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To Speak of Many Things ThingsOf ThingsOf ThingsOf
Of Ships and Shoes and Sealing Wax WaxOf WaxOf ax axOf
Of Cabbages and a nd Kings
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ILLIAM ILLIA PAVER PAVEKSHAMamd FAVERSILU
0 SHAMamd SILU IIAIi1 lO nd just or ordorcd ordor ors orsdorctl
W dorcd dor d Me cup 111 > of ofbreakfast ofbrcRJdust
breakfast tea teawhen tenwhen t e a awhen
when I joined liim liimIn 1limin ltimin
In the grill rill room at the Shorohain ShorohainHotel ShorohumRotel ShorehamHotel
Hotel Monday ondBY oveniiigr shortly be before betore betore ¬
tore his performance H tit t the Na National Xntlonal Nntional ¬
tional His greeting was not inany In Inany Inapy
any sense what I had expected exj eted for foras Coras foras
as he had been a matiuuu idol for toralmost foralmost foralmost
almost a decade I had nerved my myself m mSelf myself ¬
self for an interview with an over overbearing oerbearing overbearing ¬
bearing egotistical l Englishman Englishmanwith Englishmanwith Englishmanwith
with a tendency tendenc to preening as asthough asthough asthough
though he were the ejiioHure eJnOH re of ofall ofall
all eyes It was an agreeable surprise sur surprise > > ur urprise ¬
prise to be welcomed cordially and andTvith nndwith andwith
with a a gentle courtesy eourte8 that is to tobe tobe tobe
be found more frequently in the thedrawing thedrawing thedrawing
drawing room than in the green greenroom greenroom vreenroom
room roomMI roomNl roomI
MI I am sorry that I could not ace aceyou aceyou sec7ou
you earlier eBrlierbut but I remained in New JSewYork KewYorl NewYorlt
York until the last possible mo moment moment moment ¬
ment so that I could bring Mrs MrsFaversham MrsFaersham MrsFaversham
Faversham to Washington with ith me meOh meOh meOh
Oh yes the boy is upstairs too tooThe tooThe tooThe
The second Favry of the young younger ¬
er generation genera lon is two weeks old oldOn oIdOn oldOn
On what subject would you like likefor likefor likefor
for mo to talk asked the English Englishman Englishman Englishman ¬
man manHe
He immediately immediatel accepted my mYiug mYiuggostion sug suggestion suggestlon ¬
gestion that I did not care for him himto himto himto
to talk at me but with me and andforthwith andforthnith andforthwith
forthwith launched out upon such sucha
a 9 diversified train of thought that thatit tlmtit thatit
it has been almost 81mo t impossible to toreconstruct toreconstruct toreconstruct
reconstruct all the links by which whichthis whichthis whichthis
this verbal prestidigitator entertnincd enter entertained ontertnlned ¬
tained me for in ln hour hourI
I feel very cry much like apologiz apologizing apologizing apologizing ¬
ing to Washington for returning returninghere returninghore returninghere
here this year in an old play he hebegan hebegan hebegan
began I dont believe in it and andI nndI andI
I should certainly not have signed signedmy signedy signedmy
my my y present contract for The Squaw SquawMan SquawMan Squa v
Man Man bad I known how irksome it itwas itDS itbras
was DS going to prove to appear in inthat inthat inthat
that role for more than 000 times timesFine timest timesFJne timesit
it t eu euFine
Fine Time Out West IVostI rost rostI
I had a bully buIJ season sm on in the farWest far farWest farWest
West West however It had been some someeight someeight someeight
eight or ten years since I had ap appeared appearod a apeared p ¬
peared in that section of the coun country country country ¬
try and the audiences gave merousing me a arousing nrousing
rousing welcome The play pla hadstrong had n astrong ntrong
strong appeal for them too Nowthat Now Nowthat Now1lmt
that I have returned East how however hower however ¬
ever er where wlere I havent the anticipa anticipation anticipation anticipaLion ¬
tion of a new audience to spur me meon meon m mon c
on on it takes nil It 11 my m will power power to tonerve toJlc tonerve
nerve Jlc > re myself for each performance performanceI
AI I am more more and more mqre fully iuIJ con convinced connced conwinced ¬
winced nced each each eftcl time 1 go on the stage stagein stngein stag stagin e
in The Squaw Man ran that our pros present proscnt prosent ¬
ent system of long runs is detrimental detri detrimentaj dctriI
mental I ntAI to the art of acting and to tothe to1he tothe
the actor There ought to be some somerelief someltJief somerelief
relief from the monotony of it all allNow allXow allNow
Now if I could just give gh one per performance perf perfortnnnee ¬
formance f nmu a week of something else elsebesides elsehesides elsebesides
