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NOTES OF THE STAGE.
The Versatile Mr.. Davis-"Hamlet" at z as

The VerSdLlle MI. OdNlS- 11dlniOI at '1o'
Bruce Edwards, manager for Mr. Dillingham, got
a wire from Elmra, n. Y last night, saying that
Henry Miller. who presented Richard Harding
Davis's new play. 1.-The Tanning of Helen, there
last night had get underStudy for the part OF
the French ambassador in hurry, and shoved-or
was persuaded to shove-Davfs himself into the
breach Davis played in street clothes but he need
NOT have been unworthily dressed at that for an
ambassador.
The Cornell Mask Club wishes to produce Aubrey
RoucicauIt's English version of ALT Heidelberg"
and the Shuberts also announce that the Hasty
Pudding Club of Harvard, wishes to do likewise.
To he sure it would make excellent comic
onera but how long since the Puddings have had
to call on Boucicault for libretto?
f s Willard played 1.-THE Middleman" at the
Harlem Opera House last night.
Ar the Murray Hill Hoyts "A Midnight Bell''
was revived yesterday.
Andrew Mack in TON Moore" is the attraction
this week the West End.
At the American yesterday good audiences at
tended the revival of 1.-The Silver King
During the run OF Hamlet" at the Garden The
atre beginning tonight, the curtain will rise at
TAI n m sharp as Mr.. Sothern's production will
run until IL 80 matinees the curtain will rise at
Lax m sharp. Excepting this week. when Mr..
Sothern presents a special New Years matinee, the
only matinee is Saturday.
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MR.. VANDERBILT STRONGER.

The condition of Cornelius Vanderbilt WIS stu
encouraging yesterday and reports from the sick
room were that ne had passed fair night. and
was If anything little stronger.
DR. Flint after his morning call. said that the
catient was still the same satisfactory condition
and that his temperature continued to decrease
slowly Mr.. Vanderbilt is doing very we'll" said
the butler at 1880 o'clock last night
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THE WEATHER REPORT.
Yesterdays Record and To-day's Forecast

xvb,ngton Dec 29The Northern storm is central 10
49, o-theastward Of Superior. while the southern
80 80 ,-oc,,callv disappeared. The rain and snow at
tanaant unon these have in the last
hours extended practically the entire country I'm
r. ,se,ssinni Valley eastward, and also the west Gu
s.aes followed however. by clearing weather IN the
,f states and greater portions OF the MISSISSIPPI
= ob;o valleys and the region To the westward
the weather has fair except in Northwestern
tocn where rain again fallen Temperatures az
mich higher in Atlantic States ranging from 10 ~
5a+rnas above the seasonal and are again 10"
the Gulf States the Upper Mississippi valley ana Inc
central Rocky Mountain region ana
risen. There Will pe ram OF
Tuesday England. interior NeW-fork anu
and rain, followed by clearing
,rnatbaT IN the Middle South Atlantic Coast Else
49, be generally fair TUESDAY ana
of consequence being at pres
r Indicated except on North Pacific Coast 1t VIII
he colder TUESDAY South Atlantic States ana colder
Wednesdav in England. 1t will be warmer TUESDAY
&, tho extreme West, warmer Wednesday IN the cen
Tai valleys and Gulf States On the New-England
cnast fine winds fresh to brisk south to west on
e Middle Atlantic brisk west on the South AT
iantic coast south. shifting to west; on the Gui
Coast fresh north and Lake Michigan prlsK west.
steamers departing Tuesday for European ports WI nave
rsk south 20 and threatening weather with
rain the Grand Banks Storm warnings are displaFet
on The Washington coast, and the Atlantic Coast at
Sandy ook ana New-York.
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Highest temperature yesterday as degrees lowest, %;
average 30 corresponding date last as average
for corresponding date last twenty-five years, 3D.
Local forecast: Tuesday Wednesday fair fresh to
hris winds
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FORECAST FOR TO-DAY AND WEDNESDAY.
For New-England in southern portion and rain or
snow in northern portion to-day brisk south TO southwest
winds: fair and colder Wednesday
For the District of Columbia Maryland. clearing to-
dsv: fair Wednesday: light to fresh west winds
For Delaware to-day followed by clearing; fresh
south 20 w winds; fair Wednesday
Pennsyva Iia clearing to-day; fair
Wednesday fresh west winds
For Eastern New-York. rain in northern ana
central portions southern portion to
Wednesday, with colder central north
eastern portions; fresh brisk winds.
New-Jersey, rain to-day followed by clearing ana
southern portion fair Wednesday, fresh to brisk
winds.
For Pennsylvania cloudy to-day with prcba-
bV res winds: fair "Wednesday
For Western New-York, cloudy to-day, with probably
SNOW fair Wednesday: fresh west winds
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DIED.

