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THE SIOUX CITY JOURNAL: SUNDAY MOIJXJXG, SEPTEMBER 24, 1899. 5C(-. (1 I 608 A. uuo FOURTH ST. plans to return when her son has completed his course.

She has purchased the home now occupied by Mr. C. Chesterman, in Smith's Villa, for her future residence. Mr. Walter B.

Vaughn left yesterday for his old home in Jackson. where he has accepted a good position in one of the leading dry goods stores. Mrs. Vaughn and Sewall will follow as soon as Mr. Vaughn completes arrangements for them.

Mrs. D. S. Elliott and little Dorothy left on Friday for their home in St. Paul, after a pleasant visit -of a couple of weeks with Mr.

and Mrs. F. C. Hills. Mr.

and Mrs. Elliott will at once move Into a new home, which has just been completed for them. Ms daughter stopped in Rock ford. 111., to visit with Ren and Arthur Schuleln, who pre In business there. Mr.

Wo. I Joy. with her son. Chaun-cf'y. Is now settled In the old home In Fifth street, having occupied it last Monday.

Rev. II. Cv Dayhoff, of Kansas City, has heen the guest of his son, Mr. W. H.

Dayhoff. during the session of conference. Mrs. George Haley, of New Orleans, sister of Mr. Chellls Patch, who came to attend her brother's wedding, left Friday.

Mr. J. J. Schlawig. who came homo to attend the wedding of his youngest daughter, will leave for Lead City, tomor- io Mrs.

Wtlllaru Lewis, of Kansas City, arrived on Friday to visit in the families of Messrs. E. E. Lewis and J. M.

Finck- ney. Miss Clarissa Wakefield came down from ThE''FLAYS FOURTH ST. SSFSS? Grand pa inery Display 26. i .00 I TUESDAY, would ever develop into such colossal enterprises." An amusing incident is related by Herrmann, the magician, which occurred during his performance at the opera house of a city on his present tour of the south. With the completion of our imported Hats we introduce this Autumn a magnificent collection of novelty and choiceness, the largest, in point of fact, ever displayed in the I Bonnets, Round Hats and Toques; Select Models Frnm I osrIrrrf Doric AA I Artfully represented.

A desirable collectiou dress and suit Hats Las been produced in our work-rooms. 4 One of the. prettiest and latest novelties we have to show is the "Cameo" art warn it i decorative In the highest decree, with itM delicate pure white (ireeian figrure. iitnndinK ron I on on Unll Hnise screen linok-p round. To see it in worth a lipeeial vixit.

passing through the city express the utmost surprise at the completeness, beauty and magnitude of this, Sioux Foremost CROCKERY STORE They tell us that it rivals anything seen between fXew York and San Francisco. The truth is that we figure successfully against them all. Stools: of Xja320.T3S. .1 You can find no lamp that will give satisfaction, either from an illuminating or an artistic stand-point, outside of this stock. 'We have the first selections the leading manufacturers, all others come second! This applies to all lines of goods we carry.

312-314 "ft fW i LWI.IIIS SOCIETY KVS. LcMars, Sept. 23. Special correspondence: On Thursday afternoon at the residence of the bride's parents in Plymouth township Miss Matilda Koenig and Mr. Henry Dobbert were united In marriage.

Rev. L. E. Belzer. pastor of the Stanton Evangelical church, performed the ceremony.

The pleasant home was profusely decorated with flowers for the happy occasion. At 3:30 Mrs. George Spies played the wedding march and the bride and groom took their position under the floral canopy. The bride was very becomingly attired and carried a bouquet of bridal roses. Miss Carrie Bronstetter was bridesmaid and Mr.

Edward Knapp wa3 groomsman. At the conclusion of the marriage service hearty congratulations were extended to the young couple. An elaborate wedding dinner was served on the. lawn, the rooms of the house being devoted to the charming social always so evident in the Koenig home. About 300 guests were present.

The Koenig and Dobbert families, who took up their residence in the early years of the county, are among the most prominent and influential families in the county. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Koenig, of Plymouth township.

whose charming qualities of character have en- -i 'V MISS KATIIRYN (Play I ok In "Dear deared her to the large circle of friends. The groom is a younc man who is most highly esteemed by all. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Dobbert. of Stanton township. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbert will occupy the Dobbert homestead.

