JjT,t li , V '--. ". -',' -., V' .i'' ' -i. j- vie . - r TOT LANCASTER DAtLY INTELLIOfiKOER, & DAT, m tY Ii. 1890. :wq STAGE WREN Tiny Actors and Actresses Appearing in New Yerk. A LAW WHICH 18 NOT ENFORCE It tan That Bey as CMfb Cedar Ms. tMB Tear of At Ma Ret Tate Part la Theatrical rerteraaancM, bet There Ara Mera Than a Hundred Who De. The people of the state of New Yerk, through tbclr representatives in Albany as sembled, decreed some time age that no child under 10 yean of age aheuld appear en any theatrical stage as performer. The many borrible "sensations" of the past, such at the Italian padreursystem of child slavery, that led te the passage of the law, are matters et history tee familiar for repetition here. It I an unhappy fact that easily within the mem cry of the present generation there were hun dreds of children, manyet them mere In fonts, who were compelled te tell far beyond their feeble strength; who were robbed et their earnings by their parent and their owners, and whose only guerdon was starva tion and brutal ill treatment. MABKL KAMA There was a reaction, et course, when the public learned the facts. Ne palpable iniqui ty stands long against popular Indignation when tbe public is ence thoroughly satisfied that It is an Iniquity, and in this matter thcre was no chance for un argument. The reac tion took the form of a "Seciety for the Pre vention of Cruelty te Children," which was modeled after Mr. Henry Bergh's famous so ciety for the protection of brutes. It is presided ever by a very wealthy gen tleman named Eibrldge T. Gerry, who ii equally eccentric and equally conscientious with Mr. Bergh. The cause he espoused was se obviously praiseworthy that the society found no trouble In procuring the passage et numerous laws Intended for the protection of the tittle ones, and very little treuble in getting extraordinary powers delegated te Its officers in the execution of these laws. Among the statutes alluded te was the one just mentioned, rciative te the employment of children under sixteen years of age in theatrical performances and the like. It will surprise a large portion of the pul lie though net tliose vt be go te the theatres te knew that this law is absolutely a dead letter. There are mere than a hundred children performing publicly en the stages of the New Yerk theatres every night, all of whom are under the age mentioned, and many e( whom nre wee, little creatures, hardly able te speak plainly. Section Sittef the penal cede says: "A perren who employs or caucs te be em ployed, or who exhibits, uses or 1ms in cus tody, or trains for the purpese of the exhibi tion, use or employment of, any child appar ently or actually under tiie age of sixteen years; or who, having the care, custody or coutrel of such a child, as parent, relative, guardian, employer or otherwise, selN, lets out, gives away, se t ruins, or in any way procures or consents te the employment or te such training or use or exhibition of such child; or who neglects or refuses te restrain such child from such traiuiug, or from en gaging or acting . in a theatrical exhibition, is guilty et n misdemeanor." The law fui ther provides that any fines, penalties or forfeltuies InqieseJ or collected for a violation of this piovisien of the cede must be paid en demand te the incorporated Society for the 1'roventien of Cruelty te Children, in every case when the prosecution shall be instituted or conducted by such a society. New, hew Is this law observed! Take first one of the most popular plays of the present season in New Yerk, "The Seven Ages." It has run for soma months, and bids fair te continue en the beards for a considerable time. It nbeuuds in tableaux and scenic ef fects, and in the groups, that are arranged skillfully te plcose tbe eyes of the uudieuces, are about n dozen little childicn, from 3 te 9 or 10 years old. They bnve little speaking te de, and they de net join in the singing with which the play nbeuuds, but they de dance and pese in the tableaux, and they de both very prettily. In one scene in the play a wedding feast is repreieuted. At the back of the stage is r4. n, lliglit et ten or twelve steps, down which the bridal ceuple come te the festivities. They nre preceded by two little tots under 4 years of age, who scatter flowers ever the stairs. They are se small hat they can hardly ceme down the stairs flE.lTIE HOMANS. without falling. They never fail te please the audience immensely. In the lest act, net earlier than 10 o'clock in the evening, a babe in arms, less than n ear old, is brought en and does some ery "taking business," as the actors call It, in bidding her great-grandfather geed night. What of Hi Well, I am net moralizing, nor condemning the exhibition. It pleases the audience, and I personally can see no harm in it, but it Is beyond question a flat violation of the law which has been repeated, night nftcr night, for mouths with the full knewledge of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty te Children. Last year a play of Mrs. Burnett's attained a popularity second te flint of very few plays of this generation. "Little Lord Fauntlo Fauntle Fauntlo rey" Iwcame be much the fashion that a style of dress for children, medtlcd after the stage costume et the little here of the play, was adopted generally by fushieunble New Yerk mothers, and, for might I knew, by mothers all ever the country. The title role in the play was taken by a child who is new fa mous all ever the United States. Little LI sie Leslie is therhlld. Hlie it said te be new 13 years of age, and certainly h net much mere than that. Temmy Itussell, a boy no elder, if as old, played for n time en alternate nights, lest the work of acting should piove tee severe for LIsie. Temmy is said te be 13 years old, but he is new practically en the shelf for a while. lie has begun the rapid growth of a youth, and will be of little ser vice ou the stage until he shall attain matu rity or something like it. The part awumeil by theso children U a very long and trying