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AMONG THE AUTHORS
(BY 1.. BEBYMKR. J
Q. P. Putnam's Sons have just issued |
a volume entitled Authors and Their
Publishers in Ancient Times, by George
Haven Putnam. Tbe work, according
to Mr. Putnam, is "a sketch of literary '
conditions and of the relatione witb the
public of literary producers, from the
earliest times to the invention of print
ing," Tbe book as originally written
was planned to form a preliminary chap
ter, or preliminary introduction, to a
history of the origin and development
of property in literature, a subject in
which tbe author has for some time in
terested himself. The progress of tbe
history has, however, tbe author etates,
been "so seriously hampered by en
grossing business cares, and aleo by an
increasing necessity for economizing
eyesight, tbat the date of its comple
tion remains very uncertain." Aa the
work of so conscientious and painstak
ing an author tbe book may safely be
considered as of permanent value.
»**
Among Lovell, Coryell A Co.'c new
books besides their beautilul holiday
editions of Henry Irving'e The Drama,
Tbe Little Minister, Hedda Gabler,
Dyoee, Omoo, Moby Dick, White Jacket
and others, they also have in refined
grey and green bindings, two boons of
short stories, just out. Mademoiselle
Miss, by Henry Harland (Sidney Luekaj,
is tbe title story, followed by four oth
ers, forming a pleaßing volume, form an
agreeable writer. Some fellows in an
apparently questionable hotel in the
Latin quarter of Paris, were introduced
to a lovely young girl as an English
miss, with a very long name which, be
ing unable to master, they simply called
her Miss. The servantß and concierge
feeling tbat to be almost as disrespectful
as Jane or Sally, prefaced tbe uiibs
with Madamoiselie,hence"Mademoiselle
Miss." They all fell in love with ber,
her subsequent flight to England leav
ing them all with nostalgia lor the Paris
that was, during her Btav. The other
stories are The Funeral March ol a Mar
ionette: Tbe Prodigal Father: A Sleov
less Errand and A Light Sovereign, all
but one containing situa'ions in the life
of artiste; aud A Daring Experiuien'.
the initial story iv a collection, by Lithe
Deverenx Blake. This hboit study in
vivisection, is followed by a inimher ol
others which have appeared lv vjrioijs
periodicals. The laßt but one being A
Divided Republic, an Allegory ol the
Future, which is quite a remarkable
remarkable paper writ'i n » lew y are
ago and first printed in the Phrenologi
cal Journal.
a*a
F. Marion Craeford's assertion that
be write* a novel just n* he would pei
fotm any other lauur, by devoting six or
eight hour* a day to the wuik, ecrib
bling rapidly and revising little, c in he
well believed by any one who will '«!;e
the trouble to read the latest product
from his pen, \!a: j v Darcl.e. This
novel indicates that Crawford is writing
for the market merely, ior if he bus still
the power to produce n .ilr. Isaacs or A
Roman Singer, he Sim ni.-rly iceerved it
to the point of plenaing the t.-a-und toa/d
iiterary appeiite ol the majority of the
novel readers of today, adio, ive ate
assured, are women with nothing to do.
Marion Darche does not deserve criti
cism, but Crawford does, and lo one
who receives tho impresskn given by
frequently quoted interviews witb th'S
young American on the subject of novel
writing that he is qua!.lieu to Bpeak as
an authority on the subject, it is a
Bource ol regret that he ever descended
to the position that be must occupy if
he never does any better work than
this. As a novelist it leveals him as a
little less than Archibald Ciavenng
Uunter and a little more than Laura
Jean Libbey. It would be a waste of
time and space to attempt to detail the
s'ory of Marion Darche. Strung out
through 300 pages, its plot iB not suffi
cient for a stoiy of a column and a half.
Of deacription there is nothing; ol wit.
pathos, passion, there is little;
ol love, the warp and wool
of all stories, there is a mere
trilling that is scarcely serious euougb
to lift the theme above the level of the
commonplace. There aie no grammati
cal eriora, tbe diction iB clean and pure
and it cannot be said of the writer that
be does not know the mother tongue.
But there iB nothing to relieve the mo
notony ot the pale, colorless style that
markr. the work.no flash of original
thought, no treasurable observations,
no eprigram aud no line or Bituation
that wiil stick in the memory two min
utes alter the last page has been turned.
The 6cone ol the story in New York city,
the personages are members ot an ex
clusive, wealthy "set," and the heroine
a woman who marries a scoundrel be
cause she believes tbe man she really
loves is uot strong enough in the essen
tials that mi.ke up a tine man. In the
course ol a lew years she finds that she
wan miltaken, and ( her husband dying
a fugitive from justice, she marries the
hero, a nice-snougb society chap, anil
the itOfy emts. there ate a great many
people who read the novels of Edgar
Saltus and then deplore tho eroticism of
the author, such as I he»e should read
Marion Darche. It ia one ol Saltus'
stones, minus pot. and wickedi ess, ami
Ihe best that can he raid of it. is that It
can iie lately entrusted to the hands ol
the "young nersoii" whom Mr. Saltus
inveighs ng. uist so bitterly. Mr. Craw
ford is an emasculated Saltus, if we
judge him from Maiioti Dai die. ami
another novel or two of this kind will
recommend 'be author higniv to chnrch
lyceums and o o'clock-tea library par
ties.
a*.
