THE OREGON SUNDAY' JOURNAU ; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 15, 1003.
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Actors Now
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popular organisation, No mort popular
leading man haa ever appeared In this
city than Mr. Alison, and aver .alnc.
tba announcement of-hi. return to hla
own, Mntr Oeorge'L, Bakar ha a been
overwhelmed with, .xpr.s.lona of de
light at hla suceee. In ..curing him.
Th. "Imp" will of cnur. b. played
by Donald Bowlaa, and Ml. Stoddard
win piay rnyiiia. it la preoicteu mat
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By J. F. S
HANGING in a shadowy corner of the, wall near your library fireplace
:yotr probably have a nicely framed card bearing that familiar motto
land warning anent disturbing Shakespeare's bonea.
I. too. have one. but I turned its face to the wall last Monday
night and went to see Charles IL Han
ford, play "Antony and Cleopatra."
No one baa had the affrontery to
ceatore it to its proper position yet.
Even the infamously neat Japanese
chamber boy has left it alone. He
understands that until those dear
posters howing the nrct Shakes
pearian enthusiast, in his frock coat
and black string tie, book in one hand
and chin in the other, dreamily gaz
, ing out upon the members of his
company in dress rehearsal, have
been covered by the paper" for
..the latest thriller at the Star, the in
scription will have to continue look
ing up the chimney piece.
For Mr. Hanford gave the bard't
'tones an awful rattling and the skirts
.'of his chorus girls' blew the sacred
dust about considerably. And in
y Jspite of his efforts to strew bob-cat
"kins around in an artistic fashion
Vtnd otherwise lend what the press
fegent calls "a scenic investiture" to
Jhe performances, they were a fright
Mful bore. Gilt chairs do not a drama
jnake, nor. chorus girls a show. And
productions of "Antony and Cleo--pitra'"
such as were given last week
were neither drama nor show, but a t
' curious mixture of the two, which
"didn't appeal to the audiences.
I And yet Mr. Hanford is making a
commercial success out of his
f hakespearian persistence, it is said,
n the smaller pities they flock to
; iee him. He has kept at it so long
v that his coming is looked upon as an
, invent of some importance. There is
very wide popular respect for
hakespearc, even if there is no wide
understanding of him. "The Mer- .
ihant of Veruce" is in the curriculum
pt most secondary schools and if one
lias worked over it himself for some
time he naturally has a desire to see
some one else stagger over the lines.
JThe Taming of the Shrew" is a,
merry enough comedy which is also
. )vell known. "Antony and Cleo
patra," while it contains many scenes
of marvelous . power, does not "play"
Well. There is little enough relation
petween the various acts in the original and when Mr. Hanford gets through
picking out a morsel here and a morsel there the result is scarcely edifying.
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', ' But in spite of all that, if you think you will go to see this play merely
to hear the many fine lines recited intelligently you are again disappointed.
.The beauties of the bard's language are trampled and torn into unrecog
hizable shreds. You can take the play yourself and read it and go into
jraptures over many of the passages. But you can sit in the theatre and
hear Miss "Wilson gurgle over Cleopatra's lines and watch Mr. Hanford
mouth those of Antony and get absolutely nothing from it. If you don't
know the play this' will probably irritate you, provided you have any nat
ural curiosity about what the people are doing. If you do know it you
will tear your hajr and probably leave the theatre.
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1 And yet we are taken to task irt what really seema to be all serrousness tbesi t atook Pun of tha great
and told that we. should grasp thl; seldom offered opportunity of m aTVo;,'
the rea v arc at pieces 01 me .ng.in Grama, wo arc toiu mat wr.
ford was one of the "Big our" with Jfredencic vvara, louis James ano
Catherine Kidder. That's a had indictment, Dot it doesn't succeed in
making either Mr. Hanford or his productions excessively entertaining
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Lyric's Final Performances. '
If you haven't seen . the Allen . stock
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lie is occasionally funny, but the man company. In IU beat effort -Our New
who iroes to a serious production and . rtf.J".vTinwhI?t0
is forced to lauarh audibly is a nuis- r tonlsht for thaaa two MrfarmuicM
ancc and snouJdn't go to the theatre. I win cioa.in. run. -ptu ia th
One can't helo beini suspicious o fS?w-0f J5 welt- Mln lctu
a tanc oi love oi an wnen tnat ac
votion doesn't work an improvement
in the recitation of the masters
phrases and his majestic blank verse
TJrere is a curious dearth of
wiinvoy i i.ii v y i ITnrhea' now unnuul "The
i " - "'.il. v-..;v Travlln Sulcaman," which Henry B.
ijir.uij w. ... IfnrHa will nreaent with Thftm.. W
UUl 19 slIIUBl IVII 111 HO Li v v 1 1 1 I rj .a, il. it..j
4. a - i iwsjr, nvw in ( vice i mm. i u i irq ixuu'
lion OI me iamous ciassic. ao ,n .ho.tr.. New -York. th. r.. Kln.
