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MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY MARKET.-Money on call opened at So
per cent highest, per cent lowest, per cent:
rate. SO per cent Time money was quoted at per
cent for sixty to ninety days and 515 per cent for
four fEe and six months. Commercial paper was
quoted at per cent for choice four to six months
bills and 6G6la per cent for others.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Mark closed firm.
Actual closing rates foIlour.
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AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.
MIN n,om-York ,;ew-York

London. Dec s. 4 p. r1.--Tho market for American
securities was strong and active. Final prices FOL
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HEAVY DEALINGS IN STOCKS.
EARLY ADVANCES FOLLOWED By REACTIONS
Improved Demand for Losg Priced Issaenone Market Condition"
FcrorabLe-lIore Gold Engaged.
tations were:
STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday Of the principal active
securities ard net changes from Mondays quo
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GUARANTEED STOCKS.
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KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN.

The pamphlet report OF Kansas City Southern for
the year ended June go 1893 is issued. The income
account compares as follows:
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Brooklyn Ferry stock .....-
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do LIST mig IS. 1922
n Y Il III r Con 0s. lo46, =.
10th & - ST LIST ing 0S. 1919
Union + OF ~ Y & Il stock.
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Amer Light & Trac -.....
do pref 8 per cent .....-..
Bing Gas LIST mtg 6s. 1868
do stock .-........-.-....
Bling l. Fl & r ist 5s. 1892
Butt r & r 60 1st mtg s..
COlum Gas Co ist Sc. 1892
ID G. & u g 1st Con 81. 1910.
do stock .-----.------- o.
IT W Gas CO 1sJ IS. 1925. A..
@ Rap @ l. co 1st IS. 1873
HUd Co Gas list Con IS. 1919
Indinap Gas Est O.. 1928 Cd.
do stock -...-..-.---..-.-
l.. & " v Gas ist 81. 1925. d.
New Haven Gas 90 stock 10
y r 8 q r, T.. & p 60 stock.
do pfef. .-..-..--.. ..
Ohio & 7 q ist mtg g. 1928
DO stock. ........-s... BE-.
Syracuse q ist mtg Sc. 1885
81 Joseph Gas lst 81. 1851 g.
81 PaHl Gas q VI 5s. 1854 .
yFestch I Co ist ing 81, 1890.
DO pref stock .-......-.-.
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THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.

GOVERNMENT BONDs-Marl,et firm Final
quotations follow:
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will endeavor to see him no more. To
which order she simply answers No
After long seeking she finds Lanceor's
tower in wild, deserted garden, all
weeds and dead boughs
She releases Lanceor and they fall into
each others arms, and, as they do so, the
garden suddenly blooms into life. The
! trees are covered with leaves, and flow
ers spring up on every bank. That is
part of Merlin's little system; it is a
tell-tale garden which will remind the
| frivolous of the tell-tale electric bell in
"Divorcons."
The Trial of Jealousy.
Merlin sends a serpent to bite Lam
ceor. who falls into a trance, waking TO
! find not Joyzelle, but Arielle, bending
! over him. This is to provide Joyzelle's
second trial, the trial of jealousy For
Lanceor, who is 'as weak as flesh if not
weaker makes violent love to Arielle,
| is caught by Joyzelle-and promptly for
given. But the serpent's poison is still
il. him, and be heartlessly drives her
from his sight. Things begin TO look
badly for Lanceor.
They look worse in the next scene
| (Act I'D, for Lanceor has behaved so
badly that Arielle tempts Merlin to
leave him to his fate and to endeavor
to win Joyzelle's love for himself Here,
perhaps, he may find way of defying
fate-the terrible fate that he knows
hangs over him with Viviane in Broce-
liande. These are the insidious whis-
perings of the subconscious self, but
they are sIlenced in face of the I'M
shaken consistency of Joyzelle.
1t is time, however, for her third
trial-the trial of faith. Merlin tells
her that if she will only turn around
she will see Lanceor again in the arms
of strange woman. She walks stead
lily out without once turning around.
A Supreme Test.
Now for the fourth, and supreme
trial. 1t is something Ike the trial Of
the hero at the point of death. and
Joyzelle, after yainly trying to revive
him. casts herself on MerEn's mercy.
II only he will save Lanceor she will
Go anything he demands of her. The.
condition he makes is that, so soon
as ne has restored Lanceor, she shall
give herself to him, and. in a sort Of
stupor Of despair, she promises. But
when she comes to fulfill her promise
it is with dagger-and Merlin is de-
lighted, because she has satisfied the
supreme test and not firchcd from
bloodshed for her love.
rs it then ordained" asks Joyzelie,
that love must strike down all that
would try to bar its way?" But AIe7-
lin, like prudent philosopher. de-
cliaes to generallze And so the story
ends, to the old refrain of Amor omnla
vincit
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d. GOSSIP OF THE DRAMA FROM MANY POINTS OF VIEW

