THE SUNDAY OREGONTAX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 8, 1912.
MME. BERNHARDT LETTERS ON LIFE TO AMERICAN WOMEN
Electricity as a Beauty Preserver Tour of America Ideal for Honeymooners Memory and Stage Fright Her Favorite Pets Queen Mary Praised for Attacking Immodesty.
T. oiDlU PBTRVHARDT.
t.i.?T t . M.rauls de Castlehomond.
irrn.vri.hr 1912. Rochsmbeau Newspaper
Syndicate. Philadelphia.)
All rlshta reserved.)
THE American train Is certainly the
most agreeable means of locomo-
tion In order to make long Jour
neys. In them one leads a somewhat
Bohemian life, and that gives the tour
a flavor quite Its own.
I have lived in a car for three
months, traveling over nearly all North
America, and I cannot rememDer nav-
insr traveled with higher spirits nor to
have enjoyed so many sights as during
that pleasing tour.
A newly married couple who wish to
make an agreeable and unforgettable
honeymoon should take a Pullman from
New York to California, stopping at all
the Innumerable little towns.
In my car, which has the poetic name
"Mayflower." I had a big saloon, which
was used as a dining-room, where 12
people could be comfortably seated. My
bedroom was fitted with a big leather
bed, a washing stand with hot and cold
water and a chiffonier to hold my linen,
laces, stockings and shoes.
Arrangement Almost Homelike.
A little, strong recess hidden In the
wainscoting gave me a place to hide my
' lewela and money, and close at hand
was a nice room for my lady compan
ion. Then there were three other
rooms for my family or my friends.
My attendants had a large room with
four beds, which gave place during the
daytime to two tables for their meals
and games. This room was separated
at night by a heavy velvet curtain, my
two maids being on one side ana on
the other my steward 'and butler.
At the far end was the kitchen and
another room with four beds for the
cook and three colored servants. At
each end of the Pullman was an open
platform on which one took coffee
while shooting prairie dogs or birds.
It Is an Ideal life, with no visits to
' make and no receptions to attend.
On arriving in one of the large or
small towns In my special train (for
such in truth it was) the cook and my
butler would set out to see what good
things they could find and came back
laden with live chickens and ducks,
which were fattened for eight days be
fore being eaten.
And so our repasts were of the most
"abracadabrant" order and the best im
aginable.
On Sunday I Invited some of the
members of my company and after din
ner we danced, for there was a very
good piano in the saloon.
Very often, also, we had the locomo
tive stopped while we stepped out in
some flowery prairie, where we danced
on the grass and played a thousand
different children's games.
Midnight Skating Party.
Once we all skated on a wide sheet
of frozen water in the middle of the
night and under a magnificent moon.
Another time, when our train had
been delayed by an appalling blizzard,
we built a snowman four meters high,
and while making his head on the
steps taken from the car for that pur
pose we all fell down, without, how
ever, doing us much harm.
Oh! what an amusing and poetic
Journey that was.
Well, then, I assure you that a wed
ding trip accomplished under similar
conditions could supply a young couple
with a harvest of happy recollections
which would unite their lives more
closely. And they would have even
more than we had the tender remem
brances of their first kisses, of their
first embraces.
Nurses MustBe Cheerful
THE astonishing evolution In Tur
key and the Balkans which is un
folding itself before the eyes of Europe
and America looking attentively on
has cast anxiety into the hearts of
many women who are going to nurse
the wounded soldiers, so numerous on
both sides.
That Is well, very well. indeed, and
those women are doing the right thing.
But yesterday two of my friends who
are members of the Society of the La
dies of France came to bid me adieu
before starting for the Balkans. One
Is a young widow, gay, noisy and char.
Itable. The other Is a woman who
was deserted by her husband 12 years
ago. She is as doleful as a Scotch
Sunday.
"Oh. I beg of you not to go!" I said
to her. "Remain here and prepare the
bandages. Assist the wounded by send
ing them whatever they may require,
MOVEMENT TO INTEREST AMERICANS
IN AMERICA GETS FRESH IMPETUS
Railroads, Easiness Houses and Commercial Organizations Agree on Revival of Association to Exploit the
Wonders of This Continent for the Benefit of Its Dwellers
By A. X Sommera. of Tacoma. Editor "See
America Flrat" Magazine.
