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painting in the mind of friend
II is strange that an idea as old
as the hills, mental telepathy.
should have made such hit on the
stage, isn't It? But it's all because
the company in The Witching
Hour takes the subject so seri-
ously.
America Is unquestionabIy th< ac-
tors real home. Il is here that the
drama is appreciated more than I'm
any other country Why. while I was
in England last summer l met Henry
Arthur Jones. the playwright, and he
showed me box Office records for one
Of his plays. The Hypocrites' I be
lieve. He said. Look what an audi
ence had I'm this little American town
they call Springfield. And see what
England gives in Birmingham and
Leedsr The figures showed that for
theatrical population the returns in
Springfield. III. were about three
times as great as in Birmingham
Many people have an idea that the
intellectual drama has better chance
IN Germany than in this country il
isn't true. Americans are more toll
Grant and are more willing to give an
attentive ear TO anythii ( that Is worth
while than the peopi, Of any other
country Here at Lease the playwright
and the player are allowed to attempt
something new. 10 be creative. In
Germany and in England. however.
the stage is fettered To a greater or
less extent by tradition. America
nay not like everything that is pre-
scented to II under the guise of intel
lectuality. but here at any rate one
can ret q respectful hearing. which is
much more than can be said OF the
old countriess.
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Fine Time Ont West.

81 had a bully season in the far
West. however. 1t had been some
eight or ten years since had ap-
peared in that section of the coun-
try and the audiences gave me a
rousing welcome. The play had a
strong appeal for them. too. Now
that l have returned East, how
ever, where ! haven't the anticipa-
ton of new audience to spur me
on, it takes all my will power to
nerve myself for each performance.
81 am more and more fully con-
WINGED each time I go on the stage
in The Squaw Man that our pres
ent system of long runs is detri-
mental to the art of acting and 10
the actor. There ought TO be some
relief from the monotony Of it all
Now if ] could Just give one per-
Torrance n week Of something else
besides The Squaw Man it would
be such a relief to ones nerves.
For example, although / played the
role of Algy in Lord and Lady
Algy' perhaps a hundred times
more than have appeared in the
Royle play. it did not become so
irksome to me because 1 refreshed
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time and time again Sometimes YOU
feel as though il would run you to dis
traction 7 could not endure Il n 1 did
not have a different audience every
night. The new faces and The interest
which the people in front manifest IS
the only novelty offered. and ] force
myself to forget the play entirely and
think only OF those who are witness
ing IT, In this way manage 10 arouse
little OF the first-night enthusiasm
for The work. but. Cad. It is hard
Really I sad no idea how hard I was
going 10 find II. otherwise I would
never have signed the present cotract
to play The Squaw Man over the
old Eastern route. I go from here 90
Chicago and then back into New York
for a six weeks run I have been
tempted 10 give a few maunees of my
next seasons PLAYS, but I realize that
this would be unwise as it would de-
stroy all their novelty. But what
relief "a would be TO hc anything on
the stage except that Englishman-
Westcrner
II am very much impressed with the
plan that has been adopted in Eng
land by theatrical managers Of invit-
ms the dramatic critics TO dress re-
hearsals Under our present Ameri-
can system Of barring the critics until
the opening night after which they
must hurriedly write their reviews for
the next days papers. both the critics
and the production suffer. There is
too mucn for one man 10 do. The
critic has three distinct phases Of
production TO consider-the play itself
the staging with regard to the accu-
racy of setting and costuming. and
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WHY HUMAN LOVE
IS Al VA rs TICKLE

or monogany are more or less Unnat-
ural. more or less or conStraint TO
him
Inherited ideas watch have become
very deeply rooted I'm the human mind
in the course Of centuries Of trans
mission prove nothing against this
biological fact.
Let us listen very closely TO the
suuest. smallest voices fin the hearts
Of loversl Does the beloved being
really fl the heart so completely thar
there IS no room left for a wish o.
even for q perception outside Of it
which has some other being for It's oh
ject? ] DENY It, II we are honest We
must allow that man ard woman. e-eu
I'm the highest paroXysms OF a new
born love. keep an obscure corner In
their souls which IS not Illuminated o.
the beams Of the concrete passion.
whore Turk the germs OF diverginE
sympathics and desires.
We keep these germs ccncealef
owing. perhaps, to a sense OF honor
irstilled into US by our training VIC
do not allow them TO develop at oEce
but we are continually conscious Of
their existence, and we feel that they
strong if we did not prevent their de-
geloQment.
IL may sound very shocking. vet p
must say tive can even love sevcrsI
individuals at the same time wiz.
nearly equal tenderness. and we need
not lie when we assure each one III
our passion
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Thought lie Was Eaffy.

