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MONETARY.
Rates ON Loans and Exchange-Cleal
ings and Balances.

ings and Balances.
INDIANAPOLIS.-Com paper, 4g
per cent; time loans, 5a6 per cent. Clear
ings. $3.50, $3.50: balances, 500 $3.50.
NEW YORK.-Cal money steady at 21e@
per cent; closing at 21. Time money
steady; sixty and ninety days. ~ per cent. |;
six months, Az. Prime mercantile paper, 519
65% per cent. Sterling exchange strong:
Actual business in bankers bills, $4.S1.SO for
demand, s4S4.60 for sixty days; posted
rates, $4S5 and SASSY; commercial bills.
$4S41z.
CHICAGO.-New York exchange, Csc
premium. Clearings. s29. 7.199; balances.
$2Sg1, ,469. Sterling exchange, SASSY for 90
days, and s4.SS1a for demand.
BOsTON.-Clearings, $751; .45s; balances.
s.. 1886, 497.
PHILADELPHIA.-Mo 5@5h per
cent Clearings, sl9,226s59; balances, 81
114,2S3
ST. LOUIS.-Money, 5@6 per cent; New
York exchange, SOC permium. ClearlngS,
SIC, ,537, ,671; balances, $5S7,747.
BALTIMORE-Money, 6 per cent. Clear
ings, So, ,S97, 1853; balances, $552, ,l52.
CONGRATULATIONS 5Q6 per cent.
New York exchange, par. Clearings, So
690, ESQ.
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Holy Anrelr Catholic Church. corner 81 North
western ans rwenty-eirhth frame church. 81 o0e
Peter c. Hanson. Walnut and Vermont store
J. w Thompson. ilcs West rwsnsy-sou<A.
repairs, SIS.
Ollie NJ. Bond. between rliro1s and Meridian.
on Twenty seventh. frame dwelling. a. 3o0
z. Rauh 4 scns. South and PennEyivonin.
remodeing, q. 500.
North Caritos. rsmodeling brick b1l161n1. q -
A. X bunzsnsrs. - nno1son. bs1ck hun17yI
Oliver DIV w.zksr. r.r.k.r a.e zs.<A. es<>,s,. ~
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INTERSTATE STOCKYARDS. INDIANAPO-
LIS, May L-Cattle-Recei0ts light; shipments
none. There is change IN the cattle market.
In fact there has been none this week so far as
fat cattle are concerned. Quotations on the COM
mon and medium kinds. however. have been dis
counted from l0c to 2oc since last Friday. A fair
inquiry exists for choice butcher stock. but the
outlet is very limited for the undergrade kinds
The calf market Is steady, the best being worth
$6G6. 25. Quotations:
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WASHINGTON.-Frida statement of
the treasury balances in the general fund,
exclusive of the $500 900 gold reserve in
the division of redemption, shows:
Available bash balances .$223, ,326, 1877
Gold 1900. ......... ................ 112, SIS, $50
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Hogs-Recepts, 4,00o; shipments, 200 For
the week thus far the receipts of hogs show
an increase of about 5000 over the same time
last week and 1000 over the corresponding time
a year ago. The receipts to-day were not quite
as large as a week ago or a year ago. The diff
ferent grades were well represented and the
quality, at least in some cases, better than
IT has been for two days The market opened
with fair competition between all buyers for
the choice light hogs and initial sales were
around &C higher than yesterday. Along with
these sales q few loads of other weights also
sold at rather strong prices. 1t was soon evil
dent to packers however, that they need not
expect any considerable opposition from other
sources and they began to reduce their bids.
Subsequently the trading on basis of
about steady prices compared with yesterday.
After the important shipping orders had been
filed enough remained to meet the requirements
of packers and they were inclined TO be a little
Indifferent toward the close OF trade. A few
loads came In very late and statesmen claimed
they had considerable difficulty in transferring
them at yesterdays prices. The extreme range
In sales to-day was s6.70qL15 and the bulk Of
the supply sold at s6.s047. Quotations:
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Money Rates Abroad.

