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she wondered II she did not owe tn,
priority to Mr.. Hobby. This was q
compllcationi
It is the custom TO regard such con
fused n in tho dramatic and
other artistic realms with scorn as
tho nlppant amours of ~trlfers; but
they are Of exactly the same sort as
earnest. as pathetic and as reluct
antly entered into us the countless
entanglements that doctors and
churchmen u in their equally
emotional relations with souls in tur'
mol OF n sort or another.
Literature used to be packed with
tho disastrous affairs Of churchmen
and their communicates. but tho 81.
lence has boon profound of late. ex.
sept whom a sensational explosion
bursts into the newspapers. And
there has been little disclosure at
any time OF the secret chambers to
which tho physicians passe-partout
admits him.
Tho stage and the painters world
have had too much utiention and too
little sympathy and shortly tho NOV.
ing picture was to DO assailed by a
tornado of national disgust and
wrath. an eruption OF hot ashes and
lava from a deep resentment stored
up unknown against the magic de-
velopment OF the new art into Titanic
power.
But no one farosw the accident
that was to turn a commonplace ca
rousal into a cntolysm.
For the present Mem had no great.
er anxiety than the peculiarly mask.
ed Irritation with her director and TIN
battles with little artistic problems
as they arose.
Her life had regularity again. She
get up OF mornings with n task DO
fore her. She had hours OF waiting
fer every minute OF acting. but shG
was ono OF the company and she
could study tho work OF others. Her
text books were the faces OF tho &c
tors and actresses. the directions Of
tho directors.
The mere learning OF the languag,
"a an occupation in itself. She fed
puffed up when visitors wore brought
upon tho stage and permitted to sex
pictures taken.
It was surprising how fascinating
the thing was 10 the outsider. King
and queens, prlncesses and princes
foreign and native generals. ambass
adorB. opera singera, plutocrats, hnt
painters. gathered humbly IN th'
backgrounds OF the e and mar
veied at tho business OF drama anC
photography. the morbid blue light
and tho surprising calm and gracious
ness OF the process. They rad evi
Gently expected noise and wranEtnE
and tempcstuous temperament.
Ono day whom a little cen was he
ing filmed in which she was the onjI
urtrass. the reat OF tho company belni
excused FOR n change Of costume, I
visitor from overseas was brough'
upon tho uot. a groat French gen
erai.
The publicity man. whose lust 70
space never slept. suggested that IN
general might Ike to DO photograph
I'D ON tho scene. lie lauEhed an
came forward with O. boyish eager
ness. lie displayed at enes = torro
10 had not revealed under lombard.
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F LOU TELLEGEN, THE ACTOR AND MAN

for California as star and director for
tho Goldwyn Film company at Culver
City. where I first met him.
This was. Of couse. before his mar
riage to Nine. Geraldine Farrar and
then it was that I learned some OF
Tellegen's views on marriage. For
during a rest between pictures. a
crowd Of us went tuna fishing on Dus-
tin Farnum's yacht. Tenegen being OF
the party.
Being at the timo all bachelors, quite
naturally as we loafed on deck one
night the talk turned to marriage and
the following was. I find by referring
to my scrap book. Teilegens opinion.
The normal man Ia a curious mix
ture emotlonaly. The feeling in a
woman is undoubtedly tho biggest note
to which he responds. Then comes the
adventurous. the f1irtatous. in a
woman which has a tremendous ap-
peal for every man. These episode
p~hiianderings do not affect the man
deeply, however; they arc the froth
on the sea of emotions. But when
a woman brings out the protective at
titude. the cave-girl instinct. then let
him beware, for IL no is a bachelor
no will soon find himself upon the
high sea- Of matrimony."
As this soIioquy was soon followed
by Louis marriage to Miss Farrar and
in view OF their subsequent divorce
proceedings. I will not attempt to
imagine how the marriage came about,
But VII leave hat to the opinions OF
my readers; not even daring to men
ton something about IAN Irresistible
force meeting an immovable body
and what not.
Shortly after our fishing trip I was
recalled to New York and did not see
Tellegen again until after the war,
when I ran into him one day at the
Lambs club.
And then It was hat I began to
know him intimately. for he offered
me the leading comedy role in Blind
Youth" a play which he and Willard
Mack had just completed.
OF course. I accepted and r~ehearsals
were begun at number twenty ives,
seventy-fourth street, the home of Tel
legen and Farrar.
Hero let me state that Of all the
directors l have ever come In contact
with from Belasco down. Tel!egen is
the finest. He could make a stone
act.
