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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

an even harsher process consisting in the ad-
ministertng OF a sound beating to the recruit
who bends over and receives the blows OF a
score Of husky mon, administered with barrel
slaves. is a favorite camp joke Sometimes one
muscular soldier is named bishop" and he ad-
ministers the blessing to all recruits
But of all the woes Of the rookie" mosquito
guard" is the saddest At the end OF the com
pany street, near the cook house, a green re-
cruit is posted, with instructions to permit no
one to pass. The instructions, Of course. have
no higher warrant than that Of some joker But
the recruit. bound to do his duty. halls each
passerby. frequently catching irascible non
com" who is Fastening on his oficious way,
sometimes even tackling 4 commissioned officer.
and ending his first days enforced duty in the
guard house.
But camp life has many other variations. The
shrewd old veteran who took care to bring his
razor fills the lean purse. that would hardly hold
out until payday, by five and ten cent shaves,
strictly without tips. Two ammunition boxes
serve for his chairs, and. with razor that never
stays sharp, he prepares the ambitious who
seek to serve as messengers to the colonel This
service IS a high distinction, conferred on the
most soldiery appearing man at guard mount
and carrying with it rest from drill and other
duty.
Poker games and crap shooting" flourish
where the camp is for more than day or two
Stakes are frequently hypothetical, II payday be
long passed. consisting of paper cashed in at the
end Of the month; but the games are no less ex-
citing and the old soldier is a splendid master
Of the higher phases of poker. Checker and
cribbage boards are easily improvtsed and In
frequent demand, for IN all his various enter
prises the American soldier shows the same
originality and the ingenuity that have
made him famous in many lands
The camp fire. even IN a Virginia forest. where
nights are tinged with summer is an essential
part Of the war game Seated round It's blaze,
perhaps boiling Individual cup OF coffee or
toasting a slice OF bread. the older men, for
whom the frivolites Of the camp have lost their
charm sit hour after hour exchanging stories.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04

The combined experience OF a dozen regulars
stretches round the world, from Cuba to the
Philippines San Juan and far of Indian bat
ties are refouEht and barrack tales such as
might challenge a Kipling Of the American
army pass current. Varied also by song are
these Preside hours. War songs of the Civil
War, songs of the plains and the latest comic
opera ditties find favor although in the end the
song OF some parting or sentimental scene is
most popular. ION the Banks Of the Wabash,
Just Break the News TO Mother and I'll Be
with You Molly Darling" are strangely com
mingled with John Browns Body" Tramp,
Tramp. Tramp the Boys Are Marching" and
other Civil War battle songs. while Dixie" has
been adopted by North and South alike
When call TO quarters" sounds and the camp
fire groups break up the irrepressible joker has
his last opportunity. Ringing out across the
quiet OF 4 company street hears some cry
such as this:
WHO washed his dishes In the coGee?" Then
back from the wall or tents comes the shout,
Mark Cronin." naming the unfortunate man.
whose reputation is thus made and lost forever
by this one feat. Even the army mules.
rallied near by, lift up their voices the widest
Of all outcries Adjoining companies take up
the cry. and finally whole regiment is repeat
ing the exploit Of poor Cronin who lies shiver
ing in his bunk Army liuericks that are ribald.
but expressive are chauted less vociferOusly.
II wish I was home with mother" walls some
grizzled old soldier plaintvely.
It's home boys. home. be-e-e!
Home. boys. home IN Gods countree-e-e!
sings a regular
Last Of all. taps" sounds across the camp
ground With its notes. the sweetest of all calls
that which sounds over the dead soldier at the
grave, as his comrades leave him. there comes
sudden hush. The most hardened and irrev-
erent sinner OF camp is suddenly still Songs
end in q second. All the religion the soldier has
all the sentiment he preserves, are stirred by
this last call.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04
MUCH BETTER.

You know. genius has been defined in
tense capacity for hard work"
Yes. I suppose it would be much more salts
factory II it a labor saving Device
Judge
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-02

sui at the Broadway. Both these
enormous houses have been packed to
the point of density az almost every
performance, Mansfield could undoubt-
eddy have remained here upon a vastly
profitable basis for several weeks to
com, Hitchcock will stay right along
at the broadway until hot weather.