What on earth is the governor
talking about? Is he daffy. I
thought TO myself. | tried to ask
him what he was driving at. but it
wasn't any use. He kept repeating
that we were doing everything
wrong and that IL was a waste OF
time to talk about anything. that
mental telepathy could do it all.
81 hadn't the slightest idea what
it all meant until that night when
I went TO the theater and over
heard some of the boys in my own
company who had been to matt
nee at the Hackett Theater de-
scribe Thomas new play and how
John Mason reads the price of
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by dramatic criticism not the hippant.
satirical reviews. but those analyses
which are inspired by the most aitrt.-
istic motives. to point out our errors:
such reviews, for example. as we get
in Chicago. where a coterle Of earnest.
conscientious men have succeeded in
raising the standard OF criticism 10
such plane that actors are anxious
10 produce their plays in that city.
There they are sure OF receiving a
candid. well-digested opinion. free
from personal aGimus. It is adverse
criticism OF this kind which really
helps. for the actor cannot judge his
own work He must be OF the audi
ence TO be able 20 appreciate fully the
proper proportions Of mis- impersona-
ton. The man on the stage loses. to a
certain extent the sense Of perspective
and Of contrast II Is the student in
front upon whom the men and women
behind the footlights must rely for
careful judgment and proper esti-
mate.
7 expect to have a very busy week
Of it in Washington. william Lloyd
Osborne VIII come over TO see me
Wednesday, and we shall spend three
days putting together the finishing
ANHNltNN vi Ills AAAEANuE WHICH
expect TO produce early in 1908. Yes, I
am branching out in the producing
line. too. This play of-Mr. Osborne's.
by the way, has a rather interesting
history. The author wrote It on a
dare. The first play he ever wrote
was not a success. and his club friends
twitted him about It. some wagering
that he could not write an out-and-out
melOdrama. Osborne. as a joke. wrote
the present play and then stuffed il
away I'm A pigeonhole- BY mere chance
he mentioned the fact one day and ]
asked him to read II to me. He did
so. and / believe I have discovered a
valuable piece OF property. He is 10
put the finishing touches on IL while
I am here. and I hope TO organize my
company IN New York early in Febru-
airy and put it on the road
do you know II is simply frightful
to have 20 appear in the same role
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diences. We are apr TO undervalue
the Intellectually OF the great mass
Of peoIle rom whom the theater re-
ceives Its support. For example. We
actors and managers. and playwrights
work days and weeks and months
over some production. Not infrequent-
ly we work for a year to develop some
particularly subtle thought or clever
de We present il. and because the
audience does not grasp ii immediate
ly we are prone 10 say. They don't
appreciate the best in our art. They
want the cheap. the frivolous. the
melodramatic. But could you or l
subtle point. when we saw il for the
first time? On the contrary. we have
shown very clearly that we could not.
for we have been working and think
ing. and sleeping. and eating, that
particular point for days and weeks.
II it Is some hidden excellence. some
philosophic deduction. which has re-
quired our undivided attention and
study for so long. why should we ex-
pect a cosmopolitan and representa-
tive audience to catch the full purport
in the brief time OF the action OF a
play2
Il think that we should always bear
in mind that the stage Is first and
foremost the home OF the drama. and
drama means primarily. entertain
ment When we can join art and in
tellectuality to entertainment 50 much
the better for Us. and so much the
better for our audiences. Whenever
we add another artistic touch, another
new and wholesome thought we are
building nobler structure. but W.
cannot. we must not get away from
the basic fact that the stage Is fun
0amentaly an entertainment. Now l
do not mean by entertainment sense
less hilarity, but diversion, recreation
for the mind and a stimulus for pleas
ure. or a change of thought.
Dramatic criticism I believe to be
one of the really big forces in the up
lift OF the modern stage. And 7 mean
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n SHAM had just or
N dered his cup Of
" " breakfast" tea
when l joined him
In the grill room at the Shoreham
Hotel Monday evening shortly be-
fore his performance at the Ma
tional. His greeting was not in
any sense what had expected for.
rs he had been a matinee idol for
almost a decade, had nerved my
self for an interview with an over
bearing, egotistical Englishman,
with a tendency 10 preeRing as
though he were the exposure Of
al eyes. 1t was an agreeable sur
prise TO be welcomed cordially. and
with a gentle courtesy that is 20
be found more frequently ia the
drawing room than in the green
room.
u am sorry that I could not see
you earlier, but | remained In New
York until the last possible mo
ment so that I could bring Mrs.
Faversham to Washington with me.
Oh yes, the boy is upstairs, too"
(The second 'Favvy" of the Young
er generation Is two weeks odd.
"on what subject would you like
for me to talk?" asked the English
man.
He Immediately accepted my sug-
gestion that l did not care for him
to talk at me but with me, and
forthwith launched out upon such
diversified train of thought that
II has been almost impossible TO
reconstruct all the links by which
this verbal prestidigitator enter
tanned me for IN hour.
81 feel very much like apologize
ing to Washington for returning
here this year in an old play" he
began. 81 don't believe in it, and
] should certainly not have signed
my present contract for The Squaw
Man had known how irksome it
was going to prove TO appear in
that role for more than 500 times.
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the Interpretation by the Individual
actors Now, IL IS not reasonable 70
expect any one man TO weigh &c
the proper proportion these features
and DO an OF them justice IN the has
rily written reviews for the next days
paper. If however. we allowed the
critics 20 see the dress rehearsais they
would have ample time 10 estimate
the merits Of the play itself, 70 ana
I'VE its strong and weak points. its
artistic and its educational value. and
its moral influence. An this could be
written in advance Of the opening
night And on the occasion Of the
premiere the critic could coufine his
observations solely 20 the inrerpreta-
ton given by the actors I think IN
this one particular the English are far
aheadsof the Americans. ana n can
arrange IL I shall adopt the plan OF
inviting the newspaper men TO the re-
hea-sals Of my own productions next
year
trad not an obsequioIs waiter appear
cd at this juncture and Queried- ''WHl
Won have anything else. SIR Mr.
Faversham would possibly have been
late for his even 'ns's 7erformance.
FOR 7 was urging him voice more
Of his interesting tr every
thing I'm general. Be- reminded,
however. that he had entered the grill
room 10 dine. the actor hUrriedly
arose with the request that I ex-
cuse bin as DE wished 20 see Mrs.
FaVerSham Tor n few moments before
going 10 the National
And thus ~Favvy'- Left me. going to-
ward the elevator with a stride that
could easily cover five miles an hour.
RALPH GRAVES.
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- -
most beautiful chinese wom-
en- in the United States. stood by her
husband, Chin Mon Lung wealthy
young Denver restaurateur. and was
married recently in Denver according
To- the law o. the United States.
Magistrate Carbon performed the cere-
mony. and Mayor and Mrs. Robert W
Sueer acted as best man and matron
OF honor. The marriage followed one
which was, performed last week by
Chinese priest In Oakland, Cal, the
home OF the bride.
The American wedding was one Of
the most brilliant functions ever held
In Denver's Chinese quarter. After
the ceremony a feast was spread FOR
the American guests. who indulged
freely In dark lulu. chop suey yako-
rtoin. and other Chinese delicacies and
Ganties
feast was spread in a hall at 30iO Mar
kct street. which has been used IN the
past as q Chinese gaming place, and
which was decorated for the occasion
with priceless Chinese tapestries. es-
pecially imported from the Orient by
the wealthy relatives OF the bride and
groom. Look Wing Yuen, the brother
iu-iaU OF the groom. who owns the
building and who Is said 10 possess Il
great fortune in good An~rican gold,
was master OF ceremonies md saw 10
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By MAX NORDAU.


