The Sunday Oregonian., February 07, 1909, Section Five, Page 5, Image 49

THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND; FEBRUARY 7, 1909.
Latest Play by Eugene Walter Has
Taken Skeptic New York by Storm
"The Easiest Way" Is Regarded as One of the Most Daring Theatrical Productions of Recent Years The Plot.
NEW. TORK, Feb. 1. (Special Cor-reppon-lince.)
Nothing in tlieatrlcal
circles has made no much stir as
"The Kaslest Way." another play by Eu
fna Walter, -who first came Into promi
nence through -Paid In Kill!," which he
followed by "The Wolf." which did not
achieve the success of the first. "The
Easiest Way," with Frances Starr in the
prtm-tpal role, gives promise already from
the second night of surpassing the success
of he first.
The first Impression of the play Is that
nothing more daring has ever been put
upon a stage, and ae time grows on. one
msrv.?Is at the audacity shown in writing
or producing this remarkable play, hut It
draws with plt;l?ss accuracy a side of life
s.ipp ved to b? understood by everyone,
yet hidden by that peculiar psychological
curtain which may be called non-realization.
We hear things which should shock
us Inexpressibly, yet there Is only sym
pathy and interest In unfolding the ter
rible story, one which hangs over not. only
women who figure upon a stage career,
but over all women thrown upon the
world, wherein they must mak- a living.
"The Easiest Way." at the Stuyvesant
Theater. Is a play that all mothers should
ee, although It is hardly one to which
one would fe?l like taking ones mother.
It Is good for fathers to see: It is good
for pitiless society women to see; It is
good for young girls to see: It is good for
young men to see: It !s good for old men
to Bt-e; it is good for the whole world to
see and It is certainly the broadest play
that Broadway has seen In a very long
time.
Slron-rly Drawn Character.
If we are to accept Miss Starr's delin
eat on of Iaura Murdock. a young act
res, who depends upon the bounty of a
Wall street broker. Willard Brockton,
not only for her position with a theat
rical company, but also for her home, her
luxuries and for all else, we tire not
facing a depraved woman, but a very
wet and retlned one who. out in Denver
for a Summer rest, while playing with a
to?it company in thst city Is thrown Into
the company 'of a young reporter with
whom she falls sincerely and dsperately
In love.
Itrockton comes to join her on her way
bm-k to New York .mil he is told of the
situation. The. young man Is hoping to
make his way, but naturally Brockton
does not put very much faith In his
chances to '"make good." Iar pleads
with him to release her, that she may
become the honest wife of this man for
whom she believes herself willing to en
dure any hardship which may come about
from her struggle to get a position on her
own merits, which may or may not be
very great. Nor can one feel that Brock
ton is an altogether despicable character.
On the contrary, he seems quite the op
posite and sjives the g'rl her freedom, the
chance to lead a straight life by herself,
hut he Informs John Madison that when
she r.-ill 1rs of it and return to him of
her own freo will that he will advise him
of It. But Brockton Is not a philanthro
pist, neither are other men philanthro
pists.. He might have made the way
easy, at least easier.
Why should he?
Mr. Walter was probably drawing the
truth, and women have found that the
"philanthropist" Is not standing around
waiting to help poor but worthy. or tal
ented young women when there is no ex
pectation of returned favors.
Surfer.; Many Hardships.
When next we find Laura Murdock. she
Is at the end of every resource known.
Ht miserable room In a cheap theatrical
boarding-house Is appalling In Us squalor,
her meal consists of a bottle of milk and
a couple of crackers. Her faith la still
beautiful and her love Is unfaded. The
maid brings her a letter, one such as she
receives daily. Hopeful and full of love,
but not even a penny for stamps In" It.
The girl has no possible chance for mak
ing a cent; she has pawned ail her finer
ies, she has been refused and not exact
ly refused, but put off from day to day In
evry theatrical agency in the city. She
has exhausted every m?ans. and it Is now
no longT the question of love of ease or
fineries or anything so frivolous as that!
The colored maid informs her that the
three weeks' room rent must be paid,
that the landlady has to meet her bills
and Is being pushed to the limit. She
has no chance, there Is no chance, she
has exhausted every possible avenue, she
can live on milk and crackers but where
to go, where to find a roof to cover her?
When Extremes Meet.
