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"PARSIFAL" A GALLERY HIT IN HARLEM /
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NE SHADES of Wagner! Oh, that
u that it should come to this-but
ten years dead, and a Newark 'Parsi-
fall" in Harlem! On a May night, too,
when the red fire felt real and the cleo
trio fans buzzed but did not breeze,
and the West End theater was as full
of people as a 6 o'clock elevated train,
and all Harlem was there, including
the great-aunts and the grandmothers,
to buy the libretto for 10 cents, and see
enough to talk "Parsifal" at the sea-
shore, just as though they had paid
SIS a seat for it. The Belasco torture
scenes. which were introduced, seemed
like innocent fireworks compared to
this genuine bit Of agony furnished by
Marie Defan. 1t seemed a shame Wag-
ner himself could not have been there
he would never have died unhappy.
TT was a solemn miracle play" on
the pink programme, and was headed
with a bit of Scripture, Isaiah xviv,"
which prepared the audience for the
"Parsifal' overture played in the dark.
About the time the man with the F
trumpet took off his coat and started
In the Good Friday spell' the gallery
became impatient. They didn't care
for tone pictures in the dark. So they
yelled and stamped and it became a
contest between Wagner and Harlem.
Harlem won. and the curtain went up.
More darkness, and then a slowly
increasing red light, in which was dis
covered "Gournemay-z according to
the knightly pronunciation), who ex-
claimed: How fares the royal sick
MANI"
Am for -te9?" questioned the knight
True, son." returned the physician
TO the king" lingering the brass cur
tain chain around his neck; how
progresseth the wound of the sacred
spear? ?"
A gentleman way down front" in a
linen suit whispered to his companion:
''EIe amt so bad. is hep"
The companion said he wasn't
Then Miss Una Abell- Brinker, as
Kundry, announced herself.
who dares defy Witch Kundry?"
she asked.
The Man Who Dared.
The royal sick man, carried in on a
red plush couch, said he dared. He re-
cited a verse OF Scripture, and the
gallery applauded. Then Wolfram ad-
Yanced and cried:
'Dost thou wishest me TO find Parce-
phal?"
Yes" replied the king.
Give me fifty men. strong and true
and l 60" returned the knight, salut-
ing.
All right, brave youth and always
reckless knight" answered the king in
q hngly manner. You go to the east.
GewHme, you go to the south. And
don't come back until you get the
guileless fool"
p When they were gone an arrow shot
on the stage, and the stage physician,
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ATTEMPT TO CHECK
CUSTOM OF "BOO|NG"
Foreign Service

