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IjjUSIC. COMEDY.
I , U DIB F.s SW AYED BY SOI-
I **'° z \. s yUU>G STRAINS.
I Mart’ll KpGi'‘-“ an 0v ““°”
I T bf ie t urnon- Lender anil
I **”*.““ r _: lion Lacltaye and Hi-
I H '" „> i Dr- Bel*ra ,he At-
I t#n,P ' Tar-day Night, to Be
I SU... r outer Doad and
I „ >ro eu Saturday.
I K 8 ,h’p “ferch King.” and his splen-
I mia , ILo delightful and highly
I 4idM 'nerf/nances yesterday at the
I eni e ' 1 r th the matinee and night
I “> eate : ‘ Jhe house was filled almost
I il Each audience was enthu
to‘tsai 1 i/sisted upon the lengthening
S ijsiu e / mme _ xhe encores were fre
°{li“pr f °.Y almost every number-and
ueot '*J kind enough to oblige with
“ oUai rr iple marches as the encore
WS n Fei Capitan” was accorded an
Bunot ’' r= L had to be twice repeated be
°V4tftie lidience would permit the pro
fore /go forward.
C Jle were just in the humor for
ThC Popular band music, and Sousa
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MRS. ELIZABETH NORTHROP.
I >e the people just what they wanted.
1 e band was in fine form, and rendered
, ery selection as such a body of players
, iy be expected to do—in a thoroughly
1 lightful manner.
l!r. Hell made a fine Impression In his
1 ilos on his instrument, which has ape
, iharly sweet tone.
Mrs. Northrop has a clear, sweet so-
P apo voice. She rendered her music de
li ;btfuliy. Miss Johnstone was equally
flcqessful in her selections. Both were
cdhielled to give encores. The concert
one of the best ever given by a band
in ipis city.
a word about Sousa and his tour Is of
|nl rest. His present tour, which began
in New York, extends from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific, from the Gulf of Mexico to
Pr nee Edward Island. It embraces a
co intry covering the entire United States,
'anada and the maritime provinces, re
tiring over 21,000 miles of railroad travel,
Ifiudes a continuous series of 2SO oor.-
forts, covers a period of 169 consecutive
iays, and embraces a chain of 196 towns
ind cities.
Sousa is so deeply entrenched in the ftf
ections of music lovers from one end of
his country to the other that his recog•
lition abroad as the representative com
joser of America is a personal compli
ment to every Sousa admirer in the land.
One of Sousa's most significant triumphs
ias in severe and classic Germany—even
{1 Berlin, the citadel of German musical
f-adltion and power. While there he was
iccorded the unusual distinction of an in
vitation from the Berlin Phiiharmonio
31as orchestra to conduct one of their
concerts. Sousa naturally and willingly
accepted. The result was an ovation from
11 great audience, gathered to do him
lonor and from the players themselves,
iver which his native supporters would
lave waxed eloquent. The Berlin press,
vithout an exception, awarded the mag
letic conductor a high place in the calen
dar of musical art, and paid his person
ality the same tributes universally accord
id him by their American compeers.
m Mr. Wilton Lackaye will be seen here
■ for the lirst time Thursday night in Dr.
■ Belgraflt. There are
■ a great many well-
B informed people in
■ { New York, Boston
■ and the other large
■ ill Cities of the country
who do not hesitate
to say that they re
m cm 'A \ gard Wilton Lackaye
. as the best of the
B -* younger generation
of American actor3.
a discussion of a
B matter of this kind
Mr. Lackaye. can go, a case In
point will illustrate.
A. M. Palmer produced Trilby, Mr.
played Svengali. The critics and
H he public, without a dissenting voice, de-
the work of the young actor equal
B to the best efforts
■ of even such nota
■ -‘i'Wt* Si bles as * rv,n ß an^
§ji aJifL Coquelin. But some
■ of Mr.Lackaye's con-
K 1 tem P° nirieß upon the
■ * J nr stage regarded the
■ | ¥ actor as peculiarly
I fortunate in having
B' Vrz) JB-BKav an opportunity to
■ 1 play so "fat" a part.