THE "See America First" movement,
which Is now being discussed all
over the country, was first agi
tated at the Trans-Mississippi Commer
cial Congress during its convention in
Portland, at the time of the Lewis and
Clark Exposition.
At the meeting of this congress. Dr.
Roland Dwlght Grant, an enthusiast on
the beauty spots of America and con
sidered the greatest authority on the
commercial value of American scenery,
delivered an address on "The Beauty
Spots of America," calling particular
attention to their value as an asset for
tourist travel. This speech was after
wards put in print and widely circu
lated and la reported to have inspired
the original promoters of the first Na
tional "See America First" Association.
Actuated by a patriotic motive to
arouse interest tn America aa a land for
the slght-seer, the Commercial Club of
Salt Lake City invited the leading com
mercial organizations of the West to
send delegates to a convention to be
held In Salt Lake City in January, 1906.
for the purpose of inaugurating a Na
tional movement to persuade the trav
llng public to see America first.
Flaher Harris Guldlna; Spirit.
At this gathering, which was an ex
ceedingly enthusiastic one, there were
present the Governors of several West
ern states, general passenger agents
and other leading railway officials
from various transcontinental lines, a
large number of delegates from com
mercial organisations and many mag
azine writers, lecturers and press rep
resentatives. The moving spirit in this movement
was Fisher Harris, the talented secre
tary of the Suit Lake Commercial Club.
The See America First League was
there organized with a full roster of
officers and committees, with Fisher
Harris as secretary and executive of
ficer, who was intrusted with the re
sponsibilities of perfecting the or
ganization. To carry on the campaign of public
ity a large fund was to have been
raised to exploit the scenic wonders of
aroerlca. Unfortunately, however, Mr.
Harris shortly after was compelled by
illness to discontinue his work. With
the loss of its enthuslastlo leader little
progress was thereafter made. Al
though the original plans were not
carried out and the organisation be
but do not go yourself to nurse them
I beg you not to! 1 beg you!"
And as my supplication, perhaps
somewhat authoritative, aroused her
usual placidity, she asked me, rather
dryly, the reason why I interested my
self so much in her welfare.
Too Dolefnl aa a Name.
"Oh, it is not in thee that I am in
terested," I replied with more eager
ness than I wished to show; "I was
thinking of the wounded soldiers. Thou
art too sad thee will be the nnisnlng
stroke."
She took her departure coldly, but
lust learned that she is not going
away.
I know I was certainly wrong! I was
too violently outspoken. But I know
nothing more despairing than a sad
face. And I was thinking of those
poor half-dead people who would have
to witness, as she leaned over them,
that pallid face upon which grief is
stamped. She would have said to them
in ner muniea voice:
Have courage! Tou suffer a great
deal, of cours., but perhaps tomo row
you win De freed from this wretched
and suffering existence. Be brave! An
other life awaits you."
- Can you picture a young man of 25
years suffering martyrdom and being
encouraged by such words coming from
lips tightly drawn which have forgot
ten how to wear a Smile?
Oh, the poor youth. No! No! To nurse
the wounded it is necessary to have
people who are bright and full of hope;
people who never despair.
Will Power Moat Potent.
The mental faculties of a wounded
person assist or retard his cure in a
measure as he hopes or despairs. The
Invalid should assist the doctor with
all the strength of his will and his will
should incline towards the desire to
live.
For the rest. I Imagine that the grief
of my friend is cured by bitterness and
spltefulness. She is much to be pitied.
it is true, because she loved her hus
band, but this is no reason why her
presence should depress the happiness
of others. Beyond all things she
should not nurse wounded soldiers.
That, never! No! No! No!
Wrong to Make Children
Write A ike
D
O you not think that in teaching
children to write one should show
them how to form the letters without
taking away their personality? Noth
Ing is more horrible than the hand
writing In fashion. At the present
moment the "grande mode" is an im
mense calligraphy, the letters being
half a centimeter high.
I think that the pleasure' in receiving
letters Is mainly In recognizing the
hand of the person who is writing to
you, and, so far as I am concerned, I
never open letters if the writing is
strange. My secretary informs me in
few words of the contents of such
letters.
I think there is a certain deception
in altering one's handwriting. I know
it is a part of one's education, but
everything which is false and hypo
critical strikes me with horror. I may
be wrong, because hypocrites achieve
their ends before all others.