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, May 2S.-Since Sir
Charles Wyndham was practically
"booed" off his own stage the other
evening, it is being declared on every
hand that something must be done to
check this peculiarly British means Of
expressing disapproval in theater.
Probably nothing actually will be done.
The 'pit queue" has been threatened
many times with abolition, likewise
the custom of charging for programmes
not to mention the censorship and
the theater dinner that results in fash
ionable folk arriving in the middle Of
the first act, yet all these drawbacks
to plays going in London we still have
with us. However, it Is rather anus
ing to compare the various opinions
that have been offered on this porten-
tous subject since the affair at Wynd-
hams.
What is the origin of the boo" as an
uncompiimentary manifestation no one
seems to know, but Ii is rare thing
for the final curtain to fall on a Lon
don production without some boo" be-
ing heard. And when the pit and gall
lery are really on the warpath. the bo-
vine sounds that come from them are
absolutely deafening. The boo" how
ever, may mean anything. Some Of
the booers arrested at Sir Charles
Wyndhanls playhouse the other night
declared that, although they disliked
Arthur Laws new play, THE Bride and
Bridegroom" most heartily, they made
a row because an actress WHO had
pleased immensely in Wyndham's pre-
vious production was not re-engaged.
The fact that It is booed doesn't nee
essarily mean, either, that a play is
doomed. William Gillette had a lot Of
this sort of thing to face on the first
night Of Sherlock Holmes" in London,
but he played it at the Lyceum for
nearly twelve months. Perhaps it
should be observed that some boo
ers boo as a matter of conscience. It is
a.London first night custom to dead
head" all OF the house except the pit
and gallery. The earnest students of
the drah-ma" seated in those parts de-
clare that the stalls and dress circle
are In duty bound to applaud a piece
whether IL be, good or bad, SO IL the
pit and galleries deem a play. to be
the latter, they believe in voicing their
opion as loudly as possible In order
that the dramatic critics may not be
able to write that the piece was ia
yorably received
BY the way, the writer's on theatri-
cal matters are largely to blame for
the abuse, greater even than booing,
that has sprung UP In London lately.
For some time, mixed up with the boos
there have been expressions OF opinion
shouted from the gallery. and these
some OF the critics have been foolish
enough to quote As a consequence
there is reason to believe that the kind
of jibes with which Wyndham was lit
orally deluged, the other night. are now
delivered by their authors for the SIM
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with his occult power, said it had just
Killed the royal swan. The king was
wroth, until Parsifal came in and was
introduced by Kundry. Then he soft
ened. Parsifal looked like a combina-
ton of Daniel Boone and a Broad
way clothing store dummy. He was
testooned with coon tails, and had blue
eyes, pink cheeks, and yellow wig.
Who will find the spear?" is the
request Of the king
Here is a melodramatic pause. Then
Parsifal advances.
I WILL" he cries, and the curtain
falls. He does. He catches the spear
when Klingsor losses it, and waves it
above his head. There is no crumbling
castle or garden, but Kundry faints in
good West End fashion, and KIingsor
kneels and puts his arm over his eyes.
Then Balzo and LeXia, a beggar- Greek
slave Sardou arrangement, come in and
are tortured. They recite part of the
Sermon on the Mount and are tortured
again.
Then they are put in the "Cave of
Spiders, we shades of Lyric dramai-
and Parsifal comes over a paper rock
and, killing the spider, rescues his
ladylove. They go off arm in arm. the
orchestra plays from 'Lohengrin," and
the villain is again repulsed by Parsi-
fal, who stands on a messy bank and
smiles"
kIingsor Tears His Whiskers.
It's too much for Klingsor; he goes
out and pulls off his whiskers, but
kundry kneels and tells how wicked
she has been.
You are an angel" said Parsifal.
Don't call me that" cries Kundry,
shrinking.
Parsifal averts his blue eyes, and she
arises, purged.
The climax of the performance, how
ever, from the Harlem standpoint, was
reached in the garden of Klingsor,
when the sorcerer appeared in his
doorway and surveyed the flower girls
who were sleeping in the front yard
Zoologically or botanically, they were
mixed bunch Violet, Red Rose and
Sweet Joy looked like three of the
sutherland sister, but Heartease and
Primrose, who danced together. were
so Unmatched that it looked for a time
as If Primrose would be run over and
spoiled.
Heartease was floral Juno. on, the
animated palm tree order. Primrose
was on the delicatessen plan. But
Klingsor's eyes cleaned as he called:
Awake, maidens-awake, Pale Isilyi
Awake, Hyacinth: Awake, Carna-
toni"
As each name was called the flower
in diaphanous drapery arose and start
ed its impromptu delsarte movement.
This continued amid great applause for
some time. Then an imitation stone
tower in the background covered with
ivy burst open, la champagne bottle.
and Kundry in a pink wrapper and a
sunburst appeared. Klingsor then af-
fected a SORT Of ringmaster manner and
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DRAMATIC NOTES.

Stephen Phillips has finished a po
etic drama dealing with the life of
David. It is called .sThe Son OF David. !"
and from the few details that have
been made public about the play in
London 1t is gathered that Phillips has
made Absalom one OF the chief char
aeters. With Phillips play ready for
rehearsal there are now three dramas
in which David is the central figure.
An ambitious writer in ST. Louis named
Rice has submitted a David drama to
q New York meaager ana with saThe
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-29
+ UNCLE LUTHER DoAyE!L's WOODEN LEG -
BY RAY STANNARD BAKER