■ As the engagement
HyJ progressed the talk
■ ?’''* about town was more
■ about Lackaye’s
B 'IJ " Svengali than about
■ Miss Walnrlght. Trilby, the actor was
■.' the man of the hour.
■ Soon managers of theaters throughout the
Hicountry began plying Mr. Palmer with
H.uggestlons to organize another company;
Bihut almost to a man, the out-of-town man-
H agers requested that be Included
■: n the road company. It must here be said
H 'n all truth, that Lackaye’s overshadow-
H. 'ng prominence In the company, and the
■ subordination of the play to the actor by
■\ilmost common consent, did not especially
■ •.please Mr. Palmer, and when he finally
■'determined to accede to the requests for
■ [another company, he thought it a good
■ opportunity to demonstrate that he could
■ t ßeplace Mr. Lackaye to the satisfaction of
■ ,i'he public. He did not neglect, however,
■ o select as Mr. Lackaye's successor In the
■ New York cast an actor celebrated for
■ 'great work for fifteen years. Accordingly
■ Air. Lackaye went to Chicago with the
■l, oad company, and his successors first
■.night as Svengali arrived.
Hi; It was Just before "time to begin” when
■ 'i newspaper man found Sousa in his dresn
■ .ng room at the theater, and turned away
■ t or a moment to inspect the badges that
lecorated his full dress coat which hung
B n the wall.
HP "Good evening," he said In an affable
H vay ' ‘‘l°ok,ng ai my badges, 1 see."
■ "Ye*, and wondering at your trust in
when I tee them hung up hero
with all the doors open,” was the an
swer.
“Oh, I’m not afraid: they are all fo
very much mine.”
The badges numbered seven. The top
one was an immense star of diamonds,
suspended from a bar inscribed, “The i
March King,” in the center of which was
a lyre in enamel. .Another was a de
sign of two horns of plenty and two cor
nets crossed hanging to a bar inscribed !
“Sousa's Band,” on which was mounted
a bear. This was inscribed with “Mil
winter International Exposition, 1892.” An
other was from the Italian-American Cav
alry with the poetic legend, “Music Is the
Voice of Heaven.” One of the simplest
was from the musicians of Denver, a star
within a star of virgin gold and silver.
St. Louis had given him another in 1893.
This was suspended from a bar engraved
with the first notes of the “Washington
Post,” studded in diamonds, and at the
bottom were the Pandean pipes resting on
crossed oboes. *The hasty glance given
these rare expressions of the leader's
value was enough to convince one of the
esteem in which he was held at home. He
said he had five more that he had won
at school, but for which he had 110 place
on his coat.
“All actresses paint,” observes R. A.
Barnet, "but only the best of them draw’
well.’’
Thomas W. Keene has played Richard
111 2,306 times. This means that every
night, including Sunday, of over six years
of Mr. Keene’s life has been devoted to
this role./
“It is an established fact in theatricals,”
declares Fanny Davenport, “that no
drama can win success until the ladies
give it their approval. A play that pleases
only men folk would better never be writ
ten, so far as managerial prosperity and
authors' royalties are concerned. By a
curious coincidence, those generally op
posing elements—the church and the stage
—are supported mostly by women.
James O’Neill recently presented a cou
ple of seats for his performance of Ham
let to a tough party, who had been of some
service to h.m. “I hain't seen it for twen
ty years,” said the latter, “but I guess
1 know about the play. A friend of mine
says it’s where you take the girl down
the stage and draws the magic circle
around her. 1 t’ink he’s away off.” Hav
ing been appealed to on this point, Mr.
O’Neill was obliged to correct the man’s
error by saying that the scene referred to
took place in Richelieu, whereupon the
actor’s tough friend was in high glee. “I
knowed it, cull,” he said triumphantly,
“an’ I haven't seen Hamlet for twenty
years. But any one who’s ever seen de
play knows dat the big scene in it is where
de witches chase around the kittle and
t’row stuff into it." Mr. O'Neill did not
think it worth while to explain any more.
