Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 320, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 19, 1897 Page: 3 of 8
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THEATRICAL TOPICS
CURRENT NEWS AND COSSIP
OF THE STAGE
"A Ward ef Franc'' Haa Mail a Da
ddad Sure — Xha Work of Drama
tiring Xotel (Ion Merrily On— "A
Coat of Many Color"
LAW & Erlanger's
“A Ward of
France” haa made
a fine success and
once more brought
into favo r a b 1 e
prominence those
well-known play-
ers Joseph E
Whiting and Miss
Una Abell "The
heroine of this play
ls a Cassatte The term Is strange to
most readers no doubt but was once
well-known in New Orleans and is
still understood there It was applied
long ago to girls banUud from France
to Louisiana These cassattes were
outcasts commonly from the reform-
story institutions The authors Frank-
lin Fyles and Eugene Presbry have
Instead created the character of an In-
nocent victim to the system of banish-
ment They introduced her at first
ai a pupil at a convent school In
Havre where she is known as “an or-
phan of the revolution" her father
having been sentenced to the guillo-
tine as an aristocrat She Is taken by
military force from this quiet and pure
life thrust-into a gang of cessatte3 as
one of their kind and sent to New
Orleans the fate of a cassatte being
dvigned for her by a relative who
would thereby obtain for himself the
title and estates belonging to her fam-
ily Four acts are devoted to the vi-
cissitudes and adventures of this girl
in New Orleans Her father whom
she believes dead is there In quest of
her and the plotter against her is act-
ive for her destruction while his two
sons half-brothers are her rival lov-
ers Many novels will be dramatized this
season but not one of them will awak-
en any deeper Interest In the minds of
educated reading people than “Vanity
Fair” in which Mrs Minnie Maddern-
Fiske Is to appear There are three
or four plays in “Vanity Fair" ut
the dramatic form which Mrs Fiske
will use is to deal with the rise and
progress and subsequent fall of Becky
Sharp The play is to open with a
GEORGIA
prologue which shows Becky at Miss
Pinkerton's school at the moment
where the parting of the ways of life
Iis before her She can choose either
road but circumstances and her own
ambition combined with her relations
with Miss Pinkerton and the force of
early associations lead her to choose
the one which brings her eventually to
disgrace After the prologue we see
her at the home of the Sedleys in Rus-
sll square The act closes with the
ruin of the Sedley family and the or-
dering of the troops to Brussels
The second act shows all the char-
set ers at the historic hall of the Duch-
ess of Richmond The next act shows
the home of the Rawdon Crawleys in
Curzon street and of course closes
with the great scetfe— one of the most
dramatic In the whole range of modern
English fiction— in which ftawdon
Crawley comes home and finds his
wife with the marquis of Steyne The
first of the two scenes in the last act
shows Becky in lodgings with the Ger-
man students and the second repre-
sents the gambling ball at Pumper-
nickel Thus as In "Beau Brummel”
the play closes with a picture of its
chief actor ending a brilliant career in
miserable state
The continued success of “Secret
Service" makes the publication of a
portrait of William Gillette of inter-
est Mr Gillette never did better work
as dramatist or actor than in this fasci-
nating play of the war It was a dar-
ing idea to make the hero a spy (a
Northern soldier in Confederate lines)
but Mr Gillette accomplishes the feat
so successfully In his story and in his
acting that prejudice for once is over-
come In the telegraph scene in the
third act where he is sending a false
dispatch which will ruin the people
whose hospitality he has enjoyed—
the people of the woman he loves—
the tension i is so great that the au-
dience grows fairly beside itself with
excitement The coolness with which
Mr Gillette carries this scene Is ale
WILLIAM GILLETTE
(In the Telegraph Scene)
most wonderful Shot in one hand he
calmly proceeds to send his message
with the other smoking his cigar the
while The “Secret Service” company
is a fine one Taken all in all the play
and players are something for the
American theater to be proud of
There is considerable witty dialogue
in Madeleine Iucette Ryiey's comedy
but little else The author is a clever
woman but she is trying to do too
much Bright lines do not make a
play one or two situations are neces-
CAINR
sary As they are eliminated from
“A Coat of Many Colors” it cannot be
called a successful production The
name is awkward in the first place
and so much depends ou the title of a
play The “hero" — if a comedy may
be said to have a hero— is played by
Herbert Kelcey and is a most exem-
plary young man on whom however
are shifted all the adventures of his
brother because they happen to have
the same initials Complications of
the most absurd kind ensue on this
account and a serious interest is awk-
