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son. "A Capitol Comedy" is not the dra
raatization Of a novel. Speaking of the
craze for putting books on the stage, the
comedian said recently.
THE fad had a legitimate origin in the
success Of .Trilby,' by far the best play
Eaul Potter ever wrote and relatively
perfect play. which would. have succeed
ed apart from the book. Then came The
Prisoner OF Zenda.' Since then the flood
tide CT this class of plays has nearly
swept the original play of the stage. Tt
has become a so1'did commercial trick.
A manager or an author examines the
literary magazines for the best selling
book and dramatizes- it quite regardless
Of other values. There was a serious re
port that. the cartoons Of a certain artist
were TO be dramatized. A well advertis-
ed trade mark is used as bait to thu
public. Original plays always viii be
the best Clyde Fitch is growing better
every year. Dear Charlie Hoyt was the
master of his original field. We hear no
reports Of substantial foreigners like
PinerO. Arthur Jones. Sardou or RCstand
dramatizing the cheap success of an
hour, I can't help feeling the fad has
spent its course. To be sure, from time
to time a good play VIII be made out of
a gOOo story by a good author. But on
" occasionally. / am glad Mr.. Wilstach
has used only original ideas for a Capt.
tOl Comedy and we hope and believe IL
Will win favor on its own merits and not
on borrowed trade mark"
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that in justice to herself and to Mr.. Froh-
man she should continue in f. after the
present run. Her plans for the future
are not fully matured. but wherever sne
may choose to place her talents II Is GER
tain that "a large proportion Of the play
going public Of New York Will follow her
with appreciation and affection. TO -
CLEANED from gossip that she may appear
with Sarah Cowell lie Moyne In a new
piece now being prepared.
Mrs. Louise Sheridan. stepdaughter of
Governor Gilpin of Colorado. viii make
her debut on the stage of the New York
Sunday night under the nom de thenter
of Mamie Taylor. The members of Miss
Sheridan's family are social leaders it
Denver society. She Is a beautiful wom
an. and is possessed of an excellent
voice Her husband is a once wealthy
promoter.
Rumor has 1t that VIM. A Brady VIII
build in New York city one Of the largest
theaters ever constructed I'm this country.
He has nearly all the ground for the eu-
terprise. His idea Is TO have the theater
seat 1880 people There win be four
tiers.
The Orpheum Theater. Brooklyn. COM
structed at a cost Of $3.50 900. has opened
its doors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
sHAKEsPEARE,s BONES.
Mortgage on Church Where His Re
mains Repose

The Chicago Journal says the entire
theatrical world of England has been
stirred to Indignation by the knowledge
ef a fact just disclosed that Shakes
peare's church at Observation-Disclosures.
where his remains lie under the famous
malediction. is in debt for $500. The
Lordon Morning Post has opened sub
scription for fund to pay OF this debt.
and many and generous have already
been the contributions to it, The fol-
Lowing vigorous letter from Wilson
Barrett, accompanying a check for SEQ,
IS typical or most Of the communica-
tiCns. He writes from Monte Carlo to
the editor CT the Post:
IN consequence of my absence from
England your appeal for the mony to
free Shakespeare's church from debt
has only now been read by me and
with il Miss Marie Corelli's admirable
letter on the same subject. AS one OF
many who have found SnakeSpearefs
you to place the inclosed $50 to the
Morning Post fund. l. in common with
my professional brethren. have paid no
authOa 8 fees for the performance of
contribution may be accepted as com
science money and payment of a debt
to the poets memory Miss Marie Cor
ELI aBtly calls * a national debt I
agree with her entirely. The old con-
venient evasion of appeal for a monu-
ment to Shakespeare, viz. that he lives
forever in his works, and needs 70
monument. will not hold good in this
case. Shakespcare's church-and with
it his grave-is in cebt. otherwise IN
pledge for a beggardly GOO. This ma
tional debt is. national disgrace Ia
no other country in the civilized world
could such a thing be possible. The
church, Shakespeare's house and Ann
Hathaway's cottage should be the
property and care Of the nation. If the
nation refused to do its duty and ae-
ouire these precious menentos of her
greatest son. at least one may be per-
mitted to hope that the public will sub
scribe enough to get his bones out Of
pawn. Yours. etc.
WILSON JARRETT -
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next season called The Chaperones."
Book by Fred Rankin with music by Isa-
dore Witmark. Miss Nielsen has taken
up her residence in Chicago.
Ralph Stuart has written a new play.
The Master-at-Arms' which Will be
produced next month at the American
Theater in New York.
Maude Odel. who left the Imperial
stock company before it went out of bust
ness. to sing in the Castle Square Opera
company in Chicago, is now with the
Baldwin-Melville Stock company of New
Orleans. She made a popular success at
her first appearance in ''All the Comforts
of Home
Malcolm Williams. who will be remem-
bered as a member of the SpOoner com
pany here some seasons ago. has one of
the leading roles in -.Unleavened Bread"
the dramati zation Of Robert Grants
novel, which was on the boards Of the
Savoy Theater. New York. until this
house was closed by litigation
Madeline Lucette Ryley, after seeing her
two plays. Richard Savage and MY
Lady Dainty lannched. sailed for Lon
don last Thursday.
Miss May Robson. al present in the cast
of Lady HuntsWorths Experiment will
not appear under the Frohman manage
ment next season Her part in the show
at Days is small, and she does not deem
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Theatrical otes.

