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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

and best of everything; no count of
cost. 40 question of profits, no figuring
with business agents
That was Lily Langtry's way Her
would come to her at night
and say:
The regular train leaves for Den
yer at Z o'clock in the morning."
That's too early she would an
swer. w will be awake at TO-"
But that means a special train 1t
will cost $780,"
Three hundred hddlesticks," the
sumptuous Jersey beauty would reply.
cali it $4,000! Do you think I will
make my company miserable for
5000? Have a special train for us
by all means"
And so she spent the millions that
Her best earnings have been in
America. But London was her home
and there her heart was set. The IA
nous London house of Mrs. Langtry,
home all the way from the Rocky
mountains standing upright in fierce
attitude in the hall, and where h
took her first step on the social to-
boggan by dropping a fragment of ice
down the back of the then Prince of
Wales has been sold at auction by
"Messrs. Harold, Limited, at the
Mart" which, to the fashionable world,
means that the Jersey Lily arranged
to close up her affairs in swagger
style.
To her intimateS, Mrs. Langtry often
has said she meant to live in this
until her death, and to be buried
from there. The place, which is in
Tedworth square, is associated with
the most thrilling incidents in the life
of the most brilliant and successful
adventures, probably, hat this gen.
Grafton has known. Royalty has run
riot there. The midnight suppers in
the beautiful dining room, paneled
and beamed with old oak gathered
from all quarters of the globe, at one
time were the wonder of two CONT
nents. The great open fireplace in
this room was designed by Mrs. Lang
try herself from one of Scott's descrip-
tons in 'Ivanhoe." The drawing
rooms are paved with marble and
hung with tapestry weaned by wealth
from the poverty stricken princely
houses of Europe. The bathroom is
lined with Florentine MOSAIC.
Money? From the time she first
foot in London, thirty odd years
until the present day, Mrs. Lang
try has never known the want of
money. In everything she has under
aiken h has been extravaganza per-
}
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MUSICAL NOTES.

The production of Massenet's sal
ONE" which was postponed by desire
of his majesty the king. duly took place
at Covent Garden, this being it's first
performance in England. In the frs
place, it is the story of st. John the
Baptist. who (for purposes of censor
ship is called in the opera Jean, the
action of the opera taking place in
Ethiopia. NJ. Massenet's music is full
of melody, and its every characteristic
is French; indeed, so French is it tina
almost all sense of profanity is remov-
ed. 1t deals with the love of Salome
for Jean and the jealous fury of Hesa-
toade in delicate enough manner fur
Their than this NJ. Massenet has not
built up a very great standard of dra-
matte characterization The PERFORM
ance was altogether adequate. TIC the
London Times notion this is a fair es-
innate of the performance:
Mime. Calve. in the part of Salome,
both sang remarkably we'll and acted
magniticently. Mime. Kirkby Lunn, in
the part of Hesatoade, was also re-
markedly good. In the part of Jean, NJ.
Dalmores has never done anything bet
ter at Covent Garden; his dignity was
quite remarkable and his singing was
a good as il could be. NJ. Renaud, as
Moriame. King of Ethiopia, was quite
wonderful both in his singing and in
the sincerity of his acting, and NJ.
Plancon was digniied in both his sing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20
Whereabouts of Musical People.

