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The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-12
TERRY

Il Saddcr'a aud wiser man ana engas scd
an"ll'r Hr'ur familiar With the part
ana with rhythm and VERSE;
Another story of lrNing's early life
relates to "a Joke that he. with Mr..
Toolc and a third party. played some
Years age at Glasgow hotel
After lh"ir work they we're supping
at the Eot"l. where. says Sir Henry.
'thrr' was in the room Il high screen.
The instant the waiter was gone we
commenced operations. We stripped
tn" SlNrrWaro of which there was a
tohrabl" supply from The table and
placed it hohnd the screen. We then
opened III" window and turned ont the
gas and finally got under the table.
w" mad oulS to remain in our "ramp"d
position a few minutes before we heard
lii" unsteady feet of the waiter along
III" utsSasu
Til" daik"n"d room amazed him,
and me cold air from the window seem
ed Ia sink, him with alright,
'nohncsSn ,xcia lined he IT'S
thieves they are! An incht as mIrh flae
the Inika % them and irae their gay
ialh aud their laughter! l.h, but Am
q mined muni An wish Al had ud" TAX
IN the hal, . that last bottle! Hear,
hear Thieves, thiovesi AiUrdrr'
Thieves, thieves And, shouting at the
ton Of his voice, lac ran out Of The room
ana along the passage.
The minute he had gone We shut the
door llt tho gas, restored III" silver TO
tn table and sat round as before, ~
Toying quiet cigar. Presently lhrre
was Il confused mulmur along Inr pas
sage. II grew louder and louder. ana
in poured a truly motley lhrpng, mostly
half dressed. consisting ui tn" man
agol, tWO men i'll bare legs and slippers
ana lady with blanket in the alarm
of irar caught up. followed 10y our ag.
Oni2ng friend, The waiter. one man
vas armed With a poker. and the other
carried a bronze SlHttierte ready TO lurI
at The thief. As they entered We alt sat
back and looked At them in we'll feign-
ed alnaZemcnt, ana Toole said to the
astonishcl and bewildcrad Manager
Do you always come in this way with
your friends when Il gentleman asks
for his bill p"
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HOW JOHN. r. SULLIVAN
GOT A CHECK CASHED,

One OF the Oldest stories in stage iis-
tory is that of Joseph Jefferson = cn-
counter with the paying teller OF Il
bank. The teller refused to cash u
check for the comedian unless he were
identified. Jefferson assumed his Rip
Van Winkle dialect and quoted the
hniliar line in the play, IF my dog
Schneider was here, he would know
me- whereupon the teller promptly
handed over the cash.
| mention that story. said a well
known actor recently. because II Is so
similar to The one told me by John T.
Sullivan He swcars il is true.
Mr.. Sullivan and his wife. Rose Cogh-
Ian, were in New York and on their
way to the. Providence boat the femi-
nine part OF the family being on her
way 10 the Rhode Island capital. AS
the carriage neaied lhe pier Rose gave
cry OF horror.
oh John" said she, Il forgot that
ordered some goods sent to the boat G.
@. d. l must have $50 to pay for
them"
AS John is not in the habit of carry
ing so much loose change about with
him. the situation was embarrassing.
tie had his checkbouk in his pocket,
but the bank Was fay up town. and he
knew nuhSiN in that Vicinity who
Wollla cash Il check. 1t was nearly time
for the boat tn l"nNe. and something
desperate had o be done. Leaving Rose
on the pier, John rushed across the
street TO saloon and asked for the
proprietor. \ big, bury man in a little
office beside the bar was pointed out
as the boss" 70 him John poured out
his tale Of NoS ana finished by asking
him to cash his check for $50
The boss looked askance. as if
seeming u new kind of hunko game.
SO you're Mr.. sullivan, are Sou?"
he said Did you appear in Nile. FIN
at the Manllattan?"
Yes | played Mendoza, the money
lender" replied John.
We'll, saw the play. Now, tell me
what Mendoza says and does when he
comes in and finds the bride and her
mother have met alicr nc tried 80 hard
10 keep th m apart
lO':n walked to he door of they office
to make proper entrance, took three
strides toward Il chair. into which he
sank, knocking off his hat and ejacuat-
ing Holy Moses at the same time.
You're Nj. Sullivan all right" said
the saloon keeper. laughing and pr.I-
ducins a plctholc wad of bills Rose
got her goods and sailed away happy.
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and threw her arms around her. Still
the child continued to scream. and Mrs.
Charles kean. seeing what was the
matter, came on the stage and struck
with her heel for the trapdoor to be
opened
The man naturally mis,ook the sig
nal and shut ii tighter, and the child's
screams redoubled. Mrs. Kean whis
perrd to her:
BE IA brave girl Nellie. and finish
Your part, and you shall play in King
Juhn.'"
The trapdoor was by this time open
Cd, bat the little girls toe was broken.
She finished her speech, however,
though She tainted when she got off the
stag" Late: on she played the part of
Prince Arthur
Although al present one of the ac-
kncWledged queens of the stage, Miss
Terry coniesscs to stage fright, the
symptoms OF which she describes in the
following terms:
'luu suddenly fcel as if your tongue
had hrcom" dislocated and was lying
pnW"rless ia your mouth. cold shiEers
begin to creep downward from the nape
Of your neck and all up you At the
same tiI", until they seem to meet in
the small of your back About this
tin" YOU feel as if a cpntiped. all of
hose feet had been carefully iced. had
begun 10 riln about in the roots of your
hair. Your next aSreeabl" sensation is
at the breaking out VI Il cold perspira-
ion all over you. Then YOU feel as
though somebody had cut the muscles
at The back Of your knees. your mouth
higgins slowly to open without giving
uilrranC" to Il single sound, and your
eyes seem inclined I" jump uul of your
! heed over the fOu,lights. Al this pc
od it i8 as w'li TO get off the stage as
quickly as possible You are far be-
Nnnd the hope of any human help
Miss Ellen Terry visited America in
company with Henry Irving in 1889,
half a generation ago. and yet these
two versatile veterans, he ono a grand.
mother and the other a grandfather
with children and grandchildren on and
in training for the stage, still appear as
youthful and rosourcrful as ever
WILLIAM NJ. THERSTON.
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F4SS yf:RRT
RS Gss4s4E,sERE

