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nance. 1t is essentially the attempt
to get away from natural facts which
are securely linked with every normal
development of human society. Its ex-
preston in literature Will, no doubt,
wear itself out or become the means of
toning its extravaganza down to the
level Of actual or possible conditions.
Let us further confess most frank
ly that the region of fancy, of poetry,
of idealism, of ina agination, is lust as
necessary to the human spirit as the
region of history, of mathematics, of
philosophy. or of science If 1t comes
to that, I had just as gladly get along
without Macauley as without Dickens.
George Eliot is even more useful than
Froude. But then Froude romanticised
history, and George Eliot made fiction
a psychic laboratory; sc that they meet
in the middle of the bridge. All hui
man faculties are either of the creative
or of the receptive order are either OF
masculine or feminine type Imagina-
tion has been classified now on the one
side, now on the other. But 1magina-
tion is the highest quality of ,he, soul
to respond intuitively to the appeal OF
nature. Reason, the logical and CO.
ordinating faculty. which leads to in
te11ectual voyages or discovery, the
classification of experiments. the mas
terry of nature. the clash of national or
personal interests belongs to the other
half of the soul.
Now every man is part woman or
he could not be man. Take away the
world of imagination from a man and
you have an imbecile. Take away the
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MY OLD STAGE SCRAP BOOKING by w. E. Evans

'Isifes but a walking shadow: a poor
player.
That struts and frets his hour upon the
stage,
And then is heard no more"
FAIR FACE AND BLUE EYES.
/ have preserved scraps of a bograph-
ical and professional character as
have come upon them in out-of- the-way
places In newspapers and magazines, of
Georgiana Bellamy. an actress who made
her debut as far back as 1744, at Covent
Garden theatre, in London. This actress
was the illegitimate daughter of Lord
Tyrawley. at one time Englands ambas-
sador at the court of Portugal, her mother
being the daughter of an English farmer
After the birth of Georgiana the mother
married a man by the name of Belamy,
and by this name the actress was always
known. Her father provided for her edu-
cation at a convent in France, where she
displayed a quick mind and rare intelli-
gence She was very beautiful and the
old chroniclers refer with satisfaction TO
her fair face and blue eyes
From the very first her beauty, her in
telligence. her vivacity, and her excel
lence in acting. made a profound i'm
preston Indeed, there were certain men
who not only lost their hearts to her
charms, but their heads as WELL One
of these was a we'll known peer of the
realm. He became wildly in love with
the young actress, and pursued her with
his attentions. She rebuked him and de-
clined to hear his protestations of love.
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posite unit, as diverse chemical atoms
are necessary to create and hold in
balanced unity the molecule of any
substance. So in the human molecule,
call 1t man" or call it woman" the
masculine and feminine atoms hold
their balance, with wondrous variety
and elasticity. Therefore many of our
noblest literary works have sprung
from the femlnistic impulse.
Nothing could be more ridiculous than
the attempt to discredit feminism. Now
the one spiritual pole, and now the
other seems to be the point of efluX
for this dynamo we are; but no more
is one nor the other the supremely es-
sential wire than Is the positive or
negative pole in an electric battery or
dynamo essential without the other.
The unit, however is not a man or a
woman, but the whole of human society
In any coherent body or community.
The feministic note in literature which
began with the Renaissance, was recog-
nized in early romance, and has con-
spicuously repeated itself in the work
of the past century as said, in cres-
cendo iterations; it has quite drowned
the old chroniclers, and has driven
even the scientists. historians and
naturalists to pitch their songs in the
same key.
2. l need not speak much of the influ-
ence of the romantic and ideallsuc ele-
ment in religion. How far this has gone
in our own time is manifest to the lover
of his church in every creed. There must
be room made in every church for the
feministie element, the idealistic, whereby
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On one occasion he flung himself and his
fortune at her feet, and, as she still re-
pulsed him. he clasped her in his arms,
dragged. her to his coach and abducted
her. She was rescued before they had
gone very far This lady had another
experience of a similar nature. The au-
dience was awaiting her appearance, and,
as she did not come in answer to her
cue. the manager went to look for her.
