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SMoNTE cRIsTo" AT THE METRO.
POLITAN.

A dramatization of Dumas absorb
ing romance Monte Cristo," wills be
the offering of the Ferris Stock COM
pany at the Metropolitan for the week
beginning tonight. The play was fSst
exploited in this country some thirty
years ago by Charles Fechter, and has
since been used a number of years
with tremendous success for the ex-
preston of the talents of that notable
actor, James O'Neill.
The drama combines in it's construc-
ton the the elements of pathos COM
edy and tragedy, hence its long life and
consequent success. The tender chords
of human sympathy are touched as the
young lover, Edmond Dantes, is torn
from the side of his sweetheart on the
eve of their wedding, to be cast into a
gloomy dungeon of the Chateau DIFF;
the risibilities are reused by the ac-
tions of the dissipated tailor, Cade-
rousse, the would-be friend of Dantes,
and the deepest notes of tragedy are
sounded in the doom that Dantes, in
after years metes out to his enemies,
Villefort, Danglars and Fernand. The
play is replete with intense situations
and thrilling climaxes, and is pleasing
to all classes of theater patrons, from
the gods of the gallery to the first
nighters in the parquet.
Frederick Montague is cast for the
leading role of Edmond Dantes, after
wards Count de Monte Cristo and
should give pleasing portrayal of the
character, as during his short stay
with the company he has proved him.
self an actor of more than ordinary
ability. The character of Caderousse
will receive efficient treatment by
Charles c.. Burnham. Hugh Ettinger,
a new member of the company, will be
seen as Fernand; Ernest Fisher, an
other new addition to the Ferris or
ganization. will essay the role of Vile
fort; Frederic Clarke will be seen as
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selectlna a Watermelon.