lie FIRST saw the light in iSGS. HIS par
tNls We're poor, aud after the death .!
his father he was brought up in the
family of his Aunt Pembelthy, received
a sCanty education in London aud al
the age Of fourteen was apprenliccd 10
a merchant. lie entered the dramatic
profession in 1856. but did not change
his name until 1887. when he received
permission To do 50 by royal letters pat
rnt. He first played in London IN 1853
but was such a dismal failure that Ii"
returned /" he provinces" and prac-
ticed upon The country folk for seven
years. When h" EXISTED the n,nropu-
lis, he achieved "A decided triumph
What he has done since is known of
all who are cnamor"j of the Ih"aier
and need not ho mentioned he,u. but il
Is evident from this h,i"f allnSiou to his
early career that the advance to his
prestht Standing was not an uUintor-
rupted tiumphHi march.
AS to Sir Ilenry'> physiral nfrmitics
particularly tho noted Irving imp"
the fact that the subject of them has
not only oNcrrom" but rather made
beauty spots of these hlcmishes speaks
well for his courage and p.rsstcnce uu-
ii'I ''hN 'i ~ VIZ iItlNliIlI'.r NIlu'lIllG lh
his most pronounced urfcrl a recent
critic says a greater shock to my
feelings Than pierOntord lrag"dian
could not be- imagined. Sir Henry docs
not toe IN bHdIy. TO be Sure-lhat is. he
is not obliged to step high and prauce
10 avoid Kicking himself in tIle foot.
but the Iinln is v"rN dis,if"t."
A critic has notTd as u paradox that
ton -I,, -, 4 q
tunClamrutAl principles of acting should
remain IN The applauS. of critics ana
th"atpr gV"rs, be knishtcd by his SOW
oreisn and universally recognized as
The greatest player uf his day, as
there are times in his performances
whom he might as we'll translate The
tnunt Of English uud~iilcd' into Cbnc-
taW So Ear as ruh"r'ucr of sound and
tyllIbl" is concerned"
hn@th,r, 70 friendly uilir. has admit
ted that l"iug'S chief lack in tragedy
is dynamic force that nalur" did not
enaow him with strong vocal resources
Vet b. has pruuurcl superb effects in
tragedy, ana IN $hNIock, which is, p,op
rrly considered ttagic role. n, fails
only in his great scene with Tuhal
where his resort to suppressed emotion
is too obvious u trick. R,l those per.
SOnHl ptCullnlIIi"S which are called his
'IGam"rsms ana which are most ais.
tasteful 70 tn" cOmmDnest and riVldeSt
minds seem to exactly fit that picture
which h" is portraying," So there il is.
His "ccrutriCiti"s and mann"risms are
turned into jewels to adurn his crown
and arc cited as adding to his forccful
acting.
What is natural on the stage" once
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So 1rving's charming colieaguH Miss
Terry, is freer from the oddities that
make him SO unique, but she has been
pronounced equally versatile, and there
is a curious paraiielism in their domes-
tic experience. For instance, while
many might assume her to be spin
ster from her stage title. she is known
at home as Mrs. Wardell and Is. in fact,
not only married, but a grandmother to
boot In fact, she has had varied
marital experience In the fifty-three
years of her eventful life. Her first
husband was the since famous artist
Watts, who was very much older than
herself and whom she soon found so
uncongenial that they separated. Her
latest husband, Mr.. Wardeil was
known on the stage as Kelly but did
not succeed in giving his sobriquet a
worldwide celebrity.
Taking to the stage at an early age,
Ellen Alice Terry first found fame when
she joined the Irving company in 1873.
she has been with Mr.. Irving ever
since, and that her name for the past
thirty three years has been indissoiu-
bly, linked with his in great histrionic
ACHIEVEMENTS IL Is StdlSeAy-l'ccessaiy ~
say.
Her first STAGE "reminiscences relates
to The time when she met with an acci-
dent. When she was II little girl about
eleven years of age, she belonged to
Mrs. Charles kCan's company. She
was one evening acting Puck in "A
Midsummer Night : Dream and had to
com" UP through the stage on a trap
| door standing on a mushroom
The trapdoor was shut too soon, and
| one OF her feet was caught She
| screamed with pain, and her sister
kate, then acting Titania, ran to her
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that fine play will be continued In her
repertory during the remainder OF the
season. The play has been given an
uncommonly handsome equipment of
scenery and costumes Of the colonial
period. Miss Walsh has turned out a
Janice Meredith that is a credit to her.
self, Il most attractive parsonage of the
footlights, an impersQnation over which
her audiences can enthuse with remark
able vigor..- The play will be presented
during all of her southern tour.
Of the new crop of this seasons stars
Adelaide Thurston, with Sweet Clio.
ver," has been one of the most success
ful. Her tour throughout the south has
proved profitable, and the criticisms in
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-12

