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Natter" he said. "You look fast. Take
off those earrings"
| didn't like his tone | didn't like his
manner. l felt little streak of red in my
cheeks. 1t was painted by the new and
unsuspected flame of rebellion in my
breast.
"They are not fast. Everybody is wear
ing them," held my ground.
They will challenge the attention of
every one who sees you" he said. Take
them off,
To my surprise l heard my own voice
answer 81 won't"
He sat down at his desk and dipped a
pen into the ink. Then / won't go to the
dinner" he said, and began to write.
| looked at the clock. l looked at him.
Calmly he went on writing. l fidgetted. |
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tried to reopen the subject. He shook his
head and wrote
Did | say that l ever held my ground
with him? | did, but surely felt it Slip
ping from beneath me. To prevent that
calamity | ran to the telephone | called
up my hostess. | said, 81 am so sorry. We
have been unavoidably detained. We NAV
run in for a while after dinner. Please
excuse me-"
My husband was silent. He went on
writing. | felt the fame of insubordina-
tiOn dying down. Before it fickered out
it unleashed my tongue. l dared to tell
him his conduct "had reached the limit of
absurdity." He smiled and went on writ
ing.
For two hours we argued. That is, | did.
He wrote. l wept. The flame of rebellion
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By Jobyna Rowland.
I'm an interview).

