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But, you see, ma I'm sclle"

but, you see, ma m selle''-
"Nanettc," she supplied
Mann scle Nanctte, it's like this: IL
don't know anything about love- In fact
I'm an awful grecnhorn on such matters"
he grinncd nfectiously.
Lean closer, mon ami. ! shall tell to you
secret have ncvairc possess a lover.
Ect ccs to weep! All, how jealous of zose
ozzer girls-zey who have receive lcttaires
from re front and send re packages Of
sweets and cigarettes. Also / have long to
know one Yank---one sees zcm all about
Paris She sighed, very deep sigh for
such tiny girl.
Afraid of us?'
She tossed her head. "Mais non-not of
re beegnesr, non. But one fears re bad
opinion See? VOLTA. Feet ees of what you
tink Eat We fear
"Oh. You're afraid we may not think
you're nice; that you're a LADY," he laughed
uproariously. What a rare one she was.
with her serousnessl
"Oul You see, m'sieur, am a mdinette.
| mus be careful
His face blanched of its brick red and he
wet his lips. You're a wh--what? ?" ne
stammered, frank eyes mirroring unbelief
and horror.
She burst into peal upon peal of Auty
laughter.
IN sleur, he misunderstan. He means, am
une grisette, uno eocotte I"
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Shafts of glad sunlight glanced sideways
through the ovcrhangng, interlacing
branches, shifted over the throng with
heeting, warm carcssca. dancing golden
traccrics upon the grcensward. Above, The
placid sapphire of the sky was irritated with
fluffy foamy white clouds, which teasod a
bit and then frolicked onward, ever seeking
new pastures for their caprlces. Up the
chestnnts, mounting spiraliy. swired gor-
geous scarlet woodpeckers. sparklcd in green
and orange. And, interspersing the strips
of woodland, cleaned sheets of ripping
water, surging founts. sunken pools, tiny
witching lakes of THE whole guarded by
wonderful blue and gold and white peace.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

"Well, amt they the same % he demanded
sheepishly. "They sound alike"
"Mais non. Une mdnette, she is a work
ing girl Me, have make ze beeg shells
for to keel zose boches. Parbleu.--what
man. You are of droliness.' She raised
two very saucy brown eyes to his. "Eet ees
to lament Eat m'seur, ne hav' no boss!
None to teach heem Pauvrc garcon."
cav, g'wan! You-you wouldn't want to
adopt me, would you, now" he begged
eagerly, all the big earnestncss of him
touching her heart
joyous little thrills chased themselves
all through her slim young body "How-
ever does one do eet? Me, | am one green
horn!' she cried, delighted at her ar
nexation of a perfectly nice new word
Raising her portculis of chaste aoofness
she calmly took him into the heart of her
Jaw, guess ! just nominate you my
guardian"
AN you, m msicur-you shall be mon cher
tillcul. Bien, oui. Ah." she made pathetic
little moue; 'vous venez justc temps. jus
at re right time you have come, mon ami,
to save me from desolaton terrible."
AT that moment the American band rang
forth in the stirring strains of the "Mar-
seillaise." The hushed crowd surged to it's
feet as mighty movement towering au-
tomaton, bulwark of strength that is up
held by buwark whose force had been
proven in bringing peace to the world
Jinks glanced about And once again pom
dered. Then his rowing eyes came home to
roost, as mems eyes have a way Of doing.
and rested upon the girl who had lust
adopted him. Gone was her coquetry, her
playful provocativeness; like slim bolt
of white hot lightning she stood, tiny bit
of crucble steel-France's finest and stanch
est weapons were often found in the small-
est packages--a Whitley, quietly blazing fire
of purpose. And that little set smile. as in
scrutable to his eyes chat of La Gio-
conda. but tirmer, more positive.
The Pride of France we call Get. 20
smile, mon filleul," she answered the oues-
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H.

