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The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-16
RovaI LiIIiputians at the Park.

There is no other theatrical attraction on
the road just like the Royal Lilllputians'
and when this organization OF dmlnutlve
singers. dancers and comedians comes to
the Park. large and delighted audiences are
the rule. The Lillputians opened their an
nual half-week's engagement at Indianap-
o1is's nopular price amusement house yes
terday and pleased the usual large gather
ings.
The piece presented by the midgets and
their associates this season is a musicaI
extravaganZa called "Gullfvers Travels -
an up-to-date stage version OF the famous
old story prepared by John Fowler, with
music by William Rostetter. The libretto
is a crude affair. but 1t answers the pur-
pose of displaying the little fun-makers
at their best, and the songs and choruses
are bright and melodious- ne central ldea
of the piece is excellent and II Mr.. Fowler
had exercised more care in constructing his
work he would have turned out a very
clever little burletta. As il is, the audience
loses sight of the plot in enjoying the quaint
acting and singing of the tiny stars. The
Emperor of Lilliput is portrayed by the
ittlest chan of them all-Herbert Rice. and
the character of Gulliver is played by the
biggest man in the cOmpanY-A Rice a six
and-a -halffOoter who doubtless tips the
scales at 25Q pounds The audience IS LETT
TO draw its own conclusions as TO the re-
lationship, if any existing between the two
Rices.
Prince" Giovanni. a little fellow with a
very serious manner and a German accent
that is unconsciously the funniest thing in
the show is the Lord High Chancellor of
IilliDut and Louis Merkel. one of the few
original Iilliputians left from the palmy
days of Franz Ebert and AdOph Ziak, is
very good indeed in the part % Sir Dick
Wilmington. James Il. Rosen makes a
funny "Blubberby;" Martha Weis is a very
dainty Empress of LiihPut, and Selma
Goerner. Queen Nab and the other little
people are capital in their respective char
acters
There is a gOod-sized chorus and two fairy
queens who quarrel i'm rhyme. as fairy
queens are wont 10 do. The specialties and
musical numbers are numerous and some
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-16

Getting off with the bell that signals the
rise of the first curtain and running a mer-
ry race through nearly three hours of time
allotted for amusement the comedians.
singers and pretty girls (and there are a
number of them), known as the Bohemian
Burlesquers, give an entertainment at the
Empire this week that is in striking con-
trast to some of the burlesGue productions
that have been offered the public during the
past few weeks. The Bohemians present
"A bohemian Beauty, a musical farce i'm
three acts. There is no tiresome olio the
specialties being interpolated at frequent
intervals throughout the performance.
There is plenty of good comedy, but for
some reason the most humorous and bright
est remarks went over the heads of the
Monday afternoon crowd.
Very little plot is furnished in the bur-
lesque, but plenty of opportunity is afforded
for n-making, and with Winnie HenshaW
who can make the man who hates himself
laugh, George Fransioli and Andy Gardner
as the chief mirth provokers. there is
plenty doing. Time is not allowed To
lag with the Bohemians and when the
comedians threaten TO become oVerworked
they are relieved by the prettiest lot of
girls seen the Empire this season. Tho
girls can sing and dance. something. that is
not essential with many of the burlesque
organizations. The company is large and
Is well balanced as it could possibly be
The principal features of the entertainment
are furnished by Helen Gilbert the prettiest
and daintiest little soubrette i'm burIesaue:
May Bell. who can sing as we'll as act:
Louise Auber. who leads the chorus in sev-
eral pretty songs; Ida Nicolai. who would
make good If she had nothing else 10 do
but pose; Fred Law. Edwin Johnson ana
several others Winnie Henshaw. 4 favorite
with Empire patrons for several seasons
received a warm reception from her friends
in all parts of the house, as she plays 10
the boys In the gallery as well as TO the
spectators i'm the orchestra She has a
collection of new jokes which she springs
so fast that some OF them slip by unnoticed.
Ii might be said that Miss Henshaw is sing-
ing better this season than ever before but
she never depended upon her vocal selec-
tions to secure an engagement. The show
is the cleVerest that has been offered al
the Empire this season and should do 4
banner business.
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The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-16
MAYOR MCCLELLAN md
Mr.. MURPHY AVERT PANIC

