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"myActor Husband"
;.)OCUMEMT F THE STAGE
WHICH SIGNETS OF
ft
TOEATOICAL LIFE ARE'TOKB
. RF.VII-WED BY JHANNETTE L. GILDER
honk th.it belongs 1o tho human doou
rr"t el.is" i" MM Actor-Husband," pub-
mionvmotisly by tho John l.nno
i pipnnv 'Hit' (lnt chapter of this
. ,rv nppeared In llnmpton' Magnrinr,
i it it wn- tint concluded, ns the magazine
, 1 publication, for a tlmo at least.
III" new imiiPin took it tip they did
. i ,viinti t lint story, nor Sir Gilbert
. Uor's novel th.it wis to have lllumi-
fd Its p:ir.',-
, 'aero w.h much guessing nt tho tlmo
. nrlv chapters wero printed who
i ur'cr r t lit pxporionces therein
t ori"1! could be. I should say after
'.it. ,1... l.ll? llitlf t la ,..tl lln nltn '
CMphv of liny one actor's wife, but ft
iipuMte autobiography of many of
If any woman on the stage or who
. i been on the stage In recent yean wan
nc li'M'o-ut story without making any
. i. nce In it sh rould surely ho traced,
i' wsailhiat tlie Identity of the author of
I ! book h known to a few and tint sho
ii- not only aetod but has written plays
! ,t have lieen produced on Broadway.
1 theie are few actresses with a record
i- hurt, It would not be hard to guess
i lentity of the writer of this confes-
M
rthoevnr sho may bo she knows tho
f ei ami its people, but I think sho ex
ii morales, because sho seems to include
nM actors and nctressos In her condemna
tion. StaRe llfo in torrlblo and no one
knows It more than those who are In it,
nivl It does not miiko for happy married
lives, but then does society? I think that
ynu will find that thero are pretty nearly
il- many divorces In proportion anions
people in fashionable life as among people
111 HtagO life.
The book la cleverly written and It has
every appearance of reality, and It will bo
read by people in the profession and
r-wple out of It. Those out of it will
throw up their hands in horror and say ,
Can such things be? Those in it will deny
the statements In general, though proba
bly admitting that thero is much truth
Id the story. That it Is of absorbing Inter
est neither the professional nor the lay
reader will deny. If it Is not a true story
it U mighty well told fiction, and haa all
the earmarks of reality.
In a foreword the author says that In
presenting this autobiography to the
public- the feels It Incumbent upon her
telf to Impress upon her readers the
fidelity and strict adherence to the truth
relative to the conditions which surround
the player. She says:
In no Instonoe haa there been either
exaggeration or resort to Imaginative
creation. It Is a true story with all the
ugliness of truth unsoftened and unem-
IellUhed. Nor Is the situation presented
an exceptional one. One haa but to follow
the career of the average actor to be
oonvtnoed that thedramatlo profession
is not only Inconsistent with but wholly
hostile to the Institution of marriage.
Managers and actors alike know and
admit this to be the truth among
themselves. What they say In print Is, of
course, merely so much self-exploitation.
The suooess of any branch of 'the show
business' Is dependent on tho bureau of
publicity.'
The Stage Atmosphere.
This author Is very saroastlo about the
pleasant articles that appear In magazines
supposed to be written by actresses or
wives of actors. Thoy are, she says, to
li put down as the babbling of the newly.
weds or the hunger for Beelng their names
In print. To hoar the wife of a star declare
that she always goes to the theatre and
hits In the wings to watch her husband act
N to presage the glaring headlines of a
ilivurco In the not far distant future. If
It bo not now, yet It will come, for those
players who go through life with but one,
even two marriages to their credit are the
(treat exception to the rule. The actor's
Itfn precludes domesticity, and without
ilcmestlo llfo there can be no successful
marriages."
Thin writer agrees with what Clement
taott iald about the stage some years
hgo.the saying of which was his undoing.
r. very exigencies of the player's life,
fays this writer, make for a laxity and
It was Impossible for the two to get an
engagement in the wimorompany, ns man
agers would not have husbands and wives.
