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cally driving men away from it,
But when II comes to matters OF en-
durance, careers which require a physicaI
strain?' was suggested.
That IL the usual argument, but ! don't
think IL quite bits the nail on the head,
answered Col. Harvey. In the first place
II takesl endurance to write a good story
and the mental and physical are pretty
closely allied. Again you might as well
base your point on the statement that Rich
ard Watson Glider would not make a good
motorman l am sure he would not but
what does that prove? When II comes to
career where the physical and mental
are equally necessary the woman Of to-
day IL not fal behind. Her athletic train
ing ana her college course have fitted
her for rigorous demands.
The problem that men and women have
10 work out, the result Of woman's men
tality, her increasing Independence and in
creased opportunities, viii come from the
readjustmept Of the mans point Of view,
his ackno wledgment that they stand on
the same plane mentally, and on The woman's
side from her graphing the fact that Il is
tins she stopped dividing herSeh into GLASS
sexes, part Of her TO demand all the pre-
rogatives Of the weak, the gentle courtosies
and the other part demanding that she be
allowed TO compete fairly, openly. without
fear or favor. This readjustment has
already begun II began years ago, but Il
II by no means completed. When II Il
perfected there will be no more question Of
sex In other careers than there Il In liter
allure.
The mans tendency to-day, too, Il toward
the commercial. He wants 20 be a money
maker not a maker OF books. The ruling
forca Of the day il oommercialism. and be
IL subjsct TO II. He Is burning himself
up in the devouTtnE fame Of ambition But
that cannot last There IL a time coming
when he will have 10 turn his attention to
other matters; when he viii have acquired
all the wealth he wants OF knows what TO
do with.
LET us hope when that time does come
he will turn toward politics. toward the
fascination and alurements OF statecraft
Let VS. hope that II will lead him 10 Congress,
toward the wedding out Of the undesirable
elements In his local organizations, perhaps,
too toward a proper diplomatic training
1T IL then he Win come back 10 literature
with renewed aspirations a. wen as e1-
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Col George Harvey IL surprise to those
With conservative tendencies who still con-
meet the idea Of Harper's publishing COM
pany with all that Is ancient as well az
honorable. He oonfesses TO II, but II he
expressed his age in feminine mathematics
YOU would not feel disposed TO question the
subtraction too closely.
In appearance he IL a double cross be-
tween a New England yachtsman, a Wall
Street man aud a college professor who
raw that his charges were developed along
rhe line Of least resistance physically and
most resistance mentally. He IL proud Of
the fact that he was born in the Green
Mountain State, but the gray blue eyes
and tanned complexion suggest the coast
and line Of ancestors who went down to
the yea in ships.
He does not belong 10 the angora type
~ hteratii his hair Is a close cropped cloud
with touches Of silver; his pepper and salt
s,it, with dash Of red where a small tie
connects collar and waistcoat, are az in
dicative Of character as is the expressive
clean sAaveu mouth, the firm lines OF which
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20 near that Il IL IN reality already here.
be eaid, is the readjustment Of conditions
between man and the so-called independent
woman
a man Is bonn. is trained and has the
hereditary impulse strong within him 10
believe himself the mental superior Of the
woman, He may not say 90, but he thinks
II, and " he denies II he n not telling the
truth. He Is not superior IN reality, but
that does not alter HE point OF view. :
'Nine-tenths OF the good fiction 81 to-
day is written by women, As a short story
writer woman practically has the field to
herself. The short story might be defined
az q human atom, requiring special quail
ties for its perfection These qualities the
cultured woman OF to-day Possesses, II
] were asked at a moments notice 70 name
some men who were good short story writer's
my list would be limited to three, while |
can think OF many WON n.
when Il comes TO the acceptance Of the
refusal Of a story there Is no question Of
sex; there IL no favor shown to woman;
she stands on her merits as a writer: il is a
matter Of pure mentality and when she
proves herself superior It Is because she Is
superior. II Is a field where there hns
always been a great deal Of competition but
II looks now as II the women we're praoti-
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have been formed apparently by eliminating
the phrases Il think Il guess" and L
suppose
He sits tall and stands at medium height
with an inch TO spare and in his Office wears
an enormous pair OF spectacles whose
black rims suggest the recent decease Of
rich uncle and whose size suggests pair Of
automobile goggles trimmed 70 suit the
eNigencies Of n professional career
Col. Harvey Is a facile talker. The most
determined editor would find little to blue
pencil Last. hut by no means least. be
ha apparently not a nerve in his body.
