Loop City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher
LOUP CITY, - . NEBRASKA
A New Industry.
It is quite possible that a new and
important industry will be developed
in this country. There has been com
mendable effort, national and state,
looking to the protection of game ani
mals and the preservation of species
that have become well-nigh extinct
through the waste permitted in earlier
years. Now a step ahead may be ta
ken. The federal government, through
the department of agriculture, is giv
ing the matter attention. The depart
ment proposes to aid the people in
goiag into the business of producing
venison for profit. A circular has
baen sent forth in which the following
recommendations are made: “As a re
sult of the growing scarcity of game
animals in this country the supply of
venison is wholly inadequate to the
demands, and the time seems oppor
tune for developing the industry of deer
farming, which may be made profita
ble alike to the state and to the indi
vidual engaged therein. The raising
of venison for market is as legitimate
a business as the growing of beef 01
mutton, and state laws, when prohib
itory, as many of them are, should be
so modified as to encourage the indus
try. Furthermore deer and elk may
be raised to advantage on rough,
brushy ground unfit for either agricul
ture or stock raising, thus utilizing for
profit much land that is now waste. An
added advantage is that the business
is well adapted to landowners of small
means.” Several gentlemen who have
attempted to raise deer for the market
report that they have had very satis
factory returns. And if deer, why not
buffaloes and other animals?
Don't Forget to Forget.
“Brooding over the past, however
ruinous and foolish it has been, is
useless—only a waste of strength and
opportunity,” says J. R. Miller. “Noth
ing good ever conies of it. The Jap
anese have a proverb:
“ ‘My skirt with tears is always wet,
I have forgotten to forget.’
"Too many people forget to forget.
St. Paul's way was better. He forgot
the things that were behind, whether
mistakes or attainments, left them al
together in the past, and stretching
forward to the things that were before,
he used all his energy and strength to
achieve them. Good wishes at the be
ginning of the year or on one’s birth
day are pleasant. They give us encour
agement and put new zest' into our
lives. After all, however, good wishes
will not come true by the mere wish
ing. We make our own years, and
whether they are beautiful and happy
or not, will depend on the kind of liv
ing we put into them.”
Azerbaijan, into which Britain and
Russia are prepared, if necessary, to
carry the sword of peace, is the home
of the descendants of the Ghebers, the
ancient fire-worshipers of Persia. The
whole countryside is admirably adapt
ed to the propagation of a fire-worship
ing creed, for earthquakes and caverns
vomiting fumes from subterranean
conflagrations abound in the neighbor
hood of Tabriz. One of the most re
markable caverns in the world is that
of Secundereah, whose character re
sembles the Grotto del Cane of Naples.
It gives off noxious fumes, which at
certain times are certain death to man
and beast. But the most astonishing
place in Azerbaijan is the ruined city
of Takht-i-Suleimann, or Solomon’s
temple. The city stands on a hill 150
feet high, with a wall of 30 feet em
bracing the crumbling remains of tem
ple and shrine. In the midst is a lake.
Although most of the buildings are of
the Mohammedan period, there is one
striking mass which has been identi
fied as the temple of the fire-worship
ers.
Phonographic records of hymns
sung by Ira D. Sankey were used at a
praise service in one of the Brooklyn
churches on the last Sunday evening
in October. Among them were “The
Ninety and Nine,” “Hiding in Thee,”
and “Simply Trusting.” Just before
the benediction the lights were turned
low, and there came from the shadows
the song, "There’ll Be No Dark Val
ley When Jesus Comes.” Thus
through the wonders of modern inven
tion the voice of the dead was heard
by his friends.
A Buffalo doctor says that garden
worms produce cancer. The fish found
that out long ago. The small boy who
impales the worm will now become a
sanitary auxiliary.
Esperanto is now to travel the way
of Volapuk and a new world language
is to be tried. The ideal, however,
seems very far off. When all man
kind are friends and brothers, then
they will probably speak the same
language; at least, the prediction that
the universal brotherhood of man will
find a universal tongue seems a per
fectly safe and conservative one.
