Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 12, 1893, Page 14

‘ PRICES ON MEN’S ULSTERS t No.1— == dght tan Trish Friezo ulsters, elozantly made wool triinmings $20 T., W. & N.'s price, Lot 2— Fine quality blue chinchila storm couts..... $22 T., W. & N.'s price Lot Mo. 3~ Exvra long biuck trieze ui- stors. Wit sliawl collar.. $22 T. W. & N.'s price Lot No. 4= Heavy Oxford Eiysian ulstors $16 T. W. & N.'s price Lot No. 5— Henvy l"‘;:o‘( friezs u s, oot ™ 1 W, & Noworice D18 A aon Wool brown 1xed fricze 50 el T 0k vve price $18 Lot No, T— 00l d Amaroxtord 1 . & Ne price $18 Bt tore biue Extra lon hlu 1L 1- ghinehilla’ Ul & & Nea price S1 Lot No. 0~ Al'l Wl,ll)l nxflnrll foloxte Wstors.. "% T, W. & N price $12 - Lot No. 10— L e mixed beaver ulstors. laid wool lin=- ng.,. T, W. & N.'s price $ 9 i sa v D e 526 0 e 10 $ib §i2 Sl4 $i0 30 8 § § Usual Retatl Price Our prioe $26 Usual Ret Our Prioce $18 Our Prioe $20 Usual Retall Price Our Prioe $18 Usual Retall Price Our Price $16 Usual Retal Ptioe Our Price $15 Usual Retall Price Our Price $14 Usual Retall Price Our Price $10 Usual Retall Price Our Price NORTHEAST CORNER 15th AND DOUGLAS STS. 16th AND Great Special Sale of Men’s, Boys’ and Childrens’ OV ERCOA'TS » ULSTRERS The entire stock of Thompson, Willis & Newgent, of Boston, is now on sale at prices which do not average over 60 cents on the dollar--No Fake--but a positive slaughter sale MAIL OBDERB—WHI recelve the most careful attentlon and goods will be shipped with the understanding that if they are not as represented they may be returned and we will pay express charges both ways. PRICES ON MEN'S OVERCOATS. Lot No. 11— Tallor made brown kersey overcoat, satin sleeve tinings, Lot No. 12— Extra quality Uxfora “mixed hoaver over- couts. T., W. & N.'s Price Lot Wo. 13— s Stylish black cheviot double breasted over- couts. Lot No. 14— Gray mixed kersey over- coats. Lot No. 15— Riue dingonal chinchilia over coats. T., W. & N.'s Price $8 T., W. & N.'s rice T., W. & N.'s Prico T., W. & N.'s Price $in Usual Retail Prico $“0 $13 Usual Retall Price SID $12%° veuat Retait Price $H Usual Retarl Prioe $7 Usual Rotall Price $ 9 Our Price $|2 Our Price $10 Our I'rico $ 750 Our Price $ 550 Our Price $ 4 $10 GONTINENT 0W STATESYEN RECREATE Bome of the Diversions with Whioh Eminent Men While Away the Time, RIDING, WALKING, FISHING AND BILLIARDS Insomnin the Universal Complalnt, Brought About by Overwork and Worry—Ex- ¥resident Marrison's Long Pedestrian Tours. " Wasnixaroy, Nov. 9.—[Correspondence of Tuk Bee.]—The great American brain is boil- ing today 3s it has seldom boiled before. K- nancial troubles and business worries are blazing away under the kettlo and the demon of overwork is stirring up the soup with ghoulish gloe. The newspapers daily record the suicides and insanity of leading men and the nerves of rich and poor are stretched - to their utmost. A level head and a steady hand aro greater necessities now than silver and gold and the questions of how our great men keep them is more interesting to the masses than the discussions of cougress, 1 am surprised to find how prominent men have to fiight for steady brains. Half of the members of congress have shatterod nerv- ous systoms and there area number of leading senators who are fighting the arch flend of iusomnia night after night. Abe Hewitt's Fight for Sleep. Perhaps the worst sleeper who ever came to Washington was Abram S. Hewitt, He bad o suiv with a baker in the next block, whose dog barked at the moon at midnight, and he went almost wild over a cock that crowed near him in the early morning. He keopt house here for a time and had beds in balf a dozen different rooms. He would change about from one room to the other in his efforts to sleep, and when in New York he would go about from house to house for the same purpose. During a part of his congressional career he boarded at Worm- ley's, and he had at this time the entire upper floor, embracing threo bed rooms On the morning following the first night he wentto Wormley and complained of the dogs which kepthim awake. “I can fix that.” said Wormley, and the next day the dogs were takon away. On the day following Hewitt sald he was kept awake by the gowling of the