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The age-herald., 1900-10-07
ADJUSTMENTS.

Next Tuesday Birmingham theatre pa- irons will have an opportunity of witness ing the first local production of play that has scored great success in other cities.
 This new drama of Sherlock Holmes Is as crafty a composition as has ever been presented on the stage. The peculiarity of its success lies In Its triumph over the au- dience burglar cracking safe is rather rough start for high-cass drama. If the bold experiment had failed MT. Gill lette would have been called foolhardy. Now that it has succeeded he Is duly praised for his bravery. William Gillette spent year or two on the piece, and when 1t was written, but not yet acted, he felt sure of the result. He was unreasonable. Doy1es tales of crime and detection had en- joyed intelligent readers But he should have feared that Sherlock Holmes an im- possible person In print, would be an out right absurdity on the stage. Could police detective officer be made palatable to re- fined audience such as he has always catered to? Yes seems an easy answer now that he has done it. It is clear too that he was shrewd in doing with all his might what he determined upon doing at all. h. stead of toning and tempering the incredi- bility of Holmes abilities he emphasized 1t. Instead of modifying he magnihed them to the verge of sensational melodrama. The action starts in fine drawing room with two well dressed backmailers and gentle girl as their prisoner. To them comes im- mediately a typical low-browe burglar, and pretty soon the intentions of evil be- come shockingly murderous, while the scenes change to a cellar and rookery and the crimes illustrated are low-down at the very bottom of scoundrelism However the keen minds of Sherlock Holmes and his foe, Professor Moriarity, dominate the matter. Their encounters are intellectual rather than brutal. That is one reason for the &C., ceptance and success of the play at the Garrick, with its refined and aristocratic audiences Another is the cynical humor which MT Gillette has added to Dr. Doyle's creation, thus making Holmes apologize for his egotism and disclalm the genius of his achievements. So he Is really a more inter- esting and diverting a fellow as an actuali- ty on the stage than he was as an imagin- ary figure in the book.
 On Tuesday night the curtain will posi- lively rise at O'Clock.
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AUTUMN,s CHARMS.

We have had six weeks OF marvellous
valided within four walls, simply to be
alive has been a joy. The heat of too
fervent summer passed gradually into a
temperature so mild that it did not chill,
so cool that exertion cost little effort and
exercise was pleasure. The foliage of
but ripened slowly under the autumn sun
and fell lingeringly to earth. its service
DONE or chung bravely to the branches.
Haunting June dress of green in triumph
even up to these days belonging by the
calendar to November. 1t has been a time
trybred men and women to fields and
woods and recalled the charms of laden
orchards, trees heavy with nuts, cider
foamy from the press, the song Of bob
White" the harvesting of corn and po-
tatoes, the hundred and one sights and
sounds and occupations of farm and coun-
try life never valued so keenly as when
they are things of the past. These coun-
trybred persons never grow so restless
in their city environment as in the autumn.
but seldom is it that golden weather so
long unbroken holds them in it's spell and
keeps the picture of rural joys so vivid.
Those who were wise and could throw off
their burdens betook themselves to the
places they longed to see, tramped over
hills and through the fields among piled
UP nesting leaves, across the stubble or
along grassy ways, getting once more a
glimpse Of the world which was part Of
their youth, but which, with the restless
ness Of youth, they left behind, only to
count its memories now as among their
dearest possessions. But those who are
without these rural memories and whose
hearts are in the town have had their share
of delight IL these golden days. They have
found life better worth living, and should
meet the slowly coming winter with an
increase of vigor that will mitigate it's
bleakness. October in Indiana is always
month to look forward to, but this
autumn will go on record as one having
a peculiar charm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

