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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-08-29

Office Of County Clerk,
Grant County.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, That pnrsu-
ant to notice to me directed by the Secretary
of State, and in accordance with the laws OF
several towns, wards, villages and election dis
triCts Of Grant county the Tuesday succeed
ing tie first NJ onday, being the
FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
A. ID. 1902,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-08-29

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extended to the woman. She will not be
used by clever hostesses as a bait to at
tract desirable guests.
Some actresses are born to social stand
ing, some achieve it and some have 1t
thrust upon them.
Miss Elsie DeWolfe belongs to the first
named class. The social spoon was
firmly wedged between her lips when
she made her entrance on the worlds
stage. And society was not pleased
when she became an actress. Here
was a charming woman, it argued,
whose taste was unimpcachable, whose
entertainments were worth while. 1t
went to see her. when she began her
stage career and it supports her in New
York as a star, but it feels that it has a
grievance against her just the same. When
she is in New York, she is bombarded with
invitations which she cannot accept be-
cause she is now a woman of affairs, prac-
tically her own manager. But whenever
she finds a little leisure she is made well
come at the homes Of the elect.
Graceful, w~insoIne Ethel Barrymore be-
longs to the second class. She has achieved
an enviable position in the social world, in
its innermost circles, principally through
her wonderful charm of manner, her sweet
simplicity and her beautiful home life, for
she is a marvel Of discretion, and a little
mother" to her two big brothers. Mrs.
Richard Harding Davis, who is received
everywhere, is Miss Barrymore's most in
innate friend, and the two are seen wher-
ever any one worth while goes.
John Drew and his family have an as
sured social position in New York, and his
daughter was introduced to society befor
she made a professional debut. When he is
on the road, country club privileges are
more to Mr.. DTew's liking than the entree
to the most exclusive drawing rooms. He
is an enthusiastic golf player, and prefers
being received on his merits as a man and
a good fellow than on his Thespiar
triumphs.
Clara Bloodgood, who is to be starred
this season, was a figure in the "smart set
for many seasons before she went on the
stage, but she, too, finds that art and the
social whirligig are incompatible.
Great artists like Bernhard, Duse, Calvt
and Ellen Terry belong to those who hav,
social attentions thrust upon them. Blu
the tribute is to the artist, not to tn,
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gagements interfere with its success.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who queens it
over a social clique in London, has declined
nearly all invitations in New York, because
she has personally directed all her produc-
tions. Charming Miss Van Brugh, who
supported John Hare in THE Gay Lord
Quex," goes out much in London, but dur
ing her New York stay she barely got be-
yond a circle of theatrical acquaintances.
When approached on the topic of the
actor and society, Clyde Fitch, the play
wright, said: The gulf between the stage
and that much abused world, society, is
a relic of the Puritanical era. Society does
not give a hang about the stage and stage
people do not give a hang for society. So
ciety goes to the theater to be amused;
to see the play. l doubt that it notices
the names on the pogram. If Miss Jones
makes a hit in a bit of character work, the
woman in the box will remark afterward,
Wasn't that girl in red %clever?' But she
will not remember her name.
II do not think that society in America
is interested in the theater and it's actors,
beyond being amused when the opportunity,
arises. 1t will not be bored, and if ID
chooses to feel bored by stage people that
is the end of 1t.
Now, in London it is different. There
society is interested In the drama ana the
people who interpret it. The smart set
in the social world, in literature and in art
mingle. The circle is larger. There are
more people who write and paint and play
to make up this circle of social life.
ION the other hand If New York society
elects to take up a certain person and make
much of her, it cares not whether she is
or is not in the profession.
And your American actress is quite in
dependent of society, in the sense of the
exclusive smart set. Society is made up
Of many cliques and each woman has the
right to feel that she has her own social
circle. The actress who is guest of honor
at a smart Sunday morning breakfast, and
the chorus girl who is invited out to Sun
day night tea over In Jersey, will both feel
that they are received socially outside the
profession.
