davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
THE BLACK BULL TAVERN.
Where sairey Camp Nursed MIR. Ne"
some. According 10 Dickens.


Threatened houses last a long time.
The old Black Bull, one of the old coach
ing inns of London, has been looked upon
as doomed for years past, yet the fine
old beast. which is one of the most famil-
lar tavern signs in the metropolis, paws,
as bravely as ever ever the entrance OF
the courtyard in Holborn. But the place
cannot last much longer; the definite an
nouncement that it must soon be pulled
down, indeed, was made some months
ago.
History is somewhat silent on the sub
ject of the old HoIborn inns, and it is
probable that nothing of an unusually
romantic, tragic, or important nature
was enacted at the Black Bull. But II
the Black Bull is not famous in fact. il
is at least famous in fiction. Dickens
devotees will remember that it was at
the Bull Inn in HoIborn that Mrs Camp
and Betsy Prig nursed Mr. Lewsome-
"Nussed together. turn and turn about,
one OF one on"
How different from the house as the
immortal "Sairey" found it is the Bull
OF today, We should look in vain for the
Intricate passages through which the
chambermaid led her to the top of the
house. The chamber where the patient
lay We are told, was at the end OF a
gallery, and looking from the window of
this room which she found "a little dull,
but not so bad as it might be- Mrs.
Camp was glad to see a parapidge in
case of fire, and lots of roofs and chin
ney-pOts to walk upon
The furniture of the apartment was not
so much TO her lIIing, and she com
planned OF the easy chair that it was
"harder than a brickbadgc " but the
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
A Nirginian in Vaudeville.

-
Caroline Hull, who was on the Chase
bill of vaudeville last week, is Viz
sinian. She is from Manchester, in the
adjoining State, and doubtless this fact
has much to do with the splendid dialect
she uses when she relates her very en-
PERTAINING stories in which the colored
folk figure.
Miss Hull has not always been in
vaudeville. She says her five years ex-
perience in this line of stage work really
seems like very long time, but ante
dating her appearance in the continuous
and twice-a-day houses she was an OPP
cratic singer. There came an opportunity
to her to join a popular priced opera
troupe one day about ten years ago,
when she was studying voice culture at
the Boston Conservatory of Music.
The organization was known to the peo-
pie of the New England States as the
Bennett & Moulton repertoire company
1t gave the standard operas. with lib
eral supply of Gilbert and Sullivan and
Onenbach and Won Suppe, and even "Er-
mimic under its piratical title. Robert
Macaire; or, The Two Thieves
Miss Hull made an immediate hit. Her
voice, doubtless, was better and fresher
than the other members of the Bennett
& Moulton company owned. and a re-
suit she was quickly promoted to prima
donna parts. Then for a while she went
in for farce comedy and for one season
was with W. J. Scanlon.
Then vaudeville doomed up invitingly
on her artistic horizon. She was tempted
TO enter the field that offered large sal
aries for comparatively little work. But
how?
Let Miss Hull tell her own story:
AT the conservatory one of my in
structors was a sister of Mr.. Fynes, then
one of Mr.. Keith's right-hand men and
manager of his New York theatre l Sc
cured a letter of introduction and started
after Mr.. Fynes. 1t was an awful or
deal, that first interview?
What have you been doing?' he
asked me.
Opera / replied
land what do you want to do now?'
Vaudeville, I said.
But can you?' he asked.
Try me- l suggested.
He did and before l left his Office l
had contracts at more money than l ever
though of receiving in comic opera.
I've been doing vaudeville ever since,
and while ! like it very much. l expect
to once more get into the operate field
next season. With whom? Perhaps with
Mr.. Savage, who manages King Dodo'
and the Castle Square Opera Company.
Perhaps with another manager of even
more prominence. l have offers from
both. Why worry, though? 1 can book
myself in vaudeville for thirty Eight or
forty weeks next season, without the
slightest effort and you know there's
money in vaudeville.
Still, there's the legitimate, and vau-
deville, of course. isn't going to last for
ever
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
MARY STUART'S APPARITION
The Queen of Scots Has Appeared
Carrying Her Head.

