The National tribune., 1909-02-04

| Coquelin, the great French actor, has
died at the age Of SO. For the last ~
years he has been on the stage and the
special Joy and pride of his drama-lov-
ing nation. He was the son OF baker,
but decided at the age Of 1s to make
himself q professional actor. Coquelin
made two visits to this country, the last
time in 1900, when he appeared
with Sarah Bernhardt in Rostand's
"L'Aiglon," which all will remember
was founded on the life of the ILL
starred little King Of Rome, son of the
first Napoleon. Coquelin made his great
est success in Cyrano de Bergerac.
which was written for him. He was just
about to appear in Rostand's last play,
"Chanticleer," at the time of his death.
This latest child of Rostand's genius is
probably the most unique drama ever
written. All the characters in 1t are
represented by fowls, animals and birds,
and the scene is laid in barnyard.
This play was also written for Coquelin.
Horace Fletcher, the man who advo-
Gates 25 or 80 chews &c the bite, says
that it does not matter SO much what
we eat If we will only chew it properly.
Unlike most food faddists he does not
arbitrarily proclaim a special diet as
the only on fit to be taken into the
stomach, which excludes, of course, all
ones pet dishes, but even calls himself
d friend of the much-abused pie. Mr.
Fletcher claims for his chewing system
that it makes a person eat less. the
food becomes perfectly digested, a
great gain of strength follows, to say
nothing of the cheapening in the cost
OF living. Mr.. Fletcher says 10 cents
is as much as a meal should cost, and
that two meals day are all that are
necessary. He is making ready to open
a school, or whatever he may call 1t,
in New York, where he will teach peo-
pie how to eat or chew. There Is no
doubt at all but that the most of us eat
ed food down with some liquid, tea,
coffee, or water. Mr.. Fletcher has many
disciples IN this country.
DR.. Charles Eliot, who is about to re-
tire from the presidency of Harvard, in
favor of Mr.. Lowell, says that far too
few college girls marry. Formerly the
girls who went to college were, general
ly speaking, unattractive personally
brains and beauty have never been on
intimate termS-whereaS nowadays
the prettiest girls in the country are
found in the colleges. He does not
understand why so few comparatively of
these girls marry, but we can tell him.
Most men are afraid Of such girls.
They know too much-or think they
do--and they, are popularly supposed
NOT to make good practical wives,
which in many cases isn't SO at all.
So 1t seems that the rumor that Ruth
Bryan Leavitt, the handsome. talented
daughter Of William Jennings Bryan,
would soon take steps to free herself
from her marriage bonds. Is true. Thru
her uncle, T. s. Allen, she has filed q
suit for absolute divorce against her
husband. William Homer Leavitt, the
artist, requesting the custody OF her
two little children, girl and boy, aged
four and three years respectively. 1t
is the old, old story Of a foolish, wilful,
girl allowed by her in
dulgent parents to do as she pleased. |
Ruth Bryan was only a school girl
when Homer Leavitt, then e widower,
came to Lincoln in his professional call |
ing, and secured an order of portrait |
from her father. The girl saw much |
OF thu artist, who was strongly attract |
ed to her, and had no scruples In en-
deavt ring to awaken love in her fresh |
heart. He succeeded, and in spite of |
the opposition Of her father and moth |
er, Ruth Bryan married Homer Leavitt |
soon after celebrating her 18th BIRTH |
day. They wandered from place to |
place after their marriage, the artist |
proving himself a pretty poor "provid- |
err" and finally he went to Paris and
Ruth took her two babies and returned
to her fathers house, sadder but
wiser woman. Mrs. Levitt has con-
siderable literary ability. and Is a very
clever. attractive woman. The charge