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s THE EEPrr.LTC: WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 24, TOOO. ) i i THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC I,,Cea E-rtrr ray In the Year. , aSHEKS: CIEOKGU h.All' CO PCBUSIlEItS .. ,. Te Vnaim ITenldent ano "". Ms '"" "-"v..-,...- n I.Unl Gearce Is Alien. n- .".- W. B. Oarr. Sr:an. OSlcs CornT Seventh ana Olive Strata. (RCPUBUC HUIL.Q1XO) "teriis ok suiisoiirrJON AMJ SLNDAY-SEVUN ISSt-M wti:K- DAII.T nr MaJI-Ta Advance !, rr-pal o-, sear - Si montnji ......... ....-' 1hr Tn.-ntbs - '" t three cavs. -s-pt Sur.diy. one year.. Si r.lv. veltb Majraxlre s-ir-ii. n ill edition. suaJay . -s.4a V o i r?!n. . --.... --- .J C .. tw . 1 i) . 3 0 . 1 "i "BY Cltl.IKR ST. lJl'IS AND SCmKIIs. - sie, k. dally only "n Iir week, dAilv end Sunday .1 c..i TWirn-A-WHEK ISST-'K. Vabll'hed SlunJay and Thursaay on year. Jl " P.-ro-t br b-i-k fiiiTl, eipress. zaarr orOr. cr r-.u.i 'i. fi.rri. TOI! nEprnwr. St. Louie. Mo. r ).r cor-.nicnl.-atlons cannot bo return .1 nder anv c rcumstanoes. Fn'rsl at the rsst Tlc at St. !KlU. Me., - nd lnss mntter rmMI.Sili- POSTAGE. OKI copy. . 1 cent t (-lit ten and twelve rases - S tt eighteen and twenty page ; rents for or or 3 cents for two papers Twsir two to twenty e !lt pases J re-.- Th rty paces :,fllt" TKLEI'IIOMJ NUMBERS. I5ell. ren-tlrr-Hoon Main 301S Klnloeh A CT I d'to-.al liTrption-Koo-n .ParS 15S WEDSKSBAY, VoL 32 JANFAKY 24. 1J No DUCEaUER CIRCULATION. VT. B. Oarr. Busing Manvjer of Tha St. liOul Republic, belnr duly worn. my ttat tn actual number of full anS complete eopis of th dally ari Sunday Republic printed dunsg the. n,onth of D;reiraber, 16J3. all In regular editions, tu ai per chdul below: Data. Conlea. I IH'a. Cottrl 1 75,21011: Sunday SI.300 2 76.600J1S 74,220 S Sunday &I.060U9 75,200 4 74,990;20 74.240 6 74,93021 74.720 6 74.460 22 74,730 7 7f3S0 23 76.695 8 75,100 ,24 Sunday 80.930 7G,075(:5 79,310 10 Sunday 80,650iI6 74,660 11 75,000(27 74.180 32 74.950 23 74,740 J3 76,000 29 73.900 J4 77,070 SO 76.55 35 76,640 31 Sunday 82,720 16 75,990 Total for the month 2.369.465 lss :i espies poll4 l.t print Ins, left oier or Clii 61.5C3 yet number dlstrtbntefl ..2.307.OG2 ATeracdily distribution... 74,450 And aald W. B. Carr further ia.ya that the number of copiea roturr.ed or reported umold duiinc tha month of December s US per cent. VT. B. CARR. Bwom to and subacrlfced be for zse tbla Id day of January, 23u0. J. F. FARISH. Kotary Public. City of Bt. Ii-ala. U. My Una txplra April IS. 1L GATHER EVIDENCE. The outline given through The Hf pub lic by Mr. William Brown, St, I.ouioi Chicago attorney In the dniinage cas hliows what duty devolves on the city administration. Fr. Louis must show that her water supply Is Injured by the opening ot Chlcastfs canal. It requires wort of a scientilic character to etab lish tho contention, and that work mut ho continued unlntermittingly at lat until the testimony is exhaustive. St. Louis must establish clearly that her water supply has suffered frum the opening of Chicago's big bewer. Tim Mayor of St Louis does not need to wait for an appropriation from the Municipal Assembly before infusing 'uergy iuiu The wort. Every head of a departmf-nt lu Sr. X.ouis bbould be anxious to take a p:trt In th effort to reach a true conclusion i.s to the effect of Chicago's ditvh on at. Louis's water supply. The Health Commissioner, tho Water Commissioner, the City Counselor and the Mayor s-hould ull bo vigorous in producing the iieces ary result. Chicago has et about such experi ments already. She is ocannlng the llli liois IMver from Peoria to its mouth and the Mississippi from the mouth of the Illinois to St. Louis, with microscope and reagent. St Louis must push simi lar Investigations to. a satisfactory con clusion. UIU1TSII UNITY. Doctor Conan Doyle is generously jus tiiied by the facts In his assertion th:it I're&ident Ivruger of the Transvaal Ue rtubUc, In resisting the aggressive South African policy of the Urltish Govern ment, has done more than any other oi,e man to federate the British Empire. It must be acknowledged that the bearing of England's colonies in the ex-it-ting crisis has been of a lojal char acter wlilch eloquently testifies to their geuuljio union with the mother country. They havo been prompt to furnish their quota of men and money for the prose cution of tho war on the Afrikanders, they havo manifested a fine spirit of pride In England's glory, and the colonial volunteers now at the lront are render ing eiLcellcut service as, soldiers of tl'e Uueen. There Is a vry material guarantee of the continued greatness and prestige of the British Empire lu this fact of col.- nial fealty. The sole pity of the devel opment is that It should hae betn brought about by the demands of a con ilict for which then Is no justitieation, a war forced by a stronger people for the subjugation of a weaker, who have a i;od-glven right to their national inde pendence. So true and manful a demon stration of British unitj might belter ha e been made in a better eaue. UNDER BRITISH INFLUENCE. There was considerable significance in the vote by which the pro-Boer resolu tion. Introduced In the loner house of the Iowa State Legislature, was defeat ed last Monday. The resolution, declaring nympntlrv with the South African Dutch In their struggle for independence and self-government under republican forms, vas Introduced by Representative Carter, a Republican, and was seconded by Repre sentative Kerr, also a Republican. Every Democratic member of the lower ht,ue voted for It But only four Republican votes were added to tiiose of the mover and seconder, lifty-seveu Republicans voting against and defeating the resolu tion. And those few Republicans who