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Show - THEATRICAL TOPICS. SOME SAYINGS AND DOINOS IN STAGELAND. 1 ll.ll at tk. BUu4 MullaM M)lotol.ntm A At bltkm f Bb B. la ik Aston Aator-O-Mw at yonngsters were likely to do In their first plunge into the classical drama. Of course their success has not assumed any great proportions In so far as popularity is concerned, but artistically they undoubtedly surprised even their friends. Some good judges of the dramatie art think that Willie Jefferson is destined to. develop into a comedian of great ability, and there are others who think that fom Jefferson is even more likely to make a permanent success in a line of character parts such as Rip Van Winkle. Of course Joseph Jefferson, Jr., has only comparatively a small part in "The Rivals, but he made enough of it also to show that he has more reason than his name for being on the stage. The success of To the grand gallery of figures heroic, fantastic and poetic, which Mr. MAnafield, with the hand and brain of genius, has created, he haa now added another. In thia generation tew and few actora have been ao ao pralaed and ao puraued aa thia Cyrano de Bergerac, and Mr. Mansfield in the part. Although the play haa been acted, in American, at leaat, bnt a few montha, it la on everyone'a tongue. The day for which Mr. Mansfield haa worked ao bravely, ao insistently and with such singleness of purpose haa arrived. Where Sir Henry Irving stands in England Mr. Mansfield stands with ua. No caviling at his methods or means, no exaggeration of his faults can change this. The production of "Cyrano de Bergerac is not necesarily the crowning work of hls career, and no matter how good it may be I hope there are many greater triumphs yet in store for him. But the point over which I can readily imagine Mr, Mansfield most rejoices Is that the American people are accepting him and taking him to their bosom as they have, in his lifetime at least, no other actor of their own race and country. HENRY MILLER AND MABEL BERT IN THE MASTER. Why, the way people are talking about Mr. Mapsfield, he might have been (The Reconciliation.) born in London or beside the sacred his offspring undoubtedly had much Seine! to dp Flth .the, speedy recovery pf Joseph Jefferson, Sr.' "The Master, It looks as If Mr. Gillette has made which was the prominent novelty of Mr. Henrys Millers last season east another big hit in the way writing. This time be is an adaptor, as and which ran for over three months he was to some extent in hlir last farce, at the Garden Theater, New York, is "Too Much Johnson." It is from the by G. Stuart Ogilvle, an English draFrench; this last piece, and is called matist, previously unknown on this "Because She Loved Him So. It is a aide of the ocean. It was also its' first comedy rather than a farce, although production upon any stage, for the was a newcomer in the dramatic the plot tends more toward laughter emotion. ' In it J. E. field, even in his own country, and with than any Serious ' Dodson, that wonderful actor, haa his previous and first appeal for pubwhich he again scored moat notably. It was lic approval, "Hypatia, produced recently at the Boston .Mu- - wrote for Beerbohm Tree,' he had been cre-atio- na d, au-th- qr master and brings him to the verge of CURES BY SUGGESTION bankruptcy; sickness also falls upew the stubborn old man, and at last, deserted even by the servants, his iron CALIFORNIA HAS AN will breaks, the wife returns, and with PARSON. the fortune he has given her as a silver wedding present she saves him a Carmiw Bnrts to from financial ruin. The daughter, kte IiIimmi U Of Sir to ffgaotte with the rescued husband, returns to Brtoff Abon Reform la HI his side, and as the curtain falls the Work! Waa San. son. decorated with the cross, is marching by the window, returning to the softened father, who wants to weloome Should a minister of the gospel prachim. tice hyfiuoti? This is the rather peculiar question which is being discussed ltt church circles In. Fresno, CaL Foaling Off Balls. There is one rule on the books that This agitation is the result of several doesnt reach two members of the Bal- remarkable cures which Dr. J. E. Cartimore team. It is the rule in regard penter, pastor of the South Methodist to fouling off balls intentionally. church, has effected by means