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Pages 9 to 12 , HE OMAHA DAILY BEE. Pages 9 to 12 BN TWENTTRTTr . . . OMAHA. SATUEDAY MAY 2:3. : 189.1 TVVRT/VR T1IKH MOKXIM3. Itochttttr Talttman , On the old gray torrnco wbcro wo hart parted , inLvltb vows nntl Podges , nnd many a sigh , Wnero the sunlight slept and the swallows ilnrtcd , I mot her , my sweetheart , of days gone by. Twos the ghost of a curtsey , silken , stately. That she dropped as she passed , and turned from mo To the grand milord shn has wedded lately , Tbo gouty , tyrannical , rich marquis. But T smiled to myself in cynic fashion , As I watched the bloom on her proud face fudo , And the stir of a lone-forgotten passion That fluttered her bodice of gold brocndo. O , the flcklo tvorldl All the boughs are budded. There cro Hocks of sails on the glancing sen , And my heart with nn April Joy Is flooded , Though Dolly Is married , and not to met LOOKING FORWARD. AiiAiiNwor to Looking liuckwiml. ll\l \ Illcliaiil .MichaelIs. CIIAITnil V. From a heaven of peace nnd joy , from an Ideal state , Inhabited by good people only , Forest had thrown mo Into a deep , dark sea of pity and doubt. Dr , Lcolo and his family noticed , of course , the disturbed state of tny thoughts , and whllo the doctor was evidently waiting for ino to bring about a discussion of the social problems , Edith was anxious to console me- Bho seemed to tblnK that the strangeness of tny surroundings and of my present position was depressing mo. I carefully avoided an explanation. I had resolved to continue the conversation with Mr. Forest , but to form a clear opinion of tny own by examining Into the actual atnto of things , and thus find If the real facts bore out the statements of Dr. Lccto or those of Mr. Forest. Therefore , on my way to and from the college , I strolled along the streets nnd conversed with nil the people I met. I noticed with some surprise that everybody was reserved yes , even shy when 1 com- ice need to ask about the administration of public affairs , about the principles underly ing our form of government , about the be havior of the ofllcers , the management of tbo storehouses , and whether tbo people were satisfied nnd pleased , or not. Hardly over did I meet nn expression cither of cheerful contentment or of decided dissatisfaction. Only a few radicals ex pressed themselves in strong languagt- ngalnst the present state of thing ! ) and against the leaders of the country and a feu- women said that they did not like ttio work In the factories at nil. But , although people were very reserved In the expression of their fcellncs nnd thoughts , I became convinced that contentment Is as rnro n llower in the garden of communism ns It was in the United States of 118 years aco. The abominable lan guage used by the radicals against the high est ofllcers of the country could not , of course , convince mo that the latter were guilty of the charges preferred. But I could not elicit from any other man or from any other woman o ! tbo rank and lllo of the industrial army a defense of the accused men. They evidently did not care to antagonize anybody when they were not celled upon by one of their superiors to stand by the administra tion. tion.Thus Thus , I was forced to the conclusion that communistic rule did not create the univer sal happiness I expected to find after my conversations with Dr , Lecte. But I was In clined to think that people lived well enough , without great cares , neither on the ono hand particularly content with their lot , nor on the other Inclined to change their system of pro duction. And It seamed to mo that most of the people wcro rather dull and did not take much Interest in anything. Ono day when I reached the house of Dr. Leoto after ono of my promenades through the streets of Boston , as I entered tho'ball , I heard a very loud conversation in ono of tiio rooms. The first words that arrested my at tention , spoken in a deep voice , trembling with emotion , wore : "Miss Edith has en couraged me to repeat my visits , " " \Yoaroalwnysgladtoseoyou hero , Mr. Fcst , " Dr. Lccto replied. "Wo have all Invited you. " "Yes , you havs ; but you understand very well wnat I mean' , " the deep voice contin ued. "I have called hero BO frequently , and hnvo today nskcd Miss Edith to become my Wife , bccausoTOur daughter has encouraged my hopes to win her lovo. And now I am cooly informed that I have made a great mis take , and 1 sco my suspicion continued , that this Bostonlan of the nineteenth conturydug out by you from bis grave in the garden , is the man whom Miss Edith prefers to all others , even the ono she encouraged until a few days ago. " "Mr , Fest , I wish you would represent the civilization of the twentieth century with moro dignity when you nro speaking of my daughter and of my guest , " said Dr , Leeto with some emotion in bis voice. 'Of course I must preserve my dignity when I hnvo been fooled by u base flirtation for over n year , nnd make the discovery that the girl I love is to marry a man Ml ) years old In preference to mo , " Mr. Fest said in deep bitterness and somewhat sneorlngly. " "How can you utter such cruel nnd untrue words , " exclaimed Edith with angry excite ment , " Never has the thought entered my mind thntyourfeellngs toward mo.your friend for over ton years , wcro any thing but brother ly affection. " "It Is time to end this conversation , " in- posed Dr. Lceto , "after the explanations given , Air , Fcst undoubtedly feels , that our relations can not be continued. " "Of course , our relations can not bo con tinued , " cried Mr. E'est in 11 rage. ' ! leave you now , and shall not outer your bouse ngnln as n friend. "If I over como again it will b9 ns an enemy to bo avenged for the destruction of my hapniness and tbo peace of my heart. Beware of that day I" ' ' Tho'rc'okless manner In which this man ad dressed Edith and her father aroused my anger and entering the room I said : Plenso save your cheap pathos for amateur theatri cals and leave , this room at once. " The man before me was about six feet three Inches lull , with broad shoulders and two heavy lists , Ho looked down upon mo with nn Iror.lral glance and said : " ( will spare you this time , old man , hut the next occasion ttintymi Indulgom Impudent languacc. I will Pe t you In n bag and dump you into Mnssa- , ' chusetu bay. " Before I could answer this pleasing threat , Mr. Fest had left the room and the houso. "Who Is that man I" I asked , turning to Dr. Lccto , with no attempt to conceal my displeasure , "Ho is a machinist , a very nblo man in his trade and a captain In the industrial army , " explained the doctor. "His parents lived next door mid when ho was u boy ho used to play with Editn. " "If Ioro to Judge tha social manners of the oRicors of the Industrial armv by tbo ex perience of this hour I should have to say that civilization bos moved very slowly and rather backward than ahead , " 1 remarked. 