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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-09

Eighty-two years old, and free from
aches, pains, and feeblenessl The last
ten years of his life the healthiest he
has known.
And forty-five years-a life span for
most people-of hard work and response
bility as a bank cashier and treasurer TO
look back upon.
For the past ten years Mr.. Potter has
never known a day of serious sickness
Previous to that time he suffered from
nervous prostration that chung to him
for six years.
That this remarkable immunity from
weakness and disease, at such a time in
life has not happened by chance, no one
himself. In June. 1891, when Sufferlng
from a number of old chronic COM
plants Mr. Potter was induced by rela-
tiveS to use Paine's celery compound for
the first time. The effect was immedi-
ately beneficial The uninterrupted goo
health that he has since enjoyed dates
from that time. Mr.. Potter's grateful
letter to the proprietors of Paine's Gel
cry compound is based on long. personal
experience and also a full knowledge OF
what it has done for very many of his
friends to whom he has in turn recon-
nended the great remedy that made
him well. Mr.. Potter's letter is given in
its entirety
Centerville, R. L
Wells, Richardson & Co.,
Gentlemen:=I have the utmost faith
in Paine's celery compound, because Of
the great good that it has done me and
many others of my acquaintance that
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sold JED PRoUrx..
Play That Inspired Eugene Fields
Poetic Pen.


Poetic Pen.
The following. poem by Eugene Field
was written in the spirit that moved
Field to write his poem about Chas. A.
Dana
RICHARD GOLDEN IN "OLD JED
PROUTY''
Jest as atween the awx' ard lines a hand
we love has penn'd
Appears a nneanfn' hid from other eyes;
So, in your simple, homespun art. old
Yankee friend,
A power O. fearful, sweet suggestion
we see it all-the pictur' that your
mem rfes hold so dear
The homestead in New England far
And the vision is SO natr'l-like we
almost seem to hear
The voices that were hushed but
yesterday.
All! who'd ha' thought the music Of that
distant childhood time
Would sleep through all the changeful
To waken into melodies like Christmas
bells a-chime
An to claim the ready tribute Of our
tearsl
Why. the robins in the naples an the
blackbirds round the pond,
The crickets an the locusts in the
leaves,
The brook that chased the trout adown
the hillside jest beyond,
An the swallers in their nests beneath
the caves,
They all come troopin' back with you,
dear Uncle Jed today,
An they seem to sing with all the
joyeSt zest
OF the days when we were Yankee boys
an, Yankee girls at play,
With nary thought of Twin way out
Vest
God bless ye Richard Golden, for the
good v do our hearts
with this music an these mem ries o
youth
God bless you for the faculty that tops
all human arts
The good OF Yankee faculty of Truth !
Eugene Field.
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lem, and no matter how many rehearsals
are had the result can not be the same
as after a. few public performances.
There is one point these crit
les never look at In Unleavened
$4,000 OF my money, and there are
scores Of people directly dependent
upon it for bread and butter Among
them are number of actors whom
these critics are pleased to call friends
The success of the play means more to
my people than it really does to me, but
instead of giving it fair treatment these
critics point out and harp on dozen
little rough points that are already
smoOthed over, and give never a word to
the good things Yet they meet these
actor friends after a play has been
withdrawn, and it's so sorry, old man,
you're not playing. It's too bad The
consolation every manager has iS that
the public never. takes a tip from the
perpetual faulthnders and some of the
plays they have condemned the hardest
have been the biggest successes in New
York;
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from. which place he will return to Palm
Beacn, tla-, where he has been the
father
Margaret Bourne. who plays one of the
leading roles with Henry Miller in ''Rtch-
ara savage, met with a painful accident
in Baltimore last week and has gone to
her home in Boston to recuperate Dur
ing the exciting climax of the third act
she fell upon a sword and wounded her
self seriously in the breast.
A majority of the members of the Eng
lish Opera company, which recently closed
its tour, will join the Castle Square Opera
company being organized by Henry Saw
age. Miss De Lussan goes to the New
York Metropolitan Opera house forces In
Win. A. Brady is to produce a new
Clyde Fitch play, entitled Lovers Lane"
in New York II is said to deal with the
"doings of society in a small town. Mr.
