Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1891, Page 15

VALENTINES FOR OFFICIALS. #omo Interesting Missives Gleaned from tho Public Bervants' Mail, fiuv BRAVE MEN RAVE AND SWEAR, Bome of the OMcials Bmiled and Bhowed Their Letters—Others Buried Them in Deep Waste Baskets. Bt Valentine's day, like christmas, comes oar. To tho children it is & day of erriment. The old folks caronaught for the day of cavicatures and very bad poetry, and business men and city oficials, asarule, have “Placed in a handy position to their desks the argest waste basket they can afford, Yestorday was February 14, and the grist of valentines sold aud delivered was not hort of the customary amount, if any- hing it was larger, at least in the cheaper grades. The mail carriors were loaded from Mmorning until night. One of them as he rugded wearily along with his burden was eard to murmur: Last summer T drove a horse ear, Tn the fall I followed i Next [ worked on my brother's fee wagon, But 'm only a mull carrier ne Tho ave recipient of his critical valen- tine reminders hurriedly consigns them to tho wasto basket with d fow italicised sul- huric remarks, With public characters and flicials it may be said that the desk files are ess uscd on Kebruary 14 than usual, and r answers to communications are dic- to the stenographer or ly;mwrilur, In bis rounas on yesterday a few of these valen- iies, which Wwere more or less mutilated, were rescued by a reporter for Tie Bk from waste-baskets, desks and carpots which would have otherwise passed into oblivion ocreted from the gazeof the general - 1shing got a basket full, Asa re- Vi ading vhis one: , Richard, ‘Oeur de 1, 't yOu Femom bor whei, man for office sighin’, 1d baunt your business den, , how you swore and plodged he'd have 0sish 1t come wh s consomme. " wee is filled by a ‘rad,’ ¥ " 10 ple hough piirty frie still retain tn 0 him who pays election debts 3 nibuling Dolter's buit: Sour SAmoseT, Another ono addressed to his excellency yead ! Here's hoping, dear Dick May a that good fortune nd you the next year to come, own Wil ncknowledge, D way down toa bur, 1 Was i puthway of roses— Youir vovernment naught but porfeetion co counting no: tion, —GARBAG City Treasurer Rush rather enjoys St. Valentine's day and was not at all anxious to estroy the missives he received yesterday, hien the reporter entored, the custodian of the city's cash was reading one to his type- Writer. Ho proposes to havoit framed and sent to the world’s fair. It runs like this: , These are the days of progress (] Throughout this yunkee iand, + And e who leads the foremost I8 the chup that's in demand. No wonder, then, that Omaha Tts mossback men should crush, And do sufe financeering With a selentific Rush. & —KEnsy. Charles Goodrich, tho corpulent city comp- oller, toro open his batch of valentines as ecklessly as though he expected them, But Charley ‘vowed he didn't care; that shey oould guy him about baseball all they wanted m; that he proposed to buy the first season ket placed on sale. One of his valentines A second home run Chavls, you've mads, Officlally 'twas great, iy Tor u shadow man arce four hundred welght, Ynuunllvunuiurul he clty’ Note how It spends 5 Butain't there times when, “charley-hoss," an't control yourself? neer on the diamond, when Opposing clubs are tied, A four-buse hit puts Omahia the winning side. you need a controller ir exhileration, For another diay may bring deteat And cussin' 1ike Qarnation. B. B. CRANK. Judge Helsley disposed of the common herd before he razored his valentinic mail, ome of the pietures were flavored with per- me; others were sugar-coated. There were noked cupids, hearts, darts, ete, but elincs that caught his honor's eyoe read 0 this Justice sauced with merey, Leo Accords with public taste, You bettererrin Kindness Than to conviction hu 0 and sin no more" gives both Ofttimes-to true contrition, Wiile “fine and jail" just uerves a ouss Lo guilty repotition Supreme court learning’s not required True justice to dispense Farbetuer, Lee, 1t is to | A stock of common sensoe. y Your reportorial 1ife has proved -—X That you are butlt that wuy Solet the clty draw n bowl Aud toust Its falr P, —THIRTY DAYS, City Clerk Groves toro open a delicate lit- Mo missive that contaiaed the following lines: Iguess you thought slectric bolts Wero erawling up your spine When you were reclucted clerk, By Cushing's new combine. The public seem quite satisfied, And join 8t. Valentine, In wisling that you'll always meot A welcoming combine. Acense Inspector Riley, ono of tho first po- Mde ofiicials of Omaha, as’ well as a bi-annual dandidate for sheriff, was so fascinated with the lines that he received, that he proposes to have Prof. Stetnhouser place them to music, and_have the fat man sing them'at he lden Musee, Here they are: s this Mr. Rielly, the old pioneer, 8 this Mr. Kioll¥'s0 sound and sicere? this Mr. Rielly whose name we sce hore, ‘e wish you luck, Rielly, ‘ou huvo caught on this 8 this our friend Tom, whu'r S o