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THE DRAMA. MR* riSKE AS THE MAGDALEN. MANHATTAN THEATRE. The lone expected local production of Mr Paul jleyse's "Mary ct Magdala" was duly and brill laatly accomplished, last night, at the Manhattan Theatre, and. In presence of an assemblage re markable for intellectual character, this original er»(J singular fabric of the German Muse mood re re*l?£ as a spectacle of sombre splendor, a play r>f tragic force, a story of rarely pathetic character, &n& a?i ethical lmpartme: I of actual value^-be c*use compounded of tender human feeling, char tjtr, and truth. The pictorial part of the produc tion, blending Hebrew simplicity with Roman mag r ;flcence. is invariably impressive and sometimes fxceedlr.gly beautiful. The scene it laid In and r»ar the city of Jerusalem, under the reign of the r.oinin Emperor Tiberius, and In the year of the crucifixion of Jesus, around whose unseen but con tinuously operative personality the character? and Incidents are made -to eddy, and under whose rf-lesti-1 influence •le action is Impelled. This pr;!on. devised to portray the rescue and regenera- Hon of a human .~oul. involves a conspicuous rep resentative image of sin and sorrow,— the re pentant Magdalen of the New Testament.— whom jt lifts out of Infamy and shame, awakening her rcr.sclence by purely spiritual means, ejecting 1-er to one agonizing ordeal of awful trial, and Fweeptaf her along, as upon a torrent of destiny. t'i the security of redemption and the ecstatic trimopb of absolute faith. The pictures that con- Ftttste a physical environment for this action.— an environment of great archaeological interest and Instructive i:tjllty.— dispKy I room in the Magda ]*n'e dwelling, which is severely yet richly Hebraic; t room In a Roman consular secretary's dwelling, •which is Hefttalc and Italian; a spacious square, ■with converging streets, in Jerusalem; and a deso ;.c-.. ravlr.e in the outskirts of that venerable city. clark and ominous with the pall of an Impending rtorm, and tvith the vasru- rrenace of a baleful ratastroph 1 :. These pictures.— composed and paint* fl with admirable fidelity to Oriental objects and colors.— set the locality of the story clearly before the vision, and are abundantly suggestive cf the fxtemal life of the Jews In ancient times, while the story, n-hich i? simplicity itself is told in a ji?id sequence of Incidents and in collO'^uies that bt* smooth] direct, and brief. It is a twofold story, the or.c that is told inclosing one that is only tufgefted. the former ibOwlng a conventional pfletnre of love and jealousy, the latter Indicating, in a eJudowy background, the character, the In fuer.ee, and the tragical sacrifice cf Jesus Christ. Tt:s drama was first acted, by Mrs. Fiske and l:er associates, et Milwaukee, on October 23. and efterward at Chicago, on October 27. and some nf tSe accounts or It, published in nr-rrEpaper? cf the ■West, gave The impression that it Invades the sanc tity of the P.:M« and trenches irreverently on the ccrnain of sacred things. That impression proves ■to be -erroneous; for there is no more offence in the piece than there is In "The Pilgrim's Progress." or fCroly's "Salathlel." >r Grace Aguilar'p "Vale of Cedars." all cf Which compositions are not only harmless but salutary. In fact. Mr. Heyee's play i« not so much Biblical as It is historical. Like other playg of its class, it mentions historical r.ames, and it alludee to historical incidents, but He dramatic substance Is, essentially, a fabric of the fancy, having scarcely a ehred of basis in the Bifcie narrative, and no veritable authority what ever. Mary of Magdala appears as the truant wife of an old, corrupt and licentious Hebrew. from whose cruel treatment and bestial society fhe has long been a fugitive. Judas is displayed as the Impassioned and honest lover of —between whom and himself the bond, for a time, is that of sincere affection,— and as a Hebrew patriot, fanat !:al!y devoted to the service of his country. Ca'.aphas, the High Priest of Jerusalem, is repre- Eented as a wily schemer; bigoted and Implacable: eollcitoua for the authority of tne Sanhedrim, and capable of any indirection, however unscrupulous End abhorrent, to maintain his power and to grat ify his vindictive hale. Aulus Flatus, the consular secretary, designated as a nephew to Pontius Pilate. Is a fictitious person, made by the dramatist, and jnortrayed as a suitor to Mary,— at first from mere caprice, but, ultimately, from genuine and not dis creditable reg-ard. The auzlllar characters, eight in number, although two or three of them bear Bibli cal names, are merely theatrical Inventions. And. finally, while the betrayal of the Naearene is in dicated as a principal impulse is the movement of the drama, the motive of Judas, in repudiating his leader and delivering him into hostile hands, la de clared to be neither mercenary greed nor pre destinate wickedness, but a furious resentment proceeding out of the passionate conviction that Hebrew freedom has been lost through that lead er's incompetence to lead: this resentment being intensified. an 3 made Insane, by the fanatics per ception that the object of his earthly love has, through a spiritual change, been removed out of his world, lifted above all mortal passions, and separated from him forever. As a rule, the ethical element In dramatic lit erature is a tiresome superfluity, because cither in- Flpidly corr.monrlace or speciously vicious. Mr. Heysc's play, however, presents the exception, for its ethical valu. is unique and remarkable. In the I lays that are ccmrncr.ly presented, relative to the particular form of human frailty typified by the Magdalen, the heroine is a sinful woman, who Is distressed because either she cannot possess an tdored lover, or, beir.g in dl-?r&ce. cannot reinstate herself In social position and est^m: and. further jnore. she is a being whose misfortunes are. theo retically, ascribed to ungovernable excess of emo tion, arid in whose behalf it is claimed that her loveliness of character.