Among the LeMars guests were Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Schindel, Rev.

and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Caspar Huebsch, Mr. and Mrs.

Geo. M. Smith, Stella Koenig, Herbert and Jacob Koenig. Hon. and Mrs.

Fremont S. Gibson have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Daisy Mae Gibson and Edward Bjron Carhart, of Sheffield, Io. The marriage service will be celebrated in the First Presbyterian church on Thursday afternoon, October 5, at half past 4 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs.

Carhart will be at home in Sheffield after November 1. Mrs. P. F. Dalton entertained a party of friends oa Saturday afternoon last as a compliment to her guest.

Mrs. Hennlng-son, of Lyons. Io. Mrs. Henningsou was a resident of LeMars during the years 1S74-75, and so the afternoon took the form of an informal old settlers' party as many of the guests were here in those early days, and the many social reminiscences proved most enjoyable.

Afternoon tea was served with the usual dainty accessories. The Friday club held their first meeting of the new literary year on Friday with the president. Mrs. Wiliiam Smiley. According to the programme the event of the afternoon was the president's address.

In trend it was a look backward at the events which occurred during the summer vacation, and forward to the work of the club during the coming year. A social hour 'was passed, during which ices and cakes, equally dainty and relishable after their order, as the addresses so much enjoyed. An excellent programme has been prepared, and the members of the Friday club look forward to a year of great interest and Improvement. 1'rrnonitl. Mrs.

Henry Branch left on Saturday for a visit in Minneapolis. Bert Kluckholfn returned cn Monday to Chicago to resume his studies at the dental college. George W. Koenisc left on Monday to take a rcursc in pharmacy at the Chicago Floyd Clark left cn Tuesday for Philadelphia, where he will complete his courso at the medical college. Mrs, Margaret Koehler left on Saturday for Galena, where she will spend the winter visiting with relatives.

Miss Dorothea Matthews left cn Tuesday for Marshalltown, after a visit with friends In. LeMars and Klngsley. C. II. Jones, who was thrown from his buggy on Saturday last, and quite seriously injured.

Is rapidly Improving. Mrs. David Moore returned cn Saturday from Oto, where she was called on account of the Illness of her sister, Mrs. Hall. Miss Sophie Koehler left on Saturday last for Lincoln.

where she will enter as a student at the state university. F. J. Moreton. who was injured in the hurdle race at the county fair, has so far recovered as to be able to get to.

Ms. Mr. and Mrs. G. E.

Richardson and daughter. Lucille, went to Iowa Falls on Friday to remain a few days with Cherokee Friday evening to spend Sun iay with her mother, Mrs. Mary Wake- ilild. Mls Ruby Fullerton, of St. Louis, who has been" the guest of Mr.

and Mrs. James i Fullerton, left on Wednesday for her home. Mr. and Mrs. W.

A. Jordan, of Miles City. afe expected in the early part of October foil a. visit with Mr, and Mrs i). T.

Master Eiarl! Dibbels has returned from Wakefield, where he has bjeen spending the summer with his grandmother, Mis. Klmbell. -Mrs. D. M.

Inman and her nephew, Mr Orville Thompson, of Vermillion, guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Taylor, returned home Monday.

Mrs. John A. HoaglancK of Vermillion, who has enjoyed a two weeks visit vtthher sister, Mrs.V J. J. Tripp, returned home Saturday.

Miss Maud McMillan left for her home iu Waterloo, on Thursday evening, after a visit in the family of Mr. and Mrs. II. K. Gregory.

Mr. John H. Charles, of 721 Pierce street, is sitting for his portrait to J. K. Barclay, Iondon" artist, who has been commis toned to paint It.

Miss Blanche Lewi left Wednesday for Chicago. She will spdnd the year with her uister. Mrs. C. A.

DeMun, an attend the Chicago university, Mrs. Win. Tredwayand her son. Ralph, will leave for La Grange. 111., within a few days.

Mr. Tredway will pursue his law tidies In Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Lewis, who have been spending a month with the family of Mr.