A Hater of Hypocrisy.
People who are frank meet most dif
ficulties on their path, but that does
not prevent me from hating hypoc
risy, and I believe that, in making
every child write like another, one is
teaching them (without wishing to do
so, I admit) the way to dissimulate.
When one is traveling, it so stirs
one's emotion to recognize, among the
scattered letters, that of a beloved
child, of a faithful friend, even that of
witty "sorrip," who is also In a de
gree one's friend, and from the cal
lous chatterbox who keeps you in
touch with all the little comic and
dramatic incidents.
Those men or women whose writing
is not of a given pattern are always
independent. '
The calligraphy of Victor Hugo re
sembled that of no one else. That of
Napoleon I is unique. That of Mark
Twain recognizable among a thousand.
That of Jean Richepln is absolutely
personal. Edmond Rostand has an ele
gant hand, which is obstinate and enig
matic Unfortunately his wife and
two sons imitate It so closely that it
is impossible to know when Rostand
replies to a letter; by which I mean it
is impossible to tell If he himself has
replied to you or one of the members
of the family.
My own writing reveals me alto
gether with my defects and my quail-
came quiescent, the Salt Lake meeting
inaugurated the popular movement to
call attention to the attractions of
America as a land for the tourist, and
through the general adoption of the
slogan, "See America First," awakened
a nation-wide interest in America's
wonder works of nature.
Great Northern Spends Liberally.
It is estimated that the Great North
ern Railway alone, which has been the
pioneer In this See America First move,
ment among the- railroads, has spent
some $500,000 In. popularising the slo
gan, "See America First."
In the month of January, 1912, an
other meeting was to have been held in
the City of Baltimore, Md, for the
purpose of reviving the National See
America First Association. The date,
however, was an unsatisfactory one
and the meeting was therefore post
poned until the month of May. Then
came the National Democratic conven
tion In Baltimore, which diverted the
attention of the citizens from the See
America First meeting, with the result
that the latter was finally abandoned.
The movement was then taken up by
the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Con
gress. It was suggested that a large
association be formed throughout the
country and memberships sold at $2
apiece and enough funds raised through
that plan in order to conduct a nation
wide campaign. Simultaneously . with
the work of the organisation commit
tee of the Trans-Mississippi Commer
cial Congress, a meeting of passenger
agents was held in the city of Chicago
In the month of June at a dinner ten
dered by C. W. Pitts to 100 of the lead,
lng passenger men of Chicago, where It
was suggested that a National "See
America First" Association be or
ganized, with Chicago as the head
quarters, A committee on organization
was appointed, with E. L. Bevington
as chairman.
Financial Assistance Pledged.
This committee Immediately began
the work of sounding the various ho
tel men's associations, commercial bod
ies, passenger agent associations and
others to determine their attitude to
wards a "See America First" Associa
tion and securing from them an ex
pression of opinion as to the amount
of financial assistance they would
render.
The committee on organization has
met with most satisfactory results
wherever It has solicited the co-opera
()3.G.Bam
ties. I have never' been able to adopt
writing which was taught to me, and,
thanks to my intervention, my chil
dren's hands retained their personality
in their calligraphy. And what a Joy
it is to me to see their dear writing
when I am far away.
Electricity as Beauty Aid
RECENTLY I condemned massage oi
the face, and I condemn it emphat
ically as a destroyer of every fa
cial beauty. But one may find among
the latest novelties of science some sure
means of retarding the assaults of time.
Electricity is becoming the collabo
rator in the esthetic hygiene of women;
but one must use it with extreme pru
dence, because, carelessly employed, it
may hasten destruction instead of re
tarding that end. It is necessary, in
the first place, to consult a doctor, not
a charlatan, and he must be a good
doctor. He will smile at first, because
men are not very tolerant in our little
troubles; but he will show the way to
use the instrument, which is at once
dangerous and productive of good.
He will indicate the muscles of the
face which should be avoided; for ex
ample, he will tell you to apply very
slight electric currents over tne mas
seter, which Is the muscle that supports
the cheek and prevents the subsidence
of the jaws. Very slight applications
tion of organizations and has got along
so well that a meeting has been called
for Chicago in the month of November,
at which time steps will be taken to
organize a National "See America
First" Association.
