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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-19

alter at lower prices, provided there is
reasonable assurance of practically Ca
pacity' business. Like shrewd man,
Mr. Lift concluded that it would be un-
wise to put his plan into execution until
he had a particularly strong offering.
He waited until he had one of his own
charlottesville Price of Peace" This
is a massive English melodrama which
doubtless would have played to large
business at the Broadway theater for
many months. But Mr.. Lift reduced
his prices anyway. He was not willing
TO retreat under fire. but he was willing
to make a concession when there was
no apparent necessity for it. The result
has demonstrated the wisdom of his de-
termination. Instead of playing TO
large business THE Price of Peace
at the lower prices is playing to
enormous business. What is more, Mr..
Lift has popularzed his theater and
the class of plays which will form
large percentage of its offerings With a
class of people whose favor he could not
have Won by any other plan in years.
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New York.
KING EDWARD AND ACTORS.
New York.

Il have heard several American ac-
tors relate their meetings With the king
when he Was the prince, said we'll
known London correspondent recently
and they have in every case shown by
their candid remarks that his manner
was such that they We're made to feel
thoroughly at ease and that, while the
tremendous Importance of the person.
age from an English point of view eX-
listed. he was, so far as the meeting of
the moment was concerned. simply a
courteous gentleman Who desired to saw
q kindly word to one who had enter
tanned him.
Two instances of American profes
SIGNALS who had met the Prince of
Wales IN connection With his visits to
places OF entertainment and which they
had related to me occur to me. one
was Very recently in Paris, where | was
dining With a prominent American cir
Gus manager and an English actor.
Something was said about the Prince
of Wales and the l,nelishman said he
had once been presented to his royal
hghness.
and so have l. said the American
and You can take ii from me that he is
"a good old pal"
Tn Enslishman stared in blank
amakenent at such Il familiar state
ment. hut the good old circus man did
not notice the result of his remark nor
mark my amused grin at the aosors
ana2ement. He had acted as guide to
he prince during a private visit to u
famous American show and his opinion
Was the result of the way his royal
guest had acted While under his guild
anCe.
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Photo BY Stark, st. Louis.

made a single bid. so far as | can re-
member for the approval of the Amer
lean public in a straightforward, hon
estlE pure Play.
1t would be unfair to dismiss "Mancn
1.eScaut' without some mention of the
work OF Mi. Frederick Perry as De Var
hey. This actor. as ! have previously
pointed cut, is destined to make a name
for himself. Some months ago he was
in the cast Of the i'll fated "Marcelle,"
in which Blanche Walsh starred al the
Broadway lheater in this city. He had
Il role similar TO that which he now has
in 'Mancn Lescaut.' and there We're the
same evidence of careful thought the
same Subtlety. the same delicate touch
es and the same power Mr.. Perry is
one of the few actors who attune their
passion TO the methods of the other per-
sons in the drama rather than laying
out in advance a cut and dried plan to
Whiel they adhere though the heavens
fall. Doubtless he will come to the lat
ter plan should he ever attain to the
dignity of starhoua. ana, if he should /
am willing to predict that he will re-
Iuire the members of his company to
regulate their work, in some measure at
least by his. Just as he now governs
himself by the lead OF his stars.
this city which bad been charging So
each for the hest seats have reduced
their prices. This has brought out the
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lott have developed wonderfully in the
past few years. and in this respect have
greatly surprised even their most ar
dent admirers This remarka BILE in
crease in the range of their art has
been particularly noticeable in the last
three years. Both Mr. Goodwin and
Miss Elliott have earned the right to
ask for a hearing in classical charac-
tiers through a long career of most sim
cere and arduous effort on the stage
and their coming appearance in the
classic drama. The Merchant of Ven
ice presented with all the grand opu-
lence of scenery and accessories made
possible by the most advanced stage
craft of today, will undoubtedly COM
mand most cordial attention.
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be not gosSiping through her bonnet,
there are several important ones Which
will shortly fall into line.
Hark to the merry carol of the blithe
press agent:
Considerable interest having been
manifested as to the cities in which N
c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott will ap-
pear in the characters Of Shylock and
Portia in the coming revival of The
Merchant of Venice" to be made under
the direction of klaw & Erlanger and
business guidance of Joseph Brooks
the managers make public the follow
ing list of places where they will be
seen, beginning Monday evening. May
+: Syracuse, Rochester. Buffalo, Chca-
go, st. Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis,
Cincinnati, Columbus. Cleveland Pitts
burg, Washington, Baltimore. Philadel-
phia, New York. Brooklyn. New Haven,
Hartford. Providence and Boston
These cities will probably be played in
the order named. All these engage
ments. excepting in New York Chicago,
Boston and Cleveland, are for one per
Torrance only.
This production of The Merchant of
Venice" will be of even greater magni-
tude than the all star revival of The
Rivals made some years ago by 10
seph Brooks which attracted wide
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the dramatic possibilities of the story.
To my mind no play could be more UNI
suited TO Miss Nethersoe. Manon is a
delicate, loving creature, without the
comparative o.azenness of Sapho
and entirely devoid Of the tisressli,,e
characteristics of Carmen. In Ma
non Lescaut" the love or passion. or
whatever you may call it, is of the qu
etest sort, and the fact that ii Involves
immortality is TO a great extent kept in
the background. In most of the plays
with which Miss NetherSole has been
connected in this country, and certainly
in all of those which have proved sig
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-19
nnApN,s PROPERTY FARM

