THE ; OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1503.
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i ' DRAMATIC CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
HEILIG Tonight, lw Dockstader' a Minstrels; tomorrow night, "Idyll
. of Folly." ,. .. ' - .'v, ,
BAKER Resident stock company In "Lover's Lane." , ,
OAKS -Allen-Curtis comedy company..
STAR Armstrong company in "Brown's Vacation," musical -comedy.
GRAND Vaudeville. '
PANTAGES Vaudeville.
PE03IISES 3IADE BY '
r TI1E PRESS AGENTS
1 Dockstader at Heilig Tonight,'-
: The attraction at ' the Helltg theatre,
v Fourteenth and Washington streets, io-
, night at 8:15 o'clock will be America's
famous minstrel comedian. Lew Dock-
? atader and his big company. This 'lg
j chief, of minstrel ; monologlsts, ? and
tha prime minister of minstrel organ
f lsers, la conjunction with bis associate
comedian, sweet voiced singers and
nimble dancers, will' give the best mln-
4 strel entertainment ever presented In
1 Portland. --:' J
f He has been drawing capacity audi
ences everywhere this season, and the
I roars of laughter which are continuous.
! indicate that Dockstader has furnished
It few hours in which the public is not
; bothered about the financial stringency,
i the poasiblllty of war with Japan, and
, other matters of publlo moment . His
4 opportunity for hits at current matters
; is furnished by his new skit "A Dull
t Day In the White House," In which he
' gives an -extremely funny black faced
s Imitation of the president in the way-of
; make-up, and also touches upon loeil
I -political affairs by 'phone with a keen
ness of observation and judgment that
wins tn applause of his audlencea. .
in the first part Dockstader has a
' flever song called, "When the Hammer
i- n the Anvil Rihgs." There are topical
verses which add to he general gaity.
Neil O'Brien, ' Dockstader's able coadju-
tor In fun, is as funny as ever, -
' "Idyl of Folly" Tomorrow.
:
i The first theatrical
effort of
the
f. Knights of Columbus, the "Idyl i of
Folly," win be produced at the Heilig
: tomorrow! night.
The "Idyl of Folly" is a corned
AT
drama in three acta, and being In the
i hands of . a very capable cast should
create an evening's fun that will be
long remembered. The Knights - have
selected well and have not made the
mlntake of attempting something heavy
.., and beyond them. The plot contains a
. mixture of comedv and pathos demon
strating by ; amusing and dramatic
5 climaxes the" folly of worshipping too
blghly . the golden idyl of folly money,
following is the cast:
: . Evelyn Nlcklebury, a young heiress,
t Miss Frances OallaghervWIlllam Nickle-,
bury, her father, widower, Fred J.
- Bolger; Harriet Welford. Evelyn's
friend. Was Agnes Harwasj William '
l Falrplay, a merchant , Fred Weber;
I Frank JSIcklebury, M. D.. William's
I nephew, James Curran; Philip gharpe,
la modern financier, Q. Letter Paul;
??r,i.?hyb2.M- Eyyn' aunt Miss Mary
1 l.1" Betsy,- a lady's maid, Miss
1 Ruby Howard; Montague Pymples, a
I bookkeeper. James E Bannon - trrv
a lawyer. W. M. Daly. James, a serv
ant John Cahalln. - . ,
"lover's Ltrie" t the Baker. ' '
The Baker Stock company will pre
sent the ' last Clyde Fitch play of the
season for the week starting this after
noon, it will -be -"Lovers' Lane,", that
delightful " ruTSi drama which , has
charmed the hearts of theatre-goers for
a good many year now, and bids fair
to continue to ' do 0 for many, more
to come. The scenes are laid in New
England village and revolve around the
life of the minister of the church, who
l an ideal man. livlnr a life of nohllltv
and sdf-aacrlflce and arivlng up all his
own pleasures and comforts for others
a re homeless and unfortunate.-- But
he falls in lov. and a very pretty storv
4a unfolded. His little flock, for whom
he hat so. long cared, become incensed
against biin for Imaginary grievances
ta-ti ion-is to nis resigning tor a time
al tha end of which they are only too
iriHi io mtiv mm axnin i nil own
iprma There are a lot of Intereatlna
i-hHraoters introduced and some of the
ctvret corneoy ever seen, In a nlay. I
I i.n a iimi . a i m.n r iin .hn.i i n m m. . a .
