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~ JERSEY.

"The prejudices OF the father were not
shared by his SONS, for toy all played,
and Harry. the eldest. was known as high
roller He was Of age. however. and in
dependently rich by inheritance from his
grandfather. so his father could hardly
have interfered II he had desired to.
do not know whether he set the pace or
merely Joined with his guests. but l do
know that the stiffest game ! ever hap
pened to see was played in Harry's parlor
that week.
Probably wouldn't have known any
thing about IL, but Gwaltney said to me
quietly one night just before the party broke
q I don't think I'll play poker tonight
It was little surprise to me. for he was fond
OF the game. but l said:
That's not bad idea. have few
nights sleep to make up myself
"'Sleep' he exclaimed, I'm not thinking
of sleep Time enough for that when we
70 home But I'm thinking We can get
more excitement looking on than we can
playing our limit game
at had come to be talked about, quietly,
| that the table-stakes game had gone on to
a no-lirnit proposition and that there
was some desperate play to be seen. This
he told me, and then went on to say that
| there was an additional interest in the con-
test by reason of the fact that three Of the
| players we're av6wed suitors for the hand
| of one of the young Ladies' in the house.
party. ,.
Its pretty hard to say which has the
inside track i'll the race. said Gwaltney,
'but it's safe bet that Bob Carruthers
wont win. don't say that his poverty is
! bar, but he's worse than poor.
His father died year ago and when
| tbev came to settle his estate ii was found
that he had gambled it all away, and the
| nlantation, which was all that was left to
Rob ia to be sold on foreclosure next week
unless he pays a mortgage Of eighty thou
sand And don't think he has thousand
TO the good.
That might not disqualify him entirely,
Isn't he ia a born gambler. and though he
| IL not, perhaps. any worse than haisey. or
(ambon. they can afford TO play and he
can't. So Miss jules parents oppose him
vigorously.
al hear that he has won two or three
,boussnd this week. but that is liable to
! nnahsd 10 raise as much more. There's
no great friendship among the three men,
though. and I wouldn't be surprised to
see some interesting doings Tonight
We'll. naturally, vou couldn't have
kent mo out of Harry's parlor with guns
after that, SO Gwaltney and went over
there after The dance broke up. Harry
and the three rivals were already at the
table and the fifth seat. for there were only
Ave men in the ho,se-party who cared
to play in SO stiff a game. was held by a
co,,sin of Gwaltney's. named Harding
They we're just beginning the play
| with a hundred apiece in chips as usual,
| bnt noticed that each mans pocletbook
Inv on The table In front Of him, and II was
.oon evident that the chips were useful
onlv 40 change and for convenience IN the
ante The important bets were made
| with banknotes.
III was almost necessarily so. for the
ante was IS, calling SO, and when Jack
not was made it meant $50 In the pot before
the deal.
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A HOUSE PARTY
n IN THE SOUTH.
High Play at Poker Among the
Guests of a Plantation Owner
Before the War.

Il could not pretend to have any famil-
Iary with fashionable society even If 1
had any desire to do So said the gray
haired young looking man in the club
smoking room But must confess that
| am considerably amused at times by
what read Of the happenings among
society people. And among other things,
tho stories of what they call house parties
seem to stand out IA peculiarly enjoyable
Ia the reader who happens to know what
house party was in the days before the
civil war down in Sout hern States.
In tho days of slavery the South was
dotted all over with enormous estates,
some oi them comprising thousands Of
a"r"s, which We're to all practical purposes
independent prncipalities.
Il had the good fortune to spend week
once rs he guest of a guest at one OF these
plantations near Tuscumbia, Ala, when
vas great deal younger than l am now,
and some Of the Incidents of that visit
are as clear in my mind as they were the
day they happened.
y say was the guest Of a guest, for
had never seen the host till I entered his
house nor had he ever heard OF me till he
raw me But I was visiting an old school
friend, Roy Gwatney at Tuscumhia. when
i" was hidden to the wedding festivities
ri Robert Matthews's Oldest daughter.
and be took me with him "a a matter OF
cOlr>"
There were probably sixty guests on
'hc place when Gwaltney and | rode out
fh"r" on horseback. And before the day OF
inc wedding there must have been twenty
or thirty more. The great mansion ac-
conmodated fully one-half of these. but 1t
was reserved entirely for the ladies', Mr.
