Show ON THE BOER WAR It Is the Thing tho General Ever Saw ROBERTiS ERrs GETS ALL CREDIT t Whet hm Go 00 Oilier Ollun are aro le nObl fur for Not C Capturing hoer frIY London Landon June l 1906 1900 by tilt the exciting n nwe from th the war that was WaA supposed tu to ba or In South Atria reports POrtis In regard to the war that Iki Ii be pending In China and alarming d relative to the rebellion lat rule In Ashanti to say MY nothing n ot of the gay ga Ascot meeting the th ot of ire In Glad Gladstone tone stone and ond the death ot of the duke or of Wellington the MI In England lOngland hu has been one ot of considerable Interest Intact In Intact tact so 10 absorbed has haa the nation become In It Its own affairs that those thoe ot of other fall to elicit the slightest A The war as It I is learned Gen Oen said to On Gen Tucker a 0 afew few weeks ago Is 11 the I 1 ever saw It If we referring to the do things wrung wrong we ar are sent nt hods lit bt disgrace It If we wedo do them right gets all the credit And the war sear In 18 then than everGen ever Gen Oen had any Idea ot of The presented this week of a victorious general ht command of the greatest arty this country ever put under one troth shut off from all communication Wh the outer world while units ot of hi Ills forces force of the seven leen hundred men W annihilated by bya a p enemy whose whOle territory was ann annexed ed elands almost unique In military history While Lord Lone Roberta Is not blamed for tor these dle asters a ten there Ig f feeling lIn the leading heading S Uth In London that hi he or Borne cps blundered at al Pretoria AROUND Those who knot eel every Inch around the 8 say Lord lArd Robs Rob Roberts erts erta took the most mOlt arduous side elde to all ap approach preach It whereas with easier casler means ot of ace access ire he might have gone eat east eastward ward and shut off ott all possibility ot of left Uell retreat As A It II b the cap capture Lure ture ot of Pretoria wAS practically an empty triumph except fur tor its III moral effect What Whitt old S South Juth African cam cama are ant asking is II WhY did not get Botha and hl hi men and take Pretoria instead ot of occupying a descried town and letting the calmlY walk Ia away under the nose nOle of hi overwhelming force Yet while thIs question Is II frequently heard heerd there le Is luch general admiration tor Lord Lard and belief b let In the edl of hll that even een tho those e who uk ask It are 1 to him until they know all all the detail OT The patent ot of the generals fighting at the front have hae caused end lees criticism since the war began blan but scarcely an any blunder In South Africa has drawn upon It to ao much condemnation tion as the recent Aldershot vets ers when troops engAged In a asham asham sham battle on the hottest day of the year ear The inquest upon l OtI tour four ot of the en enlisted listed men who died from heat records the tact that the troops troop started early In the morning without an adequate meal mal and that the forage CAps ape they wore were utterly to protect their heads from the sun eun A Amore Amore more Indictment set ot military was scarcely ever so 80 quickly and aed el secured than b by title simply verdict ot of a coroners jury Besides the melt me who died some Bome oo had to go 10 to the hospitals The result I is that the obnoxious forage caps are likely to be done a away vay with THIRD DU DUKE E OP OF The death of the third duke ot of Well Inton Inston removeS one or of the shyest and least known persons In England lie III was a pronounced and also suffered from a keen koen appreciation ot of his own position Once and only once he made an attempt to speak In publiC It was In the question que In which he Will was greatly Interested A profusion ot of notes lay IllY before him where he sat lILt In the house of lords lie caught the lord chancellors eye aol rose uP arranged his hi note cleared his throat and eat at down without even een uttering a syllable lie He never nover trIed again A CURIOUS STORY A curious story la Is printed regarding the duke ot of York It avert aver irk III Janu January January ary II a be bevy ot of tour four beautiful Oriental maidens arrived at York House Mil and an announced announced themselves 4 as a present from troma froma a certain dusky dusk The prince ot of Wales eon on did not desire to offend the giver yet he could scarcely carcel accept so 10 In some way or another the maiden were returned and there was wal no ot of tense NEW COMEDY Not onlY theatrical cJ circles reI e but the whole ot of London Landon fe I and Inter by the exciting be between between tween the celebrated dramatist W tV s 8 Gilbert and Steer the Amert can actress Just before the latter produced two ot of his hll playa at the Com Comedy Comedy edy theater list lilt week Mr Gilbert retired re retired tired from the and andIn In a letter r repudiated all re for tor the forthcoming pro Th The plays however were proP pro June and proved most mOlt sue ue but Gilbert does doe not feel teel dl to let the tho matter rest and wrote po matter pUw Steer as further understand that last lall night you materiallY altered the and as aa It business bu ln all as arranged by me played under my mt direction by lire Irs was Kendal llis dIee Anderson MIss 1131 Ro Rose e Leclerk Le Leclerk clerk and Ind Indeed b by every nery other lady who hu haI played under my mr stage I I I I 1 management during the last twenty eight years I must uk ask you to advance advanceR R tanele In front of from her left leU not from her right to throw your yourself self Belt on your knees kneel In front frunt of her with without Uh out any exclamation to tall fall at feet and not on an any account to cress Py Pygmalion allon or Indeed do any buln business not arranged at rehear rehearsal l It you oU do donot donot not comply with m my In these respects t I Will apply for tor an Injunction to 10 prevent your our playing the plea pl or otherwise a as I ma may he be The next day da Gilbert wrote again I understand you interpolated eral last la t night while Miss was waa delivering bet ter Important I speech h at the end of the second act of l mallon and Galatea thereby greatly ImpaIring the effect ot of that speech and causing it Il to be Indistinct and confused A As this was wa not done at rehearsal I had no clue to your Our intention tion or should I hue have cautioned you ou be before before fore this As AI It is II I must direct your attention to the necessity ot of keeping pl el lence during the delivery important of speech In question As unfortunately experience has hilI taught me that a mere request ot of mine III Ii not likely to receive touch much consideration at your hands bands I have Instructed Miss Repton how to todeal todal deal dal with the should It arise arlle agaIn My instructions to her are to stop short at the first Interruption reo re remain main silent until the Interruption ceases and then begin again Should the Interruption In be repeated she IQ II again to atop until the annoyance alto altogether gether Miss MIl Steer writ writes that the real difference ot of opinion resulting In Mr Oliberta ebullition arose from quite another matter When arranging with Mr Gilbert Oll rt for the production ot of the two plays plas In question which he made madean an Imperative condition lit at that time was waa not to engage Repton who ho apparently Is a for tor the part ot of On Wednesday evenIng I requested her to wear the wig provided for tor the part and site ahe curtly refused ed whereupon hereupon Mr Gilbert interfered and vehemently stated be not allow her to 10 die dis disfigure figure herself henelt b by wearing a wig At Atter Atter ter some ome emphatic expressions of opinIon opinIon Ion Mr Gilbert left the theater A Aside from this theatrical matters have hae been dull and the managers are already talking ot of closing dOlln The princess ot of Wales who le II a regu tar lar attendant at Convent Garden sum lum summoned Mr Maurice Orau Grau Tuesday and congratulated hIm on the success or of the opera season leuon |