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Not Her Opinion.

But to return 20 the subject ~ the
sketch. / wrote it with a thought
for the dramatic. and one could hard.
ly call it an expression OF opinion.
When ] got the tempting oa'er 20 play
twenty weeks in vaudeville l at once
read over a score Of sketches. hut none
OF them seemed to have that dramatic
intensity that 7 wanted. and so de-
cided 70 write my own
That speech that you close the act
with Is great" ventured Mr.. Kent.
THAT seems to be my strong point. -
laughed Miss Harmed. and that re-
minds me that I got of a good joke
on all the critics when I started out
in Anna Karenina'-that was what
I was playing last year. II happened
!n rehearsing he play that there was
a rather weak spot where Anna leaves
her husband after . scene. Sae had
nothing 90 say ana Thought she snou'd
have speech that would be fer AMI
bring the scene 20 a dramatic climax
so I Immediately got busy and
wrote one for her. II was a strong
one. If you will remember. and the
critics spoke or TolsiOy'S brutality in
the wording Of the speech. II was TOO
funny for anything. especially 20 me,
knowing that the dear man didn't
write it,"
1 derived little consolation from
the fact that I did not happen 70 see
Miss Harmed in Anna Karenina'' last
season and told her 50. although
confessed that I would have been
pretty apt to have been one Of the vic
Tins Of her joke II I had.
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AVS

play BY thesway. did you know that
I came near going on with my act
yesterday in any street clothesg"
I confessed tit was news 20 me. and
she continued
Yes, I expected my trunks al
morning and they didn't come al
though they were started from View
York Sunday evening So when az
ternoon camel just up and declared
that I would not 90 on. Mr. Chase
was perfectly lovely about H. he told
me that the house was then almost
packed with people who were anxious
70 see ne and suggested that I go On
IN my street clothes. and that he
would 90 out and explain 20 the au-
dience himself how the trunks were
delayed and he assured me that Il
would be al right
u finally consented. and then about
twenty minutes before it cane time
for my act the trunks arrived, and 80
7 didn't need 70 do it after all"
After all Is said anG done. you
rather like vaudeville" I suggested
Yes" she admitted. I think do
II is something Of a novelty. and Wien
one had a big iron-cIad contract for
twenty weeks al a fine salary and no
one-nighJ stands. Il think I might 40
worse.
Here Is the way looked att.
had nothing new 70 offer the public
ana could not ind anything IN the
many manuscripts I read that offered
any encouragement couldn't 20
over the large cities again with what
I had been doing and that meant
dong the smaller cities IN one-night
stands if I went out with q company
again"
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A HOmeIy Child.

Z remember the first time 7 ever
saw Ethel Barrymore. said Kent
1T was in Philadelphia. and she was
with her mother. and I declare she
was the honliest child 7 ever saw.
She was so thin that she wouldn't
even make a decent rail and her hair
wss hanging 20 her shoulder Ike 3.
scrcwny pigtan and now look al the
beauty she IS,
Did you see her when she was a
chiId2'' and Kent looked from Miss
Harmed to me as he asked the cues
ton Miss Harmed shook her head,
anc did not commit myself
That was some time ago" said
Miss Harmed.
Yes. about the time 7 first mst
YOU" Kent responded. Let ne see
that was about
Never mind telling how long ago
that was said Miss Harmed OF TIE
first thing you viii be giving away
how OLD I am and Ethel. too"
Miss Harmed looked ar me and
laughed. and I tried 20 promise thst
1 wouldn't tell II let IN on the secret,
but my little scheme did nor work
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SID IS IN ~
VAUDEVILLE
BECAUSE
By JAMES RUSSELL PARK.

opinion whether an actress should
marry cr not"
The actress laughed. Sire has an in
fictitious laugh. AS she sat there In
the low-necked. gauze-like costume
that she wears in the closing scene OF
her act with heI face covered with
grease paint and laughed heartily,
Kent and couldn't help but join In
and make II 81 trio inst cad OF a solo.
oh. dear. no." said Miss Harmed.
and Their she continued quite serious
ly: Actresses are no different from
other people. and ! think they should
marry the Same as any one else. Bat
when woman finds she cannot get
along with her husband don't think
che has any business living with MIN.
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Cultivate the Brown.