Fitch wrote Lovers Lane for Sol Smith
Russell Ernest Hastings viii create the
part intended for Russell.
An English dramatic paper says: 1T is
quite true that we have a great many
American fheater manager in our midst
just now, but If their presence should
serve to crowd out some Of the English
gagements we have nothing to complain
Henry Lee, the fmpersonator. will be
out Of vaudeville bills for some time. Last
SATURDAY. II pulling On pair of boots,
found pair Of scissors in one OF them.
busienss-end up. It damned into his great
toe and the boot had to be cut off his
William Brady is to be commended for
his persistence in hunting a suitable play
Tor his wife Grace George. It is now re-
ported that Brady has secured the rights
to Alice of Old Vincennes" and will
again star his wife for next season in it.
Maurice Thompson, the author. has been
quite i'll.
James K Hackett will open next season
by reviving an old comedy and producing
a new American play.
William Gillette has arranged to present
sherlock Holmes at the London I.v-
ceum about September 16
Gus HILL owner of the Cay Afasquer-
has been elected president of the new as
ISOLATION Of managers incorporated at Al
bany and including about 80 operate and
dramatic companies This does not con-
dict with the Association of Travelling
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Variety Managers. of which Mr.. Hill ls an
ofncer, and which protects his burlesque
Williams Devere, the editor in Hoyt's "a
Black sheep" will be seen next season ia
a comedy called "A Common Sinner"
Juha MariOWe Is considering a London
engagement in When knighthood Was
IN Flower as soon as her season here
Emanuel Friend. the well known New
York lawyer. who is frequently called in
upon professional cases. is reported as
having written a comic opera which IS
scheduled for an early production.
forDes Robertson, the English actor.
and his beautiful American bride. Ger
trude Elliott, have returned from their
honeymoon They will resume their tour
this month, new theater being built for
Another Julia darlowe accident. Bruce
Mchae as Charles Brandon broke his
sword the other night and a piece flew
across the footlights, striking a man in
the nrst row The spectator suffered a
cash over the eve.
owen Davis has written a new meIo-
drama, The Gathering Storm a new
play, The Lucky Stroke" in which Joe
Welch IS to be exploited next season. and
a dramatization Of Harold McGrathfs
story. The Puppet Crown"
There Is a rumOr that Madame Noodles
ka will retire from the stage after next
season and either return to her native
country Ga decree Of exile having been re-
moved or take Up her residence in Cali
fOrnia.
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has come under my personal knowledge
within the last seven years. In 1865 /
had to give up business on account Of
very poor health. I was suffering from
a number of old chronic complaints
Among the rest I had complete nervous
prOstratiOn from which I suffered for
six years. In June, 1891, commenced
the use Of Paine's celery compound
After taking a few bottles I found that
the old complaints began to ease up
which encouraged me to keep on with
the compound. L soon got over all Of
those troubles that had chung to me for
so long, and got out and was more ike
myself. Since then I have taken a few
bottles in the spring and fall as a tonic,
and sometimes few bottles between as
a preventive.
7 am inclined to believe in the old ad-
age that An ounce of prevention is
worth more than a pound of cure" 60
when there has been prevailing sickness
in the community, such as grippe, ma
larla, fevers, etc, take the compound
and thus far have had none of these
ailments, although they have been pre-
valent all around me, so that / have
great faith in Paine's celery compound
as a preventive. I have recommended
the compound to very many of my
friends, and I have the satisfaction of
knowing that it has done them very
much good.
I was cashier of the bank in South
County for % years, and for the last Is
years was secretary and treasurer Of the
new savings bank in connection with the
National Bank.
Ny position in the banks, was my last
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few years since. but the first production
of the piece by Mr.. Robson. On looking
over the piece, Mr.. Robson decided that
two Of the scenes should be run together
In order to do this it was necessary that
some Shakespearian blank verse should
be made to fill in the gap, and as the
author was not available, Mr. Robson
determined to undertake the task him
self. When he had completed it, he
realized that he had written some of the
very blankest blank verse that was ever
given to an unsuspecting public as gen
uine. Determining to test the quality
of his effort, Mr.. Robson looked up a
prominent dramatic critic who is re-
garded as Shakespearian authority
and began to discuss the play, reading
here and there choice passages from it.
