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was the twenty-ffth anniversary OF
his death.
What the elder MacKaye's rating as
a playwright is I do not know. But
to be held as he Is with such affection
in the hearts OF his children Is prob
ably better than any fame can ever be.
Percy MacKaye considers himself a
true Yankee. His father was Scotch.
born in Buffalo, and his mother one
Of those fine New England women.
born at Newburyport, Mass
The Scots are a fearful race, as peo-
pie have SO much trouble making
out" their strange combination OF I'M
bending devotion to duty and their
great tenderness. These qualities are
plain to be seen in our poet and in all
he writes, and they are falsely attrib-
uted to his college, as IL human tenn
permanent could not survive Harvard
University.
Great-Grandfather Was 12O.
For the sake of the pure pleasure OF
1t one would willingly dwell upon the
early history Of Percy MacKaye's
father; OF his great-grandfa Their who
lived to be 120 years old; OF his grand
father who was once president OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
Steele Mackaye went to Paris when
he was 16. because the protege of
Delsarte and from then on devoted
himself to the stage. The pride he had
in his profession and the dignity he
gave to 1t are probably still traceable
on the American stage.
With his own play translated into
French and played here at the French
Theatre. Percy MacKaye enjoyed re-
! calling that his father had been In
vited to play Hamlet" in French at
theatre in Paris. He played in Eng
land with Marian Terry. Ellen's sister,
and while there met George Eliot
Wilkie Collins Charles Reade and most
of the literary and artistic men and
women OF the day. At some time or
other he studied painting and sculp-
ture at the BeauX Arts in Paris.
His granddaughter, Arvia, Is now
taking up that work for him. She
studies with Fraser in New York, and
her own father said that she was doing
rather well. She is 16 now. and as she
had poem in Hdrper's when she was
! - ~ 10 u iOile liiilO BIG DSeIl
private person.
The first time that Percy MacKaye's
small foot was set in a theatre was
when he was about 4 years old. It
was at the dress rehearsal OF his
fathers play "Hazel Kirke," at the old
Madison Square Theatre, and the chill
dren were all allowed to go. Not, OF
course. that the piece held any sur
prises for any of them. They had
heard It read by their father at home.
just as they were audience for all his
other plays. Whether they ever gave
any fierce criticisms. the poet didn't
say. Probably not, as they regarded 1t
as one of the great facts OF life that
ones father read his plays to the
family.
One time. MacKaye said, when he
was a child he had been comparing
notes with playmate and the other
boy was naming his days activities
when he arose. when he played. when
he got put TO bed. But the report was
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Republican Caucus
Names Bay State
Man VIII Ha S
Served Is Consec-
utive Terms as
Representa- tive
and Has Record
Of Unswerving
Loyalty
By ALBERT WHITING FOX.

FREDERICK HUNTINGTON
* GILLETT. Republican. of the
Second Massachusetts, district
and prospective recipient OF that su-
preme Legislative honor that goes with
the speakership Of the House Of Rep
resentatives, to which he was NOM
mated in a party caucus Thursday
night, is going to be big national
figure from now on. He is. going to
represent the Republican idea Of the
right man in the right place. He is going
to iepitomize the Republican slogan for
1920, straight 100 per cent American
ism, free from fads and crusades and
backed by patriotism, efficiency and
common sense"
This, at least. is the prediction made
among the Republican leaders of the
House, who are more willing to talk
about their prospective Speaker than
Is Mr.. Gillett himself. Mr.. Gillett is
not adverse to publicity and Is even
willing to talk about his own qualifica-
tons, but II he were as awkward and
reticent about other matters as he Is
installing about himself he would not
now be before the public.
Meeting Mr.. Gillett one finds a man
slender. of medium stature, with
closely cropped beard and clear blue
eyes. Always courteous and often
smiling. the personality and voice
blend to make up an impression dis
tinctiy pleasing. You feel he would be
interesting on any subject at any time
without sign Of self-consciousness.
Capable, trustworthy, impartial, Of
answering patriotism and sincerity of
purpose-that' s Mr.. Gillett's record.
Perhaps 1t Is the sincerity OF purpose.
backed by devotion to right as he sees
is that best epitomizes Mr.. Gillett's at
tributes. He has been elected to Con-
gress. thirteen consecutive times. and
the. last time the Democrats decided 1t
was not worth while to name any can
didate to oppose him. He has been in
the. House since March 4. 1892.
Prediction Is made that Gillett win
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to find leisure to write a memoir Of
my father and my brother. I have all
the material ready to be written"
Written expression of some sort is
in the blood Of the Mackayes. The son
Of this house, Robert. 10. and at Exc
ter, is on the editorial staff Of the
school paper.
