The evening world. Newspaper, January 22, 1904, Page 5

» 4 - | left there. “RPM WINKLE “WANES ODS BOM “Joe” Jefferson’s Version of the Washington Irving Classio Is Staged at the People’s Thea- | tre, on the Bowery. pers UP-TG-DATE INTERPOLATIONS ——— Bamuel Thornberg’s Portayal of the Tippling Old Sleeper Proved , to Be an Artistic Piece of | Acting. ——_—_—_ ‘A Yiddish Rip Van Winkle! For the @irst time in the history of his troubles the long-napping tippler of the Cates- Kills found himself a real “Yiddisher kina” on the bonrds of the People’s Wheatre last night. Tt was the first time the Washington Irving classic had ever been given in Yiddish and the play used was the Joseph Jefferson version. You didn't get this information from the programme, however, for though you held the maddening plece of paper ‘upside down, turned your neck out of place and even retired to the ante-room to try standing on your head,.the pro- gramme was hopeless. Unfortunately som’ mistake had re~ sulted in the English translation being omitetd; so there you are. An long as it was the good old Joe Zefferson play, though, it seemed pretty gafe, though it was rather weird to have a string of Yidd{sh passing oft for the time-honored words of Rip. Y1d- ish was strange, but all brightened sud- Genly, for—shades of Washington Irv- ing and wrath of dear old Joe Jefferson! Rip and Vedder and all tho rest of the Glan get loose some colloquial expres- sions neither Yiddish nor # ‘York, which sounded suspic! “Bure, Mike!" ‘Yo the lim! wet it: “Oh, gas! and a fe ehoice bits which {t the flavor of an up-to-date Broadway comic opera. ‘When Rip found himself talking Yia- @ish on the Bowery it wasn't surprising he drank’ himself into a twenty-years sleep. But he may feel proud of his por- trayer, Joseph Jefferson had better look after this Yiddish rival and not go to Joaning him his p! Samuel Thorn- berg, one of the Theatre's best actors, played t role. Further~ more, he ts responsible for the transla- tion of the Jefferson play into ¥iddisn— even the astounding bits of classic American of the “Sure, Mike" variety fell from his pen; but it is more than human credulity can stand to tax him with the vortex of “Gott in Himmels” and “Ach, Gotts” which flooded the theatre stage. Samuel Thornberg ts an excblient ac- tor. They are all good actors down at the Peopie’s Theatre, though how they in~ themselves with the his little cage in the stage entire play aloud, anticipat- actor's speech, 1s more than roadway thespian could understand There ure a good many things Drona- Fey UMmers might learn from the Yiddish actor people, however, and the gentle art of showing emotion in faciat ezPreasion Is one of these” You have © Your drama under rule dow: with the Yiddish patrons of the theatre, Eyen the injunction on the pro; sto refrain talleing—has tts effect except on t 100" of the boxes. in the gallery, where enthusiasm is pressed by ‘a slapstick and your I Gre regulated. order Is maintain But Rip Van Winkle drew forth the mort sudible, ap from the young iadies clad in squirrel and ermine to the Jarge matron chewing peanuts fm the front orchestra cha! At Rip's entrance on the scene, (Founded by /‘dle kinder von dem dorf, which, Neve, means children from e, there was a suspiotously jowery atmosphere about some P Deutsch kinder which arose from an astounding display of yellow and Diack sweaters and similar up-to- @ate sporting gear which cbuld hardly ve been in vogue when the original igh rollers of the Catskills were Veying liquid refreshments to the thiraty traveller. With all due respect to Gretchen's past and present, it's safe to aay @ more alistic and energetic shrew never Grove Rip out into the storm than Mra. Bella Gudinsky, who played Rip's wite. Mrs, Gudinsky gave an excellent por- trayai of the scolding Gretchen. She fairly bubbled over with wrath, and— well—the bubbling over of Mrs, G— was not confined exclusively to tan- 2. reciation, ims. When Rip fihally woke up after his twenty-year nap—in Yiddish—he made startling remark which Joxeph Jefferson The line, Reed: a and is long gray beard and exclaimes f Wo komme this bunch of spin? he entire play staged with so , @elightfully a Shakespearean disregard } for a as to be almost classic. | had never counted on. jeenery Just before the curtain fell on th t act something began to happen. ere was wild applause for Thorns berg. First luge bouquet of flowers. ‘was thrown to him by an immaculate gentleman in a box. Next a