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YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
PRIPRAVY MA SVOLANIE
PARLAMENTU A MA VOL BY

Praha, l. augusta. Nastaly par
lamentne prazdniny, avsak ma
prick tomu prislusnych parla-
mentnych kruhoch a na i1radnych
miestach robia sa horlive pripra-
Wy k buddcemu zasadnutiu Ma
rodneho shromazdenia, ktore bu-
de svolane v septembri, po kto-
rom budu coskoro nasledovat
vol by, ktore nemaju byt' oddis-
lene. Termin vypisania volieb ne
boil este ustaleny, ale da sa SUI
dit, re to bude case medzi IL.
25. oktobrom t. r.
Ako pise dnesny vecernik "Pr&-
va Lidu'', nalieha sa S niektorych
stran ma to, ably zarovno posla-
neckou snemovnou bol rozpuste-
ny tiez senat, ponevac treba ra-
tat s tym, re vol'bami nastantl
osobne presuny tax, ze mnohy po
lance stane sa senatorom a obra
tene. Okrem toho uvazuje sa tiez
O rozdelenf prace medzi senate
a poslaneckou snemovnou, pone-
vac doteraz bola poslanecka sne-
movna pref 'azena "a konodarnEmi
pracami. Preto sd navrhuje, ably
senat sa specializoval IA admin
strativnu kontrolu tym sposobom,
ze by vsetky politicke strany pred
kladaly svoje ponosy, tykajlce sa
nedostatkov administrativy svo-
jim senatnym klubom takto ma
shromazdene ponosy boly by pre-
iednavane vo WHORE senatu "a
1casti zastupcov patricnych mi
nisterstiev, ktorG by sa postarali
o vysetrenie a napravu. Touto
kontrolnou Ginnost 'ou ziskal by
senat na svojom vyzname napo-
mohol by urychleniu reorganiz;i-
Gle administrativy, co by bolo ma
prospech ura'dov / statu.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
sLovAc1 NEDosTALI, tEsI
DOSTALI.

VILLAIN Lenart, invalid Laker,
robotnik, posli z Bratislavy do
Komarna. Tam sa stavia statna
cesta, hl'adali tam robotu. Dosta-
Ii nastroje, >sli az robit' ked zra-
zu ten isty palier (forman) ina
povie, ably nechali vsetko a sH
pret. Ma ich miesto nastrojami
prisli styria Cesi tito wall chlieb
nasim robotn1kom zpred lst. u
bohi 'dvaja nasi Slovaci museH
odist' Komarna. Lenart NAL az
do d. Stredy ma vlak. Odtial' pc
So dosiel do Bratislavy. Ten dru-
hy nemal ma vlak, nuz peso ide
al Komarna do Bratislavy. Had
ny bez roboty.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
Michal Sincak, Glen, 81 Schoon
maker Ave-, Monessen, Pa.
Porota.
Stefan Kukuca, st., 21O1 Dowcd
ST., Lakewood, Ohio.
oTAzKY o NATURAIIzACII A
ODPOVEDE ZNAICA.
f. L. +. s.
Clanok vi.

Otazka: Ci su niektori jedno-
tlivci, ktori sa nemozu stat ame-
rickymi obcanmi z roznych do
vodov2 III,
Odpoved': Americkymi obcan-
mi sa nem5zu stat Cfnani, Japon-
ci a Indovia. Okrem toho obcania
alebo prislusnici krajov a statov
dobe syetovej valhy neutral
nych, ktori sa vzdali prveho OBJ
cianskeho papieru, ably nemuseli
slizit v alnerickom vojsku a ii,
ktori v tom smere ucinili prehla-
senie, odmietajiic' platnost' svojhc
prveho papieru.
Otazka: Hodlam ziadat ame-
ricke obcianstvo az dosiaP som
sa marne SNAIL dostat' svoju no.
dinu 20 stareho. kraja "a sebou
Nem6zu obdrzat' vizum. CT mi
sudca moze odopret' obcianstvo
ked' til dosiaP nemam svoju ro
dinu? a... ..
r: Odpoved': Naturalizaeni vyse
l.trovtelia dostali z Washington
instrukcie, ably neodpor1cali Ia
kychto ziadatel'ov pre- obcianstvt
ked' tn lNmajd rodiny.. avsak yse
tko zalezi ma samotnom .sudcovl
Otazka: Stal som sa obcanon
v jdni 1924. Ci sa stala moja re
ma a dietky tiez americkymi oh
| eanmi? =.
Odpoved': Manzelka ziadatel' ,;
a naturalizovaneho obcana mus
sa sama starat' 0 obcianstvo. Det
vo veku pod 81 rokov, ked' byva
jd vo Spoj. Statoch sa staly tie
obcanmi. Ked' vsak su usaden,
V cudzine su povazovane "a obca
nov, akonahle sa trvacne usadi;
V dobe svojej nedospelosti v Sp
Statoch. Nedospele dietky s1 "a
pisane v obcianskom papiere svcj
no Otca.
Otazka: Bol som naturalizova
ny vr. 1914. CT sa stala moja re
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
LEGIONARI BEE PRACE.