Jessie Bartlett Davis received a most pe
culiar Christmas present. It is a dinner
service made in Limoges, and the designs
of the dishes are as unique as the talents
of 'the handsome contralto. The handle
at the top of a soup tureen is a group
of three ducklings, with bills pointed to a
common center, while a fourth reaches up
his bill from the base. A vegetable dish Is
surmounted by a cock in the act of crow
ing; another supported by two peacocks,
with dragging tails. Then there are snails,
dragons and half-impossible creatures of
various shapes and degrees of heinous ug
liness.
Leon Herrmann, a nephew of the late
Alexander Herrmann, whom he hopes to
succeed in popular favor in America as a
prestidigitateur, arrived last week. He
bears a striking resemblance to his uncle.
The chief physical point of difference be
tween them is that Leon is somewhat the
shorter. His features are of the same ami
ably Mephistophelian cast. He is about
20 years old and is a son of the late Alex
ander's brother, Benjamin. He studied
and practiced the “black art” with his
oldest uncle, Carl Herrmann of Vienna,
who died some years ago. 'The New York
Herald says of Leon Herrmann: “That he
has the family knack of sleight-of-hand,
however, is quite probable, as the tricks
with cards and apples which he did were
quite as clever and mystifying as any of
the same class of tricks performed by his
uncle.”
An unusual number of new plays were
offered to the public last week. The list
embraced nearly every form of dramatic
production. Two English companies made
their appearance on Broadway in New
York. One of them was headed by John
Hare, who was seen in The Hobby Hors;,
at the Knickeroccker theater, while the
other produced Shamus O'Brien, anew
Irish opera comique, at the Broadway the
ater. E. M. and Joseph Holland pre
sented A Superfluous Husband at the
Fifth Avenue theater, while Hoyt's A Con
tented Woman was brought to Hoyt's
theater for a run. Melodramas by native
playwrights were tried at the American
and People’s theaters.
Oliver Doud Byron and Kate Byron will
be seen here Friday and Saturday nights
and for a Saturday matinee.
Among the novelties in Jefferson, Klaw
& Erlanger’s spectacle. Palmer Cox's
Brownies, which will be seen here in a
short time, is the sensational flying bal
let, from the Folies Bergere, Paris. The
feature was secured for the American pro
duction, and it has been the talk of thea
ter-goers In all the large cities in which
"The Brownies” has been presented. The
flying bal.et is introduced in the third act
of the. extravaganza. Just before the
transformation scene. The stage is sud
denly darkened, and immediately after,
fairies are discovered flying about through
the air In all directions without visible
means of support. In their graceful flight
to and fro they are transformed into
birds, beetles and butterflies of the most
gorgeous hues, and, when the stars and
stripes are thrown upon the beautiful ae
rial dancers as a finale, the enthusiasm of
the audience knows no bounds. Other
specialty features in “The Brownies" in
clude the four Richards, demon acrobats
from the Paris Hippodrome; a troupe of
shapely Oriental dancing girls; and New
house and Waffle, European musical ec
centriques. Over 100 people are in the cast
of “The Brownies,” and the big company,
its equipment, properties, mechanical and
electrical devices, etc., are the same that
have been seen in New York. Boston,
Philadelphia, Chicago, and other large
cities.
The Mozart band and orchestra was or
ganized a year ago for the benefit of the
people of Savannah. It has twenty
thorough musicians, and the orchestras
are composed of twelve men each. Sa
vannah has wanted a white band for a
number of years. This Mozart band will
tn the near future be connected with the
First Georgia Regiment.
THE: PINK SHEEP.
From St. Paul’s.
To Judge from the laughter' which came
from that end of the luncheon table, the
party sitting there were enjoying them
selves. Some of the other people in the
room wished they could have heard the
mirth-provoking remarks; and yet there
was no great display of wit. Mr. and Mrs.
Kibble White were In high spirits, for It
was the second day of their holiday, and
they were prepared to laugh at anything.
Mrs. Yates, with "madame,” had arrived
in Boulogne only on the previous day.
but she had a knack of making personal
remarks about the other visitors at the
hotel that had quickly established a sort
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1897.
of intimacy between her and her neighbore
at table. ’
They were discussing a man of flve-and
thirty who sat rather near them.