Blind Youth opened and as We
! played It continuously for three years
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The financial market for his statues
being poor. Tellegen decided to remain
permanently on the stage n was
next engaged IS leading man for the
great Italian tragedian Duse. With
her he remained for three years.
It may bO interesting to note that
while he was in Italy. Tellegen became
intimately acquainted with King Al.
fonso of Spain for whose courage and
ability he has stln the greatest ad.
miration.
At the end Of his engagement with
Duse, he returned to Paris and was
Immediately engaged as leading man
and director for Sarah Bernhard, with
whom he remained for nine yeas. com.
ing first to this country in her sup.
port.
At the close OF the American tour,
the Bernhard company returned to
Paris where they played out the sea.
son at the end of which Tellegen,
needing a rest, decided to tax n trlp
around the world.
However, arriving in America. he
was engaged by the Shuberts Cor a
play entitled Taking Chances" and
so the world our was abandoned.
Next an incident which is in.
teresting as it shows the mans re.
markable powers as a linguis,.
When he was offered the lead in
Taking Chances Tellegen. although
he had played the part of Hamlet in
five different languages and spoke six
fluently, could not speak English, as
on his previous visit to America the
company played In French. But. moth.
ing daunted and with the opening
night only five weeks away, he started
in 10 learn English. a feat which he
not only accomplished IL time but
which was accomplished so well that
TeIegen received man sincere notice.
from the New York critics on his die.
ton.
I set this down in an effort to show
my readers the inexhaustib'e stlckto
i~tiveness of the man. Think OF it-ir
five short weeks mastering a language
wen enough to play the leading role In
a three-act pay before what has beer
called the most exacting audience in
the world.
Owing to an unwlse bit of business
on the part Of the management, TAX.
ing Chances was closed after three
weeks by the police and Tellegen left
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cheap and useless as iron pyrites with
the glister Of gold n no other value
The studios were infested with pink
brext.tsl insipd ard characteraess,
doomed to hold IN faces as faultless
and as charmless as the petunias and
morning -glories that flaunt their cal,
leo in vain about country gardens
and porches.
In Mem he felt the ore. He did
not know that 1t had Como through
the smelling fires of tragedy. but he
fest that she was capable OF tragedy.
and he wanted to instruct her in the
m%echanlsms of transmitted grief.
AS they left the stage he watched
her out of the corner of his eye. She
did not really know how to walk,
though there was unconscious grace
in her carriage. What he wanted
was conscious grace expert enough to
mask It understanding. the art that
conceals art and knows It's genius all
the while-the deft, strong hand OF
tho driver OF n trotting horse who
gets the ultimate speed from the rae
ing machine without ever letting Il
break inc q gallon or bolt mo a mad
run.
C1aymore talked to Mem OF herself
and her body as frankly as a father
c~onfessor dissects a soul before a
believers eyes. She was thrilled with
tho almost morbid sensation Of being
tho subject of such remorseless an
alysis. She was like one OF the vic
tins OF the new-fashioned operations
by local an~aesthesla who sits up and
in a mood Of hysterical fascination
chats with the surgeon even while
he slashes the skin open. lays bare
the nerves and arteries. discloses the
deep penetralia of the temple.
The director asked her IL she would
practice at home what no had told
her and shown her on the stage. and
then some day let him give her an
other test.
She consented with delight. and
appointed the morrow as the nearest
day there was. She had only one
somber thousht-that she must sc
home again without a promise OF
work, with neither income Of money
nor outgo Of art to expect.
But Caymore asked her to wait
whilo he spoke TO Mr.. Bermond. She
offered on the green lawn, watch
ing tire mafo-up actors and the extra
people and the others moving about
their tasks. Some day they mus saze
at her with respect and whisper
That's Miss steddon. the great
star"
BY and by Mr.. Bermond came Out
bnreheadod to see her. He had n way
OF meeting candidates out OF doors
II was cnsicr TO remember an engage
mont and dash away. than 20 pry the
moro tenacious ones out OF his offic'
chairs.
Bermond shook Mems hand warm
ly and said, with MS much enthusi
nsm as II he weer tho beneficiary Of
her hopes-as OF course he might be
well. Mr.. CIaymore tells me yot
have much talent, That's finel Bui
he says your WORT Is spotty-.mma
ture. You have little techuic, Blu.
that's al right, Everybody has Il
learn. Ha hs sa small part in hli
picture. and If you want "a take 10
all right, Tho part won't STAN
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CHAPTER xxx1II-tconunued.)

CHAPTER NCxIII-CContinued.)
