Life — December 7, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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T S2SORS AT NL THE SULU SULTAN’S HAREM, Above a sultan’s harem Old Glory now doth float, And o'er a Sulu e-mart ‘The Starsand Stripes we note ‘They're there by formal treaty In which we sanction free ‘The harem and the slave-mart As things that ought to be! woman's degradation, of man’s enslavement vile, Old Glory now Is lifted In a distant Sulu isle; Hurrah for our new empire; Hurran for our new creed | A harem and a slave-mart Means liberty indeed ! —St. Louts Republic. Mus, MAxtNe ELLIoTr GoopwiN preserves in an expensive frame, under a glass cover, a telegram from Mr, Goodwin which cost the actor many thousands of dollars, and tnct- dentally led to his marriage and bis subsequent settling down, It was sent Just before Mr. Goodwin's latest trip to Australla, on which trip be became engaged, matrimontally, to his wife, George B. McLellan was Mr. Goodwin's manager at that time, and he needed @ leading woman to accompany the actor to the antipodes, He consulted with Frederick Edward McKay, of the Dramatic News, who was conducting trical Intelligence office, and Mr. McKay suggested jot, who had just left Daly’s stock company, ogetber they went to Miss Elliott's hotel and prevallod t place, This decision was For salo by all Newsdealers in Great Britain. London, E. C., England, AGENTS. Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s THB WILSON DISTILLING CO, Baltimore Md, ‘The inter- national News Company, Bream's Building, Chancery Lane, telegraphed at once to Goodwin, who answered with this ery: ee “ AN right, but isn’t sho too tall"? When Miss ¥itlott saw this reply she declined the otfer with equal promptness, and immediately left for San Francisco to take the leading place ina stock company. But Mr. Good- win, with the proverbial changeability of gentus, regretted his query almost as soon as he had made It, and he followed Miss Elllott to San Francisco the next week, There he saw her play, and with impetuous cloquence he persuaded her to go with his company, But it cost him twenty-flve hundred dollars to the San Franctsco manager, the privilege of pro- ducing Mr. Goodwin's plays on the coast at a reduced royalty, double the salary he had first promised Miss Elliott, and a Place in his company for Miss Elliott's sister. —Saturday Evening Post. Aproros of Superintendent Andrews's reported objection to the singing of the “ Recesstonal” tn the Chicago pubite schools on the ground that the athelsts might be offended, the Chicago Must says: For the beneftt of our skittish friends, the athelsts, and In order not to deprive the public school children of the literary beautles of certain poems that may be classed by Dr. Andrews. as “hymns,” we venture to suggest this compromise, taking a few lines In Illustration from our Nattonal anthem : “Our fathers’ God—assuting purely for the sake of argument that there 1s a God—to Thee, Author of liberty —with apologies to our friends, the athelsts— To Thee I sing—ba" we needu’t mean it, you know. Long may our land be bright, With freedom’s holy light; Protect us by Thy might—remember this ts purely Bypo- thettcal— Great God—again assuming that there 1s a God—our king— simply an ailegorical phrase and not intended of- fensively to any taxpayer.” MACMILLAN AND COMPANY: NEW YORK. 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