April 5W,
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THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED HEE.
SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK
Omsbn Tun Aniiotn for the Opening Game
on Horn"! Ornun'h.
START MADE INDICATES GOOD SEASON
When an American boy reaches
a certain age he likes to look
right at any time you don't like
to see him go through his
clothes like a whirlwind.
"Kantwearout-IIercules"' clothes
will satisfy you both; satisfy
your boy because they are
"mannish" clothes and fit him
'like a top," as he would say;
satisfy you because they 6tand
hard knocks when he gets play
ful in his boyish way.
Straight cotton, or its mercerized
brother, are as far removed from
"Hercules" clothes as America Is
from Japan every thread is spelled
W-O-O-L.
You can buy Boy' suits cheaper
than the "Hercules" but you fet
vhat you pay for cheaper suits
that don't wear half as long.
"Hercules" suits, made as they
are, couldn't be made for a penny
less. If you believe tn the right
sort of economy In Boys' clothes
ask for a "Hercules" next time.
Every garment labeled "Hercules."
"Hercules" two-piece, knee Pant
suits are the same price every
where Five Dollars.
Send for dealer's name and
cules" Book.
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Urleaol la the jrreat California remedy
that dlaoolvee the arte add deposits and
remove the cause of rheumatism and
goat
Uricsol will not harm or Injure any
part of your body, on the contrary it will
tone up the stomach, create an appetite,
stimulate the liver and kJdner, ranor
tag the excess of uric acid that causes
so many ailments, chief of which la rheu
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Only a wtek.
The champions will be at home to opeu
the ktason just a week from Monday, and
a routing welcome is certainly being
prepared for them here. If the weather is
at all favorable, the unfurling of the first
pennant that ever flew over an Omaha
liae. ball park will be witnessed by a
throng- that will tent the capacity of the
ground. President Rourke has arranged
fur a most tit tine observance of the day.
and proposes to make it a date long to be
remembered In local base ball history. No
parade uptown will be undertaken, but the
exercises at the ground will include a
march of both the Dcs Moines and Omaha
teams, the latter In their nrlght new uni
forms, which will be donned for the first
timo that day. A military band will head
the parade, which will be across the ball
Meld to the flagpole In centerficld. Here
appropriate ceremonies will be observed,
and the flag will be unfurled. It Is a beau
tiful and costly piece of bunting that has
been furnished by the league, as those who
have looked at it in the show window at
Bennett's know, and will make a proud
display over the green In the outer Held.
After the fiag has been flung to. the breeze
the teama will return to the diamond, where
a short address will be made by Acting
Mavor Zimman and President O'Js'ell of
the 'Western league will make a few
remarks. The acting mayor will pitch the
first ball to the league president, and the
season of 1905 at Omaha will be opened.
It is the present belief of the management
that the interest will be auch that many
people from outside of Omaha will take
advantage of the offer of special rates by
the railroad and attend the opening game.
The start In the Western league was not
Oufte as auspicious as could be wished.
Weather prevented the opening game at
Colorado Springs and Sioux City, but
Denver turned out a handsome crowd
to greet the Des Moines visitors,
and the home team won after a hard fight.
The enthusiasm of the Denver papers over
the start speaks much for the prospects
of the game out there this season. At
Colorado Springs the first game was played
Thursday and was easy for Omaha. The
attendance was light, due to the bad
weather. Sioux City certainly Bliowed up
Pop Eyler at the start, but that doesn't
Indicate that the old boy's pitching days
are over, not by a good deal. It Is well
to remember that Cy Young, the king of
them all, has pitched the opening game
for his team for the last five seasons and
hasn't won one of them. Give Eyler time
and warm weather and he'll show some of
the youngsters how to throw the spit ball.
