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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20

Of dramatic interest. He knew all the
inner ilippancy and sentiment Of New
York society which IS no carefully ex-
cluded from the society columns OF
the newspapers. He saw its hurnor
and its tragedies and dramatized them
impart!aily.
The Princess Troubetskoy, whose
literary distinction as II poet and a
novelist Is established In her first
play The Fear Market has restored
society in it's realism to the stage.
III | were n dramatic critic and I
had been assigned To review n play
called The Fear Market ] should
have been impressed by two things In
the play said the Princess, cOntin-
u!ng.
First. that its object was not 10
reform society, and second, that II
was not complimentary To society. The
construction. the acting. The scenery.
the clothes. the rights and wrongs OF
PLAY making might not always please
me. but | should recognize n thing
that the people in the play talked like
the people one meets in modern So
ciety.
'If I happened to know my or then
! nigh, recognize In Mile a younl
society matron. who Fever failed e
stand by her friends In a crisis. t. "a,
the right thing at the right time. Il
mother her slangy little husband II
truly American fashion. There arr
women In society who are cats. AM
there are many moro women in so
ciety vino are stanch. sweet. execu
tive. AID above all loyal to certain
standards that are universally under
stood By all women o: character.
AS "A critic. / should probably aus
poet that Mile was drawn from life
and | should wonder which OF her so
ciety friends the author of the pla,
had dramatlzed.
Il should probably think at one
OF those nm in New York %socict.
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"Bertie-7hdt he wouldn't. He's too
man in the streer " worry about a
little side issue Ike a wife.
"Ellis-If | had a wife | fattcr my
self she'd contradict you with some
warmth.
"Millie-There, little boob.
"Bertic-Whit's the use of bluflng?
You know you're a hopeless idealist.
Why. if you got your way we'd hav a
virgin President and a grape juice
Senate. You're all theory. And "A
wife's not IA theory-sie's a fact.
"M.llie-Don't you wish l was a
theory.
'Bert!e-No. I'm n practical man
facts suit me down to the ground.
OHrcr's wife would have TO suit him
up to the sky.
"Ellis-A bit of carth-a bit OF sky
mix wei! with as much owe as will
be absorbed-that's my recipe for an
ideal wife.
"Mil.ie-Yo see He has thought
Of it. Wen marry him Off yet.
"Bert!e-A nice husband he'll make
always fitting at windmills'
ellis Excuse mt. tilt
al buzz-saws.
"Rertic-What dinercnce-to youl
wife? ! suppose you think she'd hnt
Ter happiness darning your socks
whi'c you were of fitting?
Ellis Perhaps she'll 20 a-t'!tlns
with me, Which would you do?
"Sylv!a-l?
"tll.s -Ycs-you. Would you pre-
z y" the socks or the b~uzZ-saws:
"Sylvia-Dh tho hu2l-saws.
Il refer to these lines in my pla!
because I" my mind they interprc
| the mos, interesting phase of tho 50
I c!ety idea, which is after all the reason
that the play was ever written.
wanted 10 put on the stage Il retlec
ton or IA picture OF New York
society as It Is. II might just as wei
he London society. however, but !
could not be Richmond society or III
8! society of Cleveland. Ohio. In Rich
mond nj, the young ma'rons kno,
that their husbands carry revolver.
which | understand is not the case i
New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20
THE PLAYS THAT LAST.

