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Unarmed Citizens May Here Learn How to Foil the Ubiquitous Thug
Daring of Roughs Has Become
So Great That a Mere
Honest Man Feels
Safest at Home.
HOW ill a ? s ? f.. i m ket
trav?-l -.ii. I3 to ami from hi -
during the present carnival ofhold
1 I'S '
Th< ibb? ? Is plying lii-- trade at
every hour of the day end nigh) In every
so? tlon "f i he ? ity. Your lif.. i
! ??? raandi ?! on th? bus). daj lighted
In resp? 'table avenues, on elevated station
stairs, In ? I on bridges, and even
n? \t door t'> ?".?i ?? stations. The news
i i pen are filled with .i hair raising <-.n:i
r.i" \\ hen .' rltlsen lea* ? s the
comparative ? - ui it > of n?>n.r office he
Is lik?'> to feel that it may b<* his turn
und uneasy visions arise of ambu?
lance hospital and a no1 uituai y
? ol iimn,
Hi blame th? olic? \ high
r s y man and not a t h.y ?ont ron la
there any waj t?> dodge the slungshot und
avoid t; " attentions ?>f the stick-up man?
there precautions t" h* taken which
Will at ]<-ms; lessen the peril of thosi who
go abroad and who are unable to indulge
I', the luxury of a bodyguard? Ho?
>0u lake ,-? walk ?m Broadwa?, or Fifth
avenue an?l fe. i reasonably sure that you
were r?oi going i" .:? i your skull fractured?
The.?? Questions wet? put by th.-- Tribune
?writer to ,? privati detective, Charles E.
I- '>ey. vs hu Ii.is h ??! loi - ' N -'?
*? 1th the hold-up i roblem.
'The first thins every man oughl to do "
said Mr ? "? Is t?> wr to his will and
take out POU? I? ? Of I .tsil:il? '-- In?
surance. Then, II inythlng happens to him
In sprt ' ?ns, h? knows Ms fam?
11 v will be t ? ? Besi?
stiffens a ?nan'? nerve and at tho same
t me makep him more carel I to take these
preliminary steps, f-***ople generall* bu>
?ceeuslty.insurance when Ihej ;
ton?! joui ? ?' h n
you're travelling around New York in .1
?-? eet( ar. Kv? rj body should gel h
end it wouldn't be a bad sch? to |
f ? your favorite surgeon In advanc
one you'd rathei have for ?1 trephining Job
nftei >oi; . i Your name, address
end telephone number should be written In
lnd'lihi?. ink mi cloth bands, to ,?" eeu*ed In
\our clothes. '!' lould be Ii
on the Inside "f the sweatband of ><>? ij- hat.
Von may 1?'-' Identification carda and lei
hut th? Indelible, <ewi d Ins? rlptlon
you, It would I"- liest to havi
every srtlele you ??*.',.?. even your "?hoes,
marke?! ivith name and address, Bince llieie
Si'- ?ases where thURS Strip 1h?ir Vh'tlllia
Kln-.ost to the last garment. And the more
tu***- '
un?)-seovered ai the hospital or th?. police
station, a here a ' ?ken h? ad oft? n ? |
I
tor a r,i-<* of Intoxication. "Fou are espe?
cially likely to lose your bat Bo plant
enough tugs in your clothes.
"A hold-up is generally looked at
n dis? ige, something tiuit strik?
quickly and without rea eon. This dlat
U wrong, und it accounts s good deal fot
the poor results In treating and dealing
the complaint, A large proportion of
bcld-up* :.i<* long planned, carefully
studied, deliberate crimes simed against ??
particular person, When a highwayman
? i ? and Invites
shell 01 t. it la no < hance me? tin*
bi im.- ? ou tog? t' ? i- II did nol ni' ni
i? ?i to you. The tim ?. the place and the
; wore arranged for ?ia\ and ???
weeks In advar. The Job was
planned Ilk? a bank robbery. Your '
were learned, whaf time you leave home
and arrive at the office, when you co to
lunch, how much money you probably
?any. i; was figured out whethei
could pul up a fight. A getaway v..
ranted Pkkets were posted to signal your
coming and warn Ihe strong-arm arl.
any obsta? le in the way.
"if you ur? wise lo this diagnosis of ?he
hold-up, you will work inore ?or th
vent Ion than the cure of the dl ease, Von
will, im one thing, avoid the danger of a
habit, it is comparatively easy to change
your dally route, to use different exit
entramas lo buildings, to travel various!;
by Btffi ? ! and subway. This
.1 Itaelf win keep the hold-up -
Ing and ma) make them turn to an ?
victim. The habits -if the average man
|are so ridiculously sot Huit a crook can
bam them In almost no time. Remember
thai crooks are th?