J. W. Lewis. left on Tuesday for their ome in Custer, D. Mrs.

John P. Alliscn, with her Allison More and Elizabeth Ferris, will arrive from Butte, about the, 1st of October. Mrs. Patch has removed from Nebraska street to the home of her sister, Mrs. Jones and Fifteenth streets, where t-he will be for a few weeks.

Mrs. George M. Ccnway returned Thursday from a visit in Chicago. Her daughter. Miss Conway, has gone to New York to i.it with Mrs.

W. II. Knickerbaeker. Mrs. Hasbrouck Ludlufii and daughters, who have been visiting with Mr.

and Mrs. Geo. I). Perkins for three weeks, 'returned to Plain view. yesterday afternoon.

Mr. F. M. Pelietier has purchased the W. D.

Irvine property on Ninth street, and he will occupy one of the houses as a residence as soon as some improvements are made. Mr; Jay Darling has returned to Beloit (allege. Beloit, to complete bis senior year work. Mr. failing was given a scholarship and also an instructorship in the academy Miss Bida IWesterburg.

the efficient of the Women's and Babies' home, If ft on Ttiseday for A month's visit in Cni-cago. Miss Ethel Hood is in charge dur-' ing her abs nee. Mrs. Helen "Wann, of Galena, 111., is now tn the home of her brother. Mr.

L. L. Drvis, 217 Ninth street. She has many eld who are pleased to note her presence among them. i Mr.

E. O. Currier has returned from a visit In Colorado, leaving Mrs. Currier to follow him a few weeks later. While in Cripple Creek they were the guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Frank E. Smith. Mrs. Susan S.

Fessenden, of Boston, will be In Sioux City the early part of October, en route to lecture upon temperance In Dakota. She will give a few days to visiting with her old friends t.ere. Mr. Frank! Peavey has given his nephew, Mr. George Cleland, a position in the office of Mr.

J. F. Peavey. in Chicago. Mr.

Cleland has' been In Kansas City In the employ of tljte Barber Asphalt company. Tomorrowj Misses Georglana Grandy, Be ssla Kratz. Florence Shull and Jose phine Ross jwlll leave for the state university in Madison, to pursue their studies, after a pleasant vacation in the.r homes. Mr. and Mrs.

Jonathan Gross, of Sibley, who have been visiting in different places lor a number of weeks, arrived Friday evening to rpend a few days their 'daughter, S. Ahn. They will go en home tomorrow. Mrs. Irene Sanford, of Emmetsburg.

has been the guest of Mrs. Robert Bagnell during the past week. She will now visit vH'th her aunt, Mrs. C. K.

Smith, and her daughter. Miss Sanford. who is a teacher I'd the Armstrong school. Mrs. Russell T.

Mason, who has been spending a few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Murphy, will leave on Tuesday to meet her husband In Chicago.

From there they will go to their new home in Houghton, Mich. Mr. T. A. Black has gone to Benton Harbor, to i meet his wife and daughter, who have been visiting there for a month.

Mr. Black will accompany his daughter. Miss Japa. to Washington, D. where she will enter school.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hatfield have returned from Maquoketa.

where Mrs. Hatfield "and two sons, Paul and Rex, have I een vl.dttng for the past six weeks. Mrs. II. M.

Miles, a sister of Mrs. Hatfield, returned with her for a few weeks' visit. Mrs. Rebecca O. Smith and her son, R.

H. Burton Smith, left Friday afternoon for I Boston. Mr. Smith, formerly of the 'Ah school faculty and a graduate of Harvard, will enter the Harvard law school. will still call Sioux City home, and her friends are glad to know that the W.

A. DEAN GO. Sioux City's; Leading Music House tPIHNOS such as C1IK SHAW, DOLL. CROWN, HAI.LKT DAVIS, SClllRERT, iiv, SC llAKFI'CR. NOXH CAN liXCKI, THIS LIST! fcwld on en my payment pin n.

Inve rinnos from a p. A lance Invoice of Mandolin nnl Onltnrn Juat ALL SIIKKT MISIC HALF 1MIICK. A. Ml 0.M I'lH IlTII A Xew Imported -tehina New Dinner Sets JVew Table; Ware New Tea Sets 1 NEBRHSKA ST. Fourth, on main streejt leading to Northwestern and Omaha Depot feist of the immortals, the great procession, the wild and howling throngs, the Kivat council scenes, and others make It something grander and lhore realistic than tlio stiige ever knew before." "Mistake Will Happen" opens Its second season in Milwaukee.

