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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

Liverpool closing cables: Wheat SD
lower; corn sd lower than yesterday s
close.
Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat, 81
cars; graded, ]. Corn, 500 cars; graded, AZ.
Oats, SO cars; graded, f.
Northwest grain receipts today: Mime
apolis. 5S1 cars; Duluth, 239 cars. A year
ago: Minneapolis, AS cars; Duluth, 500
cars.
Receipts of grain at Kansas City today:
Wheat, 22S cars corn, AS cars; oats, S
cars. A year ago: Wheat, -1S5 cars; corn,
TO cars; oats, cars
chicago; Privileges for Monday: De-
cemoer Wheat-Puts, TIC: calls. 7Sc; curb,
1850 December corn-Puts, 45zc; calls.
467sc; curb. 461kc.
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Chicago Livestock Market.

Chicago. Sept. 26.-CATTLE-Receipt to-
day, 1000 head. Market nominal Good to
prime steers, S5.40Q6.O0; poor to medium.
sS.soa5.25; stockers and feeders. 81. 40d425:
cows, 81 .40d4.40; heifers, $2.O0d4. 20; Gamers,
500; Texas fed steers, $2.S5Q4.25; western
steers. $3O0d4 40
HOGS-Receipts today. 5000 head esti-
mated Monday Is. 600 head. Market steady
to sc higher. Mixed and butchers, $500
$50; good to choice heavy. $5,15a6.l5: rough
sales IS. 65G6.05.
SHEEP-Recepts today. 1,500 head.
Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice
wethers. $3-40d4.25; fair to choice mixed.
81 25d $40: western sheep. s. 7504.25 native
lambs, $350Q5.65; western lambs, $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
DEATH UNDER WHEELS.
Fate of a Prominent Chicago Grain
Dealer.

Chicago. Sept 26.-Confused, it is be-
lieved by the thought that he was be-
ing carried past his station. William J.
Taylor, member of the Chicago Board
of Trade and leading resident of Ken
nilworth, stepped from a Chicago &
Northwestern train at Wilmette last
night and met death under the wheels.
Just how the accident occurred is not
clear, even to a number of acquaint-
ances of Mr. Taylor who were on the
tram. AS the train was pulling out OF
Wilmette ne jumped from his seat, and
running to the platform of the coach.
swung from the train. The train pro-
ceeded without anyone realizing that he
had met injury and his body was found
on the track a few minutes afterward
Mr Taylor was a member of the grain
and seed firm of Wright e Taylor. He
was sc years old and had been connect
ed with the board of trade for seven
years. The widow and six children sur
Vivs.
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Kansas City Livestock Market.

Kansas City. Mo-. Sept. 26.-CATTLE-
Receipts today. 200 head; Market unchang,
Indian steers, s2.S0d3. %: Texas cows, s1.10
Gl2.15; native cows and heifers. s150d4 .5o
stockers and feeders, $250G4.50: bulls. $50
d3.00: calves. $2-O0Q6.D: western steers,
81 40n4 $50; western cows. s115d2.90.
HOGS-Receipts today, 5000 head Mar
ket steady to strong. Bulk of sales. $50
d6.05; heavy, $5.S212d6.00; packers. $5.9ofi
sos: medium. s6.00d610: light, $595@6.95;
workers. $6.O0G6.05: pigs s5-50n590.
SHEEP-Muttons. s.. 60d400: lambs, 81 so
d5.5o: range wethers, $2.2Od3.75; ewes, s225
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
vanderboom Joins Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis. Sept. 26.-Edwin ]
Vanderboom, the crack fullback of last
years Wisconsin varsity football team,
is to return to the game. The Wiscon-
sin followers are jubilant that the team
is to be strengthened by the clever
player, and Harry Richards, the new
dean of the university law school, has
come into great favor with the students
of the university. This situation is the
result of a set of examina tions taken
by Vanderboom under the new dean. to
work off, deficiencies sustained by the
football star last wear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

Kansas city, Sept. 26.-Close--wHEAT-
Receipts today, rs cars. Quotations.:
Sept. 667sc: Dec, e67sd67c. Cash: No 2
hard. 72n73c; No. hard. e7d6sc: No. I
hard. 60065 rejected hard. 59deoc; No 2
red, 79dS1c: No. red, 7Sn79c.
CORN-Oct.. 40d4O1sc; Dec, 3sss d3s1zc:
May, S9lEd3Sssc. Cash: No. mixed. 42c;
No. 3 white 43c: No white PFC.
OATS-No 2 white, 39d40c; No. mixed,
37G3sc.
RYENo. .. 51d52c.
HAY-Cho:ce timothy, sss.5Oa1Ooo; choice
=. SUFFER- 81 1s1z@1s1zc; dairy,
fancy. lie.
EGGS-F'resh, 17c-
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good fight against any ordinary team
The squad was worked for three hours
and will be put through equally as hard
today. While Mondays game is not
looked forward to as much of match
their grit and may surprise the varsity
men. Coach Weeks said that he would
try all the good men in Mondays game.
Then the first squad will be picked and
put on the training table the next day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
A Car Wheal Combine.

