THE SCItAHTON TEIBUNE SATUEDAT MOUND,- DECEMBER' 28, 1895.
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To Womee Readers.
" Symposium of Information, Partly Grave,
Partly Gossipy and Partly Gay.
THB AQB OF PROGRESS: '
zerunaa ovcu a, innnuour,
Who carried her off with a. coach and four.
Crack -want the whip, they galloped fast.
But Linda's pa caught. ux at last.
Zerllnda to a convent 'hied,
And told 'her beads and, pining, died.
Young Jones he wooed a girl with leal,
And carried her oft on a tandem wheel.
Away they spun, the dut It ilew.
Her pa got tired in an hour or two;
Went home and killed the fatted calf,
And forgave them both by telegraph.
I'lck-Me-fp.
"The position of a mother Is so oner
ous," writes Lady Cook, "and entails
o many high responsibilities that no
one should undertake it without much
thought and a full assurance of being
worthy and capable. No other office
on earth is so sacred as this; no calling
involves so much. For she has not
only to build up and nurture the high
est organism, but she has also to
mould its character. Her physique
will control her child's; her emotions
will be communicated to it; her mental
and moral capabilities will be largely
transferred. Her conduct will give a
perpetual bias to Its life. It is Impos
sible, therefore, to exaggerate the Im
portance of a mother's Influence. An
Immense proportion of women, how
ever, undertake the duty without the
least forethought or consideration,
without weighing their own fitness for
mothers or that of their husbands for
fathers. Hence' arise much misery,
many unhappy homes,, and wrecked
lives. Hence too. a weak progeny Is
to be found in so many households;
some physically, some . mentally and
others morally deficient. Capacity for
marriage Is the last thing thought of
in entering it. Oood looks, an aml
nble or sprightly manner, a sufficient
Income, stand first. These nre all well
In their way, but may be followed by
the evils mentioned.
"An Idiot may beget a child, an Imbe
cile may become a mother. The func
tion of reproduction is common to all
forms of life to the lowest as to the
highest. Hut the most perfect of each
class must be the Attest for the per
petuation of their species. A well-proportioned
body, free from organic and
hereditary disease, a sound and well
bulanced mind, a serene and generous
disposition, 'combined with a good
moral and mental training, go to make
up the requisites of a good mother. No
mother can evade any of her responsi
bilities without injury to her offspring.
No part of them can be advantageously
delegated to another. Wo long as she Is
true to nature, nature is kind to her
and hers. But the universal mother
avenges herself on all who disregard
her laws first by pain and afterwards
by extinction. In savage life, instinct
will supply almost all a mother re
quires; but In a high state of civiliza
tion like ours Instinct must be supple
mented by careful training. The earli
est civilized people the Egyptians
provided little girls with dolls. Just as
we do. '. But It is only recently they ac
quired that name. Not many years
ago they were called babies. Every
little girl, therefore, had her baby
whom she handled and dressed, fondled
and provided for, whom and she still
affects to regard as a living being.
The Instinct of maternity is thus exer
cised early. But when the dolls are
put aside, the free conversation with
her mother on marital topics which ex
isted formerly when She was not old
enough, has become ,'lndeUcat:' in
these later and more fastidious times.
The daughter of the wealthy or high
horn classes, had first a foster-mother
whose milk nourished her. Now rich
and poor alike. Instead of the 'mother
or foster-mother, resort to a combina
tion from a cow or a oumi. The child
of any class sees little of Its mother.
The nursery or the street, the school or
the workshop, keep them apart. The
daughters grow up to rnrly womanhood
with too much knowledge of physical
matters or none at all. And those who
are accounted the best mothers are
those who withhold from their young
daughters all the invaluable stores of
Information which their experience has
provided ready to hand, and which, tr
discreetly communicated, would save
thousands of girls from ruin or dis
grace. "Practical philosophers havo recom
mended that woman on the way to be
mothers, should exercise the greatest
care not only In what hey eat and
drink, but also In what they feel and
think, that they should give way to no
excessive emotion, and should read
books of history, or other lofty thought.
In a word that they should try to feel,
think, and do. whatever Is worthiest.
It Is well known that children have
been born Idiots through the mother
having used stimulants to excess; that
they have been produced deformed
through her having been ordlnuiily
frightened, and even with broken limbs,
from the fright of thunder or a can
nonade. Her emotions, therefore, nre
proved to affect her unborn child more
than herself. Every mother who Is
able should suckle her own child. The
reasons for this are too many to enum
erate and should be obvious to any In
telligent woman. The practice of wear
ing tight clothing over the bosom
should never be Indulged in by girls
and young women, as It checks the
growth of the lactiferous glands as well
as the beauty of the bust. Non-use for
generations will eventually reduce
them to mere embryos.
"Every mother should also give her
child a fair share of her companionship.
What can we expect from children If
they are left almost entirely to menials
or mercenary nursing? The death rate
of the little ones Is enormously high.
