The evening world. Newspaper, December 29, 1902, Page 5

, winute: intermiselon. * HIS TESTS ARE ONLY FOR KINGS. “Frivolity” Freear, of London, Says There’s Not Money Enough in New York to Induce Him to Play Here. MAKES MONARCHS LAUGH. Palled to Move Gloomy Sultan of Turkey, but Was Decorated and Showered with Gold, and Now Goes to Amuse China’s Dowager. The actor who eays New York can't put up enough money to induce him to play in the best theatre in the city may be either a fakir or an eccentric, or he may be simply jollying. Yet Willam Freear, who lavs claim to being the most unique and grotesque performer on the world's stage. makes the state- ment. apparently in all seriousness, not- withstanding the fact that he will con- descend to vlay for semi-barbarous monarchs, He was signing his name tn the regis- ter at the Grand Union Hotel to-day when an Evening World reporter ac- costed him, “Why, bless my soul! cried little Freear, “where have I seen you before? Was it in Colombo? Or Bangkok? Or in Zanzibar? Keep quiet. It's coming. Why, yes! You're the fellow I met In the West Indies who gave me a drink of rum and cocoanut water mixed in a ealabash. Why, bless my soul! “6lnce I last saw you," continued Freear, “I had the honor of giving my one-man show’ before King Edward. Come upstairs and I'll show you his let- ter. I'm now on my way to Peking, where I'll probably give a performance before the Empress.” Visits All Forgotten Cor: As a matter of fact, William Freear has visited every forgotten corner of the lobe, He believes that when an artist has versatility he should leave the beat- @a track and visit places where no show has ever appeared. ‘This acute business perception, coupled with wonderful talent in every manner of entertaining, gains for “Frivolity” Freear, of London, the entree into the palaces of kings, civillzed and unolvil- iged. He has played before the Sultan of Turkey, the King of Siam, numerous Indian maharojahs, the Gaekwar of Baroba, Grand Duke Michael of Russia Gnd many other potentates. His home In London is filled with sou- venirs of these performances, and no man ts more full of reminiscence, anec- ote and jest than the eccentric one- man show. Freear gives a with only one bri three-hour show , Which is a ten- He te a quick- Ghange artist, and no sooner ts he off With one turn than he Js on with an- other, and it ls always difficult to swear ‘that it ls the same Leica 80 perfect 4g be in the art of make- Rubber-face Jicobs couldn't talk on the same wire with him. He is a mu- aician, , orator, dancer, tragedian Post, and lots of other things, which must be seen to be un: America, 1 You see, he avoids the aunis of the busy ma Heated in the smoking-room of the Brand Union Hotel to-day ‘he told an bmuslug stury about his first appear- Ance before the Sultan of Turkey. “Is a long time ago, now,” began Freear ‘I swore I'd never have any More of the Yildiz Palace. I was ar- the moment I arrived in Con- Stantinople Because I hadn't a passport, And the police thought I'd come to as: Massinate the Sultan. ‘They put me tn & cell, and it was only in the morning that I discovered tho reason Yor my In sarcerntion, You see, the officials never wet pald. EBany to “Bix It 0 ‘The Government was seven years | arrears when I was there first, and ee sight of ie gold piece would bribe the nd “Well, I fixed It and g I went te & hotel, and in the mic le He) the dey gaid thet f before the Sultan with my three gut monologue entertainment. Well, 1 gent my trunk up to the ce. and. was just about to go when an Englieh officer told me I would va to dress in black and wear a urkish fex. I got