besides The Squaw Man it would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe
be such a relief to ones nerves nervesFor nervesFor nerves nervesFor
For example although I played therole the therole thcrole
role of Algy in Lord and Lad LadAlgy Lady LadyMS LadyJg y
Algy MS Jg perhaps a hundred mn red times timesmore timesmore timemore ys s
more than I have J1 e appeared in the theRojle theRo th thRoyle e
Rojle Ro e play it it did not become so soIrksome soIrksome soirksome
Irksome to me because because I refreshed
r Picturesque Chinese Wedding t
AIIBED in the tho silken sllkenlaUy sllkenlaUycolorod gaily gailycolored gallycotorod
GARBED G colored robes of liar race May MayGum DtayGum t tGum
Gum s sold Jd to be one of the themost themOllt themost
most beautiful C Ciltinw hlnose noflo o wornen wom women women ¬
en In the United States Stat stood by her herhusband herusband hernuaband
husband Chin Mon fon Lung a wealthy wealthyyoung wo woalthyyoung Jth Jthoung
young oung Denver restaurateur ro tauratettr and was wasmarried wI wImarrIed vaa vaamarried
married recently in Denvor according accordingto
to to Uio Ut law of the United Statce StatersMaglatrate StatceMagistrate StatetiagIRtrate
Magistrate Carlon performed the core coreninny coremfln corenNlny
mfln ninny and Mayor and Mrs Robert ROBertSueor WSueor W WSueor
Sueor acted as host man and d matron matronof watroMor matronor
or honor The marriage followed one onewhich onewhich onewhich
which was w asrporforincd porformed last week by b bChta a aCrlneee a aChln
Chln Crlneee tH priest in Oakland Cat CMlhome the thehome Lifehome
home of the bride brideTha bridelhe brideThe
The American wedding wits 8 one 011 of ofthe orLhe ofthe
the moet brilliant functions uncUon over ever held heldIn lIeldIn heldIn
In Denvers D nYer Chinese quarter After Afterthw Artortill Afterilk
till ceremony ceremon a l foast was spread for forthe torthe forthe
the American guosts f oats who indulged indulgedfreely IndulgedCt indulgedfreely
freely Ct ely In dark l hiu lit iu u chop SUOY ynko ynkomuln y onko onkodu akontcin
muln du and other Chinese delicacies and andMinties andlxlntJeI andMtntlee
Minties lxlntJeIThe MintiesThe Mtntleei
The i he wedding was performed and the Utefeast thefeAal thefeast
feast was spread J in a hall at 3010 Mar Market ilarketo Jlarltcstreet ¬
ltcstreet ket atttiot Not which has been used In the thopast tbopast thepast
past us a Chinese gaming G11 1lng place andwhich antI amiwhich antIwhich
which was 81 decorated for the oocuaktuwith occukm occukmwith oecatJouith
with ith priceless Chinese tapestries tal tri08 os ospecially 08p eepeclally
pecially p clIIY imported from the Orient by bythe bythe bythe
the wealthy relatives of the bride and andgroom AAdgroom andgrooms
groom Look Wine Win Yuen tli tile brother brotherinlaw brothQllo broth brothinlaw
inlaw lo Q of tit tll groom who owns thebuilding the thebuilding tliebundlns
building and who is said to 4 poeef p H HETcmt waSB 3 a awas aout
ETcmt out fortune fortune In good od 4nOltrkan An riean tn1d Ihl Ihlwas
was was master of ceremonies tad nd saw toPage to toPage toPage
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mjsclf with = ith other interpretation interpretationat
at intervals intervalsAnd intorf8lsuAnt1 intervalsAnd
uAnt1 And I am going to put p t my the theory thuor theory ¬
ory or to a test next season seasqn Yes Ihave I Ihave Ihac
have groat schemes for the future futureINcxt futurecxt futuretext
text cxt fall t hope to appear in inStephen inStophen inStephen
Stephen Phillips play plu Herodwhich Herod Herodwhich Herodwhich
which Beerbohm Tree produced in inLondon inIondon inLondon
London several years eo rs ago Do you youkncm youknow ou ouJmow
know I have been longing for that thatplay thntpJn thatplny
play pJn for five years ears and I only onI ec eccured se secured s scured ¬
cured the American rights to it amonth a amonth nmonth
month or two ago Of course you younever younever oU oUnccr
never can tell what a play is going goingto goingto goingto
to be until after the first nightbut night nightbut nightbut
but I believe b h e that in Herod I shall shallhave shollhtwe shallhave
have the opportunity of my m y career careerI
I have hu e been 1 > cen on the stage in Amer America AmerJon Amexices ¬
Jon for eighteen years cars and nn I don donIclieve dont dontbelieve dontle1ioc
le1ioc believe I have ever been so o enthusi enthusiastic enthusiAStiC enthusiastic ¬
astic before The play as you youknow JOU1mow youknow
know l is of heroic mold It handles handlesa
a dramatic theme in a big wayam way 1 1am 1am
am going to spend the entire sum summer summer um ummer ¬
