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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Actors and Small Houses

When Charles Hanford, the ira gedian.
was here last week, he was asked If
Tlayins 10 small houses affected the
work OF an actor. of course it does.
he answered but then a small house
at matinee does not mean as much as
the same at one OF the regular evening
performances. IN a comedy there must
be applause and appreciation by the audi
crce in order 10 put the players az their
best and that is rot possible with
small house
HOW dsd you come 20 adopt the stage
rs a profession he was asked.
y always had liking Tor the stage
he replied i FIRST studied law IN school
and while there ! Was attracted TO the
stage. In order to find out II was atted
for the work. ! organized q college dra-
ir.atic society which Included Otto Eek
stein OF Your city. We used TO have great
times in that. Otto and J. From the
work in that dramatic society. I decide,
would adopt the stage as a profess
sion.
BY the way. IS not Miss Drofnah your
wife,
Yes. she Is" he answered
Il played in this house when II was
FIRST built. I remember it well. NJ Re
marked rerllniscentiy. 1t vas during
the boom times here and We played to a
lacked house with Booth and Barrett
Then OF another night. during that same
period. we opened 90 a go house and
the management refused "a play. 7.
wouldn't Fay tnerl- Ar. those we're good
times then When We did rsIzv Il vas "a
a three or four thousand dollar house
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
That Erontiersman.

Stories of the frontier are generally
written by people who so far as their own
experience goes, consider Chicago the
frontier of the United States. Now, there
is Frederick Remington who is now an
artists of great merit, and also "a writer
OF pleasant stories.
In recent story John Ermine of
the Yellowstone" he does violence to the
Kansas idea of the frontier. He pictures
his hero a real western character with
long hair. broad brim hat. buckASin coat
and leggings standing against a rock and
whiting a stick with a jackknife. Now
who ever saw a frontiersman whiting?
That is a habit that belongs TO the leisure
element down east. Then the hero though
a white man was raised among the In
dams Worse than ever. The idea of an
Imam whiting or even a man raised
among them with Caucasian blood in his
veins.
Kansas people, and particularly the old
timers can afford to feast their eyes on
pictures OF the bull teams of the early
days with the driver on the wrong side
OF his team, but this thing OF a frontiers
man whiting is more than they ought
to be required to bear.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Debate in Eagle Office.

The force in the Eagle office the other
day organized itself into sort of debat-
ing society TO determine whether Jeffer-
son Davis used good English in that let
ter to his wife which appeared under the
head of Gossip For Home People in last
Sundays Eagle
Mr.. Davis wrote these words: Too
often. you must have remarked, persons
neglect such as will hear. though they
feel the treatment. to entertain strang-
err About one-haif of the force con-
tended that was not good English and
the other half commended that it was.
The question was who entertained the
stranger. Finally one of the reporters
was defending the English of the fam
Gus southerner read it this way: You
must have remarked. persons. to entertain
a stranger, too often neglect people who
will bear, though they feel the treat
ment.' and then the debate subsidized.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Was Queer Water.

Il will never forget when young
conductor on the Missouri Pacific asked
me what kind of water / had in my en-
CINE" said J. a. Morrissey, one of the
oldest engineers on that road
Morrissey likes TO talk about his runs
On the road and when he was telling this
story TO some friends the other day they
did not wonder that the conductor asked
for the information.
We ran into Conway Springs with a
good head OF steam" said the old engin-
eeer. and the engine had not much more
than come TO a standstiil when a terrible
force OF steam burst from the dome OF
the engine There was considerable
crowd on the platform and the conductor
Jumped off among them.
When the steam burst out there were
about half a dozen eggs sent high iE the
air and one OF them hit the conductor
III the back of the neck and when the
it off with his handkerchief and called
to me 10 know. what in thunder kind
of water I had in my engine.
1T did not take me long TO find out
what was the matter. / had bought sit
tin of eggs at Anthony to raise some
fine chickens for which had paid dollar
and half. l had a young nischievous
Swede firing for me and he had discov-
cred the eggs and had taken half
dozen and put them in the dome of the
engine TO roast them. i would have been
mad enough 10 have given him a good
humping, but the conductor go so hot
that IL a unused mo and 7 saw how, ridicu-
lcus man was when he got right mad.
and ! never mentioned the eggs to the
fireman. 1t was a source of pleasure to
me to know that he did not get to eat
those eggs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Are Great BOWERS.