Matthew'S being the only man who slept
in he house
zach Of his six sons all unmarried men.
lad cottage OF his own near the great
house, and in these cottages, or offices, az
'h"y q He'd them for some reason which |
lever understood. thc men guests found
ample accommodation.
Bur oh. tn. fun there was OH that plan
ta'lon that week! In the first place. every
BODY NET at breakfast. After breakfast
"'r" were shooting and riding and billiards
ana hlrjing, and Lord knows what And
every night there was dancing
And after the dancing there was card
paying NOT in the big house, but in the Of
N"s Some Of the games were mild.
! played in q 5O-cent limit game myself,
ht there was n small crowd OF hard players
VINO met in Harry Matthews's little parlor
every night after the ladies' had left us,
VINO played .ablr stakes. each man begin
ing with IA hundred dollars in chips each
NIGHT. and that turned out to be q fierce
contest before the week was up.
i don't think Mr. Matthew'S. the father,
MEOW positively about the playing, for
'n'F told me he didn't approve Of cards
Aier u" vas 10 years old; hut he prob
ably lad his suspicious, knowing his sons
pretty we'll, However, he did not interfere.
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to land our passengers in Germany shortly
after nightfal.
4Now, I'm not calculating on American
tourists being nnintelligent people, hut TN
less some Of them speak German pretty
luently and have mighty pryin, inQuisi-
tive dispositions. I'll bet I'll he able to make
at least three more ocean voyages before
any one of my first batch Of passengers
Discovers, that it's Hoboken, 2. s. A.. he's
touring.
Then, Of course, IL he isn't inclined TO
make the return trip on my line he can
take the ferry"
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ABROAD. BUT AT HOME.
Lochinvnr Leary Has Plans for New Route
70 Germany with Short Cut Back.

Can You tell mo-" Lochinvar Leary
asked, where I'd be likely TO be able to
charter boat capable of housing about
500 people for five Of six days?
AOf course, il 1t had trifling bit Of ma
chinery in ii and could @ by itself for a
matter OF a mile or two. 80 much the better.
But that isn't at all essential: all really
need is the boat itself
I've been readin' in the newspapers OF
the hundreds and hundreds of Americans
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aToo bad
boy race e
the papers
a question
first. The
would be ri
why?
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Followon q
In Jones C
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ponies. buq
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groaned VI
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and stop 81 Z
" Come
the frenzis :
" But at
The strctcY(o
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New York l1arbor late
on Saturday after
noon. We calculate
TO reach the three
mile limit about the
| time our passengers
| get to bed. Then,
everything being fav-
orable, our pilot will
leave us and we'll
cast anchor.
During the night,
awnings will be
spread on the land
side in order to shut
of the view. and next
morning, for all any
one Of the passengers
knows. We may be
scudding along on the
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Il couN but
iarity vii Hy
had any NJ
haired, on
smoking eks
] am che
what I k pe
society AZ
the storidor
seem to ed
to the rs.-
a house b i,e
civil war; he
I'm thu ed
dotted -
some Of
Rcros, vi he
in,Iependso
II had bd
once as ! ul-
plantatioblT1,
was a grR
and sonkh
are as q In
day they
Il say !.
had new
house. ns
saw me.
friend, x.
he was -.
