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fear Slakespcare's productions are not
yet ripe for popular ave ia the
movies and for the reason also that
because ri the danger to her health [
cannot have the cooperation Of m.
wife. julia Marlowe, with whom it *
a.wass a pleasure Ia appear in the
classics. ! feel, with oil i~,Irdonablc
pride, that she Is the on,y woman who
c,N play the female ShakcspcariAn
roles with the proper fincsSc and spirit
10 suit me, and ] should not care t.
perform opposite any other w"man in
the parts which have commanded 50
much OF our joint Iabors and uffcc-
ton.
let me set myself right. however,
with regard 10 my opening statement
about Sllakespearian plays and the pic
lures. want il distinctly uudcrStuni
tina, | do not mea to say that these
classics are too elevated for the minds
of the motion picture spectators. The
fact that the lig feature pictures like
The Firth OF a Nation ana others
have mananed to thrill thousands IS
proof positive that the great classics
can bc produced in pictures and that
lnOSN WHO SEQ tVc1n nave TASTE itslu
refinement.
1.-THE script is tho thing ] have IN
miNl. Sh~akespcarian works IN Their
original construction do not makr
suitable scenarios and 10 r"writc them
would talk" longer man til" time set
for my engagement. These. yuu
might say, are the variety of reasons
cor my not wishing to Il" seen in
Shaknpearc's plays IN motion pic
lures
"If you do not intend tn act Shake
speare what will You appear iu".' Mr..
Sothern wns askeN.
Il shall do at least two productions"
Mr., Sothern replied smllingly. ION
will probably bc q comedy with Miss
Anita SteWari. Then | should like to
do a beautiful drama in line with Hiss
Stewards natural heauhy and charm,
and with Miss Edith storey, | believe,
] shall do Il tragedy. some tremcn-
dously strong drama. for the perform.
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a serious illness Of my father. I kissed
her hand and looked into her leauti-
full eyes. feeling that ] could have cut
Momolov's throat II TO do no would not
have brought her into danger. For
imagine the developments that might
follow! For myself I did not care. but
who knew what the fellow had written
and hid away. or what nc might have
told under a seal that would he re-
moved in case VI harm to himself?
Sophia Pavlovna was h~eartbroken
owe what she thought was coldness on
my part. Hut II was a dreadful ef-
fort to hold myself In, TO keep from
raving In her presence.
II left her presence fully resolved
To kill Vladimir Aleksandrovitch
Momolov. ! went to my rooms to get
a pistol. 7 would stay there with II
In my hand. waiting for him. or. n lie
did not come soon enough. I would
GO out and hunt him down. Tho risk
to Sophia Pavlovna must I've run. This
man could not he permitted to live.
But when I reached u lodgings
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secured IL myself on the night he
slipped out in my place. When the y
element over his flight Ind died down
| declared to the chief officer that l
had had nothing to do with IL and ar
yued that his promise should be kept
and my chance should not be denied
inc.
"Hc was a man Of good heart. ]
think lie knew something of the ELLA
tons between MomolOv and myself.
lie said To me: ON the night homo
low escaped one OF the guards mislaid
his revolver. IL has not been found.'
| answered by indfrcction: Il saw
such "A revolver, but 1t was after Nom
olov had fled. SO he could not have
taken IL. No doubt it will he found
This aHsw.r delivered in calm voice.
assured him that vladimir A~lcksandro-
witch did not have the weapon and
that it was in my hands. where IL had
been intended to 60. II also convinced
him that ! was no, telling him the
truth when ! said I had had nothing
to do with Murnolov's escape. He
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the bank of the User Canal. This road
was constantly being swept by German
machine gun and rifle lire. The dcs-
patch was to bc handed 10 n French
commander who Was waiting for II.
THE first mar was given n copy of
the despatch and he started out with IL.
This road ran right under the noses Of
the Germans and vas in fun view of
their trenches all the way. II was so
swept by machine gun and rifle fire
that It seemed as IL no one could possi-
bly, live through n hundred yards OF IL.
THE first nan started and was oon
II Of sight. They waited in vain
for a certain length Of time for a
signal that he had arrived and then
called NO. - These signals are made
10y Photograph, but while they are good
for this kind OF work the Germans
ran see the signal as well as we can.
NO. g started out, but We saw him
go down before he had gone a hun
dred yards.
to watch those poor chaps. When a
man knew that 1t was his turn next
I could see the poor fellow nervously
working on his machine. He'd primo
the engine, then he'd open and close
tbe throttle quickly several times
anything. in fact, tn keep himself busy.
