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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06

HOW A PLAY is WRITTEN.
II L. a Long and Difacult Undertnk-
ing for the Dramatt.t.


How do dramatists write plays' In
almost as many ways as there are dram
atists In one respect. however. their
methods hardly ever differ. They hrst
make a ncutllne OF the Plot. characters
and episodes That IS called scenario.
Sometimes II incluies the salient points
only Sometimes It goes into minute
details. Anyway. Il shapes and forms
his entire play. BY this time he has
studied the possibilities OF his theme
and decided what his characters shah
do. He has learned by experience that
his work ia more difficult than that os
the novelist He must not describe
things but present them. He may re-
sort 10 narrative only at the risk OF los
ing the attention Ok an audience.
A paay Of words and not OF deeds IL
Ike the proverbaai garden full o,
weeds" The personages viii not amount
TO much u they merely talk. They must
show their traits. motives and inten-
tons In action. The soTiloauy is there
fore. not I'm favor with the modern play
wright These conditions impose long
and hard labor upon even the geniuses
among writers for the stage. More
time and thought are often spent on a
scenario than IN writing out the play. It
may be said that drama OF the first
class Is a good years task
The playwright must keep hts char
acters plainly before him sll the while.
II is essential that he shall know where
they are. whether active or idle. When
ever they stir It should mean something.
An Indefinite moveneR tmay spoil the
effect which he intends 10 make. The
audience sees quite as much as 1t hears.
one Of our well-known authors sets
small puppets on a miniature STAGE and
moves them about In no other way
can ne keep the situation clearly in mind
while devising and developing them
Another man q sSasI Tsaewa needs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06

Saturday night, double hill comic opera
Pretty Persian"
u u *
.DARLOW $ Ministries" Will be the at
ID traction at the Third avenue thea
ter commencing tonight. The com
pany includes some of the best burnt cork
performers in the profession. The hrst
part Is novel and peculiar conception
and the ouo one of exceptional merit or
tho comedians Harry Ward heads the hst.
His parodies and witticisms have earned
him a we'll deserved reputation. Coburn
and Baldwin, all-around musical artists.
have no superiors In their line Of work
Lew Baldwin, the quaint comedian; VIII
son and Leighton. buck and wing dane
ers. and the Harmonic quintette, are all
artists of genuine excellence.
"Barlow's Minstrels'' may not be the
Ersatest organization On earth. but II 10
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61DAI51 HOWARD t.

element very rarely found in present day
comedians.
Then comes Daisy Howard, Bertha Nils
son. Katherine Goodrich. Charles Vandine.
Alexander Joel and a chorus of thirty
fresh young voices.
The repertory will be specially selected
and acceptable to Seattle music lovers.
Tonight Will be given the great double
bill "Mascotte," and the grand opera
fourth act OF "Rigoletta," with Russo as
the duke. Tomorrow also will be a
double bill. comic opera, "Sald Pasha,"
and the grand opera "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana" with Russo as Turide. Tuesday
has the great double BILL comic opera.
"Olivette," and grand opera, Lucia de
I.ammermoor." with Russo as EdgardS
Wednesday will be grand opera night. IN
Trovatore." Russo as Manrico. Thursday.
romantic opera night, Mariana" Henry
Hallam as Don Caesar de Bazan. Friday.
grand opera night. Faust" Russo in the
title role: Saturday matinee. Martha"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06

pay. saith the Lord 'Gismonda' symbol
izes the viii to pride, teaches that the
highest nobility turks not IN the blood.
but Ia the heart. that to be born in the
upper ranks is not all sufficient: that
there is nobility OF action. OF deed. that
counts for something. Historically Cleo
ratra' symbolizes two passions, the will TO
power or ambition frustrated by her pas
sion for Antony.
In my opinion the legitimate drama
should carry out three objects-hrst TO In
struct; second, TO make one think and.
third. 10 divert
q = x
IT took "Old Sol" and his most earnest
| rays to stop the two months run OF
Ward and Vokes and their big travesty
company in Chicago last summer. Until
the heat became positively. IahssgASls IN
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06

