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Boot on Congo Conditions.* Secretary Root's reply to Bepresenta ttve Den by of Michigan is to the effect that we have no territorial rights in Africa which would give us a call to insist upon an investigation of the affairs of the Congo Free State, that if we did ha ve sovereign rights thus we could not submit them to an interna tional tribunal. Besides, the secretary adds, if we had a territory in Africa five times the area of the Philippines we might find good government difficult and come in for our share of D^st un-just criticism. This sentence sounds Jike an apology for or exculpation of the Congo administration in advance. The people of this country ha ve al ways sympathized with the oppressed, and where th ey have been in earnest they have often found a -way to secure intervention. The Unit ed States is busy just now regulating the affairs ot Morocco in the Algeciras conference without any territorial rights in Africa. The Morocco case is nowhere near as crave as that of the Congo, and yet our government found not only the right but the duty to act. W are of opinion, Secretary Boot to the con trary notwithstanding, that if the peo ple earnestly demand it, the administra tion will find a way to wake up the European poweis with reference to the Let S put it up to the government, and put it up hard. The Chinese had not heard anything about their disturbances of Feb IA. The story came from the United State, too late to organize the action called Prom Prison to Cabinet. 4* Americans must feel a peculiar inter in. Jolvn Burns, the labor member ol eat the new British cabinet, headship of the municipal governments of the British isles is even more spec tacular than the career of an American self-made man, and a lesson the erowth of democracy across the sea. For His rise to John Burns, whoa few weeks ago kissed the hand of King Edward and re ceived his portfolio, once served three months Pentonville prison, picking oakum, as punishment for addressing a public meeting of laboring men Tra falgar square. Moreover, during the Boer ar he openly declared his sym pathy with the "under dog," and was tooted as a traitor by London mobs. From all these discouragements^ John 1 Burns, the workingman, rose by the power of the labor movement and his own force of character, to one of the proudest positions in England. W T. Stead contributes an illuminat ing sketch of Bums to the Saturday Evening Post. The man is not yet i fifty, and went from school to labor in a factory when only ten yet he is rec ognized today as one of the foremost orators of England. has learned the trade of a working engineer, and could make his living at it today, but as a natural leader of the labor element his entire time has long been devoted to that cause. was elected ^o the London county cpnncil when released from jail, and has served in that body seventeen years. Fourteen years he has j-epresented Battersea in parlia ment. has been a leader in the Lon don movement for municipal ownership of the forms of transportation and other utilities. That movement, hith erto blocked by the cabinet, has its own sponsor now in the president of the lo cal governing boards. Burns is abused by former socialist comrades for taking office under the king, but he has been in all things a cool-headed, practical man, and he joined forces with the liberal ministry for the purpose of gaming some of the important ends for which he used to plead in Trafalgar square. His first act was to appoint a committee7* Ther Monday Evening, Wallas always been true to the prinoi pies Tie declares. With, no capital but brains and integrity he has progressed from the prisoner's dock to a ministry. "Honor and shame from no condition rise."* \s 1S tf Mr. Frick suspects his politics did not coke right. 'K Hearst, Thorn in the Flesh. W Hearst, who has recently re turned from a trip to Mexico, is already the storm center of New York state politics. His municipal ownership or ganization has been broadened into the Independence league, and it is expected he will soon announce himself a^candi date for governor of New Torkt A the same time he is still a candidate for mayor of New York in that he has not abandoned the effort to ha ve the ballot boxes opened ant} the votes recounted. The attempts to do this failed in the court of appeals, which decided that there was nothing in the law which authorized the court to resolve itself into a board of canvassers. But the constitution makes the assembly the judge of the election and qualification of its own members, and by attacking the seats of a number of Tammany as semblymen the Hearstites have hopes of bringing on a recount, which will show at least erentially what was the real status of the mayoral vote in the same precincts. Mr. Heaist would perhaps rather ha ve it appear that he was cheated out of tho office of mayor than to ha ve the office handed him, for if he wire de clared mayor of New York he would have to serve out his four-year term. If he resigned he would be under the responsibility of handing the office back to Tammany in the person of a typical Tammany tough who was elected presi dent of the board of aldermen