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NOTES FROM PARia OLD AND mW-THI AND LA hOUKlS. mam. rws asanma. When I put politi? wholly aside, es I do in this letter I am tempted to cry out? Oh. fur the l'arie of other dnysl and to quoto once more tbe ever Mats on sont le? nslgBB tV antan? Tlie l'urie of tho Third Empire was despotism and of thieves, but nt least it waa amusing.

it is permissible to detest the Bonapartcs and all their ways, as 1 ever did nnd do, ye, nitrii some? times fur something of the gayety, the Irresistible animation the movement, the sparkle of the days when Louis Napoleon nnd the Empress and Mini? arne de and tho rest were nt the Tuil? eries, ami life in Taris was all ono bri'linnt holi? day. The sparkle is prone out of it. Paris is still Paris, anil there is no other, nnd still outshines every other city in the world ns a spretitele, but It 1s very far indeed from outshining Iti other Self of other days. The streets seem half vacant, the shops less rich, there aro fewer carriages, the Parisian has lost some of his alertness of manner, innumerable houses that used to be open are shut for all, or nearly all. social purposes, amusement is no longer tho chief business of life, tho very theatres arc eombre to what they were, on a grc-at race day is less like a gnrdeu of (lowers.

ffho Tuileries have been abolished off the face of the earth, nnd with that beautiful fabric seems to have vanished the very spirit of gayety which once enlivened not the Tuileries alone, but the whole city of which it was tho centre. I am not the first to make these depressing re? flections nor do I make them for the first time, nnd I will not pursue them. All I wish to point out Is that matters are getting not better but worse. I never saw Paris so dull at this eoason as it is I mean, if you look wholly at the ex? ternal life of it? The Presidi'titial crisis which carao to see had exciting moments, but they Were only moments. The streets about the Gare Bt.

Lazare, filled with cavalry and police, looked like old times. As a I hoped there Urould be something for and police to do yea and otherwise than as a spftator.for the ques? tion whether the mob of Paris is again to govern France lias unhappily of late become an one. It must sooner or later be nnswercil, nnd last Saturday was as good an occasion for giving a decisive answer as is likely to occur. Both troops and police were ready for their work, nnd General Banssier, pood Republican as he is, nnd beeaase he is a pood Republican, is the man to render a good account of rioters who pose as revolution? ists. 'vernment by mob Las never been any? thing but governmi nt by a minority.

And I admit the grows by what it feeds on. I have seen so many mobs I should have Uked to see another, and to see how the present Parisian way of haadling them compares with that of London. General SanssirT and Sir Charles Warren are two strong bred in very different schools. Tra? ditions, however, survive. From what I saw on Saturday in the Place du Havre I fudge that the French Ideas aboat riots are, on both aldea very mni'h what they were twenty years ago and more.

Uut enoutrh of these solemnities. It was. I believe, the nspect of the Tl atre Fmneais last nirht which gave rise gloomy I have Imparted tfl u. La-t night was a subscription night; a Tuesday; classic nicht at tbe must classic theatre iti tbo world It rertainly was not classic yesterday In one ase, for the piece was the new comedy, La by 11 Edouard Puilleron de Fran? as one Is forever reminded. it the tory of the Theatre Francais, like everything Jn these days, is modernized.

Moliere is slowly giving way to Pumas, tils, and the lofty accents of tlie gnat Corneille are heard seldom than M. rattling dialogua Noi are the Tuesday night bouses what tiny once were. They are less It is no longer Indispensable for the leaders of society to be seen in tin? boxes or stalls. Certainly, not many them were there last nicht. The house had a second-rate might almost say second hand.

There Were persons of distinction, but they were few. I asked a friend, who had been to tin? durinr? the fust entr'acte, whom he had seen. Absolu? ssent personne." Vit the house was crowded. Few toilettes were brilliant, or even fresh rar wom.n were in full Even in two of the Mage boxes than were ladies in morning cos? tume as they cnninionly or often are on ordinary in balcony bonnets worn uni? versally. A Frenchwoman has since made up bet mind that she cannot uncover 1er bead inside a theatre, except in a box.

What seemed odd was that sumo of these bonneted were In low gowns; not ball gowns, but cat s.juare at tie neck; or two of them sleevelesa As for the black mass of male humanity which Is still allowed to aaonopoliae the beat part of the house, tilt- for tin? mi part in what iure passas for evening with black neck ties. Perhaps it is because Frenchwomen tir. well that Frenchmen so badly. What has befallen the French tailor that be cannot, or Ihat moti of them cannot, construit an evening luitr Half the men looked as if they had hired their dress coati for the svening; so ill fitting Were these diihcult garments. Waistcoats were so cut us tu show as little as possible of blurts, not always so clean that you cared to see more of them, 'ihe neckt leg were mostly of that ordei ol architect un- known as grotesque; sometimes a rag; flaunting in elaborate black hows and hiding bali the narrow of shut which the slit in the waistcoat permitted to be A minority, of were as well nppaivlh'd as if an American or English tailor had cut their ciotins.

