The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-06-04


ftodge--"Tho Man From Home
| last night. at Is not smart set
II 10 not 400 There are--or VIII
be--iords and commons In II. u 10
--or will be-~sn exclusive circle,
and dsrnod hard 20 get into"
Hodge 10 almost as much Of .
"Hoosier" type OF the stage az on.
He haa a lean law, n pair Of shrewd,
sentimental eyes, and a dravsl.
Evolving a new society ig slow
process" he went on. and added
~And I arm uKinE the word In its
narrow sense. But we're doing H..
II IN high time. Our social values
are still hlndaide-to. What. for Ia
stance. IL society. as we no~ UNI
derstand the wordg
let our friend here" and he In.
dlcated. with a thumb jerk, Manager
Reed o. the Moore theatre. REPRE-
sent the public. Well. you and ar.
bitrafiiY declare that we are 'aoci-
ETY. Are we7 II depends on Reed
lIf he says We are. We are. II he IL
anYioua Of nu. II he truckles 90 US.
n wa awaken in him the spirit OF
an0bhery. 80 that he would give bis
soul 10 Join ua. then We are socl'
city.
@Hus II Reed laughs al our claim
70 social swsnenee, u Gse regards va
In a word. society IL society By
as q Joke, then We arc not society.
persuiaalon OF thoae who are not 20
clssy. but wiah they were. Society
in every country originated Ia the
way ! have suggested. A limited
number OF folks got together and
said: We are society And they
have been society ever since.
This nuw society has its origin in
the United States. bot II will spread
all over the world II win supersede
the old order. II viii be- a much fin.
sr society than the old. II VIII be
an agintoeraey based on merit"
Hedge bases mia belief in hla the.
ory~--ls II 10 . fhcory--cn the endur-
ING success Of mia play. 1.-The Man
From Home" ~Fciks like ~" ne
Gays. ~ ran 500 performances In
ke~ York. 200 In Chicago, and broke
records IN Boston, Philadelphia and
elsewhere.
''rhe play has endured said
Hodge. mot because the acting ~
good. but because tho story ID good.
and because Il tells us truths about
society which no have always
known. and tells them with more
force than we could tell them our
selves The public. In ltR appreci.
alton Of The Man From Home. is
like R~od. who laughs when you
and ! say we are society There
fore, society f. moi society NJ all.
The Man From Home Ia a Jay.
hawk lawyer from kokomo. Ind.
who hurrlee To Italy 10 avert the
marriage Of his ward to a titled and
forsune.huntiRE Engiishgnan
Ne may not be a @aentIemsn''--a
nchuiogs word at best--hut he 10 q
man. Ne stands on his two legs.
refuses 10 pose. ard hatea sham.
Are you inquirina for Miss
Granger Simpson,"
"No.~ says "The Man From
Home "piain Miss Simpson.
Granger is her middle name
The Riri Is frankly ashamed of
her nativity and considers the ordi.
nary run Of Americans vulgar" and
Impossible She proposes to set.
tie on her fiance t55o.000 in return
FOR the "indrfinable advantages
accruing 10 birth and station" The
eari's son she describes as In every
way desirable
You are going 20 give him mon.
err asks The Man From Home. I"
III you care to put II that way
yes"
Have you told him sol"
Certainly not"
Then. II he II as fine a fellow
al you say he is. he won't take IL.
THE picture" said Hodge, ais
not osercrawn. An English gentle
man would sell himself for money.
And sueh a bargain would horrify
and disgust a lawyer from koko-
mo, Ind. Our social morals. as we'll
an our social values, are hindside.to.
The earl traces his line back
TO the Norman conauest--but he's
grating thief The son win some
day be an earl--bnt he IL a bone
headed ass. The lawyer from Ko.
komo Is vulgar and impossible
but he il honest. shrewd and fine.
III you are socially ambitious and
want to Join the new aristocracy,
get ready now. II you are the &C.
cidental result OF kings indiscre-
ton. or II your ancestors came over
on the Mayflower. the fact will be