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A NNALS OF BOHEMIA
- THE QUEEN
A Marriage That Was a Failure and
Bohemians Who Went Hungry
in Consequence.

Nobody aver knew exactly whence
she came, this queen Of bohemia-from
what point OF the compass, north, south,
east, west; but it was patent to the most
casual observer that her diamonds were
real.
Diamonds
1t is once in a blue moon. not ~ortener, that
such diamonds blaze upon the horizon OF
bohemia. Earrings the size Of pigeon eggs
a glitterng stone at her throat to match;
rings on her taper lily fingers, had this
bondholding Queen Of bohemia.
Diamonds in bohemia without pawn
ticket couponsi
1t was hardly b~elievable.
Another thing: II was observed by those
most interested that the pompous propri-
etors OF pink ink tables d'hote took the
yellow bills handed out by her fair hands
at the finish of dinners without batting
their eyee-a most uncommon occurrence
in bohemia-tOo them and gave her back
the change; very little, true, but sufficient
at times TO satisfy the inevitable out
stretched paw Of the waiter.
Il was enough. By unanimous consent
she wa crowned queen OF bohemia.
II is the rule among countries governed
by crowned heads, by emperors, kings and
queens Of the royal blood. that the sub
jects shall pay taxes to support their royalty,
but Il 10 not so in bohemia. On the contrary,
no bohe milan queen who is unable to cater
TO the ne eds Of the innar man or woman Is
permitted to sway the sceptre.
Subjects swarmed around the throne OF
this bohemian queen, who held court in a
vast studio drawing room which she had
caused to be fitted up within near distance
OF her subjects. Here at 5 O'Clock they
gathered about a shining brass samovar
and partoOk Of tea in which were other
things more livening and tasteful.
II was here in the dim light OF tall cathe-
dral candles set in taller candlesticks,
brought from the East or bought in the
Bowery, that before the event Of mailing
the latest and moat cherished production
OF the minor poet was read in dulcet tones
chuck full Of meaning, to the accompani-
msnt Of slow music played by light fingers
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an actor can meet with success here" he
said 70 The Sum reporter. sLkke the man
who voted first on M side and then on tho
other and said that no administration could
change quicker than he could; 40 IL Ia a slow
American who cannot change the land Of
his birth when II IL a matter Of dollars and
cents. When you consider that there In not
a so-Called English actor in this country who
has not secured a good engagement this
season, while there are many Americans
left high and dry, o cannot wonder that
they a advantage Of the situation.
i say So-called on purpose. could state
many instances but l will tax the case Of
George Giddens, who has made such a ire
mendOus hit in Ellis Jehreys's play The
Dear Unfair Sex and has been fairly well
advertised as al imported actor.
The truth IL that he is an American and
played in Boston in 1872 in light comedy
parts. After that he went to England and
has come back again. He does not deny all
this, but why commen on 1t IL the public
prefer him to he an Englishman? There is
nothing like pleasing your publicl
Miss Viola Alien in a recent Shakespea rial
production had an English stage manager
who did his work beautifully. 1t is a mere
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GEORGE
SUSPENDS
70 Talk Of British Actors From Amehes, the Unrea,onSbene,s Of an All
Star Cast and the Coming -Four Act Play.

The duration Of the Rialto luncheon 10
usually from IL until $50. for actor folk
are hardworking people; but George
Broadhurst, who gave the waiting world
Zoo Much Johnson told them why
Smith Left Home" separated "A Fool and
His Money" helped to right "The Wrong
Mr.. Wright" and did many other feats OF
me nature, consented. to cut on his
luncheon by a half hour in order TO talk on
q much discussed subject.
A newspaper woman In London repre-
sen,ing the Sketch and interviewing Mr..
Broadhurst during one VI his many :rsns-
atlantic tour said Of him that he hao a
nmblc wit but suffered from excessive
youthfulness. Two years have passed since
then. The other day a young woman trail
ing clouds Of chiffon and with head uplifted
in highbrow style came into HIS Office and
said that she wished to see Mr.. Broadhurst,
her manner saying plainly that she intended
u see him.
Mr.. Broadhurst slipped on his lofty stool,
arranged his sailor collar and loose tie and
said with an astigmatio glance:
Il am Mr.. Broadhurst."
