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The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

after H. ana ar Belasco had only finished composing
his play, He is voluble, flexible, interested. His
enlotionaIism flares out with each word he utters
his whole stage scheme of things. So ask about his
human nstruments--his actors and actresses How
does he train them for their parts?
Il study them he says. Study them-study
them all the time He looks into vague dis
tance; doubtless they all troopng there before
him What do their characters run to? Now this
actor-what has been his life9 Has it been wine,
woman and cards? This man again-does he drink,
Is he quick tempered?
sJust the same with the woman | study her
She may be called upon to play great sublime parts
Ii she has led life of excitement try calm her
YES tpausel try TO calm her And so come down
to the theater Now the stage-yes, yes"
Mr. Belasco looks of once more of into the phan-
tasy Of his creations The visionary properties lie
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

The quaint little clock is pointing to quarter
past There IS a movement outside. Another
curtain has gone down forever My particular friend,
the energetic press agent peers in and draws dscon
solately out again; and still the head and the
ewes look look in lingering reverie. II is hateful
get up but the little clock stH points accusingy and
rise have been there for almost two hours. I
have been listening for that time very wonderful.
harmonious human instrument, which has thrilled
the touch as have few before have passed through
the most purely human, enjoyable interview have
ever. experienced. I have witnessed performance
of magnificent emotions in the little sanctuary behind
that surprising stage: have in the very best and
eilded) seat in the house; and go through Broad
way afterward l look at the SOFT light coaked
women and the black coated, white fronted who
pour along the streets-look them without envy in
my heart For have been a thezfer, too; and
know ] have II them all.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30
The Construction

YES the play he says once more-"the period
the early days OF California, say he repeats for he
likes his repeated words almost as much as his dis
jonted i.tle phrases and his inyariable don't you
knows" Yes. yes-then / say. Now what do |
know of the early days of California;? | get all the
books and read up. Hands pull out imaginary
volumes and place them upon table, 81 interview all
my acquaintances who had fathers or brothers who
were fortv-niners: or find some forty-nner and
go to him Yes get up the subject. What did
they eat? Could they get beef and milk? You know.
And now my plot think | get in dark
room If If be daytime close the blinds the doors,
make prisoner of myself andjust think out, think
out, think out | find something perhaps l have
read an incident in a paper, or book that gives
stion--itss the germ; and in the dark there
think and think and it grows More drumming
quick active drumming this time: one wonders how
the gilt is going to last)
Now the plot is really the essential thing There
should be but one real plot. you know--caI it the
main plot sub plots should only be used steps
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-30

about him in their stageland gloom The little
with the gided chairs in which | sit Is far away
indeed, now.
"Y-e-s-um (hand goes up to mouth. little finger
goes within Ips). 1t IS best TO have that sofa
there-um-un-Now You playing Agnes.
The well remembered chair OF gilt IN the corner
that had BEEN the girl waiting the station for
her sweetheart now becomes Agnes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

1 miles. gradually circling back to the starting point. His mate Is there. in the spot where he started from. all ready and fresh to take up the run the instant he comes bounding along, while he leaps from the trail at right angles and lies concealed In the ken- mel.
 The hounds keep right on after the female fox, ignorant, of course. of the trick the foxes are playing. She in turn Is relieved by her mate, who starts in as good as new. This run and rest of the foxes is kept up with out cessation, so that in two or three hours the dogs. being kept at nigh speed, are exhausted and are forced to give up the chase with yelpings of disappointment.
 the foxes, the fox that hears 1t an- swers It with sharp. aggravating. mocking cries. have seen dogs sneak home in humiliation and silence after such defeat and hearing the gloating of the fox over them. and have known them to feel the disgrace of 1t so that they wouldn't go fox hunting again for days.
 T never knew but one hound who got on to this trick of the relaying foxes. and he certainly did make good use of his discovery. He simply let the other dogs keep on the trail, while he laid for the foxes. and got 'em both every time. When that dog died he left no succession in possession of his secret.
 Mind you. this Is the red fox am
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

| tnsurrection he puts the blame on Zelaya.
 Honduras lies between Gauatemala and Nicaragua. The constant fighting between the rival rulers made Hon. duras the theater of most of the hostilities. In fact, that little state was kept in such a turmoil that a treaty was signed by the five Central American republics declaring Hon. duras neutral. It was also stipulated that none of the governments should come to the aid of another govern ment in the event of a local revolu- ton. It has been charged that Zelaya pays little or no attention to this treaty.
 It is said among diplomats that the ambition of Zelaya Is to amalgamate the five republics of Central America into a single state and put himself at the head of the union. There are some who believe that he will &C., complish this unless the United States politician. It Is charged that already he virtually controls Honduras. Miguel Davila, president of that re- public, is generally referred to as "Zeleya's man."
 Manuel Bonilla. the former presi- dent. of Honduras, was busted after hot campaign in which it was un- derstood that Zelaya had given finan- cial aid to Zelaya. Bonilla has sworn a vendetta against zelaya. A dispatch from New Orleans yesterday stated that >Bonilla is organizing an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

