Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1897, Page 15

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1897-16 PAGES. AUCTION SALES. FUTURE DAYS. ‘GG. SLOAN & 00., AUCTS, 1407 G ST. N.W. RUSTEES SALE, BY PURLIC AUCTION, OF = VALUARLB IMPROVED LOTS ON FLOWDA HAND 12TH STREEW EAST— - THE COUNTY OF WaASHING- qDal TON, I BR » € By virtue of certain deeds of trust, dated Sep- tember 21, 1895, and recorded the land rec- ver Xo. 2068, District of Columbia in S-365-371-378 and 284, and by direction red, we will offer for ¢ auction. In front of the premises, DAY, THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY 18v7, AT HALF-PAST FOUR 0" following lots of ground 4 Joseph N. Fifleld's division of lots in block numbered one (1), ‘“Trint- dad." in the county of Washington, D. C., as re- corded i office of the surveyor of the District 4, viz. viz. jo a perpetual upters of lots said subdivision over the © four (4) feet sixty-four hundredths (.64) of a foot of the half oF sa = west with the im- 1206 Florida mers and 1x5 -four of sald lot 89 and west to a perpetual right pants of said lots four (4) feet anf stx- {g-four hundredths (64) of a foot of sald lot 3 YT NUMBERED NINETY-ONB (91), with the ments thereon, known . 1204 Florida rpetual right of way to owners $ upunts of sald lot over the rear four (4) feet aml sixty-four hundredths (64) of a foot of said Tots 90-59, and west half of 88, and subject to perpetual right of way to owners and oceu- pants of said lot 92 over the rear four (4) feet and sixty-four hundredths (G4) of a foot of sald lot No. 91. LOT NUMBERED NINETY-TWO (92), with the improvements, Known as 1202 ida avenue, with perpetual right of way to owners and occu- ts of suid lot over the rear four (4) feet and of (8 foot of sald lots ¥ (90), . ninety-five 3 o ety-seven (97), of sald eIvlivision the improvements, known as Nos. 1109," 1111, 1112 and 1113 12th’ street east, respective! h house and lot will be sold separately. The covements consist of neat and attractive brick dv iings, with modern ij cash, and balance in equal installments at six, twelve and eighteen the purchasers to ‘give their negotiable r the deferred payments, bearing rate of six per cent per annuum deed of trust on the property sold. A deposit of $100 on each lot when sold. Con- Yey:neing and recording at cost of purchasers. If terms of sale are not complied with within ten days ¢f day of sale the trustees reserve the right Yo resell the property at the risk and cost of the purchaser so making default. J, TAYLOR ELLYSON, CHANNING M. BOLTON, ap0-d&ds Trustees. “THOMAS” DOWLIN } & CO, AUCTIC RS. SALE OF A FINE THREE-STORY LAR BRICK RESIDENCE, KNOWN 1S S STREET NORTHWEST. Vn d by virtue of a certain deed of trust dated the 20th day of July. 1894, and reco: in Liber 1643, follo 31 ‘et seq... one of the land records of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the parties secured thereby, we will pnblic auction, In frent of the premises, on APRIL TWENTY- 1397, AT < P.M., the following described real te in the city of Washington, District . to wit: numbered forty-one (41), in Thomas Tsrill's ion of square numbered one hundred and ninety-two 92), as recorded im beok J. H. K.. Page 383, in the surveyor's office of the District umbia. Improvements consist of a ten-room: brick residetce, being No. 1518 8 street northwest. t fronts 18.67 on S street by a depth of 181 te a paved public alles. Terms of sale: Ore-third cash, balance in one, two and three years from date of sale, deferred Payments to be secured by deed of trust of the Fionises sold, and bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annem, or all cash, at option “of the purchaser. Terms to be complied with within fifteen days from day of sale, or the trus- tees reserve the right to resell at the cost of de- x purcheser. A deposit of $200 will be requifed at the time of ‘Title good or no bale, TI F ut div E DWELLING A} LAR FRAME DWELLE FRAME STABLE, WEEN ¥ LOWELL WESLEY HEI passed In equity No. 17000, Supreme Court of said District. of Columbia, and’ at the request of the vecured, we will sell, at public of the’ premises, on’ WEDNESDA ENTY-FIRST, 1897, at Hs AST LOCK P.M.," the following deserihed