Physicians now declare that vegeta
bles cause cancer. Then why doesn’t
the potato bug get it?
“I know where $3,000,000 in cash lies
concealed,” said a New York lawyer.
"This vast sum lies concealed in the
inaide vest pocket of the 30,000 auto
uvjbllists of New York state. Each
man carries $100 of it in one crisp
note, ready to be paid out in a fine, if
he should be arrested for speeding.”
The shah of Persia has decided that
he can'get along without a constitu
tion. Mr. Shah wants to be careful, or
he may lose his own constitution—and
by-laws, too. _
PROMINENT PEOPLE
QUITS ACTIVE SERVICE
Rear Admiral John E. Pillsbury, IT. S. N.,
who was placed on the retired list the other
day, having reached the age limit of 62 years,
is one of the most popular officers among the
rank and file that ever wore a naval officers'
uniform. Pillsbury is to-day the recognized au
thority on hydrographic and geodetic work in
the United States navy, and his works on cur
rents, etc., are so thorough und comprehensive
that they are the standard text books on the
subjects the world over. He, too, has the honor
of being one of the few personal appointees of
President Lincoln.
In 1862 President Lincoln, who had been im
portuned by the youngster to be permitted to go
to the front, appointed him a midshipman. His
first duty as an ensign was at the Charlestown
navy yard, where he remained three years. After three more years on the
Asiatic station he was assigned to the work in which he became famous.
His first command in coast survey work was in 1875. He at once attract
ed world-wide attention, and his special knowledge in matters relating to
that branch of naval science won instant recognition. He continued on hy
drographic and coast survey work for 15 years.
With the outbreak of the Spanish war he directed the commissioning
and outfitting of the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius at the local yard, and as that
craft's commander, took her to Cuba. The operations of the Vesuvius and its
value in the Cuban campaign are matters of history.
In 1905 he became the chief of staff for Rear Admiral Barker and sub
sequently for Rear Admiral “Bob" Evans with the Atlantic fleet, was last
year again a member of the general war board, had the honor of declining
the appointment of superintendent of the naval academy, and in January of
this year he was appointed chief of the bureau of navigation to succeed
Rear Admiral Brownson. Rear Admiral Pillsbury, who gained the flag rank
of rear admiral in the regular order in July of this year, proved so valuable
in the office of chief of the bureau of navigation that last week President
Roosevelt asked him to continue the duties as a retired officer until March
-1 next, at least, and Rear Admiral Pillsbury complied with the request.
GEN. YOUNG RETIRES
Gen. S. B. M. Young, until a short time ago
the dashing lieutenant general of the United
States army and who retired with that honor,
has resigned as superintendent of the Yellow
stone park, the big government reservation in
Wyoming. The resignation took effect January
1, when Gen. Young retired to private life.
The military record of Gen. Young is one
of the most brilliant in the history of the United
States and his success was achieved only by
hard work and indomitable courage. He never
knew what the word defeat meant. As a tacti
cian in army maneuvers he was without a peer,
and it was for this reason that he was placed at
the head of the army college.
Gen. Young first entered the army as a pri
vate in the Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteers,
and five months later was captain of the company. A year later he was pro
moted to the grade of major. His advancement for meritorious and brave
conduct in action was fast, unt!J the end of the war, and when he was mus
tered out of the service he held the rank of colonel. He was also brevetted
brigadier general for conspicuous gallantry. When the civil war was over
he entered the regular army, and his wonderful record on the western fron
tier in squelching many Indian uprisings with cavalry forces are bright shin
ing spots in his brilliant career.
Upon the outbreak of the Spanish war Col. Young was given the rank of
brigadier general of volunteers and assigned to duty at Las Guasimas, Cuba,
where the first battle of the Rough Riders took place, and where President
Roosevelt distinguished himself. Before the close of the war, Gen. Young had
been honored with the rank of major general of volunteers, which rank died
with the volunteer army in 1899. He was made a brigadier general in the
regular army and sent to the; Philippines. Then followed the daring and
successful campaign in Luzon, conducted under the direction of Gen. Young,
whose cavalry scattered and broke up the insurgent organizations effectually.
