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THE SUK, SUNDAY, JAtTARY 17, 1&2. ' , ffl " !H J i. THE BERLIN THEATRES. 211V, IMVOHT.iyCV of xnts onxzoxs Vf Till! AVMKXVLH. fetre-ncer Influence" thnn rnsh.loun.ble nml ((,clnl Approval Needed Ilefore Huccra ' Cun be Altiilnrd-Thrsilres Cutler Private Mm'II'"""' More Prosperous than the ,J Xtoj.nl Thenlre The Wide Bnne of Pint nml the Indication or Popular In rllBntlonn-I'ortrnllK of the Favorite. Iikumn, '" tV Ono accustomed totho lone run system In voguo In Now York mid In Lou den would ilndtho activity of Borlln theatri cal life a rovolntlon. A nightly chango of Mil tho rulo In tho theatres hero, rind scarcely n ,,ck passes tlmt each houso lins not Its premiere. As 'ho suporllcial nspoct of Gor man thoatmuoors Is loss brilliant tlinn that of otiicr countries, tho appearance of thoso first nlslit audloiros does not especially impress Helf "ii a stranger. Tho frequent production ol now iilnvi. lumovor. does nut diminish tho Mmuc interest nny important nnnouncuniont jarcitaln to awaken, nor tho o.irnost consld mitt many play of promlso will recolvu from audience mul pioss, In comparison with such occasions in London, Paris, or Now York, tlio llr.it night of a pluy's production In DcrllnlsntaruonlTiiIr. m 1UDWIO IHBSAY. Tho performances. ns a rulo. comraenoo lit 7 o'clock, nnd tho ontt'netes, with ono ex ception, nro very brief. The long wait Is BOn emlly after tho second net. when tho ontlro audience retlrci to tho foyor for tho twenty minutes or moro of tho Intermission. Ttioro thcycin Ret oithor sandwiches nnd boer or oaken and tno. A comparison betwoon tho empty sandwich tables nnd tho still ubunduut Biipply of cake just beforo tho curtain rises again prove tho substantial appetites of tho theatregoers. Pull dross is vury exceptional among tho men, nnd the womon, oxcopting for flip ubsonco of hats, appear In ordlnnry street nttlro. A popular nctross In tho audience nnd a few uniforms may enliven tho uppoaranoo of the house. Tlio play must stand or fall nccordlng totho opinion ortho audience, nnd tho author seldom has a right to complain of its verdict Tho points of a production aro consldorod carefully LUDWia BTAnZ. and judged dollborately by nn assemblage qualified, as n rule, to form n deciding opinion. Thero Is seldom any exhibition of harshness, but plenty of enthusiasm when desorved. Hiss ing is not usual, but when tho intorost lass tho Play is heard with llstloss indirferonco. Tho first-night audience decides tho fate of a play, and its opinion in that respect Is of more im po:tjnco than tho nowspnper criticisms, which, while not liko tho lengthy dissertations in tho Tnrls nowspapors. aro oxtend od generally and of good quality. Gorman nudlenoos glvo to an actor rare attention and consideration, but tho playors must in turn bo honoBt In their work, and that understanding is ndmlrnblo in Its results, iioundor Influancoa than soclul or fashlonablo approval plnco nn actor In his position. A "socioty etar" on tho German stage would bo an Impossibility. Wuraon with that solitary nttrlbuto for uublio attention usually join .1 circus, and tho uristoeratlo con nection? which glvo mi actor temporary im portauco on tho London stage f roquontly would bo valueless to him In Gormany without moro solid recommendations. Tho thoatres horo aro seldom undor tho charge of maimers who aro purely commercial in their training nnd mothods. l'or inhtanco. tho lloyal Thoatro in i irv If ggfflmfflk jesnt onoss. Ijerlin is, with tho Opora IIouso, undor mo genoral suporvislon of a court offl ci.il uppointod by tho Emporor, but Is man aged directly by Max Grubo. ouo of tlio moat famous of tho older Molnlncen company; the i-essing is controllod by Dr. Oscar Blumonthal. M author of many of the plays mado familiar In 1 American form by tho Daly company, and tho uoriin Thoatro is manaccd by Ludwig Barnay. well-known nctor nnd an adaptor of plays. i no other houses aro. perhaps without exeep- lion, under tlio control of men well known I llCt l1 n?tors or Playwrights or. at least, an men ot arllstlo knowledgo and sympathies. T.na!r 8UC" clrcumaUncos It can bo seen that M, ,1 a,m,a occuPe the poafUon ol a dtaniflod kM Wpad demauds la. ltt .JeaderB.ftbiUUes ol . chftracter higher than are required Inordinary speculative entorprlsos. . Twelve thcatros. cxolnslve of the lloyal Opera Houso and a number of muslo and con cert halls, supply tho nmusnmont for Berlin. irI,-t?.t2y?t A'or"D- Oqrman. Ilosldonr, nnd I.essing theatres prod,,,.,, on prty(, 0, n t mioughly legltlmnto charactor. raiRlng In niVt rKitSrior.0"' ho.wowr. from 8haU?ipearS and Gootho to modnrn. comedy. Tho ltcsl-(lens-. Is tltiTotod oxelnslvelr to tho contem rST,l?SJl,S?. rPnoLl drama, although now plays nro produced nt matlnoiis. In which way TKEREAE OES8KER. Ibsftn's "Wild Duck" and Tolstoi's "Fruits of nvlllratlon" first saw tho light in Hnrlln. Tho ullner.AIdoir-Krnst.Friodorich-Wilhelm,nnd uhomiis thcatros glvo only comio opora nnd vaudeville. In tho Victoria, which is to bo de molished to make room for n larger theatre, nro ballot performances, while the Belle Al llniipo. Osfund. nnd Alexandria, theatres of secondary Importance approach nearest tho policy of tho combination housos of Now York. A largo number of muslo halls, somoof thorn very pretentious, odor thu usual Continental variety shows, generally as Invariable In tholr features as a table d'hote dinner. Three no pii'tln', conducted on tho plan of tho TlifSAtro l.ibruof l'arls, glvo at least ono ncrformnneo every month. Ono of tho societies Is for tho encouragement of tho German drama, nnothur devotes Its attention to tho production of for eign Plays, whllo tho third follows u less ex clusive plan, l.eeturos. debates, nnd dlsciiB-t-ionson driimntle subjects, besides tho pro duction of plays, nrn under thu auspices of tho societies, and a imigazlno devoted to tholr in terests npneais weekly. l'nmphlotR on dra matic and thoatrleal subjects nro published almost dally. A discussion on the subject of theatrical agencies produced n liberal crop last winter, llerlln dramatic life, thoroforo. offers not only nmusoment In tho nianythe nties, with their ehanglng bills, but also food for thought mid discussion. To tho lloyal Theatre or tjphaURplelhntts bo longs properly the llrst place In any enumera tion of llerlln theatres. It Is thotjtato theatre, sulivontlonod by tho Govornmonr. nnd Is tho homo of tho elasslcal German drama. Llko tho Opera. Its mibsidy Is drawn from tho TruRsInn, not tho imperial. Govnrnmont. Tho exterior building is moro or less impressive, hnvlnrr been built in tho Greek stvlo that was affected In llerlln during tho first uunrtor of tho oentury, but its Interior Is crumpodnnd dreary. It has wooden chairs und wooden lloors with out th, least slirod of carpot. In splto of its position and patronage, tho theatre has fallen during the lust few yoais Into a plnco of