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MISS JULIE OPP, A BOWERY GIRL,
IS WINNING SUCCESS.
Al Woman of Queenly Beauty and Fine
Gifts Who Has Adopted the Stage as a
Profession—Her Complete Success in
'Society. '
One of the latest Bowery girls to win
. fame is Miss Julie Opp, who, like the
successful Blanche Walsh, is the
slaughter of a minor politician.
Julie Opp is only a Bowery girl, but
how different from that person in
comic .song her picture alone will show.
She is beautiful, dignified, well edu-
cated and well bred.
{She is very tall, has dark brown hair,
dark eyes and a superb figure. Her
.face has an expression of kindly dig-
.nity and indicates both intelligence and
force of character.
Her beauty is so thoroughly appre-
ciated in England that her photographs,
some of them very artistic, are exhi~
hited in :all the best shops and vie in
popularity 'with those of public celebri-
ties and of :duchesses, marchionesses
and countesses, who are accounted
beautiful.
The father 61“ this proud beauty was
Johnny Opp, who kept a saloon at No.
.311 Bowery, and was a power among
ails com-patriots in that vicinity.
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J Miss Opp was educated in the public
schools and soon after her school days
began the study of acting. As a child
she played in a benefit at the Academy
of Music, and like many other children
she had designs, on the stage. She en-
joyed the friendship of James Collier,
the actor, who told her as a child that
she was well qualified for success on
the stage.
As she grew older she had some
temporary hesitations concerning the
stage as a career. For a short time
she wrote for the magazines, and had
eonsidei'abl success. She did this, not
from any fied of money, for Johnny
Opp was well-to-do, and nothing in
life gavehim greater pleasure than to
supply funds to his clever daughter.
Two years ago Miss Opp went to
London, where she had an opportunity
to meet many people, fashionable or
otherwise distinguished. She was
still occupied with her magazine writ»
ing. Among others, shemet the late
George du Maurier, and Mrs. Beer-
‘hohm Tree, both of whom agreed that
she was well fitted for the stage, and
_ would make an admirable Trilby.
After that she returned to New York
and tried to ascertain what opportu-
_ nities the stage offered her here.
Charles Frohman promised her an en-
gagement in the fall, but before that
season arrived she paid a second visit
«to London. '
Miss Opp is at present playing the
part of Hymen in “As You Like It,” at
the St. J ame’s. It is a small part, only
consisting of about twenty-five lines
spoken toward the end of the play; but
her mere presence in such a company
is a great success; for Alexander is
making his reputation by the general
excellence of his players. Among her
colleagues are Julia Neilson, young
Henry Irving and Dorothea Baird.
Tllhere is now no doubt that Miss Opp
will have a more important part in the
next production.
The Alexanders belong to the small
but. growing class of English actors
who are received in fashionable so-
ciety. Miss Opp has had all the help
they could give but she has rapidly
distanced her friends as a social cele-
brity. Duchesses strive for the honor
of the presvnce of the Bowery saloon
keeper’s daughter at their dinners and
receptions, and daughters of Britain’s
aristocracy gaze sometimes enviously
and sometimes wonderingly at her fine
form and features.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
The average man would rather have
a wife whom his friends admire than
one he admires himself.
A woman may take care of her face
to the last, but she takes care of her
hands and feet only till she gets mar-
ried. *
Nobody but a married man can un-
, dizrstand why women like to wear such
, pretty clothes where people can't see
The man who talks about being
wakcd up with a kiss generally doesn‘t
on having to get out of bed and
fix the furnace. ,
. The woman who insists on cleaning
up a man’s desk ought to be made to
entry 9. man who won't stay out oi
the kitchen—New York Press.
w E E in. Y N’o RWALK 'P'IIGAZT‘E 'r n.
TUNNEL UNDER THE SEA.
Italy and Sicily are Planning a Tremend-
ous Undertaking.
A tunnel between the mainland of
Italy and the island of Sicily isnow
actively projected. Plans and a model
complete in every detail were executed
by the. Italian civil engineer, De Ja-
hannis, and are now on exhibition at
the University of Padua, says the
Philadelphia “Record.” ‘
The principle employed by him is
that of boring in parabolic spiral lines.
After thorough and careful studies
of - the Strait of Messina, .its
varying depths, the nature of the
ground and all other conditions
which might assist or interfere with
the success of the enterprise, De Ja-
hannis decided to begin his tunnel near
San Giovanni di Sanitello, at the foot
of the Aspromonte Mountain range,
while the mouth on the other side will
be located on the plain “Degli Inglesi."
The entire tunnel will be nearly two
miles long and will consist of two
shafts of about 10,000 feet czich, de-
scending at a grade not exceeding 32
feet in each 1,000. Such a tunnel
would be much preferable to a bridge,
which would have to have a span of
4,500 feet. and with the enormous
strength of the winds in the strait such
an attempt appears to be exceedingly
dangerous. This tunfiel will cost
about $350,000,000, but the money has
not yet been appropriated.
The Most Aged Married Couple.
The most aged married couple in
Ohio, and probably the oldest in the
United States, is Philip Hines, aged
106 years, and his wife. Rebekah
Hines, 96._ They have resided for
many years in Brown township, Dela-
ware county. _
Mrs. Hines is a remarkably well pre-
served woman. She is 5 feet 11 inches,
weighs 'about 130 'pounds, has deep
brown eyes, and hair well mixed with
gray, once a beautiful auburn. Her
step is quick and decided, and her face
is marked with absence of wrinkles.
IIer conversation is entertaining and
intelligent.
Philip Hines was 106 years old Au-
gust 12. 1896. He is considered the
oldest resident‘of the State, and be-
yond a doubt the oldest husband in the
United States. He was born in Mary-
land, and in early boyhood} took a
fancy to the boots and shoes made by
his uncle, Philip Hines, whose name
he bears. His uncle, thinking he
would make a success of the trade,
taught it to him, and in a few years
he was making footgear for the stern«
or sex and belles of the neighborhood.
When in the prime of his youth he
moved to Knox county, Ohio, and
opened a shop. He was the youngest
son of a family of five children, and
was considered one of- the most ins
dustrious then in the neighborhood.
When he located in Knox county 'he
was surrounded by Indian camps, and
with wild beasts he came in contact
almost constantly. He made friends
with the Indians. whose favor he won,
not only for himself, but for his sweet
heart.
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MEN. AND WOMEN.
McKinley is another of the long list
of American Presidents who were not
college graduates. '
R. L. Stevenson, Professor Henry
Drummond and “Ian Maclaren” were
classmates at the Edinburgh Univer-
sity, and not one of the three won dis-
tinction as a student.
.Mme. Sarah Bernhardt.
withheld her patronage of the wheel,
now finds that it restores and refreshes
her more than anything after a fatigu-
ing night at the theatre.
Prussia‘s high executioner, Herr
Reindel, being about to retire, hun—
.dreds of applicants for his position
have appeared. He gets $37 for each
execution and his traveling expenses.
Kaiser Wilhelm is extending his idea
of artistic collaboration. He is now
said to be at work on a historical
drama, which a young poet of Wies-
baden will put into German verse for
him.
Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar,
who is frequently named as a probable
consort for the Queen of the Nether-
lands, is the second son of the eldest
son and heir of the Grand Duke of
Saxe-Weimar. He was born in April
1878, and is, therefore, rather more
than two years older than the young
queen.
A PA-RIS SUGGESTION.
A Definition.
Sunday School
what does Christmas mean?
Johnny—My pa says Christmas
means swapping a lot 0’ things you
:'.in’t afford for a lot 0’ things you don’t
want.——Life. ‘
who long '
Teacher—Johnny, -
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is OVER.
now is he TIME
To Subscribe for the. I
‘ to study medicine.
3 ian women.
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LI HUNG’S KINDNESS;
HIS INTEREST IN ONE OF HIS OWN
COUNTRY WOMEN. '
Appoints Her as a Representative to the
“'oman’s Congress, to be Held in Lon-
don in 1398. After Having Become A0!
quainted “’ith Her Story,
Some time ago a Chiiese Christian
girl named Marguerite \Vang came to
America with the intention of obtain-
ing an education. She remained here
a year and was just about to enter a
woman's college when she received
word that here father had betrothed
her to a man whom she had never
seen: Under the consular regulations
she was forced to return to her home,
foregoing her education, tomarry this
man. Miss Hartford, one of the prin-
:-ipal workers in the Foo—Chow Mis-
sion, who was here on a visit, accom~
panied her on her return.
'On the same ship with them was Li
[1qu Chang and his suite. The Vice-
roy noticed the Chinese girl and. sent
his secretary, Lord Li, to inquire about
‘her. A day or two later he sent word
that he would like to talk with Mar-
guerite and Miss Hartford. They
went to see him and told him the story
of the girl’s attempt to obtain an edu-
cation. The Viceroy was much pleased
with his countrywoman and seemed to
take a great interest in her. He told
her and Miss Hartford about the
Woman’s Congress which, is to be held
in London in 1898 and said that he
wanted the women of China repre-
sented at the cgngress.
After a little talk he told Marguerite
that he would appoint her to represent
China and its women at the congress.
He then asked Miss Hartford if she
did not know of some other woman
in China that was qualified to be a
delegate to the congress. Miss Hart-
ford at once recommended to him Dr.
Hu King Eng, the first Chinese woman
Some years ago
she left China to come to America, and
1 after a course in the woman‘s medi-
' cal school at Philadelphia she received
‘ her
' China and became one of the most val-
' Liable members of the Foo-Chow Mis-
‘sion, where she
.Chang was much
‘ story and after a few questions said
degree. She then returned to
Hung
in the
now is. Li
interested
that she should be appointed as the
. second woman to attend the congress.
. So China will be represented at the
Woman’s Congress and by two Christ-
After the Viceroy’s . ar-
rivalfin China he made the appoint-
ments in a formal manner.—.\'ew York
Tribune. . ‘
INDIAN DIVORCES.
The Reservation Indians Throw 011‘» the
Galllng Bonds at “’1“.
With most of the plains Indian mar—
riage consists simply of picking out
the maiden, leading her to a cabin or
Wigwam, and installing her as mis-
’ tress of the house and cornfield, some
times with the necessary preliminary
of paying the father a pony or two or
an installment of blankets, and occa-
sionally with some slight ceremony
performed by a chief or medicine man.
And when the brave .grows tired of his
partner he can get rid of her as easily
as he won her. ‘
The people who are now flocking to
the Dakotas or Oklahoma to get di-
vorces would be supremely happy if
they could throw 01f the galling bonds
of wedlock as easily as does the reser-
vation Indian. The fact having been
formally announced by the head man
of the clan, 'the divorce takes place
when the tribe is gathered at a dance.
When all are assembled and the circle
formed, the discontented warrior
strikes a drum held by the revellers,
gives away a few presents (ofitimes
making a present to the squaw he in-
tends to take next) and then in a short
bombastic speech he stigmatizes his
wife by giving her over to the tender
mercies of other braves, while they
that he has performed an act of brav—
ery in his desertion.
Often as many as half a dozen di-
vorces are thus obtained at a single
fiance. No tedious waiting; no courts,
no lawyers and no trouble about ali-
mony or the custody of children. And
the squaws thus cast off, as a general
thing, seem to take it as a matter of
course, and before the close of the
{lance are using the wiles known and
used by women the world over in an
effort to repair as speedily as possible
:nonial experience.
“'ith the taking of land in severalty
and putting on of citizenship, however,
the Indian finds that he has cemented
the ties that were so loose before, for
the courts everywhere are deciding that
the tribal marriages are legal and bind-
ing upon the Indian who becomes a
:itizen. And if the weight of one legal
marriage wears somewhat heavily up-
on a white man, how must it be with
the red man, who has contracted two,
three, four, or even more, alliances
which the court now declares legal,
and at the same time takes away his
former avenue of relief?—St.
Globe Democrat.
Too l‘rosaic.
City Editor—Go down stairs and get
your pay. I have no further use for
you. ._ '
New Reporter—Why, what's the mat-
ter? ‘
a City Editor—Nowhere in the entire
twenty-one pages of copy that you
nave written about the girl that was
held up and robbed do you say that
she was singularly beautiful or promi-
nent in seciety.—_-Cleveland Leader.
Of the thirty-eight Sultans who have
ruled the Ottoman Empire since the
conquest of" Constantinople by the
Turks, thirty-four have died violent
deaths. ‘ ,. , “ ,
look upon him enviously and consider
Louis
the break in their hearts and matri- -.
