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CHIMWS OPERA.
Albani, the Canadian Nlghtta
gale, Is One of the Singer.
SOME TALK ABOUT HER CAREER.
la Mm Dominion M.e Beered aa Early Bae
MM aa Ii a raVnrlta of Qhmd Victeria.
lw Dockstader, the New Tprk Mlastr!
Manager, Who Ii MnaaelaUjr lavettet.
Tb season of Italian Optra, which began
recently In the big Chicago Auditorium, 1
notable for tire reasons! First, the best talent
the World affords takes part j and second, It U
the flrit tlme an operatle plan of such mag
nitude Has been carried out fir that city.
Among tlie singers ero both Pattt and Al
bania, The latter b known as the "Canadian
Nightingale," and the appellation Is well de
terred. She tells the story of her Ufe herself
M follews:
"My father was a musician an excellent
violinist and from the Tery first he carefully
trained me. I sang at 4 years old, and ap
peared In public at & I toured the Dominion
at a prodigy for a year, and then Tery wisely
I was net allowed te ting for several years.
I was about 17 when I went te Europe, and
all the training I had was nine months in
Italy and nine months In Parts. At Milan,
my maestro was Lembard L He is new SO, I
believe, but with an assistant be still receives
pupils and Imparts te them valuable informa
tion. I made my Londen debut at Ceven t
Garden when I was 18 in 'La Bennambula.'
That was in 1873. I had previously appeared
in the same opera In Sicily and In Paris. 'La
Bemnambula' contains, I think, the most per
fect music of any opera, and Urfs, as well as
the fact that it contains a geed part for a
young girl, explains, perhaps, why it is gen
erally chosen by debutantes.
"The two incidents most vividly impressed
upon my mind may be said te be almost his
toric One occurred in 1ST0, during the cele
bratien of Ameri
ca's centenary. I
tang 'Felks at
Heme' before an
Immense audience
In Chicago, and
the enthusiasm of
the people I shall
never forget But
I was most evor-
Alr. taliAH T Ii.iI a I.'
... if licit MUM fcV !
ting 'Heme, Bweet fl
Heme' nt the open- x
ing ei tire ixiienmi
exliihitlen. in IRS.".
There were 12,000 ALBANI.
pcopleln the hall, representing all parts of
the British empire, while at one end, en the
dais, quietly sat the woman who was queen
of them all. Fer a moment the scene dazed
me, and I was overcome with emotion.
But singers have a great power of will, I
think, and as seen as I began te sing I lest all
consciousness of the magnificent surround
ings." Mme. Albani lias a heuse nt Braemar, and
when the is tliere she U frequently Invited te
dlne with the queen at Balmoral, "and soma
times," saM tlie singer modestly, "hermaj
esty takes tea In our cottage She likes the
old Italian musie best. Yeu tee she hears se
llttle that is new. Her majesty is alie very
fend of Scotch songs, such ns 'Rebin Adair.'
Sometimes Princess Beatrice, who is an ex
cellent pianist, accompanies me, and see, here
is n photograph bhe gave me with an auto
graph." When asked hew she explained the large
number of American lly singers constantly
in England, she said:
"I don't think the American air is better
adapted te the cultivation of the voice than
that of England. But in America, although
England has big musical colleges, the younger
singer has far greater chances. If in any
town a girl is thought te have talent, the
means are at oncefouud by public subscrip
tion or by a few rich citizens te enable her te
obtain a training in Paris or Italy. Of
course a geed many are sent te Eurepe whose
voices cau noverbetralnpd te de great things,
but it is thought that out of a number tliere
must be a few prizes, and patriotic pride is
the great incontive."
VEXV DOCKSTADEO.
Among levers of burnt cork fun the name
of Lew Dockstader at ence calls up visions of
all that 13 best in that line He is considered
-te 1)0 a minstrel of mlnsti elj, aud mero than
that, u jelly geed fellow and an honeiablo
man. When, net long age, the announce
ment was made that he was financially in
volve, and that hi3 embarrassments had ne
cessitated the closing of his New Yerk thea
tre, expressions of sympathy were mero fre
quent than words of condemnation, even
among members of his company whose sal
aries were In arrears. The day after the an
nouncement of Ills trouble was made he put
a step te the stories tint he had jgnomlni jgnemlni jgnomlni
eusly fled, by telegraphing from" Philadel
phia that he was iu that city and was nego
tiating a lean, which would enable him te
give te each 'one of his creditors a little.
He said that he hid had just meney enough
te get from New Yerk te Philadelphia, but
said, "Tell the boys that they won't leso
anything." He added that his w ife was com
pletely prostrated by the shock of his failure.
t When tlie message was received, "the boys"
most of them were content.
Lew Dockstader is ene of the youngest of
the prominent members of the burnt cork
brotherhood, lielng
only about 33 years
old. Dockstader
began his public
career in the em
ploy of Jehn L.
Carncross, of Phil
adelphia. Until
Dockstader 'si cceut
reverses, h e a n d
Carncross were the
only proprietors of
'prominent ueuses
e f minstrelsy i n
the United" States.
Unlike most mcni-
lew deckstader. bers of his profes prefes profes
tleu, be is singularly qillct In voice, man
ner and nttlre. These w he have seen him en
the btage would hardly recognlze him en the
street. He has reddish hair, a mustaehe,
mid a boyish but somewhat florid face.
He says that he never went before an au
dience iu his life without having Mt, for an
instant, u blight attack of stage fright. This
ulnars tuntshed, he says, If he found that
there were ene or two geed laughers In the
audience. Mirth is infectious, aud four or
Ave hearty "ha ha's" at a start will put an
audience In geed humor for an entire evening.