LONDON.-Money, 1854 per cent; dis
counts, 3ssQ3z per cent; consols not quoted.
PARIS.-Three per cent rentes 97f 6715c
for the account. Exchange on London, 25f
161kc for checks.
BERLIN.-Exchange on London. 25m 29pf
for checks.
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Poultry and other Produce.

qPrices paid by shippers)
Poultry-Tom turkeys. Sc; hen turkeys. loc;
chickens hens. iec: cocks, &c; ducks, young, loc;
geese. a. q per doz
Cheese-New York full creams. 1fi1cs Swiss.
1sc: brick. f5c: limburger. 12c-
Butter-Choics rolf. 13c per ID: packing stock.
Exxs-steady at 12c per doz-
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Representative Sales

Sheep-Receipts, 200; shipments light. Conn.,
bined receipts of sheep and lambs for five days
indicate an increase of nearly 200 over the same
time last week and little change compared with
the corresponding time a year ago. The re-
cepts to-day were fully as large as week ago
and almost large as a year ago. The quality
was about as good IL has been heretofore this
week. but there were really no fancy kinds in
their class represented The supply was not
side sources, but practically all local butchers
were on the market and II required most OF the
supply to accommodate them Prices In gen.
eral way reported steady compared with
yesterday, but occasionally salesmen believed
they were a shade weaker. Spring lambs sold
from 81 to s., clipped yearlngs as high as s5.75.
wool sheep s4.25 and clipped sheep &.l0. Quota
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lg futures ranged as follows:

Cash Quotations were as Follows: Flour dull
and steady. Wheat-No. spring. 79@7ss1c: No
3. roc; No. red; 5l14a!sAc Corn-No. 2: A19
s.xc: No yellow % AZ 20 04s1.c; oass.No T.,
No. rye. 4sisa4shc. Fair 10 choice mailing
barley. lsds5c- Flaxseed-No. l.. Sos: No i
Ciover-Contraet grade. $3.50. Mess pork. per
brl. N7s7,s0lL5o. Lard. per 100 lbs, 50. l5ds.2S
shoulders 1boxed). sx50QsszH. Short clear sides
tboxeD. @.750eah- Whisky-Basis OF high
We Rsss.ess@Eaou. u.see ss..: vh..s. 49, bs:
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corn. 1232oo bu: oats. 2z.soo bu: rye. r. 100 bu:
barley. 1S. 900 bu. Shipments-F Flour. 1900 bfls:
wheat 30 500 bu corn zss 800 bu; oats. 10ssoo bu;
rye. 10000 bu.
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Wool.

BOSTON, May 1.-The Commercial Bulletin
will say of the wool market tomorrow: 1.-The
wool market is quiet and easy. Several good
sized lines of old territory have been cleaned I'D
at grease prices fully &c lower than the wool
held at last January. Ohio fleece woods are
off n cent from the nominal quotations of a week
ago In the West the new clip is moving more
freely. Shearing is general in the Territories.
Prices continue to rule above parity of Boston
date from Dec 81 1902 are S3 S54.753 lbs. against
IS, 7ss. $40 lbs at the same date last year. The
receipts to date S. 5ss lbs against ST. f92
lbs for the same period last year.
ST. LOUIS. May 1.-wool steady; medium
grades and corabing, 15d1Sc: light fine, 14Q17c;
heavy fine, 1oal3c; tub-washed, 1Sq2S1zc.
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Markets for silver

