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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21
NINE. KALISCH, "P0LISH DUSE"
HER ONE AIN NOW TO WIN AN
AMERICAN AUDIENCE.
Talk WITH, tho Actress Who Has Been the
Idol OF Fast side ThcatergOrrs
Realism Her Aim and Farce Her De-
restatlon--To Play Fedora, In English

The room was dark and still and the i'm
preston my surroundings made on me
as l entered was agreeably restrul. No
less restful was tie slight and graceful
woman, dressed in a nauve gown made
of soft silky material trimmed with
lace.
Yet this was the artist whom her critics
have described as the Polish Duse"--
Bertha kalisch, whom many think the most
admirable exponent OF dramatic realism
In America. 49,, =
Muchiahout her recalls what Sarah Bern-
hardt has declared 10 Ne the essentials
of success in an actress "a beautiful voic,
and a sense of proportion" Nine. kalisch
has 10th, with many other merits which
more than account for the immense
popularity she has eniovod during the
last ten years in her own Jewish world
Whether thav will make her popular with
the New Yorl, theatergoius public when
she appears at the American Theater for
the first time, in Fedora. as an English
speaking actress remains to he seen.
What can | tell Won about myself that
you would care o hear" she asked.
Tell me everything that you care to tell.
Eoein at The beginning
he beginning? That will take ME a
lopg, long lime, a little over thirty years
md long way, to 1.emberg. the city in
Galica, where Twas born Marcella SEM
brch, as You know was also born in Lem
terg was a mere child, living with nv
father and mother, rigiclly orthodox jews.
TO whom the stage had always leen an
anathema, when I first grew conscious Of IA
desire to become an actress 4.
4 .%F.~ 4 Il
chair in my mothers room practising
poses in front Of looking glass and ar
ranging my dress in ways which seemed
most effective to me- l had always been
told that had pleasing and musical voice
and ad-done what ! could TO cultivate it.
zone day, a day which will always he
memorable to me. a singer. a member of n
travelling operetta company, engaged an
apartment in our house. From my room
] could hear this to ms wonderful artist
studying her parts. Noticing one after
noon how interested seemed she invited
me to visit her and questioned me about
my fondness for music Can you sing,
too?' said she. A little. madame l an
swered AS she pressed me, sang some
I thing to her. and she told me that had a
nco voice She offered, without more
gao, 10 give me ieSSOnS. ana 1OT some
weeks after that l renewed my visits %
her, saying never word about them to my
mother.
A little later thanks to the same singer
] was admitted to the Lemberg Conserva-
tory. Our neighbors, seeing what progress
had made in music, pleaded with my
parents TO allow me TO go into operetta
For long time they were bitterly opposed
a.
company then appearing in the city offered
to engage me ut Il monthly salary Of fifteen
forins-about S8-they gave way. - +
AT that time my mind, rs you sec, ran
on m4..o, Til arrival of Jewish company
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FOR THAT TIRED FEELING.
THE LONDON REST CURE NOT
WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT.
II Includes vigorous Exercise and Lots
Of II. but II Rests the Mind-The
Chocolate Cure and the Sugar Cure