one. 1 have beard ca pable critics declare it te 1 equal in its de mauds iiKin the actor te the part of Hamlet, which is known as the longest speaking part in any English play Ne legal obstruction of consequence has ever Iwen placed in the way of the productierrof Little I.erd Knuntjcrey" en the scorn of cruelty te children, and new that llieplu) I suwuwled at t'loHenery thea tre, wIhte It ran e long, by "The Pnucennd the r.iux-r," MM HUiy Ielie ii retuintxl ou thestuge, pUijIiig the principal part in the new production. Her erk for the season U l VEX ttliMMli mm flaps earaiy lea arduous man that et any aeuit new en the ttage; for the new part, theugh1 less exacting than Fauntleroy, is a long and a hard one. Little Wallts Eddlnger is another Juvenile prodigy who plays Little Lord Fauntleroy, and though he is net new playing in New Yerk, he has appeared there in several mati nee performances of that play without Inter ference. He was then ten than T years old, but Ii new in his eighth year. Its is under engagement te appear in "Master and Man" in Hlchard Mansfield's company, and will take a part In that play, which is said te be very severe in It requirements. Gertie Hemans, another little beauty, is hardly mere than 7 years old, but she has attained considerable fame by playing a very prominent part In "Beoties' Baby," a play which had a very successful run in New Yerk last year. She Is still en the stage, though net at present in New Yerk. Little Det Clarendeu Is still younger. She Is net yet 6 years old, but she Is appearing every night at the Bijou theatre, where she takes a part In lle)t' "Midnight Bell." There is a school scene In which ibe Is one et the scholars. There are eleven ether chil dren in the vene, who are from 9 te 13 year old. They go through ordinary school exer cises and sing' four songs in chorus. Then Det gives a recitation, ami usually respond! te the cncerM, as she has these recitations in her repertoire. Her cne was specialty in vestigated by Mr. Gerry In person, and h told her she might de all this regardless of the law, but that she must net dance or shig. The ether children, however, sing every night. A powerful melodrama was running In New Yerk recently, In a Bowery theatre, called "Reger In Iloute." In it one of th prominent parts was taken by Marguerite Fields, a child less than 7 years old. She represents a child who is brought Inte court te testify against her father, who Is accused of a capital crime. While en the stand she ii subjected te a rigid examination, and sticki bravely te the lie that she tells te save hei father. She plays the part with a wonderful display of emotional power, and has already been called by the critics a second Clara Merris. Sbe has tieen en the stage for a j eat already. SC tub BAnmseM sisrcns. "Drifting Apart," an emotional play that has just licen played for a short engagement in Harlem, has a child's part iu it which wat taken by Mabel Karle, w he is almost a baby, but who does such work as adults find suffi cient for their powers. The part is a long one, and there is a death scene In it which, acted as she acts, is a strain en the nerves that would be severely felt by anybody. The announcement is made that en March 31, "Little Tuesday" will take a part in Sanger's play called 'Tine Meadows." "LLtle Tuesday," although only three and n half years old, selected tier own name. Her par ents called her Little Toetsy, but she changed it, and they acquiesced In the change. She is feken of by Mrs. Fernandez, who hna trained all or nearly all the children new en the American stage, including ber own daughter, Bijou Fernandez, as n truly won derful child. She sings, recites and dances with remarkable ability, and gives an imita tion of Richard Mansfield in Richard III such as few actors can equal. She has nl ready apjieared In public at an author's mat mat inee in "Hener Bright," and her parents me sanguine et her brilliant success in the com ing engagements I mentioned Bijou Fernandez. Few then then tre goers would consider her a child new, for she is almost a woman in size, but ber mother tells ine she is only Vi years old, and I don't knew where te find ii mero cemwteut witness. Yet Bijou, who is new playing the part of n singing page in "As Yeu Like It" at Daly's, has bwu a public jierfermer for ever nine years. She took the pai t of Puck in the same theatre some years age, and, iu shewiug hew she would put a girdle "round the earth in forty minutes," sn ung across the stage, from fly te fly, ou a flying trnpeze. On one occasion, when Mr. Gerry was wit nessing this performance, the child narrowly escaped death by an accidental fire. He ha) never interfered with her ci fermaucv. The Barrison children four sisters, all un der the prescribed age nt which children may lawfully act ou the stage are all accounted as clever as they certainly ure beautiful. Twe of them liave played iu "Beoties' Baby" withClnxten and Stoveuseu, and two have appeared in "The Pi inceand the Pauper," and all have proved iicceptalile actresses. Perhaps the most icmarkable defiance of of the law, all things considered, Is the l'up en Fee scene, which may lie seen any night in the grand epeia iu the Metropolitan 0era house. Pupien Fee means in the German the Dells' Fairy, and In one scene in the opera this fairy coines into a toy store, where sixty-flve children stand in cases, represent ing dells. They are from fl te 15 jears of age, and nru dressed te represent all sorts of dells. Their part is n very seven ene, re quiting them te stand motionless, us repie seuting dells, for about six minutes They stand en very small pedestals with their feet close together, and a very slight motion would cause any oue of them te fall. At a wave of the fairy's wand they all come te lite and march arenn I the stage in serpentine lines. Mr. Gerry wns luvited te n dress rehearsal of this ballet before the public jwrfeniiance, and erdeied that six of the smallest ehlldreu who had liven t mined for the act should be taken oil. The