secondary rnnk. Tho company is eortuinly lufcriortiinny lnitho other theatres mentioned ns (lr?! class, fho plays nro not of a kin 1 tlmt attracts, nfeiough tho sumo catholicity of repertory frntalls In tho other houses. Tho bills huvoac.'eat deal of Shakes l'aro. less of bcblllor and Grlllparzor. and too lit t ltt modern work. Whatever the causes may be. tlio KchausDlolhaus Ims fallen Hingularly out of touch with Berlin taste. Some Und In its tompor.iry decline tho teaching that pri vate enterprise Is better than btrtto control for such an undertaking, nnd belicvothntathratro that Is In n largo measure independent of tho need of consulting public tasto must inovlta blv drift away from public intorost Ono reason for its decline can bo found prob ably In tho fact that the Berlin of to-day has dittlocnrn for the tlmo and Influences which tho ltoynl Thentro represents, llorlln's rapid increase In wealth nnd Importance its super llcliil cosmoiiolitanism. and Its Imitation of ton don and Paris manners, are the subjocts that occupy tho attention of hor citizens now. Tlio atieseonformitig more to tho new ideas bnvo iirlspn, ;nd the iioynl Theatro, clinging to Its provincial traditions, has gono out of stylo, and, being unnoticed, has deteriorated steadi ly in ttm quality of its nrtlstlo achieve ment. Tho nmnagemont was changed Inst j ear. and renewed activity and in-crens-od effort began with tho pros ent administration. Max Grube is a, popular actor, and tinder his control thtrn is promise that tho thentro may recover Its for morprestlge. There is no lack of inducements to actors to join tho forces of tho house. They nre. after a certain period of activity, pen sioned liberally. Ono jouns nctross retired last winter with a ponsion of 4.800 mnrkR a yenr. Sumo of tho actors and many of tho actresses hnve occupied their positions too long, and it is hinted that tho deadening influ ence of peT'ota! favoritism has been poworful In tho establishment. Hut there Is promise of complete reform for the future, it having been suggested that a thoatro supported by tho Government should boot the highest clues or censo to exist. Of the now players at the Boyal Thentro FrnQ lelnl'anpo. formetly in tho Melnlnger company, nnd u tingodian of great rroiuise.isprobnbly the most valuable. Her talents would find Ilttlo scopo in America. Bhe is well placed In a theatre whero the Government pays tho way, as her greatest sueeoss will bo achieved al ways in tragedy, nnd that of tho severeKt kind. In such roles a" Medea in Grlllpnrzer's trilogy of the Golden rioeco slio approaches noarur the grand austerity of Grook tragedy than ono MirJAIlETUE TONUEUB. sees In these days, and looks liko a figure of (jroclan antliiuity, snvero and beautiful, with tlio fateful atmospliero of thu old Grook plays clinging about her. MHthowsky is known as a moro than capable actor in tho roles of ro mantl'j heroes, nnd YonHochenburgnrlByoung and good looking, with somo prospects of boiiomlng competent. Grubo appears two or threo times each wook and Tollmer Is an amusing comedian outside of Shakespearean roles. Tho dismal Hohenzollorn series, with which Wiodenhruch is fluttering the pride of tho reigning 1'russlan family, and Incident ally tho Jierlln public, was producod first In tho ltoynl Thoatro, and would never havo found a place on any stage not patronized by the royal family. " Tho Quitzows," tho last of tho Borios excepting " Tho Now Lord," enjoys an Immenso degree of popular fawor. It is an Interminable thing, tinuttorably dull to ono who Is not Uattored by hearing tho dialect of tho Hproo as it was spoken threo hundred years ago and seeing tho family of Motion zollorn In Its rlso to greatnoss. Tho now mnnagomont lias rondo a feature of thu Hhnkespearean productions that havo pleasod thonudieiicos, notably "Tho Merchant of Venice." It roust bo borno In mind that tho llerlln ltoyal Theatre In not such un institu tion us the Theatro Frauc.ils. which is Aub vontioned by tlio Kronoh Government, and is tho representative theatre of the trench na tion, rrusshin marks support it, und tho lloyal is not moro national in character than tho court theatres of btultgart and Munich, each of which is mipportod by Its respective Govornniont. Tho Hollburg Theatro in Vlonna has moro the charactor, of thoirunch house, ns.ln comparison with tho Austrian capital, all other cities In that country aro provincial, a condition of affairs which does not at present exist In Germany, although as tho policy of separatism grows daily weaker llerlln must Inevitably booomo moro and moro the capital of German thought and art. as it now Is of 1U political life, , J .,, t JU The Berlin Thoatro Is owned and directed by Ludwlg Bnrnny. who Is probably the most popular of German actors. Ills theatre, is distinctly tho fashionable resort of liorlln. Unlike tho regular theatres it has an orchestra and an Imposing major domn at tho entrance, as well as several other foreign adjuncts; but in deference to popular tasto tho beer and sandwiches nre retained and nrn apparently appreciated there us much as elsewhere. 'J lie repertory of tho house, while more restricted than that of anyothor thoatro. Is varied and comprehensive. Its two most popular features last winter wore "Koan." a play br Dumas, .founded .oainQldenU.la.the.Ulo jitEdmumd. rwrrr-- Kcan. and, "Goldfish." which New Tork audiences liked as .".Tho Balirond of tpvo." Barnay- adapted tho former for himself. It , nfforded cxooptlonal oppor tuiittlos forthodlsplay of yorsatlllty. The play ,1s nskotchynffafrof six or Bovon acts, showing Kean as a society man, a drinker, a JlBlitor, nnd. finally, nn an actor in a scone from "Ilamlot" which is Interrupted oftep tfvoly by eortaln nctors In tho nudienco. To ono who has not acqulrod tho strong llerlln Jastn for Barnay the play ly n.dull affair, al though It Is acted excellently throughout. It isnppreolatod by thntheatro'B cllontel. and It seldom appearod on tho bills Jess than twice a wpek. Kqunlly popular was "GoldllBh." which, while now moro than four yoars old. an un usual period of longevity for snch alight wnlstod achlovomont in playwrlting. Is pro tlucod vory freaupntly. It is a delightful per formance with nil of Its possibilities presented with oxqulslto .art and finish. It differs little In form from tho American vorslon and tho similarity oven In minute business is striking, tho sconont tho door being little. If any, different In Its successful points. Hhnko spearo Is prosontcd. op.cnslonally. Bnrnaj's favorlto rOlo being Aina l,rar. Tho other pop ular players In the. company nre Mnrgnrotho Tontfour. Nuoha Butzo. nnd Ludwlg htahl. Tondcur Is a handsome woman and a gradu ate of tho Melnlnger company. Hho tins the snmo oxaggorntod habit of soU-ropresslon which the training of that company nppoars to Imvo inculpated in so many of Its nctors, which is notlconblo in thoso who nro graceful and sympathetic