Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-21

then, makes you think you have a
mesSage?'
"Other men have had messages be-
fore me-" he replied with that same
look of assurance which characterizes
him at all times.
when do you think you Will hnd
out?" l asked.
at will be after that period in my
life when my name has become either
infamous or famous. 1t matters very
little to me what any individual or the
public thinks of me. The imperative
issue is, that the public thinks of me-
IF you are Indifferent to the pub
lies opinion of you why do you care
to have the public think of you at all?'
1 asked
"A message becomes effective pro-
portionately only as it secures pub
licity," he replied. II must first Sc
cure conspicuousness, so that my utter
ances may meet either Endorsement or
! opposition before my message can have
any value. My message may be posi-
tive, which typifes good, or negative,
which typifes bad. In either case it
will be effective if publicity is grant
ed it."
'In other Words" said l. you don't
| know where you're going, but you're
on your way Now, honestly haven't
you the remotest idea what the mes
sage will be? Will it be literature, art,
music drama, morals, politics, relig-
ion?" I asked in desperation.
"Well, in phrase" said he, 81 think
can describe my present purpose. L
plead for tolerance.
81 am peaceabIc anarchist. l rec
ognize the necessity for observing eX-
isting laws because the penalty for dis
obedience causes inconvenience. l
consider law for the laWless. If / can
live in ignorance of the laws of my
state 1 shall be its best citizen.
I'm civic government the officer who
imagine because he is elected to
place of authority and because his per-
sonal desire is for forcible restriction
of certain privileges, the entire com
munity should live according to his
standard, is tainted with egomania.
The perfect development of commun-
ity comes only in proportion to the
personal satisfaction of the individual
with the community / consider him
the best officer who does not try to
satiate the public with his own ideas
on morality, but adapts himself so
nicely to the publics wants that the
public has no idea of his existence. In
other words, he must be tolerant.
I'm theology the decadence of the
idea of fiery hell, the polemic battle
of pulpiteers, the various schisms in
Christianity, indicate the tendency to-
wards tolerance. 1t has almost come
to be that Christians of different de-
nominations can live as neighbors.
"I object to censorship in all things,
Ever and always I plead for total
freedom of personal conduct, freedom in
theology, freedom in literature, free
dom in art and freedom in the drama.
And my pleading will be heard some
day, too"
Is this man a vitalized intellect? You
answer. 1 know.
Will Wyatt will make his first offer
ing as theater manager Monday
night, when he will present at the Ma
son opera house Doris Mitchell and
splendid New York cast in Porter
Emerson Brownies comedy drama,
1.-THE Spendthrift." This play was pre-
sented originally at the Auditorium by
the Blackwood stock company Since
that time many changes have been
made in the play, so that today it is
unlike what it was when seen here.
The second Offering of the Mason
season for 1901 will be Henrietta
Crosman, one of Americas Cleverest
condolences. She will appear at the
Mason for the week of August 20.
Miss Crosman's new play, which bids
fair to outshine in point of success
anything she has ever done, is a
comedy and is called Anti Matri-
mony" it's author. Percy MacKaye,
having taken new theme for his plot.
He holds up the theories of Nietzsche
and George Bernard Shaw to ridicule
and their views of the marriage tie,
outlandish as they are, he riddles with
the bullets of his keenest satire. In
telling this story, which has to deal
with a Massachusetts minister and his
European brother and the conflict of
their views, Mr.. MacKaye has provided
vehicle that has laughter in nearly
every line The situations are both
unusual and funny and the plot un-
folds and works itself out, growing
stronger in humor as the play pro-
gresses
Now that Clyde Fitch has passed
away, the number of real Americans
able to turn out high class comedy
has dwindled. The place made vacant
by Fitch can only be logically filled by
Percy MacKaye, who has previously
been known only as a writer of serious
drama bordering on tragedy, but who
has now vaulted into the limelight as
an author who has the rare power of
delineating present day social prob
lens from high class as we'll as hui
morous standpoint