Im the county of Washineton, District ia: Lots numbered 30, 31, 32 and 33 in visi Y. in J. F. Waggaman’s sub Known as “Alliance,” now called ““Wes- "as per plat recorded in Book County records of the surveyor with the improvements page U7. of th of said District, ahore Stated, Terms: ne-fourth cash, of which a deposit of $ie0 must be made at the time of sale, and the Taliace tn three equal installments, in’ one, two and three years from day of sale, for which notes of the purchaser, bearing Interest from day of (payable quarterly), and secared by deed of trust ou the property sold, will be taken, or all «ash, at the option of the purchaser: All conves- encing and recrrding at purchaser's cost. If terms © pot complied with ip twelve dass from sale the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser or purchasers, after eight days’ advertisement in ‘The Brenig Star newspaper. THOS. E. Wa INO. W. PILLING RTY. St NUE EN HoLsean c ; By virtue of a certain deed of trast dated the Ist de: auction, im front of the’ pre: . APRIL TWENTY-FIRST, 1897, AT ¥ the following ried land and premises situate in the District Columbia and known and distinguished as lot - (23). in block en 47), of Holmead, William Holmead and David recorded subdivision, made Juls 2, 1883, of t Plains. 3 in Liber Governor Shepberd, county, folios 166 aud 167. of the records of the sarveyor’s office of the District of Columbia, together with the im- presements, consisting of a two-story frame dwell- i ing. ‘Terms: Ome-fourth cash, balance in one and two years, with imterest, and secured by a deed of Trust on the property, with interest at 6 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, or all cash, st purchaser's option. A deposit of $150 will te required at time of sale. ing and the property may be resold at risk and cost of 1 foulting purchaser after such public notice as the trustees may deein nec caace ote ese DERIC D. F. MERRILL, Sade ‘or Other Auctio s ‘Trustees. See Page 14. 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COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE, DIRECT LINK TO PARIS, FRANCE, VLA HAVRE. To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND “PITCHER’S CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADE MARK. J, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of “PITCHER'S CASTORIA,” the same that has borne and does now EL on every bear the fac-simile signature of Lied wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER'S CASTORIA” which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY :at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, OA: onthe and has the signature of § , Leda wrap- per. No one has authotity from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. Ct Lither—on.D, March 8, 1897. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he.makes a few more pennies on it), the in- gredients of which even he does not know. “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF C7 Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. ‘THE CERTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. fi The Underlying Principle of this tailoring emporium ‘is to make reliable, good-wearing, good-looking Clothes--that first regardless of the price we may have to charge. Standing firmly by that position has gath- ered us a tailoring constituency such as visits no other tailoring concern in this city! And your great buying has assisted us to do the rest--helping us to gather large stocks so ad- vantageously that we MAKE TO-ORDER GOOD CLOTHES for as little, and often for less, than is asked for ready-made clothing. We have greatly increased our manufacturing facilities within the past week and will be better equip- ped thdn ever before to meet the demands of the dressy men of Washington. Mertz and Mertz, New “Era” Tailors, 906 F Street. @SSS SSS SS6SSS99 6S 00859609 O@SOSOOH OOS HSS @ OSS GOOSOHO SHO SOGS’ SSCSOD OS HO SOSH SOSSOSOHNG OH0GO00 J esovessesqeers Take Your Baby Riding Tomorrow If you haven’t a Carriage—GET one--we’ll HELP you! Your doctor would tell you that it’s wrong to keep little folks indoors this kind of weather. Babies will stand sum- mer heat if they are plump and healthy. See that YOURS is! Credit Buys the Carriage ! We wili arrange the payments to please YOU—weekly or monthly—no notes or interest. Same way with Mattings and Parlor Suites—and Refrigerators. Credit makes the buying easy. Our prices are lower than those of the cash houses—and the price tags will PROVE it. Carpets made, laid and lined free. ‘No charge for waste in matching fig- ures. 