At this moment Rifle St. Clair, an
actress who has not found it necessary
to work at her profession as chorus girl
for over a year comes to visit her. De
praved as her speeches may sound, stag
gering as they may be, they are filled
with the horrid truths that go to make
up not only this play, hut also life itself.
'"Do you get those letters from him
often?" silie asks Laura whose love Is
still shining In her eyes.
"Every day.' she answers.
"Does he send you anything?" comes
the brutal question.
"Nothing." answers the girl, "he does
not know. I have never told him."
"You bet. If Jerry's check Isn't In the
mail every Saturday night, there's a new
lock on the door Sunday morning."
While she Is there the maid comes
again end forces the metter with extra
warmth bcnuso there Is a well-dressed
woman visiting the girl. Laura pushed
to the last of her strength pleads with
her friend for enough money to pay her
rent, at which the woman cries:
"What? You want to do the angel act,
and bo so good and pure, and you are
willing to take my money to help your
self out? You know where my money
comes from, and you know that the
minute you get ready to let Brockton
know he will help you out."
This Is the end, and while from the
hand-organ outside is grinding the tune
cf the dance hall or of the free-and-easy
restaurant (a powerful psychological
point by the way) she consents and the
end Is In sight.
This Is not the yielding of a woman to
temptation. Whoever Interprets the play
this way knows nothirg of, the struggle
of a woman with the world. v This Is the
only alternative between life and death,
and she proves later that she has not the
courage to put a bullet through her
brains.
Hopelessness the Keynote.
And here a distinct line must be drawn
to define the cowardice and deception
which she shows later and the weakness
through which she fell back Into the old
life. Her yielding to .the situation had
nothing to do with the weakness of a
woman. Hopelessness Is the keynote.
The situation was hopeless' beyond the
power of any human being. Sucl a wo
man does not think about begging from
door to door. Lot such a one try to get
a position as cook or as nurse maid, and
whether she will be any more for
tunate. She Is marked as belonging to
unolher class of work. She is refined In
appearance In manner and must face the
thing squ.irely. She is not a depraved
looking dissolute woman not yet. But
what could save ber?
A few months later Brockton reads In
the morning paper that Madison has
struck it rich and Is on his way to New
York. At the same time Laura receives
a telegram which she tries to conceal
from him. She has always been reliable,
truthful and honest these were the quali
ties that most recommended her to the
man who In general "did not take his
women seriously." No more truth, only
lies and deception which began when she
destroyed the letter dictated to her by
Brockton who told Madison that when
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him of it. But these lies, this insincerl-.
they were the last cry of a hungry
heart for the honest love of the man that
she loved. When he found that for the
second time she had wandered from that
straight and narrow path that men seem
tj think Is the bed of roses for women he
left her. Just a moment she feels strong
enough to do the brave thing. The re
volver Is In her hand, but she cannot
The Parting of the Ways.
"Annie," she shrieks, "Annie, get ma
the handsomest gown and the best look
ing hat I'm going to Rector's," In other
words to hell.
Thera are only six people In the cast,
but they are artists, and In their hands
"The Easiest "Way" will probably nil the
theater for a very long period. The
enthusiasm was enormous and there
were curtain calls for Mr. Walter and
for Mr. Belasco both of whom were
forced Into speech making. Miss Starr
surprised those who had the greatest ex
pectations or her and, as Brockton,
Joseph Kilgour did an exceptionally
clever piece of characterization as dii
Laura Nelson Hall as Elfle St. Clair and
Emma Dunn as a colored maid.
William Sampson as an Impoverished
manager and Edward Robins as John
Madison, the young reporter, were quite
as efficient as the other members of the
cast. EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
Early Navigation of Columbia
by Pioneer Steamboat Man
How Traffic Was Conducted on This Historic Waterway Before the
Railroads Became Carriers.
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Columbia Journal of Commerce.
HE earliest account I have seen
f navigation of the Columbia
nd Snake rivers, is In a diary
written by my father, W. H. Gray, In
18.16.
He tells of starting In a canoe with
two Nez Perce Indinas In December of
that year from the mouth of the "Koos
kia" (now Clearmont River). going
down the Snake, encountering an Ice
Jam near the mouth of the Palouse
River, portaged their canoe around the
Jam and proceeded down the Columbia,
leaving the canoe at Hudson Bay Fort
at the mouth of Walla Walla Rlver
and walked to Wiallatpu (now Whit
man Station on the O. R- & N-) to con
sult with Dr. Whitman. Returning,
they went on down the Columbia, port
aged around Tumwater (now Celilo
Falls), but rode through the dalles In
their canoe.
