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plays along new lines?" asked.
Ever since I began producing any
thing" smiled Mr.. Barker. And tha
was in 1899. I've done chiefly modern
comedy heretofore. however"
Are you disappointed by the reception
Of The Winters Tale'?"
AUDIENCES ARE PLEASED.
NO. indeed. Not at ALL" he ASSERTED
sturdily. THE audiences seem to like it
: : and that is the main thing
| But can they follow your players wher
they take their lines at such a rate a,
| they do?''
| We'll. didn't you?" asked the Producer
| with a gleam OF amusement in his eyes.
Yes. I did-mostly." I replied.
There you are" he said triumphantly,
his sensitive face glowing with pleasure
| And, after all. it wouldn't have been
| surprising II you had had some difficulty
on account Of the intonation. although.
Of course. you Americans really talk
much faster than We do
You think sou calculated. Good
ness, It doesn't seem so to me-"
"A mere matter Of intonation again. -
and Mr.. Barker waved it away and
changed his position by winding one leg
round the other in comfortable school
boy fashion.
WOULD TRAIN PEOPLES LIKES
What do you think of these national
theatre schemes?" queried.
"They are all very much to the good, +"
answered the Producer thoughtfully.
"and I hope We shall have a national
theatre here some day soon. I'm in
clined to think We should have an edu-
cational theatre as well. to teach people
what they want or should want. Then
drama would reach q high level You
can't run any art satisfactorily on COM
mercial lines. It's altogether too con-
venient and pleasing a thing to be an
actor-manager."
You talk little as Gordon Craig
does" I remarked. Il suppose you are
in sympathy with the idea Of thiS school
he means to establish"
Mr. Barker leaned his arm on the desk
and rested his cheek on his hand. look
ing at me earnestly.
I'm very much interested in Craigs
IDEAS" he said. but I confess I don't
understand what he means by the term
school"
"Oh" I stated. airily. ''he means to
have a place where people can learn how
to acquire q whole new set Of ideals''
Mr.. Barker rather scowled upon my
fippancy, as far as such a pleasant face
a. his could scowl. Really. these young
men who are educating old Mother Lon
don do take their work and themselves
very seriously.
WISHES FOR A CRAIG PLAYHOUSE.
..The theatre ITSELF" he said. 'is . shop
vbers one must get ideals and take
IDEALS: 20 why have . school7 But aside
from this, I'm always keenly Interested
IN every scheme Of CraigA wish some
one would build him . playhouse and let
him work out some Of his ideas for
ecenery and lighting. 20 that We could
see whether they are practicable. We've
no way Of knowing whether they are
theatre proof or not"
HHIa Apethle ahapea4Rs- aAaApeeiee
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pleased by my enthusiasm. but he merely
said:
I'm glad you've been to . performance.
It's much moro important that you should
see the piece than see me"
didn't altogether agree with this mod
est statement, for II his work is interest
ing his personality is equally 20.
How long have you been producing
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millionaire who Is at his wits ends as te
what to do with his money: Build q
theatre for stage reformers in London te
play about in. Oh. there's lots Of scope
for benevolent wealthy ones over here!
| Didn't Mr.. Craig's production OF
Hamlet in Moscow prove the elncacy Of
some Of his ideas as to scenery and Light.
| ing? Wasn't that a success?'
| Il believe 1t was.'' said Mr.. Barker. q
only wish had had the time to 20 to
! Russia to have seen it,
ITS pretty hard to wake Ensland up
| into accepting new ideas. isn't it7' In
quired sympathetically.
The producer gave the ghost Of Sigh.
as he replied:
Yes. the English public Is centuries
| slow. People won't 60 ahead"
Then his expressive face frightened
again.
AMERICAS OPEN MIND.
you Americans are different" he In
formed me. You're more progressive.
You give one q chance You say Come
and show US what you can do Then If
you don't like 1t you refuse 1t. England
takes three years to accept anything
new. She's 90. leisurely in thinking out
things"
THAT must be very discourasins." I
murmured.
1T is" agreed Mr.. Barker. and he
threw his arm over the back of the
chair with q weary gesture. as II there
wasn't nearly enough chance for his en-
ergy here.
DO you think that American drama
has had any effect here a. yet? am
told there are seven plays from the
States having successful runs in Eng
land at the moment" observed with
some little show Of pride.
But 1t had the inevitable fall
Are there? I don't think so." an
swered the producer. Anyway. don't
believe American draLia has had any ef-
feet here as yet In fact. I don't think
We have had the best American drama.
don't believe It will be exportable. It
will be 80 purely local ir its interest,"
50 full Of the lives and feelings Of the
people. Personally I've had very little
chance to test this theory 80 far. but
from what I've seen Of American drama
I think 1t Is magnificent, crude stun The
best Of It isn't borrowed. II u indigo
nous to the soil. as It were"
As REGARDS CONSTRUCTION.
You don't believe much i the actual
construction Of plays, do your asked
timidly. with the memory Of certain dis
sertations from MI. Barkers pen which
England refuses to regard as playa
Hartley Granville Barker Strengthened
himself up again and looked indignant,
then his mouth twitched and he smiled
az he said conndentially. "Of course I
believe in the construction Of plays. and
I construct mine with the greatest care,
I assure you. But there are two ways
Of doing that"
He drew . pencil and paper toward him
and began to sketch crude house on
regulation lines. I rose and tip-toed over
his shoulder to watch the process.
ANY one can build ., house like this
with most limited knowledge Of srchi.
1lsesa sslseE u, lBalainaA
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
PROVED JOLLY AND YOUTHFUL