and who would succeed to the mayoralty. Hearst's contest for the mayoralty is then to be looked upon more as an effort to make political capital than as a seri ous effort to seize the office to which he was probably elected. His ambition is transferred to the larger field of state politics, where he will come in contact with Piatt, Odell.JEiggins and the rest of the republican leaders, who are get ting along very poorly among them selves. And George Washington never de clined to answer "upon advice of coun- sel." The Type of Oanal. The president, in transmitting the letter of the secretary of war and the report of the consulting engineers and the isthmian commission, commits him self to the lock canal. There was a curious division on the subiect. A majority of the consult i ng board favored a sea-level canal, but a majority of the American engi neers on the board were for a lock canal. A large majority of the com mission favored the lock canal, as did the chief engineer and the secretary of war, who have been reinforced by the president. There are two classes of questions to be considered in deciding' on" the kind of canal, one temporary, the other permanent. Among the tempo rary questions are such as the cost and the length of time required for the work. I the permanent considerations are such as the cost of maintenance, the time ships may make in the eanal and the feasibility of enlargement. It seems to be granted that a lock oanal can be built quicker and cheaper than a sea-level canal. One would natur ally suppose the case was the opposite. But the digging of a canal is not the spatixng of a ditch across a, garden 0 sue tni a pro- vide a plan for simplifying and pub lishing the public acccounts of cities, so taxpayers may know what is going on. On all social questions he -is the prime 2^| minister's chief adviser, and his influ ence in the ministry will be a power for the common people of England. I their interest he opposes jingoism and large armaments, and in their interest he has fought against Chamberlain 'B proposition for a duty on foodstuffs. Burns is an object lesson to public men. has been radical, but with something practical always at the fore, a seae level canal, that is, aun openng drain fre from locks*. There must be "locks at either end to control the ocean^ tides. These will be immensely expensive in either type of canal, but more so in the sea level type. Other difficulties the way of a sea-level canal are the con trol of the Chagres river so that it will not overflow, into the ditch and luin it the tremendous Culebra cut and the shoring up of its sides so as to make them safe. The "opinions given in favor of the sea-level canal by the foreign engi neers were undoubtedly backed up by substantial reasons. On the other ha*id, it must not be overlooked that Ameri ca has some very competent engineers, and it is significant that th ey are so strongly for a lock canal. The people of this country, are for a canal. Th ey are willing to take the opxwioiv o experts as to the Itind They want a canal. There has been consid erable public money spent on the strip without accomplishing a great deal ex cept the row over Wallace, which never was worth while, and now the people would like to see the matter begun all over again and in a businesslike manner. Congress, of course, will have to be consulted. Congress may decide on the type of canal or it may reter the matter back to the commission with power. This would be practically a decision for a lock canal. Tillman and the president are begin ning to discover that th ey both mean all right. The Crime of Doing- Nothing. Dr. Johnson of Boston made effective use Sunday night of the story of Dives and Lazarus in his appeal for inter vention by our government in behalf of the oppressed people of the Congo Free State. pictured Dives in all his luxury, unconcerned aboui Lazarus, who lay at his gate, or about anything or anybody else that did not minister to his pleasure. was selfish ness, indolence, ease and indifference to the wants or the interests of others in-the supremest degree. Lazarus, who lay at his gate, was glad to eat of the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Dives /went hence and is pic tured by the sacred writer as in tor ment, begging pitifully that even Lazarua might come and wet the tip of his tongue with water. "What had Dives donef" exclaimed Dr. Johnson with emphasis. And his answer was, "Nothing! Nothing! Not even so much as the dogs which licked Lazarus' ,*ores-" ^H^**g~ &-&J For Ditea read United States and all other peoples rich, happy* .prosper ous and free, and for Lazarus, tine mis erable wretches under the rule of Leopold in the Congo State. The argu ment was complete. Iowa's" 1 'sane Fourth" Bill, whioh has passed the house, prohibits the sale or use of toy pistols and caps in the future and limits the size of firecrack ers. The firecracker as ig as a saw log that just waits around until it can' take off somebody's leg is a distinct menace. Crackers should be limited in size to those that take off a small boy's thumb and forefinger. I President Castro says that he will r.1 T* _ i-i *i M,.,., humble Frdnce, break Up the Monroe Sioux Falls