cats. Mr. Wormley replio “‘The cats are harder to git rid of than the dogs, but I will se8 what I cau do to got rid of them.” The third night Hewitt came down more disgusted than ever and said he had failed to get sleep becauso of the noise de by sthe birds. Wormley hereupon threw up his hands in despair. *I don’t kunow what I can do, Mr. Hewitt,” said he. “You can poison dogs and you can shoot 9ats, but the man has to get up early who would kill all the sparrows and the larks.” Howit's {nsomnia continued throagh the whole of his congressional caveer, and I flllllllk he carried it back to New York with Get Bleep from Exercise, A number of prominent men get sleep from exercise. Hoke Swith keeps his sys- tem iu order by ashorseback overy day. Joseph . Cannou takes a llop into the country three times a week and Henry Cabot ) @ puart of each day in the sad- dle. me of the greatest horse lovers in the United States became interestod in horse flesh tarough theirdesires to get awa, from their work. was Lhe case wi he late Senator Stanford. He had been ‘working day and night on the Pacific rail- Et;o“m when he began o break down, L bis appetil ied to sleep and his tor told him that he must throw u) everything and take » rest. e replied tha! he could not do it and the physician then ad- vised him to buy a horse and drive several hours every day. He bought the best team he could find and as he drove them he be- ame interested in them and his mind went from the building of railroads to the speed- ing of horses. He studied the horse and formulated a new theory for horse breeding. Inorder to support it he had his famous i photographs made of the horse in motion, the taking and publishing of which cost him over $40,000. Throughout the remainder of his life he got his best rest when he was working with his horses, and his stock farm when he died was worth millious. How Robert Bonner Seoured Hemlth, It was the same with Robert Bonner, the proprietor of the New York Ledger, and tho owner of Dexter, Maud S and Sunol. In 1856 Bonner, who began life as an office boy, and who u'; to that time had worked without cessation, began to fail in health, He could not sleep and his meals did not agree with him, One day his family physician came into his ofMce and said, “Robert, I want your check for §375.” “*What for?” asked Bouner. “I have got a horse for you,” replied the physician, “and I want you to drive him. You are making a lov of money, but it will be of no good to you if you can't live and en- Joy it, ana_your only salyation is to get into Lue open air for a part of eve ay.” Well, Bonner gave the man the check and got the horse. He began to spced him and tried in his drives to pass such men as John Harper of Harper Brothers and Commodore Vanderbilt, who were taking the same med- icine. He soon became interested in horse- 1 team for $2,000 which 2 This was considered very fast in those days, but Bonner went on buying from year to year until one day he paid $40,000 for the mare Pocabontas, which was the highest price up to that time over paid for a horse. Pocahontas went in 2:17, and a year later Bonner gave $40,000 more for Dexter. He afterwal paid the same amount to Vanderbilt for Maud S., and it is said that the price he paid Stanford for Sunol is more than $100,000, All together he has spent in the neighborhood of §500,000 for horses and his chief pleasure in his old age is said to be driving. John Rockefeller gets much of his rest from his horses. He keeps a good stud and he used to get up at 5 a. m. and speed his team for an hour before breakfast. The late millionaire Congress- man Scott of Pennsylvania cased his brain with horse-breeding and Don Cameron woos the god of health oy taking long horsebsck rides in the country. Rest from Card Playlog, A number of our statesmen get their rest from vards. Secretary Carlisle plays poker nearly every evening and the financial prob- lems of the treasury fly away before the ex- citoment which comes from & game of penuy ante. Joho Sherman eases his mind with o game of whistand Garfleld, when be was tronbled with insomnia, used to get up and play solitaire in bis night shirt, Carlisle, am told, plays olitaire during some of Bis hardest work. Woleott, Don Cameron and Secretary Gresham lose themselves in poker, and nearly all of she southern statesmen are addicied 1o this gawe. Heury Clay is #aid 10 have been the best seven-up player in the state of Keatuck: d when he was making the treaty of Ghent he leved his mind by winuing all sorts of bets from Al- bert Gallatin. 