THE COUKIEIt
couragement ef a true husband. I mar
ried my first husband when I was but
sixteen. He was my senior. The in
congruity of the union is proved by a
comparison of his present position in
music and that I have won.
My marriage to Mr. Solomon was an'
ideal union which lasted tor three years
and was without a cloud to mar the sun
shine of felicity. We had everything in
common. One object in life was that
he should write operas and I should
v sing them. Then the end came ab
ruptly. Ho went to Ergland on a pro
fessional engagement and was arrested
for bigamy.
Then, after eight years' earnest labor
in my art I married my third husband,
Sig. Perugini. I was attracted to him
by what appeared to be his spirituality.
He appeared to be an ideal man, a
gentleman, and one whose every instinct
was towards art. I suppose that I was
hypnotized. The night before our
. wedding I sat many hours meditating
gravely over the step I was about to
take. But the eulogies of his friends
and the grace of his manner iinally over
came my better judgment, and we were
married. As the sequel shows, I was
- deceived. When a woman takes a bus
, band who is inferior in art, professional
reputation and income she has certain
rights which he should regard with con-
- rideration. On this question Sig.
Ferugini differed. Forgetting that he
. had no engagement for several years
until I employed him in my company;
' that he had no income except what was
paid him by my manager; that without
my favor he had no special reason for
existence, this pretty gentleman at once
asserted the privileges which, if he had
been worthy of the name of husband, I
would have gladly yielded to him. I
was no sooner married than I repented
bitterly of an error that seemed irrepar
able. But to avoid scandal 1 should
have been a kind and considerate sister
to him had he not developed character
istics not to be endured.
But I am a woman and an artiste, and
in this unfortunate predicament I can
hope for neither the courtesy that is due
. mj sex nor the sympathy that is es
sential to my art. The excuse of. Adam
is etill potent. It is believed that I
tempted Sig. Ferugini out of his ma
tured bachelorhood to eat the fruit
which has turned to Dead Sea apples on
his lips. Versatility is so rare an ac
complishment that few people win dis
tinction in more than one object in life.
I have less than my portion of that hap
piness which is woman's prerogative.
However she may demean herself on the
stage, a singer is entirely human in pri
vate lire. A woman who possesses a
husband whom she loves and respects is
much happier than one who wins ap
plause on the stage and has no compan
ion to share her triumphs or comfort her
in disappointment, when the curtain
has fallen and the performance is over."
The work of Madame Janauschek in
support of Stuart Robson this season,
in "Mrs. Ponderbury's Fast," seems to
have emphasized her eminence as an ac
tress under conditions that some of her
admirers thought might dim the lustre
of her greater histrionic achievements.
Last season in melo-drama, and this
season in farcical comedy, Madame
Janauschek has again demonstrated the
fact that stage genius is equal to almost
any demand made upon it.
Buffalo Bill was arrested October 10
at St. Joseph, Mo., havine paid only ?20
for a side show license, when a circus
permit costs 1250. Colonel Cody claimed
that his Wild West was not a circus,
and engaged counsel to uphold his
cause.
A friend of Count Bozenta, the hus
band of Modjeska, has received a letter
from him stating that Modjeska is again
in perfect health and ready for work but
will not begin until after the holiday"
when it is likely she will tour the te-r
tory west of Denver. A long tour how
ever is not to be considered.
The starring tour of Mathews & Bui
ger inaugurated this scasou promises
well, net only because of tho popularity
of tho new stars but also from th'j fact
that these young men r re actually stated
to have found a farce comedy possessed
of genuine merit. "At Gay Coney
Island" is the title of tho new play, and
it would be a poor dramatist, indeed,
who could not extract a sufficiency of
fun from this subject. In fact it is most
surprising that tho architect of farce
comedy should eo lonir. havo neglected
this fertile field. Coney Island suggests
nothing but comedy to the average
mind, and of the many thousands of
New Yorkers who visit that merry re
sort daily, few could be found who have
any other object in the trip than a de
sire, to be amused by the unique fea
tures and odd types which infest the
gleesomo seaside playground. The
author of 'At Gay Coney Island" is al
leged to have transferred the most fa
miliar and striking of these features to
the stage and if he has done his work
faithfully, the necessity of a clap-trap
in the production will be reduced to a
minimum. Mathews & Bulger have
been provided with a capable company
and an elaborate scenic investiture has
been given the enterprise. This splen
did musical comedy will be. seen at the
Punke opera house Friday evening, No
vember 20.