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"Phone 77. apl4-20d ____—“#Hair Roots Never Die.”” Hair Talk. not anything but that makes people| ~ __, » wm pa fa ne Sanaa sues | Out-of-Town Trip. Pha - renmeds ‘Send for circular. on oan my ee H. P. ROBERTS, A tmagnificeut stock to. cht and ut Gea'l Marager. other will. CALIFORNIA WATER CO., 1010 prices that make it money-saving economy to Street. come here. oe - LUTZ & CO., 497 Penna. Ave. Trusses aie ee ee Gate ‘Abdomn “Wreshlagion fice, Heom B&) Wasbtagtes Lage nad Haaters! at TTASTINGTON SUREIORL ee, vor Oh and Fate Ws ‘THOMP- INSTRUMENT HOUSE, Pat. a epls-tt 15th st. awe -w,! AN OPEN LETTER t CRABS AND: aTHE. MOON — * ‘An Industry From Wich Ohesapeake Water- men Defive Profits. m0 Dependentjof the Lunar Confiktions. eet ‘The coming of spfing, indicated no less by the almanac than by the weather con- dittons of the past, few days, will be wel- ecmed by no class of people more heart- fly than the wateriméh along the Chesa- Peake bay. The oyster season, which closed, so far as dredging for the bivalve is concerned, on March 15, has been far frcm profitable this ‘year. The open win- ter and the deterioration in the quality of a large part of the oysters taken have com- bined to rob the dredgers of their margin of profit, and in mahy instances to leave tkem worse off than. when the season be- gan. With the approach cf the warm days the watermeh naturally turn théir atten- tion to fishing and crabbing. The latter industry {s annually growing in import- ance, and last year was the most successful crabbing season ever known by the crab- bers of the Chesapeake and its tributaries. The expression, “financially successful,” has a meaning to a large class of watermen along the Chesapeake unknown in the city. ‘The Chesapeake crab is now a commercial commodity, which, while coming in third on the® list, the oyster coming first and the scale fishes second in order of value, is of nO mean importaace. On the contrary, to put the annual income to the fishermen’ en- &aged in the industry at a hundred thous- and dollars would be to underestimate it. This crabbing industry along the Chesa- peake bay is a growth of recent years. At Queenstown, Kent Island and Eastern Neck Island, near the mouth of the Chester river, are the principal shipping points for Kent and Queen Anne's counties, of the soft crab, or the scarcely less appetiz- ing hard crab. z Dependent on the Moon. During the early season thousands of Gozens of soft crabs are shipped from these points; and, strange to say, the prices obtained are governed by the phases of the moon. The sloughing season of the crab is after the dark of the moon, in- creasing as the moon nears its full. Oper- ated upon by the unvarying law of supply and demand, as the supply becomes more abundant at the moon's full, prices often drop to 10 or 15 cents per dazen, while at other seasons the fancy prices of from 60 to 80 cents are received. Labor-saving methods nave now entered into the soft crab fishery, and from the tedious hoop-net method the soft crab is now aragged for with nets as are other fish, and at one haul many dozens are sometimes caught. A grassy shore or flat is the favorite resort for the siloughers, for there, to a great extent, they are out of the way of their inveterate enemies, eels and large fishes. It is only at the season of shedding its old for a new garment that the crab grows and develops from the small crustacean of the opening of the summer to the “channeler” at its close. From the fact that soft crabs are shipped in smaller quantities, [t would be impossi- ble to aggregate the handsome results dur- ing a single season. - It is different, however, with the hard crab. On many trips of the Chester river steamers last seasdn a§ many as one hun- dred barrels of hardsérabs were shipped from Kent Islandivalune, which