MONG ten thousand pairs of
" lovers there is barely one in
n which the man and woman
love each other throughout
their entire lives. to the exclusion of
all others-nOt a single couple VINO
would invent the perpetual single mar
riage TO answer their own require
ments II IL did not already exist. But
there are sure 10 be nine thousand
nine hundred wAO at some period in
their lives experienced a strong desire
to unite themselves with a certain in
dividual. were happy If able TO crafty
this desire, suffered bitterly If it re-
manned unfulhued. and notwithstand-
ing feelin@ the sincerity OF the origi-
nal after q longer or shorter period.
developed until they came to have en-
tirely different. often dramatically
opposite, sentiments Tor the objects of
their former passionate affection
Have these couples the right 10 get
married? Undoubtedly. Their union
must be promoted in the interest Of
the race. But win a lifelong single
marriage be compatible permanently
with their naPpiness2 No honest OBJ
server Of real life can reply afirma-
lively to this question.
The fact Is that man is not a mono
gamous being, and all Institutions
which are founded on the acceptance
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These asterisks do not represent
any unprintable language Of Mr.
Faversham's, but merely sleight
of tongue change of subject.
II hadn't heard of The Witching
Hour when / arrived in New York
a few days ago. As / ssalked
into Charles Frohman's office
passed Harris and asked him some
casual question. When / took a
seat in Mr.. Frohman's Office he
shook his head very solemnly and
said, 'Favyy, that was all very I'M
necessary asking Harris a question
like that. The time is soon coming
when you viii not have TO ask
questions or exchange n word of
greeting. You will just come into
my Office. sit down, we will ex-
change thoughts and you will walk
out. That is all there viii be to it.
In fact you won't have to come to
New York to converse with me.
You can just think YOU want 20
discuss the plans for this produc-
ton and though YOU may be in
Chicago and here. we can arrange
all the details at once.
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MIstaken AbOut AudIenee.

