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A NATION OF LAWMAKERS ,
Tlio Instinct for Legislation Strong in the
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American Pcoplo.
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A MODEL LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM.
klfcrn ItiRlleprcflcntntlvc In In Constant
Touch With Ills CotiHtllticnlis , AVIillo
in Kiirnpo the Government. In-
troduccH All the IIIll.s.
I1T EDWAIIT ) r.VEIlKTT llAI.n.
The. instinct for legislation of the American
pcoplo hns been ouo of Its remarkable char-
uctcristlcs in history.
Senator Hour , who is perhaps the highest
authority in this country on such subjects ,
said , in his great address nt Marietta , that
the men who mndo the constitution nnd these
ivho surrounded them had shown that they
\ had the most remarkable genius for Icgisla-
9 tlon which wns over Known.
v Certainly , when ono comes to the history of
almost nny ono of the colonies ho is , if ho
studies It carefully , nmar.ed to note the ability
with which mnn not trained as lawyers noras
historians built up thirteen states. You begin -
gin in Massachusetts , for Instance , with the
meeting of the directors of a trading corpora
tion and you como out In 1700 with an inde
pendent commonwealth , so organized that it
is ready for any of the duties of government.
When the pcoplo of Massachusetts clioso to
say that they would govern themselves with
out the assistance of the crown they did not
have to change a single detail of the method
of their administration. In the 1JO ! years
which had passed slnco Winthrpp's time the
legislators of Massachusetts had made a
great many mistakes , but the mistakes hud
died or had been boon corrected. With a
certain practical ability they had plucked
safety out of danger , they had repealed their
bad acts and mndo better ones , nnd gradually
they had built up the constitution of the gov
ernment in which they lived.
A I > UTV Ul'ON AMCII1CAN.4.
It becomes the American's duty to see that
this remarkable gift , which distinguished his
country for 200 years , is not lost or tarnished
in the third century of her existence. It is
impossible to overrate the value of the slate
governments in this afTair. It Is , indeed , al
most painful to follow the proceedings of the
French chamber or of the English parliament ,
because the assemblies are so overwhelmed
with business that legislation ns a science is
nlmost impossible , nnd it will bo ob-
nerved , therefore , that there is a very great
tendency In Franco and In England , ns indeed
In nil European nations , to permit the gov
ernment to introduce nil bills , so that the
members of tbo legislative bodies have sim
ply a power , ono may say , of veto. Our
American habit , by which any body of people
ple , or indeed any man , interested in the sub
ject , may bring before the legislature u bill
prepared for debate , is scarcely known in
practice in tbo legislature of Europe. It
xvould bo impossible here , if wo did not di
vide government so that forty-live different
legislative bodies have the oversight of nmt-
* tors which there nro left to ono. Wo
-Jhus gain the benefit of the careful oversight
nnd opinion of perhaps a hundred or two
members of each legislnturcwhilc , In Londoner
or In Paris , oven if the bill bo printed , still
It is almost impossible in the rush of business
for ati individual jo make a real effort for its
nmciulmend , excepting in those moro import-
lint mutters which may bo considered na
tional in their character.
SCHOOL OF
Now hero Is really our school of legislation ,
fad an admirable school it is. A young man
comes into n stnto legislature , and it is quite
within his power to read nnd examine caro-
f fllly ; every bill which is brought forward.
On those subjects in which ho Is well in
formed it is quite within Ills power to make
suggestions and improvements , and it is cer
tainly true , as Oarllold said , that nil the poo-
Vic nro wiser than any ono man of the neoplo.
The chances of a sensible and practicable law
coming out from the cauldron of discussion of
ono of our local legislatures nro thus much
greater than they nro for such n law to como
nut from the short-hand methods of the
French nnd English pailinmcnts. And wo
gain not only the Ingenuity which has shown
itself in the statute , but at the same time wo
' pain the training of the men who made the
StJltlltl *
Just as It happened in the first century of
our existence when n great many foolish and
bad laws were passed , oidy to bo repealed , the
same thing happens easily now. But , if ono
stnto docs make a mistake in its legislation ,
there js nn opportunity , generally in the next
year , to correct that mistake , nnd no other
state follows. But If it makes n forward step
_ Jn its legislation , every state is on the look-
c iil , and in a few years that stop forward has
bcc-h taken by the country. Interesting illus
trations of this are in the ext > crimeiit tried in
Connecticut , under the lend of Mr. Ilinsdulo
of Winstcd , toward what wo now call limited
companies or private corporations. Every
state in America has followed the
Connecticut legislation , and every
civilized state in Europe has fol
lowed the legislation of America.