rather than forcible. In the former characteristics lies Tondour's chief charm. tven . moro popular Is Jiucha Butzo. who, n splto of such a name. Is probably tho bost-llkod nctross on tho Berlin stngo. Hhols a Bohe mian, or. ntallovents.she nttractod notico llrst at Carlsbad as a member of tho summer stock company .there. Along careorof success fol lowed at w lesbadon, wlionco sho enmo to Dor lin and bocamo associated with tho Barnay company. In appoarance nnd manner sho suggests the Rose Cophlan of ten years ago, with a refinement tho lattoractrcss never pos sessed. Hhols equally popular In oomedyor heavy work, but hor natural Meld Is tho for mer, in whleh her genial personality and nat ural humor are Irresistible. Her performance last spring as .Vbma ron Barnhelm tho Emper or pronounced "genuinely classic" an opln- ur.i.1 rr.Tnr. Ion of moro popular than critlcnl value, although thoroughly deserved. Her Adfl Iteitl. In tho evor-iopular "Journal ists." by Freytag. Is u dclightrully breezy performance, whllo tho sorrows' of tho mother In Boss's dismal play "Guilty." Ilnd In her hands nrtlstlo but loss sympathetic treatment. In "Goldllsh" sho appeared as tho young widow, tho rflle In which Edith Kingdon mndn hor first bow to a Now York nudionco. I-udwIc Ktuhl Is tho.fpune pivnurrof tho Berlin Thentro company as well as a highly considered teacher of acting. Ho is popular with young womon. nnd as tho Berlin is about tho only theatro young girls can at tend unhesitatingly, ho enjoys almost n mo nopoly of their attentions. Ills popularity Is eiiBily understood, however. In German thea tres tho actors who play roles llko his aro seldom youthful and moro rarely physi cally attractive. Stahl is a young, hand some, nnd serious actor, as Hiiccesful In the part of the fln-le-tirrlr Lieutenant In " Goldllsh." as ho Is In the stilted rolo of (leorge iy. In "Koan." Barnay is known by New Yorkers, and at tlio tlmo of his appearance lu EIJU tut! MANX. Now York their vordlct was favorable. His popularity in Berlin is great Last winter ho dlrectod somo amatourthentricnlsat l'otsdnm. In which tho actors wore socond In rank to tho Lmporor only. Tlio Emporor visits Harnuy's theatro probably moro frequently than any other under private mnuagemcut. The German Theatre is moro distinctly na tional in its repertory than any other in Ber lin nnd is direotod by L'Arronge, whoso plays bnvo a popular placo on tho Gorman stage. His dramas, although Inartlstio in form, de pict with great truth the pathos and humor of mlddlo-clnss German life. In splto of their structural weaknesses and almost entire dis regard of technical method, their naturalness and humanity promise to koep them fresh In public favor. They belong to a class of plays, the folk pieces, that might bo translated fur tho American stage. Their emotions nro honest and hearty, tholr characters either good or had. and tholr motives aro direct and unmistakable. Tho good folk aro always re warded nnd tho bad seldom fall to recover tholr moral baluncu in tlmo to blond harmoni ously with tho happy group at tho end of tho play. That is undonlably conventional, but Its tendency Is wholesome. Tho incidents aro presented so naturally that ono forgets that moral tcgonerntion goes on less rigorously In real life, and that villains are likely to remain stubbornly villainous to tho ond. Tho bills at tho Gorman Theatro range from Shakespeare to ILson. with Hnlir.a, Grill pa rzer, and Goethe hatweon. but tho llrst nam ed nro not roprenonted frequently in compari son with tho numbor of thu morn modorn plays wliloh the theatre produoes. Tho child ish sentimentality of such plocos as Halms's "Hon of tho Wlldernoss," known in Now Y'ork as " Incomnr," and tho stilted artificiality of Grillparzer's worksteaoh a publlo to appreci ate tlio truth of suoh works as "My Leopuiil." or tho lntorestof a play like "The Lost Paradise." In such piocos us the latter In plays of con temporary German llfo the company of thin theatro Is superior to any other in Borlln. Tlio natural life of the German people, untouched by modern affootatlons and ambitions, has; wonderful depletion In tho hands of tho players. Fulda'a "Tho Lost Paradise" was produced first in thla house. VYilden brucb, temporarily turned from thu adulation of tho nnhenzolloriis, wroto for tho company "Tho Hooded Lark," a real istic play of wonderful strength, whatever may bo thought of its ethics. It was daringly bold In thorae, and acted with uncompromising loallsm by tho company, and it enjoyed a long nnd successful course in Berlin. Its career was loss successful in other German towns, and in somo places Un porforraanco was pre vented by police prohibition. Fulda'a play was almost oquully successful In Berlin, ami it found moro gouoral acceptance and favor olsowhore, ns, in addition to Its tntrtnsio mer its, it contained "no feature which could ron -dor it ohieotlonnblti on tho stage of any court theatro," "Tho Excellency's Children" was tho most successful production In tho Gorman Theatre last winter. It was a comody, weak in construction and only occasionally bright, hut so strong was Its local tone nnd so Halter ing to the Borlln lasto that, notwithstanding the fact thattho notors were poorly suited with their parts, tho play was a popular success. Among tho actors of thu company Goorgo Engels. thocomodlan, isdesorvodly tho favor lto. and ho Is probably the most populur actor of ids class In Berlin. Tho uhluf charm of his acting Hob In tho gront naturalness of his methods, a quality which . does not fall him when tho expression of doepor feelings Is necessary. Nothing can be moro natural In IU pathos than his anting as tho old shoe maker In "My Leopold." . Ills portrayal of the dissatisfied workman In The Hooded Lark" was rich In humor and nrtlstlo finish. Every role he plays Is more or less Invested with the force of his personality, but his methods aro not lacking In variety, Gustav Kadolburg, a writer and adapter of plays, would probably, bo called tho Jeuue prnnUr o thocoropany, but his success is by no moans limited to the charactor allotted usually to an actor of that class, and ho is always lorelblo und nrtlstlo in the roles that fall to him. I'orhaps his best work of lute was In " The Hoodsd Lark." In which ho played with wonderful fffect the part of ayouUinot more than 10. EUa Lehman, formerly at a VttudoTllIo thoatro In Jlerltn. attracted man agerial notico at ono of the. free stngo per 1 formancos, and she Is now the lending Ingenue of the German Theatre. Bhe Is charming as a comedian, and hor treatment of tho lighter passages In tho role of the rich daughter In ' Tho Lost Paradise" was a fonturo of tho Impersonation., In , tho heavy and classical ., plays. In tho Gorman Thoatro the loading rolos nro assumed in tho main byThoos. liessner, nn Italian, but n resldonV of Borlln for some tlmo. Her most successful part Is MaryutrUt, to whloli her husband