— an attribute which Is thought to be always compatible with the immoral ities of amiable weakness,— should commend her to fhSßiaa sympathy, and be deemed an effectual pal liative, if not a complete Justification, of bar sin. The indirect influence of those plays, accordingly, has been that of evil communication ; an influence tesdir.g to "blur the grace and blush of modesty," to perplex moral perception, and to saturate the publi; mind with a mushy sentimentality, debili tating to character and detrimental to intellect. Tfc6 afflicted sinner -ho is only grieved because mviror.ea with unpropitious worldly circumstances U not a sufferer whose agonies should elicit much #xpenfiiture of public compassion. Mrs. Iris, Mrs. Taaqueray and company would readily recover. vrith a little amatory consolation or ■ little fash lA&able favor. In brief, the erring sister, as usually <sepicte3 on the stage, is a humbug, and therefore she is the proper object of satire and contempt; and if th* Magdalen had been introduced into a *raraa merely for the purpose of exploiting her vldous life, bewailing her socially outlawed condi tion, or seeking to inspire a mawkish sympathy *Ith her putative woes, she might well be dismissed »« cr.ly or.c more of the wanton, sophistical frauds that have co long encumbered the theatre and to frtevously besmirched the public taste. Mr. Heyse's rlay reveals an entirely different purpose, since, for the first time, '.• shows the fallen woman,—incar ■atc in the most famous representative of her cits?.— neither as the courtesan luring her lover *w tht social pariah contending for her for feited rank, but as the repentant elnner, rescued, K regenerated, and redeemed, who no longer craves tht forgiveness or ads th* tumultuous nothing- Jess cf rr.an. but. meekly enduring the appointed *?.<1 Inevitable punishment for sin. reposes all her saps in the promise of divine pardon, and looks to ■ life that is forward and far from here. It might ** urged, and doubtless it will be, that the consid eration of themes so momentous and awful as thesc-.-the operation of divine law for the punlsh *nest of sin. and the movement of divine love for *he purification of the soul.— ought not to be at t^apted under such conditions as prevail in the theatre; for. in general, the theatre Is a frivolous rlace. and the theatrical audience desultory and shallow: moreover, certain subjects, of vital in terest to mankind, are subjects for silent thought *£d r.ot for public discussion. The final judgment. ■Probably, will be that "Mary of Magdala" is a work for the library rather than the stage, for reading •Mber than for representation; bat, in the mean Tim*, *very thoughtful observer of it will perceive 'hit it treats a great and solemn matter in a spirit *& perfect re \>-rence. and that every lmpartment of It U vital with the sovereign Christian motives of rharity. purity, and hope. 1:. the tr presentation of this drama Mrs. Rake ** Mary and Mr. Tyrone Power as Ju("as« are alike tormoßlzed and contrasted, the latter more di- r «tly in,p rPSS ing the imagination (for Judas is aaaewtat the more dramatic, imaginative char acter of the two), and the former more directly t&utfilsg the heart. Mary I* an emblem of Buffer- Jnt while Juda«. whose impulses ere earthly and minted with evil, is an emblem of action. Both aM shown as persons of Intense emotion and vi tjfliijrj and ax early subjected to the influence of th» unseen but strangely potential prophet, and b <nh are depicted as creatures of a destiny fluent Iri sia his control,— Mary being converted Into his *s>rsh!r-per, while Judas becomes his almost ma niacal foe. Toward these results the march of in cident Is nteady and direct. At the outset Judas has already began to waver in his fidelity to a leader who will not wage war upon the Roman op pressor, while Mary.-disiHufioned, remorseful, em bittered, at variance with herself, vaguely appre hensive and on the eve of regeneratim.— is secretly attracted toward her spiritual redeem. and wish ful to behold him. T: divergence between Mary and Judas begins at once, and. directly after Mary has Pfon the Nasarene and has been saved from a violent death through the Interposition of His memorable command ("He that is without Fin among you. let him cast th* first stonVi It broad ens to a final separation, and in both their lives the crisis Is precipitated and the inevitable tragedy accomplished. For Judas th*rc ... hour of terrible distress and ielf-confllct when, In mingled delirium and desolation, he yields ... lure of the subtle Calaphas and betrays his leader; and for Mary there comes an hour of still more agoniz ing trial when. in!nef;,l of the divine behest, she must shrink from deadly sin. and thereby— as her tortured mind believes— saertfice the life that is most precious to hT. of all things In the world. Thr-pe scene's of temptation and anguish for Judas and Mary are the actual substance of the drama the operation of wicked power on the part of the wily and malevolent iphas beinir Incidental, and th» evanescent passion of Flavius for Mary being little more than a device to create a dra matic situation: and this situation is not a now one—for. though made In a more human spirit and In a different and sweeter way. the proposal of Flavius to Mary for the rescue of the prophet is much the same proposal that Angelo, in Shake speare, makes to Isabella for the rescue of Claudlo. Two scenes of overwhelming pathos en sue, in one of which Judas, conscious of his hideous crime, invokes the terrors of the tempest to blast and destroy him; while in the other, sub limated with grief, the redeemed Magdalen be holds with ecstasy the second coming of the Prince of Peace. These scenes were somewhat marred by accident to the intricate machinery of the storm, but Mr. Power, with exemplary self command