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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-13

Rivas' achieved no great dssrss @
financial prosperity.
we things she was 6svotsd to-hr
profession and her musio. There II no
place much dreerier than the interior OF c
theater in the daytime when there 10 no
performance going on. There Is only the
bare stage. and the empty house. which
yawns grimly and ~forbiddtngly. Here
and there q charwoman dusts the seats
or polishes the brass railing. or you see
a group Of stage hands busted with some
mechanism behind the scenes.
It was in such surroundings that Min
Barrymore continued her musical oduca-
ton. Whenever 1t was possible she
would secure permission Of the manager
OF the theater to use the piano, which
was then an inevitable feature OF every
orchestra. and in this way she continued
her practice.
The next season after that in which her
debut was mad opened with little prom
Use. There was no engagement in sight
not even for a road company, and a
Broadway opening seemed q thing or
which one might scarcely dream, much
less hope to realize. But It came and,
like most other much-desired things, in
a manner totally unexpected, John Drew
and his company had settled down for a
long run in THE Bauble Shop at the
Empire Theater in New York. In the
middle Of the run one member Of the cast
suddenly retired. for reasons best known
to herself. Partly because she was the
niece of John Drew, but mors because
she could be reached quickly with the
message, she was sent for to play the
part.
She was then just Is years old, and had
but two hours in which to study the part
She was compelled to play without the
benefit OF a single rehearsal. There was
not even time to alter the gowns of tho
actress who had retired. Two skillful
maids and a plentiful supply Of pins did
wonder on short notice.
With all these disadvantages. Miss Bar
rymore was by no means embarrassed.
She succeeded in the part and played with
her uncle. John. during the remainder Of
the season. She went to London as q
member OF the cast Of the Secret Serv-
Ice" company. and remained as a member
or Sir Henry Irving's Lyceum company.
Returning to America, she had q small
part In His Excellency the Governor
and succeeded to the leading role in that
play when II took TO the road" Next
came Captain links" in which she made
her bow as a star; then a double bill OF
Carrots" and "A Country Mouse and
now Cousin Kata.n
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communicative.

Il similar ideas in life. Mr.. Black Dta-
mond. who IL in the coal business, remem-
bers that he has seen his rival, Mr.. Red
Ash. somewhere.
They meet In the same restaurant sew
eral times. Mr.. Black Diamond mods to
Mr.. RED Ash. Some night it will be found
that there IL no vacant table for Mr.. Ash.
and Mr., and Mrs. Diamond. who are din
ing Cd famille. invite him.
Mr.. Ash Is the friend then Of Mr.. Dia-
mond. Cocktails make him an old friend
and champagne a lifelong one,
The circle widens in various directions.
Mr.. Ash knows Mr.. Camel and Mr.. Can
mel IL an intimate friend Of the Breakers.
In less tina no time Mr.. and Mrs. Spoon
er are in society"
Their goings and comings are regulated
by the programme of the Ashes. the Cam
nels and the Breakers. The social instinct
has food for its cravings.
SYMPHONY OF DRrNn
Cocktails and clsret the spooners rave
at the Busy Bee Restaurant; then at the
Paragon Hotel, where the Cannels are
dining, they have coffee and brandy. All
repair to the Hector refectory for cham
payne.
Truly. Mr.. and Mrs. spooner are in such
q mood BY that time that they may 90
home in Q cab instead of q street car.
Then # is that they Justify their names
and the Cannels, and the Ashes, and the
Breakers. and all their friends become
spooners too. They steal spoons of all
kinds They conceal the forks in their
gowns, for 1t Is to be regretted that the
feminine Spooner is in most cases the
receiver. She hides the table furnishings
where she may.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-13

bar "7eoe on yew n~sshHsnti 0Fvs away
your own things II you want 10 x0a
gave that to ms"
'You had q load cf peaches secretly That
DAY, old GIRL" REMARKS ths anzahls
'Bny."
You werenrs WALKING any dhark Tina
yourself" In the wffely response
The spooners' life ends pretty mnch d.
Same way. II there Is = diminuncn OF tn
come the hotel and the restaurant sfvs
place to the BAG room OF the saloon and
the well appointed saloon to the oornG
sroggery.