This may be generally true, but I can name
manv intanees hero husbands and
wives are in the same company. How
eer, these two could not get an engage
ment together and Will was obliged to
go mi the road, leaving his wlfo In New
York.
While going around among tho agencies
to look for a Job Mrs. Hartley felt in with
an actress whom sho calls Miss Burton.
Miss Hurton Invited her out for a cup of
tea and fiey went to a nearby restaurant,
and there tho old hand unburdened her
self to the beginner. Sho had, sho con
llded to Mrs. Hartley, been with Charley
Vrohman off nnd on for years and ex
pected to go back to him.
"I've been In his bad books, she went
on. " I had a good thing and I didn't know
It. When I think how I got In wrong all
on account of those two big stiffs
Mrs. Hartley's Inability to follow her
was prolmbly expressed In her face, for
she Immediately rattled on:
"You see, it was like this. When Jack
and I were married wo were In the same
company. He was what thoy oall the
'acting manager,' travelled on the road
and represented tho New York office
understand?
"Well, tho next year wo didn't get an
engagement together; wo went off on the
road and I created a part In a New York
production. It was simply hell! We
used to make tho most godforsaken jumps
Just to be together over Sunday. Why,
once I can remember I rode all night In
tho cabooso of a freight train to some
little dump of a town whoro Jack's com
pany had played on Saturday night.
Can you beat It? Oh. I toll you, I had it
bad."
After two seasons of separation Jack's
impatience to see his wife was not as keen
as It had been and the upshot of It was
that ho "throw her down for a second
rate soubrette."
A Manager Described.
At last Mrs. Hartley got an appoint-
to meet a manager. As she entered the
presence of this great man he was seated
In n revolving chair, one foot resting on a
small sliding Klielf on his desk and a large
black cigar In the comer of his mouth.
I "Hn did not rise, but nodded to me and
I motioned me to the seat opposlto. While
I he read tho agent's letter he removed his
leg from the table and crossed it over
the other. He was a Bhort, heavy man,
with n preponderance of abdomen. He
freedom from restraint. "And In no other
profession nre the lives of tho individual
members so intimately concerned.
"Tho popular contention that a good
woman can and will Im good under any
and all circumstances is a fallacy. The In
fluence of environment Is incomputable.
I Mlovo that my little friend Leila was
fundamentally a good girl, In any other
walk of llfo she would havo remained a
good girl. I believe that fundamentally
my husband was a good man, In any other
environment ho would have lxen a good
husband. Tho fantastic, unreal and over
stimulated atmosphero which tho player
breathes is not conducive to a sano and
well balanced life."
After this foreword she goes on with
tho story of her life. Sho was, according
to hor own confession, a beginner on
tho stage whon she met Will Hartley,
a young actor then also beginning his
career, whom she married.
"Though I was not yet a "really truly
actress, the fact that Will liad met mn
'in tho profession' would havo prejudiced
them this relatives against me; added
to this was tho fact that Will, himself a
tyro, taking a wlfo at tho very thresh
old of his career, would not bo looked
at through our lovo colored glasses.
Tho effect my nurrlago might havo upon
my own relatives never troubled me.
When, at the restless age of 10, I an
nounced my determination to become
an actress, thero was some surface oppo
sition, but no effort was made to inquire
into my fitness for tho dramatio profes
sion or tho fitness of the dramatio pro
fession as a career for any innocent and
unprotected young girl.
Flat Life in New York
When Will and his bride came to
New York they first tried a theatrical
boarding house perhaps tho Matson do
Shine one week of which they found all
they could endure. Then they took
a little furnished flat and set up In house
keeping. Thoy went to market together
and Will carried tho market basket homo
on his arm. Will also mado the coffee , had thick, loose lips, and his head was as
shoulders. His smile became a leer.
Beforo I could realize what was happening
ho had taken me In his arras, and his
heavy, wet Hps were pressed against my
mouth. Though I struggled to cry out
and to releaso myself, I was unable to do
either. It seemed as if my senses wero
deserting mo; then, the muffled bell of the
telephono sounded, and he released me,
"Damn that bell,' he said.