Then suddenly the door swung open
and . tall. slender youth dashed in He
had brown hair inclined to wave and eyes
that people call hazel, because they don't
know how else to label them. He was
clean shaven, like an American. and he
showed a sensitive. humorous mouth. with
the corners turned up in a jolly way.
which seemed to denote an inclination to
laugh at most everything. sometimes q
little cynically.
He was well dressed and he entered
with the air Of one who owned that little
room. Yet somehow I never thought he
was the producer had come to see. I
had made up my mind that this Granville
Barker Che drops the Hartley his spon-
sors in baptism gave him) must be elderly
because he has accomplished so much. 1
thought. too. that he'd be scholarly-look-
ing. with a stoop and glasses. and I fan
cied he might be downright frowsy. with
a red tie, because he's a Socialist and q
Fabian. and makes speeches protesting
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WINTERS TALE" IN NEW eUIsE

A very advanced dramatist and pro-
ducer, one Of the leaders Of one of those
schools of thought which bewilder poor
old London. has taken the Bard OF Avon
in hand, has chosen ''The Winters Tale
for a beginning. and has decorated 1t
Chats how he specifies the scenery. COS
TUNED 1t and had 1t played In novel and
most pleasing fashion.
London is little hurt and injured. She
admires the production. but she resents
it. 'Yes.>its very beautiful" she admits.
but give me my Shakespeare according
to history. and a bit bowdlerized-
The aforementioned advanced producer
Is young and earnest. Isn't 1t funny the
advanced ones always are? It's when
they verge toward the sere and yellow
leaf that they seem to settle down to
conventional and commercial ideas
When 1 first saw Hartley Granville
Barker thought he was the youngest
thing my eyes had rested on this many
a day.
was sitting in his little study waiting
for him to come and talk with me. Tho
room looked like the den Of some scien-
tist or doctor. A huge desk took up most
of the space and there were big. fat. cru
dite volumes everywhere. In fact there
was something depressing and cold about
ti.at staid. little room with its walls, car
pets and hangings all in ono tone. and l.
who am easily affected by my surround
ings, experienced a kind Of mental and
physical chill
The Washington herald., 1912-11-10
BIZ KATE cAREw.


~ EAILY. I'm getting 70 b ouite
sorry for poor old London. as.
IN breath 10 always being taken faen'
away by the strange happenings !" n''
midst!
You see. things used to 80 on In tne
same good. staid. stodgy fashion yeaf
after year. in her world Of art no metseF
how they changed and developed else-
where. But now It is different New
schools Of young and virile enthusiasts
keep springing up. and they're all deter
mined to educate the old lady whether
she will or no.
At the moment she is harboring group
Of Post-Impressionists whose weird ana
wonderful efforts are drawing curious ana
disapproving crowds to the Grafton CAL
leries.
And, more than this. The ancient dame
is in a terribly puzzled state OF mino
over unique and beautiful sort OF POST
Impressionist production Of Shake
spearian drama, with scenery severe Oh
line and exquisite in simplicity. with cos
TUNES Of no known period. and with the
piece played at full speed so that 1t may
be given in its entirety within the resu-
lation time allotted to dramatic perform
ances.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
FEMALE DOCTORS.