Van Der Sucker is making an ex-
tended stay in Germany.
E.. c.. Towne has just returned from
Belgium.
Charles w. Clark emains in Paris.
Clarence Dickinson is travelling
through Spain.
Victor Herbert and family are at
their mountain camp, Lake Placid.
N. Y.
David Bispham has been busily en-
gagged in London, and will remain in
England until September.
John J. Hattstaedt n family are
spending the summer in the eastern
states.
Mary Wood Chase will remain in
Brooklyn, N. Y, until September.
Mr.. De Zielinksi and his wife are in
Nova Scotia.
Nine. Sembrich is resting in Dres-
den.
F.. Wright Neumann, Mrs. Neumann
and their daughter Gladys. are at their
home in the Thousand Stands .
George Hamlin is settled in Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wells are
summering in the BerkShfreS.
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ing and in his pose. N. Gilbert, as Calus
P%etronius. also sang well. Herr Lobse
conducted with spirit and feeling"
Paderewski was Missed three months
& at the Chatelet, Paris, by three
young men, who CONSIDER That the pi-
ano as an does not harmon
ize with an orchestra, and that con-
certos written for that combination of
instruments are a art After much
litigation it has been decided that every
Frenchman has a right to hiss.
Richard Strauss. the musician who
recently visited this country, told a lit
tie anecdote which will be appreciated
by musicians, and perhaps by lay-nen as
well.
He was teaching his young son the
piano keyboard by the inductive sys-
tenn, and the boy having learned all the
notes. both white and black, Strauss
began to review the lesson by asking,
And now, Henry, show me A fat"
Henry soon figured it out.
The next question was, Where is G.
sharp"
That also proved easy.
After asking the boy several more
questions about sharps and fats,
Strauss said, Where do you think we
shall see find c f1at?'
Henry looked at the keyboard long
and c~uriously; he put his finger on C,
and next on B, then he got down close
to the piano. and after examining it
carefully replied: I don't know, papa,
but 1 guess it's gone down that crack
between 3 and c."
Musical Leader and Concert Goer:
The, history of encores is interesting. 1t
seems to be known from the very be-
ginning; at all events the first encore
On record was demanded by Louis XIV
in 1880. "Bellerophon," an opera by
Corneille, Pontenelle, and Bulleau, set
to music by Lully, was sung before his
majesty on Wednesday, January 3, 1850,
and the king was so much pleased with
certain parts of 1T that he had those
parts repeated. It took a century for
the audience at the opera to obtain the
kings p~rerogative for themselves; it
was not until August s, 1870, hat the
audience at the opera demanded an en-
core. The history of that encore is
curious: Gluck had produced an opera,
Echo and Narcissus," which had fail
ed; but he had rewritten the bad parts
of it, and on the day mentioned pro-
duced it again. 1t failed a second time;
but one or two songs were accepted by
the audience with applause. One song
in particular, The hymn of Love-"
was man a second time, and this
popular song out of an unpopular opera
was the cause of the first encore OBJ
tanned by the general demand of an
audience.
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Some startling color combinations are
seen. Many of the birds are of such
eccentric plumage that they would Gre
ate a sensation in a South American
forest among the real birds.
Cock feathers are also much in vogue.
Fol less dressy hats than those decora-
ted with paradise plumage, the cocks
feathers are greatly in demand. A wide
white a hat with a curving. fieX-
ible brim had the high crown encircled
with a double plating of blu and
mauve velvet ribbon, while a large
cockade of pale blue cocks feather
trimmed the left side.
A very wide, fiat sailor hat had a
brim of burnt straw and a crown of
deep brown. A band of velvet of a
shade nearly that of the lighter straw
was tied in a fiat bow on one side,
while on the other were three shaded or
ange cockades.
crown and picturesque wide brim, is not
for small women, nor yet for very tall
ones. 1t the one case the wearer looks
extinguished by her hat, and in the
other she is apt to look Amazonian. For
women five or six inches over the usual
five feet allotted the American, the hat
is usually very dashing and becoming.
A very handsome hat of the Directoire
style was of natural rice straw, with q
black straw lining. On one side was a
large paradise tail of rich green, with
a little orange in its shadings.
For these hats the miliiners are show
ing enormou roses in shaded one
Two or three of these are used togeth-
er without foliage. No attention is paid
to natural colorings. Brown and tan,
green, orange, and blue roses are COM
moner than pink and red ones. They
are very effective on large hats.
The lace draped hat and the long veil
are as popular as ever. Luxurious chif-
fon wells two yards long are edged with
ribbon borders. They are Topped and
draped over the hat and fall nearly to
the hem of the gown behind. That these
wells are very perishable and are not to
be tolerated after their first freshness
is gone adds to the extravaganza of
wearing them. Their first cost is con-
siderable. There is really more econo-
my in paying a little more for a real
lace veil, which, at least, car be mend
ed and
Quite in keeping with the Chippen-
dale, Sheraton, and other old furniture,
is the revival of the old-fashioned sill
yer dipper. Now and then in the south.
the polished trimmed water buck
ct and dipper are still used in many
homes, one chances upon a rare old
dipper. Some of these have ebony han
dies and silver bowls, upon which is a
repouse design of acorns and
oak leaves. A silver dipper recently
was copied somewhat after these.
handle was very slender and of
ebony, with a silver tip and ring on the
end. The bowl was of plain polished
silver. and of cocoanut shape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20
THE STORY
Stories Told by the Players On and
on the Stage.