Robert Bonner's St ns are adding
many n»w lean res to their choice (-erica
One of the la'c.-t additions ia .tn Amert
can novel by J. H. Connelly, entitled
Hetty, or tl"> Old Gimltie. n cciv illns
trateri by li. Whitney, The b '«k ii
published in two editions, the 12 on
SOO panes, bound in Horn M-iling ioi .*1
the paper coition foi 50 < eut-. fliis n
laraiting novi-l is a raielul study ol Ii i
and experience in a ii---.ui v- Aoienrji
village. Tb" rh -rs. -imp.
strong end mv - -it i " o"< mov '
by strong pa*' o. ' • .> Ii
force and v; i > i,: or-- ...... ....
bred iv t tie com pi- x : .nsta< t<
and influences of the uv: veutional ....
and society of cities. There are sweet
ness and charm in the portraiture oi
this heroine of the woods and fields.
The exciting incidents which mark the
I rogrese and climax of the atory only
serve to emphasize the beauty and truth
which the author has wrought Into the
substance of her character. Mr. Con
' nelley is one of our most conscientious
American writers and one who is des
tined to enjoy fame and popularity.
Nothing weak or disappointing ever
< comes from his pen, and we recommend
! his work to all who wish to read an ex
: cellent novel.
Another bright and well written novel
published by Robert Bonner's Sons is
' Appassionato, a musician's story, by
Elsa D'l'.sterre-Keeler. author of In
Thuugbtland and Dreamland, with il
, lustrations by James Fagan. Appae
, sionata is an exquisite novel the story
of a girl endowed with extrrordinary
' genius and a passion for music. Her
history ia moat romantic aud iuterest
ing. Her love and ber genius lead to
! strange situations. Tbe novel ia one
| which will interest all lovers of music.
as they will appreciate the difficulties
i and emotions which sway the heroine.
The illustrations of tb s novel are ex
-1 tremely good and the book is daintily
bound. It is one of the prettießt books
of tbe eeaaon.
**#
One of the Macmillan it Co.'s new
books receives a splendid trihute from
! John Habberton, tbe author of Helen's
] Babies, etc. He says of The Art and
Life of Kdwin Booth, by William Win
ter, and lately published by this well
known firm, the following : "Mr. Booth
never had a more intelligent admirer
than Mr. Winter, bo there is artistic ap
propriateness in the first book
ahout tbe lamented tragedian be
ing from Mr. Winter's pen. Tne
' book itself is a series ol essays
:in appreciation and explanation :
Booth's career is sketched rapidly ami
' truly, and the man himeelt is well
described. To some readers the most
; interesting part oi the work is that in
; which the author, who for many years
i haa been a thoughtful and conscientious
dramatic critic, estimates at length the
many dramatic parts with which Booth
i identified himself. The book, winch ia
handsomely made, contains pictures
after all the best oil paintings ol Booth,
and aleo several reproductions of photo
graphs of tbe actor In bis best-known
characters; to these are ndde I portraits
,of Mr. Booth's lather and wife, As a
who's the work is an earnest and
ettieieut memorial, without preleale of
tiling more.
»"*
A new book from tbe pr»»s ol the
well-known Chicago firm, Band, Mc-
Nilly A Co.. comes out in their Globe
Library. A Sheep in Woll's OlottiiCf,
hy Albert Khodea, a p'ea r ing oid plot in
a new drers A Fienchmau ai d an
American determine lo make their
friendly lies still closer by marrying the
Frenchman's daughter to the sou of tbe
American. Tho young man does not
like the idea of being disposed of iv
matrimony irTthoUt bis own consent, so
when sent tJ Fifioee tor hit bti.le he
persuades a coutiu to go with him,
in hil name, while the prospective
bridegroom assumes the piuce ol valet.
Til* 'rier.dly term- upon which th- two
men meet, wheu they think themselves
un jhsetved, myati'y the girl, who. to
her horr ir, bads herself tore intereHe 1
in tie vn'el t! an any well-hoin French
maiden sfouhl be witn rnch a person.
A misunde'-tateliug, in winch • pretty
cotiem cf me supposed Valet innocently
takes pan, leads 10 explanations and
wedditn: belle. Mr. Rhodes is ad Amer
ican, woo spent mf>tiy tears in France,
so he handles) ail ni-j characters accord
ing to their nationality, aud mukes a
Ice.ike and stjry.
**.
Another late and mtaresting book
froui tii? Rand, McNali* company \t by
Grant Allen, entitled M.chael's Ciug.
Ties work IB ve-y artistically illustrated,
containing over 3 0 illustrations in
silhouette by Francis Camithers Gould
and Alice Carrnthers Gould. Mr. Allen
still maintains his reputation for writing
a book which reseiub.ea n..tiling else
from the same pen. The scene is a bit
of the Cornish coast, and although tha
tale contains a sweet girl whom iwo men
love, the most interesting character ia a
fine old officer of tier majesty's
eeivice who is sane in all respects ex
cept that he imagines himself the Arch
angel Michael. He lost his oniy son
through an accident, which make" the
accidental slayer miserable ior life ; and
the character and scene offer abundant
opportunity for a more fitting end than
the author haß made for the story.
Nevertheless, the narration is good, and
the reader's sympathies and humor are
often called upon until the last hall
dozen pages, wtien there is likely to be
disappointment mingled with diEgust.
The illnatrationß aie so numerous that
! there ie scarcely a page without them,
and uenallv they are quite effective, ex
cept that the eilhnueite method makes
the principal character, through his
miißtache, display p. most hid-ous face
; when seen iv profile. Altogether it is a
I very interesting book.
••i
tine of Pcribners' latest books is The
One I Knew Best oi All, by Mrs. Kranctß
; ilodgeon Buruett, author of Little Lord
Fanntleroy.