ether sixty-five are acting every night. Mr. Gerry is one of the pi inci pal stockholders iu the Mutropetitau OjMjra house. The "latest instance In which this theatrical business hits liecn interred with is the play of "Bluebeard, Jr.," in which a dozen little children are draw n en thestnge in a big char char let representing a shoe. They jump out from the shoe, sing "King n Resy," and "The old woman who lived in a 6hee,"aud runoff. Mr. Gerry prohibited this. The manager ap pealed te the ma) or of the city. The mayor, under the ndvice of the corporation counsel, refused te sanction the prf ei mance, The manager defied arrest nnd went en with the regular performance after elwyiug the law for two weeks. Se far no ene has been ar rested. What does the public think? Se far as I can loam the theatrical public, managers and audiences alike, bolievu there is no harm in violating the law, provided the children are net overworked or abused in nny ether way. Certainly the audiences nre pleased with the performances, for n clever child actor will draw better than almost any ether "card" known. Ne one, however, pretends te say that the luw sanctions their appearance, aud from time te time the society causes some one's arrejt. Beyeud that the law is never taken into account, David A. Cuirns. Mrs. Lulitr' I'laus. Mrs. Langtry lias broken for geed with Fred Orb-bard," and will net return te Amer ica for a number of years, if ever. Mrs. Langtry lias taken a Londen theatre for three years, and will raanage it herself. It is singular what caprices capture these gifted women. An Important Position, Pater Dry your tears, my girl. Yeung Shadibey can't Imj my son-in-law until I have constituted myself chairman of a domestic ways and means committee. Clara Why, papa? I'atcr Because I intend te leek into the young man's ways, and find out v. hat he means, befere I consent. rittsburg Bulletin. A Natural Errer. "The paper tells of a ireld nugget weigh ing three pounds. I thought geld came in quarts, WillteinJ" said Mrs. Hunker. Anil Mr. Hunker laughed m hard that tliey had te bend for a messenger boy te dry his tears. Munsey's Weekly, a5-irrs?-''cr;'w;fifj MORE rOLISll THAN MOSS. HOW A "ROLLINQ STONE" CON SOLED HIMSELF FOR LOST TIME. An Autobiography with a Smalt Meral. Het Many Veung Meta Will Think tn Penitent Did Well fcnengh "Might Ilate faetn siauager,'' 1'rrhaixl (Special OormreDdence1. St. Leuis, Feb. 13. I met here the ether day a living illustration that a roll ing stene gathers no uiess. His story throws light en the methods of em ployers and the salaries paid te clerks, and I bcltoTe vt III npeal te that large nhd growing class of young men who are cither earning their own living or about te Btart out for themselves, warn ing them, perhaps, te let well enough nlene. I give the story in the young man's own words as nearly as I can re member them. "I nm 24 years old," said he. "In 1880 I wns employed In nn insurance office in tills town, where I had then been for two years, having started as n boy en a small salary. I nm a graduate of the St. Leuis university, and at that timn was a geed 6tcnbgrnpher, running off about 1110 words a minute. I also wrete en the typewriter aleut eighty words a minute, fiequently taking letters from dictation en the machine. I was head clerk in the office nnd my salary was $75 n month. Hut I get dissatisfied thought I ought te Imj getting en faster nnd I kicked. I told my employer thnt something must he done. The fact is, I get the big head. I thought he couldn't get nleng without me. Just about this time 1 get nn offer from another ofllce te travel, nnd thnt settled it. I left my place and went out en the read. "I was away four months and traveled nil through the southwest. Then I wns recalled. My work was of a special nat nat ure and required no extraordinary abil ity. When it was finished of course thcre was nothing mero for me te de but te leave. This didn't occur te me when I left my former place, and I began te realize that I had thrown up a geed thing for an tiuccitainty. Well, I hadn't been back three days befilre I heard that a large wholesale house wanted a sten ographer. I went down and saw one of the firm. IIu wns n perfect Chesterfield. Sheek hands, was glad te see me, said he knew I was just the man they had been looking for, but his partner was away in Chicago and, of course, he wouldn't like te engage me positively until that individual get back. Dut I would be sure te hear from them. Then I went home and held down chairs for a few days until I get a letter. I wns en gaged. Salary ?T5 a mouth. I was as happy os a clam at high tide. The next morning I showed up bright nnd catly and worked like a herse all day taking notes. "Everything wns lovely in the morn ing, but In the aftetuoen a cloud ap peared ou my horizon. The manager, who had Jeeu he pleasant when he saw me first, began te curse me. Of coune I resented it. I told him politely that I was willing te de nn thing I wns told te de, but I didn't proeso te boswern at by any man. He quieted down after this, and things went along until 0 o'clock, when I was told that the work was a little behind and it would be necessary for me te put in a few nights. I said I was per fectly willing, went out, paid for my own supper and canie back and worked until midnight, ler three days and lUghts I kept this up. I never worked sehard in my life. Well, sir, will you bclieve me, when Saturday came the manager called me into his eflJcennd 6aid they would net require my services any longer. Maybe I didn't boil. I raved. There were a let of clerks there, and soma of them told me afterward they never saw 6uch nerve as I displayed. They themselves had been under subjection for seme time, nnd of com se were scared te death. "The reason given for my diacharge was that my services were net satisfac satisfac teiy, but that didn't go down with me. It was a week, however, befere I found out what was the matter. Then I learned that my predecessor w.ih a girl who had been paid $!5 a month. The man I saw decided te engage me at $75, net waiting for his partner te return from Chicago. Saturday his partner get back, and when he heard the news there was a cyclene. As he ruled the place of ceurse I was fired. "Then I leafed for a spoil. Laid around home and waited for developments. Looked through the advertising columns of the papers every day for alxjut two months. One day I haw that a large car i iage house wanted n stenographer. My application w as answered, and I appeared ene morning te be tested. My future employer, after he had dictated seme few minutes, expressed himself delight ed with me. "He was a till man with (lowing side w hiskcrtj, and would have graced any drawing loom. 