"As said before, society and the stage
are equally Indifferent to each other.
l Each is busy in its own way, absorbed and
5 independent in it's own occupations and its
= pleasures, its work and it's amusements.
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ballroom. Just as the social leader Is
chained to her engagement book, so must
the actress bow to her art. And each
woman in her way Is content.
Time was when members of the profes-
sion bore It's stamp on their conduct and
dress. They talked shop In public. They
wanted all who saw to know that thew
trod the boards; they attracted attention
wherever they went and they dressed con-
spicuously. often loudly. And well-bred
people drew back their skirts as they
passed by and prided themselves on their
own quiet demeanor and simplicity OF
dress.
But all this is changed. Thu up-to-date
star is in the throes of an era of ex-
clusiveness. The women prominent in So
ciety are doing the unexpected, the eccen-
trio thing.
In going abroad the star clings to the
seclusion of her stateroom. In the sum-
mer she seeks the most quiet resort and
for a month or so is literally swallowed up
by the woods. At hotels she seldom APP
pears in the public dining room. but has
her meals served in her rooms. When
profits begin to roll in she buys a home to
occupy during her New York runs, Then
she adds to this a country place. far from
the maddening crowd OF Broadway.
While the actress, who is really doing the
correct thing, according to the standards
OF 1902. appears on the street in a severely
plain tailor-made suit, the social belle
drives down Fifth avenue in garments of
a hue and a fashion that would make her
aristocratic old ancestors turn over in their
graves. The woman high up on the social
lists chats freely when she returns from
abroad of the latest triumph attained by a
Partisan couture in tinting her hair, but
the actress leaves peroxide for the young
woman in the front row of the chorus, and
revels in her own natural locks.
1t is the social leader who ventures into
Bohemia and does original, eccentric
things. The actress leans toward domes'
ITCHY and conventionality. And all thesc
are straws that show which way the VIM
blows. Instances there still are Of womeI
OF notorious reputation who achieve ar
tistic success, but the average American
star of today would grace any social circle
| But on this your modern stage woman
: nsists-she will grace, but she will not b.
l patronized. She will accept invitation
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woman. They feel that they are perpetually
on exhibition. Such entertainment is not a
relaxation or a pleasure to them. 1t is a
part of their business life. The result is
that successful women Of the stage are
drawing further and further into their
shells.
The uncertainty Of social standing in
America has much TO do with the condi-
lions referred to above. The social leader
of today may depend upon cleverness and
wealth entirely. Family standing she has
not. Her father or her grandfather may
have sold groceries to the mother of the
stage star; therefore, milady of society's
realm cannot afford to receive" the woman
who stands equally high in the dramatic
profession. She is not sufficiently sure of
her own social position to run any risks,
So fear on the one side and pride on the
other keep them apart.
But each well known actress gathers
about her a little circle of friends outside
the profession, whose influence is to draw
her away from the strain and anxie,ies CT
her work.
Annie Russell's circle has a distinct
literary coloring; Amelia Bingham belongs
to the dinner giving type and has her reg
ular days at home during her New York
season. Nearly all OF Maude Adams per-
sonal friends are outside the profession,
and her entertaining is of the ~quietest sort.
Both Mary Mannering and Annie Irish lin
private life Mrs. Hackett and Mrs. Dodson)
are intensely domestic, in their tastes and
much given to quiet entertaining. Alice
Fischer, known to her personal friends as
Mrs. William Harcourt, has a large ac-
quaintance in metropolitan art and literary
circles.
The foreign actor is deluged with invita-
tions before he fairly lands, but, as a rule,
he catches the American spirit of business
before pleasure and devotes himsel to his
tour. Arrived in New York he has his COM
pany to rehearse, the details of his tour to
arrange and a frequent change Of bill to
prepare for. Beyond an occasional appear
ance at the Lambs club or the Players he
has little chance for meeting Americans
socially.
