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10TJSES AND LOTS,
HOUSES AND LOTS,
HOUSES AND LOTS,
ROM $5,000 TO $150,000.,
COME TO THE GLOKIOU3
EAST END.
City and country combined.
Don't delay. Ton're bound to come. And
ie more you buy the more you will make.
Call on
JAMES IT. "WILKINSON,
421 Wood Street.
HERE Tin HE !
40 ACRES, ,
Squirrel Hill,
AT
51,500 PER ACRE.
Undoubted bargain.
JAMES M. WHjKTKSON;
tzi "Wood -Streets
Chamber of Commerce floor.
You Cai live Under Tour Own
"INE AND FIG TREE
ron
$8,500.
ust think, 2 acres of cround, Rood frame
e, fruit and shade trees on Squirrel
11 for $3,500.
fou lost a bargain last week. Will you
letnist
JAMES M. WILKINSON,
421 WOOD ST,
Jfcamber of Commerce floor.
S .A-ores,
Within 20 Minutes of
fALL STATION, P. R. R
OXLT $10,000 FOB THE WHOLE.
his would retail in large lots to a preat
.-antage. COME AT OXCE IF YOU
1XT THIS.
J. H. COLEMAX & CO,
cphqne M23. Ka 6212 Penn ave., K. E.
OTS. LOTS. LOTS.
53 ACRES.
AS per acre. Adjoining property is selling
m $1,200 to $1500 per acre. Specially
pted for sub-division. Greatest bargain
lie East i-nd.
MOORE & KELLY,
el. 5153.
620S TEKX AVE.
)lsrL"5rT S6,700,
EAST E4D RESIDENCE, .
1 asphalt paved and sewered street near
it Lane; substantial and attractive
ern style dwelling of S rooms liall, etc,
ius on each floor) bath, laundry, elid
dor, gas, water, etc ; lot 35x120 leet;
fine neighborhood. Easy terms.
M. F. UlPl'LE & CO,
96 Fourth av.
hsvtkcturisg tkopertt One or
the best locations in the city; nearly
" tquaie leet; iron clad buildings in fine
lltion; . lihoad switch in property; se-
pas Titer, stable and offloe; ohoice
erty and reasonable price. Blaok &
tl, 95 Fourth a v.
LATE NEWS L BRIEF.
i. furious storm is raging on Lake
3n.
'he Waldstem will case is on trial at
ue.
,. -cow with half a dozen men onboard
lift on Lake Michigan.
hris Cribb's dwelling in Greensburg
raided by burglars Friday night.
Irs. Jacob Rcott was killed by a West
t locomotive near Butler yesterday.
oil costs $7 a ton in Cincinnati now.
ulators have a comer on tne article.
. wind storm raised a panic at the Haw
se race track, Chicago, Friday. No one
usly hurt.
nnour.cement will be mace to day of
apltalization of the United States Itub
ompany. ix tnke leaders at Brocken mil, X. 8.
lave been sentenced to various terms of
isoniuoat.
eter Johnson, a mechanic of Dassle,
, claim to have rediscovered the lost
t Imidening copper.
remier Castillar, of Spain, will proba-
0 invited to deliver tno opening ora
it tro orld's Fair.
lie Missouri I'acifip Railroad Company
iisttibuted SIO.OjO among the fnmilles
e Dutuus' victims at Coffeyville, Kan.
lie Chester Pipe and Tube Company, of
ideiphia, has sued for the foreclosure of
1,000 mortgage against the Lima Natural
,oiup.inr.
wo Sewlckley men, John Wharton and
Little, who "went on a tear" in Cleve-
have been arrested at Cleveland on a
re of theft
he Pi esiaenf s train on its return to
ungton struck an unknown obstruction
Belli (re early yesterday morning,
ging the locomotive.
x-Consul Kyder was convicted at
nbagcn yesterday of theft, fraud and
ry He nas sentenced to IS months'
Isonment at bard labor.
rrera, the Portuguese Premier who
1 of election in Ills own 'constituency,
stand for the Island of St. Thomas,
his election is a lortgono conclusion,
tie bare bamanla was blown, ashore
vrecked near Cleveland Friday night.
esel was worth $S,000 Otner vessels
beached und are in danger of destruo-
ontana Pete and Lute Cooley, the last
i Cooley sang at large, ha e been seen
, last two days near Belincton, W. Va.