The frequent mention of the recent
restoration of Hollywood does not seem to
have reminded anybody of the last ap-
partition of Mary Stuart within the pre-
cincts she is said to haunt. Some TWEEN
ty years ago the late Countess of Cath
ness, who managed to combine spiritual
ism with Catholicism. induced the Mar
quis of Hamilton to allow her 10 pass the
night IN the apartments once occupied by
Mary Stuart, in which the murder OF Riz-
zio took place.
1t was lovely moonlight night, and the
countess, who was very romantic, deter
mined to visit the chapel, which she did
by descending the staircase up which the
conspirators assembled when they as5as-
sinated Queen Mary's Italian secretary.
She proceeded TO the ruined altar before
which Mary was married to Darnley.
Suddenly the apparition of the upfor-
tunate Queen appeared before her, hold
ing her severed head in her hands, and,
Notwithstanding the Inconvenience she
must have experienced from the singular
position of her head, gave Lady Cath
ness a lengthy answer to the charges
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

brought against Iher. The countess
shortly afterward wrote a small book
containing the Information she received,
a copy Of which she presented to Queen
Victoria who remarked to the late Lady
Ely that sit was livery interesting. and
so amusing" When the spirit of the
Queen had disappeared Lady Caithness
wished to re-enter the palace, but found
the door closed. The sentinels. seeing
some one wandering about in an unac-
customed place at so late an hour, reused
the porter. who, doubling her ladyship's
account of herself, locked her up for the
rest of the night In his lodge.-London
Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
Brief Theatrical Mention.

Daniel Frohman will build a new thea
tire in New York. 1t will be called the
Lyceum, and will be the home of the Dan
iel Frohman stock company. f. H. Soth-
ern and Annie Russell will play annual
engagements at the house. 1t is said that
the new theatre will be ready for occu-
pancy by October l, and that Sothern, IN
a new play. Will be the opening attrac-
ton.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

Charles Abbott. Thomas W. Ross, Ira
A. Hards, Macy Harlan, E. M. Dresser,
Byron Ongley, Thomas Lawrence, E. V.
Witty, Charles Ongley, and Gabriel
Ravenelle. Edeson will make his initial
appearance as a star tomorrow night at
New Haven.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

special revival of THE Two Orphans
is promised by Liebier and company, IN
which a cast of unusual excellence VIII
be employed. Ii is said that kyrle Bel
lew, Otis Skinner, James ONeill, ana
Eleanor Robson will enact the principal
roles. The date for the contemplated re-
viyal has not been definitely fixed, but 1t
is expected that it will occur in May.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
SONG AND PIANO RECITAL.

MISS WILMA WILLENBUCHER,
Soprano
and
MR.. EMANUEL WAD. Pianist.
Washington Club, February 90 p. m.
Tickets, Sl01, at Droop's. mi
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

Arizona" is a London success. The
English papers have endorsed Augustus
Thomas clever play and the work of Vim
cent Serrano. Olive May, Edgar Selwyn,
and Theodore Roberts
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

houses here, there is every reason to be-
lieve that the Luckett and Dwyer house
is in for one of its banner weeks of the
year when Denman Thompson comes to
town
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

Anne Sutherland, the Washington act
ress, who was last seen here in an i'm
portant role in Leo Ditrichstein's play,
THE Last Appeal" is now leading woman
with the Columbus stock company, Chi
cago A repertoire OF the Sardou plays
in which Fanny Davenport won distinction
will be offered by the Columbus manage
ment with Miss Sutherland in the roles
formerly played by Miss Davenport.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
Sardou and the CensorS.