Upon his return from the Phillipines Gen. Young was promoted to major
general to succeed Gen. Nelson A. Miles, and selected by Secretary Root to
be the president of the war college. He will make his home in the national
! capital.
MAYOR OF HONOLULU
Joseph James Fern, first mayor of Honolulu,
capital of Hawaii, comes of a family that ought
to delight President Roosevelt's heart. He was
the fourteenth child in his father's family, and
he himself, two months ago, became the father
of his fourteenth child. Ten of his children sur
vive—five boys and five girls. His eldest sister
is the mother of 1C children, and he has a broth
er who is the father of 15. Including brothers
and sisters, uncles and aunts and cousins, there
are 148 living persons of the Fern blood in the
Hawaiian islands.
The patriarch and progenitor of this clan
was James Fern, an Englishman who had fought
under Wellington through the w^ars of Napoleon
and was a veteran of the battle of Waterloo. He
came to the Sandwich islands, as they were
then known, shortly after the death of Kamehameha the Great. He brought
with him medals and trophies won under Wellington, and these long re
mained in the family.
Mayor Fern has been for many years in the operating departments of
steamship companies as paymaster, having entire charge of the hiring and
discharge of the steamship and stevedore forces. The mayor is something
of a linguist. His mpther tongue is Hawaiian, but in addition he speaks
English and Portuguese and during the campaign he made speeches in all
three languages.
For the past two years Mayor Fern has been a member of the board of
supervisors of Oahu county. The city and county of Honolulu is the successor
of the county of Oahu, so that Mr. Fern does not come wholly inexperienced
to his new duties.
BLUFFED CASTRO GOVERNMENT
Thomas P. Moftatt, consul of the United
States at LaGuayra, Venezuela, has added some
what to the peevishness of the' late Castro ad
ministration down in that country of comic
opera revolutions by declining to make Uncle
Sam's consulate a toy of the native administra
tion.
When the plague-stricken port of LaGuayra
was1 shut off from the outside world to prevent
the spread of the disease, thereby working some
damage upon the commercial part of the city,
the local board of health proceeded to carry out
a plan to lift the embargo. A document was
drawn up and signed by the local officials in
which it was emphatically stated that “the
health of LaGuayra was perfect” and that the
closing of the port was merely a mistake that
should be recorded forthwith. When this precious document was present
ed to the various consular officials located by the different governments at
LaGuayra, they promptly signed it, thereby giving their official support to a
point blank lie that was to be spread abroad to the trading world outside.
All but Consul Moffatt. He declined to attach his signature or the seal of his
consulate to any such certificate, and he had backbone enough to stick to it,
even when he was threatened, with the cancellation of his exequator.
Up to the present time no order has been issued ordering the young
consul to give up his job and hurry home, and there are no symptoms that any
such action is pending. In fact it looks very much as though Mr. Moffatt had
bluffed the government to a standstill.
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Dietary of Apples.
During a visit to the South of Eng
land, a gentleman was recently met
who for the last three years has lived
on one meal a day, and that meal
ccomposed chiefly of apples. He stated
that the juices of the apples supplied
him with all the moisture or drink he
needed; that, he claimed, was of the
purest kind, being in reality water dis
tilled by nature, and flavored with
the pleasant aroma ox' the apple. He
partook of his one meal about three
o’clock in the afternoon, eating what
he felt satisfied him, the meul occupy
ing him from twenty minutes to half
an hour.
Their Speaking Words.
“So Smith and Jones are on bad
terms.”
“Yes. It seems each ran afoul of
the other's fad.”
“How was that?” .
"Smith made some biting remarks
about. Jones’ prize show dogs, and
Jones retaliated on Smith's bee ama
teur culture with some stinging re- <
torts.”—Baltimore American.
