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ACADEMY OF MUSIC. r- ; ... Monday, evening,^ , . Creatorc.and hJs band. " ■\V«rancs<3ayr: matinee and evening, " ; ; "The American Tramp." .:■■ ::'-.'-; -BIJOU THEATRE;" :; ; ; Three night, .beginning, to-borrow evening, and: Tu6eday matinee, '. '.- •■•..'■■' ; " "Xooping: thd-'Loop." -" ■•:■.-".• J3alancc of the:week, matinees'.Thurs • r day and Saturday, . ' KJjou Comody Company in "A Con „ - t *" tented Woman.- - ; — *'• Kow, -that Iho holidays arc a thing of ;£ Ibe; past, and Santa Claus has. retired; to" ; '.''-. his; quarters for. another .twelfth month.' :■.- -..the public mind,- or/at Ic^yt that part.of '" it interested .in things: "theatrical, has reverted -again to the ; play, houses. ■*,'-• With rare foresight,; ; the. local ' maiia - : jrers of both, houses have not.- been asleep the cravings of amusement- loving '_[■ jK-ople hereabouts. * • : ; The- birth u»" a' new year- was , auspi ,' ciously.. celcbratcd-at both the Academy /and Bijou. Both. liQUses proyided ex- V; ccllent . bills for tho day. A L the former ;. 7la.ee i of .amusement, : '' Herber- Kf-lcey and Efiic Shannon, his charming wlfo, held i boards in tha Doyle-Gillette <3rama > .tized; vcn.io)i of "Sherlock Holmes." '; •': ,While the play lias been - presented* in •V. Richmond on a previous occasion,- it ro : mained for Ivclcey tos give such a con ception of the character, as was un doubtedly intended by Dr. Doyli?.' when lie wrote the famous stories with which ahcrlock Ilolmcs' name is so intimately .connected.-' ■ * ',;■:':. TJie prcscjitation of tho-dra,7n;»,--as giv en : by the Kelcey-Shannbri ; combination, Avas perfect in all its details. . 1 '■$ Herbert Kclccy, endowed by nature . •with.;' all.'' the characteristics befitting the - rolr?, gave a truthful * 'and compelling ■characterization of the part. H might ;l»e said in passing, that Sherlock Holmes ivas one of the real ireats of the present /theatrical season," which* w.is", attested „by large audiences that greeted the popular players at both matiheo and :'-. .evening performances. . . • ♦'.••;; Ponderous ajid unctuous De Wolf Hop per, who has'for years been an acknowl edged favorite in ; this city, linishcd the . week at the Leath play house in a musi- V-caJ edition of Dickens' immortal master-^" ■jtioce, Mr. T'iekwlth. . „ " s -:\: Mr. Hopper was assisted in _ Ihe.prch .Suction by- a coterie ■* of players ' whose '■■\Viames are perhaps as -familiar to the ulay-going public as that, of the elongat ; rd comeuian himself. . Among, them, may be mentioned Dlgby Bell, v his charming iwlfe, Laura Joyce, pretty' Louise Gun :;.' liing.' {.nd'Granf Stewart." ■who" collabor^ - uted with Charles Klein in the prcparaA ■lion of the comedy. • • ;v . . ; "Mr.: Pickwith" was cleverly, and a'rtis ; ; tlcally staged, and the score contained • - several , musical numbers, which- are H bound to become popular when the play. ; T reaches . the: metropolis early next month. : At the pretty little Bijou, the" ever ..popular, George Fawcett Company,- with , Frank Gilmore and Grace Kimball. open ed the new;, year in a revival of Gillette's famous" war play, "Secret Service." Gil more, scored the artistic hit of his ca- reeS as Captain Thorne,* wliile the other members of the company, acquitted them- V; Reives with credit in .their respective -: ' roles. . JOHN \V. AVEKi.'. : v . Creatorc, the great Italian bandmaster, "will be hereiwith his splendid; organiza tion at^tiic,; Academy to-morrow, night, The comments so generally heard regard - ;; ing Creatorc's •' manner, of conducting .his V band m»y be construed by some to mdi■ ■'-; rate tliat Ire is' eccentric and theatrical ■■ (for.,: a purpose, > but the evidence, of the " best; papers !n the country, as well as in fact all that have commented critically -on his leading, slwws that- he isthe em ! bodlment of artistic life, ; more intense than anything that has been fseen iii ; 7 this country. He absorbsall of'lho music "■:-- that he plays, and uses; no score at all, /ho absolute is his memory.: His control 'over his band is supreme, almost hyp notic, some of the critics declare, so that . Very, often they feel like being under- a '• ;"{ Tpell.-. He liasall tho warm' musical ter n-■ berament and fire so characteristic of his . . which seems to emanate from no .. i>iiere else than under tho' sunny skies M rif Italy with all of its artistic influences. ' Creator'c intuitively absorbs the sentiment of every piece of; music and: grasps the . opmposcr's meaning.- Then with a superb liand,. the largest by the. way. yet heard in this city, over which he has absolute Tontrol, he givos interpretations and pc lormancos which pleases -the classic car ;.