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Hair and renders dark and glossy.
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The Woodlawn Cemetery.
Borough Of Bronx New York City.
Office 20 East 22d Street. Madison Square South
Rev Stephen Merritt. the world wide-kaows
undertaken; only place OF business sth-avs and
Iatb-st: largest the world Tel l<-fStk-st
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Russell SAGE Epfqranls.

Russell Sage has written short article for Independent
entitled "WealthA Decree of Justice The article is
replete with epigrams and shows concusivey that Mr. Sage
has given the subject of the article very earnest thought
Some of the most pointed reproduced and
while many peope will doubtless disagree with Mr.. Sage,
the following extracts from his composition should prove
interesting reading:
"fneleence industry honesty and thrift produce wealth
and those who possess such qualities are best hled Tor us
proper care. .,
$50 long as have more sense and more sell
control than others just long will such mon be wealthy
at is Just as wicked ntrust some men with large
of'moncy as would be 10 put an iuVt " ehaiB0
OF an express train
"Thc chief responsibility Of the Of wealth is in
using his money Tor purposes that will do the greatest good
to the greatest number
at is observable that the very rich men of today are
far more democratic than before IN the history OF the
world" ..
"Thcre may come time when the State VIII put
limit upon mans fortune.
The people that to the present time the great
captalists have been only captains of industry
ITO put premium brains and honesty is INC ohiy
way to level things up - ~,
"Any restriction of the rights Of capital would work
incaculable injury the workihgman'
Concentration OF weai'h " '' go
for the Americans 80, A.. a..
fail 10 sec the dangers arising from wealth that the
demapou,,e makes such hue and cry about
~ s 70 the concentration of capital and the concenra-
ton of labor which amounts TO the same that our com
,,crcal supremacy throughout the world viii be due
TO rail against the accumulation Oh wealth. - " ran
against the decree OF justice .
M man has a right to wealth who has not sense
~ the responsibility that goes with H. go
.n;a1 represents crystaized efforts OF the past whe
,abor L prcsent energy and skill
III the truth were known, concentration OF wealth is
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-01
4 Modern Aeson

For year past the editorial page of the New York
journal has contained nearly every day Fable for the
Elite by Dorothy Dix" They were bripb, uittv and
thoroughly upo-date. Thousands of people read them
ana asked for more. Some the best of these clever
sketches have been reprinted in book form with
~ SWhheron and are nos less entertaining in this dress
man they were III the ephemeral medium in which they
first appeared " 1880 -
Dorothy Dix has wonderful knowledge of human
nature aud the animals who speak act m these fables
nave the fobes and Weaknesses the hurors and shrewd
sense OF the superior race There is little resemblance
between these clever sketches and those of George Ade
MISS askam or Others who have essayed the fable form
me difference one may confidently add is all in favor OF
Dorothy Dix"
In real life Dorothy Dix is Mrs Elizabeth NJ. Cmer,
and in recent interview the Fourth Estate she gave the
following personal sketch OF herself:
. was born and raised big race horse farm in
Montgomery county Tenn where grew up with thorough
bred colts and little negroes the things really under.
stand best and that refrain from writing about
long at time she said,
When was years old l was sent to neishhoring
town to female academy where given very thin
maering of all the ooges and ss and was graduated in
love OF an organdy dress al TO-
Il didn't distinguish myself at school In fact spent
the last two years getting out school paper OF which
was editor proprietor contributor and subscriber
was TO me an absorbing occupation but the great detr
ment of my marks
Soon after left school, and before got fairly into
long dresses married (most happily George O. Gilmer
and for time my fondness for writiug-I had never
dreamed of publishngsept Later took it up again
and wrote some little sketches OF plantation life and
horse stories.
Chance threw into little Mississippi coast town
where my next-door neighbor Mrs F. J. Nicholson the
editor and proprietor of the New Orleans Picayurc.
friendship close the love OF sprung up between
showed her my little stories and offered print
them. ! was overioyed and began contributing them oc-
casonally the Picayune.
Something than six years ago she offered me
the position of editor of the woman department and special
sketch writer on the Picayune, which accepted,
"On the Picayune created feature called Dorothy DIG
Talks which bright and breezy running comment on
some topic of the day handled from womans standpoint
"a year ago last October invited contribute 10
the signed editorial department of the New York Journal
and in the following April accepted offer from the
Journal become regular member OF its staff and came
on to New York believe my Fables for the Elite have
attracted attention than anything else have done
"Fables for the Elite is published by II. F. Fenno
Co.. New York
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BRIGHT Bits From, Mequ Books.

