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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-09-18
Difficulties the Stage
Beginner Has to Meet
It Is Probably Harder to Gain Footing in the
theatrical Profession Than in any Other
NJ ALL the professions which a

M ALL the professions which
~ young person may decide upon,
that of the stage is probably the
most difficult in which to obtain
footing, even by those who may be
fortunate enough to possess all the
necessary qualifications.
In some cases where the aspirant for
stage honors has considerable infu-
ence, the first engagement is easily OBJ
tanned, but even they have to begin at
the bottom of the ladder, and are for
tunate if the bottom means nothing
further orloWer than maid S part, with
"Yes" or mo, my lady," for the lines,
accompanied by a salary of ten or
twelve dollars a week, and where ad-
vancement depends more upon ability
than influence. While those who have
only their own persistence to be CRATE
full to for whatever chances they may
secure, find their first engagement even
more difficult to retain than obtain.
The girl in quest of an engagement,
who trudges up three or four pairs of
dingy, ill-lighted stairs in the rear of
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and hats all show it, and in many
charming effects.
The material is being shown in fancy
effects, embossed and printed de coupe,
and the plain and corded velvets. In
fact, the range is larger than in any
other season of which / remember. It
Will be in demand for street wear, for
tailor-made gowns, for blouses and
trimming silk or cloth gowns. In col
ors the browns and blues will be most
popular, with a few shades of green
and touch of red or white.
Here is velvet trimmed afternoon
gown for street wear that will illus
trate how the material is being used
for such purposes. The gown is COM
posed of blue broadcloth, white silk
and blue velvet. The skirt is demi-
princess, with the blue velvet fitting
the figure perfectly over the hips in
deep points, forming a pointed girdle
effect above the waist line. The skirt
of blue broadcloth hangs gracefully
with a novel trimming below the knees
of cloth stitched withiwhite silk in
scallops. Below each scallop the white
silk is put on with ribbon effect, form
ing an odd design. A tucked vest of
white silk, with a bolero Of cloth. The
standing collar and yoke are Of en-
bossed blue velvet. The sleeves have a
putting of soft silk at the elbow, and
another falling over the hand, covered
with white silk trimming.
An afternoon blouse, designed to be
worn with cloth or velvet skirt, also
illustrates a method of utilizing vel
vet as a trimming. Of this the chemi-
settle is of tucked silk of shrimp pink,
with deep collar and reNers of cram
gnipure lace. Below this, forming a
square bolero, is the shrimp pink silk
closely tucked, with "a deep apple green
velvet girdle below. Thisiis laced down
the front with a .siIken cord. The
sleeves are of the silk, with three rows
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that manner; of course it means hard
work, and they mean to work, and il
only they could get an engagement
no matter how small, whereupon the
manager tells them the same story
about waiting until vacancy turns
up (every manager tells the same
story with slight variations). After a
few attempts of the kind depicted
above, the girl as last resort calls on
the agencies, of which there are quite
number in New York, some better.
some worse. At the better class she
pays a deposit, of five dollars, gives a
detailed account of her personal ap-
pearance, abilities, wardrobe, a photo
graph or two, and goes home to await
results. Then, perhaps, in the course
of week or year, she receives word
that some manager out in Hosh Kosh
or Kalamazoo is in need of a soubrette
or fearful tragedienne. If she accepts
the engagement she finds herself
doomed to work and discomforts the
miserable extent of which she never
dreamed of. Then, if she really has
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a fashionable theater, and into small,
stability furnished compartment, il
Illuminated only by single Pickering
gas Jet, soon learns the virtue, or ra tn
er necessity, of patience as she waits
day after day, hours at time, for an
interview with the manager, only to
learn there are SO many before her
as to make it quite useless to leave her
name and address, and the best way
is to wait day after day in the musty
little anteroom, on the slim chance of
an unexpected vacancy, which she may
obtain simply by being there to accept
it. The girl being at the beginning of
her career very brave, and indhe first
flush of her ambition, usually decides
to wait, and climbs regularly up the
dingy stairs for a month or SO after,
then her visits begin to be further and
further apart, and it is not long ere
she gradually drifts off altogether,
probably for the rest of her life to
dream of the great actress she might
have been if only she had possessed a
larger amount Of patience, for that
manager most undoubtedly wanted
her.
Then, again, other girls are fortu-
nate enough to visit the pleasant man
ager (there are few such) who some
how or other never seems to tire of
the string of stage-struck damsels
who regularly file to his Office. One
and all he attempts to explain to them
the trials and hardships of the stage,
which they all assert, with a knowing
smile, they perfectly understand, for
haven't they played on the amateur
stage, and don't they make practice
of reading all the papers and articles
pertaining to the footlights? Oh,
they are not to be frightened off in
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Strange Superstition in Turkey.