Itltoici! Ill,- liMiluU'ia uiurruiuu t'liib' tics in which there was a large Cer'nan element. It Is apparent that the same Imperial spirit in tho Republican organization which urges this (Juvornineiit to a'aa ilon its principles of democracy and lib erty and embark upon :i career of foreign conquest and colonization alvj causes this approval of the British war lor tne overthow of the two lit ll " South African Kcpubllc. This is consicteiil. .r course robber nations must stand it -gether but it is a spirit lull of the in. st ominous menace to a free itepuhlic sei n as ours. It is not sirause that fiilv pa triotic Americans should he dis-naxed that such a spill! is possible to Ameri cans. It ib omiuentl natural that lor-elgu-born i itimis. who learned i.i ilie Old World the evils of imperialism and militarism, should see the erialn uuliga result of their incorporation as Aiuei. can policies Tfie American people must this year make a definite choice between tii.- laud grabbing and liberty crushing s;i rit of Hieat Britain and the genuine .Vmen canlsiu winch fm bids u- to deny libe.lv to any other people or to govern an i.n without the consent oi the goxenie.I. This'ehoice is loreed upon the couutiv In the surreuder of the l.'epulilusu p.trt to British influence. It will be amaz-tu if theie is any hesitancy on the p.ut ( Americans in stamliug true to ,iio-e line principles of liberty and justice UKu which their own Coverumeut was loutid el and grew to greatness. PARTISAN IRSTKI'CTION. It is unpleasauth apparent thai Ilie Ulolte-IVmocrat is genuinely appie heuslve that the Jefferson I'lub of St. Louis will follow The Republic's advli-c and subordinate partisanship to the ne icssities of a situation uiiith demands an earnest c-ouivitcd effort lo secure good government lor she ciiy in which it is lucated. Acting under the Impulse of this ftar. the tllobe-Deiuocrat is plainly endeavor ing to cieaie beforehand a partisan prejudice which shall tend to nial.e iii.it v of movement impossilile. It is deliber ately misrepresenting the utterance ;u.il aims ot The Republic, il is uuwarraut abh taking for gianted that the .leu'er son Club will, at the best, attempt a bunko came it it joins the popular move ment for municipal reform, its entire at titude is that of partisan obstruction i.i an endeavor that must, of uecessit. unite all important t actor of local citi zenship if success is to be attained. The Republic' appeal to the I'.lnhe Democrat and to the Jefferson Club to put aside partisanship and to work for the interests of the community at large was honestly oiced. It cannot with plausibility be used as a means for in creasing partisan bitterness and bus strengthening the hold of the Zl.'gen hein machine on the local government. The public welfare demands the over throw of this machine uml the substi tution of a wise and honest busi ness administration lu plat" of nuy machine. Republican or Democratic. The Globe-Democrat can render al uable assistance in this dlrvctiou. The Jefferson Club can also be a power for good along the same lines. The Republic's appeal to both was b'lsed upon its recognition of tills fact. The Globe-Democrat's 'fear that the Jeflerson Club will be willing to do go id work for the people is leading It to com mit exactly the sins with which It charges that organization. It is refusing to be anything hut partisan In its view of the local situation. It is hostile to tin very spirit that can alone bring ibout better conditions. It fears and misrep resents every effort aiming at munici pal reform. It is offering proof hi lteif of that bitter partisanship which Is th greatest obstacle in the way of good government. The Republic again asks the Globe-Democrat to take a broadT conception of Its duty to the people cf St. Louis. MAKE INDICTMENT SURE. Circuit Attorney Eggers must make exceptional effort in bringing to the knowledge of the Grand Jury every ob tainable fact of bribery In the Munici pal Assembly in the case of the obstruct ed passage of the lighting bills. The guilty parties must be reached aud pun ished. The preceding attempt In this direc tion, that by which the corruption at tending the passage of the Central Trac tion bill was brought to the attention of a former Graud Jury, should convince Mr. Eggers of the necessity for more vig orous and conclusive anion In the pres ent instance. It was made morally plain to the Grand Jury that bribery was re sorted to in Inllueiicliig votes for the Central Traction bill. It was shown that the sum of .sloO.UW was drawn from one St. Louis bank In small bills. Deposits were made in other banks, with every Indication of Improper Use. It was plain that the Central Traction bill was a hold-im Its promoters virtually making no pretense of street railway construction work, aud selliug out, after the passage of the bill, for the line ligure of Sl.tmO.OW, a franchise thus gained from the city. It Is Imperative that Municipal Assem blymen oen to the solicitation of In terested promoters shall be unmasked, indicted aud punished for their crimes. St. Louis has already suffered the loss of millions of dollars through such meth ods. Corruption in the Municipal As- t-etubry must be stamped out If it is within the power of an aroused commu nity to stamp it out. Circuit Attorney Egcers stands as the foremost legal representative of the people In this movement. He must leave nothing un done to make certain an indictment of municipal boodlers by the present Grand Jury. FUR RING BENEFIT. In hts ovimsure of the "retrenchment" fraud on the people contemplated by the several bills iutioduced In the City Coun cil by Council President Meier. Presi dent McMatu of ilie Board of Public Im provements presents an array of facts that should lead to the prompt