Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1888 — Page 12

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURXAU SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 1883-TWEIiTE PAGrES.

SCHEDULE OF LEAGUE GAMES

The Indianapolis Citib Apparently Receives Pretty Fair Treatment. It Will Flay at Boston on Decoration Day and the Bostons Will F Here on Jaly 4 The Three-Strike Halo Criticised. The Indianapolis club received splendid treatment ai the haaa. of ilia schedole committee, and baa all that she could ask for in the way of flesirable dates (or the forthcomingseason. She hu the Boston club here on tbo 4th of July and will herself play in Boston on Decoration day, and Boston 13 the beet Decoration-day ball town in the country. Then Indianapolis will open tbo season at home, and with tbe Cbieagos at that- The eeason opena on Friday, tbe 20th. . Tbe local elnb plays eiaht pames at borne, at tbe ontset of tbe season, with Chicago n Detroit, and then foes to Chicago to open the season, which, under tbe percentage system, is greatly to its advantage. It would appear that tbe Indianapolis management fcas already pained quite an influence in League circles. Pittsburg, which was represented on tbe schedule committee, got the Washingtne for the 4th of July, and will play in New York on Deeoration day. The Phi'.adelphias play in Chicago on tne 4th, and the New Yorks in Detroit. The only change in the report of the committee was to put the Chicagos 10 Boston on Hunker Hill day. instead of the Detroits. Booker Hilt day, the 17th. comes on Sunday, bnt will be observed on the 13th. Tbe schedule for the four Western clnbs is as follows: Indianapolis at Home With Chicago, April 20. 21, 23,24; July 23, 21 25; Aug. 30. 31i Sent. 1. With Detroit. April 26. 27, 28, 30; Jane 29, SO; Jnly 2; Aug. 20, 2 1. 22. With New York, May 5. 7. 8. 9; July J 1. 12. 13; Sept. 7, 8, 10. With Washington, May lO. 11, 12, 14; Jnly 14. 16, 17; Sept. 15, 17, ,3tf. With Philadelphia, Mar 15, 16, 17. 18; July 7, 9, lO; iiept. iiO, 21, 22. With BosBoston, Mar 19, 21, 22, 23i July A' (morning: and afternoon). 5: Sept. 11, 12, 13. With Pitteburg, June 25. 26, 27. 23; July 19. 20. 21; Sept. 3, 4, 5. Indianapolis Abroad At Chicago, May 1, 2, 3, 4; Pent, 24, 25, 26. At Pittsburg. May 24, 25, 6, 2?; Jnly 26, 27, 2c; Aug. 23, 24. 5. At Boston, Mar SO (A. M. and P. If.), 31; June 3 1 An. 9, lO, 11; rtct. 6. 8.9. At New York, June 2. 4, 5. 6; Auir. C, 7, 8; Oct. 11. 12, 13. At Washington, Jnne8, 9, 11, 12; An. 16, 17, 18$ Sept. tS, 29: Oct.. 1. At Philadelphia, Jane 13, 14, 15, 16; A air. 13. 14. 15; Oct. 3, 4, 5. At Detroit. Jane 0, 21, 22, 23; Jaly 30. 31; Aug. 1, 27, 28, 29. Chicago at Home With Indianapolis. May 1, 2. 3, 4; Aug. 2, 3. 4; Sept. 24, 25. 26. With Washington, May 5, 7. 8. 9; Jnly 11, 12, 13; Sept. 20, 21, 22. With New York. May 10. 11. 12, 14; July 14, 16; Fept. 11, 12, 13. With Boston, May 15, 16, 17, 18; July 7, 9. 10; Sept. 7, 8, 10. With Philadelphia, May 19, 21. 22, 23; July 4 A- M. and P. ft.), 5; JSipt. 15, 17, 18. With Detroit, May 24, 25. 26, (8; Juiy 19, 20, 21; Sept. 3. 4, 5. With Pittsburg, 'June 19. 20, 21. 23; July 30, 31; Aug. 1, 27. 28, 29. Chicago Abroad At Indianapolis. April 20, 21, S3. 24; July 23. 24, 25; Aug. SO, 31; Sept. 1. At pittsbur. Aorii 26, 27, 28, 30; Jnne 29. 30; July E; Aug. 21. 22. At Washington, May 30. A. M. and r. M.; Jane 1: Ang. 9, lO, 11; Oct. 6, 8, 9. At Philadelphia, June 2, 4, 5, 6; An. 6, 7. 8; Oet. 11, 12, 13. At Boston, June 14, 15, 16. 18; Ang. 16. 17, !8; 8ept. 28. 29; Oct. 1. At New York, June 8, 9, 1. 12; Aug. 13, 14, 15; Oct. 3, 4. 5. At Detroit, Jnne 25, 26, 27, 28; July 26. 27. 28; Aug. 23, C4, 25. I Detroit at Home With Pittsburg, May 1, 2, 3, 4; foly 23, 24, 25; Aug. 2, 3, 4. With Boston. May , 7, 8. 9; July 14. 16. 17; Sept. 15, 17. 18. With Philadelphia, May lO, 11, 12, 14; Jnly 11, 12, 33;Spt. 11,12.13. With Washington, May 15, 16, 17, 18; July 7, 9, 10; Sept 7, 8. lO. With New York, May 19, 21, 22. 23; July 4 (a. M. and p. M.) 5; Fept. 20, 21. 22. With Indianapolis, June 20.21, 22, 23; July SO. 31; Ang. 1, 27. 29. With Chiago. June 25, 26, 27, 28; July 26. 27, 28; Aug. 23, 24, 25. Detroit Abroad At Pittsbnrg, Anril 20, 21, 23. 24 Ang. 30, 31, Sept. 1, 24, 25 26. At Indianapolis, April 26, 27. 28. 30; Jnne 29, 30. July 2: Ang. 20, 21, 22. At Chicago, May 24, 25, 26, !28; July 19, 20, 21; Sept. 3, 4, 5. At Philadelphia, May 30, (norninz and efteisoon.) 31, Jnne 1; Ang. , 10, 11; Oct. 6. 8, 9. At Washington, June 2, 4. b: Ang. 6, 7. 8; Oct. 11. 12. 13. At New York. June 3, 14. 15. 16t Ang. 16. 17, 18; Sept. 28, 29, Oct. 11. At Boston, June 8. 9, 11, 12; Aug. 13, 14, 15; , Oct. 3, 4, 5. I PittsVmrg Abroad With Detroit. Mar 1, 2, 3, 4; 'Jnly 23, 24. 25; Aug. 2, 3. 4. With Chicago, June JQ, 20. 21, 23; Jnly 30, 31; Aug. 1. 27, 28, 29. With New York, May 30 (morning and afternoon), SI; June 1; Ang. 9, 10, 11; Oct. 6. 8. 9. With Indianapolis, Jnne 25, 26, 27, 28; Jnly 19. 20, 21; Sept. 3. 4, 5 With Washington, Jane 13. 14. 15, 136; Ang. 13, 14. 15; Oct. 3,4,5. With Boston, Jnne 2. 4. 6; Auk. 6, 7, 8; Oct. 11. 12, 13. With Philadelphia, June 8. 11, 12; Aug. 10, 17, 18; Sept. ' 28. 29; Oct. 1. . Pittsbnrg at Home With Detroit, April 21, 22, 23. 24; Aug. 30. 31; Sopt. 1. 24. 