c. Herbert Kerr. musical director with
"a Hole in the Ground has been for sew
eral years an enthusiastic collector of
coins. "A short time ago he secured an
1904 United States dollar at a great bar
gain. This piece Is valued at from s., 600
IL $4,000 and only eight authentic pieces
Kerr has a standing offer of 81, 400 for the
Lionel son of Mrs Frances Hodgson
Burnett. said to have been the original OF
her story. Little Lord FauntlerOy.T is
now a congressional reporter in Wash
7nEton
a. j. Spencer's s.M'liss" viii be sent on
tour again next season
The four Beasey sisters will shortly be
seen in the principal roles Of play written
for them, and entitled Sir Laurence's
Legacy.
r. w. Marks has purchased from Fred
Fl. Wilson the four-act comedy-drana
THE Gypsy Queen
Dangers OF Paris viii receive its first
American production at the National
Theater. Philadelphia. on April g. under
Hittenthal Brothers direction
Fred E. Wright and Frank F. Morse
have secured Forbes Heerman's plav
Jess Of the Bar Z, which. the late Belle
before her death They mean to send it
on the road in August
Robert Mcintyre is soaring as Uncle
Danl In The Heart of Maryland. -
THE Night Before Christmas on its
first visit to Toronto. Ont recently
played to large receipts. notwithstanding
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and whose old home in Philadelphia is
about to be purchased as 4 memorial by
popular subscription.
More famous players than were eyer be-
fore combined in Uncle Toms CABIN
have been engaged by VIM. A. Brady for
his mammoth spectacular revival of the
ante-bellum drama at the New York
Academy of Music. March 4 The cast
includes Wilton Lackaye Uncle Tom.
Odell Williams as Phineas Fletcher. Theo.
Roberts as Legree, L. r. Stockwen as
Marks. part he has played 1000 times.
VIM. Harcourt as George Harris. Emily
Rigl as Cassie, Mrs Annie Yea1nans as
Aunt Ophelia and Maude Raymond wife
of Gus Rogers. as Topsy-
Louise Gale, who is PLAYING with Mod
jeska. lives at Council Grove
S. Miller Kent Will star next season in
THE Cowboy and the Lady,
Henry Guy Carleton was recently re-
ported to be suffering from slight apo
plectic stroke. but his condition is said
to be improving Mr.. Carleton. known as
one of the more prominent American
dramatists, has in recent years. devoted
himself to electrical inventions in which
he has been so successful that an electric
company that manufactures his devices
bears his name.
Alice Nielsen will have a new opera
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the natural depression owing to the
queens death.
Mabel Pierson. since FFilda Clarlz's ac-
cident, has been singing the prima donna
roles at every performance of The Bos-
tonians, and her work in THE Serenade''
and in The Niceroy' has been warmly
commended.
DR.. Richard G. Moulton of the Chicago
university VIII give four lectures in ST.
Paul this season upon Shakespeare and
his plays. the first lecture having &C.
CURED on January IS.
One thousand two hundred eighty-three
dollars and thirty-five cents was returned
70 ticket-holders at Portland last Mon
day night, Way Down East losing the
night on account of landslides south of
Shasta on the Southern Pacihc's Portland
line.
Grace George. continues to sail the seas
of financial and artistic success. The re-
cent marriage of the Queen of Holland
lends additional interest to her play Her
Majesty, whose central figure is sug
gested by the reigning girl queen.
Betsy Ross n tE1 new romance of the
revolution which VIM A Brady and Jo-
seph r. Grismer produce N Philadelphia
in April. is by H. A. De Souchet. author
Of My Friend From India 1t concerns
that sprightly young Quakeress whose
fair hands made the first American flag,
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the uncultivated land Is a carpet of wild
flowers. where fields Of flaming yellow
peoples and dainty baby blue eyes
and scarlet Indian paint brush" bios
som riotously.
The gradual ascent from five hundred
to twenty-five hundred feet above the
sea level is scarcely felt as one passes
up the canyon, through groves of inns
mense live oaks and gnarlad old syca-
mores under a tangle of wild Crane
vines and other creepers. crossing again
and again a little mountain stream
winding down to the valley below. With
skill and taste this beautiful drive has
been made most attractive. Wide de-
tours are taken TO spare the trees, rustic
bridges span the restless stream. while
giant powders covered with Iichens re
main untouched in picturesque beauty
along the way A sudden turn in the
canyon brings one to AIodjesixa park. a
natural park Of stately trees, two miles
beyond which stands the house 1t is a
lone, rambling one stored house, with
broad plazzas and vineclad trellises-
Arden" embraces two thousand acres,
about seventy of which are in orchards
OF oranges. lemons, nuts and deciduous
fruits Around -he house are Velvef
lawns and flowing fountains and rare
shrubbery- In the background rise pur-
pie peaks and mountain solitudes. The
house Is quaint and picturesque. lit has
French windows and broad yerandas.
where awnings. Eammocks and cosey.
seats make outdoor life possible during
all the summer months.
Nine ModJeska's own roonl-ler den
is the library 1t has triple mullioned
windows and a quaint stone fireplace.
Engravings, etchings, paintings, rare
Persian rugs, old mahogany furniture
and deep seated leather chairs make this
room most alluring. Carved oak book
cases fill the side Of the room opposite
the long French windows that open upon
the mountain view Afadame's work
table is filed with books of plays and
volumes on stage costumes and stage
settings. Scrapbooks of dramatic critic
isms and theatrical events and photo
graphs Of noted players ere in pic
turesque confusion
Among the valued pieces of furniture
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
UNDER SMELLING.