May not this be largely owing to the
want of a mother's loving care and
Watchfulness? It is only In the case of
a foolishly Indulgent or a wickedly se
vre mother that the child Is better off
wlih a sensible nurse. The training of
a child should begirt with lis earliest In
telligence. Hood horse-breakers say,
tlist-to -acquire perfection in training,
the colt or Ally must be taken In hand
from a year-old.- Puppies cannot be
trained well after that age. Six months
or earlier Is usual. The more Intelli
gent child must be soon educated. This
Is no work for on Ignorant girl. If
nurses must be had, they should be
women of education, character, and ex
perience, and at least equal to the
mother In sentiments and polish. For
the foundation of the child's character
re now being laid.- An ill disposition
may be corrected or Improved, and a
good one may be Irretrievably spoilt at
this stage. Its nascent Intelligence may
be directed Into noble or Ignoble chan
nels, Its thirst for knowledge wisely
gratified or Ignorantly supplied.. It Is
here that no rare can equal that of a
prudent mother, and no other's Influ
ence prove so lasting. How many of
our greatest men have been proud to
confess that It was at tho knees of their
mothers that they received the guiding
Impulses of their lives, that it was to
their wisdom that they owed their own?
i ;
"In the cae of girls especially. It In
the duty of the mother to be guardian
and Instructor of their youth. - She
should cultivate frankness In her little
daughter, and before the latter Is old
enough .to be demoralised she should
teach her all- that is necessary to pre
vent the Imprudences of Ignorance. No
false modesty should restrain her from
explaining; to her child the mystery of
maternity and the duties pertaining
thereto. Thus armed and equipped by
the hands of Jove, the virtuous maiden
can step into tho world and encounter
the foes of innocence without fear or.
shame, for she is protected by an In
vulnerable moral panoply of modesty
and intelligence. As 'Spenser said '.of
such a one in his Epithalmlon:
" There dwells sweet liove, and constant
Uhastlty,
Unnpotted Faith, and comely Womanhood,
Regard of Honor, and mild Modesty;
Their virtue reigns a queen in royal
throne.
And giveth laws alone.
The which the "base affections do obey,
And yield their services unto her will;
No thought of things uncomely ever may
Thereto approach to tempt her mind to
VERY LIKE: ' '
A mine is like a woman's dress;
Oft when you hunt around
It take a year or two before
The pocket can he found.
New York Herald.
SELECTED RECIPES: . "
Custard Ice Cream. One quart of milk,
yolks of six eggs, one cup of sugar, one
pint of crmm, one teaspoonful of flavor
ing. Make a boiled cuManl with milk,
sugar and eggs; strain, and when cool add
cream and more sugar. If desired, to
gether withthe flavoring.. Heat the whites
of the egK8 and udd Just before freezing.
If the cream is to be moulded, add one
tcapoouful of gelatine that has been
hob keel one hour in one-hulf cup of cold
milk reserved from rule. .
I'ish-House Punch. This excellent drink
owes lis origin to England, and is used In
that country for wedding and great func
tions when the collation is on a grand
scale. Pour into a large bowl one pint of
carefully strained green tea of medium
strength. Add six bottles of claret, the
Juice of six lemons, half a. bottle of cog
nac, half a 'bottle of maraschino and half
a bottle ot curacoa. Sweeten to taste, stir
thoroughly ami In the bowl place a lit
lump of ice. This punch will lie found
delicious and refreshing. It ran be made
simply by omitting the cordials.
Potted Lobster. This preparation must
be made of a line hen lobster when full
of spawn. First boil the fish thoroughly,
then allow it to get cold; pick out all the
solid meat, pound it In a mortar, and add
slowly by degrees a very little tinely
pounded mace, a good dash of cayenne
pepper, and suit to taste. While pounding
throw In one or two mall dice-like pieces
of buttery; when the whole Is well-mixed
and beaten to the consistency of a paste,
press I t down Into a pot, pour clarillcd but
ter over the tcup and cover with damped
bladder. The spawn must bo well washed,
dried on a cloth, and pounded with the
meat; this gives color to the whole.
Sauce for Lobster. Units? the yolks of
two hard-boiled eggs with the back of a
wooden spoon, or pound In a mortar,
with a tablesiioouful of water, and the
soft Inside and spawn of the lobster; rub
all quite smooth, with a teaspoonful of
made mustard, two 'tablespoonfuls of sea
son with a dash of cayenne, a little salt,
a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce and one
of tun agon vinegar. This sauce may ac
company a lobster to table, or be used for
a salad dressing, and poured over Just
before serving.
Iced Peaches. Pour boiling water over
peaches; let stand a few minutes. Re
move skin. Let remain on Ice six hours.
Sprinkle with pulverized sugar and serve
on graps leaves.
Arrobrosla. One cocoanut grated, three
oranges sliced and peeled, three bananas
sliced, half teacupful pulverised sugar.
Put in glass dish In alternate layers; sprin
kle sugar over each layer.
Date Cake. One cupful of butter, two
cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of molasses,
one cupful of cider, three eggs, one tea
spoonful each of cinnamon and cloves,
a little nutmeg, a teaspoonful of soda,
one pound of dutes, stoned and cut up
line, and flour enough to mix pretty
stiff. Hake at least one hour. Oood
Housekeeping.