NEW YORK, Feb l5.-An impending pam
ic among the audience at the annual enters
tainment of the Anawanda Club I'm Terrace
Garden tonight, resulting from the acci-
dental ignition of some decorations, was
averted by the presence of mind of Mayor
Mcclellan and Charles Murphy. the Tam
many leader. While a performance was In
progress some evergreen decorations in
front of Mr.. Murphy's box caught fire from
a defective electric wire. Mr. Murphy
reached out and tore down some draperies
that were on the point OF catching fire,
but the audience had already risen and a
rush had begun for the doors. Mayor Nc
Clellan. who was in the opposite box, rose
and implored the audience 10 remain seated,
as all danger was over, and in few min
utes order was restored
During the excitement many women
tainted, but the entertainment was soon
resumed.
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parodies that bring forth laughter from
those in the audience, who are hearing them
for the first time, and the Esmeraldo Sis
ters give a pleasing terpsichorean specially,
i'm which acrobatic and toe dancing form
the principal features. The sisters are
nrettv. and. when not indulging In the ac-
robatic dances, are very graceful series
of Interesting bioscope views closes a note
worthy DrOgramme.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-16
In the TheaterS


ENGLISH 'S.-"Dolly Warden" p. m.
Observation-Disclosures vaudeville, 2:15 and
S:15 p. m.
PARK.-Royal Lilliputians, and D. m.
EMPIRE--Burlesque 2 and p. m.
UNlQUE.-Vaudeville. and p. m.
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-16

of the ensembles are very attractive. The
show is a great one for the children and
the little play-gOers of the city should be
given a chance 10 see ii. The Lilliputians
will continue at the Park through to-day
and Tomorrow
The Indianapolis journal., 1904-02-16
HOME DRESSMAKING HINTS.
BY MAY MANTON

Whatever novelties may be devised. the
plain hared skirt holds its place and is
eminently satisfactory. This one is adapted
TO the entire range of suiting and skirting
materials. but is shown in one of the new
linen etamines simply stitched in tailor
style The fullness at the back can be laid
in inverted plaits shirred as may be
preferred, or material renders advisable
The skirt is a most graceful one and fits
over the hips with the perfect smoothness
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equally divided, and the speakers sug-
gested that the crowd go into the court
house yard, where rope would be
stretched, the Burnes following taking
one side, the Woodson contingent TAX
ing the other.
The following paired off. and the
two sides were about equal. But the
Burnes crowd were expert with the rope
and, throwing il over the Woodson
crowd, pulled them over. A free fight en-
sued
1T took nearly year for some peo-
pie in that section TO know what side
they were on, but after that the hatred
became so intense that there was no
middle of the road, and it stayed that
way for Is years"
A person present, not a MissouriaB
told a more singular case than that OF
Col. Burnes.
Il was living in Illinois, he said,
when the draft was ordered was the
only son and my father did not fancy
my going to war. My father, conse-
quently, hired a substitute, paying him
5000 Before the war was over we
learned that the substitute had original
ly enlisted as a confederate and had de-
serted. He fought in the union army
two years afterward.'
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place in the ranks. We had a glec
club, composed of Eugene Ware, pres
ent pension commissioner; Kilmartin
fhe noted fifer; Charley Fowler, and
other musical and poetic members OF
the scum of society.
The march from Boonville, crossing
the Usage river. en- route, was long
srduC the ,treyhounds in adj
e. follC d by . First Missouri,
First and Sec md Kans I. Totten's and
Dubois batteries. The n lssouri miles
we're iong-the longest 1 ever travelled
never could tell just how far we had
advanced. From the early start in the
morning to the finish late at night was
about the length of Missouri mile.
One day in the latter part of July,
1851, German friend, whom / was
visiting In Sigel's camp at Pond
Springs, solemnly requested me to &C
company him outside of the encamp-
bent Stopping beside a newly made
grave. he said. in accents soft and
Tender: dis is his time, He fights
ait Sigel no more. He is dedt alretty
nee"
The story OF Wilson's creek is his
DRY. 1 shall add very little to the
story here. Capt. Mason, of company
9, was killed. | have never seen any
thing so white as his face, pale in
death. | can see it now. Our gallant
nrst sergeant held up the beautiful
silk flag. golden fringed, and the Grey
hounds stayed with IL. Some of them
are there yet. awaiting the final re-
yeille. The forenoon was hot; so was
the hight Some careless Johnny spilled
melted lead on my leg. and while ]
was examining the damage to my
anatomy. the sergeant, Jim Grant, a
soldier Of four enlistments, Mexican
service included. stood above me wav-
ing the flag. hopping his face with
the other hand. he looked down and
SAID: ITS pretty - hot, amt it?'
Being still mad al the careless reb
Aforesaid, | CURLY exclaimed: Yes. il
In p. d. h."
Totten. whose battery had done eff
fective wori. rcmar.ed thai the Iowa
boys were all right. and permitted a
number Of the wounded. among then,
httie BOB Armstrong, 10 ride back to
Springfield on his limbers.
DO the boys remember the bic
colonel OF one OF SigeI's regiments? A
man OF his immense physique mus,
nave supreme courage To so fooline
around where siX-pounl shells are on,
for business.
How the wounded endured the
march back TO Springfield and from
there TO Rolia and S.. Louis passes nv
comprehension. A comrade of COM
pany r. shot through the body. died by
my side. on the night of our arrival a,
'he arsenal in ST Louis. We certainly
were hard 4" Kill. The pension COM
missioner declares that only one man
was discharged from the regiment for
disability. | know that Commissioner
ware himself reenlisted, joining the
Sixteenth Iowa.
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RECTOR IN TROUBLE.
NEW JERSEY CLERGYMAN HAS
ONLY ONE PARISHIONER.
Minister Plays Organ and His Wife
Sings Hymns and Listens to His
Sermon-Strange State
of Affairs.