There Mira epooner mssts new grades
Of society@women whom shs wool hav
Stunned years before and men whoss
looks would once hav repealed her Ths
Spoonsrs are ut q stage In their career
where It Is no violent transition from bad
to worse.
They follow tn the same paths Of moral
and social Responsibility. The 6fvufoa
courts get one or the other, and tribunals
where armed Judges SIT are given over
to the washing Of spoiled tnsn In ths raS-
Lie gaza.
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In most cases she is too much emoold-
ened by the viutages OF France and pousse
cafes to care what she does.
Ethics take no part In S~poonerdom. Nor
ais are almost unknown quantities ana
spoons are souvenirs.
Spooner at-homes are not frequent. but
when they are, the motley collection which
adorns the sideboard or Is ished out from
tho top drawer Of the clearinghouse bu-
reau would I'LL the soul of the thrifty no.
telkeeper with despair.
If all the spells of Spoonerdom should be
suddenly assembled. the light of Jay might
not be seen for a week on account Of the
swarms Of stolen knives, forks and SPOONS
which would fill the sky.
Mrs. Spooner." I asked one of ths sam-
lily once. why do you stealT-
Il don't like the way you talk" b 70
piled. 81 don't think it's mics. I take
these things as souvenirs
II guess We spend e good desl Of monay
in the Busy Bee. I should think we DO.
ana many Is the time that Charley has
paid $50 in checks in one week.
One of the first things which, the quests
ask their host and hostess is Where aid
you get those spoons?'
What a store of reminiscence the bits
OF plated metal recalll
isn't that a fine soup ladle7" rernarkn
Mrs. BILLY" impulsively.
Say, do you remember the night We got
1t? Jimmy Bounder was there and
well. Jimmy was speechless-put his head
in the soup tureen."
THE DoINGs OF "JIMMY."
us the gentleman through with his
soupr asked the waiter.
"tGo away and don't bother me- says
Jimmy; I'm a gentleman. all right
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and she to-day represents the youngest
generation OF what Is probably the Oldest
and best-known family of these come
tons
Although she had spent several years in
the Notre Dame convent IN Philadelphia,
where she was born. she could not have
been entirely unfamiliar with the life be-
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: Az Nine. Trentcni IN Captain inks"
her nrst stellar role.

hind the footiight,. even at "A. but the
knowledge was theoretical and gained
purely by hearsay.
Her education at the convent had In no
great wise differed from that OF any of
the other girls, representatives for the
most part OF Phiiadelphia's Oldest fami-
lies.
According to the best authority The
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read in the smallest type, in the most ia
conspicuous place. Ethel Barrymore"
OF course. there was no difficulty in
placing her then. s. was the daughter
Of Maurice and George Drew Barrymore
and the granddaughter Of the star in
whose company she was playing. It is
almost ten years since Ethel Barrymore
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Slender, ungraceful and IA, the youngest
member Of the company of Mrs. John
Drew, st.. attracted little attention.
II sornething in the personality OF the
yeuus actress with an insignificant role
induced theater-goers to turn over their
programmes to look for her name, they
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played that Insignificant role in The
Rivals" It must ave been a strange life
that this 1A-year-old convent-bred school
girl came into when she took up h prac-
tice Of her hereditary. but none the less
chosen. profession. For generations her an
cestors nave been connected with the his
tory Of the American and English stage,
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AND MONEY.
Love dies, alacki

When Love dies, alacri
The whole world puts on blsckJ
The light Of day
Turns to lead grayj
The roses sicken and fade,
The song Of the birds La stin,
Music is hushed and afraid,
And all that was good IL Ill;
The heart Is a broken thing;
The blood runs pale and cold;
OF this bereft
There is nothing LETT
But the greed and gain Of gold.
WILLIAM J. HAMPTON.
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fellow feeling with mortals are dis
posed to cast no ascetic glances upon
mans pardOnabIe frailties.
These worldly old gods are well lovS1
and would be. were there need. well
fought for. but there is little respect
in the affection the populace bears
them. The other three gods retain in
their separate forms the panoply of the
church, and thus keep a hold upon the
veneration of the people. The japanese
themselves have no clear idea of Uhe
significance, the direct or microscopy
power Of their household gods" There
is no getting at the beginning or the
end Of their idols.
