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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19
"Eyerywonan."

The dramatic spectacle. Every
woman" which Henry W. Savage viii
disclose at the Academy Monday and
Tuesday, and Tuesday matinee, rep
resents the very last word in amuse
rnent. 1t is designed 10 please tht
most exaeting. offer diversion to the
most faded taste. There Is nothing
about IL 10 remind the spectator OF
any other production he has ever
seen. 1t often occurs that person
who has not seen 'E.verywonan' ask:
someone who has what ii is like
There Is no other play or production
to which II can be likened.
1t proves a delight fur the eye anf
for the ear. /, Is feast for the Lover
Of luxury: BEAUTIFUL GOWNS upon the
forms OF fair women artistic designs
In costumes and draperies, sumptuous
stage settings evidencing wizardrS
of light and color effects, the highest
achievement of the special list
For the lover OF excellent music
there is an orchestra OF symphonic
eapa biities. under the direction OF
Frederick Rycroft, to render the score
which was composed fer sEyerywo-
man by George Nhiteffeid Chad
wick, dean Of the New England Con-
servaiory Of Music. of Boston
For the admirer Of fine acting Mr.
Savage has asSerpb lcd a cast with full
Is score OF names, which are vet
{ and fayorab bly, known 10 everyone wht
Toilows the annals OF the stage The
leading male role Nobody. a strange
prophets figure. is played with finp
discrimination and effect by George
Sydenham. ore Of the solid and sub
stantial actors of the American stage
Long schooling in the support ~ lead
ing stars has given him the polish
which renders his performance de
lightful pictorially and as eiocu;ion'
AIRY effort, Tho leading female role
F,verywoman. ss one OF the most ex-
acting an artistic Is ever called upon
To portray X requires not only ar
tistic, but pms steal fitness. Edna
Porter. a beautiful Southern girl, who
has played the character four sea
sons, Is It's interpreter. There are
thsrtr-seyen speaking characters in the
play.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19
Harvard Loses a
Star Backfield Man
on Eve ofEliGane

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 1s.--On the
eve Of the contest with Yale. the Har-
ward football team lost one Of its
strongest halfbacks when the college
Office ruthlessly stepped into the
situation today and plucked Tom En-
wright out of varsity competition. En-
wright failed to pass a satisfactory
test during the recent examinations,
and as a reward, is out Of Harvard
sports for some time TO come.
Enwright was the huskiest man in
the Harvard backfield and Percy
Haughton, in an effort to have some
beef to launch at the Yale line, had
just about decided to start the Fall
River boy against the Blue instead
of Billy Boles. Enwright captained
the freshman football team last fall.
but was dropped from the baseball
squad because Of lack of interest. He
has been unable to do very much work
this fall because of injury. but In the
Brown game last Saturday averaged
nearly four yards to each rush.
Wink Rollins, next to Captain Ma
han. the best punter on the squad. is
also likely to be missing Saturday.
He hurt himself in the Brown game
and Trainer Donovan also has not
degfinitely decided whether Nose
Taylor. varsity right guard will be
right to open against the Ellis. The
final home practice of the year will
take place tomorrow.
As the day of its biggest game OF
The year approaches the Harvard
eleven Is absorbing the fine principles
of the Haughton technique preparing
for the final test. There Is no over
confidence in the Crimson eleven. but
enthusiasm, spirited action and earn
estness have never been noticed TO
such a degree as right now.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19
VREELAND CANNOT
PLAY WITH PENN

Philadelphia Nov 1S-The Penn
sylvania faculty committee ruled to-
day that Fritz Vreeland could not
be eligible for athletic until the start
of the second term. This means that
Or. Williams will probably have to
place Bell back at quarterback for
his kicking ability alone.
The varsity was put through a
hard offensive scrimmage with the
scrubs this afternoon. and showed
much better execution of the new
plays. Tomorrow will be the last
scrimmage before the Cornell game
on THANKSGIVING
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19
WILTON LACkAIE. At
SUPERIOR TODAN-ToMORK