And as last look at MacKaye's
personal situation consideration must
be given to his sister Hazel (named
for Hazel Kirke,' and now in the
Department of Pageantry OF the Y.
W. c. A. New York;; of his brother,
James MacKaye, professor. sociolo-
gist, chemist and author of the Econ
omy of Happiness" and recently
"Americanized Socialism" His brother
Benton Is in the Department Of Labor
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rope. settling for a while In Leipzig to
attend the university. But one would
really consider him a New Yorker Of
the world with Boston accent.
What led Mackaye to consider be-
coming a writer and seriously to go
about such a career was this: He had
an older brother. William Payson Mac
Kaye, who at the age of 16 went on
he stage. He was a hero and leader
or his younger brother. And when he
died at 20 years of age Percy, who
was then about IA. collected all his
papers and put them in order. Our
poet even learned typewriting so that
he could do this work. There is in
this collection some fragmentary writ
Ing and some verse Of a high order.
Some time" MacKaye said, II hope
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Argum ent
and Cutting Irony,
With Scrupulous
Fairness and Un-
failing Cou rte sy.
Make a .Parlia-
mentary Figure of
Note-Golf His
Favorite Sport

"Will he think It Is favorable TO MN
II the next House Is controlled by the
party. of Roosevelt and Wood ana
Gardiner, by the party OF La Guardia
and Heintz and Johnson. who left their
| seats here to try to put bullets into his
we'll protected sons?"
Responding to charges Of partisan
ships on the Republican side, Gfllett
said:
1T believe there never has been a
time when a strong minority. almost
equal In numbers to the majority. has
80 suppressed partisanship and crtti-
cism and so effaced It's organization in
whole hearted support Of its political
opponents"
Rare, classical bits OF irony and hui
NOR sparkle occasionally from Mr.. Gil
let's debate on the floor. Speaking
OH corrupt practices recently he said:
Everybody here-at least, most
everybody--is against the purchasing
Of votes"
Mr. Gillett made an excellent I'M
preston on his conferes in the House
on September 81 last with regard to
published reports that he had said
Champ Clark had voted against the
|
friends were incensed. Gillett should
say something to correct this impress
sion, they asserted. or if he does not
want to embarrass his party he should
at least tell the newspaper men to
correct 1t.
Don't worry" one OF Gillett's
friends said, "if any misstatement has
been made Gillett won't hesitate TO
| a. cd him NAV
golf He's a good loser"
"Mr. Speaker" Gillett said. rising
on this occasion. I'm some OF the
press reports Of some remarks which
l made last Saturday 1t was stated
that the Speaker, Mr.. Clark. had voted
against the declaration of war"
Here comes the apology. the news
paper men thought, and they could
themselves complete IT along the we'll
Continued on Ninth Pogo.
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not satisfactory to the young Mac
Kaye. He found one omission and con-
fronted the boy with:
But when does your father read his
plays to your"
Read his plays, what do you
mean?" the boy inquired in scorn.
And 1t took some time to establish
peace between them. as our poet in
sisted that all fathers read plays, and
his playmate stolidly maintained that
his own father was an exception.
Percy MacKaye was born on March
Is, 1875. in a house on West Tenth
street. New York city, but did not
live there long enough to remember
the neighborhood. He took his Bach
elor of Arts degree at Harvard in
1897. and afterward travelled in Eu-
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Our Language Our Traditions, Our Scenery, All Furnish
Rich Material for Artists, and No Imitation of European
Products Ever Can Be "Just as Good in His Estimation

came in. His long black overcoat
swirled from the gust of wind; he
wore a rather broad brimmed black
hat and carried a heavy portfolio.
And as he stood there in the shadows
of the staircase he looked like Robert
Louis Stevenson. He greeted his
daughter with quick smile, and she
became very shy after dropping the
hostess responsibility and so disap-
peared up stairs to some unfinished
fairy tale.
In the dim light coming in from the
street through the studio window, the
poet looked not more than rs. But
after he had lighted the lamp you
could see some gray in the front of
his hair. If you knew nothing about
him you would have great difficulty
, guessing his age, for there Is a Ste
vonsonian boyishiness about him. lie
is gentle and Immediately sympa-
thetic and his manner is so eager as
to be almost nervous.
He had Just come In from his play,
Washington" at the French Theatre.
And he was much pleased by the COM
ment of a distinguished person upon
the merits of that piece of work, be-
| cause this critic has known the the
atre for fifty years and the play
wright as long as he has lived. This
was his mother. of course.
AS some already know Mr.. MacKaye
thinks that all good things lie near
us; our language. our traditions, our
scenery and the hearts OF our people
furnish rich material for our own
poets. He spoke Of that among the
first things.
| Life in America" he said, SIS not
poor and drab; but rich and fine. and
1t is only waiting to be interpreted by
our artists and poets"
Ample Material at Hand.