Da.te Teacake. One-half cupful of but
ter, one cupful of sugar, one egg, one
cupful of milk, four cutpfuls of flour,
alt, three teuspoonfuls of baking pow
der. Add last ono cuprul of chopped dates.
Hake in long, shallow pans, ami serve
warm with butter or with a liquid suui-e
for dessert.
Sponge Cake. Four eggs, one cupful cf
flour, one cupful of powdered sugar.
Whites and yolks separate, mix sugar arid
yolk of egg. bent the whites stlff, add a
tablespoonful of flour nud then one of
white of eggs to sugar and yolks until all
Is well mixed. Bake In a moderate oven.
A nice cake for tea or luncheon; quickly
made.
Tripe a la Xewburg. Cut the tripe Into
plecs the size of a smnl oyster. Make a
tauce, of two tablespoonfuls of fljfur, one
of butter, two teaeupfuls of milk. When
It thickens add tha tripe; let It boll tip
once. Season with a pinch of ground
mace, salt, pepper ami a little stewed
parsley. Poll five minutes. Add half a
wlneglassful of sherry. Serve on toast.
Tripe in Cream. Make a white sauce
with one tablespoonful of flour, one of
butter and a scant pint of milk. When
it thickens add the tripe which has been
cut into inch squares, lloll five minutes
and serve hot on toast.
Lyonnalse Tripe. boll the tripe in salt
ed water unless, as Is often the case. It
has been boiled before It was sold. Cut
It in long, narrow strips. Put a table,
spoonful of butter In tho pan and when It
browns add a small onion cut Into bits.
When this has browned add n tablespoon,
ful of vinegar, the tripe, a little chopped
parsley, salt and pepper lo taste. If the
pickled tripe is used omit the vinegar
called for In the recipe.
Chom-Ual-.Meii. or Cantonese Chicken
and .Macaroni. Cook a half-pound of ver
mlcelli and thoroughly strain. Pour over
It half a cupful of tomato sauce. Shred
the white and dark meat of half a small
chicken Into fibres no larger than a match.
Shred four sticks of celery and mince ono
Iiermuda onion or two small ordinary
ones. Season with salt, white pepper, red
l)epper, a dash of ginger, cloven and cin
namon and put all together In a well
greased pan. Saute over a hot lire. Dur
ing the final heating the various Ingredi
ents should be thoroughly mingled. When
they are, let the pan remain a minute or
so until the vermicelli touching the metul
is moderately brown. Serve plain or with
half a cupful of soup stock thrown over
Turk's Heads. One pint of flour, one
pint of milk, two eirgs, butter half the
sise of nn egg, a llttlo salt. Mix the
flour and butter, then add the yolks,
beaten very light, then the milk, and last
ly the whites well-beaten. Bake In a quick
oven, and serve at once.
TRANSFERRED: k
I press my suit, o call on her
My trousers are In creases;
I call on her to press my suit
And find her scorn Increases.
-Life.
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS:
Parsley eafn with vinegar will remove
Ihe iinplenvaiit etTo-t ili.t onions line
on ti.e bi-ecuii.
Musi torn Iiiioioccb M)f.t?r bin ruins fowl,
It meat is tough put a tablespoonful of
vinegar on It before cooking.
If castor oil Is taken In the froth of
beer, well beaten up, this very disagree
able medicine will become tasteless.
Sawdust and chamois as polishers after
cut glass has been thoroughly washed in
hot soapsude will make It glitter and spar
kle. V
The application of a red-hot Iron to the
head of a. rusty screw will enable one to
remove It easily, if the screw driver Is
used before the screw has had time to cool.
It is a great saving of time and temper to
have a place for wrapping paper and
cord. Take a pasteboard box and mnke
a what-not to hang on .the wall, one with
two pockets, the large one at the bottom
for. paper and the other for cord. With
the aid of paste and pictures they can be
made quite pretty.
Women who have onlv very hard water
In which to wash their faces and hands
will find that such water Is much Improved
for toilet uses If It is boiled and stood In the
sun for three or four davs. The water Is
softened tiy the notion of the air nnd sun
A targe pilcherful or a large quantity may
be made ready at one time.
To remove Indentations from furniture
wet the Indented places well with warm
water; then take some brown paper five
to six times doubled and well soaked In
water and cover with It the bruises. Then
aoply to tho paper a hot flat-iron until
the moisture Is evatxirated, and If the
Indentations have not -disappeared repeat
the application until the whole surface is
comnletely level.
White chamois gloves, used by bicycling
women, can be washed as follows: Make
a lather with rnstlle soap and warm water
In which you have put s snobnful of am
monia to each nuart. When the water. Is
tepid -put the gloves In It. let them soak
for a quarter, of an hour, then press them
In your hands, but do not wring them.
Rinse In fresh, cold water with a little
ammonia added. Press the gloves In a
towel, try- In the open air, after previ
ously blowing to puff them out.
