Richmond Palladium (Daily), 7 January 1902 — Page 6

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Noted Manager to Establish French Theater In New York. PLAT3 TO BE 05 A PARIS SCALE. rrrmarat Fmrh Conptar Will Be laatalled la One of Mis Beat llonae Mivrli-r Una Mar Join II a4 CaMiarlla Aalrrf lo Take AMUlle Dlrrrlloa. Id tlie New York Herald's special cables from Paris the other day appeared a rename of theatrical new and comment of tlie hour written by M. Pierre Veber. In which he referred to the establishment in New York of a theater for the production of plays in French as a "very happy idea. He referred to Berlin. Rome. Brussels and Cairo mm baring a company of French actors, while New York bad no such theater for It entertainment The initiative, however, said M. Veber. must come from America. The initiative Is now announced by the above mentioned paper. A theater la to be established in New York by Mr. Charles Frohman. with a French company of players of the first rank, to produce in French in a manner equal to the productions of Paris plays mt the classic and modern school, aud c. coyurxn. associated with Mr. Frohman In all probability that Is. if present negotiations do not fall through will be Mr. tb trielan and M. Constant Co.iuclin 1 n thertistic direction of the bouse, firi Fro man willjrlve over one of his

? jKew York theaters to the company V'nd mne if t permanent home for A the Freikrb jiijama in New York. It is m mrjT Hid Mr. Frohman to a

1 reporter. Uut iis long been in my yw. .. .. y 7: TOliM.-NrfV YX great cosmopolitan demands the best that from all the theatrical li the satVa the plays of London. V, IV a ahoinJrfVIenna. Rome and other ci tlp"NQdced on its boards. It has tti JJtheaters here, and why notl Frenti theater as well, especially whew ifTf iM'iubered that the stage of Frsiicrjfeii-.l America are in close touch: tli.if the tiallic plays are produced here with treat success and leading Prencb actors are heartily welcomed and draw crowded bouses? "Everywhere one hears French spoken in New York. Freuch recitals and lectures are given in fashionable draw. Ing rooms. Harvard. Yale and other col leges give plays in French, and when 'L'Aiglon' was played here and librettos were sold in English and French it was the French edition that had the largest sale. Is not the time ripe for the establishment of a French theater In New York? 1 believe so. and I am Soing to undertake it. "It will not be done, however, in any baif and half way. That sort of thing never succeeds in New York. I hare nothing in mind but the best when this company Is formed. I don't want any actors that ought to-leave France, but tbose who cannot well be spared. I hope to bare Mr. Maurice Grau interested with me in the project and haTe talked It orer with him. In fact, it was Toe who brought me and M. Coquelin together while I was abroad, and I hare asked M. Coquelin to take the artistic direction of the bouse and to act bimaelf if he wilt. I expect shortly to bare M. Coquelin's definite answer, and I trust it will be Tes. Asked which of his theaters would be devoted to the new project. Mr. FTohman said be preferred not to mention the name at present, but that it Tirouid be one of the best of his bouses. "Yes. said Mr. Grau when he was asked as to bis Interest in the establishment of a French theater in New York. -yes. Mr. Frohman and I have talked the matter orer. and 1 am free to say at once that I shall be happy to nbscribe to such a project. Mr. Frohman. M. Coquelin and I met and discussed it together, and we are all much -Interested In the matter. Muie. Bernhardt, too. bas been of the opinion that a permanent Freuch theater In an English speaking city like London or New York should be established. In fact, ahe wanted me to become associated with her in such a plan for London, playing in the company herself now : and again. "As to the dollars and cents of such an undertaking as Mr Frohman pro- j poses, as to whether it would be a pay-1 Ing affair at once. I am not prepared to say. But should not sentiment, artistic rympathy. play some part in our theatrical lives? Should we not venture oomething to give this great city so desirable aa innovation an innovation at least for this generation as a theater In which New York can hear French accesses cf the day in the French

f !!.. e: " r .- v.f assure jon tnaii the beta of translations, the best of for--ign peak?ns actors, cannot give thef full value to a French play. J - havr !v:id aiwii experience myself' In briuiu Freuch players to New York, both in drama and lisht operet- f Las, fioiu the uiUIJXv aeveutk'S, when Ij

