The National tribune., 1907-11-14

money. To carry these plays over the
country with a small army of actors
and assistants and many carloads OF
| cenery took small fortune. and when
he found he was actually losing money
| from small audiences he would an
aDunce one night usually the last night
| II his engagement, Of ''Jekyll-Hyde."
| ttevenSon's tale appealed to him In the
| isht Of literary adventure. Its as
| onishing psychology Interested him in
tenseIy, and the idea of the physical as
| pect varying with the moral changes IN
| he central character appealed to his
| lrau.atic faculty. These physical
hanges he intended to be subordinate
| % the mental. but to his disa appointment
the marvel Of Stevenson's character, al
! gernately sanity and demoniac. inter-
| asted his audience less than the actor
! Iansfield's lightning bodily transitions
| from the normal, erect, benign, diSg:.sed
| Or. JekylI to the crouchinS, leer.Ig,
hideous Hyde. Mr.. Mansfield was pop
Iiarly supposed to be amply supplied
| with self-conceit. However true this
was Of his public pose, il was net true
| of the real Mansfield. His wife was his
monitor. She had been very good
| actress herself, but upon her marriage
| with Mr.. Mansfield left the stage ald
merged what professional ambition she
had in her husbands career. She was
| l great help to him. and whenever he
brought out new play she atten ed
every rehearsal. crit1cizing its weak
| points. 1t is said she kept him from
playing Hamlet. for which the pubiic
| should thank her, as Mansfield was
| never convincing in any of his Shak-
| perean roles, and would have been
/ particularly unacceptable as the mel
| incholy Dane. OF course, he could not
resist Hamlet-what actor of tragic
| plays has been able to?-but after
| Few rehearssls his wife's adverse criti-
ism caused him to abandon the prof.
| ect. She, however, agreed with him
hat Macbeth was suited to his powers,
and he was preparing to produce that
| great tragedy at the time of his death.
One of the many wealthy American
| girls who has found life with a titled
foreigner not all she fondly expected it
| TO be, and who has in consequence
| Joined the rapidly swelling ranks Of
| hose Obliged to apply for a legal sep
| aration from their Lord. Count. Duke
| or Earl, as the case may be, says that
| international marriages would not re-
| suit in ignominious failure il the Amer
| lean girl would go abroad and study
! the customs of her future husbands
country. While the American man un-
| questionably makes the best husband
in the world the kindest. most indHl-
! gent, most generous and undoubtedly
lis far more faithful to his marriage
vows than a foreigner. he is too prac-
| teal. too busy, too engrossed in his
| business affairs to give his wife the
attention she Graves. The great charm
of foreigner lies in mis- romantic man
ner of wooing. He never speaks of his
| work-if he does workout to devote
| himself to the woman of his choice
seems to be his sole aim in life. Most
| women are romantic and this manner
| fascinates them, and it is the opinion Of
| this particular American girl that most
! international marriages are founded on
| real love as far as the woman is con-
cerned. She also AYERS that no Amer
! lean girl has ever married into the
| French, English or Italian nobility
without being mentally improved by
the alliance.
A very potent figure in Japanese poll
Iitics is Count Okuma, many times Prime
Minister and at presentN the leader OF
the So-called Progressive Party. From
his learning and wisdom he is some
times designated the "Sage of Washe-
/ da. which is the name of his beau
tiful country seat on the outskirts OF
Toxic. Count Okuma is very popular
outside of court circles, where he has
the reputation of being somewhat un-
ruly, his power over the people being
compared to that which Jas. G. Blaine
welded for SO many years in this coun-
try. A strong reason for his popularity
is the sincere interest he has always
try, and the assistance he has given
them in acquiring an education. Like
many of the Japanese statesmen of the
old regime, he has maintained high
school near his country home. at which
have been educated, at almost no ex-
pense to themselves. the sons of his fol-
lowers. At first the Count was attract
ed by the arts and letters. but about
lis years ago a change came over his
educational policy, and now he insists
upon technical education. realizing
that mining and railway engineers and
technical experts of all kinds are what
Japan needs at the present day. Okuma
believes in keeping the sons of Japan
at home. but if they are obliged to
leave the Kingdom he strongly advo-
Gates their going where they will still be
under their native flag. Proud and un-
reIenting. like all his race, he will never
cultivate friendly relations with power
that discriminates against his country
men, and consequently. as is well
known. his policy Is anti-American as
far as we are concerned. He has, how
ever. been exceedingly quiet on this
s'1biect. and with the exception of his
indignant newspaper comments upon
the receipt of the first news of the San
Francisco troubles. he has made no
public statement which would show him
70 be hostile TO American. prestige in
the Pacific Sill. foreigners residing
IN Japan say fney can trace the anu
! American feeling directly to his influ-
ence, which is subtle. but on that ac-
count all the more potent. Because he
saws nothing it is no sign he is not
thinking and planning. 1t is said that
all during the years when he was work.
ing dav and night to bring, about war
4 with Russia he never once, publicly,
mentioned that Nation by name. His
policy with regard to the Philippines Is
we'll known. which is to the effect that
the sale of the islands by us to any
|, other country hut Japan would be re-
earded bv the Toxic Government as an
unfriendIy act. The personal character
Of Count OlSuna is admirable. He is a
tireless worker for the Improvement OF
his people. great educationist and
kind father to his adopted son. who has
married his only daughter No charge
hos ever been made against the up
i rightness of his life. except that he Is
an fnveterate speculator upon the rice
; exchange, which in this country would
; evcite very little comment. Were Count
Il okuma at present member of the
Mikado'S Ministry, we would have to
keep our eyes and ears very wide open.
indeed.
4 Capt. Amundsen, the Norwegian Arc
tic and Antarctic explorer, proposes on
his next trip to the frozen North to use