Do 5000 legionarov V CSR. je
bez' zamestnania. Kancelaria es.
legii hi 'adela sfce najst' kazdemu
legionarovi zamestnanie, po vyda-
nj zakazu prijimat' move silly do
statnych sluzieb je vsak tato Il.
miest 'ovacia akcia znacne t.'aze.
ma. Hlavny zretel' berie teraz ta
kancelaria ma obce a je vyslovo
vana mienka, ze keby kazda vac
sia obec zamestnala aspon po jed
nom legionarovi, re by bol pro
blem nezamestnanosti legionaro,
likvidovany.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
Adressar dstredneJ spravy SLOW
I.igy v Amerike.

Ivan Bielelx, predseda, 600-6O2
Grant St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
j. c. Molitoris, podpredseda.
166 Avenue A, New York, N. Y.
Frantiska Jakabcin, podpred-
sedkyna, 427 South 9Th St., Read
ing, Pa.
Jan A. Kocdr, tajomnfk, P. O.
Box 996, Pittsburgh, Pa.
P. Jamriska, pokladnfk, 62S-
630 Grant ST., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dozorny vybor:
Jozef Husek, predseda, Box D.,
AIiddletown, Pa.
Jozef Durish, Glen, P. 0. Box
1704, Pittsburgh, Pa.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21

relo gazdovstiev $ celym prislu-
senstvom. skoda lie vel 'ka, fcbo
gazdom zhorelo tiez uz move kr-
mivo pre- statok. St'astie, ze este
obilie ME je svezene do 'stodol. A.
10 obycajne, postihnuti ME su vo-
bee, alebo len ciastocne poistenl
.proti ohnu. q okolnych dedin pri-
slo ma pomoc s striekaciek, ktory-
mi potion ohen zastavili v s1renf
1a na druhych gazdov.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
PODPALILI AMERIKANA.

Gazda Michal Hrebenak prisiel
nedavno z Ameriky a priniesol od-
til' al hromadku dolarov. Media
vno vsak vznikol v jeho dome ne
cakane ohen, ktory znieil celu
chalupu, al Hrebenakove krvo-
potne zarobene dolare, a celia ro-
dina bude teraz nutena what do
ruky zobracku palicu. Hovorl sa,
ze ohen podlozili HrebeAakovi ne
prajnfci pomstE, re priniesol z
Ameriky peniaze.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
y Zeeko-Slovcs,ska
sLovAcI v MAnARsKU.