“I think he's English,” said Mr. Kibble
White.
“Impossible!” remarked madame. “He
is too solid, too unintelligent, to belong
to your great nation: he is a German.”
“No, he can't understand English,” said
Mrs. Yates, “for I am sure he must have
heard our conversation, and his face has
never changed.”
"I hope he doesn't understand It, for
you have been rather rough on him let
us listen to his accent when he speaks to
the waiter," suggested Mr. Kibble White.
“No need,” cried Mrs. Yates; "I am
sure he can only say Ba’a Ba a; don't
you see he is not a man, but just a great
pink sheep.”
The party all laughed, and the stranger
was nicknamed the Pink Sheep from that
moment.
At the table d'hote that evening the
laughter was almost entirely subdued;
Mrs. Yates aiffl madame soon adjourned
to the drawing room, whence they were
followed by the Kibble Whites and by the
Pink Sheep, who ensconced himself be
hind a book. “You have no doubt noticed
that Mrs. Yates is somewhat depressed.”
said madame; “and I am not surprised at
that, for she has had her pocket picked
and lost more than £25.”
The Kibble Whites expressed their deep
sympathy, and after describing the man
ner in which the loss had occurred, while
she stood watching the arrival of the Eng
lish boat, Mrs. Yates grew communicative
and told of her great disappointment. It
was impossible to continue her journey.
She was on her way to Brindisi to meet
her husband. Who was coming home from
India seriously ill. Her anxiety to meet
him was the greater, for she had parted
from him in anger caused by jealousy.
She had just learned her suspicion had
been entirely unfounded.
And now she could go no further, for,
acting on madame’s advice, she had taken
a ticket only as far as Paris, and. being
very badly oft, she could not afford to bor
row the necessary money, even had there
been time to do so.
“Why didn’t you let her take a througn
ticket, madame?” asked Mrs. Kibble
White.
“Indeed, I wish I had, for now she could
have gone on, but I feared the people in
London would cheat her, and since I know
the manager of a tourist agency in Paris
I felt she was sure to be properly treated
If she took her tickets from him."
“You are over suspicious madame,” said
Mrs. Tates, night, when we went
to the casino, you wanted me to give you
my watch and jewelry to take care of,
and yet, you see, no one attempted to
take them.”
“And you are, perhaps, too confiding,
Mrs. Yates. You see, if you had given
me your money to keep for you you would
not have lost it.”
“I am not so sijre of that," said Mrs.
Kibble White, looking hard at the last
speaker.
“What do you mean by that remark?”
asked madame, indignantly.
"I mean that I do not see why the
money should have been safer In your
keeping than in Mrs. Yates’.”
There was an uncomfortable silence.
Madame rose and went out. As soon as
she left the room Mrs. Kibble White
asked:
“Do you know her very well? I don’t
like her eyes at all. I should not trust
her. Who is she?”
“Oh, I think she is all right. She is the
Marquise de Montereau.”
“Then why has she put her name In the
visitors’ book as Madame Camboux?”
“She said she liked to travel incognito,
because if people knew her rank they
would charge her more at the hotels.”
“She does not look like an aristocrat;
her dress Is so untidy, and have you not
noticed the high-water mark on her
neck?”
"Oh, these foreigners have such odd
characters.”
“I should say, by the look of her, she
had none," satd Mrs. Kibble White.
Then Mrs. Yates explained how she had
answered an advertisement in the Morn
ing Post, in which a foreign lady of rank
asked another lady to join her in a jour
ney to Naples. She told how madame had
promised to give references to two or
three well known members of the English
aristocracy, but they were all out of town.
“I think you were lucky not to have
given her your jewelry last night or prob
ably you would have lost that, as well as
your money,” remarked Mrs. Kibble
W r hite. Then began a discussion as to
what could be done to discover whether
their suspicions were well founded, but it
seemed impossible to take any steps with
out something more definite to go upon.
Meanwhile the Pink Sheep, who had fin
ished his, chapter, took a cigar from his
pocket and was cutting off the end.