The recent agitation in favor of sup
pressing the official censorship of the
French stage has not been without effect.
even if the Government decided to main
tain the officers who are enormously sup
posed to guard the morals OF the public
For Victorien Sardou, the French dram
atist, has been moved to tell, with his I'M
failing cleverness. of his experience with
the censors, and the results tend to prove
that censorship is question not OF prin-
ciple but of circumstance. Therefore the
authorization for producing a play would
depend not so much upon its merits-or
Gemerits-as upon the authors ability in
turning aside suspicion.
So long as il remained the alleged de-
fender of an overwhelming theatrical
taste the French censorship was absurd
Now that it rises to the dignity of test
ing an authors resourcefulness it may
hope TO once again command part of the
respect which was once its due
Victorien Sardou says:
In my dramatic career I have suffered
less from the rigors of censors than from
the caprices of Ministers. Thus, NJ
L'Oncle SAM because it was satire on
Americanism which would. in NJ Theirs
own words, deeply wound a friendly ma
ton which often visited us and benefited
US by its presence For an answer /
had the play staged in New York, where
no one was offended. I informed NJ
Theirs of this fact, and he sent his re-
ply by VI. Barthelemy de ST. Hilaire.
In New York Americans might laugh at
themselves, but in Paris they would not
take the matter as lightly
Them" said. ! shall watt"
For WHAT -
" For NJ. Theirs to retire."
m. Barthelemy de St. Hilaire withdrew,
amazed by the madness of my suggestion
Four months later NJ. Theirs was sue
ceeded by the Marechal de MacMahon
who authorized the production of Il oncIe
Sam"
1.-The true reason for the Introduction of
I'Oncle SAM" continues NJ. Sardou,
had not been assigned by NJ. Theirs 1t
was an atonement for the reproa ches
made to him because my 'Rabagas' had
X,
the examining committee being sup
pressed and the dress rehearsal taking
place behind locked doors. 'Rabagas'
would not have been played twice but for
the presence of mind of General Lad
mirault, Governor of Paris.
AT o'clock on the day on which the
second performance was TO take place, the
general was dressing, when an officer
brought him despatch from Versailles
- Put ii on the table. said the general,
adding TO himself, 1t is the Introduction
for 'Rabagss;' and ! wish 'Rabagas' TO be
played So he went out leaving the
despatch unopened.
Early next morning an emissary ar
rived post haste from Versailles and
reused the general with the reproach that
'Rabagas' had been played.
Why, yes answered the general, in
differently.
But the DESPATCH demanded the
emissary.
THE general feigned surprise. What
despatch?
why. from NJ Theirs, forbidding the
performance.
The general sprang W.
Good gracious; | had forgotten it
here II is on my table. See II is I'M
opened However, it does not matter
now. All went we'll The noisy element
IN the audience was soon quoted. So it
will be tonight and always. Tell NJ.
Theirs that there is nothing to fear
And NJ. Theirs revenge came only af
ter
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

a new play, entitled "Memory's Gar
den," will be brought out in London
shortly. 1T is by Albert Chevalier and
Tom Gallon, and its production will be
under the direction of Robert Newman
who secured n. c. Goodwin's unexpired
lease of the Comedy Theatre, where
"Nemory's Garden" will have its pre-
miere production.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

Henrietta Crosman has revived MIS-
tress Nell" having experienced failure
in Joan O. the Shoals" Miss Crosman
will present AS You Like 1t" shortly.
and after that Mrs. ". X. Clifford, s
Madeleine" and James Macarthur S
THE Mask of the White Rose" will Gl-
low. and it is said that before the close
of the present season Miss Crosman viii
be seen in a revival of Nance Oldfeld
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
LAFAYETTE OPERA HOUSE.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 20, 1902,
4:l5 p. NJ.
Lecture by Rev. DR.. STAFFORD.
Subject
king LEAR, WITH NEW READINGS"
The proceeds of the lecture will be devoted to
the work for poor churches and to the fund of
the Ladies of Charity.
Tickets, soc, 75e, and 500 Sale of seats be
gins at the box Office, February II. Boxes, so
and s12. fe9, lOH 10, l6,H,l 1920
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

In addition to William Gillette's pro-
duction of Sherlock Holmes" in London
there are several companies touring the
English provinces in the play. The piece
issM6w~being presented in Copenhagen and
St Petersburg and will soon be brought
out in Vienna.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

theatre promises to attract much more
than ordinary attention to the Bijou in the
future. One of the features at both
Kernans and the Bijou for some seasons
has been the privilege, enjoyed by the
male patrons, of smoking during the prog
ress of the performance.
When MIR. Wegefarth commenced his
Friday matinees for ladies and prohibited
smoking he found the move met with SO
much success that he decided to add an
other ladies' matinee, and now Friday and
Saturday are set apart for the entertain
ment of the women folk of the Capital.
But in a couple of weeks the Bijou man
agement will take a step further and do
away with smoking altogether, and en-
deavor to make the place a strictly fam
lily resort, where good vaudeville may be
enjoyed in connection with the Bijou stock
burlesque company.
The first attraction under the new or
der of things will be the Great Lafayette
show, headed by Lafayette himself. An
other important organization that will &C
cupy the Bijou stage will be Sandow and
his vaudeville combination. There will be
occasional bookings of musical comedy
and farce, but the one big attraction viii
always be the stock burlesque company.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
The Biiou's Change Of Policy.

