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SOORSEOF129-0-9900:0004-49-00 This story of love, peril and mystery is well worthy the brain that devised “The Dia- mond Lens.’’ .”’ Its exciting features are soft- ened by a tender and beautiful love interest. oor ¢ * THE WONDERSMITH. “Excellently, Duke. It ts finished. I have it here.”* little Prenchinan put his hand fate his os pocket and pulled out @ large artifictal ye. Ita great size was the only thing fn this would lead any one to suspect its artificiality. NEXT WEEK AT THE THEATRES. — ——_—_—— ; 't was at least twice the size of life, Out there was @& . . — . O’BRIE | fearful slative light In {te iris, which seemed to Joseph Jefferson and Henry Miller to Play Return Engagements and and a the eye of @ living betng, ba ~ | t rendered tt a horrible staring paradox. It looked 1 1 from that of tid the ver ke the naked eye o clops, torn from his fore- mente they are born? Ark a musician how ne | head burning with wrath and the desire for & jerious) tonne, kno’ the dari ar siruck by Thalbers ack by Liszt ttle Frenchman laughed pleasantly as he beld tor 1-| them. the Wonderamtth, + in his hand, and gazed down on that huge, ym Chatham Sq wl oing hin tras st to see how the little that stared back at him, it seemed, with am y down toward the East § ' will benawe when I nce and mistrust. sn devil of an eye, ald the little man, wiping amelied surface with an old silk pocket handket~ reads like a demon. My niece—the unhappy of a lover, and I have a long time would run away with him. I coulé nah streat—as 1 wi ai thie namelerm jane be- |. will be a alluded to—is en of trad and made an eccentrt: mer oar bea containing w a * 4 a errr} orrespondence, for she kept her writing de, Mino-bird 1 mor s of lowely locked. But Lasked her yesterday to keep natiratiate, Mme. Fitome ae a iecuirae this eye In some very safe place for me. She put it, ves at No. Golosh atree oe ine vat t al lan 1 knew she would, Into her desk, and by its ald f al! the bell on the left-hand pane the forest, Toye indeed read every one of her lotters. She was to run away | next Monday, the ungrateful! But she wil! find here elf disappointed. ® 1s the shop of Herr Hippe, commonly the Wonderamith Haw) aboliba hawk thats Hieeoti eee ‘ bathe roedi And the jittle man laughed heartily at the success trade really wan. That he worked mouth an | wit surround the cot | of his stratagem eel lee wAG (hevahone® sere ar vat i i wrwithithe eave And you have been at work, too, [ see, Herr Hippe. the belief that he was anf Ohi veal’ Twilleelt thers “manikina are excellent. But where are the His workshop was in the In that Dottie.” answered the Wondersmith, potnt- ne to the pot-bellled binck bottle that Mme. Filomel | had brought with her. us try at once.’ sald Oaksmith. “Is your + Zonela tn bed, Herr Hippe? Are we eecure n intrusion ? one {s stirring about the house," replied the that sanctuary no one but bimee!? aad da tad the Wor Tt wan a dull Do« ade doing in Golosh mont of ed ar least an hou temlan waxwings at Mr ad a h ta ermith wit ‘ nderamith, gloomily eked under the ts tered wiht acework. "t wre ag | Filomel leaned over to Oakemith an@ said tm_an lore Hippe we yal x fan ty of exquisitely carved | se dortane “Why do you mention his daughter? You ant wood-f 0 ! . » , ed WIN RTM) oo be does not like to have her spoken about.” ” 1 the ttickering blaze played fantastl fexierity resembiance {2 «1 will take care that we are not disturbed,” sala nthe pale gray walls hatte Han 1M) eerpionne, rising “IE will put my eye outside the On 4 table close to where Herr Hippe sat worl ble f h detent Il door, to wa . placed a large square box of some d * ‘ srious 7 n the table—-tn regimen He went to the door and placed his great eye upon Funder the etff Bree: | tne foor with tender care, As he did so a darkeform, t the boxes lt) | unseen by him or his second vision, glided along the yamtage nolseleasly and was lost in the darkness, ma Now for tt! exclaimed Mme. Fiiomel, taking up truth With lher fat black bottle, “Herr Hippe, prepare your but manitkins!" The Wondersmith took the little dolls out one By . at was aval: | ine