Hut the general effect of the was what 1 have said. It ia otily when you turn to that the Imi? usi superiority of the French theatre lut ernes ami seldom has it been evident than last night, Souris'' is nothing but a dialogue in three act.s. It is not dramatic, the idea on Which it is built is not novel, there is not a situa? tion the piece from beginning to etui. he riii.st novel characteristic of it is the distribution of the characters, of whom live are women to only one man. 1 hey are brought on the stage with that art of which tin: French dramatist he only in recent the secret.

everything is simple, easy, natural, char, toten meet, comerse, discuss lach other, disaj? pear, reappear. The note is that of society, but In good put of that society which M. Pail le ron lias in one sentence Of this comedy: Ceat aujourdhui la rue dans le salon. As a whole. It is but a study of a girl's character.

hi; girl la La name given bei ur the start she is a little thing, frightened, who Oowes Without heilig sein or heard, aud hides in is laughed at all through the net by the Marquis" of early middle age who in the second is enchanU-d tu find the girl Joves him, and In the third adores and malli her. He loves bet elder sister in the first, or at any rate she loves him, but is married, und in the end finds berseli free only to Und her lover faithless and bet sister her preferred rival. The mother, who is foolish, and two types of tho llinsian coquette complete the east. The coquettes aro let loose on tin: quis," whose flirtation with the married sister has been discovered by the mother, and is thought dangerous. But It Is La Souris" and nut the coquettes, amusing but futile, who turn away the Marquis" for the sister.

There is a touch of pathos in her self sacrifice to the girl; hardly anything else that savors of latsslon ex? cept explosion of the Marquis" when he do elares himself to the child, as he first thought her, of eighteen. This is oomody of the lightest texture. In the hands of any but very accomplished actors und actresses it would be trivial and dull. Put how charmingly it wus played at the und how interesting, how humorous, how enchant in it became In the hands of these cousummato comedians What delicacy and touch Mile. Dnrtetbas! The of "Clotilde" is fur less important tr.au Francillon," but bow much 6he makes of iti In Frnnrillon" this actress panateti into the front rank.

In Clotilde" she keeps ber place, and M. Pailleron may well be pratcful to her for accepting a purt not t))e first in the piece. It is Mile. iMtebemberg who 1ms the title role, 'ibis young lady will BOt say how many been playing ingenues again I must not say how many years. She 1e the creator of a type; ehe remains the perfect example of It.

Mile Rnrnary as the girl coijuotte, and Mme. BrolMl as the married flirt, are each excellent In their way. And M. "Vorm? as his diction, his delivery. his precision of style, be too much prateedf The result of It all Is-of the talent of each fused Into one harmonious M.

comedy fills the BtagB of the Frnneais for the evening and nobody remembers till the curtain has gon? down and up again amid murmurs of applause how un? rabetantlnl the piece Is. The nouM has barely been supplied with a single emotion, but It has enjoyed its evening and has seen how It Is poasible to play comedy from beginning to end without an exaggerated posture, without a forced note, without, a mistake, nnd with nn unfailing nnd continuous nspcet for dramatic art. o. W. B.

THE POPULAR TOBOGGAN. FINE SPORT PROMISED THIS YV1XTER. MEW ci.vns FortMrr? gTRBTWHonn and waitivo fok Tin corn stason. This to be a great season fo- totioiriranlnrr. Tbl? exhilarating- strongly to those who hnvr time for It.

In three short yenrs Its first Intro? duction In tart? part of the country It lift? become the lcadlnsr fashionable winter pastime. The County Toboggan Club, of Orango. V. the pioneer onranl-ri tton which wa? started by Oliver Funnier Teall nnd kin? dred tins now 'JOD enthusiastic Rival club? eonn up In neighboring cities and towns. Last year the sport leaped Into prominence, and this year It nrnmlses to bo the rage.

Not only In Jersey and New-York have clubs been formed, wherever people of mean? live who have equipped their own privato bat business enterprise ha? Stepped und bullt Immense publie nr varions point? where anyone can be Initiated In the of sltdlag. Preparations for fids season have hern made on nn extremely eitonsive As a rule tho all In readiness, lor the last week toboggan? and toboggan Milts bavo been flying ns fast ns train? could carry tl en, over Maaaaehnaetta, Bew-Jereey, New York, cut, Vermont nnd New Ilamj. shire lor In tils city nn 1 Brooklyn, at Trilioni, Tuxedo, l-arato -a. Albany, OmaMi MoTTiatosra. Newark, BtatoB lalaBd, Boston, Burlington Stamford.

Bridgeport? Bew-Hnvon, Woreeater, Rpring flobl und miiny other pluies votaries of the Spoil are lay ng in an immense stock ef appropriate toggery. Iti? probable that la the territory Indicated the acaeon will rival that in Canada for splendor. Tic reasons why toboggannlng has crown rapidly In general popularity that, beeide offering I oof an especially attractive kind for the young people of both pud Metal Intereonne well. Il best kind of exercise for older men, wbo have I I theii.se'? too much, andonlj need a sin Ie experience on the toboggan ground? to freahen ihem up Busln. men aleo ho ere lay and the sport healthful and ben train, the faot ih it it prot i of ti: it together the member? of nn atl lei club or any similar organisation durtog the winter another surety that the many club? of 1er wll permanently tix the sport in the Culled dates ceri nly liken long lirldc In ndv hi- year The club ir.mge bas bulli new ib al the fool of Ine the entire front of which of gises ih.it the aasemblj room command? fu or the uni merry makers la the glow torches mere alno dlulng room and wine room, the delb it? palate can lie Uli slides bave beco repaire sn are Harlem 1 the io Grounds on dui as win also two oiler olube thai bavi be? organised, sod there are many Sew Yorkers arrangtng to mike up expedittone to the mammotb "slide" al Pieri Turk, which Is tl.e blggect to ID le 1 country.

