The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 14, 1899, Page 9

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JORDAN'S crear HMUSEUM OF ANATONY 10C1 MAREETOT. Det. 62272, 8.X.Cal. OR. JORDAN—PRIVATE DISEASES EUGENE FIELD'S POEMS, n met last even- session adjourned ess that was r Gunst gave | Lind- | o filed. T was promoted | a native of Call O« eorge R. or of at had been s stand In Police Judge Mogan's court = HE witnes c [ psed on lay when Miss Louise none | 2 nted her ample personality, tor. pe \ Honor how the war broke out on the Barbary Coast. Her 30 odd f flesh were concealed in the folds of a double- X d her right eye was in mourning i had lost. t the time of the commencement of hostilities Miss all was a soubrette in the heavy-weight division at reka Music Hall on Kearny street. She lured sol- ¥s to the boxes with songs of home and mother ce the ound it easy, with her extraordinary : ten thelr pocket-books. Not another » or song-and-dance lady or Ingenue could hold a candle to her. Her head began to take on embonpoint r nose assumed such a tilt that it could be induced nly to the normal level In a champagne glass. The success of Miss Marshall with the moneyed sex explanation. Small Dose. tion. 1s money to pay the drafts. dinary oourse of events presented to & bank in case anywhere else, the first thing the HILIPPINES ABSORB GOLD ° . . . B . . . . ° presenting the draft has money to pay It n the bank upon which the draft is drawn. It costs money to telegraph from Mantla, however, so It becomes an ex- gcnsl\'e operation. But in the case of & raft on the United States treasury no such advice as that need be sought, 80 He found, however, that the banks were hot paying the full ‘premium on American Financial System of money, and he determined to use this \gm-nege of exchange upon the United the Islands. | Btates to force the premium up. The | banks were paying $203. He demanded that they pay the men $2 08; if they did | not he declared he would take no more old from them. They agreed, but on go- ng into one of the banks one day to see how the agreement was being carried out s McClure, who was er on the staff of General 2 X he found them paying only $205. The /. The Tailor 1s now at the Occidental Hotel, | banks were at onse notided that it was all N c from the War Depart- | off between them and the United States, and the result was another agreement, "Major McClure went out to Manila with g his arrival | PAnks pald the highest premium. At one and ! T millions | time it was even as high as $2 08 but it 1 over eleven milllons | iq not remain at that. Major McClure €y, wilch | figured that by not having to telegraph 1 the coln of | for advice and by using the drafts as ex- | change, thereby not having to have the n, an gold is ex- | Kold the drafts rrpresemef sent out to e " | them with a delay of perhaps three ays ®0 b '5:“ months, the banks saved enough to more masters 0‘ than pay them without having to shave ! a good part | the premium on the soldiers’ pay. | _The banking business with the soldiers . American | Was materially decreased by @& permis- cepted by the | Slon Major McClure secured before he left st | for the islands. Forseeing that a great o tradesmen, bul | many of the men would send home much of the - © | of their pay, he secured permission to pay would not pay | such men 'as would accept them, in when It was | checks. It Is forbidden by the regulations value of the sii- 1o pay In anything but gold coin, but the ¥ metal of which | perinission 1o pay in checks was granted he stamp it bore that | 1B that way the paymaster’s department b e p saved over four million dollars, which t at the same rate a8 | was paid in checks, leaving the gold they | represented to be used in other ways. It WaS no uncommon thing for a captain to come to the paymaster with a list of men all living in the same town and drawinj their pay in a lump sum. This- chec | would be malled to some bank in the town with a list of the amounts aad to whom | they should be Iud; and all it cost was the postage and one-quarter of one per cent for insurance. Thousands of dollars were sent home in this way. There was another interestin he tslands and in Hong- 1 on a silver basis, and sed endless trouble. The accept gold from the offi- . but they would accept it on and when it came to draw- , if the depositors wished y had to pay from 6 to § m for it. One of the cap- his_company fund of $2400 Comecur 120 cers K experi- ness of the gkong Baok in Manila and was | ence with the introduction of United at can th a deposit of $4500 in island | States paper into the financial system of ext day he wished to draw out and it was offered to him in He refused to accept the silver ground that his deposit had been Jut nie was told that made no dif- . if he wanted gold he would have § per cent premium for it. Then nded his deposit back just as he it in, but he was refused. They ;1d all right, but he would have high for it if he wanted to get It out. The captain appealed to Major Mc- Clure and he sent for the provost mar- shal. Together they reasoned with the bank officials and finally the captain got his money back in gold, less 35 the bank kept for itself, for what reason no one uld understand. O ot bo with every deposit. A deter- mined eSort was made to have it so the officers and men of the army could de- posit their gold in the banks and draw it but again, but the banks would not agree | 1o such arrangement. They were working on a silver basis, they sald, and | who wanted gold would have to the islands. At first gold notes were not welcome, but soon they went through the same course as had the silver dollars. As s0on as it became known that thelr re- demption value was fully as and It was realized they coul not by freight but by mail, there was a | rush for them, and the banks gathered them {n. It was the Intention to put them in circulation in the islands and by letting | them mingle with the currency of the country gradually to brlni the financlal | system round to what it is in this country | and have business transacted | American standard as the | this object in view $500,000 in_gold not | were sent out as a venture. The Eas soldiers, beln, glad to get t! ing they were just the thing for snowy on Xmas than a the perfect color put on all linen fi &hi ments of coln, went after them and befors long me'g)om in gold notes had disap- peared. e greater part of it had been sent out of the country. Since then there have been other amounts floated at dif- ferent times and now they have secured a foothold. ““There is perhaps not more than $1,100,- 000 in native money in circulation in the for it. This state of affairs led to the estab- | lishment of a safe deposit by the paymas- | n : in describing the financial system of th cer or man ;\'ho‘_mfil\'d[:‘;‘}]’;’w‘m)\: s | new possessions. “Most of it is debase money and R mearly 1000 depositors, | Silver coined in Spain and sent out to tne Teh man's money or valuables were tied ""i‘"‘:,“. ";{'{,’,f..".,.?,"fl“e l;"filu}:o o up in @ little canves bag, and whenever | S0InGC TR MERIS, An LAS T e he drew any out he had te make a note | ‘1”]:‘ (e Thace. 1o the: Musioat tor of the fact on & tag attached to the bag. | GERICeS. ToeRe U L0 [eFican money There was a clerk to keep track of the | EVEryiying Cowh Aners I8 on a silver, bags. but no books could be kept, so each | #ls, and it 2 BY [°%8 used. 1o - v the custom the United States to | man had to keep his own. It worked Just | G fand the way they do business gy o of leher & @) | 88 well a8 & bank and was much 1688 6x- | 1y, ¢ 'ts no such thing as a small per cent PEDEIVE. ter of fact whenever the banks | 40wn there. What in the United Statos would be half a per cent or at most one er cent, in the islands is two and a half, ve or elght per cent. Gold is at a pre- mium of from six to gight per cent, but it is not kept in the country. It is shipped out to England as soon as it is taken in. Of our own mnna&mlhm is now in elrcu- lation over $3,000 in specle and PrT. The banks are all paying the full pre- mium and the natives are becoming used | got hold of any of the army gold It was | shipped out of the country at once. Major | McClure made a deposit of nearly $250,000 | on one occasion, and when he went back after it @ few days later $20.000 had been | sent to_Hongkong and $150,00 had been | sent to London. He drew out the remain- der. He devised a way of getting gold without paying the premium, however, and after that there was not much trou- [ % ) BOOK. | Pixehange on America and England is| “The question of places for deposit for “entury. Handsomely || rather high in the islands, and drafts on | the soldiers was a vexing one at first, but FREE L for the bullding of a monu- childhood: _Address EDGENS rIELD MONUMENT SOUVEXNIR PUND, IS0 Monroe St., Chicago. B T MR e, | N R, ALFS & b NABE! -4 F.