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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-07-28
To love her was a duty!

A flush suffused her cheek of tan,
Her eyes were cast down shyly,
Then said: Though a city man,
l do esteem you highly!"
"I'm glad you like me, SIR" she said
And smiled-oh wondrous dimple!
Il wonder If you'd deign to wed
With me, who am so simple!"
"Oh. lovely maid" said, you see
She saw that | was harried.
you need not answer that" said she,
"For I'm already married.
But am glad you fell for this,
Though now you'd better wake up,
For I'm a movie country miss
I'm trying out my make-up!"
Chicago News.
Evening star., 1922-11-26
A SUCCESSFUL STRATAGEM


EAVING through the tan
AN/ gle Of motors on 5th ave-
v nue., Jack Milford and his
former college chum, now
his guest, Bert Bedford Of Ca!ifor.
mia, passed a smart open car in which
an unusually attractive young wo.
man sat. apparently oblivious of the
crush.
by George" Bedford exclaimed,
"Why the thrill?" Milford asked,
THAT queen-see her?
Milford's glance was directed by
Bedford's. "Ah! Miss Gyles! Your
enthusiasm is natural. So say we all
of US. But there is no hope for you
there, Bert. You have too much
money"
Isn't that an unconventional no
ton? thought money
"Oh, money does, usually. But this
is an exception that proves the rule.
She's the daughter of Sylvester Gyles
Speaking figuratively, Gyles could
give aims to Croesus-if Croesus
were here. And Gyles might look
favorably upon you. for he has tried
to marry that beauty to more than
one young man whose income tax In
Itself bulks like a fortune"
you contradict yourself"
"Oh, no! That's only part of the
story. Miss Gyles-I have it from
her girl intimates-is a law unto her
self. She declares she never will
marry a man with money, on the
theory that her own pecuniary pros
poets woAld be the real attraction"
Rather a novel situation" re-
marked Bedford. but she is rarer
than any money she can command"
And the subject was changed.
1t was about six months later that
Sylvester Gyles, who financially was
all that Milford had intimated. and
Mrs. Gyles. whose social status thus
was definite. were discussing a prob
lem. Usually Gyles settled problems
without reference to his wife.
You are certain. then" said Gyles,
that Marion is really in love with
John"
Gill. <Ah0 "udl SuAIA "c w.
John was their chief chauffeur.
They employed four.
Break it up, Of course" was Gyles'
reply.
But there was further discussion.
I'VE shouldn't be too hasty," said Mrs.
Gyles. land thus cause talk. Some
quiet way must be found
I'll find a way" was Gyies' re-
sponse. He was a man who found
ways for everything. His perspec-
tives were habitually perfect. His
financial coups were scientific. And
II aspiration was lacking he resorted
to common sense. But this matter
was quite removed from Gyles' busi-
ness genius.
At one of his clubs a few evenings
later Gyles met a friend. a famous
psychoanalyst. He talked on love
and it's influence upon the young.
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How may love-a youthful fancy.
rather-be attacked, defeated?" he
asked. II mean the phase of it that,
If unhindered. leads to mismating?"
eve know nothing about mis-
mating. Gyles. until after the fact.
Theories don't count" said the scien-
titic friend. And trying to defeat
love is a perilous thing in most
cases. 1t doesn't work. 1t brings
auto-suggestion that arms the sub
ject and defends. Moreover. it in
spires resentment against the med
dler. And 1t fans the passion"
So Gyles, who always placed
another tack. He decided that di-
plomacy-or craft-was due.
Marion, who had been piled with
questions by her mother, had an
swered few of them. And she had
assumed that she was mistress of
her future. She was of age. Her
father had founght shy of her. He
had his iron in the fire.
John, the chauffeur. was invited to
dine with the family one evening.
Marion simply raised her eyebrows
when informed.
The news spread through the sub
terranean part of the household with
natural reactions. John. the chaffeur.
was not popular below stairs. And
the butler disliked him: he was so
different from other chaffeurs. The
chef. an inflamed-face person of
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seen her look SO handsome, and sh.'
was as unruffied as she would hav.
been at family tea. She was a
young woman of poise.
Throughout the dinner John dis
closed no note of unfamiliarity vita
such a function. And he was an eT
tertaining talker. When Gyles Or
Mrs. Gyles lacked a subject. John
supplied one easily and GRACEFUL
and with no air of pretension. H.
discussed music, art. the drama and
literature with an experts knowledge
and a students modesty, and Gyles
and Mrs. Gyles were plainly amaze
Marion played up to John perfectly.
and was in a heaven of appreciation,
Diplomacy. strategy and kindro"
devices that aim at success are ~
legitimate in love as in war. t.
wise have said so. and peceden'
furnish proof.
Gyles and Mrs. Gyles were fresh
astonished when. over the coff,..
John proposed for the hand of Mari"
He laid all his cards on the tahi
Even Marion for momcnt-but 8
a moment only--was bewildered.
$50 you are Mr. Bert Bedford. l.
young California millionaire" Gyi
exclaimed. ..Ciever-very clever
I must say. You must have hear
about Marion's antipathy to mon.
before you began your masqueral'
Il heard something like that. q,
Young man replied with an app-a Iir
look at Marion who smiled.
Evening star., 1922-11-26