He describes tne dalles as "A roil
ing, boiling, tolling, moiling mass of
waters that tossed our canoe around
like a chip, over which the Indians
had wonderful control: and I was glad
when we were thrown Into the still
waters below."
Tn writing of the Cascades, he says.
"After breakfast this morning we went
thrpuih the Cascade Rapids. After
passing through the swift water, the
wind began to blow, and we made
camp near a large rock several hun
dred feet high (Castle Rock), and were
two davs more reaching Fort A ancou
ver" His Indians must have been ex
pert canoeists and wanted to try the
white man's nerve.
The up trip was made in a Hudson
Bar batteaux as far as Fort Walla
(now Old Wallula. and the diary car
ries him back overland to New York.
Twenty years later the Cayuse war
brought troops, and boating by white
men was hegun on the river. Sailing
sloops and schooners were operated
successfully between the mouth of the
Deschutes "River and Wallula. These
vessels Increased In size, and In 1861
there were several schooners capable
of carrying from 40 Jo, SO tons each
plying on the river.
First Steamboat In 1858.
In 1SSS. upon the advice of some of
the sailboat captains, the men who had
the contract for carrying the Govern
ment freight from Fort Vancouver to
the posts east of the mountains built
the first steamboat to operate above
Celilo Falls. She was built at the
mouth of Deschutes River and chris
tened the "Col. Right" after the fa
ous Indian tighter who stopped the
Cavuse Indian war by corralling sev
eral thousand Indian horses on Spo
kane Prairie near the present site of
the City of Spokane. This craft was a
fiat-bottom sternwheeler. with an open
hull, a half deck and cabin above.
A man from Mississippi with a capi
tal of $10,000 was Invited to become a
stockholder and . manage the steam
boat. He rode on horseback to John
Day Rapids. 16 miles above Deschutes,
and upon examination declared that a
steamboat . could never be navigated
up or down through those rapids, and
declined to Invest. It was known that
sloops and schooners could go up over
the rapids when the Summer gales
were blowing, so a mast and sail were
Installed In tne col. Wright to help
her over the rapids In case the steam
failed. The sail was a great help in
straight river, but a nuisance In the
rapids and bends.
She was a success from the first,
especially financially. The contractors
received $100 per ton measurement for
freight, and the little Col. Wright,
whose full carrying capacity was abouc
100 tons weight, has the record for
carrying the greatest number of tons
of freight that was ever carried on
the Columbia River by a sternwheel
steamboat.
High Finance In Those Days.
The United States Quartermaster had
a large number of Army wagons for
the troops at the' different posts. Be
fore taking the wagons on the boat
the tongue was placed in' position, the
bows for the cover set up and the feed
buckets hung on behind. A measure
ment was then taken from the ground
to the top of the cover, from the edge
of the tongue to back of the buckets
and from the outside of the hub of one
hind wheel to the outside of the hub
uA .ii,.. onit the measurement
computed into tons of 40 feet each. The
wagons were then Knocitea
stowed aboard the boat- On that trip
the boat carried something over .sjw
This matter of nigh finance seemed to
be highly appreciated by tne neaa army
officials as the officer that approved the
accounts, died a few years ago- a re
tired Quartermaster-General.
In 1863 there were plying on the rive
above Celilo Falls:
Steamers
Col. White, 100 tons capacity.
Tenino.. 150 tons.
Okanogan, ISO tons.
Nez Perce Chief, .& tons.
Owyhee, 135 tons.
Yakima, 200 tons.
Webfoot. 300 tons.
Spray, 125 tons.
Kyus, 150 tons.
Cascadilla. 90 tons.
Lewiston, 30 tons, built at Umatilla.
Schooners "
James Buchanan. 50 tons capacity.
Humming Bird, 40 tons.
Victorine, 89 tons.
Schooner owned by Torrence Quinn. 80
tons.
Sloops
Mount Hood. 60 tons, capacity.
Sarah F. Gray, 40 tons.
Fuel Greatest Problem.
The greatest problem to be solved In
the navigation of the rivers was to secure
fuel for the steamboats. There was not
a tree more than six Inches In diam
eter and very few of those growing on the
banks of the Columbia between Des
chutes Falls and Priest Rapids. on
Snake River there waa one pine tree on
the south bank of the river, 40 miles above
the mouth, which gave a name to the
rapids at that point. There were three
pine trees Just below' Almota Creek, and
ten near what is known as Little Pine
Tree Rapids, 14 miles below . Lewiston.