When his number would BIZ called he'd
hesitate "a second and perhaps flood the
%carburetcr, then he'd take his des-
patch and suddenly dash out.
six Of these fellows went down In
less than half an hour. No. z was
n young fellow whose name ! don't
know. I wish ] did. for he was certainly
the nerviest man ] ever raw. NO.
Z WAS hardly Out Of the officers mouth
before he had his despatch and was
on his way. About flve minutes later
The signal came that the despatch
had been delivered.
"My officer told me afterward that
the French General to whom he had
handed the despatch had taken the
.'Medaille Militaire hr his own breast
and pinned II on that OF the youns
despatch rider. Ho n also later
awarded the Victoria Cross and given
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noses Of the German artillery OBJ
servers. This road was officially closed
and those sen,rics should have stopped
uS.
well. il scared mo So that went
down that hill so fast that those otii-
GERS mus, have thought they were in
n parachute. As We entered the VIII
ligc the shells commenced Z" drop in
on Us and We ran for the nearest sh,l-
ter. which happened t. he a brewery.
"Thcr" wasn't much left of the place
anyway, as IL had. been in German
hands, and We had shrll"d t1cm cut Of
II. and when We had taken 1t they had
shellcd us out of It,. anyway We left
ia" car ANA crawlrd into the cellar. II
was Wet and filthy. lat it looked Just
Ike heaven 10 mc tina day.
we lay there in all this filth hour
after hour, while the shells literally
poured in all around Ms. They rer,ain.l
wasted a lot of good ammunition tr, ing
to get us, but the best of it was that
they didn't succeed. one Of The officers
remarked, during IA moments Ill, nee.
that the Crown Prince of Germany
must shave made his h'aduuartcrS in
the place when 1t was in German
hands. Another officer replied that
he wished the Crown Prince was there
now.
lay there till the tire let ul.
| was worrying about getting back
nnI was also wondering what had
become Of the ear. If II ~as gone" We
might just as well kiss ourselves
lrppl-hy fpr .,lIr nhur,Is .r s,ttin,,
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know what had happened. 7 suspect
that In his very bitterness and eager
ness to dcnounce me he gave the po-
lice evidence against himself. Or they
may have searched his rooms and
found something. We shall never
know.
II asked him only n single question.
II was about the safety OF Sophia
pavloyna. lie did not answer me.
AS n reward for saving the chief
officer in the runaway the chance
am to me tn escape. I decided to
avail myself of H.. hut | also decided
10 take Momolov with me"
Scarborough gave an exclamation OF
incrcdulity. Vorsky looked at MS
quickly, with solemn conviction. He
said:
see YOU do not understand IL.
Well. ] rep~nted Of my wish to kill
Vladimir Alcksandrovitrh. \ great
wave of regret swept over mc for my
stupidity. my futile hatred at him.
Here he was like myself. degraded and
IN the lowest level, without hope and
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INJURED "A few consoling words: SHOCK
ing; but you must not think that you
are helpless. Something can he done"
stirred by Sorsky's bitter narra-
tive. | gaZcd blaukly for some minute
about me. II was then that l first be-
came aware IF "A sinister. bearded
face at mother table. ha.f way across
the room.
Thc waiter, who had gone nj Stau-
borough's order to bring "a cup or
black coffee. which he hoped 10 get
Piotr lvanovitch to drink, was pausihG
on his way toward us. The cup of
coffee stood on his tray. | nudgcd
Scarborough to draw his attention to
the bea rded man whose face gave such
u powerful impression Of concentrated
malice toward al mankind.
The waiter Wa bending over AMI
answering this individuals questions.
In order. | suppose, to hold the walters
attention the evil looking customer
was gazing straight in his face. stan
borough and | had observation dis
turhsd 10y the sight Of Il hand. ap-
pdrently coming out Of nowhere behind
the walters back. and visible between
the walters body and the crook Of his
arm.
The hand appeared for just An iu-
slant and something liquid II Rleari-
ing slipped from it's curling fingers
and fell without Il sound into the
steamins coffee. So precise. 20 rapid,
50 incoinprrhcns!hlc va this appari-
ton that did not attach 10 il AIRY
significance whatever until, as tn
waiter left and came toward rs.
Scarborough jumped up with "A yell
and dashed toward the table at which
the bearded man was sitting.
