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PCQrxsxE Ttieatkr Fanny I)Mnport
Gbaxd orEB House "A HrwzvTlinf.'"
AtVTN TnEATER. 'The City Directory."
Williams' Acadkmv. Sam Devcre's Co.
AVoblu's MrsECV-TnEATER..... Curiosities, K:c
D aits' MCSECM-TIIEATEB Curiosities, lite.
HRKIS'TEZATEK Little GoMie
Tiic above are tho theatrical attractions
for tills -week.
3Ils Seligman has improved since her first
visit to this city, though the chances in her
methods are not very considerable. She i
icquirir.s more repose and de'.icacv of tonch
all the time; and in her most dratmitlo
moods is more subdued than she was. But
her genius is not a matter of cultivation
essentially. She is evidently one of the few
who are born for histrionic triumphs. It is
simply a matter of her living and keeping
Jn good health to achiovo almost anything
she pleases. Anion: tne young acticscs of
America she already ha no equal,
and it will surprise some of the
most able actors and critics who
have seen her, if she. does not achieve
fame that onlv the world can limit. In my
humble opinion the only thins Miss Snlig
tiuin needs now to carry her to her proper
place at the head ol the procession is a great
play. Shakespeare might meet her measure.
That is her natural tendencv. A woman
who on touch all the emotions with a
strong hand; call forth tears, laughter, in
dignation, loathing, admiration or what not
by her acting, is fit for the interpretation of
the greatest characters.
Some critical remarks about "Her Re
lease," played by the Piton Company, trill
be found on the fourth pace of this issue.
One of the characters in Geoffrey Middle
ton" that deserves to live is that of old
Merit!, as played by Mr. Thompson. The
more one sees of this admirable actor the
more one appreciates his exceptional
talents. The old railroad contractor with
his perpetual reminiscences of his working
days on the Southern Pacific Railroad is a
lovable and very human character, which in
Sir. Thompson's hands assumes a 'Striking
personality. May Mr. Thompson live lonjr
to create many more such genial
people for ns. It Is" a fact,
too, that "Geoffrey Middleton" improves
upon acquaintance, and Miss Martha Mor
ton can rest her claim to be considered one
cf the best of our native dramatists upon
this one play, despite the obvious tact that
the Inspiration for it came from some Ger
man or other Old World play.
TVe have seen the last of the Piton Stock
Company as at present organized. Xext
season Miss Selignian will continue at the
head of Mr. Pitou's company, but only the
half of her pi esent associates will remain in
it. Mr. Kelson Wheatcroft and his wire,
Adelaide Stanhopo, will probably travel
with one of the I'lohruan companies. Mr.
"W. H. Thompson was to have appeared in
the principal character role in Bronson
Howard's new play, in which also William
Faversbain will be the leading Juvenile, but
lie is now booked for the chief part in "The
Prodigal Tather." There will be other minor
chames in the Piton Stock Company. Rob
ert Hillt&rd will Join it, and'another good
actor fitted for leading roles will also be en-
aged. Miss Jane Stuart and Mr. George W.
.eslie will remain in the Pitou Company,
and I believe it is Mr. Pitou's intention to
make the company as strong, if not stronger,
than It is this season. Tne repertoiie will
include some new plays and possibly one or
two or Shakespeare's, Miss Seligman be
ing particularly anxious to appiar in
the latter. I think Mr. Pitoa
would do well to try some ol
Shakespeare's comedies with such a com
pany as he has. The superstition among
managers that Shakespeare is synonymous
with bankruptcy is cntnely fallacious. The
trouble is that managers put one clever star
and a dozen bad actors in a Shakespearean
comedy and expect the public to enjoy a
play the lines of which the actors cannot
even speak intelligibly. Miss Scligman lias
quite enough talent to shine In anything,
Shakespeare included; and with such sup
port as she has had in the past, I believe a
Shakespearean repertoire would be success
Snl in an artistic and financial sense. If
Mr. Pitou is wise ho will put this plan into
execution next season. It would make a,
good starting point for Miss Seligman as a
star of the first class. By the way, when
The Dispatch expressed the beliet that Miss
Seligman was destined to be the foremost
American actress it was somewhat lonely,
but now the same estimate of MissSellg
ruan's talents is being enunciated every
where, and the New Vorkpapers with terrific
wisdom are declaring their adherence to her
banner.
Between Jane Stuart's last two visits to
this city the wonderfully clever little come
dian of the Pitou Company has received one
or two brilliant offers to betake herself to
comic opera. I know that Hurry Askin,
Digby Bell's manager, wanted to make Miss
Stuart a prominent fea'ure in his new comic
opera of "Jupiter," and I was told earlier in
the season that DeWoir Hopper as aUo
very anxious to socuie her. She herself
would like very well to have a chance to
sing as well as act, but her own people
wisely think that a higher destiny is hers in
the legitimate drama, so in de"fereuce to
their wishes Miss Stuart has reinsed the
offers of all the comic opera managers and
will stay with the Pitou Company for an
other season at least. Although she was
suffering irom a bad cold latt week, for
which she blames Pittsburg's beautiful
climate. Miss Stuart succeeded as well as
ever In exciting laughter and charming the
hearts of her audience.