Hanan, village on the borders of
Anatolia, was the scene of horrible
tragedy a few days ago. There had
been an epidemic in the district for
some weeks, and, as it's ravages ever
became greater, the villagers finally
felt satisfied that it was the work OF
sorcerers, and, after thorough in,
vestigation, they arrested a mar,
named Asian, and his sister, and open
ly charged them with being the direct
cause of the disease. The two prison.
ers avowed their innocence, but the
mob insisted that they had been heard
using incantations and other evik
spells, and that their sole object in do
ing so was to invoke an epidemic
Without delay sentence was pro-
nounced. Asian was burned alive on
an improvised scaffold and his sister
was mercilessly tortured with red-hot
irons. News of the shocking crime was
at once taken to- the local authorities
and in a few hours the principal in
stigators were arrested. 1t is not be-
ieved, however, that this step win aid
much toward the extirpation of super
stitious ideas in Hanan.-N. Y. Herald
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Tales Told Of Popular 3
| 8 Amaori can Humorists

demanded his pay in advance. Nye
felt in his vest, and, taking out a thin
roll of bank notes, offered the clerk
note with the 500 mark on it. The
clerk couldn't change it, and Nye Of
Tered $50 note with the same result,
then a $40, and then SO, neither OF
which could the clerk change. But as
soon as he had seen that Nye had plen-
ty OF money, with the obsequiousness
OF his class, he found that he had over
looked a better room which he could
give to this moneyed stranger, and
that it was not really necessary to have
the pay in advance.
Nye looked at him queerly, and that
cross-eyed CLINT shot slantwise from
the left side of his nose.
You remind me very much OF
Clay he said to the clerk.
s'Who, Henry Clay?" the clerk
asked.
N-o-o,'' returned Nye, with his
peculiar drawl. "Just common clay
mud clay, you know. The kind they
make bean pots and such things
FROM
Then he went away to bed, quite
happy.
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bands of velvet and lace, and some
times there are little revers of tucked
white silk edged with black velvet.
Evening gowns for young married
women are cut very low back and front
and deficiencies are supplied with a
drapery Of tulle.
The very latest corset is compro-
mise between the old model and the
later one with the exaggerated straight
front. The straight line is not confined
to the front entirely, but is distributed
all around, making the curve at the
back more natural.
Among the new materials which are
coming in the market is something
called burlap in light gray. 1t resem-
bles canvas, and to have any lyle must
be tailormade.
The fashion for dressing the hair
low on the nape Of the neck is grow
ing in fame and the front hair slightly
waved is parted either in the center or
a little to one side.
Ostrich feathers are very conspicu-
Gus in autumn millinery, and birds
plumage of all sorts, dyed in all sorts
of colors, is made up into breasts.
wings and birds, as real as the genuine
songsters, for winter hat ornaments.
Sea gulls and pigeons are very much
used now in hats for seaside wear, the
former dyed in hues never seen in the
gull family before
SARAH DAVIDSON.
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hung over the entrance to the back
porch, when he was really trying to
kill a stray cat-but that is another
story.
Years ago, when Nye was running
the Boomerang in Lara ME, went over
from Cheyenne one day to pay him a
visit. He was at work in his editorial
