oo THE OMAHA DAILY J3E.E : SUNDAY , DECEMBEK IT , 1800.
AMUSEMENTS.
This Is" the acflBoii of the year when meal
people find but little time to attend the thea-
ttt. Thd Holiday shopping Is not oniy tak
ing up everyone's time , but It Is tugging sc
persistently nt Iho pureo-strlngs that fe *
ha'vo money to Bparo for amusement. It if
tbo ttcaion when the majority of the hrgc
traveling- combinations do not ploy unless
booked In New York , Doston , Chicago ot
cities of a llko sire , ns they can better af
ford 'to' "lay'off1' ' thnn play id the small
bimlrtcBR ohnrncterlBtlo of the last two
weeks of every year.
, Thlp accounts , In a measure , for Omaha's
lack of really high class amusements dur
ing the last week , and can bo offered M an
qxCiiso for" what Is to be offered -thin week.
U'mimt , howeverbo admitted that the
Orpbeum last week furnished cno of the bst
vaudeville mentis of the season , nnd thla
week's bill , headed by 1'aplnta , promises to
furnish enjoyable amUBcment.
Commencing with the new year the man
agement of tloyd's promises some attractions
considerably nboyo the majority of cfftTlnga
dilHng the last three months , "Our Reason
opens In.earnest Immediately after tfco hol
idays , " said Manager Burgess yc/ttcrday ,
"and then look out lor the good attractions.
Whllo I cannot promiseproJuctlonn of "Ben
Ilur , " or Its Ilkb , I am sure I have n host
o ( attractions booked that will surprlm as
tscll AS please the theater-goers ot Omaha.
Friday last was nmatcur night at the
Crelghton-Orphcum and , while such nights
have been In Vogue In the cast for some time
this was Omaha's first Indulgence. That I
was a morth-provoklng success there can h
no gainsaying , nnd Its future papula : Ity I
assured , nt least with all fortunate enough
to attend , 'Sonic of the specialties were In
died praiseworthy , but the majority were so
ridiculously funny as to keep the audience In
n , continuous uproar during the entires time
the ' 'artists" were upon the stags. Somft
of the "performers" secinod to feel tha
they had a duty to perform In entertaining
the audjenco and bravely stuck at their posts
dceplto the fact that they wcro being un
mercifully fiuyed by tbelrl auditors nnd sev
eral actually hooted off the stage. One
might naturally expect to be bored at a per-
forraanco of this character , but It proved , h
reality , too laughable to bo boring.
That { he lives of the many legitimate
actors andactrcssos who have , owing to the
popular demand for Biich entertainment , en
tered the vaudeville Held , are not fraughi
with' the Amount of joy the majority In ( t
would , have the theater-going public believe
Is Attested 'by1 Wright Huntlngtonyho
played an engagement at the Orpheum last
week and who Is to join the Woodward Stock
company In Kansas City next week. ' llr.
Huntlngton was found last evening In his
dressing room Just finishing the transforma
tion , from , fitrect attlre to tbo handsome , woll-
flttlng uniform , of a United States naval
H6utenant , ' which role he enacts In "A
Stolen Kits , " replied In answer to the
wrller'a query as to why he Intended to leave
vaudeville :
"It Is a question easily answered ; purely
for financial reasons ; It Is rather n turning
of the , tables , Is It uot ? Usually. It Is the
legitimate actor ' who Is tempted from
dr m'atlo work "by the fabulous ( ? ) salaries
offered by vaudeville managers.
"Lot me day at once that vaudeville Is the
mosti delightful' Hold of professional . .work.I .
have over been engaged In. The Rurround-
1 DEO' , a re 'pleasant , the work easy , _ ttie cdur-
tVslea. ' recplved from the. manag'cr to Ihe
humblest , stage assistants Invariably , }
1Whjlc \ \ oil the stage you ore1 for * . no
tlnjOf btjng ; a star and not one player of
many , as In drama'tlc productions , Every
thing that can" raakn your net successful Is
furnished by stage manager and helpers , but
do In most things In'the world there Is'a
but the Rrs\ \ season of a dramatic headllncr
Is rarely n profitable oneI do not care
how popular"a sketch may bo or the star ap-
poarlpg In , It , It is next to Impossible to
book continuous time , to keep employed week
after week the entire aeason. Of course ,
Ihero are exceptions , but they are few and
far between. 1 think I may venture the
assertion tljat " < A Stolen Kiss" as played by
my little company is an attractive , bright ,
catchy Ilttlo play , nnd yet I had no time
bookpd after thls w'eek in Omaha until
February 12 , In'Brooklyn.