la ‘wreath of flowers was passed over the ‘hta, but soon mysterious pack- Sages began to accumulate in the ad- ring usher's hands. Whi mean? Yes, tt had anni “Rip Van Winkle” performance was @ benefit for Thornberg, wao is to leave e People’s Theatre for the English COREAN PRINCE KEPT IN HIDING Minister at Washington Re- fuses to Tell Whereabouts of Young Man for Fear He Will Ae Worried. i WASHINGTON, Jan. 2,—Anxtous that he shall not be worried or embar- Fassed in any way, the Corean Minister and his staff maintain absolute silence In regard to the whereabouts of Prince Eulwha, who is in this country, In caso his father,*the Emperor, 1s ethroned, it is reported the Prince will succeed him. A year ago the 'Prince was attending a college in Dela- jware, O. He got in some trouble and Since then, it 1s said by the’ | police he has been living in New York SFT TI SAMUEL LEVITT, SOUGHT IN VAIN BY HIS WIFE. WIFE LOSES HEALTH FOUGHT MOTHER TO For Fifteen Minutes Young Lad Struggled with His Par- ent to Prevent Her from Cut- ting Her Throat. siam: If Mrs. Dora Welz, who ts now suffer- ing from a self-inflicted wound in her throat at Bellevue Hospital, recovers, she will owe her life to the bravery of her little twelve-year-old son Joseph, who fought with her for fifteen minutes to prevent her committing suicide. The Welzes live at No. 333 East Thir- ty-sixth street. Mrs. Wels quarrelied with her husband and brooded over the quarrel for hour. She at last decided to commit sufcide and procured an old razer. The boy, who was in the room with her, guessed her intention and tried to take the razor away from her. though not a very strong lad, he from using,the razor for fighting as best he could to get possession of it. She finally suc- ceeded in overcoming him, however, and made @ slash in her throat just a: Policeman Anderson burat into the room, SEEKING HUSBAND Mrs. Samuel Levitt, Fearing Missing Man Is Victim of Thugs, Keeps Up Search Until She Fails lil. (Special to The Evening World.) PATERSON, ‘N. J., Jan. 22.—Mre, Samuel Levitt, {11 and discouraged after @ futile search for her missing h band, appeals to The Evening World to get a trace of the:man who dis- appeared on Oct, 28. He dropped out of sight mysteriously on that date dur- ing a visit to New York City, and his wife fears he met with foul play. For days Mrs, Levitt made a vigorous search, and fighily worn out she was forced to take to her.bed and her physi- clan fears e may not recov Levitt at one time owned a ‘large shoe store In Liverpool and was rated ‘at $100,000, but he met with reverses and lost his business. With what was left of fortune he came to this country about two years ago and opened a shoe store at No. street, in. Paterson: He did was recouping part, losses, when his store wa: in the big flond that visited early in October, Not discournged, Levitt opened an- other place at No, 68 Matn street, far away from the flood district, and was doing nicely at the time of his disap- pearance. On the day he was last seen by his wife ho sald that he was going to New York to buy a large quantity of stock, and took several hundred dollars with him for that pur- pose. From that time Mrs, Levitt has seen or heard nothing ‘of htm. Although she has two: little children, one six years of age and the other eighteen months, the distracted wife decided to make a personal search for her husband. She made a temporary home in New York and spent the da: in a@ tireless quest for Levitt. 5! visited the stores where he was in ¢! habit of trading, but at none of th could she find trace of him. Next interviewed all of Levitt's friends , the metropolis, but the result was ever the same. After three ‘weeks of such search- ing the woman became ill, but she would not give up and continued her daily wanderings about the city streets until two weeks ago, when, exhausted, she gave out and was compelled to re- turn to her home in Paterson. } Her physicians say that Mrs. Levitt has brought upon herself an acute at- jur-| tack of heart trouble as a result of her constant efforts to locate her hus- band, and whether she will recover is a matter of conjecture. Mrs. Levitt says she knows Mr. Levitt must have’ met with foul play, sna there is no doubt in her mind that Levitt was killed by thugs intent on Retting his money, e/RICH BOOTY LEFT BEHIND BY ROBBERS Got Away with Clothes, Jewelry and Medals Worth $200 and Overtooked Goods Said to Be _ Worth $15,000. Burglars entered the apartment of Richard