t.e scenery each act being a. gem of
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' stage creation, and the Jast two show
ing the orchard of the parsonage and
lovers' lane after which the play is
named. One shows autumn and the
other - spring. - The ast .of . the Baker
company lit the play is as follows: The
Reverend Thomas Singleton tthe Min
ister), graduate of Amherst, '86, George
Alison; Herbert Woodbrldge (from New
Fork), Donald Bowles; Uncle Bill ((the
Churchbell-ringer), William Gleason;
Hosea Brown (the storekeeper). Earl D.
Dwire; Mr. Skilig (manager of the op
era house), Howard Russell: Deacon
Steele head deacon of tha- rhnn.hi
James Gleason; Harry and Billy (Bddy
ville boys).-Percy McKlnnev and Sid
ney-Isaac: Dick Woodbrldge, -Miss
Mamie Haalam: Mary Larkln( from the
Students League, New York), Miss
Isetta Jewell; Mrs. Herbert Woodbrldge
(the alto -of the choir). Misa Loulaa
Kent; Aunt Mellssy (from the poor
house). Miss Gertrude Rivera: Msttv
(the minister's .housekeeper). Mina
Crollus Gleason; Simplicity Johnson
(from the orphan asvlum). Miss Marl.
bel Seymour; Bridget (the cook, from
the hospital )s Miss Louise Murrav: Mr.
Lane (Herbert Woodbrldge's sister from
New York), Miss Ruth Lechler; Mrs.
Moeea mown social leaaer or Eddy
vllle). Miss Hilda Graham; Miss Molly
Mealey (the schoolmistress). Miss Lu-
clle Webster; Mra Steele . f chairwoman
of the Sewing club). Miss Olivia Ire-
tana; Mrs. Jennings line aressmaker),
Miss Liinian urey, Bessie Steele (a
scnooigiri;, miss nea aiucneii.
Star "B rown'i Vacation.'
t Now that "vacathmHtme Is coming on
ins Armstrong company., will - offer - a
timely entertainment on this annual in
terestlng subject- "Brown's Vacation"
begins at the Star theatre his afternoon
and continues throughout the week.
"Browni Vacation'" la la the nature
of a scenic show,, as well as a musical
comedy. It Is laid in three acts and the
xun sians soon azier tne nrsi curtain
and never pauses-for an instant until
the anal complication has been settled.
There Is no let-uD to the excitement and
it Is Impossible for any well-regulated
person to sit tnrougn mis .musical com
edy without having a . good . time.
"Brown's Vacation" , was written with
the- sole purpose of amusing ' theatre
goers and its career has been marked
bv trlumnh, i i j
A bnant diaioarue wnicn scintillates
with wit and repartee Is strung through
the : three acta . j The - scenery will be
brand new and so will be the- wardrobe.
The scenes are laid in Chinatown, which
gives tha scente artist the property man
and the -costumer 'a field in. which to
prepare -"me trange and-unusmal -ef-
tects. -in management, promises a
production which will be complete and
out of all proportion to tha price of ad
mission. - - , - .
There will be the usual collection of
songs and dances. Threa performances
will be given dally, one in tha afternoon
and two In the evening.
. Pantages "Fighting Fitg." f
-' How many vestern vaudeville circuits
do you imagine there are that would
bill up a feature act costing 11,000 per
week? Pantages' is doubtless the only
one that would go this strong. It Is
costing -the management an even 11,000
to present Robert FlUslmmons for tha
new week opening Monday. With Mrs.