Of RobeeUnr
and he NJ
course. NJ
"Therse
the pladne
there ont--
the wcd&
or thirtm
rolnmod9,
was resAosaa
Matthew
in the h"rs
"EacIaket.
had IA c&rd
house. aM,r..
they csBv-
never 4or
ample aS ns
But died
tation thsree
body mons
there wef
and airTnS's
every niwas
." And still
playing. ient
= Sc all
! pieyedfter
who me&ite
every nP,nnss
who PLAYER
ming wiEht
night, arse
contest fs m
Il dokShts
knew n
they tohs
after bts
ably l,ahS
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should be spendin' their money aboard
right in their own country here than to
be squanderin' 1t abroad in some one else's
country. That's what I say. And that's
why I. Lochinvar Leary, an organizin'
the Leary international Transatlantic Line
of ocean dachshunds. plyin' between New
York and Germany.
"If can charter boat for one week
for $500, why for 500 more ought to be
able to ger two pilots, a German street
band of three pieces, eight German walters
in sailor suits, and couple Of barrels
OF crackers. sanerkraut and sausage. as
sorted.
Five hundred passengers at 500 pass
would make $4,000, and say $4,000 for the
lease Of the barrpom and pool rights would
bring il ZIP to S8o.nOO.
"Deduc.iDg expenses, there ought TO be
a small matter Of $4,000 or 81 left for Loeb
invar Ieary. president. captain and per-
sonal conductor of the international ocean
dnchshunds.
"You don't understand? Why. it's 40
simple babe in arms could work It. Let
me explain my scheme.
aThe floating palace Schoutenholleren,
laden as above, will set sail if 1t has sails.
or be lowed by pilot IL II hasn't sails. from
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-26
FIERCE THEATRICAL WAR.

A fierce theatrical war will be waged
In the West this spring, the contending
forces being Henrietta .Crosman and
James K. Hackett on5one side, and ]. ii.
Sothern, w. H. Crane and Nat Goodwin
on the other. The seat of war proper
will be Denver, where Miss Crosman
will meet single-handed the opposing
forces. Mr. Haekett will carry his
campaign as far west as Lincoln and
then let Miss Crosman go it alone to
Denver. For a long time Maurice
Campbell has announced that Miss Cros
man would play in Denver this spring.
and from time to time the Denver pa
pers have asked the question where"
. Both the Tabor opera house and
Broadway theater are in the hands of
the syndicate. SO, of course, they are
closed to this independent star. The
Curtis theater, the Stair & Havlin
house will not accommodate Miss eros
mans productions until after altera-
tons are made next fall. AS he did in
Philadelphia, however Mr.. Campbell
has solved the problem and has con-
tracted for Miss Crosman to play her
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engagement at F'liteh's Gardens which
contains a beautiful theater. Tt Is GUS
tomary for the Gardens to put axstock
company in every summer. This season
the same plan will be followed, but the
season will be inaugurated by a weeks
engagement of Miss Crosman and her
company in the repertoire s-atesS2 90,
prices. Her enga cement will be for one
week and will open Monday, May 18th.
Miss CrOsmans particular opponent
will be q. H. Sothern at the Broadway
'theater. Crane and Goodwin foifews
1t seems probable, however, that Miss
Crosman will win out, AT least She
: has great hold on the Denver peepie.
/ She has. played there a number Of stock
engagements and Originally pToduced
her Mistress NeIp at the Taber..opse
era house three years ago. Miss Cros-
man has not been in Denver since THAT
time and in the int ERIN has made her.
great successes. She will present dur 3
ing the week, AS YousLike It,ssssFhe';
Sword sof the Kingg Mistress; .NelBss
and Madeline.
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One view Of Ibsen's Ghosts" in a
theater is enough to relegate the play
to the library. The library can stand
1t, as peradventure it has stood "ac-
cOuntant for as many SINS But the
stage, never.
1t is perhaps true that art and eth
les should not be COMPOUNDED. But
when through the medium of art, our
possibilities are shocked, it is time
to call a halt.
There is line, it seems to me- over
which art should not step. Particu-
larly that of the player, who, perforce,
must declaim into the ears of the peo-
pie the noXious truth that the sins Of
the fathers are visited upon the chill
dren. Unfortunately, we who have
lived know this, and we who have not
lived find it out soon enough.