4SHPiS0A. VI d OuJdNoiSny.
Kto. $ pozornost 'ou spreyadza
nest 'astny osi1d Slovakov v Ma
4 'arsku, nevie sa dost' nadivit
drzej smelosti vodcov nasich Ma
a 'arov, ze axe memoranda posie-
lajn Svazu Narodov, v ktorych
sa ponosujd ma zle zaobchadzanie
Mad 'armi v nasej republike.
Tychto l'udi srdce boil, ze pri-
Sli prvenstvo nasom State a ze
uz nemozu Slovakov pomocou cir.
xvi a statu mad 'arcit tax, ako to
robievali pred prevratom. Keby
Il Mad 'ari, ktori posielaj1 memo
randa len trochu poznali tie zle
narodnostne pomery, v akych Il
! j1 Slovaci Mad 'arsku, iste by
boil az vel l'mi spokojnf tym, 60
maj1 u mas.
Slovaci Mad 'arsku nemaiii
nijakeho prava.. Keby len usta 0.
tvorili a. ziadai 81 nieco, vsetkych
byiy tel Minute pozatvarali tax,
ako robili s Komlosanmi, Pitva-
rosanmi a Cabanmi hned apo pre-
vrate alebo teraz robia S vodca-
mi socialistov. Dobili by Tieh do
cierna, aby i'm odisla chut' bojo-
vat "a svoje prava. Mad 'ari boil
majstri tomto OIL 'ade pred pre-
yratom, tym, horst si proti Slo-
.vakom teraz po prevrate, ami max
sa nepolepsi1i.A
Tam. ie. Slova kom v narodnom
chl 'ade stp raz horsie,, ako je Ma
d 'arom u nas.' y 's'
|. Iaujima ma osud 1iasirh eSlova-
itkov V Mad 'arsku, poznal som ,ho
pred prevratom, a preto ked' sa i
teraz stretnem y@;nasich sloven-
skych knpel och so slovenskvmi
rol ol'nickami z Mad 'arska, rad sd
dam mimi do rozhovoru. Zeny
tmajetnych rol 'nikov, ktore cho-
dia sa sem V lete zotavit alebo lie
cit reumu, rozpravaju zaujima-
We veci 0 ich zlych narodnych a
cirkevnych pomeroch. Mad 'ari,
ked' ich nevedeli pozbavit' svo-
jej slovenciny pred prevratom,
tym lepsie sa usiluju to teraz.
Biskupi, knazi, ueitelia s1 ma mno-
hych miestach najvacsimi mad "a
rizatormi. Slovenskych knazov uz
i'm ami nedaju.
Diva sa tomu, re kol Ike prava
SINE dali my nasim Mad 'arom, ma
jd svoje mad 'arske cirkve. svo-
jich knazov az nazbyt, 1900 ma
d d'arskych ucitel 'ov, ktori sloven-
sky nevedia, ami sa nechcti nau-
cit, maju plno vel 'ky1ch casopi-
SOW, ktore sa samy udrzat' memo
zu, musia dostavat' Ipodporu z
Mad 'arska, majn vseijake spoil
ky, gymnazia, slovom vsetko, co
i'm podl'a percentov obyvatel 'stva
patri, a Slovaci Mad 'arsku ne
majn mic. Ami jednej slovenskej
pudovej Skoly alebo slovenskeho
easopisu, spolku, nemaju nicoho
Nemaj1 tam nijakej slobody, ami
prava!
V Pestianskej stolici je hodne
slovenskych dedin v dolnom No
vohrade, ale keby tam prisla ma
postu slovenska kniha. slovensky
kalendar, slovensky Tranoscius,
til tameJsi notar, farar, ucitel' a
postar jednoducho spalia, adresat
ju nikdy nebude tftat'. Tam 81 to
uz tax zaviedli, ze sa skolach V
slovenskych dedinach uz ami O.
tcenas nesmie ucit' diet'a po slo-
vensky. Myslia 81, ze ked' sa i'm
stare Tranosciuse a katechizmy
pomin1, re pominie i slovencina.
Biskup Raffay je vodcom otcom
tohoto nasilia, pachanom ma Slo-
vakoch V Mad 'arsku.
A jednako, podl'a poslednej
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
POSTATNENIE STREDNYCH
SK0L.

Move Zamky po tieto dni pod
pisaly smluvu postatnenl kato-
lickeho gymnazia. Ustav prevez-
me. stat dnom l. septembra 1925.
Tiez sa vyjednava postatnenie
strednych skol evanjelickych, t.
j. 8 postatnenie ev. realneho gym
nazn " KeEmarku a ev. ucitel'-
skeho 1stavu, ktory ma byt' po-
statneny uz pociatkom noveho
skolskeho roku. Posledna stredna
skola, ktora seste szostava, iklasi1
cke gymnazium benediktfnske y
Komarne, je vydrziavane radon
samym, bez pomoci statu.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
DIR. JAN RUMAN zoMREL.