The stranger struggled 10 escape.
hdt Scarborough cripi,ed him fast. The
excellent beard had vanished in the
encounter. While | had rushed to my
friends assistance Norsky. aroused
from his dcspairing stupor. stood up
and with astpnishment cried out, as
he caught sight IL the smooth shaver
face of the prisoner. "a face of cvi,
pierced 10y "A great terror:
"Momolov, so You are here"
Scarborough had his police whistle
h" always carries one-out OF his
pocket and was blowing blast after
blast. The thud If many feet sounded
on the stairs. When tho blue coated
men had a firm grasp of the cringing
creature Scarborough explained 10
them:
"\iddlmir .tl,kslndrnvitch Momo-
low. Attempted homicide. Poison in
this mans coffee. Two witnesses 90
myself and This man" che indicated
Inc). come, We Will all go to the
! station house together
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make n decision. since any decision
will he futile. I thought I saw IL trace
Of that futalism which underlies much
OF Russian character. II IN from hat
quality that arises the paralysi. OF the
will which has been mentioned rs q
special Russian disease.
Scarborough seemed 10 share my
thoughts. lie said finally:
You know l have never heard the
whole Of the story and Mr.. Lupton
has not Heard 1t at all. Suppose you
tell 1t while We are waiting for Monio-
low"
Peter f~vanoyitch vas silent for a lit
tie. At length he began:
1.-The early part Of it is ~unimportant,
and ~ you know something If II and
as il Ices not matter greatly I will not
dwell on details. | am the son Of a
minor official in tho Government of
kursk. My father and mother are
living. God be kind 10 them. Three
years ago I was gent to Moscow to
study.
Vladimir Aleksandrovitch Momolov.
a youth of my " age and from the
same town, was n fellow student. In
Moscow we shared rooms together. We
both fell in love with "a young girl,
Sophia Faylovna Krogin. whose father
was a brother of,a very high official
in rctrograd.
Another student with whom we
were friendly. Mumolov and myself.
WAS in an affair tn throw a bomb as
tho chief Of the Moscow polio" drove
through the streets. The plot failed
and IA dragnet was thrown out for the
conspirators. This miserable lhothead
fled To the house OF Paycl Sergiecvitch
krogln. Sophia F~avlovna's father.
at "a night. out OF compassion
she hid him. Momolov and both
knew " the incident. A little later
this fellow having escaped from Rus
sia. Sophia Pavlovna rejected Mono
lows suit for her hand. Although she
had not accepted me Momolov knew
that she looked on me with the most
favor. lie was almos insane with
jealousy. He cane Ia me one day and
declared that il | did not cease my
! attentions to Sophia Pavlovna he
would denounce her for h~arboring a
nihilist.
"Messieurs. il was "a terrible situa.
ton. II you know anything Of Rus.
STA you will understand the peril tina,
threatened the girl. | did not know
what IN do. 7 could not explain &c
her. I went one day to tell her that
! should not bc able 10 see her agatr
for "A long time-how long j coulG
not tell.
"MurmurinG that ! thought | SHOULD
have TO return home on account pi
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THIS MESSAGE TO GARCIA"
CARRIED BY MOTORCYCLE

a commission. 1t is things like this
that make on" proud to belong to
such an army"
liobinson's description NJ his first
view Of the Royal Horse Artillery
In action also IL thrilling. In his car
after being on patrol duty he
went closer TO the firing line than he
intended hut decided tn push on to the
"route Nationale' ~ he would have "A
good road back To camp. The way led
through the village IT D~ickebusch,
and at "A crossroads just outside IL
sentry halted him. Germans had taken
a machine gun TO tho stceple of the
church and were cleaning up every
thing that tried to pass
81 had hardly stopped when ! heard
o rush and rattle that sounded like an
old fivver IN the distance" says Robin
son. Around the curve dashed eight
horses on a dead gallop, pulling an
eighteen FOUNDER behind them. They
dashed by. but about nifty yards ahead
Of me they swung around and trained
that gun on the church"
They were a company Of the British
Horse Artillery. who had been hastily
sent for. They paused a moment. then
fired. 'and away wen steeple, Ger
mans, machine gun and all"
On the very next day Robinson found
himself In ''as tight Il fix as ! ever
care to get into lie was ordered to
take hrec officers To II piaoe called
KENNEL, u town to which he had been
before and wasn't eager" to see again,
He says Of the trip:
~ noticed as ] came to the KENNEL
road that there were two sentries on
duty there, but M they only saluted the
oficers and didn't say anything I
thought no more about Il. Now KEN
mel lies at the foot OF a hill and is
tucked In between Mount Noir and
Mount KENNEL. IT would be n cosey
little place In peace time, but 1t is an
awful trap to get caught In when
there is II war on.
~ sent the a up the hill us fast M
she could 20 and II II u long climb. A
we went over tho brnw and started IN
the downsrade We ran right under the
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stopped his engine Just above it. then
Owed 10 within a hundred feet Of the
ground. lie dropped the bomb. blow.
ing the gun tn pieces. and got back
safely but with the planes Of his
machine riddled with bullets.