permit 0 dagos on corners to stand or to sit? lazy oxpressmen to gl up and give St Patrick’s howl, Thomas, ou have made o great hit. zou keop o sharp eye on “houses de bum,” ou have saloons and hackmon right under your thumb. ¢ gay demi-monde—och, muriher, yum, i, Fodredut of sight, Rielly, ¥or one yeur to co: RoCKS. The major does not deny now that his name s Donnis. He has received several valen- tines from the council during the past three wwecks, but when he he ripped the yellow en- welope open yesterday that contained the fol- Jowing lines; he actually swore. Listen: Now Major, George, I neve Youwore a lusty plumboer, Although with pipes, political, KNeW ¥ou Wore a hiummer, ‘Four system, since the edics, (Nostulwarts nced apply) Has becn far better than before, h you've acted sly. and others want your scalp, 8o major douse the glim, Your name will meun just what it spells, And you'll be in the swim. JorNt Wiren. Joe Standeven, the city boiler inspector, is :F)od natured individual with hair the color brick. Joe never gets excited. The mere Relophono message that a boiler has blown up and wrenched the life out of a half-dozen per- ®sons in some building creates no cyclone in Josenh's little red-headed brain, Heis the calmest person you ever saw. Some friend sout him the following insinuating lines yes- terday which he desires to have published in the hope that it will assist Hfl\'u{;u gang of Py cops in runnivg down the author, Ilere it ve the face of a boller, Tho hair of a firo, The nose of a muls, Aud they say you'ro aliar, In haste, STEAMY. Each member of the “Solid 'T'wenty-eight! 2lub roceived a valentine bearing a wood-cut priut of thlr nanager, accompaniad by liges f poetry. The matter was piaced inan en- velope with black borders. The lines were »s follows: * Ye holter from the party took A large and Juley foo, T'il now take one from t'other side, Sald the bolting man, sald he. INSIDE POCKET, w Even Count Pulaski, the diguified loking \ follow who wields the city dog larlat,received the following: Ah. tagloss dog and homeless cow; Unbranded norse and goose, Whosport upon the vaoant | And wander round so loose, it Palaskl now punting you his pr B0 hesitate before you tramp Upon the public way He of the royal blood and brecd And name of shuddering sou Is lonking for his sulliing) | o he blood-money of the pound. % PO o vmn, One of the valentines received by Gas In- spector Gilbert read Why, Jeems I's tough, aye! taith, it's rough, our friend, tho gasJamp's sick, Buatcan't you make yoir office on E bles stiek? ear ago while very sick, I'thought I'd gas secure, Lowas oy only luxury, now I'm vo r. nd now I'm very poo Goit O The mayoi's clerk got this one: £1had but 1,200 8 yoar, Richard,sire, £ 1 hind hut 81,900 o year; . how glad I would be, nd I'd work with such glee—= f Lhad but 81,200 a year. shall have that $1.20 shall have that & Tuthill, dear boys ) a year. vo told the combine For you know It is mine You'll be voted 81,200 a year. Bra Foote. The person who cared to remember the city veterinarian did not know exactly how to spell his name, so he wrote the following on the doctor’s slate at his offic Ramoclotti! heavens! whata A letter mixture dinbolical, Asif the niphabet had broken loose Upon a big spree alcoliolieal Oh! lucky horse that cannot understand— How brave men kick, and rave, and swear, Toget proninciation of that awlul word, The sound” of which s an eartheuake in the uir, Tohear it mentioned makes a dead horso in Bennet's bone rd rear and sonort, *Tis n fatal shock to equines Hying, 80 most men call him “Ram™ for short. HEAVES. Soma person who signed “Dick's Pots” mailed the following to each member of the city counci Eighte rry 1ittle chumps, Sober once o week; We may look tired oceasionally, But then we never sleep. We would not a-boodling go, Beecause we then would see Our records on the big front page Ot THE OMANA DAILY BER, This js a sample of the kind Dr. Gapen, tho city physician, received: They say that our present town dootor Is a tower of strength In his line, And, either with knife or prescription, Can fix up a case rather fine. There are lls in the city T know of Which treatment heroie all need s They're a little outside the profession, But, doctor, got at thom with speeds Splintor the broken pledges, Bandage municipal sores, Tap a fat council subject, Aud rid the eity ot bores, In fact, the whole ety is sickor, In the way of the publica Than many poor people 1n body Who call for professional care. rs, Let tho taxpayer be his own doctor, At tho polls make a general rout, With ballots for pills and emetios, Just clean all the bum rascals out. Deep down in Chief Seavey’s waste- basket was found a crumpled shect of paper, evidently written by a woman, bearing these unkind words : Youlooklike n man. Now, demmoe! I never was fooled 5o far} But the roots of your whiskers Would make elephant blisters Ou the tiro of @ Furnam street oar. PID, Poor Commissioner Mahoney got this : Bean Jusglor, T hato you, But dare not