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The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21

says, "a play reads well, but when one
comes to speak the lines they won't go"
Tea drinkers will all find common
ground in the teapot. So necessary Is
her favorite drink that she carries her
own importation around. This tea was
ths' cause OF a little domestic disturb
ance IN her New York home the other
uay. The head of the kitchen appeared
IN Miss Twins boudoir and declared:
iii not drink the Kitchen tea any lon
ger. have been used to drinking the
same brand that Queen Victoria did,
and I'll rot drink another drop of your
Kitchen tea" The reason of this out
burst was that she was not allowed to
go TO Miss Twins choice tea at all, but
had to drink the tea provided for the
Kitchen. She had also been in family
who were furnished with the same
blend as the queen of England and
nothing short Of the best would ever
again satisfy her tea longings
One peculiality is that Miss Irwin
practically never wears diamonds on or
off the stage. She has only one small
diamond ring, worn as a guard to her
marriage ring. No one OH the stage is
better entitled to wear diamonds, as
her financial standing figures some-
thing like 100000. and her spirit is as
democratic as though she owned only
40 cents.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
MAUDE ODELl HAS IDEAS
ABOUT ACTRESSES GOWNS.

Miss Maude Odell vigorously depre-
Gates prevailing ideas entertained by
actresses generally in the matter Of ate
tire. She says: did you ever notice
the graceful movements of well train
ed chorus? Did it ever occur to you
| that one-half Of those girls who seem
to be perfection in gesture and motion
really don't know why they are maxi
ing the movements except for the rea-
son that they are following the instruc,.
tions of the stage manager? This is the
fact. The thought behind the gesture
is not that of the maker of it. There
the stage manager fills the void, but
his brain cannot be put to every use.
An actress should put thought into the
dressing Of part, but generally she
does not, and 1t too often happens that
there is no one to do her thinking for
her
Il have seen some of the cleverest Of
acting injured by clothes not suitable
to the part-costumes upon which mon
ey and time had been expended, but
which did not show any conception of
the ideas the part demanded when
dressed for the stage.
DO you suppose that Bernhardt al
lows her dressmaker to cut her cos
tunes according to the goods and the
prevailing style" Certainly not. She
does the thinking, and the modiste
works under her direction.
When my friends ask me how to
dress invariably tell them to create
an individuality. It's the little things,
not one of which separately would
count for much. that give a tone Of
individuality TO a whole. People follow
each other too much. Dressmakers
force their patrons to follow the styles.
Good dressers have mind of their
own.
Every woman likes to look the same
at thirty that she did at twenty. To
do this let her find becoming way of
dressing her hair, and let her always
dress it that way. 1t creates the indi-
and if you haven't seen that
" oman for five or ten years you invaA
rably will say: My dear, you haven't
grown day older than when l last
saw You. You look just the same
And that woman will look the same
until she dies or her hair falls out
AT the Same time | do not believe
hat in this effort toward individuality
'ne should lay herself open to the
'harge of eccentricty. As there is q
inc between genius and insanity so
here is a line between the striking and
he eccentric.
TO be graceful one should never let
he feet show. The character of a
tage adventures which have so Of
en- played is emphasized as much in
he dress as in the acting. The feet
re never kept in sight. The dress,
weeping and swishing across the
tage, reflects the mind of woman
no Is planning to sweep all before her.
have known of instances where Q
hort dress has MANNED part.n
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21

have her trunlIs as1ived 81 h1r home
than aAs atauas h thA midst Il the de-
bris and briskly orders the servants
right and left untN everything is In
place.
II 10 rather amusing to see Miss Irwin
march the colored servants around with
a cheerful celerity that amazes people
who have flied and failed dismally. 1t
is needless to say that wherever she
goes the servants like her.
The strongest characteristic of Miss
Irwin is her radiating good nature.
With all the strength of her strongly.
vitalized spirit she gives herself freely.
and that is how 1t happens on first
nights, when she has put her heart into
the words, that she utterly collapses in
a Hood of tears when the curtain goes
down. No matter how great the ap-
pia0se, the reaction is SO great that
only tears come to her relief.
Few women have the executive abili.
ty Of Miss Irwin. She is not content
with simply telling some one to do
something. but she sees that 1t is done
and then personally attends to all the
details. Just now she is working on
next seasons play. If ever time hangs
heavily, she rehearses the part and
grinds down the angular lines to pol
ished stage smoothness. -"Often." she
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21

