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The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Martin Harvey to Visit America.

Martin Harvey, the English actor who
gained so much prominence by reason of
mis- successful portrayal of Sydney Carton
in the London production of THE Only
Way" is to visit this country next season
in THE Children of the King
The theatergoers of the United States
would have witnessed Mr.. Harvey's work
before this had not Charles Frohman Sc
cured the American rights to THE Only
Way" and by the time Mr.. Harvey was
ready 20 cross the Atlantic he had no new
play to present here. Now, however he
is well equipped and will commence his
American engagement at the Herald
Square Theater New York October l3.
IL is also announced that Ada Rehan
who has been away from the stage since
the Sweet Nell OF Old Drury" fiasco last
year. will return to this country next fall
and appear in dramatic version of
Diana of the Crossways"
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Marguerite Sylvia to Be a Star.

Marguerite Sylvia, who was last seen in
Washington in THE Princess Chic" and
who suddenly kicked over the artistic
traces in the West few months age be-
cause, as she said, she could no longer
appear in tights. and who has since been
at the head of the Miss Bob White" COM
pany, playing Ethel Jacksons part, is to
be real star next season
She will be under the management of
Nixon Zimmerman. who direct the
tours of Francis Wilson, THE Messenger
Boy" and Miss Bob White"
Miss Sylvia possesses all the qualifca-
tons Of the successful prima donna, and
if she is provided with good piece there
is little question but that the enterprise
will pay good observation-disclosures provid-
ing, however, that the star does not make
up her mind that she is in need of a
change, as she did when playing in THE
Princess Chic"
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Bertha Gdlldnd'S Future.

Bertha Galland. whose starring tour IN
THE Forest Lovers came TO an abrupt
end soon after the Washington engage
ment last fall-presumably because the
theatergoing public did not manifest any
especial desire TO patronize her perform
ances-is to take to the road again next
season in the chief part in ''Notre Dame, -
enacted until recently at Daly's Theatre,
New York by Hilda Spong
Miss Spong will be remembered by local
theatergoers as the very tall, good looking
English woman who has been the flea
tured" member of the Lyceum Theater
stock company this year. She made quite
q success as Esmeralda in ''Notre Dame, -
but has decided that she wants to spend
the next season or two in London. under
the management of Charles Frohman Her
detection from the cast of ''Notre Dame"
will afford MISS Galland the very oppor-
tunity she has seen looking for. as the
part is what is known in the theatrical
world as a fat one-that is, the best
lines and situations of the play come to
Esmeralda, and naturally the interest and
appreciation of the audience do likewise
Miss Galland has been spending her time
in New York since the closing of her tour.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
MAY Irwin Not to Retire.

I'm very strongly tempted to say oh,
| fudge, remarked May Irwin to an inter-
viewer yesterday when the comedienne
was asked if she was to be. a member of
the Weber G. Fields company next sea-
| home of burlesque.
Retire them suggested the interview
er.
Now, see here; you don't know Aunt May
very well, l guess, or you'd never mention
the word retire when the public shows
such decided inclination to pay to see
her act and sing coon songs. You must
remember that Aunt May is woman of
business-frst, last, and in the meantime,
and she has never been known to flee
before the sight OF a flock OF dollar bills.
am poor woman and l need all the
money l can earn, because / want TO live
in opulence after / desert the footlights.
l guess il Patti had few dozen fare
well tours there's no reason why little
May Irwin cannot indulge in one or two if
she wants TO, and the dear public will pay
for it.
And say, speaking OF the public, isn't
everybody just too lovely for anything TO
stand for The Widow Jones and give up
their money just as cheerfully as If they
bad never seen it before? But next year,
when I am enjoying my second farewell
tour, I'll have something new in the
shape of play.
IT'S something by Hugh McNally,
brother OF John ]. McNally. who wrote
The Widow Jones' l accepted the
scenario the other day and, oh, say, I'm
to have the cutest part you ever saw.
I'm to have any number of 'phat' lines
and all the other members of the company
will have to do will be TO stand around
and look cheerful and wear good clothes,
and watch Aunt May get the warm hand
and money from the populi.''
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Plenty of Hdmlets.