revea The cause of my hatred, But from you will steal. My rations you cut dowa, Klyvo:\l 1t was rotten, But {n\lrh(!k(‘r was great, SoT'll come back a trottin', Country Treasurer Adam Snyder was not overlooked. One of his toughost ones ran something liko this : Money you handle, Keepit in pla Turkey comb red, And’sols your face. —THAM. Clerk Frank Moores got one from evory member of the Douglas county bar, Fran placed them all on file and will have them en- tered on the docket for tho summer term. An effort was made to printsome of them but, they were so tropical in nature that ordinary copper type meited before them like a surplus before a council combine. e De Witt's Little Early Risers. Best littlo pill ever made. Curé constipation every time, Noncequal. Use thom now. INPIETIF: When tho average man prays for his neigh- bor the Lord hears lots of gossip. The greatest business in tho world is to seli tobaccoand whiky; the poorest, to sell Bibles. Fashionable soclety in New York has hit upon anew fad. It consists of going to church on Sundays. “Here lies the body of Mary Ann, Astecpin the bosom of Abrahaimn; It may be pleasaut for Mary Ann, But it's protty tough on Abraham.' A Scoteh minister told a_woman who was n the habit of falling asloep under his preach- ing to take a little snuff at a time., She ad- sed him 0 put a littlo snuff in his sormons. Minister—Brother Jones, I hear that you haye been seen cutting wood on Sunday? Jones—No, sir. Inever break the Sabbath Inthat way. My wife does all the house- work, Bishop Engle of the United Brothorn de- nomination of Kansas has beer: expelled from the ministry on a chargo of ‘‘indiscreet financiering” Ho spoculated in veal estate; but this was not the trouble—he also lost, Chessuing, Mich., has a man that goes into trances and converses with the angels. Whilo in this stato ho canbe lanced to the bone without bleeding, the wour.d healing ina few hours. His nameis Kaiswr Hoff- man. A man told his doctor that he was afraid hohad insomnia. The doctor asked what made him think 50, and was told: I see people aslecp around me in church on Sunday, butalll can dois to doze off for a fow minutes. A Scotch gentleman of fortuno on his deathbed asked the ministor whether if ho left a large sumto the kirk, his salvation would be sccured. The cautious minister responded: I would not like to be positive, but it’s weel worth trying.” A crusty Towa préacher named Pyeobjected to the exhibition at achurch farr of the cap and colors of o local turfman_who had con- tributed towaxd the success of the entertain- ment, but when other contributors sided with the turfman the objection was withdrawn, An Indianapolis church member subscriced to the bullding fund of a church, and tried to wiggle out by claiming the contraet could not be enforced bocause entered intoon Sunday, The lower court decided with him, but the Supreme court has roversed the de- cision. A mulatto woman m Brunswick, Ga., who is known by the name of Rev. Jane Holland, created 2 scusation ina nogro church recent: ly by mounting the pulpit when the con- gregation had assembled and reading a lotter which had been sent her by anegro named John Davidson, The letter was full of gush and love, and the irate woman evangelist grew wrathy and her eyes glittered as she clinched her fistand shook it at the loving document. The wom an is married, and her husband was prseent when the letter was read. Rov. Arthur O, Gavis, pastor of the House of Prayer, of Lowell, Mass., recently had his salary reduced from 81,000 o 81 per year, in hope that this action would force bim to re- sign. Somo of tho congregation have been paying him 310 & week to remain in_deflance of the wishes of the trustees, Last Saturday the vestments and furniture belonging to the pastor wero put out of the church, He car- ried the property back and slept in the church Saturday night to bo rerdy for the Sunday services. On Sunday he' preached on **Good Works,” The troudle arose over the ritual. —— Mr. Martin Cahn has at last yieldod to the long-continued importunings of his many friends and announces that he has joined the ranks of the piano teachers of the city. Mr. Cahn has 50 long been associated with the musical colony that no prominent local per- formanco would seem complete without his prosence, either playing the accompaniments or & s0lo nuwber, 1891 -~-NIXT" THE LOUNGER 1N THE LOBBY. Bomo Pleasant Recolleotions of the Jefforson- Florence Dinnor, ATTRACTIONS FOR THE CURRENT WEEK. Mme. Muentefering's Musicale at the Sacred Heart Academy —Reminise cences of an Old Theatrical Manager. Apropos of the petite dinner, small only in the number of guests present, given last Saturday evening in honor of Mr. Joseph Jefterson and Mr. William J, Florenae, after their performauce of the “Heir at Law,"” a number of bright observations upon men and things recur, and I feel sure u - will pardon mo £ I try to save from oblivion some of the good things that were said. For the memory is oftentimes treacherous, A poor