the fez all right, Gam started for the Yildi Palace in a Fattle-trap conveyance, driven Daso who could speak’ neither waglish Ror Turkish “At the palace gate I was pene, ar- grated on suspicion. I had no pill tye over that, I recited Yamlets uy in order to convey the idea {Twas 8 theatrical man, Then [did a eand-dance in front of the palace ‘this Sttracted a crowd, An English doctor Fesotled Me, and oxplained matters, mihen at inst I pot into the Suiten's private theatre I was astonished at t magnificence of the place. The furnish- of that theatre must have been ‘orty millions, Fiverything seemed en- Saeed in xold, wtudded with Jewels. rhe brone in. the centre wes 2 dream o} opuleuce. I can't begin to tell you about “The stage, by the way, was y ntuck gatpeted with Turkey rugs. ‘They stuc! to your feet ilke syrup, Of course, couldn't dance on rugs, so T ae the, ‘te tendants to take them up. their hands in plous horror. They didn't understand a word of English, and thought I wanted to take up the deautl- ful rugs by way of a joke. to tear up the started fat, old Bey made “In despair, T rpeis my Sit“ to draw a. scimitar at that, I ) SQught him one on the jaw, and” he subsided, Aw Evil Looking Sultan. “A Ittle while afterward a band com- meni to play. That meant the Sultan Fas on the throne. 1 peeped out and goed look at him, reall r aster His Imperial Ma- itan 0! ‘give hl" three ‘hou and has, dare 636 Is to be funny, ‘ahd these poor devils were never so hear getting their heads removed, for I had them in silent convulsions, stuffing handkerchiefs heir mouths, “I got no applause either. That was ot permitted In the Sultan’ o worst of all was that Sultan's band Renee played as Tong | his baseoon or Sul To take off your fea in the presence ot a Turk is the biggest incult you can o} fer him. The Sultan nearly took a fit He cooled off after a little while, how. eyes: and made me a present of a plush full of gold—the equivalent of Mr. Freear has also played before the King of Siam, surrounded by his wives! and elghcty children. “It was a treat to play at that court,” i jowfa. who re- sald Freear, rince cently visited this country, was edu- FINE GOINGS ON: Up the Airshaft Produced Dis- cord that Caused Fifteen Broken Heads. WHIRLING MASS OF ARMS. Ra@erty amaphed his violin, O'Halloran lost his flute: ELSIE DE WOLFE, WHO SAYS ‘HER TOUR WAS NO FAILURE. WN MUSICAL FLAT = Strains of “God Save the King” |< cat ney the old country and under- joke. The old Sultan had to get the, onibakton of my jokes written out In Turkish, Even then it took him @ long time to see ight.” Asked if he thouhtlo of playing in New Fa it kk, Freear replied: may do so in the future, but not ow. Oh, no, not while the of China ‘is impatiently waitin chance {9 load me with gold a1 and make mea Mandarin of the Button.” there was an ominous silence. Then as the strains rofled out round and full 4 flerce chorus of “Kill th’ insultin’ yut Trom a score of lusty one thought, fee. loors, instruments in hand, ana ‘dashed down the stairs. On the way the ar ary penne inet) Hooll- flourishing word ots stinging reproach from the. ewan, in which they referred {0 the discordant ‘COWARD!’ CRIES “Stab in the Baok,” She Adds When Denying the Report that Bad Business Had Sud- denly Ended Her Season. AND HER DOG BARKED ON. “It's a stab in the back—2 cowardly attempt to injure me—that's what It Js," wald Elete De Wolfe, at her home, No. 122 Wast Seventeenth street, to-day, re- plying to a report that “The Way of the World” was obliged to close at Toledo on the Sith because of bad business. The actress's black French bulldog bristled savagely and growled ominously to think that any one should dare say such « thing. The Evening World reporter backed into a corner, but the actress and the dog followed him, Miss De Wolfe crowd- tng the following letter on bim, and the dog standing by to see that he read every word of It: Inw’t This a Lovely Letter? “New York, Nov. 29. “My Dear Miss De Wolfe: If you can be booked for a few weeks longer in your present success—the reports from outside being all so good—I would pre- fer that you remain out a little longer. You are making reputation everywhere. you. has been extended untll Dec. 27, “CHARLES FROHMAN.” “There, what do you think of that?’ proudly asked the actress. “I'd have it framed if it were mine," bumbly replied the reporter, The Parisian pup wagged his tall ap- provingly. "Why," suld Miss De Wolfe, with a mixture of pride and scorn, “it ‘was decided long ago that I should close Way of the World’ only under protest ier Week. night & simply because York without Sd teh ‘pl alge he first an Engi laywrig! the firs! production of which I expect to give at @ Broadway theatre Fob. 1b. Here’s What Cynthia Is, “What kind of @ lady ja Cynthia’ ked the reporter, wishing to appear in the even of the dog eh and gets into tjoubler but ‘her heart's th the right place,” sald Miss De Wolf ear an enbaraee ne afte jence sanrIng: the Gos, gv wvidontly Oe Ny wee auch ta . iss De Be Be "Wot ite CoM aalnationis saat nu “NOW, Soa't corset to any what with exception of le of weeks at to spicadl Theatre. ty Bele x ual pens of the mane. | Wes, {Pion As they proceeded in thts manner th collected the other og and {tallane it it boy gained. tn i most cyclonic, in which and thétr organ finally Deoatas involved, Police Stopped the War, The storm continued to rage until Policeman Downey arrived end sum- moned to his assistance the reserves of | when the revolving atoms were c! in their furtous gyrations. The Gondolinis and twelve of the ii musicians were Jed to-day before ‘est Bide And some poor fellow got stuck in the ‘cello Belonging to Patrick Chute. ‘While Callsban, Nerny and Hooligan Were struggling in the drum, With a dig bassoon and a bombanioon They made things hum, —Old Irish balled, Had the ancient bard visited the| apartment at No. 236 West Sixtieth) street last night he would have found| his muse in full sway among the flying fragments of a dozen mupicai instru- ments; a score of descenants of his clansmen and three Italians, who were the victims of the centripetal energy of a whirling mass of arms, lege and bodies. | It all began in the delayed Christmas | celebrations of sixteen families which | started early In the afternoon. First Uberal libations, and shortly after sun down the entire apartment rang with hilarity that betokened much good cheer, The Musical Flat. No. 236 {s known throughowt the neighborhood as the ‘musical flat,” and any evening passers by can hear the melodious strains from one of a dozen instruments issuing from the open win- dows. But it never happened before Iast evening that all the occupants of the fifteen apartments tuned up at the same time, The Rafferty twins on the top floor, violinists, started the ball rolling, but before thelr bows had scraped a dozen bara Peter O’Brien got out his flute and soon had sent a dozen tunes rollicking up the alr shaft. Mrs, Annie Murphy then sat down to her piano and another melody was wafted upward, Teddy O'Haljoran followed with his accordion, but before he had got under way Patrick Hooligan got out is bassoon, into which he blew a blast of harmony that made the notes from the other instru- ments that were floating up the shaft Jar together in