Nauseated with disgust and fright, I
cowered In the corner; he tried to draw
my hands from my faoe, laughing as he
wh snored: "Lake it, lute it, ao your
Then with another oath at the continued
call from the telephone, he crossed to his
desk. 'Run along now,' he directed,
without a look. "
Frightened, she ran through the street
not knowing where she was going and
passed Miss Burton on tho way. Tho
latter saw that something was up and took
her In a drug storo and gave her a doso of
sal volatile. Then sho called a cab and
took her to her home. There Mrs. Hart
lev told her what had nappenea. miss
and boiled the eggs and together they
washed tho dishes, ho with an apron
tied high under his arm, declaiming
Shakespeare as ho worked gayly by her
side.
There was no bathroom in this little
round and ns smooth as a billiard ball; his
eyes wero black and snappy, and threw
out as much firo as the huge diamond ha
woro on his little finger.
After some conversation he gave her a
note to his stage manager and as aha got
"EVERY FUR TONGUED MAN ABOUT TOWN LOOKS UPON THE WOMEN
OP THE STAGE AS HIS LEGITIMATE PREY."
apartment, so they took the bull by the
horns and bathed In tho kitchen wash
tubs; "to be sure It was a bit hazardous
standing on a sloping bottom, In danger
of falling out of tho kitchen window If
one leaned too much to the right or of
toppling over to the floor if veering a bit
too much to the left. Hut it was a bath,
and, as Will said, preferablo to tho com
munal affair in the boarding house.
it in tho papers. There aro bad men In nil
walks of llfo. I travelled nearly a whole
Beason beforo I was married, and'"
Miss Burton was a woman of wldo ox-
pertenro and something of a cynic.
"Girls like you, sho said to me, aro
drawn to tho stage by its illusion nnd
romance With others It's the looseness,
tho freedom from restraint, that appeals.
There never was u woman with a screw
looso in her moral machinery who didn't
hanker for tho stage.
"T.vnry millionaire, every fur tongued
man about town looks upon tho women
of tho stage as his legitimate prey. You've
only got to mention the fact that you are,
directly or Indirectly, connected with the
show business to lay yourself open to
tho advances of the male creature who
thinks ho Is sporty.'
"'I folt choked with indignation. I
don't believe you, 1 don't believe It's
truol" I stormod. "Iiok at such women
as " (I named a number of prominent
women stars). "Thoy aro honored and
rospocted
Introduced now bits of stage business,
Including a run through his hair with her
fingers and a prolonging of the kisses
which the role demanded. One evening
she went too far. and the wife, who was
on with her, "dragged her to the wings
and beat her with olenohed fists. Of
course the game was up than for the
leading man and his wife and they left the
company. Itwas Just as well, for in a short
time a son was born to the Hartleys.
The husband wan not with his wife at the
tlmo, as he had aocoptod a new engage
ment. "The Foremost Producer."
Things went on comparatively happily
and at last the actor was engaged by
America's foremost producer." A few
pages on Mrs. Hartley gives a descrip
tion of this 'foremost American pro
ducer." I wonder If the reader will dis
cover who sho means.
My own observation convinced me
that tho man's genius lay In his ability
to select tho right person for the right
'YOU'RE A PRETTY LITTLE THING," HE SAID.
up to go he accompanied her to the door,
"You're a pretty llttlo thing,' he said.
'Pretty little figure what d'ye
weigh?'
'I don't know really how muoh, but I
think about one hundred and ten pounds,'
I answered with some confusion.
"As much as that? Where do you carry
It all?'
Ho ran his fat stubby hands over my
Bnrtca was sympathetic but philosophic
and advised her not to tell her husband.
As to Stage Conditions.
Why not?' I demanded.
Well. If you tell your husband, and
he's the man I think he Is, he'll go straight
up and knock the old beast down. That
will get him In bad; this manager is a
power and controls a dozen attractions, as
wall as theatres. Your young man may
find It difficult to get an engagement In the
future.'
Miss Burton paused to allow the Idea
to percolate Into my brain.