After a rehearsal one day last week
at the Avenue theater. a group of the
company was seated around one of the
umbrellas telling yarns. Josie Intro
pfdi told of a cOlored maid of all work
in her fiat in New York. One day the
girl asked to be let off, saying she was
going to be married.
But you told me you were going to
o OFF married last night when I let you
Oats So" replied the dusky maid.
but las night was de matrimony, an
tonight's de ceremony"
The cir went away and did not re-
turn for about a week. Then she pre-
scented herself. looking detected.
I chided her for her long absence
without giving notice.
Use come back. Mis- ~Intropidi, an
dis ole bag of bones is for hire, pretty
cheap, too
Married life did not seem to turn
out so we'll for you, then Where's
your husband?
"A russell blush sufused the features
of the ebony slavey as she said: 'Hus-
band? Oh. he don gone away on de
bridal tour"
Just before Wilson Barrett came to
this country for the first time some
friend in New York, who had evidently
had experience in London barber shops.
sent Barrett a demijohn of American
rum. Barrett was delighted He in
vited four friends to join MIN in brew
Ing a punch. The cork was drawn, the
lemons. spices. and hot water were on
the appearance of John Cobb. who was
going to America as the actors man
ager- Finally Cob appeared, looking
forward to a treat A goblet of the
amber huid was poured out. Cobb
why. Barrett" he exclaimed, you're
surely not going to make punch out of
this rum?"
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t

Lillian Russelrs daughter has gone
a week ago, but she will face a New York
audience at ProctOr'S this week Though
the young woman Is not out OF her teens,
ing. She will not use his name, but her
own; upon the stage, however, appearing
gun in vaudeville, her aim is said to be
the comic opera stage. Her voice is a
comment, it shows excellent training.
Some are wondering if her mother will
dare the age comparison by inviting the
daughter to tour with her
Richard Carries next musical comedy
Toxic" The musical score will be cor
%tributed, very probably, by Robert Hood
the Mummy which is packing the New
York theater to the doors, points to an
gray matter, and it is to be hoped that
the earle Amusement c s5op ny wi Will m giye
cal setting to a Japanese theme.
The many early openings cause rehears-
al halls to be in demand. The principals
of the FRITZ Scheff Opera are
rehearsing at night; the chorus are hard
at work all Jay. Some of the
and Currie attractions are utilizing their
place of rehearsal in this same manner
Following Resurrection" which
Blanche Walsh will present the early part
a new play By Clyde Fitch. Her mana
gers, Wagenhals and Kemper, have also
roe and Henri Ten ne CAIN fne Witch RSE p Madam Bern
hardt is to produce in Paris in the near
future.
The company supporting Miss Amelia
Bingham on her tour through the south
and middle west will be practically the
season. In addition John E. Kellard and
Joseph Kilgour have been engaged. It is
Miss Bingham's intention to ~inaugurate a
new era in the south so 1ar as SIuD6nGOuS
productions are concerned
The R~unaways," the musical extrava-
ganza in which Arthur Dunn, the diminu-
tive. COMEDIAN, is starring, Is the Joint
in two acts, the first being laid at Sara
toga, and the second on the mythical IS
There are three prima donnas.
six condolences. four distinct groups. of
beauty chorus and the celebrated English
Daisy Pony ballet.
Sam S. Schubert will send on tour this
season II attractions, among
which VII be Jeners9n DG Angeis, n Tba
novel feature of this new musical offer
ing will be that it viii present a blending
is the intention to make this the most
production ever known to the
50 far as ensemble and scenery arc
concerned. !
De Wolf Hopper will go on tour in his
opera Wang" The prima donna will be
Miss Bergen.
Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon will
be seen in a play dealing with German
life, bearing the title of Taps"
Miss Ada Rehan becomes a member of
the Shubert forces this season and after
L run in New York will be sent en- tour
IN a repertoire of the classics, including
The School for scandal and The Coun-
ny Girl"
The one hundredth performance of
Woodland the Pixley and Luders fan
.asy of the forest, now running in Boston.
celebrated July 20. Live canary birds
n cages were given to the women in the
for souvenirs. This is said to
be the first instance on record where live
birds have been used for this purpose. |
Miss Dolly, you have something on
mind ?" "I have Are you sure
= se.,A L Osss aNoH -T--nid I hnd -EADno-I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

navy blue and with an occasional feel
of white. The short skirt was killed
and the blouse laid in pleats to match
was hip length and belted with a
dark brown suede girdle. A soft brown
felt hat with a wide rim, draped with
two shades of brown chiffon yelling
and heavy brown street shoes accom-
panied the costume which would be
just the thing for early fall wear
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why not?' inquired Barrett.
Because" sale Cobb, solemnly, cit is
bay rum"

