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I THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1887. 3 9 I CHAT ABOUr THE THEATRES. I sf la EOOTH AND BARRLTT HOUTINQ BPEOU LATOES AT THE ACADEMY. Lnrrje Kniea Already Made for the Opening Mdlit Ulrlmrtl Mnnsfleld'a Experience In n Summer Piny Trouble at tbe American Theatre In London Mien Annie Kobe I.lkcly to Quit rUnrrlnjc. jOg H3(ft"DWIN BOOTH and W tCvP n w r n Barrett l fvtfJjc, i'rom'86 kftV0 Cren Ivf N$ry5KBUC0CBS during tbolr j rK 0" ongagoincnt at tho !$&jr-W Academy of Music rDoLl r Li aaC" rst ny's Bn'e ' Tjttl llLliSW J scats rcachod nearly rSfcL-- 8G,000 for tho first KRI "OSSa! week. Tho lino at the flS-5 -" box-offico at night was wfc S just as largo as that of KPMcFf tho morning. The TTO(gJWi management battled yy5g3p5w3 By desperately with the ySJIILjSj: speculators, much to Jn VrttT '10 cbagrin of those 'jjJjO vff "-t encrgctio gentlemen. Lots of four seats could bo obtained by any body excopt a speculator, who, as soon as his face appeared at tho window, was " spotted" and his application promptly rejected. Tho Academy pooplo risked any possible troublo in thoir determination to defeat the specu lators. They think they liiue done this, and if they havo not it is not thoir fault. Tho weak beforo Christmas, as has already been doclared in these columns, is cordially detested by managers and stars, aud no ono has more reason to despiso it than Itichard Mnnsflcld, who is at present playing at the Tif th Avonue Theatre Mr. Mnnsfleld is do servodly popular in this city, is an extremely rlovcr chnrncter actor aud is making rapid strides towards the front rank of tho profes sion. In ordor to bo on time in Now York, Mr. Mansflold, with his company, camo from St. Louis by a special train, which cost him something liko 91.100. Inviowofthe fact that ho had been absent for somo timo from tho metropolis, it was thought thnt, in Bpito of Christmas week, ho would havo a good houso for tho opening night. Ho was doomed to disappointment. It is said on good au thority that tho recoipts for tho first night werolessthanSlOO. Monsiour" is undoubt edly moro of a summer than a wintor at traction (tho seasons are very distinctly marked in tho theatrical world) and it is ox tremely likely that after Christmas, with " Dr. Jokyll and Mr. Hyde," Mansfield will crowd the Fifth Avenue. Thero is a rnmor of coming troublo at what is now bocoming known as the American Theatro in London that is tho Princess's at present controlled by Miss Grace Haw thorne and W. f. Kelly. A well-known thoatrical man in London writes, that in the event of " Siberia " not proving successful tho Amcri can management will be in rather a queer position. Theatrical pcoplo hero seem to hopo that if thero bo any trouble it will end satisfactorily, as American work is gaining a strong foothold in London and managers here begin to speak very affectionately of tho old country. Both Mr. Kelly and Miss Hawthorne insist thnt their places havo been considerably disturbed by Mauuger A. M. Palmer, with whom they were to have pro duced ' ' Theodora." They talk of bringing suit against him. On tho wholo things seem to.be considerably involved over thero. Miss Annie Kobe, that charming actress, comes to tho front again in New York on Saturday night, in " Anarchy," at tho Standard Theatro. This young lady who must havo suffered from bad advice, has been "barn-storming" the American towns, for the first timo in her experience. Now that she has been through the towns in which one night engagements aro played (in profes sional parlance "one.night stands"), sho will probably be n wiser woman. Miss Kobe I is so clever an actress that she ought never to leave New York. Hor experiences on tho road will doubtless tend to Keep her hero. McKee Kankin says ho will play " Mac beth " in Washington New Year's wock. This spectacular production in Brooklyn was an nrtistio success, and Mr. Itnnkin deserves great credit for it. Finauciolly, however, it docs not seem to havo been very successful, ns some of tho " supers " nnd boveral of the principals aro said to bo still waiting for their salaries. Mrs. "Ward, bettor known as Helen Dan vray, still takes a vigorous interest in base ball. With hor husband, Capt. Ward, she is touring tho country, and when last heard of was in Now Orleans, full of excitement about A game being played thero. Miss Carrie Turner will not travel with Arthur Itohan and his company after this week. It is generally believed, howover, that Arthur Rohan will not travel with Miss Carrio Turner. This young lady seems of ' Into to havo become possessed .of a mania for constant changes. Mr. Iteban's company is I PENELOPE. S?7!1?11.!: ?TI'WILIi h6ro attempt ?rpP"iBHlPlllllt0 rolnto the sad his ' flwlSwISil III fiTa Penelope, which loft " W&ffflw llflllLlr I tlj0 port ' ouon on ffMwWjpl' tho 15th of January, ''raiViiSfia$M27th of Jnnuary-187 rSffiCOJDS after having spent six U4LiakS years at sea, burned : V7pisfJfmi 0 422,000 francs' worth of f :try&B'W$l charcoal, and travelled W ' xyflf n"010 than soventy ymfZ&gS& h eight thousand miles. fiMffFMlll-M Qtho 12th of Jan- lTBWCs"3Eg5T- nardol, who was tho Sii-jL12itr cS most Intimate friend of tho Bankor Bavnnld, received a short noto from Mme. Baynald asking him to com and sco her at once, as sho had something of great importance to tell him. As soon ns ho entered her drawing-room sho bndo him bo scntcd, and began as follows: "My dear friend," said she, "I am ex tremely anxious about my husband. What ore wo to do with him ? I think that he is losing his senses. His head clerk called on mo to-day, aud told mo, with tears in his eyes, that for more than a fortnight he has been unablo to induce Edward to attend to business. Ho rofuses oven to give so much ns a signature. Hence wo havo lost during this short timo 100.000 francs on Turkish bonds, which should havo realized a profit of 160,000 francB. "Tho Madagascar loan has escaped us. In short, we aro on tho high road to ruin and disaster I Edward does not even attend tho meetings of Parliament. He does not read the papers. Ho hardly oats, sleeps but little, una even refuses to upoak to me 1 ' I entreat you, my dear friend, to tell me what is the matter with him V " But. madame, I assure you," returned M. Berwrdel, I do not know. I do not under. stand." I " Oh. yes, you do. You know very well. M There u some woman at tho bottom of all foonto i produce 'The Itailroad of Lore," nnd with the addition of ono or two of Daly's people, it will be a