"Then there's another side to It. If
you tell your husband and he does not go
up and knock the fresh gentleman down
you'll despise him for It oh. yes. you
willl You would not acknowledge It
even to yourself, but way down deep
In the bottom of your heart you would
never forgive your husband for not re
senting the Insult to you. Better
not tell him at all.'
We both were silent for some time. I
waa struggling , with a thousand con
flicting emotions.
'You see. girlie, you've got an awful
lot to learn. You're new to the game.
That's the reason these things go so hard
with you.'
"Do you mean that 'these things' are
a part a regular part of the business?'
I began, with a burst of resentment. 'I
don't believe Itt I can't believe itl I'm
sure my experience was exceptional. I
know that girls that typewrite for a living,
clerks and oven housemaids have unpleas
ant experiences, for I have read about
Actresses With a Past.
"You mean their accomplishment.
their art Is honored. Each and every
one of these women haa been grist to tho '
mill. Do you suppose that side of It :
ever reaches the public? No, and what's
more. It's none of the publio's business, i
Thoso women aro successful. .The
price thoy have paid is their own secret.
Don't misunderstand mo. I'm not sitting
plaos. Raving made the selection he
played upon the amour propre of his
puppets. He led them to believe he had
supreme confidence In their ability. The
ruse was successful. It Is the better
part of human nature to want to moosure
up to the good opinion of others.
'Ills methods of conducting a rehearsal
were the simplest. Ho had infinite pa
tience and perseverance. He left noth
ing to chance. A scene or an effect was
In Judgment on tho women of tho stage repeated until tho 'mechanics' became
any more than I would sit in judgment . automatic. His voioo never rose above
on you If you went wrong. I'm tolling j a conversational tone. He knew that
you the conditions that exist, conditions j to command others he must first bo In
whloh every woman who enters tho command of himself. He left the roar
theatrical profession lias got to faoe ing to potty understrappers with Inflated
sooner or later. You had your first i ideas of their own Importance.
experience to-day,
i
It had grown quite dark In the room.
Miss Burton got up and moved about In
the twilight. I almost hated her. I
could not prevent myself from saying:
Do you think it la nloe to befoul your
own nest? '
She answered me gently: 'You don't
understand my motive, girlie. I wouldn't
Once In a bluo moon he lot go. The
effect was electrifying. I strongly sus
pected, however, that there was more
or less 'acting' in these outbursts. Just
as his reluctant nppeamnoe before tho
curtain on first nights was a 'carefully
prepared bit of Impromptu acting.' Tho
frightened expression of his face: the
quick, nervous walk; the almost Inaudl-
say these things to an outsider for any-! ble voloe when he thanked his audlenoe.
thing In the world. Why, if a thing like , 'on behalf of tho star, the author (or co
this were to be given to tho public tho i author), the musicians, the costumers,
whole theatrical profession would go into tho sconlo artists' and so on down the
print to deny it. Thoro would bo an 1 line; this with his mannerism of tugging
awful noise, but each and every ono nt a picturesque forelock, this alone was
of them knows it's tho truth, Ood's truth
and nothing but the truth."
In the course of time tho actor and his
wlfo did get an engagement together in
a road company, he was playing lead and
she a small part. Tho leading lady nt
once began to make eyes at him and
First
worth tho prico of admission.
and last he was a good show man.
"Tho star who was the stopping stone
to his fame and fortune was a lady with a
past. Sho had entered tho stage door
through tho advertising medium of the
dlvoroo court. After several unsuccess
ful attemps at starring she placed herself
under the tuition of the manager, then
allied with a school of aotlng. Possessed
of abundantanlmalvitollty 'magnetism,'
If you prefer as well on 'temperamont,'
tho ugly duckling developed into a star
of first magnitude.
When V) ill Joined the company she was
at the height of her success a success
which later dulled tho finer artntlo re
straint and listed toward a fall. But act
she could, playing upon each reed, each
stop, of tho emotional orsnn, wltil a con
viction of which few actresses uro capable.