25,,26. With Chi'cago. AprH 26, 27, 28. 3(h June 29, 30: July 2-. Aug. 20. 21, 22. With Philad lphia. Mar 5. 7, 8, 9; July 14, 15. 17; Sept. 7, 8, 10. With Boston, Mar lO, 11. 12, 14; July 11, 12. 13; Sept. 20, 21, 22. With New York. May 15, 16, 17. 18; July 7. 9, 10, Sent. 15.17, 18. With Washington, May 19, 21, 22, 23; July 4 (morning and afternoon), f; Sept. 11, 12, 13. With Indianapolis. May 24, 26. 27, 23; July 26, 27, E8; Aug. 23, 24, 25. The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Detroit Free Press are engaged in a discussion over tbe comparative merits of Leagne and Association players. Even Association partisans have generally admitted that the League contained a superior set of batsmen, but they have always maintained that tbe Association was superior in fielding and base-running. But it is doubtful if the Association's claim to superior fiieldiag ability is well founded. Brilliant fielding characterizes the League games far more than it does those of tbe Association, as imnar'ial witnesses will testify, wlfo bare lived in tbe cities where both the leaeues were represented. This may be due, in a measure, to the fact that the heavier bitting of League players gives tbe opportunity for more brilliant fielding, but whatever the eause, the fact exists. The truth doabtU-ss is that tbe League not enly vastlv excels the younger organization in batting, but also a greater or less degree in field in; but. on the other hand, tbe League's superior! ir in batt:n is no more marked than tbe Association's superiority in hase-runninr. The yonng, light-weieht, bead-sliding players of tbe Association will travel four bases while the , heavilv-bnilt, hard-hitting leaguers are getting ever three, and when a Dright writer n&f iviatnIson. of the Free Press, makes the assertion that the League is as superior in this as in the Mother departments, be lets his prejudice run away with his judgment. He makes the ridiculous statement that the Detroits are as f good base runners as the St. Louis Browns, bet cause they stole more bases during the late . series between those clubs. The matter ot fact is the Detroits stole no bases in that series. They merely ran nnTfltolested from one base to another. The St Louis pitchers might as well have bad a capacious ibnr-i' door behind tbem to stop the ball, as the !eatc?.ers they had, so far as the latter were instrumental in throwing to baes. We do not remember positively, but are under tbe impression that neither of the St. Louis catchers threw accurately to second base on a single occasion during the series of fifteen games. Accordingly, when the Detroit players did not knock out a home run or trple, tbry had little difficulty in ambling from first to second, or from second to third. Notwithstanding that that prince of throwers. Bennett, was behind the bat for Detroit, and in perfect condition, Latham alone stole just half as many bases as did tbe entire Detroit team, with nothing to binder tbem from roing from one base to another exeept the possibility of falling down. No. Mr. Mathisen. the Detroits hare no claim as base-runners when compared with the St. Louis club, but it is the only department in which they cannot give tbem valuable lessons year in and year out. As fielders they out-cla6sed the young men from St. Louis two to one. and as batters fully as murh. AVith 6oeh superiority in these departments, what ned was there for base-running. It is worthy of observation, however, in this concoction, that the League is gradually improving in the base-running department Philadelphia and Chicago are becoming great baserunning teams, and New York and Pittsburg -Will not be far behind the approaching season. Tbere promises to be general dissatisfaction before the season advances far, with tbe change from fonr to three strikes. It will again m ake ihe pitcher and catcher play half the game, which will lose much of its interest to spec totors in consequence. This has already been verified. In tie games tbe past winter in California tbe tiew rules were employed, and the pitchere did 11 tbe work. Van Ilaltren shut the St. Louis testa off without a hit. and King kept the hardhitting New Yorkers down to one hit in nine innings. Tben tbe Cincinnati", who are facing amateur pitchers down South, eem to be doing very little batting, an t ly the blame on the three-strike rule. McPbee. tbe intelligent and brilliant fielding second baseman of that team, who plevd ail winter with the St. Louis club oa tbe flop, tells a renorter that when a pitcher gets a strike on a batter at the tart the latter is as gecd as out, and the policy cf pitchers this seaion will donhtless be to put tbe first ball over be plate. Tnis will serve to rush tbe games through, which is about tae only praiseworthy