At Sioux City the opening day was made
a general holiday, and the citizens turned
out in force. Altogether, it only remains
for Omaha and Dea Moines to ehow their
hands, and If the expressions heard Indicate
anything, they will present record crdwds
at the opening games. Dee Molnea waa
threatened by the constables and deputy
sheriffs with prosecution If Sunday games
were attempted, owing to the refusal of the
managers to provide the officers with sea
son passes. Manager Cantilion aays lie has
been assured by the authorities that the
attempt will be. thwarted.. Sunday games
will still go at Dea Moines.
The tennis committee of the Omaha
Field club hopes to have four of the new
courts In readiness for the players by next
Saturday. The Field club players are
champing at the bit and are anxious to
get the racquets out and begin play. There
will be seven courts at the Field club
grounds when all the improvements shall
have been made. The tennis department
will be better than ever. The courts are
being leveled off In splendid fashion and
each court Is being equipped with tile
draining, so that play may be resumed In
much shorter time after a rain than here
tofore.
Work Is progressing nicely on the new
Young Men's Christian association courts
at Twentieth and Farnam atreets. The
newly organized association tennis club
will meet again next Tuesday evening at
the association rooms.
Con Young of the Field club tennis aee
tlon received a fine racquet last week
from Kreight Collins of Chicago. Mr. Col
Hub Is at present one of the best tennis
players In this country. He has been
selected as one of a squad of five to rep.
resent this country In the international
tennis tournament to be held In England
during next August.
Wright & Ditson'a Dawn Tenuis Quids
for 1905, Just out, contains extended men
tion of Omaha's middle west tenuis toum
ament, which waa held on the Field club
courts last August.
The new porch being built at the Omaha
Field club grounds will accommodate
larger crowd than the old ono and will
be A great convenience to the tennis
players.
The Ft. troix lentua club held a very
Interesting meeting last Thursday evening
and the mcmbera were very enthusiastic
over the prospects of iennis for the com
Ing season. A committee was appointed to
have plans drawn for a suitable club house
with locker rooms and shower bath, the
members present subscribing tGOO to fur
ther tholr plans. The St. Croix club nieni
bersbip will not exceed sixty-five members
and as the asms la being rapidly filled, any
one desiring to make application had best
do so at an early date. Tho demand for
good courts and accommodations at a nnm
Inal price has never as yet been success
fully met in Omaha, and this club intends
having the fastest courts in the city and
possibly In the west. The club will hold
prize tournaments throughout the season
both handicap and otherwise, which will
give the beginners as much show for
prize as the oldtimers. There will bo
meeting of the Hub next Tuesday evenini
May 2, 1906, at 3:4 South Fifteenth street
at which the committee on plans will re
port, and any one desiring information
garding the club can address J. fturr Ta
lor. New York DJfe building.
vent ef the rubber-cored ball. Among
them Is Treswick. on whlrh the amateur
championship ef Or.at Ttrttaln Is played.
The plsyere will have to cover something
like J0i yards mor in finding who Is to
get the champlonftilp cup hereafter. More
hunkers and trapa also have been added.
Fair golfers from the I'nlted States may
Invade England In an unexpectedly large
body 'his rptina to tnke part In the cham
pionship of Great Britain, which will be
held at Cromer May C9 to June 3. Since
the visits of Miss Rhona Aflslr and Mis
Charlotte pnd in l'4 much Interest has
been taken In International nmtchea by
the women golfers of this country. Miss
Adair and Miss Dod are the women cham
pions of Oreat Prltaln, Mist Adair winning
In 13l and Miss Dod In 1!H. Not only de
lighted at forming the acquaintance of the
visiting golfers, American women have
been so much encouraged by their play
against them that they have been led to
believe that they can make at least a cred
itable showing If, unlike Walter J. Travis,
they fall to win a foreign championship.
To win the championship of Great Britain
Is practically equivalent to winning the
championship of the world, and for that
reason tha trln of so larae a party of
American women to the other side of the
ocean will be a topic of great Interest not
only In the United States but throughout
England and Scotland. Miss Rhona Adair
has said of Mlsa Margaret Curtis and Miss
C. T. Stout, two American players, that
they are as gnod as any of tho women who
golf in Great Britain, so It is not out of
the bounds of possibility that an American
woman may succeed In accomplishing whnt
an American man did last year. The meet
ing of tho Dadles' Golf union will be held
this year at Cromer May 29 to June 3.