' 'dftors ' ? Yes ; any number. One manager ,
leprcsentlng a w'fill ' known circuit , offered
(
mo-'lho fo'ur weeks following my Omaha
cngagem'eiU al the munificent figure of $173
li r w.c'ek , which ho afterward raised to $200- .
Lot jme jjhow Jdr the benefit of actors con
templating' ' vaudeville what profit I would
have received"'from that four weeks' engage
ment had ( I accepted. Hallway fares for
tbreo people , salaries , 'commissions , pr'op'-
jrttoH used , ln play , baggage hauling and
jricldentnls figured close to JG5G ; salary re
ceived fdr four' weeks , $800amount ; 'left me
after paying1 expenses , $ U5 , OT about J30.50
a' week for my services. So you see there
"would be little chance to Indulge Inwine
suppers durltig 'this , fqur weeks' engage
ment. " '
' 'Dut ' some , western circuits pay much bet
ter salaries than you have Just quoted ? "
queried , the writer.
"They do Imfeod , " replied Mr. Huntington -
ton , "niuoh better , but on the other hand
ltjo.expouBea.jt ( ) travel are greater. The
usual commission Charged by an agent for
booking Is 5 per cent , but cu the Orpheum
circuit , for example , ' an additional 5 tier
cent l deducted by the Great Western
Vaudbvlllo association. Even with all this
the , salaries paid by the Orpheum ( man
agement would leave a respectable margin
"wereIt - not for * the time lost In travel and
the thousand ; ind one other expenses n
hiadllner must pay , such as Baggage haul
ing , property hills , tips to stage hands , etc.
From my nix weeks engagement on the Or-
vhetim circuit I had a balance of $ G4G , but
bens | obliged to lay off ono week nnd two
wofrkfl of travel , making nlno weeks , or a
Ilttlo over $00 per week for my share ,
Taking into consideration the fact that my
services as a dramatic leading man have for
tha , laet five years been in demand at from
$100 to $160 n Vt'eeji ( according to the num
ber of performances given ) , youcan realize
my bank account has not assumed very gi
gantic proportions. Consequently when
Manager Wboqward of the Auditorium Stock
company Kaunas City , tempted me with
onfr tf/the best salaries ever paid a leading
man la Stock In tbls country I did not fee )
iijilch ot a pang In parting from the vaude *
vlllo utago.
"what salaries are paid those not fortunate
enough to bo topllners In vaudeville ? Well ,
I bavo fclven you an Idea what headline 1
ealarlrs are and will leavu you to guess at
the salurlea paid lets r lights. Of this fact
I c n' assure -you , haweier , none of them
will eycr become bank presidents on ac
count of the wealth f they accumulate In
vaudeville. "
Of the many actresiea who visit Omaha
fc\y | ( any arehold In greater esteoni by
the play-feoing public than dainty little Julia
Marlowe , who for the last live years has fa
vored -this city with an unnUul vlalt. In thai
time Mlsa Marlowe bat > made an almost
countless number ot friends and admirers
nmcug theater-goers. She ! a not only ad
mired tor her exceptional histrionic ability ,
but for thi plQu'slDg personality which she
ptsaema BO well , The announcement of her
matrimonial troubles was received with re
gret by her many friends and admirers , not
only here , but likewise all over the country ,
The story of her brief Unhappy married life
4 told by the little lady herself Is one that
cannot but help gain for her the sympathy
of every fair-minded person. Sorrow' was
flrct felt for her when the announcement o !
her suit for divorce from Ilobert Taber was
Interpreted to mean the ending" of a rare ro
mance ot the stage , closed In consequence
of temperamental differences which advised
a separation. But the sorrow ot the play-
going public has given way to Indignation ,
aroused by the revelation that for three
years the charming young actrefs has been
silently suffering under ft burden ot cruelty ,
Indignity and neglect , which would Jong tinea
have broken the spirit of n woman of less
force and balance , 'According to the affi
davits read last week In the little county
court at Stowe , Vt.i her husband had been
Jealous of her success almost fiom the be
ginning , and , surrendering to an uhgovcrna.
blc temper , baa beaten her arid eventually
cast her off. Miss Marlowe's deposition told
of her marriage to Taber In Philadelphia on
May 28 , 1894. Her rcql name was Sarah
Frances Frost. They went to live at Stowc ,
Vt. , and that was thereafter their home when
they were not traveling.
UnMl March , 1S90 , their relations were
"reasonable nnd normal. " Then they wens
In Providence , n. I , , preparing for n NOA-
York engagement. A mutual friend snt
some press clippings advance notice" In the
New York papers.