Every Governor will be requested
to send S delegates
Mayor of each city ............ .1 delegate
Each commercial club ...1 delegate
Kach State Hotel Men's Anan.,.2 delegates
Each City Hotel Men's Assn 1 delegate
Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Aon. 2 delegates
American Hotel Protective Asn..2 delegates
Each common carrier (rail or
water) 1 delegate
Tranii-M1-iiHlppI Commercial
Congress . ,..S delegates
Northwestern Development
League 2 delegates
Travelers' Protective Associa
tion of America 5 delegates
Each District Travelers Assn...2 delegate.
Governor-General of Canada,
each province 2 delegates
President of Republic of Mexlco.2 delegates
President of Cuba 2 delegates
Governor of Porto Rico 2 delegates
Governor of Hawaii 2 delegates
Governor of Alaska...... 2 delegates
Governor of Philippines 2 delegates
Trans-Atlantic Steamship lines.. 8 delegates
Trans-Paclflo Steamship lines... 8 delegates
One Day Is Asked.
Judging from the interest that has
been shown throughout the country In
regard to this movement, the promot
ers of the new association feel confi
dent that an organization will be per
fected at the coming meeting In Chi
cago that will bring results. At the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
one day was set aside for a discussion
of this movement. A resolution was
Introduced by A. L. Sommers request
ing the President of the United States
to designate a "See America First" day,
was passed' without a dissenting voice.
Numerous other organizations have
since then Indorsed the movement for
a National day, which Is to be observed
by the press throughout the country.
In the schools, by patriotic, commercial
and other associations, so that once a
year attention may be called to Amer
ica's scenic resources.
Figures compiled by John Ball Os
borne, Chief of the Bureau of Trade
Relations, show that almost S200.000,
000 are annually spent by Americans
In going abroad; for passage, hotel
bills, railway transportation and
amusements. This amount does not in
clude the vast sums spent for Jewelry,
clothing, works of art and curios. Were
these items included it is probable
that the -actual amount of money taken
out of this country would approximate ,
should be applied, very light, and those
not every day. Then little applications
might be applied to the surface of the
face. Electricity is also very good for
the scalp of the head, but in this case
massage 1b its complement.- Certain it
is that an electric friction followed by
massage of the head is an admirable
agent of capillary vitality.
But, I repeat, massage which is good
for the whole of the scalp is to be
avoided for the face. There is an elec
trical agent which Is fortifying and
marvelously productive of suppleness,
that is of high frequency currents, but
that Is only for the body, and the appli
cation cannot be made except by a
specialist, twice a month, at such times
as the doctor may advise.
These high frequency currents regu
late the circulation, and after great
fatigue occasioned by some kinds -of
sports or work it gives an ideal repose
to the entire organism. Finally, in the
case of chills or lumbago the hot-air
apparatus, which adapts itself to near
ly all cases, is one of the most effiaa
cious means of warming, even to the
point of scorching. The scientific name
of this medical application is thermo
therapy. ' I have employed it in many cases of
chills and it acted admirably. Never
theless, I advise one to prohibit its
use by hairdressers who wish to dry
the hair quickly, however much they
urge its use.
Doctors and French professors are
all divided on this knotty point; but.
1500,000,000. During the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1911, 290,000 Americans
went abroad, spending on an average
$800 each. A large part of this amount,
according to Mr. Osborne, was spent in
France particularly in Paris.
Bad Impression Created Abroad.
This constant stream of tourists out
of the United States, aside from the
fact that it is annually taking hun
dreds of millions of dollars out of this
country, has created the impression
abroad that America has really nothing
worth while for the traveler, when as
a matter of fact, it possesses natural
wonders surpassing anything the tour
ist may hope to find In Europe. It is
to educate the American people re
garding this country as a land for
the sightseer and to so enthuse them
that they will want to see their owl
country before seeking the attractions
of foreign lands, that the See Ameri
Fir'st movement was inaugurated.
I am glad to note the formation of
the elevated order of Glacials, by news
paper men of East and West, which
Is devoted to the furtherance of this
great National campaign.
CHINA W0MEN;NQT TO VOTE
At First Election In 'New Republic
Fair Sex Are Barred.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 7. (Special.) Con
trary to expectation, only men will
vote at the coming elections for the
Provisional Assemblies in China, which
are now fixed, after several postpone
ments, for January next.