HE merry. merry Yuletide
brings a peculiar kind Of toy
to the thoroughbred sports
man. He is being who has
Il more in life than has the man
whose business consumes ev-
cry moment Of the year. The outdoor
sportsman in particular is at all times
the happiest of individuals, and when
Christmas comes around with it's an
nual visit he can sit with his family be-
fore the fireside watching the cracking
backlog sending its flame and sparks
up the chimney. sthe while taking
healthy qualification in Illuminating
over his recent hunting exploits and MS
prowess in athletics, ETC., while formu
lating plans for days to come.
The Christmas of 1901 awards to
many members of the sporting brother-
hood unusual and in some instances un-
looked for opportunities for making
merry.
Young Corbett." the clever Denver
pugilist has occasion to go to extremes
in Yuletide celebration because he sue
ceeded in wrestling the featherweight
championship of the world from Terry
McGovern. Harvard football followers
will have a merry Christmas because
the crimson team Is undisputed cham
pion of the United States. Yale Is also
happy because the New Haven eleven
netted a clear profit of more than
$50, 900.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
W. c. WHITNEY AND THE
RANCOCAS STOCK FARM.

| William c. Whitney will not buy the
late Pierre LOrillard's Rancocas stock
farm from Mrs. Lillian Barnes Alien,
for 1t is not for sale, but he has ac<
quired control Of the PROPERTY for =
term of years and intends making an
experiment which will determine
whether New Jersey farm can turn
out racing thoroughbred of as high a
class as those of Kentucky and Ten
nessee.
Mr.. Whitney believes that he can
make his plan success. He will ac-
cordingly bring up from Kentucky the
stud he has maintained at La Belle and
dofnicile it at Rancocas. The stud in,
cludes the great Hamburg. the import
ed stallion Meddler, also Lissak, Jean
Beraud. Laki. Ballyhoo Bey and 9TH
ers; the noted mares Lady Reel, Bally-s
hoo, kildeer, Black Venus and num-
ber Of valuable yearlings, including .
filly by st. Simon-Lady Reel, hence a
half sister to Hamburg. Mr.. Whitney
paid $4,000 for Meddler at the dispersal
sale of the late Malcolm Forbes Of Bos-
ton. who imported the stallion from
England. Last summer Meddler was
well represented by John Sanford's
Rockton, winner of the Saratoga ham
dicap; Mr.. Whtney's three-year-
Morningside and two-year-old Gold
smith, together with j. G. FOllanbee's
colt Cameron. Hamburg cost Mr..
Whitney $4,000 at the Marcus Daily
sale, the contending bidder being ]. B.
Haggin, who stopped at $4,000.
Mr. Lorillard and talked over the
possibilities Of Rancocas farm many
times" says Mr. Whitney, land both of
us were of the opinion that It could
turn out as great horses as any place
in the United States.
I'VE understood the advantages of
the blue grass region of Tennessee and
Kentucky and admit that 1t has cut .
bigger figure in turf history than New
Jersey. but we thought that New Jer-
sey had>nOt had a fair trial. I would
be perfectly content to leave my stud
in Kentucky if Kentucky were cJtser
to New York. The objection to In
Belle farm is that it Is SO far away I
can't see my stations and mares more
than once year. A man as fond Of
his horses as I am wants TO see them
oftener than that. Rancocas is close
by. ! can run over there almost any
day and make the trip comfortably.
think ! will be able to show that RAN
cocas grass is as nutritious as blue
grass. Mr.. LOrillard cultivated grass
in scientific way and Rancocas pro-
duces the best in New Jersey. II we
find after a fair trial that Rancocas
farm can't turn out high class winners.
We will have to change The country
Rancocas produces tho
finest milk hereabout, and it is reason-
able to suppose that a country pfoduc-
ng good milk will produce. under tho
proper influences, good horses. The
'oals are nourished by their dam, you
know. q
Il don't think the Jersey climate IN
against the experiment. II anything,
he winters around Rancocas are less
'lgorous than the winters about Lex
ngton and will hardly overtax the VI
ality of the young horses"
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21

