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IMPRESSING ROOMS.
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Where Actors and Actresses
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St! STAGE REGIONS.
Ifcay Am aaMeai Attractive or Ctraforia Ctraferia
Me tsMI Sasaettaet Em IHj aim 7n
tsMtHMftt lM EceepUeat De Well
SMM Art While "Making tp."
;HE place where
' actors and actresses
prepare for their
work upon the
I stage, one thinks.
mutt be a most in
teresting place te
visit. Of course
the dressing rooms
mutt he elegant
place, properly
fitted tip and ar
ranged with all
modern and ancient
.convenience.
As a general rule,
they are net. In
the Cemedle Francalte, Mil. Bernhardt, Mils.
Rttcbemberg, Mil. Cartel, the two Coque Ceque
Ilat, and all the ether celebrities have splendid
apartments in which they are transformed
from plain men and women into the pahi
parcd darlings of the itags; a gorgeous green
room, tee, with half open deer, affords a
glimpse of luxury te the visitor.
But some facetious writer has said that the
American dressing rooms remind one of the
Cemedie't because they are te unlike. Of
court It stems hard te believe that the lady
Milling leading man of the play dot net lots lets
urely saunter te the stag from wmie splen
didly appointed apartment his spetlfcj shirt
front, his speckles broadcloth, hit daintily
curled mustache seem te tell a tale of luxuri
ous cam But the appearances are deceptive.
The probability is that the place where all
thest matters were prepared was a little
coop, probably net mera tbnn ten or twelve
feet tquare, het In summer, cold In winter,
dirty, badly ventilated, and perhaps damp
and ill tmelllng. The litter of wigs and
"preperty'' hats and coats and false shirt
fronts is net likely te odd te the attractive
ness of the room either. In short, the dress
ing room is net a boudoir but a workshop.
Of course it teems hard te believe that the
heroine of the play, who is in the first act a
simple little country maiden, is net fresh
from bower of roses and gelden red inter
twined, and that, when she comes en later,
richly dressed and a society belle, she has net
just stepped from regions upholstered with
soft plush and hung with gorgeous satins.
But the chances are that she has hud te climb
up dark stairway or two, pick her way
carefully through a confusion -of rejw and
beams, dodge four or five hurry "grips," and
perhaps leso her temper, In finding her way
from the stuffy little dressing room te the
footlights.
'as actor's mat.
The dressing room is simply a place te
"make up" and threw en and threw off
clothing. Theatres are built with mere re
gard te economy of space than te the com
fort of the performers, nnd the drcsMng
rooms are tucked away in all sorts of incon
venient places. The dark regions under the
stage generally furnish space for 0110 or two,
and perhaps ethers are located hizh un in the
draughty lefts. Ne place, as a general rule, j
u tee aisagrccaoie te no.'a a dressing room.
Anether thing thnthes Us effect Is the fact
that the dayspt-rteck companies liave passed
wny,AuVtnat the traveling organizations
(eut&ida of two or three of the larg
est cities) seldom make mero than oue
week "stands." One night "stamW"
are mere common. It is easy te see that in
such circumstances no actor or actress has
time te impress his of her Individuality en
any dressing room that tbey may clinuce te
inhabit for a few hours or a few days. And
what if tbe place is dirty f The probability
i that restlesa sleep caught en railroad trains
and in hotel rooms, tircsome rehearsals ami
perhaps an uuapprcclatlve audience or two,
have te wearied the ierfermcr that the flrt
thing thought of is te get out of the street
clothes into the stage costume and vice rcra
a quickly as pessible and have It ever with.
Sema years age certain members of "the
profession" began n crusade ngainst dirty
dreavtng rooms. The managers, lien ever,
brought forth au unanswerable nrgunient.
It must be rememlwred that the ciresslng
room are occupied by hundrculs of different
people in the cour&e of a rasen unit that the
occupants, especially the male, are net al
way a anxious te de their share toward
Tirx ballet's quarter,
keeping them clean and ethcrvla in geed
condition as they might be. I'm instance,
there teems te be a mere or Ira ff-.itral ton ten ton
deecy among male Thesplaus te scribble
their names and mere questionable words uu
the walls, and te censldrr dressiug room cus cus
pideres as articles for ornament only. Theu,
gain, they are net opt te be ever careful of
the articles of furniture. 1 1 is net necessary
te thy one's shoe across the room when one
hat taken it off; and when that ceurse U fol
lowed the chances are even that a broken
mirror or crack in the plastering will be the
mult. But it almost twems as if shying
aheet was a favorite game among theatrical
performer, Judging from the great number
of broken mirror and defaced walls.