"a 40AlA-
"When I was a boy in Washington
said John Philip Sousa, there was an
old Scottish musician with whom
played now and then. One afternoon
1 ran through for this old gentleman a
new waltz of my own composition.
We'll, SIR I said when I had fin
ished. h do you think of that?'
1t carries me back to the home
land. laddie.' said the Did man. 1t
carries me back to a day when I play
ed at an entertainment in a Scottish
~lunatic asylum. My instrument was the
fiddle, and after 1 had ended my fiddle
solo the head of the institution said to
an aged lunatic On the front row
""Weel, Saunders, how did we like
that. mann"
me:
Its a guild thing we're a daft
here.''"
Stories by the dozen have been told
about the ignorance of modern theatre
cal managers in regard to the classics.
But the one who insisted on having
eighteen muses. in his production in or
der to eclipse the production of his
rival has found his equal, according to
the story told by Oscar Hammerstein.
This veteran theater builder. COM
poser, and inventor was standing out
side his Victoria theater the other e
ing when ne saw a friend of his, also
a 1CdI hAdlld6CIs COlAlc OuI VI lit
New Amsterdam theater, where a per-
Torrance of "A Midsummer Nights
Dream was going on.
well, how do you like that show?
k Mr. Hammerstein.
It's just this way. MI. Hammer
stein,' the man replied; 1.-The music's
fine, but I think Klaw g. Erlanger will
have to get somebody to rewrite the
book."
William Josh Daily, a minstrel direc-
pliment which he ever had paid to him
a l~eft-handed one. He and his
minstrels were playing at a park in
Elmira, n. Y. Harry Dixey, one of
his men, was sick and DAILY went up
after the performance to see him. He
a stranger in town, but as he had
been to the house before he thought
he could find his way. He came to a
house which resembled Dixey's abode,
went to a room corresponding to Dix
ey's and again entered without knock
ing. In the room were two men and
two women playing cards.
"a burglar" yelled one of the women,
and h men promptly captured DAILY.
He tried to explain, but they would not
believe him.
II am DAILY. the MINSTREL" he protest
ed
1.-The one that is playing at the
park" asked one of the men.
1.-The same" declared DAILY.
Tell US your Jokes"
DAILY went through his end man gags
and the man turned him loose.
You can CO." he said. mo one but
Adam, Eve, and Josh DAILY could re-
member those jokes"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

Pinking has come back which is
not surprising considering the craze
for handwork of all kinds. Many silk
frocks are trimmed with nothing but
pinked ruff1es and founces. Another
revival is hat of huted ruf1es. Per-
haps you have even forgotten the fut-
ing iron, but no doubt there is one
about the house, SO get it out and in
struct your ~laundress, if she does not
already understand it's use in order
that you may go out with primly fiuted
rufleS on petticoats and frocks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

Miss Dolly, you hav something on
your mind?" at have" Are you sure
it isn't I?"' Yes, 1 said I a m
thing!"-Harper's Bazar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

The one hundredth performance of
woodland" the Pixley and Luders fan
tasy of the forest, now running in Boston,
was celebrated July 20. Live canary birds
in cages were given to the women in the
audience for souvenirs. This is said to
be the first instance on record where live
birds nave been used for this purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

Miss Ada Rehan becomes a member of
the Shubert forces this season and after
a run in New York will be sent en- tour
in a repertoire of the classics, including
try Girl"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

Hat and veil talk from the New York
Evening Post:
It is evident that the vogue of the os-
trich plume is passing, temporarily at
least. The new fashion is for paradise
plumage. The most brilliant birds of
paradise, manufactured for the most
part, are displayed by the importers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

Following Resurrection" which
Bianche Walsh will present the early part
of the coming season, she will appea in
a new play by hyde Fitch. Her mana
gers, Wagenhals and Kemper have also
procured for her the new play by Riche-
pin and Henri Cain, which Madam Bern
hardt is to produce in Paris in the near
future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-20

Small checks and small and medium
plaids appear in the fall dress ma
terials, and from them most effective
shirt waist suits are fashioned. One
ready made in a city shop was of a
medium sized plaid in two shades of
lark and reddish, barred with
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