1"owell Clayton of Arkansas is very fond of poker, and the good Deacon Smithof the Cincinnati Commercial-Ga- zeste is said to take bis rest through cards, Presideat Cleveland, duriog nis stay in Buf- falo, was an expert at penuchle, and I ven- ture to say that he ana Postmaster General Blssel have a quiet game after cabinet af- falis are over. Ncarly all of the supreme cours Justices play whist, and Gray of Mas- sachusetls ald 1o be the best whist player o Washington. Harrison was & good whist player amd Secrotary Foster could p.l:uy almost auy sort of cards and play them well, Billlards and Bralas. Billiards is one of the best games for boiled brains. John Quincy Adams found this out years ago, anl he bought the first billiard table that ever went into the white house. There is a billard table fu the ex- eoutive mansion ,and 1t is said that President Cleveland handles the cue for an hour at a time after he has been worried to death by ofticeseekers. President Garfleld Y bilhard par. snd he was Arthur used Was also also foad of croquet aud the billiard table of the white house very freely, and his best brain tonic came from a of this sort. Ex-Senator Palwer of Michigan had a billiard room in his house, where his fellow senators often cawme to He was troubled a good deal with - ia, and one of his best recipes for sleep Was 1o rot ph lly tired. Senator Butler of South Carolina plays u good game of billfards, and [ am told that Reed of Muine and Crisp of Georgia are experts with the cue. Statesmon WhoFish. I understand that Hoke Smith ecaught 120 trout in two hours in the Yellowstone park this summer. This isat the rate ofa trout to the minute and makes Smith's fish story one of the biggest on record. He had three hooks on his line and he often brought in three trout at a time. Vice President Hendricks once told me that he had pulled in four fish at once on one live one time on the Atlantic coast. The big fish stories that you can hear in the cloak rooms ot the cap- itol aro more wonderful than the tales of Munchausen. Senator Aldrich will tell you of the wonderful tarpon which he has caught in Florida. Senator Frye will describe his cabio in the Maine woods which he supplies with trout from the lakes and streams,and Platt of Connecticut will go into. ecstasies over the delights of salwon fish- ing. Senator Quay isa good fisherman n all branches of the piscatoriul art and Sherman has caught bass and white fish. One of the greatest sports- men who ever came to the senite was John Kenna of West Virginia. When he went away from work it was to rest his brain in the West Virginia mountains. He always took a camers with him and he illus- trated his stories with photographs. He had thousands of snap shots taken in all parts of the woods ncar his home, and for some time before his death he was contem- Pplating the publication of a book of hunting adventuros such as he thought would be vopular with the boys of the country. Every one knows how foud President Cleveland is of fishing and how he is able to get away from himself when he has a fishing pole in bis hands. It was the same with President Arthur and also with Andrew Jackson. Jackson used to go down to Kortress Monroe and spend a woek at a time on the old fort known as the Rip Raps fishing. He was fond of horse rac- ing ana cock fighting and he eased his brain by getting entirely away from his work. Daniel Webster composed muny of his speeches while out fishing and some of the best sentences in his spoech against Haynes were made while ne had a rod in his hands. Huntiug on the Fotomac, Quite & number of the senators and big ofticials go down the Potomac to fish and hunt. You remember the hog that Presi- deny Harrison shot during one of his vaca- tion jaunts.” Vest and Vance often go out to shool reed birds during the seasoun, and one of the best stories told in the clonk rooms this fall was of a bunting excursion which