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PAKT TWO TUT: IXDIAXArOLTS .TOTTRXAT.; SUNDAY, AUGUST lO, I!)ö2 NEWS OF THE THEATERS hading .yn ncj.iM:, rnncii ACTiinfns, coming nr.ni:. Irring' Lycfnm Thrnter to lie Torn Donu-Thl Wrfk t the I'ark 'otes of 3!oslc. Two French actresses unfamiliar to this public. Gabrielle P.ejane and Jane Hading, are preparing to come to this country. Re jar.e's l.-it la a year ofT, but she will spend a large part of the interim adding to her repertory for her American tour. Madame Ilading's i3 the first foreign engagement of the Independent Hooking Agency, just or ganized, operated by Harrison dray Fiske, James K. Ilackett and Maurice Campbell. She will spend twenty weeks in this coun try, beginning in New York in November. Madame Itejane wa3 brought quickly to distinction, as a young aetres by Fran clsque Sarcey, the great French dramatic critic. Alphonse Daudet made a play of his novel, "Sappho," for her. She. was the first Cyprlenne in "Divorcons." Her meth od 13 the acme of Parisian realism, and when she acted In London in Rerton'a Zaza," "which David rcla?co mangled for Mrs. Leslie Carter's use in America, the critic for the Times, A. D. Walkley. wrote of her: "Watch the. music hall 'artiste' at her toilet. How she rubs in the grease paint, unpins her false hair, dabs the powder puff over her shoulders, pulling on a pinafore the while In order not to soll h r skirt. Not a detail Is missed. Kven when the corset is unlaced Zaza is careful to go through the pantomime of holding her breath. Having combed her hair in Act 1, she combs it again In Act 4 and offers you a further f.Iece of minute realism by removing the ooso ends of hair from the comb and throwing them out the window. Then she dusts the chairs with her uplifted petti coats, cleans tho win? glasses by b. owing Into them, hides a hol in the tablecloth with a plate, and makes a face at the bonne about it. Then watch her in an attack of nerves' see her mouth twitching, her hands clenched, listen to the shrill note gradually coming into her voice. Then sit tight in your seat for the final explosion, the total physical abandonment and degra dation. It is the very thing. Coleridge had a mock apostrophe to 'Innoculation. heav enly maid.' So Madame Rejane for Madame He jane and Zaza are one so Madame Rejane is the muse of hystero epiiepsy." XXX The Lyceum, Sir Henry Irvlng's London theater, probably will bo destroyed. The County Council has condemned the old playhouse, and its shareholders have re fused to spend the 5everal thousand pounds required to put it in shape to satisfy the Council. Tho Lyceum Company (Limited) has lost r;oney for years, and it has been regularly reported that the company's prof its from Sir Henry's American tours have kept the London house up. Now it is ru mored that Charles Frohman, who has been extending his London interests, will become Sir Henry's manager. If this be confirmed it will be up to Mr. Frohman's enemies to express grave fears for Sir Hen ry's abilities. How shall his genius survive tnder the dominance of the American the atrical syndicate? Will not Mr. Frohman persuade him to impersonate Lady Mac beth, as he has arranged for Madame Bern hardt to play Romeo to Maude Adams'3 Juliet? In fact, it would no doubt be good policy for Irving to take Frohman as his manager. The Napoleon of the stage would heighten the prosperity of the greatest Ln-Slish-speaking actor. Frohman apparently Is the most expert of theatrical busines3 men; that he should be able to debase Ir vine's purpose is aburd. It would be a good combination. Lawrence Irving. ir Henry's son, is cn his way to take his holiday in New York, lie wiil translate Vietorieii Sardou's new Dante play for Iiis father. Miss Terry will have a part in tho play. Cecilia Loftus re turns to the United States, after playing Marguerite with Sir Henry in "Faust," and will rejoin Edward II. Sothern. Sir Henry returns to this country this winter, and whether or not the Dante play is ready his welcome will be deserved. No criticism that "his plays are old" is fair. The melo dramas in which he acts are of no conse quence in themselves. It is a case where the actor, not the play, "is the thing." His marvelously intricate characterizations of Ehylock and of the dying old soldier In "Waterloo." imbued with his line, powerful Eersonality, are exhibitions to be studied y the theater-goer year after year, endur ing sources of inspiration. In Irving the "old school" is justified in the face of the progress of the ' new movement." He is a contradiction. No matter how Intensely one may hold for the naturalistic drama, one can not withhold admiration for Irving, who always is "out of drawing" in his plays, and whose plays end without having shed any new light on those painful per plexities of life as it is lived by