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TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 185.
News of the Green
Room andL Foyer.'
"Senator" William H. Crane contrlb-1
vtes to the press a signed condemna
tion of plays on the order of "The Sec
ond Mrs. Tanciueray," seen here one
week ago: "What I want to know."
he asks. "Is what good do these plays
do? They certainly pander to .the vl
Olousness of human nature and cause
children to ponder over things they
should not know until later In life.
They solve no problems and teach no
lessons. To my mind they are the out
come of a feverish, morbid period, and
like the paretic style of novel, which
belongs to this same period, cnnnot live.
There is nothing ennobling about them,
and they fail to elevate the stage. They
answer no good purpose, and the quick
er they die the better." Touching the
argument that nustlness pays, he per
tinently remarks. "My own experience
has been that the public Is always eager
to Bupport a good, wholesome phty that
Is entertuinlng. The play must have a
strong heart Interest and must tteach a
lesson, t do not mean that a playwright
must pound morality and vfrtue Into
the heads of the people. Neither Is it
necessary that the characters should all
be ministers and do nothing but preach.
The people will not have that. If they
want preaching they will go to church
for It." Mr. Crane's conclusion Is that
"authors must soon And It more profit-
Able to write good, healthy plays tliutJ
deal with the moral side of life. They
will find them more lusting. The day .of
the good, wholesome drama Is not far
away. Then not a few, but all, of the
theatres will be giving entertainments
that children, as well as their elders,
may see, and the playhouse will again
be known as a place of healthy amuse
ment. When that time comes I will
cheerfully shout out, with Innumerable
others, 'Heaven be praised!' "
The Sun tells the following good
story on Joseph Jefferson. For a week
during Mr. Jefferson's recent produc
tion of the Immortal "Rip," one man
had each night occupied u certain seat
and applauded vociferously. On the
concluding evening of the engagement,
this man went to the stage entrance,
and asked If he might see Mr. Jeffer
son for Just a moment. The veteran
actor is a man of kind heart, and he
aid to the doorman; "Well, let Mr.
Blank come In. I'll see him for a mo
ment." Mr, Blank entered modestly
and began: "Mr. Jefferson, this Is In
deed an honor for which I thank you.
I have a great appreciation for art
ists." Mr. Jefferson made a conven
tional reply. "Yes," continued Mr.,
Blank, "I have enjoyed 'Rip Van
Winkle' more than any play that I have
ever seen." "Thank you," said Mr.
Jefferson. "I came to see it with a pur
pose," continued Mr. Blank. "I have
heard so much of Rip's long sleep, and
being a wide-awake man myselfy I
thought that I could do a little business
with you that would be to our mutual
advantage." Mr. Jefferson was sur
prised at this turn of the conversation,
and he said: "I haven't the slightest
Idea of what you are hinting at, Mr.
Blank. Will you please explain?"
"Well, you see, Mr. Jefferson, I am the
Inventor of a patent spring bed. It's
a dandy, sir, and all that I claim for It,
or I. shouldn't, have come to you. It
will not sag In the middle with use, and
It is an article that is warranted never
to wear out. Now, here's my Idea, and
there is $10 a night In It for you. I'm
willing to spend money. Tou will earn
It dead easy. I Just want you to put
In a line in the play after you wake up
saying that you had slept on one of
Blank's patent spring beds. That's
all you've got to do, and there's $10 a
night In It for you, and It Is an article
that" but Mr. Jefferson had fled.
Just before concluding his American
tour, Beerbohm Tree made a "farewell
speech" which Is a gem In Its way. He
said: "Ladles and Gentlemen Tonight
we are to take leave of you, but before
doing so I desire to express my thanks
for the consistent and generous en
couragement which we have received
at the hands of the American people
since we arrived on these shores. We
shall take back with us only pleasant
memories and grateful thoughts of the
warmth with which you welcomed us,
and of the godspeed which you have
given us tonight. I am happy to be
able to announce to, you that I have
accepted an offer to return to this
country before another year elapses. I
hope you will not forget us In the
mean time. . Hamlet says: 'A great
man's memory may outlive his life half
a year, but; by'r lady, he must build
churches then.' Ladies and gentlemen,
I hope we may have succeeded In build
ing some little shrines In your hearts.
On Wednesday we shall, sail for Eng
land with not a cloud to dim the blup
sky of our memory."
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES:
Henrik Ibsen Is CS years old.