■:" and delight and thrill every '; one i who" ; ftears. All of the Boston: critics declared ■that; Creatore was different from, and fiway beyond, all other band leaders they : had ever heard, and while. there. he was .tho talk of the trtwn. Many- of the best musical people of Boston -attended his ; ; V-oncerts sevex\il times over, and not a .• few of them went to every : concert for over a week. Cr^atore's December en >.; in Brooklyn, which was really his return engagement in' New York, was b great triumph in every way, and the . patrcnago was of the overflowing kind. . "AMERICAN. TRAMP.- - A true Yankee story, presented as an Jnteresting Yankee' play, A portrayed by, ; 4-eali New Engjand ; actors, pilotcd'by a veteran manager from the Green Mou h- P'Aln- Stated are the. promises .held forth y ; ->y U. D. Newell, who will •present for; the ; ' flrst time in this city at the A,cadmey,' \>»i '-•-{Wednesday,; matinee and night, his' sen-.' >:r tatlOnal "comedy, drama, -"A Jolly Amcri ■-■>; can ' Tramp.*' In. this ~ play th -. eauthor, VS. E. Kidder, who wrote' "A Poor Rela ; 'lon V and; ••Pe»cetul{ Valley,-' for- Sol ;. •-'.' Smith Russell, 1b ; said to f hayo outdone >. himself, for In thJa piece ho gives us ~^eft ; character; delineations that, we are I : ? : jold, : almost .;. rank • co-equal "• with Charles ■{ Dickens'-:; creations,^ so true to ; nature • are : IheyJ'said: toi bc^r In: this play the author ■•'•; touches that wel^spring of emotlon,\the : - k . jjieart,", and, firmly grasping, it. holds , his ;: « Audienco entranced .until the curtain .- rings down ; upon; the llnal scenf.. when, .' everj ri^"rong has been righted, the just "' "rewarded and tho guilty, punished. Ma:ia >! J uer. Newell has secured • a good cast ■ for !§;ltsTportrayal,.stm6rigNyhom~the nariies \>x ?|S"Jack .Allen; Kitty Bingham, Carrie Go6 ilffrey^ Margaret "Meredith, Vera Wilson. - Harry TCHfton, and C. E. Grahaij;i stand .', forth." , The 'locale of J the story- will be truthfully, depicted and the costuming' S?K.wllli be appropriate. : , ■John Drew's new play "The Mummy ?£ iafl |the : Humming Bird.".i derives = its ti tie H| Crom Hi© nicknames of the j principals.' Mr. Drew-J has h the;partbf J a{delvihg scientist, |:&bored by society;' but who has a. wife just C'>,the opposite. :He is "The Mummy." "1 ne I^Huinmlng Bird" : is an ; ltalian poet^ who C'-Ctrys to. lure "The Mummy's" {wife away gggf rom him. The play is an ■ artistic success ■voth;; from a drumaticp andr-mechanical ■Standpoint. Its > worth was :, fully .[ tested fr j the Motropolis. where • it ; ran > for ' thrJe ' L \\ taonthS; a.t tho'. Empire u-. TheatreT {New I'ork, to which house it- will- bo returned *fl soon as a tour of; the largeicities: has fr.yoen' made. -Itis flrstrpresentatiorilin" this .• My will occur.>:thls? : month i and -ordei-s "ire ; already pouring. into the'box- office. *St uart • Rob'son. who ■; has [ revived "The -. : romedy' of ■ Errors'' on a most; elaborate ■ .>cale for tlie -,preaeiit : - season, and :who' J y-iJJbo seen in ,' his •; famous -partfesi the' "';i'. oroxnlo \z of " SyracuseV *. at;. the ■ .Academy gltihis :■ hjdhthiv plans -to i xitakol the =; present .>" .Season". his: laetMniShakespearJanCcoinedy. | other :playß"\vjthiivhicli' ixuc bis forty odd years on tfce stage. Mr. J — ;- - 0 ' V- ----- ■ .-.." Sift- GuiScpiic Creatorc, Italian Bnmi Leader. "Robson 'has become a rich man-ftirough his profession, is now reputed ,-to be worth more than a million dollars, and, according to Daniel \ r :*Arthur, his mana ger^ intends to devote the rest.-jof his years on the stage to the creation of ab solutely new parts. He is. a master of pathos, as indeed it is necessary t?» be to be a master, of comedy, and it is Mr. Rob son's desire now to give the stage some new roles that will find a warm place in the public estimation. " ■ - * ■•■ . .-■. ■.-! - ".- Tho four Cohans and their big company." under the direction of Fred Niblo. will be seen at the Academy soon,- it being their first appearance at this' popular house this reason. They : y/ill present George "M. . Cohan's givat. success "The Governor's Son," which has been re- 1 juvcriated and put into a brighter ar.d livelier yarn than ever. New scenery, new costumes, new mechanical and 'electrical effects and a batch ; cf new and catchy musical numbers have been added. Man ager Niblo boasts' of the." blue ribbon chorus of thirty singing beauties. Sixty people are seen in the j)roduotion. As a rule the ' Grand Opera artists do not frequent the: American theatres, but it is. remarked that. they will : all go and go frequently to see Richard Mansfield act. Nordica and David. Bispham are especial admirers of 'our tragedian, "and when they are not singing they,frequent ly brlri's : the French, German and Italian singers to sv?e Mansfield. ' Over 300' people surround. Mansfield in "Julius Caesar," which is to be brought here shortly. . . ~J " LOOPING THE LOOP AT BIJOU. "Looping the Loop," a hurrah farce mu sical comedy made up of, a number, of clever people and a chorus ofjpretty girls, with a lot of special music; and a fine equipment of stage ■fixtures- will be tho attraction- at -i.ie Bijou for the first three nights, and Tuesday and Wednes day matinees, of this week, to-be fol lowed by. the Bijou Musical Comedy Com pany, opening with a matinee on^Thurs day and playing the last three nights and Saturday matinee. The company will play. "A Contented Woman," anj Agnes Rose Lane, has been; especially jgigaged for the principal part. ; Looping the Loop,, the brand aew com ic picture musical farce comedy «will be presentc-d .at the .Bijou. Monday? Tues day, and Wednesday, with inatineesthe last two days.- The piece is produced un der the direction of ~Nh uager A I f .. ? T. Wil ton, in handsome shape, and admirably set upon the : stage as far as scenery, cos tuming, and light effects, and .the other essentials to stage pictures are .epneern ed:-,' ■'. " ; . ;5' . An endless chain of musical numbers is introduced^ throughout; tho piocCr. which serves to mako; tho porformance~br.ight, breezy, and catchy. The comedy is by Dave Marion. It is in three : acts and evolves around the following funny char actors made ■ popular' by the pictorial newspaper supplements, f The first act shows Mrs. : Katzen jammer's summer hotel,; while tlie summer boarder^includ ing twenty-five maidens fromi Vassarin'e Female Seminary. ; are awaitiii^ with lively expectations for the arrivaii of the two real Coiints, "Alphonse'and Gaston," nephews of Mrs. ■Katzenjammer. __•"- . - '. The hotel : has on all its extra 'eriVbel iio.r-' ments . for 'the occasion: -Tumble .Tom the son of Colonel Highball an- Happy Hooii : gari, tho man who invented' work^gire the two waiters at the hotel. LadyußounU ful is a summer girl from a near-^y swell hotel who-; Is j- much interested in- ; 3"ohnny r Boston .Beans' and ; Fedders McGihnis, grandsonsjof Mrs. Katzenjammere? - Foxy Grandpa is engaged to Mrs. .Kht zenjamhier. He" is a wise one and"always just a little s .ahead of everybody. -The fun) starts "early with '• the : j int roduction^of-Al- ■ phonsc and Gaston'to the .{guests' and until; the close of the act everybody is put through a series of complications by; A Fevr Character* Introduced ini»Xacpfu& the Looj)» At Bijou This TVe'ek'f the triclcs of the two kids] Johnny Boston B*eans and Fedders, and tho two waiters. Tumble Tom and Happy; Hooligan, and thc'ECheines of. Foxy Grandpa. The second act is at Rockaway Beach where is located the famous "Loop the Loop." . : '- Alphonse and- Gaston have cap tivated; the hearts of tlie .college maid ens by-theirttitles,: moneyand:polite man ners. Foxy Grandpar' Tumble Tom, Hap py Holigan.; Johnny Boston Beans, and Fedders, {make life burdensome for trie counts by getting.. them into all sorts of-, embarrassing- funny situations. There is a reward for anyone who successfully "Loops the Loop." and everybody is out for it. Happy Hooligan; finally makes a sensation. liy successful Looping tho Loop, and gets the reward. -This finish is a sen sation. .. . . . , ;The third : act ■ introduces .a. banquet scene given by Mrs. Katzenjammer in honor of the departure, of tho.counts,,.Al phonse and Gaston. { It is "full of action? and thc.,.uproarous . fun- is -.continued at all expanse of the' two counts. Everybody gets mixed up 'in fast, repeating, ludicrous climaxes in the breakp.way scene which is the happy ending of the laughing hit of the'r. season. The show, is ono big laugh, two hours and a half lovig. , ' .; /'A -CONTENTED { Manager Wells could not have selected abctter offering to fill -n the vacant part of this week than that ever popular Bijou Comedy Company. To accomplish this fact he was forced to cancel' a- week of one day engagements that had been map ped out, and .to" give the .patrons of .ttho- Bijou a treat out; of the ordinary, he has a.rranged wi th ' tlie Hoy t estates for per mission to produce the Iloyf success, "A Contented W<saiian," and to make the visit of "the popular* favorites all the more wel come he has engaged the service- of Miss Agnes Rose Lane to play the loading part. •*• Miss Lane was the leading lady of the company last season, and resigned at. the opening of: tho season to take a promi nent part in a piece' that was produced in the. West, arid very/recently purchased a ; . play from a{ well-known playwright, and has been devoting" her time, to pre paration for a tour at . the,- head of her. own. company-next -season.' Mr. Wells offered" her a special . inducement to. play in." "A Contented Woman." '.for. just threo days here,. and three in Noi-folk, and for. the pleasure of again associating 'with her ■ old .companions ;. on the stage, she accepted, and when she makes her ap pearance at the matinee on Thursday, she will be' greeted with a ; reception. that will tell her better than words that she' is. entirely, welcome. .' * \ ''A; Contented Woman" is one of Hoy't's masterpieces, and it is one tho best' productions: to.