Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 19, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 November 1897 — Page 1

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VOL. 28—NO. 19.

ON THE QUI VIVE.

About the maddest man in town last Wednesday was Judge Jump, receiver of the Terre Haute Electric Street Railway, when he read the communication sent to the city council Tuesday evening by the Terre Haute Electric Railway, by Russell B. Harrison, president. The judge, who is a good business man, knew nothing of the communication from the company, of which he is the sole representative, and the only person authorized to sign the name of the Terre Haute Electric Company. He knows enough of the laws of the State of Indiana to realize that the tax duplicates are not made by the City Treasurer. The attack on City Treasurer Balch by Mr. Harrison was so manifestly unjust that any person familiar with the laws could understand it. The public appreciated the spirited answer made by Mr. Balch to the communication presented to the council by Mr. Harrison Tuesday night. He isn't the kind to take his pen in haud to write newspaper cards, but when he does the chances are that he has something to say. The Btreet railway company has been' submitting to the

years, but until Mr. Harrison, presuming to speak for the Terre Haute Street Railway Co., presented the communication referred to, nobody knew or realized that there had been an unfair assessment of the property. The company submitted to the assessment without protest so long as Mr. Harrison was Its president, but when it went into the hands of a receiver, he suddenly discovered that An erroneous assessment had been made, and proceeded to lay the fault of it on the City Treasurer, who had no more to do with it than the man in the moon. Mr. Harrison attempted last night to reply to the card of City Treasurer Balch, and tried to show that the Treasurer was responsible for the tax duplicates, which of course is untrue, and the charge Is unworthy of a man as sensible as Mr. Harrison. The president of the street railway is very much like the lnte Captain General Weylor, who was supposed to have pacified Cuba. Anytime his typewriter falls him he Is gone.

On Mouday morning the formal transfer of the revenue office to Judge' Henry as the now collector, will take place, the ceremony being In charge of an official of the Internal revenue department from Washington who will be here to conduct the transfer. The only local appointment that has thus far been announced is that of Oliver M. Tichcnor, of Princeton, as deputy collector, succeeding Gus Liudeman. The new colleotorJaJn doubt,

for, apjiStHtn^ta he wilfhave, the recent decisions regarding the forte and effect of the civil service rules being yet in doubt. He has already made two minor appointments, those of stamp agents In the lower part of the state. He

Is committed to opiwsition to the civil service rules as now administered, and as far as it Is in his power will see that competent Republicans are appointed to places in the service. He believes in true civil service, that is, that only competent persons shall be appointed to positions under him In the revenue service, but is also committed to the policy of appointing friends rather than enemies to positions under him in the department. He will make a competent official and enters the service with the good will of the members of his party.

The retirement from the bench of Judge Henry made it possible for the appointment as his successor of Samuel C. Stimson, who entered upon the discharge of his duties ns Superior Judge on Tuesday morning. The appointment of Mr. Stlmson la one of the most satisfactory that Governor Mount has made, and it brings to the bench the services of a most honorable gentleman, a good lawyer, and a mau fitted most peculiarly for the duties of a judge. If everything that Governor Mount has don© since he entered the gubernatorial office had been as satisfactory to the people as this appointment, he could feel proud of his record. While Mr. Stimson is possessed of the judicial temperament to a striking degree, he is none the less a good Republican, and one of the kind who does not en TO to conceal his political opinions under the cloak of mugwumplsm. The fact that he is a good Republican will not, however, interfere with the discharge of his duties as Superior Judge, Q. V. prophesies that Judge Stimson will make one of the most effi dent officials that Vigo county has ever had.

Terre Haute has an organisation of young indies which bears the striking title of the "Spooney dub." Strange to say, the membership is limited to school teachers.