- keen and clever In dogging the foot-j
steps of prospe? I ? ms t ? Ihe al lest
'shadows' ever employed In legitimate de-1
tective operations, The crook 'shadows'
are n"t tic on who do the actual holding
. simply to learn the habits
of the quarry, and the; do 11 to perfection.
"Yfl the ,r"nk
i? s' follow
? Indovv. Tl e> see w
Iheir ? ? ?-?? or lakli
money and how much A report i- mole
to the aceo npli? ? ? and I is dei id? ?!
? r to hold up the man on a T
or a Wednesday The crook who entera a
bank for this p of course, well
[? ? sed ?' i good excuse?If neces?
sary, a bank aci being there. 11'
cashes a small c? rtlfled ch? ck, exc
some torn paper money for new hills, or I
i something like that. Th? banks, and eapc- ;
Iclally savings banks, are hon? y pots around
[which criminal h i always bussing
Many a hold-up and burglary Is pi mned at ,
Ihe bank d? .n a while the a I
on 1 he bank steps, If you i
walk out of a bank i ramming a roll In
righl I t or f? ellng a bulge undei
\. ire giving a valuable tip to
some i per You may be followed
for the !" si ol ? '1 of !
j our wad al night.
I
'club. There ?re other professional tools
that will serve the sam? purpose. The placo
to apply* a club, after the head, Is the side,
just below the riba. This blow >viI1 ,ay
out an ox. The main thing is to be prompt.
Don't argue with a suspicious character
on a lonely street. If be ?isks much for
1 philanthropy hand It to him below the ribs.
"You may Und a man lying down and
groaning. He seems to be very sick. An?
other fellow comes tip an?! suggests that
you help lift the sick on? and take him to
a drug stor?. When you stoop over to lift
the sick man grabs you by the neck, and
the other one slugs you on the head, after
i which they weed you out. This is what
?*.? call a hold-up trap.
"The walking stick is no use unie? you
have time t?. n.-e it. Therefore, walk on
; the edgo of the sidewalk, 01 In ths street,
so that the thug can't jump on yOU ft";" ?
doorway. Watch both sides of the street.
Turn a. corner wide an.i look out for what
?is beyond. Never pas- through the wood?
work tunnel over a sidewalk In fronl ,,f :*
new building, or ons that is being repaired,
even at an early hour and when people are
about. Quits generally thugs attack In
! pairs. Vim must <i" quick work to dls|.
; of them on?, at a time. Besides its service
'in hitting, the elub may be used for rap?
ping on the sidewalk t<> call police aid. A
! rap Is heard a, long way and is a lirst class
; trouble signal. It is als., well to ?airy a
! police wiiisti?', which you can buy for s
small sum, ami bavs II bandy for Immedi?
ate use on those last t> ?*-? blocks.
"A woman cant very well ?an.', a stick,
; : it she has s weapon In a long hatpin, and
1 fhe might ill"! ha\-> an a miil.ilii.i squirt
gun or a package of i?.?i pepper t?> throw
In the eyes of the thug. Ammou
pepper are a ?strong combination. Another
tl'.ing that a woman as well as a man ?an
do Who i? attacked by h thug In front is
to ki. k blm just leiow tii?. kneecap. This
paralyses the leg and side; it puts
ths highwayman out of action, it Is easy
t?i deliver and is not SSp?M*t-d. If >"u ore
grabbed from behind, lift your foot and
como down hard with (he heel ?Ml the af'li
of the highwayman'? fool M ?rill make
Mm loosen his hold Then you can turn
II d and till Mm In the stomach. I>**n't
try i?? punch any one in Hi" head; it Is a
pOOr ola?"? to land. an.I is lo?>ko| for and
warded ?gainst, a punch In ths stomach
o? solar pies is is unexpected, ind do
l uflnes.**.
