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AFFAIRS OF THE THEATRE.
aiunvArns t'ROM rAVinrir,LB to
jut: uiiAXATia stage.
The Nil Show Tlint Is Coming to the
DlmlUnn Sqanre Onrden-An Author Who
,, Not Want Songs In nil Furce What
Home of the Foreign Actors Are Doing.
Tho evolution of the Hogors brother from
Taudevillo talkers and singers to legitimate
comedians will bo nn Intorestlne csperimonU
Thoy havo bocn extremely successful with
their dlnloeuoB In Gorman dialect, partly bo
causs thnlr Jokes wero witty, and partly be
cause of tho aualnt, earnest and rapid dcltvory.
n wbeiton In tlio variety shows with what Is
oalli d " Hi-it " onc and danco, but soon turned
totceentrieitr mid finally (rnlned attention ns
tntcrp-ilit'-'l prc-iallxtB In "A Hound of l'lens
ore " though they nlso plajed small parts In
thatcvtravaiMhn Tln-y aro to Ihivh n (food
oirmrtuiilty In the drumtitlo Held with a now
Ifuri-o and a helpful company under the best nu
arlccs Another venturer from vaudovllla Into
the field of farce. Bamuel Bernard, was a Ger
man dialect talker boforo he camo Into Broad
way nottco In mnslo hall burlosauos. Ho has
pected to appear In " Tho 3Iarg,ula of Michi
gan " Ho may bo seen In nnothor play. His
mutineer wishes to Introduce music, but tho
author objects "80 far as I'm concarnod."
Mr Bernard snld when questioned on tho sub
let, "they can put In cheese If they want to."
Mr. Bernard's diction may not bo of tho
Choicest, but It Indicates a trnctablllty that Is
turo In actors picked out by managers for ex
ploitation. It Is not often that asplranta for
advancement on tho stago deserve discourage
ment tofort-lnnd. but In tho caso of Mr Hon
nrrnud Mr Mcl'-oy thorp Is Rood reason to
I dm fur failure Tho following inomornndum
has been sent out by a firm of managers who
deal In ultra-sensational plays:
Prof Herman Rehloi-J, tho well-known pnrdl of Lteit,
hultiitcouipi d a "patrol" entitled "The Burular's
Iirrtui " Ho ha dedicated this fanciful inspiration
In "Milks' neuner nd "Kid" McCoy, gentlemen
! who won rein n by a Afr breaking exploit In "Ths
BtoMwaj , ' after be liurrehaaed from State lnatltu
lion for the uiiprmlon of kleptomaniacs. Hen
neurind Mcl'ojr have determined to abandon the.
: an uMhe drill and limmj to porfeot themselves as
1 hltrlon Tlirj aro now) receiving elocutionary tn-
1 itmrtlnn from a capable dramaUo dlreetor. It It
,i.,ir intention to bloMnm out aa full fledged actora
2 In tho forth' omlue production of " Strangled on Hun
1 dar " With the acUlttlon of two cracksmen ths
1 rante of thoe modcit plUrluia who aim to elevate.
i 1 tLtttaceihould be complete.
The stago has borno ths degradations of
I many persons who camo to It equipped with
notoriety lnf toad of suitable, talent, but none of
u their exploits has been as coarsely shameful as
B this ono by two self-asserted felons.
i ImroKlralfy has returned to this country to
1 produce, at tho Madison Squaro Garden, ono
U of the nquatlo spectacles which he has Given at
fi Earl Court In London. It will represent tho
W battle of Manila as well as the naval actions
f about Santlaco The greator part of thospaoo
Is occupied by an innnenso water tank, four
feet deep, and holdtnc moro than 10,000.000
t allocs. On this about sixty veusols, ropresont
1 nig tlio fleets of this country and Spain, will
. tnancruvro. The two parts of tho spectaclo are
' called Fence " and War." Tho vessels aro
each thirty feet long and built of metal. Elec
tricity Is tho force that Impels them. The llrst
talloau shows the evolutions of several squad
rons In the daylight, and tho Becond an Ameri
can fleet attempting to bombard a defended
town at night The uso of searchlights, tho
, tactics of ths shirs attempting to enter the har-
' bor, and tho opposition of tho land forces pro
1 parts of the exhibition which may not be highly
. suggestive of either Manila or Santiago, but
1 I 'J are certain to be timely, explosive and very
"w Boss Letghton has been engaged tor the Cos-
li tie Square Opera Company next season, and
Jl' Orace Golden will be retained. Adelaide Ilorr-
1 1 1 mann will import some new Illusions from
Paris and continue In the stylo of entertain-
' mentof which her late husband was & master.
Violet Deno will como over from London to
, play In Rico burlesques. Delia Fox's latest
j declaration of purpose Is that she will go Into
musical comedy. Tho widow of Thomas W.
Keens ha taken ths management of a Clnoln-
' natl theatre.
The management of "Tho Great Train Bob
bery " asserts that a detachment of liooeevelt's
rough ridors will appear In that play next wln
j ter. Aside from the fact that ther are not
! ; likely to be out of service by that time, ltlsox-
'. I tremely Improbable that evor so small a squad
I I of them could be Induced to exhibit themselves
, In that war.
I Li ncertofnty aa to Annie Bussell's present and
i I futurgln London Is cleared up by this letter
m from Charles Frohman: "Miss Rusiell's hit In
W Bus ' Is voir strong. It will be continued until
H the end of tho dramatlo season here, Ifloould
( remain In the thqatre after August I would run
; the piece straight through, but Instead of that I
ill bae arranged to bring her back next spring
f II for six or eight weeks, with a tour of the bigger
I provincial citlas to follow."
I ,.A"er " Yrano de Bergerao" at tho Garden
H Theatre a musical farce, " Little Miss Nobody,"
the worlc of nncllsh authors, will be (riven slm-
tltaneouslr wlthlt produotlon at tho Lyrlo In
oudon. Frlti; WlUiams will bo tho leading
ecraeditp, and Ethel Jackson, nn American
who made her reputation in I,ondon, will be In
the oompanv, with William Sampson, W lliiam
Jiorris. and Jessie Merrilles Annloltussellwiii
a.ao be seen at the Harden In a new comedy.
i, Sarah Bernhardt Is followed by the sugges
tion of Eleonora Duse's art, whether sho be
praised or otherwiso. Tho London reviews of
her last appearances In London were generally
enthusiastic !n tone, and since hor first season
there she has never been welcomed by larger
aiidlonios Tho prevalent tono of the oriticlsra.
epoko of tho disappearance of exaggeration
In her acting, and her greater naturalness was
commented on. Bevoral Instances wero quoted
w.!,As?icniSa .V' show plainly that the lnflu
C"C'." i!10 Hahan actress had not boon with
out its iffeot and enabled the Frenchwoman to
? guln such a triumph as she had not enjoyed la
fi R,1"L'ali S'snora l)use. who is ill In Italy.
( L. r.i5S"t,r lfJ through a sevore non-ous
strain on nccounto! tho IllnoSsof horonlychlld,
who was thought to bo dying,
t tr. w!;nnH I.nilDB "Jft8."8111 'll" K"1' I'SWrenco.
1 iti.i .f i!i a,ld n,8 wl", J" BOm0 hllnd In tho
ill.rre,i.,,lay Ill.cl Hardou is writing.
1 v"1 Itrtwlto an Kngllsh historical
1 L,?l,ta.?'1. on 5P0 llf0 of Oraham of flavor-
Vrl - i.BS,urol ?xi"lln went to London Blr
' iilTJj!?!) i"0.' 'fsld'-d to act In "Cyrano do
Iil. rgcrao but lud reserved hln decision until
i , m ein,P ,h? l r.".Ilch Porformance.
fr . 1 V '''."'"yMrt'arthy has made a play
eSii, "''ni"1,"1 Ratli',r'n "1 Capltalno Fra
ni rJ, l" .'-thnrw)!.. mny bo scon hero in a
Sf p.,iS I1'. ltT ?rOT typnnfly culled "A Bunch
si!t,"i XL IfrVn Vh lllps. tho poet, has
ihi ,1 '',"'5' ' lo "id Frniicesca as
o?(..niS? il ttl6 rinw lKjetlu P'uy ,l0 wlu wrlto
it! rK" Aleanndi-r
am .Ti.ilo "HJl t!")ti under privnto as well
e5i,r .intro1 aln" mnUo reports nt tho
bSmm0!.,,,B"",l")Wi Tliat would, of pourwi.
- rnn' .11 ' ' V',t'l'"ss '7 ,1."ri'. hero ono play may
K.,;Lj V. n.l tin. niimhor of times It
' rnenr1iiW,w'l,,s,ljo,,,f0!1'111 the mhortlso-
1 hirm.,.1,1"' Itl,) I1 '" liorlln has a record of ton
Sm" ''""'I to lta er(-iit- Schiller.