Beuator Vance, Howell Jackson, now justice of the supreme court, and the late Senator Beck of Keutucky t0ok a year or Lwo ago. It was during the Christmas bolidays, ana Beck, Vance and Jackson wauted Vest Lo go with them to shoot ducks. Vest objected, saying be didn't pmrulo Lo get hus feet wet to his waistbaud all daysud come home without a single auck. ahead.” “You fellows go aid he, “and leave me here, and 1 © Lo caL at one sitting every can- you kill" “All right,” replied Vance and the others, “we will keep you to your bargain.” I will stick Lo my word,” id Vest, and the trio of United States son- ators started off. Well, the hunters had a streak of luck. Howell Juckson proved him- self & splendid snot, Vance knows how to haodlea gun aud Beck killed his share. ‘They brought back 100 ducks, mostly can- vas backs, sixty snipe and two goese. They put the canvas backs in a pie and sent for Vest. His white hair s! on eud a8 he thought of the idea of eating 100 ducks at one meal, aud his little fat round stow- ach perceptibly shrank. He got out of the matter by utunfl up a champague supper to the crowd, and a part of Lhe supper was 8 limited number of the canvas backs which the senators killed. As 1o the oxact num- Der of the ducks there is no eertified fact, the number above given is on she authority of oue of the senators who did the shooting. Senutors with Fads. A large number of our public men find lnu‘r’o‘oh- & change of D'ol-k %ou':;t them take no vacations to speak of and sel- dom go out of the city. Not a few ha by which to rest i Davis gets hi und by throw he ¢ ussics ~h novels. 1 half o d One of his 2on Bonaparte. nz_him and he is now most restful stuc o buys all he he has more than 600 volumes about the poleon. He beheves in_hot baths before going to bed as a good thing for sleep. He says that «the best rest for an overworked brain is a change of intellectual diet. Allen G. Thurman read 'ranch novels to rest hi in while he was in the senate and he varied this by working out mathe- matical problems, Senator Hoar rests him- up questions of American Ex-Congressman S. V. White gets by studymg the stars through a escope +and working out astronomical problems, and the late Justice Bradley got his rest in mathematics, How Our Prosidents Play. By all odds the ablest of our presidents arethose who have had some way of relax- ing their minds. George Washington was foud of a good horse race. He got his rest in horsevuck riding and hunting, and he spent a good partof every yearat non. Thomas Jofferson spent ery day in riding through the woods about bington while he was president. He often taken fora private citizen, anda once in crossing Rock creok near here a self by looking history. Wi who wunted to ford the cr nd not get his feet wet asked him to carry him over behind him, which he aid. He rode every afternoon from 8l while he was president 1 o'clock until 3, and when he was 08t crazy on account of the death of his ho rosmed about for dayson horse- back, He was fond of good horses and his conch horses cost #400 apiece. Franklin Pieroo wus another president who thought that the best curo for tho insideof a man was the outside of u horso, He gallopod about tho stroots of Washingtou at mid- night while ho was prosident. Ho was fond of riding after dark, and his favorite horso was blind. James Buchauan took his exercise in a carriage. Grant urove a gresu deal move than he rode, and his love for horses is 1 matter of history. He had some [ the best horses that haye ever boen in the white nouse stavles, and he was buying new ones. President Avthur great deal on horsevack, and I think that it was at the advice of his physician that he took his duily rides. Jackson kept good horses and heé bet upon the races. At one race noar here his private secretary and adopted son, Andrew Juckson Donelson, en- tered o horse, and I have heard 1t Juckson lost $10,000 which he bet u Cleveland is too heavy a man to ride horse- back. Whiie he was residing at Oak View no straddled a sieed oceasfonally, but his favorite excreise todayis in the carriage He drives every afternooniso the Soldiers bome or out about Teuleytown, uand the streets along bis line of march are now watered dally, Presidential