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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

yet what more evasive7 he gives his whole
secret away without letting II lose one OF its
mysteriesl I must confess that fell quite
In love with the name of this perfume, and
shall try to buy IL as soon as 60 out
"Oh, never!" cried the Gentleman In Gray.
whatever you do, don't do that. II you were
to ask for il at any counter, you would GER
tainly be told that they were just out Of this
particular kind; Or II by a strange chance II
should be there, the price would surely be
forbdding. Better give this little prospectus
q place among your best beloved books, and
It will never lose its charm for you"
"But will mere advertising matter not feel
out Of place in so select q company as my
books ?" asked the Lady In Blue.
"By no means" replied the Gentleman In
Gray; at will feel absolutely at home, and,
In fact il belongs TO all those poets and
philosophers and romsncers. What they give
you is also nothing but magic advertisements
magic advertisements Of truth that will
ever elude you; Of beauty you will never
behold; Of love you will never clasp. They
give you charming and tantalizing glimpses
of something you can never see, or say, or
touch, and yet you feel 1t Is the one, the only,
the true reality. Magic are these advertise
ments, indeed; tinged with the colors OF the
rainbow; sweet voiced, like the Song OF the
Sirens. and quite filled with the pathos OF
things that are too beautiful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
"After ALL" asked Alan Dale IN "Th'

after ALL" asked Alan Dale IN 1.-THE
American:
what Is the good Of going down to pos,
terity when posterity's nosy old drama Will
dig up your bones, refurbish them with spec
tacular flesh, irradiate your most modest
virtues. set forth your pet. delectable vices
and serve you up for one big scene and
three quiet 'curtains'!
"What is the use Of going down to pos
ter,ty' when your neat little life will be dis,
arranged and the things you want to forge'
will be the salient drama Of the playwright
The terror Of going down TO posterttyI The
infamy Of fsme!'
/ But Mr.. Dale by no means turned, r.
revocably, a cold shoulder. For no wrote
"The first part Of Hamilton was princi
pally tslk-interesting talk, but not at al
dramatic. There were questions dealing with
the location Of the Capitol-rather amusinglI
set forth-that were chatted around interml
nablv. II was not until the mention OF the
dramatic word woman occurred that the play
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

needed to create for you great-grandmothers
time, with It's potpourri jars, and its hoop.
skirts. It's little elegsncies and its faded
sweetnesses7 Or here: La Violette de
Madame-can you give me anything more In.
sinuating and coquettishi And thus could
20 through the whole list-every name Is
little masterpiece. See this one: lie Jardin
de Mon Cure smiled under tears when
read it, because once ] knew such gardens
with their wonderful, unworldly peace, and
their sweet and simple, old-fashloned flowers.
Lemon verbena grows there, and mignonette,
and pansies, and, above all, the dear laven-
der; and have only 70 shut my eyes 70 be
back in the land Of long ago, and to see again
such a garden lying quietly and full OF tran
ouillity IN the mellow light of late after
noon.
"Rut best Of all is this one, with It's
true Gallo flourish and esprit. It's almost
elfish ROBUSTNESS. VOLTA pourquoi J'almais
Rosine.' Is this not quite delicious? What
better reason could one give for love, and
what moro valid onei Words can never ex-
pres. the inexpressible, and II you were 70
explain your love you would only explain
I. AWAY; but here comes this magician
with his marvellous wand, gives US q whih
of some irresistible and captivating scent, and
then. with little bow to his wondering and
clash roguishness: VOLTA pourquoi j'aimas
Ro.ine.' What could be more explicit, ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Samuel Johnson Did Not
Relieve in Woman