"I was mentioned more than ho was , " said
Miss 'Marlowe , "and ho showed his dislike
to that by hurling a glass at a mirror and
breaking It. "
In the tall of 189G they were In Atlanta ,
On. , nt breakfast together , when Tnber lost
his temper and , seizing the tablecloth , throw
all the dishes In the. air. 4h Salt-Lake City
during tha same season ho became enraged
In his wife's dressing roam one. night and
seized tier by the throat. Her mold , Mary
Daly , Interfered and he turned on her , toj.
"This lasted quite-afew minuses , " testified
the jictross , "and 1 was terribly distressed
and physlcally un.attetl.tb glVe , my per
formance , although I did go on and managed
to get through " '
It was not until January , 180" . that Taber
adopted a more refilled mode of torture. He
\\ould not notice or speak to , his -\vife \ for
days-at a time. A little later Tie left her to
go abroad and , Join , Irvlng's company. In
the spring Miss jfarlowe'starteiMor Europe ,
Intending to meet him in London. . She ha3 ,
written several letters tor him nnd recelvlns
no reply Anally ? sent a'cablegram , but he
Ignored this as , well. Reaching Liverpool ,
she found a' telegram'saylhg' trM ho would
meet her In London. She-arrived at the sta
tion at 1 o'clock In tlTo morning and he was
there , but It was only after the ntrcatle
of his wlfci that ho consented to take her to
his apartments. Thereho brusquely told her
he had sent word by bis brother that ho did
not wish her to come to London and that
" over" between .
"all was them.
In consequence of this Miss Marlowo was
prostrated for a week. "I never can have
such n scene as that again , " she says in her
affidavit. "I never can have such dreadful
sensations as I had'at that time. It was
a great blow. " Shci wlsjied to leave h's '
rooms , but ho urged her to remain "for ap
pearance's sake , " and she' did so until she
was able to take her maid to Paris. WillIng -
Ing to forget Tabor's brutality If he would
consent to a reconciliation , she pleaded with
him by letter to crfmo to her , but he stead
fastly refused. Eventually he carao to Paris
to see some friends and remained there sev
eral days , but be insisted on stopping at on-
other hotel , telling her that ho did not con-
ad < ; r her his wife and did not -want to live
In the same house with hor.
Jn the fall of the same y.ear MipsMarlowe
made another trip abroad. She went direct
to Scotland , remaining there four days ; then
to London and Paris and finally to Glvereny ,
Switzerland. There Taber joined her In the
latter part of July and it was then that all
semblance of a marital relation between
them ended. He returned" to London and
sbo to America. They traveled to Havre In
.ho same train and even then BUe begged
him to see. her off on the steamship , but he
refused. Since then he has not provided tor
her in any way. In fact he has , according
.o nor statement , never made , any substan-
.lal provision for her ; never asked her If she
iad any money or If she required any , al-
.hongh he know that her health had been
poor.
"I have played , " she said , "when it has
been a considerable strain upon me and
nothing but necessity baa compelled it ;
whcnj if I had had a husband's care I should
not have done so , and finally I broke down. "
When Taber first laid hands upon her be , ,
fortunately , left no mark , , nnd , Ipathp to pub
lish her unbapplness , she never told her
; rlef. After that hla aseaulta often left her
bruised 'and scarred , and ' sometimes the
dlahco ho would fling at her in 'his rage
would strike her.
"Did ho seem to' brf enraged at you orvat
tbo press reports ? " she was askeqV
"Well It was a combination , I think , of
: > otli , and ho seemed to spit his vengeance
on mo. " r
MUch * of this testimonywas corroborated
jy the maid , Mary Daly , who personally ijp-
icared In court. The couri's decision was
reserved , but a stipulation was filed that ,
should the decree bo'gran'teil , Miss Marlowe
should receive $3,000 alimony.-
According to press dispatches , Robert
Taber wcs teen last week In London
and was'shown a. cable dispatch detailing
.ha charges preferred against hi hi by MUs
Marlowo in her tuilt for divorce. _ _
'
Ho smiled broadly as be read tbe'dlspatcb
nnd then said , "I have nothing whatever to
say on this score , I do not Intend -to nay
anything for publication to > anyone. "
He was evidently amused nt the charges
and handed the dfapatch fo a friend who was
vlth him. The friend also smiled knowingly ,
but remained allcnl ,
iMIss Marlowe Is at 'present playing In-
New York City at the Criterion theater. She
ma scored one of the greatest triumphs of
her career In Clyde Fltchlo's "Barbara
Krletchle. " It ID doubtful If she will be seen
In Omaha this season , atf she Is not booked
hpre , and her , Now York run ( a for an In
definite period. '
Coining
Fltz nnd Webster's "A Breezy Time" will
open at Boyd's this afternoon for an engage
ment of six performances. The piece 1 a
farce'-comedy , but It la eaid that it Is mpro
connected than are most pieces of Its kind ,
The engagement of Paplntn , the famous
dancer , at the Crolghtoii'Orpheuin this -week ,
beginning at the rqatlnce today , will In all
probability prove an event productive , of
much pleasure to the patrons of this house ,
Since she was In Omaha last winter she
has been playing It ! all -tho leading vaude
ville theaters of the pUnclpat eastern cities ,
and has added greatly to her reputation. Slio
will 116 doubt receive an enthusiastic wel
come upon her re-appearance In tbta city.