topiptmiw -ia iu. h.cU. . POmBi..-d. ,, whlch lnolud. William
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nsirh ITln Vrt at t i YTinMaif T.amsiAn
Rosalind in "As You Like It ' in Sep-1 Per-iva) t. foore. . D. Blakemora!
mhr nH if her fnnd honra are re- I Nlcholaa Rurnham. Edward Dreaaar.
alized will devote herself for all time U.'ftr'i.'SIS.r'K
iu pmmiirnic. kiiic bub nms i in, tun nt feminine roia.
to drop Alice - Mt - by - tne - r ire,
"Cousin Kate" and "Her Sister" for "Mart of th Lowland." which la a
, . .1, i ni lerp i fc or Angei uuiracr, was
written for the arreateat of Soanlah ac
Otis Skinner, who IS playintr as trennea. Maria Guerrero. Bha haa playad
Colonel Philip Bridau in the Hudson!" throughout Spain Mexico, and Bouth
tlo.tr. Mw Ynrlf arfm t. hf lie I . " i'J..'"a i
too, Jiaa onaKcspcariaii amumuiia, tiui varaal appeal, beauty and power Dy be
says he hasn t much hopes ot fulhll- coming- .a popular ciaasip.
incr them I
fc'IJ lllu Jil ni" iMuitnoiin 1UUK1 m.rl.i rtarntnn "! trlhf I'm mn.
for Shakespeare," said Mr. Skinrfer ing to play Hamlet. Of courae. I know
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I coulJn t make a living; aa Hamlet, but
I'm going- to work at It for 12 nighta
In May, and tf I ran gat by I'll be ant
lafli'd. They Bhakeapeare la food fur
thought, and aa long aa I ran buy
v' "'"v ".-."-" ..-'v. Bnouid Ko Hungry, do you?
in an interview the other day, "and
every one believes that he can act
Shalrejpeare. a bit better than ethers
who are acting characters in the crea-
But what does it amount to when
"No, air; Hamlet waan't aane. He
E. H. SOTHERN
one plays 'Hamlet? You simply in- ' lnaane by aettlng hla mind on one
..:. .t- t ...tj.. I purpoa. That a whnt drlvea folki
yiic iiw luiupui ui t'ruuujr craay. Look at tha paopl. In this town
and are compared with everybody who ar. money mad! Money drlvea
else. And to what end? craiy and then drlvea m to aul
l m j .u.. ci, cido. Did you ever hear of a tramp
1 am convinced that bliakespeare committing aulelde? Did you ever hear
nas Deen overaone tor tne present, or bum Mowing ma nena orrr iiam-
All this talking and preaching about " oe " nia neaa Decau.e nia mma
oi i i . . Is et on one Idea. Hla flrat apeech
onaKeaspearc win not mane uie puu- to hl, mother 'Seema madama! Nay.
nc tnre.'.tre auaience love mm any it i. win te tne Keynote to my par
more nor crave him more fervently, formance. And I'm gomg to play it
T k.i;..,. k. it u;. ni.. ..,.r i.J, ancle-nt. Tou can't play It modern.
I believe that if his plays were left That'a the trouble with moat actors
alone for a generation or two then tbey try to Juat talk Hamlet. Hut I'm
the public would cry for them again "t to rant. I'll be careful to
, . i , i r cu i keep my voice down. I want to make
and then we could have a Shakes- th. part nympathetic. and when I die
peare revival ana nave it success- mi ao it aown mage cioae to tne au
r1l. irt .newer n o ,n r-ir,. QlenC."
iuiij ill aa ii o rr vi a vs aa uinv - viii. I
I leel convinced that Shakespeare wrote nis piays to entertain nis Henry Arthur Jones, since the fall
audiences. All tie philosophy that has been read into Shakespeare was done ure in New York of hla piaw "The
afir Shot. c.o r !,;,.!( h,A Ann- with bit nlavn lie rreaterl them in Evangelist," and of "Th Hypocrites"
V. .r;i" "L":?.rr.'r "Tu" .. "t ":"": .... In London, ha. been aurr.rlng from
tiiiriictui ills pcLpic ox iiic lucdiic, aiiu iiic wumi ui luicssuis aiiu blu-
dents has been busy ever sinqe explaining what Shakespeare meant. His
plays filled the needs of the period, just as the plays of the present fill the
theatrical needs of today."
The Shakespearian actors of the old school are rapidly diminishing in
number. Frederick Ward typifies them and he goes around lecturing on
the degeneracy of the stage and the vulgarity of the popular taste.
Perhaps the popular Uaste is vulgar. Probably Mr. Ward is right. But
wje aren't yet vulgar enAigh to enjoy the combination of vaudeville and
Shakespeare that was handed out at the Heilig last week.
pkomises made by
;thuieess agents
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tlon, "What , Women Will Do," whlh
tomes to the Empire for th. week
. starting Sunday matinee, March 23.