and set them upon the table. Such an array of vad tts special stamp of feroe-| vitlanous countenances was never seen. An army ef The lips « tain and brimful a matiow, (| Trallan bravos, seen through the wrong end of @ : amall black, bead-like eyes giittered with the fre of | telescope, or a band of prisoners at the galleys fn Jerave paw!) f eee and A tony, muse m were the pron ar-Ja universal hate the mantkina, | Lilipue wil! give some faint idea of the appesramen fchertoc 4 | acteristics t ee b eomale. ‘td pot hold in Gis or her hand [they presente? While Mme. Fliomel uncorked the 3 ; | The » The owling INK ack bottle Herr Hippe covered the dolls with a demons, clasped in their wooden flogers sworts dell- [apectes of linen tent, which he also took from the Bex. hat the French court was! ute as a housewife’s needle. The women, whose | This done, the fortuna-teller held the mouth ef the formerly substituted for the ordinary knock, when nienance expressed treachery and cruelly | bottle to the door of the tent, gathering the loose was esanry to demand admission to the rove! eutched int mal daggers, with which aaa oth clomely round the glass neck. Immediately ting wr it was spread a casing ught In an open arabesque patter | like a shining biue lace which was lightly | over Its surface | Herr Hippe tay luxurt | meditatively Into the fre. | tis skin was c hair, inly in his armehatr, look He was tail and thin saffron hue, Long, strat pet t carver's art h ures. a long, thie rled ike a dark aap around his mouth. | ling. Every tiny which was Matill the ven bitter and here was not one « relgned in the chamber A peculiar seratching at the panel of door, Ike that w agartm Herr Hippe started, raised his heal, , woont to take «ome ble v noises were heart inside the tent. Mme. Filomel ree which vibrated on his long neck !1ke the head of a said Mme. Filome!, taking one of the man!-/ moved the bottle and the Wondersmith lifted the cove cobra when about to strike, and after a momen box and examining tt attentively: ‘ering In which he had enveloped hts little people. nee uttered a Atrange guttural wound. The door Doke Haltharar! These little ones A wonderful transformation had taken place. Wooden aRrance jen Idered woman, with tamp, they look as if they had mis-, and inflexible no longer, the crowd of mantkins wae large. wild eyes, entered softly hief in them Ab! here come our brothers.” now In fall motion. Th fe eyes turned, gift- ‘An, Filomel, you are come!” said the Wondersmttty At this momer ame scratching that preceded | tering. on all sides: the thin, wicked lips quivered with ainkir hem “Dhey will be here presently." answered Mme. Fito- | back into his chair. ‘Where are the reat of ston tiny hands sheathed and unsheathed ttle sword and daggers. yl sald the Wondersmith. “Treache | was heard at the duor | bad Yr and Herr Hippe replied with a hoarse, guttural ory. | the the entrance 1 “T think th men en jise earnent’* jo achieving remarkable popularity |! Seating heresif in an arm-chatr much to narrow * gaid the Wondersmith: ‘you! erous, cruel, bloodthirsty. All goes marvellously well, at the Emptre.—‘‘Soldiers of Fortune’ te near-|£°F 2 Person of her proportions. are In time. {lomel has brought the souls and Yh! they are perfect devils! they are magnificent | tog the hind month of tte stay at the Se fave you brought the souls?” asked the Wonder- | x5 are about to test them. Monstour Kerplonne, take| {little demona!” oriet the Frenchman, with enthusiasm, | with a recont of capacity audiences. — | "mitts off your cloak. Brother akamth, take a ch Tih y must have Slood, :hough,” sald Herr Hippe. ‘The tntrofuction of many comedy touches “They are here,” said the fortune-teiter, drawing a| promise you some amusement this evening, eo make| "Mr Pippel, the bird fancter, ts asleep. I have a key | the new climax to the thirt act rendered | !aree pot-bellied black bottte from under her cloak. | yourselves comfortable Here t# something to ald| that opens his door, We will let them loose among + at Wallask’s almost a new | “Ah! I have had auch trouble with them!” vous the birds. It will be rare fun.” m.