The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-11-30
(By Herbert Brewster.)


Mr.. George AIDE has just returned from
months stay in France, where he has
been collecting material for a new play
Peggy in Paris" THE Sultan of Sulu''
has proved a remarkable success and Mr..
AIDE seems likely to have the misfortune
of riches come upon him. There is an
interesting feature of the early history
of the Sulu opera. The production, when
first put on, made no impression. Mr..
AIDE at once set to work revising the
matter and, what was as important, Mr..
AIDES Chicago friends set about making
the piece popular. Now it happens that
Mr.. AIDE has the reputation of being the
most popular young man in Chicago. Ger
tainly he is blessed with hundreds of en-
thusiastic friends and with thousands of
admirers in that breezy city-and when
they made up their minds to make the
Sultan of Sulu a ruling favorite nothing
but success could come from it,
Mr.. AIDES last book, THE Girl PROPOSE
ton" was published only a few days
ago.
Those who read the various Vailima
sketches which have appeared during the
past year or so over the names of Mrs
Isabel Strong or Lloyd Osborne, will well
come the forthcoming book issue of these
memories of Stevenson. VI the Valiima
family, Mrs. Strong and her brother were
not only domestic but also literary mem
bers as we'll. Mrs. Strong oftentimes
served as Stevenson's amanuensis and
Lloyd Osborne had the honor of collabora-
ton with him, So it will be recognized
that the memories of Vailima by these
two are of much literary value. An un-
published poem of Stevenson's is included
in the volume.
really important book of the present
season is volume entitled he ROYAL
lists in the American Revolution" a his
tory, in fact, of the American Revolution
written from an entirely new point of
view and embracing many hitherto I'M
collected facts. Curiously enough the
American people have como to look on
the Wing Party in the Revolutionary DAYS
as the Natural Party and to regard the
Loyallst Party as a creation of the times
As matter of fact however, as Mr..
Van Tyne, the author, has pointed out in
his book, loyalty was the normal cond-
ticn. the state that had existed, and did
exist, and it was the Whigs-the Patrits
as they called themselves-wno did tho
converting and changed mems opinions to
suit the new order of things. John Adams
seems to have had considerable share in
creating the impression that the 10y
alist was the unnatural patty For ton
years, he wrote in one of his works, the
British government pursued a systom
whereby they formed and organized. and
drilled and disciplined a party favorable
TO Great Britain" I'm fact he went on
to say, they seduced and deluded nearly
one-third of the people of the colonies"
According to the author, the pcrsecu-
tion Of the Ieoyalists by the Wings dur
ing the war and the Punishment or death
of over one hundred thousand of these
most conservative and respectable Amer
leans, is tragedy but rarely paralleled
in the history CT the world. He believes
that tho Youthful errors Of the American
republic in the matters OF finance, diplo-
macy and politics might have been in
part corrected by the presence of that
conservative element which had either to
be driven into exile, or permitted to re-
main. was long deprived of political AID
social influence.
Mr.. Van Tyne has started out his
book with a story of an enthusiastic 10y
alist which attracts one to further read
ing.
I'm the early days OF the American
Revolution, when the companies Of pa
triots were rallying from every part of
the country to rcpel the British, regi-
ment of militia, coming up from the
South, crossed the James River at the
little town of Richmond in Virginia
While they were passing through the
town, shoemaker stood in his door and
cried: 'Hurrah for King George. No
one took any notice of him. but after
halting in the wood a little distance be-
yond, the soldiers were cooking and eat
ing some fish, when the shoemaker came
to them and began again to hurrah for
King George When the commanding of
ficer and his aides mounted, and were
starting on, the shoemaker still follow
ed, hurrahing for King George. There
upon the officer ordered the pcrtinacicus
Tory to be taken back to the river and
'duckcd The soldiers brought long
rope which they tied about the middle,
around the shoemaker's waist, and see
sawed him backward and forward in the
stream until they had him nearly
drowned. Out every Tune he got MS nedd
above water he would cry for King
George. The officer finally ordered him
TO be tarred and feathered. A feather
bed was taken from the shoemakers own
house, where his wife and four daugh-
ters were crying and beseeching the faith
er to hold his. tongue; but still he would
not. The soldiers tore the bed open.
Knocked the top out Of a tar barrel and
plunged the king worshipper in headlong.
He was then drawn out of the barrel by
the heels and rolled in the feathers I'M
til he was a sight: but still he would
hurrah for King George. The officer,
now thoroughly aroused, ordered the fell
low to be drummed out of town with
tho warming that if he plagued him any
moro he would have him shot. The SEN
tencc was executed and the soldiers saw
no more of the shoemaker
There was a ludierous element in the
obstinate loyalty, but in a
more dignifed character the same de-
fermincd allegiance could have been found
in tho hearts of thousands of Americans