— LOV a certificate of sub- of the Worid's || the sub-treasuries in this' country were correspondingly valuable. First, be- | cause they were as g as exchange and could be secured for nothing, and second is was settled by the payments In checks and by the establishment of the safe de- posit. I was in the army of the Potomac and I remember the way the paymasters ubseribing t Souvenir unt 1 will istic volume s a k contains & selec- ! most representa- »s than §1. cqually be- “ugene Field i the beloved post Bel battery ever or sold in iaferior quality are st If you want the ", you must particulars send & 20 stamp for “BOOKLET NO. ¥’ or call at the effice. PIERCE ELECTRIC CO S04 900000 000000000 and durable body end for 2 when Major McClure wanted any gold | the banks In Manila were more than anx- fous to accept his draft on the treasury. this time an effective one, by which the | B e e o o S o o e S S S S | because there need be no advice from the | would come to th sub-treasuries as to whether or not there | and then what trouble the men had to | justice in the case just disposed of. In the or- | take care of their mone if a draft be|if they wished to send § anila, as is the | termined then that if jarred severely on the remainder of the female talent, on re than Josie Dupree, daughter of the proprie- Fortified by the relationship to the house, Miss Du- pree, even if she is in the feather-weight class, had nerve enough to remark time and again that Miss Marshall was a female Jumbo and ‘‘gave her a pain.” Even a 300-pound soubrette could not stand that—no, not from the proprietor himself, and Miss Marshall sought an Bhe got it Thanksgiving, when Miss Dupree soaked her in the right eye with a heavy beer glass, putting her to sleep and can- celing her engagement at the house. brette swore out a warrant for the arrest of her assailant. Judge Mogan heard most of the testimony on Mon- day before putting the case over till inclined to the belfef, in the face of the fact that Miss Marshall welghs 300 pounds and Miss Dupree only 115, that the preponderance of evidence s with the prosecu- direct a few nights before The injured sou- He to-day. is B e o S S aa ] y and get it home t there; and I de- ever I reached a position where 1 could arrange a better bank must do is to ascertain if the man | system I would do so. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1899 HEAVY-WEIGHT SOUBRETTE LOSFS STRAW BONDSMEN A BATTLE ON THE BARBARY COAST ! quash the case on the ground that Reilly, | be found | “gang,” but the jurist still stands ready e men and pay them | Ereat measure resulted in the triumph of As it is now, the | men in the Philippines can send their | money home without trouble to them- | can pay bills In the same way and they can deposit their money in such a man- | ner that they can get at it whenever they wish, with the pay regulations, Many of them deposit their money master, as is allowed by the but they cannot draw it again until they have been mustered out. It, therefore, is necessary that they have money where they can draw this has over within two months. he says, before the last of the troops on their ‘way to the fslands can upon it, and been arranged for them." Major McClure believes the war will be It may be over, et there. The Insurgents, according to him, are 3 band of brigands, hated by the people of the country, who are trying to keep :he selves and for the cost of a stamp; they | | | war going until McKinley has been driven | from office, for they believe a revolution imminent In this country, with the re-| moval of the President T | gray oaks, mat gilts and bronzes, with | | v you'll find none better than those at kand's. shapes, frames. mat boards in colors to match. ture can be appropriately and reasonably fitted in our frame department. the benefit the absolute merit of the per- formance is something that would appeal to a person with a lump of ice whers his heart ought to be. The programme of- fers the best of everything at the nine local theaters. Not only will the man that | pays his 2 cents or 50 cents or $1 get for the monay nine times what he would or- dtnarily, but he will get the cream with- | out gy Frederic] now at the Columbia, In th from “Romeo and Juliet'” "Mot'?ar Earth” Frawley compan, “The L(ltl-g Gyl Hamilton Hill, Marga: E“".rd Em d monds, erson and Emonds biograph frcm the Orpheum: Ferris H man and Avna Lichter from the Tivoll Major Mite from brothers from the Olym blan whirlwinds from the Alhambra. performance at 1 o'clock. for its object. W0 months more, he is sure, will settle it, Picture Frames. We have all the newest noveltles woods and finishes Old Flemish, Dutch, English and in Any pie- Sanborn, all & Co., 741 Market street. . —_—————— BENEFIT FOR ACTORS. This Afternoon at the Orpheum. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the curtamn at the Orpheum will go up for the great- est afternoon's entertainment fered In San Francisco, the great volun- teer benefit not excepted. ing of all the theatrical managers of the | city and Is the means they have taken to | raise funds to be furnished actors in dfs- | trees in order that they may bridge mis- fortune. bellef that the people of San Franclsco | will respond liberally for the benefit of | those who have never failed to be fore- most in alding every charity. ever of- Tt is the ofter- Tt is given in the hope and the Aside from this sentimental feature of of the skim milk. Any person can by running over the pro, udes an act of “The Chimeas ' _from the Grand Opera-house; Warde and Minnie Tittle Brune, e balcony scene ; the first act of from the Alcazar; the from the California in r1”; Camille @'Arville, ret Cornille, George Royle company, and tae art- Golden, the the Chutes, Mohring pla and the Ara- An open-air concert will begin at noon, —_—— Beason of Good Dinners. This s the meason for good dinners, and Zin- . —_——— Commercial Travelers. The Pacific Coast Commercial Travel- ers’ Assoclation will give a banquet on the evening of the 26th inst. at the Mer- chants’ Club, and the committee of ar- rangements has made preparations for a very enjoyable evening. in plcture | Great Entertainment Takes Place | s | ! AN APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN | said that his name was | platned his trouble to Judge | give a good descri PARALYZED OVER JURY'S VERDICT Kelly Confident Acquittal. of GANG TO KEEP UNDER COVER | IN THE MEANTIME. | —_— | Thomas A. Kelly's conviction for having | knowingly and felonfously. accepted a “straw bond"” for the release of a thie ing negro has fallen like a bomb among the crooked element that haunts the City Hall for the purpose of perpetrating simi- lar scandals on the people. They are fl ing to cover in bunche time Kelly is speculating or not he will be given a v trial by the | Supreme Court not Judge Lawlor will make an example of him gnd - him the full limit allowed by law | is crime. Dibble, who defended Kelly, imself’ are confident that re- exists in the record of the will ultimately will_be taken On be acquitted. immediately to the Supreme Court. the other hand the prosecution is confi- An appeal dent that the conviction will stand and that the punishment of Kelly will stand as an example for the rest of his kind. Allhnufih a great deal of credit belongs to Captaln Seymour for his labor in col- lecting evidence against the ‘straw’ bondsman, more belongs to Judge Lawlor. Some time ago an attempt was made to whose name appeared on the who was an important witness, could not Judge Lawlor, however, spur- red the police and District Attorney on to renewed action and the resuit was that Rellly was found and Kelly convicted. The conviction of Kelly has resulted in a general grill for Judge Lawlor by the band and to rule in the same unblased and fearless manner, .n the event of the arrest of an- other crook of the same stamp, that in a ROBBED OF KIS VALUABLES BY A CONFIDENCE MAN A Victim of Misplaced | Trust. Until yesterday morning Frederick | Denges, 1030 Folsom street, had implicit trust in the honesty of his fellow-men, but now he has good and sufficlent cause to change his mind, and he declares that | t will be a long time before he is played for a ‘sucker” again. On Tuesday night he around the “tenderloin’ amusement, and at Taylor and Ellis streets he_was accosted by a man who asked to be directed to Kearny street. They started a conversation, and the | stranger told Denges that hehad only arrived In the city from the north that morning and was temporarily in financial difficulties. He talked so glibly that Denges became deeply Interested in_him nd invited him to have a drink. They | ad several drinks, and the stranger sug- | gested they should call in two of the falr | sex to join In their hilarity. The sugges- tlon was acted upon and they had more | drinks. | After they parted from the girls Dengn‘ invited the stranger to accompany him | to his home, and the stranger appeared to hesitate; but Denges was insistent and they made their way to 1050 Folsom street. They slept in the same room, and before retiring Denges took a purse out of his pocket and placed it on a shelf in the closet. It contained $102 in coin and three | diamond rings valued at about $500. When Denges awoke yesterday morning his friend had gone, and when he looked in the closet the purse and its contents had also disappeared. He had a faint | was wandering in search of recollection that his new-found friend