—Tae protracted success of “The Hall) “Are they of tun right brand—wikt, tearing, dark. | and while the Frenchman Kerplonne ant his talleom-| ‘Magnificent’ cried Kerplonne. “Let us go on the ay at the New York prac: | devilish fellows? We want no essence of milk and| panion, Onkamith, were obeying Hippe’a invitation he|tnstant. But first let me gather up my eye.” oxy Grandpa’ t# an en-| honey, you kno e but souls bitter as hemlock | reached over to a little closet let Into the wall and| The Frenchman pocketed his eye, after having given tioally tnd il mene net es J Dyer vetetns attont 1 spesste] seeeeany oF scorohing ea liehtning will sutt mur purpose.” took thence a equat bottle and some glasses, which he|!t a polish with the silk handkerchief; Herr Hippe em- frarlem Opera teal MUSICAL NOTES, You will see, you will see, Grand Duke of Egypt! | placed on the table | Ungulshed the lamp; Oaksmith took a last bumper of +touse. David Bispham aril! give Bia farewell Suniay | They are ethereal demons, every one of them. They | after the silence had Iasted about a minute Herr/ port. and the four gypsies departed for Mr. Pippel's, S t | etterncem eong recital et Carnegie Hail at 230 are the pick of a thoumand births. Do you think that]! Hippe broke it with the sudden question, “How does| carrying the box of manikins with them erlru @ Lyons. | e'clock to-morrow, Hie programme ts lecathy | I, old magician that I am, don't know the squall of ' your eye get on. Kerplonne (To Be Continued.) Joseph Jefferson, the dean of me | (American stage, begine his annua! en- gagement at the Hariem Opera-House on Monday. Mr. Jefferson will present Bis familiar repertoire and his company ‘de practically the same as in re- Javey and comprehensive. leadore Luckstone will be = al the olane, —Lisa Lehman's ‘The Daley parish bowse of Holy Trintty Chureh, Leno ee ne = Bing® production ef “A Modern avenue end (ne Hundred and Twenty-secend | ‘MUSEUM inno srturtoa oA, mater eens and oe imdred ant Tented ‘Lo Waki #52 ~y_ UFFAISF ILS} yw WW ERS * MUSEU Beauty acd the Beast” aS tert, Hobart Smock, W. C Weeten end ata tals Ga YY OPEN 10,30 To uP. @uccess at the Broadway, in spite of Pawin Lockhart will be the soloists, with W. P. jeftereon eplenaid ant nono, CAMILLO & FONDA. EURO! as eo be oe zoel amieerry erald —Mise Giaser'e “Dolly Vartea™ at the De Mine, “colitet, and Mtr. W. @ MaCiyment WES] BQUILTORISTS Rare ) say har a Herald Square Theatre 1s nearing tte hun- “Gertrude May State: wilt ~ hid LD GARDEN. COUPLE: MONA LADY wigor aa he aid « decade ego. Monday, uare | Peat! 2 AND 8.17 WALKER. ADA BRIGGS, Tuesday and Thuretay evenings and Glager. q Sretth | partermanen 5 and \3ry 2 Walamey 0 10 Ee whose BY MME. BOUISE. MAN) TROUPE: TRAINED COORAS avd Van isis Bg new souvecira—"The Importance of Be- " ure to Burope thie week. Onty ea Few OD Hoy M>re. TOOS; PROF. MIETT’S DOGS. @aturéag matiness, “Rip Ee : y COSTUME FOR LITTLE BOY,|*timmet with white clotn bands ana SEVER $0 GouD AS NOW. THEATRE. dace 2, Bart 8 One men be eres: Wroteieny © mieten ena aercacre | opamanves aa *| white kid belt, to be worn now. but for | Snide tosis oe Franguinas"* summer nothing Is prettier than white = musi — Reston, Marjory Maxwett, te 4 a Biieon ures, Madeline Forrest, Deeves’ etten, 30 others. " Concertp |Have the sult made of fue linen duck ACTOR'S pel CONCERTS aa : ‘The Rivals,” and Saturday | many others will take part. é Deap stmel Calon Might, the double bil, “Lend Me Five i y & 2 Please state bow I can tress my little Bey wo $5 ‘i *| Manager Conried will close the season AL \ Y XS yee fect A Mailings” end “Cricket on the Hearth”) Ot ey ing Place Theatre with a| ys ) uu 5 ve palm ceare bet ane! drapes Rees - > te = Aaa f on Rieatel He = two amd a balf years old, weighs twenty- Mca, re penance ne) ee be rel Haney Miller returns wo the city to] found of plays tn witch antes |seren pounde and ie 2 feet 10 inches bat grec eh aunt ehiadert oaachy AD Sh. te eriad ep ble road tour with “DiArcy ot oy Gvoniag. Mr. Conried will hima BALM FOR WOUNDED HEAPTS, [ed ee etre ees d Sey ES at hgaalfond Ode Babs {LsCUTAS Oooh ACADEMY OF MUsiG, the Guarda” at the Grand Opera-House. | 2ay evening