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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17
plot and Plaza Of ''KlraIfy's Louisiana

"Kiralfy's Louisiana Purchase Spec
tacle," is on view at the Odeon theater,
st. Louis. No, for g Worlds Fair en-.
gagement. It is one of the first big
WOrld'sFair productions and is in everv
sense a dramatic, lyric and musical
spectacle. In q series Of panoramas.
which mingle artistically with the act.
ing people massed upon the stage, the
story is told of the Louisiana Purchase.
The spectacle lie divided into five parts.
. prologue and four acts. The cast
contains allegorical and real characters
that had to do with the Purchase Cen
tennial now being celebrated. The al
legOrical personages, or spirits. are
Columbia, Civilization, Discovery.
Progress, Art. Commerce, Electricity
Louisiana, Terpsichore, Peace, and
War. The real characters are Jefer-
SON, Livingston, Monroe, Napoleon
BOnaparte, Marie Louise, DeSoto and
q host Of French ministers as princi
pals.
In the prologue the allegorical our
pose OF the spectacle is told which e to
wrest from Mississippi the Evil Spirits,
represented By an Indian, the terrific
ries bound BY that mighty river and to
open them to civilization.
. The action begins with the first act.
The scene Is q moving panorama OF the
Mississippi. DeSoto and his followers
are IN the foreground. The Spirit OF
Mississippi bodies IN to the d~iscoyerers.
DeSoto feels the approach of death.
and after death Is buried ia the river
amidst > dirge sung BY angels and
fairies.
The second act opens with Napol
cons court at Fontainebleau, to which
the American ENJOYS have carried the
purchase documents.
Act three pictures the Rocky Noun
talns and the. Indian inhabitants.
In the fourth act the triumph Of civ.
.ilization Il celebrated. At the close
the stage ia q mass Of waving flags and
banners 10 the hands Of ib0se who
were let BY civilization. and this sway
ing motion Il to be joined is by the
audience, which win be provided with
small flags.
Tickets FOX this attraction are on
sale four weeks In advance. and those
Wishing 70 secure them may mail nom
ey order TO Roy Crawford, Manager
Press Bureau Department, Odeon
IheatOr, sc. Louis, No.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17

The members OF Okolona Chapter
U. d. O. wish to express their greatfnl
acknowledgement for the charming
Operetta, "Little Boy Blue" given IN
July under the direction Of Mesdames
Morrison and Abbott, assisted BY Mise
Vasser, It was a pronounced snccess.
The stage was beautifully and artlsti-
caly decorated-scenIc effects good
and costumes striklngly elaborate. AL
the performers were exceptionally
good and demonstrated bower that
won the hearty applause Of every
spectator. Each one deserves special
praise as each displayed talent and
skin. The uymphs were graceful and
charmingly costumed the predomi.
nsnceof green, suggestive of the true
undines and their traditional haunts,
By babhling brooks and shady hooks
ID woodland retreats. The mermsids
were pretty and unique, attractive by
their novelty-the hre-fies gorgeous
and brilliant and Frogs quaint and fun.
ny. The ladies showed great tack and
talent in arranging this entertainment
They applied themselves industriously
during the hot weather to the work,
and we're rewarded by a full house,
succeeding beyond their expectations.
Only words Of highest praise are due
managers, as well as performers, in
the Operetta. Quite a nice sum was
netted for the Confederate monu-
ment.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17

Governor War6old, OF Maryland.
says bic wife Was 2o when he married
her and be thinks that is about the
TIght age for women 70 become wives.
When g girl reaches 90 she ie 60 afraid
% becoming en- old maid that & is en-
easy matter % ge1 Der consent
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-08-17

and dangerous % health,
causing boils and sores and
other eruptions.
Workers in lead, brass
and other metals airs often
poisoned by the chemicals
and acids used in POLISH
ing, and the dust and FL
ings settling upon the skin,
and which find their way
through the pores into the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
Current Periodicals.