The writer's first taste Of fire was an
unexpected Smelling Of the camp when
dinners were being prepared. and an
men We're ia a peaceful frame of mind
inseparable from the fragant smell -
cooking meat A high whistle. like an
escape Of gas in the air, a heavy thud
upon the ground between two rows Of
tents. an appalling crash and q leap into
the air Of clcds of earth and Whirring
and groaningof fragments of jagged ircf-
these We're signs amid which the faint
booming Of the gun responsible for them
was almost unnCticed.s Another and AM
other, while men still CAPPED al the first
the camp was under fire sure enough
How very like the pictures was the
bursting Of the 20 pound shells,
All hands were ordered to seek shelter
under the lee Of a bit OF rising ground in
front: how were all hands taking il. con
Only landed from the transport three
days before? Apparently they were not
taking it, at all. ia the sense Of beins
affected by it. I have seen soldiers make
more fuss over the upsetting Of per-
ambuiator than they did over the shout
irg Of those grim messengers from tnt
far-off k0pje. Some slept. others la 81
grumblirg at the spoiled dinner a few
took a mild interest in the destination
Of the shells and laughed a little whea
they fell and burst in a totally different
spot to what they had expected. ur
laughed a good deal when they fell and
did not burst at all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
SALE OF moDJEsKA's HOME.
@rhe Forest of Arden" to Become
Property of Eastern Millionaire.

THE Forest Of Arden the beautiful
home Of Helena Modjeska upon the Pa
cific coast. is about TO pass out Of her
hands Negotiations are sad u be now
pending by which this unique ranch, the
summer home OF Count ard Countess
Bozenta, may become the property of
an eastern millionaire. says a New York
paper.
The estate in Santiago Canyon. away
back upon spur of the Coast Rang
mountains in Orange county. Cal, has
been the possession of Afodjeska for
more than a quarter OF century 1t is
a spot that 4connoisseurs- of art and
lovers Of nature find almost ideal The
drive to IL is made across the fertile
Santa Ana valley, through orchards of
oranges and lemons and thousands of
acres. Of waving grain. IN the winter
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Paul Gilmore,