of hypHe has cured the cigarette Hughle Jennings and Billy Keeler can notism. foul a ball almost any time they want, habit, drunkenness and dyspepsia- and do. it without resorting to the three things which the reverend genbunt They did it in a close game tleman declares do not yield readily to against the Reds last season, and preaching. Dr. Carpenter haa been In against a pitcher less cool and delib- Fresno for the last three years, having erate than SUU Bill Hill, their trick come from Stockton, where he was might have brought disaster to the pastor of ths Grace Methodist EpiscoReds. Several times Jennings and pal church. He has been very popular Keeler went to the plate bent on get- end hi sermons have been character ting their base on balls Time after time when Hill put the hell over the heart of the plate they would foul it, in order to keep from having a strike called. It was the old Arils Latham, Blondie, Purcell and Mike Kelly trick of leaving the bad one go by and fouling off the good ones. A rule was passed years ago to cut off these tricky players, and it was successful. They used to foul em by the bunting routex and it was easy to tell when they were breaking the rules. Jennings and Keeler have a way of They dont foul beating the rule. bails off by "bunting. The" wing" at the ball with all their might They either pull the ball around" font or prop themselves so that it will be fouled to the right In one of their last Cincinnati games they made Hill pitch about twice as much as he should. At one time at the bed by broadness and even radical bat Jennings fouled off ten strikes. views He bas been enterprising and While Gaffney might have suspected progressive, and under his pastorate that they were trying to embarrass the present handsome chnrch the handsomest in the city was built. At Hill, it was a hard matter to say posithe last conference Rev. Mr. Carpenter tively they were doing it Intentionally. He should at least have warned them. waa assigned to a charge in New Mexico, and left a few days ago for Ms new field. When a correspondent referred to the objections raised by some Of the townspeople about hls hypnotic feats objections which art not clearly defined, bnt still objections the minister said rather warmly: "Such people would hum witches There are people In this town today who would burn witches yes air, would barn witches for what was a Witch but a hypnotist T Thea. you contend that It la perfectly proper for a minister to hypnotise thst Is, becoming to his station and a8 that! TE full PARTED ON HONEYMOON. It has just become known at Waterbary, Conn., that Jennie Elton Stevens If" . Jr -- T : If J St byte'?'. feCULPTO R MANSFIELDS seam by Charles Frohmans company. A. Boston correspondent writes to me aa follows concerning Mr. Gillettes latest: ."The gist of the plot Is that Mrs. (Hirer West, an amiable but high-strun- g young person, who has Just changed her condition from that of spoiled child to that of young wife, makes her husbands lift a burden to him with her explosive Jealousy. The two are all the time quarreling and making up; at last comes the time when they quarrel without making up, and look to divorce as the only rescue. They return by the same train, but )n separate compartments', to Mrs. Wests boms; she, to state her sad cue to Her , parents; he, to defend himself. Somehow, the parents a most genial, nnlted affectionate, exemplary old couple-b- ear of the two young peoples intend- - ad arrival and ot their quarrel before .the latter do arrive, and here is where the old, old trick comes in. The old eoople (determined to give- - the erring children an object lesson and ao pretend to have a quarrel of their own, making each others life a very ball on earth. Of course. It all ends well. Alice Nielsen hu taken WuMngton by storm, U one may judge by the The Fortune 'nengapapar criticisms. comic Teller, the new Smith-Herbe- rt opera In. which Frank Perley la intro- a star, seems . ductofi Miss Nielsen been greatly Improved since It wu originally introduced. In Wuhlng-to- n they seem to think that Mr. Herbal has never written music of such a class. The critic high apd ,otthe Times says on this' point: "The Fortune Teller' one to aring inclined to confeu that Mr. Herbert's previous writings were puerile. He . hu composed catchy airs and' dainty ballade