The decision on the part of Manager
Wegeiarth to change the policy OF his
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
Skinner to PLAY "LaZarre. "

ohlllllSl W ItiN i~oLatl ! I.
| Otis Skinner was pretty well pleased
| Thursday night last, and if the perfor-
! nance of Francesca da Rimini'' went bet
ter than usual it was because Mr.. Skin
ners manager had just arrived during
the early part of the evening with a
contract giving the actor the rights TO the
novel "Lazarre," which is expected to
make one of the best book plays of recent
years.
There was quite a scramble on the part
of managers for the dramatic rights to
''Lazarre." Charles Frohman wanted the
story and E. H. Sothern thought he could
play the role with considerable artistic
and financial success. But Joseph Buck
ley, the manager of Mr.. Skinner, was for
tunate en- Jush to get the publisher of
"Lazarre' in his room at Il New York
hotel and after a talk of some few hours
duration the desired signature to con-
tracts vas secured.
viii the dramatization of 'Lazarre be
made by Edward E. Rose?" Mr. Buckley
was asked.
We'll, no." the manager replied lit
was the idea of keeping the book away
from Mr.. Roses dramatizating hands
that enabled me to secure the rights to
the story. Mr.. Skinner and Aubrey
Boucicault viii make the stage version.
and as both thoroughly understand what
is required, l believe we shall have a
very good sample Of the dramatized novel
to offer next season.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

Andrew n Mccormick will next year
send out an opera and concert company,
with Eugene Cowles at the head. 1t will
be known as the Eugene Cowles Opera
and Concert Company. The form of en-
tertainment which the organization will
present will consist OF a concert first part,
to be followed by a one-act opera.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

That Cecelia-erstwhiIe Cissie-Loftus
will become a full-fedged legitimate star
seems one of the possibilities of the flu
ture, and it is rumored that Booth Tark-
ington is al work on a new play for her.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

j. E. Dodson, who was associated with
many of the Empire Theatre successes
several years ago, sailed for London re
Gently to play an important part in the
English production of Ben Hur."
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

Amelia Bingliam's new play, Lad
Margaret" has proved failure, and Mis-
Bingham will revive THE Climbers a
the Biiou Theatre. Arthur Byron ha
been engaged to play the role which wa
originated by Robert Edeson. Mr.. Byro
was associated with John Drew for
long time, and in the early part of thi
season he made an unsuccessful bid 70
stellar honors in a play called Petit
coats and Bayonets."
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

The players who have been engaged by
Henry b. Harris to support Robert Eide
son in Soldiers of Fortune" include
Harry HARDWOOD, Dorothy Donnelly, Guy
Bates Post, Gretchen Lyons, Edwin
Brandt, Teresa Maxwell. E. W. Morrison,
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

The season at Days Theatre next fall
will be inaugurated with the first Ameri-
can production of George Edwardes'
latest musical comedy success, THE
Country Girl" which is among the popu-
lar attractions of the present London sea-
son.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09
WORTH $500, 600, 900.

The President of certain big Oil Com
pany is said to be worth $500, 900, 900. A
tidy bit of money and no mistake. And
yet he isn't happy. In an address TO Bible
class be spoke of trials and troubles of the
rich and the loads they have to carry. A
young lady whispered to a friend that he
might wear Bensen's Porous Plaster on his
back or, better still, divide the money among
the members of the class. i don't know
why her idea about the plaster makes me
want to laugh, but it does. All the same
have seen plenty of people laugh after
putting Benson's Plasters on their backs
or chests, or on any other spot where there
was weight, heaviness, weakness or pain
II may be the sharp stabs Of neuralgia, the
aches and wrenches of rheumatism il may
be colds in muscles or bones; IL may be
those kidney or lumbago thrusts that make
you veil as at q dog bite; or it may be
strain or cramp, anything that wants quiet
ing and comforting. Don't bother with
salves, linimsnts lotions, etc, or with any
of the stupid and useless cid style plasters.
Clap on Benson's. II relieves al once
and cures quickly 1t stops the pain and
makes you laugh for the very ease and good
feeling Of it, But watch out against inn
itations and substitutes. All druggists, or
we viii prepay postage on any number
ordered in the United States on receipt of
25c. each.
seabury q Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, ny.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

The Stone Lumber Company of
Burlington has increased its capital
stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
The granite concern of Ryle & Nc
Cormick at Montpelier has added
twenty stonecutters to its present
force.
The Columbian Marble Quarrying
Co. of Rutland has just received an
order from j. +. Manning Il Co. of
Washington, ID. c., for an elaborate,
white marble, handsomely carved me-
mortal tablet to the late President Nc
Kinley to be placed in one of the
buildings at Washington.
The Z. w Bissell Manufacturing Co.
of Rutland has leased for term Of
years from c. H. Campbell of West
Rutland piece of land in the rear of
the Campbell opera house at West
Rutland and will begin at once build
ing sawmill on the property. The
company has bought a wood lot on
mountain near West Rutland contain
ing about 100000 feet of standing
lumber.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09
ACCIDENTS.