mer in preparing for it and I wil wilby will wUJbe willbe l
be assisted by b Mrs rrs Faversnam FaversnamJulie FarershaJulie aershBmJulie m
Julie Opp who will iJJ appear with withme withme withme
me But even if Herod II < 1od is a big bigsuccess bigsuccess bigsuccess
success I do not intend to start startanother startnnother staranother t
another Imn run I will alternate with withThe withThe ith ithThe
The World and His Wife another anotherplay nnotherpti anotherpidy
play pti which I believe will be pe peeepted ac accepted aoceptQd ¬
cepted as a virile dramatic produc production production productlon ¬
tion tionThese
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These asterisks do not represent representany reprcsentan rcprescn rcprescnany
any an unprintable language Jnpguageof of M MPavershams Mr MrPavershams r rPaershams
Pavershams but merely IJ1oreJ a sleighof sleight sleightof
of tongue change of subject subjectI subjectulluldnt
ulluldnt I hadnt heard of The Witchin WitchinHour Witching itching
Hour when I arrived in New Yor Yora York Yorka
a few days c1a s ago As I walked walkedinto walkedinto walkedinto
into Charles Frohmans ufilcepassed office I Ipassed Ipassed
passed Harris and askctl askc him some somecasual somecasual son soncasual
casual question When I took t ok a ascat nseat
scat in Mr Frohmans office he heshook lIesbook heshook
shook his head very cry solemnly and andsaid andsaid
said FavYy FaV Fav y that tl t was tiu m all very erJ un unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary ¬
necessary asking Harris a questionlike question questionlike questionlike
like that The time is soon coming comingwhen comingwhen comingwhen
when you will not have to ask askquestions askquostIons askquestions
questions or exchange a word ofgreeting of ofgreeting otgreeting
greeting You will just come into intomy intom Intomy
my m office sit down own we will exchange ex exchange exchange ¬
change thoughts and you will walk walkout walkout
out That is all there will be to it itIn itIn itIn
In fact you OU wont have to come to toNew toNew
New York to converse conver e with me meYou meYou
You can just think you you want want to ttidiscuss todiscuss todiscus
discuss + the plans for this produc production production production ¬
tion and though you 1 may be in inChicago inChicngo inChicago
Chicago and I here Icre we can arrange arrangeall arrangea11
all the details at onceJ onceThought once onceThought onecTlloIIgM
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Thought He Was ras Iiaff IiaffWhat Daffy BaffyWhat DaffyuVJmt
What on earth is the governor governortalking goernortalking
talking about about Is he daily I Ithought Ithought 1thought
thought to myself m f8elC I tried to ask askhim askhim askilia
him what he was driving at but it itwasnt itwasnt itwasnt
wasnt any use u He kept repeating repeatingthat rel repeatingthat > ating atingthut
that we were doing everything everythingwrong cerythingwrong everythingwrong
wrong and that it was a waste of oftime oftime oftime
time to talk about anything thai thaimental tmtmental thatmental
mental telepathy could coul do it all allI allr allI
I hadnt the th tit slightest idea what whatit whatit ghatit
it all meant until that night when whenI
I went to the theater and over overheard ocrlcard overheard ¬
heard some of the boys bo s in my own owncompany owneompan
company who had been to a mati matinee mntinee ¬
nee at the Hackett Theater lh 1t r de describe defcribe describe ¬
scribe Thomas new play and how howJohn howJohn howJohn
John Mason reads the price of a
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It that there was no hitch in the pro proceedings proc proceodings ¬
ceedings c odlngs which had previously prevlousI beep beejcrboon be beboon beepboon
boon rehearsed I IChinese 1 1Chinese I ICblneso
Chinese men women omen and children childrenall chlldronAU chihironall
all relatives and close friends of the thecontracting lhecontmctlnS thecontracting
contracting partios 7 > artloa attended in all alltho aUthe allthe
the brilliancy brllllanc of their native dress dressbut dressbut dressbut
but only the relatives stayed staved to the thefoast theloast thefeast
feast wlt with 1 the American guests g csts Bothbride Both BothbrMo Bothbrl
bride brl o and nd groom are educated in sev several several several ¬
eral languages and In perfect English Englishthey Englishtho Englishthey
they tho answered that each took theother the theother theothor
other for wool or woe voe The bride who whowas whoW88 whowas
was vary shy carried an immensebunch immense immensebunch Immensebunch