Somebody wkh a right to do It. a sani
tary authority of recognised skill, has
been turning his a ttention to certain weak
points In furniture. Among other things
he wonders why large wardrobes, book
cases and other simlair pieces are finished
with a cornice standing up all around the
top. leaving a wide pit for dust, which
is never- seen and cannot be swept. He
sensibly advocates that the top should
be made level, or better still, sloping, and .
with no raised ledge above it. . If one be
gin to.look out the defects In such things,
& lenity will be. found, and the marvel will
e, that, patient acceptance of them has
so long existed. . .
If only one pot of tea can be made for
a family taking their luncheon at different
hours, every housewife - should see to It
that the tea does not stand with the tea
grounds In It longer than three to five
or seven minutes. After that time pour the
tea Into another pot and throw the grounds
away. If you have only one teapot. Infuse
the tea in some other vessel, pottery of
some kind Is best, and pour Into the pot.
In this way the Injurious effectB of the tan
nin which Is drawn out of the leaves after
a longer Infusion Is avoided, and you save
yourself, your friends and family from
becoming tea-maniacs, .
TRULY THANKFUL:
An exchange reader of the New York
Sun. who in two weeks has been com
pelled to set 42,000 newspaper pages of syn
dicate tvpe nnd pictures having to do with
a single article of diet, arose from bis desk
on Christmas evening, and, going Into the
nearest restaurant, said:
"lilve me liver and bacon."
When the tempting viands were set be
fore him he raised his eyes and said de
voutly: "Thank God, I don't have to eat turkey!"
HEALTH HINTS: '
Here are some "don'ts" calculated to
prevent myopia: (1) Don't read In railway
trains or in vehicles in motion.- (2) Don't
read lying down or in a constrained posi
tion.) Don't read by firelight, moonlight
or twilight. (4) Don't read by a flicker
ing gaslight or candlelight. (5) Don't
road books printed on thin paper. CO Don't
read books which have no space between
the lines. (7) Don't read for more than
fifty minutes without stopping, whether
tho eyes are tired or not. (Si Don't hold
the reading close to tho eyes. Don't
study at night, but in the morning when
you are fresh. (10) Don't select your own
glasses ot the outset.
According to Dr. G. R. Searles, the np
ple Is mcdielnul In a marked degree. Ho
says: "The apple Is such common fruit
that very few persons aro fnmillur with
its remarkable efficacious medicinal prop
erties. Everybody ought to know that tho
very best thing they can do is to eat ap
ples Just before retiring for the nlgltt. Per
sons uninitiated In the mysteries of the
fruit are liable to throw up their hands
In horror at the vision of dyspepsia which
such a suggestion may summon up, but no
harm can come to even a delicate system
by the eating of ripe and Juicy apples Just
before going to bed. The apple Is an ex
cellent bruin food, because it has more
Vhosporlc aeld in easily digestible shape
than any other vegetable known. It ex
cites the action of the llvqer, promotes
sound ond healthy slee;. and thoroughly
disinfects the mouth. This Is not all. The
apple agglutinates the surplus acids of the
stomach, helps the kidney secretions, nnd
prevents calculus growths, whlln-lt obvi
ates Indlgcptlon, and in one of the best
preventive known of diseases of the
throat. Everybody should be famllr with
such knowledge. In addition, next to the
orange and the lemon. It Is the best anti
dote for the thirst and craving of tho per
son addicted to the alcohol or the opium
hsblt."
One should not attempt to Hng while
suffering with a catarrhal affection of the
throat. Rsst the voice; do not use It at
all until the catarrh Is cured. The throat
will be strengthened and protected from
"catching cold" by bathing the neck and
chest and back from the head to the
wslnt every morning, upon rising, with
cold water, followed toy a brisk rubbing
with a rough towel.
To brighten the eves, mop them with
hot, clear water night end morning sid
sleeo ten hours every night of your life.
Cnsmollne rubbed on the edges of eye
lids everv dsv will "mske the lushes
grow." To whiten the skin, rub It with s
mixture of equal nnrta.nf elveerlne and
rose water every night 't beltlme. Wear
a veil when exnmed to thp sun und wnrt.
To orevcnt sick hencho. first of all
et idmvlv and thoroughly chew the food.
Eat meals reiilarly at the some hours
everv rtiv. Est no potatoes, rice r cit
rons!: eat no preserves or candy, The diet
should cork of meat end fresh
(rrenn vpethls, milk, eggs, oysters, fish
and fresh fruits.-
WHY HE OBJECTED:
"Woman," said the dejected young
mnn. "is a fake."
"Why?" spake one listener.
"Yes. It has not been so many moons
since I saved up all by. billiard money
and lived on beans two weeks to blow
myself on an opera and a supper for a
young woman. Then I asked her to
marry me, and she said she was afraid
I was too extravagant to make a good
husband." Indianapolis Journal.
MUSICAL MATTERS.
Especially line music will be heard at
the First Presbyterian church, the Elm
Park church and the Washburn street
Presbyterian church. 'At the former a
choir of twenty-six voices under the
direction of Tallle Morgan will render n
programme oftthe highest class music,
which will prove a decided treat to all
music loving people. The chorus will
be assisted by Miss Julia Clapp Allen
and Mr.' Fred Wldmayer, viollnlHts. At
the Elm Park church a splendid pro
gramme has been prepared by Organist
Pennington. Tho quartette of the
WaBhburn street Presbyterlon church
will be assisted by an excellent chorus
of twenty voices, nnd will be accompan
ied by an own and piano, with violin
solos by R. J. Bauer. At the First Pres
byterian church every person present
will be given a handsome souvenir pro
gramme in book form, Undoubtedly,
there will be a large attendance at all
the services.