II Includes vigorous EXERCISE anu i-Ots
Of It, but II Rests the Mind-The
Chocolate Cure and the Sugar Cure
for Nervous Psople-StrenuOus Res
y went to Europe this year" said a
woman fond of society, ito learn how to
shake off that tired feeling, and / can say
that l succeeded
"'Of course | had been to Lenten retreats
and had taken the rest cure plenty OF times,
and 1 usually came out of it more tired
than went in There is something about
my nature which does not respond to good
treatment. The better l treat myself
the worse ! feel.
when | lie in bed all day and drink
warm drinks l grow lazier than before
II lie in a steamer chair week ! am
positively languid. In word, resting
did not All the bill.
what you need said friend of NINE
is to take the London cure. Jump on a
steamer and go to Liverpool. take the train
to London and try a rest cure
1T sounded reasonable, 30 I took her
advice. but the rest cure was not precisely
what expected to find it.
Il jumped on the steamer and slept all
the way over. and then dozed in the train
that crawled out of Liverpool When got
to London l went to the so-called reet cure
to complete the work. signed away my
freedom for ten days, and went in hot and
heavy to be cured by the rest process
Il soon found that the cure was very
similar, to the German water cures, and
when came away l was told confdentially
that it was precisely like that which King
Edward takes at Homburg every spring.
THAT it is good can testify. But
would hardly call it rest cure. have
since learned that it rests the mind If not
the body. You are 90 tired to think
I'VE arose at daybreak every day and
drank water While we were drinking 1t
we were compelled to walk around the
yard. ,. IA,
fountain and flower garden in the middle,
and we were told to imagine that we
were in a grand suburban retreat. sur
rounded by rose gardens and hemmed
in by ferneries. With this little bit of
fiction pervading our imaginations we took
our glasses of water and started upon our
walking tour.
walked, but do know that wore out two
pairs of shoes in ten days. ! walked from
until s o'clock every morning, drinking
water all the time. 1t was a glass every
fifteen minutes.
AT 8 we all assembled in the gymnasium +,
where we took the rest cure. We had
different stunts to do. l soon found that
unless I could bend backward until my
hands touched the floor and forward until
my palms lay upon the stone pavement
| was not in it,
After we had done stunts for fifteen
minutes we we're shooed into the din ing
room, which was very pleasant apartment
On the top floor, with all the windows open.
1t was bitterly cold, but We we're allowed
to put on our Jackets, which was a COM
Portable provision, seeing that the wind
swept across the tables 30 that the coffee
became iced in five minutes.
we had plenty Of food and were allowed
to eat all We wanted, but We did not eat much.
The breakfast consisted Of cold boiled
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21
A Crocodile Superstition.
From the North Borneo Herald

The superstition that deaths by crocodilS
are the inevitable result immeda tely after a
curtain has been washed in the river has
been constantly confirmed.
A curious note upon this superstition ap-
pears in the monthly report of W. B. Smith.
district Officer at Timbang Batu, North
Borneo. He says:
ported and there have been several narrow
escapes. Toward the end of December
the enlightened authorities at PanGkalan
bang Batu under arrest for having washed
his mosquito net in the river. woman
a few hours later. a coincidence which greatly
enhanced his guilt, while adding. am afraid.
fresh authority to the superstition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21
Man Of May Atta,nment..

From the KANSAS Guy journal.
Doc Cowley, editor Of the CowEill Chtsr, is now
rural route carrier, and 10 In love with his Job.
Cowley Is editor OF newspaper. physician, farms
some IA member OF ihel pension board. secretary
Of the county Republican committee. town poet,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21

bae-Sees Boer and Children
African
picturesque Kairs Matabees SWs Baos
the deaeng
Blake-lhe Johannes
Of its
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-21

and Gordon Highnde whose
corresponding IN inc
equally Artillery Imperial Yeoan Canaoian
RifesEvy IN the great
making warEver inspiring scene ana
an irresistible impression Of vivid REALITY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
Iron The Tribune Bureau

tFrom The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Sept. Ex-senator Thomas c. Platt
and Mrs. Platt, who have taken IN apartment at
stoneleigh Court for the winter instead of at the
New Willard where they lived last season formally
announced to-day the enga cement Of Mrs Platt's
daughter, Miss Margaret Louise Snow, to Colonel
Francis ]. Carmody. of Washington and Minneapo-
lis. the date of the marriage as yet being I'M
known. Senator Plat. who is at the New Willard
with his family. gave dinner party last night
when the engagement first made known There
was elaborate floral centrepiece the board
from which two ribbons reached. one TO the plate
Of Miss Snow and the other to that Of her f1ance
while check for several thousand dollars was at
tached to the end of the ribbon drawn out by Miss
Snow.
Mrs. Herbert H. D. PIERCE wife Of the Third
Assistant Secretary Of State has joined her hus-
band at the Arlington. They have placed their
two sons Herbert b and Horatio J. PIERCE. in ST.
Marks School, Southhoro. Mass
Senator and Mrs. Weldon B. Hepburn. of Idaho
have arrived in Washington. and have taken apart
ments at Stoneleigh Court for the winter.
given up their house at No. 1,74 MIST, and have
taken apartments at the Connecticut for the sea-
Mrs Theodore P. Shonts wife of the chairman
of the Panama Canal Commission, Will sail for
Europe the Coronia next Tuesday. accompanied
by her two daughters Marguerite and Theodore.
Mrs. Shonts hopes 10 be able to return 10 Wash
season. but her daughters win remain abroad until
spring.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
TIE MISSISSIPPI