CHANGING at him in a casual the
young responded:
81 want to see THE Mr.. Broadhurst, the
one who writes plays"
Mr.. ~Broadhurst waited a moment, hoping
that a more extended survey might make
his explanation easier. No change came,
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Stand in front OF the pier glass, il you
are a woman Of disoernment, and note il you
ave this popularity. Are your shoulders
wider han you hips2 II not you must
make yourself over, if you are going to
"The artist model Of l0O7-for' she sets
the style for the girl Of 1907 will be n brown
ish blonde. Her hair will be a medium
brown, a dark straw color.
1T will not be pale blond nor will it be
black. 1t will be a lovely edium brown
with a great many blond lights in it. Hair
Of this kind is very pretty.
Artists have stopped painting the canary
haired girl, and they ave stopped paint
ing the black haired girl.
They have taken up the browns and
most OF the girls on exhibition have a
medium brown hair with just the least
bit of reddish gold in it. 1t is easy hair to
"The girl Of 1907 will not bleach, not by
any means; but il the color OF her hair
doesn't suit her she will shampoo it. Thea
she will sun it and shake il, and then she
will wash it again.
"She will keep at it until she gets it the
right color Color il sometimes only a,
matter OF a pinch Of henna leaves OF a very
tiny bit of soda. You can make your hair
bloom easily.
There is a girl model who is now work.
ing upon hcr face. She has an almost
hopeless task, for her face is pudgy and
ucI HdhT IL a uctD muu DIOWns
She was a teauty until her hair grew
dark and she got fat. But she expects to
get her looks all back-and she will.
Her skin is by no means the clear skin
OF 1907, so she is busy bleaching il. To
bleach your skin harmlessly, get some per-
oxide OF hydrogen. Dabble it on your face
and neck and cave it on five minutes.
Wash IL of, and after a few minutes
put some cold cream on it. This will bleach
your skin wonderfully.
Then the true model, alive TO her pro-
~fession, is very careful Of her eyes. She
paints b brows every night with melted
v~aseline, and keeps her sight strong.
She messages her forehead where the
wrinkles come, and she rubs out the laugh.
ing wrinkles every night. II takes her two
hours to get ready TO &c to bed.
There are models who ave not nice
arms. h forearm may be bad. Often it
Is covered with down. And, where this
occurs. the model IL wise in her day and
generation.
-Once a week she washes her arms with
soap Jelly and a special ~scrubbing brush.
Then she goes over her arms with peroxide.
This bleaches the hair upon them and makes
the Town inconspicuous.
Frequently she adds a little ammonia
to the water. Ammonia kills the con-
stitu ton Of the hair, and in time the arms
will be smooth. This is one Of TN tricks
of the artists model
The girl Of 1907 will have several other
points which the models are studying and
viewing with more OF less dismay, and
M Of these il her style.
style is something few women can
learn. They either nave II or thew have
IL not. How to be stylish Is something
few women can find out :,
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her head. The effect was too simple and
too sweet for anything.
The girl Of 1907 will be very tall. She
may have to resort to Cuban heels Inc to
stretching exercises, and she may want
to pile braids on top Of. her head and to
wave her hair high. She will be tall, and
she will be slender.
Living skeletons we're the fashion last
summer in London. They looked healthy
and they acted as il happy, and while they
we're lean, yet they were not angular. To
attain this means art was combined with
sci ence.
THE best professional models are now
taking a double set Of lessons in massage.
There are two kinds Of massage. One
kind develops and the other kin reduces.
Women who are wide awake are practising
both kinds.
1t costs a professional model something
to live and keep her figure these days.
She must have two sets Of massage opera
tors. She must have one masseuse who
understands the art Of pounding away the
flesh and another one who understands
the art Of putting it on.
The masseuse who takes of the flesh
is a Dig muscular woman. She exercises
the muscles until the flesh is worn away.
ITO AXE OF flesh by rubbing is an art.
The strokes must be swift n vigorous.
IL takes an expert to know how to stroke
quickly and heavily so as to make the
muscles do their work.
Then for the development, and this Is
important. The woman who is hin in her
arms must have them mAssa ged. The
strokes must be soft and regular and there
must be a great deal Of massage cream
rubbed in.
There is plenty Of work for a good mas
ssuse. The arms are too thin and the neck
is too scrawny in most women.