sold at prices varying from twenty-five cents per barrel to one dolier.. At an average of fifty barrels per day for a three months’ season, deducting iwelve Sundays, gives a total of 4,400 ba'rréls, and pugting the price at fifty cents, per barrel, gives the handsome result f9t this point alone. for aS than three mont)’ actual work of How The¥i Are Caught. With favorable cunditions and.good ‘luck attending, ‘a’'single’crtbber will wind up a day's work with: $l, added to his sea- son's profits. The t#et fine is the most pic- turesque way. of ¢captiring this summer delicacy. A line stveral hundred feet in length has attached at‘ach end a floater. At intervals.of.a few Jnebis; ave dines about eihtecn Inches os, two.feet in length, all well baited. The crabber, - lying on’ his stomach in his boat, "with net in hand, goes from end toend of this, line, and at each trip finds a greater or less number of the baited linss with crabs on them. :Large canneries have been epened and the cauned crab is now known as’a commodity of com- merce in sections where a live crab has never been seen. One of the largest of these crab-packing establishments is_1o- cated at Oxford, in Faibott county, and at the height of the season is we!l worthy a visit of inspection by city residents. — S BIRTHPLACE. JOHN HAY Humble Beginnings of the New Am- bassader to England. TeffersouvilleInd., Dispateh to che Globe-Democrat. It is not generally known that John Hay, the author of “Little Breeches” and the new minister to the pourt of St. James, is a rative of Indiana. He was born in the town of Salem, thirty-five miles north of this city, in 1838, in a little one-story brick house, which still looks as fresh and in- viting as on the day when John Hay first saw the light. Few improvements have been made about the place. A little white- wash now and then has brightened up the exterior, and the yard and garden is a mass of rose bushes and flowing vines. It is an humblelooking house now, but, it was probably one of the best houses in Sa- lem at the time of tts construction. Dr. Charles Hay, father of John. Hay, came to Indiana. from Lexington, Ky., about the year 1825, He visited Corydon, in Harrison county, the old state capital, and there married a Miss Leonard, a daughter of one of the pioneer citizens .of the state. About 1830 Dr. Hay moved to Salem, Washington county, where he pra¢- ticed his profession, and rendered valuable service to the people of his adopted state during the ¢holera epidemic of 1830. The county records show that he was the coun- ty poor physician in 1831, and he at a later date held the office of county commissioner. He had no. political aspirations, however, although he was a stalwart whig and gave considerable of his time in furthering the political cause of his friends. Dr. Hay became a ‘publisher in. 1834, and in connection with Royal B. Child issued the Salem Monitor, a whig newspaper, a copy of which is still extant, and which is a credit to the journalism of that’day. Dr. Hay wrote the “leaders” for the Monitor during the memorable Harrison campaign of 1840, and his articies prove that he had a thorough knowledge of the political ‘fs- sues of his time, and he handled them in a masterly way, iq Dr. Hay retired from newspaper work at the close of the campaign of 1840, and re- sumed the practice of medicine. He also gave some time tg: thq upbullding of the town, and platted aniaddition which still bears name! >t Te. z Death robbed tWédoctér and his wife of their oldest son abaut the time that he re- tired from the Molitor, tand in the old Sa- lem cemetery, whege the-Hay burial lot.is situated, 4s a discolored gravestone ‘on which is the followme‘fnscription: “Rdward ry Ng “B.