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u. T-A1 I. 1 itijjinii I1J1 PWJW8 rv A v- v4 -1 BOSTON EVENING THAN CKIFT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1901 MUSIC AND DRAMA Amusements TEUTONS up to the standard and a disliked performer Is liable to be known as a "neeL In theatrical parlance an attraction which presents repertoire In small towns is a "ten-twent-thlrf this sobriquet referring to the prices of admission generally charged by such combinations. These email places are "Jay burgs and the manager of their opera houses is addressed ss Frohman.

An outsider who hacks an amusement venture Is an "angel. To fill a theatre with "deadheads" when business is bad Is to "paper, a complimentary ticket Is a "fake and a number of them are mentioned as "snow. A tall hat Is a I Henry and also an 11.45, the latter expression being derived from ths fact that this Is ths hour at which minstrels don their silk headgear and report for parade. The length of a part never Is counted by pages hut by "aides. To improvise speeches In place of forgotten ones Is to "fake.

If an actor forgets so much of his part that he Is compelled to stop ho Is accused of having "rung down." Suggestive lines are ginger and old Jokes are "oakum or "gravy. The callow youth who haunts the stags door is a "Johnny" and those who travel with a show without being connected with It are "excess baggage. One who Is Inclined to criticise his fellows Is a knocker and when he begins hla criticisms he Is said to "get Ms hammer out. A good fellow In a company Is an ace. money Is 'cush, and an intoxicated person has a "bun or a dog.

To sleep off this Intoxication is to "taka a Rip Van Winkle. Actors who submit to petticoat rule are called "Barnaby and are spoken of ss being compelled to "Jump through. This expression refers to tho manner In wMch trained animals are compelled to Jump through hoops and other objects at ths command of their masters. Mr. Fischer devotes considerable attention to the technical terms applied to the mechanics and the paraphernalia of the theatre, but these are not slang properly, more than are the names for tools that pass current in any trade In which they are used.

It may be Interesting to know, however, that stage hands are divided Into classes, there being "grips, props and "clearers. Tere are queer but meaning-full names for every implement used In a playhouse, for the scenery and furniture, for the electric lights In certain positions, for particular dressing-rooms, for the galleries from which drops are raised and lowered, for the members of orchestras and for every other conceivable tMng under the sun. Altogether. Mr. Fischer thinks It is safe to say that not even the race track has supplied so many Idioms as has the theatre.

The greater number of these are wonderfully expressive and thoroughly Indicative of the lawless, seml-ldle, free and easy spirit of their creators. ST THEATRE Proprietor and Manager ONLY THIS WEEK AND NEXT "Scored Buoceaa Perconsl THozaph. Herald. Charming piece effective and very iatoreet- AdTjirtlxir- Amazing, thrilling and wholly enjoyable. Ha was admirable.

Transcript. CHARLES FROHMAN Prnt8 WILLIAM In tho Romantic Play A ROYAL RIVAL Adapted by Gerald da Xaarler or over IOO Nig rlon Thoatra, As Flayed for over IOO Night at tha Crite- Y. Distinct hit Notable sarrezz. Posh Thoroughly en-oyzble and dzllghtful." JonraoL Long live Don Oeaar th Second." Traveler. Evening nt A.

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MO I.AHT WRICK Geo. W. Lederers Freacntatloa of ELSIE DE WOLFE JOHN MASON and Mlz De Wolfee Company in CXYDK FITCH'S MASTERPIECE TS Way eWorld Eveg at S.1G. Lal Mat. Saturday at 8 NEXT WEEK-SCATS READY Jolla Arthur's Great Production, MORE THAN QUEEN With WILLIAM HUMPHREY' as Napolsan and ROSELLE KNOTT as Josephine.

PARK HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE MONDAY. DEC. 80 LIMITED ENGAGEMENT RICES 'ftrle-qu. Conipnny In th Sparkling Opera Banff EVANGELINE -With Ita-Warld of Attractbma Dallgkttul Marie Oaorgaoaa Scaalc EUectm BEVY of PRETTY MAIDENS aod GREAT STAR CAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOLLIS I5AAG B. RICH forgets Come, btft the memory of his love, though he has called her rude names, haunts the Countess Du Barry, ths kings mistress the more sines the Jealous monarch Is pursuing and persecuting him.

Spent with flight and fainting with wounds, ha finds refuge In her chamber. Her passion and her energy aflame, she hides him In her very bed. scatters his pursuers, tricks ths suspicious king hlmoelf. Only Jean du Barry, the gambler, who has made her fortune and who Jives by blackmail of It. knows.

It is easier to Md Com than to send him forth in safely. Not even the feta will soothe the Jealous and suspicious king. The Du Barry plays, cajoles, caresses, and ths mors the king suspects a lover. (It la the loans a fair for which Mr. Belasco has written his three preceding acts.) At first she Intercedes for Cosse, the friend.

The king la obdurate. she half-con-fesses. She has loved Cosse. She does love him. It Is the one clean thing In all her empty, spotted Ilfs.

