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slider the proposition, but as Clara was
now 10 years of age Mrs. Bradshaw
urged upon the mother the Importance Of
making her as soon as possible capable
Of earning a living. Finally consent
was won. and Clara was presented to
Mr.. Ellsler by Blanch Bradshaw. He
looked her over scornfully. Her dress
was short, she wore a blue apron but
toned UP the back and had long braids
of hair hanging down her back She
was mere child. and not a pretty one.
He curtly refused to give her a place
in the ballet, which was all that was
asked, but he was arrested by the sud
den change wrought upon her face by
his refusal The pupil of the eye slowly
dilated and the pleading expression OF
the features won him. He reversed his
decision.
Come and see me in a few days
and if I can find any one as short as
you are you may take your place in the
ballet"
EiIsler did engage her, and he soon
noticed how quickly she mastered her
work. One OF the young women who
were to have appeared as ballet girls
lost her head, and the manager, in de-
spair, sent upon the stage the only girl
who had the courage to appear alone
She was Clara Morris, as. owing to a
mistake. Miss Morrison had been reg
istered at the theater. During the sec
ond season she was given her first real
part. that Of a backwoods boy She
was also cast for one of the witches in
Macbeth" Her first role of impor-
lance was that of Queen Gertrude to
Edwin Booths Hamlet. Miss Morris
remained in Cleveland until she was IS
or 20 years old. playing with such great
actors as Edwin Booth, John Wilkes
Booth, Joseph Jefferson, E. L. Daven-
port. John E. Owens, Edwin Adams
Lawrence Barrett, c. w Couldock and
Mr. and Mrs Kean.
Going to New York in 1870, Miss Nor
ris secured an engagement at Days
Fifth Avenue theater. where she was
employed in comedy and smaller parts
until. almost at the close of the season,
a chance substituted her for the actress
cast for Anne Sylvester in Man and
Wife in which character her dramatic
abilities were brilliantly displayed
The next day DAILY engaged Miss
Morris for a period of three years. and
the hitherto unknown western girl be-
came one of the brightest stars in the
dramatic constellation.
a little later Miss Morris made her
first tour OF the country as a star and
the story of her career since that time
would be almost equivalent to a histo-
~ of the American stage.
In 1874 Miss Morris married Frederick
6. Herriott Of New York Her home IS
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steamers. Nevertheless. another start
has been made within the past i've
years. and quite boom has been work
ed up in the designing and building OF
big four 1--WE and six masted schooners-
1t may seem absurd for our shipbuild-
ers to return to the building of wooden
ships in an age of iron and steel. but
some Of them have done so. 1t was ow-
ing to her vast forests. affording tim
Der for hulls and especially tall masts
Tor the largest ships together with her
numerous deep water harbors, that
Maine was the original home of the
shipbuilding industry That was the
golden age Of her history. when the fra
grant forests were transformed into
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d - ENIUS, like murder, viii out,
Z quoth the cynical philosopher
- once upon time. Accepting his
theory. Clara Morris latest incursion
into literature should not have come as
a surprise to her thousands of admirers
in this country Atany rate, her memoirs,
which are at present running in a popu-
lar magazine. have excited widespread
interest and have attracted renewed
attention to the woman who for more
than a generation was recognized as
the greatest emotional actress on the
American stage. Miss Morris ability.
as those familiar with her career are
fully aware, is native, not acquired.
She had not the advantages of early
wealth. with its accompaniment Of ed
ucatfon. home training and the like.
and vet she has left lasting impress
sion in two fields of artistic effort.
Clara Morris was born in Toronto,
Canada, on st. Patrick's day, 1876 Her
mother was American and her father
French Canadian. Her real name was
Morrison Her father seems to have
been the bogy OF her childhood. for her
mother had separated from him before
her birth, and it was the fear that he
might kidnap her child that sent the
two on a lonely round of wanderings as
pathetic ia its way as those of little
Nell and her helpless old grandfather.
whenever the mother and chlid were
comfortably settled in any place the IA
Their was certain TO appear and make
life so unbearable that they would
stealthily escape to some new refuge.
The mother was compelled to work to
support her daughter. taking in sewing
