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fjf" W A*. i f\ I "V""*"*' a= VOL. 25. NO.12. Miss Julia Marlowe is a very serious mindod woman. She may chat amiably with youfor she is ever gracious about trivialities, and she may smile in banter,, but trmr* imnn *h* K^/* banter but touch upon the subjectsO of the stage and the facial mask of amusement disappears and her voice booms impressively It is a wonderful voice, this, and it has lured praise from the tips of numberless critical pens. She was at tea when a Herald re porter found her in her apartment at the Plaza hotel.ofWhats about9 did mm ?r?^JFm XHE APPEALKEEPS IN FRONT shettalk A score topic Bu le her attitude be defined b\ her own words, for when asked if she took the theater seriously, she replied: "Oh, I doalmost to the point of be ing tiresome." The latter, however, was a misstate ment induced by modesty, for at no time ind she even suggest that a bro.it hed subject could grow "tiresome" to her. To the contrary she talked in-, tense]\, inteiestinglj. But judge for youi selves. 'Ha\e jou a voice to add to the present agitation for the purity of the drama, Miss Marlowe'" "Indeed, yes Here i my creed the atricalor at least a part of it. I be lieve in beauty and truth in the drama, these foi ms must prevail in the end, for only these survive. I believe, too in a sufficient latitude for the presenta tion of those problems of life which are of value and importance to all, and against the honest presentation or MISS which the doors of the theatei should not be closed. Butand this is an important con ditionI wr oul see such problem ti rated masteis with a serious pm pose rather than exploited for mere com nificial profit in a sensational manner. For the stage, I believe, is some sense an epitome of life, in which alt soits and conditions struggle for wis dom and will continue to do so." 'And is the blame for the present state of the drama to be laid entirely at the doors of the managers or at the leot of the actors?" "Xot entirely," declared Miss Mar low e, "tor the audiences have a large share in the responsibility for the pit sent unfortunate tendency And I am fiimly convinced that the remedy is to be sought and the cure is to be applied quite as much beyond the doors of the theater as behind them" Besides seriousness, a look of con viction gleamed fiom the eyes of the at ixess as she delivered herself of these opinions, and the interviewer sought to diavv trom her remark upon the much discussed "object of the theater" by asking A "Then you think it is the 'mission' of the stage to preach?" "Xot to pi eachat least not neces sarily But I cannot subscube to the statement which some of my fellow artists havve been guilty otnamely, that the theater has but one purpose, that ot amusing the audience It does not seem to me to be rational to be lieve that when the front doors of a theater have been banged after the last of the audience all its. influence ceases, that all these hundreds and thousands of people go forth and im mediately forget everything that they have seen and heard. 'I think at least a part of the im pulsion must be carried into their Vagabonds, but Not Cutthroats. It is not all* pleasure, the life of a countrv policeman The guardian of Pigburvsuper-Splosh's morals was ob served the other day to be looking caievvorn. "What's the matter?" he echoed, in response to kind Inquiries, "Why, it's those three tramps I locked up this morning They are kicking up a row because they want to plav bridge and I can't find them a fourth."London Globe. Back to the Farm. "Well, Silas, what did you find new flown to the city?" "Why, somethin' wuth seein'. The hull place is full o' caljs with cash registers on 'em, an* red flags to show folks it's dangerous to dispute the fare. They call 'em taxidermy cabs, 'oause ef you don't mind, the drivers J1 Jest take the skin off ye."Life. vS* SO-*"** Vn '"'I BEOATJSE: 1It aims to publish all the news possible. 8lt does so impartially' wasting no words. 8Its correspondents are able and energetlo. IMBBMBBBMUBI^ I MISS JULIA MARLOWE TALKS OF THE I INFLUENCE OF THE THEATER homes and Into their lives, that the stage must exert an influence beyond the reach of the actor's voice and the glare of th footlights. "T /brief,e continued Miss Marlowe, "I believe that there are great and permanent benefits which the theater can confer. And I may as well con fess that it is my desire and ambi tion to associate my name along with these aspects. I deplore the noisy, the blatant and the hysterical, I would rather have a cymbal sounded before the theater than a penny rattle. "But then it is so easy to preach and so difficult to practice. So I feel that my attitude and its sincerity" can best be judged by the class of plays in which I myself have appeared dur ing my long service to the theater That concluded the one topic, and the next on the tapis was the New theater. About this Miss Marlowe was enthusiastic. "It has simply got to be a success," she announced exultantly and then, with a touch of sadness in her voice, she added. "And if it does not succeed it will throw the whole movement of dramatic advancement back hopelessly, throw