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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
Vaudeville at the Unie.e,

The little Unique Theater was crowded
to it's capacity last night by patrons who
wished to witness the first nights perform
ance of the new bill. The programme is
one of the best that has been presented at
the Unique. Osborne and Daley open it
with clever comedy sketch. Harry New
man, 1.-THE funny little man." follows in a
monologue and the diminutive La Rae
Trittipo is next, in good rendition of late
songs. Billy and Edith Nasmyth follow in
their original creation entitled It'd Bits"
The closing number is a comedy entitled
1.-The Managers Troubles" The moving
pictures this week are unusually attrac-
tive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
Ready by Jan. 4.

A committee of ladies representing the
Flower Mission met With Drs. Reyer and
Courtney. of the city Board of Health, in
the mayors Office yesterday morning. 1t
was decided at the meeting that the Flower
Mission Hospital will be ready TO receive
patients by the LIST OF January. The ladies
in attendance were Mesdames Victor Hen
bricks, Lavalette Dickey, ]. II. Loves and
John l.. Griffiths,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
A Sensible Suggestion.
New York Post

New York Post.
At this season of the year, when the
burden of the department store employees
is so greatly increased, it is advisable to
add to it as little as possible by carrying
home all small purchases No woman
ought TO be ashamed to be seen carrying
home Christmas parcels. however she may
feel about others. Buy a stout string bag
for the season. One of these bags will
hold almost as much as a small dress
suit case, and is easy and convenient to
carry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
An Actor Poet.

Elita Proctor Otis has won the admira-
ton of her supporting players through the
portrayal of the heroine in the Ibsen
drama. Donald Robertson, leading MEM
Der of her company, who writes good
verse. is the author of the following sonnet,
which is his impression of Miss Otis's per-
Torrance in "Hedda Gabler"
A sapphire soul astray in Laga lands.
BY hungry fears of bondage driven TO bay
Above her dead Ideals saw the gray,
Calm face of God, who wholly understands;
Then with determined but unfettered hands.
Lit by the lamp of License quit the fray.
And in defiance mady dashed away
From life its hOur-gass with the running sands.
With will-o' -wisps of freedom burning pale
Around her bier, and the discredited
Man dream of Joy with vine leaves on its head
Chief mourner. does she know now IL her goal
Holds yet another chance for those who fail
To learn earths noblest lesson, self-control
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
To-Dny's Schedule.

ENGLISH S.-"Hedda Gaber," SIS D. m
Observation-Disclosures vaudeville. 2:15 anC
S:15 y. m.
PARK.-"Through Fire and Water"
and p. m.
EMPIRE.-Burlesque and d. m.
Notwithstanding, and d. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15

Davis's novel of that name, and Mr.. Ede-
SON has scored a great success in IL where
ever he has appeared. The seats for the
engagement are now on sale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15

Miss Ethel Woodland and Miss Mary Trees.
The out-of-town guests were Miss Olive
and Miss Villa Reynolds, Of New Albany;
Miss Marian Black, of Brooklyn; Miss
Julia Lamison and Mr.. Ray Deprez. of Gull
yer; Mr.. Mayburn Simmonds of Chicago;
Mr.. Horace Marshall, Mr.. Alva Grove, Mr..
clarence Shauater and. Mr. Jackson Lam
ders, OF Martinsville; Mr.. Frederick Lesh
and Mr.. Harvey Reed. of South Bend; Miss
Harter, of Anderson; Miss Belva Mcbride.
OF Rushville; Miss Justine Elliott of Shell
byVille; Miss Jessie Silvers, of Knights
town, and Miss Katherine Barnett, of Mar
tinsville.
Mrs. A. p. Stanton and Miss Anna STAN
ton were the hostesSes for a very enjoyable
musicale yesterday afternoon at their home
on North Pennsylvania street. The pro-
gramme included numbers by Miss Edith
stanton Brown, young violinist of artis-
tic attainment and songs by Mr.. Fritz
Krull Mrs. G. c. Brown was the accom-
panist Miss Browns numbers were Morn
Saens), ''Gavotte" (Bohm), "Adagio from
NANNY, and ''serenade' CPierne). Mr..
KrulPs programme included two charming
songs, to which he wrote the music, When
She Comes Home and Lullaby" by
James Whitcomb Riley, and Love and a
words and music. His other numbers were
Country Bacchus" (Buck) and "Serenade
and Rosary (Nevin). The hostesses were
assisted in entertaining by q number of
their friends. In the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanton gave second company and the
programme was given by Miss Brown, who
Edward German, and by Mr.. Krull, who
sang a number from Faust" a group of
songs by Won Fielitz and a Riley poem, for
which he wrote the music.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
HEADACHES FROM COLDS.

axative Bromo Quinine removes the cause
, get the genuine call for the fullname. CSC.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
Menu for a Day.

