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THE STAR.

Fred TWINS Big Show comes to the
Star theater next week, commencing
Sunday matinee, March 20.asss -.
One of the most attractive features
of the show is the aggregation known
as the Eight Champions ~ consisting
of that number of young women, who
are said to be adopts at musical and
terpsichorean demonstrations. They
have appeared in London, Paris, Ber-
lin, Vienna, ST. Petersburg, Budapest
and Bucharest. From there. by way Of
Rome, they appeared at Cairo. Thence
to India, where they were the objects
Of attention in the cities Of Calcutta,
Bombay and Madras. The officers Of
his najesty's army I'M India manifest
ed the keenest delight IN their per-
sformances and conferred upon the va
rious members of the Cham
pions'' many testimonials OF apprecia-
ton and social distinctions.
They were invited to the vice regal
palace, the summer home Of Lord and
Lady Curzon, viceroy and vicereine of
his majesty in India. After brilliant
tour through that famous land, they
proceeded, by way Of the Land Of the
Lotus" and the Kingdom Of the
White Elephant" to the great COM
mercial city of Singapore; thence by
way Of the China sea to Hongkong,
the famous British stronghold in Chi
ma.
Manager Fred Irwin is said to have
assembled competent company to
support his stars. The olio numbers
include specialties by Willie Weston.
Bennett and Revere, Lawrence and
Edwards, Barton and Armstrong and
the De Faye sisters. A special ladies'
matinee will be given Friday.
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notherless daughter, extending over
a period of years wherein are conferred
all the joys and sorrows that go to
make up lifes whole, is kept secretly
and jealousy guarded. The managers
wish all the events and surprises to
come in the nature of a revelation to
all, and so we can only wait patiently
to know what she really does for her
children's sake
Something of a circus life behind the
scenes is limited at. The entire stage
is converted into real tent and saWdust
ring, with an actual performance in
progress. 1t is here that the outcast
daughter, known to fame as Nine Ash
ton, the equestrienne, is recognized by
her old father, whose roof she deserted
years ago, and, overcome by emotion,
she falls from her horse in the daring
hurdle races.
Mr.. Kremer has written lines design
ed to tickle the ribs and sweep the
heartstrings, and has introduced child
characters in almost every scene.
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PoPuLARIzINe "PARsIFAL."