“I believe that beastly German Sheep is
going to smoke in the drawing room! Tell
him we won’t stand it, dear,” cried Mrs.
Kibble White.
"Defense de fumer,” said her husband,
excitedly, pointing to a notice on the
wall.
The Pink Sheep smiled, bowed and
left the room. Crossing the passage, he
walked upstairs. His footfall was silent
upon the thick carpet, and, on reaching
the first landing, he saw a female figure
turn out the electric light. He paused a
moment; then, walking cautiously, he
went to Ills room. In the doorway he met
a woman, and, seizing her by the wrist,
forced her back, locking the door after
him. When he had struck a light he rec
ognized padame.
”1 beg your pardon.” she said in French.
“It is so dark in the passages I have mis
taken my room; I must complain that they
are economical of the light.”
"If you dislike the darkness, why did
you turn out the electric light?”
“I turn it out! What ar idea! You are
dreaming,”
“And yet my eyes are very wide open;
but I am glad you have come! I want a
few moments’ conversation with you.”
“With me! You evidently mistake. I
am the Marquise de Montereau, and I do
not know you.”
“That is possible, but I know you, and
what I want to tell you is that you must
return to Mrs. Yates the twenty-five
pounds. I suppose the purse is not now
recoverable.”
“How dare you accuse me of such an
action? You must be a madman; for sure
ly no sane man could be guilty of such
insolence.”
She rose to go, but, with a gesture, he
stopped her.
“Call the hoter keeper,” he said quietly,
"and if you are aggrieved make a formal
complaint against me. In the meantime,
you may know that you will not leave this
room until you have restored the money.”
She sat down scowling at him, and
threatening condign punishment for this
indignity.
"Don’t be Impatient, and I will tell you
shortly an experience which happened to
me," he said, estab.ishing himself com
fortably in an arm chair. “You don’t ob
ject to smoke, I think? Very well. Two
years ago (lighting his cigar), I was In a
•ma.l hotel in Lucerne.” He looked up
suddenly at her, and the corners of her
mouth twitched lnvountari,y.
“There were two maiden ladies there,”
he continued, “named Jackson, or John
son, traveling with a companion, a Mad
ame Cambral, who had answered an ad
vertisement and accompanied them in the
capacity of a sort of 'emale courier. She
hired the rooms, looked after the lug
gage, planned their route, and, In short,
was very useful to them. Unfortunately,
on one occasion when she was carrying a
small bag containing about HO In gold on
a crowded steamer upon the Hake of Lu
cerne, some vllllan contrived with a sharp
knife to cut a bole lr. the bag, through
which the money was absiracteu. one
was very unfortunate, this poor Madame
Cambral. Her despair was pitiable; she
spoke of her carelessness, and promised
to work her fingers to the bone to repay
the money to these kind Jacksons—or was
it not Johnson? They, however, did their
best to console her, and being unable or
unwilling to spend any more money on
that tour, they paid for her ticket back to
Paris, and returned homo some weeks
earlier than they had Intended. 1 did not
know all this at the time, I only learned
it from them about two days later, when
I happened to make their acquaintance in
a railway carriage. Their narrative inter
ested me much, for it enabled me to ex
plain the circumstance, which had seemed
strange.
“Now, I am going to make a confession.
I did a mean thing In that Lucerne hotel.
I happened to wake in the night; noticing
an odd sound and, seeing the keyhole of
the adjoining room shining like a bright
spot in the darkness, I crept softly out of
the bed and looked through. There I saw
a woman in rather scanty clothing. Did
I turn away? On the contrary, 1 kept my
eye at the keyhole. It was indefensible, 1
admit, but curiosity got the better of me,
and I saw a very strange thing. On the
table lay an open case of surgical instru
ments, and this woman was cutting part
of a morocco purse Into strips, then burn
ing them one by one in the ilaine of the
candle. It was a tedious process, and I
now got tired of it and crept back to bed.”
“All that this story proves is that you
are a mean-spirited, shameless fellow,
and 1 know not why you weary me with
it,” said madam, trying to look dignified.