reports ^that the western portion of Minnehaha county and the eastern portion of McCook county seed ed a little wheat last week. The frost was out of the ground for two or three inches, and the way the seed reached for the soil was something surprising.. Look out for a bumper crop. Governor Cummins of Iowa has for mally announced that he is a candidate for re-election and will base his cam paign upon further railroad control. I the democrats do\the logical thing, they will vote for Cummins as a party. A great many of them will vote for him as individuals anyway. Leslie's Weekly can hardly believe jg that the Pittsburg millionaires bought all of the $36,000,000 worth of diamonds that America imported last year. Well, *j hardly. There were ninety-seven hotels built in New York 1905, and each one had a neW 18-karat clerk. Pittsburg, which gave Boosevelt 28,- 000 majority, elected a democratic mayor by 12,000. Evident ly the Trib une still has a great work ahead of it, when it has finished with Minnesota. A plant is being erected in Norway to extract fertilizers from the air. W have long felt that these cigarets must throw off something of that kind into the atmosphere. Thirty years ago Kansas newspapers were booming Senator Ingalls for the vice presidency. Then came the "iri descent dream" statement and Ingalls went out of politics. A 7 One of the midshipmen hazed has* been dropped because of deficiencies in his studies, due probably to cruel haz- Here is hoping Iowa will make a much better use of its opportunities with Pat Crowe than Nebraska did. WHOSE TRUST IS GORED? Girard (Kan Press The last number of the Appeal to Bea son contained the following, showing how wicked the steel trust is "The net earnings of the United States Stee'l corporationa benevolent institu tionwere $31,000,000 for^the past quar ter This is about $125,000,000 a year or several times the original amount in vested in the steel and iron business In the same issue of the Appeal ap pears an article about the Girard Cereal company, an Appeal to Reason institu tion, from which we quote. After stating that the biggest day's business done had been something over $200, it continued: "As a rule, we are not long in making [a record-breaking day a regular thing. i share of stock, or twiqe each year the lamount you have invested. On a share costing you $10 you would receive in divi dends $20 annually When the receipts run to $400 a day (we ought to reach that by this time next year) you would receive $40 each year as dividends on your $10 investment W believe we are conservative in these estimates." Oh' the wicked, wicked steel trust' THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. Minne$ota Politic* Overzealous Friends of Jacobson Called Down by Frank EddyShook Boom for Congress Taken Up by Aitkin Paper Early Convention Again. 1 "The Jacobson or Johnson" talk In dulged in by some friends of the man from X^ac qui Parle is rebuked by Frank Eddy, who &ays in hts Sauk Center Herald: If ever a man wouldcommon to acare A A so otbe doctrine, clear out the French from' admirer of "Jake." We regard him as a splen did specimen of rugged Hooseveltan republican- Venezuela and then start on Americans, Englishmen and Germans, who, he de clares, are worse than Chinese. It is clear from the policy mapped out here that Castro will have his hands lull for several months. cheerful, not to say humorous, phy- sician advised Susan B. Anthony to "take a long rest." I Miss Anthony is the girl we take her to be, she slapped that doctor. The antitreating bill has been favor ably reported in Ohio. A man is, how ever, still allowed to treat himself, and this is where much of the damage is done. Heavy Villain Aldrich ot Bhode Island, as the country saw him man acled and led away, hissed between iis Clenched teeth, **foiled again." Taft admits that Washington was as great a man as Roosevelt and this ought to^ satisfy every sincere admirer of either president. Campbell-Bannerman has indicated to the Irish that they can have home rule if they will consent to call it by some other name. A soon as we are able to make $200 re- inaugurate such work With the nomination of ceipts a regular thing, we will be able to i candidates today, it would require three months (pay about $20 annual dividends on each o* good work by experienced party workers to 1UILT THAT WAY There's no use o' raisin' a hullabaloo 'Cause people exist uncongenial to you. There's all kinds o' bosses an* all kinds of" corn. An* all kinds of people, as sure as you're bora. Some bosses is gentle an' willln' an' kind. An* some nee'ds a beatln' before they will, mind. There's no use complainin' an' blamin' the lot Some people are righteous, an* others afe not Washington Star. -4 THIS DAY IN HISTORY ONE YEAR AGO Feb. 26, 1905New Orleans $5,000,000 fire destroys export ter mlnals on water front. Nlu-ChuangJapanese begin to shell Mukden. I TEN YEARS AGO Feb. 26, 1896Minneapolis-Rev. David Tlce dies. Seeding for spring wheat begins In the northwest. FEB. 26 IN OTHER YEARS 1643Indians of Hoboken, N. J., massacred by the Dutch. 1775Troops sent to Salem, Mass., to seize cannon. 