mV HAVEN MORNING JOURNAI AND COURIER, TUESDAY, MARCH 11; 1902.
REV. DR. GLADDEN'S LECTURE
SIIBBiya ADDRESS IN THE ZTMAN
BEECHER COVHSE.
"Social Vices" VVai the Subjeot and the
I.ecCnr Waa a Very Pointed One
Gambling In Society One of the Topics
lllicnised by the Able Preacher.
Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden of
, Columbus, O., spoke again yesterday
afternoon in the Lyman Beecher course
of lectures and the subject was"Soclal
Vices." The lecture was largely at
tended. Rev. Dr. Gladden spoke in
part as follows: .
The Christian pulpit cannot Ignore
the forms of social disorder known as
the social evil, the gambling mania and
drunkenness. There is no community,
however remote, where their ravages is
not found. The work of salvation will
be the task of rescuing men from these
evils. The impression made by the
popular presentation of reformers up
on the mind of a drunkard, a gambler
or a habitue Is that the community or
the public officials or the purveyors of
vice are to blame for his degradation,
that he is a victim rather than a sinner
that there is no very loud call for him
to be a man so long as there are oppor
tunities for him to be a brute. The one
thing for a man who has fallen into
evil habits Is to stand and fight for his
manhood. I cannot help feeling that
the effect of the temperance propa
ganda, especially ror tne iasi iony
years, has largely been to undermine
character, to dlspaVage moral forces,
and to turn the mind of men away
from the central truth.
"It seems a monstrous thing that
sections of our cities should be over
run with the curse of the so-called so
cial evil, that there should be portions
of large cities in which a decent woman
cannot appear by night without danger,
nor a decent man without suspicion.
The resolute attempt of Dr. Parkhurst.
to abolish these plague spots, it is as
serted by those who ought to know,
have spread the Infection Instead of
stamping it out, and that in New York
the conditions have been far worse than
they were before.
"I do not think that we have risen to
a very high level of morality when we
have merely determined that the pub
lic highways shall not be market places
of lust and shame. It is -ridiculous to
say that the applying of the accursed
trafflo In the street cannot be prevent
ed. Such open allurements exist in no
city without the connivance of the po
lice. Places of refuge for women who
chose to abandon this life should be
supported. '
"One of the chief real causes of the
social evil Is the growing unwillingness
of young men to assume the responsi
bilities of families nnd of young to take
the risks and tasks of maternity.
"A large number of the young people
of the more cultivated classes seem to
shrink from the family life. This unwillingness-
Is the prime cause of the
diminution of marriages and one of
the inevitable consequences is the in
crease of the social evil. The artificial
and luxurious life of our modern socie
ty is the heart of the trouble, the over
valuation of style and fashion, the un
dervaluation of the happiness that
consists of plain and simple living. We
are not called upon to condemn specu
lation as essentially immoral, but it is
plain the principles on. which it rests
and the motives to which it appeals are
decidedly lower than those which are
involved in legitimate trade. The evil
of gambling is supposed to be the in
Jury of the gambler's character In mak
ing him restless and indisposed to hon
est industry. The truth is that the
gambler is essentially a thief. I am
told that polite society is suffering from
the invasion of gambling. A young
girl from my own city recently visited
New York and found herself in an ele
gant home when a card party was to
assemble. The girl had scruples against
gambling and asked to be excused. Her
hostess insisted that she must play,
making her feel that she would violate
the obligations of hospitality if she re
fused With great reluctance she
yielded. She lost considerable money.
The essential vulgarity and brutality
of a society W which that can happen
does not need to be pointed out. I
marvel that any gentleman or lady can
find diversion in playing for money.
Have we sunk in our miserable money
. . . i. fhat tx. art
grubbing to sura a-
forced to turn even our pastimes into
schemes for gain! The new rich are
apt to cultivate questionable amuse
ments.' Against these the voice of the
Christian minister must be lifted up.
Gambling places in many of our large
cities are as public as drug stores. Such
a defiance of law ought not to be tol
erated. There is no such difficulty here
i th nsw nf linuor laws, the only
t difficulty in enforcing the law is in the
.'Inefficiency of tne nonce aumorinea
STho roots of a niustice, or an word
lessness and cruelty are in the disposi
tion to get rich by short cuts, to win
success by some lucky throw,
i' "As to the evil of drunkenness, I
Vtnvo come to one conclusion: that
L'lmraiMF the saloon must bo it is the
J-bounden duty of those who abolish to
see that something better takes its
place. I should like to see the number
Kbf saloons lessened and I wish that the
'moral sense of the people would de
' -riand that they be abolished altogether.