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The “Congressional Record” has re
sumed business at the old stand. Many
a statesman has lived long enough 'to
wish that the “Record” had never bee
printed.
A Pennsylvania man has had to pay
$14,000 for telling a, girl he loved her
and then marrying another girl. Now
you can’t convince him that there is
any truth in the adage that talk is
cheap. ,.:"
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Nimrod was a great King as .well as
a mighty hunter, but his fame has rest-
ed entirely on the latter qualification,
for 4,000 years and more. “The heal-ins
0’ this remark lays in the application
on it.”
Abraham Lincoln wants the poSt-
mastership at Mound City, Kan., but,
if there is anything in a name, he
ought to be a candidate for something
bigger. But, if there is anything in
his name, what is he doing in- Kansas?
And now Horace Boies declares un-
reservedly for fiat money and down
with the banks. Perhaps it is just as
well that Boles was not nominated at
Chicago, and perhaps it would not
have made much diderence in the gen-
eral result. ‘
Germany is greatly displeased with
the retaliatory policy instituted with
regard to her shipping by this govern~
ment. She is perceptibly'amazed to
discover that the game of commer-
cial oppression is one that two can
play at without crowding.
California has developed a new gold
field in the Mojave desert. California
beautifully observes the eternal fitness
of things by growing wheat on her
arable lands and locating her gold
mines only where they will not be in
the way of agriculture.
Much of the criticism of the Kansas
press upon Senator Pet’fer appears to
be based upon the fact that he was
earning only $12 a week editing the
Kansas Farmer prior to his election to
the Senate. He ought not to be blamed
for that. Any man under those circum-
stances is to be commended for getting
a new job if he can.
An eminent Canadian who recently
visited in London declared that Great
Britain will sooner of later have to
annex the United States as a means of
keeping the peace. If that Canadian
prophet and the fool-killer ever meet
they will have to find something to ar-
bitrate or there will be a sudden in—
crease in the mgrtality rate.
Senator Allen expects his investigat-
ing committee to take very nearly a
solid year in ascertaining “to what ex-
tent money was used in promoting the
nominations or in influencing the
choiceof Presidential Electors" in the
late campaign. It is a large assign-
ment, however, and will take a great
deal of time to cover it thoroughly.
Such a demand for American cotton
has sprung up in Japan and China
that it pays to ship the product from
the cotton States all the way to San
Francisco by rail, and there put it on
board vessels for its destination. If,
with this handicap, American cotton
can hold its own against the product of
Egypt and India in the Oriental mar-
ket, it must be of superior quality in-
deed.
pecially when they are on the right
side. The statement that the exports
of this country for October and No‘
vember amounted to $222,000,000,
which would make the. total for the
year, if kept up at the same rate, $1,<
330,000,000, is magnificent, and the in—
formation that the exports for Novem-
ber alone show a balance of $59,053,-
885 over the imports is very gratifying.
This is a great country and it does
business on a large scale.
Kansas is preparing to send a train
load of provisions to the destitute of
Chicago and New York. At the same
time Kansas is raising a protest
against the “dumping" of New York
pauper children upon her soil, a prac-
tice which, she says, has gone beyond
the limits of both charity and forbear-
ance. Kansas has a. surplus of corn
and New York of pauper children, and,
as each pays the freight on its pro-
duct. it would seem most economical
for Kansas to keep its corn at home to
feed the children sent to it, but there
are other considerations which have
doubtless convinced the Sunflower
State in taking the action it has.
It would not be surprising if our
Government should have trouble in re-
viving reciprocity relations with other
countries, after the cavalier manner in
which the former agreements for that
purpose were broken off by Congress,
but so many advantages can be shown
to accrue to both sides in these ar-
rangements that it is probable most, if
is desirable to establish them will con-
sent to’ do so, especially if the proposal
after two years’ notice, and then" by
mutual consent, oshall be incorporated
'in them. Reciprocity with the South
American States is especially desir~
able and can probably be established
by'fair and liberal dealing with them.
Figrues are impressive things, es-'
not all, of the countries with whom it y
to make the treaties terminable only, .
Norwalk Chronicler