Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-17

out of port alled With Americans seek
iug pleasure resorts abroad. steamer
after steamer, larger aud faster than
their predecessors. have been added TO
che lines bot che passenger lists are
always Coll. aud the stbicrooms arc
scarcely ever empty. Eicyeu thouand
cmigrauts landed Boz New York in one
day last wreE They came over sea
breaking 90 home ties. and came here
60 start now homes Rut the tourists
start homes u3whefej they go over
tbe sea just 90 stare az other people Or
landscapes, or builiibgs They feel no
Interest in che lands they visit, and
none in ths land they leave.
The thsatsF managers have prisked
up their ears as the tidings of Nine
sarah Brrnhafdt = rspofirnce with the
tents have come 90 town, Instead of
being driven out of business by the
trusts ehuflish act Ia refusing her ANY
theateF Ia the south, she's right 10 a.
50 90 speak, having done the largest
business of her career aud way down
in what are considered poor places
far big houses iu theatrical circles. She
has made a discovery, not only far
herself but fof an the profession. That
discovery Is, that 90 have a house that
"a house cannot hold. an audience has
90 secure a tents that a good perform
aucr can be- given Iu a tent, and 90 anI
audience that rouldn't gri within sight.
lf O. thsater doors that the drawing
power OF a tent Is faT superior 90 that
of a iheater, aud that q tent can draw
audience that eouidn'i possibly be- ae-
rlmmodated within walls. These are.
Important discoveries % have made fof
thc theatrical profession, A trust can
NOT possibly pFs-empi an the desiTa
bic stands Tor a tent, and if the play
doesn't draw 10 one locality it can
easily be- shifted 20 another place
where. thesters are more plentiful aud
better patronage awaits the perform
auee. The troupe is more independent
aud there Is a spice OF romance which
added 90 ths romance iu the play
brings the ideal part up 10 a high lew
o. The enormous sum taken boz by
Nine. BeFnhardt awakens the envy of
al. actors, but none OF them wish col
deny il 20 her as they see that she
has benefited the profession In iys su.
tirsty The religious people have iu
yaied the city with meetings held iuI
teuts. aud now We may expect 90 have
the theatsr people DO the same. Even
the trust may be brought 20 h.
Mr. CaTnegie's latest society, which
wants 20 tinker with the spelling oil
the language, needs 20 be checked inI
order that the delight afforded DO the
sye In the printed page Of the English
spelling as il appears on the Pr.ated
page may not be extinguished. lHdeT
the work Of the eanuy Scot the types
that, at present, make the look Of the
English language superior 20 tha, oil
any other, will soon be transformed
into outiandish and grotesque forms
almost as distasteful 70 the yis.sl az
the Russian or Indian or Chinese types
that distract and distress the eye iu|
search Of pleasing reading. A lias oil
English as she Is writ today means
AMI suggests business. The words goI
right along aud DO their work. Whhe
the new style oheuds the eye a. every
word. One can take no pleasure inI
the absurd looking characters In twist
ed juHtaposltion. and the letters !ook'
ing as though they were not aequaint'
Cd with each other and never would
be. Let us be allowed 10 keep cur
trim, symmetrical, pleasing and alto
gsther satisfactory printed page, with
out distorted words, formed Of letters
that seemingly have no relation 20
each other Thea anybody can learn