it back so far that it will not seem worth while for the present generation to struggle to revive it "You know." she explained, "the pub lic is rather bored with the idea of JUL A MARLOWE 'movements' of the kind that are said to advance the theater. It has seen a tew tried, but has heard and read about a lot of theones that did not suivive even the test of discussion. Mind you, I am huiling no blame at the attitude of the theatrical producers of today, for the very first principle upon which a theater of the ordinary kind is con ducted must be a principle that has sound commercial reasons to recom mend it. "But the New theater will be dif ferent. These men of wealth who have so generously banded together to father this scheme are willing to asum the inevitable deficits With the chief commercial considerations removed, the mam thing then will be the artistic side And why should not the latter flourish at the New theater? Aie we not proud in the fact that we speak the tongue of Shakespeare, and is it not logical that Shakespeare's plays should prove thewhat shall I say? the dramatic backbone of this scheme? So it must be, the pennant of Shake speare must float from the masthead of this ship of drama. We neglect Shakespeare in Americathat is an old story which I need not PO into here again. So, whatever else is done at the New theater, what other plays may be given performance, Shakespeare must predominate. "My great regret has been that there is not, or cannot be, one class of the aters which shall at all times be re served for the presentation of the best and highest in drama, theaters to which the public can resort with con fidence and where their confidence should never be abused. Believe me, it is almost impossible to establish a suitable 'atmosphere' for the classic drama in a theater which the previous week has housed some cheap, unworthy and sensational phase of a dramatic Strength. Host (to belated guest)I want to introduce vou to Col Hankthunder as soon as I can catch his eye, but you'll have to talk in a loud tone of voice. He's very deaf. Belated GuestWhee! He's got a mug on him that would stop a clock! Col. Hankthunder (suddenly turn ing)What's that, sir? HostErColonel, I want you to know Mr. Sipes. He was just remark ing to me, "What a strong face "the colonel has!" i Bad Fix. The lieutenant rushed to the bridge and saluted. "Captain," he shoutedfor the roar of the artillery was deafening"the enemy has got our range." The captain frowned. "Curse the luck" he growled. "Now how can the cook 'jet dinner?"Cleveland Leader. SM^s*^,fiS condition which in the end can only be ephemeral, in which Shakespeare may possibly be followed by the latest dra matic impropriety." "Then may I inquire why you are not confining yourself to Shakespearian repertoire at present?" "A logical question," commented Miss Marlowe, "and it is only just that I, who have tried so hard to have the public like me in Shakespeare roles, should be reproached when I depart from them. But, if you'll recall, I said the basis of all theatrical ventures of the ordinary kind must be a commer cial one. No less an artist than the late Sir Henry Irving handed down that dictum. Now it happens that-the American public craves some thing now, some thing novelwe will leava the sensational out of the discussion entirely. "Shakespeare is not 'new* or 'novel.' So I and my managers are compelled to cast about to seek a new vehicle. If it were commercially possible to af ford Shakespeaie I would be happy in that repertoire, entirely so. But the public decides such matters, after all. So I chose 'The Goddess of Reason* because I thought it a play of inter est and merit, and I can only hope that the public will find these qualities in it, too." "You have been criticized by indi viduals because you refuse to allow any late comer to be seated after the rising of the. curtain of "The Goddess of Reason,' have you a specific object in view in enforcing this rule?" "Yes, I do it for the sake of the audience and for my own sake. I am feai fully susceptible to any noises that occur in the theater during a perform ance, and late comers make enough noises to break the threads of inter est of a dozen plays. Such interrup tions unnerve me completely, and I believe they annoy those who have taken the pains to come to the theater early. Why should the punctual ones be the victims of the tardy ones? Why should a half dozen interested auditors be compelled to rise to admit some person or some couple who have dined well and too long? "It is not fair to any one concerned so the rule is enforced and shall be. I am keeping faith with the public by having the performance begin at the hour advertised and I can only ask, in all reason, that those who have come at the appointed time are not cheated out hearing the first act by those who come strolling into the theater at any later time." The tea cups were empty, and the hands of the clock pointed menacingly at an hour that called the actress to her duties. The reporter made his adieu regretfully, for he had still an other topic. "And what do you think of Ameri can dramatists, Miss Marlowe?" She looked very serious for a mo ment