It will make an tended tout of the inUldii and iwrthwestem country. The company Which Is to present the loui.dy is headed by the favorite com-eiiij ii, Charles Dickson, j' W. II. Crane's season) in his new play, "Potor Stuyvesant. Governor of New began at Providence, R.

and later iu the season the pay will be seen at Wnlhu k's theater In New York. More than persons paid tor admission to Shakespeare's-birthplace," Stratford-upou-Avou, during the lljscul year recently closod. and more than jO.OOO persons paid for admission to Anne Hkthaway'a cottage. '15en Hur" hi dramatfc form will in six acts and fifteen xceiies. and the Intro duction or preliminary tableau will show a nioonliirltt seene in the dtjs ert with the wist? men following the star, spoken lu this scene.

Harry Wootlruff, the No words will be be tor, whose we casement to Anna Gould was announced before the Count de Casfellaue came along eai-tured the prize. to piay in "Pa- pa's Wife" with Anna Jleld. oodrulr i just as pretty as Castcllajue. Janausthek, who retired from the 'legitimate three years agt, now, at the ag? of 7s. has made up hei mind to appear agal'n on I he stage.

Tte announeement that she had signed a ifintraet to. appear in a new version of "lUtiy Maunering. playing the role of Meg Meirilies, has been mailt' in New YorU. Ka.wakauii Mine. of actors Yaeco and their iist trieil to enter Gulden Gate, but ui in San; Fran-" this country thej the sheriff closed tlieia eisco to enforce the paj nkiut of some debta incurred there.

Now thfy are at Seattle, and as they teem iu earttest about it they tiulit finally- to Leo Dletriehsen" new i Toina nt ic drama. which be has under the ab written rr il. Rotneru of "A Soisr it the Sword," bas for its background Kaptil on's Italian ambaisrii. hitherto unutilized except by Bernard Shaw in his sareustie one act play, Dietrichsen's hero is a lieutenant la the "Little wtut fall In lov with one of the sunny elnt ked daughters ef invaded Italy. Wins little Alice! Nielsen.

who ehsiruied Sioiix Cityans witli an Mr. Iieriierl's light opeea, "The Fortune Teller," has a new opefa. "The fflnIng "iii." this seasiii. There i one seene in the first act that promise to be more than conventionally pretty. It is the work Josef Physioc and represents the public square of the fatuous -dd jtown of LInz, the capital of Upper Cissy Loft us, who, according to the quid-nuues, has been engaged to' almost every-, body else.

Is now engaged jtir Richard Mansfield as leading Ac least this Is the news that comes from Mis Amy who is now in New York.f Hearing the rumor, she "jumped into two cabs' and soon gained a continuation of-ljto report. Wherefore everything scents seftled aud clear enough except the two ITobert Billinan. dramatic eilitor of the thicago iCeeord, I hard at work adaptitiif a novel entitled HerlDaily Bread" for the stage. This line story was published some 'years ago, and has ia preface by the late Col. Robert G.1 Ingerioll.

which adde.l eousidernble value and importance to the Mink. At the time of its publication in 177 it had a very extensive sale, and the publishers now egaim that the issue very nearly reached 200.000 copies. The two men who advanted the money to send Hopper and his associates to Engiand were Soitsa and I Tod Sliao, the jockey. Tod has been dabbling in this sort of thins for a year or more. He backed the "Three Dragoon." an optra by De Koyen.

jo the extent of This work failed and the money was ni very promptly. But. nothiug daunted, he lias gone into tbi London affair with the chance very much iu favor of getting his money back tenfold. AGTS. FUR Thursday.

Saturday. IL West's Minstrels "Dear Old Charley" "Town Topics" r. People do not realize what great strides have been made in- dramatic productions as year after year has moved by. Of course, tf they would just stop to think even those living la Sioux City cannot forget the years of the old Academy of Music. Pioneers will never forget the days of Gertz Doss hall or of McEl-haney's hall of later date for that matter Those were days when actors and, actresses came by steamboat or over the one rail way.