deoidedly strong organ!, zation. Robert O. Hllliard Is still waiting Micaw-bor-liko, but nothing seems to turn up. Ac. tors who aro older than Mr. Billiard in tho wnvs of tho theatrical world havo long ago como to tho conclusion that an engagement in tho hand is worth six in tho awful bush of managerial promises, Mme. Sarah Bernhardt indignantly denies Mr. Barrymore's claim that she stole from "Nadjcsda" the principal scone in "Ln Tosca." Tho indignation adds strength to Mr. Barrymoro's nssortion. a a WHAT PEOPLE IN SOCIETY ARE DOINC. Mrs. J. V. Robinson, of No. so Flttb avenue, will give a dance on Dec. S3. Mr. and Mrs. Julius a Davenport have returned from their wedding Journey. Mrs. Ferns, ot 143 Wen Flfty.nlntn street, will give a small dinner this evening. Mrs. a Davidson, of M East Stxtj-ilxth street, will sire a Urge dinner on Jan. 18. Mrs. It. Beeves, of M Weat Elghty-thlrd street, will give a Now Year's dance on Jan. 5. Mrs. S. 1). French, of One Hundred and Fortieth street, will give a reception on Jin. 10. The fair ln aid of the St. Andrew's coffee .standi Is continued thla week at 80 Fifth avenue. Mr. William It. rreiton, of ST Wet Forty eighth itreet, will give a dinner on Jan. 6. Mrs. William W. Halter, of 81 East Flghtr-thlrd treet, will give a reception thla afternoon. The llachelors' Club of tho Llederkranz Soclaty will glvo a ball at the club-home on Jan. 5. Mrs. C. n. Child, of Bio West Thirty-fourth street, will give a dinner on Monday, Deo. St. Mrs. William Araory, ot 103 East Thirty-ninth street, will give a children's party thli evening. Mrs. R. D. Jackson, ot 48 Weat Fifty-ninth street, will glvo a breakfaat to-morrow morning. Mrs. Seaman, of 154 West Forty, seventh street, will give a dinner of twenty-four gucsta on Jan. 2. Mrs. J. P. Fellowes, of 149 Weat One Hundred nndrwentj-fllth street, will give a dinner on Dec 28. The next cotillon of the Brooklyn Heights Cotil lon Set will meet at Remaen Hall on the evening of Jan. 10. ' Mr. Charles F. Bliss and Miss Eliza S. Holmes will be married on the afternoon of Dec SS at An sonia, Conn. Tho engagement of Mr. Newberry Freeman and MIbs Anna Barnes, daughter of Mr. Demas Barnes, la announced. Capt and Mra. Beach, of est! Fifth avenue, will give a theatre party to-morrow evening ln honor of Miss Norrles. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stiner, Of SIT Weat Forty fourth etrect, will celebrate their silver wedding on Chrlatmaa Eve. The engagement Is announced of Mr. Alfred W. Uoner and Mlaa Sophie A. Thurston, ot S43 West Thirty-third street. Mrs. Charles F, tlvermore, ot Its Madison ave nue, will give a dinner this evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, of 431 West Twenty-third street, gave a muslcale last evening. A collation was served by Mnzzetll. Mrs. nowland Davis, ot 114 West Twenty-first street, will give a danco on the evening of Jan. S In honor of the Mlaiea Shlppen. tThe engagement U annonnced of Mr. Langdon Hambleton and Misi Josephine Elliot, from Nice, whero the Elliots are passing the winter. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ucrnsteln, of 53 West Ono Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, will celebrate their silver wedding on Sunday evening, Jan. 1. Mrs. William Earle Dodge, of No. 63 Madison avenue, will entertain the Thursday Evening Club this evening. Art will be the subject of the even ing. Mrs. Clark Bell, of 100 Weat Forty-fourth itreet, will give an afternoon reception, followed by an evening danoe, ou Tuesday, Dec 27. Mlsi Bell and Miss Carrie 11. Bell will assist ln receiving. Mr. Clarence H. Eagle and Miss Elizabeth Kctcbam will not be married In February, as re cently announced. They were married by Dr. Marvin Vincent at the bride's home, 1 East Thirty fifth street on Nov. 2. Mrs. J. A. Bostwlck, of No. 600 Fifth avenue, will give a dinner to fourteen gucats thla evening, ln honor of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, who have recently returned from a European trip. The round tablo will be arranged to represent wheel. A large round basket ln the centre will be tilled with hybrid roses, and from that rose latin ribbons will radiate to the edges of the table, each one terminating with a guest's name In gold letters. The party will include Mr. and Mrs. Starhuck, Mr. and Mrs. John Plummer, Mr, and Mrs. William Rockefeller, Mr. and Mre. Flagler, Mr. and Mrs. rark, Mr. and Mra. Curtis and Mr. and Mrs. Morell. A B1TX. rare onrfl for conahl and colds. ADAUSON'S Boio llusiH, Kinsman, aMh st., 4th ate. . this. I am sure of it. I know my dear hus band's propensities in that respect. At the beginning ot my marriuye I suffered much. But now. thank heaven, after fifteen years of wedded bliss I do not caro much. "I should certainly prefer to see Edward keep a little more quiet ; but as long as ho keeps up appearances and attends to his business it does not matter. Only I do not want him to loso his head, and to ruin my dear little children and myself. So speak out, please, and toll mo what is the matter." "Well, you aro right. Roynald la ln love." " That is nothing out of tho way." "No, but he is In love with a woman who will not listen to him." " Oh. then I presume it is a woman of the " You aro wrong again. The lady belongs to the corps do ballet of the opera." "Do you mean to say that virtuo is to bo found in the corps de ballet nowadays?" " No one, on the contrary, is loss virtuous than Mile. Rose Faumier. But Baynald has had the clumsiness to fall desperately in lovo with this young lady just at the moment when she herself is going crazy about somo body else." " That is unfortunate." " Well, so it is. For Kavnald. although he has made her the most splendid and tempt ing offers, lias been ruthlessly shown the door, aud ft is sinco that timo that he has fallen into the dismal stato of mind and body which causes you so much alarm." " Good gracious! Is there nothing to be done ? Can't you holp him in somo way or other?" " I have tried to, believe me, dear madame. I went myself to see Mile. Hose, being fully awaro that if matters continued liko that Edward's business would suffer. However, Mile, ltoso turned mo out too, screaming: I uin in love do yon understand In love.'" " And may I ask who is tho happy mortal who is loved so deeply and so honestly by a ballet-dancer ?", A , , T1 , ' " I think you have met him. It is young Count Noel de la Ville-Gris." " Count de la Ville-Gris, the sailor ?" " Of course, tho sailor. Ho is a naval lieu, tonant." "Naval lieutenant I "Well, is not my hus