In Brush and Pencil (Chicago) for Feb
ruary is a paper on Some American Book
binders by Esther Griffin White, of Rich
mond, Ind
Ida Hustled Harper has a paper in the
March number of the North American Re
view on Woman Suffrage; Its Advantage
to the State"
"A Provident Woman is the title of the
entertaining novelette, in the March num-
Der of Lippincott. Eight short stories make
up the remaining fiction of the number.
The Worlds Work will publish a large
war number for April covering the whole
range of the momentous struggle between
Russia and Japan. 1t will be fully illus
trated with maps and pictures
A very interesting article on book plates,
by Frank Choteau Brown. appears in the
March number of the Craftsman Syracuse.
y. " The opening article of the number
is an illustrated study of the work of
Auguste Rodin, the French sculptor. The
third design for a "Craftsman's" house is
given, also plans for cottages.
a portrait of Emerson, which forms the
frontispiece of the Lamp (Scrbner's) has
some striking and admirable characteristics
and seems TO represent the man better than
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Confessions of Marguerite.

Marguerite did not like Wisconsin, where
she was brought up. She did not like 1t
because she was educated and refined and
artistic and had temperament. Country
ways Jared on her delicate sensibilities. So
she went to Chicago. And there her
troubles began in real earnest, for Chicago
is a bad. wicked city which discourages
art. laughs at education. brushes ones
temperament and dulis the edge of refine
ment So Marguerite grew to hate Chi
cago, and she wrote a book of confess
sions in which she poured out page after
page of bitter invective on the unfortunate
city. But one cannot blame her. for she
certainly did have hard time. An old
newspaper man prosecuted her. lot or
rade persons tried to marry her; she came
near to starvation on many occasions; she
went on the stage and failed Then she
went back to Wisconsin and married a
farmer and wrote Confessions
Marguerite is anonymous. Perhaps the
public will never know who wrote this
STORY of a Young Girls Heart'-that is
the subtitle. perhaps the authorship will
always be wrapped in mystery. like Junius
and other great unknOwns. But the opinion
IS offered here and now that Opie
Read helped write il. The conversations
are just the same impossible sort that he
writes when he Is at his worst. The rest
of the book is not as good as Opie Read 1t
is crude as IL can possibly be, IT has no
unity, no finish, TO logic, no apparent pur-
pose Though perhaps Il was written as
a warning TO young women who wish to go
TO Chicago. Really the author is very bitter
about Chicago. Indianapolis, too, comes in
for = roast" the play in which the heroine
appears draws a very small house in this
city. and the newspapers peak unkindly of
II IL Marguerite : acttES was anything
Ike her writing. Indianapolis is TO be con-
graduated on its taste. Rand, McNally *
Co. Chicago.
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LARGE CONGREGATION is
ADDRESSED BY DR., GRAY
Evangelist Directs His Remarks to
the Two Religious Glasses at
Presbyterian Church.
MEETINGS TO CONTINUE

This evening 1 shall address Christians
as Christians, but 1 shall also have those
who are not Christians in mind. 1 want to
show the Christians their exact standing
in the world of Christ" This was the open
ing paragraph of the sermon of the Rev.
DIR. James NJ. Gray In his fourth revival
service at the First Presbyterian Church
last evening. Continuing, DR.. Gray said:
I'm Toxic there was formerly a custom
when any foreigner came to stay any length
of time in the city he had to hire what was
called a substitute, a man who stood re-
sponsible for him in case he disobeyed any
laws. This man had to pay the penalty,
even If the penalty was death.
LAS soon as the foreigner arrived in the
city a police officer approached him and
would inquire who stood for him, meaning
by this who was responsible for him.
Jesus Christ is the who stands for
you. He is the one who had to pay the
penalty of death for your disobedience of
the law of Cod"
Dr. Gray again spoke of the people bring
ing their Bibles to church and what good
could be accomplished if hundreds of peo-
pie could be seen on the street cars and on
the streets of this city with Bibles in their
hands Mr.. Powers sang two solos. The
church was crowded Services will con-
tinue every night this week at the same
church, and services will be held at the
Second Presbyterian Church every after
noon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
M. 7. II. S. NEWS NOTES.

