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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
A nnnm For Indoor sports.

The decided boom in practically every
line of outdoor sport during the summer
has made itself felt in no uncertain
manner in the winter indoor events.
The show season, which is now at its
height. is experiencing unprecedented
activity. The horse shows in New
York. Chicago and Boston attracted
record breaking crowds Of spectators,
entries were of the highest class and
the prices paid for boxes averaged far
above those of past years.
Philadelphia sportsman's show pass
ed off very successfully. The athletic
carnival under the control of the Anna
teur Athletic union was feature that
excited much favorable comment The
Quaker City exposition was equal in
many respects to the national sports
mems show held annually in Madison
Square Garden New York.
The next exhibition of national impor-
lance is that of the Ladies' Kennel as
ISOLATION to be held in New York. The
aristocracy of the canine world will be
placed on view. Women are renowned
the world over as discerning fanciers,
and their entries are always examples
of high breeding and careful training
The show will have a strong interna-
tional flavor Famous blue ribbon win
ners from England, Scotland and Ire
land are to vie with their American
brothers and sisters for honors.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

have her trunks arrived at her home
than she stands in the midst of the de-
bris and briSllly orders the servants
right and left until everything is in
place.
1t is rather amusing to see Miss Irwin
march the colored servants around with
a cheerful celebrity that amazes people
who have tried 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 it 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 APP
plause, 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 it 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 Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE.

The history of the automobile is strk-
ing as affording an instance of long de-
lay. Instead of being a new departure
in locomotion, its practical everyday
employment antedates steam railways.
Oliver Evans of Philadelphia, the uni
versal genius of his day, had one in 1856
which was actuated by steam to run on
wheels on the land and to be propelled
by paddles in the water. Subsequently
he removed the paddles and devoted
himself to the promotion of the land We
hicle. Because Of this the Pennsylva-
MIA legislature solemnly said he was in
sane, and the lawgivers of Maryland
gave him a patent on the wagon, only
upon the argument that the grant
could injure no one" Trevithick, in
England had a steam automobile in
1898. but gave it up because of the bad
ness of the roads. Then the idea slum-
bered the inventors mainly turning to
railways, until Quincy in 1926 devised
a steam carriage which, six years later,
became a regular public conveyance on
the ordinary turnpike roads between
Gloucester and Cheltenham.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
other Hnnpy sportsmeh.

Henri Fourier is merry because ne
holds the worlds unbeaten automoplle
record for one mile. George II, ketch-
am retoices, for the champion Cresceus
has ended an exhibition tour of the
country which profited the popular ONO
horseman to the extent of many thou-
sands of dollars in real money. Inc
great Jockey Danny Maher, who was
formerly a Hartford bootblack, bubbles
over with good will toward his fellow
yoyagers on life's sea because he has
signed a contract to ride for Edward
VII. rex, next year for the royal sum
of s35. 600 John L. Sullivan is happy,
for he has sidetracked his interest in
the noble art of selling 'old Kentucky
red eve" and is uplifting the hayward
youths of the land by pouring mineral
water-in bottles at $3.50 case-lnto
their systems.
Hunters are at the height of &c
stasy for they have enjoyed almost I'M
precedented good fortune in the chase
for moose, deer, caribou, foxes, ducks
rabbits, quail, grouse, cartridges, etc
The body polite of horsemen cele-
brates. for the racing season in running,
trotting and pacing has been remarka-
bic 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 Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