"But now comes the entertaining part,”
resumed the Pink Sheep,,“for 1 recognized
this woman as Mme. Cambrai, the com
panion of the Misses Johnson (I think it
was Johnson), and you can fancy that 1
am, if not actually pleased, still much
interested to find her at Boulogne, pass
ing under the somewhat similar name of
Camboux, in the company of Mrs. Yates,
a lady who has mysteriously lost a purse
containing a considerable sum; nor is my
interest lessened when I see her turning
out the electric light and paying a visit
to my private room.”
“You have told your story, and I now
understand how through being deceived
by some fancied resemblance to a woman
you have once seen through a keyhole and
meeting me just as I have made a mis
take in my room, your suspicions have
been, not unnaturally, aroused. Still, if
you are the chivalrous gentleman your
apoearanpe proclaims you to be, you will
accept the word of a lady, when I assure
you that I have never been to Switzer
land and that I have never used the name
of Cambrai, and you will permit me to
pass out.”
“That is not my intention. You are In
error when you say I saw the woman only
once through a keyhole, for the lady with
the surgical scissors sat opposite to me
both the day before and the morning after
passing her night in the unusual operation
I have described. Nor have I the least
intention of letting you leave this room
until you restore to Mrs. Yates the money
you have stolen from her.”
At these words madame completely
changed her tone, and replied in a low
voice:
“Certainly the name of sheep, which
your protege, Mrs. Yates, so aptly bestow
ed upon you (for you must have heard
hei if you understand English) Is most
applicable. You must be a silly sheep in
deed if you think that, granting I had
stolen the purse, I should be afraid of
risking my liberty (to say nothing of the
money), when you have no evidence what
ever to connect me with the theft.”
"As to your risking your liberty, you
can be easy upon that score. I am not
your judge, nor do I take upon myself the
task of bringing the dishonest to punish
ment, but here is a countrywoman of my
own in great distress through your act.
She is a foolish woman, no doubt, and her
remarks about me were not compliment
ary, but that is no reason why I should
not help her out of the .difficulty Into
which you have brought her.”
“Ah!” said madame, raising her eye
brows, “how stupid I am not to see your
hope to get your shaihe of the money, but
then with that face how could I read your
true character? Let me tell you, how
ever, you, too, are a poor physiognomist if
you think I will give you anything.”
“We shall see; I do not care to waste
further time in explanation, and I give
you two minutes to hand over the money.”
So saying, he pulled out his watch.
"And I tell you at once you can call up
the hotel keeper and do your worst, and
you will then learn that It may be a dan
gerous business to make a charge with
out a title of evidence to support It."
The Pink Sheep looked at her steadily
for a moment. “I think you are not
French in spite of your good accent. I
may be wrong, but I should take you for
an Italian; still, I assume you know
something of the French law. In another
minute I shall ring the bell and tell the
servant to ask a gentleman from the bu
reau of police (who must be here by this
time, for I sent for him Immediately af
ter dinner) to come upstairs. I will say
to him, ‘Here is a lady whom I have
found in my room. All I know of her Is
that in Switzerland she passed under the
name of Cambrai; in London she calls
herself the Marquise de Montereau, and
at this hotel inscribes herself as Mme.
Camboux.’ You probably know that you
will be arrested and detained until in
quiries can be made. Your luggage will
be searched, and no doubt your Interest
ing case of instruments will be found."
Madame had turned very pale. She
lifted the skirt of her dress, and, finding
a concealed pocket, she drew forth a hand
ful of gold, which she handed to her an
tagonist.
He took the money and counted it slowly.
“There are only thirteen sovereigns
here,” he said, "and I want twelve more.”
"But how do I know that you will not
denounce me when you have them?"
“For that I give you the word of a Pink
Sheep, an animal that Is not given to ly
ing. Nay, more, I promise that I will not
return the money to Mrs. Yates before 9
o'clock to-morrow morning, so that you
may be miles away from Boulogne before
she knows that the suspicions she already
entertains are well founded. In case she
should be vindictive and anxious to have
you punished, there is time for a woman
of your resources to disappear.”