bunch of wftita roses which were weregien wereghen weregiven
given her by Miss Gertrude Halleck Halleckand HaUeckand Halleckand
and blushingly she often hid her face faceamong tcemonJ faceamong
among monJ the posies or 01 held her wide wideailkon widet1kon widesBkon
ailkon sleeve ovar her eyes to hide hidehorself hidehoraelC tideherself
herself from the curious gaze of the theAmerican theAmerIcan theAmerican
American guests When the couple couplewere coupleere couplewere
were ere pronounced man and wife the theguest theIues theguests
guest Iues guests began kissing the bride in good goodoM goodoM goodofd
oM American fashion which whlc 1 caused causedher causedhor causedher
her to fairly burn with blushes anddid and anddid anddid
did not seem to please tho groom orhis or orhis 01 01hlg
his augmt and dignified brotherin
lawSince law
Since the th popular Chin Mon Lung Lungreturned Lungrelurned Lungreturned
returned to 0 Denver from San Fran Francisco rnn rnncisco rnnotseo ¬
cisco with his beautiful ho uttrul bride there therehas therehas therehas
has been h n much rejoicing and celebra celebration ool celebration rd rddon ¬
tion in Chinatown society More Own thanXLOcx
XLOcx 1000 worth orth of flrowprku fireworks have been beenexploded bencplodcd beenexploded
exploded by b the wealthy enltit families and andthe andthe andthe
the amount exp xpnllod pn ndod lod for foodstuff foodstuffand foodstuffsand ooJstutrIUtd
and decorations > is said to have been beenlarge beenlarge en enlarl6
large
painting in the niiiul of a a friendIt friend friendIt friendIt
It is strange that an idea as old oldas oldas oldas
as the hills mental telepathy telepathyshould te1epathJshould telepathyshould
should have made such a hit on the thestage thestage thestage
stage isnt it Butits all because becausethe becausethe becausethe
the company company in tit hTle The Witching WitchingHour WitchingHour itching itchingHour
Hour takes the subject so seri seriously seriously soriously ¬
ously ouslyAmerica ouslyAmerIca
N C p pAmerica
America a s unquestionably U Lb ac actors actors actors ¬
tors real home It Is hero that th thdnuna thma the thedntlma
dnuna dntlma ma In appreciated more than in inany Innny inany
any other country country Why Vh3 while hUe I Iwas Iwasin was wasIn wasIn
In England last summer s mmer I met Henry HenryArthur HenryArthur HenryArthur
Arthur Jones the playwright and he heshowed hehowed heshowed
showed showed me box office office records for one oneof oneor oneof
of his plays The Hypocrites I be believe belfeve believe ¬
lieve He said Look what an audi audience audience audience ¬
ence I had In this little American town townthey townthe townthey
they the call Springfield Sprln fleld And see what whatEngland whatEnglnnd whatEngland
England giyos in Birmingham and andLeeds andLeeds andLeeds
Leeds The figures showed that for fortheatrical lortheatrIcal fortheatrical
theatrical population the returns inSpringfield In JnSpringfield InSpringfield
Springfield Ill were about three threetimes threetlmeor threetimes
times aa great as In BirminghamMany Birmingham BirminghamMany BirminghamMany
Many people have an Idea that the theIntellectual theIntellectual theintellectual
Intellectual drama has a better chance chancein
in Germany than in this country It Itisnt ItItmt ItIsnt
isnt true Americans are more tol tolerant tolerant tolerant ¬
erant and are more more willing UUn to give givetatm givetatmattentive an anattentive annttlnU8
attentive oar to anytlilt r g that is worthwhile worth worthwhile worthwhUe
while than the peoplr of any other othercountry othercountry othercountry
country Here HereRt Herevat at lease the playwright playwrightand pla playwrightand rlght rlghtand
and the player are allowed to toattempt toattemptl toattemptsomething attempt attemptsomething
l something new nc to be creative In InGermany InGennan InGermany
Germany and in England however howeverthe howeerthe howeverthe
the stage Is fettered Cettor to a greater or orless orlss orless
less extent by b tradition America Americaway Amarlun1t1A Americamay
way 1t1A nut like everything that is pre presented preIonlo1 preronlal ¬
sented to it under the guise of Intel Intellectuality IntolloCtuall intelleetuahity ¬
lectuality loCtuall but here at any an rate one onecan onean onecan
can an get a resi respectful > ectful hearing which is ismuch ismuch Ismuch
much more than can be said of the theold theold theold
old countriesMlsiala countries countriesMistaken countrl countrlJlIstnln
K i
Mlsiala Mistaken n About A 1out Audience Audiencethink AudiencetJtlnl Audiencei
i think most of us 1 who Are con connected conJlP connected ¬