The women stars from abroad are no bet,
ter off. IN American engagement repre-
sents so many thousands Of dollars witt
which to purchase l~uxuries at home. 1t Il
purely a business venture, and social en-
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press. One gossipy writer says there is in
existence a letter by Ruskin which he him
self has seen, giving Ruskin's own account
of the separation from his wife. 1t shows
that there was nothing more than incOm-
patibility between them, The real passion
OF Ruskin's life came to him when he was
Irish girl, Rosie Latouche. She loved him,
but their religious differences were insuper-
able. The girl died while still a girl and
Ruskin broke down. The misfortune clouded
the rest OF his life in despair. He fell in
with spiritualists, who revealed to him the
spirit OF his dead love. Hence came the
crushing collapse which ultimately over
threw his brain.
m. A. p" tells a story with regard to
the late czar of Russia. He was one night
playing a game Of whist at Homburg, and
the present king, then, of course, prince Of
Wales, and several Of his friends were OF
the party. Among those friends was Sir
James Macintosh. a we'll known bon vivant
OF the SOS and '90s. Sir James was one Of
those blunt, downright, rough spoken
Scotchmen who didn't know fear OF God or
man. In the midst Of the game Sir James
called out to the car, You've revoked. %
Eyerybody's blood ran cold. The prince of
Wales, l have been told, kicked the Scotch
man under the table, and the car, blush
ing and confused, exclaimed in bewilder-
ment, Revoked! Why, l never did such a
thing in my life!" But Sir James persisted
and the monarch was proved to be in the
wrong: WnereupOn Sir James replied to the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

their sympathy for him in the loss
of everything he owned, but he only shook
his head and smiled in a rueful sort of way,
Il don't so much mind the burning of all
of the rest of the stuff, boys" Colonel Ochil-
tree remarked, but l do hate to lose those
twenty large books of newspaper clippings
written around me during the last thirty
years or so. l was going to make a book
out of the material"
What were you going to call the book,
colonel?' the amiable Texan was asked by
one Of the reporters.
Il was going to call it," was the quick
response, my personally conducted me
moirs, as fallaciously set forth by a genera
ton of young gentlemen of the space-writ-
ing fraternity who need the money"
-
President ingalls, of the Big -Four road
writes an eXe,rable hand, and a farmer
living near Springfield, o., is glad OF It.
One day Mr.. ingalls, was riding over a d.
vision of the road and came within smell,
ing distance of a particularly emphatic hog
pen owned by the farmer. Next day he
wrote an autograph letter 20 the agricul-
turist, complaining Of the hog pen. The
farmer could not read a word of il and
showed the missive to a Big Four agent.
The latter could not make anything out OF
it, either, but said it looked like the passes
sometimes issued by President ingalls,.
This was a suggestion to the farmer, who
declares that he made several trips on the
road, using the illegible scrawl as a pass
before conductors discovered that il was a
protest instead.
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social leader in a midwest city
I and a personal friend OF the
Ha4fA young star, issued Invitations for
- a reception In her honor. At al
most the last moment Miss Adams appeared
before her hostess. mufled up to her eyes
and Offering this explanation:
81 have come in person to make my apol-
ogIes and to explain why | cannot be pres
ent when your friends arrive. As you see,
! have a cold and must not speak above a
whisper in order to save my voice for to-
nights performance. l wan you to under
stand"
The hostess was in despair.
But, my dear girl, the affair is entirely
In your honor. II you could put in an APP
pearance for only a short time, you need
not use your voice. | can make the apollo
gies."
Miss Adams smiled and shook her head.
And earn a reputation for hauteur and
Tudeness which | do not deserve? | cannot
serve both my profession and society, and
/ am under contract to the former
In those few sentences Miss Adams voiced
the feeling Of the better class Of her fellow
workers. Society does not want them un-
less they achieve success, and II they would
be successful, they have no time for society
In this day OF grace society is for the in
domltable. He may enter who willard
there are many doors. Given a fair name,
beauty, brains and money, all of which
some American actresses possess, and the
woman who can sway her thousands across
the footlights will successfully storm the
social citadel. The question at stake is
this: SIS II worth while?''
