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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-26
MRS. BRYAN MAY COME.
Hearing on the Bennett Estate to be
 Resumed To-Night.


 The continued hearing on the Bennett estate will be resumed in the probate court before Judge Cleaveland at $ o'clock this evening and it is expected that some interesting facts will be brought out.
 There has been considerable talk about Mrs. Bryan coming here to testi' fly as to what part she took in tht drawing of the will. and also as to what occurred at that time.
 Whether she will come here or not is yet uncertain.
 Mrs. Bennett, who is now residing in New York city, came here Saturday to get some personal effects at her home in this city at 137 Wall street.
 After holding short interview with her attorney, ex-Judge Stoddard. sh returned to New York Saturday night
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They are speaking of the agitating or ator. He is a man who weighs his words remarked the close observer. "If he does" said the cynic. The gives short weight."- Chicago Daily News.
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METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE.
 The Metropolitan Magazine for No vember is a specially fine issue The magazine has made a splendid record in the few months since it was launch
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-26

NEW HAVEN WEST CONFERENCE. The thirty-ninth annual meeting of the New Haven West conference will
 be held in Plymouth church, Milford, next Wednesday.
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ghe grmrma1 and Courier
Monday, October 26 1903.
AEIy ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

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JOHN COSTELLO.

John, the son of MT. and Mrs. Edward Costello, of g Webster street, died Oto- Der 19 at the age of three years. The interment was on Tuesday in St. Law ssnce cemetery. ..s.e
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-26
WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, D. C.. Oct. p, 1905, p. m'
 For New England: Fair in west. rain in east portion Monday: brisk to high north- west winds: Tuesday fair:
 For Eastern New York: Partly clou9y Monday and Tuesday; cooler Monday night and Tuesday; brisk northwest winds.
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Blakeslee lesson will be given by Rev. Milton D. Phillips. The teachers in all schools are cordially invited to attend these meetings.
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THE STAR.

For the current weeks attraction,
the Star theater management an
nounces Sam Devere's Own company. IS
The performance begins with an olio.
headed by Sam Devere-Che original
whistling coon)-in new songs and
sayings, followed by Smith and Cham
pion In a farce. The Rice brothers
will contribute amazing feats on the
triple horizontal bars, Seymour and
Hill will indulge In dancing and ground
tumbling. The Century Four will sing
songs and tell some rapid-fire funny
stories.
Other features will be Burke and
McAvoy in laughable comedy, His
First Lesson" showing humorous and
scientific sides Of the fistic ring, and IL
Illustrating many of the famous knock
out blows of the worlds greatest fight
ers. Mr.. Burke is especially noted in
having fought the longest battle on
record, 10 rounds, which lasted seven
hours and twenty minutes.
The opening and closing burlesuues
will Introduce twenty graceful girls,
handsome costumes and a merry me-
lange Of musical numbers.
Max Luttbeg. champion lightweight
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from which he is homesick. His grand
son, Pereival Bines, has been educated
in the East, having a love for that Sec
ton of the country, while he cares for
the West only because it produces his
wealth. While East, Percival saves a
girl from carriage accident. He re-
turns home dreaming of her. When the
play opens party of Fasteners on a
tour of inspection, and the guests of
Ru1on Shepler, a New York banker,
come on the scene. In the party is the
young woman of the carriage accident.
Percival meets her, and disregarding
his promise to his grandfather that
he would remain at home, he follows
her East, taking his mother and sister
with him.
The second act is laid In Shepler's
country house on Long Island. The
Bines family have cut loose They part
with money in chunks. Old Peter,
hearing how things are going, comes
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parts, will impersonate the ruler. This
particular Bungloo is a potentate "of
infinite jest He cracks a joke every
time he opens his mouth. But unfortu-
nately, his subjects, dull and muddy
mettled rascals,'' fail to appreciate
them-and there is trouble. In vain
the Bungloo repeats them in small in
stallments. The natives remain bliss
fully unconscious.
THE Storks," male and female, are
all BIRDS Alma Youlin is the Bungloo's
sister. She is said to possess a graceful
person, a sweet voice and an appeal
ing presence. Countess van Hatzfeldt,
youthful prima donna, who assumes
the role of the poundmaster's daughter,
is credited with similar accomplish
merits.
Thomas Cameron, a tenor, engaged
for this tour, has a reputation of pos
sessing a strong and melodious voice.
Gilbert Gregory, as the shoemaker and
court philosopher, is said to be clever
entertainer. George Shiels, the sor-
cerer, and George Mckay, the silent
man of the piece, and Abbott Adams,
the sleepy jailer, constitute a jolly trio.
Roguish Dorothy Choate, the inquis-
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MODERATE PRICES TO HEAR PATTI.