William \. Brady has purchased q
farm near Asbury Park where he will
provide quarters for the live stock used
in his various productions. Barnum's
happy family will be rivaIed when the
bloodhouads, ponies and donkeys OF
Uncle Toms Cabin the horses, COWS,
sheep and poultry of three Way
Down East" companies and the doves
and song birds of Lovers Lane" are al.
domiciled in harmonious juxtaposition.
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nally profitable to her, the immortality
has been Extensively thrust forward
Miss Nethersole has made some sort of
reputation in roles of this character,
and, While she may object to hearing
persons declare that this is a regular
Nethersol Fart" she has no one to
blame for it but herself. She has not
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AlEx,NpnR's NEXT pRoDrcT1o>

1t is expected that George Alexander
Will stage Phillips "Paola and Frances
ca" before the summer. 1t is one OF the
plays Alexander has been holding in
reserve for his long deferred visit to the
United States.
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i a !ene Lucette Ryley's inartic-
ulate comedy, My Lady Dam
ty." They were at the little Madison
Square theater for several weeks and
might have been there still if their
manager had been willing to further at
tempt to push along what was from the
date of its production in Newark at the
very opening of the current season
thoroughly hopeless proposition. But
Mr.. Edwards, l suspect, was convinced
from the outset that My Lady Dainty
could not be made to go" and he &C
cordingly was anxious to try another
play Theodore Burt Sayre's dramatiZa
ton of the Able I'revost's remarkable
novel. "Manon Lescaut,' was finally Sc
lected, and Wallack's theater was So
cured for two weeks for the purpose Of
determining how this piece would be
received by a cosmopolitan audience.
Some of the critics are said to have
slated "Manon Lescaut." but the people
who pay their money TO see plays APP
pear to like it. In fact, on the night !
was at Wallack's there was not a va
cant seat in the house. and the audi
ence fairly tired itself OUT With APP
plause after the fall of the curtain on
the third act.
Mr. Sayre has done his work fairly
we'll and if he will eliminate certain
constructive crudities which must BE-
''apparent to the veriest tyro he will
have Il really good play. There is ac
tion enough and to spare. and the only
serious fault in "Manon Lescaut" as it
stands is it's loose iointedness in several
spots However, it is to be assumed
that this will have been remedied be-
fore this letter reaches the eye of the
reader
There have been runlors of an inten-
ton on the part of Mr.. Kelley and Miss
Shannon to abandon ''ManOn LeScaut,"
and even the information which ema-
mates from presumably inspired sources
is to the effect that they win use the
play only until the end Of the current
season. If this plan should be persisted
in it will be a great mistake. for these
two players have never had q better
opportunity than is offered by Mr.
Sayre's dramatiza ton of "Manon Lee
scaut" to firmly establish themselves
with a certain class which has SO far
refused 10 seriously consider them as
stars. In the title role Miss shannon is
better than in any in which she has np-
peared since the old Lyceum days. TIE
clinaing tlustftlra%s of the lost woman
Ia accurately indicated, and there is
most artistic touch in the constant
bringing 70 tie fore of the old crafti-
ness and self reliance of her kind which
have become obscured by the depth of her
true though Illicit passion for Louis
Mr.. Kelley as Louis was also excellent.
although physically not exactlv ideal
His performance of the gambler. had
the true ring. ard as that quality is
frequently lacking in Mr. Kelcey's char
acteriZations it would seem to be the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-19

u " ERBERT kELCEY and Effie
Shannon have left town again.
Early in the season they came
into New York with Made
M !eine Lucette Ryley'S !nartic-
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!. !
! The AMERICAS Cup ]
! !
+ Horse Racing :. Chess
)

~ HE yachtsmen are We'll under
way with their plans for the
season of 1901. The arrange
ment of regatta schedules and
| racing dates has been practi-
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Some minor houses have followed the
lead of Mr. Lift. and, if Dame Rumor
be not gossiping through her bonnet,
there are several important ones Which
will shortly fall into line.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18
THE SLAVE HUNT.