A similar instance is the experiment tried by
the state of Maine , which permitted persons
ngiilnst whom an Indictment has been brought
to testify as witnesses in the case , if they
chose. This improvement wns suggested by
Mr. AlbertPnino of Bangor. U has now been
introduced into the legislation of half the
American states , and the example again has
been followed in England. But if n matter
like this , confessldly experimental , bad been
le.fl to the legislation of n body with national
Interests in hand , like congress or llko the
English and French parliaments , it would
i _ , liavo been well nigh impossible to bring tbo
. 'nt to trial.
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01-11 IIAMtlSO 8YSTRM IlOniSOWKI ) .
Another very interesting instance of the
result of our method is in the banking sys
tem of England und of this country. Since
Mr. Chnso introduced the national system of
America , at the beginning of the civil war ,
the circulation of this country has been
based on bonds deposited with the govern
ment and kept by It , which are sufllcieiit In
amount to make it sure that , In any coiitin-
pcncv , the bank circulation will bo made
Ijood. This has been the system of England
since 1S45 , when It was introduced by Sir
Itohert Peel. I should llko to say in passing
that , though the cyclopedias speak of Sir
Hubert Pcol as Introducing a complete sys
tem then , ho himself spoke of it ns only the
, bjflmilug of a system , which would
iie'iT subsequent great onlnrgctnont nnd
jHwslbly rectltlcatlon I remember to have
heard Mr. Ulndstouo say this In parliament ,
nt n time when ho wns apologizing for not
inaking that ivitlllcntion himself ; ho ex
pressed n courteous wish that Sir Stafford
Korthcote , at that tlmo the leader of the op-
iwsltion , would nndt-rtako it. Now it Is in
teresting to observe that Sir Hobert Peel borrowed -
' * > rowed this system , nnd confessed that ho bor-
f rowed It , from the system of the state of Now
York. It hud been Introduced In Now York
in ISiW , nnd was perfected there In 1610. How
did the legislature of Now York como upon It I
As early as February 17,1S27 , Dr. MeVieknr ,
who was a professor of political economy nt
Columbia college , wrote to n member of the
Now York legislature a letter entitled
"Hints on Bunking. " In that commun
ication ho foreshadowed the Now
York law. The Icttor was written cloven
years bcforo the banking law of 1&I3 wns
passed , but It was seed well sown , und the
law contains not only the ideas of the letter ,
but almost the precise forms of Its expression.
TUB rnot-i.B novKHX.
Now hero is a good illustration of the
American system of legislation. Hero Is
what wo moan when wo say that the pco
plo govern this country. Wo mean that
any ) > ersoti In the state , who has any view
ubout t ho government , may , without impro-
' loty , express that view , develop it , and try
impress It on the administration. Mr. Mo-
Yickiir was not n member of cither house of
the legislature. Bccauso such men us ho aw
not members of legislatures , | Hoplo of Eu-
ivprau breeding howl and complain that odu-
CBtcd men nro not Interested In the govern-
incut of tills country. Dr. MoVlckar was
really better employed than ho would hsr
l > ccn had ho been In the acn-
nto of the state of New York.
Ho wns teaching a body of Intelligent young
gentlemen , some of whom , eleven years after ,
were In the hoime of representatives nnd In
the senate. They knew very well that ho
Imcw what ho wiw talking-nlwut ; they had
his letter in their hand * ; an Influential per
son among tholr number wns In the Now
York senate and Introduced n bill based , and
confessedly based , on Dr. MeViekar's ideas ,
and the members of the legislature of New
York , who wen ; men of sense nnd Intelli
gence , were able to earn- , out bis Ideas In a
system which Is now the foundation of the
banking system of the largest commercial
nations of the world.
AN owner i.tissos ron run NATION'S.
The state of New York was thus able to
give an object lesson in what we may call a
normal school of legislation , first , to all the
states In America : nnd secondbecouso her ob
ject lesson succeeded , to all the nations of the
world. Now , if our system of govemlnghad
been the European system all this legislation
would wait till the secretary of the UTjasury
of the United States had been n mnn compe
tent to deal with such' problems , nnd had an
opportunity In which ho could introduce the
discussion of thorn with sonic hoiw of success.
If you have forty-three legislatures ready to
try your experiment of course you have
forty -three chances for a favorable
opportunity to ono which you would have if
S > u had but one parliament to consider it.
ut , moro than this , In the state legislature
you -hava the closer touch and the nearer
sympathy which exist where everybody
knows everybody , nnd the suggestion of ono
Intelligent man produces ltd right effect on
the people who nro in control. But , moro
than this , if wo had been working under the
European system , the project would have
been a project , not originating with congress ,
but "sent down" to congress , as the phroso
Is , from a central upper hierarchy , who
would have to elaborate It even In its de
tail. The chances , therefore , nro
100 to ono against the proba
bility of your winning the same suc
cess , when your bill Is to bo drawn and
agreed upon in substance bv a cabinet , to
what you nave when your bill Is to bo sug
gested by the people originally drawn , very
likely , in its details , by the people. It has to
work its way through the processes of exam
ination , illumination and synthetical con
struction , through which every Dili goes ns it
goes through its stages in ono or another
house of one of our popular legislatures.