! have been several robberies In that
Ity this week.
be State Department hnsbeen informed
e consul at Odessa, Russia, tint the
ra situation in that country is much
jved The great heat has passed away
he temperature was both mild and
ant.
wealthy British subject named Ei
i, who was recently attacked at Catan
, Sicily, by a band of brigands, sne
d in putting to rout the whole band.
dwnrdB was armed with a rifle, and
3n his assailants.
arles O Roach, who was waiting trial for
sr. and William EuykendaLheld under
e of arson and laiceny, have escaped
the Morefleld, Hardv connty, W. Va,
r dinging a hole in the wall, like Tiain
r Perry, of Auburn prison, with the
an iron bedstead.
ce President James Wright, of the
lation&l Navigation Company, says
bled report of the four principal trans
tic Eteamshln companies coming to
fork having formed a pool was cor
The pool is for the purnose, he said,
ikinir a uniform price for steerage
s to Europe.
ie injunction against the Order of
w as dissolved j esterday by the Phlla
ia Court of Common Pleas. The
iff, Eastwlck, it was shown, had paid
and drawn out in siok benefits $135.
ient V heeler held a reception after
cislon. The assets of the order, by
affidavit, appear to be $1,230,000.
A NATION .OF DEBTORS.
Thenssian Nobleman and Peasant
Koted for What They Owe.
GOVERNMENTAL LOANING PLANS.
Life Blood of the Toor Sucked Out Ij the
rsurlous lioulaks.
AMERICAS 'GOODS IX THE EMPJEE
rcoaRrsrovnEKCi or the dispatch.i
St: PETERSBUBO.'Oct. 1& Russia is
tupposed to be the richest country of the
world. Its emperor has an income of
more than 510,000,000 a year and the annual
revennes of the Government are almost half
a billion dollars. In its natural resources
there is no country which compares with it,
and it could, if it developed these, be more
independent of the outside world than China
is to-day. The truth is, however, that Ens
sia is land poor. It has more country than
it knows what to do with, and its finances
are administered in such a shiftless way
that it runs behind millions of dollars every
rear and its Government debt constanily
increases. It already owes more than 52,
500,000,000, and its paper money is worth
only SO cents on the par value of 75
cents.
There is no gold and silver used here.
All business is done in shinplasters ot from
CO cents to 51 and upward, and this paper
money keeps fluctuating so that a great
speculation goes on in buying and selling it.
FEOM A PHOTOGKAPH OP TTCH
There is a stock market here In St Peters
burg which has at times as lively scenes as
"Wall street, and the Russians gamble with
stocks as well as with cards.
How Russian aroney Fluctuate.
I had quite a sum of English gold when I
came into Russia some months ago, and I
I ave changed this from time to time into
this Russian paper. I am now getting
from 10 to 15 per cent more for it than I
did in the summer and the value of gold
has been increasing ever since I came here.
During the time of Alexander IL the
Government tried to keep np the value of
the Rnssian paper and the Russian bonds
by sending gold .to redeem them at par
when they were presented lor sale in tke
markets of Europe. This went on for years
until it was found that a systematic busi
ness of buying the bonds cheap in Russia
and selling them in the other European
centers was going on, and it was then
noppea. At present Russia has to bar 4
per cent and upward for all the money she
borrows, and ner attempt to get a 3 per
cent loan last year at Paris was a failure.
The whole Empire is honeycombed with
debt, and this is so with individuals as well
as witb the States, the villages and the
Government Both nobles and pqasants
are leaded down with the payment of
enormous rates of interest, and Russia has
more queer money schemes and banking
institutions than we had in America before
the war. The Government has a land bank,
which loans money to the peasants in order
that they may purchase land. This bank
was organized about ten ears ago, and it
makes loans both to individuals and to vil
lages. The Government puts about two
million and a half of dollars into it every
year, and since its organization it has made
oer 7,000 loans to more than 200,000 fami
lies About 2,000 of these loans were made
to villages, and through this bank the peas
ants have bought more than 4,000,000 acres
of land, upon which they still owe about 80
per cent of their indebtedness.