The relbatn Clnh hai Itaoi and dm It soon I ithei enough. Bai With It? big club of 1.O0O, will have man) York inn rule there it between elnoa When Ibi lari tin ich man to Id? own sii le and ni: be in out ol it. I be at Tu aedo P.irk will be put lo ne? wi.eoe ver 1 tl lati 11 propel U-inpi latui. thing reaitluiea for ibi then Htatcn Island Albleiic tbl? It? "alide" lo be ou tl .1 Bl lalan si lut navi formed In Brooklyn whli patronize li ul ml lug ton Park a the Brooki)n certainly caught a ul p. ft fever.

One ol the lai gatl fcl lu of 1 be nt hiiiiiiiL-toii, t. v. ie held lb.it A point or be given with to taocc t.il?..? up ihi time, Iva pei mm arc toliugg lU. All lit I bel Ih? iieeramao can readily direct ibe coni e. lo of all a.

anally ater? lu- igean, juil 1er ou dp li li Il lor lui. use hi? loot, ho) ileei a a of 01 n.a.? ol aab the chea peat, when a glimpse li.la au enlbusla il A lo the rail? tied by silvei it. 'p cord? of white roj Diackiatoat boitou "hood" in front bf belle une, Kver) i-olor of the Unbo will ue? I In the b.aii?. ug ol be tobogganing tuli? are male, lhi lui club? cow? ing OUI la the lu EMI OOObS FEEFEEEED. Ilir iMtreit htir She aaked lor lace ol a Itimi, and ihc clerk took down a box aud excused lb Id II by "Wa a quantity of Ihl? the boi daj sab? This is exactly like mj sample Isn't It!" Yoo'm ou mu II no, sit bought li Ah And 1 paid him 14 Cents only chai ii." 1 see.

He t. id yon "Thai was smuggled over from o. a nun toll in? the same story, bul of coui are no! re? sponsible." I-I- 1" "Jus! so, ma'am I know Jesi how von feel It, but being a woman, your nor kirk tie DIM for a I Will you 111 dl badi end of IM Uni II fui -Un. Moli Sill Noi Ah, weil, call again. Nothing else lo-day!" BABL1 IS CALIFORNIA.

ttltnr in Thi rVancter? greet faci the citm? hell ol the itiat orange? ai.d tu? ihe mark least six earlier than Kivorslde and Beginning Hecembei 16, are In a proper condition ship Th? canse ol lhls not dirhculi The winters bore are mi is mild and as LiosAngeles if I here I an) difference, Ii Is In favor ot the latter city, But the iprlngtlme auf umn of this vicinity are al degrees Bake? the fruii lu Southern California it haidly ready for the before end no sbollente aro p. before that month Last Southern region made shipments to the number of 2,000 Now a point that shoi.ll be tinted, Constantly borne In mind and one that should all Jealousy from minds of some people living in ihe Mmibein section. Is thai Korthern duns bell an hive ibe bulk of Its oranges and delivered hefore the Southern Riower? at? readv for Ih? Barbel No oranges have ever been mode from this Section, but next year tt almost rettali) thai there will be tcveial from lhls town. LA in l'I- En INT frasa lagst? fritta, wire to Extravagant Uusban lor beavM's alie. iion't a end -o much money Dont Jon know you OHgbt to lay by numethli.g lor a rainy day Husband I have done that, Wife What.

1 IhouJd iu know 1 Husband A rubber eout, JOHN A SII WORTH, from Iht J.oTiilon Sptrtator. Te Joha aurher ami poverty wm a trouble; be wa? r.turimi? of IL As a ber. he bad be go up tiefere au recaiv? the prize," and i.a? Mhappf askauied that he lauat go up wltn bure he went up In lb? platform amid the el.ipplii?; of haeds. Uc say? I navegtvea Iweat? Bad I It, for thing which to eovei my And when return? ing In hl? plane I ibeiitrh my heart would break, bei BHM I aucn poar, poor My, and I tbeiighl of the etkar boy? at my pevertv." Beak, no doubt bui weakness foiglrea In me prlfe wlnuer, and In Jahn ease with ib? ef the of Btraag? ala?" fer which It wa? to Be? a publisher, but of imwaid tare, mlllioe. bar? IsuimM, al)? Uaualaud line Kreuch.

LiuUb. epani.U ami John Aahwarth aaderaioad tha man and wem. a whose elortes be leid. Whea be died, at ali.n.t hi? last reonejel wa. that all the Himday-eoboal ahlldrea that pain had au MISS HJM-YTTM AT HOHE TUE GIRLS OF TIlK OEXTLF.ST RACE.