Always, Nanette?" he whispered plead
ingly, in a voice that was strangely choked
and queerly husky. God but weren't they
worth fighting for these women, Who smiled
to cover bleeding heart He experienced
some difficulty in disciplining an unruly and
brand new lump which seemed to have taken
possession of his throat. always, girl ?n
'Jusqu'au bout she replied softly.
ITO the end. OF what, The wars
over. To the end of what, Nanette, my
sweet -
The funny. deep. choky note in his voice
touched her, and her warm. little finrers
curled around his as she murmured drcsm.
lily:
"Jusqu'au bout. To &c end--of &c world.
cher"
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benches and over multitude Of knees and
sprawled beside her, explaining volubly and
with typical enthusiasm the technique of the
most wonderful (adjectives, adjectivcs, ct
cetera, ct cetera ad intinitum) game in the
world: baseball. However, his iargon puz-
zled her. Sacrifice hits" "bases on balls"
"thrce-basc hits" "double plays" "on the
slab" "stolen bases" and other similar terms
meant absolutely nothing in hcr young life.
understand now?' he asked breathless-
ly, having ended his monologuc.
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lnsularlty Of it all . such lot of
water in the wine. And this is, as we
know, nothing but their il-luck, for We
choose the wrong people to meet them
or rather we allow the cliques to
choose.
Gush and flop may please Russian and
German talent it offends the Italian
spirit to the quick. Superiority, +.
drawing superiority especially, the
grin also otfends it. Intelectualism makes
it feel unhappy and i'll at ease; and snob-
berry but this last blow completes
the hash we make In greeting our guest
and the spirit he had brought with him
returns on the wing to the South, while
Signor , the celebrated Italian actor,
and patches, rather portly Harle-
quin maybe . but not the spirit of
the Italian theatre.
If we would only let him be aware of
our Humanity if we would come
off the roof things would all be
so different. Why. should we fear to
why?
VI
The spirit of the Italian theatre is
thing created as spontaneously to-day as it
was in 1900 or in 1900.
Every night in every Italian theatre this
spirit is evoked it fills the place
for while, battling description. 1t is an
event of the first magnitude.
Only for a couple of hours, and then in
three minutes it dissolves scatters
E. where is it? Evidently alive still,
for tomorrow it again becomes evident
An Italian theatre is one of the living
rooms Of the Italians house room
they love to so into every day not
a best parlor," no tided drawing
room their smokeroom rather, where
they can relax and say what they like and
buoA.. no1te The place of ease a
real place.
Intelligent of them to prevent the place
of pretending from becoming unreal
VII
The spectators go to the theatre in even
ing dress or in whatever dress they feel
fits their mood. For this reason every one
arrives at the theatre in the right mood
his mood: he does not go to
the theatre to act, but to see acting No
one has to switch off his reality and put
on mask except the actors.
Does not this in itself seem remarkable
to some of us English that people
should prepare to live and let live, to enjoy
and let others enjoy, . we who find
on arriving in theatre far too many folk
curious about their neghbors . con-
scious of themselves glared at by
a select front of the pit dis
dainfu of that front row and the crowd
behind it eager for notice
yet offended when noticed signal
ling with affected gestures to dear Mabel"
or dear old Tom," fussing
huttering decked out, dishcd up
and damnable.
In Italy no in front of the house is
selfconscious, no one nervous. Hence no
nervousness is transmitted to the actors
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They poster every one until he or she, in
sheer self-protection, has to admit that the
foreign goods perfectly wonderful"
"the only way to act" "thc loveiest in
ventions"; and, by the way, is it not some
times something English which has come
back home to them by foreign route?
Their point is gained . to be able to
be peculiar; to know strange foreign things
dramas dances {. drugs to
be held expert By the ignorant This,
remember, all the time at the expense of
the English people!
The Italian theatre is unique Unlike
the German theatre and the Russian thea
tire, II you transplant it it cannot thrive
nowadays. The eager enthusiasm shown by
US but lately toward the German companies