° Nov. “ot 1882. D. Oct. 8 ib. 58 In 1844 the Hay family disposed of their ., when Joh Ha was but six years. old. Some old mep ‘stil reside in Salem. who knew “Dr.. Chgrleg;Hay and his wifé intimately and remember the. boy. John,’ and they always speakdn highest terms of: the ability of the fath¢r and the superior accomplishments ¢¥\ thé, mother. as Potent! Powerful! Positive!!! TWH nausente, imitate ‘end upset the stomach ana: derange re system it! by ae all of and n ERNAL REMEDY AS *-- : AN EXT! +9 Porous: Benson’s piasters ‘They ‘concentrations -that: NEVER I To. TaDUETL RELIEVE SCi- TIC. MI ULAR RHEUM A’ LUNG AME CHEST DREASES, AFFECTIONS of the JOINTS, mote Price, Be. Seabury fe Jobteod, Mts. Cheats, KY. THEATRICAL GOSSIP. Barney Reynolds, the well-known Ger- man comedian, while not exactly a misan- thrope, certainly has an alarming list of complaints, the symptoms of which he loves to describe to his friends. Nearly every week he is attacked by some new malady. Last week it was biliousness, and his fellow actors heard all the painful details over and over again. Barney tried various remedies, but the cause of his cure was as unexpected as it was sudden. He had just been given @ new prescription and went into. an up- town chemist’s to have it prepared. One of Barney’s real ailments is short sight. While waiting for the prescription to be put up he noticed what he supposed was a mirror. It was an opportunity to see the condition of his torgue which could not be overlooked. He stuck out his tongue several times, making the most awful grimaces the while. His sight was so bad that he came close to the glass, when the supposed mirror, which was really a glass door, swung open, and a muscular- looking gentleman, who had been on the other side, seized the unfortunate Mr. Reynolds by the back of the neck and ran him into the street, remarking as he gave a final shove, “I'll teach you to stick out your tongue at me.” There is one scene in “A Texas Steer” | which always appeals to Washington au- diences, for it is appreciated there as it can be nowhere else in the country. It is the ‘interview between Christopher Colum- bus, jr. Fishback (Barry Maxwell), the colored politician from Texas, and his newly elected congressman, Mr. Maverick Bran- der (Frank J. Keenan). The former pre- sents himself at the latter’s apariments at the Arlingion Hotel, and the following conversation ersves: - Fishback—Marse Brander, here I is, sir.” Brander—“Why, Fishback, what are you doing here Fishback—“I came here for my office, sir. Maj. Yell, he done promised me, if I throw all the colored votes for you, you e appointed minister to Da- ‘Dahomey? Minister homey? Why, where is Dahomey?” ishback—“I don’t know, but I know it's an office with a salary, and I wants it.” Brander—“Well, I don’t know anything about what Yell promised you. But you can go and find out about it, and maybe I can help you get it.” Fishback—"I done expected you was goin’ to do all that, sah. I done expected it’s gwine to be a sure thing, sah! I'll see you later.” Later Fishback returns, a redhot, mad darkey. Brandtr—“‘Now, what's the matter?” Fishback—"What's the matter? The mat- ter is, sah, that there is no such office as minister to Dahomey; that’s what's the matter. What do you think of that?” Brander—Well, if there is no such office, I can't ge’ for you."" Fishback—“Can’t get it! Can't get it! Lcok here, Master Brander, I was promised an office for electing you, and if I don’t get it, when the next election comes arourd, T'll have you licked out of your boots. Are you one of those pests of gociety who re- pudiate all thelr political obligations? Do I git that office?” Brander—“No! Yell had no business to promise you an office. You are not fit to hold office.” A row results, in which the aspiring dar- key is thrown out of the Arlington Hotel. Months roll around, and the darkey of- fice-seeker again appears at the quarters of the Texas congressman. He is i hungry, broken-hearted, and his belliger- ence has all disappeared. Amid sobs of de- spair and crushed and broken hopes, he gays: > “Marse Brander, sah?” Brander—“Why, to Da- don’t you know me, you are that darkey Fishback from my district. What are you doing here? ‘othin’ but a month on the sah. Marse Brander, office- mighty poor business—a poor the white man as well as the colored man. I have seen many a bright, smart mam, who had done service for his party, come here, expecting his reward at once, He puts up at the best hotels and takes in all the theaters. I sees him later; he is not stopping at the best hotels, and he gives the theaters the go-by. Later he is at a cheap lodging house. Then it is a bench in the park and a bite at the free Yunch