I Judging 'from the unanimous praise
thla charming play haa received front
III aidea and the enormous support and
patronage awarded It. th. above state
ment eeems .unnecessary. There has
Eever been a love story more beautlful
r told or delicately worked out, and
omlng from the pen of such a success
' ful playwright as Harry Jackson, the
' Well known author, places the play far
OVvv ine svi?rttn iueiuuia.ua.
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r- . 'The Stowaway" at the Lyric
f There ar. few plays on the Amer-
4in alar a that enua.1 for sustained In
terest that wonderfully realistic com
.dv-drama. "Th. Stowaway," which the
Allen company will preaent for foe
' Week commencing tomorrow night For
, i number of yeara it has been a favor
- It. on the high in-Iced circuits and never
' falls to draw capacity houses. It was
recently released for stock and th.
Lyric management goooieu u up ini
mediately.
-.it It reoulre. some of the most elabo
rate stag, settings that have ever been
used on a local stage, those showing
the yacht of a millionaire as it threads
Its way, across the sea and the blow-
- Ing open oi a real aaie in me most
approved cracksman style being only
two of the situations that will make
th. audience sit up and take notice.
The Allen conpany will make one o
Its strongest bids for favor In th.
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Felton will be seen as Chucky, the
herolo little lad, and Forreat Beabury
as the stowaway, from whom the play
takes Its name. - The entire roster of
th. company will appear in the east,
' Kupert Drum having a particularly ef-
Xectly. roie.
t. Manarer Flood and Director Allen
have with the assistance of their start
provided i elaborate equipment, and th.
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riay WUI oe given wi an n cniirciy,
t h" delightful story, full of thrills
laughs and heart throbs. Tou cannot
''afford' te miss it. Moving pictures, th.
1 latest path, films that can be obtained
In New York, will be shown between
" acts. Be mir and secure your seats in
advance and be sure of getting a good
Matinees Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
end Sunday.
Bill at Pantagea.
j siiaaia-4aii4tkltln avntst-n4siai Am satintxm fn
llfa. SH.WI viiVMiywuu KT
the announcement that the famous
tragedian . and star, Melbourne Mac
Powell, will head the new bill t Pan-
tages for th. week opening Monday.
Assisted by the widely known actress,
Virginia ijrew Trescott, Mr. MacDowell
' Will present the tragic dramatic sketch
"The Oath, r in which his abilities as
an eminent 1 interpreter of important
' roles In the world of dramatio art are
shown to fine advantage. The Mac-Dowell-Trescott
appearance Is one of
" th. notable events of the season and
wer. they aprearlng at any house other
man tne popular ana enterprising
Fourth street establishment the price
per Mat would te
, -MacDowell w(U b. remembered as one
of the rratest Interpreter, of Bardou
. play's. H. starred with Fannie Daven
port, hi. wife, for several years cov
ering th. entire continent with great
success, , H. haa th. same personal
magnetism. ;olc. and virility that
' marked hi. earlier .nccenees, while
Virginia Drew Trescott has been hailed
ft th. legitimate successor to Fannie
tav.nport In her stag, presence and
acting ability. She la a woman of his
trionic e-tfts, depth of feeling and In
tellectual power.. Her -appearance here
will be f especial moment In view of
the fact that h. Is a native .Oregonian
and ha hundreds.' of personal friends
In Portland. . . . ., .
Supplementary 1 this remarkable
feature there will be a host of good
feature. ..Koflfman . brothers, burlesque
operatic vocalists, are worthy of a feature-
place on1 any ..MIL, They present
airlequa , version of famous . operas
aa sung by noted stars of the grand
opera stage.
Matthews and Harris have a new
farcical creation in their "Adam the
Second," which has been going big
th. country over.
Carlisle and Baker, colored aristo
crats, have a new mualcal act In which
ragtime and darky melodies figure.
They use two pianos In their act and
do some clever novelty playing.
Frederick and Burr, omedy jugglers,
are classed among tht. best, and those
who have been fortunate enough to see
their work say they stand in a class
apart.
Jean Wilson, the popular harltonn.
will sing a new illustrated song and
th. biograph will reel off Bomething
new in um moving picture line.
The bill of the past week. Just con
eluding, has been one nf uhmh.IuI
valuea with an all-star aggregation of
vsuueviue people. Murphy and Wll
lard, th. Floreni trouDe. Pnllr mil
llns, Marlon and pearl. Arthur Huston,
rwarV..,U80n an1 the b'oa-raph make up
mo uiujiik. oee ii roaay Dy an mean.
At the Star.
"On Thanksgiving Day" will b. pre
sented ior th. rirst time in Portland at
the Star theatre this afternoon,-and will
be the attraction for the week at this
popular house. The French stock com
irnny appeared in tnis piay a year ago
ii n.uu nturra a aeciaea suoces..
