The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-03

noted SOuInern DeauIy ana great
favorite in society south Of Mason
and Dixon's line. VI.
Could Be Friends.
While on the subject Of matrimonial
discord, it is interesting to note the
cheerful views cherished by Mrs.
Sterling Postley, who holds that di-
vorced woman need not cease to be
good friend of her husband, though
they have agreed to disagree upon all
else.
Mrs. Postley as Ethel Cook was
much sought after in San Francisco
society in the days before she became
the wife Of Postley, who is q member
Of one Of the oldest and richest fami-
lies of Gotham. After twelve years
OF irksome married life the couple
decided last summer that separation
was preferable to the Incompatible
existence they had been living. While
in Paris last June the wife, with con-
sent Of the husband, instituted an &C.
ton for divorce, although it did not
become known until she returned here
the other day from France she Sc
cured the decree applied for. Waiting
for her. on the pier with his big tour
iEg car when the ship was warped
into its basin the other day was Post
ley. With a sense of chiyalry not
often observed among Divorces. he
CALAMITY escorted his former wife 20
tho machine and accompanie her and
their young son to the Hotel Gotham,
where he had anticipated her every
wish by providing apartments for her.
His manner and solicitude were SO
unusual that they could not fail to
command attention. Mrs. Postley,
who by the way is the third mem
Der OF her family. through intermar-
riage with the PostIeys to get a d.
vorce this year, was asked about it
and she, said with some naivette:
1--WE are divorced, but don't think
it's strange that we should be good
friends still. Mr.. Postley and l never
had any real trouble. 1t was Just a
case Of incompatibility Of tempera-
ment. We simply found that We could
not agree and as solution Of all our
difficulties we finally agreed to dis
agree"
Jones Greatly Ncttted.
Greatly nettled by the threat cahled
to him at his hotel here that the Lon
don Managers Association intended
to prosecute him for a trivial !nfrac-
ton of the licensing rules" governing
the production of plays, Henry Arthur
Jones, the distinguished English play
wright raped the system Of visiting
theatrical performances now in force
10 the British capital.
Last night" he replied, Il receiv-
cd intelligence that II Miss Ethel Irv-
ing who played my Dolly for one
hundred and fifty night at he Hay
roarket Theatre, presented it as a
sketch at the Hippodrome Music Hall,
the theatrical managers would insti-
tute a prosecution against me. If I
were to try to explain the situation to
you it would, l fear, go far toward
| wrecking your own sanity.
we have in England fourteen diff
ferent ways of licensing plays. No
body can quite understand them. The
utmost confusion prevails We lave
a censor. He can stop any play he
likes, without giving a reason. He
generally stops such dramas as So
phicles', Shelley's and Maeterlinck' s .
Nobody knows what he is there for
or when he does anything. He need.
mt give any reason. He is complicat.
ed with this theatre-music-hall bust.
| ness, and-but, no! / won't run the
risk of wrecking your mind by trying
to explain it.
Sarah Bernhard and Jane Hadina
| have lately been appearing in scenes
from plays at the London Colosseum
| and Hippodrome, but they were not
prosecuted. Why? Well, I have been
| trying for years to put the matter on
a firm and lasting and reasonable
basis, and, of course, all those people
who have vested interests to pro-
tect, regard me as an enemy. This
little sketch at the Hippodrome which
is not a matter of great importance,
gives them a chance to attack me
| while l am three thousand miles
| away. OF course, If one tries to re.
| form abuses, one must expect to
| make a lot of enemies"
| Gave Away $35o,ooo.
There was but one discordant note
| in the Christmas cheer of J. Pierpont
Morgan. The financier distributed to
| members of his firm and employees
| of his banking house On Christmas
| eve, bonuses equal to whole year S
salary, amounting it is estimated to
more than S35O.o00 in the aggregate.