stick to lean upon when tife has touched its outermost circle, when the candle has almost burned down to the socket, flick- ers feebly and then goes out, Icould not help making a mental photo- graph of the distinguished guests as they sat at the table engaged in discussing the pre- mier course of the menu—the oysters on the half shell. Mr. Jefferson was dressed in black with the rigorous exactness as to detail, of a pro- fessional man of high rank. His smooth shaven, irrogular featured face looked thin ‘when contrasted with the broader one of his vis-a-vis Mr. Florence, But thero was a do- lightful look of rosy health about the ideal Bob Acres, and a sparkle in his kindly, deep blue eyes that could not help but fascinate the spectator, There is even little sign among the sandy hair of the touch of time and about his form, outsiae the stoop of the student, there is little to suggest that Mr. Jefferson has passed the sixties along the highway ot a busy life, The senior in this copartnership of art holds his countenance more under control per- haps than does My, Florence, and does not smile as easily as the latter, His smilo is in his eyefand rarely descends to the lines of his mobile mouth, But every now and then he showed his enjoyment of a good point mado by a toss of the head and the pleasing utter- ance of “That reminds me,” as some old memory was recalled by something that bad been said before. “The governor,” as everybody in the com- pany calls Mr. Jéfforson, was in good spirits and undoubtedly enjoyed the companionship of the occasion. Mr. Florenco was dressed in a dark gray frock suit, if memory be not at fault, and his clean-shaven, jolly face was maatled in smiles, He was in the pink of condition, and suggested a well groomed thoro ughbred, to use an expression common to the turf. An _English monocle is screwed into his right Irish eye, dimming its twinkle, whi was 80 apparent in the unobscured left Irish eye, and this was the only feature out of har- mony with the correct make-up of this most interesting comedian, He is foud of the sunshine, and loves to see it on the faces of those about him. But now and then he provokes a tear, and whata precious tear it is! It comes from the tender pathos that he loves to introduce in his inter- pretations, taat the humor may bein brighter contrast. He has known probably more prominent people, and been intimate with them, too, than any actor now lving. His education, his abilities, and his personal worth are re- sponsible for this, Few actors have met and conversed with the cmperor of Germany in an informal way as he has, nor have many geoplu been awakened from a fishing reverie ¥ the German emperor. ‘Wherever ho goes he finds friends, ad mir- ers, companions. In every land and district he finds some one to do him honor and take delight in his company. This splendid actor, who Isa fine examplo of whatthe actor was in his duties to the stage a generation ago, has a fine literary record. He is a delightful raconteur, a clever versifier, no mean story teller, a staunch friend, and the prince of good fellows, It was shortly after the second course had taken the placeé of its predecessor and & rare old Burgundy had been decanted, that the host of of the evening turning to Mr. Jeffer- son, said: Pangloss is taken from Voltaire’s *‘Candide,"” one of that famous Frenchman’s most noted works which was written over a hundred years ago. Coleman, no doubt, saw in this charac- ter a great satire on English tutors and, he introduced him in the ‘Heir at Law.’ In oltaire, the character is made a tutor simply, but Coleman, impressed with its strength and virility, bas eluborated the role, making Pangloss a doctor of laws, a dant ‘who was unscerupulous enough to sell his at- taments to three different persons, notwith- standing, that they were diametrically op- posed.” *Not until last year did I know that Pan- gloss came from the French,” said Mr. Jef- ferson. “I had occasion to go to Mr. Sar- gent's studio in New York to talk over with the arrtist a picture he intends to paint of me in the part of Dr. Pangloss, and it was then that Mr. Sargent told me that Pangloss was not origiual with Coleman, but with Veltaire. So he sent me the the story some S these days I will read it. Infact T am looking forwardto the time when [ can get into a corner and absorb some of the literature of the age. Until now, with acting, painting, fishing,farming and writing I have had little time to read the things which other neople discuss so learnedly,” **You have not been unsuccessful yourself in o literary way, Mr. Jefferson," soid Mr. Rosewater. 