LUCKY STARS IN THE
AMUSEMENT WORLD
ARE SHOWERED WITH GIFTS AND HONORS
Many Owe Their Present High Prices to Amer
ica—Tommy Burns’ $30,000 and American
Pugilists in Paris—Who Does the Least to
Get the Most?
EJANE had quit
her theater in
time to see Sam
MacVea knock
out lien Taylor at
the Paris Hippo
drome.
“What does he
get for that?" she
asked, as the Her
culean American
negro struck an
attitude of inso
lent and utter triumph beside his pros
trated adversary, while 9.000 Parisians,
paying from $10 to $1, except in the
highest gallery, cheered themselves
hoarse.
“What! $3,000 to do nothing, to
risk nothing, suffer nothing?" Rejane
exclaimed, scandalized. "That man
gave him no fight, no hurt; when he
got tired of showing off, he felled him
So tlie Parisian question rose—Who
does the least to get the most? Rejane
and most Parisians know noothing of
the $30,000 of our Tommy Burns in
Australia, "win, lose or draw,” but to
earn it against dangerous Jack John
son risked the very reputation that
made life "Christmas the year round”
for hint.
Earnings of Star Pugilists.
Were star pugilists to really risk
their reputation frequently they would
fall into the category of Mephisto. the
first man to "loop the loop.” He re
ceived $5,400 per month and became a
great personage in all the capitals of
Europe for risking to break his neck
every night!
X’o. the $4,000 that Burns picked up
easily for knocking out Bill Squires
last Grand Prix night was really better
money, and it opened Tommy's eyes to
THE PRICE OF A MINUTE.
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One Thousand Francs a Minute Is What Patti Received for Singing Three
Melodies That Lacted Five Minutes. Mme. Melba, for Singing Ten
Times. Received 80,000 Francs. Fcr One Rendition Chalispine Demands
10,000 Francs. Mme. Rejane and Mme. Granier, 2,000 Francs.
like an oxl Do you know, that Amer
ican is better paid than we?”
"Don't criticise," said Sardou, later
—it was a short time before his death.
“You are all spoiled favorites of for
tune at this moment.” Then he told
her this tale of the gayest and most
beautiful young actress of the second
empire--—Hortense Schneider: The
Rejane of her day had quit the Palais
Royal in a quarrel at rehearsal. She
, was packing her trunks for Bordeaux
when Offenbach came, offering her the
title role of “La Belle Helene,” just
completed for the Varieties.
Seated on her trunk, Hortense heard
with delight the airs that were to
transform her to a veritable queen of
cpera-bouffe; but her mind was made
up, and she fled Paris.
Demand Now Seems Modest.
At Bordeaux she got a telegram
from Offenbach: “Name your own
terms.” And, almost as a joke, she
wired. an answer that Sardou kept
among the financial curiosities of his
theatrical collection: “As it’s Christ
mas, I expect a present; I won’t budge
for less than $400 per month.”
“Poor thing! It’s Christmas every
day now!” laughed Rejane, as Sardou
went on telling how the famous actors
of his younger days earned in a year
what Coquelin has received for two
nights in America. Paulin Menier, the
immortal Choppart of “The Lyons
Mail,” at the height of his success
touched $1,200 per year, and Frederick
Lemaitre, who has his marble statue
in the streets of Paris and who went
on European tours, never received
over $40 per night.
“That’s all very well.” said Rejane,
“but who does the least to get the
most to-day? I stick up for that awful
slugger. He's so heavy that no one
can hurt him. I am told he has an
uppercut, a hook and a short-arm jab.
born in the man, that can’t be learned.
Next month he’ll get $3,000 again to
shoow his graces and knock a man
senseless.”
Paris possibilities. But here's the
comic hitch: The Paris heavyweight
job is held down already by a danger
ous negro. Paris, waking up to pugil
ism wonderfully, has golden places
open for an absolutely first-class mid
dleweight and any lightweight who
can whip Kid Davis. Jimmy Britt,
who gets $3,500 in London for a fairly
easy knockout like that of Johnny
Summers, can make and hold a splen
did Paris place with little fisk. Mac
Vea’s Paris price for doing nothing is
$3,000, and as he is collecting it six or
eight times a year, perhaps Rejane is
not so wrong about him.