IIE3TOIIC THD TOWS MliCTIXO.
In the old New England system of town
meetings the management of each town
is loft to tbo town meeting , In
which the citizens themselves ap
pear and discuss the projects
brought before them. Whether the side
walk shall bo made of stone from the north
quarry or the south quarry is a question to bo
determined by the pcoplo in council. The re
sult ) of these meetings is not so much leg
islative as it is in the line of what wo call ex
ecutive administration. But the training of
such a meeting , for men , for boys even , is ad
mirable for tbo making of legislators. I have
heard with great interest of an effort made in
the town of Mentor , in the western reserve
in Ohio , to introduce again the ineetingot the
people for the discussion of questions of local
administration which may bo important to
them. 1 cannot but wish that , through the
western states , pcoplo may como back thus to
the experience and the habits of the New Eng-
Inmlcrs who planted them. In New England
wo arc quite sure that wo have not outgrown
the town meeting , and the great disadvantage
of tbo creation of small cities is that the dis
cussion which was given in the town meeting
for legislation and for administration exists in
these cities no longer. Whoever wishes to
bring about an advance in legislation in our
states will do well to inquire whether , in the
different wards of our cities , frequent meet
ings may not bo held for discussion of popu
lar topics. In such meetings there should be
men who can intelligently state what are the
plans which are before the administration
bow the sewer is to bo built , what has been
the experience of other cities , and the rest.
In such meetings , if suflleieiit dignity were
given to them , and if the llrst citizens mndo it
their duty as well as their pleasure to bo
present , there would bo n school of adminis
tration and legislation such ns the fathers
were trained in , whose remarkable gift in
those lines is so noble a distinction of their
history.
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COXXUJtlAl.ITies.
A California ! ! lia. > secured a divorce from
bis wife because she batted him with a but
ton hook.
. Gcorgo P. Babst , n prosperous retired tailor
of Youngstown , O. . has just obtained n di
vorce from buxom Wilhelmimi Buck , a widow
to whom ho had been united eight days be
fore. Ho says they found married hfo to
gether unendurable and she says he was too
nifectionato to her daughter and that this
caused the trouble.
William Berger , a Chicago mechanic , has
just completed a romantic love affair by mar
rying Katharine Dietrich , the daughter of an
Austrian nobleman. They were lovers in the
old country , but Katharine's father opposed
the suit and William came to this country ,
raised feOO and returned. The young couple
gave the obdurate papa the slip and were
wedded on their arrival in New York.
A couple in Hancock county , Maine , who
promised to tnko each other for better or
for worse moro than thirty years ago , seem
to have suddenly como to a realizing sense of
the luct that there was danger of overdoing a
good thing and that their engagement bad
been long enough , as a local paper reports
that the minister was called on one night to
get out of boa nnd perform the marriage
ceremony.
A Miss Wredo of San Francisco fell in love
with William Scott , a variety actor , who re
turned her affection with an ardor worthy of
the quarter-interest in a $ C > 0U)0 ( ) estate which
the young lady will eventually como Into , and
they were married. Claus and Henry Wredo ,
the bride's stalwart brothers who had bit
terly opposed the match , sought out the
couple und boat Mr , Scott into most of the
colors of the spectrum. The wounded groom ,
however , salves his injuries with tbo posses
sion of the young bride , and the thought of
? CO,000. ,
Ten years ago the. beautiful young wife of
Gcorgo Axmillcr , a carpenter of Wynkoop-
ville , Mo. , eloped with Samuel Graves , the
only child of a prominent and wealthy citizi-ji.
Graves' father left his property , valued nt
$70,000 , to n distant relative. The other dnv
Axmiller found a package on his doorstop ad
dressed to him. He opened it and found that
it was a package of bank notes. On tbo top
note wns n piece of paper on which was writ
ten the following : "Amanda is dead. Five
years ago. Since then I have saved the en
closed. If it is any recompense for the injury
I did , for God's sake take it. S. G. "
Amanda was the name of Axmlller's runa
way wife. The package contained fTi.OOO in
$100 bills.
Two strange weddings took place nt King
ston , N. Y. , recently within twenty-four
hours. Invitations were issued for the mar
riage of Jacob Lioffer to Miss Mary Post.
Botli arc about twenty-two years of ago.
When the guests assembled at tbo bride's
homo to witness the ceremony tht-ro was no
bridegroom. It was noticed Unit Miss Hen
rietta Post , a younger sister of the expected
bride , was missing. While these present
were discussing the situation , young Lieffer
nnd Miss Henrietta Post alighted from a car
riage and entered the house where they in
formed the parents and guests that they had
Just been wedded. It is believed that the
elder daughter was cognizant of her sister's
intended elopement. The young wife is only
fourteen years old.