Set him free and the king shall still have her for his plaything. FurldUswIthJealousy, demands only to know his hiding place that ho may send him to the block. She will not telL Ho summons Jean du Barry to telL Before he can speak she stuns him with ths nearest candelabra. The king rages, calls her wanton, bids her go. She breaks and half tells.

Leg Louis promise Cosees life and will reveal all. Vanity now uppermost, the Well-Beloved consents and bids her tell the court that she has betrayed her lover for her king. But she can only -shriek out to the astonished courtier that It Is Cosse and Cosse only that she loves. For ths rest it Iq Cosse that finds the fallen favorite In her retreat at Louireciennea and that soothes her way to execution. Throughout, the part of the Du Barry has been contrived for Mrs.

Carter. There are no subtleties of characterization, speech or emotion In It. Everything la In the clearest of black and white. The hardness of her methods, the restlessness of her manner, the suggestion of undisciplined crudity that still lingers about her acting all suit It. Most of the traits with which Mr.

Belasco has clothed his heroine He well within her powers of understanding and execution In the Du Barrys frivolity and love of luxury, her restlessness and selfishness, her alternating self-elation and self-disgust, her Impertinence and cajoling, her hstrrical longing for the lover that has abused her. the fiery energy to hide him, the reckless self-abandonment when Ms life Is at stake, fear of death when tho Jacobins hunt her down and he Is not there. For the most part the Du Barry, according to Mr. Belasco and Mrs. Carter, is all compact off the raw passion and primitive impulses that at lowest finds an outlet In ths tossing of bon-.

net boxes about a shop, and at highest flings the kings favor to the winds to save the man that has fired them. In the scene where the memory of Cosse and his taunt haunt her. and where he himself burets Into her chamber; above all In the scene a falre, the splendid vitality, the vehemence of temperament, the crude power In Mrs. Carter swept all before them. The audience bent to her torrent of words, to her sweep of gesture, to the hot fire of passion and genuine power that burned behind them.

Only the finer and subtler thing In the part and they are few like the word-picture of her life In the country and the recognition of Cosse at Louveelennes lay beyond her understanding. If. t. P. Symphony Hall: "The Messiah Tlie Handel and Ilaydn Society gave a repetition of Handels Messiah." last evening at Symphony Hall, with the following-named soloists: Miss EfQe Stewart.

Miss Liicde A. Tucker, Mr. Glenn Hall and Mr. Whitney Tew. Mr.

H. G. Tucker was the orjgnlst, Mr. Mollmhauer conducted. This performance was stated to be the 106th by the society; It Is the second within a short period of time.

It seems doubtful whether even such a masterpiece as ths Messiah" can withstand such Incessant presentation. If the performance had been one of exhaustive and Indelible excellence, there need be no question of results. The chorus sang exceedingly well, with Irrepressible enthusiasm In ths Hallelujah" and final choruses. In these their sense of climax becomes dangerously aroused. The orchestra played with a fair simulation of spontaneity.

hut at first the wood wind made noticeable slips in accompanying the soloists. The assisting singers were good, but nut of surpassing excellence. If the "Messiah Is not to become worn and hackneyed beyond repair, there must be Inspiring, memorable performances of It. and for the sake of those therein engaged, not more than once a year If the highest artistic standard Is to be maintained. Vet this performance was mors than creditable.

Miss Tucker has a warm, sympathetic voice, and though somewhat Inclined to sentimentalize, she often shows true musical feeling and breadth of tone. Mr. Tew has not a large voice, but he shows a mtlsfylngly thorough drill in Handel lan traditions, an Innate sense of the right calibre of expression. Especially fluent and authoritative was his air, Why do the Nations? The others were efficient, occasionally mors than casually expressive. Miss Stewart has a brilliant, though somewhat hard voice, Mr.

Hall has a pleasing tenor voice, with a certain degree of lyric charm, but neither of these artists can resist descending too frequently to a conventional conception of his. part. That the Messiah can "draw two audiences of more than tolerable size within little over a week Is evident enough, but It does not seem likely that this can continue for long without pal pa Me detriment to some of tlie elements of performance. K. B.

II. lar favorite, but the play Itself is said to be something quits out of ths ordinary In the way of spectacular melodrama. Frank Cousins; tbs well-known resident off Salem and authority on matters historical pertaining to that city, gave a lecture on Historic Salem In the First Baptist Church of Salem last evening under the auspices of the Mens Club. Theatregoers are to have ths English adaptation of Emile Bergerat'a More Than Queen at ths Tremont Theatre next week. All the elaborate scenery, magnificent costumes and beautiful stags decorations employed In the Julia Arthur production will be seen.

William Humphrey, the original Napoleon of ths play, and Roselle Knott as Josephine will sustain the leading roles. Manager Frank L. Peri ey of the Chaperons company, has issued a storyette entitled "A Modem Chaperon. It is called "an epistolary satire In slang of an Imported custom that Is little more than formality, and little leas than Jest. Ths author defines a chaperon as "like a sour pickle; something to tease the appetite." The interest In Jan Kubelik's Paganini recital at Symphony Hall next Wednesday afternoon Is remarkable even for musical Boston, and his selections will afford him splendid opportunities for a display of his technical abilities.