and then she smiled. "II refuse absolutely to discuss them." Miss Marlowe was gracious but she was very, very firm, and there was nothing more to do than to say good by. What does Miss Marlowe think of the American draJnatists? What, in deedj (American dramatists please write.) Sweet Rumination. Jacob Riis tells* many amusing ex periences about street urchins when they first see the green fields and the wooded hills. Here is one of his best: "A couple of waifs, who for the first time were watching the cows being milked on a Catskill Mountain farm, seemed very much puzzled. The farm er, noticing the peculiar expression on their countenances, inquired the cause. "The reply was: 'Say, mister, do you mind telling us how much it costs to keep dem animals in chewing gum?'"Judge. Not on Her Side. Her MotherMabel, dear, do you ever feel timid about asking your hus band for money? The BrideNo, indeed, mamma but he seems to be rather timid about giv ing it to me.Chicago Daily News. Defective Page ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINK. SATUBDAT. MABCff 20, 1909. 7, TAKING UP "WELFARE WORK." Both Companies and Employes Are Pleased with Its Results. "Welfare work" is not yet carried on by every company. Some of the larger roads have gone into tne matter very extensively and do a great deal in va rious lines, while other^ have only re cently begun some features in an exentitled perimental way. The vork, however, is developing. Each ye^r more money is devoted to it, other companies are taken it up, and we majr hope in time to see most of those branches of wel fare work that have proved successful where tried, taken up ajnd permanent ly carried on by the majority of the railroad companies of the country. That the efforts and expe( /e on the part of the railroads in th$se various ways in behalf oXtheJrem$oyes have been abundantly justiijedTfrom both the business and huirianitarian stand points, the high officials ot the roada are firmly convinced. "Welfare work" has brought company and men into closer relationship. It has made em ployes feel that the company takes a sympathetic interest in their welfare that it is not merely seeking to grind out the best years of their lives with exacting work, long hours, and small pay, giving them nothing to look for ward to but retirement without com pensation through disability or old age. It has tended to stamp out that spirit of discontent that has caused so many costly strikes 'in American railroad history. It has generally raised the tone and character of the men, increasing their loyalty and effi ciency, and making them realize tht the success of the company mean" their own success, and that these both depend on each man doing well hia individual part. From 'Welfare Work' on American i Railroads," by William Menkel, in the American Re view of Reviews. WORK OF WRECKING CREWS. Fortitude *Hd Heroism a Requisite for This Service. The improvement in'wrecking facili ties and in the matter pf comforts pro Vided for their emergency crews by the great majority of railroad com panies within the last five years ia truly remarkable. No expense ia spared in perfecting the equipment with which the wrecker must attack and conquer the weighty problems in mechanics presented by mountains oJ inertia whose displacement and sal vage, if possible, are required. "There was a time^ ot many years ago,** -said a wrebkffit fitm recently, "when we piled into an ordinary box car with a few jackscrews and rope to work with, grabbed a box 01 two of crackers and hardtack and a couple of cheeses, hooked up to a rat tletrap of an engine, and with that equipment went out to fight a wreck Now I estimate that our present wrecking train costs in the vicinitj of $65,000and we get the best grub in the market while we're working.' The wrecking crews have upon many occasions proved not alone theii remarkable efficiency in work, but their unusual fortitude and heroism i rescue work as well. Among the fight ers of man's battle against thos forces of nature which he has as yel only partially conquered and imper fectly mastered the wrecker stands out as one of the most brave, compe tent and indomitable. His searching face and the glow of his lantern have to many a sufferer, from whom hope had fled in the hour of agony, spelled the light of deliverance, and his toil and guardianship bring the tithe of human life and property loss annual ly demanded by steam for the gift o/ rapid transit down to the minimum. Growing Timber for Ties. The unromantic section of timber that lies embedded between the rails until rooted up and burnt, too old for service, has assumed a vast impor tance in the estimation of practical railroad men, for the forests from which come the trees that are cut into ties are becoming exhausted and the prices of this material are being ad vanced to such an extent that some radical steps have become absolutely necessary. The Pennsylvania railroad is the pioneer in the departure that it is thought will solve the problem. A large piece of farm land belonging to the company near Morrisville, Pa., has been set apart for forest reservation and here, under the direction of the forestry department of