'Yeung man,' said he, 'there's a gi eat fiituie for you in this business. We net only want n man te write Bherthnud, but we shall expect you, sir, te acqttire the detaild of the business; te become familiar with the various kinds of vehicles, hir, and te knew their prices. Yeung man, I have no hesitation in say ing te you that if jeu buececd iu master ing this businesa and I have no doubt of your ability a fortune aw aits j ou. After you have been here bome little time I shall ask jeu te wait en a few customers. That, sir, will be the beginning. Event ually you will be given u commission, and I have no doubt that you will make a complete success.' "I was entranced. The long flowing A'hiskcrs of my nmiable employer Ueated through my brain nil night. The next morning I nppe.ireden tliobceneand put In my best licks for the rest of the week. My salary was te have liccn 575a month, but I was told that it would lie increased teS'JOn week. "After my last experience: nil this seemed like u dream. I btayed in my new place for six weekB. Then ene Sat urday night I get a nete saying that my services would lie required no longer. I was thunderstruck. I hastened te my employer. He curtly informed me that I wns net satisfactory. That was all the satisfaction I could get from him. I found out the next week that he had a brother-in-law. That was the reason I was dished. Yeu can bet I was dis couraged, I had saved up a little money and concluded te take things easy until it ran out. One day I was strolling around town when I met a chance ac ac qaiutauce w he suggested that we go into a peel room near by ana see new tne horses were running. Well, sir, will you beliuve it? I yielded te the allurements of the turf nnd picked a winner the first time. I made &10 that day. "The next day I showed up again. I didn't knew the first thing nbeut horses, but concluded te stick te etic jockey. In three days 1 had wen $230. That settled me for awhile. I lived high, wcntareunU in cabs nnd had expensive dinners. My Irneney ran out in about a week. Then I went back te my geld mine. 'Uf what there in you Hut out. I began te see that the ability te pick winners was limited, and the result of my little ciitiire was that I had a high pld time for about a week, and cauiu out fuse.' I thought te myself, 'is Llaving for your bread, when all linve get te de is te pick winners? this time in sold mine didn't pan dead broke. 'I lien i did a little thmMrh, concluded that I had had enough Of the iiitti add fnnde tip toy tnkwl te fcrerk. Once mere 1 scanned the1 advertising column of the papers, and thlrftlmel saw that a firm in Kansas City Wanted a competent stenographer. Thty tele graphed me te ceme en, and I borrowed enough money te pay my fare and keep ma fl few weeks, and skipped the town. 1 stayed In Kansas City for a year at 20 a week and never was treated better in toy life, "But at the chd of the year 1 con cluded te get back home. My people wanted me te ceme back, se 1 gave tip my job. I hadn't been in town mero than n week before I get a position in a railroad office nt $73 a month. Things in a railroad ofllce ran along just about eei anyway, se there's nothing much te tell there. Everything Was lovely until 1 get a chance te go with a commission hotise at the Mine salary. I thought It would be great sport te go down en 'change every day and hobnob with capi talists, ee I took the job as seen as it was offered te me. I stayed thcre three months, but there was a man in the ofllce who didn't like me. One day I get n letter telling me the aame old story. This tlme I knew it was no use te kick, se I quietly left. Then I knocked around town for about a month, steering clear, however, of the peel rooms, when I get a chance te go into another railroad office. This tlme my salary was only $03 a month, but I was glad te take any thing. "In the meantime my old employer in the insurance efllce where I first worked had been making overtures te me, but I had steadily resisted him. I had left him in a moment of pique, and I was tee proud te acknewledge that I had made a mistake. This thing kept up for some time, until finally I yielded. I went back te my old place at $20 a week. On the 1st I was raised te $100 a month." "Hew long were you absent from your old place?" said L "Just two years, flve months and ene day," he replied. "I suppose many peo ple will think I have wnsfed my time. I tell my friends, however, that if a roll ing stene gathers no mess it acquires seme polish." "Dut," said I, "suppose you had stuck by your present business these two years and a half, hew far nleng would you be ' new?" "I might have been manager," he re plied. Tem Massen. FflENCH FUN ON ICE. J. Mew They Make an ley gksttejr Btsk at Half Heur's Netice. "Nothing is inipossibie te the French engineer!" Se says L'lllustratien in an nouncing, with nn engraving, the open ing of the new skating rink of pure and smooth ice. There are te be no mero "postponements en account et the weather," say the raanagera, for at 5?SsSi55V Tne FRENCH SKATING RINK. few minutes' notice theyjean produce a lovely smooth and glassy ice surface and keep it frozen as long as the patron patren patron nge justifies. When use has worn it rough they will melt nnd freeze it again. All this they de by a system of pipes; nbeut 18,000 yards of