"lo say tbat Mrs. Burnett's account
iol The One 1 Knew Best of All is a fas
cinating book," says the Beacon, "ia to
put the matter very mildly. It iB not
one little girl alone whose experiences
are hete CMOrUed, but, as the author
| jiißtly claims, ;t. is the atory of any child
, with an iin»g'iinfon. Mrs. Burnett's
recollections go back to n very early age
| She remembers events that happened
I before she was three years old, and sb •
' cannot remember a time when she
*as not capable of forming de
i cided opinions about things. Mrs
j Harnett has -.vriiten many attractive
hooks—books thai have made friend,
i for her nil over the world —bnt she lias
I never written a book more charming
iban this. The Appleton ..v. Co.'s late
' edition of their town and country li
' brary ia from the, pen ol 0. J. CuttTHffe
, Hvne, untitled, Ihe Recipe lor Din
I mends.
[v ftrolling about Genoa, two Eng
lishmen pick up an old .Manuscript, at a
' uooksellei'* abop, which turns out to be
'h» .1 ary of X iyin »ud L illy, who lived
:u the ' Ai iiih Bpntory, end who claimed
0 have then discovered the art of mai-.
--02 diamonds irom common wood char
•oal. The recipe fur naivete, cando
nd utter iinpretwn'.iousneii ol it ar
-01 dines that irivs it an enduri'ig fasci
riiii. U-iinald Bircii has nrovidetl
•i - nci i -~ and lik» -occ.. a d in ma
a- pint in; the author* meaning IB quit'
I ■ Wonder.ul way. Ine omding, wilL
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, DEUKMBiSit 81. i«wt.
ita emblematic design in gilt, ie really
beautiful.
Making the diamonds ie not in tbe
diary, the reader being directed to one
of the pre-historic mounde on the iele
of Majorca, where Lully had inscribed
it on the walls.of the tomb. As a third
party becomes tbe poseeeeor of this in
formation, the interest of the story rests
in the etrnggle of the three men to get
first to the island and obtain the recipe.
All of the above hooki for sale by the Btoll-
Thayer company, 1U!) South Spring s reel.
AT ONEONTA FARM.
Tha Bstabliehment of a Home Harem to
Rival Santa Anita.
In the days of tbe Boiie river mining
begira, tbe road from California to Idaho
lay through Oregon, end everybody had
to go from San Francisco to Portland,
thence by river boat to Umatilla and
thence by stage to Boise. In those days
Simeon G. Reed, J. C. Ainswortb, Rob
ert R. Thompson and Lawrence Coe
were the principal stockholders in a
steamboat celled the Oneonta,
a siduwheel steamer ot great beauty end
palatial accommodations. In 1878 they
sold out to Henry Villard, and he, in
turn, sold to the Union Pacific railroad
company. The beautiful Oneonta was
broken up in 1878, and lives only in the
memory of the northwestern pioneer.
On Ins removal from Oregon to Los
Angeles county, Mr. Reed bought 110
acres adjoining Rosemeade and went
over to Eugland to purchase thorough
bred horses for stocking it. He got six
mares of the very rarest and best blood
in Albion, and a Btallion called Marten
hurst, who bed run third in Ihe derby
oi 1891, won by Common, with Gover
nenr second. Hood and competent
judges pronounced Martenhurst the
nest bred and best looking horse of the
trio,f>o Mr.Reed paid Lord Roslyn $112,000
for him. The horse reached hie larm
which bears the name of ' Oneonta,"
on the 27th of September last, and died
ou the following day oi pneumonia, Con
tracted during the ride hither Irom J. B.
Haggin's ranch near ~.ai :i amenlo, where
he bad been stabled for eight months
previous. Such a blow would have
completely crushed a man of less en
ergy than Mr. Heed. But so far from
"crying over spilt milk," that gentle
man rubied to England to buy a horse
called Grafton, owned by the duke o'
Hamilton. Tneu hie lordthip backed
out hii t .Mr. Reed's friend purchased a
very handsome 10 veer-old horse called
Duucombe, who won three races at
Donca*ter in ISSiI, and lost the fourtli
one by a collitoou in whu i lie was
knocked down wniie in tne lead. He
..-omen from the same family ac Saflou,
the wiuner of the Derby, and the noted
eon ho-sea Kireberrv and Hagioscope
His e:ro is Speculum, himself a very
nigh-ciase horse; ami bis d.uu wae Fair
Helen tiy General Peel out of *ving
otre-e. v.'nner ol Ihe Dike of 1852, her
dam Cyprian, v. ho won the Oaks of
IS.'.U. This shows lnui lo he something
tuperb in bleeding.
Mr. Heed's enterprise is only one out
o: many that era near at hand. Pierre
L irillard trill he here next week, and it
ix an even bat that be have a farm tor
orsvdtng horses hefore be goes hack to
ejotttain. Mr. Seoggsn ol Kentucky is
here. »bd Mr. Uwyai nas gone back to
New Yoik to tell them what tine climate
end good food we have in California,
"i Ineonta" is good but it is oniy a com
mence neat.
l.nw • r ontlfiiriiiai
The fkUt that this tsrritorv has re
mained M uuuuoau, while Ivmg Ml
close to OBr <»»■ Honiara and adjoining
a slulo ia .Vinci* development had pro
ceeded with unexampled rapidity, i.i
peculiar, unJ it is wurtu a hile to inquire
into itie causes.