It Is only a few months ago that a young
girl left Allegheny to try her fortunes upon
a Xew York stage, with rtotning to aid her
but a pretty face and engaging bright man
ners and a great ambition to shine as a
souhrette. She may have had a good voice,
but I never heard it A short time after she
lert this city the New York papers an
nounced that Miss Lulu Glasser had taken
Miss Marie Jansen's place in "The Lion
Tamer"' lor a night with considerable suc
cess. This was our little Allegheny Iriend.
Since then teveral similar announcements
have been made, and Miss Jansen's umler
itudvhas receh cd a good deal of praiso for
herabilitv to take that celebrated actiess'
place. Now it is announced that Miss Glasser
is to stop into Mis3 Jansen's shoes pennn
nently next season, and theie is a very
biilliant Juture apparently ahead of this lit
tle Alleghenv novice. She comes or a well
known Allechenv famllv. find n f-rpatmo-w
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er advancement.
They say. for unhappily I did not seo it,
that the audience at the Wednesday mat
inee at tho Ouqucsne Theater was as pretty
a sight as any stage picture could be. The
house was filled with ladies not more than
a mere two per cent of men among them.
The lower boxes on one side of the theater
were occupied by a charming bevy of girls,
everyone or whom ore a corsage boquet of
red loses. This ai a theater party,
I am told, Invited by Mr. Ralp'i Bagalev.
On the opposite side sat the wondrously lair
Lillian B-ssell, looking rresher and daintier
than she does in her most elaborate costume
in "La Cigale."
There is no question of the fact that Lillian
Russell has grown to be an Immensely popu
lar favorite. Probably there Is no woman In
comic opera to-day who commands such a
tremendous following. When you come to
analyze her attractions you find that first or
all stands her personal beauty, which is a
thing not to be gainsaid; then comes her
volco which Is really grown into a lemark
able organ; and lastly the reputation which
has been built up aiound,her, partly by the
skillful work or managers and writers, and
pai tly by tho accidents of her romantic lile.
Anyhow there she stands a beautiful, and,
toiumerciallv speaking, a most valnablo
piece ot pi6prty. 1 suppose that some
where near 20,039 people have seen hor
during the week in "La Cigale" and what
ever their opinions of the comic opera may
be, none of them would bo ready to deny the
imposing beautvof the prima donna. She
uiuierstands so well how to dress, how to
adjust the colors of her raiment to those of
her complexion, and in the management of
her voice she shows the same artistio taste
and skill.
The chief objection to "Ia Cigale" Is its ob
scurity. The first act is clear enough, though
In action it drazs a little. I confess that
after seeing the play twice thajprecUe mean
ing and nature of the plot In the second act
are still dark secrets to me. Tltb less splen
did mounting nod without the personality
of Miss Russell, the singing of Streltmann
and Tagllapietra, the clever dancing of
Charles Dnngan and Louis Harrison, "La
Cigale" w ould be a drearv and dismal thing.
Tne unusually good chorus which Mr.
French has gathered together also deserve
no small part of the credit of the success.
It is, as :i production upon which a vast
amount of money has been spent, rather
than ns.-i dramatic, and musicnl worktnnt
"La Cigale" is at all admirable. On the
w hole, I do not think that "La Cigale" is
worth $2a seat to see, and, from what I hear,
very.few who paid that large price last week
at the Bijou consider it money well spent.
Charles Dungan's acting is ono of the best
points in "La Cigale," but hardly attracts as
much attention us it should because it is in
tho background to a large extent 31r. Dun
gan has a good baritone butin "La Cigale" he
has no chance to show it, and In comic opera
n character who has no songs Is apt to be
lost sight of. But Mr. Dungan's embodiment
ot 11 fri olou&, vain princeling is consist
ently and artistically conceived and en
acted. I had a better appreciation of the
cleverness of Mr. Duncan's acting when I
became aware of how utterly unlike his real
peisonality it was. There is nothing of
course to prevent a comic opera .artist
irom bciiisr a man of large ideas
and cenerous svmpathies. of refinement
and solid intellectuality, but no one would
be likely to guess Mr. Dungan's calHng-when
ho is away from the theater. Strangely
enough. Manager McCullough, of tho Dn
quesne Theater, tells mo that he remembers
w hen Mr. Dnngan developed from amateur
to professional in one of thefirt productions
ot "Pinafore" in San Francisco. It Is re
maikable howlargely the ranks or the comic
opera contingent were swelled by recruits
fi om amatenrdom during that extraordinary
"Pinafore" craze. In the Pinafore Companv,
or which Mr. Dungan was a member, Mr.
McCullough tells me there wa only one pro
fessional. Hep buB3 J om. s.
The Bijou Theater.