Iu 13S71.0 said te a leperter: "I went te
New Yerk determined te have the best min
strels in the world, and spare no money in
getting the foremost talent iu minstrelsy. At
the same time, I have aimed nt progressive
minstrelsy, always, however, confining my
acts te theso belonging te 'burnt cork." The
purest fun and 6wectust singing te be a part
of a pregramme that could offend no ene,
and where ladies and children could coma
without escort."
The Essentials of American Drama.
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leading lady,
"Have you had any experience t"
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have been divorced twice, am a popular sec!
tty leader nud knew every man la town."
"Yeu are engaged et your own figure"
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Victims of the flamm.
Wght Man n he Met Beetfa M eeiaaaa 4
Mtattea anils.
A toenail It a neldier whoa
H k te face death often with m
risk as tf be wcr engaged la teklac ft
battery. Mew and then In wmn
which brings home te theee wlM retard
the fireman' avocation at aa ordinary
ene the fact of the fearful risk he rtuw.
The death roll at tie Bosten Are It a ef0
la point In thle conflagration a num
ber of brave men went te their death la
the discharge of their hazardous duty.
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MICHAEL MDRNAN. FRANK P. LOKER.
DANIEL J. BUCKLEY. JOHN J. BROOKS, JR.
There was Michael Murnnn.nnd Frank
P. Lekcr, mid Daniel J, Buckley, and
Jehn J. Brooks, Jr., all young men In
the prime and vigor of life. Mumanwu
a Bosten ian, born in 1853; Lekcr, a Texan,
born In 1850; Buckley, a Bostonian, bera
In 1858, and Brooks, a Bostonian, born in
18C2.
In Minneapolis men without the ranks
of the llremcn, some of them prominent,
met death at the burning of The Minne
apolis Tribune building. There was
Milten Pickett, assistant city editor of
The Pioneer Press. A gr.idunte of Har
vard, he entered the service of the paper
in 1833, and served te the night of his
death.
James Igee, night operator of the As
sociated Press, who was killed by a fall
from the telegraph wire, by which he
was trying te escape, had always been a
telegraph operator. He worked The St.
Paul Globe's special wlre te Chicago for
soine time, and was for a while Chamber
of Commerce manager in Minneapolis
for the North American Telegraph com
pany. Sevcral years age he entered the
service of the Associated Press.
Dr. Edward Olsen, who wns also
killed, was well known as an educator.
Bern in 18-18, he moved te Wisconsin,
studied at Beloit college, the University
of Chicago, at Halle, Gettingcn and
Paris. Then he became professor of
modern languages at the University of
Chicago, after which he became presi
dent of the Dakota university. He was
noted for his strength of mind and his
great learning.
W. II. MILLMAN.
JAMES IOOE.
MILTON riCKETT.
WWARD OLSEN.
William H. Millman, another victim,
was the commercial editor of The Min
neapolis Tribune. He entered The Tri
bueo Bcrvice as compositor, and when
the maikct record was established he
was put in charge of It. Only last No
vember his wife died an accidental death
from nsnhvxialien.
The Late nsrrey MeKenna.
Harvey MeKenna, the phenomenal straight
rail billiard player, who was matched te play
Jacob Pclinefer at straight rail billiards, died
recently at the New Yerk hospital of con
sumption. MeKenna was only 2? years old, but bad
already made a uame for himself as a player,
of extraordinary ability. He was born in
Owosso, Mich. He was a bootblack when 8
years old, and bofero be was 10 had undo a
tour et about every state in the Union, with
his kit.
MeKenna began playing billiards when 10
years old, and at the age of 'JO was a first
class player. His stronghold was the ttraight
railed game, at which style of playing he
held the record for
the best runs and
the best average.
His famous runs et
8,200 and 2,570
points, respective
ly, were both made
in a 5,000 point
game, which be
played about a year
anil n half age.
His opponent was
able te score but
forty-five points In
thu game. On this
occasion Mr. Mc-
HAimCY M'KENNA.
Kenua's average was 4GG, the best en record.
Of late years MeKenna had been devoting
his time te giving 1,000 or no count exhibi
tion games throughout the west. He never
lest one of theso games. The match for
$2,500 a side, which had been arrauged for
between McKeuua and Schaefer, was do de do
claied off en account of the young expert's
sickness. Mr Reach, the bicker of the
"Wizard," refused te accept MclCemia's for
feit, baying that he wouldn't take a dying
man's money.
One of Irvine's Stories.
Henry Irving tells this ttery: A halier halier
desher In Louden had joined the Junier Gar
rick club and becomeiueculated with the idea
of going en the stagn. Se he sold out his
shop, reserving an ample supply of under
wear, and invested the proceeds te eke out
his balary as an actor. Iu time, his grand
dreams of surjiassing Kcan aud Kembla hav
ing departed, he was a humble utility man at
the Tlicatre Ileyal, Manchester. But his in
vested money gave him income enough te
provide a Christmas eve supper for his asso
ciates at the theatre.
One of them hesitated te accept because
the weather was se cold and his clothing was
se thin and worn. Befete the supper the ex
haberdasher pushed this peer fellow into a
bedroom, saying, "There's n little present for
you inhere!" It was a suit of warm woolen
unuercietmng. fancy ims peer actor s reel
ings when, comfortably clad, his body and
his heart equally worm, be took his place at
the tablet "I can feel tliat grateful warmth
yet," exclaimed Irving, "for I was that peer
actor l"
Thespian rinanclerlng.