Sadie Martlnot has closed her Initial
tarring tour.
Mollis Fuller Is doing a Trilby dance in
her bare feet.
Charles Frohman has engaged 300 actors
for next season.
Maud Banks will present "Wildfire"
soon in New York.
Hob Hllliard will star next season In
"Twenty-four Hours."
Edwin Arden, of "Eagle's Nest" fame,
has Joined Mansfield's company -
HSnry Arthur Jones' new play is called
"The Triumph of the Philistines."
Mrs. Patrick Campbell may come to
America next season with John Hare.
Lotta has been spending the winter in
Madrid. She will return home In May..
Mansfield will produce "The Peruvians,"
a modern romance, by Louis N. Parker.
It to said that Jack Raffael Is to mai jy
the daughter of a 'Frisco newspaper man,
Modjeska Is In Rome. She has played
"Fedora," and will add the "Second Mrs.
Tanuueray" to her repertoire.
Clara Daymer, who is to play "Lady Mac
beth" at a forthcoming matinee In New
- York, is a niece of Archbishop O'Brien, of
Halifax.
"What that tragedy needs," said one
critic, "Is more realism." "Yes," replied
the other.' "They ought to kill the actors
sure enough." Washington Btar.
It Is hinted by Le Figaro that Sardo-i's
"Rabagas, which was suppressed as be
ing an attack on Gambotta, Is to be given
at the Paris Amblgu with Coquelin in the
title role,
The announcement Is made that Kath
arine Oermalne will be at the head of a
summer opera eompany. Miss Oermalne
once made her manager pay damages for
saying she had a figure like a barrel.
A play Richard Mansfield has In re
heasal Is called "The Great Philanthro
pist." It Is said to be a melodrama after
the style of. "The Fatal Card," and Mr.
Mansfield will play the part of a thief In
the employ of another robber.
Few actresses dislike to have their pho
Some of the More Important
Doings of These, Our Actors.
tographs taken, but this Idiosyncrasy is
accredited to Mme. Rojano, Mrs., Potter
and Mrs. Langtry. Mme. Rejune, who, as
we know. Is not pretty,-will not allow even
a lithograph of herself to be displayed,
Surdou's success as a playwright has
made him a millionaire, but he Is still an
Inderatlgublo worker. He rises at I
o'clock, and after a light breakfast labors
with his pen until S, with a brief Interval
for lunch. The rest of the day he gives to
enjoyment. '
Francis Wilson made his debut on the
stoyo by being dropped out of a bug by alJ
Dan Rice: Henry E. Dixey made his Hist
success as the hind legs of a heifer In
"Kvangellnu," and Otis Skinner first trod
the beards In the company of a pig Skin
ner impersonating Tom, Tom, the Piper's
Son.
Miss Nethersole is to retain in her reper
toire under the Frohman management
"Cnmille," "Romeo and Juliet," and aU
the pluys in which she hus been ubtubly
successful, and she Is to udd a number of
Shakespeureun characters to her list. Next
March in London she will appear In "C.i
mille." That will be the llrst time that
play has been given In England In the
English language.
THE WYOMING MASSACRE.
Hcv. Uoroce E. Iluydcn's Llttlo brochure
Kecognlzed as Making Important Addi
tions to the History of This Perennially
Interesting Theme.
From the Rochester Post-Express.
Some very Important additions to the
history of the massacre of Wyoming
are made by the Rev. Horace Edwin
Hayden. of Wllkes-Oarre, Pa the cor
responding secretary of the Wyoming
Historical and Geological society. In a
pamphlet of a hundred pages he pub
lishes the acts of congress relative to
tlie defence of the town of Westmore
landthe first publication of these acts
since 1800; he reprints the petitions to
congress of the sufferers and survivors
of the massacre, which are to be found
only In the very rare congressional doc
uments of 1838 and 183!), and he gives,
among other documents, the affidavits
of 1839 of the survivors of the massacre
the carefully written recollections of
nearly twenty prominent and well
known residents of Wyoming, which, It
appears, were accessible to only Stone
and Miner, among the many historians
of the Revolutionary period.