Walkers. President Cleveland seldomn goes on fooy outside the white house grounds. Harnson walked miles every day. In company with one of the ludies of his/ family he could be seen every afternoon oul about the white lot, near the Washington monument, or tak- ing u stroll through the parks. He always walked W church and when' he was worried about public matters he, would drop his work and go off for a log two or thres mile walk into tho country. ' Gemeral Grant was ofton seen on the streets here during his life in the white house. He usually had a cigar in his mouth and he would talk to any one who spoke to bim. President Lincoln walked about somewhat, but bis cabinet was afrald to have bim go out of the house and it was they who insisted upon the guard which he took with him when he went horseback riding. Liucoln got @ great deal of his rest [rom the theater, A Lox was re- served for him at the theaters hert and he could go in snd out as he pleased. Ho was somotimes iu the theater, I am toid, when the curtains of the box were drawu and the spectators did uot know that he was pres- ent. He often took Tad with him the boy used o go behind the stawe, and once or twice he appeared in minor parts, where he bad notbing to say. John Quincy Adams walked from the wuite house to the capitol and back every day. When he was over- worked he would take & long wrawp or a of this entire stock. | ot Lot No. 16~ Boys' bilnolk frioze ulstor, shawi collar. 8lzo 14 w0 10, Lot No. 17— Plain frieze ulster for boys 14 to 19 yoars. Lot No. 18— Gri melton wool lined ul- ster, sizes 14 to 19 years, Lot No. 19— Oxford mixed beuver ulsters. T., W. & N.'s Price $n $10 T, W. & N.'s Price T., W, & N.'s Prico §6* T, W, &N.'s rice Sizes 8 to 14 yrs. PRICES, OTHING NORTHEAST CORNER DOUGLAS. PRICES ON BOYS ULSTERS. Usual Retail Price $15 Our Price $13° Usual Retall Prico Our Price Usual Retall Price $12 Our P'rice $ 50 Usual Retall Price Our Price BOYS UILSdmits $4.50, $5.50, $6. BOYS SUITS B350 all wool double breasted cheviot suits at $3.50. On Monday, Tues- day and Wednes- day we will have on sale 8OO Boys’ HOUSE ,and there is a tradi- dward Wentworth, Ross David tion here g one of these swimming wrles Landie, tenors; Edwin Isham excursions ere stolen and he “rank Bills, bar Ricardo Ricei and Louis Ca Delap had a hard time 1 0 to the e John Quin avant, bassos; rte and Kthe vy Pulmer, Grace R contraltos. 'Lhe or tion of Prof, J. A, Robertson. getting them back in time iwive mansion, also_liked horse: though he d he used to wi 0t t0 the race track, two miles from he; and watch the races. President Harrison's grandfather was a good walker, and while le wasin the white house ho trotted to market every morning with his basket on his arm and picked out his own meats. He under the direc- That the charms of farce-comedy are as potent as ever is strongly attested by the continued enthusiastic success of *The Hustler,” which will appear at the Boyd died as much from worry ‘and overwork as | tonight and Monday night, withall its funny anything, and last words were uttered in | scenes, happy incidents, tuneful music, delirium concerning officeseokers. General | pretiy girls and talented comedians. Local Garfield was fond of base ball and he often | theuter- ha mounced penchant attended the games here. George Washing- ton wasa noted jumper in his day, and when hie was a young man, walking up the Potomac, he swpped at a plantation where there was a jumping match. As the story goes, the prize for the best jumper was to he the ' beautiful daughter of the planter. Washington entered the match and much to the disgust of the young lady he_distanced ter lover by fullten inches. Noting the black looks on the girl's face and the disap- pointed appearance of every one as to the for musical farce he reconstructed and rojuvenated “Hustler their tastes will undoubtedly be gratitied to the fuliest ex- tent, The play is aconglomeration of comedy, music and high-class _specialties. That breezy, magnetic'son of Erin, John Kernell, ts the leading role—Con McFadden, the ler. He has a proclivity for concocting schemes whereby he will make millions for himself and friends. His monoy-making de- vices are marvelous productions of the