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of plays
y iThe audience that , greeted James Young
last evening at the Grand opera Jxrase was
clmeal!a:.lI!telfiA reodltkm of
HamWD toy tM owo-young actor. No
"aotor who ha vliited' 'AsJieyllle; In years,
witti the exoeptloa of Fredierick Ward, has
made a more favorable impression than
Mr. -Youmg. and fckt excellent company, v
- (Miss Rlda - Johnson was charming' v as
Ophelia and s3ve ait once captured the aaidi
eoce by her grace and sweetness of voice.
IHandisome boqu-etsof.. roses .were show
ered upon iMr. Young by several of ""Aahe
ville's young dadies. - -
.-Local play-goers have' always extended
a cordlan welcome to the comedies . of
Charles H. Hoy t, but the presentation' of
his . moat arhlstia success, " A Milk .White
Flag," at "the Gramd next Wednesday, will
.command -more . than :. ordinary ; interest.
'."A Milk White Flag" 4s a production more
ptretentiious than anything that this popular
playwright has yet offered to the theatre
going public. The cast is composed of the
- best talent -in the profession, and will -number
about fifty performers. Including a mll-
ifcarv band under, the 'directtfon of 'Prof.
Frank Camp. All the, scenery used -in the
production is carried by the company, hav
ing been brought from Hoyt's. -New; .York
theatre, and is said to be the best ever seen
by a "road ' - company. s Charles 1 Hoyt's
: pieces are not moaeiiied on classic drama;
: tney do not follow Shakespeaiean lines;
. , they" are 1 ess formal and more , fnivolous
. than the old comedies; they are not so sug-
gestiive as the . latter day "purpose plays,"
1 or so 'theatric as modern melo-drama.. But
; they all have a story to tell, and tell it
. plainly; they satirize the fad or fancy of
. . the ; moment; they abound . ih humor and
not Infrequently scintillate -with true wit,
amd they present- cleverly drama types of
z character well contrasted, and 7 what is
more imiportan t they succeed. "A 'Milk
- White Flag", has its shaft of wit directed
at the National Guard. - One of the chiief
I characters .of , the play is a fiin de siede
i Amenican woman, i: who knows her rights
and means to maintain them (She becomes
a little tired of her lord and master's vaga
1 rles, and finally when he shows, plalinly
.. that he esteems "Four ) Queens"" a3ve his
Ixelpmate's piece of mind, she characteris
tically sets things in operation to free her-
: ell.-" But this is not all. She ia emiEfenifcly : sen tially tAmerican. .Whatever clothes that
practical woman, and when the local mil-,, they wear, whatever the scenes that they
itary. company wishes to secure the corpse are placed in, .they are of the very best
of her i suddenly deceased ; ' husband ." she of America. This can not be . said of the
turns It over to them and saves bmrlail ex- v men and women in - "The Girl J Deft Be
penses, but also insists upon a sum of hind Me."" That play Is American only in
; money for the turntog over the cadaver. It its, scene. TJhe characters are called Amer
M easy to imagine Just' why Mr. Hoyt ex-1 leans, but' not ono of them portrays those
'BSlmf Ds
erted such care in the selection 1of 'a- woman'
to play this part It. must be -done in a
: tragic ravesty style, which a shading too:
much or toTT-iafctle; might' make'offensive;
, But Mr. Hoyt 1 feels-, that there - can ' be no
danger . of such -a. happening with-the role
entrusted to-the. dexterous and .experienced
hands of Mis3 - Lansing Rowan. He se
lected her f oT'the; part out ofeafll the prom-
- laent actresses : whose-, work ;iwas ' known to
him, and jhe , has ey,en goneifeo far' as : to
change the part an"d make 'it even more
promiment. v. Pretty: and derer .iMary "Mar-
ble,.. is the soubrette,' and none-more-dever
than she ..is. to be found upon the; -stage of
to-day. - She plays 'the csrphan 4n this play
flNDfluTQRS
and gives it a dash and vim that Is seldom
seen. exhibited In a role of the sort. Mr.