and accepting any honest work that
would yield a few. dollars. At the end
Of the first six months of Miss Morris
life her mother left Canada, and until
an f-f
when the future actress was about u
years old. they moved from place TO
place. Until she was old enough to be
admitted to a public school Clara Nor
rison had no playmates save her cat.
Her mother taught her 70 read and
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practically rebuilt their yards and fur
nished them with special machinery for
boiling and riyeting, with FORCES and
metal working machine shops. Antici-
paffnz the increasing demand for larger
vessels, new yards have been construct
ed on a more extensive scale. and more
men have been employed. The big
yards confine their operations to the
building of the large vessels. such as
cruisers, monitors. etc, and four or five
full rugged ships built of steel have
made records for speed and capacity.
They can carry from 1000 to 5000 tons
of cargo and cost as much as $780, 900
each Some of their sailing records
have been most remarkable, the Kappa
hammock, for example, one of the fast
est of these ships, having actually
made the voyage from New York to
Yokohama in from two to three weeks
less time than a steamer, with a speed
of Il knots an hour.
The era of iron or steel ships may be
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dustry in Maine is now at the top notch,
with ar absolutely unsurpassed record
for the past year Vessels aggregating
S.. 600 tons were built in the Maine dis
tricts'' during the year 1900, an increase
of 10000 tons over the previous year,
while the contracts for 1901 warrant an
estimate Of at least $4,000 tons
Down east shipbuilding is mainly
carried on in districts. so called. those of
Bath. Belfast. Waldoboro and Machias
having led in operations for the year
just closed. The district Of Bath, from
which and of which I am now writing,
has always led in this industry from
the very beginning of the colonial set
Elements along the coast of hundred
harbored Maine" It's great natural adj
vantages, on a river about a mile wide,
which is very deep, were early appre-
ciated and have given it a pre-eminence
which it has easily sustained 1t may
seem surprising that the history of
Bath shipbuilding goes back IS years
before the landing OF the pilgrim IA
theirs on Plymouth rock, but such is the
fact. for it was in 1907 that "a faire
pinnace OF ten tons was built here
which is said to have crossed the At
lantic.
Large vessels were the exception in
those early days, the historic Mayfiower
having been of only $50 tons. and the
largest of the fleet with which Colum-
bus discovered America, to go back a
little further was only 100 feet in
output Of the Maine shipyards consist
ed chiefly of small vessels. though now
and then some were turned out that
carried CONSERVATION as privateers into
the fleets OF Great Britain and France.
Many of the old square riggers'' also
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! said to have commenced, so far as this
section is concerned, about 20 years
ago We cannot forget, of course, the
notable event of nearly 40 years ago
the Monitor episode-that revolution
lied naval shipbuilding, but the mer-
chant marine was slow to adopt a mode
of construction that involved such a
radical departure from traditional
methods. Wooden walls were good
enough for the carrying trade until the
forests showed signs of depletion, when
of necessity iron and steel took their
place. Bath is credited with the first
steel sailing ship the United States
produced in the big four master Dirigo,
launched about II years ago; but the
first metal steam vessels ever built in
Maine were the gunboats Machias and
Castine. So Uncle Sam had much to
do with the impulse toward steel ship
building after all.
With the change from wood to iron
and steel much of the poetry of ship
building has passed away. Formerly
the building of ship was almost like
a natural growth, and its launching
was an event Today machinery takes
the place to q great extent of manual
labor. The keel and framework of a
vessel are set up under what is called
a travelling crane, usually operated by
electricity, which conveys all the ribs
beams and other heavy material direct
ly to the proper spot and lowers them
into position. The holes for bolts and
rivets are bored by drills worked by
compressed air. and all that human
labor has to do is to hold the point of
the tool against the surface of the
plates, which are picked up and swung
into position by the crane, although
some of them may weigh five or ten
tons each.
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In THE HOME OF AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING

Of wooden ships. however, has nearly
passed away. and it is only just within
the memory of this generation that it
was dourishing. The Maine pine has
long been noted for its fine qualities,
but most of it has been cut, and but lit
tie ship timber now remains in the for
ests. yet such has been the demand in
the past for timber in those shipyards
already established that cargoes of pine
from Georgia have been brought here,
and even from far distant Oregon.
Latterlys however, the larger vessels
have been built of metal, as steel is
cheaper and also more durable. Steel
is even used for masts in place of the
great sticks, some of them 70 or so feet
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Nine. Fanny Janauschek was born at
Prague, Bohemia. July 20, 1882. She
attracted attention at an early age and
was a brilliant pianist at 10. In 1913
she appeared on the stage at Prague
and was soon engaged for a theater in
Cologne. She was advanced rapidly
and at IS was leading lady at the Stadt
theater, Frankfort, where she spent II
years. In 1867 Janauschek came to this
country and appeared first at the Acad-
envy of Music, New York. She spoke no
English at that time, but the recogni-
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Janauschek's retirement from the
stage was announced in 1891, but denied
by her. and in 1892 she starred in a play
called 1.-THE Harvest Moon.'' of which
she said there was not much Of a har-
vest about it so far as the box office
receipts were concerned"
But if celebrity was long hers so was
the penalty of it, for popular interest
in her achievements waned u years
ago and finally ceased altogether. She
emerged from her retirement to play
part in 1.-THE Great Diamond Robbery
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ters to write-letters that only I can
write have several hours of state
business to attend to. I have to appear
at social functions and look emperor
ike and pleasant have to attend
nearly every day many luncheons and
dinners Yes" and the kaiser smiled
family at the idea, "and eat at all OF
them as though 1 were really hungry.
have frequently retired to rest at or
O'Clock in the morning and just had
time to dream that was not an en-
peror, when, alas, have awaked to find
that had not only as much to go
through as on the previous day. but in
case I should get rusty 1 had a bazaar.
military display and two extra din
ners thrown in. Yes. a kaiser's duties
are perhaps sacred, but they are also
burdensome."
The shah of Persia, who has recently
been doing" Europe, appeared quite
skeptical when told that European ruiz
ers were invariably the hardest worked
people in their respective kingdoms.
All, no, no." gravely replied his maj
esty, the emperors and kings Of Eu-
rope have no anxiety, no responsibility.
Their majesties are only allowed one
wife eachi''
The popular Prince of Wales. al
though not a king. has verify a kings
duties and responsibilities. Last winter
one of the most popular and influential
British noblemen, and a great friend Of
the prince, asked him if he would honor
him by dining at his house any time he
might think proper. Let me see." said
the prince, meditating. II am now
booked for the next five months from
9 in the morning till pretty well IL at
night, inevitably booked but" and
the princes face frightened at the
prospect. III tell you what I can do.
It is now February. isn't it,? Wen,
can give you an hour some day toward
the end of July, If that will do
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a handsome graystone mansion at Riv-
erdale on the Hudson It comprises a
portion of the property formerly owned
by Edwin Forrest.
Another woman of genius who. al
though much older than Clara Morris.
was a theatrical idol of America at the
same time, has lately been in the public
eye by reason of the rumor that after
a long retirement she will once more
appeal to the suffrages of theater goers.
She is Nine. Janauschek, one of the
most consummate heavy stars the
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HARD woRExED sovARcHs.