work. Could self-consciousness go fur
Their?
In every part he plays, in every part
he studies. the actor looks at himself
as in a glass and through a glass. No
detail of his physical being escapes him.
He learns land this is truer today than
ever. that if he does not conform to
certain physical standards his chance for
a living is small. He must be just so
tall and have just so much of good looks,
or his talent, if he have any, will go
a-begging. 1t is not surprising again,
that he comes to have an undue appreci-
alton of qualities that in other fields
OF activity are accounted of no value.
The bank president does not care if
his clerk be six or three feet tall, so
that he have the requisite ability to do
his work. Ask the actor what chance
man of short stature has in the pro-
fession. He Will point out men who in
every other way are superior in their
class. but whose engagements are few
and far between, because they lack the
requisite inches There are exceptions
of course. but to the actors generally
these remarks apply.
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highly characteristic. and this he rem
dered very we'll For the rest. although
his performance was workmanlike, one
saw nothing but the straightforward
soldier incapable of the humors and
humor of the Benedick who even when
at great disadvantage holds his own
against his mockers.''
Another writes: There is not a
ha porth of subtlety in this Benedirk of
Oscar ~che. who is stolid and solid and
stiff as his buff jerkin. There are sever
al possible Benedicks. and we like the
rugged strength and imperturbable good
humor of this one. though we retain
a preference for the Benedick of the
classic and more elegant tradition, such
a Benedick as one imagines Charles
Kemble to have been"
Mr.. Archer's verdict is: oscar Asche
has not as yet quite firmly grasped the
part Of Benedick. His performance is
sensible and adequate rather than brill
liant. There are numberless fine sh Ides
of comedy in the character which Mr..
Asche passes unnoticed. He will work
in these details as time goes on; the
outline he at present gives US is cor
rect and spirited
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characters are modified and displayed
under changed conditions. Its environ
ment bears an atmosphere of domestic
life and love as with the otherwise un-
relieved investiture of weirdness and
horror
This dual character of Jekyll and
Hyde possesses horrible animal visor.
and intense and reckless force of in
fernal malignity. 1t is a character re-
markable for intensity and power, yet
shaded with moments of naturaIness
and thoughtful repose that make of it
remarkable Characterization. The ac-
ton of the play begins at the home of
the Rev. Edward Leigh, whose daugh-
ter. Alice. is already betrothed TO Dr..
Jekyll. Among the company of guests
assembled at the house are Mr. Utter
son and DR.. Lanyon, who are discuss
ing the savage cruelty of Hyde, when
Dr.. Jekyll comes upon the scene-a
pale, sad man. foriorn and wistful. Alice
cheers her lover. Presently the scene
is cleared of all but the Rev. Edward
Leigh and his daughter. who linger
while in affectionate talk of the past.
Just as they have said goodnight, and
are parting, the grisly and sinister figure
of Hyde emerges from the moonlight
and glides into the room-a figure like
Jekyll, but most unlike him, repulsive,
stealthy, yet insolent in demeanor, hor-
rible in facial expression, irritating IN
voice, a loathsome image of depravity.
He commands the father to call his
daughter back, and being repealed by
the minister, suddenly springs upon him
and chokes and mains him 10 death.
The succeeding scenes are rich in in
cident and action. and eliminate in the
last act, with the tragic death of Hyde.
who, realizing that the transformation
is upon him again, swallows quick poi
son and sprawls horribly in death.
In view of the known attainments Of
John T. Sullivan in the Interpretation
of heavy roles, the prospect of a char
acterization of the dual role in this
piece is a bright one.
The cast is as follows: Dr. JekyIl and
Mr.. Hyde, John T. Sullivan; j. c. Ut
terson, esq, William H. Tooker; the
Rev. Edward Leigh, George C. Pearce;
DR.. Lanyon, Frederic Sullivan; Inspec-
tor Newcomer, Myron Leffngwell; Poole,
William H. Conley; Guest, VIII II.
Miller; insolvency. John Daily Murphy;
Wilson, Joseph O'Connor: James, Wal
ter Hilton; Polly, Miss Susette Jack
son; Alice Leigh, Miss Jane Rivers.
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Common Sense in Plays.
William Archer breaches a Strange
Doctrine for Authors.