plays Fault. Hho Is a pretty woman nnd a delightful render, but sho possesses Ilttlo forco as an actress. Hor J'arihenta Is a KUCHA BUTZE. graceful performance, but her .TiihVf has Ilttlo depth or power. Tho lover and leading man of tho tragedies Is Herr Barthel, a former Melnlnger actor, who plays in the unnatural, stilted manner that nil Gorman actors assume for tho oldor plays, which Gurman audiences aoom to consider propor. Tho Lessing Thentro is the newest of tho Ini- fortnnt Berlin houses, nnd Is tlio handsomest, t Is on the canal, near tho now Ilelchstag building. It represents, to tho Borlln mind, tho best in theatro construction, nnd It Is In deod n beautiful house, comfortablo nnd tnsto ful In arrangement and decoration. When tho thentro was opened there was somn promise that tho modern Gorman realistic drama would Hud particular representation on Its boards, and it bus been complained rathor justly thut tho pronosod policy has not boon followed. Many of the plays havo boon brought from Paris, although Its most successful produc tions havo been of natlvonrigln. Kudermann's "Honor" has boon Its greatest succosb, nnd in its production tho houso has done nn important service to German art. Tlmt au thor's seeond piny. "Sodoin'H End." was in forlor to " Honor, but it made a deep impres sion. His first work depicts real, truthful life. It Indicates nn influenco that Is dovolop tng In the middlo and lower strata of Berlin society, whore tho struggle for llfo appears to bo sharper than anywhere olso In the world. Tho wealth of Berlin has Increasod greatly, but in tho hands of a few. whllo tlio many find thomsctvos poorer thnn over, but sur rounded by the tomptntlons and powers of money. That is one, and probably tho most potent, of tho many causes aris ing from tho complex life of n crude metropolis that have mado fomalo honor a subject of literary und dramatic attention In Gormany recently. "Sodom's End " is not a true picture of Gorman llfo. Tlio society depleted there finds no truthful prototype in tho stolid Toutouio naturo. Berlin nudlunces nro flattered by seeing such scenes repre sented as vlows of their city's life. "How wicked, how cosmopolitan wo must bo get ting" they think. "How much like London nnd Purls." But they never see. never meet, such peoplo in real life. It is characteristic of Berlin's crude social conditions that tho un faithful wife in thut play was held to be a charucter worthy of studv. Kho was u typo of a nervous, unsatisfied woman, whoso exlstenco literature acknowledged long ago, nnd Ignored ns nn unimportant phenomenon of modorn life. Tho hero was equally unworthy of sorlous considera tion, as In real life such a creature would nut have enjoyed toleration two hours. Besides, there are not many lessons, valunble for hu manity, that can ho proved by n character whoso author frankly depicts him ns bail and selfish, huderiuaim Is a dramatist ol groat promise, and he i-tands easily nt tho hend of tuo writors of tho modern realistic plays so popular in Germany now. Ho Is plnlnly strongly tntluoncod by Ibsen, and if hokeops as near to truth ns bo did in "Honor" there Is proiniso of gront nehlovements by htm. But there was an ohllouitv of perception in "So dom's End." an unhealthy tendency to viow the morbid as natural and to draw his conclu sion of llfo from its unrealities thnt would bo fatal to tho success of nny writer's work. Ibsen receives moro attention from tho Les sing Theatre than from any other In llerlln. His "Hodda Gnhlor" was presented there llrst, and "Nora" nnd the "Encmh-s of Society" are presented frequently. "'IhoClemonceau Case is one of tlio most popular French plays in the repertoryof thohouse. but "Thermldor" was not vory successful. Dr. Blumonthal's ponied lea aro favorite features of the theatre's Mil. Tho scenery nnd general mounting of the plays nro spocial feuturosof tho produc tions, nnd tho costuming of tho uctresses is considered oxppptlonnlly line. They are. as a rule. North German imitations of Paris models, nnd would full to impress any one more famil iar with tho original article, although they aro worn generally by hnr.dsomo women a boasted foaturoof tlio Lcslng. The company Is large, but uneven. Some of tho actors when culled upon to plnymo-t Im portant roles wero incompetent, and thoroforo performances often oxcollentin the main wore injured by one orporh.ips two of the players. The pluys selected for the company havo been beyond its capabilities frequently. For In stance. Paris Fin do Slide " hail scarcely a competent morubor in its cast Most of those josr.r KAIN7. ongagod in its production wero good actors, but utterly unable to present or foel the s.plrltof tho distinctively French characters, A work by arillparzor. rovlvod for Kalnz at tho tlmo of tho Austrian poet's anniversary, was playod with Ilttlo impresslvnnoss and earnest ness. In "Honor." In "Hodoin'sFnd,"undln nil tho light comedies, ns well as iuthnlbseii plas. tho company nppoars to splendid ad vantage. "Tho Last Word." "Tho Test Arrow," and "Tho Hocond Faco" nro rendered In tho gonulno spirit of pollto comedy. Josef Kalnz. who has boon appearing In Now York recently, headed tho forces of tlio Losslug Isst year. Ills wonderful performance of tho port of the artist in "Sodom's End "was tho most important event In the theatrical season. Ho is un, nctor of great norvons strength, occasionally awkward In goi-tlculntlon but ex traordinary In his power of faolal expression. Ills love making Is Intense In Its impassioned fervor, and in passages of his work tho lire of his picturesque foreo carrlesovurylhlngboforo it. Ho Is rccardod in Germuny as tho greutest Hying exponent of Grillparzor's heroes, and, whllo he lias gained success in other roles, his art has Its limitations, duo principally to a certain monotony In his mothods of expros slnn. , A valued member of tho oonnmny was Adolph Klein, nn uctor of little versatility, but exceptionally successful in parts whoroln ho could display tho uuulitles of a cynical blas.i man of tho world. Among thu women Is .Tonnv dross, popular as n beauty, and a graceful comedian of delicate methods, Tho leading actress of tho company is Lilli Potrl, tho wfo of ono of tlio theatre's stage managers, and an lngenuo of unusual ability. As tho Inevitable larkfliich (a word for which tlio English languugo offers no equivalent) of modorn Gorman comedy she Is graceful and pleasing, but trio part allows Ilttlo Indication of her exceptional capacity for moro ambitious work, Hor impersonation, however, of Im In "Tho Clomonccnu Case" is brillluit in Its powerful conception nnd nrtlstlo performance, while as Knra in Ibsen's play of tho same nnros she dollghtod that author. As the way ward daughter In "Honor," . nnd as tin. Molted in "noddn Gabler," both fiiirts demanding considerable nicoty of reatment, sho acts with great forco and unnerrlng nrtlstlo judgment An actress seldom unltos