Many other adventures, some 81
them blood curdling. are recorded. 1T
has been II terrible experience the
young american concludes. but it has
been - wonderful thing for mo in
that II has made me appreciate my
oNn HON" and the Old stars and
Stripes rs 7 never did before
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those horrible days. when with frozen.
bleeding feet. with frozen fingers and
half out of my mind ! stumbled anj
sometimes crawled over the steppe,
barely able to keep headed southwark.
There we're no wolves about. or IL there
we're they did not SHOW themselves by
dag. and my fire. at night was enough
to keep them at a distance. On the
fourteenth day l reached the settle
mem
THE simple Siberian muzhiks were
kind to me. I spent a week lying partly
delirious on the straw Of a stable.
When I was able 10 get up ] earned
that Vladimir Aleksandroritch had ar
rived before me and had gone on
southwark, perhaps to Afshanistan
and India. I myself Went eastward
and south to China.
although there were many liard-
ships and DANGER they seemed light
after the ordeal Of the steppc. When
| finally got TO Shanghai | remained
there for week In ~concealment, and
was able to communicate with IA friend
81 my family in Vladivostok. a mer-
chant. who ascertainsd for me that
Sophia Pavlovna krogin and her pa
rents had gonc to America. crossed
the Pacific and came directly To New
York to meet her.
with her dark eyes and a face
, palcr than ever. she received me at
her home here. with her parents.
Their We were hctrutheJ two weeks
ago.
THE night after the i'trotlial I
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do not think he ever
wrote a sl.u, scenario. The average
motion picture editor would probably
tuiN down his script on the instant
because If the fact that the great
Bard Of Avon war not aware Of the
Photographic possibilities when he
wrote his works"
THIS WAS the answer made by Ed
ward III. Sothern to a question AZ 10
why he wouk MOI act in S~hakespcarc's
plays when H." appears before the
motion pictur" camera this month
with tn" Ni,aginph Company. Mr..
Sothcrn is the latest catch for the
movies. Not long ago he announced
his attention of retiring permanently
from the speaking stage, but before
he and his wife. Miss Julia Marlnwe.
sail for England In take up private
life he wishes, like many others. to
make "A permanent record Of his aSt
To hand down 10 coming generations.
While making "A flying visit to New
York the other day al II time when he
WAS playing an engagement near the
| city he vas asked for his views about
the movies aud the interview that fol-
ItN'l IL luf uTS' eN1utsSioH W MS
opinions he has given since the aN-
! nouncement that he was To follow in
the footsteps If many other lannon's
actors who have taken w the movies
| as q serious business.
"Shakcspeare. Ia he sure continued
MIR. Sotliern, sought n attained tho
artistic, hut the element ~ action N 1t
applies to motion pictures was. II dis
cernlblc at al, only partly defined in
even his most spectacular plays be-
cause he wrote with the limitations Of
the stage always In mind. The great
thoughts he amplitied in words will
some day he picturized. M doubt when
the right man comes to work them
owe int" tn" form that tho ph0topluy'
requires.
"Rut ! shalt not play Shakespeare
for the screen, much as ] should Ike
TO do so. for the simple reason that l
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HOT WATER AND THINGS.
s. T SOMkTIMES wonder" said I

NOll'i'I. sdlu lllN
serene, gray crowned lady,
whether We we've not happier
when We Were poor, in the day when
We had none uf these modern improves
mcnts that now make living 50 much
easier and nor comfortable. mean
such things as a constant supply Of
hot water. If heat in radiators that can
be- turned OIL ~ viii and electric lights.
"rhis morning | heard my daughter
say in great dismay.
what. No hot watcr?'
she had turned tho hoj water
faucet in her room in the apartment
and there was no hot water. some
thing had happened 10 the pipes; there
would h" no hot water for a day or
two, and tins she regarded as a great
deprivation, She has never known
what il VAS To live in u house without
hot water and she cannot understand
that in this she is enjoying u great
modern luxury,
wow yoii would scarcely find Il ,,a,,
however unprc'cntious. but what had
at least hot water supplied. In my
youthful days when We wanted to
wash the dishes We had to heat water
On the Kitchen stove. And as for hot
water earlier in the morning. why, In
winter VI woke to find not only no
hot water but tie water in the pitcher
frozen. ana as for heat in the room. I
"a well remomher that there was no
radiator t. turn N.