Commenting on The Exile" which
served to introduce Lloyd Osborne ana
Austin Strong, dramatists hitherto I'M
tried in London, William Archer sets out
to preach what he terms the rules of
common sense"
To a dramatist who wishes to deal
with NaDoleon's last phase at st. Bele-
ma, two courses are open" he says. He
may present a series Of quiet, unevent-
fnl tableaux from the normal, unevent-
full life of Longwood, enlivened only by
the intrigues and jealousies of the little
court, and by chickering's with the stoIid,
tactless British authorities; or he may
plunge us into romantic conspiracy for
the escape of the Gagged Eagle. relying
upon the ordinary apparatus of mystery,
suspense. surprise-in a word. OF plot
end situation.
THE latter course IS not only the
less artistic. but is discounted by the
fact that everyone knows Napoleon did
not escape, SO that all schemes to- that
end are forsdoomed TO failure-a hard
condition for the dramatist. Still an
acceptable enough play of an old fash
Toned sort might have been written on
these lines.
But whichever course was adopted,
it was manifest that Napoleon, if he
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precious hours, to st. Helena during
the last days of Napoleon. We are like
'tri2pers' landed on the island for two
and a half hours. knowing that at the
end Of that time the whistle will sound
and we must aboard again. But mean
time the walls of Longwood are made
transparent FOR us and we have right
to watch unseen the Eagle in his cage.
Cannot the authors conceive our dis
appointment. our sense of deception.
when for al least htzif. probably two-
thirds. of the priceless moments the
Emperor remains Invisible and we are
fobbed off with the firtattons Of British
officers and the plottings of the French
court, of which Napoleon himself is not
even cognizant?
This is not what we went TO St.
Helena for. We hoped TO see Napoleon
living and suffering as he normally lived
and suffered; we should have been cen
tent at pinch TO see Napoleon plotting
and conspiring as he may conceivably
have plotted and conspired. But the
enc thing we absolutely demand. first,
last, and all the time. fs-Napoleon, Ma
poleon, Napoleon"
OF Martin Harvey's acting in this un-
obtrusive role OF Napoleon Mr.. Archer
speaks pleasantly, adding that here,
certainly-where it would for cnce have
been justidable-there is no trace of ths
actor managers craving to be forever
IN the center of the stage
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Denmark and Hamlet. +"
A Committee Formed to Commemorate
aooth Year of the Play.

