Evening star., 1901-03-02

must necessarily occupy far higher plane
of Intelligence than Is typffied by Sis Hop
kins.'
I'm 1876. a friend of the writer visited
the Philadelphia centennial exposition. At
his hotel he fell in with ! jolly member of
the newspaper fraternity, who took every
occasion to poke fun at Posey county
One morning at the breakfast table the
scribe entertained his hoosier friend with
an account of his adventure of the previ-
tened to an address from noted scien-
tist; how he had been charmed with the
conversation Of Robert Dale Owen, and
with what delight he had watched the ac-
ing of Miss Lynda Deftz at one of the
theaters on the previous evening. Glad to
hear you express Your appreciation of all
these gifted peoples You pay us great
CO compliment. Ihese people are all products
OF Posey county, Ind, and they are not all
of our exhibits" in an intellectual way.
either replied his listener
perhaps one of the faults of metropolitan
to assume that rural communities must
necessarily be very primitive and ignorant
or at least, exceedingly provincial in their
customs and modes of thought But with
present day facilities for contact with the
best thought of the age; with the great
metropolitan newspapers: the countless ar
ray Of periodical literature and the widen
ing stream of books emanating from the
press and with the constantly increasing
tnrong OF readers, communities, even the
most remote, must gravitate upward and
keep largely in touch and sympathy with
the worlds general progressiveness.
S1s HOPKINS is a composite character
and is made up Of characteristics, foibleS
and idiosyncrasies peculiar to certain peo-
pie IN every community, and while she may
have an imaginative local habitation and a
name among the 'hoosiers.' her prototype
cannot be found in Posey county as a dis
than in Pike county. Mo-; Buncombe county,
N. e.; washington, D. c., or Boston Mass.
"HOOSLER-''
The following suggestion Is made in a
communication from reader:
Il think that it would be an excellent
idea If the manager would put in a promi-
nent place in the program Gentlemen
please keep their seats between acts" 1t
Is very seldom lady is seen to rush out
between acts, and seldom a man unaccom-
panied by lady Is seen to keep in his
seat.
1t is very annoying to lady to be crowded
In her seat by man passing to get fresh
air. in one case out of a hundred; some
thing equally as good in most every other
No lady Is fond of having to let some one
pass time after time probably treading ON
her feet, knocking her coat, opera glasses
o. some belonging on the floor, the man
seldom getting them for her, to say moth
Ing of the rudeness of annoying others
simply for the w.hims Of self"
"My wife will report for rehearsal at s
o'clock Sunday. JACK LEVY"
These are the words of telegram which
Manager Chase of the New Grand re-
ceived last Thursday evening, and the lady
referred to Is none other than Della Fox,
the comic opera prima donna soubrette.
tha Sta ha
been made that the White Rats purposed
to persuade the one-time volatile Miss Fox
to stay out of the bill at the concert at
Chase's New Grand tomorrow night. 1t is
authentic because the signer is Diamond
jack Levy, as he Is called the husband OF
the singer.
The assurance is especially welcome to
Mr.. Chase, as he is inclined to feel that a
stronger bond than mere contract links
him to the former Little Host" She was
married to Mr.. Levy while playing at
Chase's Lyceum Theater, Baltimore, only
few weeks ago, and Mr.. Chase was one
of the first to congratulate the happy pair
Mr.. Levy is we'll known in New York cir
cles, and owes his sobriquet to the fact that
he is diamond broker, and carries about
him always enough precious gems to ran
som queen. True to her professional
training, Miss Fox after marriage con-
tinued to live up to her contracts and
Washington will be favored tomorrow night
with passing glance at her as a sort OF
preliminary to her engagement of week
duration later in the spring.
1t is understood that Judge Grant dis
claims that his book, "Unleavened Bread, >
| which Leo Ditrichstein has dramatized, /.
| intended as a slur ON the club women
| This book Of Judge Grants has crea tee
| something of a stir. AS a blistering socia
| satire, 'Unleavened Bread has not had al
equal in modern times. 1t pictures two dis
tinct types Of women, the social strug
gler." as represented by Flossie Williams
and Selma White, the club woman, who
| pretends that she despises the leaders o.
| the exclusive social set. In point of fact
Selma hungered after social preferment
| and because she was not taken up sht
| thought she had been cruelty wronged
| Selma had a mission. and just what tina
| mission was she was not able to discover
Robert Grant Is unsparing in his amos
| cruel satire Of Selma. On the stage, sh.
| will be portrayed by Elizabeth Tyree Nal
| colin Williams will play Selmas first hus
| band, Edward ]. Morgan her second ant
| George Fawcett her third. the 'chesty'
| governor of New York state. The pla,
| made hit in New York city.
| How great part does heredity play 1,
! the formation of a vaudeville performer
| Four or five generations ago there was {
| family by the name of Schaffer, who played
| at fairs in Germany. They were mounte
| banks and beat drums and gave athleti,
exhibitions for the delectation Of the coun
| try folk. Today Severus Schaffer, who wa
| at Chase's this week, is worth probabl,
| 100000, and is headlner in vaudeville
| having the choice of dressing rooms owe
| actors who have been shining lights in tn
| legitimate Schaffer throws heavy weight
around and catches them on his shoulders
| He is one of the greatest heavyweight ing
| glers in the world. When he was a bow q
five years his father made him practic
juggling every day at certain hours, jus
| as other boys have to go to school,
| Half a century ago. when, owing to tn
| high price Of paper, the crudeness and com
paratively high cost of printing machinery
| and possibly the absence of latter-day en-
| terprise, newspapers were far less numer
Gus and Of much smaller circulation tha,
| at the present time: dwellers in remot
country regions were obliged to depend TO
their news upon chance comers from othe
| localities. One of the most active dissent
! nators of the news In those davs uos III