Good, sound watermelons, not cracked.
kept in a shady place, will keep three or
four weeks. Many att inpts have been
made TO keep then, 81 winter, but the
fruit preservers have not made much OF a
success oft.
The scene at the great freight piers Is
busy one when a cargo OF watermelonS
comes in News of the arrival Is soon
spread among the dealers, and at what
ever hour in the day or night IL may be.
the trucks of the commission merchants or
dealers crowd the piers
No attempt is made t. handle the melons
in bulk or In barrels They must be passed
out from hand TO hand. and long line OF
men are formed for this purpose There Is
always crowd OF youngsters-Italians
and negroes-at the depots 10 catch a
stray melon that is cracked OF broken.
and the dismembered parts are soon COB
bled and disappear in a gulp.
There are various ways OF telling a
good watermelon. Com persons say they
can, by pressing the sides together. hear.
in a good sound, ripe melon. peculiar
sound Of crispness like that OF celery.
A well known expert gives these direc-
tons:
Lay the melon on its back, with white
part up. scratch the skin OF the lghtest
part WITH ,-sur finger nail II the skin
Is tender aLd the melo, is yet firm to tho
pressure OF the Gbger so that you can
with difficulty pierce II with your nall. ie
Is probably a good melon New YORK
World
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This building has. passed uninjured
through the test of severe earth-
quake shock.
I'm another big building the columns
are seated on inverted arches, which
distribute their loads over all the
space beneath them. The arches are
laid on long wide concrete fo2ings
which reduce the unit pressure suffi-
GENTLY for the fine wet sand on which
they are built.
"Few, If any, tall buildings are on
worse soil than those in Chicago
There, only ten or fifteen feet below
the surface, is a crust of clay not more
than ten feet thick which floats on
wet plastic mud from go to 100 feet
deep. Piles more than 100 feet long
would be required to reach the hard
pan or bed rock, and most of the tall
buildings there really stand on great
RATS built on the surface of the clay.
1t has been found that load OF 1000
pounds per square foot of clay surface
will settle slowly for several months.
After settling perhaps two inches 1t
will become stationary, and may be
considerably increased with safety No
attempt is made to prevent this set
Element.
Very often buildings are deliberate
ly started above grade, and it is reck-
OHeQ lIdl tllcy Wii Sihh oO iiie''J
inches.
Huge structures built on such foun-
dations are perfectly SAFE" the archi-
tect continued. almost any soft soil
can be successfully conquered now
adays by an architect who knows his
business. We Americans are not the
only people who build on the sand.
The native architects of India have
done so for centuries, sinking deep
brick walls into their soft, wet alluvial
soil to serve as foundations"
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New York playgoingl public as a whole,
we must base our judgment upon what
we know that the public unanimously
rejects, rather than upon what inter-
ested parties would have us believe it
has by attachments accepted
The truth is that the present era of
national prosperity with its conse-
quent neglect Of ideals, its easy going
and careless tasting1of whatever comes
along, Its Impotence of austerity in
any form, is golden harvest time for
the mercenary theatrical spectators.
Here is the opportunity for the money
changers to run into the temple. De-
moralization will speedily follow, but
meanwhile many quick fortune is
made by foisting spurious and inferior
theatrical goods upon a generous, UNI
discriminating public that pays for the
best. The play or player that no New
York audience, In such a period, can
be induced to stand for" must be very
bad indeed.
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while Prof. Frank Danz will lead all
Che other orchestral numbers.
The concert programmes are as fol-
lows:
Wednesday Evening Programme.
overture-"Maid of Orleans .soderman
Danz Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Frank DAM, Director
Grand Chorus-"Hor oss sveap clear
american erSa1 Union Of Swedish singers
=, Mr.; John R. ortengren, Director.
Violin solo-"scenes de la Gar
ia Mic: Mo .ti,,o Icin:tcnc .HuDay
Male Chorus" Brudefarden Har-
danger" bridal Procession in
Lyran, Of Rockford.
Mr.. Frank Shelain, Director.
Baritone Solo-(a) ''Florez och
81 BaIad from Gustav " S Sssasammaf
saga Mr. John Fcrseil - faaiien
Grand Naturen och HER
:, tat Mature and Hearty 20. Lindblad
Soprano Solo,-Aria fir. Daughter
Nine Anna Heilstem.
Fjelfard' CA Mountain Ram
0'e' orpheus Of Minn eepeISon-bereer
Mr.: J. Victor Bergquist, Director,
MISS Martina TOMBSTONE.
Male Chorus-"Afsked till Foster
landet" Farewell to the Father
land) Morning
Norden of Chicago.
Mr.. VIM. Dahlen, Director.
(al "vallgossens Visa" shepherds
% pi aBen Naikanda stormen tThe '1el'er
(c) "Langtan' fran Hafvet" (Long-
ing from the Sea- .Josephson
Cd "Skjutsgossen pa Hemvagen''
2The Stage Boy HomeWard
Mr.. John Forseli ''''''N
Male Chorus-"Pa Kna" (Kneel-
Swedish Glee Club OF; Chicago eiD''u
Mr.. John R. Ortengren, Director
5a} SHemiangtan'' Gonging) .Josephson
CO. Tag aso E MsSa.s Krandsen" &c
(c sept R saS M@ea'94 rhe Hammi S9aerman
Nine. Anna Hellstrom. .-'''' O''
Grand Chorus = handwriting
With Solo by Mr.. John Forseli. eiies
Thursday Evening Programme.
Festival March-"The Vikings Madden
Dedicated to the American Union Of Swe-
dish Singers.
DAM Symphony Orchestra.
Mr.. Claude Madden, Director.
Grand Chorus-"vart Land" (Our
Country ..,...,..........,..J osephson
American Union of Swedish Singers.
Mr.. John R. Ortengren, Director.
Baritone solo-"Ta nnhauser. Bal
Mr.. John Forsell.
Male Cherus-"O, hor mig tilI' 60,
Afpi Glee Club of st. Paul.
Mr.. Hjalmar Nilsson, Director.
Violin Solo-Adagio ct Perpetuum
Miss Martina Johnstone.
Grand Chorus jornborgarnes
Marsch" (Biorneborg Regimentaf
Mdrc0J .Old Melody
Soprano Solo-Aria from Bar
Der Of Seville" ................R ossini
Nine. Anna Hellstrom
Male Chorus-"L innean' (The
Twin F1ower) ..,...............Wi berg
Sveas Soner of Rockford
Mr.. John r. Ortengren. Director.
Baritone Solo
(al "Hvil over verden,' Crest
Ger the World) .Sjogren
(b) "Lehn define Wang .Sjogren
(cl 'Jahrlang Mocht' ich so dich
Mr.. John Forsen.
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G. BERNARD sHAw's DILEMMA.