Hs Is to be assisted by Miss Marla Victoria Torrilhon. a pianist who has been highly successful In other cities. Mr. Kirks La Shelle has practically completed the cast for the London production of "Arizona. The company will include Theodore Roberta Vincent Serrano.

William Haroourt. Joseph Kllgour, William Haworth, George O'Donnel, Edgar Sylwyn, Stephen French, Olive May. Eleanor Wilton and Alice Chandler. The company will probably sail on Jan. 11.

A novel risk has been taken by tbe Lloyds of England upon the chance of an accident to Kubelik which should Interfere with his American tour. In case of such accident Manager Daniel Frohman will be reimbursed to the amount of 110.011. This Insurance was taken out on account of the disastrous results to the management from an accident to Joseffy during one of his tours. Louis Mann and Clara Llpman will begin tbe new year at the Borton Museum meat Monday evening with The Red Kloof, which has been pronounced an even greater success than All on Account of Eliza. The novelty of a play dealing with the Boers and life In the Transvaal will appeal to many, and the picturesqueness of Incident and costume will be a notable feature William A.

Brady's elaborated production of 'Way Down East, tbs attraction off tbs next three weeks at the Boston Theatre, concludes Its engagement at the New York Academy of Music on Saturday. The drama will be presented here by a cast nearly Identical with the original. This cast Includes Phoebe Davies. Ella Hugh Wood, Sara Stevens, Felix Haney, Frank Bell and others. Manager J.

A. Crabtree of the Park Theatre has concluded negotiations with Edward E. Rice by which Mr. Rice will bring his burlesque company to the Park limited season, commencing next Monday night. Ths opening week will be devoted to 'Evangeline.

Important changes are said to have been made In it so that Bostonians will sea practically a new version. Evangeline 111 be followed by a revival of "1492. Harry Clay Blaney In Across ths Pacific" played to two packed houses yesterday. The attraction is doing heavier business than last season when this powerful melodrama was such a popular success. The battle with the Filipinos at the block house when the United States volunteers defend themselves with a rapid-fire Gatling gun in genuine use is one of the most thrilling scenes ever presented on the stage.

The lecture on "Evangeline to be given by Mr. Garrett P. Serviss at Symphony Hall on Saturday afternoon will' contain much that Is fascinating to the lovers of Longfellow's poem. In addition to the many beautiful views accompanying this lecture Mr. Serviss will again show the pictures of last week's lecture upon Italy, in order that his audience may see their beauties, which were unfortunately marred by an accident to bis lantern last Saturday.

Pousse Caff. which Is to be given its first Boston performance at Boston Music Hall next Monday, Is having daily and careful rehearsal. Among the principals are Miss Maude Odell, Miss Blanche Ring Emily Beauprd. Eleanor Falke, Lillie Law-son, Augustus Cook. Frank Lawlor, Robert Dailey, Jake Bernard and Robert Harris.

Performances will be given at 2 and 8 P. with vaudeville from 12.90 until 2 and from 4.80 to 8. Incidental to "Pousse Cafe a sprightly satire on Sky Farm will be presented. An urgent request has come to Llebler fi-om Mrs. Humphry Ward, author of "Eleanor," asking for the loan of Mias Eleanor Robson, whom Mrs.

Ward desires to create the part of Lucy, the leading role in her own dramatisation of her latest story, a production of which win be made at the St Jamess Theatre. London, early In May. It Is more than likely that Llebler Co. will give their consent, and that Miss Robson will secede to Mr. Ward's request.

In which event she will sail for London the latter port of April. Quincy Adams Sawyer" was performed for the first time on any stage at the Empire Theatre, North Adams, yesterday afternoon and evening. Ths play Is on rural lines. Thera are twenty-one speaking parts in it, and It la In four acts and six scenes. The chief work falls on Charles Dickinson, as Quincy Adams Sawyer.

Among the other member of the company are Frederick Reynolds. Louis Hendricks, Corliss Giles. Charles D. Clark, Burton Adams. E.

II. Stephen. George L. Hutchinson. Tell Taylor, Helen Hadley.

Edith Haynes. Annie Hathaway and Nadie Connolly. At the Metropolitan Opera House. New York, last evening, Mme. Eames and Mr.

Alvarez made their first appearances there this winter, taking parts of tbe heroine and the hero In- Gounod's Romeo and Juliet. Mr. Alvarez's voice and style have always been too robust for thst fragile, insipid part; but he sang with a much surer Intonation and mors polished phrasing than he used two years ago; while his performance has lost none of Its fervor and color. Mme. Eames returns more comely in person and distinguished In voice than ever, but even a shade cooler in manner.

She, too, has outgrown Gounod's Juliet. The Columbia Theatre box office was reopened today by Manager Farren for next week's engagement of the merry musical success. The Chaperons. with Frank L. Parley's fine organization of on hundred singing comedians.