The girl OF 1907 will have a new figure.
The artists are working upon IL now and
one Of the best pictures shown in London
in the spring depicted this figure.
London artists, as a rdle, paint the ideal
head, and the Paris artists paint the
figure; but this season all united in get
ting up some pretty good specimens OF the
new girl.
This new girl with the new figure has
some sharply accumulated characteristics.
Her shoulders are exceedingly broad.
OF a 40 inch bust measure. In fact, the girl
Of 1907 will wear a SO inch waist or a 40, as
she may prefer. Her shoulders will be
broad enough for the latter.
But she will have little hips. Her waist
will be very slender and her hips will be
narrower than her shoulders. This gives
her a very handsome figure. IL is the figure
Of a man, but IL il very attractive in a girl.
There are Greek statues that show this
figure. and there Is a New York sculp-
tor who insists that his models shall have
this characteristic. Their shoulders must
be broader than their hips.
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this change and TO prOht BY II. Another
change that they don't Fecognlze, OF far
greater importance, h that the man who
has started life by writing humonOus plays
may make an equal success when he at
tempts TO write serious ONES; but they arc
very wary OF such alterations.
i must quote Charlie Hoyt again TO
prove this point.
He used.to tell. of . man In a small town
who was running a lecture bureau, and
after another his attractions failed TO APP
pear until he became rather In disfavor
with his tOwnspeOple. Finally a world
wide humOrist really did put In an appear
ance on the date agreed upon and the well
come Of the manager was a pretty warm
one.
Just before Il was time for the curtain
to go up. an luck would have Il, a tele-
gram was handed the humorist. andon read
ing II he discovered that his mother.sl-
law war dead. Strange IA IL may st ~,
this man not only loved his wife but his
motheT-in-law us well. and he was cofa-
pletely broken up.
He cried on the managers shoulder;
told him thed details of his happily married
life in which she had played 20 admirable
a part, andr snid II was absolutely impossibss
for him TO go on the stage that night, ke
couldn't he funny to save his soul. The
manager was In despair. but finally coIn-
promised with the appalling situation.
, He begged him to go to the PLATFORM
Just. SO the audience could see him; then
restore the lost credit Of the bureau and
nothing more would be required OF him.
This he agreed to do, and when the curtain
rose he came forward and said:
" Ladies and Gentlemen: ] I'm sorry
to say that my mother-in-law is e
and / cannot
He was interrupted by shrieSs Of
laughter. The audience simply yelled
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incidental, not especially important but still
interesting, that he was born in Newark,
n. j.. But it would take a brave actor to
admit that fact.
AT the first night Of The Walls OF
last season, / was much interested in the
work of Miss May Blaney, who did the part
of the ing6nue admirably. Miss Blaney Is a
pretty girl and the effect she produced was
not lessened by the fact that she was billed
as n Of an imported company brought
over to present Mr.. Sutro's clever play.
Il was talking to a relative OF Mr.. Hack
EFT beween the first and second acts and
was asked how l liked Miss Blaney's work.
| said l liked il immensely; that she had inn
proved no much since l saw her years before
in the Alcazar Stock Company in San Fran
CISCO.
my vis-a-vis was struck dumb for a
moment and then protested hat l must be
mistaken, as Miss Blaney had beer brought
from England especially for that part. l
suggested that she ask Miss Blaney to settle
the dispute and while the young actress
admitted the fact she did not seem over
joyed at my good memory. Yet she is
proud OF being an American, but when
patriotism and prestige clash the Stars and
Stripes seem to go to the wall.
when / was in London getting a COM
pany together for my production OF Why
Smith Left Home a young woman, Miss
Helen Macbeth, came to see me. She had
a British accent Of the superlative degree,
the kind of accent that would make the
mere simple American who has not yet
learned the rules Of the game say to her
self. What's the use?' and give up the game
without anofhar atruOOla
Il had heard of Miss Macbeth as the wife
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customed to see a very swagger little steam
yacht ply by his place on the New Hamp-
shire coast. The more often he Jaw it the
more anxious he became to lease 1t, but
all efforts in that direction failed.