The Manchus met Friday night at the
home of Armin Bohn. POS North Senate
avenue.
The Tredecimites. a sorority of the June
'O4 class, will give spread in the basement
on st. Patricks day.
The girls of the junior and sophomore
classes will give leap year dance at Bren-
neke's on the Friday night of spring vaca-
ton.
Several girls in the senior class, headed by
Elsa Leachmann, the captain Of the basket
ball team. intend to form n track team Mr.
Emmerick is heartily in favor of the move
ment and will give the girls every Friday
evening for the present and later two nights
in the week.
Exercises were held in the auditorium
Friday during the second hour in the morn
ing. The orchestra played several seiec-
lions. including The Jolly General" Ia
MONA" King Dodo" and THE Tender
foot" Mr.. Emmerich gave a short talk
concerning the benefits of physical training
relative 10 the new gymnasium. and stated
that in a short time a regular instructor
would be obtained TO direct the students
There is a great deal of connection in
the senior classes concerning the place of
holding the commencement exercises On
account of the fact that each graduate can
obtain only five tickets at English's Opera
House. some one suggested that Tomlinson
Hall be used. where almost twice that num-
Der can be got The greater number seem
TO favor the former place on account of the
bare appearance of Tomlinson Hall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
DAWN Of RELIGIOUS UNITY
is PRESAGEO BY PASTOR
Nonsectarian Worship and Alb
sence of Variant CreedS Is
Prophesied in Utterances.

The Rev. Mr.. Ramsey, of Louisville, KY,
who exchanged pulpits with the Rev. E. E.
Newbert, spoke at All Souls Unitarian
Church yesterday upon the theme of unity
and used for his text. Behold how good
and pleasant a thing it is to dwell to-
gether in unity
He ridiculed the stringent relations that
have existed in the past between the diff
ferent sects and congregations, but con-
graduated the present that such conditions
were fast disappearing. He held that the
idea of congregations holding aloof from
each other was bigotry and narrow-mind-
edness.
He spoke in part as follows:
Unity is good and pleasant under all cir
cumstances, but especially good in religion.
And yet it is about religion that men have
been most divided in the past. They have
Iought, prosecuted and murdered each other
about religious opinions.
Our own age knows more of real religious
unity than any previous age.
The beautiful unity of early Christianity
is myth. The early church was divided
into scores of sects These sects We're
the outgrowth of intellectual liberty When
the church became allied with the state
cary In the fourth century, intellectual lib
erty ended. The creed of Christendom
was nxed by arbitrary authority. Protest.
antlsm was revolt against this authority.
IL was an assertion of liberty of thought
and conscience.
"One of the greatest evils of sectarianisn
Is narroW-mindedness. The bigot is a man
VINO has one idea. and who thinks that II
is the only idea that exists. He sees one
Phase or truth and becomes blind TO all
others: He confounds Christianity with the
special doctrines of his sect, he loves his
sect more than Christianity, and usually
loves himself more than his sect
A good Baptist heard me speak recently
ana said Why, you spoke like a Christ
ian. She thought Unitarians were in
ndels. She had never read a Unitarian
book or heard a Unitarian sermon
Let us get closer UP TO each other and
md out what we really do believe and are
trying 10 do. Bigotry beittles and dwarfs
a man and cuts him off from human feI'
lowshiD. ~
turning to the bright side we see some
OF the hoDeful signs of our time There
are certain powerful forces and Influences
making Tor unity among the sects''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
A Little Garrison.