the busted baron himself. The per-
sonalities became confused in my
mind. In his they were not confused,
because they were parallel. He could
step back and forth across a fine line
between Katchaloff and the baron be-
cause he was both.
How do you succeed l asked, in
giving your audience the impression
that they are not seeing a play, but
are the spectators of a drama in real
life? I am asking this question not
because it is a fiattering way of OPEN
ing a theatrical interview, but be-
cause want to know. What is your
secret?"
eff we give that impression" said
Katchaloff, "it is not by chance. We
must be not only in our parts, as the
theatrical phrase goes; we must have
entered so completely into the role
that we actually are the parts We
play. 1t comes, of course, only after
constant repetition. You will notice
we play our chosen plays over and
over again, never more than four or
five in a season, and rarely new one.
We are still playing dramas that we
have beentgiving constantly for many
years. And the longer we play them,
the more real they become to us, the
more we forget ourselves in our roles.
I'm our company we play what we
do because we love these dramas. We
have not always played before ap-
preciative audiences, but it has not
made the same difference to US that
it might have made If we had been
playing merely for the audience. A
painter does not express himself on
canvas for the admiration of the
salon.. but to put into the picture
what he thinks ought to be there and
to express what he wants to say.
That is our way OF actinEs's
Evening star., 1922-11-26
THAT OUEEN-SEE HERR"

great culinary skill. hated John be-
| cause John was handsome. Jealousy
; came out in all the other hirelings
,, like a rash. Even the maids turned
up their pretty noses, perhaps be-
cause John never had responded to
overtures.
II think it will work beautifully"
said Gyles to Mrs. Gyles.
ut was one of your inspira-
tions," replied Mrs. Gyles. Marion
is SO fastidious. The slightest
gaucherie will disgust her. A girl
cannot measure man simply by
riding behind him in a motor
Tie dinner was as elaborate as
would have been provided for a
paraphernalia. equipment and ac-
cessories might have puzzled many
an expert of social usage in the
realization.
John had not been required to drive
any of the family motors that Gay.
1t may have been that Gyles had a
theory that idle waiting might make
the young man nervous.
X * :: 4
THE chauffeur appeared for dinner
i dressed more correctly than
Gyles was dressed. Perfectly at
ease, he chated with his employers
in the drawing room before service
was announced. Marion did not ap-
pear until they went in. but she was
worth waiting for. John never had
Evening star., 1922-11-26