Suggestions furnished by Table Talk to
housekeepers of moderate means:
Breakfast
Fruit
Shredded Biscuit Sugar and Cream
Broiled Salt Cod Philadelphia Potatoes
Crumpets Coffee
Lunch
Hot Potato Salad Picked Beets
Apple Fritters Tea
Dinner
Onion Soup
Broiled Leg of Mutton
Steamed Rice Baked Tomatoes
Lettuce French Dressing
Waters Cheese
Ebony Jelly
Coffee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
Holiday
Gifts
In Art Department

The vast space occupied by our Art
Department and the extensive assort-
ments of the prettiest things in Pic
lures, Pillow Tops, Fancy Pieces,
CellulOld Novelties, etc., afford a
field for Christmas buying that is not
equaled elsewhere in the State. Bet
ter do your holiday trading now while
selections are good and before the
rush begins. We offer hundreds Of
bargains like these 10 induce buying
on Tuesday.
Indian Beads, in all colors, for max
ing fancy things, Tuesday Die
special, per unch...............
Bead Looms. for weaving the many
pretty things, 25c kind, Tues fOC
day. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Doflies. hemstitched, drawnwOrk and
stamped. Pinch size, special, fSc
each. ..........-............
I2-inch hemstitched DoiIies, with
three rows of drawnwork, pretty
stamped designs, DC
eacn.- .-...-.-...-.-.-....-...
1S-inch hemstitched Doilies, I'm
stamped designs, with three az
rows OpenwOrk, each.
Cords and TasseIs, for pillows 2Oc
and fancywork, H.25 values. Nv
Pincushion Forms, muslin-cov- -
cred, upward from ~
Pincushion Forms, In all sizes and
colors, ranging In price up f0c
ward from. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AOO
Second Floor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15
Imperial BurIesqucrs at the Empire.

The audience at the Empire yesterday
afternoon laughed more than any Monday
afternoon audience for weeks, due princi-
pally to the clever comedy work of Frank
Byron, who, with Louise Langdon, Is at the
head of the Imperial Burlesquers."
Byron is entertaining at every stage of the
performance, whether in his "Rube, v
''Cholly Boy or Happy Hooligan' role,
and the audience was extremely reluctant
to let him go off the stage at any time.
He was ably assisted in his fun making
in the burlesque by Snitz Moore and Gladys
ST John while in the olio John E. Cain
fairly divides the honors with him.
On the whole the company and the per-
formers are good and deserving of liberal
patronage during the week. The chorus is
unusually well drilled and strikingly cos
TUNED and scored a hit with the military
drill in the last burlesque.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-15

"Ihr0ugh Fire ana water at Park.
A four-act melodrama called Through
Fire and Water is the bill at the Park the
first half of this week. The play is gen.
uine thriller, railroad dramas usually
are, and the audience last night did full
justice TO the climaxes that followed one
after the other, each more wonderful than
the other Through Fire and Water"
might be called a romance of the rail-" as
it Is full of railroad trains and high and
low officials, and other things that suggest
this particular line of industry. In fact,
few features that smack of life on the rail
are lacking Even the depot restaurant,
where bad coffee is sold at % cents cup, is
present. In this play the villain is John
Wilder, superintendent of the road, char
acter that is depicted by Thomas j. Nc
Mahon. Darrell VintOn, as Joe Thorn, an
engineer in the employ of the road, is the
with Pearl, the beautiful daughter of a
high official and the relations of the three
people cause all the unhappiness on the
stage and in the audience.
The girl has the real stuff in her. though,
because she runs an egine when there Is no
one else to take the throttle. and on one
occasion saves the life Of Thorn by prevent
ing him from going over a waterfall while
he is on the river boating.
The women in the audience almost go into
Thorn as a lucky fellow, for, of course, she
throws down the superintendent of him.
Perhaps the best piece of character work
is by James Maiaidy, who does the part of
Tom May, the old father OF Olive May,
girl who has been wronged by the villain
Wilder.
This young woman is Helen Hunter. She,
too is in love with Thorn, but she is made
of the right sort of metal, and she gives him
up to the other woman. She is SO sweet
about it that everybody in the audience
feels sorry Tor her, and this is her reward.
There is brakeman who is six feet and six
inches tall in the play. This is Joe Hyde,
who, with F. w. Bernard, William l.. Ray
more and Mamie Lincoln Pixley, provide
some comedy and receive the glad hand.
The character of Pasco, half breed In
dian. is done by Dan McCullum in very
creditable way.
There are a few inconsistent and illogical
things about the play, but there so
many thrills To the minute that the audi
ence does not have time to analyze the
shortcomings. The scene effects are GER
rainly all that could be desired by those who
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29

