifty
seven years; that, when he returned, his home
and his people were gone. and he was a stranger
among strangers-until recognized by his younger
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22

stores-some, true enough. not literally candy
stores Ghey may be cigar stores small lunch
may be interesting to note by way Of Illustration
that in one store alone-a cigar StOre-as many as
eleven clubs have their meeting place 1t is not at
all unusual to see from twenty-five to fifty young
men and boys loafng about this place In the
ing
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
THE open DOOR" rIEWED FRou ABROAD

lie Memorial Dipomatique." of Paris, publishes
about American diplomacy IN Chinese affairs one Of
those remarkable articles which, when printed in
that organ, considered as expressing the con-
sensus of opinion of diplomats IN Continental Eu-
rope Here translated a few lines from the
semi-oficiaI article
The Government at Washington has just pub
about the negotiations which il had undertaken
with the Powers in regard to the question Of
tained Is particularly remarkable, and everybody Is
satisfied.
form less disguised 10 divide. China be-
tween themselves the United States was noticed
been for long while interested in the trade of the
Far East, and they still so after their
war with Spain and the conquest Of the Philip
pines. Well they heard that Europeans. under the
preeKt Of insUrng 10 themselves spheres Of iniiu-
Middle Empire They the AmeTicans. We're ~ i,,si
fed Therefore il, Tearnpy tbat ttrea e9,rs iS,.i7
become some time real and simple protectoratSs.
prohibitire tariff duties II is true mai II her1e
more and more evident that they might reassure
symptoms Indicated that The theory Of the enberes
European governments were beginning change
TO the opposite theory Of the open door
The Government Washington. therefore might
have been reassured and -atfsHef Sill II has Ire
fered an excess of prudence Ia too optimistic
quietude knowing how frequent are the fuctua-
tions in international policy il has required in
consequence. from the Powers. declarations more
formal. by which they Were 10 let the State De
partment know that they had intention cit her
in their actual possessions in China. in their
eventual possible and future sphere of influence to
esta blish custom house or tariff regime favoring
their own people The Powers could acquiesce 10
that request much more easily since il did NOT
hurt their own material interests, and since, oil
the othfr naho. tnfF thuS HrcN Their goodwill
10 the Washington Government. AS 10 France our
adhesion TO the views Of that Government was the
Irst 10 De received al me state Department.
Americans must have seen In II new proof-quite
csiunniafed bv those who reDresented ms az IN
enyfous adversaries Of their country
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WHERE IGNORANCE WOULD BE BLISS.

From The Lewiston Journal.
Speaking of cows-the man in the car the other
day. he says me:
1T will get so pretty that we shan't be able
70 eat a go darned thing except grass and ha rd
piled eggs. These fellers with these little peek
glasses are finding more things in stuff that We eat
tnan you can shake stick at. was reading the
other day that pork-good pig pork a that's fun
or tritchernoses. whatever they be. They've been
imam something the matter with everything
I've been seyin' TO myself that when wuss comes
10 Wust here's one thing that can fall back on
ia say: BY gosh. there's my old Jersey COW
| guess them peek glass felers can't find anything
the matter with good old Jersey. But what do We
think-what do ye think Only last night l was
readin, IN the paper that Jersey cows have got
more tukerboobles in their milk than any other
critter. Them fellers fixin' II so that n man
can't take any comfort in anything"
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
A NEW CHURCH FOR THE BRONX.
BAPTIsTS TO ERECT MODERN STRUCTURE
IN ALEXANDER-AVE

Plans have been adopted for the building of the
Alexander Avenue Baptist Church. to be erected
the site OF their present church, Alexander
ave. and One hundred-an forty -rst-st The Bronx
Borough. The architects Ward & Davis of No.
203 Broadway. The lot is so feet Alexander
ave, by lOS feet One-hundred-and-forty- -frst-st
The plan includes auditorium. basement Sun
day school room and parsonage. The walls will
be of gray mottled brick, and trimmed with Ind
lana limestone.
The auditorium is octagonal in FORM with
panelled ceiling and slanting floor. The organ and
choir VIII be to the left of the pulpit, and about
the same level The baptistry will be exposed and
located at the back of the pulpit the approaches
to II being screened.
The basement is arranged for large main
Sunday school room, with eight Classrooms. an
intermediate department, infant class and a
Bible class room The parsonage is planned to
have ten rooms. with all modern improvements
The auditorium and Sunday school rooms will be
heated and ventilated by the latest and most i'm
proved method. using the mechanical system.
The total cost of the building when completed in
Guiding furnishing Is estimat led at $60O00
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22

