The Sunday Oregonian., May 11, 1913, SECTION FIVE, Page 8, Image 64

TITE SUNDAY OltEGONIAN, PORTLAND, rIAY 11, 1913.
BERNHARDT PREDICTS GREAT FUTURE FOR CHINESE REPUBLIC
She Cannot Understand
! BT MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT.
Translation by L Marquli de Caatelhemond.
ttopyrlfht. 1913. Rochambeau Newpapr
t Syndicate. Philadelphia. All rlshts reserved.)
S OME obtuse spirits do not admit the
right of the. Chinese empire to be
come a republic. But for what
reason?
One newspaper states: "Oh. they are
too much behind the times yet, and
too superstitious." But this Is false.
The Chinese have an extremely ad-
. vanced civilization.
Little Is required to make them enter
upon a great progressive movement
. which win affect the whole world. But
they will enter into It and that with
a rapidity and vigor which will cause
extreme surprise.
Ten years ago the Boxers fought In
order to prevent the introduction of
new railways into China because the
noise outraged the peace of the dead.
. And now, under the second president
, of the Chinese republic new lines are
-" being run everywhere for there Is a
second president.
But it U to the credit of the two
presidents who have carried through
, these reforms. The first president. Sun
- Tat Sen. preached his doctrines like
an apostle for lo years. Elected by
'-. the nation, he retired in favor of Tuan
Shi Kal. the former Minister of War
"- under the empire. He is altogether a
remarkable man In the loftiness of his
f Ideas and in his patriotism.
Throwlac; Away Superstition.
And this great people want to keep
their religion, while flinging away ail
' Its old superstitions. The pig tails of
the men have been cut and the cos
' tumes of the women modified.
And for the edlflcatlon of those who
think China too much behind the times,
I will tell them that there are already
suffragettes there who nave obtained
the right to vote.
There axe many civilised countries
- where this law has not yet been passed.
.. and it is a gross error, for It should
' pass. It Is but justice.
i A telegram yesterday announced that
the Chinese had ordered 25 Zeppelin
airships. I think that this nation has
even greater surprises In store for us.
I have absolute confidence In the
. great destiny of the Chinese republic.
Will Aeeompllah Wonders.
What the nations have taken 100
years to accomplish the Chinese will
accomplish In 10 years. It Is true they
will use the materials already discov
ered by people of great brains, but they
win add something of their own that
will be Interesting; be quite persuaded
of that.
Here, then. Is an alliance which many
European countries will seek, because
China, armed, will be the greatest peril
" to the whole world.
Only, the Chinese are not fools; they
" will not open an attack. But when
one thinks that they will be able. In a
few years, to put 100.000.000 men under
the colors, without counting the Jap
anese. who will certainly Join forces
' with them. It Is a matter for serious
consideration.
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HERE comes the fashion of small
bats, launched from Paris by the
' clever hands of prominent milliners,
as the Amaxons launched their darts.
Already this new fashion has crossed
the ocean, and with delicious coolness
pretty women fling away their big
.hats.
But are women ever to be the slaves
of some one? Will they never escape
from nnder the thumb of fashion?
Yesterday a Tery. very pretty woman
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came to bring some flowers for my
dressing-room. Tnis was io
time I had received this pretty woman.
She Is tall, of a clear chestnut color,
and her face was full.
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my dressing-room, and I gave orders
to admit her. but I hardly expected to
see her so soon.
The face was reflected in a mirror
as she approached from behind. I
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plush framed her wonderful face.
Testerday when she entered I was a
little disillusioned, and all the more
because I had said to a couple of
friends who were present: "Ah, you
will see an admirable creature."
Her Hat Made a Change.
While talking I watched her atten
tively seeking to discover the reason
of the change in her. She was still
very pretty, but something Jarred up
on me. I wanted to know what It was.
Amused at my close attention the
charming creature said:
"I am sure you recognise tnat my
hat Is from Paris." Ah! there was the
reason! She had opened my eyes. Her
hat was Indeed very pretty. Quite small
and slightly raised on one side. Little
roses surrounded its summit and a
sword-feather such as one sees on
Chinese head-pieces, was fixed behind.
Yes." added my pretty visitor, "this
Is the new fashion these little hats."