structed the most interesting biogrsphie,,
work in tho world
THE three volumes abound In conver,..
L tons, painstakingly and no doubt
faithfully recorded, which reveal Johnson,
views on every known subject. That h.
was a believer in the inequality Of Ii.
sexes the portion of conversation here
reproduced would indicate
"Mrs. Knowles affected to complain th,.
mon had much nors liberty allowed them
than women.
"JOHNSON-Why, Madam, women hsy. all
the liberty they should wish 20 have ".
have all the labor and the danger, and III.
women all the advantage. We 60 to sea, we
build houses, we do everything In short, 10
pay our court to the women.
MRS. KNOWLES-The Doctor reason,
very wittily, but not convincingly Now.
take the instance of building; the mason,
wife, IL she Is ever seen in liquor, is ruined;
the mason may get himself drunk as often
as he pleases, with little loss Of character;
nay. may let his wife and children starv..
"JOHNSON-Madam, you must consider.
il the mason does get himself drunk, and
let his wife and children starve, the parish
will oblige him to find security FOL their
maintenance. We have different modes 0,
restraining evil. Stocks for the men,
ducking stool for women, and a pound for
beasts. II we require more perfection from
women than from ourselves, II is doing them
honor And women have not the ssms
temptations that we have; they may always
live in yirtuous company: men must mix in
the world Unfortunately. II woman has
no inclination 70 DO what Is wrong, beir,
secured from IL Is no restraint 70 her. :,
MRS. KNOWLES-still, Doctor, I cannot
help thinking II hardship that more indul-
eencs Is allowed TO men than 20 women Il
gives q superiority 70 men TO which 10
not ses Row they are entitled.
"JOHNSON-It is plain, Madam, enc or
other must have the superiority. As Shake
spsare saysi II two men ride on q horse,
ono must ride behind :"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Georqe ArHss in "Hamiltow' Is an Interesting Figure

started. When IL had started, things went
along briskly along lines of entertaining
drama"
And his praise Of Mr.. Arlss's work OPP
posed itself quite Numerically to the opin-
ion Of "The Sun" He said:
George Artiss gave one Of those precise,
polished and brilliant performances which no
Is accustomed to give. His quiet sense Of
humor, his lack of exaggeration, his poise
and his restraint were as excellent as ever.
Melodrama It might have been, but melo-
drama it never was for minute
"The Herald" believed that those who
have forgotten some of their American his
tory will find the pictures Of early times
in Hamilton an unending delight; while
"The Times" added to this the assurance
that "Mr. Arliss has caught with rich SYM
patty and portrayed with unerring dis
tinction the erect and almost regal car
riage of Washington's Little Lion; the
preternatural clarity and decision of his
mind; his quiet humor and subtle wit,
which are so simple and implicit that they
are void alike of gayety and Of POPULARITY,
but penetrate like two-edged sword; his
frugal living and his passionate devotion
to the prosperity of his country; his fine
aroma of the gentleman, which never for
sock him, and finally the martyrdom, or
seeming martyrdom, Of all he held most
dear In the cause Of the integrity Of his life
work and the stability Of the nation" In
the estimation of this latter paper, Hamil-
ton Is less snowy character than Disraeli,
but "a far finer, nobler and truer"
Louis Sherwin, in "The Globe" after
Analysing the play and commenting inter-
estingly upon Mr.. Arliss's performance,
summed up his opinion thus:
Both as a play and as a vehicle for Mr..
Arliss, Hamilton Is a disappointing affair
/ Disappointing because one expects so much
both from play built around such a character
and from Mr.. Arliss himself. Compared even
to Gertrude Atherton's novel, with all It's in
accuracies and carelessness, it Is q fustisn
piece Of work"
Said Mr.. Towse, in "The Evening Post" !:
"The piece Is q welcome and, in some re-
spects, notable addition to the small body Of
genuine American drama. IL deals in serious
and reasonable fashion with important per-
sonages and incidents at q vital period Of
the national development, furnishes pictures,
veracious in spirit IL not in all details, of
past social and political conditions, by no
means devoid Of present interest and signif-
canoe, and, as a whole, provides much ex-
cellent entertainment. In solid worth it out
weighs any score Of tho more expert sensa-
| tional or emotional social melodramas to
which so many theatres Of late have been de-
voted"
Charles Darnton, in "The Evening
World" thought that while Mr.. Arliss
was always interesting" he yet at no time
Suggested the impetuous phase of Hamil-
tons nature" To THE Evening Sun"
Hamilton is "a worthy addition to the
Arliss portrait gallery; while "The Jour
nal" recorded the fact that Mr.. Arlss gave
another of his delightful characterize
tons Of the great men Of the past"
at legitimately holds the interest to, the
end" said Burns Mantle in "Ths Eve
ming Mail"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

