Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-10

Nv pubne-When the puDHc, joke or
W a public, learns to do things as
George Bernard Shaw would have
them do things, but 1t Is certain that
by that time Shaw would have changed
his ideas, and the public would have
to begin all over at the beginning, or a
few leagues on the other side of the
beginning If Shaw had anything to say
about 1t; but look where this sentence
is going, hurrah! hurrahl which is just
the way things get mixed up when
George Bernard Shaw has a fist in
them.
Shaw is now complaining that audi
ences spoil his comedies by laughing
at them. "Confound them" he says.
"Why can't they laugh internally?
During the production of one of my
latest comedies a wen meaning audi
ence laughed continually and COM
pletely ruined it,"
1t is with great sadness that the
news is received that Jack London is
being bothered by eastern magazine
and book publishers for his latest
novel, which he has recently COM
pleted. Mr.. London is being besieged.
One of the penalties of fame is that
when one writes a book one must un-
dergo bombardment from publishers.
Authors in all ages have complained of
the disturbance. Besides merely ask
ing him to let them publish his book,
many of them have gone so far as to
offer Mr.. London large sums, which
must be terribly embarrassing. Very
deep sympathy is to be extended to
Mr.. London on account of this grievous
annoyance.
Very little is given out about Mr..
London's new tale. Friends--it Is an
other pain of fame that there are al
ways friends to let the public know
the innermost secret of the famed
ones soul-friends, however, have
stated that the new book has to do
with man In the Klondike, who as a
prospector made an enormous fortune.
He invaded the strongholds of finance,
found he was no match for the willy
ones, but taught himself the secret of
success in civilized circles and at last
conquered all his rivals. There is said,
by the treacherous friends presumably,
to be very remarkable love story
woven into the book. All the friends
of the author expect to discover that
he has outdone himself in his latest
effort. But that is no reason that he
should be subjected to all kinds of
humiliation from rude publishers.
Managers of Luna park in Cleveland
want to give Theodore Roosevelt $4,000
for speaking a half hour In their band
stand when he returns from his ex-
tended trip abroad How a speech
might be classified as a legitimate
attraction for an amusement park is
not to be readily understood but the
suggestion might be taken that some
of Mr.. ROosevelt's friends wire him
to prepare a repertoire of sensational
stunts for presentation at amusement
parks in case his time is not taken by
the duties of some public office.
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animals he Is bringing to this country
are dead ones; otherwise he might
shoot several of them in hand-to-hand
wrestling bouts each afternoon and
evening as a feature of his program.
Park managers willing to contribute a
few specimens of untamed animal life
daily for such an exhibition would no
doubt have little trouble in booking
the former president. Most parks
have a number of ferocious beasts
which could be used profitably in this
way, 1t being generally admitted that
mere beasts, not being shot or in some
other manner exhibited, are becoming
of little force as a drawing card. The
moving pictures of Roosevelt on the
hunt have been very popular; there is
little reason that the real thing would
not be the rage Another argument
for this plan Is that the animals would
be killed quickly, instead of having to
suffer a slow death as a result of
continuous diet of park peanuts.
Judge Goff, New York, of the SUI
preme court, was noted when he was
recorder and sat in the general ses-
sions for the facility with which he
could impress a jury with mis- approval
or his disapproval of its verdict. Re-
Gently he showed that he had not for
gotten this ancient art while sitting
in the civil tribunal. He presided in
the criminal branch of the supreme
court when for several days the jury
heard the evidence against a chauffeur
who had run down and killed pedes-
trian, and who was charged with man.
slaughter. The evidence seemed con-
elusive and every one expected YER
dict of guilty. But after several hours
deliberation the jury walked in and
the foreman announced a verdict of
acquittal.
With an ominous light in his steel
gray eyes Judge Goff glanced for a
moment at the twelve men as they
stood before him. He hesitated for a
moment and then said coldly:
discharge these jurors for the rest
of this term, Mr.. Clerk"
The clerk, not fully appreciating the
situation, mumbled the usual formula
ending with the words, with the
thanks of the court" when he was in
terrupted by the judge, who said
calmly:
At did not say that. Mr.. Clerk"
Again the clerk, though somewhat
surprised at the interruption, read the