Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-03
INTERESTING PEOPLE.
Bah Interviews BeerbOhm Tree and
YVette Guilbert.

NATE OF DOLTAIRE AND HAM
LET-DU MAURIER'S CHARAC-
TER OF THE HYPNOTIST-THE
FRENCH SINGER AS THE NINE
TENTH CENTURY SIREN -
WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE AC-
COMPLISHED IN CLEOPATRA'S
TIME-THE WORTH OF PEOPLE
AS COMPARED TO OBJECTS IN
STILL-LIFE-A BRAIN AS A GOOD
THING TO POSSESS.
From Our Regular Correspondent
New York, December 81 can al
ways sympathiZe with the little girl
who said: Il do like the world-not
the skies and grass and furniture and
houses, but the people in the world
That small woman and | are in har-
mony to the last degree. Studies in
still-life, whether they are done by
artists in oil or water, or anything
else, or even by nature, are to me in
tensely tiresome l imagine that | am
writing myself down great fool. But
iasm about scenery. | enjoy, in an
even, quiet sort of way, beautiful out
look, but l like better an effective in
look, when it means a glowing fire, a
properly furnished room, with plenty
of books, and best of ALL plenty of in
teresting people. Interesting people
make life worth living. OF course, the
people who interest me may seem stu
pid to you, but then we can fall back
on that blacklist of falsehoods-the
Declaration of Independence-dec
that we are all "born free and equal"
and that each has a right to decide as
to the interesting man. 1t goes almost
without saying that each has that right,
but then, we are not born free and
equal. Just now two people are in
teresting me- So imagine yourself in
front of the open fire upon which in
sist wherever / do abide-imagine
yourself in a comfortable Chair-imag
inc having had good dinner, which
is the right of every human being
and imagine that, feeling as comfort
ably as a man should feel under these
circumstances, | am telling you of two
interesting people | met to-day. Being
a man, you look at me in patronizing
way and permit yourself, as has man
from the beginning, and as he will even
unto the end Of the world, to be enter
tanned by woman.
ACTOR BEERBOHM TREE.
First thing then ! say, Il had the
pleasure Of meeting that well-bred gen.
tleman and artistic actor, Herbert Beer
bohm Tree. His personality? He is
tall, well built and fair. He has that
peculiar shyness which belongs TO we'll
bred Englishmen. and which, | confess
to you, is rather fascinating. / said to
him: Mr.. Tree, what did you think
Of Doltaire"
said he: 'Doltaire is no better and
no worse than the men of his time. He
was only little cleverer than the az err
age courtier he realized all that his wit
meant to him; he knew that he was
laughed at because he was the son Of a
peasant mother; and approved Of be-
cause he was the son of king. At that
court illegitimacy was made a subject
for bon-mot, but it was not counted a
disgrace-provided there was royal
blood on one side. Like all bad men,
he was not entirely bad. There were
times when he absolutely longed to do
right: there were times when he did
kind acts, was ashamed and furious If
they were discovered. He belonged to
an artificial era; men minced in their
steps as they did in their morals. They
took short steps for fear of shaking off
the powder from their hair, and they
laughed at goodness and virtue to eX-
cuse their own shortcomings.
you see, am taking it for granted
that you have read the Seats of the
Mighty, but If you haven't, don't do it.
Instead go to see the play; for the
play introduces you to some fascinating
people Madame Pompadour among
the rest. And Their it makes you I'M
derstand, as we are all trying to realize
these days, the cause of revolution, So
cialism, or whatever you choose TO call
the fiery outbursts of the people. You
wave your hand at me-you say don't
get excited; but that's where we wo-
men find more pleasure in life than
men do; we are enthusiastic.
Then asked /, talking this time
to Mr.. Tree, tell me about Hamlet
AS TO HAMLET.
There was polite little smile about
the doctors lips as if l had asked him
to tell me about everything that had
happened since the world began. Wo-
men invariably rush in where any
thing human or divine fears even to
use an Interrogation point. Then he
said: Il think that which most dis
tinguishes Hamlet is his simplicity
If you take up the play and look at the
character as child would read story