An influential committee has been
termed in Denmark with a view of COM
memorating in 1904 the three hundredth
anniversary of the first printed edition
OF Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" by
erecting a memorial to Shakespeare at
OF near Elsinore
The memorial WILL it is proposed, take
the form of statue of the poet, seated
and in the act OF composition, by the
Danish sculptor, Louis Hasselriis, OF
Rome. The plaster model for it has been
much admired by many persons who have
seen It IN his studio.
The pedestal viii bear an inscription
recalling the Intimate ties which have
united England and Denmark at the be-
ginning as we'll as at the close of the
period in question by the marriage of
Princess Anna. sister of King Christian
", to King James 1, and of Princess
Alexandra to King Edward VII.
The Danish committee and the list OF
Danish subscribers contain many of the
best names in Danish literature, science.
and art. and also in the commercial
world.
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knowledge that the presence of children
on the stage is as unwelcome to the
thoughtIess playgoer. whom they bore,
as to the thoughtful and public spirited
playgoer, whose conscience they dis
turb. assert that the child profess
sionaf is not only social horror, and
a national scandal, but an artistic
nuisance.
Il assert that If any theatrical en-
ployer of child labor were precise enough
In his protests TO pretend that IL he
substituted adults for children in his
enoruses and dances the attendance at
his theater would fan of. he would be
laughed at; everybody would know that
he was simply plea ding against an In
crease in his salary list.
Actual Examples.
mo manager puts children into the
parts on which the drawing power OF
the piece depends. AS much nursery
sentiment has been worked Up for the
little princes in the tower as for the
babes in the wood: but when Sir Henry
Irving reviyes Richard III he takes
care to engage Miss Lena Ashweu for
child in the part.
Mr.. Arthur Collins would not en-
gage children even for the babes in the
wood; he knows that the public would.
prefer Mr.. Dan Leno and Mr.. Herbert
Campbell The last time I witnessed
that most revolving of social outrages,
the exhibition of a baby in arms on
the stage late at night as a joke In a
farcical comedy 1 am glad to say that
the solemn, wondering, shrinking, re-
prcachful stare OF the baby at all that
vulgarity and folly put the audience SO
completely out of countenance that 1t
killed the comedy; and IL it had killed
the magistrate who licensed the trans
action as well cannot pretend that
should have mourned him long or
deeply"
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Ellen Terry as Beatrice.
High Praise for Her Acting, But Little
Favor for Her Benedick.

The most interesting Of recent theatri-
cal performances in London is Ellen
Terry's revival of Much Ado About
Nothing" 1t is plain that her Beatrice
has lost It:Ie if any of its original
charm. All the critics write about it
more or less enthusiastically. but. as
usual. differ curiously as TO the causes
of their admiration, and even, some
times, in matter of fact
Thus one says:
'If she errs on the side of excessive
restlessness and of a certain homeli-
ness of manner. these are no new faults
with her. 1t has never been her way to
cultivate the virtue of repose or to
abate one jot of the hearty. natural wo-
man in favor of the grand manner
Another says: 1T seems to me that
ker Beatrice of the present is a finer
performance than that OF the past, al
though that of the past was acclaimed
by many as q masterpiece. She has
eliminated what may not disrespectfully
be called the soubrette element; has
diminished the restlessness, ever her
besetting sin. and yet in a sense one of
her greatest charms; and has given a
more serious note to the earlier scenes.
1t is strange how differently eyes can
sec, but no eye ever found this perform
ance other than delightful,
The success of Oscar Asche in the
character of Benedick seems to have
been less conspicuous. One capable OBJ
server says:
1T cannot be said that Oscar Asche
was well chosen for the part. which de-
mands a sense of humor and subtlety
which apparently he does not possess.
He was applauded for his acting in the
cEsglenge scene. the one portion not
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Coming Attractions.
.COlumbia-@An American Citizen. /"

CGlumbia-"An American Citizen"
An American Citizen" the unusually
clever comedy in which Nat Goodwin
and Maxine Elliott were so successful a
few years ago, will be the Offering of
the Columbia stock company this week.
The play was selected from an amount OF
available material as one of the
best suited to the season and
10 the talents of the company.
1t has been pronounced one of the
best comedies III latter-day writing
and should prove an attractive hill. The
production of this piece is in line with
the announced policy of the Columbia
management TO present tie best plays
obtainable- PIaygoers must agree that
the Offering of last week and the plav
to be given tomorrow evening for the
first time in this city at popular prices
are fulilllnent of the promise They
are unquestionably among the best plays
IN light vein that have been given to the
modern stage. Good, clean, elcar-cut
humor is mingled with IL telling bit of
serious story in an ingenious manner.
An American Citizen. is written in
four acts, and through ii runs one of the
prettiest love stories ever told in a COM
edy. There is touch of patriotism,
delicately handled. that adds a great
deal TO the general interest.
Mr.. Ormonde is to pay the part orig
mated by Nat Goodwin 1t is that of a
Young American lawyer, Beresford Cru
ger, whose mother was English. That
part abounds in self-sacrifice and denial.
but is marked by an optimistic good hu-
NOR that carries everything before it
and gives the auditors an assurance that
all things viii come out right in the end.
Aida Cortelyou, leading lady of the Co
lumbia company, who has made such a
distinct impression by her clever PLAYING
OF the past week. will again be seen in
most congenial role. She will play
Beatrice Carew, an English girl. in which
Maxine Elliott was such an alluring fig
ure- Miss Cortelyou's subtle art has
wen her much praise. Others in the cast
will be Godfrey Stein, Robert V. Fer
guson. William Clagett, Percy. F. Leach
w H Post, Grace AtweH. Alice Butler.
and Harriet Sawyer
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Pinero Grows Sarcastic.
He Explains England's Debt to Vie
torisn Sardou.