The all-star cast interpreting THE
TWO Orphans Is the present feature
az the New Amsterdam. where great
interest Is manifested by exceedingly
large crowds Of spectators, Those In
the auditorium to whom the original
production is not a familiar memory,
are naturally very enthusiastic regard
ing the work Of an organization em-
braclng such players as Grace George,
Clara Morris, Ellta Proctor otis, Annie
Irish Margaret Ellington, Kyrie Bellew.
James O'Nell, Charles Warner, and
H. NJ, Holland. But the older Cll1ue
unite In praises Of the Union Square
aggregation when Mr. Palmer's first
Two Orphans representations includ-
ed the services Of Charles r. Thorne
Mckee Rankin f. +, Mackay, Stuart
Robson, Kate ClaXton, Kitty Blanchard
Rankin, Ida Vernon and the other mem
bers Of that splendid stock company
Some Of those players have based over
the divide, some have become stars and
some have grown old ana obscure. But
II cannot be said that either In its early
days or at present The Two Orphans
has suffered from incompetent nterpre-
tation. The management OF the all
star presentment win surely get the
money for no comparatively modern
play has ever been acted by such
collection Of players,
Eleanor Robson, with Merely Mary
Ann VIII remain at the Garrck thea
ter after next Monday night until her
New York engagement shall have been
extended over at least 20 weeks Of time.
This Is wholly remarkable feat for A
star 10 accomplish during the present
not very brilliant season. the more so
considering the fact that Miss Robson
is newly established attraction. Her
London engagement at the Duke of
forks ,heater next fall may be expect
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special Correspondence,
I ONDoN, March lp,-Pluygoers here
welcome the announcement. made
the other day, that the Skates
bury Theater, where "T'he Belle Of
New York" ran for 200 nights is about
to become the permanent London home
Of American musical comedy, but prob.
ably few who heard Of the scheme were
without misglylngs as 10 us result.
Theatrical paragraphlsts. Of course,
pretend to see In the plan another step
toward the characterization" OF the
LONDON stage, but the characterization
or the LONDON stage has been promised
many times and nothing has come of t.
Ana the unfortunate part OF IL is that
lhe Stage here can be Anne. Icanized"
TO rather large extent II only the
thing were gone about In the right
way. II Is a fact that LOndoners are.
III the VernaCular, dead anxious" 10
patronize good American attractions,
but they have had no end of dlsap
continents, Heretofore American
managers almost Invariably have lnVlt-
'"N"' 'h''l a. VlNAt llOlU ttlNHk
the water has scored over hereby fol-
lowing II with one or more Indifferent
productions. Never was there better
chance for continuous money-makmg
by Americans than that which offered
Itself after the run Of Tho Belle Of
New York London was eager FOR
more OF the same, land got IAN Am.
erlcnn Beauty, which had boon a ffOst
at home THE Casino Girl" which fol.
lowed the old Lillian Russell play at
the Sholtcsbury. made partial amends,
hut THE Belle OF Bohemia" next I'm or.
der, proved a feeble thing enough.
Then came the OPENING Of the new
Adclphi with, Il was announced, an
other delightful American musical
comedy and THE Whlrl of the Town"
was given, bored first night audience.
and lived about fortnight! Result
American plays at discount. Dolly
Warden failed In London and its au-
thor went back and told American in
terviewers that the metropolis would
have none OF transatlantic musical
comedies. But the company which gave
Dolly Warden" here was not an ade-
quate one, and Americans who saw the
piece az the Avenue foresaw It's failure.
AS for Julian Edwards statement that
London audiences don't want American
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listen and #, considering peronIaJ
and situation, Il would he more talsz,'
1 introduce Il. ga
My characters are created ipnE
servatlon. ] find a type and deee
II. Sam Coast IN Her 0sh WsylS
example, is but q type developed ,st
natural lines. had no particular 90,
terpatt In this character before n@s,
had seen chaps Of ne same tyItSsi
| developed this one US / thought nsa
a type would develop In real liis :,
My first aim Is Always to make N
characters DO the ;hngsthsy would y
In ordinary life. | eyilye a scV, J,
never insist that my heroes or hsNlSa
shall do the things that the PLAYERS ~
gagged Cor these parts would like ih,a
TO do. on the other hand | make D;
characters conduct Themselves a' ihf
logically would, Then ] engage my al
accordingly, fitting each character WIN
the temperament best adapted . N
role to be portrayed.