frightful discord. The Rafferty twins stopped fiddling, and dark scowls took the place of thelr former beaming smiles. But as Hooli- gan soon got winded they were able to #0 on rie but only for a few minutes, cause Denn o Up the strings Toe Mn btm eid setting out witi a Jong riffing prelude soon hai the other instruments, Including the bas- Soon, beaten Into dismal silence, Storm clouds then began to gather in ell the apartments up a flown the shaft, and the only reason things did not begin to happen at once was because the various musicians wer a loss whether to first xo after "Hooligan and his drum. looligan or A decision, but not Sullivan, was soon re: Italians Join: ‘The Gondolinis,, Itallans, who occupy the ground-floor Mat, were Brat ata loss te'afvine the cau general or- chestration in the . Finally they decided that lv was a patriotlc demon- stration of some, kind, and as the; all—there are three brothers—file naturalization papers vhey decided that they must joln whatever musical talent ! have thelr they could muster in the era) clamor. Th on Fe FGulsenpe im window facing the th ae es and began to ha all his force, It was an ent, e tune was Gave the King." fret bar ber teat the ebatt | | harbor rat | perlenced the mn there was a feast accompanied with | fered mych | Harden. The thermometer | Magistrate Flammer, in the Court, but as every prisoner had change of assault to make against ever other one of the fifteen the Magistrat adjourned the case until to-morro' ‘Three surgeons worked three hours ue make the fifteen prisoners presenta’ for appearance !n court. STORM-BEATEN BOAT SAFE. Schooner Georgia Arriv: at Halifax. (Special to Tho Evening World.) HALIFAX, N. 8. Dec. 2,—The schooner Georgia, able bared Plo felt, at Last ing from New York, badly toed up. ic schooner was three weeks on the passage and rienced awful weather. The cold was Intense. During the ‘Wook of cold weather € was 16 wero, A gale raged with tremendous fury. for which consider- |énly sailed up the Hs Serer aren ar Tey Pistol Onuses Death. (Special to The Prening World.) NORFOLK, Va, Deo, 2.—Cartes T, Morris, fourteen-year-old eon of Albert T. Mortis, « steamboat captain, died ai his home. in to-day \t lock jaw, which baited, by his | ghoottn ae d with a toy 1 aoa ristanas ‘hart KOCH LUNG CURE FREE CHRISTMAS OFFERING, OUR UNTIL oe call before Jan. 8 ( jow Tears ay of eur many oatiutions in tale Bill ive our services is ‘on fe, Trotaw ot Belt: ‘Washington; sy South produce consumption (that destroys them. Call on or write to office nearest your home, TUESDAY and WEDN 15,000 yards 58c. and (Rear of 125th Street West, Waiters it asa Bag nal Tins ofsyiste, B. Altman & Go. and Sist, Important Sale of also Imported White Satin Brocades, $1,00 yd. Eighteenth $t., Nineteenth $t. aud Sixth Ave., New York. KOCH & Co. Between Lenox and Seventh Avenues. isu, FAMOUS SHOE for WOMEN A . bed feet—wear “Queen Qual- shoes and defy at ESDAY, December 30th of White Silks, 68c. yard. Rotunda.) WISS DE WOLFE Eaoh Important town that you appear | in \s making capital for the future for | I now understand that your tour | We closed | MUSLIN AND CAMBRIC UNDERWEAR.