defeat of those measures-. Mr. Mc.Matli clearly points ou that the Meier bills were drawn in the sole and exclusive interest of the f.ty Hall ma chine. Their passage would take all power from the u:td of the various municipal departments who have dared to oppose the will of the City Hall gang, and would plai'e that power instead in the hands o' the Mayor, the Machine Boss. Thf pationage of the city would thus lie completely within the control of the ring. The safeguards against ring III rule established by the City Charter J. ould be wholly swept away, hh The Council will have no excuse for . mssiug these bills save that which it I ''may find for. Itself in a pica of duty to the machine. The public welfare will be sacrificed to :i most alarming extent if ring influence prevails to push the Meier measures through the Municipal Asseuiliiy. The people are opiMiscd to such legislation. The gang alone de mands it. The Hodgi-s hill, now- awaiting the ac tion of the Council. Is an honest attempt at icfoiin and lotreiit'hinent in the vari ous municipal departments. It was named and Introduced by a man who Is uoi controlled by the machine, but. on the other hand, is earnest and sincere lu his desire to serve the community. This bill, which .should be passed, is understood to have been slated for de feat by pigeonholing methods. The Meier ordinances appear to iiave side tiacked It. Tile Citv Council should go slow in work of this natllle. The peo ple are awake to the simiilicanie oi its evcrv move. F.UUFET STRECT CARS. The plan to be put iuto opeiatioii by the i.'hii-io I iiioii 'Vim li. hi Company of running bullet cats on its Hues. In j which the passenger iik get anything i liom it cigar lo a course meal, may be iegaiiltd as a transportation progress, whatever the proprletois of downtown tales mav think of it. The immediate obiect of the" cars Is doubtless for the convenient e. of stieet lar theater parties, which are thus en abled to take an al'tei-theater luncheon without keeping an eve out for owl cais. Whether the bullet car could be put to a wider Use is a question. Meu whose work is chiefly on the street collectors, messengers,, tanvassers and newspaper icpoiters-might timl the buffet cars a j convenience If they we:e euthilslasliial- I ly anxious to save their employers' time. I l'lie business man vv ho must go to his Imiiie three or four miles, dress aud take dinner in time to teach the theater would not welcome the buffet car. Given I he choice between g'HUg to the theater or taking dinner with his fainilv he would choose the dinner. Tile buffet car tollovvs closely on the funeral car The next step should be a car containing a lirst-class. bath cqulpiN'd bat ber-shop. wl!ereapaonger could be shaved, have his hair trimmed aud take his bath, and be ready to slip into his dross suit on his arrival home. President Mc.Math's discussion 0f the Meier "retrenchment" bills shows that in his department, although the ordi nances aiuhorl7e salaries amounting to Ms. C'o.the actual pay roll Is only n-i.too. This department the Meier b'ils find best adapted lo "retrenchment" because ils head Is opposed to gang methods. One British Admiral expresses the opinion that If the British Navv only had a chance it would be all up with the Boer war. Gieat Britain might tiud it to her advantage to give the Boers a coast hue, on the theory of the doctor who could cure nothing but ilts. lovva's German-Americau Legislators voted with the Democrats and against their own party In favor of a resolution of sympathy lor the Boers. American imperialism is Justly dreaded by those who have sutleriil from European im perialism. Attorney General Crow will be eu abied. between now aud April 2, to se cure much additional evidence for the plaintiff in the Federal Supreme Court case of the People of the Mississippi Valley versus the Chicago Drainage Canal. It is certainly a significant comment on existing American conditions that the two South African Republics should receive the glad hand from the Ameri can people and the marble heart from an American President. When the next American census Is taken none but broncho-busters should apply for the job of enumerating those S.OW.OOO Malays who are to be corralled by conquest and governed by force. Whatever secret pledges President Mc Kinley may have given to England wll be right dltlicult of fulfillment so hing as the people's voice still remains po tent In American affairs. In Its fear that the Jefferson Club may rie above party in a desire to insure good government for St. Louis, tho Globe-Democrat goi-s to the other ev treme and becomes a machine organ i f the bltteiest description. As long as they pay the freight Hie Trusts know that the Republican party will deliver the goods all right, plat form declarations to the contrary not withstanding. If Congressman Bartholdt is defeated for reiiomination by his Imperialism b should at least get a MeKiuiey-Chamber-lain decoration for devoted service to the cause of the allied Innd-grabbers. In laying the facts of Municipal As sembly corruption before the Grand Jury Circuit Attorney Eggers should r-e. to it that none of them escape before being sighted by that body. Lord Duudonald's cavalry may not yet be in Ladysmlth. but it has demonstrat ed its vast superiority lo the rest of the British Army in the important wartime knatk tit "getting tlicte." President McMath of the Board of Public Improvements piobably -.igns himself "Citleif because he conciilcrs that a higher honor than to be part o null an administration. Chicago must have the Impression that this country is suffering with over population. First she builds her canal and now she offers a reward for dead highwaymen. St. Louisaus are naturally suspicious of a Municipal Assembly movement fo." "reform" of the city departm-nts on a Witteubei-g-Ziegeiihein-Meier basis. 