John" Dunne 4s the'colonel, whom Napoleon
looked like. ',There could not toe a ? better
main in better place than Mr. Dunne in
this character. .There' are many ' exceed
ingly pretty and shapely girls In the cho
rus, and In . their different and elaborate
costumes form many pleasing stage pic
tures. The full : military bamd will dis
course sweet music throughout the perfor
mance. It is a production that wfll please
each and every one. -"It teems with bright'
lines, particularly Hoytesque in their
sharpness, and. the follies and foibles of the
dress parade soldiers are satj.xi29ed.with hu
morous and,'to use a pajradoxical expres
sion, kindly severity. - Fun bubbles, efferv
escent in every - line. Summarized ; and
can. be "called ;."Hoyt's altar of roses," the
sweetest of his condensed, "A Milk White
Flag' extract, -. " .
Charles Hoyt's gift does not lie in the
way of construction.- His plays are all
groups of 'incidents, not at all interdepend
ent: In a good play, every incident, every
episode even, is necessary to the perfect
whole,: like the most Insignificant stone In
a mosaic. '-' Where Mr. Hoyt's genius is
manifest is In 'his character drawing. ' In
this he has no superior, If by a perfect
character drawing is meant the reproduction-
of clearly recognized" types. ' He does
not bother himself much with analytical
social duties."
He dotes not probe beneath
r ",ai.
as THE O R PHAN .
the surface. He portrays manner rather
than soul qualities. We see- his men aad
women and . we know them superfli-cjajly
Vs. we would know them in real life on
snort acquaintance. It does not take long
er than an hour or two to become aware of
the foibles and weakness of each person's
individuality. 1 Hoyt's characters are " al
ways strong in their, individuality, and the
traits with .which he endows them are not
long in cropping to the surface. Some of
his characters are like composite "photo
graphs, so faithful are they too the general
ity rather than the special. His Maverick
Brander, , which in the' opinion of many'is
the finest piece of character- portrayal , that
he hasyet done, is probably "the most accu
rate picture of the average congressman
ever put upon the satge. The flash of the
playwright's - geniu s hasteaught the sallen t
features in the congressman's composition,
and 'they are seen set before you with such
vivid fidelity tothe type that you would al
most : declare -that ttiey; were familiar to
yo'uj If has been said before that Mr. Hoyt
is in this respect 'the first . of American
playwirghts. His men and women are es
' if fct Iff !'
Indefinable "race rmarks "which "distinguish
every character that' Hoyt, has created. Not
one of them is so "native in Its traits as the
colonel in "AMilk, White .Flag'-Mr.
Hoyt's, gift 4n this 'field has been ignored,
simply, because' he writes -light, . trivial
plays with no 1 serious sentiment in themu
When Mr. Hoyt Is dead perhaps somebody
will concede, that'! his work was : original
and clever, and true in. its representation
of American characters. ;, l t
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The Asbu'ry-ParK (N. J,) -Daily Press
says of Gorton's Minstrels, the burnt -.cork
aggregation that-is: due at the Grand Feb
ruary 14: ."Regardless, of the condition of
the weather hundreds of people braved the
storm last night and visi ted the Park opera
house to "witness the performanc, of . Gor
ton's big minstrels. & Burnt jcork merriment
is always well eceived in this city, and 'the
show last night was & treat to all. Every
body had good evening's laugh. The cur
tain went up on the . usual minstrel first
parti but? the specialties introduced were
MARY MlAHBUE.
"A Milk White Flag.
In
of a high order and exceedingly funny.
The songs were new: and , up to date.
"Hank'' Goodman was the "favorite,- but
each artist 'met with his share of applause.
A column might be devoted to the praise of
the perform'ersrbut " space" "forbids.5 Suf
fice to say St was a clean, bright, up-to-date
show in every respect, and every
member of the Company is am artist,!
Klaw and Erlanger, of New York, who
largely control the southern theatrical Vir
cuit, have taken a lease of the Tulane Col
lege property, in 'New Orieahe La.;, and
will imemdiately begm the erection of two
theatres thereonw One of the theatres, to
be called the Tulane, will be a high-priced
house, and the other; -the New 'Crescent,
Will be fori popular price attractions.. Both
houses will be opened in the autiynji.
There seems to be ''nothing definitely set
tled regarding 'the rumored new - comic
opera company, with Lillian -Russell and
Jessie Bartlett Davis at the head. It ap
pears to be settled that (Mrs. .Davis will
remain with "The BMowians," while Miss
Russell tells interviewers that she knotws
nothing aibout the alleged plan,. Attrac
fions of the first-cless, whether operatic
or dramatic, are getting scarcer and scarc
er and scarcer, and the probability is that
even greater difficulty will be found in fill
ing the time of the principal theatres
has been experienced this season. The
supply is not equal to the .demand, and ar-
tificiarconditions have checked natural de
velopment.
