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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-26

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Fireman Baker lays on
Engineer Schubert is sick.
Fireman Snyder il resting from
749.
Engineer Parnell is back 70 duty
again.
! Engineer Roberts IS again On his
engine.
Extra Fireman Boatman is awaiting
himself Of q lay-off.
Duty hath spoken to Fireman Du-
vail and he hath responded.
Fireman Williams Of the extra list
is also on the sick list today.
g r lIClldu# bAAAhAAo
out without him this morning.
Engineer Mccann steps from the
throttle Of s22 for q short rest.
Frank Roper and R. g. M~cIsaacs
took a rest yesterday IN honor q the
day.
Many 81 the men tripped the light
fantastic last night at the Christmas
dances.
Engine S25 is in the shops for re-
pairs On the low pressure cylinder
packing.
Fireman Blevins has hidden fare-
wen for awhile to SIS and Is resting
from his ardnous toll.
Joe Koler spent q happy holiday.
santa Claus was good to him. Thus
ii was told at the shops this morn
ing.
Chas. b. Handwright, on the force 81
machinists, has handed in his resig'
nation. He will depart from Las Ve'
gar for parts unknown.
Engineer Grey took q lay-off yes
terday at Ration. The light air Of the
mountains and the Christmas feeling
must have affected his health.
Engineer Kirk, who was taken Sci
On his run at Albuquerque last Wed
nesday. Is back at his post. The RIG
Grande valley atmosphere was toe
much for him
p. b. Cornell, shop clerk, who has
been On a ten days vacation at Prim
ero. where his wife owns a ranch, re
turned this morning. He declares ~
has had a superlatively fine time.
ExlTrainmaster j. d. Notgrass, who
recently resigned TO resume his ruI
on the road, Is to have charge 81 NOS
i and 4. the California and Chicago ny
ers, between La Junta and Albuquer
que.
s~ami.ofaciai announcement wa
today made that the Union PACING
would enlarge its shops at Omaha 9
IN expenditure Of something Tx
s250.oOo.
Irving Hartman, son Of s. Hartman
viii today begin duty as freight brake
man or a regular run between her
and Albuquerque. He has been extr
brakeman at Glorietta. His plac
there is taken by Geo. Moyee
NJ. q. Todd, who has filled the pos
ZION Of storekeeper. will be seen q
more at his accustomed post. 4
nresent MI. Todd, with his wife, !
an a vacation at Topeka, and Q
writes from that point that pc WI
not return. He expects to enter y
insurance business with his father.
Absentee Found: Frank ,, PHI
bury. passenger agent Of the SAINT
Fe's Yosemite line, who dropped fror
sight last September, has been locate
in Kansas city. He had been an 8
acient employee and the local Official
could not accoun, for his absence. g.
cept on the theory Of foul play q %
accidental loss Of his life.
Union Station: The final awards y
the construction Of the new passense
.xotion ~ WaahInptou have been al
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-26

Harness repairing at Behring's.
1919
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
NAVAL SCORES A HIT.

Herschel MayaH, of this city, is cred
tied by the San Francisco papers with
scoring genuine hit as Mephistophe-
les in Faust Speaking of his per-
formancIg the San Francisco Call has
this to say glial
FAUST at the Central theater last
night, the best thing that has been
seen at that house for a long time. was
a continuous ovation for Herschel
Mayall, whose Mephistopheles was sat
isfying in all respects. From a rousing
welcome upon his appearance to a
half dozen curtain calls at the close of
the first act, the enthusiasm of his
greeting was unbroken. And so it went
for the other four acts. AT each cur
tain the principals were called to the
front to bow their grateful apprecia-
ton. 1t was at the end of the sec
ond act that the affair reached it's
climax. After loud and frequent calls
of "SpeechD Mayall responded happi-
", thanking the audience for its. ap-
probation. Pointing to Lewis Morri-
son, who occupied box to the left of
the stage, he said: .'WlS..cyer little
measure of success I have gained to-
night. owe to the generous and eff
cient coaching of that greatest Of vet
eran actors. Lewis Morrison"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
ELDER SALVINl WILL MAKE
FAREWELL TOUR.

