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With all the relics in this unusua.
collection are interviewer interesting
stories. Two sisters, the late Mrs.
Daniel Dirges and Miss Forsyth of
Washington. owned a collection Of
white House china and glass which
covered a number of administrations.
Several years ago they placed in the
White House collection some pieces Of
old glass which are thought TO date
from the Jackson Administration. At
the same time they sent some Madison
and Pierce china and " plates OF
the state dining set OF the President
Polk Administration
The Presidential china came to them
through their maternal grandmother,
who was an cary 'esidcnt of Wash
ington and who began attending the
White House sales Of old furnishings
in 1884 ana continued to do so until
her death a few years ago. President
Van Buren, is represented in the cahi-
net by n silver water pitcher which
was given by one Of South Cardinals
daughters. Mrs. Helen Singleton
Green. The pitcher "a inherited by
Mrs. Green from her aunt. Mrs,
-NlStl4NA 'lllEl'A'i bh'tA' VIZ
of President Van Burcn's eldest son.
The portrait OF this Mrs, Van Buren,
hangs in the White House corridor,
as she was mistress of the Mansion
during her father-in-law's admins
tration.
Mrs. George W. Fal. Of Nashville,
Tenn, presented to the White House
some exquisite pieces of old Meissen
which belonged To a dinner set owned
by her ~forebears, the President and
Mrs. Polk. and they are a much ad-
mired part ~ he collection. Last
year Mrs. Waiter Il. Stauffer Of New
orleans AMI the children of capt
John Taylor, all ot them grandchildren
of President Taylor. presented some
interesting memcntoes. Mrs. Stauffer's
Gift comprised twO ornate candle
sticks. in" head Of u gold cane in
sCr.hcd TO the Hero Il liIena Vista
and an cmbld2ou.d Mexican spul
which was presented to Gen. Taylor
during the Mexican war. Those giver
lay capt. Taylor's children included u
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the big scene with Stanton. for in
stance?
That question has mired more pre-
cious white paper than almost n
other which an actor can be asked.
The answers are as many as the ar
lists: no two are alike. and very few
are frank. Clara Morris. who drove
our fathers and mothers to their hand
kerchiefs. did feel 1t every time and
tore herself to pieces in the process.
II was the only recipe she had.
Duse felt 1t every time - or SO
thought Mr.. Shaw. who didn't UNDER
stand otherwise how Mdgdd could
blush az she did. tMr. Shaw is 10 au-
thority on b%lushlng.) And william
Winter tells somewhere how Booth In
the midst Of a stage passion once kept
a frenzied profile toward the audience
and winked his other eye at Mr.. VIM
ter in a box!
BdruiO. that ~calloused "willun." is
az open as the day.
Why. no. II you did feel it every
time you probably wouldn't stand it
very long. The muce doesn't descend
upon you at every performance.
Sometimes 1t does. and that's queer.
for you never know why or when II is
going to happen.
THE first night? Oh. the first night
IS the easiest. for then you are Keyed
up. You have the stimulus Of the ner-
vous tension
Did the response Of a given audi.
cnce have anything to do with IT?
II am never thinking about the au-
dience. OF course | know one is there
| know tina. | am playing. And | am
aware Of sympathy. But I'm not
not"
To the life. 1t was BdrDc,g's own
brief search for exact expression.
intellectually conscious:
Exactly" Again II was Bdrtri,
who Frightened up. his gloved hanc
signalizing thr rapport. mo intel.
lectual consciousness. II YOU had tina
you could do nothing
Did he find the house more moved
on occasions when the Muse had de
scended:
No. lie had never noticed any di.
ference. Playing a part many time,
you got in thc habit OF all the effects
mfr. Warfeld.' whispered somebod,
at the door.
"Sit still, sit still" Bdyuig reaCho,
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LKES TO CRY SWEET TEARS" SAYS WAKEFIELD
Music Master Who Has Been Followed by the Sound
of Happy Weeping on His Sentimental Journey Has
Found People Much Alike Everywhere

Etc. etc. I.ombroso should ave
seen it. He knew so much ahou,
Crime.
