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.IOHN HARE,A FAVORITE OF LAST
SEASON, IS HERE AGAIN.
Americans Take Kindly to Foreign Actors,
Whether of the Legitimate or Vaude-
ville—Cissy Fitzgerald Makes Another
Broad-gauge Bid for Attention.
The Americans seem to be gone on
foreign actors of both sexes, and
Whether in the legitimate or illegiti-
mate, we show marked partiality to
the stars from over the pond.
John Hare isthe first of the former
class to arrive this season. Mr. Hare’s
experience here last winter was of a
curious kind. He came here with a
London reputation of many years’
standing. He played at Abbey’s thea-
tre in a drama which won little favor,
and there were few indications at the
outset. of his visit here that he would
ever find popularity in this country.
The succeeding play in which he act-
ad was a. piece already familiar to
New York audiences, and there was
little belief that he would succeed in
gaining the approval that London had
given him for‘so many years. But
.‘he result proved how uncertain theat-
rical predictions are likely to be.
From the night he acted first in “A
Pair of Spectacles” his success here
assured. His audiences in-
:reased steadily in size, and he re-
turned to New York later in the season
when his popularity proved even
greater. '_ n the night of his last ap-
pearance ere the large audience re-
mained in the theatre until he an-
swered their applause with a speech.
In it he referred to a caricature of
him which Edwin Abbey had drawn
at a dinner given to.the actor on the
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JOHN HARE.
eve of his departure from London. , It
was a picture of Mr. Hare walking
down the gangplank of the steamer
With a string of hearts and bags of
American dollars over his shoulder,
Which he had brought back as the re-
sult of his visit to this country. “I
may not be taking back so many of
the dollars,” Mr. Hare said, in con-
cluding his speech of thanks, "‘but I
believe from the appreciation I have '
received here that I may be justified
in claiming that I am carrying back
some of the hearts with me.” Mr.
Hare was quite right, and he had
gained here under the most unpromis-
Ing circumstances a public which is
glad to welcome him back.
Since the advent of, the Barrison sis-
ters, with their much advertised
Frenchy ways, Cissy Fitzgerald has
been pondering as to what she could
do to keep herself to the fore. Cissy
has been slowly sinking, since that
wink carried her successfully into an
amazing vogue and kept her there
for a year, down to neglect and obliv-
Ion. If she wants to be noticed at all
now it must be through some striking
exploit of her charms. She has made
the exploit, but it is doubtful whether
'or not the public has responded. She
dances at Koster & Bial’s to specta-
tors from whom neither her dancing
nor her costumes can draw out ap-
plause. Cissy’s name appears twice
now on the house bill, and that is ig-
nominious enough. Two turns in an
evening is perilously near the contin-
uous stage. Cissy appears just after
several bars from “Orpheus and Eury-
dice” have led the audience to believe
that something lively and gay is about
to follow. Then she discloses herself.
She has gone into a style of costume
which Fougére and her French asso-
ciates introduced here several years
ago. i That included always a great
deal of hat, some skirt, and practically
no waist. But it’s not the amount of
Cissy’s hat, nor the scarcity of her
skirts that is the ofience in her ap-
pearance. She wears open-work black
silk tights that are not concealed by
the shades of any sheltering petticoats.
The meshes are wide, and the pattern,
which extends lengthwise down the
leg, reveals as much bare flesh as there
is black silk. The brazen shameless-
ness of open-work stockings is not en‘-
tirely new. But they have been sel-
dom visible above the knee. The spec-
tators neither smile nor applaud. The
woman retires in a silence that creeps
over the assemblage like a blanket.
Her previous performances have
seemed delicate in comparison to tak-
ing off her stockings and substituting
a thin net of open-work.
' 5‘ ROSE FANCHON.
Reverence and Reverence.
“Ah,” said the elderly lady, “it is
sad to see. but the young men of. the
present day seem to be lacking totally
in reverence."
“You don’t know our young men,
:namma,” said the younger lady. “You
should start one of them to talking
about himself.”
Cleopatra: Tell me, Antony, do the
nobles of Rome earn their living?
Nay, my lotus bud, they urn their
lead.