The New York Herald's European
edition publishes the following from it's
correspondent: Americans are to
have another opportunity of seeing the
great Italian actor. Tommaso Salvini,
who will sail for the United States
early in the spring next year to make
a tour under the management of Geo.
c. Tyler. of New York. Signor Salvini
will appear in King Lear .Othello,'
Tngomar' and The Civil Death,' and
In the first three of these plays Miss
Eleanor Robson viii be the Cordelia,
Desdemona and Parthenia, respective
ly This combination of the leonine
Salvini and the young American star is
one from which Mr.. Tyler expects great
things. Mr.. Tyler has just got back
to London from ITALY, where his con-
tract with Salvini was signed. The
engagement will run through April and
May next, and provides for twenty-five
or thirty performances, at the mana
gers option. Two weeks will be given
to New York, where Salvini will ap-
pear four nights each week, Miss Rob-
son playing in her classical repertoire
on the other two nights of the theat-
rical week with her present leading
man. Edwin Arden. With the excep-
ton of Salvini, who will, of course,
play in Italian. all the company will be
English-speahng."
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headed by Mime. Charlotte Wiche.
which he contemplate bringing over

headed by Nine. Charlotte Wlcne,
which he contemplates bringing over
in October.
Mace them" said he Their perform
ances consist chiefly of triple bills
pantomimes, comedies and musical
pieees-and thew may possibly 90
'L'Enfant Prologue
Other foreign stars on Mr.. From
mans list for America for the coming
season are Sir Henry Irving, VINO
comes to the Broadway theater IN NO
vember with Sardou's Dante; MISS
Marie Tempest in THE Marriage OF
Kitty" probably at the new Hudson
theater; Mrs. Langtry in MRS. Deer
ing's Divorce" opening the Savoy
Sept 6; Charles Hawtrey IN Ihe
Man From Blankley's," at the Criterion
Sept. 81; Miss Wynne Matthlson, VINO
returns to play again in "EVeryman.
For his American stars ne mas
large number of new plays. WIlham
Gillette will appear in BarTie's The
Admirable Crichton," probably at the
new Lyceum theater; John Drew has
two plays. one by an American and
another by an Englishman; Wlillam
Crane in 1.-The Spenders," Miss Fay
Davis in Lady Roses Daughter, and
Miss Ethel Barrymore in Cousin
Kate, Stephen Phillips Ulysses"
will be done with Tyrone Power III the
leading role at the Garden theater in
September, and following that VIII
liam Faversham and Miss Julie Opp
will appear in production of the same
author. "Herod.' Miss Virginia Harm
ed will do 1.-The Golden Silence by
Haddon Chambers Garrick.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
IMMORTALITY IN THE DRAMA.

Lionel Strachey. in the Theater Mag
azine for August, contends that many
of the plays presented on the stage to-
day are immoral. He says:
I'VE have immortality galore in the
drama of the day. Nearly all the re-
cent plays dubbed romantic or his
torical,' paraded before us with much
blood, thunder and similar appurte-
nances of the country fair proscenium,
are immoral. These plays extol vain
Boosting and quick temper. They
teach the sublimeness OF ferocity and
revenge. They exalt the desperate and
the duelist, and crown the manslaugh-
terer. They sing the glory of the gun
and the sword. They proclaim the
message, Thou shalt kill! They can
onize the beast in man. To advertise
such romantic. historical butcheries,
the town is placarded with puerile
prints seven feet high, gaudiiy colored,
exhibiting the noble hero in shirt
sleeves, naked rapier in hand. about to
dispatch a villain-or several villains
lin defense of some imaginary honor
or some silly baggage of girl. The
Pride of Jennico' was an affair of that
kind; The Gentleman of France was
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peared he refused to contribute to side
walk entertainment and bought an ad-
mission ticket with the triumphant re-
mark. Here's where l get the best Of
YOU.
The dramatic version of Rudyard Kip
ling's The Light That Failed, :, in which
klaw & Granger will present Forbes
ing season, supported by the original COM
pany that appeared with them in London
IS arranged in prologue and three acts.
The scene of the prologue is a war cor
camp of the British army in the Soudan;
that of the first act, Maisie's studio in
Pomona house, London, and the second.
Dicks studio. Norfolk street, Strand.
Garden of Maisie's cottage at vitry-sur-
Marine, France, and again Dicks studio
The camp scene of the prologue is from
a model designed by Frederick Villiers.
ent. Americans who have seen the play
in London are very enthusiastic in its
praise and predict an unusual success for
it in this country.
Alexander the Great ~ the new play in
which Wagenhals and Ketnper viii present
Louis James and Frederick Warde next
season, has for its chief motive ambition
versus love. The progress of the plot
shows him to be alternately torn by these
finally triumphant. He fails to realize the
futility of ambition until he arrives at
what he inlagineS to be-the end of the
world. when there are no more worlds to
all, is the greatest of human, emotions and
the only compensation for the struggles of
existence. The dramatic suspense of the
play is provided by the intrigues and per-
fidy of Perdiceas. the role which will be
assumed by Mr.. Warde Mr.. James will
appear in the title role.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02