Something After Popalite Schemes.
In addition to this there are various wavs
ot loaning money to farmers and the Gov
ernment of Russia makes advances on grain
stored in warehouses or delivered to the
officials of the several railroads of the
country. The Treasury Department can
authorize any railway company to make
such advances and the company will loan
not more than CO per cent of the value of
the grain deposited with it It will receive
at least 6 per cent in advance for this ser
vice, and in addition to this the peasant
will have to pay abont 2 per cent per an
num for a sinking fund and one-third of 1
per cent to the railway company for nego
tiating the loan. Such loans usually run
for six months and if the money advanced
is not paid at the end of the time
the grain may De sold at public auction
to redeem it Out of the proceeds all
charges for storage, expenses ot sale, inter
est and indebtedness must be paid before
the owner of the grain can receive anything,
and he gets what is left The officers of the
railway keep the Imperial Bank posted as
to the amount of gram which they have on
hand, and they are liable to the Government
for the money it loans through them to the
farmers. This system of loans has been go
ing on now for more than four years. It is
very popluar, and a great many of the peas
ants take advantage of it It is no wonder
tney do so, for the charges are much less
than those of the usurers who abound in
every district of Russia and who are suck
ing the life blood out of the people.
The Usurers Among the Peasants.
One class bt these usurers is known as the
Koulaks. These are peasants who have
saved a little money and who lend it ont at
high rates to their fellows. Tbey are worse
than the nobles or the banks, and they, to
gether with the small shopkeepers, vodka
sellers and merchants, practically control
A Group of Money Lenders.
the money business of the smaller settle
ments. In some Tillage you will find the
Hebrew, who has in some way crept in from
Poland, who is loaning money at big rates
of interest to peasants, and who has often
mortgages on nearly e.very available pieoe
of property In the town, and though the
nominal rates of interest are only from 6 to
12 per cent, these Eoulaks, merchants and
Hebrews so arrange it that they get from
100 to 200 per cent.
The crops are often mortgaged before they
are planted, and when the peasant is hard
up in the winter he will make any sort of
an agreement to sell his crops or his labor
for the next summer for money. In some
provinces the land proprietors advance
small sums ot money on a contract witb a
man mat ne is to give them one Or two days
a week of labor for a year in payment for it,
and the system is such that instances have
been known of men getting two days a week
from a peasant for a year forabout 59 of our
money. The truth of It is the peasants are
like children. The majority of them do not
know how to take care of themselves. They
do not see beyond the dav and thev are
willing to promise anything for money.
The Koulaks Aro tike Leeches.
These Koulaks are the worst set of usurers
in the world. They constitute less than 6
per cent of the population, and many of
them have grown quite wealthy. Origi
nally poor, they are acquainted with all
tricks of the peasants, and they know how
to grind them down to the lowest point,
and they usually prefer payment in labor
rather than in money. The wages in Rus
sia are so small that it is impossible for a
peasant ever to get much money ahead, and
his labor and his crop are all be has to
mortgage. Just now, on acconnt of the
recent lamine and the vast loss in the shape
of cattle and horses, the peasants have be
come more in.debt than ever, and the hun
dreds of millions of dollars which the Gov
ernment Has loaned to the villages on
account of the famine has made the Bussian
peasant the poorest man in the world.
GOVEBXMENT BDILDINQ3.
The nobles of Rnssia erow poorer every
year, and there is a bank here under the
Government which was organized to lend
money to the nobles upon mortgages on
their land. The loans of this bank already
amount to more than $50,000,000, and a
number of estates have been sold under
foreclosures ot mortgages by it Not long
ago it was said that 3,000 estates were ad
vertised for sale by this bank of the no
bilitVj and the large estates which used to
prevail in Russia are fast being divided up
by debt and high interest The nobles
know little more than the peasants about
taking care of their property, and they are
more extravagant
The Banking Business Pays There.
