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The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15

fully ruptured the traditions applying
to his own unworthy sex, may we not
hope that some daringly ugly lady will
follow suit and aid her struggling sisters
those that are squat and freckled and
lanky-to bring home to the general
public the truth of that good, decayed
old aphorism, Handsome is ashandsome
does?"
It has always seemed to me rather
cruel that in an art which is supposed
to hold the mirror up to nature our hero
ines must always be lovely fashion
plates. It is the girl with the golden
glints in her hair, the rose-and- -a1abaster
skin purchased or natural) the sway
ing hips and the salient bosom who is
engaged by managers for leading roles
Hundreds of untamed women, fully as
able to act as Mr.. Skinner, fail to reach
the coveted goal because they were not
born lovely. They stink into corners,
play old women, impersonate dowagers,
or-if they are Iucky-make success in
character but although their souls
yearn for straight, human work, they
are rarely able to crafty themselves.
Tell me of one feminine star, if you can
who is as stodgy and unromantic to look
upon as is Otis Skinner.
And yet in real life, it is the squat and
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15

feet. Musicians shall give up their
art to the singing of thy praises"
"A hundred heroines shall love thee"
Poison and dagger shall alike be inn
potent to hurt thee
Thy face shall re-echo on the farth
est mountain top and sound in the deep
est depths of oceans"
The mother fell upon her knees and
did homage to the assembled fairies.
Then was the door burst open rudely,
and the spirit of the glories of eternity
entered.
She spake:
sI can not take back the gifts of my
sisters, but for thy sin in forgetting me
shalt thou be punished. Hark to my i'm
precation: His golden crown shall be
made of common card. He shall laugh
or be downcast; he shall love-but ever
at the bidding of others. Those who ac
claim him shall sternly refuse him the
respect due to the merely respectable.
The people whose idol he has been shall
hurl him down from his pedestal in
the moment of his glory, and shall
drag him still quivering with the de-
light of applause through the city at the
laurels shall fade upon his forehead into
iInmortelles, and he shall die in misery
and in ignominy, forgotten and unwept,
leaving behind him neither trace nor
memory
Terrified, the father cried aloud:
what shall he be?"
ssHe shall be an actor
Then softly the spirit of death came
forward and said: sfI, child, will avenge
thee. BY death the newborn artist
shall be buried in oblivion"
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
AUTHOR OF GOLD INNOCENCE
Dorothy Sherrod, Tim Murphy's Wife,
Rewrote the Comedy.

Tim Murphy, who plays "A Bachelors
Romance" this season under Fred Ber-
gers direction, tells the following inter-
eSung story complimentary to his wife.
Dorothy Sherrod, about "Old Innocence -
a play he produced in Topeka three sea-
sons ago.
Old Innocence as you know, is from
an old French theme upon which at least
20 dramas including "A Pair of Spectac-
les,' have been written. Miss Dorothy
Sherrod, however, who wrote the play,
added a love interest that makes her YER
siOn- to my mind. the finest of them all.
1t is one of my favorite plays, and some
of these days shall revive it.
AS Miss Sherrod played the leading
woman's role in Old Innocence we
deemed it wisest not to publish her name
as that of the author. 1 felt keenly the
injustice to her, but we agreed that pub
lie prejudiceS must be considered ard
the pen of Richard Kingsley. Richard
kingsley was a myth-but Miss Sherrod
and hid that fact from every one, even
the members of the company. Upon the
night of the first presentation of old IN
nocence' there were many calls for the
author Being a myth, he did not ap-
pear
The play was a great success the
newspapers praised Richard Kingsley
without stint, and the members of the
company began to speculate upon the
personality Of the man who had written
the much-a admired lines They asked me
all manner of questions about him which
1 answered as best could from my own
imagination, until at length became so
entangled that the very name of the
mythical dramatist became a bugaboo I
decided that Richard Kingsley must die.
liked a day for his passing and worked
up to it. One day / told the company
that poor Kingsley was seriously ill: the
next told them that he was worse and
on the third day stated that I had
received a wire announcing his death
The members Of the company were over
come by the sad news. and they at once
decided to send wreath of flowers for
the funeral With one last effort / in
vented an address in Chicago and gave
1t to them. The heavy man sent the or
der to a horist-and I suppose there is
still a wan, anxious-eyed messenger bov
wondering about the streets of Chica 90
In search Of the home of the late Rich
ard kingsley. L was very happy after
L mad killed of Kingsley, and Old Inno-
cence went on SO prohtably that pIav-
ed 1t through second season 1t was
not until the company was about to dis
band that Miss Sherrod and L confessed
to the deception
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15

Apropos of Otis SINNERS New York
opening in Prince Otto, Alan Dale. the
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
BALM FOR THE HoMELY.