/ ri !! y 4 rs { ~ q Z 3i5ps{ s{,a 81 his
| lStsGlS ~ ~ ~ NAT hi uaisht ~
petusn - sAaSsriea for ssysral yeArs.
ana at tns sams time We heard ali sorts
ee stories about our lack Of apprecia-
tion of Mr.. 0oodwin's art. This was, Of
course, the merest balderdaqh, for II
one actor In this country ID appreciated
At his full value 1t is Nat Goodwin, and
this 10 said with no desire to disparage
his ability. He is one Of our greatest
players, and, while he perhaps makes
less than million year, It Ii certain
that the man who might purchase the
profits Of the tour of Mr.. Goodwin and
Miss Elliott for one season at $4,000
would be apt to have q few thousand
dollars to the good.
Perhaps Mr.. Goodwin's greatest sue
cess In this country was scored In
when We Were Twenty-ohe." He
might have used 1t much longer, but
instead the piece was let out for certaiD
territory and the blush was taken from
II. When Mr. Goodwin set out for Eng.
land. as he did not expect to return for
long time. he failed to provide new
material. Then when We Were Twen.
ty-one" did not catch the fancy of the
I.0ndOners, with the result that Mr..
Goodwin finds himself compelled to
come back here In January and take up
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
AND ION THE QUIET"

1t is not generally known that the
comedy of "On the Quiet" by Augustus
Thomas, in which William Collier has
made the hit of his life, was written for
Nat c. Goodwin and that the latter
kept it in his trunk for year and then
returned it to Mr.. Thomas. Collier was
at a loss for play last season, and,
meeting Goodwin one day on Broad
way. New York, Nat said:
Willie, Thomas has just the play for
you. 1t is called 'Ridgway of Yale and
will fit you like glove"
Collier saw Thomas, read the play
saw in It great possibilities of success,
bought the rights and renamed it "On
the QUIET Goodwin afterward saw
Collier play the piece at the Grand Op-
era House, Chicago, and said to him in
his dressing room after the perform.
ance: ...
you are a better actor than ! am,
Willie, and better judge of play. II
l could have seen as much in this thing
as you have made me see sitting in
front of the footlishts. would never
have let you take it."
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
"YOunE COrbctt's" Victory.

Sportsmen throughout the country
are still moralizing on the knockout Of
Terry McGovern by that plucky stocky
Denverite, Young Corbett." The down
fall of the overconfident Brooklynite
was the greatest surprise in pugilistic
circles generally since that memorable
New Orleans affair when Jim Corbett
sent the seemingly invincible John L.
down to defeat.
That "Corbett' deserves his victory no
one denies. He is the cleanest, hardest,
fastest fighter seen in many day. He
conducts himself in a gentIemanly,
sportsmanlike manner. always cool and
confident, but never boastful. In this
last respect he Is totally unlike McGov-
ern, who has allowed temporary prize
ring glory to swell his diminutive era
mum.
In private life Young Corbett" is
william II. Rothwell. His triumphs
over George Dixon, Kid Broad, Eddie
santry. Oscar Gardner and Joe Bern
stein are familiar to the public. He ia
forcible Illustration of what can be
done by honest, uphill work.
In justice to Terry it must be said
that he did not appear in his usual and
best form. His training operations
were not conducted along winning lines.
The Brooklynite was judging western
horse races when he should have been
at home preparing for battle. A bare
two weeks is not half the time that he
should have devoted to preliminary
work. But nothing can be said to de-
tract from "Corbett's" glory. The young
fighting cock is the real thing" and
there was naught Of luck In his Quickly
won victory.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
THEATER PROGRAMME
JOKER AND HIS OUTFIT.

The theater programme joker Ia at his
dark work again. Reckless of peace, Of
sanity. Of his own conscience. he has
entered every open lobby to wreak what
ruin he may, to drive men to the rum
bottle and women to smelling salts, to
swoons and Mysteries.
Who can this fiend be and what the
reason for the malignance with which
he pursues those who seek pleasure and
| would have peace? Is he the Nemesis
sent abroad by grim destiny to enforce
the inexorable law of compensation, tho
demon who will allow existence of no
gold without its grain Of dross. no bit
ter without its drop Of sweet?
Whatever his nature, whatever his
purpose, he lives and leers and thrives,
and none Of those in authority make
endeavor to cast him out. He enters
where he will and how he may, without
let Or hindrance, without SO much as
saying, by your leave" or offering ex-
cuse. Indeed he needs no excuse, for
they at the portal say welcome, and
they in the stalls are not asked for per-
mission; they must groan or grin and
bear 1t.
The fiend has left his impress upon
every programme in the town. Not a
page in any one hut is spotted with lit
tie strips of his conversation which
produced ennui in our fathers when
they were precocious infants. There
are luips which did service for burned
cork entertainers a score Of years ago
and cranks which turned the handles of
laughter within those who religiously
read their almanacs still further back
in time.
In none is there found an original hu.
morous idea or genuine thought of
any kind. Hardly one could have claim.
ed distinction when young and vigor-
Gus. All were food for desire to drink
or to seek cooling brcezes aQd seclusion
then, so what Ideeds of abandon and
violence are they not likely to incite US
to now when, like TIE poor, they have
been with us practically always?
We might not so earnestly complain |
IL the impositions We're changed or
shifted occasionally. All the jokes have
not been utilized by this fiend yet. II he |
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
|THE SPORTS qH7 q! 1E4N n4N1
CHRISTMAS | ARE Ri HAPPY Fi41I3