nected JlP ted with the stage t3Je have a mistaken mistakenIdea mlslalUJlhl mistakzuidea t
Idea hl a about the rocoptablllty rCco tahlllty of our our a AU i
w Lr Lrdlencf
dlencps VYe Yo xre jt i t to undervaluethe undervalue undervaluethe unteMa1utthe
the Intellectuality tellectUAJlt of the th great mare mareof mUtsor massof
of people from rom whom the theater re receives rehes receives ¬
ceives hes Its support For example we weactors Wttnctors weactors
actors and managers and playwright playwrightwork plaYTlghttwork playwrightswork
work days and weeks and months monthsover monthoei monthsover
over some production Not Infrequent Infrequently ¬
ly we 0 work ork for a yoar to develop someparticularly some someparticularly somepartIcularl
particularly subtle thought or clover cloverde clev cleverIde < r rd
Ide de d We present p ont it and because theaudience the theaudience th thaudience
audience does not grasp it Immediately immediate immediately Immediately ¬
ly we are prone to say S Y They dont dontappreciate dontappreciate dontappreciate
appreciate the best bfStin in our art They Theywant Theynnt Theywant
want want the cheap the frivolous tho thomelodramatic thomelodramnUc themelodramatic
melodramatic But could you OU or Ihave I Ihave Ihave
have appreciated that particularly particularlysubtle parUcularlFiubUIJ particularlysubtle
subtle point when we saw It for the thefirst vhefirst he hefirst
first time On the contrary contrnr we have haveshown haefhon haveshown
shown very e clearly that we wecould could not notfor notfor notfor
for we have been working and thinking think thinking thinkIng ¬
ing and sleeping and eating that thatparticular thRtIUlrtlcular thatparticular
particular point for days and wits wceksIf wc witsIf 1ts 1tsIe
If it Is some hidden excellence some somephilosophic somephilosophic ome omephllosopblc
philosophic deduction which has re required Nflulred required ¬
quired our undivided attention attenUonmd attenUonmdItUly and andstudy andstudy
study for so long why should we ex expect exJtct expect ¬
pect a Cosmopolitan and representa representative representative representattve ¬
tive audience to catch the full purport purportin
in n the brief brle time of the action of n aplay nplay nplay
play playI
I think that we e should always bcar bcarin betOIn be bein
in mind that the rtage lase Is first situ amiforemost atulforemost situforemost
foremost the home of the drama and anddrama anddrnma antidrama
drama means primarily entertain entertainment entert1fnlnlnt entertainment ¬
ment When we 0 can Join art and in intellectuality IntttJectunlity intellectuality ¬
tellectuality to entertainment so muchthe much muchthe muchth
the th > better for us and so much thebetter the thebetter tbebcttr
better for our ouc audiences Whenever Wheneverwe Vhenevorwe
we add another artistic touch anothernew another anothernew nnothorew
new ew and nd wholesome w ole50mo thought we are arebuilding arebuUdlni arebuilding
building a nobler structure but wo wocannot W3clumnt wecannot
cannot we must not get away from fromtho fromtho fromthe
tho haste fact that the stage is fundamentally fun fundamentally un undawentatly ¬
damentally an entertainment Now I Ido Ido 1e
e do not mean by entertainment senseless sense senseless sensoless ¬
less hilarity 11I1arlt but diversion recreation recreationfor rocrcatfonftr recreationfor
for the mind and a stimulus for pleasure pleas pleasure pleasure ¬
ure or a change of thought thoughtDramatic thou l1t l1tDr
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R RDramatic
Dramatic Dr matlc criticism I believe to be beone beone b e
one of the really big bll forces in the up uplift upun uplift ¬
lift of the modern stage And I mean n
by It dramatic criticism not the flippant flippantsatirical AlppantsatJrieal flippantsatirical
satirical reviews revle but those analyses analyseswhich annlS4swhleR analyseswhleh
which are Inspired by the meat tG iakns iaknsJade alsrnlade aUm aUmIstle
Istle motives m tt8S to point out our errors errorssuch errorssvdt errorssue
such sue reviews reews for example exampleas as we got gotin gotIn gotIn
in Chicago where a coterie c erle of earnestconscientious earnest earnestconscientious eamMtconscientious
conscientious mon have succeeded In Inraising 10raising inraising
raising the standard of criticism to tosuch tosuch tosuch
such a plane that actors are anxious anxiousto
to produce their plays in that city cityThere clt cltThere
There they ttu are sure of oCreceh1ng receiving acandid a acandid a acandid
candid welldigested opinion free freofrom treofrom freefrom