My love of truth overcame my polite
ness, and I proved to this young wo
man that her face was too full, too de
veloped for a little hat. This defect
had escaped me under a big hat. I
showed her also that the very little
roses did not at all suit her propor
tions. She understood and said: "Yes,"
while she embraced me for my good
advice.
But I am persuaded that tomorrow
she will send to Paris for five or six
more little hats.
Men Do Women's Work
SOME one came to ask me If I would
become the president of a group of
suffragettes. I refused, because what
ever I do I like to do as well as possi
ble, and If I accepted the duty I should
like to give myself up wholly to It.
So I shall wait. But I do not think
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that women have sufficient desire to
assist each other. Before all else, the
men should be hunted out of those
places which should be filled by women.
In all big stores throughout the
world (I speak of stores for fashion
able wear) there Is an army of men
who might well be doing something
else and leave their positions to women.
For example: To hear young men be
hind the counter saying, as they unroll
silks gray, yellow or red: "See,
madame. Just observe what a sheen,
what a softness!" and there they are.
rolling and unrolling the silks with
elegant movements of the hands.
Women Would Do It Better.
Really, a woman would do It much
better, and to this suggestion of mine
a very stupid objection was made.
"It would be fatiguing for a woman
to be obliged to carry about pieces of
cloth In the same way." But there
would be a porter to execute this duty,
and there the matter ends.
It Is the same with laces, ribbons,
flowers, perfumes and powders. Would
It not be much better If all these things
were sold by women?
And the same again in all the big
publishing houses, the typographers
should be women. Tens of thousands
of men are in those places. Let half of
the positions be given to women; and
the same should apply also In the -executive
offices where there Is a bat
talion of soured. Inactive men having a
little Income sufficient to permit them
to live, which they augment by little
sums coming from their posts.
Well, these men are holding places
which young women would be well
qualified to fill.
There are even big positions which
are well paid, and are generally given
to a former Deputy or Senator or a
political friend; for example: The post
of keeper of masterpieces at the
Louvre In Paris. Never would the Jo
conda have been stolen under the man
agement of a woman, because for the
hundredth time I repeat women, more
than men, have the real sentiment of
duty.
Is it not a disgrace to see hundreds
of men belonging to the department of
public assistance occuplng; themselves
with human wretchedness?
These duties should devolve on wo
men and priests.
And' be persuaded that never would
women take a cent from the poor fund.
Alas! One cannot say as much as this
for the French public assistance, which
is the most muddles department that
exists In the whole world.
Recollection of .Panama
I WAS MUCH saddened yesterday by
seeing In a newspaper that there had
been a landslide In a part of the Pana
ma Canal that had been all but fin
ished. Panama recalls a charming fete
which was prepared for me 26 years
ago by the Illustrious and regretted
Ferdinand de Lesseps.
Oh! that excellent man! That noble
Intelligence! And when ne thinks
that that man to whom we already
owed the Sues Canal; who had under
taken the immense enterprise of the
Panama Canal when we think that
this man died poor and nearly dishon
ored it makes one doubt that there
Is any justice.
Fortunately all the Infamous libels
aimed at him were kept from his
knowledge, and he died before bis son
was arrested.
Poor. dear, great man I So upright,
so Just, so good, so generous; he never
would have believed that so many hid
eous and monstrous calumnies could
have circulated. He would never have
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believed that almost an entire nation
could have been capable of such In
gratitude. I acted when I waa In Panama 2
years ago. Firdlnand de Lesseps waa
In Paris at the time, but he had ordered
preparations to be made for my re
ception. Train Decorated Wltk Flower.
On the day arranged a train, entirely
decorated with flowers, came at 7
o'clock In the morning to take me. and
I Invited my associates to accompany
me. A luncheon was served on the
Journey, and all along the railway lines
Chinese coolies, half hidden by the fog,
cried out: "Vive la France! Vive la
France!"
But my heart was wrung, notwith
standing. It was palnea because of
the sight all along the way, on both
sides of the line, derricks, locomotives.
Implements, cranes, enormous ma
chines of forms unseen Defore, In cop
per and In castiron, which were scat
tered about on the ground, half new,
but staved in. However, the names of
the makers were always in visible
letters, and one could read Poland,
Germany, Belgium. France.