'3ut I must admit that recent investi
gations have shown that the saloon,
i,iiIong with its Injurious effects, serve
J'ome useful purpose. It is probable
. Vint with the maloritv of those wlio
sequent saloons the craving for drink
q a subordinate one. The saloon sup
Mies the demand for "social expres
ion." The time has come for Ameri
i to grapple with this problem. And
might be wise for our reformers to
""P denouncing the saloon keeper Ioiik
oough to get acquainted with him. He
s furnished a resort to which the
-ople like to come and feel at home,
v.iey must beat him at his own game."
MRS. BRIDGET BLAKE.
Mrs. Bridget Blake died at her home,
1 Blatchley avenue, yesterday morn
? Mrs. Blake had been ill only a
I ..ort time and her death came unex-
ctedly. She is survived by her hus
nd, Charles Blake. There are no
ildren. The funeral will take place
m her late residence at 9:30 to-mor-v
morning and from a requiem high
iss at St. Joseph's church at 10
I iiic-K. rne interment will De in at.
. ,wrence cemetery.
EKTERTAI WEXIS.
Hyperion Theater.
SLIVINSKI NEXT FRIDAY.
Attention is called to the prices for
Slivinskl's pianoforte recital at the Hy
perion next Friday night. The prices
will be HOc, 7c, $1, which places within
the reach of all lovers of good music
an opportunity to hear the much talked
of pianist, who after capturing New
York and Boston by his superb playing
conies to New Haven to have judgment
passed upon his work by our own mu
sical citizens. The sale of seats is now
open at the Hyperion box office, and
judging from the many inquiries that
have been made he has the prospect of
playing to a large audience.
The rare occasion on which Henry
Irving and Miss Ellen Terry visit us
are red letter days In our theatrical
calendar. Their approaching visit to
the Hyperion on Saturday, March 15,
wlil be especially noteworthy as they
will then give two plays which will be
novelties to the great majority of our
audiences. At the matinee, which will
bo given at 2 sharp both artists will be
seen in Wills' historical drama "King
Charles I" for which there has been a
very general request. At night Irving
will afford a strong contrast by passing
from the virtues and dignity of Charles
to the vices and meanness of that re
markable monarch "Louis XI." Cur
tain rises at 8:15 sharp.
The advance sale of seatj opens at 9
a. m. Wednesday morning. at the box
office. Not more than ten seats sold to
one person. Prices $3, $2.50, $2, $1.50,
$1. Telephone orders not received until
the line is broken.
"Annie Laurie" as rendered by the
vocal chorus in The Kilties in true
Scottish style should be heard by ev
ery lover of good music. Hyperion, af
ternoon and evening of Tuesday, March
18.
Grand Opera 11 nunc
One of the strongest dramatic pro
ductions that have been seen at the
Grand opera house this season is "An
Actor's Romance," which was present
ed to a crowded house last night. As
the title Indicates it deals with the life
of an actor, and brings clearly before
the public eye not only what Is seen in
front of the footlights but what trans
pires behind the scenes. It is a story
of strong human intere?, bringing out
both the fierce and tender passions of
those who serve the public on the stage.
It teaches the lesson that the actor is
not merely an entertainer, but that his
feelings are as sacred and as much to
be considered by the publis as those of
any other person in a different occupa
tion. The hero protests against this
injustice when he asks: "What does an
audience care for an actor's real feel
ings so long ns he entertains them."
The play shows that an actor may be a
true friend, a considerate husband and
a loving father. It shows the length to
which jealousy will lead a woman and
the depth to which a mad infatuation
will degrade a man.
The scenes in the theater and behind
the scenes gives one a perfect picture
of the way in which a play is produced,
how and where the actors idress, how
the scene shifters work, how artificial
snowstorms and thunder storms are
made, in short, what goes on behind
the scenes which the audience does not
see from the front.
The company Is uniformly strong,
but Mr. Cook and Miss Church easily
bore off the honors, their acting being
exceedingly artistic. Mr. Conk Is ad
mirably suited for the part and played
it with fine distinction, and Miss
Church as the revengeful actress, Flor
ence Hastings, won at once the detes
tation of the audience for the character
and its admiration for her acting.
"An Actor's Romance' will be repeat
ed again to-night and to-morrow mati
nee and night.
