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THE RCRASTOX TRIBUXESATlTRnAT MOBJOXG, JANUARY 4, 1896.
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Copyright. 1893k liy Bschellar,
, . . " SYNOPSIS.
Th Junior member of a private Arm of
detective In New York beromes interested
la a ilefterteil house, opposite which he hap
pen to take a room. While watching it
during a convahu-ence from illness, the
blind of one of the windows ure opened
suddenly, ilisclosinK the iiKure of a small
man who wave his hand and disappears.
Three days later the detective receives a
jnystrlous letter, apiiointing. an hour to
call. He look across at the deserted
house, ahadinic his eyes with the letter,
The flume reappears and repeats Its sig
nal. That evenina- the detective arms
himself pushes open the Iron Kate of the
deserted house and enters a dark passage-
-way. He Is ushered into a lighted room
by the same strange tiuure. Two men
and a handsome -woman in evening- dress
receive him. all masked. He has been mis-
taken for an expected messenger. He pre
tends that it has not been safe to bring cer
tain papers, and is commissioned to visit
the town of P next day. As he is
about to leave a young girl arrives with a
warning. The masked lady tires at the
detective. Ho runs downstairs and es
capes by the rear tloor Into a yard. Climb
ing the fence, he overhears the consplra
tors, who mention Tuxedo and the name
of a prominent man. tie thinks that he
recognizes the voice of the lady, and con
ludc that . some great crime is under
way, The house Is shadowed by oilier
tletecttvHS. and he decides to watch Hie
train to f himself. In disguise. The
D oling girl enters the station, also the ludy
disguised as a man. The detective eludes
the latter anil takes the train. He linns
that the girl Is the Innocent instrument of
a band or conspirators who have entrapped
her father Into their plottinKs. The mys
terious lady Is supposed to be the slider
or a memoer of the liusslun legation wno
has stolen Important papers at Washing'
ton. Those are intrusted to the Kill's
father, who given them to a messenger
lor whom the detective has been mls
taken. Meanwhile, the real messenger Is
1)lng watched by Washington detectives,
ind she had been sent with a warning.
The detective returns to New York and
reads In the newspaper of the messenger's
rapture with the stolen papers. He also
sees the announcement of a great ball at
Tuxedo, to e given by the man whose
name he had overheard. He decides that
the ball has some connection with the con
eiriracy.
PART V.
Jt was ten o'clock when once more T
entered the olllce of my chief. I found
him awaiting me there. Ray had Just
come from my rooms with news of Im
portance from the House with Oreen
3Hnds. A short time before the people
in the st-et ami t he houses near, had
lieen startled by the noise of a heavy
explosion. It had pome, as well us they
could make out, from the house he had
heen watching:. The police hart been
summoned and an effort made to gain
admission to the place. No reply had
been obtained to the ringing of the bell,
and they were now preparing to force
an entrance. The chief had waited
merely to give me the information, and
we at once set out together. There was
the Inevitable crowd of. people before
I Threw Myself Forward, Falling Heavily
Against Him.
the house, through which we forced our
way.- The door had been broken open
and a policeman guarded the entrance
on either side. As we went In a noisome
odor of chemicals filled the air. We
made our way to the drawing-room,
where I had been the night before. Here
upon the table I discovered one of my
revolvers, and underneath it a piece of
paper, on which was scrawled the word
'Beware."
Prom hero Ray, -who had preceded us,
led the way upstairs to. a small sky
light room in the rear of the house. We
discovered there shelves filled with bot
tles, retorts, pestles and mortars, and
books tilled anywhere about. On the
floor, his head torn and burned beyond
recognition, lay Jackson. I knew him
by his yellow hands and peculiar dress,
and saw that his own deviltry had been
his undoing. We went carefully over
the room. It contained all descriptions
of materials for compounding explo
sives. Half finished infernal machines,
-wheels and springs scattered -every-.
where, and various memoranda which
were of value In their way. Near what
remained of the man we discovered up
on the lloor a dark stain, which at first
sight I had thought to be blood. A
Hoser examination, however, revealed
the fact that It was either claret or some
other deep red wine. In one of the yel
low hands was gripped a Binnll vial
about which a scrap of paper was
-wrapped. Written In English upon It
were the following words: "In two gills
of claret, one. In champagne, two. For
action in the first case, live minutes.
In the second, seven."