He found that she had been abducted, and
SO reported to the impatient people. 1t
is thought by the old annalists that the
actress did not resist this second abduc-
ton. This second kidnapping was per-
petrated by a gentleman by the name of
Mentham, for whom the actress held a
tender place in her heart, while the first
attempt to carry off the stage beauty
was made by the then Lord Byron.
Mis Bellamy used to play Juliet to
Garrick's Romeo. and supported that great
actor in this character in the hot rivalry
of 175o. when Garrick played at Drury
Lane, and the celebrated Barry and Miss
Rossiter played at Covent Garden At
both theatres Romeo and Juliet were on
the boards. Barry was a handsomer man
than Garrick and a fine actor. but Miss
Rossiter was not the equal of Garrick' 8
Juliet either in personal attractions or
histrionic talent. Sir Joshua Reynolds
PRONOUNCED Miss Bellamy IAN accom-
plished actress" and DIR. Samuel john
son said, "Bellamy leaves nothing to be
desired"
In London and in other cities this BEAU
tiful woman rode on the crests of the
high pillows of success. The world of
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r xANY names in the annals of the
MI stage stand for men. and women,
who were once famous but are
now forgotten. Only their names re-
main. so far as the general lover of the
drama knows Yet, to one who reads
stage literature. very often these simple
names are keys that open up treasures
OF interest, and reveal past theatrical
conditions which in these days excite as
tonishment Only a few actors and ac-
tresses OF the many thousands, who in
the past delighted vast throngs, acquired
anything like lasting fame. They lived
their lives, played their parts, were "ap-
plauded to the echo" and by popular
esteem they were exalted to the heights
Of a transitory renown. only to pass into
oblivion in a very little while. We are
told that once Michaelangelo was seized
with whimsical fancy to carve an image
in snow. After the snow was thoroughly
packed as into marble, the artist began
his work with the same care that he ex-
ercised In comprising his great stature
of Moses. 1t was a work of extreme ex-
cellence and beauty when completed But
1t melted away into dripping water. and
is lost forever. AS rule the work of
the actor dies when he dies, and with
the death of his work he himself passes
into forgetfulness. He may quote with
personal application Macbeth's lines. ut
tered within the castle of Dunsinane just
before the fatal combat on the plains
before the castle
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depreciation, had for many years been
thrusting themselves upon the world s
mind before the nineteenth century was
born; but the movement only became
dominant within the lifetime of that CEN
tury The name .'romanaticism" has been
given to this exhibition of what we may
fifty call the feminine element of the hu-
man mind. In utter despite of the enor-
nous development of masculine powers
shown in our vast scientific and Industrial
inventions and discoveries, this literary
movement has forced itself into the fore
most places. Is it possibly one result of
the growth of the peace movement, the
hate and fear of warfare?
Strangely enough. women themselves
have been in a sad minority among the
novelists and the poets. But, as already
noted feminism Is not necessarily
monopolized by, or to be identified WITH
actual women. We must learn to recog-
nize feminine quality In all minds. In
deed 1t may be claimed that this romantic
element in literature is more commonly
at its zenith of power and beauty In as
sociation with masculine than with femi-
nine persons. The king of all romance,
Walter Scott, certainly did not lack viril-
ity of character. the patience to endure
and still be strong, which we commonly
identify as masculine virtue And yet
the function of romanca or imagination
or idealism, is of the feminine side of
the SOUL
Is there any doubt that a connec-
tion exists between this romantic lit
erature. which bulks so large in all
the nineteenth century and the newly
named fact of feminism? For two gem
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fashion, wealth and nobility was at her
feet After one Of her exhibitions of his
trionic splendor before a large and daz-
zling audience, the great actor Qun threw
his arms about her, as, she turned from
the stage, and said. You are a divine
creature and the true spirit is in you"
Socially she was received and honored by
many of the first families, and was es-
and personal charm.