Tebbs on the tHird floor of No. 154 West One Hundred and Sixth street ‘and carried off.a ailk dress and jewelry and medals to the value of about $200. They left behind them about $10,000 worth of jewelry and silverware and art oil painting worth $5,000 that could eas- fly have been carried, and it is thought they were frightened off. Mr, Tebbs occuptes part of the apart- ment, and the other. rooms are occupied by Charles G. Hopton, editor of the Rider an@ Driver, ‘The robbers took some small jewelry 4nd about twenty medals that Mr, Hop- ton's dogs had won. The medal he prized most was won at the-Pan-Ameri- can Exposition by his champjon bulls dog Ambassador. Another medal, which he won at Philadelphia, waa presented] by, the Hindoostan Kennel Club of North India. : Mr. Hopton heaved a sigh of’ relief Yihen ho saw that his oll patting of Ambassador and several silver trophy cups had not been taken. The paintin, was by Mist Fairman, a pupit of Lande seer, and Mr. Hopton 5: offered $5,000 for it in England, In the Royal Academy, and later, at the request of Queen Victoria, hung for two weeks in Buckingham Palace. Mr. Hopton says the Queen wanted the picture, but 'The American Fie! Up, wi Am- bassador, and. Richard Croker,’ 'jr Deal Produce trophy, won by his di her and Ri ‘s he was Tt was ‘hu Rodney Smasher were not touched- having been attracted by the child's crtes. Mrs, Wels was sent to Bellevue, whi {t 1s said her condition ts critical, HIGH SCHOOL GIAL WINS SCHOLARSHIP r|Miss Esther Frank, of Brooklyn, as Reward for Clever Work, |i Will Now Have a Course at Heffley School. Miss Esther Frank, a bright graduate of Public School No. 43, has won’a schol- arship at Heffley School, Brooklyn, by an exceedingly high percentage. Miss Frank an attractive young woman with a determination to make She finished the first part of course in remarkably quick tim bids fair to break the record in the mat- ter#of time taken to turn out a first- Class stenographer and bookkeeper. Miss is a companionable young woman, eerie her studious d{sposi- tion. Her home is at No. 83 Boerum in that neigh- s pee and she is popular jorhood. NO FAIRY TALE But a True Coffee Story. A coffee tale well told by a lady of Bast St. Louis: “During the first five years of my arried: life my husband was con- stantly taking. medicine for: severe headaches every day, and he was al- ways constipated. His back ached and liver and kidneys seemed terri- Th bly out of order. One'doctor sald the | cou trouble lay in his kidneys, there were | traces "of too much ‘albumen, but after taking several bottles of medi- cine without getting any relief he changed doctors, going to a cele- brated physician of St. ‘Louis, who said it was his stomach, and gave him physic and a tonie to build up his system. But every effort failed, and he became discouraged. “Then he consulted another doctor, who, after, a thorough examination, told him he was on the verge of ap- pendicitis and that an operation was necessary, which he would perform for $150.00. My husband consulted me, and I refused my consent, as sev- eral of our friends had been operated upon, one of whom had died from Just such an operation, and in some cages it was found, too late, that they Wore uot suffering from appendicitis at all. was in July. I per- suaded my husband to at least wait until cooler weather, Aboyt this time my attention was called to the effect coffee often had‘on liver and bowels; so I got some ‘Postum Cereal Coffee, and after trying it I decided to use it, but feared he would refuse to drink it, so said nothing about it. I served it at supper, and after tasting it he remarked: : “*This must be new coffee.’ “'Why?’ I asked. . “Because it tastes better than it did to-day.’ And my father, who lives with us, remarked, ‘I was just thinking there was something good about it,’ and I sald: “*Yes; I am trying @ new brand,’ but did not tel! them what it was. “The next morning my father said he had slept better than he had for months, as he usually laid awake most of the night. When my hus- ‘band returned from work {n the even- ing he was in fine spirits, said he felt so good; did not have the customary headache for the first day in a long Ume. Only those having an alling man around can realize how unpleas- ant my life was at this time—hus- band cross and crabbed; nothing sat- isfied him, and many a cry I have had lover his crankiness, Well he kept on day by day getting better’, for we con- tinued using Postum with Grape-Nuts