My friend thought that a corner sa-
loonkeeper could surely tell him, but
am glad to say that he also did not
know me- A constituent of mine. hap
pening to overhear his inquiry. asked:
Bangs, Bangs; do you mean that
Bangs that was just after runnin' fur
mayor
my friend told him that 1 was the
same one, but explained that was not
Mr.. Bangs only attribute to fame. He
went on to say that Mr.. Bangs had
written several books. one of which a
man out in California had read from
beginning to end, and that large fam
lily out in Salt Lake City had read an
other of his works. In fact, he said,
Mr.. Bangs reputation might well be
called national.
Well, broke in the Irishman. his
reputation moight be national albright,
but Oill be DAMNED if it's local. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
THE SUMNER TOUR.

The mimic war draws on apace
The summers nearly DER;
The tourist homeward turns his face,
The seaside bluff takes heart of grace
And talent sets its serious face
For the Seasons" near once more.
Now Claude again adorns Broadway
His cheek foreign tan;
His garments cut the London way
While pensiVe smile and spirits gay
And eye alight with far away,
Bespeak the Travelled man.
He raved of life in London town,
Drank wine in gay 'Paree,',
Fearless he climbed the MatteThorn
And tramped the continent up and down,
Wearied Of coTonet and crown.
And died of ennuyee.
He shook the hand of Emperor Bill,
Saw Danny Mahar ride,
Talked stocks with Morgan, Schwab and
Hill,
Discussed the dreadful tariff bill
With bold Chamberlain, and still
Came home dissatisfied
Alasi The scenes that Claude saw
Were visions in his hat.
For his summer cruise lTas made with Ma,
And his summer grub was bought by Pa,
While he lodged the Ininions of the law
Up in Harlem fat
From Liebler & Co.'S Bulletin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
rMY JIM" AT THE METROPOLITAN.

The bill of the Ferris company for
the week beginning tonight will be MY
Jim" melodramatic story of rural
life in Maine. 1t aboundS in clean fun,
good character sketches, unexpected
yet telling climaxes, and has plot,
which, though not new, is of kind that
is always enjoyed by American audi
ences.
The leading part of Jim Mayne, or
my JIM" the homespun hero of the
drama, will be taken by Dick Ferris,
whose work In this character has re-
ceived commendation wherever the
play has been presented. Among the
other members who will be seen in the
cast are Geo. Russ F,iske as Tom
Mayne, Jin's brother, Chas G. Burn
ham as Jims father, Abner Manye;
Lillian Allen as Noble Middlesex, Jim's
maiden aunt; Blanche Alexander as
Jim's sister, Kate; Lillian O'Neil as
Toms wife, Lucretia Mayne; Emily
Batlo as Hetty Kingbridge, the sister
of Iucretia: Frederick Montague as
Eccles FoxgloVe, a summer boarder
who has fallen in love with Kate, and
George Elmore as Richard Bradley, a
wealthy New Yorker.
The characters all assemble in the
first act on the Mayne homestead
where Bradley, who has discovered that
the farm possesses a. value unknown to
its owners, plots to get it. Bradley is
a sutton for the hand of Hetty, and his
suit is favored by Toms wife, Lu
cretia. Bradley is recognized by Kate
as the man who had deceived her by a
mock marriage, but Bradley silences
her with the threat to disclose the past.
Abner deeds the 'farm to Tom, and Tom.
in order to get means to push an oil
investment, mortgages the farm to
Bradley.
The second act shows the discovery
by Foxglove of the value of the farm,
and the discontinue of Bradley in his
attempt to secure the letters that he
has written to Kate. The third act
pictures the interior of Tom Mayne's
New York home, and the adventures
Of Jim in the great city. the close of
the act showing the attempt of Bradley
to kill Kate, which is foiled by the
timely arrival of FoXglove.
The last act brings the various
characters back to the old homestead,
where Tom, failing to pay the money
due Bradley, is called upon to make
good his promise to give the hand of
his sister -in-law to Bradley to dis
charge the debt. Tom refuses, but
Hetty is about to sacrifice herself in
order to save the home of her friends,
when Jim enters with the money to
redeem the farm, and the curtain falls
on happy scene.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
LATEST HoYT STORY.