A good deal has been said for "A Night at
the Circus'" claims as the first of the new
brand of farce comedy, and everywhere in
the East it has been a decided success. The
atmosphere of the circus is in the play. The
ringmaster cracks his whip, tho band plays
and tho horses kick up their heels. Such 13
the flavor of tho circo-comcdy, A Night at
the Circus," whish will be seen for the first
time in Pittsburg at the Bijou this week,
with Nellie McHenry in the chief role. The
story unon which the play is built centers
upon Mile. Electra, a circus performer, and
her sister. Mile. Madeline Milan, a governess
in the family of Nicholas Friske, a lawyer,
in partnership with Archibald Banger. The
latter are husbands of the "henpecked" or
der, but are inclined to be men nbout town.
The queen of the arena quarrels with her
manager, ho, in order to keep her np to
her contract wants to have her arrested.
She engages Banger to defend her.
Both lawyers promptly lall in love with her.
Banger for the moment carrying her off.
Then the twin sister comes In, and while
Friske is trying to fascinate her the wives
of both men enter. The business of ex
plaining matters Is extremely ludicrous.
Mile. Electra decided to take her sister's
place as governess, in order first to escape
her manager, and next to punish the
lawyer for their would-be perfidy. As a
governess she trains her young ladies to be
meek as lambs in public, but in private tbey
ail dance, and sing eterything from "Com
rades" to "Maggie Murphy's Home." By
letters signeu -.niruie" ana sens 10 ail tne
characters she finally arranges to meet
them all In the dressing room of the "Great
est Show on Earth," and as the governess
she finds disguises for alL The wives are
fixed up in tights. Each husband is in the
belief that "Birdie" is "Electra," takes
his wife to the circus tent, and it
Is in mat scene tne inn rescnei
its height. The manager has been driven
frantic by the non-appearance of his Mar.
His funny man gets intoxicated and Lawyer
Banger is compelled to take his place, w'ith
the result that he is hissed and hooted.
Lawyer Friske, despite all protests, is dis
guised and rushed out as the "Wild Man of
Borneo." Finally, when Electra does appear
she makes the manager agree to all her ae
mands, and rushes out to do her act while
the crowd outside cheer. It is in tho very last
scene, when she rides upon a ereain-coiored
horse, dressed in pink tights and spangles,
that she is particularly effective. The piece
is said to be a decided advantage upon' the
ordinary run or farce comedies. It is brim
ful or laughter rrom beginning to close: It
has a plot, and at least tells a sensible story.
It gives Miss McHenry an opportunity to
disclose her versatility in the most em
phatic manner. , ,,
The Dnqaeine Theater.
. One or the most remarkable soenlo pro
ductions or the decade, "Cleopatra," as Miss
Fanny Davenport presents it, will be seen
at the Dnqnesne Theater this week. Miss
Davenport's Cleopatra has been seen here
before and appreciated highly. It will be
all the more Interesting dot, however, since
Bernhardt has recently appeared hero in
the same role. The company will be tho
same as Miss Davenport had upon her last
visit, Melbourne McDowell playing Marc
Antony. The scenery will also include the
wonderfully effective stage pictares which
astonished Pittsburg last year.
As an example of mechanical stage effect
the tempest scene in tho firth act is perhaps
without a piralleL The storm is heard the
rushing or the winij, the rattling of thunder:
the heavens are lighted wlfli momentary
flashes, during which are seen hvigh trees
bending and swaying in the sterm, as ir a
huriicane were sweeping over the earth.
The place or this scono is in the Templo of
Isis, whither the in f uriated soldiers are come
to reap vengeance on Cleopatra, who turns
upon them instead with an impassioned in
vocation to the god of storms.
Grand Opera nouns.
The musical farce comedy, "A Breezy
Time," which will occupy the stage of the
Grand this week, lays no claim to being a
literary effort of magnitude, but is con
structed solely to please and for laughing
purposes only. The story of the play is as
follows: A country-bred youth is in Boston
studying to become an artist and drifts into
tho Bohemian ways of a free lance. His
catchy ways, breezy style and ever-ready
purse make Jac; Dauber a favorite. He has
never laid up anything for a rainy day, so
that when his guardian, whom he has never
seen, has a long sickness and neglects to
hend Jack his quarterly allowance, he is in
debt head over heels, and is dunnod at a
learful late by his creditors. Ho is also in
love with Daisy lAghtoot, the grand
daughter of Reuben Merryfleld, a Ver
mont farmer, and tlie recipro
cates his affection. To escape
punishment for a misculevious act she runs
uw ay fi om school and goes to the rooms or
her betrothed. Tho grandfather arrives at
an opportune moment and carries her away
to Vermont, taking several or her girl
friends with her. Dauber follows and the
duns rellow him. Merryfleld is the guardian
of Dauber, but as Jack does not know it ho
Is oolUed to use various disguises to keep
his tormentors from finding him out, but he
gets into the good graces of the old farmer
ui-d his visitors at the farm and stays there,
whcie nmasing adventures befall, resultant
upon the assembling of the importunate
bill collectors, pretty school girls and other
incidents, Tne company presenting "A
Breezy Time" comprisns many well-known
stage people, and is headed by Mr. E. B. Fitz
andKathryn Webster.