the great, struggling public XXX John J. McNally'a new farce, "The Rog ers Brothers in Harvard," in which the Hogers brothers will be seen this season, tells of two young fellows that pretend to be going to college and Introduce to their rich uncles as their professors two German waiters (the Hogers brothers.) The colors of all the big colleges will be used in the costumes, and the play is a burlesque on college life In general. The farce in which Ezra Kendall will be a star this season is called "The Vinegar Buyer," and its scenes are in Indiana, the last in Indianapolis. Walker Whiteside's new play, "In Days of Old When Knights Were Hold." deals with wars between Spaniards and Moors. Annie Irish, who, with J. K. Dodson. will act in a new play next season, came to this country with the Kendalls in IXC to play Kllean in I'inero's "The Second Mrs. Tan queray." She stopped in this country and played in both the Hmpire and Lyceum companies. She was the first Marion in Tess o' the U'Urberviilts." She acted in this city with Mr. Dodson in "Hecause She Loved Him So." and with N. C. Goodwin and Maxine Klliott in "The Merchant of Venice." Lnglish's Opera House will open on Aug. 21 with AI G. Field's minstrels. One of the early entertainments there will be Amelia Hing ham's company In Haddon Chambers's "A Modern Magdalen." In the company are Wilton Lackaye, Joseph Holland, Ferd inand Gottschalk and Henry F.. Dixey, who are among the best American actors. TWO PLAYS AT THIS PARK. "Railroad Jack" nml ".Nobody's Claim" to He Acted This Week. For the second week of its new season the Park Theater will have two melo dramas. "Railroad Jack" and "Nobody's Claim." The first-named will open to-morrow, and one of its claims to distinction is a lion, which has an important part in the play. The resourceful villain, desiring to get rid cf the heroine, has her thrown Into the lion's cage at a circus. Just as the bea?t is to tear her to pieces, the tramp comedian, who was a trainer of Duke in his prosper ous days, orders tho lion back and is obeyed. The tramp then rescues the hero ine. The villain's reason for his bloody de sign forms the plot of the play. "Nobody's Claim." which will be acted during the latter half of the week, is an old favorite. Among its incidents are the flight cf the 'Frisco express through a blizzard, an attack on the train by outlaws, an at tack of wolves and the burning of an old mill. oti:s of 3i r sic. Planfats that Will He Available This AVInler Hovrell nml 3IaclJoiTelI. Josef Hofmann has decided not to come to this country this season, but Osslp Gab rilowltsch, Russian, and Raoul Pugno. French, will be i:iroptan piano players here this winter. Gabrilowitseh has been heard in this city and I'ugno should have played in Indianapolis several years ago if his train had not bt-en delayed. Slivlnskl. Zeldenrust, Fannie RIoomfleld-ZeUler and Augusta. Cottlow abo will nuke tours. Lisa Rncgger, 'cellist, will come over In November and after a series of concerts with the Roston Symphony Orchestra will give recitals in the larger cities. xxx When Mr. W. D. Ho wells was a very young man about nineteen or twenty his idol was the German poet Heine. His admira tion led him to try to write some verse in the Heice vein, says the New York Post. The result was the three romantic and picturesque poems entitled "The S'-a," "Through the Meadow" and "Is it the Shrewd October Wind?" Now Heine hap pens to be the poet most after the heart of musical composers. Accordingly It Is not surprising that, about a decade ajro, Ed ward MacDowell's ken musical instinct led him to discover these three Howe lis poems and to promptly st them to music. They were printed by Hreitkopf & Härtel in the collection called "Klght Songs." One of them. "The Sea." is the be?t sons ever composed in Arnerica, and the other two are hardly inferior to it. Mr. Howell had GABRIELLE RE JANE. French Actress That Will Make a Tour of the United States in 1303-' C4. never heard them sung until the other day, when a meeting was arranged, In a private house, between the greatest American nov elist and the greatest American song com poser. Mr. Howells was delighted with the songs, which took him back to the days of his youth, and gave Mr. MacDowell several other poems In the hope that they might bring equally good results. With all his arduous professional duties at Columbia University, Mr. MacDowell has found time during the past winter to compose a set of five short pianoforte pieces. They are en titled "fireside Tales." and are dedicated to Mr. Seth Low. They will be welcome by those who have found the MacDowell sonatas too difficult; and sympathetic pian ists will find thern even more fascinating and mature than the groups of short pieces entitled "Woodland Sketches" and "Sea Pieces." The lifth of the new set, entitled "By