|LACES AND EMBROIDERIES. TABLE CLOTHS AND NAPKINS. MEN’S COLLARS, TOWELS, CRASH and systematically. | Women’s Yight Gowns. | eet crt cnr teen nd muslin, high embroidery and tucks, not more than 3 to a customer, NIGHT GOWNS, and V neck, 2 rows NIGHT GOWNS, soft finish cam- bric and good muslin, square neck, trimming of lace and hemstitching. NIG! GOWNS, soft finished cambric, many styles to select from, lace and jidery, square and V fiecks, some trimmed back and front, others with medallions and ribbon, GRAPE NUTS, » vr digested food, pia. 10 Patera 4 . OATS m ed, a ran Fancy kiln Ream sovbed Telled ‘cate, 1 1B pkg. SaBAL—eineet quailty Yellow and White, 10 Ibe, By cs Fancy new pearl instra. taney Nate eked, 4 Ite | MALTA. VITA~The ready-t eat cereal, BuoieWnintT * Olive ‘ounta! mare 9 the low 4-4 BLEACHED MUSLIN, good heavy quality; 4-4 UNBLEACHED car reeilte 7c, grade; yard, quality WHITE ENGLISH HONS CLOTH, soft finished: regular 10c. grade; yard, WAMSUTTA, 1 yard wide, bleached willed muslin; regular 12%c. grade; yard. WHITE IMPORTED FLEECE- LINED PIQUE, in pretty Jacquard and striped patterns; regular 39c grade; yard, CHECKED GLASS TOWELLING, assorted patterns regular 7%. grade; yard, HEAVY BLEACHED UNION LINEN CRASH, regular I le. grade; yard, 19-inch fine quality of Checked Glass IRISH TOWELLING, reg- ular 12!4e. grade; yard, Fine Full Blesches HUCK TOW- ELLING, soft and absorbent. reg- ular 18c. grade; yard, We ati by ex; Grd en cee epoca Een 72, 75 World’s Sreatest Srocery Offers for Yew Year's. SPICES—Finest quality, oughly cleaned Peppers, Clover, All Ginger, rd Calite Caittornie Bartlett Pears, 5; oan, cent Olive Extra selected Pitted Queen AND CUFFS, ES, BLANKETS. rience, BUY IN ENORM 2—WE TRANSACT A PRODIGIOUS BUSINESS. Because we buy, manufacture and sell so largely we are able to sell at much less than others would ask for merchandise of equal Women’s and Children’s Undermustins tn Enormous Quantities the sale is esky garment from tl Women’s Drawers. MUSLIN DRAWERS, with cam- bric umbrella ruffle, hemstitched tucked and lace trimmed, MUSLIN DRAWERS, some with embroidered ruffle and tucks, others with cambric hemstitched ruffle, DRAWERS, trimmed with lace and DRAWERS of nainsook Parisian style, with ribbon bow, And on up to fine FRENCH DRAWERS at Women’s White Petticoat: | PETTICOATS, fine muslin, extra ‘heavy lawn tucked flounce, hem- | stitched with ruffle of embroidery, extra dust ruffle. PETTICOATS, fine cambric and muslin; umbrella styles with trim- ming of embroidery & Torchon lace, PETTICOATS, cambric, extra heavy, umbrella’ styles, trimming of Point de Paris lace; fine embroi- dery and cluster tucking. ds 59 IS to imy ICOA And on FRENCH PI HANDKERCHIEFS. COTTONS AND LINENS. SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES, EVERY woman who reads this newspaper will be deeply interested in the news of this 1903 WHITE SALE. The crowds th came to the beginning of this sale this morning augur well for its success. Most of the goods have been in the house less than two weeks. 18 25 Slaabontd also hemstitched and og IS 12.75 69 9S 1.50 S217. 50| UANTITIES. CORSET COVERS, cambric, low neck; trimming of Val, lace and hemstitching, CORSET COVERS, cambric. fine quality; low and V neck; elabo- rately trimmed with Val. lace, inser- tion and edges; ribbon finish, CORSET COVERS, cambric and nain: superior quality; many styles to select from; trimming cf Point de Paris, Torchon and Duch- esse lace, also fine embroidery, rib- bon finish, 49 And the imported French COVERS 675 39 GIRLS’ MUSLIN GOWNS; Hub- bard yoke; cambric ruffle, | 14 years, GIRLS’ MUSLIN DRAWERS; cambric ruffle; hemstitched; sizes 2 to 12 yrs, GIRLS’ CAMBRIC SKIRTS, um brella ruffle, tucked or hemstitched; sizes 2t0 14 yrs., 25 49 mired Nus, NOW CROP SOUR GERMAN OLIVE OIL — “Palumetia’? we Ws SUERNISA peri, BO fullan Olive Ot) raperial Gis — ‘Hieb-Grade” SQUASH Nomain'e’ f gm oy pln 30 extra choice, to Serene ‘keds marrow Coley £3 TABLE. RAISINS — rola, Asparagus i Royal Red’ choico arke 17 Home piade Mixed Pick! halt i brated Gherkine or plat bottle, Be. : bottle, LAMB—Short forequarter can: ‘ASH—Fancy New York ‘Creamy Succota*h, ory “popular | Blend” and va. be. ig 23 tra selected Cros- pint bot., 0 os PATTERN CLOTHS, all linen sive aires ane fuer work borders, 8-4 size: reg- 89 \olers FM 38 grade; each, | 8-10 size; regular $1.69 grace; each 179) | 600 ODD DINNER CLOTHS, sly one cr two of a style; many are mates, sizes from 2 10 4 yards lire bes | signs. 