New York. Sept PA meeting of
leading car wheel manufacturers has
been held in Atlantic City for the pur-
nose of completing details of the pro-
posed combination to be capitalized at
Q million dollars. The new combine will
he known as the National Car Wheel
company It's headquarters will be in
New York, and leading concerns
throughout the north will be taken in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
sd. Lonis Livestock Mark.t.

St. Louis Mo-, Sept. 26-CATTLE-Re Re
ceipts today, 200 head, including 500 head
of Texans. Market steady. Beef steers.
So. 70d5-s5, the top for strictly fancy: stock
ers and feeders. $2-65n40o: cows and heit-
ers 81 25d5.00: Texas steers, 81. 40a4. 40; Tex
as cows and heifers. $200G2 S..
HOGS-Receipts today, $500 head. Mar
ket steady to strong. Pigs and lights. $o.15
$3.50: packers. $5.4006.00; butchers and
best heavy. So S5d6.25.
SHEEP-Receipts today. 200 head.
Market firm. Natives, $3.OOd4.0o; lambs
81 an *
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Leaves Frisco for Houston.

San Francisco. Sept. 26.-The first
SQUADRON of the First cavalry. which
arrived from Manila by the last trans
port. left the Preside today en- route
10 their new station at Fort Sam
Houston Texas. where they will join
the third squadron which came over
in Nav. The second squadron. which
is now on the way from Manila. will
proceed to the same post upon its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
French Protectorate in Morocco.

London. Sept. 26-The Paris correspon-
dent of the Daily Mail asserts on unim-
practicable authority that Great Britain
and Spain have agreed to the establish
ment of a French 1Drotectorate over Mo-
rocco. a strip of land along the coast viii
be declared neutral in order to avoid in
ternational complications over fortified
ports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
AS TO BOILING THE WATER
A Scientific Thesis on the Prevailing
Germ Theory.
(By G.. c. Clemens.)

(By G. c. Clemens.)
How big is there here microbe, pa,
OF which the doctors pirate?
Is 1t, like the Edison smoke-stack
tall
Its head a queensware crate?
Oh no, my son, not a, 1.-THE as large
AS the nits on Uncle Jim.
IT'S not its stature makes it great,
But the vigor of it's vim"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
Rescues Ships Crew.

London, Sept. 26.-The steamer War
saw has landed at Leith IA members of
the crew of the Dutch steamer Sophie
knnet. whom it was feared had been
drowned by the laundering of the
steamer The Warsaw tried to tow the
Sophie Annet to I-eith, but the latter
nj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
ch,caeo produces Marks..

Chicago. ILL.,. Sept 2s.-BUTTER-Mar
ket steady. Creamery. 1sd211sc-
EESE-Market strong. Daisies, lie;
Twins, 10lkG10zzc; Young Americas, ia
n15c-
EGGS-Market steady. 1Sd19c
POULTRY-Market steady. Turkeys, lie:
Chickens hens n1zdI2c: springs. 12c.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
Sugar and Gomez market.

New York, Sept. 26--SUGAR-Raw SUI
gar firm. Fair refining, 3ssc; centrifugal.
So test. $3.50; molasses sugar, 3 5-32c-
Refined sugar firm. Crushed, $3.50; pow
dered. $500; graduated, $3.50.
COFFEE-Market steady. No. Rio,
5-16c.
MOLASSES-M Market firm.
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New York Money Market.

New York Sept. 2e-Close-MONEY-
Money on call nominal no loans
Prime mercantile paper, 6M6i2 per cent !;
sterling exchange steady with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at siS62C q 1861 for
demand and at $4.S235d4.ss for 60 days;
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
When You Decide TO order.Coal

get Usage City shaft or Burlingame
shaft-product of the Mount Carmel
Coal company. Then you know you are
getting the best.
734 Kansas ave.
Telephones-771 1913. IA
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Cotton Market

New York. Sept. 26.-COTTON-SaIes to-
day. 375 bales Spot cotton closed quiet
Quotations per 100 pounds: Middling up
lands. $11.25; middling gulf. $11.50.
Galveston. Tex, Sept. 26.-COTTON-
Market firm at 10c per pound.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

It's folly to suffer from that horri-
BILE plague of the night, itching piles.
Doan's Ointment cures quickly and
permanently. At any drug store. 50
cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
Range of Prices on Stocks.