MANUEL JOHNSON was born on sep
- TENDER IS, 1909, two hundred ana
~ eight years ago last Tuesday. Han
dicapped by inherited physical disability
and resulting peculiarities Of habit which
laid him open to ridicule, he nevertheless
became one Of the most eminent Engllsn
writers of the eighteenth century. lie
struggled, too, in early life against pow
erty so stringent that its effects were
never obliterated. Macaulay writes in his
Iife of Samuel Johnson:
1.-THE effect Of the privatons ana suner-
;nus which he endured at this time was as
cernible TO the last in his temper ana ms
denortment. His manners had never been
courtly. They now became almost savage;
BEING frequently under the necessity Oh
wearing shabby coats and dirty snifIs, NC
h.c.me confirmed sloven. Being often
very hungry when he sat down TO ms meals
he contracted n habit of eating with raven
80, rrooJiress His taste in cook
cry. formed in subterranean ordinaries ana
a Ia mode DECISIONS, was far from deli
cot. The affronts which his pow
.rty emboldened stupid and low-minded men
n offer to him would have broken a mean
shirt into sycophancy, but made him rude
even to ferocity."
THE most complete biography OF Or.
l. Johnson that has been written IS, OF
course, the famous three volume work OF
Boswell. 1t Is interesting to note what
Macaulay has to say Of it, and particularly
Of the author:
"Amonr the members Of this celebrated
body IJohnson's Club was one TO whom IL
has owed the greater part Of It's celebrity,
vet who was regarded with little respect by
his brethren, and had not without difficulty
obtained q seat among them. This was
James Boswell, q young Scotch lawyer, heir
to an honorable name and Q fair estate
That he was q coxeomb and q bore, weak,
vain, pushing, curious, garrulous, was ooVi-
Gus to all who were acquainted with him.
That he could not reason, that he had no
w.t. no humor, no eloquence, Is apparent
from his writings. Hls mind resem-
bled those creepers which the botanists call
parasites, and which can subsist only BY
clingng round the stems and imbibing the
juices Of stronger plants. In
happy hour he fastened himself on Johnson.
To man OF John.on's strong un-
Outstanding and irritable temper the silly
egotism and adulation Of Boswell must have
been as teasing as the constant buzz OF q
fly. Johnson hated to be questioned; and
Boswell was eternslly catechising him on all
sorts Of subjects, and sometimes PROFOUND
ed such questions as What would you do,
sir, If you were locked up in tower with
q baby?' His chief business was to
watch Johnson, to discover all Johnson's
habits, to turn the conversation 70 subjects
about which johnson was likely to say some
thing remarkable, and to fill qusrto note
books with minutes Of what Johnson had
said. In this way were gathered the ma
terial, out Of which was afterward con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

George Arliss upon having made "the
drama Of knee breeches seem almost worth
WHILE" going on to note that:
Under his kindly hand the fading theatre
OF high moments and great enterprises, OF
plots and stratagems, and the honor Of men
and women-an honor that the contemporary
stage has almost lost to view-blooms into
an astonishing greenery; takes on, indeed, q
hue that but for the sharpest scrutiny might
be the hue Of life itself"
However, these qualifying phrases, "al.
most worth while" and "but for the sharp.
est scrutiny" lead inevitably to this critics
decision that "like all of Mr.. Arliss's draw
ings, it has the smack Of art about il
rather than Of life. As mat
Ter Of fact, Mr.. Arliss has not wholly
shaken of the Prime Minister. He shine:
through at times, especially In that cpl
grammatic manner which is possibly Mr.
Arliss more than any Of the figures that ht
makes. As to whether he Is in any par
Hamilton may be left for the historical So
cieties to discuss"
"The Sum-" however, unwilling to al
low the Historical societies" such complete
monopoly, asserted that:
There was little enough Of the conven
tionsl conception Of Hamilton to be observed
in Mr. Arliss's portrayal last night. The au
, dience saw q fussy, busting statesman WHIT
pirouetted about the stage, delivering his oc
casional witticisms in q dry, staccato tone
and physically destitute Of all the aristocrati;
distinction which has been regarded as ar
! inevitable attribute Of tho man known tC
history"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Reviewing the
Reviewers
III.
I. Ranken Towse