Tokio, japan, Nov. 18. Where there a prettier picture, than the little Japanese nummo aa stands greeting you with a at the door of chaya 1 And what a smile gives you rom dark eyes of hers It i.r-ems to come as much as from the full rod lips. It Is suca a comforting smile; so promisor)? of tea Bad dainties, so kmdiy snd full of pood toUewsMp with dash OfOOyaetl to enliven It. free frim the pad grlBOl the barmaid of elvlllraMoti You f'-el as If your eomlag Sloae bad caused the real you that after all yon must he rinite a destraille per 1 son, elm why should you he weleomed by dainty beauty 1 is not the nf one about t.i I receive lavori bol seems ntber greeting to an old 1 trlead after long You are not begalted hy BUI empty for rnahr your little how In as cinirt run? a manner to the proudest ol Christendom sad all Bttlag wiioastte-M? "ten tin steps of the verandah and two neat and comely hand smattona win drveet you of your mu? replace them with fur surren.

Eater then the atrium are nil the ladles of the boom atttlag aboot a square Los sniik in tbe floor, half full ash'-s; eaeh with of the BSbOl hv her side, a of naie tea and a tin howled pine that gives but two or three pnfTs at each Toa are given a cushion. V'ir anrt vase nf In vim Bod eoaeealed boralag charcoal this is tho siib-tltuto for a then von are at liberty to use your tongue to tho best of your ability. One ef the classes nf Japanese women thai fn manv ways jiartlcularlv Interesting. Is that of the geisha These are to he the ntilv rrally virtuous men In They are tho faiii.ni? dancing Of the Land of the and anything more grace? ful than these of brighi tr BOl In It-utttoa. They are -rery latito hmI griTillv yoiirur, ForneHnieM riot umr-o than ten year? old.

vet they have an air. a dignity? a certain solemn stateli Dew, that seems a part of and heightened hy their rieb pose, they wallt, they nie their fans, tl.rv Ogle, thev flirt, they go through all the first part of tlm ('hou or Chini Ifl a WO? and With a erare thai would brine tears of fn the eve? of a roorl heanty of manv seasons. Their elotbes are of the riebest staff? and the often and costly. Thej great lo their or and frequenti; you see a fool Both ing morsel ol dancing feminity an obli large ihit the upper end ol the bow appear? above Ibi vrtth most comical efferl Betwt hese deilcatc.attrac the ereaturm ami tbe bla? car a obese wreatlrra, there seems to a strange kind of admiration Every girl, nearly, ha? her favorite and for him ihe work? her Bneal embrolderlea to grace him if he be a victor console him II he be del alesi Ihe feeling of the fondai maiden who worked them well and brevelj In lite Joust. Heveml this there la no l-i the of a i.

no los a it and rihai be? up the blood of I (-a and. In fart, I I I their and rail ili pira that nl. It 1 Pill red 1 pro pie. I ly 1m.ll Kvrn broom. I fro Id main Into it, odo? 1 be bath, a tan one the men try to pi the en, unite uns of ite i'? up all the hahll II le Adam and Uve befnr? In ih ei of ill 11 point? lly I i'i I .1 npren prose I virtuous -ei an be men 1 a Hotel and il bo! springs noi tubi in be ou V.

en na your halb jrjii are rondiiried In room hli ti baa rei tain in ol by preti maiden whu la raadj lu let ail rei lei iti voi n-i vice you 11 sil and ji.ii iprlghtl) ron a do mio a itale of I he ums um, ol Japan and their mi more hai In cu? loms than il il ball dn In he in in, in a Lona lirai I lu much, for jrou mmetliniss rom and Vum and ber familj am unrun of out ol the way. They have I dictions, too, you mlghl mu urna il. nature made bei at a publlr bath, bui le- I. le.iiiy more modesily elotbed altewhere ihanare the lallor-made" girli ol eh lllzeiloa The drama hm hem a great advantage; it la not limited to paltrj two hours, bul can weave II fte tails through several dare; I blob e-hal an opportunity slueitlate the piati he ttoatre? am not very clegmt ho is a trifle seaat, bui some ol ih? maeblaa bualaesi ht woiiderful and the ins tu would often lurpsM ava? the noal gorgeout production? of your Casino, lu strtctlj legttlmats drama only bsbb nn the rolas, bol of late Veen WOBtOB have lo tabe Mpeclallj la the lighter and lesi Important The prompter la ays eroueblng bshiad the Bjasaaar of Ih? liioiiieiit and having faith than Ihn Betrieb, aoes boi eoosldei himself InvlalMa unleaa eavelopad la a long lila, domino. 'Ilio I tosare If pin tenlioiii Ils o.l" with low belati BOB If not, with Straw At the hai' and siile? Is Ihr parquette Sited up In equally uto fashion.