Curtain.
las | was saying perfect, cool
and collected BortriD struck n ma,ch--
they like to cry. sweet tears"
He reg irded the investigators spec.
tacles ~benevolently.
Did you heal that enthusiast, that
woman out there. always breaking in
with applause and spelling the effect?
They tried to hush her down. M,,
my. That's awful! Didn't you hear
When you act you are I'm a Kind "
auto hypnosis. Things like that are
dreadful. Well. sweet tears "
Science had had enough sweet ,cis
for the moment. This scntimcr',l
vice. B~arwiggery. Is just as insidiois
from the wings as from IN IRON So
Science asked about the much herallod
Warfeld Shylock.
Bnruig didn't know. pehaps "a It,
tie wistfully) he would play Shyioci
some day. He had long had III" anhi-
ton. But
IL don't think ! would say mIrH
about that. It's siCh u hr"inid" -
much has beer written about il. Win;
other standard parts have ! thousu'
I'd like to play? on, there aye %
many. II ! had had the chance. Tut
after all that isn't 80 important. II
the public * satisfied with th'sc "'''r
things we do. why. that's cnouch.
Suppose nowadays n man prepares
to do something big. He nerves him
self. He studies for it. He makes N
event Of Il, n dreadful undertaking,
1t used to be different from that They
play ed the great parts Il day or $50
at a time. and ~ a moments mcgee"
They didn't labor Owe Il. Ono. !
knew an actor-not a good actor. ~
ordinary actor-who had Shik"-p nc
all by heart. lie could r"citc Il i'"
yard. II was no trouul" I" I'm
l.. . On. no. 1t does not natter
Science took the private liberty 4
suspecting that it did matter " yory
great deal. Then Their" was % mo-
mcnt's talk Of method. how verse
be played.
BdrWig won't have 1t that Siak'-
speare could have written "Shyl",n
with nothing In mind but a butt ~ d
Jew. to be played In a red WIZ.
Then hurlesque was spoken -. tNs
old burlesque, the real hurlrsqCc. n
which Mr.. Waracld got h.s trdiuin-.
He says there isn't any more of 10
now. Nobody practices fine carica-
ture acting. he considers.
Third act" hawlcd = voice.
Third act. Mr.. Wariiold, muir
INJURED his dress r. and changed his
shoes for slippers and held him a
shabb.er frock coat.
II have 10 g. | couldn't help
YOU later. I've go; "A dinner on. but
! hope you'll come again some time.
Must go-this won't wait for any
thing. Good-by,"
And Crime resumed It's carnival on
the stage.
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Mrs. Mckinley
Mrs. Mckinley Started the Collection and Mrs. Roosevelt Took Up the
Work, So That Now the Cabinets Contain Pieces of China
Purchased by Every President Save Two

Baker Ia select certain pieces of the
old china, plate and glass in the White
House closets for the purpose of plac-
ing them IN the new cabinets.
The nor which is to he used for the
collection ir' directly AZ the south of
the main stairway in the ground floor
corridor. To prepare II for the new
cabinets the walls and ceiling were
tinted "A deep cream color and the
woodwork WAS tainted ivory white.
Eventually the four walls of the room
will be lined with the cabinets. but as
yet only one has beer pat In. II cX-
tends the full length of the west side
II the apartment from the south wall
to the door leading into the diplomatic
waiting room.
The cabinet H. Georgian in style an |
in perfect harmony with the architec-
turc OF tho mansion. The woodwork
is hard pine, The long glass doors arc
divided into Colonial panels and IN"
shelves arc lined with ccru velvet,
which gives "A good background for IN,
china as we'll as for the silver am
glass. A simple carving dccorates tho
pediment IN which is lettered in silver
the legend, China Used by the Presi,
dents"
The room Is furnished with IN,
chairs and scttces OF the black teak
wood furniture purchased for the t.as
Room during President Mckinley's Ad'
ministration. They are upholstered il
light lemon color hroraded silk. d,
large Colonial mirror Is on the cas-
side Of the room and a heavy moquett,
rug Covers the Moor.