The vial contained three or four small
Vhite pellets. We determnned to trv
an experiment. A man was sent for a
Dome oi riper-Helriseck. Of this he
poured a small quantity Into
bottle and, dropping In one of the white
pellets, placed the whole upon the win
dow ledge. Closing the sash 1 stood.
watch In hand, and waited. Whether
mmpiy poison, or some stronger and
stranger thing, I did not stop to wonder,
but, as the number of minutes recom
mended in the note crawled slowly by.
an uneasy sensation came over me
which made me draw back and motion
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ment the stillness Was broken by a dull
report and the falling of shattered
glass. We started forward. The glass
lay broken in small bits; a portion of
the stone coping had been torn away;
the bottle was nowhere visible.
I knew little of chemistry. Whether
the man Jackson had made a great dis
covery, in producing a material upon
which the action of certain kinds of
liquids was necessary to bring about a
concussion, by absorbing with the vari
ous degrees of strength contained In the
II u Id the hard outer coating of his pre
paration and bringing the delicate in
terior into contact with some foreign
substance; or whether such methods
are generally known and practiced by
the profession. I cannot tell. I only
thought, at the time, that the last link
In the chain of proceedings was now
without doubt In my hand.
At nine o'clock that night Ray. an
other man and myself, were stationed
In the hall of Mr. 's great house at
Tuxedo. We had been substituted for
three detectives who were to have been
sent down in the usual way. I had
placed Ray at the entrance to the ball
room, myself near the vestibule of the
house, the other man hovered anywhere
about. We hud not long to wait. The
guests of the evening were early to ar
rivethe great man short-breathed,
ponderous, but gonial; his young wife
handsome and gracious. Behind them
came a small sprinkling of more or less
famous politicians, members of the for
eign legation and handsome young at
taches in the full uniform of their
countries. Among these lust were two
men who at once attracted my atten
tion; the first, by a slight peculiarity
in his figure, his quirk nervous move
ments, the glances full of suspicion and
of watchfulness which he constantly
threw about all these signs Identified
him strongly with the man who had
kept silence the night before at the
House with Green Blinds. The other
was as easily discovered; the tall, well
set up figure, ornamented by a showy
uniform which he now wore, the firm
Hps curving Into a smile that was al
most Insolent; the large, well-shaped
head; the delicate nroma of Turkish
cigarettes which floated with him
more, he lighted one ns he reached tne
smoking-room, into which 1 could see
from my station, anil sent ring after
ring of smoke curling upward. Once
before I had seen him do It, but never
another man so prettily.
1 Bent Hay to watch the two closely
and returned to my post. Again I had
not long to wait. 1 had turned to reply
to some trivial question which had been
addressed to me, when the voice for
which I had been waiting lloated clear
ly towards me a low, delicious laugh.
I looked eagerly about. In the smoking
room, talking gaily to a small group
of its occupants, was the hero of the
English trial the escaped convict of
Portsmouth prison the boy who had
followed Miss Cutting. But I saw no
one anywhere about to resemble
Madame of the White Shoulders. From
where 1 stood I watched this man until
he turned to go, and then drew nearer.
As he passed Ray's tall Russian, I heard
him Bay lightly: "Tout va blen," and
then he lost himself In the crowd. I
saw him go in and out among the
throng, looking unostentatiously but
carefuly about him, and managed for
a time to keep In his wake. Then I lost
him entirely. For an hour I searched
hither and thither, rurslng my own stu
pidity, but without avail. 1 was grow
ing desperate, fearing that, after all.
I should be too late, when again that
voice came to my straining ears. It
wus In the supper room, where the
Jingling glasses were playing a grace
ful accompaniment. I stumbled hastily
forward. This time I was not disap
pointed. 1 could not but recognize her,
though I had never seen her face uncov
ered before. Perfect In outline as a
statue by St. Gaudens. faultless in col
oring, and lighted by those glorious
eyes which had flashed upon me through
the mask eyes 1 had seen matched but
once, and then by those of the boy I
had just so clumsily lost sight of. Her
superb, squarely-moulded shoulders
gleamed richly in the well-arranged
lights. For the merest Instant her
eyes rested upon mine ami their pupils
widened. I feared that she had pene
trated my disguise. Then she turned
again to her companion none other
than the illustrious guest in the Inter
est of whose safety I was working. I
was very near them. Looking about I
saw both the men who had been In the
House with the Green Blinds hovering
neur the doorway. Behind them towered
Ray's well-set head. I signaled him to
close In. His orders were to arrest
them as quietly as they would permit
it to be done, and to await in the car
riage which had been provided, my ar
rival with mudame.