A prologue. by "a gentleman OF this city" intro
duced the piece, with these propitiat atory rhymes
II scenes of yore, endeared by classic tales
Ihe comic muse with smiles of rapture halls;
II When we view those days of Aud Lang Syne
Iheir charms with home, that magic name. COM
bine: ~
May we not hope. kind friends Indulgence here?
say for ! speak 10 yonder fat mynheeD.
say. shall our burgomasters smile tonight?
Sha! Sleepy Hollow's fairy scenes delight?
Shall they from divert one V,rinkIe
Shall knickerbOcker's sons. that gen rous race
whose feelings always beam upon their face
Excuse the efforts which the muse affords
ana greet each buskin'd hero these boards?
Shades of the Dutch. How seldom rhyme hath
shown ~
Your ruddy beauties and your charms fun blown!
HOW long neglected have your merits lain-
But lrVings genius bids them rise again.
To you, Albanians grateful as we are
We offer remblingly our bill OF fare
Yours was the soil Of Dutchmen Here thew trod
w hen leaving Hudson's waves. fair freedoms sod.
IWaS here a StuyVesant and Chrystyon came
ana Kept their honor and their unstained name
OTante Bowen be their motto. too,
Ana be their sons. Ike them freedom true
Let. then. our generous friends smile bestow,
Friends perched aloft and you. my friends below,
Save us, we ask you. from the critics paw:
we know your answer, It's a cheering Yaw.
The second representative Of Rip. Charles b. Par
sons, played II at Cincinnati in the season OF 1923
1923 The version that Parsons used was bought in
New fork, In the summer OF 1928 and carried TO
the West by the theatrical manager N NJ Ludlow
sun another version was presented on October 30.
1929 at the Walnut Street Theatre. Phadelphia,
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subscriptions for The Tribune.
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4 STRONG CONSTITUTION

From The Chicago Tribune.
- How are you. Uncle si?" said the Editor Of The
Odville Weekly Buge," grasping his Oldest sub
scrber, warmly by the hand You still appear to
Yes replied Uncle ST. II guess I'm about as
tough they make EN- I've heen readn' your
paper mighty nigh forty year. and I'm alive yit"
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22
CERTAINLY


From The Denver Post.
Festus Orastus Butt is a candidate for Sneaker
Of the Arkansas House His and aspirations
will make him the Butt OF thousands of para
New-York tribune., 1900-04-22

this city, and called Rip Van Wrinkle. taken
from from Washington Irving's novel Of that name.
The piece. We understand has been several days
in active preparation. and Is pronounced by com
petent Judges to be replete with wit and humor
which. added to the locality of the piece a story
which is familiar. cannot fail to draw q fun house
p, can find no notice of its production, SO Mr..
Phelps writes to me.-"but II must have been
played for It is announced for the second and last
time May Is lS2S. In an advertisement In which It
CatskiI Mountains"
The principal parts were cast as follows and the
Ca 81 W. aflH tISaI-
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-22
Prosperity Prices.

There has been a great decline in the
price of many necessities Of life during
the past forty years, and, besides, the
great Improvement in them through
better methods of manufacture, is an
unknown element of much magnitude
that cannot be Appropriated. Omit
ting this fact entirely, articles costing
800 in 1860 can now be purchased for
$75 in most instances. 1t is not difficult
for Populist orators to pick out a few
articles which have been enhanced in
price since President Mckinley was
elected, but the good price to farmers
for their grain and to sheepmen for
their wool are an argument that ap-
peals much more strongly, and when
the entire list is averaged the grower
finds that his expenses have declined
while his product brings more money.
The fact is emphasized by the large
number Of farm mortgages that have
recently been cancelled as we'll as by
the fact hat Western banks now hold
such large deposits that the usual ad-
vances from the east for moving the
crops are not needed.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-22
The Philippine Government.

The administration is determined to
govern the Philippines right, if they
are to be governed at all by this ma
ton. The islands are to be given a bet
ter government than they ever had or
than they ever could have as a Tagal
oligarchy or under the dominion of any
other nation. The personal character
of the men, composing the Philippine
commission intrusted with formulating
a government best adapted to the needs
and aspirations of the Filipinos. is such
that no suspicion can be aroused as to
their motives. OF course, the first task
on hand is to complete the p%aciication
Of the islands, for without peace there
can be no uniform administration of
laws. If President Mckinley is re-
elected. and of that there can be hardly
any doubt, the instruction in the Phil
ippines will collapse at once, and the
time will come when the islanders will
bless the day that Mckinley and Rouse
welt We're elected, forxhat day will mark
a new era of peace. prosperity and lib
erty for them.