There is In Now York , upon ono of the
most fashionublo thoroughfares , n most mag-
nlficcut house yea , it is a veritable palace
which can uovcr bo looked nt by the senti
mental woman without a tear coming to her
eye , because of the story attached to it. It
was designed nnd built by ono of the richest
men in New York the bond of an old Dutch
family for the woman ho loved. Throughout
the whole house , which might have been
called "Tho House Beautiful , " were the
colors , furnishings , ornaments and dainty
touches that were the young bride's taste.
The brldo-to-bo was found dead In bed on the
wedding morning. The last kiss she had
given , had been to her lover the night boforo.
Tholaat kiss hocvurgnvo nnv human being
ho gave to her as she rested in her conlu.
But ho lives in the beautiful house and does ,
with his great fortune , a deal of good , all In
the name of the woman ho loved. The
shutters nro never opened in that wonderful
house , the carriage has never liccn used , no
feet have danced in the ball-room ; but It and
the solitary man are there as evidences of the
fact that a love can so completely ill ! the
heart that all life is nothing without it.
The play which Mrs. Leslie Carter will pro-
scMt on her llrst uppoaranco at the Broadway
theater next November Is named "Tho Ugly
Um'klliig. " It represents phases of the most
fashionable society in Now York , nnd Is the
, -ork of Paul M. Potter , Mr. David Bclasco
us already begun to rehearse it
LILLIAN SINGS FOR NUNS
She Bowed and Smiled and Throw KisJes to
the Holy Women ,
'TWAS A VERY PRETTY EPISODE.
Merry Koslnn Vokes Olves Her
Ideas About True Art In Slngo
ImuBliloi * Another Ameri
can 1'rlma Dunnn.
It was reception dny nt the convent of the
Holj Angels nnd among the visitors who
crossed the river to Fort Leo was Lillian
Russell , says a New York dispatch to the
San Francisco Examiner. She had called to
sec her little daughter , n mite of n girl of flvo
years of age , for the morrow would be her
birthday , and Miss Uussell wanted to cele
brate the event with n doll party , to bo given
in the rose nrlior l > chlnd the chapel. The nun
who presided tti the reception-room went to
consult the mother superior about the mat
ter' , and during her absence the flttlo
student dragged her mother to the piano
nnd demanded a solo from "Nndjy. "
Lillian compiled. The first was Schubert's
"Serenade , " and then "A Green Hill Far
Away. " Then the mother sent the little
daughter to get n gloss of water. The child
opened the hall door , but rushed back to the
piano , exclaiming :
"Look , mamma , all the sisters arc hearing
you sing. "
Sure enough , there they were , nuns and
novitiates in black rotes nnd white veils.
They crowded the hall and stood on the long ,
broad staircase from the newel post to the
upper landing , nnd when Lillian appeared in
the doorway the cloister rang with applause.
She bowed and smiled and threw kisses to
the holy women along the balustrade mid
down the cool hall , but they clasped their
white hands nnd called softly but enthusiast
ically , "Encore , encore. "
Miss Hussell responded , nnd for fully an
hour sang ballad , hymn and solo until her
repertoire was exhausted. Kequcsts were
made and granted , sheet music having been
brought from the chapel and the practice
room and for "Sing , Smile , Sleep , " one of
the nuns played her the accompaniment.
After it was all over Miss Kussell told tlie
superior that It was the most inspiring audi
ence she had ever sung before , and the re
cluse assured her that no sweeter voice or
more artistic method had ever been heard in
in the cloister.
Stage ImitjliT. (
I once heard n well known French critic
say , writes Itosinn Vokes in the New York
Evening Journal , in speaking of a prominent
actress : "She is not pletty , her form is an
gular and ungainly and her work tis not al
ways of the beat , hut her laugh well.1 ! would
rather hear Blank lauirh than see the most
beautiful and talented , woman act. " The
stage laugh to bo thoroughly effective , must
be natural. A strained laugh is at once no
ticeable and greatly detracts from uu artist's
popularity.
In comedy it is desirable that n large part
of the merriment , shall como from the front
of the house ; that if the auditors , if pleased ,
shall wholly give way to their feelings , and
in tills manner encourage the efforts of those
behind the footlights. I do not favor the
broad comedy laugh the horse laugh one
that completely ( ills the auditorium and re
minds us of the circus clown.
To my mind rippling silvery soundn , rising
slowly to u moderate height , intersi > erscd
hero and there with the music some are able
to give them , are far moro pleasing. This is
what I call the "brook laugh. " It can only bo
employed in comedy of the lightest vein ,
where fun is the only object to bo attained.