There are a large number of private banks
in addition to these Government banks, and
these, I am told, are making money, and
they are paying dividends of from 6 to 15
per cent annually. These banks came into
existence about the time that the serfs were
freed, and there were no banks to speak of
in Rnssia outside of tkVGovernment banks
before 1864 Russia is lust learning what
banking means, and before this time the
"Bank of the State", did all the business of
the empire. It has a capital of-less than
58,000,000, and its private deposits were
over 5125,000,000. As soon as the private
banks began to be established the money in
circulation in Russia increased, and in
about ten years jthe deposit doubled and
banking capital increased tenfold. Loans
and discounts were then Used largely for
business purposes, and now money is turned
over as rapidly here in Russia as any.
where almost in the world. The Russian
National Bank or Bank of Russia issues in
the neighborhood of $400,000,000 of paper
and it has more than 5100,000,000 of assets.
Its original capital was only about 512,000,
000, but its business amounts to 5250,000,000
every year and it has deposits in trust
amounting to more than 5500,000,000. It
is the bank through which all the great
Government operations go on and the Treas
ury Department leaves deposits of 525,000,
000 and upward almost constantly with it
Not long ago the ministry of finance organ
ized a system of saving here, and there are
now more than 800 of these and their depos
its are increasing right along until they
now amount to more than 590,000,000. A
large part of the business ot Russia is based
upon credit, but very little buying is done
by check, and the man with his bank ac
count draws his money and pays his bills in
it rather than with his check book. The
merchants, as a rule, give long credit and
the retailers buying bills of goods usually
give no notes until nine months after the
sale.
American Goods In Bussla.
The hardware of this country is noted for
its excellence, and there are a great many
American specialties sold here as American
whicteare made in other parts of Europe or
in Russia, l nnd that American goods stand
very well, and such things as agricultural
machinery and hand tools could be imported
and sold at a profit The Germans and
English are selling some American goods in
this way, and the Germans are imitating
some of our goods and shipping them here,
merchants tell me that it would pay the
American manufacturers to send their agents
here to study the market and to furnish
goods to suit it But nothing can be done
by circulars or through other parties.
The Germans are very jealous of Ameri
can trade, and thev are doing all they can
to crowd it out ot the markets of the world.
I have found some large land owners who
are using American agricultural machinery
and I have met a number who have told
me they intended to study our agricultural
methods when they came to America to
visit the World's Fair; and in this case
will probably ship some of our machines
back to Russia from Chicago. Consul Gen
eral Crawford tells me there will be at least
1,000 exhibits from Russia at the Chicago
Exposition, and the Czar is preparing to
show something as to the resources and pos
sibilities of his country.
Fbank G. Cabpekteb.
Another Great Event
Dunlevy & Bro , the leading pork packers
of Western Pennsylvania, open their retail
meat market lor the winter season of
Wednesday, November S. All are invited
to this opening. All cnts of iresh pork.
sausaires, puddings and pure white lily lard
for sale at very lowest prices.
DtnrLxvT & Bro.,
Corner Twenty-third st and A.V.B,lt, Pitts
burg. Take Penn avenue cars.
Leather Coats, Pants and Vests.
Solomon ft Ruben have an Immense stock
of these goods, and are naming them at
lower prices than were ever quoted before.
For $3 SO you can buy a coat for which you
pay 15 elsewhere.
Don't Take the Bisk
Of fire or thieves, but keep your valuable
papers, bonds, etc, in the sate deposit vaults
of the Farmers' Deposit National Bank, 6S
Fourth avenue. Boxes rented at $5 a year
and upward.
A Boggy Harness for 94 00.
Just think of it A complete harness for
less than $5, and a good one at that But
Solomon & Ruben will supply you one at
this figure, us well as all other goods in that
department at like unapproachable prioes.