and e humbles, together with thru fih&lei bt a mos( striking eharac- -' When Alice Nielsen made her first, deej) impression In "The Serenade with the Bostonians I wu quite pro- pared for the announcement ot an ear ly starrlng tour, hutber Immediate and marked sucoeu in her first eeaaon to a ' surpriae.to everybody, for It Is so hsrd to. suit yonng woman of Miss Nielsen's petite type in a comic opera role. while It Bnt The Fortune Teller, me not bo a wonderful opera, seems to fit her like sTglova 7T obliged to become the financial backer of hls play to secure lto production. Now he to classed among the most promising ot their playwrights. . John Hare, for whom "The Muter" wu written, hu presented it at the Globe Theater, London, and Edwin Terry hu given a third of Mr. Ogllvles plays, The White Knight, at Terrys Theater, In both instances these productions in London followed runs In this country, the first named having succeeded Martha Mortons "A Bachelor's Romance, In which 8ol Smith Russell made a successful season here, and the other having been preceded by "The Girl From Paris, which E. E. Rice has been exploiting In America daring the put seaibn.' Thomu Fa- - u After-be- - tor. - ' ' The' success of tbe Jefferson boys In their fathers ample shoes his been one of ths surprises of the season. I confess that I went to the theater not exactly with fear and trembling, but with oainfnl mlul vines nbont what the LATEST MASTERPIECE. Thou who know the ability of Jennings and Keeler to hit a ball foul when 'they want to know that they work this trick. It to an unfalcman-ne- r of playing. The- rule wu passed in the first place because Purcell, tham and the tote Mike Keufwera. about the only players who could do it. They had had a monopoly on the trick, and the players of other (cams were at a disadvantage. Jennings find Keeler now have a hnnch over other players. There should be some rule to reach them. v Captain Ewing insisted that Umpire Gaffney should have called them down, Umpire Gaffney insisted that he could not. do it because they did not bant tbe ball. Captain Ewing claims the rule does not say Anything about bunti tog. - Pm.lmt.Mi Baaloo. Manager Hanlon of the Baltimore does not take a rosy view of the season of 1899. In a recent Interview he told: "If the National league circuit would remain the same as before there are four Cities which must be strengthened. There are Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia and SL Louis. One thing to certain, the National league, cannot go along playing a losing game because certain towns are lamentably Yeah. .There to frightful expense attending the running of a ball turn, and It to not fair that a turn which makes money at home should be compelled to carry al?ng other clubs which seem to have no good excuse for not being strongman d healthy." There to lota ot good notorial In the country, and J think the time has come when It to necessary tor weak teams . to brace up. If there Is not a bracing up to certain points along the line every team In the league will likely lose money next year. Talk of weak teams strengthening to pretty bnt the desirable talent that .the successful teams carry for utility purposes oan-n- ot be purchased, RICHARD MANSFIELD AS CTRANCX her, the character aunmed by Mr. Miller, hu been given the sobriquet of the master in his boyhood because of hls' dominant nature. It hu adhered to him through manhood, because its applicability increased with years. He man who brooks no opto a self-maposition either in bustneee or at bis home, and bu become the ruler of the financial market" Hr plans to marry hls daughter to a favorite nephew and to receive bis son m partner n the firm.' The daughter lovee elsewhere Earftik Cycle Mikin Tomataa. and the son dealres to enter the army. The Raleigh Cycle Company, one of As they will not give tip their plana In favor of hls he turns theta adrift. the largest and eldest cycle mikfag In England, haa gone into the Thcdattghter"marrteeaad her- - hat- - concern a receiver. For some time of hands entombed la band, a mining engineer, alive In a mining acident - Fabers It haa been an open secret among the wife wants to go to her daughter In British trade that the company has her distress. "The master refuses to been la financial difficulties. A plan allow her to do to and