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ment and of speech in the members OF
the company with which they are assooi-
ated which is often absent when they ere
not present. The care OF the child In the
company seems to be the essential duty OF
everybody. and IL there is a danger IL is
that they will receive too mu ch rather
than too little attention.
"In my own case, before was married
and had children Of my own. 1 was tour
ing once with company in the far West,
We had a very dear little girl with us
whom every one loved, and as IL was
impossible for her to get any regular
schooling all the members Of the company
took turns in teaching
-One OF the ladies taught her French.
another Italian and an Oxford graduate
an old gentleman who was doing char
acter parts-took her through the pre-
liminaries OF English literature. and /
don't think that 10 an exceptional Incl
dent The child whose intelligence Ia
stimulated by the stage ffe Is eager for
knowledge, and every woman-and every
man too, for that matter--is born child
teacher.
responsible for the initial meetings Of
the children, explains that the idea at
present is to form a committee in addition
to that organized by the children Of q
clergyman. a lawyer and a representa-
tive actor and to force the protective
societies to a more discriminativeus OF
their powers.
Mr.. Forbes POINTS out and introduces
some OF the prominent members OF the
children's organization. There is Helen
Pullman. already 8 oxen of. who in addi-
ton to her recent work in "Salomy Jane"
layed in The Prince Chap and is to
arI eer in a new one act rlay called
"Crars." by Mr.. Pc, le. in which she will
take the rert Of a newsboy. Her sister.
Beryl, played in "Madama Butterfly at
the Metrop olitan Orera House and with
Mr.. Sevage's English production. and
with Nine. Kalich's oomr anv in Cora
Carol. the third member of the drama tic
family. took the 7 art of Michael in Peter
Pan and PLAYED with Ezra Kendall on
the road in -Weatherbeste ten Benson
Robert Tansy played with Robert
Edeson in The Offenders. Louis Esq osit
with Arnold Daily. David Ross In A
Midsummer Nights Dream with An
ME Russell and Gordon Kahn plays the
violin. or could If the Gerry society would
allow him that privilege. Gordon is
escorted by his two sisters. professional
musicians.
Kenneth Meinken. who appears at
present in Kitty Grey asks anxiously
II you don't remember his bringing
note TO the ectress in her dressing room.
Dolly Won Wietof. who is with the Percy
Williams stock company, and Charlie
Stuart and Roselle Esposit. sister of
Louis, have been out with Peggy Ma
chree.- Vivian Tobin is also among the
number. She plays with Mrs. Leslie
Carter in -Kassa,' and side by side with
her talking earnestly together are Olive
Mcvine, who was with jefferson and is
now in The Battle" and Baby Esmond.
who played in Kidnapped None Of
the children is over 10 and the average age
is II or IL.
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.all through the winter Il III hadn't BEEN

all through the winter II itj nadnt oeen
for that
Mr.. Forbes speaks OF the difficulties
that stage manager encounters In find-
ing Just the right children to fll the
roles Of kiddies aoceptably.
'There was time he says, when the
parrot child obsessed the whole stage and
woIe out the patience Of audience and
actors alike. They rasp the nerves in
real life. and on the stage they are i'm
possible.
when I got ready TO put on The Trav-
elling Salesman I rem embered very
well little Frances Golden Fuller, who
Is called the little Bernhardt and whom
l had seen play with Eleanor Robson In
'Salomy Jane, tho original production.
/ hoped that I might have the luck to
find somebody as good. knowing that
she was already engaged on the road and
not expecting to get in touch with her.
as I did later on. Her brother NORM
was brought 10 me by the mother and
/ saw the family talent at a glance and
decided to engage him Immediately.
but like the usual astute manager did
not jump. merely saying as touched
the long golden curls on his shoulders
Well, he seems very promising. but Of
course we will have to dispose OF these.