Th. critics of Seattle declared "On
Thanksgiving Dfcy" one of the best play,
of Its klnofckthat had been preaented in
that city in many seasons. Practically
the same cast that appeared in the play
in Seattle will be seen at the Star thea
tre this week.
The scenes in "On Thanknarlvlnp- n.v"
are laid near a small village in a New
""5 a is a pasioraj piay ror
the most part, and the story Is one of
those wholesome, nulet nH lnt.r..tlm
affairs which never fail to win the re
gard of a city audience. Owen Davis
is the author of the plav, and, as is well
known to the patrons of the Star, every
play of this author which has been pro-1
duced by the French stock company haa
been an artistic and financial success.
There are few dramatists who are more
skilled word-painters than Mr. Davis,
and In "On Thanksgiving Day" he Intro
duces a number of new character types.
Among these is the "Jumping French
man," a character little known in the
west, but common In the "down east"
country.
"On Thanksgiving Day" tells a sim
ple and direct story in four acts, and
the interest is so well sustained that
there is no time during the performance
when the play does not hold the atten
tion. Each act will be well staged un
der the direction of George Berry. Mat
inees will be held today, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
The Grand.
Tomorrow afternoon the new program
of vaudeville will be offered at the
Grand, and, while the past week has" seen
a good show, the new one will be even
better. The four corners of the earth
have been searched for clever vaudeville
specialties ,and the result is a program
which will delight all who like this light
and lively entertainment. The position
of headliners goes to Qllday and Fox,
who are said to be England s foremost
Hebrew impersonators. They were a
success In London, and were brought to
this country during the rag. "for ad
vanced vaudeville in the east. They
have been secured by Sullivan A Consl
dlne, and now come to the Pacific coast
for the first time. This act la consid
ered on. of the most amusing Hebrew
delineations seen In America.
For the special added attraction th.
Orand presents a girl act, such as ar.
now coming into vogue in th. larger
theatres of the east. May Redalle and
her village cut-ups will appear in a
bunch of singing and talking specialties
grouped into a rural playlet. There Is
a turn which will make one of the hlta
Of the week. If the Portland audiences
are like those in other cities. Arm
strong: an Levering are giving a bicycle
act. They are expert cyclists and every I
trick that any other wheelman can do
they do.
Hobson and Sheldon have a comedy
sketch which they call "Meet Me in
Syracuse." It Is a laugh from the mo
ment they make th.ir appearance until
tne I lnisn. Kos. and Severn, eom. with
one of the funniest of burlesque automo
bile acta. Their machine doe. every
thing but talk, and the nearest It comes
to talking is blowing up. Eddie Powers,
a blackface comedian, will tell the lat
est Jokes. Miss Seaward will render tho
Illustrated ballad, and F. F. Montressa's
motion waves will depict the latest film
story from Paris. Today will close the
current bill, headed by Carlisle's ani
mals.
"The Power That Governs.'
Creston Clarke, supported by a care
fully selected cast of well-known met
ropolitan players, will appear at the Mar
quam Grand next week presenting "The
Power That Governs." a new modern
American drama In three acts, by Ade
laide Prince. The popularity .of Mr.
Clarke in this city is not excelled by
that of any other contemporary player
and his approaching engagement should
prove to be an even more Important
event than any of his visits in the past.
The broad, wholesome and serious mod
ern drama has never before been In
auch demand by discriminating theatre
goers as tt ts at the present- time, and
"The Power That Governs" Is declared
by those who have seen it to be one of
the veVy best example, of that class
of Dlavs shown in a Ions' time. Tn tha
chief male role, that of Andrew Michael
Mr. . Clarke has a part that is said to'
be exactly suited to hi. methods of
character expression.
George Alison Coming.
George Alison will begin his engage
ment at the head of the Baker company
next Sunday matinee, opening In the
great Nat Goodwin play, "When We
Were Twenty-One" and this will be a
red-letter event with patrons of that 1
in
somnia, and has been advised to take a
long rest
Lloyd Bingham, Amelia Bingham's
husband. Is playing the villain's part
in Mis. Bingham's production of- "A
Modern Lady Godlva. Bingham some
year, ago quit the stage to become a
stock broker.
Grace George 1. to play Beatrice to
Frank Worthing'. Benedick in "Much
Ado About Nothing." Mr. Worthing Is
eventually to bo starred by Mr. Brady.
It was reported from Rochester last
week that Henrietta Crosman will
leave the stage temporarily thla spring
to go to India to claim a fortune left
her by her grandfather. Charles Crosman.
"Father and the Boys," the comedy
by George Ade, In which William H.
Crane will soon appear in New York,
Is one of the American plays which
Charles Frohman selected to produce In
London.