Most Of this talk about ar; isp, I
love the theater aside from ny bl'.
ness, believe In a national iheiier w
am glad to contribute TO The America
drama, but ! do not insist ! w1rA y
arts sake alone. Money Is better "a
couragoment TO art than al he say
and national thelters ever DRAINED
by Missionaries.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-02
CLYDE FITCH ON
HINTS TO PLAYRlOHTS

NEVER base my plays on play
ers peculiar talents, with this ex-
ception--personality must be taken
into consideration. Suppose, for ex-
ample that we introduce a startlngy
tragic incident Some women would
scream az such Il time, Others would
be turned TO stone.
In writing and staging play nat
prally bear IN mind my player, A high
ly emotional actress could better de-
liver the scream than become mute at
the shock, and provide for personality
to that extent, ii IL IN the power Of a
playwright to develop a player by CIV.
ing him the opportunity,
/ always stage manage my own plays
and | always select the players for
them. Moreover. ! insist on plays be-
Ing presented as | have conceived them.
For this reason most actors approach
me with fear and trembling, yet | be.
lleye you viii find many actors who
win admit | have brought them sue
cess. TO be sure, II player suggests
that n certain bit Of business would be
more natural than the one ! suggested
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence
n lew YORK, March - Oscar
N Hammerstein whose restless
VI mind scarcely gives him time TO
secure a rational quantity of
sleep, is mixing war medicine FOR the
great Barnum & Bailey circus, which
Is doing smashing big business at
the Madison Square Garden, eclpslng
all It's records In the matter Of crowds
In This city The scheme Mr., Hammer
stein has In view will not interfere with
the plans Of MI Bailey during the
current season, but the champion the
alter builder Of the world hopes II will
produce results in the future, what
intend 70 do" said MI Hammersteln
to the writer us to induce all the lead
Ing theatcr managers VI New York TO
aid IN the passing OF measure under
which circuses playing in this city snall
be compelled 10 pay biz liconsc fee az
they DO In other centers throughout the
country, Al present Mr. Bailey has an
easy and simple time of II In Now York.
mainly 40 the expense Of the theaters.
For the first Ryo weeks OF his engage.
ment every season the receipts of the
playhousaS are practically cut In two.
The profits OF the circus must be very
large and | don't gee why the commit
nifty shouldn't have some little benefit
from this source, As a business man !
am not at an ayersc 20 reasonable com
petition. but this circus opposition Is
rather more than | can view with
cquanlmity, | am confident that the
other men In my occupation IN New
York VIII take similar Wow OF the
sltuotIon ana aid In securing am ogdi.
nance Of the right and proper sort"
A three or four line paragraph, tuck.
ed away IN remote corners OF the news.
papers, The other day announced that
David Belasco had been victorious in
defending his claim to the authorship
of Sweet Kitty Belars," the very IN
t0res,'ns comedy that has been running
all winter with extraordinary success
az his thoutnr In West Forty. second
greot When the action was begun
against Mr.. Belasco by a Miss Hughes.
who charged that the author.manager
hal plaglarized a work Of her manu-.
faCturt columns Of space were deyot.
cd to the story, Naturally enough Mr..
Belasco In somewhat piQuOl at the
curt dismissal Of the news Of his COM
plcte yindcation Belasco has suf-
fored a great deal more than
any other writer for the stage
In this country at the hands
ot persons rushing into court and into
the public press with charges that he
had pilfered their manuscripts. In
every Instance without a single ey-
ocption Il has been utterly impossible
10 uphold these accusations, which
have come from all sorts and conditions
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plays, II need only be pointed out that
In Dahomey' ran at the Shaftesbury
Tor $50 nights after Dolly Warden" had
collapsed Sherlock Holmes" ran 10
or IL months. THE Darling of the
Gods has passed It's hundredth per-
Torrance at His MaJestys.