rooms, which were second floor front,
over a livery stable, fact that caused
him to live in mortal dread of hay
fever.
s.Pitch in there and write some thing
to help me out, and we will go have
some fun he said.
ssWhat shall I write about?''
"Oh! write about column" he said.
The paper was soon on the press. and
we started. A few steps from the
door we met man who stopped Nye
to tell him something about a citizen
who had been thrashing the wife of
his bosom. Nye made memoranda
and as we walked along he said, in
that sepulchral voice and with that
cross-eyed CLINT:
mat ain = Tlggnl. II ain right Tor
man to lick his wife, like that. They
are not doing that now in the best cir
cles.''
Nye's success did not change his
awkward ways and looks, materially,
and he resented the results therefrom
with very flip hotel clerks and the like
the cheap element that judges per-
sons by the cut of clothes and such.
One night Nye arrived at hotel
in small town in Illinois, and was IS
signed to poor room on the frstaoor
counting from the sky-a and there
was no elevator. In view of three
fights Of stairs and him tired, too
Nye was not pleased. Besides, the
clerk, seeing that his lodger had no
baggage. except a small handbag that
he was hanging to quite tenaciously,
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are cut plain, with loose, pointed
turn back cuff, piped with cream satin,
and large French knots of cream SILK
thread to finish.
The summer vogue for white lacefor
evening wear will continue we'll into
the fall, and many of the handsome
toilettes that have been prepared for
country house parties are made up
with this. To get the best effects such
lace should be supported on white
chiffon. 1t is worth remembering that
one layer of chiffon does not show at
all under lace, except by giving an in
defnable transparency and lightness,
and throwing up the pattern of the
lace; the sleeve or berthe of lace that
has just one layer of chiffon under it
seems to be really unlined, SO that in
putting lace over satin or silk this lit
tie precaution should always be OBJ
served. Butsthree thicknesses of chif-
fon form visible foundation in them
selves and give Lace a lovely effect.
The use of colored flowers is not con-
sidered out Of place with black and
white gowns this season, and in that
way the color that has fled from fash
ionab be frocks themselves as a rule can
be supplied. When the hair is dressed
low, a complete wreath Of small flow
ers is often worn over the top of the
head; Banksia roses are specially pop
ular for this use; or a green garland
of rose or ivy leaves with few bright
blossoms introduced.
And here are a number of little
points of fashion, some of which ma y
be properly classed s remnants of the
summer season, now practically over,
and others of which are just in the full
of popularity.
Of the latter class there are the long
loose coats that are being worn for
driving a the present time, when driv-
ing forms one of the forms of enter
tainment at the country houses. Many
of these coats, which are made more
as a protection for dainty driving
gowns than because of need for
warmth, are of white linen of the silky
quality.
They are made simply with a piping
of colored linen or more elegantly fin
ished with deep collar of lace over
which narrow collar of black velvet
turns down about the neck. The
sleeves are full bishops with wrist
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-09-18
Velvet to Be Popular
Again his Season
Is Being Used All Sorts Of Garments and in All
Sorts Of Ways--r1any Charming Effects