Alan Dale Says Beauty of Face and
Form is Not Necessary on the
Stage.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
MISS EVANS SUCCESS.
Topeka Young Lady Winning Laurels
as a Whistler.

Miss May Evans, the Topeka young
lady who has whistled herself to fame,
has been visiting her parents in Topeka
this week
Miss Evans left Topeka yesterday for
St Louis where she has a two weeks
engagement She has appeared in nearly
all the vaudeville circuits in America
and has had little idle time summer and
winter She has enlarged her repertoire
and viii startle the eastern people with
some of her new productions. Miss
Evans ability to initiate birds and re-
produce music is wonderful.
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
BERNHARDTs FAIRY TALE.
Pretty Sentiment Advanced by the
Actress in a Partisan Journal.

Cocorico, a Partisan artistic paper, has
a. fairy tale from the pen of Sarah
Bernhardt, of which the following is a
translation:
The fairies were all gathered round a
baby's cot; the father and mother, won
dering, respectful, listened to the invo-
cations of each.
Child, thou shalt be beautiful. tall.
and graceful"
Thou shalt be crowned with a crown
of gold.''
"A hero shalt thou become, crowds
shall acclaim thee, and thy admirers
shall drag thy chariot in the fervor of
delirious enthusiasm At thy word
shall all peoples rejoice or be downcast,
shall quake with fear or tremb1e with
joy"
Poets shall cast their pearls at thy
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
THE NEW WILSON OPERA.
''The Monks of Malabar" Produced at
Knickerhocker in New York.

Francis Wilson opened the Knicker-
Docker theater with his new opera The
Monks OF MalSb BAR last Monday nighf
The opera is said to be scenica1Iy one of
the best that the comedian has even pro
duced- The cast contained several new
names and is as follows: W
Boolboom, Merchant OF Malabar.
Francis Wilson
Daru, Nabob of khari-Kharli. -.
.-.----.-.-- Van Rensselaer, Wheeler
The Maharajah Of Malabar..-......-.
.Hallen MoSrvn
The Nabob's Chums. ms....-...........-
Bitoby ........-.-.........H n rlioey
sdkaI1 Sydney Jarvis
Macassar ..-...-...........-J RatiffP
Anita I1FOll, a PariSienne. .........
MISS MaQRe Leasing
Cocodllla- a lady's maid......-..-....
-:--+- .-.----.-...- Miss Maud Hollins
Zizfbar. her lover. Miss Edith Bradford
Boolboom's servants ts-.-----..............
D1e!na .------.--. Miss Clara Palmer
N1nlka .---.---.--- Miss Louise LaWton
Zoloe Miss Edith Hutchins
Mr. Wilson and his company. in the new
opera, are booked for Topeka late this sea
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
IsADoRE RUsH's GOWNS.
Roland Reeds Wife win Sustain Her
Reputation This Season.

Even If Isadore Rush is not a woman
to command applause when she first
makes her appearance the gowns she
will wear this season would compel it,
saya an exchange. They are all new
The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-15
HoYT's TIN BOX.

tiles and Jewelry.
When Charles Hoyt, the playwright,
was placed in a sanitarium by his friends
early this summer, and subsequently re-
leased on the promise of friends from
his home, Charlestown, N. H, that they
would care for him, he declared that he
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11
together control the larger area