The relics are arranged In chrome
logical order rs far as possible, aC
CordinG To tho Presidential Admins
trations, Two open SNctions mark tn
centre Of the cabinet and the relic
are placed from this entire to the RICH
and to the left.
! on the upper shelf of the centr,
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let them cry-sweet tears. you under
rowing. has no value In the theatre.
Yes-all righ.. Sit still"
He went out. Joics and the CruDcrs
and others were awaiting their cues.
on the wrong side of that ravishing
sunlit interior. lie had a grin for
each Of them. and they were all de-
lighted. lie nipped some ones elbow
af~feCtionately. Some one patted him.
A. the entrance he turned to nod and
wave to the investigator. Then he
walked on, slowly. the vlolets to the
fore.
VIZ. CrUgcr 40 far forgot his snob-
berry as to bring a chair for science
and place 1t where tho prompt box
should have been. Little Miss Jane
Cooper. very ~weet and captivating
wen from the side. too her place ut
the white piano. and the horribly
criminal music lesson began.
The house-the invisible victims. be-
: yond the yellow radiance OF the foots--
was biting of its laughs at the little
kes. for o o Bdrrig was beginning
to falter and catch at his ~"baby's'
fingers. Somebody SMILED beyond.
Snifiies became general. II you want
to study an audience ever leave ii and
10 behind"
BortriD crossed to tho cabinet. The
cabinet was about three feet from tn?
Investigators nose. lie stopped AMI
tcnsed. His eyes grew round. The
doll. He spoke his aside. Asides are
not art. The house eased a little. re-
. f.,,.,I a, ,.,. n,,,t,,a n,,t niche SnrNn
how-and a hysterical woman began q
spattcr of applause.
MY little baby" said Bdr,rig to
hlms L.
Ch,'l,s Abbott. stanton. came on
ami did his nasticst and exit. u
might he supposed very wearing 10
make Yourself the best hated man on
Broadway every night. hut Mr.. Abbott
of the stage looks flouriehing. Helen
choked down n sob. Two thousand
people. moro or less, desired tho
hearts blood of Mr.. Abbott.
There was a whisper behind the
chair.
you'd better stay and watch. I'm
on again in a minute"
He was. and she war trying to give
him his congc-to a human orchestra
ton Of signs and snufiles. with snorts
from the double BASES. The deporta.
tion of the Belgian. is a maiden''
dream in comparison with that
Il talk too much said BdrtriO
hrokcnly. elf me another chance. !
come tomorrow and | don't say q
word.
The investigator had meant to stud;
his use OF his facial muscles. bat a
this point an affiiction hamperet
y!s!on-a germ cold. bad for the eyes
and highly contagious in theatres. !
s~treptococcus is believed to cause 1t.
Then that man Abbott was bac'
there being ugly.
Then Of Course
III obey don't want 'er, lee van
;. err II obey don't love 'er, l-r'
love 'cr-'
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And His Audiences Continue to Back
Up His Assertion in a Most
Convincing Way o

,s worse. they seem to like It. Vice.
ms Chairman Alexander Pope Of a
London vice commission in the days
Of George II. explained in one Of his
reports. is a monster Of such horrid
m.en that We first endure.
then pity. then embrace.
Let the sleuthhound investigate
further, let him 20 in. on the earliest
night for which he can buy a ticket,
and he finds his worst fears verified.
This statement Is made on the honor
Of a scientific investigator who has
lone Il, and has ever pushed curiosity
to the length Of shopping behind the
scenes and conversing with Iniquity in
its dressing room.
The Broadway car. one Of those land
going submarines which button in the
middle. stopped dead between cross
streets on the brink of nm abyss. 1t
stayed stopped. for a mule of a truck
had upended TO shii ten tons OF con
crete into the excavation. and having
upended had baked.