Above la the gallery divided hy partition, six lachet high into boxei Tbese an 'quits swell." bal an furnished, if are not istlsded with stood posi tlon only, you may gain iBOrOSBSd and dt. tlrietlon hy making to the ushei your dis Inclinai Ion lo silling on a hare floor and ho will for a inning consideration presure you cushions, smoking Uteriklls.ainl Ihn BBWOarylag attention of the anil or an r. uicil light your pipe and ho illufori abbi, you are to nono, Save a man who has in. und a irai on Ihn and ran mahn an BMSSlaeal to tho green room. Variety theatre? aro for.imoii, hut los? you mini stand up aalem sbtela a mat, end you don't want llago irai, lor to you a kind of coop rontaliilng BBVersI msn end womea with (aauaA? and other uueer At the proper moment there issue? frem this coop luoh a burst of wild, demoniac discord as no one but a Jap could t.csr ani yet Ilvo.

One of tho most popular amusements Is ldte-fly1ng. At certain seasons old and young, rich and poor malto unto themselves Kites anil hie them to tbo hills. You will sometimos too several thousand people gathered together to natch tho sport or to tallo part. Tho bite? arc often largo and fly very high, t-onio bave, grotesque paintings, Anillan harps, a few am of mid shriiies. Tho lines am wound upon reels and am generally dusted with powdered glass.

BO that If JTOl manaeo to foul your lino with that of one rise It may rut his lino and his hito ho lost, whllo yours still soars. Tin? moro hile? you rut loose tho blggor feather In vour en p. In this lively amusement Miss Yum Yum lakes her full ihat-o. Co where you will yon can find nowhere sueh a bright, good tempered, langbtor-lovtng, and Innately polito people Jans 1 aro full r.f and aro as unselfish as human nature can bo; gen emus, trustful end fai lifi-J. paitent, and brave.

They have a Itrong pride too tbat Is nowhere BOT? aily than In thr fact that though a Behtom passes a henear wlflioiii glvln? bini Something, aro comparatively few In country. If yon a-e annoyrd brine followrd about hy a curious, hut note, a respectful, crowd, you havo only to hold out a coin and they atoll away Ilka shock els at a church fair: they feel hurl at being taken fur mendicants, BE OOE8WTETABE ANT IOXQEB, A rnooKf.vv i.r.saosr. Then Is JfOOng In a eerialn Brooklyn loarding boase, sii Cbrlatflaaa win not bo hilar tottsly n.riry and whoa? Saw ar will ho happy only after the l.i|i?o of a part of It. Tho young man ha? been In the hahlt at iin-al hours of gazing at the yooagw morubeu of the feminine pori? of the bjosehoid, mask to their an Boyanea Torntng oui amend In bla ehalr. he would fin-US his gase on three young women in particular, and permitting bla map to get cold, and eentam of the charms of mast beef, with Its trimming? of potato and turnip, he would devote his emiro attention to beauty citing 'Jhe (ituattoli bi-iairo unhi'iirable, so tho oppressed young O.H a acbeme, and When iho trouble began a-? usuel al dhinoi one week, a fair uug buardei ai ihe end ul Ihe table luddei ly ricllmed Metl perfocllj alili; keep tii.it pre Ion you are, ami I'll havo it doue lu a re.

urnI Haying this eked up from a beala? 1er, Mule paai.di.ierd hud rigged op to re en hie ramei a and Ihmwng napkin over thr end looked Into It. Then pu ling nil Ihe rloth gleacod ol young man si eiclalming, "All i.i a M-rv uncomplimentary comic valentina nemendnua nf leugMer wen? up fn.m rho i.i her boai ind even Ihe waKora out lo Irli II rook and rn 11 vomh loohr I an ri il fi'ii the brash si dine? a reataurani In ng lila? il i' TU! 1 III Il I I 4 I I tore ave. I a il. lui ri a I the I l'ful lioul I-, Ih? I 1 1 I I. al lini ti ut tu in ng no input li fi Jeaae I a birri re ha? very I little au I lulu I I've Il I.

mu. i-l iii? peril nd whti I 4.1!" v.u r) nt tell I bis I irr nil Ihlilli ng ol I he.e mm. who II (HI lha! had al aonie little ditllriilir In ntj elgai? goixl rinnigh 1 day has bui an declare thai baa njoyi king efore in hi? life 1I0W I TTEREON UCK. fr in In' I Abolii of bed Irlek of having very new ihe iii.litulion lliej won .1 un? him 1 .1 fool, utili brfom a snd llirre tri blui munit inni, inn- with ihrj rharg bini aroiild bo of lo be 1rs! I. lie? I loi SI ll llali-sl A nana Ullam fttitci.

time, ami waa pm through the muri and Ihe Miteni and maini sa? liHifoliiral led tun block, and hia uerk In lion Ihn v. lb? and burled In blm allowing it. hr nowhere near I'aiterxni'? beast aludent? laugh .1 in the trlrh wa a' an end, bul I'atteixin wa? bad from wbai we modlrel men rei I il rk mi tir iiis un? pal under arrant, and the Ion urn." struck I'a'li-r mi in (ho trial ll ahown thai sinici him, bul Ihn miti I eel retained tin? i-xpr? bas come down through ile-m to ihn pressai day. n. WA A WA1TEB.

