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stage. but the censor doesn't mind. He
is only concerned in keeping from the
stage such plays as may be opposed to
vested rights or which may cast dis
credit on the powers that be. That is
where America is ahead of England.
Any kind of play may be produced
here. You may hit where you will and
so long as you have play and pub
lie to see it the forum exists in the
theater
Just how it happened that An Eng
lishmans Home passed the scrutiniz-
ing gaze of the British censor will
never be known. but it did. The play
exposed the military weakness of Eng
land; it showed how hostile force
could swoop down on the little island
and take it almost for the asking. 1t
reused Englishmen as nothing for
half century had done. and as cOnse-
quence within three weeks after the
presentation of the play in London the
recruiting army took on a higher
standard of efficiency than it had Sc
cured for a decade.
''The only other play which has re-
Gently created anything like the same
stir in the world is this drama of Hurl-
butts Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Russell Sage have donated more than
a million dollars to the cause of better
sanitary conditions in the tenement dis
tricts of New York and that. I take it.
is only part of the evidences at hand
to prove the power of the stage to cor
rect manners and improve customs"
"A ISS NETHERSOLE is greatly in
Nv favor of the moving picture en-
terprises. But, said she. Il
should have all picture houses under
a rigid censorship. There is an untold
influence for good wrapped up in this
new kind of entertainment but there
are also possibilities of untold harm
l should see to it that only subjects of
ture be permitted in moving picture
theaters to which children are admit
ted. No pictures of crime. bloody mur-
der and thefts should be projected. In
stead there should be pictures showing
life in foreign lands. curiosities of
travel. scenes from the life of other
lands and harmless comedy subjects.
The value of such presentations can
not be overestimated. In this opinion
have the Endorsement of some of the
mos+ noted Juvenile court judges in
the land. / should like to see rigid
ceusorshin esfa bliShed in everv city iv,
this country over the moving picture
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even own our bodies. and they put
men in jail who burn up their own
houses. The wind that blows over the
diseased home of the slums enters the
front door of the mansion. The germs
that are developed in the crowded ten
einent room are carried to the houses
of the rich. The woman who slaves in
and air is not safe person to make
coverlets for the baby buggies of the
wealthy. We can not escape our mu-
tuaI relations That's why The Writ
ing on the Wall is much needed play.
<tC ROM the man who has power but
who does not recognize his ob1i-
cations" went on Miss Neither
sole, warming to her subject, there
goes forth an influence which devas-
tates, ruins and wrecks. Such a man
is depicted in Irving Lawrence in The
Writing on the Wall He greedily de-
YOURS he annihilates; he destroys. 1t
is nothing to him that thousands of
Hd press 1Iuiildn DctllSo Dit ilOuSCu
his miserable tenements so long as he
gets his % per cent per year in rentals.
Besides, he excuses himself because
Trinity church owns tenements worse
than his and doesn't his wife belong
to Trinity church? So he draws his
blood money His houses are alive with
human beings like ants in an ant hill.
and his wife in Fifth avenue wears
jewels and lives in style and affiuence.
My play shows, however. that the life
of the slums impinges on the life of the
fashionable quarter, for in the end this
one of his wretched tenements. He
refused to install proper fire escapes
and his boy is caught like rat in a
trap and burned with hundred other
children. This story is taken from life
--or death. tits actually true.
<elN England. you know, we have a
censor of plays. 1t is generally
understood that this censor is pro-
vided so that licentious and improper
plays may not be given to the public.
That is a mistake. The British censor
is instituted for but one reason He
is 'on the job as you say over here, to
see that the stage is not used as a fo-
rum. A play like The Writing on the
Wall would not get a production in
England. 1t would have no chance at
all. Indecencies are permitted in all
of the music halls. improprieties are
thrown promiscuously on the English
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wash However. the law was fought in
the courts. 1t was claimed to be un-
constitutional Who do you suppose
fought the law and carried it to the
last court of appeal? The Trinity
church corporation. 1t seems incred-
ible, but it is historic. There was no
reason given for the fight except that
there wasn't any use putting sinks on
every floor of every tenement house, for
the reason that the tenants wouldn't
wash anyway, The real reason was
that the business interests of the
Trinity church were opposed to spend
ing the money necessary to provide
washing places for the poor whose lot
placed them in the tenements."
ffSv yHEN the play was first pre-
M sented in New York 1 received
w many letters. went on Miss
Nethersole. "from great variety of
writer's discussing the problem of the
poor | was startled to find how many
of my correspondents had read the BIZ
ble Nearly all of them had read enough
of the New Testament to be able to
quote the line about the poor we have
with us always How the rich and the
privileged love that quotation. Among
other comments on the play was one.
however, that was published in an
evening paper. 1t told of how the
first landlord who was ever opposed by
the people in New York was forced.
two centuries ago. to do his duty to
his tenants and how he had pleaded
the same excuses as were being urged
by modern landlords--that the income
of the property, the percentage of gain
from the investment, did not permit
him to make the necessary alterations
to comply with the primitive laws
which it was found he was violating.
However, the story went on to tell how
he was made to do his duty by his ten
ants by the fact that paper threat
ened to expose him if he didn't. Rather
than be disgraced this landlord put his
houses in order.
Nothing in the world said Miss
Nethersole, ''is so stupid as to say that
we can do what we want with our
own What is our own? Nothing but
the breath we. breathe. We do not
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~ ISS NETHERSOLE has very def
NA mite ideas concerning the com
mercialfsm of the stage"