The renowned minstrel , Billy Hie ? , and the
famous basso H , , W. Frlllmttn , will appear
In u eketch specially written for them , MUs
Florence ifcnrl King , a violinist who hda
been highly pralned by tlie crltlca ( dr her
artistic work , .wlll.glye. some ? ) ectjon < > ; the
ChappellQ.slstera wli ( appear In songs , and
danceti. Hoballo Tyler will give her sweetest
songs ; Delcher and Morrln will present a
sketch entitled , "You Can Make a Speech ,
But I Can't Make Any , " and the Ilerlnos
will give a gymiiiutlc-spectaciilnr entertain
ment ,
nnil
Xo > fi Wiillor 'i rian-er
rcct-lve 160,000 for . lx months' work In Paris
next year
Mr , ami Mrn , Reginald dp Koven will re
side : In Washington this winter.
Hilda Olarkd Is to replace Nclla Bcrgen In
the company of DB Wolf Hopper.
' Pardon I * writing n new piny for ( Blanche
Wnlsh nnd Melbourne MacDowell.
Wllcon Barrett has been nctlns Hnmlot
and-Othello at special matinees In London.
I Kzrn Kendall Is going on the road next
season In a fttrco comedy written by him-
self.
I "teen-Ilur1.1 will run for u year In New
lork. For a gallery admission speculators
nro exacting { 1.50.
A. Conn n Doyle's ' novel , "Tho Firm of
Olri'lpotonc , " hns been .ulnpte'l to the stage
J under the tltlo of "Dark Deeds. "
Another play hns been written dealing
' with the Boer war. An attack on nn
armored train Is the principal sensation.
j Ntihan Franko , the well known violinist ,
| was married lately to Anna Braga.-n mem-
bcr of Munnger Conrcld's German company.
The new comic oycrn , "Tho Viceroy. "
written by Victor Herbert nnd Harry B.
, smith , will be produced In Denver Jnnti-
mry 11.
I Marie Burroughs' , who has been quite 111
( In thls , city , expects to leave town soon
for n restful trip that may hnstcn her
recuperation ,
I Prank Daniels , * receipts nt Wnllack's last
week tvoro the largest he has ever played
to In a Hrst week In New York. The totnl
receipts of "The Ameer" for seven per
formances amounted to $9,003.23.
M'nrcia Van * Dresser , the new contralto
of the. < BogtonIans , received her musical
education In this city. Mlrs Van Dresser ,
It will bo lemembercd. was In Augustln
Dflly a praditctlon of "Tho Grout Iluby. "
Mrs. George Gould ( Kdlth Klngdon ) Is to
return to tha stage. She ulll appear In
private theatricals , for which elaborate
preparations nro making. There will be a
very clover lending man In these plays In
the person of the dtiko of Manchester , Who
will , of course , be one of the guests.
The remains' the late Charles Coghlali
were placed In a receiving vault nt Oalvp'- '
ton , Tex. , on November lit ) . They will be
removed later to New York for cienmtlon ,
In accordance with the wish of the uctor.
ttirs. uoijnian lett Univeston 'W6vetnber 30
to Join her .daughter Gertrude , -who Is re
ported to bo seriously 111 ,
William IT. Crane has made n contract
with Charles Frohmnn by which Crnlie
Is to be spen In tha dramatization of
"Davltl Haruni. " Mr. Frohmnn says
Crnno ls.U1o , actor best suited for the role ,
and be faollcves thai In tbo play he has
nnothtr big-money success like "Tho Little
Minister. " The piece will bp produced In
Syracuse , the home of the nuthor , this sea
son , nnd will then go. on tour.
Clilcng6 ; sntibH grand opera ,
And thereby liiinKwa tale.
When Maurice Grau bemoans Ills fate ,
With gad and blttqr wall ,
While foot bnllgolf and , rag-time gags
Are flourishing in pride ,
Bee Sembrlch , Nordlca , et al ,
.Stand silently aside.