William C. Ball celebrated on Monday the twenty-fifth anniversary of his connection with the Gaietfce. It was his silver wedding, so to speak. Terre Haute never had another editorial writer of such force as Mr. Ball, and while Q. V. believes in very few of tfc« things that the Gaxette editor advocate#, he Is willing to admit that he can say the meanest things in M»e nicest way, and in a more forcible manner than i» giwn -to the ordinary plodder in the newspaper path. He has made th*

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pro*ent Moment of property for several xfff tTm-iHuAn n^nminc' candidate for the legislature last year, but

a power, not only in this com

munity. but throughout the st*te, anA for the creditor th« community, and th* city, for whioh he helps to make a name, Q. V. hope# he may be able to celebrate

golden anniversary la tHe Gtutelte

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According to th* Tribune. Fmnk Wey to do the Seth Low act in Terre Haute,

provided the Democrats do not see fit to make him their nominee for mayor next spring. The spectacle of Mr. Wey doing the mugwump act for the Democrats cf this city will be one to make even the angels weep.

There is a movement on liand to ok "Tip" Boudinofc the Republican candidal for mayor next spring, and the movei eat has merits that commend it to the vearage person. Mr. Boadinofc has done soman service for the party, is a "mij e»" out of sights and wonld come as near as any person that conld be named to polling the full strength of his party. He is one of the cleverest fellows that ever "came down the pike," and if the Republicans can't elect him they can't elect any person. He says he would not have., the nomination if it was presented to him on a silver salver, but the pressure of personal and political friends may cause him to change his mind. "Pat" Walsh is not to have a cinch on

the Democratic nomination for city treasurer next spring. James E. Hegarty, the well-known cigar maker, is a candidate for the nomination, and is said to have the backing of the labor organizations of the

was beaten out of the nomination by the powers that be. If he makes up his mind to enter the race in an active way he is likely to cut something of a figure in the campaign.

Dr. A. J. Thompson has been indicted by the grand jury as an outgrowth of the suit he brought against one Hayes for the recovery of an insurance premium on a policy held by the last named gentleman. It is the opinion of a great many lawyers who heard the testimony of the insurance company's representative, in the disbarment proceeding against the lawyers who represented Hayes, that there is no possibility of convicting Thompson on the charges made against him, and a great many persons are wondering why the prosecuting attorney is wasting the people's time and money on a case that has nothing in it to start with.

It is said, referring to the disbarment proceedings, that an energetic attempt was made to have disbarment proceedings brought against Attorney Al. Higgins, on account of the spirited effort he made to have Attorneys Hughes and Caldwell disbarred for the part they are alleged to have taken in the. Thompson case. There is a combination of just enough Scotch and Irish in Mr. Higgins to welcome a fight like this, and if an attempt had been made to bring such proceedings, there would have been thaJsKaraassfc time4trt he local courts that has been seen in recent years. Better judgment prevailed, however, than that posessed by those who advised these proceedings, and no attempt was made to bring them into court.

About the worst thing that ever happened to the city of Terre Haute was the election of Harry Bosler as city engineer. Previous to coming here he had absolutely no experience in municipal engineering, and all he knew about that science was learned in a very short time. The city has been compelled to pay a great many hundred dollars for his mistakes, in the way of damages, and this week the matter bobbed" up again in a suit brought by some property owners ou north Eleventh street for damages sustained by their property on account of his peculiar engineering. Bosler was made city engineer and kept there, not on account of his merits, but because some of the councilmen did not like some of the men who were opposed to Bosler. It' has cost the city a great deal of money on account of the personal dislikes of these councilmen, and the suit this week indicates that the end is not yet.

THE DEATH ROLL.

The following is the list of interments as reported by Superintendent Bain for the month of October

WOOOLAWN.

2. Frank Mills, 54 years, consumption city. 3. Ralph Wheat fill, 14 years, chronic meningitis city. 6. Anderson Price. 51 years, typhoid fever Spruce street.

S. Harry P. Lee, 18 years, typhoid fever city. if). Joseph O. Pierce. 65 years, euremlc poison 1336 north Eleventh street.

IT. Frederick*,' Newcrt, 56 years, asthma 209 south Ninth street. IT. Katharine Smith, 68 years, hepatites Kansas Oltv. Mo. 21. Isabella Wilson. 77years, bilious fever 218 north Ninth street.