Smoldering Embers," Is, Indeed, as superbly original as "The Sea." It is one of those vigorous yet graceful melodies which haunt the memory day and night, and make you long ardently to hear It over and over again. What a delight to come across a composer an American, too who has his own vein of original melody, and whose harmonies are as fresh and up-to-date as those of Chopin. Wagner, Grieg and Liszt, without copying those masters, or Indulging In orgies of cacophony, as most of the present-day German composers do, to hide their dearth of ideas. CIIIZVnSE LOVK Füll G AMIJLFVG. Celestials Kven llet on the Number of Seeds In an Orange. London MaiL One of the most comon ways of betting in China is with oranges. This ,';oes on at the fruit stalls and also In private houses. The bet Is on the number of seeds in an orange. Sometimes it is as to whether the number is odd or even, and at others as to the exact number of seeds the orange con tains. If at a fruit stand, the dealer will pay the lucky guesser five times his bet. but the loser must pay the value of the orange, also fjve times as much as he has wagered. Quail fighting Is done on a tnble with a little fence about its edge. The fighting quails have been starved for some time. As they are put Into the pen a few grains of wheat or rice are laid before them and they at once begin to fight over them. They are trained for the purpose, and a good JiKhter is worth tl) and upward. It Is the same with the crickets. Their prize rings are little bowls. The crickets have been trained. They teem to under stand their master's word, and they are urged on to the combat with straws. The Chinese understand how to feed and groom the crickets for the fray. They give them honey, boiled chestnuts, and boiled rico and certain kinds of lish. They do not allow any one to smoke near them, fcr they think that tobacco Injures them. If the crickets grow sick, they feed them upon mosquitoes and red ants. In a cricket fight the crickets a-e weighed in before they are put in the ring. They are matched as to size and color. The bet ting Is done just as carefully as at an English horse race. The stakes are held by 'a committee, which deducts a certain percentage for thoso who own the fighting houses. During the fight the gamblers grow, excited. They scream and yell and hop up and down as one insect gets the better of the other, and go almost mad when one wins. The Chinese have all sorts of games, but mostly games of chance. Even in kite flying the boys ar.d men for even the men fly kites will try to see which has the strongest string, forcing his string against the string of others to break them. In such contests the strings are often soaked with glue and dusted with powdered glass that they may cut or saw tho better. At every feast, however, there are games of guessing upon which money is staked. Crossing: tho Ilnr. Sunset and -veninjr star. And one clear call for mo! And may there be no moaning of the bar. When I put out to s-ja. Hut such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam. When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns asjain home. Twilight and evening bell. And aftr that the du! Anil may there be no sadness of farewell, V hen I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time ani Place, The Rood may bear me far, I hop3 to ret my I'ilot f ue to face When I have cross" tj the bar. Alfred Tennyson. gi ;f C': ft h f 8''- 1 Wh7r i'&fTNi lrK A SLIGHT MISTAKE. Tat Co gob! there's wan av th' biggest thousaud legs 01 ever saw. LONDON'S MUSIC AFFAIRS V. II.IIF.LMJ, YKTHHAX VIOLINIST, TO It ETI' It - TO CONCEItT STAGE. Camllle Snint-farns, French Compo ser, nml Jan Ivubelik, liolieniiun Violinist, E(hanue Courtesies. In the midst of the musical and theatrical season during the festivities in the week previous to King Edward's illness I arrived in London to remain for a brief period be fore proceeding to the continent in search of material for use In the approaching musical year, writes Sam Franko in the New York Sun. About a week was spent in hearing the best music offered to the Lon don public and in meeting the resident and visiting celebrities of the profession. Of all the people I met Americans will be most interested in Wilhelmj, who has not been In this country since his professional tour many years ago. Ills appearance to day presents a strong contrast to the large, trect, blonde man who became so popular here. His hair is silvery w'.iite and by no means as luxuriant in its growth as former ly; he appears heavier and the elasticity of bearing of other days is absent. His feat ures are a little coarser, but he still retains the char eye and melodious voice. Wilhelmj displayed much interest in the musical development of this country. He remembers all the incidents of his Ameri can sojourn and expresses the hope of com