when do you feel you have ceased
to be yourself and are the role you
are playing? What is the transition"
/ asked.
Il cannot tell you. 1t is something
could only explain to fellow
craftsman. But it is very impor-
tant question with us. l wonder IL
you realize how important a question.
1t is the cause of most of our heart
burns, most of the depressions that
come over us at times when We feel
we cannot succeed with play. You
know how we work. Stanislovski
whole company has become stepped
in the history, the manners, the
psychology, the everyday life of the
times and country in which the scene
is set. Then when the play is read
each one feels it according to his tenn
permanent. We take our parts in
stinctively as the parts are read.
Then begin the rehearsals. lasting
perhaps for months, perhaps years,
until iu comes to US that we have it.
And until that moment arrives we
have all the trials and pains of the
painter who cannot express what he
wants. But there is not one, there
are many of us; and each one, no mat
ter how minor the role, must be lost
in the part he plays. 1t has happened
often that we feel we are about to go
over in body from unreal acting to
the real life history. We are all but
over, in fact. when some one makes
a false gesture, perhaps ever so slight.
that shows he. has not crossed over
with us. There is only one thing to
do then-to drop it, to go back to the
beginning again.
i. x X x
IXTHILE Katchalof was talking,
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IN the Kammerherrsky Peryooluk,
in Moscow, there is a little play
house known to the entire world
L as the Moscow Art Theater. In
it has been developed a company of
theatrical artists who have perfected
the art of acting. They have turned
acting into life, or. put the other way,
they have put life on the stage.
For the first time they are on tour.
They will play in all the capitals OF
Europe. then in America. and then
they will go back home to the little
showhouse on the kammerherrsky
Peryooluk All the time they are
away their eyes will be constantly
turned toward that little playhouse.
because it represents something 10
them almost religious. 1t Is the
shrine of their art, and they literally
and actually live in their art.
On tour their first stop was Berlin,
and while they were there took oc-
casion to catch these artists when
they were off their own ground. and
eff their guard. to make them inter-
pret themselves.
L Qld not go 10 SldulSiosShS' Iue
master mind behind these artists, be-
cause he made the picture. and
wanted to have the picture interpret
itself. l sought out katchaloff. who
is the best actor have ever seen. or
course, I have not seen all living
actors. But Katchaloff refused to be
singled out that way. He considered
himself simply one of the company,
and before We got through almost
every one in the company took a
hand in trying to make me under
stand what 1 was driving at.
4 i X X
T EFT Katchaloff talk. 1t was during
l. the presentation of ma Dnfye.'
Gorkis great play. translated. liter
ally, "On the Bottom" presented in
New York in an English translation
as Nights Lodging He was in his
makeup as the broken down and sub
merged baron. and, as he talked. had
to keep dispelling the illusion that
was not talking to Katchaloff, but to
Evening star., 1922-11-26
PLAYERS MUST BE LOST IN ROLES

of 4 miserable old underground lou
ing house keeper, was leaning "v'.
his chair. his eyes burning with i'm
patient desire to break in.
The worst of it is" he interruptc4
when some one deceives himself an!
Us. too. You see, il is SO natural fpH
US to forget ourselves in the role ""
play that we sometimes think We
have passed that indefinable line be
tween acting and living the role. Eul
we also all have not only eyes ana
ears to detect the false note: ""
actually feel the difference. For in
stance. suppose it is role. as in
Gar Feodor Ivanovitch, where Bori~
Godounoff turns upon the followers
| of Shouiski with such an imperious
gesture that they cover in fear 90
him. II the actor playing Boris docs
not make that gesture because he l.
so immersed in the role that he does
! it instinctively. it does not friGhteI
the actor he menaces. If he only
thinks he is living the role we feel
the difference. He must actually
frighten US
Some one had entered while Burja
loft was explaining. and l turned 1"
see Eishnevsky. the Tartar in Ma
Dniye'' He winked at me. .'!,o y"u
recognize me-" he laughed. "Have
you seen me as Boris in Car Feodor
Ivanovitch"' Ha. ha. frishten them.
But Burjaloff was persistent in his
theme. IF he did not frighten us,
he went on. "if he only made believe
he was frightening us and We mad.
believe we We're being frightened
that would not be acting at all. TIL.
more difficult thing is to detect in
him if he really menaces us and if We
really fear. 1t is very difficult 10 ex-
plain to you. but we know
Moskwin came wandering in. look
ing at us with the kindly. sorrowful
eye of Luka, the pilgrim. He was
completely in his role that he sal
there unconsciously as If he were OIL
the stage. Burjaloff looked at him
and went on.
There's Moskwin." he said. Hes
the marvel of all the German actors
,, Here he is tonight Luka. In Car
Feodor Ivanovitch' you have seen
| how he plays Feodor Ivanovitch. and
the stupid country bookkeeper. TIL"
Germans cannot understand how he
can get so completely into three en-
tirely different roles.
I; ss x x
still Luka, smiled on W.
lN1 gently. Vishnevskys wink had
broken all formality between US. We
began talking about more ordinary
things. and he asked me how |
thought their different plays would
go in America. l said / considered
Gear Feodor Ivanovitch" as an as
sured, perhaps even an overwhelming.
success. Ma Iniye." as the finest
piece of acting being given on any
stage. could hardly have less. Blu.
Tcheckoff's plays 1 was more doubt
full about. and explained why. |
said l doubted if people in Americ.,
could realize sufficiently the life OF
Russian provincial towns to get the
tragic pathos in its fullness.
His mind was drifting from some
little provincial Russian town. real or
fancied, and the little theater in the
kammerherrsky Peryooluk. What We
consider real life was forgotten, and
what to him is real life, the life of
the btys he plays. remained as the
reality for him as I moved back to
the front of the house. where l be-
lohged, to see the rest of the play
from the audience.
Evening star., 1922-11-26
Secrets of Old European Poisons
Battle Scientists of Present Day
By f. II. SMITH.