Special interest is attached 10 the battleship
Mississippi, which was launched yesterday, be
cause it is supposed 10 represent a new type
of vessel. IN which great strength of armament
IS combined with comparatively small displace
ment. It is to carry four Pinch and eight
S-inch guns. besides many smaller pieces. That
means a battery equal 10 that of the Vermont
Yet the Mississippi is Of only $1,000 tons and
5T5 feet long. compared with the Vermont's
10000 tons and $50 feet. The width Of beam Of
the two vessels is the same, a feet.
The current statement that 10 other vessel
OF the same displacement in any navy carries
as heavy batteries the Mississippi must
however, be considered iniudicious There are
many vessels of even less tonnage that are just
BIS heavily armed and some of them more
heavily. Thus the Alabama, the Illinois and
The Wisconsin are Of much less tonnage than
the Mississippi. yet each carries four 13-inch
and fourteen 6-inch guns. The Kearsarge and
the Kentucky much smaller. yet each carries
four 13-inch and four Sinch guns. The Oregon
IS of only 10,2SS tons, yet carries four 13-inch
and eight S-inch guns, q decidedly heavier bat
aere than the Mississippi's. In the British navy
mere are several vessels smaller than the Mis-
s3ssizpf. each of which carries four 12-inch or
1e-inch and twelve 6-inch guns.
sin this new ship certainly is well armed
far one of its size, and if in all other respects
zUere efficient as IHe 1O,OOO-IOn SHIPS II
,,,feI,t well be regarded as an improvement upon
Sben. But there are other respects in which
q does not compare favorably with them For
exanpIe. the Mississippi will be Of greater
draneht than the bigger ships, which is de-
cidec disadvantage. Again. she will be slow.
Her horsepower is only 1000 against io'ooo
IN the Vermont and others Of the latter type
and IL will drive her at only seventeen Anots
an hour. against the eighteen of the Vermont
and the nineteen of the New7Jersey. 1nece
seems TO be little gained in making sup
.,smau and light if it is also slow ana OF eA-
sessive draught. There are times when lie"
inches more or less in draught make greal
difference In the security or the effectiveness
of a ship while at nearly all times In real &C
non a knots speed more or less is or very
great importance. It is true, the Mississippi
costs less than some of the bigger ships, though
she costs more than some that seem 10 Dc
as powerful as she and are certainly swifter
and of lighter draught But an 1nefncient snip
would be too costly at even the smallest price,
and we are not sure but that the money saved
hv making the Mississippi small would have
been mere probably disposed of if used in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
NOT AN OBSTRUCTIONIST.

Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama, is
good fighter. No one in or out OF Congress
worked harder than he to prevent the passage
of the Panama Canal bill and TO defeat the con-
struction of an interoceanic waterway by the
Colon-Panama route. Mr. Morgan had con-
WINGED himself that the Lake Nicaragua pas
sage was safer cheaper and in every way more
advantageous, and he resisted to the last ex-
tremity all proposals to abandon the line or
the San Juan River for the line of the Cnagres.
He had so much at heart the completion Of
waterway to unite the two oceans that he
could not bring himself to approve a change Of
plan which he sincerely held to be Ill judged
and likely to prove disastrous
But Mr.. Morgan is a good loser as well as
a good fighter He recognizes the futility of
struggling against fate-of clinging to a cause
when it is hopelessly lost. He sees as prac-
teal man that he must now choose between
having a canal at Panama or no canal at all,
and rather than obstruct great enterprise TO
which he has given years of patient devotion
he periodically yields his personal wishes and
private judgment In n recent letter TO the
Canal Commission. declining an invitation to
visit the isthmus, the venerable Alabama Sen
ator wrote:
Since the ratification of the Hay Variila
treaty, which I opposed, have done all lhdS
I could and much more than l thought couiu
ever be of advantage to the country to sustain
the government in its purposs TO construct
canal at Panama. Yet have not beIeHeo ma
success could crown their efforts, even In thelr
most costly and desperate form. You may ma
the KEY to unlock the barriers that nature mas
interposed at Panama. If you should be so 1ort-
mate 7 will applaud your genius and courage
I will vote to provide you with every reasonane
authority and power to accomplish your TASK
and to meet your tremendous responsibility
This is consistent and honorable statement
It shows spirit which is altogether manly
Mr. Morgan does not conceal MS douDts as u
+ba wisdom, of the choice the country has made
hu+ he is willing to applaud the motives OF
those who differ with han in judgment ana 10
support them in working out the canal proplem
on lines he had no hand in laying down. Inc
Alabama statesman thus gives another evidence
Of his breadth of craftsmanship and strengthens
still further his we'll established title TO popu-
lar regard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01