FlUslmmons the great fighter is pre
senting a dramatic sketch.
Of course Kits needs no introduction
here. He's about as widely known as
Roosevelt. He la known as tha great
est fighting man that ever donned a
glove. For years we have been reading
about bis battles against great odds
in weight and his phenomenal victories
ever men much larger and atronger.
- ,But the old warhome does not come
In his guise aa a fighter. In the world
rl"1!"0 1ltcn BM ne big the coun
try over. It (s quiet and refined, and
not marked by slobbery tears and cheap
sentimental tommyrot such as the aver
age retired pugilist Is wont to produce.
ki" " own uu1rls, and they
A Man's a Man. for a' That" Is the
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Ifaahlonabls , New York clubroom, and
HUB or nis airatrh. Th artAMA tm m
nis sKetcn. The scene Is
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JatneB E. Bannon, in I'liyl of roily"
' at.Jhe Helllg. v :.
Fits appears as a young' 'broker, with
Mra Fitssimmons aa one of the bon
ton. The Inevitable romance springe
up, and when Fits gets a" chance to
show his .skill at bag punching in her
brother's gymnasium that flinches the
matter. ,
This exhibition of bag punching will
be greatly enjoyed. Flta Is one of the
greatest In elusive bag handling. He
will exhibit the punch with which the
world's greatest fighters have been put
to sleep In their time.
The rest of the bill has been pre-!
pared without regard to expense.- Man
ager Johnson does not believe in put
ting up one big act and A lot of fill ins,
so that the Marquam'a supporting bill
Will be of ths usual high standard.
Barnett Brothers and Miss Sylvia are
the best knock-about comedians in
the game. Vlrden and'Dunlap have a
brisk comedy- drama, "The New Girl."
Delia Stacy Is tha dainty and fasclnat-'
ing aoubretU who had a big hit with
the Burgomaster company. Chink
Brown is a Chinese Impersonator who
haa made good at the game. Jean Wil
son will sing a new Illustrated song
and the biograph- wilt reel off tha uaual
brand new Installment ' of comedy
pictures. Tou wouldn't find tha equal'
of this bill In any vaudeville house in
the country even at double the price
charged by Pantagea at the Marquam.
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- - Vaudeville at Grand.
Following up the great show of vau
deville which Sullivan & Consldlne have
sent to the Grand the past week, there
will be. another equally high-grade vau
deville entertainment at - this leading
niece -of amusement this, comma: week,
By way. of a headline attraction the
management will present the Gleesons
and Houlihan In an act which is famed
from one end of the continent .to the
nthar. , The ftleesona are known wher
ever good dancing has been discussed.
Houlihan is an instrumentalist and will
preside at the piano during the dancing
and between dances.
For the special added feature there
will be a novelty act -This will be Leon
and Adeline, the lady juggler and the
house- wrecker.
Frsnklyn Gal Coi are to provide
the dramatic ton to the bill with a
charmlnar Dlavlet "Tha Seamatresa
Miss Gale will be remembered for her
artistic performances in -Portland with
traveling organisatlona. McNlsb and
Penfleld are singing, dsnclng and talk
ing entertainers. Georgia O'Ramey is a
singing comedienne, and Sheehan and
Monohan will do a musical novelty set
with some singing. To these will be
added the Illustrated ballad of Fred
Bauer and the latest motion pictures by
F F. Montressa. ,
The last performances of tha pres
ent bill will be today Thia bill con
tains Gorge WUson, the minstrel, ths
13 Pekin Zouaves and ths American
Newsboys' quartet .
I Lyric "Held 'by the Enemy."