In tho choice of plays tho genius of the
man again displayed Itself; the right play
for tho right porson. Doubtless he under
stood 'that temperament, after all, Is but
the flood tldo of our natural predilections."
Mrs. Hartley travelled aboutforawhllo
Ith her husband, to Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Pittsburg. Kach city, sho
discovered, had Its distinguished charac
teristics, but certain types aro to be found
all over the country.
There Is always tho 'fly' married woman
hanging about hotel lobbies, lying in wait
for the actor or any dapper visitor who,
like herself, Is seeking diversion. She
drops In for a cocktail or a highball and
looks things over. Sho has a sign manual
of her own. Tho head waiters know her
and wink significantly whon she comes In
with her friends. These women are prod
ucts of our leisure class. Their husbands
are business or professional men In good
standing.
With comfortable, even luxurious
homes, or a stagnant llfo In a modern
hotel, time hangs heavily upon their
hands. They have no Intellectual pur
suits other than bridge and the 'best
seller.' These are the stall feds, tho
drones, the wasters, the mcnaco to the
womanhood of America.
Chicago as She Sam It.
Chicago receives special attention In
this book:
"There Is only one Chicago. Other
cities Pittsburg and Cincinnati notably
may be commonplace or vulgar, but
Chicago Is the epitome of commonplaoo
vulgarity. It struck mo forcibly as I
looked over the first night audlonoe.
'The men are commonplaoo; tho women
vulgar. The womon Impress ono na
ex-wnltresses from cheap eating houses
or sales 'ladles' who havo married well.
Few of the male population appear to
own a dross suit. Tho womon wear
ready made suits with picture hats and
a plentiful sprinkling of gaudy jewelry.
Soma of thorn 'make up' atrociously.
Their manners nre as breezy ns tho wind
from tho lako and thoy mako you one
of them' tho first tlmo you moot.
'If there Is a cultured set in Chicago
the actor never meets them; it probably
resides In Chicago through force of cir
cumstances, not through choice. The
middle class is nupor-commonplaoo. Tho
smart set isn't smart; only fast and looso.
Chicago Is a good 'show town.' It might
bo better if managers kept their word
to send on the original companies. Tho
Western metropolis resents a slight to
Its dignity.
Will's management, therefore, played
a trump card when It sent the New York
production and players. The house was
sold out for weeks in advance It was
evidenced on the opening night tliat
Will had left a good impression In Chicago
from former visits. He received a hand
on his entrance. When a supporting
actor is thus remembered it proves his
popularity.
"After the performance we went to tho
ollege Inn with somo friends of Will's.
Everybody who is anybody goes to that
111 ventilated hole below stairs: ono gets
a sort of revue of tho town's fpllies. Chi
cago is hopelessly provincial. Thero
Is a profound intimacy with other people's
affairs. Our host ami hostess of tho eve
ning kept up a running fire of gossip
concerning tho people about us."
Some orgies that wero held in Chicago
during Will's engagement aro described.
The upshot of tho whole thing was that
Will became thoroughly demoralised,
having became what Is supposed to bo the
ambition of every actor, a matinee idol.
He had affairs with women on and off
the stago and trouble began. His wifa
was neglected and ho turned her over
for companionship to a high minded
sculptor, who loved her, but never spoke
his love, at leai-t not until the time came.
Of course Mrs. Hart ley in tho end divorced
her actor husband at his request and It la
to bo hoped thut Bho married tho Kculptor.
What with "To M. h. G." and "My Actor
Husband" tho stage lias not a leg to stand
on. Of course thero is much truth In this
book, much bitterness, but "If a ruthless
rending aside of tho tinselled illusions
which enthrall tho stagestruck girl" will
accomplish its object it will not havo been
written in vain. . . .
Clara Morris has written a good deal
in this vein in her books of nutobiography
and Mary Anderson In her book has not
pictured stage llfo in any rosy colors.
i no nreseni ikhik. iv uiu uy, m uwii-
to Prnf Charles T. Coneland of Har
vard University Perhaps Prof. Copeland
can give us tho name ot tho author.