She was standing, with her r-ompan-on.
near one of the tables, and I saw
him pour a glass of champagne and
hand It to her. He watched her. smil
ingly, as she dnlntlly put it to her
Hps. and then turned to find one for
himself. As he did so I saw madam's
hand go steadily into the bosomi of
her gown, and, taking out a small
silver vinaigrette, hold it carelessly for
an instant over her gliiss.
The great man turned to her again
and lightly touched her glass with his
own.
"May fortune bring you everything
which has not already escaped her,"
he said, gallantly.
"To a health like that, monsieur,"
replied her marvelous voice, "in my
country it is a custom to change
glasses, that each may drink the good
fortune of the other."
"A very pretty custom," he said,
with a heavy laugh. "I-it us follow
It."
The glasses changed hands. If he
should swallow that deadly thing
Good heavens! 1 threw myself for
ward, Tailing heavily against him. Half
the wine went trickling down his coat
and he turned about with a savage Im
precation. I seized the glass and
poured what remained through my fin
gers until they touched the hard little
pellets It contained. Knowing that
they had not been there long enough
to soften, and that there was no dan
ger from them, I put them In my pock
et, arid, with at song froid I could
muster, turned to madam and offered
her my arm.
"Madam." I Btammered, "Is forgetful
and mistaken. In her country no way
of treating a toast Is so unlucky."
The great man looked dazed, but 1
saw his anger growing. A strange light
had come Into madam's eye. and I heard
her murmur an apology to him.
"For a few minutes pardon tne an
old friend whom I have not seen since
last night."
Hhe allowed her hand to rest lightly
upon my arm.
"For a moment," she said, "come In
here," and led me towards the conser
vatory. I thought no better place could
be found for the quiet performance of
my duty, for I wished to avoid a scene.
A maid could be dispatched for her
wraps, and for my own aa well, and
I could conduct her, as secretly as she
would allow, to the carriage which was
awaiting her. I v
She sank upon a cushioned window
seat and motioned me to a chair which
stood facing It. A strange desire to
humor her took possession of me. For
a moment she let her eyes rest quietly
upon my own.
"Your disguise becomes you," she
said, critically.
"And yours," I replied, "becomes you
very HI."
- Her Hps kept their seriousness of out
line and her eyes remained fixed on
mine. There was a short interval of
silence and then she arose to her feet,
standing over me, I started to follow
her example, but she motioned me to
obey. I saw that she had unfastened
a splendid tiara of diamonds and sap
phires from her hair and was turning
It over and over In her hands, where
the light from above Incessantly toyed
with It. The glitter of the thing fas
cinated me; my eyes folowed every
movement. I tried to turn away, and
could not. A drowsy sensation came
over me. . the soft tones of her voice
droned in my ears, sounding far away
and sweet and sweeter still.
And then came a dull, monotonous
rattle. A newspaper rustled at my el
bow. A man's voice Ray's was speak
ing. My eyes were oKned (I could not
remember unclosing them) and I was
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His Own Deviltry Had Keen Ills I nduing.
gazing about stupidly. The surround
ings wore familiar enough. An ordi
nary passenger coach. Journeying
swiftly along through the sweet air of
a summer morning. A lot of strange
people about; Ray in the place beside
me, reading his paper.
"If there was such a plot afoot here,"
he wus saying, "It seems to have slipped
up without any aid of ours. It Is a
pretty bad business though, anyway."
I asked him what, and he looked at
me curiously.
"What is the matter with you? You've
been queer ever since lust night," he re
turned, peevishly, and pointed to a
huge headline in his paper. I looked,
and read these words:
"The Assassination of President Snill
Carnot." For a moment my head reeled
and the words danced unmeaningly be
fore my eyes, and then a mist seemed to
unfold Itself from my brain, and re
membrance of the affulr I hud just been
through with came back to me. I un
butoned my coat, and suw that I was
still In evening dress.
I had no little difficulty in persuad
ing Ray to tell me what had occurred,
and in convincing him that I had no
recollection of It. Finally, however, he
told me this:
As he had been directed, he waited
for his cue from me before arresting the
two men who were In his charge, and he
had seen what took place between
the Illustrious guost Madam of the
White Shoulders and myself. When she
accepted my arm, she had turned for an
instant to nod and smile at the Russian
attache, who was also watching closely.
