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' -s THE RELIGION OF ACTORS , I
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Autograph Lottorsfrom Some Load
ing Thoatrlcal Stars
A POPULAR IDEA OVERTURNED
The ( Icnrrnl Iinnremlon In That t\c *
t M nml Actrcssrn Arc Very Much
I's lilko Ollior People nnd Htmie-
t linen Go to Cliurcli
1 ho Actors fti-llmon.
1 < Ooi > lrht / ; iS69ttfi < l All WoM * lltiterval )
It Is n popular impression Hint actors ,
bb n ruin , are aU variance with the
church nud its doctrines Wlulo many
o ( the public profess adlsbollol in the
rolleloiH instincts ot the nctor , the
pulpit has gene larthor and declared
him tin atheist , flint those who suc
cessfully tread the boards of the theater
can as dovoutlv bond the knee in ro-
devotion is to the minds of ninny
dilllcult to conceive Except in notable
instances the actors voice 1ms boon but
.llttlo heard in the discussion Of cs-
pccinl interest , therefore , will provo
the testimonials ot prominent actors
subjoined In almost evury case pub
licity is now for the first tlmo given to
the opinions expressed
WHAT TJIH actors ' uumoion is
1 Actors and actrcssos are neither bet
I tor nor worse than other people They
' are llablo to thu same emotions , have
, the same sensibility , and are moved by
the same touch of nlituro that makes
' , the world auin " Their great knnwl *
\ edge of human nature , their rnro Intcl-
\ ligojico and they are as intelligent as
[ any class lit them for noble purposes
Among the members of the dramatic
profession 1 have never mot any who
did not believe thu existence of a Supreme
premo Power I have lound among
them loving sisters and brothers , devoted -
voted mothers and fathers , loyal hus
bands and wives , and fond nnd faithful
eotiB nnd daughters , a God-fenrlng and
and law-abiding people , who would
blush to stoop to many practices In
| dulgod in some stage-condemning mnw-
maw-wormswho periodically attack the
honorable ancient calling of the actor
To do good , to battle for the glorious
light of truth and reason , to show vice
in its shaded and debasing sense , to
warn mankind of the peril-incurred In
outraging law and nature , to love God
| and bo merry Is the plavor's religion
nndmlno William J. Pcohence
KANNY DAVBNrOItT'S CONVICTION
[ There are but few who know how
| much religious feeling there Is in the
L actross'a heart And gladly would she
[ show it moro and demonstrate it to a
I ltirgor extent , if it were , not that she
| feared to bo stared at and her actions
I construed into "an ndvortibomnnt "
I For myself : As children , wo were nl-
I ways allowed to follow our individual
I loelingf , and nccompiny our old uurso
I and friend on Sunday mornings to
I" church , or remain at home , when wo
W would road prayers Our prayor-books
1 were given us as rewards of inorit , and
I today I posbess mine , with the inscription -
tion :
I ' 'To our dear daughter
Pajjnv ,
I on her elKhth birthday , "
I with the quotation undorncath ,
I Honor thy father and thy mother "
m My constant companion on nlL my
K jourHoylngis "jho Imitation of Christ , "
and from its versos I glean my most
B satisfying comfort
W My moth or is a true , consistent Chris
tlan woman of the Episcopalian faith
I My father was a Swedonborgian , and
died in that faith
I As for my personal convictions : I do
I not belicvo in the oxistonca of a hell.or
in future punisbmont My conviction
is strong that our sufferings for the sins
of our lives are on this earth , and that
I * every seed sown bears it fruit
I' I believe that charity is a religion in
itself , and that God is thu best judge of
I • our inmost mind and heart I believe
that God docs not always punish the
I wicked nor reward the good , but that
H wo ourselves do this within our own
hearts and minds
minds.Fanny
Fanny davenpoiit
mits lanotuy's del1ep.