I A.-lr Vf.tv CALLED O HEAT."
n Cirniin d llercinte, Coquelln'a l.ntelt
I thurnitrr, Dt-.crlliril us "Ono of the
vint Kruinrkiihle I-ln Kver Seen on
' I '" S,"C hi Any A ge"-A Curious Tlot.
narlrnll Urn English reviews liavo published
Jim montli tt(.f(mt, 0f Almond Itostand's
"'iy. 1'ir.itu d B.ircnrne," which Coquolln
.l,Jllt 1,0,1, ,to(,ltf i,onjOI)- T)lls 3 on
indication that th r.ngllsli rovlowers. nt least.
"0I,'r7ll"",,J to take tho work ntthovalua-
1 on of tho French critics The prniso given by
1110 latter h already a matterof record. Bhortly
mI'i .""' I'Tformanco at the Torto St.
nV 1 . Itotand found hlmsolf very
J . 2 1. "I1 ,","d of contomporary Fronoh
"v " .r , .TI"J l'rltlM ia not stop In tholr
?l 1 ' f"r llIs for t Bardou. or evon
Sf V ,.'??, U was t0 Vietor Hugo alono
" !" ; ';' youne writer, now about UO years old.
wuw be compared. None of his fonner plays
dm revealed the talents suddonly discovered In
-, "-Traiio ' l'ngiihi, writers have used phrases
1 o . R,i e,1traacaut as anything that tho
A "Mentlnifiiu8tQ Frenchman could say about
m tl ,1, A wrltor m tho Mnttrnith Centurv
.1 montl1 ultcrB llls estimate of the drama
' S, m ""rt "B the whole range of
m rneiue, Itaclno. Moliore. Victor Hugo or any
1 other French dramatist ond you will find noth-
CY ,".,? ,,lKUor leTeL Nw. I mistake not.
ft jou iu find nothing worthy to bo puton tho
1 MmaloieL" None of M.BosUnd's compatriots
II htspralwd his work moro highly, nnd since
A ,?W re bal11 Uiat Ibsen's " Ghosts " was
is'jM - J.',.","01 work ' written by God or
fYiBsV " LngllBh criticism of a foreign writer has
J ftf no1l ,'"""'" more enthuslaetlo note.
1 M amJ ?n c"anr M. Uostand saw his play
I """""h great popular success. Itwaawted
nt the Torto RU Martin Theatre (or moro than
two hundred nights and It wilt bo reproduced
there In tho autumn. A company of notors has
plat cd tho plcoe moro than ono hundred times
In tho provlnoos. The play had tho assistance
of Ooquolln'a talents In a role admittedly bettor
suited to him than any other new part he has
actod In years. Ono crltlo 1ms attributed
much of tho pleco's success to the same
InOucnce which mad Joan Blohepin'a
"Lo Chomlncnu" so popular. Both are a re
turn to n school of dramatlo literature which
has bocomo very raro In France within recent
years. Both aro In a high degree poetic, senti
mental In mattor, and formal In stylo, Tho
modern Ironeh theatre Is Riven over to tho
psychical, analytical drama tlint hail Its origin
in Norway and bloomed richly In the atmos
phere that had been made ready for It by tho
younger Dumas.
M. Bostaml mndo his appeal to tho public
with tho same success tlint ho dirt to tho critics.
" Cyrano de Borgornc " was tlio thentrloal oont
of F.uropo lust winter, not merely of France.
It dominated ouiry othor dramatlo olTurt
Whether it will appeal to tho tasto of othor
countries rcmntnB to bo scon, L'oquelln
and his French aisoclates hava ri on tint
piece In tho original tongue tor n few
nights at tho Lyceum In London, Thorp
is a tono of disappointment In tho reviews of
thoso wrltors who first saw tho play there.
Plr Ilonrr Irving, who owns the rights for
Kngland. has about deoldcd not to try tho play,
llichard Manslleld will act In It here In Oatober.
Josef Knlnz will embody Uvrnno lu Uormany
and Krmeto Novclll may play tho rolo In Italy,
Tho success of tho ilay In these countries Is,
of course, highly problematic A knowledgo of
tlio story will explain that as well tut its tri
umph In Franco. Cyrano du Betgcrao Is n
familiar chnroctor to moBt Frenchmen. Ilowai
a unlquo figure In tho das of Illohatlou. a man
who filled the thirty-five years of his life with
remarkable adventures. He was a famous
fighter and Uuolltst. a philosopher of dcop
learning for that time, a poet, a drama
tist, a swaggerer nnd a dobnuch. lie
was a hero . as well a a brawler, a
writer of real lltorary distinction as woll
ai a bully. This character is ono that has
llttlo attraction for the Anglo-Saxon mind;
but to tho French Cyrano do Bergorno Is moro
of a hero than anything olso nnd a popular ono
nt that Bomo of IiIb lilBtorlcal achievements
have been used by M. ltostnnrt In his piny,
notably the Incident of tho 100 men against
whom ho fought single handed nt the I'orto do
Nesle, his bravery at tho slcgo of Arras with
tho Cadets do Gnscogno. and tho manner
of his death, which wits caused by the
falling of a rafter from a balcony In tho house
of Due d'Arpngno. Into whoso service ho had
entered. -It Is rather tho eharactor of the
swashbuckler. howeer. that M. Uostand has
prosonted and In tho story of his love, barring
the fact that Cyrano was known to have an af
fection for his cousin, Mndoleino ltobln, who
figured as Homnn in the Play, the incidents of
the drama aro fiotlttous. Tlio famous ugliness
of Cyrano, caused by his monstrous nose. Is. of
course, presented by tho author, as the motive
of tho play depends In n measure on his physi
cal unattraotlvencss. Tho spectators seo CV
fano first In tho Hotel do Bourgogne in
'arls In 1040. It was at this historic place that
tho dramas of Cornellle and ltaolnoworo acted
first. Apiece called "LnChlorlso" Is aboutto bo
f:iven. and tho scene Is an attempt to present n
yplcal scene of that time. Soldiers, nobles,
tilckpockets, and women of quality aro among
he audience. CVraiio Is not seen by his friends
or by the audience until ho rloos to order from
the stage Jlonfiteiirt. whom he had forbidden
to set for a month. Tho actor has to retire, tho
porformance comes to an end. Cvra no kicks out
ono spectator who has offended 11 Im and stabs
another nftor ho has lmproUsed a poom nnd
displays the qualities for which he was noted
In history.
Lett alone with his friends, Cyrano tells of
his love for his cousin, and of its hopelessness
bucnuso of his abnormally long noo. It Is then
that he learns from her duenna that tho benu
tiful JRozane desires to seo him the next day.
Delighted at this opportunity, be starts to fight
the hundred men who aro waiting at the Porte
do N osle. In the noxt act he learns In tlio shop
of his friend ifooueneau, who Is a poet
and a baker, that iforan is In lovo with
a soldier. Ho bellovos that she means
nlm until ha learns that it is a hand
some young cadet named Christian, who is in
Oyrano's regiment. This young man Is beau
tiful, but commonplace and stupid, lie cannot
writolove letters or oven talc of his love. In
his pocket Oura no carries a letter ho had writ
ten to Itoxant and been bold enough to hope to
deliver to her when she asked for a meeting
with htm. Tho letter coes to J?oxane but it
purports to eomo from Christian. It Is Cyrano
who wooes for htm in the remaining nets of the
Blay, and Vurano who arranges tholr marrlago.
nee evon he speaks for Chntlian In the dark;
Horane. enohantod with the words of her lover,
does not rcalizo that tho voice is not his. In the
fourth act. which brings fiozant to tho camp
outside Arras, Christian Is killed, having put
hlmsolf In the way of tho enemy because ho
realizes that It Is really tho soul of Cyrano to
which his wife is so passionately dovofed. Be
fore his death lioxane had declared that she
would lovo Christian were ho grotesquoly
homoly. But Cvrano still hesitates to declare
his lovo. The last not, occurring fifteen years
later, finds Jioxane In a convent, whither she
went after Christian's death. Once a week
Cyrano comos to bring her news of the outside
world. As he is on his way to hor a rafter falls,
striking him on the head. The doctors say that
It will bo death for him to move from the spot
on which he fell. He was about to take to
ifoaans the weokly budget of news from tho
outsldo world and ho Insists on executing his
mission. His faithfulness to her finally oauses
his death, but not until Jioxane has learned
that It was really he who Inspired tho love sho
hod for CftrisMan.
There nre no scenes In tho piny more pootlo
than that In which CVrnno protends that he Is
Christian and roclUs his orses for tho benefit
of Iloxane't stupid lover, nnd tho final ono of
tho play whon, after fifteen yenrs. Jforanereal-
Izes that It was ho and not Christian who wooed
lornndor the balcony. The third act, in which
tho former scene occurs, shows the oxterlor of
Jioxane's houso. Sho Is nwnltlnc the arrival of
Christian. Sho tells Cyrano, who is waiting
with hor, that sho will ask hor lover to
epeale lof lovo. to lmprois. to al
low his fancy perfect freedom nnd
make himself as splendid as possible When
Ohnsttan arrives he proves entirely unablo to
do anything of tho kind. Ho is weary, more
over, ho tolls Cirrano of having to Ikjitow all
his Innguago from him. Ho says that ho will
(Peak for himself whatovor tho result may ho.