From present indications there will be
plenty of Hamlets on the native stage
next season.
Over in London William Gillette persists
in saying that he has not given up his in
tention of playing the young Danish prince,
and his enemies are mean enough to in
Quire with much seriousness whether he
will smoke a cigar during the piece. and
give a new turn to the famous soliloquy
by putting smoke in the direction of the
audience as he delivers the Ito be or not
to be- speech.
Friends of the Sherlock Holmes of the
stage aver that he is really in earnest
regarding playing Hamlet" and that it
is no press agentry yarn.
Mr.. Gillette has never yet disclosed any
acting that would lead even the most
imaginative to believe him capable of
playing Hamlet, but he seems TO be pos
sessed of the notion that he might as well
have a shy at the role as his other
brothers-in-art, and as he is one of the
wealthiest actors of the day he can easily
afford the luxury.
Then, too, E. H. Sothern, whose per-
Torrance of Hamlet last season was
one of the very best explorations of the
year, announces that he will retain the
play in his repertoire and will use it in
conjunction with IF Were King next
year.
Sothern's Hamlet was more generally
praised by discriminating critics than any
production OF last season, and of all the
native actors who like to have it said of
them that the mantle of Booth has fall
en- on their shoulders" he appears to be
the only one whose Hamlet is worthy of
serious consideration.
In addition to Mr.. Gillette and Mr.
Sothern, it is certain that the smaller
cities will enjoy their favorite actors in
the Shakespearean piece, for in a certain
section of the country, notably the South
and Southwest the theatrical year is not
considered complete without visit from
Walker Whiteside, Creston Clarke. or
some of the other ambitious young actors
who fancy they are ideal Hamlets, but
whose interpretations are seldom seen
away from the smaller cities.
And, it should be borne in mind, James
X. Hackett, who can play anything from
Little Lord Fauntleroy'' to king Lear
with equal facility, if not ability, has not
denied that he Will do Hamlet next
fall.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Quaker City GALLERY Gods.

The gallery gods in Philadelphia have
long been source of worry to the
managers of the different theaters in that
city. For years past the occupants of THE
upper house have taken especial delight
in demoralizing actors and actresses. and
nothing seemed TO give them keener pleas
ire than TO call a prominent actor before
the curtain. secure in the belief that the
audience wanted a speech. and then boot
and yell vociferously, and drive the terri
fed and surprised thespian from the stage
These little pleasantries have been go
ing on for long time in the Quaker CITY.
and theatrical organizatons-and particu-
larry those employing a large number of
young women-have actually dreaded Wis
iting the Pennsylvania metropolis.
The managers endeavored to stop the
disturbances by raising the gallery ad-
mission from % cents to 50 cents. but
while this move brought more coin TO the
managerial Golfers, the unruly element
was not kept from the playhouses.
Now, however, the amusement caterers
have formed an organization and have re-
solved 10 station lusty special officers
among the occupants of the galleries of
the different theaters, and woe be to the
first person who speaks above a whis-
per. The officers have been instructed
not to spare time or energy in handling
r noisy spectator but to throw him down
the steps without ceremony and then
hurry back for other offenders.
The lot of the Philadelphia gallery god
like that OF the policeman Of the comic
opera, does not appear TO be a happy one
Just at present.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
The Ante Napoleon Era.

1T is an easy matter to be buoyant
when one is successful" said Henry Mil
Ter recently, between acts in darcy of
the Guards" but how about keeping up
ones spirits in the face of failure? Yet
it has been my privilege and pleasure to
know few men whom no amount of ad-
verse circumstance could discourage.
''One instance in particular is closely
connected with my own career. The man
/ refer TO is Charles Frohman.
"A number of years ago, in the earlier
days Of his theatrical life. and before he
was able TO make those opportunities
which should carry to conclusion the ideas
that already filled his brain. Mr.. Froh-
man had charge of a dramatic company
which by strenuous efforts he had sue
ceeded in getting as far West as san
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Oldd Nethersole'S " Sdpho."