Dr.. Jan Ruman, zupan Kosickcj
zupy a Kodak z Liptova, zomrel.
Bol presvedcenym Slovakom ma
rodnym pracovnfkom este pred
prevratom. Ako zlpan, viedol 81
vel mi m1dre a NAL priatel 'ov
medzi vsetkymi vrstvami obyva-
tel 'stva.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1925-08-21
oHEN v DzACOVE. (.

Dna q. julia 1925 odpoludnia
bola V zapadnom Sarisi vel 'ka
bdrka. V obci Dzaeove (okres sd
binovsky) diva razy hrom udrel
a zapalil. Ohen sa v kratkej dobe
vel mi rOzSiril. - Celkom vyho-
Evening star., 1925-08-09
Girlhood Experience Launched
Mrs. Cats Suffragist Career

This petition. transmitted through
the State assemblyman representing
the district in which Mason City was
located, created astonishment.
Firstly, nobody-not even the Iowa
Suffrage ASsociation-suSp that
there was any one in Mason City suffi-
ciently interested in the rights Of
woman to get up a petition in her
behalf
Secondly, on investigation. it was
found that this surprising document
was the most representative petition
filed from any part of the State. II
contained the signatures of all but 10
women in Mason City.
Officials OF the suffrage association
perceived at once that they hadn't
been watching Mason City closely
enough. Obviously there was some
person. or group of persons there.
who had the stuff to be of real serv-
ice in the suffrage cause.
Inquiries followed. 1t was discover
ed that Mrs. Carrie Chapman was the
Fmoving spirit behind that extremely
impressive petition. No sooner had
she read about the projected bill than
she had rallied her friends TO her
They had made an absolutely com
plete canvass Of the community and
the women who didn't sign the petit
tion were merely women who
wouldn't listen TO reason.
The suffrage officers hastened to
send Mrs. Chapman an invitation TO
attend the next State convention
Humorously enough. while they had
been ignorant of her existence she
was just as much in the dark about
theirs. She didn't know there was
an association. However, she Went TO
the convention. There she learned
that the movement already had been
on for 40 years and had accomplished
much.
/ Lucy Stone, aged woman's rights
/ pioneer, was present as speaker
Carrie Chapman literally sat at her
/ feet and got from her the story of
/ the great cause. 1t was a cause she
thirsted to serve.
Her new acquaintanCeS realized
her ability and were quick to enlist
her aid. By 1S9O-the same wear
that she became the wife of George
William Catt-she had become State
/ lecturer and organizer Two years
later she entered the service Of the
national organization. eventually 10
lead 1t TO victory in obtaining Fed
eral amendment
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1925-08-09

n OOkS of great price are always
- scarce books. But scarce books
are not always costly. 1t Is
- only when rare volume wins
the favor of competitive col
lectors that its value begins to be
reckoned in hundreds and thousands
of dollars. BY grace of the collectors
whim, Poes 'Tamerlane" has become
the most cherished of all American
first editions. Accordingly, the last
copy sold brought about 1900.
'Tamerlane," PoeS first published
work, was limited to perhaps 200
copies or less. However, the supply
was ample in 1927. The few who had
chanced to hear of Edgar Allen Poe
were inclined to dismiss him as a mel
ancholy, dissipated young person who
was trying to write verse. His thin
book, in its cheap board covers, was
treated with about as much solicitous
care as we reserve for last months
magazines. 1t is doubtful if more
than five or six copies have survived.
Hawthorne, who comes next to Poe
in the esteem of collectors, is not
close second on the price list. His
rarest book "Fanshawe," can be
bought for $4,000. when it is to be had
at all. Hawthorne burned much of
his earlier writing. and "Fanshawe"
was his first Independent work to
achieve publication. 1t was published
anonymously in 1928 and the author
afterward suppressed it, most likely
wishing that he had destroyed it in
the first place. For reading, Fan
Shave" is scarcely to be compared
with THE Scarlet Letter" Not that
collecting has anything in particular
to do with reading. If one happens to
have any curiosity about the contents
of a rare book he has added to his col
lection, he buys modern edition and
thumbs the pages of that.
A few years ago THE Scarlet Let
ter" first edition, could be bought for
$40 or $12, and good copies, too. Now
it costs $75 to acquire a copy. Bren-
tano's declines to venture any opinion
about why a collector considers Fan
Shave" worth $4,000 when he expects
to buy 1.-The Scarlet Letter" for less
than 500.
Another American first edition
which seems to enjoy a secure hold
on the collectors interest is Walt
Whitman's Leaves of Grass" This
book, in good condition, has long been
quoted at $3.50, but probably If copy
were to come up in some big book sale
a new and much higher figure would
be put upon it. The poet was his own
typesetter and printer when it was
published in Brooklyn in 1855. 1t is
safe to say that Leaves of Grass"
will never be any cheaper, for bibliog-
raphers are agreed that it is becoming
one of the rarities of American letters.
Uncle Toms Cabin is not a really
rare book; good copies in original
bindings are selling for only 500 or
thereabout.
The publication Of Dickens Pick
Evening star., 1925-08-09