George W. Lederer has personal direction of the brilliant stage effects. Chaperons', has been described as a perfect whirlwind of mirth and melody with a collection of stage beauties surpassing any of Manager Perlcy's previous selections. Tbs cast contains a host of Bostons favorite funmakers, including Harry Conor, Walter Jones. Joseph C.

Miron. Ed Redway, Harold Blake. Marie Cahill. Eva TUnguay, Margaret McKinney. May Boley.

Mae StebMns and Nellie Follls. Ths orchestra of twenty-two pieces will be under Max Hlrschfelds baton. DC BARRY IS SEW YORK The -Metropolis Sere Belaeeos Latest Mrs. Carter as Its Hero-. Iso Near York.

Dee. 26-Iir the Criterle Theatre last evening David Belaaooa newest play. MDu Barry, which follows the fortunes of the mistress of Louis XV. from her rise In the royal favor to her death In the French Revolution, was acted for the first time in New York, with Mrs. Leslie Carter as the heroins.

The other speaking parts number at least fifty, and the more Important of them fell as follows: Louis XV C. A. Stevenson du Campbell Gollaa Due ds Brlssac. Henry Weaver Coxa. tevslls Due ds Richelieu Frederick Ferry Denys OllllBt orator The purpose of Mr.

Belasoos play seems to be three-fold to set upon the stage pic-' tnree of life at Purls and Versailles toward the end of the reign of Louis with a scene or two from the revolution as an epilogue; to make the central figure there. In Mme. Du Barry, to characterise the woman and to unfold in the process a dramatic story: and to afford full and shrewdly devised opportunity for the powers of Mrs. Carter an an actress. For these ends time and heroine have been admirably chasten.

The court of Louis XV. and the Paris that mimicked its waysLnd depended upon it for sustenance have be-come virtually a part of the French revolution and that, ss Disraeli testified, is the one episode In modern history In which human Interest is universal and enduring. Long since the mistresses of Louis XV. overshadowed his ministers and his marshals. Who now recalls their names? But there was always a group around a portrait of La Pompadour at a show of eighteenth-century pictures a few years ago in London, and most of the spectators that promise to flock for weeks to Mr.

Belasoos play will have some vague notion of La Du Barry. Diligent Frenchmen, groping In contemporary memoirs and diaries, still seek out details of their lives. Such records of the Du Barry Mr. Belasco has studied sedulously and used freely. But he has bent his material, varied It and added freely and Ingeniously to It.

to suit his purposes. An historic verity In details, al most worthy of Talnes LAnclen Regime. goes hand In hand with diligent striving. In the major episodes, for theatrical effectiveness. PletorlaUy.

Mr. BHasoo succeeds beyond psrad venture. In the fete In the park at Versailles, the long facade of the palace, high on Its terrace, stretches away into the misty night, aglow with lights, as though revfvlfled. The Jaded and frivolous court would have applauded the Du Barrys Ingenuity when she bids the pedestal of a statue of the king to open and reveal a throne, girt with little Ijovws. Dancers, acrobats, Pierrots, succeed each other on the seme.

A throng of courtiers and their ladles, officers and abbes, guardsmen and lackeys All the background. As suggest! re of the, time and Its manners Is the favorites morning reception in her chamber. Her walls are covered with frescoes in the opulent, voluptuous manner of Boucher and Fragonard. Mirrors reflect her comeliness. Cupids everywhere, on pedestals, upholding sconcee, drawing back the oanopy of the great glided bed.

attest ths business of her life. Half reclining on ths cushions, her feet on the back of an outstretched Moorish page, the1 favorite receive the homage of the greet ladies of France. Grave ministers pay court to her. She gives commands and reorives revenues. Tho king enters In hla dressing gown by a private door.

And through the windows of ths sun-lighted court comes ths bustle of the palace. Vividly pictorial and true again are ths narrow streets of revolutionary Paris, with their high, plain, dingy houses on a raw winter morning with ths Jeering crowd of Jacobin rlff-ralf blocking the pavement and filling every window to mock tho Du Barry on her way to execution. Tho milliners shop, with its fa! -lads and its apprentices, whence, as Jeannott Vau bender, she goes out Into tho world, tho little apartments in the gambling house, where she first holds her court of rake and gamesters and the glimpse of the pork at her villa at Louveelennes. where the emissaries of the revolution com to slee her, match, albeit less pretentiously, ttie other Borne of the great personages, like the Due rte Richelieu, tottering roue and Intriguing minister, might have stepped out of the memoirs and portraits of tho time. The minor characters, when they are not pronouncing French names, end the mutes mid detail upon detail to the successive pictures.

As a play Mr. Helaaoo has written Du Barry with an eye single to theatrical effectiveness. Subtleties of characterisation and felicities of speech and sentiment do not concern him. He takes his personages, except his lioroine. ready-made from history or front theatrical convention.

His dialogue Is terse, unadorned pedestrian talk. Ills persorsges go and come incessant ly. and everybody Is always busy doing something from unrolling yards of ribbon to yelling at an executioner's cart. la the fashion or historical plays, everything Is episodic with only the heroines career to Mnd the Incidents together, while the particular thread on which they are strung Is largely of Mr. Belasco'a own weaving.