I have heard laughs which have run In my
liead long years alter those who have uttered
them were dead. They were so spontaneous ,
so thoroughly natural , mid , above all , heart-
whole , that 1 stored them up in mv memory
as the most pleasing part of individuals' per
sonality.
I can excuse an artist singing out of tune ,
but she should never permit her laughing
notes to becomefaulty. . In fuel , to my mind ,
there is moro rhythm in n musical and well-
modulated laugh than in the best executed
aria.
aria.Great
Great distinction should bo made between
the laugh and the cHueklo. The latter is
adaptable only to the melodramatic stage ,
ami then should be the exclusive property of
the heavy villain.
I am a linn believer that the laugh is n
great panacea for dyspepsia , that is providing
the unfortunate suffering from Unit disease
can be induced to indulge in it. At any rate ,
on or off the stage , it serves the purpose of
driving away care- and making human nature
forget the trials and disappointments it is
subjected to. .
Mninilhoturcrs of Sopranos.
Sopranos , and first-rate onc.3 , are being
manufactured in such quantities us to be now
a drug in the musical market. Mine. Mur-
chcsi is ouo of the most successful manufac
turers. Then there are the classes of Mesdames -
dames Marie Sass and Lngiunge , of Knicst
deMuuck , and now Mile. "I'aulo Gaynard ,
musical preceptress to the daughters of the
Prince of Wales. America is rich in light
sopranos nnd Sweden in others who have the
charm of strangeness , says n laris letter to
the London Truth. But the lir.-.t-rato con
tralto is the rara avis , ami is worth her
weight in gold. And who ever heard a singer
of this kind who was not powerfully built
nnd apt to run into n Itnbens-llke sort of
llcsbi Mme. Sans perseveres In living in re
tirement. Mile. Kichard hns become the
wife of a man who nitidu millions in a big
grocery. She refuses to i.iug at the opera
except on. her own conditions , which the
managers think exorbitant. They offered a
third more than wiuit they usually gave her ,
to anpcar in "Aseanio" as La Hebzzono , but
she iMulrcd twice as much. That part was
written by Saint-Saens for a contralto.
Hence the hunt for one over Europe. Chi-
rage , where there is a Mrs. Wyninn , was not
thought of. A wonderful contralto was dis
covered in Dresden , 1ml she Germanises
French in spunking , and Mugs It in n way
that would force the most long suffering o'f
French audiences , to bias her on" the stage.
The next best is a Senorita Domenech. She
is , however , inexperienced in the tut of the
sccun.
Another American I'riinn Domin.
Miss Emma Eamcs , the prlmu douua of the
opera , who halls from Massachusetts , is HO
gracious and charming that Parisians forgive -
give her for : i thin nnd rather light volcesays
the Illustrated London News. She is tall ,
with u slender , well-developed figure. Her
fneo is n pure oval , with a fongish nose and
well-curved nostrils. Her eyes nro of bluish
gray , wclllnhcd after the manner of Irish
eyes ; wcll-dothied curved eyebrows , and
masses of dark-brown curling hair finish the
ensemble. She makes a fascinating Mar
guerite with n heavy plait ol dark hair hangIng -
Ing down her back. Her face nnd figure
have no truce of the peasant about them ,
however , and her costume is too long ami
graceful in drapeiy ; but she is u pleasant
picture , nevertheless striking , intense ,
picturesque.
yiVUlV AKlt TIIK /M.Tf.l. .
JennioKimball Is seriously tbluking of put
ting Corinnu in long drosses.
Mr. Edwin II. Prieo has become Clavn
Morris' business manager.
Joseph Jefferson Is hunting the festlvo
trout ut Buzzard's Gay , Mass.
The Hanlons "Fanta ma" company Is said
to have uiado $75,000 during ita present
tour.
Stuart Robson has accepted n playjfrom
Prof. Corbett , entitled "Is Mnrringo a Full-
urel"
A novel called "Tho Confessions of a Door
mat" Is being dramatized tor production in
London.
The prlvnta theater which Pattl has built
at Crafg-y-Nos will bo opened next uutuuin
by Irving. '
Miss Adolln Barker hns Joined "His Natu
ral Llfo" company und has tuado a hit as Lady -
dy Dovlne.
Jcnnlo Yoamnns will bo with Edward liar-
rlgan again next seasonhaving already signed
a contract.
W. J. Scanlan will spend his summer vaca
tion with Manager Augustus Pitou nt Lake
Simcoo in Canada.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett Is expected back
from Europe early In Juno , Ho is in the host
of health and spirits ,
Louis Jatuw will add "Macbeth" to his
MADE NOTe
To close ou the hats and gents' furnishing stock , as we were crowded with the clothing stoc'k
and were anxious to dispose of the most bulky goods first. We have succeeded beyond our
greatest expectations in reducing the stock , but have still some excellent suits and odd pants , odd
coats and o 'vests that we sell the coming week at still lower prices than we have offered them.
