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Show into tlm legitimate line or placed them on the shelf. We have it that the vaudeville lluaters are all bunked up for wt eks and weeks ahead witli import;'.! ions. It cIciiiiiimI II irk to the Aiii.ie O'.Will, best ruiiemle red ns the wiuKomc leading lady for V. 11. Crane, and who received her first start in I'M ward liarrigau's company at the old Park Theater, returns to the stage iu "Sweet and Tvunty" at the Madison Square Theater on Dec. 23. Charles Frohniun having engaged her for the part of Joan Trevelyan, played so admirably in Loudon by Ellaiue Terrlss. Miss O'Neill married Henry C. Miner some years ago and retired from the stage. Since Mr. Miner's death there has been a yearning to return to the old field, so the opportunity came in Basil Hood's drama. M(. HE KNEW HER. . Heating nu "Yes, I have had my little romance." sighed the drummer as the talk turned on love. "If things had gone right with me I should have married the nicest girl in the world years ago." "llut they went wrong?" was queried. I loved an Ohio "Yes, they did farmer's daughter. The father was opposed to the match and forbade me the house. "But why didn't you plan an elopement? "Ye did. Yes, sir, the girl loved me and we agreed to elope. I was to be on hand on a certain night with a horse and buggy and bear her off. "Did the scheme work out all Klnii-mrnt- MMK. IIKI.KNK MOH.IKSKA. Helene Modjcska. one of the most appreciated gifts of Poland to America, was horn at Cracow in 1S44. Selecting the stage as her her talents lifted her almost at once to the position of leuding actress of her country, but her love of liberty her birthright as a Pole and her sympathies with her suffering under the despotic rule of Russia, embroiled her with the alien tyrants who ruled her unhappy country, and she came to America, the land of liberty, to escape their persecution and tryanny. Mme. Modjcska made her first appearance in English at San Francisco right?" in 1S77 in "Adrienne Lecouvrier, and No, it didn't I arrived on time to followed with a tour of unthe minute, hut I couldnt And the paralleled success.starring one of the Perhaps house. The old man had got onto us, chief charms of hcracting is the deliand what do you think hed done? cious accent which marks her pronunTrue as 1 live, sir, he'd gone and ciation of her English lines. moved his house three miles down the Aside from engagements in London road, anil I couldnt find it, and the and an infrequent visit to her native elopement couldn't come off, and that's land, wheie on one occasion the official theatrical censor refused her perwhy I'm a lonely old bachelor mission to play in Polish, she has since made this country her home. The Iareutul 1rlile. Is me tell that Josh pathos and sweet ness of uer rendition your boy "They said the of the unfortunate Mary Stuart will getting very haiulnoiue," . neighbor. "Yes," answered Farmer CnrntosKcl. "Josh is getting' right busy, lie puts in three or four hours a day now tell-inm how I'd orter run the farm. I've got an idea that Josh is one o' these .211.000 a year men that the steel trust is lookin' fur an can't find.'' life-wor- fellow-countryme- k, n, ." d Denier Hows dot. "The rockers aro not even, and, as you rock, it keeps moving sideways all over the room. "Mein gracious! I have made a me (stake and Rent you von new patent rocker, varrauted not to vear out de carpet all in von place. Dot kind costs von dollar more." Huh! Well, it's your mistake, and I wont pay the dollar, and I won't Eend it back so there! Second-han- Sign In Japan, The people of Japan have a mania .for English signs and they flood the rooms at hotels with English cards. They have no InRpirative mood, and they generally express an idea negatively which we express positively. One day a traveler said to a waiter: "Yes, he Kishl, the rolls are cold. the not of deal cooling' "a said, good cakes is good. A conspicuous notice at a leading hotel reads: On the dining time nobody shall be enter the dining and drawing room without the guests allow." One of the articles in the municipal laws of Kioto ireads: "Any dealer shall be honestly jby his trade. Of course, the sold one (shall prepare to make up the safe A Toklo dentists circular jpackage. Our tooth Is an Important (reads: organ for human life and countenance, as you know; therefore, when it is attacked by Injury artificial tooth Is useful. I am engaged in the dentistry, and I will make for your purpose. Tha Chanplon Glutton. "Quite a gourmet, isn't he?" "Gourmet? Why, hes a regular glutton. You're rather harsh, aren't you?" "Well, lie's one of those fellows who will eat a hearty breakfast and then discuss with his wife what to order for dinner. Jauias K. Hacks) t. James Keteltas liackett, one of the foremost of the younger acturs of the new school of romantic drama, la a Canadian by birth, his home place being Wolfe Island, Out., where he was born in IStitf. lie was educated in New York, however, and is a thorough American. Mr. liackett made his debut on tha