capture the owner of the estate, Henri
de Cocheforet. who is a fugitive from
the kings forces De Berault- gambler
and swashbuckler that he is, has nice
ideas of honor. and the task is exceed
ingly distasteful 10 him. He accepts,
however. and We see him in the chateau,
in high favor with the wife Of Henri
and her sister. Renee He has found
that the man ne seeks is hidden in the
chateau. and he has also procured some
valuable diamonds that he has been
charged by Richelieu to take from the
place il he can. So far as his duty TO
the Cardinal IS concerned, he is pro-
crossing better than he could have
hoped But in 50 doing he has fallen
in love with Renee. and sympathizes
deeply with Madame de Cocheforet. His
honor j. troubling him exceedingly. He
hates himself for deceiving these con-
nding women. but he has pledged his
word TO the Cardinal. Eventually he
leads the hunted Henri to safety and
goes back to Paris to be punished by
tins Cardinal He finds when he arrives
that the king has one of his snasms OF
independence. and that Richelieu is out
Of favor. The last official act Of the Car
diual. as he believes. is to order that
Gil de Berault is TO be confined dur
ing the kings pleasure" which generally
means imprisonment for life ia a dun
Eeon But IL does not end in that way
the king sends for Richelieu, because
ne cannot get along without him and
when de Ierault looks at the order in
his hand he finds that he is to be con-
fined at the Cha teau de Cocheforet and
not in a dungeon. Renee embraces him
as her future husband and all ends
happily The play opens in a Paris
gaming house, with a game Of cards, an
accusation Of cheating, a clash Of
swords as the two players tilt at each
other, and the turbulent entrance OF a
NUMBER OF steel-clad men-at-arrns Gil
dc Berault is arrested and Cardinal
T1chelieu enters The second. act shows
the Interior Of the Chateau de Coche-
ioreti the third the garden and a road
near the house, and the fourth court
YARD or an inn near Paris. and the great
gallery IN the Cardinals palace The
action of the play is sharp and decisive
throughout. giving evidence of careful
training
Tuesday night another Of F4ovt's
1arces, "a Hole in the Ground" viii be
seen and On Thursday a rag-rime nau-
sieai lnelange, King Rastus.f'
Tonight at the Crawford Madame
tteien Modjeska. Odette Tyler and r. d.
11ae lean Will present king John"
AoaJesiSa appears as Constance.
Stoetse lyler Al Prince Arthur" and
Mr. MacLean as King john
At the Grand tonight the Sherman
stock company win close a weeks en-
gagement.
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THEATRICAL NEWS
MOdieska VIII Close at the
Crawford Tonight.
Shakespeare's = King John
viii Be the Bill.
GILMORE is COMING.
Well known Young Actor to
Return to Topeka.
Appears as q Gil de BeranIt " i'm
"Under the Red Robe"
At THE CRAWFORD.

1Iodjeska. in king John. tonight.
a Hole in the Ground Tuesday
King RastusH Thursday.
'ITnder the Red Robe" Friday
AT THE GRAND
Sherman Stock company tonight
The best attraction next week VIII De
Paul Gilmore as .'Cil de Berault' IN the
decentralization Of Stanley J. Weyman
Under the Red Robe" with MISS
Frances .Gaunt as Renee" at the CraW-
ford Friday.
Mr.. Gilmore has been seen in Topeka
several times. the last as d Artagan
IN The Three AIusketeers- he mas Won
reputation as a romantic actor in sucn
llarts as that Of the chivalrous de Der
ault Miss Gaunt is new 70 Topeka. but
she has won success in New York as
Lucille" in Daniel F'rohmans me
Wife" and later with Sothern-
The story OF Under the Red Robe,
as shown on the stage. is simple and
direct Gil de Berauit has come under
the ban Of Richelieu for breaking the
law forbidding dueling. He is to be
hanged, but the Cardinal grants him
pardon on condition that he go in dis
guise to the Chateau de Coeheforet and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23

Futcher-Leg o. mutton2 Yesm.
Mrs De Rieedr-And let It be or
black sheep. II YOU please. We're in
mourning. you Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
Hon. WILLIAM HOPEWELL,
Fall River. rIaSS.. saws -

Of of
Fall River, rIaSs,
IN
had Dr. eenes Nervura
Sc
Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
Mrs. EDGAR E. SMITH, 2S7 Appleton
St, Lowell, Mass, says g.