Se far, reference has euly been made te the
individual dressing rooms of the "stars'1 nnd
acten and actresses who play prominent
part. The choruses and supernumeraries
re favored even less. Twe long rooms one
for the men and one for the women must
etjflke for them. Around it there ruus a shelf
or two, and the only decorations en the walls
are the numerous wardrobe hooks. These
aw. of course. In profusion. A bit of cracked
mad dingy locking glass hangs at one end of
Ik room, and under it, en a rickety stand, is
water bowl and pitcher sometimes. Of-
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wrj arrangements. When a company U in
"- " k-'ub sneives are uttered with
tea of powder, grease paints, puffs and
b thwir baUttdlvinltiMf,.. ti, ,.'....
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cfeftlr in tbe room luewdllw-Wi 'irtrls In
Various stages of dreat and linSress, and a
jumble of tights and yellow wigs, bodices,
pads and slippers lying about In apparently
hopeless confusion.
There are exceptions te the rule of untidy
dressing rooms, however. Letta, for Instance,
has a maid who keeps her dressing room at neat
as a pin. She finds room In the popular llttlt
teubrette't trunks for capacious folding chain
and numberless shining mirrors, te the disabled
turntture and cracked looking glatse an
tossed Ignominious Igneminious Ignominieus
ly into the enlei
darkness when Letta
is In town. Every
thing I in it place.
The toilet set U el
solid silver, with hct
monogram en each
piece, and every arti
cle Is covered with a
A SOCBnKTTB'fl DRXSUO ROOM.
clean towel. The appearance of the room
Is exactly what one would naturally expect
of Lotte.
In some of the theatres In the larger cities,
tee, the dressing rooms ar all that the most
fastidious star could nsk for. Tbey ere neat
ly carpeted, the walls and ceilings are deco
rated attractively, the furniture Is comfort
able, substantial and sometimes even elegant,
and running water and neat lockers mak
"making up" a pleasure.
Perhaps nothing could give one a better
Idea of the number and variety of the cos
metics used by our darlings of the stags (nee
esurlly, be It said) than a glimpse Inte a
dressing room. Here Is a characteristic list
mads up from the shelf of one of the mem mem
eers of a farce comedy cempany: One box of
face powder, two hare feet, enn bottle of
white powder and a tpenge, one powder
puff, one can of dry powder, one can of whlt
vaseline, ene menthol pencil, ene box of red
grease paint, one box of "cherry Up," one
box of cold cream, two pin cushions, one
elcctrle hair culler, ene nail polisher, two
teeth brushes, one jxncil brush and box of
pigment, ene pair of hair curling twcecs,
one complcte make up box, one bettle of
teeth wash, ene pair of nail sclssert, one mus
tard plaster, four or five combs and brushes,
one nedle nnd thread box and ene box of
dry jmlnt.
In addition te the above there were three
pairs of corsets, one pair of stockings, an odd
slipper or two and ether articles for which
there are no names in the male vocabulary.
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ONE Or TIIK EXCITTIOKH.
About the walls Heed ejK'ii trunks and ar
ticles of clothing Innumerable. Hats, skirts,
wrajw nnd shoes were everywhere.
What is genernlly considered te be a neces
sary udjuuet te life behind the scenes by the
innocent public, Is a "green room." It Is net
probable that mere than half the theatres
have such nn njiartmeut, howevcr. The
"green room" (In thev theatres that have
them) Is a place for the perforators te chat
nnd make themselves comfortable nhlle wait
ing for their cites. YVhcre the name "green
room" came from is lest in the dim obscurity
of stage tradition. Curtain It Is that they
are nevcr, by any clmuce. finished In green.
The popular Idea of events in the green room
has prebibly been largely obtained from n
farce, which some years nge was reasonably
Hticccssful. called "Oreen Heom I'ul." Hut
it Is safe te say that "tlreen Itoem Kuu" had
very little foundation in fact. Actors nnd
iuHresMnionet glven te mmning and tom
foolery before they "go en." It would have
a tendency te disarrange their malte up.
Awl after they "go tiff" they don't linger
in the green room. They are tee anxious te
go te thctr rooms and get nhat sleep they
can. It is said that "In the geed old days
things were different." .There is alwayt. n
tendency te say that. Almest nverybedy
likes occasionally te glorify the )ast ami
villify the present, and It doesn't de any r
ticular harm. It is likely, however, that if
the truth were told it would be seen that the
"geed old times" were net as geed, by many
degrees, as the year of our Lord eighteen hun
dred and eighty-nine.