1lPlING wrote OF ambition, "He
travels the fastest who travels
alone" Kipling is entirely right
An actress with husband is handicapped
have tried it.
For twenty years have been ambitious.
Ny ambition had a definite aim. / wanted
to become so good an actress that Mr..
Belasco would think me worthy to join his
forces. 1t was only last week that the
wizard sent for me-
Why has my progress been so slow on
the road of attainment? Because 1 was
married That was married to a celeb
rity increased the deterrent. That loved
him with whole-hearted devotion still fur
ther enhanced the obstacles on my road
to success.
For thirteen years l was the wife of
novelist. watched with loving interest
the growth of his career. That his fame
waxed as mine waned did not greatly dis
turb me for a long time. l accepted the
view of the Toronto University and Oxford
College man that the state of the wife is
that of happy martyr. l did not cavil
at the implication that the life of a wife
Is a sacrificial one.
The matrimonial lid was on. If beneath
it my individuality broke into bubbles and
steam of self-assertion occasionally, the
event was regarded as a domestic scene
or little feminine storm. 1t left my lord
in his usual equable temper, smoking his
inevitable pipe.
When | married had been a model for
some of Charles Dana Gibson's sketches
of New York society types. l had played
with Marie Dressler and had been for
season James K. Hackett's leading woman.
You will grant that / had made an upward
start.
had not grasped the potent fact that
matrimony is a lid covering talent and ex-
tingUishing individuality until one day my
husband said, in an admiring tone:
"You are one of the lOveliest women
alive, my dear. If you had brains"-
caller raped upon the door of our
tiny studio, up three flights, on lower Fifth
avenue. The sentence, so far as my hus-
band was concerned, remained unfinished
He never completed il. But il seemed a
death knell to my hopes Of ever doing any
thing for myself. 1t hurt but / comforted
myself with the thought that he loved me.
WHAT Olu DIdluS uldLtCI IL ne luOuBuI LllO
loVable?
It might have been well to reopen the
discussion. Perhaps / might have induced
him TO modify the statement that / had no
brains. But / did not. / accepted his
judgment. In my state Of total annihila-
tion / said one day, when he asked me a
question concerning a Southern State
through which my company had travelled
81 don't know as much as you think do"
l referred to the habit of players to con-
cern themselves chiefly with hotel accom-
modations and the train schedule of a
town. A very bad habit Of the profession!
But my spouse regarded that as a confes-
sion of mental deficiency and abject in
feriority. The lid was already on the
coffin Of my hope of achievement, but that
was the set Of nails driven into it. He
lived up to that admission and lived down
to ii.
My gifted husband constituted himself
the critic on the hearth. That is very well.
If it doesn't go too far. Kindly and con-
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fickered and went out took on the ear
rings. We dined at a dairy in the neigh
torhood and reached our destination in
time for coffee.
The spark that had thought wholly ex-
tinguished famed up for a little time on
another occasion. had been to a studio
tea. A man whom met there had placed
me in a taxi, said he was sorry he was
taking a train and could not escort me
home. He paid the driver and went his
way. When reached home told the in
cidents Of the afternoon and referred to
the courtesy. Ensued a storm.
"You should not accept such courtesy
from a stranger" said my husband.
"He wasn't a stranger. He was one Of
the guests and was presented by friend
of ours, the hostess"
"That makes no difference" he said.
Keep out of taxicabs."
But he wasn't in the cab. was alone
in it."
with or without him, stay out of cabs"
was his command.
He had an Irritating habit Of repeating
funny stories and making me the butt Of
them. Persons whom l had just met and
who listened to the stories looked at me
as though they thought I was an imbecile.
One of his best stories which made me
seem fool was about a table d'hote waiter.
According to the story, Mr.. Stringer had
given his order. The service was slow.
Waiter" he called, where is my lamb?"
According to the narrator | answered,
"Here l am, dear" The twentieth time
that story was told at my expense / con-
fess | felt murderOus The matrimonial
lid was slightly displaced.
Another irritant in our household was
the fact that for many years my husband
was always at home. Being engaged in
literary pursuits for many years he did his
writing at home.
That meant that | had a constant critic
on the hearth. If the telephone rang he
asked, "Who is there?" If tradesman de-
livered the wrong order, a butcher sent
chop instead Of a roast or the green
grocer cabbage instead of caulihower, he
assisted in the debate that followed. !
felt quite competent to hold up my end Of
the commercial argument, but evidently
he did not think l was. The trying on Of
a gown or hat called for his opinions,
though I did not.
l used to envy the woman whose hus-
band was a business man and stayed down
tour there was a self consciousness, as
though l had found a stranger in the
house. Months of absence meant readjust-
ments. They were not always amicable
nor agreeable. My experiences recalled
what the late John Mason always insisted
upon, that the stage made mere Summer
spouses of couples, that absence prevented
true and lasting union.
l have always been keenly sensitive.
Arthur Stringer, who has severe sense
of humOr, ridiculed my acting. That drove
me into myself. Condemnation crushed
me. His jokes at the expense of the char
acters l played. and the way played them,
would have killed my art had there not
been something vital and enduring in it.
So nearly was my ego extinguished that
l do not recall having any definite ideas
about anything for thirteen years. What
thought about art politics, religion, was
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late at dinner Vainly | reminded him
that decency and good form required that
we arrive at least one minute before the
time. He was always late. His dilatOri-
ness caused me to blush for him a thou
sand times, not to mention the blaze of
indignation in his hostess's eyes
/ climbed the stairs to his studio. He
opened the door and stared at me.
Whats this?" he demanded
81 am sorry if have interrupted you at
your work, darling" | faltered. "Have
you forgotten that we were to dine with
the Blanks and that was to call for you?"
Never mind that" he said. why have
you gotten yourself up this way?"
What way, my love?" / peered into a
little mirror. 81 see nothing wrong. What
is the matter?"
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structive criticisms help
to make a career. But
the up and down declara-
tion, "My love, you have
no talent; you will never
do anything worth while
on the stage" had a note
of finality in it.
Mr.. Stringer did not
forbid my being on the
stage. 1 emerged from
my discouragement and
seclusion now and then
and played for a few
weeks or months, only
long enough to get some
new clothes. Then l re-
sumed my place at the
hearthstone, reading my
husbands manuscripts
and timidly telling him
what l thought of them.
He never sent a story to
a publisher without my
judgment upon it. Fol-
lowing this example of
candor, believing it a con-
jugal duty, l told him
when / thought his fiction
efforts were below par.
He submitted to my judg-
ment, although often with
a frown.
Time passed and l be-
came less and less a hu-
man entity. Depression
spoke in my voice. 1t
showed in my walk; it
was reflected even in my
thoughts. For years l
looked down upon one of
The greatest figures of the
American stage because
Mr.. Stringer said he
talked through his nose.
Once in a while, a very
great while, a faint spark
Of will within me started
into feeble fame. On one
such occasion l had
bought a pair of earrings.
The eardrops were fash
iOnable. l had bought
them at a bargain and
was proud Of it.
We had been invited to
a dinner. / was to stop
at the studio on Twenty
third street and we were
to go on together. AS
usual, ! made an early
start, for one of the
thOrns in my meek flesh
was that he was always
late at a dinner Vainly
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
ViscOualt Astor Gives
Property Here to Sons
Transfer Believed To Be Move
10 Avoid Inheritance Tax
on Reur,est
on Beuuest