rs another Jena coming?" asks Wolf Won
Schierbrand. who has translated Lieuten-
ant Gilse's book into English. And after
one has read the book he understands why
the question is asked. If conditions IN the
German army to-day are this writer
has depicted them then is the empire rot
ten at the core. Newspaper readers all over
the world have heard something o. the
history Of a Little Garrison. It's author
was ar officer I'm the German army. He
wrote a novel OF army life as he saw IT,
aud for this he was deprived OF his COM
mission. given a prison sentence and ex-
PEELED from the service. AS matter of jus
tice he should have been decorated. The
German press pronounces the book to be
a conservative estimate of conditions. Why
was not the Kaiser grateful at having this
offensive sore exposed? This question is
also answered in the book; the Kelser-al-
ways referred 10 as H. Ms himself in
a large measure to blame. And so the army
Is getting worse and worse; the best officers
are resigning their commissions ia disgust
Drunkenness. frightful immortality an utter
lack of common honesty; shocking cruelty
and injustice to subOrdinates; a Council
of Honor" which fosters a dishonOrable
dueIiing code-an these are parts of the
daily life Of "A Little Garrison 1t is easy
to see why the book made such sensation
In Germany ana Austria. IL such story
were written of the American army the
whole country would stand aghast. Inc
reader experiences feeling of satisfaction
in the knowledge that the author has made
fortune from his work. He has earned 1t
by his fearless honesty.
Tia plot cannot be touched on here. 1t Is
rather rambling and disconnected, rather
series OF shocking pictures than a we'll
rounded novel The unity IT possesses Is IN
the uniformity of the bad conditions eX-
posed And the characters come TO the
ends expected-disgrace, desertion, dishonor
and suicide. The book possesses little value
from a literary standpoint-the translator
confesses that he has been Obliged TO trim,
expurgate and revise to large extent
But il will not be read for its style or It's
art: only for what IL is-a bold exposition
OF the truth. Frederick A. Stokes Company,
New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
STORY OF THE MUFF.
Once Its Color Betokened the
Rank of the Wearer.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
DO you know that the color of a muff
once betokened the rank of the wearer?'
said furrier the other day, as he stroked
a beautiful sealskin muff. "In the days of
Charles TX no lady could have worn this
fur, for black was decreed by the King to
be the badge of the common people ard the
court followers were restricted to the
colors.
'.Muffs have gone through more styles
than II would seem possible to invent for
such a simple article of convenience. 1t
mas been long and narrow, like Sheaf, and,
again, large and round. At the beginning
OF last century the test of size was to try
the muff in a -four barrel. If it went in
without much trouble then that muff was
too small 10 be really fashionable. At
the present day almost anything is proper.
but those enormous cylinders would GER
talnly draw much attention. One of the
most curious styles was that of Louis XIV,
called the 'chieus mauchons because they
were made TO convey little dogs in.
The muf when first introduced was the
exclusive property of the nobility and orig
mated in Venice. These NUTS were very
small and consisted of IA single piece of vel
vet, brocade or silk, lined with fur. and the
openings fastened with rick jewels. Such
arrangements came IN during the early part
of the seventeenth century. but in the
previous century the ladies frequently car
ried piece of rich fur. which they used
either as a muff or neckpiece.
The mun reached its highest point in the
reign of Louis XIV, when the productions
were exquisite. Then fashion declared for
a cloth muff instead of fur and the furriers
made "A great uproar They petitioned the
Pope to eXcommunicate the wearer of a
cloth muff, but 10 no purpose. Finally some
ingenious merchant bribed the headsman TO
carry a cloth muff execution day The
women shrank from such association and
the fur won the day. We now associate the
mum only with cold weather. but in the old
days II was a regular part of woman S
dress and was carried in all weather AS
late 1890 a nun and a straw bonnet We're
not deemed homogeneous"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
THE ENTICING COCKTAIL.
AS a Substitute for Exercise 1t
Is Not a Success.
Outing.

March Outing.
The young men who come down to the
great city each autumn from the colleges
may not have been members of any of their
college teams although they have dabbled
in the fun and work of them ALL They can
pull tolerable oar. perhaps. fill up. a
pinch, an empty place on a scrub eleven,
or oblige friend by helping to pace him
over four five mile cRoSs country jog.
In short, for four years OF their lives they
have grown as accustomed TO shaking out
their dusty brains and logy muscles with
a couple of hours exercise in the late after
noon before dinner time they have TO
taking the dinner itself. The practice has
assumed almost the dignity of a rite And
to be deprived of it. suddenly and without
any available substitute, as the majority of
such young men believe themselves to be
when they are shut UP on the somewhat
isolated Island of Manhattan, comes hard
comes very hard indeed.
One may ride in the park. perhaps-an
agreeable and enlivening Observation-Disclosures
only with the difficulty that keeping a
horse in New York Is about as expensive
as keeping ones self, while the riding of
hired horses Is practice attended with as
serious burdens to the impecunous as that
of frequenting the parquet seats of the
Broadway theaters n walk uptown from
the downtown Office is a substitute for ex-
ercise to which many who do not lean TO
the amusements already mentioned find
themselves reduced ut last walk of
three or four miles is, 10 be sure a GER
doubt that il is extremely wearying, but to
anyone of the most sluggish tempera-
ments the benefits of hurried tramp over
hard pavements in the noise of the late
afternoon, and through at least a good
many of the scenes among which one has
worked during the day, are somewhat TO
be doubted. Even those who affect il
regularly are likely. 1t may be observed.
10 find cocktail somewhat of a necessity
be fore dinner-if only TO wash the dust from
ones throat and the noise OF the street
from ones ears There are many who grad
TALLY allow this cocktail habit TO take the
place of their old habit of late afternoon
exercise and who seem TO be satisfied that
the temporary glow with which they sit
down TO dinner is a very tolerable substitute
for that acquired by methods somewhat
less effote. / am not prepared 10 enter
forensicaily into this delicate subject. but
/ am informed by the more enlightened OF
observers that this practice is analogous
TO metOnomy. which rhetorics define as the
substitution Of the sign for the thing sig.
njhed.
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SyIvia's Husband.