| Attention og suffraoisfs is called to
he fact mot women annarant1v are
vrad,au, ef,.ine nm tba}r asnirations
to become physicians. During the
last year there were only G79 women
studying medicine as against l.129
eight years ago. Last year only l42
women were graduated from the medi-
can schools as against PA eight
years ago.
rio,,re. for the fr4ervantno vears
sbou . Gradual decrease and Stats.
,iesns y.fn sooo NO saaa5no The raa.
son r,,.,dan+l,. a. =. of,bar 5acsuse
,,o,oar 1sro fornd ,,bvsi.is,-s lirs
no t.ra ~ ,4fsa.,eea,,ie fo- ,bem or
tbe,. ara No, gndino fr s,ffotan.fe
-o,o,,,o.s.,,.o possibi, I, fs +be
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
TIE COUNTER5lGN

given the state clear title to the
same, bat Guthrie people who twenty
three years ago reserved this land ~
common consent for Tile people aad
afterward secured the title 10 the same
lor the state, have always held that
trust sacred ever ready to eoncede 81
to the state as evidenced by the fol-
lowing paragraph from their literature
which they have been distributing for
the past few months in every county
of the state:
The state is now practically the
owner Of a fine capitol site at Guth.
rie, the government having reserved
fourteen acres in the Aeart OF the city
Tor capitol purposes at the creation
of Oklahoma in 1883"
II is needless to say that if Okla
Aoma City had been holding this land
tor the state they would have stolen
It Years ago ju.s as t1ey sole tAe
military rese alton nt ca was given
item in trust for their schools
he fact is taat 0klaA1u,a CITY is
rottca fheir campaign sn.h tissue of
falsehood, fraud and corruption thar
they rave no conception OF auy boGv
else being sn7st - dec
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
WHY cHANeEq

why change2" asks Mr. Hilles
why not leave we'll enough alone2'
suppose We don't change. Suppose
the cost Of living goes risht on in.
creasing-iucreases 81 per cent in the
next ten years as it has Increased in
the past ten.
Is not the constant unwayering,
upward climb Of prices OF life's ne
cessities as much a cause for alarm
as scarcity OF work and old-fashionad
hard times. especially when the party
that has been in power an the ,me
such prices have been going up has
nothing new TO offer in the way Of
remedy?
Why not change?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
CONTINENTAL HIGHWAY PLANS.

For fortythree years We have had a
Tanseonunental railroad. Before its
completion a trip across the continent
took at least six months and was at
tended with numerous hardships. The
iIailroad dlt away with most Of these
hardships and reduced the time OF
ltr5vei from six months to about the
sam euamoer Of days.
Much q iae country 5 p-ogress a4d
prosperity may be credited to the rail
roads, but it is reasonable 10 believe
additional prosperity would result from
a transcontiHental highway, a higf way
$500 miles in length. upon which it
would be possible, in time to travel
from New York to Los Angeles ia an
ordipa., to.:ins e.u ia little more
than Eees
That such a highway is not merely
hope for the distant future may be
gathered from the fact that A. L.|
Westguard, field representative for the
United States government office Of
good roads, has Travelled three times
across the continent this year in a
touring car mapping our three pros
pecuve routes, which viii be surveyed
by the government. The southern one
.of these prospective routes extends
through Missouri on a straight line
from ST. Louis to Kansas City.
A yet more comprehensive plan has
been devised by Congressman War
burton of Washington and will be pre-.
sented BY him in a bin at the next
session Of congress.
He proposes TO have a system OF
sixteen-foot wide, hard surface high
ways penetrating to every state in the
union and giving. as near as possible
each state equal advantage. He pro
poses to raise the fund TO pay for |
these highways by restoring the in |
ternal revenue tax Of 1879 on tobacco |
and has estimated that such a tax
would pay for the roads N four years |
if they can be bouilt for $4,000 a mile.
or in five years if the cost averages
$4,000 a mile
Congressman Warburton calls a.
tention to the fact that raising the tax |
on tobacco to the basis OF 1879 would
be unnoticeable 1t would amount to
three-tenths OF one cent on l0-cent
cigar, and would be taken out in
weight Of the cigar without the on
sumer knowing IT,
And yet five years Of these slightly |
lightened cigars would mean a paid.for
system Of surfaced highways through
the entire nation
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
CAPITAL COMMENT
THE CAPITAL AMENDMENT.
(Kingflsher Times.