This week we will begin the clearing out of the
GENT'S FURNISHING GOODS
It is well known that we carried no trashy stock in this line. Fine goods were our specialty ,
Everything that
THROUGH THE
Will be sold at one-third its value. Here are a few sample prices :
' : Gents' fine linen collars 75c per dozen ,
Were selling for $2.BO and $3.
Guffs $1.50 per dozen ,
. . . Were selling before the fire at $4 and $4.BO.
. . * Light summer underwear 50c ,
Former price $1.OO.
' : Fancy percale shirts 75c ,
Were selling at $1.BO. O nly a few of these.
. White dress shirts , former price $1.50 and $2 ,
We sell them this week at 78c each.
. . , A fine line of gloves at 50c ,
Most of them sold at $1.8O a pair before the fire.
A line of men's straw hats for 50c.
Other articles in the same proportion.
Bear in mincfthat most of these are not damaged in the least for wear , and are the new spring
and summer stock which we had just put in before the fire.
VNING. KING & CO. , Reliable Clothiers :
1216 KARNAM STREETF , OMAHA.
repertoire next season. "Kiciiard III. " will
probably be shelved. [
"The Senator's AVifft" is , t'.io. ' name of n
now comedy , which Agnes Hi-radon has added
to her repertoire for next sc&vm.
Prod Pontius bus been engaged by M.mn- .
pcr Lylcens r.s musical director of the Fay
Tompleton comic oponiiconipany.
The whole cast of Gounod's mind is ivltij-
lous , and he is almost' cdnstantly occupied
nowadays with writing religious music.
E. J. Henley , whose latest .success has been
won inMoney Mud , " has signed tin outage.
ment for next season with Airs. Leslie Carter.
ivnto Castlcton and * Iter- husband , Harry
Phillips , nre In New York.wheru they w I.I
remain for the summer , probably in a cottage
by the sea.
Miss Nellie MuHenrv's juicers in "Lady
Poggy" is now tt&surcJbeytmd a iloubt. Her
business has been very , larso wherever s'.io '
has appeared.
Miss Uoso Osborno lias a new play called
' Satan" in which slu will star next season ,
opening in New York September 1 , at I'uo
\VindbOr theater.
The Ilunlon brothers now have the work
upon theii- new hpei'tucular piece so lav ad-
vaneeil that there will be no hurrying ut the
end of the summer to got it ready.
Arthur 15. Chu.sc , formirly with Boath an'l
ModjuftlM , i" a very siclc nun and Iws bson
ordcivd to Europe by his physician. He will
probably retire irom the ilieiitrieal business.
Kntio StolciM , the bo-.mtlful wife of John
Stetson , the wealthy Boston inanasw , eve-
uloit u Rendition by dHiirlng InTho U.muo-
lieiV in Korton. Mrs. Stetson is one of the
handsomest women on the .i
Com 'fanner opens Minor's newly d corat-
oJ Fifth avenue theater New York on Au
gust - , ' . - , prcscntiii ! , ' Edwin E. KlUdor's new
play "Ono Error1 which ho wrote expressly
for'licr. Ono net is laid at Nice mid three in
Paris.
The annual mcctinij of the Actors' Fund of
America will be held at the Mudisoii Sctuaro
theater , New York , on Tuesday , June S , at
11 a. in. The mmlvorsary exoivises will beheld
held at Palmer's theater at o'eloclt on the
sumu day.
"Kobin Hood and Mal.l Marian , " tbo nest
spectacular oxtrav.xsanzii to be ? presented tit
tin- Chicago owr.i linu e , is nlraiily well in
bund. All till. ' co.ituuvs have bix'ii dwltfued ,
the book has been written uiui some of the
principal scones painted.
The onlv .soprano in the world who makes
hiRhcr tones tlinii i'ntti , says the PUtsbun ?
dispatch , is Misi Svliil Sanderson f San
Francisf.1. She Is u t.ill , willowy girl , with
throat like a white- pillar , gold bloiule hair
and black eyes , with great depths of dlablerlo
in them.
"A Fair Kelx-I , " a military comedy drama
in live acts , which wns given a Mieee.v.ful
trial matinee at the Rtur theater in December
last , will bo presented in all the Inrgo citicof
the country next season under the manage
ment of Edward l { . .Mim ou.
At the Siin Carlos theater in Lisbon tnoy
have n curious custom of giving every year
during the lust dnyt , of the carnival an opera
In which all the male characters uro played
by women. This year the opera was "Tho
Harbor of Seville , " and nit1 tbo parts except
that of Figaro were taken by women.