The most unfortunate thing in con-
,oo+ion with Mrs. Harrison's failure as
. playwright is that she has temporari-
y, n1lled Mrs. Fiske down with her
This sterling actress, Americas great
ar+ avnonent of true histrionic art, be-
- whom the efforts of the best of our
,Iavers at repressed or "suggestional
ovation appear almost crude, is not well
60 in THE Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch"
- ie NOT intended to convey the impress
-ior, mat Mrs. Fiske was not superb in
49, titular role, for there is but one &C
- an the American stage who could
bsve eoualed the work shown us by
nI,.s Fiske in this Harrison play, That
s,+,ees is Mrs. Fiske herself. Still she
- 5ore better: she can do better.
With many of her admirers, L was of
che ooinion that Mrs. Fiske overempha-
- ei,s what might be called the intellec-
81 asnects of the role and paid too lit
80 attention to its tenderness. Becky
Sta~n and Tess were both Intellectual
araations. and therefore Mrs. Fiske was
uncomfortable in them. Even as Miriam
"a in Miranda of the Balcony the
archaeological predominated, and Mrs.
Fiske accordingly gave US many mag
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
TYPES OF WELL BRED DOGS.

is determined we are to be refreshed
with nothing new, If he thinks retribu-
tion must yet be meted out, let him at
least temper justice with mercy and
haunt us each week with some ghost or
the past who has not pointed bony nm
ger at us for at least a few months.
Such would not strain the quality OF
mercy. Nay it would give us the more
everlastingly into his clutches, for then
we might be content 20 suffer on
through weeks or through ages, but If
the pressure becomes too insisteut, the
persecution too harsh, we might rise in
our might and put him down for good
and all. Withdrawal of patronage
would be the death wound Of such de-
mon. and some there be who will re-
main far away from his clutches unless
he deigns to exercise Ienience.
There Is no excuse for him. Managers
should suppress him. They may argue
they have nothing to do with the print
ing OF the programmes; that they sell
the privilege. after which their authori-
ty ceases. Well and good, but there Is
competition in that business rs well as
in any other. Several persons are en-
gagged in it. and a firm little threat to
make contract with another would suf-
flee to send the fend securing the pa
pers weekly to hnd virile humor, or he
would leave blank the spaces now re-
served for his words of torture.
Even at expense to themselves the
managers should insist on a change,
They grow fat upon favor Of the peo-
pie Why, then. when II is within their
power should they not protect the peO-
pie from that which seeks to destroy it?
Folk have remained away from the the
alter because of that fiend. Therein lies
ne solution Of the problem.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
:. MRS. :.
Fishes
Latest PIdy

nifcent moments. But Mrs. Hatch IS
essentially "of the earth, earthly" and,
though she was so original in her mode
of thought as to be almost eccentric
she was nevertheless a we'll defined
and frequently encountered type, 1t
was the realization 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 has
seldom been 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 Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
An Excellent Company.


of the members of the company little
need be said sage that all were salts
factory. The greatest disappointment
perhaps was in the case of that SPLEEN
did, conscientious and always accurate
actor J. e. Dodson. He was cast for
the husband of the fictitious Mrs.
Hatch The role was in no way suited to
him, and that he did not miserably 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 T.
Hafnes was handsome and well con-
tanned as 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. F'iske's
Manhattan theater company.
1T is too bad that Mrs. Fisl1e's selec-
ton of plays thus far has been rather
poor. If, however, she will revive Tess
of the D'Urbervilles," her long run at
the Manhattan will be certain to end
in the proverbial blaze of glory" Mrs.
Fiske is too great a prop to whatever
remains of the artistic side of theatric-
al effort for us to be willing to permit
her commendable venture in this city
to prove a 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 a
chance they will see to it that her sea-
son will yet close with a goodly sum
written down upon the right side of the
ledger.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

"~HE merry, merry Yuletide
- brings a peculiar kind of Joy
to the thoroughbred sports ,s :
man. He is being who mas
N more in life than has the man
whose business consumes eN-
cry moment of the year The outdoor
sportsman in particular is at all times
the happiest of individuals, and wheh
Christmas comes around with its an
nual visit he can sit with his family oe-
fore the tireside watching the cracking
backlog sending its flame and sparks
up the chimney, the While tak.hs
healthy qualification in Illuminating
over his recent hunting exploits ana ms
prowess in athletics, etc, While 1orIiiu-
lating plans for days to come.
The Christmas of 1901 AWARDS 10
many members of the sporting brother-
hood unusual and in some instances I'M
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 teatherWelSh'
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 thah
$50 coo.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
orhe Unwe1come Mrs. Hatch"