S one oi tliefe 1 have atated. It ie
certain that a copious amouut ul niisin
ioriuaiiou regarding it has been put
all >at, and that veiy little is obtainable
Wliich is accurate. Kven so high an
authority aa the Eucycloi m :ia Britan
pica ta h. "It is tor the most part j
bairen. dreary waste, and is one of the
most unattractive'countries in the warm '
or tempi-rate regions. Tuere are few
streams or t-priuge, iew trees ol any size,
and the heavy raiue, falling on tbe cen
tral ridges, carry uown the sloping sides
of Ihe peninsula almost all the culti
vable noil."
In these latter daye, a country that
cauno; offer good facilities lor agricni
trre is very nearly without hope; and
if tbe paragraph which I have cited were
true there would be iittle mystery abjut |
i the fact that the peninsula now baß a j
population of barely L'o,ooo. But it does
not cou.cide witb my own observations,
although there are existing conditions
which at the first glance might seem to
corroborate it. One of these is the
ie dated and poverty stricken appear
ance of ttie average native ranchman. |
On the road which goes straight ac
the crow fi:<!B across tbe high meaa be- ■
tifteen Kosario and the old Mission of i
San Fernando, wo stopped for refresh
ment at the thatch covered adobe home
of one of this class. It was not the !
bareness ol the interior, the poor and
Scant food, nor the unsanitary cond - ,
lions of life which impressed me, for
these I have long been accustomed to
Hud among Spanish-Americans even
when not compelled by poverty. But
rfiien I learned that this man was the
owner ol 10,1101) hectares of land, much
:of which 1 bad passed through that
Im< rning without seeing a cultivated
Bald, "r altviug thing besides the alink- ;
lug coyotes and darting jtckrabbits. and
when 1 found further that the only use
to which he put tits land was to grow a
lew acres ol beans and corn and paß
' ?ute a few lean cattle. I could see how
the country had grown to be of bud
I repute.
This land had been obtained easily.
|In the tit si place, any citt/.en may ob
tain 2500 hectares 'a hectare equals
2.47 acres; for a homestead at a merely
d minal price. By family combination,
,ny political favoritism, or us a reward
i for reai or fancied services, this is often
itnd easily increased until it becomes an
i exceedingly large holding. Having se
cured the land, there is no further
ell'irt. Thia ia the owner's patent ol
nobility. Ho is a land-owner; his land
bears no tuxes. With the slightest
| labor he can support life, and why
.should be concern himself further?
--; 1 nines Ktiupp Keuve, iv Jauuaiy Lip
j pincott's.
A New Ca. title.
ThousandsFkOCK to its Bianijahd.-When
U«tt i 'in-c in prufecnted to ttie pub ie tl always
excite* attention. A prominent ptiv.sit.iAU haa
Mid thai !a grippe- dv me the laat three yean.
tittsfioDo nior.j to weaken the heaitg of ttie
,v..-ia than uny other oauM that has ever ex
-"■■i. TflQitt it ho nivij had this inniady aad
1 Ku'-'-equentiy found themaeivc* subject to p*l
ptialion chori breath, iirettular put**, wind In
•10 ■ t-.i ii. pain Lv ati o ot shoulder, HMothurm*;
I o pel Im, thl ii ting, drophy, etc., may teel iir-sur .|
, ihey have heart riiafeattt, whlcb unless chectvd
lat once, may result faialij. I>r. MUcV isew
J Het.n Cure, is the only remedy that QUI ba re-
IJ»»d upon to etftuit a cam, eoid by UH. dance,
177 *. ->p toff, on a guarantee. Vsk. for the doc-
D r'i Dew book, free.
FfnvtU Yuri •My CJht»a,»»jit
Pint cln town Tor ti<h, t,atne, oyster*, etc. Fred
ll&nnin:an's Mutt maraei.
Crepe til l l-'rencu usru > ptn rs. Cbr.strnis
cards aud calendars. Laugsud'e.-, 11 1 VV,
on-i St.
A PLAYGOER'S MEMORIES
The preeent indicationt are that we
ehall aoon have a surfeit of theatricals.
All laat anmmer Loa Angelee oonld not
keep one theater open; and next week
ahe is to have four, three of which will
be run at what modern theatrical par
lance utilizes aa "popular prices.' 1 Thia
means what is known as overproduction
in the dramatic line, and somebody ia
going to get hurt through what Mr. Hunt
ington would call "unwholesome com
petition."
Tbe new Burbank is not without its
legion of friends. The syndicate which
manages its entertainments ia composed
of three or four young men of ample
means and a good deal ol peraonal popu
larity with tbe young men about town
who take their dulcineas to places of
amusement.
The Music ball, being on the most
crowded of our thoroughtaree, haa a
good chance to catch a large share of the
transient element with ita low prices.
And tbe Grand opera home, with two
such sterling comedians aa the Grovere,
pere et tils, ia not to be lost eight of
when such cleverly written comedies se
Our Boarding House, The Private Secre
tary, and My Sou-in-I.aw are on the bills.
Young Grover'a rendition of tbe Rev.
Robert Spaulding baa ita commendable
features. He mar not create laughter
aa much aa did Gillette when he came
out with it eight yeara ago, but be playa
it more fairly within the lines of legiti
mate comedy. liicbard Thornton,
whom I caw in New York nine yeara
ago in this part, and aubaequently in
Melbourne, waa my ideal ot the part,
and i Wove- plays it nearer to hia style
than that ol Gillette. Tbe difference
waa that Thorotou'e preeentation of the
part waa a portrait, while Gilleite'e wae
a caricature.