Not one out of a thousand of the ma
tives can give any information that
would be of value to the student of
comparative religions. Nevertheless,
few are the children of Japan that have
not been soothed to sleep by a lullaby
that announces the rowing into port Of
the treasure boat with the seven gods
on New Years eve-the season when
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the picture. with State buildings and
the great Inside Inn beyond them. The
Government building is upon a high
elevation and from its porticos and
loggias many interesting views are OBJ
tained.
The two large buildings nearest the
Government building are the Palaces
of Liberal Arts and Mines and Met
allurgy. Next come the Plaza of Or
leans and the Palaces of Manufac-
lures and Education. The broad space
which divides the main group into two
parts is known as the Plaza st. Louis.
The prominent feature of this place is
the Louisiana Purchase monument,
which stands near the north end of the
Grand Basin. The surroundings of this
plaza form the central picture" of the
exposition.
The Festival Hall, which is 200 feet
in diameter and 200 feet high, with at
tendant colonnades on either side, and
the beautiful restaurant pavilions ter
minating them, closes the view on the
southwest. Upon the slopes between
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completely engulf his lower limbs. The
crown OF his low cap projects over his
brow He holds il his right hand
lnal,ct. while the left grasps the neck
Of sack sluns over his shoulder. He
stands upon well filled rice bales.
In Difference to Buddhistic tradition
his face is sometimes biackened, but it
is always broad with good humor, and
his whole person IS the expression OF
prosperity. ,Devotees to his shrine al
ways find him reassuring. He is fre-
quentIy spoken of as the god of the five
cereals.
But the god par excellence of the
common people is Hotel He is the
least dignihed OF the seven. He has no
place ~ the trinity acknowledged ~
most theoloeians. lie is as well known
as is Santa Claus in our country. His
selection as ore of the gods of good for
tune is due to his merry looks mis- fond
ness for children and his close resem-
biance to the military goo, Daiilo!lu
He has the power to tell future events,
and is much sought by the people.
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Irish exhibition, showing the industries
of Ireland, with Parliament House,
Blarney Castle and other notable build
ings. The animal show is a very large
affair. Asia will give many interesting
glimpses of Oriental life. The Chinese
village and the Streets Of Cairo viii
furnish very interesting pictures OF
Eastern customs. Creation is Won
derful illusion. Under and Over the Sea
will furnish unusual experiences. The.
Galveston flood will show how great
city was destroyed by a tidal wave.
The fire-fghting exhibition will show
modern fire company in actual warfare
with the flames, using all OF the most
modern apparatus New York to the
North Pole is a magnificent feature. re-
plete with interest. Jerusalem will be
the objective point of the Bible stu
dents from everywhere.
An intramurai railway, having
fourteen miles of track. viii carry the
visitor to the many interesting points
within the grounds The exposition
is fortunate in having a site which
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the colonnades and The Grand Basin
are the great cascades and rainbow
gardens, giving extraordinary color and
life to the scene.
Behind the Festival Hall are seen
the four great buildings, representing
an expenditure of over "A million dol
lars, devoted to the displays of fine
arts. They contain u total of 135 gal
leries and the exhibits will constitute
the largest art display ever shown.
The buildings on the west side OF
the Plaza St. Louis are the Palace of
Varied Industries. which is nearest
the observer, and the Palace OF Elec-
tricity. The Plaza st. Anthony is next
west of these buildings.
The Palace of Transportation. cover
ing fifteen acres, and the Palace of
Machinery, with it's many towers, are
the next buildings westward. Upon
the high ground, southwest of the Pal
ace Of Machinery, is the Palace of
Agriculture. covering twenty acres.
South of the Palace Of Agriculture is
the Palace of Horticulture. Westward
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pie. are also il the western section.
The reservation of thirty acres for
the Government Indian exhibit and
another reservation of six acres for a
map of the United States in living
plants are west of the Palace of For
estry, Fish and Game.
Near the Palace of Agriculture is the
great floral clock. 1l2 feet in diameter,
ana the lake in which the United States
life-saving corps will give daily exhibi-
tions.
In the foreground is seen the Pike, y
the amuse ment street OF the exposition.