t'unii i.iizrltr old traveller na? discovered a unt'jua method of feeing tho allei lo to seenni insults Ho At the beginning ol the veeh ni the hotel, should tbo allentimi of ihn waiter provo Millsfai loi 1 take a II? dollar hill fioul my pocket, ricuso it aeree? the centre, ami with a pen Lull? cut it in imi piece? Al the end of the rueiU I present Ike water wuh uno half, placing the other In my pue bet book, with ihe remark that if nl? attention? continueaathfactory I win ut the end of the week presen! him the other half. bi'hemo bs libo charm." Jf.l.v OF MIE Ihr tur l'itti. A borse hit'tioii io an sah wagvUi and driven by colorad man. wa? Mlppng and lug along llrand (inveravo. WBOa a halted Ilio ig and sad ixiii't you know wtuit gibi ibai boceef' "I ir.

ken I diate, anh." llr basa'l any on hi? bind fret." "I know Ami be In danger of falling il.iwn." 1-1 Htth." nn't you giti bini 1" liliali, kali. I bad new ou dl? last ftoptember. Tnofe all de amaei 1 meld wake In two week? to Im Blind un told bini had got to l.ilt him till April, an. if he's blu nvagaut an' wore 'em out en' lost 'mu data bla When laa dun psasad mg wurd, lie gwlae to keop THE STAGE. GOSSIP ABOUT PLAYS AND AOTOrlS.

"Iim glad you have come In Just at this said Kb-hard Mansfield to reporter, for I can show you something that has amused me very mudi. lloro is a copy of 'The fit. Louis of last Sun? day, which has about thren columns concerning the trlckory I am supposed to omplny to make the change from Byd? to A reporter ot that paper claims to have gone on tho stage disguised as a super, and never to have taken his eyos off me while I was upon the And what wonderful eyes his must be! They are capable of presenting material Imago? of his most extraordinary fancies. He solemnly do clares that I wear a thin rubber mask with hole? out for the eyos and mouth, and that he watched me pull tt oft when I passed my hands before my face while making the Change. Not content with this assertion, he gives his readers a drawing of the mask.

He on to say that I ban a trick wig with a dring at? tached to tnv collar button, and that when I break that tho wild lock? of Hyde' Instantly arrange them? selves Into the smooth coiffure of Then, too, ho has marvellous things to tel) about my use of powders while, on the stage, and of the employment of calcium lights through ereen mediums, which give my fact a ghastly Now, of course, all this Is the most, arrant nonsense. I do not employ any mechan? ical aids In making tho change, I have Just written a letter to 'The Itepiibllean? etatlng that I have no maih, trick wig, or phoephoms paste, the last being another of the devices attributed to me." Have you at all changed yonr conception of 'Jekyll' since the first night?" "No. There may be some nnanees here and there, but nothing material. I understand what you mean. You think my Jekyll bt not that of the book, and you would ask If I have come nearer to the original.

I frankly admit that my Jekyll is not Stevenson's. It was after eight months of serious th. tight and study that I arrived at my conception, and I have no reason to doubt that It Is the right one for dramatto purposes. The Jekyll of the book Is a hearty. Jovial, middle aged, unromantlo person.

Wei? bo to be so presented before our eyes on the stage he would not satisfy the Idea of a man whose studies were tn so occult a direc? tion. Besides, Is It not probable that a good man as Jekyll was and must be In the play to obtain force of contrant, would have shown continually In his look and bearing re morso the ascendency the power of evil was gradually gaining over him, and for tho crimes ho committed as Uytlo Were I to have shown him aftnr the murdor ae a genial. Jovial person, I believe the audience would have laughed at him and mo Mi tr? over, I had to lOtrodUM a love Internet, ami for that I must make Jekyll somewhat Interesting and romantic." Is) you find tho dual part a very hardworking one Yes. To keep up tho nervous Intensity of Hyde Is a great Not otilv have tort my body and limbs, bur every part of must be kept tremblliig with excitement. If I ratol In the lOMl my bold upon the audience If It your Idea to play this part or did a dra? matist bring you th" piece it my own notion I mapped nul a stasaselo, anil rave it to Mr Botili an, srhe wro'e the pia) gre your plans for next season, Mr Mano flel.p" "Nothing has Leen I hive thee? plays in Ideratb tit.

I In fat dl iraet? a serious s. gedlaa, but I shall aban the 1 light oi Bi thai has eome said A. M. -1 am lerlng In what to have hon nahe night ol (The it the Fi ine als 1 tilt ut the io pailler I the play fi otn I as lakea be li a on? nu Idle ige ted In Invi fair. Iloci bos down lego lo his meo of bet lana they but In the fall In lev? with each otl er.