The town of Uuckspnrt , Me. , witnessed the
stacre presentation of "Old Jed Prouty" the
other night. The fwn being the scene ot tbo
storv of the phiv and all o { the characters
bebi'i ; local celebrities , citizens welcomed the
company with cannon tiring , banner raising
and spevhinuking. . The performance in the
evening was followed by n public ball and
cupper , in which the entire auUienee puftici
puled. . .
The "Beau Drummell , " which Mr. Mans
field lias so richly nnd torrootly coatmnod ut
the Madison Square theater , New York , is
entlrclv unlike the roul Ilrummcll , who his
tory tells us never loved anything , although
the author has twined 11 pretty love sivno In
the play.What could' I do , my dear fellnrl'1
ho li.speil , when speaking about matrimony ,
"when I actually saw i-Ady Mary eat , rub-
bago ! " The key to llio real dandy's character
la best seen during hU iwnniless exile , when
a dinner was a charity to him. After help
ing himself to n wing of a capon , and trying n
morsel of It , ho took it up in'his napkin , called
to his dog nnd said alouU : "Here , Atons , try
If you can get your teeth through this , for I'm
d d if I can. " No hospitality or kindness
ever melted Biiitnmell worth n cent. "
JUN1S ,
Hume Journal.
All May there has been 'whispering in the
trees
Of changes that would make this OKI world
new ;
Sweet rumors brought by birds who flut
ter through
The year uhcud of summer that the breeze
Would kiss the buds to odorous mysterloj
Of mazy petals und undreamed-of hue.
Lot us Jimo comes ( the gossip birds spoke
true ! )
At every step great roses brush her knees ,
Juno Is a mnid whoso virgin eyes shine clear
With truth and innocence ; who scos her
knows
She Is nor child nor woman , yet so near
To both tbut each wight claim the grace
she shows.
Most like her dearest flower she doth appear ,
A half-unfolded , thlrty-pcialoU iu > u' .
WHICH "PLAY'S THE THING ? "
Dramatic Performances Which Continue to
Delight Omaha Gentlemen.
FROM HAMLET TO EAST LYNNE.
Tliosn AVIio Ijilce Comedy Kxccl
in NmnDcr the Admirers of
( lie Cold , Cruel null
Funereal Tragedy.
The likes and dislikes of people who pntron-
ize dramatic entertainments arc almost u'
varied as the plays themselves.
However , there uro very few regular thea
tre-goers who have much admiration for
tragedy. The greater number prefers come
dy. Some admire the modern society , others
the mclo-dranm but all delight in an opora.
.1 elm B. llnwloy says that any piny Joe Jeffer
son appears in pleases him.Vliy ! Because
I consider Mr. .TeiTerson the most natural , en
tertaining actor wo have. No tragedy for mo
in any form. I have M-OII nearly all the traise-
dinns lint never enjoyed nny of them , it is
no satisfaction for mo to spend two or three
hours roemp people kill one another. 1 go to
the vheiHi-e to Iw nmiisod , consequently want
something pleasant. "
"If you should ask mo to name my favorite
tratre-iv , " observed Dr. George L. Miller , "I
should qnleklv tell you "Hamlet , " with Booth
in the title role. But , of lute years , I prefer
comedy altogether. Should jou desire to
know , however , the entertainment that de
lights mo mo.st 1 would unhesitatingly say ,
Agues Huntington in light op r.i. " Some
years as" the doctor thought Ilopo Glenn In
conciiri wits almost incomparable.
-To mo , " said John L. Webster , " 'Kiclio-
lieu' is the grandest play over written. 1 can
sit down and read it with profound enjoy
ment , nnd its development son the stiigo al
ways interest ! , me.Macbeth' is my second
choice. "
J. M. Woolworth idolizes .Too Jefferson ,
speaks very highly oC W. .1. Florence and
ndmirra Booth , but. never allow- > himself
to be inlluenccd in behalf of any single play.
"I hate tragedy , nnd always diil , but enjoy
comeily. When I go to the theater , which is
not very often , 1 PJ to be amused. "
"Give me. clean , high-toned comedy , by all
means , " exclaimed Jules Lumb.ml. "None
of your -Tin Soldiers' or 'City Directories. '
I btivo the moat hearty contempt for all this
clnp-tir.i ) sluft' called fnrcc. There is no place
for it cither on or off the stage. It panders
two much to the vulgar tastes. 'School for
Seand.iV is about my idea , for the reason that
it Is n well written production and directly il
lustrative of human nutmv. "
"No ono piny , " replied. . Frank Murphy.
"My likings arc exclusively for light English
comedy , when in Now York , I always go to
.sco IJalv's company. Light opera Is also a
elms of amusement I enjoy. Wimlom and
JeffiTson nro my preferences as actors. "
Ben Wooil doesn't llko the drama at nil.