They did not cross the continent in special cars, or even make their long jumps in cushioned Pullmans. Thing3 have changed greatly in the last quarter of a century. But even in those days some of the best actors of the time played here They did not carry large companies or 'JT OSTERMAV. Old Charle." elaborate costumes orj stags settings. Their wardrobe and a few sets made up the outfit.

-But today it is not at all uncommon for a theatrical company ui puil ino the depot in Sioux City in itk special car and several carloads of special scenery and costumes following along behind. Sor.ie come with a whole traintoad of people and stage equipment. Fortunes are expended every seascn in just starting out one company. Some of them make money fast and others fail very qa-ickiy. It is a chance, win or lose.

Today a production does not depend entirely upon the actor or the actress. It must also be accompanied by a wealth of special stage settings, elaborate costumes and an army of lesser lights. The days of one or two people going about the country without equipment are about over. They can do this in vaudeville, but not in" the reg'ilar business. Those who go to an opera house and sit through an evening witnessing some splendid performance and magnificent stage setting in each and every act do not remember that years gone by they were just as well pleased to see the old time stock company play Wdtbout anything to beautify the stage but the regular setting belonging to the house and costumes which probably had been worn in and out for years.

People do not realize the great changes that have taken place, as they have come upon as gradually. But nevertheless it is a fact that stage productions cf today are beyond all comprehension of years ago. "Who was the first American minstrel?" was a question the other day of William H. West, who will appear here with his celebrated big minstrel jubilea Tuesday evening. "You will naturally suppose that this would be an easy question to answer," was his reply, "but a matter of faet there is not in existence any complete rword or history of negro minstrelsy, al- tnougn it nail its birth: tnis country and is but little over half, a century old.

it Is claimed by some, however, and upow fairly good authority, that Edwin Forrest, the eminent tragedian, sang the first negro song ever rendered on the American stage and waa the first to depict all the peculiarities of dress, dialect and manner of the southern plantation negro. This was when Forrest 4 strolling player in the far Sol Smhh was one of the esiIiesL Barney who -will always be associated, "however, with Irish characters, was anotlier of the early pioneers. P. T. Barnumf did Ethiopian breakdowns in' his day? although he does not cenfess it iu.

his autobiography. Joseph Jefferson made his first stage appearance lit the ace of (4 in black face. Thi3 was In Washington! in 1833, I am correct, Jefferson, In a bag. being brought In cn the shoulders of Themes O. Rice, the original Jlm But I think it is less generally known that Edwin Booth was a negro minstrel in M3 youth.

Booth trade his debut Ju Boston in 1S49. and a ajL-kttyrr-wh onlj "be aU3 "John S. Clarke went down south giving a negro entertainment and making use of the banja and bones. They employed a real darkey as advance agent, and 09 arriving In tha first town you may Imagine their disgust when they found that that intelligent individual had posted every? one of their bills upside That was practically a half a century ago, and I do not believe that Booth at that time or even at the time of hid death ever dreamed that minstrelsy J- -x; vv'-r It is the magician's great pride to present several mystifying tricks on a platform 'extending into the orchestra and surrounded by his audience. As Herrmann is wont to Eay upon such occasions, "Watch me closely," the closer you look the less you see is applicable to all the tricks, especially those he performs upon the platform.

It is the trick of finding money in the air, and in every conceivable place that set his audience in an uproar upon the present occasion. An elderly gentleman was Bitting next to the platform several rows from the stage heartily amused at the ex-clamationi of astonishment the mystified auditors Sestowed upon Herrmann as he brought forth the silver coins. He had just takh several silver dollars out of a young? lady's programme when he reached for the elderly gentleman's head, prepared to pull out a handful of silver. To his surprise; the mortification of the elderly gentleman and the uproarious applause of the audience, he not only had bis hand filled with silver, but It also grasped a wig. leaving the elderly gentle man completely bald.