AHE old proverb that blessings
~ brighten ms they take their
fight" finds confirmation in the
close OF the theatrical season iii
Seattle. Although the patrons Of
- heal playhouses have had little cause
~ complaint since the season opened they
Mys every reason to feel thoroughly satls-
aelulGh the attractions that are booked
= IL close. Last week the amusement
NtEnmme was one OF the best of the year
y Of excellent variety.
n tho Seattle theater "Quo Vadis," \
~ which IL fully equal to the famous
MEL upon which II IL based, was present.
Mhy company ON the whole quite capa-
W and well balanced "Quo Vadis" held
u boards three nights beginning Sunday
III vas succeeded on "Wednesday by Will
NJ H. Vests minstrel jubilee. billy"
W.T. has for wears mad a host OF admirers
eeattlc and not only they but his new
hands as we'll unite in saying that a bet
II aggregation OF burnt cork artists has
sssf visited this city. Their only COM
phInt was at the shortnees OF tho engage
ri Of but two nights. The Seattle was
tfk Friday and last night.
A the Third Avenue the bill for the en-
III week was ION the Suwance River,
Bcdthern comedy drama In Pour acts.
~ company Is ono OF the best ever seen
4 that playhouse and the play well writ
NJ and thoroughly satisfactory from every
Eandpont.
Tuesday night music lovers were given
neat In tho form OF n classical concert Tn
&rmania hall by Petschnikof, the great
hlinis, and Hamburg and 1achaume.
nt famous pianisis Although the han
fnved itself entirely unsuitable for the
al al ~.
rriatons and scored a musical triumph.
ne amusement programme for the com
N week promises 20 he bat little inferior
that OF last At the Seattle theater the
Boston Lyric Opera Company with he The
ssraeion for the entire week. opening the
esssement tonight aud singing moth grand
ta lfht opera
Al The Third Avenue Barlow's MINISTRIES
w play a weeks engagement opening
taxht
TWO operate organizations that visit
! SEATTLE always command the respect.
Attention and appreciation OF the gen
ne music lovers OF this city. IL is
sfsalsss TO say that the Boston Lyric
vera Company. with its forty superb
]sas, which commences an engagement
snshs at the Seattle theater. is one of
uese attractions
sgnor nop,,,,r,, pusso tho now ,enor
ns snnars,, - M ',,,.-....,, 80
sess 49, 80, -. -. ~. 80,
nav, ~ ,'r,',,,,',,'..' 80 -, -,
al 4 ~. ,,Ss' 80 81, -, ~,
race ID ~. =" 49, -.
NnoSshncss % tone are beyond qucs
- and IN that appealing sweetness
sfs, -. NON 'I 'ur h""'t ~ ne
d. sven 70 ASosunf@ of tho LON eN''N
So. company. Who gave such deliSnt -
s.no. mus nus 'oNeIs iew years "so.
ss.. ~, Russo Is bat "A years old and
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06
VAIN REGRETS.

WY hnseF oVsr time nov gone
With sadness IN thy heaTti
Why count ~ blessinRS oue ~ ons
And from them dread 70 pAsii
Thy hfe's nc shorter on this day
Than On the day that thou vert horn.
Though Years that swiftly pass ssay
Seem trctn "a radelI torn.
Infnituie q years IL oTrs.
We need not rpsirn the few spsnt hers
Nof coUHt the SIGHT 4 hAppJ hours
As loss q al that we hold dear
WHY shed tear IN vain regret
DER haurs missprnt OF deeds raisdorsf
TIE HaWs ard srTos nov FORGET:
Thou cansi not mend thezs-Eo. nos ozs
For Oars sors b. are dsys 20 cone.
For seed enjoyed e good Ia store:
Has God n0e safely LED thee on
Why sbcaldst thou ask for riorei
Tcdsy Is ours. The past Is Esns
Tomorrow IL not here.
Clean tsdAy's hisssinsz one BY cue:
Take Up the dusy tAAt lies near
Each day ven spent brings heaven nesr~,
Yea makes q heaven here below
Thea let today be he1csforth dsarrr
Than Aay time that thou rnaJE know.
ALFRED y. RAVEN.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06

Hotel and Restaurant Keepers. Look.
The Hotel and Restaurant keeperg Pro-
tective Association will meet at Masonic
temple. library room. on Monday evening.
May 7th, at $50.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-06