DOG POINTED THE MAN FOUND RAZORBACK
"My friend Polndextar had been
tnlllr. over so with praise of his blood
ei bird dog and boasting ot Its pedl
iTte," sali John Ollbert. the travelling
rroceryman, "that I was all but tickled
to pieces when he Jumped at my sug
Ifnllon that he take his dor and go
&lon with me down to Capt JoePet
ttjreWs, In the North Carolina quail
lelt, rapt. Joe hvlng just written me
!f I cored for a bang-up time with the
quail to come down, but to fetch a good
Woodeil dog with ma, aa he hadn't any
Jurt then.
'"I'll show 'em a blooded dog,' aald
my friend Polndexter. 'There Isn't a
Mooleder dog on earth than that one
of mine. Walt until he gets his nose
onto a point down there. He'll show
'em quail I
"So my friend Polndearter and I and
ths blooded dog went down to Capt
Joe's to have a time with quail. The
canes and pea vines are thick on the
quail covers thereabout, but my friend
J'cJnflexter's blooded dog went smart
ly to work among 'em. He certainly
was a hnrd worker. I've seen men who
were netting $2 a day who didn't work
half aw hard as that dog worked.
M'tst see him I' said Polndexter
"very now and then. 'Lord, but that
t.v tiaa Knt blood! Just sea hlml'
"Wo k,uv htm. all right, but some
how tne dog couldn't seom to see any
'i'liiM. Hut Im kept on working, and
h wrrkeii so hard that he made mo
tlreij to m0 him, und I laid down In
".o rn'K'H to rest. Capt. Joe. he kind
" nti(lrrii off, too, but after a while
heiitd l'olndextor holler:
"llu ' He's on n point! Looks to
in i h if t o vvna pointing a whole flock
o? ijeat
1 in' ' says Capt. Joe, hollering
tfc m I ilndexter. 'Hold him on tho
K'M ami we'll come and get the flock.'
"We hurried to the spot. Sure enough,
there was the dog, pointing like sixty.
"'Just see him!' says my friend
Polndexter. Lord, but ain't he got
blood I'
"The next second the dog let up on
th potnt and mado a break, with his
tall between his legs, to get out of tho
canes. I wish you could have heard
what followed. A noise camo out of the
canes enough to burst your ear drums.
It wasn't a yell nor a shriek. It was a
squeal and a yelp and a snort and n
kl-yl all In one, and It would havo
sounded loud a quarter of a mile off,
"Thunder! said Capt. Joe. 'I never
heard a quail sing like that before. Not
even a whole nock of quails :'
"We pushed In through the canes.
Polndexter's dng had him, nnd he hnd
Polndexter's dog. Ho was a razorback
hog, and a big one, Capt. Joo pitched
In and grabbed tho clog by the throat.
I pitched In and grabbed tho rnzorback
by the heels. There was a big tug of
war for a few minutes. Then wo got
the dog and tho razorback apart. My
friend Polndexter Just Jumped up nnd
down nnd hollered:
"Lord! Huln't ho got the blood!'
"Capt. Jon allowed that he hnd. 'Hut
he hain't got ns much of It ns he hnd.
Hut If you bind him up well It won't
I All get uwuy.'
"Anil l couldn't Help hut nrtmlt to
myself that I guessed my friend Poln
dexter must bo right about thero not
being a bloodcder dot; than that one on
earth. I hovit wiw nicer looking dog
blood In my llfo nor morn of It. In the
nienntline tho razorbark hog hail
scooted nwuy nnd disappeared In the
canes. There wasn t nimh wild fur a
spell, and then ('apt .Im', who had been
pondering over tho matter, kind o'
sniffed and said:
"'Seems to me I never knew a
blooded dog like that to point a rasor
back hog before!'
"Thnt seemed to surprise my friend
Polndexter.
"Didn't, ehf said b. 'Why. he
showed his blood and his breeding by
doing It! If you fellows had only
killed that razorback hog and opened
him you'd seen why! What do you
H'posa that razorback's been doing all
day?'
"Capt Joe didn't say, and of course
I didn't know.