u q -ct !.
He turned and hobbled painfully
across his shop. He put on his spec
tacles and opened a drawer in his
workbench, and in it's depths he found
stick of horehound candy. Dick
stood with one rodgy hand resting on
the door frame, peering into the shop
with wide eyes
Candy" announced Uncle Luther,
expressively.
Dick drew little nearer, glancing
from the candy to his grandfather's
wrinkled face. Uncle Luther waved
the stick like a wizards wand. and
lured Dick nearer and nearer until
a dirty little hand closed over the
candy. Then he reached out slyly and
cautiously. and gathered Dick in his
. arms.
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when Parsifal appeared there was
Maypole dance going on that made one
dizzy.
Parsifal. of course. didn't get dizzy,
but looked the way he did when he was
accused of killing the Swan-innocent.
This was done by looking in the air
and scowling as though suffering from
neuralgia. He was so innocent the
flower maidens ran away, but not until
Harlem had applauded in a manner
that brought curtain call, and Par
sifal had bowed, in grateful acknowl-
edgement-coon tails ana aIL-New
York Globe.
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IdllS disappeared Win the same rapid
ity as they had come into fashion when
1t was learned that the unruly ringlet
was a pure accident, having escaped
from its companions entirely without
the assistance or even the knowledge
of the actress beauty, who took good
care that her hair was more securely
fastened on subsequent nights"
The London Times contains the fol-
lowing description of the new monu-
ment to Shakespeare, which was re-
Gently unveiled in Weimar by the
grand duke:
The monument, which is the work
of the Berlin sculptor, Herr Otto Less
ing stands in a quiet and secluded cor
ner of the Weimar park, against the
background of tall trees, close to the
little gartenhaus. where Goethe often
lived. The poet is represented sitting
on a block of granite, holding in one
hand a scroll, while the other plays
with a rose. The face, which Is said
to have been modelled after authentic
portraits Of the poet. wears smile,
which, in the opinion of German critics,
expresses the spirit of the author of
the comedies rather than the loftier
moods Of the creator Of Hamlet and
Lear At the foot Of the statue lie
skull in cap and bells, encircled with a
laurel wreath, a dagger and a fools
bauble. A bronze tablet on the pedes-
tai bears the inscription: William
Shakespeare.
Recently report that the Bostonians
were to discontinue business was cir
culated from a Western city. There
Is no truth in the rumor. Loudon G.
Charlton, the managing director, says:
The only change in policy is to pro-
vide a separate organization for each
new opera produced and to make as
many productions as is warranted by
each success. For these productions
the best talent available will be used,
regardless OF former or present con-
nections with the organization.
But in order to continue the use OF
Robin Hood a property that in thir-
teen years of steady use has played to
over $500, 600 In gross receipts, in
something like 5000 performances, and
at the same time to relieve Henry Clay
Barnabee from the necessity of playing
long seasons of forty or more weeks
with the new organizations producing
new operas, 1t Is proposed to surround
Mr.. Bafnabee with company which
win play only Robin Hood for linn
tied season each year, booked in ac-
cordance with Mr.. Barnabee's personal
wishes
Sometimes they are changed abont,
and So travel another season with inn
punity. This in reference tosfhe Joseph
Jefferson anecdotes. and particularly
those relating to fishing experiences,
which invariably sprout in the spring.
One that has been successfully treat
ed In this way relates that on one oc-
casion Mr.. Jefferson came unexpected
iy upon Hibernian disciple of the
great Izaak, who was industriouSly
casting his line into the Hmpid waters
of his private lake.
See herel" said the comedian,
what do you mean by catching my
fish ?"
'Begorra, replied the fisherman,
slowly, removing his pipe from his
mouth. "Oi'm not fishin.. Di'm t'acn.n'
these wurrums how to swin!"
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Jonathan Dowell came down the
lane between his prosperous fields on
his way to town Little Dick was with
him. When Uncle Luther saw them he
went to the door and beckoned.
"Come in, Jonathanl Come int" he
called.
His face shone with pride, and he
told with feverish eagerness of the
new honor which the Day had brought
him.
Nonsense" interrupted Jonathan
testify. Don't you know. father, that
you're getting too old and feeble to take
part in such things? You amt able to
walk to the graveyard an back, an
you're only Stirrin' up trouble between
the families. Uncle Tommy'll never
forgive you.%
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a3-ss..k{{o z.
sparkled in the heavy CLOTH A few
shavings on the Uttered floor Of the
shop were crisping with sudden wisps
of flame, and the chair legs were on
fire. But Uncle Luther slept on,
wholly unconscious of his danger.
Jonathan Dowell, returning from the
village, saw a sinister glare in the
shop windows. He rushed into the
room, seized the old man, and lifted
him swiftly to one side. Then he beat
out the fire with a gunny sack.
Uncle Luther sat up, trembling and
terrified. His wooden leg was gone.
1t had burned almost to the stump, and
the charred remains We're still smok-
ing.
Jonathan Dowell's voice rang with
anger.
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Mcclure
builder, of Chicago, viii
The playhouse will be
proae cost of the building which plenty
The front and Ninth street sides
which VIII be feet in width The
large comfortable chairs upholstered
be
providing ample for kind of performance
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tails disappeared with the same rapid
ity as they had come into fashion when
1t was learned that the unruly ringlet
was a pure accident, having escaped
from its companions entirely without
the assistance or even the knowledge
of the actress beauty, who took good
care that her hair was more securely
fastened on subsequent nights
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-03-05
TRACK BEING LAID
ON THE RAILROAD
Seventy-Five Cars Of Ma
terial On Hand.
Work On the Heavy Cuts a Mile From
Town Begun-Big Engine
Arrives at Rhodes.