Olga Nethersole, who has just returned
to London after a visit to Egypt, has de-
cided that it is about time to show Lon
doners what a good theatrical perform
ance her Clyde Fitch's "Sapho" is, and
the scenery that was used in the original
production in this country is now on the
Atlantic, and will in a few weeks be seen
by an English audience.
Miss Nethersole has never been con-
sidered very much of an actress in her
own land, in which respect she somewhat
resembles her distinguished countryman,
Z. S. Willard.
Miss Nethersole believes her "Sapho"
will win over to her the critical London
public, in which event she may not return
TO this country next season.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

good sense and good taste; where the ap-
pearance of unreasonable delicacies Is a
tribute to wealth only, since forced straw
berries and Lilliputian peas and early
asparagus possess no merits apart from
their price; where all laws of health and
digestion are set at defiance by mixture
OF viands that ought to be relocated to a
pigs bucket, not Z sane human stomach,
A bail offers, moro scope for originality,
but ball to be anything remarkable in
the social world must be floral adver-
tisement supplemented by lavish cotillon
presents, crowd Of smart" people and
something n9yel in the arrangement of
supper tables, even if the novelty should
mean pewter spoons instead of silver, and
tallow candles instead of electric lights.
Only very rich person could afford such
eccentricities as these.-London Chron-
icle
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
Happy Hooliddn" on the Stage.

Another of the two dozen or so COM
panies under the direction of Gus Hill
that have been seen on the popular priced
circuit this season will tenant the Acad-
envy of Music next week.
1t is labeled Happy Hooligan" and is
said to have been constructed for the pur-
pose of giving weary walker" of comic
newspaper fame chance to exhibit him
self before the footlights. The manage
ment claims to have secured a good COM
pany and the usual quota of laughs and
songs of the day may be expected.
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
MASONIC FAIR AND EXPOSITION,

CONVENTION HALL AND ARMORY ANNEX,
For two weeks, commencing MONDAY, APRIL u,
every evening, at 7:3o o'clock. Matinees each
Saturday at 2 O'Clock.
MAGNIFICENT DECORATIONS AND GORGEOUS
ELECTRICAL EFFECTS.
Concert each evening by Haley's Inaugural Band
General Admission. 25c. Matinees. lOc.
SEASON TICKETS 02 Admissions), sl.00.
The Following Articles will be GIVEN AWAY
to Holders Of SEASON TICKETS:
Upright Oak Huntington Piano value 500.
The Cecilan, the perfect piano player. value
$3.50
Donated by Z. +. Droop Sons
Gold Watch, value $50.
Donated by Allison Naor, ir.
PaTlor Set, value 500.
Donated by ". b. Moses Sons
Bicycle value $40.
Donated by National Bicycle Company
Through L. p H3zeton).
Other donated articles to be voted for:
Use of boats and grounds at River View
to the most popular Fraternal Organization.
Donated by Capt. T.. $ Randall.
furnished bedroom Ton exhibition in
Annory Annex, value $500
Donated by the Stumph Bedding Company.
Also Railroad Tickets TO Chicago, st. Louis,
Omaha, and Denver. ap7-u
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

comedy team Of DonDelly and Girard, and
Jessie Gardiner. the Hal Stephens COM
pany. the Quaker City Quartet, Clarice
Vance, the singer of coon songs: James z.
Rowe and Margaret Ferguson, in a sketch
called THE Floor Walkers" and ALI
Grant with a collection OF new songs and
stories
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13
llNCOLM MUSEUM,