JUDGING from the models that are
being shown in the fashionable
stores it is easy to prophecy that
the coming season will show velvet and
velveteen in the lead S popular mate
rials. Velvet in particular had great
run last winter and during the early
spring, and it was thought that the fad
for this sort of ma terial had about had
full run. But that seems not to have
been true, for it is again with us, and is
being used for all sorts of garments,
and in all sorts of ways. Wraps, gowns
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Of narrow velvet and diamond-shaped
piece Of lace at the elbow. "A putting
of silk below in lace cuff.
One Of the full length velvet coats
that is expected to prove popular is de-
signed for theafer or other evening
wear. 1t is made of royal blue velvet.
The yoke is of cream satin, trimmed
with rows Of blue velvet baby ribbon.
Below this the coat hangs rather loose
II. The yoke is finished with deep
piece Of velvet cut in vandykes and
lined with cream satin. The sleeves
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| with me. I'll show you the Oldest ma man Il
this side of Mars, anyhow.
We went out in the edge of the city,
and turned into a sort OF area sur
rounded by a wall that was some7W VIA
| of the Mexican .dobey" order. 1t was
| a beer gard len, and there We're luxurlan 7
| plants and flowers, and there were
tables, one of which came to be lux
uriant, directly, and it would bloom
whenever we wished, which was ire
| quent.
| The man who waited on US was about
IS0 years old, and / asked Stanton II
| that was what he called the oldes
man this side of Mars.
'simply boy" he replied. rs your
| father here?'' he asked the octogena-
dian.
.sNien. Mine grosfader ben hare"
was the reply. Mine fader vas gone
der brewerery down"
'"Can we see your grandfather?'
Stanton asked.
ssOh, yah! He will common. / will
toldt him. And Octo hurried away.
Hurried I say, and that's what he
| did. He went as if he were new bell
boy. Not an experienced one. Expert
enced bellboys never hurry, except
when off watch.
In few minutes Octo returned with
his grandfather, who was really about
40 years old. My! but he was old
the old one, [ mean-still he was all
there, and 'sas happy as big sun
flower don't know exactly how hap
Ply big sunfower is, but the gros-
fader was very happy and he told
stories in his native tongue, which
when too deep for our split German
Octo would show the points in his
split English.
Octo and his grosfader, and the
bowers and flowers, and things, were
SO entertaining that we other two
/ stayed at the garden until near the
middle of the afternoon (evening, they
call it down there), when all of sud
den it occurred to the sudden poet
| that he had some work to do for the
morning edition Of the Constitution
| So we had parting glass with Octo
and his grosfader and sought Stan.
tons den in the newspaper building.
The poet handed me some late maya
zines and said: Entertain yourself
/ for few minutes while write two or
three poems, and I'll be with you. You
haven't seen any part of this town yet
It's like a mighty big slice out OF
Chicago it is. "Papinta is at the
theater tonight, and We'll go see her
She's the poetry of notion
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pulcnT d l V 0 l G e
when h e S a i d
something that he
knew w a S u n
usually humorous,
and at such times
he had a, queer
sort of cross-eye.d
CLINT leftward. It
was that cross
eyed CLINT t h a t
fooled me once
when I thought he
was throwing at
so:.1 + 4 n 4
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talent, and works very hard, there is
probably one chance in a thousand that
after she has shaved away the best part
of her years in stock and road COM
panies some New York manager will
find her out, and give her the chance
of good city engagement, and after
all the years Of slavery and hardshipss
it is doubtful whether even the height
of success, won by so very few, pays
for all the terrible misery that went
before.
NITA L. PIERSON.
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Easily Fixed.

Tired Turnout Could yer spare me
one O your husbands old vests, mum?
Mrs. Goodgrub It wouldn't fit you.
Ny husband is very stout!
Oh. / could fix dat! I'd be willing
ter board here till dat vest did fit me,
mum. Judge.
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cago PreSs club,
where the novel
ist rests a great
part of the time
when down in the
city, and where
h e S m o k e S
Wheeling S t o :
g.ies' and builds
his books.
But when it. is
seen that he is
willing to have
company, which
is nret m II e. h
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Her RfEhf,

Lancaster-I'm told that Henpeck
never buys a pair Of breeches with
out first bringing them home to let
his wife see how she likes them.
Forester Well, why shouldn't he?
They say she wears them. Harlem
Life.
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Stanton, of the
Atlanta Constitu-
ton and the gen
eral perio d j c a !
press.
One NOR n j n g
not long ago, COM
paratively speak
ing. Stanton said
t o M e a s W e
e m e r G ed from
his house: Per
haps you think
you have seen old
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Paid Freaks.