The Alvin Theater.
No dramatic volume has made more people
laugh in the past two or three years than
Russell's "City Directory," and it Is to be
presumed that the new edition which is to
be issued at the Alvin Theater this week
will maintain the merry reputation of the
original. It may be said that "The City Di
rectory" has not much plot, and some" people
may tell you that it is a variety entertain
ment pure and simple, hut nobody who has
seen it throughtan truthfully say that it is
not bright, clean and tunny "from beginning
to end. Manager Russell says that "The Di
rectory" has been brought right up to date,
that Mullaly has written a whole lot of
new music lor it and new business and
new Jokes in abundance have been intro
duced. These are the principal actors: Wil
lis Sweatman, Dan D.ily, Burt Haverly, J. C
Mil 011, Julius Whitmurk, Charlet Seaman,
Bessie Cleveland, Kate Uart, Mayne Kelso.
Lillle Eldridge, Marion Weller and Inst ana
best oral), charming Amelia Glover bounds
on before you and dances herself into your
hearts.
Barry Williams' Academy.
Sam Devere and his big company will play
a return engagement at this bouse next
week. He has materially changed his show
for this occasion. Among the artists are
McAvoy aud Rogers, society sketch artists;
Montague and West, premier musical
artists; Harding and Ah Sid, the clown and
the Chinaman; Chip, the boy wonder; the
dashing Nelson Sisters, Rowe and Rentz,
grotesque aerial artists; and Ryan and
Kitchfleldln their now act entitled ML A
troupe of Imperial Japanese, eight In num
THE
ber, will perform feats ot Juggling and equi
librium, that are novelties. Their aot will
conclude with a grand backward slide on a
single rope from the dome of tho theater to
the stage. Of course Sam Devere himseir
and Ills banjo will be there, with a budget of
new songs and with witty sayings.
"World's Museum-Theater.
Nobody has yet determined exactly what
mina reading is. It is a mystery that has
interested and entertained people for more
than ten years, but no satisfactory explana
tion of tho phenomena has yet been given.
This week Mr. Andrew J. Seymour, who
calls himself the world's greatest mind
reader, will give a Beries of practical Illus
trations of his w onderfnl powers ns a mind
render and as a spiritualistic medium. Mr.
Sevmonr has created a sensation in most of
the large cities of this country and England
by his remarkable feats of thought reading
and this week he will allow the audience to
have a full opportunity of testing him in
every posiiblo w av. He will find concealed
articles and translate thoughts lor any
one who may ask him. He is not the oulv
attraction at this house, for Mr. Frank R.
Devine will continue to give lady visitors
oil paintings free. And there are other
curiosities on view. In the theater the Two
Bees Specialty Company will givo a long
variety performance, co.mistlug or Juggling
feats, banjo plaving, simtinor, dancing and
farctral sketcnes.ln which Daly and Pearl,
tho Two Bees, Miss Millie Olive, Charles H.
King, Tanner Dowloy, Miss Nellie Daly
and other clever people will assist
Davis Museum-Theater.
At Harry Davis Firth Avenue Museum
Theater this week Miss Dot bunwell, the
empress of snake charmers, makes her first
appearance outside ot New York and Chi
cago. She is the only American woman who
has ever accomplished the hazardous feat of
subduing venomous reptiles and she
handles the deadly python, the poisonous
rattler and the treacherous anaconda wltn
an abandon that is startling in the
extreme. Another feature this week
will be a genuine Mexican feather worker,
who actually weaves the fibers of birds'
plumage Into crepes and laces so fine that
the web can only be seen through a magni
fying glass. An Indian musician and Ad
miral Dot, that clever singing midget, are
among the other interesting people to be
seen in the curio hall. In the theater the
Emerson & Claik Vaudeville Company will
appear.
Harris' Theater.
Little Goldle will be introduced to Pitts
burg theater-goers at Harris Theater this
week. She will appear In her successful
comedy drama, "The Rocky Mountain Waif."
Little Goldle assumes three characters dur
ing the action of the play, which afford her
ample opportunltv to display bet versatil
ity. The supporting company contains peo
ple of ability, and the dramatic critics of
tue larger cities speaK in glowing terms 01
the little star, her play and company. The
drama will be staged in elegant style, as a
car load of now scenery and a number of
novel mechanical effects are employed to
reflect a true picture of the life of a mount
aineer. tags Whltpers.
"Two Old Crosies" will be at Harris' The
ter week May 2.
"The Voodoo" follow "A Breezy Time" at
the Grand Opera House.
Kate Castletox playia return date here
in May. She will be seen as before In "The
Dazzler."
The "Fire Patrol" Is the name of a melo
drama that will shortly be seen at the Grand
Opera House.