when she per- for reorganisation will be shbmltted sists ha tells her she can never re- to the stockholders. ' The banks forced turn. The favorite neobew robe the the concern to ths wall. de Mayo, wife of Commodore W. K. Mayo, U: 8. N retired, of Washington, D. CL, had applied for divorce a tew day ago to .the .superior court. New Haven. Decision was reserved. The commodore was reported by 'counsel not to oppose the petition. It to said, but only to reduce the alimony to as small an amount aa possible. Commodore Mayo, to 1892, even then grown gray to the service, snd retired ' because of age, met Ml Stevena to the White mountains. He soon cam to Waterbary upoflt a visit and again - met Miss Stevens, a belle ot the city, who at 10 was still heart-fre- e. She was the 'll aaoet assuredly da Why, taks fe drunkard, for Instance. In nine eases out of ten yea, ninety-nin- e out of hundred you might preach to him until the crack of doom and you could not induce him to change his ways, to reform, become a sober cltlxta and an ornament to society. Preaching does not reach him, but you, give me live mlnutee with that same man and allow me to get him under the Influence of suggestion, and I'll cure him. "And right here," continued the clergyman, warming to hla subject, "let me tell you that I do not hypnotise that Is, except in rare cases. I can hypnotise and sometimes do, but In my work I find it unnecessary to thoroughly hypnotise any one. You know when a person is hypnotised he le unconscious of all surroundings. Now, hardly any of those upon whom 1 have operated have been unconscious. I merely get them under my control, put their bodies in a relaxed condition and get them under the influence of suggestion. I tbsn tell them they .have no further desire to smoke or drink, and they have not Except In rare cases I do not believe in thorough hypnotism. "How long have you bees practicing hypnotism T Nearly all my lifs I have always had a latent power, which I never called by any particular asms My mother noticed the power when 1 waa a child. She discovered that I could cure a sick headache by merely pus At the request of Commodore Mayo, Mr. Stevens, the brides fathsr, went to Washington, thrss wseka after the wedding, and seeing hla daugbtsrs condition, brought her horns at ones. Ths troubla so weighed upon tbs mind of Mrs. Mayo that ths waa sent to a Lltchflsld sanitarium. Much surprise was caused on Feb. L 1894, when the commodore advertised that he would psy no bills of hls witss contracting. Her family asserted that he had never been asked to do aa In the same year (1894) Mr, Stevens died. The reason for her separation from Commodore Mayo during their honeymoon has never been made publia MR8. BOTKINS TRIAL. Ths most noted murder ing my hand close to the persons for4 head, without even touching the par tlssL I afterward studied meemerissar and also hypnotism. My object la practicing hypnotism as a minister is aims' ply to do good. Now 1 want it understood that I do not maka a business ol it, but, as they say at the restaurant. U la merely on the aide. My calling la that of a minister, hut I believe that a minister should be more than that word ordinarily implies. A true minister should be both a teacher and a healer, aa Christ was. I have never re celved any money for any of my treatments. A prominent lady whoea daughter I cured of a love for liquor waa ao grateful that aha wanted to richly repay me, but I refused; not because I did not consider it legitimate, hut because it was not my business. Now I have six and eight cases a day. Thera are two yonng men waiting for me now poor boys, hopelessly addicted tO'ctf arettea, practicing Is a great physical strain on me. It depletes me. 1 dont mind one or two cases, bnt six or sight in one day are too many. Dr. Carpenters cures have not been confined to smoking and drinking. Ha t hes cured an affection of the eye, dyspepsia and a number of complaints ot a nervous character. Hla fame haa spread In a quiet way and people from different parts ot ths state have traveled to be treated by him."'" OIRL TAKES A BURGLAR. Calmness on ths part of Miss Sarah Sandford and ths persuasive powers of shotgun to ths hands of her father, Justlo of the Peace Theodor Sand ford, ended the career of a would-b- e burglar early tbe other morning- - at their home to