NEW YORK.-Bar silver, 534c; Mexican
dollars, 41Ac.
LONDON.-Silver bars, PAID an ounce.
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NEW YORK, May 1.-The dry goods market
showed little Improvement to-day and buyers
are not specuiatively inclined Quotations are
unchanged but complaint grows stronger OF the
inability OF manufacturers to turn out goods at
TO DAYS prices. but Is also admitted that a
equally difncult to secure advice on the finished
product
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price tendencies decidedly In favor OF buyers.
Local dealers are paying for wagon lots: Good
,haedun merchantable unwashed. tic; coarse and
,a yaiu, loc heayy merino, 10Gl2c; halfblood. 12d
ify, purry and cotted. 12q1sc; Western, 12c.
,o eaIners-Prime geese. 30c per lb: prime duck.
Beeswax-soc for yellow. 25c for dark
HIDES AND TALLOw
~, ,Sreen-salted Hides-No. I. TIC: No. q s1kc;
NO calf. 10c: No. calf, s1sc.
Iallow-No. !. SAC: No. 2 4Ac.
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wards S. ooe1 SIS
Plain fat steers, 1850 lbs and upwards. 4759 500
Good to choice 200 to 1S00-lb steers. 4901 $50
Plain fat LOO to ], ,300-Ib steers...... 4651 500
Good to choice 500 to ], ,150-lb steers. 460 40
Plain fat 900 to Ll50-lb steers 1850 465
Choice feeding steers LOCO to LOO lbs. 4e0d 4SJ
Good feeding steers, 900 to LOO lbs..... 435f as
Medium feeding steers. 500 to 900 Ibs.. 4O0fI rs
Common to good stockers.................3 $500 so
Good to choice heifers. 5Od 500
Fair to medium heifers................I HOO T. 40
Common light heifers. $500 400
Good to choice cows.....-..............3 3.75d 440
Fair TO medium cows. 3401 g. 65
Gamers and cutters. 2Oon 325
Prime to fancy export bulls. $3.50 AS
Good to choice butcher bulls. 3.256 so
Common to fair bulls. 2756 SIS
Veal calves 5007 g. %
Heavy calves ...........................3 3506 $50
Good to choice cows and calves .35 o0d50 90
Common to medium cows and calves. 20 OOd30 90
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sr. LOUIS. Nay Metals quist. Ioaa du]
at go speltex nrm at $&5o-
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wards .s5.oe9 SIS
Plain fat steers $50 lbs and upwards 475d 500
Good to choice 200 100 ID steers. Also 500
Plain fat loo 1900 10 steers. 460fr IS
Good to choice go 10 1.l50 ID steers..... l5et ass
Plain fat 800 to 1.l5o ID steers 4-00f $50
Choice feeding steers, LOCO 10 liCo lbs 45o1 AIS
Good feeding steers. 500 TO loo lbS.... l25 40
Medium feeding steers, 500 to 800 lbs... 3754 400
good stockers. 3.50lf as
Good TO choice hefers 450lr 80
Fair to medium heiters................. 4l0fl 40
Common light heifers.. $500 60
Good choice cows---------------- 3-75e1 $50
Fair to medium cows. 3.4oH 3.65
Gamers and cutters. 200tl 3.35
Prime to fancy export bulls. asa a. Is
Good choice butcher bulsl.........- asa $50
Common 10 fair bulis.................... 275sI 315
Veal calves 5000 s. 25
Good choice cows and calves 00<150 90
Common medium cows and calves. % 004 30 90
Hogs-Receipts small: shipments none. The
market to-day was strong at yesterdays figures.
Strong conditions continue to exist. the local
call for all weights being quite satisfactory.
The best hogs worth lis. but all light
grades selling under 81 Quotations
Choice heavy hogs ...............-.....f7.o56 .o567ls
Medium and heavy mixed --.......-...... 6s5ff7-os
besf nsnt sr4oes co9Ho -
Common light weights ..--....-.-.......-. 6I50sS
sheep-Receipts none. shipments none. Tho
market il weak, steady prices obtaining only on
prime stock. There 10 no demand at all from
any source for the common stun. Quotations:
Spring lambs 20 5o4so0
Good to choice yearings. 5.oo4s50
Common TO best old sheep................ a00ds5o
Feeding stock zeo<I3 IS
Bucks z5o0350
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Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS, May 1.-Cotton steady
Sales 1900 bales. Ordinary, SIC: good ordinary
SIC: low niddiing. 7-l6c: middling, 10 3-1sc:
good middling. lossc middling fair. IL 5-1sc. Re-
ceipts, l70S bales; stock, l.6f7 bales.
NEW YORK. May I-Cotton--Spot closed dull /:
middlng uplands. 1o75c, middling gulf. lie.
Sales, $500 bales.
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CHICAGO. Nay l.-cattIe-Reeslpts. i.too N
narhef We STEADY. Good 70 prime stsern. G6
ksos posr 70 medium. ~ 80s: stocksrs and fesd
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Poultry.