"Palmer Cox s Brownies." C. B. Jef
ferson, Klaw & Erlanger's wonderful
spectacle, from its great run of 130
nights in New York, will attract un
enormous attendance at the Lansing
theatre in February. Tho Dude, China
man, Dutchman, Twins and other funny
Brownie characters invented by Palmer
Cox, are said to be even more comical on
the stage than in the books. The wholo
band of Brownies, embracing more than
forty types, is shown in this gorgeous
production. Palmer Cox himself will bo
here with the big show.
Stars may come and stars may go.
but Murray & Mack the celebrated
Irish comedians seems like the brook, to
run on forever. Among tho first to
enter farce comedy, they have been run
ning along with the leaders ever since,
and if the truth were known, they have
accumulated more money than any com
edy team before the public. Murray &.
Mack are going to run through a series
o Finnegan's. Last year they played
Finnegan's Ball," thic year "Finne
gan's Courtship," next season "Finne
gan's Wedding and so on. The comedy
is punctured here and there with origi
nal specialties, and the comic burlesque
of the stars. Coming to the Lansing
theatre during legislature.
The story of "In Mizzoura" is interest
ing. Jim Radburn, tho leading charaeJJ
ter, is the sheriff of Pike comity, Mis
souri. He is young, but quiet and
settled of manner, the nerviest man in
Pike county, a sure shot, who makes it
his boast that he has never killed a
man, satisfied to wing him, and is in love
with Kate Vernon, the daughter of Joe
Vernon, the blacksmith. It is duo to
him, though Joo alone knows the fact,
that Kate was able to go to college, his
money paying for it all. This service,
intended for her betterment, is th very
thing that makes Kate dissatisfied with
the thought of Jim as her lover. At
this time there is in town Robert Trav
ers, a handsome, educated fellow, and
with him Kate has fallen in love and he
with her. Travers is a train robber, a
fugitive from justice, a large reward for
his apprehension being offered. Kate, of
course, is ignorant of this, and she has
consented to go away with Travers the
evening of the day on which the play
begins. There are two minor love stor
ies, the minor one between Lisbeth,
Kate's younger sister, and Dave, Joe's
helper at the forge; and the juvenilo ro
mantic one between Sam Fowler and
Emily Radburn, Jim's sister.
In the matter of dramatic composi
tion, this is decidedly the best of Mr.
Thomas' plays. There is not a superflu
ous speech, scarcely a superfluous line,
the succinctness of dialogue, however,
not impairing tho quality of tho emo
tional scenes, nor tho artistic work of the
drama.
"In Mizzoura" comes to tho Lansing
theatre Monday evening, Novemler l,
for one night only. Seats now on sale at
theatre Ihx office. Regular prices will
prevail for this engagement.
Few plays that have been written
within the last decade have attracted
half the attention and comment be
stowed on Sydney Grundy's "Sowing the
Wind," which comes to the Lansing
theatre tho last of this month. Tho
story is that of a girl thrown upon the
world from babyhood, without lawful
parents, growing up a concert singer in
the great city of London, and winning
the highest triumphs in her profession.
In the midst of her career she is met
and loved by a young man of good fam
ily and comfortable fortune. The girl's
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name is Rosamund, and that of her
lover Ned Annesley. Ned is the adopted
son of one Drahaon. an arist)cratic eld
erly gentlemen who in his younger
years had made a conquest of n benuti
ful girl, Hehen Gray ly name, whooo
inferior wx'ial position forbade the idea
of marriage, and several months after
their separation the child Rosamund
was lorn. Brabazon never learned of
the existence of the child, and the
mother pursues the downward course
marked out for such as she. When
Brabazon is informed of NedH engage
ment he finds that the girl's birth is en
veloiwd in mystery, and ho forbids tho
marriage. This is the foundation of
tho thrilling situations and llerv dia
logues that follow. Their true relation
ship is Iinally disclosed and the play
ends.
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The world famous Montana
Silver statue of Ada Kenan
on exhibition at
1fce Big: store
Two weeks beginning
Monday, November 16, and
ending Saturday, Nov. 28.
300,000
in gold and silver..
The leading feature at the World's
Fair. Millions saw it. At great ex
pense we have brought it here. It
will be on exhibition to our patrons
at our store, guarded day and
night. Its exact value at the
United States mint, silver, $64,S0O;
gold, $224,000; with the solid gold
base it weighs 6,432 pounds. It
is nine feet and one-half inches
high. You will not have another
opportunity to see it as contracts
take it to Europe shortly after it
leaves
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