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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08
AT THE THEATERS
RIIou-''Foxy Grandpa"

Foxy Grandpa" known Of newspaper
readers who have acquired the colored
supplement habit Is at the Bijou this
week. With him are his two prank-loving
grandsons, Club and Blunt, tho Uncle
Aleck is off on vacation. With him also
are number Of other persons who have
appeared, from time to time, in Bun
ny's' pictures, and still others who have
not-among them an Italian signorina and
her three music-making, knife carrying
brothers; Polly Bright and her young
man. and a number of personable young
women, attractively costumed, who have
nothing to do with the story, but who,
nevertheless, are quite indispensable.
Foxy is quite as funny upon the stage
as he Is in print. He is a willy old gen
tleman who delights in practical jokes
of the kind that compel a laugh from the
victim as well as from the joker. His
exploits, however, are tolerably familiar
detracted from their value as a subject
for stage treatment. Club and Blunt are
two likely youngsters who spend half their
time in devising and carrying out tricks
aimed against their grandfather, and the
other half in open admiration of the
adroitness with which they have been cir
cumvented and the laugh turned against
them.
SO much for the play. It has "a SEM
blance of a plot, in which the signorina
figures as scheming young woman,
| anxious to become Mrs. Foxy but that
| is detail Of minor Importance; in fact,
scarcely worth mentioning.
Joseph Hart, as Foxy Grandpa, makes
up in exact imitation of his pictorial
| original, including the blue suit and red
! tie. Upon him and the two boys falls
| the brunt of most of the fun-making, and
they are not found wanting. Mr.. Hart
| gives clear impression Of the old man,
| commercially free from horseplay, and
highly amusing. He is ably assisted by
Harry Pilcer and Bobby Harrington as
| Club and Blunt. The boys sing we'll and
act naturally and as tho they enjoyed it.
| Miss Carrie De Mar is thoroly de-
| lightful Polly-vivacious, charming and
deserving of better opportunities than
have been provided her. Ben Hassan
plays a tramp and does an acrobatic dance
that won more encores yesterday than
the stage manager would permit him tc
take. The musical interpretations, OF
which there are not q few, are neithe,
very striking nor overly we'll sung, save
for those numbers allotted to the ''Nea-
politan trio
Foxy Grandpa is show that will
please the children-which Is not saying
that 1t will not please grown-ups as well
j. S. Lawrence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08
Pure Water for School Children.

70 the Edlt6f OF TIC Journal 49, q
While the health department is making
such strenuous efforts to enforce the anti
Spit ordinance, why wouldn't it be a
good idea to drop out city water in the
public schools and allow the school chill
dren to drink spring water as well as the
public servants Of the people in the mill
has advised the East Siders to boil city
water on account of the increase in ty-
phoid fever. Why not go after the school
board to furnish pure water? Our city
water was analysed at the university some
time ago and condemned for drinking pur-
poses. without first being boiled. Give the
children pure drinking water. and there
will be less typhoid fever.
IS G. Brown. ST.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