The wit of George Bernard Shaw
would have routed the Lonodn Doors on
one occasion IL the Doors had been in
telligent enough to understand 1t.
1t happened at the first London per-
Torrance of Mr.. Shaw'S comedy,
Arms and the Man." which Mr.. Mans
field presented in this country. At the
fall of the curtain there were clamor-
Gus calls for the author. to which Mr..
Shaw was at length induced to re-
spond.
The audience was still cheering, but
there was one dissentient IN the gall
lery, who was "booing' with the full
power of a pair Of very strong lungs.
Mr.. Shaw looked UP at the disturber,
and said very seriously:
Yes, sir; I quite agree with you; but
what can we two do against whole
houseful? l
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turning the Victoria theater once again
into music hall. think I've had
enough experience in this line Of man
agement to call myself an expert, and
as an expert I win say that In New
York only one music hall can pay at a
time When I was In competition with
Roster & Bal they slaughtered me
every time they obtained big attrac-
ton and slaughtered them back when
I got the feature that happened to hit
the public fancy at the moment. With
Fregoli as my star. Roster & Bal did
nothing. When they had Chevalier l
began to look for a comfortable place
in which to starve. And SO it goes.
New York Is unlike London and other
great centers, since 1t won't take care
of more than one big music hall. To be
sure, if had re-entered this field with
the Victoria 1 might have had 1t to
myself for a while. But before long
others would have said: Now's the
moment for music hall craze, and
we would have all gone back to first
principles. Anybody who wishes to
break into this line of work in New
York may do so with complete conf
dence in meeting no opposition from
me. / know when I've had enough"
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MARIE cAHILL WEEDS HER MAN
t AGER.

Miss Marie Cahill. whose last ap-
pearance in st. Paul was. in the lead
ing female role in THE Chaperons," and
who has achieved great success in New
York as the star Of Nancy Brown"
was married last week to her manager,
Daniel v. Arthur.
Miss zCahtll lis, very well known on
the stage, having begun her career as
dancer in one of the Hoyt farces,
several years ago. She made big hit
with her Nancy Brown" song in THE
Wild Rose" year ago, and 1t was
then she met Mr.. Arthur for the first
time. Their liking was mutual, and
rumors that they were to be married
soon began to be heard. Then Miss
Cahill became star under Mr.. Ar
ehur's management last winter at the
Biiou. in a. musical play named after
the song she had made famous.
Mr.. Arthur is one of the younger
managers who have come to the front
in recent years. He was Stuart Rob-.
sons manager for several years, and
has been in several successful enter
prises.
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Adowie, who has been attached to his
staff for several seasons.