The splendid Blunkall-Atwood Stock
company which . has made sucn an in
stantaneous hit at tha Lyric will de
vote its second week to a magnificent
performance and production of William
Gillette' masterly wsr drama, "Held
By tha Enemy." This is. properly
rated as poaltively the best Civil war
drama aver written and has-been Im
mensely successful on the. road and with
the best stock companies. It has never
been presented at such small prices of
admission aa charged at the Lyric nor
has it ever been better performed than
It wftl be by tha Blunkall-Atwood ora-
Tnese- fine srtTetsTiavanaken Instant
hold upon ths public; tha finish of their
work is a rare treat to popular price
audiences and tha manner in which the
play will be mounted will make it one
of the big dramatic. events of tha week.
Ervin L. Blunkall In the leading role is
probably -better qualified to succeed
William Gillette in the leading rola than
any other American actor on account of
hts heroic stature and manliness. Lvl
lian At wood In the principal feminine
rola will appear to excellent advantage
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Lylllan Atwood, Leading Woman
With the Blunkell-Atwood Com
pany at the Lyric. ? - - t '
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and the Impression that she has already
mads on the public is so favorable that
It Is certain she will be popular In the
role. Delightful little Grade Plalsted.
beautiful Joan Storm, Charles Schad
and the other members of the cast will
all ba seen at their best It is a plsy
and a performance that .-will be the
biggest kind of a hit Secure your
seats how for tha opening performance.
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- - At the Oaks.
Portland people who like to laugh at
musical 'comedy now have another op
portunity, and a rood one, to be amused.
Thia time - U la ths Allen-Curtis com
edy company, playing at the Oaka This
company may be new to Portland peo
ple, but yet, in spite of - the newness
and the cold, nights which have kept
many people away from the Oaks' even
ing amusements the new fun aggrega
tion has won a place already. -
In tha company are some very funny
comedians, and a band of shapely, song
ful and - danceful girls. The . comedy
they produce is equal to what you get
in the down town houaes. .
. Beginning Monday night the Allen-
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Lew Dockstader, Famous American Minstrel and His Big, Com
; ;,pany at the HelllgTheatre Tonight.'" j '
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Curtis comnanr will present "The Girl.'
This is one continuous laugh, in which
the wronar man arets tanttled uo with
sanitarium and la given : a course of
treatment much against , his wilt
Charles A. Flgg ' as Happy Johnny
Hicks is tha chief fun maker In his In
temretatlon of the nart of the- muoh
treated patient Throughout tha piece
are .sprinkled catchy songs, among the
numuer Deing "mow tne omoae awijt,
Thursday Always Was My Jonah Day,
Wanins
.10
Tell" and a number of other
Following "The . Olrl" the J
SOI
rood ones,
Allen-Curtis
company will give "The Jelly Widow
throughout the next week. t ... . '
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"The Swindler" at the Baker,
The first production on any stage of
Howard ' Russell's original play, ."The
Swindler,? ., will, ; ba given .next Sunday
matinee, June II, by "tha Baker stock
company. Mr.' Russell "has been with
tha Ralri forces - since- the very be
ginning of high -class stock in this city
ana IS a very popular - youf a ' utiur,
Everv on will loin in wlshlna him suc
cess in the play writing field, especially
those theatre-goers- who have become
so famluar with him and his work as
an actor. "The Swindler" is a hlarh
class society play on the orde or -Raffles,"
"A Social JHighwayman," etc It
will be given, a, splendid production by
the Baker atoca company. .
JjILLAH macarthy
FQRGOT HER SPEECH
London ' June 6 Miss Llllah Macar
thy " (Mrs, Granville Barker), tha fa-
moua actress and wife of tha manager,
who was at one tlma considered aa tha
possible head of New York's new the
atre, is feeling very miserable Just now
because she made a fiasco of a speech
it a rftnner a-lven bv the Literary club.