had a coeiedy company here, to Litest Ooouelin-licruhardt tour. I my i un derstand the situation pretty well. "It would le luiKWsible to exp-ct that the French coluuy here could sup port such a theater. It would lie folly to IHik for such a result, and I tj with reprret there is less interest autonx the French set. so to sjx-ak. iu a French theater than there was in 1S.V. when Bcrtrand brought a French couipauy here, or later, when the Juiguet au.i Drivel company played in the little theater attached to Niblo's Garden, or in lSt and lSOS. when the sterling supporters of dramatic aud operatic af fairs, such as the late Augustus Bel niont. Marshall O. ItoUi is aud William Butler Duncan, built the French thea ter in Fourteenth street. "But. on the other hand, there has been an enormous advance iu interest in the French language aud tb French stage by Americans. Twenty Americans speak French where two did then, aud French stars draw i.ow In New York theaters as they could not hare pretended to do then. Therefore a new and greater clientele has been built up for the support of a French theater. Mr. Frohman has the project in mind. To have it in mind, with him. is to have it In baud. And ail I can say now is that I may be counted on to subweribe to such a plan. As to the exact place I shall fill in it well, come to me later about that." FAVOR FOUR HOURS' SLEEP Qaeer Club Foraaed by Some Calea(o Mea aad Women. Firm in their belief that sleep Is a waste of time, a dozen men and women of Chicago have organized themselves Into a society which proposes to teach people that too great a part of their lives is spent in useless slumber. The organization Is called the Four Hour Sleep club, and the members are pledged to sleep but four hours a night, says the Chicago Chronicle. The members contend that sleeping In excess of that time Is purely a habit that is, nothing short of sinful in this day of burry and progress. It is au addiction, they argue, as harmful and Intemperate as the excessive use of iu toxicants, tobacco or drugs. Members ef the club who have children are rearing them to observe the same restriction with regard to alleged overindulgence In nightly rest. Some c'alm that a child five years of age can be trained to do with four hours' sleep, but the , majority are of tht opinion that children should be allow ed from six to eight hours, the amount , decreasing as the child grows older. The club has secured a large nmonnl of literature on the subject, and th members quote abundance of authority to show that they are right in theii contentions. Tbey-point to Napoleon and a number of the greatest generals, writers of history and thinkers whe are alleged to have taken four hours sleep a night and less. Mr. Gaul, the president of the club, says that 't was through a natural aversion he has to sleep as well as a realization of its wastefulness that h was Induced to abandon the -habit." His wife and bis child. Six years old. also manage to live with the stinted rest, and all seem to enjoy good healtt and bright mental faculties. The man who sleeps eight hours out

of twenty-four and lives to lie eighty-j bceu determined upon. A spot eontainone years old has In reality lived but! Ing some 3.(KK acres will be fenced off

fifty-four years. Twenty-seven be has spent in this suspension of all the wwers of the body and mind. On the oilier hand, the man who, sleeps but four hours a night will luirv spent nearly sixty -eight years of reaFlife If he at tains the age of eighty-oiie years. PRESIDENT HONORS A BOY. Roosevelt Deliarata Y.a(ilrr fey Saaklac Hla Hanal la Cbarch. President Roosevelt recently made a little boy from New Jersey very happy in Washington, says the New York Times. All be did was to shake bands with the youngster and assure him with characteristic fervor that be was delighted to see him. but that was enough. The meeting took place the other morning In the president's church, which. In spite of a pouring rain, was well filled. After the service the president, accompanied by his daughter, moved out of his pew and down the aisle toward the door, the rest of the congregation remaining in the pews until he had passed out. On his way he saw a little band shoot out from ne of the pews, and he quickly grasped It. It was the hand of Earl Milliken of Jersey City, the ten-year-old son of EI J. Milliken. "I am very glad to see yoo at church thia rainy day." Mr. Roosevelt said as be shook the boy's hand. "I am awful glad I came." the boy promptly replied. "I never shook bands with a president before." lee Bteyel lamented. H. H. Camman of Merrick, N. a grandson of Robert Fulton, the Inventor of the steamboat, has constructed an Ice bicycle, says the Philadelphia Press. An ordinary runner is first placed on the front fork of an ordinary bicycle, and a spiked tire Is affixed to the rear wheel. Outriggers branch out from the frame of the wheel, to the ends of which skates are fastened. These are used to steady the machine and control It. Oblla-la-. Magistrate Well, sir, bow did you get here? Weary Willie Ob, easy, yer bonner; dejr carried me! New York World.