The Enthusiastically American eff
forts to make money through the sue
cess of Impresario Heinrich Conreid
has met with in his presentation of
Richard Wagner's "Parsifal' have call
ed forth many protests and columns of
adverse comment These have natur-
ally sprung largely from the neighbor-
hood of the storm center-the same
being the Metropolitan opera house in
New York, where the "ParSifaP atmos-
phere is stronger than it is in the West.
A writer in the Philadelphia Record Is
thus moved:
$50 far we have not had any Parsi-
faP hats, not even ParSifaP cough
drops; but they seem sure to come, the
popular trend Is unmistakable-just as
it was when 'Trilby' was the trade
mark for everything under the sun,
save, perhaps, footgear. Here is a part
of the evidence: We are to have Par
sifap in English, in French (shades of
Wagner!1, tParsifap on the dramatic
stage as a straight play Of pretentious
fashion and as a 100000 thriller
Next in order will doubtless come Par
sifaP as a musical comedy, as bur-
lesque for the Ministries, and in tabloid
form especially prepared for the vari-
ETY. stage. What more natural than
'ParsifaP gum drops Warranted to
ward off all colds and all Kundrys), or
'ParSifaP blOtterS particularly ef1ca-
cious in cases Of hoodoo,' or even Par
sifaP hair cuts? Truly, the late Mr..
Shakespeare missed his guess when he
spoke of the inutility of a name. Yam
kee enterprise was undiscovered in
poor Williams day: that must be his
excuse and solace If he be where he
can observe this newest matter.
Seriously, the whole business Is be-
| Ing very much overdone, consider 1t.
from the standpoint of ethics, propri
ETY., good sense, or even commercial
ism. To produce the v1nusic drama
honestly and decently in English Gas
| Mr.. Savage purposes) or in French (as
| the New Orleans opera forces promise
| it) may possibly be permissible, may
even be meritorious. It all depends
upon the point of view and upon the
skill with which 1t is performed. Our
own opinion is that the translation into
another language will be harmful and
| that the chances in favor Of a really
worthy production are slim; but
| we may be mistaken. But to divorce
| the litretto from the music and make a
| play from the fragments that can be
| gathered together is a piece Of down.
| right impudence, having it's birth in
| cupidity of the basest kind, upon which
every decent person should frown. So
| far as we know, Mr.. Mansfield has not
denied the report that he is about to
perpetrate such an atrocity, but we still
believe that he is neither fool nor knave
enough to lend himself to such dirty
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English scientist so deeply absorbed in
his experiments as to be at times OBJ
livious Of the outside world, including
his wife. He is called 1.-THE Mummy"
The material that Isaac Henderson,
the author, uses as far as scheme and
plot are concerned is not new. The
Mummy is Lord Lun1ley, a type Of the
undemonstrative self-satisfed Eng
lishman who is much devoted to. his
scientific studies. He has married a
young girl, brought her to London and
Immediately told her ''to make herself
at home and have good time" She
loves him very dearly, and he in his
way returns her affection She suffers
from his neglect, unconscious though it
is, and turns her attention to the near
est man who is devoting himself to her.
This happens to be Sig. d'Orelli, a
handsome young Italian literateur, with
just the charm of a faint accent.
Every one sees the attentions of this
young man and his ultimate purpose
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composition. Dealing in wheat, ex-
tending credit, making railroad rates
on the quiet-or drawing brief, may
be his daily occupation, while hem
stitching handkerchief, or delving
into the Stygian darkness Of Robert
Browning may be hers. The chances
are she can dance more gracefully,
speak her lines better and look more
at home on the stage than he can.
1t was the original intention to make
this talk impersonal, but the excep-
tienally clever performance of one
member of the Elks' aggregation can
not be passed over in silence. Refer
ence is made to Mrs. Henry S. Nelson,
wife of DIR. Nelson, former city physi-
clan of Minneapolis. Mrs. Nelson Is
now an amateur, but once upon time,
when she was Miss Cummings, Mrs.
Nelson made acting a serious voca-
ton. The stage certainly lost a clever
soubrette when Mrs. Nelson left 1t.
She is the personification Of grace and
sings sweetly. #. G. H.
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except those two most concerned-Lord
Lumley and his wife.
The revelation to Lord Lumley Of
the purpose of the italian is accom-
plished in unique and dramatic man
ner From this moment the play as.
sumes most serious aspect, a tragedy
is imminent, but is skillfully averted
by the author. Lord Lumley comes to
the rescue of J. fe at the time Of
her greatest peril and the insidious,
scheming Italian gets his deserts,
though in manner quite unexpected.
Mr.. Gilmore is said to portray the
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enough incidents and variety of scenes
to suggest several plays, and without
repetition either, and consequently a
stirring drama may be expected.
Wagenhals and Kemper have pro-
yided magnificent scenic production,
with the most unique contrasts in stage
architecture and costume design. The
several acts-there are five of them
are laid In almost as many different
countries, where the costumes. man
ners and habits of the people. Of course,
widely differed The historic value Of
the subject has. it is said. not been
neglected, and a delightful romance
and an intensely dramatic story of in
trigue is promised.
The company includes a number Of
well known players, among them Alma
Kruger, Norman Hackett, Wadsworth
Harris, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Alpine
James and Eagel Summer.
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them for their manly stand for the
legitimate drama.
The repertoire for the engagement
is: Sunday night, "Othello;" Monday
and Tuesday nights, Alexander the
Great" Wednesday matinee, Julius
Caesar" and Wednesday night, Mac
BETH" with Mr.. James as Macbeth and
Mr.. Warde as Macduff. In the new
play, Mr.. James will be seen as Alex
ander the Great, and Mr.. Wardea as
Perdiccas, his prime minister. While
the former character is made to con-
form more or less faithfully to his
tory, the latter is largely the creation
of the authors imagination. The two
roles are widely contrasted. Alexander
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were really the saving graces. Some
how woman is never an amateur
for more than five or ten minutes.
Novice, though she may be, If she has
a spark of histrionic talent. she makes
it scintillate if you give her half a
chance.
Ungallant individuals Of the oppo-
site sex are wont to say that g. wom-
an is a ''natural-born actress" because
Of an inclination to deceive. Without
engaging in the ethical discussion
which this prejudiced opinion opens
up, it is enough to coneede that the
amateur actress is undeniably more
entertaining than her brother. who
lacks her plastic, pliable, susceptible
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FORBES RosERTsoN's HAMLET.