ing again professionally, for It is his inten tion to reappear on the concert platform. This will seem strange to those who could not understand his sudden retirement soon after his American tour. Wilhelmj evades all efforts to discover the reason for his withdrawal from public view. His resolve to court popular favor again is more easily explained. On the death of George Hart, a well-known writer on tiie violin, his son reluctantly sold his violin to Wilhelmj on the condition that the latter again enter the concert field. Although Wilhelmj had been the possessor of one of the best Stradivarius violins known, he prefers his new instrument. It is a Joseph G-arnerius del Gcsu, possibly the finest specimen from its maker, as beauti ful in appearance as in quality. The four strings are absolutely even and the tone is mellow, powerful, brilliant. It is surely worth the price, which was about $i0,0u0 unel th abandonment of private life. In its way the case which holds the in strument is just as beautiful, being skill fully carved and inlaid. A man was said to have spent two years In making it. How does Wilhelmj play? With that same rich tone that won our admiration years ago and most perfect intonation. This quality is especially apparent in his clean-cut double-stopping. His repertoire probably contains few additions. Mme. Wilhelmj, an excellent pianist, accom panied her husband when he played for me. All around Wilhelmj's room are evidences of his tastes, triumphs and associations. Violins lie all over on the floor, on the piano; a collection of medals and decora tions and framed letters from Wagner, Liszt, Buelow, Richter and other great lights hang on the walls. A powerful young English bulldog is his constant companion. The animal takes the liberties of a pam pered pet, and will sometimes snatch the food which his master is about to eat. PARAPHRASE OF "RIIEINGOLD." The great violinist devotes himself to teaching at present, and has great hopes for a few of his pupils, especially an eight-year-old girl, Sybil Keymcr, who has al ready mastered the classic concertos and standard violin literature. It Is well known that Wilhelmj is unsurpassed as an ar ranger for the violin; he is now working on a "Rheingold" paraphrase, some frag ments of which he played for me. One of his endearing qualities is his de votion to his ninety-year-old father, who lives at Biebrich on the Rhine. He Is an enthusiastic amateur violinist, clear-headed despite his age, and is consulted by his son on all his projects. At St. James's Hall I heard Kubellk play several times. His success was greater than ever before and the audience went wild about him. An interesting occurrence in the artists room after one concert was the meeting there between Wilhelmj and Saint-Saens. I introduced them to each ether, though the violinist reminded the composer that they had played together in Paris many years ago. In the conversation which followed I acted as interpreter, for Wilhelmj's French is as poor as Saint Saens's German, and neither has mastered English. Wilhelmj suggested that he be allowed to prepare editions of the Rondo Capriccioso and concertos by Saint-Saens. with proper bowings and fingerings, saying that in teaching it would save making the necessary marks in every pupil's copy. To which the Parisian responded that his com positions were not written for pupils and he preferred that fingerings, bowings and any marks which would restrict the player in his interpretation be omitted. The ex ecutant's individuality should appear through the medium of the composition. "I myself never play my works twice alike." It is likely that both musicians attended this particular concert to hear their own works. Kubelik played Salnt-Saens's Ron do Capriccioso and Wilhelmj's splendid ar rangement of Paganini's "Introduction, Theme and Variations." As an encore Kubelik played "The Swan," by Saint-Saens, and when he came off the platform to where we were standing the great Frenchman moved forward to grasp his hand and leaned over to kiss it. With a quick movement the violinist disengaged his hand, grasped that of Saint-Saens and reversed the proceeding. It was a graceful and touching act. The Bohemian orchestra was specially engaged to pel form at the Kubelik concerts. I was not greatly Impressed by them; theirs is a wild, gypsy-like way of playing, well suited to tho explosive style of their con ductor. Nedbal, the viola player of the fa mous Bohemian string quartet. Saint-Saens's eirand in London was to direct the rehearsals of his new coronation march. He is engaged on the music for the forthcoming theatrical production by "the divine barah." That prima donna of the baton. Nikisch, filled a large portion of the musical horizon. Apart from his ability he fascinates (partic ularly the ladies) by hij remarkably engag ing