The literary world is much interested
in the new book, "Free, Not 1ound,"
CO. r. Putnam's Sons) by Mrs, Spencer
Trask of Saratoga N. 2. Mrs Trask is
the wife Of the well-known banker Of that
name. Mrs. Trask was Miss Katrina
Nichols Of Brooklyn. She took up writing
when very young. She began her literary
career as a writer Of short stories. Later
she published some poems, notably Under
King Constantine Mrs. Trask is. as
well as Mr.. Trask, widely known and loved
for her deeds Of charity and generosity,
says an eastern weekly.
Material for tragedy of the heavier, or
the heaviest sort is made use Of by Fran
els Howard Williams in his At the Rise Of
the Curtain, little book of three dramatic
preludes. The weight of the material is
especially noticeable in the first of the
three, Hollywood" Into that is worked
the tragedy Of David Riccio, private secre-
tary Of Mary Queen of Scots. Out of that
i tragedy some master hand could make
something truly Shaksperean, but not Mr.
Williams and not in a prelude tho that is
not to say that Mr.. Williams has not told
the story well and in a way to hold the
interest Of those who may read or see per-
formed his little drama of big tragedy
Riccio is not stabbed at the table at
which, with others, he is supping with the
queen, but is seized by the friends Of
Darnley, the queens husband dragged be-
hind screen and there fatally wounded.
| Darnley then throws down the screen dis
| closing the victim to the queens gaze.
Riccio drags himself to the queens feet
and there gives utterance to these words
which show how the author handles the
tragic verse:
See how they stand apart, these lords, whose
| hands
Have bungled T. the work, else had their points
Made me Il cleaner exit They nayhap,
/ Granting short shrift, would yet bestow balm
! To sootne the pang and poison Of the end.
My queen, thy throat Is stung to sudden flowers,
Tinct with strange colors new begot Of love;
May not kiss thee on the mouth and eyes,
Seeing how sternly this gaunt foe denies
All quarter to- the vanquished?
TO- little mouth, half rounded to song
My soul hath lost itself to compass thee,
/ And rues no whit the barter.
Mark Twain Is at work on a new novel,
which was begun many years ago and laid
aside. Now that he is in italy, with more
leisure and less liability to interruption,
he has gone to work Systematically to
complete It. He has just finished new
short story which will appear in an early
number Of Harper's Magazine. Mr.. Glenn
ems writes his stories to suit himself, and
i then hands them oyer to his wife, as he
says, ITO edit the hell-fre out Of them. y
4 After Mrs. Clemens completes her import
i ant share OF the work, their daughter
copies them on the typewriter, for which
her father pays her at the regular market
rates.
The following is the dedication in Ros-
well Fields THE Bondage Of Ballinger.' .
We have not seen it in print elsewhere,
4 and it strikes us as good.
4 TO GEORGE RECORD PECK. FRIEND. sCHOI4-
| AR, BOONMAN.
4 What renegades would blrsh to own the stamp
OF pleasing slavery to the evening lamp?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

The Rev. A. N. Alcott says the primary
home has two voices. That may be, but
one Of them is apt to be used most.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08
BOOKS RECEIVED

AT THE RISE OF THE CURTAIN, DRAMATIC
PRELUDES. BY Francis Howard Williams.
Boston: Richard G. Badger. The Gorham
Press Price 81 % i,.r
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IAN INVITATION Is extended to all to visit
1.-THE Press Room, which is the finest in the west
The battery of presses consists of three four
.jeck Goss Presses, with total capacity OF
E144, coo eight-page Journals an hour, printed
!; folded and counted. The best time to eau is
from 3.15 TO 4:sO D M Inquire at the business
office and be directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

Mississippi burned two negroes yester-
day. Vardaman will consider himself in
dorsed --..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

The man who says there is nothing in
the newspapers to-day will never find any,
thing in them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

The Missouri mule will be. in evidence
again. He won South Africa for the Brit
ish. What will he do in the far east?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08
AN ALDERMAnIc WATERLOO
Das Moi,,ar pao;st

Des Moines Register.
Chicago courts have decided that the
city cannot fix the price of gas. Gas is
said to be the only thing in Chicago that
city officials cannot fix.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK

People who have things to say to the pub
lie that ought to be said are Invited to
use this column. But the space is lin
tied, and all communications must be
"bolIed down. as much as possible.
Three hundred words is safe limit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08
Foyer chat.

Charlotte Tittell and company began q
brief engagement at the Metropolitan last
night in "The Cavalier" a dramatization
Of George w. Cables war novel The pro-
duction will be reviewed in this column
tomorrow.
Hal Reds "a Homespun Heart will
be the attraction at the Metropolitan for
Thursday night. It Is a sweet story Of ru-
raj life.
RED Feather" the latest operate COM
position Of Reginald De Koven which
scored a real hit in New York. is booked
for appearance at the Metropolitan for
four nights and Wednesday matinee COM
mencing next Sunday evening. Grace Van
Studdiford. last seen here with the Bos-
tonians. has the leading role.
Kirke la shelles production of 1.-The
Bonnie Brier Bush" with ]. II. Stoddart
and Reuben Fax, in their favorite roles
OF Lachlan Campbell and "Posty." will be
the offering at the Metropolitan the last
half of next week
| Tonight and Tuesday evening at tho
Lyceum the local council of the Royal
League will hold full sway, having pur-
chased the two houses. The mayor and
1.-THE aldermen have been invited to attend
and the mayor will deliver short address.
Rose Sydell and her London Bellies
| opened an engagement at the Dewey
theater yesterday to the usual large house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08
WARRINGTON BUREAU.
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