generally for breakfast, with graham bread and fruit, and he is now en- tirely. well. Headaches and pains of all kinds are banished; physics are thrown to the dogs; his bowels are regular as clockwork; he eats what he pleases, sleeps like a top and weighs 170 pounds. ? “Postum has also helped my father, las he does not complain of sleepless- ness any more, and rheumatism and neuralgia do not bother him so often. It Js a blessed relief that we all owe to Postum. “T have a friend here who had al- most as obstinate a case of constipa- tion as my husband,*and I persuaded her to aT Postum, with the result that she Is entirely cured, and has gained over 10 pounds since and {5 as healthy as can be.” Name given by 6 famous little’ boo! Mind it Ae Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each package for a copy of “The Road to onan ced THE WORLD: FR “oem Was Given Up ™ tocrom SAVE HER LIFE) Pe-ru-na Saved Her Life. | [It was catarrh of the lungs so common in the winter months. ]| MiSS JENNIE DRISCOLL, Miss Jennie Driscoll, 870 Putnam Ave., Brooklyn, N. ¥., writes: “If peoplo knew how efficient Peruna was in the cure of oa- tarrh, they would not hesitate to try it. Ihave all the faith inthe world in it as it cured me, a I have never known of a case the person was not cared short timo,''---Jennie Dris- wh in coll. ident Mra. Col. B. J. Grecham., Treasurer Daughters of the Confederacy and Presi Hernden Villace improvement Society, writes the following letter from Hernden, Fairfax Oo., Va.: Hernden, Va. ‘The Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, Ohio: Gentlemen—“‘Icannot speak too highly of the value of Peruna. I believe that I owe my life to its wonderful merits. I suffered with catarrh of the head and lunge in its worst form, until the doators fairly gave me up, and I despaired of ever getting well jain. er noticed your advertisement and the splendid testimonials given by the people who had been cured by Peruna, and deter- mined totry a bottle. I felt but little better, but used a second and third bottle and kept on improving slowly. «(It took six bottles to curé me, but they were worth a King’s ransom to me. I talk Peruna to all my friends and am a true believer in ite worth.’’—Mra. Col, E. J. Gresham. the wu ate ones. Li gong ory jouse and at the Sing aopearance of any ym of catarrh taken as directed on A PLAIN TALK On a Plain Subject in Plain L a safenuatd, Is « preventive, = a cure for all oases of catarrt, chronic, coughs, cold, consump- of Ir ement of your cr ‘and mie chronte to give you bis valua 01 which they. will er Unieas you San htt tee that you (who read: this) A2™ Ste Cor 8% Ave . Reduction Sale of Men’s &. Young Men’s Winter Suits and Overcoats. If ever there was an opportunity to get good clothes at very little prices, this is the one. You may have waited until now to get your Winter Suit and Overcoat—this argument and these prices,should decide you. The chief argument for our clothes is their quality and style, which you cannot find in ordinary ready-to-wear clothing. This season’s phenomenal business leaves us with a number of odd lots of Men's Winter Suits and Overcoats, in many instances only two, three and four of a kind remain—these are now reduced regardless of cost—they must go—and whoever gets one gets a rare bargain. 200 Winter Suits for young men placed on sale, $ .50 former prices $9, $10 and $12, now reduced eon to 150 Young Men's (sizes 14 to 18) Winter Over- $ 50 Breasted Sack models, former prices were l $16, $18 and $20, all now reduced to ; coats (some are 50-inch long Great Coats, others 150 Men's Winter Overcoats, the broad shoul. $ ] t) / Address Dr, Hartman, President of Tue Hartman Sanitarlum, Columbus, Ohio. some rare values in these broken lots, former prices $12 and $15, now reduced to Men’s Winter Suits in Single and Double 44-inch long Box Coats), former prices were $10 and $12, now reduced to Men's Suits in the Single-Breasted Sack styles, $ dered, 44-inch long, loose style, in Oxford Gray and Black—these are $15 Overcoats—now re- duced to new Paddocks, Surtouts, Belt Coats and the long Great Coats, Overcoats that for- merly sold at $22, $25 and $28—all now Voge Brovhers Ad Swv.Cor. BW Are. : "Store Open Saturday Night Till 10 o’'Clock. Men’s Winter Overcoats placed on sale, including the | Broadway, Saks & Company We Announce, Beginning To-day, A Sale of Unusual Scope and Importance. High Grade Overcoats for Men AT AN AVERAGE REDUCTION OF MORE THAN