Sybil Jousstose will again be seen here In
"The Clemenceaa Case," supported by a
good company.
Theater-goers are looking forward for the
engagement of Miss Julia Marlowe at the
Grand Onera nousein Mar. She will be
seen in an excellent repertoire, producing j
six uinerent piays.
"Wilkiksok's Widows," that amusing
farce by Alexander Bisson and William
Gillette, will be played at the Alvin Theater
on Monday, May 9, by Charles Frohman's
strong company of comedians.
Zelie de Lcssan, who is still remembered
with uncommon affection in Pittsburg, has
been having a rather hard time of it in Eng
land. She has been sick for some time, but
a few days ago rejoined the Carl Rosa Opera
Company at Manchester.
Dtntrsa the engagement here of Rising and
De Langeln "Tangled Up," Burr Mcintosh's
'one'net certain raiser "Why?" will be pre
sented. So far the critics have praised It.
It is Bun's first attempt at plav writing,
and it is said to be worthy of the big fellow.
The latest news about Lily langtry Is that
Charles Wyndttam has engaged her to play
Steannein Dumas' "Domi Monde," whicn he
intends to put.on shortly. Suzanne is an ad
venturess of pronounced type, andXondon
ers are anxious to see how close to nature
Mrs. Langtry's impersonation will be.
The Duquesne Theater is showering a
great halo of glory over itself with the stars
and productions that are appearing there
for the wind up of the season. Following
Fanny Davenport comes Mojeska in a round
of legitimate, embracing Rosalind in "As Yon
Like It," Aarxenne Ijacouvrcur, Mary Stuart,
Camille and other favorite roles.
Thoxas Q. Seabbooee is having con
structed at Wilmington, Del., a peculiar
palace car, in which he will tour. The ve
hicle is CU feet in length, and in exact imi
tation of a champagne bottle to the smallest
particular cork, label and all. It is under
stood that a leading winehouse pays the bill
for the comedian's costly comfort
Pittsbtjeo will not see "Pompadour" ana
Sadie Martlnot this season, for the company
closed after a disastrous season at Philadel
phia last Week. It is a pity, for The Dis
patch Is inlormed that the play was a deli
cate and pretty thing too frauile to live ap
parentlycleverly acted. Salaries were tin
paid for two weeks, and the walking be
tween Philadelphia and New York is none
too good in April.
Mr. Joseph H. Aethtje, proprietor of the
Barlow Bros.' Minstrels, returned home
Saturday after having been away 42 weeks.
The company closed a very successful sea
son of Z8 weeks at Chicago last Saturday
night Manager Arthur will remain in this
city until the arrival of the Barlows, when
they will get down to business and get
things in shape for the coming season, which
will commence early in July.
Georoie Drew Barryhore has been en
gaged for next season by Charles Frohman.
Last week she sent her manager a dispatch
'from San Francisco asking permission to
appear for a few nights with the company
of another manager, who had made her a
largo offer.1 Mr. Frohman answered with
.the one word "No." In response to this
came the ono word "Oh!" which is probably
the most lr conic expression of her feelinira
that a woman ever sent over 3,000 miles of
wire.
Maitt compliments have been paid to the
BiJOn Orchestra since Mr. Gernert assumed
the'leadership, but last week he was'simplr
overwhelmed with congratulations from the
Lillian Russell company. The high pitch it
was thought might up-et that harmony that
is so desiiable between orchestra "and vocal
ists, but though the Lillian Russell Company
was unaccustomed toit,thcy caught on to the
high pitch in gicat shape, and it was re
marked by everyone that the first perform
ance of "La Cigale" was unusually smooth
and spirited.-Mr. Gernert's efforts and those
ot his men deserve recognition.
A uhiqtje performance took place a fort
night ago at Rouaclicr's Theater, Vienna.
The actors and actresses of all the Vienna
theaters, to the number of 228, combined to
give a benefit for the German ana Austrian
actors' pension fund, the Joke consisting in
each artist appearing in quito a new char
acter. Fran Wolter, the tragedienne, ap
peared as a vocalist Herr Sonnenthal, the
Irving or Vienna, sang a comic song; the
burlesque actresses came out in tne most
celebrated roles or the best comedians, the
most serious artists masqueraded as ballet
dancers, and the real danseuses.sang and
acted.
A wosDERTtjii programme or dancing
music 'and song will be performed at the
Grand Opera House on Friday afternoon
next by tho Saturday Afternoon Class of
Braun's Dancing Academy. There w ill be
two parts uouupss i' iota's tiatnerwg ana
Columbia's National Puseant, and alto
gether no less than 51 separate dun ces. songs
and instrumental solos, performed bv the
young people who have tripped the' light
fantastic under' Prof. Braun's tuition. It
promises to be a very pretty and unique
spectacle. Afterward there will be a recep
tion, with dancing, at Lafayoue Hall, ut
8 r. m.