Finally he came to his own composition.
He became very fervid and stalked
about as he read, while the critic sat
in wrapt attention When Mr. Robson
finished, both were silent for a time, and
tears were in the eyes of the critic, who
finally spoke
Those lines could come from no other
pen than that Of the great masteri" he
said as he mopped his brow.
And" said Mr.. Robson, he looked SO
reverent I could not bear to spoil the
illusion
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NEW BLOOD NEEDED.
Rebellion Against the Reign of
Comic Opera.

The New York Sun says:
zone of the lessons Of this season is
that new blood is sadly needed in the
manufacture of light comic and music Al
pieces for the entertainment of the null
titude Farce and burletta in various
forms have always been conspicuous in
the theatrical repertory since the after
pieces Of Garrick, Foote and Fielding
But inventive geniuses have arisen, from
time to time, to modify and improve the
prevailing forms and give to the minor
drama some sort of new life.
1.-THE advent of the Gilbert & Sullivan
operetta created a taste for light opera,
and for a long while the Vienna operetta
satisfied the demand, after its fun had
been worked over by native and English
adaptera But that passed, and every
other kind Of stage fun of that era seems
to be played out now. The long reign
of acrobatfc farce is surely finished.
Nothing could be drearier than the ex-
amples Of this sort Of stage piece lately
exhibited here Dizziness reigns in the
land and the folks who want to laugh
find as hard scraping for fun in the the
aters as they do in the colored comic
journals circulated exclusively in the
BARRIERS shops. There is sad need fo.'
a new inventor of farcica1 stage pieces
Operetta, musical comedy. extravagan
"a and burlesque need reviving.''
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work I am 81 years old.
Most sincerely yours,
J. 3. POTTER
For recruiting the strength and spent
energies Of men and women advanced re-
years, there can be no substitute for
Paine's celery compound Tt is the one
preparation considered worthy the name
of a true nerve food and blood remedy
by physicians throughout the country
It is prescribed by them in every state
in the Union to tone up the system, reg
ulato the nerves, and restore health and
strength.
Nothing in the past has ever ap-
preached it in power of building up
weakened nerve tissues and giving
strength to the tired body. In severe
cases of persistent headaches, dyspepsia.
neuralgia, and sleeplessness, due 70
nervous feebleness, Paine's celery com
pound has a record of rapid and lasting
cures that embraces every city and
town in the wide sweep Of the United
States
Its remarkable power over disease lies
in its active replacing of worn-out parts
by new, healthy ones, and it's healing
and purifying action among the most
minute tissues of the body
The heavy. alarming pain in the back
and loins disappears; the growing pale
ness, nervousness, and loss Of flesh .s
stopped, and bright. buoyant feeling
gradually takes the place Of that unend-
ing sense OF tire and nervous depres-
sion.
An improved appetite, sound digestion,
uninterrupted sleep, and energetic
nervous condition invariably follow IL
use Of Paine's celery compound.
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Plays Whose Production Can Not Be
Excused

The American Academy OF Dramatic
Arts should not be made fun of, says
writer in the New York Sun. It is serv-
ing the purpose OF an independent the
ater,'' and doing it with none Of the
silly affectation or empty pretension
which foredOomed the Theater of Arts
and Letters and the Criterion theater to
r1cicule- Utterly hopeless plays are act
ed at the matinees with no other aid,
aside from the exploitation of the school,
than to crafty curiosity concerning
strange examples of dramatic literature.
