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Empire Theater.

"A Human Slave" a four-act melodrama.
written by William l.. Roberts and pro-
duced by ]. NJ Ward. will be the forthcom-
ing attraction at the Empire Theater next
week. The story of a Human Slave is
one of interest and should appeal To all
classes of theatergoers. TIE play tells of
the SteadfaSt and supreme love Of an hon
est young workngman for a girl who is
the daughter of a wealthy iron founder.
and of their sufferings after their marriage
through the persecution of d heartlesS
scoundrel, who was made a junior partner
in the firm by the girls father. and who Sc
cures his partners wealth by means OF
tricke-y and fraud. and who IS himself in
love with the young woman. Manager
Ward has made a scenic production of A
Human Slave" said to equal. if not surpass.
that of any attraction playing at the En-
pire this season.
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LAFAYETTE Cpera House.

Ernest Lamsons pastoral comedy drama,
Young lobe Hoxie' will be the attraction
at the Lafayette Opera House next week.
The plot hinges on the promise Of lobe to
his dying mother to watch over and protect
his little sister. The scenes of the play are
located in Illinois, on a farm. and it opens
when the characters have attained their
ma jorties. Mary. the sister. has married
a worthless man. who leaves her and goes
to Chicago He sends for her 10 come to
him and she refuses. Her father, a crusty
old fellow. with queer ideas of wife's
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rardf of Mr. Wegener: Escamilo. Mr.. Golf
or Mr.. Marsano; II Dancairo. II Remendado,
smugglers Mr.. Lawrence. Mr. Jungman
Zuniga. Mr. Boyle Morales, Mr.. Fulton;
Michaela, Miss Brooks or Miss LeBrun
Frasquita, Miss Farm; Mercedes Miss
James, gypsy friends of Carmen; Carmen,
Miss well: conductor, Mr.. Schenck.
MIR. Gherardi has the role of Don Jose on
days matinee. Mr. Golf has the role of
Escamillo on Tuesday night and Mr.. Mar
sano at Thursdays matinee. Miss Brooks
has the role of Michaela on Tuesday night
and Miss LeBrun at Thursdays matinee.
wednesday evening. Saturday matinee.
"Lohengrin Cast: Lohengrin Mr.. Wege
ner; King. Mr.. Boyle or Mr.. Bennett; Tel
ramund. Mr. Marsano; Herald Mr. Law
Newman; Gottfried. Miss LeBrun; con-
ductor, Mr.. Schenck.
Mr.. Boyle will have the role of the king
on Wednesday night Mr. Bennett taking
the role at the Saturday matinee.
Thursday evening III Trovatore"-Cast:
Leonora. Miss Brooks; Inez. Miss LeBrun
Azucena. Miss well: Manrco, Mr.. Sheehan;
Count Di Luna. Mr. Golf: Fernando. Mr..
Bennett; Ruiz. Mr.. Fulton; conductor, Mr..
Schenck
Friday evening "Tosca"-Cast: Floria Tos-
ca, Miss Rennyson; Mario, Mr.. Sheehan:
Scarpia, Mr.. Golf: Cesare Angelotti, Mr..
Bennett; a sacristan, Mr.. Boyle; Spoletta.
Mr.. Fulton; sergeant. Mr.. Scribner; Solar
rome, Mr.. Lawrence; a gaoler Mr.. Jones: a
shepherd boy, Miss Farm; conductor. Mr..
Emanuel
Saturday evening Bohemian Girl'-Cast:
Count Arnheim, Mr.. Golf; Thaddeus Mr..
Sheehan; Florestine Mr.. Bolton; Devils
hoof, Mr. Boyle; captain of the guard, Mr..
Scribner; Airline Miss Brooks; queen of the
gypsies, Miss well; Buda, Miss MacGahen;
conductor. Mr.. Emanuel
All performances open at SIS excepting
those OF 'Lohengrin." which begin at S
o clock sharp Wednesday evening and 2
o clock sharp Saturday matinee.
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CHILDREN IN TIER OWN WAY."-The
children in Her Own Way are very lively
Youngsters and as Miss Elliott is very fond
of them they give her great eeal of trou-
HE when she tries to keep them out of mis-
chief. Little Donald GaIlaher, who is one
of the best3known juvenile actors on the
stage. in spite of the fact that he is only
eight years old, is always anxious to disap-
near into unknown recesses and dark cor
ners under che stage. He also has fond
ness for frequent alleyways in the rear of
theaters and in general always being in the
wrong place at the wrong time. In the first
act of the play Donald has to ride hobby
horse and owing to his reckless methods of
been cautioned by Miss Elliott to be careful.
The other night he was such rough rider
that he lost his balance and fell off the
horse cutting his forehead slightly. Miss
Elliott hurriediy picked him up and wiped
his forehead with her handkerchief, when
the little fellow struggled to be free and
said:
Il am all right can fall like that every
night.
the play.
A CURIOUS INTERRUPTION.-A good
story comes from Webster City. Iowa,
where Charles b. Hanford and his COM
pany recently appeared. 1t was at pre-
sentation OF .The Merchant of Venice. ;"
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accustom herself to male attire. Between
) and o'clock there was an hours lesson
in fencing upon the stage, which neces-
Sarily made the afternoon work much
more fatiguing.
On another occasion, just before travel
ing in the United States, she wished to
practice speaking English, but the only
hour she could take the lesson was at 2
o'clock in the morning. Nevertheless, a
teacher was found willing to go to the
actress house at that hour, and after the
evenings performance. while she was pre-
pairing for bed. Bernhard industriously
polished up her English.
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mfnation. Frank Bush is n monologue
Munchausen familiar and favored In the
polite vaudeville theaters. Mr. and Mrs.
Gardner Crane are legitimate players OF
high repute and are preceded here by the
reputation gained in New York in the new
sketch, Am | Your Wife," James F..
Kelly and Dorothy Kent are credited with
being the foremost fancy figure dancers
singers and comedians. George SCHNEIDER
promises to prove himself a wizard with
the commonplace mouth organ. Rae and
Benedetto as the clown and the circus
performer will offer grotesque acrobatics
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GERTRUDE RENNYSoN JOSEPH SHEHAN
(Desdenona). (0thello).
founded on Shakespearean tragedy has been
translated by Francis Hueffer, the London
author. who is credited with having largely
restored the Shakespearean text, making
the work of interest to dramatic as we'll as
music students.
Another important work of the week will
be the first production in English of PUG
cini's .'Tosca," the nbretto being founded on
Sardeus famous drama of La Tosca," pro-
duced in this country by the late Fanny
Davenport, with a scenic investiture said to
have cost $4,000.
The repertory for the week is as follows:
Monday evening-Cast: Othello, Mr.. Shee-
han; Iago, Mr.. Golf; Cassie. Mr.. Fulton;
Roderigo, Mr.. Pattou; Lodoyico. Mr.. Ben
nett; Montana. Mr.. Lawrence: Herald. Mr..
McKinnie; Desdemona. Miss Rennyson;
Emilia, Miss Newman; conductor, Mr.
Emanuel
Tuesday evening, Thursday matinee. at
2:1o, "Carmen'-Cast: Don Jose. MIR. Che
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CITY Sports Company.