Si. Daniel Relbold. 58 years, urarmia city. 34. Richard Drees. 37 years, mitral insufficiency 410 south Twelfth street. a*. B. \V. Koopman. 73 years, apoplexy city. 87. Paul Baganx, 45 years, result of Injury city. 31. Infant Herri*, still-born city.

H1GHI.AXD LAWS.

2. Mrs. Fox. appendlcltes: 1247 Elm street. 3. Lulu Collins. 19 years, pulmonary phthisis 735 north Sixth street. 4. Ruth Church, marasmus 1103 north Sixth street, & Kllita Williamson, 8 years, diphtheria Mulberry street 8. Infants Lowery. twins 919 Oak street. 8. James Morgan, 67 years, dropsy city, 9. Kate Pfelffer. 38 years, typhoid fever 1TCB north Seventh street. 9. Blanch Maxwell. 7 years, membraneous croup 308 Eagle street,

*1 nranrTVarti»r,~ 5 months, diphtheria

li" Emily Stoat* S3 years, acute mentagites lC'tufant Flynn, premature birth: city. IS. Jase&hine Jackson, years, tuberculosis d» tonalls: city. 39. TL. jjas B. Xewnoase. typhoid fever 414 Scott street, et. Mary Oemmecko, 45 years, typhoid fever south Tenth-and-a-half street31 Wm. Wilson, 45 yean, apoplexy north Thirteenth and-a-half street, as. Hester Barrett* ®7 years, oM age: dty.

Patience Lee, 4t years, ten rof hocus aft." Alice Moore,

year*, typhoid fever

27. Maud Steel, 14 years, typhoid fever Klewnth and Sycamore streets, Keily.as years.pulmonary tuberculosis 631 south Tbirt«MBth-aod-a-half street.31. M" Third

if Oilman. 87 year*, consumption I Greenwood avenue.

ABOUT WOMEN.

Perhaps nothing else in society astonishes one so much as the things that people say. Not the clever speeches or cruel speeches, not the complimentary remarks or improper remarks, astonish us, says a writer in Harper's Bazar, but the tactless speeches, the speeches that have" no excuse for being, never cease to impress us by their frequency and by their—let uS hope- unintentional rudeness. "What a dear little fellow that is!" said a caller to a mother of a three-year-old. "He is a great comfort to us," replied the mother, stroking the child's long* curls. "Yesj' I* should think so! He is not pretty, is he? His hair is so beautiful now that at the first glance one would call him pretty. But if you imagine how he will look when those golden curls are cut off, you will see that he will be a very plain child."

Said another woman to an acquaintance "Mrs. A I hope you will pardon me for saying that I think I never saw a more beautiful piece of lace than the flounce on the gown that yon wore to the Assembly ball last week. I said'to my husband afterwards that if Mr. A—— should again fail and lose everything, as he has done once or twice already, you could sell that lace and easily, get a big price for it."

This same woman, while making a visit of osveral weeks, said to her hostess* as the time of her departure drew near: "I always think that the nicest thing about making a visit is the return to one's own home. One's family are always so glad to see one, and there is always great luxury to me in getting back to my own house, where I can do what I please, say what I please, and order whatever I want to eat."

A friend explains speeches of this kind by the theory that in some uraniums there is depression where a bump of tactfulness ought to be. However that may be, a certain kind of tact may be cultivated. It is the best kind, for it is the exemplification of the doctrine that

Politeness Is to do and say/» y--The kindest things In the kiudest way. He whose tact or politeness is of the kind that considers other people, that fears to wound, that strives to soothe, that is selfless, will not readily say the "things that would better have been left unsaid." They will be impossible to him.