No inoro to chiefs and Indies bright ,
( To use the words of Scott )
The high-priced queens of opera ,
Sing Marguerite s hard lot.
Isolde Is forgotten , and
Her potent notion's power
Drunnhllde , Klsa nnd the test
Have had their little hour. '
But why should people o'er complain ,
The teen song still exists , ;
And rng-tlme harmony divine ,
Approving smiles enllffts.
Ah ! Windy City , breezy home
Of bacon , pork nnd ham.
Why did you act as though , forsooth
Ye didn't care , a continental , i
If all the artists pncke'd their gilps
And left , your halls of art.
Proceeding on their eastern trips ,
-Beyond ODprcsFlon'B dart ?
And how about your orchestra.
Will It , too. have to die ?
Of btern starvation , must It seek
A mansion In the sky ?
Ah. no , thank heaven ! still Thomas reigns ,
The , mighty Theodore :
It "till has Its subscription list.
Just as In days of yore.
Perchance , if Impresarios
Would take"a hint' ' or two , .
From such constructed orchestras ,
Some profit mljht ensue.
A star or two does not comprise
The orchestra today ,
But every man at every stand
Is well equipped to play.
. ( V swallow does not summer make ,
J3ejt soevergood , . . , v * . <
No star can nake grand opera , t
Let It bo understood.
The tout ensemble mu"t bp strong1 ,
To make the attraction sure.
Not Just one singer with a song- ,
And .ill else amateur.
Perchance. Chicago may not be
So very much to blame.
For not supporting "stars"
Whose magnitude has made a fame.
Oh , for a rag-time opera '
Of porkchopp , slickly greaspd ,
Or whistling RufuH and hist pal ,
Who likes his trousers creased.
Farewell most valiant Lohengrin ,
Tannhauier , minstrel knlsht.
Farewell Hans EachK , good Walter , too ,
And Tristan , fair of Bight.
Farewell , Wotan , .Siegfried , farewell ,
You , too , must say good-byd ,
Till mg-tlmo burled is , our eyes ,
Shall ne'er. Oh , ne'er be 'dry. '
Good-bye.
Miss Clary asks for a correction of a
slight error In connection with her accep
tance of a complimentary concert , as an
nounced In this column last Sunday. Miss
Clarv States that she postpones the function
out of consideration for the business men
who have "kindly proffered tnelr assistance
and who , she feels , are drawn on to. nn un
limited extent ht the Christmas season.
Dean Fair of Trinity cathedral has re-
qucated The Bee , to announce that the sal
aries of the members of Trinity choir re
main as heretofore nnd that the salary of
the organist Is Increased , In fair proportion
to his increased duties as choirmaster. Thu
deqnnotes that some persons have a wrong
Impreeslon on this , matter.
The following little no'to was received last
week and Is one of the rare ncknowledgd-
ments of favors that The Bee has extended ;
'
"THE , HEIGHTS. Plattemouth , Neb. , Dec.
ip , Musical Crlt'c ' of The Bee ; I wish to
write'and thank you for the general nice
notices you have written forus. .
I was so sorry that I was un
able to sing last night , but I
was soery _ hoarse. My s'.ster LlHtou'wIshes
particularly to thank you fcr the notice you
gavo.her In The Bee. We are sorry not to
bo able to thank you personally , .Yours
truly , MARIE LOUISE NEBRISKA. "
In view of the fact that a certain country
paper Issued an editorial paragraph of absurd -
surd abusa of the person rbo wrote tbo
critique- the concert by the Misses Ne-
1
brlska , last Tuesday night , .this letter shows
how those most vitally Interested lookixl
upon the article. The management was criti
cised , It Is true , and the management de
served much more than It received. Tbo
arrangement of the program , with fifteen
numbers , and some , of them doubled by en
cores , tbo awkward delays , the disgusting
IritrAlelon of n cheap elgn large enough to
cover the sldo of the piano announcing that
It was the Smith & Jones piano ot whlc < t
Johnson & Jackson were state agents , and
the' Inelegant and Inappropriate attire of the
manager , who feebly and Inaudlbly advised
the audience ot certain facts requiring an
nouncement , were enough to detract from
any company , however meritorious.
The musical critic of Tlio Bee prefers to
write hla own criticisms rather than let
ambitious managers do It for him. Fur
thermore , he can not bo Intimidated by
childish editorials 'written by misguided
friends. The Misses NobrUUn are perfectly
atlo. ; to stand on the straight platform of
their own ability and merit. They wo
entitled to the kindest consideration of all
crltlcu , and the Impression which they make
Is ulwaya n gcod one. They arc talented
young artists , and their repertoire Is re
markably extensive. Success to them.