dmental author-but about tWelv
copies got ont before the order of exc
cutlon caught them. The first Eng
llSh edition was held up a wear while
ffot. DodgSon that was really his
name, you know, although most of us
remember him as Lewis CARROLL re-
told the tale of Alice's eventful inva-
sion of the rabbit hole.
Manuscript had been forwarded 10
an American publisher, so that the
wonder book would appear simulta-
neouSIy In both countries. He issued
the hrst American edition, happily ic-
norant of authors Whim. So the
text OF American first edition copies
of Alice in Wonderland" is the same
as that of the rare twelve which
escaped the authors ban in England
The difference is in the price. for tbe
American 'frsts' sell for SIS The
nrSt English edition, published a wear
later. Is quoted at $3.50. despite the
fact that it does not relate AIice's
original adventures.
Beginners find the bibliographv of
Keats easy enough to learn, since he
had only three volumes of verse pub
hshed during his short lifetime. This
makes the collection of Keats quite
SIMPLE when one can Pick up the first
book OF Poems at 81 900. "Endvm-
ion for $4,000 and his last poems for
another $4,000, making complete col
lection of Keats for only $4,000.
However, his friend Percy Il. Shel-
ley is somebody else again. Shelley
has about 80 different publications,
including his SocialiStic pamphlets
Queen Nab is one of the collectors
prime faVorites, because Shelley him
self welded scissors on many comics
of the first edition. The publishers
were prosecuted by the government
and restrained from the publication of
this book because of the socialistic and
atheistic ideas it promulgated. But
Shelley, nothing daunted, shipped off
the publishers imprint at the bottom
or the front page, took out the dedica-
ton a-t,s CIT off the printers nan-
f..-cl the back page and gave Queen
Nab" to his friends. He thus absorTer
both the publishers and the prinIet.
ana at the. same time created a rare
book. for which collectors today are
ready to pay $4,000 or more.
The first quartos of Shakespeare are
almost beyond price, for they are al
most unobtainable From the early
quartos published before Shakespeare
death and his manuscripts written for
the actors the first folio was printed
in 1923. A perfect copy of this folio
would bring at least $40, 900 or $50. 900.
if there We're one for sale The third
folio, published in 1868, is as scarce
as the first, because most of them
were destroyed in the great London
fire which occurred soon after the
printing. But the third folio. rare as
it is, can be bought for $1,000 or
SS. 600
SO much for the glamour of first
editions!
Evening star., 1925-08-09
Blanche Bates Began as Teacher

ater burned down. 1t had been the
home of the Mckee Rankin stock
comnany, but Rankin had decided to
try his fortunes in the East, and l.. r.
Stockwell, his comedian, had taken
over the management. 1t was during
his regime that the fire occurred. The
house was rebuilt and one of Stock
wells first acts was to arrange a
benefit performance
Blanche Bates heard of this benefit
and an idea popped into her head. Her
mothers forbidding attitude could not
possibly erase the effect of two gener
ations of thought and action.
She went to Stockwell.
You're going to have a benefit next
Monday-don't you want me to play
in it?" she said.
Stockwell looked at her curiously, a
twinkle in his eye. He knew all about
her. Her parents world and his had
been one for many years.
why, yes he said finally. What
can you do?"
Anything" she replied. The curious
thing was that she felt just that way
Although she hadn't thought of it, the
theater was bred into her very bones.
On her first visit back stage she felt
as much at home as if it had been
her daily playground.
There happened to be a part that
needed to be filled in a one-act play
by Brander Matthews called This
Picture and That" 1t was the lead
ing woman's role. Young Miss Bates
got the part, and, with one weeks
study, made good in it. The audience
gave her a fine round of applause
In later years she said that this
first audience was kind to her, as
it was filled with those who had
known her most of her life" How
ever, she must have earned a large
amount of this Kindness or Stock
well would not have encouraged her,
above her mothers objections, to
continue in the theater. She became
fixture at the. California Theater
Evening star., 1925-08-09