wardly brought in The rapidity with
which Mrs Ryley changes from fareo
to sober earnest is remarkable and not
in the ’ 'st taste Her play lacks sym-
metry and artistic unity Just as it
lacks situations and sometimes it is
hard work to know whether she In-
tends it for a farce or a serious drama
Herbert Kelcey and Effle Shannon In
the leading parts do as well as possi-
ble but they are not stars despite th
fact that this Is their “own” com-uanr
DAIRY AND POULTRY
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS
How Saeefat Farmer Oprit ThU
Department at the Faroe — A Few
Htate ae ta the Care at Lire Stock
ad Fooltry
Ullk Producers and Consumer
ODERN Investiga-
tion has shown
without question
that milk is a sud-
stance which Is
easily contaminat-
ed and is not In-
frequently the me-
dium through
which dreaded dis-
eases are trans-
mitted to humans
Typhoid fever consumption diphthe-
ria and scarlet fever are all germ dis-
eases and milk is a substance in which
these germs will thrive The
wash water from a house where
typhoid exists may drain through
the soil into the well and con-
taminate it This disease affected
water If used to rinse milk pans or
cans or to set cans in to cool milk
may be the means of transmitting the
disease to the milk and thence to the
human subject All intelligent physi-
cians and dairymen in consequence
recognize the necessity of great clean-
liness about the cow stable and dairy
having sanitary conditions of a high
order With these features enforced
with healthy cows wholesome food and
proper milk delivery one should be
able to supply the market with pure
milk The enforcement of good sani-
tary conditions about cows supplying
city and town consumers of milk Is
mainly within the control of boards of
health No persons however should
have a greater interest in this matter
than the consumers themselves If the
patrons of persons supplying consum-
ers with milk would visit the farms
and stables from which their milk is
derived they would be able to ascer-
tain reasonably well if the sanitary
conditions are favorable or not to a
healthy or wholesome milk Persons
giving milk to young children certain-
ly should examine into the source of it
If this were done by more parents the
mortality each summer among young
children would be far less Every pro-
gressive Intelligent fair-miwjed milk
producer will welcome an inspection ot
his cows stables and dairy by his pat-
rons The man who does not Is not a
safe one to buy milk from Consum-
ers should put a premium on the char-
acter of the milk supplied them and
should in every way possible encour-
age the efforts of the dairyman who
endeavors to place the best article on
the market Within very recent years
some dairymen have begun to sell milk
which has been handled with extra
care to Insure a high grade purity and
wholeeomeness This Is sometimes
called "certified milk” due to the fact
that the producer certifies as to the
feed and character of his cows and the
handling of the milk Others "pas-
teurize" or heat to a certain tempera-
ture their milk or cream to destroy or
injure disease germs if any perchance
occur in it At one fine dairy in In-
diana all the milk is sprayed through
sterilized aid and then made very cold
In an air tight chamber after wnich it
la bottled These Improved methods
of preparation are bound to become
more common each year from the very
fact if for no other that they receive
the Indorsement of the Intelligent
physician Our consumers should en-
courage this production Progressive
dairymen selling pure high-grade
milk should be encouraged The con-
sumers should show their appreciation
of their efforts One however cannot
over-estimate the Importance of con-
sumers familiarizing themselves with
the source of their milk and its sur-
roundings and insisting that condi-
tions be of a high sanitary character
C S Plumb
Indiana Experiment Station
Tliry Hava Inillgrtlon
A reader in the state or Washington
meets with a difficulty which Is very
common and we give his letter for the
benefit of others says the Poultry
Keeper He says:
“Will you kindly tell me through
your paper what ailed one of my White
Leghorn pullets? While letting my
fowls out this morning I noticed one
of this spring's pullets sitting all
humped up on the roost I lifted it up
and looked for lice but could not see
any lice which could have put her in
that condition While I had her bead
down there was about half of a tea-
cupful of green slimy water running
from her nose and mouth which had
a very sickening odor Her head and
eyes were not swollen My hens Lave
free range and all the extra food they
get is a quart of wheat for fifty fowls
scattered in litter on the ground 1
forgot to mention that the pliilet died
n five minutes after I had let Its head
hang down I also have a Brown Leg-
horn that acts very strange She turns
around in a circle at times seems to be
short sighted and works her head from
one tide to the other She lays regu-
larly and eats without difficulty All
the rest of the fowls are in good coalition"
