THE WEEKLY HERALD: I'LATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MARCH 23. 1893.
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THEATRICAL REM
Thomas W. Keene's Fine Pro
duction of "Richard III."
WE CHEAT DECLINE OF TBAGEDt
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Kei-n Compared With Other Acton of III.
ClnM-finiulp About Martha Morton'.
Nar I'Uy For William II. t'rano MitggL
Clin and tba Tank Lawreora llanlvjt U
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K W VORK
March IS. '1 linrn
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lie-en attacked, l id
Iciiliil, im'runirc
anil "ilumneil wit!
' faint prune" I-,
the New York cril
i liw, wlio tire, laki I
am a whole, an in
co in pre Imixililt
!ii!r if I :!. "' " it li a nopulu
anil favor curryin.
mar or iminuKcr i
Kene-rally given
twice n iiiucli
imcH in t lit New
York dailies n.
waa ilevciliil lc
Keene's excellent
production ot
"Kii'lmiil 111" at
the 1'nion S(iHire tlieater.
Mr. Keene may not lie the eijunl of IM
win llooth, but Booth la no lunger on the
Mane. Forrext, Barrett, Davenport ami
Mi'CuIIoiikIi may have nil Ixen lietterae
torn, hut they are dead. Ilcliry living
ToniHHio Salvinl and Uossi may be Keene'f
Mipcriorn, but tiny do not live in the I nk
ril States.
Therefor if coniparisotm are to be made
It N obviously unfair 1 1 1 crit ii l-e Keene be
oaiine hi methods and liln work are alleged
to be Inferior to those of some, other actors
who are either dead or visit this country at
rare intervals, if at 1 Itelallve estimates
of this sort are usually absurd and nhvnyn
valueless, for there is no way by which then
correctness or incorrect ness tuny be proved.
Ills, however, but fair that Keene should
be compared with the contemporary actors
of America who e-sNiy the name line ol
work.
In reality Keene la the only really well
known traKtslian in tliia country who sticks
to the strictly legitimate, Frederick aide
and Louis James, excellent actors, are
traveling as joint stars. Tliey have both
earned reputations in stralulit trai?i dy, but
they have digressed a tnHeaml are said to
be making a great deal of money with the
talented Henry Guy Carleton's two excel
lent plays. "Memiinti" and "The l.ion'n
Mouth," the former of which is declared by
koine well known critics to be the eipial of
anythinu heavy written since Shakespeare',
time. There uru other younger t ragedians,
but these three men easily outrank them
All in experience and denioust rated ability.
Hubert Downing may perhaps lie con
Riilcied a tragedian, but his success-and
there can lie no reasonable doubt that lie
lias been successful has been in a great
measure duo to the spectacular and popu
lar nature of bis productions, of which the
greatest favorite, by long odds, was "The
(iladiator." Alexander Salvinl may possi
bly be it Kreat tragedian. He is a young
actor of remarkable ability and attractive
personality, but he very sensibly devotes
most of bis time to the romantic drama,
preferring such type ns "The Three
Guardsmen," "Don l.'a'sar do lia.an" and
"A Child of Naples."
It will thus be seen that Keene Is Iheonly
one of our actors with ageneral reputatio.i
whelm stuck, single handed, to tragi dy,
and while such praise may not be a part ic
ularly great compliment at the present
time, when tragedy is probably at the low
est ebb that it luus ever reached on the
American stage, I must admit that Keene,
In my opinion, easily overtops hiscompct
llors lie Is conscientious to n degree; bis
conception of a part is always artistic, if
nometiines at variance with the popular
Idea, he is a beautiful reader, powerful and
effective in climax declamation, and be can
cross the stage gracefully or hold it alone
without tiring his audience.
It lias been asserted that Mr. Keene U in
tensely theatric. This was true to a very
large extent a few years ago, but time lias
greatly mellowed his methods, and in some
respects affected bis work injuriously, I
til ink. Mr. Keene's robustness and appar
rut sincerity have always constituted hi
greatest charm to me, and in parts where
his natural incllnntiu is allowed to have
full scope and where t he result is appropri
te bis superior is hard to llnd anywhere.
Kichard III is such a part, and at the risk
Of otleliding the coterie of New York elra
mal ic critics I must take except ion to their
tin most casesi llippant or absurd comment
ef Mr. Keene's production of "Uichard 111."