'SprJiuc lln Tlint Come In Winter." Strlnc i!at that cim in winter. Sweet hmirn cf ftolen bll5s. All charm of J"ys f.-rWddu Are In thy truant kl?s Tar hotter Uo ne love thee Than thy li-i reckleis kin Spring day that com In winter. so sunny In thy tin! Srirtr days that com- Iq, Trtr.ter. With bajmy breath cf pone. t nto t,ur ?ouM te press the. Hear actants all sone wrens! Wherever rr.1 blood lluweth Th wiles will utleome win spring .tajs that come In winter. So sunny In thy sin! aufi.nv d. sAUxncns. WONDERFUL MAP OF THE HEAVENS. It 'oiil:iins Thirty -Million Stars :mil Is Ne.-iiiiii, 1'iiinj'le t ton. THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING. Sniiie Peculiarities of Talis Coal Merchants. Who Also Sell Wine - Victory of :i Meini nioiuliiiiie. scimivi. itY twiii.i:. l'.Hl. Til,s.!.i, Jiili a H"oiili;li. l'e l.v J.tuit-s tlotiioii thiinrlt.l JUuri-e U. in.in.iK,:' of th rails olervalorv has announced to the Academy of Sciences that the map of the l.eivens li wll on the v.nv to completion. ll fulthftillx teiieents the heavens wt'h st.irs up to the fourteenth maKIiltmle There lire about thirtv millions of Mt.ira on the jr.ls. whl.-h have tjkeii neatly three i irs to prepare. "The custom of trade" I a well l.no.n l.w term. Imt "the uistom of I'.irlk wool i f"m to be rather vasue. The Seventh Chamber has doeldid an aimi-InK u.t en ihN point. Prominent oal nier. h.trts of l'irts . om nionlv sell wine, dividing their little shop It in two compartments for this purpose A i oil tuer h.int. itmlim; he !uil peni ' room. .livMed his prejni"V into three i om permit tits, taKitiy ,i cobbler as tuiant Tho proprietor swiMijeil duwti upon and wanted to ilrle the . nbbler out "N ver"" said the wurthy vender of loale. and hN rlrnv h.iuiN clutcln-d. "I.e.vve the prenilseur- cried the landlotd. v.avliiK his wll!, llefuie th.e m.it;itr.ite. be cried that th place was based tor tie salo of .ojc-, litpi.jrs, i eelera. "I sri the two fonmr and my friend t!m cohblir the vt cetera.' .Minisieur le I 'res ident. If minding boots Is not vt cetira." I should like to asU the louit vv.'iat is Vt cetira.' " The audience, at Is the case in French courts, nodded thtlr h. ads in approval, s, much were they :iwe. iiv th l'tlln. which Impress. ,1 th. m as a Ulnd of open wsim of tlie law. The Judpe leokeil v.I-c The oal merchant, feailhi; an adverse decision, sirulmil liis voiie to talstto "It Is the custom ot I'aris," shrbkeil he. "which alw.is.-" dunatids cobbltra ntM to coal nierchunls." That f ttled the point, and the victorious couple went home arm In aim to timl :t pr"Ccsioti of n. lut.t.ics i !amoriii tor co.iLs. wine, "i-t cet. ra " A ibmlmondaiiie liad a maid who shared her utmost . onlld' in e, but the seivant i.'Ved inunev and seemed In think It pi r tectlv reasonable to take sum.-, conudid to her, and with which rfie was to pay the tititrlur nnd the baker, for her own pocket, leaving the trade-mn tiupiid The bonne; wj imprtidtnt and ijuarreled with the valet who told their mistress. The demlmondalne asked the tr.nlimen if the story was true. "Y.s." whs the answer, "but your bonne Is so worthy and o devottd. midame. par don her this time. The lesion will be surll- Cll'tlt." The bonne contlnue.1 In the servlco an 1 so did the theft- The strvant had pressing business im.l hit the country, to rejob-o with the rrluids of her ihll.lhood Then came the irdlKiiant trade.smen "Yon owe me ix francs for br'ajl"' "You tiwe me 7") francs for sroterles!" "You owe me r,w francs for poultry!" "Lave m.v premises!" retortisj the, lady of th" demlmondalne ( "You said the, was honest before it Is tor Inte now to tell the truth. 1 won't pity a centime." The Sevitith Chainbir decided In f:vor ot the demlmondalne on the principle that sh had acted In jrood fiuth with tho trades men In the first plai e EYTitAiniuiMiti iinntin: cask. Former Ilrltlsli Ottlcer Sranteil a Ile- cree lu London. SITCTAIj BY C M'.l.i: London, Tuesday. Jan. 23 ffopj rluh' 1!-). bv James Clordor. H'unett i -An ex traordinary case, nrljins out of tho revel i tlons made when a man naniel ViII!am alias Johnon. was lonvlctcl of steallmrih tiucliess of Sutherland's Jewels, was lu-.-rd lu tho divorce couit to-ilav A prtiniiaent wluu-s thin w-ns Aland KlihardFun, v.hns re.U name is 5Ir-i Ixiuls i Andrew. To-day her husband. Ilnrrv Andnw. sued for .11 vorce, the mitn Williams, alias .lohuson. be. lne namtsl co-n-pondint Andrew was formt riy an olllcer In on- or the lllftlilund regiment In I'i'l. in Sou h Afrlta. he made the anUi.tli.tHnce "f M i ml Itlchar.lson, to whom he became verj inn ll attached. Intimate relations en.su .1 ,.nd ultimately. In Auirust. ISM. wh'n they we e at Aden, the two were married. The mar rlaKc was not under the real name, Andrew ilesirlnK to keep the secut from hla fellow officers. Andrew- accompanied Alrr. Cavendish and others In the, expedition to C ntral Africa, and when ho return-l went lo Paris. !l tried to Induce his wlfo to Join him ther. . a he refused. )n day ha read a newspaper account of evldiuce." which his wife bad Klvi n In llow Strtet. that she had made the nffituilntniiic of n man on ticket of leave, who was con cerned In the robbt ry of the Duchess of Sutherland' Jewels nnil actually had been living with that man. l'rooeedlnKs for divorce were- Instituted nnd to-day it decree for the plaintiff was Klven. STEAMER RDANDHU LOST. Went Down in it Collision Two Men Drowned. Vlnevard Haven. 