| Midlothian clubs have 200 acres or
more each The Midlothian, for in
stance, spent $4,000 on clubhouse
others 100000 to complete houses,
fences and fields In three of these
grounds the water hazards are ma =
lures work, but the Wheaton club
| pumps water into an artificial pond.
| There are between thirty and thirty
| five clubs in Chicago. Some of the
| grounds are as far away as Wisconsin,
| but they are supported by Chicago peo-
| pie.
Now, no golf enthusiast can play
| through a season for less than. $3.50
counting fares. fees to caddies and new
equipment for the field. There are in
dividuals who pay ten times as much
for the pleasures of the game. one
man in Chicago, for instance, has l2S
drivers alone, with other clubs in pro-
portion. These l2s drivers, at $3.50
each, represent $500. | doubt ri any
body who plays golf al all spends less
than $50 as the seasons legitimate ex-
| penscs,
An average golf player of moderate
means cannot equip himself for the
game under $50. The enthusiast may
spend $500 to $4O0 without being consid-
| cred eXtravagant. Counting possible
5000 golf players Of all degrees in Chi
, cag0, it has been figured that they pay
| out not far from $i50,OOO a year for the
game.
With many of these players railroad
fares are necessary and form a consid-
cradle portion of the expense. Care OF
| club grounds and the fees of the cad
dies are items of expense that are
| heavy In The aggregate. Club dues ana
| clubhouse bills are in proportion so
that golf suit and selection of golf
clubs are only beginning of the game
From the first peep of green in The
spring until the first. or even the sec
'hnd, snow the Chicago golf enthusiast
inds an open season for the game. 1t
may cost the city thousands of dollars
annually. but every golf player is con-
fident that he has his moneys worth
when the snow and cold at last put an
end to putting and 10 the job of The
caddie
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| winter In the opinion of members of the
organization and Of thousands of spec
tators capped the climax,
The 1902 exhibition Is confidently ex.
| pccted to excel that of 1901. The pres
! ent plan contemplales show complete
and picturesque in every detail. Sports
men will imagine themselves back IN
| their beloved forest haunts, where
snorting. antlered moose, large eyed,
fleet footed deer and Whirring and
whansing partridges hold sway: where
boWlder bottomed, moss embarked
trout streams wind sinuously in and
OUT. sounding the sweetest music in the
ears OF the wandering angler. wooins
| him away from thoughts of time and
| tribulatiOn.
One of the attractive features will be
| a fly casting contest by adopts in the
art. This event will doubtless attract
| hundreds of votarics of The rod and
reel Fly casting is Il science. 1t can
be mastered only by persevering effort.
| Many an inexperienced angler has, TO
/ his extreme discontinue, found this to
he but too true. Rifle and revolver
shooting matches will also be features
of the show.
The belief that automobile speed com.
petitors and time trials are soon TO en-
joy considerable vogue on the race
tracks of this country has brought
about the agitation of a scheme TO
form a national association to govern
the sport. Realizing the Importance of
such a movement, the Automobile Club
Of America has taken steps to forward
tho interests of the suggested fedora
| tion. A committee has been appointed
| to NJ gotiate with the important clubs
of the United States for the purpose of
coming to definite understanding.
| Tha Automobile Club of America, il is
understood, will be the ruling factor in
| the association
An organization of that description is
| just what automobling requires to de-
| veOp The pastime and maintain it on
broad, national lines. It will then be
possible to enforce regulations. and the
auto busters combined will be in po-
sition to demand legislation on behalf
of their sport.
II Is now an established fact that the
Olympian games Of 1904 will be held in
| Chicago. The committee in charge of
the preparations is already deep in its
voluntary task.
A new feature designed to add inter.
est to the contests Is museum of ath-
| lrtic apparatus. arranged so as to show
: rhronUlogically the improvement in the
paraphcrnalia of all branches of sport
The congress of the DlTmpian com.
mitcos of all countries will be held next
spring in Brussels. The Importance of
the altering has beer enhanced by the
announcement that King Leopold of
Belgium will preside
The following have been appointed
committee on finance for the games:
II. n. lliGinhotham, cy-president of
The Worlds Columbian eXposition
James H. lIckeiS, cX-comptrOlier of the
currency; Orson Y. Smith. Clarence
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and wealthy New Yorker of their race
has taken an interest in their welfare,
proposing to furnish the money ncces.
Saly to keep them together.
There is a lively competition going
On Just now for the rights to present
In the Palace of the King" after Miss
Viola Allen puts it aside next June to
take up The Eternal City" NOtwith-
standing the fact that In the Palace Of
the King has proved even greater
financial and artistic success than was
The Christian" Miss Allen proposes to
make no exception and sticks TO her
original intention to present new
drama every second season. Whether
Liehlar L. Co., Miss Aliens managers,
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quaint and abundant humor with fine
human feeling such as is only seen on
the local stage at long intervals
]. II. Decker. whose ndomitable en-
ergy has undoubtedly contributed very
largely to the remarkable success of
the Primrose u Dockstader MINISTRIES.
says that a. the conclusion Of the cur.
rent theatrical season he will retire
from the management OF this organiza-
ton He adds in becoming spirit OF
pride that Primrose e. Dockstader's
profits from the time .he undertook-their
management up to the present period
have amounted to 5000, 900.
Blanche Walsh has made a splendid
beginning with Janice Meredith" and
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ENORMOUS COST OF A ~ !. !
GOLF CLUBS EQUIPMENT.

