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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', - PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH tr' 1603.'
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Wheil Mary
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By J. F. S.
T was to be the usual newspaper interview. There wasn't even
a fleam of hope left to be extinguished by the deadening reply
of the hotel clerk that Mr. Lawrence was not in, but had left
word if the gentleman called that he was to please wait, and
wouldn't the gentleman read a back number of the Black Cat
while he was doing o.
A it was to be a commonplace afternoon anyway the interviewer
bowed the neck to the Black Cat with unaccustomed grace and retired to
his revel of love and murder. He finished the Spanish assassin story; he
skimmed through the automobile accident-love tale and had dreamed over
two pages of the discussion of the servant girl problem when the kindly
apologetic face of the actor appeared between the portieres and rescued
htm from his feline enchantress.
No one could have mistaken Atkins Lawrence's vocation. The
manner of speaking, the tones of the voice, the way he had of walking
through a dark hall as though he were under the eyes of thousands and
knew that he was not to show that he was aware of the presence of the
eyes, all bespoke the actor as clearly as if the traditional scene-paint were
literally splashed over his two shoulders.
When he spoke it was with the easy grace and courtesy of a day that is
gone by. Plainly he waa npt of that Bowery school of acting whose alumni
are the dominant note in the theatres today and whose unfailing bad man
ners make an acquaintanceship with the green room Something to be
folded whenever possible. The interviewer's curiosity was aroused.
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much older. In the first place there was Mrs. Lawrence, who was young,
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" 'But yotf do waddle. I can see that you waddle,' retorted Mr. Mans
field. 'Make that entrance without waddling, please.'
"Harkins made the entrance again, but not to the satisfaction Of the
manager, who called out, 'Hsrkins, you still waddle.' ' ! 1 . .
"This made Harkins mad and he retorted,. 'Well, Mr. Mansfield, do I
waddle like a duck?'
" 'You do,' replied Richard, 'and I shouldn't; wonder if you were veb
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' ' The followlnar list of book will t en
intctloft la the elroulatlnr dasartment
tor the publle library Tor one week, and
win go jnio circulation on Apru Si
Davldfon Memorial of Thomaa ra.
I'luurch TaU From WuUrcn, f byj
f. 3. Rowbothm. ll08.
BohaffiThe Spirit of Old Wt Point
, BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
vAiteia The North paolfloj a atorjr ef
th Huo-Jiana war.
xTuldwin Sohool Readlnar by Oradaa
Baylor Tho Little Proapector.
ibumon Book of Bporta aod Paattmea.
KIodMtt lb Blodfett Ftrat Reader..
CarpenUr Story of Joan of Are. i
Hawthorne Paradlaa of Children. "
Koch- A Little Journtr Throurh the
"On one occasion, while the members of the company, among- tnem ri" fvZ:
come of the most famous oeonle of the ataare. were beinar rehearsed by him 1 fox. '
,. t,..f,. ..M hi. .iA -m.n.f T.k .Arl a theDlecoyery
these people and rehearse them like a jot ot supers.- He did not return
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uniu mo rencarsj wii over, wnuc iumc. joonaiauca ana iuc ici ji ua
had to go through our drills as. would any amateurs. ;
"He was very particular about the appearance of members of his com
pany, however, and was continually rebuking us if we were not tip to his
ideas of what we should be. 'Upon one occasion, while. playing in Wash
ington, he discharged the stage carpenter for some reason , and the car
penter out of revenge had one of his fellow unionists strew the throne in
'Richard III' with carpet tacks. Mansfield came out in silk tights and was
supposed to sit down hard. He did, and although he came upon at least
a dozen tacks all at once, he made no move. Hut he roared out his lines
in a most frightful voice and at the close of the scene reached for his
'royal-sword and went hunting for the carpenter. 1-ortunately he never
found him.
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As he started to replace the books in their box the reporter came
across two notices that are of peculiar interest to Portland people, telling lruatue to Constantino, i07.
hv An rt tV asrlv Iri.imxlil n( Pn Fvtinrr ih h1nvi4 Pirtlind 1 HIBTORT.