The plays that continue in New
York are sour Mrs. McChesney"
at the Lyccum Theatre, Cock o.
the Walk" at the Conan Theatre,
"Hobson's Choice" ut the Comedy
Theatre. THE Little Minister"
at the Empire Theatre. 1.-THE
boomerang" at the Belasco
Theatre, Common Clay" at the
Republic Theatre. 1.-THE Pride Of
Race" at the Maxine Elliott Thea
ire. Hit the Trail Holliday"atthc
Harris Theatre, Just a Woman"
at the Forty-eighth Street Thea
ire. "The Cinderella Man" at the
Hudson Theatre. "Major Bar
bara" and 1.-THE Earth" at the
Playhouse. Treasure Island" ut
the Punch and Judy Theatre,
Macbeth" at the Criterion Thea.
ire. THE Viewers" at the Gar
den Theatre. 1.-THE Melody Of
Youth at the Fulton Theatre,
1.-THE Great Lover" ut the Long
acre Theatre, ANY House" ut the
Cort Theatre, "Erstwhile Susan"
~ sAS SuiSts AutdtIc, air anu
Warmer at the Eltinge Theatre,
ABE and Mawruss" at the Lyric
Theatre, Margaret Schiller" at
the New Amsterdam Theatre,
THE Unchastened Woman" at
the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre,
and the Washington Square Play
ers ut the Bandbox Theatre.
The musical plays are Every
Good Eddie" at the Princess The.
atre, "Alonc at Last" at the Shu.
bert Theatre, "The Blue Para.
disc ut the Casino Theatre,
"Sybil" at the Liberty Theatre,
"The Conan Revue 1916" at the
Aston Theatre. Robinson Cru.
soc, Jr.," at the Winter Garden,
stop! Look! Listen" at the
Globe Theatre, and "Katinka" ut
the Forty-fourth Street Theatre.
The Hippodromc is open with
Sousa's Band, Hip Hip Hooray"
and Flirting at st. Moritz," q
! big Spectacular offering.
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whose names ! had seen most fire.
quently in the society columns.
AS n critic. I would take my choice
and no one could contradict me- iIic
might he IA Vanderbilt. .an Aston, -
Could or a Goelet. any n OF these
stunning young matrons whose social
status and dignity or character can
go no higher in the society scale. A
some time or other most of them have
encountered the b,ackmailer and swept
him aside.
Wei. as a critic. ! shouldn't h
fay wrong In my estimate of Mike.
though as the author Of The Fear
Market ! must admit that no single
character in my play is an cXac pro-
totyre, | can say. however, without
being challenged for my indiscrction'
that the characters ~ The Fear Mar
het' talk and behave like the people
one meets in society IN London or any
other cosmopolitan society.
II sometimes think the title of the
play may be misleading. although II
expresses the theme of the play, which
shows how society people are victim
lIcu ny unsCFupulouS Journalism. ~
was intimatcd when the play was
produced that 1t was "A dangerous
theme. II there is one place in the
world where the truth Is useful II
IS IN the theatre. Personally. my
profession IL writing. have many
friends among writer's, who, like my
SET. regard their profession with the
same ethic,l regard for it's dignity
The theme OF the play deals with facts
as I know them, as the whole world
knows them!
There Is. however. a more slgnt6.
cant quality In The Fear Market
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which ] have tried TO preserve. and
that Is the quality Of the human beings
who HI. the society columns OF the
newspapers.
We are used to seeing the.r pictures
looking out upon us from the pages OF
the sunday papers with the arrogance
OF the photographers art. We are i'm
pressed with the sentiment or the self
Importance. or the queenly expression
of these women in society. They are
much more human than they apped.' In
the newspapers. 1t Is no longer the
fashion To impose ones intellectual in
clination upon ones friends In society.
The whole world Of fashion talks slang.
Not the sang Of the shops, but a slang
OF their own, with a queer menta.
a point of view that IL to he
found only in the highest society.
"For instance. in my play I have
tried to explain this:
"Millie-Bcrtic thinks my slang un-
! refined. SO I substitute channels fos
goat
"Syivia-You're too ridiculous.
"Mil,ie-Well. anywuy--what gets
my ~quadruped Is this-how you car
see him in the depths and not dive ir
yourself!
"Syivia-MtHic!
"Millie--Let me tell you something
| Bunny Biz Eyes4-when the Lord made
iOlircr Ellis he pinned a blue ribbon or
his halo. This said he. is a man
Adam was lust a fiuke.'
"Sylvia--What about your BcrftcP
"Minie-1 finished him. The Lore
only began Bcrtir, but Olirer was hart
made In heaven from star; To finish!
''Sylvia--T hope BERTHE approves o
your sentiments.
"Milie--Iic does. There's too :nucl
bow down and respect in my feeiini
for OIircr to make him jealous. Hus
bands don't want respect. they wan
comfort. II I thought you were goin'
to turn Ohrcr down I'd hustle 20,
right back to the Plaza and you
, dragon aunt.
"Sylvia-MiLic! Really!
"Bertie-That COMPOUNDED slam
again. Throw a weep I ask YOU
Onrcr. Is that III language FOR a lady