feature of the new rule. The games last season were unquestionably too long. The three-strike ruie will, however, increase tbe number of available pitchers. The number of m-n who can throw three good bal'.s out of seven over the Ttlate right along, and attempt to fool the batter at the same time, is very smalL The young inuu win now have a show. ' Mike Kelly told a Boston Globe reporter, tbe other day, how near he came being laid off the Cincinnati team, in 1878, for poor playing or Lard luck, as he called it Said he; "We started on our Eastern trip tSe latter part of May. We went first to Troy, thence to Syracuse, to Providence and ending in Boston. The team started out under the management of 'Jim' White. Jim grew discouraged at the bad business, resigned while at Troy, and Cal McVey went into authority. We lost one game out of three at Troy, two out of three in Syracuse, three in Providence and the first two in Bostou. Dickerson, one of the club, was drinking pretty hard, and I was playing in pretty rough luck. After the second Boston game, the record showed that out of the last twenty-one times at the bat I had reached the first base but once, and that was by virtue of an error. MeVey announced privately that night that he had telegraphed Jack Leary. who was then in Manchester, to come on the next day, and play on the nine in the last game in Boston. He said he hadn't made np his mind whether to lsy off Kelly or Dickerson; the latter was drinking, to be sure, but he did hit the bail occasionally, but he thought I seemed to be so completely demoralized that I was the one to be relieved. With that impression McVey went to bed. - Much to Cal'e disappointment Leary did not arrive in time for the game, and I was put in aeaio to play right field. I knew what was going on, and 1 became so desperate that tbe ice was broken and I succeeded in scattering my ill-luck to the winds. I went to the bat five times, making two doubles, a triple and a home run. Cal was delighted with my stick work that day. The team returned home and we met the Chicagos. In the first game I was very lueky. I batted in every run made and won tbe game for my club. At tbe end of tbe season I stood up among the leading batters. What might have been the resnlt had Jack Leary appeared on tbe grounds in Bostonf I wonld have been laid oft and returned to Patterson in - disgrace.

Perhaps I never would have bad nerve enough to play in a League club again." Ease-Rail Notes. Pitcher Kilroy want3 83.500 from Baltimore. Fred Pfeffer says tbe Chicago infield is the roughest in tbe League, The younger members of tbe New York team are now in the South. Lillie, once a well-known League out-fielder, i3 in Kansas City, ont of an engagement Tbe Cincinnatis talk of carrying a pet monkey along for a mascot tbe approaching season. Yiau, of the Cineinnatis, is pronounced one of the finest-looking players in the profession. Tommy Bond, once Boston's favorite pitcher, will umpire this summer in the New England League. Pitcher George, who played with the New Yorks last year, i3 lying ill at his home in Bell aire, O. The well-known California pitcher, Pnrcell, will, at the end of the season, o to Baltimore to to stndy for the priesthood. Young Crook, who baa signed to play second base for the St. Louis Whites, is a son of Gen. Crook, of Indian war fame. Wizard Shaw is living qnietly at Charlestown, Mass., and practices every day. He might prove effective again under the thre-strike rule. Tbe Phil adelphia club will this year have two uniforms one blue and one whit both trimmed with red. The stockings and belts will be red. Tbe spring series between tbe Detroits and St. Louis have been limited to five games, as follows: In New Orleans, April 2 and 3; in Nashville, April 6; in St Louis, April 13 and 14. A Chicago correspondent intimates that Williamson may be played on first before long and that Anson will retire to the bench. Anson says tbe big short-stop would make a great first baseman. Ed Williamson, who is back from California, says that if Clarkson signs again with Chicago the latter will win tbe penant, ns Van Haltren is "simply pitching wonderfully." He thinks Cincinnati will win the Association pennant An Association authority rates the chances of the various clubs for tbe pennant the coming season as follows: 2 to 1 aeainst Cincinnati; 3 to 1 against Brooklyn or Louisville; 4 to 1 against Baltimore or St. Louis; 5 to 1 against the Athletics; 12 to 1 aeainst Cleveland; 1,000,000 to 1 against Kansas City. , Ex-Manager Scanlon, of the Washington club, is said to have been chiefly instrumental io having the House ef Representatives include basebail in tbe pool bill oassed by that body. If this provision should pass the Senate it will have a tendency to very greatly elevate base-ball, as it will remove temptations to players, and, at the same time, remove one of the most demoralizing catis the game has to contend against in Washington. Pitcher Stagg. who is training the Yale College nine, has devised a new scheme for teaching tbem to slide bases. He has constructed and placed in the gvmnasium a pine frame, fourteen by seven feet covered with canvas drawn tightly and an overcovering of velrst carpet, and with its surface elevated about four feet above the ground. The candidates run a distsnce of twftnty feet or so, and then burl themselves headlong upon this new machine. Detroit Free Press: Association people are continually looking around for tbe causes of their inferiority when compared with tbe Leazue. To a large extent it is due to superior base-ball generalship in the older organization, but tbe main reason is that League officials know something which those of the Association have yet to learn, and that is that unless a-sport has a basis of respectability and observance of Sunday it cannot hope to