To the Jeannette of the milliners shop comes Cosse, a young officer of noble family to make ardent love. Jeannette plays with him and puts him off. He comes again to the gambling Bouse and she la ready to go with Mm. Btrt the intrigues are already afoot that are to bring her to ths kings notice. Iiouls come himself, disguised, to see her and to woo, Periled.

Jeannette PIANOS CHE Chickering new atyle A quarter grand pianos are winning from dealers the highest expressions of admiration. They are certainly deserving of the flattering praise bestowed, for they are unquestionably wonderful instruments. The scale is a marvel in its completeness. The tone is large and abounds in quality, while there is not the slightest evidence of a break in the registers. lit is safe to say that the Chickering new quarter grand marks a distinct development in piano creation.

It is the smallest grand on the market, and when we add to this a tone perfection that delights, the popularity of these instruments can be easily accounted for. Chickering Sons are to be congratulated bn this achievement. It is worthy of this great American institnrion, which has been laboring and leading for more than three-quarters of a century in the domain of pianodom. Ahv Jtrk Made TrdJt RrvUv. CHICKERING (El SONS Pianoforte Makers 791 TREMONT BOSTON COLONIAL THEATRE Rich, Karris A Chao.

Drobman ezzaai A Mgis Evenlsga at Mats. Wed. sad Sat. at S. Greatest Comedy Success of the Season David Harum is certain to be one of the moat popular successes of the season in this city.

Herald. Every speech brings a smile, a laugh or sometimes a tear. Globe. Char'ee Frohman Presents VM. H.

CRANE i Dninatlzmtloi Wesicott' DA VID la th Drams tlutloa of Edward Sorn Wesicott'a Novel. HARUM It is thoroughly enjoyable. Journal. Its run should be a prosperous one. Post Mr.

Crane lias surely found in David Harum tlie character of bl career. Transcript. Bests ob Hie up to and Including Jan. 8. Regular Colonial Theatre Prices dl.ao.

1.00. .75. .50. .53 MU I HALL Hamilton PL. Winter ft Tel.

544 Oxford VAUDEVILLE, Varldd, Novel, Clean Continuous performance, 18 X. to 10.80 Orrh. Circle and 1st Balcony. Sd Balcony and lien. Admission Orchestra 50r Box Seats 500 Nothing Higher.

All Seats Reserved. THIS WEEK: NEXT WEEK: Wormwood. By Arrangement with Atali Claire WEBER FIELDS Capt. Kellys Zouaves Garcinetti Family "Pousse Cafe GREAT STAB CAST Eva Mudge Howard Emerson Beizie Gilbert Gorman Keppler Canon Willard And Many Others SQ THEATRE 421 Tremont TeL 977 Tremont. Branch at 1 Music Hall PL.

Tel. 854 Oxford. At and 7.45 P. M. Open at 1 and 7P.1L Elaborate ffsrval of tha CASTLE PORTING Si nue DUCHESS Prices 15.

85. 50 Nothing Higher. All Boats Reserved. Monday Matinee, Sonveatr Bonbon Next Week THE SPORTING DUCHESS. BOSTON THEATRE LAWRENCE McCARTY.

Leasee A Manager High C7jif AttractfaaM at Fair Pr ten 25, 35, 50, 75 AS $1 LAST THREE DAYS HANLONS NEW SUPERBA LAST MATINEE SATURDAY wrek Way Down East BOSTON MUSEUM I ACT TIM EC KwextltiKM fitH LA5 1 IIInCdMdt. Mast, nt a a SKY FARM C'HAKLKK F1IOIIMAV8 PRODUCTION Bg EDW. I. KIDDER. Next Week I Seats Selling Louis MANN Clara LI PM AN In TH RED KLOOF SANDERS THEATRE, CAMBRIDGE Thursday Evening, Dec.

26 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Mr. Wilhelm Gerleke. Conductor Soloist. Mis Estelle J.teliling Programme: Overture. Manfred." Schumann: aria from 11 Penaeroso." Handel; ororturo.

Cockaigne. Elgar; aria from taking, Delibes; symphony No. 2, Brahms. A limited number of ticket! for is Is at Theatre evening uf concert. IA! CHILDRENS THEATRE SO Huntington Opp.

Puhllo Library. Little Miss KVIuffet Matas Friday and Saturday at 2.30 Prloea Children bile. Adnlta 75c. Bos Offlro nt theatre. Tel.

2188-8 Back Bay. 2tA 28 HY3IPHONY ITALI. Wednesday Afternom, Jan. 1 AT 8.30 UBELIK PAGANINI PROGRAM of nnnnnal Interest. Direction Daniel Ptohmmn sad Hago Uorilts.

Tickets os Floor and Pint Baleony tt.uo, gl Ail and 81.00. Second Balcony Now on sale. Wlmsner Plano need. StlA d28 Symphony Tickets FOR SALE OR TO RENT CONNELLY'S, ADAMS HOUSE A Dlltr.F. K.

