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NIGHT.
From my couch at dad of night
I rise, and wide
I throw my window.
The shimmering, silvery tide
Of moonshine floods the room
with lustrous light ,
A gift of glory
from illumines night .
The shadows of the trees
in tremulous outlines fall
In phamtom pictures on
my moonlit chamber wall ;
The shadow leaves with
noiseless movements, slow
In phantom, breathless breeze ,
blow to and fro .
Below me lies the city
wrapped in soothing skvp ;
No sound intrudes to mar the silence,
calm and deep;
The streets respond no more
with hurrying feet ;
No passers by their fellows
warmly greet;
No laughter rings in merry chimes
upon my ear;
No sound of weeping
nor of wrath I hear;
Soft sleep hath now
her unmolested will ,
And harsh, discordant sounds
are still.
William Reed Dunroy.
CLUBS.
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request the board of directors of the
General Federation at its next meeting
to acknowledge the constitutional rights
of the Women's Era club by admitting
it to membership.
Resolved, That we, the Middlesex
Women's club of Lowell, hereby place
ourselves on record as strongly opposed
to any amendment of the bylaws which
shall limit the membership of the Gen
eral Federation to white women.
Resolved. That these resolutions be
sent to the president and board of direc
tors of the General Federation of Wom
en's clubs, to the presidents of State
federations, and to the federated clubs
of Massachusetts."
An E'octor's League for Woman Suf.
frage Las been organized in England.
ON A FLY-LEAF OF OMAR.
The following lines are quoted by
Unity, Chicago, aneut the recent de
lates as to ichat in the real teaching of
the RulKiiyaU
Deem not this book a creed ;
'tis but the cry
Of one who fears not death ,
but would not die,
Who at the table
feigns with sorry jest
To love the wine
the Master's hand has pres't
The while he loves
' the absent Master best
The bitter cry for Love
for Love's reply .
Arthur Sherburne Hardy.
The Vermont State Federation of
Women's club recent! lost their bill
putting one or more womeu upon boards
of prisons and insane asylums. One
reason for the non.passage of the bill
was the absence of many senators the
evening the bill was brought up for
hearing.
Mies Ellen Xowlan of Chicago has in
vented a garbage-burner which can be
attached to any gas range or coal stove,
the refuse being burned by this means
without odor or smoke.
THEATRICAL).
A Wise ChUd.
Horace Greeley often could not read
his own copy. It appears that another
great editor, Mr. Henry Watterson, of
the Louisville Courier-Journal, can not
always recognize hi 3 own editorials, even
though they be written in the stilted,
Johnsonian style that Mr. Watterson
glories in, but of which his readers
some times make fun. At a meeting of
the Fileon club in Louisville, a few
nights ago, a portait of the late George
M. Davie was presented to the club, and
the occasion called forth from Mr. Wat
terson an editorial full of high-sounding
phrases, including the "melancholy
satisfaction' of the club, and a state
ment that George M. Davie's death in
the very prime of his great manhood
was both a shock and a bereavement to
his fellow-citizens, bringing sorrow to
many hearts." By Mr. Watterson's
orders Courier-Journal reporters were
sent to the meeting of the club, with in
structions to "spread" upon the event.
"They seen their duty and they done
it." Reporters1 copy is usually single
leaded; that of Mr. Watterson is always
double or triple leaded. Through a
mistake in the composing room this edi
torial was single leaded. Late in the
evening Mr. Watterson dropped into
the editorial room and glanced over the
galley proofs. Among them was hie
Johnsonian editorial. He mistook it
for reporter's copy. Hurriedly reading
it through, he wrote across the proof:
"This wooden style of reporting does
not please me in the least. If you have
no reporters who are capable, you should
engage better ones at once. Yrs., H.
W.,'1 and sent it to Mr. Ford his man
aging editor. Mr. Ford returned it
after he had written across the proof:
"Mr. Watterson: This is the proof of
your editorial."
THE OLIVER.