When the moment comes nnd Jinxane ciJls
to him from her balcony the tovor falls ridicu
lously. His beloved retires from thn balcony
disgusted at his stupidity. It Is dark, and
GVrano thinks that he mny yet be able to
undo the harm cauBOd by Christian's failure.
Accordingly, SoxAns Is recalled to tho
balcony. Underlthldes Cvrano. Ho Improvises,
nnd Wirfiffanutters the words after his friend.
They charm Roxanr. although thoy nro spoken
slowly nnd with hesitation. Seeing that tho
fraud may bo detected by her. Cvrano Bteps
forward, nnd realising that his ugliness cannot
be scon In tho dark, ho pours out, with all tho
?:race and hoauty of langungo posslblo to
ilm. tho tale of his love for liorane Ho
even Implores her for a kiss, nnd,
when sho grants It, Christian climbs up
to the balcony nnd tAkes the reward which an
other has won for him Tho fnntnstio Improba
bility of this scene may not bo rosonfod by
American nudionees. but It Ib scarcely to bo ex-
?ectcd that they will enjoy Its peculiar ethics,
'ho deception of tho girl for the sako of mar
rying hor to a fool seems neither noblo nor ex
cusablo. It is said to bo a Joy to Cvrano that
Jioxane really kisses his words on OnrMian'i
lips.
Tho memory of tho otco In which Cyrano
spoko thoso words to her tumbles foriine mtho
end to recognlfco his years of devotion to her.
A few moments before bodies sho allows him
to readn lottor found on Cinsflnti'slirenstaftor
his denth. It was one of tho letters that CVrano
had written to hor for Christian Sho has al
ways carried It with her As ho repeats tho
words of the Iptter 7fonn observes Ihnt hols
not reudlng It. Ha knows it by henrt. It Is
dark, and ho could not rend. As ho recites, tho
voice, half whlsnor. suggests to her tho voice
undorthe balcony fifteen jenrs before. Hhons
sures herself that ho Is not roadhg, and tho
truth of his long dovotlon, the peoret of his llfo.
is revealed to hor. Ho nllows the long silence
to bo broken now becauso ho Is already in tho
shadow of death.
This briof outline of the story shows how
thoroughly French tho piny Is, and suggests
that M, Itostand's success In pleasing the tnsto
of his own iicoplo comos ehleUy from thn fact
that he hnn known so well tho quality to appeal
to. Alrendy ono country has judged somen lint
linrshly the characteristics of tho leading fig
ures In the play, Homo of tho F.ncllsii
rovlnwors hnvo callod attention to Cvrano'
qualities as swaggerer nnd bully, and
nt least ono crltlo flns no uobillty In
bis nllowlngWoxn to marry such 11 Trier as
Christian. They havo found Jioxane the most
artificial typo of a prtritusr, nnd It has ogaln
been Bhown that different countries regard
such matters with very different eyes. M.
Itostnnd himself lias snld that lie thinks his
piny will find Its crentost favor alwnjs among
tho reoplo for whom It was written
M Itostnnd Is now In Vienna collecting ma
terial for u now play that must be delivered to
Barah Bernhardt In September It will b)
cnlled " Th Fagle." nnd slio will play the part of
tho young Duke of Itelohstndt. Napoleon's un
fortsinnto son. M. Rostand Is ill. and was born
lit Marseilles His family is both wealthy and
distinguished socially. Ills profession was
never a necessity to him. When he was 1!0
years old " Lo Oant nouge." his llrst play, was
noted nt tho ThCAtro Ciuny In l'arls with
llttlo success "Les Boinanesquos " was
given six jenrs lator at the ThCAtre
Francals, Bnmh Bernhardt appeared In a
dreamy, romantlo affair of his. called
"La l'rincesse Leontalne." which made llttlo
impression, "la Bamaritalne." a biblical play,
also written for Mme. Bernhardt, was rocalved
with some favor. But none of the author's
earlier plays gave anyevldonceof the great
talent that the-critics and the Frenoh pnblla
found In " Cyrano do Borijerao." That won the
dross of tho Legion of Honor for htm after Its
first perforraaneo. M. Bostand married a
poetess. Mllo. Bosemonde Lee. whom he met
first at the house of Leoonto de Lisle. She is
Interested In hor husband's work, and revised
the proofbheots of "Cyrano de Bergornu " Both
sho and her husband liavo acted In scenes from
bis Diyg aUmair rciioruitaaoj,
THEY MUST IIAYE BEAUTY.
irosiEifrrno irovT.it act xizko aoon
LOOKS 21011V MAX TALEXT.
It Is the Pretty OlrlTlmfvTlni on the Stage
nt a Itule ltennty Ilelpa Her at the First
Step with the Mnnngrr Not Muby Wo
men Without Good JLooht on the Stnge.
"Nice girl," said tho managor, as tho door
closed behind a young woman who had risen
fromnchalrnoorhlsdesk, "Atidelovor.too. But
I don't see how I can placo hor. She cannot be a
day over 25; but hor figure looks several years
older, and she's plain, very plain. It's a hard
struggle for thorn at the beginning when they're
like that. Sometimes It is hard for them straight
through to tho end."
Tho other man remembered that the girl's
fneo was round, and that beyond Its Intelligence
there was very llttlo to It that was attractive
snvo her clear skin, abundant brown hair ntnl
dark gray eyes nil of thom merits thntroally
counted for llttlo lu nny appearance sho might
mako on tho stage.
" It's n dreadful thing tho way eomo of these
homoly girls tako to tho stage" tho manager
went on. "Most of thom do It because thoy
fool that they can act, and for that mattor tho
majority of thom can. But thoy nro not so
much bottor off than their associates as to
mako up for their lack of physical attractive
ness. I offered that girl an engaKcment, but I
had very llttlo Idea that sho would accept It,
anxious as sho Is to sot along. It was the part
of nn old woman. It Is not a vory happy fate
for nny woman to start hor careor by appearing
In old women's parts. But what olso canba
done for hor? It would bo Impossible to make
ahorolnooutothor. Tho audlonoe would not
takonny Interest In hor. It would bo Impossi
ble to get up any syropathotlo Interest In hor.
Tho best thing sho can do Is to mako a hit In
somo old part. That will mcnnthnthorservlcos
In riles of this kind will bo in demand for n
while. But sho will novor bo Hkoly to earn a
largo salary, and whatovor tho ploasures of
stago llfo may bo, tho plain woman cannot
enjoy many of thom."
"Do you mean to sny that boanty Is an Indls
ponsablo quality forovory woman who wants to
go on tho stago ?" asked tho friend. "Certain
ly, talent must bo a groat deal moro impor
tant 1"
"Groat tnlont. yes," answered tho manager.
"Groat talent Is much more necossary. But
the ordinary, ovory-day run of talont Is not
nearly so useful ns beauty. I know throe wo
men w ho for sovoral years wore tho most gifted
students nt ono of tho dramatlo schools In the
city. When thoy wero through with the tuition
thoy were all able to sooure situations. Butthcy
had to tako old women's parts merely because
they were plain desperately, ordinarily, good-na.turodly.Blrl-wlth-the-blc-heartkIudof
plain
ness. The result was that somo of tho women
whohndbecn associated with them as students
Sero nblo to get much bettor opportunities, al
lough thoy hud not half tho talent. They wore
not made leading HOtrcsses at the first moment
by any manner of means: but they were not
assigned to the hopoless obscurity of starting
In ns old women nnd being compelled to stick
to that lino for tho rest of their lives. Yot that
Is tho fato of tho j oung woman who has talont
without beauty. Beauty with no talent may
Sever enable a 5 oung woman to become great,
ut It is enough to mako her linos lie in very
ileasant places and will keep her from falling
nto the mere routine and slavery of theatrical
Ifo so long as hor beauty lasts.