"A ISS NETHERSOLE has very def
Nl mite ideas concerning the com
mercialism of the stage"
why should the stage be different
she asked me, "from any other enter
prise? In my career as manageress OF
my own plays 1 have frequently had
a payroll amounting to $4,000 or $1,000
a week. That is an obligation.
would be untrue to myself were 1 TO
neglect it. L must get the money to
pay my bills. But there is a greater
obligation that one owes. That is the
obligation to ones seIf-to humanity.
think in that particular the stage is
as honest and as true as the press.
Both have to serve the people. but both
should give the people not what they
want but what they need If they do
so they succeed. If they merely pan
der they suffer the fate OF panderers
and perish. We may differ with each
other as to what the people need. but
time determines and if we are true
to ourselves we will win in the long
run.
EOf instance, it dmuSeSf me now
very much to recall the heated words
that elergymen have said about my
'Sapho. Personally 1 think 'SaphO'
teaches a great moral lesson Every
body knows that it was written BY Al
phonse Daudet and dedicated by him
to his sons He did not want them to
make the mistake which so many
young men OF Paris make and form
those alliances which ruin careers and
blight lives The sincerity of Daudet's
sermon in a novel can not be ques-
toned To put il on the stage is mere
ly to extend it's influence However. ths
church all over this country condemned
me when I appeared in 'Sapho-' Now
find myself in possession OF many let
ters from elergymen of all denomina-
tions encouraging me for the presen-
tation OF The Writing on the WalP and
assuring me that they are with me in
this expression OF humanity's cause.
shall keep on producing plays that ap-
pealJto me as proper and I shall doubt
less have the divided opinion now as
always of those who differ from me.
Even The Writing on the Wall' you
see. does not please Bishop Greer OF
Trinity church corporation"
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theaters. The censorship should be a
supervision not only of the films, but OF
the theaters. They should be hygienic
and safe from fires. Every building
should he under the control of the
board of health. This growing indus
try needs a great deal of attention. It
ity of the promoters it can easily be-
come responsible for incalculable
harm
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ISS NETHERSOLE is tremendous
AN " in earnest about this propa-
ganda for the poor. Her ability
to excite the emotions is being put to
a splendid account, / should say in de-
veloping sentiment for her most ex-
cellent cause.
1T was in 1894" she told me, that
Richard Watson Glider, the poet, was
placed as chairman of the tenement
house commission in New York to study
the conditions, dig out the facts and
name the remedy. AS a sresult of the
commission of which the poet was the
head several amendments were passed
to the hygienic laws of the state of
New York Among them was this:
Every tenement house should be pro-
vided with sinks in each of the floors.
That would seem to be a reasonable
law Surely the popr have a right to
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/, the allusion to the church. / was
born and-raised in the faith and 1 have
not departed from it yet, but there are
organization. sacred or secular, and one
of those obligations devolves on me as
an actress. l am going to keep on
playing this drama as long as there is
need for it and persons willing to see
it, The bishop of Trinity church dio-
cese never came to see the play
! don't blame him. It's fearful ar
raignment of money makers in the tab
ernacle.
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3srC)ff1