-the credit of "the Bijou Musical Comedy Co., "for .without doubt it gives the favorite principals of tho organ ization exceptionally good^ parts,' and al lows them exceedingly rare chances to portray "clever 1 characters , ! that no. other show has afforded. ■• I T The{Hoyt comedy is a satire on politics, and ,the story is one of 1 a.tangled. tangled affair in a politics saturated home; for. the. head of the, house is;being- opposed' by thelhigh office of Mayor of Denver, by his talent ed and beautiful wife, who has been made the- nominee- of. the Woman's; Rights party, and by his butler, who is tlie nomi nee of the :" Jim Crows." Of -.course;':, there' are the heelers, •.■tho. advisers, arid those who enjoy the situation: "Miss -Lane will play lead with a dashing grace that stamped her a rinc actress .when {Hoyt himself- picked her. to head.one of liis companies, that produced the piece.. Otis Harlan',has- a part :that: suits'; him frorii the ground up,- arid' John : {VV.. Dunne as: the hoad of; the family, the candidate Who has so much, and such: strong -opposition, will have his , first -real ' chance at- acting for this season... Little Chip. as"orie i of -the.' political advisee, {has "a part uiat he was ' alriidst created for in the original produc-" tion it -was: simply a" "bit." '{Tony Hart' has one of his . star parts, arid : will bid strong for one of tho real hits of the pro-- New Year! *"" .^.^^^—^^^^J<;' ; - i >-" ': '"•■ ■•.■ -' We wish one and all a. Happy NevvvTear "with thanks/ for< past : patronage,^soliciting a. contin uance, of - same.; . - . "-, : Yours '^GoGd for the Eyes," THe S. Galeski 9fh and Main^fs. duction." Ida Lester, as VAunt Jim," has her. star jparl, and; the rest of the cast ■has been*] well arranged. ■■-: : : Of course, there will . be work for the Musical Maidens, and that they will add to" the power of magnetism of the'offering thero is no question, and Mary Marble, in a" number of new;; musical" selections. will add to the offering a charm that many will not even want to resist/ • The production will be up to the.stand ard "of the Bijou, offerings. With the equipment to make these productions, and expert scenic artists and stage'earperiters to turn ou t the scenes, make positive as surance of a treat in that line.. \\ ■ •'■'- Scats/ arc selling and there is every in dication of capacity testing gatherings. FLASHES Mrs. Langtry and her London company appeared" at the Garrick: Theatre -Decemj, ber i9th. ■ in "The Cross Ways," a new play in four acts, .which was written by herself and ; J. ; Hartley Manners, her leading man. If the reception accorded Mrs. Langtry and her play that night is evidence of her. success, .her three v/eeks* engagement at. the Garrick will be.'more than :gratifying. . I ~<\ ..Clyde Fitchs latest play, "The Girl with' the Green Eyes." in which Clara Bloodgood appeared as a star for the first time on Christmas night at j the New York . Savoy, . promises to have a very successful run at that house. The reception given the play and the players is assurance that both will meet With a good share of popular favor. The piece tells how the green-eyed monster med dles with and spoils the honeymoon of a couple who started out very happy." The bride is played by Miss Bloodgood. who has the opportunity of depicting not only the happy moments of the young woman, lmt also the moments hi which she is tortured and' torn by jeal ousy. -'George Adc's musical satire. '"The Sul taii of Sulu,'' receivedits first New York presentation at : Wallack's Theatre,- De cember 2flth. This opera has scored in" Chicago and. Boston, and* only needed a New York hearing to add to its laurels. George Ade's libretto is filled with snap py . satire: and mirth provoking lines. The music is by Alfred: G. Wathall, and can be credited with having furnished a score . containing a. numoer of "catchy. melodies and brilliant chorus, effects. "Tho Sultan ; of can be said to have scored a positive triumph.: The first night audience was large and en thusiastic. Kirk La Shellc says . that the scene models have been accepted for the big race track and Hot Springs Hotel scenes iii Harry: Blossom's "Checkers," which is to be produced in St. Louis, March 15th. Charles { Frohmari's New York production, .'The Girl with the Green Eyes," which was given for the first time at the Savoy Theatre on Christmas night.' seems to have begun a prosperous career. In- it Clara Bloodgood -comes before the public for the first time in a conspicuous role. Mr. Frohmari has given" the- play a strong cast :through ont, and- the