Glory. want to shake the dust Of this Ia
fernal town of my feet and set back 10
honesty and sincerity. The honest rascaliy
of American business methods that I've
fought all my life is like the teaching OF me
Bible compared to the slipperlness OF u&
French. The Expatriates.
History would be very orderly sifar
could the dry-as-dust historians have tnen
way, and doubtless it would be thrillingy
romantic at every turn il the noveiisls
were able to control fits current. Fortunate
ly neither one nor the other has much IN
luence, and the result, in the long run
is that most novels are shockiagly tame,
while the large body Of history Il loacee
down with picturesque incident, which ~
used in fiction. would be thought absuroy
romantic.-Alice of Old Nincennes.
Love of woman's a thing apart-beyono
all rule and scale, or dogma, or the Bibles
self. The passions are pagans to the enc
no more 10 be trusted than tame tigers II
a man is a man. But passions are bred out
nowadays. / don't believe the next sehei,a
ton will be shaken to the heart Win ~
same gusto and storms as the last We
think smaller thoughts and feel sInei l'l
sentiments; we're too careful OF our sElls
to trust the giant passions; our neAl -
don't pump the same great HOOD OF H0'
blOOd.-A Breaker OF Laws.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
A WRITER AND HIS PUBLISHERS.

1t is pleasant to know that Mr.. Maurice
Thompson's new novel; alice of Old Vim
cennes," a review of which appears in an
other column. has met with favorable re-
ception in Chicago. New York and other
cities where it has been placed on sale,
and is already to be counted among the
literary successes of the season. So large
dealers, indeed, that the publishers were
unable to meet the demand. hence delayed
the offer of the book to Indiana readers
until later edition could be issued Mr..
Thompson, whose high reputation as an
essayist, poet and writer of out-of-door
papers is a matter in which the Indiana
reading public takes pride, has done his
State a service by turning his attention
to its history as basis for romance. AL
though his earliest literary ventures were
short stories or sketches of Indiana life
''Hoosier Mosaics," his later works of fic-
ton have been apparently but incidental
features of his work, and have attracted
comparatively little attention. "Alice of
Old Vincennes'' is, however, a production
of a sort not to be overlooked. To under
take such book meant a careful and
serious preliminary study Of written his
tory and of local traditions, and that this
study would be thorough no one familiar
with Mr.. Thompson s literary characteristics
could doubt. The old-time atmosphere into
which the reader of the tale is Immediately
brought proves for itself the extent to
which the author entered into the spirit
of the French community OF a hundred
years ago. This book is its COM
mentary on the misguided fiction writer's
who are running about the world hunting
for material. The born novel writer finds
his material at hand wherever he may be.
If ii is human nature he wishes TO depict.
the study of the human creature can be
conducted at any time and place. If 1t is
history he wants history exists wherever
the human creature has lived and striven.
Indiana history is rich in romantic incl
dents and episodes, and Mr.. Thompson
chose one of the most striking Of these az
the foundation for his story. Westerners
are accustomed to regard the Atlantic
States as Americas pre-eminently historic
ground and TO undervalue the movements
and events that belong to the evolution OF
their own region. Such books as Alice
Of Old yincennes'' help to restore the bal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
PRESIDENTS AND THANKSGIV-
ING DAYS.

In enumerating some of the causes for
Thanksgiving IN his recent proclamation
President Mckinley says: ''Our country
through all its extent has been blessed
with abundant haryests., Labor and the
great industries of the people have pros
pered beyond all precedent. Our commerce
has spread over the world. Our power
and influence in the cause of freedom and
enlightenment have extended over distant
seas and lands" The allusion to pros
Ierity and the spread of our power and
influence will probably be condemned Icy
some as having political application, but
they are proper causes for gratitude. So
are abundant harvests. though they are
not always accompanied by general pros
perity. There have been times when the
country has been favored with good crops,
yet, owing to other causes, hard times
have prevailed. Good crops and general
prosperity have been named many times
increase of our commerce and our power
and influence among nations is an equally
legitimate cause for rendering thanks.
1t is curious to observe how these forms
have been varied by different Presidents.
The first proclamation of the kind. issued
by Washington. in October. 1859, was in
compliance with the request of joint COM
mittee of the two Houses of Congress-
Among the causes 1t named for giving
thanks to God were 1.-The signal and mani
fold mercies and the favorable interposi-
tons of His providence in the course and
conclusion of the late war; for the great
degree of tranquility, union and plenty
which we have since enjoyed: for the peace
able and rational manner in which We
have been enabled to establish Constitu-
tons of government for our safety and
happiness. and particularly the national
one now lately instituted; for the civil and
religious liberty with which we are blessed,
and the means we have of acquiring and
diffusing useful knowledge" This procla-
nation was issued about year after the
adoption of the Constitution. seven months
after the government went into operation.
and six months after Washington's first
election as President. Washington issued
only two Thanksgiving proclamations dur
ing his eight years as President. The sec
ond was issued Jan. ], 1885, II called on the
people to give thanks ''for the manifold
and signal mercies which distinguish our
lot as a Nation, particularly for the posses
sion of Constitutions Of government which
unite and by their union establish liberty
with order: for the preservation OF our
reace. foreign and domestic; and. generally.
Tor the prosperous course Of our affairs,
public and private Another paragraph
mentioned 1.-The unexampled prosperity of
ali classes Of our citizens and the recent
confirmation OF internal tranquility by the
suppression Of an insurrection which %
wantonly threatened It." The reference
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