Of all the people for whom I feel a sublime sort of pity, the woman who doesn't like to keep house comes in for the largest share, says Mrs. Juliet V. Strauss ip th .RockviUfr^Trtbuilfe^l h&$@~To7 "her *ver much such a feeling as I used, in the 'days of childhood, to entertain for the littk girl who didn't care to play dolls or make mud pies. It is absurd to say that housekeeping is not the manifest destiny of womankind. It certainly is, and the great mistake that women make is in failing to appreciate the gracious providence that has granted them a destiny so supremely blessed. What deluded female was it who first promulgated the flimsy doctrine that there was a higher mission for women than that of home-making and keeping and the care and instruction of their own children. Whoever it is who is guilty of this preposterous teaching should be at once legislated against, for the world has been going wrong ever since such claptrap has been common parlance in civilized countries. I shouldn't mind being a little richer than I am, but I do declare I should die of ennu if I were deprived of the pleasures of making my own coffee or the excitement of watching the bread "come up." All of life's pleasures are cheap enough when one comes to view them impartially, and there is no sort of recreation, no display, no exhibition, either of society or art or industry, that doesn't look tawdry in one light. Everything is ghastly, with the ever-present skull and cross-bones of certain death so near the surface. But if there is one pleasure that seems real and legitimate, that of pleasant and useful work is the most so. In these crisp Autumn days we who are given the ineffable gift of real womanhood get some of our hours of purest earthly satisfaction. The glowing hearth at twilight the rosy faces of the children coming home from school, happy and hungry the wartn, sociable, "homey" kitchen, with an odor of fresh bread and spiced peaches thrown in!

Home is the only cure for life's ills. Happy indeed are they who know its value and are not fretting after "gilded halls."

Have any of you thought how poorly the really, truly good man or woman is appreciated in the community? asks Mrs. Strauss in the Rockville Tribune. It makes no difference how good a woman is, if her hat isn't 6n straight and her gown up to snuff, and if she isn't up to the genteel jargon of society, if she doesn't "entertain well" or keep strictly up with the procession, all of her goodness go glimmering for all that the "smart" people* care. If a man is a trifle diffident and quiet, if be doesn't get the right sort of a tailor to cut his clothes, if he hasn't any "business" about him or doesn't know! how to "hustle," he Is just simply a nobody. No matter how good he is, how aure ate his morals, how kind a neighbor or true a friend he may be, if he hasn't any "go" about Mm beis sure to be a laughing stock In the community. I have studied this matter a good deal and I have never yet been able to decide just what combination is required to make a popular member cf society. There is no real objection to a certain degree of goodness, just so it stops somewhere. It is set well to be too sincere,, nor is it advisable

TERKE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1897 TAVENTY-EIGHTH YEARS'-

to be utterly truthful. It is also unnecessary to be strictly consistent. One should have principles to a certain extent, but never have them stationary, it is inconvenient. Likewise persistent honesty is not warmly recommended. One is likely to be called a greenhorn if he is too honest, and I have noticed that so long as you have plenty of money to spend, nobody is going to inquire where you got it. Horrible doctrine, isn't it? But when you look about to see who is honored and who is slighted, can you say that there is any premium set upon goodness?

There was an interesting and spirited discussion at the opening of one of the women's clubs, last week, says a writer in the Philadelphia Times, as to why women felt obliged to make ceremonious calls. The debate was introduced incidentally by the somewhat impromptu and unpremeditated declaration of one of the prominent members present that if women ever were going to accomplish anything sensible, Useful and valuable in life they must

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up the foolish custom of making and receiving calls. She then said that while many ladies donned their best gown and painfully tight gloves out of respect for their friends, still at the same time they always Rejoiced when they found the .majority of |their social acquaintances out or not at jhome. If she found them in, she felt ^obliged to make a few remarks abottt the latest social success or the new play which seemed to be the amusement of the hour. In her heart she felt there was nothing approaching conversation or real Interchange of thought: If the advanced woman, the really earnest and thoughtful woman, felt she ought through courtesy to return certain calls, why not make the club rooms the place of informal and friendly meetings

As a conclusion she suggested that the advanced woman should observe and pattern after the customs of the best educated men in the matter of social relations. Now that most of the women's clubs are not only interested in literature, but also in philanthropy, there is certainly not the time to waste on social compliments. The day surely is at hand when leaders of the best society should attempt to invent oiore rational social customs. After a fashionable reception last week far out on the north side the hostess (a lifelong friend of mine) sank back in her chair in a limp, languid way then turned to me and said: "Thank fortune, I am now square with my callers and entertainers fotthis season."

quested leave to speak. Her views were in substance these. While it cannot be doubted that a large majority of intelligent women have demands made upon their time by perfunctcry social calls, still the idea of giving up altogether one's friends would seem like making cloistered nuns of ourselves. We should all rebel against that tyranny. Besides we must never forget the hospitality of our homes and our home life. Musical and literary evenings sandwiched in with a little flavor of genteel Bohemianism lightens .the burden of life.