together control the larger area
and population of the world-the
counterpart of the other. The
United States is Federal Repub-
lie; Great Britain, a limited and
constitutional monarchy; Russia,
an absolute monarchy. Great Bri-
tain and the United States most
nearly approach each other in
government as they agree in langu-
age.
The position these four powers
hold has not been attained though
any combinations with each other.
China has simply held what it an
GENTLY attained. Great Britain,
the United States and Russia have
moved forward in separate spheres
Of influence. The questions of the
future relate to these powers. The
other nations stand secondary.
The great problems of the world,
so far as it can be fOreseen, relate
to the United States, Great Bri-
tain, Russia and China. What
those countries do with their pre-
sent powers and with each other
decides the fate Of humanity.
Great Britain and the United
States are the two great CONNER
cial forces. They will 60 into all
the world with their trade, and it
is their mutual language which
will spread. Nobody expects the
Russian language to become uni
versal, more than the Chinese.
Whatever else conquers, the Eng
lish language is to continually ex-
tend it's domain. This may or may
not be typical of the actual domin-
alton in the world of the English
speaking races. But that is a ques-
ton of the far-off future. Just
now the great fact is the presence
of the four pow ers.-Kansas City
Star. -Ex.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

Yes, August Flower still has tile
largest sale Of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers. and
grandmothers never thought OF
using anything else for Indigestion
or Biliousness. Doctors were scarce,
and they seldom heard of Appen-
dicitis, Nervous Prostration or
Heart failure, etc. They used Au-
gust Flower to clean ont the sys-
tenn and stop fermentation OF un-
digested food, regulate the action
Of the liver, stimulate the nervous
and organic action Of the system,
and that is all they took when feel
;np dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need
! few doses Of Green's August
Flower, in liquid form, to make
YOU satisfied, there is nothing ser
ious the matter with you. For
sale 81 Albert Estorge.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11

The temptations which lead
young men to leave farms and go
to cities, should be resisted and
combatted by every influence that
can be bought te bear against it.,
states the Atlantic Journal. For
one such youth who makes hit in
town, who gets a good grip on the
skirts of happy fortune, ten dis
cover too late their fatal mistake
and go to wreck. There is no sub
stantial encouragement to the
country to be drawn from the rapid
growth of it's cities, but rather the
reverse, The average boy who is
making good living in the coun-
try, who is becoming better far
mer every year and therefore a
larger and more economical pro-
ducer takes his big chances when
he leaves the old homestead and
goes to town to make a name and
fortune. He is far more apt to
make a failure.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11

Charles Weir is the victim
of a very unfortunate accident.
On the way from Royville to Mr..
Harry Durke's last Thursday his
horse kicked and struck one of his
eyes, bruising 1t SO badly that to
save it would be almost a miracle.
Mr.. Weir leaned forward in his
buggy to release his line from the
horses tail, and as he did so the
horse kicked. Mr.. Bell, his COM
panion seeing him fall back on his
seat leaned over himself and ex-
tricated it after some hesitation
lest he should fare similarly. With
his face all mangled and bleeding
Mr.. Weir got out and caught the
scared horse by the bit while Mr..
Bell with one line kept him from
running. They finally got him
under control, and returned to La
fayette. At last accounts, Mr..
Weir was resting well under the
care of Drs Percy and Felix Cir
ard and DR., TolsOn.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11


Some time ago passenger train
in Arizona left the rails, rolled
down the bank and landed in three
feet of muddy water at the bottom
of the river bed. Within the cars
there was some natural confusion.
Men, women and lunch boxes were
thrown into a heap and not an um-
brella OF parcel was left in the
racks. One by one the occupants
of the rear car extricated them
selves from the mass and sought
for means of escape, while stanch
ing various wounds caused by
broken glass. Every exit was
iammed tight. just then in the
midst of the doubt and confusion
rose d woman's voice in emphatic
demand: ssLet me out! Let me
out! If you don't let me out, I'll
break window.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11
Four Great Powers