The club boasts of the title Royal Cromer
Golf club and was Instituted In 18ST. The
course is right on the coast, on what are
known -as the lighthouse hills. The first
teo Is not far from the lighthouse, and the
players make the circuit of, the eighteen
holes over one of those splendid bits of
golfing country, which has the right to be
called links, found on the east coast of
ngland. Cromer is a watering place on
tho north coast of the county of Norfolk.
The championships of the union have been
on as follows: 1893. 1VH and 1896. Dady
Margaret Scott; 189tS, Miss Amy Pascoe;
1897, Miss E. C. Orr; 1898, Miss Dena
Thompson: 1899, Miss Hezlett; 1900, Miss
Rhona. Adair; 1901, Miss Graham; 1902, Miss
lezlett; 1903, Miss Rhona Adair; 1904, Miss
Dottle Dod.
Play In the slxtn annual championship
of the New Jersey State Golf association
will be held on June 1, 2 and 3 at the
North Jersey Country club course. Archi
bald Graham waa the first holder of tha
tie. Successive, champions since have
oeen Allan Kennedy (twlco), M. M. Mich
ael and J. Murray Oliphant, jr., of Prlnee-
on, who now holds the honor. The
length of the course is 5,765 yards, and
Graham haa the amateur record at Beventy-
one. The prizes include a low score
medal and team prize in the qualifying
ecord, a gold medal for the winner in
each eight at match play to the eighth
set ono for each eight in the first sixty-
four of the qualifying round as well as
closing medal play handicap. The num
ber of starters have ranged from 120 to
160 each year, over twice as many as In
the more conservatively conducted Metro
politan Golf association championship.
Fercy Jackson of the Yountakah club Is
president of the New Jersey State Golf
association and heads the tournament com
mittee.
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THE MSO 4'rKH TTtTE,
iotf X Yet 45th St , N. Y.
Omaha automobile dealers were anion
the buxiest men in town last week. A
least they were too busy to go fishing or
talk about the weather. They me setlin
automobiles these days and showing good
to prospective customers. One of the
dealers has a placard reading, "Keep
busy," tacked In front of his desk. Tha
placard Is the keynote to the autoiuoliil
Situation in Omaha just now. Just drop
into any of the salesrooms during busmen
hours, and ce what la going on in the aut
world. A large percentage of the visitors
to tne auto estaDiisnmenta are from out
of town, and it la a surprisingly large per
rentage. "The Omaha people know thev
have the salesrooms right at their han
and are inclined to te, in many cases
slower in tailing than is tha case with th
country folks." remarked a denier tl
other day. "Business generally is bris
in the auto line. In both city aud country.
he continued.
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Many cf the classic golf cou'sea In Krig
laud hv bttii lengthened aim Hie ad
The "Lightning Bug," the steam racing
cor built by Louis Robs, which in the re
cent Florida automobile tournament won
every race in which it started except one.
will make Its appearance in New York
at the Brighton Beach race track, the
season at the track opening May 6. This
car holds the world's ono mile compel!
tlve record of 41 seconds and the mile
straightaway record of 38 seconds and
mile track record of 67 seconds for faet
propelled, vehicles. Nelion, the fastest
pace following cyclist ever known with
record buck of pace of 1:06, and with
all the amateur paced records ntlll his
will drive the car. Louis Ross has here
tofore refused to drive the car in auto
mobile race meets, and this car has been
seen only at Boston, Providence and Flor
iaa. in consequence curiosity has been
aroused. Extensive improvements have
been made at the Brighton Beach race
track In anticipation of the coming meet.