FURNISHED by ]. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 West Sixth street. Telephone
4s6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, Mol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
Kansa. CITY Gram.

[ Furnished by ]. E. Gall, Commissions.
Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office no West Sixth street. Telephone
$50 Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, Mol
Kansas City. Sept. 2s.
Open High Low Close Yes
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Ramos o: Prcex

FURNISHED by ]. f. Gall, Commissions,
Grain. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 40 West Sixth street. Telephone
4S6 Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, Mol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
New York Butter Market,

New York, Sept. Neutrality-suspicious.
today. 1855 packages. Market steady.
State dairy, 15420c; creamery, 16d211zc.
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Market Gossip.

FURNISHED by A G. Goodwin Commits
sion Company, Commission Merchants
and receivers and shippers of grain.
Room No. 3, Columbian building. Inde-
pendent telephone 796
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
Topeka Hide Market.

Prlces PAID in Topeka this week basel
GREEN SALT CURED III AT
NO. i TALLOW y - - "a sse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
Wool Market

ST. Louis. Mo-, Sept. 26.-WOOI-MarlSe
nominal. Territory and western mediums
17g1Sc; fine medium, 15d17c; fine. 15n16c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26
The following druggists in
Topeka have
LOCkHART'S
IMPROVED
OIL OF
GLADNESS

for sale at % cts. per bottle.
. Il Is the best uniment on earth today.
. L. S. wOLvERTON.
704 Kansas ave.
MATT WEIGHTMAN.
S35 Kansas ave.
c. r. HOADLET.
sol Kansas ave.
CHARLES KOHL.
, 226 Kansas ave.
SWIFT & HOLIDAY Drug Co.
523 Kansas ave.
. ARNOLD DRUG Co,
S19 North Kansas ave.
G. w. STANSFTELD.
6S2 Kansas ave.
; A. r. WAGGONER.
7S1 Kansas ave.
CAPITAL PHARMACY.
1929 Kansas ave.
S. w. DURANT.
. 1916 WEST Fifteenth st.
G. w. FLADD. GOT Kansas ave.
NJ. A. lunches.
122 East Fourth st.
GIBRALTAR PHARMACY.
. S23 Kansas ave.
. JOHN w. GISH.
900 East Fourth st.
; LEE JONES. $50 Kansas ave
H. H. KEITH. 422 Kansas ave.
r. B. KELLEY.
200 East Sixth st.
, A. w. LACEY.
S31 North Kansas ave. ,
W. F. LAKE. $50 Kansas ave.
|. E. S. LEE. 112 West Eighth st.
; MARSHALL BROS.
IL Kansas ave.
w. S. MILLER.
422 West Sixth St
. PETRO e. WOODFORD,
S39 North Kansas ave-
A O. ROSSER. 1901 Topeka ave.
ROWLEY & SNOW.
. 500 Kansas ave.
. Topeka DRUG Co.
. 72- Kansas ave.
: GEO. K CROKER.
1874 Kansas ave.
E. B. WALKER.
432 Kansas ave,
H. A. WILLIS.
800 East Fourth st.
w. H. WILSON.
Ala East Fourth st.
. DIAMOND DRUG CO.
. 11s5 West Sixth ST.
A. c. KLINGAMAN.
; leo East Sixth st.
S. A MORRISON.
. 1874 Kansas ave.
, ]. s. GILL. 1921 West Sixth st.
,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

Hamilton's fever SPECIFIC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

The funeral of DIR. G.. A. Dearborn of
Highland Park will be held at the First
NJ F. church Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-26

Mrs. c. H Curtis. formerly of Topeka,
died in San Diego. Cal. Yesterday. The
funeral will be held at Colorado Springs
October 8.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12