Upon Ray's quiet demand for a surren
der, which had Immediately followed,
this man had followed him to the car
riage without a word. The other came
as quietly. They then had waited there
some five minutes when I appeared,
with Madam leaning upon my arm.
She had expressed great surprise at
finding the two men there and under ar
rest, and had demanded an explanation
from me. I had offered her the most
abject apologies, and had ordered Ray
to at once release his prisoners. I had
assured him that the affair, from begin
ning to end, was a gigantic mistake,
that the track we had followed was en
tirely a wrong one, that we had offered
untold insult to three Innocent people.
He had no course but to credit my word.
I had then proceeded to assist Madam
with great care Into her carriage, and
she had driven rapidly away, the men
following in another coupe. We hast
ened afterwards, Ray, the man who had
come down with us and myself, to the
station, where I had purchased, with no
further explanations to my companions,
three tickets to Boston, which place we
were now ncartng. The third man had
made himself comfortable In the smok
ing car.as there was no sleeper attached
to the train, while Ray had sat all night
beside me. During this time I had sat
with wide-open eyes, staring straight
before me, apparently lost In thought,
and until now he had not ventured to
disturb me.
And so the beginning of my first case
came to Its end.
Letters a fortnight later from my
friend, the London detective, told ine
that attempts uron the lives of men
in certain other European cities had
been made at the same time, but, with
the exception of that In which the
French president fell, all had been dis
covered and met In time.
1 resigned my position at the office,
and have since been devoting most of
my time to trying, upon my own re-
Mrs. White, a Citizen of Ithaca
YYs Saved.
(From the Ithaca. Herald.)
Our representative, hearing of the
case of Mrs. H. T. White, called to see
her at Seneca and Plain streets. We
publish their conversation In the fol
lowing interview:
"Mrs. White. I hear you have some
thing to say about a new remedy for
backache and kidney disorders. Wiil
you give me your statement for publi
cation?" "Sen, I am quite satisfied to do so. I
think the public should know when a
really good remedy Is to be had. It Is
the least I can do In gratitude for my
recovery."
"Tell me about your complaint."
"About a year ago I had the Crippe,
and since then my back has pained me
constantly in the region of the kidneys;
a dull pain at timet, and at other Inter
vals, sharp, darting pains piercing
through me, were almost unbearable.
I seemed to be giving out as the pain
In my kidneys grew worse, and at last I
had to stay in bed the greater part of
the time. Finally, I gave up altogether.
I had terrific headaches, and suffered so
much pain my appetite left me."
"Did the disorder affect the bladder?"
"Finally it did. The urine was highly
colored, and varied In suppression and
excess. I often told my friends I be
lieved I should go Insane from the pain.
I heard of Doan's Kidney Pills, and be
gan their use. After taking them two
or three days I began to feel their, good
etfects. I continued, and now am per
fectly well."
"Am I to understand that Doan's Kid
ney Pills have entirely cured you?"
"Yes, that's the truth. I have no
more headaches or pains, and my ap
petite has returned. Before using
IHian's Kidney Pills I found it very try
ing1 to go up and down stairs, or to
sleep pn my back: but now -I can do
so without a single pain. I feel com
pletely ctrred, and I wish the manufac
turers every possible success."
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11EH HOPE FADED
siwinsibillty. to get trace of Madame of
the White Shoulders. In this quest, so
far unsuccessful, for the last two weeks
I have enjoyed the assistance, given
with sympathetic seal, of the girl who
saved my life from her, and who no
longer bears the name of "Cutting."
Should I succeed In finding madam.
I hope to force her to solve two prob
lems; the first, whether she and the
young man who wore a false beard and
spoke with her voice, were Identical
the one with the other. And if so,
whether she had exercised the same In
lluence w hich had so swayed my mind,
to her will upon the Jailer of the Ports
mouth prison, and by so doing had ef
fected the eseane of herself and her
companions, upon a previous occasion.
The End.
GOOD SHORT STORIES.
Made not Ills Case.
"My first eaM." said a Well-known at
torney, "was the defence of a negro
preacher In Missouri, who had been ar
rested for stealing wood from a rail
road company. A great deal of fuel hud
been lost from time to time, so when the
culprit was arrested the company was
so anxious to muke an example of him
that It employed special counsel and pros
ecuted tae case vigorously. The evidence
against the old man was convincing. He
had been seen sneaking around the wood
pile and was arrested while carrying off
a load.