team TO MS spring wagon
then called democrat wagon
and started off to town to cast his
vote in the pending election. He
took with him several farmhands who
had the same purpose.
1t was the first time that his young
daughter Carrie had noted there
were such things as elections" and
voting
Father she asked, why don't you
take mother with you?"
Women are not allowed 10 vote"
he replied. as he drove off.
The child puzzled the remainder Of
the day over this mystery of why
Lucius Lane and his hired men were
allowed to vote while her mother,
Maria Clinton Lane, was denied the
privilege. Her father, driving to the
polls, did not know 1t. but he was to
face a most embarrassing catechism
on his return home. His daughter
climbing to his knee, resumed her
Father. why aren't women allowed
to vote?" she asked.
Well" he replied-probably with
grin-"they don't know enough"
Ten-year-old Carrie was deadly
serious.
my mother knows more than
those hired men you took TO the
election" she objected.
"Of course-but there's another
reason-women don't own property"
Mother does"
Mr.. Lane saw no particular profit
in the discussion. He ended II.
AT any rate" he said, women
can't vote.
Now many young girls soon would
have forgotten all about this remiss-
ness of the menfolk in not allowing
the womenfolk to vote. But if Carrie
Lane had allowed it to slip from her
mind she would not have been the girl
who ultimately became known to the
world as Carrie Chapman Gait, presi
dent of the National American Woman
Suffrage Association and leader of the
movement which succeeded in, having
the Federal Constitution amended so
as to give women the vote.
Carrie Lane grew up and went to
Iowa State College. Later she married
Leo Chapman. editor of a newspaper
in Mason City, Iowa, and went there
to live. But all the time she had in
Evening star., 1925-08-09


at the California Theater, in San
Francisco, who was speaking.
The time was somewhere in the COS
and he was addressing Mrs. f. NJ.
Bates, a well known actress of the
day and mother of the girl to whom
he referred. Her reply was not lack
ing in definiteness.
II don't want my daughter to be
an actress" she declared. Anyway,
her acting in that sketch was the
worst I've seen in all my life"
Who was right? The manager, of
course. Blanche Bates, then in her
teens, in the course of a very few
years justified his discovery of her
the stellar lights of the American
stage.
Very likely her mother was not en-
tirely sincere in her early estimate
of her daughters talents. Mrs. Bates
had known the sufferings and pri-
vations which were part of the life
of practically all the dramatic artists
of her day She was bitterly opposed
to her child entering upon a stage
career. Probably her criticism of
Blanche Bates acting, as voiced to
Stockwell, was due more to a desire to
discourage a tendency she feared than
to any other reason.
"A week or ten days before Blanche
Bates had not the slightest idea of
going on the stage, despite the fact
that her mother, her grandmother
and her father were people of the the
ater. Her mothers opposition hither-
to had prevented her even from enter
ing a, playhouse.
Upon completing school she had spent
a year as kindergarten teacher. But
at the end of her term she learned
that she would not be retained. She
was not sorry.
About this time the California The.
Evening star., 1925-08-09

traitors during the publication of the
series. This was printed on a loose
leaf and inserted haphaZard in each
copy of the part published Immediately
following the demise, and must be in
cluded to make an issue complete.
One of the early copies off the press in
the printing of each part was sub
mitted to Mr.. Dickens for scrutiny.
Sometimes he revised only a word or
two. again he suggested some change
in an illustration. First edition is in
dubitably first edition, but the copy
the collector longs for is one of the
precious few that came off the press
before Mr.. Dickens blue pencil did its
work. All these small matters repre-