The elder (i rover, as an eccentric come
dian or what is known iv theatrical par
lance as a "character actor," has but
Lw rivals. He undertakes very few
parts, hut gets out of them everything
that ia worth having. Hie personation
of "Hiebon, tbe Frenchman." is a piece
of work on a plane w.tb I'om lohnaton'a
"Uriah lieep" 111 David t'nppertield,
George Titheradge'a "Abbe Dubois" in
A Village Prieel, or Charles Wheat
leigfa's "Triplet" in Macs* aid Faces.
The man who can keep a straight face
during the reetaurant acece at Coney
ialand, has a greater command over bis
rieibtee tban myself.
The death of poor, old ("hurley
Thorne. at the ripe age ol 84 yeera,
which took place in Sau Francisco
a hunt 10 dcya ago, remove* a veteran
whose mime is linked with the
annals ol the AmericaD stage, as ono ol
its beet fxponents ol the romantic
drama. Three yeara younger mm than
Forrest, he was foretime eecond only to
him in tbe rendition of heroic charac
ters. Hia "Don (.';<• tar de Bazm" was
so far ahead of all contemporary actor*
that it waa a positive novelty to the man
who had only witness*"! Its rendition by
other players. In 18."»2 he dramatized
Mrs. Harriet Heecber stowe'a novel ol
Uncle Tom's Cabin, aud in the role of
the pious slave amassed the nucleus ol
a fortune in this etate. Just abiut that
time the bottom fell out of theatricale
in thia etate. and minstrelsy, witb such
exponents as F.ph Horn. Jerry Brvant
and Cuarles Backus, together witb such
vocalists as Charles A. Henry, VV. M.
liarker aud SDerwood Campbell (after
wards renouned aa an operatic eiuger,
an i almoet a rival of the great Santley;
took its place iv the c fleet ions of the
lickle public of ban Fraiiciaco.
About tbat time a Spanish gentleman
named Kamire;: built an elegant mm
eion :n MaryaviLe, on Oortcz sijuare.
Just as he got it finished big wile died
and the bouse wae vacated by tbe be
reaved widower. Mr. Thorne, who had
just returned overland from wtiat be
termed "a Shakepeai::an bum" in Ore
gon, leaeed the house and became the
rival of publicans and sinner . I was
purser on a l'ghc dralt steamer runuing
between tiiat city and Baoranttßto at
that time and used to go up there to
dine with "litia" Jessnp, who-e eon han
been awarded a snare of his father's
property, only to be robbed out of It b;>
his lawyers. In 1889 Mr. Thome aband
oned hotel keeping, seme JtiOOO
off than he bagM ; and inking a ship for
China and Australia, waa gone from
California for several years. .Meanwhile
hia son Cbarlee had blossomed out into
a light comedian ol no mean preten
aions.
Ol all the cold-blooded and selfish
I creatures I ever knew, youn,: Charley
i Thome was the worst, but he was ati
actor that had in him the true dramatic
tire. Who could ever forget hia per
eonation ol two such heroic parts a
i "Oasip," in The Danicheffa, and "Kay
B'as," in Victor Hugo's great pla- ol
tbat name. And when the "society
drama" became the rage in New York,
they all aaid Charley was done for, be
' cauae he could not catch on to tbat kind
of business. One nigl.t he walked on
'a* "John Strebelow," in the Banker's
lUughter, and made hia audience think
they had been looking at some very
| common actors in that same character,
j i It) married twice, being divorced irom
■ hie tirat wife, who is still living. Both
! were rich women, and as that give him
I ail the money he desired, there was
| nothing more to be asked, lie died
! about nine years ago.
The old man was never lbs acme man
alter Cbarlea's death. He married,
about tbat time, the widow of his old
rival, Jamea .Stark, wtio had a neat little
competency off which the old coupli
lived very comfortably. Mra. Stark's
tirat huaband waa the Bowery tragedian
to whose name still attache" the legend
of "Wake me up when Kirby dtea."
Mrs. Stark waa herself an actress of no
mean ability, and, an a manager, bad a
good deal better business talent than
any ol her husbands. I can recall a very
excellent performance of Othello iv
which Mr. Stark personated ihe Moor,
Mi.sa Agnea Land (now Ai;nes Booihi
was "Desdemona" and .Junius Booth the
"Iago" oi the cast, while Mm. Stark
gave an impersonation ol "Kmelia"
worthy of Janauochek herself.
And, by the way, what has become of
.lanauschek ? I have not seen her iiatno
on a playbill for seven yeara. tihe wa*
one of the world's irreat tetreetea, and
gave to the stage a aeries of portraits
unequalled for vigor and high dramatic
intensity. Her Impersonation of "Leah
the Forsaken" is one rd the intaglios of
the modern drama, and will live long in
toe memory of old playgoers. Mine
Jananachek was aomewhere between
Histori and Modjeska, the former being
so artistic ac to be positively artificial,
while Modjeeka was the eweet and wom
anly actress of the three, Inferior 10
either of the other two in classical beau
ty, she was not a whit behind them in
tragic force or devotion to ber art. ller
THE KING SHOE STORE
GRAND REMOVAL SALE.
Most Vacate Hy Present Store at 222 S. Spring St. by Jan. 31st, 1894.
Having purchased this stock at an exceedingly low figure, I will begin at
once to close it out at prices much lower than any stock of fine Boots and
Shoes have ever before been offered in this city. BROKEN LINES and
such lines as I do not expect to carry In the future will be offered at half
their actual value, and all other lines at a greater reduction than ever before
made in fine Footwear. The following prices will convince you this is a fact:
DOWN GOES THE PRICE OF LADIES' SHOES. A BIG CUT IN THE PRICE OF GENTS' SHOES-
Former Price » Former Vtret.