number Of small colleges, each with its own sep
arate dean, faculty, organization and discipiihf
We have said that no positive decision III
present seems possible as TO which or these syS-
TENS is the best Each has its obvious adVhii-
tages, and each has some disadvantages Inc
large institutions generally have wealth and the
appliances and facilities which 1t alone can
provide; the prestige of numbers; that athletic
prowess which has In recent years become SO
conspicuous n factor In academic prosperity
and the enthusiasm. the impetus and the hold
upon popular imagination and regard when
numbers are likely TO promote. The small col
lege," on the other hand, has the valuable per-
sonal factor, often the smaller pecuniary cost TO
students, and not infrequently the maximum OF
devotion to study, pure and simple, and the
minimum Of distraction from it by athletic in
terests and social diversions. Whether the
limited third class we have mentioned can sue
coed in uniting in itself the good features of
both the Others and at the same time in elimi-
mating their undesirable qualities, is to be de-
termined by experience rather than by argu-
ment- In theory it should do so, but theories
do not always prevail not even in academic
affairs!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
THE CABIN EFT.

From The Tribune Bureau.1
Washington, Sept 30.-Mrs. Hitchcock, wife Of
the Secretary Of the Interior. arrived in Washing
ton yesterday from Dublin, N H.. having been ac-
companied far Philadelphia by her younger
daughter Miss Margaret Hitchcock who is now
making visit TO friends in that city Miss Hitch
cock, the elder daughter of the family whose mar
riage to Lieutenant Commander Sim, L. 5 NJ Is a
social affair of the near future, accompanied her
father to washington some days ago.
Mrs Metcalf. wife of the Secretary OF Commerce
and Labor has also arrived at the Arlington after
a spent on the Great Lakes and IN various
parts of California. Mrs. Metcaf was accompanied
by her two sons Mdshipnan Victor Metcalf. who
VIII at once proceed to Annapolis; and Howard,
the Younger son, who viii probably remain In
school in Washington. Secretary and Mrs. MetcaIf
have leased the house No. 1908 N-stp at the cor
ner Of New Hampshire- ave .
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Root reached
Washington this evening and are registered at the
New Willard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
THE SCIENTIFIC AND TIE PRACTICAL.