At a rule, Mary Andersen shares instead
of taking a certainty, Salvinl is a very care
ful financier. He takes a percentage from
Mr. Palmer, with a guarantee that his profit
shall net fall below a certain amount, and he
will receive about all of the profits. Bern
hardt, who Is te play vt ith Mr, Abbey for the
next two years, takes a shure of the profits
wnneut guarantee, but her sharp Is a large
one and her Income 1 150.000 a season.
About Time.
Wiggins Has Higgins settled down
any?
Jiggins Yes, I think he has by tlila
time; he's been buried about three v ecks.
Epoch,
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. i ' H ' 'I" in . I
ITS DIFFICULTIES.
What the Players' League Has
Before It.
A STEEP AN TIRESOME ROAD.
W. t. Harrlt Points Out a Number of the
Reason for Ills Belief Thai tu Brether
heed tlaa a Let et nac Ahead of li.
The Old IrKgue Will Da ou Ilnnd.
Teacbleveapermanent success the National
Players' league has get te travel along a steep
and tiresome read, blocked with many dlffl
cultiea. The player or capitalist engaged la
the movement who expects te tee the business
run along as smoothly as they have teen It
de under the direction of the National league
for several years past wilt meet with a severe
disappointment. Tbey might at wen expect
te tee the East River bridge duplicated In a
year. It went move. smoothly, It cannot
move smoothly, because the new league Is
net built en smooth tracks.
There it a possibility that la these citlea
where Urge profits are made, If there should
prove te be any, the friction in the wheels of
management would net be te notlceable or
te apt te cause trouble, but even In these
cities there will be jealousies and bickerings
that the wisest heads in the new movement
will find themselves unable te allay.
The method et management outlined is ex
perimental It it docs net work it will have
te be changed. It will be changed, bat it
will be a difficult task and a long task te in
augurate reforms when ence the new League
gets a start. And during this gradual
change, which is bound te take years of ex
perience te bring about, both capitalist and
player will have te held together as one man.
Will they de HI
The rock en which the new Leaguemay
have its first wreck will be the method of dual
management by players and capitalists. Aud
In this I de net mean te Infer that the players
de net possess among them men of sufficient
ability te run a business enterprise. There
are n number of men se qualified. I de
say, bowevcr, that the great majority, I may
Bay a vast majority, cannot de it. When you
come te the particular business enterprise of
running a ball club successfully, the number
of players who could fill the bill is iufinltes
mal. If the players would be content te
trust their end of the business entirely te the
four men they are te select te represent them
In each club, aud devote their energy te
playing ball, the scheme might work, pro
vided these four men could work in har
mony. But they won't, and the reasons are
obvious. Ball players are, ns a rule, unedu
cated men, and often dull mentn everything
but the ability te play ball, but I tiever met
one yet who did net have his Idea of hew a
baseball club ought te be run, and I vouture
te predict that these four player directors
will be se badgered by their fellows that ltfe
will be a burden te them.
There will be strite among the four, and
there will be strite between them and the di
rectors, who will represent the capitalists. If
the public fleck te the games et the Players'
league, and the National league Is deserted,
and money flews In ns most of the players
fondly imagine it will, this strife I speak of
will net de great harm. But where losses are
met, where the nlcest klndet management
is needed te float the clubs at all, there will
be found the friction, and when it comes
down te a question as te whether the capi
talists or the players are te run the clubs,
there will be a circus, and there will be some
pretty queer ball playing.
The chances of maintaining discipline la a
ball team, four members et which are direc
tors In the club, and all et whom have a say
in the selection et theso directors, seems te ma
te be an impossibility for any length et time.
The new League will discover this very early
iu its career, and the men whose money is at
stake will insist upon an amendment, and
they will carry their point; but they will de
se only at the lack of success and consequent
monetary less.
Without serious opposition the -Players'
League clubs in New Yerk, Bosten, Chisago,
Philadelphia and Brooklyn could make
money. With a divided patrounge they
might make a little if tbey had any advan
tage iu the division of the receipts. With a
divided patrenage and an equal division they
will find it difficult te meet expenses aud
salaries, especially In Brooklyn, Chicago and
Philadelphia. They tnny have the best of
the patrenage atlln-t, but each season will be
a harder ene than the ene which preceded it.
Each one et these cities will have a salary
list of e.7),000.
The list In Buffalo, Cleveland aud Pitts
burg may net be se large, but It will net be
less than $40,000. Cau theso cities support
two ball clubs! Ne. Can they support ene
properly! Well, It's doubtful. Cloi eland
made a little money last season. It never
did befere. Pittsburg cleared something
a few years age. It hasn't made a dollar
during the past threo years; indeed,
the owners have had te put up some seme
tblug out of their own pockets. Buffalo never
made a dollar as a league club, and has
never mode anything worth talking about
with a cheap team. Of course none et these
cities ever get half the receipts away from
home. That may make a dilfercnce. Hew
much! Nobody knows. Heretofore, wheu
the big attractions drew geed crowds at home,
Cleveland awd Pittsburg get 73 per cent.
New they will get only fifty. Should they
prove peer attractions away from home, will
the extra 25 per cent, of a peer gate an ay
from home make up for the same amount lest
from a geed gate at home?
Anether factor is the capitalists. Will
they stick in peer pajing cities! If they de
net, where is the Brotherhood te obtain cities
te take their places that can support $10,000
ball teams! Will the players who are net
capitalists be satisfied te see theso who are
reap the lien's share of the profits, if there
are any? Will they be discontented when
they And that they cannot purchase stock?