Have you ever seen wireless appa.
ratus receive the signal c Q D' felt
like that when met the look Of young
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Fred Farber, aged II. who was elected
president Of the organization, announces
that he Ia simply crazy over his stage
work but likes his schooling too. Il
think he says, that II would be good
idea 10 have each one Of us take some Of
our school work up TO Albany and show
the Governor just what we can do"
Kenneth Meinken says: II think we
should have q vice-president and that a
girl ought 10 be IL. Girls talk 90 wcll"
He explains very clearly what the Gerry
society requires. "Our parents have to
submit papers to the managers telling
our ages and everything else. Then the
manager makes application to the Gerry
society. and II they want to they o X
1t; II they don't. they don't have TO- The
Mayor has TO slsn the application too. and
this same application has to be made every
week while we are on the stage" Ken
meth is wrought up over the injustice OF
the situation and says that he personally
intends TO face the Legislature and that
he gussses his father can prepare some
thing for him to say that they will listen
TO. g. .-'
One Of the most interesting OF the busy
group Is Gretchen Hartman, who plays
Mary Jans In MARY James Pa and shares
honors with Mr.. DiSey in that production
Gretchen has recently been asked to
address the Century Club and naturally
feels a bit set up by the honor. She
Is undecided what she will talk about,
but inclines to woman suffrage 'if it were
not she says. that there don't seem
to be anything left to say on that sub
ject.'
Gretchen was engaged for a musical
comedy last season and the Gerry So
ciety refused TO let her sing because she
was not l6, with the result that she and
her mother had TO stop playing end the
little family were serarated. we might
have all been together she explains,
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Of the cards and their rank in two or three
minutes and think nothing OF it. Any
euchre player-and who does not play
euohre?-knows that the jacks are
| the best tumps. II they don't they
soon learn IL and think nothing OF the
accom- plishment Why7 Because there is
no mental inertia IN pinochle and euchre
Of the suits. the peculiarities OF no trump
ers the manner in which thehonors modify
| the declarations, the conversation OF the
table in declaring. in passing, in doubling
and in redoubling, the play OF the COM
bined hands and the scoring. As COM
pared to the elements OF skat this is quite
a task. yet no one fears 1t.
1t will take even the most alert pupil
several lessons and much private study
to learn the declarations properly, and
as fot the other parts OF the game, why
there are any number Of women in New
York who have taken lessons every
winter for years and have not learned
all the tactics Of the game yet. Did any
one ever hear OF a skat player who took
more than ten lessons?
They will tell you that there are so many
things to think about in skat, as IL there
was nothing at all to occupy the mind
in bridge. They say 1t is difficult to
Judge which game to play; but this is
rules for the selection OF the game in
skat are very clear and simple and once
/ mastered can be applied with absolute
! certainty TO any combination Of cards
In bridge the players will disagree about
the declaration on every fifth hand they
play and the partners will quarrel about
their Misunderstanding on almost every
deal. There is no absolute rule by which
differences Of opinion may be settled.
Bridge is not as scientific game as skat
The complications of skat exist chiefly
in the imagination Of those who do not
play the game. especially in the scoring.
How many persons can score correctly
at bridge during the first few weeks or
months they play it9 How often one sees
the table Of honor values consulted by
one who has played bridge for years.
Every time one explains some addi-
tional point in the strategy OF bridge,
such as combinations which require
placing the lead in the same hand twice
second hand and those which should not.
according to the holding Of the fourth
hand, or the necessity OF ducking certain
suits to establish them and Of playing
others right out. or the manner OF cre-
ating reentries by anticipating positions
which will not arise until. several tricks
later on, or any other OF the manifold
complications Of the game, do the players
lay down their cards and say. oh. how
terrible! / shall never learn to play
bridgeT
Not bit OF it. They have never been
told that bridge is the most difficult game
in the world and they will never know
more than enough to triAe with Il and will
always be the laughing stock OF their
friends and the terror of their partners.
Had these unpleasant truths been dinned
into their ears before they took up bridge
there would be the same mental inertia
to overcome that there Ia In skat, but
with much better grounds FOR -
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NOT 4 PLUMBER BORN.
The Beginner Who Was Sent To Find q
Leak and Failed

Pipes 4 Fassitt ran busy shop. They
had men out. working the eight hour day,
In the Washington Heights district. They
had helpers out. too, at the regular rates.
Monday morning had opened up with
rush Joints were bursting and bath
tubs were flowing over.