sWil find The Journal file as follows:
ssLoNDoN--U. S. Express Co.. SO Strand; Amerl-
n can Express Co.. Waterloo Place.
DENMARK. S. Legation.
iPARIS-Eagle Bureau. IS rue Cambon. Resi-.
y dents visiting Paris cen have their mail or
Z kilograms sent care of this Bureau and the
K same will be forwarded to them or held tor
II their arrival.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

Rose Sydell and her London Bellies
opened an engagement at the Dewey
theater yesterday to the usual large house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08
%, little mouth, half rounded to song
MY soul hath lost itself to compass thee,
And rues no whit the barter.

The following is the dedication in Ros-
well Fields 1.-THE Bondage Of Ballinger.' .
We have not seen it in print elsewhere,
and it strikes us as good.
TO GEORGE RECORD PECK. FRIEND, school,
AR, BO0kMAN.
What renegades would blush to own the stamp
OF pleasing slavery TO the evening lamp?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

The printer ON the Adrian Democrat,
when he went against a bunch Of Russo
Japanese fighting names. had a serious
case Of printers drop-a very insidious
disease in which the printer drops every
thing and rushes out for stimulant
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

James A. Stewart, formerly a we'll
known member Of the staff of the Duluth
News Tribune, has bought the Grand Rap
ids Magnet from Cobb & Haradon and will
make his voice heard in Itasca county and
the eighth district.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

yes" said the pastor thoughtfuly,
Brother Smelkins certainly took step
in the wrong direction last week The
coal hole was left open and unguarded,
you know, and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

1t is about time for Old Man Winter
to have his backbone put in splints.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

; The Starbuck Times, one of Frank Ed
dy's Pope county boomers, seconds the
suggestion Of the Sank Center Herald that
the convention nominate the four supreme
court Judges first on the program.
Charles B.. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

One Of the choicest bits of fiction going
the rounds is the statement that Governor
Van SAINT succeeded to- the Clough ma
chine, and that Judge Collins is heir to
the support of that same old t'gang." The
element in the party that backed Clough
has had no use for!&Van SAINT since the
merger issue was raised, and it has no
more use for Collins than for Van SAINT.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

A young woman in Indiana encouraged
the attentions paid her by a gentleman
Of 76 years, but when he proposed mar
riage she laughed at him and he blew up
her home with dynamite. The girls must
find out that they cannot hand out to US
old papas the googoo eye and the frosted
nitt in one and the same bundle. It
may do for the Charlie boys, but father
won't stand for it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

Mayor Mcclellan of New York has ap-
pointed a former milkman to take charge
of the pumping station of the city water
works. Every milknan knows how water
works for the trade.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

Father snuffed suspiciously as he en-
tered the room. He didn't know whether
daughter had been doing a little burnt
wood decoration on punkwood or whether
her young friend had carried his cigar
cite exposed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

The surgeons could find nothing alb
normal about George Francis Trains
brain. If they had looked while George
Francis Trains mind was there they might
have found something that was little
"off."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

Lombroso says that most criminals are
left-handed. but the gang we had in this
city were ambidextrous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

Dubuque, Iowa, saloonkeepers are do
ing away with the free lunch This is
tough on those wealthy Dubuque citizens
who have an early dinner at home and
who are not only abundantly satisfied but
financially forwarded by the free lunch.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-08