flourish. The class of people who throw beer mugs at the umpire cannot support a club. Tbey are not numerous enough. It is the large class of respectable, law-abiding people who pay the salaries of players and in some cases put dividends into the pockets of the stockholders. When the Association takes pattern from the League, forbids beer-selling in the grand-stands and omits to schedule any games for Sunday, then, and tben only, will the Association put itself on an endaring basis; and unless it does this soon its downfall may be looked for. O. P. Caylor: One spring day, in 1882, Charley Snyder was walking up Main street, iu Cincinnati, when his eyes rested upon a modest eirfn, which read: ' Hermann, glovemaker." He was in need of a glove, and be went in to solicit tbe making of one. He found a German and his wife in a small room about ten by fifteen feet in area, and a patronage which was so meager they barely lived. After ranch trouble Snyder made tbem understand what it was he wanted. In a few days he bad his glove, and it proved to be one of the best he ever used. Several visiting catchers saw the glove, got a pointer and. bunting up the German, left orders. Those gloves in turn secured other orders, and in a year or so the glove-maker bad rented a neighboring building, employed help and was manufacturing gloves for players in almost every part pf .the country. Presently orders came in for supplies of gloves from Spalding Bros., Reach, Wright and other base-ball supply dealers, so that in the years which have followed tbe German and his wife have made a small .fortune. Snyder's visit to that little room on that spring morning, nearly six years ago, was like the fairy's visits of which we read. Slunk acsy's Luxurious Home. Pall Mall Gazette. 1L MunKacay has a splendid mansion at Paris, in the Avenue de Vulier s, which is mnch frequented by tbe society of the French capital. A contemporary, describing the hotel, says that it is a masterpiece of artifctic taste and refined luxury. Everything that tbe hand of an artist, assisted by the elegant instinct of a yonng wife, could devise bas beeu collected precious stuffs, works of art, wood earvinrs fine as lace, pictures by master artists, valuable bronzes, arms, trophies, pieces of ancient furniture, and rare plants it is a strange and glittering combination, tbe whimsical harmony of which has an irresistible attraction. The family apartments, consisting of Jinn. Munkacsy's room and boudoir, the dining, drawing and billiard-rooms, are on the first floor. On one side of the second floor is a kind of drawing-room picture gallery, which is a veritable museum, continuing the ene of which the staircase is the magnificent casket; on the other side is the enormous studio, each corner of which is a sort of greonhouse where green plants allow the daylight only to enter filtered and softened. Who Knows Which Is Right? Tbe Occident. Iter. Dr. JL Jastrow has again proven that, according to the teachings of Judaism, God is pert ooal, while Wise has proven again that, according to the teachings of Judaism. God is impersonal. God only knows which is right And What Dnea Number Two Say? New York Mall and Express. A widow to be married again bas distributed among her first husband's relatives eery dollar she received from his estate. And all the people say, "Ah there!" Ayer's Sarsaparilla eradicates foul humors. I

ABOUT PLAYS AND PLAYEfiS

Three Extraordinary Attractions at the Local Theaters This Week. Dixey in "Adonis" and Minnie Palmer in "My Brother's Sister" at the Grand, and Campanini's Concert Company at English's. After more than twelve hundred consecutive performances, Mr. Henry E. Dixey will appear before an Indianapolis audience, for the first time, at tbe Grand to-morrow night, in his extraordinary creation of "Adonis." in tbe famous burlesque of that title. No attraction before the public bas been so widely advertised as this, aud certainly none has bad a more remarkable career. Originally produced in Chicago four years ago, it made an instantaneous hit, and was taken to the Bijou Theater, New York, where it had a continuous run of more than two years, to audience, that filled tbe theater at every performance. Tben it was taken abroad and made a great hit in England, and since its return to this country it bas. been giving a series of remarkably successful engagements throughout the States. Without Dixey, "Adonis" would amount to but little, for he is the life and soul of the piece. His career has been evm more remarkable than that of Mr. Gill's burlesque. Only a few years ago, be was tbe "hind tees" of tbe dancing heifer in "Evangeline." Finally, be was given a small part and made a hit in it, and was tben rapidly advanced until be had played ail the leading comedy roies in various operatie and burlesque successes. "Adonis" was written for him, and since he made his first appearance in it, be bas been the most popular of tbe comedy stars. He is attractive personally, dances, gracefully, sings fairly well, but, above all, in the creation of amusing specialties and features be is unapproachable. His imitations of Henry Irting, which he gives in 'Adonis," are marvelouslv like tbe original so like, in fact, that tbe counterfeit can scarcely be detected. It was this that made him auch