The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-03-23

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Los Angeles. Cal-Nat c. Goodwin,
comedian mining promoter. world
traveller and married man, has turned
author. While spending the season
here he has written a book.
The Introductory chapter deals with
the surroundings of his present home.
Here is a sample paragraph from the
opening page:
Here | am confronted by the sea.
Back of me are the roses and on either
side of the blue-brown mountains hold
converse with the sun and stars and
dipping their august heads in silent
acquiesence of the eternal greatness"
Going some. oh. as a handy little
describer of the beauties of nature?
But Mr.. Goodwin's book is not book
on landscape gardening or the care OF
lawns He calls it why Four Beauti-
full Women Married Me-"
Their Respective Qualities. =.
1t takes him a good many thousand
words to explain why four beautiful
women did marry him. but, summing
up his conclusions in his foreword, he
puts it thus
Eliza Weathersby married me for
love.
Mrs. Nella Baker Pease to get out
of the vortex of society into the artis-
tic life of Bohemia.
Maxine Elliott was prompted by
ambition.
Edna Goodrich-well because I
didn't bore her."
Tribute to No. I.
In his domestic retrospections Mr..
Goodwin takes up his wives in their
proper order. To No. he devotes
considerable space. Here is one para
graph embodying a tribute to Eliza
WeatheTsby, the young English ac-
tress. who became his bride in 1877:
she was one of the most beautiful
women | ever knew and one of the
most self sacrificing wives that ever
blessed man with her devotion and
love. Now she is at Woodlawn and the
daisies grow over her grave"
Wife No. doesn't fare so we'll, as
witness the following:
glitter and glare of the world of fash
ion to seek refuge in a bosom of Bo-
hemia She extricated herself from
the vortex of society to get a glimpse
of life-real life. The pet of drawing
rooms, she became the wife of come
dian. She sought the atmosphere Of
Henri Murger, but found it not"
No. a Joan Of Arc.
Hers was the ambition of a Cleo
patra She used my anatomy as a lad
der TO reach her goal, and found her
crOwning glory in the binding glare
of a myriad incandescent lights that
spelled her name over the portals Of a
New York theatre. She was one OF
the cleVerest women | ever met. Her
dignity was that of Joan of Arc; her
demeanor, Nero-like in it's assertive
qualities and yet with channels OF
emotion that manifested womanhood
in the truest sense of the word"
The chapter which deals with wife
No. EDNA Goodrich on the stage
is not yet completed, but Mr.. Goodwin
admits that he Is thinking up all man.
ner of beautiful thoughts to be EN-.
balmed in print touching on the beau
ty, sense and sweetness of the present
incumbent
The book is studded with epigrams
of Mr.. Goodwin's own coinage. This is
a sample:
mo self-respeeting American citl-
zen should take advantage Of the un.
written law. II a man steals your
wife don't kill him, caution him."
When complimented upon his pretty
home on the seashore and upon the
ideal life resulting therefrom, Mr..
Goodwin said: II have always been
long in the market on homes and
wife. believe no home is complete
without a wife, provided she is the
kind that will enjoy the company OF
intelligent, honest and clever people.
Some men lease their mates for a GER
tain time and prate upon their respec-
liability. but ! could not fancy a home
with mate whose presence there
would preclude the visits of my moth.
er. | think this is the philosophy OF
life Nothing can be destroyed untas
II is built. The true philosophy OF Inc
is to achieve something and then for
|. get IT,"