Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-12-16
z TALES OF BOSTON.
Or. Porter ~ Hard Times for Poor PecpIe--Saw
Miss Butt In Great Play.

EDITOR CENSOR: 0n Sunday even
ing, November 80, spent half an hour
in historic Park street church, where
Rev. John L Withrcw. who is known
| to hundreds o. thous ads who read the
Saturday Record Herald, breaches to q
small audience. By actua, count there
were an even hundred III the great
church. went over to fremont Tenn
pie and found that DR.. Henson. whom
Viroquans heard lecture on Fools, y
some years ago, had a church filled to
the steps of the second gallery. Mon
day evening l saw Henry Irving, prob
ably the foremost tragedian of his time,
pla in Dante. | shall always re-
member the view we had of the Inferno
Next day visited the old whaling town
Of New Bedford, and spent three days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings, who are
known to some in Virogua. Hamlin
Garland came to New Bedford to ad-
dress the Women's club on the chang
ing heart of the Red Man" and l heard
him. 1t was strong plea for better
treatment of the Indian Brooker
Washington comes soon to address the
club on the Negro question.
On the electrics went to Providence
to visit my aunt and cousin. Ny aunt,
whose father and husband built the
Bay State House at DeSoto, gave me an
interesting account of the delightful
times the first settlers of DeSoto had
while they lived in the Bay State barn
before the hotel was built.
Times are getting hard in these east
ern cities. Men are being discharged
from me shops. Cotton is so high that
wages in cotton mills have been cut
down, and the outlook is for a hard
winter for many. Money in New Eng
land is let easily for six per cent. in
small amounts
Returning to Boston Sunday evening
the 9th, ! attended the meeting Of the
Anti Profanity league, which is pretty
good organization, and one which ]
ought to join The statement was made
that the Americans arc the most pro
fame Of any people. Today / met at the
Graad Opens house, Miss Jane Butt and
several Of the gentlemen and ladies who
compose the fine company which Is 10
play Sag Harbor, Jas A. Herne's last
play, a beautifr comedy drama. will
send bill or two to show how they
look on a thousand boards around the
city. In the Sunday Journal Miss Butts
portrait, together with those Of Ethel
Barrymore, Jane Peyton and Henry
Irving, are found on the same page.
Miss Butt is looking remarkably we'll
and expects to play in La Crosse Janu-
ary IL, this winter. The company had
Just learned that they are to go to the
Pacific coast and are highly pleased
This is poor year for theatrical COM
panies and lot of them have disband-
ed Miss Butt told me that 8, 900 actors
are out of work in New York city.
DECEMBER S.--Last night saw Sag
Harbor" played to great company Of
spectators, and today went with Miks
Butt to study for an hour the painting;
by Sargent and another American IA
the public library-I found that she has
visited all the historic places herr, so
we visited the Back Bay district, " hich
40 years ago, was mud fiat, but 10 now
the aristocratic part of the city. Today
saw so children from the slums lined
up by three ladies and put on a trolley
car. | inquired where they were going.
Down TO Jordan's to see Santa Claus, .
was the answer expect TO see Henry
living in Waterloo" tonight and TO.
morrow to go by boat to New York, and
thence to Washington for three or four
days. G. V. PORTER.
Boston, Mass, Dec z, 1908.