"If a man asks > ":i !''"' the time ||
night on a lonely street, if Is tlms to get
reaily t?. swal him. A shiny ObjSCi Ilk? I
meiai ?i_ar <*a<*e thnt resembles s rx
A Few Simple Precautions
Here Outlined May Pre?
vent Many a Hold-up
in Lonely Streets.
may he useful in bluffing a crook. The other
night I drew a bead with a <igar case on a
panhandler, made him throw up his handa
and inarched him toward a police station,
erne night, before the time of the Bulllvaa
law, 1 was stopped in Washington square
by a tough customer, who ggfcsrj for th??
tini". I had my hands m my overcoat
pockets and tin- -oat was open. There was
I gold wat? li chata across my vest. I kept
! my hands in my pockotl and told the yegg
: to help himself to the watch and sec what
; time It was Ht took th- watch out, looked
: al it, put it back Wry carefully, thanked
me, and walk? ?I away. And when he wag
?ont distance oft be ?ailed out. mxy.
| you're a wise guy, all right.' There was a
i reaaon for his honesty and polibness. i
J had a gun in mjf right-hand pocket, and
| When 1 told him to help himself to th?s
watch i ihoved the muzzle ?>f the gun
? against his stomach. He could feei ?t,
"But to get l?cb to the hold-up. .\s
I sumlng thai you have escapad or fought
! i fi danger up to tin* moment of entering
[ your houas or Sat, you have one more
gauntlet to run. A thug may be hiding
within tin- vestibule of tho buil'ling. a
small electric light is useful hero as at
other times. Get one of those vest pocket
: affairs an?l throw ? flash in the hallway
b< fore you ent?*r, while your stick Is ready
f? r action? if there is ? double door, look
sharp for .**?>nie on" In the vestibule. When
.< oi| open the Inner ?loor look ?>ut for some
< n- behind it. Use the Bash until you can
light the gas or switch on the Incandc.
?? nts. Tlu r< aie a number of caaes whera
i' p|< have been sandbagged entering
their own homes, ? - ? ally flats. Som?:
nom? n make il .- point never to enter their
apartment without rimilng the bell and
I any crook inside time to be Warned
and make hi? getaway. They figure that
?r is better to be robbed than slugged.
"W'hci; you an: in your home, look after
i ? doors and windows, flx th? burg!?r
alarm, unchain the dog, put your uncon
; seated pistol under your pillow and thank
i heaven that the hold-up man does no*
Into 'lie American's castle. Any on
who breaks in is a bur_lar. Y'ou will n"l
be In ?langer of a hold-up until you leaVO
the hOUSC n xt niornlncr"
KICKING THE FOOTPAD JUST BELOW TH!_ KNEECAP IS AN EFFEC?
TIVE MEASURE OF DEFENCE.
IF YOU ARE SEIZED FROM BEHIND. LIFT YOUR FOOT AND BRING HEEL DOWN HARD ON ARCH OF
THUG'S FOOT.
"In some Lank tl pre ar? ?letectiv?
? the ? rooks and ? I
where
it i- .1 good i ule to look ? eerful a hen yoi
>:o In ai l look glum a hen you ? urn?
out. Then the hold-up wat? her w ill 1
you have !>???-i depositing and you won't be
? ?! afe maul. M Id )??
*-1 ?? w ? ? 'I :n an Inside i L of i
Put II away v. hile j
or in one of those comp;
ble, so that no one ?>? bi re It I it
H a good plan to k?eji ?i dummy roll in your
right hand trousei a pock I
dollar bill wrapped around a ws :
*j he hold-up man <??? the plckpockei
11 ? dummy and leave th? i
\\ ealth elsea here in *. our . loth?
i . pin handy t" fast? n
1 the llninc of your pocket. M ?ny ?? dip' has
, be? n fooled by hai.ui.' on ca
ilk? that Hnd finding tliat he ?
?
! "The 'flashing' of *
?
lie pis ? man.
Home men like to th?
' through ?ir ? ' ? i i
? a man to ? d to look
poor, if you hav< ?? th? i
i ? ? .
?
drink. Ts
Keep a i etful
ng ? t j?'v. ?
watch chains and f?
? ii
m? i>i - ?'" not ?-xi treel
If you ?ran! t? *-?? ar ?ii< m il
fun< tton, ke? fi th? m In an Inside :
? ? itr\\ ??
: mau.
from t he hohl-up i.i of vie?
lab i: ?? i (Sag? i le ... k? d n poor thai
i he panl i ft II like ?
?
"The vnv that a.
, ... i ..... , .1
the ha . ? ?..- bid t"i ? itta
Tak" n pali ' gold ant? h
!? ' ' ?
: ? ? ? in i ? g In It,
,
Women should be more careful lhan
|i l> They
, a deep pocket ? re In
for st<?w
?
in ?? plain
? . ?
I many crli
' - tin city never notl?*?
?
? ?? aisle In .? ?uhwaj
Wat? ? ' ? ?I lute
stid In Ion?
:. the
ni.v one follow ? noti ??
?
?