Mnlch h her skirt was artifc'aIy spread To this
S 70 can only think Of that glorious singer as
Ti % a woman for some reason compelled to ex-
n1uIt @ hersef on the stage with a barrel fastened
IOuhu her waist A lyrical heroine jumping IN
d sack would have been graceful and reasonable
Uy comparison Do what Will. we who have
lVed in those days cannot dissOciate our MEM
oIles or the crinolne from memories OF the
woman Of the period
Mr.. Mccarthy speaks with enthusiasm Of
Dickens and Thackeray. but adds nothing to
our knowledge of them He has interesting
picture Of Tennyson on the occasion Of his for
NAL Introduction to the House Of Lords. The
poet wore his robes Of state. and though these
robes make garb in which it is hardly possf-
bic for any novice not to appear somewhat
ridiculous" he carried himself with remarkable
dignity through his ordeal OF Newman. the
author says that he was strikingly deficient in
some Of the arts and gifts that go to make a
great orator preacher His bearing was not
impressive his gaunt. emaciated figure his
sharp eagle face, his eyes of quiet meditation
were rather likely TO repel than to attract those
who heard and him for the first time" Mr..
Mccarthy says that John Bright was once posi-
lively angry with him because he happened to
say that he regarded him as a greater orator
than Gladstone. He told me-" says the author.
in his blunt, good hurnored way. that could
hardly have been thinking of what ! was say
ing. because nobody with any judgment could
set him up as a rival in eloquence TO Glad
stone-
The chapter Sir Richard Burton is good
one. conveying a striking impression Of one Of
the most brilliant men IN the London OF the Co.'s.
II contains. by the way, a curious episode of
psychic mystery. Mr.. Mccarthy, both IN lit
erary and in political fields. has had wide ex-
perience and the names we have cited from bis
book form only small group out of the num-
herx VIII htch haH HaoI IaIF ,h1
tographs accompany his text and for frontis-
piece he gives reproduction of picture of the
statesmen identified with the negotiation Of the
Treaty Of Paris in 1860 He has given US. In
short well filed historical gallery. The draw.
back to his book is that # lacks an index
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29

ary leaders. "Maclise and Landseer were prob
ahly the most universally admired among paint
ers at that time fact vividly illustrating the
manner in which artistic taste has Jagged be-
hind literary taste in England. At the opera
Mr. Mccarthy listened to Crsi. AlbonL Mario
Tamberlik and Lablache. In the theatre he
Charles Mathews. Charles Kean. the Keeleys
and Helen Faucit
These are inspiring names, and Mr. Nc
Carthy has something to say about them all
But we are glad that he has thought it worth
while to pause before approaching them In order
TO write some amusing passages on one of the
most characteristic things Of the time-crinoline
He protests that no one who was not living then
can form any adequate idea Of the grOtesque
effect produced on the outer aspects Of social
life by this article Of feminine costume" Con-
unuing. he says:
/ remember well seeing a great tragic queen
OF opera going through thrilling part at one OF
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29

CO.'S young journalist. Intelligent and
eager. There was no Thames ETnbanknent IN
those days. there were 70 underground railways
and no tramcars- The Thames tunnel was still
the wonder and delight OF provincial visitors,
there were still some toll bridges spanning the
Thames between Westminster and London
Bridge" Across the Channel Napoleon III was
II bis glory. his power apparently destined to re-
main unthreatened In England the conspicuous
public figures were Palnerston and Lord John
Russell. Brougham and I.yndhurst Golden and
Bright Gladstone and DisraelL Tennyson,
Dickens. Thackeray and Carlyle were the liter
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29

the lyric theatres Her Crinoline was OF ultra
expansion was rigid and unyielding in It's
structure as the mail COrselet Of the Maid OF
Orleans The skirt Of silk or satin spread over II
was so symmetrically and rigidly confor1ned 70
the outlines of the crinOline that it seemed as II
II were pasted to the vast arrangement beneath
The thrill and tragedy of the part were wholly
lost OF me- l could only see the unpictureSQue
a absurdity OF the exhibition. l could feel no
sympathy with the dramatic suHerngs OF the
nelodious heroine thus inclOsed. Every move
rnent and rush OF passion. Of prayer, OF wild
despair OF distracted love was lost on me- for
each change of posture only brought into more
striking display the fact that l was looking at a
slight and graceful woman boxed UP in some
sort of solid barrel Of preposterous SIZE over
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29
IN THE SIITTES.
Mr. Justin Mccarthy on the Celebri-
ties Of That Time.