Nobody can write more charmingly of the
Smart Set" or instill more interest and
action into their undressing, inactive
lives than Mrs. Burton Harrison. She seems
equally at home in London and New York.
or-as in the present story-On an Irish
estate. But her Irish estate might be
South African farm, Montana ranch
Nova Zembla ice pack with only the
change of a word here and there: this same
Smart Set is the soul and body of the tale.
And IL is well that the shoemaker sticks
to her last for an agreeable story is the
result. There Is more or less scandal, sew
eral awful cads male and female; a few
positive villains three or four ''beastly
FOUNDERS, as they say in London town;
and several very nice people indeed Sylvia
Is a sweet and lovable heroine She falls
IN love with man who has past-an
inconvenient thing I'm novels though il STAYS
0bligingly buried sometimes in real life they
say AT any rate. Sylvia's enemies. male
and female. rake up this past and make all
manner of trouble and heartbreak But
1t comes out all right in the end; Sylvia S
husband is indicated. she herself triumphs
ovef all her foes. and pathetic. manly sub
ordinate hero has the mela rchOly satisfac-
ton of clearing all the clouds from the
life or the woman he has loved In vain
This man. Vail by name, is a very decent
sort OF man. and reminds one of John Drew
in THE Second in Command. He comes
in for consolation prize, though he is
really the most deserving and sensible char
acter in the entire outfit. Burton Har-
rison writes readable light summer fiction of
the kind that is entertaining when read
and doesn't remain in the memory over
night ID. Appleton * Co. New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14

Frank Hamilton Spearman. one OF the
popular novelists and newspaper writer's of
the day. has. In The Close of the Day.
mixed an interesting combination of BUSH
ness and stage life. spiced with love. Chi
cago and New York are the scenes The
principal characters are George Durant a
coffee merchant. and Katharine Sims an
actress Durant's suppers TO stage people
are the cause OF gossip that associates his
name with women. but he loves only one.
Katharine. who comes to him while he is
on his deathbed. The story is bright, dra-
matte at times. and has a pathetic ending.
u. Appleton & Co. New York
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Rescued from Fiery Death.

Mark Twain tells in ''Huckleberry Finn"
of a rural poetess whose speciality was
obituary verses She was never dilatory
about writing them. but when a neighbor
died she was ION hand with her tribute be-
fore the body was cold Well, here is a book
that has been made with the same in
decent haste. Ii is a novel whose central
incident is the Iroquois Theater disaster
This fact alone should be sufficient to ac-
count for any lack of serious criticism The
book is a thick volume with many grew
some photographs and horribly executed
cuts. and the tone of its contents can be
judged from the title page. Here il is in
full: Rescued from Fiery Death; a Pow
erful Narrative of the Iroquois Theater Dis
astcr. BY Wesley a. Starger Mighty
Flames Graphically Portrayed Triumph
of Love and Devotion over Fire and Smoke
Vivid Pen Pictures. Realistically Depicting
Deeds of Heroism. Helpless Victims Res
cued from a Terrible Doom. Thrty-five
Eull-page Pictures. True TO Life"
But this is not all, The final chapters
work in description OF the Baltimore fire
as well-the presses must have been STONED
while il was written AT any rate IL did
net get on the title page. which is a pity
Laird * Lee, Chicago. are the publishers
and they are to be congratulated. together
with the talented author. on a new speed
record in modern fiction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
EMPEROR WILLIAM IS
WELCOMED IN ENGLAND

DOVER, Eng, March 13.-The North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Koenig Albert, on its
way TO the Mediterranean with Emperor
William on board, arrived here this after
noon A large crowd welcomed the En-
peror, but as the visit was unofficial, no
salute was fired Sir William Henry Crun-
dell, former mayor of Dover. went on board
the Koenig Albert and delivered some dis
patches after which the vessel proceeded.