the railroad, millions of seedling plants are being nursed into a sufficiently robust life to allow for their removal to other lands belonging to the company, where they can be permitted to take their chance of growing to maturity The trees selected for this planta tion are those which have proved the most desirable for railroad ties. There are acres of oak seedlings, chestnuts, catalpa plants, black locust, Scotch pine, Austrian pine, Douglas fir and other trees that are of the right mate rial for cutting up into railroad ties Trespassers Killed on Railroads. Reports compiled by Pennsylvania railroad officials show that in the last year 657 trespassers were killed and 791 injured on the lines. In 1907 the traspassers killed numbered 822. These figures are pointed to as emphasizing the recommendations of the state rail road commissions of Pennsylvania and Indiana that laws be enacted provid ing substantial punishment for all trespassers. These cases of trespass, it is declared, are not only a source of expense and danger, but It is felt that common humanity should prompt the most thorough measures to elim inite the evil. PEAL. CHILD OF THE STAGE IS MISS JULIE HE1ME Daughter of America's most popular, and perhaps, greatest playwright, and beautiful and talented to a degree is Julie Heme, who is appearing this week at the Orpheum in a little play "A Mountain Cinderella." "You sit over there," she said to the interviewer, who tapped on her dress ing room door behind the stage of the Orpheum last evening, "and I'll get my sewing and we can talk." She was so perfectly at home with her sewing and in her stage costume and make-up that the interviewer wanted to' know when she first com menced her stage career. "It was during a production of my father's play, "Hearts of Oak," in the early '80s," said Miss Heme. "I was then two years old. My father's com pany was playing in Leavenworth, Kan at the time. A small child was used in the cast, and at Leavenworth this child was taken ill and I was pressed into service. I remember my first experience well. I was carried on. It was a graveyard scene and the stage was covered with leaves. I had lines to say and I got by without a mistake. Later my mother told me that I had seen the play so often that I had memorized the lines the child sai4 perfectly. 'It may seem a little hard to believe that I can remember when I was two years old, but it's so. When I was carried on the stage that night the soldiers from the fort threw money over the footlights to me. My father took a dollar that was tossed on the stage and had my name and the date engraved on it 3ust as a me mento of my first appearance in the atrical work. We still have the dollar at my home at Sag Harbor on Long Island." Just then Miss Heme opened the door of her dressing room to see how Close to the ending the act preceding her was. "Lots of time yet," she said with a smile. "My father always hoped that I would become a playwright." went on Miss Heme "He thought that he saw in me the same qualities, the same powers of insight and the same con structive faculty as well as the same quality of humor which had enabled him to write so many suocesses And you see I have written a little The interviewer remembered "Be- tween the Acts," which was written by Miss Heme and in which she starred last season in vaudeville He also knew that she had just completed a four-act play entitled "Managing Syl- via," which is soon to be produced by the Oppenheimer Brothers in St. Louis. "Why do you always write of actors or the stage?" he asked. "Because," said Miss Heme, "it is the only thing I know anything about. All my life I have lived behind the stage of a theater during the winter and in the summer on our farm on Long Island, which is seventy miles from any human being. For a while I went to a finishing school in Boston Miss Emerson'sbut for the most part I have lived in the theateror on the farm. Boston, you know, is where I was born. No I don't really get time to feel lonesome. But I do hate to eat alone. That is the only time I ever feel lonesome. I give two per formances a day, write a good many let ters, shop a lotyou have awfully nice shops hereand write on my play most of the time. So you see in spite of living all alone I don't get very blue I was never here with my father, but I played here with 'Ben-Hur' and in vaudeville." Just then the stage manager rang the electric bell warning Miss Heme that it was getting close to the time to go on. She picked up the banjo in the corner to see if it was in tune. "I toiled night and day to learn it for this act," she said with a smile, "and I was scared to death on the opening night. My sister said I ought to play it behind a screen, but I got by all right. But I am still a little afraid of it getting out of tune," she remarked as she passed before the footlights. THE CHANCE THEY MISS Men Who Don't Ask One Particular Question at the Right Time. Funny how people always think af terward of what they should have said before. One man did make good the next day, but few do that. A man met him on the hillside He was bound doublequick for the church at the foot. The backslider, oddly enough, was