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cd together like children. intrigu.
ing, fighting, laughing-their task
and their amusement to pass the
time away.
There is touch of pathos as
well as ahsurdity in the story of
one Of their out-of doors pastimes.
Through the park and gardens
where they were forced to take the
only exercise allowed them in their
Imprisonment there ran an artifi.
cial lake. perhaps half a mile in
length. This for the wives, their
female friends and relations. took
the place Of the Bosphorus, the
glorious stretch of water that laps
the shores of Constantinople, and
whereon the pleasure boats take
passengers for delightful excursion
trips.
The little prisoners had their
excursion trips. too. on the edges
of the toy lake they caused land.
ing stages to be built, which they
named after the well-known Turk.
ish pleasure resorts. Therapia and
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with a quaint history OF his life,
which included a short account OF
his trip to America. 1t follows:
my merry hearts, you are to
know me as a gentleman, lawyer,
poet. actor. soldier, sailor. excise
man and publican in England.
Scotland. Ireland, New York. East
and West Jersey. Maryland. Vir-
ginia, North and South Carolina,
South Florida, Bahamas. Hispan.
iolo and often a coaster by all the
same. After many vicissitudes. |
arrived at Charles Towne, S. c.,
full Of lice, shame, poverty and
nakedness.
Anthony seems to have had a
pretty hard time of 1t. He was
soon broke and compelled to play
on the sympathies Of a kindly old
sea captain in order to get back
to England. After Ashton's de-
parture there is no record of
theatrical performance for many
years.
In 1892, George Farquhar's THE
Recruiting Officer" was presented
at the New Theater in New York
city. This was the first theater
in New York of which there is any
record. The following advertise.
ment, appearing in the New York
Gazette OF October IS, 1893. shows
that the theater was still doing
business at that date.
ALSO A NEGRO GIRL"
ITO be sold at reasonable rates,
all sorts of Household Goods, viz.
Beds. Chairs, Tables, Chest OF
Drawers, Looking Glasses. And
irons and Pictures, also several
sorts of Drugs and Medicines, also
q negro girl about sixteen years
of age, has had the smallpox and
is fit for town or country. Apply
George Talbert, next door to the
playhouse"
Eighteen years later, Murray
and Keen brought their company
from Philadelphia. Brown, in his
History Of the American Stage"
describes the theater they appeared
in as follows:
1T was two.storied house,
with high gables. The stage was
raised five feet from the floor.
The scenes. curtain and wings
were all carried by the manager
in his trunk. A green curtain was
suspended from the ceiling. A
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Belcos. On an absurd and hid
eous water. bicycle they would
then set forth. half a dozen at a
time. to explore the confines of
their lake IN a pathetic imitation
of the excursionists Of the great
free world behind their invincible
wall
Slaves for a lifetime. predestined
to lead the lives of children, toys
strewn about an expensive play.
box for the idle amusement OF
their master. the luxury OF their
simplest domestic utensils sur
passes our ina gination.
The life Of one of the sultan's
principal wives could indeed be
described as bed of roses"
though 1t Is doubtful whether she
would not scorn a couch of such
inexpensive material as flower
petals.
She lacked only the two things
that make life worth living to the
Western woman; freedom and real
love.
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CoNsrANTINoPLE, Dec. 30.