facts that- Miss Bioodgood acts/ her part with cleverness and dis tinction, . making {a, really -charmingly jealous young 1 wife, and : rhat - the play, which: Clyde. Fitch, its author,; regards as. the best-he has ever written, "really" comes to the standard Mr. Fitch ascribes to: it, are a guarantee, that it; is going- to meet -.with popular favor, and it will have a long- stay at the Savoy.' ;. .Ezra- Kendall's -attitude, toward the public is frankly that of •an .entertainer, and ho docs not care Whether he is called an artist or a 1a 1 ..legitimate, come dian.' As -he himself 'says, he is, an acci dent: .that is, he became an actor by ac-' cident. He was : seen in; Louisville,: De cember i'9th, for, the; first time in" his play," "The Vinegar.'; Buyer." . ■. . {. - .-_• ';F Amelia; Bingham,. in.;."A . Modern Mag- dalen, 1 ' j ; is {playing^, a " two-weeks', en gagement in Boston at . the' Boston Museum: ; It is the first time .that/she, has" appeared' upon the stage" of .that house since .she was the leading- lady with someof :Charles.,Frohman's. popular productions. Now.", she; is a manager .on her .-.'own account arid {has ' surrounded herself with, a company {.noted for its brilliancy. " . "A Modern Wagdalen", has SHOES FOR EVERYBODY. I of these bargains. I Every business has its j policy. Ours is never "to !; carry over anything to next' I season. Our prices th|s week are unprecedented and are I: giving wings to the goods- Remember that every day reduces the stock and that first choice is best choice. , Our new spring goods in cluding the celebrated R & H shoes now on sale Ipome in and?sTe|them. -....:.• ... . . • been ; '-ailed tho moFf delightful, work Ifrom^tlieipehfbf^liaddoriljChambers. . {■Stuart/Robsori^andUhesmembersjofihts | r fcom pan y, ; *i celebrated'? their \&i fitting ■ manner/atTHouston; iTex-lSiWhich Was^theirSChristmasi|starid"iiiSthelr,Ltour ibf," the^ country fwitiis''The • Comedy^jof iErrbrs.'Nv,; The J members ,-:Ofi the ;rompany^ i were Mr?,'; Robson's Jguests r at^the^Rlce ? Hotel, Where • they-jhad ■;: their "Christmas : {dinner! "between; the arid.; evening^ • perf ofmahces. i :^7*li# \ largo \ private, dining-^ ;ro6ml6fHhe;hotel>was; : decorated for. ; the: occasion, .and , the - members" of '■■ the j com-- I pany \ atei' their -dinner ■in j their stage ; cps • ttimes; ' which'-.lent a T picturesqu"6ness ; to UheJoccasiori^andat.theysame'.timCjgavej ithent'j ample {time- for ithe holiday^ festi^; ' yities without {'the : necessity \i ofj shifting: .^^ their >; street ; clothes"; for,-: their./costumes : for -{.the : night ; performance:'. In '• addition : to^the-inembers of {the "company;"; Mr.; : Robson {7 entertained : some , theatrical friends [ who were { in town," some" railroad; officials; and: newspaper: men. {In"all:cov< "ers; were laid- for .forty-five. >._ ;. _ I '■ :; .Amelia;; : Bingham'S",,{ second 'company, now on the road- in "A Modern ,Magda T ; I len," is headed -by .Miss' Roselle'Knott. ;• At • Miss- Knott's : home.JHamiltoriV-Ont, • the company, ■ and "especially ;' the leading woman, were received with so -much en thu'siasiriKthat. a dramatic, .writer.; of the •place- remarked, "A; prophet is not'With-. out .honor save in 'his -ovti v country. '_' ;{; { * ■■-:, Kirko ..; La •: Shelle . is ■;." shaping ■; arrarige ments':f6r the production of "The Smart ; Set" in :New York in : the", spring. It is -by- Paul {West and John Bratton: '§Mi : ■ Mr. ; Weedbn • Grossmlth, in "Tlie Night of the. Party," returns to New York" for a:s week's v engageirient at the Harlem Opera" House {January . sth. . ' . r .; . .{ Eleanori: Robsori'* in "Audrey," began" her last week's engagement at the New York- Madison Square theatre, December 29th/-; Miss Robson - starts out to tour the country,* ; in -her success, Vplaying the larger." cities. •-' * .-. ' .. — ~ ;; . .Miss Blanche Bates arid George Arliss, .in "The Darling;of the Gods," arc filling Belasco's New- York theatre to x the last row.: at every.- performance. - - . .-Through; Miss {Elsie ;Do Wolf s-kind ness,- her company .snerit a very, happy Christmas. She had intended to ; close. her tour in "The AVay of' the ). World." on December. 