'Well no man could have been more sur- El’iscd at the success of the book thau I have cen. “After I had signed the contract with tho Century people I would have given twice the sum to have succeeded in getting them to cancel it. It became a positive burden—I mpy say old man of the sea—to me until I had gotten into the work. “Why I'used 1o think of things in the night time and I would get up out of bed and make a memorandum of them. This I found of great advantage, when [ came to putting the finishing touches to the work which the publishers tell me is hayingan unprece- dented sale. “1 believe a man has one book in him—" “Yes, and in many cases that one bookis infernally bad,” interjected Mr. Florence, strictly to the course before him, “In my case,” resumed Mr. Jefferson, “it couldn’tbe a sécond. 1 probably had some- thing to say, and having said 1t, I am quite willing to stop without attemoting unyLLiug else that might prove au anti-climax. “T had intended to leave » friend some memoranda for a history of the Jeffersous to be published after my death, but T could not withstand the importuuings’ of Mr. Gilder, and the rosult is very gratifying to me.” “But ho wonderful has been the growth of Omaha,” said Mr. Jefferson, changing the subject deftly from himself, “Tweuty yoars agolplayed in the Academy of Music thén under tue management of a man by the name of Corri, and 1 plaved ‘Rip Van Winkle,! I remember it well, as if it were but yesterday. “What great times we did have te get to and from the railroad station, and _what o forlorn looking place was this Same Omaha, ““High bo! times have changed, and if some of my eastern fricuds could see Omaha now. Tur Bee building, they would nov believe I am out playing to'the Sioux Indians, n mo- mentary danger 6f huviug my thin scalp-lock taken from me.” “Speaking of Tur Bre,” said Mr. Florence, “reminds me of o clever epigram which the Boston Herald used to squeleh . would-be rival called the Bostou Bee. 1t ran iu. this wis “How doth the little Boston Bee Twprove its daily space? By stealing all Its thu From the Herald, without grace,’ ** Then the guests gave Mr. Rosewater an op- portunity 1o tell the story of his busy, stir- ring life, before, during azid since the war, by their questions as to how Tug Bre came into existence. Again was the subject changed and the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy came up, in which all the guests took a hand, and strange to say all were Shakespearans. “Actors have a traditional regard for Shakespeare,” sald Mr. Jefferson, “that time caunot wither or custom stale. “To me itseems especially ludicrous that Shakespearo could have taken time to have inserted in his plays @ 1 cryptogram—or whoever wrote the plays of “You may not know, but the part of Dr,- who up to this time had been attending’ Shakespeare—setting forth that Bacon had wlr‘uulv\ thom, as Mr. Donnelly alleges he did do, ““For centuries he has cantinued to bo the great source of dramatio inspiration and will 50 continue fog conturies 1o come, “I have an jdea abont this controversy which T think is new, certainly I have nover seen it in print, and it isthis:” Bacon was o sonneteer;so was Shakespeare, Now doesn't it seen strango that Bacon should haye selected the poorest of his sonnets to which he gavo lis uame and crodited Will Shakespearo with the bestt “In Elisa's time tho maker of sonnets was 10~¥ad “upon as a genius and it ocours to mo that if Bacon had written ut that he is cred. itod with by the Baconians ho would have ed for hivaself the beautiful bits of versifi- ion which appear in Shakespeare, Jonsider that the greitest demestic com- edy of all time, “The Merry Wives of Wind- sor,’ was writlen by Shakesp As ho oo tho groatest tr “ulius tho brightest romautic comedy, ‘As t,’ the greatest meloarama, *T'ho 0, the greatest domestic tragedy, [ “Othello, “And the most _elaborate spectacular play 'he Tempest,’'said one of the guests. *‘Here wis the most marvelous introspec. tionist of all time,”” continued Mr. Joffer “and he can almost be said to havo be vine, for he was gifted with the light which is not on land or on sea.” Al this controversy ceminds me of a story Tonce heard,” said Mr. Florence, *“There Was once n great big man, may be six and a half feet high, built in proportion, and he was married to a little bit of a woman' who was a virago in disposition, and she used to beat her husband unmercifully. One day a friend asked him why he_allowed his wife to beat him in such an unheard of way, aud ho plied that the beating didn’t hart him, and gave her a great deal of picasure. “Now that fits the present attack on the memory of Shakespeare Everybody had a good laugh over the story for the apolication was 80 appa Mr. Rosewator then observed that Bacon could not have made the mistake of locating an inland sea in Bohemia which Shakespearo speaks of and Mr. Jefferson said that Shake- speare’s law was particularly lame, some- thing that was impossible with the ' gifted and erudito Francis Bacon. *'One thing about Shakespeare,” sald the host, “he has _created the most inconsistent character in the whole domain of the stage, and that is ‘Richard (LIL' [ canf conceive of 10 more unnatural sight than when Richard meets Anne in the street on her way to the church yard with her dead, and commences 10 woo the widow of the dead king. *“That is a flight which oven Richard, cruel and despicable as he was, would spurn, Mark you, here was a woman who saw be- fore hor tho murderer of all she held dear, ber son and her husband, and yot Shake- spearo makes her listen to the tale of love which is in Richard's head and notn his heart, and finally gives the murderer of her honored dead, encouragement in his wooing. That to me 1s the most unaccountable scene in the whole domain of the literaturo of the stage.’ ““You are quite right,” said Mr. Jefferson; “tho same idea has occurred to me, but 1 never knew that any one else had thought. of it. Itis the only flaw 1 know of in Shake- spearv’s plays, But we sometimes crowd a wholo year or many years into a single act, or very often scene, ana this may be one of those instances.” “Isn't it surprising,” interrupted Mr, Flor- ence, “that many of the mo:t accurate de- scriptions of places wers never seen by tho men who pictured them? Shakespearo speaks of Illyria ‘and describes it most minutely. Dickens wrote of Paris long be- fore ho had ever scen tho city. Longfollow gave us his beautiful description of the Teche country in Louisiana, through the medium of ‘Evangeline,’ and ho never visited the coun- try, to my knowledge—certainly not until long years after his story had found a place upon every table, almost, in the land. “It is this gift which distinguishes tho genius from the commoner clay, which sends the name of Shakespeare, Dickens and Long- fellow ringing down the ages. “By the way," continued Mr. Florence, I had a very delightful visit with Colonel Miko Sheridan, and only until this evenng did I know that he was “LittlePhil's' brother. *‘And the mention of General Sheridan re- calls to me a story in whick he figured most prominently. g “‘Flor & number of years I have been visit- ing the battletield of ' Waterloo, and naturally grew to know the best guides, An old Frenchman, whose name is Gouroc, has been l’)ilol.lng mo ‘over the fiold for several seasons, iaving beon one of the men who fought under the bauner of the ‘Little Corporal,’ “One summer 1 told a number of American frionds who were going abroad to visit the battlefield and get old Gouroe to pilot them about. “The following summer I paid a visit to the historic spot_ and met Gouroc, who, of course, delighted to see me. Ho told mo in his broken English,which he had acquired from English and American tourists, that ‘a country man of nune,a little man with ze head of zeNapoleon) had been there and knew more about the battle than he did himself, “‘Why, said the Frenchman, ‘ho tell mo where ze Napoleon stood in ze charge, where everybody stood, until 1 vonder if he 'was ze second Napoleon.’ T went over the whole listof my friends in America, but no one auswered the descrip- tion of a‘little man with ze head of Na- poleon,’ “0ld Gouroc was not satistied. He wanted me toknow tho American who had brought back a flood of recollections because of his resemblance to Napoleon. So he went to his tentand shortly brought a card which the citizen of the United States had given him. *In looking at it what was my surprise to see upon it the namo ‘Phil Sheridan’ written in tho general’s own hand. “‘And strange to say Ihad never moticed the resemblanco before. . “The knowledge shown by General Sheri- dan of the disposition of the troops at the battle of Waterloo was not remarkable, for the manceuvres of thatday are part of the course at West Point, aud every detail of the battle is given with exactness. * Of course he knew more of the battle than did the man who was ‘in it. He had studied it from tho standpoint of the soldic It was nearly the first hour of the morning when the littlé company left the dining room and the visit of Jefferson and Florence to Owaha became & reminiscence, Tig Louxann, in The beautiful young actress, Cora Tanner, will closeher successful engagoinentat Boyd's opera house this (Sunday) ovening by pre. senting the powerful play, “The Rerugee's Daughter.’” To make his patrons merry, the manager of the Grand opera house has secured tho services of J.C. Stewart's clever comedy company. They will appear this evening in the roaring musical farce comedy, “The Two Johns.” While all such comedies beara certain similarity, “The Two Johns" has many distinctive features. The plot hinges on the antics of Peter and Philip, *“The Two Johns.”” The difficulty in disticguish- ing one from the other results in many em- barrassing entanglements. The situations are comical in the extreme. The comedy has been on the roaa for a number of years and has been ong of the most popular of 1ts kind. It has never been presented with such an ex- cellent company as will appear on this ocea- sion. There will be bright songs and many new specialties by pretty girls and lively comelians, who will sing and dance them- selves into populsr favor. Commencing February 19, for three nights only, Denman Thompsonand George W. Ryer will produce their :beautiful American drama, *The Two Sisters.”" at Boyd's opera house. The play of ‘“Fhe Two Sisters," differs from the **Old