going up. "Hi! You're going the wrong way!" called the churchgoer. The backslider yelled back, but his answer was lost. "Say,' he- demanded of the church goes the next day, "did you hear what I said?" "No." "Well, it's too good to waste You said I was going the wrong way. I said you seemed to be going downhill pretty fast yourself." That's the pathetic part of it. This story illustrates the opportunity that comes once in a lifetime. There are hundreds of' thousands of UNITED STATES NAVY'S LATEST DREADNOUGHT This picture shows the new Dieaduc light of the American navy, the batiletlup Isoith Dakofa, as she will ap- pear when she goes into commission She will be the first of our battlesships to be equiipe with the new military masts, which are shown in the picture. men kicking themselves because they failed to ask one particular question at the right time, and they know they're never going to get the chance to make good now A number of really good men marry wives to the contrary notwithstand ing. When an engagement is an nounced there is always a kind of fi nancial investigation over teacups, but it's nothing to the inquisition that has gone before. Prospective papa-in-law gets out his glasses and turns them on the mere man who aspires to spend the rest of his life in a perspiring ef fort to keep up the feminine luxury he is bidding in. Is he able to support a wfie? How much is his salary? What are his prospects? How does he stand with the president of his company? Son-in-law hopeful to be puts his best foot forward with a persistence that threatens to give him a one sided dog gait for all time to come. He submits to impertinent questions as to whether he has ony one depend ent on him or not. He almost con fesses that he has turned over a new leaf and got rid of all dependents. Of course, papa means aged mother or old maid sister. Son-in-law just saves himself by catching on in the nick of time. He listens to the thrilling history of papa's superhuman struggle to dec- AM B1LUKEM STILL SMILES On* wy of announcing .your engagement. THE APPEALSTEADILY 6AINS ^^-fti .L* BECAUSE: f- 91 4-It is the organ of ALL Afro-Americans. 6It is not controlled by any ring or clique. -It asks no support but the people's. .40 PER YEAS. orate the stem on which the glorious blossom of girlhood he hopes to pluck is supported. The more he hears of the folderols and funny-dos that have been lavished on her the surer he is that if he misses getting her he will lose the prize beauty in the rosebud gaiden. Meekly he answers all questions. Largely he lies about the promise of a raise. Humbly he reports his bank accountplus. Timidly he confesses his smoking and drinksminus. Mamma maybe comes in and tells him that she has tried to rear her darling daughter to be an ornament to her husband's home. She says they could not think of letting her life go into the keeping of a man who could not provide for her as well as her parents have done. Son-in-law suggests that he is con sidering a lease on an apartment in the fashionable, selectand expensive Whitherland. He says it as if he were not at the moment wondering where he will land when he is force* to live up. Mamma, maybe is charmed. She couldn't ask more. Why, she can't afford to live there herself. He gets the girl. The cook cuts out during the first week of housekeeping. He eats dried beef and biscuit for dinner three days running. The housemaid loaves because she won't wash the dishes. He begins to think about that ques tion he didn't ask. His ornament can't cook. Her kisses are sour because he even hints that she ought. He remembers that in every other bargain he has made he has let the seller prove the worth of the goods. He recalls how he stood papa's ques tioning, how he pleaded for the priv ilege of providing a home and servants and gilded leisure for theornament. He thinks she ought to be able to cook a dinner that would fill the ach ing void. He doesn't ask, he doesn't want her to do it all the time. He ap preciates her beauty and her chai and her gift for entertaining but she ought to be able to take the wheel in an emergency. Why didn't he ask about it Why didn't he see what she had to bring the domestic partnership? WhyNew York Sun The Mud Slingers. Mrs. Clarence Mackay, at a dinner it New York, discussed the recent suf fragist address wherein she had re torted upon President Roosevelt that woman could help her children mon by entering intelligently into politics than by performing at home the some what menial duties of the nurse maid "Is there room for woman in poli- tics?" said Mrs. Mackay, with a smile "Yes, there is room and to spare foi her. For instance: 'Your husband is abroad, is he not? I said the other day to the wife of 8 Western mayor. 'Yes, said she 'He is taking a course of mud baths in the Pyrenees. "'For rheumatism''' said I. 'Oh, no,' said she. She smilec gaily. 'He's just training,' she ex. plained, 'for the approaching municipal campaign.'" Increasing His Patrimony. "My boy, I have nothing to leav you but debts." "Yes, dad "But be diligent, and no doubt you can increase your inheritance."Wash ington Herald. MINNESOTA JMSTORICALJH0RIC ^/MITTY/. SOCIETY 4 BuRt-3