DR.. Greeness Nervura blood and nerve REM
edy has helped me of very bad case of nervous
dyspepsia. 1 was taken sick about FIVE years
ago from overwork. l was in bed three months
and miserable for a year I had three diff
ferent doctors and at last l tried DR.. Greene's
Neryura blood and nerve remedy, and it has
done wonders for me. could not eat any thing,
and now 1 can eat as well anybody. That IS
all I can tell you. My husband is a we1-kuoEn
fireman at the Westford St. engine house. and
everyone in this city knows him, and everyone
knows was sick for long while and had to
give up work on account of my stomach trouble
DR. Greene in his great practice, meets
daily many cases, and has the pleasure OF
seeing men and women who are thin and
debilitated made strong, we'll, healthy and
happy by the use of his great discovery,
and by following the private advice which
Il who suffer, and who. consult him at his
City. or who write to him about their case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-23
TIM MURPHY,s PLAY

he T. Glad it is Not DEMONSTRATION
Of Book.
MT Tim Murphy is rather proud Of
ens tact that his new play for next sea
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ali and who consult him his
18th New York him about their
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Tuesday night another Of Hovt's
1arees " Hole in the Ground will be
seen, and On Thursday rag-time mu-
sieai nelange, King Rastus.f
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At the Grand tonight the sherman
STOCK company win close a. weeks en-
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BLOOD AND NERVE REMEDY.

blue discouraged
81 o
fullness distress indigestion which
Indigestion
of a
in delicate that This slight
the
There discharge which taken
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Ionlght at the Crawford Madame
Helen Modjeska. Odette T1ler ana p n
AacLsan viii present king .Tohn- .
a ouJestSa appears as Constance
ooette Tyler as Prince Art7nrfI ana
MI. MacLean as .Kfne- Tnhrl
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-05
VIRGINIA PREACHER IS .DAzED.
Kisses the Bride and Is Met With an
Uppcrcut From the Groom.

ID
Kisses the Bride and Is Met With an
Uppcrcut From the Groom.
Greenbackville, Va, Sept. lit may
be a good long time before the Rev.
James Porter of Chincoteague kisses
another bride without asking the
groonl's permission. Joseph McDuff
and Miss Agnes Tulley went to the
residence Of the minister a day or two
ago to get married. The ceremony was
performed and az was the custom In
this section the minister kissed the
bride. The next instant McDuff's fist
shot out and caught the minister In
the jaw, laying him limp in the corner
OF the ROOM Friends seized the angry
groom and explained to him that this
was the custom Of the ministers. Nc
Duff was mortified and as a peace of
fering drew forth two $40 notes which
he rendered to the dazed and surprised
Clergyman.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-09-05
nLAMEs sHAFFER.
Former officer Charges Trait the Sit
nation WINS 9IisrcpreseMted.


nation Wns 9IisrePreseMted
Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 3. Charges
that the national officers Of the ANAL
gamated Association OF Iron, Tin and
Steel Workers had misrepresented the
attitude Of the United States Steel cor
poration toward organized labor In or
der to ges members OF the association
out on strike were made by Former
Vice President J. D. Hickey at the
meeting OF the Bay. View lodge yester-
day. In q cool, unpassioned manner
Mr.. Hickey gave the members of the
lodge the result of his recent trip to
Pittsburg. where he went for the pur-
pose of Investigating the situation In
regard to the steel strike and the stu
alton as summed up by Mr.. Hickey
was that the strike appears to be lost
and 1t may take years to repair the
damage TO the association which has
already been done. Mr.. Hickey's re-
port was listened to- by all the men with
respectful attention. Mr.. Hickey made
no recommendation to the lodge as to
their future action, but 1t is believed
that his speech may cause change in
sentiment not only at Bay View, but in
other places in the fourth district. Mr..
Hickey went into details for the pur-
pose OF showing that Secretary Tighe
and president Shaffer had misrepre-s
scented the facts when they appealed to
the members OF the association to
strike on the ground that the steel cor
poration was determined to crush or
ganized labor and ruin the Amalgam-
.ated association. He maintained that
the proposition offered by Mr. Morgan
had been eminently satisfactory and
should have been accepted right there
gy President ,Shaffer If he had had the
interests OF his fellow workers at heart.
Mr.. Hickey reported that u per cent Of
the mills were now working, and in his
opinion the strike is practically lost.