Homestead" by being laid in New York and deating with the dif- ferent characters one meets in a day’s walk through a great city. It comes to Omaha with the oclat of suc- cess in ovory city in the east. Three times haveall engagoments west of Chicago been postponed to meet the demaud for return en- gagements at tho scencs of previous suc- cesses and as one writer says: “Our peorle have not seen enough of “The Two Sisters;' the more they see of it the more they wish 0. There is'a charm in the play that wins the sympathies of the audience from the rise e curtain and keeps them in their seats till the last word is spoken. ‘TheChicago Tribune —where they aro play- ing & weok's engagement—says: “The Two Sisters’ was a success—a more pronounced success than was “The Old Homestead' whon resented av MoVicker's theater. *Tho Two Sisters’ is the better play. 1t strikes a deeper chord of human interest in the story that it tells, and its stroke of humor, as well as its touches of realism are the more numerous. There are situations stroug in contrast, char- aoters vivid in colors, and sentiment as true in feeling as they are modest in expres- siou. There is much heart in the play." ‘Wo can most assuredly promise our the- -mr;swn one of the brightest and wittiest comedies, “The Prirate Secrtary, that wis _ever constructed to carcy out the hap- Rnnlnll of every day life, the lncidents ana armless acciaents of a household, a dowestic conglomeration of humorous obstacles, most dexterously kuitted together to form an in- teresting plot, a plausible story, and yet bub- bling over with the most ludicrons, laughable events that only a genius like Gillette eould conceive. This™ popular playwright had al- ready attained an onviable teputation as authorof the military drama “Held by the Enemy,” and his closest friends were uot surprised, but most agreeably enthused, on the production of his mirthful comedy, *The Private Secretary.’ From the initial performance at its produc- tion at the Madison Square ‘heator, New York, covering over three hundrea nights at this famous dramatic fountain-head, it has ever borno the same magnetic influence. Sverywhere Gillette's “Secretary a wel- come visitor, and he bas been interviewed by more people, and many more friends, than any other chgracter that has ever graced tho stage. Following aro the members of the company, same of them having appeared in the o production at the Madison Square the : Mr. R. J. Dustan, ‘Mr, Harry Allen, Mr. Frank Tannehiil, jr., Mr. H. A’ Mo r, Herbert Fortier, Mr. Thor A. Wise, N I Morey, Mr. Charles Hamlin, Miss Maude Giroux, Miss Nettie Ferrcll, Miss Adele Clarke, Miss Kate Wilson and Miss Kate Burlingame. “Tho Private Secretary” opens at the Boyd tomorrow evening to continuo until Wednesday. Reminscences of Yo Olden Days. The presence of Charles Blanchett in Omaharecalls the pleasant recollection bf the “Wild West” plays at Boyd's opera house, with the heroicIndian scout Hon, W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and the gallant mili- tary author, Major Andrew S, Burt, who was the officer in charge at the Omaha bar- racks The sensational heroie border drama, “The Knight of the Plains,” or “May Cody Lost and Won,"” by Major Burt; there was a blood curdling title for you! And tho display of In- dian paraphernalia in the show windows with the exhibitof scalps as trophies from the heads of the “varmints" killed and taken by “Buffalo Bill” when scouting with 1l Mile’s forces in the noted Fifth ca }‘n ior to the Cutser massacr were eatures ~ of such magetio at- traction that people would erowd around the window where the harrow- ing talo was told by placards, and shiver at the sight of the torn scalps, with the long dangling black hair, the tomahawks be- smeared with blood, and the moccasins aud beaded shirts of tho poor squaws and pa- pooses who had fallen in the trail with their beloved *“Lo."” Scenes that were so strongly deploted by such glaring emblems of reality, haunted the youthful mind and even older heads would turn from the ghastly omslems, and thank their stars they were within the borders of civilization, Meeting Mr. Blanchett in tho lobby of the opera house, arrauging for the production of ““Ihe Privato Secretary” that is to appear here the coming week, the reporter ventured to pemark : “Your attraction, Charlie, is quite dissimi- i:w from that you were managing when last cre.”