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DUQUESNI THKATEB "Dartmoor"
Altoi Thxatib BlneJesns"
Grand Opeba House "LadyLU"
BuonTniATKR "Bill's Boot"
Williams' academt Lily clay Company
Wobld's MtJSEUu-lHKATEB Curiosities
Davis' EdIH Mcsei Curiosities
Harris' Thkxtjsb 'One of the Finest"
The above are the theatrical attractions
for this week.
The experiment of John Mason and Marion
Manola is worthy of encouragement, and
there Is no reason why they should not grow
Into general favor if they can but find the
play to suit them and to catch the public
It does not appear that they have found
what they want exactly In "If I Were You,"
nor is "Caste" admirably as they acted it
Just tho thing nowadays. The American
public has not the patience to accept the
trite reflections of English life contained in
Robertson's plays, and it is proDable that
Mr. Mason and Miss Manola will have to
look further for a popular vehicle. Miss
Manola's first attempt in legitimate paths
bows that she possesses considerable his
trionic talent. She is fortunate to be asso
ciated witn suoh a perfectly trained artist
and one of such fine natural endowments as
Miss Clarke. ,
Dartmoor A Promising Novelty.
"Dartmoor," to be given this week at the
Duquesne Theater, is at least a novelty. It
is styled a comedy drama, but will probably
be found to approach melodrama pretty
closely. They say it belongs to the same
class as ' Jim the Penman," and If it is any
thing like as good as Young's intensely in
teresting drama we are satisfied. A strong'
point in its favor Is that E. S. Willard pro
duced it in London, and Miss Terry was also
In the cast it is said. This must have been
Miss Marlon, not Miss Ellen Terry, I should
think.
A large vein of comedy is said to be in
"Dartmoor." worked one through two
eccentric characters, an old clergyman who
has a habit of picking up anything loose,
and an old German doctor, who collects
valuable gems and studies heads phreno
loglcallv w henever he can. Some light on
the Injustice of English divorce law is also
thrown bv the storv of "Dartmoor." and the
plot is said to be strong and original. The
company which will interpret this play
snouiu ue equal to tne task, for it includes,
besides J. U. Gilmour, the well-known lead
ing man. the following actors: Owen West
ford, Adolpbe Lestina, Littledale Powers,
J. K. Pauw, Aite Crawford, Miss Bettlna
Gerard, Hazel Seldon, Emmie Fossetto, May
Fields and the well-known child artist so
long with Mr. Augustin Daly, little Mar
guerite Fields.
Why Blue Jeans Is Welcome.
Joseph Arthur is known as the anthor of
two plays that have made mints of money.
This is not invariably a reliable test of a
play's merit When Mr. Arthur wrote "The
Still Alarm" he certainly depended upon a
fire engine and two intelligent horses to do
more for it than any other agents. He was
right, toot the fire engines settled the busi
ness, though the realtstio smashing of a
window helped matters. Yet there was
genuine merit in that play even. It abound
ed in aotlon. I ratker believe that Mr.
Arthnr expected the steam saw scene to
carve out success for "Blue Jeans,"
but he was too modest to think
that what he wrote and designed
in the plot of "Bine Jeans" would entitle
him to a high place anions American play
wrights. Yet as a matter of fact "Blue
Jeans" i an excellent play, and the realism
of tire s .vmill i as nothing at all beside the
artistic veriiimilltude ot the characters and
the strength and simullclty of the stoiy.
Mr. Arthur in "Blue Jeans" has given us a
thoroughly American play of pure and
racy romance. The poople in it are
suoh as wo may meet in any rather
backward country district In these parts,
though drawn .accurately and especially
from nature in Indiana, Better than this,
they are people we like to meet; we can
laugh at some of them, sympathize with
some of them, and one or two we can heart
ily dislike. If there were no other finely
drawn charaotor than June, the nncoutli
village beauty with a heart as big as a
honse, in '"Blue Jeans," it would be a re
markable play.
"Blue Jeans" will be acted by a good com
pany at the Alviu Theater this w eok.
Lillian Lewis at LadyLll.
Something striking in the way of a new
play is promised at the Grand Opera House
this week. Lillian Lewis Is the star, "Lady
Lil," by Lawrence Marston, the play. Else
where it appears to have made a good Im
pression. The play dwells upon the war of
1866, with the scenes at Prague, in Bohemia.