As already intimated, the library is
privileged. The most audacious dram
atist would scarcely dare accept Rabe-
lais or Smollet or Sterne's "SentimentIi
Journey" to the stage, while any of
these masterpieces of literature ia
be read with decorum in the closet.
But to parade them on the stage, what
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striking general chord of appreciation
in this play. The action of the play
takes place about. forty years ago, and
deals with certain phases Of the re
construction" period shortly after the
Civil war. 1t is neither military play
nor "a satire on politics, but South
ern romance, in which all the political
and sentimental characteristics Of life
in the far South are mingled with the
stirring dramatic incidents of those
intense days when the victorious North
first attempted tofset up form of mill
tary government for the vanquished
South. Mr.. Murphy portrays the North
ern governor of a Southern state, a
man whom the fortunes of war and
the exigencies of politics have made,
temporarily, the ruler of an enemy's
country, an absolute monarch in a re-
public.
Mr.. Murphy is comedian of the
best and the legitimate school. He
has the inherent force of personality,
and his quiet, easy style, his utter abb
sence of striving for effect and his
acute sense of humor and absolute
naturalness give his hearers a refresh
ing touch of genuine enjoyment that
it is not hard to see why he has be-
come a public favorite.
The supporting company is said to
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with little success. A woman must pos
sess a keen sense OF humor, wit and
repartee to successfully fill such posi-
ton. Such women are very rare. A few
days ago Miss Dressler received the fol-
lowing telegram from San Antonio, Tex. /:
will you accept position as interlocutor.
West Minstrel, next season2- Salary $780,
Answer. Sanford Ricaby." Owing TO
other engagements which Miss DressleP
has made for next season, she was obliged
to decline the offer. A big minstrel com
pany in which she would be featured as
interlocutor would undoubtedly create a
sensation. The idea Is certainly an orig
inal one and opens up a field for clever
women. 1t would be an innovation, and
with the proper person might prove to be-
Enquirer.
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THE STAR.

Rice & Bartons Rose Hill English
Folly company is this weeks attraction
at the Star, the engagement opening
with matinee this afternoon. The or
ganization enjoys the merited reputa-
ton of being one of the very best
burlesque aggregations on the road. 1t
invariably offers something new and up
to date and is never guilty of present.
ing stale and wornout specialties.
frankie Haines, the chic dainty COM
edienne is still a star feature of this big
combination. She is still the same lit
tie artistic, with shapely form, and
sweet voice, that makes her a favorite
here as well as elsewhere. Comedian
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at the Metropolitan May 8, 4, and 6,
gives Effie Ellsler ample opportunities
for the display of her powers. In the first
act of the play, dramatized by Paul Kes-
ter from Charles. Majors novel of six
teenth century life, Mary Tudor's i'm
perious irrascible nature calls for con-
stantly varying moods on the part of the
actress. The spoiled sister of Henry VIII,
who was said to be the only woman in
her brothers court. is an April-day girl
all through. Her frank wooing of Charles
Brandon, a humble captain in the Royal
guard, is.saelieious love making.
nv Miss E1isaeFs leading man Is Walter
r. Seymour who portrays Charles Bran
sdoff.@ the valiant lover of Princess Mary
Tudor. His famous duel scene with Sir
Adam Judson, as portrayed by Robert B.
sakeggereis, is described as the finest bit Of
sword play seen on the American stage
ein many years.
The well known German dialect come
dian, Pete Baker, comes to the Grand
in May, presenting his well known com
eedya success Chris and Lena"
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TIM MURPHY AT METROPOLITAN.

Tim Murphy, who has succeeded as
few other actors have done in impress
ing his audiences with the genuine
ness of his optimism and cheerfulness,
will return to the Metropolitan Thurs
day for three nights and matinee.
1.-The Carbetbagger," which was writ
ten for him by Opie Read, the well
known novelist, and Frank S. Pixley,
whose name is chiefly associated with
the successful musical comedy, king
Dodo," "The Burgomaster," and THE
Prince of Pilsen." AS might be expect
ed, the united interest and effort of
these two skillful writer's has prAluced
one of the most interesting and anus
ing plays Of the decade.