Price. Now. Price Now.
Ladies' Fine French Kid Shoes, broken lines.. $6 00 %2 50 Genta' Fine Cordovane, beat made 17 00 and»6 00 $5 00
I idles' French Kid shoes, m'fd Rochester, N.Y HOO 400 Gents' Fine Calf, all styles 000 and 600 400
I Ladies' Fine Dongola Shoes 300 150 Genta' Fine Kangaroo, best made. ... 700 and 600 500
j Ladiea' Fine Dongola Shoes, patent tip 250 200 Gents' Fine Oalf, Spnnieh, Cal. or Yale toe 450 300
i Ladiea' Fine Dongola Oxforde, patent tip 250 150 Genta' Fine Calf 350 and 300 260
Ladies' Fine Dongola Oxfords, patent tip 300 200 Genta' Fine Oalf, broken lines 300 200
; Lediea' Fine Dongola Oxfords, patent tip 400 300 Children's School Shoes, from Bto 11 100 75
Ladiee'Fine Dongola Oxfords, patent tip 150 95 Children's Fine Dongolaa, patent tip 125 100
OTHER LINES REDUCED FROM 20 TO CO PER CENT.
fstF"Every Purchaser Will Have a Chance to Go to the Midwinter Fair Absolutely FREE, including; Eight
Days' Board ami Lodging-.
THE RING SHOE ST«, H ~™' 222 S. SPRING ST.
retirement leaves a vacant chair on the
Knglish-apeaking stage.
She had a husband iand what actreaa
ia there who ia not d—d with a hue
hand V an insignificant-looking French
man hv tbe name of Pillot. After
niuaodering her large earnings in
drink and gambling lor yeara, thia
conjugal ticket-onnter finally became
paralyzed and was removed to a Ban
itaritim in Massachusetts where he
bad auipie time to read Balzac and
George Saud, and to recall hia almost
lorgotten orgiea. lor which the inadan.e'B
lofty dramatic efforts had paid in coin
of the realm. The madame went over
to Germany at one time and spent a
year ihere On her return to America
ahe met ber former busineae manager,
Nat Clulda.
"Ah. Mr. Childe. how are you and
how is our good Irieud Mr. Fielda in
Burton ""
"Madame, I regret to Bay. Mr. Fielda
ia dead "
"An I kind old Mr. Blake, what of
him?"
- Madame, the only Kuius has gone
over lo the majority."
"Ah, it ia too bad. And dear old Dr.
Carmochau, what of him?"
1 iin paine !to say, madame, tbat
the doctor it no more."
".Hou Mnl" cried the great trage
cbeur.e, "this ie a corrowini world, Mr.
Childs. Fiveiybody diea—tbat ie, every
body but Mltet!"
The Mr. Blake ol whom ahe spoke
was an actor, "without a model and
without a shadow." When Dion Bou
cicault, then a young man of 22, wrote
hU elegant comedy of Old Head? and
Young Hearts, he gave Hlake tbe oppor
tunity oi his life. No man who ever
beheld Hlake in the part of the country
clergyman, "Jeaae Mural," could ever
forget it. The part died with him; at
least that's what Bouclcanlt told me
himself in San Francisco tbe last time
1 ever saw the great "Kerry" on earth.
When Law rence Barrett waa in Port
land in 1883 I assisted in saving a por
tion ot his valuables from the burning
oi tbe hiimond hotel, and removed
"Caea'.us" and his belongings to my own
humble domicile on Jefferson street.
Barrett was very gtateful and asked me
what he could do in return.
"Wait till you get back to the
white settlements, Larry, and then send
me a picture of William Kufua Blake,"
whs my reply. About three months
afterward I got a letter from Barrett, in
Which occurretl tbe following sentence:
"I have hinted all over Boston and
New Vcrk, and, to save my soul Irom
the d—l and l orn Walker I cannot find
you a picture of poor old Blake. I
regret it all the more because it will
always he a doubt in my mind as to
which -vas the greatest ol American
actorß —Mr. Hlake or Fidwin Forreat."
Hihai.qo.
CUPIDENE
Is the Great Life Giver.
< jreHßps* t ,l' fl»i»* bandi up,
'tew rerre has, invigorates ail
J&'&tT exhausted otgana of tbe
jTf t'-ertahlo vitalizcr thiit
-Ku (r-Irovs the germs of
A iJ«SS/'^_\ fc Insidious disease
Which tins wasted the
/ i strength ol our young
- ' There are hundred? of
U yotUlg and noddle aged
men wliuea nerve force
nr-. Seelfntag, who suiTer from debilitating
drsams and those ills which fellows from ex
cesses and over iudulgi nces in early life.
«"t"PH»S:*F. will give yen back your life.
Ynu will be as power fully strong after its use us
you are BOW porieiitiy weak.
Are you in n premature eon
fSH, dftion! C'I'PIISKSm will
KviA '""P "'I" waste in v iortnight or
t;:ree weeks.
\VL Inipi.tenrv. sterility, mentnl
fS~* a TVk St.eapneities are 'luiik.y cured
"i ''">'
/ <■ J- '■<■•'• B moved by ihe use
c -7f\B(||S, of t ri'llill.NK. yl
enrea lost Man- fiity: t I
bond, I.nss of llraill Power, ( nn- iglj i j)
aumptl f the bruin parolses), yr*^<^m_
.-1,-:').!.-s. ot .s, |~i.-l: oi Pow-er.di/. .
slneas Paina in i lie Back. Nervous A
> i||Mß
I Varicocele, Constipation and will
I sorely bring buck tho lost power i> ; L *
! of mail.