counters in the saloons. And some night, when he is blue and discouraged and all tired out, hope all gone, he just goes down there to the Potomac and énds it all in the silent flow of the waters of the river. Marse Brander, this great city, with its grand buildings and its broad streets, its sunshine and its glitter, is a graveyard, sah, in which lies buried the hopes of those who came here seeking office.” Brander—“Poor fellow. I guess you haye got this office-seeking business sized up mighty near right. Why don’t you go back to Texas? I'll help you.” Fishback—“‘Marse Brander, I's ashamed to go back. I came here for an office, and I'm ashamed to go back without it.” Brander—‘You meet me here at the Cap- itol in the morning, and Ill see what I can do for you.” Fishback—“Thank you, Marse Brander, thank you! You will find me waitin’ for you on the steps of the Capitol in the morning, sah.” chain gang, seekin’ is a business for To “The Prisoner of Zenda” Is credited the first suggestion which has resulted in an invention called the “Hox of Shouts,” or the “Shout Box.” In this play the populace figure largely in the plot. The populace is never seen, but it is always waiting out- side to shout for some one. Hence the necessity of a “Box of Shouts.” A tight box large enough to accommodate ten or twelve men is placed on tle stage just off the wings. The men empioyed to do the shouting are stationed in this box, and compelled to remain there during the pet fcrmance. While they are in the box the; will Rot be failing over one another at the entrance or getting in the way of the ac- tors, therefore, the box serves the purpose of keeping the shouters together, so that the captain may direct them. The chief value of the box, however, arises from the fact that the shouting can be turned on end off like a stream of water at a faucet. When it comes time for the crowd outside th® place to commence shouting “God save the king,” the captain gives a signal, and the ten men in the box break forth in joy- ous acclaim. The door of the box Is thrown wide open, and the audience beyond the footlights get the impression that a thousand loyal subjects are welcoming the sovereign. When the captain desires to end the shouting Le closes the door and in- stantly the voices are mutiled. Ordinarily it requires about ten minutes to suppress a stage moh, after it has become tnorovghly aroused, but by the use of the “Shout Box” the noise may be shut off in a moment by the closing of the door. Collectively the men who make the noise are known as'a “Box of Shouters.” Miss Marie Edith Rice, who is said to play an excellent Mrs. Raiston in “Jim the Penman,” is not only a beautiful and tal- ented woman, but she is quite an athlete. Miss Rice is and always has been a lover and: «devotee to: everything ‘aquatic: she delight8''to be-on’ or in the’ water; ‘she ts an exceptionally godd oarswomén, -can sail a boat with the skill of an old salt, and, attired in her natty bathing suit, is almoat as much at home in the water as on land. What she is not familiar with: concerning swimming is practically a waste of time to learn. It’ was during her-stay at one of the Long Island ‘beaches last summer si demonstrated her Wonderful endurance in swimming. A friendly contest was ar- ranged for between a number of the lady swimmers, in which there was consider- able interest, for there were some pretty good aquatic navigators present. 1t was a long distance contest, and Miss won, easily, swimming five miles, distancing her nearest competitor three miles. She also established quite a reputation as a life saver, and in consequence was urgently requested to become a member of the life saving crew at that station, which honor she modestly declined. On three different occasions she saved a soul from a watery grave, two of which were accidents, and. the. other a determined effort to end. a life of sorrow and remorse. Those at- tributed to accident she had little trouble in saving; the other fought against rescue, | and it was only after a struggle and a} third descent, which produced unconscious- ness, that Miss Rice was enabled to turn the unfortunate girl on her back and float: her into: shore, where, with the assistance’ and