In pursuance of the policy to. make the
Patti concert in the International audi
torium in Minneapolis, Dec. 30 popular in
every sense of the word, the local man
agement has decided upon a scale of
prices which is lower than that offered in
any other city visited by the great diva
during her present tour-With the one ex-
ception of Salt Lake City.
Accordingly, when the seats are placed
on sale the public will be able to secure
good seats in the International auditorium
at prices which are not in excess of those
charged for special productions at first
class theaters.
In addition to hearing Patti, the public
will be privileged to listen to a company
of supporting artists whose appearance
would be a musical event even were not
Patti the star which they accompany
There are Mile. Roza Zamels, a pupil of
the master violinist Ysaye; Mile
Vera Margolies, pianist most
whose fame as a 'cellist is common to
three continents; Willard Virgo, a new
tenor, popular in London, and Claude
Cunningham baritone of the Carl Rosa
company. Giving musical leadership to
this company will be Romualdo Sapio, who
for several tours has acted as Nine. Pat
It's conductor.
The final and only appearance in the
Northwest of Patti at the International
auditorium Dec. 80 is an event because
she comes with nearly a half century Of
success behind her.
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York. If he can get to the young
woman before Shepler does he may do
something. The last train has left for
the city, where Miss Milbrey is Shep-
Ter means to go to New York in his
automobile. The ear comes to the door,
old Bines sees it and he practically
steals it, reaching New York in rapid
time. Is
The fourth act is laid in the High
Tower hotel in New York. Miss Mill
brey has decided to accept Shepler,
when Peter comes on the scene. He
opens her eyes to what she is about to
DO. The grandson comes on the ground
and Shepler is beaten, for the girl, who
was brought up to worship money. de-
cides to accept the man of her choice,
despite the fact that supposedly he Is
penniless.
There is another love story running
through the play, that of the affair OF
fortune hunting young Englishman
and PerciyaPs sister The Englishman
is put to the test when the Bines for
tune is supposed to be gone. He loves
Miss Bines, however, and they go off to
Montana. he to work and become use
full citizen.
In the cast are John Flood, George s.
Spencer, Percy Brooke, Charles Craw-
ford, Lucille Flaven, Marion Johnson,
Ida Mcmillan and Anne Cayerley.
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AREN A0Rs NEW YEARS WEEK.

The great interest manifested last sea-
son concerning the mechanical methods
employed in presenting the thrilling char
lot race. in Klaw & Erlaners production
of Gen. Walaces great spectacle Ben
Hur, has once again formed a topic for
conversation, due, no doubht, to the an
nouncement that this meritorious enter
tainment is to be the New Years offering
at the Metropolitan theater Like last
season, an entire week Is to be devoted
to il, namely, Dec. %. Special matinees
will be given on Wednesday, New Y ear s
day and Saturday
In this contest the spectator sees eight
horses galloping at break-neck- speed,
and straining every muscle to gain the
advantage in the race within the amphi-
theater. Behind each quartette Of horses
IS a Roman chariot. The wheels revolve
rapidly the chariots lurch and sway and
the be-ribboned garments of the drivers
f1utter behind them, adding intensity to
the realism of the scene. The Illusion is
still further increased as the interior walls
of the amphitheater move along, and the
dust flies in binding clouds beneath the
crushing wheels of the chariots. The clat-
ter of the rushing hoofs Of the horses and
the rumble of the chariots are distinctly
heard
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With Sam Devere Company at the Star This Week.