American maidenS. sitting in the sun
crime for hours, patiently cultivatlng the
brown aspect. which they wish to carry
home with them. are incOmprehensibIe
to the minds OF British matrons. There
is so little tan in England that when
George AIDES play, Just out Of Col
lege." was given In London and the ath-
letic girl made her appearance at the
evening party with the line OF tan
drawn upon her uncovered shoulders,
the ladies IN the audience did NOT IN
derstand H. They said the actress had
not bathed her neck.
Tan is so much desired that in the
boardwalk drug stores at Atlantic city
there may he seen in the windows a
preparation which bestows an artificial
tan. This IS for those unhappy maidens
with whom the "shadOwy livery of the
burning sun is nearer the hue of the
boiled lobster than that OF the Prince OF
Morocco in the play The artificial tan
is coat for the undesirable red. and
locks sufficiently near that Of nature
to be entirely acceptable and TO give
that badge and sign of the summer sea-
side outing which is worn so triumph
antly on the return home in September
There is seaside freckle also that Is
very fetching-quite another thing from
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Two Calls, One Talk.

Cant you come IN just after I
O'Clock tomorrow This last Was said
in such a pleading tone that no one
could resist. 80 it happened tuar
called upon Miss Ham,d t"l,e TO get
one onet.
Was there right on scheduled time
the next Afternoon and was In time to
see the actress come off the sage
aulid a thunder Of applause.
1t seems awfuIIy strange To SEE you
in vaudeville. Miss iIarued.' s~san
as soon as We had become settled in
her dressing room; size at her make
up table and l sitting on the trunk
emo kicking my heels against the side.
Il suppose it does" she answered
slowly. but it Is only for twenty
weeks and / got such EooI con-
tract aud"-her- she leaned forward
toward me and Ia loud stage whisper
said.-.at a salary that is bigger than
| ever received in the i-ci;;mate-
People can talk all they want to
about art and all that. as many
actors and actresses like to do. but
when they are honest they viii con-
fess that their real interest is in the
little envelope that is handed out on
Saturday night Now. YOU know why
l am In vaudeville"
You talk as If going into vaude-
VILE was a sort of "a" I COM
rrnencpd
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THE KINGLIEST KING.

'Hoi We VINO in noble work
Win scorE, as flames draw air.
And in the way where lions lurk
Gods image bravely bear;
OH trouble tried and torture torn.
The kingliest kings are crowned with
thorn,
"Life's glory. like The bow in heaven
Stnl springeth from the cloud:
And soul ne er scared the starry seven
but pains fire chariot rode
They've battled best whO've boldest
borne.
The llingliest kings are crowned with
thorn"
The martyrs fire crown on the brow
Doth into glory burn;
And tears that from loves tori heart
How
To pearls IF spirit turn.
Our dearest hopes In panSs arc ocrn,
The kingliest kings are crowned with
thorn"
las beauty in deaths cerement shrouds,
And stars bejewel night,
Coo splendors live in dicl heart clouds
And suffering worKeth might
The muTkiest hour IS mother of morn.
The kingliest kings are crowned with
thorn Gerald Massey
The Washington times., 1908-09-27

Harmed had casually mentioned that
she expected 70 be so situated hnan-
cially within two or three years that
she could reire from the stage and
intended 10. With this in mind. said.
lis there any danger Of your de
veloping into a playwright when you
leave the stagee"
so you call it danger. % she said
smiling We'll. dcu't know about
the danger of II or not. but it is not
unlikely that will do = little play
writing
We'll. hope 1t will be long time
from now I said.
Why"
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She Likes PIaywrIting.