2oth, in Chicago, but; in or der that her company; might have an extra week's salary, she extended ' her tour one week longer. The business in the South was- splendid, .and .in Toledo, it was phenomenal.' ' - Lulu Glasser, in "Dolly Varden." re turned-to New ; York December 29th, for. a. week's erigagement at the Grand. Opera House. This is Miss Glasser's fourth en gagement: in New York in less than, a year, in "Dolly Varden.'" .;'. -'; Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar, in "Foxy Grandpa." returned to Boston oh- December £Rth, for a: week's engagement in'the Boston .theatre. Mrs. Leslie Carter's second appearance iri 3 "Du Barry," <'it tho Hollis" Street the afre, -Boston, was' just as great" a suc cess as the first. "Thte house was pack ed, arid the enthusiasm ; over the per formance waseven greater than that on Tuesday evening. ' Mrs. Carter has had a splendid welcome back to Boston.. The feeling which\sho aroused as Zaza- is surpassed by that- In" her. latest offering. It is very evident that Mrs. Carter's en gagement will prove one of the brilliant features of the Boston season. " : . Tho cast of "Tho Bird in the Cage," Clyde Fitch's play, v which Charles Froh man will produce at the Bijou "theatre on Monday evening, Januax-y 12th, will include Sandol Millikiri, Guy Bates Post, Grace Henderson, Arnold" Daly, Jennie Satterlee, and Edward" Harrigan, =the last named of whom will, in -. this play, make his reappearance, on Broadway in the "line of character Work, in which he riiade such a { success years, ago at his own theatre. ' ...... . Marshall P. Wilder, whose success in \-audeville is quite as great ' as.'; anything he has ever achieved, is as ;full';6f bright and pungent stories as ever. Here Is one he tells 'of an ; ancient Hebrew^ gentle man, who had retired frorii' Wall. street with a competence: ■ • "I am afraidl I am not going to live long, 11 ; said the Hebrew, ' to ' Wi)aer..; ' - ... - "Pshaw," : said -the 'humorist, '-"you are only 60 now, : " and I'll'bet "you'll live to be IW." . . " . "No,' no:" said the old ' broker. "The Lord will never- take- rrio at par when he can get me for. .sixty." ; . . Miss Eleanor Kent has succeeded Mai de Villiers as the Queen of Venus in "The Silver Slipper." Mile, de Villiers^ was brought to this country by John* C. Fisher under a contract; for ten weeks and was to' have retired from the cast last Saturday night, her contract having expired, and Miss Kent Was 'to hayo made her first appearance- as -the Queen on Monday night. Miss de Villiers was taken* suddenly ill early last week, and rather than permit an underling to play tho part on' Christmas day. Miss was. called upon" rather suddenly to open at the ..cdnesday matinee. A fuH'dresti rehearsal was held early Wednesday morning, and Miss Kent went on at 'the matinee arid scored a hit. After her first performance Miss Kent' recovered from her. nervousness, arid is by far a. more aceptable queen . than was Mile. . do Villiers. /. * . '. " The 'playgoers of Mobile, Ala., turned out. in such numbers on Christmas day to; witness Kose Coghlan's performance a.W'J'aula in "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" that even the most sanguine expectations of'her'riiariagcr, Jules -Murray, for a good day's business, were more than realized. Grace George reaches _ Chicago 'with "Pretty Peggy," on - February :'2d, 'when she begins a, fortnight's engagement at the Grand Opera House. ; . f The new Ade-Lorraine musical comedy, "Peggy from Paris,'.' is : rapidly, approach ing that, point where it. may belaid that j it is ready for production. The 4 cast is to include -some extremely good people, and the chorus, which is to be one of, the largest that, have ever been gotten ; to gether for '.a "musical comedy,; has been rehearsing for the past two weeks' .The name part is to bo' played by Helen'; Ber": tram^andiin^the cast Will be Fred'Leriox, George Bearie, William " Hodges, Alice Hagemari,. and; Arthur Deagon. "Pegg>' from Paris." is scheduled -for. 1 production January 20th, at the Studebaker; theatre, Chicago. ■■'[■ : ■ ; - : '. . ■';■'- ; : ; / WARRA SPRINGS TIDBITS. Moton'Snead In the Klondilic— Sonic. Interesting: Personal Xotes. .. WARM ..SPRINGS, yVA., . January 3.- CSijecial.)T-A letter has ...been receive*! "here this , ; week • from ' a; young man ' wh o i left; Clifton Forge about. 1894, and .who' is j well known, in -jthis- section, ag^.he spent some; time, at .Healing ;> Springs with Jan J aunt,: -Mrs. Margaret ■:* Guy. ;.The" ' fyoung manis Mason- Snead.. He has soVnc'rela tives in Manchester and Richmond r also In; Manchester; his : father, 'Charles}Snead, 1 resides. The "; peculiarity •'; about the ; case' his ; ; that . many .- imf avorablc 'reports:' were heard abo'iit Snead. ,;But the letter goes to,. show. that, all" these reports are - : false.. .SiicadTsays: he has been in- the Kloridy-ke regions and in. some -way or. other "has "gained a vast ~: sum ; of. money, c and-: that as ) so&Mhas he can make necessary ; ar . rangements; I will " return home. I .have 1 not ', seen j this communication. but : ; get ;it I from, 1 a very ; reliable-; source. \ The -v case .when _ fully understood is an .', interesting ; one" in ■■'every: particular. ■'" • .: - -.-"■* - < j "Mrs/John "L.'Xandes, after-many ..weeks' ofy suffering; with a. ■;. broken limb at. her home at Mountain I Groyc.i is r recovering. ; Ml-. .Thomas. Anderson, >v/ho-;left : v this .county several years agojfor^the West, lie ; back i home" again; % accompanied £ by his ! wife and two. daughters. lThey;are visit ; ing old : . friends : and .'relativea.. ,'..'