1800John B. Purcell, archbishop of Cincinnati, born. 1845William F. Cody XBuffalo Bill), born. 1856Costa Rlca^ declared war I against Walker, the filibuster," 1869Fifteenth amendment passed by both houses of conar^ss, giving suffragette negroes. J. be justified in praying, "O Lord, deliver us from our fool ft lends, we can t'ifeten of our enemies ourselves," Jacob- n"11 1 la with a host of Minnesota republicans we are a sincere ism. We are of the opinion that more repub licans would like to see him head the ticket than any man yet mentioned, but if he permits bia fool fi lends to raise the cry "Jacobaon or Johnson," those who favor the other candidates will take them at their word and haveJohnson. The talk of running Captain Shook of Aitkin for congress against Bede, referred to in this oolumn a few days ago, is taken up by the Aitkin Republican, which declares the situation entirely fav orable. A friend of Captain Shook de clares that the recent municipal election in Duluth shot Bede's organization to pieceB, and that he is losing his grip on the district because of hostility to the president's legislative program, referring probably to the statehood bill. The man who beats Bede, he says, must come from outside Duluth Aitkin wants a congressman to land the Pine Knoll cut off canal appropriation. No man in the state lias done more in the last fourteen months to make a rec ord for the republican party in the com ing campaign than Attorney General Young. He has taken hold of every prop osition presented tq the legal department without gloves. He handled the inheri tance tax cases before the supreme court and secured a reversal of three lower courts and a decision affirming the law's validity. He has pushed the collection of trespass accounts vigorously and has started suits to reciver nundreds of thou sands from men who unlawfully cut tim ber on state school land He has filed two suits under the antitrust law, the only ones ever brought in the state, one to abolish "elevator stores" and the other to revoke the charter of the Duluth Board of Trade for refusing to deal with the Farmers' Exchange,- As a member ot the state board of eawiljsjatipn he has ^in- dorsed the attempt, ,to tax roreign corpora tions on a franchise basis, and has started a proceeding to collect such a tax from Swift & Co. The attorney gen eral's record on th^ese and other public questions has made him a leading 'man in the public eye, and he is considered one of the most available nark horses for governor He has- steadily refused to countenance any such talk, and is an an nounced candidate for renominatlon as attorney general For tnat position he has no opponent, and many democrats favor .his indorsement by their conven tion, i Edward T. Young is a native of Mln- may be regarded as a great nesota He -was born, in Sibley county newspaper -which records In at the University of Minnesota. He was admitted to the bar and located in 1881 at Appleton. He has neen recognized as one of the leading practitioners of the state He served two terms in the lower house of the legislature and two terms or eight years in the senate, where he took a high rank In 1902 he was in the three-cornered race for congress in the new seventh district, which was won by A. "Volstead In 1904 he was nom inated for attorney general in a contest with W. Donahower of St. Paul The Marshall News-Messenger indulges in some plain talk about the delay in calling the state committee and settling the early convention proposition. It says in part* I TUe republican, party Is ttioroly disorganized, with no candidate upon whom to concentrate united effort, and Its present central committee I has no organization whatever There are no rec i ords of value to an Incoming colnmlttee, no poll 0^ 8 The Man Behind the Magazine. In the light of this Mr McClure's per sonality is a thing well worthy of notice in a sketch of this sort McClure's Mag azine grew out of McClure's newspaper syndicate For years Mr McClure rea daily newspapers from several different countries In this wide reading he found endless suggestions for magazine mate rial He is finding more and more sug gestions every day, he comes to his office in the morning with his pookets crammed full of newspaper clippings that he has slashed from newspapers with his pocket knife while en route from his home to his officer To the superficial observer, these often contain little suggestion for magazine articles, but hidden away in some little clipping of perhaps three or four lines, Mr McClure finds a hint that works out into a great series of articles For example The thing that appealed to him in 1902 in connection with the great coal strike, was the raptive that actuated the small body of miners who refused to quit their work and join the 160,000 men who had walked out The study of this question brought the magazine into the heart of the labor problem and led to the taking up of a succession of articles of intense interest Mr McClure showed his originality and sound Judgment as an artist, seeking the highest in his art, further fey the manner in which he carries out plans for securing articles -flthich have once suggested them selves to him Instead of giving some magazine writer a commission to work up an article at so much