Because Caruso, look you, is at the
mercy of the first sore throat or simple
catarrh. The keeping of that delicate
voice in order is a veritable drawback
to a life “all Christmas.”
Caruso gets $2,500 every time he
sings, and he sings 80 times a year.
But, really, his easiest money is $5,000
yearly, just for singing 20 short songs
into a phonograph. He does it in five
mornings, when he feels good—say
about $1,000 per hour!
Money Easily Earned.
Chaliapine, the great Russian dra
matic tenor, gets $2,000 per night in
Paris, Berlin and Vienna, the sole dif
ference being that such nights are few
and far between. So Patti, who has
had $5,000 for a single night in the
United States, received $3,000 once for
singing three short songs in Paris at
the Eden concert—say, $200 per min
ute!
Patti's minute! It remains the high
water mark, but it dated after she had
become independent in America, her
Paris price for a whole evening at the
Italian opera having been regularly
$600—and glad to get it! At this epoch
in Paris Nilsson was getting $240 per
night: Mme. Carvalho, the star of the
Opera Comique, $200; Capoul, the
legendary tenor of the Grand Opera,
$120, and Faure, the famous creator of
Gounod's Mephistopheles, $400.
It must not be forgotten, however,
Not So Very Precious.
A New York hotel Is going to have
enough gold dishes to serve a dinner
of seven courses to 75 persons. Of
course, this suggests moralizing on
prodigal luxury and allusions to Lu
cullus and Apicius and also to Bel
shazzar. But there was a time when
even kings dined from trenchers. The
introduction of pewter was probably
denounced by the philosophers of the
day as prodigality, and while silver
is not commonly used for dishes from
which persons eat, , it is in such gen
eral use for the larger pieces and for
spoons, forks and drinking vessels
that the use of silver must represent,
as compared with the previous cus
toms, about as great an increase of
expenditure as the use of a gold din
ing service does now. The precious
metals are not so precious as they
were once.—Philadelphia Record.
thai such settled Paris engagements
carried valuable perquisites. When
Faure sold his paintings, for example,
they produced a fortune, and all had
been given to him by admiring art
ists! Coquelin’s house to-day is a
museum of precious objects mostly
gratis—“Half their charm,’’ says
Coquelin.
They say Melba mourns the coming
day when her great voice must go. Her
life has been a fairy tale of gold and
honors, and her last engagement was
$16,000 for ten representations. Yet
few can hope to hold the splendid
voice as Patti held hers; it goes crack!
and suddenly the world-famed operatic
star goes out, not pales down! Who
remembers Capoul? Recently he was
glad to get the position of stage man
i ager at the Paris Grand Opera.
I
Actors Have Advantage.
Yet the “golden voice' of Sarah
Bernhardt draws to-day as ever—she.
a long-experienced grandmother! Here
is where the actors have their splen
did advantage. Life, for them, goes
on “all Christmas" quite indefinitely.
Sarah Bernhardt is as lucky, happy,
feted and fete-giving at this hour as
when she first discovered America
with Grau, the impresario.
That first American trip of Sarah's
lasted four months and put $120,000
j into her pockets. Grau gave her
$1,000 per evening and paid all her ex
penses, to a special railroad car; .but it
pained the great artiste to see a sim
ple impresario making money; and
thenceforth she organized her own for
eign tours. Once she took Coquelin
with her to play "L’Aiglon” at $600 pet
representation. At the Gaite anti
when he played “Cyrano” in Paris, his
pay was only $300 per night.
They say that her own pathetic voice
so affects Sarah that the tears come
naturally, when wanted. In “Camille”
she sheds 20—which is $50 per tear.
Coquelin counts speeches that bring
down the house; he calls them
“words.” In "Cyrano” there are 20
such—$30 per “word!”