Writing of Forbes Robertson's recent
portrayal of Hamlet, James Huneker
makes the following appreciative COM
ment in the New York Sun:
"It is difficult to disincumber the
memory of other Hamlets in the pres
ence of a new one. A critical tabula
rasa is an impossibility. for criticism
thrives by comparison. If one cannot
recall Booth or Irving, then Robertson
looms large. And have seen old men
fairly gnash their teeth when Irving's
Hamlet was discussed, men who had
seen the elder Booth. The truth is, the
part is so overdrawn with traditional
sbusiness" that the omission Of some
detail Of no vital significance, yet long
associated in our recollection of the
performance, has a most disturbing
effect on the seasoned play goer. Ey-
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Is, OF course, the embodiment OF hero
ism and the slave of ambition, while
the latter is distinguished for his Graf
ty cunning, the creation of envy and
greed.
The approval which the play has won
wherever presented and the enthusiasts
tic praise accorded bothssstars would
indicate that the authors have sue
ceeded in providing both Mr.. James
and Mr.. Warde with equally good op-
portunities, A very casual glance at
the history of Alexander the Great is
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devotion to art and whose every action
has lent dignity to the profession which
they represent.
Such artists are Louis James and
Frederick Warde, who will begin
four nights and matinee engagement
at the Metropolitan tonight, Offering
elaborate productions of "Othello,"
Julius Caesar Macbeth and Alex
ander the Great" Their public loves
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piece Of business, and that his silence

piece of business, and that his silence
Is that of contempt.
"JJnfortunately there Is no method Of
preyenting any ParsifaP scheme, how
ever base or absurd, that may be at
tempted. The only remedy is for the
public to refrain from patronizing any
thing so utterly worthless. AS a mat
ter Of cold business fact, there is little
doubt that this threatened craze will
die out with great rapidly; aside from
It's Stiffness, it is not possessed Of any
substantial raison d'etre, as those who
may be caught will quickly perceive"
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"FoR HER cHILDREN's SAKE AT
THE GRAND.

The author of For Her Children's
Sake" the melodrama to be seen at
the Grand this week, is none other than
Theodore Krelner, known to theater-
goers here as the man who perpetrated
The Fatal Wedding The new play
is even more audacious than it's prede-
cessor, and Managers Sullivan, Harris
Woods are fully justified in calling
It the companion play. The outline Of
a plot, woven around the love affair of
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sEUMAs McMANUs AT PARK CON-
EDUCATIONAL CHURCH.

seumas McManus, the Irish author
and reader, will appear at Park Con-
gregational church next Thursday eve
ming, where he will give readings from
his own. works. His quaint, original
sketches of Irish life are overfiowing
with the genuine humor Of the soil of
his own Donegal. John j. Finerty, OF
Chicago. saws he considers McManus
the premier Irish sketch and character
writer Of the day.
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the stage. If his manager lets him. the
other actors walk home.
The amateur shows served to exenl-
plify, in the most convincing way, the
superior adaptability of woman to the
stage The fair ones who contributed
their smiling countenances and genial
personalities to these entertainments
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JAMES AND WARDE AT THE MET.
ROPOLlTAN,

Certain sections of this country want
only silly actors and silly plays, that
allow a woman to smoke a cigarette
or dance on a table in a bachelors den,
but the great American public, the
public that upbuilds the nation, has no
time for such trivialities. Their players
are those who year after year have
worked untiringly to reach the highest
ideals, whose lives have been those of
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THE VILLAINS REWARD.

There are those who look upon Rich
ard Mansfield as a vindictive man. He
has suffered the sings Of outrageous
fortune, they contend, and Is bent upon
playing even with the world. says the
Chicago Inter Ocean. And yet he Is
said to have recently remarked that
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1.-THE MUMMY AND THE HUM,
MiNGBIRDr AT THE METRO
POLiTAN.