The slavery Of women has prevailed
In the United States. and especially on
the Pacific Coast, ever since Chinese
communities came into being there.
Since 1855. San Francisco has been the
greatest slave-holding city in America.
Time and again efforts have been made
to suppress this ancient system Of
human bondage, transplanted from
Asia on American soil, but except in
Isolated cases without effect. Grand
juries in scores. detectives in shoals
judges In a continuous procession, phil
anthropists in millionaire groups have
sought to make the Chinese woman in
the United S0tes her own mistress,
only to confess themselves baffled by
the freemasonry of the Orientals and
the unwillingness of the Chinese woman
to become a pariah or a hunted prey
among her own kind for the sake of
relief from shackles which she does not
find It hard to bear.
Enforced freedom OF the Chinese
woman means to her sad consequences
She Is looked upon with contempt BY
the majority of her people and Is
Swallowed by those who would drag hei
be killed Her life is one of constan,
alarm and apprehension. II she sue
| ceeds In keeping herself free she be-
comes an exile among people OF vastly
different race and among whom she can
never feel at home. Is 1t any wonder
that, when summoned as a witness. she
usually denies that she Is n slave and
turns, with screams and protestations,
from those who would ef1ancipate her?
IL the Federal Court can get around
these obstacles 1t will do a humane ser
vice and fix precedent which the Cali
fornia courts might be glad to follow
But It will be a vexatious task. Not
long ago an effort was made to close
Iwilei under the authority Of the anti
slavery amendments to the Constitu-
ton, but the Grand Jury, though feel
ing a moral certainty in the premises,
was unable to get evidence. Japanese
slaves there were but they either did
not want freedom or feared to ask for
1t. Chinese slaves there are and the
| results may be the same.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

The health OF King Edward continues
10 be an object of concern. His pictures
do not signify n we'll man and the re-
ports of cancer draw the public mind to
physical tendencies which developed
among his ancestors and nearer reia-
tives and which have caused many
deaths in the Royal family and its con-
nections. Even II the King had inherit
ed the staunchest physique his really
arduous life as Prince OF Wales must
have undermined 1t. No man can live
in a continuous round OF feasting and
social toll with onerous public duties
added and reach the age of sixty with
his health unimpaired. a life like that
would cripple better constitution than
that Of which any prince. descended
from the -four Georges, has shown him
self Possessed,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

aggressive than President Mckinley
was" thinks the Savannah News
CDem) land he will be in evidence
oftener and In more ways, but there is
every reason for thinking that the peo-
pie will never have reason to complain
OF lack Of fidelity to the great trust
20 tragically thrust upon him" The
Raleigh IN. c. News and Observ &:
(Dem) says;
"Mr. Roosevelt will disappofit those
who look to see him do many radical
things. He will, like CirV.iintl. lean IN
the fnanciers CT Wall street and tho
banking world will pronounce him safe
though they will be afraid all the time
| that he may go to war TO add new ISL
ands TO our imperial government. He
will seek to make great president, for
he Is at once ambitious and patriotic.
lie is like Mr.. Mckinley in nothing Two
men more unlike have not lived and yet
! ne had "A sincere admiration for the
president, which was reciprocated. He
will also dlsappoint those VINO look to
see him follow in Mr.. Mckinley's foot
steps. He cannot do that, for he must
do things his own way. He is to be
numbered among the men who do things
and who do not mind row, If one Is
necessary to accomplish his purpose
Naturally he is cumulative. He VIII not
cultivate that trait but at times he will
fight to carry his point, even II the dic-
tate of wisdom would lead {, yielding for
n time and winning by nd'rection. He
has plenty of sense-what is called horse
sense, too-and as governor of New York
rarely failed to do what his party leaders
approved, and when he did act different
~ II was after consulting them. He will
have tenfold stronger incentive now TO
be in harmony with his party assoc!-
atcs."
The Denver News Dem) thinks that
| Western interests should fare well with
President Roosevelt at the head of the
Government. THE West will look 10
| Mr.. Roosevelt hopefully for assistance
in the development of irrigation and
the reclamation of arid lands" il says:
he lived for years in the West and be-
came acquainted with many Of its needs
and its boundless possibilities" The
Denver Republican CRep.) adds:
There probably is not another promi-
! nont man living east of the Mississippi
river who could enter upon the pres-
dency so well qualified to discharge it's
duties with intelligence respecting the ar
fairs and the interest of the Far West.
/ The West has had ground for complaint
on this score against several presidents.
notably Mr.. Cleveland, who has never
been farther west than Sioux City, and
to this day does not know whether pixies
Peak is a mountain or a hole In the
ground. Mr.. Cleveland never was able
TO appreciate the Importance and
strength OF the Far West. But President
Roosevelt enters upon his important du-
ties with excellent knowledge OF this
part of the country and with sentiments
of respect and friendship for our peo-
pie"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