DO YOU Ike playwriting2" l asked.
while We were stlll on the subject.
Yes. / do" she answered al
though 1 haven't dore much NJ IT,
Most Of my work has been on plays
that I have Produced scene here
and a scene there; just the interpola-
ton of a dozen or so lines.
is your present sketch your only
complete effort?''
NO 1 have written one or two 9TH
ers that I hope to have produced soon
er or later
Have you ever tried 10 write a
play?' I persisted
Not yet" was Miss Harneds an
swer, but / expect to some day"
\ little while before this Miss
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the spots that are gathered in simple
rustic life. There sIoul1 be no dread OF
freckles. for some Of the pre- lest
heroines Of modern fiction have bad
these fascinating Disbursements. II dis
ieurements they may be called. In
The Lovers Of Orelay." that shock ng
story 50 charmingly told bv George
Moore, he is continually laying stress
upon The beautiful freckles that were
on the nose of his exquisite Doris.
The real seaside tan is very soft-al-
most ike a powder Of very old gold
and the chemist must be cunning who
can impart IL II comes from the labora-
tory of the sea, the sky. and the va
grant winds; and through this gentle
envelope pulses upward the red blood
OF the glow Of perfect health
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~ Y the aid OF mechanical instru-
K ments. the product OF his
brain. man can sweep along a
prepared track at 40 miles an
hour or glide over the surface OF the
sea at about 20 miles. He can also
build towers nearly poo times as high
as himself or burrow into the crust Of
the earth 70 a depth equal 20 about
200 times his own height.
But strip a man Of his machine-made
instruments. weapons. and clothes.
and the lord Of creation IS a poor thing
at best. An ape Weighing 50 pounds IS
far more than match single-handed
for an unarmed man of three times
his weight
Take a mans power OF running His
best speed for mile is minutes 12az
seconds, which works sut al about "A
miles an hour. That common beast
OF prey. the gray wolf. lopes along at
an easy % and thinks nothing OF COW
ering 50 miles in a night.
The hunted fox has been timed 20
run two miles at a speed of IS miles
an hour. a race horse at full speed
travels - miles. while a greyhound.
which is. so far as known. the swift
at 81 miles
In jumping we are equally behind
hand. Roughly speaking. s feet in
height and % in width are the limit
Of mans achievements A red deer
has been known TO clear a wall 10 feet
high; the chamois can do at least a
foot higher, while as for the spring
box Of the South African veldt this
creature will shoot 10 feet UP in the
air just for the fun OF the thing
Some Of the beasts of prey are even
more wess,erful in their athletic per
formances-
Tie black jaguar. for instance. can
reach a branch fourteen feet from
the ground. The greatest jumper on
earth is the kangaroo. The sort
known as the "old man has been
seen 20 clear deadwood fences ten to
twelve feet high, while il can leap
with ease q width Of fifty to sixty
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A Clear Dark Skin.

The farther South one goes as L. Z.
cadio Hearn notes In his West India
book. the deeper the blue; and it is said
also the deeper the tan acquired by II e
complexion. In the West Indies, afte-
a year or two. there are people who are
burned almost black-a black that is re-
garded as particularly becoming 10
American women who were formerly
faiT-or as fair as brrnettes are usual
ly found This black is not swarthi-
ness. but beautiful clear. dark skin
through which the blood glows.
The relentless sun Of the seaside is
not generous, as a rule, to the blondes,
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Worse Than Being Tramp.

Few people have any idea Of how
disasreeable One-nigIu stands are Is
travelling half the time. irregular Hv-
ing. poor hotels. and worries on every
side Why. really. It's worse than
beirg a tramp"
Here Miss Harmed laughed 7 Join
Sd in but at the same time I won
dered what she knew about being a
tramp.
But IN vaudeville vii only play
TIE largest cities. and a week IN
each Miss Harmed continued. and
that certainly has its Advantages
Then We are 70 see you back n the
legitimate, Miss HarnedE~ I inquired
Yes. II can get the play want
she answered. but that IS not such
an easy thing to do nowadays"
Mr.. Kent corroborate9 ner with
vigorous nod OF the head, and the con-
versation turned on managers and
their methods Of reading and select
ing plays II was Of a personal and
confidential nature and Miss Harmed
warned me that this Is not for pub
LEGATION. you know" Her remarks were
20 complimentary that had 7 been her
I would not have hesitated TO allow
them 20 creep into print.
Something was saia ny Mss Harmed
that started Kent 70 talking about the
Barryrno-es-EtheI and her father.
AMI mother. Maurice and Georgia
Drew BARRYMORE
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Call 1t RetrOgrading.
menced