u think most OF us who are CON
nected with the stage have \ mistaken
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myself with other interpretations
at intervals
And / am going TO put my the
DRY 10 test next season. Yes.
have great schemes for the future.
Next fall hope to appear in
stephen Phillips play 'Herod.'
which Beerbohm Tree produced in
London several years ago. Do you
know. ! have been longing for that
play for five years, and l only Sc
cured the American rights 10 IL
month or two ago. OF course you
never can tell what a play is going
10 be until after the first night.
but believe that In 'Herod' | shall
have the opportunity of my career.
| have been on the stage in Amer
lea for eighteen years and don't
believe | have ever been so enthusi-
astic before The play. as you
know, Is of heroic mold. II handles
a dramatic theme in big way. I
am going TO spend the entire sum
mer in preparing for it. and I viii
he assisted by Mrs. Faversham
(JU'ie opp, who viii appear with
me. But even if 'Hcrod' is a big
success 1 do not intend to start
another run I will alternate with
The World and His Wife another
play which | believe viii be ac-
cePted as virile dramatic produc-
ton.
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The Time Has Come, :. :. :.
To Speak Of Many Things;
Of Ships and Shoes, and Sealing Wax;
Of CabbageS and Kings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-29

Dramatic criticism I believe to be
one of the really big forces in the up
III Of the modern stage. And I mean
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-29

do you know Il is simply frightfui
to have 20 appear in the same role
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-29

ARBED in the silken. gaily-
colored robes OF her race, May
Gum. said TO be one OF the
most beautiful Chinese wom-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-29

" Y = LILLIAN FAV Err
SHAM had just or
NV dered his cup of
" "breakfast" tea
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-28

Thaw il 1905 'Thr cas-" Will b" sent
to y referee. Judgment MAS granted
by default because of the unn-appcnr-
ance of counsel ana tn" opening Of IN"
case WAS rdcr"d on the representation
that Mr. IIartridGc had been i'll aT':
unable t. before give his attention to
the matter
Friday 1T EcrIin chased tn" taking
of testimony in tho Iii,"i acton brought
by General Count kunn Won M"litk"
against M4Xmii,u Harden, editor nf
Die Sohnuft. saying that the court had
heard enough to has" q decision,
though ~ did MT Indicate what th'
decision would he Counsel will be
heard III argument Saturday. II 'rr
Harden whom Il" left III" court was
chccred wildly hy mmene" crowds Of
attacking powerful persona ges con-
nocted with the imperial court.
Til" arrest Of Ensign Charles f. III
mo. of the French navy at Tou III
Thursday on the charge of being Il SOY
and who later confessed to having alb
Stractcd Il secret naval signal book and
the naval cypher code. was followed
Friday by the arrest at Nendome of an
army officer named Bcrton. who is
charged with negotiating with an
agent of foreign power for the sale
Of military secrets. The arrests are
creating a great stir ana as Ulmo is a
Hebrew. the papers term his case as
a second Dreyfus.
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A Butterfly Dam