NEW YORK May 1.-Poultry-Live weak;
spring chickens, 25c per Id; fowls 13c; turkeys
100llc. Dressed lower; fowls. l3lzc; turkeys, 15c
ST LOUIS. May Poultry steady; chickens
I01kc; springs. S2-5eG4 per doz: turkeys. 12c:
ducks lie; geese. 4Q5c.
CINCINNATI, May 1.-Poultry steady; hens
10szc: young springs, 25c. turkeys, 10c-
BOSTON, May 1-ISpecial Poultry firm:
fowls, li614kc; turkeys. l5Gl6c.
CHICAGO. May Live poultry weaker: tur-
keys, 1zf13c: chickens. 12c.
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Alcohol s.. .52a2. 20; asafoetida, 4oc alum. 2h9
&C; camphor. 6sa70c; cochineal 30Q55c; chloro-
FORM, sS4e5c: copperas, BRIL- 75c; cream tartar,
pure. 32Q35c indigo. 65QS0c; licorice, Calab
genuine sSg4oc; magnesa. carb. OF. 2e922c:
morphine, Z. d W.. 81 350f2. 60; oil berga-
mot per Id. So; opium. s3.5ols. IS; Quinine. p &
w, per OF, 3343Sc; balsam copaiba 55860c: soap.
CASTLE. Fr.. IS0Iec; soda bicarb. 2ISSpsc; salts
EPSON, 1A9ic; sulphur flour. 2%Q5c; saltpeter,
gloc; turpentine. 55aeoc;. glycerine. 1sHQaoc:
T94oc; chlorate potash 1592Oc; borax 9a12c;
clnchonida, uQs6c: carbolic acid. 27c; cocaine.
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= anthracite. ss; Blossburg. $3.50; Pittsburg.
- 20; kanawha, s5.z5; Raymond. s5.25; Jackson,
NOV; Jellico. $3.50: smokeless 1850; Camel 81:
brazil block. A.75; Greene county. lump. 81. Is:
Greene county, egg, 10; Jackson and Kanawha
coke; $40: lump coke. l5c bu sS.25 per % bu:
crushed coke, l6c bu. 81 per 25 bu- Bags. 25c per
ton extra, ground floor or dumped in cellar; SOC
per ton extra, second floor or carried in cellar
from wagon, 25c extra by wheelbarrcw, chute or
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,rod Hans-Indlana, y lbs ayn.
Sugar, 20 rs lbs average, HE
14S.c: IA .usIEnglish cured. Reliable IS To On =,
II.e: susar-eured Indiana, to 10 10 lbs lbs
everage, ntJr-Fancy boneless pig porr
ss sss SSi = & fs5 sa s55 ss
ins s24, shs shS sis Also half brls 100 Ibs Iump.
per brl soO Of the brls adding soc to cover ad
innal cost st..,a u rendered, l2c; pure lard. 1,u.
Lardnfeisar sides. 20 to 40 lbs average. i2xs:
% 10 50 IDS Is to p lbs average, I3c. IA IDS
avsrage islc clear backs % to 30 b. aver .V 10
lbs avsanc IL 10 lbs sssrage i2c; 20 10 lbs
-,.vsr. prime. ss-7sQ7-25 English clover.
Seed q. Sio' aisike. ssQi2. Timothy, prime. s29
40 Fancy yso<570c Orchard grass. s2f52 25: red
tra clean, clean, IA English bluegrass s..
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SALES OF REAL ESTATE.


instruments filed for record in the recorders
office Of Marion county. Indiana. for the twenty
four hours ending at 5 p. m. May /. 1903:
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THE JOBBING TRADE.