TT be a great actress 10 no easy
job. You've got to work like a fiend
or you'll get nowhere. You've got to
exercise your arms and legs and your
voice and your soul. II you will,
you've got a big future. II you won't
you'll slump along playing small
parts TIL you lose your bloom of
youth. then you'll slip into character
parts and GO out IKE an Dc candle"
Mem was beginning to wear down,
TO understand the Joys Of a pleasant
housewifely careor. tho ~iuxuries of
Iscurity.
But C1aymore hated to givo her UP.
He made one moro desperate effort
to unleash her soul nnc her body
from the shackles of respectabnita.
He set her to denouncing the tar
paul.n villain again. He made her
pour out before that heap of wrin-
klcs a story OF shame and dispHzed
devotion and degradation. He put
her against the wall and made her
heat upon It and lament her turpi-
tude. He made her fling herself to
he floor and pound It with her fists
and laugh in mockery. Then he
made her draw the screwdriver and
fire five shots into her canvas be-
trayer.
Her imagination Tagged so DISMAL
ly in this scene that he decreed the
screwdrive a stiletto and made her
stab tho man TO death. He laughed
at the blow she dealt and forced her
10 slash and rip and drive the blade
home until she fell down exhausted
with tho vain effort to be a muir
deross.
~ C1aymore was as exhausted as she
and he wasted no film on taking pic
lures OF her failure.
Lets 20 to lunchr' he said.
"We've earned a bit Of chow"
CHAPTER XXxIv.
The upshot Of this ordeal by fire
was that Mem vas recognized rs a
star yet TO be made-if. indeed. her
nebulous ambitions should ever be
condensed into solid achievement.
Ciaymoro felt that sho had a fu'
ture. He tod her so. But he told
her that a period of hard labor lay be
ween her and that paradise. He com
pared tho development OF an artist
with tho slow human miracle that
had rescued so much of California
from tho grim bloakness OF the des.
ert. the 6esert that yields and recon.
quers, retreats and returns.
Great reaches OF the fairest home
realm Of Los Angeles had once been
barren sand. Irrigation and inten'
s.ve farming had made a pleasuance
Of Il and one could see everywhere
~ Industry of the little pioneers
flushing the wasteiand back, as II
humanity were feeling It's way like
n nhapeiess amoeba or n Sroplns
vino putting its tentac'es forth and
fastening them wherever s~ustenanc'
might be found.
Claymore was one OF those dove'op
era Of talent who feel n passion for
s~earch'ng out gold whore II lies
building roads, a. Il were, 10 bidder
hoarts and giving them expression
making n traffic and O.
expression. lie found IN Mem suci
n temptation. Her beauty WIS evil
dent. but smpty-faead beauty WaS a
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Having e requested to put down
my impression of Lou Tellegen as 1
know HIM. 1 begin with a feeling OF
uncertainty that my poor ability will
~enable me to adequately describe one
who has ever proved himself a sincere
friend. a patient teacher, a great ar.
list, and most important of ala
man.
Believing that a brief history of Tel.
legen's life up to the time I first knew
him may pr @ Of interest. 1 set down
tho following as related by him.
He was born in Athens, Greece. the
son of a Greek general. and a Dutch
dancer.
His mother was at that time head Of
a school Of dancing. and LOUIS early
youth was spent with her and her
pupils among whom was the now IA
nous Isadora Duncan. who has always
been as a sister to him.
At the age of twelve the boy began
his professional career as a trapeeze
artist in a circus with which remained
for a year before joining a company
headed by his aunt, a we'll known
French actress on a tour of the prov
inces.
Remaining under his aunt's manage
ment for q few years he finally be.
Name a star in his own right. and a
great fayorite on the road.
Then. Tellegen asserts. came the
turning point in his career. for he was
at the crossroads. One road-the easy
one of remaining a provincial star;
tho other-the far more difficult way
leading to the exacting curriculum of
tho Paris Conservatory. with. how
ever. the opportunity of really learn
ing to act. He chose Paris.
Not being of a saving nature. he
found himself after a few weeks at
the Conservatoire pressed for money.
However, being an expert fencer,
Tellegen began giving fencing lessons
10 help defray his expenses. Eventu-
ally winning the worlds championship
which. I believe. he still retains.
After graduating from tln conserva-
tolre and playing three years at the
government heater in Paris. Tellegen
suddenly decided to leave the stage
and study sculpture, n decision which
he subsequently followed, becoming a
pupil of Rodin. Then, having left the
stage as he thought permanently. he
was forced to return to it to pay the
Expenses of his sculptur'ng, becoming
The star of the odion theater in Paris.
where he remained for three years
while studying with Rodin.
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the Sunday supplements. They were
alike except IN size: ono WINS from ,b.