Judge Estee was quite right In cut
ting Off extraneous titles from the
Presidents name in the course of n
memorial address. The first constitu-
tional convention directed that the
Federal executive should have no other
title than that OF President of the Unit
ed States. 1t was proposed TO address
him as Your Serene Highness" and
even-adopting the ancient form of the
Dutch States General-as Your High
Mightiness." The men who worked
hardest for a title, among whom was
John Adams, stuck at Your Excel
lency" and this highly absurd address
came near being formulated 1t Is
sometimes used unwittingly even now;
but ii belongs only to a few Governors
of States. Adams, who was naturally
an aristocrat, wanted to invest the
Presidency, for which he was an aspir-
ant from the start, with semi-royal
state. but all his propositions OF that
kind We're overborne by the spirit of
democracy.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

The coming sham fight OF the militia
will probably show, as previous affairs
have done, that the Hawaiian soldiery
are among the best of their class. Many
strenuous years have taught them the
practical meaning of the military trade
and they easily stand at the head of
the Territorial militia of the Union and
are ahead of all but the crack State
regiments The last sham battle at
Rocky Hill evoked the admiration OF
attending West Pointers and we do not
doubt that the coming field day near
Moanalua will also please them.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

Sixto Lopez, who is nearing Manila
may not know how eagerly grounds for
his arrest were sought when he was
talking sedition in Honolulu one mid
night meeting occurred in the Ad-
vertiser office attended by Major Robin
son, U. S. A., and the late U. S. Mar
shall Ray, at which the original draft OF
Lopez letter to this journal was closely
scanned for expressions which would
warrant summary action. District At
torney Baird was visited at later hour
and he decided that Lopez could not be
held. The Filipino had come very close
indeed to the line but he had not quite
stepped over II.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

The most noticeable and significant
thing in the attitude of the local Anti
Dole press is its GOODNESS towards the
proposal to bring an investigating COM
mission here. Fair play Is precisely
what the anti-Doleites do not want.
They prefer doing business at Washing
ton with no one present to correct their
misstatements of fact Given a re-
ceptive ear and no challenging party
and a great deal of politics may be done
In short time. With an investigat-
ing tody, looking into both sides, re-
suits might be painfully different.
Memories of the Morgan and Cullom
commissions still linger
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

We trust that the officials at the
Judiciary building will be more respect
full in future to Bailif Ney. That dig
nitary may have his faults and his rec
ord but he was given his present post to
strengthen the Republican party and
that he has succeeded in doing so may
be told by the smell. Should he be call
ed to account by people whose business
he may seem to interrupt there is no
doubt that Ney would receive one of
those judicial vindications which work
ed so happily in the case of ex-Bailiff
Lewis, the gentlemanly broker in jurles
and in stufiing for the same.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

The attempt to wrest the credit for
closing Gears Iwilei from Judge Estee,
who discovered the application OF the
Edmunds' law, and from the Territorial
officials who shut down the institution,
continues. 1t is true that she political
Circuit Court participated, in that it
hurried out an injunction when 1t learn
ed that Acting Governor Cooper and
the High Sheriff had decided to lock
up the Gear establishment as an offence
10 the law which Judge Estee had quot
ed. The previous efforts of the FRS.
Circuit Court to interfere with the Gear
investment had been mere gallery plays
and amounted to nothing practical. II
is far from decent to deprive Judge
Estee OF the credit which he gained
when the Ministerial Union turned 10
him for the relief which two sessions
OF the First Circuit Court had den. d
1t: but 1t is quite in line with the effort
lately made by the Judge of that court
10 persuade the public that Estee has
no more title than himself TO a con-
stitutional place in the Federal judi
tlary.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-18

A reporter of the Advertiser at the
Tax Appeal, Court was very properly
asked last night not to give the vital
proceedings to the public. 1t was n
self-evident proposition that business
men who were there with their books.
showing their accounts and balances,
should be protected from the eye of
newspaper readers. Though In possess
sion of the facts the Advertiser did not
care to print them, and in another
column mainly deals with the i'm
propriety OF letting n business mans
competitors attend the court and get
a line on the trade of rival. Most
OF the advantages of keeping the news
from the public are thus sacrificed. If
1t becomes necessary for the court to
apply the microscope to a mans private
business no eyes but those of the Judges
should be used.