band in Parliament? Has ho not rendered great services to the Government ? Is no not tho proprietor of two newspapers ? And can he not influence a number of votes whenever he likes ? Besides, he knows the MtaUtoj of Marino, and I think that there will not bo much difficulty about this." , . "About what? I do not catch your mean- nK'You don't understand? Why, Lieut. Noel de la Ville-Gris muit be at once ordered off by the Minister to somo distant station." ATTHEDEAD-IEnEROMCE. NEARLY A MILLION TACKAQES A TEAR 00 ASTRAY IN THIS CITY. Nome Letter with Wrona Addresaea suiil Home Not Directed at All-Fnte of tlict nutter After It Itrnrliri Wmahlnaton Money nnd Merchnmllan In tho Collec tion I'hotogrupbi 1'arilcuUrly Krrntlc. I ("Jj : wrathful citizen who A- fl r?pM - Pounds at tho window -' SUL, : I ot the Deod-Lettor Of- uIQrjel 9 IrTe Srftn"e building in h3"5P clte- F rark row 'or tn'sslnR Z XSw mN matter reflcotod It V TLlt on bo work dono thoro JjLr his opinion of tho Now Cll jifLjJHT York ro8t-Omco nml ltJ I niM fllrfnll tho civrr'ers would bo lit II Bl H II I 111 moro favorablo. Thoro jp5 1u-4IDaQi Win '" uo Dranon ' tho ffiSfl SSSTfccI 1'08'1 scrvioo in which ?-322l3'2' tho duties aro nioro Ijjr varied aud onorons, vet in a groat measuro satisfactory, than the Dead-Letter Depart ment, aptly termed tho morguo of tho malls. Despite tho circulars which tho dopartmont is constantly Bonding out dosoribing tho evil and suggesting remedies, tho work of this branch is increasing. In tho Now York office nlono thero has been nu incrcano in (lend. loiter packages ovor last year of 59,880 pieces, tho total number of parcols. received, cither misdiroctod or not directed at all, being 998,172. But for tho oxcellent system in operation tho numbor of mail parcels dropped into boxes and never hoard from would multiply amazingly. Evon ns it 1b, tho jlozen or moro dorks who soem ablo to rtad all tho known and many un known languages have thoir hands full from early morning until long after tho sun has set. And now. in tho holiday season, extra arrangements have to be provided for tho ro ception of the dead matter. Indeed, it seems that the public is so busy nowadays that it can't find time oven to direct its mail, and thousands of Iottors aro daily dropped into boxes with no address. Probably those thoughtless senders believe that tho department is gifted with clairvoy ance or second sight, and don't got over their delusion till their letters aro returned. This matter is increasing more rapidly, perhaps, than any othor portion of the mall rccoivod, while letters insoribed in Egyptian charac ters, or equally legiblo ones, called English by courtesy, have tho call for second place Then come packages of merchandise, somo without wrappers, many without addresses, and many moro with insufficient postage, all of which ultimately find a niche in tho mail morgue at Washington. In a single year in the New York office let tors held for identification and representing 125,110, wcro returned to rightful owners. This, too, was an off year for valuable lot ters, for in 1881 letters containing money or checks representing $324,804, were delivered nftor having gone nstrav. Indeed, in a singlo day, checks for $35,000 havo found owncm after going through tho Dcad-Lcttor Office. It may bo stated, as on evidence of tho per centage of packages recovered, that last year out of 9,937 that reached the Deod-Lettor Do partment, inoluding merchandise only, with out wrappers, 4,080, or about 60 per cout., were identified and dolivcred. There is every opportunity given a sender of mail packages to recover it if not delivered. When it reaches tho Dcad-Lcttor Department at the Post-Offico.if it is a packago of merchan dise, it is opened, the contents enumerated, nnd their description entered under an initial letter in a big lost-packago book provided for that purpose. Tho Post-Office holds tho package for sixty days and then sends it to Washinglon. Here it remains a year, and if not identified, is sold at public auction. With sealed packages, notably letters, n similar method is pursued, save that, tho looal offico turns tho matter ovor to tho Washington department unopened. If the letter is not valuable tho junk dealer probo blv enjoys the epistolary vows meant for an. other, or roads tho duns of tho still waiting merchant.' Photographs seem to havo tho gift of got ting astray with moro persistency than any other mailable artiolo, and tho day is consid ered a bad ono when ot least three or four packages are not received. In a month a . hundred of these packages collect in tho office, which fact suggests many possibilities' to tho photograph fiend. JuBt now the department is bothered with matter for foreign delivery improperly sent. As three out of five senders fail to comply witli the postal regulations, tho littlo oflico fordoad-lottor packages on tho second floor is overflowed with evidences of public caro lossness, stupidity or neglect. But it con tinues, whatever is dono to prevent it, and probably will. In tho letters and parcels opened at tho Washington office during tho year and re turned to owners, thero was represented in money and negotiable papor $7,101,400, while 29,497 packages contained photographs. " Great heavens 1 That's a good idea. My dear madame, you havo won the day." Two davs later Count de la Ville-Gris was comfortably ensconced in a largo armchair near the fire, reading the papers, while littlo Roso Paumicr sat on the hearth-rug, rosting her blonde head on his knee. Sho was hold ing one of the young man's hands between her little soft white fingers and kissing it passionately from time to timo. Suddenly a servant onterod bearing a large official-looking lettor on a silver salver. Bote took It from him. and asked hor lover If ho would allow her to opon it for him. Ho laughingly assented, but hardly had the poor little woman glanced at tho large sheet of paper contained in the envelope than, with a scream of pain, she foil full length on tho carpet, sobbing bitterly. The letter whs from the Minister of Marine ordering Count Noel de la Ville-Gris to join his ship, the Penelope, now in the port of Toulon, that very night, or at tho latest within twenty-four hours. " Ah 1" cried Hose, in the midst of her dis tress, " do not go to-night. Please do not go to-night, at least." Noel left on tho morrow, and as soon as ho arrived at Toulon ho went on board tho Penelope. " Wo were expecting you," remarked the Captain, "nad it not been for you, wo should have started twenty-fours