And the tragedian. Mounet-Sully,
who had $600 per night in America,
$450 in London and Vienna, and draws
$400 in Paris, where he is a high stock
holder in the Theater Francais, counts
by roars, in "Oedipe Roi" he roars 20
times—$30 per roar!
Have Retained Power Long.
After Sarah, the two luckiest ac
tresses in Paris are Jeanne Granier
and Rejane. Roth grandmothers (born
respectively in 1852 and 1857), both
continue playing the grande aniottr
euse, love, passion, stars, flowers, little
birds, to the delight of everyone who
sees them. In her American tour
organized by the Vieomtc de Braga,
Rejane had $400 per night—and, acci
dentally the honor of initiating vast
reforms and a financial crisis! For it
was the story of her dancing on a table
after a dinner given by the vice-presi
dent of an insurance company that
brought about the insurance investiga
tions: but her grandchildren in Paris
never knew it.
To arrive at her present happy posi
tion as proprietor of her own Paris
theater. Rejane first married her man
ager, then divorced him. During the
struggle with Porel for possession of
her liberty and the Vaudeville, she
played a rival engagement at the Vari
eties that actually ate up all the re
ceipts, hut that was a detail: her chief
solace was to tell the public nightly
in lines altered for the purpose the
woes of a lovely star whose husband
manager desired part profits!
Jeanne Granier. on the other hand,
declares that business details would
spoil all her pleasure. If anyone wants
to take her on tour her price is $300
per representation. In Paris she takes
$160 per night—with a minimum guar
antee of 100 representations. Above
all, however, she is a perfect example
of a queen of opera bouffe. wise in her
JOY OF THE 'COON HUNT.
Good Occupation and Sport for Au
tumn Evenings.
“This is 'coon—coon pie,” said the
gourmet. “It's not bad, if you like a
rich, sweetish meat.
“I went on a ‘coon hunt some time
ago at my uncle’s in the country. Au
tumn 'coon hunts are good sport.
“A crowd gathers, with dogs and
axes, at the edge of a cornfield after
dark. The dogs start a ’coon in the
corn, and you all make after them,
stumbling in the night. Then, when
the 'coon is treed, you have either to
cut down the tree or to climb it and
shake the 'coon off his branch.
“ 'Coons won't fight till treed, but if
they get a grip they won't let go.
There are some horrible stories about
'coons fixed to young iarm hands'
faces.
“A 'coon hunt always winds up with
a big fire in the woods. The frosty
stars scintillate through the bare
boughs, chestnuts and corn and steaks
of grilled, stories are told and songs
sung, and a demijohn of applejack
passes from man to man
“Will you have another piece of pie?
No? The meat is rich and sweet
ish, eh?”
A HOOSIER’S HORRIBLE FATE.
Final Explanation of Accident That
Should Have Satisfied.
Paul Krauss. Jr., came down town
the other morning with his hand in a
bandage.
‘ I never knew there were so man'
sympathetic people In the town, be
said the day afterward.
Within a distance of five block*
people wanted to know how the young
man had been injured. To the fire
five who asked he replied:
“Cut it on a piece of glass. "
Finally this reply became monoto:
ous and Krauss changed the charade
of his reply.
“I carelessly handled my knife.” he
explained to about ten others. In a
moment of desperation he tried to
dash into his father's store.
But he was not to escape. A sympa
thetic woman hailled him.
"Why, you look pale, Mr. Kraus.* '
she said, "and you have been hurt.
How did it happen?"
“I was run over by an autoaaobi:-*
and killed.”
As Krauss fled the woman with a
look of amazement on her fare re
marked: “Well, how singular - In
dianapolis Star.
The Anti-Tuberculosis Fight.
Educating the people to combat the
spread of tuberculosis is a movement
which it would be superfluous to
praise. Miniature model tenements
and graphic reproductions of the op
posite sort will do very little positive
good, however, unless the people who
see them think to some purpose.