" In the matter of the first stons, bonuty gives
an actress an Immense advantage. Tho pretty
girl of good figure gets a hearing where tho
plain one would never bo llstonod to for a mo
ment. With this to prepossess tho manager
their way is cosier. That does not como from
nny Impression the applicant may make on him
personally, hut bseauso he knows that tho
publlo, would rathor Bee a pretty woman than
un ugly one on tho stage. And In the long run
there is not Ilkoly to be any very great differ
encoln tho taleuts of the two. The pretty ono
will be able to learn enough after a while to
supplement hor natural obarms with sufllolent
skill to carry hor through successfully. On the
other hand, the ugly woman will have to be
come really great to ovcroomo tho disadvan
tages of hor appearance. She will probably act
bettor than tho pretty ono does during her
wholo life. But It Is extremely unlikely that
she will ever becomo great nnd raise herself
Immeasurably over the heads of tho pretty
women around her. Clara Morris did that
when there was a rivalry between her and
Fanny Davenport. Yet there aro persons who
consldorthat Clara Morris, with all hcrcrude
ness and affectation, was really ono of tho
great dramatlo genlusus of tier time. No
body ovor accused Miss Davenport of pos
sessing talents of such nn order. But
with her respectable attainments us nn
actress and her great beauty as n woman sho
made uxiloco for herself on tho American stago
that Is as creditable aa anybody's. To realize
how the ugly women have to struggle jou need
only try to think of a few that aro prominent on
tho stage There aro practically none in tho
best positions. It was nlwnjs, I think, llko
that. Charlotte Cushmnn was a genius and
ugly. But hor talents mndo hor looks unim
portant. Barah Bernhardt, for downright ugli
ness, can sometimes outdo anybody before tho
publlo. l'vetto Oullbort Is not blossod with
any great pulchritude. Nor Is Iiejnne for that
mattor. But the looks of these women mndo no
difference In tho feeling of the publlo for thom.
They nro tho geniuses who hnvo gono Up to tho
heights. But the ugly loading lady, tho ugly
comio opera singer or the ugly actress of
modoratoly high position where in tho world
are you going to find them ? 1 tell you It Is only
the ugly genius that survives. Tho ugly medi
ocrity soon slips out of view. Tho beauty or
the fairly pretty woman with tho mediocre
talents manages to keep her plnco before tho
public. She responds to tho universal yearning
lor beauty. Genius makes Its appeal to somo ;
all lovo beauty.
"One need only think of the women on tho
New York stage to realize, thnt there is llttlo
plnce for tho one that Is not beautiful. V'ola
Allen at tho Empire Is a pretty woman. Bo Is
Mary Mnnnering, and three-fourths of Julia
Opps vogue here was due to her phyBlcnl
attractiveness. Of this nbout throo-tonths was
the effect of her eyes and brow, and tho rest
camo from tho longth of her legs, All theso
women havo talont. but without their beauty
they would nover bo whero thoy aro. Maudo
Adams hasn't beauty to any extent, but sho
has a charmingly expresslvo face and
a very graceful figure. Julia Marlowe's
beauty Is a large element In her success, and
tho immenso sola of her photographs snows
that. Julia Arthur is also beautiful, although
pot comparnblo In looks to Julia Marlowe, and
If it wore not for her good looks tho chances nro
that she would novor have gained the place sho
has finally won for herself. Was there over
snob un examplo of tho power of beauty as
Mnxine Elliott? The publlo allowod her to
stay on tho stngo for ilvo years, nnd just
watched hor beautiful eyes and brow Aftor
a whllo sho lenrnod to act. Now, what
opportunity would sho ever havo hnd for
that valunblo apprenticeship It sho had been
plain? An Lngllsh natrons of considerable
talent came to this country sovoral) ears ago
and vvns very much praised for her skill. But
bho did not make much progress, und ulti
mately wont back to England, where sho pro
claimed that thn womou on tho stago in tills
country needed only to have blond hair and
bluo cyeB to mako a success. This was the re
sult of hor appearance In the samooompany
with a very pretty young woman answering
that description, who was ovon a mora striking
instanco of tho effects of beauty than Maxliio
Jllott. One difference between them was that
tlio bionu neauty never qui lonrn to act. But
she got high salaries and was the heroine of
ono of tho most successful plays over glvon In
this city, Sho has already married and left tho
utngo. But sho was kopt.In promlnonoooait
entirely through hor baby beauty.
" Not all tho beautlos uepd to nave tho bluo
eyes and the yellow hair, but they must havo
some quality that makes them beautiful. Thoso
that aro not benutlftil must work hnrd to make
up for tholr lack of comcllnoss Mrs Leslie
Carter, for lnstanco, has been tliroimh alinra
ntrUKglnln orilnr to make up for hor positive
lack of comeliness. But Julia Mnrlowo, purring
softly, can mako twice as strong an Impression
onnn uudlenen as Mrs. ( arter, Inspito of her
violent physical labor. If Mario Tempest took
no moro trouble to act than Lillian Bussoll does
sho would not be able to get a position in tho
chorus. Jessie Harriett Dnvls, w 1th all her pop
ularity and talents. Is wholly unable to compete
with any beauty that comes Into tho company,
nnd when by chanoo ono docs get into It sho
never remains long. It Is so throughout tlio
wholo profession. Beauty alw ays conquers un
less there Is great gonlus to help along the
woman who has not good looks. Tho ugly
women who start to make allvellhood on tlio
stage are many. Thoso who ucceed aro few.
If n plain girl should oomo to me to ask my
ndvlco about tho etugo I would truth
fully toll her that In no other profession
open to women would she faro so poorly. Yes.
1 might havo given thlsadvlce tobarah Bern
liarat nnd somo others, but think of tho great
number In comparl(.on to these few tvho would
havo been vastly benefited If somebody had
given thom this ndvloo nnd they had taken it.
l-OKslbly oue or two good actresses might have
been kopt off the stngo, but what a number
would have been saved. no end of disappoint
ment and troublol When Barah Oowell Lo
Moyne nt tho outset pt her oareer. resitting
that she was not boautlful, and had not a figure
adapted to tho stage, retired for twelve years,
it was the most sensible thing of her career,
Bho passed the Intervening years In study, and
when sho came, to tlio stugo again It was eta
tlmo that, looks and sllmness did not count,
although by a ouripus coincidence she hap.
pencil to have both. But if she had spont
her entire tlmo on tho stngo phvjlng old women
niid servants thorp would 'liavo bum nothing
lelt of her by this tlmo Bho vas qu ck to reo"
. ccnlzo the, value oX beauty." vu rou
" r
LIVE TOriCS AJ10VT TOIf.V.
When tho gunboat Gov. ltuMsell sails from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, whero sho has been tak
ing; on her nrmament, sho is vory Ilkoly to at
tract ns much attention as a battleship, for no
moro awkward-looking boat has been mustered
Into tlio navy during tho prcsont war, Tho
Gov. Itussell began hor careor as n fern boat,
nnd as soon ns sho Is properly equipped It Is In
tended to send hor to Cuba for blockado ser
vice, Tho uso of a ferryboat for such work
eooma Incongruous, and yot somo of our ferry
boats which were armed during tho civil war
Erotod thoinsolves to bo very serviceable
onts for blockado duty, and .as patrol
oats In somo of tho Houthorn rivers. Tho
Oov. Itussell is n, good typo of the
modern ferryboat, with a strong hull and
good engines, and if It came to close action sho
would bono mean nntngonrnt. The ramming
power of a forrybont was demonstrated very
cleitrlv In the North lllvor four or live voirs
ago Oneoftbeso boats. Incoming out of her
slip, run Into a powerful Iron steamship which
hupiH-iM'.l to bejKiBsliig nnd miuk her In n vriy
few minutes. Tho ferryboat was not under full
sliced nt the tlmo of ttio.nccident, and It was
then suggested that such boats might ho utll
lzod for harbor dofonco In on emorgeney, Thn
Gov. Itussell will not be a Kraoeful addition to
our navy, but exports say that iho will bo com;
fortablo In a hot climate and also useful.
Frank Blnko Morse, who sailed on tho Hon
mnnlan last woolc to Join Col. BooiovoK's
rough riders, was known by every collego man
lu this country sovoral yenrs ngo as rriuccton'a
bucking halfback. Mr. Morso was In tho class
of "05 at Princeton, and ho was considered ono
of tho best football mon that ever wore tho
orango and black. Blnco leaving collego Mr,
Morse has returned to Frtnoeton ovoryfall
to train tho cloven. Bovernl years ago,
whllo ho was an undorgraduate, Mr.
Morso. with half a doron other Princeton
mon, entered a concert ball on tho Bow
ery whero thore was a lung testing
machine. The bouncer of tho placo Invited the
young men to test their lungs, and whon It
camo Morso'a turn ho blew tho indicator clear
around tho circle to tho point which Indicated
tho machlno's limit, and thero it stuck, to tho
amusement of the crowd and the disgust of tho
bouncer.
" Youinustpny for that machine," snld tho
bouneor.
" Oh. no." said Mr. Morso gently: " It was not
my fault that It was weak," and ho starred out
with his friends. Mr. Morso's youthful appear
ance led tho bouncer to boltovo that ho could
bulldoro him. so ho ovortook him and grabbed
his coat collar. It is probablo that tho bouncer
did not know what had struck him. Ono blow
from tho Prlncoton man landod him at tho bot
tom of a flight of stnlrs and put him out of
action. Thu day before ho Balled Mr. Morso
said :
"Ever Blnoo war was declared I havo been
anxious to go to tho front. Every one of my
old friends who has met me has oxpn sscd sur
prise that I had not enlisted. I havo inst re
coived my father's permission, how ovor, nnd
now I am going."