Ihe turns will be resurfaced with loam
which packs hard and Is practically dust
leHS. An additional bank has been aiven
to the turns and they can now be negoti
ated at tneir highest speed. The Brichton
Beach track la the fastest horas running
tracts in me country, and the improve
ments will make it one of the fastest auto
mobile tracks as well. A. TL Parsons will
set as referee of the meet. Flying starts
will take place in all races except the
nanaicap events. The meeting is subject
to postponement in case of stormy
weainer. o prises awarded In case of
walkovera. No second prizes awarded un
less three cars start. Tho right is re
served to reject any or all entries. Posl
tiona id eacn race to be decided bv lot
before the race is called, as provided in
me new racing rules. The events will be
as rouows:
No. l-Kasolene sfnrU
for the Coney Island hanrih'nn' flv. v,,'.
at one mile, as follows: First hetit. cars of
iuii uurss power; second heat, care of
norm iiower ana under: th rrf hm
vmn vi twenty nurse now.r nnri nri.
fourth heat, cars of thirty hor.se power and
under: fifth heat, cars of forty horse power
mm unucr. frizes to heat winner; Hrst
uu ei-iuiiu cnr in eacn neat to mui (r.
cars to he regularly equipped; catalogue
stating horse power to be fifed with entry:
tne nmse power of winners snd seconds
ni-.v i n iiminiea; norse power or cars pro
tested will be determined by the technic.)
meniDera or tne board at tha Amorin
stuiuiiiuuiia v.ouiation
.-lo. Amateur race at five miles, two
fiiarn. Aniiiiiur as aennea Dy the Amerl
vaii AuuirnDDiiB Kaaocrauon racing board
Io. a lve-mll nnrn raca tun Krf.
chotre of plate or rash to the total value
vi , ii i Di ytimi, .iov; second prize, S7o.
t Bngntpn Beach handicap at five
mum, uptu, mi- inn erigninn Meach cu
value l0. The Rrtahtou Bach run ,
become the property of the contestant win
nuia tne largest numner or points In the
ring-nton oon nanaicap in the series
meets on tne Hrlghton Beach track during
ma ura.uri vi urx. r irst piacs in eacn race
fir this cup to count three points, second
two points and third place one point.
Prizes for the flret and second cars In each
rae tor tne jinanion rteacn cup.
io. a t. oney island handicap t five
nines, two prizes, tipen to the first and
hwoiiii cara in eacn neat of the gaanliMv
stock car race.
No. Five-mils rare for inldiiipr.iht
ci;s. m cars ivcianina; 1.43 pounds,
rour entries ur no race, iwo prizes.
There will also lie special match
and time trials
going fljirg mile. h can cover the stand
ard distance in better than fifty seconds.
against the existing mark of fifty-three pec.
omle .
A handy little case. 'containing everything
nercisarv for rendering "tlrt aid'' in cane
of accidents to motor cats, Is the latest
motoring accessory and the king Is the
first to adopt the new fat-hlon. In future a
handsome "first aid" case, specially made
for his majesty by a will known firm of
aurglral Instrument manufacturers, will bs
carried In the royal motor car. "A friend
In need Is a friend Indeed," surmounted by a
crown, is the Inscription upon the front of
the stiver case which holds King Edward's
"first aid" outfit. The silver box, which
contains right numbered compartments. Is
carried In a case of royal blue morocco and
on the lid detailed directions corresponding
with the numbers are fixed. "The contents
nre arranged in the order of tholr use," ex
plained the maker this week. "And the In
structions being both simple and precise
there Is no room for doubt or difficulty In
an emergency. Although the whole outfit
weighs only five and three-quarters pounds
the contents incjudo an india-rubber tour
niquet to stop leedlng, several pairs of
forceps snd sclsnnrs, antiseptic swabs,
gauze and bandages, a variety Of pastes
and powders for dressing and bottle for
brandy."
Arrangements have been made for an au
tomobile endurance run from St. Paul to
Chicago sbout the middle of July. Secre
tary B. A. I,ody of the St. Paul Automo
bile club has Just returned from Chicago,
where ho had made the final arrangements.