Frederick Wards carries a complete
equipment of scenery ana properties lor the
plays in his repertoire, but on arriving in
Seattle the other day found it impossible to
get it into'the Opera llonse. Tho outfit of
the stage was so bad that Mr. Watde decide J
to play Richard 111. as it was originally pre
sented. without scenery. He had all of tho
local scenery removed, and hung tho stage
In imitation of arras. As a guide to the au
dience lie had a number of signs painted,
and as the curtain fell a sign was hung on
the tapes try, -such as, "Ye Street in London,"
etc. The orchestra was kept on the stage,
and the effeot was extremely novel.
PITTSBURG. DISPATCH,
MVAGESOF-CATAlul.
Ilia Many 'His That An Due to Its Far
Reaching Influences.
Overwhelming Evldenes of the Beneficial
Besnlts of Dn. Copeland, Hall and
Byars' method of Treatment
Many people labor under the mistaken
idea that catarrh means simply a discharge
from the nostrils, with a hawking and spit
ting of mucus; but to the observing physi
cian who makes a specialty of the disease
the word catarrh moans more. Experience
has taught him that catarrh is Dy no means
confined to the head alone, but that the en
tire system is rrequontly affected by it
This week Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers
publish such overwhelming evidence of tho
beneficial results of their treatment in tho
different affections named below as should
satisfy even tho most skeptical. It is a self
evident fact, ir they can cure these peonle,
they rnn .cure others. Drs. Copeland," Hall
and Brers cure 90 per cent of all patients
who take treatment with thorn, and when it
is considered that tho majority of these
patients hnve exhausted the skill or their
diflerent family physicians before consult
in" them and represent the worst cases that
como under the observation or a specialist,
this showing Is simply marvelous.
Treatin" so many patients as Drs. Cope
land, Hall and Bvers do. It Is but natural
that they shonld be subject to some adverse
criticism on the part of n few dissatisfied
ones: but Inve.stiration or such cases always
reveals the met that these dissruntled ones
have been c reless and negligent In tho use
or their medicine. In some cases during the
cold season n patient will take a severe cold
immediately after besinnlng treatment and
foraiow weeks feel worse than before, and
thus grow discouraged and discontinue.
Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers work no
miracles and perform no sorceries. They
cure catarrh, but it is by patient, regular,
systematic and methodical treatment
Those who put theirmediclne on the mantel
piece aud let if leiriHin theie day after day
without using it, will undoubtedly fall to get
a cure, and this is the class of patients who
claim they have not Deeu benefited.
Another thing Drs. Copeland, Hall and
Byers have to contend against is the
weather. During the severe and frequent
changes of the w eatlier, as the season passes
Irom winter into spring, tho high winds
which carry pneumonia and other pulmo
nary troubles into every family, make it
almost impossible to canse any headway in
the treatment or catarrhal troubles. It one
can only hold his own during such time he is
doing remarkably well. Given favorable
wontner, the co-operation of the patient,
and a reasonable period of time they can
cure any case of catarrh, no matter ot how
long standing or degree or severity.
CATARRHAL, NEURALGIA.
The Diflerent Seasons Bring Their Different
Diseases and Symptoms Peculiar to
Each Disease Mr. Aston's Case.
The observing specialist notices at this
season a predominance ot neuralgia pains
in conjunction with catarrhal troubles.
These neuralgic pains are generally located
directly above each eye and thiough the
temples supra-orbital neuralgia they aie
known to physicians and they are so se
vere at times as to cause the most excruci
ating agony. These pains are also fre
quently observed In the chest and more par
ticularly the leit chest, shooting thiough to
the shoulder blade, and when accompanli-d
by cough cause considerable anxiety on tho
part or the patient.
"I had been troubled for abont eight years
with catarrh," said Mr. Edwin Aston, the
well-known superintendent of mines of the
J. B. Steen & Co. colliery at Idlewood, Pa.
"I was unfortunate enough to take 'la
grippe' last year, and since then have been
much worse with my head and chest," con
tinued Mr. Aston.
My nostrils were
clogged up so with ca
tarrhal secretions and
swellings that I could
not breathe tin ough
them. This occasioned
violent neuralgic pains
over my forehead and
through my temples,
which almost blinded
me. My chest felt as if
held in a vise all tho
time and I had con-
Mr. .Anton. stunt liains shooting
through to the shoulder blade on each side.
"My breathing was so oppressed that I
oould not inflate my lungs to tho lull extent.
In the morning I was all stopped up as if I
had been breathing the foul air of the mines
all night. Although my appetite was good,
what I ate did not seem to do me any good,
as I lost flesh rapidly and was fast going
into decline. After treating a short time
with Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers, I can
conscientiously say that my trouble Is all
gone. I feel young again and have more life
than I have had for years.
"I have recommended qntte a number of
tho workmen uuder my supervision to these
skllirul gentlemen, and they are all, without
a single exception, improving as rapidly as
I did."
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH.
The Many Distressing Symptoms "Which
Accompany This Affection The Case of
Mrs. Zo.Ilnger.