Harry Gilfoil, the comedian, mimic
and whistler, who will play the title
role in Klaw & changers latest Drury
Lane spectacle. "Mr. Blue Beard" next
season, was for fourteen years identi-
fed with Charles H. Hoyt's farces.
He relates a very amusing incident in
connection with his first meeting with
Mr.. Hoyt, at Bellows Falls, VT, about
seventeen years ago when he was but
eighteen years of age, playing come
dy part with Newton Beers Dramatic
company, presenting "Enoch Arden"
and repertoire. Jerome Sykes. who
was then in his late teens. was the
heavy villain of the company.
Mr.. Beers played in Bellows Falls
on Saturday night. Mr.. Hoyt. who
was at his home in Charleston, N. H,
came over to see the show. After the
performance he met the company at
the railroad station. Gilfoil was perch
ed on high stool eating pumpkin pie
and drinking glass of milk. Mr.. Hoyt
walked by him several times, looking
him over and then approached him
with the inquiry:
''How's the pie?"
If there was anything on earth
Charles H. Hoyt loved, it was pumpkin
pie. Gilfoil responded. Good" and the
next instant Hoyt was on stool beside
him ordering pie and milk.
win the lrOupe!D querled dOyt, by
the way of opening a conversation.
Yes replied Gilfoil, with his mouth
full of pie
Are you the fellow with that awful
ly big voice." asked Hoyt, with that
| peculiar New England nasal twang
that distinguished him all his life.
Guess am" replied Gilfoil. who
had done his speciality in mimicry dur
ing the performance.
'sWhere'd yer get it ?' twanged Hoyt,
as he amputated big mouthful from
his piece of pie.
Natural" responded Gilfoil.
Say, remarked Hoyt. after a mo-
ment's reflection. I'm Charles Hoyt.
I want yer for one of my shows. What
| does Beers pay ye?"
Forty dollars" replied Gilfoil, who
had acquired the actors habit and
made SIS look like $40 to himself.
Il didn't ask We what he promised
We, but what he paid ye," snapped
Hoyt. What yer want to lie for?''
We'll. he pays me $15." Gilfoil sui
kily responded.
That's more like it. I'm going to
put on new show. and 1 want We, but
I don't want we bad enough ter pay
yer more than $40. If you'll take that
I'll send We on to Frank Mckee just as
soon as Beers will let We co.
All right" replied Gilfoil, '1'll take
| $50, 'inwardly elated that he was
promised $30-and would get $50. too
So 1t was arranged that Gilfoil
should report to Mr.. Mckee, Hoyt's
general manager. two weeks later. He
| remained fourteen years with Hoyt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
nIN OLD KENTUCKY" WILL OPEN
THE GRAND.

The fall and winter season of the
Grand Opera house will open Sunday
night, Aug. %, with visit of that
perennial success, In Old Kentucky"
During the summer the theater has
undergone the usual cleaning and
renovating, and when the season opens
1t will be spick and span with new car
penis and Frightened and renovated
both in front and back of the curtain.
With the fall season the management
will open for use the new waiting room
for women. Over $4,000 has been spent
in providin for this accommodation, and
it is one of the most beautiful and
complete rooms of it's kind in the West.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
JOHN K. BANGS, REPUTATION.

