East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-16
JAMES M. BARRIE
Is NOT BIT PROUD
OF HAVING TITLE

y (By Beau Rialto, Written for
= the United Press)
. NEW YORK, July 16-If he
. can influence the press agents
y and newspapers of America,
. New York will never see Sir I
= James NJ. Barrie. Bart, the I
= English author and playwright 4
= recently honored by King
. George. The famous author of
q Peter Pan" and "The Little
= Minister" will visit New York in Z
= November, but it will be Mr.. Z
y James M. Barrie, Esq. on the 4
. ships passenger list and the Z
. Gotham hotel register. not Sir I
. James NJ. Barrie, Bart. The I
. writer issued an ultimatum I
= when he received his baronetcy I
= on the kings last birthday, that I
. his title should not be used for I
. advertising purposes, and order I
. ed all publishers and managers :
. using his plays on no account to I
= let Sir" appear on the title
= page of any of his books and in I
. press notices and papers adver- I
. tising his plays. The baronet I
= feels strongly on the subject and I
= says he will never use the kings I
= recognition of his literary and :
= dramatic work to boost his fame. I
= This will be his second visit I
. to the United States. and the
= purpose of his trip is to see Miss
. Maude Adams about a new play.
. Coincidentally, his first visit 4
. concerned Miss Adams though I
. on that occasion it was accident 4
. al and not by design. His first
. visit occurred some years ago,
. when he first discovered the tai
= ent of the American actress.
= The night before he sailed for 4
. home, Barrie saw Miss Adams 4
. in Rosemary" and said to 4
= Charles Frohman: eff you can 4
= get Miss Adams to play the part 4
= of Lady Babbie' I will drama 4
. tie The Little Minister" How 4
. he did dramatic the book and I
. how Miss Adams used it as a We 4
. hicle to convey her almost into
. instant stardom now is a matter 4
. of history.
. The purpose of the coming
. visit of Sir James is to see Miss
. Adams in her coming revival of
= of Peter Pan" and to consult
D her about 'Leonora," a new
. Barrie play which Mrs. Pat
, Campbell is about to give a 4
D premiere in London. The auth
D or wants to produce the play in
D this county with Miss Adams in 4
. the title role.
D On the other side it is said
, that his title has not changed 4
. Sir James a bit His only cele- 4
D bration of the honor. as far as 4
. his friends could see. was to 4
, have a new bowl put in his cher 4
. ished and inevitable pipe.
3 When rehearsals of 'Leonora" 4
. began the other day at the Duke 4
. of York's Theater in London. 4
. Sir James read the manuscript to 4
. the cast without removing his 4
. pipe from his mouth. Barrie's 4
. small and slight personality and
unassuming manner led to an 4
amusing mistake recently on
. the part of Henry Blossom. the
. librettist who collaborated with 4
. George Robyn in 1.-THE Yankee
= Consul and other pieces made
. famous by Raymond Hitchcock. 4
= While Blossom, Charles b. Dill
. ingham and Charles Frohman
. were in London together. Bios 4
= som rushed excitedly up to Dill 4
= lingham and demanded to know 4
. the identity of that little guy in
. a blue flannel shirt, with a pipe
= in his face who is panhandling
= Frohman." 4