Lafayette, the Great, and his own
company of vaudeville stars will be the
offering at the Grand opera house
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this
week and Saturday matinee, and
the excellence of the company will no
doubt make the standing room only
sign a permanent sign. Lafayette
first introduced the impersonation of
John Philip Sousa, the March King,
and Chlng Ling Foo, the Chinese wonder-maker,
and though others have
tried to follow, audiences refused to ac
cept them, and the result is that La
fayette is the only recognized perform
er presenting such entertainment. His
impersonations are as clever as the
originals and his own work has never
been successfully duplicated. The com
pany supporting is a strong one, com
prising such prominent performers as
Herbert's celebrated troupe of dogs,
Edi F. Reynard, Sharp & Flatt, How
ard and Bland, Roberta Keene, Barry
and Halvers, and positively the most
sensational scenic specialty ever pro
duced In this country, called the "Lion's
Bride," introducing in a startling and
seemingly Impossible manner the col
losal lion "Majeste." Matinee Saturday.
LATEST FAIR HAYEN NEWS
AXD OTHER IHKtM FROST FAIR
haves axu rictstxr.
Poll's Wonderland Theater.
Manager Poll has a perfect vaude
ville bill this week. His stars are num
erous and all are first class. The Royles
in their clever playette "A High Born
Family," have the best piece they
have produced in their vaudeville ca
reer. It is full of go and comical inci
dent presented with an artistic finish
that leaves nothing to be desired. Tay
lor, Richards and company also have
a sketch "Wanted, a Stenographer,"
that is full of ginger. There are no
dull moments in this act, and their
methods closely resemble those of "The
Four Cohans." Collins and North, with
new comic songs and a bunch of new
joke talk, and Lebiit: Bros, m a musical
act were big, uproarious hits. A real
bit of genuinely good writing is that
sketch "Hooked by Crook" presented
by the Mason, Keeler company. Pret
ty Miss Keeler was a member of the
Beaux and Belles Octette, and she was
one of Its prettiest maidens. ' Better
still, she can act. and so can her asso
ciates, particularly the . droll burglar
who makes the match between the shy
couple in the most original manner on
record. Zimmer, the juggler; Mack and
Elliott, the vitagraph, with Prince Hen
ry, launching of the Meteor and other
views, and several more specialties are
in the bill.
Prices: Matinee, 10c and 20c; evening,
10c, 20c and 30c; ladies at matinee, 10c.
Unusual VI eliding Ceremony Propound
ed by Her. J, Lee Mitchell-Ladles' Aid
Society Supper Other News.
Rev. J. Lee Mitchell, recently pastor
of the Grand avenue Congregational
church and now pastor of the Second
Congregational church, Attleboro,
Mass., officiated a few days ago at a
marriage ceremony where it was the
groom's fourth marriage and the fifth
of the bride. Both are sixty-three
years of age. A press account of the
affair eays:
"Mark H. Wood, former town clerk
of Barrington, R. I., and Mrs. Eliza
beth Anson of Barrington Center, were
married at Attleboro by Rev. J. Lee
Mitchell of the Second Congregational
church. The groom is a traveling sales
man for a western house. He was town
clerk for, many years. In 1S98 he was
divorced from his third wife. She was
from Minnesota. When the action for
divorce was brought it caused an up
set and division In the church, and
when this last marriage ceremony was
performed both parties expressed the
hope that they were united for life, and
the minister voiced the same."
The ladies' aid society of the Grand
avenue Congregational church will
serve Its regular supper on Wednesday
of this week, the Congregational club
supper having been postponed until
March 24. Next week, on the 19th, an
entertainment will be given and all
who have a curiosity to see March
hares can have the opportunity on this
occasion.
The people of East Haven will be
glad when the almost interminable
drawbridge matter is settled. The ef
fort to secure some mutual agreement
In the matter last Saturday was with
out result. ,
The contractor who Is putting In ,the
foundation for the extension to the
power house of the Fair Haven and
Westvllle Railroad company, on Grand
avenue, is pushing the work rapidly.
Heavy East Haven stone are being laid
on a sub-foundation of several hundred
piles, driven through the mud to hard
pan. The extension Is to be brick, SOx
100 foet, with steel trussed roof, covered
with gravel.
There is one case of scarlet fever In
East Haven, a young child of Mr. Van
Hoaften, a farmer, being ill. Dr. Hol
brook is In attendance.
The three masted schooner H. S.
Lanfair of Tuckerton, N. J., which
has laid up near Barnesvllle bridge sev
eral weeks, has obtained a crew and
sailed for Norfolk, Va for a cargo of
coal. Captain Bragg was not very
anxious to run his vessel during the
rough weather of the past month, es
pecially as freishts were so low. The
schooner is of 402 tons, was built at
Baltimore and although eighteen years
old she does not look It, having been
well bared for and kept In repair. The
schooner brought lumber here.