1t begins in -tha eastern part of the
grounds with the Tyrolean Alps, which
cover ten acres or more, and winds
around the west end Of the Transpor-
tation end Machinery palaces to point
near the Art Building. ending with the
reproduction of the city of Jerusalem,
which covers eleven acres. In this dis
tance of nearly two miles Will be seen
the most novel entertainments that
ingenious. showmen have been able to
devise. Among them is an international
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4" HAT faith in a divinity that
shapes our ends" continues now
as ever to goad warning nations
i 10 victory or defeat is strilzingly
demonstrated in the conflict
waging between Christian Russia and
pagan Japan.
OF all Nirvana's celestial host none
are more overworked these days ap-
parently than the seven Gods of Good
Fortune, enshrined in some form or
other in every japanese household.
That the grim old gods OF war, Shoki
and Daikoku, are not turning a deaf
eer 70 the prayers Of the faithful late
war bulletins would seem to substanti-
ate.
Religion Of modern Japan" once
said a Toxic professor, has degener-
ated into mere sentiment There is no
religious faith or belief save among
the very common people"
However this may be, apparently
CromwelPs advice, Trust in God, but
keep the powder dry" is the shibboleth
Of new Japan. for the time that old ia
pan was wont 70 give to the worship of
brazen idols before confronting the en-
emy new Japan spends behind the
guns. Most Of Japan's gods. as did it's
arts and learning. came originally from
the China IT would to-day make its
own-came largely through the same
Korea Russia would possess.
The most popular deities to-day are
the Seven Gods Of Good Fortune. which
form a sort Of popular appendage to
japanese Buddhism. However dead
may be the religious faith Of modern
japan. every art collector, every child
Of the Mikado-s kingdom recognizes at
a glance the Seven Gods Of Good For
tune ard few are the houses or gar
dens that have rot 4 shrine dedicated
10 ore or more Of the mystic seven.
Often these shrines, half hidden in a
garden or a bend Of the road, contain
only "a slab or shaft Of wood, stone or
metal. Inscribed with some poetic SEN
timeut or prayer. Lamps are kept
burning before them, and the votive
offerings are substantial cereals or
othe- kinds Of food.
1t is 10 the artists Of the ateliers
rather ihan 10 the priests of the tenn
pies japan is indebted for the prescr-
walton Of the gods IL worships, four OF
whom rank merely as familiar demi-
gods. The familiarity they have bred
ard their popular following are attrib-
uted 10 their large admixture of hu-
inon clay with the divine essence. In
90 frfr
carnal weaknesses, and through this
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MAKING AMERICAN FARNaERs RUSSIAN HEBREWS

"HERE is a Russian problem in
the United States, and the Amer
can Jew is thoroughly alive to his
Il responsibilities, for he is working
in various WAYS to solve it. 1t is a
mistake to think that many American
Jews are inviting immigration here, for
few Of them share the views of the en-
thusiastic editor of the Jewish Ency-
clopedia, who advocated a tax of
dollar a week to be paid by each of one
hundred thousand prosperous families,
thus producing S5,2O0,0OO a year with
which the suffering Russian and Rou-
manian Jew might be taken away in
special steamers to North and South
America, or other parts of the world.
They are satisfied to take the prob
lem here as it is forced upon them, and
try to better the condition Of the thou
sands that find their way here by edu-
eating the children and scattering the
people as much as possible.
The educational work has been so
often mentioned that ii need not be
the great institutions for teaching i'm
migrant children, for instructing boys
and girls in the trades, and these are
doing a tremendous amount of good,
but there are other and more compli-
Gated problems which must be dealt
with.
1t has long been felt that If the
Jew could be taken back to the soil
many of the economic difficulties con-
nected with the large immigration
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The fifth of the gods, Tanim Ten, de-
spite his fierce looks and martial guise,
is not specially associated with military
glory either in China or Japan. The
generally recognized sod of war in
Japan is HGchiman or Shoki. the deified
son of Empress Jingo.
To those who pray to him Tanim Ten
"can grant good fortune more swiftly
than the flight of an arrow from the
bow, and confer gold. silver and seven
precious treasures; all worldly wealth
is in his keeping to bestow as he
chooses. AS modern japan, like mod
ern ChristendCm, worships the al
mighty dollar, Tan;r Ten petitioners
embrace aim, st the entire kingdom
Indeed. his popularity equals that Of
the last of the gods now worshiped,
Juro, the genius of longevity.