(D.) C. Decembtr 12. ISO 1 Guod night to her. That radiant being? Xsy. Good night to us: but unto her.

good day! Good day to her, though aged, in her prime Called up Into eternity from time. To hear, for what she wrought beneath the sun. The blessed words, True handmallen. well done. And.

freed from limitations of the clay. To fll with higher work a longer day. Good night to u. as at a wake, who weep, While one sifter another fall asleep; For unto us her cherishel memory Should aa a ministering angel be. To strengthen ns till we.

like her, are sure That they are happy, nobly who endure. 8. H. P. HOW OLD 15 STONEHENGE? Sir Norman Lockyer and Mr.

Penrose have been trying t-" answer the deeply engaging question by a reference to the heavers. They assume that Stonehenge wo a a sur. tmp. and that among the early Inhabitants of these Islands thre existed, hundreds and perhaps thousands of years before Cesar and his legion cams, sufficient mechanical ability to raise the huge monoliths. The main evidence of tha stones being tbe remains of a solar tempi is that an avenue of two ancient earth banks extend from the structure In the direction of sunrise on the longest day of tbe year, "precisely In the rame way a la Egypt a long avenue of spblaxea Indicates the principal outlook of a temple.

TbsPe can be little doubt also, the author consider, that tbe temple was originally roofed In, and that "the sunf first ray suddenly admitted into tbe darkness formed a fundamental part of tbe cultus. It appears equally cler that the orientation, or direction, of the principal axis of the temple wax the same aa that of the avenue. Here then was the purpose of the noble structure to mark exactly the sunrise on the longest summer -or- Tor the children Is represented lo the set of IAX LOCKHAHlS ELEFHAKTB. which ia th Big Vesture of the Groat Holiday Show at This week. The Jackson Family of bicyclists and the Blossoms, a trio of clever acrobatic comediana and pantomlmlsta, will also interest and amuse th Juveniles.

Big hits are being scored by R. J. Jose, the sweetest of all the ballad singers: James O. Bar-rows sod company. Dooley and Fowler, Slamuo and Wesley, John Zimmer and others.

It la plain statement of fact that It is Ths Holiday Bill of lhe Town SPECIAL HOLIDAY ATTRACTIONS AT lyrluramn Tremont at. A GALA HOLIDAY PSOGSAHHE Largest and Smallest Performing Elephant on Eartli BIG LIZ and BABY DOT. BONNER Th Horse with th Human Brain. Writes, reads, calculates and answers questions. A King of Eqnlna Marvels.

BONAVITA Ths Greatest of I Jon Tamers, with 27 huge, shaggy lions, la superb living tableaux. MADAME MORELLI Queen of Jaguars, LINUS II. Moat Beautiful Horsa la existence. THE PEERLESS CHIQUITA Quean of Lilliputian a Vsri table Christmas Doll. Continuous Exhibitions, Lectures and Performances from 10.80 A.

M. to 10.80 P. M. ADMISSION: Adults tSr. Children 15c.

A OLUMBI HEART N. FARRKN Lessee and Manager REOPENS DEG. 30 MUSICAL HIT OF THE TEAR FRANK PERLEY'S Singing Comedians MERRY CHAPERONS frtag Direction GKO. W. IRDKMK COMPANY OP IOo, IXCLI DIN Harry Connor Marie Cahill Walter Jones Tangaay Jos.

C. Miron Margaret McKinney Harold Blake Moo Btebliins Kil. Kedway May Boley MAX H1R8CUF1ELP Musical Director Wed. and Sat. Matinee at 2.

IWHeata now seliinj. SYMPHONY HALL Saturday Afternoon, Dec. It, at S.SO ILLUSTRATED LEfTI'KK BY MR. GARRETT P. Serviss EVANGELINE Tho American Knie of Romantic Love and Exile On see mint of the unavoidable accident which detracted from the beauty of the lllostrstions at lost weeks lecture.

Mr. Serviss has arranged to show all the beautiful pictures of picturesque Italy made (or his lector on Th Lund of Knnioo and Juliet at tha conclusion of the lactnr on Evangeline" without any additional charge. Deserved sesta 85c, OOc, 75c, 1.00 2tl Aj 2B THE NEW CASTLE SQUARE Famous Hostelry Thoroughly Refitted and Will Be Run in the Most Approved Manner Th Castle Square Hotel, under the new management of Joseph J. Marlow and Charles E. Sleeper, has been thoroughly refitted throughout.

Painter. rs. plumbers and others skilled in their line have completely renovated the hotel. The offices and cafs are more resplendent than when first opened to the public, while the chambers and suites have been refurnished and put in the best off repair. The new managers are men well versed In their calling.

Mr. Marlow was for six years connected with tlie Parker House in a responsible position. and for three years was In an executive position th Adams House, besides having an active experience at peroral of the White Mountain hotels, notably Fabyans. Ills associate, Mr. Sleeper, has had a wlJe In New England hotels, and was Identified with that pride of Hon.