TomlTnaon Camoflra .and Van in.
tbony.
, DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Kennedy Thirty Baaaona In Scandi
navia, ISO!.
Smith The Real Latin Quarter, 1S0E
FICTION.
Bland Oswald Beatable and Othare.
Filapatrlck Joofc of the Buahvald.
Hornlman Lord Cammarlaiah'a fla-
cret.
Lincoln Tha Old Homo Houae.
SUberrad The Good comrade,
FINE ARTS.
San tela Speed Swimming, 1107.
ora Henrr Uoora. b Frank ttaa
laan. 1106.
Powara A Pnwara Dnt1lna for tti
Study or Art S v.. 1107.
Btrona Roman Sculptor From Ad
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Atkins Lawrence, When He Supported Rose Eytinge.
but young in a pleasing old-fashioned manner, which didn't jar with the
white hairs of her. husband, and between whom and Mr. Lawrence there
seemed to be the most unusual and charming bond of sympathy and un
Mary Anderson at the Age of Nineteen.
when, more than a quarter of a century ago, he stood beneath the bal
cony, a graceful young Romeo, and told that wonderful Juliet of his un
dying devotion. '
"She was my first love," said Lawrence smiling across the table into
his wife's eyes, the wife who somehow knew and understood as few women
would and who guarded the treasures of Mary Anderson as carefully aa
ever did vestal .watch the ancient fires. "I worshipped her, as we all did.
There was something in her character so sweet and pure and so apart from
the little quarrels and disagreements and petty affairs of the rest of us
that it inspired the best that was in us all and influenced us to try and be
like her. I cannot say that she was a great actress it was not that she
was a genius one of those whom the Greeks called demonic. Her acting
was at times crude it was not finished work because it was scarcely work
at all it was something within her that spoke and bade her move as it
commanded. It is a thing difficult to explain. But she was the most
wonderful of women.
"And yet during our tours she was the life of the troupe. She was
company for all and kept the car in a roar of laughter until it was time
to cease and go to the theatre for the evenitjg performance. She was a
girlish romp and I never knew an actress to be so universally loved by all
who came in contact with her.
"There were envious tongues that said Miss Anderson was not sincere
in her rcjigious duties and that she attended t church for effect. A little
instance came under my notice at Memphis,' Tennessee The Saturday
paper contained the announcement that Miss Mary Anderson would at
tend services at Father O'Reilly's (the poet priest's) house. As she was
very popular in Memphis a large crowd gathered, partly for worship, partly
from curiosity. This came to the knowledge of the lady and she did not go
near Father O'Reilly's church, but made a detour on foot with her brother
Joseph and entered a small, unpretentious chapel situated in the suburbs.
It was a chapel for the poorer classes, mere she completed ner worship
and returned to the' hotel, disappointing those who expected to have a good
stare at a real actress off the stage.
"Ah, she was a wonderful woman, a wonderful woman but too good for actress.
the stage. She did not like it. bhe continually longed to leave it and make played
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Atkins Lawrence as He Appears Now.
Mr. Lawrence was leading man with Miss Eytinge when she
"A Princess of Paris" nearly 30 vears aca A Louisville. Kentuckv.
a horn for herself and some good man. .And when the opportunity which paper said of the performance: ,'The piece gives Miss Eytinge even better
Baimoboa Hiatorv
of Afodarn Clvlllaatlon to the End
ina Bevaniaanm (Jeniurr: ir. bt j
ijamea,
Soaniah Exolorara In tha' ftautharn
United Btataa; tha Narratlva of Alver
Nunea Cabaca da Vaca. ad. hr F. W
Hodge. 1907.
Travelyan Oarlbaldl's Defenaa of the
Roman Rrpubllo. 1907. '
LANOUAOE.
Ahn Praktlarhar Thnint an
Behnallen und Lelchta.i Erlamunr dap
Ernjllahchan Spracha. Ed. 4, rev., Ir,
VV I.
LITERATURE,
Browne Comnlcta Worka of Artamna
Ward (paeud.) Rav. ad.. 189S.
