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riltLADELPIIIA, MONDAY, MAttCIl 22, 1913.
That is a brawling household where poverty
and pride dwell together.
The Pilots and the Tort
GOVERNOR BRUMHAUGH has treated
tho bills Increasing the pilotage fees at
thla port as the average citizen would havo
treated them, lie decided that, whatever
may bo the merits of the controversy over
fees, the present is not nn opportuno tlmo (or
increasing the charges of ships that seek
this port. An attempt is making to Increase
tho number of ships coming here, and In tho
present stato of business tho Governor thinks
that It would be unwise to put any obstacle,
even a slight one. In the way of the port
boomers. But he holds out tho hope of
future relief to tho pilots.
This Is probably as wise a decision as it
was possible to make under the circum
stances. Now, If tho Governor will continue
to show his Interest in port development by
using his Influence In tho General Assembly
to convince the legislators from tho country
district? and from tho western part of tho
Stato that their prosperity 1b wrapped up
with tho prosperity of this city, nnd that
every dollar which they appropriate for port
development hero will come back to them n
hundred fold In Improved demand for tho
things which thoy produce, ho will distinguish
his administration in a way that will make
It unique among the administrations that
havo preceded It. To give It this distinction
ho would not have to Indorse tho proposition
that In view of the fact that this Is a great
Inland port tho Commonwealth Itself should
employ a body of pilots to bring nil ocean
going ships up tho Delawaro without cost t
,the shipowners'.
Bibles "Made in Germany"
ARE tho British Orders In Council to stop
x trade In Bibles "made In Germany"?
This is not a foolish question, but a' serious
proposition that Is to bo put up to Sir Ed
ward Grey, tho British Foreign Secretary.
American Importers havo bought $50,000
worth of Bibles in Germany which they aro
trying to gat through tr.o British blockade.
Tho steamship companies havo refused to
carry them, as they fear they will be seized
as contraband, and Secretary Bryan has been
asked to intercede with the British Foreign
Offlce.in behalf of the release of the books.
It Is not always wise to Indulge In prophecy,
but we are inclined to believe that Sir Ed
ward will decide against tho American Im
porters, on the Irrelevant ground that owing
to the present state of German civilization
Germany needs not only all tho Bibles that
It produces, but that use could bo found for
a large supply from other countries. If Sir
Edward were asked to relax the blockade In
tho Interest of a cargo of Bibles billed to Ber
lin ho might consent, so prejudiced are the
British at tho present time.
"I Deal Square"
THIS was the motto of a Chicago butcher
tvhen he started In business years ago. Ha
died the other day, and It is tho motto of
his will. He proved that he "dealt square" by
leaving to his divorced wife all but the
amount legally duo his second wife as her
dower. He said that the first wife helped
him make his fortune, and that sho was en
titled to It when ho was1 gone.
He was right. No disagreement between
them which led to their separation deprived
her of her moral claim to tho estate which
had been accumulated with her assistance.
The case might have been different If she
had been merely a social butterfly, spend
ing hla money for her own pleasure. But
she seems to have been a thrifty woman,
who knew the value of a dollar and the Im
portance of adding dollar to dollar until a
competence was secured. If the butcher's1
motto is placed on his tombstone there will
certainly be one epitaph which does not lie.
A Sad Disagreement Among Friends
SOME kind friends of the Administration
ought to get Senator Simmons and Rep
resentative Fitzgerald together long enough
for them to agree on a story to tell about the
state of the national revenues. Mr. FiU
gerald's summary of the receipts and ex
penditures for eight months of the fiscal year,
Which was made public last Monday, showed
that the net balance In the general fund had
decreased from (189,000,000 on July 3, 1914, to
J42.00O.0OO on March 2, 1915. The excess of
ordinary disbursements over ordinary re
ceipts on December 2 was 155,000,000, and on
March 2 it was $83,000,000; and If the ex
penditures for the Panama Canal are added,
the excess of expenditures over receipts
-reaches the stupendous sum of J103.00O.000.