imagination, before which the wild, extrava- 1t, he withdrew his claim and the real | zant schemes of Colonei Sellers pale, wither who, up to that time had never had | and fade into *‘innocuous desuctude " Me- his equal as a jumper in this part of the | Fadden's ubiquitous assistant (who i country, got back his sweetheart. always “‘in it”) is o sportive and speculative Fraxk G. CArresten. | German who rejoices 10 the foamy cogno- e ———— men of Anheuser Busch, and is reputed to Before brealkfast Brom be worth anywlhero from £2,000,000 to 803, Acts as a b r This characier is portrayed to the lifo by Emil Heusel, the noted Teutonic come Another bit of ciever charac that of Aana Danta, proyr sof the Cam- bridge Fiats, where McFadden and Busch have aparuments. Gus Mills—unknown to the stage—appears as the love-lorn boarding an, TOE LHEAT er sk tehing is The last half of the present week at tho Boyd will begiven up to comic opera pro- sented by Barnaboe, Karland McDonatd's Robin Hood company, and the biils will b [ house mistress,an in tho character has “Robin Hood” and “The Knickerbookers.” s This orginization may ba callod tho junior | Anderson’s “Jolly Old Chums” open a member of the famous Bostonans. It is the '\;Lfl“l :L» Wmv‘.:i’xm today at l.lml l"irwum.nl !nghus.nlussm.ul company in America and B O e Tt o m“ ‘!‘('J‘l‘f‘hw ?s is oquippod on_ exactly tho samo lines and | 33", ML and | ecneral Jollity is on the same scale as the Bostonians them- selves, Thero ara sixty picked artists, em- bracing a double castof principal singers, a tirely different than has over been soen here, and the press in the various cities ave unani’ mous in its praise. When such clever enter- uoblo chorus of thirty-fivo voices aul au | Liiers as Dun Magon, Dau Kelly, siudio operatic orchostra. it is furnished with | Rogsio Groy, Charvies Prnoe and oth special scenery for both operas, the staging of “The Kulckerbockers” being the identi- cat scenic equipment used by the Bostoniano in New York. Tnis is an especialty elaborate outfit, comprising three full art sets repr senting scenes from colonial New Amster- dam, equally as strong, cut themselyes loose, it is not to be wondered that the cotertainment is most enjoyable, olly Old Chums” is a musical furce, in which wit, mirth ana music predominate. It is full of singing and daneing and all sorts of business calculated roduce laughter ana drive dull care MUSICAL AND D¢AMATIC, rybody knows the charming qualitins of **Itobin Hood,” which nas been presented nere several times by the Bostoniuns, Per- haps the most expressive thing that can be said of the Robin Hood company is that it doesn't hesitate to come upon the ground al- ready covered by the Bostonians in this famous work. It stands entirely upon its mevit and there is no effort made to delude the public into thinking that the orga tion is the Bostonians. Insuch cities as Buffalo, Cincinnat, St. Louls aund Kousus Ciry, where the Robin Hood comvany has played, its performances have been fresly combpared with those of the Bostonians and everywhero the verdict has been one of un- qualified endorsement. There 1s no reason why it should be otherwise. The Bostonians do ot use in their own company all the ingers of the country and as they 8t puliin commanding the services of clever people it follows thut the Robin Hood company 1s on a par with the senior organization. Barnubee, Karl and McDonala have personally superia- tended the staging of each opera, the detail work having been done by their own stage managor, and as each artist was selected with especial reference o the parts to be Eh,vud. theater goers may expect to see the jostonians' &r’orumucu duplicated in the work of the Robin Hood company. “The Knickerbockers " was givon one por- formance here last spring by \{u Bostoniaus. 