Mr.. Otis Skinner is now in London. az
is Miss Ada Rehan, where they are to
meet Mr.. George c. Tyler on his return
iIom Italy, to arrange the respective d.
vision OF time for the plays in their roper
tore for the coming season. Great inter
est naturally attaches to Miss Rehan's
resumption of her world famous roles OF
Katherine and Lady TeaZle. but there is
little doubt among those who comprehend
impersonation of Shylock will also prove
one which this generation will not be
likely to forget. With Otis Skinner as
Shylock and Ada Rehan as Portia. sup
ported by a cast which is worthy Of
them. and appearing in the original Au-
should prove a revival of 1.-The legitimate"
that will linger long &. the memory.
"A Chinese Honeymoon" closed its Chi
cago run last night. and goes into sum-
mer quarters, only to be brought out in
September. when it starts again at the
Olympic theater in st. Louis for a run.
The piece was originally produced in
Philadelphia at the Chestnut Street opera
house when brought oyer from England.
on May /, 1902. After that it went into
New York, and ran for over year. and
last night was the final performance OF
the American run, which has never been
broken since that time. OF late the hot
weather has affected business in Chicago.
and coupled with this fact came a request
from the principals that they be given a
vacation. Under the circumstances ii was
decided to bring the long run to n close.
By the way. Katie Barry, the English ac-
tress who has made such a hit as the
slavey girl in the piece, has signed fivc
years contract with Shubert Bros. and
remains in this country for that length
OF time.
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which compacted it until even these
tremendous blows could force them
no further, and they could well carry
their loads of $4,000 pounds each.
Groups of these piles were capped with
concrete and pyramidal brick tiers
were built on that Steel beams Were
laid on the fiat pier tops to distribute
the loads over the surface of the ma
sorry. Some of the columns carry as
much as 100000 pounds each. 75
MANY of our heaviest buildings are
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Soprano Solo
la} "Det forste Mode (The First
(b1 moi, min lille NOR Moth
(c) 9TH Majdag'' (To May
Day. ..................Pe Peterson Berger
Nine Anna Hellstrom.
Male -"Serenade" 49,. .Hawley
Mr.. John L. swenson, Director.
Baritone Solo
(a) "F'ylgia'' (My Genius) w Stenhammer
uSl .............-.... w. Stenhammar
(b) "Sommardofter Summer
Fragrance) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES lfyen
Mr.. John Forsell.
Grand Chorus-"Olav Tryggvason"
(Sea Battle of Svolder) .Reissiger
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nels the news speedily sped all over the
country and in the investigation which
resulted, 1t is said, Mr.. George c. Tyler
who had offered Olga Nethersole 81, 200
week to take up the role of Roma was
persuaded to engage Mrs. Guy Bates Post
10 appear In the part. And there are a
burg who believe that she viii play 1t
better than anybody.
Lee Arthur has been entertaining his
friends with recent experience he has
had with Broadway manager who has
considerable prominence. 1t seeiSs that
arthur has written new play around an
incident connected with the early history
of this country, and feeling very proud OF
the result he submitted the plot to this
manager. The latter listened with some
interest as Arthur described the scenes
which are flied with dramatic accent
Arthur became more and more enthusiast
tic as he read his lines and pointed out
how this play was sure to set the whole
the manager was paying but little atten-
ton, and when he had finished he ask
ed the others opinion. Say" said the
manager. what's the name of the fellow
thur replied, unsuspectingly, Jackson"
not thinking it necessary to explain that
it was the famous. president. Not bit
"Jacksons a dead one He was dead in
the ring over here long before he croak-
ed in Australia. The public wouldn't stand
for that kind of game a minute. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
Alexander the Great which Wagon
halls and Kemper have had written for
the coming tour of Louis James and Fred
erick Warde, will involve just such an
other lavish scenic production as they
have given these famous stars every sea-
son. AS in the great standard classic
plays, the authors have aimed at max
ing one particular scene stand out in con-
trast to the rest. In Alexander the
Great that which will be given the most
attention is the scene in the mountain
tells us, Alexander imagined that he had
reached the end of the world. The eff
fects, of wind. storm and rain and
treacherous mists. together with the mu-
tinous mood of the army induced by
Alexanders Unsuitable thirst for conquest
is expected to furnish an impressive and
intensely dramatic atmosphere
the pen of Jean Richepin,r the p French
dramatist, that IS said to give her emo
tional powers full scope. Mrs Craigie is
at work on the adaptation and when
completed Miss Nethersole will bring the
play out in London this winter In the
meantime she will stick to "Sapho," talk
ing II on a provincial tour covering the
time that she will be away from London
If her new play Is success II will be
brought over to this country later.
Robert Mantell isn't likely to be seen
In this country, in a professional sense.
for year or more. He has made ar
rangements to sail for Australia In Sep
TENDER for a prolonged stay in that part
of the world. He takes with him THE
Dagger and the Cross" "Monbars." THE
Face in the Moonlight and other plays
which have shown themselves to be prof
table of his repertoire. Mr.. Mantell has
not been under the management of M
w. Hanley for some time, and the bust
ness details of his forthcoming Journey
will be handled by his nephew, Mr.. Nc
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Civic Pride.

1T don't kncS what we're goin' to
do about them two leadin' citizens"
said Bronco Bill. They're lookin' fur
one another with six-shooters from
mornin' till night
Has an insult passed.
mo. it wasn't any insult but some
doubt ariz as to which was the oldest
inhabitant an they're both determined to
settle the question fur good and all. -
Washington Star. .
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part in a curtain raiser written by Mr.
Samuel Harden Church, of Pittsburg, for
the express purpose Of giving Miss Tru-
axis emotional powers a supreme test.
showing the estrangement between a hus-
band and wife, and, through mistaken
causes, the discovery by the wife of her
error, just at the moment that word had
been brought to her of her husbands de-
parture with an intention to commit sui
eide. The artistic work of Miss Truax on
the occasion, the local press declared,
triumph that through professional chan
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lance the discontinue of the gatekeeper.
For a few moments the king watched
him, and then, with a smile on his face,
went up to him and said
LET me do it. m. boy. and 1 promise
you Wen scare the old fellow"
With these words he pulled the bell half
a dozen times and in another minute
had run across the grass and hidden him
self behind tree. Hardly had he col
cealed himself before the gatekeeper APP
peared, and the expression OF surprise on
the old mans face was so strong that the
king could hardly refrHin from bursting
out into loud lauR3teI.
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the brother of Nortier; George Russ
Fiske as Albert. son of Fernand and
Mercedes; Harry Langdon as Dan
glars; George K. Henery as NJ. Morel.
Matte Choate as Mercedes. Fannie
Granger as Mile. Danglars, Lillian
O'Neil as La Carcante. wife of Cade-
rousse, and Emily Batlo as Aida, slave
of Monte Cristo.
The drama is in five acts and seven
scenes, and an unusually elaborate
production Is promised. The acting
version used here will be the same as
that originally presented in this coun-
try by Fechter.
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HOUSES BUILT ON SAND.
All the Monster skyscrapers Are So
Constructed.