If the deficit shall continue at the rate of
f 5.000,000 a month, says the chairman of the
House Committee on Appropriations, the
fiscal year will be closed with the balance on
the wrong side of the ledger to the amount
of J13J.Q0O.00O, or 1103.000,000 if the canal ex
penditures are omitted.
Senator Simmons, however, issued a state
ment Saturday night in which he remarks
that "there have been so many conflicting
misstatements" that he has thought it well
to look into the matter- He says that after
looking; Into the matter carefully he feels
'safe In Baying- that the probable flefloit will
sot much, f any, exceed 129,000,000," He
nd that fnsUad of there being a monthly
deficit of 45.fiQO.0fO for the four months end
ing uly 1, the excess of receipts oyer ex
pettditurea will he 169,000.000.
We shall not attempt to reconcile the dif
ferences between the financial leaders of the
Houms and the Seriate They are too great
for any aewspaper to, remove. Harmony can
tm wwrd only by the axerciae of the most
MflojaK. iet. reinforced by a huge corps
EVENING
of expert nceounlanta and optimistic wind
jammers, all using automatic, ball-bearing,
self-oiling subtracting machines. And even
then It la doubtful It thoy can mako $133,
000,000 took llko $26,000,000, or, adding tho
canal expenditures, cause It to bear remote
stepslsterly resemblance to $46,000,000.
And If they try to reconcile tho dlffcrcnco
by deciding that the Income tax, paid In
Juno, will produce enough to make the Sim
mons figures nearer correct than the Fitz
gerald figures, they are likely to discover
that a lot of the peoplo who nre expected to
pay the tax havo not hnd any Income.
"Booze" nt Work
THH liquor lobby at llarrlsburg Is confi
dent, even Insolent In Us assurances that
It holds the Legislature In tho hollow of its
hand. It is not content with domination of
the Senate. In back rooms It flaunts Its con
quest of tho House, ridicules the efforts of
the Governor to translate his campaign
pledges Into statutes and laughs nt the efforts
hlgh-mlndcd citizens arc making to securo
for the' localities that desire It local option.
Thcro is but one chance, ono fighting
chance, to checkmate the conspiracy of do
nothlnglsm, nnd It Is a popular demonstration
of such magnitude that timid legislators who
havo been browbeaten and driven Into the
liquor camp will recover their senses nnd
vote us their constituents desire. A flood of
protests should pour Into Harrlsburg this
week. The Governor is doing his duty, nnd
in opposition to htm are insidious influences
which only a great popular uprMng can
oxercome.
Why are the liquor Interests nlwns fools?
In State after Stato they havo fought regu
lation, battled ngalnst local option and ended
in the rubbish pile. Once let It be demon
strated that liquor controls tho Stato Govern
ment, once let It bo recognized that the dom
inant party Is a liquor handmaiden, and local
option ceases to bo an Issue. Into Its place
comes prohibition, fanatical and irresistible,
dissolving party tlos, bringing into leader
ship men untrained in government, dividing
families too often, raising up bitterness, but
always and Inevitably eradicating license ab
solutely. That Is the verdict tho liquor interests aro
fighting for, although they do not know It.
They aro laying tho foundation for a revolt
that nothing can stop. They aro driving
citizens Into advocacy of radicalism. Let
theso men, If they dare and can, hamstring
tho local option program; let them humiliate
and defeat tho Governor; let them defy pub
lic sentiment nnd work their will through
their political allies; let them win and they
will find thoy havo gained a shadow and
wrecked utterly all hope of conservative
ticatment. No champions strike such mighty
blows for prohibition as liquor Interests
that make their existence a political Issue
and attempt by ono means or another to
paralyze tho police power of the State and
prevent tho enactment or enforcement of
laws devised to put tho 'industry" on n baslB
not dangerous to tho ell-being of society.