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MODERN PHILOSOPHY.

The worst thing is to be a fool flnd not know it. ii'j'V Lots of men with rich fathers in-law are always tired.

You can get any number ^bf signers to any kind of a petition. Almost everybody will tell you they are not as bad as people say.

Every man thinks a part of going out driving is smoking a cigar. The trouble is that hardly any real pretty girl ever knows very much.

It is a constant wonder to most of us how little it costs some folks to live. One would almost as soon be some people's pastor as their house cleaner.

Many a man who has made up his mind to die a bachelor cannot make Tip his heart to the same end.

Man's sympathy with man Is of ten"more comforting, and generally more lasting, than is woman's love.

Some women are so delighted with their own existence, and express their delight so frequently, as to make others almost regret it. .C7!

No woman is, &&& rule, mow thoroughly disqualified for what she conceives to be her special vocation than is a professional match-maker.

We owe nobody love, which is never a debt. It is always a free-will offering, or the return for an equivalent—an exchange of like for like.

A man who assures a woman that he has determined never to marry invites her to do her utmost to cause him to alter his determination.

How often marriage degenerates into a condition of individual selfishness and indifference, regulated by an armed- neutrality toward the outside world!

Herman Schweitzer, a member of one of the leading families of the city, and for a long time an employe of Here's bazar, was arrested this week for taking goods from the stock of the store without paying for the same. He gave them to Grace Winter#, & woman of the town, with whom he has been infatuated for a longtime. His case is being investigated by the grand jury, which Is now in session. Universal regret is expressed that so promising a yonng man should have fallen from graoe In such a manner.

PEOPLE AND THINGS.

A Vermont couple named Winter and Frost were recently married. Recent statistics show that there are in the United States 79,800 divorced persons, of whom 44,583 are men and 85,318 are women.

Nine ex-mayors of New York are living. The oldest one is Daniel F. Tiernan. He is 92 years old and voted Tuesday for Tammany.

Richard Croker, the boss of Tammany, has lived in England so long that he didn't know how to vote Tuesday. He folded his ballot wrong, and the clerk had to help him out. But he gets there, just the same.. "For my part," said Col. R. G. Ingersoll the,other day, "I envy the man who has lived on the same broad acres from his boyhood, who cultivates the fields where in youth he played, and lives where his father lived and died. I can imagine no sweeter way to end one's life than in the quiet of the country, out of the mad race for money, place and power."

According to Vanity Fair Kaiser Wilhelm II. is thinking seriously of adding to the splendor of his imperial crown by the purchase of a monster sapphire. He has always admired the English Imperial state crown, which was made in 1888. The gross weight of this is 80 oz. 5 dwt., troy, and in the middle of the front is a large, partly drilled sapphire, purchased for the crown by King George IV.

The Empress of Mexico, sister^ the King of the Belgians, who lost her reason when her husband, Maximilian, was shot, has been under restraint for many years, and her state has been considered hopeless. She has now so far recovered that it is thought a visit to Mexico will replace many missing links in her mind, and she will probably go under the charge of a trusty friend and reliable^ attendant,, .before winter sets in. §§f

When the Greater New York fire department gets itfto full working order after New Year's, with one fire commissioner for the whole territory appointed by the mayor for a term of six years, the firefighting force will be larger than that of any other city of the world, without exception. At the present time, the department comprises 1,170 men, and after consolidation the number of New York firemen will be in excess of 2,000. The city of New York has now 108 fire engines, exclusive of three fire boats, and five chemical fire engines. -About 400 horses are certainly in