"I had subpoenaed about twenty well
known business men to testify to the
previous good character of the defend
ant. When the prosecution's case was
closed 1 put one on the stand and askeVI:
" 'Do you know the defendant's repu
tation for honesty and integrity?'
" 'Ves.' was the answer.
"What I It-good or bud?'
"'Bad. He will steal anything he ran
get his hands on.'
"A titter ran through the court room.
It wasn't the answer I had expected, but
it was loo late, so 1 put on a bold front
and called another. He testified as the
other witness had, and the prosecuting
attorney rubbed his hands with satis
faction. Before I got through with my
witnesses, 1 proved that my client was a
notorious thief, who had never been
known to neglect an opportunity to steitl
something, no mutter how trilling it
might be. Then I c.ali?d a couple of
physicians, proved the existence of a
mental disorder as kleptomania, read some
authorities to show that It was a good
defence if proven, and submitted my cuse.
The old preacher was acquitted and there
at ter stole with iniminity. for he const"!
ei-ed his acquittal in the face of the facts
equivalent to a license to steal." San
Francisco tall.
.ii .
The London Times' Influence.
"What Is the secret of the Importance
nnd Inuuetice or the London Times?" 1
asked a prominent mumUer of parliament
i who Is spending a few weeks in this conn
iry.
"The mystery that surrounds the author.
ship of the articles on its editorial page,"
wus the reply. "Nobody except the edltor-
in-cnler knows wao writes for the Times
It has no stuff occupying desks In editorial.
rooms like the ordinary newspaper, but its
articles are all written on tne outside.
The editor-ln-chlef sends the Important
topics of the day to different persons, who
furnish the leaders. Many of thorn are
gratuitous; the rest tire paid for by the
column, the rates varying according to
the Importance of the writer. There is a
public imprestlon that all the leaders In
the Times are written by the great men
in the Hritisn empire, and when a sub.
serber opens the dump sheet In the morn
ing he always looks first at the editorial
page instead of the news column, ns he
does with the other papers, and as you
do In this country. He Imagines that the
articles he llnds there have been written
by the marquis of Salisbury, the elian
cellor of the exchequer, the minister of
home anrairs, the arcnulshop of London
the poet laureate, the lord chief Justice or
some outer Dig Dug. it Is popularly sup.
posed that all the great men In the Brit
Isli empire are continually writing for the
Times, while as a matter of fact 99 per
cent, of the editorials are prepared hv
ordinary literary hacks at the rate of $10
a column, 't he Times is a great humbus.
The late Mr. Burnum would have udmired
it Immensely. It has played this game
or mystery ior nair a century and still
continues to be oamddered as profound an
autnority on an topics aa the oracle of teh
Pythian Apollo at Delphi." W. K. Curtis,
in Chicago Kecord.
-MC-Ilow
Ho necatna a Professor,
Chauncey M. Depew lately visited the
mechanical detainment of Cornell univer
sity. He found at the head of St Professor
Morris. The lutter claimed him as an
old acquaintance. "How's that?" said
Mr. Depew. "I used to work for the New
Vork Central railroad." was the profes
sor's answer. "Indeed! In what depart
ment. -nn, just in tne ranks." "How
did you get here?" asked Depew. "I was
first u fireman on an engine. That was a
tough Job, but it led uu to the position
of engineer. When I becamo an engineer
1 made up inv mind te set an edueat on.
I studied at night and fitted myself for
i nton college, running all tne time with
my locomotive. 1 procured books and at
tended as rat- as posslDle the lectures and
recitations. I kept up with my class, and
on the day of graduation I left my loco
motive, washed up, put on the gown and
cap, delivered my thesis and received my
diploma, put the gown and cap in the
closet, put en my wonting shirt, got on
my engine and made my usual run that
day." "Then." said Depew, "1 knew how
he became Professor .Morris. That spirit
will cause a man to rite in any calling. Jt
Is ambition, hut it is ambition wisely di
rected, seeking to make oneself fitted for
higher work. When this is accomplished
the opportunity for higher work Is sure
to come."--i'alhollc Columbian.
Might Have been Cheaper.
Roscoe Conkllng catno Into Mr. Evarts'
ottlce one day. when he was a young law
yer. In quite a nervous state.
"You seem to be very much excited,
Mr. ronkling," said Mr. Kvarts, as Ros
coe walked up and down the room.