With this madness of tho liquor interests
and their ultimate destruction therefor the
people have now nothing to do. They are
charged with an immedlato duty, which Is
to bring every pressure possible to bear on
the Legislature to forsako the special Inter
ests of "booze" nnd follow Instead the good
American doctrine of local self-government.
For it must bo noted that tho men who
shout for "personal liberty" nre the ones
lined up In opposition to tho proposal that
tho counties shall be permitted to decide for
themselves whether or not they wish license.
The only kind of personal liberty they are
for is liberty to defy sovereign authority.
Tho Governor has called on tho people to
help him. Let them answer clamorously and
In such great force that the Legislature
must hear them. Local option will win, de
spite tho lobby, if any considerable part of
the Philadelphia delegation stands by tho
Governor. Fhiladelphlans, therefore, should
be first and foremost in urging their repre
sentatives to vote as good men and true
ought to vote.
Of course staid Philadelphia should have a
stadium.
This is the first Monday in a long time
without Sunday.
This Is the second day of spring, according
to the calendar, and the robins are here, as
well as tho odor of burning leaves.
Only a League of Voters-Sorry-they-Voted-for-Wllson
could equal In size the proposed
League of Voters-Sorry-they-Dld-not-Voto-for-Taft.
Georgo W. Perkins Is still defending the
trusts and challenging a renewal of Amos
Pinchot's demand that he get out of the
Progressive party.
The optimism with which the Mayor began
work on the new transit excavation was
more important and more significant than
the nickel-plated shovel with which he lifted
the earth.
Persia has asked Russia to evacuate part
of her territory. It was Morgan Shuster,
was It not, who discovered to his surprise
that Russia was not In the evacuating busi
ness in Persia,
There are skeptical people In the East who
insist that Mount Lassen is nothing more
than a temporary volcano got up by the
managers of the Panama Fair to attract
visitors to San Francisco.
An Ohio woman who has lived to the age
'of 8S years by observing the rule that what
you want won't hurt you, has been more for
tunate than some others who have tried to
apply the same pleasant doctrine.
Nature's compensating law "there's good
for every evil" for Instance, tho high price
of flour, makes It necessary for a large per
centage of the people to buy It on the instal
ment plan a loaf of bread at a time.
Perhaps President Hadley, 0f Tale, Is
aware that students In American colleges are
not so deeply Interested in politics as stu
dents In English colleges, because in America
politics Is not yet ranked as one of the
teamed professions.
LEDG - EB - PHTtlADEHBlX MOKPAY, MARCH 22 tfjli
ITALY'S KING
LIKE GRANITE
Apparently Willing to Risk His
Throne for Neutrality, With the
Queen and the Country Both
Against Him A Royal Vow.
By VANCE THOMPSON
THE young man who has a kindly enro for
my bools bade me farewell. Ho Is a
bright-eyed, while-toothed Italian; his Ideas
of politics nie simple In tho extreme. Said
he: "I have n King, so I must go home and
fight for my country."
And gloomily ho snllcd to Join his colors,
I might havo told him that his theory of
Italian policy was all wrong; that had it not
been for his hlgh-mlndcd, hnrd-hcaded llttlo
King Italy had been fighting long ago; but
what did It matter to him? Ho wns sorry
to leave N' Yorka. It had meant a great
deal to him In the way of money, which Is
tho root of life. It hnd meant prosperity
this shop-window In Broadway, with Its hats
and boots and big room behind, with the ten
chairs nnd tho hoot boys, nnd, In a nlcho
beyond, the cobbler. And he had to go
away from It all. What was woise was thnt
In coming back were ho ever to rorrto lie
might find his pmspcrlty gone nnd he who
built tho house sit nt tho foot of tho table.
Joining tho colors meant sacrificing In any
case jeopardizing tho hard, progressive
work of seven years in N' Yorka. This ho
told me gloomily. This question was natural
nnd I asked It:
"Why do you go?"