The Roosevelt club $of st. Paul wants
to hear from the candidates for governor,
and has invited Eddy, Dunn and Collins
all to appear the evening of Feb. Is, when
they are going to give a smoker at the
Merchants hotel. The candidates are re-
quested to give their views on issues Of
the hour and party duties. There will be
good chance to launch a few personal
planks.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1904-03-25

ben Siaaoelie. $ enfer, os naar bet er u~brettet, ftal S
fad at piot, beb boiliet Mtooel. % bet piI brin9e os It'll
9urtig og, ION ig bdober, COB 6orfaaeIie."
0erpdd git ban raft pp ao 8eloertrappen uben at
dgte paa 9isbetbs Raab for at boIoe BAN tiIbdge. SUN
git b~iertetlemt tilba9e til l~triulas 8ammer. SUN ioa
nu, at 5eilerne, bun biotil babe fprt intlbt not, flap
benbe at 69noerne eler indrere bleO lagte paa benbe ielo.
6oorlebes bar bet tommet faa biot? Del Maal pdr
GbeIt, bun baooe bait for 2je; men Miblerne tunoe lite
sanIte ~frfenoes for 5petpbigbeO. iOet bun ofte bapbe pit
ben g}ano, Der ms baOoe forIa0t benbe for at penbe till
bage iom oabenlps Better, itsrre genligbeb, enO bun
oirteIig nereoe for BAN. SUN ~srubleoe M oper, bporles
bes bet enc Striot baOoe ta9et bet anoet, og at benbes
5eIbtiGiO bapoe biuIpet gobt til. SUN iau Hart, at MI
par ban beo bet Maal, ban itdbig bapbe bait for 2ie,
mems bun forI9tlia bapOe lutfet fine Zine; bun gpite o.b
at ie bet og t9ntte pda ct Nliooel til at unbgda bet,
inbtil benoes 9ante tr9t % rdaopilo opgab 9Gpreb.
ugb enbes 9ierte fsIte fig ipgt. Nu mautte bun inO=
rsmme, at ben 8eftpttelie, bun baooe punoet Deo at
fpgte til aronbOr9, o9 ben 5rtbeo, bun Der bupbe isst,
trueoe meo at enbe ct Slaperi, life meget bebre enb
bet, bun par u%noflpet, pg at ben einoring Og Sret, bun
/ i'm eo~eliinoeoe SOer bapoe itr9bt at itafe fine ulpttes
liQe 9anbsm9nb, pilbe blipe onrt tsbt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-19

q she stood m~otionless. holding the
magazine in one hand, while she look
ed at the individual before her with a
puzzled, searching expression upon
her ~countenance. Then a sudden light
seemed to break in upon her-she
gave a gasp-her expression changed
from curiosity to a~ma2ement, and. ut
tering a little cry, she turned sharply
round and ran rapidly up h stair
case. leaving the other a prey to the
liveliest establishment. What other
remarkable incidents was the day to
bring forth?
Meanwhile the young lady had re.
gained the stronghold OF her own
apartment. locked the door, and.
throwing the now despised magazine
into a corner. sat down to confde the
state of her feelings to the keeping OF
her faithful diary:
"A most extraordinary thing has
happened" she wrote. My head Is
i'm a whirl and | hardly know what |
am writing. or what to do. or think.
To imagine that | have so often puz.
lied myself over that young mans
likeness to someone else. a likeness
which | could never quite fix, though
| have often seemed just on the joint
of doing so. Very likely | should
never have hit upon it but for that,
apparently. utterly insignificant action
OF mine in dropping the book | was
carrying. lie rushed forward TO pick
It up and returned il to me and-all
at once il struck me like a flash
where | had seer him before. II was
the same circumstance-the same
action-and the same young man,
ut is a most extraordinary thing
and takes my breath away even while
I write; but there is no mistake about
It.. There could not possibly be two
people SO exactly alike and with pre-.
cisely the same manncr-unlcss-this
Is a twin brother of the ether. But,
IL so. how is il that one is a gentleman
and the other only a servant?
WAS there ever such a combination
met with before, and what-oh. what
Is the reaso for his extraordinary
conduct. unless-unless he is the
Prince in Disguise. after all!
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-19
CHAPTER xxi.-Contjnued.