ago. I ro. ceived a despatch from tho Minister of Marino informing mo that a Third Lieutenant was to join my ship. It was you. I wclcomo you on board." On tho 15th of January, 1864, at 4 o'clock in the aftornoon, the Penelope left Toulon bound for Madeira, Senegal, tho Gaboon and other West African stations. Hno was a new and handsome frigato and this was to bo hor first voyage. After Nool's departure Baynald and his friends besieged Bose Paumior with ro. newud ardor. But the littlo danseuso would not listen to reason. "I am in lovo with Noel, and I will not bo untrue to him." said sho, crying bitterly. Her mother, Mme. Paumior. remonstrated with her, pointing out all tho advantages that she would derivo from the friendship of such a man as Banker Baynald, but it was all of no avnil. Howover, tho banker did not loso heart now that the young lover was gone. Ho know that winning ltoso's good will was only a question of time. He had already becomo quite a different man. Ho once moro busied himself at his office, and not only made good the loss of the Madagascar loan, out even re. gained the 160,000 franci lost ln the Turkish bonds. Meanwhile, the Penelope had left the Gaboon, and after a short stay at the Cape of Good Hop went on to Mozambique, and lH at JfcafftffltT" ftffitotfi L i j 'X '"'jlfiTirpul ll LJ L . i ' 1 1 payilj.pgay NO EASY TASK FOR A WOMAN. DIlBcuUlee Alel With la mopping- and Board Ins is Btnar. a i n v OINGup Fifth avenue PJpS&j -tfll on tho top of a stage, Wi fc?v ' Wffi. ono niny' w"u nmuse li rii7ScLviuv&jfi ment, watch tho differ. (jjl TZSKiI ent wo.vs in which GL CslS'rcjJy womcn ball the driver. ?fiH3w . "$-&! u0 ,,0,unn w'10 RVtUL, $$ waiting to bo taken tip ir comes to anchor near -Jjj2'T" tho curbstone when tWEiSiS51' the stago is about two blocks away, and fixes her wholo mind on it. When it draws near she makes a wobbly, fluttering movement with hor arm, generally holding hor shawl in with her right hand. A look of dismay and anxiety porvades her visngo if tho driver does not roin in tho tho horses at once. When ho pulls up, sho gathers horsolf together nnd shoots forward to clambor in. Hero waits an old lady with a benevolent breadth of countenance Her bonnet does not seem securely attached and her linir Bleeps down around her temples loosely, She is hnndHomoly drossed, a rich camel's hair shawl being hold norvausly about her drooping shouldors, and a heavy black dress hanging rather dejectedly around her. Sho haH a book lightly clasped under her arm. When sho saw the driver draw near sho in ado a funny Hop with hor limp left hand, a downward stroko that would bo well suited to an " Ohl-you-horrid-thingl.I-can't-bcar you " sentiment. Tho driver nodded ahead to the nearest crossing, indicating whero ho would stop. Ho was young, but insensible to tho sex. She seemed paralyzod by his courso for n moment. Then sho caught hold of her dress aud reefed it for action. Then slio begau to run. Few women can run without making a spectacle of themselves, and this is especially true of on elderly woman who hates violent motion and has to hold up her dress. She moved along liko a frightened duck, or BOine other fowl whoso forto is not pedestriauism, a fowl of limited intelligence and short legs, She put down her heols in a regular heel-and-toe style, but that was her only qualifi cation for the tnnbark course. At the corner sho halted, gazed timidly at a carriage half a block away, as if wondering whether sho was in danger of being run over, then dropped hor foot from tho curbstone and ambled across to tho stags. Tho next patsengor showed the other ex treme. A small messenger boy (Fifth avenuo messenger boys always ride, ou the top of a stage) cropped out of the hurly-burly in Madison Snuaro, cooked ono index linger in tho air and whistled to tho driver a short, shrill noto. He was as cool as if ho owned tho lino aud inado no fuss at all about it. Nearly all tho women Btand on tho curb and shake their hands as if they wore waving an adieu to some departing friendB. If there ore two, they both wave, and do it liko twins. The drivors of the stages are often lnatten. tho nnd get nearly by beforo they perceive the gesticulating women. As tho stage passes on the shako is quickened. Finally It stops, and the women rush out and scramblo in. Altogether it seems a hnrrassing thing for women to bring a stago to a stop, and they do not appear to onjoy doing it. Senator! Have " Omcee at Home. IFrowi th Chicago JWftunr.) Wnen George Mason, the father of the Virginia Rill of nights, advanced as an argument against tho Constitution that It provided for a class of officials woo, from their long reildence at tho oapltal, would 'become so attached to the enjoyment of power that ttiej would build houses for themselves at the seat of Government, and ao build op a class of ollgarchlata," ho made a prediction that has not fallen far ahort of truth. The Senators who havo built houses for themselves In Washington num ber now well on towards Of ty. A house that will do lor a Congressman will not answar for a Sena tor. A larger eatabllsomcnt la required, suited to the wider and more tllvets character of hla official responsibilities. A Congressman can be seen al most any day ln hU aeat In the House. The customs of tne Senate rather forbid such familiarity, and hcJce the Senator about with exclusive barriers. So It Is that all the Senators desire to have large houses In which they can have convenient affices. The Orel ami prlnclnil room In bei.ator Kumunds's fine new house is his office, and thla ta true of most ot the Henatora who have built nouaes ln Washington. ftonicthlns Apprnprinte, From Jutg, 'I'm In search of a useful present for a literary gentleman," said a prim joung lady entering a book-atore. "In what branch of literature Is he Interested?" " lle'a a paragraphcr on a religious paper. " "In that caae, " returned too bootseller, "I would suggest an almanac. " Slotherlr 1'rraplenlty. from Jud7. Mrs. Strlver We've got to get some. Mr. Striver Some what? Mra. Strlver This new giant powder I see ad vertised. If Genevieve went to tbo Patriarchs1 ball, an' found all tne other girls wearln' It she'd feel flustered. There ta No Other An Icic le the world that will core a oonah or cold so awtf tlr or so urely eh niKKn'a ExrxKTonANT. Always Insist on hsr In KlxER'a and you will nevrr ba dltappolnUd. Hold almont eTerrwlmre. Wm. 11. Hiker & box, Drufraltta and Manufsctorina- Chemists, 3M Gth ave., New York, KntsblUhd 42 7-r. V from there to Sydney, Australia, whore