had | Wickler, but he could not recollect his christian name. Denges hurried to police headquarters and told of his loss. He was instructed to procure a warrant for the thief's arrest on the charge of grand larceny, so he ex-| Mogan, and | the Judge signed the warrant, and the detectives are now scouring the city for | “John Doe" Wickler. | The police believe that Wickler is a con- | fidence man, and as Denges was able to puon of him they ex- pect to have him behind the -bars soon, | unless he has left the city, which is not at all improbable under the circumstances. ‘ ANOTHER TRANSFER CASE. 1 Henry Lefcovitz Arrested for Dh-i turbing the Peace. Henry Lefcovitz, a newsboy, was arrest- | ed last night on the corner of Market and Powell streets for selling a transfer. The erson who furnished information is H. Peeples. Judge Treadwell released young Lefcovitz on bonds. Peeples some two months ago was ar- rested on a charge of disturbing the peace. It was one of his fads to catch small boys and take the transfers from them. This brought him Into trouble, and | now he is feeding his revenge by inform- ing on the small transfer sellers. eeples travels under a sobriquiet and his real name is supposed to be John Horn, | After the arrest a crowd of newsboys gathered, chased Horn into the Emporium and then out again Into the street. Several thousand people gathered, shouting de- | risively at Horn as a Southern Pacific | “spotter.” Mayor Phelan appeared on the scene and was cheered by the crowd when he expressed words of sympathy for the | newsboy. REV. ALEX. N. CARSON CALLED EV. ALEXANDER NEWTON CARSON, D.D., pastor of Trin- ity Presbytertan Church . at Twenty-first and Capp streets, dled yesterday morning at his home at 121 Bartlett street after an illness ol two days. Almost to the moment of his death Dr. Carson’'s sudden f{llness was not expected to terminate fatally. Despite the complication of serious maladies from which he was a suf- ferer his physiclans were confident that his splendid constitution and the exemplary life he had ltved would as- sure his recovery. It was not un il the last hour, when he began to weaken rapidly, that his serfous condi- tion was realized, but it was then too late to Go more than relleve his tm- mediate sufferings. Dr. Carson was taken {ll on Monday night while attending a banquet glven by Golden Gate Commandery, Knights Templar. His affection was one of the heart, from which he had suffered for some years, but from ‘which he had never before been seri- ously )1l. His death is unusually sad, in that It came upon him in the mid- dle of his honeymoon, he having been married but two months ago. REV. A, N. CARSON, Deceased was a native of Morristown, Tenn., and 51 years of age. Ha re- celved his collegia education at Maryville in that State and subsequently graduated as a minister of the gospel from Laine's Seminary at thesame town. Since that fime he has held a number of charges in the Presbyterian or- ganization and was connected with his late charge for two years, being called there from East Orange, N. J. —00-0-90-0-0-0-0-0-00-0-090-0-90-9 v, Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton. POPULAR STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE., Contributors to this W. Mable, Dr. Albert S. C Scudder and others. VIII. AS YOU LIKE IT. BY DR. WILLIAM J. ROLFE. “As You Like It" was first printed far as we know, in the Folio of 16 it was probably written in 1506, It surse ok, Dr. Fd Dr. Hiram 50 tered for p ation in the Re Stationers' company on t, 1600, with Shakespea and “Henry V' and Svery Man in His Humor. is not appended to the “4 Augusti Register, but it is fixed beyond a doubt by other evidence. All four plays were marked “to be staied”—that is, their pub- lication was temporarily prohibited. The printing of “Much Ado” and i MIES JULIA NELSON AS ROSALIND. was authorized before the end of August, and quarto editions of both were issued: but for some reason “As You Like It” was not brought out at that time. The Sources of the Plot. In this play Shakespeare dramatized a popular novel (unless, as some think, he made use of an earlier play, now lost, which was based upon the novel), publish- ed in 15% under the title of “Rosalyn Euphues Golden Leg: by Lodge. The book was reprinted in 15 and at least elght editions appeared be- fore 1643. Shakespeare followed the novel so clo ly in its main Incidents that an outline ¢ Thomas Lodge's story may serve very well as a sketch of the plot of the drama. Lodge took the preliminary part of the story from “The Coke's (Cook's) Tale of