e. ,tCandies-Stick, s14c. per ID; common mike
Banner cream mixed. 10a11c; old-time mixed
so NutsISoft oft-shelled almonds. i7Q20c Brazil nui
I1c, nioerts. Rc; peanuts. roasted, 71Sc; mix
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AppesBaidwiFnss, extra g a. fancy Rc $50; Rome
90. Willow Twigs. fancy, 81.
~Asparagus-Home grown. per doz. 25c-
pananas-Large. 81 per bunch; medium, sI50
DDaaans-Florida green, IS; wax. s275
PPebhage-New York Danish. SIS per ton. nan
-r~as per bri, $2-25- e"
Cocoanuts-si per bag.
Cucumbers-Sl-W
SseDes-Malaga, per keg, VI
GJrapsHy-White, i7lzc per III; medium dark rs.
haIeonsNExtra fancy Verdelia $50 size ., a.
lie LEI aSs1 size IS; California, peg box 81 So s'S
o1S, 1Ssn,,sstoes-New, s per brl, So
Ppuusnses-california navels. IS %; seeding. q *
Onions ooinonns-sc pTsaSow per dSz; and 70, ''''
white. l5c. ~. br, q
Par Mississippi per bu box. $3.50.
PeaS,nIes-Per crate, 40.
Pineasaplrs~W isconsin white. SOC per bu.
RotalSas-25c per doz
ES,araawberries-zipt cases 81; 24-et cases, s. So
SEED Spotatoes-kentucky. s3.25. i' ~
Swees., brl, soc.
TToomatOes-Fi0rida' '-0aske' crates fancy. s.So
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ONLY WOMAN BLACKSMITH
KNOWN IN THE SOUTH.
Beautiful 1S-Year-Old Clara Medlin
of PILOT Oak, Ky, shoes Horses
and Yields Tires With Ease.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Madisonville. Ky, Nov. 2S.-The village
of Pilot Oak boasts of the only woman
blacksmith. perhaps. in the South. Miss
Clara Medlin is her name. A woman she
could scarcely be called, for she is only
IS. For more than Il year in her fathers
shop ske has been doing the work Of d
farr!er and blacksmith. She does not seem
to egard the occupation as unusual for
one of her sex. e
Wonderfully strong and agile. Miss Mod
lin is at the same time pretty and we'll
formed. In fact. her beauty is striking.
and her active work has aided nature in
its development. Her hands have ii grip
that an athlete would envy, ye: they are
neither rough nor course. jet hack nair
and dancing black eyes ha: She. which
are the attraction of the vouEs mcn tor
miles around.
1t is said of Miss Mediin that she can
shoe a horse or weld 81 ire with ease ?I;!
deXterity, and that she has thorough
mastered the business in evary cctaii l.
addition to her other mrlts she
can paint aud stripe a buggy aiual to any
carriage painter. while sir. I'm so into
the kitchen and prepare a meal nat would
tempt the appetite of any person. She is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
family. She set about :ne blacksmith
trade In 1902 and will proudly succeed
her father in business. unless some lucky
chap comes along and wins hcr l.cart.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. she sre1ls most OF her
time at the forge. Miss Mn,ilin. ever n
womanly. modest girl. ~ popular :tmorS
the village bellies ard beaUx.
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FOUGHT IN GROCERY STORE.
Proprietor and Solicitor to An
swer Charges of Disturbance.

John E. Cridlow. solicitor for the Eagle
Trading Stamp Company, at No. 1914 Olive
street. and Fred Swain. grocer at No. a5il
Olive street. will appear in the First Dis
trict Police Court tomorrow to prosecute
each other on charges of disturbing the
peace.
Cridlow visited SWANS store yesterday
morning on business for his company He
says that Swain asked why the woman
who formerly represented the company did
nor como, and that his reply that she had
not been properly treated by Swain and
would come no more angered the grocer.
Swain says that Cridlow struck Mrs.
wife's rescue. Cridlow charges that Swain
fired two shots at him. Both men went
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from within the tomb. and the opening
speech of God C'Adonai'D is at first heard
as If at a great distance, gradually in
creasing in strength and volume.
SPEAK IN MONOTONE.
Many Of the lines are spoken in MONO
tone. as was the MEDIEVAL custom. and
some of the characters act after the
classic style. with very few gestures and
with scrupulOuS enunciatiOn.
The greatest part in the play is that OF
Ever: man This character IS on the stage
all bur five minutes of the entire action.
and from a light and merry beginning
ascends to Il high pitch of tragic emotion.
Tine costumes are all careful &C pies of
Flemish tapestries and are in splendid
relief when set amongst the prevailing
background of drab. The music which IS
Incidental to the entire performance con-
s sts Of Gregoriau mass music and re-
iisious psalmody of the Thirteenth Gem
fury.
OF especial importance Is the manage
melt of the limellGht effects. At the OPEN
ing OF the action the stage is well lit. to
symbolic the fai- appearance CT the
world to the worldly. With the
from on high 10 E~verynan to make his
last pilgrimage the stage is darkened,
with no relief until Evcrynsn is en-
veloped in light. in symbolism of his for
giveness of sins.
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sets of scenery used during the perform
ance. These will be found already in place
as the audience enters the auditorium. as
the curtain is not used at any time dur
ing the performance. The inner stage set
ting represents the %cloister yard of a me-
| diaeval cathedral. and. like the outer. it
is a copy of the churchyard of Salamanca
Cathedral.
The stage set next to the audience con-
sists of two immense churchl!ke inches.
one on either side of the proscenium: the
one represents earth and the other heaven.
SEEKS COMPANIONS.
During the action of the play and at the
point IL Everyman seeks companions
to go with him on his journey TO the
| grave, these inches open of themselves,
! disclosing in one the character of Riches,
who refuses to go with Everyman. and
in the other Coed Deeds. who accompa-
| MES Everyman to his DOOM.
The center stage piece, built In the form
OF a Gothic arch. consists of the tomb
into which Everyman sinks to his death.
During the play it is uncovered ana GOV.
cred by two Dominican monks. me most
tragic part of the play, depicting Every
man sinking gradually out OF sight wnile
vet uttering his last prayer. occurs at the
Dit. which represents the pilgrims TOMB.
The entire front of the stage. lnciuding
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WRITTEN FoR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
With the ofening of the morality play
'Evcryran' At the Odeon tomorrow
night will be given the novel opportunity
of seeing in what manner plays We're
staged at about the time Columbus was
discovering the country. Then there was
no star system in fact not even the in
dividual names of the players were di-
vulgcd. But Il play was written-Generally
by a monk-and performed for the pur-
pose of ~evokins religious thoughts in the
minds of its auditors.
Under Ben Greet'S direction not only the
custom of Withholding the names of the
cast, but every other popularity of the
stage as it existed in the Fifteenth Cen
fury. is carefully adhered to In the per,
formance of "Everyman." The play Will
he staged just as passion plays used 10
be staged on Good Fridays over $50 years
ago.
In an ordinary theater this could not be
accomplished without entailinS an I'M
mense amount of stage carpentry. But At
the Odeon a weeks amount of labor. 20
gether with the natural a~daptabilitS OF
the auditorium, have perfected all prepa-
rations for the engagement.
The entire width Of the stage-lo rect
will be necessary to accommodate Two
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THE THEATERS.