51 tss . .tan Zi Th GlJsgow steamer Ar.landhu, Captain Dnn das. from New Lund n. Conn . for Halifax. Nova Scotia, was sunk In collision with the 5'etrooolitan liner Herman Winter. from lloston for New York, on" Itobtnson's Hole. Vlnejard Found, at Z t' o'clock this morninif. and two of the Ardandhu's crew of thirty-one men were lost. They were: Chlif hJni;lier Jarni" Henderson of tllas Sow. Sicoml Alate Fred Dowe of Hotcn. The Herman Winter reiched this port this forenoon with h !" none and rejiorted the iiceilent She hid on board the twen-tv-nlne men who t aped fitim the Ar dandhu CIRCUS COMBINE PROPOSED. Sells P.i os.. Ihirniiiii & Hailcy :iml Cole .M:iy Pool Issues. Columbus. O . Jan 2! -Two unsatisfac tory thiiist in the liartnership asreement me all that stand In th way of a combi nation of the srcatist circus Interests of the Fnitcd Statfs This statiment Is made upon tlie authority of 1'iter Sells. Those lnterented in the proposed combi nation are the Sells Itiothers of this city; James A Itailey. now in Europe with the llarnum A: liailev Circus, nnd V. W. fole of Auv 5"ork Citv. The obiectiorabl" features provide that the ulut-r. quart, rs of fie show shall Ih in Hriditemrl. Conn and that tile agree ment shall take (feci and be In force In 1!-Jl. 1'iter Sells said he vou!d never consent to leaving Columbus NAVAL PARADE PROPOSED. Sanitary Canal Will Ih Used for the Dowry Celebration. Chicago. Jan. Ub At a meeting to-day of the l'.eceptlon Committee bavins In charge tho arranKements for Admiral Dewey's vMt to Chicago on the anniversary of the battle of Manila nay. May 1. it was de cided to proceed immediately with prciMra tlons for a naval parade upon the .sanitary canal between this city and Lockport. III. Tlie proposition to mako the canal a part if a waterway from the lakes to the Caif of 5Iex!eo will be Riven prominence In the ar rancemrnts. It is proposed to have r. fl.et of several vessels, the number to be ihu same as that which Dewey commanjel nt 5Ianlla, heading the procession, these to bo followed by a sreut number of stiam yachts and river '.rifs. LIEPMAN-STERNBERG WEDDING-SOCIAL EVENTS. The w-pihllnc of Mt" Irnc M. Sternberg or .n.. 1I..7 .vicrnervun :itiuc and Air. !"- . He 51 I.lenmoi of Kort Scott. Kus . will t.il.e pl.ice tins ctt-nlni: .it t. o'clock nt the i linme or tin l.rMe IiiM-tor sj. Sale will !' r- I form the f-rnnm.y. (inly the Imrailtt'e fnniill. s .lii.l Itillm.. to ft . ixls if the couple have been Invit.rl I., be present at the ctrt iiioiiv .mi! the stiir tlut will follow. The liri.lc will he ntteniled l.y her ststr-r. Ml"" Si. It.- Strnilrtri:. Mr. Frank IttHl.iker of I'ort St'iitt. Kum . v.HI ottici.ite s l-st Riaii. The hrlile v.lll wear a Ktivvn of white Inches te n.itlii. v.ith a In rth.t of point bi'e iit.il trair pireiil .ik. uml sl.-eves of while shirr. .1 Inn.. i. Tli. lurt n m.ioV en ti.ilnv. 'I I.. Ici.lil hi! urn i,t fa-teii'U to lur C iff 'IT UlC, .i n, , ,,ri, itlient. which l i ll.. liii,ft:r. ..it i r si.,. tllt rarrv .1 I.i iuiu t .i e- i .- . it, and ! ' .on i Mis s o s. ri , rs tii- mall of n. .r t i i t ! l i- v . t hue orB.iiuII- i- I i ts Icrollttt an.l .-'...it f ' .' . . ... ." ss, - ; . ,' , .., SKU.es' rr": .;. v. ,.: .-." J-iTfc ' - """"Vs e -i .-j'w . -f -. ' --. i. ' ,. A.- .J . . ' . . I'd . .srir. I v Strau 511SH lltKNB :i STnilNItRRG. f.f No 41JT 5I.-rher-on Who Wll! Heeome 5Ir !."..lte M. t.leutnan o! I'ort Scott. K:s . tins evening;. the waist Is of Itena!ir.c tunic !nfrtlon I om! fhlrred rinbons. she will tarty a bou quet f pin!, roses IJttie .Miss norenco St. tutu rjr. dressed In pink silk, trimmed with pink m u-.llno de sole and pink for P ;-tni -ni.t.s. ill ,u t as rlnKle-arer. 51aster i:.ilr..lil Schulein. In a wie full dress si. It. and ?.!lss Rosalind Sttrnber. dressed In pale blue, earnlshed with silk shirred rlbl...n. will act as parjes The hri 1. ' mo'her. Mri S. Sleinberi;. will wear a Rovvn of blaik pe.tu de sole, v it h d . -lit -s- Ince and garniture of cut Jet. The joke Is made of chiffon silk. She will v.oir a diamond sunburst in Inr hair. Th brtdi?ro nn's mother, 5Irs. 51. I.lepman, v.lll lc irownfd In black peau de sole with I nirt Jit trlmmtr.KS nnd she will wear dla inond ornaments 'I lie cer-mcrj will i perfonnfd '- tho drawtrg rt.m the s ernbtri; reSideti 'e urb-r i ti. p f j.li.l. -A white carna- rh-.'crjph by S3-jj. Mlt T.Ka'I IF M Lini'MAN. Of Fort S ott Kas tior.s and roses and emllat. These iierui df orations will be dlss,seil throuchoul tho house in effective croiipinRs. and the stair case will be wreathed In smllax. The table will be ornamented with jilnl; and white liowers. An orchestra will play durlrg the eeretuoiiv After the wcddlntc there will be u suiiper for the KU.ts. nnd later tit bridal couple will depart for a short tour, the deMim tim of which they wiil not dlvulin- 5Ir. and 5Ir.s. Uepmau will be at home after l'ebruan 1. in Fort Scott. Kas. Some of the Rtiists will bo .Mr. ami .Mrs. 51 IJep man of Tort Scott. Kas.. 5!r and 51rs. S. huleln of Chicaee. .Mrs Harriet Cil.n of Kur.sas t'ity. 5Ir. Julius IJcpman of I'ltts turg. Ka . -Mr. .Mix pr-liTei of Dtlla-. Ti. Mrs D. 5lajer of Kans is Citv, 5Ii -rs. nttl 5Itnes 1. I'feiffer. I. Wolf. D.ib'ii.er. 1. Rosenthal, ttustuv lit lenilal J and ltauiu 5Ils C.erablir.e Dillon of No. '.'IT North lioj b- .nniie eavi a rnpl party itcrday afti rtioon in lienor of 5Ic-i .McNainrht. who Is v Lilting 5Iis Van lllarcom of Wes; mrirelauil plate. The function was partbu lr.rlv luKrestlnir. as 5Iiss Dillon's enc.iui inetit to .Mr. Richard Tcurnnlllon Hond of New Orleans, I.i. was nnuouuctd by 5Iis. .:IIe Ilex burn, the jor.ni; la.lj's aniit A number of invitations were Issuml for the nli rtnimietit. and there were manv visitots. Tile Dtllou heme was deci.nite.t entinly with pink carnations and smllas. 5Ir. Ilevliurn and 51iss Virginia Sautord a- -Isti d .Miss Dillon in discharging Ist duties as hostess The llrst prize was won In .Miss ti'X.Hl. the M.