hate fellow who tries to be more than
friendly.-RoDert Orange.
Natural sorrow is not forbidden to US but
a persistent dwelling on cureless grief is a
trespass against the law.-The Master
Christian.
The devil is never embarrassed, and
where virtue is found superhuman he
takes care to lseep IL on a sour il ethereal
diet--Robert Orange.
How quick is a lovers eye, how know
ing: how wise is a lovers heart, Which
makes IL the more sad that the lover him.
self Is so often such fool.-Until the Day
Break.
II love is love at all, it merely means
complete union. and we cannot imagine a
perfect marriage where there is any pos
sibiltty OF wrangling over different forms
or creed--The Master Christian
Blundering and foolishness do not scorn
to be the boon companions of old age.
even. insomuch that one Is sometimes 81
most driven to believe that folly in the
chief employment OF old men.-Until the
Day Break
Il want to get home and see the fla~
again." he said. II tell you, man. II takes
The French 70 make you appreciate Old
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
sHELpox,s CLouDED VISION.

Rev. Mr. Sheldon, the Kansas man who
undertook TO run a newspaper for a week
as Christ would run it. has again been find
ing fault with newspapers as they are
edited by plain, ordinary human men, In
a lecture in New York on Sunday he said
he believed that newspapers were largely
responsible for the pessimism which exists
sensations, rapine and blood, he said, were
Haunted before the eye in the papers
pages, while bright, CHEEKY tales of char
ity. of loving kindness and of years of
devotion have no place there. IL so they
are lost in the perspective of high head
lines. Love lives and moves and accom-
plishes deeds each day, yet we forget 1t
in the recitals of the unusual, OF the mis-
cries and of the weaknesses of Gods
creatures. Let the papers breathe purer
air across their columns Let them be
charitable OF mems failures May they
sometimes print the good men nave
done, and not what they leave undone:
throw light upon the myraid silent chari-
ties, and let the growing youth know that
this world is not a place for pessimism and
that Gods purpose cannot be subverted."
Mr. Sheldon ignores several things In
making this criticism-first. the divine In
junction to the charitable not to let their
left hand know what their right hand
doeth: also. the fact that to publish abroad
private charities would. In vast number
Of cases. bring needless humiliation on tho
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

benefciaries- The truest charity is often
that which is done most secretly News
papers could perhaps ascertain these sec
rets by a system of spying and investiga-
ton. but the better class of papers respect
the rights even of paupers and see no
reason for uncovering their personal af-
fairs merely for the sake of heralding
abroad their benefactors' good deeds 1t
may be said. too that If these benefactors
have the right spirit they object even
more strongly TO publicity than do the
persons TO whom they extend aid. Further.
Mr.. Sheldon overlooks fact which every
unprecedented newspaper reader will admit,
namely. that when any charitable deed is
done which affects the public, and of
which it has a right to know. the informa-
ton is set forth in such way that all may
see. Headlines are not stinted. nor APP
proving comment withheld. Gifts for the
common benefit are numerous throughout
colleges endowed, homes for the aged and
for orphans founded. hospitals built, and
philanthropic movements of a thousand
sorts furthered. Constantly the newspa-
pers are proclaiming the good deeds men
have done. If the pessimism of which Mr..
Sheldon complains really prevails it is not
sufficiently powerful to prevent liberal
giving such as the world has never before
known. The truth of the matter seems to
be that 1t is the Shedons who see through
glass darkly and take gloomy views Of
life. Or else it is that they spend their
time reading yellow newspapers, which.
they ought to be aware, are not representa-
tive OF the press of the country, which is.
for the most part, decent and trustworthy,
and fair to all
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
The Journals Reduction in Price