When npproachod on the subject of
I her religious viewsMrs Liunctry dlcta-
I ted the following for publication :
I "I accent in full the Christian faith as
I explained in the npostlos' creed I
I cannot imngino anything more droadtul
I than to bo in a state of doubt or uu-
I belief To fool when some great joy or
I happiness comes that there is nothing
I moro powerful or grcator than a human
I being to turn to to glvo thanks or to ask
I help For my own part my holiof in
I prayer is thoroughly a part ot my life
What ehurehV Of course I was born m
the Church of Encland my father ,
b praudfathor and great-grandfather all
W * having boon deans of Jersey , But I
I must confess to a decided loaning toward
I the Catholic church It hus always
m neumed to mo to so thoroughly
to so
truth that
mrround each
where there
in ono with
ro is great
u conn . uorlng
always felt a
d a belief that
God the chief
nnot hut accept
hca and prays
likoto glvo the
things iu this
3od I want the
loir perfume in
t rausio to sing
holiest colors in
iths to decorate
uthorsV I only
at la dour old
You know now
y , God help the
il"
V THAOKDIAN
ly-flvo years on
i that the stngo
aako a man or
ous obligations ,
thutaotors are
i from my long
Sinanity they are
. By the word
people who
men or la
mest by heart ,
lo not attach
n'a Christianity
to found that uo-
very religious
ot the Catholic
oplo , rogardlcss
denomination ,
led to the Greek ,
hureh Rogurd-
sllof that actors ,
• oligious convio-
llo prejudice in
era the fact that
case the public ,
sharaclors which
ely to oroata a
a the stage the
are of course ,
ott the etago the
. 'o given a greater
m those ot other
; and this is the
_ _ _ _ _ _ ijii
case with all public poMonages I can
only odd that In my opinion the artist
that oppresses and fuels human passions
cannot but bo convinced that there is a
supreme being that shapes and guides
his religious sentiment .
TOMMASO SAIAINI
COMKDIAN OHANn' ' .l K SAY
Actors are moro likely to hold in
rovoroncij religious and saorod things
thnn the members of the learned pro
fessions , saving , ot course , the doctors
of divinity themselves Wo are ac
customed In our nightly work , many of
us at lenst to onunuialo bontlincnts ot
lofty mofallty an I high and noble pur
port The emotional part of our nature
land roliglou , I fancy , derives Itsbolng
from the emotional r.itlicr than the in
tellectual side ot a mans character ) Is
constantly exorcised , and becomes ,
therefore , moro responsive and moro
easily stirred than In the case ot other
mon The very nnrrownosa of intel
lectual vision , which is often and per
haps rightly charged against us , gives
to our views of lifo a simplicity which
is not allcctcd by these diverse currents
of thought which atToct the opinions of
these brought moro directly into con
tact with the uulsidu world
Tiltis , at the start , the actor Is in the
nature of tilings much moro likely to
hold good men and dlvinn tilings in
reverence Jjiau in contempt ; and my
own observation has led mo to concluuo
that this is practically ns well as theo
retically the case Bocattso an actor
who leaves the theater at midnight on
Saturday , aftur a hard webk's work and
travel , falls to nttend service at a
Btr.ingo church In a strange city on Sun
day morning there is in my opinion no
evidence to support a charge against
him of inildelity or contempt for re
ligion
Many reasons deter him from attend
ing divine service lie is ever liable to
bo churgod with ostentation , and ac
cused of going to uhurch merely to gain
chonp advertisement and notoriety It
is possible ho may hear tlio rovornod
gentleman descant upon the actors
profession as the straight pathway to
pordltion Ho is nccustomod naturally
to nluco correct oiocutiou above virtues
which other men hold iu higher esteem ,
and the tlmo ho spends in listening to
nservice read in the singsong , halting
fashion , which , I fearis the rulorather
than the exception , is a tioriod of actual
mental torture Fhiully , as I have
hinted above , he ia a • vandcror for
eight or nluo months in the year , and
stuya in no ouo place long enough to
enable him to attach himself to any
particular church organization
That the actors profession is nocossa-
vily incompatible with religious faith
of any variety , save , perhaps , with some
forms of uncompromising Puritanism , I
omphatic.illy deny I have known
many actors and many aotrcssos who
were good christians , just as I have
known many in nil ether professions
who delighted to insist in season and
out of It on their hostility to all forms
of revealed religion
W. EI CllANE
UIIKA'S l\iilSONAI. EXPJiltlENCi : .
What is the sign of a good Christian ?
To follow the laws ot Christ What
does Ho teach above all things ? Char
ity And where will you Ilnd more
charltahlo people , who are loss ostenta
tious in their charity , than actors ?
They cannot , unfortunately , attend dl-
vlno service with the same regularity
as these In ether professions yet , how
often , after a week of hard work and
constant traveling , have I seen the
young men and women of my company
rlso early on Sunday morning and at
tend church !