Wichita has one of the finest bowling
alleys in the west, according to Mr.. and
Mrs Herbert L. Flint. the hypnotists who
have been al the Crawford the past week.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Flint are great bow
ers and they have many interesting
matches. The first night they showed
here after the performance two other
members of the company and they played
for two hours on the Vencedora alleys.
If there had ben any nice days last week,
Manager MaTtling. who is g golf fiend.
wanted to take them out 20 the links and
show them how 10 play the game which
ir his estimation, is about the only real
sport in the country. Not member Of
the company has ever played golf. al
though all have lived close 10 some fine
eastern links.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Then She Consented

I'd Toler is a diplomat. The other night
ut tho Mabelle Crawford concert the So
pIano would not let the lights OF the stage
be turned IN fully. Ed was anxious TO
have the lights going to show off the
stage and he Went back behind the scenes
and demonstrated with the singer. She
wouldn't listen To the proposition: We'll,
said Ed, "Nordica allowed Us to turn
the lights or fun blast. and as far as per
sonal appearance goes. everybody viii
acknowledge that compared 10 You. Nor
dica couldu't-- Well, turn them on"
said Miss Crawford. III try 10 stand it."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Use of the Spoon.

You can no longer size up a mans
table manner by watching his use of the
Knife and fork" a waiter said the other
evening. so much has been said in fun
about eating pie with a knife that every
body uses the fork. But you can tell
a mans training by the way he disposes
of his spoon. No person with training
viii leave his spoon in his coffee cup.
Ealf the accidents that occur at table
aer due 10 this. The spoon was evidently
invented so far as its connection with a
cup is concerned to stir with and when
it has performed that Office, it should
be placed in the saucer. Table manners
have SO far improved that not one man
in a thousand will drink his coffee out
o. the saucer"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28

for winter is not TO secure q place %
protect shen from cold. or even from
freezing. ous for security against sutdsr
changes OF conditions and CO teupera-
trre- II Is protecticn In some esses
similar 20 that OF the plants on the lava
that were covered With straw BY tss
gardener when he made them ready fos
TIE winter. IN some pisces OF the kind.
for instance IN .he squirrels nesg. there
Is undoubtedly real animal warmth and
ooziness. Fish seek TIRE deepest parts
% pools, where the Temperature 81 the
wster is a little above :reez.ug. sad
where u remains very near this posnt
until spring.-From Nature ard Science
for Young Folks In Christmas 81 Mich
c,SS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Men and Women shopOers.

The past week has been one in Wich.
ita where usual conditions were reversed.
On the streets usually the men walk rap
idly and excitedly on their tasks and tho
women go it leisurely. During the Christ
mas shopping the women did the wile
plunging along the streets and the men
took their time while the men hustled.
took it cool. But once in a store women
Put man in a busy store and he feels
1t incumbent on himself to take just as
Ettle of the clerks time as possible in fair
ness to the proprietor and to other Gus
toners. But no one ever hypnotized the
women into any such sacrificing haste.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
calling the Bill"

All the expert clerks in town have a
custom which you have probably not no.
uced. They call u bank bill. \ man
comes in and buys an article and pre-
senting ten dollar bill waits for the
change. The clerk who takes the bill says
before putting the bill in the till: Ten
dollars. II the bin is a twenty or a fifty
dollar bill, IL is then the business of the
customer to say SO. The clerk does il to
protect himself. A great many rows re-
suit from the clerk taking a bill and de-
posting it in the till, and the customer
claiming afterward that it was of .
larger denomination than it really was.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
How PenniweIl Got FIRED.

Last Wednesday when officer Charles
Penniwell reported 10 police Headquarters,
Cfxef Bart came cut OF his private Office
and handed the officer a sealed envelope.
ard without saying a word. returned 10
his Office
officer \ N. Sutton looking HE n vas
ready to cry. stepped 10 PenniweTIs side
and said ..'ChaTley. hate &c see as good
an offer as yon turned ont n riid~inter -
Police Clerk Jim oliver vac al broke ~
foa the surlacel and ne extended his pro-
found Sympathy
Peus,weil was feeling badly and ~ zent
into the police ccurt room and sat down
10 collect his thoughts and ;ry 20 think
v-ha, Il Was ali sbou: anyhow. lis arE;
thought vas that a few aiEhts sgo Re
tad called down so-n> young bloods Sho
zerc starting IN 70 paint the tow rea
and IL occurred 20 him that perhsps thsy
had influence with re administrator
Oliver ard Sutton We; into ths rorrt
room and took seats b the Size q Their
ocm-aee. They were siu7iy a6si1z fssl
20 the fame oliver suggested th4t PEI
niveu op~n tfs letter ard learn ne rzrs--
He thought psThaTs - an1 Sutton rerif
help N strziEhten matters
PenuiveIl summoned re oogr&Es s-a
rra6e al eEorr = appear uneonce-nst.
While he tore tbs en5 % fsat enyetooe.
Re treE out TIE supposed Istts- s-d reas
Al order from chief B1-- q Esil kaoEn
butcher hop for big IA turkey az th-
rec. Ezsr7 cra-b<rrf~s ard CELERY fer 'tre-z-
irE znd ROW iNs sS5cfsn; rrroeT vho
guards North tfsis street ssys - WI <.;
ever uits Sutton and Oliver = Il fsssr -.
winter z-a q gzrt q -eIf rsnre-.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Oh. For Charles Dickens.