It was worthy of extended notice, and his
oik deserved unstinted praise.
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LA WltKXCE IIAM.KV
It Is not fair Is iause Mr. Hisith is the
reeogni.ed bead of the dramatic profession
In America tcsct bis methods up as the
nalterahle RtambiMl and accept no other
Ho man cn the stage is so thoroughly sat
united with mannerisms iu Henry Irving,
ind yet w hen he comes over here some of
these same critics who sneer at Keene and
affect tc (iatroiii.e bim almost as though
he were a beginner fairly slobber over the
Englishman, entirely oblivious of the fact
that it is not so niucli li ving's ability as an
actor as bio attention to the most trilling
details of bis always elalsirate productions
that has earned for him bis present prom
inent position in tlie dramatic world. Irv
ing' conception of a character Is almost
always correct His execution of that con
eeptiorV seldom if indeed ever devoid of
faults.
I do not wish to lie regarded as an nn
eualificd admirer of Mr. Keene. Hi work
in several characters Is excessively displeas
ing to me. Koi instance, I regard bim at
being entirely lr adequate in that "fattest"
of well known b.'avy parts. Cardinal Riche
lieu But, tate him all in all, Thomaa W.
Keene in entitleil to he designated "a grtat
a:tor."
This ia the lart week of "On Probation''
at the Star theater. This farce hua denioc
lit rated how the people will follow an actot
after he him once secured a firm hold upoo
their affect ions. "On I'robation" is about
as much of a farce as a play can well I
while Crane la a first clam comedian, and
fet I understand that the business has been
so large that nothing but a contract with
Miss Martha Morton, tbeauthorof "Itroth
er John," which will he produced next
Monday night, ha preveiiteil "On I'robit
tiou" from running clear through to th
end of Mr. Crane's etigag 'incut. This is n
wonderful tribute to the genial comedian')
Ability and popularity.
I!y the way, it ia reported that while Mr.
Crane bus declined the olTer of thesytnli
cateof wealthy men who were anxious tt
build a tbi'ater for bim in this city be ha
promised to again consider the matter next
year, so that if he should decide intheaf
lirniaMve the house can Is) got ready before
New Year's day, IMA. There has been somt
gossip to the elici t that Holison and Cram
may join forces next season, but this i
mere lJialto rumor which is not entitled tu
the slightest credence. Those who aro fa
miliar with the relations existing between
the two men never expect to nee them to
get her again on the same Ma,'e.
Upon the fate of "Hrothcr John" will cle
pend in a great ineusuro the career of Mis
.Martha Morton as a playwright. If the
piece should succeed, her services will be in
great demand at a high rate of royalty, but
if, on the other band, it should fuil, it w ill
very nut urally bo argued that a person whe
writes a play so poor that William II
Crane is uniibe to make it "go" cannot tf
much of a dramatic author. Miss Morton'.
past work gives promise of great thlngn in
the future, and for the sake of the Amen
can drama it is to la- hoped that "ISrothei
John" w ill make a bit.
It Is announced that Maggie CTine is t:
desert variety to become an exponent of the
tank drama, which is a sort of otTslioot
of the variety stage, fur without special; ies
the average day with "a river of real
water" would not amount to much. "Me
Closkey," whom the buxom Maggie has
thrown down so many times, will now have
a chance to recuperate. It is nUu announced
that Miss ( line, in the melodrama of which
she is to be the "inelo star," will do a
couple of turns and will then leap into the
tank, from which she will be hauled by the
leading man. This individual will have
to be endowed with considerable muscle
to accomplish his task with the necessary
snap, for Miss ('line's figure is not that of
a Venus, and her avoirdupois Is very much
in evidence, lint the lady is a gisid deal i f
an artist in her w ay, anil in the line of ro
bustuoiis Irish female singing she stands
at the very tip top of the ladder. She
ought to make a success of her new vcutu-e.
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N'INA KAI!l;IN(iT(iN
The few real actors on the sta ve w ill ooti
be crowded off If the pugilist ic cra.e Is to
continue. No sooner bad I.ii Smith den,
onstrateil to Joseph Goddard, the n-sthelic
Australian champion who bad no confl
dence In the theory of "kiiockiugout," that
his Ideas on the subject were hopelessly In
correct than nn "enterprising" theatrical
manager telegraphed him an ofiei of Pi:s a
week to appear nightly with hi, sho-v
Smith very promptly ami sensibly accepted,
and Keene, Wanle, James and Salvini are
now trembling.