Actors and B'-trcmes have always had te
travel around the country mere or lets. And
all mutt admit that traveling it growing
mero easy every year. The public, tee, each
year seems mere willing te give up Its shekels
te thu peeple of the stage, and the mere
tickets sold at the box ofllce the. higher sal
aries wilt le and the let clmuce the iierform iierferm
crs will stand of "getting the finger,"
These seem.", inorces er, te have leen mero
attention paid te the comfort of the jierform jierferm
ers in the theatres which luivelieen built dur
ing the lastjear than ever before, and the
movement will probably continue. It has
lwen a long tlme coming, but it nvldeuees un
doubted evidence of staying powers new that
it has nt last get here.
Au interesting chapter could be written en
tbe way different actors mid net rtsscs behave
in their dressing roenua. it is laid, for in
stance, that Edwin Beeth used te dress with
almost incrcdible rapidity and then sit down
with a short, black piie in Ids mouth te puff
nwny contentedly while wuitiug for his cue.
Henry Irving U credited with doing little
bit of ranting In his dresslug room w liile mak
ing up, just te get hit v oeal organs into con
dition, you knew, before going ou the stage.
Clara Merris, it Is said, invariably has her
dressing room shelves littered with inedlciue
bottles fieiu which shucver ntd anondeses
herself. Mary Aiulerwrn Is said te le ex
tremely "cranky" about her dressing room
jid ull things pertaiuiug thereto.
HARNESSING NIAGARA.
The Ij)lct riun jr Sel Tint Gre
1'nililrm.
Something ever a year nge tlie Dusl
ness Men's association of IlulTale, N. Y.
raised n fund of 8100,000 (en paper) te
be given te the Inveuter of n successful
plan for utilizing tlie immense water
iwwer or Nini-ara. While the plan con
templated Unit Mich nn invention should
be turned ever root nnd branch te the
subscribers te tlie "fund," which would
end nil claims of tlie inventor nnd let it
becomuthe property of the subscribers
as a stock company, yet ai ene after an
other plan came forward, the prirc gradu
ally vanished into spray as from the
rearing cataract itfcelf.
Many would be winners invested
their lait dollar in ceimriiutin;; models
and K-archiinj the patent ellku te ecu if
r. tw.t sv a clear for thev etalrua. And
Jlx.. i ij presented tlieir cWiuw for the
r-tize, they found that their wftrk had
lieen in vain. Xet only was there no
fizc lu bight, but they found also that
ti. vv-as no money in sight te even test
the 1 'btlity of their ret-nective plans.
Tlita a few of tbe mere Kmmiae
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turned their attention toward stock com
panies en their own hook.
One scheme which has received fa fa fa
vorable mention is for a tunnel te pa.is
under the village of Niagara Falls, where
it could be used as a main sewer for the
village. Its lower rim nt the base of the
cliff would le only a feet or two above
high water mark, whlle at the upper end
it would be, say. 100 fect beneath the
surface. At this point shafts would be
sunk te the tunnel nnd turbine wheels
placed at the feet of the shafts. Thus n
direct fall of 100 feet would be had, with
an unlimited supply of water. By re
peating the shafts and wheels nn unlim
ited power could be availed of.
W. E. Weaver, a mechanic and stereo steree
typcr of IlulTale, has n plan which calls
for towers te be erected at the base of
tlie bluff Mew the village which can be
180 te 200 feet high, into the open top of
which he would feed the water by means
of a canal tapping the river abeve tlie
village, At the base of the tower he
provides for a scries of the most power
ful turbine wheels, from which a practi
cally unlimited, power can be generated.
The flew of the wntcr into the tower is
regulated by governors, and the power is
te lie tmtntnlltcd by dynamos nnd cables
or compressed nir te the point where it
Is te Ijo used.
Tliis plan will cost much less than the
gigantic tunnel which has been contem
plated. Compressed nir can I transmit
ted long distances with less less of power
from friction than even electricity, and
it has been utilized in tunneling hills
and mountains with success in all parts
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A. Automatic water regulator. U. Water tower.
(3. Floers. I). TurLlnenhecK H. Water meters.
F. Blmftlm; and pulley te connect lower te ma
chinery. II. Wall standing nt liase of bluff. I!
Water from feed canal. I. Fsca pe of wntte water
under wheels. J Pipes leading water from haw
of tower te meters nnd turblne wheels.
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of the world where engineering lias late
ly been done. Paris uses it in manufac
turingcslablisliiueuls extensively. It is
conveyed in pipes similarly te gas, and
works en the same principle as steam,
nnd with equal prcsstire is equally as ef
fective. Willi tills plan in operation the
whele of the surrounding country may
be cevcied with manufactories run by
the t henpeat motive power in the world.