It is thought that fully 1,000 automobiles
from Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin
and Indiana will make the 500-mile trip.
.Spalding's Official Iawn Tennis Annual
for 1905 has Just been published. The An
nual this year is edited by Harry M. Bur-
chell, and is tne largest ana most complete
tennis annual ever offered. It contains a
complete report of the national champion
ship tournament, official ranking, a com
plete list of the American championships
since 18S1, official regulations governing the
Davis trophy, a complete report of the
Olympic championships, ss well as sec
tional championships, state championship
tournamonts, miscellaneous tournaments,
women's national championships, Intercol
legiate championships and Canadian and
foreign championships.
Spring foot ball practice is to be estab
lished at the University of Nebraska dur
ing the coming week. "A decision to this
ffee.t has been announted by Captain Borg
after a consultation with Assistant Coach
Westover and ex-Captuin Benedict. West
over, because of his greater experience,
will be In charge of the practice, which
ill be installed next Monday and continue
every afternoon on the athletic neia ror
two weeks, or during the absence of the
Nebrauka base ball team on Its long east
ern tour. Spring practice has not been i
part of Coach Booth's curriculum since
four years ago, at which time he was an
instructor In the athletic department of the
university and spent all of his time in Lin
coin. In recent years he has been practic
ing law in New York, only coming to Lin
coin during tho foot ball season. He is
heartily in favor of spring preparation and
it was On his counsel that the athletic au
thorities authorized Borg and Westover to
take charge of the reinstallation of spring
work.
The maiming of ex-Cpataln Benedict, who
is eligible for another year of fool ball, as
result of the Iowa game last fall, will
make it Incumbent upon Booth to develop
new kicker, and the chief object of the
spring practice will be to try out the men
at booting the ball. Benedict has suffered
from water on the knee ever since the
lows game and It Is very doubtful if he
ever entirely recovers, much less that hs
will be able to don tha moleskins in Booth's
squad next September. Three or four of
the veterans from lust year's CornhuBkers
In the estimation of Assistant Coach West
over, are good material in- the kicking; line,
and these men will be given especial atton
tlon, although there Is every indication that
twenty or thirty anplrants will get into
his department of the practice. As a spe
clal Inducement a local Jeweler has offered
handsome silver loving cup us a first
prize for the greatest degree of proficiency;
Two other prizes have been hung up by the
athletic board. Edgar Cotton, who stirred
things up during a week's practice on the
Yale squad and then came back to rejoin
Booth, after which he developed Into one
of the best tackles Nebraska has ever pro
duced, is a likely candidate for first hon
ors. On the kickoff he Is especially profi
cient. Johnson, the negro end, however,
promises to give Cotton a stiff race.
lighest AuthorifyOn Earth
Turp
Handicapping to be don
by the technical committee of the racing
board of the American Automobile ansocia
tlou.
Barney Oldrield has sent word to New
York that be would like to have a match
rae at the opening of the Morris Park
track on May 9. with any driver who cares
to dispute his title of American track chsm
plon. Although OUrleld unquestionably re
deemed himself after his defeat by Barn I
and Sattori St Brighton Beach last fall lie
wants another race before the New Tork
public. Gldfleld still pins his faith to the
Peerless Green Dragon which he used last
summer, and with which he defeated every
driver with whom he raced, and which he
also piloted when he created all the trac
records from one to fifty miles. Oldfleld
saya he prefers the distance to be from fiv
to ten mil's. He sas that he will prob
bly race in the west on Memorial day an
then come east !f a match Is srranged
Morris Park. While here lsct fall Oldfleld
expressed his belief that with Its big turn
only one of wbkh has to be negotiated I
the Gov't of
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SUNNY. BROOK DISTILLERY CO k JcfIerscnkCounty,l Ky.
sons. Mr. Bradford was in j-jurope ihhi
year and did coneiaeraoie touring wuiio
there.