IN Zurich the other day the public
attention was distracted from the
plans Of Max Oser and his Ma
thilde long enough to examine
poisoning case which contains a curious
and perhaps a sinister interest for
Americans. A Swiss antiquary and col
iector had bought in Turin a curious
serpentine ring of the renaissance pc
riod. which was guaranteed to have
been made at the end of the fifteenth
or the dawn of the sixteenth century.
ne new owner of the trinket wore it
home from Italy and arrived in Zurich
with a badly swollen and infected arm.
The ordinary and perhaps the correct
explanation was Immediately offered by
the mans physician. namely. that the
ring had been too tight, had caused
blood stoppage and eventually an ulcer
alton of the finger, from which the pus
condition had spread to the arm. The
Evening star., 1922-11-26

IT is probable that this historic woman
i poisoner used nothing but the vcge-
table substances in her official toxicol-
ogy. Domitian. on the other hand. re-
sorted to an extraction from a species
Of sea hare, the Aphysia depilans. to
poison Titus. A little later that form
Of arsenic known as orpiment (arsenic
trisulphid), was used by the Official as
sassins Of the emperors. but white ar
senlc and the modern metallic oxide
were not we'll understood until much
later. Arsenic in its oxide forms was
the substance which formed the basis
of the poison feats of the late middle
ages and the renaissance in Italy.
Here the great question intrudes
itself. From the writings of alchem-
lists, historians and the confessions Of
convicted poisoners Of that age it is
Evening star., 1922-11-26

examined by court officer, was
found to contain a quantity of lus-
trous white powder (metallic trioxid
Of arsenic, beyond question:, some
corrosive sublimate. Roman vitriol,
powdered vitriol. antimony and two
bottles, one containing a colorless,
clear fluid and the other similar
liquid, but with slight white pre-
cipitate. The nature of all except
the liquids was understood. The laa-
ter were then tested on pigeon, q
cat and a dog. All died, and surgical
examination after death showed no
evidences of poisoning in the bodies.
Repeated experiments were made
with these liquids, but the science of
that day was unable to determine
either their character or the precise
organic effects by which they caused
death. Neither Brinvilliers nor her
servant, when put to the torture,
could reveal the nature of these
fluids.
These then, may have contained
some of the mysterious poisons of
the Italian school of killers. Skeptics
will prefer to belieye that they were
substances probably common and we'll
known to modern science, but there
is no more evidence on this side of
the question than on the other.
The romance Of Renaissance poi
sons thus remains undispelled and he
who buys a ring belonging to the
great florescent period of modern art
and culture may indulge his fancies
as freely as his temperament will
permit. If his imagination be pow
erful enough he may even be able to
work up first-class attack Of physi-
cal infection and give good doctors
something else to puzzle and contend
oven
Evening star., 1922-11-26

these have found their way not only
to America. but to the Latin coun-
tries in South America. and even to
China, Siam, Australia and the Indian
Islands. 1t is interesting to note that
these disgorgements of boarded jew
els were so extensive as to depress
the American and European diamond
market for nearly two years, begin
Evening star., 1922-11-26

. One hundred thousand tons of coal
a year were formerly required to run
the st. Gothard railroad from Lu-
cerne to the Swiss Italian frontier.
but now its complete passenger and
freight traffic 10 run by hydroelectric
power.
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ming in the summer of 1920. and this
in spite of the closing of the African
mines by the De Beers syndicate in
the hope of maintaining the high war
prices.
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Dispersal of Great Collections of Antique
Jewe1ry Recalls Time When Kings and Die
tators Maintained Official Poisoners-What
Fluids Were Secreted In Toxiferous Rings So
Powerful That They Caused Instant Death?
History of Poisons as Long as the History of
Man.
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|vXTHILE Katchaloff was talking.
w BuEjaloff, q ridiculous caricature
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ny ARNO DOsCH-FLEUROT.