herculean efforts of others, she was resuscitated. Miss diga Nethersole, who ts an unu- sugily brilliant woman off the stage, tells of her early difficulties in a very charming. and characteristic way. In a recent inter- view she said: = “Do _playgoers ever stop to think, I won- der, when they are applauding one of their stage favorites for some larly good piece of acting that maybe the actor or |. actress is doing something or she * ~ 15 places. Be ’ A Tip to Butchers. Use Pearline. Have your place a little neater and cleaner and sweeter than other Did you ever see a Parisian butcher shop? ; just as dainty and attractive by taking $2) a little trouble with Pearline. this worth something in these days of competition ? tion of all this cleanliness, and the only thing that makes it possible, is Pearline. ‘ware as” or “the same as Pearline.” IT’S FALSE—Pearl- ine is never peddied ; if your grocer sends you an imita- tion, be honest—send st back, Well, you can make yours Isn't But the founda- ‘530 Peddlers and some unscrupulous gro- cers will tell you, *‘this is as good JAMES PYLE,N.Y. * Goesn’t like to do at all? Let me tell you about my own experience. I made my first appeararce in London.nearly ten years ago, at the Adelphi Theater, as Ruth Med- way in ‘The Union Jack,’ a very, very sympathetic part. The pubiic liked me in it and the critics were kind enough to speak. well of me. The next play that went on at the Adeiphi was ‘The Silver Falls,’ which there were two prominent female roles, and, strange as it may appear, the managers decided that I would be best cast as the bad woman—a Spanigh type of ad- venturess. The authors of the piece, Messrs. Pettitt and Sims, didn’t agree with the managers. They had seen me only as sweet, girlish Ruth Medway, and they cculdn’t even imagine me as the dark, black-eyed, bold, Spanish villainess. i, of course, knew nothing of this dispute. I Was very young, and I did what I was told to do the best I could, and didn't ask Moeny questions. Well, the upshot of it was I was tried in the role at rehearsal. My performance satisfied the authors that the managers were right about the mat- ter, end I was regularly assigned to the part. “After I made my “it in “The Silver Fells’ Mr. Jokn Hare got Mr. Pinero’s ‘The Profligate’ for the Garrick, and I was at once engaged for the adventuress. The critics praised me in that part, too, but I myself did not like it. Then M Hare put on ‘La Tosca,’ with Mrs. Ber- mard Beere, and as there was no adven- turess for me to impersonate I was left out of the cast, until one night Mrs. Beere fell ill and I was sent for to take her place. After that, as I found that I must wait for another adventuress to come along, I decided to go to Australia and see fer myself if I was only fitted to play the villatness. I spent nearly a year in Australia and I played all kinds of parts. It proved to myself at least that I wasn’t @ one-part actress. “Mr. Hare met me almost at the dock on my return to England with an offer of an engagement to play the part of Beatrice Selwyn, the poisoner, in “The Fool's Para- dise’ This is the play, you know, that is said gave Mrs. Maybrick the idea of pois- oning-her husband. The testimony in the case showed that the piece, then called ‘The Mouse Trap,’ was done first at a special matinee by Miss Kate Rorke, and that Mrs. Maybrick, who chanced to be in London at the time, witnessed the per- formance. Her husband’s death occurred a short time afterward. While I was play- ing in the piece afterward at the Garrick Mrs. Maybrick’s cohnsel, now Lord Russell of Killowen, came }o see it quite frequent- ly, and he once told me it was like going over the papers in that famous case to “Well, I was fortunate enough, or unfor- tunate enough—I scarcely know which wi to put it—to make a great success as EF trice, whom I impersonated as a sweet, loveable woman, with nothing at all of the bold, bad, stage villainess about her. “But, to go on with my experience. My hit in “The Fool’s Paradise” brought down an avalanche of offers from managers and playwnghts to create new -adventuresses* adventuresses, adventuresses, nothing but adventuresses. 