After another successful year OF
professional achievement. Wilton
Iackaye, the Broadway star, il spend
ing his usual vacation days at his
summer home at Shelter Island. New
York, after having finished the elassi-
cal and famous French tragedy. THE
Man OF Shame" for the Broadway
Universal Features. Just after "Trilby'
closed Mr.. IAckaye played before the
camera of the Universal Film Com
pany for the first time in his ca
reer.
Mr.. I4ackaye has had remarkable
professional career, He was born In
Virginia in 1852 and studied law at
Georgetown University in Washing
ton. In that city he became much
interested in amateur dramatics. and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19
Elevens
to Do Battle On
Union S Gridiror

Tomorrow at z p. NJ, one of the
most decisive gridirnn- battle of sey-
erai years will be waged between the
yarsities of Virginia Union University
and Virginia Normal and Industrial
Institute. of Petersburg. The contest
win be staged in Unions athletic park,
Hovey Field. For the last decade Pc
tersburg has been Unions most con-
sisteut opponent. Only once has there
ever been one-sided game between
these institutions. That was last year; ,
when Union achieved a 64-0 victory.
The lineup will be as follows;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19
Samis Grotto Has Initiation.

Samis Grotto met Wednesday night
81 Belyiaere Hail, at which time a
mum her Of candidates were initiated
and an entertaining program was in
dulged in. Several well-known mu-
sic!ans took part in the program. while
Little Julian Fiournoy, known In
the Grotto as the little man with the
large voice" made the announce
ments.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19
McCUIRE'S WIN FROM
CHAMBERLAIN ELEVEN
Beautiful End Runs and Gameness of Weshampon Team
lures Contest Between Junior Aggregatons Score
Was 10 to 0-Nothing Doing Until Last Quarter.

ried the ball over through the line
from the fifteenyard line.
The stars for McGuire's were Tay-
lor. Christian, Purcell and little Car
ter Scott.
For Chamberlayne j. Wallace, Dan
iels. Breckenridge and Denny starred.
Thu Hpa-ru follows.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19

Only two per cent of the student life
of South America Confesses alliance
with any religious body on earth, says
Bishop kinsolving.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-19
We'd i'm Washington.

Special To The Richmond Virginian.l
Washington. Nov 1s.-Ldcensed to
marry Kenneth p. Angus, thirty
four, and Eliza beth Z. Undertake.
thiriy-four, both of Richmond.
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If this unusual professional abase-
ment does not spell love, says one OF
his friends, 1t comes close to 1t. And.
If he had been content with a phan-
tom wife, 1t all might have been d1t-
ferent; but he loved Jeanne Maui
bourg and not any of the characters
with which he is said to have ayerred
she confused herself.
It was the lawyer again who Is the
authority for the statement that
Bede said his wife "had acted her
marriage life as she would play on
the stage" that she had forgotten
the. serious part of marriage and for
gotten that though she was an act
ress and he an actor, yet both were
real people and were married Ike
any other people"
Shortly after the singer thought
she had become the wife of q Napol-
eon.man she told how her hnppt-
ness helped her art, how joyously hap
nv she was and how the courtshtp
and the marriage came about. She
told. too, how his image was before
her as she sang In opera and wrote
It to music, as an odd autographs
declaration, which she animatedly
rendered thus:
Her Own Dear Husband.
Now, when am cast as Siebel in
Faust it is not of Marguerite am
thinking as sing Tell of my ten-
derncss. declare my love"-non! it
is OF my own dear husband.
"He first heard and saw me in the
opera?" she repeated. NO. Shall !
tell you what really happened?
"Eh, bfen. 1t was in Brussels. my
own home. / was in a loge at the
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~ MMY DEsT1NN. the famous
II prima donna. has gone into
- history as having faced lion
f,nafraid: and the proof Of 1t 10 a
photograph that shows the singer sin IN
the attitude Of caressing the king OF
beasts. who seems sleeptly bentihed-
by the performance. That might
have been because. to use the words
of one OF the veracious newspaper
historians. "she lulled the fierce blood
passion of the Jungle monster by ner
magic Of song" The dusky lady OF
which we here give fair portrait
unlike her white sister. met lion
that was neither receptive Of music
nor inclined to doze at the touch OF
her hands. The difterence was that
il happened not to be tanned lion
but a real Jungle monster" with with a
..f,erce biood-passion." That the
Nasal woman lived to be an upright
photographic exhibit is considered
something short Of marvellous.
There are some mere theorists who
contend that had the African woman
the cultivated gift of the grand opera
singer that she, indeed. might have
charmed the marauding beast into
faIvntne- docility. Music may have
charms to soothe the savage breast
and likewise the savage beast, re-
marks Allen SangTee. the story
,rr,+sr Who HAS travelled and hunted
s.fensiyely In Africa. ''.But to those
xgbo have roved In the Jungle It is
scsrcelv debntable whether classic
orr ras4irne song, after the best Afri-
can mode. would stay a hungry non
ont for a midnight supper. Men who
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25
Panama's Toll in Lives