Quietly and unobstruslvely , but with ster
ling success , the cor. ervatory of music at
Tabor , la. , ( s working along musical lines
and announcing from time to time tbo ap-
pioach of n concert or mualcale. On Tues
day night the closluK concert of the Tabor
Vocal society win be given. The society
la In a nourishing condition , having n mem
bership of seventy-five students , under the
dlrectoishlp of Mr , Clement B , Shaw. Tbo
college 'orchestra , will assist , and Mls Myrii
McClelland , well known In Omaha , will be
ono W the participants.
The play that wns so well presented at
Crclglrton college lasts week was Interesting
to the musical v,6rl < V Inasmuch ns through
Its medium the now orchestra of the uni
versity washoard. . This orchestra Is com
posed of mandolins , violins nnd other
stringed Instruments , nnd It Is under the di
rection of Mr. Alblif Htister , the'Well knonn
violinist , Mr. Htister has accomplished ex
cellent results , nnd the young gentlemen
play most acceptably. This Idea was adopted
by Father Hemnn , who was at the college
last yerlr , and his work Is being nbly car
ried on by the Interested efforts of Father
Coulm'an ntid Prof. Schlortnann ot the chair
ot philosophy , who Is btmsclf an accom
plished musician.
The many frleijda of Mr. Charles Hlgglns
will no ijoubt avail themselves ot the op
portunity of hearing him In ono of his dwn
concerts , nt the Young Men's Chris
tian association next Wednesday
evening , Ddcembef 20. Mr. Htgglns has al
ways been n popular'musician , socially and
musically , and he certainly Is entitled to
wholo-henrted support. His professional
friends will contribute their services to the
evening's entertainment. These who heard
Mr. Hlgglns after his return from his east
ern tour of last season wore surprised at
the great gain ho hns made In breadth of
tone and finish of style. Messrs. Gnrelsaen ,
Landsberg , Karl Smith and Frank Potter
will assist.
An Interesting program will bo given by
the pupils of Mis. Merges nnd Mrs. Connor
Tuesday evening next at the Unitarian
church. Admission Avlll be gained by the
trilling charge of two persons for a shilling.
This is a good Idea. The program will be
musical nnd literary.
The event which all music-lovers are now
looking forward to Is the appearance , for one
concert only , of the great Mme , Nevada , who
will present a high-class program on
Wednesday afternoon , December 27 , at the
Boyd theater. It is fully n dozen years since
the famous cnntatrlco has been heard In thU
country and her former successes have not
been forgotten.
Mr. Arthur Delmoro Cheney , baritone , Is
to assist at the Methodist church. Twentieth
and Davenport , singing tbo offertory solo
this morning. He- has Delected "It Is
Enough , " from "Elijah" ( Mendelssohn. )
THOMAS J. KELLY.
( Miss Julia 'Officer ' , piano studio , Knrbach
block.
Miss Evans' studio , 228 Bee building.
Mrs. Frances Baetens' Piano Studio , 2220
Burt street.
CIIIJ.U'S 1UARIC STORV.
llr-i-lv fiom MiinUii Memories
, of Death nnil SulTut'liiu ; .
Every' Vessel that sails Into San Fran
cisco from Manila these days brings many
stories with it , but the most pathetic of
all came to the surface when a slim 7-year-
old girl stepped ashore from the Ohio last
Sunday , reports the San Francisco Chron
icle. There Is something eerie about this
little wpmanIJh her ( great , melancholy
eyes , her keen wit and imaturc speech born
ot a vast experience nnd unchildlsh associ
ations. Jeanuette Corln Morris , who will not
bo 8 j'ears ' old until the 23d day df next
February , has journeyed with troops across
two oeans to Manila or ; a big government
transport , has seen the ship's company drop
ping away under tbo fell han.d of disease
'Which,1 robbedc'heri of her only\playfe'llbw ,
has tossed about In storms and been cradled
on tropical -waters , has" witnessed the siege
of "a iclty 'and-'the burning ot villages- and
has lain at night In "a' tent around which
bullets hissed arid n shell sometimes ex
ploded , has herself fought death In the form
of a disease almost always fatal In the
Philippines , has eeen her fair young mother
sicken and die , and Is now returning , a
lonely little voyager , to find shelter with
her kindred on the far sldo of the conti
nent. She told her story to sympathizing
friends the other day and there are not many
who could stand up under the sight of In
dignation In the child's eyes as she described
the circumstances attending upon her
mother's death. Her account Is reproduced
lltnrally , It in fragmentary fashion :
"My father is first sergeant of Company
G , Third infantry , " she said. "My mother
and father and I left New York on the Sher
man with the troops about the 3d of last
February. Wo couldn't get any stateroom ,
so wo had to sleep in a tent on the mess-
deck nnd quite .a lot of people died. At first
wo anchored off Sandy Hook and then Mr.