TIIK TllliEK AMEUICAS.
.FTER SIXTY YEARS' TRYING, THEY
HAVE CONVENED AT LAST.
Why They Meet by Uelrcatet 111 Conven
tion Trade, Tram), Tariff nnd Coinage
Are In Il Cniitldeiril, hut There It a
llnrx llepe vt Agreement.
Alexander Hamilton nnd Francisce
Miranda, of Venezuela the censervati ve
New Yerker and the radical revolution
ary Seuth American agreed seen after
the Ameiican Revolution upon a plan of
ro-operatien, nnd had made a fuir start
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SfOlIm. IUTEC ZtUYA.
I'AN-AMKniCAM DKLICOATEa.
tevvnrd it vv lien Washington and Jeffer Jeffer
eon peremptorily ferbade further pro pre
:cedings. When the revolutions in Span
ish America get well under vvav, seen
fter tlie war of 1812-15, Henry Clay re
vived tlie old project nnd made ninny
idditiens, nnd his pliui beenme famous
is that of the "Panama confcicnce."
Tlie net result was tlie promulgation of
ivhat is called thu ",Munn.c d. r'riVe "
:he gibt of which is that no part of either
America is any longer subject te coloni celoni coleni
uttion or control by any Kureiwin pow pew
;r; Ihey may keep the littie they have,
:mt must heck no nuue.
Fer the next thirty years "nlilmster
ing" raged; individuals tried te de what
.he government had refused; many local
rebellious weu stirred up by American
idveuluiers; Texas was wrested from
Mexico, and the "lilibiislers" vveie ex
leniiiimted in Cuba nnd Central America.
The United States had trouble of her own
lien for n few j ears, and when that was
settled her statesmen suddenly discovered
hat Spanish and I'eittigueM) America
uad get through their revolutionary era,
ind vv ere developing nt a wonderful rutc.
Secretary James (3. Illaine then (in 1681)
revived the old scheme of tlie "Panama
:onfctence," with objects purely com
mercial, and tlie Fiftieth congress passed
t bill instructing the president te invite
Iho ether governments te send their
reprcsentatives te Washington. Of the
eighteen invited, Haytl nnd Paraguay
declined; the ethers named their envoys,
is fellows;
Argentine Itcpubue-Seuer Vlneente O. Quesa.
in, bener Itotjue Haeuz IVna nnd Bener Manuel
(julntaiie,
Heliria Sener Jiwn V. Vrlantn.
UnuIl-CounciUer ljifajette IteJrlgues Perelra,
Dr. J. Q. de Aiuaral ValenteanJ Dr. Bolrailer Ue
MenJenrx
Chill Sener Euillle a Varas aud Bener Jese
Mhenza
Colombe Seccr J. M. Hurtado, Sener Carles
Martinez Bllva and Rener Cllniace Calderon.
Cesta Itlea-Sener Manutl Aragon.
12cuader Beiier .leaa JIaria Camaane.
Ouatemala Dr. I'crnande Cms.
Honduras Sener Jeronlrue Zelaya.
Mexico Sener Matlas Uomcre, Dr. J. N. Ja Ja
rarreanjj EenerJOM Ives Lltuanteur.
Nicaragua Pr. Horaele Guzman.
IVru-Sengr F. C a Zrgarri.
Balvader oener Jacinto CastelUoes and Sener
Samuel Valdlvleie.
Uruguay Sener Allvrte NIn.
Venezuela Sener NIcancr ltelet I'eraze.
Eight measures were named in the in
vitation us subjects for discussien: Te
pu-servu peace und prometo amity, te
Increase methods of (.ommunicatien, te
form n closer commercial union, nt least
te the extent of modifying tlie most ob eb ob
structive taritr featuies, and, if possible,
the adoption of common coins, weights
and measures, methods of arbitration,
etc. Tlie various peoples appear at last
te have taken a dcee Interest in the uat-
tcr.nnrt most of the delegates were prcv
cnt at the formal opening of the confer
ence en the CJ, Enough is already given
out te show that the difficulties in the
way of a common coinage and customs
union are necnilngly insuperable, but
much geed may be accomplished in ether
lines.
Almest without exception the dele
gates ero traveled men, and the majority
are versed in diplomacy. The delega
tion Includes ambassadors, consuls, gov
ernment ministers, lawyers, doctors,
editors and men of affairs. A mere rep
resentative body could net have been se
lected from tliese diverse callings and
stations. Tlie act under which the con
gress is te be held provides that the pre
ceedings shall be printed in English,
i Spanish nnd Portuguese, but most of
the delegates from Seuth America speak
English.