His gestures are few, and but once in the
interview does he speak Of the strenuous
life
His special editorial sanotum IL a spacious
oblong apartment adorned with frescoes
painted by Edwin Abbey when he was oon-
nec;ed with the Harper house Under
meath Is row Of old masteYs, in other
words, the heads Of tho aforesaid house.
In which the poetic Harper, the hnancier,
the orthodox, the professor are easily
recognized
There are low cut bookcases we'll filled,
Q big fireplace where real logo, not the
asbestos variety, burn. oheeTily. Life with
It's comple kites i sEut out by stained glass
windows which pour half unreal, wholly
charming light on the interior.
Col Harvey points with pride 10 oertih-
cate on the wall opposite the stained glass,
which announce his honorary membership
Of the stan OF the Governor OF South Caro-
lima; a red seal, the size Of half his speCta.
cl1s and p green palmstto lend color and
distinct ion 10 the franc square.
WHEN ] look az that he says, i feel
that ! am really something more than a
paper Colonel The tide. which has chung
to me WAS gained when | was a youn aster,
running a newspaper in New Jersey, and
helped 10 elect q Governor. received a
plsoe on his stan for my effort in his behalf.
Col. Harvey recently put himself on
record, in a speech to the VasbaT alumnR,
for womgn. There are those who say abe
has already exceeded her prerogatives In
that dire elton. He thinks she has only just
he gun.
Zone Of the problems Of the near future,
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DAINrIEs FOR SINGING BIRDS
A New England Man the Caterer for Mock.
ing Birds and NlEhtlngales.

A New England Man the Caterer for Mock
ing Birds and Nlghungales.
BosToN, March 25.-One ~ the most
unusual occupations followed by any per-
son In New England is the calling Of a resi-
dent Of West Somerville. who farms and sends
n all parts Of the country each year about
900 quarts Of meal worms, or between
3.oo0OOO and 100000 Wrigglers, TO be fed
10 songbirds for the purpose Of strength
ening their voices
Personal experiment on the part Of this
caterer for birds, who is more OF . natural
let than a merchant, has proved that a diet
n meal worms. rather than tnseots, has
power TO swesten the notes Of all sonEbirdl
with the exception Of oanaries. CanAries
find the worms distasteful and refuse 10
eat them.
Mooking birds. hrks. nighhngAles,
thrushes and other SINCERE In captivity all
over the United States arc noun ,hcd by
the worms raj 'ed on his farm. For monkeys,
also, the worms prove q dolicioul food. II
addition 10 the geological garden In all the
principal cities, private individuals. mostly
German people, are customers Of the Wet
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somerville farm.

Somerville farm.
The worms when fully grown are about
an inch IN length, yellow In color and not,
a. one might ina CINE. dirty 10 handle. Tho
earth plays no part In their cultivation.
The farm proper is the barn, and there
the worms live IN Gases OF hard wood OF
zinc, from which escape is impossible. The
worms when shipped are packed IN small
tight wooden boxes, through which many
holes are punched for ventilation Instead
Of being partly filed with earth the worms
are surrounded with their rations Of stale
bread. -four, bran and Indian meal, on
which they subsist during the journey.
Bunohes Of worms numbering 900 are
often sent away by mail. Orders for guam
titles ere filed by express. BENG cold
bloodcd creatures the worms seldom freeze
IN transportation. but sometimes suffer
from the effects Of warm weather.
On ons occasion a shipment vas mis-
dlrscted, and two weeks later the worms
arrived back az the farm In West somer-
villa And they appeared 10 he in AZ good
condition a. when they WIRE shipped.
So devoted Il the farmer 70 HE speciality
that be crrriss about With him q small
paSseboarl boz containing specimens
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In various stages Of their DEVELOPMENT.
The transition IL much like that Of q but
terhy. A full grown worm produces eggs
from which 0luRp are patched. These
slugs In oouree Of time acquire wings and
become small bug, frat white. then brown
and eventually black. The black buRS
lay eggs, from which appear the meal
worms.
The farmer, who u now 81, has been in
this country only seven yeau, and pre-
Wous 70 coming 70 America be was enRRFed
In Germany In the same business A. that
conducted IN West Someryille. He longs
for the FatherlAnd. but says that 90 many
people here keep songtdrds that there q
a. much better living Tor him In America
than In Germany.
When he frst landed he went 10 Need
ham, where his con ran q poultry farm.
With him he carried ten quarts o. the meal
worms, some Of which Wsre fed 10 the
fancy poultry and produced excellent
results.