Holmaa Orandmothar'a Story and
Other Poem a. 1891.
Lona. ed. American Poatna. lTTS.iaoA.
1S08.
Balntabury Tha Latar Nlnataanth
Century. 1907.
Tabb flnlantlon -from TTIa V Kw
Alice Maynell. 1J07.
welah Dla-eat of Efnallah and Amor.
lean Literature. 1890.
RELIGION.
Cook Sueceaaful Adult Bible Claaaea
and What they Ara Doing, 10.
Doniaparein Aiironomy m tna Ola
Teatament, 1906. '
SCIENCE.
Beddard A Textbook of Zooraorra
phy, 189S.
Behrena The Mlcroaoopa In Botany:
Jr. by A. B. Harvey -and R. H. Ward.
1 885.
Brooke Tha Foundatlona of Zoolorr.
ed. I. rev. 1907.
Cometock How to know tha Butter
flle; a ManURl of the Butterfllaa -of
the Eastern United States. 1904.
SOCIOLOGY. s-
Benaon. comp. State of OregonV
Meaaurea Referred to the People by the
Lcaialatlve Assembly, 1908.
Jerome, comp. Syllabua. Blbliorra
phy. and Heprlnta on the Question "Elee.
Uon of Scnatora." 1902.
MonroeA Brief Course In the Hl
tory or caucation, i07.
1 Phtrlck Pedagogical Pebbles, 1891. "
Post The Prophet of San Francisco,
1904.
Purdy The burdens of Local Taxa
tion and Who Bears Them; Opinions of
economists. 1901.
Purdy The Taxation ot Personal
Property, 1908.
USEFUL ARTS.
American Raftway Association
Standard Coda Train Rules, 190S.
Atlas Portland Cement Co, Reen-
roredd concrete in Factory Construe Ion,
1907.
Cromle Fancy Dumb Bell and March
lnir Drills. 1907.
Ills The Teaching of Agriculture) In.
derstanding. And then there were the scrapbooks and the photographs, she desired came she took it and the American stage lost not its greatest opportunity for the display of her varied talents as a fine emotional actress the Pio Schools iol
dear old vellow things, and much chatter of Mary Anderson and Edwin actress, but its greatest genius." than 'Felicia.' It was admirably done throughout as a whole, an intelli- Lloyd The Skin! Its
Booth and well, the afternoon was no longer ordinary and the interviewer www gent and well proportioned impersonation, delicate in the love scenes and m?"t edT 8 enl- 1907
Care and Treat
was very glad that he had come., The veteran mused ovcr the clippings-Sothern, the elder Sothern in strong in passion and grief. Miss Eytinge's performances certainly can L0d fTg'os r,n,"h,a Har-"
ivirs. Lawrence aeivea aown mio me trunic aner tne DooKs-aa little ..nnHrrv which the Vouneer Sothern recently revived- Edwin Booth be nI8n'y commended and are deserving of large patronage." Ihen fol- Pearson Rubber Tires and All About
brown paper covered ones, such as green grocers once took family orders dundreary, wh en tne younger ootnern recent y revived, fcdwin iJooth ,owed length descriptions of the gowns worn by Miss Eytinge, three Them 1906.
te-colorcd moire antique hgog
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in anu waj yci, lor m inancr, mu me icaves 01 wnicn, nere ana mere, jnamict uu . vnc ucrci-iu-us-jui- costumes made Dy VVortli, a princess roue, a maize
still bore traces of orders for dinners that were cooked and eaten 30 years gotten occasion when he played with Edwin Forrest as Laertes in "Ham-
ago. But in between those covers was one of the most interesting collec- , t in 1868 By a coincidence Mr. Lawrence is now playing with the
tion of clippings imaginable beginning on the first page with the yellowed . , . -o . ri i j-u- l j
scrap from the Boston Post of Tuesday morning, February IS, 1881, telling nephew of the great Booth Creston Clarke-and in him he says he finds
how at the Boston theatre. Miss Mary Anderson made her appearance in all of the great tragedian's lovableness of rrature and so much of his
Boston in Sheridan Knowles' play, "Love; or the Countess and the Serf," genius so many of his mannerisms, that he is frequently startled,
in which "Miss Anderson was supported by Mr. Lawrence Atkins, as Huon, Adelaide Neilson, Fanny Davenport, Adelaide Moore, Apnie Ward,
an impersonation deserving of high praise, and includ.ng not.ces from H,,in Hr,rhtr,n. Helen Dane. Kate Girard and dozens of film, whirh
Siebel ComDend
frigeraUon and Engineering,
of
New York1 and Boston and Philadelphia and Washington.
