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IN THE STEERAGE.

An incident of exceptional brutality.
and one which showed very conclusiveIy
the meekness with which the emigrant
submits TO such trea tment. fearing IL
Will affect his chances for being landed,
occurred aftei dinner this day.
group from Potenza. in which we
had some friends. had all been very sea-
sick. but We're recovering and just be-
ginning 10 eat and regain their strength.
On a hatch was a young sailor. who had
a bosom, and was sweeping the refuse
and filth OF the hatch cover be paused
in his work and noticed that they were
just beginning their dinner, and in
brutal sport gave a grand sweep with
his broom TO the heaped-up refuse,
which landed IL all over the unwarned
circle, half filled their dinner pans, and
completely ruined their meal. The sailor
stood leaning on his bosom, laughing at
his clever trick. Not word did the poor
devils say, but quietly rose. poured
their spoiled dinner over the rail. cleaned
or their clothes as well as they could,
and waited till supper to appease their
hunger
1t was only the next day that Greek.
who had been long enough in the States
TO become a citizen and TO know his
individual rights. gave a sailor a Sc
we're beating for jostling the Greek $
wife. He disabled the German in just
three blows.-Frank Leslie's Monthly
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pAGuERREoTYPE STORIES.

Many amusing remarks were made at
the doors of galleries. How it came
about was never known. bat the i'm
preston became general that the sitter
must not wink No operator of inteili-
gence ever told the sitter not to wink,
for the effort 10 refrain would have
given the eye an unnatural expression.
We found it a duty to tell the sitter
TO wink as usual; that natural winking
did not affect the picture Even then it
was not always understood. One old
lady jumped out of the chair before a
sitting was half over, raising 5rth
hands. and exclaiming: Stop 1t. stop
IT, I winked,''
Another remarkable fact was that sit
ters seldom acknowledged their own
lil1enesses. -AII good but mine" was
the common decision. An aged couple.
after examining their pictures. came 10
the conclusion: Maria. yours Is perfect.
but this does not look like me" But the
old lady answered: "Jeems. yours is as
natural as life, but mine is d failure
After longer consultation, the old gen.
tleman said: We must know each
other better than We know ourselves"
At one time. when Daniel Webster sat
for a daguerreotype. the finished pic
ture was held before him. Turning
away, he said. Il am not to judge OF
my own looks. 4, is for you to judge.
and you must decide whether the work Is
worthy of your reputation "A. Bogar-
dus, in The Century.
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Bickenhall and some others who are
vitality interested, the sergeant makes
several ingenious attempts 10 score with
the powers that be. A band Of criminals
is hired to commit a burlesque robbery,
but at the last moment the sharpers
change their minds. and, instead of Ser
geant Brue capturing them, he Is him
self trapped under bed by the detec-
tives and is hailed before a magistrate
as a lawbreaker. Several other fan
tastic schemes all through with like
comic results. but finally one of them.
the ~shadiest' of the lot. succeeds and
all ends we'll.
Instead of being rough-dnd-tumble
farce. the piece is built on strictly legiti-
mate lines ana its studies in character,
its deft little touches of foolery. and
particularly its tinge of gentle satire.
are said to strongly suggest w. S. Gil
bert's efforts Willie Edouin Is playing
the title role in London. and his work
is declared TO be the best he has done
in many a season. The English capital
has found almost as much difficulty in
providing really entertaining stage
traffic as has New York for the past
year or two, but unless this new pro-
duction is greatly over-rated. a better
era is clearly indicated there-and. as
a matter of course. here-Philadeiphia
Record
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BUTTE STIRRED UP.

The vicinity of Butte, Mont, has re-
Gently been stirred up by the assertions
of numbers of miners that they have
discovered a peculiar ore. which pos
sesses what is said to be a remarkable
curative power when carried about the
person. DR.. Guy D. Bryant. of that city.
has been looking into the matter, and
ne reports some astonishing facts about
the substance He confirms the stories
OF the miners as TO its curative proper
ties in regard to rheumatism, stomach
ailments, nervous and kindred disorders.
DR.. Bryant reports that he made per-
sonal tests and investigated twenty
other cases in which benefits had been
derived from this new soufce. He does
not, however. attempt TO account ton
this phenomenon. but IS now awaiting
chemical reports of the substance from
Paris. The ore is said 10 emit violet
light on slight friction, and Il found in
connection with zinc blends. though all
zinc bIende does not contain chis prop
erty. For want OF a better name the
mineral has been named 'radiumite
MANY specimens of the mineral have
been sent TO scientists all over the coun-
Try
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PAYING PRICE FOR WIFE.