Sener Mntias Romore, of Mexico, it 58
years old. When the Maximilian war
breke out he was sitting in the Mexican
congress, and at the termination of the
war he was sent u & special agent of his
ncintase . rum. bliss.
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PAN-ASICntCAK linLEOATXS.
jovernment te the United States nnd
;hcn appointed envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary, and has since
resided at Wiuhingtea. lis is a man of
iii-go means, and in the early 80s he
ind Osn. Grant were associated in the
nanegement of the Mexican Southern
ailread. He conducted the negotiations
n behalf of Mexico, which culminated
n the f IgninR of tlie new commercial
treaty between thut country und the
United States in 1883.
Judge Hmilie C. Varas is tlie ininlster
of Chili te the United States, and has
held the highest judicial efllcca at home,
besides being a member of the cabinet.
Sener Jcronime Zelaya, of Honduras,
was long minister of foreign affairs for
that country. iJr. F. C. C. Zegarra was
already in Washington ns Peruvian min
ister ns was Den Vlncente Quesada of
tlie Argentine Republic.
The 'United States is represented by
Cornelius N. Miss and Charles It. Flint,
of New Yerk city; T. Jeffersen Coelidgo
of Massachusetts, Andrew Cnrnegie of
Pittsbuig, Clement Studebakcr of In
diana, Jehn 11. Hendersen, former United
Slates senator from Misseuii; Merris M.
VMve at California, Jehn F. Hansen of
tleergia, William Henry 'i'rescett of
Seuth Carolina, nnd ex-United States
Senater Henry Q. Davis of West Vir
ginia all well known te tfcc reading
public.
THE OMAHA BASEDALL PLAYERS.
Tliejf Are the IVmmiit Winners of the
WVntern Amm tatleti.
Here nre grouped rtrnlUef the players
of the Omnliu llaelall club, pennant winners
of the Wcttern n&soelutlen. Oiu'ha pluyed
120 games, vven bl), anil lest 37. Here nre a
few points en wmie of the players:
"Jack" Creeks, the star second baseman el
the Western association, Is one of the new
men secured by Columbus for the season of
lfeU). The priee paid wns $1,7.V). Charles
Creeks ns born in St. Paul Nev. 0, INJO,
und is iil i mi's of ero. He lsnn his baseball
career by playing nt Itaeine college, Wiscon
sin, catching for that club f loin 1S& until
&wu 3
t. Selec 2. Strauss .'1. .N'ngle. 4. Clarka.
S. Wnl.li. 0. Creeks. 7. MessiU
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'85, when he left college and went into n rail
road ofllce. Ilu did net enjoy the confine
ment of ofllce Ufa, however, and shortly re
signed his position. In lSbW he signed te play
with Malinger Whitcomb, of Minneapolis,
and remained with that team until 'S7, when
he Joined the Kt. Paul's. He played with the
Saints but a short tlme, until he signed with
Ven der Alie' reserves, with which team he
remained uutil 168S, when he was sold la
Omaha. His career with this team has
brought him out its ene of the licU all nreund
plaj ers in the country. As a catcher he has
received com! lernblu notoriety. His record
for V.Ms ns fullent; He played' U7 out of 105
ganit', le.ids the batters of the Western ns ns
MA'intien vvitli mi average of ,30, which is
but a few xlnts below the heaviest hitters
of the National leagua He made 10 home
runs, Vi thrce baggers nud IS two base hits.
Charles A. Nichols, the prince of the West
ern association pitchers, who is known
throughout the baseball kingdom as thi
"Kid," was bem in Madisen, Wis., Sept. It,
160V, nnd is therefore only SO years of age.
He was initiated Inte the mysteries of baso base
lill by the Iilue nvenue team, of IJanses
City, In lrt, which was at the tlme the best
numteur club in the city. He pitched his first
gnuie of profea-tenal kill for the Kansas City
Western league team In 1SS7. In the follow
ing j ear he signed with the Memphis club,
but i etui ned te Kansas City in July of the
hiiine year, nftcr the Memphis team had dis
banded, and Hm-Jicd the season there. The
Uiimha team is tlie third professional club he
hascverbeeu signed with and the first cn
n.mt winner. Yeung Nichols pitched 41
games nud vven SA He struck out 205 men,
allowed Til te takoK-useon balls and made but
0 wild pitches. In tickling he has a record of
.vs.', euly IS joints shortef perfection. ''Kid''
Nichols is conceded by ull the managers in
the Western association te be the best nnd
speediest pitcher in the Association.