Fassitt generally followed up the Jobs,
seeing that they were covered. Pipes held
the desk down and made out the bills.
Presently the door pushed open and a
hardy looking young fellow came in. He
handed a note to Mr.. Pipes Pipes read
il.
Please, SIR said the young fellow.
Don't please anybody here" said
Pipes. Riley says YOUR a good man
and willing to work, Siddown!'
The hardy looking young fellow sat for
FIVE minutes. Then the telephone rang.
Get that of the wire, said Pipes. The
young man got it.
Its Mr.. Silverberg that owns the big
apartment house on ST.. Nicholas avenue.
His star tenant complains Of a leak in the
ceiling from the floor overhead"
-You take that wrench and. 60 over, >
said Pipes, Locate the floor. Get
AROUND 10 SOnkuoh WhoIo We We got
contract and lift a helper. Go back and
find the leak. Then report to me. Don't
hurry too much
The young man departed, returning
in a couple Of hours:
Nothing doing. Mr.. Pipes he said.
The tenant overhead spilled some water
in a corner Of the kitchen. II ran under
the sink and followed the pipe line to the
floor below. That was all.
Pipes kept on making out bills A
ninety cent clock got along to ~ just as
the noon whistle blew outside.
Then Pipes rose up sadly.
Here's sitting time he said. Take
the money; youll mead It., A tenant
imagines a leak. The owner wants TO
pay for repairing the leak. You were
sent to find 1t. You failed. Some day
you may be an angel, but you will never
be plumber. Good-by!'
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Master Fuller who takes the part a.
William Henri Ddrson IL was the
silent eloquence of despair aud hope.
the sign between man and nan who both
belong to some secret socieSy and have
promised to lend assistance in time Of
need | myself had worn ourls at the
advanced age Of and suffered the usual
tortures of a misunderstood point OF
view. 1t was up TO me, could see that,
to come to the rescue so l emphasized
anew my statement No curls' and ex.
randed under the genial glow OF Morin's
smile.
Mrs. Fuller was strikingly like another
mother | remem bered-life many other
mothers. in fact She comm enced to
attire Master NJ. for immediate departure.
I'm sorry che said. but Of course you
understand. Mr.. Forbes, that much "a
: would love TO have Morry in tn" part
naturally could not cut OF his curls.'
Possibly you think I enjoyed that
situation. On the one side the mother
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HIGH TIDE on THE STAGE.
Breaking Waves Dash High In London
HiDD0drOme,

The latest feature, at the London Hip
podrome is q spectacle entitled The
Sands Of Dee which eliminates 10 the
rescue Of the heroine. gagged and bound
to stake planted on the beach. just az
the rising tide sends in great breakers
which nearly overwhelm the girl.
Nine huge rollers sweep across the
stage In a most realistic manner. and the
hero, on the back Of a swimming horse
barely reaches the unfortunate heroine
as the water laps about her shoulders.
The apparatus necessary for the pro-
duction Of waves is very simple. Seventy.
nine feet above the stage, in the flies,
are three great tanks each capable OF
holding fve tons Of water and fitted
with an arrangement whereby the water
may be discharged In a solid mass as
though the bottom had fallen out.
A wave producing board is built up In
the stage Immediately beneath the tanks
says Horper's Weekly. extends across the
full width Of the proscenium opening.
and is oonoave In form. with the back ten
feet high and the front edge only about
twelve inches above the trough.
The falling water swirls as II strikes the
hollow Of this board and is projected in
a solid sheet about thirty feet into the air
before it breaks in the arena. A back
cloth and waterproof paint aid materially
In creating the Illusion
Nine waves dash into the arena at
intervals Of six seconds and the roar OF
the breakers is very similar to the surf
high pressure main fills the tanks in
three seconds after they are emptied
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with q look Of insulted motherhood In
her pained eyes. on the other WIhen
Henrp Dd,oson-to-be, with an expression
It's UP TO you. old man; don't desert
me, now will your in his big. blue orbs. /,
-Im ashamed to say that the practical
Issues won, as they usually do In life.
sacrificed that boy who had depended
on me and weakly remarked. as read
finality In her actions. Well, Mrs. Fuller.