"If 1 don't go now, vn' seln," snld he softly,
"I can never go homo any more!"
It was the way he said It; his voice called
up pictures of Palermo nnd the harbor and
th wet sand and the burning sky and the
fruit boats making out nnd girls dancing nnd
the strumming of guitars. It wns homo, and
It wasn't worth whllo exchanging It for
prosperity In N' Yorka; bettor go baik and
take a chanco of a German bullet than settle
down In permanent exile.
All afternoon an I walked nlono In tho sun
light I thought of Santoro's cryptic remark:
"I have a King, so I must go homo nnd fight
for my country." Wan It merely crooked
logic? Was It a Fnccr, llko a Sicilian knlfo
thrust, at monarchical rule? As a matter of
fact, had It not been for King Victor Em
manuel Italy hnd long since been nt wnr.
Ho Is the llttlo mail, obstinate and pathetic
aB a Sicilian donkey, who has blocked the
will nnd tho way of the nation.
Story of n Royal Vow
The people are against lilm all except cer
tain factions of the nebulous clerical and
"Radical Catholic" pnity. The court in
against him notnbly tho sweet and womanly
Queen; for sho Is a daughter of Montenegio,
where men aro dying dally for ideals of
Balkan freedom. Anil with evory ono against
him wife nnd cotut nnd people ho has
stood for neutrality, obstinately, Immovably.
And a lady of tho Italian court tells me that
Influence pouted upon him Is like water
poured on granite.
Tho story they tell Is that a few years ago
he gavo his "word of honor" that so long an
old Frnnz Joseph lived he would not mnko
war on Austria Why did ho give such n
promise to the old Kaiser of tho disintegrat
ing monarchy? No one protends to know.
Only It is this oath that stands in tho way of
Italy's Joining the Allies. Abldo from that
Prlnco von Buclow has not been Idle. With
threats nnd promises he has Influenced some
of the Italian statesmen and flnnnclcrs; but
his work wouldn't have amounted to much
If he had not had the King's vow as a lever.
All Italy for War
Here's ono King who has stood for peace
In the face of a nation that has been nlmost
unanimous In Its belief that It wns a national
duty to go to war.
Of course, ono has to speak according to
one's lights. Thcro has been no "referen
dum" no plebiscite. But without that Italy
In a democratic way has expressed Its na
tional thought clearly enough. It is printed
in the nowspnpers. It Is cried aloud In public
meetings and in Parliament. Mobs havo
rioted it In tho streets. Now what Is of first
Importanco Is that nil parties a Dcstrn, a
Sinistra, a Centre nre of ono mind In this
matter. Even Bissolatl, the great Socialist,
has put his duty to tho nation ahead of his
duty to his party.
If you wero to try to get at the cause of
this well-nigh universal war feeling in Italy
you might look for It In the old hatred for
Austria. There are thoso still living who
suffered under Austria's rule; at all events,
their sons have not forgotten, and always
before them aro tho subjected Itallnns of
Trentlno and Trieste living examples of Aus
trian tyranny. Tho spirit of Italian brother
hood Is very strong. For generations It has
sworn to freo these unhappy brothers along
tho Austrlanlzed shores of tho Adriatic. And
now that the chanco has como the plain man
the unsubtle Italian falls to see why thoy
don't go In and do it.
Spirit of Racial Brotherhood
My young friend Santoro did not glvo that
as a reason for going homo to Join tho colors.
But he's been seven or eight years away. He
was out of the current national thought. Be
fore he has been home a fortnight ho will
think that thought, even as all Italy thinks
It today. Tho stream will go on and carry
him with It. You can't stop and rarely can
you deflect movements of that sort. They
appeal to more than national prldo or racial
brotherhood. The movement for tho libera
tion of the subjected Italian provinces has
In it an appeal to all that is best in man
hts humanltarlanlsm as well as his fraternal
love.
Another thing has added to the intensity
of popular feeling In Italy.