WOLFF AMERICAN bicycles will stand
up longer and run easier than any wheel
Spinning ever had the pleasure OF selling.
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ISLAND lime. ss.ls pure. Telephone
Aa!S "a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29

partitions of the building that their ex-
istence is never suspected.
One thousand employees were then
gathered together to operate the many
departments OF the hotel The mag
nitude of the work done daily in this
miniature city can best be appreciated
from a few statements of the minor
duties. Three men for instance have
nothing to do but go from room 10
room and wind up clocks and See that
they keep correct time. AS there are
1900 rooms this job is not the sinecure
which it may appear to be.
Six men are employed continually
polishing the brass work on the cleo
trio light jets In all there are 10000
OF these, in the ballroom alone there
being 1000, and nearly that number N
the Astor gallery on the same floor as
the ballroom, an apartment reserved
for large banquets.
1t is estimated that 10000 pieces go
through the laundry in the basement
SoSi udS VI lOV,OVO pACSCS q WEN. -
wash" of this size might stagger the
average housewife, but it is a trif1ing
incident in the Astoria. Machinery
handles it with lightning speed, even
the drying being done in ten seconds
by the employment of hot air pumped
outsby a special engine. Adjoining the
| laundry is an icemakins plant which
can turn out twenty-five tons in a few
hours. In all there are eighteen diff
Eferent sets of engines below, each one
having a separate service to perform.
! Only people who have money to burn
stop at this hotel, though modistes
from the country occasionally drop in
for a dinner just to get pointers on
gowns-for the best styles of the world
may there be seen in abundance any
| day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

Vet the plural of mouse should nveer
But the plural of OK should be oxen,
not oxes;
Well begin with a box, and the plural
is boxes,
The one fowl is goose, but two are
called geese,
be meese:
You may find a lone mouse or a whole
nest of mice.
But the plural of house is houses, not
hice;
II the plural Of man is always called
men,
why shouldn't the plural of pan be
called pen?
The COW in the plural may be COWS or
kline,
But a bow if repeated is never called
bine.
And the plural Of vow is VOWS, never
vine
II speak Of a foot and you show me
your feet,
And give you boot would pair be
called beet?
" one is a tooth and a whole set are
teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of both be
called beeth?
II the singular's this and the plural is
these,
Should the plural of kiss be nick
named keese?
Then one may be that and three would
be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be
hose
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of brother and also of
brethren
But though We say mother we never
say methren
The masculine pronouns are he, his
and him,
Bat imagine the feminine, she, shis
and SHIN.
So the English, I think you will all
agree,
Is the dod rottest language you ever
bid see.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29
A GREAT PENSION STATE.
Indiana Leads in the Amount of Money
Received per Capita

Indiana takes the lead as a pension
state. The annual statement OF the
pension department has just been is
sued. In round numbers the states
drawing the highest pensions are Ohio,
with $l5,OO0,OO0; Pennsylvania. SIP
100000; New York, $12,0OO,OO0; Indi-
ana, $10,0O0,000. and Illinois. $4,000, 900.
Indiana has $4,000 pensioners. who
draw an average pension of fraction
over $3.50 per annum. In the list Indi-
ana has 225 veterans of the civil war
who are drawing the limit of S72 a
month, and seventy veterans of the
civil war and one of the Mexican war
who were drawing So a month. In
number of pensioners and number of
high pensioners in the average for all
IN the state, Indiana leads any other
state in the union by broad margin.
Indiana, with population 40 900 less
than that of Massachusetts by the CEN
sus of 1890, receives in pensions So
$4,000 annually, while Massachusetts
gets but $5,420,000. Similar COMPARE
greatest pension state in the union ac-
cording to- her population.
Commissioner Evans has analyzed
the pension apportionment by congress
Sional districts, and that makes a very
fair basis of comparison. On this basis
Indiana shows clear lead, while Kan
saS comes in a good second The Indi-
ana pensions run $803 900 per district
Kansas $775,000. Among the states at
the front are Missouri with S44S 600
New Jersey with $4,000 and New
York with $352,000 per district. Mas
sachusettS averages SAT- 900 per dis
trict. The average pensions in the i've
leading states are $3.50 in Ohio. S126 in
Pennsylvania, $t42 in New York. S16O
in Indiana and STAG in Illinois. Though
there is a difference Of $14 average be-
tween Indiana and illinois, there are
over 5000 more pensioners in that
state. The difference in average, how
ever, gives Indiana pensioners $50, 900
more per annum. Though Ohio ranks
first as a pension state, still, like Hi
nois, on a basis of population and pen
Sioners, it ranks below Indiana.
Indiana was one of the states putting
the greatest number of men into the
field. Among the states of the union it
stood fifth, with New York. Pennsyl-
yania, Ohio and Missouri following.
1t put 206 900 men into the field. and in
partial explanation of the great num-
Der of heavy pensioners, it can be said
that no other state of the union spilled
so much blood and participated in so
many bloody engagements Indiana's
war history is written in letters of
crimson on the soil of seventeen states.
1t furnished the first-a member of the
seventh at Philippi in 1S61-and the last
a member of the thirty-fourth at
Palm Beach, Mexico, May u, 1866
soldiers TO lay down their lives in this
warfare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29