! He does not speak in the futile sense
of American art coming into its own
There is no evidence of competition in
his insistence of the beauty of our
own country. But rather the effort OF
pointing out that our poets, artists
and dramatists have material at hand
to use, SO that they need no longer
build upon European patterns imita'
tions OF something just as good,
which deservedly go to their fina
resting places in the back yards of the
world.
I'm my work on the Washington
he said, IL discovered new things
Why, the Kentucky ballads themselve!
are full of folklore which would occupy
our poets for the next quarter Of 1
century"
He sat smoking many cigarettes
most of the time one hand clasping tn,
arm of the old Colonial chair. Undel
the lamp where We sat a bouquet o.
sweet peas was DULY reflected in tn,
mahogany table; some book shelves
and couch were in the light, but tn,
rest of the room was in dark shadow
1t gave one the feeling of home; fo
timeless lingering there. talking O
poetry and plays and the friends h,
liked best. He spoke OF his father
and to those VINO knew Steele Mac
Kaye our poets genius Is no secre
at all. Just the other day, Februar,
%, the MacKaye family had a celebra
ton in Steele MacISayes honor. /
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gramme which Mr.. Gillett wants to see
carried out, but the points mentioned
will be particularly emphasized. In
working for this or any other plan Mr.
Gillett will not resort to spectacular.
brass band means nor to uncalled for
abuse OF political opponents. He win
rely on facts and figures and the COM
mon sense of the American people. He
believes in scrupulous fairness and
courtesy. but at the same time he can
resort to cutting irony and incisive ar
a debater Mr.. Gillett. despite his mild
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all these various committees" Mr..
Gillett said, while his Republican con-
freres fldgeted nervously in their seats
at the unexpected trend Of the argu-
ment.
Although" added Mr.. Gillett. mildly
but very incisively. II anticipate that
in the next Congress. in revealing the
extravagances and failures of the
present Administration. We will need
them ALL"
There was a roar of laughter on the
floor and the natter was not pressed
further by the Democrats.
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Uncle Joe" Cannon, beloved Speaker for years.
c) b. s1aeNS & EWING

Although his speeches generally are
prepared very carefully and he avoids
taking part in discussion excepting
when he deems it necessary, Mr.. Gil
lett can mix matters with the best of
the extemporaneous speakers. Follow
ing the Presidents appeal for Demo-
cratic Congress, certain Democrats
sought to make 1t appear that the
Kaiser hoped for Republican victory.
This drew the Gillett fire.
do you not think that he (the
Kaiser) knows whom he has most to
fear?" he asked.
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sentatives.

manner. has already established a rep
utation which is appreciated. particu-
.arly on the Democratic side Of the
chamber.
A typical example Of Gillett in ac-
ton was seen recently in the course of
q debate over abolishing expenditure
committees. Representative Hamlin OF
Missouri was arguing that there were
too many of these committees. that
they duplicated work. that a number
Of them might be dispensed with.
Hamlin, arguing in an academic way,
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By CHLOE ARNOLD.

n EAR twilight of a rainy day in
I'M late February the two owls
on Washington Irving's house
gazed down on the low, red brick
studio where Percy MacKaye lives.
They were a trifie disconnected per-
haps in expressing either friendliness
or disdain. as they are only imitation
owls, at present serving as chimney
pots. Percy MacKaye must like these
owls and all associations Of this par
ticuiar neighborhood. For he has that
sense, so rare in Americans, Of know
Ing when he is treading where the
saints have trod."
He and his family are living for a
while In another poets house in Seven
teenth street And one fancies he
never walks in that neighborhcod
without feeling a thrill of pleasure
that so many eminent. responsible
figures in the arts and letters Of the
world have dwelt there.
Theodore Thomas's house, now let
for lodgings, Is near by; the place
where Irving wrote while visiting his
brother Is almost directly across the
street; 55 Irving place, now the
Spanish Club, where o. Henry once
lived and wrote, is Just around the
corner. Below, on Sixteenth street. a
tall, gray importing house rises on the
site of the old Westminster Hotel
where Dickens and Thackeray stayed
when in America All these things
and the Academy of Music, and the
fine, spirited statue of Edwin Booth
which presides over Irving place. are
vital and beautiful facts to Percy Mac
Kaye.
A few minutes before the appointed
hour for this meeting with MacKaye
and after insistent knockings. the door
opened a little and n small glowing
face appeared in the crack. This was
Miss Christy MacKaye. 10 years old
.he youngest of the poets children
She invited one in and as there was
10 other member Of the family al
lome she felt her duty as hostess and
arese to 1t.
Don't Climb Trees mt Cornish.