1L was then in its crude state. Since then many lmproving chauges have been made fn it and fu is now & worthy companion—as it was Intended to be by its aushors—to **Rebin Hood.”” The engagewent will be divided thus: Thursday sud Saturday ey Saturday matinee, “Robin Hood Joseph Jefferson is doing Rip Van Winkle in New York. Jukobowsky, the eomposer will shortly hiave a new oper Vienna, It is asscrted that Gounod sold the score of “Faust" for 83 and never after received another cent for it, Paderewski has refused, it 1s said, several offers to mwake a tour in Germany ; also an American offer of #100,000 for this ' seuson, He is now in Scotland. There is a report of & huge theatrical trast, embracing three Chicago theaters, threo PPhilagelphia theaters, three New York theaters and three California theaters, The Coghlaus, who begin an engagement in New York on December 4, have decided not to produce Oscar Wildo's play, “A Womun of No Importauce,” until Docem- ber 11, Arthur Lawrence, an actor, has been cogaged by A. M. Palm und will mako his American’ debut in sup. port of Minnie Maddern kiske iu “Hester Crowe."” The entire troupe of she Imperial opera, St. Petersburg, will present a series of six teen performances in - Puris early iu the new year. Rubinstein and Uschaikowsky will vonduct several of thelr operas in person, Mr. A. M. Palmor's stock company is play- ing now In Chicago. They goto St. Louis next week, and then aftér u tour of the south they will go o San Fraucisco to play at tne Baldwin theater during the Midwin- ter exposition, from Pecew ber 28 to March 10, OIt is & fact of interest that Mwe. Eva Nan- sen, the Arctis explorer's wife, is regarded a8 being, neat W Mume, Grieg, the tuest ro. of “Iirminie,” produced in English charact, g ple who sing the prin- cipal roles are the r:luuwlna: Jul"oml s;k«n, Henry W. Dodd and James Nickolds, cow' mance singer § 3 A vocal recital she gave in Christiania_ recently was ate tended by the royal family and a crowded audience. Arthur Cook, an old-time mii siner, died last weelk in tho ¢ Blackwell's islind, New Y a0 he contractod rhoumat not been his forme eland _thirty singer of the 8 many years. Cathorine M her brother, ) trel tenor hospital, on vk, Two years sm. Since then ha He'came from o and was leading Francisco Minstrels for arco (Kate Smith) is visiting k Smith, New Rochelle, N. Y. The yc ablished an enviable reput elf in Italy, where she has veen a leading soprano in rious operatic companies during the last ten years. Her home is in Mi John Russell has rights of the most su merioan ‘man farce comedy produced in many years, It is entitled “I'be Corner y of Avenue A" It was put on for threo nights at the German theater, but had & run of over three wecks. and 1t was determined to_continue it until the end of December. This run 1s almost unprece dentod In o Gorman theator in this country. pite his the veteran vio- Jinist Sivori has recovered from his rec g ntin Paris, and he bas left that ¢ for his home i Sivor] his first appearance in England 08 1827, was a pupil of Pa anini, who come posed six violin sonatas for h The fi keo 3, respectivel Sinches and 6 foot 11 inches tall, connubiality at high ted. The wedding of Mr. L. G, Stevenson, son ol the vice president, to Miss Heion L, Davis, will take place at_Bloomington, IlL., the home of Miss Davis, Novembor 21, Foud Father—Mr. Meanitall hus asked me for your hand. Do you want to accepy him? He says hia adoration for you is un- limited. Dutiful Daughter—Very good, papa; but how is his eredit? Mrs, William P, Jaffray of New York has rds for the wedding of her daugh- rd Jaffray of the Thir- teenth hussars, a crack English reiment. The aate set is Wednesday, November 15, “See here,” said tho man who had i a widow, “hasn't your h turned rather suddenly sinco wo were wed?" suid she, “that's from fright, 1 scared when you proposed to me, don't you know. The engagement is announced of Miss ughter of J. Pierpont Mor- gan, the New Yoric banker, to William Pior- son Hamilton, Mr. Hamilton is tho groat- grandson of Alexandor Hamilon, Ho is an t tho Manhatian Trust company, Miss Adelo Grant, the famous A veauty and daughterof the late Bea of New York, 15 engaged to the eavl of Essex, The marriage will bo celobrated in Chero- . 6 fect his is London, at the earliest day possible after tho noecessary legal drawn, cortainly before Ul carl of Essex is a widowe Ho suc- coaded to tho title ppLember of lnst yearon the aeath of his grandfather, the sixth carl. Wiy Sho S Chicago Post: *1'll ne: him again!" she oxclaimed. wide, wide world 1 “Why, Clara, h adores you!" 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