This , ho thinks , is duo to the fact
that when n single man he freouented the
aters too much and became surfeilutl. "Ciivo
mo ojicra , every time. Not Wagner , O , no ,
but something tbut lias melody in it. "
Said Luther Drake : " ' 7-'V is unquestion
ably the prettiest thing I ever saw. 1 went to
sco'Daly's company in New York when they
were ptitying it and can't remember when I
enjoyed anything as thoroughly. "
"Tho Hcnriettu , " pleased mo moro , I think ,
than nil the plays of irty amusement cxperl-
euco. " This from Charles Offutt. "No
special incident leads mo to single it out. Its
storv und plot ; its comedy , satire , pathos nnd
villainy nro BO true to ovory-day life Hint I
was forciblv impressed with tbo work , nnd
therefore llko 11 bettor than other plays. "
Thomas 1) . Crane , pronounces 'Hip Van
Winklo. ' with Joe Jefferson , the nemo of
dramatic art. "For mo that Is the play.
Can't glvo you any reason why I like It host ,
but I do. "
Kichard Hall says " 'Hamlet' is my favorite.
I go to see it ( ivory clmnco I get. The char
acter of the play is the onlv reason I can glvo
for preferring it to other plays. "
" Hlchollou1 replied William Wallace , Is
the plcco that suiu mo. "
"Of nil the tragedies glvo rae 'Hamlet,1
when Booth plays it , " was L. M. Bennett's
response , and of all tbo comedies I select
'Hip Van Winklo'when Joe Jefferson I ? the
Uip. ' "
Said John Wilbur , "I am partial to
'School for Sandal. ' Why I because It Is so
Very bright and requires an unusually largo
number of good actors to play It. Nothing
over gave mo qulto so mucu enjoyment as n
performance of this comedy I once saw in
Now York. In tragedy , 'Klehellou1 la the
grandest thing ever written. "
Postmaster Gallagher says : " 'East
Lynn1 Impresses mo more forcibly than any
otlior play I ever saw. "That scone In wh Ion
the mother comes back to her children is so
much llko human nature Unit I can't forgot
the otToct It bad upon mo the first time I aw
It"
It"S. . P. MONO is very fond ofOthello. . " "I
WILL EXHIBIT
4 "DAYS ONLY
SIMM , JUNE 1st
-ON THE-
Cor. 17th and Charles Sts.
2 PERFORMANCES DAILY 2
< i *
Afternoon at 2 O'Clock. ' Evening at 8 O'Clock.
ADMISSION
- - - -
Watch our Grand Street Parade at 1O O'Clock A. M. on Monday ,
June 2nd.
would walk ten miles any ti'no , " ho declared ,
"to see it played. My mlmiratlon is probably
based upon the fact that I always enjoy see
ing the bad actresses who impersonate De.s-
diinioiiin , killed off. No nrittt over pleased
mo moro than Ada Kulitin in 'Taming of the
Shrow. ' "
His brother , W. V. Morse , Inclines to
"Hlchellou" as a model. Ho once had the
pleasure of seeing C. U' . Couldock , as the
cardinal , nnd will never forget what n grand
performance It was. Itlchard Mmistleld does
a bit of acting in a "Parisian Itomunco , "
which aroused his admiration. "But , " con
tinued Mr. Morse , "I think probably tbo
most oxqulslto pleco of acting that over came
under my observation was Jefferson , Flor
ence and Mrs. Drew in 'Tho Ulvals. ' "
A. J. Popploton Is n great iidmlror of
"Othollo. " "That Is ono of tbo grandest < "n-
tortnlnmonts , " said ho , "that belongs to the
statjo. "
Hugh Murphy cherishes n profound liking
for two of the old tlmo tragedies , "Itichard
III" nnd "Spartlcus. " "Tho ono slunvs up
a mnn's meanness , " ho said , "wliilo the other
Illustrates what confidence n noblonntiirn has
In Itself. Because of their directly opposite
characters I enjoy ono about us much us the
other. "
E. M. Bnrtlott says , " 'Hamlet' interests
mo moro than any other of Shakespenr's
plays. 1 saw It once with Booth In tbo tltlo
rolu nt Philadelphia with such line surround
ings and under uucb iavorablo auspices that
the pleco luft a wonderful impression upon
my mind. Of all the comudioa after seeing E.
11. Sothorn In 'Our American Cousin , ' 1
awarded first prize to him. "
Martin Culm could not say that ho had nny
spoclal fuvorito iilny , but sut-h dramai as
"Cumlllo , " "Article , " and "Tho Now Magdalene -
daleno , " with Clara Morris as the btnr al
ways Interested him.
" 'Othullo'ls favorlto the "
my on stage ,
said W. I > \ Clurloy , "but I enjoy reading
'Macbeth' greatly. It dumoiiatrutcM so vivid
ly what InlluencoH a vorvy , diMperato woman
can wlclu ovur a man who b really not bad at
beurt. "
A. J. SIMPSON.
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