Will tbose who have signed for thrce years
at (2,000 and (2,500 be satisfied with these
suiu when they see men who have lest their
grip as players getting twice as much, and
perhaps net playing at am u tnese ducen- I
tcntmeats should arise, would tbey affect the
playing et tbose feeling aggrieved! and If the
cares and management and discontent that
might arise affected the playing of the men,
would it affect the gate receipts) And if se,
te what extent! Would the public be made
te btdleve that there was no hlppodreming?
These and a hundred ether quotiens might
be asked, and then net exhaust the subject.
The players will net bat e a bed of roses te
He en. They wlU have a fierce opposition te
fight both la brains and meney. If they are
wise, it they are harmonious, if they stand by
each ether, it the capitalists stand by them,
if they change their methods of management,
they may perhaps in four or five years build
up a structure that will stand aud will pay
profits, but there will be a pile of money lest
in the operation. Yeu see, there are a geed
mtny "if." about U, and just at present most
of them are net giving cither the players or
their backers the slightest uneasiness.
They'll be en hand just thesame.
I'ltcher lUldwIe.
Mark Baldwin, whose ;ortreit appear!
with this skcteb, is ene of the ablest pitchers
that ever faced a batter In the ranks of the
American association. He was born iu Pitts
burg, Pa., about tcnty-flve years age. He
stands six feet In height and weighs 100
pounds. He began ball playing in 18S0,
pitching for amateur clubs In his natlve city.
In 1S& he played his first game as a profes
sional, pitching for the Cumberland (Md.)
club. In 18S5 be pitched the McKeesport
club into first place of the Western Pennsyl
vania league.
On Aug. e0, 1S60, whlle pitching for the
Dulutb team, he held the Oshkosh club down
te one safe bit. On
Juue 18, 16b0, be
struck out eighteen
men of the St. Paul
club, twelve being
In succession. His
flr.e work In the
box for Duluth led
te his engagement
by the Chicago
club, with which
he played during
the seaseus of 18S7
andlSSS. On Sept.
20, lbS7, he retired
UAP.K BALDWIN.
the rut.burg tesm
with only ene tat e hit. Baldwin was one of
the nartv reaMntr n trin te Australia and
W 1
I i i i . i
ifcUff- raring tea winter et 1WS-1 Ua
nis return ne was reease or aimm ana was
im'nediately snapped up by MaHftger Beekea
bergcrfer the Columbus team at a prlSA
That Ansen made a mNtake in releasing him
Is full demonstrated by his excellent pitch
trig for- tk Columbus team, twice holding the
Broebiyns, and oil. Katll the Bt fouls and
Athletics, down te two bits iil a etumplea
ship game. It is reported that Mark hat
signed with the Chicago Brotherhood team
for the season of 1800.
FOR OiNE MY OF KKST.
THE RECENT CONVENTION OF THE
AMERICAN SABBATH UNION.
tVhal the Organisatien Bat Dene and It
Doing The District of Columbia the
Only I'lncA In the United AUtee Where
Saadajr It Net MeeegitUKl by Law.
The American Sabbath union, which
has just held its first anniversary in New
Yerk, originated, as its documents state,
in a letitien circulated by Iter. Wilbur
F. Crafts, In 1883, among the officers of
the tow local Sabbath associations then
In existence, and ether friends of Sun
day rest. The petition requested the
Methodist general conference te appoint
a score et charter members, and te ask
ether denominations te de likewise. The
petition was granted. Lutherans, Pres
byterians of flve kinds, including two in
the south, Baptists et both Roc'.letit, mid
the Hcfenncd (Dutch) church joined the
movement. The charter members from
all these denominations organized the
American Sabbath union, which is there there thero
fero n home missionary society, net of
one but of many churches, te prevent the
heathenizing of a Christian land, which
is surely quite ns important ns Christian
izing a heathen land.
Tlie charter mcmliers report te the
supreme councils of their own denomina
tions, and the Union thus receives nil
nual investigation. Cel. Elliett F. Shop Shep
ard, who had previously given 5,000 for
the work of the first year, became the
flret president, with Rev. J. H. Knewlcs
as general secretary, and llev. Wilbur
F. Crafts as field secretary. The work
of the former has been chiefly corres
pondence and the editing of a weekly
"Peurl of Days" column in The New
Yerk Mall and Express. The field Bectc
tary, who is often called "the Held mar
shal," bes traveled a dittnuce equal te
a journey round
tlie world and
then through it,
speaking in the
chief cities of
thirty-nine fitates
a it d territories,
nn average of six
times per week.
As a sort of divin
ing ted he carries
an ancient orient
al saw, which
works only en
the luck stroke,
JllEV. W. F. CRAFTS.
which he brought from Nazareth, a saw
such as Jesus is supposed te have used
wheu he toiled ns n werkingmnn nt hts
trade.
Speaking recently at Scranton, with
T. V. Petvderly In the chair, Mr. Crafts
called the saw an "ancient badge of
knighthood In labor." "Ne one," he
said, "who knows and honors the story
of Christ can ever despise honest tell in
himself or in any ether man. Surely
the church that was founded by a car
penter ought never te be out of sym
pathy with the real interests of working
men, chief of which is the preservation
of ene unbroken day in every week for
rest and home and, te theso who wish it,
culture of conscience." The saw repre
sents the co-operation of labor organiza
tions with tlie American Sabbath union
in the Sunday rest movement. In con
nection with addresses by the field sec
retary, the Central Laber Union of New
Yeil: city, the Knights of Laber, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and ether labor organizations have in
dorsed tlie union's petition tocengiess
for a Sunday icst law for postmen mid
etlicra under thu jurisdiction of con
gress net the Blulr bill, but soine law
in the same line. Cardinal (libbens
and mero recently the Cathulie congress
have joined hands with the union in se
much of its work ns relate1 te thu civil
Babbath. The Weman's CluUtian Tern Tern
pcrance union has been the best ally of
all in this fight against Sunday work.