I have now boon seven year3 in this
country , and I have yet to hoar the first
word spoken against religion , or the
first oath uttered by any moinbar of my
company On the contrary I have
seen several of them at their devotions
earnest and sincorcbollovors and fol
lowers of the church and Its teachings
The actors , I belicvo , are better re
ligiously , than these who seek to criti-
ciso them That is my opinion
RHEA ,
IIKLKN DAUNIIAY XISAIIY TOOK TIII2
VKUi
Why is it that such a great portion of
the public seem to take it for granted
that all actors are irrolltrious if not al
together atheists ? Some ministers of
the gospelwho teach Christian charity ,
look upon us us forovorlosl to salvation ,
because wo are unbollovors If tho3o
whodorldous would only investigate
with one-half the energy they display
in condemning actors and the stage ,
they would find such an opinion with
out foundation
In my association with my follow
actors I have yet to moot ono who ever
hus anvthlng but the groaicst respect
and belief in the Almighty Being Wo
are notohurch-goors , it is true , botthut
is not because wo arc unbollovors , but
because Sunday is our only day of rest ,
and it Is most welcome Sunday is the
ministers day of business ; therefore
ho is punctual In his devotions But if
ho had to act every night in the week
and twlcj on Saturday , retire on Satur
day night physically exhausted , ho
would perhaps also , wbon ho hoard the
early church bolls on Sunday morning ,
think twlco before ho would leave the
templing , bed of rest
When an actor doos'vlsit a place of
worship he is most rovorcntial and
deeply , improsscd with - what ho sees
nnd hears If any ono doubtr this , lot
him visit The Little Church Around
the Corner1' iu Now York some day
when there is a special gnthoring of
dramatic , people I have douo so , and was
forcibly struck with the unusuul serious
ness of this usually happy bund ot
lighthearted Bohemians Not being
churchgoers they are all the moro Im
pressed , and I firmly believe , whllo in
the liouso of worship , think only of the
gospel and Its teachings , whllo regular
churchgoers , bulngaccustomod to their
surroundings , are apt to lot their minds
wander to moro worldly affairs
Perhaps periodical devotions that are
deeply felt will wolgli as heavily on
high as indllToront regularity
True roliglou teaches many noble
things , but the greatest of these is
charity ' * Where in the world , and in
what profession , can ono find moro of
the milk of human kindness than in
this selfsame baud ot Bohemians ?
They nro ever ready to Btrotoh forth a
helping hand to these in need , regard
lcss of creed , nationality or profession ,
I do not think there ia a prominent
actor or actress before the publlo today
who is an unbeliever There may bo
agnosttcs among us , but I huvo never
mot an uthoist
Personally , I cannot say lam achureh-
goer I attend service as often as I can ;
whoa I do there is no ono present who
communes more fervently with God , or
with grcator belief , than I. Three of
my childhood years were passed iu a
ca nvont , and at the ago of thirteen I
had serious iutontlonsof bocomlng a ro-
ligiouso ; and though I did not follow out
my intentions I huvo not lost ouo jot of
my reverence for , or my faith In God
Hklisn Dauvkay waui > .
tr ,
rou'.fnt Sfufdmart ,
If cats would only sleep at nlzht ,
How thankful we should be I
If money would not get to tight ,
How thankful wo should bo I
If women would not talk , forsooth ,
If ladle * ' bats were loss uucoutu
If weather clerks would tell tbo truth ,
How thankful wo should bo I
THE STANDARD OIL TRUST ,
Ita Blrtb , Growth mid Grip on Tor-
rostlnl AfTalra
STARTED IN A VERY SMALL WAY
From l-ortyP.vo Unrrel * to Flftocn
Jhoiisnnd llnrrcls Per I ) y
Tlin Cntcti-ns-Oatuh-Cnn
l'olloy in Oils
Oriel of n Monster Trust ,
The protlts of the Standard trust laBt
year were $20,000,000 , and they will bo
greater this yonr This statement Is
said to bo absolntoly true by those who
hold stock nnd shnro the profits of the
great octopus that used to wallow only
In petroleum , but now has its tentacles
in gus , white lend , cottonseed oil and
ether articles ot broad use
There Is also no doubt that the Stand
ard chief , John D. Rock of oiler , is worth
$150,000,000 , and is In the class above the
Vanderbilts , Gould and Leland Stan
ford William Itockctollor , his brother ,
Is classed at $40,000,000 , ; II M. Flagler ,
another Standard oil man , at the sumo
figure The estate of S. V. Ilarkuops , a
Standard man to tbo day of bis death , Is
worth $30,000,000. Col O. II Payne ,
treasurer of the Standard trust , cuts a
$22,000,000 , tlguro H. A. Hutchens Is a
$20,000,000. All this vast wealth has
como out of n moro shanty and a picay
une commission business on River
street , Cleveland , O. , which was in op-
puration twonty-llvo years ago Surely
the mon who built up these colossal for
