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The age-herald., 1901-03-10

identity to her husband, and few other important things, and they go off into an obscure part of the ship in very inspir- Ing heart-to-heart attitude and the cur tain fails slowly.
 In all this there are several very fine dramatic situations, especially the scene where Percy pledges his wife and the scene where she pleads before Sir Moat. The impersonation of the Governor by Percy would offer a splendid opportuni- ty for Hackett, but MT. Lorraine was not equal to the occasion. He has plenty of vigor and energy and is good to look at, but he is a 'swaggerer' and loves to bounce about the floor as if to hear the clink of his spurs. He is stalwart, but lacks dignity and force and expression. Miss Irving, too, gives one the. idea that Jocelyn Leigh is a winsome, frolicsome little blonde American girl rather than a fine rounded, complete woman, suffer- ing under the weight of a very great sorrow. Her work is conscientious how ever, and both she and MT Lorraine give satisfaction. The role of Jeremy Spar row is finely interpreted by Charles Wal colt The rest of the cast are well bal aneed and satisfied the slight demand made on them. The unusual effect of the shifting panorama of the journey to Weyanoke created a mild sensation.
 The one ludicrous feature of this first presentation was the encore demanded of the Indian at the end of the third act. The gallery gods whooped and shouted and called Indian" Indianr so persist entity that this modest young fellow, who, by the way. did the part excellently, came to the wings and bowed his appreciation. It was, perhaps the first time such thing had ever been seen at the Knick- erbocker and all the critics made much of it.
 n,, +ta v,-boIo tarTo IJava and ITO IJoId,, does not drag, nor make one weary or drowsy. It has one magnificent scene for the hero and one for the heroine, and the scenic part of it is singuarly superb. With the right actors and one or two changes the play would score heavily. As it stands it's success on Broadway de- pends on the popularity of it's novel pie lures and the reputation of Miss John ston's novel.
 DEVEREUX LAKE.
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original form. but as a drama of gen uine human interest can see no hope for it."
 And MT. Ford is usually a good judge. Whether he is right in this instance re- mains to be seen.
 The Tribune's comments are positively libelous "W. W" save: "The newest grief is a medley of haokneyed incidents and verbose dialogue made out of Miss Mary Johnstons ebullient juvenile novel Into a play which was industriously ap- plauded by an enthusiastic clique. The theme of Miss Johnston's novel had al- ready been felicitously treated in an ar tistic graceful, well proportioned novel called The Head of a Hundred by Mrs. Mand Wilder Goodwin, published five years ago. Historical theme, however. are open to everybody and priority is not necessarily preemption. In Miss John ston's story. which in outline and drift presents some resemblance to that Of Mrs Goodwin, there are indications Of literary talent"
 The rain was coming down in a steady, monotonous drizzle when little Miss IT, wing arrived at the Knickerbocker the other night to play "Jocelyn Leigh for the first time before New York audi ence. Fresh from the Tyranny of Tears and "A Marriage of Conven- ience." she is the veriest tyne in this melodramatic business-for ''To Have and To Hold" can't be classified under any other head-and it is probable that bled in her slippers during her wait be- fore the curtain was rung up And no wonder! The play had been successful in Buffalo and Baltimore. but what Is Buff falo or Baltimore to a. Broadway play house-the great tablet ofe fame, wher actors either carve their names in emblazoned letters or pass into ob- livion? And the Knickerbocker just va cated by Nat Goodwin and within stone's throw of the Criterion, where Julia Marlowe is playing When Knight hood Was in Flower" and not very far form the Metropolitan Opera House and the New York and the Casino-a formid- able home for a mere fledgling to make a nest with untried building material
 First-night audiences in New York are nothing short of tremendous in the original awe-inspiring meaning of the word Blase, captious, curious-one never knows what will happen. The Knickerbocler was packed to the doors with this sort of an audience Monday night an audience prepared to weigh "To Have and To Hold" in the balance with "When Knighthood Was in Flow er," "In the Palace of the King, Jan ice Meredith" and the other dramatiza- tions of like nature which are in vogue here now. Besides this, Robert Lorraine, Miss Irving's vis-a-vis-if l may so say Is an Englishman who was an unknown quantity in the stellar system of the Ri- alto up to few years ago. Two things were known of him. He was said to De a matinee idol in London and his name had been connected in some suggestive way with that of Julia Opp-she who left the British shores before Mir. Lorraine did. The public appetite for novelty and for other things unknown was whetted by the little gossip that was already on tapis So the feminine element was out in force to see Mir. Lorraine-the women
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
AN ORIGINAL CRITICISM
 OF TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
DeereM Lake Reviews the New York Critics and Ventures Opinion on Dramatization of Miss JohnStons
 Novel for the Age-Herad