Mrs. F'iske has produced her second
play of the season at her magniffcently
appointed and perfectly conducted Man
haitian theater. The drama, THE In
welcome Mrs. Hatch" has been the
storm center around which fierce dis
cussion as to authorship between Mrs.
Burton Harrison and David Belasco has
ragged. The latter sought to enjoin the
production, but the judge refused to act
thus summarily, asserting that no case
calling for such drastic relief had been
made out and that the ordinary process
es of civil law were sufficient to provide
any proper remedy.
THE Unwelcome Mrs Hatch" is
scarcely worth the trouble it has caused
If we eliminate the matter of principle,
which has evidently been the moving
factor with at least one of the parties
70 the controversy. It is revised YER
sion of the old, familiar East Lynne, ="
and not a particularly good one at that.
THE story in many respects is difuse,
and there are entirely too many side is
suee introduced to admit of success
oven if the theme were not worn thread
hare Mrs. Harrison, the announced au-
thor. is a lady of unquestiohaple llteI-
arv distinction. Some of her short sto-
ries in the magazines might well serve
as examples to aspiring writers, put IL
1.-THE Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch has done
awning it has served to show that
successful story writer's are seldom sue
caesfuI dramatists Indeed, THE IN
y,alco,ne Mrs. Hatch" would do no
great credit to a Grass amateur.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
THEATER PROGRAMME
JOKER AND HIS OUTFIT.

The theater programme joker is at his
dark work again. Reckless of peace. of
sanity, of his own conscience. he has
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 memorable law of compensation, the
demon who win 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. lie 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 it.
Inc Heuu mas lelt HIS IMPRESS upon
every programme in the town. Not
page in any one but is spotted with lit
tie strips of his conversation which
produced ennui in our fathers when
they were precocious infants. There
are quips 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 a 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 breezes and seclusion
then, so what deeds of abandon and
violence are they not likely to incite us
to now when, like the poor, they have
been with us practically always?
We might not so earnestly complain
If the impositions were changed or
shifted occasionally. All the jokes have
not been utilized by this fiend yet. If he
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
THE SPORTS !! Y " 7 4ENr
CHRISTMAS ! ARE Ri HAPPY 4F'

in the following conversations which l
held with the rival mitt pushers not
many days before the dashing western
er ''doused the glimp of the once Terri
bic Terry"
1 said to "Corbett," What is really
your opinion of your chances in the
coming fight?"
After a moments hesitation he re-
piled: "Well, l don't say that / can
whip Terry, but if there is anything in
hard fighting he will have his hands
full. Terry is a difficult. man to down.
He has had more experience possibly
than I have, but that is not going to
frighten me- / came here to do the best
in my power"
When, day or two later, Terry was
seen in his New York training quarters.
he said in answer to request for a pre-
diction:
Say, there amt goin' to be but one
man in that fight, an that's me. l hear
'Corbetts' been taldn' 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. half dozen managers have
offered" Corbett" terms for enga gements,
and Terry is also anxious to secure an
other chance at the Denverite. Terry,
however, will need many weeks in
which to recuperate. "Corbetts" fatal
right swing struck McGovern's sub
maxillary with terrific impact, causing
the latter's head to hit the floor so
hard that his skull narrowly escaped
a fracture. He must remain quiet for a
long time in order to thoroughly re-
cover
Many persons of good judgment state
that McGovern will surely defeat Cor
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
"Young Corbetts" victory.