and tremendous energy, covered all de fects and carried the action to a superb close. Mrs. Fiske. who has not hitherto acted any part that contains so much experience, '• ■ Ing spiritu ality, and mournful beauty as are combined In Mr Heyae's Magdalen, rises, in this embodiment, to an impressive altitude of power— the power not only to comprehend a terrible conflict In a great soul and to form a lofty ideal of moral grandeur triumphant over human passion, but the power to embody that self-conflict and that moral grandeur in a sumptuous image of beautiful womanhood, and to express them with Intense sympathy, afflu ent vigor, and pathetic grace. An exquisite sensi bility pervades the performance and vitalizes every fibre of it. The language Is blank VerM end therefore the actress ha? been . constrained to modify her customary elocutionary method almost discarding the use of rapid, incisive, convulsive speech and of the rising inflection, and employing an ampler, richer, and more deliberate, sonorous, ar.<! musical mode of utterance. Her delivery of the part is marked by sincerity and simplicity, and her portrayal of it by complete identification, .md this is sustained through a terribly trying ordeal of emotional change. Transition is the guiding principle of the part, and no artistic dexterity could exceed the skill with which thrse several changes ar? made and shown in Mrs Fiske's per formance. During the period antecedent to Mary's first sight of the Nazarenf. — a period wherein she is dimly conscious of something ominous and fateful, rear at hand, — remains self-contained, domi nant, imperial, and yet bitter, moody, and subtly apprehensive, and the observer sees a woman of intrinsic nobility, parted now from the moorir.gs of rectitude. Fad in her gloomy splendor, but neither shameless nor hopeless, because conscious of degradation, haunted with a secret dread, and already half redeemed. Mrs. Flake's denotement of this haseard and Shuddering loneliness of the soul, beneath a calm exterior thai covers without concealing the torture and the misery, makes the firm and sure basis of her whole strong, tender, and touching impersonation. The image thus dis played by : -- Is that of a woman who has passed beyond either the weakness or the solace of human love, and whose soul stands bare before the doom of affliction which is the inevitable penalty of sin. and which no subterfuge of mortality can evade or escape. The discipline of sorrow has not. indeed, been completed: the fiery, self-willed, passionate, reckless spirit flames out yet or.c» more, In a de fiant, almost delirious speech.— by Mrs. Fiske with Impetuous vehemence and magnificent FCorn,— against the High Priest Calaphas. when that insidious prelate has vainly tried to make Mary the vicious Instrument of his wickedr.ess: but. when once she has stood in the Sacred Pres ence, the conquest of perversity 1? finished, and thereafter the only struggle that Mary knows Is the struggle to escape from external evil.— putting away the terrible temptation of wrongdoing In order that right may fell©*-.— ar.d thus to clinc. with the tenacity of desperation, to the. one im mortal hope that her soul has grasped. Tho greater opportunities for the actress arrive In the climacteric scenes; the final Interview with Judas, the grief-stricken, forlorn parting with Rachel.— ln which Mrs. Fiske perfectly expressed the cold apathy and afflicting calm of despair.— and the repulse of Flavius. which is the consummation of the tragedy: and in theai scenes Mrs. Fiske not only displayed extraordinary depth of true emotion (a rare thing on the stage, with anybody), but an essential and authoritative tragic force, that her warmest admirers had not supposed her to pos sess. Her acting In the subsequent scene of de lirium and anguish. whan th<J storm clouds drift away and the cold star gleams in a bleak sky over the hill of Calvary, while it adds no new element of power to the Impersonation, deepens the pathos of It and makes It round, complete, and final as a type of moral and spiritual victory over sin and sorrow and all th* troubles of frail mortality and an evanescent world. The character that Mrs. Flake has added to the dramatic pantheon of this period may not permanently endure on the stage, but It can never be effaced from the memory. In the delineation of Judas there Is less of suffer ing and more of action, but for him also there is a deadly struggle. He begins with passionate love for an enchanting woman, which presently Is checked by idolatry for a great leader. He wavers between faith and love, until both are lost to him, he becomes insane with pelf-conflict; he commits the horrible crime of the betrayal; and. thereafter, in hopeless agony of remorse, though with yet the colossal endurance of unbroken pride and adaman tine will, he triumphs over his earthly enemies by a self-inflicted death. Mr. Tyrone Power.-with fine presence, splendid vigor of action, sympathetic voice, and absolute comprehension of every detail of the character and every possibility of th« scene, —presented the gloomy, austere and terrible figure In a way to thrill the imagination, to arouse and sustain a shuddering sympathy, and greatly to deepen tho pathos of a most pitiful experience. in various p..ems of Insight and feeling.