one member Of the household was
soon to discover this. Miss Perkins
came upon him Unexpectedly. as he
was STOPPING. with his back toward
her' and apparently engaged in close.
~ examining the keyhole Of the door
belonging to his masters private
room.
What's that you're DOING" she
cried, sharply.
h individual thus addressed start.
ed violently, and something fell to the
ground with a chink--something
winch he Immediately covered with
MS loot before he turned and faced
her without making any reply.
you've changed your ways lately"
she said. seeing he made no answer,
and always hanging about this door.
what's your game. should like to
know. Anyhow, you aren't up to no
good People as gets into respectable
houses under false names very seldom
is up TO any good"
With this Parthian shaft she turned
away and left him, looking back once
over her shoulder. with that same
malicious smile, as she marked the
eject it had produced. What did she
mean by that remark of hers about a
false name? How could she have
found it out? The shot was too near
the bulls eye to have been fired at
random. Good heavens, Was it pos
sible she could have any suspicion of
the real truth?
There was no source whatever from
which she might have obtained this in.
formatiOn-Ah-!
He flew upstairs at a tremendous
rate. flight after flight. to the top Of
the house, to his own room. burst the
door open and entered.
There was a modest looking box
in the corner OF the box
which contained his few belongings.
Had he remembered to relock this
on the last time when he had occasion
to resort to 1t?
No, the lid offered no resistance to
his hand.
He began to turn over the articles
which it contained. but could not hit
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-19
CHAPTER XXI.
Perkins Revenge.

Friday morning came, bringing with
1t, about eleven o'clock, a. message
which struck a feeling of chill fore.
whom II concerned.
The master of the house desired to
speak with the young man Edwards
at once. In the dining-rOOm. What did
1t mean? Vas 1t merely some matter
OF small Importance in connection
with his household duties to which he
wished to draw his attention person.
ally, or?
Mr.. Ferrers was sitting in his place
at the head of the table. There was
something judicial looking in his at.
titude and expression, and. standing at
a short distance from him, was the
housemaid, Perkins.
Come in and shut the door, was
the first sentence addressed to him.
He Obeyed noiselessly and care.
fully, more than ever mindfN OF his
assumed position and grateful for
each seconds delay, which allowed
him the opportunity Of searching his
brain for some way out OF the dilem.
ma.
"Edwards."-it was the voice of his
master and enemy addressing him
II have one or two very serious ques-
tons to put to you"
The young mar bent his head defer
entially, and seemed to intimate his
entire readiness 10 answer all inQuir.
les.
1T has been brought to my notice
that Is, ] have reason to believe"-the
voice continued, as it's owner seemed
To experience some difficulty in open.
ing up the subject-"that | have been
deceived In you, and-in fact. that the
name under which you are at present
passing, Is not your own. Is that SOP"
Tee answered respectfully, Begging
your pardon, sir. but the name | am
going under is my own. Might ] be
allowed to- ask who says anything I o
the contrary"
You mean to maintain that yOur
name Is Edwards. after all?" he in.
quired. bending his brows upon Miss
Perkins, whose-as he now thought
fit to describe it-unwarrantable inter.
ference in the matter had subjected
him to this annoyance,
MY name Is Edward, sir. An IS at
the end makes Il sound better, and !
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-19

power in the far east was entirely
upset.
Russia. n expert says. In in tho
position OF a chess player who loses
his queen In the first half dozen
moves. The naval position OF the
Russians at Port Arthur is considered
absolutely desperate, and it In thought
most unlikely that V~ladivostok's
squadron Of four powerful armOred
cruisers will be- able to go TO the
assistance of the battered feet at Port
Arthur.
Admiral Stark's position there IL
likened to Cervera's at Santiago. He
Is described as being between the
horns OF a dilemma. He must either
submit to be held under the guns Of
Port Arthur In Il posture intensely
humiliating To Russian pride and pres
tige, or he must come out and fight
in a condition Of inferiority which
would render defeat almost a fOregone
conclusion. Whatever o happens,
the Japanese empire is thought safe
from attack. 10 is. however. recognize
ed that the war is by no means over
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-02-19

sian army, and it therefore seems un.
likely that Japan would willingly
place any large force In Corea except
as concerns a road to Manchuria In
the absence Of any better road. But
Is not the sea "A better road? That Is
the question | find some difficulty in
answering. There are three points at
which an army IL landed would be
well placed for operating against the
Russian communication. They are
the north coast of the Liaotung gulf
between Shan Hal Kwan and New.
Chwang, the northwest coast of Corca
hay between Port Arthur and the
Ialu. and the coast nea Nladivostok.
Blu in the present season the first and
last of these places probably are i'm
practicable for landing on account OF