There was considerable driftwood scat
tered along the .tanks which was- cut by
the Indians and white men and sold to
the steamboats at Jio and $12 per cord.
This supply of drift - was partially re
newed by the freshets even' Summer,
but not to a satisfactory extent. There
was a small forest of pine and tamarac
timber growing at the head of the Klicki
tat Valley which sloped -to" the north
away front the river. The south or river
end of the valley ended abruptly on top
of a mountain 2000 feet high.
In the Winter of '61 and '62 the Ore
gon Steam Navigation Company (or the
O. S. N.. as we knew It) contracted with
R. Mallory & Company to purchase 50W
cords of wood on the banks of the Co
lumbia at or near John Day Rapids, at
J15 per cord. The timber was cut In
the Klickitat Valley, hauled to the brink
of the mountain and rolled down 2000 feet
to the bank of the river and split Into
cordwood. Even this auxiliary to. the
driftwood was not enough and wood was
boated up the Columbia from near the
Cascades to The Dalles, hauled by wagon
15 miles to the Dencnutes and delivered
to the steamboats.
I believe the first steamboat to navigate
Snake River was the Col. Wright. She
carried a big load of Government freight
to the-mouth of the Palouse River In the
Summer of 1S60.
Boating Under Difficulties.
. In the Winter of 'eO-'ei my father built
a boat 91 feet long and 12 feet beam, at
Osoyoos Lake, the head or the Okanogan
River, with the Intention of taking it
down the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers
to the mouth of the Deschutes River,
putting in the machinery and bringing
freight up the rivers to Kettle River
mines, which were then considered rich.
We whlpsawed the lumber, paid one dol
lar a pound to have necessary Iron packed
over the mountains in mid-Winter from
Fort Hope, British Columbia. Made trun
els or wooden pins for nails and spikes.
Made oakum for calking from wild flax
and pitch from gum picked up under the
pine trees. The boat was ready when
the Ice melted in the lake, and started
down the rivers on May 10, 1861.
Arriving without mishap at Deschutes
(two miles above where Celilo now is),
father found that machinery could not
be had without cash; so putting in mast
and sails, took a load of freight for Lew
iston. the nearest river point to the
Oroflno and Pierce v ity mines In Idaho,
which were then new gold mines and
were considered fabulously rich. Old
river men shook their heads when the
boat with sails started, but the trip was
made successfully by cordelling when the
wind did not blow. On the return trip
of the boat I Joined her at Wallula, where
I had brought the family from Osoyoos
with pack and riding horses, and for
warded them on to Portland by steamer.
Arriving at Deschutes, father pro
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Mrs. Clarence Mackay. who was well known before her marriage as "Kitty".
ruer. 1 active In many public affairs. She is a member of the School
Board at her home on Long Island. Recently she has taken an active Interest
In woman suffrage and waa elected Ptesldent of the Equal Suffrage League,
of which Mrs. Philip Lydlg Is another active member. At a lunoaeon held
last week, Mrs. Mackay declared her faith In a well-delivered speecti.
ceeded to The Dalles and Portland, trying 1
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Lewiston, wnere price vc. ...
the influx of gold hunters caused a fear
of famine the following Winter. But
shippers were afraid to risk their gooda
by the boat and reports were rife that
Snake River was so low that flat-bot
tomed skiffs were unable to come
Men were being arownea
Men from boats wrecked on the rap
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were wctinuis , , . . -
with hard luck stories of shipwreck, lost
companions ana oimi.
Not to be deterred, father mortgaged
his boat, horses ana nousenom stoj
Id tons or provisions u bi'-
Lewiston.
Forty Days Wallula' to Iewiston.
We sailed to Wallula, but from there on
we had very little help from wind. The
boat was too large to row or pole against
the current. I was 16 years old, but used
to swift water. We had a small skiff
that would Just carry two colls of small
rope, a boy two years older than I and
mvself, if the v.ater was smooth. We
would take the lines in the skiff and pole
niich tvin skiff tin stream
as far as we thought the ropes would
reach, tie the ropes to a rock or reef
and paddle back to the sloop, when they
would put It around a home-made cap
stan and wind in the rope, which would
pull the sloop up the stream. We were
Just-40 days from Wallula to Lewiston.