- notably in poems by Story and Robert Buchanan, -the trag edy of Judas has been presented in a light that shows him at least as an object of compassion. Th« theme presents difficulties that cannot be ob viated. Mr. Keyse has made a perfectly consistent study of the man. endowing him with a peculiar nature and supplying him with a perfectly adequate motive and Mr. Power has converted that study Into a form of wonderful life. In the moment of the betrayal. h« seemed the Incarnation of an evil spirit: in the moment of th- parting, from Mary ("or, in Jerusalem— a grave"), he seemed, with the deadly calm and cold malignity of his passion. the supreme head and source of wicked power: and in his closing scene of remorse he conveyed the struggle between agony of the spirit and pride of the intellect with a felicity of action and vocal expression altogether extraordinary In this period of our stage, and such as reveal, in a most auspi cious way, the faculty for tragedy of a yet higher Mrs Flake's success In this sombre play was still further aided by Mr. M. J. Jordan, as Caiaphas (a felicitous performance of a straight and easy part); Mr Henry Woodruff, as Flavins, in which difficult part he often gave capita] effect to the verse, by his finely expressive delivery of it. and in which his action was invariably picturesque and often spirit ed though once marred by forced laughter at an important exit; Miss Rose Eytinge. as Rachel, a performance replete with appropriate gravity and chastened emotion, and Mr. W. B. Mack, as Simon. who has to speak the famous Scriptural line, and thus to make and hold one of the most important situations in the piece, and who did this thorough ly w.i! The scenery and dresses are indeed mag nificent and much can be learned from them, and from the drama. This is, by far. the most superb production of the dramatic year, aid as such It was studiously observed and cordially received Not for many a long day has any manifestation of dramatic art been made In this capital, BO thought ful so ambitious, so momentous as that now made by ' Mrs Fiske. in her presentment of the Mag dalen, or one so lofty In spirit and so sadly beau tiful in effect. w * "" NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1902. MR. WETZLERS FIRST CONCERT. Mr Herman Hans retxler gave the first of five concerts projected for the season at Carnegie ; Hall. These concerts, It Is understood, differ from j the twoseore or more of other orchestral concerts j whir-h confront the muple patrons of New-York in having a mission. The concerts of the Philhar monic Society and Boston Symphony Orchestra. li : must be understood, are mere idle diversions; these ; roncert« are to disclose what musical art is. At j 10:05 o'clock last nig-ht two-fifths of the first ex- . position had be ■■:. concluded, and many pen evidently fearful of their Inability to endure the whole revelation, went home. To the sympa ••• observer It seemed as if. possibly, a good idea had been somewhat overdone. With a. very good orchestra. Mr. Wetzler had accomplished a very good performance of Beethoven's fifth sym phony, and Mr. Gabrllowitsch, to a very mediocre accompaniment, had played th*- same composer's pianoforte concerto In G major, which was, at least, a happy choice, because of the rhythmical bond of union with the work which preceded i'- But for one reason or another, and several rea sons more, the evening; grew very long, and many pood people, preferring to so to bed on the same date on which they had arisen, voluntarily d ■- prlved themselves of the pleasure of hearing the prelude and finale of TVagner's "Tristan und Ipolde,' Rubinstein's concerto in D minor for violoncello (played by Miss Klsa Ru<*reer) and the prelude to "Die Meiste.rsinger yon Numbers," all of which remained on th» programme. The Intemperance of Mr. Wetzler'a offering was the one unfortunate feature of it. There could be no purpose in asking: a pood ratured public to hear BO mi; familiar music except to demon strate how It ought to be played in contradis tinction to the manner in which It has been played here year In and y*>ar out. This demonstration was not made to any s:artl!nt; extent, yet th* 1 con cert was highly creditable to all concerne pecially to Mr Wetzler. It was plain thai cast a synthetic eye on the work and thai h( knew the value .-if a painstakinc performance of every phnse in every voice and of the effect of a harmonious co-operation of all the voices. H*» at tained results) which were gratifying even if they did not disturb the equilibrium of the town's mv- Sical judgment. And for this h- Is entltlt congratulation. THE LAST FROHMAN CONCERT. There will be several features of unique interest In the last of Daniel Frohman's Sunday evening concerts next Sunday. The People's Choral Union, numbering one thousand voices, under the direc tion of Frank Damrosch. will ting several oratorio selections, and all of Bruch'B cantata, "Fair Ellen." There will also be solos rung by Mrs. Shannah Cummings and Gwilym Miles, and the orchestra, under Walter Damrosch. will i lay Tschalkowsky's "1812" overture and Liszt's 'Preludes." To en hance the effect an immense sounding board will be erected over tho stage. A CONCERT OF S CAMILLO ENOEL'fI Mt'SIC ! iy of the concert in Mende :■ ■ 00U that It was a ; ■ •» the. talent of artists like. Mr Bud Mr Galileo wasted upon such mv XOTEZ OF THE STAGE MR? TBAMaNS'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED AT THE CaSINO The sixty-seventh anniversary of Mrs. Annie Teamans s bin and alao. as it happened, the fifty seventh anniversary of her appearance on the. professional *t«Ke. was celebrated at the Casino yesterday with a special matinee performance of "A Chinese Honeymoon," In which Mrs. Yeamans Dlavs the official mothtr-ln-law, an.l with v. dinner afterward. Tne matinee performance netted some J4.000. which was presented to the veteran actress as ii birthday Rift. She also received some token or other from every member of the cast, the chorusi and the s:aMC hands, and a huge cake with 6ixty-seven candles was brought to her upon th*> stage, while th* audience .aughed and applauded. She and Mr. Seiibrooke each made, a little *p*ech. and the latter astonished the house by singing To "Mr. Dooley" the following utanza: She says her age Is alxty-.toven, don't believe the word. She Is? an Irish nlphtlr.cale, ot rours* she la a MM She'n prowlr.g younger every .lay instead of grow- InK old. Her hair has turned to silver hut her heart has turned to sold. Oh. Mrs. -ins. Mr«. Teamane, Ev'ry word I am ulnglnp it is true, She's so smiling and beguiling. Is Mrs. Annii Yeamans. ooly, 00. Perhaps this was the least expensive of the veteran comedienne's rifts but it seemed to please her as much as anything. The Shubert Brothers, at the clone of the per formance, served refreshments for the audience, and later pave a dinner on the st.ape for Mrs. Yeamans and the company. Miss Marl« Dressier was reported better yes terday. V/ll PRESIDENT OF OBERLIX. Oberlin. Ohio. Nov. 19.