This ether Cay AZ a store 8 big grur
man and n little woman entered to make
some purchases and the little woman saw
some rnistletOe. She wanted 70 buy sone
OF il and asked the man about IL
Weeds Growied the man. Non
sense.
When they ha- left clerk said: Il
wish Charles Dickens could have hold OF
tia; man for just page and a half"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Is a Nice Sidewalk Now.

\ few weeks ago the sidewalk on the
west side Of Market street from Douglas
avenue south TO the alley was black, After
the Noyes fire workmeu began building
the addition in the rear The sidewalk
was covered with sand and il the last
few DAYS people have been using IL a great
deal Yesterday the sand WAS swept OF
the sidewalk and now the walk is as
white and clean as Il II was new and
was washed every day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Mo One Left 70 Meet.

According to the latest directory OF the
fraternal orders of this city, there are
sxty-six different organizations. There
are ten lodges that have more than one
organization. These orders embrace those
for both men and women. In the city di-
rectory issued last spring complete list
OF lodges working on March or for which
charters had been issued are given. In
this list there is this sentence: Wichita
Lodge. No. SIS. knights Of Honor No
one left to meet
This order became extinct in this city
a number Of years age although the
the charter is still In force. Every enc
OF the members of the order. and thera
never was \ great number are either
cead or have moved away from the city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Mixed Candy for Him.

In one Wichita home part of the layout
is a big sack of mixed candy. Modern
chocolates and high-priced bon-bons are
provided for the children, but the mixed
candy is bought for the "old man." He
ate 1t in his youth, prefers it to this day
and every morning on December p, the
family furnishes him supply. which he
eats alone.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Feeling Toward Kansas CITY.

Wichita has one settled conviction-a
belief that Kansas City, Missouri is the
narrowest, stingiest. most selfish COM
munity in the world. Wichita people, in
the mass, despise the town and when
any stray Wichita people go there TO
trade, the community rips them up the
back. The Kansas City papers are in
a measure responsible Cor this feeling.
They never mention Wichita that it is not
In ridicule or outright criticism. The other
night in the Eagle office a Kansas City
man. when cornered, acknowledged that
big as Kansas City is she regards Wich-
tia as menace commercially. He says
that Chicago is not afraid of ST. Louis.
that st. Louis is not afraid of Kansas
City but that Kansas City is perpetu-
ally and crafty afraid Of Wichita, and
always has been.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Had a Coed Excuse.

II VAS IN the sixth grade II oas ~
the city schools iSss week that TIE teach
e found a number % her pupils = 10 hs
ret prepared their lesson fer thc first
class in the morring. she upaTa4ieS Ire
children and then questioned than as
10 the reason they did net have a lesson.
OF course. each child had a d.1ereat
reason She came TO one little fellow
rear the end OF the row Who seemed 20
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28

friends, but considered the invention of
&c be a practical continuance TO prevent
the picking of locks or the opening OF
doors By means OF skeleton keys. After
the door is locked in the evening the
device is placed over the doorknob and
through the eye OF the key. 1t is then
impossible TO push the key out or turn il
and has been found useful in a number
of instances.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Got the Honey Back.

Two little colored boys We're counting
the pennie sthey had boarded up FOR their
Christmas. one day the earlier part Of
the week. They were seated on the curb
stone on North Main street. one lad had
O. cents and the other Il. Each had made
the money by selling papers and they had
saved every cent just 10 buy Christmas
presents. They Were counting the money
and planning on what they should buy.
There was happy smile on each face
and merry twinkle in each eye as they
planned and figured and guessed how
much they would spend Tor each others
present; how much such narticle would
cost and where they could set the best
bargains
Suddenly an older brother Of one of the
lads walked up and laying his hand
heavily on the shoulder made the demand
"a TO where his little brother had stolen
al that money. The little fellow pro-
tested. Every spark OF happiness had gene
cut OF both childrens eyes. Suddenly the
big brother. with a Give il cheer,
vrenched the money from the little fell
lcss hand and walked of down the
street. leaving the little fellow weeping.
But ne had reckoned without his hosts
for a white man who had been unseen.
bu, an Interested listener 70 the pair Of
youngsters. suddenly stepped out from The
store door. grabbed The big negro by the
cellar and save him shake that made
his teeth rattle. Then without speaking
word turned the clupTit around ard
Pointed to the little fellow weeping on
the curb. Gne look from the eye Of the
White man completely withered the ne
arc and with head down he sheepishly
walked hac kto his brother and was about
TO throw the money on the ground when
he glanced up and saw the eve OF the
white man again. so he carefully deposited
every cent Of the money in tho tear
Stained hands OF the little fellow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
a usefui Entrance.