When Ethel Barrymore scored an artistic
triumph this fall in Carrots the world
of critics and regular theater goers ex-
claimed Good. 1t looked for a while as
II social success would blast her artistic
career For of all stage women, Miss
Barrymore holds the most secure position
in New York's social world.
Men and women who are really making
history and art and literature have nj
time for the carving Of a socia
career. They leave that for butterflies
who hutter in the sunlight shed by others
for women, whose ambition Is to rule an
who can do so only above the teacups. owe
damask and under the myriad lights of
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r. a 11HEN Senator Hanna was on his
wv way to Washington recently he
N and some other travellers got out
IS4EHI for an airing at Pittsburg and
- were left behind, having made a
mistake as to the waiting time. The party
included several members OF the Bonded
Warehouse association, one Of whom went
to hunt for Pullman accommodation The
Pullman division superintendent was very
sorry. but he could DO nothing until he
learned that MIR. Hanna was among those
present. Then a special was made up In
a hurry and the travellers were soon on
their way once more.
The following inscription has been placed
above the grave OF the late editor of the
New York Evening Post at Hazelbeach,
England. Edwin Lawrence Godkin. pub
licist, economist, moralist; born at Moyne,
wicklow, 1881; died at Greenway, Devon,
1902, For forty years a citizen of the
United States. Gifted with a penetrating
intellect and singular powers of express
sion: constant in friendship; ~tireless in
energy; dauntless in courage; a steadfast
champion of good causes and high ideals,
he became a foremost part In all efforts
20 make government just, pure and efficient
and wrought increasingly to strengthen the
ties between the nation whence he sprang
and that to which his services were given
through a long and laborious life. Sapere
aude."
John Ruskin's hopo-ess love continues to
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observation OF the car: Il daresay you've
often revoked, your majesty, but this is the
first time you were ever told So"
The left thumb of Paul Kruger Of the
Transvaal was lost through his rifle explod-
ing when he fired at a rhinoceros. He
says: Next day, our people, guided by the
track OF my horse, went to the spot and
there found the rhinoceros still alive, and,
following the trail Of blood, discovered the
remains of the rife and my thumb. My
hand was in a horrible state. The great
veins were torn asunder. The flesh was
hanging In strips. l bled like a slaughtered
calf Kruger made his way to the wagons,
where his wife and sister-in-law were sit
ting by the fire. The sister-in-law pointed
TO his hand. Look what a fat game Brother
Paul has been shooting" she said, and that
was all. They went home. Kruger took
out his knife and cut across the ball of the
thumb. removing as much as was neces-
sary. Then they killed a goat, took out
the tomach and cut it open. l put my hand
into IL while IL was still warm" and thus
was the wound healed.
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'Ich diem" the motto which belongs to
the prince OF Wales, is usually translated
Il serve and tradition has il that il was
taken by the black prince from the royal
helmet OF the blind king Of Bohemia, who
was killed on the field of Crecy. II is a
notable fact, however, that the late DR..
William lime, professor OF English Iitera-
ture at Heidelberg, rejected this theory.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-14

When, in the calamitous Hotel Windsor
fire in New York City a few years ago, the
late Colonel Tom OChiltree lost all of his
personal possessions, including every stitch
Of his clothing, he took the matter with his
usual benign philosophy. He was sur
rounded by a group Of newspaper reporters
as he stood contemplating the tragic con-
fagration. The newspaper men were ex-
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He held hat the motto was of Welsh origin
and took its rise at the time when Edward
l presented his newborn eldest son to the
Welsh chieftains at Caruarban castle as
their future sovereign. He held the child
up in his arms and exclaimed in Welsh
"Eich dyn,' meaning This is your man"
The explanation is accepted by many an
tiquarians.
.