"Yea. J'ni provoked I am nrovoked."
i said Mr. C'onkllng. "I never had n client
dlssatislled about my fee before.'-
"Well, what's the matter?" askeil Mr.
Kvnris.
"Why. I defended Gibbons for uvson.
you know. He was convicted, but 1 did
hard work for him. I took him to the
Superior com., and he was convicted;
then on to the Supreme court, and the
Supreme court confirmed the judgment
and gave him ten years in the peniten
tiary. J charged him $3,0(10, and now Gib
bons is grumbling about it suva It's
too much. Now, Air. Kvarts. I ask you,
If I really charged too much?"
"Well," said Mr. Kvarts, vet-v delib
erately, "or course you did a good deal
of work, and $3,wm Is not a verv big fee;
but to be frank with you, Mr. 'ronkling.
my deliberate opinion Is thut he might
huve -been convicted for less money "
Chicago Times-H-rald.
One on an American.
They a- telling the story In London
t'iiut the impossible American In Paris
alighted at a hotel to find It absolutely
full.
"1 have nothing." expostulated the host,
almost trurfully, "nothing. The first floor
is taken by the king of the Ostenders, the
queen of Montegaria occupies the second,
the duke of Cottonopolis is sharing the
third tloor with the eali"h of Port Said,
and the crown prince of Nova Ksperanxa
Is sleeping on the Millard table. As tor
myself, I have to muke up a bed In the
office, und there only remains the cham
ber for my daughter. Of rourse "
"Is that -your daughter?" Interrupted
the American pointing to the young lady
at the desk.
"Yes. sir."
"All right; I'll marry her after lunch."
And, giving his vulise to the speechless
Boniface, he added. "Now. you can take
my bugguge up to our room." Argonaut.
Was Never Asked Again.
An amusing story is told of Professor
Blackle by Miss Anna. M. Btoddurt In
her new biography. It seems that the
genial professor was once asked to be
chairman at a temperance meeting. He
agreed, and opened his speech thus:
"1 cannot understand why I am asked to
be here. I am not a teetotaler far from
It. If a man asks me to dine with him,
and does not give me a good glass of
wine, I say that he Is neither a Christian
nor a gentleman. Germans drink beer.
Kngllshmen wine, ladles tea, and fools
water."
It Is not recorded that Professor Blackle
was ever again asked to appear In an
official capacity at a teetotal meeting.
Household Words.
Clara Lane accidentally set fire to her
nightdress in the disrobing scene of "Fra
Dlavolo," in Boston, and there- was al-
News of the Qreee
Room' and Foyer.
In one of Miss Kaiser's London let
ters recently mention was made of the
poor success lately experienced by
many prominent London theatrical en
tertainers. Klwyn A. Barron, la a let
ter to the Chicago Times-Herald upon
the same subject, explains the reason.
"The trouble," he says, ".Is the revolt
of the public from problem plays. There
has been a nauseous surfeit of the lb
senlsh delving Into morbid sexualltlcs.
The woman in rebellion to convention
who imngines that she has a mission to
reform the world before she has learned
how to govern her own tnlli mltie.i.mnrui
and other, has become offensively ob
trusive as the only dramatic heroine.
Hhe was Interesting us a novelty, but
she has become a dreadful bore as a
commonplace. The Intelligent public
heaven forfend that I should be thought
to mean that curious coinpuny which
Imagines that acceptance of Ibsen is a
test of intellect but sunc creatures,
with good red corpuscles in their veins
and orderly activity in their gray mat
ter, have grown aweary of your Noras,
and Heddas. and Paulas and all that
lot of hypertrophled and lymphatic cat
tle. They have served notice on the
preachers of social pessimism In a re
volt from the grossly prurient sexual
drama that has only been defamatory
of woman by enthroning types of mor
ally bilious women, and are now giving
their patronage to forms of entertain
ment that. If frivolous, are at least not
apotheoses of nymphomania. Hence
the music halls are crowded nightly by
audiences of fashionable distinction,
and the Haymarket. where 'Trilby' Is
playing. Is sold out a week in advance.
while the theaters that entered into a
rivalry or abandonment to sex ques
tions that refinement long ago excluded
from public discussion before mixed as
semblies are paying the penalty of their
mercenary shortsightedness."
II II II
During the run of Frank Mayo's dra
matisation of Mark Twain'3 "Pudd'n
head Wilson" in New York, when Mr.