Ibat von will knov
, H|?|H ,1
' ?
s. ! t. i ? see thai
i ? ? everal things 5 ou ran
Fact that you an 1
...
Il
10 him and p? rhapa g? t the crook
chased "i frightened swsj ff you take
by tl way, note 'he number of the
II may com?- useful If the chauf
la a crook end something happen t
>OU.
' Tl at hold-up feeling come? most Strong
i man or woman going home late
at night walking i ie last few deserted
blocks from itreetcar, subway or ??
station There is not another human in
and (lie street lamps are far apart
ir footsteps sound hollow on the
pavemenl What fun you do if a rubber
soled tb ir sneaks from a doorway and
? ou In the bai k of the neck? He
i blsckjack and a gun, Tou are a
law-ahldlni citlsen end the Sullivan law
saya i si constitutional right to carrj
arms does not ???>?.m, .*??> you are unarmed
and b?l| less. This Is an OUtrageOU
of affair? Every man ?-X'-ept a kno'\.i
pi >ok should 1?' allowed to carry a sun
? Mink who carries i gun with life
Imprisonment, but give decent men
? to protect themselves.
It i*. ? ? o? ly i f? w can Ui
.? |y, but tl ft ? ti/.ens. ii armed,
would constitute an auxiliary police which
would help .? lot toward holding down th<*
? rook At m.t tb.? crooks sre embol?
dened bj the knowlei cltlsens can
i ? i
"However, the next best thing to a ?in,
? un? tunes bettei la a club. 'Ii.
- ;t r?gulai club, but you can ??? l
? tltute In ?? short, heavy walking
tick. Have it straight and solid, with .?.
knobby head and a good grip st ?he lower
??? you ?hi swing l? with ?he heavy
' the enemj A photographer's
tripod folded up makes an excellent!
WALK ON THE EOGE OF THE SIDEWALK AND KEEP YOUR STICK
READY FOR ACTION.
Just Unspoiled, Lovable, Carefully Guarded Youngsters Are the Stage Children
? ?ntiniieii from t lai r?] paar
'Mrs. IVlgga of the l'ai,Lace Pat. i. A!
licne nfarly grew up in It. What .salaries
d?> children get? That depends upon what
they do. Fifty dol?ais a week is no un?
common thing. .Many get much less, of
? our.se. It all depends on how the con
tract li and how tlie mother man?
i? stop only at pood hotels,
for gOOd fOOd must be had. I ktlO'.v SOUIC
?mothers who, i i'oti arriving in s town
?rarly. find some family to ?stop with. In
that way expenses ore often reduced, bet"
ter accommodations secured and pleasant
acquaintances mad?-. It is a great mis?
take not to give children every possible
?jdiahtag'' for Study SI well as recreation.
.Most Children today receive educational
iifl\aiitage<-.
"Certainly children have protection, in
Ihe first place, there is the protection of
Occupation ?wry on?, is very busy. In
the best companies dressing rooms are as?
signed. There the child Mays until time
for his appearance. When his work is done
he expects to return. Where there are a
large number of children a matron Is pro?
vided. In my estimation, the stage cer?
tainly offers no more difficulties than does
the factory or department store."
After all, stage mothers, as far as the
investigator had mm, were ?juite an good
mothers as some of those who spent their
time at clubs, militantly reforming. Next
she had a chance to test the stage ginnd
?parent.
No one in the world has more unselfish
and devoted interest in a child'? welfare
than a grandparent. Jerry Cohan, of the
famous Cohan family and grandfather of
"Freddy" Nlblo, who is now on the ro_?l
with his parents In "The Fortuno Hunter,"
was found working over papers in his of?
fice.
"Tell you something about -Freddy'?
"Why, let me see," he mused deliberately.
"I can't think of a thing. He's Just like
?very other boy. We don't want him
spoiled. We try to have him understand
that the most Important thing in the
World for him is to be manly.
"lie's a great ki?i," grandfather added,
reminlsc??ntly, his kindly bin? eyes twink?
ling. "He knows how to work grandpa,
all right. (Anybody would know such a
grandpa couldn't help being Indulgent )
"You know we have a place up in the roun
tiy. If? i" crazy over the cowboys and
iran?s to fix up a Wild Weht show oui
there Awbile ago he wrote me a very
affectionate letter thanking trie 'before
hand' for getting him a lent and all Um
ether things he thinks necessary. II?
likes to dreet like a rowbow One?. In Den?
ier he strayed sea?, and was foiind down
in 17th street Dying to And out fiom
trtre cowboys what they'd chargs Wui w
out to Arizona 11 . ws certain*
ly do s?'- that he studies every day. There
is no a boy a Ithout an educa?
ti?m He do-sii't like arithmetic vary well,
but he does like history and geography.