I think I mu! very well with Coghlaa I I In the title role, and las Miss Dei a a Mia hen I am having Bade of Man ol In bleb WM Urei under il il ire 1 itre. Iba re of I at a good il play Bora says thai lai I .1 irdl. This Is landed It I lood that at I'd i a na propu -ilnn. don to do men ilclsra on "li has very I eco ranch He "The I In 1 uni will, tint fur which It see it specially nie. l'osca Is for Ira Ir el a ve ind ho ved II He had tu eh lien hardt coul in ber pocket and act, practically, all b) herself I Bean by had tu gli I bo as I .1 that tbelr tole? coul 1 be played bj that bile Bar? won? bei out, Iti walk I Ihn leviate li ri he bad uni) occasional exclamait? cal imlnte, fur she excels Id Il fore bail to avoid logli dot elopini ut? that ne long eon monologue? and tin tn the actress, would probeblj no! have pi uted IM anli.

an) neu. I vv ya ad Ion, 1 road a. ti thai would make the eyea ol dl start and rouse ih" deepesl emotions But tl. not all. International public.

are eras for Dm Hottete, rapid and ovon cruda the action, it must opportunities lor luxurious soiling, and yol tata selling tu ist imi be so essential but that It tan bo oat, aud banged as tho oecoaoltlea ol travel may compi. AI Ihn Mime (ho piece hail to as please the I'arislaM, tad to du bad io have in eddlUoo to IM the delicate hand Ing and subtle effeot? that should work of an accomplished artist for If'Th? rosca? Ibi noi soci lu Tail? It bo Whora Midi Sita the sot this most skilful of Could not, I Ihlt.k, have accomplished It, but theo 1 am bound to say, dont believe Mowuldevor bava tried. Bturduti has oamrged triumphantly from the of Bernhardt'? performanM af this p.trt Ptmi vt In tho most glowing though ho to see luir In a play In which not a shadow of poetry, lie think? it a bad thing for dramatic art ol in? authors of Ihn d.tv, IM most Ingenious In ui, situation? and tho most bis Is doten to become a of strange Bulinala With great as tho elur of bis inei.agerlo." Penmafl Thompson wa? seen uno morning Usi wMh on tho stag? of the Academy taking a careful survey Of It? possibilities, ami evidently bent on making altera? tion? ami ImproVOtnontn. Tho vast stage was baia from wall to wall at and frinii foOtUghta to the rear. t'p In Ihe rigging loft was a Bet SMC? of repM, but nearer') any scenes or borders, as Mr.

(ill atora'? hud haea for days engaged olavar? Ing out the accumulili Ions of many of Among the rubbish Rot rid of was an enormous sound REV. DR. HALL vs. SANTA CLAUS. Dr.

of the Hub Ci.ii.eh. SM? 2t nan r.ui.1.1.,?- Maat? Dksi aad pliar.uti.ivl the i.m vrmi.nl r.m? ola l(l an fnrlber Bad null? tt Uli i.n? Pinna? In liuloreing ph. Hull bi.ni un 'niilirli tag nit ill?" lie bl up" tin s.m a aiel BaSjela III? riiiie.ulliivl ee the am lam and ix fuel ola a lloren go furihrr and nnlla I'm a rasa In iii.l.r.fng bal iTiiiluci Ul'l nlhei .1 r. irv.il.i.eii! ri.e'?J''.*/,?'',..7? peeu.a. Otha? Chesl ami luoal III1N-OVH ti.ai..? D.a.t.i.? lall ta scotini pinti lu ttoys or Avoid ItuiiailOB? eau freni bttneet DiuggUlat.

tog-board made some time ago for Theodore Thomas? It oovered the from aide to aldo, ami wan abouj 15 feet wide. The wolght of this framework was about 0,000 pounds, and a wonder that It has not fallen through the etage, for tho ropes that hold war? 1 gradually crumbling away In tho Intense heat that prevails over the stage. "I want," romarksrl Thomas, to find some way of dispensing with the old-fashlonod proscenium draperies, and diminishing the number of slty borders Those horrible, straight. edged, pale-bine strips of canvas destroy the Illusion Of any scene. Theatrical architects soem to me to go to work to try how big a proscenium arch thoy can have, and thon thoy try how they can fill It up with painted hanrrlngs.

I want to carry tho depth of the areh ahovo fret fnrthor bach, and paint It In to with tho draperies and least the first border. Thla arch can be as a brldgo from Which to wirk the lights, and with another bridge at tho hack hy srhleh to counteract tho shadows, I think wo ran do awav with th? rows of border lights and the unsightly borders that have to be usod to bldo thorn. At any rate. 1 am going to make some experiments) fore I begin my bore next KEEP TOUR MTND ON TOUR WATCH HOW TO GUARD AGAINST PICKPOCKET TU? WATB THFBf. TWIBVKg PLCNDBa VICTIMS.

Have you ever had vonr watch stoloni Tf yon navg you have exporlenoed the peculiar sensation whloh ereepa over yon when tho hand Is eareleaalf rtmpped to tske the watch out and only dangling chain Is fotti.d. No one evor had watch etnlea who did net brgtn to meditate on the way It was done, and usually no satisfactory conclusion reached. An old man cerno Into the eity few days ago frota Peterson. Ho has an Intere?) in one of the blr silk mills there and wealthy. IPs vialt was for the pose of bovina Chtlstmas and ho had arveral hundred titillare In bills heetdea a gold wetoh and mond scarf pin.