A wrong impression seems to pre-
vail among certain of the subscribers
10 The Journal, namely, that the re-
cent reduction in the subscription
price Of the paper was only tempo
rary, and that return to former rates
would take effect when the campaign
closes. This is an error. The present
published price of the paper will be
permanently maintained and its high
standard will in no way be impaired.
Send in your subscriptions TO US at
the published rates or have the paper
delivered to you by our agent in your
locality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04
LITERARY NOTES.

Admirers of General Lew wallace's Desk
known book will be impressed by the ia0.
that the Forthcoming holiday edition oa
"Ben-Hur' in two volumes viii Dc -.
ninety-third that has been mace .,
Nearly a million copies OF IL have ~
sold.
Mr.. James Lane Allen has taken oeca.
sion in a preface TO the new EDITION !.
"a Kentucky Cardinal and "AiteriD~'-
that the Macmillan Company IS going ~
bring out 10 speak in an interes.Is Ltsn-
of his methods of work and Oi the -.
lucky country, whence all his stories
sprung.
Here is story of George Eliot told ~
Notes and Queries: 4 lady asked m
novelist what her duty was in certain a..
ficult circumstances, and received a -
reply. But" she objected, II cie -. =.
/ should dier' Surely that has nosiil.-7 -
&c with your doing your duty. ahsN7
George Eliot
Truly classic. says the New York ll'D'
une, is Charles Reade's remarkable noNs-
1.-The Cloister and the Hearth book y
the way. which Sir Walter Besant Is new
tired OF praising. Two hundred thoas-,iiir-
copies OF a sixpenny edition We're -,
sold in England and a neat ana 49, -
little pocket edition Is soon 20 appe'--
Ii Is the humorous boast Of Mss 's'
nette L Glider. editor % the Criuc' 'l'-
she nas never been Ill and has never w.
evening dress In her life. And s l
wont to add that she worked lot .-e.a
twenty years without single Week - ,he
ton. These facts give the keynote - -
career of one OF the most engasli.s ice
unconventional figures In the hte'~is
Of New York.
There was a time" said the sA'u. 80
Evening Post, when Mr.. Gilbert r@.As,
nationality seemed almost 10 trenD.e - -
balance. He had so many OF n's 49,, -
friends In the United States sne sts., ons
much Of his time here that. a.'ne-~-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

late Governor Morton at Central-avenue
Church at 2:30 this afternoon will call out,
as it should, large audience to bear tes-
timony to the patriotism and the measure
less service of that great man, not only
to his State, but to the country, in the
greatest crisis the Nation ever passed
through. Like all great men who have
served their country with courage and
ability, Governor Morton had his fierce de-
tractors. Like all other great men of that
period, Lincoln, Grant and others, he has
outlived his maligners. In fact some of
them live to applaud him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

Apparently there are some queer charac-
tiers among the numerous faculty of the
University of Chicago. For instance, one
Of the faculty has compared Mr. Rock
efeler with Shakespeare, another lectures
to his history classes in the language of
the slums, and a third declares that the
riots of to-day are the natural result of the
lawless deeds of our revolutionary an
cestors. In view of these statements, no
wonder that President Harper has taken
some of the professors to task. Still. the
man who has declared that a person can
live we'll on 10 cents a day is open to
criticism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