LGA NETHERSOLE is as much
a surgeon as she is player
She cuts. and in THE Writing
on the WaiT' she cuts deep.
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so unintellgible that even he could
not gainSay the statements. Later
she bent her piercing eyes upon the
prince and refused 10 read his future
shrilly asserting that she had not the
courage to tell what might befall the
little ruler, all the while mutteriug
something about the two little prin, as
who had died in tower ages and ages
ago. Seeing that the boy was fright
ened. Tullis withdrew him to the beck
ground. The Countess Marlanx cane
next. She was smiling derisively.
You have returned from some one
whom you hate" began the witch
lie is your husband You will marry
again. There Is fair haired man in
love with you. You are in love with
him. | can see trouble
But the countess deliberately turned
away from the table. her cheeks liam
ing with the consciousness that smile
had swept the circle behind her grace
full back.
ridiculous" she said and avoided
John Tullis' gaze. Il don't care to
hear any more. Come. baron! You are
next"
TruXton King subdued and troubled
in his mind found himself studying
his surroundings and the people who
went so far to make them interesting.
His eve had fallen upon a crack in the
door that led TO the kitchen, although
he had no means of knowing that it
was a kitchen. To his amaZement, a
cleaning eye was looking out upon the
room from beyond this narrow crack.
He looked long and found that he was
not mistaken. There was an eye glued
close to the opposite side of the rickety
door. and its gaze was directed to the
Countess MarlanX.
without pausing to consider the re-
suit of his action. he sprang across the
room. shouting as he did so that there
was a man behind the door. Grasping
the latch. he threw the door wide open,
the others in the room looking at him
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rug swift sIuue OF asUonIsnmenU,
turned quickly to Prince Bobby.
The prince broke the ice.
"Hellor he cried shrilly.
Hello" responded the gentleman
readily.
John Tullis found himself being drag
ged away from the witchs door to-
ward the newcomer at the bottom of
the glen. Mr.. Hobbs listened with
deepening awe to the friendly CONVEX
sation which resulted in TruXton King
going forward to join the party in
front of the hut
Truxton was duly presented to the
ladies and gentlemen of the party by
John Tullis. who gracefully announced
that he knew Kings parents in New
York Baron Dangloss was quite an
old friend, if one We're to judge by the
manner in which he greeted the young
man. The lady in gray smiled Sc
sweetly and nodded so blithely that
Tuilis, instead Of presenting King to
her as he had done to the Countess
Marlanx and others. merely said:
And you know one another. Of
rourse" Whereupon she flushed very
prettily.
Truxton King, scarcely able to be-
ieve his good fortune, crowded into
the loathsome, squalid room with his
aristocratic companions.
Never had Truxton looked upon
creature who so thoroughly vindicate
the lifelong reliance he had put in the
description Of witches given by the
fairy tale tellers Of his earliest youth
She had the traditional hook nose and
peaked chin. the glittering eyes, the
thousand wrinkles and the toothle8s
gums. He looked about for the raven
and the cat, but If she had then thsy
were not IN evidence. At a rough
guess he calculated her age at 100
years.
"Grewsome lady, isn't sheg" whis-
percd King.
Il shah dream Of her for months"
whispered the lady in gray. shudder
ing
would you mind telling me how
am to address you|' whispered King
They were leaning against the mad
plastered wal! near the little window
side by side. You see, I'm u stranger
In a strange land"
you must not speak while She IS
gazing into the crystal" she warned
after a quick, searching glance at his
face.
AlthOurh il was broad dayIirht the
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LTo BIZ CONTINUED. !
THE BUFFET LUNCHEON.
How to Give a Delightful! Affair at
Home With Little Trouble.