New York Times and one from che
Chicago Tribune. Both presented
Mem standing at tho side OF the
French general. Both stated TINT he
had called this promising member OF
tho Bermond company the prettiest
girl in America"
Mem and her mother gathered
themselves together as II they had
been dnzed by a rip Of lightning from
tho blue n waited for tho thunder
bolt TO Emash the world about them,
They read the letter together. II bo-
gan without any Dear wLfe' or
Dear Daughter 1t began;
Tho inolosed clippings were sent
ID mo by members OF my conRre-
CATION who were soJournlnR, one
In New York and one in Chicago.
II Is hard for me to doubt the wit
ness Of my eyes. but II II almost
harder TO believe that tho wife OF
my bosom and tho daughter reared
in tho shelter OF our home could
have fallen SO low SO suddenly,
Before I write more I want to hear
the truth from both OF you. IL you
can md will tell It
CHAPTER xScxv.
Tho Reverend Doctor steddon was
something more than a father to his
daughter. sdmething more than .
husband 10 his wife: no was also the
high priest OF their religion.
The daughter had fed from hia
face after her ain. and had found a
now paradise, q now pHestcratt. =
now religion beyond the desert She
had come to belisvo in an artist God.
loving beauty ana emotion and IN
spring his true believers to proclaim
his Elorios through tho Development
ana celebration OF tho Eifts ana
graces he had bestowed. She felt
that no required Of her hymns Of pas
Eonato worship instead Of h
quenchcd Other spirit. tho distor-
ton Of her graccs. the burial OF her
genius. Tho Mosaic Ten Command
monts contained no Thou Shalt Not
Commit Dramaturgy." She felt a
conservation. a call 10 act to inter
prot humanity TO humanity. What
her father had deemed temptations
and degradations she now considered
Inspirations and triumphs.
And yet she could not feel sure OF
herself. High as she might rats her
career. sho Ind come at IL by stealth
and hnd been led to Il by a dark
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-21

Una Fez mas Ia Academia Frdngesa
va a dar que hablar a los periOdscOs
con sus elecciones de esta seinana.
Entire los candfdatos Sc liailaban nadH
menos que Porto Richie, principe de los
dramaturgos; Abel Hermann, principe
de los eronistas; Maurras, principe de
los polemistas, v algunos otros,atie sin
ostentar coronas, son tan ilustres CO.
mo el histori6grafo Louis Madelin, e
poeta Fernand Gregh Y el crftico Der
chain. Ninguno de ellos; sin embargo;
obtuyo los sufragios necesarios para
conauistar Ia inmortalidad official.
En- cambio, ell embajador Jonnart,
que no ha escrito nunca NADIA, y Ell aba
te Fremont. que solo ha publicado Ii
bros religios0s, Theron elegidos.
10 que resalta absurdo, tratando-
Sc de lin cenaeuio literafio !-4claman
"a los PROFESSIONALS de la pluma.
Pef0, en- realidad, ESQ de que La tca-
deniia de Richelieu sea ui conclave
de escritores es una patrafia inventa-
da por los 1iteratos. 'Todos los que
han tenido, que expresarse en- nombre
de los Cuarenta 10 han proclamado en-
alta voz. "Muchos pafses dice Re
nan, dirigi6ndose a sus colegas en- SUI
discurso de reception, de Abril de
1879 -poseen Academies desde el ST
glo XVI, la ciencia ha sacado de
elias gran provecho, porque en- sus de-
bates las ideas Sc han depurado.
Vuestro principio va miis ALA y Sc
arraiga mas fntimamente en- las pro-
fundidades del espfritu humane; voso-
tros demostrais que los poetas, Les ora
dores, los sabios, los fll6sofos, los hom-
bres pOlfticos, los que en- cualquier te-
rreno encarnan la cultura de un pals,
los que llevan de una manera digna
uno de esos nOmbres, que son sin6ni-
mos d ehonor y de Patria, trabajan
en- la obra comdn de constituir una So
cietad grande i Iibre." 7 81 les decfs
a quienes asf piensan que con tai sis
tema Sc lie suprime al are6pago pari-
siense su ministeio de limpiar, fijar
dar esplendor la lengua, os contes-
tara Que cometeis I'm error, del cual
os hace victimas vuestro orgulIo De
gremio.
Las 6nicas lenguas que pertene-
cen por complete La literature los
haran observar--son las lenguas mucr-
tas. En- cuanto las lenguas viyas.
formadas por ell pueblo que evolu-
cionhn segdn el rftmo de la vida y no
cenfprme al gllsto de los gramaticos,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-21

Traducifnos de "The Enquirer dia-
rio de Cincinnati; Ohio, Estados Uni
dos, ell siguiente articulo: LA Admins
iracion del Presfdente Harding tiene
ieseos de invertir el atnento de las
ganancias de las operaciones del Canal
de Panama, en- la construction de un
nuevo canal interoceanico" ~
El lector habra comprendido que ese
nueyo canal es el de Nicaragua.