dramatic critic Of "The Ne1o York
Evening Post"D
"HE outstanding fact about Mr..
Towse Is that forty-seven Of the
70 II forty-eight years he has lived In the
United States have been spent on the stan
OF one newspsper-"The New York Evening
Post"-and forty-thres Of those in the ca
pacity OF dramatic critic. This much was
elected from Mr.. Towse himself. But being
ditfident to an unusual Speaking mildly
degree, he stopped short at that point, other
information had to be gathered elsewhere.
He was born in Surrey, England, and was
educated at Cambridge. Armed with let
ter Of introduction to William Cullen Bryant.
then editor in chief Of "The Post" he came
70 the United States in 1859, evidently soon
after his graduation from college. Tho fol-
lowing year he Joined the post" staff as
reporter, four years later finding his place
a. reviewer Of plays. His Sixty Years OF
the Theatre" published last year, is a book
OF "reminiscences Of his career as critic. 1t
has been his invariable rule, through all
these years. to avoid social relations with
stage folk-sctors, managers, producers
for to present unbiased opinions, he argues,
one mus. be wholly free Of obligations.
Two things. 1t is said. Mr.. Towse especially
disdains-eanes and typewriter. IF 4 man
must carry q stick, let IL be Of some use"
So his stick is an umbrella. As TO a type
writer, what after all, is It's virtue when
one can get Ave hundred words Of perfectly
legible script on a single sheet Of copy paper
Mr.. Towse has a hobby-animals. He be-
lieves in having lots OF dogs and cats and
horses as pets; and he has written a series
Of articles called "Do Animals Think 7" pre-
ssnsine his theory that they Do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
1t Is Too Late
Translated from Ii, Porihl


KAISER;
IN Joan of Arc, oh, holy maiden!
Seize my banner. Clad in armor,
Take command Of all my warriors.
Save, oh, save me, and my empire!
JOAN:
Malefactor, worse than Nero!
Wouldst invoke Almighty succor?
Maybe He'll will come to aid thee
And the Antichrist, nights rulerI
For thou only He'll hast served.
Yet when now o'ercome with anguish,
After having worshipped Satan,
Wouldst revert to God again?
IT'S too late! (the Kaiser tainted
When the Maid thus to him spoke),
And she Numbered: WHITTIER thou hast
Gone before proceed-to He'll"
From Cepy, Chicago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
advertisements"

I'm A category with the thoughts too
deep for tears" must be placed also
n the dreams which are precious be-
cause of the sheer essence which necessari-
" makes them unattainable as facts IN life.
And a writer, Lisa Ysaye Tarleau, in The
Atlantic Monthly" quite gracefully invokes
the prospectus of French perfumer in an
effort to pay tribute TO these fleeing, in
effable experiences which contain so much
of the beauty of hope merged with the
beauty Of wistfulness.
The Lady in Blue inquiries Of the Gentle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

n AOAN 10 SAS Va SAAS wa
spicuous virtues Of the dramatic
reviews appearing in "The Illus
trated London News" The following is its
estimate Of one Of the newest productions:
THE appearance on the Royalty bill Of the
name of Miss Tennyson Jesse as part-au-
thor might lead those who are acquainted
with this unconventional young novelists
work-'Secret Bread for example-to ex-
pect something out Of the common in Bill
leted,' and, failing to find anything Of the
sort, they might judge, perhaps wrongly,
that her more experienced collaborator, Cap
tain HARDWOOD, has had the larger share In
the play. Whatever may be the ratio Of its
authors responsibility. It belongs to q
wholly familiar type. II Is the lightest Of
artificial light comedy. Its leading part is
that Of young grass widow who, to pacify
gossip and retain the society Of an attentive
and sentimental colonel billeted on her, kills
her husband by telegram, only to be con-
fronted with. him - a fresh guest In the
shape Of the colonePs adjutant. Miss Iris
Hoey carries through her scenes brightly
and briskly, furnishing the right sort Of
contrast to the maddeningly calm and
caustic manner assumed by Mr.. Dennis
Eadie as the husband. But the performance
that really deserves special mention for its
charm Is that Of Miss Stella Jesse"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
The Better 'OIe"-at the Oxford
Says "Arkay," in "The Tatler":

Says "Arkay,7 in "The Tatler":
HCTHE BETTER OLE Is, I hear, going
l. great shakes at the Oxford. 1t
deserves to do so. II is one Of the very few
war plays which carry conviction. It's hu-
NOR, too, is simple, direct, intensely human.
The pathos, also, is just as real and true.
The episode In the trenches where the mail
arrives, and Bill, All and Bert receive no
word from home, makes the audience roar
with laughter.
II wonder whyl To mo there Is such q
strong undercurrent Of sadness about 1t
that it strikes me as being one Of the ten
derest and most pathetic moments in the
play. When they slowly tear up three
pieces of newspaper and pretend to each
other, and to themselves, that these pieces
are the letters so fondly looked forward to,
1t seems 10 tickle those in front enormously.
"ro me, it is a little silent tragedy. For
somehow or other it let's you into the real
feelings of Bill, ALI and Bert, behind all
their breezy, clustering fun and their I'M
shskable determination to keep their pecker
up In spite of everything. There are little
scenes like this which make The Better
ole so-well, 'lovable' Is the word. One
sees in them some of the real man behind
the outwardly assumed good-natured banter
IL is infinitely pathetic. IL makes you hate
war more than ever that such fine men
should die; should be forced TO laugh in
order to 60 on living. But behind it all
there is a sickening OF the whole business
"Yet the audience only seem to see the
fun. There are still many people, appar-
emily, who imagine that out there il is one
long, uncomfortable, but intensely jolly,
picnic-a kind OF series of Bairnsfsther
drawings and Bairnsfsther humor-with
'Blighty' at the end Of II all and many long
entertaining hours in the back parlor Of the
local pub. before you settle down again to
the old pssoe."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
Mother, Command!