ing this trick is where a log or fallen tree lies at right angles from the trail.
 Now here is where the uncanny smartness of the fox Is demonstrated. When he came to that log or fallen tree as he sped along he swerved away from it to carry his trail at a distance from it. a distance he esti- mates in passing he can cover by a leap from the trail when he returns in doubling, so that he will land on the log without touching the intervening ground. This he does.
 His Chance For . Laugh.
 'swhen he lights on the log from the trail he runs along 1t to one end of 1t. clears another space of ground by a long leap away from 1t. and frisks away to some nearby knoll or stump, where he sits on his launches. hidden from sight of the dogs, but able to get a good view of them. to watch the eager pack go crying by. for the hounds, of course, go dashfng along on the trail past the spot.
 .Going at full speed. they will run on some distance beyond the point where the fox doubled on his trail and then they begin their confused efforts to recover the lost scent. It may take fifteen or twenty minutes to do this and you would naturally suppose that the fox had taken advantage of this and placed miles between him and the dogs in the meantime Not he! He is too fond of his little joke and the enjoys
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

It seems. to be no trick at all for hunters to rout a fox from almost any cover about this ancient Orange County village. and at this season at almost any time of the day or night the hounds may be heard making mellow music on the trail, writes a Chester fN. Y9 correspondent of The New York Sun. Daily and nightly there is pretty skirmish of wits be- tween quarry and dog, for 1t Is the testimony of those who hunt the fox hereabout that the dog that is in at the death stands at the top in canine astuteness and endurance.
 "The foxes that challenge the hounds around on these hills and in these tangled woods" said a Chester hunter who has studied the ways of Reynard for many years. "are not only smart but are downright humorisfs also. The fox shows this when he does his ,favorite trick of doubling on his trail when the dogs push him little too close for his wind.
 "On doubling the fox prepares for the manoeuver by making great spurt and getting a long distance in the lead of the hounds. He knows as we'll as can be. for he has reasoned 1t all out before. that the dogs can't possibly come up with him until cer- tain time, so he turns on his trail and follows 1t back the distance he has calculated on which brings him back to the spot he has marked for his purpose when he made his spurt ahead. The spot he picks out for do-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

talking about. The gray fox Is quite another creature. The red fox Is the best that gives the fox family It's rep- utation for smartness. The gray fox isn't anywhere near the size of the red and is a common and vulgar beast.
 ''The red fox has an eye that can glare with murderous rage, flashing fire and vengeance. and he will fight like a tiger when he has to. He stalks his game. he gains 1t by cunning and strategem. The gray fox has the eye of a sneak. He can't run more than five rours before the dogs, and when he Is caught he turns on his pack and He is a coward and a lunkhead.
 often Stimulates Death.
 'The farmer. made all the way through. 'possum. and even the teeth have failed to rouse him from simu- lated death. "A farmer at Sugar Loaf. once surprised red fox in his hen house. and the fox. unable to escape, fell on the floor as if in the throes of death and apparently died from fright and the effects of his giuttony. for a couple of the farmers chickens were inside of 1t.
 "The farmer. made all the way. through. gave the stiffened body few vigorous kicks, tand taking it by the tall chucked 1t in no gentle manner out in the barnyard. The fox had no sooner struck the ground that it gath cred up its legs and fled like the wind toward the woods. leaving the farmer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05
Zelaya Another Castro

the horrors Of the Spanish Inqulsition. It Is nothing more than a stone cell four feet square with a little slit at the top for light and air. Prisoners assigned to this terrible dungeon face death by slow stages. Stories of in- diVidual cases of inhuman punishment of his enemies indicate that Zelaya is , absolutely without the quality of mercy when his authority is threa- tened
 Zelaya has the press of his country soiidly with him. It Is not healthy for an editor in Nicaragua to be too independent. Of course Zelaya tries to make his followers believe that 1t Is the intention of the United States to establish protectorate over Nic- aragua. This is the bogy which he constantly halds to lnfiame the people against this country He also has a volunteer army" An American who was recently in the country described couple Of Zelaya's volunteers" :" They were tied to either end of stick like oxen so that they would not run away. Once fin the army they are forced to fight back when the bullets commence to fly.
 Zelaya Is something of a military lgenius here again resembling Castro. He has been able to make little progress against the army of Cabrera however. Guatemala has the strong est organized military force of all the nve republics. The standing army of Guatemala embraces 17.O0O men. trained and directed largely by French officers. Another force of 4o,-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