Deeds of trust which were filed at the
Registers Office yesterday for William
Waldorf Astor convey all his rsal estate
in this city and elsewhere to the Farm
ers' Loan and Trust Company, as trus-
tee for his sons, Waldorf Astor and
Captain John Jacob Astor of the Kings
lst Lie Guards. The Astor holdings in
this city recently were assessed at $780,
600
Similar deeds of trust for certain par
cells have been filed previously by
Vlscount Astor. beginning with 1911. 1t
was thought that his purpose was to
avoid the inheritance tax which the
property would have to pay if it passed
by Inheritance or bequest.
Among the more valuable of Viscount
Astor's properties now transferred are
the Hotel Astor, assessed at $4,O5O 900;
the Astor Theatre, assessed at 81 .OO2.-
GOO; the Astor Apartments on the west
side of Broadway, between Seventy
ttth and Seventy y-siXth streets, as
sessed at S1,525, 900; the west side Of
Madison Avenue, between Thirty-fifth
and Thlrty-slXth streets, assessed at
more than 81 100000 and the Eighth
Avenue block fronts on the east side.
between Fortyfourth and Forty-sixth
streets, with large holdings on the
street fronts
Waldorf Astor visited America a few
years ago to look after the family
real estate interests Mr.. Astor has
since been a member of the British
Parliament and has taken an active
part in political activities.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Jas. l.. Mckeever Dead;
Came of Old u. S. Family
Retired Banker Was Son of
Famous Commodore of
= War of 1912

James Lawrence McKeever, a retired
banker. of 164 Lexington Avenue, died
Thursday night at his country home at
Southampton, L. !. Mr.. McKeever was
member of one of the Oldest families
in this country, and his ancestors had
fought In the Revolutionary War and
the Civil War. One member of the
family died in service in France.
Mr.. McKeever was born in Baltimore,
eighty-seven years ago. His father
was Commodore Isaac McKeever, who
was famous for his exploits in the War
of 1912.
j. Lawrence McKeever was educated
in private schools and was graduated
from Princeton University. He entered
the banking business and spent several
years in Brazil.
Mr.. McKeevcr married Miss Mary
Augusta Townsend of this city and
they had four children. Mr.. Nc
~Keever belonged to the Union Club,
the Sons of the American Revolution,
the Princeton Club, the Chamber of
Commerce. the Navy Order OF the
United States, the Order of the Span
ish-American War, the Meadow Club,
Of Southampton, the Downtown Asso-
citation and the American Geographical
Society.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
By Rex Beach

Katharine Newlin Burt has written
one of the strongest and best told
stories / have read in her first novel,
"The Branding Iron" (Houghton-
Mifiin). 1t is more than the promise
Iof new writer; it is a clear-cut per-
have her gift of telling a story in q
series Of graphic pictures, and her de-
scriptions seldom clog the action. In
movie terms "The Branding Iron" is
picture stuff, and all the more interest
ing to me on that account. 1t Will un-
doubtedly make a great photodrama.
For two hundred pages the scenes in
which Joan Lands deveops into
rare woman are laid in the west of
Wyoming wildernesses. q understand
that Mrs. Burt lives out there and
writes Of what she knows. She sum-
mons up memorable pictures of that
country and gives the environment an
active part in the story. If she does
not succeed quite so we'll in trans
ferring her scenes to the Eass it is be-
cause she is then completely involved
in her characters and their conflict.
And she has early prepared us to be-
lieve that Joan will have no regret in
going back to the West from which she
came. Perhaps it is easier for some Of
US to believe this than for others
Joan Lands is splendid concep-
ton, delightfully."- characterized. By
her simplicity and thorough going hon
esty one is reminded of "The Girl of
the Marshcroft" in one Of Selma Lager
lofs unforgettable' stories. There is
also the same frankness in dealing with
situations that men are inclined to at
tack as raw meat. 1t IS not un,nten-
tionally that we draw the comparison
between the two writer's. If Mrs. Burt
continues as she has begun she will
establish an envabe reputation for
herself as a writer ! notice that the
publisher has already stated that with
this novel she takes her place as one
of the leading fiction writer's of the
present generation." The story itself
challenges attention; the scenes of the
branding and the atoncment etch them
selves sharply on the memory. And
the happy ending is the legitimate one,
forged in the flames Of a great love.
H. G. Wells might call it story of
jealousy and passionate friends. To
Galsworthy it might be a story of dark
flowers. Certain French writers might
see in it the story of an overcivilized
man who wanted to marry his mistress.
But 1.-THE Branding Iron" is none Of
these, although intrigue plays its in
sidous part in the lives of all the
principal characters.
The story takes it's key from those
early scenes where the "sin-buster" or
devil-twsting parson Holliwell visits
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
British Railroad Strike
Delayed Temporaril,
Engineers and Firemen to Wait
Until Monday for Govern
ment 10 Offer Plan