For a moment Herr mann was stunned, then he quickly apologized. The gentleman quietly grasped the wig and rising from his seat male for the door. It was some moments before the laughter subsided, and the perform ance continued. George C. Boniface, and George Ober.

in Charles BrookSeld's newest ccmedy farce. "Dear Old Charley," is the attraction at the Grand opera house Thursday. Sep tember 28. The supporting company com prises Kathryn Osterman, Bertha Walsing- er, Helen Harcourt, Etta Gilroy, Florence Turner, Maybelle Rother. John Hyams, Stephen Maley and John W.

Burton. "Dear Old Charley" is said to be entirely different from anything yet seen in farce and does not depend on the time worn mistaken dentity theme to create laughter. It is a clever story simply told, and although the author is an Englishman the scenes are aid in and about New York. Mr. Boniface will assume the part of Charley, and Mr.

Ober will be seen as Gabriel Peploe, a friend who Is always' in the way, and does rot get out until Charley makes an attempt to borrow money from him. he Rialto for some years has been the paffc of Broadway frequented by the actors InVCew York during the summer months in search of engagements for the next reason, says the New York Sun. The actors have naturally gathered In the neighborhood of the dramatic agencies, and haye followed the progress of the business uptown. In rather picturesque attire, with a taste for yachting caps and other unconventional city head dress, the unemployed players gathered In the shade of the Broadway buildings, where they met their companions and passed the morning hours In a jovial combination of work and play. The progress of this characteristic feature of New York's summer life from Fourteenth street on the south to Forty-second street on the north has not escaped the ob-, servers of metropolitan existence.

But will never be called on to record another such advance, if the testimony of one witntss, and a well informed one at that, be true. He says that the Rialto has ceased to be a reality; here because no" enough actors are in New York during the summer months to identify any part of the city with them. "Summer engagements are much, more numerous than they ever were before," said thi3 manager, "and odors have no longer difficulty in finding employment during the summer months, as nearly every city outside of New York has an operetta or theatrical company playing at reduced prices In the larger places there are likely to be several of these. They are also to be found at many watering places throughout the country. Th's summer activity is a new phase of the theatrical profession, and gives employment to so many actors that the old crowds on Broadway are a thing of the past.

The mep and women who used to form these picturesque gatherings are employed now from Peak's Island, to Lima, an! the Rialto in all its summer, bloom is losi to New York." Some years ago In the company of the late Edwin Booth a young actor, by reason of his intelligence, earnestness and evident talents, attracted a great deal of attention. His advancement was rapid and gratifying, and he was intrusted with some very Important parts in the revivals, made by the Booth and Barrett combination. Later on he was engaged as leading man in a number of the Frohman companies, and still later was seen as the principal up- HAS ITS A Do I believe In a colle Fond Parenting $2,000 year. Old Frlend What is he doing? Fond Parent Pitching. mi I 0 mm WM mm mm mm ft port with Margaret Mather, making notable successes in all of the larger cities of such roles as Rbmeo in "Romeo and Juliet." and Pcsthumus, in Miss Mather's elaborate revival of "Cymbeline." For several years Mr.

Wolfe has been touring the country as an independent star, presenting the legitimate drama, and has met with a measure of success beyond that usually accorded new aspirants for stellar honor. He has made a feature of revivals of "The Corsican Brothers," "David Garrick," and "Hamlet." "There can be no doubt that Daly was indebted to Miss Rehan in very largi sums of mohev." Faid George Clarke. "Her value as a star can certainly be put at $40,000 a year. She ought to. be worth half a million dollars.

Yet she is comparatively a poor woman. My theory is that she possesses notes, or, mere likely, a bill of sale of the whole property. It is impossible to conceive that she was satisfied' nil these years wiili no acknowledgment- at, all, nor do I think Daly was the man to do business in that way. If my theory is right, then, I should not be surprised to see undo everything that has been done under the will, all the more so that the executors have completely ignored her. I know that she Wants to star here and would have liked Daly's as a base of operations.

But she wasn't even consulted about it. There is no sentimental reason, therefore, why she should hold back. 1 believe something will develop as soon as she comes to New York." Ristori. th4 most celebrated actress of her time, i3 now a woman of 77 years. Her health is excellent and she passes her days in quiet and happily in her Italian home.