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Icons of Families In the Chippewa Vol-
ley Driven From Their Homes.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Dec. 3.—Re—
ports from various parts of Chippewa runs
indicate a deplorable condition of afl‘airs.
At'the Flambeau farm, 15 miles above
this city, another ice gorge has formed. -.
The river has overflowed its banks and
inundated the country 20 miles on either
side. Domesticanimals have perished by
the“ score.
Farms and farmhouses are flooded, and
the losses will reach into the hundreds of
thousands.
The reports are meager, but it is safe to
estimate that at least "3,000 horses, 0’s
and hogs have met death in the flood.
At Chippewa. Falls the river is fully
three-quarters of a mile wide, and its sur-
face is covered with anchor ice to a depth
varying from 10 to 30 feet.
The most stubborn resistance ofiered by
the obstruction is in that portidn of the
river between the wagon bridge and the
Central Railroad bridge, about half a mile
in'length. ,
Mayor Llndley ordered an explosion of
500 pounds of dynamite, but after 300
pounds had been exploded the experiment
was abandoned as a failure.
The business portion' of Chippewa was
abandoned, and the flood may sweep away
many of the buildings without damaging
a dollar's worth of merchandise and other
valuable goods that were stored there un-
til today.
Every business house on Spring street
and Bridge street, from the river to Cen-
ter street, is deserted, and the contents of
buildings have been stored. in unoccupied
structures in remote portions of the city
where the flood cannot reach unless the
entire city is overwhelmed and swept away.
The Chippewa river shows no signs of
abatement. It rose four feet yesterday,
and at 9 o’clock the waters were rising at
the rate of two inches an hour.
The postoflice is under three feet of wa~
ter, and Postmaster McCalm has moved
the office seven blocks from its old loca—
tion. Ten stores on the south side of
Spring street are inundated.
The Mlssissi ppl Gorged.
PEPIN, Wis, Dec. 3.—The Mississippi
liver is gorged for a distance of ten miles
below Lake Pepin. A creW'of men were
in the bottoms all night to help rush the
stock and people to safety in case the gorge
above let go before morning.
Watchmen are patrolling the Burlington
track, and trouble is expected hourly. Lake
Pepin is still raising rapidly.
The German-Russian Treaty.
BUDAPEST, Dec. 3.—In the lower house
of the Hungarian diet today Herr Polonyi
gave notice of the following interpella-
tion: “Why was there no mention of the
foreign situation in the speech from the
throne? Has the premier any knowledge
of the existence of a treaty between Ger-
many and Russia up to 1890? Are there
any indications pointing to a disturbance
of the peace? Was the treaty communicat-
ed to the foreign ofiice? Will the govern-
ment submit the treaty to the house ”
Big Round Up of Officials.
MOXTREAL, Dec. 3.—All civic employ-
ees, including members of the police force
and employees in the various civic depart-
ments, received notice that their services
would not be required after Dec. 31. This
has been done merely with the object of a
shifting about and possibly a slight weed-
ing gut of the departments. In view of
the straitencd' condition of the city’s
finances to slight curtailment of the nu-
merical strength of the departments may
perhaps be made.
The Inauguration Parade.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—Colonel Turner 'is
not the only Illinois national guard com-
mander who will lead his men up Penn-
sylvania avenuc'behind a big band as a
part of the procession at the inauguration
of President McKinley. Major John C.
Buckner and his command,'the Ninth bat—
talion, I. N. G., the only colored militia
regiment in the west, are going to Wash—
ington 400 strong.
No Rival to Reed.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 3—In reply to an in-
quiry as to the truth of the report that he
had announced his intention to oppose the
election of Reed as speaker of, the house
General S. H. Grosvenor says: “There is
not one word of truth in the report. Reed
will be the next speaker of the Republican
house of representatives. ”
Ladybugs In Demand.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 3. -— The annual
convention of the California Fruit Grow~
ers’ association has commenced here.
President Cooper urged further importa-
tion of ladybugs from Australiatodestroy
insect pests. He said the annual loss by
insect pests in the United States is over
$3,000,000.
The Egyptian Debt.
ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 3.—The court of ap-
peal today issued its decision in the fa-
mous case of the caisse of the Egyptian debt
and the government, and condemned the
latter to repay the funds advanced by
the caisse for the purposes of the Anglo-
Egyptian expedition to Dongola.