piping, through which ammenlcal gas is forced, en the same principle ns that of the ice making machine. The se called "Grand Flaza of the Bulls," in Firgolese street, which but a few days nge wns red with the bleed of lievincs slaughtered by the Spanish art ists, Lagattije and Guerrita, is new the rink. In the adjoining room are three strong steam engines driving three ice machines; from these a large pipe lends under the fleer te the edge of the rink, where it connects with a regular net work or gridiron of small pipes covering the fleer of the rink. As thcre is n space of hut twoer three inches between pipes, and the area of the circular rink is about 2,800 squnre yards, seme 1,800 yards, ns aforesaid, of piping are required. The water Is turned ou till it rises an inch or two ever the pipes; then the ammoni ammeni acal gas is let in, and in n few minutes the tempernture of the pipes is 30 degs. below the freezing point! Of course there is nothing for the water te de but te freeze. The gas is retorted and re turned te the reservoir, and there is a less of but 5 per cent, for each time it is used. Paris docs net average a week's skating weather te the winter, but this arrange ment, the engineers claim will make it a fixture. t THE GENIUS OF LIGHT. Themas A. Kdisun's New aud Ileautlful ft tattle. While Themas A. Edisen was abroad he saw in the Italian department of the Paris exposition a statue in which he could hardly fail te be interested. It is called the "New Genius of Light," and wns designed by A. Derdiga, of Heme. The staitte is allegorical and typifies the triumph of electricity as a means of illumination. It is a life size figure of a youth in bcmi-rccumbcnt positron par tially biipperted by half extended "wings en the ruins of a broken gas lamp. N t i SS5 t mli- TIIK KEW OENIUB OF LIOHT. right nrm Is held abeve the head, the hand holding nleft an incandescent lamp, the wires from which pass downward through the ether hand. About the base of the statue ure roughly outlined a tele phone transmitter, a telegraph key and a gear wheel. Mr. Edisen purchased the work and f liipied it te America. It arrived recent ly and was w.'t up iu the library of Ida lalioratery at Orange, N. J., which is certainly of all places In the world the most appropriate for it. 25--: an equal nnrc W. 1. Harris Writes of the Coming Baseball Battle. THE TWO LEAGUES COMPARED. The llrn Have a Vew Mera Star than Ilava the Magnates, bat the Latter Ilate Sefcdretl Sema Geed New and Mi Mi eor League Meil. The clubs of the Brotherhood league hava new under contract tl5 players and the Na tional league clubs have l.Vl. Of the League players the League has retained In Its service 47, while the Brotherhood has taken and held 78. Of the American association star play ersef lSSfl the League has en Its lists 35 and the llrethe rhoed 34. Of miner league stars the Brotherhood has secured 0 and the League 8.V Ot new men the Brotherhood has 4 and the Loeguo 3. Here is the sum mary: lKtt, Brotherhood. League. League men.. "B 47 American association SI S3 Miner league men 9 S3 New nnd unknown men 4 M Total lis 1M Of course, these figures may vary, but are substantially correct. Beth leagues will sign mere men, but they will be mostly miners nnd youngsters. The Brotherhood will re quire about 135 men for eight clubs and the League will need aleut 100 for ten clubs. The latter will no doubt sigu an unusual number of untried meu nnd endeavor te develop seme extra players. New, en the face of things, It really doesn't leek as If the claims of Messrs. Ward, Kecfe, I'feffcr, Kwlng, Brouthers and Hanlen that the Brotherhood have all the great nnd best players, and must therefore tlraw the public and dumpthe Ivigue, were true. And when you leek Inte the matter carefully you find that while the Brotherhood has the advan tage It is net nn advantage that will wipe out the League in any such short order as the Players claim. Indeed, I de net think that they belleve no If they told their real senti ments. It cannot be denied that all the League playcrsef 1889 were net stars. In the Brother hood lifit of seventy-eight we find these names: Beery, McUeachy, Wlllard Brown, Hatfield, Italhuan, WoeJKarrar, Bastlsu, Dwyer, Barling, Kllnt, fjviee? Merris, Maul, Fields, Haddock, Beecher7""Clark, J. Irwin, Oeorge Keete, Ons Kreck, Tem Brown, Daley, Joe Quinu, Mike Madden, Arthur Irwin, drubcr, McAleer, Btitcllffe, Snyder and Tebenu. These thirty-one men are only average ball players. Net ene of them Is a f star player today, and only five et them, Charley Hnyder, uus ki-eck, Artnur lrwm, Frank Flint nnd Ooergo Weed, ever were star ball players in the sense the word Is gen erally used, nnd whilethey are all geed men, the entlre let could hnve been dropped out of the League this year nnd thelr places filled with ether men In miner leagues without dis turbing te any very appreciable extent the quality of League ball playing. The places of these men have been filled by men who are nene the lews geed ball players because most of them nre net well known te Lcngtie patrons. Kit trudge, Nagle, Ilardle, 8hellhnsse, Bcrger and Ivery,' new men of the Ijague, will make geed the six catchers of the thlrty-one non-stars geno te the Broth erhood. The places of the nlne pitchers nre filled by Burkett, F.itcljerg, Inks, Nichols, Vieckcry, Farsens, Schmidt, Ceiightiu and Grey. The eight inflelders are surely equal ized by Ceeney, Earl, Leur, McOarr, Vench, Bmalley, Bteckwcll nud Wcckliecker. The eight fielders will net be missed except by their particular iorsennl friends when the playing ability of J. II. Murphy, Deeley, Ixiwe, Trodie, Donevan, Burke, Davis and Miller has lieen sized up. I de net contend that the 31 new men I have uamed are superior te tbe 31 tried play ers that I have set against tbem. But I de contend that the difference between the two lists is net a very material one, and that when comparisons nre made the public will find that ene set will give them quite as geed ball ns the ether. New, then, as against