The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-09
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A Baltimore school teacher was tell
ing one day how often the instructor
of "the young idea" is astonished by
the quickness of wit exhibited by the
pupil who is otherwise deficient.
One day, says the teacher, she had
encountered such a degree of ignor-
ance and mental obtuseness on the
part of one of her boys that she be-
came disheartened. So it was with
considerable sarcasm that she said to
the youngster
"I wonder if you could tell me
whethcr George Washington was q
soldier or a sailor?"
The boy grinned. He was a sol
der, all right" was the reply.
"How do you know" asked the
weary teacher.
Because 1 seen the picture Of him
crossin' the Delaware" explained the
boy "Any sailor d know enough not
to stand up in a boat"
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Mr. Forbes Robertson, than whom no
actor seems to be better acquainted
with the much discussed George Ber-
nard Shaw, has issued a statement de-
Tending the frequently attacked sin
certify of the Irish playwright. Here is,
a part of Mr.. Robertson's defense:
what sort of man is the real G.
Bernard Shaw? OF his various poses
and freakish aspects. which one, if any.
is sincere? Has he a chronic grudge
against the world and mankind? Or
does he really regard life as worth liv-
ing, and will he last?
"These and other questions of the
sort, which seem to be stimulated by
the new aspect of our witty author as
revealed in Caesar and Cleopatra I
cannot, of course, assume to answer
dogmatically. A personal and a pro-
fessional acquaintance with Mr. Shaw,
however, extending over perhaps
dozen years, during which time I have
played in his Arms and the Man and
The Devils Disciple besides the cur
rent piece, which was written for my
wife and myself six years ago, prompts
me to express my admiration for and
belief in him, so far as can do so
without laying myself open to the
charge OF egotism.
My first reading of Arms and the
Man shocked me, as a ruthless attack
upon romantic ideals. Later. when l
learned to know Mr.. Shaw and to take
his point of view, I was amused and
delighted, that is the whole secret.
What a man-an Trishman, especially
says in jest can't be pondered over in
earnest with any proper understand
ing For instance, when you read of
MS saying: If l were to go to Amer
lea, they would be sure to make a
great fuss over me, and perhaps run
me for President-and that would be a
beastly bore You can only regard him
as megalo-maniac, if you take it Sc
riously Yet if you We're with him
when he said it, you would laugh with
him a the joke.
shaw is not a pessmist On the
contrary he is full of the jov Of life
He is naturally combative and loves
row. If he pokes fun at things sacred
suspect it is mainly on the chance
OF soaring up some hideous hypocrisy
that more than likely turks behind the
fairest outward show.
In his treatment of imperious Gaze
sar there is no irreverence, but rather
vast deal of poetry and even tender
ness One who has never known hone.
cannot despair. Hate treachery? O.
foolish Egyptian, that is no more to be
hated than the wind that chills me- or
the darkness of the night in which
stumble and lose my way; no more
than ambition, or the laughter of youth
that mocks at sober age And Cleo
patra' represented as a spirited girl of
siXteen-the actual, historically record
ed age at which she first met Caesar.
is surely anything but bIoodIess alb
straction.
VIII his fame endure in the theater
and in literature? In my opinion. yes
It is as safe to endure in his WAYS as
Is Ibsen's or Maeterlinchs and for the
same reason, that It Is essentially
sound and of its age and time. More
over ShaW's work is broadening, yith
maturity and venture TO saw win go
for its verdict to posterity in nobler
proportions than as yet it has attain
ed"
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While the Princess Cantacuzene
daughter of General Fred Grant and
granddaughter Of ex-President Grant,
who is now on her way to join her hus-
band in Russia is most happily mar
RED and Prince Cantacuzene is one
of the most popular of Russians, her
rank in her adopted country is not
what the title leads many Americans
to believe.