A suit Just decided in Boston is novel
enough to merit attention. 1t resulted
in a verdict for 500 In favor of the
plaintiff. He had been engaged to find
a suitable woman as wife for the son
of minister. While his quest was a
failure. there was evidence showing that
ne had done his best, and he wanted a
fee, naming 5000.
OF course tot place monetary valua-
ton upon a wife would be impossible,
and perhaps 5000 for the sort of wife
that could be procured through a matri-
monial agency would be high However.
the time of a busy man is worth some
thing. and the expenditure of IT. In this
instance ought TO have had extra con-
sideration from the fact that success
was not attained While the agent was
la boring In the field OF femsninity the
son managed 10 find for himself the wo-
man he wanted. He should have been
grateful 10 the agent for not foisting
upon him a candidate who. under the
circumstances. would have been embar-
RAISING and supe-f1uous.
Il is not pleasing TO see affairs of the
heart placed on a financial basis, and an
effort made TO induce a prospective bride
to get upon the bargain counter. How
ever, II one elects thus to secure a part
ner for his joys and sorrows, II i'll be-
comes him TO refuse to pay his hired
representa- tive. Maybe. TO avoid con-
fusion, it would be well 10 stipuIate a
sum to be regarded as a retainer and
that which shall be held to be a con-
tinZent.
Meanwhile. the most satisfactory mar
riages are made without the interven-
ton of sleuths, and the minister. as he
grudgingly pays the bill for the daugh-
ter-in-law he didn't get, will wonder that
MS recognition of this fact was so tardy.
New York American
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applied 10 the marquis, who is consider
ably older than his Eighty wife. The
poor marquis puts up with MS conjugal
misfOrtunes. and when VOltaire tries to
rouse him TO action, the old gentleman
shrugs his shoulders, and with a melan-
eholy smiles says: My dear fellow. you
are quite right. she deceives Us both
But Voltaire has been called to Ber-
lin by his royal admirer. Frederick the
Great. He remains two WEEKS at the
German court. and having quarrelled
with the King. returns to his friends in
France. He makes a final attempt 10
win the heart of the tickle marauise,
and when he perceives that his hopes
will never be fulfilled he accepts his de-
feat and follows the example of the old
marquis.
That the Play amounts TO anything Is
doubtful. but the introduction Of the
figure of the unique French philosopher
has attracted TO it rather unusual at
tention.
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fresh In popular memory As the Dea-
con In "A Midnight Bell. Mr. Richards
gave a clean-cut portraiture Of a New
England type that was rccOgnizabIy
true 10 nature while as Mink the
town drunkard in "A Temperance
Town" he portrayed Il more complex
character with an exquisite blending OF
huunor and paIhos distinctly sui geaeris.
MIR. Richards will be called upon by
the exacslmg demands OF an altogether
original character in Bird Center 10
anew his quaintness in a
branch of stage work thot ne has made
peculiarly his OWE.
Richard Bennett Is young acsn<
who seems TO be coming along with
eommendable and satisfactory speed.
Bennett has been for number OF
years in the employ OF Charles Froh-
man, playing in numerous productions
and gradually working his way TO some
little prominence. During the past sea-
son he has been in Augustus Thomas
very clever. comedy THE Other Girl
assuming he role OF a newspaper re-
porter and giving the first representation
ever seen upon the stage that was at
all like the real thing The theater
newspaper man heretofore zas always
carried a big notebook. in which he
made no end of memoranda, and has in
variably "butted in rs no genuine re-
porter would ever think of doing. Ben
nett's work has been so very good that
Mr.. Frohman has promoted him 10 the
place OF leading man 10 succeed Frank
Worthing. Otherwise the cast Of The
other Girl win not be materially
changed.
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Arnold DAILY.
Enterprising Actor Plans fO- Coming
Season.