the 47 real star play ers, the League has the men who have de cided te remain with them and four old timers who have returned from retirement, numbering 47. Here are the two lists: CATCHERS. National Lentrue Murphy, danu't. Decker, Zlmintr, Muckley, Daly, Leucr, Clement, Gchrl Yfr. Miller. Bemcrs. Mayers' Lensue-Dally, Farrell, Vlsner, Kelly, Mack, lining, Carrell, Quian, Bennett. riTC'IIKHS. National Lcague Wtlch, Clnrksen, Oleasen, Ileatin, Ileyle, Itusle, Hutchinson. Andersen, Hay, Hewclers, Fee, Oelwln, Uoney. I'layrnt' Ivigiie-Keefe, O'Pajr, Banders, rial vln. Itadliourne, O'Drlen, Crane, Dumnten, Btaley, Fersen, Dakely, OuiutwrU i.triEi.nmts. National League Farrell, Ansen, (Smith, My ers, McKnan, Ilnstetl, (llassceck, Crane, Ilurni, Milker, Drlehanty, Heckley, Denny, Hines. Players' lyagne Whitney, Jlictiardsen. Hal. field, Williamson, Kueline, Howe. Wise, Featz, Cenner, Want, Dtinlap, PfefTer, Carney, White, Oreutlicrs, Btricker. OUTrlKMlKHS. Wllmet. allies. (Icorce. Mayers' Iogue Andrews, Slatlery, Fogarty, Duffy, Hanlen, Itlchardken, TwItchclC O'ltourke, Oore, Ityan, an Haltren, Jehnsen, Hey. It will be keen that the Brotherhood has net a very decided superiority ever the Ixague, nllheugh they have forty-seven stars agaimt thirty-six, for whlle I include tbem as a pmtial offset, Messrs. Decker, Laucr, Burners, Uleaseu, Andersen, Day, Benders, Fee, Farrell and Crnne are net really star players, although they are high grade men like the thlrty-one previously named. The League has a trille the best of It in Associa tion players In numbers, and as they are mostly in two complete team, in this respect it is a stand efL Taken collectively an unprejudiced Judge of playing strength would, I think, admit, that the licagun have pretty near a geed meu as the Brotheiheod and that the coming fight will net lie a Iwd et rows for either side. That the League will get seme stars out of its three dozen new meu for use in 1691 Is cer tain, and that these new men will, many of thorn, count in 1600 is equally ture. It is true that the Lcague teams are disorganized te the extent of liclng new te each ethei 's style of play, but it is also true that the changes made in nt least half the clulis put the llrothcrheod teams en about the same basis. W, I. Hahius. SWEET SINGING MASTER KAVANAC M. iW ma$Sk8& (JSjIwrs In Thcre lives In Chicago n 13-ycsr-eld boy who has the distinction et being oue of the finest boy tenors In the world. His uauie ii Dlatchferd ICavnnagli and his musical train ing has Imxhi reccivtvl almost entirely In the choir of thu Grace Hplwein! church In Chi cago. He has sungut the Chicago Auditorium licfnre Adelina 1'uttl ami nt the White Heuso at Washington, and nothing but prniwi is heard for his flne voice ami artittie execution. His veice raiiK'i from low (I te high O and he handles it with wonderful case. And yet Illatchferd ICavanagh is neither a prodigy nor a phenomenon. He Is better than lieth he is nn artist. Bays a writer In The Iluirale Express: "The boy soprano ns a sole veice has a place of its own in the economy of music as illMlnct as the fo-mele-soprano. Buch voices wedded te highly artistic na ture's which con junction makes thu hlglnst form of youthful soloists nre rare, of course. Hut they are mero common than i a generally supposed, tack of Judicious training Is fre quently the only obstacle te the de velopment of ex cellent boyseloUts. BLATcnreitDKAVASAOii.jjacK of judgment In a choir matter may cauve a flne voice te bu overlooked until tee lata te be useful ns n so se so lrnne. Illatchferd Kavunagh had a meit un promising veice when hu joined flrace church choir, Chicuge, Hut Mr. ltoney was quick te detect the true ring In (.crtulu of Its tone. f.'urfful training did t l.'tj re.U-M far as de- National Iague-Tlcrnan, Thompson, Bunday.Mind te weik, and ill three days had a veiepmg tne veice was concerned. Uea niene could Implant thosrtlstle nature that places young Knranagh among the leading ley se- ranes of the world, nut wucn wn are iisicn- tflkthe moving tones of his voice we should fervet that we are hearing a legitimate HirSsMimenl which nene but n boy can possess, aneVNMilch, therefore, raises Its possessor aberO mere prodlgydenl." ECONOMICAL DRESSING. WISE WOMEN BARGAINS, DO NOT BUT GO LOOK FOR SLOW. Making New Garments Out of Old A Tri umph In a Drab Jacket Ilejuvenated by Ingenious Contriving A Study te Dra peries. (Special Correspondence.) Nkw Yerk, Feb. 13. A darling, pret ty, but economical little lady friend of mine was weeping the ether day when I went te see her. She flung open the deer of her wardrobe and showed tne the bull cloak In the Illustration. "That's what It Is! That is what alls met I wanted te buy a stock of grocer ies, and I don't knew hew it happened, but I passed a deer where they were sell ing out the loveliest Pails gowns and cloaks for almost nothing, and I just went in te see what they were, and somehow bcfoie I knew It I had bought that. I get it for $200, only think! It had lieen marked down from $330. But when I came te get home I remembered that I never go te balls, nnd it is net sultable for street, even in a carriage, nnd I spent nil my grocery money, and Chnrlie will Ih3 he angry, and I don't knew what te del" THE UAdNIFICKNT OAHMENT. The clenk wns of silk, se stiff that it looked like marble, and nil around it was a band et stuffy ostrich feathers. Thcre wnanpnlepink surah lining and long Jewish sleeves, hanging loosely ever the tight inner ones, and the front was open te bhew the dress worn beneath It The shape was simple In its elegance, nnd al together a sumptuous creation or. tne modlste's art. Hut it wns of no use te my friend, nnd she finally managed te sell it for $125, nnd considered herself lucky. The truly economical woman does net leek for bargains. When slie receives from her adoring and manly husband her qunrtcrly "allowance," she first carefully leeks ever her wordtebo and decides whether or no nny of the garments she already possesses can by means of a little