— At the annual meeting of the board of trv;stees of Oberlin College to-day Dr. Henry Churchill Klne was elected to the presidency of that Institution to succeed the late- Dr. John Henry Barrows. Dr. King was born In Ilillsdale. Mich., on September IS, 1838. Most of his college experience has been in connection with the Institution of which he is now president In 1879 be received from Oberlin the degree of A. B. In ISS3 Harvard pave htm th* decree of D. D From 1579 to ÜB3 he wa* professor of Latin and mathematics In Oberlin The following two years were «>i)'nt In study at Harvard For two yearn Dr. Kins was a student in Berlin. He was "made dean of Oberlin In 1891 de ing the presidency of th« Chicago Theological Seminary to take the place. TTIE WEATHER REPORT YESTERDAY'S RECORD ANT TO-DAY? FORErAST. Ingten, Now — Tr:» <3<ipr*si>!on off the Virginia coast on Tuesday evening has passed off to sea and the weather ha« cleared except In Eastern New KnirUr ! The Plateau low arfa ha« been forced southward lomfwha! and is central to-nlpht in Southern I'tah and Southern Colo rado. Th» eastern part of th* onur.rry li amin occupied by an an-a. of hlph pressure. »nd a moderata high area Is moving seutaeastward over th« Northeast Rocky Mountain slose There hat h**n rain In Eastern New-Enpland. and snow In tli« r>lat*au reelnn. the Northern Rocky Mountain re- Kl^n. an.l rain on th- Pacific Cwiet and In Central Califor nia. It is somewhat warmer in the BouUlwest and th« Lower Mlssltslppl Valley. It i* colder over the Upper Missouri Valley, Jli-Wln Rocky Mountain ami plateau re- Klonfl. Temperature* oast of the. Mlssiselppl tire ("till clx to ten derreca above th* s»»*on»l average. Fair weathw Is Indicated for all dietriets eaut 'if the Mississippi nn Thursday and probably M.lav There will be snow In the Mi-Mle Rocky Mountain r<=Klon and the Southwest On Thursday, and rain over th<> «otith slope on Friday. Rain or tnow ts *lao probable In th* Missouri Valley on Thurs day and Friday, exterxiinc into the upper lake region on Thursday ulcht or Friday. It will be much enlder In the Middle. Rofky Mountain region. with a moderate cold wave on Thursday. It will alto be colder on Thursday in th* Upper Mississippi alley, and colder on Friday in Northern Texan and over the south slope. The winds along the Atlantic Coast will be mostly light northwest; -m th« Gulf f'oaßt lißht and varlaMe. oeeom lne fresh southeast on the Texas Coast on Friday; on th« Great La'ikPi mostly fre»h to south Hteamsrs denartlni on Thurs.iay for European ports will ha' ■• slight north winds and fair weather to the Grand Bank*. Warnings for a moderate cold wave have heen issued for Colorado, extent In southeast portion. Wyoming and Southern Utah. FORECAST FOR TO-DAT AND FRIDAY. For New-England, fair to-day and Friday: light north winds, becomlns variable. For Eastern New-York. Eastern Pennsylvania, New- Jersey. Delaware, the District of Columbia and Maryland. fair to-day and Friday; light northwest winds, becoming V8 For Western Tennsylx-anla and Western New-York, fair For Western Pennsylvania ar.d w«'»rn Kew-Tertt fsir to-day and Frldav; light to fr»»h southwest %ir.ds. TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. In this diagram the continuous white lino shows the chances lc piesiure as Indicated by The Tribune's s«lf reu>rdlns barometer. The dotted line shows the tempera ture as recorded at Terr j" a Pharmacy. The following official record from the Weather Bureau ■BOWS the chances in the tempers tur#> for the last twenty four hours In comparison with the corresponding date of last year . 1!W1 llx-2 1801 3a. m •'«$. 86:* p. m T>l ' 37 « a. m ** 34;« p. m 53 34 S:3O a. m ■ *« — '9 p. m .12 31 V* a m «• 341 11 p. m 50 3" 12m.' •« as 12 p. m 48 39 3:30 p. m 3S — -| Highest temperature, yesterday, M degrees; lowest. 4« MUSIC. Serreei average 12 JetTS— ; average (at corresponding date of last year. T. 4 decrees- average for corresponding <Jat» cf last twenty-five years. 41 dag* lyval forecast: Fair to-flav and Friday; lirht nnrth wsi ■nlr.'if, be.-omine varla'c'l*. LETTERS TO THE EPITOtt. CONCERNING THE MINERS* UNION. AN ADMIEIXQ ' ACrOI'XT OF MR. BROOKS? •LECTURE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: I note by my Tribune of yesterday that Bishop Potter, in his late lecture at Detroit, holds that legislation will not prevent trouble between capital and labor, and that the problem is entirely an ethical question. to be solved by the cultiva tion of a conciliatory spirit on both sides. I think that legislation and politics in its broadest and best sense, ns well as governmental oversight, has very much to do with the solving of the problem, and along this line I ask some space to give an abstract of a lecture that I heard lately. Few men have studied social and industrial ques tions as thoroughly as has John Graham Brooks, of Cambridge, and his lecture on Saturday before the League for Political Education upon the "Coal Strike" was such a vigorous and lucid analysis of the situation that it Is well worth referring to for the benefit of every earnest reader of The Tribune. After referring to his having studied the coal in dustry for sixteen years and to his days spent In the mining districts, sifting and collating evidence until he was tired, he said he sympathized deeply with both employer and employe, for they were both meeting with appalling difficulties at every turn. The present wage system is "too inelastic" and unmanageable, he declared, and must bo modi