Paul Armstrong and Rex Beach, col
laborating, have produced a farce en
titled "Going Some." which has been
in rehearsal In New York for a week,
and will be produced for the first time
Easter Monday.
Georg. M. Cohan is completing a new
play, which his father, mother and
slst.'r. Josephine, will assist him to
produce. The piece will be put on by
Cohan and Harris at the Knicker
bocker theatre, in New York, about the
middle of April.
For the principal role in "Tho Serv
ant in the House." Henry Miller has
engaged Tyrone Power. This play
will Do produced early in the spring.
It Is the work of C. Rann Kennedy, an
English r.uthor, who arrived in America
recently with his wife, Edith Wynne
Matthleon.
HICAGO. March 11. A, new source I phy.lolane of the city who believe that
of revenue to Uncle Sam that IP" 7u?r"A"?MA ? f'vtnm?m-
f" - -1 anuria io aecura r.iorm. calculated to
of dollar, annually la part of thai preserve the public health. - A little
' latest plans of , the Internal sVV.iZ. iJ...lrml'
. . , , . .fc-tloa of the rat., for Instance, they be-
waterways cwnmiaaiun. . ium , . jev W0U11 b. th. .avlng of thousands
utilisation of the Immense water power of dollars In case bubonic plague should
that will be d.veloped by the construe- J brought to Chicago by" immigrants.
, - .. ui..i..tnni ami traveler, or aoldl.ra who hav. b.en In
tlon of dams In th. Mississippi and or)entml countries. . The ca.. of New
oth.r rivers in connection1 with pro Orleans has bain cited to Illustrate tha
posed government waterway projects., need of giving th. doctor, thla author
The annual value of the unused '' V'
power of the United state, at present i appropriation of 110,000 to clos. th.
la nlnced hr exnerta at th. enrmou. I open ..wer. and thus tak. aw.r on.
rigur. or n.any t i.vvv,vuv,vv, or rawiivi ini graaiaai Draining pia.ee. or in
than th. annual valu. of all the mine. I f acted mosquito... H. was laughed at.
In th. country, Including coal and Iron I Later the-fever cam. and In loss of
a. well a. th. oreclou. metal., it ai-1 business cost th. cltr million, of dol.
ready ha. dam. at th. head waters lars and worse, .core. - of lives. Jt
of the Mississippi and elsewhere, but I now haa been demonstrated clearly that
lew or in cm r now uuuwu. iui u-iin. mosquuoe. war. tn. Dearer, or In.
v.lopment of the areat Internal river I Cles, two h.rolo army aurg.on. hav
Drolect. which Pl.sldent Hoosev.lt 1 In. sacrificed their lives In exnerlmnnta
urgea in nis i.ai nieaaagn, wm cmi w ascertain tne truth on mis point,
for the construction of dams which! . . . ;
will produce hundr.d. of thousands ot Where are the funds eomln from to
noraapowrr aa n inyiuvm w hmkiub i finance ror tn. rest or tn. y.ar the 4 lift
th. river, gf eater highways of .com- cities In th. country havln. a nonnla.
merce. A way Is thus opened for Unci. t0n ot 0TW. 10,000, wa. th. pertinent
Sam to lake a hand in th. .xploltat on subject of debet, at th. uniqu. conven-
U1 "wi.. ' ,,, "J.T V r. .... Vi. l," 01 uiinois mayor, which nas Just
water power will b. leaser! or used dl- b.en held in Chicago. Th. whole que.-
rest has not y.t been determined, but tioa ot clty tMJoa and indebted.
1ihthVCM"J.?,iJ.P.rfIiriYf tS2 o"1" ,n for dl.cus.lon. and suggestions
which should go far tor lake care of the wer, mt6m by th n d, f .Vcore of
upkeep of th. canal, and river ohan- muniMn.HH. .h. .,. .
nels, when one. these are completed.
municipalities who are havln. a mora
or leas hard struggle to k.ep theSvo'f
A ,lnn,tl... km rr.elv v tn aim. "' "ur- r.umanis
" " - - - - - " - . - - -- -r- i ware hanlrMl tin n n ram .hAain. lh.i
Rr'" "?V?K Wall .trwit millionaire, sr. not in.