she wos to await new orders. The English mail brought despatches for tho Penelope ordering hor to proceed at once to visit the Polynesia Islands and then to go on to Noumea, tho Loyalty Islands, the Archipelago of Krusenstern, the New Hebrides, Sauoa and Tahiti. Moreover, the mail brought no less than eighteen letters from Roso for Noel. Sho re. peated over and ovor again, "I love you I I adore you I I am waiting for you 1 I am truo to you 1" Alas 1 it is a long way from the Paris Opera to Sydney, Australia, and what had been per fectly trao when little Koso wTote these let ters, nod ceased to be so, when Noel received thom. Sho lovod him still just as much, it is truo. Hut as to fidelity, well, she and Itay. nald had como to a littlo understanding which might not havo delighted Noel had he known it) ltoso had at last consented to grant the banker an interview. "All right," said she to him, "I will ac cept your offer ; but it is only becauso my re fusal pains and grieves my mother, who says that 1 shall never meet with such a chanco again. Now, remember what I say. I do not love you, and nover shall. I adore Noel, and when he confes baok yon will havo to make room for him." Tho banker agreed to this, thinking in his own heart that as Noel mob to bo aw ay for moro than two yours she would during that period havo fulltimo to forget him, and that anyhow bo himself would be cured of his pas sion for the littlo danseuso in a much shorter timo. On tho 1st of January. 1RCJS, tho Captain of tho Penelope wroto to tho Minister of Marino from Tahiti, saying his men being tired and tho frigate in need of repairs, ho proposed to soon sail for Han Francisco, whence ho in tended to return to Toulon, where he ex. pcetcd to arrive ubout tho beginning of Do comber. The Minister received this letter on the 10th of May, and was going to writo his ap proval of this plan to the Captain, whon his usher Informed him that Mr. Itaynald, the hanker, was outside and requested au inter view on a mattor of the greatest importance, " Show him in," said Ills Excellency. That very morning Hose had received a long and loving letter from Nool. telling her that ho would bo with her again before next Christmas. When Itaynald called on her at his usual hour he found hor deeply engrossed in the study of an almanao on which she was counting how many days would elapse before the Penelope dropped her anohor in the port of Toulon. He asked her what she was doing, " I am counting how many days there are between the 10th of May and the 1st of De- !r2fti9fefc?V-&&r3't if 1 Wis- Yi iji.fr y MILLINERS POORLY PAID. SOME OP TIIEM FORCED TO TRIM HATS FOR FIFTY CENTS A DOZEN. A Claai of Itmplnjinrnt thnt Knnblei the Wording Womnn to Ilnreir Keep rlnul ami Ilody Together Kxperlenrc ofi HUH fill Itrtatl Milliner Who Tried to Mako a I.lTlntr nt the Wbolmnlo Work. Tho experience of a clover young 'milliner who nindo a briof experiment bIiows how little is paid for tho labor of skilful hands employed in wholesale hat and bonnot manu factories which thrlvo and mako monoy dur. ing tha seasons when their product is iu greatest demand. The young woman told hor story to a World roporter in this wiso : " I was forcod to pass a spell of idleness after our season closod ln a retail millinery establishment whero for throo months I mado fair wagos about an avcrago of $8 a week and seeing an advertisement iu a newspaper for good milli ners in n'wholesnlo manufactory, I nppliod to tho nianogor for work. " It was iu tho nilddlo of Juno. Tho man was courteous enough, aud when I asked him what wages ho paid ho answered i ' Fifty cents a dozon for trimming lints and bou nds, ' and explainod by saying that tho work Tequlrodwas not as particular as that iu retail establishments, and if a milliner .showed herself to bo an oxpert sho would havo a prefcrenco nnd receive hotter pay. " Well, I thought that I would try for awhilo. I was supplied with a lot of work to take homo. Other young women worn thoro at tho timo, and I observed that thoy wcro pale aud wan, and poorly, almost shabbily, clad. " I took my bundlo of hats and trimmings hqmn aud set to work liko a beaor, deter mined to soo how much I could earn in a wook. I was threo days of ten hours each in trimming threo dozon hats aftor tho stylo of a sample, aud I returned my work as soon as tho majority of the other gir.s employed by tho houso. uno poor woman tout mo tnat slio sup ported herself and two children, aud mado about $1 a week by very hard work. That and my work discouraged mo, and with $3 in my pocket for Blxty hours' work 1 was glad to escape and seok somo othor work until our season opened again tho following March. " I live at homo with my father, who is too old to work hard now, but wo arn not as badly off as boiuo whom I know. How any woman who is depondont on such work as that given out in wholonalo millinery stores can live decently I cannot seo, unless bIio has other aid or work during tho dull soason. "Tho work lasts only a short season In snminor, whilo our Reason in the retail trade begins in March and closes about tho middle of Juno. Young women in tho retail stores mako from $3 to $10 a week each, aud most of them try to find other employment after our soason closes." Costlr HalU In Netv York Houses. ffr to Albany Kiprtnt The entrance hall la the biggest, the most Impos ing, the costliest and by long odda the handsomest apartment In a modern Now York house of the first rank. New Yorkers of wealth and taste have en tirely abandoned the iiralght ball of tho narrow block-house whero the stairs go straight up und tho narrow paasaga to the back parlor and basement stairs goes straight back. Instead they have made the hall the central feature of the establlanment.to whlon, If ni-ceaaarr, everything elao la subordi nated. The new type of hall la claborato In Ita architectural features, richly antlquo In Ha farniak lngs, and If tho mistress of tho cvabllahment has any tato whatever tor 1 rgc decorative elfocta It la upon the hall that she lavlsho- them. The hall, In deed, la so much of a hobby that people build new houses ln order to have halls. It la not an unknown thlug to give up the whole first rloor tu the hall, putting tho parlor on the sec ond floor. Whether the hall bo big or little, lis tur ntshlnglsatlilngto which lta miatreas la gltlog muou attention nowadar s. To be quite perfeot It should be done up ln old nak and havo ' tellies" standing about ln room of chairs. It should havo a big oak table, a smaller one to hold the silver sal ver on which