for the article, he employs his manalways some man who has shown abilityon a salary and sets him to work The man is told to get the truth It may take weeks, it may tak months, or years, the thing fa to get the material and then to mould It into a story palpitating with interest,? This is, perhaps, the most expensive method of making a magazine at the same time it makes a. good magazine The favor with which McClure's Magazine has been re ceived and the high respect in which it is held are the best evidence of this. in 1858, raised on a farm and educated way the deeper meanings of the things voters, or afty of the necessary'mechan for party work, and no funds with which to organize tne state antl counties ior an effective campaign. These facts are as patent to the men who are causing the delay, as to the can didates who are awaiting nomination What ever their object may he, it can only be partially successful. It cannot defeat the re election of Senator Nelson, but it may defeat the election of a republican governor. The Franklin Tribune declares iteelf for Somervllle for governor, and says if he is nominated there will be no excuse for republicans voting- for Johnson P. C. Lynch of Foley, the democratic house member from St Cloud and Ben ton county, will have opposition at the primaries. Fred Dunkel of Graham, a former county commissioner, is getting ready to try for the nomination. Captain R. I#t Jewett, formerly of the state auditor's office, has been seri ously ill at Corning, Cal, but word has been received that he is now out of danger. Representative John Saari of Sparta is a candidate for renominatlon, and Judge Vivian Prince of Bveleth is already an nounced for the house in the forty-ninth district. They must have a political hot house to force early candidates in Stt 'Louis couity. Charles Cheney. WHERE TENNESSEE SCORED Kansas City Star. "I know nothing about the game of poker," answered Insurance Magnate Weeks of the New York Life to the Ten nessee insurance commissioner, who had used a poker illustration in framing his question. "That's because you've got a better game." was the much-applauded response. THE HUMAN HEART "Who made the heart, 'tis he alone Decidedly can try ns He knows each chordits various tone Bach spring its Various bias, at the balance let'sitb.e 4%j-Theno mute, W never caa adjust *\What's done we partly may compute, j^!4. JSut know not. what's resisted -Robert puna. The Artist After Truth. That McClure's has come to be re garded as a reform magazine is due wholly to its effective method of telling the truth, of giving stories of vital inter When these shed light upon evil, the es effect is destructive when they throw light upon good, the effect is encourag ing and constructive. McClure's, then, national popular that interest the editor and every thought ful mind of kindred character. Journal readers will be Interested to know something of the home of a magazine conducted upon such lines and by such a man This home is well up in one of the finer office buildings, a little more than a block east of the famous Flatiron building, von February 26, 190& ^Hp-s- By W. P. Klrkwood. JOURNEYINOS AMONG THE MAG- AZINES: JOURNEY NO.' III.New York, Feb. 28.-The average man going into the office of McClure'a Magazine, just oft Madison square, would feel that he was going into the office of a "re- form" publication, a magazine that had a very definite purpose toward great na tional reforms. He could hardly be far ther from the truth than this. The dom inating personality of McClure's Maga zine is Mr. ff. S McClure, and Mr. Mc Clure edits his magazine as an artist and not as a reformer He regards editing as just as much of an art as writing novels or poems or painting great pictures.' The editor, he says, selects his material from the particular activities of the human race., just as the artist and novelist select the particular material that interests them It ha& come to be a motto in the office of McClure's that, "the story is the thing" "If the artist sets out to do anything else than express as perfectly as possible the thing that interests him, he mars the product On this principle Mr. McClure holds that to &et out with the definite, purpose of working a reform is to mar the interest that the contents of the magazine will have for the general read er McClure's Magazine, therefore, rep resents only that in the affairs and' life of men that interests the editor person ally, and that, too, intensely But be cause this interests the thoughtful, keen ly alert Mr McClure, it is of interest to hundreds of thousands of thoughtful and wide-awake Americans. Twenty-third street, New York. It occupies an entire floor, which has been laid out to suit the needs of the magazine. It is strictly modern In every respect, unlike some of the other magazine offices in New York, its "at- mosphere" Is not at first easily discern ible It is there, nevertheless, and after one has been thru the offices, he sees that the atmosphere that clings to the home of the magazine is the atmosphere of the magazine Itself There is trie sense ot the artistic, the open, the refreshing The office Is as tempting as the magazine it self. Perhaps it should be