Evening star., 1901-11-23

take the gi8ls away from Japan until he
had given a bond for their safe return
nome. ION e.. II is expressly stipulated that they
tienai preealtionS Ten-Ichi, in order that
he might~~haXe8 legal control of them,
adopted them formally into his family for
the term Of their absence from Japan,
eTal years. They now bear Ten-Ichi's fam
lily name eflShogiokussai Haiti, as well IS
their professional names OF Ten-katSsi-
Ien-Waka And Ten-ShoShi. These cogno-
mems. translated into our language. arc
victory of3f1eaven, Lungs of Heaven
and Teeth of Heaven" Collectively the
entire troupe are known in Japan as The
stars of Heaven The young women are
extremely clever in the dexterity of their
feats of legerdemain. They are also most
graceful dancers, and patrons of Chase's
VIII nave the opportunity OF seeing natives
IN the dainty japanese butterfly dance,
made familiar in this country by Nine
Hermann and La Loe Fuller. Although
the skill of the girls was developed by Ten
1ch1, they all have original IDEAS and some
of their illusions are their own concep-
tlons. In Japan it was Ten-Ichis common
practice to send these geisha girls to fash
ionaole dinner parties to execute thelr
feats and perform their dances for the en-
tertafnment of the guests. The employ
ment of geisha girls in this way is the ia
Vorite method of furnishing amusement at
dinners and" other private social entertain
ments in Japan, and their remuneration is
sufficiently large in some cases to furnish
support to large families.
Bertha Galland Daniel Frohman's new
est star, in addition to her histrionic tai
ent, possesses not a little ability as a mu-
sician. When she was in her early teens
she devoted three years to the study of
music and plays the piano and organ as
well as the mandolin, with skill. A pretty
story is told of an incident that occurred
last summer while Miss Ganand was in
New York. She learned that friend OF
hers, an actress, was lying sick at Roose-
yelt Hospital. This friend was not able
applied for permission to see the actress
to afford a private room and so occupied
and though it was not regular Visiting
bed in one of the wards. Miss Galland
ward wherein lay thirty patients in varl-
Gus stages of Illness. The actress whom
day, the attendant ushered her into the
Miss Galland knew, was asleep, her cot
being next to the door, which was located
at the extreme end of the ward. Rather
than disturb the young woman Miss Gal
land told the nurse in charge she would
wait until she awoke. In the hall just out
side the ward was large pipe organ,
which is used during religious service on
Sunday Having nothing else to do Miss
Galland seated herself in front of it and.
adjusting the stops, began to play, softly
at first. From one selection to another she
drifted, and as the strains OF the music
soothed her ear and served to remove the
oppressive gloom which hung like pail
over the house of sickness and death, she
forgot herself, where she was and what
she was doing. After perhaps fifteen min
GteS of this, she finished with a majestic
chord which echoed and re-echoed through
the vast chamber, arose and walked to her
friends bedside. In the next cot to the
actress was patient, whose sunken cheeks
and general aspect told of awful suffering.
A nurse stood by her and she awoke from
a troubled sleep as Miss Galand reached
the foot of her bed. What was that
just heard?" she asked vacantly. The or.
derly told her that some one had been play
ing on the organ. Was that it?' she mur
INJURED family and seepily,twhy, l thought
l was in heaven" Miss Galland declares
this to be the most exquisite compliment
she has ever received
Frank Deshon. the little comedian of the
Miss Bob White" company, is story
teller of great ability and Of vivid imagina-
ton, particularly the latter, and his latest
is worth repeating. 1t is as follows:
Everybody is thoroughly familiar with the
vast strides made in animal training and
the limits reached by experts in that field.
We have trained elephants, trained seals,
dogs, horses. birds. At the Pan-American
exposition in Buffalo trained leopards,
tigers, lions, bears and snakes were exhb-
tied, all living witnesses to the courage and
patience of the trainers skill and daring.
What county fair does not possess its train
ed pig, and many yet among us can remem-
Der with distinctiveness the widely cele-
brated educated fleas which toured both this
country and Europe forty or fifty years
ago. After this rather f1owery preliminary
Deshon relates that he has a friend who,
after weeks of utmost labor, had succeeded
in training number of clans. Yes
CLANS. There may have been one or two
oysters among the troupe but of this De-
shon will not be positive, being determined
to adhere strictly to the unreserved truth,
m ha Tha
ingenius clam trainer arranged a tour and
started out to fame and fortune with the
worlds greatest wonder, The Only Troupe
of Educated CLAIMS in the Universe"
Strange to say, the public, ever doubtful
and fearful, refused to listen to the an
nouncements. or at all events, to patron
ize the exhibition, and the unfortunate
Snowman finally found himself in serious
straits. While the troupe itself did not
clamor for salary, nor was it expensive to
feed Its members, yet the manager had to
eat-sometimes and here was the difficulty.
Things went from bad to worse and then
to Texas, where several exhibitions had
been announced. Business continued at a
very low ebb and the elusive dollar was
tour closed. Landlords became obd1,rat ate
railways equally so. until the manager
packed his troupe in an oyster can fur
mshed by some charitably inclined friend,
and started to walk to St. Louis. Walking
is inexpensive. but eating requires money.
and soon the lack of the latter was follow
ed by pangs of hunger. Two days passed.
three, four. until finally, in desperation the
unfortunate man was compelled to eatl his
entire troupe to prevent himself from starry
ing. Here Deshon's story ended. He said
the sad tragedy took place somewhere be-
tween Fort Smith, Ark, and Parsons, MO.
but he does not know the exact locality
This was the wonderful tale the comedian
tod to some of the choristers of the Miss
Bob White" company He has been pre-
sented since with an emblem bearing the
simple inscription, Frank DeshonSAna-
Mas"
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