Enterprising Actor Plans fo- Coming
Season.
OF all the plans that have been adj
vanced for the uplifting of the drama,
not one appeals to us so forcibly as the
project which Arnold Daily now has in
hand and which will be pushed forward
TO corrpletion If events outside his con-
troll do not prevent.
His purpose, in word, is TO construct
a sort OF parlor theater, in which the
actors. although separated from the
audience by footlights and raised
stage. viii be so near TO everybody in
the house as to give to the auditorium
the air of a private drawing room. To
secure this result the seating capacity
of the proposed theater viii have to be
limited to a matter of 500 seats, all of
:hem within easy sight of the stage, and
ali perhaps will command the price
usually demanded for best seats-al-
though. of this we only conjecture, as
It may be a part of Mr.. Days plan TO
sell a portion of the seats at easy rates.
However this may be, It is expected
that the receipts from the sale of the
500 seats will be sufficient to enable the
manager TO present first-rate per
formances, by reliance upon good act
ing rather than upon elaborate produc-
tions. What is possible in this way was
demonstrated by the Candida" per-
formances- The staging of that play
cost next 20 nothing There was but a
single scene. and the properties en-
ployed we've Of the least expensive
nature lin all efforts heretofore to
raise the tone of the modern drama. the
projectors have been handicapped by the
great expense (which in all cases has
proved practically prohibitive) attend
ing the running Of large theater. for
the regular play-going throng Is not in
terested in the reform OF the stage, in
as much as it goes 10 the theater to be
amused, and on the other hand the
number Of reformers. however jealous
they may be specuiatively. is very small
when it comes down to practice.
So 1t seems TO US that Mr. DAILY has
hit upon a secret which is TO lead to
genuine success. His parlor playhouse
will be built in New York. If the
authorities permit, and will probably
be ready for occupancy before the COM
ing season has far advanced-Boston
Transcript
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Bessie DeVoie. George Austin Moore,
Fred Niblo. Frank Young. John ConwelI.
Joseph Kane. Louis B. Foley. and Will
lam Torpey.
Jefferson De Angels new vehicle is to
be called ''Fantana." Robert Smith and
Manager 5. s. Shubert are its authors
and the music is by Raymond Hubben
Besides the '.Kreutzer Sonata" Blanche
Walsh will produce next season Jean
Richepins Prince Charming (oriSin-
ally written for Sarah BernhardD, and
d modern play on which Clyde Fitch is
at -ork.
Sir Henry Irving. after his farewell
tour OF England, will pay farewell
visit to America at the end of 1906, un-
de- the auspices OF Charles F'rohman.
Ii win extend for twenty weeks. begin
ming in San Francisco In September.
1885. and finishing in New York. Mr.
Frohman mas also arranged for Maude
Adams to play in London. France. and
Germany. with an English-speaking
company, while Irving is in America.
One OF Hiss Adams plays viii be
L'Aigion'
George Richards. the well-known
character actor has been engaged to
originate an important role In the new
rural drama Bird Center. which Glen
MacDonougb has evolved from the ia
nous Bird Center Cartoons" by Nc
Cntcheon, the aFtist-humorist. The
drclIery of Mr.. Richards acting in
Hoyt's rural plays. a Midnight Bell. 7"
and Il Temperance Town is still
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George Ade.
The Strange Fellow Who Has Never
Failed.

II may come as somewhat of a shock
to Eastern folk to speak OF Chicago as
a place OF artistic activity Yet this is
a term Chicagoans take unto themselves
with fond belief In its fitness, and should
anyone be so indiscreet as TO hint at
doubt a magic spell Will be invoked by
slow recitation of the names AIDE, Ho-
bart ChatfeId-Chatfield Taylor, Mrs
Reginald De Koven, Margaret Horton
Potter. Opie Read. and Herbert s. Stone
the former inspiration of the Chap
Book"
AIDES rise has been followed with sym
pathetic attention by the entire city In
the last couple of years the success Of
his plays has given him the warm
spot in the affections of the community
formerly reserved to Peter Finley
Dunne.s Chicago never has forgiven Mr.
Dunno for changing HE residence to
New York and AIDES hold on the public
has been strengthened by his avowal
that he has no desire to live in New
York. saying. Chicago IS good enough
for ms"
While giving AIDE unstinted admira-
tion. there are few in Chicago who have
intimate knowledge OF him The same
is true in larger degree outside the
city limits; In a general sense the pub
lie knows Of AIDE simply as a newspaper
man. the author OF Fables in Slang
and Of several popular plays. Inrumer-
able opportunities have come to AIDE TO
let the whole world know about HIM
self. but he has repealed every inter-
viewer with an indignant protest against
publicity. Formerly a persistent hunter
of personal paragraphs for the news
papers. he is now one of the hunted,
and. strange TO say. he Ia among the
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Avoids Brooches.
No Male Attire for Miss Galland Here
after.