-ond by M. . l.sdl.i S.sadlM urne und the third by 51r-. Janiija tlrecn. Sonic of the Kto-its were. 5Iesdamo- - ; J U 1. Morrison. Randolph Htiichisin, .1. V an Illarcum. Sanford, ciarl: Carr. Audrey Scanlan. AlfnsI Carr. Theodore lienolst. ! Hubert Kern. Alfred Hooth, ! on fc'elinieijer. Janus ilre.-n, I Jo: n Hnirison. .MHses- I Ia-ie Ford. Vlrs'nla Stnfor.I. ' Fdith rranii-.iis, Alb.v V.atson. Mane Traij. I.nuis,. KspciisGiinl. ' lium'M, .diini l!etho!d. Uerthold, von I'nul. Ml s Fel'.e I-wls of Clifton Heights in! 51r Tl'.onias tlrosan of No. Jl-'.i lio'ni.iu street made the ever impular and ni vr t .. -.. ... IS....... .-. ...... 1.... .....1 IIIolIS. nip o s t.ty ton ia:i .-snui.it.., ,ou : vtre married bj- Justice Crei nsfebb r. The fact that 51rs. tlrosan Is not yet IS was the desired a postponement of the leremonj. I bai the yottrj; people were impatient and a liirn-e could not lie obtalntd In St. Louis. 51r. and 5Irs tlrosan will be at home on Tuesdays at No. 1WJ Dolman street. I 51rs. 5Ilchael Kosentraeter of No. 415 Delmar boulevard entertained twenty-four lathis with a proKrcsslve luncheon and AhIst partj' yisterdaj- afternoon. In horor of .Mrs. 51 Strasburger of Washington. D. C The honorec Is the guest of the 5Irs.AIex ander Cberson. 5Iis. Kosentraeter and 5Irs. Kbcrstin, with tholr guest. 5Irs. Strasburg er. entertained. Jlrs. Strasburser wore a white tailor-made broadcloth gown 5irs. I Kherson wore a. creation of white silk and point lace, cut decollete. Jtrs. Kotentraet- r-'vVi i .' i .' ' i sHH! er'a ciw-n was a -wlilte Ilb'rty satin, with much lace There wero six tables, each decorated In a dlffertnt color tone. One, ua-s done ntlrcly wlth American Identities and the furnish ings weru in nccord Willi the Iloial orna mtnts. The other was of pale blue, with a. ccnterpltte of p.i!. blue (lowers. Another was decorated In pink and tin re wen- two In white ard laver.di r and another in vtl low. Ten cour-es wire servid and at each course the itmsts progressed from table to table A'tir the lunchioii there vtas a pro Kr. ssivo whist. Mis SirnsburKer will remain In Ft. Louis for three weeks and many ntrtalnments In hr honor have been ni-ratnied. Some of tho KUests llf jesterday wre. 5Iedams 51 L. V.'liiltr. How man. .Iiicob A .Mahlir. Schnn-.br. V-in Striils, Scbe. le, 51n Seltner. Knw, Xanule 51e,r. I.leber, A Hern. VVbder. S Hale. Stclner. It'll lure, hfield. Solomon. D lrnd. .Miss Dllth Corwln of :Co. .V.T: Oiil'n" nvenue will ntr a i.rocre.sli.. em lire Iiany thl evetiiri; to a number of her friends. Mr and .Mrs William J S Ilryan will five u re it on in honor of the High School err luates next Saturday aftirnoon. from J io 6 at th-lr r'h'den.t. No 'SM Windsor Jil.e r 5Ir and 5Irs I. 10Vber of No. CI; West Ileiie plate will tecele tlelr trends on Januarj ?7 In honor of their dauqhur. .Miss Sunshine IJeber. who vvlil be er3iln. itted frcm t-c High School January X. Mlfs i:il.i. Itaie of Decatur. 111. !s tho Kiiist of .Mr ar.d .Mrs. Clinton I'dei! for a Ii dau en rout" to California. 5ll.s 5Iarl Hayes ent'rtalned with a lam hi on yesterday afternoon, for h.r Kuest, Miss lilt.iklo of Huston. The decorations were in red. with a centerpiece of red begonias t 'overs wer 1 iM for t-n 5Iiss HI. akle 5Ils' Sa'llo Walsh, MH 5!nrie llsh. 5Iiss Setillin. 511s Huston. 51Iss 1 l.re. Ml-s 5!:bel I'llley and .Mrs Duihiel ' aha! i.e 5Ir ati'l 5!rs I.ouls I'. Abie announce th n.u,einent of 5Irs AUe's lster. .Miss Nn'1.1 lb s. tiblatt. to .Mr .Marcus A. Hirseh The jouni; mup'e v.lll rec, Ive their friends on February I nnd 11. at No. 12S5 5tary!jnl d venue, the home of -Mr and 51rs. Aloe. Mr ninl JIrs A Hlmk heve Issued !n v Hit. oiis for the wedding reception of their daughter. Nina, and 5Ir. R.-n 51. S.rason. on Tuesday evening, lvbruary . from S to lo o'clock, at No. 101.", Dillon street. The .Mornlr.g Choral Club ba sent out Invitations for Its first recital of the eaon. m Tuesday evening. February C. at half lasf !s o'clock, at the Odeon. Th club will b assisn-l by .Mrs. Seabury Ford, soprano. and .Mr. H Charles Humphrey, tenor. MRS. PEATTIE'SLECTURE ON "RUDYARD KIPLING." 5Irs i:pa F I'eattle of Cliicago lectured on "Uudvard Kipling" jesterdaj afternoon In-fore the Alurnna Association of 5Iary Instltute She was Introduced b- 51rs. James A. Waterwortii. president of tho as sociation. 5trs. J'eattlo Is a storj- writer and contributor to the magazines, and Is connected with many of tho women's; clubs of Chicago und the Northwest. Earlj- In th winter she was the girest of 5Irs. George II. Shields of this city, and at that time she gave an afternoon of readings irom her published stories. 5trs. I'eattle had something to say of Kipling's predecessors who told stories of the common people and who took such ni'Iancho!- vlvs of their livts. and de clared that while Thcmas Hardy gave his Ideas on the subject of a pure woman: whlio Klchard Watson Glider unceasingly ang his bonnets: while Sarah Orne Jewett was untiring In her storj' wrltlns about uninteresting elderly people: Kud- j-ard Kipling sat at th sate and spun his. talcs, an! all the people ran out to hear. Not the tultur.d few alone, but the work lneman lu hbj grtasy apron, the philoso pher, the poet, the little child, and the eager young who are, nothing, but who walk with eves tlMd on the stars. Kipling-, she said, has strengthened the opinion that "a thing worth doing Is worth doing well," and the workers, listening, n discover the pleasures cf their toil. He tells of men and women, not of conditions und theories, and this, she said. Is wh- he appeals to all classes of people. The lecturer quoted Kipling's statement that "there are but forte stories In the world, nnd thlrtj'-nlne of these j'ou cannot tell to ladles," and gave a short summary of his enrlv struggles