The only way 10 the sidewalk was
tNghtrope on a psir Of slippery con-
Quits. But the investigator took II.
He vas In cahoots with one Of Mr..
Belasco's bright young men, who had
framed up an interview for the md Of
the first act. II was then at least the
end of the first act. So he got out, by
breaking the Interborough's strike
rules and i~ntimidating the conductor.
and heard the motorman discussing
theology with the truck man. and the
truck mar giving the motorman a
pedigree that implied n new theory
Of the descent Of the human species.
lie didn't know what that monster
OF a warheld mightn't do to him for
being late. lie tiptoed among bunch
lights and scene shutters and things,
entered the dressing room, and found
the monster, disguised as BdriDig.
gloating v a deadly weapon the
bunch Of violets to be exact, with
which Barmio for the umpty-hundredth
time was about to fall upon the sehsi-
biiities Of one or two thousand hapless
people.
Bartci0 shook hands hard and smiled,
the BarUiO smile. the one that bares
the teeth. It il not painted on him,
that ensnaring cobweb of crinkles
which spreads from his eyes when he
smiles. The Investigator shuddcred.
and said he wanted to ear about the
Human Side Of Acting. He meant OF
course the inhuman side. but you have
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n, Lowell Mass ia n,aced directly
hollow tho silhoue,,s Those two items
constitute the President Jobn Adams
exhihi, n, nresen, I'm, as some ~ Mrs
Adams's lovely Sevres. which was the
first china used in the White House.
is sin in existence u * exnected that
the pa,rio,ic descendants of the sec
nAd Chief Executive viii add some Of
the china IN the collection
IN Tho frs, shelf n, the loft of the
ia the well known
Jefferson bl,e and bite cantonese
p~orcelain. which v,s presented IN the
White House hy tho late T Jefferson
COOLIDGE ~ Roston Nex, Ia IL il the
Madison china which includes two nj
the dinner plates OF the state set and
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section are some Of the oldest pieces OF
silver in the mansion. They include
the Won Tuyll coffee and hot water
pots. and ono o. the Won Tuyll round
bread trays. besides some ilnt Itrccs.
President James Monroe purchased the
set of silver to which these pieces OF
silver belonged originally from a de-
parting Russian envoy. Baron won
Tuyll, In 1923. The old chests earring
the Biron's name ar" sflil preserved j."
the White House storcruoms. and each
nf the pieces a.; plat" thcy originally
obtained is engraved with his coat Of
arms.
The Washington relies are arranged
in the same section with the old sill
yer. The Cincinnati plate, presented
To the collection by Miss Mary Gusts
Lee. who is the last living Martha
Washington d~esccndcnt of her genera
ton, has the place OF honor, while near
II are the blue and white platter and
plate which were given 10y the Misses
Thompson Of New Jersey and which
were "A part Of "A dinner set which WIS
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DEoUATE display can now oe

A DEQCATE display a now De
~ given to the White House COL
4 \ lection OF Presidential relics,
4 collection which since 1903 has been
tae of the show features Of the Exccu-
live Mansion.
Formerly the collection was kept in
small walnut cabinets which stood in
The ground floor corridor Of the White
House, where thousands Of sightseers
have inspected their contents. More
Than two years ago the collection out
grew the capacity Of the cabinets and
plans were considered for setting aside
1 room for the proper exhibition or
The relics. Drawings were made for
the cabinets which were to be built -
The walls, but it was not until this
TALL that the plans were put into exc
eution, and 1t was only last week that
The relies were transferred into their
aew quarters.
The collection came into existence
through Mrs. Mckinley during the
last year OF her residence in the White
House. Becoming interested in the
subject she invited Mrs, Abby Gum
Baker Of Washington to make n study
Of the furnishings OF the Executive
Mansion, particularly the Presidential
tableware, in order that their history
might be traced and an accurate record
compiled. Before Mrs. Baker COM
pleted the task President Mckinley
was killed and in consequence no re-
port OF the work was made at that
time.