The rocks around Faulkner's Island
have brought up two vessels during the
past ton days. First, the schooner
Wideawake, bound here with oysters,
was wrecked near the island, and re
cently the schooner J. S. Terry of
Patchogue, L. I., badly damaged the
keel by fetching up on the rocks. Sev
eral planks were alwo broken, but the
vessel was saved.
. The funeral of Otis T. Sperry was
largely attended Sunday afternoon
from the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Sperry of Exchange street.
Rev. D. J. Clark of East Haven out
dated. The burial was in Fair Haven
cemetery. There were a large number
of beautiful floral pieces from relatives
and intimate friends.
The new mill of the rolling mill plant
which has been idle for two weeks ow
ing to the scarcity of scrap Iron, start
ed up yesterday. The company has 1,000
tons of scrap iron bought, but the wash
outs on the railroads have delayed Its
arrival here. The plant uses about. 100
tons of iron in a day.
L. W. Moody and his wife, Dr. Mary
B. Moody, of Fair Haven Heights.have
started for Pasadena, Cal., and later
will visit Los Angeles, where their son,
Charles A. Moody, resides. The visit Is
necessitated by the condition of Mr.
Moody's health, which has been quite
poor this winter. They will remain
away several months, and until Mr,
Moody has recovered his health.
An entertainment under the auspices
of the ladies' aid .society Is being pre.
paed to be given in the Grand avenue
B tptlst church In a week or two. The
tide of the laughable little sketch is
"Prof. Baxter's Great Invention, or
Youth Restored by Electricity." All old
maids and bachelors who attend will
be made over according to order.
SENIOR PROM. COMMITTEE.
Appointed Last Night at a Meeting of
the Class of 1902.
At a meeting of the senior class of
Yale held last night in Oeborn hall the
committee that will manage the senior
promenade this year was appointed as
follows: George Gould Lincoln of
Washington, D. C, Ethelbert Ide Low
of Brooklyn, Benjamin R. C. Low of
Brooklyn, AValter Farley Roberts of
Utica, N. Y., John Raymond Hall of
Dansville, N. Y., and Percy Gardener
White of Gardener. Me., Alfred Ludlow
Ferguson of Stamford, Leslie Morgan
Johnston of Westmorland, N. Y., and
Henry Langtion Lewis of Cincinnati, O.
The senior promenade is held during
commencement time and is one of the
most delightful social events of the year
for the seniors.
THE OLD GUARD BAND FAIR.
Large Attendances at the Popular Fair
in Music Hall.
The Old Guard band fair at Music
hall is proving one of the largest of the
year and the attendance last night fill
ed the hall. A number of attractive
booths are In the hull and a fine list
of urticles is for sale. An orchestra of
twenty pieces plays for the dancing and
the many attractions that are offered
by the members of the company make
the fair a most popular one.
This young lady is looking
into the baking powder ques
tion in a practical way. She
will find that, using Cleve
land's Baking Powder, and a
Cleveland receipt book, she
can make cake and rolls finer
than the baker's and save half
the cost.
Besides, she will be sure
that they contain no alum
and are absolutely pure and
wholesome,
BIG RAILROAD SUIT.
(Continued from First Page.) (
Northern systems and to place restraint
upon all competitive interstate and for
eign trade or commerce carried on by
thorn, and to monopolize or attempt to
monoplize the same and to suppress the
competition theretofore existing be
tween said railway systems In said inter-state
and foreign trade or com
merce through the Instrumentality and
by the means following, to wit:
"A holding corporation to be called
the Northern Securities company was
to be formed under the laws of New
Jersey, with a capital stock of $400,000.
000 to which, In exchange for its own
capital stock upon a certain basis and
at a certain rate was to be turned over
and transferred to the capital stock, or
a controlling Interest In the capital
stock of each of the defendant railway
companies.
"In this manner, the Individual stork
holders of these two Independent and
competing railway companies were to
be eliminated and a single common
stockholder, the Northern Securities
company, was to be substituted; the
Interest of theindivdual stockholders. In
the property and franchises of th" two
railway companies was to terminate,
being thus converted into an Interest In
the property and frnnchlses of the
Northern Securities company. The In
dividual stockholders of the. Northern
Pacific Railway company wrie no
longer to hold an interest in the prop
erty or draw their divdeiuls from the
earnings of the Northern Pacific sys
tem, and the Individual stockholders of
the Great Northern Railway company
were no longer to hold an interest in the
property or drawn their dividends from
the earnings of the Great Northern sys
tem, hut having ceased to he stock
holders In the holding corporation, both
were to draw their dividends from the
earnings of both systems, collected and
distributed by the holding corporation.
