New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
ITO B0UCH."
Ne1o Verb Coined By an EusE5
Critic.
By Max BeerbOhm.

Already there IS small, proud COMPANY q. ~
sons. past and present, whose names Aava 49,
absorbed into the language. SignOr NIarcopi ~,
blushing between Mr. Pullman and Mr. Hanaor,
snd not far or Though he was not the autSor
but the first subject OF the inventiOn) sits Cav,as
Boycott And there IS a higher dais than theirs,
the dai5 reserved for those who have not hit On /.
mere discovery. or have a mere discovery M n
them, but have done in a suDerlat!va or suDsr,-s
nent manner something which a more or less Ira
Gus portion OF the human race has essaysd VIZ
distinction. Other prophets than Jeremiah Ina.
plOTed the times they were born intOi othgm.s
men than Machiaveln have been sly; butEan
sly as NIachiaveIlI. 50 bitter as jeremiah? EsEs
gives Us an adjective. the other a noun oel
than DR.. BOwdIer have expurgatsd the szza
but who unswerviugly2
To advertise ones self with great industry u
without discretion. 70 advertise ones self n Esi
way as TO make people tired OF one or sOry b
One-what verb have We 20 describe cOmpsndlsas
this intricate and not uncommon form Of scangf
II Is a great Inconvenience that we have no EG
verb. II is great convenience that We ham
Arthur BOurchier one whose fatisuins industyE.
pitiable lack OF discretion IN self-advertssmsai n
so signal as to suply our need hencstoEth 70
shall get along very well with the verb TO bO1s-'
How we'll remember the stream of dOcnmE.I
that used 70 flow 70 me from the Garrick Thsz-s.
How often would the management have asz
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graph" II anything can console me Cor szs
ing. two or three years ago. incurred ME Ban
chier's wrath. and not having yet been forgysssf
not thinking him a heaven-selt actor, it "a IN
my letter box Is freed from tho strain OF tha
communications.
Either Just before or just after the burial o. .
Henry Irving in Westminster Abbey read IN s-s
other paDer-tt may have been printed in mzl
paperS-a portion OF a letter from II. 3. Ly1s
inviting AR Bourcher 10 act as chief steward a
that time Mr.. Bourchier was playing In "Ths Ns'
chant OF Venice and NJ Irving had written .hT
II seemed appropriate that "ths latest shyoE'
should bear prominent part in the eeremlI
That was o quite legitimate and graceful thns9
say n a letter that cannot have been written Ta
a view TO publication. And then Mr. BourehsF "a
replied IN the following terms. Ny dear HarE
It Will be the prOudesr day Ct my life" H&
Bourchier Cli not sanction the publication Of Ia
gem Of cptsto.ary tact. who was the thief who p1'
loiaed 1t and held i- 40 10 q JaZzled public? u
aware that Mr.. Bourchier made any slbseg-z.
protest or apology, I assume that he held the ssz
up 10 Us with his own hand. and I cite this ac-la
as a good Instance OF what I cali bouching
Another good though less obvious instance . "a
exclusion OF l. a Baughan from the h-st night
NIr. BoUrchier'5 version Of "CraiuquebAIe" Po
sioIy the actOr-adapte- would have preferred ai
no comparisons should be drawn between hnst
and NJ Guitry or himself and NJ. Anatois Fans
by the talented critic OF "Ths Daily News" but !
90 not see in this preference the r5uspriag o. 15
0cJiOn. lie must have known rla- he could ll
prevent Mr.. BauEhau from seeing him some Oh:
night If Mr. BaEghau were So ,f-z10sed Hs nn.
nave known that no One would sympathl2 ~
Nun. and that many peurie WouG he algT Tl
him. He had tried stmf.l~ tri..5 or M WaEH
ana after q lapse OF time Aal lpoiOsi4ei 2 y.
Na!kley, In order that the existence 0t bis .a-I'
might no longer be ignored bv .-Ths Times
But what chance did / give him when Vt9
here that "the averaEe level Of acting Is loWs
England than I'm France. or Germany, OF I1l
fFrser .Fa -fe uilf
Douptless there are IN Enslaud certain ra!riss -3
Would stand comparison with any mines "a, =.
Foreign nation could muster But chat our aGel-s'
!eNeI Is lower than that 0t t.e three natoas *
IGhtd 9y me - a uhtitude o- which w.
corrected ths proof OF my article Yet this s1-t
piatitude is, according % 1Ir B1Irchler as, a
craft a9d S, ana no. ann .li an -, I.. !, s.k
the exponents of that craft while they were ~
landers." and am by NIr. Bourrlier reminded -
the famous artist, Mr.. Whistler cared 49,
Their reminded that j am ua- master OF any 0i--
or the difficult art Of acting ,.s,
Ii LTci ~. ne whom NJ Eourrhter Welld -
can the we'll known leNico-yapher. Or. JOINS.
thete9y Eiuns with riti'ule log ever ne 3.t ~1-
tAitt M BourcAler -rots ogtt BIr do--
what tusttlc and haljcrdgsn ir an IS. EssA 80
ne wrote 10 he must have known But ae es-~-l
also, uit some OF the newspapers 90 WA-oA A-s~-,-3
addressed would publish IT, And So. again. 4'S-
- brief phiIoi"sic,i note pm the verbs toIn,
Purlsts m!gAt prefer the form TO b0urcl-eL -
have always felt that Mr. LourcnleIS i.-sr1
ought 70 be spelled rhcuctic3Iy Z have @s,1s.
fclt that the authorized spelling of 7 st,neA, A,-Ssss
cord as being horribly suggestive OF GaHl1 -s-sFs
'BoUche- mas always seemed OBJ me t9e -,s-5 -
mode TherctEom. corouar-.y. L have ded'''
verb IN question. A.
! look fo-wa-d 70 the time when IN every .
uOCSry there shall he. between trr cNf-@ -
or 'Hott0ny'' ara "F1Uch-t." "Bouch. y, 18TH
advertise ones SELF with sreat Industry, S var
out discretion 20 advertise ones SELF il SUI - az
as 70 mako people tired OF one or sofI, -cSsr
tDe:iv.- bOur rh'cr. an EUl.'sl actorI h---
ono who hnu..Es- - S.--r--. N-L-.N.