25% to 3356.9 ULAR PRICES. 24) Gable Damask, 10,000 yards of FULL BLEACHED | DAMASK in floral panecns regular 19) | 25c. gr | HEAVY SURION DICE DAMASK: made especially for restaurant use; regular 50c. grade; yard, Gurkish Towels. 7\ 12,000. WASH RAGS, each. O| BLEACHED & UNBLEACHED TURKISH TOWELS, 1,500 dozen: each, 123\100.; 210., 150, IS 5| { naa of Big Busy as bees in the Household Linens Store ee anny, most inspiring. But why not? The valies are remarkable ; est See Dae Fo any good store eal Sn] ask. era meee [ee | st | lw LESS THAN REG-| sarin SPREADS; endless assort- | IMPORT! via Spring Lamb, per 1. OG 4 carton PRICES. FULL SIZE WHITE CROCHET SPREADS; pretty design, net filled up with a lotof starch; regular $1.25 grade; each, WHITE MARSEILLES AND co ment of patterns; some are slightly gained: many spreads in this lot retail from $3.50 to $4.95; each J, IS. Huck Cowels. |More than 15,000 Dozen at 25% 88 Than Regular Prices. HUCK TOWELS, size, with red borders, regular 8c. 5, |HEMMED HUCK TOWELS, 1) fancy borders; HEAVY HEMMED CRASH TOWELS; regular 12}¢¢. grade; each, HEAVY HEMMED HUCK TOWELS, with fancy borders, 9 123 25 sizes 2 to 3S) Ohis Is the First Day! . Ghousands of Pieces of Fresh, ¥ Yew Merchandise. Gverything Wade Specially for Oh: s Big Sale. MEN'S UNLAUNDERED SHIR} DOILIES, SCARFS, SHAMS. RENAISSANCE LINENS. WOMEN’S WAISTS. We plan and carry out these mammoth January Sales d You are allowed exc 6s inducements almost without number, for,— The economies are by far too numerous and too important to even momentarily uished by an element of novelty quite unique. You are shown the e cotton boll to the department store. electrical machinery. This year we attempt a more picturesque display. The various garments are handily arranged on special tables, and each is plainly priced. Last year we showed you our up-to CHILDREN’S GINGHAM_AND COLORED LAWN_ DRESSES, neat patterns in stripes and polka dot, bishop and yoke effect, sizes 103 yrs, CHILDREN'S GC HECK AND ~ STRIPE CINGHAM DRESSES. Jyoke and French effect; high and | low neck; sizes 1 t0 5 yrs. CHILDREN’S COLORED LAWN AND STRIPE GINGHAM DRESS- | yrs. quality Formosa Oolong, Young aon in Linens The big January Sale started this morning with a ; the range is practically unlimited. You get the best of 22-inch silver bleached ALL-LINEN GERMAN NAPKINS, regular $1.49. grade; dozen, 20-inch full ALL-LINEN ES, waist and guimpe; sees 2123, Musa ht. B lution of | CUIMPES, hemstitched lawn ruffle sleeves, sizes 4 to 14 years, GIRLS WHITE LAWN GUIMPES, hemstitched tucks, lace insertions, lace on neck sleeves, sizes 4 to 14 years, GIRLS WHITE LAWN GUIMPES, several styles, hem- stitched tucks, lace and insertion, sizes 4 to 14 years, Val. Ea (Second Floor, Saat IMPORTED STRING Harleste Coupen. (owt +. ‘Wes thor Beans), Spring Japan, a finest quality Coast Getded Raisins, 1p. and lusetoua | LESS THAN WHOLESALE] HeAyyis LEACHED DAMASK $1.25 grade; doz., SCOTCH DAMASK NAPKINS = regular $1.69 grade; doz, 424 20-inch and 22-inch finest BLEACHED BREAKFAST AND APKINS, in spot other pretty patterns; qualities up to $3.00 ‘ FINER NAPKINS, $4.00 $4.50 grades; dozen, IRISH Dy “2 Pa of de aa 3,500 45x36 PILLOW CASES, good inch muslin; regular 9¢. grade; Qlala Tiegr, Bast