In the wooded solitudes OF northern
New Jersey, far from the busy haunts
Oh men, drama is being played.
whether 1t is comedy or tragedy de-
ponds upon the point of view. No blare
OF boisterous trumpets accompanies it.
It's only orchestra is the twittering of
oirds on bare branches, it's only scenery
the snow-clad hills and icy walks of that
pastoral region.
Norwood, little village on the banks
Or the Hudson, is the place, and the
chief actor is one Arthur Whitaker. an
Episcopal clergyman with a church. but
without a congregation, and even the
church Is so remote from every activity
OF the hamlet that it is not readily found
except by those who know the way.
, Two persons only, perhaps, know not
! alone how to find 1t but how to love it.
They are the clergyman and his wife.
The other day there came from some
| vague source the story that Rev. Mr..
Whitaker was at war with his flock be-
cause OF his ritualistic practices and that
nearly all the members of the congre-
cation had seeded and joined the Pres
| byterian church, which is represented
| there by simple structure of frame on
| the border of the railroad
After much search the church and the
| home of its iockless pastor were found.
| Norwood itself is one of those towns that
lie concealed behind the little station
house that does duty as railroad sta
ton. 1t has not even the dignity OF a
| town. Back in the hills lie a few houses,
the country residences of New Workers
for the most part, and the whole popuIa-
| ton of the place is not more than 800.
The church and the rectory stand al
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most side by side, fringed by woods all
around.
Questioned as to the report, Rev. Mr..
Whitaker looked distressed. He took
pains to deny that there had been any
dissension in his congregation and said
the stories of "ritualistic practices" as
1t had been phrased, were absurd. They
must have been started by some evil
designed person" he said, and would say
no more.
As man OF the cloth he did not feel
not feel himself privileged to speak. But
In the village the gossip was plentiful
and so unanimous that it seemed as
though it might contain truth. From
this 1t appeared that Mr.. Whitaker had
accepted the charge there about ten
years ago.
He was now man Of about SO, tall
spare and ascetic looking. With him
came his wife, who is about ten years
his senior. She was Miss Sanders, of
Albany, and was very wealthy Even
now, IL ia said, she owns blocks of
buildings in the capital city. For a time
the rector had the support of some
wealthy New Workers who made their
country homes at Norwood. They
maintained the church until, as the years
passed. death took them one by one
and left no one to fill their places.
Meantime the younger element of the
small population of the village learned
that the church was the best place to
meet one another and enjoy those few
diversions that life in such a restricted
community offers. Harmless as these
trifiing pleasures were, so the story
goes, the rector objected to them as friv-
olities unbecoming a house of divine
worship.
For awhile the situation remained as
it was, his protests unheeded, but he
was firm and the result was that OF his
congregation those who had not died
quietly dropped away, until, as he him
self admitted, only. six were left and
these do not often come to church. AT
flicted as he was by the secession, the
clergyman was true to his convictions.
He would not compromise He still had
his church and no one could be more de-
voted to it than he and his wife. They
found their Consultations.
Mr. Whitaker is an organist and
his wife. despite her age, has an unusu-
ally good soprano voice. Sunday after
Sunday. as regularly as il rolls around
they step, arm in arm, from the veranda
of their house, cross the field which lies
between it and the church and hold their
services alone
Sometimes she will sing hymns as he
plays and the resonance made the
greater by the surrounding emptiness.
rolls out on the wintry winds and carries
far across the hills. Often there is
none else to hear. so secluded is the
place, but should anyone happen to pass
as the strains arise-whether il be one
Of the few loyal or one of the rebels
he or she will pause and listen silently
antil the song is ended.
Heating a Flat.
Landlord-Most of those restrictions
which / put into operation last fall
can be removed now.
Janitor-Sure. never cud see
phat good they cid except to kape al
the tinants mad.
Landlord-That was he idea. BY
Keeping them Tuning - you, they did
not notice how little heat there was
in the steam pipes.-N. Y. Weekly.
-
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A Brave Soldier Bow