The repeits pre&enli'd in the recent
convention showed that the great itotitien
nnd the wide agitation hud net been
without result. Mr. P. M. Arthur was
quoted as estimating that at least 75,000
railroad men had gained their "home
day" by the reduction of Sunday trains
en a ecore of reads dm ing tlie last year.
But 800,000 remain in this branch of
Sunday work. Nearly all of the 150,000
iu the postal service, also, de mero or
less of Sunday v erk. Other branches of
business, it was shown, carry up the total
of theso engaged in Sunday work in the
United States, in addition te theso t hesu
work is that of mercy or necessity, le 3,
000,000. Counting their families, there arc
nt least 10,000,000 whose "home day" is
broken up by unnecessary Sunday work.
Tiiis was presented iu u wide field for
the humanitarian and labor reformer,
as well as for the Christian and the
legislator.
The convention gave earnest attention
te this part of the problem, and repre
sentatives of the letter carriers. Knights
of Laber and ether similar organizations
epoke by invitation. The methods' by
which various cities have secured moie
restful Sundays were giaphically told by
speakers from theso cities. Tlie fact
was emphasized that barbeni, bakers,
launders, photographers and ethers,
apart from all religious questions, have
in recent months undertaken in many
cities te secure Sunday rest for them
selves by getting most of the trade te
clese by ngreement, and then closing up
by law the few who refuse te join in the
movement for the general geed.
Great emphasis was put en the fact
that the District of Columbia is the only
sjiet in tlie civilized weild except France
and "Frenchy California" that has no
Sunday law. Tin -inly person new pro
tected in his right te the weekly rest,
and iu his corresponding rights of con
science, by United States law Is the pres
ident. IIu has a moneKily of thu Bun
day rest. He has "ten uajs (Sundays
excepted)" te consider every bill rnt
te him by congress. That parenthesis,
"Sundays excepted," which protects him,
is an acorn that the American Sabbath
union claims should be allowed by con
gress te "grew into the wide spreading
oak of the Sunday rett law, under bete
khadew, with the president, all ethers
under the jurisdiction et congress should
nlse tnjej their Sunday rest."
Mlnl.ti-r from llruzll.
Sener I. O. de Amaral Vnlente, who
had the honor of representing the empire
of Brazil, and new represents the repub
lican government of the United States
of iliazil, at Washington as special en
voy and envoy extraordinary and min
ister plenipotentiary te the United States,
and nUe delegate te the Pan-American
cengiess, ii an experienced diplemate
and ttatebinau. Frem thengeef man
hood until the present time he has been
continuously in the diplomatic eurvice of
Brazil, und has acquitted himself with
credit te his country and his own geed
name. IIu is rtlll quit" n young man te
occupy B'lch a hi li poMiIeti
He u.'ij born In the pie- v of CVara
In 161 J, and is therfeie ' i his 43tb
...... . . . . -
vftnr. n it-
celved Ids flrsi
schooling In his
native province
(new1 State), Ccara
and PernambuCO,
and later en was
int i tlerinnnv
. V.i-...i ...
ami L.iigiiiuu tu
finish his educa
tion, cehclmllna
rvlth a course (f5
common anil Iu- v
ternntleunl I a w
wllh a view te
becoming a dlit-
VAI.ENTB.
louinte. Sener Valenle was appointed te
n diplomatic position In January, 1800,
and sent le Belivia as attache of the Bra
zilian legation, from there ns seci etary te
Uruguay, and afterward te Paraguay,
from which he was promoted te Vene
cucla as chargu d'aiTalrce. Frem 1831 te
13S0 he was charge d'affaires te the
United States, with the exception of
three months' leave of absence, lie was
next promoted from charge d'affaires te
that of minister resident te Belivia, from
which position he wns gazetted te the
United States as envoy, minister, etc,
as nbove stated.
EbWARD BELLAMY7
Something of Interest About the Auther
of "Leeking Backward."
Tlie greatest literary success in the
United States since the publication of
"Unde Tem's Cabin," considered aa te
sales, Is Edward Bellamy's book "Look "Leek
ing Backward." More than 350,000
copies have been sold and the cry is for
mere.
Mr. Bellamy is a natlve of Chicepce
Falls, Mass., and is still comparatively
young. 17e is described by a New Yerk
World corrcspcudent, who interviewed
him recently, as "a wiry looking man,
yet in his thirties. There are but few
strands et All ver in his dark hair, and hit
frank face Is illuminated by a pair of
honest brown eyes. Every lineament
bespeaks kind hcartedncss and genial
ity." He is a graduate of Union cellege, and
has studied in Germany; haswriUen con
siderably for years for magazines, and
was for a time connected with the press,
no published sevcral novels prier te
bringing out "Leeking Backward," but
none et them at
tracted any epo
chal attention.
"Leeking Back
ward" was pub
lished in 1888, but
did net get much
of a start in pub
lic favor till the
beginning of
1880. He says
that the book was
the "outgiewth
of a deep convic
tion that the
EDWAUD BELLAMY.
great mass of Aiuericnn peeple are blind
te thu perils into which they are drift
ing." He believes that the millennium
he has portrayed will seen ceme about
His plan, reduced te practice, is for the
government te first take and run the
railroads, than the telegraph and tele tele tele
phone lines, and se en till his scheme Is
complete
Clubs are forming evcry where te car
ry out the plan, and the movement is
growing as rapidly as the sale of the
Ixsek. Ner U this likely te take place
only in America. The work has been
translated into Danish and French, and
sells ns well in England as in America.