Continda: Gel asunto ha sido for
malmente sometido a discussion en- Ell
Gabinete de Harding; a pesar de
existir un proyecto definitivo, el Ga
hinete esta de acuerdo en- las utilfsi-
mas ventaias que la Construction de
i'm nuevo canal acarrearfa''.
Como Sc We, no Sc dice cual sea ese
proSecto 1efinitivo, en- raz6n tai yez,
que es de conocimiento condn pue-
de, pues creerse que ese proyecto de-
finitivo Sc refiere Y circunscriba al
Canal de Panama, estableciendo, cole
ginlos, que los productos todos del ca
nal panamefio deben invertirse en-. el
canal mismo Y no en- otra obra algu-
ma.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-21
Las E|GGGhIlGS AGad6lGaS

todas las eategcrfas de traha jad6rea
tienen el deber de enriquecerias, man
teniendolas llehas de savia.
Y es cierto. Els tan cierto, que auns
que solo La tarea de hacer y rehacer
peri6dicamente. el dicciohario iiicum-
sbiera q la Academia, su obligation Sc
ria rccHrfif las eolab0raeiones mas
svariadas. dlesde las del ingeniero y el
hortelano. Pero EN- Francia, actuar
mente, no Sc 81 con buen NAL critic
rio, los inmortales no Sc ocupan mas
sque de vigilar a los ernpleados subal-
ternes que estan encargados de CO.
rregir v completar el l6xico nacional
FL trabajo filol6gieo propiamente di
chO, el trabajo escrupuloso, minuciost
Y espinoso de examinar cada palabri
antigua con lentes eIuditos 7 de some
fer cada neologismo Indispensable Ill
analisis muy severe, serfa una carg;
demasiado dura para las gloriosas es
paldas de los inmortales. Ademas, Ia
experienced demuestra que no son los
mas grandes escritores les que me-
jor defnen los vocablcS. En- 1864
cuando apareci6 la primera edici0n
del Dicci0nGire, Ia docta Compaf1fa
en- su seno los hombres que antes ha-
bfan colaborado en- la ENCYCLOPEDIA, y
que sc distinguieron de una manera
personal, segin 10 asegura Ia historic
en- la labor de fijar, limpiary dar lus-
tire al idioma de Pascal, de Bossuet Y
de Racine. AhOar bien abrid ese CO.
digo del bien decir, Y 81 Francis ia
mes no nos engafa. ALI encontrareis
va la peregrina definici6n del cangre.
jO, que reza "peZ colorado, que an
da hacia atris..." En- los tiempos
Inodernos o por 10 menos desde el pri-
mer afio de este siglo, el director de
los trabajos lexicograficos de la Aca-
demia Francesa es siempre TN modes
to sabio, latinista fil0logo, que ia
mas sueila EN- sentarse en- una de las
butacas de la inmortalidad y que tra-
baja diez a doce horas diarias en- bus
car concordaneias entire ell habla viva
del pals v el catalogo innlutable de
los terminos aeeptados por Ia tradi-
ei6n. Aetualmente, ese iardinero del
yocabulaTio Sc llama NJ. Rebelliau.
"A el-dice un reporter -se lie debe
que el primer tomo de la octaya edi-
ci6n este punto de editarse:" Y
(Coatinda en- Ia pag. A..
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-07-21
.H GllOque de aRtDayeT

Anteayer, las II :45 pm. en- la Gale
Salvador Brau, trayecto entire Cruz Y
San Justo. el caro- el6ctrico No. ?, de
la Porto Rico Railway Light and Po-
wer Co., que gniaba el motorista To-
mas Lopez Y conductor Manuel Van
-Ryn, choc6 con la guagua Moya No.
1, propiedad de Gabriel Moya, de San
turce, que guiaba el chauffeur Satur-
nino Paz La guagua choc6 con el au-
1tom6vil No.cS0, prepiedad del senior
Marduez, de Santurce, que guiaba Ell
chauffeur Cayetano Caceres; y este
ehoc6 con ell autom6vil U. S. No. 21509,
del Gobierno Militar, que guiaba Ell
chauffeur Francisco Rivera, soldado
del Quartermaster, resultando todos
los carros con desperfectos Ell hecho
Sc debi6 a Ia congestion del trafico Y
al ordenar detenerse ell policfa una hi
-lera de carros para edar paso otros
.vehfculos.