A generation ago she dominated the theatrical world: the generation of today has to think twice to recall her identity. Her name recently was again upon the tongues cf Europe, but only in reminiscence. The ccasicn was her participating in celebrating the 50th birthday of her only son. Marquis Giargo Capriaucia del Grillo, gentleman in waiting to Queen Margherita. Marie Wainwright as an emotional actress Is well and widely known; Marie Wainwright as ah opera singer is not so I.VAXTAKt.' ge education? Certainly, My Loy is mak- South of Chicago SSjf "VlEir Ji 14 famous, yet she created the prima donna role in this country, in an opera that has become little short of a classic.

Miss Wainwright was the original Ajr.erican Josephine in "Pinafore," when that lyric production was first presented by R. M. Field, of the Boston museum, something over twenty-one years ago. The cast was made ui of members of the regular dramatic company, and some of them on that occasion discovered for the first time that they cculd sing. Miss Wainwright was one of them.

Mrs. Langtry is to bring "The Degenerates." Sydney Grundy's new play, to America, writes Lyman B. Glover iu the Chicago Times-Herald. She will make a tour of the principal cities under Charles Frch-man's direction, opening at the Garden theater in New York on January "The Degenerates" was recently produced by Mrs. Langtry at the Haymarket theaxer.

London, aniL has caused a heated discusibion among the newspapers and ia society. A letter to the Times-Herald from George II. Broadhurst, the dramatisr, who is now in London, expresses the opinion that "The Degenerates" will uot live long. He saya: "There is nothing but talk in the first two acts, while the third, which is rather strong, bears a remarkable likeness to 'Lady Windermere's Fan." The piece was brilliantly staged and gowned. No emphatic hit was scored, and there was no part in which a hit possible." A member of a Kansas regiment, who is home on a furlough, tells au interesting incident about a woman who was found inside the American lines.

The woman was at first supposed to be a spy, and a strict watch on her every movement prevailed. They put her to work around the hospital, and her care of the wounded caused much comment, owing to her untiring zeal, and knowledge of the care of the many pstients. She immediately became a great favorite with all the boys and one of them, a clever musician, wrote a song entitled "The Belle of the Philippines." which he dedicated to this brave little woman. It was afterward discovered that she was an American girl named Mae Phelps, who had followed her sweetheart to Manila. The young lady is at present in this country, being a member of Town Topics company, and at every performance sings the scr.g she is the original of, "The Belle of the Philippines." The company will be here Saturday.

Dramatic Note. Lawrence is to do "Hamlet." The Karl of Yarmouth is to appear In "Wheels Within Wbdvls." Cora Tanner may slay Ada Rehan's former part in "The Great Ruby." l'he Frawley company, it is announced, will not visit Montana this season. Henry K. Dixey will appear in a new play by William Gill, author of "Adonis." Oiis Harlan, in "My Innocent Boy." be his season iu Pouijlikeepsic Sepie-mbcr IS. Walter Jones has been engaged for the Anna Held company to appear iu "Papa's Wife." It is said that Francis Wiison will 1 ser ious usCyrano iu the operaized "Cyrano 1 de B-ergerae." Charles Richiiian has made the hit of hi career tts Wolff the woman tamer iu "Miss Hobbs." It is reported that "Tommaso Salvinl and his son.

Gustavo Salvinl. may make a joint starring rour next season. Frank Daniels hj-s accepted "The Ameer" and rehearsal have progressed so far that the opening has been set for October 9. II. is the author of a new of "Don Caesar tie Bazan." which ha just in Knglaud.

nden PhUlpots'has just completed a four act play "A Credit to Unman Nature," "of which Charles Frohinau is the possessor." Mrs. Potter Is to appear in "The Mas-sereiies," adptel by Sir William Younff form Ouida's novel. The play will havea east includinc Mrs. Potter. ertrude Kingston, Kyrle Kellew and Lord Iiosslyn.

Early in October there will be prod need -a colonial play, entitled "Tollgate Inn," from the pen of Ijingden McCormickr. The action of the piece takes place at the time of the battle of Bennington. McKec Rankin riys that Irvlng's production of "Robespierre" 1 the greatest the-atrlcal nehieveiiicnt of th nineteenth century. "You consider it a great play, then?" "No." answered Mr. Rankin, "ir is 5Mt a jrreat I stasiitg.

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