'I Is un extraordinary case of atavism , " aid Dr , Lcoto. "Such hothcadcdncss is very rare In our days , " 1 did not care to begin Just now a conversa tion that might have n very unpleasant term ination. But I could not repress tbo thought that II ! ) your * ago the manners and morals 5 * were such that lines were drawn between tbo " two Rexes that were Invisible but still recog \ nized by every one having a little sense of propriety , and that a man would hardly have felt as If ho bad been oncourngoJ If it were cot tbo case. I entertained not the slightest doubt that Edith had behaved as well as any clrl of nor time. It was the consequence of the tendency to equalize everything that had , yorhaps , effaced to a certain degree the line lines existing HU years ago between good tvomon and men , I remembered my question put to Dr. Leoto ; "And so the girls of the twentieth century tell their love ! " and the doctor's answer : 'If they choose. There u no moro pretense of a concealment of feel- luc on tlielr part tbun on the part of their lover * . ' " ) - 1'cs , If glrU.tcll their love Juit as men do , then the flue lines between the two kflies must bo obliterated ? and a feeling of rc- pulilon ftnd-unciiJluen tbbk po > se ston of me. vittuuy become accMiary to pUce Mr. Fcst , at least for n few months , under medl- cal trcatment"rcmnrkcd Dr , Lceto , thought fully. "He Is ccrtnlnlv In n high state of excitement " citement , and It is not "unlikely that ho may commit n rash net which ho would repent afterwards. " "One hundred and thirteen years ago we would have placed such a man under bonds to keep the peace , " I snld , considering with terror the Idea , that n man could bo placed In an Insane asylum for uttering a few rash words. "And If , In violation of bis bond , ho com mitted n breach of peace , " said the doctor , "what did you then do with such n maul" "Wo punished him uccurding to the laws covering the case , either by Imprisonment or by a flue , or In rases of murder , by putting tno criminals to death. " "Wo place a man In whom atavism makes Its nppearanco.m n hospital where competent physicians take core of him until they con sider htm sufllclently cured to bo released , " said Dr. Leeto , with nn expression of great satisfaction and kindness , as ho lighted a fresh Havana cigar. "I think you nro running no great risk , papa , If you allow that man to attend to the duties of his posl- tlon , " Edith remarked. "Ho is quick torn- pored mid hot-headed ; but he will soon be come composed. " "I am not so sura about that , " Dr , Leoto said slowly. "I remember that ho has always shown deep strong feelings whenever ho has set his heart upon anything. Ho may and hu may not calm down. It Is dangerous to take any chances with such a man. " Conflicting sentiments and ideas llllod my heart und bond. I felt that if I continued the conversation It might end In a conflict with Dr. Lcete , nnd I was In no mood to en gage In any discussion with him. So I ex cused myself on the pica Of u bad headache , and left the house to take n walk. The experience of the last hour did not savor much of the millennium. Hero was a man holding the rank of nn ollleer of tbo In dustrial army , and roughly and rudely ac cusing Edith of flirtation. His behaviorcqr- tainly did not correspond with tbo high praise Dr. Leeto gave to the culture and ed ucation of the young people of the twentieth century. At all events this contest between Fcst and the family of Or. Lcetc demon strated that contentment Is not secured to humanity by the simple Introduction of com- inunlMn , by'securing"forovorybody lodging , clothing and n stilllclcnt quantity of good food. Envy nnd Jealousy threatened our love , and Mr. Fest seemed to bo just the kind of a man to make his displeasure felt. Tne man ner lu which Dr. Lccto imposed to prevent n rash act of the enraged lover appeared to mo oven moro disagree able than the prospect of a personal encounter with Mr. Fest. And again the question arose before my mind whether Edith Bartlett , my llanceo of ISs" , would ever hnvo given u man an opportunity to ac cuse her of flirtation or to assert that she had encouraged him to declare his lovo. When I met .Mr. Forest after my next .lec ture I remarked : "I understand the girls of the twentieth century are somewhat of the style that wo would have culled emanci pated. " With a short but sharp glinco at my palo face which testified that I had passed a sleepless night , Mr. Forest replied : "Tho mad endeavor to equalize the variety , estab lished by nature , has not spared the relations between women and men. Both sexes be long 'to the industrial army , both have their own ofllcors and ludges , both receive the same pay. The queen of your old-fnshloncd household has Seen dethroned. Wo talto our meals In great steam-feeding establishments , and If our radicals , who are in fact the logi cal communists , nro victorious , wo will all live together in lodging houses uccotnmodat- tng thousands of people. Marriage will bo abolished , together with religion and nil per sonal property ; free love will bo proclaimed and wo will live tocothcr like a flock of rab bits. . The natural sense of propriety which is a distinguished quality of the liner sex , fortunately prevents most of our women nnd girls , becoming victims of the low and degrading - grading theories of communism. But the real girl of our period is a very remark able although by no means nirrccablo specimen. Do vou know Miss Cora Delonga cousin of Miss Edith Lcetei" "I have not the pleasure. " "You will not escape her , " Mr. Forest pre dicted with a smile of amusement. "Miss Cora Is very enthusiastic over the absolute cautdity of women nnd men. And since some of our young men are courting their young lady friends , Miss Cora thinks it but fair and proper that she should court some of the young men. She does not hesitate to tell them that she admires their good looks , that she loves thorn ; she asks them for kisses , In vites them to n drink Just as young men talk to young girls and Just as they invite them to have a plate of Ice cream. She smokes cigars and plays billiards with her inulo friends , and Is dolnc all she can to "equalize" the sexes. And Miss Cora as well as the other "girls of our period" com plains very loudly that'sho cannot abolish all the differences between woman and man. " "I am not very anxious to make the ac quaintance of Miss Cora Delong , " I con fessed. "And I agrco with you from my owi personal experience that the old style of housekeeping Is very agreeable. I would prefer it. But do not the women of tbo twentieth century lead a , moro comfortable life than oven tbo wealthy ladles of my former clays I And are you not getting moro toll out of the women { ban wo dldt Dr. Leeto says you Dr. Leeto is a' great optimist