stage in New York in Palmer's stock company in 1892, and was the leading man at the Lyceum at the age of 26, (the youngest leading man in New York stage history). The most notable of his successes have been in "Tha Prisoner of Zeuda, and its sequel, "Rupert of Hentzaii." He starred last year in the romantic drama, Tha Pride of Jeunico. ind is this year n' THE OBJECT. ( Yes; it was given by Mrs. de Rich o. whose wanted something to suit her romple xlnn. ONLY SLIGHTLY MISTAKEN. pew is just below, Shr lie She Surrnmboil. Not long ago, in Perthshire, a woman was driving her husband down a narrow- - lane, when, on turning a sharp corner, they encountered a brewer's cart. Neither had room to pass, and in most disagreeable tones the woman Baid: He must go back, for I shall not. He ought to have seen us before entering the lane. "Hut. my dear," replied her husband, "how could he, with this suddi n turn in the road? "I don't care. said the woman haughtily, "I shall stay here all night before I give way to him. The driver of the cart overheard all the conA1 versation and said, resignedly: riciit. sir; I'll gang hack" adding, sympathetically. "I've got just sich anitl.cr one at home." Glasgow (Scotland) Mail. Making PreimmtlniM. HELENE MODJESKA. well bear comparison with the work of starring under his own management, any actress on the stage, and in the being one of the few of strung' character of "Camille she has America. been welcomed with acclaim and acAlthough untiring in his devotion to corded the highest praise. his work, and of distinguished ability Mme. Modjeska married in 18C8, in the profession he has chosen, his Count Bosenka Chlapowski, a com- attractive personality has aided him patriot, exiled like herself, for his great not a little in his struggle toward tht love for his native land. They have high position he has attained. extensive lands in California, where Mr. Harkett was married in 1897 to they make their home. actor-manage- Isnt rotters New njr. Paul Potter's new play founded on Notre Dame de Paris, will be used by Daniel Frogman for his stock company at the opening of the season on Jan. 7. The part of Ia Esmeralda is admirably suited to 111 Ida Spoug, and the company will show new faces in Robert Ixirraine, who was in "To Have and To Hold last season, and Arthur Forrest. who appeared in "The Price of Peace, also for Beatrice Morgan, Mrs. Wliiilen, Gertrude Bennett. William F. Owen, Jameson Lee Finney, Grant Stewart. Daniel Frohman promises an elaborate production, and it will likely be more of a melodrama than anything want to get a turkey and a bottle of paregoric, and some mincemeat, and some pepsin pills, and some cranberries. and some furniture polish, and a quart of oysters, and a package of else. and some sweet potatoes Foreigners In Vaudeville. and a fire insurance policy. One result of the White Rats' fight Here the market man smiled merof last summer is still having a disand rily impiind: astrous result upon the headliners in "Going to f;.t all that?" vaudeville. It is the importation of No." rspo: Hied the customer, "but by the secession foreign acts eaii.-c- l the laiimv Chri-tmdinner occurs at of American players. It seems there Baltimore Amermy house this yeur. was no alternative for the vaudeville ican. managers but to go to Europe for their attractions when the White Rats made their defl. The result was the "I see they are going to put uj European agents of many American tablet to the memory of Eli Whitt managers were taxed to their utmost to Induce headliners to cross the Atdown south sou (owhercs.' lantic. And a mere glance of those "What did he ver do? who are now in this country, coupled "Think he in' nted .a gin." with the fact of the great number that That's funny, They'll be puttin monuments to c inventors of co art still due, has driven a fair protails next. portion of American headliners bark I rs court-plaste- r, Hungry llarry I'm down on dis t ravelin business, un' dat a right Wandering Watson Why, wot's do matter will yer? but Hungry Harry I thought de lady Raid somethin 'bout porter-houswhen her husband go troo wid me I fonn' dat she meant slaughter-house, e. Wanted 1 nl. n A stalwait Life Guardsman in street, down the strolled leisurely and, approaching an expectant bootblack, pompously placed one enormous foot on the polishing block. For a moment or two the lail gazed in wonderment at tho expanse of leather spread before his eyeB. anti then he hailed a colleaguo on the other side of the street. "Hi, Dill," he shouted, "lend us some polish. Hi've got a Harmv contract." 1 Ixin-do- A U'iiiiiiiii'k I nt. Are. we all out of debt at last?" she asked. Thank heaven we are," he an- swered. "Then, let's give n swell dinner and danrp," she suggested. Hut that will put us in debt again, he protested. "Of course it will." she returned, hut what's the goon of making our credit so good if we don't use it? CWago Host. as 1 JAMES K. liACKETT. Miss Mary Mannering, one of the moat beautiful women and accomplished actresses that have ever adorned the American stage. |