No attempt is made to force the people
to go to see them or to berate those who
stay away. One of the pieces. The
Tragedy of Death" was given in ad
vance Of it's divulgenee at the Antoine
theater, that Paris producer of oddities
Rene Peter had written it to prove, as
it seemed, that a mothers grief over her
dead child may, or should, be assuaged
by the thought that If the loved one
lived 1t might become Wretched. A
peasant mother was the only human
character introduced Outside her poor
cot sat Night in the form of a black
draped woman, increased by device to
an awesome size Death was represent
ed by a grim old man. Four water
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NtIslty swept over the romantic Young
Galr, and they both died leaving It itfla
IKE 10 the tender mercies Of her
maiden aunt. The old lord affe,-v.-a "a {.
feiented and sent an old musical rr,ar-
Aeefs IN the person of Socrates Winter
plpplr to America to hunt for his Sor's
oIpnan child The old lord died and his
youngest son. Sir Archibald inheri+s ~
vast estate and has no desire to Give II
Up 70 avert such a dire caIanitv he
Neht a questionable character in ths mar
son OF James Dawson to bride the
lawyer, Nathan Sharp. and these -
worthless plan to kill the little bairess
1Aey are circumvented by Little Trfxia,s
ADaity TO assume different rharacfar.s
&c are az last brought to Justice. The
play Is interpreted with bright r7,e,-s -
choruses and high class snsrislfis'- ''@-
At the Crawford Frohman's connanv
VII VII present The Little Minister This
aLLernon and night The firsf Sre,,e -, -
me Little Minister is Caddarn U-or7s
Where Lady Babbie" in q ra5 s-,,,-
Win roam berries in her hair ss7,rnrisss
~ S1a1sln Dlshart the little rninistaT >
4 mere has been trouble betv-aer, ~,
weavers. Of the town and The soi,7,l ne
ana signal Of warning has been a-rae5
upon which will apprise the orfe79ir,s-
community OF the approach az tba 80
S oA.s- me signal is the blowing of a
-lol y, Baooie' gets the little minister
70 blow the horn, and then Follows ~,
c1tiAltct with the soldiers in vvtin,7
,.l1 eeA1p1s ngures on one side ana
,. LEVIN on the other. After the fghf
f5apole,D hooded and cloaked. masses
t tl.loosn the line Of soldiers, announcing
1851 as the little minister's wife ana
M onerlng no word Of denial. Tnns -.
makes ner escape. in spite Of 4 yreaf
ueSire to capture her and many n~sce-1-
tons taken to that end - "a u
~ Is seen Lady Babbie'' and the
minister in old Nannie.s cotfaea --,ei+l sils
y, r ~ mas gone on a mission. There
IS tea drinking and considerable aisc,1s~
son; curing which it becomes evident to
1e-oDls. ana the others that the min
lister IS In love with her. Later on vvIa,,
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THOSE AWFUL CRITICS.
" The Syndicate y Scheming to Curb
New York Writers.

a most weighty matter is now under
discussion by the syndicate, says a New
York dispa tch. It is known th1t
several meetings have been held this
week at one of their offices to devise
ways and means of dealing effectively
with certain objectionable critics The
the Journal; Ford of the Evening Jour
nal, and young Davies, of the Evening
Sun. They are the principal offenders in
the eyes of the managers, and it is be-
lieved by the latter that If summary ac-
ton can be melted out to them all other
critics viii take warning and be proper
~ respectful to new productions. Daniel
FrOhman made an issue on these lines
with Dale about four years ago. He
barred him from the Lyceum and warn
ed him that if he appeared at the door
with purchased tickets he would be re-
fused admission anyway. Dale stayed
away and Ford went in his place. The
resulting roast was just about so per
cent worse than anything Dale had
penned. Ford likewise was barred, the
advertisement was taken out of tn :
Journal and then the fight began in
earnest. Hearst sent for a man in San
Francisco and he served up a dish ct
hycum, alongside of which the former
efforts were as mush and milk of board
ing house variety. FrOhman gave il uo
and rendered his lad" but this time it
was refused. and no one knows just
what sort of an apology he had to make
to square matters.