East, accompanied by Billy Brue. 1t
isn't Bines trait to listen to reason;
the old man knows this. To bring his
grandson TO his senses he determines
to ruin him, through Shepler's aid, In
stock speculation. Shepler Is de-
lighted to do this, for by beggaring the
young man he will remove him from
his path toward Miss Milbrey's heart.
The third act takes place I'm the
lodge of the gold links. The crash
comes as planned by Peter and Shep-
Ter. Percival believes he is ruined.
He meets Shepler and tells him what
he thinks of him. The old man hears
the quarrel and for the first time real
ICES that his grandson is in love with
Miss Milbrey. The old man thought
the lads intentions were in a different
direction. The shock is a hard one. He
and Shepler have an exciting scene.
The old man wants his boy to marry
Miss Milbrey, who has gone to New
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THE COMING OF MISS REHAN.

The return to the stage Of Ada. Rehan
is subject for satisfaction, in this day of
many stars and few really competent
actresses. Miss Rehans training has been
so thorough, and her natural talents, al
ready great have been so developed and
improved by that training, that she stands
complete mistress of her art, and that art,
as followed by her, is of the highest, says
the Chicago Tribune. Our players of
Shakespeare are few in number, not so
much because there is wanting the in
telligence needed to understand the works
of the bard but because there Is lacking
proper schooling in the delivery of his
verse and In the dramatic style suited to
his plays. Shakespeare has been regarded
so long as spelling financial ruin, and the
comedies and society plays of the present
time have so absorbed the attention of
our actors and actresses, that the train
ing, without which the reading of Shake
spearean lines is impossible, has been un-
obtainable.
Every revival Of one of the master plays
brings painful evidence of the inability
from purely technical standpoint of our
present day players to cope with blank
verse. The revtvals at the Illinois this
week and next will probably supply some
further evidence on the subject-it will
be remarkable if they do not-but there
Is certainty that both Miss Rehan and
Mr.. Skinner will read Shakespeare with
full appreciation Of the literary structure
of the text, and yet with no lessening of
the dramatic effectiveness.
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CT. PAUL'S dramatic diet during
the week just passed has been far
q from delectable. So thin and
watery was its composition that local
theater- -goers were wellnigh starved.
The only theatrical diversion that
may be said to have possessed any
character whatever-and that a hope
lessly bad character-was the expioita-
ton of wholesale murder at the Grand
opera house, operating under the sin
gularly appropriate title, "a Des-
perate Chance" In this play, indeed,
the admirers of bowling melodrama
found a vent for their enthusiasm,
and the lovers of the pistol drama
provocation for their shouts of encour-
agement
But not so with the dramatic menu
served at the Metropolitan, which was
unsubstantial and insipid.
The week opened with the first
presentation of another rural drama,
Quincy Adams Sawyer" dramatiza-
ton of the novel Of that name by
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"THE cHAPERoNs. y

One of the best attractions /of the sea-
son at the Grand is booked for Christ
mas week in the initial visit at popular
prices of that popular musical comedy.
THE Chaperons. This appears to be
the era of musical comedies.
''The Chaperons'' has met with sue
cess. 1t made very extensive tour OF
the Eastern country last season and ap-
peared in every city of prominence from
Omaha to New York, including in it's ca
reer engagements of considerable length In
Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia, its sea-
son ending with a run of ten weeks at the
Of the artists e who % APPEARED m @ T last i summey y
during the New York run. The leading
roles are played by John G. Sparks, Mabel
Hite, May Boley, w. V. Strunz, Thomas
Whiffen, Arthur Earnest, Mae Stebbins
Oscar Ragland and others. Pretty girls
will add to the attractiveness of the en-
sembles. The engagement will also in
clude a special matinee Christmas day.
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The spenders' at the Metropolitan Next Thursday Niat