! *O;" replied the genial manager with a knowing smile, “vou refor to the ‘Callen- ders,’ or, probably, Buffalo Bill. Yes, in- deed! Quite a change in this city, too, since then. No electric o cable cars, or those mas- sive stone and brick structures (pointing across the street) were thought of in 1576, the centennial year. Well do I remember that corner,” continued the unabashed man- ager. “There stood a little novelty store filled with knick-knacks and bric-a-brac. I made a contract with the proprietor for his windows in lien of a pass to the theater for his family. In order to fill up the window re- spectably and give itan air of Simon-pure western characteristics, I being a_little short of scalps, found a horse’s tail at the barracks, and with the permission _of Major Burt, had it removed from the dead cavalry horse, and assisted by the bill-poster, we sat down to- getner on the back steps of tho stage, and, as I irccted him, he cut off from thé tail soveral very fine Indian scalps. Ithink one [ named’: Yellow Horse, killed by Buffalo Bfll May 7, inthe Black Hills, Another I well remember was: Two Bears, killed by the famous seont ahout the same ~time, in_the vieinity of Standing k © trouble existed. indeed, I have seen many an Omaha squaw trip up to that window, take a parting glance at the scalp of that poor ‘cavalry horse’ and turn away wiping her es at the loss of a Sioux buck, that had such coarse, manly hair,” ‘I'ne adroit speaker described this in a mild, calm manner, and excused his unique method of advertising by contrasting it wath similar other dubious tricks that were resorted to in Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg and other Eur pean cities last vear when he took Dr. Car- ver and the “Wild America’ abroad. He then lit a fresh cigar winl his eye, and the little curious crowd thathad gatherod to hear the plaintive story, re- marked as they strolled away : “All s not gold that glistens.” MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, Sol Smith Russell will have a new histori- cal play next season. Mrs, George S. Knight is reported se- riously ill in Lima, O, where she is the guest of her sister. “Blue Grass™ is the title of anew domestic drama written by Myron Leftingwell, and in which the author will star under the direc- tion of Bert Keundrick. It will have its initial production at Worcester; Mass., Feb- ruary 16. s Owing to the excessive passenger rates now charged by the raiiroad companie: “The Great Metropohs,’ which was booked at the Boyd,has been cancelled. Managersare kicking loud and long for a party rate, but the railroads are obdurate and the compa- nies, if they will come west, will bave to put up the same moncy for their fares as single individuals, Mr. P. Pavesich, of Washington, D. C., has received the contract for the interior de- corations of Boyd’s thenter. Mr. Pavesich will remove to Omaha in the spring and will commence work on the interior of what promises to be the handsomest theater in the west, aboutJune. The prospects are now that the new artist will have several fine houses to decorate during his stay in Omaha. Omaha theator goers have arare treat in store for them next season, Jefferson and Floreace will probably play three nights at the new Boyd theater, doing “The Rivals, “The Heir-at-Law,” and a double bill, **Dom- bey & Son,” with Florence as Cap'n Cutile, and “Lend Me Five Shillings,” Mr. Jefferson as Mr. Golightly, What a rare treat tbat will be. Mr. George F. Gellenbeck, who is one of the best banjo soloists in the west, has organ- ized a banjo quartotte, the three other mem- bers being C. Rowden, C. Bumgardner and A. Beaton., These gentlemen do not confine themselves to jigs aud the usual negro music, but aspire to something higher in musical art, The quartette ean be engaged for chamber concerts by applying ab A. Hospe's musio store. Inasmuch as this is an agoeof theatrical realism, we have no special cause to wonder at that Frenchman who has written a drama in which the Koch lymph and a consumptive man reach a trinmphant climax in the last act. After this there is hope that we may one day have a hydrophobia play with Pastour as the hero. A mad dog, a man suffering from hydrophobia and the timely arrival of a Pastear would stir up quite a stage bobbery. Will S. Hays, tho song writer, has an- nounced his determination to put on the stage and the road “‘an old-time minstrel company.” That's the idea. Thereis no question that a bona fide minstrel show, without any Castilians or Venetians, without sonors or toreadors, or any interloping iuter- polations whatsoever, would meet & rousing welcome. Tho unpopulurity of minstrel shows has gone on increasiug since negro minstrelsy began to grow oo big for its old plantation trowsers, The largest gathering of people ever scon at the opening of a sale of seats in New York City was present Thursday at the Garden theater purchasing places for Sara Be hardt's performance of Cleopatra, next week. The line was a doublo one and reached from the box oftice on T wenty-seventh street, clear down on Madison avenue to Twenty-sixth street and across to and around Madison square. The erowds began forming at 7 a. m. and kept on swelling {n number until 3 p, m. It is estimated that fully 7,000 people were in line. Nothing approaching it was seen since Charles Dickens' readings some twenty years ago, AL Scalp treatment, Mrs. Py t,310% S. 15th st. CATARRH. Microbe Killor Our Word for It, but Read t: aictol with ¢ »f Mierobo K Do Not Take » Evidonce, trrh for over v beneit 1 fier than £rom s st, 8t. 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