Prostatitis carries off our
\v~s\ yeiiug omi middle-aged men.
Tgs./ Enlarged prostate gland needs
n i|uleting yet powerful reine
u> -- v-\ dial tiK.-nt. Mich is sl' I*l
/'3p ?lT iSV DEXK. Use CDPUiKKB and
fx\ «••■>'.t a dangerous operation.
Sff nj tlua/antaetn writing given
1/ ivs(ss\ w money returned if jar
s') /i'X 1 \ M noon-tit cure is not effecteoby
w / / l£/six boxes. Una rant of sent
/ / with mail orders just the
tho same, iai.no a box. a
boxes for f*s.o<> by Minll. 6,000 Testtmo
niala. Bond for tree circulars and teatfrnoiilals,
Addrcsr. all mail oriiirs to
DA VOL MEDICINE CO.
P. O. Box WWO, San I'ranclsoo, Col
rort sal* r."
C. H. Hanee, agent, 177-170 N. Springst.
KIINGSLEY & BARNES,
ART PRINTERS
COPPER PLATS PHIXTUJii,
tVBDDIMU INVITATIONS, liT '.
VISITINC ( AltOS, KTC.
j 211 Stm High Street, Fnlton Block,
Near Franklin s;„ giott .d door. Tel. *17.
THE NATIONAL BANK OF CALIFORNIA
Report to Comptroller of Currency Oct. is, Ul»;j.
RESOURCES. LIABIUTIES.
Cash on hand and in banks $143,707 lit Capital stock, paid In coin $250,000 00
United mates bonds. Kill,'oo 00 Surplus 5 000 00
Domand loans 18.4,780 00 Undivided profits 12,704 11
Regular li aua 1M4.5Q0 38 Circulation 135,000 00
school ttoudn and .toeKB. 20,400 05 Deposits 281,084 IS
Furniture and tixtures 8,000 00
X i reuses 5 410 07
$083,848 20 $iit!3.848 29
The National Bank of California s ounof the few banks that successfully stood the.hock
of Ihe late puntc and maintained full coin payments right through
The National Bank of California pays no interest on deposits In any form, olTeis no spec!a
in.! if ,i. for business other tbau reliability when the customers exercise their right tode
mand their money.
In the matter ot loans it looks more to reliability than high rates of interest, and d-sires no
leans except from good and reliable nartlw, and then exacts good security, believing that no
bank Is better or more reliable than ita loans.
DIREOTORB.
O.H.CHURCHILL, O. T. JOHNSON, JOHN WOI.FSKILI., M. H. SHERMAN,
W. '..GRAVES, E. F. 0 KI.OKKK, GEORGK IRVINE, X. N. MCDONALD,
W. 8. ItCVAN, l. B NKWI.IM. A. HaULEY, Jul! ■ M. ''. MA B-tI.E.
STATE LOAN AND TRUST CO.
N.W. Cor Second and Spring sts., Los Angeles, Cal.
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL, $1,000,030. PAID-UP CAPITAL, $700,000.
A General Bauking Business Transacted. Interest at Flvn Per CeiA Paid ou Time Deposits.
OFfICERM:
W. Q. COCHRAN, Pres t. H. J. WOOI.I.ACOTT, V.-Pres't. JAB. t. TOWEI.L, Secy.
DIRECTORS:
Geo. H. Bonebrage, W, H. Crocker, A. A. Hubbard, O.T.Johnson,
P M. Green, Telfair Creighton, W.G.Cochran, B.F.Bali,
H. J. Woollscott, W. P. Gardiner. Jsnies K. Tmvll. S-l!) tf
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BANK OF
Lm Angeles, Cal.
Oldest and Largest Bank In Southern
California.
Capital (paid up) t 500.'")0
aurnlua and proflta 780,000
Total •. $1,280,000
orr cies.
iBAIASW.HKI.LUAN President
HERMAN W. HELLMAN Vice-President
J'iHN MILNEK Cashier
H. J. FLEISHMAN Assistant Cannier
DIRKCTOBS.
W. H Perrr Osro W. Childi, J. B. Lanker
•aim, C. B. Thorn, C. Dncommnn, H. W. Hell
m--u T. L. Dnque. A. Glassell, I. W. Hellman.
Exchange lor sal 4 on all »b* principal citiaa
ol the United Statu, Europe. China and Japaa.
SOUTHERN O A UFORNIA NATION AL BANK
101 S. Sprint street, Nadeau block.
L. N. Breed President
Wm F. BnssyiheU Vice-President
•'. N. Fjlut Cashier
W. H. Huilidar Assistant cashier
Capital paid in gold coin 9200,000
surplus and undivided profits - 5.000
Authorised cayliai 500,000
DIRECTORS.
L. N. Breed, H. T. Newell, Wm H. Avary,
Silas llinrn in. W. H. Holllday, B C. Bosby
shrll, M Hagan, Frank Rader, O. Reniick,
Thoa. Clew. WillUm F Boabyaheli. 7-1 tf
THE UNIVERSITY BANK OF LOS ANORI.E S
Southeast I orner of First aud Broadway.
Capital stock, fully paid $100,0.00
Surplus 75,000
B. M. WIDNEY. President.
D. 0. MILTIMORE, Vice-Pres't.
GEO. 1. ARNOLD, Cashier.