. nicago ponce as a rrsun oi inn irou- i . .hi. !.
ki. .ri.ir,. from th at Minii ea. 0.nlv surrerera at thla tlm. f rom floan-
sasslnation Of Chief
by the Russian
When the "high
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or pone, snippy I :,:.;,.y;? ":
anarchist, Averbuch. I "rr: "V v " ' ? '
Z.?:''.-0" 1120 In som. oth.r larr. cities, and la
lie hall in th. city closed against her ,TJiTO.Ug.h,-U eiA i .TnnnAtrjr, mtrwn
and wa. unable" to g.t .n. audienc for i!f 'J-64!',1 ,4 00 f
her revolutionary speech., liy tnis I "1"".. vui-uunm, u
j.i.. ii,. .u. .v,i. minions or aoiiar. more must d. rortn
Dut a auletu. on further agiutlon with- coming In th. next nine month. It Im-
out resorting to violent measures. The provementa are to be continued ana
rigid Inve.tgatlon following the snoot- P"-'.'""" . "7. " '" i"!"
nt a .ri, iini in r.v.ai an I in the face of rigid limit, of Indebtud-
evidence of an anarchist plot Involving ness and taxation ha. become almost a
other oersons. but it brought to light national problem and conventions of
a pitiful story of the Kishinev massa- mayors to discus, this question win
ere of 1905. which influenced the mind probably b. held In other states now
or the Impressionable boy with a last- mai Illinois nua iea me way.
irtr hatrmA nt nil nftnmrm nf tha law. I -
Averbuch'. sister, Olga, who told the Butter has been .o high of late, and
story, was a girl at the time of the th. substitution or -oieo" ror it nas
massacre. When th. drunken Russian been so highly profitable, that Internal
mob, led by the police, broke Into the revenue officer, at Chicago hav. start
house In which h. was, her father, ed a campaign through northern Illinois
sister and brother only saved their against dishonest dealers. It 1. be-
llv. by throwing them.elves on th. lieved that th. .ale of oleomargarine.
rioor ana reigning aeatn. A big man l coioreo to reaemm. ouuer, is ueing car
wlth a bearrl seised her bv the throat I rlerf out on a much wider seal, than had
and would have strangled her If sh. I been suspected. Extra deputies from
had not given him $25 the saving, of I the revenue office have been aent out
the ramiiy ror months. An, it was to punish an who .re violating tn. law.
terrible In Klsehlnev." ah. cried. "It I Unci. Sam I. much Interested, for there
waa holiday time and everywhere it II. a stamp tax of a quarter or a cent
was cried, 'Kill the Jews!' some tney l a pound on all oleomargarine sold un-
tore to piece, and som. th. aoldler. I colored, and 10 cent, a pound on
shot to de.th. I sleet not for three that which has . b.en colored. When-
days and my little sister's hair turned ever the "oleo" Is sold as creamery but
gray." I ter th. evasion of taxes means a very
. . .. ., . handsome profit. Th. fraud la being
Th. Chicago delegation which en- arrti nrf nrlnclnall. in the larcer en
tered an emphatic protest at Washing- jes, where the butter buyers ar. not ao
ion againm proposed puis n ron.rcaw i familiar with the real tning, irean irora
io proniDii tuiures in me seuing ui farm Or dairy,
farm products, returned particularly I
Impressed and pleased with the re-1 Tn- ,pher. of the public library's
j.u.i vi " " " userulness na. been streicneo io in-
I louse with President Roosevelt. The I i,, n,,,. n n wntnn-
elimination or mere oucKet-snop ,houid one yearn for Chopin or Llsit,
m""'S wuk;h u-jaiu ui "u or Beethoven, the presentation or a llt-
-?,n8 yh f.?unV , was dls-u""ed- rary card will ..cure, for menchanical
J ; iZ:. rJ".mT"immP'' !ew..?r taumc tnat nave rna
of the Chicago and other boards of "' ,
. w-n ,1 9 i hi. A,MT. v. , . .. . ... mwu
O. K. of critic, as having musical
novel or
imraad sir ..mn ir m
...v.vu " - n - c
chas; or s'aTe of any commodity "for W?.? aS wen':
future delivery made between membera. jSt"0?:"-! . ,7th fhl
whether acting for themselves or aa . phita"Vc .d
.., f nnn-memhera muat eon- works that made Wagner ramous ana
J?"1.8.. "on"m?m2er."' mu"1. c?: the waltses that nut Schubert', nam.
lempiaio ine actual unlivery oi in' r ..! "11 ii rrk .,,t.,,
property by the seller and receipt of n th,e,' f' "'LfXnll .5t,mb
same by the buyer according to the P "o In tn1""", ""bun2
terms of the contract. Failure of b a, nfw e"! 'ii!
either party to literally fill the obliga
tion euojects tne orrender to severe
penalties at the hands of the directors.
All this "providing that within the life
of the contract the transaction Is not
concluded by a set-off or 'ring-up' and
settled by the payment of a money
difference." The supreme court of the
United States has not only decided
such future contracts are wholly legal.
but has also decided that these set
offs or settlements as now In vogue
are also legal. It would appear that
the pending measures now before con
gress, tr enacted into a law, would
f Tactically do away with all operations
n futures, in all likelihood force tho
exchanges to lose and be fraught with
f;reat danger to the enormous produc
ng and commercial interest, of the
country.
A modern pled piper has been In de
mand in Chicago to rid the city of rats.
Iir. A. W. Baer appealed to the health
office to drive them out before bubonic
plague works eastward from South
America and the western islands.