But by far the most Important of the
Rev. Dr. Hayden's contributions to his
tory U the curious document, a certifi
cate of protection, whlcji Major John
Butler, the commander of the Tories,
and Kaylngwaurto, the commander of
the Indians, gave to Lieutenant Ellsha
Scovell, who had been In command of
Fort Wlntermoot and was compelled to
surrender it. Scovell was a patriot and
a brave soldier, but the Wlrvtermoots
and others in the fort were Tories, and
the fort was given up to Butler, July 1,
1778, through their treachery. On
July 6, three days before Butler's re
tirement from the valley, the following
document was Issued:
Westmoreland, Bth July, 177S.
This doth hereby certify that Lieutenant
Ellsha Scovell has Surrendered his Garri
son with all his people to Geovernmcnt
and to remain as Neuteral during this
present contest with Great Britain and
America, on consideration of which Col
onel John Butler Superintendent of the Six
Nations of Indians their Allies etc., with
Kaylngwaurto the Chief of the Sanake
Nation and the other Chief Warriors of
the Six Nations do promise that they shall
live in the quiet possession of their places
with their Families and shall be dally pro
tected from Insult as far as lies In their
Power and provided they sheuld be taken
It Is our desire that they may forthwith be
Released.
(Seal)' John Butler.
(A Turtle) Kaylngwaurto.
This unique, valuable, and In some re
spects remarkable document was pre
sented by J. R. Slmms, the historian of
the Mohawk region, though Charles
Minor, the historian of Wyoming, to the
Historical society of Pennsylvania, May
31, 1847. It was found in Mr. Miner's
papers long after his death: Indeed,
after the death of his son, William P.
Miner, so that Its existence was doubt
less unknown to the latter.
Joseph Brant Vindicated.
Until within the last few years It was
quite generally supposed that the com
mander of the Indians at the massacre
of Wyoming was Joseph Brant. But no
one supposes so now. In 1885 George S.
Conover, of Geneva, published a pamph
let In which he reviewed the claim
that Sayenquk-aghta, known to the
whites as Old King or Old Smoke, was
the leader.- Mr. Conover thought the
claim did not rest on a good basis. But
he continued his Investigations, discov
ered new documents, and became con
vinced that Old King was actually the
leader of the Indians at the massacre.
In Novermber, 1886, he published these
documents in a supplement to his
pamphlet. . Mr. Conover knew In 1886 of
the Butler-Kaylngwaurto certificate
which we have printed above, but did
not think then that Kaylngwaurto,"
although similar to . "Glenguahto,"
could have reference to Old King. He
thought that as Colonel Butler knew
the name of the principal Seneca war
chief was Sayenqueraghta he would not
have written It Kaylngwaurto. But It
Is believed now that Kaylngwaurto and
Sayenqueraghta -were but different
ways of spelling the Indian name of Old
King. In a letter to the. Rev. Dr.
Hayden under date of February 13, 1895,
Mr. Conover says: "From the great
mass of conclusive evidence that Old
King was the Indian leader at Wyo
ming, and with all the knowledge that
we now have It is evident to my mind
that Kaylngwaurto .was In fact Old
King.' It cannot be otherwise."
Confirming Evidence.
The same conclusion Is expressed in
the following letter, which also contains
some scholarly, observations on the
spelling and pronunciation of Indian
names:
Buffalo, February 8, 189S.
My Dear Sir I have your favor of the 1st
Instant touching the name of the Indian
chief Joined with that of Colonel Butler
In an ancient protection certificate. I have
no doubt It Is that of the Old King who at
the time was the pronounced leader and
chief of the Iroquois warriors, not even
excepting Brant. Ho was one of Nature's
great men. His name Varies In Its etymol
ogy; In our old treaties It Is rendered, Kay-an-der-en-qua;
Kaylnguaraghtoh; Cagen
quarlchton; Kajugarlclten; Suyenque
raghta; Sayengargagta, etc., etc. The
tlnol syllables In your word, "waurto,"
are supposed to represent "raghta," that
Is "Sayengaraghta," In which way the
word Is usually rendered. ..'
Indian words are usually badly mangled
by the official Interpreter. The Iroquois
dialects are written phonetically general
ly, and sometimes with the French alpha
bet to represent nasal and gutteral words
which defy the powers of our English al
phabet. The letters K and R and G and
W are frequently Interchanged. Then the
Indians frequently clip or abridge their
words In rapid pronunciation. It being an
unwritten language It was quit liable to
such changes and misapprehensions! t The
Initial syllable "Sa" or "Sak" would very
likely be dropped colloquially. I have
often noticed this habit among careful
Indian speakers. "Kaylngwaurto," I have
little doubt, was Intended for Old King,
Sa-yen-ga-rah-ta, as It Is frequently
spelled. Still there may be some mistake,
but that he signed the document, or au
thorized his name to be attached to it is
very certain. "Waur-to," "Ragh-to:" O
has the short sound represented by "toh."