Finally. when he had about given up all
hope, the skipper came to him and offered
to rent. il as the last lessee had been obliged
to forfeit his agreement. Mr.. Hoyt asked
the price and when he seemed to hesitate
the skipper informed him that he knew il
Mr.. Hoyt didn't TAX it he wouldn't get
another opportunity to rent il that season,
and as the coal was the greatest item he
would compromise, that il, il Mr.. Hoytt
rented IL, he, the skipper, would steal the
ooal.
The agreement was made forthwith.
All went merry as a marriage bell. When
the season was over the skipper sailed
away in his yacht, after shaking hands
with his patron and wishing him all sorts
Of good luck.
After he had gone Mr.. Hoyt made in
quiries and discovered that he had really
stolen every bit of coal that was used
but he had stolen IL all from Mr.. Hoyt's
cellar"
Mr.. Broadhurst, having adorned the tale,
refused to point the moral. Instead he
began to talk Of musical comedies.
Nearly all the young dramatists have
tried their hand and made successes in tha'
line; even Charlie Klein wrote FL Captain,
which has been practically forgotten in his
later and greater work, he went on. Il?
Oh, yes. a few between times
an the whole range OF dramatic au-
thorship there is nothing so difficult to
write as the libretto for an all star cast. /
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MEMORIAL TO MRS. BROWNING.
Industrial School Built by Her Son It
AsOlO in Italy.


A practical memorial to a great woman
il to be found at the little Italian town Of
Asolo. 1t is a school for the making OF lace
and was built by Barrett Brown ing in men,
ory Of his mother, Elizabeth Barrett Brown
ing.
Az seen from the tiny town square, writes
a correspondent Of the CrdftsmdR, the most
striving feature is its splendid windows.
These are grouped along the whole front Of
the house on the upper main floor and have
boxes Ct flowers ranged along the base Of
them, acCenting their pleasantness. En-
term 2, n finds spacious rooms, numbers
Of small chairs, and for the rest simplicity.
Outdoors again we discover just b,low
the window line and slightly above he
doorway itself the unpretentiOus .N1ral
tabl ct to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Al
the corner to the right stands a little foun-
tain, and here at almost any time Of day
some picturesque peasant may be seen
filing her pail or hating for a chat.
To our New World clumsiness the deft-
ness Of the tiny fingers of the little lace
makers was OF the nature OF magic. When
told hat many Of Z e patterns had religious
names, here an Ave and there a Paternos-
ter, we were almost persuaded TO believe in
miracles, 90 marvellously intricate and deli
cate were the designs.
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! ceived not her friends but theirs, who
were sometimes strIngers to her.
There is an end to good times, alas! even
in bohemia, and there came an end TO these.
II was natural, wal it not, that such a queen
should attract the attention Of poet or artist
or something or other?
That Is exactly what happened. A boz
hemian hustler fancied her and let her
know it. IL was not long before at tea and
dinner party he sat on her right, manifestly
prince consort to be to the queen, Of boz
hernia.
The minor poets, delicately sensitive to
changes in the atmosphere, stood aloof
and held consultations
I'VE zee our finish" whispered they.
mo more teas, and what is worse yet, no
more dinner parties and they absented
themselves from these gatherings, trying
to see how it would be, for such length Of
time as they could stand the pangs OF un-
ger. hen they came back again.
Her cabinet, composed largely OF women,
hung on longer. but at length they too
grew timid. There seemed such an air Of
s~hooingness about the bohemian hustler.
At length amid the ominous gray Of these
sad shadows the storm burst. There was
a wedding in bohemia. And such a we'd
ding!
Every who's whoser in Bohemia was
invited. Most OF them were there. When
they had Toasted we'll, the minor poets
feasting longer than the others, the delicacy
Of their insight into things speaking to
them wofully Of their finish, and they
had taken their departure in pairs and enc
by one, the queen OF bohemia stood.in the
centre Of her studio overcome by a melan-
chOly foreboding.
She loved her subjects, did the queen
Of bohemia, and that was why she looked
about her sadly, standing in the light Of
her diamonds, thinking Of the glad old times
and wondering just a little whether-well.
marriage is different and
And then the bohemian hustler crossed
the room and took her by the hand.