He likes t?> g?t up 'lectures,' with the
? aa audienca H<* tells
all about places In t e geography that
lie has visited We surely do believe In
corporal punishment, but he's a pretty
good boy, I only remember one spank?
ing He wants to Write plays?one fhat
lied "Sorry After1 he has sold al?
to iiis uncle. I hope he'll really
sell one some day. l hope he will stick
to ?he stave- Vim know he made bis debut
this year. Whatever be does, i hope he
Will be a good man."
That -venlng "Freddy's" grandmother
granted an Interview, she la now playing
with lier husband ??n<i Oeorge M. Cohan,
l.er son. In "The Little Millionaire"
In a dressing room, pink and powdery
and frilly with lac? she visited informal?
ly, while bi'i* maid deftly arranged ?ho
costume to be worn in the next ??ct. The
mirrors reflected s grandma with hair
Iron-gray and a mouth whose corners per?
sist in glrllahly curling upward, making
it pretiy hard for the blue-gray eyes to
look stern, if they should try. She
lovor of her home and fulfils the blenls of
mother and grandmother as well a? those
in her audiences.
" 'Kreit ly'-vve all call him 'Son'?was
born lure in New York," she said, "lie
has been attending the public schools,
which ws thoroughly believe In, and will
keep on there until he goes to college, or
perhaps Wsst l'olnt. lie went to the
school In Monroe, where our country place
is, after we went up there last year. He
felt so sorry to sec the pchool flag worn
looking thut he got ua to let him get a
new one to replace it.
"Does ho ever got into mischief? There
are so many capers It confuses me to try
to recall them. One dreadful thing I do
remember. I noticed him and another boy
out on the lawn having great sport swing?
ing g bac round and round. I went over
and found they had taken a pillow case,
lnclosi-d S pat kitten and were 'seeing if It
WOUld get dizzy.' 'Son* got whipped. We
toM lilin be had caused a poor little anl
may to suffer, so lie must suffer, too. He
fait Very contrite, for hs lias s warm
haart be couldn't help that, as he is of
Irish descent.
"Oh, no," she laughed, "I no longer
dance My ion, '.eorge. war, lather awk?
ward 1 thoiiKiit. until he was about thir?
teen, and 1 ?hink 'Son' seems quite a hit
as he did when Die ?ame age. I'm son v
you c-n'l see Son.' but of course he is
with his mother on the read I used ?<?>
?ravel urtth all four of my children Con?
dition?. \\nr diffcient then ?)f?en 1 COUld
get no on? ?o tend them and lb" ??lily
place 1 could put the baby, would bs In
my trunk In my dresi Ing room.
mi grow up In 1 ' c'?"'i "
A Quick sin-' ?l ted ' aller.
There in the '!?" i ? ?; ? ? '"i"1 grandpa,
prim looking ?n hi II
d him to so
And these * et? rani wei ?? urging
?,v. h grandchild to take to the i l?ge at
an early s re, afl r ? ? In?, th? Ir < lldrs
there Tl e thought ol "parental Ignorance
and greed" In connei tlon sIth ths *
family mads ths Modem Member smile
Further Inquiry is of
other little actors, equally Interesting and
equally fortunate Toe roly-poly Turner
twins, tue ?/ears old?, enjoy the fun of
being in the "Doll Chorus" In "Over tin
River," and, while they would !?" rlaa-l
: ? .1 as ' extra ? hildr? n," lh?*y probably
gel at leasl |1G s week. Their father i
?ill?. Of the sta/. ' tllS same
tre, and they are constant!) under his
Watchful eye.
Kenneth Casey, known i "T <? Vita?
graph Boy," is s well cared for ?hap of
nine, lie is a familiar li^-iii?- in the mOV?
Ing pictures, some my he g.'is $7.". ?
week. Another vltagraph sctor Is Zens
Keefe, now sixteen years old, who was tbe
original child in "Ths I'.iiil Wedding."
Mma Bedley and Donald Oallaher are
two well known children la "Alias Jimmy
Valentin?;." Alma was born in Dawaon,
Alaska I or generations her family has
produced actors, and she Was carried ??n
the stags when she iras three weeks old.
with such ancestors and so early a debut
it isn't Strangs that she not parts as soon
us she could talk. When ths kindergarten
da\s were past Alma had her mother as
tutor, and schoolbooks went with them
everywhere. Hhe loves to SOW an?l fashion
new dresses for her doll. Crocheting, too,
helped to make her lingers Blml 1?*
Donald is sixteen years old now, and
has been on the stage for some years.