sixteen stories high, but there are
twenty story buildings down town
whose total height is less than $50
feet. There are two sub-stories. It
has frontage of $50 feet on Fifth
avenue and $50 feet on Thirty-fourth
stree
The main dining room is on the
Fifth avenue front and merges into
that of the Waldorf giving a length of
almost 200 feet. A thousand CUES IS
can, at a pinch, be fed at the same
time with all the varied delicacies COM
posing a wen-served feast.
This, however, gives but d small
idea of the floor space of the Astoria.
If all the floors could be spread on a
level plane they would cover an area
of almost 100000 square feet Near
~ 10000 tons of steel alone was used
in the construction Of the building and
this gives some idea Of its soIidtty.
There is one column of steel in the CEN
ter which bears a greater weight per-
haps, than any similar support in the
world. 1t is but thirty feet long and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29
SALAMANDERS.

In many places in the extreme
southern states. especially in what is
locally known as the "piney woods"
one of the most notable features is the
constantly recurring mounds of yellow
sand which everywhere dot and it
must be confessed, disfgure the mo-
notonous landscapes. These piles OF
earth are usually nearly circular in
form, fairly symmetrical in contour,
from six inches to two feet in diane
ter, and, save where they have been
beaten down by rain or winds or the
trampling of cattle, about half as high
as they are broad. Often these sand
heaps are pretty evenly distributed,
sometimes so thickly as to cover at
least one fourth of the soil surface. II
you ask a native the cause of this
singular phenomenon, which you viii
perhaps at first be disposed to con-
slider kind of arenaceous eruption
which has somehow broken out or the
face of nature, your informant will
sententiously reply, Salamandersi All
this Disagreement is indeed the work
of a curious little rodent popularity so
named and about the size and color OF
an ordinary rat. He is never seen
above ground if he can possibly help
it He digs innumerable branching
underground tunnels at depths varying
from one to six fee1, and these mounds
of sand are simply the dump heaps"
which, in his engineering operations
he finds it necessary to make. After
carrying the excavated earth to the
surface this cautious little miner takes
the greatest pains to cover up his
tracks. No opening into his burrow is
left. How he manages 10 so carefully
smooth over his little sand mound and
then literally pull the hole in after
him" is as yet unexplained-Prof Nor
man Robinson in Appleton's Popular
Science Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29

stews in the big kettles. The wo-
men of rank Will be distinguished
from the Others by their earrings,
their jewelry, their fine feathers and
the paint upon their faces. The
shost-dance and the marriage-dance
will be performed, There will be the
exhibitors of skill with the rife. and
tests OF Craftsmanship. The keeper
OF the wampum. OF the secret lodge
the chief of the medecinemen-wi
sit IN his wigwam in Paris as he sits
IN Black River Falls. making medi-
cine for the safe return of his people
TO the prairies, and the forests of the
west that they love so well. Fifty of
the finest specimens of men, women
and children from the eight leading
tribes will be selected for the trip.
They will comprise members of the
loyal families and personages of high
rank in several Indian nations-the
chiefs, the princesses, the head coun-
ciimen and the great medicine-men-
Frederick Boyd Stevenson in Woman's
Home Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29

vent Of the Astoria, the finest hostelry
in this country or any other. William
Waldorf erected the Waldorf to spite
his counsin, and his aunt Mrs. William
Aston, and make the Old home unten-
able for her by the immediate proxim-
ity of a great public house. He sue
ceeded in driving them away but John
Jacob turned the tables by putting up
a hotel that overshadows the Waldorf
in every respect. Strangely enough,
however, the two hotels are conducted
as if they were one hotel. Family dis
sensions, no matter how bitter never
interfere with business in the Aston
clan and although John Jacob is GER
tain to be getting the lions share of
the profits, William Waldorf, with his
naughty pretensions upon English
royalty, has bowed 10 the commercial
inevitable.
From the sidewalk to the topmost
cornice the Astoria is go feet 1t is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29