,
"e" 70 1--WE 5'yH' ma" al
'o'''e "'''' I''''e
you nave 100 many guests To seat
al regular luncheon ana u" not care
10 give Il It." OF afternoon caro- party
why not give bulct Iuh' neon! IL
Is rather novel can Ie cash! man
aged, ana every one mas an ihTorihaI
time says tle 'hI'ago News.
one gwen recently l"r seNrhty-nVe
guests was quite denght'ut affair
ana as quickly served as II out do1eh
guests hau heeh present
ShlaH chairS were rented ana put
close together around the dlhlAg room
ana back nah SO thal every one had
seat. me 'able WAS SET III the NlIuu!e
OF the dining room arranged Tor SerN-
ing only. IN the center was great
oblonS plateau OF sweet peas ana MI
ghohette. SILVER cahCelabla win PINK
SHADES were uSFd AT either ehd OF the
square table ana dotted around were
Dohooh ulsheS win nuts CAKES ana
candy ans" Plates Oh oTeau ana butter
sandwiches.
Inc menu consisted OF oyster cock
tails' pouliioh' croquetS ana Drowned
oysters Irull saIau win crackers
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milton. / have thought II ali out. Per
haps am wrong, but it seems to me
that | can almost see those firearms
stored away in the caves and cabins
outside of Edelweiss. ready for instant
use when the signal comes"
God! An uprising. A plot so huge
as THAR he gasped, amazed. 1t is for
tunate that he was not facing the door.
The same servant. passing once more.
might have seen the telltale cOnsterna-
ton in his eyes. 1T cannot be possi-
BILE. Why. Dangloss and his men
would have scented it long ago"
Il have not said that am sure of
anything, remember that. | leave it
to you to analyze. You have the foun-
dalton on which to work. Id advise
you to waste no time. Something tells
me that the crisis is near at hand"
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Is If he were suddenly crazeu-

as II he were suddenly craZeG-
There was instant commotion, with
cries and explanations from all. Quick
as the others We're, the old woman
was at his side before them. suarling
with rage. Her talonlike fingers sunk
into his arm, and her gaze went dart
ing about the room in a most cOnvinc-
ing way
Baron DaUrlOsS was convinced that
the young man had seen the eye. With
out conjunction he began search of
the room, the old woman looking on
with a grin of glee.
Search, Search she croaked. st
was the spirit eye! 1t is looking at
you now, my fine baron! 1t finds you
yet cannot be found. No, no! Oh, you
fools! Get out! Get out! All of you!
Prince or no prince, fear you not,
nor all your armies. This is my home
my castle! Go! Go"
There was a man here, old woman"
said the baron coolly. where is the
man."
She laughed aloud, horrid sound
The prince clutched Tulls by the leg
m terror.
There is no window, no trapdOOr
no skylight," remarked the baron, puz-
zled. Nothing but the stOvepipe. six
inches in diameter A man couldn't
crawl out through that, Pm sure. Mr.
King, we've come upon real mys
tery-the eye without a visible body"
Suddenly the old woman stepped into
the middle Of the room and began tc
wave her hands IN mysterious man,
rer over an empty pot that stood on
the foo; In front Of the stove. Then
before their startled eyes a thin film
Of smoke began to rise from the empty
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EurDOr and
Philosophy
6y DUNCAN Ne. Smith
CHANGE OF ANGLE.