He la naiundlv a timid man and had I his weathor eye oprn for poeketbooh i was In his left trousers poetM and Ms watch waa la hi? waistcoat on tho side. coat waa but? toned up close la chin, so that none of the light fingered fellows could grt a chance at his property. wslk-d through at. from the 8Uttl Avrnue Road Rroadway. made a purchase and when hr for bis money fourni nothing.

Ills wate! end In wan also gone and only the dangling chain remi'ned. There was never a moro surprised man In thla world, and all that ho could toll Inspector By luce about the robhrry was that ho had born jostled by several men In Fourteenth ft. after leaving tho train, but he had not seen fhom do anything. HOW TIIK Till WORK. In the pickpockets' vocaoulary ho had hern put through tho push and pull" gamo To do this re? inara? a mob'' ef four or five men, boaldai tbe which la tho tern? applied to the man who ieaO the a nick." One of the mob" Is selected to do th? "touching." This of pesatasi the finger? gently over a person's pockets to deterestao he worth robbing.

It la dono always In a BTOWi. II everyth'nit Is all right, tho ton? glvee a tignai and Indicaros by signs where the la Th? unit." In front of tbo victim arni th? and coni" up fmrn behind. At sign nf tho "mob" stumbles and falli or. the Irr fra. who Is nearly cO his feet "mob" grab the viUlm, llbly to keep him from falling, and then thr bind? Jo nt pnpetty la gl? to fin) wlm like Bath.

The dono at bigi ipeed aid BOB it in th? depart In different thief In this of work IVodlo" lie has and a hand that more qeleklf than the eye eea wall fellow If. st.il?? ex areteh la thli wej In ani aald to have committed more robberlea thaa si pickpockets In tho country. Be asually from dring the leaann, tati belai try to lay In stork enough to then o'er tu the opening of tao summer irrte BTK4MXC IV several otl a In eh this fi, Ir I Ite one, and Issafy" ti maai done a newspaper, aa overcoat DI de of tbe in a en the ti ef works OJ bf drop: ti nn the lai the il if ti la tight the tbe The ibi? wo In ile Uh the pochi 1 leave? the ca I Usisi it VOI hen In and BOI el u- Ina? ihe was the out.l le a Ulli While It muh? 3 be dangen said to 1 ira fOf Is I skilful in of robbery ind the Itlca hen aa overee lhawl I over tbe ami it naually tl a 1 BM ber getting on or oll the car. The arm with the coal of ei. ti and be kief will the utbei hand out the watch, up? aal the ring with the thumb and aagoi a teevea the ru ne arri tri ED, gome pickpockets make ipectalty of plying tr id I Funiwal" face would make undertaker weep a th envy, and tbo wife of "Ked? I tir tank burglar, who laid be the ia a ever eac r.

ali the in thu line Bve ybodj Ii luppoacd be lion? A' r.ii (an- and fu i fen of Ni mi-l ILI than even though bis eireta -t lead? hi? hand fill all) Into m-bel. ben la the depot pickpocket elees who work" rallies II a Ite rom" Barlow, the bank burg all ut her railroad Ihleve? In ihe country. chai uilng tal to? deal In lady like that you would breitete se? If yoa ha hind In yon- p.ici,.?t. r-ii pa.r her ears cui od fur stealing in Rraj hide? deformiti th her hair. be? travelled all over the ami pud her wa) bj A A I UiiM ri.irt BYB.VM.

Plckpockete eaanot a-eognlced by their appear anee rhej dree? well but ne tri aje quii I I Il tbelr work. sre quickwitted and always plaj the Innocent whoa caught. I bave a with il eea ae no f. un t' ell. .1 bum in n.nine end tb-ir entire lystem af baaed on distracting the attentloa.

h'hea luspertoi Byrne? eea asked to espiala the tneaaa on the replied Keep youi di i un deh ami ill nevei thla leaeoB of tho yrar everjreBe itasahl Blind Ihe II -j 3 a- IBB oven With Ol ACQCAtNTAEOB i have latte bin aere, air, that 111., h.III?. the World Ves; pleas? lag it down In thai aa ii.ur, I chair running long it bbbI ha tiren. OVTEAOEOUi ras Week larftrsi ti Ute, "Daniel," the with a llgh thM morning he the wlndo? snd watched bii two well MaahtitTl. walking up and dnwa the tard. Yes, sue," responded Daaset, tn? window.

im you tbuHo tare laaji es, "And their blankets. Daniel. Do you see in Moie than I see the BOgl, slTO." Yrs. Daniel; those blanket? cost fflrt In lloaveivj, sire Daniel, elutcklag al Ills poo bet book. "Yes.

Daniel; and that's hy I wrote my inrsiagl so slr.uigl) favor of lantr ivferin. Dog bUuKw. are of Ufo, Darilol, and they not hi taxed." I ben tho I'resldent sat dowu st hi? desk and rOMasM his TOTTBWE KSKROY. ti um urnal. The Rev.

Il 0, Rottnr. litsrtop of the eburebea in York ili). Ih man ot beailng itectarre ami um. li In and action, arni ier a a about II au A pri.mlnrnt of lits oh urei of him "No thing? movo under bis direction: all Malsop I'otter iiix'd? to do la U) look St a thing to It.