The Bernhardt Fates.
PARIS, Dec. 3.—-The fetes in honor of
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt have been fixed for
Dec. 9. M. Victorien Sardou is to preside
at the lunch in her honor, at which Co-
lonne’s orchestra and choir have been en-
hardt. ..
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The will of the late Mrs. William H.
Vanderbilt, mether of the present gen-
eration of 'Vanderbilts, was presented
for probate the other day by Doctor
Chauncey Depew." Its provisions seem
somewhat peculiar, yet sensible withal.
Mrs. Vanderbilt gives nothing to char-
ity and nothing to her children save
her jewels and plate to the latter and
her pew in St. Bartholomew’s Church
to the youngest son, George. The es-
tate which is valued at about $1,100,-
000 is divided among her family, the
Kissams. The sons are made execu~
tors, ! and no doubt counseled their
mother in the division of her property.
The fact that Mrs. Vanderbilt during
her lifetime gave freely to Charity,
doubtless led many to believe that she
would bestow some endowments, but
she did not, with the single exception
of $250,000 to a parish house of 'which‘
she was the original promotor.
The Horse Show of 1896 is now a
memory. It has again demonstrated
its right to be known as the first great
social. function of the year.» As in
former years, so this year, it has called
the faithful home from the seashore,
and the mountain, and even from
across the sea. Of course, it has been
a success. It-was society’s affair. So-
ciety was in it and behind it. Enough
is said. “’hile the opening sales of ~
boxes did not bring as large premiums
as heretofore, the receipts cannot be
much less than in other years, reach-
ing its climax Friday, when ”There
were 15,711, paid admissions. This is
the biggest day save one the last year,
when the Duke and Duchess of Marl-
borough were the stellar attractions.
There were no empty boxes the last
evening, and the promenade was jam-
med almost to suffocation. The officers
of the association were feeling well
pleased with the success of this year’s
show, and had no hesitation in saying
so.
The proposal to use horseless wa-
gons for the collection of mail in this
city, following closely on the success-
ful introduction of the collqcting
wagons themselves, will inspire New
Yorkers with the hope that at last
some effort will be made to give them
an adequate postal service. While the
Postoflice of this city earns more mon-
ey for the Postofiiée Department than
that of any other city in the Union, its
service is. in many I't spot-ts. little bet-
ter than that of a r. til town. The
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his staif of ass" uts. '* do the
best they can 1;: I' 1920 (',l' 'i'mstances,
and some of them, \n- ': < lieu. are over-
worked. Thc fact is that Congress
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making appropriations for its postal
service. The point has been lost sight
of that, in a sense, the New York Post-
otfice is the general postoflicc for the
whole country, and that, therefore,
every improvement in its service is
beneficial to the people of the country
in general. Jealousy of the financial
and commercial supremacy of this city
has toooften swayed the votes of Con-
gressmen, and instead of reaping any
benefit from its enormous profits, the
New York Postoflice is seriously crip-
pled for the lack of funds to do its
work properly, while its profits help
to make good the losses of the Depart-
ment in other places. When we come
to compare our postal service with that
of the great cities of Europe, we see
at once how far behindhand New York
is in its postal facilities. There are
more than twice as many mail deliver-
ics in London as there are in this city.
A letter in London reaches its desti-
nation in less time than it does in New
York, and the deliveries in the English
metropolis are more regular than in
this city. As a result, people can tell
almost to the minute when a letter
will reach the person to whom it is ad-
dressed.
And now the great “'anamaker of
Philadelphia has opened the store
made famous by A. T. Stewart, and in-
famous by the sons of Judge Hilton
Mr. Wanamaker was a poor boy when
Stewart was a merchant prince, and it
is said that in those days VVanamakex
came up from the Quaker city and
Stewart gave him credit to the extent
of a considerable amount, which was
the virtual beginning of his successful
career. W'anamaker promises New
York a store which will parallel his
justly caebrated Philadelphia estab-
lishment, and one several grades bet-
ter than the so-called department
stores we have, where anything from
clothes pins to political prefermeni
can be obtained for a price. Wana-
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