DR.. L. G. Powers, chief statistician of
the Census Bureau, says the census of
1900 will show that during the last ten
years the people of the United States have
saved s25. 900, 900, 0O0-twenty-five billion dol
lars. That is an enormous addition to
the wealth of a nation to be made in ten
years. DR.. Powers estimates that it repre-
sents a greater purchasing power of the
necessaries and Injuries of life than the
entire human race had saved from the
time of Adam to our Declaration of hide
pendence. Yet there are those who claim
that the American people are going lover
the hill to the poorhouse"
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EOOtnOtes.

woman generally thinks any man can tell
her positively how the election will go.
Experience can't teach unless we sit still
and look the book.
A whole year after a badly fitting frock is
worn out a woman can still get mad at the dress
maker who made t.
When the thing happens which have ex-
pected we are always surprised.
We admire man who takes time by the fors-
lock; but it requires cIeverer man to get time
by the hfnd-lock.
man who takes mean advantage OF other
neE takes meaner advantage OF himself
The citizen who is scared about the election
result makes better politician than the citizen
who isn't.
After woman's memory gets shaky about the
text she can still catalogue every new hat she
saw In church
When man earns the money pay his lebts
he often fnds out he needs II for something else
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

election Of President Mckinley. Railroad
men. he said. declare that they have had
more work during the past two years than
they had during the whole of the Cleve-
lard administration. and instead Of sidings
being full of empties IL is now difficult
TO get cars enough to haul the freight. The
Order of Railroad Conductors is a nom
partisan organization. and the foregoing
statement was made 10 illustrate condi-
ton. not a theory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

Hon. S. H. Holding, chairman Of the
Sound Money. Democratic convention for
Ohio; Hon. j. II. Cultivate. for ten years
in Congress from the capital district, and
Judge Merrill. leading Democratic law
yer of Sandusky. have issued an address
urging conservative Democrats to unite for
the defeat of Mr.. Bryan. After caustic
review of his principles, the address con-
cludes:
The principles we fought for in 1896 are
still fixed. To abandon them now is to
lack the courage of our convictions. To
adhere TO them is TO accomplish the defeat
of Bryan, to drive out the allies from the
party and to reorganize upon the old lines
by recalling the erring to the old faith. In
this situation we should noc hesitate but
vote as We did in 1S96-for country and for
right.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

When Chairman Jones read, in Hearst's
Chicago American, that Montgomery Ward
prevented the using of the lake front in
that city for the Bryan tent, he was so
with suit, as boycotting is a crime in
Illinois. He has also learned that Mr..
Ward did not prevent the putting up of the
Bryan tent on that ground, but it was the
result of a decision of the Supreme Court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

Having DISTINGUISHED the negroes Louis
lana agrees to have an honest election
If Northern politicians will promise not
to cut down the States congressional rep
resentation. This, according to the New
Orleans Times Democrat. This is very kind
of Louisiana. but what Northern observers
are unable to understand is how. under
election.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

Telephone parties at private houses are
being arranged for Tuesday night. infor-
nation to be received from the central tele-
phone stations. This arrangement will
afford newspaper offices much relief. their
attaches at this busy period having little
time for answering the questions of anxious
citizens who cannot wait until the papers
are published to get the news.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

Representative Amos J. Cummings, of
Tammanydom. has been down In Kentucky
making speeches. in one of which he de-
clared that William Goebel would have
been Mr.. Bryan's attorney general If he
had not been assassinated. Mr.. Cummings
always delights to entertain his readers or
listeners
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

Those who have concluded that power
Is passing from the Eastern States will
learn from the census that this is not the
case Massachusetts,. Rhode Island and
Connecticut make more than the average
gains. while New York and Pennsylvania
ere among the States having the largest
Increases In population Maine and New
Hampshire have made larger gains than
Kansas and Nebraska.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-04

The chairman of the Democratic nation
al committee in an address to voters issued
nignant Providence. IL rests to determine
by your votes on the sth of November
the death or life of the noblest Republic
ever established among men," Mr. Lincoln
was reelected and the Republic still lives.
greater and stronger than ever.