Charles FELTON, Pidgin. This drama
was persistently heralded as the best
rural play ever written, though that
assertion could hardly have deceived
anybody who had patience enough to
wade through the very tedious story
upon which it was founded AS for the
play, it is decidedly mediocre affair.
possessing little or no atmosphere. de-
void of action, and feebly supplied with
native wit and humor. Two or three
creditable representations were all that
redeemed the drama from utter failure.
To mention in comparison the rural
plays that have achieved lasting dis
tinction during the past twenty years
would be an injustice to those crea-
tions.
To aggravate the dissatisfaction of
play-goers, hungering for genuine en-
tertafnment, along comes Ezra Kendall,
who once more infiicts that inane con-
coction known as 1.-The Vinegar Buy
err upon the indulgent public.
Why Mr.. Kendall does not procure
some other vehicle is a mystery Pos
slbly he has tried to do so and has
been unsuccessful, though it is in
credible that he should be unable to
obtain something superior to 1.-The
vinegar Buyer" 1t would be interest
ing TO see Mr.. Kendall in a role calling
for the exhibition of human traits,
other than Joe MilIers disposition to
perpetrate puns and forced jokes
AS 1t is, Joe Miller becomes monoto-
nous after he has occupied the stage
long enough to crack a few witticisms,
while the other characters, which are
crudely drawn, and unnatural, add no
interest to the story of the play nor its
action
Thus far Mr.. Kendall has shown
himself best adapted to the vaudeville
stage, from which he is capable of diff
fuslng much merriment.
A drama totally lacking in purpose.
with no inherent character and desti-
tute of those touches of nature that
make the whole world kin-such is
The Vinegar Buyer" written solely
to exploit the eccentricity of one per-
former.
Better simple platform, with a sin
gle clever entertainer, than that same
entertainer handicapped with a mean
ingless play and surrounded by or
dinary players trying to represent i'm
possible men and women.
IF q IT
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sorrow is that she is married to a man
who does not appreciate her and she
becomes enamored of his best friend,
but her mother love supplants the un-
worthy emotion and keeps her true.
Philip PempertCn, her husband, is
one of the many men who place their
business first in their thoughts. He
wakes to find that his wife thinks more
of another man. Charles Wadsworth
is that man.
Fif Toilette is French woman,
who loves Wadsworth with all the dia-
blerie of her Gallo nature. Beautiful
and fascinating. she pleases that gem
tleman for a while, but is abandoned
| in the end, and it is she who fires the
shot that cuts short his earthly career
and restores Dorothy to her husband.
The comedy element is supplied by
Mr.. Cohen, a Jew, and a diamond in
the rough. D. Darlington Dashaway,
known from the Battery to Harlem as
'.Dickey," a stage-door Johnny; Sissy
Twinkle. a bottle and bird" sort of
a girl from the front row of the Ca
sino, and Michael Gillicuddy, who, If
he does not belong to the Broadway
squad, surely will some day.
"Over 1t ALL adds the press agent,
there floats the sweet influence of
Maize, the Pempertons' child, a golden
haired darling, whose smile softens
fathers anger and whose voice saves
a mother from shame and disgrace;
her aunt, Beatrice Reynolds, is another
sweet, pure girl, whose voice Is ever
raised to halt the schemes of an un-
scrupulous villain. She is just a jolly
American girl, but with heart SO pure
that even Wadsworth, hardened sinner
that he is, takes off his hat at the
mention of her name"
Some of the sensational incidents are
the struggle on the staircase at the
Millionaires' club. the attempted abb
duction, the duel in the dark, the
shooting of a glass of water from the
hand of the villain in the gambling
house. and the great climax in front
of Trinity church.
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tive kid; Ada Deaves, Slimguff's wife,
and Myra Davis complete the cast.
WILLIAM II. CRANE AT THE MET.
ROPOLITAN.

The new play with which Charles
Frohman, has provided William H.
Crane, "The Spenders,' will be seen at
the Metropolitan next Thursday for
three nights and a Saturday matinee.
The play, taken from HI. L. Wilson's
novel, has had production In New York,
Chicago and other cities.
The comedy opens at the "One Grip
mine in Montana. Peter Bines, q mil
ionaire, who believes that the rich
man ought to enjoy the pleasures of
poverty, and proves this by prospect
Ing every spring like q poor man,
comes on the scene. Peter Is q sturdy
old fellow, without frills or feathers.
He loves the hills in Montana, away
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"WHY WOMEN SIM" Al. THE
GRAND.