It Is never a long O at the end of a syl
lable; and is hardly distinguished from
"uh" or "ah." Yours very truly,
William C. Bryant.
We think that absolutely no reasona
ble doubt can remain that the leader of
the Indians at the massacre Of Wyom
ing was Sayenqueraghta. We may add
that the more the massacre Itself Is
studied the more charitable become the
American historians In their Judgment
of John Butler, the leader of the Tories.
While by no means a. saint, he was cer
tainly not the fearfully bloody wretch
that the earlier writers represented him
as being.
- ;
INGEKSOLL ON SHAKESPEARE.
Brilliant Hit of Word Painting by the
Noted I.ooturer.
Tf Shakespeare knew one fact, he
knew Its kindred and Its neighbors.
Looking at a coat of mall he Instantly
imagined the society, the conditions
that produced It, and what It In turn
produced. He saw the castle, the moat,
the drawbridge, the lady In the tower,
and the knightly lover spurring across
the plain. He saw the bold baron and
the rude retainer, the trampled serf,
and all the glory and grief of feudal
life. He was a man of Imagination.
He lived the life of all.
He was a citizen of Athens In the
days of Pericles. He listened to the
eager eloquence of the great orators,
and sat upon the cliffs, and with the
tragic poet heard "the multitudinous
laughter of the sea." He saw Socrates
thrust the spear of question through
the shield and heart of falsehood. He
was-preseiit when the great man drank
hemlock, and met the night of death,
tranquil as a star meets morning. He
listened to the perlpaitetlc philosophers,
and was unpuzzled by the sophists. He
watched Phidias as he chiseled shape
less stone to forms of love and awe.
Believed In Immortality.
He lived by the mysterious Nile, mld
the vast and monstrous. He knew the
very thought that wrought the form
and features of the Sphinx. He heard
great Memnon's morning song when
marble Hps were smitten by the sun.
He luld him down with the embalmed
and waiting dead, and felt within their
dust the expectation of another life.
mingled with cold and suffocating
doubts the children born of long delay.
He walked the ways of mighty Rome
and saw great Caesar with his legions
In the field. He stood with vast and
motley throngs and watched the
triumph given to victorious men, fol
lowed by uncrowned kings, the cap
tured hosts, and all the spoils of ruth
less war. He heard the shout that
shook the coliseum's roofless walls.
when rrom the reeling gladiator's hanfl
the short sword fell, while from his
bosom gushed the stream of wasted
life.
He lived the life of savage men. He
trod the forest's silent depths, and in
the desperate game of life or death he
matched his thought, against the In
stinct of the beast.
He knew all crimes and all regrets, all
virtues and their rewards. He was vic
tim and victor, pursuer and pursued,
outcast and king. He heard the ap
plause and curses of the world, and on
his heart had fallen all the nights and
noons of failure and success,
Shakespeare as a Miiid-Kcadcr.
He knew the unspoken thoughts, the
dumb desires, the wants and ways of
beasts. He felt the crouching tiger's
thrill, the terror of the ambushed prey,
and with the eagles he had shared the
ecstacy of flight and poise and swoop,
and he had lain with sluggish serpents
on the barren rocks uncoiling slowly In
the heart of noon.
' He sat beneath the bo-tree's contem
plative shade, wrapped in Buddha's
mighty thought, and dreamed all
dreams that light, the alchemist, has
wrought from dust and dew, and stored
within the slumbrous poppy's subtle
bloom.
He v knelt with awe and dread at
every shrine he offered every sacrifice
and every prayer felt the consolation
and shuddering fear mocked and wor
shiped all the gods enjoyed all
heavens, and felt the pangs of every
hell.
He lived all lives and through his
blood and brain there crept the shadow
and the chill of every death, and his
soul, like Mazeppa, was lashed naked
to the wild horse of every fear and love
and hate.
A Niagara of Gems.
The Imagination had a stage In
Shakespeare's brain, whereon were set
all scenes that He between the morn of
laughter and the night of tears, and
where his players bodied forth the false
and true, the Joys and griefs, the care
less shallows and the tragic deeps of
universal life. . .