CONSrANTINoPLE, Dec. 30.
"YHE Sultan Mohammed VI
has fled from Constantine.
- pie, from Yildiz Kiosk, his
marvellous oriental. palace on the
shores Of the Bosphorus. There,
in the high.waIled and shuttered
harem. where no sound from the
outside world ever penetrates, he
has left behind him his three
wives, his female slaves and
their attendants, 200 women. help.
less and stupefied as sheep with.
out shepherd.
The deposed sultan had three
wives-the first woman OF
fifty, the second about thirty
two years old, at the height Of
her beauty: the third a child.
bride of sixteen, to whom he is
supposed to have been married.
at the age Of sixty-one, only two
months ago.
A great blind wall. thirty feet
high. encircles the palace Of the
sultan. Still another imprisons
the harem buildings. The second
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versity. describes the monuments
and historic buildings Of his city.
of which there are also a number
Of photographs from a famous
artist photo ogra pher of wilma. known
throughout Poland.
1t would. of course. be pleasant
to review at some length the art.
lists Of Poland, famous the world
over, like the Kossaks. father and
son. the latter SO recently a visi.
cuss the great Polish novelists. Of
whom Henryk Sienkiewicz, though
perhaps not the greatest. is the
best known to us for his "Quo
Vadis." Again, one might sketch
the lives of great women Of Po.
land, of whom Nine. Curie is just
now most conspicuous. She was
born in Warsaw in 1857. the daugh.
ter OF Prof. Sklodowski, of the
University of Warsaw. One might
follow her romantic career from
her school'teaehing day in Block
and Warsaw to her graduation
from the University Of Paris with
the degrees Of doctors Of physics
In 1893. and Of mathematics in
1894. her discovery of "polonium,"
named in honor OF her native land,
. chemical related to bismuth, and
in the same year. 1898. her joint
discovery with M. Curie of radium.
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the most distinguished patron Of
an art exhibit in Warsaw, he
was hasely shot by an assassin,
doubtless mad. who called himself
an artist.
President Narutowicz had won
for himself an international repu.
tation as waterways engineer
before he entered the Polish cab.
met. where he became later on
minister Of foreign affairs. At
the time he was invited by Prime
Minister Grabski to become minis.
ter of public works, he was pro.
fessor in the Polytechnic Institute
of Zurich.
Before he became foreign minis.
ter Mr.. Narutowicz also served as
minister Of public works In the
witos and Ponikowski cabinets.
In this capacity he was able to
bring into play his technical
knowledge and to further the de-
velopment Of waterways and water
power. He became minister Of
foreign affairs in the Sliwlnski
cabinet early In July, and retain.
ed this position in the cabinet
Of Professor Nowak.
President Narutowicz was born
In Samogitia. After graduating
from the Technical Institute Of
Petrograd he continued his studies
In other countries, particularly in
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Switzerland. where he made a sps.
cialty Of hydraulic science. He
was formerly chairman Of the In
ternational Rhine Commission
which was charged with the task
Of developing and utilizing the
water power Of that river. As
foreign minister he continued to
carry out the Polish policy Of
friendly cooperation with other
European states. When he repre.
sented Poland at the Baltic States
conference in Reval. Esthonia, not
long ago. the foreign ministers Of
the four countries. Finland, Lat
via, Poland and Esthonia, found
themselves in perfect accord on all
political questions Of common In
terest to their states.
On October "a. Poland and
Jugoslavia signed in warsaw, .
commercial treaty based on the
most favored nation clause. w
the completion of this agreement
Poland now has commercial treat.
les with all three members Of the
Little Entente. as well as with
France. Italy, Switzerland, Auf
tria and the Free City Of Mcms'
There are today IN Poland many
great men. OF whom doubtless N d,
best known to us Is the Rrea
Socialist leader. Marshal JOSEF
Yilsussxi
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Continued from Page So