Last week Henry Waltz, a slater, fell
from the root of the town hall at Hines
burg to the ground thirty feet below.
No bones were broken and he will
probably recover.
Michael Dullahan, for twenty-nine
years an engineer at Cranes mill in
Burlington, lost his right arm last
week. 1t was probably caught in a
belt. The injured man was too weak
to tell the story of the accident.
Alex Cantal, employed at the Mont
pelier House at Montpelier, grasped a
live electric wire last week and burned
one hand severely. The wire had to
be pulled away from him. Greater in
jury was escaped by the fact that he
did not have hold of the wire with
both hands.
In the Caledonia county court last
week the jury in the case OF Lewes VS..
Crane a. Sons rendered its verdict tor
the plaintiff 10 recover 5000 and costs.
Lewes is carpenter and was engaged
In working on the outside of the de-
PENDANTS barn when the staging fell
and he was thrown to the ground,
breaking his leg. He claimed the de-
PENDANTS were negligent in the quality
of materials used in the staging and
sued to recover 50 200.
The Central Vermont railway did
not begin the year 1902 under very
suspicious circumstances, for within
two days It had three accidents. An
extra southbound freight train on the
southern division ran into the rear end
of a regular freight train about a mile
south OF Stafford Springs, Conn, and
three cars were telescoped and num-
Der thrown off the track Spreading
rails caused a wreck on the Mlssisqnoi
Valley division three miles north of
Enosburg Falls. Five cars were de-
rallied and the engine was complete
wreck. Engineer Samuel Fox and
Fireman samuel Dobie were slightly
bruised and shaken up. An accident
at Sharon to the engine of the Boston
express delayed that train about six
hours
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09
important to Maple Sugar Makers.

At the beginning of the sugar season
tapping the trees is the first operation.
Many sugar makers are not successful,
owing to improper tapping and lack
of spouts adapted for the purpose. A
spout must embody features to bring
forth all the available sap from the
bore, exclude the air, and keep the
bore continually drained-not per-
hitting the bore to fill with sap half of
its diameter, as this will create sour
sap in warm and ice in cold weather.
The former will cause the sap to sour
and contaminate the fresh flow; and
the latter will freeze the sap, which
retards the flow, loosens the spout,
and causes leakage.
A spout must be so formed that only
the hard bark will come in contact
with it, so that the sap cells and fibres
are absolutely free to perform their
function. No bark should ever be re-
moved from a tree 10 accommodate the
placing of the spout, and the spout
should be removed from the tree by
turning, never by prying. The wound
will then heal in one season and
checking OF the bark is prevented. A
spout following the foregoing require
ments must be made from a single
piece of heavy, timed steel, of suffi-
cient strength to permit its being
driven with hammer without injury.
The bore should not be more than
7-l6 of an inch in diameter and from
2 TO 2 1-2 inches deep.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09

81 was troubled for about seven years
with my stomach and in bed half my
time, says E. Demick, Somerville, Ind,
81 spent about u, 600 and never could get
anything to help me until / tried Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. have taken few bot
ties and am entirely WELL" You don't
live by what you eat. but by what you
digest and assimilate. II your stomach
doesn't digest your food you are really
starving. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the
stomach's work by digesting the food.
You don't have to diet. Eat all you want.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures all stomach
troubles. c. j. Stoekwell, Hancock;
Il. j. Prince, So. Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-09
CHURCH AND SOCIAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Stevens of Lyn-
don celebrated their golden wedding
January /.
The present membership of the
Cong'l church at Barre is 5l4, the
largest of any church in the city.
George w. Phillips, one of the lead
ing Cong'l clergymen in New England,
has rendered his resignation as pastor
OF the Rutland Cong'l church after six
teen years of service. lie is the min
lister who was connected with the par
don of Cashier Mussey.