Mayo was appearing In the title role,
and his Interpretation of the quaintly
humorous old Mlssourtan, Pudd'nhead
Wilson, was the Broadway sensation,
he learned something about fame, says
the Chicago Record. One day, while
Mayo was walking down Broadway, he
met a friend. With this friend was a
young actor who has some reputation
on the stage.
Said Mayo's friend, "Mr. Mayo, allow
me to introduce you to Mr. "
"Excuse me," said the young actor,
"but I did not quite catch the name."
"Mayo, this Is Frank Mayo," salt!
the friend. '
"Ah; Mr. Mayo, ore you In our pro
fession?" He was not trying to be sarcastic or
funny. He simply didn't know.
II II X
Richard Mansfield made a character
istic speech on the occasion of the last
performance of "Rodion" at the Garrick
theater in New York. Here are a few
extracts from It:
"1 had Imagined that the graceful
bows which you have seen me make had
shown my grateful sense of the deep
honor you huve done me to-night. But
It seems my bows were not graceful
enough or elegant enough to make my
meaning clear. Ere long I shall be
leaving this delightful city I always
call the place I happen to be acting in
delightful for other equally delightful
cities. It was borne In upon me gently
that If I remained here very long I
might be left without the means of get
ting food and drink, which are, it seems,
not unesnential to an actor. When
Paderewskl Mr. Paderewskl plays the
piano he usually rakes in about $4,000 at
a time. When I play as I think I
sometimes do on your emotions I make
rather less. I find, to my regret, that
I shall have to leave you for a time to
earn a livelihood In what you are, I be
lieve, pleased to call the provinces. Be
fore I go I beg to thank you once again
for all your kindness."
II II II
Marlon Manola-Mason, whose recent
debut on the vaudeville stage has at
tracted much attention, has a passion
for babies which, ordinarily. Is not lim
ited by color, condition or cleanliness,
but a few seasons ago, while starring
with her husband through the West,
she had an experience that she will not
soon forget.
For a change bill Mr. and Mrs. Mason
were playing "Caste," and, contrary to
the usual custom, the property man
had Instructions to see that a real "live"
baby was always on hand for the per
formance. Strange as it may seem,
considering the supply, this Is not such
an easy thing to get in every small
town and the property man was often
in a sore strait to meet the exacting
wishes of the stars.
One night Mr. and Mrs. Mason, arriv
ing rather late at the theater and plac
ing implicit confidence In the Intelli
gence of helr aforementioned "props,"
did not have the usual examination of
the necessary Infant. The effect may
be better Imagined than described when
Mrs. Mason, as Esther, the young wife,
held up to the view of the audience,
"My George's own blessed boy, born
while he was In India," a baby black as
the proverbial ace of spades with a boll
on the side of Its neck.
' ll II II
Frederick Warde tells of an experi
ence which he had with Louis James In j
Butte: "We had played Irginus' to
a packed house," he said, "and there
had been much enthusiasm on the part
of the gallery boys. After the final cur
tain and recalls I went to my dressing
room and began disrobing. But the
crowd refused to disperse and kept In
sisting on a speech. To satisfy them I
finally snatched up a sheet, "threw it
around me. toga fashion, and thus cos
tumed I strode before the curtain. Said
I: 'My friends, how can you reason
ably Insist on a speech? Virginlus Is
dead, Applus Claudius is dead, Icilius Is
dead and I am dead.' Then came a
shrill voice from the gods, saying:
"What have you done with the other
Idiot?" That was too much for me. I
tied precipitately."
li II li
Regarding the production of "The
Fencing Master" at the Academy of
Music this evening an engagement of
especial interest is expected. It will
Introduce Miss Katherlne Oermalne as
Franceses, the strong prima donna role,
which affords such rare opportunities
for an artiste to show her talents, and
made Marie Tempeat famous. The
company is well balanced throughout,
many of the cost being the same as
those that supported Miss Tempest In
the opera, which Is the strongest" work
of De Koven and Smith's numerous
successes and far mor durable In the
public' ear than either "Robin Hood"
or "Rob Roy." The musical conduc
tor's chair Is occupied by Hlgnor A.
Tomasi, who directed for eight years
with Mme. Emma Abbott, and led "Tim
Fencing Master" when Marie Tempest
was the star. The lending comedian
In the present organisation Is II. W. Tre
Dennlck, who also was with Miss Tem
pest. Marlon Langdon. Harry De Lorme,
H. Arthur Lelblee and Louise Bryant
make up the remainder of the list of
principals.