His fowls have a free range yet he
fed wheat The two hens mentioned
have Indigestion They may have got-
ten more than their share but the fact
is tha£ no wheat at all should be given
under the circumstances Further the
mated should have been removed from
the flock as they may be the cause
The remedy is to confine such hens in
a yard with no food at all for 48 hours
giving two dropa of tincture of nux
vomica or a bread crumb for a week
allowing during the week one ounce
ot lean cooked meat for eicia hen per
day
Karen Iloc
Now that attention to desirable bacon
qualities ot hogs is growing there
seems to be a disposition to grow for
bacon purposes an animal very differ-
ent in type from the breeds to which
“a streak of fat and a streak of lean"
are almost unknown says Texas Stock
and Farm Journal Of late agricultur-
al papers have discussed the Medium
Yorkshire and the Tamworth and the
latter la growing in favor as a bacon
hog among English breeders and seems
destined to take a very important place
They are little known in this country
and probably there is not one in Texas
Here they are known only by descrip-
tion and to judge from that they seem
to be a reversion to the old-fashioned
breed of "sandy shotes” with long
snouts such as are yet known In the
mountain regions ot Kentucky and
West Virginia and on the poor lands of
the South Would it not be strange if
the razor-back boar should become the
valuable sire for the production of ani-
mals that will furnish the tables of the
rich with their choicest and most cost-
ly meats? Yet it is certain that no
other bacon has such excellent flavor a3
that which is found In those parts of
the country where the Poland-China
and the Berkshire and other so-called
"improved" breeds of swine are un-
known The razor-back has his merits
A recent writer has called attention to
the fact that the Anglo-Saxon and Ger-
man pork eating races are highest and
strongest in the ranks of civilization
It is not intended here to assert that
pork has caused their excellence but
the best pork they have was probably
the razor-back of the days when their
pi ‘-eminence was established and that
they got his meat by hunting him with
dogs and the weapons of the chase
Tli X Kit anil tli Urn
The Poultry Monthly says: Verily
"the world do move” and in no direc-
tion is this fact more pronounced than
in the application of scientific discov-
ery to the practical affairs of everyday
life An enlightened poultry culture
is also feeling a quickening of its
pulses along new and advanced lines
and the result is certainly promising
for a great future Every new idea
helps the race No sooner is the X or
Roentgen ray a practical demonstra-
tion than it at once finds use In a
thousand different directions It has
been applied to the chicken business
Mr Rildolpb Spreckels the millionaire
Hawaiian planter of San Francisco
owns a bonanza poultry ranch in Son-
oma county on which are running
some 10000 fowls Now out of that
number there are necessarily a good
many sterile or barren females— the
drones of the poultry yards If the
Roentgen rays will locate a dime in a
small boy's stomach why will it not
"show up” a non-laying hen? No
sooner thought than acted on A test
case was made with twelve chickens
eight of which were found with eggs
and four barren A subsequent post-
mortem examination confirmed the de-
duction of the X rays What follow-
ed? Bless your dear heart an X ray
plant was added to the establishment
and all females put through the test
Result? There was a glut in the local
poultry market and a corresponding
reduction In Mr Spreckels' feed bill Is
this not a practical application of jci-
ence to one's bank account?
to Cirttii
Many farmers are in the habit of al-
lowing their fowls the free run of tie
farm and this includes free access to
the grain bins Under such conditions
it is impossible to keep the birds from
eating too much grain and the result
will be seen later in the season when
the fowls begin to die of Indigestion In
such cases where the farmer cannot
prevent bis flocks from filling up on
grain during the day it would be bet-
ter to keep them shut up at night and
not allow them to go out in the morn-
ing till they have had a hearty break-
fast of scalded soft food This may
tend to prevent them eating such latge
quantities of grain
Fall Milk Shortage— It is a mistake
to have a falling off in milk at the
time ot short pasturage The t-dvan-tages
from soiling crops are: Less land
will maintain a given number of cat-
tle the food supply will be better reg-
ulated the animals will not waste en-
ergy in searching for food and the ma-
nure can all be saved and applied to
tlie soil— Ex '
Separator Milk— When you get a
separator knock to pieces every swill
barrel on the farm Feed the calves
and pigs as soon as the milk is sepa-
rated The milking aud feeding Is soon
done and there is no after handling of
the milk The stock gets the milk
sweet warm and regularly which la
all In the line of advantage— El
Cotton Bead Mel?