fied—must, in fact, be educated— the trade unions must learn to co-operate with capitalists and employers to bring about a better state of affairs. There must be "conscious regulation" and some fairer understanding between the eighteen warring nationalities which the mine owners have so selfish ly brought into this region to exploit labor. Amid all the lies for and against both employer and employe some facts stand out clear and defi nite. Contracts have been broken on both sides, but many of those made years ago by Individual wage earners have proved disadvantageous by greatly changed conditions, and are not now practically useful. The troops did not cause the return of*the men to the mines, but often, on the contrary, caused non-union men. or "scabs." to drop their tools and Join with the strikers. The stories of killing by the strikers were grossly exaggerated, as was shown In the examination in detail of 105 cases. Out of twenty-one deaths, only four could In any way be traced to striking miners as the cause of the same. Absenteeism and financ ing in Wall Street of coal and railroad stocks are two of the causes of the trouble— fact, as to all such things no one will ever tell us the whole truth. Every means has been used to keep wages down, and under the specious plea of protection of home industries a wrong has been committed against a long suffering class of 111 paid laborers. Then. too. there is the surplus thirty thousand laborers, and continuous employment lasting only IS3 S-10 days in the year. "Surely," said the speak er, "this is all a long and dismal story of exploit ing human weakness." There Is also to be considered the whole miserable list of petty tricks, such as 70 per cent profit on pow der sold tlie miners, and the, %v.,rk of the dockers, who guess at the amount of slate and often wrong fully welsh the coal as it is sent out of the mine. The" bosses told the speaker they knew the system was wrong, but knew no remedy for the same. And then, how many have to work twelve hours .i .lay. when six hours Is ail that should be required of them? But the miners hive nil learned new lessons un der this shadow side of life, and their organizations have learned that the public will not sustain them unless they are law abiding and careful not to ex erciFo despotically their power over the non-union men. A new force has been let loose, and "poll tics In its largest sense" hns come Into the indus trial life of tnis great mining region. The King of lielßlum and the Presidents of both France and America see this factor and recognize its potency. fcr it Is shukiii? to their foundations our old idols. The non-union man who won't strike, like the Tory of 1576 who would not fight, will be obliged in time to join the union, and then with some proper system of incorporation and responsibility. im" learn how to aid in eolving a very serious problem. Mr. Brooks spoke very seriously when referring to overt nets of boycotting and cruelty, and declared they should be suppressed. If It required all th* armed forces of the Union to accomplish It end yet. on the other hand, no "smashing" of the unior.B. as some would have it. would answer— fact, such persecution would only make the unions stronger. They ire a great conservative force, and ne< i! only better education and administration. In the last eighteen months they hove doubled their rn.Tnb.rs. and ere long, if our people cease to edu cate antasonisms and er.Joln co-operation, th- Joint agreement system will prevail, and peace will some dny take the place of war In the industrial world. "unly th«« oilier day " said the speaker. "1 Ivard of I ca^'e where the right Of the employer to discharge incompetent workmen w.13 vigorously sustained by the council of a certain union, und the president went so far as to furnish 'seab 1 labor to help the emt.iover r.eat off the number of his own union. This talli.-s well with another Illustration of fair dealing where. In the rnislr.c of funds to aid the striker certain rich capitalistic employers known to Mr Brooks had subscribed each week thousands of dollars to the fund, because, as th,3y said, they were "bound to see fair play." Thus it is plain to ?ee that the trade unions have come to stay. And they will. In all probability, If well handled, have little space or need of the socialist affitatur. The who!.- nd.lress was marked by great earnest ness and lucidity of reasoning, as well as mur-h of svrnpathy with the trials of both employer and em- Dloye At the end the speaker referred to the Im portance of Incorporating the trade unions, and appealed to all his hearers to take them at their best nd not at their worst, and to do all li their power to brlns about between capitalist and wase earner a better and truer understanding of wh*t is their duty to themselves, the government and th- people at large. The writer would like to say a word as to his own views about the union man. and the greatest ■ufferer of all. the honest non-union man. but want of "pace forbids. JOSIAH C. PI'MPELU. New-York. Nov. 11. 1902. "PERSONOMINALS." To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: In a recent Issue of your valuable paper a wish was expressed on the editorial page for a word to express names coined from association of Home idea or Invention with that of an individual. What do you think of ••pereonominaja?" wnai a. >ou i jjART BARTLETT KEIiOOO. Skaneateles, N. T., Nov. 17, ISO 2. A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY OF LONG DURA TION. To the Editor of The Tribune Sir: I have been paying premiums on a policy of life insurance for fifty-two years, and am wonder ing if there Is another policy In existence of equal date My policy Is No 4S in the Manhattan Life Insurance Company, and was issued to me on Oc tober 29, 1830. There is no other policy now ahead of me in the company. I should like to hear from any one having an old^nol^rtafor^^^^ Maplewood. N. J.. Oct. 30. 