"A come-down?'' she finished for me
'@weI, a great many who have made
a success Of the legitimate and are
what is commonly called made do
consider it retrograding to play in
vaudeville They can't see art IN H.
While it may be true. 1 don't think
it will hurt anyone who has made
his or her position In the legitimate.
1 have a certain standing i'm the pro-
fession. and l don't think my taking
UP vaudeville viii affect It I'm any
way. l believe that when ] decide to
return to the legitimate l will be able
to take up the work just where left
OFF, don't you?"
l had barely finished nodding my
head and saying. Indeed. 1 do. when
there was a knock on the door and a
May I come IMP
The Intruder proved to be s. Miller
Kent. who was on the bill with Miss
Harmed. and played the one other
sketch. Il seems that ne has known
Miss Harmed for some years. and
dropped into her dressing-room or this
particular occasion to welcome her
into vaudeville For the little time he
was there the conversation was a
three-cornered one
Kent began hostilities by asking Miss
Harmed how she liked vaudeville
why. it's all right she said. Il
have only had three weeks of It. YOU
know. but everybody has been perfect
u lovely TO me-
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feet The record width cleared BY a
horse is about thirty-seven feet. while
the ostrich. in running, clears twenty
five feet at a stride
The athletic achievements Of fish are
very wonderful To see a salmon leap
W perpendicular fan Eve or six feet
high is a most ordinary sight Many
Of the predatory fishes can travel at
the speed OF a torpedo boat. The
writer has stood in the bow Of a
steamer travelling at fourteen knots
and watched a shoal of pOrpoises
gliding along under the CutwateT.
Every now and then, apparently for
the sake OF exercise. ore OF them
would break away from the rest and
make a complete circuit Of the NOV
ing steamer as quickly and easily as
though the ship were standing stiII
Even If a man perfeCts a flying ma
chine II will be a very long time be-
fore he can hope 20 rival the feats OF
the bids y dozen different birds
have been credited with speeds OF
sixty miles an hour and more, but X
is only lately that definite experiment
has proved that the swallow Is far
swifter than the wild duck or carrier
pigeon
A hen swallow was taken from it's
nest in an Antwerp railway station
and sent in a basket by express to
Compeigne. a distance Of 1861 miles.
There at T.30 in the morning. she was
liberated At S:3S the bird was seen
to arrive a. her nest Work this out
and you Will find that the tiny
creature travelled at the rate OF 1Ss
feet a secOnd-eQual TO 129 miles an
hour. At this rate il would take a
swallow only half a day to fly from
Belgium 70 North Africa
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Play Like Her Sketch.

Have you seen Ethel Barrymores
new play7' said the actress, address
ing Kent rather than me. IT'S .
strange coincidence but the big aet IN
Lady Frederick which Is TIE play
Vaughan wrote for her. is almost
identicaIly the same as ny Httls
sketch"
I laughed
NO. 7 didn't. either" she said quick
". looked surprised and she coatin-
ued: I thought you were going 70 ac-
cuse me OF plagiarism. but really
wrote my sketch before Lady Freder-
lex was heard OF. It was a coincidence,
although I don't mind admitting that
Charles Reade was responsible for the
idea in way and perhaps Mr..
Vaughan got mis- from the same
source"
From this point on the conversation
became personal and shortly afterward
I realized that il vas getting close 20
sundown and Miss Harmed had vet TO
remove her makeup and stage COS
tune So with cordial adieu LEFT
promising to see Der again when She
would not be rat on the witness
stand. 50 10 speak
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heavy Wllle ven dS 1
carefully threaded my way across the
stage at Chase's Theater last Monday
afternoon.
AS I was at that moment headed
straight for dressing room No. 3.
which is the one reserved for the star
headIiuer. I confessed that 1 was
Il am Miss Harmed. she said.
coming back 70 meet me. .-r.i passed
her half way down the stage and had
failed to recognize her in her trim
blue walking suit. and the mOnstroas
veil. which hid her face as effectively
as the Turkish women's headgear or
the Spanish girTs ''reDosa."
OF course l apologized for not having
recognized her at once, and then look
ed dismayed because she was just
leaving the theater and had two
friends with her.
Il am so sorry we had tins seeming
misunderstanding" she said cordially.
You see when I wrote you this morn
ing I wasn't sure about what time my
act went on and NY plan was 10 have
you come in just as l come of the
stage. always hike to lounge around
the dressing room for a little while
and we could have a nice talk
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Because We cannot ,Hord 20 lose
YOU from :he stage" J replied we
have too few actresse Of your cal
iber. If I may say SO"
That's very kind Of you" said Miss
Harmed simply. IT Is true THAT there
are not many actresses At the top AMI
the reason so many or them don't ge-
there Is because they don't like 20
work. It's hard work and nothing
Use.
I've had girls come TO me ard ask
about going on the stage I always
ask them II -hey have 20. because that
is the only way that th5,- viii su"ceed-
II doesn't take long for the glamour
10 wear or and then acting is the
The Washington times., 1908-09-27
All Are "First Nights

You will swear by it after YOU
have been in it for a while. and get
to know the game" Kent proceeded.
Haven't YOU found that every per-
Torrance in vaudeville. theater is
Ike a first night in the legitimate?''
Il can't say that have noticed IT.
Miss Harmed responded. "As said
before. everybody. both behind and in
front Of the footlights. have been aw-
fully good 10 me"
by the way, Miss Harmed l in
terrupted when there was a slight
pause. some one has said that your
sketch was an expression OF your
The Washington times., 1908-09-27
BRITISHERS CANNOT UNDERSTAND
AMERICAN GIRLS DESIRE FOR TAN