In this manner, by making the stock
holders of each system jointly Interest
ed in both systems, and by practically
pooling thp earnings of both systems
for the benefit of the former stockhold
ers of each and by vesting-the selection
of the directors and officers cf each sys
tem in a common body, to wll. the hold
ing corporation, with not only the pow
er but the duly to pursue a policy
which would promote the Interests, not
of one system at the expense of the
other, but. of both at the expense of the
public, all inducement for competition
between the two systems was to b re
moved, a virtual and foreign commerce
formerly carried on by the two systems
as Independent competitors established.
"In further pursuance of the unlawful
combination or conspiracy aforesaid,
and solely as an instrumentality
through which to effect the purposes
thereof, on or about the 14th day of
November, 1901, the Northern Securi
ties company was organized by the
election of a board or directors and the
selection of a president, James J. Hill,
and other officers, who with their asso
ciate stockholders of the Great North
ern Railway company, assigned and
transferred to the Northern Securities
company a large amount of the capital
stock of the Great Northern Railway
company, constituting a controlling In
terest therein, and complainant believes
a majority thereof upon the agreed bn
sls of exchange of one hundred and
eighty dollars par value of the capital
stock of the Northern Securities com
pany, for each share of the capital stock
of the Great Northern Railway compa
ny, and the defendants, J. P. Morgan,
and his associate stockholders of the
Northern Pacific Hallway company as
signed and transferred to the defend
ant, the Northern Securities company,
a large majority of the capital stock of
the Northern Pacific Railway company,
upon the agreed basis of exchange of
one hundred and fifteen dollars, par
value, of the capital stock of the North
ern Securities company for each share
ORGAN RECITAL,
The organ recital by Professor Harry
Jepson yesterday afternoon in Battull
chapel was largely attended and was
one of the most enjoyable of the series.
Branch of 1214 B'way. Opposite Weber& Field's.
The luncheons and dinners ai me
Hof-Brau Haus are par excellence.
The famous German government
beers, including the Munich Hof
Brau, daintily served. . !" 1 -
of the capital stock of the Northern
Pacific Railway company, and thereaf
ter the Northern Securities company
offered to the stockholders of the de
fendant railway companies to Issue and
exchange Its capital stock for the cap
ital stock of such railway companies,
upon the basis of exchange aforesaid,
no other consideration being required.
The defendant, the Northern Securities
company, has acquired an additional
amount of the stock of the defendant
railway companies, issuing in lieu
thereof its own stock upon the basis of
exchange aforesaid, and Is now holding,
aa owner and proprietor, substantially
all of the capital stock of the Northern
Pacific Railway company, and as com
plainant believes, a majority of the cap
ital stock of the Great Northern Rail
way company by reason whereof a vir
tual consolidation under one ownership
and source of control of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific railway
systems has been effected, a combina
tion or conspiracy in restraint of the
trade or commerce among the several
states and with foreign nations former
ly carried on by the defendant railway
companies Independently and in free
competition .one with the other has
been formed and Is In operation, and
the defendants are thereby attempting
to monopolize, and have monopolized,
such interstate and foreign trade or
commerce, to the great and irreparable
damage of the people of the United
States in derogation of their common,
rights, and in violation of the act of
congress of July 2, 1S90, entitled 'an act
to protect trade and commerce against
unlawful restraints and monopolies."
"If the defendant, the Northern Se
curities company, has not acquired a
large majority of the capital stock of
the defendant, the Great Northern
Railway company, it Is because the in
dividual defendants named, and their
associates In the combination or con
spiracy charged in this petition, or some
of them since it became apparent that
the legality of their cprporate device for
the merger of the stock of the compe
ting railroad companies, through the in
strumentality of a central or holding
corporation, would be assailed In the
courts, have purposely withheld, or
caused to be withheld, a Jarge amount
of the capital stock of said railway
company from transferror the stock of
the Northern Securities company, and
have purposely discouraged and pre
vented the transfer and exchange of
such stock for the stock of the Northern
Securities company, all for the purpose
of concealing the real scope and object
of the unlawful combination or conspir
acy, and of deceiving and misleading
the state and federal authorities and of
furnishing a ground for the defence
that the Northern Securities companies
does not hold a clear majority of the
stock of the Great Northern Railway
company. 1
The Northern Securities company was
not organized in good faith to purchase
and pay for the stocks of the Great
Northern and the Northern Pacific
railway companies. It waa organized
so solely to Incorporate the pooling of
the stocks of said companies and to car
ry Into effect the unlawful combination
or conspiracy aforesaid. The' Northern
Securities company is a more deposito
ry, custodian, holder and trustee of the
stocks of the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific railway companies,
and its share or stock are but beneficial
certificates issued against said railroad
stocks to designate the Interest of the
holders In the pool. The Northern Se
curities company does not have and
never had any capital sufficient to war
rant such a stupendous operation. Its
subscribing capital was but thirty thou
sand dollars and Its authorized capital
stock of four hundred million dollars Is
just sufficient, when all Issued, to rep
resent and cover the exchange value of
substantially the entire stock of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
railway companies, upon the basis and
at the rate agreed upon, which Is about
one hundred and twenty-two million
dollars in excess of the combined capi
tal stock of the two railway companies
taken jit par.