II the last issue Of the Ladies Hcrne
Journal there was ar illustrated article
s-n household articles Among these was
z .oy, IF hairpin that siipped down over
the door knob ana held the key in place
a. nom the outside q. lie this little
continuance was in phase. II was invented
b. EIsries Payne Of tais city many years
ego. while he was living At Cincinnati
He had a few male and gave them 10 his
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Nounu Men and Old.

You ant always draw conclusions from
one instance. At one OF Evangelist Red
erwolfs big meetings he ASKED ali who
wished 30 De prayed for 10 arise. All
those who arose We're old men. At his
Tectins last Sunday ne made the same
request. All those who arose were young
n1en
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
GOSSIP FOR HOME PEOPLE

his lesson. When the teacher asked the
reason, he said:
Please, mann, my father is blind and
cannot see and I had TO read the paper
to him last night and could not get my
lesson
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
TALK OF
THE TOWN

ano toaoies, snobs, tuft-hunters and sy-
cophants. 1 have never found one in
Wichita. 1 don't believe Wichita would
tolerate four hundred. The people here
are SO independent that 1 believe If J.
Fierpont Morgan should move TO this
place, it would be at least four years
before the few folks with money would
begin TO see halo around his head
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Judge saIderston Is Reminded.

The letter in last Sundays Eagle writ
ten to his wife by Jen Davis In 1876 set
Judge Baldesston TO thinking over the
history he had read many years ago and
he concluded that the Mrs. Davis. 10
whom the famous southerner wrote. was
not the Mrs. Davis who was the wife OF
the president of the southern confederacy.
The Judge says that Jefferson Davis
first married a daughter OF General Tay-
lor. and that The general was so mad
about IL that ne would have nothing what
ever Ia CO with the man who had mar
red his laughter. The first time that
General Taylor spoke 10 JEFF Davis after
the marriage of his daughter was during
the time Of one of his famous battles I'm
Mexico. Jen was captain In the army
and he did such brilliant work that Gen
eral Taylor went TO him and congratulated
HIM for his brilliancy.
Judge Balderston therefore concluded
that Mr.. Davis therefore must have had
this letter written 10 his first wife among
his own papers and that is the way il
anne TO be found in Richmond. He thinks
1t doubtful whether 1.-THE second Mrs. Davis
had preserved It,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Which Was the Selfish One7

$50 your teacher treated you" said
grandpa as the children came home from
school the day before Christmas. We'll
well. well how well l can remember the
days when / used TO go to school. We
always got treated then, but not with
nuts and candy as you youngsters do
Where we used to live In Illinois, when
boy, we hardly ever saw any candy and
no foreign nuts. only hickory and hazel
and beechnuts and pecans. The teacher
always gave each one a nice big red APP
pies. Apples were scarce in that section
in those days. There were very few or
chards and an apple was priced jut as
highly by US as bag of candy is By
you.
"One Christmas l remember the old
man continued. we We're just about TO be
dismissed for the balance of the week
and the teacher got out a bag OF apples.
He put some on a plate. There was one
poor little girl sitting in the front row.
Her father vas dead and her mother could
hardly make a living. The child was
always poorly but neatly dressed and
she was 4 very nice little girl.
THE teacher hunted out the biggest
and redest and roundest apple in the sack
and placed IL just on top Of the whole
plate. The little girIwas the first one the
plate would be passed 10 and ne wanted
her to have that big red apple. She, Of
course. took IL. There was j larger girl
sitting right behind her who when she
saw the poor little cir! take the big red
apple said:
What AID yOu take that big apple for,
you selfish thing. wanted that myself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
Anainst Anti-Toxin.

a number of the Wichita doctors are
against the use of anti-toXin in diphtheria
cases. They say it does no good and is
likely to do harm. The physicians who
don't like>it call il "horse-juice'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-28
INCIDENTS
AND OPINIONS

rut the dam was Just above the Ssockman
place where the channel vas wide. City
Engineer Jackson had his way and the
dam was built IN place where the chan
Eel was not more thar one-haif as wide
as that OF the Stockman farm. The re-
suit was that the water piled up in the
narrow channel and overnowess south
Riverside park ard al the time the water
kept trying 20 wash around the abut-
ments and widen the channel. Ncx the
city IS going TO widen the channel a, the
point where the dam IS built
Railroad civil engineers Who have had
experience in building pile bridges always
Try TO cross stream where the channel
is widest, because The bridge is less Tia
bic to be smashed out when the food.
come TIE same Is true in me con-
tructior OF dams as has been demonstrated
BY the one referred 70. So the fellows
who argued for the long dam have won
out