A Chicago Spectator is responsible for
the statement that on one occasion Russell
Sage stood treat. 1t was this way: The
Chicago man was in New York, and feeling
that a little drop of something would dc
him good was about to drop into a cafe
when he met Mr.. Sage and invited him &c
go along. The aged Croesus agreed, though
it is not his habit to indulge except on rare
occasions. They entered the cafe and the
proprietor, who knew the man from Chi
cago and Mr.. Sage, too, said TO the former
gravely: "Mr Blank, what is your idea fl
bringing hat youngster in here? l neve,
sell liquors to minors" He and the Chi
CagO mar smiled broadly, Russell Sag,
snickered and bought"
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join Ruskin's hopC-ess love continues to
be the subject OF much gossip in the English
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-16

There was a binding fash Just n
the spot where the trio Of adventures
had concealed themselves. a most ter
rife concussion that actually threw
Jack from his feet, and then deathly
silence.
overton, only tribe bruised man
aged to gain his feet and rush for
ward.
Where the San Jose treasure seekers
had lain hidden the utmost havoc had
been done. and Jack knew no human
being could have been within twenty
feet Of that exploding bomb and es-
capped with his life.
II was a most terrible and over
whelming catastrophe.
He remembered poor. brave Barra1o.
hero of a score OF battles. such as they
are In Central American republics.
II was no trouble finding him.
The general had half raised himself
to a sitting position. and was eagerly
looking toward the scene OF desolation
his terrible little hand grenade had
wrought.
1T is-victory?' he gasped. as Jack
bent over him. and there was tremor
to the old soldiers weak voice that
told OF the ruling passion strong In
death.
IT have no reason to believe single
man OF their number has been LETT
alive" Jack returned.
The old warrior feebly waved his
arm above his head-Jack would never
as long rs he lived forget the tragic
scene under the Whispering snarled
oak.
Then I am satisfied. II is sweet for
a soldier to die when the field has
been won."
But is II so bad as that. my poor
friend, May 1 not be able to save
you? have some rude knowledge OF
surgery. and Heaven knows ! could
spare no effort In your behalf"
There was real agony In Jacks voice
and the dying man was deeply affected
by II.
Useless. Senior Jack: quite useless.
My sands of life ar. almost run: my
race Mt It's end. have been wounded
many times. but never like this in
less than ten minutes I shall be dead;
believe me-"
Good heavcns' you give me pain.
Barrajo. II II were my brother could
not feel more uneonsolabic-"
"Ah. 1 believe you. senor. We have
been good comrades. we t~o. ts II not
soT' And We mad. n sacred compact:
you remember II. Senior JaeSy weakly.
Yea"
Ito be soa,inued)
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There mus; be a leader. someone
~ho 10 pretty good in geography. =
and capable OF doing some quick
thinking himself. Any number of play
ors may take part in the game. When
all arc seated. the leader takes his
place in srua, of them and tells them
that he is going to give them the
name Of a state and letter of the
alphabet. and ls then going To eoua,
ave slowly.
While he IL counting eve all the
players mus; be 'ryins 10 think Of a
city or town in the state he called
whose name begins with the given
letter. For example. suppose he gives
Maine as the state and as the letter.
Thea the players must all try TO
think of a city OF a tovn in Maine
the name Of which begins With tho
letter y. II is necessary for them ell
to do the thinking. for he has risht
to ask any one Of them for the
answer. and they never know which
one OF them II is going TO be.
When he has received a correct
answer he may ask another player TO
name some other town beginning with
the same letter. or he may change the
letter tvo or three times. Then he
names some other state. and continues
the game ss long as II interests the
players.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-05-16
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When the English tongue ve speak
Why is break" no, rhymed with
freak
VIII you tell me why It's true
We say Sew bu, likewise few:
And the maker of a verse
Cannot cap his horse" with worse J
Beard sounds not the same as
heard
Cord" is different from word.
Cow is COW. bu, low" is io-:
Shoe is never rhrmed with foe"
Think of hose" and dose" and lose
And of "soose'-and yet of choose"
Think Of comb and tomb and
bomb:
'Doii'' and rolf: and home" and
some"
And since pay is rhymed with say
Why no, paid with said" prayr
We have "biood- and food" and
good:
Mould" is not pronounced like
could
Wherefore done" but gone" and
''lone''7
Is there any reason known
And. in short. Il seems TO me
Sounds and letters disagree.
st. Nicholas.