"If the government falls to prevent
the carrying out of this combination or
conspiracy, not only will a virtual con
solidation of two competing trans-continental
lines with the practical pooling
of their earnings, be affected and a mo
nopoly of the Interstate and foreign
commerce formerly carried on by them,
as competitors be created, and all effec
tive competition between such lines in
Ihe carrying of Interstate and foreign
traffic be destroyed., but thereafter, to
all desiring to use It, an available meth
od will be presented, whereby, through
the corporate scheme or device afore
said, the act of congress of July 2, 1890,
may be circumvented and set at naught,
nmi all trans-continental lines, indeed
the entire railway systems of the coun
try, may be'absorbed, merged and con
solidated, thus placing the public at the
absolute mercy of the holding corpora
tion." '
The petition prays that the Northern
Securities company, its stockholders,
officers, etc., be perpetually enjoined
from purchasing, voting, etc., any of
the shares of the capital stock of either
the Northern Pacific or Great Northern
companies and that a mandatory in
junction may issue requiring the North
ern Securities company to recall and
cancel any certificates of stock issued
by It In purchase of or In exchange for
any of the shares of the capital stock of
either of the said railway companies,
sir. renderi'iij in return therefore the
certificates of stock in the respective
railway companies In lieu of which they
were Issued. It is also asked that the
defendants, the Northern Pacific and
the Great Northern railway companies,
their officers, stockholders, etc., be per
petually enjoined from in any manner
recognizing or accepting the Northern
Securities :omiai;y as the rv.vr.er ft:
holder of any of the shares of their cap
ita! stock, etc.
The petition is signed by Milton D.
Purdy, attorney of the United States
for the district of Minnesota; Philander
C. Knox, attorney-general of the Uni
ted States, and John M. Richards, solicitor-general
of the United States.
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NEW SPRING WAISTS.
DAINTY CONCEPTIONS TOGETHER WITH PRACTICAL IDEAS.
NEW WALKING SUITS.
NEW MATERIALS, STRICTLY ALL WOOL.
WAhl.JXG I'Olll).
Complaint comes from all sides regarding
the stoppage iu tho cu-cli basins in different
sections of the borough, cuused by the fail
ure to have them cleaned out mid attended
to during the past six or more months, nnd
it is believed that much of the damage dune
ry the floods would have been avoided if
the eaten baslus on North Colony street
hud been iu working order. Many think
(hat the economy iu the borough govern
ment has not been r finauciul success.
There was quite a change of real estate
between Saturday morning and Sunday
afternoon on the plains. Eiguty-tlve loads
of soil changed from above tne rubber shoo
to the corner of Cherry ami Hi Ik streets,
and from there to the lowland before Wash
ington street, when it is now merged into
other soli that moved a week ago, and the
borough bus to pay all the expense. At
lust II. nils been decided that a diuln for
surface witter will bo put in on Cherry and
Silk streets, nnd that it will be put iu at
once and the excavation filled iu afterwards.
Had this decision been reached and acttid
up to a week ago there would have been
quite a saving to the borough, as the filling
In done Hntm-day is washed clean into tuo
lot west of Washington street.
The uuclaimud letters in the post, office
yesterday morning were for Miss Hena -Martin
and Charles Turner.
At the meeting of the New England In
surance Exchange at Boston Saturday a
committee was appointed to draw up suit
able resolutions in recognition of the deavn
of H. L. Hirons. who was a member of
the exchange and who died suddenly here
lust week. ,
Michael Joab has been granted a pension
of (S per month.
Miss Cecelia T. Kvrby, organist of t.
Joseph church. New York City, and Miss
Monica T. Bracken, a violinist of New York,
are stopping at Mrs. Edwrda Meiules of
North Elm" street. ,
S. O. Preston of New Haven, superin
tendent of Ihe Organized Charities, was the
guest over Sunday of V. M. Stnley.