I guess Veil let him wear them Q httles
while longer '-'r ~
-They went out after few more pres
liminaries. Norm opened the door fog.
his mother with elaborate courtesy and
then turned and cast on me look Of hate
and contempt. II a look could kill I
wouldn't be here now. 1t took me mary
months and the final sacrifice Of the curis
before I reinstated myself in his regard.
His sister. Frances. who now plays
the part OF Lueild Ann Ddrson. helped
by explaining to him that was the vic-
tim OF circumstance and had no real
malignty in my heart toward him. 3
In Master Morin's dressing room are
various animals Of the stone and other
prehistoric eras. which he has named
after members OF the cast and OF the
Harris staff. He has a rlmmage sale
every little while and then buys or ooaxes
the articles back again and resells then.
MIR. Forbes Ia the name Of bulldog which
he sold to Mr.. Mcintyre for 10 cents and
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isn't that nonsense? And doesn't II
tend to do just what they claim they are
seeking TO prevent2 Doesn't it make
little exotics of the children instead OF
allowing them freedom outside Of their
working hours to do as they want TO dop
Imagine refusing to let a child In a
strange town go into the toy shops
Why my little boy simply howled when
he found that he couldn't go down and see
the Teddy bears"
They are pretty good in Jersey" vol
unteers another mamma Il never had
any trouble but once. Then my little
girl who was playing in vaudeville turned
a handspring-sk skinning the cat as they
call it there-and she was stopped on the
ground that she was dancing-that's g
what they call dancing in Jersey. I'd
like to know what they'd say if they
Ahould see real Salome turn!'
And Providence, interpolates a voice
from a far corner. Have you ever
struck ProvidenceY Nor Well you're
in luck. -..t
There you drive directly from the
deppo to the Mayors Office, after you've
stopped on the way TO have doctor look
the children over and hand out a certih-
cate. will say, though, that they've got
nice Mayor in Providence, He's an
Irishman Of course, and his name proves
itl-McCarthy.
He showed the children how to rub
themselves down with towels and how
TO speak their ines He's born orator. =
-One OF the pet arguments of the re-
formers in this. regard, declares another
mother lis that the atmosphere Of the
theatre is not healthfll and they speak Of
morality and ethics in capital letters.
AS q matter Of fact the children are
known as the aristocrais Of the stage
and they demand by their very presence
and get it too-a earefulness Of deport-
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when the Gerry agent came around
called his attention to the fact and asked
why they did not let the children alone
who we're well cared for and did not need
their attention and direct their energies
toward these poor little miserable waits.
His answer was that those boys came
under the head Of business men. and that
was all the satisfaction got
Even after you secure the certificate
for the children to play, chimes in another
mother. who explains that she went out
with The Red Mill" and came back with
the children who started to play in it
and nothing else but her experience. the
authorities in Chicago make you take
the children out Of the theatre as soon as
their acts are over. fifteen minutes the
limit Of time allowed. and you are for
hidden to allow them TO be seen in the
shopping districts and they must be taken
to and from the theatre in a carriage.
even when they are staying in the very
next block,
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ng about the dreadful things that they
still have to learn. They know this is not
all Of 1t. this simple game. and that there
are worse things to come. and the weight
OF this anticipation Ia like a milestone
round their necks. Their mental inertia
drags them down.
You ask your friends about skat and
the lees they know about the game the
more information they will give you
how DR.. So and So. who studied IN Ger
many, says one cannot learn 1t in twenty
Eve years; how MIR. Globe Trotter says
he as watched them playing it on the
Ge rman steamers hundreds Of times
ana never could understand the first
thing about 1t. and 30 forth.
But II you inquire from person who
knows the game and Is perhaps a mem
Der OF one Of the many womens skat
clubs that have sprung up in New York
and Brooklyn within the last year or 80
abe will tell you a different story. She
knows at least a dozen women who play
skat very acceptably who never could
o lay bridge. and she will name some
avera ge intelligence who have learned
the game pretty thoroughly and who al
WAYS make good scores at the club. Some
Germans smile at the idea Of a woman
playing skat, but the fact remains that
In the first tournament in which the two
sexes met a Brooklyn woman won the
first prize, although opposed, among
German rofessor who had been brought
up on the game. That Ia history.