when ever communism Is discussed , " an swered Mr. Forest. "It is , of course , intpossiute 10 siaie wiui uuy uenieu ui cer tainty how much tho-glrls and women of the year ISiJT produced. But I doubt very much the statement of your host that wo are get ting a great deal 1110113 toll out of our women than you did. " "Tho separate cooking , washing and ironIng - Ing at the end of the nineteenth century must have cuused a great deal more work than the present way of doing these things , " I re marked. "And Dr. L otosaid : There Is no housework to bo done. " * "This U ono of the many wild statements of Dr. Loate , " Mr. Forest answered. "Who Is sweeping the rooms , maxlng the beds , cleaning the windows , dusting the furniture , scrubbing the floors I I hnvo no doubt that Dr. Leoto's family Is nn exception , because women of the industrial army do a great deal , If not all this work In the house of the leader of the administration party. Have you over seen Mrs. Looto or Miss Edith doing any of the housework 1 have mentioned ! " I had to confess Unit I never had , nnd , In deed , Miss Edith had never done anything except to arrange n bunch of llowcrs , If she were a member of the Industrial army it must bo In n capacity where there is but very little work to do. She had never men tioned that she had duties to perform , and I remember that Dr. Leoto had once spoken of bis daughter as an Indefatigableshopper4 thus Indicating that she had much spare time. "In tbo houses occupied by the rank and fllo of our Industrial army the women have no help from other members of the auxiliary corps ( the women of the industrial army. ) Tneso-\vonien have to do all the work I have mentioned , and for them the cooking In the public eating houses Is not such n great help ns Dr. Lcete scorns to believe , " began Mr. Forest. "Tteso women have to change their dresses three times a day , for they cannot npi > cur at the table in the wrapper they wear whiio working at home , and they have to wash and dress their children , if tboy have any. And 1 am Inclined to believe that by having the cooking done In the public eating bouses , a great deal of material is squandered that would bo saved In a private house. Besides , the nuhliu cooking houses have to prepare a largo bill of fare , nnd there Is , as a matter of course , n great deal left over that can not bo used afterwords There fore , the women who are members of the Industrial army Ihul actually very llttlo tlmo to do any work besides the labor connected \\lth housekeeping , and the majority of thorn would rather do the cooking at homo. They could do It while busy with their housework , without losing moro tluiu than tbo dressing and undressing for breakfast , dinner and supi > cr consume. And ttio complaint has frequently been made that families with many children would faro much better , and tno mothers of such families snvo much tituo If the cooking wcro douo at homo. When there U sickness in the family , It ,1s very annoying to the healthy members to bo obliged to go to the eating houses to procure proper food for tbo Invalid. A Mrs. Hosmor said to me the other day she and her seven children bad often missed a meal because the could uot nub &U her little COM and dress herself and the children In. time. " "How do you employ the married women ! " I asked. "This Is a very weak point In our social system , " Mr. Foiost replied. "Most of tbo married women do not at all rMlsh doing outside work , and they make all kinds of ex cuses to avoid It. Trouble with their chil dren nnd personal Indisposition are fre quently used as excuses for the absence of married women from their positions In tbo industrial army. " ' "I suppose It Is very dlnicult , oven for'tho physicians , to ascertain whether such state ments are well founded or not , " I remarked. "Of course , In the majority of cases , it is Impossible to make the charge of shamming and prove it , " Mr. Forest continued. "It is this trouble with tbo married women , and their excuses tbftt their small children prevent - vent them doing nnv duty In the Industrial army , that the radical communists nro using in support of their demand for the abolition of private housekeeping. The radicals claim that their system would bo moro prosperous than ours. It would bo much cheaper to ledge hundreds or thousands under one roof than to have houses for ono , two or thrco families. They further more claim that If marriages were abolished nnd frco love Introduced as the principle governing the relations of the two sexes , tbo passing alliances of men nnd women would produce better children than the offspring of the present marrinees. These children would be kept and nursed , after ttioy had passed their tlrst year , In large nurseries , HO that the mothers would have nothing to do with them and could attend all day to their work as members of the Industrial - trial army. " "How beastly nro these theories ! " I ex claimed. "To establish all human Institu tions , the relations of the sexes , simply on a basis of calculation , and to separate the mothers from their children because It Is cheaper to raise two hundred mammlfers bv the bulk oven If the mortality should bo 10 and 20 per cent greater ! " "But the radicals are the logical commun ists , " Mr. Forest said. "Tho fundamental principle of communism Is equality. Vou can base the ocmand for the equal division of the products of labor on that principle of equality only , nnd if wo are all equal , then there is no reason why wo should live in houses of dif ferent architecture , why wo should wear dif ferent clothing , why wo should have a variety of meals , why ono man should not have Just as good a right to the love of a cer tain girl as any and all other men , and why ono girl should not have Just as fair a claim to the love of any man she may select as any other girl has. And there Is no reason why ono babv should have moro cnro than another and why ono mother should spend moro time on bar child than another , thus perhaps losing tltuo that would have enabled her to make herself useful by peeling a plate of potatoes. Toe radicals are the only communists. " "But every girl cannot love nil the men , and every man cannot very well love all the girls , " 1 oDJected , somewhat amused by the grim humcrdisplayed by Mr. Forestaltbouh ! my deep disgust for the abominable orutality preached by the radicals , prevented real merriment. able to explain to my entire satisfaction how the principle of frco love should bo regulated , If regulated at nil , " Mr. Forest answered. "S'omo of them seem disposed to grant per mission to live together , so lone as both par ties llko each olhor. But the more radical nnd logical communists object to the stability of an Institution us incongruous with the spirit of institutions based on the principle of absolute equality. Perhaps they favor the choosing of a new