According to H. J. Tweedle, an au>
thority on golf In Chicago. the thirty or
more golf clubs supported by the city
represent an investment of $1.000,000 In
grounds. while the cost each year to
club members is something almost past
guessing at. One million dollars is a
low estimate on golf grounds, said Mr..
Tweedle. Some clubs own the land,
while Others lease it, but in any case
the grounds have to be prepared. sod
ded, bunkered and perhaps provided
with water hazards.
A good golf ground needs at least 200
acres Two hundred acres of good
grounds in easy reach of Chicago would.
cost $500 an acre for the land alone.
Several clubs>are as large as this. The
Onwentsia. Wheaton. Homewood and
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will lease the rights or put out the
drama themselves has not been decided.
Jessie Millward will shortly appear in
I'm the Palace of the King" in London.
Miss Aliens success in this 1hrillingly
romantic love story of old Spain has
been enormous.
The unanilnity with which the New
York critics have praised David War;
fields work in The .Auctioneer,"
which, under David Belasco's manage
ment, has settled down to a prolonged
run at The Piiou, is almost without
precedent One of the most conserva-
tive dramatic writer's in the city voiced
the general approval saying that his
Simon Levi Offers combination Of
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ITALY'S BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS.

The Italian actress Tina di Lorenzo,
famed equally for her beauty and for
her talent, surprised her country peo-
pie recently by marrying a fellow play
er .Nrmando Falconi. Reports of her
coming marriage to some prince or
duke or millionaire have been the space
filters on Italian newspapers for several
years, but not a hint of her long al
sagement TO SgnOr Falconi, who Is a
distant relative. ever leaked out. The
actress is Of the Greek type OF beauty,
and in the opinion of artists Is possess
ed both of a perfect face and a perfect
FORM
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AS THE CURTAIN RISES.