m iturednrt with youth, and that 1b truo unfortunately in Lilli Petri's ease, although she Is of thetypoof womon (hit will tievor cet beyond a certain appearance of ago. Hor threo years' contract with thu Les sing Thoutrohaa only twelvo months tn rw. but it is probable that n house which has de rived it greatest reputation from her success ful effort will not relinquish, ita claim 'on nor rttsUo activity. rmsosnns jy tib bqvdas. Three Surrlrara ol the Unfortunate White Captives Ueeape to Ksypt. About four wooks ago threo forlorn-looking persons, who for nine yenra had boon prison ers of tho fanatical Mnhdlslsot Omdurmann, npponrod In Egypt. Thoy wore two Italian Cathollo Slstors and Father Ohrwalder, an Austrian prlost who had boon ongnsod In mis sionary work in Kordofan boforotho Malidist robe I lion nnd woro led prisoners to Khartoum whaVtho Mahdl entored It over tho bodtosof Gordon and hlscomrados. About fifty Euro peans foil into the hands of tho Mahdl. Tho prisoners Included two prlosls, four Italian and Austrian Bisters, two Italian laymon, a numbor of Greek morchants, Lupton l'ashn, Govornor of tho Ikihr ol Ghnznl provlneq: Watln Bey, tho Govornor of Bounuar: Syrians, Jews, nnd others. Thoy all lod mlsorablo lives. In 1BS8 two lottors. each about four tlmoj tho slzo of n postage stamp- woro brought to Cairo. Ono of them was from Slatln Hoy and tho other was wrltton by tho Mohumnicdnn widow of nn Egyptian ofllcer. Lupton Pnsha was described as working In tho arsenal as acommoi Arab laborer, and without clothes excepting a pair of drawers anil a fez. Slntin Bov was acting ns tlio Mnhdlst'H forerunner. Barefoot and half nuked hn had to run boforo the Mahdlst's horse, carrying a lance and a small banner. It wn his duty to hold thu stirrup or tho fanati cal rulerwhenovor ho mountodnr dismounted. Neufeld.n Goriunn. tried tn oscnpu and was kept In chains, uut of mere wantonness ho was on two or threo occasions ordered out for execution, hut was cut down after a few toe onds. Ho escaped, but was spoodlly captured, and it was reported that ho was thon hangod In earnest, but tho escaped prlsouurs Bay he Is still alive. Baron HeekondorfTs servant nnd a Prussian non-commlsslonod ofllcer named Klotz wore kept In prison, woro tortured from tlmo to time, by being hangod until they wero nearly dead, and finally death putim end to thelrsuf forltigs. I ho missionaries, threo of whum have now reached civilization, wero better treated. Aftor spending somo tlmo In prison tho womon wero pormitted to wander nt will through tho town, nnd they mado their living by baking enkos. which they sold In tlio htroots. Xono of tho prisoners would have been spnrod for a single moment If thov had not consoutod to urn brace tho Moh.immodnu faith. A letter which Lupton Pnsha wroto to Eng land was wrltton apparently undor compul sion. It announced that he had bepomo a Mohammedan, that ho .was woli and happy, nnd ho requested that no effort bo made to roseuo him, as undor no elrcumstaneos would ho loavo the Soudan. A little later another letter enmo from him datod Nov. 'JO. 1H87, In willed ho said ho could not get away without money. Ho requested thnt llannol shirts bo sent to him. anil said that it money reached him ho might bo able to buy his release front nnptiilty. Not long afterward ho died nt Om durmann of consumption, and tho report was sent north thnt his funeral had boen conducted in public with Mohammedan ecremnuios. Slatin Hey was reported also to have dlod, but lather Ohrwalder says ho Is still alive. Tho captives who have just escaped took ad vantage of a festival to get outside of the walls unobserved, and there thev lound friends who had camels rendy for them, nnd provis ions for the march down tho Nile and across tlie wide desert to Wady Haifa. Tholr long ex posure to the tropical sun had so bronzed their features thnt they looued liko natives of the Soudan, whoso clothing they wore, nnd their porfeet acquaintance with Arabio en abled them to pass among tho Mahdlst tribes on tho northward journey without revealing thomsolxos. They mndn a very lucky escape. Tho friends of all tho prisoners had long ago given up hopes of over seolng them again. Tills is about all that Is yet known of tho fate of tho prisoners of tho Soudan. No Incidcntof the remarkable uprising wlilo'i cost Egypt hor provinces is more pathetlo than tho story of the unfortunate handful of whlto men and womon who woro caught In that fanatical revolution, and. finding all means of escnpo cut on", wero compelled to Uveas tlio captlvoa of tho Mahdl. until many of them succumbod to tho hardships of their unhappy lot four iSAKKT'S aATV.WAT. The Hole Relic of nn lllatorte Ktructure or the Qreut Northweet. At tho upper ond of tho muin street of Win nipeg Is nn interesting relic of tho enrly days of the Canadian Northwest It Is tho gato wny of old Fort Garrj-, known far and wldo bo foro St Paul and Minneapolis woro over heard of. Through that gate for many yoars hun drodsof Indians passed to soil tholr loads of furs or skins to tlio agents of tho Hudson Buy Company. It Is said that oncon year thcro was u grand carousal around tho old gate. Christ mas was tlio brightest day In tho calendar for tho poor red man. because It was tho ouly oc- THE OLD OITEWAY AT FOOT OIIIBT, Pliotogrnplied (ram tlio Interior, oasion on which his wlilto brethron In tlio fort would fill him up with whiskey. It was along tlmo betwoon drinks, and on tho red-letter day thountutoiod native indulgod lu ono grand, glorious, royal drunk. Through that old gato in 1800 Biol marehod his Scotch and English prisoners whon ho Incit ed tho French half broods to rebel and ordered tho Governor, whom Canada had appointed over hor now territory, to botuko himself back to Ontario. Thoso worn the most exciting days thnt Fort Garry ever saw, and It was a lucky thing for tlio fow thousand English-speaking pioneers of tho Northwo-t that the reign of torror usherod in by tills irresponslblo, half crazy loader did not onduro long. Nanr tho old gato Kiel placed Scott, tho martyr otJho first rebellion, against tlio wall of the fort 'lid shot him. Tho wall has vanished. The placo whero Scott fell Is marked by nn memorial. But to every i.trnngor who visits tho old gato Is shown tho spot whnro Scott stood. Tho Illustration gives mi Interior view of tho entrance to Fort Garry as It nppeared lust summer. Not a foundation stomwif the rest of tho wall remains. Tlio city extends hoyond tho fort, and tint valuer of tho land has led to the destruction of tho interesting rello or early duys In the lied llivor country. Twenty years ago tho walls of Fort Garry enclosed MiM-ral acres. Now t ho old gato la tumbling into com pleto ruin. Through tho old gato havo rumbled thou sands of specimens of that peculiar Invention, tho Bed Itivor curt, somo of which may still bo seen In Winnipeg. Hundreds of them earrlod from St Paul stores and suppllos to Port