The alliance with Germany and Austria has
never been looked upon with favor except in
certain political and financial circles. There
was immense relief when the two German
empires declared an aggressive war thus
freeing Italy from any obligation to aid them
In their aggression. Free of this political
partnership, Italy felt the hour had come for
her to pursue her own high national destiny.
Here then, briefly put, is the trend of Ital
ian thought today. Against It stands (Bhort
Jegged, serene, Immovable as the Sicilian
donkey whereof there has been mention) tho
grim little King Vlttorio Emmanuele II. Is
he oathbound? Only the sad, Bweet Mon
tenegrin wife of his bosom knows. And I
do not think It is of great Importance, What
Is of incalculable Importance Is the fact that
he Is risking his throne on the Issue.
Republicanism in Italy
In the first place the Italian monarchy Is
just about as stably placed as a lighthouse
on a quicksand. Politically its existence de
pends upon the support of the Left that Is,
upon advanced liberal and radleal elements.
And more and. more the balance of power
COMES HIGH, BUT- .
bi-jS&evf fwm ffr? a-"" vi
goes to tho Left toward tho ginnd old his
toric patty of the nepublicans, and the ex
treme Loft of I3lssol.it I nnd his Socialists.
Indeed, as Bertnnl said, the nation Is only
"conditionally monarchical." Certain parts
of Italy aro proudly Hcpubllcan. Umbrla,
Home, Genoa, Lomburdy, Tuscany, Vcnclla,
Piedmont, aro still largely faithful to tho old
Republican tradition handed down ftom tho
mighty founders of modern Italy thoso
hardy old Republicans, Mnzzlnl, Garibaldi
and Cattaneo.
It Is, to be mire, largely a middle class
party; but that Is meiely becattso the ar
tisans and laboring men of tho cities and
tho fields have gone a step or two further
and arc In tho Socialist party. Aro they
antl-monarchlcal? Both parties aro. What
divides them aro questions of civic and eco
nomic policy. In fact, that Is truo of nil the
various patties that mako up tho Left Radi
cals, Liberals, Republicans, Socialists. They
aro divided by ideals. Old Crlspl saw It
clearly when ho said that monarchy ttood
for union, whllo republicanism meant divi
sion. It means just that, brcautfo in tho divi
sions and discussions of freo men in a re
public is llfo and tho possibility of growth
not death.
THE ORDER IN COUNCIL
Varied Comment on Great Britain's Recent
Sea Order, Which Raises Old Questions
and New.
I'rom tho Boston Transcript.
The order in council was nothing but a
proclamation, and tho Importance tho publlo
seems to attach to tho document would better
bo transfertcd to the policy It expresses
The net result of the correspondence is not
wholly unfavorable to tho United States. Tho
Allies asreo to limit tho operation of what they
aro now for tho first tlmo calling a "blockade"
to Eutopcan waters. Including the Mediter
ranean That Is a. concession won by tho United
States, which had protested against the as
sumption of a claim to overhaul off our own
coast vessels bound to or from Germany. Tho
Allies pledge themselves not to Indulge In the
practice which Is known as "hovering," which
has for Its purpose the Interception of vessels
Just outside the maritime league. In winning
this admission tho United State3 has won
much, even if it got no mora than that to
which it was entitled. Hero la at least some
abatement of tho Allies' arrogance, and as our
Government by no means considers the cor
respondence ended It may gain soma other
points before tho exchange of views is com
pleted. From tho New Orleans States.
The most critical stage, so far as the United
States Itself Is concerned, has now been reached
In tho war, nnd there ought to bo no shadow of
weakness In the attitude of the Administration
toward it. 'What tho Government must de
termine Is whether It Is willing to submit to
chaos In its own business and Industrial life
merely because the belligerent nations decree
that world-trado must stop except under the
conditions which they themselves set down.
From the Springfield Republican.