A few months later Mrs, Baker
wrote a magazine article concerning
the china of the Presidents In which
she said that for the sake Of posterit.
some provision should he made fol
preserving II. Mrs. Roosevelt read thu
article and decided at once to TAX,
steps to preserve specimens at leas
OF the china that was then in tn,
Executive Mansion. She invited Mrs
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RELICS

Baker To select the specimens, and
when that was done she had two wal
nut cabinets made in which TO exhibit
the china. These were placed In the
ground floor corridor where all White
House visitors could see them. There
were in the cabinets pieces OF china
or glass representing the purchases OF
seven Chief Executives-all the Presi-
dents from Lincoln to Roosevelt with
the exception Of President Garfield.
When President Ro 9sevelt saw the
cabinets he said Immediately that the
collection should be representative OF
all the Presidents. and he a-kcd Mrs.
Baker to make il complete. Since then
the work OF gathering the relics has
been carried forward continuously,
alt>~igh OF necessity slowly. and
.<hile the new cabinets at the White
House contain pieces Of china pur-
chased by every President save two.
ct many Of the Presidents are repre-
scented so inadeQuately thai the search
for relics il still being pressed vigOr-
ously.
While the relics remained In the
small detached cabinets several de-
OF ITeSluentS Mo are the
pOssessors Of heirlOoms of the sort de-
sired. refused to place them in the
White House. They recognized the
historical and educational advantage
Of the collection. yet they argued that
the small detached cabinets were nei-
Their fitting NOT safe for relics which by
no possibility could he replaced in case
o: accident. 1t Was this argument that
led to the decision to give a room to
the collection and TO place the relics
In permanent cabinets. Just before
the President and Mrs. Wilson left
for Shadow Lawn Col. william W
Hart, Superintendent Of Public Build.
ings and Grounds at Washington
brought the matter OF the room t.
Mrs. Wilson'S %attention and showed
her the drawings for the cabinets. Sh'
heartily approved the project and ex'
pressed the wish to have the Don re-
modelled while the family were al
Shadow Lawn. She also went owe
the plans for the future development
Of the collection and instructed Mn
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used 10y Washington in the first presi-
dents House In New York. The WASH
i~ngtOulana also includes a white and
gold tea cup and saucer. presented by
Mrs. William owen of LynchburR. Va.
In the lower centre section OF the
cabinet * "A miscellany OF some OF the
oldest ~glasSwar in the Mansion. one
item of this group Is a tall. narrow
.,ckod. curved and panelled wine
pitcher. Its graceful handle extends
from the neck to the bowl. and a decora-
ton Of the grape vine (Which is found
~ many of the oldest pieces of glass
in the White House encircles the
pitcher. Directly AT the front Of the
bowl is the United states coat OF
arms.
On the cabinet wall at he back OF
the glassware hangs IA silhouette OF
Abigail adams. ana II is Of interest to
note that this is the only picture 81
the first mistress OF the White House
which the Executive Mansion contains.
The John Adams goblet, presented
some years ago 10y Mrs. Harry Reade
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decanter and glasses and a broo,h
which contains intertwincd locks o,
hair from the heads Of both the Prcs.-
dent and Mrs. Taylor.
The new room has already brousu'
more gifts to the Presidential collie,
ton. Mrs. Dickins. widow of Admin,
Francis W. Dickins. l.. :. ". presented
recently some rare Lincoln relic
coffee cup and saucer. a tea cup anna
saucer and an after dinner coffee CO.
The two last named were especial.
valuable as there We're no dupliya
4 these pieces in the White llnu..