The New York Dramatic Mirror . says
"There are signs of a reaction against the
scrum of indecency 'and depravity on the
surface of metropolitan amusements. The
wholesome sentimemlTthat pervades other
American " communities has rebuked and
rejected much of tho smut that has been
voided by Manhattan's managerial Wp4rit
in pornography, ana that will do much to
check its original exploitation here, :for
most productions; are made Tor ultimate
touring purposes.T Besides; this, the New.
York j Press is beginning to cry-, a half on
the wholesale prostitution of the stage by
the unscrupulous , dollar chasers, and
' JNO. W. DUNNE. -i
In v ' A - Milk - Whii.ie Flag.
through its medium the value of .the , re
spectable and conservative elements of .our
population . is being, heard. A cartoon in
an afternoon paper 'the other day pictured
theatre parties of the near future arriving
at the playhouse in masks, to conceal theirs
identity. It may come , to this should the!
dramatic debauchery - continue much '.
longer.'- " - - - - j
CURED OF BLOOD POISON AFTER FIF
TY-TWO DOCTORS' FAILED.
Blood Balm' Co., Atlanta Ga. .
Gentlemen: In- 1872 . a. small -.pimple
broke out on my leg. It began eating and
in four months I was treated by a phys
ician of Talladega county;' 'Alal, where-1
lived eighteen years. Jie relived it for a
short while. - In . six '-weeks it ' broke out
again In both "legs also on my shoulder.
Two small 'bones were ' taken out. It con-tin-ued
until 1876. In this time I had twelve
different physicians. They told me the on
ly remedy was amputation; that jt could
never be cured.'. For six months I 'could
not walk a step; . I went to Mineral Wells,
Texas spent $300.00;. .came .home ; went to
Hot Springs, -Ark., : stayed nine months i
all failed to cure' me. In 1887 I came back '
to Birmingham, Ala. I was -advised to
write you, which I did. Yoif; wrrote .me
that B. B. -B.' would cure ine, and I could
get -the medicine -from Nabors & Morrow,"
druggists, of. our city. I bought ten bot
tles and before T had finished my fifth bot-"
.tie my legs began to heal, -and in less than
two months; I- was, sound, and welLi That
has been nearly two years ago and no sign?
of its return yet. I have.spent in, cash, over"
1400.00; ahd-B. B., B. done the work that
all the s res t ' fail ed to; do You have' my'
permission to publish this. I have traveled"
so, much trying to get well .that my cure
is . well known. -i: Fifty-two "doctors have
treated .'me .in the last' seventeen .years..
All they did was, to take what money I had 1
and done me no good. . I am now a well'
man. PROF V CrH. RANGER." ' u .
"For sale at Peiham's Pharmacy. Ashe
ville, N. c. - ' - -
Price 75 cents per large bottle. - ' ' !
SCROFULA
It is
Foul ; Blood's : Ad yertise-
! " Anient ' '.'vt'"-1,
Out It Is Soon Cured, by Hood's
-' , v. ;i;SarsaparIIIa. .
' Yes, Scrof ulfrfrif anything, may be called
the advertisement of foul blood. ? It is the
scourge ot the world offensive, painful,
debilitating, stubborn ? and well -nigh
unendurable. : 4- --j-
Outward applications do not cure, they
only drive the difficulty to new quarters.
Emollients may palliate,, they cannot
abolish the evil. 'There is "but one sure
way i out, and that is to eliminate the
taint from the. blood. - -j?S'
There is one remedy that can effect this,
and it is the only one. that, so far as wo
know, has almost invariably succeeded
even where the system has been poisoned
by long years of taintj and the ravages to
be repairetTare tremendous. That remedy
is Hood's Sarsaparilla. -Read this .
" My daughter , was afflicted with im
pure blood. J Thero were running sores
all over her body and they caused her
much suffering. We tried medicines that
were recommended as blood purifiers,
but could not see that they did any good.
A friend told me about Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and I began giving the girl this med-.
icine. - The result : was that she was per
fectly cored after taking a few bottles.