William 11. Clarke, surnnmed "Dad," hailed
from Oswego, New Yerk state, lu obeut the
year lfctVJ, and at present registers himKilf as
being 2a year, of nge. He first distinguished
himself ns a Kueball pitcher by twirling for
the Oneida, N. Y., team during the early
part of ISsfl, finishing the season with the
Owego International leagueteam. In I&S7 he
signed with Sandusky, O., nnd only played a
pai t of the season w n Uiat club, being sold
te Dcs Moines alieut ti. -Lidtlle of the season.
At the end of thoseaseuuf 17 he enlisted
with Anion's Chicago league club and played
there during the remainder of the wu. He
has been with the Ouuhas through tlie tea
sons of lb&iat d ISHl, but them is every proba
bility that tlie American association will
capture him f-r lh'JO. lle pitched int7gamei
this renvm ,ni I wen !Q of lliuiu.
Themas Vh t. l. taui! i bend and shoul
ders above uc luU u-i i i I'm viit, and vvhe
hii made n I. a b iili.uit ih erd during the
huseii of ts-'i uu born in Milwaukee just
twenty-four ye jra;e. He was first recog
nized as n laeball player in ISstl, when hu
joined the Diu Claire. Wis., chili. During
the fellow lu; year he i liywl with lMil.iv-h,
and has slniv that t 'nu ly -it oue of the shin
ing lights iu the Omaha club. There i no
player la the Western association that ku
attracted mera attention from the
ball mantRert than Ntgle; and at any time
the Omaha management feels te disposed It
can cell his release for a geed round Spire.
Ragle played in seventy garnet and in field
ing hat an average or ,wl Ht w a
thrower and a geed batter.
& Cleveland. 0. Andrews. 10. Coenty. 11.
Preeser. 12. Canavan. IS Nichols. 14.
Willis.
OMAHA BASEBALL CXCB.
Frank O. Selce, the most popular and suc
cessful manager in the Western association,
was born in Amherst, N. H., thirty-one years
age. IIe was from earliest childhood inter
ested in the national geme, and formerly
played In amateur clubs in and about Bosten.
Ills first experience at a manager was in
16SI, when he took charge of the Waltham,
Mass. , club, in the Massachusetts state league.
In the fall of that year the Lawrence, Mass.
club purchased a part of the Waltham team,
and Selea went with it The Lawrence team
wee the championship of that seaeen. In '83
he was engaged at manager of tha Haverhill.
Mass., club, a member of the New England
league, and brought bis team through the
season in third place. He managed the same
team during the following year. vcv -vy
secured second place in the race
PEKIN'S GREAT TEMPLE.
DEAUTY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
TEMPLE RECENTLY BURNED.
China Uas Twe Great Branches of the
Mongolian tluce anil Several Religions,
but Is Striving for Homogeneity and
Toleration Description of l'ekln.
HE "Temple of
Heaven," ene of
the old and fa
mous structures
inPckin,liasbeen
destroyed by (Ire,
and under cir cir
cumntnnceB iZi" which te the Chi
nese seem omi
nous. Ever since the Europeans eom eem
pelled nn entrance into China vari vari
ejs calamities have tended te break
Down Chinese pride and destroy Chinese
delusiveness, nud new t lie old temple, in
which success! ve emperors en each S2d
of December offered the annual prayers,
and where they held special services en
occasions of flood, famine and pestilcn'ce,
lias been destroyed seen after the religi
ous services relating te the late flood.
This was the great popular tcmple of
I'eUin. It steed outside of the imperial
reserve, known ns the "Forbidden City,"
and in it prayers were offered for the
peeple as a whole, for health, geed har
vest and prosperity, while ether temples
were te bome extent limited te races,
classes or special objects. The "Tcmple
of Heaven," with its attached buildings,
occupied se large nn extent of ground
that its dimensions cannot be stated with
exactness, but the place of interest was
the great court in which was an altar
with it triple circular marble terrace, 210
feet wident the base, 150 in the middle
and 00 nt the top. On the level summit
the muible pavement was laid in nine
concentric circles inclosing a central cir
cular btoue highly polished. Onthis the
emperor knelt te offer prayers for the
peeple und the general ceiemenies were
most solemn nnd affecting.
In another section of the vast temple
steed tlie altar of prayers for geed har
vests; around it was a splendidly finished
circular wall, and ninety feet abeve be
gun tlie celebrated reef, which extended
up nnd ever the room; abeve it was a
smaller room and reef, aud above that n
biuallcr btill. Tlie intervals between were
well arranged for lighting the great
room, and the tiles forming the reef
were of most exquisitely glazed blue
porcelain, the effect being te give nn air
of depth, distance and intensity, 6e te
speak. The light thus freely admitted
and reflected back from the blue glazed
dome bhone upon n shrine of delicate fin
ish und bplendid materials the shrinoe'f
Sang ti, tlie "deity of beneficence."