The four great powers, taking
populatiO n as the standard, are
China, the British empire, Russia
and the United States. China has
4O2, $780, 900 people; Great Britain,
3S1, ,O37, 1884; the Russian empire
has 129,211,143 subjects Of the
Gar, and the United States com
putes it's population between Maine
and California, Alaska and Key
West, at rs, ,148,OO and there are
the people to be yet enumerated
brought in by the war with Spain
and the annexation of Hawaii. OF
these powers China is the oldest,
Great Britain next and Russia,
dating from the days of Peter the
Great, and the United States are
the two youngest. The four, among
them, control much the larger area
OF the earth's surface. AS subjects,
these four powers control major
ity of the races of the earth, Great
Britain probably ruling the great
er variety.
The relation between the four
populations is likely to continue
the same as now, save the United
Stateswho willmake a clOserf0llrth.
The four, from present appearanc-
es, will lead in a way forever,
though they may possibly change
places with each other. 1t will, of
course be said that in any COM
parison China will be set down as
physically weakest of the four, yet
China is also the oldest. II has
manifested the power Of cohesion
and organization the longest. China
was one when England was divid-
ed into pretty kingdoms; when
Russia was an unknown barbar-
ism, and centuries before the Unit
ed States was thought Of. OF the
three others, all seem to show
equal signs Of life. There is no
thing Of decrepitude or decay in
Great Britain, Russia or the Unit
ed States.
In the event that these four
powers should agree to maintain
the peace toward each they could,
as it were keep things as they are
indefinitely. They could control
the commerce Of the world. They
could direct it's further civilization.
The question that very largely
affects the destiny of humanity is
which is to be the strongest OF the
four in the future. All the four
countries report-with the pos
| sible exception of China-all in
creasing population. In this the
Tinted States leads. 1t has gain
ed this in a hundred years. When
George Washington was President
the United States had but 3 mil
lion people. Since then the three
others powers have sent millions
here. The former subjects of
Great Britanis are so numerous IN
America as scarcely to be con
sidered foreigners. The Russian
government has forced great
number Of Poles, Mennonites
Firms and Jews to come to the
United States, and the stringent
L -
restrictive legislation has moi
sufficed to prevent an almost con
tinuous Chinese immigration. This
movement, while increasing the
nopulation of the United States
has not affected the position q
1.-THE other powers as to the rest O
the world. Great Britain, Chine
and Russia do not grow vlslDly
weaker. while the United States
grows stronger.
Neither in politics nor religion
lis any one of these powers w1llcl
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11

Louisville never had more
generally popular job on her hands
than that of fixing to receive and
entertain tile old Confederate
awar scars this May.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-11

any line Of manufactured
y tlie demand from South
een improved, but on the
nerchants have received
y cprtal shipments Of
n and some lines of manu-
'l6n until cable. orders
4he business which is
ssse i that Of provi.
sed products. The Brit
Hesperides is loading
y y hay and 100000
eats for the use of the
ny y South Africa. The
On Robertson will ar.
q 2ofk shortly to load
q hay and 10000
ior the both YES
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|lOuft House
Record.
], ,.,actions at the Parish
Capitol.
II, Estate Deals Of the Past
Week.

49, following real estate trans
- ,are been recorded by the
|csk Of Court: n,, Win
joseph Sanders to Phoebe s WIN. "anr
If a lot of ground near
,'.,,rette; 5000; L. o. Hacker
''' Nara Building Association to
II, Alexander Ribbeek. Lot OF
.sud and improvements on up
,I.;n street;ssOO;W. G.Weeks,
I,,s,;a Building Association to
u Mortimer Broussard. Lot
a Improvements on Weeksstreet;
|llsOe; W. G. Weeks, notary
n i 4
Ri kenouue. ~ p'.
\ lheria Building Association.
EI4 u ground and improvements
q, uosts street: s62S.1S; w. G..
Y "s ..arv
NeeAs, n0'a r,,,sso Ton.
josephine ! a'oi' ~
du and Mrs =. Landry. acies
/ i round IN the first ward, bound
18th patout. south Road, east
3. .st putaud or assigns:
Oa' sess .a,.u
AaolPne oai no'@.s ~ 1sc,ios M;
water Oampuen ~ "a "a" ru 80
Irace ., n, lailu ''lu p,.anast an,l or
zats Oounacu noi'n : p',aat 1oosv ~ ~.
lgs sOa.n anu easo COO. !. T,,,os d
lqs, wes' nile' satt, 30 o''
kbiA notary, : 1eanefe'le'
Alfred Deslatte TO Fefdhalid .. ue
Gnvele. LIST, IA acres OF gfouliu
adinprovements bounded hoftn
49, n 60. oaa az oas s aeres Of oro1r,d
"a improyements bounded north
n I soafl, Broussard. east Canal.
7's ]ST.
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~ Fort Donelson
Nj lfed on the Ohio
Confederate Re
7ille May 3O--31,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-25
THE NEWS OF THE suburbs.
NEWS NOTES OF
SOUTH PARK.