As for Britain, reply on Its side was
made almost superfluous by the order In council,
for which tho German war zone decree gave
excuse, and which obliterates at a, stroke most
of tho matters with which the Identic note sent
by tho United States had dealt. Of more lasting
Interest are the points raised by our Govern
ment In Its note of Inquiry as to Uia nature or
tha proposed retaliation, nor are all these points
yet made perfectly clear. As the State Depart
ment pertinently remarks: "The first sentence
claims the right pertaining only to a stats or
blockade. The last sentence proposes treatment
of ship and cargo as If na blockade existed, The
two together present a proposed course of action
previously unknown to international law, As a
consequence neutrals havo no standard by which
to measure their rights or avoid danger to
their ships and cargoes."
From toe New Tork Tribune.
This country Will freely acknowledge tha
validity of a formal allied blockade, We know
where we stand on that proposition, having our
selves carried through the moat difficult block
ade in history. We are willing to live up to
our own record from 1SJ1 to IMS. Tha main
point of formal blockade having ban conceU4,
we can readily harmonise our rights with the
rights of the belligerent. All that we can
ask Is that tha blockade shall be officially aor
knowledge! to be what It U, that Its area, shall
be a little more dearly denned, and that a
similar blockade shall be declared against
AutlHa-Hungary and Turkey. If the right to
seize neutral vessels carrying enemy cargo of a
concontratand nature la also to b asfrtt-i tn
the Mediterranean.
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BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA
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In Drama."
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in the Now Stage Craft."
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and Music." ,
(4) Theatre "The Story of tho Castles."
THE NEW BEAUTY
Wn SPEAK of beauty as a permanent
reality, and yet tho shifting rainbow Is
scarcely more ovancscent than the substance
of our dreams of beauty. The essence of
Victorian beauty wns elaborate ornamenta
tionarabesques and rococo trimmings that
mado it a fragile and cxpenslvo luxury, de
signed for tho privileged few. Nowhcro has
tho leaven of democracy worked more ap
parently than In tho metamorphosis of our
semso of beauty to an appreciation of simple
lines and good proportions and harmonious
colorings, with an underlying consideration
for utility a beauty for tho masses, attain
able to any ono for the mere effort of ap
preciating and desiring it.
With consistent rigor we aro simplifying
and expurgating every form of expression;
flowers of oratory, flowery Brussels carpets,
slushy music, too soft and limpid portraits
of Galahads and Maidens at Prayer, aro nil
being cast away, ono by one, Into a limbo of
outgrown things,
Ono of tho latest nnd most charming cf
our slmpllllcations Is the new stago craft, as
expressed by Granville Barker in tho plays
ho has staged In New York city this winter.
Scvernl of tho month's magazines comment
on this new venture. In Bplte of our former
pride in Bolasco and his pinnacle of realism,
tho facsimile of a Chllds restaurant, deposited
bodily upon tho stage, tho magazlno comment
on this new stago craft, no much less real
and so much more Imaginative and romantic.
Is, In tho main, favorable.
The significance of Mr. Barker's work In
staging Shaw's "Androclca and the Lion," and
tho charming curtain raiser, "The Man Who
Married a Dumb Wife," is much deeper than
the tloctlng ple.asuro which theso plays glvo
their audionces, Tho enthusiasm with which
this work has been greeted gives promise that
this is only tho forerunner of n new school
of play production, which shall stand to the
minute and oven sordid realism of Chllds
restaurant scenes as the straight, flno lines
of modern houses stand to the bulging, bow
legged gables of Queen Anno cottages. For
llko the modern revival of Colonial archi
tecture, this so-called new stago craft Is
really only the revival of n classic simplicity,
temporarily neglected.
Clayton Hamilton, the essayist and critic,
writes enthusiastically of this change In "Ro
mance and Realism In the Drama" (1), In the
Bookman:
We have become so accustomed to the
realistic method In modern art that the reader
needs to be reminded that all fiction was ro
mantic until three centuries ago. Realism
Is contemporaneous with modern science nnd
other applications of inductive thought.