Formerly lie was "leading man" in Mrs.
Burnett's "The Little Princesa," by virtus
of being the only male actor of any eon?
sequence in the production. H?, h
eently written a ?Civil War play, designed
for boys and filled with thrilling episodes.
One day, when hs was playing In "Th.:
idttie Princess,*- ho strolled into a library
la a Western town An attendant conde?
?oondlngly offered th? small youngster a
number of picture book* Ho Immediate?
ly returned them wl h the scornful com?
ment:
'Save these f,? t ,?? natives I ?nine to
take a fall out of Shakespeare."
Then there are the five Flnley children,
whom even casual ?erpialntsnres
of as a "fine lot "; Da rid and Arthur Ro I
who played In "Mnth<i." end Thnm,,..
nahan. eight yesrs old and sppearing In
?raudo*, nie
Those who believe in putting the child]
on the st.ic -it a tender sg< de ? , i ,i i
in no othur way taa a latem dramatic I
. talent be fully developed In ol word
?: want a good act .bun
young Their o however, main?
tain I : me mlv antage may b?
tain? 'i In t ie dramatic schools
Hut your dyed-in-the-wool Iheatrlcal
man i Inclined, not without reason, t??
? dr.iiii.ii' mine
I companled bj practical experience Lieh
? o i ? con '-ling the combination
s- two <bn.'Uii* by the establish?
ment of a dram iti.' school in connection
with the Century Thestre for the benefit
n and all other lii I le rhlld ac?
tors who wl h t.. take ? dvanl ige of it
T ? eleven rehearsal rooms could be
utilised for Instruction, which would be
given by ?rained men and women, pe? i
haps actors themselves, si no expense to
lid T ??? have ev en thought of the
. illit) of hat lug outdoor ?la es In
warm weather, making use of Central
Park, ? ?? n'ay, for stage and seen
ery.
From the standpoint of benefit to the
?luid, this la In Un,- with work already
being ?lone by educators here. At the
lion centres dramatic work is very
popular, Bits of Shakespeare and other
authors sre given by the children. Par
I'ni teachers silks regard the urork
as helpful toward a broad education.
Singing, ?lancing, foreign languages, ?>u
contribute toward this end. No longer Is
a. polished manner and an appearance of
culture accepted In stagedora for real h
t. lie.duality.
Blanche Bates has said: "In sctlng the
one fundamental, absolute!) requisito. Is
imagination which can snalyss and com?
prehend s character In all mental and
physical aspects ami ? ?in compel others
to gas tl?,! character in the same way."
Stimulation of the Imagination Is sought
In every schoolroom, lei ans- il is one ""'
the most valuable qualtlttSS of tli- human
mind. Educators Dad thai children who
leave school early for haul work lack
initiative ami ?t proper sense ?if reaponal
bilit.v so are not as likely to SUCCSpd,
This sense ,,f rcspon.slhlli ty is Strongly
davalopad already in Richard Abboyytt,
Of "The ??arden Of Allah," the haiuNome
Syrian ?en-year-old who murclu'S SCrOSS
the desert in red f?-z ami tattered burlap
robo.
"Come on here; you'll be late"' h? id
monlshed Sophie Hansard, ?he dusky?
eved little JeWOSS ?if twelve, who ?vas
?halting With their caller in a nook out
of tie way of tlio shifting scenes.
"lie's always hurrying ?ne; he likes to
go on so ?iiuch himself," she commented
"I know the whole play, Jus I as well as
he doer? and I'm Raver late See' There's
his father over there. Know linn'.'"
"Corns on' Come on: Bashed Blchsrd,
and off ?im went, her biich? \cibu? head
dr? lending snothei dash ol trokw lo the I
scene, ou weul the home?*, camele, goats |
and the toilers on fool.?? carryln_ i
h? i- i sck fat little Eddy R|C1 . SgC f?
m,???half ) ears,
Th? visitor pressed close to the \ew sage
of the curtain, wondering if the children
would think t?i give her s Klan?., of recog
i itlon ?She was dlsapoplnted, They wen
temporarily living in another world. Buck
they came, and with faces aglow asked how
?hs Hk?-?i it. Tiny ass-red her thai it *\.?s
"tun", then, remembering that ihey were
the lio?ts, hasten?.?1 t" point <?ut and name
everything In sight, t? uin?r *-.ttt? gr.at ? \
a tnees just what pari e.t.-h one ba?i in
ths i" ? formanca,
"Look! ?v*ulck: There i? Miss Msnnner?