George Musgraye, the proprietor Of
the Shaitesbury, says he will begin his
new experiment by producing "rhe
FRINGE Of Pilsen' and that he intends
to give only plays that have been real
successes at home, lie promises. too,
That these shall be given by capable
American actors, and II Mr.. Musgraye
liyes up to this program the chances
for success are all IN his favor. AS a
matter OF fact there seems no limit TO
the business that can be done by Amer.
lean plays, especially musical ones, here
In London, II only the pieces have merit
and are well done Half the
song hits In the London mu.
steal plays al present are "lIfted'
from American successes. Sammy" Is
the piece de resistance OF both "The
Love Birds and THE Earl and the
GIRL In the latter Of which my Cosy
Corner Girl' and another American
song also arc sung William Jerome's
"Bede!la"-with new words by George
Grossmth-is given In "The Orchid"
(wlthout credit, and American "busI.
nos' Is worked into several other plays.
H. Y, Esmond, actor and playwright
who wrote when We Were Twenty
one and "lmpudenco," has not acted In
London since he was seen in Henry
Arthur Jones play, Chance, the Idol"
but he Is to reappear In THE House OF
Burnside when Edward Terry rroduc.
es That play early In April. Esmond
was hailed as the coming Plnoro while
ago but, thus far has not made good
When We Were Tweuty-one" seems
to have been success NJ home but Il
failed In London Esmonds "sentlmen-
talist' had similar fate, and hlq com.
edy 'Billy's little Love Affair" soon
petered ont at the Criterion, whatever
William Faversham and Fay Davis
may have made Of II Ia the United
States,
by getting Itself played for the 1.OOOth
time at the Strand last night, "a Chin
csc Honeymoon broke all records for
long runs In London on the part of mu-
steal plays. a touch Of pathos was civ.
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ed to "cinch" the strong hold she mas
taken upon the popular regard
Robert Grau has received word from
his brother Maurice Grau. who is living
in Paris. that he (RoberD can secure
the services of Sarah Bernhard for an
American tour If he wishes them-and
can raise the money to swing the en-
terprise, Grau's Wall street partners
in the Patti concert tour lost 10 or II
thousand dollars in that undertaking,
but are anxious 10 speculate further
with the idea Of getting their money
back. Maybe they'll go along with Rob-
ert in the Bernhard scheme.
-
Ethel Barrymore comes back to town
on Monday evening for two weeks
engagement at the Hudson theater. She
will be seen In cousin Kate" the
charming comedy in which she has been
so genuinely successful during the sea-
son here and elsewhere,
Ada Rehan and Otis Skinner are rest.
ing during the current week, Next
Monday they will resume their season,
playing In Philadelphia. Their tour Is
TO terminate a fortnight hence.
The Prince OF. 'isen,' with the
company that Is to play in II during the
London engagement at the SALISBURY
theater, come to Days for four weeks
beginning on Monday night
IN PIN. paff Pouf." which Mr. +. c.
Whitney is to bring out at the Casino
on Saturday night, there is to be a
spectacular feature called the Radium
Ballet, which Is expected TO create Il
great sensation, In this ballet the
dancers have the appearance of going
through their evolutlons wrapped in
flames, AS observed at a dress re-
hearsal the other evening, the effect
was both startling ana mystifying.
The tour OF The Girl from Dixie"
projected by George Kingsbury and
Samuel Rorke. is to extend TO the Pa
cIiic coast and back, The company
which Is very highly spoken of, win
not reach New York until late In June
LEANDER RICHARDSON.
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Jacobs Is working on a long play WA
Cyril Maude has commissioned 70, 4,
Haymarkot ~
Londoners are looking forward 4,
seeing Ethel Barrymore again Ch,,.,
Frohman having announced tbn 4.
VIII appear at the Duke Of Yo,k', 4
Cynthia, d Hubert Henry David, NV
which, though produced in New Ymt
two years ago has never been Ia
here. ~
Once more have the censor and n,
blue pencil been busy and as Inc regl,
the French company which Is 10 ANA.
at the Avenue shortly will have 10 cv.
tail Its intended repertoire M RA.
ford thinks that Maurice Donnsys u
Autre Danger "Yvette' by Pierre Bs.
ton, author Of "Zaza." and als
Amants,' another Of Donnays pess
are too naughty for Londoners 10 y!
CURTIS BROWN
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Observation-Disclosures Letter
frJ1rnnruur

Of people ranging from utterly I'M
known writer's TO Jean Rithepin, the
celebrated French poet and dramAtist.