Frank Jones, the Rockingham. The Intention of tho present management ia to run the house In a thoroughly up-to-date manner. Particular attention will be paid to tie cuisine and the service, and patrons are assured that nothing but tho best will be served. In respect to cuisine the patrons of no hotI In Boston will be totter rerved. and the entire house, renovated at an expense of thousands of dollars, will be conducted on liberal and progressive lines, and the greatest attention to d-tail and service.

WILL RETURN TO BAY STATE Hcrace P. Van Denberg, a New York Lawyer, Arrested There Yesterday on a Charge ofPeijury at Salem In New York yesterday Horace P. van Denberg. a lawyer of Buffalo and New York, was arrested on a capias issued by the Essex County Superior Criminal Court, having been convicted In Salem last June for perjury. When he was called fir sentence he was defaulted, being at liberty on bonds of 4vv furnished by his brother.

The first arrest of Van Denberg whs the result of alleged perjury on his port In relation to a real estate transaction. Tbe prisoner will be brought to Massachusetts as soon ms the necessary papers can be obtained. Died While Eating Dlaaer While eating bis Christinas dinner at the home of John Driscoll, 134 Pearl street. Malden. John Xennlsic.

forty-three years oM. died suddenly. He bad complained of feeling 111 suddenly fell back In his chair dead. The medical examiner will hold an autopsy. Case of Accidental Shooting While out gunning yesterday in the Needham.

snoods. Francis O. La Bant of Newton Upper Falls, was accidentally shot by Joseph Smith. La Bante received a charge of bird-shot in the back. His condition la not considered serious.

The Boston Playhouses The Christmas scenes in Sky Farm were never more appreciated than yesterday, for the spirit of ths holiday made the audiences thoroughly In sympathy with that part of the play. Ths engagement Is nearing its end and Is more successful than over. Miss Elsie de Wolfes engagement at the Tremont Is drawing to a close. "The Way of the World has done good business in Boston and the press has seen something to commend In both play and players. There will be a matinee on Saturday.

At the Boston Theatre yesterday, two of the largest audiences In the history of ths house saw Hanlon's big pantomimic spectacle. Superba will have Its last performances Saturday afternoon and evening. giving place on Monday to 'Way Down East. Professor Lockharts elephants at Keiths clash cymbals, beat drums, work forward and backward on bottles, seesaw, and accomplish other such diversions foreign to their natural bent. The Juveniles are having no end of fun with the elephants, and with other entertainments especially pleasing tc them.

Planquettes charming work, "The Chlnmes of Normandy, is receiving a splendid presentation at ths Bijou and ths audiences have been uniformly large. For next week's bill Faust Is promised with Clara Lane. J. K. Murray, George Tollman.

Bowman Ralston, Hattie Bell Ladd and Frances Knight as the principals. The great English melodrama "The Sporting Duchess, Is pleasing the Castle Square patrons Immensely this week. It is beautifully staged and costumed, the company and assisting people appear to excellent advantage, and the winning of the Derby brings the drama to a brilliant ending. It 111 be played through next week. Two large holiday audiences witnessed the vaudeville shows at Boston Music Hall yesterday.

The greatest comedy treat was contributed by Professor Wormwood's trained dogs and monkeys, which had a ChrJstmas tree in the afternoon, during their turn. They leaned and scrambled like children for delicacies which the tree bore. A popular novel does not always make a popular play, but tbs exception seems to have been found In David Harum which has scored a great hit at ths Colonial Theatre Everybody Ukes William II. Crane as David, and as he is on the stage about all the time. It follows that ths audience Is kept In a state of constant laughter at his delightful comedy.

William Faversham's audience at the Hollis Street Theatre last evening was one of the largest in the history of the theatre. Ever-body wanted to see the favorite young star In A Royal Rival, and the applause told of the success which he had mads. Don Caesar Is a character that suits him even better than Lord Algy, and no matter what he doe. It Is given with airy grace and artistic finish thst are delightful. The act presented by Miss Blanche Sloan, who heads ths vaudeville bill at the Park Theatre this week.

Is claimed to be one of the greatest aerial acts ever presented by a woman in this city. Other features In tne bill are Sparrow. Powers Brothers. Carlisle dogs, Loris and Altina. Frank O'Brien.

Rena Aubrey, George Stewart. Lillian Walton. Zermo's ponies and Paleys Kalateeh-noscope. Matlntes are given daily at two oclock. At "Little Miss Muffets Christmas Party.

at the Children's Theatre, yesterday afternoon, the special performance ended ulth a vaudeville entertainment. Alice Farrell, who is to be the hero In the "Magic Fiddle." the next play to be presented. played several violin selections: recitations were given by Ilase! Frost. Ruth Kimball, Julia Rogers. Melanie Murdock and Ruth Rapoport: "Tommy Coburn sang a couple of popular airs; Pearl Tupper did a Delsarte dance and Alice Farrell and Alice Kane danced together.

Then came a Christmas tree, well laden with presents. A number of these were sent in by people who knew the actors only on the stage. Among those who saw the play were three members of Mr. E. 8.

