Evening star., 1915-04-11

II Al
tory and took a long breath. Then
weighed myself. I had lost three and
half ounces.
Then a friend told of wonderful sue
cess with certain vegetable diet which
had reduced some stout person in Ger
many. You eat only vegetables which
have been grown above the ground.
Note the delicate line of demarkation
above the ground That cuts out
potatoes and beets and radishes. and
feeds you chiefly on green things. l
ate spinach until I turned green with
envy of real food. but I stuck it out
for week. Then I weighed myself. I
had gained four pounds.
II have tried exercise. I have done
many foolish things in my career on
the stage. but 1 think ] capped the
climax when / tried to carry out the
doctors orders to lie fiat in bed and
it is easy. try it. The doctor said if
could kick the ceilinG-a nice moderate
ceiling-not over ten feet high-then
in time ! would lose weight. Perhaps
he's right. ! might have lost weight
if I had kicked that ceiling.
II once made a fast mile through
Central Park in New York, and fin
ished strong. with an appetite that
made me do wonders to a porterhouse
steak.
obesity. and all in vain. Therefore,
make the assertion calmly. without
fear of contradiction, that there amt
no such thing. I can prove 1t by Irwin
Cobb. lie says after careful investiga-
tion of many so-called gymnasium
he has
tors recommend the same treatment to
those who wish to reduce as they pre-
scribe to those who wish to get fat
After all. they say stout people are
good natured. and perhaps-but no
matter"
Polls New Leading Mana new
leading man will be seen at Polls
this week in "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" He Is Albert Roscoe.
Mr.. Roscoe recently completed a sea-
son of 100 consecutive weeks as lead
ing man for the Shubert Theater Stock
Company in Milwaukee. and during
that time never missed a single per-
formance. He has also been a popular
leading man with the Weiting Theater
Stock Company of Syracuse. For the
last ten weeks Mr.. Roscoe has been
playing leads for the Essanay Film
Company, for ten feature photoplays,
none of which has yet been released.
Three other acquisitions to the Poll
cast are Miss Levinia Shannon and
Misses Lorraine and Frost. the last two
having been in the original "Rebecca"
company.
Revfves Tragedy-The revival of
Diplomacy" by Charles Frohman re-
calls some of the traditional stories
that have clustered about the repre-
sentation of the Sardou comedy in the
course of time
Old-timers will remember the tragic
catastrophe In Texas late in the sew
enties. when John Drew and his sister
Georgia, Maurice Barrymore, Frederick
Warde and Signor Majeronf were tour
ing the southwest with the play.
The tragedy occurred at the town of
Marshall. Tex. After the performance
there the company was to take mid
night train to the next stand. The
players gathered at the little railway
station. and while waiting for the ar
rival of the train Maurice Barrymore,
Ben Porter and Ellen Cummins went
of supper. A ruffianly Texan. the
worse for liquor. followed them in and
began to use such vile and insulting
language that Barrymore and Porter
demonstrated. Before they could pre-
vent him the desperate pulled gun
on Ben Porter and shot him through
the heart. Barrymore attempted to
take the gun away from him and re-
ceived a dangerous wound in the arm.
The rufian. Jim Curry by name. was
arrested and brought to trial: but ow-
ing to POLITICAL influence he was ac-
quilted on the ground of temporary in
sanity. Before two years had elapsed,
however, he himself met death in the
same way at the hands Of q drunken
member Of a gang that made Texas
notorious at that fime
Mrs. Carters view-with the famous
fourth act of the BeIasco play as a nu-
cleus, Mrs. Carter has written a tabloid
version of "Zaza" which has been NOV
ing New York vaudeville patrons pro-
foundly Mrs. Carter was particularly
anxious to appear here. where "Zaza"
was first produced.
In discussing her vaudeville engage
ment. Mrs Carter said recently:
"The theater is my temple, and when
have to think. and thinking is remi-
niscent I really do not care for the
fashionable world. tried it in Lon
don, where they were very nice to me,
and I nearly went mad
Every creation Of mine reflects an
experience in actual life. How can we
imagine the exact quality of the voice
that will express the feeling on the
stage unless We have used 1t In actual
emotional conflict of feeling?
Il do not agree with the idea of the
Comedie Franchise, which suggests
that emotional effects are academic.
To me every important sensation in
play has it's analogy in past expert
ence in real life"
How They Split Poland.-James F. J.
Archibald. the war correspondent, says:
THE first partition of Poland was ac-
lively commenced 14e years ago, under
the terms Of a compact between Fred
erick the Great Of Prussia and Cath
crime OF Russia. in which Austria was
invited to take part. About one-third
Of Poland was seized on this occasion.
"The second partition. in 1893. and the
third, in 1875. practically completed
the dismemberment of the ancient
kingdom, and after the congress or
Vienna, century ago. nothing was
left Of Poland but a memory.
Before the first partition the king
dom stretched from the Carpathtans 70
the Baltic, a distance of 800 miles. 1t
is to these original lines that the car
has promised to restore Poland arter
the conclusion of the present war
During the last century Germany,
Austria and Russia alike have sought
to stamp out the language. literature
and national spirit OF the Poles. put
with little success.
HNUWBA