previous to the war the hectic de-
lirium expressed by a certain portion of
London society for Russian ballet dancers
was not much an expression of
fondness for Russian or German work as
ignorance, detestaton of, or snobbish in
difference to, English endeavor. For doubt
less there existed at that time the makings
of English ballet, not merely as good
as that which was shipped over from Pet
rograd, but better. Surely there was some
artist able to have created something as
good as "The Miracle" among us in 19l1-'12
But the law of the ciques and parties
was considered final in those days. What
exactly was as good or better than these
we shall never know cxcept for
the critics, few of us stopped to find out
Lest might avail ourselves of an Eng
lsh work of art, the foreign goods were
shipped into London in all haste and we,
the public, made to pay through the nose
for them in the market . . Covent
Garden Market.
The exact cost of "Thc Miracle"
theatrical show given at Olympia lasting
eight weeks amounted, l under
stand, to about 170,000. What the Russian
ballet cost you will no doubt admit is
incalculable. 1t should therefore be good
news to the real Englishman to hear that
the Italian theatre is not importable. This
fact, let US hope, will assist in allowing
our own artists to show England exactly
what they can do when given as
much support as was rendered to Germans
and Russians.
have touched these home matters
not only because the subject seems to es-
cape most other writer's year in and year
out, but because it is fit prelude to what
have to say about the theatre of the land
in which a guest . that of
Italy. And if | reveal but small knowledge
of my subject, will you attribute it to any
thing rather than lack of admiration and
remember that the italian theatre has been
dealt with by Signor D'Ancona, Comm.
Corrado Ricci, Signor Scherllo and many
other scholars. can but put down note
or two things I have observed
when as passive spectator l visited the
Italian playhouses.
At home ones real home
one is SO sure of ones family that ono
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Jinks sighed; twas hard to credit ones
senses.
To-day, ces Get not of beauty, mon
Sammee?' she murmured his thoughts in a
voice like little gold bells all softly Ginning.
Her black lashes dropped upon her pink
flooded checks. "To-day lie bon Dicu has
made Get for-for love. Nest ce pas ?"
The red flush began at his chin and chased
Itself right up to the roots of his hair. He
laughed deprecatingly, nervous hands fun
bling with his peaked service cap.
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~ and found himself staring at
the most deectable bit of dain
'iness he had witnessed since leaving Goods
country on his very particular and individ
uaiistic mission of canning the Kaiser. ghe
pastimc Of using his eyes to such tremen.
o'asiy good advantage proved so satisfac-
''Fy that he just quite forgot to look awav
after decently short inspection, as anv
young and unchaperoncd male should in
Turin land.
Amt it plumb doggone shame?" he
sf'nhed In sympathy, his frank blue ewes
."'nkng, his blond hair all ruffied by the
"'eeze. He couda made second If his foot
hadn't slipped
Inc tiny vision deigncd to notice his lowly
existence. turning upon him two very large.
s''oen-heckcd brown eyes, dcliciously cntic-
'"s ana yet indchnaby portcuisng. An
'''S'aht OF startled embarrassment, an awed
~1'Ssy, "'stful softening, and he was re-
"eroeo with smjlc almost Of reverence.
!" Sieur, ne did arrive at &c deuxieme-
~" you sayy~~ah, basel He did. see
aes"' she walled, her English quantity
~sSh'ea- Her red lips poutcd adorabIy--
'' oi course, she didn't know that! "Eet
sss so---to cuss, M'seur lc sammec!
! can talk ze Yankce-talk. oui? l
oesucoup, upon ze streets Of Paris
eut zat--how do you call heem 7--
..mp'rs' ne ces un diabIe, Mon Dieu He
- ser-ray bad-n'cst &c pszy"
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f.. = "eR your boots" agreed Jinks heart
10. s"sH sprsed red beneath his tan and
-, hasSny' u mean: oul, oui. You Just
-. s. ,as word and m 20 right out there and
b. ~ Z. want know what that was; but, may
fss..s s's umpire man needed II in his pro-
e.gn, ~ssa. 70 shed better let him keep It.
k,,. .a,s non, mon gIadisteur.o she forbade
s'a's' wasting ons little thumb Upward
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Javanese Marionette, from the Col
lection Of the Gordon Craig Studio,
Florence, Italy.
By Gordon Craig

knows one can say anything there. One can
speak severely about ones own theatre and
no one with sense Will mind bur 10
find single fault in the theatre of ones
hosts is not only out of the question. but
tor me not possible | do not see any
faults. So now to pull aside the curtain
and reveal few of its perfections
It's first is. as | said just now. that it
cannot be imported. You may invite Sal
vini over or Nine. Duse, but that is not
importing the Italian theatre
When you can import the Adratic and
Arennines to England you will be able to
import the Italian theatre, too and
not before: for the Italian theatre
is the italian people
The Italian drama and Italian acting in
Italy are very fine growth indeed
Transplant shoots of it to England and
wrong Impressions arc created
You so to see some Italian actors in
London and wonder why it is all rather
exaggerated You think it is very "Italian"
it is not that is merely little
nervousness on their part Their nerves
get on edge the moment they arrive at
Dover They have an awful feeling
that they have como to the wrong place.
In their hearts they arc devotedly yours.
but what they ind hard to swallow is the
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

((N H-OH-HELL."
Jinks turned involuntarily
~ and found himself staring at
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rW = HETHER or no there be an
AA art of the theatre
whether it be fine art
H.. Al. IL
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
HEADQUARTERS FOR LOAN
DRIVE

FAlRMoNT, April 7.-IEditor The
West yirginian. Nov that an or.
ganization is being perfected to place
Marion county's quota of the Victory
Liberty Loan. wish to take advan-
tage OF your paper to place before the
people suggestion for headquarters
for Marion countys organization.
Owing to the fact that no other &C.
commodations were available. recent
campaign headquarters have been in
The Fairmont hotel building, and il
was very kind of the hotel company
10 donate the use of these rooms with
out cost. However, these rooms are
little out of the way aud are not
very we'll adapted for use as headquar.
tiers. 1t would seem that the head
quarters Of the Liberty Loan organi-
cation should be in a central location
accessible to all. AS there is no avail
able building on the Main street. why
not erect temporary structure on the
court house lawn 10 house the libertF
Loan headquarters. II is true that it
may injure little grass, but what is
that compared with the importance o.
Marion county doing its full share To
help our government place the Vic.
tory Liberty loan. As the time for the
opening of the campaign is so near,
the structure should be of such cha".
acter that it could be put up immcdi.
ately, and The entrance to the same
could he placed near the sidewalk 50
as to do the least damage to the lawn.
believe the County court will be
willing TO cooperate with the Liber-
Nv Loan committee in every way pos.
sble, if this matter is presented to it,
Yours very truly.
A LIBERTY LOAN WORKER.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08
MISMAMACED.

W1ASHINGToN dispatches say another element of
wv doubt has been thrown upon the plans of the Indus
trial board OF the Department Of Commerce by an an
nouncement that the Department Of Justice is proceeding
with extensive inquiry into the efforts Of the board
FIX standard prices for basic commodities.
This is fine time question OF the legality Of
the Industrial boards efforts If the Sherman law and the
other along that general line be trained upon the
Industrial boards efforts 10 control the reconstruction
period this country the effort might just well be aban
eoned The only possible outcome Of such performance
would be series Of intermnablc law suits
If there the slightest suspicion that the Department
Of Justice would interfere with the plans of the Industrial
board that should have been taken into consideration al the
beginning instead Of at this stage Of the effort In other
words before the undertaking which has far been with
results launched the attitude Of the law officers Of
the government should have been ascertaned Most peo-
pie who realized that the Industrial board was headmg
what the late President Roosevelt called twilight
zone assumed that there was an understanding Of some
kind about the matter.
Now however it seems as if Secretary Red6cd simply
adopted theory for the control Of industry and trade
during the present year and off the assumption that
it all right because it sensible and Thing that
needed That rule applies all right in private business
but it seldom applies in public affairs,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08
RUFF STUFF

Guy Brothers were here last night
Wonder what has become of the
Moss family?
Very coarse work that case OF the
trunk OF booze that was pinched at the
Kenyon last night.
After a guy has run that much likker
across the state line he ought to be
able to hang on to it,
And when it starts TO coming in in
such consignments maybe the price to
the consuner will come down.
Il is still too high and the snake
season viii ope1 up strong in few
We have In our midst today, If the
seheduies are kept, a bunch OF Bando
officials.
And tomorrow we will all know
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08

The West virglnan this evening prints letter 10 the
editor in which the suggestion is made that headquar-
tiers for the coming Victory Liberty loan drive be erected
on the Court house lawn. We heartily approve that
idea. light building suitable for this purpose could
be thrown UP there at sma1 cost and without doing any
serious damage the lawn and it would give the cam
psigu workers vantage point from which to work.
The Charleston Red Cross maintains such structure
the lawn of the federal building that city and
at Clarksburg the Y. NJ C. A. has temporary quarters
at the Court house. When the importance of putting
this loan taken into consideration it is not too
much TO say that we ought to follow suit
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08

what the latest bunk to keep from
carrying out promises is.
oh. well, there is something gained
for both sides when it is so well
known that the promises made by this
railroad are made TO be broken.
But before they get through with
the present incident the officials arc
going TO find. out that sometimes a
promise has to be lived up to.
And that will do them lot of good,
Judging by the reports that are COM
ing from the training camps in the
south the Peace confcrees will have to
do little work if they want to keep,
in the limelight much longer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08
MEW MAVAL PRoBLEM.

DR AL, SINS s. who so%%sedsd the American
his return 80 the United States yesterday that it was The
convoy system which Oycrcame the German submarine
ace and made it possible 10 win the war. That agrees
with lay opinion upon the subject and ii calls attention
anew to the fact that in pefecng submarines naval
gnees have greatly increased The cost Of maintaining
power
built for comparatively small cost and manned with small
forces make necessary for rival powers to more Than
double their effective sea strength if they give their
commerce Adequate protection.
Naval experts must either work out some new plan for
combating these Sinking craft or their will have to be
limited by agreement On the present basis the cost of
maintaining navies would soon become ruinous Perhaps
both methods will have to be applied,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08
Still Taking Evidence
in Damage Case

The case of the Fairmont Stosie
company VS.. the Monongahcla Rail.
road company will not be finished to-
day, according TO report. Evidence on
the defendants side is being contin-
ued. This case is test case and the
manner in which it is decided will ma.
terislly effect number OF other dam.
age cases against the same railroad
If decided against in this court it will!
very likely be taken to high court"
said Judge Haymondo before the trial
began.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08

1t announced Toronto yesterday that the pco-
pie of Ontario to be given opportunity to
upon proposal TO repeal the temperance The
course this election will be watched with much in
in this country where Of the still have
an idea that the United States will itself
day on the liquor question. Instances OF local option
switching have been plenty but it is the opin-
ion OF most that it would be impossible get a
state so back to booze it has got rid OF it. Ii
Ontario actually docs that it will encourage the
in this country continue hope that they Will
come into their own.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08

Decisive eame-Thc decisive game
between the basketball fives represent
ing Miller school and the East SIDE
will be played at the Miller school
gymnasium next Monday afternoon at
AIS O'Clock. This game viii conclude
the season for these teams and grea.
deal OF interest is being taken in the
coming contest.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08
Had a Feast at
DR.. Traeh,s EXPENSE

DR.. Trach lost some butter aud eggs
last evening from his residence on
Reeves avenue, presumably stolen by
tramps. Out near the round house he
low Hickman's Run scene of festiy.
tiles was discovered--with pals and
various cooking equipment tossed on
the ground. The butter eggs and 9th
or refrigerator supplies all kept on
the back porch have not heen returned
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08

1t is admitted at the War department that large
numbers of drafted will be kept in the army for
the full allowed by law which is -four months after
the peace treaty is signed because the response
call for volunteers has been Disappointing This one
OF the matters that will have have the early attention
of congress. If are have army of a half mil
lion recruited the volunteer plan there will
have to be legislation to make army life attractive
than it has been before.
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TUESDAY EVENING, April S. 1919.

believe in The United States of America as a govern
nIeut Of The people, by The people for the people, phosc
lust poPers derived from The consent of The governed
"a democracy republic. sovereign Nation of many
sovereign Stacs; perfect Union. one and inscpGa6lc,
slabshed upon those PRINCIPLES of freedom, equality jus
cH Ines and fortunes. therefore believe il my dutu
70 my country TO love it, 10 support lis Constitution; 10
obsy laps 10 rcspcct lis flag; and 10 defend il against
all enemies
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08

The travelling salesman who travels by arplane has
arrived. If the who flew from Syracuse, New York
to Detroit and announced that he is going to make"
his territory that way actually lives up his state
ments. That sort of travelling ought prove popular
in West Virginia, where the lay of the land and the
train schedules be in conspiracy make get
ting from point TO the other difficult time con-
suming.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-08
What People Say
and someSide Remarks!

Nathan Currey. who lives just over
in Taylor county, this side OF MCGEE,
was the fourth largest depositor in tha
Grafton bank that was wrecked He
didn't receive the news of the drop.
ping of proceedings against Charles Il.
Durbin very enthusiastically but is
still hopeful. He said yesterday:
Il had $1,000 on deposit and the
interest is now 5000 more"