The story OF how be hrst became an
intense lover Of hirds IL interesting He
was walking through a field IN marahy
land when he came upon some boys who
were teasing q bird they had found be-
meath haycock. For half mark he bought
n from The boys and took Il home. He Ted
10 on hsh and horse flesh, and Il thrived
wonderfully Then he presented Il 10 the
BIOLOGICAL gardens a. FUnhort-on-the-
MGia.
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r,r.ntul. IN Runch e. Rsnana,.
From ne Milpo vkt, s,rHnd

An immenas tarantulA caused considerable
excitement At the Grooery store Of J. a..
Matasn A Sons last evening
About an hour and a half before the ais
oovery OF the urantula Mrs. MGtzen had
sold q number Of bananas 10 customer,
and u IL supposed that the insect dropped
on her drest a. that time She did not
notice II until che felt II crawling on her ouin
and luckily brushed II on before II was
aroused while she was taken 10 the drug
store = consultation - 10 how N capture
the tarantulA v-as held, every one keeping q
safe distance away. II was finally Killed by
POURING hot water on a.
The body measured a. inchet vide BY
~ inches thick by 81 inches long and the
hnfead 81 the front leEh WAA IS lnoheh Acroaa.
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nock OF sheep POnowt Leader 70 Death.
From ~ BalNnots Rtrald.

From ne Baltmofs Herald.
The most strikinE example OF following
a leader into the Jaws OF death ever saw
took place in Kent county last week. said q
Kent county farmer.
"Et-sherih Edward J Piummer.- ne CON
tlnued. had a flock OF seventeen sheep
which for some unAccountable reason, de.
termined 20 90 nom one pasture 70 another
To make the journey II vas necessary 20
cTosa the creek on the Toe. Sure enough
the old buck Of the flock walked cautiously
out on the weakened Ice when he was
about midstrehm II gave way and he PLUNGED
In
The other sheep. instead Of returning 70
the shore. which they could have done. de-
lberately and. a. the lawyers would put u.
with malice aiorethought walked into tho
hole in the Ice made BY their leader and we're
drowned Nothing but sheep would have
ever been fool enough TO be guilty Of such
a performance There was possibly Aome
excuse for the foolhardy old buck. but ]
can think OF 10 eItenuhung ciTcumftances
IN the case o1tht others
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IN PRAISE OR COLLEY CIDBER,
HIS ORCHARD III" AND THAT
or SHAKESPEARE

The Hero cf Pops'S "Dunclsd" a. an
AdaDter-WhO Made Richard Himself
Again?-A Horse . HOFsei BOT, q
HOrte UDOn WhOm9-EciEOtio Taste.
Men Of the greatest Merit are forced
70 stay tll they die. before the World will
fai ly make up their Account" 80 wrote
Colley Cibber, writing IN agonlzed vanity
the vanity Of poet laureate, playwright and
actor all In one-at the prospect Of beIng
known forever as the hero OF Pope's 'Dun-
clad But there was much In Clbber's
makeup beside.
The conscious shipper and the jealous
leeri and dulness, Of all things. was the fur
thest from him. Witness the stroke Of
satire with which he follows up this observs-
ton on the judgments Of postefity: Then,
indeed you have a Chance for your full Due,
because II is less grudg'd when you are in
capable Of enjoying it: Then. perhaps,
even Malice shalf heap praises upon your
Memory; tho not for your sake, but that
your surviving Competitors may suffer
by Comparison. lis from the same Prin-
ciple that Satvr shlll have a thousand Read
ers where PdRegyric has one Has Pope
himself In his -Dunciad' given us an
acuter and trlier stroke Of 'Satyr'7
Cibber's hope In posteTity has been in a
great measure fulfilled. There is no doubt
now that he was a very able and versatile
actor, very good playwright, and a dra-
matte manager Of high ambition and mastery
common sense The criticism Of the art Of
acting scattered through his Apology for
his life Is the first and best Of It's kind. bar
ring only Hamlet's advice to the players;
nd 10 k,- -fr 49,
haps, by George Henry Loves and Joseph
Jefferson, It has never been surpassed.