News CLEANED at the railroad office
last evening was to the effect that
the first twenty miles OF roadbed out
of Rhodes had been completed and
was ready for the laying Of ties and
rails.
Eight miles OF grade on the Oddie
& Overbury contract has been fin-
ished, but the last two miles this way
will take some time to complete be-
cause of the heavy cutting necessary.
Thursday work was begun on some
heavy cuts mile and a half north.
west Of town under a sub contract.
Quite force of men has already beer
put to work and viii be largely in
creased during the coming week, oil
as fast as the work can be laid out
The big tifty-fve ton engine ar
rived at Rhodes about the middle o
the week, and is now doing service
About one mile of track has beer
laid out of Rhodes, but by Monda!
the full construction force will be a
work, and it is expected that nearl,
a mile day viii thenceforth be laid
Seventy-fve carloads of materia
have arrived at ( lodes, and every
thing necessary for the constructio
OF the FIRST section OF the road is a
hand.
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Governor John Sparks, accompan-
led by Alex McCone of Virginia City,
arrived in camp Thursday by private
conveyance, and most of that after
noon and yesterday was spent in
shaking hands with his many friends.
The governor was considerably sur
prised at the growth of the town
since his last visit eighteen months
ago Last evening Mr.. Sparks was
entertained by the Eagles, of which
order the Governor is a member. A
high jinks was INDUCED in by all
present and several candidates in
itiated into this great order. This
morning, accompanied by Heber
Holman, his superintendent at the
Wedekind mine, he left for couple
of days visit to Goldfield.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-03-05
Funeral of John Mitchell.

The funeral Of John Mitchell, the
unfortunate miner who lost his life in
the Montana Tonopah shaft Wednes-
day afternoon, took place yesterday
afternoon from the Presbyterian
church. At the conclusion of the
ceremonies, the casket containing
the body was taken to the cemetery,
escorted by the Miners Union and
the Foresters, Of both OF which or
ganizations the deceased was a mem
ber. During the afternoon, in order
to give the miners a chance to attend
the funeral, nearly all the mines in
the district shut down.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-03-05
LOCAL CoNCEz TRATEs.

Quick service and polite attention
at the Palace restaurant. p
Goldfeld headquarters are at the
Palace. Upper Main street. p
The Merchants cafe is centrally
loca ated-opposite stage Office. m
P. A. Mckenzie, mining super
intendent of Tuscarora, is in town.
]. L. Butler left Thursday morning
for his ranch in Inyo county, Califor-
MIA.
W. w. Watterson, a merchant of
Bishop, was in camp several days
this week.
Charley Madison returned this
week from several months visit to
Merced, California.
"Straws show which way the wind
blows"-watch the crowds that visit
the Merchants cafe. m
]. B. Lindsay left for Goldfeld
Thursday morning to attend to the
sale OF some mining property.
DIR. L. E. Benson is back from
Timber Hill, where he has been look
ing after his mining interests.
AL Revert, OF the Tonopah Lumber
company, has returned from an ex-
tended visit to San Francisco.
Andy Service, of the Nevada Alpine
at Lone Mountain, was in town dur
ing the early part Of the week.
The Eagles OF Goldfeld will give a
dance Tuesday evening. 1t will be
the first dance held in the new camp.
Charles r. Miller, vice president
Of the Tonopah Mining company, is
expected to arrive in Tonopah Sun.
day evening.
Alex Dromiac, who built the Over.
land hotel at Reno, arrived in camp
Tuesday and left Thursday morning
for Goldfeld.
! j. G. Davidson, representing the
A. S. Hopkins company of Sacra
mento, has been in Tonopah severa
days this week.
]. D. Joseph, one OF the old timers
ana heavily interested In local en-
terprises, was an arrival from SAT
Francisco the past week.
Miss Emma Vauderleith and Mrs
7. l.. Oddie left for Carson City yes
terday morning, Mr.. 0ddie driving
them as far as Sodaville.
! f. c. Simpson has returned from 1
brief visit to the Reveille country
He says considerable mining is con
templated there during the spring.
]. c. GLADDEN., one OF the incorpo
rators Of the Tonopah. Belcher, bu
who recently sold his interests in tn,
property, was in camp few day
this week.
K. McFadden, bookkeeper for w
]. Sinclair, who has been seriously il
the past two or three weeks, is re
ported much better, and his friend
now hope for his ultimate recovery
The talk Of the town is about Velve
Candy, so very cheap, and oh ! s.
good. Costs but 35 cents for poun,
} original packaRes-exclusively at tn
Miners drugstore, Inc, Golden build
ing. d
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-03-05
LOCAL LACONICs.