II II II
Burt Bloom, formerly of this city .who
now resides in Chicago, has, since his
residence in the metropolis of the West,
developed Into a phenomenal tenor.
Mr. Bloom recently visited Scrantnn, In
tending to remain through the holidays,
but was called back to Chicago by a
tempting offer to sing at Christmas ser
vices In one of the leading churches.
Mr. Bloom Is receiving vocal Instruc
tion from one of the best teachers In
Chicago and .will probably Join the
musical profession In the near future. -
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' Madame Lillian , Blauvelt, one of
America's greatest concert sopranos,
will go to Europe next June to spend
an indefinite period. Until that time
Madame Blauvelt will remain under the
management of the Henry Wolfsohn
musical bureau of New York. It is
probable , that Madame Bis welt -will
again be heard in S'Tsntrni before rr
departure for Euvone
ii i, ;r
i William Griffiths, the well I.Mv:i
trombone player has been engaged to
play at the Elm Park Methodist Epis
copal church. The trombone Is a some
what novel Instrument In church music
unless In cases whore an accompani
ment Is played by an orchestra. Still
In connection with a pipe organ It mny
be made very effective and Mr. Grif
fiths Is competent to bring out Its best
results.
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SHARPS AND FLATS:
Slgnor Pernginl Is the latest recruit to
the ranks of continuous variety perform
ers. Charles E. Evans ar.d W. D. Mann
have formed a partnership to produce
the futuro comic operas of Do Koven and
Smith, who will have a new one ready for
next season.
Another young violinist, on extremely
young one at that, will do himself and
his country proud. It Is the 13-year-old
boy, Arthur Hartman, from Philadelphia?
The boy's talents and superior girts ore
acknowledged by Salnt-Saen. Hans Hlch
ter, Quitman, tho late Sir Charlei IJalle
and other great masters of Europe,
Most of the world's great nrtlsts have
been successful when still very young.,
Rubinstein was 10 years old when he gave
his first concert. Llsst only . Spohr was'
18 years old when he was appointed chamy
ber musician to the DuKe or Hrunrwica.
Joachim played In- a concert when only
7 years old, Vleuxtemps when 10, Sphor
when 11 and Sivori. when only years old.
What advice would you give to girls
who wish to become lyric artlsts7 "Not
to touch the career at 'ill. ssld Mme.
Calve with decision. "I would .. advise
them to run away from it" I looked at
her blankly. "Certainly" she Insisted,
"It is a detestable life a life of .struggles,
disappointments. Intrigues, rivalries. It
Is frightful to think that an artist's career
can mean all that." New York Press.
Albert Lorulng, the composer of some
beautiful operas, who was born ninety-
two years ago and died In misery a good
many years too early. Is now going to
nave a monument erected In bis memory
either In Berlin, where he was born, or
in Leipslc, where his operas were per
formed for the first time. The monument
will be unveiled on the ono hundredth an
niversary of the composer's birthday.
' THEATRICAL '60SSIP. . '
Primrose ft West's Minstrel eomnnnv.
always popular in this city, will be seen
at the Academy of Music tonight. This
year It is a gigantic organization and
gives an up-to-date show in. every re
spect. Few minstrel companies have
such a remarkable record as Primrose
& West. Everywhere It has been the
same story crowded houses, people
mi neu away, u ne object or these two
kings of minstrelsy has been all along
to give the greatest show, and they .do
It. They are Pninums of minstrelsy In
volume of their performance, and mil
lionaires as private citizens.
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The first elaborate attempt on a bur
lesque of Trilby that has been offered
to Surantnn theater-goers will be seen
at the Frothlngham Monday night,
when the Garrlck Burlesque company,
of New York, will give an entertaining
burlesque of De Maurler's famous
novel. The skit Is called "Thrllby" and
is said to possess some unusually
catchy musical' selections, 'while the
book fairly bristles with sparkling dia
logue. It would be impossible to obtain
a better company of comedians and
comediennes, who have been identified
at different times with successful comic
opera productions than those who pro
sent "Thrllby."
Tho New Year's attraction offered at
the Frothlngham Is "Chlmmle Fadden."
Augustus Thomas' dramatization of
the sketches of the same name, bv Ed
ward W. Townsend. Charles H. Hop
per, a comedian of considerable per
sonal magnetism, a sweet voice, nimble
feet and approved histrionic ability, ap
pears as "Chlmmle." New scenery
throughout will grace the presentation,
which will be further notable for In
teresting effpets nnd new songs and
dances. It will be seen at the Frothlng
ham afternoon and evening on New
Year's day.
Colton & Eyno's great metropolitan
production. "Lost in New ork," comes
to the Academy of Music next Wednes
day and Thursday, and a magnificent
scenic and realistic 'iresentatlon will
be given, with the original New York
cast, scenery and mechanical effects.