Paul Gilmore begins a four nights
engagement at the Metropolitan opera
house, commencing next Thursday, in
what Is reputed to be highly inter-
esting play. 1t bears the suggestive
title of 1.-THE Mummy and the Hum
mingbird,' and is worked out on rather
original lines. The central figure is an
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cry speech, every situation, has its his
tory, and back of that history legend
rears its mysterious head. The conse-
quence Is, when an actor first essays
Hamlet his chief thought is usually
concentrated on the How instead Of
the Why. Wesget new crossings, new
poses, new readings, new scenic trans
positions, new garbs, new omissions,
but seldom do we get Hamlet, either
new or old.
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At the Metropolitan Tonight.

role of Lord Lumley artistically. The
character is one that in the hands Of
an unskillful player might easily be
overdone.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-19
SAM NICHOLS BUTTS IN.

Mr. Sam Nichols, republican secre-
tary Of state and head push on the
state board of equalization, put in an
appearance at the railroad assessors
convention in this city, says Winston's
Weekly.
After notifying the members of the
convention that the state board of
equalization We're there bosses and
would do as they saw fit on the rail-
road question he proceeded to advise
the county assessors to tax not only
the land of the farmer, but the wheat
that grows on it. He said:
The west side tells us that you on
the east side can turn over the soil
and get a crop of wheat from which
the state derives not one cent of reven
because it is not wheat when the as
SCISSOR comes around and il has gone
before MS next WISH. Really. l thlnk
that the law should be amended to
seglegate those lands. If you can
bring it about that the millions of
acres of wheat produced on this side
shall be assessed you will have solved
one question:
First; tax the land: then tax the
wheat: then when it is sold tax the
money ii brings: and then tax the
farm machinery the money buys.
Mr.. Nichols is a little in advance of
the railroad push" They ought to
take up with him. He would make a
good scout for them.
Does he represent the republican
party of this state? .
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place is there mbre confusing net
work of wires and ropes than behind
the scenes of theater. You pull one
rope and up goes the curtain; an
other, and Il mass of foliage is III
place: another, and the pillared mag
niticence of some castle drops into
view. And the wires serve their pur-
pose in the manipulation of lights and
effects.
In no sphere of activity is there q
more intricate network of wires and
ropes than in politics. You jerk the
wire at headquarters and John Jones
hops out in a distant county. So on
down the line. Miss Ingels, Of course,
would appreciate these facts.
Moreover the business. of the
stage is a matter for long study and
experience. Certain set forms exist
for the expression of given emotions.
The william always twirls his mustache
and quivers his eyelashes as he de-
bates his malevolent designs. The
danseuse has nice little curve of the
instep which is particularly entranc-
ing. while heroes and heroines possess
their various devices for looking their
parts.
So in politics. Your man of popu-
!arity has in his repertoire useful
smile and an enthusiastic manner of
setting up the cigars and drinks. He
thoroughly understands when to thump
his fist upon the table and assert
great principles. He fully conceives
the recipe for patriotism, and he
knows how to compress his lips, to
frown with his brows. to look fierily
forth upon the audience after he dares
anybody to controvert his propositions.
1t appears that Miss Margaret Ingels
of Paris, KY. has found the role which
will insure her the prominence that
has thus far been denied her in her
profession.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-19
BRYAN ISSUES CHALLENGE.