At the recent dinner of the Royal Gen
eraI Theatrical Fund in London, Mr..
Pinero paid his compliments to Vic
censor of the British dramatist. in anus
ing fashion.
He said that that dull and apparently
incorrigible perscn-the British play
wright-had at length had his conscience
aroused by q gentle and kindly prod
from an eminent dramatist across the
Channel. In other words, NJ. Sardou had
expressed the opinion that French play
wrights alone had shown themselves
capable OF turning out a respectable
Dlay.
other dramatists-in this and other
countries-did not know what to put into
q play and what to leave out. IN short.
they were simply lot of buffers Paris
was the pIaymarket of the world. and
there alone could be found the real and
genuine article
Fortunately, there had been produced
ct Drury Lane a play from the joint
pens of NJ. Sardou himself and NJ Nor
eau. Here was a ray OF hope for the
incompetent British dramatlsts. For
here was a play that illustrated what
the drama ought to be. It was a golden
opportunity of which the playwr ghts of
Great Britain had not been slow o avail
themselves.
Night after night were they to be seen
the entire compact body of British
amatists-assembled within the walls
of Drury Lane Theater. There they
were, brought together by a common
cause. painting as it were with a com
mon thirst for instruction. following
breathlessly every phase OF that rare
example of dramatic literature. There.
cheek by jowl. might be seen Mr. Bar
RE. Mr.. Hope, MIR. Mccarthy, Mr. Par
ker, Mr.. Carson, Mr.. Hood, Mrs Craigie
and. linked hand in hand, stephen Phil
lips and owen Hall.
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SdIVini Is AWedry.
The Great Italian Player No Longer
Loves to Act.

Loves to Act.
An interesting interview which the
''Theater Magazine has obtained with
Tomaso salvini sets forth the grea.
Italian player has grown weary of act
ing. He says:
Il no longer enjoy acting for itself.
Every human being, think / may say.
loves to be applauded. When, as in Ma
pies recently, one feels that one moves
the entire audience of a crowded thea
ter, comprising all grades of society,
from the fashionable woman to whom the
theater is an everyday occurrence to the
humblest 1sherman-when one receives
salvos of applause, and young enthu-
siasts leap upon the stage to embrace
one, who would not be gratifed? But
the acting itself no longer gives me
pleasure | am weary, and would prefer
to live in my sons career now. But if
by giving occasional performances I can
further his interests l am ready to do
So
Then ne spoke of his son, OF whom he
is very proud "My son Gustavo should
have a great career ne said. He has
only to become known TO be recognized
as very superior actor" We men,
toned the late Alexander Salvini, so
well liked in America. "Ah. yes. poor
AIessandro, But Gustayo is very diff
ferent nature. He is studious, thought
full absorbed in his art. / hope that
some day he will go to America, but
before that must come to London.
"A London success must precede' visit
10 America You are practical people.
Your managers wish 10 see ninety-nine
chances of success against one of fail
ure My son is unknown outside Of
Italy An agent is now trying to ar
range for meeting between him and
Charles Frohman- But London must
come first London papers are read in
New York, ana they soon make merit
known He viii not long be a stranger
TO America once he has appeared in
London Was 1 not, years ago, called
to America Immediately after my Lon
don appearance?
MY sons Hamlet he continued, lis
a great performance. In appearance, too.
he is very we'll suited to the part. Other
favorite roles with him are Don Caesar
de Bazan; Edipus, in which Mounet-Sully
recently appeared in Rome and suffered
in comparison, and Petrucio in The
Tanning of the Shrew.' His Othelio, TOO.
while 1 do not say it is mine, is = hne
impersonation, but, as you see. he does
not confine himself TO tragedy"