J. J. (iraliam, secretary of the Dutchess
Insurance company of Poiigukeepsie, -V .,
was here Sunday at the funeral of II. 1..
Hirons. ,
.Mr. nnd Mrs. Edward M. Iicnru have
twin girls born Sunday. .
David ffoss has returned home and given
up his position In New York ciiy.
The bearers at the funeral of Herbert D.
Hirons, Sunday afternoon, were: Frederick
I.lovd of New Haven, Frank. . f-aton f
NaugatuVk, H. It. Davis, W. A. t.oodiich,
Chm les 1). Morris and Henry A- Norton of
Wnllingford. Itcv. J. li. Wildmiin offici
ated at the burial at 2 o'alock yesterday
afternoon.
LAST OF A GREAT RACE.
Deaths of West, Emerson and Rice
Negro Minstrelsy Seems Doomed.
Billy West, Billy Emerson, Billy Rice
the stars fall fast. Yet these artists
had all but survived their art, for negro
minstrelsy seems doomed, nor can even
the witty Mr. Dockstader give it a long
reprieve. The public taste changed; the
minstrels relied too much on their old
laurels and wore out their welcome. 'We.
know the weakness of the-'praiaerB Or
past time, and we will not say that the
thea.ter at present seems to' be intend
ed mainly for the benefit or detriment
of girls too young to appreciate it or as
a means of passing an evening to well
dressed, well-fed, mostly unimaginative
folks to whom it represents a few hours'
rest, the interval between dinner and
a supper at one of the lobster palaces of
which New York will son principally
consist.
It seems, though, as though tastes
and times were simpler once. Perhaps
people laughed more easily. The gen
eration that felt the death of Dickens
as a personal loss had the gift of hearty,
laughter. During the civil war and af
ter, there was a natural reaction to
ward gayety. The great gods of ennui,,
TKpona nnfl the Tolstois, were not
droning as yet. People were willing to
enjoy themselves in tneir own way,
couldn't boost a stick
Into a star, and a playwright was not
a cheap pathologist. Burton naa not
i v.cr, floor! . Wnllnok was still in,
his prime. The name of John Brougham
will recall to many not yet aecrepn.
something of the gayety of temper, the
high spirits, of those not altogether re
mote days. Joseph Jefferson is the one
aminnt survivor of the eminent actors
orn whom the patrons of negro minstrel
sy in its best estate were prougnt up.
Why, the boys who waited with beat
ing hearts for the curtain to rise, who
wouldn't have missed a sound of the
orchestra, who yelled so ferociously at
the appearance of a "supe," had heard
'Eddie" Booth offer his kingdom for a
norp, especially of a Saturday night,
and felt their hair stand up as "Ned"
Forrest cursed Gonerll and Regan with
all the wind of those tremendous lungs.
Negro minstrelsy was no foolish
whim. It was a legitimate art In its
good time, and Mr. Dockstader and Mr.
Primrose have not forgotten the tradi
tions. A long bead roll of names and
companies comes to the mind. The rat
tle of the bones tickles the ear agree
ably. The eye, of memory sees those
preposterously black faces, impossible
red lips, abysmal mouths, world-shadowing
feet. Where did those monumen
tal shoes come from? The banjo has
fallen into the hands of the girls lucky
banjo! and they play It as if they
were petting a canary bird or toying
with a caramel. The old min?trels used
to whack it, thump it, take it by vio
lence. They were robustious with it,
and yet they dragged sweet tones out of
It. The dialogue between the interlo
cutor and Mr. Bones were meatier if
less artistic than Plato's. The songs,
comic or sentimental, were given with
an Irresistible heatriness, often with a
clever art. We can see Billy Emerson
as Policeman Moriarity threatening the
truckman: "I'll have you off that dray
for ogling the ladies:"
"The girls all cry,
As I go by:
'Are you there, Mo-rl-ar-i-tee?' "
Good old Billy! He used to make
everybody feel just as happy as a big
sunflower. He sang that, and "Love
Among the Roses." and "Moriarity",
around the world. And he was only one
of a jovial crew, high livers, honest and
thirsty souls, most of them. Like every
honest good Jellow, they spent their
money free. Rich again and again, and
paupers at the end.
Billy Rice with his stump speech!
How many ludicrous monologues, tem
perance lectures and what-not,
punctuated by the thumps from an im
possible cotton umbrella, have the min
strels given! The Moris brothers; Nelse
Seymour, one of the mightiest minstrels:
of all; Mr. Birch, Mr. Backus, Mr. Ber
nard, Mr. Wambold, all fresh in proper
ly regulated and grateful memories;'
Luke Schoolcraft, the Watermillioni
Man. and Harry Bloodgood claudita
jam rlvos: turn off the reminiscences!