It bes been the seurce of what is called
the Nationalist party in America, and
doubtless similar parties will spring up
in ether countries. Whether the book
is Utopian or has some principle of ben
efit te mankind in it remains te be seen.
Edward Bellamy's brother, Charles J.
Bellamy, is net be well known as the au
thor of "Leeking Backward," but hie
books, which are clever and iutciesting,
have met with general favor, especially
the story culled "The Bicton Mills,"
which was published as a serial by about
five hundred papers, and had a geed
sale in book form beside. Mr. Charles
J. Bellamy has new in press another
book, te be called "An Experiment in
Marriage," which will treat of social
matters in n somewhat radical manner.
It la highly sjwken of by critics who
hare had a sight at the advance sheets.
A YOUNG GIANTESS.
i. 12-Tar-Old Six Feet Eight Inches Tall,
ana Still drawing.
The Westminster aipiarlum in Londen has
jn exhibition at the present tlme a freak of
generous projartiens. ElUaveta Ph!lloenA
Is the name et this Interesting person, and
she is only 12 years old. Nevertheless, Kliso Klise
reya Pliilipoenn is six feet eight Inches high,
and still grew ing at the rate of an luck
tvery two months.
susavcta ruiuroeMA.
Kll&avetn, te begin with, was nothing of
an infant phenomenon. Her parents are
both of medium height, her flve brothers nnd
bitters are children of average size, nnd until
the girl was 4 years old he was in neway
different from the rest. Then suddenly she
began te grew, te the amazement of every
body down In the little country town of
KrasHiekutsb, en the Dew, and new she
weighs aX) pounds. Till the was 10 the re
mained nt home, nnd has since then been ex
hibited in Ilussla and Berlin.
Yet, enormous as she is, ElUaveta Phlll Phlll Phlll
poena, or, te be mere polite, Elizabeth Lytka,
is net one et the fat giantesses the very tight
of whom Is as repulslve as that et a prize
hog nt a cattle thew. She is pretty, with
the brunette prettlne&s et the Slav woman,
nnd her brain, though net flevelejied in ac
cordance with her body, Is la geed working
order. The gUntew rail read and write,
which Is mere than can be raid of the major
ity of Ituislau vlllage children.
Notes en Ifuuie Iiulldlus
The windows of the kitchen theuld be placed
three feet from the fleer, te that a sufficiency
et u all tjuce may be provided. Such height
permits a table te be placed under the win
dow. Speaking tubes save mere stepe In a house
than anything of small cost which may be
added te it. The amount of running up aud
down stairs which they save is hardly te be
estimated. There should be a tube from the
family bedroom te the kitchen, ene from the
sitting room te the family room nnd eue
f i um thu sitting room te the servants' room,
aud, possibly, ene from the family room te
the servants' room.
bhenlDc Jehn Hull Aieand,
"Ard what is thlsf" asked the vtilter.
"This Is Wall street. It is thejmest cele
brated of all our American watering places."
'Tawncyr i-pecn.
v&mrmm
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fry?;!
fflr
ft
The Splendid Theatre Which
Is Being Built in That City.
IT IS TO COST
ABOUT
fc'-'eO.OOO.
tt I nrperteil That tt VTI11 Surpass la
nine Iteprrls Any PIujIimim en the
Continent trim !tln, One of the Ger
man ActreSM New la America.
About the tntddle of August, IKX), Denver,
Cole., expects te have n (J.'M.OOO theatre Ihv
tshed. Acceidiug te the plain, the new tem
ple should excel In arrmiRement, complete
ness and nrtUtie effect any1 like building In
the United Btnt:, It will have a troutaee
of from 60 te CO feet, nnd a depth of ITS feet,
ted will be six stories high. Tb3 audlte-
xTKniea or Dissven TrntATnt
rium, stage and dressing rooms will occupy
a piece et ground fleer, b8 by 140, in the rear
portion of the property. The foyer will be
reached from the auditorium by a Bueccwlen
et Indian arches. In seven of these arches
en each sldoef the auditorium will Iw located
a llttle temple, giving fourteen prlvate bexes
en the first Meer.
Back of the proscenium boxes Is the green
room cntinnee. Adjoining the green room
Is the stnr's dressing room, with private toilet
room connected. There are also two ether
dressing itwius ou the stage level, sevcu mere
directly ahove and six mero still higher up.
Uarh room is supplied with niarble wash
ttaud, with het aud cold water. The stage Is
te be 41 feet deep te the curtain line, 74 feet
wide and 03 feet high. Preierty room,
scene room and carpenter shop are situated
at the rear of the stage.
Stairways lead from both sldesef the boxes
te thu balcony, which has six private liexes.
There will be four exits from the balcony.
The gallery will huve an independent en
trance and four exits. The Iieum will have a
looting capacity of 1,600, divided about 000
te cadi fleer. The furnishing throughout
will Ira et a very high elder.
Besides the theatre, the building will con
tain 100 suites of aNirtineiiU, with bath
rooms, etc. Each suite will be finished in
natural weeds.
the rueacKNtuu nexxs.
The entirn building will be heated by ttrant
nnd lighted by clectilclty. The front of the
building will ha built nt rock faced brown
stoue, red pressed brick nnd red terra cotta.
ritAU tlKI.IA.
