The Stage Talk and Theatrical Gossip Harbors Secrets
A collage of theater life notes covers star reputations, marriage follies, poison scare at Miss Agnes Herndon, and reminiscences on actors salaries. Rose Eytinge’s stormy marriages are recounted, while quips on Kean Irving and Barrett contrast past pay with modern wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Herndon
Union Square Theater
York
Anana
Cincinnati
Rose Eytinge
Cyril Searle
Savannah
Barnes
Courtney Barnes
John T. Rayond
Miss Eytinge
Gen. Butler
Eorg
England
Gentleman’s Magazine
Kean
Messrs
Irving
Wilson Barrett
John Ryder
Lotta as Private Life and Critics on Plots
A portrait of Lotta as a modest, well bred performer who shuns interviews and ads yet speaks on general matters. The piece then debates critics who blame plays for lacking plot, arguing that audience delight, music, and liveliness may outweigh a neat narrative. The author questions the obsession with plot as a ticket incentive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotta
Theater Gossip and Star Talks From Stage News
Theatrical managers and actors like Wallack and Liszt are sketched as plans unfold for next season. Irving plans a varied US tour with Faust and other plays while Terriss eye drops to the US. Bernhardt and Sothern are mentioned with biographical notes and anecdotes about life in theatre circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wallack
Wallack
Liszt
Eddy
Henry Irving
America
Faust
Olivia
William Terris
London
Bedford Park
Ellaline
Armand
Philadelphia Times
Lytton Sothern
Edward A. Sothern
Mr. Sothern
England
Dundreary
Sam
Garrick
W. E. Sucrivan
Dr. Tarrant
Darlington
Sidney
Australia
Got Tcher
Dean
Choose Ye This Day to Serve God or Mammon
A religious exhortation on home Bible teaching over Sunday school, urging parents to train children at home with Scripture. It questions prayers for sinless life without faith and emphasizes praying with children to secure their salvation, citing Marion Thornlie.
Sam Jones Warns Against Dancing and Cards in Fiery Sermon
The preacher Sam Jones attacks dancing and card playing, likening dancing to a fatal cliff edge and warning that moral and intellectual decline follows such temptations. He cites personal experience and moral judgment to condemn worldly amusements.
Praying Mothers and a Minister’s Moving Sermon
A southern England evangelical mission ends with a minister recalling his mother’s prayers for his salvation. He attributes his conversion to those prayers and inspires listeners to reflect on their own mothers’ intercession and its impact on others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Christ
Stationary comets and fiery reflections over gas wells
The article describes winter sky phenomena where gas wells light ice crystals aloft creating stationary comets and fiery column reflections. It notes visibility depends on calm, clear nights with snow and hazy skies, with top reflections reaching several miles high. It cites Samuel WY. Hall in St Nicholas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel WY. Hall
St. Nicholas
Obedience and Bible Nomenclature in Juvenile Tales
In a St. Nicholas piece, Captain Sam recounts Bible title quirks from editions like the Geneva Breeches Bible and the Vinegar Bible, then urges obedience to parents teachers laws and God. The text contrasts rebellious youth with famed obedient figures like Grant Sherman and Sheridan and ends with a flamingo anecdote.
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Gen
Grant
Gen. Sherman
Gen. Grant
Vicksburg
Sherman
Sheridan
Army of the Potomac
Warren
Aristotle
Momentary Hero Recounts Stanley Prank Dinner
Edward Atkinson reflects on a 19th century hoax in London where Ned Sothern and Steve Fiske helped stage a Stanley dinner with Col. Ochiltree impersonating Stanley. The piece probes war debt, municipal finance, and public credit abuses shaping future governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Col
Tom Ochiltree
New York Mail and Express
England
Livingstone
London
Ned’ Sothern
Steve’ Fiske
Sothern
Fiske
Tuske
Geographical Society
Obedience Cited as Family Duty by Congregationalist
A Congregationalist statement warns that disobedience runs in families. It urges immediate personal resolve to choose obedience to God over evil, asserting obedience is essential to existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregationalist
Director Resigns After Extravagant Mine Bill Stuns Board
In Indiana a Colorado mine shareholders meeting heard a director tear up a bill of expenses showing 36 for wines 20 for cigars and 18 for opera tickets contracted in Chicago during a mine engraving. He resigned declaring the mine should be run for shareholders not the board. Memory is what makes us young or old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndale
Paul
Coverdale
Taverner
Sternhold
Hawkins
Anderson
Edinburgh
Colorado
Indiana
Wall Street
Chicago
Alfred de Mueset
A Babel of Filth in Amsterdam's Jewish Quarter
The Amsterdam Jewish quarter is described as a squalid labyrinth of narrow alleys and dilapidated dwellings. The author portrays impoverished residents, rummage sales on doorsteps, and widespread filth, noting a single Jew among 240 inmates in the city’s cellular prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Joodenhoek
Italy
Paris
London
New York
Grenada
Rabbits in Nevada and California under wolf and hawk control
The piece notes that native Nevada and California rabbits including jack rabbits and white hares are abundant, likely kept in check by predators such as wolves and lynxes. It contrasts with Australia where rabbits spread after introduction, and mentions Piute rabbit drives and the need for predator management in sheep country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
California
Australia
Salt Lake Tribune
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Fe Capital
Dakota
Ious
Trical
Pulahia Bulletin
Agnes Heyndon
Forrest
McGullough
Burdette
Our
Children and the Bible
Marion Thornlie
Sam Jones
Dancing
Hell
Philadelphia County Medical Society
Arthur V. Meigs
Florida
Parsons
Charles Frederick Holder
Edward Atkinson
Babel OF Filth
Amsterdan
Ashington
Capitol
Statuary Hall
Hood
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