Although women in the Canton pro
vince were, by order of the Tung Mong
Hul (Dr. Sun Tat Sen's party) allowed
to vote for the Provincial Assembly at
Canton when it was formed upon the
ruins of the Manchu regime, they will
be debarred from exercising this privi
lege next January, as woman suffrage
was not granted by the provisional con
stitutional convention.
Natives Buying Farms.
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 7. (Special.)
The sale of farms to natives in South
Africa is on the increase. The sellers
in most cases are sons of the soil; but
In one instance lately three farms were
thus disposed of by a foreign banking
Institution. - This property changeu
hands at $80,000, its extent being a lit
tle over 16.000 acres. The movement to
acquire farms is due in part to fears
of hostile legislation against squatting
and in part to the fact that European
landowners are taking more Interest in
their farms than they formerly did,
even in remote districts, and natives
are no longer allowed to overrun them
to anything like the extent that they
used to do, without any effective let or
hindrance . y
as I first suggested, avoid the facial
massage.
Her Favorite Pets
NEARLY everybody likes dogs; men,
women and children, and each likes
them in quite a different way.
A man thinks of them in connection
with hunting and work; a woman keeps
them, for pleasure and as a means of
defense; a child enjoys a sense of su
periority which he feels is his.
"Those "who really love flogs cannot
pass them with Indifference. They give
me infinite pleasure, and I always have
ten or a dozen about me. I have a per
fect horror of solitude and do not think
one can ever feel lonely with a dog.
And what intelligence they show,
whether in movement or In repose. The
instant I take my seat in the library
my dogs know that I am about to work,
and the two coursing dogs, "Jump"
and "Jumping," drop down on the bear
skin before ther fire.
"Conci" and "Conca," two Airedales,
seat themselves at the closed window,
and "Boomerang" playing in the court,
yard, "Peter Pan," the cocker, lies
watchfully at my feet, and "Bellldor,"
the tiny Pomeranian, Jumps upon the
Bureau and, squeezing his head be
tween his two little paws, never turns
his gaze away from me.
And all this little company of dogs
curl up or stretch themselves out and
AMERICANS PREPARE TO DIG ANOTHER
FORTUNE FROM KOREAN GOLD MINE
Leigh Hunt and Associates, Who Have Taken $21,000,000 From "Find," to Make Improvements Typhoid Vacci
nation Success Painter Makes $20,000 From Picture Bought for $16 Famous Detective Coming.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7. (Special.)
Through the visit of J. Sloat
Fassett, the ex-Congressman and
Republican leader of New Tork, infor
mation has been obtained about a rich
gold mine In Corea which has yielded
American promoters a huge fortune.
Fassett is on his way, to the Orient to
inspect the mine and make further ar
rangements for developing It. Fassett,
with Leigh Hunt, formerly of Seattle
and now of New York and London, with
two other men, own the property. It
was bought by Hunt years ago .for $30,
000. He induced Fassett and the other
two men to go, into the company with
him and develop it.
Since then they have taken out more
than $21,000,000. The mine Is now pay
ing more than ever. The mine proved
to be the 'financial salvation of Hunt,
and his first ownership of it and its
subsequent rich output form another
chapter in his romantic career About
20 years ago Hunt failed in Seattle for
$1,600,000 The Post-Intelligencer, of
Seattle, was one of his properties at
that time This was lost to him and
all else he had He left the city owing
about $1,500,000 Some years later,
through the Corean mine, he was able
to return to Seattle and pay his debts
dollar for dollar.
The anti-typhoid vaccination, the new
disease preventative in the Army, is
surpassing the original expectations,
according to an Army medical officer
now at the Presidio. He says that
among the 67,000 troops in the United
States, for an example, there have been
during the past ten months only 12
cases of typhoid fever and only two
deaths. Most of the cases were among
recruits who had not received the treat f
ment, and of the deaths one was an of
ficer and the other a recruit.
Considering- that some of the troops
are in the field serving under conditions
that in previous years would have pro
duced typhoid at the rate of 160 cases
and 15 deaths in a corresponding period.
this Army officer feels that the en
forcement of .the vaccination system
leaves no room tor any question as to
its wisdom He says that the rate of
typhoid per 1000 troops in the Army
beginning with 1906 was- as follows:
1906, 6.66; 1907, 3.53; 1908, 2.94; 1909.