in the following conversations which
held with the rival mitt pushers moi
many days before the dashing western
er "doused the glim" Of the once Terri
BILE Terry"
said to "Corbett." What is really
your opinion Of your chances in the
coming fght?"
After-a moments hesitation he re-
piled: "Welf don't say that l can
whip Terry, but II there is anything in
hard fighting he will have his hands
full. Terry Ia a difficult man to down.
He has had more experience possibly
than l have. but that Is not going to
frighten me. came here to do the best
in my power"
When. a day or two later, Terry was
seen in his New York training quarters
he said In answer to a request for pre-.
>diction:
Say, there amt goin' to be but one
man in that fight, an that's me. l hear
'Corbetts' been takin' automobile rides
as part of his trainin'. Well, say, he
wants to get up against one of those
Empire State expresses before he tao
kles me-"
As is generally the case after an i'm
portant fistic contest, the winner is be-
ing besieged by ambitious "pugs" for a
match. A half dozen managers have
offered" Corbett" terms for enga agements,
and Terry is also anxious to secure an
other chance at the Denverite. Terry,
however. will need many weeks in
which to recuperate. "COrbett's" fatal
right swing struck McGovern's sub
I'll Io, t,,ttH A.,
the latter's head to hit the floor so
hard that his skull narrowly escaped
a fracture. He must remain quiet for
long time in order to thoroughly re-
cover.
Many persons of good Judgment state
that McGovern will surely defeat Cor
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21

French well, but has fallen on evil days
and is now in a London workhouse
Mr.. Tree Is making her comfortable
weekly allowance during the run of the
piece.
Ben Hur" played to the utmost ca
pacity of the Olympic theater in st.
Louis. The route of this attraction for
the remainder of the season contem-
plates visits to Pittsburg, Philadelphia.
Washington, Baltimore and Boston.
Nixon & Zimmerman will present
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
E AClORS r'fEa:c Yrs; :
CHRISTMAS ! : Latest i4HH Piau ;

lnihcent moments. But Mrs. Hatch IL
essentially "of the earth. earthly" and,
though she was 30 original In her mode
Of thought as to be almost eccentric.
she was nevertheless q well defined
and frequently encountered type. It
WAS the realisation Of this that Mrs.
Fiske has evidently missed. Her por-
trayal Of maternal woe and absolute de-
lection, alternating with CLEANS Of
hope, combined to make an exhibition
Of dramatic art the like Of which las
seldom heeA seen. But when Mrs. Fiske
was called upon to show the softer side
of her mother nature she somehow
failed to satisfy-that is to say. she
failed to satisfy by reason of the inev.
table comparison with what had gone,
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
other Happy sportsmen.

Henri Fournier Is merry because he
holds the worlds unbeaten automobile
record for one mile. George H. Ketch-
am rejoices, for the champion Cresceus
has ended an exhibition tour of the
country which profited the popular Ohio
horseman to the extent of many thou
sands of dollars in real money. The
great Jockey Danny Maher, who was
formerly a Hartford bootblack. bubbles
over with good will toward his fellow
voyagers on life's sea because he has
signed a contract to ride for Edward
VII, rex, next year for the royal sum
of $4,000. John l.. Sullivan is happy.
for he has sidetracked his interest in
the noble art of selling "old Kentucky
red eY" and is uplifting the wayward
youthS Of the land by pouring mineral
water-in bottles at $3.50 case-into
their systems.
Hunters are at the height of ec-
stasy, for they have enjoyed almost un-
precedented good fortune in the chase
for moose. deer, caribou, foxes, ducks,
rabbits, quail, grouse, partridges, etc.
The body polite of horsemen cele-
brates. for the racing season In running,
trotting and pacing has been remarka-
Bile for the lowering of records and for
the number and size of purses hung UP.
Baseball cracks are exuberant because
the present war among the various
leagues is booming salaries.
And so the procession goes. All along
the line sportsmen and their associates
extend salutations to Santa Claus and
his day. About the only creatures in
the animal world that are not happy at
this time are the rabbits, ducks and
turkeys. and they should find cause for
gratitude in the fact that Christmas
comes but once year.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21