Fortunately for ISooth, he icliicd in time,
and it is not probable that the elder ivl
villi will tempt fate by invitin- eompa.i
son with this new bistiionic tai with li..
not uiiconitiio;i name of Smith, which has
so gloriously and so suddenly b-ir.-i uoou
the dramatic firmament. It is also said
that Hob Fit.simmoiis has been olVered
?1,IKI0 a week as an inducement to transfer
bis knocking out efforts from the ring to
the drama And thus it goes. Verily, to
paraphrase liulwer l.ytton, "the s't jH
mightier than the brain."
The latest aspirant for stellar honors is
Lawrence Hunlcy, who will begin bis tour
early next month. Ilanlcy has been at dif-
f,'r,'"lt ti s the leading man of llooth,
Barrett and other well known actors. nL.
is but 'J8 years of age, but has had excellent
schooling for the work in baud, lie is
handsome and of fine physique. The play
which has la-en sulected as the vehicle for
llanley's debut la practically "David (iar
rick" rewritten. It is called "The I'luyer"
and is so arranged that thu best act from
"Hamlet," "Uoineoand Juliet" "Othello,"
"Macbeth" and others of Shakespeare's
plays may be given. This amounts
Manually to a nightly change of bill. Han
ley U from the south and will begin Us
lour there. It is but fair to await develop
incuts Mure criticising the wisdom of the
venture, but It cannot be dented that the
masses are chary of giving their support to
anything that even savors of tragedy. Still
young Hiinley may prove a genuine sur
prise and thus upset all managerial pre
dictions. It is said that Miss Nina Farrington, who
Is now on a visit to this country, is the most
photographed act res of the day. She has
beetion the stage only alsiut three yeArs,
during which time she ban appeared prin
cipally in burlesque. H,,. j U)W m,,,.,.
engagement in London to appear in the
forthcoming production of "Don Juan" at
the (iaiety, but it is whispered that she
limy head an enormous burlesque company
which will U-organized in this city to tour
the L'niteil States ami Canada.
Miss Farrington is extremelv prettv and
has a superb figure. She set the dudes of
New York raing about her when she ap
peared as the king ot the chappie during
the run of "Cinderella" at the Academy of
Music. Miss Fai rington was a member of
Fred Ieslie' company tip to the time of
that brilliant comedian's death. She is the
daughter of Surgeon General Hose of the
British navy. Octavi s Cohks.
Debut of a I.omliii) rrodlgy.
A .Vyear-old violinist, Master Hhvl Bow
en, made his debut in London at'tiatti'
Music hall, Charing Cross. The child
played two fantasias on popular airs, such
its "Home, Sweet Home," "The Ijist Rose
of Summer" and ' Love' Golden Dream,"
together with sevinl Scotch tune. He
wa loudly applauded for hut effort.
TO INCREASE BATTING
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Caylor Thinks the Pitcher h
Curbed at Last.
PLENTY OP B ASE HITS PROBABLE
A Surfeit of Them May Follow the Faniln
of the rt The Different Attempt Tho
Have Been Mad to llnlnlh the I'ltch
r' Great Power,
Y THE recent leg
islatiou on ruief
at the Natioiia
league's spring
meeting In New
York every nun
or boy in the Unit
ed States whe
either reads alsuil
thu national game
sees it played ol
helps to play it
la-comes deeply in
tercsted. Therule!
of the National
league contro
ba-icbull plnyinir everywhere, whether it lie
amoevur or professional. Therefore the
radical changes minlu by the League in its
playing rules will affect games universally
for lMn.
The most Important of these changes ii
that which puts the pitcher farther hack
Into the diamond. Theexperimetit isadar
ing one, and the most conservative ainonii
the baseball observeisawaitthe result with
some misgivings. The increaicd distance
Is virtually five feet. Heretofore a line SI
feet from the home plate has la-en the lit
plus ultra of the pitcher the limit of hi.
approach to the batter in delivering the
ball. He dared not get so much as thu tot
of his sIhkj overt his line in stepping forward
to pitch, ruder t lie new rule his boundary
line is put behind him tio f-t-t ti inches
from the outer edge of tho home plate. ( lue
of bis feel must be on this line when he be
gins to deliver the ball, and in delivering it
hucan take but a single step not a juni
or about five feet. A lo!i legged piichci
will be in demand, whereus a iltick leggeil
"twirler" oujht to labor under a lieaviel
handicap.
The new rule makes It much easier for the
long suffering and much abused umpire
lie need not nsnv watch where the pitcher
lands with bis "forward" foot, but need
only observe that one of bis feet is on the
prescrila-d line when the delivery begins.
To the superficial student of the game
this change in pitching distance may iqi
pear Ies important than it ivally is U'ln n
it is rememliereit that pitchers like Mul
lane, liecker and Mortis in their day ac
quired a winning superiority by stepping
w ith half their advanced foot over the line,
some Idea will be had of the dill'eivnre
w hich five feet more will make to the batter.
The Players' league in IS1KI put their pitchers
back only a ftsit and a half, yet the batting
was so much heavier on t heir fieids than it
was on thediamondsof the National league
that they were compelled to return to the
.Ki-I'oot mark o that their pitchers might
not appear inferior.
Tlieinipression is widespread that the new
rule will remove the crown from the pitch
er king; that hereafter he ill be no more
important than other members of the team.
For several years the public has clamored
and hungered for "more batting." Now
they'll get it. There may be a surfeit after
the famine in bnse hits. Too much of a
change would be unpopular. And yet the
Miinmer's batting promises to be of the
bill, bang, set. 'cin-up again kind. My hum!
est opinion U that one season, or maj be a
part of one season, will bo enough tini!, r
the new-rule tomakethe baseball public
pine for a few feet nearer relationship be
tween the lordly pitcher and tho vengeful
batter.
The pitcher has been the personification
of trouble to baseball legislators ever since
the game became professionalized. lie bus
slowly and insidiously overridden the re
strictions v up by rule to curb his primes.
In the early seventies the rules required
that he deliver the ball with the arm swing
ing almost parallel with the body. That
was the pure "pitch," and in this delivery
Asa lirainerd was king. Gradually the
pitchers began to raise the arm and swing
it with an angle at the shoulder, which
grew more and more obt use. That made it
uee.-es.saiy to adopt a rule declaring the bull
to be illegally delivered if the baud passed
through a plane higher than that which
cleft the pitcher's belt. Immediately the
fashion among pitcher in wearing belts
la-came so changed that some of them wore
uniforms after tliestyleof the em pi re gown.
To save trouble the legislators retreated
and set up another barrier rallied, as it
were-ut the height of the shoulder. Here
trouble among the umpires liecame so gen
eral that the powers threw down the bars,
removed all restriction and permitted the
pitchers to throw from any plane within
their reach.
During my experience as a magnate 1
conceived the idea of having a plaie of
ntnooth marble in front of the pitcher's
box w hich should split bim up the middle
if he offended against t he rule by overstep
ping the limit. Instead of fooling him he
bailed me. In less than a month after the
marble slab w as laid down a a snare for
his offetulii.g feet lie was universally wear
ing a rubber soled lawn U-tinls nhoe, fid
the marble slab was nothing but a tomb
stone over an idea that met an early death.
This time I can't figure out how the
pitcher is going to escape the handicap.
Perhaps he Is harnessed at last. Yet I'll
not swear to it as a positive, forgone fact
until several monthsof the new season have
passed.
The pitcher has shown himself to la- such
a very slippery fellow that he may find a
way out ot the difficulties that now stand In
his path.
The fiat bat of course is gone. H. 1. 1'.
Another rule wisely restricts sacrifice hit
ting and gives the luitter credit by excus
ing him a lime at bat. Now he will not le
asked to sacrifice his average whenever he
sacrifices bis i himce. And it must be a
sacrifice indeed. Flies to the outfield will
no longer count as sacrifices; only an infield
Lit, w hich advances a ba.se ninni r and puts
no one out hut himself.
The balk rule was changed so as to make
it easier lor the umpire to decide w lieu a
pitcher balks. The magnates meant well
ill the effort, but 1 doubt whether the v sue
cet-ded.
The League-championship season la-gins
April 27, two weeks later than last year,
and ends Sept. mi. The managers are try
ing to avoid the bad weather of early spring
and late autumn.