partner every day. and in order to place both sexes on an equal footing they would give tbo right of choice to the women on Mondays , Wednesdays and Fri days , and to the man un the other three week days , leaving the Sundays In addition to tbo ladles. And to avoid strife , when n number of reformers de mand the love of the same girl , or when moro girls than ono fall In love with the same man , they could draw lots or could raf- Ho for the llrst chance , thus doing justice to all.1 * ) "It is inconceivable , " I said , "that men , proudly considering themselves the crown of creation , or If they do not believe In God , t least considering them intelligent frco-think- crs , can breed in their brains such horrid theories. I should deplore the fate of woman hood if thcso theories should over become victorious , if free love In this damnable form should over bo proclaimed ; or if the nursing and education of children should bo taken away from the mothers and entrusted to others. " "I should consider it the most terrible blow over aimed at humanity if the nursing and the llrst education of yountr child re a bo transferred from the mothers to other per sons. No women or men , however good nnd uoblo they may bo , can feel the love nnd pa- tlcnco for n child that ( Ills a mother's heart. The tlo that bind women and men together , marriage and the family are mstutions which even our communistic salons have sofarre- spected. Humanity Is doomed Co barbarism on the day family Ufa Is broken up , when mothers are separated from their ) Tlie well known naturalist. I'rof. Kurl VOKI In Germany , famous by his nickname "Monkey-Vogt. Is a radical phllobophcr , who trained his sobriquet as an advocate of thu theory of evolution , claiming monkeys to have the saute progenitors as man , Hut oven Voct's radicalism revolted tisalnst the doc trines sot forth by Husslun. Krench and Gor man nihilists and anarchists ; dnrlne a ' 'con vention" held In Switzerland , Kurl Vogt dic tated the following lines to them : Wlr wolk'ti tins mJt Kelt beschmleron children , when men are alienated from the constantly elevating influence of good women , when the relations of men and women are stripped of that sublimity conferred upon matrimonial Ufa by the permanent exchange of feelings and thoughts , when those rota tions are degraded to nothing but sexual In tercourse. Nearly all our good qualities can be traced back to the influence the unfathom able love and patience of. tbo mother. In her efforts to make her beloved child good and true , have exorcised upon our minds aim hearts. Nearly all great men bad good mothers. There Is nothing on earth that could compensate a child for the loss of Its mother , or that could Indemnify humanity for the loss of the beneficial Influence mothers have on the growing generation. " "Do you suppose that your radicals will over have power enough to dethrone the mothers nnd to abolish matrimonial life ! " I asked , with great curiosity , < - Mr. Forest's reply to this question sounded very cheerful and confident , moro so than anything ho had thus far uttered In my presence. Und ftiiszeloesoht set Meln und Pnln , \ Vltwollen utis mltHchnupps buraiixihou , Wlr wollen uns'ro IVollior tansuhmi , Wlr wollen froie Manner sulnl" A fret ) translation of which reads i 0 Wo will walk In the sun , boys , with ease. We will cover our bodies with erca.se , For povnrtv them li no need.- We'll all fol an drunk us a loon. We'll swap our wives every noon. And thus Du true freemen Indeed. "The radicals may rise and overthrow the present government , they may change many thincs , " ho said , "and they may not meet with much resistance , because tbo great mass of thu people simply tolerate the present rule , have no love for It , and will not rally to Its defense. But the experlenco of our r.idl- cals will bo very unpleasant , if they attempt to separate man and wife , mother and child. Almost every mother will fight llko u lioness before she will glvo up her children , and I know one man who does not cnra a straw for the overthrow of the present government , but who would fight to his death before ho would yield to n separation from bis spouse. For n rood and loving wife always bos been , Is , and always will bo , the greatest blessing of God , and no man of honor nnd courage will permit anybouy to rob him at her ! [ To be Continued. ] AT 7717 ? EAltLV VO3131VX1OX. CMirc/irmiii. I cnnnot understand dear Lord , bow I , Kneeling at dawn with only two or three In tbo dark churchcan draw so near to Thee , When often in the throng , Thou art nigh. Yet hero I feel , the while I scarce no why , Thy blessed presence at my side to bo ! Have I not said To each who lovotb AJo Aud passoth not My mild commandments by , I manifest myself ! Apart , alone , t Some clasp Me closest ; others lu the press Of thronged altars , touch my .seamless dross ; Butstlll lu breaking bread am I made known To the five thousand or tbe two or three. And lot 1 dvvuU la Uuun and thejr in mej I THE PROSCENIOH AND FOYER , Wilson Barrett Abolhhea/'tlio Fee System at His Theater , ABOUT TH03E WHO AMUSE US. Actors nnd Actresso AVIio Will Stai ; Next Season "Mtiwoarct Fleming" a Frost In Boston Iltica'a New Jcwlslj il'liiy. An extraordinary Incident disturbed the progress of a recent Uri > t night at Wilson Barrett's London theater ; the Princess's. It novcr could happen in any American Piny- house because , fortunately , no cause for It exists. lut ) It was significant In London ns Illustrating the growth of Independence and boldness In the British playgoer. Barrett had "put up" the old melodrama "Belpho- gor" under the fresh tltlo' of "The Acrobat. " As the curtain fell on thd llrst net n gnug of youthful spectators displayed over the gallery - lory rail a streamer , upbn which was printed in very largo letters : "AM , FEES SHOULD HE AIIOLISMED. " As Barrett took his oull ho looked up nnd saw ttio streamer , mid Indicated to the gods that ho understood thole1 request. Ho than retired , nnd amid considerable nolso of laugh ter and hooting , hundred * of handbills were thrown from the gallery. Thrsu , soys u writer In the Stage , descended llko a snow storm upon the heads af.tho devoted pltitcs and stailltes. This is bow tboy read : TO I'lAYUUEliS. HOWS with THE ret : BYSTEV. lias It ever struck yod' .that when you pay for u programme you cn < . ' 0uraKu un linpudunt extortion ? Why should mutineers charge iwhotliur It bo u penny or ti shllllni ; ) for an advertisement sheet upon which tnoy luivo secreted tliu east of the pay | being iiorfornuul , uli ? Will you please do'nll In your power to squelch the ( eo system l r rofunlnx to pay 'or programmes ana by visiting the "no foo" theaters under tlio following managements ? ( Heaven bless 'cm. ) Henry Irvine ftiycouiu ) . .lulin llarOGurrlek ( ) . Hecrboliin Tree ( llayiiuirkot ) . licorgo Alexundortst. James ) . Arthur Uliuuloltfh nnd Mrs. John WuoUtCourt ) . U'Uylv KiirtiSuvoy ( ) . Kuwurdcs. ( Gaiety ) . Norman I-'orbosUlobe ( ) . D'Oyly Csirtui Kngtlfili Opurn House ) . The following are tlie extortionists : Augustus Harris ( lrilry Lane ) . Kdward Terry ( Terry's ) . TliomuH Theme ( Yiudovllo | ) . Horace SuilKurd'rlncedt Wuloa und Lyric ) . .Mrs. Langtry ( Princess ) . Wilson HtirroH ( Olympic. ) George Kdwardes ( Oporn Uoinln.ua ) . \Vllllo KUouIn ( Strand ) . Mrs. Uattljtdelplil ( ) . f M Charles , , . nt , , . tU lluwtrcy . . .til I. Ml. * ( Jf1nltn Cdiuedy > .llinl ) Henry LeaAvonuo ( ) . Mr. Irving especially deserves the gratitude of playgoers. slne ho not only distributes his programmes froo' and freely , but dates Ilium also. Mr. Harris who does everything on u grand scale , noionlyjhnrgesfornrogramiiios , but In the pantomime season rudulgus In thu early door dodue. Sending round to tbo gods , Barrett Informed - formed t.hom that hu had ; seen their request and that their object nvas attained. No further disturbance took 'place. Tno start ling streamer was rolled Tup for a future oc casion , and tbo play proceeded qulotly. At the final fall of the curtain Barrett smilingly addressed the audiencd. Ho praised the originator of the scheme .which had been cleverly placed before them , and explained his own position in the realtor. .For' ' years- nil tbo time he was at-tbq ; Princess1 ho had abolished fees. Ho had. naked * the public to assist himilntho matter' y posting bills over his theatres , in which luwa-s stated that any servant of the management receiving a fee would bo subject to-Instant dismissal. The ever generous publio.H however , koptup the practice nnd Barrotk-tvas , be said , con stantly compelled In consequence to change his servants. As rcgurd' . the Olympic , the fee system should bo abolished in accordance with the wish , so cleverly made public , of his friends. Then , with A repetition of * < ho tag , Barrett retired , followed by hearty ap plause. . I mot Courtonay Thorpe , the actor , In the Imperial hotel yesterday and had n llttlo chat with him , says a writer In the Now York Telegram. Of course I s'pbko about his play , the dramatization of Kipling's "Light that Fulled. " "I have lust bdo'n reading the no tices of It , " ho said , "ondiuatunilly they In terest me. Some of tbo Dftnera spoke of my rendering of the part ot Dick as being very different from Kipling's1 delineation of tbo cbaractcr. Certainly It Is different ; I meant that It should bo. Kipling made Dick a kind of rowdy , now I cannot possibly play the part of a rowdy , for there is absolutely noth ing rowdyish in my make-up. As it is a Juvenile character I hod to play it with raj- own personality. It is * osy enough to make up so as to disguise yourself utterly for the part of an old man. but It .Is impossible to transform your Individuality wbon playing a Juvenile role. If I attempted to make myself a coarse creature In the UArtof Dick , tbo pub lic wouldn't like mo. Ko I invested Dick with my own personality , for this was the only thing to do. " , . ' ' "Do I feel that the plaj was a success ! I certainly do , I succeeded In making the audience laugh aud cry-4rvcn the raon cried and what more can an 'actor ask for than thlsl" , * Mr. Thorpe always attracts attention when ho appears in public , for hit face Is a singu larly handsome and striking ono. On the street ho has a curious , ladylike walk , which makes people turn around to look at him a second tltno. } It Is a curious thing that slnco Moscnthal's Leah , the forsaken , " no. play embodying a serious story of Hebrew life has been written. There may have beoni attempts by tyros but they have sunk out of existence and memory botn. It Is true that stuff like "Sam-1 of Posen" has been wrlUori In ridicule of the race nnd It has proved 'nmusinc , but Mmo. Uhca has Just purchasedaplay , of Jewish Hfo that Is expected to provean equal to the once famous "Lean. " She bed a notion that a piece of this sort would' meet a want Just now , and she applied to ( Rabbi Schindler of Boston , Just after a lecture of his which sug gested to her a dramatic Idea. Ho intro duced to her n young man of literary ability called Slgmuna B.'Alexander. Ho followed her iaea closely with the * result of writing what the well known actress conceives to be a play of the tlrst order , ' It will bo produced next season. Mine. Ilbcp has never bad so successful a season as the ono Just passed , and it is duo largclv to tbe fact that she has n good manager. For the llrst time In her career bora this may bo ijatd truthfully. Mr. Wood D. Loudoun Is thai man , and he docs What all managers shojitd do , take all the work appertaining to tt < o business on their shoulders and leave to the star tbe nrtistlo part of tbo profession and never Interfere with it. . [ The steamship Iberia of tbo Pacific 'Stenrr Navigation company sailed from Liverpoo on Wednesday with the Clear } * London opera company on the most extraordinary tour re corded In stage annals. .Last . year the same company visited the. eastern coastof South America , arriving In Buenos Ay res the daj after the revolution' l\vai , ended nnd playoi their for eight weeks , and aftorwurd in Hlo Jancrio. This year the jcompany Is booked for U5,000 miles on the Bast and west coasts playing in Pernambuco.niio Jnnerlo , Monte video , Buenos Ayrcs.- ' Valparaiso , Santiago Calloa , Lima and 'dHicr smaller places for terms varylnir from ono night to four weeks The season will lost six months und the com pan } ' , which numbers sitty people , will sine only In English. The repertoire Includes flf teen operas , mostly Qilbertnnd Sullivan and recent London successor 'The ' star of the Cleary company Is LCD at a Braham , late o Savoy theatre , and Harry Hlllardof Neu York , U the tlrst tcnor.whllo David U , Long worth of Chicago , Is the loading comedian and Barter Johns the musical director. An other Chicageon on tbe Iberia Is Henry Hos enfold , who broke oft his fourth tour around the world at London in order to go with the Cleary company for fun. Edwin Clear ? who takes the company out , Is well known li American theatrical circles , having traveled ) tot ft long Umo with the Booth and Mojoska j ompanics several years ago. The flMtpor- ormance In South America will bo In Per- ambuco on June 8. . The opening attraction for Beyd's theater s still undecided. T. F. Boyd will go to Now York next nonth to complete bis bookings for the now ouso. e Clara Morris Is ono of us. She Is now vrlting for a magazine. Welcome , dear ClaraI Losllo Carter's press agent keeps busy , ho last from him Is that ho 1ms secured one f the principal successes of the Purls sea. on. ' 'Alabama , " Gus Thomas' successful raraa , will probably open ono of Palmer's heaters next fall In New York , and run the eason , "Tho Envoy , " James O'Neill's now play , s not n great