"Food Is cooked in tho same rooms
about which rat. rummage," was the
doctor's warning. The health depart
ment haa acted on the warning and has
taken steps to exterminate rats of all
ages and kinds. The prompt attention
given Dr. Baer's suggestion encourages ,
study of the principles of harmonics
the flbrarv sheet, are adtusted and the
mechanical piano set going to do the
rest.
A close Investigation of the Chicago
schools will be made by a committee
which has been appointed to examine
the fire escapes, stairways, and exits,
test the efficiency of the fire drills
and to investigate violations of tho
city fjre ordinances that may be found.
The. choolhous. horror at Colllnwood,
Ohio, had a peculiarly vivid interest
for Chicago people because of the Iro
quois theatre disaster which In this
generation will never, be forgotten by
Chicago people. The Investigations are
in accordance with recommendations of
the secretary of the Illinois .tate
board of health, who In all the country
was th. first to advise all local author
ities to visit and inspect schoolhou.es
and to see that provisions were made
for the safety of the children. Similar
lnvestlgatlona are being made all over
the country, and in most cases are nec
essary. Kven unaer me ruies oi wio
various city bureaus, It has been dis
covered that many of the Chicago
school buildings are not at present duly
protected, and in smaller cities and hi
rural districts the danger. It is believed.
Is correspondingly greater a. th. ordi
nary inspection is less.
Trapped Partridges.
' Correspondence London Field.
While out shooting partridges with
three guns we wore walking a small
field of roots when we flushed a covey
of five birds. They rose singly and
we killed four of them. The fifth be
ing hard hit carried on some little way
ana aroppea in a paicn or Dramble,
where wo afterward found It.
On examination of the five birds two
had no feet, only stumps, the two oth
er, had only one leg each, and the fifth
was the only perfect bird among them.
They were all old ones and the stumns
were quite healed, though rather clubbed
at the end.
CHORUS GIRLS WHO STUMP NATURE'S HANDIWORK
ft, t 4 X " -
Points of Interest Near Denver
p
OINTS of interest easily reached
from Denver should be made
known to delegate, and other
people who intend to visit that
, city during the Democratic na
tional convention next July. Cut this
out and paste It in your hat and you
can familiarize yourself long before
hand with the names of places that
have become famous throughout the
world as points of interest in Colorado.
Leadvllle, Colorado's famous silver
mining camp of the old days, but now
proaucing more goia than sliver, is
161 mile, southwest of Denver In the
heart of the mountains. The altitude
1. 10,200 feet and population 16,000.
It is one of the lareest mlnlne- eamna
In th. world.
CrlDDle Creek, the great .old minln.
camp of recent year., is 1J1 mile,
south of Denver and Is the greatest
gold camp ever known. It has a popu
lation or anoui isu.uuu. since 1S91 this
camp has produced over $43,000,000 in
gold. Prior to that year the site of
this camp was grazing land.
Idaho Springs is 38 miles west of
Denver; Georgetown is 60 miles west,
and from thla point the visitor travels
over the famous Georgetown loop,
which is a gigantic and costly railroad
engineering feat. Central city, the
scene of the first gold discovery In
Colorado in the late 60s, 1. 40 miles
west of Denver. Boulder, on. of th.
nrxrrlnar nltlea In tha state, and lo-
is BS miles northwest, at the foot
the Rocky mountains. The Colorado
Texas Chautauqua meet, here each
summer. Greeley, made famous by
Horac. Greeley', remark about going
west and building up with the country,
is 62 miles north of Denver in the heart
of the largest Irrigated farming dis
trict In the world. Colorado Spring,
and Manitou, in the Pike's Peak dis
trict, are 72 mile, south, and Glenwood
Springs, a delightful bathing resort,- Is
887 mile. west. steamDoai tspring. is
in the great undeveloped northwestern
part of the state hat is now being
opened for settlement and exploited.
There are many points of Interest In
thla section of the state.
These place, are all reached by rail
roads that climb steep mountain grades,
skirt the edges of steep precipices, pick
their way up serpentine gulches by the
side of roaring streams, dash through
deep, awe-inspiring canyons, wind
around huge mountains until .they make
their way over enow-covered passes
thousands of feet above the sea, then
take the traveler down Into beautiful,
verdure-clad valleys, where man dwells
at peace with the world and where the
tourist Journeys to regain health and
strengtn to return noma ano taK. up
anew the daily grind of 'life.
The Chorus Group Appearing In "Coming Thro' the Rye," at the Heilig Next Week.
The beauty of stage women is so
often a theme for. derision and unpleas
ant comment that a- little fact and
philosophy regarding them brings with
it tinge of spiee.
Strange to say, the really pretty girl
doe. not make up as well as the one
in whom nature has left certain de
ficiencies. A country lassie with the
bloom of health upon her cheeks and
th. fire of . energy in her eye. will
look commonplace under grease paint
when placed alongside of the girl who
know, the secrets of the makeup box.',
yet lacks th. natural charm ah. knows
so well how to Imitate.