Dyspepsia, a name given to nearly all
stomach and bowel troubles by old-time phy
sicians is really nothing more or less than a
catarrhal condition or theie parts. Dyspep
sia means bad digestion, nothing else.
I suffered severely from palpitation
of the heartpain over the eyes, dizziness,
shortness of breath, smothering sensation,
nays Mrs. Zollinger, who lives at Brush ton,
East Epd. These symptoms were always
worse at night after retiring. In addition
to theso distressing symptoms I had a bad
form of stomach trouble which the dootots
called dyspepsia. I had a strong desire for
food, nut eacn meni
caused me so much
distress and bloat
ing of the stomach
that I was unable to
ent the necessary
amount of food to
sustain life. I was
tired all the time:
my daily duties were
a drag, and the least
oodiiy exertion com
pletely exnans.teaiSSi$S
me. Life User wasSS8
a burden, and IXNXN
Mrs. Zollinger.
iookcu to tne future
with gloom and desponency. As Drs.
Copeland, Hall and Byers' examination was
more thorongh than that of any other phy
sician Iliad before consulted, I decided to
place myself nnder treatment, and I am now
very glad I did. From the flrsc I felt myself
gaining In strength and health. The short
ness nf breath, the smothering sensation, the
heart palpitation, the distress in the stomach,
the headache, the languid, tired leeling and
the exhaustion, of which I then complained,
and from which I suffered for so long, disap
peared, and to-day I feel like another per
son, strong and hopeful as I ever have lelt.
CATARRH AC ASTHMA.
Statement of Sirs. Burthart, Proving the
' Curability of This Distressing Affection
by Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers'
Method of Treatment.
Asthma is rarely a disease of itself. It
arises from numerous causes diseases of
the kidneys, stomach, heart, nerves, lungs,
blood and nose. If these several causes
were well understood, and treated accoid
inglv, thero would bo rewer irascible asth
matics. Cafcirrh of the nose, moist, dry,
atrophic, hvpertrophlo, is now regarded the
most frequent cause of asthma reflected
asthma it is called. The cause, of course, in
dicates the treatment cure the catarrh,
correct the deformity in the nostrils, if
there be' any, and the asthma will dis
appear. The following case of reflected asthma.
emeu, uy ors. uopeiauu, nail ana iiyers,
practically -illustrates the efficacy of this
treatment:
"I had been troubled with asthma," says
Mrs. H. Burthart, who resides at Woods'
Rnn, "for a great many years, which at
times was so aggravated that I almost suf-
locatou ror want of
breath. Almost every
night I would have to
sit piopped up in bed
(tasplng lor air, as I
could not breathe while
Ij ing down. I also had
violent pains over my
eyes, and lny nostrils
were so stopped up that
I could scarcely
breathe through them
on the driest days, and
on damp days not at
all. I was hawking and
10 clear my throat, and
Mrs. Burthart.
rpttttnsall the rime
nun irequenc aizzy spei,g.
"I had tried numerous doctors andmcdl
elms, hut without avail, until at last I was
persimfled bv a kind neighbor to consult
Dr. Cnpeland, Hall and Bvers. Under their
hWiillul treatment my asthmatic and other
symptoms have entirely leit me and I can
go to bed now and sleep all ulgut as woll us
anvone.
"I certainly feel very grateful toward these
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skllliul physicians for tne 'relief afforded
me, and take pleasure In recommending
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SUNDAY, APRIL 24,
them to my friends and the pnblio In this
manner."
CATARRHAL BRONCHITIS.
Hot Consumption, Thonjh Often Mistaken
for It That Stage In the Catarrhal Prog
ress Called Chronle Bronchitis.
Bronchial catarrh, or chronic bronchitis,
is a stage In the extension of catarrhal proc
ess frequently mistaken by superficial physi
ciansfor consumption, and orten pronounced
incurable. The catarrh has extended down
the windpipe into tne bronchial tubes,
which convoy the air to the lungs; the tubes
are so filled that the breathing is difficult
and there is a severe cough and raising of
tenaoious mucus. In some cases tne mucus
is streaked with blood, and the pain from the
cough affects the chest and lungs. This
condition often leads to consumption, but if
taken in time by tho skllliul specialist can
be cured,
Mr. Xt. G. Mnntzer, a young steel worker
residing at 6M Helzel street Homestead,
tells the following story of his trouble and
final relief:
"For a long time I have suffered from ca
tarrh in my head and throat. It was orig
nally brought or-by colds which I neglected,
much to my regret afterward.
"I had nearly constant pains in my head
ana over my eyes sucn
a dull, heavy feeling.
My nostrils were badly
stopped up and the mil.
cue, or phlegm, would
gatnerbackinmy head
and drop down intomy
throat. I could feel it,
causing me to cough
and spit in a most disa
greeable manner in or
der to dislodge it I
had ringing in the ears,
and sharp, shooting
rtnins thrnnc'i ttiv nhn.f:
My stomach also bet Mr.Mentzer.
came badly affected.