Aside from, kicking and punting. Assist-
ant Coach Westover Intends to drill the
new men in the rudiments, such as catch
ing punts, returning kicks and tackling. A
llvuly bunch of youngsters, many of them
desirable foot ball material, registered at
Nebraska for the second semester, and
some of them may come In handy, as more
than half of last season's veterans will
likely fall to respond to the roll call next
September. Two weeks' daily instructions
In the preliminaries of foot ball should do
the new men a lot of good, and Westover
and Borg are hopeful that the spring prac
tice will prove a decided benefit to the
chances of the Cornhuakers on the gridiron
In 1905. Iwiter in the year the athletic board
will tu.ke up and decide the question of In
stituting a training camp, beginning In the
middle of August and lasting three weeks.
with the object of conditioning the men
and giving them an earlier start. The ex
pense promises to be heavy, hut the in
creased revenues from the Minnesota and
Michigan games should more than compen
sate for the extra outlay.
Antonaobtle Dust.
Thomas A. Krv bousht a lif,nn Whu.
steamer auto last week.
The Browning. King Co. of New Turk
City has ordered sixteen Cadillac automo
biles for their branch stores, one of which
is tn Omaha.
J. Wilson of Stromshura N.h tv on.
of the out-of-town automobile customers
In Omaha last week. He bought a fine
touring car of the Powell Automobile company.
H. K. Fredrlckson sold three automobiles
in tows last wees. t.. Ia Henedlct & Hon
of Coin, Ja., came to Omaha last week on
the railroad and returned in a two-soatol
Cadillac.
T. M. Brownwell of the Rambler comiiuuv
Is doins a flue out-of-town business In ad
dition to numerous local sales. Tie took
some customers as far as Grand Island In
their car last week.
A. 1,. Warden, siiecishf agent for tho
American League of Licensed Manufactur
ers, make the statement that there aie
nnw oO.OOO autumoliiles In use In the United
mates. At present writing Omaha haa 109
registered machines.
P. E. McKllllp, a prominent banker of
Humphrey . rseti . booaht a 14 ofl Pone-
Toledo from the J. J. Derlaht company last
week. Mr. Urriflit repurta good aala to
country aoctors ana psnaers. i:e sold C.
i. Kountie nna r.. lost v verify elec
trie autns during the week. Mr. Yost Is
having a private garage built on model
lines.
O. r. Klpllnger, an Omaha tobacconist.
and A. H. Fetters, n.eehsnli'al engineer at
trie union I'aitnc. shops, have bought Ca
dillac auiomoniirs rrom II. K. Fredrtrkson
It begins to look ss If Harney Oldfl.ld
win oe seen in imiaria in June with hi
I'eerle.v Oieou riragon racer. A. C. Webb
iw expected to accompany sir. oidfltid. H
r, rteoruKSon ano otner auto dealers are
now dosing ai rangeuieuts for an auto race
meet ncre soon.
u i . nrauiorii. one or Omaha s most
enthusiastic autolsts. ordered last week
irom trip i-uwfii company h j.dju W.como
tuie. wtitcn is the ftiM inacnine of this
price to be bought In Omaha. Three othar
similar orders ate on the tapis her and
It Is expected the sales will he made
shortly. Mr. Bradford's Locomobile will
tie here a,,on. it is existed, snd will be
the object of mii'h aitmctlon for some
tune. Tbe car will igh pounds,
ViMve a. alxtv-lmrse pirn or fvur-cyllnrter pr.
gluti and eattn .r-'"v iur soveu per-
Joe Jefferson a Favorite
(Continued from Page Four.)
race. Five years afterward Dion Bouci
cault in London slightly changed the form
of the piece and strengthened its domestic
interest. From that one play Joseph Jef
ferson realised between $3,000,000 and J3,
000,000. The success of the comedy was
so great and bo continuous that Jefferson
could not drop it as the years and decades
went by, but the time came when the
monotony of its nightly production wore
Into the very soul of Its creator. It was
to escape from Its thralldom that he
brought out that other famous character
of his, Bob Acres.