tklA2IlhNeF 4 INES.
That the people OF Oklahoma have
been swindled ana betrayed in the cap
ital matter there is no doubt Every
one knows that when the people were
called from their harvest fields to vote
on the capital location two years ago
ana more that the general understand.
ing was that the capital if located
there was not 10 be removed until
1913 and on such understanding the
people voted Oklahoma City offered
to build million dollar capitol free
for the state and TO pay the expenses
of moving She has kept no part of
the contract, and the capital WAS
moved In the night before the votes
We're canvassed Since then the leg
islature was induced TO locate the capi-
tai at Oklahoma City and that city
made pledges and promises, none of
which she has kept or made good The
whole history os this matter has been
one Of bad faith and broken promises
OF attempted and perperated fraud
VIII the people Of Oklahoma stand for
it? II they do, they never deserve lo
have any promise of pledge made good
to them, but should forever be the
free ana lawful prey Of every blue sky
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
GOVERNOR MARSHALL.


When Thomas r. Marshall vas
elected governor Of Indiana he changed
a Republican majority OF S4,0o0-for J.
Frank Hanley four years before-to .
majority Of 1853 for Democracy. And
the campaign In which he brought
about this remarkable change was
marked by a new method Of personal
effort.
Mr Marshall did not pose as a polit-
ical mixer He was not accustomed
10 slapping men upon She back and
calling them familiar names, and he
made no attempt TO do it just because
he was running for office. He sim
ply met with the people, talked with
them about the various issues. and
agreed that If ne was right they should
vote the Democratic ticket and 81 he
was wrong they should vote against
it. And the people who listened to him
believed ne was sincere and honest
and right-and they voted for him.
Governor Marshall is not sentimen-
taf or explosive. lie accomplisbes re.
suits without demanding the plaudits
OF thousands and he cares little wheth-
er such applause comes. He wants 10
do the right thing for his own salts
faction-because he believes the right
thing always the best. His admins
tration has been economical without
being parsimonious.
When a young lawyer. Marshall
went to Steuben county 10 try law
cases and became acquainted with
young woman who was working in the
county clerk office She was the
daughter Of the county clerk ana even
tually became Mrs Marshall. She IS
a woman OF attractive personality. and.
like her husband loves her home
which is an ideal one.
Both have decided domestic tastes.
At the instance OF Governor Mar
shall. the Democratic legislature Of
Indiana, in the session OF 1911. passed |
the following human welfare Iaws;
TO cursa1 child labor
To regulate the sale OF cold storage |
products.
To require hygienic schoolhouses
and 30 permit medical examination
Of school children
To prevent blindness at birth.
To regulate the sale Of cocaine and |
,ther drugs.
To provide free treatment for hydro
'bobia
To establish public Fairgrounds, l.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

The public school fun6, lne school
lands ana public building lands. Of
the moneys and the lands under tie
control Of the commissioners OF the
land office constitute assets Of Tie
state Of Oklahoma worth approzt
mately fifty million dollars and taat
may ultimately be worth great deal
more. Democratic government in this
state has conceived these assets and
is using them TO the best possible
az antage Of the people at mini
mum cost Eventually, Oklahoma wlI
nave from these sources abundant
funds for the maintenance Of her
schools and for the construction OF all
public institutions
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
SROKE" Slow Mr.. Rush :
MESSAGE TO WORKING WOMEN

MESSAGE TO WORKING WOMEN.
All women work; some in homes,
some in church, some in the whirl Of
society and in stores, offices and
shops, tens OF thousands are on the
never ceasing treadmiA, earning their
daily bread
All women. however are subject to
the same physical laws, and suffer
alike from the same physical disturb
ances and weaknesses, peculiar to
their sex. Every woman, no matter
what her station IN lfe should re-
member that Lydia e Pinkhams We
getable Compound is the great rene
dy for female ills in which She
should place her trust.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