New York. March 9.-(Special. )-It will
 probably give Miss Johnston no little amusement. if she cares anything for comparative philosophy to read the diff ferent verlic4s of the New York news paper critics on the initial presentations of Mr. Boddsngton's dramatization of
 ITO ,IIave and To Hold" at the KniclS- erbocker Theatre on Broday Monday night One or two confess that they
 read the novel and then forget all about it. others promise to read the book just to put the finishing touches on the play, and the rest founder around in a column or two of generalization which leaves one fin the dark as to whether the aggregate ] of all these individual judgments are
 worth the paper they are written on. Certainly none of them can be taken as a criterion on which to predict the fu- fure of the play. For instance, Norman IIapzood of the Commercial-Ad who has written life of Abraham Lin coin and is a sticlxer for the strenuous life. stands for realism. art for arts sake and all that-calls the play "a burlesque
 exhibition, badly made, badly acted and foolishly managed, having none of the flashing romantic excitement of the story-substituting for Miss Johnston's excellent English a simpering language
 which induces a state of mind to which
 Schopenhauer's Is like sunshine"
 Franklin F1yns' criticism in the Sun is
 what might be called the deadly parallel. Nile says: ' 'ro Have and To Hold would have stood alone without bolster ing from the fame of the book It showed some of the faults inevitable to plays made with scissors and paste but [ it had merits such as cannot often be obtained by that process. Of course 1t
 was a whooping melodrama; no other ! kind of "a play was feasible or desirable, ! because Miss Johnston had written with a sword-shaped pen with blood-red ink. It was faithful to the spirit of the novel, and as to It's grade in literature it Is surely as good in this version as in the original narrative and as deserving of acceptance. It Is no more masterpieces in one than in the other, but is engross- ing in both and is capable of defying adverse criticism"
 : Alan Dale of the Morning Journal, who is never very chivalrous or temperate or delicate, but Is always ingenious enough to be read, calls the play a Welsh rare bit dDeam, lobster salad dream. de- 1irium tremens dream-just a silly. harm less case of indigestion. l did not read ITO Have and To Hold but if Lord Car naI~was such an ass in the novel as he
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was in the play, I don't sec where he came in. The dramatization is a very thin. gauzy affair; all the men are all ways standing around talking in large wads. After the first act it didn't really seem to matter what happened to Joce- lyn and Percy. All he seemed to do was to hurry her off to boats to escape. It reminded me of the marine reports in the daily papers. In fact instead of criti cisng it l might refer you to the ship ping news column. It is a most boat-Y kind of a play. There was Maud who was never asked to come into the garden, but always to the boat MT. Lorraine pumped out his words. while Miss Irving misunderstood the role and gasped dis distressingly inhaling stiffness from MT. Lorraine. MT. Kent was real as an animated feather duster. My Lord Car nal was also nearly real. He was quiet and dignified, He suggested maternity and automobiles"
 The Herald offsets Alan Dale's mawk- ish verbosity with a very sensible analy- sis of the plays good and bad points. "The dramatization," the Herald says, follows the lines of the book pretty closely The scenes give the right at mosphere the final picture especially being highly poetic. Miss Irving was not only very pretty as Jocelyn Leigh, but acted with grace and dignity, her emo- tional outburSt in the last act being very impressive. MT. Lorraines voice lacks variety of modulation but he made handsome hero and acted the role in straight, honest, effective manner"
 James s. Ford, insthe Evening Journal, says he has not read ''To Have and To Hold" because he has sworn off from historical novels during Lent. But he feels certain, nevertheless, that MT. Bad dingtons version of the novel will sim ply serve to drive another nail in the coffin of the modern theatrical pest, the paste pot and scissors arrangement of a novel, exposed to the public with the usual accessories of costume and seen cry. have been compelled to sit through number of these dramatiZed novels-'Caleb West, David Harum,' When Knighthood Was in Flower and others whose names, happily, have pass ed from my memory. but last nights ex- perience awakens a serious thought. How long will play-goers patronize this form of entertainment? And this question is one of no small importance when we take into consideration the fact that half a dozen scissors versions of novels hang on the success of To Have and To Hold The play may enjoy a prosperous run because of the curiosity of the number less thousands who have read 1t in its
The age-herald., 1901-03-10
INSURGENTS SURRENDERED.
Forty Officers and POO Men Lay Down
 Their Arms.