It was curious to read those comments on the work of a great woman
and to pick out occasionally the traits that have come down without inter
ruption to reviewers of our own day. Then as now, it seems, the eye of
the critic was easily dazzled by a bit of realism in stage setting. For on
one page was found the following by whom written and in what city un
fortunately the clipping did not show:
Miss Anderson in Love is certainly out of her element. She
have been forgotten by this generation were gone over by him. He knew
the late Richard Mansfield intimately and played leading man in his com
pany some years ago. Of Mansfield he has many entertaining recollections.
and a white satin court dress. She may remember them. Schwappach Forestry: tr. by
Another notice said of the Portland actress: "Miss Jbytinge imper- Btofyana ic. a. wonos. 1904
sonates Lionette de Courlin and does it in a manner to be expected from
as conscientious and finished an artist as she unquestionably is. Her por
trayal carefully avoids all Qver coloring and exaggeration, while it does
not lack in repressed intensity and is rich in those subtle and clearly defined
shades and shiftings of expression in. which Miss Eytinge is so exquisitely
skillful. She dressed the part handsomely, though she is by no means as
attractive in appearance in a blond wig as &he is in hair the dark color
of her own."
Fra-
Mechanical Re
rln. d 7 190S.
Sinclair1 Railroad Man's Catechlam.
1907.
Wrightson Sheen: Breeds and Man-
lagonrent. ed. 6. 1905.
LASSOING RUNAWAY, ;
SHE SAVES CHILDREN
It was a stranee trick of fate that brouffht Lionette de Courlin and
'He had an extremely quick temper and a hery tongue," said Mr. the Count de Courlin together in Portland though neither knew of the
Lawrence. "He would discharge one of his actors at a rehearsal and . presence of the other in this city Miss Eytinge back tfom years spent Desperate fllother's Presence of MI
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meeting him an hour later would completely forget that he had done so abroad and Mr. Lawrence playing a bloodthirsty gentleman in a wild west
and would insist on his returning to the company. At rehearsals he was
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feel the emotion, but surely she does not depict its tender .passion, its soft "' Vi' : . . . .,. 0.j u: ...uu
a 1 1 YT 1 . . . IllaiS. IlaVllJK VCIV 9UI V eav. uovu aaio iibaiiac ooi asill Willi CliCCL,
. aa n4 fitful rhanfft H er vmra mav u'hiiintr aurasrct- vnwa rr in cn(t(t " v w . t , ...
murmurs tell of deepest adoration, yet there is a lacking of earnestness
beneath it that tells of the actress, not the lover. She is a painter who
paints from the copies of great pictures rather than from the figures them-
play. But whatever Atkins Lawrence may be playing, east or west, he is
ever the youthful Romeo off the stage youthful and gallant and just sen
timental enough to cushion the rough and tawdry spots inevitable in the
life of the traveling actor. There seemed nothing incongruous in the talk
of Mary Anderson in the room of the little hotel frequented by theatrical
folk. It was not ot Mme. de Navarro he was talking, out ot Mary, lie
Halts Bone at Precipice's
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selves and it would, seem she imitates actresses instead of following nature,
and does not rise to the point of real personation."
But the delightful bit comes later on "Last night her countess was not
marked by any display of genius. However, the -lightning and thunder in
the second act was remarkably well done." (Sic!) A "real rainstorm" and
real water in a millrace caused similar joyous comment here not long ago.