A few years ago. according to the Boston Transcript, an inventor who'khad devised anew sleeping car, took his plans to the late Geo. M.Pullman. The latter, after looking over them, said, "There is an idea there. I will give you $100,000 cash for your patents." The inventor was a poor man and he would not accept the terms. He said that if the idea was worth $100,000 to Pulfman it was worth millions to him. The car was built and proved a financial failure, and it is believed that even to this day the inventor does not know where the "idea" was whose presence Mr. Pullman discerned in the working plans. s._V

Ex-King Milan of Servia is but 43 and yet he is an old man. His grandfather was a swineherd and Milan inherited all of his bad qualities, which he cultivated, and accumulated others. In 1868 the assassination of Michael brought the honor of reigning prince to him, and after the treaty of Paris he ascended the throne in 1872. In 1888 Queen Natalie became so disgusted with him that she obtained a divorce. The next year the Servians gave him $1,000,000 to abdicate and leave the country, which he did, being succeeded by his son, Alexander. Milan has inherited seven fortunes and squandered them all.

YOUNG WOMEN'S MINSTRELS.

An Overwhelming Success, Socially, Financially and Artistically. The nicest crowd of girls ever gathered together in an entertainment in Terre Haute preserfted the most successful performance ever given by Terre Haute amateurs at the Grand Opera House on Thursday and Friday nights. Socially, financially and artistically, the performance of the Young Women's Minstrels was an overwhelming succes#. Much of the success was due to the care and attention given the affair by Mr. James B. Dickson. He has a reputation as a great producer of stage effects, and has staged with wonderful effect some of the strongest attractions ever given to the public. It was bis first attempt at amateur productions, however, and it was so eminently successful that the amusement public is willing to concede that he is about the best thine that ever happened in a manager?^ .. It was the first time on record here that an amateur show began promptly on time, and dismissed the audience before eleven o'clock. This was done both nights, and it sent people home well satisfied with the. performance.

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were the bones, and Misses Jane Hunter,^ Franceska Strong, Eva Hollioger, Alice Hammerstein, Mabel Cook and Anna Sur-^%f rell the tambos. 'The reception committee consisted of Misses Louise Smith, Carrie Hyde, Margaret. Farrell, Mary Bridwell, Jessie Perdue, Edith Longman, Lucy Farrell and Mr?. Emily Westfall. There were negro melodies by Miss Hunter, Miss 'i' Strong, Miss Hammerstein and Miss & Jenckes, and solos by Mrs. Westfa.ll, Miss Lucy Farrell, Miss Smith and Miss Brid-« well. The finale to the first part was strikingly original, a mouse playing a very important part in it.

In the olio there was a comical dance, "The Hottentots," by the Misses Blanche and Celia Baur, Alice Hammerstein, Rose Braman, Nelle Filbeck, Grace Wood?, Anna Wheeler, Blanche Barnes. Etta Theobald,lone Floyd, Margaret and Lucy farrell, Bertha Kern, Bertha Dnenweg, Jessie Havens and Carrie Hendricks.

Mrs. Lepper's mandolin orchestra played' sweetly each evening, and Miss Cora|^| O'Boyle whistled. This was followed by the drill of "The Daughters ol the Reglment," given by the Misses BIsie Craw-b fbrrl, Helen Arnold, Rose Hera, dtanohe! '/H Barnes, Anna Wheeler, A&na Surrell, /Tranceaka Strong, Julia Yted, Etta Theo-"i^|j bald, Grace Wood, Nellie Briggs, Bertha Kern, Grace Jenckes, Nelda Dickson, Eva Hollinger, Margaret and Lucy Farrell, Nelle Filbeok, Rose Braman, Bertha Duenweg, lone Floyd, May Hunter, Blanche and Celia Baur. The young ladies moved in this with a grace, precision and prompt- ig ness that well earned for them the, title they adopted, "The Daughters of JS the Regiment." "That's Something You