From Shakespeare's brain there
poured a Niagara of gems spanned by
fancy's seven-hued arch. He was as
many-Bided as clouds are many-formed.
To him giving was hoardlngi-v-sowlng
was harvest and waste itself the
source of wealth. Within his marvel
ous mind were the fruits of all
thought past, the seeds of all to be.
As a drop of dew contains the Image of
the earth and sky so all there Is of life
was mirrored forth in Shakespeare's
brain.
Shakespeare was an Intellectual
ocean, whose waves touched all the
shores of thought; within which were
all the tides and waves of destiny and
will; over which swept all the storms of
fate, ambition and revenge; upon
which fell the gldom and darkness of
despair and death, and all the sunlight
of content and love, and. within was
the Inverted Bky, lit with the eternal
stars. Shakespeare was an Intellectual
ocean, toward which all rivers ran, and
from which now the Isles and contin
ents of thought receive their dew and
rain.
FOR THE EPICURES. :..
Celery Is uncommonly good for Octo
ber, crisp, white and brittle, as if It had
Just a touch of early frost.
As a general thing people who cut let
tuce with knife and fork will request pow
dered sugar for Ice cream. .. 1 ,
Bavarian radishes are new fad. They
grow Uke large cucumbers, apU are served
cold, cut In large, thin slices.
' Those who know best say that terrapin
will be as plentiful as, ever, notwithstand
ing periodical calamity howls. .
It; almost chokes the average English
visitor among us to admit pur roast beet la
the equal of any he gets at home. , (
' When what was good venison comes to
the. table in the condition of leather tlie
cook should be given six months.
. England's prejudices do not Interfere
with enormous purchases of ourfapples
and the well-beloved Yankee oyster.
No man need .quarrel with domestlo
duck served at this season, providing, of
' . t. '.'
course, It Is not "done to death," and has
onion In the stuffing. .
At present rates of demises everywhere
would-be suicides may ultimately select
"toad-stool mushrooms" for their pur
pose. Koast perk and apple sauce Is on the
rural bill of fare; ditto that famous "old
fashioned apple dumpling like mother used
to make."
The art of preparing sweet potatoes In
various palatable and tempting ways Is
beginning to be understood here as It has
long been In the south.
There are many problems presented In
life that no man, however learned, can
solve. Among them Is the alleged chicken
croquette at restaurants.
Many an American's most unpleasant
recollection of Paris Is his effort to ap
pear satisfied and at ease when he at
tempted to eat snail In public.
When Edison has lelsifre some one
should request him to Invent something to
prevent the smell of boiling cauliflower
and cabbage from leaving the kitchen.
Heartless.
From the Cincinnati Tribune.
"Hut, papa," pleaded the Impassioned
maiden, "he Is the only man I love!'.'
"That's right!" replied the brutal old
man; "I am glud that a daughter of mine
does not love more than one man at a
time."
THE COST OF LIVING.
We Can Buy Moro Thau Ever Before, but
the Troiiblo Is That We Also Want
More.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The statistics show that the cost of
living In tills country has been greatly
reduced In the last thirty years, and
that at the same time there has been a
material Increase in the rates of pay for
all kinds of services- This should mean
that wage-earners have accumulated a
handsome surplus, and that the world
goes well with them In every respect.
As a matter of fuct, however, such is
not the case. The advantages In ques
tion have not been worth as much to
the people as they might have been,
because the best practical use has not
been made of them. In a majority of
instances the opportunity thus pre
sented for securing reasonable Inde
pendence and putting something aside
for the proverbial rainy day has not
been duly improved. During the good
times thut prevailed for so many years
the general tendency was toward per
sonal and family Improvidence. -Men
spent their money as fast as they
earned It, and when their wages were
raised It simply meant to them that
much more luxury and pleasure. They
were not willing to refuse themselves
things for the purpose of providing
against future misfortune; they lived
up to the full limit of their Income and
left tomorrow to take care of Itself. In
stead of cultivating the saving habit,
they became extravagant and laughed
at the Idea of self-denial und prudent
calculation.
- A Nation of Spendthrifts.