Ing! Ever seen her'* isn't she tine:" said
the little girl. "Some da) I ?vlsh i could
i " like her "
"Aw, Pit rather he ? circus m.in, leered
the i oy.
"That's because his father ones had a
circus," explained Sophie "My sister is
on the stage, sin's playing now. Sue
comes after ms nights, so I wont ko horn?
alone.
"Y( ?, I ro to school i havs the :
teacher, i like to g<>. No, I don't miss
much, l have s permit I? be s little ? *t? ?
mornings. That's all Mams says l must
havs my sleep. Can i read? Here, let's
take this." And she reached for a long
tip?-written report sheet, which she read
glibly.
"Let me, to<> " urged ?Richard,
"He can i.ad,'' remarked ?Sophie, hut
i bei he can't spell m well as i can."
Richard had ? Deetlng sxpreaslon of
worry, hut stoutly ?Mid.1 "Try."
They spelled ' de.scrt," "Intermission,"
'"performance" and a lot of other big
Molds.
"I think you peek a little," accused
Sophie.
"Never! I'll glvs yoi an easy word you
can't spell Mississippi!"
Sh.? did It correct!).
"Amsterdam."
'I'Mi.-? was a real spelling be?*. Neither was
"spelled down." The boy waxed cour?
ageous.
"Spell ?Louisiana.**
"fophle faltered, tried and failed, bul
sought i?? retrieve.
"Ton spcii it yourself!" **he cried
Thera was s painful delay.
"oh!" she cried, poking his fat little
Stomach, "he can't spell his own words
blmeeif!"
"( 'oine mi. lei I ?hau- pi? ture.?." BUggeStSd
the resourceful competitor
Both children wers the embodlmeni of
perfect health Sophie has had a "earSSf
she ha.- been M the "mad" ?in?*.', ??ver in
Jersey, if Ittchard should decide not lo b ?
i circus man hs i*< surp he srould like i<>
be an Arabian prince, ths pari m] father
bar- in the pi.,?.
Babj I;d?he Rli o mads fi !. nd
lie hesitated shyly a moment, then decided
to ? ?-o to the lady," mad? a grand i ush
j and flunk' his ?hubby, soft anus around h? r
neck. His dark eyes shine with delight
when his mother carries him behind the
?cenes, where he r? elves much petting,
He la ? specially I md of ' Papa Irisl
of th< Stage band.-:.
So mm o for intim?t- ptcturea of some
of our little stage children, Then
' about two thousand ol them In the I
Btstea, From flftj lo one hundred And
employment In Net*. Vork City, and many
of them, appearing outside, com? from New
York City homes
But these cas? examined are ?
tlonal, some may say? Supposing they
I weic \t leasl thej are suflli lent
to the sweeping charg til auch chil?
dren are unfortunate Tl ej prove, more?
over, ?a* the theatrical folk, thai with
proper protection the ? lid on the
not onlj is not harmed but recelt i
live benefit.
The National Child Labor Committee la
working to banish I ?? ? hlld from the
! stage, lis proposed uniform law would
forbid Its appearance ta : perform ? un?
der the sge of sixteen In any kind of en
, tertalnment. Tliroui
organisation plays employing
mu*-! stay away from such great theat?
rical centres as Chicago, Boston and Se?
< ?i I?-.m-, or get along tl e beul l
with dwarfed adults in child parts
< ?n the other hand is the National Alli?
ance for tu?' Protection of Stage Children,
of which Augustus Thomas is president.
"Take away the child from the
and you take away the be?! plays those
with the tender home relation?," says Mr.
Thomas.
This organisation, however, believes In
protective legislation, as Its name implies,
though it would not be so sweeping as the
Child Labor Committee. Mr. Thomas and
his associates believe In the licensing Bys?
tsm, discriminatingly spplled, as In New
York State. In I'a.t. ths Child l-i'?"'
? 'ouimitti-e s acere tar y, Owen R. l-ovejoy,
admits that if all the ?tate had as n.t
laws as this one there would I"' t" great
?luarrel.
The National .Milan..- for the Prot?
of staue Children Is making every sfforl
to prohibit the employment of children In
?my dangerous work, su? h ss acrobatic
a.t*., wtrt walking, blcycls sets, stc it
would keep them oui of imwropor ploy?
and see that tliev are under tin* CSM ol
prop,! .mult gusrdlsns wbll.nployad.