The point of this revolt against realism
In the theatre Is assuredly well taken. The
advocates of the new stage craft do not
demand the abolition of picture frame pro
ductions of realistic plays; they demand only
that romantic plays shall no longer bo pro
duced in a renllstlo manner. Mr.
Barker has discarded the conventions of the
renllstlo stage. Before tho curtain he has
built a wldo apron, descending in terraced
steps to the auditorium; and in this empty
apron he has conducted a great part of the -
nction. uenina tne curiam nis scenery is
merely summary and suggestive not detailed
and photographic like the scenery of the re
cent realistic theatre. Ho suggests the im
minence of the Eternal City by a pale mono
chromatic background with three round
arches, and by a sweeping gesture of an
actor toward the gallery, which points out
an imaginary Coliseum. For the purposes of
a romantlo play, this surely Is a bettor method
of investiture than a pictorial representation
of the Coliseum, and a solid imitation of the
Arch of Titus in the foreground.
Mr, Hamilton discusses these plays in a
similarly sympathetic vein in Vogue, and
there is also a very appreciative description
of the work of Robert Jones, the American
artist, who devised thf extraordinarily charm
ing coloring and settmg of the playlet, "The
Man Who Married a Dumb Wife'' (2);
Mr, Jones rnade the dresses him
self, painted the scenery, dyed the curtains
with hla own hands, arranged the head
dresses and even made the shoes. The night
before the first performance of the play he
might have; been seen in a little room at the
back Of the theatre, sitting on the floor sur
rounded with stuffs and pins. In his shirt
sleeves, and looking as though he had not
slept for nights, he was making the dress
which Llllah McCarthy (the herolne was to
wear the following evening, and which had
not yet had the first RKJjur. with
some one standing by tsrhaid nins ami u-i-
sorsr. he uns lengths of th material b0 had
THE MAGAZINES
SOlC'Ctrrl frif l)n inoft.n,A ... . - . i
aon who was to wear It. """""KM,
mLr,i ? W?,'n,?.la" i. 'nosLl8ly ft!
needed a pin, I pt a pin. I used SZ&&
?, nx? ." ?.nch dr"s- Wherever there ra
il place to bo covered up, I Juit covmllt
!!. iSeams so ,na'Ki"y; that Is what lip.
pencil when primitive peoplo mado drtnS
i . ,t,ll l,crsn stands complete In tot
detail but bristling with pins and aXitoi
I aill 10 CCt llPr Milt nf hnf trnfrnarl mi.t.
where my smartness cornea In. I have left
- ,..c. i mum oi ii aa i worn ana I tn
going to cut her out of it I Just leave i
largo fold somewhere on each costume. Theas
I out away, and out she or he slips, and!
all I havo to do to complete the costume li
to put a stitch In the place of each pin." '
Lawrence Gllman writes enthuslastlcallr ol
theso two plays in the North American He-'
view (3): j
When Andtocles and his friend Tommy,
tho Lion, waltzed rapturously oft the stage
at tho end of the first act of Mr, Grahvlllt
Barker's production of Shaw's nlnv onrt 1h
atidlcuco burst into a Joyous roar of oV
lighted appreciation, Mr. Barker's ambltloa
and long-watted enterprise was saved. Ilm
was something that was just "good fun
fun do luxe to bo sure, delightful and find;
flavored and exquisitely adorned fun, yet
something that might bo heartily rellrtrt
even by tho fabulous being (if he Is not faV
ulous. ho Is at least never self-confessed), til'
"low-brow."
AN INSIDE GLIMPSE OF THE CASTLEl.
