THE COURIER.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
DnV;tl
tL C 23S&
ABMUUTELY PURE
tho representation of each dioceso shall
constat of not more than four clergymen
and four laymen, communicants in this
church, residents in tho diocese, and
chosen in the manner prescribed by the
convention thereof. WhatiBthosttBiicer
prescriled by the convention s? couj(:il
of this diocese? Article 1 1 of our consti
tution says: 'At tho stated mtcfT::g of
the council, next preceding tho general
convention, four clerical and four lay
doputies shall be elected to represent
tho diocese, and in caso of a failure or
neglect of the council to elect deputies
those already in office shall continue
until successors be chosen. Pour shall
bo elected. But the council failed to
elect four. It elected only three of the
clerical order. It attempted to elect tho
fourth, and although the president reg
ularly called upon the members at thir
ty ballotings for tho fourth clerical
deputy it failed to elect. If it had failed
to elect the other three, it is clear that
under the law cited those three elected
to the lust general convention, and in
the order in which their names stand,
would hold over, because the article
distinctly says, at tho ftated meetings
of the council next preceding the meet
ing of the general convention, and says
nothing whatever about a special meet
ing for such election.
THE THEATRES.
Ed Church is back
again in town from
the Pacific coast.
His "Faust" com
pany's second trip
est was very profi
table. John Grif-"
tith left Monday for
his home in Spring
field, 111., where he
uill spend the sum
mer. The other
members of tho
company have sep
arated and will not
again join Mr. Griffith, the in
tention being to organize an entirely
new supporting company. Mrs. Seaton,
of this city, has signed with the Pike
opera company. An idea of the business
done by "Faust" may be formed by
some figures quoted by Mr. Church.
"In Helena," he said, "we had to play
against Ward and James, who were
booked for three nights. We played
one night to 9750, more money than
Warde and James took in during their
engagement. At Grand Falls, Montana,
our receipts were 81,001; at Spokane,
8909; at Boise City, 8750; at Ogden,
8750; at Grand Junction, Col. 8547; at
Aspen, 8927. We played two nights in
Salt Lake City. We opened to 8447,
and the next night drew 8927. Business
in Portland, and Seattle and Tacoma
was, fair."
"The Bells' as played by Henry Irving,
was used in some places where the com
pany played two or three nights, and in
one or two instances it was better re
ceived than "Faust." The next season
of the Griffith-Church company will
open in September, probably in Kansas
City. It is the intention to go clear to
Boston, and Mr. Church says the com
pany may make New York. "Faust,'
"Richard III" and "The Merchant of
Venice" will be played. Mr. Church will
superintend iho construction of special
scenery for the two additional plays
during the summer.
"There is no truth in the report that
there is to be a change in the manage
montof the Lansing," remarked Mr.
Church. "The house will be run the
same as before. I may or may not take
the road with my company again. My
plans not jet fully matured. I will go
to New fork in c few days to look after
attractions for the Lansing."
Roland Reed, who formally opened the
Fonke last Beason, will again be the
opening attraction the coming season,
shortly after September 1.
-Si
Baking
Powder
Somebody disputes my statement of
last week that theatrical critics should
concern themselves solely with tho act
ing of the actors, and the play, and
avoid personalities. This somebody says
that some of the best critics 'Jo what I
ventured to say they should not do; that
it is a common thing for a critic to call
in question social peculiarities or irreg
ularities and indulge in ridicule at the
actor's expense. The fact that critics do
this does not make it right. It is a very
easy thing to say or write that Frank
Daniels looks like a sawed-off cigar store
sign, or that this or that actress is net
beautiful, or that Tom Keene has a voice
like a fog horn; but we would hardly digni
fy such remarks by calling them theatri
cal criticism. Criticism certainly has a
higher function than the advertisement
of crooked legs and other alleged per
sonal deformities. It is easier by far, to
indulge in ridicule or sarcasm along
this lino than to write a reasonable
criticism, and sometimes these flippant
remarks make an effective appeal to a
certain class of readers. But it is not
theatrical criticism, any more than call
ing Richard Harding Davis an egotisti
cal dude is literary orithism.
A theatrical criticism should be the
expression of the effect produced by a
stage performance upon a thoroughly
ripened intelligence.
Of course no one would contend that
the critic should be debarred from
alluding to such glaring atrocities as
the Mather shriek and fall, the Rhea
accent and the Downing adipose tissue,
but these personalities should not be
the burden of the critic's song.
Lincoln has 6ome theatre habitues
whose judgment of a play comes pretty
near to being correct. Charley Magbon,
manages to 6ee the best things at home
and abroad, and his opinion of a play is
entitled to respect. He knows a good
thing when he sees it. For years, long
before ho became a manager, Frank
Zehrung has been a constant theatre
goer. He doesn't care much for the
heavy class of plays; but when it comes
to the popular attractions of the day he
is very much at home. There are people
in Lincoln who, at a theatrical perform
ance, wait to see the effect produced
upon Frank before they make up their
minds whether the play or any part of
it is "good" or not. Lieut. Townley is
another well informed patron of the
theatre whose opinion is entitled to con
sideration. Tom hwing and .Colonel
Wilson are undoubtedly good dramatic
critics, but they do not talk much ex
cept to each other. Perhaps the most
regular theatre goer in the city, outside
of the newspaper people, is Mr. Sprang,
the milk dealer. Heought to have some
valuable reminiscences.