The well-known City Sports Company. I'M
der the management of Phil. Sheridan.
opens the week of February l at the Lyceum.
twenty-five singers and dancers take part
in the two-act musical comedy entitled
THE Maids of Siam" The olio includes
Renzetta and La Rue, comedy acrobats:
Mills and Beecher, travesty artists: the
Pan-American Four and others.
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1.-THE Burgomaster.o

Pixley e. Luders' great musical comedy
success. ''The Burgomaster," will be the
attraction at the Lafayette Opera House
for the next week. commencing Monday,
February 8. In the big cast this year are
Ruth White, as Willie; Oscar L. Ffgman
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A New Financial Start.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Eleanor-"This lovely purse with one pen
ny in it-what's the penny for?"
Edgar-"Oh, l hate to see a woman with
no money at all right after Christmas
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duties. because she refuses to go To her
husband. turns her out of his house. Young
Tobe makes an unsuccessful effort to rea-
son with the old man and goes with his
sister Mary They both find employment in
the Chicago factory of Bailey. who has
loved Mary since she young girl.
The cast will be headed by the author.
Ernest Lamson. and Miss Lydia Knott. late
of York State Folks company. Mr.. Lam
son is well known. His last few years
have been devoted to creating new roles.
in which he has steadily added to his we'll
earned reputation. He has surrounded him
self with a company which includes Edgar
Norris ]. NJ. Byrnes, Albert Tavernier.
Charles f. Gibson. David Leslie. Sarah Pad
den, May belle Leach. Laura Drake and
Master Lewis Moore.
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The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-05
Summer Life at the Nations Capital
Has Changed in the Last Few Years
Sam Obliged Remain Outs,
the Of During the Torid MonthsSuburhan
that Rendez Of O@caldom