what difficult to see just what the man
ayers expect to do with the present Of
tenders They can repeat the Frohman
tactics, but it is certain that the results
viii be depressingly similar If they
would withdraw their advertising in a
body from the Obdurate papers It has
been argued by certain members of the
syndicate, the owners will promptly see
the error OF employing men who are
distasteful to the dispensers Of the adj
vertising- Just what paper would agree
with them it is very hard to see at this
time
George c. Tyler, of I-iebler & Co. who
Of course has nothing to do with the
syndicate scheme, still has a grievance
against critics He said:
It seems hard on manager to have
to put up with critics who go to a new
play without any feeling of fairness 1t
seems as if certain writers enter a the
alter with no purpose than to find fault
In every new production there must be
faults,many of which are promptly rem
edied- The players are nervous, and the
effect on the audience is a grave prob
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fairies, called Undines, were comely
girls though wet and Weedy, as became
the residents of a lake.
Death carried away the Woman's little
child That started the action clearly.
The agonized desire Of the mother TO
was understandable, too. But why
Night refused to tell her which way
Death had gone until she sang a ballad
that had been a lullaby to the child
was not comprehensive. Night has
never borne a reputation for cruelty to
weeping mothers. When the woman ar
rived at an icy lake the Undines came
up at her request and conveyed her
through the water in pursuit of Death
and so badly that only from inference
can it be said that they were averse to
serve her They were cruel without
apparent reason, moreover, in stipulat-
ing that she should give up her eyesight
before they would take her on the sub
marine trip. No doubt the unnecessary
music obscured the authors meanings
When the woman got to Deaths garden
and the dialogue between her and him.
musical interruption or obstruction the
symbolism became strong and fine.
Death made the mother see in visions
what the sin and shame of the boy
would be if left to become a man, and
at length in sorrowing love she plucked
the flower that held the soul of her Off
spring and gave it to the old man. Now,
that was play unfit to offer to the gen.
eral public, which does not go to the
But for those who make a special study
of the stage and have a liking for sing
ular things in the drama it was salts
faction.
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MRS. GARTER AND THE ACTORS
Curiosity Over "zaza'' in Professional
Circles, and the Causes.


One of the curious things about Mrs
Leslie Carriers "Zaza" is the fascination
1T has for members of the theatrical
profession, says a Chicago paper. At
every matinee and at any evening per-
Torrance there may be seen a number
Of professionals waiting for the chance
of returned seats. So few are to be had
that actors often come several times be-
fore getting a place Fred Du Bots the
acting manager who has a reputation
as courteous man in the theatrical
circles has need of all his diplomacy
1t is a case OF many are called but few
ing Not long ago Mrs. Carter express
ed a curiosity to know why the profess
SIGNALS liked her Zaza- She instructed
her manager to find out, if possible,
which he endeavored to do at the last
matinee in New York The efforts re-
suited in varying replies popular
leading man liked It, because in the first
act the star was SO natural. and be-
cause the whole theatrical atmosphere,
showing how the rain, wind, thunder,
ganoping horses, and other effects are
TO reality. "A LADY from the Casino
liked it because it showed just what
men are, and what not TO do. She said
that whenever she saw Mrs. Carter play
"Zaza." and she had seen her seven or
eight times. she always went away with
a liked idea that the man in the case
got all he deserved and deserved ali he
got.
A leading lady had seen it several
times because Mrs Carriers work was
valuable lesson in the art of acting. An
actor who contemplated becoming a star
with his own backing) saw it as often
as possible. in order to study Belasco's
stage management A Well-knoWn
comic opera star said she made it a
bic, 50 as to study the art of wearing
clothes Any one can have fine
clothes" she said. IF she's got the
price, but there are precious few who
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he Had outgrown His Picture.

TET0m the YOUTHS LOmpanI0n-
Recently published lists OF prices
charged by prominent portrait painters
remind US that If modern artists take
the cash. eighteenth century painters
often took their time. Augustus Hare
says that Lord Marlborough asked Sir
Thomas Lawrence again and again to
send home the portrait he was doing Of
Lady Marlborough and her child. Il
allow I have been a long time" replied
the artist at last. but If Lady Mex
borough viii kindly bring the baby and
give me another sitting, really VIII
finish'
We'll, Sir Thomas" was the answer.
my wife win be happy to give you
another sitting whenever you like, but
the baby is in the Guardsi"