"Ellis-In my opinion everything
becomes our Miuie-even slang!
"Millie-What "a husband you woul'
make.
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How wisely the contrast was APP
piled In peg o. My Heart all who
saw that drama can testify. In thai
play there was entertainment for
every age. Against the background
Of youthful sent!mentality there was
the unique figure of such n comcdi-
enne as the Jerome. There was no
danger of too much sweetness so long
az she was about, Her i~rresiStibly
natural fun and the altogether per-
sonal manner in which she delivered II
to the public kept peg q My Heart"
from being a play only for the youth
full. 1t conquered all ages. So did
"Frou Fyou," which may be a sug-
gcstion that even in sweet Little plays
there ought 10 be some element OF
contrast. with an appeal for some
thing else than sweet sixteen.
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the fate Of a play may he ascertained
in advance. There have peer a dozen
plays pu, before the New York public
this winter which from their manu-
scripts must have proclaimed how little
they had TO offer. J.; ought not to TAXI
a claiIvoyant. for instance. 10 suspect
tina; the old man in Any House" was
not going to gather the public TO see
him bully his family. trea; with the
powers Of evil AID generally display
In it's most v.ruleIt form the effects
Of scn!le s~c.ishness. Even with the
pill more o. less ri,ded by the sug-
ges;.on OF al old morality play there
seems here a failure o: correspondence
between what the public has a right to
expcc; in the theatre and what It viii
get when 1t goes to Any House"
1.-The Earth IS q newspaper play. to
be cure. but il is a newspaper play
with a difference. There j. none Of
the detail Of ncwsInpcr routine such
a. one had IN The Fourth Estate"
THE Truth Wagon ana similar ,ecen.
attempts To deal with the same mil!eu.
The pcssessor OF eighty publications
md three newspapers Of irresistible
influence Is n fantastic figure, with
none of the attributes ard limitations
OF the usul! hero about him.
There is something Jovian in this
figure Of a man who talks in millions
and is himself greater than any trust
which. for purely business reasons. he
Is attempting to overcome. Then the
, locality Of the play is England, and
that removes from It's scene some Of
the ~i.teralness and Jack OF imagira-
~tivcness which is inevitable In the case
of so many plays. The attempt tn find
in the atmosphere OF newspaper offices
something suited to the purposes OF the
playwright to-day has not hitherto
dealt with the subject in "A larger way
But the here of THE Earth" may be
said to direct his affairs with a Ma
po.eonic l~lbera.ity. That puts him
outside the list of mere newspaper
heroes Of the kind usually seen in
these plays. He is as fantastic as the
conditions IN which he finds himself.
THE Earth" In cotrad.st!nction &c
the majority of the plays that have re-
Gently come here from England. is
logically bui.t--!t contains n begin
ming, middle and end. As the Ger
man expression so apt!y puts II. the
play at least has hands and feet. Tina
Is more than one can truthfully sa,
OF much OF the Vaughan. Sutro an'
Vachel. drama which Is coming to THU
country now in such quantity.
The fact that the play ends on al
unreso.ved chord with the Cabine
Minister and his Irish sweetheart still
in love and certainly in danger OF eX
posure sooner or later, does not impai
the value OF the story. II Is no NOR
than an episode in the lives Of thre
pcrsons-the newspaper owner and tn
two lovers. But the episode Is show
in all It's phases, 1t may be that tn
threat OF the woman to expose tn
> owner Of the newspapers as we.l a
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"New York society" said the Prin-
cess Pierre Troubctslioy. nee .Amel!e
Rives. "is a hard working. vir!!e, ac-
ti>. community governed by the same
rules Of human interest az the rest
OF the world. They are in society be-
cause they belong there, How they
get in, why they stay there n how
they get out ~ society constitutes
excellent materla! Cor the theatre
The subject was delicate. because
the Princess Troubetskoy In OF New
York society herself. not by reason
q hsr family alone, but Of her n.
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telligence. her own American aristoc'
racy and the innate graces OF man
ner and feeling, These. she explained.
were Il subtle element In social sue
cess.
Myself. have friends In al
places" she said. II took as much
trouble and pleasure In curing n poor
man Of the grip as ! would In at
tending the most exclusive entertain
ment in New York society. Human
beings In their elemental qualities
are alike. We love. We hate, we envy.
No aro truthful o. W lie, accordinS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20
MACBETH
Actor Tells "Thc sun" Of Its
characteristics.

