The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01

and fire was kindled in his soul. The
! importance of the economic basis dawned
| on him, and the Intensity Of his convic-
tons forced him to the platform.
Il learned to speak as men learn to
skate or cycle by doggedly making a
fool of myself until / got used to it," he
says. Il was really an arrant coward
rending degree. Yet l could not hold my
tongue vowed would not only become
| member of the society, but would speak
every week until 1 should become a
| speaker. I accomplished this only
through the suffering of agonies which
no one ever suspected"
The artistic passion in Shaw was as
ardent as the economic. He became as
much interested in Ibsen and Wagner as
| in Marx and Morris. The development
from Socialist to dramatist was as nat
ural as il was inevitable. In his new eX-
preston he was able to hold his Social
| ism without a surrender of his indlvid-
ualism.
The keynote Of the Shavian philosophy
is the pursuit of life fer its own sake.
] He believes that life is realized only as
an activity which satisfies the will-that
is self-assertion. and that every such ex-
tension or intensihcation Of activity is to
| be welcomed.
Maude Adams brings back to the Ma
| tionaI Theater this week the most whim-
steal and delightful stage character of the
| age. Peter Pan" Barrie's dear little
| fairy boy who wouldn't grow up"
1t is now eight years since folk became
| acquainted with the naive little elf Of
Mr. Barrie's delicate imagination, since
which time Peter Pan" as visualized by
Miss Adams. has become the veritable
| spirit of youth haunting the boards of ey-
cry big city. both here and in England.
Why, it would hardly seem like Christ
mas in London without MIR. Frohman's re-
vival of this play, which has almost
made the grown-up world believe In
fairies.
] And, would You believe il! Tinker
Bell" that dear fairy seen formerly by
| the audience only as dancing light,
tinkling as she fitted across the stage.
has this year crystallized into form.
How do know?
Well you see, the programmes for the
read: Tinker Bell, by Herself" This
year they read: Tinker Bell, by Jane
Wren" so il is visualized life which will
be jeopardized should We be silent next
week when Peter" pleads SO earnestly
for us to say that we believe in fairies
quick. quick. before Tinker Bell' dies
because of our lack of faith.
With maude ADAMS the soul OF the Story
Peter Pam is the most whimsical, ten
der. and delightful production on the
boards to-day.
The publicity man for a musical COM
edy inburdened his soul of the chagrin
he felt last week over the notable revival
of Robin Hood" at the National Thea
ter, expressing it as his belief that the
presentation of comic opera by a cast of
grand opera stars was to be deplored
because. as he put the matter. lit spoils
the public for the average musical COM
edy."
The cast, orchestration. and scenic pro-
duction of Robin Hood raises the piece
almost to grand opera standard and does
assuredly show the public how puerile are
some of the musical conglomerations
which have come to Washington since the
opening Of the present season, which Is
by no means a fact to be deplored, how
ever.