a sensation in London. His song, "It's English, You Know." is another thing that bas given him such a great reputation in "Adonis." He plavs tbe part of a statue, transformed into life, and be introduces any number of original character impersonations. He bas a company of sixty-five artists, and of these, two have appeared with him in every performance of tho piece since its production. Tbey are Heury Gresham, who, plays "Marquis De Baccarat." and George Howard, who is the "Buvim Turke." Mrs. Amy Somerville as "Ostra." Miss Anna Alliston as "The Duchess" and Miss Amelia Somerville as "Rosette," tbe innocent country maiden, have all commanded much commendation in these parts. There is a large and attractive chorus io the company, and the costuming is said to be particularly brilliant. Tbe advance sale indicate? large audiences. The engagement is for three nights and a matinee. The appearance of the famous Campanini Operatic Concert Company at English's, on Wednesday night is an event of unusual interest in musical and society circles. Many great lyric artists have appeared here from time to time as stars of their respective companies, but no organization has played here that contains so many and such famous artists as this. At its head is Mm e. Etelka Gerster, who, fr;sh from her recent triumphs in Europe, returned to New York only few weeks ago. She is to be honored with the greatest ovation she ever received on this side of the Atlantic No prima donna since Parepa Rosa has been such a well-deserved favorite in America as Gerster, and she comes before her admirers this season in magnificent health and voice. Signor Campanini is one of the few really great tenors of the world, and his magnificent voice, as well as bis approved vocalization, are well remembered here. Mtne. Sofia Scalchi is unknown here, aide from her reputation of being the mostbrilliant and accomplished contralto who has appeared in this country for many years. Other members of this organization are Signor Galassi, the famous baritone, wbo last sang here with Patti; Signor Baldini. a new tenor but a great singer; Signor Monnetti, a famous vocalist; Signora Torricelli, a violinist of fine reputation; M. Gore and others little less noted. The concerts given by this organization in other cities have aroused much enthusiasm, both on account of tbe fame of tbe artists engaged in them and the artistic merits of theit respective performaneee. In New York, at the Academy of Music, they were greeted by audiences that represented the culture and wealth of the metropolis, and were commended by the papers as being the greatest concert company ever organized. The programme arranged for the concert Wednesday evening is one that is calculated to display to the fullest advantage the vocal resources of the ladies and gentlemen composing the company. The advance sale of seats will begin to-morrow morning at the boxoffice, and a very large demandmsy be anticipated. At the Grand, next Friday and Saturday, Mies Minnie Palmer will play a brief engagement, after a long absence in foreign lands. Since her last appearance here she has played mostly in 'England, where shelong since established herself asatavorite.and. indeed,sheis the only American artiste who has made an unqualified success in that country. From there she went to Australia, where she bad commons prosperity, and since hfer return to this country there bas been an increase, if that is possible, in her popularity. Io grace, beauty, originality and cleverness, all those attributes which go to make up a soubrette star, she is unrivaled, and as she comes with a new play, "My Brother's Sister," in which she has achieved her greatest success, a profitable engagement may be expected. It ia said to be the best play she has ever bad, and excellently adapted to her. During her engagement here she wili give, as souveniers to the ladies in her audiences, a picture on an easel of "My Sweetheart" In the multitude of the attractions the Museum is not forgotten. Indeed it is not likely to be forgotten by tbe immense crowds that go there every week. The attraction this week is one of established popnlarity, and which last year played about the moat successful week of the season there. It is the Gray & Stephens Company, headed by the well-known performers, Minnnie Oscar Gray and W. T. Stephens, in a round of sensational comedy dramas, which they produce with special scenery and effects and in which tbey introduce their wonderfully saeacinns and well-trained acting dogs. To-morrow and Tuesday, afternoon and evenings, "Without a Home" wili be given. For Wednesday and Thursday "Saved from the Storm" is announced, and for Friday aud Saturday their new play "The Old Oaken Bucket." which, dramatically considered, is the best drama tbey have ever had, and which they give a special scenic production. In Cincinnati, where it waa produced two weeks ago, it made such a hit that it was kept on the boards all week, although it was originally intended to give it only two nights. , The Alpine ChoirJ and Tyrolese Company, which is to appear at Y. M. C A. Hall neit Wednesday night, is unique in every respect No other organization like it exists ta in this country, and as tbe performers anpear on the stage in the Alpine costume they make a picturesque