SO 10th St, opposite Fond Theatre.
HOUSE WHERE ABRAHAM LINCOLN DIED.
ON the 37th anniversary Monday, April ii, and
Tuesday, April I5--oi the Assassination and death
Of Mr.. Lincoln, SOUVENIR that will be cher
ished as an "HEIRLOOM' by every American
will he presented each visitor. The Museum CON
tains over THREE THOUSAND ARTICLES per
tanning to the MARTYRED PRESIDENT Open
day and evening. Admission, DC ml32
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02

needs to have that kind of education which will lead him to return to the coun- try district after he has gotten through school In order to have him Seturn to- the country. however, we must teacn him that the farm has stronger atuae- tions than the city.
 At Tuskegee we believe so strongly Tn the importance of pushing agricultural teaching that we are not only giving this large number of our young women. Dur ing the past three years.we have been teaching a number of them such indus tries as fruit growing, poultry raising. bee raising. dairying and gardening. In ! climate such as we nave In the South there Is a great opportunity for women to make an independent living through the raising of poultry, ,etc. In cli- mate such as ours. there is no reason why during a large portion of the year we should find 1t impossible to get hold of fresh eggs. chickens and other kinds of poultry.
 Another important thing that feel that this institution has helped to &C., complish since its existence is the making large humber of our Southern white people feel and see that an educated ne- gro Is of more value to the community than an ignorant one. When l say an educated negro I mean one who has been thoroughly educated in head. hand and tering of ar education. just enough to make him foolish and beyond work As an evidence, of this change of feeling among large proportion of our white poole. I might add that at the present time we have more calls from Southern white people for our graduates to take charge of farms. dairies and other indus-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02

trial establishments than W" can supply. in fact, we have three demands from Southern white people. to say nothing of our own race, for every graduate Of our industrial department. Especially is this true of those who graduate from ou" various agricultural departments. to one from other sources. The southern white man has got to compete In his industri T operations with the white man m the North and West. and he cannot do it with ignorant unskilled labor. and this fact he is fast approaching.
 ''There has been. l know, some crlt- clsm passed upon the industrial schools fin the South because they have not been able to supply white families "ltn all the presons that have been wanted to work in their homes People will have to he patient in this respect. II must he bor1~ in mind that industrial schools are com
 parativelv new, and while th~"c are n great many schools for our people that hear the name industrial very few of them in fact are industrial and it must be borne in mind that the disposition among educated Co!Ored people has heen heretofore to 20 into some literary em- ployment rather than into domestic em- plovment We cannot change this dispo- sition all at once. Aside from all this the matter of getting educated well trained colored people into the homes for domestic service is largely a matter of competition. For example. the aver age girl who graduates from one of our industrial danartmentS can secure from S35 to $40 per month. There are not many Southern whit families who feel that they can paV this price for the services of girl. and of course if a colored girl goes to the place where she receives the highest salary she should not be blamed. In proportion. however, as industrial schools increase and in proportion as they learn to do real industrial work such as people have need for, the number Of well
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02

He directed me to the New York Trade School and to several others. After com municating with them l found that it not only required a pretty good educa- tion, but quite a sum of money to attend them. 1 Was then more perpleXed than ever.
 One day while omptying a scrap basket for one of my employers I chanced to see paper published at the Tuskegee Institute The Southern Letter Placing the paper in my pocket to read at my leisure, l cuGtinUed with my work. That eve hing while riding horne on the car read the paper and great was my joy when l saw an advertisement headed, An Education Free" l read it carefully and that evening wrote letter to Prin- cipal Booker T, Washington asking for full particulars. After a few days I re- ceivCa a letter and catalogue of the school. l carefully read these and wrote asking for admission and almost imme- diately received a letter telling me to come.
 had managed to save out of my small earnings about $20. My parents made up the dehciency,. about $l5, and one week after I received the last letter. [ hoardei the train fo~ Tuskegce. On req ching here, 1 found Tus5egee to be beyord my ex- pcctations. About nine hundred students learning to work and underSta1dingly; every time one went to do a piece of work of any kind there was some one to explain it.
 When I was first assigned to the cleo tricyl division. l did not even know a wire gauge from a transmitting disc, but now after a year and half of careful study under competent instructors, who have a way of making all things that seem hard to understand perfectly clear, ! find that | have a knowledge of the rudiments of the trade such as the prin- ciples of wiring buildings with moulding and Iron conduits, bell wiring, telephone
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02