tunes are of public interest ? Andsuro-
ly the means by which thov were built
are of no loss ? The means has boon thu
variously named enncorn now known as
the Standard Oil trust , of which John
I ) , Rockefeller Is the presiding gonlu s
and which hus been the sword with
which ho has opened the worldly oyster
nna extracted the pearls therein Thu
pessimistic and envious cry in alarm at
the corporation , the lingers of whoao
manipulators are in politics and commo
dity produce and marketing , and say :
They will choke us " Even the good
conservative cittzon , rich hlmsolflooks
with alarm on the development of such
a trust , a concern which elects legisla
tors and senators , anuiimilates prices ,
and asks anxiously : ' When will Its
nppetitoto satlstlod ? " None but John
D. Rockefeller can toll Ho has boon
a flexible man on his financial Hide
Ills goal has been the goal of the genius
a receding but over-present ono ,
never reached , always distinct and ox-
tlncuished only by tin holrless end
The present Standard trust has boon
the depository of John D. Rockefellers
energy It has boon and is an enor
mous cngino of warfare , at times cruel
and remorseless and never moro than
sleepily tion-lntorforltig. It sprung
trom a few thousand dollars and a
mighty brain , and will go oil acquiring
until itswlnirs are clipped by legislative
shears or its rank and file Is devoured
in side forays by moro voracious indi
vidual wolves after the head has gene
now tiii : oiant was bokn
In 1803 ' , on Itlvor street , Cleveland ,
O. , Jam os and Morris S ; Clark , two
Englishmen , hewn from ordinary ma
terial , but filled with the energy of a
rather barren past nnd the promise of a
brighter future , were operating n com
mission business John D. Rockefeller ,
ashrowd but not particularly bright
young follow of twouty-threo years , was
the firms olork and bookkeeper at $23
nor month Ho had $3,000 loft him for
for a start in lifo by his father Cleveland
land was nibbling at the oil business in
these diys , and nmong others the
Clarksgotlntoltinasmallway , refining
a few barrels each day Whatoil the firm
handled yielded good returns , nud
ono day in young Rockefellers hear
ing the brothers discussed a plan for
going into refining n little moro hoav-
ily This was In 1807. "I'vo got a lit
tlo money , " said young Rockefeller ,
take mo in as a partner , and we will
do all the oil business wo can There
are great possibilities in it ' 1 The Clarks
agreed , and oil rollning occupied the
almost exclusive attention of the firm
until 1S08. Its first production was
about forty-fivo barrels per day Among
the ether mon also In Cleveland oil re
fining and who have slnco become
financially famous through Standard
connections wore : S. V. Hnrkness , who
died last winter at St Augustine Fla ,
leading an est.ito of $30,000,000 ; II M.
Jllaglor , of Ponce do Looti liotol fame ;
Sura Androwa of Cleveland , who cut a
peculiar llcure in the Rockefoller-Vau-
uorbilt deal ; Colonel Oliver Payne of
political notorloty , and John Huutluir-
ton of the Standard , now at the Carls
bad baths sooklug to light oil death
All the rollncrios were on Walworth
run , a narrow , dirty stream running
through the town from the Cuyahoga
south The oil men have long slnco
deserted nud the hide and slaughter
liouso people taken up the dirty stream
The small refiners stumbled along in
a crumped way for some tiinu
Young Rockefeller cut an impros-
slvo figure amoug the rollnors
as a Bhrowd man Ills pore was
always a financial ono , and some of
the old Cleveland bankers toll amusing
stories of his impression bluffs In the
line of heavy bond dcnls when ho really
had not enough ready money to moro
than pny his firms duo obligations
John Rockefeller , dull on some sides
and far from companionable with the
young mon of his sot , was far-soolng
enough to discern the neorost edge of
what the oil rollning industry would bo
The production of erudo oil was In
creasing wonderfully By 180-5 the
Clarks produced 1C0 barrels nor day
Today in Cleveland alone the Standard
produooa 15,000 barrola per day But
the Cleveland rollnora were frlttorlng
away tlmo and ehancoa because they
lacked capital and organization On
ltockofollor'H organizing sldo wjs his
genius , and the Hold ho whs in was n
fertile ouo To the men of his choice
ho explained that capital and combina
tion were all that was necessary -to
grasp the opportunity offered by the i
great production of oil That combin
ation was the real foundation of the ,
Standard Oil company The firm was
organized in 1870 , and called Clark ,
Payne & Company Its raombora were :
James B. Clark , Oliver Payne , i
John Huntington , John IX Rockefeller ,
and a few others Before join
ing the firm ot Rockefeller had made
some money operating In oil outside the
firm of Clark & Roekofollor Sam An
drews and Henry M. Flagler were also