Tna actress has a wonderful memory
and a very fine delivery, and she took
the chair at -the dinner on a "Ladles'
Night", One of the members of tha
club wrote out a particularly Drmiani
speech for her, ana sna- eommiitea it
to memory. Her. sister was arriving
at Waterloo station that night from
New York, and possibly the anxiety told
upon her, for scarcely' had she begun
her speech than she suddenly ceased
and could not utter another word. .
, . . . . - .. V w.am K a A,, m r A
oled, but Mrs. Barker left the assem
blage eany ana ni ner eyes out ait
the way . to Waterloo Station.
NEW TEMPLE OF. MUSIC
ERECTED IN LONDON
London, June B. Among tha many
Important new buildings that are grad
ually making London a beautiful city,
the new St James' hall is one of the
most luxurious and up to date. Situated
In the heart of what may ba called tha
musical district of London, it Is intend
ed to replace tha old St. James' hall
in- Piccadilly, acoustically the best in
London, and Its object Js to give high
class concerts in up-toBata and artlstlo
surroundings. ,--
The hall., which will seat 1,200 people,
la handsomely though quietly decorated
iff marble-and mahogany. . , - -
i A number of representatives of Ger
man .extraction met recently In the
cloak room of the house at the capltol.
Heraldic niottoea that adorn coats of
arms furnished the topic of the conver
sation. - "An Interesting article." i
Representative Richard Bartholdt, .of
St Louis, "oould be written on tha fads
of rulers and public man - for. heraldlo
mottoea"--
''Haa President Roosevelt - a motto V
some one inquired.
"I - don't know.'' said Mr. Bartholdt
'but I could auggest one that would be
very appropriate. It Is this: - 'Aufeigne
Faust' meaning 'On your own fist,' or
'Relying on your own fist It seems to
me that that fits -Mr. Roosevelt like
glove. The next time I go to tha White
House f will call his attention to the
matter." . -
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' "Several years ago,' said Represent
attve Talbert of South Carolina, "I at
tended a colored church down In my
atate where a revival meeting was go
ing on. - - The preacher was a big fat
negro, who seemed to be wound up for
an all-night discourse. His subject was
thS.iropnets. He rammed on ror an
hour or more " about .. the 'Malor Pronh
eta,' arid then he turned his attention
to the minor nraoheta
"'My breddern,' he said,' with a wide
sweep of his right arm, wa now coma
to Hosea. Let us consider him. ' Whar
shall we put Hosear ;
;, " 'Hosea can have my seat,' said an
aged colored man. rising. 1 am ao
d tired I m going home!' t -'
"The meeting broke up In confusion.'
Li-'-'.'.;'1",-i.t v. e -, ,. ....,?'.'.--'
' Caotaln Ruaer. the popular chief of
ficer, of the great Steamship JCaiserlne
is a ravonte or tne uerman emperor.
He la a man in tha prime of life, keen
blue eyes, fresh complexion and the
red aandy mustache and beard of -. t
Scotchman. He SDeaka very rood nr
Hah and is considered one of the best
officers in the German naval reserve,
He won his present post as captain of
one of the largest steamers afloat by
his services as the chief of the German
south polar expedition. . It was tha
record of researoh made by him there
which called him to the attention of tha
German emperor, 4 --
, Cantain Ruser writings on tha south
polar continent have been published in
Berlin but have not as yet been trans
lated Into English. He foundjn hta two
rears' stay In this formidable region
races of former civilisation and - (f
tropical vegetation. His firm opinion
Is that there is mora to reoar polar re
search In ths Antarctic than in tha Arc
tic, . Ho has round proof mat tne aoutn
fiolar continent was once habitable and
n all -probability represented one of the
periods of civilisation of this earth. .He
believes also that the ice will again re
turn over the present temperate sons
ana mat tne civilisation or mass coun
tries wilr disappear to give way go re-
dewed life and development on tha polar
continents. This quite confirms tha In
dians' doctrine that this world haa
aaaed through millions of periods, and
hat the human race haa been forend
throuch ice pressure to destruction in
order to give way for new developments
ana new races. -
A Japanese visitor, a vouns ner.
chant closely related to the high fi
nance or japan, wno recently passed
throna-h New Vork nn his way noma
gives a very interesting pteca or Infor
mation concerning jiu Jitsu. He says
jlu Jitsu is a very remarkable science,
and its higher oewrees , are mysteries.
kept strictly within the ranks of Its
practitioners. . No jlu Jitsu player above
tne seventn rans nas ever text japan; so
that the plavers thst have a-lven exhi
bitions throughout tha world ara gen
erally practitioners of - tha ninth class.