LONDON, Aug. 15.-The threatened
strike of locomotive engineers and
firemen which would have disorganized
the railway system of the whole coun-
try has been averted for the week
end. The executive committee of the
engineers and firemen to-day received
from Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister
OF Reconstruction, communication
regrctting it was impossible to ar
range a meeting to-day to consider
the wage question. Sir Auckland prom
ised to communicate to the men Mon
day new offer which the govern
ment is preparing.
The demand made by locomotive en-
gineers and fircmen upon Sir Auck-
land that their wage dispute be set
tied at once is the result of long
standing disagreement
The resumption of work by the
striking miners in the Yorkshire dis
trict is still hanging fire, the West
Yorkshire section refusing to fall into
line and haggling over minor claims.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Red Murder i'm Stockholm
Admitted by Monarchists
lnstigafor of Massacres Said
to Have Been Slain to
Arouse EurOpe

STOCKHOLM, Aug. 15.-Hadji Lashet
and several other Russians accused of
the murder of Nikolai ArdasieT, a
prominent member of the Russian
colony in Stockholm, and of another
Russian named Calve, have made
written confession, according to the
police. In it, the police say, the ac-
cused describe the origin of the mill
tary organization for the restoration of
the Imperial family. The confession, it
j. declared, adds that the murders were
committed in the name of this organi-
zation, with the object of calling the
attention of Europe to the Bolshevik
terror.
Hadji Lashet, the police say, declares
that Ardasjef was a Bolshevik COM
missary in Feodorov and one of the
most energetic instigators of massacres
Of Russian army officers. Calve was a
former sailor who had deserted the
Russian fleet. The confession concludes
with this statement:
Owe kept the oath and now arc pre-
pared to go to Gogotha in the name of
the Car. his murdered family and our
beloved cOuntrV" "
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
4Anti-Bolshevik and
Estho1lian Forces
Drive Oh Petrograd
Reds Forced Back in Fin
lan&and Troitsk Regions;
New Government Is Re.
ported in Western Russia

LONDON, Aug. 15.-An advance on
Petrograd by anti-Bolshevik forces
which, it is hoped, will be decisive,
is announced in messages received
here from Helsngfors by way Of Co.
penhagen. The attacking forces are
commanded by General Judenitch,
whose Russian volunteer troops will
be supported by Esthonians.
government for northwest Rus
sla, including Esthonia, is being
formed at Reval, according to dis
SO far as the formation has proceeded,
is composed of Premier Lianozow,
Minister of War Suvorow, Minister of
Food Maximow and NJ Alexandrow az
Minister of Home Affairs and Commu-
nications.
Bolshevik forces along the south
coast of the Gulf of Finland in the
neighborhood of Narva have suffered
reverse in fighting against Esthonian
and artiBolshevik troops, according
to a Bolshevik wireless dispatch, which
admits the Soviet army has been driven
back to the Luga River.
Bolsheviki Are Retreating
Further Bolshcvik retirements are
announced in soviet government
wireless dispatch, dated August IA, re-
ceved here.
In the direction Of Borisoff, the mes
sage said, the Bolshevik troops retired
to new positions, and after three days.
fighting they abandoned Rovno; Sarny,
fifty miles north of Rovno, and the
town of Mirgurod.
In the Troitsk region, where the
forces of Admiral Kolchak have been
retiring, the Bolshevik report said the
soviet forces had advanced fifty-six
miles.
The abandonment of Sarny and
Rovno shows d steady retirement Of
Bolshevik forces in Volhynia, where,
on August 13, the anti Bolshevik forces
had reached Lutsk and Dubno, about
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
EDWARD v. GILMORE