put the other way and said that the magazine carries out ta the readers the atmosphere of the office. However, to those who know the magazine the office will be no surprise. On the wall of the editor's room and the halls -will foviTMi xnany ot ttie originals of pictures that have, appeared in the magazine. This collection of pictures Is really very valuable and is becoming monthly more so For example, among the pictures in the officev is the complete set of the orig inals of the great color work by Linson, illustrating the life of Christ, which at tracted so much attention in McClure's a few years ago It is interesting to note in this connection that Howard Pyle has just been engaged by McClure's Maga zine as its art editor, Mr. Dooley'a Little "Joke." .Other interesting things besides pic tures are found on the walls of McClure's office. One of these Is In the office of Miss Ida M. Tarbell. This is a little note left one day in the absence of Miss Tar bell by F. P. Dunne. It is framed and hangs on the wall of Miss Tarbell's office and reads as follows "IdaremShe's a lady but she has the punch F. P. Dunne. The manufacturing plant of McClure's is on Twenty-fifth street, only a few blocks away Here are the latest im provements in printing machinery press es that do almost everything but go out and buy the paper and ink that they print on the clever monotype, in whose intricate mechanism one is compelled to think the mind of the Inventor must be hidden, so wonderful are the things it does. In the mailing room I saw, perhapa a quarter of the March issue of the magazine sacked and ready for shipment. It made a neat little pile about forty-five feet long, twenty-five feet wide and sev en feet h|gh. The sacks were all care fully labeled and arranged in such order as to allow the shipments to more dis tant points to go first, thus enabling dis tant readers to get their magazines as soon as those right at home. vfndeed, thruout the offices and plant of McClure's Magazine the central idea of Mr S S McClure rules. "The story is the thing," and everything that will help to make it effective as a part of the mag azine is done The purpose is to publish those things which the people will read and to make them readable with an econ I oni^, Qt effort on **a pwt xifc the, reader without any loss of the flip thmy take on Mil mlwft '*nd heart^ TWEOFFICE OF THE LITERARY DI- GEST The office 6t the Literary Digest, which is within a stone's throw f Mad ison square, New York, is a sort of lit erary smelter In which the fine gold at good printed things is extracted from the various ores that come to it from the world's great and Increasing sources. The "works" are exceedingly simplea row of desks in a room protected from the world's intruders, and behind each a man, that is all. It looks simple enough, but, of course, it is as intricate as the human mind, which seems to be a rather puzzling bit of machinery in spite of the theories of philosophers and scientists At one desk is a man who examines and "digests" literary news and products. This same manperhaps as an antidote for the ilia, of literature or as a preventive of its contagionalso digests the world's religious views and literature for the busy reader. Another handles foreign news, still another looks after scientific matters and another pro vides the current comment Of course theie is a "chief" who superintends the process of digestion Into this office come weekly hundreds of papers of all sorts, and when one gets a glimpse of the vast amount he wonders what kind of mental pepsin the editors find to enable them to prevent their re view, so valuable to the busy men of all sorts, from becoming an example of In digestion Whatever It is, it is ef fective The Digest Is closely allied to the gen eral publishing business of Funk & Wagnalls, which promises this spring some books worthy of special advance notice. Among these are "Literature, Its Principles and Problems,',' by Profes sor W Hunt'of Princeton, "Commen tary on the New Testament," by Bernard Weiss, in four volumes, in April "Creatures that Once Were Men." by Maxim Gorky, a picture of life in Russia, a critical biography of Balzac by Taine, with an Introduction by the translator, giving a sketch of Taine "Samantha vs. Josiah, or What Happened to a Bor rowed Automobile." by Samantha AUen," "Successful Teaching," prize essays on modern methods from thousands sub mitted in a contest including all of the United States "Spurgeon's Illustrated Anecdotes Classified," a novel from the Spanish, "The Mystery of the Lost Dauphin," the story of the man who would have been Louis XVII of France, by a Spanish woman, Emilia P. Bazan. This last book has created mueh stir in Spain. AMUSEMENTS BijouThomas E. Shea, "The Bells." Judging from the intelligent and realis tic presentation of "The Bells," with which Thomas E Shea made his debut in Minneapolis yesterday, local lovers of the legitimate have a treat in store for the week. Mr Shea is an able star. His support is thoroly competent and the five plays selected for the week's bill all give ample opportunity to display their real ability. Mr. Shea's version of "The Bells dif fers slightly from the more familiar