Ralph street, Belleville, N, J. Miss B&ndford wu awakened by unusual nolsea She quietly got out of bed, and, after partly dressing, made her way to her father's room, awakened him with little noise possible and explained matters to him. He listened and heard the noises and decided, like hls daughter, that a bur. glar wu at work. He quietly procured hls shotgun and cautiously crept downstairs and to the front door, H i - u u trial ths Pa- to witness to recent years began when Mrs, Cordelia Botkin wu arraigned for" the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning snd Mrs. J. D. Dun of Dover, DeL The css hu many peculiar features which cific coast has had occasion made extradition from California to Delaware Impossible of accomplish meat, for tbs poisoned candy which caused the death of the two daughters of John P, Pennington wu bought to San Francisco and mailed from thsr to Dover. "The act Is al leged to have been Inspired by Jealousy, for It is admitted that Mrs. Botkin and Mr, Dunning, a newspaper man, had been Intimate while the latter! wlfs wu to . the EuL Daniel Ames, a handwriting expert of New COMMODORE MAYO, York, who wu an Important witness daughter of Orville H. Stevens, aJead-in- g In the Fair will csss, has declared that manufacturer, who had held every Mrs. Botkin wrote the note accomofflm to the gift of his townsmen, expanying the drugged candy, and that cept that of Mayor, through her the wu also ths author of anonymous mother, Mtog Stevens waa related to letters which warned Mrs. Dunning of fhs Eltons two of the her husbands act of Infidelity. Ths boost distinguished and wealthy Water-buV- y druggist who sold tbe arsenic hu also ' families. ' Society was somewhat surprised to bejy.of her engagement' to the veteran commodore. .The wedding was to every way the most elaborate the city had ever knows. Everything pointed To"S"hk9py future, despite the disparity to tii ages of the contracting parties. The bride drove away laden with elegant Jewels, gifts of her hue-ban-d, her parents and her friends Ths bride and bridegroom expected to msk a short wedding trip and then to permanently locate at the commodora, lowm clrcl Vuhtog-to- n ' ) jj . Reach Ing Miw York, there was disagreement, and oa arriving at Commodore Mayo's home to Washington, wu prostrated. She waa Unable to attend an Informal wedding reception, which had been announced at thejtime of th mlrrijlge Tila t eeptlon wa followed by another on a pI to "hlcfc more than L.000 Invitations had been given, Mrs. Mayo essayed the part of hostess, but broks down completely, and the excitement only served to make her prostration OOP 08 m Diets. 7 MRS. BOTKIN. Identified Mrs. Botkin of the " poison.- - - ffithiVI S ho u a purchaser 8ARAH SANDf saw a man prying away with a cold chisel to an effort to force open a window. Justice Sandford covered the working burglar with hls gun and exclaimed: "Throw up your hands or Ill The burglar raised bis hands shoot he eould. high above hls head Then he pleaded not to be shot, and quickly obeyed order Judge Sandford placed the muxxle of the gun to his back and commanded: "Now march into the house and to my office. This office Is used by the Judge a a courtroom. There the fellow wu tried, committed and turned over to a constable. whom hit daughter brought to u u u the office. Gtuutl CuilbiUm Advlcea from Brisbane, Queensland.' contain a ghastly story of cannibalism to tbs German group of the Sulu Ulan da. It appears that a Queensland trading cutter, the Sea Ghost, with thru white traders and a crew of seven natives, was hoarded by the treacherous natives ot the Island of Baku, who murdered two ot the whites and six of the blacks.- Their bodies, U to asserted, were then dressed for a cannibal feast. In the meanwhile the natives found a keg of ram, and soon they were all helplessly drunk.' "Before theF recovered from their stupor the surviving white man and the native seaman managed to unloose the ropes with which they were bound and escaped to ' a amall boat, from which they wsr hv a British np ship. picked - king Boo. pfJSamnel JEJMrb. son, whose back, it is alleged, wu broken by the unnatural father with a club, died at New Martinsville, W, Va., from the Injuries received. It is thought Harrison will be lynched If caught, u the feeling against him Is vsrv bitter. T |