In the firm Andrews had made some
money , but Flaglor had none of hlsown ,
being backed by S. V. Hnrknosa who
was a relative of Flagler's wife The
firm prospered , Rockefellers genius
for combination showed brightly The
others looked towards hi in and were
willing to follow him to the limit In
1870 the Standard Oil company was or
ganized with a capital ot $2,500,000. It ,
too , was the creature of John D. Itocke-
foiler's brain All the Clark , Payne &
Compauy crowd were in it , with Hark
11033 , soma ether producers , and a few
capitalists The actual capital of the
concern was far loss thou $2,600,000 , but
, the plants of the various producers were
nil thrown in at fancV figures ' , nnd it
represented mojl of tlfo capital Rockefellers
efeller's eye was on thuTfituro stil 1 , nnd
his sight was not dcfofcllvo
The Standard wont out into the world
to do business on the c'altih-ns-cntoh-i'an '
plan A wldor raid was to bo made
John D. Roekofollor Wanted tndro no
tion The new comnatlyfs policy was an
aggressive ono It wa to buy , crush ,
steal , or do anything fa acquire andjgot
control of the oil business ot America
This policy wns admij-iibly successful ,
and lasted from the date of the Standards
ard's inception untiln 188.1 , when it
changed to ono moro steady without
market manipulation nnd furcod changes
of prices The plundor-ladon robber is
oven prone to become a conservative
and anarchy's euro is along the route of
acquisition In 1883 there were some
changes in the Standards personnel
Morris B. Clark thought ho had had
enough The future was full of danger
to his eye His goal did not rocodonnd
ho was not able to see the winding way
of the Rockofullor policy for a decade
benco His stock was bought and ho ro-
tlrod with $100,000. That Bum has slnco
been incroascd to half a million
through the IIrm of M. B. Clark & Sons
and that out of which It grow Pretty
good work that for the son of
a Mnlmosbury , Wiltshire , agricultural
laborer But yet ho looks upon his
wealth and thinks how much greater it
would have boon had ho stood the
Rockofcllor pace and lot his $100,000
breed in greasy avenues into half as
many millions To daring finnnolal
minds only nro colossal fortunes possi
ble , and the regrets that como with half
success are natural The en tire Stand
nrd crowd Is a queer ono In this line of
bu lness association Their policy has
always boon ono of giving to and talcing
from dissatisllod partners Morris
Clark a few yours ago parted with his
partner , George W. Gardner , now
major of Cleveland , as ho himself had
parted with the Standard some years
before Gardner was asked his soiling
price , nainod and got it , and has biiico
disllkod himself for not asking moro
A moro pointed case turned up in 1883.
Snm Andrews and John D. Rockefeller
ran against each ether The Standards
ard's ponius tolerates no interference
Continued success has killed the na
tural opposition of cloven men to ono ,
for the Standards governing board is
made up of twelve mon , ana Andrews
was coolly asked what ho would soil for
What is the market price of my
stock ? " ho asked John D-Rockqfcllor's
answer was : Nine hundred thousand
dollars ! " ' Ill take it ! " said Androwa ,
and the deal was Closed The following
day Rockefeller sold the stock to W.
H. Vanderbilt for $1,500,000. Slnco
finding out the facts of the deal Sam
Andrews has boon sore and has not refrained -
frainod from publicly declaring that
John D. Roekofollor "confidonccd'1 him
out of $000,000.
As has boon said , the Standard policy
from 1S70 to 18S3 was to force the market
kot uu and down and play both cuds for
the porsonnl profit of Us mon Out of
such tactics came tliat vast personal
fortune Slnco 18S3..oithor because of
satiation or a fear of publlo opinion , a
conservative policy has boon followed
Prices have boon hold , sometimes at a
sacrifice Only the old game of buying
and ravenously wiping out all opposi
tion has boon followed With it came
uad results in the line of ponslonod nnd
removed exports , who have created a
tax on the Standurd which Is ultimately
likely to moro than balance its advan
tages in cheaper produolng and carry
ing lines '
But the Standard has never halted
In 1880 its capital was increased to $10 , -
000,000 ; in 188. ) to $72"Q00,000. , . Now it is
$00,000,000 , and last year its earnings
were $20,000,000 , or nearly 30 per cent
Such a percentage on a moderate in
vestment Is not rare Many merchants
do as well on $100,000 or so , but on $00-
OOJ,000 such a profit is dangerously pro
digious In 1887 it had a surplus of 20
per cent of its stock of $72,000,000 , or
nearly $15,00JO00 on liana The Stand
ard pays 3 per cent quarterly or 12 pur
cent per year on Its stock and piloh up
the balance for use The $90,000,000
worth of stock la issued in Standard
trust certificates The last sale of thmn
was at 170. making the in worth $133 , .