1902. a REFLECTIONS ON THE COAL SHORTAGE. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Dr Brooks, In his Rbl« lecture before th« Political Education League last Saturday, was markedly enthusiastic on one point. This was the fact thar men In all walks of life have given considerable sums of money to support the coal strike. The effect of this statement upon some minds, at least, would have been better had It been linked wkh the statement thai these same free givers had provided fuel for some of the thou sands of families suaering for that necessity. There Is not an ill that flesh is heir to that is not aggravated by scarce and expensive fuel. It is safe to say that In the whole country there are but two classes that are no: feeling— and are not sure to feel cruei.y— coal shortage. These are the monstrously rich and the people in the coal region. The mine owner and the poorest mine worker can at least keep warm. When so much sympathy is bestowed in one direction, It i* well lO spare a little for those who, though hors de combat, are sail keen sufferers. Not only, It would seem, are the poor to endure physical depri vation, but they are in danger of moral degenera tion as well. New-Jersey, always startling in its administration of what it calls justice, has lately put it on record that stealing coal Is not stealing, Nor. It seems, is stealing wood stealing. Of course the high price of coal leaves a family with less money for bread and meat, for shoes and Jackets. If the children learn on the street that they may steal coal wi.y may they not steal from the butch, er and th« shoemaker? Self-respect, pride, hon esty broken down, they soon become thieves—re cruits for the criminal class. From every point Of view the situation Is menacing. The well to do can now find opportunities for self-denial n«ar at hand. Judicious personal kindness may avert misery and crime. The strikers are not tne only claimants for gen erosity President Roosevelt (who, I think, was not mentioned by Dr. Brooks) pleads nobly for "the third class" In the coal struggle. And, thank God, there are voices pleading for the non-union work er, called "the scab." but "a man for a' that"— a man often as conscientiously loyal to his con victions of right as Mr. Mitchell is to his. Tonkers. N. V , Nov. 10. 1902. FAIR PLAT. ■■■ ■ » OTHER BELASCO THEATRE. San Francisco. Nov. 19.— Fred Belasco has se cured a ten year lease, with an option of five more, on the new theatre now in course of construction at the corner of Ninth and Market sts.. In this city. BRW THE PASSING THRONG. Thprf is a movement on foot to place th» fi«:ht against ticket scalping in i 111 la* of •• central agen cy, formed for that purpose. At , TO FIGHT rre«*rit, railroads and association* j TICKET combat it separately. That was SCALPERS. what Charles H. Burrell remarked at the Imperial yesteriay. Said he: j "Individual effort to stamp out scalping ha« not • been successful owing to collusion between d!s- ' honest passenger officials and ticket brokers, which has prevented thorough investigation. It i.- (at} | to understand that an investigation or prosecution i by ■ local authority lacks efficiency when it d*- I velops that a member of the road has had dealings i with th* brokers. If thf- work were put in the hands of a general authority such influence! would be- removed, and a thorough sifting out would be i possible. It would also relieve passenger officials i from any suspicion of collusion, and the agency | would be free to act. An experienced passenger I man would nave to be at the head of the agency." Oklahoma is revealing new possibilities each year. I according to J. C. Sanderson, of Kingfisher, that ; Territory. Said he at the Fifth i OKLAHOMA'S Avenue yesterday: "Our Territory | POSSIBILI- Is giving up its secrets one by one. ! TIES. and the more it is developed the \ more we find what a good place it is to live In. First it was the fertility of the soil that attracted the homesteaders. Then cotton rais ing became the feature, due to a suitable climate. From that it was but a step to begin manufactur- i ing. Now we are beginning to find mineral deposits. Just recently at < 'urtis, Woodward County, strata of ' puiv rock salt 2>> feet thick were discovered at a depth of only 47 feet. Below the rock a stream of hot water, highly impregnated with minerals, was found. Who knows now but what Oklahoma, in addition to its other features, will rival the: States famed for their mineral springs?" There is another boom in Missouri ores, and East ern capitalists are looking to the Jopllr. district for investments. So William B. Peck, MISSOURI of Joplin. Mo., asserted yesterday MINING at the Waldorf. He is here Poking after the inter* of some mining properties in that section. "There are more new prospects being opened." said he. "and more mining activity in the Joplin district now than sine- the boom three years ago. Eastern money is going there and many properties changed hands last week. Several bi? deals are pending. Zinc is con sidered a good investment, and there i.-* no wild cat speculation. There are reports of new mineral strikes daily. Around Joplin are rich zinc de posits and at Jasper Wd is found In abundance. Carthage. Mo., and Baxter Springs. Kan., are teeming with activity, zinc being found there in large quantities. There Is I b!sj accumulation of ore In the bins at these places, ready for ship ment, but a shortage of cars has prevented a free movement. Missouri mining will be heard from frequently this winter on account of the. growing production. Last week the zinc mined was valuer at $744. n0>\ while J25.000 worth of lead was produced."' CLETELAyn BAGS THE DUCKS. HD HAD BEEN HUNTING IN' VIRGINIA AN"D SECURED A GOOD HAMPER OF GAME. Norfolk. Va., Nov. 19.