Toaay tnere is no one in tne first class,
and in tha second class there ara only
three.--,-- -t i ; ,-':',
This vouns merchant, who la a mem
ber of ths eleventh class, telle of r.n
odd experience of his whan he was a
stuaenu uoing noms one unristmas
night 'with a fellow-student, he 'con
ceived the idea In a way of a Joke of
attacking some person, with the em
ployment of tha very! best Jiu Jitsu
method.-'They Intended no harm, sim
ply to frighten soma on, and to put
neir lessons into practice. , it waa lust
about dark. They lurked in an all y
way ln Toklo until at quiet-looking man,
medium site, was seen approaching
through the evening gloom. They al
lowed him to approach without warn
ing; than the two students made the
attack, according- to the most approved
methoda In less than half a mo-msnt
they wera repulsed with great violer-e,
and thrown over the head and should t.-s
of their would-ba victim, so they .fell
senseless In tha road. When they re
covered consciousness after a time-they
concluded that they had made a mis
take, and had attacked a demon. . Tha
next day, however, they learned the
subject of their attack was their own
teacher, one of tha first grade jlu Jitsu
Slayers of the , world. Ha recounted
owv, beautiful waa tha aeience, ''because
'LANYAti" PRAISED ,
BY LONDON CRITICS
Arthurian Pram Written by Lord
Howard de WaJden Well
Kecelred.
London. Jans t". Lord Howard de
Walden'a '-anval'' an Arthurian drama,
which has been played at two Invita
tion matinees 'at-The Playhouse, aa the
work of rr. E. EUia." la praised by the
critics as one of tha best efforts in ro
mantic - blank verse drama that haa
been heard In yaara.. It contains many
fine lines, though in parte tha language
la marred by stiffness and pedantry.
Tha itnrv la founded on a Welsh Ar
thurian legend, translated by Lady Char
lotte Guest The anigm Lanvai comes
from Italy to win honor and renown at
the far-famed court of King Arthur. Al
though ha exerts all his gallantry ha
falls to distinguish ehimself among tha
Knights of tnetouaa xaoie. .
Lanval is persuaded by a compatriot
Bernardo, to leave Britain, where ha la
so poorly appreciated, and aeek fame In
other lands. Traveling through-a for
est he meets some cnarcoai ournsre,
who advise him not to tarry in the for
est, which Is haunted by evil spirits.
Nevertheless Jie stops, and doles over
a fire. He la visited by Triamour, an
unearthly being, who entreats hint to
go with him to the Middle World tha
world or contemplation ana mgn aeais,
Ha oonaenta and departs .with her.
After three months of inaction and
dreaming in the Middle World, Lanval
is weary or it. tte longs ior wonuiy
war and strife and begs Triamour for
fiermisslon to return. She givea it say
ng she will watch over him and bring
mm nonor as long -as ne .seeps siienoe
on his meeting with her and her very
existence. . ' . - -
Returning to the court he Is Ques
tioned by Geraint and tha other knights
aa to where he haa been, but ha keepa
his vow or secrecy as to nis aaven
turea He fights with Agravaine and
defeats him. Queen Guinevere aends
for and declares her love tor Lanval,
who repulses her, telling her that ha
loves a lady far more oeautirui. -For
thia insult Guinevere denounces
Lanval to the king, saying that he had
first made love to hsr and when re
fused had insulted her. Lanval Is ban
laheit bv ludsment of the knlahts ap
pointed by King-Arthur to Judge him.