tiality for the quaint little hamlet of Chevy
Chase, situated in Maryland, some five
or six miles from Washington. Chevy
Chase might readily be mistaken for an
English village, with it's neat hedges OF
lockwood and attractive formal gardenlr5.
During the summer * has distinct social
life OF its own. usually through the medium
of open-air fetes.
CHEVY CHASE CLUB.
Less than. a mile from Chevy Chase vii-
lage is the greatest rendezvous of the CAP
itals official society in summertime Chevy
Chase Club. This, the most aristocratie
organization of it's kind in America, has
as a home the rambling old farmhouse, to
which the postmaster general and other
members of President Monroe's Cabinet
fled with valuable papers from the White
House and the government departments
when the British attacked Washington
during the war OF 1Sl2. The clubhouse con:
tains most attractive smoking room and
a cool and coy ladies' parlor, and in sums
mer the broad porticos are converted into
open-air dining rooms. During the spring
and. indeed. well into June, and then again
in the early autumn, Chevy Chase Club II
the center OF interest for all those men,
bers of official society in Washington who
go in for golf, tennis, croSS-country riding
and other out-of-door sports. The quaint
clubhouse is the favorite scene for the
hospitalities of Secretary Hay, and those
other caDIneI members VINO 90 not QlSCOn.
tinue dinner-giving in summer, and Pres
ident Roosevelt has been entertained there
many times, as was, likewise, the late
President Mckinley.
Another popular form of summer diver
sion for the officials who remain at the
governmental headquarters in summer, is
formed in moonlight excursions down the
Potomac on Uncle Sans private yacht,
the Dolphin. Formerly the trim little dis
patch boat was held largely at the disposi-
tion of the President, but now that the
Presidential pleasure fleet has been in
creased by the addition of the yachts Sylph
at the disposal of the members of the cab
met and the secretary of the navy, Admiral
Dewey, and other officials usually enter
tain parties of friends oil board on num-
ber of pleasant evenings during the sum-
mer.
The national capital discloses in summer
many phases of street life that, il not abso
IL tely unique, are at least not present in
anything like the same degree In any other
city In the country. For instance, after
o'clock in the evening 1t is unusual to see
a woman wearing any head covering on
the streets or In the street cars. and decol-
lete gowns for street wear are not only
popular but well-nigh universal. In sum-
mer too, the street piano thrives in Wash
ington as nowhere else on the continent,
and the grinding out of this barrel music"
frequently has the accompaniment of dane
ing pickanninies. WALDEN FAWCET.
Copyright, 1904
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the tiny garden. Nothing in the house
can compare with the outdoors. In spring
and summer they out nearly all day.
The women sew and embroider under some
pretty tree-a cherry. camphor or plum
tree. Here, their hands employed in sew
ing. their eyes and senses delighted by
their surroundings, watching the children
playing. is it any wonder that the Japan
ese woman is calm of soul? Nature is the
greatest distraction from care, they be-
lieve. Live close to nature and you will
forget the little bitternesses of life. How
happy seem the little children-even the
bare-legged. ragged rascals of the poor.
the bamboo poles; they climb 10 inconceiy-
able heights up the trees. and cling TO
swaying boughs with the agility of mon
keys. The child in the garden, with the
watching mother. flies his kite. while his
sisters play battledore and shuttlecock.
A favorite game for indoors is called
sugoroku. On a large sheet OF paper va
rious little pictures printed-portraits
of eminent warriors views OF noted
places IL is played with a dice. 1t is a
simple game. and IL teaches the little ones
the names OF historical characters and
places
Every month In Japan has its particular
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year. and a!l-year residents have intro
duced in the City of Magnificent Distances
projects for keeping cool which have no
counterpart anywhere else in the countr--
fee of the army officer In charge OF the
Executive Mansion. complete plans for an
elaborate ventilating system which could
be quickly installed should any President
find IL necessary to remain in Washing
ton throughout the summer. and which
would fill the living and working apart
ments at the White House with an in
exhaustible supply of iced air.
In both the government departments and
private residences In Washington the long
nsuaIIy yr continues h for % fun TSem ve months"is
prepared for as Systematically as the Eski-
mo plans for his winter exile In the
various government offices the clerks are
usually given a half holiday while a large
electric fans. and otherwise contribute to
the transformation from winter 10 summer
guise In each governmental workroom ,D:1n
Uncle Sam furnishes the ice, and at the
Capitol, when Congress has remained in
session after the advent of warm weather,
a thoughtful government has daily provided
great tubs of lemonade for the fatigued
lawmakers.
In private residences the donning of sum-
mer dress comes at the time the methOdical
housewife INDUCES in her spring house
cleaning. Carpets give way 70 bare floors;
curtains, portieres and draDeries or all
kinds disappear; reed or cane furniture re-
places the heavy upholstered pieces, and
pictures and bric-a-brac are shrouded in
mosquito netting. But not ali of Uncle
Sans best paid employees take this means
of thwarting the heat. Some of them
board up the doors and windows of their
city homes and move 70 one or another
of the exclusive suburban colonies which
are scattered in Virginia and Maryland,
short distances from the seat of govern
ment.
This scheme of high government officials
to be near Washington. but not of ii, dur
ing the heated term, originated about
three-quarterS of a century ago, when four
of our Presidents successfully occupied as
summer home the quaint old mansion
Woodey, recently purchased by Senator
Newlands, but which is now all but In the
city of Washington Grover Cleveland.
when President. the late Mr.. Whitney, and
others of his cabinet members followed the
plan still more extensively, but they went
little further into the country for sites
for their summer homes-Mr. Whitney s
former residence is now the Country Club
and finally the present-day officials have
penetrated still farther into the picturesque
and historic country where all roads lead TO
Washington.
Some of the members Of the cabinet are
always to be found in Washington during
the summer, and these members of the
Presidents official household and the diplo-
mats who, from inclination sense of
duty, feel that they must remain close to
their field of labor, show a strong par
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-05