personality. One forgets to listen to the music in watching the conductor. His movements seem to express the mood of the music; h sways gracefully to the undula tions of the "Wald' eben" and moves with martial rigidity to the strains of the "Ra koczy March " There is food for reflection in the question which a Boston composer put to me: What would be the effect of the music If Nikisch were screened from the listeners' view? Novelties wire not contained in his pro grammes. It suited his purpose better to produce such effective chevaux de battailles as the "Tannhauser," "Freischutz" and "Third Loonore" overtures, familiar Wag ner excerpts and the "Damnation ele Faust" music. The playing of the orchestra, which was Henry Wood's, increased to 11 men. was below the standard to which Americans are accustomed. ANCIENT MUSIC REVIVED. No person In London artistic circles Is more interesting than Arnold Dolmetsch, whose concerts of old music with instru ments of bygone periods have aroused much favorable comment. During my call he rehearsed a suite by Marals (1GSC), for two viols de gamba (he and an associate playing these instruments) and harpsichord played by Mme. Dolmetsch. Then the lat ter sang two seventeenth century French songs, her husband accompanying her on the lute. Mme. Dolmetsch is a splendid performer on the harpsichord, on which she also played a sonata by Scarlatti. There is something quaint about Dol metsch's appearance, and he almost sug gests the period whose music he plays. Americans will be introduced to him at my concerts of old music at Mr. Frohman's New Lyceum Theater this season. At the Empire Johann Strauss, jr., holds forth with his Imperial Band. They played light music, mostly by the Strauss family, and the orchestra seems to include good muslciins, but they strive in vain to achieve good results on account of the utter Inability of their spiritless leader. Young Strauss is slim and conducts iolin in hand, like the better known Edouard Str aus?, who was here, and whom he resembles somewhat. Concert-goers will remember Leonora von Stosch, the violinist, now Mrs. Speyer. I attended a musical function at her home and imagined myself back in New York, for the company included, besides Mr. and Mrs. Nikisch, Mrs. John E. Cowdin. Mrs. Morris Black. Fritz Kreisler and Arthur Hadley. Francois Korbay, who lived in New York for a time, was also there. Mrs. Speyer possesses a wonderful Guar nerius, upon which she played excellently a sonata by Cesar Franck, then, with Mr. Kreisler, the double concerto by Bach, Nikisch playing the piano in both works. Mr?. Black sang some Brahms songs. I had the best opportunit:s for studying musical conditions in London, and feel sat isfieel that a comparison with affairs here would be entirely satisfactory to Americans. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Since the close of the civil war the State of Louisiana has spent more than O.O.OOO on Mississippi levees. Somewhere In the world thre are HO.OXi, 00j big copper pennies, but nobody appears to know where they are. Alaska has paid its cost twenty times. It was bought for $7,200.UiO, and lias sup plied $1C4J,0om,"i0 in furs, fish and gold. A young Danish author named Madsen fell down stairs in his house in Copenhagen recently and was choked to death by his high collar. Within the last fifty years people have emigrated from the county of Mayo, Ireland, or nearly as many as there arc now inhabitants there. Smyrna is the smartest town in Turkey so far as trade is concerned. It does a bigger business than Constantinople. It is the headquarters of the wool and of the rug and carpet trade. Fifty-two islands have appeared (by aid of volcanic action) during the present cen tury, and nineteen have disappeared been submerged. This makes a i;et gain to the earth of thirty-three islands. The Importation of bicycles into Japan has more than doubled in the past two years, the value of the imports in lfw)l be ing $-09.027. over i3 per cent, of which came from the United States. Of all the silks used in the United States 526.tW.OoO worth is imported and $107.000.00 worth home-made. The domestic silk in dustry employs 24,0m) men. 36.0K) women and 6.000 children in 4S3 mills, with til.000.0o0 capital. The Chinese are commonly supposed to be peace loving and harmless. The Zeit schrift fur Mlssionkunde, however, declares that China is the greatest warlike nation in Asia find that they are in warfare worse than the Huns. "Of the GOO weeds and grasses growing in the Northwest," writes Prof. Thomas Shaw, "it is estimated by those who have made a study of it that sheep will eat 576 of them, while horses consume but eighty-two and cattle only llfty-slx." The English cotton manufacturers, who have for so long a time depended on the United States for their raw material, have raised a guarantee fund