000,000. The certificates seldom como
into the market , their sales being
private The trust operates hun
dreds of refineries uudor the Stand
ard and individual names the latter
for the purpose ot retaining public pat
ronage In spite of the general anti
Standard fueling and the Transit com
pany The side trusts , such as these in
'
wlii'to load , cottonseed oil , ote , are
said to bo Standard bci'uuso individual
Standard mon are into them and using
Standard methods in their manipula
tion The business of tlio S andard
trust is transacted through an oxesutivo
board of twelve with John D. Rockefel
ler as the controlling spirit Only tried
and true Standard men are on that
board Among ita mopibors ono some
men who begun their lifo of work as
boys In Standard olllccs A stern civil
service policy is pursuodin nil branches ,
and merit and zeal are surokoys to suc-
cess Such a policy is John U. Rockefellers -
fellor's own nnd fits in witli his own bo
ginning and work
COST OF FEEDING A BOY
The rrocess Not Mueli Moro I5xp n-
Nlvi than Ualslni ! a 1'iij.
It is worth something to know what It
costs to feed a boy fairly well During
the investigations mudo by the Phila
delphia Record of the operations of the
Squcors syndlcato orphan schools it was
shown that , taking their own somewhat
doubtful figures , the cost was about 4
cents a maul But thu syndlcito or
phans were not W6ll fed
Dr McICinnon , the superintendent of
the Mimieo industrial school in Canada ,
has furnished the Toronto Mail with nn
interesting statement bn the subject
There are 108 boys liilio [ ! school , who
are kept in good bodjly health , nnd
wIiosjO subsistence ia bought iu a whole
ealo way that would somewhat cheapen
tlio cost , as compared a with ordinary
household oxponditdro . The boys have
hit they wish to eat , anjd the superintendents
tendent's accounts , not , , being compli .
cated by expenses fpru fust en unco for i
other persons , turnish-valuable data not ,
otherwise readily obtainable The fol •
lowing stutumont shywfi the average i
weekly expenditure per , bpy :
. ' Cents
Flour , . , H Mll , . . , . , 18
Oatmeal and ether meal 'J- , ' 'J1 . S !
li.irloynni ) uoans ; ; v , t > , '
fi lee , sago , eto . , wi , . 8.4
Coffee , cocoiand tea , , , . . , , , . , 2.3 \
SURur anU sirups < . > jtt . . . . 7.U I
Salt , nenncr and other condiments . . . . S i
Froih fruits , . , . n 1
Fruits , preserved and dried . 6
FresU moat nud fish , . . , 17,0
Moatand llsh cured , , , , . . . , 1,8
Hultor and fish 8.1
Other provisions , , , . 32
Yegotablos , , . SI
Milk 14
Totol 11.073
The cost ot food , as above given , does
not incldo the expense of preparing It ,
or incidental expenditure for superin
tendence , ote But the average dis
bursement is astonishingly small So
far as subsistence gees , to raise a boy Is
not much moro costly than to ralso a
pig If a healthy boy can bo properly
fed for $50 a year there ia loss dlscour-
agmontintho task ot increasing the
male population ot the country than I
pessimist observers are wout to iusist I
upon • | I
A NIGHT IN THE CITY JAIL
How thq Criminal Cltiasca of tbo
Town Are Hnndlod
THE PATROL WAGONS WORK
The Variety of Sinners Cnrrnlled by
the Police The Several ttoll Call *
tic ports if nit tlio Operator *
Kooni I'Hc Etc
Tlio Criminals Itoo
A few weeks ago a clergyman of this
city preached a very able and eloquent
sermon entitled ' ' $10 nnd costs " The
ma' rial for his discourse was obtained
by actual observation in the police court
during ono of its sessions
But there Is a feature In connection
with the theme handled by the rocroud
gentleman which wns not touuhod by
him It is the manner iu which the
parties whonro nssossed the flue Imposed
nro arrested audby whom they are in
carcerated To fully understand this
matter ono must spend an entire night
at the station
It is usolcss to romnrk that , in nearly
all cases , pollcomon make the nrrosts
As n matter of fact , there have been ex
ceptions to this rule us iu other cubes ,
but they nro few
The police force is divided in two
ports , the night watch aud day watch ,
each under command of a captain and
two sergeants The hours of duty nro
twelve uut ot twenty-four , tlio night
watch coming on duty at 7 p. in Shortly