Manila, March 9.-Captain Eulick of the Forty-seventh United States Volunteer Infantry has received the surrender of forty insurgent officers and 200 men.
 The gunboat Albany, acting in cooper ation with Lieutenant Van Voorhes of the Twentieth Infantry, surprised an in surgent camp near Barnan, in the pro- vince of South Iloilo, counties Luzon killing five of the enemy and charging their supplies.
 The western part of Batangas province, Luzon, formerly an insurgent strong hold, is becoming pacified. The leaders of the insurrection there are taking the oath of allegiance and many rifles are being surrendered.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-12
A DEFENSE OF EianlNo

The London Spectator turns from questions Of war fax
alton and American progress TO discuss the prevalence Of
mild untruthfuness It only believes that everybody
departs from the truth or less but il defends the
parure The editor solemny arms that conventional or
society lying when practised With strict moderation is in
no detrimental to the moral health Moderate story
telling ike moderate drinking is vague term and sug-
gess the danger Of final immoderae indulgence but the
Spectator makes argument behalf Of the former that
is not ali sophistry although it may be ceusured by nor
alists who do not always practice what they preach
The woman who her maid to the door to say she
Is mot at home OF who beg her gues not TO hurry when
She means DO go is only praccing one part Of an ex
ensiTe code that prevails throughout polite society What
should we do With the inQusve people in the world if
syery question they ask had to be answered with absolute
ruthfuness 4 refuse to answer" IS seldom pleasing re-
oinder and is not always Elective The white lie is
often the only weapon that Viii serve TO defend ones SELF
and ar the same time destroy friendship So long as
curious people VIII ask questions which il is nexpedieut
10 answer and invitations il is inconvenient 10 &C.
cept it is to be feared there is little hope of reign f
soure truthfulnes Perhaps the most that can lie asked
is that there be deviation from truth winch can in any
way iniure others which can be avoided without wound
ing the feelings of Others
hardly would dare invite a friend 70 dinner II
sorry but he had another engagement and coua not cone
he told the truth he might according 70 the Spectator
have to say: Il do rot ike you and your friends bore
4 could cutie easily but do not care TO associate
with the seoondlass people among whom yen live The
question is What would be gained by the r1h in such
cases? Society would have 10 be made over on an entirety
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-12
4a1iu S Ea9Ae
HUNTING A HARVEST FIELD.
u. N. MuRpocK. EdItor.


man walked into the Eagle Office yesterday to ask
where the line Of harvest is He wanted work in the
harvest fields and as he was short of money he
to make bee line for the place He worked the
harvest fields in previous seasons had been miner over
Missouri; twentysx years Of age bright sturdy,
confident in himself But he was hunting for work The
hasn't yet made room for him to halt He is NOV
ing on passable education But he hasn't just
naturally got in the world"
The times are very good now probably as good as they
win be. The wandering around the world
hunting Jobs here and there out Of one this week and
into the next is in poor way.
And Of course it is his fault He probably lacks in
dustry Industry IS q great tin god Some old Roman
holding position all probability through some fortui-
opportunity political graft said wisely that labor
conquers things The prescription has been repeated
every century since one by Goethe who with double
cargo Of genius remarked sagey that genius was ninety
nine per cent hard work In the century Just passed every
great man. every artist note every writer Of Tenown
guilty Of putting votve Offering on the altar Of the
pewter Joss
Practically the whole nation is at work and hard at
work On this theory Several million souls are pouring
the last drop OF energy into cauldron with
victon that something rich and strange will come to them
uOSL De iOOIeQ mere is nOInQg coming
them out of the cauldron-
But this should be talked. It isn't policy Every
lad should be taught that salvation hard work
the business the keep its youth busy and
that savsh industry viii win Occasion should
not be neglected exploit the case Of the section hand
who becomes president Of the railroad through work
Other hsy exceptional visions should be wbred before
him occasionally to convince him In order to keep ar
sans to the gndstone manufacturer should occa
sionay return from Europe with the encouraging dictum
that it is the industry Of this country which places our
product beyond Englands or the continents What we
want is industry. who takes couple of hours OF
in the afternoon should feel himself thief
the eye is diverted times to the social CRATER who
is rakng the shekels without wasting drop Of sweat
to the geDtee ofer who would gladly exchange his bur
den Of responsibility" for 81 day JOB or to the man
who has through fortunate consangunity with the
boss through investment placed without Judgment and
with increment of pure luck the eye should be
withdrawn and to work again. fear Of heresy over
the present small stitch.
And Of all the man who was hunting work in the
harvest fields yesterday and wandering over the
country week search another job should be con
demned condemned in mind and in speech and in writing
He is Ouageousy happy is contempt of that bondage
Of location all seeking; flies in the face Of all eco
nomic succor; is in rebellion industry and deserves
buke the happy smiling. lucky devil
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-12
DO SHARKS EAT MEN7