Continued from Page S.
There are photogra phs which show
the "Lud-Pel' children and other
employees Of this progressive es.
tablishment.
There were many others. painters
and sculptors. whom Flambeau
met in Warsaw and elsewhere,
who were most anxious to exhibit
In Washington, and their contribu.
tons will doubtless arrive with
the larger exposition next season.
From wilma, in the north Of Po.
hand, a quaint old city, once the
capital. and the seat of a remark.
able university, reopened by the
government since the war, there
are a number of beautiful and i'm.
portant things, photographs. post.
ers and Polish bread cards, designed
BY Prof. Ferdinand Ruszczyc. dean
OF the faculty OF fine arts at Wilma
University. One of these is the
coat-of.arms OF Poland in a large
design in color. The bread cards"
chow portraits of Polish heroes,
one ticket to be cut off each day
for a loaf Of bread.
An important archaeological
study, Polish Wilma" In English.
by Prof. Juljuss Klos. who is pro-
fessor Of architecture In the uni.
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her in such a manner as showed
him to be pretty far gone, the said
amoret desires the gentleman to
take the first handsome opportun-
ity that offers to explain himself
on the subject.
IN. B.-She believes that he has
very pretty teeth"
In the North the theater was
considered a highway to hell. II
was fiercely condemned every.
where, and in many places dra site
laws were passed, forbidding "show.
plays under punishment. In
1850 the Geneyal Court Of the
State Of Massachusetts passed a
law forbidding the acting of plays
under a heavy penalty. In 1861
Rhode Island passed an act to
prevent stage plays" and other
entertainments within the colony.
and the following year New
Hampshire refused a troupe Of
actors admission to the town of
Portsmouth on the grounds that
plays had a peculiar influence
upon the young and gravely en-.
dangered their morals BY giving
them as a taste of amusement and
pleasure
WITCHCRAFT JUDGE.
In 1714, Justice Sewall, who
was one of the judges presiding i'm
the famous witchcraft trials in
Salem. wrote a letter of protest
against the acting of a play in
the council chamber at Boston.
Let not Christian Boston go be-
yond heather Rome. In the prac.
tice Of shameful vanities." ne
wrote. In 1850 performance OF
THE Orphan" was given in a
coffee house on State street In
Boston. The occasion was such a
novelty that the doors OF the
coffee house were beseiged by great
crowds, long before the hour Of
the performance People Tough.
desperately to secure seats. a
riot occurred and many persons
were hurt. The affair caused such
scandal that the authorities met
at once and passed the following
act:
For preventing and avoiding
the many and great mischiefs that
arise from the giving of public
stage plays, etc, which not only
occasion great and unnecessary ex.
pense and tend to discourage In.
dustry and increase immortality,
and contempt Of religion. be 1t
enacted as follows:
That from and after the pub
lication of this act. no person or
persons whatsoever may for his
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In most of the Northern States
there were drastic laws against
either giving or attending a thea.
trical performance Of any nature.
In spite Of these laws. perform
ances were given from time to
time and performers and specta-
tors were hailed before indignant
Judges and compelled to pay the
penalty. Theaters were disguised
under the names Of lecture halls
and lecture rooms, and great in
genuity was displayed in trying to
fool the authorities by calling the
shows educational recitals.
ACTED FOR JUDGE.
The first play we have any rec
ord of was produced in Williams
burg, Va, in 1866. 1t was called
"Ye Bare and Ye Cub" The per-
formers were arrested and required
to repeat the performance, in full
costume, before the judge in his
chambers. The actors were re-
leased with a warning, which they
evidently needed, for no more per-
formances were given. Fifty years
later, or to be exact, in 1716. Will
lam Levingston brought d COM
pany of professional performers to
a NJ oil A not to
record at Yorktown, Va, dated
July IL, 1716, by which William
Levingston agrees with Charles
and Mary Stagg, actors, to build
. theater in Williamsburg and to
bring actors, scenery and music
rom England for the cnacting Of
comedies and tragedies in said
town. The theater was built In an
alley, and upon his majesty's birth
day in 1918, Alexander Spottwood
and a brillian audience witnessed
the opening performance.
1t can be judged from this that
any laws that may have been on
the books against the theater had
been repealed by this date. The
Virginians were a pleasure.loving
people, and it can be assumed that
the theater was one of their favor
ite forms of recreation and doubt.
less a sort of social hcadquar-
ters in those days. as can be tes-
titled by the following advertise
ment. which appeared in the Ga.
Eette:
LIKED HIS TEETH.
Whereas a gentleman, who, to-
ward the latter half Of the sum.
mer, usually wore q blue camlet
coat lined with silver, a silver
laced hat and a turpee wig, has
often been observed by his amoret,
and particularly one night at the
theater, the said gentleman opled
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. was the habit of the performers to
go from house to house presenting
hand bills and telling the people
of the merits of the plays they
were appearing in.
The population of New York city
in 1900 was 10000, which included
1000 slaves. There were weekly
evening clubs and concerts, and it
Is only natural to suppose that
there were many people who favor
cd the theater. i'm spite of the gen
eral condemnation of them. An
thony Ashton, an English actor,
showed up in New York and gave
performances in 1902.
He wrote play called THE
Fools Opera" which he prefaced