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But if now and then the reviewers of those days may have failed in
their appreciation of Mary, Atkins Lawrence is as loyal today as he was
seemed certain her two children would
He cared little for broueht out the old picture of her taken when she was just 19 showing b klUed at the bottom of a culvert,.
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But after rehearsal he would be as pleasant as any one could be.' He
traveled with a train of nine special cars while producing "Richard III"
and usually passed through the cars several times a day inquiring after
the personal comfort of eacn memoer of the company,
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'At one time he was rehearsing the company and Dan Harkins was reporter that which is often so difficult to understand the devotion to an the valuable animal so violently
osed to make an entry.' Harkin9 was stout and didn't come in to suit art that is usually held barren; the. feeling of the old-time actor for "the tomghthbecausob her mt
protession, unreasoning ana unreasonaoic, dut. very rcai, anu a someining
which, if lost, will be the worse for the stage. For the drama is but suc
cessful illusion.
oney. It was grandeur that ne aesirea ana ne .spared nothing to secure the exquisite girlish prohle and then one ot himselt, taken while he was mrB- uos aayem oi asi uaniora. mis
c effect he wished. This continual nervousness and irritability of char- playing Romeo to her Juliet. The yellow newspaper clippings and the wrnoon lassoea ine nina legs or a
cter, this devotion to his art ideal, was the only thing in the world that old photographs and the intimate talk of the men and women whose names IiJTuSrKJf T8 u if
illed him. . . mean so Tittle nowadays provided the atmosphere they explained to the fhl youngstersf Though She th?lw
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Mansfield.
"'Mr. Harkins, you waddle,' called out Mansfield.
"I was not aware that I waddled, Mr. Mansfield replied Harkins
STRAY TOPICS FROM OLD NEW YORK
NEW YORK. March 28. A wild whirl
nearly 100 feet In tbo air, a sud
den dip to tha ground and then a
plunge beneath tha waters of a small
" lake Is the sensation promised visitors
. , to Coney Island this summer. This i
- the newest "thriller" that has been
, added to the hundreds of attractions
, that make Coney famous the world
' over. While few of the managers have
' , made their plans publlo as yet, still the
first mild days of spring hava awakened
Interest In this popular resort so that
. the eager crowds have begun to specu
late as to what sensations have been ln
stalled during the winter months. This
.v latest "thriller" is to be a roomo-rail-road
built on scientific principles. ' Th
track Is to be about two miles long, and
. after a series of dips, the track will
rlea to a point about 100 feet above tha
ground. Her a the ears will round a
harp curve hanging at an angle of 41
; degrees and then .make a sudden diva
Into a lake of real water. But the pas
sengers won't be obi I gad to wear rub
bers or carry umbrellas, for by means
. of fountains the entrance and exit of a
tube running beneath the lake will be
.; concealed from tha passengers, giving a
' genuine sensation without the danger tt
getting so much a a drop of water on
their clothes. . v ,
" Tha big apartment bouses With their
narrow lialla bid fair to revolutionise
tha undertaking business la New York.
- - Tills was brought home to the under i
taking fraternity the other day, when a
f:ang of piano movers had to be called
u to assist the undertaker in lowering
the casket rrom the firth rioor of a big
apartment house to the street. The cas
ket contained the 860-pound body of a
woman who had died of dropsy. So
large was the casket that it had to be
taken to the house in sections and put
together in the apartment. The problem
of removing the coffin with the body
therein was a serious one, for the nar
row halls and stairways made it impos
sible to remove it in that way. So six
expert piano movers were called In to
solve the problem. A block and tackle
was rigged on the roof, and then It was
round necessary to saw out part or tne
window to allow the casket through.