of JSSO.OJO for the purpose of promoting the cultivation of cotton within the British empire. The star Arcturus, the hottest of celestial bodies, gives us as much heat as a stand ard candle six miles away. This fact was ascertained by the radiometer, an instru ment which will show the amount of heat given off from a man's face at 2,000 feet distance. LaWVer Luther R. March arror ntnetv once the trusting victim of Edith Loleta monies, oi ann kj uena uiss ueiiar and purchaser of her "spook pictures," writes to a New York paper, contradicting the story that he is sick, saying that he is "hunky dory." Thirty-five men are eontlnuallj employed in painting the famous Forth bridge in Scotland. They commence operations at the SOllth enrt of tho hrlfliro nn,1 nrAcnl steadily to paint their way northward, their laborious journey occupying three years; then they begin again. The exporting of American shoes is of comparatively recent growth. In 1893 this country exported only $1,000.000 worth of boots and shoes, but for the fiscal year 1W1 it sent abroad $3,3O0.0o0 worth of hoots and shoes, and England and her colonies took SUoO.Oüü worth of this total. Boston Is a shade more foreign than Chi cago. It has 25.1 per cent, of foreign born, while Chicago has only 31.6 per cent. But New York is more foreign than either. The percentage of foreign born is 37. These three run a close race for the lead. San Francisco conies in with 31.2 per cent. The Japanese are not a wealthy people, nor are they, even when possessed of wealth, much given to costly, extravagant or ostentatious forms of pleasure, and tt is improbable that the automobile will ever become the toy of fashion or the mere pleasure vehicle that it is in Europe and America. Judge Bland, of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, has decided that workmen must be paid in cash. He assessed a fine of $100 against an employer for paying an em ploye in checks payable in goods at s. store instead of lawful money. The judge de clared that a laborer could not. if he so desired, waive the benefits of the statute or contract them away. Only one characteristic distinguishes tho little village of Strong, Me., from the thou sands of others that are scattered all over New England. That is the peculiar indus try which serves to support the entire community. Strong is famous for nothing but toothpicks, but it is known in the trade as the place from which come the majority of the toothpicks that are used in the United States. In connection with the anniversary of the Bethel Primitive Methodist Chapel, Burn ley, England, a souvenir handbook contain ing copies of old records has been Issued. A minute passed in lbZl reads: "That we do not allow young men and young women of our society to court with each other on Sunday; neither do we allow our single men and women to walk in the street to gether arm in arm at any time; neither do we allow them to stand at street corners chatting together." By another resolution the chapel authorities forbade girl choris ters wearing bows in their bonnets. False to the Union. Brooklyn Eagle. "Gentlemen." said the grand mogul of the Amalgamated Association of Workmen, "we are called upon to-day to consider the cate of a man who has been false to the union." Cries of "Who?" "Who?" "Down with him!" "I will state the case briefly," the grand mogul went on. "You all knuw that our county jail has just been painted by non union labor, and that in consequence we have declared a boycott against it." Cries of "Yes!" "Yes!" "Down with the jail!" "Well, one of our members so far forget himself as to become tlisorderly and get in trouble with the law. Now, in ordinary cir cumstances, this would not be a matter worthy of consideration here, but it so hap pens that this man Is now patronizing the county jail, contrary to the spirit of the resolution adopted at our last meeting." Cries of "Expel him!" and hisses. "That's it." continued the grand mogul. "We must expel him not for being disor derly, but for occupying a jail against which we have Just cause of complaint. And in this same connection I wish to call your attention to the fact that the fence around the cemetery has been painted by nonunion labor also." Cries of "Never öle! To die is to be false to the union!" "Precisely!" exclaimed tha grand mosruL "Let that be understood! Any man who dies now thereby forfeits his membership In this union, and never again will be allowed to vote unless, gentlemen, he is considerate enough to go elsewhere to pass away."' Thereupon the Amalgamated As-soelatkii of Workmen adjourned, confident that the cause of union labor had been conscien tiously, effectively and logically upheld. YEARNING FOR PUBLICITY. Why, for Instance, Should People Wish Their Weddings Published f Brooklyn Eagle. The increasing publicity that is given to private