better in the matter of cost, about
$25000 being necessary to make her
ready for her first trial spin. And now
comes the Reliance. which will cost
about S25 900 more than the Constitution.
It must be understood that the
amounts above given do not represent
the total of outlay which a defending
syndicate is called upon to meet. Take
the case of the Colonia as an example.
This boat. along with the Pilgrim and
the Jubilee, was beaten in the trial
races by the all conquering Nigilant.
The ColOnia cost $55 900 to build. the
Pilgrim and Jubilee costing each about
$5 900 less. Yet to fit the Colonia out az
a trial vessel cost about $4,000 more,
the expense being divided about as fol-
lows: Four suits of sails. S25 900; dry
docking. 50, ,000 towing, $4,000; rushing
construction material. $1,000; tender, I25
days at $50 day s6,250; expenses OF the
crew for four months. including wages.
$50 600; bonus for the men, S., 900 Nat
uralIy there were a number of smaller
items. records of which are not obtains
able by outsiders.
It is true that the expense Of mainv
tenance has not increased in proportion
to the cost of construction, including
rigging. but it is much larger than
formerly On the hull of a modern cup
defender alone tens of thousands of doll
lars are now expended where a couple
of thousand formerly sufficed. Instead
of wood Tobin bronze is now used for
the hull and aluminium for the deck.
The bronze must be highly polished. and
this of itself costs enough to build .
good sized knockabout. The aluminium
deck must be covered with a prepara-
ton on which is laid canvas or cork
composition to insure a footing for the
men. and all this costs money. The
steel frame is also expensive. as like
wise is the riveting, as compared with
the old plan of driving in the necessary
number of locust trenails.
CLAIMING A. BARLOW. !
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12

the record of II hours and 30 minutes
for the nearly 800 miles from New Or
leans to Natchez; the r. W. McRae, the
Belle Lee, the Gladiator, the Belle
Memphis, the Leviathan. the Adam ia
cobs the Luminary. the Alec Scott, the
Grand Turk, the A. L. ShotweIl. the
Robert ]. Ward, the Eclipse, the Rain
bow. the Atlantic, the Fall City, the
Magenta, the Robert E. Lee and the
Natchez. 1t was the last two named
which in the early seventies ran the
historic race from New Orleans to St
Louis. a distance of about 1900 miles,
the Lee winning by what, considering
the great length of the contest, was a
remarkably narrow margin.
AS the old river boats no longer exist,
and as the old pilots in the best sense of
the word are all dead, cannot see how
it will be possible to have the strictly
old fashioned races as suggested by Sir
Thomas Upton and seconded by Mark
Twain Even Bart Bowen. the man
who is alleged to have taught Mark the
river. has long since eashed in his
checks.
And. by the way, speaking of checks.
what a common sight they were in the
old days. From the time a boat pulled
out of one place until she reached the
end of the route every game played
with short cards for money was in full
swing OF course poker was the favor
ite, but other games were from time to
time introduced.
But even if Sir Thomas Lipton's sug-
gestion should involve considerable out
lay of money, I believe it would pay
handsomely, for, as Mark Twain ex-
plains, the race would last for a good
many days, and the interest excited by
advance announcements of the contest
would insure bulletins during it's entire
progress
However, if the race is to be held let
it be gone about as in the old days. Let
the boats be stripped of everything that
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12

might in any way interfere with speed.
let them be permitted TO carry enough
fuel for the entire trip or make stops
for it. as they might see fit. set no linn
itations upon anything and stipuIats
only that the first boat to arrive at the
end of the route shall be the winner no
matter how she might get there. Ad-
vertise the affair thoroughly in advance,
and it will create a good deal of a sem
sation
The fame of the river races is based
principally upon the fact that they were
interesting and because of the almost
reckless spirit of emulation which in
spired the captains, but John Hay, our
present secretary of state, did much in
his famous poem, Jim Bludso of the
Prairie Belle" to familiarize the world
with this unique phase of American life
of a couple of genera tions ago:
He weren't no saiut-them engineers
Is pretty much all alike.
One wife in Natchez-U -Under-the-Hill,
And aIIotfier one here in Pike.
A keeriess man in his talk was Jim,
And an awkward hand in row.
But he never funked and he never led
reckon he never knowed how.
He weren't no saint-but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim,
'Longside of some pious gentlemen
That WOuldn SnoOk nandS with him
He seen his duty. a dead sure thing
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ amt a-going to be too hard
On man that died for men.
These stanzas from Jim Bludso''
give a better insight than thousands OF
words of analysis into the character of
the engineers and pilots who made the
Mississippi river boats famous. 1 have
known and steamboated with many a
Jim Bludso, and have never found one
who wouldn't swear. play cards for
money and do his duty to the limit
when the pinch came. I am proud to
have been of them and among them for
so many years.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12
The ENORMOUSLY lpcreased Cost Of a