Ought to Knpw," was a topical song with' ,Vmany local hits and was given by Misses Dickson, Crawford, Strong and Lucy1 Farrell. This was followed by a plants- •_ tion dance by Misses Mabel Long, Kate Braman, Esther Schaa}, Etta Here, Edna Reynolds, Elise Gagg, Blanche Baur, Mabel Stevenson, Julia Duenweg, Lottie Dahlen, Carrie Hendricks, Ethel Thorn [Json, Clara Curtis. This was followed by a solo by Miss Louise Smith, accompanied by her sister, Miss Ethel Smith, on the

farewelh^pp^an^oo^ll^'^bag^F'and if, this is SniofiTs fctaeatriluif' life'?fittdc3ln a ... blaze of gloryl^Mlss Mary Bridwell ap-•' peared as the plaintiff, Miss Louise Smith as the defendant, Miss Lucy Farrell, na( plaintiff's counsel, while Miss Edith Longman was foreman of the jury, and Mrs. Emily Westfall was the usher. The operetta was well given and was a fitting ending to a really clever show. Miss Charlotte Longman was mnsical director, the dances were given under Oskar Duenweg's instruction, the drill was by A. O. Duddleston, while Mrs. Anna Hayman, whose name did not appear on the programme, worked about twenty-four hours a day since the entertainment was agreed upon, acting as assistant in the preparation of costumes, programme, etc. As it was a success socially and artistically, so it was financially, and will net a handsome sum for the Young Ladies' Guild, of St. Stephen's church, under whose auspices it was undertaken.

"THE STREET BZLOW."

Two babes were born In the self-same town, On the very same brljrht day They laughed and cried .In their mothers' arms

In the very self-same way And both were pure and Innocent As falling flakes of snow, But one of tliera lived In the terraced house,

And one In the street below.

Two children played In the self-same town And the children both were fair, But one had curls brushed smooth and round,

The other had tangled hair} The children both grew up apace, As other children grow, But one of them lived In the terraced house,

And one In the street belowTwo maidens wrought In the self-same town, And one was wedded and loved. The other saw through the curtain's part

The world where her sister moved And one was smiling, a happy bride, The other knew care and woe. For one of them lived In the terraced house, a And one In the street below. Two women lay dead in the self-same town

And one bad had tender care, The other was left to die alone On her pallet all thin and barfc |And one bad many to mourn her loss,

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But while the success of the show was dne in great measure to Mr. Dickson's efforts, the young ladies themselves made his success possible. They sang and danced and drilled ami cracked jokes with an air of confidence seen only in professionals. They were all so clever, were so self-possessed and thoroughly at ease, that it would be unfair to single them out. The only way to give credit Is to name those who took part In the different features. In tibie first part Miss Blanche Barnes acted as interlocutor, while Misses Grace Jenckes. Rose Herat, Yinetta Riddle, Laura Cox, Nelda Dickson and Elsie Crawford

For the other few tears would flow, For one had lived In the terraced house. And one In the street below. If Jesus, who died for the rich and the pocr,

In wondrous holy love. Took both the sisters in Ills arms And carried them above. Then ail the differences vanished quite,

For In heaven none would know Which of them lived in the terraced bouse And which In the street below. 3$

The chancellors of the Knights of Pythias lodges In this city will hold a meeting at Castle Hall, in the Beach block at half past two o'clock to-morrow afternoon to perfect an organization. At the meeting held last Sunday afternoon, a committee consisting cf John it. Harkness, George F. Sweeney and L. D. Bledsee was apyointed to perfect a plan of or* sr$

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violin. Next was the "Doll Dance" given by Misses Jane Hunter, Elise Gagg, Anna Surrell, Rose Braman, Bertha Kern, Anna Wheeler, Grace Jenckes, Vinstta Riddle,r f, Nellie Filbeck, Bertha Duenweg, Cora, i' Davis aud lone Floyd. The excellent pro-, gramme closed with the rendition of Gilbert & Sullivan's "Trial by Jury," in^l which Adolph Gagg, as the judge, made s' the hit of his life as a character actor. Mr. Gagg announces that it was positively his

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