Merchants cafe, the best meals in
town. m
Try the Sunday dinners at the
Palace. p
Harry Ramsey returned Thursday
from the new bonanza camp.
Bob Grimmon left Thursday for
Carson. He will return in a few
days.
Jack Salsberry returned to town
Monday from weeks visit to Cold
field.
John McKane and Key Pittman
spent the early part of the week at
Goldfeld.
W. Nj. Terriberry, representing
the National Banker of Chicago, was
in camp this week.
Three carloads of the Tonopah
company's ore we're received at Salt
Lake last Saturday.
George Lewis, manager of the
Crystal Water company, returned
last night from San Francisco.
Nathan Crocker, of the Tonopah
Lumber company, was a passenger
for San Francisco this morning.
John McKane, Of the Tonopah Ex-
tension, left Thursday morning for
Carson, on visit to his family.
The Sunday dinners at the Palace
have become famous and make that
restaurant the most popular in
town. D
Accurate and careful prescription
work at the Miners drugstore, Inc,
Golden building. "Just as the doctor
orders it. d
Kenneth NJ. Jackson, the we'll
known lawyer, left Wednesday for
San Francisco, after a weeks visit
to Goldfeld.
County Recorder Rice was in Mon
day from Belmont. He states thaf
his father, who was quite i'll, is con
siderably improved.
P. H. Mclaughlin came in yester
day from the Goldfeld country
James McQullan has also returne,
from visit to the camp.
Thomas Clark of Spokane, brothe
of Patsy Clark, arrived in camp thi
week en- route to Goldfeld. He wa
accompanied by M. Sullivan, mining
man of Portland.
NJ. B. Bartlett has returned iron
the old camp Of Montgomery, nea
Pahrump, where he has been for sew
eral weeks doing work on a uumbe
of promising gold lodges.
: Casey & Arden, of the Merchants
, cafe, with their customary generosit
and progressiveness, offer fine lis
of prizes to the winners of contests o.
the coming Fourth, See their adver
tisement.
Yes, we still carry Lowney's Can
| dies and in a greater variety. An
other shipment just received-an
they are always fresh. Exclusivel
at the Miners drugstore, Inc.
Golden building. d
On another page appears an inter
g esting article on tellurium, write
by N. NJ Simons, local assayer. l
view of the recent strike of this or
at Goldfeld the subject has excite
considerable comment.
p
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-03-05
Can't Provide for the Rush.

Every stage coming in the early
part of the week from Sodaville
carried from twelve to sixteen pas
sengers. Yesterday, however, was
the banner day. Tweuty-eight pas
sengers arrived at Sodaville, but, be-
cause Of the shortage Of stock, much
of which is plying between Tonopah
and Goldfeld, Manager O'Keeie was
able to send out only one stage, thus
compelling half Of those who wanted
to come in to lay over a day at the
railroad station. And maybe there
wasn't. o roarl
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-03-05
Mnnte Carlo.

The finishing touches are being put
on the Monte Carlo and within ten
days this new resort and grill room
will be opened to the public. The
proprietors, Messrs. Stanley, Govan
& Co., have spared no expense in re-
modelling the building, and the rooms
have been made light, airy and at
tractive. In the grill room eight
private boxes have been arranged
but in such manner that they can be
instantly thrown into two large din
ing rooms.
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The TambIyn Claim.

During the recent mill run, William
Tamblyn suspended operations on
his property at Lone Mountain, but
he is now preparing to resume work
and inside of ten days he expects to
have a force Of men at work in the
drift which has already been driven
a considerable distance.