To strengthen the pure food act.
10 protect against loan sharks.
TO provide police court matrons.
To establish uniform weights ana
measures.
To prevent traffic IN white slaves.
10 permit night schools in cities
To investigate Industrial and agri.
cultural education.
To require medical supplies as part
OF q trains equipment.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

Next year should be very lively III
Washington with the Inauguration Of
Wilson, and in Dublin with the inaug-
uration Of an Irish parliament.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

The New York Republican eIub
accepted the colone's resignation with
silence not quite profound enough
to conceal its thoughts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

If you desire the capital removed
10 Guthrie, and thereby have your tax
es esssned and graft checked, vote
'yes" on the proposed constitutional
amendment locating the capital per-
manentIy at Guthrie.
x YES.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21
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SURE WAY TO SAVE MONEY

~ oNN = MCNEY
Buy diomand watch, or other
jewelry-pay weekly or monthly we
put the article away in sealed pack
age Not credit deal: but cash
Everything marked in plain figures
here. Ben Wenberger, 2os West Flar.
rison, Guthrie.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

Like master, ike man, James Creel-
man on the witness stand succeeded
in outdoing Mayor Gaynor in irracibl-
ity and bad taste.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

Shall the state be soaked for two
million dollar capitol support OF
Oklahoma City meals just that
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

The last OF the Oklahoma City wing
stage has been reached. They are
now lying about the preachers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

The shopworn Balkan war cloud has
been taken off and placed on the bar
gain counter
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

Oscar Hammerstein has sued a pri-
ma donna for libel After the suit has
thoroughly advertised her, he wlll
probably engage her for the season.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

Yuan Shi Kai, president of China,
has knocked the loan proposition ot
the ssix-power- group I" sky high.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

a vote Tor Oklahoma City means
more taxes.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-10-21

{. ARTHUR DEAN, D. v. g. ",
veterinary surgeon. is an authority.
His methods are the latest; his tes-
timonials come voluntarily from
hcrsemen. Phone 1912.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Mrs. Atkins to Speak.

Mrs. Florence Eweal Atkins. Of
Tennessee, National Organizer for
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, will address the people Of
this city at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning. The hour for the
morning address will be eleven
o'clock and in the evening at $500
o'clock. Possibly she will address
the Sunday-school Sunday afternoon,
but this is not certain. Mrs. Atkins
is a most delightful speaker, and
crowds flock to hear her wherever
she speaks. She was in Greenville
last Sunday, at the auditorium Of
,Greenville Female College, and de-
lighted her audience. We feel sure
that our people will be entertained
and edited, and we trust that crowd
ed houses will greet her. Mrs. At
kins is preachers wife, her husband
being a member of the Tennessee
conference and a brother Of Bishop
Atkins.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
Against Card Parties.

Rev. w. H. Hodges preached a
forcible sermon at the Methodist
church last Sunday morning. He
discussed home life and the duty of
parents to their children. He asked
the question, how would a woman
look in Heaven with a deck Of cards
in her hand running around trying to
get up a game of bridge whist? He
plead for a stricter observance of
church VOWS, that parents might be
examples of Christian life and char
acter to their children. The sermon
has been much discussed, as some
members of Mr.. Hodges's church at
tend card parties and dances.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-02-22
New Advertisements.

w. c.. Black, Administrative
tice to Creditors.
S. G. Ray-Candidate' Card.
Jones Bros.-Still Coming.
J. D. Thomas-Lost..
G. Frank Bamberg- Up Your
Team.
J. Fielder Hunter-Candidate' s
Card.
G. A. Rice-Candidate's Card.
Peoples Drug Co.-Vinol.
Rentz & Felder-A Dialogue Con-
tinued.
C. R. Brabham's sons-Just a Lit
tie Ad.
The Millinery Store-Bamberg the
Millinery Center of the State.
Geo. A. Jennings-Candidate' s
Card.
w. A. Klauber-Wanted.
Peoples Drug Company-Hexame-
thylenamine.
C.. r. Brabham-Borrowed or
Stolen.