Game- which is found in a few of the later lyn," manuscripts of the “Canterbury Tales, but It is not regarded by the best critics as the work of Chaucer. Gamelyn (Rosader In Lodge) wrestler. oner, but s released by an old servant, Adam Spenser, with whom he takes flight the four- tale Lodge adopts with | trifing changes, Rosader (Gamelyn) and his bad brother Saladyn correspond, of to the forest. teenth century This much of course, to Orlando and Oliver in the play. Shakespeare's exiled duke Is represented by @ banished King Gerismond, whose throne has been usurped by Torismond. Rosader contends with the King's wrest- ler, kills him and gains the love of Rosa- lynde (daughter of the deposed monarch), whom Torlsmond soon banishes from court. her part, whereupon her angry has gone. adopt the names of Ganimede and Allena. In the forest they light upon an old shep- herd, Coridon (Corin) and a young swain, Montanus (Silvius), who is In love with the disdainful Phebe. The fugitives buy a sheep farm of the landlord of Coridon, who is employed by them to take care of it. tIlo!nder and Adam, after wandering In the forest, become desperate with nun- ger and the former leaves his agel ser- vant while he goes In search of food. He comes upon Gerismond and his company at their woodland feast, is welcomed and goes back to fetch Adam, who is received with the same cordiality. Later Rosader falls in with Ganimeds and Allena, tells them the story of his love and is led to play at the gamc of wooing with the supposed youth, the Or- lando in the play. Allena proposes the “Jesting match that after proved to be a marriage in earnest.” Meanwhile Saladyn, who has been ban- ished by Torismond, comes to the forest and is on the point of being killed while asleep by a lion, but is rescued by Rosa- der. A band of robbers attempts to carry off Aliena, and Rosader, who comes to her ald, is nearly overpowered, when Saladyn appears and the robbers are put to flight. This incident, which Shakespeare omits, makes the sudden love of Saladyn and Aliena seem more natural. Phebe falls in love with Ganimede and sends him a letter by Montanus. Gani- mede finally promises that he will marry no woman but her, on condition that If she refuses him she will wed Montanus. The novel ends by Rosalynde’s throwing off her disgulse and the three pairs of lov- ers are duly made happy, their marriage Deing “‘solemnly solemnized.” Shakespeare adds the characters of Touchstone, Jaques, William and Audray. He also makes the banished Duke tle brother of the Emperor, but In the novel there Is no hint of relationship between Garismond and Torismond. (This brief outline gives no idea of Bhakes- peare’s indebtedness to Lodge for many minor details of the action and the dialogue. The reader who wishes to trace out these will find the novel in ‘“‘Shakespeare’s Library” (Haz- ltt's edition, part I, vol 1) and somewhat con- densed In Furness' “New Varlorum edition of the play and In the introduction to the notes of Rolfe's edition.) The Stage History of the Play. Strange as it may seem, the play seems not to have been a favorite with the the- ater-going folk of Shakespeare's day. There is no record whatever of any per- formance during the seventeenth century. The play was written for the stage and, of course, was put upon the stage, but the only evidence of the fact, if evidence it can be called, is the tradition that the part of Adam was taken by the dramarist himself. Oldys, who died in 1761, was col- lecting materials for a life of Shakespeuare. In his manuscripts we find the statement that one of Shakespeare’ younger who lived to a good old ag has an elder brother, who, to get rid of him, in- duces him to enter a contest with a noted Gamelyn is the victor in the match, and to revenge himself upon his brother attacks his house with an armed band. After a struggle he is taken pris- His daughter Alinda (Celia) takes | father | banishes her also. The two fly (Rosalynde | in male disguise) and betake themselves | to the forest of Arden, whither Rosader Like Shakespeare's girls, they 1 Dowden, Dr. William J. Roife srson, Dr. Isaac N. Demn | used to tell of his vis and of | gotng to see h play. He | said that he re wring in |one char, 1e man wno any who were i Ak This seems like 1 genufne reminiscence of the sevent! f act IL If it had been an invent or would nat- | urally e men the name of the play, or would h. ven further detalls | of tr | it told in Stratford |t A venerable wn re- nbered s onee | brought upon t man's back. The story e 1 through athorities the very Ay f the 1 is not improbable