appearance. The organization was made by Herr Andre at the reqnesc of Canon Farrar. of Westminster, after Mr. Brand, the lyceuaa's agent, bad traveled as far as Warsaw, in Russia, without finding what he wanted. The artist were selected because of their talent and reputation. Herr Phister has among bis pupils the Crown Princess of Germany and as a violinist ranks next to Oie Boll in the estimation of critics. The "yodeling" of Herr Phister and Fraulein Heekell, the peculiar manner of singing among the Tyrolese, is the great eh arm of the concert. Reserved seats may be secured at the hall after Monday; for these there will be no extra charge. Notes of the Stage. Subscriptions to the Raymond monument fund bave reached $1,075. Henry Irving gave $100. Bronson Howard is in Ann Arbor, Mich., where he is engaged in writing a new play based on incidents of the war of the rebellion. Pauline Hall, who was a ballet girl at the Grand several years ago, receives the snug salary of $400 a week at the Casino, New York. Maurice Strakoseh has discovered a sixteen-year-old prima donna who bas been singing with distinction at Vienna. Her name is Miss Nikita. 'Among tbe famous stare that graduated from "Evangeline" are Nt G Goodwin, W. H- Crape. George S. Knight, Henry E. Dixey and Richard Golden. Herr Daniel Bandmann will soon besen in his own version of "Dr. Jekytl and Mr. Hyde," which be proposes to take oa the road. It is hoped that Daoiel won't be cruel enough to come to Indianapolis. - Den man Thompson's "Old nomestead" is tbe grandest success known for years. The story is really a continuation of that of "Joshua Woneonab," bat tbe play, while just m eaurUiai eg,

is of a much higher order, and the stage setting he' gives it is a model of pieruresqueness and beauty. ' Clara Louise Kellogg will be on tbe road again with an opera company of some sixtyfive people, under the management of her husband. Minnie Palmer refused to play in Louisville on An Wednesday, as she is a strict church member, and Manager Macauley is about to sua her for damages. Mrs. MeKe Rankin will play a return engagement here, appearing at English's next week in "Tbe Golden Giant" in which she was seen earlier m the season. Mr. James V. Cook, of this city, who recently resigned from the "Tin Soldier" company, is now business manager for Jennie Yeamans. He was in town last week. For her spring season under H C Miner Mrs. potter will receive a third of the net profits, in addition to her salary of $400 and her carriage and servant's expenses. A number of theater patron are arranging to attend the Campanini concert at English's, and Manager Talbott has, also, received numerous applications for seats from out-of-town people who will be here. Tellula Evans has made a bit in the title role of "Dorothy" and also as Zerlina in "Fra Diavolo" with the Carleton Opera Company. She has been engaged permanently, and not tercporarily, as some paper stated. Henry Dixey is now a partner with E. E. Rice in bis various enterprises, and is besides one of the proprietors of tbe Bijou Opera-house, New York. He has made mora money out . of "Adonis" than was ever made with a comedy attaaction before. London rumor has it that an adaptation of "Mr. Barnes, of New York" has heen purchased by Willie Edouio. Florence Wade also makes claims to the right of the dramatization of "Mr. Barnes, of New York," she having secured the rights to the same during her recent visit to America. Clara Morris bas entirely recovered her health and strength, and her present tour io "Renee de Moray" has been tbe most anccessful she has ever had. The piece is a dramatization- of D'Eoery's "Le Martyre." and Misa Morris will be seen in it here before many weeks. She no longer makes ber audience wait between acts. It has come at last. In Chicago, on the 23d inst., Kate Castleton filed a bill for divorce from her husband, Isadora H. Phiilips, whom she charges with drunkenness and cruelty. In her complaint Mrs. Phillips says that she faithfully discharged her duties as a wife, and at all times treated her husband with kindness and forbearance. But Phillips would get drunk despite ber protestations, and so she left him four days ago and assisted a lawyer in drawing up a bill for divorce. 'What Matters It? Read by Miss Madge Smith on the occasion ef the celebration of Washington's "birthday by the Xenia High-school, Xenia, Ind.. Feb. 22, 1883. What matters it , The slightest bit ' Whether the story, Old and hoary With age and glory. Of the thoughtless, ruileless, frolicsome lad. Who a keen-edged, brand new hat ohet had. As a present that lnred him on to the bad, Is true or not. Now that we're got It's moral outf Why, not a whit. Suppose that he Ne er eat the tree. Ne'er bad a hatchet Wherewith to scratch it Much less dispatch it; And the story whole is an idle creation. And the father ne'er asked for an explanation. And the son ne'er made the bold revelation, That he alone. His only son. The harm bad donet So let it be. What 'matters it The slightest whit, Whethe the story, Old and hoary With aze and glory. Is not the truth, bnt was born of the mind. Inspired of a dream or the praiseworthy find Of some zealous writer who a lessen designed. That you and I, No matter why. Should never lie The slightest bit? PUTTING ON STYLE.