Mr.. Murphy has been successful in
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by English men and women A German
money-lender is played by German, and
two French servants are played by q
mademoiselle" and monsieur, from
sunny France.
Shakespeare as a character on the stage,
as he is introduced in 1.-THE Favor OF the
Queen" the play which won the George
- Fawcett prize contest in Baltimore. has
aroused a vast interest, particularly
among students of the drama who stand
aghast at the temerity of a young and
hitherto unknown dramatic writer who
dares to make this character a speaking
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George W. Rice is a prime favorite
with his unctious humor and original
IDEAS.
The Baby Trust" the olio, includes
Catherine Rowe Palmer in contortion,
and toe dancing; Tom Nolan and Cora
White in travesty entitled "1The Fun
ny Travels and the Handsome Sou
brette," Cracey and Burnett in their
funny sketch 1.-The Royal Jaunter.h
Thomas and Watson purVeyors of topi-
cal wit, and Rice and Elmer in their
funny comedy horizontal bar acl. Berry
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presence. Roy S. Sensabaugn, author of
the play, is only % years old. THE Favor
of the Queen" will be presented with Miss
Percy Haswell, Frank Gilmore and other
Fawcett players, while De Witt Jennings
will create the part of the Bard or Avon.
Blanche Walsh will end her long run in
New York in IRE direction" the first of
next month. and start out with the piece
for brief spring tour before closing the
season. She will continue in the play next
season.
The heirs of the late Eugene Field an
nounce that they have disposed of a comic
opera written by Mr.. Field. which ne call
ed 1.-The Buccaneers. me piece VIII
likely be produced in New York next sea-
son.
Miss Julia Marlowe will not accept lib
eral offers made to her to play in Austria
liza the coming summer, preferring to rest
in preparation for her production of II. V.
FAnond's play, Fools Of Nature" which
WI go on in September.
James K. Hackett has purchased from
Winston Churchill the dramatic rights Of
Mr. ChurchilPs novel. THE Celebrity. ="
The dramatization will be made by well
known \ 1thor, and Mr.. Hackett will pro-
duce the play next autumn with special
company, headed by d well known &C
tor.
George AIDES new comedy will be called
1.-THE Circuit Judge" and it IS said will be
a far more legitimate effort at play max
ing than anything the well known slang
writer has yet brought out. Mr.. AIDE
has completed the first act and is at work
on the remainder hoping to have it ready
for use by next season.
The latest sensational melodramatic
success, 1.-The First Woman in London,
now running at the Adelphi theater, Lon
don, has Just been secured for this coun-
try by Fred Be er and r. @. Craerin, who
signed contracts with Frank w. Sanger
for the piece and will give 1t an elaborate
production in the. fan.
From America, where her tour will end
in May Mrs. Langtry will sail for England
for a three weeks holiday Then she goes
to South Africa where she will make her
first appearance. Her season will last from
early July until September. She will carry
no company with her but will be support
ed by local stock companies.
Loie Fuller, who is in New York, Is said
to be contemplating the early production
in this country OF the musical pantomime-
tragedy, "Salome," in which she will en-
ploy over $50 persons on the stage, and in
which she gives her dance of Salome be-
fore King Herod for the head Of Jonn the
Baptist.
Lillian Russell has renewed her contract
which announcement effectually ends the
rumors as to her intended starring tour
next fall.
The sensational hit which Miss Marie
Dressler made as interlocutor in the min
to Sherry Matthews at the Broadway
last year has not been forgotten. Others
have tried to emulate her in the same
character since that time, but have met
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will appear in repertoire of plays, includ-
ing The, Joy of Living" Mrs. Campbell
is London's favorite actress.
Rich and Harris, comedians in the
funny comedy, Are You a Masen? are
booked for the Metropolitan opera house
before the close of the season.
Mrs. Leslie Carter in David Belasco's
'Du Barry with the original New York
cast and production, win be seen at the
Metropolitan opera house for an engage
ment of one week the latter part Of May.