But, sad it is to relate, from all her
pre-eminence she fell, long before Time
wrested the laurels from her brow, or
years had withered the roses at her
throat Her life became morally irregu-
lar, and down into the depths of degrada-
ton she sank, to live In extreme poverty,
and in utter wretchedness. One who saw
her towards the last, wrote, 1.-The once
lovely Bellamy was turned haggard; and
her eyes that used to charm all hearts
appeared sunk, large, hollow and ghost
ly.' She, who once had the world at her
feet. was glad now if she might find shell
ter at a miserable tavern called 1.-THE
Dog and Duck for a few shillings a
week, and of all her class of mierable
women, there was not one to do her rev.
erence. Gone was her past glory. Gone
were her old admirers and protectors"
Gone was all that woman holds as
worth living for. In her misery she goes
to the river to end lifes tragedy by one
more tragedy, but she dares not play
the part of a suicide. So she returns
to her wretchedness, from which at last
she drifts away. and away, into an un-
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Ice Used to Prevent Freezing

Refrigerator cars are kept cool in sum
mer with ice. In winter there Is Just as
much danger that vegetables will be
spoiled by freezing as there is danger
In summer that they will spoil with the
heat, and for a while it was held to be
more difficult to keep out the frost in
winter than the heat I'm summer But now
the same thing that keeps out tho heat
in summer is used to keep out the frost
in winter. and that is Ice says the New
York American In summer salt is fire.
quently mixed with the ice to help lower
the temperature, and cars filed with all
sorts of fruits and vegetables can travel
across the continent with the assurance
that their contents viii be fresh and
wholesome at the end of the journey.
NOW, for winter travelling, especially for
cars containing fruits and potatoes and
such things that have to be sent through
Canada or through the northern part of
the United States, the cars contain the
ice without the mixture of salt There
are large galvanized iron cylinders in
these cars. 1t is in these that the mix
ture of salt and ice is used in summer. In
winter the plain Ice is used
The reason why this keeps out frost fS
simple enough. when understood. Ice has
a temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit
and ice. being poor conductor of either
heat or cold. maintains this temperatura
ana prevents the escape OF heat that =
furnished in the cars.
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bow" Said Leigh Hunt, ''Her voice, preg-
nant with melody, delights the ear with
peculiar and exquisite fulness." Said
an old play goer. Her common speech
had more sweetness in it than any other
womans singing. The full, sweet sound
stole around the largest threatres, and
called soft echoes from their most secret
recesses. 1t rolled like a mild vapor and
encircled you
Her characterization of Rosalind was
preferred to that of the great Mrs Sid
dons. William Robson declared There
never was. there never will be, there
never can be, her equal In Rosalind" An
old writer AYERS, Mrs. Jordan is GER
tainly the lucky child of Fortune, lulled,
caressed and nurtured in the lap OF Ma
ture. she is undoubtedly the reigning
Thalia of the age" In the History of
the Stage" we read, "As an actress Mrs.
Jordan never had a superior in her prop
er line"
Mrs. Jordans private life will not bear
the close scrutiny of the moralist. She
was never married, but for over 20 years
she lived. as his wife, with the Duke of
Clarence, who became King William w,
of England. She was the mother of a
large number of children, who were prop
erly cared for by the King.
This irregular relation with the Duke
was generally known, and so circum-
spect was the actress in her manner of
life, that the couple were considered to
be married morganatically. but they were
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HEART TO HEART TALKS-By James A. Edgerton

difficulties it turns for example-to a
| man!
1t speaks of Job. the man of Uz, who
| had boils and was visited by certain holy
men.
| 1t tells of st. Simon Stylites, who stood
on the pillars for 81 years.
| 1t recites with fine appreciation the pa
tience of Lincoln during the trying days
| of the great war or repeats the tale of
| Washingtons endurance in the winter OF
Valley Forge.
| Wrong, all wrong!
| In the lives of the wives and mothers
of men and of their maiden sisters are
to be found in everyday occurrence better
| examples of patience than any men can
show Mans bearing of the burden is
| shown in the great affairs of life that are
comparatively easy to sustain. Woman s
comes into play in the little, nagging
trif1es which. added up, amount in the
| aggregate to great sums.
Take, for example, this case of a wom-
! an In Chicago who was deserted by her
husband AZ times. Forty-six times she
forgave him and took up anew the load
VI HVlng with MIN.
Forty-six times! Then her spirit re-
belled and she hailed him to court.
She waited too long," you say. Agreed.
But think of the patience of the woman
and then take out the markers from the
books wherein are recorded the patient
deeds of men.
He only lived with me a day or two
! at time" said the brave Chicago WON.
| an. who has worked hard for the support
or her little ones. I'VE have three chill
dren, and they hardly know him. In the
six years we have been married he left
me AZ times. I don't want to see hin,
| any more. He never gives me a cent for
support"
The man in the case admitted the rec
ord. He was sent to jaf1 when he told
| the judge he would not contribute to the
support of his wife and children.
How many men. do you think, would
had deserted them 46 times?
Not many!
Only a womans loving kindness, strone
to bear and suffer for the sake of her
children, could do it.
Many centuries ago lived st. John Chry-
sostom. an early father of the Christian
church and one of its wisest and best
His name was John. The surname Chry-
sostom, which means golden mouth -
was given to him for his eloquent preach
ing.
If you have never read the life of St.
John Chrysostom it will do you good to
read it. 1t is a record almost unparal-
leled of zeal and earnestness In denounc-
ing evil. OF upholding righteous stand
ards in the midst Of corruption. 1t tells
Of life lived for God through good and
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Units paper Is not intended as an in
PRODUCTION to the study of the most
= prominent symptom of our modern
world. Such task would be too exacting
for readers as well as writer; for it would
involve classification of a mass of con-
fused and indeterminate Impressions some
of which have become sort of fetish
with many people, men as well as women.
The modest purpose of what l write today
is simply TO draw the attention of the
average reader to the facts themselves,
and especially to the one outstanding
fact, that now Is the era of the feminine
side of the human mind, the emergence
of the feminine side of society as domi-
nant. At last the apparently chaotic
whirl and tumble of things human have
resulted in phase of unstable equili-
brium, wherein the soul feminine weighs
more than the soul masculine, and is
therefore more potent to direct the move
ment of human evolution. But feminism,
be 1t observed, is not a monopoly of
women.
There is no sphere of human affairs
wherein this potency of the feminine does
NOT eAilbit ltseif. we may INA llluStra-
tions enough in literature and in politics,
and in religion, to more than satisfy our
curiosity.
l. The literary work of the past CEN
tury has been chiefly characterized by
the prevalence of .omance. All the world
has been put under debt to the great
novelists. Today the fiction writer's are
great host whom no man can number,
and yet the magazines multiply and de-
mand more. Imagination, observation, in
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ACQUIESENCE-By B. F. Riley,

the Indians and became the most brilliant
and the bitterest of Indian leaders. Since
there was nothing left but acquiescenee
with the Indians, Weatherford gored him
self to unquenchable hatred. and boldly
took the field at the head of the hilarious
and tawny braves. Summonlng to his
support all the resources for a fierce war.
and calling to his aid every available
warrior of the tribe, a thousand in num-
Der, he was ready for the march to the
counties of the south. Already hostilities
had broken out in the southern quarter
of the state. and the initial victory of
the Indians at the battle of Burnt Corn
gave vigor to his spirits, and led him
utterly to repudiate the sentiments which
he cherished when he left the homes of
his brothers, only a few weeks before,
At the head of -as ferocious an army
as ever trod the soil of any region Wealth
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not. However, by her course OF life sha
never forfeited public respect and esteem,
for her fidelity for more than 20 years
to the relations she had assumed was
unimpeaehable; and during all those years
she and the duke never had the sens
bance of a quarrel"
There is a mystery enshrouding the
death and funeral of this famous woman
She was said to have died at st. Cloud.