Lanval departs and goes in search Of
Triamour. She comes to him again, but
tells him that only through death can
hs attain happiness, and under a mys
tic gesture OI ner nanus, ne cues. .. . .
' ' A Song for Life's Day. '
If you strike a thorn or thistle,
Count it onlv just by chance:
When you hear the cyclone whistle,
xaae tna caoin uoor sna usnoe. - -
When Cars fliea In at tha Window "
ITou Just put him In a trance; '
tf there's no one by- to hinder -
Take the cabin floor ana asnoe.
- - . AUauta Constitution,
In an: abstracted moment on Christmas
eve ho had been attacked by two aasaa
slns, and had been able by tha slightest
exercise of his power to lay them out
and leave them helplesa. - i
; This Japanese also gave a curloue
picture of local domeatlo life In Japan.
It inmiri that It la the custom in
Japarr-for a lady of high rank to serve
for r three years as servant in ' some
honorable house. Daughters of respect
able bouses . aarve as aervanU inthe
interior court or in the houses -of high
nobles. In this way both classes learn
to' understand each Other and the titled
ladles who hava served as servants un
der g Band how better to manage a house
hold when restored to their riibtful,.
positions. :. This young Japanese mer
chant says that h had In his house
In Toklo two countesses and a baroness,
who were the domestics of the house
hold, and that theyeould not marry
without his consent ' even at the end
of three yetrs of service. He said also
that Wt -was the custom for tha honor- '
able householder to give an annual din
ner to these ladles after they were ;
returned to normal v positions. This ,
service Js not a matter-of private ar
rangement, People in . .high positions -seek
out art honorable house, and when
they make the demand it Is not possible ,
td refuse it if there are any vacancies
In tha household,
' Chess jlayefa wlir be Interested In
this Japanese gentleman's description
rrlnciples are . vary much, the same as
he - game known with . us. But tha
movements of the pieces are much dif
ferent and more complicated. , Another -very
marked - pecallarlty Is that every .
filece captured from - an opponent is
ransf erred at onct with all lis powers
to the slds of the winner of 'that Dleoe.
and he is . permitted to placeV it upon
any square to give htm , tha greatest
advantage, ,-'
In 1897 Colonel Dick Plunketf. then
in charge of tha police of tha usage
Indian reservation, In Oklahoma, came
to Washington with a round dosen In
dian chiefs. . He found them a place In
the lnausiiral rtarade. kept them here.
during the subsequent festivities, and
took them back to Oklahoma,' all at his
own expense and greatly to the Joy of
tha red men and to the gratification
of Prestdent McKlnley and Vice-President
Koosevelt It was tha first -appearance
of Indiana In an inaugural
parade. - -In
1897 Colonel Dick wore a sombrero
and while his chaps snd spurs wera left
home he. bore no evidences of the east
ern brand of civilisation. But that was
11 years ago and tha colonel waa mak
ing his first visit to the national capi
tal, since then ba has moved hia resi
dence . to -Wyoming, and -he makes fre
quent visits to tha east. When he first
came ha carried his wardrobe , on hia
back. ' Now he traVels with a trunk, in
which are packed a "Prince Albert" of
fashionable out, "a 'claw hammer' of
the most recent fabrication, and a "tux
edo" - of the latest cut. The colonel Is
almost as great an authority on dress
for - certain occasions as Berry Wall
used to be 20 years ago. :
During ths cast month Colonel Plunk-
ett has been the gueat of the president
of the Harvard university. He has at
tended a swell wedding in the fashion
able Rittenhouse Square, district of
Philadelphia, and a half a dosen similar
functions in Boston and Washington.