PoRTRA ATS OF THE SIXTIES. BY Justin No
G. Bros.
These are the reCOnections OF a man who has
been privileged TO see. and often to talk with =
number cf the figures who made life I'm Londo,
interesting nearly half century ago. He writes
In a pleasant. unassuming vein, and If he does
not tell US much that is new he at least makes
his chapters readable through care IN the draw
ing OF his sketches and through readiness in
introducing an anecdote whenever opportunity
arises. lis first pages are perhaps the best in
the entire book They give good picture Of
the London In which he settled In the early
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29
ST NICHOLAS HIS BONES.
.-n Tie London Daily Telegraph

Prom Tie London Daily Telegraph
Bar and Venice have always disputed as 70
Nti-l Cf them possesses tie authentic bones OF
E Nicholas bat there would seem TO be no
c0-tt i- the mind q the Russian General Bag
toa0v.-eh. who on seeing them offered the
Cathedral of Bari 100000 rUbles Cabout t1O5.-
GtI fJr them. with the intention Of taking them
% Russia where this saint is extraordinarily y
popular. Il appears that General BaEdonOvitCh
rs visiting Bari when be saw the relics which
az a. TIE bottom OF a species of well the bones
beng crossed and water sp-1ngtng from them
ce---ual.y. lie became very thoughtful and
then exclaimed I viii give you lODO.OOO rubes
II Eeu- When those present smiled, thinking
t--t Le was Joking be repeated his offer several
t-es b-t- @ course. Il was refused The pres
e-t Car. Czarowitch- visited the same relics
vale the cathedral was the scene Of Queen
Eelsla's at-u-ation of the Orthodox creed and
Eer conversion Roman Catholicism Il Is
thought that the matter viii not end here. and
that ne general VII make further efforts 70
Secure the bones, but q course, hA has no
eAs1Os u gaCceEx
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29


FOREST HEARTH a Romance Of Indiana In
the Thirues- By Charles Major. with llIusIra. IT.
Macmillan Company.
TWO SIDES OF THE FACE Midwinter Tales
BY a 7. Quiner-Couch- 12mo-. pp- "a Charles
Scribners Sons
THE HoIaday Case Is the kind Of book
which Professor Dicey must have had in his
mind when he said recently. to a company OF
students IF you like detective story take care
you read a good detective story This is a good
detective story. and it is the better because the
part of the hero Is not filed by a member Of
the profession He is a young lawyer, and he is
not even in love with the heroine. He leaves
that to one Of his chiefs tn his office and it IL
only a manly sympathy and a fancy for un-
raveling q difficult problem by which he Is
moved to throw himself with ardor into the
solution of what looks like an impenetraole
mystery One Of the clients Of the firm By
which Lester is employed. is an old millionaire
who is found at his desk down town. dead. with
knife sticking in his throat The discoverer
Of the body is a trusted clerk who Is obviously
innocent and IS only urged by the evidence OF
his senses and an overwhelming sense OF duty
to swear that Just before he opened the door
Of his employers room and found the latter
weltering in his own blood. that employers
daughter the heroine of the novel had visited
the old man. stayed with him behind closed
doors, and then gone away. one OIL OF leSl4-
mony after another points to Miss Holladay's
r-1ft Lester makes II his business TO demon
strate her innocence, and the task IS no light
one for the girl herself fatty refuses 70 ex-
plain where she was the moment In which
her father met his death At the last moment
the coroner's jury is given reason TO believe
that she may safely be acquitted. but the
matter does not end with the favorable verdict
rendered On the contrary. the plot thickens,
and Lester is plunged into deeper and deeper
bewiIderrnent- The reader must learn for him
self how the case is ultimately settled We
can assure him that he VIII not want to put
the book down until he has reached the last
mage This is one Of the most ingeniously con-
structed detective stories we have read in a
long time and il is well written into the bar
gain
In - Forest Hearth" Mr.. Major turns from
the motives drawn from the olden time which
he has treated IN the past, and gives as 70
nance of modern America But the modernity
in ii is colored by the picturesque conditions OF
life in Indiana early in the last century HIS
lovers grow up near to the wildwood amid peo-
nIe with the pioneering impulse In their blood,
and simple in their ways as they are old fash
ioned in their dress and everyday surroundings
"A Forest Hearth" is love story Of the old
fashioned sort the heroine an artless and plucky
girl the hero a stalwart youth. brave and un-
selfish. AS their romance proceeds amid the
scenes and incidents Of unsophisrcated
neighborhood there seems at first no possibility
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29
FICTION.
n DetectiUe Story and An IdyH Of
the Forest.