Mr. Morse is an expert horseman, and for
that reason ho wanted to join the rough riders.
Moreover, ho will have an opportunity In that
organization to sorvo with some of tho Hm
vanl and ao men ngalnst whom he has niado
many rushes on the football field.
The commutation of the sentence of Gcorgo
W Post, who was serving n ton years' term In
Clinton Prison for defrauding John M. Peck of
Albany out of $10,000 In 1880. has liberated a
man whose career as a confidence man ranks
him In polleo records with his partner, Tom
O'Brion.nud Big Woodward. Chief of Pollca
Wlllard of Albany has an lncomploto list of
Post's Bwlndlcs which foots up to nearly $150.
000. and no ono but Post himself knows how
much moro ha has secured by conlldenco
games. Tom O'Brien, known as tho King of
Bunco Etcerors, was Post's oocompUeo In do
frauding Mr. Peck. O'Brien was taken toUtlca
by a prison keeper, and thore ho mndo
his escape. Desplto tho vigilance of tho
police O'Brien got out of the country,
and tho llrst authentic news of him was tho
statement that ho was serving a llfo sentence
In a Ironeh prison for shooting Beed Wnddell.
a crook who had befriondod him. In Paris.
O'Brien began life as a newsboy and his first
crime was tho robbery of a man on a train.
O'Brien fairly won his titlo of King of tho Bunco
Btcerurs, and whenever he got Into the hands
of tho polled hl friends enmo forward with
money to defend him. For several years before
his oonv lotion Post's criminal career was mlxod
up with that of O'Brien nnd tho two men worked
many largo swindles. Tho now sot Post's re
lease was telegraphed to tho various Polloe Do
Bartmonts in this country, and In Boston tho
uperlntondont of Pollen wrote on Post's pic
ture in the Boaues' Gallery the innorlntlon.
"OeorgoW. Post, tho brainiest and most dan
gerous bunco man In tho world, now nt large "
Post's friends say In his behalf that his experi
ence in prison has lod him to repent, nnd that
ho will bunco no more. If ho settles in any
Inrgo city ho will undoubtedly bo watched
elosoly by tho polleo. and his opportunities to
follow his old 0'ircor will bo limited.
Whon Constructor nobson finds tlmo to do a
llttlo reading ho will undoubtedly bo much en
tertained by 0.000 nowspaper clippings which
have been gnthored for him by an agency In
this olty. Tho statement has boen made that
whon tho war came Hobson ordered from mi
agency 100 clippings In caso his namo hnp
pened to be mentioned In despatches. Whether
this Is true or not. It probably would have com
prohendod every mention of his namo If he had
not sailed tho Morrlmao Into Santiago harbor.
Aftor that event evory papor in Europe and
Amorica had a lot to say about him, und tho
clippings plied up. Among tho clippings area
fow from Spanish papers, which treatod him as
his bravery deserved, but thero are alsoGermnn
und Italian clippings which would bo un
pleasant reading for him If ho did
not know tho animus which prompted
tholr sneers Ono English paper says ingenu
ously thnt tho deed was brave, but that, owing
to tho lino chivalry of tho Hpanlards, Hobson
nnd his men ran no risk of being killed, as the
Bpanlurds only wanted to sink the ship and not
to Injure tho crew. This paper is published In
bhoflleld.nnd it Is a little bit hnrd for an Ameri
can to believe, oven if tho Hpanlards merely shot
to sink the ship, that Spanish chivalry com
bined with Spanish mnrksmunshlpdld not mako
tho deck of tho Morrlmao a dangerous prom
enade Mr. Hobson has a lurgo shock awaiting
him when ho gazes on tho pictures that many
of the papors have printed of him. but tho same
cool nervo thnt ho displayed on tho Morrlmao
will undoubtedly pull him through.
Tho ephemeral nature of a certain kind of
fatno or notorloty was well Illustrated In Now
York on Saturduy. One of tho visitors at tho
l'roilneo Evchnngo was Joseph Loiter, tho
young Chicago wheat speculator, whose every
movo was vvatchod closely several months ngo
and promptly chronlclod not only In tho news
papers hero, but In F.uropo Stories of his col
lege career and of his immenso profits In his
ftignntlo wheat deal found eredonee, no mnttor
tow preposterous in their dotalls, and had
oung Mr. Loiter visited Now iork whon ap
parently he was In control of tho whent market
of the world ho would have attracted almost ns
much attention as has Constructor Hobson.
There was some curiosity on tho Prodm-o Ex
chango to see tho oung speculator who h.id
been as daring 11a any pTungur who preceded
him. and who came nearer to success; but nn
obscure paragraph In tho novvspapers was tho
only public announcement of his presence
A fat woman, with a baby large enough to
reach out and grab at whatever excited Its in
terest, boarded a Third avenue opon car yes
terday morning and settlod down In tho third
seat from the front. On the Beat in front of the
fat woman woro two young women in freshly
Btnrohod shirt waists and high collars. Two
beautiful curls straggled carelessly out of the
braids nn the back of each glrl'd head and
hung down over hor collar, A dozen men
who were In the seats behind watched these
purls as, they bung In tho prevailing fash
ion and swayed gently in tho breozo as
the oar puBsed a cross street. They were
Immaculate curls and perhaps on unsophis
ticated man or two may have wondered
how young women whoso front hair was so
straight had coaxed their back hair Into such
porfout curls. Thu fat woman glared at them
and then began to dore. Her baby looked at
thn othor passengers around hor listlessly until
the two pairs of swaying ourls caught hor eyes,
nnd then sho began to reach out for them.
Baby's arms wera too short. Tho mother
rocked forward as the car came toaBiidden
stop, and tho baby gripped a pair of ourls In
each hand. The car started at that moment
and back flopped the tat woman and the baby,
and lu tho lattor's hinds wore the curls, ono
pair in each hand und each ialr attached se
curely to a halrnin. The young women In front
f olt the tugs. Their hands went back to search
for the curls, and then they turned around.
The fat woman was still dozing, The baby
was ohuokllng with gloe ovor hr prizes, and a
dozen men were smiling eagorlr.
"Well. 1 never." said one of the girls as she
eanKht slrht of her curls.
"Isn't It awtul ? ' said the other, and each girl
grabbed, the hand whtoh held her ourls and
opened It by foroa, Tho baby began to cry and
its mother, awaking and seeing two young
women twisting Its wrists, protested volubly In
German. The girls secured their curls and
Councodoff tho ear at the next corner, followed
y polisyllablo words from tho child's mother,
who had not discovered tho causo of tho at
tack The German woman was angry when
she left the ear, but the baby was chuckling as
JU U had been la tho jokt.
tin-' iiT-iiiriiriinitiiirriiiiiiiiririitriiriiriTrtnniirmrm
BOAST THE BIGGEST YARD.
onn jtovsns that r.tcR iiestkii
bincHra xmimiyo paiuc.
Tenants Just ns Odd, Rxcept the Ghlekrnt
in tho Top Ktory, Which Are I.IUo Other
Ton 1-The " lllggest Tard " nileil by n
Frock Factory nnd Tennnta Belonging.
The pulling down of buildings to mnko way
for tho now parks in tho crowded downtown
districts has let daylight In on many a sorry
tenement that might havo stood unnoticed In
the narrow street, nnd It looks stark nnd shame
stricken In the full glare of the opon now that
thore aro no opposlto houses to kcop it in coun
tenance. Facing tho embryo Hester street park nro
thrco decrepit" woodon buildings In a row cud
dling closo together as all of ono mind, and
looking musty nnd seared with tlmo nnd ad
venture, houses of n front to bo wondered nt
and speculated nbout oven ntnong all the pleth
ora of pooplo and things and habitations in
that marv cllous neighborhood.
How old thoso remarkablo structures may bo
thore is no telling, but judglngfrom tholr slinpo
and pattern the snubnosod llttlo dormer
windows In tho shabby roof and thoprimttlvo
woodon-ralled steps ond much cut up piazzas
at tho book thoy must hnvo been pre-emptors
of the ground, tholr Bills sunken long before
nny of tho solid built, stucco-cemented tone
ments woro dn-amed of Wcnk-ktieed nnd Ill
assured ns thoy look, however, theso sister
houses (that camo thrco ata birth In the long
ago) havo wonthorcd tlmo's ravagos to admira
ble ndvantngo for their owner, and aro said to
bo good paying proporty. Tho pllco Is famous
In local annals as having tho biggest yard In
tho neighborhood. "This Is tho biggest yard
In Hester streot," tho Janitor says proudly, n
young and round-facod Janitor before whoso
smiling solf-gratulatlon disparagement Is
dumb nnd criticism exorcised.