3.03; 1910, 2.32; 1911, 0.80; 1912, 0.18. The
remarkable reduction in typhoid, he I
behave In the most discreet way pos
sible. If someone, not knowing that I am
in my library, approaches the door, they
all raise their heads and growl low in
order not to disturb the atmosphere of
quiet. This, if they have recognized
the person's footfall. But if an unfor
tunate tradesman makes a mistake and
comes to the wrong apartment the
whole troupe flies to the door, because
this must be an enemy who is coming,
for theydo not know him, and his only
object can be to annoy the household.
Remain Her Quiet Guardian.
Ha! I assure you that tradesman
shuts the door with alacrity, and feels
somewhat upset at the reception he
has received.
, Once more calm is established; each
dog goes back to his favorite place and
falls Into his particular attitude. Some
times it -happens that I remain for
hours tokether working at my memoirs,
and during that . time not one of the
dogs shows the least sign of impatience.
Then, when I stretch my arms while
looking at the clock and see I have
exceeded my allotted time, the six dogs
surround me, barking, pulling my dress
and 20 times they run from my chair
to the door of my dressing-room, where
they will know that I will go in order
to effaoe. if possible, the slight signs
of fatigue which prolonged work has
occasioned. '
And now they are quite happy. In the
dressing-room they watch me. inquiring
of my movements to know If I am going
to remain in the house or go out. If the
latter Is my. decision a fever of Jealousy
seizes them all. Which two shall I take
with me In the automobile?
"Peter Pan" adores the auto, and he
makes piteous' little barks imploring
to be taken; "Bellldor" bounds about
right and left from one piece of furni
ture to another, every second giving
strident and wayward barks; "Jump"
grins and pushes me till I nearly lose
my balance, for he is -very big and
strong; "Jumping" trembles from head
to tail; "Conci" and "Conca" embrace
each ether and cling close together. Fi
nally I put on my hat and then there is
agony In all those eyes which never
leave my face.
I make my choice. The two selected
raise their talis and squeeze their noses
against the door, awaiting the moment
when It opens, and they shall rush
downstairs.
The others, according to their various
characters, exhibit their disappoint
ment, anger or resignation.
Queen Mary Attacks
Immodesty
QUEEN MART is occupying herself
with the formation of a commit
te tn nrotect the DUbllc modesty, and
the Queen IB perfectly right
Managers oi ineaiers buwuiu ui wo
-ii a .h.s lh. o.nn faith of the
public by making them witness a ques
tionable dance or pantbmlme. This is
too otten tne case in meateiB wuxi.ii
give variety spectacles. .
Clamllla. vansrallv Crt tfl milRln hfl.llS
l awuisa o
with the fullest confidence, but per
haps one day, quite unexpectedly, a
father Unas nimseii wiiuuul p.eviuuo
ifMatlnn In thi mnflt AmharrilJdtlnir of
whlnVi ran hafnll Onfl. ainCA.
oikunuvuD - '
before the eyes of his family, there is
passing an exniDition ox niupeiying dm
taste joinea to ma.ecei.uy.
-M.r ila la In mv nninlnn. an abuse
of confidence against which one should
revolt.
In France there are little theaters
who... nfiintv women ao to hear In
anities, but there no' one is deceived.
The seats are sold lor twenty, tony
or fifty francs, and the audience knows
what is going to take place, and If
i. v. n - nn talrA their wives thev
have the decency not to take their
children.
In Sympathy With Queen Mary.
I perfectly understand Queen Mary's
idea. That certain exhibitions should
be held in places patronized by people
who like such shows, I see no harm
but not in a place which is frequanted
by families and those. who have slen
der purses.
One has no right to soil the minds
of people merely because they are
poor, and to dishonor their eyes by
sights which are disgusting and with
out any beauty in the bargain.
Tou will notice that an indecent
spectacle Is nearly always lacking in
grace and beauty.
And the same thing might bo said
for the low-necked dresses worn by
women. "
Nothing is more graceful than the
says, is attributed to the immunizing
Influence of the vaccination.
The luck of Hugo V. Pederson, the
Danish painter who has been making
his home in Monterey, CaL, for several
years, has created a deal of comment.
Pederson Just recently ' sold to the
British Museum a Dutch masterpiece
for $20,000, which he found not long
ago in a second-hand store at Monterey
and purchased for $15.