$ Edward " Gilmore, Alderman from
the Yorkville district, died in Bellevue
Hospital yesterday. He had been suf-
fering for eight weeks with heart
disease.
Mr.. Gilmore was born in the York
Vile district about thirty-six years
ago. He was educated at the St. Igna-
thus School and the st. Xavier High
School. For several years before en-
tering politics he worked as a sales
man. Eight years ago Mr.. Gilmore
was elected to the Board of Aldermen
He served three terms.
Funeral services will be held at 10
O'Clock Monday morning in the Church
OF Our Lady of Good Counsel. Inter-
ment will be made in Calvary Gene
terry.
City Clerk P. J. Scully, in announc-
ing the death of Alderman Gilmore
yesterday, stated that members of the
Board of Aldermen would meet Mon
day, at a. M, at the Thannawaga
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Great Britain to Lend
$lO,O 600, 900 to Persia

LONDON, Aug 15.-Ofticial an
nouncement was made to-day that the
Persian and British governments have
concluded an agreement by which Great
Britain will be enabled to provide
Persia with expert assistance and ad
vice toward the rebuilding of the Per
sian state.
The negotiations have been in prog
ress for nine months.
The first article of the agreement
pledges Great Britain to respect abso-
lutely the territorial integrity and in
dependence of Persia.
Persia, by the terms of the agree
mcnt will establish uniformed force
IN which will be incorporated the
various existing armed bodies. under
the instruction 'of British officers.
Great Britain will advance Persia
$10,00O,O00 to enable it to initiate con-
tcmplated reforms with the help of a
British financial adviser. Persian Gus
toms receipts will be security for the
loan.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
3, 600, 600 Lbs of TINT
Stored at Raritan, N. ].

Three million pounds of TINT are
stored III the United States army ar
senal at Raritan, N. j.. according to
information received by Mayor Hylan.
The Mayor sent a letter yesterday to
Thomas J. brennan, Fire. Commits
sioner, telling what he had heard and
asking an investigation.
Deputy Chief William P. Begin, in
charge of the Staten Island division
OF the Fire Department, was immedi-
ately ordered to Raritan to investi
gate.
IF explosives in such enormous
quantities are stored in the arsenal
they constitute a grave menace to New
York City" said Commissioner Dren-
nan. Much depends, of course. on
the manner in which thew are stored
IF Chief Begin reports that the
situation is serious we shall imme-
diately take it up with the Federal
moved"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-16
Views and Reviews Of Recent Boo
THE Branding Iron" :"
Rex Beach Finds New Novel. By
Katharine Newlin Burt Is Thrilling

| the Two Bar Ranch and interests Joan
in things Of the minG. Her magma
tion is caught by the life that is lived
in books, and life that Pierre Lands
cannot share. He captured her body
and won her love in elemental fashion
and remained elemental. Joan grew
away from him. "Pierre had laid his
hand on her heart and she had fol-
lowed him; now this young parson
it followed him" In less than fifty
pages we come to the night when
Pierre comes home looking in at the
window with the face of stranger.
He lifted his brand and set it against
the bare flesh of her shoulder for the
books that she had read because
jealousy and unreason had gone to his
head 1t was a primitive example of
censorship. But it was more than that;
it was the brand of possession. Pierre
thought he was taking steps to pre-
serve his property, his woman. He was
shot by a strange man who left him
one hand of Pierre twitching a little
suggested that chapter in Joan's life
was not ended.
the progress of her education, the
change TO bitterness and disilluslon-
ment, we leave the reader to judge.
She had thought Pierre dead She
encounteres the subtleties of the civil
lized man. She rcgalns her health and
loses her peace of mind She becomes
the vrago of q cowpunching outfit and
encounters a Jew of greater subtlety
still, who makes her the famous actress
of famous play. 1t might seem that
the story degenerates into novel of
passion and sex. This is not so, al
though we have an opportunity to OBJ
serve how civilized husband in the
struggle for possession of his wife may
brand her in the brain and on the
soul with nothing SO obvious as 4
two-bar brand.
They are convincing characters these
of Mrs. Burt's book. They are indi-
viCually and distinctly good. Their
motives are the we'll springs of their
actions, and there is not one with
whom we fail to have moments Of
sympathy. 1t is, indeed, remarkable
that the novelist succeeds in bringing
Pierre Lands back to life and our
friendly interest to dominate the final
scenes. Joan the woman acknowledged
the brand. She gave way and clung
to Pierre, sobbng.
after while Pierre looked up IT
Prosper Gael. All the patience and
the hunger and the beauty of his love
possessed his face. Stranger. he said
IN the grave anG gentle Western
speech, I'll have to ask you to leave
ME with my wife,"