Jefferson's Farewell Messase.
The announcement of the veteran actor's
decision to retire came latrt October. It
was made quietly to his family. "I shall
never act again," he said. "My days upon
th stage are ended." Once the decision
was made, and its first feeling of solemnity
had passed, Mr. Jefferson became more
cheerful.
"It will seem strange at first to act no
more," he added, "but I shall soon get used
to that, and I shall begin to enjoy what I
have looked forward to these many years,
my long, long holiday, In which I shall en
joy unlterruptedly nature In outdoor life,
my paintings, my books and pleasant com
panionship with wife, children nnd dear
friends. I begin my holiday at last."
In a newspaper interview about that time
Mr. Jefferson gave out the following mes
sage to the world:
"I am 75 you know, and so, no doubt, am
entitled to be old and I have been a little
weak of late, I'll admit that but, isn't it
funny, I feel as young as a boy? I was
warned, you know, not to tire 'myself talk
ing to you, and I would not do anything to
displease the nuree or the dear ones about
me, but I enjoy all this just a little bit ex
cited or warmed up, but it's all right.
"I'm leaving the limelight to go Into the
sunshine and I leave a blessing behind mo
and pray for a blessing before me. It has
been dear to me that life of Illuminated
emotion and it has been so magnificently
repaid. If I could send an eloquent message
to ths world I would, but somehow words
fail me when I try to say It. I hsve been
doubly repaid by the sympathetic presence
of the people when I waa playing and the
affection that seems to follow me, like the
sunshine streaming after a man going down
the forest trail that leads over the hills to
the land of morning. No, I can't put it in
words."
Then a gleam of humor broke across the
wistful face and he. said:
Perhaps It's a good thing to quit the
stage before the people have a chance to
change their mlnda about me.
'I belonged to the stage from bir'h. My
son Tom is the nttn or tne lino or acting
Jeffcrsons from the first who pluyed with
Garrlck. lies playing 'Rip.' I saw him
play it. and he does It very well the pa
thetic, parts particularly. I have had four
teen children, and seven are living, so I am
every way blessed. I hsve guunlchlliireii
and great-grandchildren. Hut I leave my
wider family behind me those who came tn
see me at the theater and I have a i-mlle
and a warm thought for them nil.
I should like to send them a tender men-.
sege better expressed, anyway. Perhaps
you can do It better for roe. Something
rhokea a little here when I think I am go-.
Ing to say It God bless them sll!"
Characteristic Utterance..
The deeth of Joseph Jefferson gives a spe
cial Interest to the following utterances,
tart, whimsical and wise from that ven
erable optimist:
"Don't worry about the atage. It Is In a
state of transition, just as It has always
been and always will be. It goes from bad
to woree, then from worse to better, and no
arrives once more st good. Its advance or
retrogression Is Influenced by nothing so
much as the state of the public mind more
by that even than through the ability of IU
actors to produce certain effects
"One must sefVe his art with citrefiilnp.s
and constancy. Art Is jealonw. and is sure
to desert those who have first denerted her.
"Pon't wast, time looking backward For
a young world a young fashion. The 'palmy
days' were always about the dins of our
grandfathers and will be to the end of
time.
"Don't forget that there are no greater
enemies of originality than the actor folk
Precedent Is their god. and following the
main traveled roads they look with sus
picion or contempt to the Independent fel
low who climb, over the fences In search
of something new.
"Must have another flhukexpeare? How
ridiculous! What time haa a man to become
a Shakespeare or a Mollere these das.
when what time la left him from reading
the papers and magsiinee Is taken up try
ing to master the proper names In the
news dispatches from the f&r eM?
"Remember that pessimists (and critics
Buffering from Jaundice or the dyspepsia)
have always lived and growled. I dare say
old Thespi..' our patron saint, started talk
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