success , although O'Neill and . .outs James are credited with doing excel- out work. Dunlop's Stage News Is responsible for the tatcmtmt that ninety-two new furco-com- idles nro to bo put on "tho road. It does not , lowovor , quote the number that will come u. Tno theatrical exodus to Europe Is begin ning In earnest. The City of Now York , vlilon leaves May 'Jf , will carry Mr. Frank iV. Sangcr , Mr. Marcus K. Mayer , Agues Huntlngton , Mr. Cunhy nnd many others. Charles Frohman has departed from his irevlously formed resolution novcr to star my body for this coming season. Johnstono iennott Is the stnr of his "Juno" company , and the following year Mr. John Drew will be similarly featured. Miss Agnes Huntlngton will not sail for England until the U7th lust. It Is quite likely .hat she will play a ten weeks' engagement n this country In the earlv part of next sea son while the finishing touches are being put on her now theater In London. Mr. Ed Harrlgun is said to have completed : ho tlratuctof a now local comedy with which 10 will probably oen in next season. "Hf.llly nnd the -100" has ' already passed its IfiOth per- 'ormnnco und will not bo taken oil until tbo advent of vorj warm weather. Miss Do Lussan's "Carmen" Is creating quite a sensation at Covjnt Garden. The London Standard says of her : "The portrait s instinct with tru'o Spanish vitality nnd ; olor. No effort Is spared by her to present lor conception of the character in complete ind vivid form. The excellence of her vocal- zatlon was freely and frequently acknowl edged by the audience. " ' Marcus Mayer and George Wostlnghouso . .oderor will try a novel experiment with heir Dickson comedy company next season. Their principal play of the evening will bo Incog , " but they will do a curtain-raiser In jerman. Ellen Burg , lately of Amberg's ; Dickson himself and Clara Llpman will ap pear In those curtain-raisersand immediately afterwards plav the principal piece of the evening In English. All of them uro curious- y enough Americans. "Apollo ; or the Oracle of Delphi , " the Casino's burlesque operatta , has the pictu resque and melodic elements requisite for a. ho Casino's stngo until harvest time. Lillian Russell's worshippers have no fault to Hud with hnr In this new work. She is ns ad mirably conspicuous as the most loyal of her friends could wish , nnd she is still artistic , lainstaking , and sincere In her imperson ation ; nevertheless she is only one ttguro in resplendent array , lays tbe Now York bun. bun.Tho The "Tar and the Tartar , " a new comlo opera , made Its Now York appearance last week and Its recaption was not wholly do- clslvo. There is nothing now in the plot , but .ho lines themselves are original to dotlanco , .ho librettist , Mr. Smith , having snapped his Infers at everything conventional and con servative. Ho bus borrowed Ideas from such rot even as "Tho Irish Arab , " but In putting those Ideas Into words his personality is us distinctively , uniqua ns Walt Whitman's. Adam Itzol. Jr. , wrote the music , which is passable. The piece Is presented ut Palmer's. Jim Hearno , bo of "Hearts of Oak" fame , ins written a play called "Margaret Flcm- ng , " which deals with a subject tabooed in our parlors , although HowclU says it rivals : ho bestof Ibsen's plays. No manager of a theatre could be induced to rent his house Tor Its production , and then Hearno engaged bickering hall In Boston to launch his bark. Since Its production the audiences hnvo been very small , notwithstanding that Mrs. Louise Chandler Moultontho Rev. MinotSav- ngo , Itabol Schindler , T. S. Perry , anl other writers of prominence , have found something - thing to commend in its truth to nature. Jimmy has been cute to invoke the aid of W. D. Howclls , but the play Is a Hash In the pan. pan.Mrs Alfred Bishop Mason , a Now York society woman has ha 1 a plav accepted bv Mr , and Mrs. Kcndal entitled "Captain and Mate. " Mrs. Mason is an intimate friend of Mrs. Burton Harrison. Mrs. Tan Ucnsselacr rugor and Mrs. William Whitney. She has tieen a contributor to Scribnor's nnd St. Nicholas and has written several very clover monologues for Sarah Cowell Lo Moyno. Personally she Is a very attractive womai. , with dark hair and lovely blue eyes. She Is popular , a brilliant conversationalist aud tbo cleverest amateur palmist in America. Her [ > alm-roading became quite the fad at New port last slimmer. Mrs. Mason was born in Now Haven , Conn. Sbo married aChlcagoan , and lived In that city a number of years. She and her husband are now residents of New York. WITH TltK KIDS , Musscn touoli 11. There was ono word the llttlo girl beard many times a day , soys the Union ( Pa. ) Signal. Tbo word was Mussontoucblt. Baby wondered who Mussentouchlt could bo. The strange thing lived in tbo bureau drawers. It lived In the sewlng-macbino. It lived In tbo tall Jar that stood on tbe lit tle round table. It certainly lived In the glass glebe wbcro tbo gold fishes swam. This went on till baby was two years old. There was no word she heard bo often ns the long , queer word , Mussontouchlt. Mussentouchlt was everywhere In the shining books on tbo parlor table : In tbo flower-beds ; amonir the roses ; even in mam ma's work-basket the .strango thing lived ; and If baby took up a reel of silk or cotton , there was Mussentouchlt. Ono day baoy found hcrsolf by the glass globe all alone. The family were very busy , , and for a few minutes forgot the llttlo , pryIng - Ing , restless darling. This was her chance. Up went the chubby legs Into the chair that stood near tbo gold-fish globe. Poised on the rounding cushion , baby reached far over to touch the gold fish. In reaching she lost her balance aud fell , dragging the glebe to the Hoar. There was a crash , a scream , a rush , and mammu was on the spot. Baby was picked up , kissed and scolded. "I doss I tilled old Mussoatouchlt 'salmol" sbo said , shaking horselt aud walking off. AVhy Jim \Vi\H Puzzled. Wo have an Incubator , also a small colored boy to run errands , wash dishes , etc. , writes n lady In the Philadoldhla Record. On tbo arrival qf the former the llttlo darky was very curious to know all about It. Ho extunlhpJ. ttio article thoroughly , then asknd. "Say , Miss Julie , what fur dot 'ar ting ) " "That's for hatching chickens , James , " I explained , "Fur to botch chickens ! Whar you put do eggs ! " "Inside , " I answer , "and the lamp under ncatb and tbo water make tno necessary heat and moisture. " Ho looked quizzically at It for nn Instant , then asked. "Mhs Julie , whar you put do honl" HtlflliiK ClillMliooil. A child's party Is no longer a simple Joyous occasion for romping and laughter , declares tbo Now York Sun , In a not dls- iuctly fashionable up-town neighborhood cards wore out the other day for a child's party from & o'clock until i ) o'clock In tbo evening. All tbo llttlo girls were low- ncckod dresses with