"l'ut we had n good time then, didn't
We? We certainly did. sometimes
wonder II W" were not happier then
when We didn't know what II was Ia
miss any Of these things, when all
these modern improvements were
quite unknown" "A
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NEW YORK NIGHTS ~NTERTAINMEN n s%% % G 5%a EE@ y

which were discovered 10 be too far
below the plain TO make their ex-
traction profitable. As I approached
this mound In the dismal darkness Of
the Siberian night n mans figure came
forward from behind II.
1T was Momolov. Ills shuba was
stained with the blood Of n rabbit
which he had trapped for food In the
rccesses Of the abandoned excavation.
I had matches and we spent ON
hours cooking the rabbit. At dawn Nc
set out together.
An day w walked. ! showed him
my revolver hut he did not say any
thing. between hat nan and myself
there could DO no understanding, II
appeared. old him about my es-
cape. hut he displayed no interest.
After tho first day we walked to-
gctl,cr in silence. AZ nightfall on the
second day I shot another rabbit.
Having cleaned the animal and
prepared 1t for the fire, I Was bending
over u few sticks trying to fan the
tiny blazc when he set upon me from
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NT Is my honest opinion u a a
man in action goes temporarily
insane, for were it not 80 how
could any man continue to
work a gun that was sending hundreds
o. hs fellow creatures into a heap OF
Groaning. sauirming DEATH
William, J. Robinson, a Boston boy
Who Glanced to be in England when
the war started and who enlisted. in the
British army. serving for more than a
year, thus describes the mental condi-
ton NJ the soldier in the heat of kat
re. He served consecutively as
Dragon guardsman. courier and des-
patch bearer on the Flanders front and
had many varied experiences.
j" tells something OF the fighting
mtn's III. in a look, My Fourteen
Months az the Front" CLittle, Brown &
Co, BOSTON,, which Is n description, as
tho title page suggests. of IAN Amer
han boys baptism Of fire." Moreover.
n" DOES moi pretend. an some soldier
authors have done, that he thoroughly
enjoyed the life. He admits frankly
ma his knees shook on more than one
OCCASION. With refreshing candor he
mt'rna'es that there were times when
NJ wished he were somcw here else.
a. he puts II in describing his intro
auc'ion 10 the firing line:
IL WAS far from agreeable. had
sS'en wondered whether ! would he
schred or not. Well. I found out then,
shd certainly was scared"
6.-
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~ rot arc sure To be interested
telephoned Scarborough. II
sounded like AN announce
ment Of "a new piece Of
srrny fiction. lie ought Ia have COMO
on: "You are sure to be thrilled. fasci-
sated. e%nthralled." I said I would
come.
When 7 met him he led the way to
NJ Grand and Allen streets. There IL
nothing particularly Russian about IL
except the lettering and the drinks. I
Was not enthusiastic.
"ft you brought me here to taste
vodka. you were mistaken" I told
HIM a. he ate a cucumber and drank
the forbidden liquor out OF "A tumbler.
II .ooked very innocent and colorless
In its con shaped bottle. but 7 had
once tasted "A little Of Il. and decided
fhs, ! would not imbibc any more
without having a fire cxtinguisher
hsndy.
~ brought you here 10 meet Peter
Johnson Vorsky.' Scarborough II
sSercd, between slices of cucumber. 7
expressed my surprise. hut withheld
Az. 'APi'sSivt VI uNi'h ioi s''N
present.
His name is Piotr Ivanovitch
vorsky -reter. soH OF John Vor-
sky - 7 call him Peter Johnson"
Scarborough, explained with n smile.
"A friend In Nlndivostok wrote me
IA meet him. Yes, "a merchant ! met
there. Peter Ivanovitch, or Pefya. TO
give him tho nickname. is n Russian
student. But here he comes"
We were introduced and ] Eazed in
differently upon the pale face Of riotr
I~vanovitch. He had black, melting
eyes. a mobile mouth with thin red
Ups, short straight black hair, and
the look Of a man who has been
through an ordeals and Is not over it.
He would not drink anything but
kvas-- russian beer. lie accepted "A
cigarette. and said nervously, in n low
tone. to Scarborough:
y have sent Momolov word to meet
ne here tonight. ] cannot stand
this affair any longer"
y imagine he will come here" re-
TUNED Scarborough with IA slight
ffown. III he does. II will liz well
10 have an extra witness. have
thought Mr.. Lupton. in whom you may
hsss complete confidence. Have you
decided what TO do when you meet
1omoiov?"
rcrSky's bead dropped.
~ have decided nothing--nothins."
he murmured.
He spoke in French. In his pro-
foundly %!rrcsolute air, the of "A
man who believes that II IL useless to
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SHAKESPEARE POOR WRITER
FOR MOVIES, SAYS SOTHERN

M ss",@. s a. w a a'sS%l ssst' !