Tn" seen" IF lh" ri"'. I- l.,u rance
IN li2o. Mr. Granger IS NJ ,,,,-,At tour
ing with much success and has made
a strong impression in every city where
he has appeared.
The Hebrew orphan Asylum band of
New York, an organization Of a bout
sixty N"ang musicians, win make a
tour Of the country and are now being
booked b: Louis Lesser. The youth
full instrumentalists. who have made
quite reputation within their com
para,irtly circumscrihe0 field have now
reached the ago when they are no Ion
ger eligible 10 lesidenCe in the asylum,
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ih"uur"r Olr"'t+ royalties ON his
songs are $lj,UUo 4 year. This is a pret-
~ handsome income in Itself. Ills
profits as a star were 500 400 last season
This year his business is the LARGEST
that he has ever known.
a new romantic star actor and new
play will be seen in New York after the
holidays. The name Of the actor is Will
lis Granger, who has made successes in
Mime. Sans-Gene,' with Kathryn Kid
der. and other plays. The title of The
new drama is "A Secret Warrant" of
which w. A. Tremayne IL the author
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THE "POSTED LAND" PROBLEM,

Owing to the uncertainty. of the law
protecting deer In New Jersey many
spOrtsmen did not enter the woods who
otherwise would have been on hand
during the season. These sportsmen
and many landowners who wished to
protect the deer posted large estates
AMI thus prevented the killing of many
deer.
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NEW WEBER AND FIELDS JOKES.

Some of the new "Webcriield" jokes
in "Hoity Toity" being produced in
New York. are variegated enough to
cause a $4,000 audience to break into
laughter.
What" asks Fields, 'is magnet?'
Something that eats holes in
cheese" responds Weber,
Weber wants to know If there is any
money in faro banks.
An my money is" responds Bernard
Hopper and Russell are discussing
the musical girl. She just eats a
piano" quoth Hopper.
she has a taste for music" asserts
Russell.
Another Hopper-Russell passage:
She makes lobster la Gutten-
berg"
You mean Ia Newburg.'
NO; Gutenberg Is as far as she
gets"
Have banks been in existence lon
ger than sausagc? asks Weber.
"Oh, my. yes" explains BeMard.
Sausage dates back only to the days
of Cincinnatus, but banks have been in
existence ever since the days Of Pha-
raoh.'
why does the cashier of the bank
have bars in front of him?'
so that he can see his finish"
How much does it cost to open a
bank"
Sometimes two years; sometimes
lifetime"
Some of Hopper's gibes are industraH
The cops don't bother me- he says,
for | own the copper trust. The next
thing I'll own will be the clock trust.
The hands never strike in the clock
works"
The attendance the klaw & Erlangcr
Opera company, with jerome Sykes. in
De knunn and Snilh,s cnlnic uunra
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Buckinsham> Charles L. Hutchinso
and otto Young. "a


President Hickey of the old Western
Baseball league is organizing a new
league. The cities to be included are
Kansas City, st. Raul. Chicago, Indian
apOlis. Toledo. Louisville and Milwau-
kee. This scheme will place a third
team In Chicago. y
Surely the baseball promoter must
regard the Windy City as an easy
mark" Chicago is good baseball
town when the game is played accepta.
bly, but 1t requirs more than a good
town to support three teams.
>Ben Jordan, the English rival Of Ter
ry McGoyern, Is contemplating visit
to America next summer Jordan eX-
poets to fight McGOvern in England
next spring, but says he will visit this
country afterward, win or lose. HIS
wife Is the daughter of his hacker, and
the latter gave the pair. check for
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$1,000 at their recent wedding. Jordan's
wife will accompany him to this coun-

RumOrs of another challenge for the
Americas s cup are still heard. The lat
est report is that "Wull" Fife. Jr., de-
sisner of Shamrock l., and his friends
are trying to persuade Sir Thomas to
challenge with his old yacht Two
years have elapsed since she was de-
feuted, and she is eligible for another
try at the trophy.
Mr.. Fife is confident that with FEW
changes, he can make Shamrock l..
several minutes faster than Shamrock
II. has been suggested that the Roy
al Ulster Yacht club name Shamrock L.
in its challenge and add request that
the new Shamrock be substituted in
case she should prove the faster boat.
The English plan of challenging with
one Of the defeated Shamrocks does not
arouse very much enthusiasm on this
side. The temperance in the next
contest of either of the Vanquished
craft will not find favor in the eyes of
the American public BEN TANlS.
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dicate that her new play is highly
mertorous cOmedy-drama-one that is
destined TO bring fame and fortune to
the star appearing in it. Miss Thur
ston's supporting company Is spoken Of
as being one of superior quality.