Has an actress the right to refuse to
accept play which promises to be
great success, simply because the role
she must assume requires her 10 mas
querade in male attire? Legally. OF
course, an actress has a right TO refuse
any play that doesn't suit her. but pro-
fsssionally, is she justified I'm rejecting
play because of the trousers?
This interesting ethical problem
doesn't worry Miss Bertha Galland. for
she has just settled it to her own salts
faction by rejecting a new play written
especially for her by one of Americas
foremost dramatists. 1t wouldn't be
fair to name the dramatist, for he has
hopes Of getting some other actress,
not quite so fastidious, to accept his
trousers play But the fact remains
that his play. which had already been
tentatively accepted by Manager J. Fred
Zimmerman. has been voted an IN
doubted success. was rejected, when
Miss Galland read the play, because
the actress refuses to wear the trousers
Henrietta Crosman won her first big
success in a trousers part. and Julia
Marlowe did not scorn the pants in
when Knighthood Was In Flower. -
Lulu Chaser has even decided 10 wear
trousers in the operate version Of the
same novel, 10 be called a Madca .
Princess But, on the other hand. no
less a parsonage than Viola Allen re-
fused TO wear trousers once for An
thony Hopes play. 'Phroso." Since
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Mascaani's "Amica. /"
New Opera by the Composer of "caval-
leria Rusticana.o

Pietro Mascagnis new opera. "Amica, :"
IS accredited with having achieved
substantial success at the Casino The
alter. Milan. where il received its pre-
miere short time ago. 1t is. OF course,
unwise TO place too much credence in
the first reports concerning operate pro-
auctions on the Continent, since. as a
rule. praise or condemnation seems to
be regulated by clacques which have
scarcely nodding acquaintance with
unbiased criticism. The career of Puc-
cinis Madame Butterfly" which was
reported from Milan as a fiat failure
and is now being received in Brescia
with the utmost enthusiasm well illus
trates this unfortunate condition of af-
fairs. Since AMIGA" however, will
soon be heard in Paris. we may expect
that the truth concerning it viii even
tually crop out. Even ciacques cannot
wholly Kill merit in the French capital.
as is evidently the case of Carmen"
which was roasted" by a cabal on it's
premiere. and today vies with Faust
in worldwide popularity.
AMIGA is another one-act opera oil
yided into two scenes by the indispen-
sable Mnscag ni irtermezzo. The lihretto
is the work Of an Italian writer OF prom
inence, whose name Is not disclosed. and
Paul Derel. the French poet The action
takes place in the mountains of Pied
mont. The first scene represents the
courtyard of a country house. a well in
the center. the house on the right, a
large wagon shed on the left. As night
falls al the end of the first part the
scene can be changed without dropping
the curtain. The intermezzo. played dur
ing the change. is divided into two parts.
the first depicting A night tempest rag
ing in the mountain ravines: the second
illustrating dawn on the mountain cliffs
A Wild torrent amid an alpine landscape
is revealed by the rising sun. AMIGA, the
heroine OF the play. filings herself intS
the rushing waters. Besides AMIGA a
soprano part, there are four roles
Rinaldo. baritone; Georg. tenor; CamO-
inc. Amica's uncle, bass-baritone, and
Magdalena, servant, mezzo-sopraHo.
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A RECORD MOOSE.

Probably the largest moose ever killed
was shot in Alaska last summer by Lord
Alvinstone and party in the Kenai Pen
Ursula. This moose weighed ]. $40 pounds
and measured ~ feet TO the top OF his
shoulders; the skull and horns, 70
pounds. but the spread Of he antIers
Is not known definitely. The mkt largest
moose on the coast is one In the parlia-
ment building at Victoria, B. c. which
measures feet inches IN height The
party are very well satisfied with their
hunt, and brought out quite A number
OF trophies. which they prize very high
". The English party was beaten 10
Seldovia by Baron Paul Neidick. who
paid the agent of the steamer Nome
City $3.50 to be landed at Seldovia.
where he could secure the services Of
John fitzpatrick ahead Of the English
party He won the race TO the north.
but the Alphinstone party got the game.
Field and Stream
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Sergeant Brue.
New English Musical Piece to Be Here
Next Season.