for most blondes burn very red. What
could be more undressing than this
cooked appea rance2 The bare arms Of
the brHnette-sometimes as pretty as
the lost ones OF Venus Of AIilO-burned
by sea an sky, are very fascinating TO
masculine sight; so. too. the slender
hands and the oack Of the neck. with
few short curls straying upward Eng
iish women are so careful OF the com
plexion and In such dread of freckIes
that they are puzzled over the eager
desire OF the American girl 20 he
tanned
The Washington times., 1908-09-27

worst kind Of a drudgery II a girl
doesn't have 10 work she had better
keep as far away from the stage as
she can
DO YOU call the rwo-a-da:' wcrk?''
I asked
] certainly do" was her emphatic
answer ITO be sure I am only actu-
ally working about twenty minutes
twice each day, where in the legitimate
! have two and a half hours work
eight times week. stiH I exrend the
same nervous energy With the one as
with the other But at that I rather
enjoy the vaudeville work aud The
audiences have been kind TO mo.
The Washington times., 1908-09-27
HIS REGULARITY.

Jailer--He's a queer case. that pris-
oner IN cell twenty-seven Nothing
suits him but silk underwear.
Nisitor-Well, that isn't e crime, is
It?
Jailer-No; but when he got his last
suit OF II the store detective hap
pened 70 see him sneak Il under his
coat.-Chicago Tribune
The Washington times., 1908-09-27

Then you should feel fattered."
said.
why SOP she asked eagerly
simply because Washington au-
diences have the reputation OF being
very critical" 7 answered.
II didn't know that" she said
thOughtfUlly.
1T seems 10 be a fact" 7 contin~
ued, and for proof witness the mum
Der Of first productions that Washing
ton is getting"
y -
An Incident Last Week.
That's So" she admitted well.
I'm glad they seem. 20 Ike my little
The Washington times., 1908-09-27

RE you looking for Vir-
ginia Harmed ," asked
a musical. and at the
same time. magnetic.
voice from behind A
The Washington times., 1908-09-27
MAN Stripped of Mechanics, ANTKJAJC
VI AIN, Compares Poorly With ANlMALO

Y the aid OF mechanical instru-
ments. the product OF his
brain, man can sweep along a
PREPARED track at 100 miles an
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-10
CASTRO SEWERS ALL TIES
WITH THE UNITED STATES
Charge d. Afaires, Senior Veloz-Goitcoa Presents His
Recall to the State Department and Starts for New
York-On the Point of Break Also with
Holland.

,uc.an consul general In New York.
This statement Is regarded as an in
dication that the Venezuelan govern
ment will follow the precedent es-
tablished In the United States In
refraining from interfering with
trade by closing the consulates,
Notwithstanding the breach in diplo-
matte relations. No arrangement
has been made for the transaction
of any diplomatic business which
Venezuela might find II absolutely
necessary to transact through some
unforeseen contingency.
Senor Veloz's personality has had
much to do with delaying the break
between the two countries as he is
popular In Washington. Great regret
was expressed that he must leave.
Officials who have followed close
ly the developments in the VenezueI-
an situation say there is not the
sligh test danger of war in the inn
mediate future, or, indeed, at all.
Rather will the situation resemble
that following the rupture OF dip
lomatic relations between France
land Venezuela, where legations
were closed on both sides and all
official relations terminated, while
trade between the two countries
continued, and Frenchmen came
to Venezuela and rich Venezuelans
made their annual pilgrimaees 10
Paris as II nothing had occurred.
| The history OF these episodes I'm
the case OF Venezuela is very much
alike. The feeling of resentment bred
by the rupture gradually becomes
less acute. and at the proper mo-
ment friendly third party steps In,
bringing restoration of amicable
relations. II Is even possible In our
own case that the process may be
more rapid thon usual, for two rea-
sons.
In the first place there must be
some limit to the number of powers
from which Venezuela can safely
separate herself, and with the ter
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-10

minatlon of her relations with Amer
lea today she has added a very po-
tent force to the opposition. In the
second place, there is some ground
for the belief that President Castro
has been acting In a half light.
that for some reason he has not
been in possession of all the facts
In the case OF the controversy with
the United States, or If he has, then
he has been completely misled as
to the motives which have impelled
Secretary Root to request the Vene-
zuelan government to join America
in having recourse to arbitration.
The reason for the withdrawal OF
, the American legation at Caracas
arose from the persistent refusal OF
Venezuela to give redress for the
governmental action by which all
! American interests in Venezuela
were either destroyed or conflscated
lor to submit the claims of Ameri-
can citizens to arbitration. There
we're five of these claima in all.