"Thom houses don't look much, but thoy'vo
got the biggest yard In ncstcr street," you
hear from tho volunteer pilot picked up on tho
street whose Intorest Is sincere and whoso Yid
dish requires translation for unnccustomod
cars. Go through the scoorx-d-out alley that
leads to tho rear and you find that the centre of
tho famous yard Is monopolized by a squat
llttlo ono-story. one-roomed frockfactory whero
a dozen sowing machines ollok and whir from
morn till night and an hour or two lator in tho
bargain, while a shoomakor with a halt scorn of
workmon. sowers and peggors, has footing In a
ground floor " L " room that runs out and grabs
nnothor part of yard space, a mero afterthought
to tho building It Is tacked on to.
Tho pump aud various cribs for the caro-tak-ing
of coal and such domestlo essentials fill In
tho remaining width of flagstone so that only
a walk, a mere bordering. Is left, but, all tho
same, this Is tho "biggest yard" boasted of by
Janitor nnd tenant, and conceded as such
throughout tho streot
Somo quoor things look out on this biggest
yard, chickens, for ono; rostlosB, lively look
ing, pink-combed fowls that crane tholr necks
through tho bars of a coop In tho top-story
window. How thoy llko It up thore so high,
four flights from tho ground, nobody knows,
but tho push-cart man, tho star tenant, who
pays $12 a month rent for the second floor suit,
says that thoy keep plump and In fair condi
tion, and hold their own In the market of a
Thursday, bettor than ono would think. Tho
push-cart man Is resting off at noon tlmo un
der the once yellow lambrequin that decorates
his front window: he comes to the doorway
that opons on tho stairs as you go up and talks
affably of things in his world, the chlokenB In
cluded. His children peep out from the back
ground, a tanglo-boadod brood, who appear to
hold their own qulto as well as the chlckons, all
things considered. Tho Janitor remarks moro
than onco In reference to tho top-story chick
ens that they are not Indoors, but are kept out
side, n fact of which ho seems firmly convinced,
oven although tho coop Is woll within tho win
dow sill, and thero is no ledgo or sholf or rldgo
of lovel shed outside the window on which any
thing material could have lodgment, much less
n heavy barred eoop.
" They are pet chickens," you Infer. " May bo
Mlnorcas orgnmo fowls. Some people aro very
fond of poultry," but tho janitor shakes his
head. lie doos not know: ho never saw
them ;" which, of course, accounts for his think
ing they aro kept outsldo.
'Hard to got tho rents In this houso." he re
ports. "Tho man on the third Door pays only
SR n month, and he hasn't got tho $8. and hasnt
had it for two mouths. What does he do?
Nothing. No. thoy won't turn him out on ac
count of his wife. Not ono of his children has
shoes. There's a Turk In tho back room of the
second house. Ho pays $2 rent when he has
it; but ho hasn't cot it, and ain't Ilkoly to havo
It soon. He's in hard luck."
You moot thn Turk on tho stairs carrying a
well-worn basket with a thin scattering of
onions In the bottom. Ho has big gilt hoops in
his oars, aud his faded shirt Is thrown opon at
tho throat. Stalwart and beardless, ho looks
moro llko a Fiji Islander than n Turk. His face
U henv Uy seamed, rugged, and coarse skinned
liken sailor's, but thoro Is somothtnc In his np
penrance that makes you wish ho had the 2
tor rent and could get at saraething better than
selling thoso shabby looking onions on tho
street.
As you go down the cobweb-hung, worm
enton stairs, where tho big cracks In the tim
bers are filled In with tho dirt of ages, a key
turns clumsily In n oreaky lock, and as tho door
swings back, an old Jew looks out, a very son
of Abraham, the epitome of ail tho prophets,
bearded, stoop shouldered and bent UnRored.
Fagln. you think, or Itebecca's fnther fallen to
penury nnd reduced to dire straits, but keen
after tho main ohanco. Tho old Jew's black
alpaca ooat Is slick with wear and crime. IiIb
face makes you think of parohment that would
crook If strained much tighter, hut In his beady
eyes Is tho light of Interest In llfo nnd people
nnd things, and behind him In the bare room
are dingy sacked bags stuffed out with feath
ers, rags and motley holdings.
"lies a good tenant." cays the janitor.
Boon hore six years. His wife is a gooso
pluckor. and whon they get enough dough to
gether they nro going to the ola country, to
Jerusalem, to live, they say. They had enough
onco when they lived on Chrystie street, but, on
account of a candle tipping over, their etull got
burnt up. They didn't give tho alarm ol Are?
Yes: but no engines can como quick through
theso east Hldo streets, you know, 'count of tho
children and tho huud carts and tho crowd.
There's more fires happen ovor hore. and
there's moro firebugs nbout than any place in
town. Insuranco? You can't get no Insur
ance. The eompanlos are shy of this part."
Glancing In at an open door on the lower
most floor jou see a red-haired, sharp-featured
old crono sorting ovor eggs and putting some
thing Into a slovo held over a barrel by a thln
faeod lud. Verily thero nro queer visages
enough looking out on this "biggest yard"
bcsldotbo Mlnorcas on tho top floor, who gano
(torn tho windows In the assurance that tho
Janitor bellev es thom to bo llv lng outsldo.
No moro archalo, un-Amerlcnn looking habi
tations can exist, cither in fact or Imagination,
than these houses with tho boasted yard room.
Thn egg vender nnd a Junk dealer share tho
bulk of street front on tho ground floor, and as
somo of the eggs nro In tumblers on tho smeary
window sill It Is safpto assumothat they are
not strlutly "now laid" or fresh gathered.
There Is a beautiful reciprocity of sentiment
among tho tenants ns regards concern for ap-
feurnuces. However different in creed and na
lonnllty thoy may be, they are alike in that no
one window or bit of floor space will ever put
the other to tho blush In tbo matter of spruce
ness. As for the window shutters, which aro of
wood, tho craoked and blistered pulnt on thorn,
about tho color of soldor. Is so seamed in with
dust and scaly with drtbrls that It seems as If
layer upon layer would crumble off nt tho
morest touch. Waterdrlps from the over-full
sinks In the upstairs hall down through tho
Joists to tho floor below. On ralnydajstho
roof leaks sadly, thoy say. and everywhoro from
top to bottom of the buildings thorn Is a con
tented abandonment to circumstances that
savors ot trouble less than of degradation.
There Is nothing either outsldo or Inside the
tenement to betoken that n scrubbing brush,
broom, or anyoloanslng nppllonco was ovor
owned or used on tho promlscH.aud yot, such is
the quizzing ot fato, the pushcart man. above
whoso window tho r How lambrequin danglea.
makes hearth and sink brooms, stove polisiiors
!ind scrubbing brushes his ohlot stock in trade,
lis pus heart waits in tho "biggest yard,"
aden with these and othor aids to cleanliness,
tho uso of which are strange and unfamiliar to
the inmates at hta headquarters. One can
fancy that the crazy, crooked steps that lead
down from the musty .roof onco looked out
through the tiny back windows on some fresh.
Utile garden plot, or orderly housewife's do
main, neat swept and smiling, with plump,
bright-combed chickens walking about In tho
yard Instead of being promoted to thu attic
There is that In the fashion ot tho high, back
porches, wooden railed, and with their primi
tive steps, that suggests vines and 0 country
poor yard, but that day and atmosphere has
long alnoe departed. Tho long era of hemming
In and overlooking by the close-built brlek ton
f ments is over, also, so far as ttdB particular
Hook is conoerped, and, now left full in the
glare of the sun-baked park, all their unsightly
secrets laid bare: the antique, wooden houses
look sunken und dlshevolled, as If scarcely able
to bravo It out. Heon across tho blg.opcn,
frrubhed-up lot that Is not yet levelled ovor,
they look eloquent in contrast with their pros-
iperous and substantial neighbors that rise to
itrice tbtlx htbjut on. wtoh elda, , ,
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JSAST SIDE TAIJ.Olt SltOVS ItOllItKD.
Burglars Hired the Hnmo Kxprrss Wagon
to Carry Off the floods An Arrest.
Bamuol Battlestnln. 10 years old, of r. Mon
roo street, was charged yestordny In tho Essex
Markot Court with committing a burglary on
Saturday night In tho tailor shopot Isnao Weln
stein at 77 Shorlft streot. Wolnstoln always
closes his shop on Saturdays, nnd nbout two
thirds ot tho othor east sldo tailors do tho
same Wolnstoln vlsltod his shop early Satur
day night and discovered that tho lock on tho
door had been broken and that goods valuod
at sovernl hundred dollars had boon stolon
from tlio shop.