The Germans in America form a Urge per
centage of the Hpnlatleii. In fact It is said
that in New Yerk city aloue there are mero
Germans than In any city in Germany, ex
cept Berlin, Wherever Germans go there go
also geed nature and fun. They take with
thorn their iiewprnir (which nlwnys have a
geed big depni fluent devnted te "lliimorlt "lliimerlt "lliimorlt
tl&cbet"), and at their thentirs comedies form
a majority of the pieces presented. Fore
most among the Germau drmnutlu peeple In
Amcilea IrT .Manager Ainbergr" That his
countrymen supiiei t hla ventures financially
Is shown by the fact that every tear he
"teur"ln Ameilra ene or mero celebrities
from the fatherland, This takes a geed deal
of money, und the money alivuys seems le be
forthcoming.
One of his latest ventures In this line Is the
bi luglng of Ilermlna Claar Delia, a German
actrexs of great renown, te this country.
According te The New Yerk Herald, the
lute king of Bavaria spent 100,000 inarkite
see KrOB Delia play "Theodora" for the first
tlme at a "separate performance." It was
ene or the tousa teusa tousa
tiens et the day,
and Ludnig Is said
te have expressed
bis dlnpleasure that
the productleu did
net re&t him mere.
He excluded his
loyal subjects for a
whole week from
the Munchener hot het
theatre, and uight
a f t e r night the
lonely monarch sat
in his golden box
n atchlng Claar Do De
ha's Impersonation
of the great nnd
DM.1 A.
vicious empress. Claar Delia Is the wife of
the noted stage manager et the Frankfurter
Btadt theatre and opera house. Bhe is a
much decorated wemau. Almest every
monarch has added te her list et "orders'' In
cold, diamonds nnd ether precious ttones.
The actress' ttay In America will be but
short. Hlie lias already appeared alene In
her prfuclpii c haracters aud will join bands
with Ilerr Pesurt iu a grand revival of
Shakejieareju plays befere the returns te
Germany.
IBSEN, THE PLAYWRIGHT.
A Norwegian Wli Works Are New At
tracting Attention.
The Intellectual circles In Bosten have
dropped Brew nlng for a while In order te get
a geed held upon unethcr poet. This Is Hen
rlk Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist Last
November oneef bIplays,"A Dell's Heuso,"
having been translated into Kngllsb, was
placed en the beards et the Glebe theatre,
and since then Ilisen has been the rage at the
modern Athens.
Henrlk Ibsen was bem sixty-two years age,
having come Inte the world in 1BU8, en the
coast of Norn ay, of parents of the middle
class. When the boy was 6 years old his fa
ther, who was a small merchant, failed, and
bis family became
lmpeverlthed. He
left school at 10,
and was appren
ticed te a chemist.
This was a disap
pointment te him,
for he had hoped
for a university ed
ucation. Ills nat
ural tastes, hew-
fever, gatnea su
premacy ever the
mortar and pwtle,
aud iu hU leisure
UE.WUK IB3KX,
DIVER'S FINEST.
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if
jpuw
Wfc -i'J
""Vd.
hours he wrote a tragedy caUea "OMHtMl -The
piny was net a success, atnee only thirty
copies were sold, and the balaaee of the edt;
tlen went for waste paper. At 31 he went t
Chrlttlanla te study In the school of HahV
berg. Here heboenme the companion of thai
eminent writer whose name seams te be eeae
posed of most of the tetters of the alphabet
selected at random, Bjernst jerne Bjeraeea.
He studied aud wrote, and In 1831 bad se far
advanced as te become director of Ole JsalTs
new theatre at Bergen.
la 1837 Ibsen married Susanna Thertesa, .
the daughter et a Norwegian poetess. Be
then became direct or et the Chrlttlanla the-'"
tre where be wrote te order a play a year far
the theatre. On account et political writings
unfavorable te action of the government In
lSi'd, he bas since lived In self-imposed exile.
Fer a time be lived in Dresden and then be
caeo a wanderer. During bis residence la
Germany the Germans dtoeeTered his merits,
being the first te de se, and It Is they who la la
treduced Isben te the world.
The poet wears his hair and beard leac.
lie Is short In stature, but symmetrical, He
has a serious face, a bread, high forehead;
and a poet's sensitive mouth, though at the)
same tlme expressive et wllL His blue eyes
are always covered with spectacles, Hit
voice Is teft and his movements slew.
CONVENIENT KITCHENS.
feasible SoirgetUetn from tenl H. Ofeeea,
Architect.
Tlie march of progress et deraestle archi
tecture is through the kitchen. Four walls
anil a steve hole Jd net aflerd many conve
niences te the honsekeepor. The kitchen
here Illustrated does net pretend te be
model. It pretends te be eurfjEitcheu. It
was planned by an architect and lfts wife, or
vice versa, for thelr own home, and sj ar
ranged with reference te the saving of leaer
In that household. It was a personal ques
tion te that architect. A description of
kltchen which does net show its connection
with the dining room, china room and pas
try cannot mean much te the reader. Hence
the complete arrangement Is here shown. A
kitchen should be planned with reference te
thrce things: The preparation of the feed,
the care et utensils and the care et the
kitchen itnelf. This Is all there Is te be done
in a kltchen. Laundry work may be best
dene elsewhere, say la the basement under
Uie kitchen,
I, Uble; 2, cupboard ; 8, closet? 4, flour; 5, tee; ,
tlkle deer; r, trey ; 8, sink; 9, tbetves; 10, dry boa; .
tl, soapbox.