nftor 0 they appear at police station and
a few moments before 7 the captain
commands roll call "
In thu old police court chamber , the
ofllcors arrange thoinsclvos in the order
of their beats , these nearest tlio station
holding the right ot the line and the
Hero , " Hero , " Hero rolls down
the column Forward , column left , "
commands < the sergeant who is to plncc
them thorn on their beats and the
tramp , tramp , tramp of the olllccrs is
hoard on the pavement growing moro
and moro indistinct as the mon recede
It is perhaps an hour now since the
men have been outwhen whew whew
comes from the speaking tube connect
ing the olllcora' quarters with the
operators room up stairs
Tenth aud Mason , " 'saya the jailor ,
who has answered the cull , and in a
moment the patrol wagon , conductor
and driver have rolled out of their cots
and are on their way to the box indi
cated
They return In a very short tlmo and
bring in a box enr vag , " ono of thobo
poor unfortunates who , being out of
money and with no place to sleep , is
forcfd to seek shelter as best ho can
"What's your name ? " demands Mr
Bobout , the inilor
John Huron , " is the response
Well , Johu , como here until I search
" comes "
you , and John
A piece of tobacco of about t.vo chows
iiidlmon8ionsapipoand n rod handker
chief constitute Johns worldly pos
sessions These he is allowed to keep ,
and in less than a moment he is behind
the bars
. Whew , Whew goes the whlstlo
again This tlmo it is Twentieth and
Lake streets Its a long drive , but it
hus to bo made and after an absence ot
three-quarters of an hour otlicers and
mon return What have they now ? A
fellow who has bo far forgotten his
manhood as to beat his wife , the being
who above all ethers no should protect
They nave brought the poor woman
along to receive medical attendance ,
because she is , indeed , in a pitiable
condition , her face resembling a piece
of raw beef rather than a humau coun
tenance
The brute who ia responsible for her
misery is chucked into the cage in a no
very gentle manner , because in matters
of this kiud policemen resemble ordi-
nnrv ' human beings , aud wife boutera
are uot hundlod like chiuawaro by any
means
The culprit is aulky and stubborn ,
but ho makes very little resistance and
ufter being relieved of what little
money and property ho has is locked up
The wife , in the meantime , is care
fully cared for until the city physician
nrrlvcs , after which she has her wounds
dressed and is sent homo The husband
next morning will rccoivo moro than
" $10 aud costs " You can depend upon
that
Tenth nnd Farnnm , " slugs out the
jailor And , in ten minutes , the wagon
is back Tins time it is a drunk Ho
has a system full of tanglofoot and a
boltlo of it in his pocket Ho is very
jovial and says shall right ole fol ,
have anoazor ono on mo " When hla
cash is taken away from him ho smiles
and remarks !
Take er' long ole man , dent need
myshelf ; shay , won 't go homo till mor-
nln , wont ' go'omo till mornin , wont
go " but here his custodian runs him
off up the alloy wny to his cell , where
ho coutonts hlmsoli by saying : Dent
care anyhow , old womansh off in Wish
consin , " after which ho goes to sloop
Ninth and Dodge is the next call
What , a lady and gentleman ? No , a
man and a oyprian Ho is a married
man too , and looks very much ashamed
aa ho glances beseechingly ut the
reporters , who know him quite well Ho
gives his name as John Doe " Ho has
boon opprohonded in llagranto dolictu
and doesn't want his wife to cot on to
the not Ho asks for a messenger boy
ana gets one , Iu a short time u friend
appears in u cab Ho is going to drlvo
out to the residence ot the pollco juugo
and go on his friends bond , Before ho
starts , however , ho gets the reporters in
n coruor and Implores them In the name
ot all that is morclful not to say any
thing about the matter in the papers ns
it would ruin the young mans proapocts ,
hid fnmily , in fact everything
IIo italicizes hia remarks with
cigars Sometimes ho gets what
he aaka for and sometimes ho doesnt
It depends upou the young mans char
actor jritlshlBilrstolTenso.holslikoly
to bo lot down easv If ho ia on old
tlmorho ia likely to road something
next day thut will make his oara burn .