•■ . .The public . schools -'of v Bath., county, : i after'; a .week's suspension,'-", have {{again ; opened. . - ■ Ci Twoj hogs ; belonging '" to Mr. ; T.'j ; Sv- AJC iClintic, "on ;: Jackson's ; River/; were Jslaugh-^ ' tered :■ a;;; few ;> days ;fago:-;and^ . netted V. 1.070 {pounds; killed^ ;in vßath L couhtyCforiiaVlong/iwhlle^^- {i.;7 ; Dr:^Th^mas-B.^McCjlnUc.J/whq'hjis're-: : ceritly ; beeir transferred :' f roiri h Southport,-; N:tC:,;qt6^Washihgton,^D:{:C.;;:;iriCthe ; IMo rlne; Hospital • Service, < at ; that ; place,"! is i in; this : neighborhood "'with friends -and relatives. :; • ,■ JRHSbOHI :w.: w. J1153 KMary^S.^Keyser, daughter of Mr.^M^r ;sb"all jKeyser. and f>rt* of Bath'sojnosf yoxrng ledtes, p-»s tr.arriedgto] HOLIDAY PRESENTS That are acceptable, useful, anci do not ' come -too high. :We have- them. Here \ are some of them at 'special prices : • CARVERS, a -beaniifnl lot of various patterns. SGLSSORS in cases^ . " . - large variety of size 3 and shapes. !SII^BLACK*IEON.FIB E SETS AOT^ SENDEES. CARRIAGE HEATERS. A. B. lii & SON HAFDWARE CO., 215 MairTS tree t New Storey I Pipes Burst I ? And we mend themiria hurry. Quick REPAIR * t WORK IS OUR SPEGIALTY. I I RICHMOND PLUMBING - . :. ; | 1 .'. AND lANTEL GOIFMY, I I' 26 North NinthStreet. v o c ' '" cir ' - '-: : / ' • X Both Phones Ot>b. . ♦ Mr. Joseph B. Eakin. a prosperous young man of Rockbridgc county. The cere mony was performed by Rev. R. Dabney Caii'or. at the residence of -jthe bride. Ti^p. couple left on the morning train for a tour." after which they will return to -Fa irlieid, Rockbridgc county, to "make thoir future -home. 7 During; the holidays an abundance of game has been killed, especially deer and rabbits. The deer law prohibits the shooting- of deer" in this county after Christmas Day, and .so. of course, tho 2. r it"h; was the principal day for the sport. Several very nice bucKs were "run down" hi the Valley. There seems to have been a great increase in deer during the past year, and with our present law thero should ■ soon be an abundance of game in "Batlf again. ; Mr"Jr.*iob Lightner, of Back Creek, one of tl?c.;oldest citizens of this county, is no* expected tolive. ; -Mrs. James Hoover, of this. place, who, represents .the fifth generation of the" Wilsons (first settlers' of Rockbridgc) has a family Bible of her relations, dating back as far -as ITT-I. . . JEW "WEST VVT[RGINIA IiIXE. To 'Start At Charleston and Ran To •" . ■ { * T»-jxrd Pittsburgh [ Regarding the new West Virginia rail road, of which mention has been rnado in the. Sun, the Parkersburs (W. Va.) 2?en tlnel'says: -^"Another .big railroad system ,is to bo constructed in. West Virginia, separate and distinct from the Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio, the Norfolk and Western,; and the Wabash systems. It is to-be a through line from Charleston to Morgantown and thence to Pittsburg-, and '■. will be built through entirely un opened "country, which; is filled with coal and timber of; value greater perhaps than anj-- j-et reached by the existing railroads of the'Stalte.. "The: sale of the Charleston. Clendenin and Suttbri road .to ex-Senator; Henry G. Davis, reported Saturday from Pittsburg, is to figure in the construction of tho system, and that road, already construct ed for a distance of about seventy miles up ~ the. Elk river from Charleston, is to bo a part of the new line, while Sena tor Elkins and Senator Davis and their associates are to be- tho owners of the road. Senator Elkins is not known in thu; purchase of the Charleston. Cleridniri arid Sutton railroad, nor is Senator Davis known in the purchase by Senator Elk ih.s, of tlie" Morgantown arid Kingwood out of Morgantown. But both roads arc to -be connected and become part of the same great swstem. -"When Senators Davis and Elkins .sold their, holdings in the West Virginia Cen tral 'road to the Wabash syndicate they were {practically without any railroad holdings for the first time in, many years, and 'at the same time had a pocketful of idle' money' waiting for investment. They, longed for a new railroad, and quietly began to prepare for one which would be an independent outlat for their coal holdings and would 'pass through territory in which they> might invest a fresh, r The result is the purchase by them of several links Which will he con nected up to make one line from Charles ton to Pittshurg, by way of the Elk river, . Belington, Graf ton, Morgantown, and Monongahela' Valley. ' "Senator Davis some, time ago purchas ed the. Roaring, Creek and , Charleston railroad, from Belington. at the junction of the Baltimore and Ohio and the Wa bash;'roads, some forty miles into the woods. nowhas 400 men at work ex tending" the road' in the direction; of the Elk river and it will become a part of the new system. The {line, as contemplated, will follow, the Charleston. ;'. and : Su ttori- from Charleston ' to ;the • termi nus of that road, seventy miles up the Tivefv' /-'■-"■ ' ■{"■-. : '■' - - .