If some people were civilized they
would not be holding down such good
jobs in the dime museum. Chicago
Daily News.
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W nav
opie Read. company, which
is pref mu h
any time, half dozen chairs are
drawn up about him, occupied by
club mates, eager to hear him talk,
for his conversational powers are
wonderful, and he is remarkably en-
Pertaining.
Frequently he tells stories which
are embellishments of incidents that
occurred in his newspaper days, down
south. Once he told this story:
Jim Holmes printed the Beacon
at Camden, Ark. L was working on
the Little Rock Gazette. Holmes and
had frequent spats at each other.
| We had never met. One time I said
in the paper:
When Jim Holmes went to Cam
den he was poor and honest. He is
still poor
''That was too much for Holmes, so
he started for Little Rock, ostensibly
to thrash me. l happened to be at
the railway station when Holmes got
there. He was the picture of wrath
and an Arkansaw country editor
and he had revolver hanging on one
hip that was so big it sagged him
down on that side.
"'Do you live here?' he asked me.
I told him that did.
Well, say, you look like our sort
of people. Les take a drink
We did. I reciprocated, and he re-
peated. That sort of thing continued
through many rounds and far up the
street. Meantime he had impaired
to me, as friend, the business that
had brought him there, and I had
| agreed to show him the way to the
| Gazette office, and, in fact, to accom-
pany him. when we reached the edi-
torial rooms no one else was present,
and we sat down. found box of
cigars and 'wicker-kivered' de-
canter, which we discussed; and
Holmes swore himself in as my
friend.
"'But you seem to be mighty much
at home around here he said.
81 told MIN | ought to be, as I
worked there when not entertaining
friends from the country.
about this Tine the galley boy
came in and said:
| sMistah Read, his nobs says Diet
eff he doan git some copy fum you
pooty soon he's goin' to SEN de prints
home tell after supper
| care you Opie Read?' Holmes
asked.
"sThat's who am. How do you
| like the outlook?'
HE took a glance at my size and
then said:
We'll I'll be blamed! That's one
on me. Shake!'
| "And we shook
WILLIAM LIGHTFooT vIsscHER.
| Another Trade by David.
| The gentleman known as David
Harum stopped the deacon on the
road.
4 Deacon said David, eth give you
a dollar an my sorrel mare fer that
black colt you're drivin'.''
| "Done," said the deacon.
! The horses were unhitched and
soon David sat behind the black colt
and the deacon was in possession OF
/ Dayid's sorrel.
where's the dollar, David?'' he
asked.
Il paid you,' answered David
Didn't I give you four quarters?"
sWhen?' asked the deacon.
ssWhy, amt there four quarters in
/ the hosp asked David.
4 The deacon shook his fist furiously
and muttered something that sound.
led like .sI'll have the law on We fer
this, Dave Harum," but David only
grinned good-naturedly and drove on
Indianapolis Sun.
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Bill Nye.

Really the funniest popularity of Bill
Nye was his solemnity of look and Sc
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Opie Read.

Reads roost" is the name of GER
tain lounge at the rooms of the Chi
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Frank Il. Stanton.

Beyond peradventure the sud enest
poet that ever poetized is Frank Z.
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are cut plain, with a loose, pointed
turn back cuff, piped with cream satin,
and large French knots of cream SILK
thread to finish.
The Worthington advance., 1901-10-04
Now that Congressman McC Cleary

!. Now that Congressman McCleary
has declared he is not a guberna-
torial candidate for next year, and
would not accept the nomina ton
were it is up to those who would
like to get home off the congress
,ional track to propose him for some
: thing else. But the people seem to
be very we'll suited with Mr.. Nc
Cleary in his present position, and
the congressman is likewise satisfied
with it.-Mankato Free Press.
That's right, the majority of the
-vote1s in the second district, are
very well suited with Mr. McCleary,
this fact the Advance discoverded
some time ago. All efforts so far,
to disodge him proved unsuccessful,
and Mr.. NIcCleary appears to be in a
position to retain his seat as long as
he desires to, so far as being defeat
ed at the polls is concerned. One
thing his party opponents must con-
cede, he is very able man, the peer
of many and with few equals, the
worth of such men is always recog-
nized in Congress.
The Worthington advance., 1901-10-04

A habit of superficial thought is
shown in remarks to the effect that
an eextened system of reciprocity
will prove fatal to ''high'' Protection
the word high" being employed
by Free Traders to indicate Protect
ion that Protects. Aa matter of
fact reciprocity means this: The
United States will adhere to the
system of Protecting its home in
dustry is 1t will admit free Of duty
such commodities as it does not pro-
duce, if the producing countries will
extend the same favor to United
States commodities which they do
not produce. That is the general
idea of reciprocity, and it streng-
thens rather than weakens the Pro-
tective system, because it fully
maintains a guardianship over do
mestic industries and at the same
time seeks new markets for their
output. This, of course, has nothing
to do with such changes in the
Tariff schedules as may be made
proper by varying commercial con-
ditions. Rochester ''Dem ocrat and
Chronicle.