Sherman was polite and failed Into n storm
nnd rolled nnd tumbled all over and bat-
nncMl first on one end and then on the
other. They reported lost that time , > ou
know. There were ten of us women nnd qll
\\cio Bpnulrk but mo and there was n little
girl , Mabel Clark , daughter of n non
commissioned staff ofllcer. She died on the
way over. Manila was the liorrlblest place.
Wo had to live In a tent , with only pork
nnd beans nnd hard tack to eat three times
n day , except when once In n while we had
( rice nnd bacon. ' At night the bullets sang
around the tent and once a shell fell near us.
I was sl.'k nnd the doctor didn't think 1
could ever get well , but Colonel Page of oilr
regiment was real good nnd ho let my papa
come In from the battlefield to see me- .
When I got well my macnmn wns taken sick
That was last May. They took her to the
Envoinment hospital nnd she was sick from
May to July JUly 15. And there was n
government nursp there. Miss Hcnshaw , nnd
she turned my mother out In n pouring
rain nnd she wns so sick she couldn't stand
| up and half n day she had to He there In
the ambulance , the water all up around the
wheels nnd leaking through the top. Thc pll-
fows by mamma nnd the other soldiers put
around her wouldn't keep the rnln oft nnd
they took her to the Spanish hospital and
there she died the very next day , July 1C ,
nt 1 o'clock. That wns Saturday. I stayed
with her all the morning nnd the very last
thing she ald , very soft and low , was 'My
I Jeannettel' just like that. I put my hand
up nnd smoothed back her hair It wns soft
nnd dark nnd shining nnd eho closed her
eyes and never opened them again. My
father went out on the porch nnd rled
nnd I cried , loo. And If It hadn't been for
1 what that government nurse did I'd have
I my mother right hero today.
"After that papa didn't know what to do
with me. I stayed with Mrs. Clark for a
while , but I was unhappy. So when the Ohio
went homo ho put mo on It and the nurses
coming back Miss Sarah nnd Miss Agues
Shnw and Miss Starr they took cnro of
me. "
The little girl found friends awaiting her
here. The Red Cross ladles had heard ol
her nnd Mrs. Arthur Cornwall at once t'-ok
her 16 her heart and home nnd would gladly
have kept her always had It not been that
her grandparents In Schencctady , N. Y. ,
were eagerly awaiting her coming.
In the ai9 of those who met this forlorn
Ilttlo victim of the Philippine campaign
there will long echo her quaint , unchlldlsh
phrases , with their Invariable refrain : "I'm
AMUSC MI3XTS.
criGiQHTorr TnHou Any scat 25c , obi 1
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Heso--vcd 25
Toniglit 8:15 : and GOc , gal. lOc.
The Famous Minstrel THE ROWS
BILLY RICE Original Spectacular Gym-
- nnsthi En ortuinmont.
and H. W. Frillman , Basso
" A Xmas to all.
"Paplnta , Glorious Papinta , F >
CMPPELl SISTERS ROSILIE TYLER
. Nightingale of Vaudeville.
Tlmo Gals.
The- Bug
BRETON RUHKLE TRIO A I FLORENCE HSHRI KING . ,
. Renowned Lady Violinist.
The Clcvor Entertainer
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Woodward & Burgess , Managers. - -
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Commencing Sunduy matinee. 'December
FITWEBSTER. .
A BREEZY TIME
An un-to-datc , successful furce comedy. ,
Playing to crowded houses everywhere
30-COMBDIANB-3Q
Prlcc75c , 60c , 35c. 25c. Matlnoo-50c , 25c
* & Hurgess ,
- - - Woodward
13 Lf tr i U7 O O Managers , Tel. 191 ! > ,
OMS IM5MFOIIMAXCI3 0\I < V.
Wednesday Matinee , December 27
America's Greatest Hlnsor ,
Remember the date- .
Concert by
Charles Higgitis
VIOM.VIHT.
Wed , Dec , 20 Y , M , C.A.BslBsharp .
by .Mr. Onear Garlcssoii. bnMo ;
M DuUy illKElnH , contralto ; Karl Btnlth ,
Velio ; Slumuml UandnberK , plunlHt ; Mr ,
Francis Potter , mandolin virtuoso ,
Tickets , to contfl
at ore throat. Always -
Anti-Kawf ways ivllafolp .For
- Bale by all ilruii-
fists , Uc and SOc ,
forgetting nil my manners since my mother
died. She was constantly reminding me.