IN letter to George NJ. Young. rep
j resentatfvein Congress, Col 0oetha1D
states that from May 1904. to- March.
1914. 1913 lives were lost on the Pali4
anna canal through accidents. This
total covers only those deaths which
resulted from accidents happening on
the work. except that 1t idcIHdeS ~
deaths from accidental drowning. an
OF which did not occur on the work
From August. 1908; to March. 1s1A
the accidents resulting in INJURIES
reached q total OF 25;101. Mr.. Young
called fha attention cs Congress 469AA
fact that the loss OF life through %.
cidents, as here recorded. was greater
than that during the war OF 1s1ass Or
during the Mexican war. e
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25

at his own Preside, it likewise might
have been screamingly funny -but ne
didn't. And It were probably well
that no farce penetrated an other
Wise artistic atmosphere.
AIDES man who had the Napo. con
obsession was 1egitimately funny. Tor
he looked more like q sardtne sand
wict than the historical figure. SO
it is saddest, from Jeanne Mauo ,ure's
point Of view that, though he looked
like Napoleon, had force Of character
and "an iron WILL" Monsieur Bede
did not come any where near approx.
mating the ideal in the mind OF his
wife. She manifestly adored what ne
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25
Napoleon.

theatre to witness the comedy OF
Madame Sans-Gene.' as played by
the visiting company en- voyage from
Paris. / saw in the Napoleon man
what you call masterful. yet 70
me most sympathetic, a yeritaple
artist comedian. was GLAD OF
personal Introduction. and then pre-
sented NJ Benedict to my family. IN
such serious way are all affairs OF
the heart conducted with us IN EI-
rope
Then did not know NJ. Benedict
was himself, and he had no Suspicion
that was 1. You understand! !
mean. we were not acquainted WITH
each other professionally. That was
a delightful experience. Both peing
artists OF the theatre, destiny joined
our lives together. And yet this same
theatre with the engagements II
bound us both to, was a delay TO the
realization of our grand engagement s1.
the matrimonial one. But not for TOO
long.
"I came to New York In october
for my Metropolitan season: my nan
ce broke away from the Chatelet' IN
Paris, to follow me here, and. accord
ing to promise, we were married NOV.
2 by that Jersey City magistrate
the civil marriage. believe-you cali
it. am very happy. now that we
are together, and they all say sing
better than ever in my roles.
Selects His Photograph.
my husbands stage name Is Bede.
and my family name is Goffaux I
have Belgian royal decoration as
artistic, which / can wear for show II
wish, but I much more rejoice In
the friendly applause of music-loytng
Americans, which will always re-
main as an echo in my heart.
"Have you my caricature, as drawn
by Caruso on the stage? No? Then
am so glad, for It Is how you can
.ferce.' and 1 shall SO much rather
be published as my real PHOTOGRAPH
in company with my husband as
Napoleon"
Note the Napoleon! But do not
laugh, for frequently these love-fan-
TASTES. whimsical in their seeming.
have the depth OF tragedy. Aid who
shall say that a full measure OF It
has not been given to the woman
who thought the man Napoleon and
to the man who knew he was not?
You have probably laughed at
George AIDES clever utilization OF this
very tdea-of the man who started
out deliberately to be Napoleontc in
look and manner. Well ts 9
scream as George himself might
say. And had Bede played Napoleon
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25
The African Woman Who Faced and Fought Lion

And so 1T might have been lucky,
after all. that the Nasal woman who
was guarding a manyatta, or native
dwelling. could not and did not sing
as she was suddenly faced by tho lion.
But she fought desperately against
the beast and was terribly mauied
before 1t was driven off. The scars
on her head are only a few OF the evi-
dences OF the injuries she received
The racial thickness of the skull. In
this instance at least. was her saliva
ton.
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Husband py Jeanne
i4asDsf = - - shortly After

this very illusion that makes for hap
niness III many an otherwise unpro-
pitfois union. ~
f1.If the soul of every man going in
TO marriage wetsre laid bare and he
stood before the world without de-
cention.ttien there would be fewer
marriages! AND. of course. the re-
verse verse Is true; though a man usually
takes q more practical view about
women.
"If Monsieur Bede did not prove to
he NAPOLEON in his own nome, he has
surely one claim to distinction be-
cause of the nice appreciation that
made him realize his wife had sue
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25

well-balanced man. though he as
sumo hundreds of stage characters.
seldom will consciously or otherwise
carry these characterizations into
real life-it is really such a pleasant
relaxation to become himself again.
Whereas, on the other hand, wom-
en-, who are by nature actresses at
all times, might very readily carry
the stage Illusions into real life and
be profoundly proud of the achieve
ment. ANY clever, attractive WON
an" observes Mark Telfair, who is
at all inclined to eonquest-and 1
have yet to find one who is not
would love to think that in her were
combined all of the wit. wisdom and
w1tchery of every woman who has
ever left her mark in the fading rec
ords of time"
His UndyinR Love.
Monsieur Benedict, known to the
stage as Claude Bede, who. though
he bears resemblance to Napoleon
and plays Napoleon with reality
enough to deceive any OF the Old
Guard if they still survived" uufor-
tunately cannot play Napoleon while
In the cosy atmosphere of home. his
feet IN carpet slippers and embraced
in the velvet ease of a smoking Jacket.
He did not even try It. And yet. it
was Monsieur Napoleon Bede who
fascinated his wife at first sight
Jeanne Maubourg, the Belgium con.
tralto and member of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company go
She is still Miss Maubourg, for she
has just been given a divorce by the
American courts.
at am gallant man." Monsieur
Bede said to his wife's lawyer who
had called to carry out certain details
of the suit. V"I will salute her, the wife
i love so dearly. even though she
has brought against me this cruel de-
mand. love my wife very much!
And though she has made me SO very
unhappy. will preserve in my heart
forever only the memory Of her
sweetness. She Is great actress!"
Indeed, Monsieur Bede comedies
the art of the woman whom he still
loves to be far greater than his, and
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25

upPosE woman, as talented
as she was beautiful. should
~ frankly declare that YoU-of
all men In the d-approximated
her ideal In look. manner. speech and
character; and YOU. seeing in her
the fiesh and blood embodiment of all
your romantic dreams, replied to her
ayowal with certain business of en-
dearment that should follow such a
situationl
Suppose that your marriage prom
ised to be one perfect, golden song;
loves perfumed' garden; harmony
Of souls whose mating should bring
new and revealing glory to the word
'.Forever!" and all that sort OF
thing;
Suppose that after period in Ely
SUM you suddenly awoke to the
cruel fact that YOU were not the
c;an who had tranced the soul OF
your wife; that she adored another
personality entirely personality
ffiat might have been YOU, that re-
sernbled YOU but who was irrevocab-
~ apart from YOU; and that, though
Won were not he, YOU were In effect
he 40 far as the law is concerned.
sIf. other words. how would you
like to be Phantom Husband?
The answer rightly may be that
man SO placed is never entirely sure
Of himseif-as to who he really Isl
Tor a woman governs her marriage
:. and her divorce alike by what she
thinks a man is. Claude Bede could
Illuminate with the deft art OF actor
ana singer. ali of these points from
aAmost peculiar personal experience.
He is one Of the stage idols of Paris.
Hs IL Jeanne Maubourg's shattered
domestic idol.
No Firesids Napoleon.
Monsieur Bede has been scores OF
difarent men-on the stage; and, II
he had been as skilled an actor of
"a on. he might not have undergone
many painful endorsements and
now perhaps be in beatffied posses.
asor, OF Fascinating wife instead OF
heine completely wiped from her
matrimonial slate. Right on this
noint q scientific authority says that
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25

ceeded where he had failed; that sne
was a great actress on the; stage md
even a greater one on: Tor II takes
something OF transcendent art TO
make yourself believe that unreality
is reality and everyday things mere.
~ dream phases.
That Mrs Bedc forgot that she
and her husband both were real peo'
pie and were married like any other
people, is nothing against her. We
have entirely too much OF the cold,
hard realities as it Is, and q little
more OF this sort OF romantic forget.
fulness would bring back into our
lives much OF that sweetness OF the
olden times when all things sdealing
with love were dreams" s,istIl
A World of Phantoms.
81 can only remind you." remarked
Dr. Carleton Simon. often called as .
medico-legal expert in cases OF DIFF.
hcult psychology. that It was the
clever Frenchman Chateanbriand
who said that, In the mind of the
man, there was always the perfect
ideal of a woman, an ideal never
realized. La Sylphide. he called her.
Every woman. likewise. has IN ideal
dimly back in her consctptlsness or
sharply to the fore. Ask your wife
who hers is, and, If you are rot very
good friends at the time si,c will
deny you the satisfaction of knowing.
you may humb1y consider your
self small enough to go through the
eve of a needle or big enough 20 Ell.
how most peoDle off the earth: but
you will never he the same you
that your wife aities or adores This
is due to no tdiosyncrasy OF the dear.
good wife but to the fact that 1t Is
psychologically impossible. ~ AZ
"The Electromagnetic case stands
out because there are concerned In 1t
a charming and talented singer and
a handsome popular actor who can
make love divinefy': but as matter
of fact the world, under present 30
cial usages and habits Of thought, Is
full of not only Phantom Bride
grooms but Phantom Brides as well"
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looked ike not what he really was.
This illustrates q curious face n r.
garding the sexes says Pierre ha "a
vilie IN noting this fact. g ma" ma
desires to enjoy the dishes thai tne
bin OF fare offers. A woman Is ottsn
satisfied with the mere menu card.
t.Ne woman really gets as nus
band the man she thinks he y, de
cares Alicia Cassard. She becomes
the bride Of man to whom she may
be- All entire stranger during their
whoie married life. It is the illusion
the PHANTOM Husband that takes
her In his arms. This phantom may
be Napoleon, Caesar. Alexander.
Launcelot or Romeo. or any imagta-
arvl unnamed character; and It Is
- l-.--.-IIi,.. ll.a.Ea.-,le1- 9lI--
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The begging business Is more thor
oughiy organized IN China than 1Hy-
where else The bSgGar chiefAof 5000
chow, who is.the king of the chihsss
begEars. has an income said 60 be
s15.oo0a year. ssttss sAsa
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25

enjoy an intimate acquaintance with
lions. and have HAD opportunity
to observe the experiment. tell me
that the big cats make no appreciable
response to musical appeal-unless 1T
be to try to make meal of the must
clans"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25

Most Dutch cities are several fest
below the level OF the sea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
impossible Claims.


The late George A. Hearn, the mil
lionaire business man and art collector
Of New York was noted for his kind
and reasonable treatment OF his en-
ployes. Mr.. Hearn used to smile at
the new scientific management craze,
of which he once said at a dinner:
"These scientific management people,
with their impossible claims Of doubling
and trebling mans labor, remind me
of the humble hodcarrier's impossible
promise.
"a facetious boss said to a new hod-
carrier:
"Look-a-hear, friend. didn't hire
you to carry bricks up that ladder by
the day.?
eyes, SIR said the ihodcarrier. touch
ing his cap.
"'well, I've had my eye on you. and
you've only done it half a day today.
You spent the other half coming down
the ladder
"The hodcarrier touched his cap
again. tr
"'Tn try to do better tomorrow, sir,
he said humbly."- York Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-27
Proof Of Authenticity.

An aged and much-traveled tourist
was relating experiences Of his travels
to a group Of friends. when a blatant
young man, who had himself made a
short trip thru Europe, decided that It
was about time 70 come in for his
share Of llonors as a great traveller.
'When made my trip thru the Red
sea-" the young man INTERCEPTED, I'VE
dropped anchor one night in the exact
spot where Pharaoh's hosts were en-
quilted by the waters Of the Red sea-
In tho morning when we heaved up
the anchor We discovered that one Of
Pharaoh's chariots. which had fo1 years
been lying at the bottom Of the sea
was hooked to one OF the flukes Of our
anchor. II was in an excellent state OF
preservation"
"How did you know It was one of
Pharaoh's chariots and not one Of more
recent vintage?" inquired the old tour
|.ist IS s q, 81 IS ~.
oh that was sasy, replied the noisy
young man. You see In one corner Of
l.