Reluctantly madame produced the re
maining sovereigns. As she passed to
the door, which was now opened for her.
she said: “I don't suppose you are going
to be fool enough to give the money to
that empty-headed Mrs. Yates; but, in
any case, I rely on your promise not to
do so before 9 o’clock to-morrow.”
The Pink Sheep made no answer.
That night madame contrived to pick a
quarrel with Mrs. Yates. She left the ho
tel, saying that she would not pass an
other hour under the same roof with her,
and declaring that she would take the
night boat to London.
The next mornig, when Mrs. Yates was
at breakfast with the Kibble Whites, a
small heavy packet was brought to her
by one of the chambermaids. She opened
it, and found a rouleau of 25 sovereigns
with the following note:
“Madame: You were right. Your trav
eling companion Is a swindler. Before
she left 1 forced her to return your money,
which I now Inclose. If It Is any consola
tion to you you may rest assured that she
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to your route to Brindisi, with lines of
trains, Information where to get your
meals, etc. 1 advise you to start this day.
if you follow these directions you will
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WHAT “BOPE” MEANS.
When and Where the Odd Exprca
aion Was Coined.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
‘‘How come they all to call It dope?"
asked "Tennessee,” the gentleman turf
adviser, of “Sleepy Jim,” purveyor of feed
box tips and owner of the finest collection
of “yenhocks,” or opium cooking needles,
in the profession.
"Don’t know,” murmured Sleepy Jim.
"Maybe It comes from 'do up,’ ” suggest
ed Jack Taylor, as he figured on the cost
of a box of XX Rooster brand of "meen
fun,” the kind the Chinese use.
"There’s a guy Just gone into the dead
fall looking for a sofe spot in the third
race at Singerly," remarked Dave Gott
lieb. "Dope is dope, whether it’s the
kind you smoke, eat or get out of the form
sheets. It's a Chink word, and that's all
there’s to It."
Then the procession passed into the pool
room and looked for the guy. They were
all wrong. "Dope,” which succeeded "hit
ting the pipe" in expressing the smoking
of opium, comes from another and entirely
different source.
The application of the word to the rac
ing form of a horse, as figured from past
performances, came easily enough. In
order to obtain this "form" it was neces
sary to apply oneself intensely to a search
of the record or "dope” book. So ab
stracted did the eager searchers for soft
things become that they were said to be
“dopey,” or dazed. Rut the word "dope
was first used by the handlers of nitro
glycerine and dynamite.
The trouble with nltro-glycerine has al
ways been the Impracticability of handling
large amounts of it, for it Is at any time
liable to explode on the slightest pres
sure, and an explosion of nttro-glyeerlno
does not afford, usually, the witnesses of
the occurrence a coveted opportunity to
give either orally or In writing their recol
lections of It. It Is susceptible to heat,
and when transported any distance upon
a train may from th© sudden starting or
jolting of the cars be moved In such a way
that there is little of the train left and lit
tle of the roadbed, either. Dynamite is
a preparation of nttro-glycerinfr-diluted
nltro-glycerine, so to speak—made up >r
60 per cent, of the original article and 40
per cent, of dope. .
The dope is a composition of nitrate of
soda wood pulp and magnesia, and the
three together when mixed In composition
with nltro-glycerine materially reduce the
dangers of sudden explosion from It, and
permit It to be handled with some ap
proach of safety. In other wards, tne
dope Is a danger deadener, added In order
to lessen the force of the nltro-glycer ne,
somewhat as whisky is occasionally dilut
ed with water or brandy w.th soda, tut
bibulous individuals who do not desire to
limit to a few the number of the drinks
thev take while wishing to avoid the dan
ger of too many undiluted beverages.
Among workers In explosives it is a gen
eral impression that where the standa.-d
of the explosive is too high a grade some
dope Is to be added. As the use of opium
has a like effect upon an Individual, mak
ing him lethargic, drowsy, Indifferent to
his surroundings and apparently careless
of all consequences, opium has come to
be known as dope, and a man who acts
as If under the influence of the poppy drug
Is said to be dopy.
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