San Francisco Call
A certain judge who possesses a degree
from a leading university dropped I'm one
day at a new thirst resort. incidentally TO
see the decorations Of the place. When tho
Judge entered one of the bari<eepers was
discoursing 10 a customer upon the beauty
of a stained glass window
dat window he said, lis the handsom-
est one in any joint in town. I don't know
what dat Eye-talian on AZ means. Wish
did
THAT motto" said the judge. obligingly.
lis DUN vivimus vivamus.' aud means.
While live. let US live
Say" replied the barkeeper. ''ain't dat
spiel stands for.
The next day the judge being in the same
n.ighborhood. again entered the resort 20
get some refreshment. when the harkeeper
cheerily greeted him:
Good mornin'. professor. Glad 10 see
YOU Say. IN give you some good whisky
dis time
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-05
Home Life Of the Japanese

significance to the japanese. January the
month of the New Year; February. the
mari (fox festivaD March the doll festi-
val; April. the birthday of Beddha, the
month when people stroll out for hanami
ed with clouds of cherry blossoms; May
when the azeleas are abaZe and the pic
nickers flock to the beautiful gardens
bration of the Milky Way" August,
moonlight banquets; September, the month
of the kikuzuki tchrysanthemum) shows
October is IA desolate month"; for the gods
are said to be absent In November the
parents celebrate the third fifth or sew
enth anniversary of their children and
entertain their friends: December a month
of work in preparation for the New Year
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-05