Mr. Conried will himee é carly, with beage errange bait oo ano MS head, a tist UNDER” o euaase™ le wit be assisted by the company seen) Darticloate In the frat American pro: A Modern Peter Ibbetson. |never mean that a girl who d 3 aul 5 Be the Bavey Theatre earlier in the sea-| iuction of Brieux'e "The fed Rode, them should be unduly gulded ORTH ST J teawtts DY BLANCHE BATES. gon. Next week Mr. Miller leaves for| da very pecullar dream and If the secret influences about ua, which GRAY ALBATROSS, n A CONTRNTE 23.50 Ban Francisco, where he will give «| sfor aay V/areamedare alwayalworkiixifor/ou vers 1 lene pdenes. Lantos DSTHST..: CONT ame BER Soe tr pe Btock season of fitteen weeks, with itoa had 5 ough to bring your © hus- I ave tea x thirty-elght-inch wide t 8. Doe : QUO VADIS. Margaret Anglin as his leading support. similar name. | pre aiwes ter | tw our eam be fray altatross which 1 would tke to here made! EMPIRE THEATRE. = The Wild West. that, while golng to business, I saw the| strong enough to bring him also Into ]2%, Sad wveld Ike our én ‘about IRE uous Wea, dat (The fifth week of the French Opera tee of dange sever pres-| young man I had dreamed about. I) your actual dally life, Mould Ike ¢ nade e that T con! HEATH E Cameve at the Victoria will be marked| Terie: sagain nlite cowhove, are| Rave often met Nir ne eeema| Do not scek af Introduction ¢o the| | bo tor mem and ne e COMPANY | "OF BEING bey three productions which should be the bucking broncos has given | to notice me, !young man. Such seeking sould be hia! Leap sr seer a acres Narassia af] GARRICK THEATRE quite novel to the present generation of) :ugua! zest to the past week's perform- f uk to /@et. An acquaintance will probably ~ yatvar bust, eet | Last altace qpere-goers. Monday and Tuesday nlght) ances of the Wild W A carioad him without a) but would |come about In some right and proper ee } » ‘ qnd Wednestay matinee, “Les Mous-| new buckers will arrive by Monday very much like to know him after ‘nh way. Where a man wills there's a way Have the skirt of your gown mae - . a quetaires au Convent” will be siveniline gupply on hand has been depleted |@ dream. BERTIB. |of meeting @ girl who has attracted with the front gore full length, having NEW SAVOY THEATRE. iy =| PASTOR'S COnTNUONS CONTINUOUS Gwureday and Friday and Seturday|yy accidents during the week | Many persons bdelleve that dreama{him. Women must wait to be won. three haif-inch tucks each aide. Use a 20c, and 30.6 pieced ekirt SOLDIERS th wi tuck th L eee pattern and tuck the ROBERT EDESON | OF FORTUNG, | 2OROtA GARDVER oO, BARTLETT @ at BxTRA B00 SHOW TOCDAT. s have a meanin, @atines, “Orphee aux Enfers,” Satur-} Arter the six afternoon and six even- | somoetl: Gag night ‘la Perichole,” and 2 ing performances of next werk Dear isten Aver: ‘Wednesiay the femiliar “Chimes West will be seen here no more this " Mormandy.” son and probably next, as another | FOR ROME DRESSMAKERS. iinaly tre your opinion of « 7au08 uropean tour {ts in contemplation. | 5 ‘ Beginning Sfonday night, the F. C./amg exnibition ts positively announced | : re oat Comat Ata hte CE qhitney production of “Quo Vadis" Wi] to go tear'in Hrooklyn on May 6 The Eveniani World's Daily 5 Bik be put on for @ run at popular prices oe Fashion Hint. : me Hea) to i fn the Academy of Music. The presenta-| yaupe VILLE ATTRACTION: me. He never takes m tion will be the same as achieved suc-| jog saxweil and company, In “The # to theatres or suppers, 1 wrote him but they! she Rightly Fe. fulness at the top. Have a pretty flounce, sumburet tucked, which Joins skirt Knickerbocke r Theatre. ee ns Last 7 Nighte at 615 p80 H1i1h Thea Les. Av.