to obtain recognition Tor his "I'l.ilti Tabs From the Hills ' She reviewed the author as a pi.'t and as .i fiction!.::, stating that his methods are the same in both labors He makes no more at tempt to be elevating In pcetrj- than he docs when telling nn Indian etory. If an idea seems complete to Kipling, there Is silence The reader maj- guess the. rest. His terse and suggestive ending "That's another storj'," has, beoome proverbial. One of his (strongest characteristics Is that which runs beneath tho tale a something greater than the tale Kipling has two marked attributes of storv--v:rltlng. Tho short bits of poetry at tbe heads of his stories, that purport to i ame from obscure sources, but are obvi ously written by himself, and the fact that he mikes Ids story onlj' Incidental, givlni; the impression that h could tell much mor. that was Interesting If he only would. Ho Is not always prcttj- reading, according to 5Irs. I'eattle. for he sn-s himself that "lo! 1 have wrought In rude claj. uncouth fig ures'" Kipling never plaj-s with one eje on the sailer-, a sure fatality wherever good work ,1s to i ontlntie. At the ttmo of the tjiiiin's Jubilee, when everj writer of note nlmost In the aae was crowded Into London, workl'ig nnd hurrylt.g al-out. and speeding copy to the ends of the earth via cable and telegraph, Kipling walked slowly about. Mii.-kliig. and appnrentlv In care!es.s reflec tion on what he saw. After every lowly else had exhausted him self . Kipling sat down nnd wrote "The. Ke iisslonil." vhlch will live until ven tho faintest memory of other people's produc tions at that time havo ims-ed Into per fect oblivion. .Mrs. I'eattle quotes this a.s Kit-haul Harding's observation, and adds Davis ought to know, for he wrote as much as anybody at that time Klpllr.'s infinite pains to Inform himself whenever writing a storj was made tho subject of an important part of 5Ir. 1 'cat tle's talk. 1!" writ's his tales of Northern snow-bound countries, with Smithsonian In stitute, miorts as authority He studied the most minute detail" about rallroadln; be fore he produced the sketch of a railroad flight across the continent a mother going to her dying son. Kipling includ-d all peo ples In his thought; he embraces the globe, which Is perhajs or.e secret of the great affection with which all peoples regard him. Henry Fuller, the American writer, has often declared In -Mrs. I'eattle' hearing that he cannot find topics to write about. Kip ling is never so bothered. He takes his plots from every person whom ho meets. If he has a mind to use them. Hums set the s-peech of commoners Into the golden frame work of verse, lire; Harte has glorified the rough vernacular of the We.st, but Kipling Is more rrekless and uses with a lavish hand the varied diab-cts of varied lands. The "Gift of ll"- Sea" was read to illus trate Kipling's tenderness, in which he Is often declared to women to be lacking; ind the "Song of the Hanjo," to show his rich ness of Illustration and expression. .Mis- I'eultio closed her remarks with the eiuo'atlon. "And the words that had no honor till he came IO! He raised them Into honor over all." which she declared would bo the most fitting epitaph that Klo llng could ever have. 51ary Instltuto Alumnae, an.l Wednesday Club women were numberous In the audi ence yesterday afternoon. Among them were: 5Iesdames James A. Water- W. n. Dean. worth, K. II. Seniple, 5lcCall. Jones of Columbia, Charles Harris. Mo., lilwin Harrison. Alex. Niedringhau' I. W. .Morton. Alfred Hebard. Abelee. Andy Knapp. Whitman, Nicholas Wall, Hughes. W. A. Stlckney, Charlotte Taussig, Emma Taussig, Hella Taussig. lona Hue. Frances Allison. Stevenson. Harrison. Smith. Sempl. Kirk. STORIES AND COMMENT ON LOCAL STAGE TOPICS. Mr. Savngo has sent no less than -It. really e.xieilent singers to 5Iii'if! Hall this seaso-i. This, statement Is not iriea-r ti e-onvi-y the lilt a that he has not suit m-.-o than six cqiable reformers to us -on tii. ontrury. the numlx r Is eIosr to slxtv. tif th.e, however, thero ari idx who ale al most grtat a.s Interpreters of standard opera. In English. Ono of tho sis cams to us for the llrst time last night that Is to av. for tho llrst tlmo s'.ncei his appear ance lore several EcasonH back, as a not-too-promlnent member of another organiza tion. His intniu Is Harron iwthold. te.,,,r. 5Ir. Iterthold. like most other singers. gTiit and small, once san;; at Uhrig's Ca-.e. At that time he was so lame in his Ki'S llsh tiiat ho wj.h not a popular memb'r of the companj-, for that reason alone. Cavn patrorw wexo not accustomisl to an s. -eint when they heard ".Maseotte" and "linafore." Worse than this. Sir. !! r thold's votio was not pleasing In quality. although its quantity assorted itself fro'n Twc ntv -third street to Ixfllngv.ell av. ni.. . leaving St. Louis. 5Ir. H.rthold sang In the llast. O.'.o night In Hi-ion. when dress-d for the part of Rumen, m the s'df-samo Castle Square companj-, b re.eH.d a call from .Mr. Walter Dumrose .1. whos.. organization was then getting ready for "l.ohenxrln" at auothe-r theater At tl list moment .Mr Damrosch's tenor had fuilsl him. The house was full, of people. and the sir.gers were drs--ed tor the per formance It v.a at this point that some one r. memberc I that .Mr. Karn.n Iterthold. a vomit; German, knew "Lohengrin" from end to ir.d. So Darnrrvsch jumped Into a cab and sought him out. Tho manager agrre.1 that tlie ter.or might be si cured as a loan, whereupon iir. Darnrosch made, tiU iLUVgeMHill to Herthold. "It is almcst s o'clock now," sal.l th manager, "ai.d the undertaking Is a bic one." "Are j-oti willing to rlik met" Mr. Uer thold aksl. "I -up.'Kise I've got to." said 5Ir. Dnm ro. h. now- made doubtful by tho tenor s ioolne-s The two rushed lwck