SOUTH PARK. April 2i,-south Park.
Hike all % the suburbs eg Seattle. shows
signs OF prosperity on every hand, Thirty
two houses are under construction on the
park ssae Of the Duwamtsh river. and
many other improvements, such as paint
INK building new sidewalks and fenccs
are going on. Most noticeable among the
new buildings here are the Middleton gro
Gerry store. the South Park grocery and
market the Catholic church and the black
smith shop The remainder of the new
buildings are residences
A recent letter from Leonard Cotton
states that he asd Frank Cotton have dis
covered vast ledge Ok tine coal in their
property az Nugget gnleh. twenty miles
from Dawson IL also states that he viii
not 30 out this season. but Frank intends
coming for visit Mr. Davidson. % South
Seattle passed through that place bound
for Nome, with dog team, January Sc
and win Re cut next fail Frank Blair
Is on Sulphur creek, where q LARGE clean
W Is being made thla year
Burglars. Thursday nighs o. last week.
bored a hole in the door Of Middleton's
grocery pulled down the chain lock and Uu-
tered the storor0ogn In the morning Il
was found they carried swAy Z. eco cigars
q quantity % tobacco ana other gooas 70
the value az slA They carried the caRh
register ogt. bat left e nsty yaras from
ths store AAC4 kAA u2t secure any cash
Two suspicious characters who have been
hanging around here Tor several days are
believed To have done The iea.
The Ladies Ala Society met to-day al
the NJ r. church
An entertainment was given At the NJ Z
church Friday nisht BY Prof Parker. who
has been IN Alaska Tor three years The
chief feature o. Tire evening Was the NOV
ing pictures of Alaska scenes.
Mira Robert Prentice Is home from Wis
conSin
The south Park Soelal and Beneficiary
Society me, at tho NJ, Il church last niKht
FIFTY members were present. Three can
diaates were initiated.
The repairs to tho bridge over the Du-
vanish river have not yet been commence
Ell, and Grant street cars run only TO the
bridge necess.taEng . hslt>nile wax
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-25
IxDoRsEs SANITARY SYSTEMS.

Seattle, Wash. April n. 1900.
To the Editor: There seems to be
common but mistaken supposition that
the students OF Christian Science are In
different, or even antagonistic, to the
measures commonly taken to prevent the
spread OF contagious diseases. This error
arises. believe. from the superstition that
all systems that reject drugs are much
alike IN principle and method. But this
Is not so. In the Christian Silence Sem
tinel of March q. 1900 appears the fol-
lowing:
I'VE indorse the present sanitary sys-
TENS: they are n necessity, in view OF the
whole situation and I know OF no law
pertaining to this matter that Christion
Scientists cannot obey. When people
In general are governed by Divine Prin-
cipie there will be less need OF human
laws
'If Christian Scientists are unfortunate
enough to be overtaken with disease. they
are mindful OF the safety of others. and
observe always the spirit of the law. the
purpose of which is TO guard against the
spreading of disease. The very nature Of
this Sciente inculcates a love OF the good,
the pure and clean: hence, Christian
Scientists are also strict observers OF the
laws OF cleanliness"
Whatever may be the practice OF some
systems. Christian Scientists will observe
this rule. ALLEN II. ARMSTRONG.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-25
OPENING OF T,uC rxros1T,o.

Whatever may follow the exposition. its
effe,t during its existence must be hiahly
beneficent That It also will be a notable
exemplification Of the perfection to which
modern man has brought the arts and SCI
enees Is hardly 10 be doubted.--Chicaxo
Record.
while. az President Loubct observed. the
exposition Is brilliant contribution Ia
the cause Of concord among nations" mil
versal peace can only he attained through
the application OF higher principle than
that which finds expression in an interna-
ucnaa exhibition baltimore sun
The Figaro hopes that the exposition
may be "a pledge OF national peace Tn,
expected true OF the factions through the
months OF the exposition may have a
permanently soothing effect upon the dis
eordant elements. AT any rate. the r@aee
interval lie welcomed by every friend az
republican institutions In Europe. -Phila-
delhhia Public Ledger.
II they go thither this year I'm create,
numbers than ever before. they win Ara
themselves more at home there than ev.-
before, and Will ma greater cause thar
ever before 20 be giad both that thew havs
gone thiiher ana that they are Amerscaya
For in the Worlds fair they viii see ira
prezsively sat forth how great a mar. =,
the world - their own fatherlsna -s;e,s
York Tribune.