My mamtna'd say , 'It seems to mo you're not
doing justlco to me , little daughter. ' Anil
oh , to think I'd have my mamma with no
now If they hadn't put her out In the lain
that day ! "
l.AIIOIl AM ) IXOl'bTHV.
In China tea costs Hi cents per pound.
America makes liO.OW.OOO false teeth an
nually.
Over twenty Important products arc now
manufactured from corn.
Flfty-bevrn new cotton mills have been
built , In the south dining- the lust twelve
mo'nths.
During the month ot October the Amer
ican Federation of I-abor chartered eighty-
two local unions , aside from those granted
by Its pubordlnato national and Interna
tional unions. f
A man nt Ijiwrencevlllo. 111. . Is adver
tising for 1,000,000 pounds of minitower seed ,
lie hits bought three-fourths of a million
pounds of sunflower bt-etl and e.xpectp to
ship 5,000,000 pounds. Practically all of this
crop raised In the world goes out o Law
rence county , Illinois.
At Sun Francisco , during the months ot
September and October , the capacity of the
glare factories was enlarged , s-o Hint It was
necessary to bring out a number ot men
from the east to take the extra places thus
provided. Another factory will bo started
in about a month , which will require the
services of thirty blowers and 100 helping
hands.
All glasi factorlcb not controlled by the
trust are now In operation. Altogether
llfteen factories were started In the country
December 9 , with a capacity of 373 pots ,
making a totnl of over 800 pots In opposi
tion to the new trust. Six Independent nnd
co-operative window glass companies are
to be formed In PHttburg , and many others
in various parts of the gas belt in Indiana
nnd Ohio.
Preaching on the question of working
women , Rev. S. G. Smith of the People's
church. In St. IMul. s.ild last Sunday tluit
the great Increase In the number of such
women In the lust , decade hud been in
girls under IS years of age , and that such
Increase In the clothing trades niono 1m
boon KS per cunt. "Forty-llvo per cent o
the manufactuting In the United States 1
now done by women , " said the preacher
"We may well be ashamed to use the up
ilhinccH of modern civilization when wo remember
member that they mean the life blood nm
ngonv of delicate womanhood , the p.irnly
sis of our homes and the stopping of tha
abounding American physical vigor whicl
has marked us for a century , because
America 1ms hitherto been the paradise o
woman. "
will be Chrletmae everybody Knows that
but do not know that C10ARS this year are
put up In neat small packages of 12 and 25
ach , to n H to bring them within the reach
-f all. The price Is at the same rate aa by
ho 100 no snide brands , but Maples , like
the
GEO , W , CHILDS , KING BEE , JOLLY
WIDOW , GORONAS , LaPREFERENGIA
-All 5c Cigars , 25 in a Box for $1 ,
Stlckney'a Uouquot , 12 In u box , COc. In
I0o goods they come 25 In a box , al $2.00 for
such brands at
SECURITY , LA PREFERENCIA ,
NANON'S ' SINGERIDADS ,
CHANCELLOR ,
J. A. FULLER &C0
14th u ml Douglas St.
209-211 South I5fh St-Karbach Biock ,
DID
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A few days more and
NicoU's December lleduc-
tion Sale .will be a matter of t
history.
Hundreds of economical buyers have
availed themselves of this veiy tempting *
have made to
opjortunity---to garments
order at the lowest prices ever known for
first-class tailoring !
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You must see the fabrics we offer to ap
preciate the price.
You'll have to feel of the excellent quality
and also see the workmanship and trimmings - '
mings we put into our garments. .l
$5.00 and $6.00
Trousers reduced to. .
$7.00'and $8/00
Trousers reduced to. .
$8.50 and $9.00
Trousers reduced to. .
$9.50 and $10.00
Trousers reduced to. .
$20.00 and $22.00
Suits reduced to. . . .
I $25.00 and $27.00
.Suits reduced to
$28.00 and $30.00
Suits reduced to . . . .
$32.0.0 and $35.00 OE OA
Suits-reduce dto. . . . .i.pwO.'UMU < '
Many men after examining the quality of
th < 3 cloth inspecting the trimming and
workmanship * on the 0 < arments we oner at
these tempting prices seem puzzled and
want to know how we can afford it.
i >
There's no secret about it !
It's Mcoll's way of cleaning up several
thousand yards of surplus stock when the
season's been backward.
True ! There's mighty little profit in it
but in return we gain many hundred new
friends whose patronage remains with .us
permanently.
We mean to be generous with you !
j
If we fail to please you in material , clo'th ,
fitting , trimming or workmanship we won't il
take your money.
Make your selection early Monday morn-
209-211 South 15th St.-Karhach Block.