"There," sadly exclaimed an did. en
gineer, a friend of the great French
man, "there are the assets which were
left by all the. bad managers who. one
after the other, directed this affair.
Millions of money have been lost, and
now they are beginning to refuse to
supply any more."
Nevertheless It was a fine work
which had been begun.
Much Done More to Be Done.
That which had been already finished
had cost the lives of many men, and I
calculated with alarm the amount still
to be done.
When I alighted from the train, the
orchestra, hidden by . flowers, played
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the "Marseillaise," all the engineers
meanwhile crying hurrah I
Four engineers crossed their hands
to make a little seat for me, and. car
ried In this way. I visited all the
works. Not far away there had been
a little landslide, and the young en
gineer who had been in charge of that
portion of the work was so Intensely
pallid that I was concerned on his ac
count. I was anxious to know what
the matter was. He said: "In an hour
or two that cubic meter, which my
good brigade has excavated with much
difficulty after days of toil, will be
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filled up again by wet clay that has
filtered through the embankments."
And the poor man trembled all over.
What suffering every one has to put
up with In the accomplishment of a fine
work!
Glad America Got It.
I did hope that this Panama Canal
.,.1J hnv v m a n In Alir h&nds.
But it belongs to America now! Mon
Dieu! since we had to lose it i preier
it should have gone to the Americans.
It is to be hoped that they will never
close it against France.
I will go to see the opening of the
Panama Canal, as a friend of the dear
de Lesseps, as a Frenchwoman, and as
an admirer of American genius.
Wrong to Imprison Birds
READER, asks me If It Is not cruel
f to Imprison parrots In cages.
Yes, It is cruel and also unnecessary,'
because the parrot might almost be
considered a domestic animal, like the
dog or cat. It Is. therefore, useless to
put them in cages.
I have two parrots at Belle Isle, one
completely white, with a yellow and
red crest, and another that Is gray,
with a green head. Both of them are
at liberty, and both speak extremely
well. ,
The white parrot sometimes flies
away two or three kilometers from the
house, and when he returns he always
announces his arrival by three extreme
ly strident calls.
When it rains he comes knocking at
the hall windows to be allowed in
on h then takes his place un
der a'' big palm in the salon.
At night it is not always puboiuio iv
find him and let him In, but some min
utes before midnight he comes, either
to my son's balcony or to my own, and
he says, "Open to pretty boy" In Eng
lish. He speaks three languages
French, English and Spanish but In
Spanish he only utters terrible oaths.
A Parrot That Hate Bicycle.
I have had him now for six years,
and each time I return to Belle Isle
during the holidays he says something
new. This parrot, which is called Blzl
bouzon. holds bicycles In abomination,
and whenever he sees bicycle riders
coming along he pursues them with
furious cries, flying around their heads
and trying to make them fall over.
He succeeded In doing this on one
occasion, and I was very sorry, for
the cyclist was a nice boy of IS, who
had his leg very badly hurt. Blzlbouxon
laughed with such wicked glee that I
threw stones at him; . but I was not
able to catch him.
He is an extraordinary creature and
as friendly as a dog.
The other parrot, Modeste, Is quiet
and timid. He speaks In a low tone,
never flies far, and passes his time
making holes on the. tennis lawn. He
adores the rain, but hates wind.
But what he loves above all else are
liquors. He watches for the moment
we have finished a meal, and as soon
as we have left the table he runs to
drink all that Is left in the little
glasses.
Gets "Jlraered" Occasionally.
Very often he comes Into the drawing-room
completely drunk. Then he
begins to peck the floor violently with
his beak, and tries to go head-over-heels.
If any one should sit down to
the piano, he rolls over on his back,
uttering words that no one can un
derstand. Some of my friends have watched
this scene until they nearly expired
with laughter. j.
At night Modeste goes to bed in the
kennel of the big watchdog.
The parrot that I have in my Paris
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home on the Boulevard Pereire Is much
quieter. He is free also, but he pre
fers the kitchen to the apartment.
It is a magnificent Ara, over 50 years
of age, and rejoices in the name of Ma
thusalem. He speaks gravely and asks
for "some sugar for an old gentleman"
in a sepulchral voice.