weighs $4,000 pounds but bears the gi-
gantic burden of 5,400, 900 pounds. as
much as a good sized battle ship
weighs.
Another extraordinary engineering
feat in connection with the hotel re-
lates to the ballroom, located on the
second floor. and rising through three
stories % a height of forty feet. In
other words it takes in the second.
third and fourth stories, the ceiling
being against the iron girders of the
fifth story. The dimensions of this
apartment are So by 96 feet. the floor
space being entirely unobstructed by
pillars.
Yet above this space are many hun
dreds of tons of weight which must be
supported. How to solve the problem
was a question for q long time and it
was feared at first that the beauty of
the ballroom would have to be cur
tailed by the erection of. at least. one
line of supporting columns MIR. Astor
wouldn't hear of it, however. and then
noted engineering firm was called in
TO consultation. The result was the
construction of six immense trusses
each 81 feet in height. the heaviest and
strongest ever made. Three are placed
on columns of prodigious strength
above the dining room AID the other
three run from the fourth to the sixth
floors. They are so concealed in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29

| on the river innImerable sampans fly
: busily back and forth. Some filled with
flowers look particularly pretty, their
closest rivals being those piled high
with vegetables and such fuuits as GUS
tard apples, lychees Buddha's hands
perslmmons, deep red mandarin
oranges, pale yellow coolie oranges
loquots and compouts. Others carry
hsn, meat, cooking utensils. charcoal.
k1ndling wood, a few being fitted up as
kitchens, in which chOw-chow is cooked
70 order.
II mas been shown that the Pearl is
by no means a duh stream. and in ad-
ditlon to all the liyeliness already men
tloned there goes on much joss pidgin,
involving the display Of special decora-
tons, the beating Of drums. clashing of
cymbals, exploding Of ffrecrackers and
Tor about two weeks in summer casting
upon the waters of enormous ouanti-
Ties OF lighted joss papers. At New
year time all craft even the humblets,
are adorned by red lucky papers and
sprays of artificial flowers made of
brass or golden flowers, nor does any
boat fail to observe the feast of Ian
terms, the large junks. flower boats.
hoating hotels, and mandarins' house
boats, making an amazing display OF
lanterns of all shapes and sizes.
But the Pearls gayest day is the 9Th
OF the fifth month, about June l., when
the dragon festival occurs. From 10
O'Clock in the morning until in the
AFTERNOON long narrow boats roWed by
on men race up and down the river.
Inc boats are always accompanied by
vast concourse of men and boys, who
run along the shore, shouting. waving
banners and beating gongs.
In managing their craft the Chinese
show great skill, and considering how
these crowd the watery thoroughfares
OF Canton there are not many accidents.
The dragon boats, however, owing to
their extreme shalIowness and peculiar
build, are so easily upset that the festi-
val is apt to be marked by few mis-
haps.
rms bright river picture is not with
out some somber tints These are cast
upon it by special class of house
boats inhabited by lepers, who may
not mingle with other people, and by
gloomy looking sampans used, to carry
away the dead.-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-29
THE ACTRESS MAKEUP.
She Must Resort to Artifice to Fit Her
Features to Her Role.

IF an actress features are irregular
she has to treat them specifically"
writes Franklin Fyles in the Ladies'
Home Journal IF her nose is a pug
or turn-up she draws a white line
down its center to the very tip end
On each side Of this line she lays on a
light, bluish-gray tint. The effect of
that is to lengthen the nose when the
full face is seen. Of course the illu-
sion is lost when the profile is pre-
sented. If the cheeks are too plump
the lower halves of them are dark
ened. An imitation Of youthfulness is
helped by making the color very light
just below the eyes. If the cheek
bones are high and the cheeks hollow
below them, the former are whitened
and the latter Redeemed. When an
actress is called upon to make up for
character part which means pre-
pairing herself to represent an old or
eccentric woman, her methods are
much the same that men use under
the same circumstances. Few young
women on the stage like to look old.
Stage managers have to struggle to
make them conceal their youth even
when the characters require it. They
are apt to lose years as soon as his
vigilance is relaxed"