a guest's csrd la taken to tho lady of the House, and its floor ahould be of oak, polished HU It ahlnes. Tne hall is of quite ai much con sequence as tho drawing-rooms. IIow Berry Wnll Make a T.lvtnc, JVtw York Ltttir to Chicago Rral f.) When you have read that llerry Wall, tho noto rious king of the dndea, had been hired to adver tise a certain brand of champagne by drinking It ostentatiously In fashionable barrooms, jou have doubtless taken It for a Joke on tho dandy. It Is no such thing. He Is actually working ln that way for wages, and two other less known town round ers are employed similarly, Ilcrri'a hours of labor run from ubout the middle of tho afternoon until darllgtit the next morning, and during that time tie visits a largo number of resorts, opens bottles of the particular wine, refuses to havo any other, talki about lta merits to those whoe who drink with htm, and thui endeavors to mako a popular demand. IIow long he cm stand the racket la a question, but If be could keep It up a dozen years I do not bellee that It would be the means of sell ing the equivalent of his salary. Rlker'a Compound Dandelion Pllla I SEA the best I.ivr.n fiLLI rra can take. No Mercury, no Aloes, no Jalip. llol )Ju pills). 10c. .' comber. Can you help mo, you are luch a good nrithinetician." " Very willingly," answered Itaynald, much puzzled. " Two hundred and threo days," said ho, after a short calculation. " As much as that," said Koso, dolefully. " Yes. Why docs that mako you un happy V" " Because on Deo. 1 at the latest at tho latest, do you hpur ? my littlo Noel will bo back, and thon, my good man, you will havo to disappear." ltaynuld received this flattering compli ment without wincing) but when ho loft her that afternoon ho ordered his coachman to take him straight to tho Ministry of Marino. His expectations of being soon tired of ltoso had not been fulfilled, lor he was moro in lovo than ever with tho littlo dansouso, and he determined to run any risk in order to keep her young lover apart from her. That same evening a despatch was sent by tho Minister of Marino tho Captain of the Penelope, addressod San Francisco, ordoring him to join the French fleet in Moxico. Until the end of 1880 tho Pcnolono re mained in Moxico, and tho correspondence between ltoso and Noel continued juBt as tenderly as of yore. Hut at tho beginning of 1807 tho nowspapers announced that both tho French army anil tho Fronch fleet wero about to bo recalled. Itaynald, wild with tho fear of seeing Count do la Villa-Gris appear ou the scene, rushed off to the Minister of Marino oneo inoro to entreat him to persist in keeping tho Pcuclopo at sea. His Excellency, very much annoyed, sent him about his business, telling him that the unfortunate ship had been absent quito long enough aud thnt ho would not iuoo any further in tho matter. It was in aiu that Itaynald referred to his devotion to tho Government and alluded to tho political iufliKiicn of his two newspapers, tho Minister remained inflexible. ' Anyhow," said His Excellency, " this does not concern ray deportment any longer. It concerns tho Minister of the Interior. Go and seo him." " So I shall," said llaynald in despair. Ho did go, and declared to His Excellency the Minister of tho Interior that if tho Pe uclopo wcro allowed to return to Franco he would join tho opposition party and begin a campaign against tho Cabinet. The Minister asked him two days for re. flection, and promised to speak to the Min ister of Marino about the matter, On the next day at the Cabinet eounoll no less than four ministers began to urge the Minister of Marine, ln the strongest manner possible, to promise them that the Penolope should not be allowed to return with the rest of tho fleet, I aMffiQJTjaSy&0dg NEWS ABOUT THE ATHLETES. Out Tuthtll, who wis the bicker of JackDemp ey ln ill his early battles, li going to the Der mudas ln the spring for his health. A match between two clever New York light weight!, which was to have come off In Westches ter County last night, had to be postponed for three dijs. The one thousand dollar prize offered tor the breaking of the record In tho coming alx-daj go. as-you-plcaso ought to make Paddy Fitzgerald's 610 miles go under. Ous. Walton, one of the amateur champion staters, u going up to Canada on Friday. Itubcn stein, tho Canadian amateur champion, lends assurance of plenty of good Ico. George I.e lllanche, who la always ln good condi tion, will try to-night to ' ' atop " Jack Fallon In six rounds. The contest will, take place In Odd-Fcl-Iowa' Hall, ln Hoboken. Fallon has specially trained for It. Dick Toner hai matched hla red and white ken nel terrier Joe to fight tho buff bull terrier bitch Nettlo M. Tho match is fort-VK). The canines will battlo at sixteen pounds. It will be brought off tnsido of two weeks. From his contest with the Harlem amateur last night tho New York Athlctlo Club men think that Harry Is In great luck that ho did not consent to a " go" with Hirry Iluermjcr. Harry Is ai itrong aa a bull, but bruto strength la one of the least requisites of a boxer. Jaek Daropscy will be formally presented with tho Itichard K. Fox belt at hla testimonial In the Palace Itlnk, ln Grand street, between Second and Third streets, Wlillamaburg, this evening. Tbo champion's leg la all rljhu Ho will sot to with Tom Henry, Jack Files and Jaok McAnlirre. Every sort of club Interested ln athletics li get ting Into Oner quarters nowadars. Tho Kings County Wheelmen expeot to occupy tbclr now quarters in lledford avonue, near Fulton street, In about three weeks. Tho now building Is qulto palatial. In It aro elegant card, reading, billiard, locker and bath rooms, and a moderate-sized but qulto complete gjmnaalum. The boja expect to give a formal oienlng when everything la ln readi ness. The j will bo assisted by the athletlo clubs whose prizes are so often carrlod off by the mem bers of tho K. C. W. Germnne Who Don't Drink Heert From iht Mtlihvrg Ttmt. A Qermsn saloon-keeper laid yesterday: " There la in Idea abroad that la dead wrong, to the effect that Germans are the greatcat beer drinkers. Tho fact la Americans are your beer guzzlers. Some (lermana, 1 mean rather persona of Herman de cent, nave an American taste for beer, but tho native Herman sees no resemblance to hla boyhood beer In our manufacture and don't drink It. Many ot them drink porter, alo or brown atnut, while a great majority drink either raw whlakey or snur wine. Colored people drink beer almost ex clusively. 