JSven the city girl, who has adopted
-'r-jfuff
the stage, be she ever so beautiful,
does not arouse the admiration One
would expect, while other women who
nave saia rare well to hopes ef beauty
.am ouisnine ner.
' In an interview with Frank Lalor.
the star of "Coming Thro" the Rye.'1
which comes to the Helliar theatre next
week, he said: "Nature IS very. Jealous
of itg work; that once the pinnacle
vi numan cnarm is reached, or even
approached, the artificial effort falls
utterly to surpass it.
"To Illustrate this point." he said,
Miss Helen hltcomb, whom you see
dancing on theV extreme right in the
"Broncho Boy" number, 1. a good ex
ample. When I first saw her at re
hearsal I must confess I thought her
to be one of th. most liomely girls I
" - ., , . fcJ .
had ever seen. She sang well and gave
roriti great promise, though ner looks
did not win for her. Yet, at you can
see, with her makeup on ah. 1. one of
tne most oeauurui gins in the chorus.
I bejiav. I am doing her no Injustice
nor lessening the admiration of any of
ner rrienas in saying tnat ene is on.
or tn. cleverest makeups on the stage.
' "Now," continued the comedian, "iuat
ake a look on the other side of my
argument, r or example, mere s Minnie
Monroe,, one or tne "Flora of Fashion"
show girls. She came from - Jersey,
where thf lilies come from. She looks
the demure, rustic tyce who must earn
her own way In tha world and whose
head la not turned by the finery of
other women In the east whose nart.
ouvrank hers In social prominence.
"You would not take her to be one
of the most beautiful srlrls on thA atar
today. And, Btranger still, she is what
the Sunday society editors call a
reigning society queen." she came to
the stage from the most luxurious
home surroundings and every refine
ment which wealth could provide. While
extremely gentle and kindly, she ha. a
bit more of the imperial stuff In her
than most women. The glow In her
cheeks is natural, and blessed Jittl.
makeuD ever bothers her vt aha
looks very plain alongside of the stage
maoe beauties."
'"What', the answer?"
I a-uesa vou have thut AtnmA nnt
right. Frank." Internolated a. member
of the business staff whn Averhaari the
lecture. . . .vti, . ,
TEIBE OF CRIMINALS.
The Maghaya's Greatest Pride Is
Successful Burglary.
From the Bengal Gazetteer.
The Maghaya is born in an arhar
field and schooled to theft from his In
fancy. He lives without shelter or food
ior tne- morrow, perpetually moving
from encampment to encampment,
chased by the police and execrated by
tne villagers, nis greatest pnoe is a
successful burglary, and a prolonged
artnKing doui nis most coveted re
ward.
Jail offer, no terrors to the Dom; It
ts merely me result or being a
bungler at his trade. The first attempt
to reclaim me xuagnaya jjoms in Uham
parun wa. made by Mr. (now Sir EL)
Henry. He found th. greater number
of the adult membera of the tribe were
in lall. Hiverv police officer wa. held
responsible, tf any Dom. were found in
hi. Jurisdiction, with the result that as
soon as a Dom was released from. Jail
he was usually returned thither under
the bad livelihood sections.
Agricultural settlements were estab
lished for the tribe, but they do not
seem to have been very successful as
civilising agenoies. Th. settlements
serve as houses for the women and chil
dren, but the men are seldom found In
tnem. "u
The females generally hawk stolen
property In the villages and . act as
spies. - . , . i
TOPSY-TURVY CHINA,
Some Things Which Strike Ut
American as Queer.
China is the land of paradox. It la
an absolute, despotic monarchy, It 'Is
also a very democratic country, with Ha
self-made men, its powerful public opin
ion, and a, states' rights question of Its
own. :.. v
It is one of the most corrupt of na
tions, declares Samuel Merwln In Suc
cess: on the oth.r hand, the standard
of personal and commercial honesty Is
probably hisher In China than la any
other country In the wprld.
Woman In China i. mad. to serve? httk
status is so low tnat it wouia oe a ais
courtesy even to as! man If he haa
a daughter: yet th. ablest ruler China-
has had in many centuries Is a womaiwr
It 1. a land where the women wear
socks and troua.r., and tha men wear
tocklnr. and robe.: where a r man
shakes his own hand, not you!.;' where
white, not black, is a sign of mourning;
where the compass points south, not
north: where book, are read backward.'
not forward; where names and titles are
put. In reverse order, aa In our direc
tories -Theodore Roosevelt would be
Roosevelt Theodore. In ChinaTJncia 6am
would be Bam Uncle: where fraotinna
are written upside down, as 8-5, not H;
where a bride wails bitterly at her wed
ding, and a man . laughs when he telle
youof his mother's death, ,.,, .