"'That razorback.' said my friend
Polndexter, 'hns been killing quail all
day nnd eating 'em! He Is chuck full
of quail, nnd that's what that dog was
pointing!'
"And do you know, sir, that the dog
seemed to share the indignation of my
friend I'olndeoctcr over Cnpt Joe's re
llectlnn cm his blood nnd breeding to
such a degree thnt ho couldn't bo In
duced to go anywhere near the quail
covers after that? And we had to bor
row n dog from ono of Capt. Joe's
neighbors to finish out our tlmo with
the qunll."
New York Greatest Market for Farm
I Hands.
looking along Broadway one would
bcarcfly regard Now York as a farming
community and yet it is proliable that
mom farm hands nre hired hern annually
than in any other town of tho United
Stales. Just now is about the middle
of the great spring hiring season,
Tim simple facts, am that while there
are no farim along Broadway, New
York N a great clearing home for farm
1 ibiii-.,is it is for every other sort of labor,
skilled ami unskilled, as well as for overy-
I tiling in i ln arts and in commerce, Hern
worKi'm hi an sons assemble, anil Just
ns In Now York ono can find anything
j on earth ha want to buy, so hero can be
found help of any sort. So to New York
In the spring many farmers send or come
in person for farm hands, whom they
take back with them to their respective
farms.
Tho Department of Agriculture of the
Stato of New York maintains In this
city an office from whloh thero are sent
out annually between 2,500 and 3,500
farm hands, and the private employ
ment agencies in tho city that specialize
In farm help send out probably as many
more. Tho State agency supplies holp for
farms In this State only; tho private agen
cies send help to points anywhere within
a radius of 150 miles from this city.
At the Stato agency for farm help In
this city about 40 per cent, of tho appli
cants for work are Americans, tho rest
being men of many foreign nationalities,
The tnon who hire out to work on farms
are mainly between 31 and 40, nnd mostly
single. By far tho greatest demand Is for
slnglo men, though farm hands who aro
married Hnd employment for themselves ,
and wife on many farms and country '
places, where a cottage may be provided .
for them, with advantages in the way of
vegetables and milk, ana with worn
found for both.
The demand for farm help Is almost
exclusively for experlenoed men, At tho
State farm holp agency In this city thoy
have applications for work from men not
acquainted with farm work. Such man
when seen likely to prove suitable for tho
work are when possiblo placed with
farmers. They get $1 to $10 a month with
their board, and if they are really inclined
to the work und take kindly to it they
ootiio hi time to get full farmer's pay.
KxjMrienced furm hands got oommonly
from t'.'O to 25 a month with loard. Good
milkers on dairy farms may get $35, gar
deners perhaps $10, and superintendents
may get still innro.
i Whon tho form work Is over many of the
men come back to town. Hero they Hnd
all sorts of jolts for tho winter, porliaps
as dishwashers or aa porters or as drivers
or at various things.
"BOOK OF SNOBS" MADE UP TO DATE
Continued from Fourth Pagt,
Then he sits thero hoping you'll pick it
up as if you didn't want hid measly llttlo
tit). And even if von fall nil over him
thanking him he'll mako believe you ' meet them In tho hall, though I take special
showed you wero sore at tho tip bo that I Pa,ns to Introduce everybody and novor
be can hall out so's he can bo heard six I pt rooms to anybody unless I know they're
house than I ever saw before, she de
clared. "Tho people who have front rooms
on the first and second floors or bock
rooms with laths won't notloe the $4
a week hall bedroom people when they
tables away: 'That's all I pay in London,
Paris, Berlin and Vienna anil It's enough
hero too.' That gives him a chnnco then
to chin on for half an hour with tho girl,
reeling off tho names of all the European
restaurants which ho says he's et In.
"He's a snob, And so's tho fellow who
nil right,
Fail to Recognize.
It's nearly always the ones who have
the higher priced rooms who fall to see
mo on the street, and you'd think they'd
bow at loast when they've been owlna-
i r .i .
always con e In hero ato nt night and .Hnol)8? aftwd .
,?f ,i f' n"?1 eye,?5,h,m otl I around hero." admitted one of the Maggie
account of the food ho buys. This second Vmnt,r w,, rt,Wn .,
in one of the big department stores.
"Why only the other day Annie well,
I could toll her name, but I won't
wouldn't go out to lunoh at Chllds' with
because she had
the boss the day
before. Can you beat that?
"Snobs? Oh yes, we know all about
thorn," chimed the chorus girls In unison.
Now take tho girl that gets a speaking
part somo day she Boon gets so offish
you don't dare ask her to let vouchew her
whether tney aro snobs or not while at gum, and ns for ever telling you anything
home, are snobs the minute they land In any more she is as tight as a clam.
snob always takes a table right in the
centre of the room and orders things ilko
ruin omelettes so that tho blue flames will
attract attention. Next to that ho likes
to order a ruddy cluck bo's we'll havo to , u .V ? li'Y.T,.
roll out the big silver press to squeeze tho "1',
blood out of another duck for the gravy f!!lrfie""?0.m.
and again got tho crowd all wrapped
up in tho commotion. This second fellow's
a good spender, but he's a snob all right.
One man in town, a visitor to Man
hattan for a few days from Pennsylvania,
said that all Manhattanltes, no matter
some other town and heirln to talk ahout
1 Now York nnd to compare conditions, any
1 sort of conditions, in New York with thoso
of the town they're visiting. Tho New
Yorker, continued tho transient visitor,
not only Is boastful helieving with
(ieorge Ade's Now Yorker that "west of
Jersey City you're caplnmg out" but
snobbishly boastful.
1 he proprietress of an uptown establish'
And will you ever forget, girls my
Gord, it nauseates mo to think of It how
wo used to get the icy lamp from Mayme
after somo wall eyed John took to paying
her bills? Sho hod the nerve to tell us
one duy that marriage was the only proper
thing and It wasn't nice for girls to drink
together,
An undergraduate of one of our old
conservative Eastern colleges declared
inent who lets rooms to "tho lienor class the other day that a snob Is the fellow who
of ieoplo" was quite ready to talk iiIkiiU waits on tablo In the college boarding
snobs. house and yet refuses to raise his hat to
, "I've seen more downright snobbery i the kitchen girl when he meets hur on the
jainco i began to Uku roomers Into tho i street.
"My Idea of a snob? queried the butler
In one of the imitation hotels on Fifth
avenue. My Idea of a snob, sir, Is the
guest in tho house who comes back drunk
early In the morning and you have to put
him to bed and then ho forgets to say.
'Good morning' to you when ho comes
down to breakfast."
Look for real snobbishness in a boys'
boarding school," suggested a young man
who once found hlmsolf obliged to teach
In one for a year. "Tho first night I ar
rived I came down to dinner In a sack
suit and found that everybody else, boys
and master, were wearing dinner coats.
I got the glaolal glance from all quarters
of the horizon and was given to under
stand later by the headmaster thut his waa
a 'gentlemen's sohool."
Mes lea's Fsvaaas shrine at Oaa
laps.
The vllaga Gaudalupe, Mexico, con
tains the most famous shrtns on this
continent It Is dedicated to Our I-ady
of Guadalupe.
Over the altar In the cathedral Is a
painting hold to be of miraculous origin.
This Is the sacred tllma or apron ot
the peasant and on this tradition says
appeared over thrco hundred years ngo
an Imago of the Virgin.
The Indians to-day come from tba
remoto quarters of Mexico to worwhlu
at this shrlno and to carry homo botllcs
of water from u nearby well which Is
said to possess healing qualities. Tho
walls of tho church uro covered with
votlvo offerings, pictures, Ac, given by
thoso who have been cured or buuellted
In tho picture tho Virgin Is shown
dressed In u bluish yink gown, and not
long ngo the women of Mexico guvo
a Jewelled crown to hung over it. is
picture. When IIIdalKo struck the llrst
note for Mexico's indepen ii nee he cur
ried a picture of Our l.ady of Ouad.ilupo
on his banner and the Hist mmlne that
entered Mexico hud n picture of tMa
patron sulnt painted on lliu cab.
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