James X. Hackctt has succeeded in
interesting New York in his beautiful
revival Of Macbeth" to n degree which
has made II the most popular OF al
recent productions of that play. The
Criterion Theatre has been ii!lcd ever
since the first performance. The trag-
edy will probably he acted for a long
time to come.
Mr.. Hackett told a Sun reporter the
other day his impressions Of the char.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20
NEW YORK SOCIETY PUT INTO A PLAY

to our individuality. a diamond tiara
does not ornament the soul, it is the
soul that makes the diamond tiara be-
coming.
Society life as an occupation used
to he stimulating, to-day Il caa he
amusing. There are always dun pen-
Pile, people who have II lot Of money
and who give society "A reputation for
stupid hypocris.es ana eXtravagances."
Since those society plays OF brilliant
dialogue which the late Clyde Fitch
knew how to write no modern play
wright ShaS taken his exclusive Geld
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perce!ving this, tries to keep from her
his various plots notably that Of
Bdu9uO.
Il could continue II ! thought IL
would 10 Of Interest. hut | think | have
said or uuyh on this score. Some crit
les have called my Interpretation Of
.MdcbCth the new "Macbeth."' and I
believe n many respects il i.-as far
as I can CLEAN from the many analyses
Incl are to be obtained. Perhaps my
conception MAJ De rclrest tina. 81 the
greatest German Shakespearian critic.
Sch,egel. than any other with whom I
am familiar. ! think II was ARISTOTLE
who said thar n tragedy requires two
things: horror ana sympathy. and a
vr.'cr. commenting upon Macbeth
sad that 4; was therefore easy to
know why Macbeth was the least
appreciated of ali Sha~kespcare's plays
~ an audience: that is. because 1t pos
sossed ~" one thing. without tn" other:
i had horror but 10 sympathy. THIS
In my opinion j. not true md 4 is my
impression thai ] have succeeded m
a !irg" dcsrc"-as much as Is cc.npat!-
Tie with the rlJN-.u gaining what
sympathy IS iusthab'c. and have
str!vcn from start To- fin.sa to accen-
tuatc TIL cunJugtl intimacy between
MdcbcN and Lag MGcJ,th,
There Is one me that seems 70 mo
to have pat every c~ommen:ato- Oh
'~Altone,h' thot have over read on the
wrong track |rc-1r,la- NarLcth's con-
C'l'."a II the mJr.ior of Duncan. In
tlc th.ri tc,ue ~ The frs, act Mac
D,.f', S.AA. Nj ,f-.,4It ,I..-. .-,r
der is Vet fDtas'.c'.l. shakes 80 ny
sng,e state Of man. that function Il
sm'ther,l ia sIrin.sc. and nothing *
hat what * not The word murder
here tor N the Old texts murth.r) has
scenic to have Mldc an undue ard
wrong impression upon the mGds ~
readers. N1ch'H has ro idea OF muir
Gcr.uG DuJcau there a.. al. II Ia his
'thol.ht' whose determination IS yet
Int fanta~'igll, that shakes 50 MS
s.us.c state uf nan In other words.
lie : completely confused. Tho word
murder here d1"S 40; apply TO DUN
cGu. II s.Gu.iics tie murder or his
thought. HIS brain x In I wh.rI. aud
t. prove ;h.s h" shortly aftcrwari
turns 20 BrrsI'y AMI says, My dul,
rain was wrought with things forgot
lie has put any such didholical
Ihan'a~y aside az that ONE for
4 oou aCd all. Tie thought, however. 5
restored win interest when Duncan
lunjle. y places the franc" Of GUNNER
iaid u, Tor" uo,L'ih IN acccS, .on 10 the
throne. NJ, hum'Ir opinion is THAT tho
first moment lo '".ou~lr considers the
o. ~s.h'l!ty uf 'elpn = ntu DHlrdH's
lingship * whu"" U' says. STATS hi.c
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-20
A Play = Week Here.