The vandal hand Of science threatens destruction to
some Of the most cherished opinions Mankind just
scientific research has overthrown many pleasing and i'm
pressive historical incidents It is enough that
should told that the chameleon is extremely limited
his power to change color and does not live air. but
gorges himself with bugs; that the eye Of the bassk
carry death; that the salamander not live in
hames there equinoctional storms; that
bodys white in single night from grief
fear; that nobody set of teeth old age
etc. but must hear science affirm that nobody has
bitten by a shark When dispatch from Charleston
reported that in the body Of maneatng shark which
captured in the bay found the Of negro the
scientists who study of sharks ggged the
creduty Of the reporters and public They affirm that
there the various kinds Of sharks
that there is no shark which will attack a being
human body that the chief diet of the ter
of the is the gentle bluehsh. They recall that
few years ago an offer Of $4,000 was made for satisfactory
proof shark had bten anybody and the money
was never claimed
Some the most thrilling rescues at summer resorts
Of New Jersey from the very jaws of maneat
ing sharks. There are men who wear medals for such
rescues and young Asbury gave her hand
and fathers fortune to who had saved
her m1tation by sharks teeth. Many striking
focase yarns and touching marine have had for
principal dramatic situation struggle with
eater There are pegIegged sailors stump saloon
to saloon get ppe by recng the tale of how their abb
sent legs were transmitted into shark Science ridi
cues all these and tragedies when maintains
that the which follow in the wake Of ship show
ing their dorsaI fms above the waves have
object than seize upon any old thing which the
cook may throw overheard.
Anybody who has observed the of sharp
which line the powerful jaws OF the shark must be
very ginatye believe that they devised
ly for the mastcauon Of buehsh. Such could be-
leve that cannon was intended butterflies
ture provided that when the teeth Of the shark may
out Of their sockets shall take the
places. This could be only the assumption that the
crunching human bones might loss Of teeth
science be right and the shark live mainly buefsh and
never on sailors legs Nature absurd and
fu in endowing the vicousseeming monster with such
teeth and such a wicked leer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-12
ovERwoRkINe TIE BEE.

The busy bee has been made buster by willy Cafor-
nian apiarst He his where the flowers are
blooming, changing his base Of operations with the
and in this he keeps his bees active during
months Of the year and three crops of honey The
orchards Of the Sacramento and Joaquin yeys
into bloom months before the southern sagebrush
and to them c. I. Graham drove wagon load Of bee
colonies late IN January 1895 As the blossoms faded
April Mr. Graham turned southwark again. pre-
dicted that his bees would him by waysde for
while bees be moved with impuny during their qui
escen winter it is general considered impossible
port them during their active season Mr. Graham,
solved the difficulty by travelling night only
reached home with practically full colonies honey crop
Of 100 pounds to each hive and the sagbuh season still
open before him. The following years moved
loads of colonies. and only transported them
to the northern orchards in January but in July after the
sagbrush had ceased blooming carried them again
TO flourish the fragrant wild flowers the San Joaquin
valley. Mr. Graham scaters the bees the fruit
region the ratio of 100 colonies to an area Of FIVE
miles, and pays certain ground rental for the
As the bees help poenze the flowers and thus pro-
duce superior fruit the Of the orchard is reapng
equal benefit with apiarst if a greater one
One raiser of alfalfa Southern California estimates
highly the help of the that he has invited bee
keeper to locate permanently his farm
the profits Of his hay.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-12
FROM CHICAGO 70 HAMBURG.

The steamer Northman, which left Chicago for Ham
burg april 80 reached her destination in hirtyve days
That bad fact looks bad for the lire Of steamships
between the head Of Lake Michigan and the great German
cit yon the Ebe because the time extremely long But
in this case figures misleading.
The Northman took nineteen days to get to Quebec
and only sxten required for the ocean voyage from
Quebec to Hamburg The vessel was unucky enough to
get caught in the unprecedented ice blockade the st
Clair river which Obstructed traffic for about three weeks
and although the Northman was not held back so long
the delay made the first voyage from Chicago to Europe
entirely abnormal
When the pioneer steamer Of a very interesting line
once left the rivers and lake behind reachd salt water
there further trouble and time made in cross
ing the Atlantic fair For that reason it may be
concluded that the experiment which Chicago vessel men
Of experience and courage have begun promises well so
far OF course much extended test of through bus
ness VIII be necessary determine the vital question
whether or not direct traffic between the upper lakes and
Europe in steamers small enough pass through the
Canadian canals. win be profitable
It is by far the most interesting novelty of the year or
Of recent year in the business Of the great
lakes It ought to be pecunary success for it will sim
pity traffic between the interior Of the United states and
the great continents beyond the high seas.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-12

system if It had be without the oil Of polite
prevarication-f which deceive but which
does not ofend-and it is doubtful whether it would be
productive of good is Certainly the world
would be uncomfortable place to live in uncom-
Portable as Gi1bert's palace Of Truth"
These white lies manufactured largely Of the
milk Of human kindness They are prompted by desire
not to inure other peoples feelings the Spectator
says, have all entered into tact agreement that
der certain circumstances VIII deceive each other for
the comfort Society seems to have adopted the
philosophy that there times when peace and good viii
worth than the absolute truth when truth
will be provocative Of i'll viii.