Al TINS moment | don't recall play
from Beluscos pen that hasn't at some
time or other been the subject OF Il
piracy charge against him. He has
hnally reached the point where he feels
sure IN advance Of a production, that
someone VIII come along to set up the
CAIN OF orlglnatlon at his expense.
However he isn't afraid to meet the
issue wherever II may arise. as indeed
ne need not be In view Of his unvnrying
success IN repeling the would-be
maraudcrs upon his domain,
Last summer, when MI the other
theatrical managers, without oXcap-
iloh, were yOiclng entirely optimistic
NlCWs of the then approaching theatric.
a season throughout the country VIII
nam \. Brady IN q published inter.
NlcW f0petoId With the utmost accu.
iu'y'the conditions which subsequent
ly prevailed He had I'm his posses.
SION reports from all parts of the
United states, and his translation OF
lhem was TO the general effect that the
season would be far more disastrous
than anybody else imagined. As the
outcome Of this forecast Mr.. Brady has
bcen hailed I'm his travels as "A man of
large knowledge outside his own
specific sphere. A day or two ago ne
said 70 the writer OF this paragraph
regarding the prospects for next wear.
I nave Travelled extensively during the
past rev months and find that the in.
dustrial and commercial conditions I'm
every quarter are In depressed and
WShealtlnlng condition Labor,etrlkes
tlc practical collapse OF cnor.
NOUS colporatlons the closing OF
MUS ana factories. the ahrink-
oy' NJ railway tranic-those ana
olher matters Of great moment, show
ulut II WIZ not do To expect a return 10
genera prosperity for another year AZ
leasI Then, too. We shall have 10 facn
the presidential election. which almost
invariably brings business TO "A nrap.
lical slandstill This year. OF course.
may be an xception-dependl upon
the Identity OF the Democratic nomI-
nee. II " taken FOR granted that The
i'epubllcans VIII place Mr.. Roosevelt
NJ the held' II his opponent, through
Glssensions In the Democratic party,
should be a dark horse the Republic
ans would have 80 much Of q walk.
over that there win be no great and
vital interest In the campaign. This
situation would leave the public free TO
turn It's attention to matters other than
politics, But regard II as a sure
thlng that we VIII not have good times
IN this country for a long while yet"
The greatest theatrical business IN
New York Tor the past few weeks has
been registered by Richard Mansfield
az the NewAmstcrdam theaterand Ray,
lnond Hitchcock in "The Yankee Com
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en- to the occasion, however, by the
death of Ernest Boyd-Jones. who was
the original Lord Chancellor of the
piece, The comedy was produced first
on Oct. 4, 1901. and Boyd-Jones played
In II mighty up TO the 9sSth perform
ance, when he was taken III with pleu-
rlsy. II shall not live TO see the thous-
andth performance" he remarked, pa
thetically, a few days before his death.
American players are as popular as
ever In London, and the newest conner
to succeed here is Marion Winchester,
the dancer Miss Winchester, who had
previously made hit In Paris. made
her London debut at the Palace Music
hall, and has just been engaged for
three years by George Edwardes.
W. w. Jacobs, author Of MANY Car.
goes Is the latest literary man 10 turn
playwright, In collaboration with Lou.
Is n. Parker co-author Of Rosemary"
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THEATRE GOSSIP.

Wilson Barrett has Just made a big
revival OF Claudlan' I'm the Kings the
ater HQmmersmlth, England.
Ada Rohun was ono NJ the I've 0augh.
ters Of an irish ahlumaster who lost
everything In a wreck and coDo n
America when little Ada was six years
Of age,
The mother Of Madge Carr cook was
noted English actress named Evs'In
Cameron Mrs. Cooks stage debut as
n little girl Of three was made IN an
English theater,
Mrs. Leslie Carter has been offered
nm AssyriRn tragedy dealing with tho
NE Of Scmirnma but there Is little
probability that she VIII have an OPP
portunlty TO present t.
Percy Haswell win begin her stock
starring engagement at the Grand
Opera House In 81 Paul on June l9.
Eugene Ormondc Alice BDtlcr Frank
Craven and De witt Jennings win be
IN the company
Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch Is
carrying everything before her nj the
PARK thoater Boston whore Llebler &
Company's record breaker had $4,000
paying patrons in their first two weeks.
souvenirs are announced for the 25th