Sovoral pooplo who woro sitting on iho stoops
ot adjoining buildings told Wclnstoln that
about nn hour boforo tho discovery of tho
burglary thoy snw thrco youths In a wagon
drlvouptotliodoorleidlmr to tho tnllorshop,
nnd shortly nfterwnrd placo In thnwriKon two
big blnck lings thnt were nirrled by them from
thu building, Thn Informants d worthed tbo
driver ot the wagon, and tho police woro no
tified. Lator In tho night. Detective Winters and
Long of tho Union Market station found unttto
steln drivlngawagon alongUrand street. They
Junced him under arrest A black bag vvns
ound In tho wngon similar to thoso described
y the persons who saw tho Roods being taken
from Wolnstoln'sshop.
Tho snmo people, subsequently. Identified
Bntllestoln ns tho driver of tho wngon In which
thn stolon goods were placed.
. Tho horse nnd wngnn wero hired from Morris
Brodsky. a livery stable keeper nt 'M Suffolk
streot Brodsky Informed the detectives that
nn ever' Saturday for the past six weeks Bat
tlesteln had hired the samo horse nnd wagon.
On each of theso days, according to tho state
ments mndo yesterday In tho polleo court by
tho detectives, burglaries in east sldo tailor
shops havo been reported to the polleo, nnd in
ench Instance ovldeneewns procured Indicating
that the stolen goods woro carried away In an
oxprcBS wagon.
Ovor thirty robberies In east sldn tailor shops,
which always happened on Saturdays, hnvo
boen reported to tho polloe within the past two
months, nnd tho total 'valuo of tho goods stolen
will amount to many thousand dollars.
When Battlcstcln was arrested Saturday
night ho was looked up with the othor pris
oners. On his declaration yesterday thnt he
was undor 10 years old ho was committed to
tho custody ot tho florry society pending
further Investigation, Horefusod to make nny
statement to Magistrate Crane excopt to plead
not guilty.
rOLICE BVSPECT A NUIlDElt.
Body of n Young Woman Found In the
Woods Near Mount Vernon.
Mount Vebvon. N. Y.. July 24. The dead
body of a young woman was found this morn
ing In a vacant lot In North Fourth avenue and
It Is believed that a murdcrhas been committed
almost In tho hoart of tho olty. The body was
lying In tho roar of some buildings occupied as
shops by Harry J. Boblnson, a builder. It was
hidden from vlow by the tall woods which sur
round tho place on all sldos.
Tho body Is that of a woman of modlum
holght with dark brown hair. She wore a
gown of Bome figured variety nnd undercloth
ing of good texture. Tho hat nnd shoes wero
gono. All means of Identification had been
obliterated. Coroner Banning examined tho
body carefully, but could find no Jowelry or
property of any klud to throw light on her
identity.
The locality Is occupied by tlio Italians of tho
city, but It is much used by people who hav 0
homes In the fashionable suburb of Chester
Hill as a short route across tho city. Tho Cor
oner at first believed that the woman was an
Italian, that she hod died without friends and
that the body was secreted in the under
brush to avoid the expehso of burial. It ap
pears from a subsequent discovery thnt sho
may havo been murdored. Tho polico havo
found under the rear of tho carpontor shop.
and about forty teot from the spot whero
the body was lying, a discoloration of the
ground, which might nave been made by blood,
Tho underbrush from this bnlldlng to where
the body was found was trampled down, and
the police now suspect that the woman was
killed undor the shod and tho body dragged out
into the woods
Sergoant Beekwlth dug up the soil undor tho
shed and gave It to Coroner Banning. It will be
analyzed to find it It contains human blood.
KEXXEV JUET STILL OUT.
Ho Agreement Yet In the Cose of the United
Statei Senator on Trial.
WnairuQTOX. Del , July 24. Tho Jury consid
ering the case of United States Senator Kennoy.
oharged with aldlngand nbettlng tho defaulting
teller of the First National Bank of Dover to
misapply tho funds of tbo bank, has not yet
reached a conclusion. It has boen out since
Friday afternoon. Judgo Bradford spent most
of to-day at the Federal building, nnd left tor his
homo at 0 o'clock to-night. The jury, which
only gets two meals a day. waathon served with
supper, soon afterward retiring for the night.
The jury In the caso of Ezokiel T. Cooper, tho
first man trlod In connection with tho bank
trouble was out for seventy-two hours, and
then brought in a vordlct of guilty on ono count.
TUEODOltE D. ItICW8 CLEFER BOO.
It Discovers n Tiro and Saves a Idfe, but Is
Suffocated by Smoko.
Mount Vbexon, N. Y., July 24. Tho Inrgo
barn and oarrlago houso on the Elngsbrldgo
Bond, owned by Thoodoro D. Etch, a Now York
publisher, woro destroved by fire early this
morning. Mr. Bleh lost allot his vchlclos and
a vnlunblo horao
The fire wns discovered by n large bulldog
kopt In the barn. It ran upstairs and aroused
tho coachman, who had scarcely tlmo to escape
by Jumping from a window In the loft The
dog returned to tho door of tho lower floor and
whined pitifully to be reloaaed, but boforo the
gremen could break In tho door and reach him
0 was suffocated.
Now rish for tlio Aquarium.
Eight tanks of fish for tho Aquarium arrived
hore yestordny on tho Corinoco. They wero
collocted at Bermuda by Prof, 0. T. Bristol of
New York University. Among the fish ore
molllo millers, tour-oyos, cowflsh, lobsters, and
parrot fish. The molllo mlllorsaro a small gray
flsli, about five Inches long. Tho four-eyes nro
much tho samo as tho specimens already in tho
Aquarium, but are marked differently, Tho
third and fourth eyes, which nro merely black
spots, are on tho end of tho dorsal fin. Thoso
now at the Aquarium hnvo the spots on tho
body. The scales of the now arrivals are larger
and differently nrrangod,
The parrot fish Is colored green, yellow, nnd
orange. Its markings shift.
Serious Accident to a lllcyclo Itlder,
Nyack, July 24. Charles Levy, a young man
employed at 11 South street. Now Y'ork pity,
and spending the summer at tho Windsor
House, Clalrmont, while riding on his blcyclo
downastoep bill nt WeBt Nynck to-day, col
lided with u stono and tho front wheel col
lnped. throwing Lovy over tho handlebars. Ho
was picked up unconscious and carried to Dr.
MeKeohy's Hospital at Nyack, where it was
found tlint his jaw had boen fractured, several
teeth had been knocked out. and that he had
sustained n number of scalp wounds. For mom
than two hours ho was unconscious nnd tho
Physicians fear that ho has sustained a frao
turoot the skull
Inmrs Monohnn Injured,
Jamos Monohnn. 05 years old, of 00 Steuben
street, while riding a blcyclo In Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, yesterday, wns run Into by James
Brown of -Jllli North Second streot. Ho reeolved
11 severe bmlso over tho right eo and soverul
other bruises on his head and body. Ho was
taken to the Kings County Hospital,
Thn Wrnther.
Talr wettber prevailed quite gonerally over tho
country jesterusy, eicept tome cloudiness in this
suction sua showers nn thn New England coast. Ths
high prtsaure continues over the country eaat of ths
MlMlitlppi, hile tho Ion prcisuro vhhh wu In the
West has boeu squecroil on to tho north nf Minne
sota. It wm warmer In all the Central States and
slightly warmer lu the Atlantic. RUUa and lake
regions.
In this city tho day was generally fair; Iilgbrat
cfBclal temperature 70, loweetUO0, average humid
ity 80 per cent.; lnil shifted from northwest to
rait, an rage v lot it 7 mil mi Lour, barometer,
rnrrcUud tu nail to ira li ol, at H A M. U0.22, 3 P. M,
30.17.
Ilia thermometer at the United Htatcs Weotuor Du
rcmregiatertd the temperature jitcrJaya folium:
jm W7. ms, mi.
1AU US' nil" HP M. 11 77
12 M . till' 74 UK M. 1S 7B
Ul'.M . 7U 71") IS Mid. .. (1H 11'
WinnsciToi rojtrciiT oa momuv.
Tor Mattackuittti, Rkods litaml, Conmttinit, and
eastern jVru York, partly cloud), light touth winds.
For weatern New York, weatem Pcnnajlvanla and
Ohio, lucreatlngcloiidliitaa, with tbuvtirs aud ttiun
deratorma, Ituht aoutU wltida
For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Mary
land, parti iloudy, eaat wlnda.