-:>''Thc road will be built from there to Sutton and Palmer, at both of which places' it will connect with-the Baltimore arid Ohio, and at Palmer it will leave the E}k river and pass tip the Holly river over, the Holly River railroad, owned by John T. jMcGraw, who is to be interested in the; new -railroad. Some. ten miles or so of I thi? road, will be used arid a link will.' then ,be constructed from there to the* Roaring. Creek' and Charleston ex tension, being" built'now to meet It. At Belington the^road -.will be met by the Elkins {road, tho Mbrgantowri arid King wood, which has already been built for sonic -distance . out of . Morgantown. .It wiir fol!6w this road to' Morgantown. Frorri there to Pittsburg; the route has riot t; yet J , been . selected, ; or if ; selected it has . not been made ' public.' : "; " i ~; "The road will open ; up what has been pronounced ,to .be the richest coal field in West {Virginia; arid {Will pass for most of^the ;'di£tarice through territory en tirely, undeveloped." - « . .' ALQNE; AMD{ DEAD; 3lr».'. ' 'Tina "Jones, of JohnnonN " " SprliiKs' Found Cold In. Death: .JOHNSON'S SPRINGS. VA.. ' January 3.— (Special.)— On the evening of December 30th.' Mrs^ "r Tina Jones. ; an old lady.^wa s ;" found 'dead in "her *■ house. 'It seems that no one remembers having, seen her /since' {the? Tuesday 'before : "\ Christmas {eyeninpr." Oif. Christmas eve some one '■■ passed and .' rioticedclhat the house closed up. But ras Mrs. Jones \ was often gone from i home, .'.no morf! {'.-as thought ; of ■ it - until ■ she,was found deadnirie days later. ■ Mrs. ; Jones 'wasf; found: sitting ;up/ with her. J clothes t and ; shoes . on, : and she ; had ; been Start the New Year Right. ; I you new, courage In the battle' of llfe.^ - 1 ; r^XANTHINE isthe great r ASSISTER OF, NATURE- ." ■ , Not! a* dye. ibutJ-wiU- surelyj restore) gray : I Kftlri to f itsjown/i natural i color.liWe; guar^r I antee 1 if-randlwe \ stand fj by>£what ? i w'e \ sayi^ fAIBoTStOPS dandruff and promotes growth^ -'■m . . . • " a Leather Dress Suit 6&se ts an Ideal Christmas Present: Come and see the elesan 6 styles we have just received. i We Can Show You at $6 j the kind that you have always seex marked at §i 6.00. We carry a full line of SUITCASES and can give you special values thii season. Shoe and Trunk House, 618 E. Bro&d Street. Wrong Sid< Blank Books For the New Year ■JJIOT' many busi : ness people but have to get at least one or two new blank books -at ; the opening of the yeafr It may be; a full set of books ; it may be a new cash book, or it may be only a S'-eent memorandum. We have them all. If it is not a regular stock book, we can make it to order in a hurry. : Begin the year by saving money on your blank books. You can do it right here. We keep Diaries, too. BELL SOGK AKD STATiOKERY CO,, 914 E. Main Street/ Tire quick arid- sure euro for Malaria. Chills, Fever. ; and Grippe.- A powerful Tonic and Appetizer. Try it- for- you* kidneys. Small bottle 50c ; large slzv» SL ga CM^I CH ESTER'S ENGUCH f"v - • • ;. ■" Oriffinal aad Only <3eB«l.T«» -S '■■ >?N SAFE. ■ Alw*7» r«'Ul>!«. I l.»jl[<-. "* D;n«^lH CM I CHESTER'S K^GIOSH Jf^Cii-i UED »l Cold .-aetiulle ftoxe*. •«■!*< -Vi^J»iths:a»tibioo. Take no other. K.-Hu* i DnnseroiH 9abnt)tnUaa* «ii<l.l:alu» ftf t!«n». Bay or jo«r Or«nl«--. «r tnA -tr. !», J? JUin;i» f*r Pnrtietilar*. 7e»(lu-jiiiai» ti »n4 '•KeWef for LjHU*,* <i* Utur. t»f re- Lr ' turn Mall. JO.O«o r««ti:a»ot»u. 3»SJ >r ■/ . «1I OrajjUw. -- Ca!oh<»ter C&enlcal Cob. . VaUn !hlir«t.-. 21«dUaa acuan. fUILJL^ PA. SINQEYhb WAR Prescriptloirl VJV/J O.O.fr"; : . NOW OVER 40 YEARS— AND LIKEWTO REMAIN THE 'ONLY REAL CURE FO« Rhsu rnatism *«» «r» blooo rcution*. At dmgviats.' 75c. Bottle; ■'" 'Pottat drt/tgsi booklet. dead so long -that, it was ; impossible to remove her^;clothJrig'.;or to "shroud^, her* So her : remains^were wrapped In aishee^ and laid* to rest. Her .grandson lived sight pi her housc-fonly two or ,three huh. dred {yards ;away^-and ; it Li stranse. no oh«j* found* her sooner. - ' ; r-j ;- itec" Carap-'j* Meoiorlal SerYltre*. • ; - Xext 'Friday, night Lee (""amp jwlll' hold I ts ■ annual 'xhenaoriai > aervsce~, In vLee !.Camp. Halfi¥ During -the year Just closed fifteen comrades i have* answered -|the^]ast!i rollf Ferfttcr^AV'.^ J^ G\«xua.i "R^^Broc'ScJl $&?■'?■ rK^BACbaffln/sAy^P^Eliyson. C. ll^FJour-* nojV.P. A- RadforJ. Frank J. Kelley.^ !l>av""4 I Hi-^WaUcer;f James :|^^T»uirKaaif« "FW!. r T. s*uuor, an<J."MoQtgomer£ "s&!£*&s