Another cull comes in and unothor
trip is made Tills time the passenger
is a woman She has been arrested bo-
causoBho cannot show her fine receipt
She is drunk and the foul imprecations
Hint fall from the Hpa a fond mother
once kissed when the obiect was an In
fant , are enough to make a man shud
der and forgot that the prisoner 1b a
woman She is locked up in the wom
en's cell and mukos the night hideous
with her vile shrieking Perchance , \
she will have company before morning |
and with her nssoclato , will debase the '
sex beyond description
Please , miotor , can I stay here all
night I'm blck ? " plpos a fl f toon-year-
old lad who iloata around town doing
odd jobs during the day
All right , " is the response , and the
applicants name and ago are taken after
which ho is glvou a bunk
But the arrests are nearly all in , Lot
us go up stalra to the operators room ,
no aits at hia tolophouo reading per
haps Ono , two , three strikes the
clock Whizz goes thoinachlno All
right , Benson ! " no shouts in the tolo-
muirJ'iJni V ' " , _ , ir 1 : ' -J.yj8liii' ' ! ' "JW'B5iiy"fr" ' ! * " " ' " * " * * * "
phone It is the hour for reporting
"WhlM , whizz , whizz , " they nro coin
ing thick and tust ' Alt right Cullen
nil right , Dempsey , nil right , Godola , "
and thus it goes until one-half the night
force which reports on the even
hours , while the others report
on tlio halt hours , have m a do their
reports A record of each Is kept nnd
trouble bofnlls him who falls to explain
why ho was not on tlmo
But It is 5 a. m. nnd the olllccrs again
assemble for roll call Agnin wo hoar
the " " Hero " " "
Here , Here Roll
call is finished and tbo captain exclaims
Benson , Fields , Vlzznrd , Brady ,
Shields , Godola , Kills " This moans
that the o officers nro to do tbo dog
watch this morning , to watch the prin
cipal beats until the dnv force comes on ,
whllo the others go homo
Thus cuds a night In the police sta
tion
MRS CLEVELAND
Grovor's Wife Not Ilcnlrous ul * IIIn
Kc.Klcotion as Prcsldsnt
Apropos ot Mrs Cleveland's visit to
Washington to attend the wedding of
ox-Socrotary Bayard , a young society
lady of this city , says the Washington
Capital , tells a story which bIiows that
Mr Cleveland's nnxloly for a Booond
term was not hoartlly seconded by
the late mistress of the whlto house
Shortly after the St Louis conven
tion had given him a rcnonilnation this
young lady paid a visit to Oak View and
waaBliown around tlio grounds by Mrs
Cleveland , who called her attention to
the fact that the lawns of the presi
dents house were moro luxuriant than
any in the neighborhood , and that Mr
Cleveland was the most successful ama
teur farmer in the vicinity The young
lady wittily roplled that it was typ
ical of what Mr Cleveland's admin
istration had boon to the country's pi os-
porlty , for , " said she , "ho has made
two b'lndos of grnss grow where only
SUNDAY *
POPULAR TOSSES !
Curry's Musical Comedy Co . presenting tlio
Housing Comedy Dnuim ,
Irish Hearts of Old
NEW SONGS ! .
" NEW MUSICI
Irish Jin anil Kent Diiiuinul
New nml Appropriate oorvety anil
MfCiianicul ifI" ; . : otH
Pronounced during thor recent engagement ,
by tlio Oniulia pro-3 , to be a MronR ilrat-i ln s at
traction , riio papers said : Tills pluy-W will
acted nnd splendidly utaped Tlio audience
ere highly pleased with It " .Ve , &c ,
UUDUCKU 1'lllCES :
Alluox Beats s .ocenti
Orchestra , lint lo rows Gdconts
.AU oilieroiclKMtra seau : ir.coiiin
AU hulcony seats • , iconts
tinllery 15 cants
Uemomber the crush of lavt Sundav night ,
\\hono\cry seat was sold , and the "Stnnulnit
Jtoom Only slim was out 'llio box sheet will
open Saturday at Ha m. . and Sunday at HI am
Soeuro your seats lu advance ana avoid thee
eenlng crush
ono grow before , nnd during his next , , !
term ho will do even moro " ' 'Ah , no , "
replied Mrs Cleveland , "ho will not bo !
elected , nnd I sincerely hope ho wont
Of course , I am to tome extent pleased :
that ho has been renominated , for it is
n proof ot the conttdenco nnd satisfac
tion ot my hutband's party , and It Is a. - ,
great honor to us ; but , nftor nil , It Is
but a lifo of gilt tor nud conventionality ,
with no real domustlc happiness It
Is happier out hero than It U in Mio i
white houo nnd when the Umo comes
that I ahull have n quiut luippy homo
of my own I shnll ho glnd of it " The
writer can not doubt Ins informant >
Mrs Cleveland male the forocolnif
statement In a mmfiont ot conlHlnnca jf >
between two tyinpathotlo young Indies ,
and when election day came round , no M ,
doubt she caught the fovur ot tlio ox- ( P
el tome nt and wished the result wora W
ether wise llonovor It shows the
domestic side of Mrs Cleveland's
character II
Three NIrIUs | * p MONDAY
A FASHIONABLE EVENT j
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"Vokes ,
Support * I "J TIIKAIU.K k CO0VKUH OVilUDY CO ' [
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coincny in one net ,
The Rough Diamond ;
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Lord I'lnn , I olulilm linker
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