Now that you are my wife, my DEAR
he said to her firmly, you must shake these
people. They are not the sort OF people
for you to associate with. They are
But" she interrupted, a tear IN each
beautiful eye. for the queen was as good as
she was beautiful and she dearly loved her
subjects Il thought they were your
friends"
The hustIer's shoulders shook in an
artistic shrug.
mo matter" said he, you must shake
them, | tell you. You have Saved enough
out Of the wreck, | hope, to go with tho
svells7' %aksasm>AS
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on the piano set face to wall in a far
corner. About sat rapt listeners, dreamy
eyed, chin in hands, in such fetching poses
as might serve to catch the eye Of ,Onlook-
ing artists and perhaps appear in the pages
Of some magazine. or at all events be
hung in line at some Fifth avenue Cxhi-
bition.
Here passed with admirable frequency,
it must be said, the chocolate maid, bearing
a silver tray upon which rested punch
glasses OF rare Venetian cut and fashion,
containing punch Of much rarer make, that
is TO say, much rarer to bohemians-the
principal ingredient thereof being none
other than champagne.
Dinner follows tea. There Is a time hon
orcd custom among bohemia's femininity
and it is this: A tel is given. Tea verges
hard upon the dinner hour. A thoughtful
admirer of the hostess goes s~oft-fOotedly
about among the guests the hostess out Of
hearing meantime behind the s~creen-sEd
tackles those who seem to him to have
spare cash.
Shall we get up a little dinner party with
our hostess a. guestp' he asks whisper
ingly, and under the circumstances, except
TO fly out the window, which necessitates
wings, or up through the skylight, is there
any way out of it?
Then the thoughtful admirer collects the
cash for the dinners. gets his for nothing
and so things even themselves up by natural
sequence.
But no such thought occurred in the
masculine or feminine bohemian mind in
regard to their queen. And why should
it, she having money and bonds and
whatnot? Any dinner giving was done by
her
Really, in view of the number OF dinners
given by this queen in that part Of New
York set apart to bohemia, there should
nave been awarded her a modicum Of graft
by pink ink table d'hote prOprietors, but
there was not. A paper fan placed at her
plate maybe, or flowers in tho centre Of
the table by way OF honoring her-that
was all. And il inadvertently a charge
for fan and flowers was included later in
the bill, what OF it? Who paused 10 notice
il?
Those were glad times, redolent Of camp
fires and cocktails, theatre parties. cham
payne punches and late SUPPER in the
studio Of bohemia's queen. Now and agar;
too, a dance was pulled OF there. Her
cabinet-oh, yer, a cabinet had formed
itself to protect her from the Oncoming
herd bent on consuming her fortune-had
charge Of all the invitations. - that the
queen. standing grandly in all her regal
beauty and her more regal diamonds. re-
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The second glance including him with the
gas fixtures, the cab checks from the Lambs
Club and other etoeteras Of busy life.
Courage failed him and he murmured at
length:
1t is my father you wish to see, perhaps7'
Certainly, your father; that is what /
said. Didn't you hear me7'
The profession Of playwriting is one in
which big results may be achieved in a small
space Of time. Hoping that the same rule
might apply to wrinkles and gray hair, he
allowed" that his distinguished parent
would be there on the following Thursday,
and the young woman went away, after
asking if he had ever thought of following
In his fathers footsteps.
Mr.. BrOadhurst is carefully watched by
the Gerry society to see that he does not
overwork himself; he shares this distinction
with George AIDE, George v. Hobart and
Henry Blossom, who pay half fare and have
intervals Of only a few months bet ween
their ages. On those CHEEKY occasions
called stag-short for stagnant-dinners,
each one modestly introduces the others as
'the youngest member of the profession,
except myself"
Part Of the year Mr.. Broadhurst is an
Americanized Englishman; the rest Of the
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started is lost before the evening has we'll
begun, and the united efforts of audience,
manager, all star cast and librettist could
not possibly find a clue 10 It.
They say hat stories often get away
from an author and end differently from
what he ~intended-it is the same way with
lines on the stage. The line that Ia written
to bring a tear often sends an audience
into Mysteries.
MANY a first night l have seen author
and star tearing their respective hair behind
the scenes because OF this unexpected
transformation, and there IL a fatality
about il, for the line that has once raised
a laugh can never resume its own role
again. l could recite Instances, but there
are ethics. even in the playwriting profess
sion, which prevent.
Theatrical managers are quick to notice