from personal animus It is adverse adversecriticism adersecritlc adversecriticism
criticism critlc m of this kind which really reallyhelps reallrhelps reallyhelps
helps for the actor cannot judge his hisown hisown hisown
own work He must be be4 of the audi audience audience audience ¬
ence to be able to appreciate fully the theThe thoproper theproper
proper proportions or his Impersona Impersonation impersonation
tion The man on the stage loses to a acertain Ilcertain acertain
certain extent the sense of perspective perspectiveand ponspectheand perspectiveand
and of contrast It is the student in
front upon whom the men and women womenbehind womenbehind womenbehind
behind the footlights must rely for forcareful torCAreful forcareful
careful judgment and a a proper cad cadmate estimate esUmate ¬
mate mateI
I expect to have a very busy bus weekof week weekof weekof
of it In Washington Vashlnton William Lloyd LloydOsborne LlodOsborne LloydOsborne
Osborne will m come over to see meWednesday me ineWednesday meVledncda
Wednesday and we shall spend three threedays threedays threedays
days putting together the finishing finishingtouches finishingtouches finishingtouches
touches on his melodrama which I It Iexpect Iexpect Iexpect
t expect to produce early Jn In 190S Yes I Iam Iam 1am
am branching out in the producing producingline producingUne producingline
line too This TItlsplay play orMr of > Mr Osbornes Osbornesby Osbornesb Osbornesby
by b the way wa has lt a rather interesting interestinghistory Interestinghlstor interestinghistory
history hlstor The author wrote rote It on < m a adure 8duro adare
dare The first play he ever wrote wrotewas wrotewas 1ote 1otewas
was not a success and his club friends friendstwitted trlendstwitted friendstwitted
twitted him about it some wagering wageringthat wageringthat aFerlngthat
that he could not write an outandout outandoutmelodrama outaDdoutmelodrama outandoutmelodrama
melodrama Osborne as a Joke wrote wrotethe wrotethe wrotethe
the present play and then stuffed it itaway Itawav itaway
away away in a 1 pigeonhole By mere chance chancehe cbancehe chancehe
he mentioned menU noo tho fact one day and Iasked I Iasked Iasked
asked him to read It to me He didso did didso didso
so and I believe I have discovered dls ered a avaluable aaluable avaluable
valuable piece of property lie Is toput to toput toput
put the finishing touches on it while whileI
I I am here and I hope to organize my mycompany mycompany
company in New York early In Febru February February February ¬
ary and put It on the road roadDo roadDo
t 1 1Do
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traction trac oe I could not endure it If I did didnot didJIOt didast
not have a di different > rereot audience every everynight everynight etr7 etr7DlSht
night Tile new face and th the interest intereRwbleb interestwhkb interestwhich
which the people in front manifest maJtlfe8te to totie IsShe
tie e only novelty offered and 1 force forcemyself fareeat forcenyraeit
myself at to forget the play entirety tJre17 and andthink andthink lid lidtkblk
think only 0I 1 pf f that those who ar an witness witnessing wttnessingIt W1 W1t ¬
ing t ingIt g It Ia this tb < way wa I maano to toa t ta scoriae scoriaea
a a Httl HWe of the firstnight nth entbttor nthfer enthtrlsant enthtrlsantter
tor the work It but Gad It Is hard hardItesHy bnlRu hardItenUy
ItesHy Ru I aid no Idea how h w bard I Ig was wasgoiag was5sleg
goiag g to and d It otherwise I I would wouldever wouldaewr worldsever
sever ever hare hayo signed the present nen cotract cotractto
to play The Squaw Man Ian over the theoM theold theold
old astern route I go 0 from hero her to toChicago toCh toChicago
Chicago Ch and then back into New York Yorkrun
for a six weeks run I have bayet been beentempted beeatempted
t tempted tDped to give a few f4 > w matinees at 1f 1fnext my tainext mynext
next seasons s plays bat I realize that thatthis thatthle thatthis
this would be unwise as it would destrny de destroy 4 4st ¬
stroy st all their novelty Bat what wbatrfllef a arrtlef arelief
relief H ws wsthe wseid Id be to lie anything aIQtIdIIathe e m mthe
the stage except that thatWeetvnwr tbatWHtrMt n nWetcrner
Weetvnwr WeetvnwrI
001 I ant very much impressed With thelag the thethat uej
j lag ft that has been adopted adopt ta Saar Saarland 1 > Ic IclaDd g gland ¬
land by theatrical managers JDaBaCf > n of 1InttiAI isrvit isrvithearsais hnftiag
iAI tile dramatte ataatie critics to dress JOe JOehk teheres
heres hearsais Under our present Anof Amen Ajnerloan
oan 5 ayttce ujr iaui of barring the critics until untilthe anttI1M oaththe
the opening opetd night after which theymust they theymost theym1lllt