The announcement that Klaw & En-
LANCER have secured the American rights
to Sergeant Brue" lends especial inter
est 20 that engaging musical piece for
those on this side of the ocean. The
farce was produced in London several
weeks ago. Though fits catalogue de-
scription Of musical farce is strictly
correct, Sergeant Brue" Is evidently by
no means to be COMPOUNDED with the
ultra-frothy and wholly pointless con-
coctions that ordinarily go under that
classification. Owen Hill has for once
gotten away from the conventional
forms, which require that after the in
troductory scenes all sense of plot or
character development be lost. and has
shown an unsupported Gilbertian quail
ity that makes for genuine fun and real
humor The music. oddly enough, is by
Liza Lehman. who has very deftly
caught the popular" form OF jingle
making. with enough OF real musical
quality 70 stamp the work with both
originality and merit-not, perhaps. as
admirable as her "Daisy-chain," but
really worthy. nevertheless.
The central character OF the piece is a
sergeant OF police. by name Brue who
has no ambition 10 seek promotion by
deeds of daring in the capture OF des-
perate criminals. but is quite content to
remain In the eminently safe and re-
spectacle position OF director OF traffic at
one OF the crowded street crossings IN
the big metropolis. Incidentally, the SER
geant, who Is a widower, has fallen In
love with the impecunious but energetic
Lady Bickenhall, and he has son and
a daughter who have accumulated some
education and more social ambition.
At this juncture the sergeant receives
from an eccentric relative who had
made fortune In South Africa a be-
quest Of $4,000 a year. given him, how
ever, on condition that he win promo
tion TO an inspectorship. Once he be-
comes Inspector Brue he may resign
from the force and enjoy his wealth In
private peace and comfort. There Is
thus every incentive for Brue 10 strive
for distinction. but unfortunately nature
has provided him with a minimum Of
what we should call nerve" and the
chances for securing the coveted post
seem infinitesimal.
Through the aid Of his children. Lady
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VoltaiTe on Stage.
Kew French Comedy Stages the Fa-
nous Character.

The two-sct comedy Lucien Gleize.
which has Just been produced with some
success al the Odeon. Paris. and which
bears the title la Divine Emile" Is
chiefly notable becaSse IL has Voitaire
as enc OF it's chief characters. But lit
tie description has reached this country
OF the piece. but its story in outline has
been given as follows;
''Voltaire. in order T. get oit OF the
way Of his enemies In Paris. 81 staying
with his friends. the Marquis and the
Marquise du Chatlst. 81 their country
house. TIE Marquis divine Emile
Is young and handsome She has a
liking for learning nd an equal liking
for handsome men, ed. IS Voltaire does
not enter into the Istter category. he
suffers the pangs OF jealousy at seeing
his younger and more fortunate rivals
succeed where he Is left in the cold.
In truth. Voltaire. despite his repu-
fafion, does not show himself tame
philosopher. a term which can be ftly
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TOPICS OF THE STAGE AS VIEWED IN WASHINGTON

very few who are honest in oojecting 10
seeing their names in print
AIDE is retiring by nature. Only when
In the company Of friends who have
stood the test of years does he thaw into
good companionship. He is slow n
speech, quiet in manner. and little OF the
humor that runs through his plays is
revealed In the sharp, drawn features.
A good six feet in height. long of arms
and legs. thin and wiry, AIDE reminds
one Of the lanky farmers of his native
heath. He has the humor of the Irish
man. the thrift OF the Scot. the sobiety
and industry Of the Dutch.-New York
Press
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ALL A MATTER OF LOCALITY.

Mice and cool here. isIft it?' re-
marked Mr. Keeker. rocking himself
comfortably in chair on the porch OF
the summer resort hotel.
Yes said his wife, with shIver
ITS exactly the kind of weather you
wanted TO come away from home TO get
rid of. I'm glad it pleases you. '-Chica-
go Tribune.
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eminent examples on both siles-or
should we say both legs of the trous-
ers2-can be thus quoted, it certainly
seems that any star has the right to
settle the question 20 her own salts
faction
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ADJUSTMENTS.
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