And every man on ooard Was tired to
the utmost. We boys had to run the
lines, wading, and often swimming for
our lives when we upset In the rapids.
In October and November it made no
difference if the banks were lined with
ice and the water chilled us to the bone,
the lines must be run.
The discovery of gold in several locall
ities and general development of the
country caused the several steamboat
and sailboat companies that were oper
ating on the Columbia from Portland to
the Lower Cascades and from the Upper
Cascades to The Dalles and above Turn
water (as Celilo Falls were then called)
to unite and. form .the Oregon Steam
Navigation Company. There was a wagon
road from Lower to Upper Cascades on the
Washington side, six miles: a wooden
r&nroao wim mum iun, uum ox
ford's Landing to Upper Cascades, three
miles, on tne Oregon siae; hibo a. kww
-.. , iriiA naiina tn non-
chutes. In the Spring of '62 an Iron
railroad was completed arouna tne t8-
caaes on me vv asuingion siue,. anu in
Spring of '63 the railroad from The Dalles
to Celilo was completed and a regular
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Fight Between Two Corporations.
In 1852 three Independent steamboats
were built at Columbus. The Spray, by
Captain A. P. Ankeny. Billy Gates and
Billy Parsons: the Kyus. by Captain Len
White, first-class river captain and pilot,
but a crank on phonetic spelling, and the
Cascadilla. by Captain W. H. Gray.
In the Spring of 18t3 the People's Trans
portation Company, which was operating
a line of steamers on the Willamette
River from Portland up, realized that
the development of the mines east of the
Cascades had created a valuable traffic
on the Columbia River., They built the
Iris to ply between the Upper Cascades
and The Dalles, and formed a combina
tion with the owners of the Spray and
Kyus above Celilo, making a through line
to Lewiston, Idaho. A lively opposition
was inaugurated. The . People's Trans
portation Company was handicapped by
having to portage their freight and pas
sengers around the Cascades and The
Dalles by wagons.' But the sympathy of
the people is always with- the under dog
In the fight. One trip two steamers were
In Lewiston ready to start down the
river. The Oregon Steam Navigation
Company steamer Tenino offered to take
passengers from Lewiston to Portland
free; the People's Transportation Com
pany charged $5; 125 passengers went on
the Kyus and ten deadheads on the
Tenino. The fight was finally settled by
the Oregon Steam Navigation Company
agreeing to keep off the Willamette and
the Peoples Transportation Company
agreeing to keep oft the Columbia and
Snake.
The freighting business consisted en
tirely of supplies shipped up the river.
There was nothing produced east of the
Cascades for export except horses, cat
tle and . sheep. Even flour and vege
tables were shipped from the Willamette
Valley.
I was pilot on the steamer Nez Perce
Chief. I think It was In 1866, when a
sample shipment of ten tons of Walla
Walla flour was taken on board for
Portland. It had been hauled by ox
team from Walla Walla to Wallula. We
took It to Celilo, where it was put on
cars and hauled to The Dalles, taken
aboard a steamer from there to the
Upper Cascades, transferred to a steamer
and taken to Portland.
The Oregonlan, In commenting on the
shipment, compared It to shipping coal
to Newcastle, and ventured the assur
ance that the farmers of the Willamette
Valley need not worry over having to
compete with Walla Walla gralnralsers.
Developing the Inland Empire.
But the mines of Northern and South
ern Id&ho were falling. Stockraislng was
the principal Industry and thit did not
furnish the desired amount of traffic for
the Oregon Steam Navigation Company's
steamboats and railroads. A policy for
encouraging the development of the In
land Empire was inaugurated. Rates
were reduced to below cost of handling
on exports, but were maintained on im
ports. The country developed, business in
creased, more and larger boats were
built for the different parts of the river.
In 1ST9 the following steamhoats were
operating on the rivers above Celilo:
The Fleet of 18 7.
Harvest Queen, tons capacity.
I. . 9. Baker.- 1160 tons.
Annie Faxon. 300 tons.
Almota. 250 tons.
John Gates. 225 tons.
Spokane. 225 tons.
New Tenino, 225 tons.
Northwest, 125 tons.
The figures given" above do not repre
sent the registered tonnage of these
boats, 'but the actual number of tons they
have carried. The registered capacity
was much greater In all Instances.