Only Cne woman finds place among
the gods of good fortune-Benten. She
is the object of serious cult. Benten
bestows wealth. fertility, offspring,
ard is credited with being the mother
OF fifteen sons. She is generally rep
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WONDERS YOU WILL SEE At THE GREAT sT LOUIS FAIR

furnishes a variety of scenery and
abundant shade. Instruction and
pleasure viii be mixed in fine pro-
portions and the visitors days at the
exposition will fly all too quickly.
The total area of the exposition is
1910 acres. The estimated cost of the
great enterprise is placed at S50,0O0,-
O00. exclusive OF the value of the ex-
hibits. 1t is estimated that the ex-
hibits in the machinery palace alone
are worth SS.OOO,OOO.
The opening day is set for Satur-
day, April 30. and the exposition will
continue seven months, TO December
1 next.
In comparison with the largest for
mer exposition, the Columbian
Worlds Fair at Chicago in 1898, the
worlds fair at st. Louis occupies near
" twice the amount of land and so
per cent more exhibit space In every
phase this exposition shows the de-
velepment of eleven years, period
of most remarkable progress in all
industries.
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banquet of which q tai is the crowning
course.
Ebisu and his boon companions.
Daikoku and Fukuroku-liu. are the
special spiritual guests bidden to the
New Year celebrations Of The people
or the seven household gods Eoisu
holds position quite inferior to that of
Daikoku, the patron saint. as it were,
of the military class.
Daikolsu is these days in high favor,
and everywhere tapers burn AMI vo-
tive offerings are piled upon his
shrines. Livery Japanese soldier, be
he of land or sea service, prays to Dali
koku for success in war. His image
may be seen in every Japanese bar
racks. He has the 9laca OF honor on
their battleships. and is the talisnlan
every Japanese soldier carries some
where under his tunic.
Daikoku is represented in modern art
as a sturdy figure wearing the ancient
dress of a well-to-do Chinese burgher,
a short coat, girded at the waist. loose
breeches and a pair Of huge boots that
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ING THE ANCIENT GODS OF WAR IN THE EAST

resented with a stringed instrument,
and is the emblem-as feminintty
should be-of harmony. If pictorial
art is to be credited. the other gods OF
good fortune rarely so off on a lark
without Benten. There is close con-
nection in the popular mind between
Benten and snakes, due largely TO the
tradition that she first came 10 J1pan
on snake day" In Difference to Ben
ten snakes are to this day held sacred
in many parts of Japan. The most
ardent prayers addressed at her shrine
are for the modern open sesame
wealth.
To no craven image, but TO the living
GOd-the God Of RevelatiOn-dOes the
soldier of the Tsar Of all the Russians
lift his heart for guidance and prOtec-
tion before doing battle with the
enemy In keeping with the Roman
Catholic belief in "the communion OF
saints he implOres the intercessiOn Of
St. Nicholas. If he be MILDLY. and that
of st. George. if he is OF the land forces
Unlike the Roman, the Greek church
does not couritenance plastic art as
medium of devotion.
The Russian ikon, or image, is a
painted representation OF the saint
venerated. There are no statues Of
saints in the Greek churches, nor do
thsir amulets Of devotion take the form
Of craven images. Fear Of confOunding
the craven symbol with the real God
in the minds of the people is the Greek
church's reason for rejecting the plastic
art in the representation OF It's saints.
Every Russian soldier, however negli-
gent he may be Of the practical duties
imposed by the church. wears suspend
ed round his neck under his uniform
a small gold cross and medal dedicated
to the mother OF God. Rare is the SOL
der that ventures forth to battle with
out a picture of St. Nicholas or st.
George over his heart.
The barracks throughout Russia pre-
serve everywhere holy pictures bearing
the impress Of bullets that thus miracu-
Iously escaped the wearer. Some OF
these partially burned pictures have
been left as souvenirs by the surviv-
ors, who gratefully attributed escape
from death on the field To their faith
in the intercessor whose picture they
venerated. Many Of these pictorial Wit
nesses Of divine intercessiOn in answer
to the prayers of the faithful date from
the Grim m wars.
Every Russian battleship has an ad-
Unstable altar, where the sacrifice Of
the mass is offered not only on sun
days, but on the eve Of every conflict
After the custom Of Roman Catholic
countries, no new Russian battleship is
launched or flag hOisted until both have
been blessed in accordance with the
prescribed religious ceremony OF the
Greek church.