Garry. The carts wero of homo manufacture and were constructed entirely without Iron, becuiisu tho transporting of such heavy ma terial to Fort Gurry was too expensive for tlio uso of It. Tho harness of tho oxen that drew tho carts was mado of tho raw hido of tho buf falo dressed for tho purpose. Whero the bustling city of 40.000 inhabi tants now stands tho prairie, almost as level as a floor, was tho grazing ground of great herds of buffaloes, which formed the staple article of food tor thu Indians. Their suns were brought by thousands Into Fort Garry. Thirty-live years ago the territory was known on our bido of thu border as the Itod lllvur country. I'ort Garry was famous as tho chief post of tho Hudson Hay Company. It derived Its Importance from the fact thut it was at tho junction of tho AHslnlboiuoniid tho lied rltcr.s nnd wn right on tho border between tlio hun dred" of mih'S of scrub between Ottawa and tho fort and the groat ninlrlos nnd plains which extend to tho ltooky Mountains. Soon after tho close of tho Kiel rebellion Canada took mora olloetlvn poutt"! of tho region, und Fort Garry began to develop into an Important city, with thu eiumbllng gateway us Its must interesting historical monument. JOII' A JtUASlJ. VKANAZT DIES. Count r.eo Tolstoi (4iy lie Welcome the t'od or JI1 Jlvlrca, Count Loo Tolstoi described thus rocontly to Octavo Houdnlllu, who visited him at Jnsnaju I'ojuna, how a llusslan peasant dlos: "Death is durk'and turrlblu on tlio canvas of tho painter, but horo in tho country It Im al most a picture of mirth. 1 just caino from a peasaut's denthbod. Tho matt knew that ho must die and his pain lasted several days, yet not onpo did his serenity of soul loavo him. lion death was qulto near, nnd, as is custom ary, a wax taper was placed In his hand, his face assumed an expression of unuttorablo happiness. It seems strange to mo aftor such a scene that, I have lelt so little emotion. Aslda from all religious fooling, death M for these people u release from tiouiile; therefore, ull ubfconce of tho cloud of sorrow seen else where. It Is tho poace. tho slumber which the peasant Has. longed for in the depth of his misery, and the Borrow of living Is w or." WHAT XSCIICD TOE CftlSEtK 1UOTS, Pnrla of a Pamphlet Clrcnlaled Throncb th Kmplre Translated, Bat Math Top Indecent lo Render Into English. The roadors of Tut Sun already know thnt, within a fow months, many thousands of copies of anonymous pamphlets havo been scatterod broadcast In towns along tho river Ynngtse, vilifying tho Christian faith and calling for tho destruction of Its tenchors nnd disciples. Largo supplies of tho pamphlets wero dis tributed to studonts who had gathered from fnrand neartoattond tho official examinations at certain towns. Tbostudouts scatterod tho inflammatory literature through thooountry, and thus hlned toarouso publlo feeling and foment the riots that occurrod at widely re moved points and for a thousand mllos up tho great rlvor. Tho most effcctlvo of fheso pamphlets hai boon translntod Into English by Mr. L. C. Hop kins. It fills four closely printed pages. Tho copy which 1ms come to Tms Sun from Eng land contains much which could not bo prlut odtnnny newspaper: and yet. tho translation Is not qulto faithful to tho original, for nn oc casional foot nolo Informs us that certain sontonccs of thoChlncso toxt nro too conrso to be rendered Into English. This fiery essay gives what purports to bo a concise stntomontof tho origin nnd principles of tho Christian religion. It Is an appeal to tho passions of tho Ignorant, and Its stylo and historical valuo niny bo cstlmntod from n few of tho quotable portions of tho toxt. Tho fnj lowers of Confucius nro lntormod thnt tho "Head Devil" whom" Hie Christians worship Is called "Jesus, tho Holrtotho Throne." Tho wrltorgoeson: Tlio truth In that Jttni, whtn alive. wi n moil vlclmu. nioit wicked, Ahd molt corrupt man, who, bar. Injrcnmmlttrilmany and moat grlerooa crlmra, wai put to death tiycructflKlon. There wai no atom of Inpiktice In the cruclflxlou. Tho writer asks if tho Christians nro not moro stupid thnn hogs. Tho Bolng thoy wor ship has boon dead for 2.000 yoars. Ills spirit has boon confined In tho darkest perdition; nnd yet Ills followers Bay Ho has ascotidod to heaven. Tho only missionaries tho writer has scon nrparontly nro tho Catholics, who nro far moro numerous in China than tho disciples of nny other Christian confession. Their nlturs, images, church ornaments, and modo of wor ship nro grotesquely and In pnrttndecontly depleted. Whon any ono onters a church, says tho writer, a devil book (the translated Scrip tures nnd tractsl Is given to htm, Thete devil bnoks are In tares nnmben. nut not one eiliti that onitlit not to be destroyed I I have, dla t tiUInu ray feellnr , received aeveral of them, and for every ecntenro that I read t uttered a cane, aud when I had rlnlihtd reading I there and then burnt them. You, my readers, have not aeen them, in I will deicrlbo them to you. They ay that the Chlneie. who venerate heaven, earth, the lun, the inoon, and the start, are wrong, all wrong. Tbeee are material thing! created by Jems. Why ahould e want to venerate themt It It enough to worship Jesus, and then there will he such happiness, without beitinnlng or end ! They also say that the Chinese who venerate the an cestral tablets aro wrong, all wrong. Ancoktorr. be ing deat are the same as wornout utensils. Why shonld we want to venerate them ! It Is enough to worship Jesus, and I lien there wilt be such happiness, without beginning or endl Of all our saints and sages the only ones whom tho devil books do not dare to abuse at present are Yao, Shun. Vu, T'ang, Wen Wang, Wn Wang, Cbou Kung, Confucius, and Mcoclus. but whether they will not abuse them in the future is doubtful. Apart from these. Wen Cli'ang. the Ood of Literature: Kuan Ti. the Uod of War; Laotsu, Sakyamunl, Kuan Yin, tho (iod of the Hearth, the Ood of Wealth, together with alt the greater and lesser true gods, are abused without exception la the devil books, which oue and all declare thai in heaven above and earth beneath, in the past and In the present, only one is great; that Is the cor rupt detll Jesus whom they worship. At times thoy say that the latter was transformed from tho eisenrn (or spirit) of the Supremo Ruler) at other times that He Is Ills Son. The devlt men and children call the Su preme Ituler their Heavenly Father, and the corrupt devil Jems their Heavenly Elder Brother. And I don't know how much more stuff and nonsense they have. It Is. however, whon tho pamphlotoer under takes to depict tho wlckodnoss of the priosts and the uttor degradation of tholr followers that ho gives frcost rein to his vocabulary and imagination. Ho says ho is 75 years old. and ho has novor heard his countrymon accused of such enormities as thoso which aro habitual among tho "dovil sects." It should be hopod, for the crodit of