I nothing to do. when he could get over his astonishment. but to use some good strong Sugar Loaf Mountain ian- guage.
 The red fox likes fish and he knows how to catch them. He is partial to trout. He knows where they turk, and wary as they are, leap, a snap and he has his fish. He likes green corn and all kinds of fruits and he helps himself iiberaily to them all He will rob a beehive of its honey and eat the bees. He has been known to kill young calves and lambs.
 'Timid rabbits pick up their ears and hop. unconscious of danger, along the old roads and in the grassy swaiis. The quail stalks in the stubbie. Birds sing in the bush-and the sly red fox eats 'em all. He will quickly throw out the woodchuck's litter in It's cozy burrow and if the burrow Is located to suit him will evict the parent wood- chucks and take possession of the bur- row himself.
 '"rne mother red fox feeds her young faithfully and to help support them VIII steal the food more boldly than the father fox. A merry, devil-may- care life 1t IS. sure enough, that the red fox leads. It may or or may not be short life, for traps and snares are many. hunters alert and the nose of the hound ts keep and his feet are swift; but be that as 1t may. he rol- licks and roisters and plays the bold freebooter with 1t al1."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

Washington Cor, Brooklyn Eagle.
 Jose Santos Zalaya. president of Nicaragua, with whose government the United States has broken dipIo- matic relations. Is one of the most interesting characters in Central America. He resembles in many striking characteristics Cipriano Cas- tro. whose place he has taken as trouble maker for the United States among the Latin-American republics.
 There Is one point of difference, however, Zelaya has held his office for sixteen years,and today has a stronger grip on the job than at any other time. Castro, after long reign asdictator, was @deposed by his closest associates the moment he left his native soil to, repair his broken health by expert medical treatment in Europe. Zelaya is making no mis- take of this kind.
 The president Of Nicaragua has all the skill of Castro as political plot. ter and intriguer. He maintains himself in power by the most cruel, depotic methods. He holds life cheaply. and according to stories told among Washington diplomats, does not hesitate to shoot. and even burn to death. his political enemies. Like Castro he entertains an intense general contempt for the European powers. He is ambitious politically. He has planned for Central America the same anti-United States com bination which Castro fostered for South America.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

1 expedition in British Honduras to send against his enemy, and that he will take advantage of the present crisis in an endeavor to overthrow | his foe.
 Another evidence of the growing power of Zelaya and his ability to ', plan for the future. Is found in q story connection with the recent election of Jiminez as president of Costa Rica. It Is said that Zelaya contributed heavily to the Jiminez campaign fund with the understand ing that Jiminez. if elected would ap- point a man agreeable to Zelaya as Peace Court This court was establi- suit of a conference of the Central American republics. at which 1t was decided to arbitrate local differences in peace court. after the manner of The Hague Tribunal, Zelaya got the worst of 1t in case before this tribunal. By obtaining a representa- tive from Costa Rica on this board. friendly to himself. and through his control of Honduras. he will have a majority of the court with him In future contentious.
 Zelaya is described as a man of great cruelty. They call him "Pei- mienta" Zelaya in Nicaragua. This Is a term signifying pepper" and back of it Is a story of torture too revolting to be printed They tell also of the "four-foot cell" This Is a device for the punishment of Zelaya's political enemies which rivals
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

Zelaya is a man of better education than Castro. The latter was strange fly ignorant about the geography of the world. He would call for an Atlas If he wanted to find out whether
 Switzerland was in Europe or in Asia
 Minor. Zelaya shows the same bold
 ness and fearlessness in defying powers that could crush him in an
 instant that marked the dealing of
 Castro with representatives of Flu ropean nations. The severance of dip
 lomatic relations between Nicaragua and the United States was the direct outgrowth of his contemptous treat ment of the United States government and our ministers and consuls in Nicaragua. His snubs and insults finally made 1t impossible for Secre- tary Knox to continue relations with him and at the same time maintain national dignity.
 President Zelaya for sixteen years has baffled the foes that have plotted to overthrown him. Like most of the Central American presidents. he was at one time a soldier of fortune. He proved shrewd enough to maintain himself in power. something that the adroit and resourceful Castro could not do. He has ruled Nicaragua longer than Manuel Estrada Cabrera has governed Guatemala. The two men are the bItterest enemies. When a revolution breaks out in Nicaragua Zelaya accuses Cabrera of having started it. When Cabrera is threaten d with loss of the presidency by an
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

has had Is the fact that most of the European governments are represen- ted in Central America by a single diplomatic officer. This ofical resides at Guatemala City. The United States representative resides at Managua. where he is constantly Q target for the affronts and abuse of the peppery Zelaya.
 American naval officers would well come the removal of the trouble making zelaya. He has been respon- sible for many an unhappy month spent by our officers rolling in the doldrums off the western coast of this republic. At the first sign of trouble an American warship is dis patched to that quarter. The ship is stationed off the coast. with absolute ly no duty, except to respond to pos- sible summons from the American minister This detail is most cordiak ly detested. During the warm months the heat is unbearable and life be- comes monotonous in the extreme. Onicers are not permitted to 20 ashore after 6 o'clock for fear of A clash which might bring serious em- barassments. All they can do is to hope for orders of relief. Many an officer has said he would give up his commission rather than repeat an ex- perience of six months detail off the Nicaraguan coast.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