ver sion of that Interesting but melancholy character play used by Sir Henry Irving. but is the same in the essential details. The artistic and effective work of the star and the supporting company bespeak of careful, Intelligent study. Mr. Shea and his company to a great extent are new in Minneapolis and the west, but should be. assured of a warm welcome whenever they appear in the future. The reception yesterday was surely not lack ing in warmth or cordiality. The par ticularly dramatic scene at the* close of the third act after the signing of the mar riage contract binding Christian, com pletely captivated the audience Several curtain calls failed to satisfy/ and Mr. Shea was finally forced to make a short curtain speech Mr Shea's work is virile and natural. Endowed with a strong1 personaHtjf^_ he dominates every scene he enters Judg ment, common sense'and perfect taste are always -apparent. There is nothing superfluous or extravagant. As Mathlas he appears with little artificial make-up, yet he effectively brings out the changes wrought by the fifteen years of secret suffering, and In the latter acts the acute suffering of fearful suspicion. In relief is the pleasing, contrasting comedy of the two friends, Father Wal ter and Hans, played by two exception ally able supporters, Spencer Charters and B. Gilbert. These garrulous, silly, gossiping old characters are played with real art Mr Charters' difficult recital of the Btory ot tne ueath ot the Polish Jew was carefully done. The excessive make-up of Mr. Southard as the Jew was more effective in the visions than in the natural scenes of the first act. Charlotte Burkett is sweet and maiden ly as Anette Catharine, the wife of Mathlas, and Sozel, the maid, are the minor parts that were nevertheless care fully handled, showing a rare attention to details The staging, while not elab orate, is effective, the lighting effects be ing exceptionally good. Mr Shea will appear as follows during the week. Monday night, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Tuesday night, "Othello Wednesday matinee, "Cardinal Riche- lieu." Wednesday night, "The Bells ThureOay night, "l Jeltyn ana Mr. Hyde." Friday night, "Napoleon the Great," Saturday matinee, "The Bells Saturday night, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Orp-heumModern Vaudeville. The Orpheam Bead show holds the boards at that playhouse this week and the entertainment fulfills almost every promise made for it. It is the strongest bill offered so far this season, splendidly arranged without overlapping in anyway and each act, save, one. Is finished. Campbell and Johnson, premiers in the line of acrobatic oyoling, open the show with their usual hair-raising stunts on the unicyde and in tumbling. They are followed by Edgar Bixley, comedian, and his act falls far short of the quality of the evening He has a good voice, but his act Is of the broad, barn-door form of humor, which goes like a tornado up stairs, but gathers frost in the lower seo tion of the house Jules and Ella Garrison have staged a new act, "An Ancient Roman," with a wealth of Egyptian setting and bow legged supers, used to good advantage. The travesty on the legitimate is com plete and the climaxes come so fast and with such effect that the audience has to keep thinking to keep up with them. Winona Winter has a pleasing vqice, which she uses in high soprano and ven triloquism. She is a clever entertainer, but puts too complete a finish Into her imitations. Marian's dog actors, in the 'Talthless Wife," constitute one of the best exhibi tions of animal training on the stage to day. The entire absence from view of the trainer and the work of the animals cre ates storms of applause. The sisters and brothers Ford are splendid dancers, and individually and collectively, give the clog dances with a finish rarely attained by wqrkers in that line The Colonial Septette is a beauti fully staged act, and the ability of the performers as musicians makes it one of the greatest acts ever attempted in vaudeville. The cornet solo work of Rolfe is a feature, and the Frenoh horn trio in ballad work is pleasing. The show is balanced with rare dis cernment and makes good its claim to the most notable assembling of vaude* ville talent now on the road. J. H. R. a 4 .J& Foyer Chat. CLiew FleKla oaa company opened week's engagement at the Metopotan last night .the musical .comedy, "It Happened In Nordland,* before one of th' largest Sunday night audiences of the season. Gorgeous costuming and moun t ing afford a series of pictures nevo before equaled on the local stage, and* tuneful music and refined comedy are" furnished in abundance by many tal-"i ented players. full review of the pro-^ ductlon will be given in this column to morrow. There Is no play in the language which can match the record of Jefferson's "Rip Van Winkle." The unrivaled art whichi f*9 the actor employs in portraying Wash ington Irving's gertal and thirsty hero has kept it a growing favorite for nearly half a century It is a perennial "novel ty Thomas Jefferson will appear as Rip at the Metropolitan for a period of four nights and matinee, beginning next Sunday evening, coming here direct from his wonderfully