1 know of very few negroes who drink whiskey, and fewer Imported Germans who drluk beer. 1 don't know whether It Is becauso the beer Is Indifferent or whether they prefer risking tho liquor. It's like the woman who kissed the cow, A matter of taste.'" The Effect on Hi. Nicholas of (Jar Higher Ivdurnllnn. fYom Jutlaf, American youth (aged alx) Now If the effect ot eighty bolts of electricity u equal ln applied force to Santa Clam Holy Grill! la this the youngster that I've brought a yellow monkey on a red stick fort At the Cbrlatmna Pantomime. From rue. Mr. rostlelgh What agility and grace, Gene vieve I It makes me think of our young days. Mrs. I'oatlclgn Why, William, 1 never did luch. a thing Iu my llfol AMUSKMKNTB. ATKTnOrOUTAN OI'EKA.IIOUSK. ITL IlOI'JIAN.N C'ONCI.ItTH. UmW thenwiKinsl dlrootlon of Mr.IIKNIlY K. AlinKY. TlllIUHDAV. Do. M, atB.lli, o'clock TUlibDAY, Deo. 37, at3 o'clock. rJATUHllAY, Ilea. 31. at 8.18 o'clock ecompsnlMlbylll.tlK.IIl.i.lC.NK II A.Tltl!ITF.It, Prima Donna Contralto :1 hnodore llJnrkBtinlenort B!ir. lie Anna.ltarltnnei MUiNettlQCarpenter,Mme.Macconl, Harpist, Hla. H. Hsppio, ArompanUt. end Adolprt Neuendorfl's Grand OrohMtra. WeberOrand Planotuved. STANOAHD THKATRK.-IlltOAUWAY 33D BT. UOMMHNUING SATURDAY KVKNINU, I)l!0. Ill, (Jit AND ritOKIICTKIN Under the mensaeroent of Frank W. Banter, of the Picturesque Drama. I'AUI, KAIlVAIt, lilt ANARCHY, llr Steele Mackiye. HOLIDAY MA11NKKS. Dec. M AJan.3. Seeta now on sale. AD1HON HgUAIlK TllKATItK. Mil. A. M. l'ALMEK SoleManacer F.VKNfSnS AT 8.S0. IP" I BBI 8ATUIIDAYMATINKKAT3. H I HBRIL. HI-KUIAI. HOLIDAY j" I UIImE" MATIulo.Mc.WUAY LLrlil'uLD DOWCSTADER'8'llMliS: i'Jth t. end llroadHar. Nlautlr, K.ttO. Sat. Mat., 2.30. hverr Hon, Act end njcultir new this week. rnODIOYl'IANIST.OIlKISTMAHlNOI.KVlllOINIA Tojs and Candles siren sway errry performance. Grand Cbriilinaa Matinee ISeit Monday. 5TII AVKNUKTIIKATUK. l'mnrletrtr and Menager Mr. John Steteon TO.K1UHT AT M.30. MATINKK HATUKDAY. MR. IlIOIlAltl) MANSKlr.I.D, IN U1U OWN COMIIDV, MUNnlKUlT. Kelt week-lilt. J1.KYI.L AND Mlt. UYDK. ACAtm.iiv or .nii-.it;. HUATN NOW ON HAI.B Vet the eneiffement of itnwra noorn and lawuknoe nAURR-ir. "JULIUS CvWSAU." MONDAY. DKO. 20. The old Admiral tried to resist, hut ho was overwhelmed hy uumhors, and on tho 20th of August, 1867, just as tho I'euolopo was about to set sail for Toulun, orders wero received by tho Captain to start without delay for Occanica. Tho despair was creat on board the frigate. " My wifo 1 My poor wife." wailed tho al most heart-broken Captain. Sho was about to becomo a mother whan I loft France, aud I have now a child of throo and a half years old which I havo nover teen !" " My God," screamed tho First Lieutenant. " I have a fortuno to claim which on uncle of mine left mo threo years ago, and I have not yet boon able to do so." " Itose, my darling Hose," moaned Count de la Villo-Clris, " she will end by being tired of waiting for me." Tho uufortunato Fenolope, liko a phanton ship, cruised unceasingly in tho Houthorn Faciflo, going from Tahiti to Nouka-Uira, from Nouka-liira to tho Aleutian Islands. Fifteen months later sho returned once moro to Ban Francisco in such an unsea worthy stato that tho commanding Admiral plainly perceived that nothing further could bo linked of her. " I am going to send you back to Franco," said ho to the Captaiu. " To Franco ? Why, tho fripato is not in a condition to stand soloug a trip without bo ing repaired." " Very well, then. Goto Saigon and get ro paired there." It was only after n five months stay at Saigon that tha l'euelope was ahlo to start ou her return journey. She arrived in Tou lon on the 27th of January, 1B70. Ilayuuld had been truly hcroical, and had once moro tried to prevent her return, but thiHito no avail. Afraid to go tho to Minister of Murine, he had managed to meet him on neutral ground; hut at the first mention of the Y uclopo His Excellency had How u into a terrible pusMon. " The l'cuoloini !" shouted ho. "Do you want me to hand in my resignation ? Is this your intention? I swear that I will do so unless this persecution is put n stop to." And turning on his heel tho minister left M, ltuyuald standing holplebsly in tho mid dlo of tho room. Nothing more wos to bo done. Noel wonld arrivo iu January. Tho banker sent an agent to Toulon to acquaint him at oneo of the ar rival of the l'euelope', The said ageut wired to him from Toulon on Jan. 27 that the Pe nelopo had arrived and that Count de la Ville Gris had immediately taken the train for Paris. It was only after muoh hesitation that Bay. nald started to go to see Hose. Ills heart was beating violently as ho rang the bell. What was sho going to say to, him t ( " . Choking Catarrh, M II sts yon awakened from a disturbed sleep with all tha 3sbbi borrlbla sensations of an assassin elntchlng your throat bbbI and pressing the life-breath from rourtlfhtenedehcst? .vaaal Have yon noticed the lanmor and debility that raoeeed ' JS'B the effort to clear four throat and head ot this catarrhal -'SiH matter 1 What a depreselnc Influence It exerts upon tha jaaai mind, clouding the memory and filling the bead with wiH pains and strange noises I How difficult It U to rid tha 'aEaaaa nasl paeeaces, throat and lnoga of this poisonous moous 'uai all can testify who are afflicted with catarrh. How dim ''''ttB cult to protect the system against IU further progrea 4sfjH towards the lnngs, liter and kidneys, all physicians wll t irraal admit. It la a terrible disease, and cries out for relist ftWaaal and cure, Jvfr'l Tha remarkable enratlra powers, when all other ma 'WriM edlc utterly fall, ofBxNroaD'a RiDICAI, Ctraz, an at M$L tested by thousands who gratefully recommend It to fel- 'Jvi.S low-sufferers. No statement la made regarding It that Jc'lH cannot be substantiated by the most respectabla and re- wl liable references. ' aaa Kech packet contains one bottle of tha RADICAZ, OuaB, iffasal one box of CATinnmL Solvknt, and an Iktbovxd I- firl HALitn, with treatise and directions, and la sold by all 'cViH druggist for 1,00. ' 'vftSasal FoTTia Dnua A Onzxicar, Co., Dostow. rM MSTRAINS, SPRAINS, PAINS, fl Sk$U Relieved In one minute by that new, 'WiH sKT'jy elegant, Instantaneous and Infallible Antl- uH 2?PF dute to Pain, Inflammation and Weakness, Aaal the Cntlrurn Antl-1'nln Plaster. The first and $Vaa only pain-subduing plaster. The most efflcactona, tha ?laal mntt sgreeahle and tho most speedy of all external agent '7lH for the relief of Pain and Weakness. At all druggists', 33 SKaa cents; fire (or $1.00; or, postage free, of POTTXB Daco) '' HuH AND Chemical Co., Boston, Mass, aai AMUSKMKXT8. 