YOU may have noticed that the mar
i For law has great respect
And wants to see it all enforced,
Though fortunes should he wrecked
Unless in getting these results
He tumbles in its net
And then he isn't quite so sure
It's safe on that to bet.
If he can see his neighbor trimmed
In very proper style
Because he cracked an ordinance
He's pretty apt to smile.
But when the tall policeman comes
And says, "Old man. you're it,
At such ohiciousness as that
He almost throws a fit.
1t all depends. as you may guess.
On where his interests rest
Just how he wants the law enforced
When brought down to the test
The man who robs his chicken coop
The deepest dregs should drink,
But when he breaks a law himself
He thinks it ought to wink.
Though he should organize a trust
Or go in a combine,
He doesn't think the law should rise
And soak him with a fine.
But if a highwayman should say,
Hold up your hands, old SPORT"
He'd want to see the limit fixed
By some discerning court.
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PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Getting living is the first impulse
with the most OF us. ard we are prone
to think that the end justities the
means
You can't be everywhere all the
time That is the reason you often
get talked about
Making money is the easiest way to
earn Il living.
There are lots Of people who hecorn
hopelessly mediocre from their much
talking.
A doctors orders seem good. sensi-
bic and much to be desired as long as
it isn't you to whom they are applied.
A beauty doctor may get rich, but
she doesn't do it trying to be beauti-
full.
Being a good fellow has its draw
backs, bU' if it didn't the forward i'm
pulse ,u.d soon cause it to lose signi
of him.
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''HE MEANS EVILTo traitor TO his cause
fHI'>OE H"6iN' could not be that.
for the sufficient reason that only
suspect its existence. | am not in
any sense a part of it. do not
know anything. | only feel. dare
say you realize that | do not love
Count Marlanx-that there is absolute
ly nothing in common between us ey-
cept name. We won't go into that.
p
Il am overjOyed to hear you say this
countess" he said very seriously. Il
have been 50 bold on occasion as to
assertion your private ear. Of course
that you could not by any freak Of
nature happen to care for Count Mar
lanX, whom | know only by descrip-
ton. You have laughed at NV so
called American wit. and you have
been most tolerant Now. | feel that
/ am justified I'm UNNECESSARILY glad
to hear you confess that you do not
love your husband"
You have never tried to make love
to me- she went on. That's what |
like about you. think most men are
silly, not because | am so very young.
but because my husband is so ridicu-
lousy old. Don't you think so? But.
never mind. ! see you are quite eager
to answer. That's enough. Take an
other cigarette aud-listen to what |
am going to say" He declined the
cigarette with a shake of his head
After a moment she went on reso-
lutely: LAS | said before. | do not
know. that my suspicious are correct.
l have not even breathed them to my
father. He would have laughed at me.
My husband is GrauStarkian, even
as | am, but there is this distinction
between us-he despises Graustark.
while l love her in every drop of my
blood. | know that in his heart he has
never ceased to brew evil for the
throne that disgraced him. He openly
expresses his hatred for the present
dynasty and has more than once said in
public gatherings that he could cheer
fully assist in its utter destruction.
That. of course. is commonly known in
Graustark. where he is scorned and
derided But he is not man to serve
his hatred with mere idle words and
inaction.
Il am seeing you here in this big
room openly" she went on. for the
simple reason that if | am being
watched this manner of meeting may
be above suspicion. We may speak
freely here, for we cannot be heard
unless we raise our voices Don't be-
tray surprise or CONSERVATION. The
eyes of the wall may be better than its
ears
You don't mean to say you are be
ing watched here in your fathers
house?" he demanded.
II don't know. This do know-the
count has many spies in Edelweiss.
He is Systematically apprised of every
thing that occurs at court. in the city
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| R(JXTON.
( King
Copyright. 1909. by George
Barr McCutcheon
N Copyright. 1909, by Dodd.
II Mead @ Company
[CoNTINUED.1

"Of course you will understand how
impossible it is for me to come here,
countess. Your father. the duke, does
not mince matters. and I'm not quite
a fool"
at is of the prince that | want to
speak, Mr.. Tullis." she said. Il do
want to talk very seriously with you
immediate future"
He looked at her narrowly.
Are you quite serious?
"Quite | could not have asked you
to come to this house for anything
trivial We have become very good
friends. you and l. Too good. per-
haps. for I've no doubt there are old
Tables in Edelweiss who are provoked
to criticism. You know what mean"
The prince is a sturdy little beg
gar" he began, but she lifted her hand
in protest.
"And he has sturdy, loyal friends.
That is agreed. And YET She paus-
ed, a perpexed line coming between
her expressive eyes.
John Tuliis opened his own eyes
very wide. You don't mean to say
that he is-he is in peril of any sort"
She leaned nearer to him. dropping
the ash from her cigarette into the re-
ceiver as she spoke slowly; intensely.
81 think he is in peril-in deadly peril"
He stared hard. What do you
mean" he demanded, with an involun-
tary glance over his shoulder Size in
terpreted that glance correctly.
The peril is not here, Mr.. Tullis. |
know what you are thinking My IA
Their is loyal subject The peril 1
suggest never comes to Graustark."
Never comes to Graustark?" he al
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A Speculatcr.

''What is the matter with your
81 dunno"
Let me give you a pill"
"What is it good for?'
81 dunno"
"Then why should | take it,"
"If you don't know what ails you
and I don't know what this pin is
good for it seems to me that the two
would go well together"
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Best Of All.

The golfng girl is pretty.
There isn't any doubt.
In country or in city
She turns all heads about.
The Skating maid is charming
As Ger the ice she darts.
1t really is alarming
She breaks so many hearts.
These maidens all are fleeing
And never are at rest.
We cannot help agreeing
The hired girl is best.
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Hard to Please.

at is so hard to pay a compliment
to a fat woman"
Tell her she is getting so thin that
she ought to call physician"
"No; she would know that was fat
terry"
Then say that she is all wool and
a yard wide"