— Ex-President Grover Cleve land and party returned to Norfolk this afternoon from the preserves of the Back Bay Gunnin? Club, where they had been duck shooting, as the guests of Joseph Seelinser, of this city, who is president of the club. Mr. Cleveland's rerurn was unex pected, as he intended to remain at the marshes for a few more days. The ex-PresWeni and party left for New-York by the New-York. Philadelphia and Norfolk route. A larce hamper of game was forwarded to Mrs. Cleveland at Princeton by the ex-President. MR. ROWFX RECOTERTyG. Parts, Nov. 19.— Deputy Consul. General Bowen. who has been seriously ill for the last two months, has sufficiently recovered to admit of his sailing for America on leave of absence on the St. Louis. which leaves Cherbourg on Saturday. TRAySA TLASTIO TRAVELLER?. Some of those who sailed on the Deutschland yesterday for Plymouth. Cherbourg ax.d Hamburg were: Mis? Katharine Bayliss. ' Miss Ada Phe'.ps Dj<lge. Williams P. B'Jrien | Vrs. Silas Edwards. John Urtnckerhoff Jackson, i Miss Edwards. l'n:ted States Minister to; Gecr*" Rltter yon Grtvlce. Oreeue. ! Dr. Theodore L* -«ni. Mrs. Elizabeth r.ay'.lsa. ' Dr. ft.r.i Mrs. Henry Haynes. Major M. Burke. j C H. Nettletoa. Mr- K. A. Brarte. Mr* Katherine A. Xettleton. ■Walter Thelps Dodje. , Prince Henry yon Ple»e. Mr and Mrs. Guy Phelps W. C R>!ck. Dodß*. Tharles H. Swift. U«utenan! and Mrs. yon Bishop J. M. Thoburn. Peura. Major B. F. We<ks. Mr and Mrs. J. A. David- Captain and Mrs. C. S. Wil son, son. On the Ftledrich der Grosse, which arrived, here yesterday from Bremen, were: Gf»ral J. M. Davlla. I Damn Ferdlnaai ron Sehol- M!s* X H. Davis. ley. M!*s Florence E. Hyde. Dr. and Mrs. Walter Wever Mrs. H. E. Stebblns. and family. Mrs Iletene yon Scholley. Mrs. Rudolph Walther and Ruth yon Scholley. family. Among those who sailed for Liverpool yesterday on the steamer Oceanic were: Mr and Mrs. E. J. Arblb. | Mr. an! Mrs. W. A. Mo- John M Armour. ! Creery. 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Patoow a* 530 p. m. for ArgßC.:ae, L'm«uar and Paraguay. r*r »• *• British Monarch ; a^ 7 p. m. tor Newfoundland, per a • Buenoa Ayreaa. tram Piuiadel c ATURDAT — At 8 a. m for Bermuda, pa* s. s Pretoria j at 6 a-"m. for Porto Rico, per a. ■- Caaaia; a: 9 a. m. (supplementary 9:30 a. m.) for Curacao a=d Veneauela. pVr ■ • Maraeaibo (mail for ?*van;;:a and Cartagena, must be' directed "per '■ »• Mararajbc at 930 a. m. (supplementary 10:30 a. m. for Fortune Island. Ja maica. Savanilla. Cartarena and OreytowTi. per a *. Allegheny (mail for Costa Rica must be directed "per a c Alle«hany*'): at 10 a. m. tor Cuba, per a a. Mexico, via Havana. Malls for Newfoundland, by '"•-!'. t<-> Vorth Sydney. an<* thence by steamer, close at this office dally at B:*> p m (connectins close here every Monday. Wednes day and Saturday. Mails for Mtauelon or rail to Boston, and thence by steamer, close a: thU eSce dally at H:3O p. m. Malls for Cube, by rail to Port Tampa. Fla.. and thence by steamer, dose at tala of fice dally, except Thursday at +.1:30 a. m. (the con aectln< close* are made en Mondays. Wedneadava and Saturdays). Mails for Mexico City, overland, unleea gp^ia'.;- addressed for dispatch by steamer, close at this office daily except Sunday at 1:30 ©. m. and ll:3O . m >-:- :av< at 1 p. rr. and 11:30 p. m. Mails for Costa Rl-a. Be:;i«. Puerto Cortej and letter mail for Guatemala, by rail to Ne-r-Orleans. and theace By steamer, close at tfcta office dally, except Sunday, at ♦ 1 30 p. m. and til 30 p. in.. Sunday at tl p. m . aad> til -30 p- m. (connecting closes here Mondays at *11 3o p. m for Belize. Puerto Cortei and letter man tor Guatemala, and Tuesdays at 11:30 p. m for Costa Rica. I * lß7 ** s mill l closes at 8 p. m. previous day. TRANSPACIFIC MAILS. Malls for Hawaii. Japan, China and specially addrete«2 matter for the Philippine Islands. via San Francisco. cll.^e here dally at 6:30 p. m. up to November tax la clualve for dlspatqh per s. a, Hong Kong Mara. Mills for Australia (except West Australia. wMeh to forwarded via Europe). New Zealand. Fiji Samoa and Hawaii, via San Francisco, close here daily at 3 30 p. m. after November M and up to November t22. la duslve. for dispatch per *. a Ventura, (If the Cunard steamer carrying the British mall far New Zealand does not arrive In time la connect with tins dispatch, extra, malls closing at 3:30 a. m.. 8:30 a. m. and 6:30 p. m.: Sundays at 4:30 a. m.. 9<£ m. and 6:30 p. R.i will b» made up and forwarded until the arrival of to* Cuaax<t steamer., Malta tor China and Japan, via Vancouver and Victoria, B. C. close here dally at 6:30. p. m. up to November tS. lr.cluatve for dispatch per • a. Empress of CMaa (registered mall must be specially addressed. Mer:naa— dis* far V. S. Postal At*ncy at Shanghai cannot ba forwarded via Canada). Mails for the Philippine Islands, via San Francisco, clos* here daily at 6:30 p. m. Ip to November tat. Inclusive, tor dispatch per United States transport. Ma. ls In* Hawaii. China. Japan and Philippine Island*. via &an Francisco, close here daily at 6:30 p. m. op la November 12s. inclusive, for dispatch per a. a. China. Mails for Hawaii, via San Francisco, close here dally at 6:30 p. m a" to December tX. Inclusive, for diapatah per i. a. Alameda. Mall* for Tahiti and Mamuesas Islands, -la San Frajs- Cisco, close here dally at .30 p. m. op to Decembaw ♦1, Inclusive, for dispatch per a. s. Marlpoea. Malls tor China and Japan, via Tacoma. close hers daß> at 6:30 p. m. up to December t2. Inclusive, for dis patch per s. a. Olympla. Malls for Australia (except West Australia, which aeaa via Europe, and New-Zealand, which goes v.a Saa Francisco), and Fiji Islands. via Vancouver and Vla torla. 3. C. close here dally at 6:30 p. m. after No-. vember *22. and up to December fa. inclusive, for ai» patch par a. a. Aoran«l. Transpacf:^ mails are forwarded to port of saCteg di'.Jr and the schedule of closing Is arracged on the presump tion of their unlnterrucied overland transit. IWa«la tered mall closes 8:00 p. m. previous day. CORNITLirS VAX COTT. Postniaster. Poatofßca. New- York. N. T.. No-an»b*r 14. 1903. J 9