According to the veracious press
agent, why Women SIM is a thrilling
tale of New York society 1t Is story
of love and hate, scheming and intrigue
in the high life of the metropolis So
called smart set. 1t tells of the efforts
of good woman to hate a bad man.
All Of the characters in why Wom-
en- SIM are said to be human beings
1t will be presented at the Grand this
week.
Dorothy Pemperton is a beautiful
conscientious society woman. Her only
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the wall: 'Be good, dear. and save your
money. for remember you are the bread
winner now Nat"
Joseph Kilgour, who is playing the role
of George Washington in Charles Rich
mans new play. Capt. Darlington, F"
seems to have met with a success in that
role that has been denied many others
who have attempted in times gone by to
give a satisfying representation Of the
Father of Our Country. Mr.. Kilgour has
been complimented by nearly all the New
York reviewers for his dignified per-
formance and excellent makeup.
There have been many answers to
What's the Matter With Susan?" re-
Gently produced In New York, and the
pupiic's reply is conclusive: TT won't do
at ALL" Miss Alice Fisher made hereic
efforts to win, but Leo DetrfchStein's piece
Is beyond redemption. 1t is the most
careless piece of work handed out here in
many day. One Of his most dramatic
situations represents an army officer
turning himself into a messenger boy to
oblige an enlisted man. That made even
the ushers smile.
The veteran comedian, Edward Harri-
gan, is to manage a theater in the Irish
Industrial exposition at the St. Louis
worlds fair. IN which he will make pro-
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"THE SToRKs" AT THE METRO.
POLITAN.

"The Storks," a musical comedy
which Richard Carle first presented on
the local stage, will be the attraction
at the Metropolitan during the first
half of the week, beginning tonight.
Tuneful music, graceful girls who
can sing 1t, and comedians guaranteed
to fncite laughter, are promised. Some
unique costumes will also be displayed.
The comical king of the fictitious do
n1inion, which affords the inspiration
Tor this creation, is the BungIoo of
Bakteria. a happy land, where mi
crobes assume a humorous guise and
nave fun with the inhabitants. Gus
Weinburg, who upon one occasion
piayed the Burgomaster In these
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COMING ATTRACTIONS.

Tim Murphy will play an engagement
of four nights and Wednesday matinee
evening, Dec 2O presenting for the first
time III this city his latest play, The
Man From Missouri
De Wolf Hopper is the Christmas book
ing for the Metropolitan this season. His
engagement is for three nights and two
matinees, beginning Christmas eve He
Will present the musical comedy Mr.
Pickwick.''
Walter Jones will play a return engage.
ment at the Metropolitan opera house in
The Sleepy King next month.
Foxy Grandpa" dramatization Of
the famous funny pictures that appear in
the comic supplements, will be seen az
De Mar will play the principal roles.
Mason aid Mason will be seen at the
Grand shortly in their comical skit
Rudolph and Adolph.''
"The Lighthouse by the Sea-" new
melcdrama' is coming to the Grand.
''Why Women SIM company which
opens weeks engagement at the Grand
tomorrow night, has posted some of the
largest stands of printing ever displayed
boards had to be built in order to ac-
commodate this mammoth poster. Some
years ago the Barnum & Bailey circus
had a bill printed that was five sheets
of Chang, the Chinese giant 1t was then
claimed that the limit had been reached
in poster printing, but w. w. Taylor, pro-
prietor Of "Why Women SIM company
has given the greatest show on earth one
better, the poster mentioned being six
sheets high.
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Ladies' Souvenir MatInes Friday

opening attraction viii be "Lorgaire," a
play written by Mr.. Harrigan some fif-
teen years ago. Mr.. Harrigan will play
all the old roles which have made him ia
nous, possibly including his latest part in
Under Cover the play with which he has
crowded the Murray Hill theater in New
York for some months past.
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wrestler, will meet all comers and for
felt $25 to any. one he fails to throw
in fifteen minutes.