The coffin was then lowered slowly to
the Street, Where a tremendous erowd
had gathered. The boss piano mover
announced at the conclusion of the oper
ation thai be would never tackle an
other like It
On tha uooer cart of Fifth avenue. In
the millionaire district, where pure, old
fashioned sentiment Is supposed to have
no Dlaco amid the mad rush for social
distinction, stands a small two-story
frame house. Surrounding this remind
er of simpler and less extravagant days
are tha modern palaces of Gotham's
multl-mUlionalrfea. - This little wooden
structure Is tucked In behind the pala
tial realdence of James M. Constable, at
Eighty-third street and Fifth avenue,
and In this bouse Mr, Constable was
born. When ba built bis mamlfioVint
home on the corner ha found It lmpos-,
slble to destroy tho home rfbout which
clustered so many happy remembrances
of his boyhood days, so that he not only
preserved the house but has Kept It in
repuir ever since.
A new field of endeavoBhafl been dis
covered for the charitably disposed In
U1K- it consists in helping to
solve the traffic problems that are pra
eented every night at Brooklyn bridge
muoume mouBancis or weary, nungry,
workers fight for places In the seething
crowd, where every one Is trying to -et
the same train. The first, however, to
volunteer his services Is "Brother"
wane, ror so ne has becorae known to
the rush-hour Brooklynites. He Is a
bis; smooth-faced man with slivering
hair, derby hat, fine clothes abd gener
ally a carnation adorning the lapel of
his coat No uniform, brass buttons;
shield or ferocious looks to terrify the
rushlne erowds. but nn-tti Mnrparv si
firm but gentle voice and a happy amile
for all are his sole weapons by whloh
be keeps the crowd in order. He stands
on a bench overlooking the crowd, and
from bis position is able to spot the
trouble-maker. And then vmi hat hia
voice cry out In gentle tones that never
fall to accomplish , what the policeman
relies on his club to do. soma n
tion br advice to the excited, nervous,
hungry crowd. "Don't push that little
lady there." he shouts to one. and tn
another. "Say, Just help tthat ' woman
baby In her arms.- and all the
know him.
who owns tha bri
Is supposed to be the man
la bridge or president of the
railroad or some other high offclal; but
as a matter of fact he is only a friend
of one of the men who Is trying to solve
the trafflo problems.
While fashion is supposed to prescribe
certain clothes for certain functions, the
variety of costumes displayed by a fash
lonabie crowd at the opera vary so
widely that it Is eay to believe that
the wealthy feel entirely independent of
zasnton and convention, livery kind of
a gown and the oddest of trinkets are
displayed. Gowns that are cut so low
that you wander bow the wearers dare
to appear outside or their own boudoir,
and jewelry; such as (800,000 necklaces,
which causa those who are sitting In
the )2 seats to wonder why any one
would carry such a fortune around with
them, where there are sure to be some
pickpockets. But the oddities in dress
are by no means confined to the women,
Only the other night a man appeared In
one or me poxes weannar a Din a- coat.
and yat committed what was considered
an Insult to fashion, by wearing a made
tie. In another box sat a man with a
gold bracelet around bis wrist, and la
uaiuun m . na s monocia wun s. con.
splcuous tortoise shell rim.
with a babv in her arma- nr ail tha
urae singing out to the crowd, "Take It
nice and easy now; there's lota of time."
-urotner .wane- ror tnoaa who
An autopsy on a man who died at one
of the city hospitals the other day re
vealed a .most startling condition that
amased the medical profession of New
Tork. It was discovered, that although
Ire had enjoyed good health up to the
time of hfs death, that he had lived
with all of his vital organs out of place.
The heart and stomach were found on
the right side and the liver on the left
None of tha exoerta who saw tha an.
don't Hopay could recall any record, ot such '
complete dlsplacem9nt of the vital or
gans.
Gotham Ites are awaiting with interest
the Installation of 156 new street rail
way cars of the "Day-as-you-enter"
type, which will be in operation by the
first of April. The new cars will be
eleven feet longer than the cars now in
use and the platforms so large that 20
persons can stand there comfortably at
one time. These-" platforms are divided
into two compartments, one ror en
trance and the other for exit The con
ductor stands on the rear platform and
taxes tne rare as tne passenger enters.
only 76 persons, tne number that can
do carried comrortaDiy, are to be al
lowed to enter the car, and no one can
Stand on the olatform after he has nafrt
his fare. This will lessen the number
or strap-nangera materially and give
more breathing space to those who have
seats. One bf. the advantages claimed
for the new cars is that of preventing
women irom ' KeiTinir orr DacKwnria.
xms is done or Placing the "a-rab Tmn
dies" on the front side of the doors only.