There will he al opportunity TO
see Eva Ta0guJy in musical COM
cdy at the Standard Theatre this
week. She plays the cook-think
of the dainty Eva as II Gordon
blcu-iu The Girl Who Smiles
which was seen last fall at the
Lyric and other theatres. Miss
ranguay conyulScd The Bronx
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29
FEEL LIKE GIVING UP?
Many Alaska People On The V9ge
 Of Collapse.

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 Lame every morning; sore all daJ.
 1t nurta to stoOp-it hurts to TraigLten.
 What with headaches, dizzy spells. urinary weakness,
 No wonder people are disCour- aged
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The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29

Certain trades and occupations arc hard On the kidueys. Railroad man, tarmerss mail earrierss police men, expressmeu. lnbOring men, etc. are especially liaDIe to kl0Hsy anu DIacder trouble. All these WLLI tnu LrompJ reIlet ana aelp from the use Ot "FukULA" Kidney Pills. should they 1alI to benefit, return them to your dealer aud tue Guu reLau price pad wal pc EeIUndea. Price 6Oc. SpecITy "PUROLAI" Sold by KeIIe Brua Drug Co.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29
FAIR WAS THE SIGHT

Fair was the sight; for now, taOugl
 full an hour The sun had sunk, she SAW the
 evening light In shifting color to the zenith tow
 eT And grow more gorgeous ever and
 more bright. Bread and low down, where late
 the sun had been A weIth of oramgegOld was thick
 ly shed, Fading above into a field of green, Like apples ere they ripen into red; Then to the height a variable hue or rose and pink and crimson
 freak'd with blue, And olive-border'd clouds OCT lilac
 led. High Iu the opposed west the won
 dering moon Al sIlvery green in flying green
 was fleec't; And around the blazing South the splendOr soon Caught all the heaven, and ran to
 North and East,
 Robert Bridges.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29
When Knights Were Bald.

A certain knight, growing old, his hair fell of. and he became bald, to hide which imrerferyiou he wore a periwig. But as he was riding out with some others a-huuting a sudden gust of wind blew oG the periwig and exposed his bald pate The company could nor forbear laughing at the acci dent. and he himself laughed as loudly as anybody. saying:
 How was it 10 he expected that could keep strange hair upon my head when my own would not stay thereT- Exchange.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29
----U~U-U-