brought them to the building. Never had I seen better behavior. nor great CT enthusiasm, nor more whole souled freedom among working men. And the secret of 1t eall was that this mag nificent building was theirs. They, themselves. had spent 100000 francs upon 1t. Here were 24.000 families Of working people who were conducting their "self-help organization" upon basis which was thoroughly democrat ic. They had capital of 3.000, 900 francs. controlled twentyfour stores of different kind various parts of the city. and supported five additional branch social centers in the suburbs.
 As the care-taker escorted me from room to room. we came to what appeared to be a lodge-chamber. at the far end of which was a platform not very deep. and which, apparently, was not used at all for the purpose of speech making or recital The care taker stopped when we reached this curious looking structure. and pulling string, a curtain apparently placed against the wall. parted, he flashed on row of footlights. and I saw great picture of Jesus Christ, with hand up-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05
Democracy Religion the Movement

entire population are working and voting for the success Of the Social Democracy in that country. It in- ciudes the uprising in Turkey and Japan. It includes the movements among the working people in France. in Italy. fin Austria. in Australia--tot say nothing about the social unrest that exists in our own country.
 Tn view of all this. 1t does not re- quire a very wise man to say that this Is the era of the common man.. Slow Iy but surely the masses of the people are coming to their own. When the hour strikes that shall mean decisive victory for these millions of toilers. this is the question that will con front us as church and as 6 nation: Will they be inspired by high moral and religious ideal which they shall have received from the church, or will they go,on to even higher and better things with the consciousness that they have won all in spite of the church.
 There Is so much religion in the la bor movement and so much social spir- 1t in the church that some day 1t will become A question as to whether the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

900 men Is in reserve. This com paratively large force is the only thing that saves the country from the rapacity of zelaya.
 President Zelaya and Secretary Knox had a sharp clash almost as soon as the latter went into the State Department. It grew out of the Emery claim. This claim was a duplicate of scores of others lodged against various Central, and South American governments The George B. Emery Company obtained a valuable concession for cutting ma hogany In a large timber tract in Nicaragua After the company had made costly Improvements and estab- hshed means of getting the timber out Zelaya became covetous. He fol- lowed the same old game of obtain Ing possession of the property prac- ticed so often and successfully by Castro. He trumped up charges that the concessionaires had not lived up to the adaptations of the original agreement and seized the company's plants. As result. claim was filed. which hung fire for years. sec- retary Knox told Zelaya fiatly that be would have to settle. After some haggling. Zelaya agreed to pay S600,- 900 in eight miscellaneous.
 Zelaya would doubtless have come more prominently before the world long before this, but for the com parative lnsignificance of his domin- lon. Another thing that has saved him from serious trouble with for eign nations of the kind that Castro
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05
BY CHARLES srELzLE.

i lifted. He smiled as he saw my amaze ment. for we had been talking about clubs and classes, about cooperation and Socialism. and not a word about religion or anything that suggested it..
 ''Why do you have this picture of Jesus here?" I asked. Are many of your people Christiansf'
 'No." he replied. T do not know of any who go to the, churches"
 And seeing my increasing wonder ment. he added: We believe that Je- sus was the great friend or the work ingman. Jesus we honor. but for the churches who call themselves by His name, we have very little respect"
 He then told me that the church across the way had offered them 25,00n francs for the picture.
 As I passed out of the building that night, looked across at the church dark. dismal. uninviting, while the people ceaselessly thronged the streets, seeking that which would sat isfy their restless. weary souls. And all that the church could see in that splendid social center of the people was rather poor painting of the Son
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-05

trial democracy and no human power can stop their onward march. To be sure. nobody knows just what form this industrial democracy will as- sume. When a man comes forward with cock-sure remedy for the so- cial evils of human society. 1t is time to adjourn the meeting. But. in some form, democracy in industry will win,
 There ere thousands of employers who are being deludcd by the vain hope that if they can abolish the la bor union. they will have solved the labor question. But these men forget that the labor union Is not the labor question. If every labor union in ex- istence were to be wiped out today, the labor question would still be pres ent. There are forces organized and unorganizcd which are comprised in this term. It includes the 2s,000.O00 Socialists of the world. s.000.o00 of whom have cast their ballots for So- cialist candidates. It embraces the 9.000,000 trades unionists In every land. It includes the revolutionary movem3nt In Russia It takes in the movement among the working people in Germany. forty per cent of whose