While in our cities we have a system
of taxation which penalizes with a
heavy tax the builder of model tene- j
ment and rewards with a low tai the
owner of a filthy rookery, model ter.,
ments will continue to be few a.' i
filthy rookeries will continue to b
many. Education is a great f. -ce ::l
the fight against consumption, and
some day people will learn ib.*t thnr*>
arc more deadly wholesale » .',s °f
spreading and perpetuating iuImtcu
losis than by expectorating in a car
or ferryboat.—Puck.
generation. Who remembers that
Jeanne Granier created “Girofle-G
tla" in 1874? Hortense Schneider u ,
still singing; could she have dr am
that her young rival, after scare d'
heating her successes in the ivt
IHic and "Mam’zeile Gavroche." <
have the strength of mind to s\\r
off to high comedy before the fleeting
voice forsook her? Jeanne Gram ■
triumphs in high comedy proclaim
one of the luckiest artistes of the
Fortunate Paderewski.
I once heart! Paderewski's ni.t, get
while playing poker at the Hotel Pow
ers <n Paris, proclaim his own princi
pal as the most lucky or the hupp,, -t
man. He has but to keep up hi, teeh
nique. and he enjoys it. He is ih
typical one-man entertainer; r> p; .
no support; needs no advertising
accessories; has no expenses *o • r
into profits, and there is nothing t
prevent Paderewski from drawing ln
?2,000 per night as long as he watt's
to play. You see? He has no con
to make with any manager He us
sells tickets!”
Kubelik, the violinist, who i-iv'y■ -
$600 every time he plays, depends upon
an orchestra and takes bis m -n.-v
from an impresario who shares
risks and profits. Apart from this th
one-man entertainer certainly ha- I -
luck simplified for him Even
champion pugilist must have a ,un
provided for him to knock out lur
think of Fragson. who just si1 .p
sings at the piano for $4,000 p*
month!
These music hall stars, sure!'
very little to attain much. Yvett • Urn
liert, who can still get $160 p - t ight
at the Scala in Paris, receives $ .
singing a few songs in London. B p
and New York. Mayol, the cot
tenor, draws $60 per quarter of
hour in Paris and $3,600 per month
tour in French cities. Louise Baltin
grotesque comic lady, earns $3,200 u
month; Germaine Galliois, the beauty
escaped from comic opera. $3,000. and
Mealy, another like her. $2.000—a!! : .
short turns in the halls. They are the
world’s favorites. They show th<
selves a little quarter of an hour * ■ it
night—and all the year is Chris-: s
for them!
“Little Tich” Envied.
They have but one lurking dan-:
loss of popularity; because if the - i
tary entertainer profits tremendoi;
by the independence of his position, he
risks greatly by lack of support Ora •
1 heard a great tragedian of Lone -
mourning that he was not Little T:
"Little Tich is really independ*
happy, -yes, for life," he said. T o
frightful little dwarf discovered
shoes half his body’s length perm: i
hint to make a comic bcw that tie
world could not tire of! That o •inir
bow could bring Little Tich $100
night in London. Paris. New Yors
anywhere! He has a cinch for lift
Who does the least to get the mo-' ?
Probably Little Tich. If not. ti * n
Paderewski. The great tenor and .
prano voices go. The champion pugil
ist will some day find his master- *i
fall, plump, into obscurity. The coni
of both theater and music hall. dep>
ing on vivacity and magnetism, In
drawing power with age. The e *
of opera bouffe sees her charms fad
But there remain the grandmother? <
the Paris stage who -own their fil -
ters. Sarah Bernhardt and R*
have their popularity assured them •
the forces that hold all Parisian
ety together.
Rejane was petty, therefore, to
jealous even for a moment of ':.*
placid American Hercules 'yho - 1
nearly punched a hole through !: a
Taylor. When he shall have vaihsN
front the ring Rejane will still bi' ;•!.
ing passion, love, flowers, stars ami
little birds in her own Paris iheate
Sterling Heilig in the Washinei i
Star.