successful engagement at the Boston theater. Boxes and seats for. this event can be reserved Thursday**, morning. Marked interest is evinced in the an nouncement that Bertha Galland will ap pear in David BeJasco's famous comedy. "Sweet KJtty Bellairs," at the Audi torium this evening. It is seldom that such an elaborately beautiful production as "Sweet Kitty Bellairs" Is made, even in this age of wonderful possibilities of stagecraft. The company selected for Miss Galland's support is said to be of unusual strength and to surpass the or ganization originally presenting this charming play The engagement is for an entire week, with matinees Wednes day and Saturday. "Bight Bells will be presented at th Bijou for one week following the engage ment of Thomas E. Shea. There is no villain in the Byrne Brothers' rejuven* ated "Bight Bells," but there is plenty! of fun, trick soenery, good music and* clever specialties. The piece is so firmly-' established in popular favor that littl*. need be Bald in praise of its many excel lent features. "A Courier of Fortune," a dramatization of A. W. Marchmont's successful novel, was presented to two enormous audiences at the X.yceum theater yesterday. The play version of this powerful story was written by the author and Ralph Stuart, to whom the book was dedicated. Great interest was manifested in the presenta tion of the play, as It was the first time on any stage that "A Courier of Fortune** had appeared in dramatic form Mr. Stuart thought so highly of it that he spent weeks in perfecting rehearsals, and when the curtain rolled up on the first act yesterday, the most beautiful scenic investiture of a play ever seen in the Lyceum was unfolded to view. The play with the beautiful little curtain-raiser "The Peacemaker," also written by Ralph Stuart, will be reviewed in these columns Tuesday. The Unique's big comedy MM, with the brilliant dramatic play of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Dowllng, will be presented at both performances tonight and continue thruout the week. The Three Greggs, the only De Noyer and other high-class vaudeville artists will be features of every performance. DEPENDS ON MOTIVE Address Before Universal Brotherhood Treats on Nobility of Labor. A address was read last evening by Miss Alice Bolting, representative of the Uni/ersal Brotherhood an Theo sophical society, of which Katherine Tingley is leader and official head. The address inNpart was as follows: "To teach men to realize the nobility of their calling is the first object of the International Brotherhood league, one of the departments of the Universal Brotherhood organization. According to pur own scriptures, which we afl love and revere, is none less than to become sons of God. "The International Brotherhood league does not attempt to reduce all occupations to a common level of value, nor does it admit that one is per se more noble than another. "If anyone is working out the pur poses of his soul thru his occupation, it is noble whatever it may be, for it then becomes a part of the great calling to become a son of Godto attain per fection. "If on the contrary he is working simply to adorn himself, me^ally or otherwise, it leads to no noble end. "As a man thinks, so is he. If he has been thinking of his o"wn -personal stature, not so much of what he would like to see done, as of the things he would like to see himself do if he has made himself virtuous, because he ad mires himself more in that character if he has attempted to make himself use ful, simply because he likes to be re spected, there is nothing noble about it all, however fair a picture he may have sucoeded in presenting. has only hung all these various acquisitions upon his own perishable personality, and with it th ey will inevitably perish too. "Think of what a peradise we should have if all realized the nobility of their calling. Golden ages ha ve been and can be again." A VALKYRIE LECTURE Elliott Schencs to Explain Wagner's Work at the Metropolitan. A attractive feature of the coming brief opera festival at the Metropolitan will be the explanatory lecture and re cital on Wagner's "valkyne" by El liott Schenck, the Wagnerian conductor. This will be given on Friday afternoon, 'March 9, in the Metropolitan opera house, with a nominal charge for admis sion. Mr. S-henck is one of the few well known tVagnenan authorities in the United States, and ^devoted two years after his appearance in Germany, to special lectures on Wagner ana bis works. will devote a portion of his lec ture to the entire four works of the Tril ogy, beginning with the great fore drama known as Das Sheingold,' and carrying the story of the "Niboiungen Ring'' thru "The Valkyrie," "Sieg fried" and "Die Gotterdammerung." All the prominent motives and famil iar music numbers of "The Valkyrie" will be illustrated, on the piano, and it ishope to have some of the song num bers given with the assistance of artists from the Grand Opera company. i "Imitation the Sincerest Flattery." The fact that many whiskies are repre sented to be "just as good as Pickwi ck Bye" is proof that Pickwick is the standard of whiskey excellence. 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