CAS- the sewage of Chicago, Touring
into the Chicago River from all Inc
houses in an arch of some two hundred
miles. goes down the South Branch
into III Drainage Channel and down
the Drainage channel to the Illinois
River ana to III" Mississippi, il viii
encounter. near Lnckpnrt, Il now and a
wonderful kind of da I. u Eutterfy'
dam that Will u" capahl" Of being
swung Ground bodily, in tho current
Of III" stream, on two enormous metal
pins.
1T u perhaps 4 mistake to Say that
the sewage Of Chicago will itself en-
counter this dam Ry the time the
water Of the Drainage Channel reaches
I.ockport il il; aStnniShinCly clean and
cloar Running water. like a success
full mar. i,:riiicS itself as it advances
and if it goes far enough no one can
rtproach il with its past sins. Lock-
port * only about thirty-fivc miles from
Chicago, but by the time the polluted
waters of Lake Michigan and Of the
Chicago River have arrived at that
point they look as innocent as if they
hal never had any past at all.
1T Is water. then, and not sewage
which will float toward the Butterfly
DAM. But it will not float over IT,
That is the curious thing about Butter
fly construction. The water will flow
by the dam The dam will swing aside
to let it pass, just as a bridge swings
aside to let an Ore-steamer go down
the Calumet River.
This remarkable dam will be one
OF the greatest curiOsities in that
museum, of curiosities. the Chicago
Drainage Channel. The spectacle Of a
| river flowing the wrong way against
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-28

nlv Of currency Thus the general SIT
nation TODAY is much improved ana
Win rho intervening Sunday it is be-
loved that almost a normal state OF
fairs will be reached Monday.
The Trust Company of America
onened its doors as usual at 10 O'Clock
SATURDAY There were fewer than loo
denositors in line. and the company
officials declared that the run is over
The Terminal Rani Of Brooklyn. a
small state institution. with a capital
of 500, 900 and deposits of about $40
900. suspended payment Saturday.
The Terminal Bank is located at 81
Sand street, Brooklyn. The instituted
WAS established in 1905. w. 2. Reid is
president.
The principal difficulty throughout
tht. weeks excitement has been lack
Of currency. There was not enough
actual money in the city TO stand the
tremendous drain without cutting
down loans. The small banking insti-
buttons that closed this week nave
good supplies of gilt-edged securities
in their vaults. but they could neither
sell them nor borrow money on then
this week. simply because of the scar
CITY Of actual paper. gold and silver
money
No apprehension was felt today Il:
to the result OF financial transactions
The Stock Exchange and the bank:
opened for business only tw" hours
and the Stock Exchange was n"
troubled by II" money situation, as al
the loans made Friday carry owe
until MONDAY under the ordinary rue
of the exchange.
soon after arriving at the SUP
treasury Saturday Secretary C"rtelo'
| had a conference with George W. Pe'
| kins of ]. p. Morgan & co. Mr. Per
| kins subsequently said:
"rh" atmosphere is fast clearing w
as any one can see.
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THE PRESIDENT
Heartily CongratuIates Secretary Cor
teiyou.

congratulate YOU upon the ddmirah'"
way in which you have handled tn"
present crisis congratulate also
those conservative and substantial bus
mess men who in this crisis have acted
with such wi.;dom and public spirit. BY
their lction they did invaluabis Servic"
in checking tn" panic which. beginning
as a matter Of speculation. was threat
ening to destroy the confidence ana
credit necessary t" the conduct OF leElt-
innate business. No one who CONSIDERS
calmly can question that the underlying
conditions which make up our financial
and industrial Well-being are "SScntla liN
sound and honest. Dishonest dealing
and speculative enterprise are merely
the occasional incidents of real pros
peritv The action taken by you and
by the business men in question has
been OF the utmost consequence ana
has secured opportunity for the calm
consideration which must inevitably
produce entire confidence in our bus
mess conditions.
Faithfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT