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OF Characterization that made you feel
the persons in the dramas were folks
and not dialogue. The main feature
that interested me in Sardou was to
see how he builds up situation-puts
the mortar and the bricks together.
To 1bsen turned to learn how to state
a problem in concrete form-to make
the bricks. For pure characterization
1 went to the Russians. though they
often had scarcely enough of story to
keep their characters alive. In that
way l came to know the essential trim
ity in playwriting."
Another Columbia professor who
gave Shipman big push toward his
goal was Clayton Hamilton. who was
trying evidently for Maecenas's record
In crowding young men into literature.
when ] was in Hamilton's class
Shipman said, "he was then teaching
only English literature, not having yet
started his annex to the drama. But
he had heard me make some criticisms
about plays and one day he said to
me: why don't you take up the the
atre? You show a decided talent
for IT,
"'Dr. Hamilton told him. you've
guessed it. That's what I'm trying
to do"
Soon after that the professor nearly
deprived the freshman OF the power OF
speech by inviting him to collaborate
on a play. The freshman managed to
loosen his tongue enough to accept.
and then suggested working on an
English version of 1.-THE Kreutzer So
nata." which he had been able to sit
through in a Yiddish theatre. Ship
man. who understands Yiddish but
can't read or write 1t, had the play
translated into English and contracted
for the American rights to It, and then
he and Hamilton began naturalizing
the play.
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to First Is Last tho new comedy
which Mr.. Harris has just bought and
which Shipman completed with Perci-
val Wilde in four days, which breaks
all records for mobilizing a play.
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At the Hippodrome.

Under the direction of r. H.
Burnside the Hippodrome For
eign Legion is preparing to cele-
brate the fourteenth anniversary
week of the big house, comrhenc-
ing tomorrow, and all the ar
lists, under the lead of Belle
Story, are powdering their noses
and arranging other new features
for their performances the general
spirit of which will be that every
one will act as though II years
old. 1t will take the form of q
huge welcome party to the re-
turned soldiers-two weeks after
the parade-but, as Bluch Lam
dolf explained, they couldn't
hurry up the birthday for that.
Still the Hippodrome forces
will have a victory parade of
their own, joined by other Or
CARNATIONS, which will emphasize
the fact that this house con-
tributed 1877 boys toward the
winning of the war. Exact fig
ures on the big walk will be fur
nished later by the statistical
bureau. This birthday celebra-
ton, the fourth which Charles
Dillingham; has held, will end
after a daily change of scene on
Sunday next, when every one will
throw the last remaining ounce
of energy into a gala festival.
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him and said believed / could work
enough money to go away where the
city wouldn't annoy me. He went to
a"wlndow looked out, thought min
ute, and then called to Sam Harris:
Sam, this mans got good story for
a play. Give him $500 advance
Later Conan & Harris decided they
couldn't use its, With Max MARGIN |
made the play into The Woman in
Room 49, The other night at the
Booth Theatre I saw Harris and said,
Sam owe you $780, He laughed"
In the immediate future his chief
ambition is to write problem plays,
since he considers the war has let
loose Pandoras box Of new prob
lens OF race and family which the
playwrights should get busy on at
once. After these have been settled
Shipman asplres to write his cosmol-
ogy, on which he hopes to rest his
chief claims as a thinker-and that
surely Is no low brow desire. His
mind has been set. on this purpose
through comprehensive studies in phi
losophy. for he knows Kant by his
first name and speaks of being crazy
about Haeckel' ir1>the same way that
a matinee girl talks about William
Courtenay.
In the meantime, and in order to
reassure those who may think Ship
man intends to disappear as soon as
he can find a bank that will hold all
the receipts from his current plays. it
Is announced that three of his works
are being projected for the future.
They are two woman" plays-"A
Woman's Guarantee" which A. H.
Woods has in contemplation for Sep
TENDER. and up to the Woman" on
which Miss Lippman collaborated. and
which is expected to be protege of
William Harris. Jr. This is in addition
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inefficient assistant, with the drama
on his mind.
These jobs gave him enough money
to see every play, foreign and Amer
lean, he possibly could, and even TO
haunt the Chinese and Yiddish the
aires for the sake Of the explosive
pantomime for sale there. Before
entering college he knew German
literature as thoroughly as any close
cropped PROFESSIONAL person. with spec
tacles and whiskers, who dispenses
kultur with his epiglottis.
Altogether by the time he was
reaching the end of his teens Ship
man felt he had almost enough learn
ing under his hat to trade for a B. A.
degree. Nevertheless he decided to
enter Columbia and try his wits on
the higher education, having heard
much Of it and having a passion for
first hand impressions. To pass the
entrance examinations he had to study
Latin, and he picked up a speak,
ing acquaintance with It in a year.
In fact he achieved a grade of IS per
cent. on Horace and then astonished
the examining professor by telling him
ne mad Just translated the Roman
poets intricate stanzas at sight.
After matriculating at 20 he took
the regular academic course, including
history, philosophy. biology, literature,
Latin. French and German-which
was not then considered the language
OF nightmare. 1t was a member of
the German department, Prof. Addison
Hervey, who was one Of the first men
OF any note to encourage Shipman in
his designs on the drama.
II specialized" said Shipman, ain
Leasing. the German philosopher who
had a great weakness for the theatre.
In addition u read Freytags Tech
nique des Dramas Goethe, Schiller
and the rest Of the company. 1 was
and still ana careful student of the
Scandinavian writer's. though I never
cared much for the French school, be-
cause it seemed to me to lack a sense
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Naturally, after that had TO make
good for his sake as well as my own"
During the four years after his grad
uation Shipman pursued at Columbia
what might be called a loafing schol-
arship. Without trying for Masters
degrce-he didn't want to be harnessed
to theme or a set course Of work
he browsed about in the library and
dropped into classes whenever he felt
he was open to n little knowledge,
thus drawing up his own curriculum.
In order to do this he had to have
money, SO he turned out n solo piece,
"A Woman of To-day" which was
produced in 1909 with Bertha Kalich
manipulating the emotions. But this
fell very short of making him a mia
lionaire over the week end, and the
young dramatist had to turn to some-
thing else to keep the bill collector
from the door.
Il could have had q newspaper Job a
number of times" he said, "but felt
that a man would be wrong IL he tried
to get wise to everything in life
through journalism with the aim OF
turning 1t all into dramatic manu-
S~aAPe ht hiS opaic ~
of law or medical school doesn't say
to himself, Now I'll work in an office
at something else all day and then in
the evenings I'll be a doctor Cor a
lawyer).'
mo. in order to get ahead as a
dramatist you've got to cut loose from
everything but writing and take
chance that you'll still be on top of the
sod when the first royalties come in.
You've got to say to yourself. Some
day I'll write a good play and that will
pay for my breakfast
so took to writing one act plays
for vaudeville, for the double reason
that I had some interest in keeping
alive and also because found I'd been
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Eventually Blanche Walsh heard
that Columbia had done something
good for the theatre. She took the
play with her to fill in time on the
road. After reading the first act she
wired to her managers, wagenhals &
Kemper, to take a first mortgage on
the play. As result Miss Walsh APP
peared in their version of Jacob Cor
don's drama when 1t opened at the
old Manhattan Theatre in 1904, and
Shipman, seeing his first play pro-
duced while he was still a sophomore
decided there was something to the
higher education after all. The play
Is still Gathering along in stock.
1t gave Shipman enough money for
the rest Of his course, so that he could
cease earning his way by endeavor-
ing to cram knowledge into resistant
juvenile skulls. In 1907, the year he
received his commission as a Bach
elor OF Arts, Broadway saw his first
original achievement. THE SPELL" but
It failed to cast that effect on Man
haitian.
When II was given a try out in
Boston," explained shipman, "the re-
viewers there praised It highly, and
some OF them even hailed me as "a
boy genius which killed me with the
New York critics. Most OF them
seemed to feel I thought myself quite
a discovery, for they did their best
to take the starch out Of me. When
the play was brought to the Park The
atre with Ida Conquest they all landed
on 1t except one newspaper writer,
who said I would be heard from yet.
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Vaudeville and Burlesque.

PALACE-Bernard Granville
will follow his fine record in the
army into vaudeville. Not even
the war could stop him from bill
ing himself as "the twentieth
century comedian" Mime. Mar
guerite Sylvia, who got her train
ing for vaudeville with the Chi
cago Opera Association and the
Opera Comique. will present new
and exclusive songs, having de-
cided not to stake everything on
classical selections. Maud LAM
bert will sing. accompanied by
Ernest Ball, who is considered
by the Palace historian to be a
positive conclusion at the piano.
RIVERSIDE-You guessed il.
With Jack Norworth, Stone and
Kaliz, Whiting and Burt. Frank
lyn Ardell and Leo Donnelly,
nothing can keep this house from
presenting another all star bill.
AMERIcAN-Catching the in
lection. this theatre will have an
all star programme, with the
Ziegler Sisters. who have mod
elled their dance act after Web
ster's definition of grace. Ubert
Carlton, the Black Cob of talent;
Jim Brown and Belle Jackson
working up speed "at the Train
ing Quarters" and Dorothy
Hayes and company doing the
impossible with q comedy solu-
ton of why Men Work"
COLUMBIA--The all star cpl
dermic will spread to this house
when the Sporting Widows Com
pany brings on q new two act
burlesque. "All In Fun" for
which even the title was spe-
cially designed. Harry Cooper
will have all the scenery and
electric lights ne needs.
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growled: What do you want?' told
him I'd come to sell Mr.. Conan a play,
and instead Of fainting he went inside.
In a minute 1 was taken in before
Mr.. Cohan, whom I'd never met be-
fore. I just told him l thought had
a good idea for a play. outlined it for
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
CONTEST CLOSES 18TH
Five Dollars to Boy or Girl
Writing Best Letter on
Calumet Powder. -

But three more days remain in which
to receive answers in the Calumet
Baking powder contest conducted by
the Capital News. This contest is open
to students of the public schools up to
and including the eighth grade. The
prize is S. in gold for the best letter
Of so words or less telling why mother
likes Calument baking powder best. All
letters must be in by Z o'clock on the
evening of April IS.
Already good many answers have
been received and many more should
come in during the next three days as
there are thousands of users of palu-
ment baking powder In this territory
and boys and girls should be able to
get some excellent reasons from their
mothers as to why they like that brand
best. Get the idea, write a short. snap
Ply letter and there is a possibility of
increasing your pocket money with
give dollars in gold.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
SEIZE $3.50 QUARTS BOOZE:
BIG ROUNDUP SCHEDULED

Seattle. Wash, April 15.-Arrests
are expected hourly that will reveal the
workings of an elaborate Bookkeeping
syndicate. following the seizure of
$3.50 quarts of bonded whisky in an
old barn near the abandoned Meadows
race tracks by Sheriff Stringer ana
deputies.
The liquor is valued at more than
$4,000 and was contained in sealed
metal containers holding 80 bottles
each. packed in sawdust. The brand
was "Old Kentucky Boone-seven
years old"
I'VE have been working for three
months to find the base of supply of
q group of bootleggers," explained
Sheriff Stringer today. Finally we
succeeded in following an automobile
to the cache at the Meadowt. At least
four automobiles were kept busy by
the syndicate peddling the liquor at
fancy prices. Sacks, containing -
quart bottles, We're put up there
awaiting callers, who would, in turn,
distribute the liquor"
Stringer thinks the booze came to
Seattle in carload lots from the east.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
Not a Bite Of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says q glass Of hot water and
phosphate prevents Illness
and keeps W fit.

Just as coal, when it burns, leaves
behind certain amount of incom-
bustibe material in the form of ashes,
so the food and drink taken day after
Gay leaves in the alimentary canal a
certain amount of indigestible ma
terial, which if not completely elimin-
hted from the system each day, be-
comes food for the millions of bacteria
which infest the bowels. From this
mass of leftover waste, toxins and
ptomain-like poisons are formed and
sucked into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feel
ing right must begin to take inside
baths. Before eating breakfast each
morning drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in 1t to wash out of
the thirty feet of bowels the previous
days accumulation of poisons and
toxins and to keep the entire alimen-
tary canal clean, pure and fresh.
Those who are subject to sick head
ache, colds, billiousness, constipation,
others who wake up with bad taste,
foul breath, bachache. rheumatic stiff
ness, or have sour, gassy stomach
after meals, are urged to get a quarter
pound of limestone phosphate from
the drug store, and begin practicing
internal sanitation. This will cost
very little, but is sufficient to make
anyone an enthusiast on the subject.
Remember inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing, be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb
Impurities into the blood, causing poor
health, while the bowel pores do.
just as soap and hot water cleanses.
sweetens and freshens the skin, SO hot
water and limestone phosphate act
on the stomach. liver. kidneys and
bowels ADV.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
PIN N EY,

Through young women, Bess Gear
hart Morrison, who is to give one Of
her famous programs at the Pinney
this evening, has lived more than
is ever given millions of us to live.
She has known and remembers vivid
ly the intimacies of want, longing the
spirit of childhood, love, disappoint-
ment, betrayal, misery. mortgages,
pestilence, prison chains and tolls, war,
utter loneliness, tumultuous ovations,
work undone, marked achievements,
great occasions, high honors and praise
by speech and print, medals, the hap
piness and gratitude of the multitude;
and in all these things she has gained
courage, sympathy and wisdom. She
understands. She is a state of mind.
An answer to doubt, fear and pessi-
mism; guide facing toward hope,
confidence and achievement She is
neither too good. nor bad; she is sane
ly human; she neutralizes puny, petty
thinking and encourages the growth
of the human graces, because she has
not forgotten these determining expert
ences.
The Boise lecture course committee
has arranged for the coming of Bess
Gearhart Morrison and those holding
season tickets will be admitted without
further cost.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
PLAN RESUMPTION SHIP
BUILDING ON THE COAST

Washington, April Is. Omitted Press)
Negotiations are under way be-
tween the Los Angeles Shipbuilding
company and the Skinner and Eddy
company. Seattle, and the shipping
board for the reinstating of contracts
for ship construction. Revision of the
shipbuilding program had caused the
cancellation Of big contracts in each
of the west coast yards.
Officials here said the new contracts
II they were let, would specify ships
Of a larger type-probably $4,000 tons
than were provided in the original
contracts. Although no final action
has been taken in either case, officials
declared the new contracts would in
clude a construction cost of below
$3.50 a ton"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
NO PEACE PACT WITHOUT
LEAGUE, TAFT DECLARES

1ndianola, H., April 15.-There can
be no peace treaty without acceptance
Of the league of nations by the world
William Howard Taft told members of
the Methodist church here last night.
THE peace treaty means nothing if
we cannot enforce it," said the former
president. Conditions in Europe are
such that we must have union Of ma
TONS
Taft said the covenant was not per-
feet and that perhaps it would not
work as expected every time, but aboli-
ton of one-half of the wars is worth
the effort and adoption of the league of
nations.
Excessive armament of nations
must be abolished If we are to have
continued peace" Taft added The
league of nations makes this its first
step. Another great step toward peace
in the covenant is the clause that
makes secret diplomacy a thing of the
past. Treaties must be made public"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
"A GOOD OLD-FASHlONED
PHYSIC."

Foley Cathartic Tablets, a whole
some. physic, thoroughly cleanse the
bowels, sweeten the stomach. tone
up the liver. For indigestion, bilious
ness, bad breath, bloating, gas. or con-
stipation, no remedy is more highly
recommended. VIM. o. Z. Bielke, Han
cock. Mich, writes: 81 have given
Foley Cathartic Tablets thorough
trial and l can honestly recommend
them as q mild but sure laxative.
They work without gripping" Give
stout persons a free, light feeling
Drug Store.-Adv.
T. TIL. s.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
ALL IS GOING WELL,
SAYS LLOYD GEORGE
ON ARRIVAL ENGLAND
Premier to Lay Case of British
Peace Delegation Before
Commons Wednesday; Some
Papers See Cabinet Crisis.


London, April Is. Omitted Press)-
Premier Lloyd George, who arrived
from Paris last night, was expected to
lay the case of the British peace dele
cation before the conservative house Of
commons tomorrow.
The premier, on his arrival, gave
out brief statement in which he said,
that "all is going WE'LL
The unionist majority in commons
recently directed memorandum to
the premier, demanding that Germany
be made to pay the full cost of the war
and virtually asking why Lloyd
George was evading his pre- election
pledges. His speech will be reply to
this memorandum.
Some newspapers protested to sec
4 cabinet crisis resulting from the
present situation.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
LABOR WITHHoLos APPROVAL

Spokane, Wash, April 15.-The Cen
trail Labor council last night refused
to indorse the move here to organize
a soldiers and sailors council
The investigating committee ap-
pointed week ago declared it has
looked the proposition over from all
angles, had found members of the
present organization of Spokane SOL
diers is composed of 60 to s. per cent
union men and that the Endorsement
of the new council would only tend to
bring more dissension among the
ranks of Spokane labor.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
SCOTTISH MASONs
CONVENE, "WEDNESDAY
Will Confer Degrees From the
Fourth to the 32nd on Class
of More Than 100-Sessions
to Be Held at Mosque.

The Scottish Rite bodies Of Free
Masonry will convene wednesday
morning at 1890 for session of four
days. Degrees from the fourth to the
S2nd viii be conferred on class OF
more than 100 candidates. The ses-
sions will be held in FL Korah mosque
at Twelfth and Idaho streets. Great
preparations have been made for this
session, as the class to. be given the
degrees is the largest in the history OF
the former IS reunions.
On the opening day degrees from
the '4th to the 14th will be given; on
Thursday from the 18th to 18th; Fri
day from the 10Th to the 30th and on
Saturday, the closing day of the cere !:
monial, the 31st and 32nd
Luncheon will be served at the
mosque daily during the ceremony
Easter Sunday at s o'clock the OBJ
ligatory ceremony of relighting the
lights and partaking Of breakfast by
the brethren of the 18th degree, ac-
companied by their ladies', will be a
feature
Visiting members and their ladies'
will be entertained Sunday and Mon.
day with automobile drives about
Boise and the surrounding country,
and on Monday will enjoy MONDAY
luncheon at the Country club.
Monday night the Shrine will hold
sway in the mosque, giving their fa-
nous degree to all physically fit for
the ordeal. Arrangements have been
made for the flrst-aid treatment and
al, q
the journey across the hot and Bills
terinC sands
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
BANDITS GRAB $4,000 FROM
CALIFORNIA BANK EMPLOYE

San Francisco, April 1.-two ban
dts held up the messenger of the Bank
Of California today and robbed him OF
$4,000 in currency. They first struck
the messenger over the head with the
butt of q revolver.
The bandits backed the messenger,
who was a new employe, into a door
way while pedestrians looked on. The
robbery occurred when the messenger
was en- route to the sub-treasury.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
UP To UNCLE SAM
Former Gilmore, Idaho, Miner
Asks Borah's Aid for Justice;
Badly Crippled in War.

Capital News Special Service)
Washington, April 15.-James Paris,
IA former miner Of Gilmore, Idaho, is
one of Uncle Sans heroes who does
not feel that the government has been
quite fair to all those who went abroad
to help make the world safe for democ-
racy. Paris, who is a native of Swift
zerland, went to war for the United
States from Lemhi county, Idaho and
got to France early. He was in the
front lines in the first drive and lost
his right arm and his right leg. After
a while he was sent home and has
been at the Walter Reed hospital, this
city, for some time. Recently he was
discharged from the hospital without
any very liberal arrangements for his
future which he feels is seriously
Handicapped by the absence Of an arm
and leg. He has appealed to Sem
ator Rorah who is making an effort TO
obtain the proper compensation for
the injured man and some employment
that he can be expected to fill.
IDAHO PENSIONS
Pensions have been granted in Idaho
as follows: Mrs. Mary Ella Hunt, tbs
Ash street Boise, $25 Hiram L. Ed
wards, Copeland, S45: Laura S. Tyler,
st. Anthony, $25.
IDAHO POSTMASTERS
Fourth class postmasters newly APP
pointed in Idaho are: Cheney w.
Thurston, Forest, Lewis county: Jack
son Lewis, Marble Creek, Shoshone
county; Clara Achford. Masonic, Sho-
shone county; Frank G. Pickford, WI
mona, Idaho county.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-15
HELD ON HOMICIDE CHARGE

st. Louis, Mo-, April 15.-Ursula
Broderick, 13-year-old slayer of Jo-
seph Woodlock, her stepfather, was or
dered held for the grand jury on no.
mocide charge by a coroner's jury to-
day.
The girls mother was ordered held
as an accessory.
Csula, who two years ago murdered
her own father, pleaded self defense.
She claimed her stepfather attempted
to attack her.