The Xate Senator Sharon's Chinese Servant Recomea a Nabob In His Own Country. San Francisco Chronicle. Exeept the principals, the leading counsel and Mammy Pleasance, no one figure stood out more prominently in the late Sharon vvs. Sharon divorce suit than did Ah Ki, the body servant of the ex-Senator. So close was the Mongolian to the millionaire defendant that be accompanied, him to Washington and elsewhere, and was bequeathed $10,000 by him in hia will. Upon tbe death of his master Ah Ki declared that be was heartbroken, packed bis bapgage and departed for the Fiowery Kingdom, where he appears to have overcome his grief. The legacy, with what other money he bad managed to get together, rendered An Ki one of tbe wealthiest Chinese who ever returned home after years of labor in a foreign land. On bis arrival at his home, which is in the Canton province, be became a sort of divinity among his people. His knowledge and wisdom were sought upon all of the great problems of life and death. This consideration tbe cunning Mongolian courted rather than repelled, priding himself upon the attentions which he received. But Ki in the meantime bad an eye to business. After all the laudations bad been bestowed and received, he set to work, after the example of his late master, to invest in the real estate business and to build houses threon on an improved plan, somewhat different from tbe mud hovels of the place. Ki's buildings bad chimneys, stairs, glass windows, and otber Caucasian inventions, which gave them a superior appearance, and created a wonderful excitement in the village. Having built a couple of hundred of such elegant houses, and rented them at a good stiff priee of probably $5 a year, be started to build himself a palace. This edifice he has finished and furnished in tbe most luxurious and costly style. The carpets, f arniture, laee curtains, bedding and all the otber accompaniments which go to furnish an American's residence were ordered from Hong Kong especially. The bouse bas large plate-glass windows, while an American stove and cooking utensils bought in San Francisco adorn his kitchen. He dines by himself, and uses a knife and fork, much to tbe astonishment of thosj of bis servants who have the distinguished honor to be allowed into his presence on such occasions. His household servants number over twenty, six of these being strong, athletic, raw-boned coolies who trot under the poles of the sedan chair which contains the body of Sharon's late lackey as be goes from one village to another, or among bis tenants. But should be wish to visit Canton, which is about twenty-five miles distant, an additional squad of state coolies is engaged for the occasion. A San Francisco Chinese merchant who is a cousin of the magnate, and who knew him well, visited him about six months ago at his palace, and gives a most ludicrous account of his grandeur and the style which be puts on among the benighted people of his own race since his return from America. HER FACE WAS HER FORTUNE. The Girl Who la the Talk of the Town la New York. New York Letter. "Isn't she a swelir A half dozen men were standing talking in front of the Hoffman House. A dashing yonng woman in gorgeous raiment went sailing by like a cutter in a thirty-mile an-bour breeze. The sun sboue down upon ber, and sent out from her magnificent diamond ear-rings, and the mass of beads that covered her bead and shoulders, a thousand hues. "Crent, Cholly, she's a bummer," saidhe first speaker's friend. From one end of Broadway to the other the dashing young woman was complimented and criticised. It was a bright and glorious afternoon. The mellow sunshine and the dry air had sent thousands of persons ont to see and be seen. None in all the throng attracted so mnch attention as the young woman whom Coolly described as a swel.. She was correctly dressed. She was in black from head to foot Not a bit of color was to be seen anywhere, except a white collar, tan-colored gloves and tan-colored overgaiters, fitting tightly over patent leather shoes. Every man in the vast throng turned and stared at her. She was not over-dressed, and, in fact, was as modest as the delicate little violets that nest'ed in her bosom. What waa it. then! She was an actress, and as lovely a cage as you ever saw. She is paid well for ber work. Her faee and figure are her fortune. There is little more to be said She is illiterate. She can barely write her own name. She bad no education. Her mother was a notorious shoplifter and her father was a detective. She knows bow to dress and how to dance, and she bas kicked her way into a fortune, for her charms have smitten a young and wealthy Cuban. It cost him $200. OoO to get her, and s!ie is living in all the luxury that money can command in this cosmopolitan eity. That is alt there ia to be told. And yet she is the most talkod-about woman ia the whole city just now. A Large Family. Pnelr. "Yes." said the principal ef tbe Young Ladies' Seminary to the proud parent, "you ongot to be

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very happy, my dear sir, to be the father of so large a family, all the members of which appear to be so devoted to one another." "Large family! Devoted'" casoed tbe old gentleman, in amaze ment. "What on earth do you mean ma'amP "Why, yes. indeed," said the principal, beaming through her glasses. "No less than eleven of Gnssie'a brothers bave been here this winter to take her out sleigh-riding, and she tells me she expects the tall one with blue eyes again to-morrow." What Evolution Ia Not. Popular Science Monthly. Everybody nowadays talks about evolution. Like electricity, the cholera-germ, woman's rights, the great mining boom, and the Eastern question, it ia "in the air." It pervades society everywhere with its subtle essence; it infects small talk with its familiar catchwords and its slang phrases; it even permeates that last stronghold of rampant Philistinism, the third