As te the preparation of the feed, there is
the pastry table In the pantry, adjacent Je It -shelves
for utensils, at the right the flew
bin and near It the Ice chest. Over this lee
chest Is a window through which the lcenaa
has placed the Ice without complaint during
a period of four years. There la a drain from
the under slde of the keenest te the outside
of the pantry wall. Where a drala is net
provided for a refrigerator, the only thlat ,
de It te place a pan under It. Whea the peer
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'-iBvyM'-x
W jMPATOaPOnCrl
tnJASSAClT C
I lr'"y .1 fcy I
I l? fTCHEN
1 'rA8lE T0 S "I
I 1 ' 1 I .eiyull J
dinin&.roem, tAM!r 1
carry a pan full et water without spllUac ttrgi I
This malcea laoer. iae reirigerww t..
""u." ., iju- S,-
In this household the mew is prepara ev ,
the ranire at the table at the left of the &.
kitchen sink. The vegetables are washed a
the sink, allowed te drain at the drala bear
and are placed In their proper receptacles ea y.
ine ume. iue uixnuu " - , m jr
abeve this table ready for use. The etera trp
directly back of the tame, se mas au sem
Is te de In te turn around te be near It. $
Tbevlowef the side wall In the MtehW
shows that noneot these tables U IncleeseV?;
Tda alnk nnrt all rest en lest In front, and an, Jt'C)
uviirftl ten. cleat en the wall. There tea ?S-:
inliuh Imenl nmnlnir full lenrth of the stlV
- A-l.l k..l. . .1.11. mmm 4k nlntfl All ?
the woodwork which covers the plumblne-M &,
put together with screws, which can be reaa gAX
: . ... m u.t.aa rPk.aa Mill M H.'JS .
ny rcme vea iu case ei neces.., umv.
H,A nlifmhtnv jtnruiratu- Is accessible. A
.free pump Is shown ea the kitchen fleer, Jj; J
with the handle coming up through a slot be- AM
tween the drain beard and the titcnen laeie. s g
te either the kitchen sink or the atte. Wbe H,
1110 pump IS nei HI u -"e umMimutmf -- j-ivvi
pushed back out et the way.
THE SIDE OV HU XITCHEff.
net and cold cistern water cocks and a self
closing cold city water cock are shown ever
the ttnk. On tbe splash beard above are
shown hooks for utensils. At the left of ths
sink and ever the left hapd table It a series-,
of shelves, which may ee provided wun aoera
iu front if desired. Pets and kettles may be
placed en a shelf ever the cellar way. Draw
ers are shown in both tables. The pipe duct
is of woed.wlth the toce secured with screws.
It connects with the plumbing apparatus
above. There Is an opening near the top of
this duct, through which the warm air from
the kitchen may pass and keep the plpei
warm in cold weather.
The dishes are brought from the dlnlnfc
room in a tray, which Is placed near the deer
which gees from the dining room te the pas'
sage. The doers are swung en double swing
hinges j that is, they swing both ways. They
.come te a closed position as seen as one lets
I go of them. The dlihes are carried from the
dining room, placed en the table at the left el
. the sink In the kitchen. They are washed a(
the sink, allowed te drain en the drala beard
are wiped from the drain beard and placed,
en a trey en the right bend table. Frea
thence the tray Is carried te vue cum cup
board. The mevemeut of the dishes is In tM
right direction from the left hand table te
the china closet. A dry box is shown ere
the range. It is a box about two feet and a1
half high, with shelves arranged en one side
of It. There nre Inch auger holes In the betj
tiim. ten nnd shelves of the box. Thus M.
I lrtllGb
I . 2 - ... -.. .. i.a...,n.i. it fw .. ev:
air iron, me rani," jus-e- Uj .- "w.Tvjt-,
i.-ik-i- mnt-iiA t.iiicmscrun urutues. as -.-.
ene slde of It may be hung scrub rags, etc,"4-
There is a deer at the irons e: me oez; nance
thev nre out of slzbt and tre readily anea, ?
- -,- -. - .... .., ., .- ,1,. -,-.
ri no soap uex is cuii.ii UaWi nwwuuefl-wn
dry box, excepting there ere no auger holes
in the top. It has a two Inch tin pipe con
laectlen with the flue. The soap is dried, and
j the odor Is carried Inte the flue.
I There may be a large ventilating heed ever
el-al. .--. A .'.'Xtl.lfUt.'.aU. W tit I ..ft flltt-l-
Allet the woodwork of this kitchen is .aa'VKJj
plain as possible and Is of eat. This makes 7J
it easier te keep clean. u. u. uum-w.
P.1-..1M1 ma'dlmr of the tame kind of weed -fS
,.. i.i... i... hn.,. 1. flnUlied should be DfO ' t .
vlded for all plastered walls of the house, ex- iS
ceptlug luesa ei ...-.u-u--, - ..- y,,
closet Glided nnd cheap orueUieutaIplot"f J
.. .. . I.l.akan. rtflMT-l-a aaBa. a?jT , -,
ure moldings are in iraa las.e. ineuu imj, -aDDcar
te be a part of the house, and are la u
UUM J .... -.1.,... .1.,t. -' '
violent couuesi mw uw.i ;... -
mnm. It Is azrecable te place the plctur
melding en a level with the topset the doers.
T .Mi nn tnstfince the dCCOnitlOU-Of UK . -.5
walls either by colored plaster, tinting or A"'
f papering may I made te depend for ttt ec- T-79
fectivenera upon tha treatment of the w r1.
XOCfisaDeve anu ouew av pieiurjiwua"-.
Prosperity nwnlta nil men and even jn-
pursue 601110, but It I- never found la
the haunts of vice ik;eu lum
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