institution to emphasize the industry of agriculture. It is my opinion that our people are to remain in the South for all time to come and that they are going to be an agricultural people in large measure, in fact any one who has studied the life of our people in all parts of the country cannot help conclude that
 the negro, all things considered. iS at his best when Cultivating the soil in the rural districts: he is at his worse in largc
 cities. especially the large cities of the North. The life in the country districts
 devoted to the intelligent and skilful cul- tiVatiOn of the soil. is the best thing for my weak and Inexperienced people. There
 Is less compe titiOn. There are fewer temptations and in every way moro op- poruInities for one to get foundation
 both in bodily strength mont2l equip ment and material possessions. We are cultiv9tirg this year at this institution through the labor of our students over only to cultivate this land in way to make it pay, but to teach the best meth ods of cultivation; to teach the student to cultivate the soil so intelligentlY and skilfully that hS will learn to lift agri- cultural labor up ont of drudgery. degre- dation and toll into something that is beautiful and cnnoblng. We cannot ex-- pect colored boy to love the farm if the boy is made to feel that the farm means the following of an old mule all his days. The boy must be taught how to use the latest and most improved machinery He must be tau.ht how to do dairying by the best and latest methods. In propor- ton as he Is taught how to put bralnS and skill and conscience into farming. In the same proportion will he learn to love the, farm and not yield to the temptation after he has gotten through school to go to a city and stand about the streets and try to get his living by his wits. The negro boy above all things just now'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02

condition I was then impressed that this offer exactly suited my condition, be- cause of the fact. that i was anxious to get an education and become proIcleht a the trade which l was then beg1I- hing I determined to save what l could of my earnings and deposit them in the bank. which | did, making such deposits as from 50 cents to $6 until l realized q sufficient amount to bring me here and supply my needs for year.
 1 left my home. Camden. S. C.. for Tuskegee. September F, 1898. On my ar rival l was surprised to see the size of the school and the large number of stu dents gathered here. After applying Tor my trade, carpentry, l secured 1t ana worked at il each day, attending night school and did not lose two days work during he first two years ot my stay here. At the eXpira tion of this time l realized that l had succeeded in acqulr- ing some of the arts of my trade and at the same time had learned SuincIent amount. with what I could earn on my work days, to enable me to complete my course in the day school
 Last term l was promoted to the A middle class, which l entered at the be- ginning of the present term and which term at Tuskegee The past summer marks the third summer that I have spent on the grounds and 1 say without hesitation that these have been to me the most pleasant and profitable sum- mers of my life. l worked each day at my trade and spent my leisure time read ing periodicals and such books as thought would he of the most interest and help to me.
 As ! have often remarked Tuskegee reminds mo of wheel in which every student forms spoke-we are continu- ally turning. There are raapy impressions that have been made upon me since I have been here. Among them are the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-02
The Twenty-Onc
BY D. ". McIvER.

Tuskegee, Feb 1.--(Special Correspond encel-On the 4th of July, 1881, the insti- tuition. now presided over by Booker T Washington as Principal, and which with its Principal, has become famous the world over, was opened in a little church on the hillside, on present site with thirty pupils and with one teacher ] was then resident of Tuskegee and It was with forebodings of the greatest evil that l contemplated the future Of the school I had met the new teacher, now ever. and he had made a most favorable impression upon me, not only by his num- ble demeanor and polite, courteous man ner, but by his intelligence and bright ness and his seeming honesty and ear nestpess of purpose.
 lived just across the ravine on the other side of town from where the school was located and I could see the new school house from our front door, us presence to the eve kept it constantly in my thoughts and I was continuously wondering what Washington and his new ideas of education were going to do for the young negroes and how much they were going to turn their heads and how big fools little learning was going to make of them. From the beginning, however. 1t was said that 1t was to be