After these three examples I am of
my-reader's opinion that one should not
Imprison parrots.
They are very amusing companions,
and at times very good watchmen.
View on Krupp Scandal
REALLY we live In an atmosphere of
political treason, and one asks one
self In alarm, "Into what will Europe
be dragged by such politics?"
The new scandal which has come to
light In Germany Is appalling, more be
cause of Its baseness than by the
dangers which might follow.
The German newspapers and the
French newspapers, too were in the
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a state of panic In both countries to
encourage new trouDies oeiween me
two nations inimical to each other dur-
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perpetual ferment dangerous to the
general peace.
It cannot be denied. The proofs are
The home of Krupp cannot deny It.
The great Socialist, Liebneckt, the most
respected of the politicians, arose in
the tribune of the Reichstag and made
a revelation of the methods practiced
by the Krupps In order to excite the
two peoples so that each might in
crease its orders for more armaments
from Krupp.
These terrible disclosures have led
to the dismissal of the Minister of War,
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feelings reign in Germany, because it
Is known that tne emperor is om i
the biggest snarenoiaers in jvrupji.
Believe Kaiser Guiltless.
For my own part, I decline to be
lieve that the Kaiser knew of these
abominable machinations. He does not
love France. He wants war. But I
sincerely believe that he is incapable
of taking part in such an odious trans
action as this.
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Give Way to Women
Thm a r a mnklrv Investigations In
France to find out which newspapers
accepted the Krupp bribe, and I hope
the principals in this detestable deal
will be dragged before the tribunals
and prosecuted for the crime of high
treason against the country.
But it Is harrowing to think that peo
ple like the Krupps (who are young, to
whom life has given every advantage,
who might have lived in happiness by
making all around them happy) should
seek to augment their already immense
fortune by making millions of men.
massacre each other.
Blame the Krupp.
Yet these young people, who should
only be thinking of tne happiness of
life, of the beauty of nature and of
i .i.t-i. tnitftail that thev mlfirht
still' further increase their already
enormous wealth by putting one nation
against another.
They cannot live happily unless ineir
cannon are tearing human flesh to
mincemeat. They cannot dance if not
to the sound of an orcnestra wnose
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companied by the heartrending sobs of
mothers.
Ah. the worthless people! The
wicked people!
May God punish them as they aeserv
to be punished if all this is true.
Praises Great Woman's Club
ONCE more, women are giving proof
that their Initiative is a powerful
help to those whose duty It is to man
age the affairs of the country, and the
women's league here is calling for new
health laws for this city.
The handsome city of Chicago Is
somewhat spoiled by the dreadful dust
which is raised by the wind blowing it
from the west. This is one thing about
which the league occupies Itself, and it
also protests against the smoke that
obscures the sky above Chicago. It
asks that t should be made obligatory
that anthracite coal might be used in
stead of soft coal as in New York.
It asks that a law be passed forcing
every proprietor to keep the pavement
before his place clean. :
Vacuum Cleaner for Street.
The women demand, further, wltn
reason, that vacuum cleaners might be
tried for absorbing the dust on the
Btreets. These vacuum machines work
successfully In Paris at the present
time, and, unlike brooms, they do not
merely shift the dust to another place.
These machines, when filled with
the abominable dust which contains
all the microbes possible are emptied
into special wells and thence the dust
is carried by drains to the river.
So the whole population of Chicago
should support the women's league in
its good purpose, for this beautiful
and wealthy city is afflicted by the
dirt.
This year the medical men an
nounced the recrudescence of Infectious
grippe, which leaves abscesses in the
head or In the ears.
This dust Is destructive to women's
beauty. It produces frequent soreness
In the eyes. It Is dangerous to the
delicate lungs of children; to the beau
ty of paintings exposed in galleries,
museums and in the homes of the rich;
It drives away the inhibltants of Chi
cago directly the fine weather begins.
The league will certainly have dif
ficulty In achieving its purpose, but it
will persist tenaciously. And then, per
haps, the men will be grateful when
they see their city of Chicago, beauti
ful and clean, when they see the blue
sky Instead of fog, smoke and dust.
Give a Cheer for Chicago Women.
Give a cheer for the ladies of
Chicago.
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