It Is a notorious truth that the Ameri
can people, with all of their industry,
enterprise and financial skill, are a na
tion of spendthrifts In relations where
economy should be constantly and reso
lutely practiced. This la really the
greatest difficulty In the adjustment of
questions pertaining to labor and busi
ness. Our style of living Is such that
ordinary rules can not be applied to thu
solution of ordinary problems. We are
subject to the restraining and thwart
ing effect of certain arbitrary Influences
which exist only by our own permis
sion, and which we Insist upon prolong
ing In plain opposition to our own Inter
ests. If we were disposed to make the
most of our chances of cheap living,
many of the Issues which we And so
troublesome in our affairs would settle
themselves. But we will not consent
to try the discipline of systematic
economy as a remedy for any of our
Ills. The diminished prices of all arti
cles of necessity do not help us as they
should, because the gain which comes
to us In that way Is neutralized by ex
penditures for things that could be dis
pensed with If we cared to pursue a
frugal course. This Is illustrated ev
ery day, among all classes of society.
The spirit of wastefulness Is continual
ly in evidence, and it has far more to
do with our besetting public troubles
than we are apt to think when looking
for means of relief.
Live Beyond Their Means.
If the truth could be known, It would
probably appear that at least 'nine
tenths of our citizens live up to or be
yond their income. The desire .for
show, for enjoyment, for social recog
nition, drains the purse to the last dol
lar, and leaves no provision for possi
ble disappointment, and embarrass
ment. This Itendency Is attributable
In some measure, of course, to the con
ditions which make our country su
perior to any other In facilities of pros
perity. Any man who Is willing to
work can thrive where there are so
many favorable circumstances; afid
thus the sense of caution Is dulled, and
money Is spent more freely than It
would be if It did not come in such a
comparatively easy way. We are all
optimists, with unlimited faith In the
future, and a certain characteristic con
tempt for plodding and deliberate
methods of getting along In the world.
The patient and steady accumulation
of money in small quantities, by doing
Without what we do not really need,
Is contrary to our national tempera
ment and philosophy; and yet that Is
the only true theory of success, all
things considered. It Is by the habit
of saving that fortune can be most,
surely made friendly to the Individual
and to a country. That is thejesson.
of history, of personal experience, of all
plans that have ever been devised for
the promotion of material welfare and
happiness; and the best qf wisdom Ilea
In giving heed to It, Instead of lightly
preferring a different policy.
RICHARD OR ROBIN?
The man whose own Indomitable will
Can calmly meet an unforseen disaster,
And, single-handed, grapple It, until
Triumphantly he crowns himself Its
master.
Commands our admiration, and - pre
sents "A Man" superior to his accidents.
While he who yields to sensuous Inclina
tions, Thus deadening all his Intellectual gifts,
Will sacrifice his noblest aspirations
As down the stream he Indolently drifts,
And they who helped him once his bur
den shoulder '
Quietly pass him by as they grow older.
The one peers 'through the clouds with
eagle vision, ,
And gets a glimpse of life beyond the
stars;
The other, with Idiotic Indecision,
Drifts shamelessly behind sin's prison
bars. 1
And thus In contrast these two lives
are seen,
One grandly noble, on abjectly meam
Thus man, we learn from these two Illus
trations, Can by the power of character control
The souroe from which shall come the In
spirations ,
That shall forever save or damn hit soul.
It Is for us to choose between the two;
, What shall the future register for you?
9, J. Lovett, In New York iun.
Gathered In the
World 'off Melody.
The universal praise bestowed upon
the choir of the First Presbyterian
churoh for Its work last Sunday Is cer
tainly fully deserved, for all agree that
better church music has never been
heard in this city. The programme as
printed in The Tribune was fully car
ried out, and the church was crowded
at both services. In the evening hun
dreds were unable to gain admission,
and Dr. McLeod announced from his
pulpit that fur the benefit of those that
could not get Inside, the music would
be repeated next Sunday. The follow
wlll be the programme for tomorrow:
MORNINU SERVICE-10.30.
Organ Prelude... .Miss Vlorence Richmond
Doxology, Invocation.
Anthem, "Awake Thou That Sleepest,"
Allen
Choir, with Solos by Miss Sailer.
Hymn.
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Ladles' Chorus, "I Will Sing of Mercy,"
Novello
Ladles of the Choir,
Responsive Reading.
Offertory Bong, "Christ the Victor"... Case
Miss Annette Reynolds,
Hymn.
Sermon.
Anthem, "Christ Our Passover".... Holden
Hymn.
Organ Postlude.
EVENING SERVICE 7 80.
Organ Prelude. ...Miss Florence Richmond
Anthem, "He Is Risen" Palmer
Miss Reynolds and Choir.