II II II
Manager William A. Brady's great
production of Sutton Vane's phenome
nally successful melodrama "The Cot
ton King" comes to the Academy Tues
day evening. It has had a most suc
cessful run In Boston where night after
night scores of people were turned
away. The play Is strong In all the
elements which appeal most forcibly to
the great average of mankind. The
Some of the More Important
Doings of These, Our Actors.
dialogue Is well written; In short it Is
a splendid pluy and has proved Its mer
its by the tests of Hnston criticism and
the constant attendance for weeks of
Immense and delighted audiences. "The
Cotton King" company Is said to be an
admirable organization for Manager
Brady Is a great believer In the abso
lute necessity of completeness every
where in his organisations.
H H I'
No one who has ever laughed at Tom
Seabrooke, In his inimitable perform
ance of "King Pomeroy," in "The Isle
of Champagne," or his "Terreiu-e
o'Grudy" in "The Cirand Vlzer" will
fall to see hlr.i In his new comedy "The
Speculator" which he appcui-H In at the
Academy of Music Monday evening.
i: II li
The opening performance of "Shad
ows of a Great City" will take place at
the Frothinghain Tuesday. J unitary .
The ploy has a remarkable record sis
seasons of uninterrupted success. It
retains many of the original ca3t. Miss
Annie Ward Tiffany. William Beach.
Mies Lottie Alter. Joseph W. Jefferson,
W. V. Allen and K. H. Tllton. The
action of the day Is rutdd. the situa
tions exciting, anil the dialogues excel
lent. In short, It is very effectively
staged.
II I! II
Bryton's "Forgiven" will he at
Davis' theater the first three davs of
next week.The New York Times says:
" 'Forgiven' has more distinct merit
than Is perceptible In most plays of the
sume type. Its story Is told with sim
plicity and directness, its scenes are
carried on amid such picturesque sur-
roiindlngs as never fall to gratefully
Impress the eye, and bits of comedy of
a kind that Invariably appeals to a pop
ular assemblage, alternate with pathos
that stirs with unfailing swiftness, the
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Augustln Daly's company of forty
people and their own orchestra; will
play "A Mid Summer Night' Dream"
at. the Academy of Mueic nxt Satur
day evening. This is the first time Mr,
Daly has ever sent his company In its
entirety to a one night stand and it
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FOOTLIGHT FLASHES:
Odette Tyler is to star.
Yvette Gullbert's repertoire embrace
6(l songs. ,
Julia Arthur may star in Charlotte
Corday ulay. w
Nut Goodwin will shortly produce "H(
Absent Hoy."
Kdwin Stevens has been udded to Augus
tln Daly forces. , .
a performance of "Oberon," conducted by
Weber himself. In HCti.
Pauline Hall gave 60.00 loaviw of bread
to the poor of St. Louis last week.
John Drew last week saved Maud Adams
from being crushed under falling scenery.
J he theater established bv Bishop Fal
lows ,at Chlcugo to elevate the stage ha
fulled.
It Is aid that Willie Collier next year
Is to star under the nutnugement'of Rich
& Harris. ;
Deninan Thompson and Kelt Burgess
may Join forces in a play with two suita
ble characters.
There is excellent authority to the effect
that Vli-Klniu Harned and K. H. Sothera
are to b married.
Delia Fox's unskirted picture had to b
covered on the Boston billboards by order
of the avuhoiltlt-s.
Aubrey lloiieleault will appear at Bos.
ton to produce his father's principal suc
cesses, such s 'T'he Shraughaun." "Ar
ruh Na Poguo" and "Colleen Bswn."
A Kansas City theatrical manager Is up-to-date.
1 he men ushers have been re
nlaetd by some of "the handsomest young
ladies In the city" who wear bloomer.
.Manager Augustln 1 aly intends to take
his aompuny to Indon In the fall here
after, Instead of In the eurlv summer. He
will oiicn his next London season about
Sept. ft l&M.
lpudore Rush not so very long ago In.
velgled her mother into a theater for
the first time in her life, telling afore
suiil mother thut there was to be a lec
ture. It did not take long for the de
ceived lourty to fathom the game, Look
ing around she said, "I know very welt
whore I nm. but I nm not the least bit
sorry." Boston letter in Dramatic New
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