Mrs. Charles W. Richardson. Sal
m from an Old Washington faWII..
made a contribution last week. "
White House sale which took p#,
many years before the civil wa r
mother. who was an ardent collector 81.
the antique. purchased a barrel sIaH''
long stemmed. deep b~luc-Grccn w..
bottle which at the time was sad 80
date from h jefferson AdminI~'f9-
ton. At the same sale she purchase
"A dinner plate, with a wide maI
border outlined in gold and vi D.
gold medallion in the centre, which We
tN'A a. ~ AA' M sN'ltlllIlI".H.'
ton.
Both II these pieces Mrs, Ryl "a
son placed in the collection ana IN AT
dition added a buchanan cup AND ,0i.
Ger, "A Dolly Madison tea plate ani I
William Henry Harrison oamfal-n
pitcher. The latter hears Hams. .
face on one side and a campaign '1-
let on the other. Tho pitcher rI'
given TO Mrs. Richardson years 49,.
Mrs. V. T. +. poggott of Ficl'l q.
burg, Va, who told her thai o. No. -
personal property Of the WuIs ,I".-
date in 1910.
Mrs, Richardson's tea plato "
interesting story too. II was -,"' 800"
day more lhau a hundred t,I'.
from III" White House by Doll, u
son q a sick friend hclr,u- % I..,.'
pound cake. The guiI nru,'I i.t.'
was never returned Years a'''rN' ..
it came into the possession OF NJ
Richardson's mother. aud mo-" '
daughter has sent il ha,h O., IT,. j.,
ent mistress ut the Whl,r House
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A RT--real. honest to goodness
"A arts devoid Of sentiment
tally. Any dramatic critic
could have told you that from his
cradle.
Sentlmentality Is a crime. Mr.. Her
nard Shaw will tell you that. and does
whenever he gets an opportunity.
Making people cry is s~entimentallty
most foul. Take It from the serious
dramatists, the French In particular.
who instead invite your interest to the
problem whether unadjusted Jeanne,
aetat. 30. is %unhappier at Monte Carlo
with the Count than she might be in
cottage at Compiesne with his chauf-
feur, her husband having nothing to
do with the case. and being thrown in
Just to make 1t hard.
When these things are kept in mind
sou realize the awful ~depravity Of a
spectacle ~vouchsafed on Broadway
each night and matinee afternoons.
Out Of a theatre. coughing grumpy
or powdering their noses. pour simple
yustics OF that ncighborhood. blase and
faded men about Manhattan In town
for three days from Syracuse and Mil
waukee. conHding Harvard professors.
temperamental bartenders OF duty,
stern and cynical fappers from the
finishing schools up the Hudson. grin,
children from The Bronx in charge OF
their skittish parents. denizens Of
darkest Jersey. Over-Souls in Winds'r
ties left over from Washington Square,
Germans from Ireland. S%paniards from
Mexico, Italians from Macdougal
street, men and m and people
and grandpa and grandma and the
hired girl
Every sons mother and father OF
'em, and vice versa. present and
prospective. visibly suffering from
something like hay fever. which il no,
In seaso this month anu Wouldn
stand to reason in all the cases II II
were. They dc say Diamond Jim wal
heard blowing his nose up there or
the opening night-a sound calculated
TO make angels blow theirs out OF
sheer professional sympathy.
No truly observant observer. NJ
Arguslike Newt Baker or Conan
Doyle's meal ticket or Whatsiznams
that invented the Bertillon system OF
Rab,ndranath Tagore need pass b.
more than seven times to apprehent
the truth.
Some fend in human form has beeI
making those i%nnocents cry! VIVA
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ence in people-peop!e are all alike,
Everywhere the same thing moves
them. II II Is n human thing"
Just how would he define human
why. that's what We don't know.
II we did II would he so simple. We
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could make rules for II and sell II
commercially - tell how to do II In
books. The thing people feel. that Is
the human thing. You can't plan II.
i'ou have TO find it,"
Did he have to feel II every time
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to dlssemble like sixty when you as
sociate with criminals.
How. for instance. did different parts
OF the country compare as TO their re-
Spouse to the Barwigian Vaccinations?
"They are all the same. No differ