. Recently he called at the White
House and was at once spied out by
Secretary Loeb. , There were half a
score of senators and aeveral governors
awaiting an audience with the presi
dent' but Secretary Loeb rushed Col
onel Plurikett paat them all and Into
tha nresldent'a private room, and when
Colonel Roosevelt saw him. he made a
center rush and landed on his old friend
with a whoop. He forgot everything
else, for nearly a quarter of an hour
while he held tha fist of tha typloil
westerner. -
The visit of Colonel Dick Plunkett ta
Waahington recalls an Incident to which
he waa a party and which has a dlreot
bearing upon n more recent case; . It
will be recalled that ' Cohsrreasmen
Hsflln of Alabama not long ago shot
negro who had insulted a woman on
atreetcar. -.- ;.'
About a rear aao Dick Plunkett was
walking down F street in Washina-tnn
when a, drunken negro accosted and in
sulted aeveral ladles who wera on their
wsy to a theatre.
Tha westerner stopped and expostu
lated with the inebriated colored cltl
sen In such a low tone of voice that
the latter thouarht that he had thlnra
all hia own way. He double his flat
and struck at the man from Wyoming.
But tha blow fell short and before ha
could recover- himself ha had felt the
full force of a western fist heavy
enough to fell an ox. Plunkett rutapd
on and the negro was cared for by some
passing acquaintances. Plunkett never
oarrlea a fgun." He flnda such weanona
unnecessary. j
FAMOUS TAVERN
CEASES TO EXIST
Th Ships of London Had
l"i Lired-Century and
y a Quarter; "
London, June i. The Bhfp tavsrn,
one of tha moat famous hotsls on the
Thamea, has been cloaed after an ex-
istence of 125 year. This wstatirant
had a famous page In the political his
tory of Great Britain, for here William
Pitt 'established hi whitebait din- ,
ners," a veritable political club, during
the 1 years of his ministry. .
On account of the disagreement
among Liberal membera of the house
of commons it ia believed that tha ac
tion against the house of lords la dead
and burled. - -',,
, There has been great Interest in tha
banquets given in honor of the birthday
Of the celebrated novelist, Gearge Mere
dith, -whoa works hava been translated
into all the foreign languages of llterr
ature, - .
-. Agitation ia Varr .Clfceles. : '
There la considerable agitation ' In
haval circles in view of tba determina
tion of Germany to expend several mil- ,
lion pounds la tha fortification of Hell- "
goland. ..',.'.-,.-..-,.?.-, -
: A company .baa been ; nrrant-a4 In
Denmark to earry on a towing service -tnrough
the atralta of Magellan. The":
promoters of the project believe that m
owners of vessels oi S.000 tons will pay
liberally to avoid the dangerous and 1
alwaya rough passage . around Caps t
Horn bv a towaii throns-h tha ati'oit.
The' work Is to be begun with a capital .
of 1,000,000, aU of which is not sub
scnued In Denmark, and foreign coun
trlea are asked to take stock in the con
eern. which proposes to establish a fleet
of 10 powerful towboats in Punta Arenas.-:
. -:- v ... ...
TlV JTIW Bhipa, . .
Tha Russian arovernment has nrrtsn
tha construction of Ave armored crulsv.
erajn ths Clyde shipyards,, to be aupe- .
rlor in power to the Dreadnaught.
Advertisement is made of a serious
epldemlo among; the beef cattle in the
vicinity of Edinburgh and the govern
ment nas sent a special inspector to ex. -
amine condltioha. It is learned that In " "
one flock of 111 cows SI were infected.
AU movement, of the cattle of the re
glon haa been prohibited. It la eight
yeara since any cattle in that vicinity :
have been visited by dlseass. The re
sult will be the closing of ports against
the Importation of foreign cattle. , . -
Tha wav waa Irttl. ha w!,M... t
1 iThe minstrel was infirm and Old. -
- IHIs trade was gone, his fee was chaff,
I For each house had a phonograph.
4 -fcaahvlile Americas.