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and masters appeared. In 1877,
Hallan and his company returned
to Philadelphia. and. in spite Of the
law. opened up the Southwark
Theater for a season Of two weeks,
the idea being to see just how far
they could go. The first perform.
ance was given January Is, the en-
tertainment being billed as a con-
cert Of music and lectures, to be
concluded with a pantomime en-.
titled Robinson Crusoe."
THE Opera HOUSE."
The theater was rechristened
the Opera House," and the plays
presented were disguised in many
ways. A production Of Hamlet"
was called "A Moral and Interest.
ing Tale on the Life Of the Prince
of Denmark" "The School for
Scandal" became a comic lecture
in five parts. entitled 1.-THE Pernic.
ious Vice Of Scandal" Improper
Education" was the strange name
given "She Stoops to Conquer.
Another name for Hamlet" was
"Filial Piety." Richard the
Third" became the Fall of Tyr.
any," while the Rivals" came out
under the name Of the Crime of
Filial Ingratitude."
The folly Of the situation soon
made the law against the theater a
joke, and a number Of citizens
placed their names on a petit N
asking for repeal of the law. Tbs
time the petition met with success.
and on March 2. 1889, the South.
wark Theater opened under its real
name.
Testimonial benefits to the Der.
formers were all the rage in those
days. and 1t was stipulated in
many contracts held by the actors
that they should receive at least
one benefit during the season.
These benefits were widely ad.
vertised. and some of the public
appeals put forth by the actors
who were to be the beneficiaries
were both pathetic and amusing.
One actor advertising in the pa pers
called upon the public to patronize
his benefit in goodly numbers and
gave as one Of his reasons that
he had just been released from
prison and needed the money badly.
An elderly actress made her appeal
on the grounds that she was a
lonely widow woman and had
very hard time to get along.
Another actor based his claims for
generous patronage on the fact
that he was tired Of the stage and
wanted to get hold Of enough
money to open a barber shop.
1t is to be wondered il those old
timers who fought public opinion,
the law. served time in Jail and
very often went with empty stom.
achs, ever thought there would
come a day when thousand dollar
a week salaries would be con.
sidered ordinary pay for playing
a prominent part in a good theat.
rical production. Assailed by most
good citizens, and looked upon as
promoting vice and immortality.
they certainly were a game old
crowd. and il their shades ever
linger around the theaters where
some Of the costumeless plays are
presented In this generation. they
must marvel as to how present
day actors and actresses get
away with It,"
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pair Of paper screens were erected
upon the right and left hand sides
of the stage for wings. Six wax
lights were in front Of the theater.
The orchestra consisted Of a
German flute, horn and drum
players. Suspended from the cell
ing was a chandelier made Of a
barrel hoop. through which were
driven a half dozen nails, into
which were stuck so many can
dies. Two drop scenes represent
ing a castle, a wood and bits of
landscapes, river and mountain,
comprised the scenery"
In 1924 President Dwight, Of
Yale College. declared that to in
dulge in a taste for play going
meant nothing more or less than
the loss Of the immortal soul.
Even as late as 1859, when Brook
lyn had one theater and was about
to build another, the opposition to
the very name Of theater was so
bitter that the house was called
the Academy OF Music to avoid
criticism. There were many heat
ed arguments over the use of
scenery In the new theater, and
very strong opposition to the use
of a curtain. Those opposed to
the theater took the stand that
the curtain was intended to con-
ceal something, and concealment
suggested improperly.
MORE FOOL LAWS.
The ending Of the war with
England saw all sorts of foolish
laws passed. and among them
were many directed against the
theater. Particularly in Phila-
delphia were the performers beset
with new difficulties. A recon-
mendation OF Congress forbidding
stage plays was adopted in 1878.
For eleven years this law stood
on the statute books. and until
II was repealed in 1889, the per-
formers had a hard time Of II.
Theatrical managers resorted to
all sorts of evasions to dodge the
law. Some OF them were success
full, and others paid heavy fines
and served out prison sentences.
In 1884 James Hallan and his
company arrived in Philadelphia
and presented a petition to the
General Assembly praying that the
law against stage plays be re-
pealed A counter petition. bear
ing the names of 1913 prominent
citizens. protesting against the re-
peal, balked Hallan. Nothing
daunted, he and his company be:
gan TO give a series Of poetical
addresses and lectures for the
benefit of the relatives Of those
who had fallen in the war. On
December he opened the South
WarK Ineater ana gave tnlS tiasS
of entertainment until the 1st Of
August.
lie then took his company to
New York. where they presented
the first play seen in that city
after the war.
During the season OF 17S5.S6 the
practice of selling reserved seats
was first instituted. Up to that
date, no reserved seats had been
sold. Tickets of good for admis.
sion only were dealt out at the
box office. and theater-goers sent
their servants to the theater as
carly as o'clock in the evening to
occupy seats until their mistresses
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But todey there is another cause
for still deeper sympathy In Amer.
lea toward Poland. She II suffer.
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the late President Gabryel Naru.
towicz. elected December 2. and
only one week in office. when. as
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NEW YORK'S VIEW.