Curiously enough, tho only magailne whkij
sniffs at tho "now stago craft" 13 the Theatre,'
which appreciates "Androcles and the LIoiv
with rather hackneyed adjectives, but ilfr'
misses tho "Dumb WIfo" with wltherttp
scorn. Tho Theatre finds a more congtslilj
object for appreciation in the Castles (I),
and presents a biography of Mrs. Castle wn4
icn Dy tier mother, JSiroy 1'ooie; :
Mrs. Vernon Castle was born In New Km
chcllo In tho same house and home she vm
married from, and where I still live. W
Hubert T. Footo was her. father, and ti.,
practiced medicine In the office of his father,)
Dr. Kdward Foote, on Lexington avenue. tM
house now owned nnd occupied by the VernoJ"
Castles when In town. As to the happlnw)
of tho Vernon Castles. I hesitate to touea
on a subject that should be sacred, tut w
justice to my most lovable Bon-ln-Iaw, I nwji'
stnto that their private life leaves little t
i. j , ,
u
Ono summer at tho Now Rochelle Tkm
Club, Vernon Castlo was introduced to JreM,
and another pago was turned ta per ute
book. On the 28th day of May, WJ-"?,;
was married to Vernon uasiie w"r-
signed a contract for a Revue in a vm
theatre, nnd In January my chl Wren tuin,
for France. Those were terrible -"
Know. uiio iiruuui-uuii u - :-mtt
postponed. , Funds were .exhausted. Tgj
unauy mo snow uiu oijuii, it " -,,"';. .vj
. ,i, .,v,ii oH l.onrt.hreaklns to IW
Castles. Some kind friend Invited thtmw
supper at the Cafe do Paris Of WW.
roue noitung iresn rcnuuiicu - - ta
gown. Donning that, sho and M'
maculato husband sallied forth with tw
pockets and stomachs to what was to pro;
mo turning poini in ""', ''" ...klnrtP
Somo ono nsltett tnem io u.wuu. -. rhe)f
her train, and with, their heart; In
mouths, thoy began tlicir jirf' '."hroujM.
The guests nppiauneu, mm "-""Hh .n-4
n hundred franc note to Vernon Ji
mipsr from n. bearded Russian to .dance agw
His gentlemanly Instincts f(fl0??a't.enieo!
was about to send it back with the states
that they would Do charmed to i danos s
for tho gentleman r n0"""? J, un(jer tMj
FCJL" Ifo gave him ' t4
table
uiiu jcwimcv - .- a.- mania
rtt fried
cmuiiiMY ,. l'.,v. "',,",., MOOS"
would never speak to him "Ba";. wiU
Louis, the manager, was so flf"jjr thM ?
.. ii... Lie ndrin nnri Keen ww :--,.-
their success that ho mode them an w N
and there, and at what aeernea w
I
princely salary, tney "Vifa da. VOV-.i
at tho supper hour at the CaM ua v
The fame of the Castles spread, ana Vlwn
drawing rooms wero open to tne
went over to England for two weej w
successful season as tiiey "iv"ue and MUI
While In Paris, Miss Elsie deWoU9
Elizabeth Marbury had been interw
upon their return to New J.uttrwU
terlally tq make a "go" i?JtSert"S
Which Vernon was to open. vtTdr Vtfus.
have worKea sim '", r musical x"M
greater than over In the
SmSS'SSi
mat xney iiiemeeivco ..- .- --; th-. 0i
but that considerably exceeds tnsi
President of the United Statejs.,
ONLY OF THEE AND MIS
i.. -. ... o,i m tha night wind li"
Only of ua the sailors speak al f.ta'iit!M
Tha earth Is Oiled with wonderful " ?j
Only of thee and me.
.. , ,. chant.
on'y. ? ??!'. ";.,S:n trtT . Ai
n 1.1 ;.i nnrt gnrnhlna tell the ear J1'
Only of thee and
Only of us the whole world's tuW 3
Far we are Love, and aoo i "" -. -Only
cf thee and me, till all aaau iaF
uaty pi iaw IaBU i-ipm
tneir return io ro "",,"" Ust saco3
Cafe on Broadway, they began ju it
s JS-fcg.i i-.Aiifc .l.. ,
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