new trimming or nny changes be made useful, and notes down the kind nnd nmeunt needed, Then she makes a list of "must haves," another of "would like" and another for "luxuries." Then she buys her things nnd forth with sets te vveik te mnke them herself, or te "have in" a dressmaker for n few days. Her goods are, when chosen thus, of ns geed material as ncr purse can buy, nothing Is wasted, nnd they nre. chosen with n refcrence te the balance of her wardtobe In her cye. Such a buyer out of very slender means .can contrlve te dress even elegantly, nnd buy nil the "must haves," "would likes" nnd "luxuries" In hlmpe of pretty bits of lace, ribbon, a nlce feather or pair of gloves. One lady had n dial) walking jacket, half loeso nnd decidedly out of style. Did eIie go and buy nn oxpensive gar ment? In the language of the Philistines, "Net much." She thought It ever sov sev cral times with her pretty head en ene Bide, nnd dually put en her bonnet and went out, get a pattern for n tight jacket, seme black uoutache braid, with u !cfa quantity of geld braid, and went home jacket mat was tne envy ei ncr menus, who could net bcliove that it was that same old drab bacque. This she could wear with u plaid cheviet or n plain dark cashmere, nnd it wns drebsy enough te wear ever a black silk. and rnurry new one. itudy in drapery for n young worn- cevvn Is bliewn In the pretty new rcss ou thuidrl who li admiring, with n little envy, the appenrance of the new old jacket. It Is of figured bengaline, In brown and blue, with nn underskirt of stripes te match. Nothing could be mero girlish and graceful, nud it is a style c.iHily copied in any soft material. This dainty design would be pretty in whitoer colored nun's veiling orchnllles, or inany soft goods, which would drape in loeso easy folds. The embroidered band around the liottem could be replaced with Eiffel points of lace or any ether suitable trim, ining, and the finishing touch of grace added iu the shape of a bow. The eco nomical little woman could study these two models w !th excellent elTect, nnd nUe take warning by the ether and net buy a piece of magnificent foolishness, te re pent iu tears nnd kkiiiipiu potatoes after ward. Ouvu Haui-uh. Irvine OliJccU le llvlni; Curlculiirnl. Kred Ixalie, it appears, lias liein caricatur ing Henry Irving in Londen by npsiring in ballet cohtiime with his heuil and fuce made op In imilutlnu of the noble Henry. That person, who Is notoriously uwre te till tort of thing, complained te the Uin Chamber lain, who nelillcd the fiuitty management that unless the elfenslvu mutter disappeared at ence from the pregramme, the .tlieutre's .Ilcense would Ik rovektil. Aeceiuiiigiy, -Mr. Leslie has leen elillgeil te ulwndeii tnu earl iest u re. Kvk HI' HI slit MUM lluftlll lffl'1 till I ill "itvi tnSr NETOfTUOM OLD jflt JTf Clara Merris deei net liellove in stage ears. H ie .av.i tnere me nu ivuta real ones .nied by intensely wrought Jtressesonthestatie. When Lllen lerry nlavaher most emotional pnrta fche only beIw in utility, but tin weepingef ten liecemu4 imi'Oiilrellabli', .uul sometime jasts.au heiijYiilter tlie pl.ty U ever. "lUTICUKA IlKMEDim NOTAl'IMI'LKOK BABT. llnby One Yciu-Old. Had With Xea Ifnlr All fione. Hcnlp Cerer4 vTIUl Kriiptlnn!. Cured by Cutleura. Hatr Splendid nud Net n l'lmpleen Itltt. Oured by Cuticura 1 cannot ray cnensn In praise of the CtjTI ctiKA ItKMKiitfA .My boy, when one year of age, was su Imd with eczema that he lest all of his hair. Ills scalp wns covered with eruptions which the dw-ters xnld was scnld-hcad,and that his hair would never grew asaln. Despairing of n cure from physicians, I began the use of Xb Cuticura ltKMKiues, and, I am happy te say, with lliv mini iicrrcct success. Ills hair Is new splendid, nnd there Is net a pimple en him. I recommend the Cuticuka lutKnii te moth ers ns the most speedy, economical, nnd sera euro Ter nil skin dlscnura or Infanta and chil dren, nnd feel that every mother who has an iitlllcled child will tlinuk me Ter se doing. MIW. Al. K. WUODsUM, Norway, Me. Fever Bore Eight Tears. t mutt extend te yen the tbnnksef one of my customers, who hna lieen cured by using the CUTICI'UA IUmmpikm, of nil old sere, caused by nliiiiKHpell nrslekucsHiir fever eight years ago age ago He wns mi Ink! he w fearful be wenld have te hnvuliUleitnmpnlntcdibiit Is happy te say he la new entirely ell sound nan dollar. Here UUCMta me te uw tils name, which Is II. II.CA- nun, iiii'riimm. JOHN V. MINOIt, Druggist, Onlncsbore, Tenn. Wohmehcett wiling yrmr CuncunA Itnta- nir.s ferjrurx, ami lme the first complaint yet te receive rnimn puri-hnser. One of the worst cases of scrofula I ever saw whs cured by them. TwtYMIIl A TAYMJIt, Frankfort, Kan. Cuticura Reselvent The new Blend and Hklul'iirlflcr and purest and best or Humer llctncdlcs, Internally, and Curt cuua, the grout Bkln Cure, and COTicvba He vi1. an extiiilxlte Hklu llenutlller, externally, speedily, iwrinuncntly mid economically cure every illease nud humor of thcskln, scalp, nnd bleed, Willi less of hair, whether Itching, burning, scaly, pimply, scrofulous, or heredlj tnry, vvnen nil ether remedies Hill. Heldcverjvvhire. Price. CUTtcUUA.B0ejBeAr, Kiel ItKseLVKKT, fl.au. Prepared by the IVT TPII UltUII A Nil CIIKMIUAt. COIII'OKATIOK, He- ten. urf-Hend for" Hew toCuieHkln Diseases," 4 leiiirs, fit) llliiHtrntlenii, nnd KM testimonials. ninV'CHkln and Kcnlp preserved nnd bcnutl DAD I 0 fled by CliTleliiiA HeAl'. Absolutely pure. " KVKIlY'MUMMiK ACIIIW. Hhnrp Aches Dull Pallia, Hlralns, nnd Weak ileuses relieved In one minute by the Cutleura Aiilld'nlli Plaster, The first nnd only Install laiii'inis piilii-kllllug strengthening plaster. 23 cents. Siuifertl's Radical Cure for Catarrh. Cure IIckIum rrein Vlrnt Application, nnd Im Itnpld, llmtk'iil, nnd l'eri.lituent. 