The Chicago Club is schedule-el for l'J Sun
day game at home. The Hustons, New
Yorks, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and
Clevelands alone refuse to play Sunday
games at home or In the west. Theotily
two clubs wb'th join the Sunday playing
division are the Chicago and Hrooklyns,
The latter w ill play on Sundays away from
home only. O. P. Cavlob.
A Talaabl CoUocttoa.
The collection mania has ite victims
Among all cltuseo of people, from the
poorest to the richest, and very often
queer trait of character are shown by
the collections made. A successful Wail
street broker has a collection that is
nnhine, valuable and income producing.
Bleewod with abundant means, he h;ia for
the past five years been able to gratify
his whim for the collection of b.ink
stocks. Hi ambition is to have the larg
est collection of certificatesof bank stucks
in the world. Ilia plan is to buy just
one share of stock iu each national bunk.
Recently he found that every national
bank in New York city except ono wr.
represented in his collection. Tho e x
ception was the Chemical, theU)0h ;v. t
of which sell for something over if j.OOt)
e.cli.
After trying fur a long while to finl
some one who would sell him a single
shure the collector came across three
shares which were for salu in a 1 imp.
He could not get one alone, conseiti -ntly
he bought the thn-e f.,r a trifle over $l.V
OiH). -I was led into making collections
of bank stocks," said this gentleman t
other day, -la'cause I could not think ol
anything else to collect. Amomr my
friends were collectors of pictures,
bronzes, marbles, bric-a-brac, flowers
books, postage stamps, coins, mu-icul
instruments, glassware and almost ev
erything el'. I wanted to collect some
thing that would be out of the ordinary
and ut the same tmif be of permanent
value. Tli-n -fore 1 settled on bunk
share's." New Vol!; Tuii.-s.
Was There an Age of Copper?
M. Derthelot. the well known French
teclmicist. in a communication to the
Acaileinie d'-s Sciences, states his beli 'f
iu the some time existence of an ;ty;o of
copper in addition to the three recog
nized uri h.'i'ological eons of stone, bro.ize
(copper ami tin) and iron. He bases his
opinion chiefly upou an analysis of a
piece of copper which had been found by
M. de Sarzec in tho course of an:i;v.a
rinti investigations in Mesopotami i, or
Al Jezira, as the Arabs designate tin"
famous stretch of country between the
Euphrates and the Tigris. The fri-rim :it
tints chemically determined proves to
have neither tin nor zinc entering into
its composition, there being simply traces
of lead and arsenic.
Water and the atmosphere had made
ravages into the specimen, which was
practically a suboxide or u compound of
protoxide and metallic copper. As the
ruins from which tl.e piece of r.iotal was
taken are authoritatively considered to
be more ancient than even those of llabv
Ion, M. IVrthelot docs not hesitate to
promulgate the theory that an a ce of
copper preceded the bronze and iron
periods, especially as the examination tA
the component parts of a portion of a
metallic scepter which, it is alleged, be
longed to ti i har.ioh who reigned i;i
Egypt some 3.."i0 years P.. (.'., showed t;o
sign of the presence of tin, Loudon
Iron.
I-oi.ll Inn of WiiimI unit Its Durability.
The problem has troubled many why
two pieces of wood, sawed from the same
nection of a tree, should possess very
varied characteristics when used in dif
ferent positions. For example, a gate
post will be found to decay much faster
if tho butt clnl of the tree is uppermost
than would bo the case if tho top were
placed iu this position. The reason is
tiiat the moisture of the atmosphere will
permeate the pores of the wood much
more rapidly the way the tree grew than
it would if in the opposite direction.
Microscopical examination proves that
the pores invite the ascent of moisture,
while they repel its descent. Take the
familiar case of a wooden bucket. Many
may hnve not iced that senne of the staves
appear to be entirely saturated, while
others are apparently quite dry. This
arises from the same cause the dry
staves aro in the position in which the
tree grew, while tho saturated ones are
reversed. London Tit-Hits.
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Tho living alumni of tne University of
Michigan are said to number twice its
many ns the living alumni of any other
educational institution iu this country.
Harvard is reported to be next, with
Ya! a good thirl
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Tho worst cases yield to tho
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tors can, and do, promise to pay
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