"My case was growing gradually worse
and my general health being undermined.
The catarrh was affecting my throat seri
ously, and other parts of my system were
disarranged by its influence.
"I was in this condition when I applied to
Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. I had read
much of tlioir gicat skill and success in
treating and curing cases similar to mine
and some much none, and I placed myself
under their care. I iound relief and cure.
Nd trace of the symptoms described remain,
and I am as well again as ever I was. lam
glad to testify to the satisfactory result in
my case obtained by these physicians."
CONSUMPTION.
A Few Facts Abont This Dread Disease
Stated Succlnct'y and Without Comment.
It is universally admitted that consump
tion presents the greatest difficulty which
confronts the physician.
No disease not an epidemic is so generally
dieaded no disease presents so many ac
companying functional derangements of the
entire system. The word consumption in
its general sense means a consuming, a de
caving or wasting away of the lungs.
It is to be remembered that in every case
the presence of catarrh is an evidence of
predisposition to consumption, and no mat
ter how slight the attack may be it shonld
be treated with the greatest care, and the
treatment should be continued until all
traces of the catarrh have disappeared.
Here is a case In point: Mr. George J.
Thompson, or Leechburg, presents a state
ment this v, cek so powerful in its nature as
to convince the most skeptical. He says:
"Four years ago Host my health. I had
suffered from a nnmber or colds, and these
left me with a very bad cough. This grew
worse, wnen, wnat wltn
pains in my chest and
body, weakness in my
lungs, sore throat and
coughing and spitting,
I concluded I hud con
sumption. "I went to a physi
eian.who examined me,
said I nad consumntion
and treated me for that
disease. Other doctors
that I went to treated
me for asthma and
bronchitis. I was
treated bv the best doc-
Mr. Thampton. tors in my neighbor
hood. "I lost flesh and grew weaker. I was out
of work ror 17 weeks, and the doctors gave
me up. I had been earning $10 a day In my
regularjob, but had to give this un and take
a lighter position. I did not work hair of
tho time. The cough grew heavier, and I
became more thin and feeble. I lost 29
pounds in three weeks this winter.
"On the 17th of February, nersuaded bv
friends and the statements in the news- I
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papers, I called on Drs. Copeland, Hall and
Byers and began a coarse of treatment
"I gained health and strength every day.
My couzh began to disappear and my welzht
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CATARRH II. DEAFNESS.
Partial or Complete Deafness Often the
Result of Catarrhal Congestions and In
flammations A Local Instance.
A very little study or anatomy.wlll show
the reader that the Junction of the back
passage of the nose and the upper, part of
the throat is in connection with the ear by
a minute and delicate passage known as the
Eustachian tube. Along this tube the ca
tarrhal process cxtendsp''oducing conges
tion and inflammation'. By the further ex
teusion of tills process to the mucus lining
or the tympanum or the car is caused, in
some cases, slight forms of catarrh in the
middle ear, and in this way partial or com
plete deafness is produced.
In such cases as these general remedies
which are often prescribed, prove compara
tively ineffective. A cure can only be ob
tained by skillful and scientific local treat
ment To give an illustration of what can be
accomplished by the modern method of
treatment or catarrhal troubles. Drs. Cope
land, Hall and Dyers republish an inter
view with Mr. Jerrv Garvey, who lives at
No. 9 Fifth street, Sharpsourg. Mr. Garvey
is a mill worker, and gives his story in his
own words this way:
"The rapidity with which the catarrhal
process extended to ears, throat, bronchial
and stomach," said Mr. Garvey, "was
in my case not only remarkable, but ex
tremely alarming.
"I boemed always to have a cold, nose
stopped up, and constant formation of mu
cus, dropping into my throat and causing
continual hawking and spitting to expel it
I suffered continually Irom a dull, heavy
headache over the eyes, and olten had a
feeling of tightness or pressure across the
bridge or tho nose; also vertigo or dizziness,
until I would nearly fall.
"The insidious disease soon attacked the
eustachian tubes, and extended to my ears.
causing roaring ana
buzzing noises and
dullness of hearing in
royears. The published
evidence of the skill of
Drs. Copeland.Hall and
Byers was so convinc
ing that I determined
to go to them. I hesitat
ed consiucraDiy uioro
starting, because I had
tried so many patent
medicines without ever,
deriving the slightest
benefit that I was badly
discouraged: Due 1 was
agreeably disappoint
nd. Their treatment of
Mr. Oarvey.
my case was intelligent and scientific from
the start, and I was satisfied from the thor
oughness of the examination they
gave me that they understood
their business. Under their treatment
the ringing noises have stopped
and the hearing is entirely restored. In
fact. I feel as well as ever I did in my
life, and I consider that I am discharging an
obligation when I say publicly that I owe
all this wonderful change m my condition
to the skillful and Intelligent treatment of
Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. I heartily
and earnestly recommend them."
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