II We compare the two games bridge
and skat, which arc acknowledged ia
he the best card games before the world
to-day whist being too much ike~ohess
for consideration as an amusement. we
are naturally led TO ask. What Is the reason
that no one Is afraid to try to learn bridge
and almost every one thinks skat quite
beyond his powers?
Nothing but mental inertia. II the
truth were generally known and believed
that there are not ten perfect bridge
players In the world. so difficult Is i to
play the game really well, while there
are at least ten thousand first class skat
that we should hear less about the diff
c,llties of learning skat. A writer in an
English magazine recently suggested
that az people were'a little tired OF bridge.
il skat would only change ite name No
that no one should recognize II as the
bugaboo they had heard so much about
would completely supplant bridge within
year. ,
What arc the facts about the difficult
ties of learning the gamef What is the
basis Of this deeply rooted idea that IL
Ia such O task that the mind shrinks from
il? In the first place you have to learn
that there are only thirty-two cards in
the pack and that the ten comes next
A., he ace, that the cards have a certain
pip counting value and that the jacks
are always the best trimps.
Pinochle players learn the pip valus
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bought back for one and a half sticks
OF candy Mr. Mcintyre himself is repre-
sentod by a monkey and Mr. Harris 10
the clown.
The Fuller children with little out
side help have prepared two speeches.
which they expect TO speak in Albany
when the Governor has consented to re-
ceive them. Miss Fullers reads:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AND DRAB
LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THN
STAGE cannot tell you how happy Z
would be II law were passed allowing,
us to appear upon the stage without
permi ssion from the Gerry society. and
/ wish to thank the managers and our
older professionals for helping US in
this great organization; and let us hope
we will all be successful
Master Fuller simply says: ~
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Every
thing my sister says comes double from
me- .u.
He wrote this himself. ~
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A friend OF mine she says. "had two
children playing in stock In Chicag
and one day without warning the Gerry
agent appeared. She said to them, oh,
there's the Gerry man. When he asks
you how old you are be sure and cay
sixteen. Don't hesitate. Say 1t quick,
like this. -Sixteen.''
When the man approached fourteen n
year-old James James was equal to the
occasion and answered the interroga-
tion very politely. Sixteen, air.
His sister, the Gerry agent asked
the little twelve-year-old girl standing
by his side.
Yes, sir
And how old are you. my deari'
Sixteen, SIR
'Indeedl Twins, I suppose
"'oh, no, sir Ny birthdays In April
and brothers In August
Tho Gerry agent makes notation on
his blank, Freak mother and hands IL
In to the society for record"
"Oh they're terribly keen out there, "
says another mother rather sarcastically.
New York is absolutely not in it. There
was one tiny little woman playing'a child's
part at the Auditorium and she finally
turned on the agent and said. Well
] may be a child. but here's my wedding
ring and my husbands across in the
wings waiting for me to get through,
and even then the man wouldn't believe
her.
81 wouldn't care Bit says another,
"but the very night got of the train
in Chicago l saw some little newsboys
selling papers AMI matches at l2 o'clock
and found one OF them curled up asleep
in a corner, too tired out TO 90 home.
and doubt very much II he had one
anyway.
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IN those few tense moments which always
psoede a dinner party and a theatrical
enterprise just to be launched.
The frieze OF mammas who form the
mural decorations Of the Harris Offices
DO not wait for the call OF the bell to an
rounce their opinions on the subject.
and Judging from their desultory remarks
M is safe to predict that IL Gerry agent
ever wants political preferment it will
not do for him to seek 1t by woman's
sInrages in the Theatrical Belt. No.
indeed.
One al least has keen sense Of humor.
She is the mother OF the Pullman chill
dren, the elder Of whom. Helen, has just
finished tour in Salomy Jane by means
d the usual weekly certificate required
by the Gerry society. Massachusetts,
and Illinois are described in terse Ian
guage as being the topnotchers in dis
agreeable attentions Of this character
Mrs. Pullman tells Of her Chicago. .eIpe
ience.