Hymn.
Scripture Reading.
Prayer.
Quintette, "Pilgrims of the Night,"
Westbrooke
Miss Lydla Sailer, Miss Margaret Torrey,
Miss Grace Rose, Miss Caro Dickson,
Miss Annie Rose. Miss Lily Joseph.
Responsive Reading.
Offertory Song, "Angels, Roll the Rock
Away" Marzo
Miss Annette Reynolds.
Hymn.
Sermon.
Anthem, "Christ Our Passover". Shepperd
Choir.
Hymn.
Organ Postlude,
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Manager J. H. Lalne, who will have
control of Laurel Hill park during the
coming summer, promises rare musical
treats for Scrantonlans In addition to
other features of attraction at the park.
The season of music will open May 20,
with Gilmore's band of sixty pieces.
The soloists upon this occasion will be
Madame Louise Natall, Victor Herbert,
'cellolst, and Myron Whitney, the cele
brated basso. On June 10 the Old Ouard
band, of New York, will begin a week's
engagement at the park, ending with
a sacred cqneert on Sunday In which
Mozart's Twelfth Mass will be given
complete. During the season Bain's
Sixty-ninth Regiment ba'nd will also be
among the attractions. In addition to
the above mentioned a regular band of
thirty pieces will give concerts at the
park every afternoon and evening from
June 24 to the end of the season.
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On June 24 an operatic season will
begin. The large dance hall on the
grounds has been transformed into a
theatre containing a stage the size of
that of the Frothlngham, which will be
complete with first-class scenery and
all machinery for scenic effects. The
operas will be presented under direc
tion of Richard Lindsay, the well
known conductor, and the vocalists will
be sustained by an orchestra of nine
teen pieces. The list of artists
who will appear Includes Harry
Scarborough, the English tenor,
formerly with the Hess and Con
ried operatlo companies; Margaret
Gouzales, Frances Rousseau, Fanny
Gonzales, Josephine Fenton, Etta
Lyons; C. W. Adams, basso buffo; Nat
B. Canter, comedian of Tlvoll theater,
San Francisco; William Allen, Frank
Abbott, and other well known singers,
supported by a chorus of thirty-six
voices. The repertoire Includes "Bohe
mian Girl," "Amorlta," "Gondoliers,"
"Tplanthe," "La Mascotte," "Pirates of
anthe," "La Mascotte," "Pirates of
Penzance," "Fra Dlavolo," "Vice Ad
miral," "Grand Duchesse," "Princess of
"Treblzonde and Falka." During the
season "Pinafore" will be given on a
ship on the miniature lake, which Is to
be made on the upper portion of the
ground.
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The "Story of the Cross," a muslclal
cantata, by Dudley Buck, will be ren
dered by a double quartette at Elm
Park Methodist Episcopal church to
morrow evening. The first eleven num
bers will probably be given by con
cealed singers, thus producing the de
sired effect- The Accusation, and Trial
before Pilate and the scene at the cross
are very effective selections. The
Earthquake and solo "Easter Morn,"
closing a "Story," which Is always of
Interest to the Christian church. There
will be no sermon.
.
Members of the Columbian Mandolin,
Banjo and Oultar club, of this city,
made a great hit at a concert given at
Honesdale on Thursday evening last.
A . fine programme was rendered In a
pleasing manner that won much ap
plause from the audience. The club Is
mala .up as follows: Mandolins, R. W.
Neubauer, H. A. Hall, Daniel Jones,
John H. Senker, H. A. Deln: banjos, P.
P. McLaughlin, Edgar Davis; guitars,
C. H. Hall, William O. Cadugan, Lev
em B. Lyon. Miss Jemima C. Jones,
elocutionist; Walter W. Klple, violin.
Male quartette,N. Croft, H. A. Hall,
Charles H. Doersam, D. Jordan; mixed
quarfette, Miss Llda Garagan, soprano;
Miss Mame Jordan, contralto; N. Croft,
tenor; D. 'Jordan, basso. Charles H.
Doersam, accompanist.