Te understand the significance of these
facts te the Chinese mind, it must be ro re
memlicrcd that city and adjacent coun
try contain two tolerably distinct races,
vv liich nre but blevvly fusing iute ene na
tion, and that there nre practically three
leligiens (or two religions and a philoso
phy), slowly giving way, as far ns west
ern travelers can see, te n. sort of uni
versal icligien. But this matter is still
te ebscure that one traveler says the
Chinese are nil becoming bkeptics, nnd
another says they nre adopting a re
formed or cxnlted Buddhism, while n
third is ositive they nre struggling
towards n bread icligien of humanity.
Similarly the city of I'ekin, which has
about 1,500,000 inhabitants, is divided
into Kin-Ching,orthe "prohibited clly;"
llwang-Ciiing, or "imperial city;" Nui
Ching, the Tartar section, ami Wai
Ching, the purely Chiucse city. The last
two nre respectively twelve and fifteen
square miles in area.
MUilW VIMUllilti T,"li'"!l."
TIIK TEMPLE OK HEAVEN.
These severnl cities nre separated by
enormous walls; tha connecting gates
have their peculiar forms and social or
religious signiflcance nnd each section
lias its special temples, while the temple
lately burned steed eutside of the last,
and vv as as far ns poesible the temple of
piegiess for all Cliinc.0 eT all races nnd
faiths. The "prohibited city" is inside
of the iuijierial city, tlie hitter being six
miles in circuit. The various gates and
buildings are designated ns "gate of
extensive peace." "palace of earth's
repose," "hall of extensive thought,"
"gute of heavenly lest'' nnd "tem
peo of eternal peace." Outside are
temples for the two races of China as
well a3 churches for Catholics, Greeks
anil l'. ntj, u mjsiuu for Moham Meham
uiedjiib .iiur r Taleidtintiy buildiugsiu
which Juvvsi and ( liri-tiaus may conduct
worship. Th'TVubjA of Heaven, how hew how
ever, h nl in r. ' cf v.iv Ik come n mat mat
tei of pride and interest te all, even te
fe "f all faiths.
i"inber in considering
people we new
hear u ..; of a.. J iew.v tiiii.: of nre net
CjSr ra22j
tM cnneM who imm appMrM M auMrjr.
The peeple known te Um Mtcteat GrMk
as Seres, inhabiting a regie afterward
called Serici, were mere like the present
Japanese ; and the old records say that
the wife of their emperor, Hwang-U, first
experimented with silk worms, and about
4,500 years age lint succeeded In reeUag
the silk thread that k, unwinding It
from the cocoon. lathe days of Alexan
der the Great raw silk was Imported
from Series (China), but la the reign of
Justinian (A. D. B27-S69), two Christian
missionaries in China concealed the eggs
of silk worms In a reed cane and smug
gled them overland te Constantinople,
and thua v.-i begun the western culture
of silk. fortunate for history that
three It . the Peles, reached China
oea CXtcr ten conquest by tfce Tartars,
remained there many years as the guests
of Kublal Khan and gave the westera
world an idea of that wenderful change.
This was in the Thirteenth century,
and from Marce Pole's book (marred
though it is by extravagances) one gets
an idea that religious toleration then pre
vailed te some extent, and that even at
that early day enlightened emperors en
deavored te encourage the policy indi
cated in the services at the Temple of
Heaven. The astonishing fact is that
there were then, apparently, mere Chris
tians in China than new, and that the
Peles met them at many points en their
route thither. All this is rather ancient
history, it is true, but it illustrates the
ideas connected in the Chinese mind with
the temple recently burned.
FASHIONS Ml THE FAIR
OLIVE HARPER WRITE3 OF THE
LATEST NEW YORK 8TYLE9.
Teung Ladlet Who Attempt te Dress Ac
cording te tha Prevailing Med Mutt
Practice New Movements A Pint Com
munion Itebe tieautlrul Bennets.
Special Correspondence.)