first performance of his new play. Lefty"
he suggested ttat the drama should he
taken more seriously. and that it should be
ranked III Importance ahead of dinner. at
least. He suggested that prospective pa
irons inaulge in a high tea" late in the
afternoon. that they might be in time for
an early curtain at Z O'Clock. say. and then
have their dinner after the thcater.
Most Of the newspapers glade fun of the
suggestion. and one of the principal the
atrical clubs. wishing TO ascertain the drift
Of public opinion on the question. sent out
SEQ circulars. securing an amusing variety
of nswer
Sir Charles Wyndham says the curtain
should rise at the convenience of the pub
lie. and fall before they are bored.
George Bernard shaw. the author and
critic. says that in the case of the great
majority of plays the curtain should not
rise at all. lie adds:
There is no difficulty in the remainder.
If l We're allowed to cut Pineros plays he
would retaliate by cutting mine. and Bar
RE and II. A. Jones would operate one up
on another In the same manner"
Weldon Grossmith says:
"As an actor, | would say the curtain
should rise at . md descend at 10 jas one
of the public / would say ii should rise NJ
s and go down at IL"
On the whole. the vote reveals the gen
eral conviction that Inner must be consid-
cred before the drama.
George Richards. who plays Captain
Alonzo Plummer in Peggy from Paris
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the footlights. which are not used during
the play. has been boarded over.
"A secondary platform, with steps lead
ing from the stage to the parGuet, has
been constructed in order that the char
acters may make Their entrances and eX-
its through the audience, after the manner
of early Passion plays.
Extra room has been made in front
of the stage by removing the first rows of
seats for the parts that are played by the
characters who act among the audience.
Down these steps VIII also pass the re-
ligious professional which parades through
the audience amid the renG4ticn of antique
music by an organ and singers.
NO INTERMISSIONS.
The entire action will be without inter
missions. and the end OF the play will not
be marked by the fall of the curtain. but
by the speech of the "Doctour.' This
character will come through the audience
just after the death of Everyman. ard.
dressed in the character of u university
professor of the Dark Ages. will epitomize
the lesson already taught by the action.
At no time during the action does the
management wish Cor any applause. In
fact. the slightest noise disturbs the
course of the action. as many of the
speeches must be delivered very family.
Everyman's last speech is heard to come