short sleeves , and long gloves to match , Their shoes and stockings alto harmonized with their llttlo gowns. ThoH were amused by a master of ceremonies , who arranged dances , told funny stories , and performed some slolght-of-hand tricks. After supper every llttlo girl got n great basket of bonbons , nnd every boy received a toy silk hut of man's site and filled with confec tionery. He's a Kliuvcr , Sure. Thcro li an Infant near St. Joseph , Mo. , that ha * been shaved ns often as his "dad. " The child was horn with a growth uf hair on his face which grow so rapidly that at the ago of three months It was eighteen Inches In length. This so distressed the mother that it was decided to have the hair remove 1 , which WHS done by a , barber nt St , Joseph. The baby stood the ordeal surprisingly well , nnd may claim the championship lu the line of early shaving. "Poppy" ! ) ( > . I hnvo a young dog which has not yet been named , but which wo call "tho puppy , " says a writer In the Housekeepers' weekly. One of my llttlo neighbors , u boy of llvo summers , always speaks of him as "tha poppy dog. " The other duv , while I wus planting poppy- seeds in my Hower-bed , this youngster came behind mo with the question : "What nro you doing , Miss Julio I" "Phiiitlni ; poppys , dear. " answered I. 'Oh ! Miss Julie , what lots of llttlo poppy dogs you'll have , won't you I1' AVay of The World. Fivo-ycar-old Edith went to bed ono night with n good-hy kiss for papa , who was to go away early next morning on n long business trip. The next day her mamma said : "Wo must pray for papa while bo Is gone , and ask God to take euro of him. " "So the train won't off and kill him ! " asked Edith. "Yes , " replied mamma ; "what would wo do If papa should got killed ! " "We'd crv , that's what , " said the Jlttlo maiden , "and then we'd get married again and have another pupa.1 Tlie Vomit ; .Mun'H Poult Ion. tlomh JVfitw. Father Who Is that young follow who comes hero so much to sco Clara ) Mother His name Is Sparkler. Father In business ! Mother -Really I do not know. Father Don't you know what his posi tion 1st Mother 1 have not learned. Llttlo Bobby I know. I pecked through the koyholo. _ Plioiiotluitlly Correct , Anyliow. A llttlo neighbor girl came to us ono day , and said , "Whore is the 'bang up ; ' I want "What do you moan ) " we Inquired , puz zled to understand her. "I want the 'hang up' to swing In , " said sho. sho.Then Then wo understood that she wanted the hammock. Prattle. Cbarllo W. , aged 4 , had two pots n cnnnry , which was a flno singer , and "n cut , Ono unlucky day the door of the bird cage was loft open , and the cat was cantrht In ino act of swallowing the last morsel of poor blrdlo. Llttlo Charlie gazed at the eat a few moments In sorrowful meditation , then sud denly queried : "Mamma , will Kitty sing now I" Little Harry wont out to see the old hen and llttlo chicks. The mother hen resented Ills Interference , and flow at him In defense of her brood , when ho ran into the house ex claiming : "Mamma , mamma , the old nen turned up her clothes at me , " Little Nellie climbed Into Undo Ned's lap and began to search his pocket for n penny. Finding a silver quarter she called out : "Oh , mamma ! Uncle Ned has got a penny with a hen on It I" Teacher -Tommy , can you glvo mo a sentence - tonco In which but is a conjunction ! Tommy See the goat butt the boy. Butt Is a eon- 'unction , and connects the boy with the goat. This four-year-old was the son of n butcher according to the Lewiston Journal. The father one day wus passing a house that was closed and tbo son asked : "Whore's the woman that used to live In this house ! " "Sbo is dead , my son. " "Well , what deadod her ! " "Oh , she was very sick and couldn't got woll. " The lad remained in n brown tudy for a few minutes nnd then bro'jo out : "Say , pa , what'd they do with her skin ! " A briclit ten-year-old girl , whoso father is addicted to amateur photography , attended u trial at court the other day for the first time. This was her account of the Judge's charge : "Ttio Judge made a long speech to the Jury of " twelve men , und then sent them off Into a "Ittle dark room to develop. " H'JT AXJt n'ISUO.V. Tlicn nml Now. Upon her dress each vear sno spent Just 11600. And now she sits In calico And bums while baby hollers. Explanation of a Myntery. Jeu'den'VeeMu. \ . Mr. Nowwcd : "Why Is It that a woman's watch never keeps good time I" Mrs. Nowwod : " 1 guess It's because If a good time's to bo had the woman dou't glvo the watch a chanco. " Hoist By Hl Own Petard. Jtwden' Weekly. Glllygall : "Now , Miss Qwace , If you do- slawod to cut a diamond , what would you use ! " Miss Keene : "Tho heart of any man that can regularly visit a girl two years without offering her a ring. " Staving1 Her OJT. Clonfc Jlevldf. Desperate Customer What shall I do , face my wife without matching this cloth ( Clerk- urn very sorry , sir , hut wo sold the last remnant yesterday. Customer Then there is but ono thing to do Invite a friend homo to dinner with me , Both Cloak H'.vlnv. Wife Did you change the dross pattern and blow the man up for the mistake ! Husband I had it changed , but the clerk declared that ho know you were wrong. Wife Well , what did you do about It ! Husband ( griraly--I. ) shook hands with him. Too Great , n Kink. Ctntilt llevleie.- Passenger Conductor , ono of the buttons on the dress of that lady in front of me has fallen oft. Hero it is , and I think you had better tell her about It. Conductor ( grullly ) Why don't you tell her yourself ! Passenger Not much. I'm ' her husband. The lintit KcHort. Cloak llei-leic. Mrs. Wickstaff My dear , this ribbon you have brought homo for Fide Is a sbado too light.WicustaffAll Wicustaff-All right. I'll try It over. Mrs. WlcKstafT ( the next day ) Mv , dear , I'm sorry , but the ribbon you have brought homo today Is a sbado too dark. Wlekstaff ( wearily ) Then wait until to morrow , and I'll change the dog. Made DnHporntc. CJonfc Ilevltic. Brlggs That was n terrible thing about Wangle , wasn't It ! Whlto his wife was talk ing to tbo dressmaker bo committed sulcldo In the next room. Grlggs Phew ! Have they found out the cause I Briggs It is supposed that ho board what tbo drussmakar said. A Day OIV. Xeu > I'liiii \ \ ' < tM\i. \ Mrs. Out-of-Town ( to near neighbor ) Such trouble ns I've bad today ! I'm nearly dead. Neighbor Mercy I What's happened. "My husband's watch stopped last night I" "I dou't sco why that - " "No , neither could wo. It never stoppoi before , and wo didn't know It was stoppoi this morning , because it stopped last evening and so 1 set tno clock by It , nnd that was wrong and my husband misted tbo train U tbo city nnd thu children were late to school , ' "Not pleasant , of course ; but - " "O I but I haven't told 'you. You bee , my husband , after missing hl regular train , con eluded to take a