affairs may betoken an increasing brotherhood in the race that justifies every member of it in what would once have seemeil like impertinent inquiries into the finances, family relations, industries and fads of every other member; or it may be denote an increasing willingness on the part of people who do not see a clear way to fame in any other direction, to attain it by opening the parlor windows that the under world may see the doings of the over world on reception and dinner nights; or it may be merely a part of modern newspaper enterprise that conceives the survival in cities of the gossiping spirit of th country. Anyhow, we have the pub licity, and there is no doubt that it is in creasing, like the material fortunes that occasion the most of it. In no other thln do we find so remark able an exploitation of affairs that are none of the public's business as in wed dings. It cannot be alleged that there Is anything uncommon about weddings. They are happening every hour, all over the world, and they involve in happiness or trouble every sort and shade of people. They are not quite so usual as births and deaths, but they are almost. One would think that they deserved no more adver tising than does the conduct of a grocery or the taking of a vacation. Yet. if either party to the marriage contract has a cer tain number of dollars, be sure that the outer world will know all about th? wed ding. We shall have full reports of what is worn, th food at the breakfast will be described, critical comment on the frock coats and coatless frocks of the invited will be furnished by experts, there will be a complete list of that noble army of standbys known as "among thos pres ent," bilde and groom will be watched as they enUr the church, and If either of them flinches or rt?pent6 Or cuts a caper of joy. the report will bo tent to a syndi cate of newspapers all over the land, and, finally, there will be pictures of the bride, the groom, the parents of both, the house of each family, the house or hotel of the young couple, the decorated dining room, the church, the table covered with pres ents, and at least one enterprising paper has beaten various contemporaries by fur nishing pictures of the bride's most inti mate raiment. Well, if the persons in interest like this kind of thing they have plenty of what they like. Yet there is a lingering and old fashioned sentiment that private affairs, like funerals, weddings, christenings, re ceptions, balls and dinners, concern only participants and relatives, and as there Is a certain similarity in these functions, which enables the reader to draw Inferences from verbal outlines, there need be at least no extended dscrlptlon. Probably a few peo ple employed in monotonous tasks at low wages like to read about the way people of monotonous leisure make tasks for them selves by the distribution of high incomes. Just os it is said that the most confirmed readers of society news in London are the servants, but to the mass of Americans it can matter little whether Miss Smythe Perklns goes to the altar in a white or gandie with mauve swlss biased on the etamine, or lnv a purple velour garnished with percales and foulards sewed In the gores. Nor can the parents of Miss Smythe-Perklns, nor the husband of her, conceive how the public can be lifted or educated or amused or in anywise inter ested in the matter, yet, for some reason there is an even greater tendency to ex pleit the private doings of private fam ilies and open the doors of private houses to the gaze cf the unrelated multitude. Is it worth while, as a matter of news, and is the tendency commendable? Does not the giving of national publicity to af fairs that are of only personal or local con sequence tend to invasions of privacy that sometimes encroach on right and decency, and also intensify that struggle for notice on the part of those who by endowment, occupations, aims, or charities have done nothing to deserve it? And, as rich fami lies increase ::nd the papers are more and more filled with accounts of their eating, drinking, driving and giving of parties, will not the people who are busy about matters of more consequence sicken of it and ask for a return to the publication of news? If so, the evil Is one that will cure itself. AX OLD-FASHIONED CELLAR. It Afforded u Glimpse of Good Honse keepliiR nml Ci onerous l'rovidiiif?. Mrs. Farley, in New York Observer. Are there any housekeepers who woulel not be willing to exhibit their cellars? My mother's cellar was never on exhibition, and I have no recollection of any company ever seeing it. But if It had been on exhi bition, competing for a prize for cleanliness and orderliness, it would have won it. There were two kitchens in my old home. The entrance to the cellar was from the winter kitchen. Opening a door from the latter ono faced a flight of