The war at this time between Prussia and
Austria was at Its hottest point and Mr.
Marston found plenty of material to make a
story strong and exciting. Lady HI Is the
rider of the Prague amphitheater and makes
a picturesque appearance. Miss Lents is
handsome and on a horse looks ch arming.
The company is strong. The costumes and
scenery are good, it is said.
Bill's Boot at the Bijou.
Manager Harry Williams Is not content
with his vaudeville dominion, but swoops
down upon the Bijou Theater this week
with a new spectacular builesquo extrava
ganza whioh has made a hit in the East, en
titled "Bill's Boot" The costumes and
scenery used in the piece are said to be
somethings wonderful, and how good the
company is may be Judged by the following
list of some of those who appear in ill
Joseph J. Sullivan, tho Irish comedian; Lar
ry Smith, John and Jainoa Rn-sell, R. A.
isrouericK, t. a. rieron, ru uummings,
Fred D. Lucler, C. Hai t Prince, Ethel Lin
ton, Maud Rajnioud, Delia Aichmere and
iiay itusscii.
Harry Williams' Academy.
At this house will appear this week the
Lily Clay Colossal Gaiety Company. The
name implies Just what it is, a colossal
gaiety company, selected by the well-known
manager, Sam T. Jack. Ho is determined to
give the publio a ohange and to that end has
engaged many new people. The contingent
returns with but few of the old faces, and
aside from his galaxy of thoroughbreds he
has new features, new specialties, an
entirely new first part and a
bright onelnal burlescfrie. One favor
ite remains. Miss Emma Warde, J
nuuuaiwMi ucoa very popuiann tnis
city. Tho opening number is the nautical
burlesque in three scenes, "Cnristofo Co
lombo," handsomely costumed and -staged,
with Miss Waide as Columbus, Miss Rosa
Hamillton as the purser and other char
acters by George BeCan and P. Doj la
The Blacksmith's Revenge.
Dramatic (Productions liavine been re
ceived with high favor at the World's Mu
seum and Theater, Managers Keenan and
Connor have wisely determined to stick to
the popular policy of putting on strong
plays at low prices. This week the com
pany, headed by Joseph D. Clifton and Miss
Louise Agnott, will produce Mr. Clifton's
own work, entitled, "The Blacksmith's Re
venge." It is a melodrama with remark
able soenlc effects, inolualng a meohanlcal
working sawmill. The company Includes
besides Mr. Clifton and Miss Agnott, the
former playing the heroic blacksmith
and the Jatter the wayward yet
wlnnin: heiolne Roxie, these actors;
Miss Lizzie Bassell. Miss Jennie, Holt, Mies
Jdarzella Forest, Messrs. William Dock
stader, Harry Barton and Charles Osborn.
The sawmill scene is said to be partlonlarly
excltincr. In the course of the play the
Blacksmith's Quartet" will render some
popular selections. In the curio hull among
other wonders will be exhibited Komooui,
the marvel of East India. Tuttle George,
the tinman ink bottle and laugh maker,
and many others.
One of the Finest ,
The comedy drama in which 6ns Williams
made his bow on the dramatlo stage will be
seen at Harris' Theater this week when
"One of the Finest" will be the attraction.
The-management has secured a stronger
company this season, it is said, than any'
that has ever been seen ln the play. Ed
Aarons will appear as JotmMUhXer, the gen
erous hearted policeman. A number of new
specialties will be Introduced and the latest.
metropolitan toou succoimj renaereo.
The sconio and mechanical effects are said
to be good.
Darby Eden Hnsee.