One of the greatest effects Is in the
third act of the play, when the entire
stage Is converted Into an Immense
river of real water, upon winch will
be seen real ferries, yachts, a genuine
steamboat and other marine craft. On
Wednesduy, New Year's day. a mati
nee will be given In the afternoon.
Scranton is growing rapidly In Im
portance in a theatrical way. A few
years ago Its one theater was ample to
furnish accommodations for theater
goers, but now its three houses devoted
to the drama are frequently taxed to
their utmost capacity. - This was par
ticularly true on Christmas Day, when
people were turned away from the
Academy of Music, Frothlngham and
Davis' theater at the afternoon and
evening performances. A conservative
estimate of The number of persons who
attended the theaters of this cuy on
Christmus Day places the number at
9,000.
"The Widow Bedott" Is the attrac
tion booked for Davis' theater next
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. The New York Herald says
of the company that will present the
piece In this city: "The Widow Be
dott, as impersonated by Horace
Ewlng, who has played the part over
1,000 times, Is said to posess elements
of originality not found In the charac
ter as portrayed by Nell Burgess. There
seems to be no question as to Mr.
Euing's popular success in the part,
the press and public everywhere being
loud In their praises of his highly ar
tistic performance."
On Tuesday evening the employes of
the Frothlngham presented Manager O.
E. Jones with a handsome roll top desk.
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES:
Walter Jones Is disengaged.
Yvelte Uullbert has red hulr.
iNethersole's salary Is $1,000 a week.
Nlklta is giving concerts In England. "
Charles Frohman employes 44 players.
Ellen Terry is an amuteur photographer.
Minnie Palmer will reappear In New
York next week.
Olga Nethersole Is playing In a dramatic
version of "Carmen."
Alexander Salvinl Is 34 years old. His
father. Tomaso. Is IK;.
"Shore Acres'' Is approaching Its one
inous.-iniiin pertormuuee.
Charles-'Frohinan's weekly salary list
for 408 players foots up $J1,;ilu
Emma Juch will reappear before a
metropolitan audience Jan. 7.
The dramatization of "Chlmmle" will be
produced in Philadelphia Jan. 6.
Henry Irving has asksd Julia Arthur to
return to London with his company.
Hilly Birch, the old-time minmrel per
former, has been stricken with paralysis.
"Princess Ida" Is to be revived In Lon
don, where it has not been heard since
18S4.
Roland Reed will produce Blanche Mar
den's play, "A Friend of the Fumily,"
next month.
Marie Dressier. Geraldlne. McCann and
Louis Harrison are playing in "A Stag
Party" In New York.
Sir Henry Irving made his first appear
ance on the London stage In a small role
in "The Romance or a Poor Young Man."
Richard .Mansfield's New York theater,
the Garrlck, will be turned over to the
manasement of Charles Frohman Feb. a.
Mme. Clementine De Vere-Saplo, Marie
F. Busnnen win ve me soloists at the
annual performance of "The 'Messiah" by
Boeena, H. Evan Williams and Ericsson
the New York Oratorio society tonight.
At 'the Leipzig Stsdt theater no one Is
admitted to his seat after a performance
has begun, except during the intervals
between the nets. In Bremen an asso
ciation of theater-goers hns been formed
to obtain the same regulation.
At Rust (Italy) the commissioner of po
lice forbade the representation of Shiiltes-
pear's "Merchant of Venlec," because the
n'snig'ii- ov me o'l i.MS-nniic cennn'iv
corld no; produce h leu i- .'rcn the ainlior
pei-n';iin lis pec'o-n.iinr1!
I. 1 not generally known :, thai Hr-n-'Siin
t!ie Great l an omnlvViciis retui-r.
He ha read probably more books on
magic than has any man. This to a great
extent accounts for his wonderful success.
He Is at present In California.
Henry Clay Ilarnnbee. W. It. MncDon
ald and Frank L. Perley, 4iiclr manager,
will go abroad early in June tn witness
tho production or the new Strauss. opera
in Vienna. The Hnstonlnns hold the Am.
erlean rights for this work and will give
It nn early production next season.
' Mrs; John A. Logan rave a reception the
other day to Jessie Unrtltt Davis, the
HoKtonluns' trump card. In Introducing
Mrs. Davis Mrs. Igan said: "This Is the
Utile girl who used to sing In tho choir
of my Chicago church In n little calico
frock, because she had no other, and he
Is lust as sweet now ns she was then."
A manuscript of the original libretto of
"Ixihengrin ' is ror sale in ilerlln. It is
written hy a secretary, but there nre tnanv
alterations and notes In Wagner's own
hand. Among the lines he struck out nre
s long solo by Ortrtul describing the man
ner in which she turned the youn-r prince
Into a swan and a short solo for the swan
when It resumes Its original shnpe.,
Nordics Is worklns- harder than ever this
season. She recently told n writer thnt
she hns declined all offers to ring at pri
vate mtislcnles because of her operatic en-
gagements. This entnlls n loss of 'rom
to Il.tiOfl a wees to ins singer, j'eriomi
snces of opera nre given by the bbey ft
Orsu troupe sir rights a week and un ora.
te'lo or concert tn seventn.