All this the world has Acknowledged; but
in the case Of the achievement with which
his name Is oftenest associated-his stage
version Of Richard III.'-he Is still under
the ban. All the great actors, it Is true,
have made use Of it-Garriek. Kemble,
the two Keans, Junius Brutus Booth, For
rest. and to-day Mansfield. But the liter
airy critics Of Shakespeare have to a man
roundly condemned IL
Lowe, In his scholarly Life Of Better
ton" while acknowledging thst it is skill
fully adapted for stage effect denounces
1t as full OF yillRinous claptrap, mixed
metaphors and tnmitigated nonsense
Mr., +. A. Calkins, In his preface to the
Bankside edition Of the old texts Of the
play says: The vulgarity Of these inter-
polations is extreme and without redeem
ing grace TO the critical student Sidney
Lee, in his Life" comedies that Cibber
was a lover Of Shakespear', but adds
his vanity and his faith in the ideals Of
the Restoration melted him 20 perpstrate
many outrages on Shakespeare's text
Lee cites the adaptation Of Richard III
IA mot orio,is A hundred like yerdicfs
might be quoted. That Cibber's Richard
Ill" is Electrically effective Is Of course
admitted, but only in the way Of implying
that this is the chief item in the charge
against il.
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A rnIitIc.I ned N.ckti,.

RichnoHd 'orrssDontsn Hoi'irsfs SuH.
Aagrred b. tn tbunt that the red cFtvai be- vun
ueArinr vas siIn tsai h intended 70 tupp0Tt
G1ysrncf MortiTus fof me rblted sittrt Senate,
STATE Senator ". y Bsrsdais 10 -nlsht tore 81
hh sanguinsry neckw'tr In ths lobby Of nurphyia
Hotel ana vent craytirts ualn loaned a funsruzi
Ne by q fr!-nd.
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When Cibber, in bis love Of Shakespeare.
turned his hand TO the playing Of Richard
he was limited by the conditions Of q stage
which was in essence - far A. ours from the
platform stage Of the EhEabethGn amphi-
theatre. The Restoration stage was Set
With scenery painted in perspective. and
the whole was framed like a picture by q
prosceuium arch. The multiple. symbolic
scene, obsolesoent In the time Of Shake
speare, was quite a. archaic a. II lie to-day.
II was either Cibber's arrangement Of the
last Hot or nothing.
The other alternatives he faced were less
absolute. but scarcely less grave, The
great mass Of Chronicle Histories was poe
slble on the stage. a. IL IL to-day, but 70 far
as public taste was concerned II was a.
obsolete. In the popular theatre Of the
patriotic reign OF Elizabeth these stories
Of the English kings, without beginning
middle or end, bore much the same relation
20 the true drama a. university extension
lectures bear 20 university education or
Burton HOLMES picture talks 10 travel To
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The Gstuts reader, forVwArned by my
text, has no doubt already perceived that
thSss cbodngs Of the typewriter are not
20 much . defence Of Cibber a. an attack on
his ooworkers In the field Of shAlsospSaTian
endsavoT. That scholars IN the drama,
In a country which has no national theatre,
should neglect the practical sythetios Of
the stage IL Psrhaps pGrdonable-though
by what particular code Of scholarship
IL might prove hard 10 cay. That they
should invent and porpetuats errors how
ever, is a horps Of another color and this
IA Just what they have done In repeating
that the Ellzabethan stage vas bare and
crude and In other respects inferior 70
the stage a. Il has been known from cibber
20 Mansfield. That the Elizabethan ren.
dering Of the last act Of Richard III .
was more effective. in spite Of its arohaism,
than that Of Cibber IL possible, and even
probable. That The EliEAbethAn stage a.
developed by Shakespeare and his great
contemporaries was the best instrument
for the rendering Of the dramas which
they wrote for Il IL domonstTsble 10 reason
able minds. But that IL another story
For the present Il u enough 20 state the case
Of Cibbor against his surviving oomPed-
tons. JOIN COFFIN.
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the audiences Of the Rettofltlon they were
e obssl:ts e. the multiple decoration, II
they lived they must live by thgir sheer
dramatic foros. or, At least, a. Ahording an
opportunity 10 the actor, Henry VI WRs
theatroally AZ dead ~ q dooTnall. and much
Of Richard Ill. a. we'll
II thls wonderful character Of RieAord
could DO kept alive In the public eye and
mind, was Il not the work OF lover Of
Shakespeare 70 do the neoessary heving and
shapingS BY taking the scenes Of RicAdrds
murder Of the King from the last act Of the
third part Of Henry VI and welding them
with the vital parts of Richard III Cibber
performed one Of the greatest single ser
vices ever rendered 10 the English stage
and far greater tervioe 70 the memory &
ShAkssPeare than any editor Of the printed
works Of the great drametiSt ever per-
formed.
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II there is nothing 10 commend the work
Of Cibber besides villainous theatrio clap.
trap, IL It not strange that OF all the rehssh
ings Of Shakespeare It is the only one 10
keep the boards? Lansdowne's jew OF
Venice early died. Tates king Lear
fingered longer, but in the end went the
same way. From Dryden 20 the smallest
manageri Al playsmith, theatrical folk have
tried to improve upon the great drama
tist. and their efforts have proved vain.