The wonderful efficiency of the japanese SAM
tary arrangements in the recent war has been
a matter OF frequent comment No feature of
those arrangements is more worthy of atten-
ton as an example Of intensely practical appl-
cation of scientific truth to commonplace de-
tails of life than the practice described by Sur
geon General Suzuki, OF the Japanese Navy,
with regard to precautions against sepsis from
wounds Speaking Of the methods employed on
Admiral Togo's ships, DR.. Suzuki says:
Much of success in the treatment OF
wounds 1 ascribe to the fact that before every
engagement ordered each member OF the crew
to battle and put perfectly clean undercIoth-
ing. In great many shot wounds fragments
of clothing are carried into the body and our
insistence upon clean Undertaking prevented
many cases Of blood poisoning among
wounded
Now, that was perfectly simple precaution.
Not a surgeon In any Western army lacks or
has in many years lacked knowledge of the
harm which can be done by the carrying OF
4 surgically uncean piece Of skfn or clothing
into wound. But think of q body of Rus
slams or Germans, or even AmercanS-every-
where conceded to be the most intelligent pri-
vate soldiers in the world-thus leading the
scientific life! In 1898 it was found impossible
TO make our troops keep their water supply
and their sewage distinct enough TO prevent
the devastations of typhoid. Whatever our sur
geons knew, they found themselves so ham
pered by lack Of discipline among the men and
sort Of contempt among both officers and
men for their "fussy' and academic notions
that we lost more soldiers from preventable dis
ease than from fighting. That characteristic
American dstrust Of the expert and optimistic
belief that the average standards of conduct
are good enough for all practical purposes cost
us thousands Of valuable lives The young vol
unteer OF the Spanish War would have thought
all these refnements OF the scientist benea tn
his dignity as a soldier. "Roughing it, was n
part OF his duty, If not, indeed. a part of his
run He would have laughed at bucket Of
Dorlc acid to wash his eyes as BETTING A
dude If told TO put on clean clothing lust be-
fore battle, he would have been inclined 10
ask II the affair was to be an afternoon tea
japan has given the whole world a lesson
In these matters which it is incumbent on us
10 learn Inc Japanese are called an Initiative
people. and undoubtedly their disposition -
adopt new ideas wholesale frees them fron,
the restrictions Imposed by old habits rrba
whole matter OF military sanitation "a na,v ~
them They start with clean slate and ,,,,o
up TO every rule Of their accented sciorttao
teachers 1t may be blind copying. which doaa
not always discriminate between an essant,oI
and a minor rule but It secures erfact,aI
obedience to the experts orders. We are ham.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. Sept. 30-M. Jusserand the French
Ambassador. accompanied by Nine. Jusserand ar
rived in Washington this evening. in time to enjoy
dinner at the embassy. They were accompanied
by Captain Fourier. military attache who has
been abroad with them since July Is, upon which
date they sailed for Europe.
Baron Rosen. the Ambassador from Russia, ac-
companied by Baroness Rosen and their young
daughter, Baroness Elizabeth Rosen. arrived at
the embassy Friday evening from Magnolia
Mass. where they spent the summer after landing
in July. There has been rumor to the effect that
the Ambassador might lease the home of the late
l.. z. Letter to use as embassy, but the price
asked, $4,000 year, was far too much, and it is
probable that the Russian Embassy will be main
tanned in the Levi P Morton house. Scott Circle
leased by Count CasSni, the former Ambassador.
senior Don Epfanlo Portela, Minister from the
Argentine Republic, has leased No. III Massachu-
setts-ave: to use as a legation. The Minister is
now In Mexico, where he will remain until the
middle of October. He is accompanied by Senior
Zavalia, the first secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-01
MORTGAGES FOR THE EQUITABLE.

President Mortons decision to invest a MUCH
larger proportion OF the Equitable Lle ASSN
onco Sorietv's money in real estate mortgages
will give satisfaction to policyholders and. 10
owners of real estate in this city. In former
times the real estate mortgage was conSlueieu
the gilt edged investment for trust Iunos. III
surance companies loaned large sums on farms
and village property through agents scattered
over the country. With the shrinkage of farm
values in many districts some losses occurred
from these investments, especially where the
loan agents were more anxious for their fees
than for the conservative valuation of properties
taken as security Such losses however, were
probably not greater in proportion to the sums
involved than those which the great companies
have suffered from the later methods of fnanc-
ing.
The vast accumulations of capital and the
growth of the syndicate method of using insur-
ance funds to help finance large operations Oil
verted insurance money from the real estate
mortgage 1t will probably not be feasible hence
forth to invest so large proportion Of an in
surance company's assets in this class OF securi-
ties as in the old days, but reaction in that
direction is hopeful sign. If valuations OF I'M
proved real estate in a great city like this are
conservativeIy made mortgages are perfectly
safe investment Such investments are less sub
ject TO 1uctuation than even the most gilt edged
stocks, and while they may not pay quite such
high interest as some sound stocks or have the
same possibility of appreciation. yet they are u
proper disposition of trust funds The need Of
the insured is not so much to make fortunate
specuIations as to have security. With sound,
economical management an insurance company
can earn ample dividends with a large part Of
its funds loaned on real estate at the usual
rates. and Mr. Morton is wise in turning his at
tention in that direction.
His offer is one which must be most encourag
ing to real estate interests which have antic-
pated rather than realized trouble on account
of the mortgage tax. Time enough has not yet
elapsed to show whether or not the tax would
discourage real estate loans to any appreciate
extent If, now, the Equitable's millions are to
be at the disposal Of borrowers with good real
estate security there need be no apprehension.