Tins Organisation's retort to th.- sweep
ing charges of the Child Labor Committee
is that dramatic training IS education, not
labor, and must not I* confused with
sweatshop w.uk and other aid.s c?
ploj.t wind, mors proper!)
?ni,i., that exi-ellenl tommltte*
in. ?
In Rnglsnd the law? carefOll ;
Um child, forbiddiiis ?ny uuder teQ t0 ?*'-<?
iai .ill on ? . stage, ??.:?! requii ? 1
license f<>r all between that ago and f r
t'.-ii. Thtr-se licenses strictly regulate the
conditions under which the child is em?
ploy? ?I.
Here at.- some Of tit?? names of actori
well known to-day, who bagan their earsers
.? - ? hil.livn and attribute mu? h of thStff
?Ui C4 ? to that fact:
Charta Macklln, John Philip Ksmbl^
Oeorgs Arno Bellamy, Kdmuiui Kenn, Mi*
Puff. Frederick Cooke, Mozart,
Bach, Handel, Charles Kemble, John Bow?
lard ?Payne, Adelina Pattl. Eneanora Du*e,
'. Edwin Forrest, Rachel. Adelaide Phillip*.
* Loie Fuller, Joseph Hart. Mrs. John ?Drew,
'Mi ?'.. C iTopay) II..waul, Mrs. ('llbert.
Arnold Daly, Agnes Robertson, Peg Wof?
\ ?Ington, Dong J?*rJ_n.
ii? I? o Faucit, Mast. 1 Betty, Or
Mendelssohn, Huydn, Beethoven, lili
O'Neill, Joseph Jefferson, the Bate-man
Bieters, Balvlnl, Rlstoii, .lean Davenport
l*andor, Faj Templeton, Fanny Davenport?
Ma ide .dama, Mrs Flake, Jane Hading.
; ?Sffle Shannon, H. 1:. Dixey, ?Adeline denes,
Anna Held, Agnes Booth, Annie RuSSSla
Barton Hill, Bijou Fernandes, Cyril ?Seott,
I Clara M irria. < i.na Llpman, Oiovanal Peta?
t glni, Henri VV?oodruff, Ehrte Janls, Phyltts
Rankin, Edward Harrlgan, May Buckley.
Frit! Williams, Mild. gpOOg, I".
Rothwell, Frank Ollmore, Tommy Russell,
Joseph Su? an, Daniel Sully, Walter Jones,
Mabel Hollina i.iiban Lasnsacs, Maud?
Harrison, Robert Qraham, Mrs. Kandsll,
lauta, Frederic de Belleville, Lew t
May Irwin, Bijou Heron, Deis I
Edna Mas, Henry ?'lay Blaaey, l.iiiun
Blauvelt, Frederick Bond. Rowland Buck?
stone, Joseph Cawtborne, ?Peter f. Daiiey.
Mis. Yearn.ins. Dunlin Karmim. .Sam
Bernard, Lewis Mailman. J. w. Wallsefc,
Henry Placide, Louis AMrtch, lira Bon
croft (Marl? wilt?.n>. Haggis Mit.-h-n.
Julia Arthur. Sol Smith. Julia Marione
Mm?. Alia Na/iii'ov.i, Mah?l TalialVn'".
it.i-.. Coghlan, William ?Collier, Helen B?t
tiatn. Molbrook I'.llnn, May Buckley, H_UM
Carus, Qeorgs ?Cohan, JssTerson Ds
gehe, Joseph ?*7eber, Oraos Kiiktns. BsVhs
I'.'.v. Richard ('.??bien. 1*. M. Molland, PU I
Terry, Andrew Hack, Bland?.- Mas Tus
Templeton, Bdna May gpoonsr, Laura
Hops CrWWOB, l?la V?innn, Joaspt Hoff?
man. Lmrs Kiralfy. Wallace Edding?*'
Mlnnis Palmer, Tony Pastor. William 8**>
mour, Many Davenport, Vesta Tllley, OsOll
Si.,.i?ner. Irene PrankJIa and Fritsl Scheff.
At 1 he best, .?-tage conditions surrounding
tli? child employed liiere may satisfy S
watchful, ?ultured parent, desirous of th*
hlgheat development of his offspring. At
the WOrtt, they ran hardly equsl the pet
nldous Influences that pervade homes M
?rime ami Ignorance, or the tatiatsus 1
other places of exaettng employment dttti
mental to ths sprtngtlms of life.
fluri-C? la-M-ucU SnottX.