& 424 ot, ith @ Diack ‘ork feathor-atitoh Murray aia coed ine Shoah oatteen|tneiend ee FRANCIS WILSON nTHE TOREADOR festa es (ile at te MADISON SQ. PHEATRE, WILLIAM COLLIER pili yr.! fiyor, y bodice with a sma’ chetleutstituckaatinte\belera oe itheee non AMELIA BING?AM Neglected. | nalf-inch eeas at the New York Theatre. Arthur] acoso poeta tts » time ago. never answered me use the feather-stiteh br Arrang: ry ~O TE A MODERN MAGDALEN., Forrest, Marcus Ford, Caroline Rohr eek eaten ita: s te 1 t k he your tucks so they turn toward See Bsc CAR ER em and Mary Emerson will carry the lead-| peaint ant Archur. Juaalera. and the Martinettt as much as he pretends to, I back, and so that one cluster will ex-| |CASINO Kenhearted, MABEL nia wilfully neglecting th breaking your heart I think, however, tere is pr | only some little m tart | which can easily ned out ' and TH AVE. tng roles. troupe are Eurvpeas novelties on ki The reat of the ollo is given over to merriment The original Liliputians will be the} —rawart Paver ami FAlth Stacieir, Ward and @ttraction at the new Star Theatre, | curmn and Touney and Lacey are a few of Tony ‘Their new spectacle ts a merry skit en- headliners for next week.—The dMa- titled ‘Weary Willle Walker.” Barleaquere will furnis the Dewey —Camille and The Murray Hi stock company will Briggs, the © essay a double bill next week. Mr. Bramwell will be seen as Mathias in the Irving version of “The Bells,” and tend over the top of the aleeve to give | you a beoad appearance. The yoke am AMERICAN lower sleeve could be of white chiffon shipped in tiny tucks, with rows of black) chiffon between the clusters of tuck Make the @leove tucked to match the walst; having a puff over the elbow and a turned back cuff of Diack pa velvet just below the elbow, with a girdle to mat ny Mat " Manhattan Breck on sa Trea - . was Pre Last WEEKS | | ° | LORD AND MASTER? ue MATINEE TO-DAY. aE N.Y. STAR BURLESQUERS, g man ehould not d swering your letter r should break off his visite abruptly after lead- \ a ; | Mr, Donnelly as Nicodemus Nob in the) Prostore Twenty-thiré Sireet Th line sou toielppaseihi loved: yous te $ farce “Turn Him Out.” ny “ set altace, sin che right, though, when Amusements. iTINGan Lowe BAST LY ey were paramere fod not to marry tlil he could #upp SoS T11U opines < in “Carmen"’ will de the American ‘Thea-| Bond. #!i! the presenta’ if, Do not Judge him harshly for GRANDAnn Held A er. Pr oe ss } Saeen: 01 oe 3 a aHeid ° rooklyn Smuseme nts tre company’s production next work you an occasional ev Wo natteld x Nacrorou DALY’ ° » SAN TOY, nt Jessaline Rogers will easay che title role, Edward Mawson will be Don Jose ‘an E. L Snader returns to the company nt at theatres or supper «he was only trying to « QUO VADIS BN <a MONTAUI Pres: eal * RoGk BROS fe One Hundres | teyeie after a year's alisence to present Esca- 2a as, ope 7 millo. ‘ vied | n it i KEITH'S = x tow [LION PALACE” re The usual Sun an iikes a gitow IN a ay concerte will oe elven. lyr tsa prudent should ‘ ry : } Excurs: sions. hipaa ec pr piaee a THE BROADWAY SHOV | To cut this box- shirt walst in o¢ «of bis condu ter ar \, Lex, Ave & 107. "Vatst «say audiences at the Metrope peabenedales dan Toy"? at Daly's, 7 at the | medion size 4 yards wide, 21-2 4 m. If YOU can pecome Sat and unit 1 very ente |THE ig “ er His feate of magic will be Interspersed | a2 Ten et Halen tet Vande ft inches wide, +44 verde a3 inches ’ Gor! Ih ebisata | ctesotesvuei i paasll (fant et bee cael a) ce INE WALL OF FAME. | ar Ni thane with vaudeville acts. Manhattan clow wide or 2 yards 44 Inches wide will be| ering what h y passed eant asralght Pa a Pe 1 | WALDACK'S, ve. .18 Mate Wet T4721 = " DEN ° a AP ‘ week.—Willte. a nue | required you, | think you may With propriety The cut shows a preity suit and hat | Bf wr Le sere b LAST APPEAL, Manager Ed Rosenbaum will have a Care| ‘The pattern (No, 40 to 40] write to him once leche le qi for 3 s poy. It is made with a Rus- | AUSEB.! o Noval #oloinin | original modern piay TH el Ms SUNDAYS monster~ benefit performance at the He: | busiy will be sent for right-min and sincere young man he sian blouse effect, but has a box-plaited | on 415 so THEATRE, & 15. Mat. To-day, 2.15 | HARLEM ie. SOTHERN ge. 8. Mat. To- = Casino to-morrow night, In which the 2 r ‘ will surely «ive you a full explanation |skirt. This would be very pretty made ‘The Reigning Arde 2 -House itt: et Wen! @rtists of the Anna Held, ‘Weber d& season at the Criterion for May Ji.—The success Pulitzer Building, New York Chy.” of his intentions, |ot bright blue light-weight broadciota, LULU GLASER Dolly Y Nest Week—JOSEr JF¥ERION 2 aeeearn, Tet