With the intention of bringing con-
fusion on his enemies, w. J. Bryan has
offered a prize for the impossible. In
the Commoner he issues the following
challenges: :.
In order to show how Impossible il
is for the opponents of the Kansas
form, satisfactory even to themselves.
the Commoner offers the following re-
ward: One hundred dollars lin gold
silver or paper AS they may choose)
will be given for q democratic platform
for 1904 covering ten subjects Gnclud
ing imperialism. trusts. money. tariff
and labol) upon which the Braaklyn
Eagle, the Boston Herald. the New
York World, the Richmond Times. the
Chicago Chronicle. the St. Paul Globe
the Louisville Courier-Journal. the
Nashville American. the Memphis Com
nal will agree. If they cannot all
agree on the same platform. a proper
tionate sum will be given for any plat
form on which two or more of the
above named papers will agree. If no
two Of them can agree upon the same
platform. $40 will be given to any one
of the above named papers which will
prepare and print in its own columns
such platform. provided no republ-
can paper of equal circulation within
ten days claims such platform as a
republican document Five dollars ex-
ira will be given to any one of the
said papers which will secure II let
ter from either Mr.. Cleveland. Mr.. Cor
platform proposed by it,
Mr.. Bryan says: If these papers
cannot agree upon a platform. how
can they expect to dictate platform
acceptable to those who voted the
ticket in 1896 and 1900? The Kansas
City platform is clear and concise
statement of the party's position and
its reatfirmation will show that the
party is still true to the interests of
the people and its further utter
ances Will have weight, but no weight
can attach to the utteranceS of
thase who are willing to indorse any
thing that seems to be temporarily
popular or abandon anything that
seems temporarily unpopular Let
these leading papers among the reor-
confess either that they are hopelessly
divided among themselves or that
they prefer to plot in secret
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years of service and the pension or re-
firing allowance at disability.
If peace is not brought about i'll
some such way it will have to be
brought about by governmental inter-
ference. But even with peace be-
tween employer and employe thus es-
,ablished. the public is still threatened
by the association of employers on the
one hand and of unions of the EN-
plOyees on the other, because their
tendency is to join forces, as has been
exempiified in Chicago, New York and
San Francisco, to extOrt higher wages
and higher profits from the public.
These organizations have the bad ef-
feet Of tending to make the organiza-
ton of society rigid and along unyield-
conflict with democracy which ulti-
mately means that every individual
shall have an opportunity to make the
most of himself President Eliot
thinks that the spirit of democracy
will find a way to burst the letters
that are now being forged for it. The
democratic tendency destroyed feudal-
ism and the ancient guilds, and will
destroy in good time the present Or
CARNATIONS that are really endeavOr-
ing to destroy it. President Eliot was
especially happy when he pointed out
that the labor pital controversy is a
war, and that the armies. as in all
other wars are fighting machines to
which the Individual apd his welfare
are sacrificed.
The time is coming when, just as
the feudal barOns fell before the rise
Of the state. the welfare of the public
and of the Individual will assert itself
and in some way enforce a settlement
Of industrial controversies of the pres
ent.
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HARMONY INDEED RESTORED.

The morning paper says: 1t is
pretty evident case that there is no
warrant for any suspicion that an out
break is eminent in the ranks of the
republican party in Walla Walla coun-
" when the evening journal resorts to
lake announcements concerning the
Sltuation.'
Yes indeed. Republican harmony is
certainly thick enough to cut with a
knife and the Holy Rollers" and
Boxers are sharpening their knives
III every precinct TO do the cutting.
III" leaders of the opposing factions
hold separate meetings almost nightly
IN this city. OF course the only Sub
Ject discussed ut these secret meetings
is how 10 restore and preserve peace
in the party.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-19

In the Superior Court Of the State Of
Washington. for Walla Walla County.
In the matter of the estate
Henry H. Churchill, deceased
Estate of Henry H. Churchill, de-
ceased. Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, executrix of the estate OF
Hendy H. Churchill, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against, the said estate, to ex-
hibit them with the necessary vouch-
ers, within one year after the first pub
LEGATION of this notice to the said exc
cutrix at the office of Garrecht G. Dun
ply, Rooms 2O-21 Quinn Bldg. in the
city of Walla Walla, county of Walla
Walla, state of Washington, the same
being the place for the transaction Of
the business for said estate.
SERRELDA CHURCHILL,
ExecutriX.
GARRECHT & DUNPHY,
Attorneys for Executrix.
Date of first publication January 23d,
1904
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MAY BOTH GET WORST OF 1T

George Stevenson and Charley
Chamberlain are now having a little
scrap on the side to determine which
way lobby. 1t is to be hoped that the
Two will kill each other off While they
are about it. The people will watch
the contest With interest shouting oc-
casionally some such encouraSe cement
as
Lay on Macbeth lay on Macduff.
And cursed be he who first cries
enough" and
Let the CALLED jadeS vince. Our
WltherS are unWrunG.