humanity as woll ns China, that be tells tho truth. But tho hated foreign ers " havo many vile customs. Impossible for mo to doscribe or to put into writing. But If they are neither spokon of nor wrltton, people havo no means of loarnlng about them. I must thoroforo force myself to toll and wrlto eomothing of thom for you to soo whether tho dovil sects aro not doaorving of endless detes tation." Tho Information ho Imparts is "Important iftruo:" and after showing that Occidental society, including its rollglous leadors. Is rot ton to tho core tho chroulclor exposes a deep laid plot to ruin China. "Tho dovil kings of all tho foroign countrlos aro plotting for tho territory of China and mnnufacturo opium expressly to drain China of hor money and lnjuro hor vitality. China has already fallen into tho trap, nnd tho result is that tho land is povorty-strickon and tlio pooplo grievously Injured." Tho bettor to accomplish their de signs tho foreign rulers "havo struck out an other rascally schomo, falsoly saying that in order to "exhort mon to virtue' (a quotation from the treaties), they wish to como to China to build dovil churches nnd proctiso the devil religion. China has fallen Into tho foul snaro. ,nnd. having fallod to ralso any barrlor, tho devil rulers despatch a crowd of devil priests to work upontho peoplo's feelings." And how tho peoplo's feelings aro wrought upon Is do scribed with a dogruo of vivid particularity which ennnot hero bo roproducod. Having revealed, in all Its hntoful doformity. the character of thoso Inv.idors of China, tho writer thus advises tho people; At the present time in eiery prntinnt tlio rictlt pritsts despatch a crowd of Chinese detil smis and devlt grandsons belonging to their s,'Ct tlr, old mid young natite Christians! who secretly distribute dutil books everywhere. .Muny of these buoks hato bfen picked up. Itoiuember. as soon as you hear them spoken about by any one, go Quickly anl initio search eterytthere and ael&t them. Whcneter )on see a devil sou or a devil grandson praising tho devil doctrines, attack htm; whenever you sou a iletll hook, burn It On no account he careless. Onco allow them to come and Incite people to enter the devil sect.and If one man rners itanhole family Is led nstra); If ni family Is led astriy. so mIU their immediate neighbors he. thvlr fallow cluiisinen, thidr relatltesaiid friends, aud numberless places will be ruined. It Isjutt as It Is with opium It one person suiokos, the whole household is ceruin to do so; ir one household smokes, the neighborhood will he sure to do so, and when there ara inauy smokirs an opium divan tt ill b upeiioJ. Jn the same way, if the followers or the faith are many, n devil's ball will ho built, und ft hut eau you do then r There Is anothei thing You must be extra careful In enjoining on thn wuuien aud children of both rexes not to look at strangers, und to have nothing to do with women, old or oung, whom they casualty meet, lest they should allow the devil sect uoiueu to administer secrctl) one of their magical drugs. As soon as the witchcraft has taken effect, the debauching of the t p. tlm Is assured, lu Hie first placo In gratify their pas sion, and in the sccoud place as a means ut slutting Hie mouths of your whole fumlly. Is not this a dread ful uad liuteliil thing T Tho Chlncso publlo nro also incited juid urged to kill tho Christians, " However many tho devils ure they must und bhull bo utterly exterminated." This literary effort as a whole, is Ingenious, able, and sttong. Its nllcgod evidence. Its arguments, wunilngs, and exhortations, nro olfeetlwilv grouped and developed tojicblevo tho purpose Intended to Infhimo tho prej udices and arouse tho hntrod of the masses, in another aspect also thn pamphlet Is sug gestive und Important. Tho cducutitd classes, and doubtless this writer himself, do net bo llovo there is truth In half the horrors ho enu merates. Hut I hum is every ronon to bollove thut many Intelligent Chinese regard it ns an, impertluenco for WoBtom .people to attempt to force upon them their forms of rollglous faith. They feel thoniselveslnflnitolysupoiior to the strangers, who, burning no inconse jn tholr temples, set ting up no nnoostral tablets in tholr houses, making light of tho saints and sages and Jluddhds who havo brought blessings upon tho people, dare to come among them t point out tho Way of Life, Thoy would gladly sou these Intruders dilven from the land vhero they aro not noeded, and they fully share thn feeling of bitterness and hato which inspired . rbis inflammatory pamphlet A TEN-STORY CLUB HOUSE, : X nn: xiar iio.iw of xnn cmcAaa I jil ATlttClIV ASSOCIATION. ''IHbI iJnH A Macnincent Hlrncture "Which Will Mel nll l:ttiortely Kqnlpped-Ctitrngonnn Ctnlnt ,H II la Hie I'lnral or the Kind In Amerlen IniH Will Coat Ilcltveen SOOO.OOO nnd TOO 'j OOO -To lie Opened In (he Kprlnn. 'SJH Tho new club houso of tho Chicago Athlotlo jH Association Is now receiving tho finishing kH touches, nnd when completed it will bo In cer- teH tnln respects tho greatest Institution of tha '. kind lu exlstenco. It will bo ten stories high. ilLH nnd In thnt particular will excel all othor nth- LH lotlu club houses. In variety and extent of '1 equipment and nppnrntus it Is claimed H it wilt also bo In ndviinco of nny club In America. New Yorkers, however, will ll bo slow lo admit thut the enterprising il athletes of thn Garden City lmvo succeeded In . B erecting n houso that lu architectural beauty, l solidity, luvurloiisness, und convenience will InH eclipse (ho Madison avenue bouse of tho Man- 311 lintlnn Athlotlo Club. Vet tho projectors f tho laB Chlnago easllo Insist thnt nil previous olTorU H at athletic club houso building hnve been loft 1 farin tho rear by their u'litnvement. Thcro- j fore, n description of tho new structuro wilt H doubtless piovn Inlorosilngto thoso who think B they havo done well In thu past. '9VJ The now houso has a frontage of BO foot on j Michigan nvcnuo, near thn 'corner of Madison 'aVAl street. Tho building Is 172 foot tn depth and Kill feet high. Tho material Is of brlek of a , jollow character und gray slono. In tho Vonx 'Hi V wa, ;- tjH r0CWWW'8) tn j) ) ?)