France. July 3, 1916, and for num-
her of years her pathetic grave was un-
marked. But a widely circulated report
prevailed that she was seen by a num-
ber of people, after she was said to have
been buried, in London. kbout year
or two after her supposed death. Boaden.
her bographer, was gazing into the WIN
dow of a booksellers shop in Piccadiliy-
On sudden lady stood by me, Just
at my side TO my conviction it was
Mrs Jordan. She cid not speak, but
dropped a long white veil over her face
Shortly after this, one of the deceased
ady's daughters, Mrs Alsop. had a fit
of Mysteries on the Strand. which she
explained as being produced by meeting
a woman. who, as she said. Il am con-
vinced is none other than my mother"
The mystery was never cleared up.
Charles Reade wrote a story once. en-
titled, What Became of Lord Camel
ford's Body: but people with more ex-
cited interest asked, in the long ago,
What has become of Mrs. Jordan's
body?"
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forth IN quest of flowers and wild fruits.
while within the enclosure diversions and
games were introduced and gained in
favor. In addition still. the great gate
way which at the first had been kept
closed, was now suffered TO remain open,
not only during the day but at night.
Heavy rains had washed the sand against
the gate so that if it were desired to
close it 1t would be with great diff
Guilty The inmates had grown indiffer-
ent to the situatNon and really had ceased
to believe there was any occasion for
apprehension.
OF all this Weatherford, lurking In the
neighboring forest, was apprsed, and
while his warriors chafed yet the more
because of the delay, the inmates of the
fort grew increasingly Indifferent, both
which facts were conducive to the pur-
pose of the willy Weatherford 1t was
not easy for the wary chief to hold in
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Too often do the rich board up them
selves as we'll as their houses Between
them and their brothers, the poor, is a
wall of gold that shuts out human sym
pathy.
They are "boarded up"
They hoard their treasures of wealth
and art as in summer they close up their
mansions. In winter the houses are oc-
cupied for brief time between fitting to
winter resorts. Most of the year the town
houses are closed.
So 1t is with their sympathies They
close them up as they do their houses.
Every city, every town and villa has it's
dividing line between it's rich district and
its poor cspuarter. Beyond it the poor
may not pass and the rich do not care
to travel.
They board themselves up.
Not all, of course. Some there be who
keep open all the year round the houses
of their love and brotherliness. who do
not inclose themselves within their own
four walls and forget the world without.
OF such are the true philanthropists,
flowers of man. who work in hot wealth
er and in cold for the advancement of
their fellow man. They are invested with
the sense Of the brotherhood of man, and
they garb themselves in the roles of char
ity and forget the rich raiment to which.
in virtue of their worldly wealth they are
entitled.
Which, think you, shine the brightest?
There is legend to the effect that the
adder. a snake, swallows its young when
they are in danger and disgsrges them
when the peril is past.
We in America, human beings, swallow
our young. But we do 1t for personal
profit, not to protect them.
We swallow them In our mills and fac
tories. Like the giant in the ancient nur-
sery times. I'VE grind their bones to
make US bread
Read the reports of the state commits
sions which have been investigating this
matter of child labor. Learn how little
children have been forced to work long
hours
They are swallowed alive. not by ad-
ders, but by those who should protect
them.
There is an economic reason as well as
a sentimental one for the protests that
are going up all over the land against
the practices of the exploiters of children.
1t pays to let the children grow up. that
they may become more efficient and
stronger workers In their later years. The
other course not only rsbs them of their
birthright of childhood, but 1t also de-
pletes the supply of adult workers.
1t swallows the young, but it does not
disgorge them again. They remain swaI-
lowed.
The exploiting of child labor is blot
on civilization. Not long ago = visitor