light. But that is no longer the case.
We have steadily progressed. or retro
graded, toward the English type, while
the Britishers have as steadily modified
their models in the direction of the
American skimming dish which for so
many years suficed to keep the cup
safe from the aggressive British cut
ters which came over after it.
The result of this working toward a
substantially common type has had a
most disastrous effect from the strictly
utilitarian standpoint In the old days
a cup yacht was also a good cruising
yacht-in fact many of the boats built
for cup defense were afterward con
verted into schooners and used for
cruising purposes, some of them being
in service to this day But the boats
built since the Vigilant, the last of the
cup boats to retain anything of the dis
tinctively American model. are useless
except for the specific purposes for
which they We're built.
The old rule with reference to the cost
of any sort of sail vessel was that the
hull represented half the expenditure.
Now. however. the rigging of a cup
yacht costs several times as much as
the hull despite the fact that the latter
is very much more expensive than it
was in the days of wooden bodies. This
is due TO the fact that where rope rig
ging was formerly employed nothing
but wire is now used; While the masts
were formerly made of Oregon pine.
they are now almost invariably built of
steel, being hollow except for the fang
ing and trussing necessary to provide
the strength for withstanding the
enormous strain caused by greatly in
creased sail area: where the topmast
was set in the usual manner on the out
side. it now telescopes into the main
mast. so that in a blow the bearing
over" effect Of so large a piece of tim
Der so high up may be avoided: and
whereas a few years ago a couple Of
suits Of ordinary duck were thought to
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12

Martha Morton is q born dramatist.
From early childhood she was deter
mined to become a playwright. Final
ly she entered much rejected Play,
"The Merchant" in newspaper COM
petition. 1t won the first prize. Since
then she has written many successful
comedies. Among the more famous of
her later works are "Geoffrey Middle
ton, Gentleman" brother john" THE
Diplomat" "A Fool of Fortune" and
"A Bache lor's Romance" Miss M or
ton, who in private life is Mrs. Con-
helm, has no fads except that she be-
lieVes that women should have a say
in politics. She is an excellent house
keeper and has one of the quaintest
dens in the city of New York. Miss
Morton is at work on a new comedy.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12
THE GREATEST THING IN THE
WORI D."

Harriet Ford's fame will rest largely
upon her coauthorship of the play
''The Greatest Thing In the World"
produced by Mrs. lie Moyne. 1t was
not pecuniary success, but was a
wholesome work nevertheless. Miss
Ford early began to write. Later she
became an actress. After Henry c. De
Miles death Miss Ford associated her.
self with his widow in the establish
ment of girls school, and their col.
Iaboratlon on "The Greatest Thing In
the World" followed. The ladies' are
now at work on another play which
will be produced next season. But
succeed or fail as 1t may, the ladies
will stick to their school, which is
said to pay them handsomely.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
creator of Little Lord FauntIeroy,"
has two fads, gardening and drawing
royalties. Mrs. Burnett was born in
England and removed to Tennessee
when she was fourteen. Her first hus-
band was Dr.. Burnett, from whom she
was divorced, and she then married
Stephen Townsend, who is said to be
twenty-five years her junior. Her first
hit was made with "That Lass o. Low
rie's," and since then she has scored
more than twenty successes. She is
rather severe on her own sex and
most eccentric in the matter of per-
sonaI attire. Her elder son, the proto-
type of little Lord FauntIeroy, died
several years ago.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12
A WRITER OF LIGHT COMEDIES.

Madeleine Lucette was the SOU
brette OF an opera-comedy when }. n.
Ryley was the comedian. They be-
came friends and then man and wife.
Fame came to her when she began to
write plays. Her specially is the ab-
normally light comedy, almost farci-
cal in its nature Some of her best
known plays are "An American citi-
zen," "Christopher, Jr.," "An Amer:-
can INVASION "Richard Savage" and
THE Mysterious Mr.. Bugle-" Mrs.
RyIey is an EngIishwoman, but most
of her work has been done in this
country. Were it not for a tendency
to drop into farce in what are ostensi-
bly, comedies Madeleine Lucette Ry-
ley would doubtless be one of the
best pIayWriqhts in the world.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-12

Miss Ethel M. Smyth is now recog-
rized as one of the great composers Of
grand opera. Miss Smyth is an Eng
iish girl. Her father was an artillery
officer. She took a course at Leipsic,
after which she began to write music.
Her first opera, "Fantasio," was given
in several continental cities, and her
second work, "Der Valid" ("The For
est''), was presented in London and
New York, in both of which places it
created a furore. Miss Smyth, who
writes her own lbrettos as we'll as
scores, is good to look upon" is fond
Of athletics, including horseback rid
Inc, and is also deVotee at the shrine
OF Terpsichore. The Illustration, from
3 sketch by John s. Sargent, shows
Miss Smyth singing at the piano.