1 was fairly sick of it ail, and I saw clearly that I must do some- thing or settle down as a one-part actre: for the rest of my days. But what could I do? Just about this time Mr. Isaac Hen- derson was preparing to produce his paly, ‘Agatha,’ with a special cast, including Charles Wyndham, Mary Moore, Winifred Emery, Herbert Waring, Lewis Waller and Minnie Terry, and, of course, he wanted me to be the villainess, Mercede.' By the advice of my brother I deciined at first to play Mercede, offering, however, to play the good woman of the piece. That couldn't be arranged, and so finally, at Mr. Hender- son's own earnest solicitation, I created the adventuress. After that Mr. Hare cast me for Zicka—another adventuress—in ‘Diplo- macy,’ and when he and I came to talk | over,a renewal of my contract for the next | season, I found that he had me down only | for the villainesses. “You see, Miss Nethersole,’ he said, ‘we can’t ‘magine you in any character that hasn't a little ‘spice of the devil in it.’ Ij was determined, though, to show them that | 1 could play other parts, so I took the Court | Theater myself and produced “The Trans- gressor,’ in which I had a strong, sympa- thetic role. The public and the critics liked it, but the managers were still unconvinced, and offers to create new villainesses con- tinued to pour im.» So I came ti, America. | Here my fame as an adventdress was practicaly unknown, and I could do what I pleased. I was determined not to get into“a rut, and that is what I would have been forced to do in London. Here I have played Juliet and Camille and Denise and Frou Frou and The Wife of Scarli, as well as Carmen. “I have .been enabled during my three sessons in .America to broaden my art, to prove to the public as well as myself that I am not a one-part actress, and when I go back home I know that my reputation will have preceded me there; and while I may still be asked to create new adventuresses, the playwrights may not be afraid to in- trust me with their good women, too.” ea aca OUR ASTRONOMERS IN MEXICO. Dincoveries Made There by the Ex- Perts of the Lowell Observatory. The Mexican Herald prints an account of the removal from Mexico of the great tel- escope of the Lowell astronomical observa- tory because of the coming of the rainy season in the tropics. It was but four months ago, or-early in December last, that the obscrvatory was temporarily established in Mexico under the direction of Prof. Lowell, for the purpose of observ- ing the apposition of Mars and for the meusurement of southern double stars. The telescope has been used night and day, and | the results were satisfactory. Prof. Lowell, Prof. Douglass and Miss Leonard made more than 100 drawings of Mars, and also secured a large number of sketches of Venus and Mercury. adding at least twenty new markings to the maps of thes» plan- ets. Prof. Douglass continue his study cf the -markings on Jupiter's satelliies, and made important discoveries. It is said also that Dr. See and Mr. Cogshall, *two- keen-sighted obseryers, have measured over.200 double and triple stars since the beginning of this year. The astcohomers pf the world, however, will notbe able to estimate the value of the recent researches until full-and exact repurts shall be. made. The learned. preaident ef the+resublic of Mesity Gen. Pees —— aoe cee 2 deep futerest in she wi ol ie Amesican seltonbisere, has repeaietty visited the sbscrvatory swnce last-Decembe>.. The cabinet ministers and other officers of the scvernment courteously extended ail pi.s- sible zid to che Azmerican party, and ihe can community at large gave a geod welcome to the strangers. The observatory has removed to its quar- ters at Flagstaff, in Arizona, where Prof. Lowell ‘expects- to remain until the ap- proach of winter, when he will go to Peru. It is to be said for the president of Mex- ico that his interest in all scientific re- searches has become very deep within re- cent years. He has made this interest manifest. by remarks made in severa) of essages to the Mexican - oo Daty on Imported Mineral Waters. tariff ‘these although on free list, already duty HOWARD'S Corset Store, 1003 F. Special . B. a fa Spiri Corsets. Tomorrow —we will sell 80 dozen ©. 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