Rlehnrd Mansfield ssvs: "I hope to eon
elude nrrnnements for next sessm by
which 1 shall remain at my own thettcr In
New York for nt lenst two month. At
lent three or four sddltlonnl plny-i HI In
sdded to mv repertoire, among mem ii--ln.
"Richelieu", and , "Rohret . Mac-nlre.'
Altettsagrments I make outside o' my own
, theater will be on n ibsils of H.fW gnnr.
ntee end my usual percentage for eaeh
performance.--
Cimrreinit Gossip;-of .
01d'-"London- Town.
Concerts, Plays
Described in an
Special Correspondence to The Tribune.
London, Dec.-11. Last Monday night
I had the pleasure of attending quite
an unique concert.' It was given in
Queen's hall by William Nicholl. F. R
A. M among whose pupils I happened
to have the honor to be numbered. He
was assisted by Mrs. Helen Frust, the
soprano, and both sang the entire pro
gramme, maklnsr it all vocal. It sounds
rather tiresome, no doubt, but It was
not so In the leant. All the songs were
from Boulton's "Songs of the North"
all those exquisite old Scotch ballads,
and to say they were sung exquisitely
would be putting It mildly Indeed.
Thoy Wero Gems of Vocal Art.
Mr. Nicholl .opened the programme
with four.then Mrs. Frust followed with
four more, the daintiest of the lot being
the quaintly sweet one, "O can ye sew
cushions?" Then on came Mr. Nicholl
again with four more. "Ca" the Yowes
to the Knowes." "Culloden Muir" and
so on. Then came Mrs. Frust with
"L'adieu de Marie Stuart." a most
touching little darling, "The Flowers
of the Forest," "The Heiress" and "Do
cer the Burn Davie." Mr. Nicholl end
ed the affair with four more, and It was
over, and all too soon. The hall was
filled with the elite musical cult of Lon
don, and I. saw numbers of the Royal
Academy, professors and its pupils as
well, sprinkled among the audience.
Why cannot one describe things ns
nicely and entertainingly as they really
were when they 'happened. I w:onder?
I can give you.no Idea of the furore
this happy little ooncert created here,
nor of the breathless Interest manifest
ed throughout the rendition of the pro
gramme. These same artists have
given many a concert at which they
have delighted their . audiences with
oratorio and opera songs, most beau
tifully and Irreproachably rendered, but
it remained for them. In this departure
from the ordinary programme, to cre
ate quite a sensation on the musical
world on this side. Trite but true It
is, that the simplest songs require the
greatest art, and surely the singing
of that evening was the most perfect
of Its kind that I have ever heard.
An Evening of Oratorio.
Another treat I had last night, when
we went to hear the Oratorio of Sam
son, given by the Queen's Hall choir, In
big Queen's Hall. White-haired old
Randegger is conductor of this organ
ization, which is a most flourishing one,
and bids fair to make the Royal albert
Hall choir look to its laurels. This
latter organization has been, thus far,
the one and only big oratorio society of
London, though, of course, there ore
hundreds of smaller ones nil over the
place. However, now that Mr, Ran
degger. who is a perfect master of ora
torio and opera tradition, has got hold
of this choir, we may expect to hear
some fine performances of the grand
oratorios, without going way over to
Kensington, where the disobliging
Royal Albert Hall -will persist In obsti
nately keeping itself. The Royal Al
bert, too, Is such a great circus of a
place that no one can hear there, for
loss than four shillings. while In Queen's
Hall the shilling people can hear quite
as well as the swells In the stalls, every
bit.
Mr.Randegger conducted most broad
ly and energetically, and his orchestra
and choir left almost nothing to be de
sired. The artists were Ben Davles,
Watkln Mills, Miss Alice Estey. Regi
nald Brophy and Miss Drew, the con
tralto. I have sometimes wondered a
bit at the great fuss some people make
over Ben Davles and his singing, as on
the three or four occasions when I have
heard him before, he was certainly
good, but not so wonderful ns one
had been led to expect. Last night.
however. I saw it all why New
York adores him. the reason Boston
rises up and calls him blessed, and why
Germany throws laurel wreaths at him.
He was simply fine. I never heard Btich
a glorious tenor full, broad, rich and
sweet. Watkln Mills also did himself
nroud In "Honor and Arms." They
nearly pulled Queen's Hall down for
these two dear artists. Tne soprano.
Miss Estey, was lovely, too, and simply
delighted us. Madame Albanl Is no
where aside of her. in Samson, hut then
It Isn't fair to compare people, any
way. Mrs. Campbell's Jnllet.
The other day my chum Mary had the
frrent irood fortune to win a rirlze of six
guineas at the Royal acad'emy for the
best singing of a conttrito solo. The
Judges were sometntng stin to sing ue
forc, being no less ' personages than
Mrs. Henschel. Mcdora Henson nnd
Watkln Mills, and you may be sure
I was proud of my Mary, ho we cele
brated in the evening by going to tho
theater to see Forbes Robert-
so'n and Mrs. Patrick Campbell In their
revival of "Romeo and Juliet." . Mr.