For eaatern renmjivanla and Naw Jersey) partly
toudi Ifcjat touUiwit viaiit
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1 jM
Preparation is half tho battlo. M
Aro you prepared ? M
Thin suits Much mesh underwear ' jH
Low ihoca Oaury socks jH
NrgllRco shirts Washabls scarfs jfl
Btrvwhats Bathing suits H
Iloar.us, Pj:i.t & Co. -m
Prince snd Pnsdar. '9
Warn n nut! Urovlwar. sH
Tlllrt) teromlnml Ilroailway,
THIEU TO TtlAVEn roll HALF lIItI3. 'JM
Phllndelplitn ICxruralonlats Threatened ths 9
Conductor nnd Worn Arrested. 'fl
TniiNTON, N. J.. July SI. Thom was a row on
a rciinsylvnnla Itnltroad excursion train noar
this city this morning that threatened to hart .
a serious ending The 1nerle1m ltlllo Club of fl
l'hlladolphla and Its friends wero milking tholr I
annual trip to I'oiiey Island. Tickets wero sold I
for $'. 50 each vv ith halt fari-s for children undor
12 years. I
Just boforo renchlng Morrlsv tlio tho conduo-
tor found eight ouug men, from It) to 18 years
old. who offered him children's tickets, with
the explanation thnt they had been told by th
Amerlcus Club committee tlint they would be
carried for half rales They refused to pay
more, anil the conductor stopped the train al
Morrlsvlllo to eject tho jouini inun. Thoy ro-
fused to leavounleis they got back tho monof
alrondy paid nnd threatened tho conductor.
apocliiIOMeer Charles MoAlllstor iuterposod m
and drew Ills revolver, whereupon William
Welbert and Joseph Hamlin nlso produced pis-
tols.nnd thero was 1111 Immediate rush for ths
car doors. Tho conductor. In order to rjulot
tho passengers, decided to como to Trouton.
He tolcgraplind ahead for policemen, who wore
In wnlting and took tho l'hlladolphluns In
charge. Thoy aro locked up at tho polleo sta-
tlon, nnd will hnvo n hearing to-morrow
morning. Tho excursion committee deollnoa
to interfere nnd donled having sold halt far
tickets to men.
THE CEA11S GOT LOOSE.
They Frightened Women on n Cnnry Island
Car unit Seized n Itoj's Too. '
Two fishermen, carrying n crab net and a
fishing basket nearly full of fresh-caught crabs,
boardod un opon Smith street trolley car at
Coney Island yesterday afternoon and took a
scat In the forward part of the car. Aftor tho
car was woll on its way a small boy who was
seated bohlnd tho two flBhcrmen began to
scream. A man, who apparently was his 1
father, looked down und saw soveral crabs on
tho floor, ono of which was clinging to tho boy's
foot. Tbo rest of tho tiasscngors boentno nwnroj
of what had happened, and some of tho vvomon ,
attempted to lcnvo tho car boforo the con
ductor hnd time to givo the signal to stop it.
Tho fishermen Bucveeded In recapturing most
of tho crabs. Tho rest wero either kicked or
thrown from tho car by the passengers. Tho
small boy who first made tho discovery that tho
oralis hnd got loose, succoeded In slinking off
tho one that had seized his foot, and one ot tho '
Ushermon picked It up and put It back In the
basket. Tho women nnssongcrs finally became
calm and nothing olse occurred to break tho
monotony of tho trip.
MA1UXE IXTELLIGEXCB. j
imtUTTTRB ALMA1CA0 TOM OAT. i
Snn-rlaes.... 4&0Sunacta 722 1 Moon set.. 10 IS '1
niOU WATIB THIS DAT,
Bandynook.il 28 I aov.IelM.12 00 I UollQate.. IM
1
Arrived Bcsdat, July 24. j
BaldOaacoane. Baudelon, Hvt Inly 19. 1 j
Ea AuranU, McKay. Liverpool July 10 and Queens- "i
town 17th. rf
Be Oerlc. Xlcol, Liverpool. 3
Ba Uller, Kara, Banchet. 3
Ba Alexandra, Marshall, London. if
Bs Orinoco, Froze r, llertnuda. &
Ba Bt. Andrew, Kordfeldt, Demerara. A
Ba Nicaragua, rederaon, Ualtlmor. M
Ba Cometa, Glover, Liverpool. "
Bs Jlaracoa, Woldcn, Baltimore.
Bs Jamestown, Boar, Norfolk.
IFor later arrivals aee First Fajra.1 -'
- it
AnnivzD our. 1
Bs Ellso, from New York, at ThameshsTen. H
bs La Dretagne, from New York, at Havre.
PASSED. x.
6s Edam, from Rotterdam for New York, passed I
Dover. ;
Ss Weaternland, from Antwerp for New York. -
passed lalaofntsnt
"" ' M.
SAILZD THOU rOBEMW PORTS. ,
Ba Anchoria, from Moftllo for New York.
Ba Lucunta, from Queenatown for New York. ,
OOTOOINO STEAMSHIPS. ' ,
Sail To-Dav. 1
Hails Close. Vssstl Sails,
Old Dominion, Richmond 8 00PM
Folycarp, 1'ain, Jto 1 OOP II BOO I'M "J.
Sail To-Morrow.
Trave, Bremen 800AM 1000AM
Baeinaw, Inairua. A-c 1 00 P 11 OOOPM
Excelsior, New Orleans 8 00PM
Carlo, Charleaton 800 PM I
.Salt irdniday, July 7. t
Oymrie, Liverpool POOAM 1200M
Frieeland. Antwerp Ill 00 AM 12 00 St
Portia. Newfouudland 1200 M 200 P 11 '
Sail Thursday, July S3.
Alllanca, Colon 1200 M 200PM
Ardandhn, Jamales 2 00 P M 4 00 PM
Fuerat lllauiarck. Bremen. 0 00 A M POOAM
Orinoco, Bermuda 100 PM 800 P M '
IKCOltlVn STKAKBHirS. '
Dut 3o.Day. 1
Mlnnewuka London JnlrlS ;
ThereseIIe)niun Dunkirk Julr lo
KaramanU . , , Gibraltar July 11
Europe London July 18
Lu Tuesday, July to.
Britannia Cllbraltar July IS
Werkendam Ameterdam July 14 '
Maaconomo Hunderlaud Julr IS
Ktale of Nebraska .... (llaacow Julr IS ,
Houthwark Antwerp Julr 10
Briuau. (juecn Antwerp July 18
Due Wedntsday, July SI,
Teutonic Queenstown July 21
Hannah M Bell illbraltar July IS ,
Brooklyn City Bwanma July 18 t
1-Ua. Olbraltar July IS
Due Thursday, July tS.
Crltlo Dundee July 14
IiUml Chrlitlaiiaand July 18
Barharoaaa Bremen Julr 18
Pennaylvanla Hamburg July IT
BiAlo Bouthampton July 20 ;
Due Friday, July SO.
Annlleja nthraltar July 18
Archter Hamburg July 16 1
Due Satuiday, July SO.
Colorado s Hull . ...July 10
Lucanls Oiieeiiatown July 24 1
LaTouralne Havre- July 2S
SufjiiiW ilotlrts.
In the Knellah Jfnvy rr. Blrgert'i
AWIOSIUUA lllTlUIW aio will known aa the ureal
Bouth Amertcon Tonic regulator of iIUci alive organs.
GTOIMEIU:. Filtered Into rest on Baturday mora-
inir, Julj 2'1, lUlraboth Htrykc r, widow of Barks
Gumraetc, Ei., in the 73d yevr of her age,
FunerAl te nloea will be held at her late realdenca,
1(18 Weat Slate et., Tnuton, N J., on Tunaday,
Julr 28, at 12 o'clock noon lutcrment at con-
ventonco of the famib .
INhLIiXy-On July 84, IHIW, at Cihugow, Scotland,
William II. Inaleo of Newark, N. J., lu ths o7ta
year of Ills one. '
KKItlt.-On Bunday, July 24, 1808, Jamca Sullivan ?
Ilollln Kerr, only child of Charlis K, and Trance
I Kerr, aired 2 J ears, 1 mouth and 24 daya.
Funeral from ths rcildence of bit grandfather,
Janus buUivan, 818 Kait 78th at, on Tuesday,
Jul)-20, 1 BUB, at 2 P. M.
HOKL.-Autruate, on July 22, at Hempstead, Long
Ialand, In the 74th year of his 11:0,
Fnneraleervicrswlll be held at the Church of Bt, ,
Vincent ile Paul 214 t., between nth and 7th
ara.. New York city, uu Moml.i-, Jul) 25, at U:30
A M.
OTIS, At hia r aide uce, Heliport, L. I , on Friday,
Jul) 22, I8H1), Janus Otle, hi , In the aid year
of hia ai:e
Funeral at Christ's Chapel, Heliport, L. I , Monday,
July 2K, 011 arrival of train leaving Lome Ialand
City ate 10 A. M. Bpedal ti&tu will return to
New York immediately after aervlci a.
TBAhK.-nnUrtd Into real Fridai, July 22, at Jcf-
ftraou, N II. suddenly of heart failure, Ilarnst
N .widow of Ueiiinilu I II Trank
TUNIH.-At guouui , L I . "II Friday, July 22, Mary
1'. Tiiuia, )ouiiirrtilaiuhtirof the late Caleb C,
and lihoda n.tud 1 iium
runtralbervioaatthei hurrhof llolyCoinmunloa,
20th at, and Oth av , New York ell), on liimdjur.
July So, at 4 o'clock ?, U.