Why has Cibbor alone survived To any
practical man OF the theatre the reason
il plain as the trunk Of an elephant which
has not, however, caused any Of the su-
perior critical students to take note OF it,
For two hundred years md moro the YER
sion Of the play which bears Shakespeare
name has been a practical impossibility.
Even ia the time Of Elizabeth it's stasecraft
was archaic. barking back 70 the methods
Of the \ iddle ! ges. Cibber has lived
for one reason-because only. Cibber Is
possible.
The convention Of the stage OF the Middle
Ages was what has been called the stimuli
,aneous decor alton. In the mystery plays
each scene In the history Of the world, from
the Creation to The Last Judgment was
represented in a series on the same boards
each station serving in turn TO give the
symbol for lie appropriate act. Has any
one pointed out that In a modified form
this convention was known 10 Shakespeare
In Peele's "Od Wives Tale the Stage
represented a. one ard he same time a cross
roads. the door of Sni,h's hut, a coniurer's
study. a we'll and probably other localities
In Titus AHdrcnicus II represents at once
a Senate House and q tomb. II WIS this
sort Of hing tina, Sir Philip Sidney had in
mind when he remarked ss,irioally Ct the
Elizabethan stage "ycu shal have Asia
OF the one side, and Ahrick Of the other,
and 40 many other under kingdoms that the
PLAYER. when he cometh In, must ever begin
by telling where he is; or els, the tale vii not
be conceived
Il IL 40 In the great Last scene Of Shakes
peare's Richard III" Richard enters with
his followers and says:
Here pitch our tent. even here on Bos-
worth field. This done, they 60 out 10
ssurvey the want agaof the ground" Rich
,nond enters with his followers, and as il APP
pears. they pitch his tent on the opposite
side Of the Stage. Richard IL Of the one side.
Richmond Of the other, with all OF Bosworth
field lying on the stage between. Then
follows a series ofrapidly alternating scenes,
in which one sees, without break, the con-
trasting moods Of the two Generals. In turn
they lie down TO sleep. The ghosts Ss they
come in, one after another, 60 fret TO Rich
ord's tent and haunt him with the vision Of
past crimes, then cross the stage 10 Rich
tent. breathing words Of cheer and
comfort. From this on, without break or
change, We are hurried through the Incl
dents Of the battle until Richard IL slain and
Richmond crowned.
The state herald., 1905-05-05
President in Good Health.

Denver, April 3O.-Philip b. Stew
art, whose guest the President has
been in Colorado. came to Denver
from Colorado Springs yesterday and
met the Chamber of Commerce com
mittee that had the banquet In charge,
went over every detail and expressed
himself as entirely satisfied. He will
communicate with President Roose.
welt at once. II his business will per.
nit. he will Join the President in the
hunting country.
president Roosevelt has enjoyed
himself as well as any man could.
Everything has turned out very well,
He has had as many bear as any
hunter could reasonably expect and he
is. know. well pleased in every way.
His health is excellent. He had re.
currence OF malaria. reminder OF
Cuba. but that only lasted twenty-four
hours" said Mr.. Stewart, who ap.
peared bronzed and hard" from his
outing with his friend. The change
In altitude brought back the fever. but
II was not OF yirulent character and
soon left him. Unless something un.
forseen should require him immedi'
ately at Washington. there will be no
further change In his plans"
The state herald., 1905-05-05
Roosevelt at Denver.

Denver. May Arrangements have
been completed by the Denver Cham.
ber OF Commerce for the banquet to be
rendered President Theodore Rooso,
welt at the Brown Palace hotel In this
city on the night Of Monday. May sth,
The toast list Is as follows;
Chairman. ]. $. Temple, president
chamber OF commerce.
Toastmastcr. W. II. Gabbert, chief
Justice Supreme Court.
Responses:
"The Nation" Theodore Roosevelt,
President United States.
THE State" Jesse r. Mcdonald,
governor OF Colorado.
"rho City" Robert W. spcor. mayor
Of Denver.
THE President" T. NJ Patterson.
United States senator,
The banquet has been arranged for
iT5 persons. the price $40 per plate.
and the members of the chamber Of
commerce TO have first choice OF tick
cts. tho motto adopted being FIRST
come. first served. In the matter Of ap'
plications for place at the banquet ton
dcrrd to the President as token OF re-
spcet for splendid American.