New Yerk, Oct 3. Tall, slim, grace
ful and slew of movement is the fashion fashien fashien
able young lady of today. That is te say
she is as much of all these asshe can pos
sibly manage te be. Tlie slender effects
and rigid lines of the season's garments
de net ad mit of brusque or angular move
ment, and se the young lady that was
inclined te kittenish movements or care
less grace in flowing gowns lias had te
neBK ren first communion.
practice long and vigorously before her
mirror before she could quite acquire all
she wanted te become. The tight sleeves
of a season or se age were net half se
hard te manage ns the leg e' mutton of
today, because new, if her arms are held
clese te her bides, the pretty girl leeks
like a Mether Hunch. This otyleof slecve
requires that the elbows should be held
well outward sons te'Mct daylight show"
between her arms and sides. The pecu
liar arrangements of the wide Kislies
make a slim waist leek mero graceful
and a stout one a littie longer, that U, if
they are properly arranged.
Thcie were shown in ene heuse three
beautiful dresses for young ladies for
home wear. One of dark green plush,
another of brocaded silk and the third
of white felt flannel. AH were cut like
the drens in the picture of Marguerite,
with long cuirass corsage, with contrast
ing bands of embroidery around the bot bet
tdm, with puffed blecves, nnd with a
closely embroidered belt with an au au
menlere, or littie key pocket hanging
low at the right side, and the left very
blightly raised. They were very pict
uresque and elegant, but will require
long nnd patient practice in slew nnd
graceful movement before the wearers
can put them en with full assurance.
Speaking of Marguerites reminds me
that I have obtained a design for a beau
tiful littie gown for n young lady for her
Grst communion. It can be of white
flannel, casluucre, veiling, Henrietta or
Nainsoek. It is simply hemmed nt the
bottom. Tlie front is laid in self plaits,
and a sash and aumoniere are made of
white surah. Instead of the wreath of
artificial Hew crs, which is no longer
worn, is a dainty littie close bonnet of
lace, ever which is thrown the" veil. It
is be very situ ple that any lady can make
it, and it is in tlie newest style. The eye
has been offended long enough by the
tawdry finery seen en littie girls going
through the streets en the sweetest and
mostselcmn occasion of their pure young
lives, and anything that will de away
with that ought te be v. ,i e.ued most
heaitily.
The big sister's dress is iu the latest
style and of Vienna cloth in weed brown,
opening evern panel of dull green plush,
which fabric will be largely employed as
trimming, nnd a band of green and black
passementerie reaches from shoulder te
front, A brown velvet hat with brown
ribbon trimming completes the pretty
costume.
60 ritETTY AKE THEY.
Bennets are the important question of
the day, and nre marked by their de de
rease in size that is te say, the gener
ality of them; but there are still many
Ijrge varieties te be seen for tliose te
whom they are becoming. Beautiful
velvet flowers, and ethers in deep, rich
colors, form close borders rather than
masses en tlie top, and they are made of
everything, from felt te" 6traw, with
silk, velvet and plush, besides lace,
und embroidered patterns, en the mate
rial of which a gown la made. One
royal purple, or "Cuban prune," had a
wreath of yellow velvet cowslips with
tnew leaves, rrurts also Mve tslace, aa4
in fart every milliner atvl every lady I
a law unto herself. Yet the tendency le
for smaller sizes and brilliant colerinipf.
Mantles and wraps will receive my care
rul attention next week, se that UsdieS
can see what Is te be wen te keep them
warm. blcM therat OtOT Habpkk.
SHELBYVILLE'S PRODIGY.
An 11-Year-eld: Girl Perform the
Dlfflrull Matte.
Gussie 8. Cottlow, who has recently
created n sensation in western musical
circles, was born In Shclbyville, Ills.,
eleven years age. In personal appear
ance she is prepossessing, of average
height and size, is unusually strong, has
black hair and eyes and a clear complex
ion. Her father, Merris Cottlow; is a
merchant in Shclbyville, and her mother,
Selina Oldenburg, was bera in Liverpool,
England.
Very early in life Qussle Cottlow evinced
musical talent As early as 9 years of
age she proved her aptness for time and
tune, and when 8 years old began play
ing the piano by car. She played by
note before she was 4 years old. She
played "Burgmueller's Opus 100," aad
the posthumous sonatas of Beethoven
when she was 5 years old. Twe yean
later she took such musie from ether
classical composers as she could man
age the technical parts of, her hands
being quite small for n child of that age.
She attended the public schools of 8heL
byvlUe.
avun b. cottlew.
SuSsie's first appearance In publle wai
at the opera hall u Shclbyville, where
she played selections from the "Bohe
mian Girl" and ether similar music. At
the age of 7 she gave recitals at
Matteen and Decatur, Ills. At 10 yean
of age, ea May SO, 1S89, Gussie made her
professional debut in Chicago and creat
ed r. sensation. Since then oho has r
eeaicd often in public.
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rinile)ed for tbut purue.
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