leader in the penny papers. Everybody believes he knows all about it, and discusses it as glibly in bis every day conversation as he discusses the points of race horses be has never seen, the eharrsa of peeresses he bas never spoken to, and the demerits of authors be bas never read. Everybody is aware, in a dim and nebulous semi-conscious fashion, that it was all invented by the late Mr. Darwin, and reduced to a system by Mr. Herbert Spencer, don't you know, and a lot more of those scientific fellows. It is gener ally understood in the best-informed circles that evolutionism consists for the most part in a belief about nature at large essentially similar to that applied by Topsy to her own origin and enrly history. It is conceived, in short, that most things "growed." Especially is it known that, in the opinion of the evolutionists as a body, we are all of us ultimately descended from men with tails, who were tbe final offspring and improved edition of the common gorilla. That, very briefly put, is the popular conception of the various points in the great modern evolutionary programme. It ia scarcely necessary, to inform the intelligent reader, who, of course, differs fundamentally from that inferior class of human beings known to all of us in our own minds as "other people," that almost every point in the catalogue thus briefly enumerated is a popular fallacy of the wildest description. Mr. Darwin did not invent evolution any more than George Stephenson invented the steam-engine, or Mr. Edison the electric telegraph. We are not descended from men with tails any more than we are descended from Indian elephants. Tbere ia no evidence that we have anything in particular more than the remotest fiftieth cousinship with our poor relation, the West African goi'illa. Science is not in search of a "missing link"; few links are anywhere missing, and those are for the most part wholly unimportant ones. If we found the imaginary link in question, be would not be a monkey, nor yet in any way a tailed man. And so forth generally through the whole list of popular beliefs and current fallacies as to the real meaning of evolutionary teaching. Whatever people think evolutionary is for the most part a pure parody of the evolutionist's opinion. The Way to Eat Lettuce. New Tort Mail and Express . Most authors of books on gastronomy display their epicurean ignorance by directing that lettuce ahould be cut or chopped for salad: whereas the better and true way is to pull it apart with fork and bit of bread, and eat it by skillfully rolling it about the prongs of the fork. SASSAFRAS AND SWEET GU3I. Beautiful Woods from the Old Home of Dxwj Crockett Interior Finish of an Indianapolis Residence. Everyone traveling on tbe College-avenue line of street cars has doubtless noticed the large two-story frame house on the northwest corner of College and Lincoln avenues, with its long reach of porches, suggesting the Southern plantation homestead. The house ts owned and occupied by Mr. L. V. Boyle, and handsome as it ia exteriorly, is from an artistic point of view much handsomer within. It is something of a novelty in its interior finish, the woods used being unusual to this part of the country. The rooms are all finished in natural woods sassafras, sweet gum and red oak being used, the first named wood in the greatest quantity, tbe sweet gum and red oak as trimming. Tbe doors of sassafraa wood, with red-oak panels, and those of sassafras, with sweet-gum panels, present striking and beautiful contrasts. Sassafras shows greater diversity in grain than either oak or ash, and the quaint and curious freaks in grain are a constant source of pleasure and surprise to connoisseurs in woods. Parlors, dining-room, bedrooms, kitchen, pantries and bath-room are finished with equal care and in like style. The window sashes and frames and all the wain aeoting are also of sas-afras. In addition to its beautiful markings sassafras wood possesses the special advantages that it neither shrinks nor swells, and is even lighter in weight than white pine. The sweet gum. because of its variations in grain, is handsomer than black walnut and far superior for use in panels as a contrast to lighter-colored woods. The corded red oak also makes a beautiful contrast to tbe sassafras. The main ball and stairway of Mr. Boyle's house show these natural woods, perhaps, to their greatest advantage, as they are, of course, used there in greater quantity than in other portions of tbe bnildingIt is one of the best finished houses in the city, though there is no attempt at anything gaudy, the intent of the owner being to have a substantial and comfortable borne. This idea has been admirably carried out by the builder, Mr. S. J. Porter, of Tipton, Ind., who bas been scrupulously painstaking and honest in all bis work, the result being a bouse that bo may well be proud of as the product of bis care and skill The painting-is all on tbe outside, and is the work cf Curtia Bros., ol this city, while the plumbing and natural gas fitting bas been dose by Henry T. Hudson, also of this elty. The lumber need in the house is all furnished by the firm of which Mr. Boyle is tbe head L. V. Boyle & Co., ana the manufactured lumber is all their own. L. V. Boyle & Co. bave branches at 46 South Illinois street, this city, and at 135 North Halsted street, Cbiesgo, while their main place of manufacture is at Obion. Teno. They make a specialty of poplar, but manufacture oak. ash, sweet gum, hickory, sassafras, eta. Sassafras is a rare wood, and they make no attempt to sell it. though they are in the region of Tennessee where it ia most abundant. Obion, Tenn., ia. bv the way, in Davy Crockett's old county, from which that most eccentrie backwoodsman was elected to Congress. It is three hundred miles from Louisville, ciaety-six miles north o Memphis, on the Chesapeake & Ohio and Southwestern railway.

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