day off and tncnd all tbo fur- uUuro " I BALL SMALL TALK , Personal Notes Gathered From Many Bnsj Fields. LEAGUE AND ASSOCIATION NOTES , Wlmt flic Stars Are Doing nml Try * iiiK to I o Great Rvplolts ol' t/io / Young Hloods. Young Kagan Is now plnylng a flno scconf huso game for St , Louis. Ho Is Improviiu ight along. Louisville took n beautiful drop. Kclty'i clll'irs expect to soon climb ahead of tb < Contuoltlans. George Wood Is captain of the Athloti < lub by virtue of being u stockholder In thl old corporation , The Athletics drew a line crowd last Sab urday with Columbus. The turnstile count vusovor4SOO. In eight games Haddock never gave t > aso on balls. This uouts the record under ho four-ball rule. The Loulsvillos nro getting roasted a ( ionic. The Kails C'lty papers wantChapiuaa o .strengthen up. The Athletics are bracing up in groa shape. Thov put up a very strong grttut ngaliibt Baltimore. Slmrsig is In hard luck. Things might mvo bccndifTorcnt had the Athletics secured Blcrbaucrnml Stovoy. "Shorty" fuller is In the olil rut again , H < nadu his usual three errors on his tlrst np- icaranco In Baltimore. Columbus lost her first nntno to Boston lirough an unfortunate error of Crooks. Th misplay cost tlvo runs. ComUkoy'8 festered linger still bother * jltn groatly. Ho may have to lay oil If It continues to bother him. McQucry mnv bo awkward , but ho playi first base for all there Is in it. Ho also lilts the hall hard and often. Coconut is the best lender In the Atliletla : lub and ho was the man solcctcd for captain by ex-Manager Sharslg. "Sloppy" Uobinson surprised himself by naking a homo run In Boston. "Kobblo" formerly resided in the Hub. Good iiiitured chaffing butwoon "King" volly n.td the bleachers is tUways a fcalura of a game with Cincinnati. ICerins Is beginning to show his authority. Cramer's proclamation has stllTenod up tha nueh-abuscd umpire's back. ) Kolloy's team drew poor week day crowdi o the 1'endlcton grounds. Cincinnati wants nit. nnn roiiitwntitnf ivttiitn. : . Lohtmin , the now Senator from California. ias caught on In Washington by his timely bitting and brilliant fielding. There are people in I'hlladolplna who In sist that Corkhtll occasionally yields to the .omptatlon to Held for a record. Loulsvlllo is dropping ste.ulily slnco icav- ng homo. Somebody will have to pay for this when the Colonels gut back. Hey is ono of the most conscientious play- cry in the country ; Ho is a hnro worker and watches every point of the gamo. "Leggy" Lehano is nlaying u line game at the Initial bag No. 1. Ho Is also way ahead of his lust season's batting record. Kelly's mournful cry : "Wo can't boat the _ uban Giants , " was unanimously Indorsed jy the Wasliingtoiis after Tuesday's sumo. Cincinnati Is not stuck on ICilroy. His com panions say his only good point Is the clover- icss with which ho gets away with his balk. Dllly Barnio is just now sleeping on n bed of roses. If the Orioles talco a big drop , how Billy will pull out the few hairs on hU upper P' ' Kuchuo has caught on with the Columbus crowd. Ho used to piny the sumo position for Jolumbus In 18S5 , when Horace Phillips was nnnnger Chamberlain Isn't doing anything llko tha work ho should do. Ho Is not In prime con dition nnd ho doesn't scorn to bo In a hurry to got that way. Tno Philadelphia newspapers nro now managing the Athletic club , nnd In return for this privilege they ore helping Wagner throw down Shnrsig. s Morgan Murphy catches right along and Farrell has shown up as an excellent out fielder. Richardson's Injury brought tbosa changes about. Loulsvlllo's salary list Is { 10,000 ahead of last year's figures , and unless tbo team climbs up pretty soon there will bo u big falling oft In home audiences. Milliean Is not claying his game and Wagt ncr may release him" If his work do.'sn't im * prove. Ho Is us ( jig as a Dutch aldormau und too luzy to practice. Von Hnltren Is a flno general player , Vaa Is a line pitcher and would bo of great uld td ttio overworked MoMahon if Burnlo could se cure a good short stop. Werdon continues playing errorless games. Tno cancer on his lip , caused by oxccsslv * smoklnghas disappeared and ho Is now play ing as ho never played before , Cincinnati ought to win many games' when Hadbourn gnts in trim. The "old boss" hold Plttsburg down to two hits , and the men from Sootvillo are rattling good butstncn. Gus Wohlng Is the best pitcher In tha Athletic team. Cnlllhan's work has boon ragged , and Chamberlain has not been any too successful against hard hitting teams. Tommy Dowd Is no longer considered a wonder. His Holding of late has been very erratic and ho has also taken a big tumble lit Dotting. Ho Is n corking runner , though. Jim Davis' third base playing did not suit manairer Snyder and Davis was released. Charlie Smith , who has succeeded Davis , U hatting well , but his Holding has been very "ydller. " The Cleveland cranks are , as usual , un reasonable. In splto of the fact that tb club has oeon up among the lirst four all th' season a regular row U waged at the toss oi n gamo. PitLsburg has more than her share of good pitchers , but can only boast of ono reliably catcher Mack. It will go hard with tb < Smukotown aggregation if Mack meets with an Injury. MoAlner continues hU good work. HI * Holding , batting und running could sea reel j bo Improved upon. Ho should bo very care ful of that leg , though -tho ono that wax broken , Haddock has made a romaikablo record In the association. He lias not been hit foi double llguros In any gamo. In the game th Bostons lost to Baltimore the lattur onlj made four hits. Tom Brown U playing magnificently In all douartmonts of the gamo. Instead of trying to bunt the ball , ho Is slugging It with won < dorful Biicceis and loads tbo association la throc-baso hits. The Nationals must take a big brnuo or go under. The homo crowds are growing smaller every day , nnd the team won't druH sparrows away from homo If It in not groatlj strengthened up. The simvnrtu In eastern hotels are gottinj ready for "Chicken" Wolf. The Loultvllli man's record has preceded him , his L'a.-urono- mlcal fonts having already maJu him u tor * ror to hotel men. Ucorgn Gore Is the best man In the coun try to load off the butting lUt , Ho is n great waiter and always plays hard to reach llmt bate In his tint turn at the bat. Hyuu U uU ( a good man to load off. Chris Von dor Abe : "Vhoti oho American association loses Sharloy Snyder dhnv losoi dor best vomplro vho1. dhoy never have , " Chris made this break la Washington , and the wlno wont round , . King Kelly's ' killers were slaughtered In their llmt bout with the Nationals. The king was tired after the Boston festivities and ro- tlrcd after the second Inning , Hurley taking bU place behind tbo bat , Baltimore turns out excellent crowds right along , Tbo financial results aae highly satis factory , ana the club will do It *