DIBKCTORS:
R. M. Wldney li. O. Milt:more,
H. W. Little, 8. McKlnlsy.
Jonn McAithur. J. H. Norton,
L J. P. Morrill.
General hanking business aud loans on flrst
elats real estate solicttcd. Bny and sell flr«t-
Olass stocas, bonds and warrants. Parties wish
ing to invest in first-clan* securities, on either
lone or short time, can b9 accommodated.
J OSANGELEB NATIONAL BANK,
UNITED STATUS DII'CSIITOKV.
Capital $500,000
surplus _ 5-2,500
Total 552,500
GEORGE H. BONEBRAKF, President.
F. C. HOWkH, Cashier.
K. W. COli, Assistant Cashier.
DIRECTOR':
Col. H. H Markhnm, Perry M. Green, War
ren Gillelen, L. P, Crawford, C. A. Marnner.
Geo. H.Bonebrake, F. C. Howes. It 15 If
■pIRST NATIONAL BANK OFLOS ANGELKB
CAPITAL STOCK $400 030
HJRPLUB 200,000
J. M. ELLIOTT, President.
J. D. BICKNBLL, Vice-Pres't.
FRANK A. GIB-ON, Cashier.
G. B. HHAKFkR, Ass't Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
J. If. Elliott, J D. Rlcknell,
8. H. Molt, H. Mab'jry,
J. D. Hooker, I). Mcnarry,
Wm. G. KtrckhorT.
NILES PEASE,
WBOI.K3ALK AND RETAIL, DEALER IN
FURNITURE, CARPETS,
LACE AND SILK CURTAINS, .
PORTIERES, OIL CLOTHS,
WINDOW SHADES,
LINOLEUMS, MATTINGS, &c
*
8:)7->:{l)-:Ml SOUTH SPRIXIi S'I'BKKT.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS PgißlSK^^
-?i COMINGS' PO RTR AITSic-
Kiiher Crayon?, Sepia-; or Water dolor*. Prices Will Astonish You.
NOTE DISPLAY AT HAM, Ot 221 3. BPRtNU ST. UrlnK any pliolu you wish, Alta
DcftiKUlui: and migraviu;.
E. S. COMINGS, 221 South Spring Streit.
BANK OF AMERICA,
MISBH
LOS ANGELES OUUNTY BANK,
Temple Block.
rapiUl stock paid us 0100,000.
srri i«s.
JOHN X. PL4TKB Preside*
ROB 1.8 BAKER Vice-President
OKO. H. STEWART Casals*
DIRBCTORS.
Joiham Blxby, Chas. Forman,
L.T. Garnsey, Lrwellyn Blxby,
B. 8. Baker. John K. Plater.
Geo. H. Stewart.
OF SOUTHERN OALIFOt£
NIA, ti. !i. Cor. Spring and Court nts.
Lot Angeles. CaL
Capital stock $100,000
Surplus.. 10,000
OFFICERS.
J. H. Braly, President.
Frank A. Qlb.on, V. Prea'l.
John N. Hall, Cashier.
Arthur H.Bralv, Ass't Csshler.
Dirertoni-H. Jevne, J. H, X lloit, c. W. Has
son, Hiram Mabury, Frank A. Gibson J. H.
Kraly, R. W. Pulndexter, W. G. Patterson, H.
L. Drew, Simon Maler.
1 n teres! paid on all deposits. 11-20 if
UNION BANKOFSAVINGS
CAPITAL STOCK, $200,000
223 S. Spring St., LOS ANGELES.
officers and directors:
M.W. Stlrason Wm. Ferguson W. E. McV.iv
Prut Vice-Crest. Cn-luer
C. G. Harrison S. H. Mott R. M. Baker
A. E. Pomeroy
e*CURITY SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST
O CO., 148 8. Main Bt.
Five per cent interest paid on term >i posits.
Capital stocK $200,1>00
T. L. Dujue. Pres't. J. F. r-srtori. Cashier.
W. D. Longyear, Ass't Cashier.
Directors: Isaiaa W. Hellman, Herman W.
Hellman, Maurice 8. Hel mau, A. C. Rogers,
T. L. Dunne, Wm. McDerinolt. at. L. Fleming,
J. A Graves, F. N. Myers. J. H. Shsnklaud, J,
F. Sartorl. 11 10 Urn
OS ANGKLESBAVING4 BANK.
No. 2110 N. Main st-
CAPITAL STOCK $100,010
SURPLUS 35.500
H. W. Mellman, Pres't. J. E. Plater, V.-Prei't,
W. .si. Caswell, Cashier
Directors-!. W. Hellman, R. B Raker, H. W.
Hellman, J. E. Plater, 1. W. Hellman. Jr.
Interest paid on deposits Mm ey to oan on
fl'st-elass real estate 11 1 tl
C"i rrlTens' bank%
/ eitimson Blook, Third arid Sp.-lna,
T. W. Brotherioc, President.
T, d. 0. Lowe, Vice-Pres't.
F, D. Hall, Cashier.
nniKCioBR.
T. D. Sllmson, L. W. Bllnn,
Andrew Mill en J. M. Hile,
R. J. Waters, J. Perclval,
Robert Halt. Io7tt
BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY.
Capital. $200,000
420 S. Main Bt., Los Angeles, Cal.
J. B. LANKKRBHIM President
8. C. HUBBELL Vice-President
J. V. WAOHTKL Cashier
H. W. Hellman, K. Cohn, J. H. Jones, O. T.
Johnson. W. G. KerckhoiT, it. W. O'Melveny.
Interest paid on all deposits. 10-20 tf