She has had no symptoms of scrofula
that time." ' MAKIBTTA M.
Smith, South Middleboro, Mass.
Hood's
9-JrSarsa-
parilla
Is the best in fact the One True Biood Piyifier.
Insist upon Hood's ; take -no substitute.
HrrfV1 a DSIIc e harmoniously , with
1 1U1K1.9 Irllla Hood's Sarsaparilla. v.
FACTS ABOUT MILK." '
The same amount- of nutrition is con
tained in a quart of milk, three-quarters I
of a pound of ;fat beef or five ounces of
wheat flour 3Iilk is a perfect type of
food, but only for the young. It fails to
furnish the necessary amount of -heat
and force for. adults.
There is 87:per cent, of vverjand 13
per cent, of solids in milk. The sugar
in the solds.is in-"greaterproportian
than, in any. other solid. The reason
cream rises more quickly from Jersey
and Guernsey milk is that the fat glob
ules in the milk are-larger and can rise
lo the top more readily.
The United States is the leading dairy
country in the world.. There are about
17,000,000 cows scattered over our dairy
farms and quite a time ago the value of
our dairy products was estimated to be
over $400,000,000 and the value of the
cows nearly as much. Although this is
flie leading dairy country it does not
lead in the per capita consumption of
dairy products and much of them are
exported.- -. -s-.- .."
The reason that milk sours-so readily
in -summer time-is because it cools very
slowly and does hot become cooler than
the air.' The bacteria which have got
into the milk will multiply very fast
and cause the milk to sour rapidly. If
milk is cooled to a low temperature as
soon as drawn, the bacterial growth
will be checked at once and will not be
gin with much rapidity until the milk
has become warm once more. .
HOUSEHOLD GODS.
The ancient- Greeks believed that the
Penates weretfcjj gods who attended tb the
welfare and prosperity of the family. They
were worshipped as household gods In
every home. The, household god oi to-day
Is Dr. King's New Discovery For con
sumption, coughs, colds and for all affec
tions of Throat, Chest and Lungs it is in
valuable. It has been tried for a quarter
of a century and is guaranteed to cure, or
money returned. No household should be
without this good angel. It is pleasant to
take and a safe and sure remedy for o.d
and young. . Free trial bottles at T. C.
Smith's Drug Store, and peiham's Phar
macy. Regular size, 50c and $1.00i
RHEUMATISM CURED IN A DAY,
,U iVMystic: Cure" for Rheumatism and Neu
ralgia radically cures -in 1 to 3 days. Its
action rupon the. system is remarkable and
mysterious, it-removes at once the cause
and' the disease immediately disappears.
The first dose greatly benefits. 75 cents.
Sold by C. A. Raysor, Druggist, Asheville.
v Mrs. M. B. Ford, Ruddell's, 111., suffered
for eight years-f rom dyspepsia and chronic
constipation, and was finally, cured by ua
ing DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the fa
mous little pills for air stomach and ilver
troubles. C. A. Raysor. . .
I Worn - Out?
fit
g : Do yiome tr trie close of
s thedaythorotsghlyexhatisted?
Docs this continue Iay after
day, possibly week after week?
JJ Perhaps you are even too cx-
hattstea to sleep. Then some
jjj thing: Is wrong. - All these
jv things indicate that yoti are
S suffering - from Aineryous ex
S haustion. ; Your nerves need
n seeding ana your oiooa en-
riching. '
I of Codrlivcr Oil, with Hypo
8 phpsphitej of Lime and Soda,
j contains just the remedies to
meet these wants The cod
liver oil gives the , needed.
j -strengthrenriches the blood
feeds the nerves, and the hy-
pophosphites - give them tone .
and vigor.' Be sore you get.
HI SCOTT'S Emulsion; -P
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A NEW HOUSE of 9 rooms, hot and
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A FIRST CLASS residence of 12 rooms
out bulldlngsr ample grounds, southern ex
posure. Price 7000
A NICE NEW HOUSE, 7 rooms, modern
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A FINE NEW RESIDENCE of 8
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OTHER TOWNS.
Tie finest and most desirable city res
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Every appointment for convenience and
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House of 5 rooms. Orchard of apples,
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THE STORE soon to be vacated by W. C.
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TWO SUITES of two rooms each, front
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