ItH'ITMOX f DAIL.Y PALL VPIU3I. TUESDAY, JAXUABY

TO RESEED THE RANGES Move of Railroads For the Gocd cf Western Plains. MATTE2 0? VAST UIPOETASCZ. Flan to Be Tried la to Sow Tfcree Tioaaand Acres to Different Graun to See Wlileb la Ike Moat Sallatile. I'ruprd to Ceala Ike V, ark. Early t Sprfae. It has jr.st been given out by railroads with heal;:..rters in Ouialw, Neb., that a plait is now on foot which contemplates tl.c ultimate reseeding of all the western rauges. says the St. Louis PostDisatch. The preliminary iortion of the scheme, itself a work of great magnitude, involves extensive experimenting with the cultivation of different range grass seeds with a view to determining those best suited to the purpose This proposition is one of great significance and many ramifications. Sbould It lie carried to a successful issue the ranges of Utah. Nebraska. Wyoming, Montana, Nevada and Idaho will be vastly affected. If the proper grass plant can be found, the different railroads interested in these states will go to great expense to further the plant. The railroads expect the government to help promote the scheme as soon as tbey show the matter to be practical The different states to be beuetited will also be asked to contribute a share of the general expense incurred in carrying the plans to maturity. ' The men who are at tht head of the plans declare tLe scheme for n-seediug the ranges to le of more Importance to the country than irrigation, because the former will if carried out be far more extensive iu its scope and in the benefits resulting from its adoptiou. The territory which can be benefited by irrigation Is limited because of the inability to secure more than a certain amount of water from certain streams. The territory to be benefited by reseeding Is only limited by the extent of the ranges of the west. The entire plan is said to be so well mapped out that the actual working out of the first step will begin with the early spring. R. C. Judsou. industrial agent of the Oregon Railway and Navigation company, is said to be slated for the experimental iart which will be first attempted. He is now in charge of the experimental farm of his road at Walla Walla, Wash., and is already making careful preliminary tests along the line suggested. I Western ranges hare been very much ' Impoverished and injured by over- ! crowding of herds in the past few i years. Sheep particularly have been the cause of the trotible, as they are very destructive to grasses. What they do not dig out with their sharp teeth they punch In with their equalljEsbarp hoofs, and if bunched beyond a reasonable limit they can entirely destroy all growth except the sage grass. t As a result of the deterioration of the range iu many places it now requires two and three times as many acres to provide for a given number of cattle as formerly. The railroads expect by reseeding to so improve these ranges that they will provide for a larger number than originally. For the conduct of the experimental part cf the work the following plan has in some centrally located range. This will be d.ivided inte, thirty plots for the trying out of as many different grasses. The central idea will tie to find some f grass which will be permanent, luxu riant aud hardy. Seeds from all over the world will be used, and many from Africa and South America have already been received. When the correct grass Is found, the government and states will be call ed upon to actively co-operate with the railroads to reseed the plains. The government will be asked to make a large appropriation for the purchase and sowing of the seed throughout the range country and the state will be asked to provide for state lands everywhere. All of this will mean an enormous work, but each passing year renders It r-ore imperative. The greatest part of the work will be the protection of that part of the country reseeded until the new grass has sufficient start to maintain itself. This is a vast problem, and the government will be called upon to bring Its authority to bear in the matter. : -,.....-" Saved by Her Poodle. Miss Margaret Tolle of Litchfield. 111., was the guest of Miss Birdie Kilpatrlck of St. Louis on Christmas day. She took a walk with her poodle dog and fell into an eighteen foot welL She was bruised and too weak to even call for help. Her faithful Htth? dog ran back to the Kilpatrick bouse and began whining and grabbing with his teeth at the clothing of Miss Kilpatrick and her brothers and sisters, says the New York World. They finally understood that the dog wished them to follow him. They found Miss Tolle unconscious In the well. Her injuries are serious, and she certainly would have perished but for her dog's sagacity. - Gurdlac the Pyramids. Pierpont Morgan is coming to Cairo shortly, and he is not coming for bis health, says tbe Cairo Sphinx, The army of occupation will repulse any attempt to remove the pyramids and sphinx, and the dogs of the Abbasslyeh fox bunt are being trained as alentahouads to track Mx. Morgan' a secret aeent

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