$ H i m wffltm .Ifi MrJSS f I i rT! VpMl II' ' ti 4i rM ftH i.JHil i NEW U0MC OF TUB CItlCAOO A. A. H tinn stylo. Tho foundation stono was laid last laifl Iehruary, and by tho tlmo tho house Is thrown SssH open to tho club members the total outlay will HiaH havo reached between ftlOtl.OOt) and $700,000. EaVfl The wealthiest nnd most Inlluontinl of Chicago- , III anaareintorostedinthonuwclub.andthoyhav BrH pushed the affair with customary vigor. The iffjenl project wus started a year ago last summer. flBH Henry Ives Cobb is the architect. Asnoonns IMI the Idea took sbuptt thu Chicago Athletic As- lal sedation was formed, and 1.4U0 mumborsat uSJssH once onllsted in thu ranks. lteldonts of the flH pity paid $100 initiation feet and $40 annual LlH dues, whllo lion residents wero assessed $50 " Initiation feo and .') annual dues. Tho moia- UsH berslilp Is limited to 'J.Ulm. jNKE JJJie decorutivo eflorts of tlie building have .jjEiWS bswn concuntrated on the front, which Is very HiaSH handsome. Tall, diamond-cut windows join ifiniafl tho fourth and llfth lloorh. thus giving ample ' -'nsnl height nnd lighttntho gymnasium, which Is 'H located on those Doors. On tho seventh floor tho Inscription "Chicago Athletiu Association" , H runs nearly the width of tho building. Tha ',alH eighth story will havo balconies, whero mom- 'ilfliaSB borscan sit and onioy the vlownnd broezosof 'iaiaV Lnke Mlclilgnn. Tlio ninth und tenth floors MH will have no windows, but will bo lighted by JHH skylights. These floors nre set apart for in- UB door tounls, rnciiuets, and other ball games. fnXcV Tho basement contains olght bowling alleys it0-nl ronehlng under tho sldowalk. a shooting lawM frallery running tho whole depth of thu build- BvUrjal ng. a bicycle storage room, with lockors, and afvFfl connected by an incline with tho bicycle club WrmM room. wll Thn first floor Is reached from a spacious &IVH vestibule in front, with business ofllco. rocep- tiiqH tion nnd coat rooms on oithor side. A larga FlLsBBal hall at the top of tho steps onons Into tho lava- .lEsBBal tory. harbor shop, and dressing rooms, back of HtSBaH which aro tho Turkish und ilusslun baths, a lxH swimming tank 00 by 40 foot aud a lounging 'uVStfl loom. Tlio swimming tank is v ider than those rSssa of tlu Manhattan A. C. or New York A. C. but IfilM lucks in length, tho former being 100 feet "Sflsfl long and tho lattor eighty foot Tho Chicago- FlEM litis will have moro sea room, but whon it 'sTiiifl comostoa gamo of water polo or swimming U'JIIM races, they will regret that somo width was wrfHal not sacrificed for additional depth. I'PfJSsl Anotberdoor from the llrst floor lends to tho lasfflial bicycle club room, which has a soparnto eu- tl'rv9 franco from tho street for tho admission of fltiSiTii wheelmen and their machines, tho nbj'cctbo- ",v.'lsV ing to innko It convenient for bicyclists t rlda J&SMKi up to tlio door of tho building, store their ma- fi'if'lll? chinos, put on tholr business suits, und leave tt&SliB their wheels there during I he day. tKwSS Throughout tho building tho llnlsh will be 5i50fffij practical and substantial. The beams will ba Iff ?H 1 of red oak. and no elaborate decoiatlon will K&flMft beatteniptoil. Tlie halls and lounging rooms UFvrB'a will have tiled floors, and marble wll1 he used $$$. -vQ for mantels and shi-lvos. Hot water pipes will tfcfm'lm be eovorod With a coating of nickel plate. 'Wrl! Tho second floor is termed by tho architect fftii'lils tlio main floor. This will bo the social part of VKltf'fflP tho houso. There is a largo hall in front, with trrSija? acifilat the south end. nnd separated from SyfAvrX them by a colonnade Is n liigii billiard room w'S in which will bo placed lueniy-olght tnlilo-,. laVffWi Between the two main room- aio small apart- rij'.'tlst monts for tho billiuid murl.ors. lavatory, and WrSlIJl sorting; room. . jpM.lim On tho third floor will bo the library and ffinvM reading room, at tlio soiithea'-t end, with two JtUordBi lounging rooms, lavatory, drying loom, linen, tmitSU loom, nnd olllcu iidjoining. Tho rear hall of iiUiilM the thlnl floor Is occupied by thlrly-seveu itPHsal baths. l.r0l) lockers, and 10it dressing rooms. ?J:'ITm Thniughoiit tho luiildiug there will be 7IX) Ullnfl dressing room 4 by 4 feet In size. Thu swim- LolBBaa tn Ing tank will lei of steel, uneerod with nfrsBBsa lillug. and tilled twih water from Lttko Kanl The gyiiinnsiiim Is located or. tho fourth and 'ratssa! fifth floors, whleh make nun lingo apartment. .mbWH Three rooms aro used for special apparatus. sBBBBBBll This leaves for tho i,-ymiiiislitm proper un Im- H mensu space. The runiliig track, twelvo laps M to tho mile, ulll be in u balcony on n levol with ;JaSBBBBiB the llllli floor, sons not to interfuro with the) fM gymnasts on tho main floor. C. O. Duplessts. TBBBBiBBal the director of gymnastics, is now in this 'IH city iiMiiuining the vailous club houses H with a view of getting hints useful H in the lining up of lliu Chicago building. Ha H hns made a twenty years' study of gymnastics IH and gyiniiustie apparatus, und ho says tha (IH gymnasium of tho association will oo tha jHsSiS most pompleto and convenient of any In Amor- lin ica. All tho latest and most improved appa- MKH rntus and many novelties will bo Introduced. SswiH Mr, Uuplossis has bumpod against many good laPHH Ideas In thu athletiu club bouses in this city. f3rm which ho will recommend to bo InooriHiratea IvHxitu In tho now bouse. Tho trunk in tho gymnn- ffcwSs f.lum. which is six leet wide, has a straight- trWuM away course of 110 feet, wnlch will pormlt of a H'fiflOll tllty-ynrd dash. iMJJslil Tirod nature's switot rostorer can bo courted f h'IBI on tho sixth and seventh floors, whore will ba 'I'MH found, sixty-six sleeping rooms. A bathroom S.iifiv.lt Will adjoin each bedroom. WfeSllf .Tho eighth story will Im taken up by tha rilKtliL dining room. Thoro will bo ono lnrgo general y iVt dining room andaninnberof private iooma WVi'W with kitchen and rtigo rooms In tho reatv Sr'-JiV Tho balconies on this lli will bo available for .1. i ,,'m dlnuerpaillef. liVtrlii A fealuinlstnl.omnde of tennis, racquiits. S'tHiK and other Indooi ball giiincs Tim ninth nml tisifr":. tenth btorins nro In be devoted entirely lo such TOeliW gniniis. Thorn will be two largo nieqiu t courts, YriWiYt a tonniscourl, lives eouit, und a parlor und riVllfAi mnrker's room. . . ,, ,, BlSlVlt Tho roof h now lining put on Hie bullillng, y.ilW nnd It Is oxpocled Hull the ln.iio will bo fur- ?1,- nlKhod and Hie doors IhrotMi open, by sjirlng. fftlf)''. With such u Imniii for its nthh lies tber.inp- mktfm pears to bo no reus u why I bicago sh mid not. .TlftJfi m the !utuie,tal.i.i ewi.imaudlng position In rr',SS4 tho arena of alid lie splits. liilfissl Tboollleers ol lue l idengo A-s Million In- HrfissW elude siituu of thu ni-.-. piiiiiiinent business jfiftjUH men of tliocily. They, .lie as Mluwn; rrosl- WfflM dent, Charles I. llulchlnsou: Mcn-I'mfcldoiit. (ftJaH Normnii II, lUamiTieasuier. -loHM'h I , llowon: WyM Nerretiiry.il. ('., .Nlckerson: Hlroetors. Joseph HiifH Adams, A. (1. Spaiilliig. Owen T. Addis. Jyu kMeLbbB gennrl. I'ike Warren M. b.iiilsbury. (.Iiarlos itWsH Pclnvart?, V. Vein Ul llooth. Hob.irtC. Taylor, QQiiB 11.11. Liimb. 1'. II Mauley,. M. V. Llghtnor ' IjRH Cyrus If. JliCormlck. Ilenrv Ives Cobb. H. P. fsMslM Crane. V K lalibanl,, William 11. Hubbard. '-iflBIH W. h. Mei'rcn. In Mldih thn Manhattan Alhletlc Club of this city Ims an lulMintauo over tho Chicago struo- iBnfsH tare, tho fornnir being 1'Jo feet, but tun lattsr rflBsfl hat tho adruntngii of tho Manhattans In ueirtfcf tVffM and gains lu tho matter ol height jIVS i'sB