'lljjjl AMERICAN INSTITUTE, J Sdnnd ltd live, nnd IIHd nnd 04th eta. vflf39 UOMMKNOINUMATUIlllAYrilhaafcT 'Ural A WINTItlt f-JIUCIIN. (SM FRANK A, RODBINS'S NEW SHOWS. II Two lUngi nnd a Mh, Zonlotncftl Garden, Maieom fiH of CurinflltOH. .Startling Atrial IVrformanrt-a, Faraona lH l(.ara( Darlnr UrmnaMtN and a Ilec .man. of Uloirna,Tilo Ijjfl Anlmilfl and KductM Ileaiti to pluma tha ehltdrii. V&aH FIIM'Y lllSAI.TIirifl. I.AliY AUT.NTrt, jOM Hiniliomn lloraefl, 1'rottr PonlM.MlKohleTooa Moakayf, viH Ma leal and D-nolng Klephanta. Ittnr par format, oatl 'ffi3H daily at 3 and B I M. Dooraopan ono hoar baton fotf JRB all tho otnar won dart. aEH It mar fed Haati, UJ and BO emits. Saatt In Boica, 9l JSviB Ail leata rosarf-tvl ona waak In adranoa. 3ft Till'. M TI.M,I.4 ' & aapeclallr devotad to Iadtaa and Children. l&s&il UNION SOtTARB T HI! AT UK. fflM J. M. HILL,.,.... ., ,.,,. Manacatf a tfolJilTII A.UlWii. -"""WW gpH nonsoN i jjuonson novTAiuvd ".w ... OKKAT COMEDY, 9rS lOary Ton In at 8. Saturday Matlnao. llvifl Extra Matlnafia Monday, Uno, '2d, and Monday, Jan. .swH 100th iwrloruiancu Saturday Matinae, Deo, 31. '7&fl Klabnratn BouTpnlr. A'H H. Ft. JACOBS'S 3D AVE. THEATRE,' $H OORNRH 31HT RT., AND 3D AVK. jJt?M MATINKK KVKrlY HON., WKD. AND SAT. . tS3M nKSKll.VI'.I) HKATb, IIA1.LKN and HArtTa $ HOC. l'lllST l'ttlZK IDEALS. , SK-fl JIOo. BEbunu bkath in:advaoi !& r.. D. lld-FUN ON TIM M AnillriAN'8 PAKK TI1KATRK. ' tlfl . KDWAHD IIAKKIOAN Proprietor M M. Vf. 11AN1.KY ,....,J...".";....Eanag3 JttM uontinuoijiJ HtJoVmss o ' Wm ORKAT ANDUUIU1NAI, OHAUAUTEIl AOTINQOtf 'Jfl l'KTH. WM DAVK 1IRAIIAM and hla POPULAR ORQHK8TIU. : ,t3B WKDNhHDAY-MATINKK-HATUKDAY. ' 9 GRAND HOLIDAY MATINKK MONDAY. DKO. S8, l a3 EDKN MUHKE, 231) ST.. IIBT. 6T1I a 6TII AYES. WM NnwOrnups. New Paintings. New Attraotlons. -&BBa ERDELYI NAGZI 1 snd hla HUNtlAUIAN OKOHKbTRA. A rati Oonoerta from 3 to 0 and 8 to 11. , 1&3aal Admission tt all, 60 cents; oti!ldren23 oentav 'R$fl AJKKU The Mystifying Chess Automaton. , - fflM v W"m NIIILO'S. LAHT FOUR PERFORMAnTCSst. Vaa9 Reserved seats. Orchestra Circle and Balcony, Wo, 'ndH "SHE." "SHE." '9 I jiMt Matinee, Ratnrday at 2. fcf;aas Monday, Dec, W. Christmas Matinee. . ' The (ireit Nportlng Drama, "3M "A HUN or LUOK.." x9 t THHT.TIIKATRU, oor.6thTa. 5mi JLzk Matinees Wednesdays and Hatnrdsya. ..ttaVH POiITlVKLY LAHT WKHK Olf rlsB liliNHAN 'I'lIOMPSUN, jSTaai NEXT -WKKK-THE 1IANLON3, In LU VOYAOH KS ttjkai TONY PASTOR'S HOLIDAY SHOW. ''W allANI) COMPANY OF STARS: : DOLL MATINEE FRIDAY. 1 DOLLS FllKK TO ALL LADIES AND OIRLB. &M 1 1 RAND OPKRA-1IOUSK. 'XU T Reserved seats, orrhentre, circle and baloonr. 60o asaal -Wednesday! MRS. I.ANOTUY Satnrda Jfclai Matinee. " AS IN ALOOUINU-OLABS." I Matinee: 'S'flai Neltweek ,, NAT. O. OOODWlU JM Neat Hundsy PROK. 0U0MWELL8 Ohristmas subject will be " MEU1UB KNQLAND? , $&m vsjALLAOics. ' :mm IT ETenlngsatB.lS. Mttlne Saturday ata.15. ijSaal i-onip.T-.iii:-NOT. '33:m Characters by Mesare. Osmond Tearle, ITarrr Edwards.' e90cB 3. W. l'lgott, Mme. I'nnlal, Mlsa Netta, Oulon and Uia VS Itoee Oi.ghlan. CURlhTMAS MATINKK Deo, ag. JbH BIJOU HICK'S BURLESQUE COM PANT. JWB OI'CRA. 66 artists In iflce A Duej'e Jllaal IIOIIhK. suraptuons production oz Eaml run tIik (tittsAiK, .. mm COI1HA1U. MATntEE SATURDAY AND XMAfl. PH S)OOLESTIIKATRI',Sth at., bet. Il'way and athare. 1mM rrlces. 10c, 'J0o 30c, BOc. Waal ATINEES-Monday, Wetlneedar, Ttmrsday, Saturday.1 ,01 TAKEN FROM T.IKK. JfWmf Neit.Week-"ONB OF THE BRAVEST." -,.SSM STAR TH EATIlE THE FLORENOEbV ,! Every Erenlng. Matinees Saturday and Xmaa Day. i&m Mil. AMI Mitt. V. .1. flMUUNVB, , J?M IN OUR GOVERNOR. Kaal Saturday evening, MR. FLORENUE aa Capt. Onttla.' Ji'SHB ARMORY HALL VAUDEVILLE THEATRE. AM 158 and 160 Hester St. JiMt International liarleetjue and Comedy Company. JftfUw LY0S.T.!sTtti!- THE WIFE m Matinee Bat, and Mon. illttal 111! fan Tho footmnn told liim that madame -was i?mt busy, but would soo him in a few minutes jftaaal ami ushfircil him into tho drawinc-room. "TawS Suddenly bo lieurd in tho neighboring SsH boudoir somobodv cryinc violently, then a ; WWt pleudinp voice romonstratini;. At lencth a 'kUt door was violently banced and five minutes 'S lator ltoso entered tho room. Her eyes wero (,'SaB red nnd swollen and sho was very pale. 8h $fU sunk into an armchair murmuring: ' Poor ,raa boy I IIow bo loved me 1" JlaB " Who aro you speaking of ?" Inquired WMm Itaynald. Wmt ''NoeldolaVillo-Gris, I havo just cma vm him liia dismissal," replied Itose. agl Itnynald threw himself at her feet and OOY- wJl crcdlior tiny jewelled hands with kisses. 'WW " Oh, pleaso do not boliove that I Ioto WU you," interrupted the dnnseuse, " because X s&m 'do not. Hut you havo been very kind to mo. ffll nnd besides, now I havo cot used to you that "wsW is all." MM Two days later tho banker bought for Bom mM a maguiuceut houso in the Avenuo defl ' tBM Ohampg IUvbc'es. I . sfM What had taken place between noseaaiV 'ihm tho Count do la Ville-Oris was as follows t When ho arrived nt her houso, full of impa- vM tienco to strain her to his heart, she had said '-Sfjl quietly: iffisB " Look hero, my dear boy, I will be frank i jxa with you. I ha.o censed to lovo you." ,fll " You havo ceased to lovo mo I" sold, he, 'WM thunderstruck. "Then what I havo been -Sil told about Itaynald, tho bankor, is true ?" ofm "ltavnald? Oh, yes; itistrno. But it w -Kl not ou account of Itaynald that I wish to BSM break with yon. I do not lovo Baynald. X aBl love some ono elso." SmU " Who is it that you love ?" -3i " Thnt is my secret i but I do not lovo yon sJlIB any longer. Sly heart remained yours for ! fourvoars. But then I got discouraged, and fM it is lmrdly surprising. Veiy few women, esm oven women of the world, aro capable of re- ' WI iiiuiuius truo for four years. So, my poor ffll follow, kiss me good-by aud go 1" JiM During this timo tho dockyard authorities WtM at Toulon wero examining tho condition of a iSM tlio I'euolopo and bubsequeutly transmitted WLm a report on the subject to the Minister, which. ' jHl read as follows : vfflai " The frigate has grievously suffered dur. A)mt ing theso six years of navigation. Ships 'mMM ought not to be nllowed to remain so long at vtal bin. The repairs will cost more than 'fjaPaai million francs, aud even then she will never 2&ll again bo wbnt she was before this most diss. Jfial trous cruise." iafjfl m asaa TOMOUBO W BVEN1NO, WmU Dick Downer's DisenchantraiRl,; M 'IrH sbbbbI k'jMaBBBai