to the wait ing German opera, where at s 3f the curtain went up, the sou of the great lKtinrosih sitting tremulously in the director's hair. "Iiefore Iterthold was on two minutes." raid he. in telling tli storj- afterward. ' t knew that everything wis all right. Ths performance was one of the most successful we ever gave." After this slorj". ono CHn radi!y endcr stand that such ;i capable man would push aside tho eliiticultles of pronunciation and the unfinished mothcels of the old Cav days and make an artist of himself. So It was no great surprise, therefore, when ho enrne fcrmarel on the 5fusic Hal! stage !at night as one of the bet llgures yet oiTtrc I bv 5!r. Savage. His voice, big and satis fying ns of oil, is roundd and well man aged. His acting shows the gra-ei of Dela motta. He has the. lirni conhdenco that In telligently applbil exrertenco brinvrs. His height Is of the commanding sort so often lacking In our tenor heroes. Last night he. did a thing accomplished here by no ter.or f since I'revost he carried a sustnlne.i hich y r.oto about tho Etage xxlth tho ease cnn " generally finds In "smart" conversation bj" a matinee favorite. 5I!;s Tvonns Da Trcvlllc. who Is almost cute la her dainty graces, was a charmlm; and vocally excellent Juliet. 5Ilss D Trev llle's doll-llko features and c.iptlvatli qualities of poe and person command onlv dimlntitlvene.ss when ono searches about fur adjective- to apply to her. She Is quit unlike th.i conventional prima donna in all of the devices of her actlnt; art The vel vet of her voice Is there quite as much as It has ever been evidenced. In spite of a. singer's statement that "hard work Is ten iae; on !t" Viewed as a spectacle. "The, Sunken IHl" Is a desirable theatrical entertainment. Con sidered as a literary product for considera tion bv- averago minds. It falls of any good purpose. Hauptmann, who wroto the con ceit, does not venture an explanation cf the Idea nndcrljlrg It. 51r. 51e!tzer, th- New- Yorker who Iran' .esl it for 51:. Seithern. ventures Ms own opinion as an answer to thu puzzle, but. in tho same, paragraph, admits that other folks hnv still other views en the subject. 5Iear.whIIe. we find a stae tilled with sj-mbols. both In persons and speech sj mbols that mean nothing to 75 per cent of th" avenge audi ence. Inderd. the ordinarj-. monej--paj 'ns crowd d.e'sn't know and let us bo thank fuldoesn't care a rap about tho llterarj forni tint employs the figurative Idea hi its woiking out. Nordau. driven to the ex treme of writing a book of several hundre-1 pages on this phase of modern tendencies, will. lr. all probabllitj-. come forth with a. Mippbment 1 the 51acterllncl;s. Haupt nianns and Sudermanns continue to pro duce. Several jears ago. la Savannah. Ga.. young actress with big. black eye?, raven hair and a head full of great thoughts, found herself strax.de.1. The companj- dis banded after a tempestuous tour and Sa vannah was "a long. long walk from th gay Klalto In New York." In tho town thore lived a young actor of some renown. Ho had plajul with Booth, and Barrett, and now. after a long llr.a of :iicces-e'S for one so J'oung. he was homo again on a visit to his mother. Tho young woman appealed to hint, was stieedilj- as sisted nnd In a few dajs she vvus at work ugain on Broadway. Onlj- the other daj- tee j-oung man left a hospital here in St. Iou!s. restorctl in health nnd out of an engagement. Tho voung aetres... now quite famous, is wealthy lnto the bargain. List Saturday sho tele graphed from Chicago, where she is playing, .mil ake.1 the J'oung actor to conite to se liT. Tho next day he was engaged to plaj' Komco and Orlando to the lady's Juliet ton! Kosallnd. The man Is Law relief Han ley pnd the woman Is Julia Arthur. This stiiils the story, of course, for In order to have It come out right. 5!is Arthur should -be married and the jouug man should bo. lioor and proud. One of the Castle Square singers was standing before tho big bill boards In front of 5lusic Hall jesterdaj- afternoon. "Tint's funny " he said, reading th- blj line In Hie middle. "What's funny?" nsked his. companion. "Why. that line one hundred artists." "I don't understand. Is 1 an exaggera tion"' "I don't mean that." was the reply. "I'm talking about the word 'artlsty" You ought to hear tho ptogo manager at rehearsals call us lobsters." There Is much of femlnln- form on view on the St. Louis stag thse weeks, and thrre are no tights, either. 5Ilss Ilarntd ap peared In one of the scenes of "Tho Song of the Sword" In a negligee that betrayed her every outline. This week In "Th.) Sunke n Bell" tho wears what the lat Chief Tom Speers of Kansas City would have classified a a 5!other Hubburd. It Is so close In Its adjustment to 5Hsj Harned's ligure, however, that tights, and a bodice would not disclose a much plainer Idea of the form l neath It. Miss Walsh in "Cleopatra" at the Century Theater last night wai similarly attired In most effec tive red. 5liss Walsh Is more effective at Cleopatra than 51r. SlacDawell as Mara Anthony, although both are distinctly over-rtormj-. 51r. 5IacDiiwell Is an old-fashlontsi ranter nt times, and 51Iss Walsh's perform ance suffers. In If Intense portions, from a, lack of repression. THE REVIEWER. MISS COCKRELL'S LUNCHEON. Senators Daughter Entertains for St. Louis Ladies. p.mi:itt.ic siaciAU Washington. Jan. 2. Mlsa- 5Iar!on Cock- '' rell. who Is widely known os one of th most popular joung ladii-a at the national capital, gave a luncheon to-diy to the 5Itsses Hitchcock and 5Iiss Janet Le- of St. Louis. Among 5I!ss Cockrell's guests were 51lKt Wetmore, Senator Depew. Sena tor Wm. A. Clark. Lieutenant ISellnlra of the Koyal Navj-, .Mr. and 5Irs. 5t E. Olm- stcd and Mr. Herbert Iutnam, Ltbrailaa of v Congress. i " M A , V A 1