By means bf this arrangement woman
will be obliged to face In the direction
tne car is going when they step down.
Ho Use to sis.
-1 dit xounu out un tnera fa tin
oh to aie ox lunjr xrouoie as long aa
you can get Dr. Ring's New Discov
ery,- says Mrs. j. p. Whits, of Rush
boro. Pennsylvania. "I would . nnt ha
alive today only for that wqnderful
medicine. It loosens up a oougn quick
er than anything else, and curea lunar
disease even after the case is' pr
nounced hopeless." This most reliable
remedy for cough and colds. luHntx.
asthma bronchitis and hoarseness, is
old under guarantee at Skldmora Drug
company's Store. EOo ami ti on Trial
UotUe free. , l ' : W'Z
SWALLOWS 16 CENTS;
CHILD DENIED SKATES
Goes to Hospital and Cries When
She Is Not Allowed to Have
the Money.
Philadelphia, March 23. It was bad
enough thought little Pauline Fa gen
burg, of 803 Cherry street to swallow
her money, but Infinitely worse to lose
the-pair of skates for which she was
saving. , She wept yesterday when told
by the doctors at the Pennsylvania hos
pital that they could not return the
money.
"Don't worry, little girl," she was told,
It won't hurt you." But Paulina waa
not to be comforted. w
"I want my 16 centa," she said.
In tha morning a. nelarhhnr nm Dun-
line a penny. This she put In her pocket
and later in the day two cousins in
creased her savings by a nickel and a
dime. Laughing with nlnnanra. tha
child went to show her playmates her
money. They were Jumping rope, and
.rauii
that he
she was
appy tonight because her little airla
were safe.
Mrs. Hayes stopped to chat with a
neighbor In the course of an outing wlthi
her daughters, t and 6 years old. A
passing trolley car knocked down the
road's feed wire, and an electrlo flash
caused the horse to bolt
The lines were jerked from the
woman's grasp. When she regained the
reins She tugged so hard on thnm that
one line snapped near the bridle, leaving
ner apparently at tne mercy or the an
imal. ;
Ahead Mrs. Haves saw the dans-erous
turn and gully in, Bumslde avenue, and
knew well what fate awaited all three
unless she could oontrol the animal in
time.
With Inventiveness born of despera
tion, she colled tho broken rein, and with
the Improvised lariat lassoed the
horse's hind legs, flinging It and tha
carriage In a heap a few feet from the
precipice.
NINETY KILLED BY
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
(United Prea teased Wlra.l
Palermo. March 28. A terrible eitaos
Ion In this city has caused great coJL
aiernaiiun, u aircoi. is coyaroa wun
wreckage and 800 meters of edifice
have been destroyed. It Is believed to
ciave been' produced by a clandestine
manufacture of dynamite. -
Many traglo scenes have occurred. In
a baloony where a woman with two
when it came her turn. Panfln. nut tha iZkiiZZZ ia l V,..: -
VUIUOJ IU H( UlUUUli h-
At the arst Jump Pauline clutched her
throat, but it was too late. Tha coins
had allpped past a stopping place.
' Pilgrims Di. . : -.
Cohstantlnonle. March "' S Vrtt
from Mecca. Medina, and! Xemba advise
soioier tnrew a rope oy wmcn ne as
cended to the baloony and saved them,,
being made the subject of an ovation.
A building ln which a number of re;
turned emigrants v were living was de-"
stroyed. Many bodies are mutilated 'be
yond identification and ethers are com-,
pletely consumed In the flames. It Is
estimated that 90 have tnet death i &o
inai inert ar iuu aeatna a. inv amo i hrwiiA-t haiv hM rgnnvaait. ia Akaa
he pilgrtma. from cholera morbus. . .,TJiau-":.77
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