=HHE indications are that this will
be another war summer at the
= American capital. WAR sum-
HEA,lI mefs' are an Innovation of the
- past half decade. and IL cannot
be said that they wholly welcome to
the men whose duty IL is to keep the wheels
Of the machinery of government turning
properly. The war summer In its mod
ern euise made it's first appearance at the
time OF the Spanish-American war. and 1t
was quite the most sizzling experience
within the memory OF the Oldest inhab-
liant OF the hottest as well as the most
beautiful city in the United States Then
came the summer when the Boxer revolt
In China kept at their desks many officials
who would otherwise have been away en-
joying mountain or ocean breezes, and when
the mercury in Washington performed al
most IS astonishing feats as 1t had while
we were at war with the Dons. Now the
chances are that the Russo-Japanese dis
pute will prevent many diplomats and other
officials from wandering far from Washing
ton this vacation season.
Ii was the ,Spanish-AmericaD war which
made Washington all-the-year capital.
Previous TO that time 1t had been one Of
the gayest cities and the center of national
In summer; standing like handsome man.
sion. tenantess, save for the caretakers.
Since the early years of the century it has
been the practice of Presidents to re-
main away from Washington during the
major part OF the heated term. There
is, of course, nothing to require the pres
ence of members OF Congress. and all the
more prominent officials OF the executive
departments were accustomed until few
years ago to follow the example thus set
before them and repair TO some popular
resort at the approach of the torrid interval.
The exege ncjeS of the conflict with Spain
altered all this. Public servants from the
Chief Magistrate down were obliged TO
ing one OF the hottest summers In its his
tory, and their enforced presence resulted
I'm radical change OF sentiment which sur
viyed the passing of the clash of arms.
On the one hand many persons were af-
forded practical evidence of the fact that
although a temperature is frequently regis
tered at Washington that is higher than
prevails anywhere else in the country, the
broad breeze-swept streets of the capital
render heat prostrations fewer in proper
ton than in many other cities.
REMAIN AT THE THROTTLE.
On the other hand, the Nations assump-
tion of the position of a world power has
rendered it imperative that many public
men shall remain at the throttles of the
engines of government almost the entire
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To the Ant. said the Bee,
Have you noticed that We.
Each day without fail,
In fable or tale.
Are held up TO youth
To illustrate the truth
That work without rest
Is OF all things the best 2''
We'll, yes" the Ant said,
As she nodded her head
And it's all very well:
But If i truth must tell,
I'm tired OF the trick.
And IL makes me just sick
To work and to work
With no chance To shirk.
Ia far rather play
OR do nothing all day.
Like the gay butterfly"
said the Bee, so would T."
Carolyn Wells, In L
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Stories with Tinge of Local Color
That Describe Various Incident,
Mr. and Were ned by Their
Neghbors.. Things That Happen a
porers e..A Scrap Payne of Carfare

HEY came from old Kentucky, 81
that the manner of their enter
tainment, though entirely acci
dental, was entirely fitting.
They went in to call, one nigh
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He japanese wife and mother pre-
fers to spend her AFTERNOONS at
home with her children, says a
writer in Harper's Weekly. They
all go out together. If only into
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Cycling in the Alps = ~

FEW years ago the above heading
would have caused the general
run of cyclists to scoff and re-
mark: Cycling in Switzerland!
yVboaver heard IF s,,ch rnadnesso
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-05

He indications are that this will
be another war summer" at the
American capital War sum-
mefs" are an Innovation of the
past half decade. and IL cannot
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-06-05

Carolyn Wells. In Life.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-12-14
HUMPE'S OPEN EVENINGS
TILL XMAS.
MANY SKATERS !
Were Out Yesterday Enjoying the
Sport-Skating Parties.

Monday afternoon and evening
and all day yesterday the White
water river between the Main street
and Doran bridges was alive with
skaters. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
was as popular with the "small'
BOYS and the "big' boys as a bar
gain sale counter and at least twenty
games waNed fast and furious. 1t is
a noticeable fact that skating among
the older people is resumin@ it's pop
ularity. Yesterday quite a number Of
old enthusiasts buckled on their
Barney and Berry's and with their
old time ease and gracefulness, Gid
ed down the ice. lodging shinney
games every ten feet with the ease
Of half back in broken field. Glen
Miller Lake has not yet frozen deep
enough for safe skating but if the
present weather keeps up, IN few
days it will be black with people.
Evening skating parties, where fell
low takes his best girl and enjoys the
agony Of teaching her ice locomotion.
will be the correct thing this winter
as it was last.