The most learned monarch in Europe.
the king of Sweden, once declared that
in order to play at being king sue
cessfully one had to be IAN actor, a SOL
der, sailor, an authority on sports. on
dressmaldng, on a fathers duties and a
mothers beauties, and" added his mai
esty, smiling, with the profession OF
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an archism de-
veloping as it is
now, a king
should also be a
very skiI1fuI
physician to
boot"
The German
emperor, speak
ing at a private
society OF stu
dents in Berlin,
said: "The hard
est worked sub
JecL IN my en-
pire does not, as
a rule. work
harder during
the day than I
do. I often have
o c C a s ion to
change my dress
eight or nine
times during the
"a hours. Near
ly every day I
have 80 or 40 let
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W. MONG the important industries to
"a which attention has been attract
4 \ ed by the recent discussion anent
the ship subsidy bill there is. Of course,
none more prominent than that of ship
building, per Sc The shipbuilding in
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THE START OF A GREAT CAREER

Lord Wolseley's retirement as COM
mander in chief of the British army re-
calls a memorable little incident Of his
home life in the very earliest days OF
the field marshaPs career. His father
Major Wolseley, died when his sons
were still young. leaving his widow
none too well Off She. however. was
the type of woman whom adversitv
cannot crush, and. to the surprise Of
her friends, determined that her eldest
boy at least should follow his fathers
profession. One day a relative asked
her did she not feel anxious about her
sons future. seeing that it was hard for
her to give him an income which would
enable him to keep pace with his broth
er officers But Mrs WoIseley promDf-
~ replied that she had no fears what
ever about her boy.
I feel convinced" she added. ssfhat
he viii do well and make a name go
himself in the future"
Her friend, naturally enough. thourbt
Mrs Wolseley spoke with a rnofher,-
sanguineness about her child buf 80
lived to see the prophecy. fulfilled.
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world has ever produced. It is general
" conceded that in certain lines Of
work Janauschek was the superior of
any actress in the world since the days
of Charlotte Cushman, and that fact
alone should be sufficient to bespeak for
her the attention of present day pa
irons Of the drama in case she should
adhere to her recently expressed deter
mination to return to the stage.
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An Important Industry, Interest In Which Has Been
Revived by Discussion Of the Ship
Subsidy Bill.

which sailed from Portland, Salem.
Boston ana New York for the East In
dies and other remote parts of the
world were sent out from yards in this
section. But for 40 or so years past,
until recently. the industry Except
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The town Of Kos. the capital Of the
small Turkish island of that name "
ing on the coast Of Asia Minor nos
sesses the Oldest tree in the world. I'M
der it's shade Hippocrates incnlcs -
his disciples in his methods ana Vie4vs
concerning healing nearly 1000 vea-q
ago. Tradition carries the age Of fbe
tree back to the time Of .4sscuIanins
COT whom Hippocrates was a lineal fle-
scendant. which would add some 40o
years to it's age. IVY
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ton of her talent was so complete that
she determined to master it and began
her English performances in 1881
playing in sMedea," Macbeth" and
Marie Stuart.x She was soon recog-
nized as the greatest tragic character
actress Of the day. Later she appeared
in ..Chesney Void" Deborah Marie
Antoinette.'' Meg Merrilies'' and Leah
the Forsaken.'
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when applied to the building Of naval
ships on contract) has been confined to
vessels Of small size, owing to the hand
leap OF the competition of foreign
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CLARA
MORRIS

GirIhOod Of the once Famous
Actress, Who Has Recently
Created a Sensation In Liter
airy Circles
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few years since. but has not of late
been at all in the public eye.
Last July Nine. Janauschek was
stricken with partial paralysis when
alone in her fat in Brooklyn and re-
moved to a hospital. Her recent recov-
cry was promptly followed by the re-
port that she viii star next season in
her old repertory of classical plays.
MADGE ENRIGHT CUBBERTON.
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long. which were at one time the pride
of the woods of Maine.
In order to turn out the more modern
ships the principal companies have
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ships by the thousands of sturdy down
casters" toiling with the invincible
broadax in a hundred water hooks and
estuaries Of her rugged coast. The age
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MIME.
JANAUSCHEK

The Former Tragedienne, Who
May Shortly Return to the
Stage In Her Old Repert0ry
2SSMS
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
HYM EN- { AL.
Langd On-Brogan. n.

FREMONT, Neb., Jan. 16.-(Special.)- }
Thomas II. Langdon and Miss Kate Brogan.
both OF Pleasant Valley, this county. were
married at noon yesterday at the Pleasant
Valley Catholic church by Father Delbove.
After the ceremony a reception and dinner
was given at the residence OF the bride
parents. which was attended by a large
number Of guests. The groom is a veteran
Of the Spanish war. having enlisted in the
regulars, Fourth cavalry. in the spring OF
1895. He served both in Cuba and the Phil
ippines. Was severely wounded in GRE of
the first battles with the Spaniards near
Manila and discharged on account Of
wounds received in action. The bride has
always lived in this county and her parents
we're among the first settlers of Pleasant
Valley.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
Crimmins-COIe,