comfortable stairs, painted a rather dark shade of yel low, and immaculately clean. On the right side, even with the top step, was a long, narrow shelf, as clean and shining as the stairs. At the end of this narrow shelf, was a short, broad one, ex tending across the stairway and within easy reach from the stairs. These two shelves were most convenient places for many things In constant demand. At the foot of the stairs was the main room, that is, the room most used. It had a smooth, hard cement floor and was lighted by a screened window In summer. On one side was an open closet (or I might designate it a set of shelves), neatly painted drab. These shelves were a safe place for jars of fruit, bowls of preserves, glasses of jellies, pickles of various kinds and many other good things. In the center of this room there was a substatial "swing shelf" (painted like the side shelves), on which (I still see them) were big platters of old-fashioned pink and blue ware. On one of these platters there were rolls of fresh, sweet, golden butUr, the best than could be made. On another there were rolls of sausages or slices of delicious ham. This shelf also was the place for the new laid eggs, the freshly-boiled ham. the cold roast beef, or fowls, etc. On the cool, clean fioor In a secluded place there were several covered jars. The con tents of these varied, but one would often find in one of them, tender, sliced beets in alternate layers with good cider vinegar. Sometimes one would find among the pickled beets, a few hard-boiled eggs, peeled but left whole. Sometimes one would find small white onions with the beets. In another Jar, there was apple-butter. In others pickled pig's feet, or head-cheese, or tripe, or all of these. In one big jar were whole red tomatoes, that had been picked when just beginning to turn red and had ripened in the jar. Short stems were left on these and the vinegar over them was only moderately sour. Bits of horse radish were mingled with the tomatoes. 2-y BIBLICALLY CORRECT. Mbther Why. 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Email gTeen bean?, etc. There never was an, unwholesome odor in the cellar. On the contrary, the atmos phere was charge'd with the appetizing scent of good things. One step up to the left of the mom and one was in a small hall lighted by a window. On one side of this hall were bins for potatoes, and a variety of vegetables, such as pumpkins, squashes, cabbages, carrots, onions, beets. "Carolina potatoes," as the sweet pota toes were then called. On th opposite side of the hall was the receptacle for aprles. Oh, those apples! rjnrrels of them! Spit-zi-nburgs, gre-enings, russets, pound-sweets, etc. , From the main cellar -going straight ahead from the foot of the stairs, a door Into what mother called the cellar-kitchen. This room was light, having three windows ami a glass topped door, leading to an out side stairway of stone. No one could enter the cellar in my old home, without being impressed wlih two things, viz., that father was a wise and generous "provider." and that mother was the soul of cleanliness, orderliness and hospitality; also, that both of them looked well to th way of the household. Maeterlinck Condemned. New York Evening Tost. Maurice Maeterlinck's admirable play "Monna Yanna" only needed th condemna tion of the Uritlsh Matron, which it now virtually has, in the refusal at Lowlon of a license for a public performance. This gives to the London censorship the unen viable distinction of condemning as unfit for public presentation not only or.f of the most beautiful, but als o one of the most g n uinely moral plays of modern tims. One is glad to learn that the French com pany which had come to London to give the play are not to be sent back as pur veyors of an indecent performance. They will play before an Improvised "Maeter linck Society." the members of which have hired a theater and subscribed for all the seats. Such a private performance is not under the licenser's Jurisdiction. The la dies and gentlemen who constitute thA Maeterlinck Socb-ty are constructively In the position of organized promoters of the licentious drama. We Imaeine that they will bear rather proudly what would usual ly bo an unenviable distinction. Ofllcial censors are infallibly condemned to Dog berryism. Their oriice exaggerates their peent for tho morally offensive, while It dulls their wits. The imminence of the coronation may have made the London licenser doubly vigilant and ridiculous. Cer tainly the historian will find not a little grotesque the suppression of Maeterlinck's Ideal drama, at a time when London Is troubled over the brutality of its "hooli gans." The Parisians will appreciate the courtesy which permlts a private per formance when a public one would be scandalous. 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