young soldier OF the Sixty-nintb
Rev York, in a wounded
condition, was taken on to WASHINGTON
few days after the fight. His fathar
GOT word oil the boys situation and
hurried to Washington. reaching there
q Few days after his son was brought to
the hospital. The hospital surgeon was
Just in the act of removing bullet from
the back of the wounded youths shouI.
der, the sufferer lying with his face
downward on the pallet. "Ah. nv poor
boy! cried the father. Il am sorry to
see you thus. but would rather see Won
dead than to know you were shot in the
back" The young soldier turned Over
~. S'SA.
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THEY FACED BOTH WAYS
Trouble Finding Out How Some Prom
inent Men Stood at Opening
of Civil War.

At an informal meeting of several
members of the Missouri Society of
New York, at which the situation in
the far east was discussed, SAYS the
| Sun, this story was told by an ex-
confederate:
There is one advantage which each
nation has," he said. Il reckon every
| Russian is for Russia, and every jap
will be for Japan.
The trouble in this country on the
| eve of the civil war was to find outt
how prominent men in some sections
| stood. Many persons waited to see
how these certain prominent men were
going to jump.
'one of the most conspicuous cases
OF uncertainty in my state was the late
| Col. James N. Burnes, then of Platte
| county, afterward a millionaire. and
later congressman of more than av-
| erage ability. He was an orator q
man OF culture and perfect Chester
| field in his manner
he had married into one of the
most exclusive families of the Platte
! purchase. Mrs. Burnes was as bril-
liant in her sphere as her husband in
his.
"A Few months before actual HOSTILE
Ties, When many were wavering, a
meeting was held at the county seat
OF old Platte, to settle the question of
union or secession. Several men
whose names later became a part of
the history of the conflict were pres
ent.
Il Of
found to be all one way-for secession.
| Col. Burnes was the last speaker.
| When he had finished everybody pres
ent actually believed that one souther-
er could lick six Yankees. and every-
BODY expected to see Burnes raise and
| equip regiment
| He had told the meeting that he
was not only willing to spend all of
his money in behalf of the cause. but
he pledged all of his wife's property
as well. Both were rich.
| The war came and Platte county
furnished more than her quota of vol
unteers. but James Burnes was not
among those who went out to die. On
the contrary sort of dumb ague came
upon the brilliant young lawyer. and
for awhile his whereabouts was I'M
known
| Not long after. when the union
troops were in possession of the coun-
ty, and meetings were held to induce
those who had not gone out for the
southern cause to rally round the flag
| Col. Burnes showed up at one of these
gatherings, at which union soldiers
were on guard. The chairman of the
meeting was a union captain. Col.
Burnes was the principal speaker, and
the way he expatiated on treason and
the crime of secession was a caution.
| "A short time after, debate on the
Issues of the day took place in st. Jo-
seph, the disputants being Judge Silas
Woodson, afterward governor of The
state, and Col. Burnes. Both were can
f, didates for congress from that district
/ "Woodson was constitutional
union man. which meant, in Missouri
the union with the negro left in slav-
cry. He had, however, been accused al
the start of being too much union. In
his speech he referred to Burnes' offer
to help the south with his and his wife s
fortunes, and then quoted from Burnes
union speech.
| "Burnes replied that IL was better to
start wrong and then get right, than to
start right and then go wrong. The
sentiment of the meeting was about
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CAMPAIGNING IN MISSOURI.
"Reminiscences of a Veteran Who Be-
longed to Well-Known Iowa
First "Greyhounds."

! i was a soldier in Missouri, a mem
her Of company c, First Iowa, known
es TIE Iowa Greyhounds." can
rever forget. says writer in the
american Tribune, the long marches,
ligat and day, the hardships and des-
crate fighting that characterized cam
algaing in Missouri
~ has been said that the first enlist
? "a epresents largely the scum. ]
4 tsss.. that T'atement is true The
Z Fean is the scum of the milk. That
is NE kind of scum that charaot erized
the personnel of the First Iowa, with
! few exceptions. 1 have in mind one
oaag man just from college who paid
a dollars to another volunteer for his
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barred his right breast. revealing a red
bullet hole in front OF the arm-pit. and
then gasped with a brave CLINT in his
fine gray eyes: Father, there's
where the ball went in."-American
Tribune.
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Expensive Medicine.

Mr.. Grouch-Dr. Doce has sent me a
bill for $3.50.
Mrs. Grouch-He must have been Civ
ing you radium pills.-Detroit Free
Press.
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