THE HOLIDAY CASE A Tale. BY Burton z
Stevenson Emo. pp. 2a Henry Holt & Co.
FOREST HEARTH A Romance Of Indiana In
the Thirties- By Charles Major. With Ilustra-
tons by Clyde o. DeLand LIMO. pp- 2SA The
Macmillan Company.
New-York tribune., 1903-11-29

TWO SIDES OF THE FACE Midwinter Tales
Scrihner's Sons
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-30
Statistics of Old Age.

Those persons who find life so vel
worth living that they would not bt
sorry to become centcnarians will
surely be interested in the following
statistics which were recently com
piled by an interchangeable French sci,
enlist:
Out of every million persons who
are born in the same year. $4,000, he
says, live for 20 years, lnl 900 for sc
wears and SSH Cor 90 years. Two hun
dred and forty-iivc persons ont Of every
million live for - years, - FOR 9S, ~
for 30, % for 100. . for lO1 :! for lO2
and ! for 103 years. A few among the
million may attain even Il greater age
than this. and the StatiStican cX-
presses this chance in fractions Thus
the chance that n man may live for
lGt wears is O.3 and the chance that
lie may live for 100 years is OIL.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-30
Sugar ~ Timber Preserver.

Among new uses to which sugar has
recently been put is the preservation
of timber. Much interest has been
aroused by The announcement, as the
result OF Il prolonged series of. expert
mentS, of a method of so treating tim
bcr as to secure even from soft wood
a largely increased toughness and
hardness The treatment to which the
timber is subjected is, roughly speak
ing. that of saturation at boiling point
with q solution of sugar, the water
being aftcrwarl cvaporated at high
temperature. The result is to leave tn.
pores and intersticcs of the wood filled
in with solid matter and the timber
vulcaniZcd. preserved and seasoned.
The nature of moderately soft wood,
it is claimed. is in this way changed to
a tough and hard substance. without
briitlencss. and also without any ten
dcncy 10 split or crack.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-30
A prellisiOriC NiIln.e.

Dr.. NJ. &. Mills. curator of the State
Archaeological Society has discovered
that there is prehistoric village site
on the Garincr farm, a few miles south
of Chllicotl!c, Ohio. says a dispatch
from that city He has made cA"ara-
tions which disclose many valuable
relics OF an ancient people. The site
is Il little elevation near the Scot"
River The place was undoubtedly
chosen by the Indians with n view
Of fortifying themselves from The at
tackG OF predatory tribes.
Dr.. Mills has opened for,y-nirc pits
which were Used for storing food and
in some cases for burials. In these
were found rharrcI corn and beans,
whcl, leads the archacologist TO infer.
that the mound builders knew some
tlin. Of agriculture, hispclitm. the
popular theory thai they snhsis;"d en-
lirciy ON fish and game. Zones OF riSs,
deer, gray fox. coon aud groun1ho=
We're found in profuSinn.
Many of The bones had been skill
fully fashioned into fish hooks and
various charms. Broken pottery OF
varied designs. beautiful necklaces or
delicately color2d sea shells, poiishcd
beaver teeth. weaving instruments, IN
cluding needles and small bobbins or
stone. and many other implements
were uncarlhcI. Several skeletons and
specimens of carved bones and pipes
were also pro ,lreA.- New York Com
!nc-cial Advertiser.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-10-30
E.nks Cutnuetp For DeuOsits.

There are some OId-fashiOncu banks
in New York which refuse to notice
the dcpositOr whose balance is small.
but intense rivalry is inducing others
to advertise for deposits of any amount.
In some Institutions when Il balance
falls below SI00 the he2ositor is po-
litely tor othcrwiscJ informed that he
must get back TO the SI00 mark or get
ont. The number Of banks incrca scS.
one would think. out of all proportion
10 the demand for such financial in
stitntions, yet most Of them, when
adroitIy managed, are money makers,
The rivalry between them has opened 4
new field OF cndeaVOr for active men.
1t used 10 be said that when Il person
had failed at everything else he could
drop into life insurance and exc out
an existence Now he can become II
solicitor for bank deposits Ht Sl3 Il
week. To secure two dcpositors Il
week is regarded as good business.
The occupation requires more assur-
ancc than book-agcntinG. The solici-
tor usually confines his operations to
his friends, or his friends friends. He
asks them to open an account with
5000 for two months, which insurcs
his salary for Il time.