La Pension: ], Leahy. Ration. A.
Walker, Trinidad; NJ. Lefkovits, city.
FL Dorado: ], NJ. Smith, Garden
Plains, Kansas Miss Dunhayen. Buff
falo, New York.
New Optic: Don C. Hough. Ration;
S, F. Wolfe and wife, Scranton, Kas.;
L. b, Ruble, Denver; S. Il. Sweat
more, Texas; Andy Kakaca, Golora-
do Springs; G. Close, st. Louis; G.
a. Jones and wife, Laramie, Wyom.
ing: +. u. Townsend, Dapuepa, |. I.
Rawlins: j.. McGarry, st. Louis.
c%astaneda: L. L. Sheppard. Ge'
dar Rapids. iowa; w. w. Hutton, To
peka, Kansas r. 4. b. Fest, Hot
Springs; +. B. Cozzins, Ration; II. A,
Corner. Omaha, W, r. Parry, G. G,
Worker, Denver: Charles C. Settle,
New York; w. ]. Peck, El Paso; w.
w. Kennedy, Denver; III. D. Bellies,
New Haven. Conn; Geo. H. carpen'
ter. Watrous; T. b. Catron. Santa Re;
Il. ]. Lerry, New York; p. A. Wag.
ner, Dubuque, Iowa; N. Salmon and
wife, Santa Fe: John Honey and wife,
Santa Fe.
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Text Of
Resolutions

Continued from Page 20
as a whole. is the most reprehensible
of any this territory has had in many
years.
We recognize that in the industrial
development of this country condi-
tions are constantly arising under
which the relations of labor and CAPT
tai become strained and industrial
progress retarded. We stand for
even handed justice between these
two great elements. and, basing our
belief on observation and experience,
we declare that a national board or
court of arbitration will afford the
only comprehensive and permanent
method of adjusting these d~isturban.
ces for the best interests of all the
people.
We believe that minority represen-
tation on appointive boards is con-
ducive to the public good-that it
preserves to the people the elective
franchise In its purity. and tends to
secure to them the best results in the
conduct of public institutions, and
we therefore declare for it heartily.
W. demand for the people of the
territory that highest of all rights Of
! American citizenship free ballot
and a fair count" and we charge that
in repeated instances the expressed
will of the people in New Mexico has
been shamefuliy falsified in election
frauds, open and notorious, and we
also charge that the perpetrators Of
those frauds have gone unindicted
and unpublished for their high crimes
through the. packing Of iuries by rep.
ublican officials under our infamous
republican Jury Jaw, We pledge our
party and our representatives in the
legislature to the repeal or that evil
law and the punishment OF crimes
against the elective franchise when.
ever and wherever found.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-27

The new wagon az the Lehmana
bakery Is completed and win appear
on the street on Monday well sup.
Piled with the best products of the
bakers art. Customers will be wait
ed on direct from the wagon which
is so arranged that the goods car be
conveniently carried and exhibited
and delivered in good condition with.
out dust or dirt. A horn Will be
blown at each corner TO warn II
toners. The bakery will hereafter be
known as The Lehman Bakery. S.11s
Respectfully.
GUS lehman.
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Weak
Hearts

Are due to Indigestion. Ninety-nine Of every
ons hundred people who have heart trouble
q remember when 1t was simple indiges-
ton. II Is 4 scientific fact that all cases Of
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to, but are the direct result Of indi-
sestion. All food taken into the stomach
whichfa fails Of perfect digestion ferments and
swellsthe stomach, putting il up against the
heart. This interferes with the action 81
the heart, and in, the course Of time that
defeats but vital organ becomes diseased.
: MI. D. Kauble. Of Nevada, O.. says: lhad stomach
tTouals and was Ii a bad state as had heart trouble
with /. Itoak Keaol Dyspepsia Cure for about fuu
mo1ths and 1t cured me.
Kodcl Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of all nervous
strain and the heart ot all pressure.
Suisiss only, Si.oo size holding ~ tines the trial
size, which ssllsfor soc,
Prepared by e. 0. Dewitt & CO.. CHICAGO
For sale by Winters Drug Co, and
Il n Goedall.
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Ring up No. 6, either phone. for
baggage. express and all kinds Of dray
work. once No. SCI IL Sixth street.
Mrs. M. J. Woods news stand. Las
Vegas transfer, NJ. M. McSchooler.
manager. 6-63