Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-08
when they returned to their sxpectant
city editors.
Cody Did His Rest

Cody Did His Best.
In view of all of which it would seem that
| old man Cody's amazement over the things
that he and the things that he heard
when the prison doors opened for him after
| his third of century of confinement, may
have been part of an amiable plan of his
| to live up to what was expected of him.
1T should be remarked, by the way. that
New Workers in general expect all 'uit-
| landers residents. that is to say. of the
| remainder of the United States-to conduct
themselves like six-year-olds at the theater
! for the first time when they have their ini-
| tlal look around on Manhattan Island. The
New Yorker sulks disnlaly when a relative
| or friend from the Provinces" in New
ork for the first time. retains the poise of
a normal human being in the face of all
the tlnSel glory and grandeur spread out
before him.
Object to Natrimony.
Women are queer" said well-known
art dealer of This town the other afternoon.
They don't cohere. They don't mingle
with themselves. They-er-weu. they are
queer aren't they?'
The wherefore of which remarks is as fol-
lows:
There was in progress here last week an
exhibition of the new bits of a famous
illustrator, whose tall square jawed youths
in evening clothes and equally tall SUNNI
tuously formed, modishly dressed, sulky-
mouthed and altogether delightful Ameri-
can SlFiS, are known everywhere in the
world The young women attended this ex-
hlbltion in droVcs. Of course But in look
Ing at the artists pictures, and commenting
ecstatlcaIiy upon them. nearly every woman
VINO attended turned to her COMPANION and
remarked, at least once. What a pity he is
married! The unceasing rataplan of re-
marks OF TINS character was the occasion
Oh the art dealers little speech with refer
ence to the sex. He couldn't understand
nor can any mere men, for the matter of
nativity the fact that this notable artist
mas married should make any difference
Whatever in the quality of appreciation in
which he is held by his feminine admirers
None of the women who made the remark
had ever seen the artist, probably none of
Them had any idea of ever seeing him
ne 1act that he had taken a life partner
IL would seem, could have no bearing what
ever IN their estimation of his work Yet
| II dld ana does have a bearing The women
VINO attended the exhibition unhesitatingy
declared that they observed a distinct fail
ing OH in the character of the artists work
since MS marriage. This falling off Of
course Is purely imaginary; the best critics
alnIm that the artists work Is improyin,
by leaps and bounds.
How He Fell From Grace
1t is difficult to understand lust why u,o.
men look so gloomily upon the marriages
Oh their personally unknown Idols There
10 young American writer, whose remark
sipie sei-assurance doesn't detract a whit
from MS admitted cleverness. who was, I'M
I'll his comparatively recent marriage a
Verltapie modern Sir Galahad in the eyes OF
some missions of cultured young women in
THIS country They bought his nhotoeranbs
me young man has always caused himself
10 De pictured most generously-and thew
bought his novels out of their Din money.
ana, despite any amount of criticism which
the young man invited by his self-assur-
a a, the1 persisted IN declaring him to be
just about the loveliest that ever was
wen, so far as this large element of his
popularity was concerned the young man
drfted onto lee shore when he got mar
RED He destroyed himself as an idol of the
romantic feminine contingent. They turned
from MIN more in sorrow than anger but
turn from him they did The young man
has conducted himself with much more
modesty of manner since his marriage and
MS Work has been quite as good, if not bet
ter. but the erstwhie adorng young things
quite fail to see him nowadays no matter
now tremendously fetching he looks in the
khaki uniform of war correspondent, no
matter how much of the esteem of men he
has gained by his admirable work He Is
shelyed it would seem, and shelved simply
because he had the effrontery to go off and
get married.
When Actors Marry.
The same idea prevails as to the stage.
A married matinee idol is quickly made to
feel his loss of popularity with the sex.
There is one well-known theatrical man.
ager over here who almost froths at the
mouth when rumor gets abroad that one
of his bachelor leading men-any one OF
them-ls considering matrimony The man.
ager storms at the offender and threatens
him and pleads and eXpustulates with him,
and he generally succeeds in clutching the
matrimonially disposed actor from the dan
ger which mpends by a bit of an increase
in salary. Numerous matinee idols who nave
shattered their popularity by marrying DUR
ing recent years could be named.
1t is all very mysterious, this matter. The
young women don't expect ever to meet the
stage chaps, and it would be !dotic to claim
that a married actor can't act well
he could before his ascent of the hymeneaI
altar: yet the fact remains that the actor
who marries after having been a matinee
idol receives the distinctly aslant gaze from
his whilom adorers. Singularly enough. the
young women who make idols for them
selves are quite as 10th to the actresses
of their souls united in connubiai bliss. Lead
ing young actresses whose marriages are
announced suffer an immediate loss of pop
ularity among their female worshpers. 1t
is said that a shrewd appreciation of this
fact is all that is keeping several loving
stage couples now playing in New York
from the trip to the Little Church Around
the Corner. 1t is likewise said that some of
these couples have really been married for
some time past but that they are keeping
their marriages quiet for the best of buSi-
ness reasons 1t is well known, of course
that young women who take their theatre
cal amuSementS seriously cannot endure the
sight of an actor and his w.fe-hoWever
cellent they may be-playing opposite each
other.
81 wonder" said wel-known married
actor who plays with his equally WELL
known wife. in speaking Of this matter not
long ago. Il wonder If everything wouldn't
be all right again If our press agent were
to spread the word abroad that 1 backen-
ed my wife's eyes and threw her down.
stairs a few times day?' c. L. c.
In the Wrong Chair.
From the Chicago News.
The Artist-"Did 1 ever shave you before,
sir?'
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