Sportsmen throughout the country
are still moralizing on the knockout or
Terry McGovern by that plucky, stocky
Denverite, Young Corbett." The down
fall of the overconfdent 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 gentlemanly
sportsmanlike manner always cool and
confident. but never boastful In this
last respect he is totally unlike Meow
ern. who has allowed temporary prize
ring glory to swell his diminutive era
MUM.
In private life Young Corbett" is
William H. Rothwell. His triumphs
over George Dixon. Kid Broad, Eddie
santry, Oscar Gardner and Joe Bern
stein are familiar to the public. He is
a 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
hest 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 Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
STAGE FOLK AND THEIR DoINGS

rollicking humor and impromptu jokes
have been highly commended. He is
spoken of as a comedian with very fiat
tering future prospects. Mr.. Collins is
a graduate from the continuous" and
is a cousin of Samuel GOmpers, presi-
dent of the Federation of Labor.
An interesting fact has come to light
in London in connection with the play
The Last of the Dandies." Beerbohm
Tree has found that daughter of
Count d'Orsay. a famous London dandy
Of the end of the century, is living. She
is a skillful pianist, speaks English and
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

fancy. To say it was a wonderful ere
alton would he to put it mildly. Such
another groresque CONNECTION" in milli-
merry does not exist on earth. They
bought it and sent it to Miss Robson by
express. She now wears it in the first
act of The Messenger Boy" It is a hit
in itself.
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 Drouet, who created
this character in the original produc-
tion last year. has resumed this role.
Mr.. Drouet is an exceptionally talented
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

n. c. Goodwin has csbied Klaw & Err
LANCER from London to book route for
himself and Maxine Elliott, to open Jan.
%. They will begin their tour in Brook
Ivn on that date, presenting When We
Were Twenty
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
ENJOYABLE and tuneful comic operas seen
in that city in several seasons. Samuel
Collins as Ii has scored an especially
noteworthy hit. His grotesque Methods
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
COLLIER 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 a 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 a glove"
Collier saw Thomas, read the play.
saw in it great possibilities of success,
bought the rights and renamed it ION
the Quiet" Goodwin afterward saw
Collier play the piece at the Grand OPP
era House, Chicago, and said to him in
his dressing room after the perform
ance:
You are better actor than I am,
Willie, and a better judge Of play. If
1 could have seen as much in this thing
as you have made. me see sitting in
front of the footlights, I would never
have let you take it,"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

French well, but has fallen on evil days
and is now in a London workhouse.
Mr.. Tree is making her a comfortable
weekly allowance during the run of the
piece.
May Robson. the Mrs. Bang of THE
Messenger Boy" noted for her comic
makeups, has quite outdone even herself
in this musical comedy Her wardrobe
for the part of Mrs. Bang was recently
added to in a most unexpected way.
Reeves Smith. the actor. and c. ID.
Moon, manager of the Opera House at
Eau Claire, Wis. discovered a hat on
the rack in a local restaurant that they
thought would strike Hiss Robson S
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

scious humor, the funny things his
character does even m serious situa-
lions.
That the public appreciates Andrew
Mack's new venture in Tom Moore is
amply proved by the fact that his bust
ness this season is by one-third greater
than ever before. In the part OF the
Irish poet Mr.. Mack has a character
spiendidly suited TO his temperament
and abilities He has been so well re-
ceived in this play his tour has been
extended 20 June /.
c. K. C. Billings Little Boy. 2:01is.
pacing to wagon. once changed owners
for Sl25.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15

leading man. excelling in romantic
characters and made most favorable
impression last season as the hero Of
Paul Leicester Ford's story.
Although The Messenger Boy" with
James T. Powers as the boy" is in its
third month at Days theater, New
York, there is as yet not the slightest
sign of waning public interest in it.
Every performance is marked by a
packed house and enthusiastic appre-
citation of its superlative merits. Mr..
Powers. May Robson, Harry Kelly. John
P. Kennedy, Paul Nicholson, George
Honey, Flora Isabelle. Jobyna Rowland
and John 3. PARK make up contingent
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-15
A MANAGER NAMED.

Joe Walcott is again without a 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 a
few pugilists before. 1t has always
preceded the downfall of the fighter.