most hurriedly write wrI their reviews reviews for forthe forUte forthe
the nest days papers both the t critics criticsand ertdesaDd criticsand
and the production suffer su < < There Tbeoretoo to totoo Istoo
too much IDUCI for one man to do Theetide The Theproduction TIMe1iUe
e1iUe has three distinct ltlaet phases of a apro apreduetioa
pro production uettOll to COIUIIderttte consider the play itself itselftho uuUM ibesifthe
the staging atat na with regard to the accu accuracy aeeuTRC accuracy ¬
racy TRC of setting and costuming eeet and
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I j WHY HUMAN HUMANLQVE LOVE LOVEIS > H Ha 1 1IS
a IS ALWAYS ALWAYS AL A YS FICKLE I
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By MAX NOEDATT NOEDATTMOKG HORDAUMOMO 1iOIiDAUA
MOKG ten t thousand pairs of oflovers oflevers
lovers en there is barely b r can In Ino1deb inwhich
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I which the man sad lid lidlove woman womanlove wsaitanlove
love each other throughout throughouttheir tbroucbcMIttholr throughouttheir
their entire lives to the exclusion et of ofall ofall ofall
all others othftSnot not a single couple woo woowould woowould ao aowou1d
would Invent the perpetual single singleriage mar marriage marriage
riage to answer their own require reqalrementa requirements requirements ¬
ments If It aid not alreadjr alread exist exbItBut exbItButthere But Butthere Butthere
there are sure to be nine thousand thousandnine thouaandnine thousandnine
nine hundred vine at t some 80 atlataq period in intheir intheir intheir
their lives experienced iHrle eed a strong desire desireto dMlreto desireto
to unite themselves them elye with a certain in individual IDdhidual individual ¬
dividual were happy If able to gratify gratifythis gratUythis gratifythis
this desire o lre suffered bitterly If it re remained remained remained ¬
mained unfulfilled and ad notwithstand notwithstanding JaOtwttb aotwitbstandlag tAnd tAndinS ¬
inS feolhv the sincerity of the origi original origtnat ottgtnal ¬
nal after a ljnger b nger or shorter bort nrtod nrtoddeveloped fWIIIloddel netleddeveloped
developed del loped until they t My came to have en entirely enUrel entirely ¬
tirely Urel different < < erent often diametrically diametricallyoppesit cllmetrtea1tyoppeste diametricallyopposite
opposite sentiments 8enU t for the objects of oftheir oftheir oftheir
their former passionate affection affectionHave a1f alCectionHave tIOD tIODHave
Have these the e couples the right to tomarried get getmarried getmarried
married Undoubtedly Their union unionmust unionmust unionmust
must be promoted promo in the interest of ofthe otth ofthe
the th race But will m a lifelong single singlemarriage lringleomarrl singlemarriage
marriage marrl ge be compatible permanently permanentlywtth ptKIDatienUwith permanentlywith
with their happiness UL pne i No honest t tserver ob observer observer ¬
server of real life can reply r ply affirma affirmatively afftrmatlve1y aMrmattvely ¬
tively to this question questionThe qu1 quaetlonThe tloit tloitThe
The fact is that man is not a mono monogamous monogamous monogamous ¬
gamous boing and all Institutions Institutionswhich InstItutionswhich institutionswhich
which are founded on the acceptance
< r > fi
6 hsr > 1jl UHU br the Mrridual Mrridualttf htfllt idual idualaetma dua duaaetelWiCeW
aetelWiCeW aetma I sw ttf to filet reasonable to toexpect to toto t teteC
eteC expect arty r ors ama to weigh ir irthese I Itile Icthe
tile proper JIIOP8I ptupartlon GII these feat featand features teaturpaDd featuresand Lv
and do o an of them jostle ja t1ce in the ha hatily hatily hay haytily
tily written reviews reYi ws fer the next day 4ayIf daypaper yI yIpaper
paper If however we allowed th thcritics tl1ennes the thecritics
critics to see the dress d rehearsals the thewould they theywould thlwould
would have h ampp ample time me to esthnahthe estimate estimatethe U1Dt U1Dttu
the merits of the thl play pIa itself to ana analyse aaatyse JU JUlyse ¬
lyse Its strong stron and an weak points Its Itsartistic itsartistic t tartisUc
artistic and its eMucational value valu am amits anti antit amtIts
its t moral Mal influence toftufOn AH this thi could < v ui4 be bewritten bf bfrlttFn bewritten
written rlttFn in advance adv ncl of the t le opening openingnight npeninznaht j uln ulnnt
night nt 1t And nd on n the th occasion of f thprcmire th thpremiere tnprfmiple <
premiere the critic could confine hi hiobservjitlons hiobfratkms hiobservations =
observations solely olely to the th interpreta interpretation 1ntf tnterpretstion Heta Hetation