.DEEP in our hearts we hear our Coun'
- try's call
To rich and poor, where'er our lot Do
cast:
To every man and woman Of Us all
The great chance comes at last.
And eagerly we wait the rallying cry!
We would be up and striving for the
Right,
Our foe, that we have sworn shall surely
die,
Blood stained, malignant Might.
Speak then, great MOtherl Only tell Us
Each of thy children may best toll for
thee,
How soul and brain may serve, or thew
may bow,
To aid thine emperyl
To-day we deem each peaceful path We
tread,
Each unpolIuted stream, each uniform
tree,
Is hallowed by the blood of sacred dead
Who fell to hold them free.
And even for US, who cannot take the field
The dear land we would strive for N her
Should seem, at last, with deeper meanSS
sesi=J,
Our very own, indeed.
Mother, command US, then! We eaen
would bring
His utmost aid, as strength be more OF
less;
We crave to work as one in establishing
The realm of Righteousness.
And, dying, what happier knowledge eouio
we ask
Than this: whatever lowly way we tf0o'
Life gave US one supreme, ennobling tasS
For Home, for Right-for God!
-Habberton Lulham, in The Spsefoe0'
London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
German Opera Is Still Welcome
At the Metropolitan

concerting In their surroundings. Surely
this matter calls for only the briefest men,
ton"
"The Globe" added modicum OF dubie-
ty, asserting that:
"The real question involved in the giving
Of opera here in the enemy language Is not
one of art. II is question OF sentiment
When the casualty lists begin TO come In,
will the Americans in our opera audiences
find they can stomach the sight and sound OF
healthy, strapping German men pouring out
the enemy vocabes in well paid security
while our men are giving their lives on the
soil Of France? There is neither art nor
cold reason in that question. 1t Is just =
matter of your heart and your stomach"
QUITTING aside the German angle, THE
L Herald" rejoiced in the increased rep
resentation of American artists IN this
seasons programme at the Metropolitan,
adding that "the American influence seen
in it will make it particularly interesting
to the opera-going public"
And, finally, the petition for lower
prices. GeOISe CHllJellutH L uiuci, Ia -
letter to The Tribune, asked:
with the approach Of the season for
grand opera is it not pertinent to ask how
long is high class opera to be regarded pri-
marily as q diversion for the wealthy classes !!
Never will the American public accept grand
opera in the enthusiastic spirit with which
It has been greeted and supported in Europe
until 1t has been made to feel that opera Is
meant for all classes Of the people.
"In short, there should be underground
for the meeting Of all classes OF music low
ers through the establishment Of maximum
price Of So for orchestra seats and boxes
Such q departure, presenting the very best
opera, by virtue OF It's direct appeal TO q
larger patronage, would result In grand
opera becoming self-supporting without rsli-
ance upon one or two extravsgantly adver-
tsed stars to make up deficits on of nights
"The first step In the promotion of grand
opera appears 20 be to remove It from tho
category of the rich mans diversions and let
the people of moderate means in on the
ground floor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

"HamiIton," a play in four
acts, By Mary Hamlin and
George Arliss. Presented, aOith
Mr.. Arliss IN the title role, at
the Knickerbocker Theatre last
Monday. under the direction Of
KluW e Erlanger and George
c. Tyler.
II OUIS V. DEFOE, writing IN 1.-THE
World" pointed out that the selec-
- ton of Alexander Hamilton as the
prototype of stage hero placed the CO.
authors, to begin with, ION safe ground"
He noted that playwrights who have in the
past ventured to project such personages
as Washington, Lincoln or Grant as stage
figures have invariably met with disaster