Thousands of tons of merchandise,
farm machinery, grain and produce were
carried on the steamboats plying above
Celilo on the Columbia and Snake Rivers,
and the portage railroads around The
Dalles and Cascades were taxed to their
utmost to handle the business.
Steamers of over 600 tons carrying ca
pacity were plying dally between Port
land and the Cascades, and the Cascades
! and The Dalles.
In June, 1879,- I was captain and pilot
of the steamer Harvest Queen, a stern
wheel steamboat 100 feet long, 38-foot
beam, 20-Inch cylinders and 10-foot stroke.
We would-be loaded and ready to take
passengers that had left Portland the
same morning, and leave Celilo Friday
evenings at 6 o'clock with 425 tons of
merchandise, distribute the freight and
passengers at their different destinations
as far as Lewiston on Snake River: re
turning take on board 450 tons of grain
at the different shipping points along the
rivers and arrive at Celilo at 6 P. M.
Monday, traveling 550 miles and hand
ling 875 tons In 72 hours of night and day
running. And this on a river which new
comers believe is unsafe to navigate.
But It Is only the new people that be
lieve this. The old-timers know that
prior to the completion of the O. R. &
N. Railroad. In 1881, the whole traflc of
the Inland Empire was carried on the
rivers. Since that' time one obstruction
to the free navigation of the rivers has
been overcome by the construction of the
Cascades Canal and Locks. And when
the canal and locks, now under con
struction by the Government engineers,
around The Dalles, are completed, we
hope to see the rivers once more util
ized and palatial steamboats floating on
Whole Body a Mass of Raw, Torturing Humor
Hair All Fell Out and Ears Seemed Ready
to Drop Off Clothing Would Stick to Bleed
ing Flesh Hoped Death Would End Fearful
Suffering Doctor Did All He Could.
CASE APPEARED HOPELESS
BUT CUTICURA CURED HER
"Words cannot describe the terrible eczema I suf
fered with. It broke out on my head and kept spread
in until it covered my whole body. I was almost a
solid mass of sores from head to foot. I looked more
like a piece of raw beef than a human being. The pain
and agony 1 endured seemed more than 1 could bear.
Blood and pus oozed from the great sore on my scalp,
from under my finger nails, and nearly all over my body.
My ears were so crusted and swollen I was afraid they
would break off. Every hair in my head fell out. I
could not sit down, for my clothes would stick to the
raw and bleeding flesh, making me cry out from the pain.
My family doctor did all he could, but I got worse and
worse. My condition was awful. . I did not think I
could live, and wanted death to come and end my
frightful sufferings.
: In this condition my mother-in-law begged me to
try the Cuticura Remedies. I said I would, but had no
hope of recovery. But oh, what blessed relief I experi
enced after applying Cuticura Ointment. It cooled the
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SUES PRINCE FOR DIVORCE
Princess de Brogllo Finds Her Hus
band Faithless.
PARIS, Feb. 6. (Special.) Princess
Robert de Broglle has begun her action
for a divorce. The Prince's father con
tested the legality of the marriage and
threatened disinheritance and the coilple.
In order to live, did a turn on the musi
cal stage. The Princess sang ballads,
and the Prince conducted. He also wrote
his memoirs, which did not lack piqu
ancy. There Is a child of the marriage.
The Prince professed unalterable affec
tion for his wife and child and declared
that, the attitude of his father notwith
standing, he would remain by them.
One day he went away on a holiday.
When he returned, it was to Inform his
wife that the idyll had run Its course,
that he did not desire to live with her
any longer. The Princess attended at
the office of the divorce judge yesterday
for the usual preliminary and attempt
at conciliation. The Princess bases her
demand for divorce on her husband's
desertion.
SNAKES" SKINNED ALIVE
Dutch Cruelty In Java Horrille
French Humane Society.
PARIS, Feb. 6. (Special.) Several per
sons interested in the French Society;
for the Protection of Animals have been)
Inquiring Into the methods used in Javai
for the preparation of snake skin for in
dustrial purposes. So far as can b
ascertained, the agents of Dutch trader
at Batavia proceed with the conviction,
that the snake should be skinned alive if
It is to remain supple and useful as
substitute for the finer kinds of leather.
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a tree by its neck and then skinned, ir
much the same way as gloves are takr
oft the hands. The snake clings to Ufa
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a rule lives for three hours or mora
after It has been skinned. A formal pro
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