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.-Lieutenant
Martin Lalor Crimmins of the Sixth in
fantry. U. S. A., and Miss Margaret Cole
of this city were married at st. Mary's
cathedral in this city today by Vicar
General J. j. Prendergast 1t was a white
and green wedding and the decorations
were in those colors or in happy harmony
with them. The ceremony was held under
a magnificent bell OF roses and lilies of the
valley. The bride was attired in dress
OF white tulle and carried a boquet OF
lilies of the valley. Miss Florence Cole
sister of the bride, acted as maid of honor
and the best man was John ID. Crmmins
jr. Lieutenant Crimmins is a son OF John
ID. Crimmins, "a millionaire OF New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
WILL NOT OFFER REWARD
Governor stanley Decides That II is
Useless to Arrest Members of
LeayenwOrth Mob.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 16.-Goyernor Stan
ley decided tonight that he would not issue
an offer for a reward for the arrest of the
perpetrators of yesterdays negro burning
in Leavenworth.
"Tt would be Of absolutely no use to
issue the offer" said the governor. IF
the guilty persons were arrested they
would necessarily have to undergo the
first trial in Leayenworth county and on
account OF the present condition of public
sentiment there it would be absolutely
useless to attempt to prosecute anybody
there for the crime
The governor had decided last night that
he would offer the reward, but deliberation
on the subject induced him to change his
mind.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
Bold Attempt on n Bank.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. ia special to the
Star from Severy, Kan, says: A. masked
robber at midnight surprised j. C, Shoe
maker, cashier OF the Greenwood County
bank, as he was working on his books, and
with a revolver ordered him to open the
safe. When the robber learned that the
safe bore time lock he bound and gagged
the cashier and attempted to drill 1t. He
was unsuccessful and finally made his
escape after robbing Shoemaker OF what
little money he carried,
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
NO MOVE TO ARREST ANY ONE
Chief of pOIicc of Learenworth
Thinks the Mob Leaders Will lie
Allowed TO Go Free.

LEAVENWORTH, Jan. 16,-Chief Of Po-
lice Cranston when asked today II any
effort would be made to arrest the mob
leaders, said:
mo, | think not, ] know Of no move
meut to arrest anyone Continuing, Chief
Cranston said: Il do not approve of the
burning OF Alexander, but he should have
been hung. He outraged another girl aside
from Miss Forbes on Labor day, but moth
ing was known Of it until lately, This
girl was taken to the penitentiary yester-
day and identified Alexander as her assall-
ant. It is my opinion that he murdered
Miss Forbes"
Probate Judge l.. Hawn said There
are some bad features about the affair and
| am sorry for it all The burning part is
too had. II hurts the community, 1t was
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
Social Democrats In Convention.

numbering nearly 200 and representing
thirty states met in national conyention
Tue sday Prominent among the delegates
social democracy. Many women wore tho
badges of delegates. The convention WAS
called to order by Seymour Steadman
local member Of the national board, who
was made temporary chairman. Margaret
Halle OF Massachusetts, was elected tenn
porarY secretary,
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
AndernOn-MilIcr.

CRETE, Neb, Jan. 16.--(Special AT
noon yesterday the marriage Of MIR. C. B.
Anderson and Miss Tillie Miller took place
at the residence OF the brides parents. Mr.
and Mrs. 7, H. Miller The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Morse of the English
Congregational church. Later an elaborate
dinner was served to sixty invited guests
including friends OF the family from Omaha
Lincoln and WILDER. Mr.. and Mrs. Ander-
son left for a tour in the Southern states
this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-17
Clark-FOster.

BUTTE, Mont, Jan. lev. A. Clark
jr., and Miss Mabel Foster, the youngest
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Foster
of this city, are to be married after Easter
The engagement was announced today. The
couple will travel abroad for a time, and
afterward will occupy Senator Clark's New
York mansion. The young man is the
youngest son of Senator w. A. Clark, and
is engaged in the practice of law in Butte
He is a graduate of the University OF Vir-
ginia, is 22 years Of age and is a millionaire
in his own right.