7 y the kammerherrsky Peryooluk,
in Moscow, there is little play
house known to the entire world
Arizona republican., 1922-03-07
MAYOR Dat NELSON
HAS TITLE AND HAT
BUT LACKS DOMAIN

CHICA9O-Oscar Matthew Bat
ting Nelson of one time lightweight
championship fame is honorary"
mayor Of Hegewisch and owner Of an
official trick silk dicer which he
wears on state occasions.
Nelson came by his title. an office
quite sinecure and without remune-
ration or duties. under strange cir
cumstanceS.
1t was he who acknowledgedly put
this village on the map by winning
repeated laurels in the ring.
In reciprocity the town fathers de-
cided that some benefit in turn
should be bestowed upon their only
celebrity.
That was 10 years ago.
Wen make him mayor they said.
To the polls went the voters.
Nelson was about to be elevated.
But one overlooked obstacle stood
in the way.
Hegewisch had been absorbed by
Chicago. 1t had no local autonomy.
Then we'll secede," cried loyal
Hegewischians.
A huge fund was raised. Attor-
neys were employed Three of the
prize village COWS went TO the block
for additional revenue-martyred for
Nelson's sake. But to no avail.
The tentacles of the big city held
tight. Hekewisch was good tax
paying adjunct.
After three years OF strenuous
conflict Hegewisch settled down TO
its fate.
But just for spite it created the Of
Arizona republican., 1922-03-07
Enckg[ieI1|

Sixteen Phoenix schools will enter
teams in tho Public School Athletic
League field meet to be hald on
March ~ according to Coach Wielts
OF the physical training department.
The ST. Patrick's day field meet
promises to be the biggest school
event ever staged in the valley. The
weight and age classes as announced
in The Republican several days ago
will govern the meet with teachers
from the grammar schools acting as
judges and officials of the Varioss
events.
Eight separate meets will be held
March ~, the sixteen schools meet
ing in pairs at eight city school
grounds. The averages will be com
piled by a supervising committee to
determine which school team is en-
titled to first prize in the general
meet.
As an added incentive to the young.
sters and to boost school athletics
The Arizona Republican 10 offering a
handsome silver loving cup to the
school winning first place. The cup
will become a perpetual trophy in the
Arizona republican., 1922-03-07
NEFF-K|D MEX;
LYNCH-CONLEY
ON NMARCH 17AT
CAPITAL CITY

Johnny kid" Mex, the sensational
Colorado lightweight, will be seen in
action at the Capital City arena
March II, according TO announcement
last night by Matchmaker Joe LAWN.
Mex will be pitted against Chet
Neff in the 10-round end OF double
main event which may also feature
Billy Conley and Jack Lynch in an
eight or six-round number.
Phoenix fans have been anxious to
see Kid Mex battle for some time.
Three times he was signed to box I'm
Phoenix and each time something
happened to disrupt the plans of the
promoters. The first time Mex was
matched with Freddie Hill and the
bout was cancelled when Hill
changed his plans. Mex was then
matched with Alger, but Billy was
forced 10 cancel his bout through ILL
ness. When Billy felt that he was
able to fight again, Mex was signed
and for the third time the deal fell
through l,hen Alger went to the hos
pital.
Barring unforeseen obstacles, Mex
VIII positively fight here March u
with Chet Neff as his opponent.
Arizona republican., 1922-03-07
Golf
THE REPUBLICAN WILL PRESENT
SILVER LOVING CUP To SCHOOL
WINNING FIELD MEET MARCH Il

annual school field meet. The Re.
publican Cup will become the per
manent property Of the school win
ming three neets. II is not necessary
that the cup be won three eonsecu.
tive years in order to become the
property Of the school. The name OF
the winning school will be engraved
on the cup each year and when .
school wins permanent possession Of
the cup another trophy will be given
by Tea Republican.
Last year The Republican offered
several cups to the schools for the
various athletic events, but this s
the first perpetual trophy offered by
The Republican and will be fetyure
Of the field meet each year in order
to help Increase the student and
school interest in body building ath-
letics.
Coach Wielts OF the public schools
is working on the arrangements for
the st. Patriek's day meet and The
grounds on which each meet will be
held, together with the names Of the
schools entered and other detsGls will
be announced in few days.