on the face of | in keeping with the tradition that acted the Ghost | Hamlet.” | From the contemporary references to | his acting that have come down to us we | may infer that, though he was perhaps good in these minor parts, he certainly was not a great It may be that he | would have gained dist hat pro- fession A not his as & poet led him to give him plays rather thar It was not until 17 writing of f n them s0 far as theatrical records give us any information. that “As You Like It" was revived, and then it was only In a wretchedly corrupted form— a plece prepared by a certain Charles Johnson and called “Love in a Forest.” Many portions of the original play are omitted or transferred to other charac- ters. Speeches and ¥ e scenes, are interpol: Richard IIL" “Much Ade,” “Twelfth Night” and the “Midsummer Night's Dream.” The wrestling In act I is made a knightly com- bat in the lists, and Charles accuses Or- lando of treason. The characters of Touchstone, Audrey, William, Corin, Sil- vius and Phebe are omitted, Jaques makes love to Celia and marries her in the end, | ete. This vile patchwork and perversion, | however, had a run of only six nights. In 1740 the original p the boards was reinstated on and was performed for | twenty-four nights, a good run for that | a It was performed again in 1742 and | 7, when Peg Woffington played Rosa- | lina, with Kitty Clive ‘elia and Mack- lin as Touchstone. It was while acting in this play that Peg Woflington was struck down by paralysis Other revivals of th | w767, 1771, last named reprodu | sayed the occurred In %5. At this Siddons e The opinions fon Mrs part of Rosalind. PEG WOFFINGTON. of the time concerning her success were divided. Boaden, her blographer, say “Rosalind was one of the most delicate achievements of Mrs. Siddons. The com- mon objection to her comedy, that it was cnly the smile of tragedy, made the ex- press charm of Rosalind—her vivacity is understanding, not buoyant spirits.” This seems to me a misapprehension of the character. Rosalind Is clas by Mrs. Jameson among “‘characters of intellect,” but the genlal critic none the less rocog- nizes the brilllancy of her wit, her “saucy playfulness,” and her “vivacity,” char- acterized by “sensibility” and “sweet- ness”” rather than by “understanding.” Miss Anna Seward (1747-1809), a noted Iit- erary woman of her day, and a native, like Dr. Joknson, of Lichfield, though often astray in her critical opinions, was probably nearer right than Boaden when she wrote In super-Johnsonian phrase: “For the first time [ saw the justly cele- brated Mrs. Siddons in comedy, In Ros: lind; but, though her smile is as enchant- ing as her frown is magnificent, as her tears are irresistible, yet the playful scin- tillations of colloquial wit, which most mark that character, sult not the dignity of the Siddonian countenance.” Similarly n his “Account of the English Stage, 1660-1530," says Mrs. Siddons did not add to her reputation by her perform- ance of Rosalind, and when Mrs. Jordan had played the oharacter few persons wished to see Mrs. Siddons In it." Mrs. Jordan, indeed, must have been a veritable Rosalind as the dramatist de- picted her. She first appeared in the part for her own henefit April 13, 1757, and was “triumphantly successful The poet Campbell declared that Shakespeare him- self would have gone behind the se h to congratulate her. She play Rosalind te as 1797 In the present century “As You Like It" has been one of the most popular of Shakespeare's comedies on both sides of the Atlantic, and there have been many charming Rosalinds—Ellen Tree, Helen Faucit, Adelaide Nellson, Modjeska, Julia Marlowe, Ada Rehan and others. The play has not unfrequently been per- "formed out of doors—in England occasion- ally, and oftener In this country, as at Wellesley College and elsewhere. A wood- land stage Is the ideal one for such a comedy. contin Note—This study of “As You Like It by Dr. Rolfe, will be continued on Mon~ day. o COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. Autumn-Winter Term, 1889-1900. MONDAYS and THURSDAYS: Popular Studies in TUESDAYS: The World's Great Artists. WEDNESDAYS: Desk Studies for Girls and Shop and Trade Studies for FRIDAYS: Great American States- men. SATURDAYS: Home Science and Hcusehold Economy. These courses will continue until February 15, 1900. Examinations will be held at their close as a basis for the granting of certificates. Killed in a Mill. TACOMA, Dec. 13.—John Nelson was th- killed while at work In the St. P nd Tacoma mill last night by & plece of lumber which flew back over the saws.