Robertson does not make a handsome
Romeo at all, bflngr much too lean and
woe-begone looking to make a dashing
lover, but Mrs. Campbell was simply
sweet at Juliet. The critics say that
she Is too old a woman. to play Juliet
well, but I did not see anything before
mo but a wnrm-natured, Impulsive
fourteen-year-old Juliet. Her acting
was simply superb. She affects one so
very much. I nm sure I cried dread
fully, and I was most horribly ashamed.
too, to think I couldn't sit It out without
tears, and I stole a look' about me,- be
tween two tears, to see If anyone saw.
me cry, but -behold,'-my neighbors one
and all, men and women, were likewise
weeping copiously. , So after that I
didn't mind. Mrs. ' Campbell's i cos
tumes were perfectly beautiful, and,
indeed, the mounting and the staging
of the whole play were sumptuous.
Mrs.. Campbell, . you remember.' was
the original Mrs. Tanqueray and also
Mrs. Ebbsmlth, In plays of the preced
ing seasons. "Romeo" Is soon to be
taken off, now, and will In January give
place to- a new play by Henry Arthur
.Toie-, a very BUcessful playwright of
today. It is a peculiar thing thul .not
i tore ilian t 'liei', o:-four out of whin
niuy be. -ailed the. ltpsitlmalo tlieatero of
London arc doing: uaything like a pay
ing ousitiess so inr this season,
"liomoo" hns cost Forbes Robertson
more than six times what , he Is getting
from It, Bhakesppare being too classic
for the general nubile Just now: and
Wlllnrd Is losing heavily straight along
on his "Professor's Iove Story," a most
beautiful thing, too. nnd all over the
town new plnys nre being, put on., to
take the place of the failures which pre
ceded them. About the only things
paying are "Trilby' 'nnd the music
halls. "Trilby" Is simply stunning
London, ns I Bald before, and the Trilby
crajso over hern bids fair to outrival its
American forerunner of last year over
mere, une gets rat ner tired of It all
you Know, i am sure i am, noartlly.
' rhe Holiday Vacations.
Tho Royal Academy closes Its first
term or tne year next week, with an or
chestral concert in Queen s. Hall. AH
tho schools, In fact, are shutting up,
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The lissisad will lw tuseUrsllT ttSllmllwl. lailtd
In Two Rovti im-Isvs Vols. RteMr mutinied. Vor
J. W. KltXEBACU., So. K Arch St., runs.
and ' Holiday; Attractions
Unconventional Manner.
and the screeches of sopranos In agony,
altos In despair, bassos in anger, and
tenors tn prayer 'and supplication will
be heard no more for three weeks in our
Institution, or In -either of the other
large ones, the Royal College or the
Guildhall. My guardian angels here
are going - to - give us a parting "At
Home" next week, which will be quite
a swell affair. There will be an or
chestra for the most of the music, be
sides a programme of vocal music as
well, and we have all invited our
friends. . I am to assist In receiving,
and I feel very large and proud. I do
hope I shan't snill anything when we
pass the cup that cheers. I am not go
ing into the country this Christmas, but
must stay here in town and work, to
make up for lost time.
Christmas is a-coming all too soon.
and the shops are growing more and
more brilliant every day. In fact, the
windows are simply maddening to a
poor person. ' I think of all my hun
dreds of friends, whenever I go down
town and see the sights there, and I get
oh! such a great big pain In my heart
when I realize that I cannot buy every
thing I see for their Christmas pres
ents. But more anon, I will close, wish
ing everybody over there in the great
Keystone State of the-land-of-liberty a
very Happy New Year, hoping also that
the Christmas which you will have Just
passed will have been. a. most merry
one, as well.
Sadie Kstelle Kaiser.
READING THE TELEGRAM.
It Was Very Badly Written, but the Drug
Clerk Made It Out.
From the Evansvllle News.
They were stnndlng on the corner of
Seventh and Vine streets not many
nights ago. One of them had lust re
ceived a telegram and he was making
a great effort-to read it. He tried It
for several minutes and then handed
It to his friend with an air of disgust.
The second Individual gave It up after
struggling with it a quarter of an hour.
"I never saw anything to beat that,"
he remarked, as he handed the message
back, "and I've seen some pretty bad
writing In my time, too."
"Well, I can't read It and I'd like to
know what it says, badly."
"Let me see? Ah, I have It. Drug
clerks can read most any kind of writ
ing. Let us go and see."
They went to the nearest pharmacy
and handed the message to the pre
scription clerk. Before an explana
tlon could be made he darted to the rear
of the shop and disappeared behind a
screen.
After an absence of fifteen minutes,
during which time both men had grown
very restless, the clerk appeared and,
as he handed a bottle to one of the men,
he said:
"Sixty cents, please." --
Rather stunned for a while tho man
opened the package and read on the
label:
"One teaspoonfultto.be taken three
times every hour."
When an explanation was made the
clerk set up the soda water.
More Pilling.
Tramp (at dentist's door) I'd like my
teeth tilled.
Dentist What with gold or silver?
Tramp (eagerly) Oh! Just plain bread
will do. Truth
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