"In the days when I played 'Macbeth'
to Miss Cushman's 'Lady Macbeth,'
actors did not have such an easy time of
it as they do now said C. W. Couldock
in a recent interview. "When Macready
came to Amerir-a he did not bring his
own company as Mme. Rejane, Coquehn
or Tree would to-day. The country was
not so populous and theater-going was
not so popular. Every city had its stock
company and the star sent his plays on
in advance. For the most part these
were old plays, and the leading members
of the company had played the leading
parts for which they were particularly
fitted many times before. But the
younger members of the company had
hard work, indeed. They were often
compelled to learn their parts at a day's
notice, and their pay was meager.
"As for salaries, why they are doubled
and trebled now. But my! it costs
twice as mnch to live. I remember that
I rented a very'comfortabie little house
for my family and myself, in Philadel
phia, for 8200 a year.
"Actors in general are a much better
class of men and xomen than they were
in the old days. Then yon never met
an actor who didn't drink. Rarely was
there a performance when some member
of the cast was not under the influence
or liquor. More gentlemen are entering
the ptofefsion than ever before. Thero
has been a wonderful improvement in
the acting of society dramas. But
Shakspeare ah! we have no such
Shakspearean actors. Ah! Macready!
Mucready was far, far ahead of any
tragedian of my time of any tragedian
that ever lived, I firmly believe. The
actor of to-day can not speak blank
vere well. He has no opportunity of
learning how to speak it well.
"What character in Shakspeare do I
like best? All. All. I love them all, I
have played hundreds of parts; I can
not remember ten lines of many of them.
But Shakspeare I can never forget. I
could wake up in the middle of tho
night and recall every line. Weremem
ber what we like to remember, I sup
pose. What wonderful lines!"
Verdi's "II Trovatoro" has just been
performed for the .100th time in Vienna,
where it was first heard March 11, 1854.
No opera by any other living composer
has yet reached so many -presentations
in Vienna.
Julia Marlowe-Taber, who closed her
season very early this year, will open
early in the fall. On August 1G she
and her husband, Robert Taber. go to
Milwaukee, where thoy rehearse two
weeks, and on September 2 present
there, for the first time, "Henry IV."
Bernhardt 'b passion to be a manager
is said to have ccst her the most of her
large earnings.
W. S. Hart, who has for the past two
seasons been Rhea's leading man, has
been engaged as leading man for
Modjeska next season.
It is said that a reconciliation has
been effected between Sir Arthur
Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert, and that
they will soon be working together
again.
Sisler's Ice Cream
has for years been noted
WEDDINGS
AND
ENTERTAINMENTS
A Specialty.
133 So. Twelfth
Browning
LEADING CLOTHIERS
MEN'S AND BOY'S FURNISHERS.
"THE LATEST" 13 OUR MOTTO.
THB
1008 P Street, the
Cane seed 8 80
Millet seed I 20
28 pounds Best Brown sugar 1 00
19 pounds best Granulated sugar. 100
4 cans sugar corn 25
4 cans finest blackberries 25
4 cans finest tomatoes 28
lean yellow table peaches 10
1 lb Even Change plug tobacco ... 20
and all other goods in
J. W. HARTLEY.
Buyer.
JOHN GRIFFITH.
Henry Irving acted in Don Quixoto
on the evening of the day on which it
became known that he bad been knight
ed. When "Maria" in the plays says
to the hero, "But you have not been
knighted!" the audience arose and
cheered, and toward the end of the
play, where he 6ays, "Knighthood
sits like a halo round my head," the
play had again to be stopped for several
minutes till tho house quieted down.
Rudy's Pile Suppository
is guaranteed to cure Piles and Con
stipation, or money refunded. 50 cents
per box. Send two stamps for circular
and Free Sample to Martin Rudy,
Registered Pharmacist, Lancaster, Pa.
No postals answered. For sale by all
first class druggisst everywhere. H.
T. Clarke Co., wholesale gents,
Lincoln. Neb.
Genuine Coal Creek Canyon and Rock
Springs coal at the Whitebreast.
r its purity and smoothness.
ICES. SHERBETS AND
CREAMS
AT SHORT NOTICE.
PICNICS SUPPLIED.
S. Phone 83Q.
King & Co.
H. R. Nissley stand
1 ib Battle Axe plug tobacco 8 20
1 lb Star - " " 40
1 lb Horse Shoe " " 40
1 lb Climax " 40
1 can fine peas 5
U lbs white beans 25
3 cans best raspberries 25
4 cans best string beans 25
our line cheap for Cash
J. W. MUSSETTER
i