At Harry Davis' pretty Eden Muse this
week some of the choicest offerings of the
seasonwill be presented. Mile- Garretta,
the world renowned bird trainer, will oc
cupy the exhibition hall with her SO beauti
ful pet doves. To see them perched on the
barrel of a double-barreled gun while she
diacbarges.lt is a novelty. They are all sub
ordinate to her will, eat from her mouth and
go through a variety of performances indi
cative or remarkable docility and discipline
on their part. There are not many women
who could bn the feature of L'Hlppodrone
Paris, for 300 nights; Cirque Frtce, Madrid,
300 nights; Cirque Allegrta, Barcelona, 60
nights; Madison Squaie. New York,
with Barnum, s'x weeks; Alhambra
Palace, London, three months, and
her malesty's theater, Melbourne, Austra
lia, ror 66 nights as was Mile. Eugenie Gar
retta. "Orsano," the wire haired man,
whose magnetic locks lift heavy metal
weights when touched, will be another
novelty. In the theater Williams and Bar
ton's Australian novelties will be found inTi
high class entertainment, including the
sweet warbling or Mr. Frank Ellis, the only
confessed imitator of the late J. K. Emmet.
Personal Gossip.
The advent of Mansfield is not far away.
In Chicago this remarkably clever actor
has triumphed in an unusual waywith the
critics' aid instead or without It. Snch a
sober and conservative critic as .Elwyn A
Barron, of the Chicago In er-Ocean, hailed
Mansfield as a new theatrical Moses, who
should one day lead the American drama
into the promised land. The event that
evoked these raptures was Mansfield's pro
duction or "Tne Scarlet Letter," whioh I
trust he will permit us to see, as his work In
it must be an advance upon anything he has
one.
The artlstlo success of the season un
doubtedly is Rose Coghlan'spioductlon of
Dipiomaoy." xneyaie raving aooucic in
New York with a wildness thatindicites a
great dearth of fine acting in the metropo
lis, as there doubtless is, since the town
seems to have been given over to high kick
era and low singers.
Manager Henderson has been in and out of
town twice this week. He is naturally
pleased to see the Duquesne'agoodrecoid
this season, though the tremendous success
of his "All Baba," which leives Chicago
aftei a 200 night run for San Francisco this
week, overshadows the results of his other
ventures. Uepburb Johss.
S age Whispers.
"Waits or Nxw York" comes to Harris'
Theater week orNovembet 7.
Coup's celebrated horse show is soon to be
a feature at Harry Davis' Eden Musee.
Jakes A Riellt in bis new comedy drama,
"A German Soldier," wiU be at the Grand
soon
"The sweet singer ot Erin," Is what they
call Sadie .Scanlan, the little actress who
comes totheDuquesnenext week.
The great melodrama, "Police Patrol,"
with patiol wagon, horses and fire engine,
w 111 follow Lillian Lewis at the Grand.
William H. West, the minstrel, married
on Thursday night Miss Emma Hanley at
his summer home at Bensonhuist-by-the
Sea,
The San Francisco Argonaut is makinsr
trouble for pretty Isnbelle Coe. It says that
"it was quite reiresnmg to listen to nor alter
Lillian Russell."
Frank L. Gebasce, the business manager
of "One of the Finest," which is at Harris'
Theater this week,, has made an excellent
record this season.
Makaoeb Charles L, Davis opened his
season In "Alvin JoslhV'at Rochester, N. Y,
on Monday night to the largest house seen
in that city this season, and the play was re
ceived with roars of laughter.
"Globiawa," the only successful comedy
produced In New York last season, which
ran for over 100 nights at Herman's Theater,
will be clven at the Alvln shortly by one of
Mr. Charles Frohman's companies.
Ir Sadie Scanlan makes as pretty an ap
pearance in "Nora Machree" at the Du
quesne next week as she does in her pictme
in this week's dramatlo papers, she will try
the hearts of Pittsburg's young men pretty
severely.
Miss FAitirr DAvmtroBT may possibly ap
pear as Lady Oay Spanker and as Nancy byket
in "Oliver Twist" next season. The actress
is becoming quite lissome again, and it is to
this fact that the revivals of these popular
toles will be due.
Wilson flAnnEir will appear in -Pittsburg
and other larce cities of the country during
the present season. During his engagement
in this cltyv he is to give his new, play of
"Pharoah" besides presenting several
Shakespearean plays.