Constructed.
do you know" said famous archi-
tect the other day, that modern archi-
lecture is a huge paradox? The heav-
lest and tallest buildings are really
houses built upon the sand-or the
mud, as the case may be-"
Then how do they stand?" he was
asked.
"Oh, they are safe enough. Take
the Park Row building, in New York.
1t is the tallest commercial structure
in the world, and probably the heav-
lest also. 1t weighs over $4,000 tons,
which means a pressure. of nearly
5000 pounds on each square foot Of
the site. 1t Is about a hundred times
as heavy load as good high
way bridge is designed to carry. And
yet this enormous load rests upon
bed of fine, wet sand scarcely different
from quicksand and about a hundred
feet deep.
1T is perfectly safe. Nearly 1000
large piles were driven in 1t by
1000 pound hammer falling 20 feet.
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really supported on stilts-that is to
say. on foundation piles driven through
sand or mud to the solid rock.
I'm other cases heavy buildings are
supported on piles which neither reach
to hard bottom nor are driven In hrm,
SOIL Long piles are driven into very
soft mud and silt, into which they
sink many feet by their own weight
and by light blows of steam ham,
mer. If they are driven there thirty
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Lackaye's new vehicle, 1.-The Pit" will
conclude the fourth act of the piece, and
Is to last two minutes. The early portion
of the act shows the transaction of the
business leading up to the failure of Cur
tbs Jadwin and occurs in the offices of
Gretry, Converse & Co.
Edward CARVE, the comedian who stars
in "Mr Jolly of Joliet" originally entered
the profession as a tragic actor. Mr..
Garvie's ambition is to play Hamlet
some day.
"a ra
: Menagers Wagennals and Kemper an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-19

He was recently strolling through the
park near the royal castle of Bernstein
when his attention was attracted toward
to reach the bell near the principal gate.
his intention evidently being to ring IL and
then run away and enjoy from a safe dis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-19
BARRIERS Necessary.

According to a Dublin scientist, who has
spent considerable time in making the
necessary calculations mans beard
grows on an average about three MILL
meters a week. At this rate ii would In
crease in length about sixteen centimeters
every year. and thu= at the age OF eighty
four man who had never shaved would
be equipped wish a beard about twenty
seven feet in length.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-19

or fifty feet and left undisturbed
few hours, it Is found that the adhe-
sion of the tenacious mud is so great
that they can hardly be started again,
and may be safely trusted to carry
heavy permanent loads, which are
realyy supported by the sickness of
the mud.
1.-The ST. Paul building in New
York is supported on a very deep bed
of fine wet sand, which was only ex-
cavated to depth of a bout thirty-two
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Minneapolis.

feet. A one-foot layer of concrete
was spread over the bottom of the
pit, and on this were set the real foun-
dations, consisting of crossed layers
of steel beams and Orders.
THE Spreckles building in San Fran
cisco, which weighs over 24,00G0OO
pounds, rests on dense wet sand, on
which a solid platform of steel and ar
tificial stone was laid as a foundation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-19
KINGS Little Joke.

Here is one of the many stories which
show that there is not a monarch in Eu-
rope who is as playful or as fond Of a
joke as old King Christian of Denmark.
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During a rectn engagement in Pittsburg
Miss Sarah Truax-the lady who is to
succeed Miss Allen as Roma in THE
Eternal City"-was persuaded to create
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DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

One Of the features Of ''Sky Farm E..
e. Kidder's successful play, Is poker
game between two yokels. This incident
Is said to be exceedingly amusing.
William A. Brady has entered into
contract by which he acquires from the
Shubert Brothers a half interest in the
future starring tours of Aubrey Boucci-
cault Mr.. Bouccicault will begin his sea-
son on the road in November, appearing
In comedy from his own pen.
The episode on the floor of the produce
exchange, the big scene" in Wilton
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Francis Wilson has compromised with
his Discriminate to quit the stage by
signing a three-year contract with Charles
Frohman to appear under the latter's
management both here and in England.
tire energies to "Erminie," and this will
be his last appearance in comic opera.
Thereafter he will appear only in legiti-
mate comedy, in plays of the Nat Goodwin
type.