tion given by b3 the a actonr < rtorF T think tr nl ii iithis in inthIs inthis
this one particular rttuar the English rrn t1 far faraneadof faraheadof
aneadof 1140 the Americans tmri ns an1 f I can canit canrNJICe canarrange
arrange it 1 shali adopt ad + it ih t nlr Il I + Ti ofInviting of ofinviting ortfDc
inviting tfDc the new newtap newspaper Taper < < men m n to the 1 th h hof rev revbeargalsof re rehearsals ¬
beargalsof hearsals of my own productions next nextyamr nextyear nextyear
year yamrHad yearHad yearEad
Had aot an obsequiTjs waiter appr apprM aptarlilt app ur urt
M at t Min Juncture tune and Dd queried with VilIyon withyou in inQ
yon you Q hare Ian any aBthin anything thin r = else 11 rr Mr MrFaversham MrPannllaa MrTaterrkam
Faversham < r ald W p wpbiv rssrb l > ta p p t 1ee 1eelate 1eec 1eecfate > eer eert
late t for his ttvsng r < s ngv 111 > rformancefor rforinance rforinancefor rfrmanCfOfor
for I was tag him XCA CP more moreof morpof mereof
of his Interesting IBt ellttacj vi z r c ery erything ry rythins r rthl8c s
thing thins la we general eril B > reminded remindedhowever r remindedhowever mnde mndeYW
however YW that he tad d era fil od d the th grill grillroom grillIOeID grillrosin
room to dine toe act a T r hurriedly hurriedlyarose h hurriolcarose U rrI8dl rrI8dlaftee
arose With the request that I ex exWar exh
0 cats War h r as he behhft wlttw wiihed to see Ip Mrs Mrsa Mrsgam r8 r8Jra
gam Jra V fer a VW 1 fw moments befor beforto hpfonto heforgulag
gulag to the NatronaAty Kaitooai KaitooaiAad lfal oaai oaaiAM
Aad thus u Fuvy ttvvy left inc going n1g ltl 1b t tward ttJae tward
ward tb the eiet elevator eJf > ato ttr with a 1 < riy th thcould theould tha thaeould
eould easily tover rcr fr five mils an hour hourRALPH h0arRALPH hurRALPH
RALPH GRAVR8
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of 0 monogamy monocamy y are more or r Toss 1c s 11UIat 11UIatural titpatural uj nat natUral
Ural more or less I of a constraint constrainthim mmtrairfhim i ihim >
him himInherited himIn himInherited
Inherited In herit < d ideas watch tleh have ha > htoonv htoonvvery hM1nPeryletplr teeomYen
very Yen eryletplr leeply rooted in the > human min11in mirT mirThi rmrfIn
In t ne ti e course MIlTS > of centuries of > r trans transmission I transmtieion rU1t11 rU1t11mle6ion ¬
mission prove pro nothing nothtD against fhs fhsbiological thstaIoIoglcal th thtttletogical
biological fact factL fa factLet t tt
L Let t us listen JI t > n v n ry elf4I closfly tr to > th thstillest tht thStillest
stillest t iIst smallest voices in the its hirts hirtsof 11 arts artsof lrt lrtor
of lovers he Dees Dc the the beloved lining holnizreally hftntreally liningreally
really fill the heart no completely rha rhathere thathen ha hathere
there I III no room left for a wish 0 0h nneron < v vesr
esr eron n for a perception outside of I Iwhich Iwhich twhich
which has some 9om other being for Ira object ob object 00jfCt ¬
ject I dens dpn it If we are honest we wemust wemust e emust
must allow that man ana woman PTPH PTPHin P f1 f1In euin
in the th highest hlg hight t paroxysms or a tue tueborn rw rwborn notwborn
born Inve keep an obscure rt corns < oroI in intheir j jthfir itheir
their souls ouls which is not illuminate 1 otine o otiie 0tie >
tie beams of the concrete jwis ptson ptsonhrp tasronwltr on onwher
wher wltr hrp ro hark the germs of divorcing divorcingsympathies dhprfn dhprfnII1pat t tTwpathles
sympathies II1pat Wn and desires desiresWe desiresre desireswe
We re keep these the < < e germs ccnc cn aU let letowing t towing
owing perhaps to 8 a sense 8 < < 181 r cf f houo houoinstilled hon honI hnitinstilled
instilled I tllled Into us u by our r training tralnia tralniado Wo Wodo ve vedo
do not allow thorn to develop Iop at otsc otscbut Ol ocbut fo fohut
but we are continually ontnua11 conscious or ortheir fJftheir t1 t1their
their existence and we feel that they theywould tbe tbewould theywould
would soon gr grow > w to be large and andstrong aud8tronC andstrong
strong If we did not prevent p vent their < de deielopsnent fe fevelontnsnt e eel
velontnsnt velontnsntIt ielopsnentIt el t tIt
It may round vary shocking yet yetmust yetr1Utlt yetmust
must say it Itwe w can even love several severalindividuals 8ftt 8fttindhlduals severalindividuals
individuals at t the same t time mp with withnearly wtt wttnurJy withnearly
nearly equal eq to tenderness and we need nwdnot Qtpdnot neednot
not lie wtOSa w o W we assure earn ot nnae of ofour ofour r rou
our ou r passion passionDecember J pasalenDecember km kmDecember
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