ing from a tragedy. OF which we
have experienced parallel. not
once but twice in our history-the
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WHAT WOULD THOSE
OLD-TIMERS THINK
i'm THESE CAY DAYS?
Playg0ers, Act0rs-They Were Not ~ArtiStS"
Then - Were Hailed Before Hard Boiled
Judges and Given the Limit Stringent Laws
Prevented Theatrical Performances i'm Arler-
lea for MANY Years. 80,
BY HARRY SHREVE.

TN these days of naughty musical comedies, daring
costumes and problem sex-plays it is hard to imagine
thataround two hundred and fifty ago in America
the heater considered institution of the Devil and
the performers and persons daring attend performance
social In those bygone the actor
actress spent than half their time in prison for
giving innocent little plays disguised under the titles of
lecturer and ecta conclude that our present
day theatrical favores who regaling the country
with "Getting critics Carter The Demi- Virgin and
other naughty farces would have received swift and
heated finish from stad forefathers.
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THEATERS RESORTED
TO CAMOUFLAGE FOR
SAKE OF EXISTENCE

''Hamlct'' and ''The School for Scandal" Were
Labeled ~MOral Lectures" and Theaters as
"Opera Houses" and ~Exhibition Halls" i'm
STRANGE Scheme of Protective Celebration
Devised to Fit Conditions.
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assassina tion Of the President. No
review Of Polish arts, however
brief, could fail to pay tribute to
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And you imagine the genial Al Jolsoh giving a
moral lecture II Never Had No Mammy?'

law was repealed in 1898. The first
theater to open within the law
was the Federal Street Thcater,
on the night of February 4. with a
prologue written by Thomas Paine,
a son of Robert Treat Paine. a
signer Of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
NEW YORK'S VIEW.
In New York city the opposition
to the theater was not quite so
bitter. To be sure, the thcater
was looked down upon and no
unco.guid citizen had any use for
the theater or those who attended
them. Newspapers refused to
print their advertisements, and 1t
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-07

There are pigs-and pigs. Among
the latter species may be named a
troupe of twenty that are this sea
son used as a foil for the trained
Wild animal displays exhibited by
the Ringing and Barnum & Bailey
combined Circus coming here Sat
urday, August 26.
The prodigies introduce big and
little pigs educated as pigs were
never educated before. 1t has long
been known that the aristocracy of
the human performer dates back for
many generations but Il is not so
generally known that the Thompson
pigs now appearing in the program
Of the double circus are the des-
eendants Of performers who proud
y point their snouts TO forebears
who were stars as many as thirty
years ago. For it was at that period
that one of the elder Thompsons.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-07
COLONEL FISKE VISITS
RELATIVES IN Dali

Mrs. C. s. Fiske Of DALI. /,
had as a visitor for several 4,
her son. Colonel Harold B. FI.,
of the war department a, N,
ington, d. c.. who is maki,-
tour of inspection Of various \
tary posts in the United s,.all I
stopping in Dallas to visi, I
mother, his brother, E. v. E,.'
postmaster of Dallas. and bis \
ter, Mrs. Henry Bassett ~ y
Fiskes are former well known =,
idents OF Salem Mnere they ov,.
property and resided for ma.
years. Colonel Fiske received |,
appointment to West Point ~
Oregon while living at Salem !,
the year 1893. He gradu..,,
from that military institutIon !,
1897 and was assigned for dutv i,
Fort Sam Houston, San AntonI,
Texas. During the late worl
war he served as brigadier goD
eral on the staff of General pa,.h
ing, being in charge of the traID
ing service. Since the signing h
the armistice he has been lOcatI
at Washington, now serving as
colonel.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-07
DALLAS HENS GUILTY OF
CONTEMPT OF COURT

Dallas, Ore, Aug. = On
Wednesday, June 2S, H. H. Belt.
judge OF the circuit court issued
an injunction in Dallas prohibiting
P. P. Buhler from disposing of any
Of his poultry produce to Others
than the Pacific Cooperative
Poultry Producers at Portland,
prior to the issuance of this in
junction Buhler had been sued in
the circuit court for the non-ful-
fillment OF his contract with the
producers which called for the dis
posal Of all his products to them.
At the time Of the filing Of the
suit attention was attracted from
all over the state owing to the
Importance of the question in
volved.
At the trial held in court this
week Bnhler presented an affi-
davit stating that he had but so
hens left and they did not produce
one case Of eggs per week, and
that shipments to the producers
were impracticable unless made
once each week. The injunction
against Buhler was modified in
order to allow Buhler 10 sell eggs
TO other parties as long as his hens
do not produce at least one case
of eggs. weekly.
Vinton & Tooze of McMinnviIle
are attorneys for Buhler and Oscar
Hayter OF Dallas, and Arthur A
Goldsmith Of Portland are acting
as attorneys for the producers.