"asd what causod your downfall, my good
man?" asked the Ardent Temperance
Worker. "Stage realism, Mum," replied the
Horrible Example "I was acting the
drunkard in a tempeiance play, and the
manager insisted on my using real whisky.
Mum."
HexetE. Abbet will have his hands full
nett season. Coquelin and Jane Hading,
with a French company, Mounet-Sully, the
famous tragedian of the Comedle Franoalse,
with another organization of Freneh play
ers, and Henry Irving, with Ellen Terry and
his Lycenm company, will all tour this
country under his management and he has
Just purchased tho American rights to the
great Drnry Lane success, "The Prodigal
Daughter," which he will produce in this
city.
Richard Manstixld will pav his annual
visit next week. He will appear at the Al
vin Theater. "The Scarlet Letter," a drama
tization of Hawthorne's exquisite story, is
bis niece de resistance this year, and Mr.
Mansfield's acting has never been so highly
praised as in this play. In many ways Mr.
Mansfield deserves well of American theater-goers.
He declines to stay in any rut to
please anybody in fact he pleases himself
first of all, and as Mr. Mansfield is an artist
at heart this means pleasure for most of us
in the long run.
The costuming of "Nora Maohree," next
week's attraction at theDuquesne, will be a
revelation. Baron de Grimm, the eminent
artist, after a long research, has designed
dresses that, while being historically cor
rect, picturesque and beautiful, have never
been seen in any production of Irish drama.
The corduroy breeohes, red vest and green
swallow-tail coat are not seen, but colors
that harmonize, and dresses that carry the
beboldcis back to an epoch in Ireland's bls-
toiy tnac rccaus tne name or tminett and
his compatriots, please tho eye.
"Paddos Hall" seems to be pretty much
of a fulluro in London, but theie is a wonder
ful thunderstorm that peoplo go to see in
'spite of its dullness. Tho stage gradually
becomes pitch dark. Then the forked light
ning plays upon a curtain which has mean
while been lowered. It Is real lightning, or,
at loast, real electricity, and is more natural
than anything yet seen on the stage. The
roar of the storm is taken np by the
orchestra, and on both sides of the curtain
the elements seem to be at war. This con
tinues for some minutes: then the gauzes
Hit one by one, disclosing ;a brilliant
scone, in which the costumer's art tonches
the highest point or magnifloence, while the
orchestra as suddenly ohanzes from the
growling note to the Joyous one.
While on one of his European tours, Co
quelin, the actor, was in Constantinople at
the same time as Mr. Vanderbllt, nho in
vited him to come and recite some of his
monologues on board the latter's yacht
There was a most exclusive audience, con
sistlng only of Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbllt. The
rate of payment had been previously ar
ranged by Mr. Vanderbilt in a letter whioh
ran as follows: "You will canse our tears to
flow six times, and I shall not think it too
rnnoh If you charge me $100 each time. Be
sides, you will make us laugh 13 times, ana
considering the depressing state of the
weather we are now having I am persuaded
I ought not to pay you less than $203 every
time." After the performance Mr. Coquelin
presented the following bill:
Mr. Vanderbilt to Mr. Coquelin, Dr.
Six tears, at $100 each $ 600
Twelve fltsof laughter, at $200 each.... 3,400
Total .., .$3,000
lit "Diplomacy's" first night in New York
an awkward accident occurred. Miss Cosh
Ian, as tho Counteu, has "but two scenes the
rifling of the dispatch box In the second act
end ber confession in the fourth act The
first scene was practically spoiled through
a bit of carelessness about stage properties.
The dispatch box was really looked, and
the wrong bunch of keys had been given
Miss Coghlan to unlock it with. Of course
she couldn't open the box, and it nlaced her
In a very embarrassing position, as the plot
of the play turns on this incident She
cleverly substituted some lines, however,
and left the stage with the excuse that the
key had been dropped In the hallway. Then
ensued a long stage wait, and Mlsa Coghlan
had to return wltnont it and "fake4' the
incident as best she could. Meanwhile the
key was In Mr. Sullivan's pocket, and Mr.
Sullivan was In his dressing room.
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