Willard's company. They were very enthusiastic over the theatre and the little actors. They were ths guests of little Ruth Kimball, ths blue doll. Each person In the audience went sway with a souvenir. Note and Comment 8udermaiuis new drama.

"Es lebe das Leben. will be first performed at the Berlin Deutsches Theater. Director Brmhm hopes to bring it out towards tbs end of January next. Tha Londbn Matt remembers, la connection with M. Bergerac's play "La Pompoe dour" In Paris, thst ths famous Frenchwoman appeared In Mr.

Gilbert Parkers "Seat of the Mighty. with which Mr. Tree opened Her Majesty's Theatre Whan Mrs. Fisks leaves the Manhattan Theatre, on Jan. 25.

to go on her annual tour. Miss Annie Irish, who objects to traveling. win not accompany her, but will remain In New York end appear with Miss Amelia Bingham la her new play at the Bijou. Beaks are selling rapidly for the engagement of Terry McGovern In "The Rood to Ruin at the Grand Opera House. Not only Is the bantam featherweight star a popu GRAND OPERA HOUSE KVENINOS at Mats.

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Bt.Al d28 day. Hut in th time of those old worshippers and astronomers tho sun ran a few seconds of arc a until part of a degree-higher In the heavens than doe now. and aa wo know with cion tho rate of change. Sir Norman and Mr. Penrose have calculated how long It la since the midsummer un poured lia ray straight down that avenue and through the middle ilne of the temple.

They find It wax about iSSl yearn ago. In other words It was, say, ifi'w B. C. when those early Briton gathered on Salisbury Plain mayhap to worship the orb of light, to nalute the morn of the longest day and mark the beginning of a new year, Indon Tele-grapb. Ballet Missed the Bartender A man walked Into the barroom of the Grand View Hotel, Atlantic avenue, about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and walking ton-ards the bartender.

William Emery, drew a revolver and fired a bullet at him. The man's aim was poor and the build went crashing through a plate-glrva window. The man then disappeared hri the startled witnesses could seize him. California olive grower are preparing to harvest their crop. In every orchard in the State the tree are loaded with th frait.

and th acreage devoted to the cultivation of olive is much larger this year than ever before. In recent years th yearly crop of olives seldom ran over 2W barrels, or. taking seven barrel to the ton. about 2M tons. The grower who their olives as they come from the tree have formerly received PP a ton for their product, or about three cents a pound.

It costs one cent a pound to pick tbo fruit, thus allowing tbe growers ,0 a ton for their olive. This year the total crop of tbe State will reach Mm tons, or MM barrel, an increase of MM barrel over last year. Tbe price this year has dropped 38 1-3 per cent. Olive row bring only 540 a ton a they come from th tree, half of which goes to the pickers, thus allowing the growers only 5 20 a ton. Sciemtlfia American.

Theatrical Slang Robert Fischer, who Is appearing as Squire Bartlett in "Way Down East, has devoted a great deal of his time during the past few years to the compilation of material for what should prove to be a unique and Interesting book. This volume Is to be nothing less than a dictionary of theatrical slang, the amount of which passing current increases every day and already 1ms reached startling proportions. Mr. Fischer has gathered his specimens from recollection, from conversation end from various writer, among them Judge Horton, who recently contributed an excellent article on the subject to the Detroit Free Press. The glossary now being prepared will be supplemented by a commentary and will be divided Into three pgrts.

headed respectively Obsolete Theatrical Slang. Contemporary Theatrical Slang and "Theatrical Slang That Has Become Good English. The citations of Mr. Fischer are about two thousand In number, from which some few may be quoted with profit to the reader. To members of the theatrical profession a successful performance is a hit, while a failure Is a frost.

The performer himself either 'makes good or Is punkey. In referring to big business It Is said "we stood em up. and being denied the customary courtesies by a manager Is being "turned down." A role which affords opportunity for creditable acting is a "fat part. lines which make an appeal to a political or national faction are "bunkum and their speaker describes the applause which followed their repetition by declaring that he "got a hand. Theatregoer who do not enthuse ere called "frapeed.

and. If the player flatters himself that hie work was net understood, he announces that "It went over their heads. Colored actors are "dingles, these who represent Irishmen are "harps, farmer characters are designated as "Rubes and a Hebrew Impersonator Is a "goose or a Tid. VaudevtUlans are "twenty-minute actors' and to go on In a. vaudeville house Is to "do a turn.

A monologue Is "a string of talk or "Junk. Members of the chorus are "the bunch and those of an organisation who have "thinking parts, or parts in which no words are spoken, are "on with the others. An actor who has ceased to he popular Is a "has been and one who boasts of fats prowess Is "chesty." A sMne is a player not quits A Christmas Robbery In ths absence last evening of Ida Hunter from her rooms at 18 Burbank street, they were entered by burglars who stole a gold breastpin, three diamond stickpins, a gold ring; and 573 In money. This sig store Is ensvety box of ths grantee Laxative BrocioQuiainc Toueu UU nW -W lbrrhKts.