Charles D Woods director of the
Maine experiment station says: Much
has been said and written relative to
the use of cotton-seed meal as a cattle
food Nearly all Investigators agree Ifc
giving It a high value and urge dairy-
men to use this material not only be-
cause it is a cheap Boqrce of protein
but because it also has a high manur-
lai value Practical feeders differ
greatly in their estimates of cotton-
seed meal Some seem to use it very
satisfactorily for a while and latter
conclude that the feed is not well
adapted for their purposes Occasion-
ally a feeder observes that the health
of hia animals is affected by the feed-
ing of cotton-seed too freely and it
sometimes happens that even after ani-
mals have been fed for months with
apparent success that they are injured
by its continued use It has also hap-
pened that cows fed upon cotton-seed
meal do well for & time and that later
the milk flow is diminished without ap-
parent cause There are at present no
other concentrated feeding stuffs which
vary so much in composition as cotton-seed
meals from different sources
and different mills Within three weeks
the station has examined samples vary-
ing from 22 per cent to over 53 per cent
of protein This great variation In dif-
ferent lots of cotton-seed meal may ex-
plain the different estimates of differ-
ent practical feeders and of the same
feeders at different times If a cow Is
fed a cotton-seed meal containing 26
per cent protein and is then fed an
equal weight of meal containing 52 per
cent it is evident that the amount of
protein which she receives will have
been doubled by the change If she has
been fed up to her full capacity in the
first instance such an Increase must re-
sult disastrously On the other hand
changing from a cotton-seed of high
protein content to one of low protein
content would diminish the milk flow
unless the amount of meal fed is cor-
respondingly increased If it is a cor-
rect supposition that much of the trou-
ble arising from the use of cotton-seed
meal Is due to its varying In composi-
tion this can be readily overcome by
the feeder Cotton-seed meal like most
concentrated feeding stuffs cannot be
legally sold in the state ot Maine un-
less the chemical composition is stated
upon the package From the known
composition of different lots it will be
possible to so adjust the amount fed
that the size of the ration as measured
by its content of protein will be kept
unchanged The variations in compos-
ition are so great and the matter is
such a serious one to the consumer that
he for bis own protection should re-
fuse to purchase concentrated commer-
cial feeding stuffs which are not licens-
ed as required by law
Too Mitch Grain Food
At this time of year we hear a great
deal about indigestion and will hear
more about it as he season grows
colder and the birds are more closely
confined For several years we have
had no trouble in this direction for we
have followed the plan of giving a
breakfast of soft food scalded the
night before and allowed to cook by its
own heat over night We believe thj£
to be a complete preventative of indi
gestion The feeding of corn through
the whole year or in fact the feed-
ing of any grain continuously will
bring on indigestion The indigestion
will make itself manifested in various
ways One of these is in the form of
constipation the bird apparently keen-
ly suffering The owner too often does
not know that anything is the matter
but he would if he inspected his poul-
try find that such birds showed no in-
clination to run about preferring to
sit down or to hover in some sheltered
position This 6tage Is followed by
that of great looseness and the poultry
man frequently thinks he has cholera
in his flock The third stage is that
where the coop becomes filled with
sour rancid bad-smelling food and
water It will generally be found that
when this stage is reached the case is
hopeless which is frequently true in
the second stage The whole trouble L
in the feeding
Profit in Pork — It ran be set down
as a rule that the largest profit in rais-
ing pork will result from keeping only
the best breeds constantly in a growing
condition from the time they are born
until slaughtered Have a good field of
clover for pasture during the summer
and as soon as wheat threshing Is over
allow them the freedom of the orchard
screenings small potatoes pumpkins
and other unmarketable products and
thus utilize what would otherwise be
wasted After the first frost shut them
up and fcd corn but let them have an
abundant supply of ashes and salt
which should be kept In a Email box in
the corner of the pen A liberal sup-
ply of charcoal is also’ good for them
When there is a good bed of coals lq
the stove throw three or four fire sljov-
elsful into the swill bucket and it will
aid In promoting digestion When fat-
ten'ng quiet and a clean dry bed are
Indispensable in making pork raisinj
profitable— Colman's Rural World
Poor Stock not Economy— Economy
if impossible with one owning poor
nllcbing Etock for the attempt will
only make them the more unprofitable
True economy will exist in getting a
herd of one-third fewer cows which will
give the yield ho bas been receiving
With such a herd the economy exist
In better feeding than ever— Ex
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