11 Is tbe mucous membrane, that wenderfu Npiublliitd envelope surrounding the delicate tlssitCN of (he air and feed passages, thnt Co Ce Urrli'iuikcalt slretighnld. Once established. It cm Inte the very vitals, nnd renders lire but n hniK-tlriivvn breath of misery nnd disease, dulling the kciihe or hearing, imminellng the power of speech, destroy Ing the fucutly of smell. biliitliig the lm-nlli, and killing the renned pleasures of tivsle. Iiisldueusly, by creeping en Irem a simple cold In Ilia head, It nsMuults the iiieiulmiiiceus lining and envelops the bones, eating through the drllrute reats and causing Inllauimntten. sluughliig, and ether dangerous KVinpleniK. Nothing short of total eradication vv III kc.'iire heiillh le the patient, and nil nllevla 1 1 v h n re si m ply procrastinated sufferings, HAN HAN teitn'M UAiucAt, Cuiie, by Inhalation and by I n(t nuil ndiiilulstmllen, ran ly fulls ; even when the UImmimi has made frlghlful Inroads en deli cate iiiiiklltiitleiis, hearing, hiiicII, and taste liuvn been recev rrwl, and the disease thoroughly driven out. Miinlbrd'H Itmlluul Cure flit Catarrh Consists or oue bottle of the ltADlOAt.CunK, onnlies oft'ATAituiiAl.Hei.VKNT, and one Im KOVKlilNilAl.Kit, neatly wrapped In one pack age, vv llli lull directions j price, f I. Held every where. 1'errKii imtui A Ciirmicai. CouvnnATteH, lUwreN. ie.bl.lmW.Sftw rpKKTHINU HVHUr. TO MOTHERS. Kvery babe should have a bottle of DR. FAIIIIN KVH T10KTH1NO HYHUI. I'erfecUv safe. Ne Opium or Merphlnmlxturra. Will re- liuvn Celic, Drilling III tliu llewels and Promote NKVAHON, Hngerstewn, Mil. lumcilll liH'ining. j-repureu uvuiin.u.iAiin- Druggists sell it; cents. Trial bottle sent by mall 10 cents. ln4-lydeedftw tfcaeclcv' ibe. PKNNHYLVANIA ItAILilOADBCHED In effect from Nev. 10, 18t. Trains i.kavs: JjANOAstku and leave and a rive at Philadelphia .is fellows i Leave" Leave WKHTWAHD. Paclllu Kxpresaf Nawh Kxerchal Philadelphia Lancaster) una p. in. I:ili. m, .-:t0 a. m. 7:00 a. m. i.- a. ra. 8:26 a. m. e:aua.ra Ml a. m ::iia. n Wuy 1'iistcngeil .', MnfltrolnvUMUejrl no. man iranii-...,. NliiKum Kxpreas-,..., II auevcr Aennm Kant I.I ncf Frederick Accem Itueusler Accem Ijincaslcr Areem Ilarrlshurg Acceni.. 1'nlumlilu Arconi Ilnirlsburi: lixprcwi.. Western Kxprcwi (.minister Awi via Columbia 8:en a. m. UMBO. 11:00 a, m via Columbia HMOn. m. vln Columbia lliU a. in. 00 p. m. 2:10 p. m. KM p. in. 'iM p. m. 6:30 p. m. 7:4.1 p. m. 7:60 D. m. vlaMUJey-... Ktu p. m. iM p. Ill, 5:'i) li. m, U.'JO p. m 11:10 p. m. eiw p. m. Ar.Cel.5:8fl Leave . I . n mater. 1:W n. in, 4:lfi a. in. :1 a. m 8:10 n, ra. R:e5 a. in. ll.-OU a. m. U:.t5iu ni. 12iH p. iu. Si.ne p. in. 3.00 ii. in, 4:tft p. in. SMS p. in. 8:SS p. in. 12.M p. in. Arrive .. KAHIWAHI). I'hlla. ICxpresHf. FitslMiiei Umcaslcr A cee llnrrlDljurir Kxprcsi.. IjinciiMcr Accem Columbia Accem ..., ran 4:35 a. m. :40a. mi KA'ia. ml 1030 a. m. vlaMUey, 11:43 a. m. Atlantic Kxprcwif Hcnulierc) KxnrcnM..,,... 1:3) pu m. 3: IS p. m 6:45 p. m. 5:45 p. m. 0:60 p. ra. H:ltt p. m 10-.56 p. m. Philadelphia Accem..; Hiuiilay .V nl I.. ........ Day Kx premt. ......... llurrlsburg Accem Mall Tiiilnt-....-.- Frederick Accem.., t'l'he only trains which rnn daily. On Hunduy the Mall trulu west runs by way Columbia. J. It. WOOD, (leiiera. Passenger Ages, CH AH. K. FUUH. Ueucral jdauauer. 'PHILADELPHIA 4 HEADINUltAILROAA. ItKADINU 4 COLUMBIA DIVISION. On and after Hundny, Nev 10. 188B, trata leave Ijiuraatcr K Ing street), as fellows i Fer Heading and Intermediate pelnte, week days, 7:: a. in., I2.Uu, 3:18 p. m.; Buuday.B.-Oea. , 'Ver Philadelphia, week days, 7:30 a. m., U-, 3-IK ii. in.; HiuiAays. 85 p. in. . KerNew Yerk via Philadelphia, week days, 7:ln.m.,12:35,8:Wp.m. Vat New Yerk via Allentown, week daya. Ker Allentown, week days, 7.30 a. m.,S:4t ui.j Hunduy, S: p. m. Ker l'etuvllle, week days, 7:30 a. m., : p. ra., Holiday, . p.m. , ' ., Ker Lebanon, week days. 7.-00 a. m., 12.35, 5.2S .. m HlllilluV. XKVtn. ni.&ui n. III. Ker llarrlsburif, week days, 7:00 a. m., 12:J5, 5.r, p. m. i Hunday, 8.-0T. u. m. Ker Quarry Mile, week days, D-25 a. m., 00. 8.1U p. m. ; Hunday, 5:10 p. in. TJtAINH KOH UANCAHTKU. U-uve Itciulliig, week days. 730, 11:55a. ra., 5:M p. in. : Hunday, 7:3) a. in.; 8:10 p. ra. Uiive Philadelphia, week days, 4:15, lCMXJa "'i'iie New Yerk 'via Philadelphia, week days, 7: h. in.. i'iy. in. 12.15 nlsht. Ixivu New Yerk via Alleiitewn, week days 4.-) u. in., IM p. in. . . , M I'uvu AllcuUnvii, week days, 5A3 a.m.; 40 '"'liive l'etuvllle, week days, 5.50 a. m., 4J6 'liave Ibauen, wei-k days, 7:12 a. m., 12.30 7:15 p. in.: Hunday, 7A'a. m.,3.l5p. in. UuiVM llnrrlbljurn, vveck duys, 0.25 a. m.; Hun 'Ya'h e (tiiaiVy vllle, week days, 8:, 11:45 a. m., 300; Hunday,7:10a. m. a.uu , "u,A.,.f;ANT10 C1TY uiviHION. Ix-ave riillaUilphla, Cliestiiut street wharf, and huutli street wharf. Ker Atlantle City, week days, express, IHM a. in. und t-W p. m.; Accommodation, 7SW ii. in. und 4.:M p. in.; Sunday, Lxpress, .00 a. in., Accommodation, 8.00 u. in., 1J0 lteturnliufleave Atlantle City, depot corner, Atlantic and ArknnsaaAvenues. Weekdays. Kx press t: ii. m. und 4 p. in. Accom Accem Accom niedullon,8nn.in. and iM P. ni. Hundays Hundays KxpreM, 4 p. in. Accommodation, 7:30 a. in. "'Detailed tlme tables can be obtained at Ucke A! AW'LKOd 0. O. HANCOCK. Vlce l'rcs. A Oeul M'cr. Ocu'l l'aks'r AgL Ii EI1ANON liANCUirKU JOINT LINE UA1LKOAD. ArrangcmeutK of Passenger Trains en and after Bunday, November 10, HS9, NOHTHW'AUD. Iavu A.M. 1' Hunday. r. si.'a. u. r. x . M. KtiisHtrect, IJUIC-7.-IJ) iJUieuxter 7.07 Cnluinhlii ., Miiiihelm "i:ii Cornwall. . . 7w Arrive at i Aitnnf.il . . s:ii 12:. 12: 11 lfc-tt 1:20 1:14 5.33 8:13 61 8:45 b.28, 9:17 Me'l7.32 I r. M. A. M. , 7:15. 7:55 7)' 8:10 7:53 8.40 8:18 .U 1:58 M.W..wu -",..,,. ,,.n ij-nVB A. M. r, . M. Ijeliauen - Ji" Cornwall....,...... JS" Mauhelm:....-.M.- J-JS Laucnstvr...M .... . 8-7 Arrlveut Culumbla........ :-fJ u-Iiil. Hlnt't. Ijmc. 8:35 1130 12:45 1:18 11 hui 2:05 2-tU up 8:25. tfc 6 10 A. M. WIIJMIN.Hupt, It. 4 C. Kallread. H. . NEKK, Hlipt. O. K. It. lint Ue le lUtlHMAN'B. .S0,4JVestKtusBHlf t a 3.55 4.4 4X s.ei 5:1 P. M. S:4f 4.00 4J0 6.-0 vi
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