ONE-THIRD. | Class I. Overcoats of the finest foreign.) .. ~ and domestic fabrics, in belted tourist, | — English great-coat, paddock, surtout, and forty-two, forty-six'and fifty inch box madels; for the greater part throughout. Formerly $30.00, $35.0¢, $38.00, $40.00 and $45.00. Our season’s business ‘has been successful—very suc- cessful. Now we would be rid of the coats which we have left, For that reason the prices have been radi- cally: reduced. The sale includes hundreds of Over- coats—our entire stock. Not only those which have been on our tables, but also a great many which just came from our workrooms, rep- resenting every yard of overcoating in our stock. The Saks label marks every garment. Perhaps you know the high grade of tailoring which it identifies. We know that but few of the “to order" th ilk lined pi ey are Si ined , $24 Class I]. Overcoats of excellent fabrics, . jin belted tourist, great-coat, forty-two, forty-. A six and fifty inch box coat models. t Formerly $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 and $28.00. Class II]. Overcoats of good domestic fabrics, in tourist, great-coat, forty-two, forty-six and fifty inch box coat models. Formerly $13.50, $15.00, $16.50 and $18.00. tailors dare offer their handicraft for com- : sit A Clearance Sale of Winter Underwear for Men. | At Prices Which Have Suffered Generous Reductions. Mee We have organized a sale of certain lines of our best underwear, the variety of which is incomplete. They include: ; Shirts and Drawers of wool, in white, natural and red, of cotton, rib mercerized and silk mixed in light colors. The large men will find quite a comprehensive assortment of garments from which to select. ( a Formerly $1.00, At 60c Formerly $2.00, At $1.25 Formerly $1.50, At 90c Formerly Rowe At $1.76 icine Formerly $4.00, At $3.0 » At $2.00 Union Suits of heavy natural wool in all sizes, formerly $3.50, : oY \ a! 3 Hats for Men. Winter Gloves for Men. 2 Worth $2.50 and $3.00. Formerly $1.00. ca Have you a hat upon which service has left its imprint? Let us substi- tute one which bears ours. A right good hat, which at the advent of the season would have cost you Two Fifty or Three Dollars. Soft and derby models in all sizes. A Sale of Furnishings for Men. For Friday and Saturday at Prices Disc ‘size, Ree ia as Main Floor. Gisres of Neliconge lambskin, lined with warm fleece---m and knots which cane ee. eae a glove of this class. A manufacturer. whose name commands: respect in the glove-world fashioned them. One clasp. Your choice of tansor browns. | The unity of good fabrics, proper proportions and good taste in design gives, us the rignt to say “high grade’ relative to everything presented here, NIGHT SHIRTS FANCY PAJAMAS Of good muslin, cut full, fancy trim- Of imported madras or cheviot,la med, with or without collar, all sizes. pearl buttons; excellently. fash Formerly 75c. At 50c Formerly $2.to $3. At.$} Of madras or percale, in neat de-' signs, stiff or plaited bosom, attach French Seam four-in-hand and large English squares, of rich silk in ex- or detached cuffs, a brand of goo cellent designs. repute. baal Formerly 50c. - At 3 for $3.00 $1.00 © Value $1.50 and $2, At Sale of Suits and Overcoats for Boys _ F ay, at Prices Subjected to Extreme Redi Better look ‘over your little chaps’ apparel; perhaps the following /prices may induce you to think better of a new suit or coat: i REEFERS. Incomplete sizes in Russian Over- coats and Jack Tar Reefers, of blue |} cheviot, chinchilla and frieze, sizes A Incomplete sizes in Norfolk, double breasted, sailor and Russian blouse Suits, of cheviot, tweed and colored 2 serge, sizes 3 to !6 years. 2% to6 years. si Formerly $3.75 to $4.50. At $2.95 | Formerly $3.75 to $4.50 At $2.95 Formerly $5.00 to $6.50. -At $3.95 | Formerly $5.00 to $6.50 At $3.95 Incomplete lines of long Chesterfield and Tourist Overcoats of vicuna, black and gray frieze, and fancy plaid cheviots. wee Chesterfield sizes, 8 to,12, Formerly $7.50 to $15.00. Tourist sizes, 10 to 14, Formerly $7.50 to $9.00. A Sale of Suits and Coats for Youths. ay and Saturday. Formerly $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00. At $10.50. Garments with lots of that indefinable something which a young chap de- as ‘snap and go.’ We have spent plenty of energy and talent to it into the garments to have it last as long as the garment lasts. Single its of | Scotch twee | All at Chesterfield and frieze or cheviot, | 5355 Second Sizes Floce 14 to 19, fines