Ill honor of the dual birthday of her daughter, Miss Helen Flynn, aud Mrs. j. V. Miller. Mrs. Patrick Flynn entertained at dinner and also gave party on Thursday eV- eCing of this week. At the dinner the guests were MT. and Mrs.J. V.. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. D. Gerald Cloud, Mr. Crede Bonebrake, Mir. j. 4. AlcA!ister Mir. William Flynn, AlSs Ne.he Flynn, Miss Nellie Nor ton and Miss Florence Legge. The t.. .le Was profusely. decoGated with flowers aud two birthday cakes with lighted CaLuIes made a pretty pie Lure. Iu he evening the party was augmented by the aQpearanoe of NJ. and Mrs. Edwards, Miss Edna EvaEs, Miss Abbie Crepeou, MT. Jas, MGCOy, Nil. Geo. COggin, Mir, Louis Crepeau, Mr. HarrQ Ask, Mr.. Bert Watts, MT. Charles Durkee, MT. ThUmas Jones and Mir. Ed. J. Bar y. The evening was spent in dancing and music and d, most mer- ry time was had and many congratu laticus were offered. AL midnight a sumptuOus lunch was spread, af- ter which the party dispensed at late nour, having spent q most de- lIghtful evening.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29
-O--O-O-

This fine weather is causing many to seek an outing on the mountains or in near by hooks and COVeS. A party of a score or more picuicked at BuTOCreek this week aud enjoyed a splendid outing Amoug the number were Mrs. El- eanOr Cook, Miss EYangeline Cook, Mr. A. (. BOnebrake, Mrs. w. L. Lands borough, Mir. Fred Pedersen, Miss Agnes c. MOffat, Mrs. Emily Moffdi, Miss Mary BaIiber' Miss stewart, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Gilman, Hiss Ruth Pedersen. MT. Cecil Cole, AIr-. ". L. LandsborOugh, Mr. Ffauk Cook, Mir. and Mrs w. C.. Blanchard, Mir Joseph Pedersen, and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Weber,
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29
THE WEEK IN SOCIETY

Mrs Secil McGee and Miss Ruth Burke two charming young ladies ol south Bend, Washington, a. q house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy k. Gault. The young ladies will leave Tor the westward on the Mariposa. While in town they have been en- tertained with picnicss house paTtils and many outings to A. B. moun- tain annd Lake Dewey. On the first O. the week MT. and Mrs. Gault and family, Mrs. E. w. SheelOr, Mlss McGee, Miss Burke, MT. liar old WelherfOrd and Mir. Roy Bra- sen picuicked at Lake Dewey and enjoyed the delightful scenely.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29

Miss Miner of the British w. c. T. U. was a guestof the local w. c. T.. U. at the Tea Room on Tues day afternoon. The honor guest left on the Humboldt for Seattle en' route to London, England. Miss Miner dopated very liberaIly to the lOcIl branch of temperance workers Ey contributing to the tea room which is maintained by the workers in Skagway. Miss Miner leaves many friends in the north who wish her safe journey home. While in town Miss Miner was @ Pullen House guest.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29
CaNarrh Cannot Be Cured

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The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29
-O--O--Q

Mrs. L. s. Keller returned We'd nsday cn the Princess SOpha from a visit to Tacoma and other coast cities. While away Mrs. Keller mu many old time Skagwayites, among whom were Mrs. Howard Ashley, Miss Forsgthe, Mrs. w. H. Rein LArdt, MT. and Mrs. w. B. King William FeerO, Mrs. c. E. Frank, her daughters, Mrs. Bunker, Miss sadie Frank and others. Miss For syhe Was at one time a teacher in the Skagway school, but is now en- gagged in her chosen vocation'in Ia coma, and is happy, prosperous and (e:ighted with her work.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-07-29

4 letter from Alex P. Drapes of Minneapolis, Minnesota, states that he is 70 make his home in Bain- vile, Montana. Mir. Drapes has bee ,me interested in an oil and gas propOs lion and will hold the of ice "! secretary in the company. Mir. Drapes also wrote that the weather was 95 degrees in the shade and he longs for a breath O. air from Mount Dewey.