The proprietor of the store had pur
ohased it some months before from a
woman who sold it- along with some
household furniture. She said at the
time that the picture had been In her
family for more than 200 years and had
been brought by them to this country
from Europe. Pederson succeeded in re
storing the canvas before he made the
deal with the British Museum. Brother
artists generally refer to Pederson &s
the "lucky painter" and he is not very
popular with them. Pederson has been
criticised for his lack of ability as an
artist but they cannot help but admire
the apparent ease with which he has
accumulated a fortune.
George A. Merrill lays title to several
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Memory and Stage
Fright
NOTHING is more capricious and
more baffling than the memory,
and yet in our art it is one of the most
necessary of all gifts. I speak, let It be
quite understood. In the case of the
high art of the actor; of those who In
terpret great works; of those who in
itiate the public into the beauties of
the spoken word.
Comlo actors do not require memory.
The more absurdities they deliver and
the more they fire out Jokes, the more
they amuse the public.
It is not so in the case of the apostles
of the high art of the theater. Their
memory must be Impeccable, and they
have, besides, a duty to make the most
of the fine phrases of the work in
which they take part in such a way
that they shall not escape the ear of
the audlenoe.
Therefore, what abominable torture It
is when the memory suddenly falls.
The whole world seems to be sinking
around. The brain becomes a blank,
buzzing fills the ears. The blood' rushes
to the heart, which begins beating a
furious tattoo, while the feet and hands
become icicles.
To Forget Is Awful.
The dry mouth is unable to articulate
a word. It is awfull Very often the
effect may last but two seconds, but to
oneself it seems as though one had been
rooted on the spot for an hour.
Quite often the audience has noticed
nothing at all, but the actor is con
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career because "le trac" paralysed them
to such a degree that they lost their
memory, and memory and stage-fright
seem to unite In the common end of
producing terror.
Stage-fright scares away the "mem
ory," and the fear of losing the memory
begins with fright.
Two or three years before his death,
Coquelin, who used to have an admir
able memory, seemed at times to hesi
tate over a phrase, and suddenly this
marvelous cemedlan, who had never
before known stage-fright, was seized
by a wild fear of losing his memory.
In Cyrano de Bergerac, which ne
played 1000 times, he went upon the
stage' with his brow damp with per
spiration, hands like Icicles and saying
to his faithful Chabert a young come
dian in whom he was interested:
"Keep close to me, my boy, and
prompt me. Chabert followed him
closely and Coquelin regained his as
surance. Poetry Moat Difficult.
It is In the repetition of verses that
your memory is necessary. Before all
else it is indispensable then, and par
ticularly In the new school of acting,
where Inverted meanings are frequent.
If one word is missed, the entire phrase
becomes twisted, and the author's .
meaning incomprehensible.
In prose, one might save onesen;
excepting, however, in the prose of
Paul Hervieu, the author of La course
du Flambeau," "Theroigne de Merl
court" and "l'Enleme," And in the
prose of Porto-Rlche, the author of
"Passe" and "Amourcuse."
These two writers use prose which
is so personal that it Is impossible to
change a single word without changing
the sense, and to do that would be a
grave offense.
To avoid losing the memory one muBt
be from head to feet, with all one's
heart, brain and being the personage
that one represents, and so throw one
self whole-heartedly into the situation.
If the actor allows himself or herself
to be distracted for one Instant by the
lady who sneezes too loudly, the fat
gentleman who breaks down bis chair,
or the child that cries he is lost. The
"memory" flies to the arms of "panic,"
and between them they create a
wretched martyr who, at least, will
never receive the honor of canoniza
tion. SARAH BERNHARDT.
unique titles.' He is among his other
positions the Mayor of Redwood City,
Cal., and is principal in this city of
Wilmerding and Lick privately-endowed
high sohools and s.lso of the Lux School
for Girls, which is soon to be opened.
Merrill has been referred to as the
night-Mayor, as he only takes up his
duties in Redwood City in the evening
after he finishes his school -duties in
San Francisco. "However, I am al
ways hoping that none will ever allude
to me as a nightmare in connection
with the schools I am associated with,"
he has often replied.
The best saloons in San Francisco
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It is made of vermouth, sloe gin and
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tasted it.
W. A. Plnkerion, the famous detective
and son of the celebrated family of
sleuths, is in town again on one of his
semi-annual visits.
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