They say Neil Bryant is lying strlck-,
en over in Brooklyn at a hospital, and
they say he is more than seventy. Lord,
Lord, what a foolish thing Time Is! It
must be nearly twenty years since Neil
Bryant stripped off the cork, and he is
forgtoten already. He was in the twen-
ties when be and his brothers opened a
theater on Bradoway, somewhere in the
four hundreds, three or four years be
fore the war. Bryant's Minstrels had!
their home in. Fourteenth street .after
ward, say, from 1867 or thereabouts, and!
moved to West Twenty-third street lm
1870, perhaps, but we are not swearing
to any statistics. Bryan't minstrels
were as well known as the Custom
House, and they have chased the blues!
away from thousands. George Fox. too)
son to become the melancholy figure
which used to be led about the streets
of Cambridge in the early seventies,
was at the Olympla. Mr.' Birch and hlat
facetious halo were at five hundred and!
something Broadway. Kelly and Leon's)
Minstrels were on Broadway near Elev
enth street. Harry Becket was at Mlasl
Lina Edwin's , theater O, yes, there!
was such a theater in '70, and near It
we think, was the Globe, where we havel
had the ineffable pleasure of seeing Mr.
Josh Hart In the "Yankee Sea Serpent."1
Mr. Antonlus Pastor, the immortal, was)
on the Bravery1 then. Mr. Pastor camel
over with Mr. H. Hudson, and his hand!
already grasped that immortal opera
hat or "dry hide." May Tony HVe for
ever and a day; but most of thai
theaters and the actors of that time are)
gone.
The race of negro minstrels will be as)
extinct as the cave bear or the mani
moth In a few years. They gave a good;
deal of harmless pleasure-; and there ava
many who will join us in, kind recalling
and remembrance of those libtsy, rol
licking and sentimental artists. It'eati
not be denied that there Is some selfish
ness in ,the regret. The death, of the
favorites of his youth makes a man feel
more keenly that he, too, is growing old.
Poor old Neil Bryant, and all the rest
of that gay company! The Finches ot
the Grove are silent. The Cave of Har
mony is closed. New York Sun.
NEW POSTAL CARDS.
When' Four Millions Have Been Bunx
' died Up They Will Be for Sale.
A new one-cent postal card is now be-
iiig printed at the Bureau of Engraving:
and Printing and when the first issua
of 4,000,000 has been counted and bun
dled the new card will be placed on!
Sale, Its distinctive feature is that thei
hew card contains a vignette of Presln
dent McIJinley in lieu of President Jef
ferson's portrait. The issue of the Jef
ferson card will be discontinued when
the present stock on hand is exhausted
When desired by purchasers the new
postal card will be furnished, in sheets)
of forty cards each. It is expected thia
arrangement will effect a large saving
to purchasers who have their messages
or addresses printed on postal cards. In
order to avoid the heavy black devioei
at the top of the Jefferson card and!
leave a clear space for the postmark thai
new postal card has three lines of small
type printed about an inch below thef
top of the card. The card is thus divid
ed laterally into two sections one fori
the postmark and one for the address.
The official description of the new card
is as follows:
"In the upper right hand corner Is a
portrait of the late President McKin-i
ley, three-quarters face, looking to the
left, with the words: 'Postage One Cent'
above and '1843-McKlnley-1901' below
the stamp and following Its elliptical
contour. The portray used for the sub
ject of the stamp is one which was pre
ferred by Mr. McKlnley himself. Thei
stamp is practically devoid of orna
ment. To the left of the portrait are
three straight lines of lettering, the top
line being one and one-sixteenth inchest
below the upper edge of the card and!
containing In small capital letters the
words, 'The Space Above is Reserved
for Postmark.' The second line Is mado
up of the words 'Postal Card' in large,
plain capitals. The third line is in tha
same type as the first, and reads 'The
Space Below is for the Address Only.
In the upper left-hand corner is a coat-of-arms
of the United States, its posi
tion balancing that of the ?tnmp in tho
upper right-hand corner. Above the
coat-of-arms in the same style of capi
tal letters used above the stamp are th-
words, 'United States,' and below It tba
words 'of America,' following the con
tour of the coat-of-arms. Black ink will
be used in printing this card! The card
will be same size, 3 1-4 by 5 J.-2 Inches,
as the old one bearing Jefferson's por
trait." From the Washington Evening!
Star.
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CMi signature ii on svery box of tha gnataa
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