and abilities. He has been so well re-
ceived in this play his tour has been
extended to June /.
Through temporary illness Walter
Hale has been compelled to relinquish
the part Of Colonel Jack Brereton in
support Of Mary Mannering in Janice
Meredith" Robert Dvouet, who created
this character in the original produc.
tion last year, has resumed this role
Mr.. Drouet is an exceptionally talented
leading man.. excelling in romantic
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
STAGE FOLK AND THEIR DoINGs.

Jacob Lift, manager of the Broadway
theater New York, has written Klaw,&
Erlanser a letter congratulating them
on the success of "The Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast" in which he says: ut
may please you to know that never
since have been local manager have
I received so many letters and words of
congratulation directly from my pa
irons as have during the short run of
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
THE Trolling MILL MAN."

Frank V. Dunn, manager of the Star
thsater. Philadelphia. an old friend of
the late John w. Kelly. "the rolling mill
man." recently discovered that there
was no stone to mark the last resting
place Of the man whose reputation as a
funmaker few years ago was second
to none. In fact, Mr.. Dunn had a great
deal Of difficulty in finding the grave.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
An Excellent comnany.


OF the members of the company little
need be said save that all were salts
factory. The greatest disappointment
perhaps was in the case of that splen
did, conscientious and always accurate
actor, J. T.. Dodson. He was east for
the husband of the fictitious Mrs
Hatch. The role was in no way suited to
him, and that he did not miserabiy fail
in tits the greatest possible tribute to his
ability. Annie Irish was very sweet as
the female good Samaritan of the piece.
and Jefferson Winter gave an exceed
ingly good performance as the fiance OF
Mrs. Hatch's daughter Robert r.
Ilaines was handsome and well con-
tanned rs the man who would marry
Mrs. Hatch despite her past. This ex.
cellent young actor, by the way, can
make love as well as any player on our
stage. 1t can do no harm to reiterate
the prediction that Mr.. Haines is GER
tain to be heard from prominently in
the near future, especially If he should
be fortunate enough to continue in the
artistic atmosphere of Mrs. Fiske's
theater company.
it is too bad that Mrs. Fiske's selec-
tion of plays thus far has, been rather
poor. II. however, she wflEleviye Tess
of the D'Urbervillss," her long run at
the Manhattan will be certain to end
in the proverbial "blazs of glory" Mrs
Fiske is too great Il prop to whatever
remains of the artiNic side of theatric.
al effort for us to be willing to permit
her commendable venture in this city
to prove Il pecuniary failure, and If she
will but give the thousands Of persons
who admire her pluck almost as much
as they admire her art but half
chance they will see to 1t that her sea-
son will yet close with goodly sum
written down upon the right side of the
ledger
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
Fhoo by Ymt
KYRLE BELLEW IN "A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE"

fancy To say it was wonderful cre-
alton would be to put 1t mildly. Such
another grotesque CONNECTION" in milli-
merry does not exist on earth. They
bought 1t and sent 1t to Miss Robson by
express. She now wears 1t In the first
act of THE Messenger Boy" 1t is a hit
in itself.
Although "The Messenger Boy" with
James 7. Powers as the boy" Is m its
third month at Daly's theater, New
York, there Is as yet not the slightest
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
Photo by Byron. New Yosk.

theater, who came to America to aid in
staging 1.-THE Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast" was with the company in Chi
cago. He will drill the ballets for the
London production Of "Ben-Hur" to be
made at the Drury Lane In April.
The Augustin Daily musical comedy
company In San Toy quite captured
Chicago, the critics giving this attrac-
tion the credit Of being one of the most
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
A MANAGER WANTED.

Joe Walcott is again without man.
ager. After /Walcott whipped George
Gardiner ORourke and he quarreled
and parted company. Then Mitchell
became his manager. Now Mitchell
has left him, and Walcott is presuma-
bly, mismanaging himself. This change
Of managers has been practiced by .
few pugilists before. 1t has always
preceded the downfall of the fighter.