The highest hope of Wagnerlsm In
Germany and the world today Is Engel
bert Humperdlnck, whose opera of
"Haensel and Oretel," has taken all
Teuton-land by storm. It Is a curious
fact that whllo Wagner recast jthe
ground and gloomy legends of the North
land Into the overwhelming trilogy of
the Ring of the Nlblungs, his first great
disciple anil succeeding star should re
mold the exquisite and equally native
fairy lore of the nursery. His muslo Is
declared to be as suited to the theme
as Wagner's to his world of Rhlne
maldens, Niblung dwarfs, Rlsenheim
giants, Volsungs, Valkyries and gods
pf Valhalla. When Frau Coslma Wag
ner, the widow, sought to Improve upon
the new operetta by substituting a sort
of Wagnerian Circe of Venusberg for
Humperdlnck's plain old German
witch, the audience quickly expressed
their disapproval. Humperdlnck was
born at Slegburg on the Rhine on Sept.
1, 1854, and received his first muBlcal
training- at the Cologne conservatory.
He acquired at an early date a com
plete mastery of theoretical composi
tion, .and carried off the three prises
of the Morart, the Mendelssohn, and
Interesting Notes About Famous
Musicians at Home and Abroad.
finally the Meyerbeer stipends, which
enabled him to continue his studies at
the Royal School of Music, at Munich,
and to spend a few years In Italy. In
1881 he went to Barcelona, Spain, where
he taught composition and music
theory at the Conservatory of Munich
until 1887, when ho returned to Cologne.
Slnje 1890 he has been one of the teach
ers at Hoeh's Conservatory at Frank-fort-on-the-Maln.
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SHARPS AND FLATS:
Blind Tom Is pluming In Texas.
Yaaye, the violinist, will go to San Fran
cisco next month.
Goodwin and Furst are at work on an
opera for Delia Fox.
Trilby Is said to be the theme of bo
opera that Is being prepared.
"Tristan and Isolde" was produced In
Boston for the first time lust week.
Camllle D'Arvllle will appear In a new
opera, In New York the coming summer.
Eddie Foy and Marie Dressier will ap
pear in a new comic opera entitled "Little
Robinson Crusoe."
Owing to Its success In Reading last
week, the Aborn Opera company was en
gaged for two weeks there In October.
Mrs. Marie Harrison, the Canadian so
prano, Is said to possess a vocal range
greater than that of the phenomenal Miss
Ellen Beach Yaw.
Miss Marguerite Merrlngton, the play
wright, has written the libretto of a two
act comic opera called "Daphne." Arthur
Bird computed the music.
Harry Askln has purchased "The
Sphinx," a new opera by Louis S. Thomp
son and William M. Browne, both of Bos
ton. M. Guzman, musical enthusiast, has left
S0.W0 francs to the city of Paris to pay for
musical entertainments for the sick poor
In hospitals and asylums.
"La Jacquerie," a grand opera left un
finished by the late Edward Lalo, com
poser of "Le Rol d'Ys," and completed by
M. Cocquard, has been given with success
at Monte Carlo. '
The cast for Estelle Clayton's opera,
"The Vlklns," Includes William T. Carl
ton, Edwin Stevens, Albert Clayton, Burt
Haverly, Wllllum Mandevllle, Clara Lip
man und Marie Dressier.
Max Alvary speaks Ave languages, his
latest acquisition being Russian. He Is a
photographer, blacksmith, carpenter, elec
trician, architect and soldier, having
served a year in the German cavalry
"Amusla," or loss of the musical fac
ulty, has been reviewed by Professor Ed
gren, of Stockholm. The disease provee
to be Btrlctly analogous to aphasia, the
loss of speech, which may or may not ac
company it.
M. Paderewski Is still devoting a portion
of his leisure to the orchestration of his
new Polish opera, but the work will not l e
ready till the end of the year, and possibly
not till after his tour in the United States
the coming season.
To this day the most popular of nil
operas In Cairo is "Aida," which Is per
formed there every year by a French com
pany. It will be remembered that Verdi's
best opera was composed for the late Is
mail Pasha, who paid the composer J30,(H0
for It.
De Koven and Smith's new opera, "The
Tzigane." the scenes of which are laid in
Russia during Napoleon's Invasion In 1812,
will be produced by the Lillian Russell
Opera company on May 13. The tlti role
will be sung by Miss Russell, and is that of
a Russian gypsy. . . .
Demetrlo Alata, of Reggie, In Calabria, a
telegraph cperator In Milan, has Invented
a process to transmit music writing by
telegraph. The Italian minister for post
and telegraphs has directed the commit
tee whose duty It Is to examine Into the
merits of new Inventions to make a re
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