John Kendrick Bangs may well be
eossiped about in the players column,
now that he has decided in favor of the
life of a playwright in preference of
that of high-salaried editor
The other day he told a story on
himself that carries rather a good
point. Just after my unsuccessful
campaign for mayor of Yonkers a
friend of mine came up to pay me a
visit" said he. He inquired my adj
dress of a policeman, and / am glad to
Bay the policeman did not know me.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.


May Buckley has been engaged to sup
port Henry E. Dixey in Facing the
Music. y
Wilton Lackaye will open in 1.-THE PITT
in Philadelphia instead of in Chicago, as
was originally intended. The initial per-
Torrance of the play is scheduled for the
second Monday in November.
Cecilia LOTUS has gone to Deal Beach
to spend a month with E. H. Sothern and
his wife, Virginia Harmed. Miss Lotus will
be Mr.. Sothern's leading woman in THE
Proud Prince which, by the way, was
written by Justin Huntley Mccarthy. who
was once the husband of Miss LOTUS.
The Prince of Pilsen,s' fresh from its
run of five months on Broadway opened
the season at the Studebaker theater in
Chicago. The company has had a much
needed rest since closing In New York,
and the production is practically new,
with fresh costumes and new scenery.
R. B. Mantell's new play will be known
as 1.-The Light of Other Days" 1t is a
romantic play and it is said to afford this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
SAYS VERSE WILL DRIVE
HIM TO MATRIMONY
Chicago Justice Is Subject of Attack by
Club of Ladies'.

CHICAGO, Aug. Twelve Chicago
women have formed a club for no other
purpose than seeing to 1t that Justice A.
j. SABBATH is married. Whether or not 1t
is the clubs wish that the magistrate
marry one Of their number cannot be de-
termined from what is known of the scope
OF the organization but one thing is GER
tain. The club is determined he shall
marry some one.
Mr.. SABBATH was spending Sunday in
quiet manner at his home. No. sos South
Ashland avenue, when he received an
ultimatum from the club that left him
gasping with establishment. The ultima
tum was in five verses. 1t came by mail
and had been carried from the postoffice
with number of other communications
referring to business and politics. 1t read
as follows:
1.-The decision of a jury of twelve wom-
en- in the case of the State VS. A. j. Sa-
bath. according TO an act enacted by the
last Legislature of the state of Illinois
branding all bachelors as felons:
"Oh sabath is holy name;
1t meais the day of rest;
And he Should be a generous man
Who with that name is blessed.
..But To- he is a selfish man 4
Who dares to be a bach; !;
he SEOuld go out among the girls
And therefrom choose his match.
.Tt is not well for man to live
On earth so all alone:
He needs wife to reign with him
And help him make a nome.
"And if Judge SABBATH won't do this.
There's a place for all bad men
And that is down at Joliet,
In the good old peniten.
"For he deserves no better fate,
Who will not take a wife,
Than to live behind the prison walls
And work hard all his life
Last night the magistrate declared he
had no clew TO the identity Of the verse
makers. except the initials, IN. F. l."
signed at the bottom With heightening
of color that may have been blush, he
admitted that he was not wholly in the
dark as TO the identity of the person VINO
might have signed herself with those let
tiers. Nevertheless. he was not willing to
confide his suspicious TO the public.
The women have chosen an excellent
plan to force me to find a wife" said his
honor. s"Their plan, il seems, will be TO
keep on shooting verses at me until they
drive me into matTimony Well, marriage
is preferable to the verse. ! guess I'd
better start right in and see If can't find
a nice young woman who will save me-
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another Sometimes bloodguiltiness
is pleasingly cemmingled with adul-
terry. There was the crude .Du Barry
for instance. which. besides wanting
balance and lacking unity. was de-
void of versimilitude and comprised not
one plausible character. And it brim-
med over with vulgarities. Yet fine
staging and meritorious acting aided in
a successful attempt to enlist the pub
lies favor for the amours of a muir
derous concubine. Du Barry was an
obvious paean to violence and de-
bauch."