There is such thing as iortune; we always fail of
Our own faults Mississippi Bubble.
Occasions everything but the rule is know the
caslon when II ceuses.--Ludy PGrdm0Nht
II suffering for SIM Dorothy bought her in
diligence within hour. But suffering for
sin IT is only part OF 1.-THE resut-Daroihy PerRoH.
When my father and mother orsake me- then the Lord
will take nc up Harvard acknowledged that somehow
tons Of the psaltcr did stick in the memoryedadrey
word or phrase which is common and familiar as
our hand may, IN minute OF time take
significance and present face keen and that it
Is as II we had never met it heforc.--.fHdrcy.
] want to feel that have accomplished something out
side OF understanding that will remain after | go.
Even II II is only patent coupling When am dead 1t
will not matter anyone what personally waswhether
bore most charming companion, whether I
had red hair bueN Ii is the work that viii tell And
chen sister whose Judgment the Judgment OF the
outside world less that the work is not worth
while, naturally feel hit discouraged II much
Soldiers Of Fortune.
There is real reason suppose except that life is
very easy for that have invent should
be better for few reverses--SoldciS Of Fortune
If man in love has any meaning in him i, takes
in love to find il out-Th6 battle-ground.
wonder If Mr.. Jefferson called plain Tom.-
The battle-ground.
He would always he right Il he could only be
made it, which rarely happcnedThe battle-ground
On cloudy days Betty would have her ambitions to be
adylike-Thc battle-ground
The same, wish old Stonewall along" mutered
Pneop III could just old Stouewall his CHEST
ahead, I'd know there was open road somewhere that
Sheridan amt got his eye ou."-The battle-ground
The history Of the world is made up of the individuality
of few little Yankee wrote crude hook
The single OF that will caused the killed
million men desolaed aud ruined the South, and changed
the history of the world The single dauntess personality
George Washington three times saved the colonies from
render and created the repuhlicThc LeofardS Spots
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The AL Absorbftlo Novel.

Here an extract from Richard lie Cialliennes article
June Noveists should read and profit thereby
This age placing upon them responsibility IN
moldne youthful minds
An unread therefore, afford miss Dickens.
any more than he afford miss Fielding and Sterne
and and Jane and Thaekerav and George Eliot
aud George Meredith and Thomas Harly-to only
English writer's 10 speak OF the great continental writer's
he less afford neglect would uake this article
much Of catalogue. Ccrvlntcs aud RaIlac and Victor
Hugo and Dumas and Tolstoi must be named When he
has read those all the other writer's might
will be added unto him He will need ones advice by
the time he is through with Balzao
There many American authors whose books should
not be omitted from the shelves Of unread man Chief
among them may those Of Washington Irving, J.
Fenimore Cooper Richard H. Dana Edgar Allan Poe Ralph
Waldo Emerson Henry Wadsworth Lonsfellow Jonn Green
leaf Whittier James Russell Lowell William Cullen Bryant,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Elery Claiming Ma
haniel Hawthorne, +. Bret Harte and Artemus Ward.
The obvious advantage Of beginning with the novel aside
from providing pleasant introduction 10 the reading
habit that and the novel Is coming to absorb
all other brauehes OF literature into itself In addition to
its own proper business OF providing us with imaginative
pleasure already doing the work of the thcate the
church philosopher the historian and even, to some
degree the work OF the poet The real plays that thrill
with their human longer the stage, but are
in the pages novels and when writer wishes to
discuss spiritual and moral problem through the medium
bv which he may reach the audience concerned he
chooses the novel From the beginning mankind has been
best pleased taught in parallels but the parable has
never before been inclusive and authoritative =
vehicle ii is in time.
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Anecdote of Mary Anderson.

M, Anderson. the American actress was warm friend
pIac,s as we are told by Sir Weruyss Reid in
1 h;by OF the novelist Black always called her
that beautiful the title as every 1n' hm mGgs or One
" ~ 9i.i once essayed thinking part in perform
a,ce Of Romeo and Juliet at GLASGOW appearing in
che hail room scene blue domino and mask pr Nemys
tens Us lia' 80 .as ever made. Black plant
ogS mrs. IN rather prominent position on the stage with
ca hlHlSe'. - iii, Here he remained absolutely motion
ms oacK 70 sactless from stage fright When he
less, n,de his exit TO Miss Andersons horror, Black
stuck to his post until na Miss Anderson brother and
ieliow , ae,U' the paralyzed super from it."