Chas. H. Yale's "Forever Devil's Auc
tion" company will be presented this
season with everything entirely, new;
costumes, scenery, cast and ballet; in
fact, Mr. Yale has made eo many
changes in this season's production that
the many thousands who have witness
ed this spectacle in years past will iind
it hard to recognize the "Devil's Auc
tion" only in name. Comes to the
Oliver theatre matinee and night on
January 2Gth. The special ladies' and
children's matinee prices are 25 and 50
cents. Evening prices are 25, 50 and 75
cents and 81.00. Seats now on sale; se
cure your 6eats early.
"The Girl From Maxim's." the latest
French farce which will be presented
here at the Oliver theatre on Wednes
day, January 30th, for one performance
onlj; is described as being the most suc
cessful comedy ever presented in this
country. Certainly it has enjoyed big
runs in large cities and has played to
business that has been of the record
breaking order. The big cast and com
plete Criterion theatre, New York pro
duction, will be seen here.
Prices 25 cents to 81 50. Seats on sale
Monday; secure jour seats early.
Sousa surprised his Europaan audi
ences with the artistic side of his con
certs. Nothing had ever beet, heard on
the continent in the way of military
band playing that approached the Sou
sa ensemble for its purity of tone, its
smoothness of execution, its precision of
attack and the general all-around vir
tuosity of the reformers. Sousa as con
ductor was a revelation of grace to those
accustomed to the mathematical ges
tures of the average bandmaster and the
Sous marches swept everything before
them as they have done at home. The
"March King" brings his great band
here for one concert, at the Oliver thea
tre on Thunsday evening, Jsnuary 31et.
Prices 50c, 75c, 81.00 and SI. 50. Seats
on sale Tuesday morning.
OIvIVER
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
0. TGRAWFORD 5 F.C. ZEHRUNG
Corner 13th and P. Phono 3."i
and Nistit
Chas. H. Yale's Forever and Ever
DEMWS (kCT0H.
... All New This Year . . .
The caverns of the evil one; beautiful valley of the An
doche; castle insomnia; Palace of Manikins; bower of Flora:
the caves of despair; gorgeous transformation, hundreds new
costumes; three grand ballets; All new faces, headed by Sir
norina Maveroffer; complete change cast company.
Alfred and Madam Phasey'B Sidonia Troupe of English Singers and Dancers;
Irene and Zaza, the Girl with the Dog with Auburn Hair; the Brothers Leando,
Great Trio of Comedy Acrobats; Richard T. Brown, Comedian and Mimic; Mar
garet Kingore; the SiBters Clements, Comediennes, Singers Dancers.
This Year the Best Ever. Bring the little ones and give
Ihem a glimpse of Fairyland.
Prices: Matinee, children, 25c; grown people, 50. Evening,
25c to $1.00.
Wednesday? Jamiiaairy 3k
ROARS A Jolly Affair. New York Herald.
A whirlwind of fun -the roaring farce success, the sprightly
m&RiRQllKftPS
Contains more ingenious and laughable situations than auy Farce ever
produced A frisky, young creature romps through an eve
ning of madcap fun she Bets a rapid pace.
"The Girl From Maxim's-" is the wildest provoker of hilarity that has 6tartled
theatre-goers here this many a day. Don't say a word, don't read a word about
her, but just go and laugh your head off at her mad pranks." So Bays the Bos
ton Herald.
Presented with the big cast and complete Criterion Thea
tre, New York, production.
Seats on sale Monday.
One Kight Only.
Tkwsdaiy 9 Jantamairy 3L
Direct from European Triumphs.
AJV13 HIS J3iVIV:i.
The greatest musical success of the Par s
Expostion, Germany, Hollaud
and Belgium.
The perfection with which the Americans
acquitted themselves merited the almost
endlesB ovation accorded them. The quality
of Bweetnesa and the fusion of the instru
ments are absolutely remarkable. L'K
press (Mulhouse) Baden-Baden, Germanv
"THIS MARCH KIIVO."
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA, Conductor.
BIANSD BERTUA BUCKLIN
New Sousa March, "Hail to the Spirit of Liberty."
mornbff.68 1M Md ,1'50' Sale Pens Tuesda
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HUTCHIKS s HYATT
SELECT OAK AND HICKORY WOOD
SAWEJD AJNY IEJIG'TH.
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