As a subject that would clinch inter.
est at once. she spoke OF how high the
first branches on the trees at Cornish
n. H., are. In fact II you had ex.
peetsd to go to Cornish to climb tree,
don't do 1t, as one has 10 put up Z
ladder to reach the first branches. Mos
high places, of course, are difficult L
set to. and these tree tops are admi
rable seats when one Is reading
Grimm's Fairy Tales"
Christy said she had had the sam,
copy of Grimm ever since she could re
member. The back. discolored by beinl
ledt In sun and rain. is still good. Blu
seme OF the words are worn or from
having had .:'sticky things on them.
THESE one memories and reads RICH
on. Grimm ran be reread. but as for {
new series Christy. had just read
never. Why, the most exciting
thing
The door opened and christy's fathel
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had all the best OF the discussion. On
general principles was 1t not best for
these various committees to be dis
solved into one? the Missouri member
asked. Gillett agreed. The facts ad-
vanced by Ham.in were. from the gen.
eral standpoint, difficult to answer.
Why then should the Republicans de-
cline to agree to abolition Of these
superfluous committees?
II am rather inclined to agree to the
gentleman's proposition that perhaps
one committee could take the place of
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aim at the accomplishment OF the fol
lowing programme:
First-Abolition of Executive
control Of Congress.
Second-Readjust Of bust
ness and labor conditions in pur-
suance of a back to earth" war
programme.
Third-Investigation Of the con-
duct Of the war to avoid repetition
OF costly blunders.
Fourth-Developme Of foreign
markets for American goods.
There are other features to the pro
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prayed for, sustaining the attach
ment.
Este1lo Cousin vs. Gaspard Gu
sachs. Judgment in favor of defend
ant for $313.S2, and recognition OF
his lein and privilege on schooner
Extra"
State VS.. Charlie Ankton ct ais.
The accused, Earl Lefrer and Elba
Mitchell, withdrew their plea of not
guilty and entered a plea of guilty
and the court imposed fine of $500
and costs of prosecution, or in de-
fault thirty days in parish Jail.
State VS.. Joe Mingo. Plead guilty
to carrying concealed weapon and
the court imposed fine of 500 and
costs of prosecution, or in default II
month in parish jail
State vs. Carl Lee Nichols. The
accused plead guilty to grand lar
ceny, the theft of Ford automobile,
valued at $500. The court sentenc-
ed him to state penitentiary for not
less than seven nor more than ten
years.
State vs. John Parker. Plead
guilty to larceny and the court SEN
fenced him to the state penitentiary
for not less than eighteen, months
nor more than two years.
State VS.. Willie Brown. Plead
guilty to larceny and court sentenced
him to the state penitentiary for not
lncc thon niOhfnnn months
than two years.
State VS.. Willie Miller Plead
guilty to petit larceny and the court
sentenced him to six months in the
parish Jail.
State vs. Arthur Henry. Plead
guilty to wholesale chicken stealing
larceny and court sentenced him
on two charges to not less than Is
months nor more than. two years
in the state penitentiary, one SEN
tence to begin as soon as the first
has expired.
Emile Huff VS.. Philomena Huff.
Judgment of absolute divorce in fav-
or Of plaintiff.
Thales N. Davis VS.. Pearl River
Veneer Co. Judgment dissolyfng
the writ of sequestration. Appeal
taken by plaintiff.
Lucius L. Saueier VS.. w. B. Lam
caster. Case tried and submitted.
German Green VS.. NJ. DabliZ. Plea
of prescription of one year heard and
evidence taken and plea referred to
the merits.
Special term of court will be held
on April 20 and 30.
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Fire control means greater prosperi-
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Covington, La, April 16, 1919.
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
ST. Tammany parish is to be con-
graduated upon the result of the
election for good roads. 1t seems
to be the order of the day to vote
tax for good roads in all parts Of
our glorious country.
| understand that the commission
selected are gentlemen of the high
est standing in the parish. | have
known Mr.. VIM. Oswald many years,
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and always found him to be thor
ough and conscientious gentleman
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connected with the great electrical
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Oswald was the first superintendent
of the Louisiana Electric Light &
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ton Exposition in New Orleans in
1884, and afterwards was superin-
tendent of the Edison Co., of New
Orleans. The parish is fortunate in
securing Mr.. Oswald as Good Roads
Commissioner.
Yours truly,
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of incubator connecting with damp
er which opens and closes as the
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the temperature automatically at 103
during the period of incubation
Fourth-To the egg chamber must
be admitted daily a certain amount
of fresh air under the eggs. Rea-
son: The eggs under the setting hen
are cooler at the bottom than next to
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receive equal warmth during incu-
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der the eggs keeps them in a natural
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